Well, dear readers, I have quite the day ahead of me, so there will be no time to dally and/or tarry because I must get my beauty sleep and arise with the crow of the cock or the crow of the clock should the cock fail. What kind of notes are THESE? My goodness, if someone were to do a certain type of unseemly google search they could be led right here, and we might be mistaken for a porn site. And all because of an innocent little thing like “the crow of the cock.” Well, people should just get their dirty minds out of the gutter. After all, what Eleanor Glyn reads is HER mother’s business – oh, a Music Man reference. In any case, I must arise with the crow of the cock or the clock and then I shall be gone all the livelong day until about five-thirty, when I shall return for our Annual Tony Do, about which more in a moment. Speaking of the crow of the cock, yesterday was a lovely, relaxing day filled with nothing at all. For example, I got up. That was relaxing. I puttered around the home environment for a little while and then took a spin in the motor car. That was relaxing. I had a spot of lunch at Aroma. That was relaxing. I came home and sat on my couch like so much fish. That was relaxing. I bought a few assorted foodstuffs at Gelson’s to dine on. That was relaxing. And that was it for the entire day – that and watching DVDs.
Yesterday, I managed to watch two count them two motion pictures on DVD. The first motion picture on DVD was entitled The Raging Moon, a film by Bryan Forbes, starring Malcolm McDowell and Nanette Newman (Mrs. Forbes). Mr. Forbes isn’t one of my favorite directors, but The Raging Moon is a nice film with its heart in the right place and the actors are all excellent. Mr. McDowell plays an aspiring writer who loves to carouse and play hockey and have his way with the birds. He suddenly loses the use of his legs and is confined to a wheelchair for the rest of his days. He’s put into a home and is sullen. Eventually he becomes enamored of the wheelchair-bound Miss Newman. They fall in love, and that’s basically the film. It has a beautiful score by Stanley Myers, and doesn’t overstay its welcome. The film, in case you’ve never heard of it, had an entirely different title in the US – Long Ago, Tomorrow, complete with a Bacharach and David title song. What Long Ago, Tomorrow means is anyone’s guess. The transfer on this region 2 disc is okay – lacking about thirty percent of its color (originally printed in Technicolor). I then watched the second motion picture on DVD, which was entitled Time After Time, since I was in a Malcolm McDowell frame of mind. I must say, even after all these years, I still find this film wildly entertaining, with expert performances by Mr. McDowell (at his best), David Warner, and Mary Steenburgen. The writing is clever and the direction (both by Nick Meyer) gets the job done. It just goes to show that even with sub-par special effects that a film can still work perfectly because it actually has good characters, and a good story, well told. You can have all the CGI in the world but if you can’t tell a story what does it matter. That’s what the New Hollywood doesn’t comprehend. The film could use a new transfer – nothing really wrong with this one other than it’s quite ordinary. I also watched a bit of Charley’s Aunt, starring Mr. Jack Benny. Charley’s Aunt, the play, has always been a favorite of mine, and it’s difficult to muck it up, because its construction is very sturdy. Well, leave it to the movies – this film “version” is almost unwatchable. Poor Mr. Benny (who is my favorite comedian ever) is completely at sea here, and George Seaton’s “adaptation” is awful, at least the twenty minutes I could stomach watching.
Well, why don’t we all click on the Unseemly Button below because soon the cock or the clock will crow and I will be a busy little beaver. Boy, if certain types google us they really WILL think we’re a porn site.
Yesterday we had melons, today we have cocks crowing and busy beavers. It all puts me in mind of the story of The Randy Vicar and The Door Knob.
So, this evening is our annual Tony Awards Do and let me tell you there is no more fun place to be than here. Of course, our East Coasters will not give anything away – but they will tell us of fashions and faux pas and everything but the winners. Then, we West Coasters will join in and we will all have a field day and it will all just be too too.
Prior to that, I will be at the Avalon from nine in the morning, prepping everything for the one o’clock and four o’clock Party Animals show. We’re expecting very big crowds for both shows, so it should be a ton of fun.
Tomorrow, other than shipping and lunching, I shall take the rest of the day off and I don’t care who says boo about it.
Well, dear readers, I must take the day, I must do the things I do, I must, for example, oversee two performances of The Party Animals, get pizza for the Tony Awards Do, and then hang out with all the good hainsies/kimlets for our sparklingly sparkling soiree. Today’s topic of discussion: It’s free-for-all day, the day in which you dear readers get to make with the topics and we all get to post about them. So, let’s have loads of lovely topics and loads of lovely postings, shall we? I’ll suggest the first topic – what are your Tony predictions for this evening? And now, I must abed for the crowing of the cock and the busying of the beaver will soon be at hand.