rjmoulton@watnot.UUCP (Robert Moulton) (02/25/86)
Meta jokes have been in the movies since the 1920's. In ONE WEEK made in 1921, a girl is having a bath and drops her soap on the floor. She starts up to get, sees the camera and sinks down. Then a hand appears from behind the camera and covers the lens. The hand moves away and the girl, who now has the soap, thanks the cameraman. The Marx Brothers have endless jokes of this sort. In HORSE FEATHERS just as Chico is about to start his piano solo, Groucho says to the camera "I have to stick around for this, buts there's no reason you can't got out to the lobby for a smoke until this is over." In ANIMAL CRACKERS, a character named Chandler mistakenly calls Groucho by that name. Groucho replys: "No you're Chandler, I'm.... Wait a minute, I may be Coming Next Week... for all I know." Later in the film Groucho lets off a very bad pun, and then turns directly to the camera and says: "You've got to expect that once in a while, they can't all be good." For an extended dose of meta humor, look for a film called SHERLOCK,JR. : :
ee178ado@sdcc7.UUCP (BRUCE BINDER) (03/01/86)
> Meta jokes have been in the movies since the 1920's.
My favorite is the line in Seven Year Itch.
The main character implies that his friend should mind his own
business about the woman that he has been seen with by saying
something to the effect of:
"What difference does it make who she is? She could be Marilyn
Monroe."
The character of the woman had no name in the movie, but the actress
who played the part *was* Marilyn Monroe.
Bruce Binderee178ado@sdcc7.UUCP (BRUCE BINDER) (03/01/86)
In article <287@sdcc7.UUCP>, ee178ado@sdcc7.UUCP (BRUCE BINDER) writes: > > Meta jokes have been in the movies since the 1920's. > > My favorite is the line in Seven Year Itch. Sorry for posting this to net.tv when it is actually movie stuff. Bruce Binder