haines his way

05/29/2002:
"DEFORMED HEARTS"

Well, dear readers, I am now having to write these here notes in something called wordpad, because I cannot open my word files because my computer is done for. It's been behaving poorly and weirdly and also weirdly and poorly for the last few months. Yesterday, was the straw that broke the Kimmel's back, however, and I have had to purchase a brand spanking new laptop computer, with the help of dear readers Miss Susan Gordon and Mr. Craig Brockman. That computer won't arrive for a week or so, so I'm having to write these here notes in wordpad. I do not like wordpad. Wordpad does not look like my usual word document. It looks strange. For example when I type an apostrophe it looks like a deformed heart. Frankly, or even Williamly, I do not like my apostrophe's to look like a deformed heart. I like my apostrophes to look like apostrophes is what I like, and yet they look like deformed hearts because I am writing these here notes in wordpad.
Have I mentioned that I do not like wordpad? I find it difficult to think in wordpad. I only like to think in word, or even my special handy-dandy form that I used to type these here notes in (until aol crashed one fine day and I lost the whole of these here notes in one fell swoop, or was it one swell foop). The other thing I do not like about wordpad is that I don't see a place where it's telling me how many pages I'm writing. I could be writing one hundred fershluganah pages and I wouldn't even know it. The only thing that I know for certain in wordpad is that my apostrophes, no matter how I might wish otherwise, will look like fershluganah deformed hearts. Another thing I don't like about wordpad is that the way it is formatted I have no idea how big these here paragraphs really are. What I think is a sparkling and nice-sized paragraph might be two lines when I put it into my handy-dandy form. Well, we shall just have to deal with it, for there is nothing to be done until I have my brand spanking new computer. Then I shall be happy and carefree and my apostrophes won't look like deformed hearts.
Has anyone noticed that today's notes are beginning to resemble that fine song by Mr. Antonio Carlos Jobim, entitled One Note Samba? Surely I won't spend the whole of these notes talking about wordpad? Oh, another thing I hate about wordpad is that it is not underlining every other word like my word documents - when things are underlined I know to check them for grammar or spelling. Here in wordpad, grammar or spelling doesn't count for beans, although beans have always counted for grammar and spelling so why grammar and spelling can return the favor I have no idea.
Well, as some of you might remember, today is Ask BK Day, the day when you can ask me any questions your heart desires or, in the case of wordpad, your deformed heart desires. Yes, you heard it here, dear readers, today is the day you may ask your excellent questions. Whatever questions suit your fancy, you just go ahead and ask them, and I shall answer them to the best of my very own ability. I shall answer them truthfully and in a forthright manner or, at the very least, a forthleft manner. Now, I want you lurkers out there in the dark to step out in the open and ask some excellent questions. I want those lurkers in the dark who love to use our handy-dandy unseemly search box day in and day out, searching for the same things over and over and over again, to ask me about the things you are searching for. Wouldn't that be easier? Wouldn't that just be ever so much more fun? However, we cannot Ask BK until we click on the Unseemly Button below because if we don't click now we run the risk of being bitch-slapped from here to eternity and we can't have that, now can we, especially in wordpad. So, let's click away quickly.
Well, the good news is that once I transfer these here notes into my handy-dandy form for posting them to the site, the deformed heart apostrophes turn back into regular apostrophes. That is fine news indeed.
