[Vision2020] Hard to believe...Re: Say What?

[Tom Hansen]

Good comedy never dies, Ted.

LONG LIVE GEORGE CARLIN!

Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho

> When I wrote below that it was "hard to believe" that the Gilda Radner
> performance of "Rosana Rosana Dana" was "twenty years ago," this was more
> true than I intended, because the performance on YouTube referenced was
> from
>
> thirty years ago... Yikes!
>
> On 10/29/09, Ted Moffett <starbliss at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> From imbd.com website:
>>
>> http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0705717/bio
>>
>> Radner was one of the great comic geniuses of the 20th century, ranked
>> up
>> with Lucille Ball <http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000840/> and other comedy
>> legends of the highest caliber.
>> ------------
>>
>> Lucille Ball, another very popular comedienne... Then there's incredible
>> Carol Burnett, who comedienne Stephanie Miller wanted to emulate when
>> she
>> was a child.
>>
>> "Rosana Rosana Dana" was a popular character done by Gilda Radner often
>> on "Saturday Night Live,"  as a member of the original cast.  Hard to
>> believe this was twenty years ago...
>> ------------
>>
>> From YouTube website below:
>>
>> In 1979, Gilda Radner threw a summer-long party at Broadway's Winter
>> Garden
>> Theatre. Share the fun as Gilda's Saturday Night Live alter-egos take on
>> new
>> comedy material...
>>
>> "Rosana Rosana Dana" delivers Commencement-- Columbia School of
>> Journalism...
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qd_syuD-N_k
>> ------------
>> This is funny just thinking about it...
>>
>> ------------------------------------
>> Vision2020 Post: Ted Moffett
>>
>>  On 10/29/09, Tom Hansen <thansen at moscow.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> And beyond that, Ted . . .
>>>
>>> How dare I overlook the proverbial "birthplace" of comediennes (that
>>> would
>>> be female comedians, g), Saturday Night Live, the venue that launched
>>> Tina
>>> Fey and Amy Poehler among others.
>>>
>>> Sarah Palin (Tina Fey) and Hillary Clinton (Amy Poehler)
>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jGcrfH0KjM
>>>
>>> Tom Hansen
>>> Moscow, Idaho
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> > Leaving out Stephanie Miller from your list of significant female
>>> > comedians
>>> > is a serious omission.  She is a hilarious, irreverent, biting and
>>> > brilliant
>>> > political comedian who does a radio show five days a week, and often
>>> > appears
>>> > in the media in political discussions:
>>> >
>>> > http://www.stephaniemiller.com/
>>> >
>>> > Stephanie Miller and CIA Analyst Larry Johnson on Plame-Gate part 1:
>>> >
>>> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOz78sIe_OU
>>> >
>>> > -------
>>> >
>>> > Part 1, March 3, 2009: Stephanie Miller on CNN's "Larry King Live"
>>> with
>>> > Arianna Huffington, Lars Larson and Nancy Pfotenhauer:
>>> >
>>> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTOIOL7_gRc
>>> >
>>> > Part 2:
>>> >
>>> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKJ6Q6XyHOc
>>> > ------------------------------------------
>>> > Vision2020 Post: Ted Moffett
>>> >
>>> > On 10/28/09, Tom Hansen <thansen at moscow.com> wrote:
>>> >
>>> > Maryellen Hooper
>>> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TW4NSCxlLo
>>> >
>>> > Kathy Griffin
>>> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9jHSp2mczI
>>> >
>>> > Rita Rudner
>>> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BS1tJ6UF0Kw
>>> >
>>> > Aisha Tyler
>>> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGsH1zKo0iY
>>> >
>>> > Judy Tenuta
>>> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1ridwVQq4I
>>> >
>>> > Pam Stone
>>> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPZQ6K0DmaU
>>> >
>>> > Kathleen Madigan
>>> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5w5FIPR818k
>>> >
>>> > Caroline Rhea
>>> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_E0jjPiueaI
>>> >
>>> > Wendy Liebman
>>> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yV3VLep9tA
>>> >
>>> > Elayne Boosler (my personal favorite)
>>> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVqemKhy8sE
>>> >
>>> > Kate Clinton
>>> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkkRYC781zk
>>> >
>>> > Danielle Broussard
>>> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0cYZVrkfeU
>>> >
>>> > Sherry Davey
>>> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYN-B3YJhlc
>>> >
>>> > Tom Hansen
>>> > Moscow, Idaho
>>> >
>>>
>>>
>>> "The Pessimist complains about the wind, the Optimist expects it to
>>> change
>>> and the Realist adjusts his sails."
>>>
>>> - Unknown
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>


"The Pessimist complains about the wind, the Optimist expects it to change
and the Realist adjusts his sails."

- Unknown