haines his way

10/06/2002:
"THE RETRO NOTES"

Well, dear readers, you did yourselves proud yesterday. For any errant and truant dear readers who missed yesterday’s notes and posts, well you’ll just have to use the Unseemly Archive button to find out the fun you missed out on.
I had a lovely flight in, got some writing done on the plane (hooray), and even saw a show, Say Goodnight, Gracie, which was lovely, too. It’s a one man show starring Frank Gorshin as George Burns, reminiscing about Gracie Allen. Lots of laughs, very touching at times and it moves right along. The show is by my pal Rupert Holmes, and through yet another comedy of errors we missed each other for about the fourth time in recent years. He’d originally told me he wouldn’t be able to join me afterwards, as he’d had a problem and was in Boston. However, I did look for him as we left the theater, but didn’t see him. I even checked my cell, but there didn’t appear to be any messages, so I shut it off, and went on to Joe Allen. Well, he was there, looking for me and calling my cell. How disappointing. But, I suppose we’ll try to get together at some point during this trip. Joe Allen was fun, too.
The hotel is something else. It’s very retro but not on purpose. They just haven’t updated anything since 1962. In my little retro suite there are two count them two retro beds which, if put together, might make a full. Not a queen, mind you, but a full, and a retro one at that. In other words, these beds don’t seem to be made for an adult. Still, I got a decent night’s sleep – I just couldn’t turn or move or I would have fallen off the bed. I may try to push them together for tonight. Of course, tonight is our Hainsies/Kimlets get-together here in New York, which I’m really looking forward to. I do hope that some of the attendees will be wearing their pointy party hats and colored tights and pantaloons. By the way (BTW, in Internet lingo) the party will be retro as well.
Well, shall we all click on the Unseemly Button below, because I have answered all your excellent questions from last Wednesday, and said answers are waiting your perusal.