Last night I watched a DVD I had purchased a year ago, but had never gotten around to watching. It is a rather deliriously strange film of William Castle, who is known for his deliriously strange films. Somehow, I had never seen this particular deliriously strange William Castle film so it was fun to finally catch up with it. This deliriously strange William Castle film is entitled I Saw What You Did, and it stars Miss Joan Crawford, Mr. John Ireland and introduces the two teenage stars, Andi Garrett and Sarah Lane. Andi Garrett's parents are going to be out of town for the evening, and they've hired a babysitter for her and her little ten year old sister. Andi invites her friend over to "have fun". At the last minute (just before the parents are to leave), the babysitter calls and can't come because she's sick. The parents decide it's okay to leave the ten year old in the care of her fifteen year old sister. Off they go, and soon all three girls are making prank phone calls to people they pick arbitrarily out of the phone book. Some of these prank phone calls are surprisingly adult in nature. After a while, they begin to call people and say "I saw what you did and I know who you are". Unfortunately for them, one of the people they say it to has just killed his wife. Complications ensue for these headstrong teenage girls. There are a couple of fine shock moments, and the murder of the wife in the shower is an obvious Psycho-clone. Miss Joan Crawford plays the man's next door neighbor, with whom he's been carrying on. Joan is very good in this role of a demanding headstrong woman who wants her man in the worst way. He keeps saying things like, "Don't crowd me" but crowding him is just what she does because she finds out his secret - well, let's just say that along the way there is another murder and Andi has her ultimate confrontation with Mr. Ireland. Why have I just told you the entire plot of this film? You could have watched it by now. Anyway, it's all quite enjoyable, and the script has some fine moments courtesy of writer, William P. McGivern. Mr. McGivern happens to be the man who wrote the novel, The Big Heat, which was made into a wonderful film by Fritz Lang. I Saw What You Did also came from a novel, Out of the Dark, by Ursula Curtiss. It's actually a terrific premise, and someone should remake it because it would be a bang-up thriller. By the way (BTW, in Internet lingo), the film's adline is "The first film about Uxoricide!" Frankly, I feel we need more films about Uxoricide, don't you? I feel we simply have not had enough films about Uxoricide and someone needs to do something about it.
What am I, Ebert and Roeper all of a sudden? Man, oh man, I really don't like these deformed heart apostrophes. They are giving me the willies.
Today I shall be picking up a test DVD of my very own film and I will be checking it out, making sure everything works as it should. Isn't that exciting? Isn't that just too too? I shall let you know how it is in tomorrow's notes which, by the way (BTW, in Internet lingo) I shall be writing in wordpad.
I can't wait for my brand spanking new handy-dandy laptop computer to arrive, because if it doesn't arrive soon I may commit Uxoricide on this computer which won't let me open my word documents, damn its ungrateful little eyes.
Oh, I keep forgetting to mention, that we have begun our series of interviews and the first of them will be going up in a few weeks, so watch these here notes for the details. The first series of interviews will be with the likes of Mr. Jason Graae, Miss Kerry Butler, Miss Liz Larsen and her ever-lovin' hubby, Sal Viviano and our very own handy-dandy musical director, Mr. Todd Ellison, who is currently rising up on an elevator nightly on Broadway, conducting 42nd Street. The interviews will be loads of fun and somewhat irreverant in nature. Have you ever been irreverant in nature? I have. I was once quite randy in the bushes.
Well, dear readers, I must away, I must take the day, I must do the things I do. I can't stomach looking at any more these fershluganah deformed heart apostrophes, and before I commit Uxoricide on them I shall take my leave, but don't worry, I shall put my leave back when I'm through with it. So, ask your excellent questions (including you lurkers out there in the dark - and you search box mavens, too - you know who you are) and I shall be back on the 'morrow to answer them. Don't forget, resist the temptation to answer the questions yourselves, otherwise you may be the victim of Uxoricide.

