From: owner-lucy-list-digest@smoe.org (lucy-list-digest) To: lucy-list-digest@smoe.org Subject: lucy-list-digest V4 #80 Reply-To: lucy-list@smoe.org Sender: owner-lucy-list-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-lucy-list-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk lucy-list-digest Thursday, April 4 2002 Volume 04 : Number 080 In this issue: [lucy-list] the upper midwest Re: [lucy-list] the upper midwest [lucy-list] A Mighty Wind ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 03 Apr 2002 12:06:10 -0500 From: Sdgold60@aol.com Subject: [lucy-list] the upper midwest You never know where YOu will find Lucy Kaplansky..there i was in the brown and black and white and grey of Duluth Minnesota and i went into the Amazing Grace Bakery to find Chip (the owner) susan werner sent me there and chip told me this story.. (first the bakery is a coffee house that seats 75 or so.. its like the turning point of Duluth.. chip tells me...a few years ago he got a call from a snowed in Lucy Kaplansky from Minneapolis where she as a newish driver had just flown into MN and was uncertain about her being able to attend her show in a nasty snow storm. The bakery staff volunteered to bring her to Duluth and left about 2pm to get her.. chip said that she arrived very late for her show and the opener and someone else filled in ..he said when Lucy arrived a little unsettled, she thought the place would be empty and she looked out at the room and saw a full house.. and he said she put on a heck of a show.. while in MN.. the local radio station DJ (uof M) spoke about playing Every single day and as I was in the midwest merching for dar..well seeing two dar shows..many of the people who came to the table knew of lucy and were fans and hear her frequently on the radio.. Lucy certainly had name recognition in Minnesota in St cloud.. fellow Lister..Timothy Bruce joined us for dinner and graced us with easter eggs he hand made..dar joked she would sell hers on ebay and i told her to sign it and I would sell it on ebay ..Timothy dressed up as an easter bunny and i graced the signing line with chocolate so that the merchers and dar didnt eat it all.. i am looking forward to seeing lucy at the brokerage next week.. a report from LI is a given.. my favorite opening....song.. Small Dark movie.. favorite closing.. the ballad of Mary Magdelene where is Lucy these days.. i lost her again... sharon ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 03 Apr 2002 13:15:11 -0500 From: Phil Kalina <76106.566@compuserve.com> Subject: Re: [lucy-list] the upper midwest At 3 Apr 2002 12:06:10 -0500 (est), Sdgold60@aol.com wrote: > > You never know where YOu will find Lucy Kaplansky..there i was > in the brown and black and white and grey of Duluth Minnesota > ... We always know where we'll find Lucy Kaplansky--we just look at http://www.flemtam.com/lk-itin.html But you never know where or when sharon will pop up. Thanks for relaying the latest news from Duluth. Phil ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2002 23:08:43 -0600 From: " Gina" Subject: [lucy-list] A Mighty Wind I'm sorry I can't remember which mailing list we discussed "Best in = Show" and "Waiting for Guffman" on. So, it's going out to three of = them. This new movie, "A Mighty Wind" should be a hoot! Print this page Tuesday, April 2, 2002 Now Adjusting Rabbit Ears Television: Eugene Levy plays an ex-hotshot producer on 'Greg the = Bunny.' Meanwhile, he's preparing for another mock documentary. By PAUL BROWNFIELD, Times Staff Writer Eugene Levy was surprised when it seemed he had to audition for the = part of Gil Bender, the children's television show producer he plays on = the new Fox comedy "Greg the Bunny."=20 On "SCTV," the legendary Canadian sketch comedy series that ran in = syndication and on NBC from 1977 to 1983, Levy had played characters = ranging from Bobby Bittman, the bombastic stand-up comic, to Earl = Camembert, the slightly befuddled local news anchor in the town of = Melonville. With writer-performer Christopher Guest, he had collaborated = on two quintessential mock documentaries, "Waiting for Guffman" and = "Best in Show."=20 "I thought, well, listen, if I have to read for this, I may as well = pack it in," Levy said recently, over breakfast in Brentwood.=20 It didn't help that he'd gone to the "Greg the Bunny" meeting in = pain, having just been released from the hospital for treatment of a = herniated disc. Levy ultimately didn't have to read for the part, but he = did improvise bits of Bender, whom he sees as a former big-shot producer = from the '70s, "when comedy was loud," now relegated to working on a = kids show.