Posted by William E. Lurie @ 08/25/2003 08:03 AM PST

Oooohhhh....I'm a-shiverin' in my boots at the thought of running into a lesbian vampire today...eeeekk!! Although it would be funny to see a lesbian vampire sitting in Musso & Frank eating pounded steak (very rare, of course).

To just pick 2 Edwards films....mine would be Breakfast At Tiffany's, and Victor/Victoria.

For Mancini scores, I love lots of them, but for two very contrasting and different scores I'd choose The Great Race, and Two For The Road.

Now I must go put some garlic around my neck, so in case I run into a "you-know-what!"

Posted by MusicGuy @ 08/25/2003 08:04 AM PST

I was cleaning my eBay files this morning, and discovered that I once made a purchase from a fellow Kimlet. Thanks, Michael. I continue to enjoy Valmouth immensely.

Days of Wine and Roses (favorite Mancini score, too) is my favorite Blake Edwards movie. (There are a few I haven't seen.) S.O.B. I liked the least. I enjoyed Darling Lili more than Victor/Victoria, and found the Pink Panther movies annoying.

Posted by Dan-in-Toronto @ 08/25/2003 08:05 AM PST

Dear Readers.....I posted the following at the tail end of yesterday's posts. I'm going to re-post it, because I thought a few of you would enjoy the references to our dear reader Susan here.

This was in answer to the "six degrees of separation" thing, when I told Susan that there were only 2 degrees between her and me. Here it it....:

DR Susan -- OK, I'm not trying to keep you in suspense, so here goes. The silly game of "six degrees" where it is often surprising what a little separation there is between our lives.....even though we may only meet a person recently. So, here are the only TWO degrees of separation between dear reade Susan, and your's truly, MusicGuy.

On October 3rd, 1961, Susan was a guest star on the pilot episode of "The New Breed." It was about a special unit of the L.A.P.D., and she played a kidnap victim. One of the lead detectives was played by John Beradino. By 1967, John Beradino was playing Dr. Steve Hardy on "General Hospital" and I was the substitute music director for that show 2 different times that year, and visited with John Beradino. See... only 2 degrees of separation, and yet we only finally met in person in NYC. By the way, Hollywood Reporter reviewer Hank Grant said about the pilot... "moppet Susan Gordon was startlingly good!"

Then, in 1962, our Susan filmed an episode of "Route 66" on location right here in Phoenix. And you know what? She forgot to call DR Kerry...he was here at the time, and remembers that the show was filming here. Spooky! (a Dame Edna reference).

It's wonderful how close lives can come to touching, and then not actually happen until years later.

Posted by MusicGuy @ 08/25/2003 08:10 AM PST

Of Mancini scores, nothing tops Two for the Road. I can't hear that theme without crying. Heck, he's got me by the intro, with those inverted arpeggios.

I'd have to sort through a lot of Pink Panther films to see if there was one I liked, but it seems I'm not much of a Blake Edwards fan. If you're in the mood for a farce that deals with two women giving birth at the same time with the same father, each woman not knowing about the other, then Micki & Maude can be pretty funny. I remember thinking at the time of its release, at last, a Blake Edwards film that entertained me.

Posted by Noel @ 08/25/2003 08:11 AM PST

DR Jose, Happy Birthday to you in the Land of OZ where it is already Tuesday, the 26th of August, the day of your birth. Tomorrow, when we catch up with you, date wise, we can wish you Happy Birthday once again, together with DR JRand, with whom you share your birthday. A very happy and a healthy to both birthday boys!

Posted by The Den Mother @ 08/25/2003 08:17 AM PST

DR MusicGuy, that is indeed quite amazing.

Posted by Susan @ 08/25/2003 08:18 AM PST

BK--it's so funny you should talk about lesbian vampires. I have a friend who is one and we (really) do call her Rene the Vampire Lesbian. Well, she's not really of course but it's a long story about how she got the nickname, hehe.

I'm probably not as up on my Mancini scores as I should be, but I loved the score to Breakfast at Tiffany's and those to Victor/Victoria, both the movie and Broadway versions.

Posted by Maya @ 08/25/2003 08:21 AM PST

Happy birthday to Jose and Jrand!

