Saturday, November 17, 2007

I found it! THE GREATEST 25 SECOND MOVIE SCENE - EVER !!!!

This is a wonderful example of how the "best that we are" endures.

Almost two years ago, my wonderful friend Ellen, sent me this film-clip but I could never find it. ("Strategically filing" stuff so you can't remember where you put it, is symptomatic of what illness??) This morning I was cleaning out some dormant files and EUREKA!!!!

If we ever needed proof that our "friends across the aisle" never change - this is it!

If we ever needed proof that past generation's fought the same political battles as we do - this is it!

If we ever needed something to "SAVE" to our desktops....to refer to every time we need a "chuckle"....to prove that even after 67 years Bob Hope is STILL knocking-it-out-of-the-ballpark - THIS IS IT!

By the way - that's Paulette Goddard and Richard Carlson in the scene with Mr. Hope! The movie is entitled, "The Ghost Breakers" (1940), from Paramount Pictures.

(Permit me a historical comment please! Think about this while you look at the film-clip. First, today in Hollywood you never see a scene like this in a movie - unless it's bashing Republicans or President Bush! Remember, at the time America had a Democrat as President. Franklin D. Roosevelt was in his second of four Presidential terms, and is considered to be one of the greatest 3 or 4 President's our nation has ever had. Even with his greatness, this was not a very good time in America. In 1940, the country was still "recovering" from the Great Depression (1929 - 1938/39). To help reinvigorate the country and the economy, FDR had more than tripled our governments spending. His "New Deal" and numerous social relief programs helped to stimulate not only the economy, but also lifted the spirit of all Americans. The "great engine" of industry that was America was coming "back on line" - but there was a long way to go! More than anything, Americans wanted & needed to laugh again!! But remember, there was no television yet. Entertainment came in the most part from the radio! That's why is was so important that the country had Hollywood, and stars like Bob Hope. Who all helped take their minds off their problems for 90 minutes and 10 cents, and gave the people back some of their humor and their dreams. Little did anyone know that a year later we'd be at war with Japan, Germany, and Italy.)

Dum Spiro Spero! (and a good laugh every now and then doesn't hurt either!)

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