And now, without further delay, shall we answer your excellent questions from long ago? I do believe we shall.
Ron Pulliam asks what my favorite John Raitt role is. Well, I have only seen Mr. Raitt on stage in one show – The Most Happy Fella, for which he was ill suited. I don’t really care for him on screen, but I do like listening to him on disc, especially Carousel.
Laura asks what the holdup is at the Cinegrill. I did not know there was a holdup at the Cinegrill. How much did they get away with? Did they steal and plunder Jason Graae? Did he like it? On another note (Bb), I hear the Grand Reopening will not be until next year.
Jose asks if I’ve ever mistaken a celebrity for another celebrity? Only once and it was quite embarrassing. I was at some event, and there was a gentleman sitting at a table, and I thought it was composer Laurence Rosenthal, who I’ve met several times. I went up to him, clapped him on the shoulder and told him how happy I was that Sherry! was getting recorded. Only it wasn’t Larry Rosenthal, it was Mike Stoller of Lieber and Stoller. We laughed about it, but the truly pathetic thing was that two days earlier I’d been at Mr. Stoller’s house.
Arnold M. Brockman asks what I think of the prospect of seeing and hearing Bernadette Peters in the upcoming revival of Gypsy, and Matthew Broderick in the TV The Music Man. I’m willing to keep an open mind on both, although I don’t think either one of them are suited for those roles.
Philip Crosby asks whatever happened to nationally known Broadway stars, what with the demise of the TV variety show. It’s a whole different world now. I suppose Nathan Lane is nationally known, as is Bernadette Peters and of course Angela Lansbury. But, interestingly, they aren’t necessarily known because of Broadway. It just seems that anyone who becomes a Broadway star (if there even is such a thing these days) automatically does TV and film and only does Broadway sporadically. Not much of an answer but there you are.
S. Woody White asks of all the DVDs I’ve seen in the last six months, which would I list as the top five must-haves in anyone’s collection. Well, if I were answering these questions from home it would be easy to answer. But, I’m in New York, New York and I can’t mosey into the other room to look. So, let’s hold the question in abeyance and we’ll answer it on my return.
William E. Lurie asks what LPs that have never been issued on CD (of any type) would I like to see released as CDs? Also, what films that have never been released on DVD do I think are the most deserving? Well, on DVD, we must have King Kong, the Astaire/Rogers films (especially Swing Time), Stairway to Heaven, The Band Wagon, Ride the High Country (PLEASE), Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter, The Girl Can’t Help It, Journey to the Center of the Earth, Repulsion (in a good transfer ala Criterion), That Man From Rio, and a million others. On CD – well, they’ve done so many that I never ever thought I’d see (like the Percy Faith Broadway and Hollywood stuff), but if I had my druthers I really wish they’d do a totally obscure album (one I tried to license way back in the Bay Cities days) called Points on Jazz, written by Dave Brubeck and performed by the marvelous Gold and Fizdale. It was a jazz ballet, and the music is wonderful (it also includes a vocal of the theme, sung by Carmen McCrae, which has been released on one of her compilations, or one of his, I can’t remember).
Jay asks which vocal artists do I believe have been most successful in making the crossover from the world of opera and classical music to the world of musical theater and/or pop. Well, Dawn Upshaw comes to mind, and we’ve already talked about her gorgeous recording of Samuel Barber’s Knoxville. Mario Lanza, who I’ve always enjoyed. Eileen Farrell.
Tom from Oz asks what are my favorite recordings from the late fifties/early sixties where they really played with the stereo soundstage. Well, I loved Ferrante and Teicher, and Dick Schory (ping pong stereo or whatever it was) and of course, Columbia and Capitol used to really have fun with their cast albums in those days. Then some “record producer” would go in and remix and center all the voices, when several were reissued on CD. Hideous.
Hapgood asks if I’ve ever played a Shakespearean role and if so, which. Only one, thank the Lord, Dromio of Syracuse (or was it Ephesus – the one who has the better part with the big speech about Luce) in Comedy of Errors. Are there any Shakespeare plays I love and/or hate? I know it’s heresy but I’m just not that fond of that stuff. I try, oh, yes, I try, and then I fail. Who is producing The First Nudie Musical for the stage. I’ll let them have the glory of their announcement, but they have produced a lot of Broadway and off-Broadway shows, as well as some films. Have I been eating chicken soup. At the height of my illness I did eat a quart of it and it did help.
Michael Shayne recently purchased an album I produced (still on Varese) called Hit TV. His question is this: Most themes are anywhere from 30 seconds to maybe a minute – how did we expand them to an average of three minutes. Well, Grant Geissman, who did the album with me, is very good at that sort of thing. We chose the themes together, and then I made some suggestions and he went off and wrote the arrangements. I’m quite fond of it.
Dlevy (yes, our very own errant and truant dlevy) asks if I’ve heard the new Elvis #1 collection, where all the songs have been remastered to within an inch of their lives and also remixed. I have not, and I will not – my views on remixing the work of the original producer are well known, aren’t they, Mr. Thomas Shepard?
Td asks if I could produce the Barbra Streisand Album 2003, what ten songs would Babs be singing (presuming she would take advice and direction)? Well, I would do a quiet album with her – quiet songs, simple songs, beautiful songs – and I would try to go for a very basic and honest collection. Stuff like Here’s that Rainy Day, When Somebody Loved Me, Close Enough for Love, that sort of thing. And even though I’ve heard all the stories, I would still do it.
Kerry asks how long I’ve lived in my current house. In my current house I’ve lived four years, I think. How many different residences have I lived in thus far? Houses that I’ve owned – three. Way too many apartments to list – when I was in college it seemed like I moved once a month. How many different kinds of cake have been in my current house? In my current house there have been many kinds of cake, but mostly there has been Parsienne Cake.
Sandra asks if I will send her a postal card from New York. I just might do that.
And there you have the answers. Have I mentioned that my hotel is very retro? Have I mentioned that I have a Zenith TV from 1962? Actually, there are two TVs – the one in the bedroom is at least an 18” TV with an actual remote control. The one in the living room has no remote control and since the channel buttons don’t work, it only gets channel two. Have I mentioned that this hotel still uses keys? Have I mentioned that there is one elevator and that there is one elevator operator who is also the bellman? One simply has to allow ten minutes to leave the hotel. And yet, this hotel remains one of the most popular when stars come in to do plays. Go know. I do like it here and have stayed here many times in the past. Oh, and have I mentioned that it's very pink?
Well, dear readers, I must take the day, I must do the things I do, I must traverse the streets of New York and call old friends and call young friends and call friends of indeterminate age. I must catch up on some more writing, I must relax and then I must attend our little party. Today’s topic of discussion: It’s free-for-all day, so let’s have some wonderfully wonderful posts on wonderfully wonderful topics. I shall be checking back regularly. I may even check front, but not regularly. Post away, my pretties.

