Well, dear readers, I don’t want to type anything and you can’t make me and if I don’t feel like typing anything then I won’t. So there. Was I just being petulant? I believe that first sentence has an air of petulance about it. In fact, I’ll go out on a limb and just say that that sentence was petulant. Have you ever gone out on a limb? Was the limb jealous? Which limb was it? Did you know that limb spelled backwards is bmil? Did you know that one of my favorite singers was Petulant Clark? Did you know that I have officially lost whatever vestige of sanity that I had? Did you know that this week has flown by like a gazelle taking Viagra? Where was I? Oh, yes, the petulant first sentence. Speaking of Viagra, yesterday was a day like all the other recent days – wacky, annoying, wacky, fun, wacky, annoying and fun. For example, I got up – that was wacky, annoying AND fun. I then waited for Mr. Time Warner Man, who never showed up. He has been rescheduled and he will be getting a small piece of my mind when and if he arrives this very day. I shall be petulant, oh, yes, I shall be petulant. After waiting, and answering e-mails and taking telephonic calls, I then had to hurry to my noon meeting with Mr. Charles Fox. As some of you know, I’m helping the LACC Foundation with their fundraiser (which happens about three weeks before ours), and, in planning the entertainment portion of their show, I decided they should honor one of the greatest film composers who ever lived, and who also just happens to be an LACC alumni – Jerry Goldsmith. They loved the idea, and we’ve asked Mr. Fox, who was very close with Mr. Goldsmith, to conduct, which he is. So, we went over what I felt the program should be and we’ve agreed on the selections. I’m also having Mr. Fox do a little medley of his own TV themes – some of the most recognizable ever – Happy Days, Laverne and Shirley, The Love Boat, Love, American Style, Wonder Woman, The Wide World of Sports and a few others. I’d never met Mr. Fox before, and he’s a delightful sort and we got along very well. After that, I went to rehearsal with Miss Joan Ryan. We started with act two and it ran fairly smoothly but not smooth enough for my taste. I give notes on each act before we continue, while it’s still fresh in the performer’s mind. Then we did about half of act one before time was up. It’s getting better each day, and it’s very clear that the act’s structure is really sound, and the patter and pacing, once perfected, are really good. After that, I grabbed a bite to eat and finally came home and sat on my couch like so much fish.
Last night, I watched a motion picture on DVD entitled The Woman In The Window. I must say, I really love this motion picture from start to finish, even its much-criticized ending, which I think works just fine. The script by Nunnally Johnson is top-notch, as is Mr. Fritz Lang’s direction. Edward G. Robinson gives one of his finest performances, and Joan Bennett is luscious and sexy and wonderful as the titular character. Dan Duryea is at his slimiest (and that’s saying something), and Raymond Massey is excellent as Robinson’s policeman friend. The pacing is excellent, the photography luminous, and I just never tire of watching it. The transfer is pretty good, but not great. Nothing really wrong with it, but when you compare it to some of those really incredible black-and-white transfers, it’s just wanting a bit.
Well, why don’t we all click on the Unseemly Button below because even though it is Saturday and therefore a day of rest, she of the Evil Eye will be here bright and early as will Mr. Time Warner Man, so I must get my beauty sleep or I shall become petulant.
Today, I must leave the home environment for a few hours whilst she of the Evil Eye does her thing. After that, I shall return and type some letters that need typing and send some e-mails that need sending, otherwise the day is mine and I intend to do nothing else but catch up on my DVD watching.
Tomorrow should be a day of rest, but I have a two-hour Joan Ryan rehearsal. However, it will be done by one and then the rest of the day is mine all mine and I intend to do nothing else but catch up on my DVD watching – and proofing the book.
The book really looks lovely, even with stuff to fix and some style things to be worked out. After living with the manuscript for so long, it’s just such a thrill to see it look like a real book.
Well, dear readers, I must take the day, I must do the things I do, I must, for example, leave, come back, type, send, eat, and then watch DVDs. Today’s topic of discussion: What are your all-time favorite instrumental-only albums – not classical, but middle-of-the road instrumental albums, what might be called lounge music today, but what was just called music back in its day – or easy listening. Let’s have loads of lovely postings, shall we, for if we don’t I shall, I’m afraid, become petulant.