Replies: 53 Unseemly Comments

By the way (BTW, in Internet lingo) there were several late posts to yesterday's notes, which were quite excellent. Do check them out by using our handy-dandy archive button.
Posted by bk @ 05/29/2002 09:55 AM PST

"Didja ever have the feeling thatcha wanted to go..."?
Anyone miss Durante like I miss Durante?
Many thanks to the anonymous imp who attempted to invoke a nauseous reaction re: George Lucas' inconsequential creatures in the ongoing drudge known as "Star Wars" -- a wonderful trilogy that ended with "Return of the Jedi" and which should never have been revisited.
The moment passed -- I just couldn't get worked up enough to expend energy over it. Much less breakfast.
So, BK...bubeleh...I'm really looking forward to the "First Nudie Musical."
Lately, I've been enjoying visits with old friends -- movies that impressed me in my early adulthood and which I haven's seen since seeing them in theaters. Among them are "Red Sky At Morning" (an amazing performance by Richard Thomas and wonderful ones by Catherine Burns and Desi Arnaz, Jr.), "A Separate Peace" -- which worked for me then but doesn't now, sadly, and "Last Summer" (an amazing performance by Catherine Burns and wonderful ones by the rest of the cast).
Whatever happend to Miss Burns? Anyone know? Every time I see her I am captivated. What a loss to film that her career didn't proceed beyond juvenile performances.
BK, and anyone else out there in the dark, have you ever heard of (or did you know) and fellow named Jim Whaley, who had a syndicated PBS show called Cinema Showcase out of Atlanta? Jim died in 1992 from a massive heart attack. For more than 20 years, he interviewed movie makers for his program, attended premieres, went to Cannes, participated in junkets, visited studios, visited sets (both in Hollywood and on location), and nobbed with the hobs with great relish and enthusiasm. He was one of the most extraordinary people I have known. I miss him. He was a friend for 35 years (which, by his reckoning, meant we had to have been born in the same hospital and been placed in adjoining cribs rather than having met, and discovered the magic of movies and movie music together at age 12).
I ask this question everywhere I go hoping I'd encounter others who knew him well, or in passing. We had an incredible correspondence during our adult lives -- I was in the Navy for 24 years and in Naples, Italy, when he died.
On a lighter note, my boss is on vacation in China, another coworker is on vacation in the midwest, a third coworker is out sick (day 2) and a fourth coworker is off today.
And I'm in charge. God help us.
R
Posted by Ron Pulliam @ 05/29/2002 10:12 AM PST

BK--do NOT buy a new computer if your Word problems are either/both of the following: you receive a "locked in use" error message when you try to open a document, or Word will simply not open when you click on the desktop icon. I, too, encountered these difficulties a few months back and thought I would have to buy a new computer. However, a handy-dandy tech help guy who actually knew what he was talking about (a rare breed, believe me) told me Word has a "glitch" in its "normal" template which causes these problems. All you need to do is use your "find files" feature (on your "start" button), and search for "normal.dot" (without the quotes). Then, delete it. Voila, magically, Word will once again function beautifully and it will automatically rebuild the "normal" template.
On another non-ask BK day note, I would like all Hainsies/Kimlets to know I have just added an exclusive webpage amazing synchronicity Bruce Kimmel easter egg to my nascent web-presence (link on my signature). Because I hate having to find easter eggs, I will tell you that all you need to do is click on that "cute" (someone else's review, not mine) pic of Bruce, and you will be transported to a document that will confound and amaze, and also let you know what a certain close personal friend of Bruce's does in his spare time. I shared this little gem with BK the other day, and I believe he was, indeed, confounded and amazed. While you're there, feel free to leave pithy (that's pithy with a "th") comments in my handy-dandy guestbook.
Now, to my actual question--having just watched the delicious "Young Girls of Rochefort," I have a two-part question: 1) to your knowledge, was it written in George Chakiris' contracts that he could only wear unusually colored shirts in his films (purple in "WSS", orange in "YGOR"--and isn't that an unlikely acronym for this film); and 2) what are your favorite Michel Legrand songs, and do you think, as I do, that any song by Legrand and the inestimable Bergmans is automatically a masterpiece?
Posted by JMK @ 05/29/2002 10:23 AM PST

Mr. BK,
This question may have been asked and answered already, since the announcement was made a while ago, but I haven't found it in any recent archives (I haven't had time to read the ENTIRE archive, I do have to work, ya know) so I'll ask it.
What do you think of the recent announcement of the revival of Gypsy starring the dear and talented Bernadette Peters? I love her, I really do (even though I don't know her) but I'm not sure that one of the reasons a show such as Gypsy should be revived is because Ms. Peters and Mama Rose were both petite (the words of director Sam Mendes) and no one who has played MR is/was petite.
Also, what kind of computer did you get? Is it filled with handy dandy technological wonders? Did you get one with a DVD player and/or a CD-RW, perhaps?
Posted by Ben @ 05/29/2002 10:32 AM PST

