Comments on: John Adams, Royall Tyler, and Woody Allen http://ahistoryofnewyork.com/2010/02/john-adams-royall-tyler-and-woody-allen/ Being a ... course, companion, blog, and book. Thu, 24 Nov 2011 00:54:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Bryan http://ahistoryofnewyork.com/2010/02/john-adams-royall-tyler-and-woody-allen/comment-page-1/#comment-773 Bryan Mon, 01 Feb 2010 17:42:09 +0000 http://ahistoryofnewyork.com/?p=954#comment-773 I like the extended clip, which I haven't seen for years. The little soldiers' play about VD is especially good -- and relevant to lecture! (I've just been showing the short version from the theater scene since 2003; I can't remember when I last watched the whole film.) I think in class I said they were in Napoleonic France. Same period, but they're supposed to be in St. Petersburg. My bad. I clearly need to watch the whole again. I'm always surprised when I ask in class if anyone's seen the whole film and no one ever has. I thought that's why people went to college: to watch Woody Allen's entire catalog. Well, at least up through the mid-80s. Then you can skip around a little, I guess. I like the extended clip, which I haven’t seen for years. The little soldiers’ play about VD is especially good — and relevant to lecture! (I’ve just been showing the short version from the theater scene since 2003; I can’t remember when I last watched the whole film.) I think in class I said they were in Napoleonic France. Same period, but they’re supposed to be in St. Petersburg. My bad. I clearly need to watch the whole again.

I’m always surprised when I ask in class if anyone’s seen the whole film and no one ever has. I thought that’s why people went to college: to watch Woody Allen’s entire catalog. Well, at least up through the mid-80s. Then you can skip around a little, I guess.

]]> By: Cyrus http://ahistoryofnewyork.com/2010/02/john-adams-royall-tyler-and-woody-allen/comment-page-1/#comment-771 Cyrus Mon, 01 Feb 2010 17:38:19 +0000 http://ahistoryofnewyork.com/?p=954#comment-771 Well, the post <i>does</i> have the structure of a joke: the YouTube clip is the punchline! Well, the post does have the structure of a joke: the YouTube clip is the punchline!

]]> By: Bryan http://ahistoryofnewyork.com/2010/02/john-adams-royall-tyler-and-woody-allen/comment-page-1/#comment-769 Bryan Mon, 01 Feb 2010 17:21:28 +0000 http://ahistoryofnewyork.com/?p=954#comment-769 The title sounds like the opening line of a joke: "John Adams, Royall Tyler, and Woody Allen walked into a bar." The bar tender looked up and asked: "What is this, some kind of joke?" The title sounds like the opening line of a joke: “John Adams, Royall Tyler, and Woody Allen walked into a bar.”

The bar tender looked up and asked: “What is this, some kind of joke?”

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