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bry · 08-06-2004, 11:18 PM

there is no original worthy quote

i do not care for retrospective episodes. they just do me no good. and i have never been thrilled by rona barrett either. so this episode was not a good one to me.
all the flashbacks were great but, i'd rather see a repeat of the episodes than what this episode was.
the selection of clips is what made me rate it as high as i did. short critique here too.

rating: 4

kismet · 08-07-2004, 10:54 AM

We disagree on this one. I loved The Straight Poop.
The cameos in it were great. I loved it when Peter Bogdanovich says, "...he's gonna lose", referring to David Addison. Plus, you can't beat having so many of my favorites scenes in one episode. Plus, that great kiss at the end -- my oh my (much better than saying holy s**t

)-- didn't you love the kiss?

CyBr · 08-07-2004, 12:41 PM

I'm with you on this one, Kismet. Yeah, it was a clip show, but it was so clever. Maybe you had to see Moonlighting back in the 80's to get how they poked fun at all the tabloid stories and rumors about the show and Bruce and Cybill. It was a complete parody of the stories of the turmoil on the set, fighting between B&C, that both of them had bodyguards, that Bruce wouldn't do interviews, that they used a soft lens on Cybill. Even that Bruce was losing his hair. (I think they might gotten that one right!) GGC just hit every one of the stories straight on. Besides that, the clips were great and the kiss at the end was terrific. At least Maddie and David made up, not sure about Bruce and Cybill.

Tazmania · 08-07-2004, 12:48 PM

I like The Straight Poop too, ofcourse the kiss was awsome but I also liked the way they make fun of the gossip about them.
maddie with that piece of cloth before her mouth instead of a soft lens!
Great!..... I don't like Rona Barret though

greetz Taz

CindyK · 08-07-2004, 01:19 PM

When I first saw this episode back when it originally aired.... it amused me but I somehow felt cheated....I expected a whole new episode , ya know. But as I have watched it many times since them, my appreciation of it grows....particularly when I sat down and worked on my fan site and did that page of what we loosely call Easter Eggs.... (special inside hidden things that make the scene or moment even better), that is when I really saw how totally clever the writing on this episode was. To think that they could poke such delicious fun at themselves....they hit just about every tabloid rumor out and found a way to work in some reference, some blatant , some more subtle, about it.

And yes that kiss at the end is just oh so sweet. And rather sexy.... and the outtakes on the end are priceless!!!

Tazmania · 08-07-2004, 06:39 PM

Cindy do you know if it was in this epi where they show all the bloopers?
I have seen that once on BBC, I loved the part where Bruce asks Cybill in a bird scene from A Yuk..: What? Is there poop on me?

I remember that they laughed a lot!

CindyK · 08-07-2004, 06:44 PM

The bird bloopers occur in the fifth season...and are played in the episode......Shirts and Skins.

Only two episodes of ML show bloopers... The Straight Poop with bloopers mostly from season 1 & 2. And Shirts and Skins have bloopers mostly from season 5. They never really showed any season 3 or 4 bloopers....

Tazmania · 08-07-2004, 07:03 PM

Too bad I don't have these on tape!
Guess they didn't air them here!

Thanx

kismet · 08-07-2004, 08:25 PM

Wouldn't it be great if they put bunches of bloopers on the DVDs?
I love bloopers. I never realized that we never saw any season 3 or 4 bloopers on any of the shows, BUT now that you mention it...

It seems that I'm the only Rona Barrett fan here. I even subscribed to her gossip magazines way back when. Of course, some of you are too young to remember her. She was a Hollywood gossip columnist (kind of a benign, general gossiper, not the kind to ruin careers as I recall).

CindyK · 08-07-2004, 09:12 PM

Rona was fine. I had no problems with her. Does she still do columns? Back in the 70's-80's I think she was even on some of the entertainment news magazines and had a popular column The Rona Report that was syndicated in a bunch of newspapers....

bry · 08-07-2004, 10:40 PM

i thought she died a long while back.

Dr. Jazz · 08-08-2004, 01:19 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by bry
i thought she died a long while back.

Rona's still around. She guest hosted NPR's "Fresh Air" a couple months ago. Don't know how she looks now, but she still sounds the same.

kolchak · 08-08-2004, 06:42 AM

Yeah, I got this one on a 16 year old video tape somewhere and I gotta tell you, I liked it.
Loved the Remington Steele bit.
Just one question,as a Sydneysider, I never did understand,who the hell is Rona Barrett? Whoever she is I didn't really like her.

kismet · 08-08-2004, 07:49 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Dr. Jazz
Rona's still around. She guest hosted NPR's "Fresh Air" a couple months ago. Don't know how she looks now, but she still sounds the same.

Dr. Jazz -- what's NPR's "Fresh Air"? I assume it's a radio show. I haven't seen or heard from her since "The Straight Poop". I thought something might of happened to her.

Kolchak -- she was a gossip columnist based in Los Angeles in the 70's and early to mid 80's. Rona also published two gossip magazines. She was more of a career promoter than a career destroyer.

kismet · 08-08-2004, 07:49 AM

I double posted. Sorry. It won't let me delete it.

