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Beautifully done, Jim. How fitting to incorporate humor into a sad news item; I'm sure Mr. Elliott would have smiled in approval...
peace,
Preston
PS: FWIW, if you can find a copy, I highly recommend the recordings BOB AND RAY ON A PLATTER and BOB AND RAY: THE TWO AND ONLY.
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Feb 5, 2016 - 12:03 AM
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Bob DiMucci
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In Norman Lear's 1971 comedy COLD TURKEY, Bob Elliott and Ray Goulding's opening onscreen credit reads "Bob and Ray," which was the name of their comedy act. The team marked their feature film debut in COLD TURKEY impersonating several contemporary television news reporters, using slightly altered names. In his portrayal of "Walter Chronic," Goulding parodied Walter Cronkite, the highly respected newsman who anchored The CBS Evening News from 1961 until his retirement in 1981. The character “David Chetley,” portrayed by Elliott, was a parody of the news team David Brinkley and Chet Huntley of the The Huntley-Brinkley Report , which aired on NBC from 1956 until 1970. During the film, both Bob and Ray are sometimes depicted with “halos” created by positioning the actors under a round florescent light or surrounded by rays from the sunlight.
COLD TURKEY marked the feature film scoring debut of Randy Newman. His score was released by Percepto in 2007.
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Beautifully done, Jim. How fitting to incorporate humor into a sad news item; I'm sure Mr. Elliott would have smiled in approval...
peace,
Preston
PS: FWIW, if you can find a copy, I highly recommend the recordings BOB AND RAY ON A PLATTER and BOB AND RAY: THE TWO AND ONLY.
If you love radio like I do B& R are as good as it gets. Totally original and hilarious.
Try and find the incredible series they did where a local small town planning board approves a 50 story skyscraper and the head commissioner speaks like Sen. Joseph Mccarthy!!!
also great: the desperate for anyone to interview routine they did for the Apollo launches
rip BOB
bruce
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Elliott had a bit part as a policeman in the 1984 family comedy KIDCO. Ron Maxwell (GETTYSBURG) directed the film. Michael Small's score was released by Intrada in 2011.
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Not counting Bob D. and his customary filmography, so far there's only three of us here who knew and cared about Bob & Ray. What does that say about the general FSM membership, I wonder? Just asking.
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Thanks! I said "So far" in hopes of hearing from more of us. Glad you've contributed in your inimitable style.
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