JMK, loved the Easter Egg on your site. Kimmlets, travel to his site and click for a surprise worth clicking for.
Posted by Ben @ 05/29/2002 10:53 AM PST

I have purchased and watched the DVD of THE PARENT TRAP and I loved it. I truly forgot what a good movie it really is.
Two Part PARENT TRAP QUESTION(S)
1. I don't know if your trivia question about who played BETSY in the movie was answered??
I believe someone guessed Kay Cole.Is that the correct answer?
2.While watching this movie I said to myself-"Myself",said I- what a wonderful Musical Comedy this movie would make. What say you??
Posted by Arnold M. Brockman @ 05/29/2002 11:06 AM PST

I answered Kay Cole, in a brief and unsustained moment of epiphanous trivia genius. And I check my mailbox daily for my "sparkling prize", but nothing yet. Maybe that mysterious postal worker (there are those here who know whom-of I speak) has made off with it!
Posted by JMK @ 05/29/2002 11:08 AM PST

Let's all clap hands and dance the dance of pudding to a man who is 99 years young today-BOB HOPE. Happy Birthday Mr.Hope!!!
Posted by Arnold M. Brockman @ 05/29/2002 11:12 AM PST

JMK -
Since it is verbotten to answer a question posed to Bruce, all I will say is a file being "locked" would be the least of his problems.
BK-
I am jealous. I want my new computer now! It will have to wait, as I have other priorities at the moment, like questions!
1. What is your opinion of the old show Dark Shadows. Did you watch it? DO you have it on DVD? Did you ever watch the "new" Dark Shadows?
2. Have you seen Dear Susan Egan and Jason Graae in High Button Shoes yet? They've been getting great reviews, and of course we would love yours when and if you see it.
3. What are some of your favorite Broadway musical duets?
4. What are some of your favorite broadway love songs? How about "hate" songs
5. Are there still plans for a Meltz and Ernest CD?
more later I am sure...
Posted by Craig @ 05/29/2002 11:13 AM PST

Dear BK,
I recently bought a couple CDs, both produced by you. Can you give me a break-down of where the money goes? One is a solo CD and one is a compilation CD.
Posted by Laura @ 05/29/2002 12:05 PM PST

Yippee-kay-aye! It's Ask BK Day!
THE HARVEY GIRLS, great musical film, great dvd, WHY, oh why has no one done this as a stage musical???
POP FEMALE VOCALISTS, there are three that I would like to ASK BK about: DORIS DAY, JANIS IAN and JENNIFER WARNES.
Do you have a favorite DORIS DAY song, album and film? My choices would be "Secret Love," "Duet with Andre Previn" and "Love Me or Leave Me."
Do you like Janis Ian? she is an amazing composer whose work should be better known. My favorite of her albums is her first non-depressing one, "Night Rains," which features a song from the Jodie Foster movie, FOXES.
And, what about Miss Jennifer Warnes? Here's a lady who turns out one album every seven or eight years, but the wait is so worthwhile. Blessed with a gorgeous voice and range, the gal can sing almost anything. I love her version of Randy Newman's "One More Hour" and the Menken/Schwartz "Too Cold to Snow." Have you listened to much Jennifer Warnes?
Do you have an opinion on all of these multi-talented ladies?
Posted by td @ 05/29/2002 12:31 PM PST

just a heads up about this Sunday's new Broadway Radio Show...it's a Tony Awards preview to get you all set to watch the Tonys that evening....we'll hear from most of the nominated musicals including Thoroughly Modern Millie, Urintown, Sweet Smell of Success, Thou Shalt Not, Oklahoma! and Mamma Mia!
In the meantime tune in this wee to catch songwriter Wayne Moore's 12 favorite showtunes!
Posted by Donald @ 05/29/2002 01:09 PM PST

Dear BK
There was a remake of I Saw What You Did.
http://us.imdb.com/Title?0095344
Posted by Michael Shayne @ 05/29/2002 01:32 PM PST