08-06-2004, 11:18 PM	#1
bry Member Forum Regular Join Date: Jan 21, 2003 Location: n.c. Posts: 819	"The Straight Poop" there is no original worthy quote i do not care for retrospective episodes. they just do me no good. and i have never been thrilled by rona barrett either. so this episode was not a good one to me. all the flashbacks were great but, i'd rather see a repeat of the episodes than what this episode was. the selection of clips is what made me rate it as high as i did. short critique here too. rating: 4
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08-07-2004, 10:54 AM	#2
kismet I'm addicted too! Senior Member Join Date: Jul 14, 2004 Location: Pennsylvania, USA Posts: 1,239	We disagree on this one. I loved The Straight Poop. The cameos in it were great. I loved it when Peter Bogdanovich says, "...he's gonna lose", referring to David Addison. Plus, you can't beat having so many of my favorites scenes in one episode. Plus, that great kiss at the end -- my oh my (much better than saying holy s**t )-- didn't you love the kiss?
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08-07-2004, 12:48 PM	#4
Tazmania An addict! Senior Member Join Date: Jun 19, 2004 Location: Holland Posts: 1,135	I like The Straight Poop too, ofcourse the kiss was awsome but I also liked the way they make fun of the gossip about them. maddie with that piece of cloth before her mouth instead of a soft lens! Great!..... I don't like Rona Barret though greetz Taz
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08-07-2004, 01:19 PM	#5
CindyK Member Forum Regular Join Date: Jun 10, 2004 Location: Panama City Beach Florida Posts: 639	When I first saw this episode back when it originally aired.... it amused me but I somehow felt cheated....I expected a whole new episode , ya know. But as I have watched it many times since them, my appreciation of it grows....particularly when I sat down and worked on my fan site and did that page of what we loosely call Easter Eggs.... (special inside hidden things that make the scene or moment even better), that is when I really saw how totally clever the writing on this episode was. To think that they could poke such delicious fun at themselves....they hit just about every tabloid rumor out and found a way to work in some reference, some blatant , some more subtle, about it. And yes that kiss at the end is just oh so sweet. And rather sexy.... and the outtakes on the end are priceless!!!
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08-07-2004, 06:39 PM	#6
Tazmania An addict! Senior Member Join Date: Jun 19, 2004 Location: Holland Posts: 1,135	bloopers Cindy do you know if it was in this epi where they show all the bloopers? I have seen that once on BBC, I loved the part where Bruce asks Cybill in a bird scene from A Yuk..: What? Is there poop on me? I remember that they laughed a lot!

08-07-2004, 12:41 PM	#3
CyBr Member Forum Regular Join Date: Jul 17, 2004 Posts: 515	I'm with you on this one, Kismet. Yeah, it was a clip show, but it was so clever. Maybe you had to see Moonlighting back in the 80's to get how they poked fun at all the tabloid stories and rumors about the show and Bruce and Cybill. It was a complete parody of the stories of the turmoil on the set, fighting between B&C, that both of them had bodyguards, that Bruce wouldn't do interviews, that they used a soft lens on Cybill. Even that Bruce was losing his hair. (I think they might gotten that one right!) GGC just hit every one of the stories straight on. Besides that, the clips were great and the kiss at the end was terrific. At least Maddie and David made up, not sure about Bruce and Cybill.

08-07-2004, 06:44 PM	#7
CindyK Member Forum Regular Join Date: Jun 10, 2004 Location: Panama City Beach Florida Posts: 639	The bird bloopers occur in the fifth season...and are played in the episode......Shirts and Skins. Only two episodes of ML show bloopers... The Straight Poop with bloopers mostly from season 1 & 2. And Shirts and Skins have bloopers mostly from season 5. They never really showed any season 3 or 4 bloopers....

08-07-2004, 07:03 PM	#8
Tazmania An addict! Senior Member Join Date: Jun 19, 2004 Location: Holland Posts: 1,135	Too bad I don't have these on tape! Guess they didn't air them here! Thanx

08-07-2004, 08:25 PM	#9
kismet I'm addicted too! Senior Member Join Date: Jul 14, 2004 Location: Pennsylvania, USA Posts: 1,239	Wouldn't it be great if they put bunches of bloopers on the DVDs? I love bloopers. I never realized that we never saw any season 3 or 4 bloopers on any of the shows, BUT now that you mention it... It seems that I'm the only Rona Barrett fan here. I even subscribed to her gossip magazines way back when. Of course, some of you are too young to remember her. She was a Hollywood gossip columnist (kind of a benign, general gossiper, not the kind to ruin careers as I recall).

08-07-2004, 09:12 PM	#10
CindyK Member Forum Regular Join Date: Jun 10, 2004 Location: Panama City Beach Florida Posts: 639	Rona was fine. I had no problems with her. Does she still do columns? Back in the 70's-80's I think she was even on some of the entertainment news magazines and had a popular column The Rona Report that was syndicated in a bunch of newspapers....

08-07-2004, 10:40 PM	#11
bry Member Forum Regular Join Date: Jan 21, 2003 Location: n.c. Posts: 819	i thought she died a long while back.

08-08-2004, 06:42 AM	#13
kolchak Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Aug 02, 2004 Location: Sydney Posts: 17	Yeah, I got this one on a 16 year old video tape somewhere and I gotta tell you, I liked it. Loved the Remington Steele bit. Just one question,as a Sydneysider, I never did understand,who the hell is Rona Barrett? Whoever she is I didn't really like her.

08-08-2004, 07:49 AM	#15
kismet I'm addicted too! Senior Member Join Date: Jul 14, 2004 Location: Pennsylvania, USA Posts: 1,239	I double posted. Sorry. It won't let me delete it.