Replies: 45 Unseemly Comments

What... Li'l Abner not on your list of must be put on DVD's?!?! ...surely you were just assuming we all KNEW that Li'l Abner was just implied :)
Posted by Craig @ 10/06/2002 08:06 AM PST

Think of it this way, BK- The Plaids would have been thrilled with that 1962 room if they'd ever made it big enough to get to New York.
Posted by Sandra @ 10/06/2002 08:12 AM PST

Hey - thanks for remembering us Sandra, and Bruce - please remember to throw 3 coins in the fountain!
Posted by Jinx, Smudge, Francis and Sparky @ 10/06/2002 08:21 AM PST

First of all I am amazed that I am not the only one who remembers "Points on Jazz". I actually saw American Bazllet Theatre do it in Chicago more years ago than I care to remember.
I saw the revisal of BOYS FROM SYRACUSE yesterday and all I want to know is why George Abbott's estate can't sue. I know that Ted Chapin of the R&H organization is so money hungry and desparite for these shows to be done that he allows any ill-advised score changes that the producers want to do (in this case they were totally ill advised) but Abbott was in the business about 30 years when he wrote this and went on for another 60 years. A little tweaking maybe, but not a whole new book where half the jokes are not funny and the ones that are are not right for the show. It doesn't help that the design was ugly and the choreography amateurish, but even a great cast could nopt salvage the book. Poor George Abbott: first they did the same thing to DAMN YANKEES and now this!
Posted by William E. Lurie @ 10/06/2002 08:42 AM PST

Gee, Bruce, if I had known you needed a place to stay...
Posted by Robert Armin @ 10/06/2002 08:51 AM PST

Of course Li'l Abner should have been on the list! Well, I have gone and done it - I'm in the coughing and phlegm-breaking-up phase of my illness (basically I'm better, but it's now all clearing itself up) and I coughed so hard this morning that my whole lower back went out with a pain so intense that I felt it down to my toes. Isn't that exciting? Isn't that just too too? And so, right now I look like a ninety year old Jew. I went out and took an hour walk hoping to work it out, and it is a bit better, although if I move wrong the pain shoots back.
Posted by bk @ 10/06/2002 09:16 AM PST

AS you know I have been absent a lot for the past few weekss as I was finishing off to screenplays to submit to among other places HBO's/Miramax's Project Greenlight.
As part of my requirement in partaking in the Matt and Ben Afleck-Damon contest at Project Greenlight I am required to read 8 screenplays and view 4 videos of a director's. So far I enjoyed the videos better. I have read six out of the eight so far.
One was really abysmal. The way it was formatted made it a chore to read and the plot couldn’t decide whether it was a fantasy in The Lord of The Rings ilk or a drama along the lines of a movie about streets gangs and living in the barrio. The characters were offensive as they were the worst Spanish stereotypes one could think up.
Another was so plotted so densely that I had to read it a few time and still was very confused. Interesting twist ending but a chore getting there
Another reminded me of "David Mamet’s About Last Night…” but not as good. It did have some very funny moments but not enough. The other problem is that the first 20 minutes of the film is voice over narration! The character tells us what has already before the main plot begins!
Another screenplay showed a lot of promises but had a lot of plot holes and reminded me a little too much of The Matrix, Se7en, and Usual Suspects when it came to certain scenes and dialogues. I could even hear Kevin Spacey talking the dialogue as he was in Se7en & The Usual Suspects.
BUT there is good news a couple of producers have express interest in my work, but so far nothing yet. But one did invite to submit an idea for a new TV series. Which I will be working on. Bit hopefully won't take too much of my time away from here.
Posted by MDS @ 10/06/2002 10:01 AM PST

