[Vision2020] Hard to believe...Re: Say What?

Ted Moffett starbliss at gmail.com
Thu Oct 29 11:07:01 PDT 2009


When I wrote below that it was "hard to believe" that the Gilda Radner
performance of "Rosana Rosana Dana" was "twenty years ago," this was more
true than I intended, because the performance on YouTube referenced was from

thirty years ago... Yikes!

On 10/29/09, Ted Moffett <starbliss at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> From imbd.com website:
>
> http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0705717/bio
>
> Radner was one of the great comic geniuses of the 20th century, ranked up
> with Lucille Ball <http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000840/> and other comedy
> legends of the highest caliber.
> ------------
>
> Lucille Ball, another very popular comedienne... Then there's incredible
> Carol Burnett, who comedienne Stephanie Miller wanted to emulate when she
> was a child.
>
> "Rosana Rosana Dana" was a popular character done by Gilda Radner often
> on "Saturday Night Live,"  as a member of the original cast.  Hard to
> believe this was twenty years ago...
> ------------
>
> From YouTube website below:
>
> In 1979, Gilda Radner threw a summer-long party at Broadway's Winter Garden
> Theatre. Share the fun as Gilda's Saturday Night Live alter-egos take on new
> comedy material...
>
> "Rosana Rosana Dana" delivers Commencement-- Columbia School of
> Journalism...
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qd_syuD-N_k
> ------------
> This is funny just thinking about it...
>
> ------------------------------------
> Vision2020 Post: Ted Moffett
>
>  On 10/29/09, Tom Hansen <thansen at moscow.com> wrote:
>
>
>> And beyond that, Ted . . .
>>
>> How dare I overlook the proverbial "birthplace" of comediennes (that would
>> be female comedians, g), Saturday Night Live, the venue that launched Tina
>> Fey and Amy Poehler among others.
>>
>> Sarah Palin (Tina Fey) and Hillary Clinton (Amy Poehler)
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jGcrfH0KjM
>>
>> Tom Hansen
>> Moscow, Idaho
>>
>>
>>
>> > Leaving out Stephanie Miller from your list of significant female
>> > comedians
>> > is a serious omission.  She is a hilarious, irreverent, biting and
>> > brilliant
>> > political comedian who does a radio show five days a week, and often
>> > appears
>> > in the media in political discussions:
>> >
>> > http://www.stephaniemiller.com/
>> >
>> > Stephanie Miller and CIA Analyst Larry Johnson on Plame-Gate part 1:
>> >
>> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOz78sIe_OU
>> >
>> > -------
>> >
>> > Part 1, March 3, 2009: Stephanie Miller on CNN's "Larry King Live" with
>> > Arianna Huffington, Lars Larson and Nancy Pfotenhauer:
>> >
>> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTOIOL7_gRc
>> >
>> > Part 2:
>> >
>> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKJ6Q6XyHOc
>> > ------------------------------------------
>> > Vision2020 Post: Ted Moffett
>> >
>> > On 10/28/09, Tom Hansen <thansen at moscow.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > Maryellen Hooper
>> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TW4NSCxlLo
>> >
>> > Kathy Griffin
>> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9jHSp2mczI
>> >
>> > Rita Rudner
>> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BS1tJ6UF0Kw
>> >
>> > Aisha Tyler
>> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGsH1zKo0iY
>> >
>> > Judy Tenuta
>> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1ridwVQq4I
>> >
>> > Pam Stone
>> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPZQ6K0DmaU
>> >
>> > Kathleen Madigan
>> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5w5FIPR818k
>> >
>> > Caroline Rhea
>> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_E0jjPiueaI
>> >
>> > Wendy Liebman
>> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yV3VLep9tA
>> >
>> > Elayne Boosler (my personal favorite)
>> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVqemKhy8sE
>> >
>> > Kate Clinton
>> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkkRYC781zk
>> >
>> > Danielle Broussard
>> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0cYZVrkfeU
>> >
>> > Sherry Davey
>> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYN-B3YJhlc
>> >
>> > Tom Hansen
>> > Moscow, Idaho
>> >
>>
>>
>> "The Pessimist complains about the wind, the Optimist expects it to change
>> and the Realist adjusts his sails."
>>
>> - Unknown
>>
>>
>>
>
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