Actually this is more for Mark Bakalor.
Can he put in a spell check for the Unseemly Comment Box.
And why is the Unseemly Button necessary?
Posted by Michael Shayne @ 05/29/2002 01:35 PM PST

My Dearest Bruce Kimmel San,
I myself have had some involvement with science fiction films and with the meddling of Those in Power with one's art, so I can truly commiserate with you. Almost all of my lines were cut from Tokyo for Lunch and Mothra Does Dallas, and I, alas!, being only a poor bit player at the time and not yet a Lengendary Megastar of the Silver Screen, had no recourse!
And so to my question. Is there any chance--or, as you American's say, is there any chance in hell--that we are ever to be treated to Bruce Kimmel's "The Creature Wasn't Nice", the Director's Cut? Don't you just hate it when they make the director's name part of the title so you can't find it in the back of TV Guide?
Please, please, please say that there is just a glimmer of hope.
Your Suchi
Posted by Sushi Tomoto from Kyoto @ 05/29/2002 01:39 PM PST

(I mean, Broderick Crawford's voice just makes me go weak in the knees, and it was just criminal that he was left on the cutting-room floor. It is really not very comfortable down there. I should know. --st)
Posted by Sushi Tomoto from Kyoto @ 05/29/2002 01:46 PM PST

Before I get to my questions, I just wanted to point out to freedunit- SEL stands for Someone Else's Love. When you posted to me you wrote LolitaSLE, which I thought meant Someone Else's Love and you'd just pressed the wrong key at the wrong time. If not, please explain ;) (It's internet lingo I'm not familiar with, right?)
Now, bk, here are some questions:
I am in a Little Shop Around the Corner/She Loves Me phase at this point. Which is your favorite incarnation of this story? What do you think of You've Got Mail? I like it overall. What do you think of Nora Ephron in general?
What kind of desk do you have? (wood-wise, style-wise, shape-wise, etc)
How do you feel about the stuffy English dramas? (Remains of the Day, Sense and Sensibility, Howard's End, etc)
Did you decorate your house and whoever decorated, how is it decorated?
Where do you like to dine in NYC aside from Joe Allen?
Why am I asking such strange questions?
More later maybe...
;)
Posted by Lolita @ 05/29/2002 02:13 PM PST

For those of us (me) too lazy to copy edit before pressing the "Post" button, perhaps Mr. Bakalor could install a feature that refused to post a message UNTIL it had been spellchecked.
That would be a fine kettle of fish. Actually, I've never seen any fish in a kettle of any kind. I've seen kettle corn, but always felt it too precious, somehow. "Oh," someone always says, "have some of this wonderful kettle corn. It's popped with sugar in it."
If I wnat sugar on popped corn, I'll buy cracker jacks or caramel corn, thank you. I don't need another chi-chi food product cluttering my life.
And besides, how do we know they really pop that corn in a real kettle, anyway?
Are you writing all this down, BK?
These are burning questions. Not to mention burning corn.
Posted by Ron Pulliam @ 05/29/2002 02:25 PM PST

I played my OLC recording of "Bugsy Malone" yesterday. A school I taught at presented the musical about 15 years ago and it was quite fun - received well by students and audience. I was wondering what you think of the film with the talented Ms Foster and Of course Scott Baio. (I don't think Bugsy was mentioned in the discussion of film musicals). Have you seen ms Foster in "The Little Girl Who Lives Down The Lane".? I thought it was a remarkable performance by Jodie. Your opinion please.
Posted by Tom from OZ @ 05/29/2002 03:03 PM PST

Like JMK, I have also just watched "The Young Girls of Rochefort," which was delightful. Do you know the name of the first song the twins sang? It had such a wonderful melody. Also, there was one scene (the dinner at Yvonne's french fry stand) where everyone talked in rhyme. Was there a reason they were talking in rhyme, or did they just all wake up that morning and say, "Hey! Why don't we talk in couplets today?" Great, now I'm talking in rhyme too!
Posted by Adrienne Hollister @ 05/29/2002 03:12 PM PST

