tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307577717655310918.post2612292726676013410..comments2024-03-17T07:25:56.478-04:00Comments on Thrilling Days of Yesteryear: Forgotten Noir Fridays: Western Pacific Agent (1950)Ivan G Shreve Jrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04067177808320053382noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307577717655310918.post-70119097503154361612017-02-25T12:14:27.619-05:002017-02-25T12:14:27.619-05:00I wasn't really chastising you personally so m...I wasn't really chastising you personally so much as the whole mindless "Let's trash (fill the the blank)" mob mentality. Heck, you're untitled to be sick to death of anyone you want. b piperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00914228083275910367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307577717655310918.post-7208520786978166962017-02-24T20:12:40.037-05:002017-02-24T20:12:40.037-05:00b piper, fresh out of law school, mounted a vigoro...b piper, fresh out of law school, mounted a vigorous defense:<br /><br /><i>So what's with all the vitriol towards Sid Melton?</i><br /><br />I <i>love</i> Sid on <b><i>Green Acres</i></b> (and his brother, Mary Grace Canfield) but after watching him do some painfully unfunny shtick in these Lippert films he has a tendency to wear out his welcome after the first couple of features. If it seems like I'm picking on him, mea culpa.<br /><br />I didn't mind him so much on <b><i>Make Room for Daddy</i></b> until Cozi TV resurrected those rare episodes from the sitcom's last two seasons, when Danny Thomas and Marjorie Lord went on a European sabbatical and Melton and Pat Carroll picked up the slack in their absence. Sid is okay in small doses but too much exposure will severely test anyone's tolerance.Ivan G Shreve Jrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04067177808320053382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307577717655310918.post-16043771346859183202017-02-24T19:42:07.300-05:002017-02-24T19:42:07.300-05:00So what's with all the vitriol towards Sid Mel...So what's with all the vitriol towards Sid Melton? I used to like him in MAKE ROOM FOR DADDY and on the rare occasions when I watched GREEN ACRES, and he was always fine in the handful of other features (mostly Lipperts?) I saw him in. You know what I think it is? It's like when the school bully starts picking on some kid and then all the would-be bullies start chiming in too, just to show how cool they are. Well I never had much use for that crap, so in the words of Groucho --- "Hey you big bully, leave that little bully alone!"b piperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00914228083275910367noreply@blogger.com