Well, dear readers, I actually had a rather pleasant if long day yesterday. But instead of endless viewing of tapes and having to write and then hand over to an editor, I got to actually just cut today, which I love doing. The Showtime people came to see stuff, and the producer of the show wanted this bit we shot (with me as talent) two weeks ago rough cut so they could see it. I only had to do one portion of it, and despite having a really slow editor, I got it done in two hours, just in time to show them. And of the three things they saw, they laughed loudest at what I did. So, that was nice. All day today I get to cut the rest of that stuff, then I get to recut in total the piece it goes into (the director of the main segment did a cut, but it wasn’t very good and I am totally redoing it). In any case, I was jiggy with my day.
I watched a bit of a brand new DVD last night, Ernst Lubitsch’s The Shop Around the Corner. A beautiful transfer of a really charming movie starring James Stewart and Margaret Sullavan. As you movie musical enthusiasts know, it was remade just a few years later as In the Good Old Summertime, starring Aunt Judy and Van Heflin and baby Liza. As you musical theater enthusiasts know, it was then turned into a Broadway musical entitled She Loves Me. Anyway, I’ll finish watching it tonight. I also picked up Michael Winner’s film The Mechanic starring Mr. Charles Bronson (it’s pretty good, with a great score by Jerry Fielding), and Beauty and the Beast, which I haven’t looked at yet.
What am I, Ebert and Roeper all of a sudden. I started a diet, dear readers, and I have thus far lost three pounds in four days. It’s called the Atkins diet and I like it quite a bit. I had no idea that the wonderful actress, Eileen Atkins and her brother Chet had started a diet plan. I can eat most of what I like (except for bread and pasta and potatoes and rice and candy and pie and cake and crackers) – steak, chicken, fish, most vegetables, cheese, eggs, bacon, ham and that sort of thing. I had been doing the Fit for Life diet but hated every minute of it. The Atkins diet really doesn’t even feel like dieting, frankly or even peterly. I’ll keep you posted on the diet’s progress.
I’m going to try my darndest to have an Unseemly Trivia Contest for Saturday. It’s been too long since we’ve had one. Also, Donald’s new radio show will be up on Sunday, with special guest Lisa Richard (and an occasional comment from yours truly). Be sure to tune in, it’s really fun.
Well, dear readers, why don’t we all click on the Unseemly Button below because there are too many carbs in this here section and carbs are not allowed on the Atkins diet.
You see, there are no carbs in this here section. This here section is carb-free. I can write as much as I want in this here section and I will gain no weight. Isn’t that exciting? Isn’t that just too too?
Have I mentioned that I’ve already lost three count them three pounds because I am on the Atkins diet? Soon I will be svelte and lithe and supple and trim with abs and buns of steel. Why am I losing weight you might ask and I might tell you because why should I keep such information from you dear readers? I am losing weight because I will be appearing in the film I’m making come February. Therefore, I must be svelte and lithe and supple with abs and buns of steel.
Well, dear readers, I must take the day, I must do the things I do, I must get in my automobile and drive on the freeway until I reach my destination, I must work, work, work (that is three works which in my opinion is overworked) and then I must come home. I must not shilly-shally nor must I shally-shilly. Does Erin Dilly shally-shilly? Wasn’t Erin Dilly supposed to play Millie? Is Erin Dilly silly and does she do things willy-nilly? Does she wear negligees that are frilly? Does she have legs like a filly? Is she dating someone named Billy and has their romance gone chilly? What the hell am I talking about? Today’s topic of discussion: We may have done this one before (who can remember such things when one is on the Atkins diet), but let’s do it again – What songs makes you get teary-eyed whenever you hear them? I’ll start – Laurie Beechman singing No One Is Alone, Bill Evans playing the love theme from Spartacus, the song Second Avenue (a one hit wonder by someone whose name escapes me now – it’s not a great song, but there’s just something about it that gets to me every time – the music is really haunting and the lyric, while not very crafted, is extremely touching), Love, Look Away, Softly As I Leave You (Matt Monro only), Dawn Upshaw’s exquisite and quite moving reading of Samuel Barber’s Knoxville, and a few others. Your turn. And please, post about any other things that you have on your mind, especially the Atkins diet.