Well, dear readers, have you ever attended a party where no one showed up? That is basically what happened yesterday at this Comedy Festival thing I attended yesterday. I don’t know how they advertised this event, but despite some wonderful celebrities in attendance, there were simply no people. I don’t mean there was a small crowd, I mean there were no people – maybe thirty the entire day. They’d promised all of us that 10,000 people would be attending this four day event. Apparently Thursday, when many of these celebrities had arrived to do the signing, there were no people either, in fact there were less than thirty. Despite that, we all tried to have a good time, and I did have some lovely conversations with some lovely people, and unlike even some of the biggest celebs, I actually sold something.
In the signing room were such folks as June Lockhart, Jamie Farr, Jayne Meadows, Lee Meriweather, Joe Bologna and Renee Taylor, Edd (Kookie) Byrnes, Paul Peterson, Jon Provost, Michael Callan (the original Riff from West Side Story), Jill Whelan, the kids from The Munsters, The Dick Van Dyke Show, and many others I can’t remember. I also had a lovely visit with my old pal Rita McKenzie, whose show Ethel Merman’s Broadway I recorded several years ago. Debbie Reynolds was supposed to come by for two hours, but her manager, my pal Scott Stander, wisely stopped her from doing so. They told us all that today they were expecting at least 5,000 people, so if we even get ten percent of that I’m sure we’d all be happy as clams.
In the meantime, we must get out our pointy party hats, we must put on our colored tights and pantaloons, we must get out the cheese slices and ham chunks and we must dance the Hora all the live-long day, because we have a birthday here at haineshisway.com. Yes, you heard it here, dear readers, we have a birthday boy in our midst. And that birthday boy is none other than Mr. William E. Lurie. So, let’s all wish William a very very very (that is three verys) Happy Birthday on the count of three: One, two, three: HAPPY BIRTHDAY ON THE COUNT OF THREE WILLIAM E. LURIE!
But wait, don’t take off that party gear yet, because it is also the Jewish New Year, Rosh Hoshanah. We must, of course, but those ham chunks in the fridge, but we can still dance the Hora all the live-long day. We wish all of our Jewish dear readers the happiest of New Years.
Now, let’s put that Comedy thing to shame and have tons of visitors and posters at our various and sundried parties today. Let us be wild and carry on like prancing fools. Let us be gay and carefree, not necessarily in that order. Let us skip about like mad satyrs on a bed of petunias. And as long as we’re at it, let’s click on the Unseemly Button below with party-like fervor.
Our brand spanking new Unseemly Interview, with the lovely Miss Jennifer Piech, is up and running and simply must take a look at it as soon as you’ve finished reading these here notes. Also, don’t forget that Donald will have a new radio show up for your listening pleasure on Sunday evening. Isn’t that exciting? Isn’t that just too too?
And, of course, today is our Unseemly Trivia Contest, so here is this week’s unseemly question:
A classic play, later turned into a film.
The two leading actors in the play also played their roles in the film adaptation. These two actors had something very interesting and unique in common.
The play was directed by an Academy Award-winning director. The film was directed by a different Academy Award-winning director.
Two of the supporting cast in the play went on to appear in two hugely successful comedy series on television.
Name the classic play.
Name its two leading actors and what they had in common.
Name the two Academy Award-winning directors
Name the two supporting cast members and their classic comedy television series.
Remember, DO NOT POST YOUR ANSWERS TO THE SITE. Send them to me at bruce@haineshisway.com or by simply using the Ask BK Button on our home page. Good luck to one and all and also all and one.
Well, dear readers, I believe I am running late and I wouldn’t want to miss one person at the Comedy Show, because that one person may be the only one who shows up. I will, of course, have a full report for you tomorrow. Now, let’s party, because today we are party animals, today we are having multiple wild parties just like the Broadway season of some years ago. Today we shall be happy as satyrs on a bed of petunias, and I think we all know just how happy that is. Today’s topic of discussion: Who is the most interesting celebrity you’ve ever met? How did you meet them, how much time did you spend with them, and why are they your favorite? Post away, my pretties, and I shall be back later to check on your answers.