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The Arlington theatre was a stand-alone, as most theatres used to be. It was in a nice (at the time) sort of strip mall. The best theatre in that time period (70s) was the Eastwood. It had the big screen and great audio. Star Wars Indiana debut was there.
Yeah, I went to the Arlington theatre a lot. Now its an Ace Hardware and the only thing left of it is the original ceiling. The Eastwood was a wonderful theatre with the only 70mm curved screen and therefore the only theatre in the city capable of showing Star Wars. They had the monopoly on that movie for an entire year and had to make tons of $$$ but sadly, they went out of business a few years later.
Remember the Carlisle Theatre on Shadeland...the "Rocking chair theatre and the only one you could smoke in?
The Arlington theatre was a stand-alone, as most theatres used to be. It was in a nice (at the time) sort of strip mall. The best theatre in that time period (70s) was the Eastwood. It had the big screen and great audio. Star Wars Indiana debut was there.
Yeah, I went to the Arlington theatre a lot. Now its an Ace Hardware and the only thing left of it is the original ceiling. The Eastwood was a wonderful theatre with the only 70mm curved screen and therefore the only theatre in the city capable of showing Star Wars. They had the monopoly on that movie for an entire year and had to make tons of $$$ but sadly, they went out of business a few years later.
Remember the Carlisle Theatre on Shadeland...the "Rocking chair theatre and the only one you could smoke in?
I sure do remember the carlisle.try to explain the concept of a movie theater with a smoking section in the auditorum part today.consitering you can`t smoke in the lobby today.
before the eastwood ,outside of the circle theater downtown ,the arlington theater was one of the best theaters in town. I miss the stand alone theaters with lots of seats.
before the eastwood ,outside of the circle theater downtown ,the arlington theater was one of the best theaters in town. I miss the stand alone theaters with lots of seats.
Yeah..sad....sort of like the smaller independent small market radio stations with the unique talent...gone. Greed & progress are in all segments of society...
"F.M." is kind of a serious take on the concept of WKRP. Not really and truly realistic but enough nuances that we in radio can appreciate what they're going after. Any movie that was a 100% accurate depiction of how radio works would really be pretty boring.
Actually Susquehanna Broadcasting was much of the inspiration for "WKRP". There was an actual Arthur J. Carlson at Susquehanna (VP of programming) and one of the WKRP writers was a former Susquehanna employee. The real Mr. Art Carlson threatened to sue when he learned of the TV character's name but backed off when advised that a lawsuit would create more publicity that just letting it slide.
While charachters and particular shows may have drawn on other stations, remember the view at the start of the show? The Taft WKRC WKRQ tower. Concept originally drawn from Randy Michaels experiences reportedly.
The frozen chicken episode? Drawn from our own Don Martin and WSLM who dropped duck decoys in downtown Salem from Don's airplane. Insurance covered all the roofs and windows though.
Actually Susquehanna Broadcasting was much of the inspiration for "WKRP". There was an actual Arthur J. Carlson at Susquehanna (VP of programming) and one of the WKRP writers was a former Susquehanna employee. The real Mr. Art Carlson threatened to sue when he learned of the TV character's name but backed off when advised that a lawsuit would create more publicity that just letting it slide.
While charachters and particular shows may have drawn on other stations, remember the view at the start of the show? The Taft WKRC WKRQ tower. Concept originally drawn from Randy Michaels experiences reportedly.
The frozen chicken episode? Drawn from our own Don Martin and WSLM who dropped duck decoys in downtown Salem from Don's airplane. Insurance covered all the roofs and windows though.
"FM" is worthy of a view once in a while. My fav scene involved Martin Mull's character Eric Swan. Eric is on the air being "cosmic" as the new sales manager walks in the studio, ignoring the on air light, and snoops around. Once the mic is off Swan goes from Mr Cosmic to "WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOUR DOING!!!".
Checking in from California here and while FM was a totally unrealistic flick, it was kind of cool. I was in my late teens and working at KROY AM & KROI FM in Sacramento and we gave tickets away to a preview screening of FM. We also had these really cool black t-shirts that had the FM logo on them to give away. EVERYONE wanted one! I still have one that was never worn. Unfortunately I've outgrown it. The soundtrack was great and Steely Dan's FM was and still is a great song! But as I said, not very realistic, but we thought it was cool just to have a movie about our business. By the way, I seem to recall a version of the song FM that was created for AM stations called AM. Anyone remember that?
