Robert James

Teacher, scholar, author of WHO Won?!? An Irreverent Look at the Oscars: V. 1, 1927-1943, V. 2, 1944-1952, and V. 3, 1953-1963 (Volume 4, 1964-1978 Xmas 2016)

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@tsodell @JuniperNetworks Hey, Raymond! Contact me using my school email! (on the school website!)

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They’re here…. https://t.co/oLirYsWbo9

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What Should Have Won the Best Song of the Year 1950 https://t.co/U2x1cc38WN

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Book 5 Done! https://t.co/1VGF0RCk6E

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1946 Warner Brothers blooper reel! They used these at the end-of-the-year studio parties:

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Working my way steadily to the end of the 1978 list, and watched these two last night, both about the failures surrounding the Vietnam War.

Who’ll Stop the Rain? tries to benefit from having the rights to that... https://t.co/D93Goh3O38

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I'm home today, keeping an eye on the boiling pot as it were, and multitasking on the book.

I'm about to watch Same Time, Next Year for the first time since it was in the theaters in 1978, and getting ready to take notes on the... https://t.co/Eb3E7bm3WN

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Outstanding!!

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Brian May is a guitar god, but Adam Lambert should still be doing that cocktail lounge act in 1972.

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See? They CAN be taught!

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I so want these movies to be real!
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For those of you who want to get in the Academy Award mood, here is the latest book in my series remaking the Oscars as they should have been!

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My late night / early morning was taken up by a trio of 1978 movies all marked by a singular trait: goofiness.

Harper Valley PTA is essentially a live-action version of the hit Sixties song,... https://t.co/aWdapPcf5c

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In 1977, Sylvester Stallone was on top of the movie world, riding big on the enormous success of Rocky.

He parlayed that clout into two films in 1978: F.I.S.T., directed by Norman Jewison, and... https://t.co/za5DGuzhmR

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Dipping into 1978 for some easy stuff -- and I have to say, the year is not looking healthy...

The Norseman was just a huge mistake for all concerned. Lee Majors couldn't act without bionic... https://t.co/RzyzIjx1QI

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I may have had something to do with this...

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Lol.

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Along with the Lansing, another fantastic book is James Earl Jones' memoirs. Jones is a magnificent storyteller (he has a very good ghost writer who knows not to drown out his unique voice). Jones'... https://t.co/Zh7Y9q3FpU

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I've been doing more research for the next book. Carrie Fisher's Princess Diaries was disappointing; some decent jokes, some discussion of herself as a young woman, and an interminable... https://t.co/mPt0AELGf5

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2 of 5 stars to Leonardo da Vinci by Walter Isaacson https://t.co/t8R53vh28C