Well, dear readers, we had quite the wacky weekend here at haineshisway.com, and yesterday, we actually achieved our third highest posting day ever and it’s not even Oscar or Tony time. In fact, when I awoke yesterday morning (I got a great night’s sleep), I awoke to over 275 posts. I feel that soon we will be the most popular site on all the Internet, and we already put to shame certain other sites that are filled with braggadocio about their stats. So, if you missed any of the merriment and mirth and laughter and legs, do check out the postings – they’re cherce. Speaking of cherce, yesterday was one of those days that just roll along like a gazelle in the red light district. I slept in, I jogged, I relaxed, I worked with Miss Joan Ryan for a couple of hours, I ate tuna pasta salad, and I sat on my couch like so much fish, enjoying myself immensely. Isn’t that exciting? Isn’t that just too too?
Yesterday, I watched a motion picture on DVD entitled Operation Crossbow. What an odd film from 1965, one of the 60s many, many WWII films, this one starring Mr. George Peppard, Miss Sophia Loren, Mr. Tom Courtney, Mr. Trevor Howard, Mr. Jeremy Kemp, Mr. Anthony Quayle, Mr. Paul Henried, and many others. The subject matter is quite interesting, and the pace of the film moves right along. SPOILER ALERT: If you are intending to watch the film stop reading right here. Put your fingers in your ears, and your hands over your eyes right now. Wait – if your fingers are in your ears how can your hands be over your eyes? Change of plan – put your fingers in your eyes and your hands over your ears. That will work much better. In any case, you’ve been warned. Here comes the SPOILER. SPOILER coming NOW. Now comes the SPOILER. Just about all of the film’s leading characters die. Isn’t that odd? Mr. Courtney gets it early on, and then, shockingly, Miss Loren gets it soon thereafter. Even stoic Mr. Peppard gets it. Mr. Peppard isn’t quite up to the task, as he’s supposed to be an American sent to spy, and an American who does a believable German accent – his is laughable, and it is obvious the filmmakers are giving him as little as possible. Whereas, Tom Courtney, is superb in the film and has a superb German accent, hence is totally believable. Even Miss Loren has an excellent German accent. I did enjoy the film, having known nothing about the incident portrayed. The transfer from Warners is excellent – there’s no rhyme or reason to their transfers – 50% of them have crappy color, and the other 50% have perfect color, and it all appears to be a crap shoot.
Oh, you can take your fingers out of your eyes now. After Operation Crossbow I started to watch Lagaan, a film from India that everyone seems to like. However, given its four-hour length I decided to stop and I’ll watch it this evening.
Well, why don’t we all click on the Unseemly Button below because I’ve got an early morning mix session and then a long day ahead of me after that.
SPOILER ALERT: We’re in the second section now. As I mentioned, I’ll be going to Vinnie’s at ten and I’m hopeful we can just about finish everything, except maybe some small incidental stuff. After that, I shall toddle off to rehearsal and continue blocking the show. After that, I shall return home and sit on my couch like so much fish.
One fun thing that’s happening this week is that I’ve been invited to dine at Ruth’s Chris Steak House, one of my favorite steak jernts in the city. I haven’t been there since 1997 and I’m really looking forward to it. I shall, of course, have a full and detailed report for you.
I think there are other fun things happening this week but I really can’t remember what they are. Hopefully I’ve written them down somewhere or told people to remind me.
Well, dear readers, I must take the day, I must do the things I do, I must, for example, jog, mix, block, sup, watch a four-hour movie and finish the Brain synopsis. Today’s topic of discussion: Because yesterday’s quoting of memorable dialogue from The Music Man was so much endless fun, even though I think we’ve done this before, what are your all-time favorite quotable movie dialogue? I won’t start here in the notes, but I’ll be posting mine as soon as these here notes are up. Let’s have loads of lovely postings, shall we? SPOILER ALERT: We shall.