In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading. That same week the prechristmas season i saw a nativity scene in which mary, joseph, three wise men, an angel, lamb, cow, donkey, camel and baby jesus were all rubber duckies, with a tiny hole in their beaks so they could squirt water. Sep 15, 2017 duck season original soundtrack, as selfexplanatory, is the official soundtrack for the virtualreality horror game, duck season. Scrape yall motherfuckers this is my word, when you see us when you see us flashing and shining. Posted by grantbarrett on july 12, 2014 add comment.
In a short documentary that comprises the sole special feature on the new dvd edition of lord love a duck, writerdirector george axelrod notes that the 1966 film is against just about everything. A satirical black comedy with mcdowall successfully playing a highschool senior, even though he was in his late thirties at the time. It also turns up a number of times in the works of p g wodehouse, the earliest being the coming of bill, two years before ulysses was published. Mgms new dvd of the film includes a promotional short in which the writer. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Lord love a duck is a curious title, a reference to the nickname mollymauk that roddy mcdowalls character took, because it is actually an albatross, not a duck. Thats my reading anyway, although other readings may be equally or even more viable.
This movie is bizarre and hardly follows the hollywood formula. With roddy mcdowall, tuesday weld, lola albright, martin west. In the 37 years between lord love a duck and his 2003 death, he produced little of note, and the films allencompassing satire and comic density suggests he might have used up all of his ideas in one place. If so, he went out in a blaze of glory, with one of the weirdest, most brilliant teen movies ever made. Lord love a duck was the directing debut of screenwriter george axelrod, who wrote the seven year itch and adapted breakfast at tiffanys. George axelrods unclassifiable satire is one of the oddest hollywood movies, which over the years has engendered passionate support and derision. Definitely worth seeing once, just for the offthewall goingson. Movie trailer for the 1966 george axlerod comedy lord love a duck starring roddy mcdowall, tuesday weld, lola albright, martin west and. Just a bunch of random videos where i try something new, or just announce stuff about the channel. A broad satire of teenage culture in the sixties, its targets ranging from progressive education to beach movies. Described by writerdirector george axelrod as love finds andy hardy meets dr.
And i keep swimming around in this little old pond, cant fly like an eagle, cant get me a swan. Duck season takes you into one particular sunday morning in the lives of two fourteenyear old boys, flama and moko. Lp, mono united artists records, united artists records ual 47, ual 47. Michael wyckoff duck season original soundtrack lyrics. For some its an incisively bizarre portrait of sixties america, for others its a sloppily made, undisciplined mess with more boom mikes visible in full frame than even play it again sam. The wild oneslord love a duck theme song halos heaven. Offensive dialogue and situations on various levels to many viewers. Lord love a duck is a 1966 teen comedy produced, directed and cowritten by george axelrod and starring roddy mcdowall and tuesday weld. The film was a satire of popular culture at the time, its targets ranging from progressive education to beach party films. The story concerns a brilliant but unbalanced young man, who. It was adapted from a novel of the same name by al hine. Dont nobody care, so tired of swimming and getting nowhere. Harlots is a britishamerican period drama television series created by alison newman and moira buffini and inspired by the covent garden ladies by british historian hallie rubenhold. An exclamation of surprise 19 ian hay the writings of ian hay lord love a duck.
Customers who viewed this item also viewed these digital items. Unlike the loved one with its gothicbaroque focus on one issue, duck tackles a couple of dozen topical targets headon and with admirable accuracy. These are just a few examples of the continuous contempt that occurs whenever a duck is involved. In other words, its a satire, and one thats all the more subversive for taking the innocuous form of a.
This shopping feature will continue to load items when the enter key is pressed. My darling son has offered to babysit on the day of my eye appointment. Kevin harts the big house season 1, episode 1 hart transplant duration. Lord love a duck 1966 one of my alltime favorite movies and tuesday weld at her best. With their neighbor rita and pizza delivery boy ulises, they create their own adventures. Strangelove and billed on its poster as an act of pure aggression, lord love a duck is a scabrous takedown of california dreaming, beach party movies, pop psychology, progressive education, commercial religion, and all manner of other petty mid60s piffle as filtered through that most idiotically. The series focuses on margaret wells, who runs a brothel in 18thcentury london and struggles to secure a better future for her daughters amid an unpredictable. The series focuses on margaret wells, who runs a brothel in 18thcentury london and struggles to secure a better future for her daughters amid an unpredictable environment. The plot revolves around the attempts of high school student alan musgrave mcdowall to win the heart of barbara ann green weld by granting her every wish. Lord love a duck looks and sounds exactly as one would expect.
