Mary McGoon's Inn: Turhan Bey, Maine
anonymous
May 4 2009, 00:20:25 UTC
Loved the article. One factual quibble though. Mary McGoon's Inn, which burned down under suspicious circumstances, was not in Vermont. It was in Maine. Turhan Bey, Maine, in fact.
What makes this notable -- and proves that Bob and Ray are the gift that keeps on giving -- is that 1) There is no Turhan Bey, Maine and 2) Turhan Bey was the name of an Austrian-born American B-picture leading man during the 1940s.
I didn't learn this until about a year ago (I've known the B and R skit for much longer) until I mentioned the location to someone who happened to be a B movie buff who set me straight.
Re: Mary McGoon's Inn: Turhan Bey, Maineshoebox2May 4 2009, 02:23:49 UTC
Oh, that's hilarious - and ties neatly into Ray's oft-mentioned film fascination in the Boston-based shows just post-WWII, come to think of it. Thanks much for both the compliment and the correction.
Your wonderful Bob & Ray article
anonymous
May 29 2009, 15:36:53 UTC
I've just read your wonderful article on Bob Elliot and Ray Goulding (on www.popmatters.com, which led me here). To me it conveys very well why they're not only hilarious, but also heartwarming. Their reserve, even toward their entirely fictional characters, is in short supply these days
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Re: Your wonderful Bob & Ray articleshoebox2June 1 2009, 02:37:26 UTC
Michael - First of all, let me apologise for not responding to your note sooner! I've been moving house this weekend, and have just now got the pieces of my life...er, computer...back together.
Without further ado, then, thank you so much for your kind words - and your story. One of the nicest things about becoming a 'public' Bob & Ray fan has been discovering the connected worlds; the people who care about them are in turn involved with other interesting things, and people. Now I get to go hunt up John Ashbery. It's great.
The Josephson collections are also great, a bit pricey but with all the funny bits neatly pre-scissored out of the mass for convenience. I do love the entire shows preserved on the bootleg collections, though, especially the very earliest Boston 'Matinee's, which feeds my ongoing fascination with their own attitude to their genius. You get a much better sense of its uniqueness:
"This has occurred to both our minds," Ray says at one point. "Our mind," Bob interrupts firmly. "Oh, yes...our mind."
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What makes this notable -- and proves that Bob and Ray are the gift that keeps on giving -- is that 1) There is no Turhan Bey, Maine and 2) Turhan Bey was the name of an Austrian-born American B-picture leading man during the 1940s.
I didn't learn this until about a year ago (I've known the B and R skit for much longer) until I mentioned the location to someone who happened to be a B movie buff who set me straight.
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Without further ado, then, thank you so much for your kind words - and your story. One of the nicest things about becoming a 'public' Bob & Ray fan has been discovering the connected worlds; the people who care about them are in turn involved with other interesting things, and people. Now I get to go hunt up John Ashbery. It's great.
The Josephson collections are also great, a bit pricey but with all the funny bits neatly pre-scissored out of the mass for convenience. I do love the entire shows preserved on the bootleg collections, though, especially the very earliest Boston 'Matinee's, which feeds my ongoing fascination with their own attitude to their genius. You get a much better sense of its uniqueness:
"This has occurred to both our minds," Ray says at one point. "Our mind," Bob interrupts firmly. "Oh, yes...our mind."
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