Jake here via Rotten Reelz Reviews and just wanting to wish you all a happy turkey day. I hope the tryptophan hasn't taken complete control of your bodies and allowed the little ones to run amok, cramming hot wheels tracks up your collective septum.
Guess who's getting stuffing??!!!
Got some things happening with the blog and podcast Rotten Ramblin' On. Looks like we will get that microphone after all as my co-host decided to snag one. We are demanding fans write into the gmail. rottenramblin'on@gmail.com or to the FB page: https://www.facebook.com/Rotten-Ramblin-On-1532285520395532/?ref=hl
We are still attempting to get guest stars as well as the Skype program for interviewing them for audio recording as a whole. Sorry if the technical errors have progressed to a level of SPACE MADNESS...but Shawn and I are not rolling in it financially and we have to make due from time to time.
I will gab with him on studio guests visiting and we will go from there. Until then, enjoy your family time, your bird and a well overdue nap.
Well hello all and welcome back for Day
4 of David Tennant Week. As it has been pointed out, our lanky Scot
has done a bit more than running about in Converse and a sharp suit
and today is no exception at all. This time around we see him in a
family oriented comedy about a couple having marital problems, three
kids and the need to put on a strong face for the sake of others.
This is What We Did on Our Holiday.
You missed the turn.
Doug McLeod (David Tennant not
the Highlander's Christopher Lambert or Adrian Paul) and his
wife Abi (Rosamund Pike of Die Another Day, Pride &
Prejudice, Jack Reacher and Gone Girl) are united in a very
tense separation decided to to travel with the kids to the Highlands
to visit Doug's father Gordie (Billy Connolly of The Imposters,
Still Crazy, The Boondock Saints, Beautiful Joe and Who Is Cletis
Tout?) for his 75th birthday, as the may be his
last birthday ever due to cancer. Doug and Abi both agree they do
not want Gordie to go to his grave knowing his son and his own family
are falling apart. Doug's brother Gavin (Ben Miller of The
Armstrong and Miller Show, The Parole Officer, Birthday Girl, Johnny
English and The Prince and Me), a millionaire many times over
wants to throw a lavish party for Gordie and has invited the whole
neighborhood that grew up with this warm man.
Chasing women and buses can leave ya behind, laddie.
That in mind they are attempting a long
distance drive with each other and the kids are starting to wear down
from the arguments and shouting. Eldest daughter Lottie (Emilia
Jones of House of Anubis, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger
Tides, Doctor Who, Utopia and Residue) decides that Gordie
deserves the truth and she is going to rat out the folks and how it
is hurting her, her brother Mickey (Bobby Smalldridge of
Foster, Casualty, Topsy and Time and Cockroaches)and sister
Jess (Harriet Turnbull of What We Did on Our Holiday)
seeking advice from an adult that isn't disgruntled, moody or
shouting every twelve minutes. Clearly she has never seen Billy
Connolly's comedy acts and thank God for that. Brilliant man but
filthier than a New York pigeon.
Doug and Gavin apparently have a huge
rift and more sibling rivalry than imaginable. They start in on each
other about meeting responsibility, family matters and even who was
the favorite and so on. Will things be sorted? Will Gordie have to
smack both his boys for being complete twits??
A few points to make about the film
now. Everything I have discussed is revealed within the first 15
minutes of the movie setting a tone of dysfunction but warmth. These
events unfold in a nice, slow and methodical period which is
something you should look for in a film. As much as I love seeing
Billy Connolly, David Tennant and Rosamund Pike interacting and
playing off each other, the kids will leave you with sore stomachs
from laughing. The scene with Jess and her stones that happen to be
her friends will charm you to no end.
Hello there gentle readers. I have not deserted anyone but I will be off for the holidays at my folks' humble abode. I will resume writing next week and catch us up for TV, Movies and Video Games. This upcoming year we are expecting some changes for Rotten Reelz Reviews.
Guess he was naughty.
My colleague Shawn and I will be starting our podcast Rotten Rambling On. We will tackle many of the same things that is already written and we hope to entertain, inform and insight some feedback.
I would greatly appreciate input on films and TV that hasn't been covered yet. Feel free to leave a comment, suggestion or complaint on the current standing and I will see about doing better.
Also feel free to chuck a like or comment at the FB page . It needs some love and I am trying to get some attention to it.
Merry Christmas everyone and let's hope for a fun new year!!!
