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Larry Miller... Just Words (1992)
Hilarious
I loved Larry Miller in "Pretty Woman", "Best in Show", "A Mighty Wind" et al, but this was the first time I'd seen his stand-up work. I found it to be hilarious and refreshingly clean. His take on the differences between the sexes is dead on, & the segment on his skiing trip is a riot. His comedy reminds me of the classic work of guys like Milton Berle, not loaded down with shock value, just very funny, well thought out observations (this was an HBO special shot at a theatre in St. Paul; the copyright said it was from 1992, but the special is listed as 2001 here, so who knows...). If you're a fan of good stand-up & have a chance, check this out.
Davey and Goliath (1960)
OK...So I AM a Conservative I guess...
What great memories! In the DFW Metroplex, kids got to watch this show on "The Children's Hour", a Sunday morning entertainment/educational show that ran just before Oral Roberts weekly proclamation that "something good is going to happen to you!".Davey & Goliath was a Lutheran church based show with heavy religious and moral overtones, but it never came across as heavy handed as did "Jot", the other long running series featured on the Children's Hour. The show featured a young boy, Davey Hansen, his dog Goliath, his family & friends and the everyday moral choices young people face, as well as the consequences of those choices, right or wrong. It's been well noted
by other reviewers that this kind of show would never fly in todays ultra PC "don't offend anybody" world, and I find that unfortunate. Regardless of your religious beliefs,this show preached a higher standing of morality and common courtesy toward your fellow man that I find sorely lacking in todays world. No matter if you're Christian, Muslim, Buddist, Atheist or whatever, the values of responsibility and consequences for you own actions, love of your neighbor and moral awareness that this show emphasized are values we could all benefit from. I do find it humorous that the moral sounding board and conscience for Davey, his dog Goliath, was voiced by the town drunk from the Andy Griffith show, Hal Smith. If you've never seen this show and have an opportunity, watch it if for no other reason than to get a pulse on what children's TV was like before "Cat Dog" and all the other mentally and spiritually bankrupt garbage our kids have to watch today.