There are only TWO Godfather films. That 3rd thing Coppola signed off on was travesty. One thing both Michael Corleone or his father would have NEVER done would be to seek the advice and council of women. In GFIII Michael shares way too much information with his wife Kate and his sister Connie, a total departure from his character. At the end of Godfather II as an aged Michael was sitting alone at his compound in Tahoe reflecting on where his life had ended up and remembering all the people he had both loved and "dealt with" in his family, and why he was so reviled in the end while his father loved? That was the END of the story, it didn't need a part 3. I have always thought an interesting film would be a prequel story covering the early lives of the three brothers (Santino, Fredo, and Michael). Some very interesting back stories there.

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SHIT! RIP Lee!

Everyone is entitled to their opinions. She had hers too. Stenberg v. Carhart 😞

Magnum PI opening was pretty good--- early '80s. Sadly the helicopter pilot in that opening was killed while filming; he was unable to pull up from the sudden dive, but they left the shot just before the disaster in anyway to the heartache of the pilot's widow.

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I always like The Addams Family show better than the Munsters, but you couldn't beat The Munsters Intro----and especially the outro with the Munster Coach made by custom car builder George Barris--- part of SoCal's Kustom Kulture (hot rod fabricators and designers) which included Ed "Big Daddy" Roth. Von Dutch (Kenneth Howard), Dean Jeffries (Monkeemobile).

I never saw the Eagles live. Like many of their songs, but always thought them to be too commercial even going back to the '70s. Last Stones concert I saw the ticket price was only $8. Which means I saw them long before they SUCKED.

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You're right--- it may really help to make the show There were a lot of shows which weren't really great but had great music. I think I mentioned the Michael Mann production "Tour of Duty"--great opening with the Rolling Stones 'Paint it Black'. Then throughout the show lots of great Motown and '60s rock and pop songs tying the show and the plot together. "China Beach" another one. But many music deals are only made for the original theatrical and/or Home Entertainment release--- but only for the original home entertainment release--- which for those shows would have been on VHS. So then for DVD or Blu-ray, or for continued syndication broadcast, the studio needs to pony up more money for who has publishing rights to the songs, and sometimes they just don't want to pay for it. So for that show "Tour of Duty" they went back and edited in where all the original music had been a bunch of lame no name instrumental tracks. Friend of mine was working for a media servicing company doing editing, and he said he once had a job for an Elvis film (owned by MGM at the time), and they were going to use it for Home Entertainment release but there were 3 songs they didn't own the music rights to anymore, and didn't want to pay for them so MGM wanted the 3 musical numbers just edited out of the Elvis film. How lame is that? Quentin Tarantino talks about his first film Reservoir Dogs and how he always knew he had to have 'Stuck in the Middle" by Stealers Wheel for that torture scene with the cop. But after all was said and done he only had a couple of thousand dollars for all the music licensing, so he basically called the company who managed the publishing rights for that song, got a lady on the phone, and then begged her to please let him use the song but for bargain basement price---and she agreed. That song really made that scene. Here is another one: Back when Bill Gates ran Microsoft and the were launching whatever latest version of Windows was coming out. Gates wanted to secure the rights to use the Rolling Stones song "Start Me Up", So he contacts the Stones and asks how much, and they told him $1,000,000 which was unheard of at that price, but they just threw that out expecting a much lower counter offer, but Bill Gates just said "okay" and paid it. After that prices for many songs went waaaaay up.

Maybe they crossed paths? My grandfather was born in 1899 though... so he had moved from West Virginia probably before your mother was born. I know people from Pittsburgh which is just north across the border in Pennsylvania from Wheeling, and they still call people from Wheeling "Hoopies" because Wheeling was where most of the steel barrel hoops were made back in the day. A long time ago before cardboard boxes, many goods like china, pottery, plumbing supplies, and even cast iron skillets were packed for shipment in barrels.

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And the signs: Phillips 66 gasoline and I.W. Harper whisky. Blast from the past.