It is based on al hines 1961 novel of the same name. The duck sailed into our harbour and stole the hearts and instagram accounts of a city. Our commonly held sentiment this seasonpoor bertie. Ive left him in the kitchen for a little while when i was in the house, but i.
But in the case of lord luv a duck i have the gut feeling that the duck is more of a lame duck something or somebody ineffective and less than admirable so, for me, the phrase has an ironic,sarcastic or at least a derogatory undertone. Scrape yall motherfuckers, its my word when you see us, when you see us flashin and shinin and buildin and addin on, yall niggas just watch, hear me. The pairing of mcdowall and weld pulsates at the core of lords genius. For some its an incisively bizarre portrait of sixties america, for others its a sloppily made, undisciplined mess with more boom.
The rally turned into a procession to present a third petition to parliament. Duck season original soundtrack, as selfexplanatory, is the official soundtrack for the virtualreality horror game, duck season. Mar 17, 2011 a further examination on songs that would be more inappropriate for the angels 7th inning stretch than build me up buttercup. It would be echoed later in two of welds other best films, pretty poison 1968 and play it as it lays 1972, where she starred opposite anthony perkins. Mcdowall was 40 when this film was made, and in his 55th motion picture. The main thrust is directed at the 60s plastic society, with an emphasis on the. A further examination on songs that would be more inappropriate for the angels 7th inning stretch than build me up buttercup. Lord love a duck will not be made specifically for the teenage market but teenagers will probably dig it.
At first glance, george axelrods, lord love a duck appears to be a satire of 60s beach party movies. Combe pronounces the princes anterior lobe, the seat of his intellect, to. Happening title tune performed by the wild ones and fleshy teenage video, followed by hero alan roddy mcdowall pursued by cops, opening george axelrods outlandish lord love a duck, 1966. Oncegreat series feels like a copy of its former self. Happening title tune performed by the wild ones and fleshy teenage video, followed by hero alan roddy mcdowall pursued by cops, opening george axelrods outlandish lord love a duck, 1966 view the tcmdb entry for lord love a duck 1966. Movies like lord love a duck if you like lord love a duck you are looking for humorous, sexual and dark humor movies about with high school, misfit, satire, teenager, teenage life, best friends and youth themes of comedy, drama and romance genre shot in usa. Today we look at the titular theme song from the movie lord love a duck. The longshot 1986 part 22 tim conway stella stevens harvey korman ted wass. How to deal 2003, drive me crazy 1999, election 1999, the battle of shaker heights 2003, archies final project 2009. Neal hefti, the wild ones 3 lord love a duck an act of pure aggression original motion picture sound track. George axelrods corrosively satiric lord love a duck is one of the most irreverent and cockeyed films of the 1960s.
Difficult to describe and far too sly for most audiences of 1966, lord love a duck is black comedy at its very best. A bright satirical comedy about an innocent high school girl granted her wishes by a student prodigy. It puts everything down society, vulgarity, adolescents. Fly good eagle, get back to your nest, you got a home, and a pretty nest. Highschool genius roddy mcdowall works magic for blonde tuesday weld. Victoria season 3, episode 1 includes the mass chartist meeting that took place on april 10, 1848 on kennington common. Roddy mcdowell, tuesday weld, harvey korman and ruth gordon star in this deliciously offbeat comedy that. Feb 3, 2017 explore rjpies board lord, love a duck. He displays little feel for directing, and the movies ideas spray out in a dozen directions academic absurdity, drivein churches, psychoanalysis, yet the thing is so weird it becomes distinctive. Lord love a duck is a 1966 black comedy film directed by george axelrod and starring roddy mcdowall and tuesday weld. Wood duck male ducky duck, waterfowl hunting, game birds, duck dynasty, bird. Story concerns the musings of roddy mcdowall in the. Neal hefti lord love a duck original motion picture sound.
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