I received a very nice surprising early birthday present last night--it looks like a theater company here in Portland has optioned my "Reefer Madness" musical (Going to Pot: The Reefer Madness Musical) for a minimum 6 week run starting in February. We opened our version (it turns out there are many, many) originally in 1999, playing to SRO audiences for several weeks, before we had to vacate our theater for another production. This, coupled with the immensely well-financed competing version from L.A. which opened there (and later bombed off-Broadway) almost simultaneously to ours, pretty much put the kibosh on our version for a while. What this means is, incredibly, I may have two musicals running simultaneously here next winter/spring (see yesterday's notes for my other show). Considering the odds of even having one original musical open in Portland, I am kind of blown away that I may have two up next year!
Posted by JMK @ 10/06/2002 10:20 AM PST

Thank you for that lovely image, BK.
Posted by Sandra @ 10/06/2002 11:42 AM PST

Those mentions of Brubeck lead me to these questions for you BK or "sundried" readers. Is Carmen McRae's "Take Five" available on CD and please please please (that's three of them) has anyone located Peggy Lee's "Pieces Of Dreams" on a CD. I only have it on a scratchy old 45 and it is beautful. I think the song is sometimes listed as "Little Boy Lost". It is the title song from "Pieces Of Dreams" (1970 - Legrand/Bergman)
I enjoyed yesterday's posts. It was fun. I am somewhat envious of the pantaloon-pointed hat brigade at THE BIG EVENT. Have a wonderful time. Brilliant idea Susan.
Posted by Tom from OZ @ 10/06/2002 02:41 PM PST

Tom - re 'Pieces of Dreams' you may be in luck. Amazon in the UK has a 4-CD Peggy Lee Singles Box Set listed as being released on 28 October - and it has 'Pieces of Dreams' on it. Cost is £25.99.
Posted by Allan @ 10/06/2002 03:03 PM PST

... and CDNOW lists an album called 'Don't Misunderstand' by Carmen McRae which includes 'Take Five'
Posted by Allan @ 10/06/2002 03:09 PM PST

Tom - Carmen McRae's
version of Take Five is on her
album "Don't Misunderstand,"
which is indeed available on
CD at Amazon
Posted by Jed @ 10/06/2002 03:10 PM PST

Thanks Allan & Jed. I shall now have to put some of my old age pension aside. (And I have just ordered FNM - who needs food anyway?)
Posted by Tom from OZ @ 10/06/2002 03:46 PM PST

Tom: It ain't Peggy Lee, but have you heard the magic that the Trotter Trio does with "Pieces of Dreams" on "The Michel Legrand Album," produced by a familiar name...Bruce Kimmel...good stuff. Also, it contains "You Must Believe in Spring," so you know it's gonna be in MY collection.
Maureen McGovern also does very nicely with this little tune.
And BK, correct me if I'm wrong, wasn't this song written for a film about a priest falling in love with a woman?
Posted by td @ 10/06/2002 04:39 PM PST