It's always cool when you recognize familiar neighborhood places in films. I have only been to SF less than the fingers on my hands during my life, but so many icons stick out there when you go from all of the films shot in SF. Same I'm sure is true for NY, and Chicago. In SF most people would spot Lombard Street right away-- and of course the bridge, but Coit Tower, the Wharf, the Panhandle, Palace of fine arts, areas in and around the Presdio, Ft. Point, Mt Davidson Cross, Alamo square, lots of spots on Haight Street, just so many recognizable locations. Here in SoCal / Los Angles / Hollywood there are a couple which I always enjoy seeing in films.... many films going waaaaay back too. 1) The Bradbury Building interior in downtown Los Angeles on South Broadway The White Cliffs of Dover (1944) DOA (1950) Blade Runner (1982) 2) Crossroads of the World in Hollywood on Sunset Blvd. Probably one of the first open air strip malls. Notice the Hollywood sign up at the top of the frame. It actually says the original "Hollywoodland". The sign was part of a real estate promotion to help sell lots and homes in that upper hill area above Hollywood Blvd. The sign was never meant to be permanent. shot from the film L.A.Confidential (1997)

Most of the neighborhood scenes were filmed in South Pasadena and a few in Alhambra California. I had a friend who lived on the street in South Pasadena where Jamie Lee Curtis' character (Laurie Strode) lived in the film. Hollywood films many movies in this area of Southern California because of the abundance of "craftsman style California bungalow homes" in and around Pasadena, South Pasadena, San Marino, and Alhambra, California. The High School scene was at South Pasadena High School on Freemont Ave. The elementary school where Tommy Doyle gets his pumpkin smashed by bullies is Garfield Elementary school in Alhambra on the corner of McLean and 2nd street. The scary house where Michael Meyers once lived was on Meridian St in South Pasadena. The house was actually abandoned and vacant when they made the film, it looked haunted even before they made the movie. That house was later moved to another area of town near the train station in South Pasadena and saved. It had been slated to be torn down when a new owner bought the property to build condos. The house where the film's climax occurs was also set to be in South Pasadena, but at the last minute the homeowners backed out so that location was moved to home of similar style to the South Pasadena neighborhood, but that house is in Hollywood on a residential street somewhere between Hollywood Blvd and Sunset Blvd. Ironically not more than a few blocks from a place a I worked at a few years later. Living here in Southern California I see many locations in films which are very familiar. I'll be watching a film, and suddenly I'll say "that place looks familiar, I think I know where that is?" And sure enough, it someplace I have seen many times. But I always laugh when they are played off in the film as being in some other state. Especially when it is supposed to be in the midwest but you can see some tall California fan palms sticking up over on the horizon in the frame of the shot.

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Yes, yes, yes Happy Days / Bill Haley. If you recall, in the film American Graffiti (1973) 'Rock around the Clock' was the opening song in that film too. I saw the film the first week it opened in Los Angeles in 1973. The audience was a mixed aged crowd, but when Bill Haley's Rock Around the Clock started, people were dancing in their seats and cheering. Great opening song, and it started the film off with a big splash. So when Happy Day went to broadcast the show played Rock Around the Clock, but only for the first season. BTW, this was also a new recording by Bill Haley of the song made just for Happy Days at the time. But in the 2nd season of Happy Days they inserted the new Happy Days song, which kind of sucked really. I think the issue was either music rights to the Bill Haley song, or they couldn't agree on a licensing fee amount. The only reason Happy Days got picked up as a show was due to the success of American Graffiti, a film that also didn't get released because the studio didn't think it would do well It did phenomenally well in fact. Had it not, then probably no Star Wars franchise for George Lucas. So in a way, it was Rock and Roll that made Star Wars.

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Always liked this one too, but it was all about the song.

Ouch! And so close to the election too. RIP

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Reality probably.

Boston people crack me up. Comedian Bill Burr who is from Boston describes Boston as a nice city and the racist version of San Francisco. LOL

You should consider bumping one of those and inserting the Hawaii 5-0 theme song and intro with music by The Ventures. (the original Hawaii 5-0 not the modern remake version) Besides the instrumental song (surf style instrumental) the editing for the show's intro is probably the best editing for TV opening ever. Fast cuts, great shots, everything right in sync with the song. The show I though kind of sucked; I only liked the opening. Jack Lord--- horrible actor, basically read his lines off of cue cards.