Please forgive me if this has been asked before--that is, if you can find forgiveness in your heart--otherwise don't:
Since Mr. Guy Haines doesn't know from songs, I assume that you are the one who picked the songs on his album. Can you give us some insight into how you chose the songs and how you structured the album?
Also, I agree with JMK that you appear to be throwing out the baby with the bathwater, junking your hardware because of what appears to be a software problem. Has Mr. Mark Bakalor been consulted on this?
And as to Word Pad, you can probably civilize your apostrophes (talk about a silly looking word!) by clicking the Font tab in the upper left and picking a really simple font, like Time New Roman (Western). It is all who is to be master, that's all.
Posted by Williamly Frankly Orr @ 05/29/2002 03:18 PM PST

Bruce,
I finally had to subscribe to Illustration magazine because I couldn't find the magazine anywhere, and I just got my first three issues yesterday.
I saw your painting of "Dead, Man, Dead." It's stunning. Have you a copy of the paperback also? What other paintings do own? By which artists? Which One (or three if you can't anrrow it down to one) painting which would you want to own? Any category, any genre. Illustration, Impressionist. Anything.
Now to the musical portion of my question. When you produce an album, do you choose ther performer(s) first or the subject matter for the album? For instance, did you decide to an album of Charles Strouse's stuff and then decide it might be good for Jason Graae? Or did you want to do an album with Jason (may I call him Jason?) and the Charles Strouse idea came up later? Same with "Broadway Love Story"? You've mentioned someof these in the past, but I don't know if these questions quite came up. Also, have you ever had a project/song in mind and then had to use someone else for some reason? If, so, why? This is, of course OTHER than Guy Haines stepping in at the last minute to record "Her Laughter In My Life" (which you still will not reveal who it was he replaced even though you say you'll tell us ANYTHING, but I'm not bitter or anything. I mean the other person was supposed to have had a cold right- which is why it didn't work. It's not like they didn't show up or something. But as I said, I'm not bitter or anything).
Back to art-- who is your favoriter illustrator(s) Past and (near) present?
Well, I think that's enough for now.
Hello to all the rest of you. As Mr. Mark Bakalor says, "you are all crazy." And I thank God that we are!
Posted by Kerry @ 05/29/2002 03:24 PM PST

Well, I'll be swacked and pickled in moonshine - damned if JMK's solution to the Word problem didn't work. It worked I tell you - suddenly I was able to open all my handy-dandy word files. Isn't that exciting, isn't that too too? What a happy boy am I. Unfortunately, there is still enough wrong with this here machine that I needed to get a new machine anyway. After all, the floppy drive has been broken for a year, the CD thing won't open - but at least until the new machine arrives I will not have to work in wordpad anymore and that is fine news. Thanks to JMK for the brilliant workaround. Don't forget, don't answer the questions - I'm already formulating my handy-dandy answers. And I do so hope that some of our kookie searchers actually come out of the shadows - we welcome any questions you searchers might have.
Posted by bk @ 05/29/2002 04:51 PM PST

You mentioned at the ASCAP/Disney workshop (Does that mean that Disney owns ASCAP like it owns ABC?) the importance of the opening song of a show. You used Li'l Abner's opening song, "It's a Typical Day" as an excellent example. Are their other types of songs that are important in writing a musical----Act One finale (if the musical is two acts), the 11:00 o'clock number, the big ballad, love song etc.
Posted by Michael Shayne @ 05/29/2002 06:12 PM PST

This is an open question to anyone out their cyberland.
I have been looking into starting a small cabaret nightclub here in Boca Raton. I know about the talent pool out there and its extraordinary.
I would love to have Guy Haines be my opening act.
It has been hard to find articles or books on Cabaret from a business side. I have bought a wonderful book that is geared more for the performer and gives good information on promotion, advertising etc.
But I am looking for information on the basics.
Like how much do you pay a performer?
Do you pay the airfare and hotel accomadations?
Do you pay for the piano player and/or other musicians?
Do they have a stipend during their stay?
Do they get a percentage of the cover charge?
I would like to get one of those computer programs that will make a business plan and see if I can get this off the ground. But have no really idea about the economics of the business other than I love to go see it as a customer and have a growing collection of wonderful singers.
Anyone can stear me in the right direction?
Thanks for any help you might be able to provide me.
Posted by Michael Shayne @ 05/29/2002 06:27 PM PST