td....you're right ! tada !!
Pieces Of Dreams, a 1970
United Artists movie, starring
Robert Foster -- the priest --
Lauren Hutton and Will Geer.
Song was nominated for an
Academy Award....
Rosemary Clooney gives it a
nice treatment too !.
Little boy lost ---no, no, he's in
NYC !!---
In search of litlle boy found
You go a wondering,
wandering,
stumbling,tumbling
'Round... 'round...
When will you find
What's on the tip of your mind
Why are you blind
To all you ever would
Never would
Really are
Nearly are
Little boy false
In search of little boy true
Will you be ever done
Traveling
Always unraveling
You.. you...
Running away
could leave you further astray
And as for fishing in streams
For pieces of dreams
Those pieces will never fit
What is the sense of it
Little boy blue
Don't let your little sheep roam
It's time, come blow your horn
Meet the morn
Look and see
Can you be
Far from home ?
Posted by François, with a LITTLE HELP from the Bergams... and the net ! @ 10/06/2002 05:25 PM PST

... should be
Running away
Could lead you farther
astray.....
and NOT I typed above !!
Sorry !
Posted by François @ 10/06/2002 05:28 PM PST

The Bergams ?? did you see
how I typed the Bergams !
There, again!
Oops.... that was yesterday's
assigment !!!
MY mistake !! I've got a cold in
my dose (Oh, an Ebb and
Kander reference !! ).... and I
feel lousy....
I sure am a little boy lost !
Posted by François @ 10/06/2002 05:33 PM PST

Oh, it is that song! When I saw Tom mention the title "Pieces of Dreams" that song popped into my head, but for some reason I've always thought the title to be "Little Boy Lost." Always an educational day here at haineshisway.com!
Posted by Jed @ 10/06/2002 05:34 PM PST

Did you hear about the mayor
of Paris being stabbed last
night, inside the City Hall, by
some jerk who hates
politicians and gays ?
Bertrand Delanoë is both.
He's in fine condition, but will
be hospitalized for a week.
Ah,ah, hon, hon, Gay Paris !
Posted by François @ 10/06/2002 05:39 PM PST

Well, I should refrain from
posting tonight; I make too
many typos !!!
The Bergmans...and it's
Robert Forster.
Posted by François @ 10/06/2002 05:45 PM PST

I'm slow in reacting -- THE
cold -- but I wanted to say :
Bravo, JMK ! Congrats !!
Posted by François @ 10/06/2002 05:53 PM PST

Francois: btw(by the way in internet lingo), Robert Forster was the first male I saw on the big screen doing a full-frontal nude scene (they don't call it a big screen for nothing)! Who do I think I am all of a sudden, Henny Youngman!?!? Take my keyboard, please!
Funny thing, the trailer for PIECES OF DREAMS is not included on the JACKIE BROWN dvd, despite a plethora of trailers for both Pam Grier and the charming Mr. Forster.
Posted by td @ 10/06/2002 05:54 PM PST

Sandra,
Lovely image ? Lovely image ?
I ain't no see any lovely
image? : )
but, BK, thanks anyways !
Posted by François @ 10/06/2002 05:55 PM PST

Orson, HG and Frank that's 3 Wells)
I am happy to report in from the HainesHisWay fiesta that is currently going on in NYC. While I was not in "actual" attendance of said gathering - I was there by proxy. I just got off the phone with Bruce and everyone that is there. I don't want to give anything away as to who was there or what was going on there (I'll let thems people do it). I will say it was a delight to be passed around like an bag of chips - as I got to talk to all the fine and dandy (and dandy and fine) Hainesies and Kimlets that were there. It sounded like a lot of fun - so for those within driving distance who did not make it.. you missed quite an evening. One can only hope that Bruce brings such an event to the south.. but I doubt I shall ever be so lucky.
I would like to thank everyone for taking the time out to share their festivities with me - and our own Susan Gordon for helping to arrange my 'visit'.
I look forward to the posts of those in attendance, as I only got little pieces of tonight's bash...
Posted by Craig @ 10/06/2002 05:55 PM PST

