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Post by topbilled on Apr 2, 2023 19:35:07 GMT
The child actor who plays the son is very good. Though it seems as if the boy wants Staples for a father, instead of Briggs. LOL
Poor Briggs...What a loser he is in life.
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Post by topbilled on Apr 2, 2023 19:36:32 GMT
This secretary doesn't know how to adapt or be flexible in an office environment.
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Post by Fading Fast on Apr 2, 2023 19:37:02 GMT
Poor Mr. Briggs, not enough of a yes man. I think Marge was upset because she's fallen in love with him over the years. Or maybe I've seen too many romance movies. You beat the movie to the "yes man" line. Kudos.
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Post by topbilled on Apr 2, 2023 19:38:21 GMT
Bad heart and an ulcer. Plus, he's about to be put out to pasture.
Meet employee of the year William Briggs.
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Post by Fading Fast on Apr 2, 2023 19:39:05 GMT
This is seven years after "East Side, West Side," and Van Heflin doesn't look like he aged a day.
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Post by topbilled on Apr 2, 2023 19:42:34 GMT
Van Heflin should have had an Oscar nod for this.
The Best Actor nominees for 1956 were:
Rock Hudson & James Dean for GIANT Yul Brynner for THE KING AND I (winner) Kirk Douglas for LUST FOR LIFE Laurence Olivier for RICHARD III
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Post by topbilled on Apr 2, 2023 19:44:26 GMT
In the TV version, Begley's character was named Andy Sloane. Wonder why they changed it to William Briggs for the movie.
Also, Fred Staples' wife was named Fran on TV, but in the film she is called Nancy.
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Post by Fading Fast on Apr 2, 2023 19:45:49 GMT
The reality is Briggs is supposed to retire - he'll get a very big pension and be financially fine. Getting pushed out goes with the territory of the executive suite.
Ramsey could handle it 100X better, but that is how the ballgame is played up at that level.
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Post by Fading Fast on Apr 2, 2023 19:49:12 GMT
I think Heflin undersold to his wife how much he defended Briggs and, man, I could not be married to Straight.
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Post by topbilled on Apr 2, 2023 19:50:03 GMT
The reality is Briggs is supposed to retire - he'll get a very big pension and be financially fine. Getting pushed out goes with the territory of the executive suite.
Ramsey could handle it 100X better, but that is how the ballgame is played up at that level. Yes, they usually call these generous severance packages, a golden handshake...where they make it lucrative so the out-going employee won't leave with nothing.
When I was very young, like 18 to 20, I worked in a Fortune 500 company in Chicago, while I was going to college...when I started, there were a few senior execs in their 40s/50s who were being phased out, but they were still kept on part-time as consultants...which eased their firing.
After about a year of consulting work, they were completely out the door...but it was a humane way to get rid of them where they could still function in some capacity but still had plenty of time to transition to something else if they were not yet ready for retirement.
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Post by Fading Fast on Apr 2, 2023 19:50:13 GMT
Who the h*ll has time to go to a double header at night?
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Post by Fading Fast on Apr 2, 2023 19:53:04 GMT
The reality is Briggs is supposed to retire - he'll get a very big pension and be financially fine. Getting pushed out goes with the territory of the executive suite.
Ramsey could handle it 100X better, but that is how the ballgame is played up at that level. Yes, they usually call these generous severance packages, a golden handshake...where they make it lucrative so the out-going employee won't leave with nothing.
When I was very young, like 18 to 20, I worked in a Fortune 500 company in Chicago, while I was going to college...when I started, there were a few senior execs in their 40s/50s who were being phased out, but they were still kept on part-time as consultants...which eased their firing.
After about a year of consulting work, they were completely out the door...but it was a humane way to get rid of them where they could still function in some capacity but still had plenty of time to transition to something else if they were not yet ready for retirement. That's great color. The reality is all our sympathies are with Briggs, but he's the one who is not playing by the "rules." When the boss wants you out, at the top of the house, that's what should happen: you retire, take the pension and that's that.
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Post by topbilled on Apr 2, 2023 19:54:41 GMT
I know we are supposed to like Briggs, but I don't have too much sympathy for him...Serling's writing is manipulating us to feel sorry for the guy.
But I think he is just too dense for words...he should have seen this coming. It's almost like Ramsey is right about him.
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Post by Andrea Doria on Apr 2, 2023 19:57:22 GMT
I'm still reeling from Nancy's yelling. I barely understood whose side she was on.
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Post by Fading Fast on Apr 2, 2023 19:58:38 GMT
I'm still reeling from Nancy's yelling. I barely understood whose side she was on. Hers.
It's the only side she knows.
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