Well, dear readers, we had a postin’ frenzy around these parts yesterday, and if you missed one single post you should go back and check them out since they are lively and sparkling one and all. I must hurry along because I must be ready for my handy-dandy radio interview at ten o’clock Pacific Mean Time. The DJ actually called at nine o’clock Pacific Mean Time because he’d read our interview time wrong, and I was far too not quite up yet to do it, so he’s calling back at the correct time so that I can be at my liveliest and my sparklingest, not necessarily in that order.
Last night I watched the brand new DVD of Journey to the Center of the Earth, starring Mr. James Mason and Mr. Pat Boone. I loved this movie when I was a wee sprig of a twig of a lad of a youth, and it still holds a special place in my heart despite it being a bit ponderous for my tastes these days. It takes almost fifty minutes to start the Journey, which is part of the problem (the film runs 129 minutes – long, for this sort of fare), but once said Journey starts it’s a good deal of fun. Arlene Dahl is there to liven things up, and Mason, as always, is great, as is Gertrude the Duck and the villainous Thayer David. The scope enhanced transfer is luscious, but unfortunately I cannot say the same about the sound, which seems muffled and distorted and strange. Very few extras, but transfer-wise, it’s the berries. Also picked up The Day the Earth Stood Still and checked out a bit of it and it looks splendidly splendid and also sounds splendidly splendid. I think just about all the extras from the marvelous laserdisc version are here and it’s a very nice disc and can be had for around fifteen bucks.
What am I, Ebert and Roeper all of a sudden? Don’t I have to prepare for a radio interview? Let’s all click on the Unseemly Button below so I can prepare to be lively and sparkling, not necessarily in that order.
As I mentioned in an earlier notes, this afternoon I will be attending a reading of a musical, a flop from the seventies that apparently has been retooled (as far as I can tell). I will let you know what it’s all about, Alfie, after I see it.
I have presented your casting choices for Porgy and Bess to the Shuberts in hope that they will revive the show. I suggested bringing in Peter Stone to help the book, and I felt Tommy Tune would be a fine director for it. I’ll keep you posted.
Well, dear readers, I must take the day, I must do the things I do, I must prepare to be a lively and sparkling guest for my radio interview, I must drive in my automobile and attend that reading, I must do some work, too, and I must also eat some various and sundried foodstuffs. Today’s topic of discussion: It’s Ask BK Day, the day in which you get to ask me all your excellent questions. So, ask away, dear readers, and I shall check back often to see your lively and sparkling posts.