tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2131514811483888026.post6574386960008640415..comments2024-01-26T20:41:02.065+13:00Comments on Quote Unquote: Poetry in MetroStephen Stratfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00426799380228308536noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2131514811483888026.post-68797397268063665092011-12-21T18:09:07.854+13:002011-12-21T18:09:07.854+13:00@Stephanie, I remember that "Mother & Son...@Stephanie, I remember that "Mother & Son" series. It was great. He could really do pathos, couldn't he.<br /><br />He had many rough years with depression (http://news.ninemsn.com.au/health/645407/garry-mcdonald-speaks-out-on-anxiety) but is functioning well now - there is a recent interview with him about his role in David Mamet's play "November" this year at http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-05-04/actor-garry-mcdonald-talks-to-paul-klaric-of-730/2707328.Stephen Stratfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00426799380228308536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2131514811483888026.post-4399089608531457852011-12-21T17:47:05.180+13:002011-12-21T17:47:05.180+13:00@Philip, the bit I remember from Barnes is the New...@Philip, the bit I remember from Barnes is the New Yorker fact-checkers wanting a floor plan of Buckingham Palace to check his account of entering it. From memory there were demands for evidence of carpet colour, too. Admirable or nutty? I can never decide.Stephen Stratfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00426799380228308536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2131514811483888026.post-43064768026676192542011-12-21T10:28:46.806+13:002011-12-21T10:28:46.806+13:00Correction, and confession: I need a fact checker ...Correction, and confession: I need a fact checker as I am demonstrably bad at doing it myself. I accuse Ian Wedde of old age/memory loss and in turn discover I suffer from the same problem. Pride etc .... <br /><br />~ Mother and Son - 1984 to 1995<br />~ Norman Gunston Wikipedia entry would not, of course, reference the series but it does reference the actor Garry McDonald as it should.<br />~ Garry McDonald Wikipedia entry does reference both Norman and Mother and Son. I should scroll down the page and not just refer to the hyperlink headings sidebar. <br /><br />I do recall the series as in black and white, but no.... as the saying goes, memories play tricks.Stephanienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2131514811483888026.post-38679258781846380732011-12-21T09:48:13.927+13:002011-12-21T09:48:13.927+13:00Re Norm Gunston: being stuck in Melbourne this yea...Re Norm Gunston: being stuck in Melbourne this year I caught re-runs of 'Mother and Son' in which he plays the overwhelmed son of a mother who suffers from memory loss associated with old age, well before it had a proper name. He looked so familiar but I put that down to having seen the programme in the early days of TVNZ (in the 70/80s when there was only one channel??? See, even I can't recall how many channels we had back then!) I thought of Norm as soon as I read your post, however, the Norm Gunston entry in Wikipedia doesn't mention the series, but the entry for the programme references only the actor's proper name. Curious.<br /><br />Gosh, this one post of yours has taken me back quite a few decades! Or, thanks for the memories!Stephanienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2131514811483888026.post-65149042555463859172011-12-20T22:20:51.151+13:002011-12-20T22:20:51.151+13:00A few years ago I read a book by Craig Seligman wh...A few years ago I read a book by Craig Seligman who had worked at the New Yorker, as a fact-checker to Pauline Kael. Seemed remarkable: you sit in a movie theatre with Kael's copy checking that when she wrote "John Travolta wears a red jacket" it really is red?Philip Matthewsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2131514811483888026.post-56053134794349406582011-12-20T19:04:46.806+13:002011-12-20T19:04:46.806+13:00A poem isn't journalism but having read Julian...A poem isn't journalism but having read Julian Barnes's account in "Letters from London" of dealing with the New Yorker's fact-checkers I can imagine them doing exactly that - "Could you really have travelled that route in that time?" And "How can we be sure it was a lark that was on the wing, and not a swallow? And 'the thorn' is too vague - is this a rose? Be specific."Stephen Stratfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00426799380228308536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2131514811483888026.post-89209215779667877322011-12-20T18:34:30.529+13:002011-12-20T18:34:30.529+13:00I wonder if they fact-check poems in the New Yorke...I wonder if they fact-check poems in the New Yorker, or anywhere else: "Mr Browning, I think our readers will ask what was the good news you brought from Ghent to Aix?"Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08024440694895271805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2131514811483888026.post-2004838014050484562011-12-20T10:41:42.862+13:002011-12-20T10:41:42.862+13:00Naaa, old age, poor memory, is my guess. A pity Me...Naaa, old age, poor memory, is my guess. A pity Metro doesn't have (apparently) a decent fact checking department like the New Yorker. Then we would know the answer.Stephanienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2131514811483888026.post-21380478866128437722011-12-19T19:47:20.123+13:002011-12-19T19:47:20.123+13:00Perhaps he was he being post-modernist?Perhaps he was he being post-modernist?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2131514811483888026.post-19874939460457244542011-12-19T13:13:46.807+13:002011-12-19T13:13:46.807+13:00I saw Thelonious Monk in the old Wellington Town H...I saw Thelonious Monk in the old Wellington Town Hall that year, and can't believe Ian Wedde could get it so wrong. However, I was in the 6th Form and my parents met me afterwards and drove me home. No after concert parties for me back then! It was the weirdest experience: my stepbrother had introduced me to TM but I didn't recognise a single work.Stephanienoreply@blogger.com