Have you heard the new CD of LI'L ABNER yet? What do you think of it? (I admit this is a lame question, but I haven't heard anyone talk about it and I have to do something while I wait for a copy to arrive in the mail...)
(BTW, though this is not a question for BK, I noticed that today -- May 29 -- is the 25th anniversary of the death of Goddard Lieberson. It seems appropriate that the ABNER cast album, one of his best, is available again to commemmorate this anniversary.)
Posted by Jaime J. Weinman @ 05/29/2002 06:30 PM PST

I don't believe that I've asked this before, so-What is you opinion of 1776?
Have you ever been to Cleveland? (Ohio, of course) If so, what did you think? (Me and my town, we just wanna be loved!)
Have you always lived in Southern California?
Have you seen Barbara Cook's "Sondheim Etc." Concert?
Will dear reader Lolita ever see her musical revived?
Do you have any plans of returning to record producing?
Posted by Hapgood @ 05/29/2002 07:26 PM PST

Michael Shayne-
Email my father (his email address is above in one of his posts)... he lives in Boca and has plenty of experience and knowhow...
Posted by Craig @ 05/29/2002 07:28 PM PST

Craig,
Who is your father?
Mike
Posted by Michael Shayne @ 05/29/2002 07:39 PM PST

Well.. in this scenario - I am tempted to say "Darth Vader" - but we are not allowed such in SIDIUS remarks ha ha..
Michael, I will give you an hour to do some research.. it's very easy to figure out :)
Posted by Craig @ 05/29/2002 07:42 PM PST

Craig
There is a J Weinman that lives in Boca. So I am guessing that might be him. He has a background in the entertainment field?
BTW and I think it's wonderful that a father and son post together. You know what they say about a family that post togethers.
Posted by Michael Shayne @ 05/29/2002 07:59 PM PST

Back to the drawing board Michael... here's a HINT (hint hint) READ TODAY'S NOTES!
Posted by Craig @ 05/29/2002 08:05 PM PST

So you are Craig Jr I presume?
Posted by Michael @ 05/29/2002 08:10 PM PST

Michael, I have no idea what you are talking about.. here's a thought. It's Ask BK Day.. so.. ASK BK :)
Posted by Craig @ 05/29/2002 08:10 PM PST

Well I'm going to bed. Too tired. There was a Craig Brockman in the notes. So I presume that you had the same name and therefore that you were Craig Brockman Jr. But then I just realized that it was you and then Arnold Brockman is your Dad.
And if I am correct what is his background in the entertainment field?
Posted by Michael @ 05/29/2002 08:16 PM PST

Robert Goulet will be appearing here in a production of "South Pacific." And no, he's not playing Bloody Mary. Unfortunately all I can think of is Truman Capote's line after giving a rather disdainful look at a pointsettia plant he had received that he considered pointsettias to be the Bob Goulet of botany.
Does that mean that Robert Goulet is the pointsettias of baritones?
I also read (and absolutely love) that Cheetos were the Connie Stevens of snack foods!
Posted by Kerry @ 05/29/2002 08:17 PM PST

Congrats Michael, the mystery is solved and you may continue to the next question. I'm sure my father can answer that question better than I can..
Posted by Craig @ 05/29/2002 08:19 PM PST

Michael, check Sunday's notes (i think Sunday regarding Ambrosia salad). Especially the notes referring to a birthday party. Thawt will you give you the answer you are seeking, my young friend.
Posted by Kerry @ 05/29/2002 08:20 PM PST

Michael, disregard my last message. It became moot between the time I wrote it and the time I posted it.
Will you invite me to the opening of the cabaret?
Posted by Kerry @ 05/29/2002 08:22 PM PST