Jed,
You're quite right ! Thanks to
td's mention of Henny
Youngman (Any young man
???) I searched the net to find
out who that "youngman" is...
You have to forgive me; I'm
French !
Let me educate you
And we'll have a real swell
time !!
Almost a StePHen Sondheim
reference !
I guess Ron is too busy with
his bvd's, I mean his dvd's, to
post tonight....
Posted by François @ 10/06/2002 06:05 PM PST

National Enquirer ?
People Magazine ?
Hollywood Reporter ?
Where will we be able to read
about tonight's HHW fiesta ?
We want pictures ! We want
pictures....and SOUND CLIPS!!
Posted by François @ 10/06/2002 06:11 PM PST

Francois, you sound like you're having quite the fiesta already!
Did your web surf turn up any youngmen worth mentioning?
I'm so glad to hear that the party is in full swing in NYC, because, it might as well be swing (Hey! A Frank Sintra and and almost R&H allusion!)
Posted by td @ 10/06/2002 07:01 PM PST

I see I'm the first person to check in who actually was at the party in NYC and I just want to say to those in the area who missed it shame on you. That's what VCRs are made for and you could have taped "The Sopranos" or Shirley MacLaine as Mary Kay Cosmetics and come to the party. Since most Broadway shows are dark on Sunday you could actually get around the area without bumping into hundreds of tourists. I won't give away who else was there --- let them check in themselves --- but the people were as nice in person as they are on this board. The food was delicious. And Bruce made a charming host who seemed more like an old friend than someone I just met after admiring him ever since I first saw FNM in it's initial release. A picture will be posted on this here site very soon.
Posted by William E. Lurie @ 10/06/2002 07:41 PM PST

Congratulations JMK!
I wish that I culd have been at the party!
Posted by Hapgood @ 10/06/2002 07:50 PM PST

COULD!
Posted by Hapgood @ 10/06/2002 07:51 PM PST

Bruce, how about coming to Ohio some day? We have bookstores! We have theaters! We have art-houses! Pleeaase?
Posted by Hapgood @ 10/06/2002 07:52 PM PST

Bruce,
What about PARIS, France ?
We have everything they have
in Ohio, and then some......
A party on a fleeboat on the
river Seine...............
ah, c'est magnifique !
hey, a Cole Porter reference !
Posted by François @ 10/06/2002 08:14 PM PST

William,
Thanks for thr report...
All is calm on the French front,
at 5:20 am !
td,
I went to Google, typed Henny
Youngman and the first
selection was what I wanted,
so I didn't investigate more....
Hello to the wonderful Tom
from Oz and his amazingly
beautiful birds: autumn is
getting chilly in the City of
Lights.
Sunday Night Fever for all
Kimlets and Hainsies in NYC !
Posted by François @ 10/06/2002 08:22 PM PST

William E. Lurie, I second that emotion. We had a jolly old time with--yeah, old friends--and everyone I met was thoroughly charming--even Bruce.
But especially our own, our very own Susan Gordon and Cissy Wechter, who publically confessed to the disbelieving throng that she had never visited this here web site. Well, that is certainly something that must change.
I was only disappointed that certain others of our New York area members couldn't make it.
My Joe braved bumper-to-bumper traffic on the L.I.E., and drove into the city for the first time in--what? fifteen years? Greater love hath no man.
A fuller report will follow. As soon as Larry Fuller gets here.
Posted by William F. Orr @ 10/06/2002 08:29 PM PST

RE: Peggy Lee singing "Pieces of Dreams/Little Boy Lost" - I believe their is a video of one of her concerts where she sings that song. I know I've seen it before. Now, as to whether or not it's still in print...
I really wish I could have made it up to NYC today for the gathering. I would have worn my pointy hat - I have quite a selections - and my colorful pantaloons! Instead, I "enjoyed" a relatively easy 10-out-of-12 tech rehearsal. In fact, it went so well, that tomorrow's 10/12 will actually be an 8/10. Which means I can sleep in a little bit. YEAH!!!
...And it's off to bed I go...
Posted by Jose C. Simbulan @ 10/06/2002 09:01 PM PST

