Billy Joel

Made films the shows talk about.

Counted as composer. The films the hosts said they scored, which the two lists below run through too: Star 80 (1983).

Draws on

What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

Lenny (1974): 1 line

  1. craft (structure) · through Star 80 (1983), which they scored: Lenny ⇒ Star 80 (the host's read). Star 80's interview framing/superstructure echoes Lenny's, and Lenny is the origin of the Chevy-Chase-style voice.
    “This movie, you have the interview, this sort of superstructure that he loves so much”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Star 80 with Julie Klausner · 0:32:03 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

Sweet Charity (1969): 1 line

  1. unmapped (technique) · through Star 80 (1983), which they scored: Sweet Charity ⇒ Star 80 (the host's read). Fosse's choreographic insert/isolation technique reappears in Star 80, applied to ugly material.
    “There's even the, I mean, the whole fossy isolation of the body parts thing, right?”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Star 80 with Julie Klausner · 0:33:58 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

No line says anything drew on them or a film of theirs.

What the speakers said they did

Music (1) everyone in music

What was said about them, by kind

verdict (1)

  1. verdict (verdict): Star 80 → Billy Joel. The pop-song needle drops (Billy Joel at the prom and the rest) are judged the worst soundtrack from a great filmmaker.
    “The worst. Just the way you are.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Star 80 with Julie Klausner · 0:53:54 · host (Griffin Newman or David Sims, unattributed) (0.40 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

None.