Well, dear readers, we had a lively and sparkling chat last night and it was all simply too too. Yesterday I heard the latest batch of tracks at Mr. Grant Geissman’s house, and they sound splendidly splendid.
The gardeners are here and are louder than ever, which makes it very difficult to think about things to write. For example, I cannot think about things to write because all I hear is buzzing. When all I hear is buzzing then I write about buzzing because nothing else comes into my head. Hence, I am currently writing about buzzing even though I have nothing illuminating to say about buzzing. I cannot give you any shocking revelations about buzzing and yet I have just written an entire paragraph about fershluganah buzzing. Oh, I suppose I could tell the story of The Randy Vicar and the Chainsaw, but even that has buzzing in it.
Today I am taking someone on the Benjamin Kritzer tour. This someone read the book recently and wants to see all the locations and since he is a nice genteman I thought I’d oblige him. Has anyone noticed that I just wrote “genteman” when I meant to write “gentleman”? I think I like “genteman” better. This is what happens when there’s too much buzzing in your brain – you write “genteman” when you mean to write “gentleman” and then you like “genteman” better.
I’m afraid we all better click on the Unseemly Button below before I go tell these gardeners to buzz off.
Apparently our Unseemly Trivia Contest was simpler than usual for everyone who tendered a guess was correct. Here was the question:
A famous singer/actress appeared in two related film biographies. In the first she played the wife of a famous songwriter. In the second she played a singer whose signature song was written by the songwriter in the first film and actually became the name of the singer’s film bio.
Name
1) The actress/singer who played both roles
2) The songwriter who was the subject of the first film
3) The actor who played the songwriter
4) The name of his film biography
5) The song that became the title of the singer’s film biography
6) The singer who was the subject of the second film
7) The Broadway show that the singer introduced the song in
And here are the various and sundried answers:
1. Doris Day
2. Gus Kahn
3. Danny Thomas
4. I’ll See You in My Dreams
5. Love Me or Leave Me
6. Ruth Etting
7. Whoopee (1928)
Congratulations to our High Winners, Arnold M. Brockman, Jrand52, Macchus, Sgurey, MattH, Sigerson Holmes, Pam and OM Thyme. We put all those names into our handy-dandy Electronic Hat which randomly chose our Highest Winner – MattH. A good job one and all and also all and one.
Well, this incessant buzzing is driving me crazy. I’m getting a buzz on, frankly or even henryly. Damn them, damn them all to hell.
Well, dear readers, I must take the day, I must do the things I do, I must buzz around like a busy bee, I must take the genteman on the Kritzer tour, I must eat foodstuffs, I must watch DVDs and I must write until the cows come home. Today’s topic of discussion: A while ago we did our twelve favorite show tunes – dear reader Jed thought it would be fun to revisit this topic without going back to the last time we did it. So, what are your twelve favorite show tunes, and then, once you’ve written them, go back in the archive and check out notes number 189 (5/18/02) and see what you listed last time. I’ll be back to check on your excellent posts.