Well, dear readers, it is already Friday. Yes, you heard it here, dear readers, it is already Friday and I simply don’t understand it. These weeks are whizzing by. First thing I know it’s Monday, next thing I know it’s Friday. The other days are a blur. Oh, I know they happened, I know I did the things I do, I know I spoke on the phone, I know I continued my efforts to be buff and toned with abs and buns of steel. I know my hair has even more blonde bits in it than ever, and yet the days are a blur and it is already Friday when it seems like just yesterday it was Monday. I feel the reason for that is because these weeks are whizzing by. Oh, well, what’s the use of wonderin’, these are whizzing weeks and that’s all there is to that.
Being Friday, we will be having our usual side of notes, our usual soupcon of notes, because of the largeness of Thursday’s notes. Not only were Thursday’s notes extremely large, we also had a record number of posts (at least I think it was a record number of posts). Yesterday’s topic of discussion was a really popular one, and even though there were detours along the way, the detours were about cake so they were fine and dandy and also dandy and fine. Dandy and Fine were also a vaudeville team. Their act was apparently hilarious and from what I’ve read, involved a drainpipe, a tuba, and a ladle. “Ladle”. That’s a Jerry Lewis word, isn’t it? Let’s all put on our very best Jerry Lewis voice and say the word “ladle” on the count of three: One, two, three – “ladle”. Excellent. What the hell am I talking about?
I don’t know why, but I haven’t shaved since Monday. I felt you should know this, dear readers. Did you know that if I were to grow a beard it would have lots of gray in it? Yes, Virginia, my beard would have lots of gray in it and I would look distinguished and intellectual, except for all the blonde in my hair – so, perhaps I’d look like a distinguished and intellectual surfer dude. In any case, I’m sure that I will shave today and this entire paragraph will become moot. Moot. Moot. No, no matter how many times you type the word “moot” it still looks stupid. In fact, I feel we should give the word “moot” the boot, don’t you? In fact, I feel we should give this entire paragraph the boot, don’t you?
I have not yet discovered the theme of today’s notes. Perhaps the theme of today’s notes should be A Summer Place. I like that theme very much, especially the Percy Faith version. Or, perhaps the theme of today’s notes should be Friendly Persuasion (Thee I Love) – I like that theme very much, too, especially as interpreted by Mr. Pat Boone. Maybe we could have some Friendly Persuasion in A Summer Place. Maybe we could have Friendly Persuasion in the Valley of the Dolls or, at the very least, in the Valley of the Gwangi. I just want some Friendly Persuasion because that is the theme of today’s notes. Unless the theme of today’s notes is Tara’s Theme, but if Tara’s Theme is the theme of today’s notes does that mean that Lara will get jealous if Lara’s Theme (Somewhere, My Love) isn’t the theme of tomorrow’s notes. Maybe Tara and Lara’s Themes could both be the theme of today’s notes, that way we would avoid any petty jealousy. Or, perhaps the theme of today’s notes should be the theme from The Conversation. Or, if we don’t want The Conversation then we could have the theme from The Silence. One way or another, today’s notes must have a theme and I shall ponder this whilst clicking on the Unseemly Button below which, by the way (BTW, in Internet lingo) also needs a theme.
Have we found a theme we like yet? The Love Theme from Ben-Hur is nice. Perhaps that will be our theme. Or is it too Roman? Perhaps we should take a holiday from themes Roman, although then we can’t have the theme from Roman Holiday, can we? Won’t somebody stop me, please?
Image Entertainment has told me that preorders for Nudie Musical are doing very well indeed, and that it is shipping over 5,000 units. That might seem like small potatoes to some, but to me it seems like big potatoes. I am very pleased with that number. Amazon.com alone is bringing in 400 pieces, and let me tell you they don’t bring in 400 pieces unless they have sold 400 pieces. Isn’t that exciting? Isn’t that just too too?
Don’t forget, tomorrow is our handy-dandy Unseemly Trivia Contest, and don’t forget that Donald will have a brand spanking new radio show for your listening pleasure, which will go up sometime on Sunday. I don’t know what the theme of this week’s show is, but perhaps it’s the theme from The Apartment, or better yet, the theme from House, or even House II. Why should we have the theme from The Apartment when for the same price we could have the theme from a House? Of course, A House is Not a Home, and so maybe we should have that theme.
Well, dear readers, I must take the day, I must do the things I do because these weeks are whizzing by and if I don’t take the day and do the things I do the day will whiz right past me, too, and that would be heinous (heinous, do you hear me?). Today’s topic of discussion: Yesterday we talked about logos for musicals – for today, what are your favorite movie logos? Movie logos, these days, seem to be a lost art, but perhaps Hollywood, as is its wont, will rediscover great movie art again. I’ll start: You can’t talk about film logos without first and foremost mentioning Saul Bass and his brilliant logos for Carmen Jones, Exodus, West Side Story and Bonjour Tristesse, among others. I love Jimmy Pearsall’s art for Chinatown. I love John Alvin’s art for Blazing Saddles and Phantom of the Paradise, and the original poster for E.T. I adore the art for What’s New, Pussycat? and the Jack Davis art for The Bad News Bears. Your turn.