=20 "The ideal thing would be to have the show hit reasonably well, so = that Fox kind of says they like the show, and everybody takes a deep = breath and relaxes, and allows the show to keep creeping into an area = that's more daring," he said.=20 Levy's daring happens in fits and starts--movie and TV roles that = don't necessarily exploit his gifts, interspersed with the kind of work = the 55-year-old writer-performer was doing back in the Toronto and = Edmonton days on "SCTV."=20 His family home is in Toronto, but Levy also has a place in L.A., = where he is currently entrenched in guitar lessons--preparation for his = next movie project with Guest, called "A Mighty Wind."=20 The film, which is scheduled to begin shooting in May, will root = around in the earnest subculture of aging folk musicians, in the same = way "Guffman" spoofed local theater and "Best in Show" lampooned the = Westminster Dog Show.=20 In this one, a talent manager's death prompts his acts to hold a = reunion/tribute concert (the title is based on a folk anthem written for = the movie). Already, it is clear, Levy and Guest are having fun coming = up with their own kind of folk oral history.=20 "You look at the groups and you say, 'OK, now how did this group = form?'" Levy said of the back stories he and Guest are inventing. "These = guys played with this other group, they picked up these two guys who = used to be known as the Troubadours, and then they picked up another guy = out there--you know, Ramblin' Sandy Pitnick--and they hooked up and = formed this group, and then they joined this group, and together they = formed the Main Street Singers."=20 The sincerity with which folk musicians approach their craft became = a memorable joke in the movie "Animal House," where John Belushi happens = upon a folk singer strumming a heartfelt tune on the stairs of his frat = house. Belushi listens for a few beats, then grabs the guy's guitar and = smashes it against the wall.=20 * * * Working on Third Film With Christopher Guest=20 "What he hit on in 'Animal House' is kind of what we're trying to = tap into, which is there's kind of a pomposity and a little bit of an = arrogance about folk music and folk artists, some of them," Levy said. = "You find there's not a lot of people with a great sense of humor about = themselves and about their work. They're just too intense, they're = trying to get out the message."=20 As with the two previous films, character-building is much more = essential to what the movie becomes than scripted dialogue.=20 "Most of the work that we do is put into character and character = backgrounds that usually don't end up in the final thing," Levy said.=20 Though this is Levy's third film with Guest, the two have not been = working together all that long. According to Levy, Guest called him in = Toronto, out of the blue, in 1995, saying he wanted to collaborate on a = film idea--what was to become "Guffman." The two weren't friends; in = fact, Levy said, they'd only worked together previously on a 1980s Billy = Crystal special, "Don't Get Me Started."=20 "He's not the easiest guy to get to know," Levy said of Guest. = "He's kind of standoffish, or he appeared to me to be a little = standoffish and not overly warm. When you come to know the man, you know = that nothing has changed--no, this is just his way. But he's a very = warm, funny person."=20 What has changed, Levy said, is the eagerness with which Castle = Rock Entertainment, the studio behind their films, has approached their = work. For "Guffman"--released in 1996 and made on a budget of $4 = million--he and Guest had to pitch the idea first, write a treatment, = rewrite a treatment and then produce a script. The film was a cult = success and opened the market a bit for "Best in Show," which received a = wider release.=20 On their latest project, Levy said, producers didn't much hesitate. = "They heard the idea and said, 'When do you want to shoot it?'"=20 Copyright 2002 Los Angeles Times=20 [demime 0.97c removed an attachment of type image/gif which had a name of printer_icon.gif] [demime 0.97c removed an attachment of type image/gif which had a name of blank.gif] ------------------------------ End of lucy-list-digest V4 #80 ****************************** This has been a posting from the Lucy Kaplansky mail list digest To unsubscribe send mail to Majordomo@smoe.org with "unsubscribe lucy-list-digest" in the body of the message