Well, dear readers, I must hurry and write these here notes double quick and lickety-split or, at the very least, split-lickety. For she of the Evil Eye will be here at any moment and she of the Evil Eye will look at me askance if perchance I happen to be on the premises. Therefore, I shall not be on the premises and thus there will be no chance of a look askance. Isn’t that exciting? Isn’t that just too too?
Thurday night, upon my arrival at home, I decided to install the new AOL 9.0. That little chore took five hours. And then I discovered that it hadn’t ported over my filing cabinet or my downloads from 8.0. So, yesterday morning I spent a half-hour with tech support and we ported them over manually. When I installed 8.0 everything came over automatically, but I guess there was some problem this time. Anyway, I understand there are all kinds of new spiffy features but I have no idea how to use them or what they do. Perhaps I’ll do a little investigating this weekend, oh, yes, perhaps I’ll do a little investigating.
Don’t forget, tomorrow is our Unseemly Live Chat at six o’clock Pacific Mean Daylight Savings Time. And I do believe Mr. Craig Brockman has put up some more Millie photos in Juliana’s Journal, this time in color.
Well, why don’t we all click on the Unseemly Button below because she of the Evil Eye will soon be looking at me askance if I don’t beat a hasty retreat. Have you ever beat a hasty retreat? If so, what did the hasty retreat do to you that it deserved to be beat? Answer that, why don’t you?
All right, we shall have the return of the Unseemly Trivia Contest. Hoo and ray, huzzah and hose-anna. Here is the question:
This play started life in a college. This play then played off-Broadway. This play played a brief engagement on Broadway and toured. For the most part, the Broadway cast and the tour cast were one and the same, but the off-Broadway cast was totally different. This play was turned into a motion picture flop, which starred two people who had starred in classic Broadway musicals – neither of these people were in the play. The author of the play went on to write the books for at least two musicals – one played Broadway, one didn’t. The play’s director was known for directing classic Broadway musicals. In its off-Broadway incarnation, the play in question featured an actress in a supporting role who would soon thereafter star in two beloved musicals. In its Broadway and tour cast, its supproting male lead would go on to star in a hugely successful long-running 90s television series (still on the air, I believe), and its leading lady was a beloved performer who’d been on Broadway and appeared in two hugely successful musical films – one original to the screen, and the other an adaptation of a classic Broadway musical. Whew!
Name the play.
Name the author and two of his musicals.
Name the leading lady of the limited Broadway run and tour.
Name the male lead of the limited Broadway run and tour
Name the two stars of the motion picture version of the play
Name the director of the play.
Name the featured actress in the off-Broadway version
Good luck to one and all and also all and one. You have until midnight on Monday to submit your answers to bruce@haineshisway.com. Remember: DO NOT POST YOUR ANSWERS TO THE SITE.
Well, dear readers, I must take the day, I must do the things I do, I must leave my home before she of the Evil Eye arrives and looks at me askance. Today’s topic of discussion: Since Swishy Sarah had a surprise party – what is the biggest and best surprise you’ve ever gotten – and what is the biggest and worst surprise you’ve ever gotten? Let’s have loads of lovely posts on this lovely Saturday, shall we? I’ll be back after she of the Evil Eye has gone.