"Putney Swope" (feature)
Dir: Robert Downey Sr.
Premier: 1969
Viewed: 4/3/09
Review: As it turns out the story of Putney Swope was also a satire of Robert Downey Sr.’s early work environment. There was a line where one employee asks his boss for a raise. The boss explains that if he gives the worker a raise, he’ll have to give the other workers a raise. And if he gave the others a raise, etc. Apparently that was a line directly lifted from Downey Sr.’s boss decades ago, when a black worker asked for a raise.
The film was in black and white, which was strange since the commercials were in full color. I found out in the special features that the voice for Putney Swope was actually Robert Downey Sr.! The actual actor was often too quiet and kept forgetting his lines. As a joke one of the crew members said that the director could do the ADR himself if it simply doesn’t work. Smash cut to the premier, where Putney’s voice sounds strangely familiar…
Chowder: "The Party Cruise" (tv series)
Dir: Eddy Houchins
Premier: 4/2/09
Viewed: 4/07/09
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