"FM" is worthy of a view once in a while. My fav scene involved Martin Mull's character Eric Swan. Eric is on the air being "cosmic" as the new sales manager walks in the studio, ignoring the on air light, and snoops around. Once the mic is off Swan goes from Mr Cosmic to "WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOUR DOING!!!".
Good Times!
Well, I am much, much younger than most of you. But that is a funny scene. "Hell! I don't give a crap if you're the Messiah from Jerusalem come here to make my life perfect! Nobody walks in this booth when I am making my art. Nobody!"
Of course I read that in my film class, I am way to young to remember the film.
The "AM" version spliced the "A" from the song "Aja" to replace the "F", coincidentally it was gthe same note. The stations spliced that together on their own from what I'm told.
gr8oldies is right...I remember reading about the "AM" version of "FM" in a Steely Dan book. Also of note that both members of Steely Dan didn't really like the movie "FM"...They thought, now get this, that the song "FM" would've sounded good in a thriller! I've never laughed so hard in my life. ;D
If i'm right, the DVD version of "FM" came in both Full and Widescreen format. I can't recommend the 2:35.1 widescreen version enough...Too much panning and scanning in the Full Frame version. I remember buying the widescreen VHS at a Suncoast for 99 cents or a dollar several years ago. The VHS Fullscreen version was for rent at my local Family Video about four years ago...It's probably gone by now...As with most video stores, they got rid of their VHS tapes. Glad I at least have the widescreen version...and I got it on the cheap.
"FM" is a great movie...I remember first discovering it when it was airing on a Friday night on VH1's "Rock and Roll Cinema".
BTW, "WKRP In Cincinnati" was based on WQXI "Quixy" in Atlanta. Hugh Wilson worked there for awhile I believe. The whole story is in the book entitled "America's Favorite Radio Station". Great book. 8)
WMEE screened "FM" at the US 30 Drive In to promote its switch from 1380 AM to 97.3 FM in 1979.
Was that the old Lincolndale Drive-In in New Haven? Slightly OT, but someone mentioned that Q-95 became an album rocker in 1978...I always figured it had happened a few years earlier.
IMDb says "FM" was released in the US in April of 1978. Perhaps MEE and the drive-in were able to have a special booking of the film.
I remember 10 years later on a weekend shift playing "Off the Record with Mary Turner," brought to you by The (everyone) US Army.
I briefly knew Glory June. She was the girlfriend of my good friend, Fred Karrish who passed away in 1981. She was a sweet girl and a gentle soul. I remember she didn't work at WFBQ very long.I never saw her again after Fred's funeral. Wonder if she is still on the air somewhere? Wow..that was a long time ago...
"FM" would have been about a year and a quarter old by the time of the WMEE flip in late July of 1979, so doubtless a special booking, which I believe was the night of the flip (maybe 97 cent admission)? The theme was the first song played of WMEE- "FM" (actually still WMEF, call letter changes had not gone through). Probably a good thing as I pictured mouth injuries as the Living Strings noisily slammed into AC/DC in Dentist offices all over the tri-state area but didn't happen like that. (Of course I was monitoring both frequencies, the last song on WMEE AM was "That Lady" by the Isley Bros and the first song on the new Country "Hawk 1380" was Mac Davis and "Rock and Roll I gave You All the Best years of My Life. Had it on tape but who knows where it ever landed.
VH1 Classic showed "FM" last night! I caught the scene where Martin Mull was dumping a trash can full of commercials (on glorious tape)...Somehow, hitting the delete button over and over just wouldn't have the same dramatic impact.
Theres nothing like a bulk eraser up against an entire cart rack
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I work at Riley Hospital and used to use an analog micro recorder to record our evaluation data so it could be sent in for transcripton. Someone in the housekeeping staff took 12 of our tapes from the "out" box and ran them through our bulk eraser and put them back in the out box. After a couple episodes of that we started using digital recorders and downloaded everything and sent it to transcripton.
Yeah, I can see where that would be a huge blooper in the movie.
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