Well, dear readers, so far Molly has been enjoying herself very much. She likes the yard, she’s sweet and she’s even fun. We shall see how the rest of the weekend goes. Last night, I went to dinner with a book dealer friend, David Aronovitz, and his lovely wife Nancy. I’d sent him a copy of Benjamin Kritzer and he told me he really enjoyed it a lot and wanted to know how much was real and how much not, and he said he was very much looking forward to the sequel. So am I, if we ever get through the morass of commas, semi-colons, mistyping, paragraphs, missing words and on and on and on. Tonight I will be going to the little soiree for Tony Walton, and I shall be accompanied by our very own and lovely Miss Tammy Minoff, who performed on a grand Tony Walton set in The Will Rogers Follies. I shall have a full report for you later.
One nice thing about a dog is that you walk a lot. Molly loves walks and I don’t think she was getting many in her other situation – we took four count them four walks yesterday. I did discover later last night that she has an occasional gas problem and let me tell you her gas problem is potent, oh, yes, her gas problem is potent and I may have to purchase a gas mask.
Well, why don’t we all click on the Unseemly Button below so we can see what’s happening on the other side. I feel that there might be something happening on the other side, I feel it strongly, I see dead people and by gum and by gooly I feel there is something happening on the other side of these here notes. Now, wait just a darn minute – hold the clicking. Has anyone noticed that I inadvertently typed “gooly” rather than “golly”? You see what a mere lip of a finger will do? Has anyone noticed that I just typed “lip” instead of “slip”? Now, that’s what I’m talkin’ about. That’s what I’m dealing with on every page of my book. I mean, what is a mere lip of a finger? Fingers can’t have lips but they can have slips and the world goes round and round and round – oh, a Kander and Ebb reference. We’d better click right this very minute before I go on for another twenty minutes.
I knew something was happening on the other side (which is now this side – the previous side is now the other side). Why, we have an Unseemly Trivia Contest question today, so why don’t we get right to it right this very minute.
A hit comedy. Later turned into an Academy Award-winning film. The play was directed by someone who was about to become a movie star. The play featured one actor who would go on to appear in a classic 70s film – that same actor would have a very short-lived television series on which yours truly guest-starred – said series was created by someone who is today a major motion picture director.
Name the hit comedy. Name the one (or more) category it won its Oscar for. Name the director who was about to become a movie star. Name the actor and his classic 70s film, and (don’t hate me) name his short-lived television series. Bonus point if you can name the series’ creator who is now a major motion picture director.
Remember, DO NOT POST YOUR ANSWERS TO THE SITE. You may submit your answers to me via e-mail at bruce@haineshisway.com or simply by using the Ask BK Button located on our home page. Answers will be accepted till midnight Monday, Pacific Mean Time.
Speaking of Pacific Mean Time, don’t forget our Unseemly Live Chat tomorrow at six, Pacific Mean Time. I’m sure it will be lively and sparkling as usual. If there are any uncouth interlopers simply ignore them until they make their presence known (we do know they like to be silent and then bring up their favorite topic). We shall simply do what we do and that is that. I look forward to seeing as many of you as possible. Also, Donald will have a brand spanking new radio show up, too, and if you’ve been missing any of them stop it now and tune in immediately – it’s the best show in town.
Well, dear readers, I must take the day, I must do the things I do, I must do more corrections, I must do errors, I must take Molly for her walks, I must play with her in the yard. Today’s topic of discussion – continuing our decade by decade of favorite films we come to the 60s, a grand and wacky decade for film. So, name your favorites – I’m still catching up and will post my favorite 50s films later today. Hey, wait just a darn minute. Have we totally forgotten that this is Febrooary? It’s Febrooary, for heaven’s sake and I almost didn’t mention it. And speaking of Febrooary 1st, a little birdie (who then went bye bye) told me it might just be dear reader Kerry’s birthday, but I have had no confirmation. If someone (Kerry or otherwise) would provide confirmation then we will immediately have a big party here at haineshisway.com. Meanwhile, post away my pretties.