Well, dear readers, what can I tell you? I fell on my ass, that’s what I can tell you. Not figuratively, mind you, nooooo, not figuratively. I literally fell on my ass yesterday, as I was trying to hurry to the front door to get out of the pouring rain. The sidewalk was slick and I was in my Converse tennis shoes and down I went on my ass. My arm hurt and my right leg hurt, but that was about it. But, later last night, those hurts basically had disappeared, but a new one arrived in my left foot, and that is not so hot because it hurts to walk. So, I’m going to take it easy and stay off of it, and also ice it this morning. The lesson I have learned, of course, is don’t fall on your ass, especially literally. Other than that, I’m feeling hunky dorey and also dorey hunky. I had quite a pleasant day yesterday, with the exception of falling on my ass. We had a really good and interesting musical theater workshop class, then I came home and attended to things around the home environment. I also did some banking, picked up two large packages of Kritzer books (I was completely out of them, so I got ten of each), shipped out nine packages, and caught up on some telephonic calls and e-mails. A good deal of the day was spent going back and forth and also forth and back about the upcoming taping of the show. We were all set to tape the final two nights in hi-def – the crew had been booked, cameras had been booked, and then we got the quote for the insurance and it was out-of-control. That, coupled with a few other things, made us decide to pull that plug on that course of action. Instead, we will tape Friday night only with three cameras (excellent cameras), and we’ll still do coverage during the day, and after the show we’ll do pickups of anything that doesn’t go well. That way, we’ll at least have a well-shot archival version of this staging and performance. We still may ultimately decide to put it out on DVD if it edits together really well – as most of you know, Kritzerland will issue its first DVD come summer, the live Kevin Spirtas show, so it would be nice to have another release with it. It’s still pricey to tape like this, but a lot less pricey than the hi-def version would have been. Then, Miss Tammy Minoff came over and we both had a craving for macaroni and cheese, so we went to Marie Callendar’s and had some – it was quite yummilicious. We then came back and watched No Way To Treat A Lady on DVD.
I’m sure I’ve written about No Way To Treat A Lady before, but I’m ever so fond of it. First off, the cast is sublime in a way casts never are these days, what with George Segal, Rod Steiger (wonderfully chewing any piece of scenery in sight), beautiful Lee Remick, Eileen Heckart, and some really excellent character actors. Plus, you get an entire scene shot in Joe Allen circa 1968. The film is adapted from the paperback original by Harry Longbaugh. For those who may not know, Mr. Longbaugh was a pseudonym for one of my favorite novelists of the 60s, Mr. William Goldman (the film credits Goldman instead of Longbaugh). Of course, Harry Longbaugh was the given name of The Sundance Kid, and Mr. Goldman, just a few years later, would have his greatest success with his screenplay to Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. The film is all shot on natural locations in New York, and there are great shots of 42nd Street, and lots of Broadway marquees. The DVD transfer is acceptable, an early Paramount effort – could be better, but it’s just fine as is.
Well, why don’t we all click on the Unseemly Button below because I must nurse my aching foot, a result of falling on my ass.
Today I will be shipping out all Kritzerland orders, except for those who’ve e-mailed me for signed copies, which will go out Friday morning instead of today. If you want a signed copy, you still have time to e-mail me at haineshisway@aol.com, but the cut-off will be eleven o’clock in the a.m. my time.
I’ve been running my lines twice a day, and have gotten them perfect each time, so that’s making me feel more comfortable as this week’s final performances are nearing. We’ll still have a line-through on Thursday, just to make sure everyone’s up to snuff, whatever the HELL that means.
Have I mentioned that I fell on my ass? Literally, not figuratively? I did. I looked a right fool. Not a left fool, mind you, no I looked a right fool. Also, I now have some Kritzer books in hand and for those who haven’t read them, if you want signed copies, along with a CDR of songs featured in the books, you may order them by clicking on The Kritzer Novels on our home page. And, if you haven’t ordered the latest Kritzerland releases, now would be a good time.
Well, dear readers, I must take the day, I must do the things I do, I must, for example, get my foot feeling better, I must do a spot of writing, I must ship CDs, I must attend to many things around the home environment, and I must eat a reasonable meal at some point. Today’s topic of discussion: It’s Ask BK Day, the day in which you get to ask me or any dear reader any old question you like and we get to give any old answer we like. So, let’s have loads of lovely questions, and loads of lovely answers, and loads of lovely posts, whilst I do my best to not fall on my ass ever again.