Pa, Meet Ma Kettle!

[Glebb]

Posted: 12/19/07 at 10:45pm

Updated On: 12/19/07 at 10:45 PM

[tazber]

Posted: 12/19/07 at 10:46pm

red x?

[nitsua]

Posted: 12/19/07 at 10:46pm

Right click > View image

[tazber]

Posted: 12/19/07 at 10:47pm

did that, still a red x.

[Glebb]

Posted: 12/20/07 at 12:27am

[Unknown User]

Posted: 12/20/07 at 6:54am

luv it!

[best12bars]

Posted: 12/20/07 at 9:29am

I LOVE the Ma and Pa Kettle movies!

Yay, Marjorie and Percy! Talk about movie franchises.

[tazber]

Posted: 12/20/07 at 9:34am

thanks Glebby!

[best12bars]

Posted: 12/20/07 at 9:53am

I love when they win their "ultra modern" house, and the whole brood moves in!

It's funny to see what passed for "ultra modern" back then.

[JustAGuy]

Posted: 12/20/07 at 9:54am

That's my favorite one too Best. Do they even show these movies anymore?

[best12bars]

Posted: 12/20/07 at 10:18am

They don't show up very often on TV anymore because they're owned by Universal. That studio doesn't have its own regular TV channel, so they "rent" their old movies out to TCM and the like. If only Ted Turner would buy up the back catalog, like he did with MGM, Warner Bros. & RKO, then we'd see them all the time.

They WILL show up from time to time... just not as much.

I just bought the DVDs a while back, since they were cheap enough. My partner loves 'em too... so I gave them to him as a gift one year.

Two volumes of all their films... eight total, I think.
DeepDiscount Link

[Unknown User]

Posted: 12/20/07 at 11:06am

I love Marjorie Main! My favorite line is when she talks about all the kids being lazy like Pa- "Except for Tom, who don't take after Pa one bit! Sort of makes me....wonder."

[JustAGuy]

Posted: 12/20/07 at 11:12am

How could you not love a face like that?

Updated On: 12/20/07 at 11:12 AM

[best12bars]

Posted: 12/20/07 at 12:54pm

Marjorie rightfully scored an Oscar nomination for her first appearance as Ma Kettle in "The Egg and I."

Pure genius, and it's still hilarious stuff, even now.

[BigFatBlonde]

Posted: 12/20/07 at 3:28pm

LOVE! LOVE! LOVE! The Ma and Pa Kettle Movies!

Why hasn't anyone tried to remake them? That family was deliciously unsophisticated. But you NEVER looked down on them.

The films - I think accidentally- had something to say about living life when basic needs meet. Very anti-commericialism.

I see Tyne Daly or Kathy Bates as Ma.

[best12bars]

Posted: 12/20/07 at 3:44pm

Well, it's hard for me to picture anyone but Marjorie and Percy, but I love playing casting!

MA:
Tyne
Kathy
Meryl Streep (because she could do it, and probably would do it!)
Frances McDormand
Patricia Clarkson
Mary Kay Place


PA:
Billy Bob Thornton
Steve Buchemi (sp?)
David Strathairn

[BigFatBlonde]

Posted: 12/20/07 at 3:55pm

Meryl Streep as MA KETTLE!!! Lovin' It!

and what a great compliment to the memory of Marjorie Maine.

A little Math Lesson:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7106559846794044495

[Glebb]

Posted: 12/20/07 at 6:24pm

Streep as Ma = Genius!

[best12bars]

Posted: 12/20/07 at 7:05pm

How about Joel Grey as Pa?

[Glebb]

Posted: 12/22/07 at 10:33am

Sure!

I'd actually kill to see Meryl recreate Marjorie's part in THE WOMEN. I want to see that yawn at the beginning of the movie.

[Glebb]

Posted: 2/3/08 at 11:14am

Loving Marjorie in THE HARVEY GIRLS!

[Mamie]

Posted: 2/3/08 at 11:23am

This would be a good month to revive the Ma and Pa Kettle films as Miss Marjorie is one of this month's angels.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 2/3/08 at 11:24am

How about Ma & Pa Kettle The Musical?

Nathan could play Pa & Rosie plays Ma.

[Mamie]

Posted: 2/3/08 at 12:26pm

Or the other way around!