Newsgroup: it.cultura.linguistica.inglese
Titolo: Pinnacle!

In un episodio del "Cosby Show" (1985) c'è una partita a carte, a
"Pinnacle" (se ho sentito bene), e chi vince può "rub the head" degli
avversari. Pare una sorta di briscola, con tanto di "trumps", e "gestures"
fra compagni per barare!
Si tratta di un gioco e di una tradizione molto diffusi? :-)
Tra parentesi, consiglio assolutamente questo show, se piace il genere (in
Italia è stato trasmesso come "I Robinson"). E' molto facile da seguire e
NON ha alcun sottotitolo. ;-)

 "Pinnacle" (se ho sentito bene), e chi vince può "rub the head" degli
Pinochle.
http://www.pagat.com/marriage/pinmain.html
Rubbing the head of the loser is not normally part of the game.
Joe from Massachusetts

 Si tratta di un gioco e di una tradizione molto diffusi? :-)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinochle
http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinnacolo
http://www.pinnacolo.it/
'bye

 NON ha alcun sottotitolo. ;-)
E hai mai guardato "The Jeffersons"? Straconsigliato.
Sebastiano
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We're movin' on up!

 E hai mai guardato "The Jeffersons"? Straconsigliato.
Natch! :-)
Però sono due serie diversissime, anche se hanno in comune l'ambientazione
familiare, il colore della pelle e la simpatia dei personaggi.
The Jeffersons ruota attorno alla questione razziale, anche se nella
bonaria presa in giro del vicino "honky", e George Jefferson, uno che ce
l'ha fatta, ricorda continuamente le sue origini dal ghetto.
 
Nel Cosby Show la questione razziale praticamente non esiste (l'unico
accenno, mi pare, nella Season 2, è un filmato d'archivio di MLK trasmesso
in tivù), si respira un'aria di benessere e serenità familiare, e la figlia
più piccola ha come compagno di giochi un bimbo bianco...
Anche la lingua è diversa: in The Jeffersons ricordo espressioni dello
slang, nel Cosby Show il linguaggio è neutro e senza connotazioni
particolari, mi pare (anche per questo è molto facile).
Forse sono quei dieci anni dal '75 all'85 a fare la differenza.
 
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 Rubbing the head of the loser is not normally part of the game.
Forse era un'usanza di casa Huxtable! =)
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I imagine that in some households, the losers have to remove an article of
clothing, but again, that's not mentioned in the official rules.
Joe from Massachusetts

 Forse sono quei dieci anni dal '75 all'85 a fare la differenza.
Anche. C'č da dire che, in pratica, "The Jeffersons" ha aperto la strada a
"The Cosby Show".
E "The Jeffersons" č, in realtŕ, uno spin-off di "All in the Family", dove
i Jeffersons erano i vicini dei protagonisti, bianchi. "All in the Family",
se non ricordo male, č iniziato nel '71.
Altro telefilm "nero" č "Sanford & Son". Io non l'ho mai visto, ma me ne
hanno sempre parlato bene.
E per volare negli anni novanta, c'č "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air", che -
nonostante tutto - a me piace. 
E un'altro molto bello č "Diff'rent Strokes". :)
Qui sono elencate anche altre serie:
http://creativefolk.com/blackhistory/blacktv.html
Sebastiano
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Whatchoo talkin' 'bout, Willis?

 We're movin' on up!
.................................
We finally got a piece of the pie!
It's funny you'd mention it now because I just saw a rerun last night
for the first time in a long time.  I always liked the Jeffersons, but
I think All in the Family was even better.  We discussed All in the
Family a while back and it did not get good reviews form some members
of this NG.  Mary Cassity defined it "abysmal" and Tony the Ice Man
thought it was barely watchable.  I think it was one of the best series
ever produced by American televison.  It's a very well done satire of
our society as seen through the eyes of Archie Bunker.  The story line
and the dialogs may seem a little dumb on the surface, but if you care
to look behind the facade, you'll see that they deal with a lot of
issues that were and still are at the forefront of public attention.
Life hasn't changed that much in thirty some years!  All in the Family
was nominated and won several awards.  I did a little research and
found out it received 30 Golden Globe nominations and 8 wins.
http://www.hfpa.org/browse/film/23570
http://www.tvland.com/shows/aitf/
http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/A/htmlA/allinthefa/allinthefa.htm
http://movies2.nytimes.com/gst/movies/movie.html?v_id=174762
It's a classic, like the Brady Bunch, or Leave it to Beaver or I Love
Lucy.
The Cosby Show is another classic.  Theo was always my favorite
character and I often wonder what happened to some of those kids.  The
most amazing thing about the Cosby Show is Bill Cosby himself.  He does
not need to say anything funny to be funny.  It's all in his delivery.
I love those old shows, but some are so old now that they do not even
have reruns anymore.  The Streets of San Francisco was probably my
all-time favorite.  The series didn't just have some SF scenes, but  it
was actually filmed in SF.  When my father worked at the Hall of
Justice, as he was going through the parking area in his motorcycle, he
met Karl Malden and almost got into one of the scenes with him (so he
told me, but you know how fathers are....)  If you are looking to
practice your English this is a good one.  
ari

 > Italia č stato trasmesso come "I Robinson"). E' molto facile da seguire
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Wasn't Michael Douglas in that too?
I haven't seen reruns of "Streets" in a long, long time.
Joe from Massachusetts

 I haven't seen reruns of "Streets" in a long, long time.
Yes, of course....Inspector Steve Keller, SFPD.  He was cute back then!
  I haven't seen any reruns in a while either, but if I get nostalgic
enough, I'll look for the series on DVD.
Ari

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I think that every time we watched "Streets", someone always mentioned how
big Karl Malden's nose was.
Joe from Massachusetts

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...in his motorcycle?  Did I write that?  Sorry!   I am always so
sloppy...I should read what I write before I hit the "Post message"
button.  
A.

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...in his motorcycle?  Did I write that?  Sorry!   I am always so
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