- published: 11 Jul 2007
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Randall Stuart "Randy" Newman (born November 28, 1943) is an American singer-songwriter,arranger, composer, and pianist who is known for his mordant (and often satirical) pop songs and for film scores.
Newman often writes lyrics from the perspective of a character far removed from his own experiences, sometimes using the point of view of an unreliable narrator. For example, the 1972 song "Sail Away" is written as a slave trader's sales pitch to attract slaves, while the narrator of "Political Science" is a U.S. nationalist who complains of worldwide ingratitude toward America and proposes a brutally ironic final solution. One of his biggest hits, "Short People" was written from the perspective of "a lunatic" who hates short people. Since the 1980s, Newman has worked mostly as a film composer. His film scores include Ragtime, Awakenings, The Natural, Leatherheads, James and the Giant Peach, Meet the Parents, Cold Turkey, Seabiscuit and The Princess and the Frog. He has scored six Disney-Pixar films: Toy Story, A Bug's Life, Toy Story 2, Monsters, Inc., Cars and most recently Toy Story 3.
Actors: Randy Newman (actor), John Williams (actor), Erin Breen (writer), Jon Burlingame (actor), Annie Bosler (producer), Annie Bosler (producer), Annie Bosler (writer), Annie Bosler (director), Fred Fox (actor), Gene Sherry (actor), James Thatcher (actor), Richard Todd (actor), Kristy Morrell (actress), Josh Gladstone (editor), Vince De Rosa (actor),
Plot: 1M1: Hollywood Horns of the Golden Years is a documentary film about the history of Los Angeles studio French horn players, from the 1920s through the 1960s. Featuring numerous interviews with LA music legends, the film follows the development of the motion picture industry and its battles with the mob influenced musicians' union. This groundbreaking film presents many of the brilliant, never before acknowledged, horn soloists of the big screen. 1M1 is the first feature length documentary made about the life and history of Hollywood film musicians.
Keywords: colon-in-title, film-music, film-studio, french-horn, hollywood-california, hollywood-history, los-angeles-california, number-in-title, orchestraActors: Seth MacFarlane (actor), Seth MacFarlane (actor), Seth MacFarlane (actor), Seth MacFarlane (actor), Seth MacFarlane (actor), Seth MacFarlane (actor), Ron Livingston (actor), Rene Auberjonois (actor), Phil LaMarr (actor), Seth Green (actor), Seth Green (actor), Phil LaMarr (actor), Michael Clarke Duncan (actor), Bill Fagerbakke (actor), Seth MacFarlane (actor),
Plot: The major sub-plot circles around the youngest Griffin, Stewie, who has a near-death experience at a pool when a lifeguard chair falls on him, but he survives. After having a vision of being in Hell, he decides to change his ways, but this doesn't last long. While watching television, he and Brian spot a man that looks like Stewie. Brian is convinced that he is Stewie's real father, until Stewie learns that the man is actually himself as an adult, taking a vacation from his own time period. Baby Stewie visits thirty years later to discover that his adult self, going by the name Stu, is a single blue-collar middle-aged virgin working at a Circuit City-type store. Meanwhile, Peter and Lois are trying to teach their two older kids, Meg and Chris, to date. In the future, Chris, who hasn't changed much, is working as a cop and is married to a foul-mouthed hustler named Vanessa. Meg is now called Ron, since she had a sex-change after college.
Keywords: actor-playing-himself, adult-animation, adult-humor, altering-future, animal-as-human, anthropomorphic-animal, anthropomorphism, black-comedy, bleeped-dialogue, car-accidentWhat can you do to amuse me
Now that there's nothing to do
The TV set's busted and can't get a picture
The radio plays nothing but news
Why don't you tickle me
Gee whiz won't that be fine
What a great idea
What a perfect way to kill some time
Can't stop to think 'cause if we do we'll lose our mind
Why don't you tickle me
Don't we have fun every minute
Oh what a gay life we lead
One chocolate milkshake with two straws stuck in it
What else does anyone need
Why don't you tickle me
There's nothing else to do
You won't have to talk to me
And I won't have to talk to you
When we're done I'll think of something else to do