David Deeb
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Son doesn't want dad to come to "Father Day" at school because Dad's occupation is too dull.
It always startles me to see Vitto Scotti in The Godfather. I just knew him so well from sit-coms that it was distracting. (Sorry, Vitto, don't mean to pigeonhole you!)Frank Soyke said:And when all else fails in casting any ethnic strereotype, we can always call on the ever reliable Nehimiah Persoff. If he's not available, Vitto Scotti is waiting in the wings.
I never knew he was in THE GODFATHER. I never spotted him and I was certainly familiar enough with him from all the sitcoms that I think I would have. I'm guessing he played a very different character than usual and blended in with the film's fabric so well that it never occurred to me it was him. Now I have to see it again just to look for him. Who did he play?bryan4999 said:It always startles me to see Vitto Scotti in The Godfather. I just knew him so well from sit-coms that it was distracting. (Sorry, Vitto, don't mean to pigeonhole you!)
In other words, a re-working of "The Set-Up." So many of these familiar plots are 30 or 60 minute reworkings of classic stories of the past from "Random Harvest" to "Dracula."Jack P said:A promising boxer who has a devoted wife/girlfriend has some kind of affliction/condition that will make it too dangerous for him to continue but he persists and at the last moment before the critical fight, he will realize the risk is not worth losing his family so he promises to give up the ring.
He is very prominent on the bandstand in the wedding scene at the very beginning. IMDB states his character name as "Nazorine".Vic Pardo said:I never knew he was in THE GODFATHER. I never spotted him and I was certainly familiar enough with him from all the sitcoms that I think I would have. I'm guessing he played a very different character than usual and blended in with the film's fabric so well that it never occurred to me it was him. Now I have to see it again just to look for him. Who did he play?
Ethel *was* an instigator in several early episodes like "Numerology" and "Be a Pal." She could be quite a troublemaker and Lucy was very gullible. Rather than being simply inconsistent, the characters evolved over time.bryan4999 said:One plot device that always bugs me is when a character (usually a second banana) behaves in a way totally inconsistent with their established character as a conceit to create the "situation". For example, in some "I Love Lucy" episodes, Ethel will say something to Lucy like, "Are you sure Ricky was working late at the club last night?" in a very accusing tone and that sets Lucy off. Ethel would go along with Lucy's schemes, but she was never the instigator - except in those instances where the writers used her that way. This kind of scenario pops up in many series and it just seems lazy to me.
Even when he was shot in the leg.Professor Echo said:Lest we forget John Marley as the perpetually crabby guy with great hair. And don't know if this has been mentioned, but whenever a good guy is wounded he shows up in the last scene with his arm in a sling.
Somewhat off topic, I thought it was just a little bit odd that Cliff Huxtable seemed to be friends with every major black musician in music history.John Karras said:I've come across 4 examples of a lead character, without any previous mention of an iota of musical ability, get up and "jam" on the sax with a band-and play like a seasoned pro.