Dear BK,
Do you have any interesting ancestors in your family tree? We have a US president and a pirate.
Posted by Sandra @ 05/29/2002 08:36 PM PST

BK-
more questions...
6. When did you find out about the tooth fairy, santa, etc. Was it a shocking revelation? How much did you used to get for your teeth? Did you ever get a bonus for losing more than one tooth, or for your front teeth, or anything like that?
7. Did you ever own a pet rock? How about a red wagon? Hula Hoop? Did you own a flexible flyer (or maybe yours said ROSEBUD) What was a prized posession of your childhood?
8. Have you and the Wechters ever plaid any of those fun board games like Taboo or Gestures or something like that?
9. What was the last known song recorded of Meltz and Ernest?
Posted by Craig @ 05/29/2002 08:53 PM PST

PLAYED, not plaid... damn fingers!
Posted by Craig @ 05/29/2002 08:54 PM PST

You have plaid fingers?
Posted by freedunit @ 05/29/2002 09:02 PM PST

It goes with his plaid kilt.
Posted by Arnold M. Brockman @ 05/29/2002 09:08 PM PST

"Do you have any interesting ancestors in your family tree? We have a US president and a pirate."
Sandra:
Was that one ancestor or two?
Posted by Williamly Frankly Orr @ 05/29/2002 09:08 PM PST

1. What is your favourite Shakespearean Play?
2.What about Chekhovian Play?
3.What is you favorite Verdi Opera?
4. What is your favorite Wagner
Opera?
5.What is your feeling about Gilbert and Sullivan?
6. What is Vinnie Cirilli up to these days??
Posted by Arnold M. Brockman @ 05/29/2002 09:26 PM PST

We are not an anonymous imp. We are two who signed our names.
Posted by Darth Sidious & Supreme Chancellor Palpatine, the Dark Side of the Force Made Us Do It @ 05/29/2002 09:29 PM PST

Impettes, then...
[belch]
Posted by Ron Pulliam @ 05/29/2002 09:40 PM PST

Question for BK:
I was doing some research today, and found the following quote by Walter Kerr that appeared in the International Herald Tribune on May 26, 1968:
"A serious and composed young actress who won’t let a line pass without making certain she’s had it in for a private talk and perhaps tea."
Can you guess the identity of the actress about whom he was speaking?
Posted by Ron Pulliam @ 05/29/2002 09:46 PM PST

Another question (somebody STOP me...oh, somebody please do try):
(That's a paraphrase from a line in "Holiday"!)
BK: Do you have and do you adore the DVD of the Sherman brothers musical "The Slipper and the Rose"?????
Posted by Ron Pulliam @ 05/29/2002 10:24 PM PST

Proust Questionnaire:
What do you consider your greatest achievement?
What is your idea of perfect happiness?
What is your current state of mind?
What is your favorite occupation?
What is your most treasured possession?
What or who is the greatest love of your life?
What is your favorite journey?
What is your most marked characteristic?
When and where were you the most happiest?
What is it that you most dislike?
What is your greatest fear?
What is your greatest extravagance?
Which living person do you most despise?
What is your greatest regret?
Which talent would you most like to have?
Where would you like to live?
What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
What is the quality you most like in a man?
What is the quality you most like in a woman?
What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?
What is the trait you most deplore in others?
What do you most value in your friends?
Who is your favorite hero of fiction?
Whose are your heroes in real life?
Which living person do you most admire?
What do you consider the most overrated virtue?
On what occasions do you lie?
Which words or phrases do you most overuse?
If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
What are your favorite names?
How would you like to die?
If you were to die and come back as a person or thing, what do you think it would be?
What is your motto?
Posted by freedunit @ 05/29/2002 10:26 PM PST

How do you define "regional theater?" What do you see as regional theater's greatest advantages? Greatest (worstest?) disadvantages? Do you think New York City can have what can be called regional theater?
Posted by S. Woody White @ 05/30/2002 12:19 AM PST

I too went back to the oldies (for me) and watched Last Summer. With an academy awards nomination, what did happen to Catherine Burnes
Posted by jw @ 08/02/2002 07:58 PM PST

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