Sorry I could not make it, folks.
I'm off in 30 minutes, so,
maybe if I catch the next
Concorde
flight...............................................
...save some cheese and ham
for meeeeeeeeeeeeee !
Posted by François @ 10/06/2002 10:32 PM PST

"Fever, in the morning,
Fever all through the night!"
-- my head cold harrassing
me!
"He's a tramp
And I love him !"
Sing it, Peg, sing it, but hurry,
I've got to catch a plane; i've
already caught......a cold !
Posted by François @ 10/06/2002 10:36 PM PST

"39 de fièvre, et je brûle,
Comme dans les marmites
de l'enfer"
French version by Caterina
Valente: remember her ?
Posted by François @ 10/06/2002 10:39 PM PST

"39 de fièvre !" and that was
posr # 39 !!!!
How seemly !
I'm having a ball !
Don't you ?
I know, I know !: like Jose
Simbulan -- love that name!--
you're all gone to bed!
Posted by François @ 10/06/2002 10:42 PM PST

Hey, btw -- bacon, tomato
and...waffles ? -- Robert Armin
posted tonight !!
Hello, Robert !! Hope you're
fine and dandy !.................
Posted by François @ 10/06/2002 10:45 PM PST

Ron
Brown snakes are more common here in Victoria. Snakes to indeed frequent suburbia - where we have encroached on their land. They are usually to be found near water and will go near houses in the summer months if there is no available water in their close habitat. The red bellied snakes tend to be further north than here. they are all quite venimous. In the 20+ years I have lived here in "the bush" I have not seen a snake. I don't go looking for them and I think the feeling is mutual.
Well it is "free for all" day!
Posted by Tom from OZ @ 10/06/2002 11:18 PM PST

The problem with this side of the world is that it is this side of the world!
I feel a bit like Francois. I shall be having an ongoing dialogue with myself.
I have said hello to the birds (Not the greenfinch and linnet birds though).It is now too late feed the birds (thanks Mary Poppins) but they have certainly had a good feed today. I thought of having a "Bad Seed" reference but could not work it in. Whatever happened to Patty McCormack?
Where is Ron? I don't like spiders and snakes (a Jim Stafford reference). I suspect our friendly kookaburras keep the property clear of snakes.
I'll now have to try and find where I hid the answers to yesterday's trivia question.
I for one was pleased to see TV coverage of Susan Sarandan and the crowds in Central Park today.
Posted by Tom from OZ @ 10/07/2002 02:28 AM PST

Well, here I am at the office on a rainy Monday morning in NYC.
I spent a lovely evening at Angus' last night (Mr. Broderick and Mr. Lane, who are two of the culinary producers of the restaurant, were nowhere in sight). We were greeted by our own Mr. BK and the lovely Cissy Wechter. The quite wonderful Susan Gordon, made it there also, despite the difficulties of NY traffic. We had lovely pointy hats, thanks to the efforts of William F. Orr (and the Target in Huntington, LI). Much thanks to Susan for arranging the whole affair. While no cake was actually eaten (sorry Kerry) we did talk about it (cake, that is), and many other things. A group photo was taken with Mr. Lurie's camera (smart man, he) so soon you all can put faces to names (at least for some of the NY groupies). Mr. Robert Armin dropped by with his lovely wife for a short chat. This is beginning to sound like the society column in a 1950s small town newspaper. While no one poured tea, I will attest that a good time was had by all and I look forward to the next visit by BK and the New York groupies.
Posted by Ben @ 10/07/2002 04:43 AM PST

This site is gay!
Posted by Paul @ 01/02/2003 04:48 AM PST

Ask BK: Got a question? Ask Bruce Kimmel...

© Copyright 2001-2003 Bruce Kimmel.
All Rights Reserved. Site design by hijinks design.