R.I.P. Rose Marie
Rose Marie, best known for her role on the Dick Van Dyke show in the 1960s, has passed away at 94.
Diane and I recently rewatched the entire Dick Van Dyke show, and they come off as fresh and as funny as when they were made more than a half century ago. If you want to see adult comedy at its best, not the modern obscene and shallow adolescent humor that dominates today’s culture, you must see this show.
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Rose Marie, best known for her role on the Dick Van Dyke show in the 1960s, has passed away at 94.
Diane and I recently rewatched the entire Dick Van Dyke show, and they come off as fresh and as funny as when they were made more than a half century ago. If you want to see adult comedy at its best, not the modern obscene and shallow adolescent humor that dominates today’s culture, you must see this show.
Readers!
Please consider supporting my work here at Behind the Black. Your support allows me the freedom and ability to analyze objectively the ongoing renaissance in space, as well as the cultural changes -- for good or ill -- that are happening across America. Fourteen years ago I wrote that SLS and Orion were a bad ideas, a waste of money, would be years behind schedule, and better replaced by commercial private enterprise. Only now does it appear that Washington might finally recognize this reality.
In 2020 when the world panicked over COVID I wrote that the panic was unnecessary, that the virus was apparently simply a variation of the flu, that masks were not simply pointless but if worn incorrectly were a health threat, that the lockdowns were a disaster and did nothing to stop the spread of COVID. Only in the past year have some of our so-called experts in the health field have begun to recognize these facts.
Your help allows me to do this kind of intelligent analysis. I take no advertising or sponsors, so my reporting isn't influenced by donations by established space or drug companies. Instead, I rely entirely on donations and subscriptions from my readers, which gives me the freedom to write what I think, unencumbered by outside influences.
You can support me either by giving a one-time contribution or a regular subscription. There are four ways of doing so:
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CBS has newly colorized Dick Van Dyke episodes at their pay-site, and they have a free episode compilation running on their regular website. Embedded player & you have to watch ads, but the colorization is amazingly seamless.
http://www.cbs.com/shows/holiday_central/
“Holiday Central 2017”
The Dick Van Dyke Show – Now In Living Color!
(2017) S1 Ep1
(43:26)
“The special features the season one episode ‘My Blonde-Haired Brunette,’ written by Reiner, and the season three episode ‘October Eve,’ written by Bill Persky and Sam Denoff. (TV-G)”
Wayne: Colorized? Yuch. CBS did the same crap with the original Star Trek, replacing all the original effects with mediocre modern digital cgi. Not good.
The entire Dick Van Dyke series was available on amazon for less than $100. Worth every penny. And cheap at the price.
Mr. Z.,
Completely agree about wrecking old Star Trek with new ditigal special-fx’s. Totally unnescessary.
I’m completely opposed to colorization myself, but the software & techniques in use today are incredibly advanced, compared to the 90’s.
They are also incredibly synthetic, and to me, fake like the News they broadcast.
pivoting– (I have a clip in mind, for everything.)
David Byrne –
My Fair Lady
https://youtu.be/mk5rDrmgC7w
3:33
Baby Rose Marie –
“The Child Wonder” 1929
“Vitaphone Varieties” short
https://youtu.be/DzlZjuy5urU
8:13
Ok, it has to be said…
“Oh, Rob!“
We love the show. It is among many I’ve enjoyed sharing with Isabel who doesn’t come from our culture. Bob Newhart is one my caves along with Mary Tyler Moore. Best description of Bill O’Reilly is when Limbaugh called him Ted Baxter!
Robert—
My favorite is: “The “O’Baxter Factor.”
Baby Rose Marie – “The Child Wonder”
“This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by Warner Bros. Entertainment.”
Last week, Warner Bros. didn’t know who Rose Marie was, nor did they care.
“From The Mark Steyn Weekend Show earlier this year: Mark bids farewell to one of those we lost in 2017, Mary Tyler Moore.”
Mark Steyn’s Last Call: Mary Tyler Moore
https://youtu.be/Dl5vctnM82A
8:30