I happened to see part of a comedy program on television a couple of weeks ago.  One of the segments of the program consisted of two or three short movies made by a producer unfamiliar to me.  I take it that he is just getting started in this business.  But he had a terrific “gimmick.” He found out when buildings were to be demolished in New York, and then arranged to take pictures of them being blown up or torn down.  Only he interwove himself and his own dialogue into the picture.  He would talk to the passersby as though he were actually directing them to walk along the street, as though nothing unusual were about to happen.  He even gave orders to a dog to do his thing before the camera.  And the dog did!  (Remember - the movie was shot and the dialogue was added later.) Then he would …