Good day and greetings to Day 5 of Forgotten Gems of the 70's Week. As it is the final day of the topic I went deep for obscure and barely remembered series and that is why Sanford and Son did NOT fall under this. C'mon, it is kinda hard to forget Red Fox. That being said I found a show based in Washington D.C. in a middle-class African American neighborhood. Primarily the show revolves around a barber shop that is a family owned business. With a working-class bachelor living life and enjoying it his mother does not approve of this cavalier lifestyle and tells him such many a time and varied volumes. This is That's My Mama!
What do you mean you don't like my dress???!!!
Junior: Wooooooooooooooo, WHEEE! I spoil it, I got it, and I got to report it!
20 something Clifton Curtis (Clifton Davis of Little Ladies of the Night, Scott Joplin, Superdome, The Night the City Screamed, Amen, Max Keeble's Big Move and Halloweentown High) inherited his father's barbershop and cuts no corners for upkeep or customer service. A shave, haircut and local gossip is the order of the day and enjoying the freedoms of single life is the game. His Mama, Eloise (Theresa Merritt of They Might Be Giants, The Goodbye Girl, The Wiz, The Great Santini, All That Jazz, The Serpent and the Rainbow, Billy Madison and Home Fries) is a sharp-tongued, opinionated woman that wants Clifton to settle down and start a family. Trying to set Clifton up with some rather... eccentric women, it is clear that Mama only is looking for two things in a woman. Fertile and single.
Clifton shares the house with his mother and his best friend Earl (Teddy Wilson of What's Happening!!, Good TimesThe Ambush Murders, The Redd Foxx Show and Genuine Risk) works with him at the shop. Two seniors Wildcat (Jester Hairston of The Amos 'n Andy Show, Gypsy Colt, Full of Life, The Last Tycoon, I'm Gonna Git You Sucka and Amen) and his childhood buddy Josh (DeForest Covan of Going Places, Reform School, Pork Chop Hill, Black Samson, The Day of the Locust snf Beneath the Valley of the Ultra-Vixens) sit around, BS and play checkers with each other instilling the words of wisdom to this young boys. Dropping by for a daily visit is Junior (Ted Lange of Black Belt Jones, Larry, The Love Boat, Terminal Exposure, Othello, The Redemption, Gang of Roses and Who Shot Mamba?) a wise cracking, smooth talking ladies man filling the fellas in on conquests and potential ones on the way.
YAHTZEE!!! Oh you old fool, we playin' checkers!
Adding more strife to life is his sister Tracy (Lynne Moody of Soap, Hill Street Blues, E/R, A Flight for Jenny and Knots Landing and then replaced by Joan Pringle of Ironside, J.D.'s Revenge, The White Shadow, In the House and One on One) who is married to anal retentive accountant Leonard Taylor (Lisle Wilson of Mississippi Summer, Police Story, The Incredible Melting Man, The White Shadow, The Ratings Game, Just Between Friends, What's Happening Now! and Tales from the Crypt) who has not been able to break wind since Martin Luther King marched peacefully with his congregation. Seriously, you need a pencil sharpened, just ask this man to bend over and drop trou. Heck I think he could work up drafting pencils as well.
Quick couple of observations about the series now. Lasting only two seasons it comes clear to me that this was not a heavily watched show. Comedic timing, shenanigans aside, it fell pale into comparison to Good Times and Sanford and Son. Even the Jeffersons raised more laughs overall. Eloise bails Clifton and gang out of more trouble but never let them hear the end of it and frankly they kind of deserved each and every earful.
I have looked into several re-run syndicated channels and this is one that does not show up on the roster, coupled with being only 39 episodes, it should be pointed out that almost the entire cast went on to be recognized later on. Lange for Loveboat, Teddy Wilson as Sweet Daddy in Good Times and Joan Pringle for White Shadow as Sybil Buchanan. Short lived and deserving of a little love the series had made its way restored to DVD and Blu-Ray.
There's a dirty pie joke to be had but I will behave.
Hello ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls. This week is off due to spending time with family and friends for the holidays. I apologize for this inconvenience but hey family and friends need some love now and again. I promise this upcoming year will be with the usual merriment, clever comments and the Rotten Reelz crew are going to work on the podcast idea as we get the equipment but our fundraiser went nowhere. So piece by piece it shall be.
That being said have a Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah (Though it is over for the year now) and revel in Wookie Life Day!!!
Took care of those kids. Now it's the Easter Bunny's turn!
