-----Original Message-----
From: ross [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Friday, July 17, 2009 12:09 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: NEW FACES IN OLD ROLES
TO VICTOR FRISKEY:
NO NEED TO STAND IN THE CORNER. I FOR ONE WOULD WELCOME A NEW MAYBERRY
MOVIE. SURE A LOT OF REMAKES OF 60'S SITCOMS HAVE BEEN DISAPPOINTING
("BEWITCHED", "MCHALE'S NAVY" (UGH!)", "DENNIS THE MENACE", ETC). A GOOD
INSURANCE POLICY WOULD BE TO HAVE RON HOWARD DIRECT IT; WHO BETTER IT
PRESERVE THE FEEL AND MOOD OF THE ORIGINAL SHOW? GEORGE CLOONEY IS A GOOD
IDEA TO PLAY ANDY TAYLOR. HE DID A GREAT JOB PLAYING A SOUTHERN CHARACTER IN
"O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU?". DAVID BROWNING COULD PLAY BARNEY, HE'S SURE
HAD PLENTY OF PRACTICE! BUT JIM CARREY WOULD MAKE A GREAT BARNEY. TOO. HE'S
GOT THE RANGE TO DO GOMER OR GOOBER OR EVEN OTIS!
HOW ABOUT SANDRA BULLOCK AS HELEN? AND MAYBE SOMEBODY SUPER PERKY
LIKE PAIGE DAVIS AS THELMA LOU... HECK, IF ROBIN WILLIAMS CAN PLAY MRS
DOUBTFIRE, HE COULD SURE PLAY AUNT BEA!
FOR PLOT DEVICES, HOW ABOUT THOSE 11 EPISODES THAT WERE WASTED ON JACK
BURNS AS "DEPUTY WARREN". THEY WERE ALL WRITTEN FOR DON KNOTTS. (NO ONE
COULD REALLY HAVE REPLACED HIM. JERRY VAN DYKE TURNED DOWN THE NEW DEPUTY
ROLE TO DO "MY MOTHER THE CAR", AND FOREVER REGRETTED IT.)
OF COURSE, NOTHING COULD PERFECTLY RECAPTURE THE ORIGINAL, BUT WHAT'S
THE ALTERNATIVE? NEVER, EVER, EVER SEEING A NEW EPISODE? UPDATING IT TO
2009 MIGHT NOT WORK, SETTING IT IN 1962 MIGHT BE BEST.
JUST MY TWO CENTS WORTH...
ROSS FISHER
AURORA, IL (HALFWAY TO MT PILOT)
_______________________________________________
WBMUTBB mailing list
[email protected]
http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