*Sprinkles confetti*

Posted by Maya @ 08/25/2003 08:23 AM PST

I must add Mr. Lucky, The Great Imposter and Soldier in the Rain to my Mancini list.

Funny, jrand and jose did not e-mail me about their birthdays. Someone should, so we don't miss the opportunity for a haineshisway.com bash

Posted by bk @ 08/25/2003 08:25 AM PST

Happy Birthday to you!
Happy Birthday to you!
Happy Birthday Dear Readers Jose in Australia and JRand!
Happy Birthday to yoooooooou!

Mancini: Charade, no doubt about it, especially "The Drip Dry Waltz". And, from Mr. Lucky, "The March of the Cue Balls".

Posted by William F. Orr @ 08/25/2003 08:28 AM PST

I can't claim to have seen enough Blake Edwards movies to rate them, but those I have seen have generally left me cold. I agree with Dan-in-TO about the Pink Panther, and I find Victor/Victoria to be over-rated.

I don't know from Mancini score, but I like a good deal of Mancini's songs. In fact was just listening to a few of his songs the other day, when I put in my Nancy LaMott CD "Come Rain or Come Shine". My two favourites were Mercer/Mancini songs "Days of Wine and Roses" and "Whistling Away the Dark".

I watched a DVD last night, called "The Emperor's Club". Very formulaic and predictable, and yet enjoyable anyway, due to the KKK factor (Kevin Kline Karisma). An obvious rip-off of "Mr. Holland's Opus" and "Dead Poet's Society" and several other similar films in the genre, and yet it held my interest anyway.

I heard someone say they were going to watch "Bringing Down the House". Stop! Turn Back! Before it is too late! I watched this a week or so ago, and my wife agreed that it belongs in our list of all-time worst movies ever. Every possible cliche and stereotype imaginable, wrapped around a flimsy excuse for a script, and nary a laugh to be found.

Finally got around to checking out the photos of the THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE tour. What an attractive cast! I have already hinted to my wife that I would appreciate receiving tix to the show for my birthday...which is coming up soon. (Have I mentioned that?)

RAGTIME rehearsal tonight. I don't think I mentioned on this board that my dear friend who was cast in the role of Mother has had to drop out of the show. This is a huge blow to the production, IMO, as she was going to be fabulous. She has been replaced by an able actress, but her voice will be sorely missed. When she sang "Back to Before", it was chills time. Dare I say 'better than Marin Mazzie'...? At this point, I can honestly say that the ensemble and secondary characters in our show are actually stronger than the leads. That's not as bad as it sounds, because we have a *very* strong ensemble.

Posted by Dave @ 08/25/2003 08:30 AM PST

My birthday is tomorrow...it is NOT August 26 here yet! Please let me be 52 for one more day!!!

And Mr BK I figured we had beat it to death enough, that you didn't need an email reminder...LOL.

Breakfast at Tiffany's of course for BOTH Mr Edwards & Mr Mancini.

I am also partial to JOHNNY DARK a film Edwards made with Piper Laurie, Tony Curtis, and Martha Hyer.

Mancini scores hmmmmmm....didn't he do JUDGE ROY BEAN?

Left the chat abruptly because I was watching THE STORY OF DESILU on Bravo! Hehehe.

Oh, hey DR Susan, you DID work at Desilu, that is where BEN CASEY was filmed!

Posted by Jrand52 @ 08/25/2003 08:42 AM PST

Oh - one of my greatest successes as a director was a production of VAMPIRE LESBIANS OF SODOM! Hehehehehe.

Posted by Jrand52 @ 08/25/2003 08:43 AM PST

JRand:

Glad to know you are still playing with a full deck. Tomorrow you add a joker.

Posted by William F. Orr @ 08/25/2003 08:59 AM PST

Years ago, when asked why we titled our quintessential young-people-who-don't-quite-know-yet-what-to-do-with-their-lives revue On the Brink I responded:

"Because Vampire Lesbians of Sodom was already taken."

Posted by Noel @ 08/25/2003 09:02 AM PST

Are we in 70mm? It looks like
it on my screen, but I don't see
any posts that would have
caused the problem? Do you?

Posted by bk @ 08/25/2003 09:20 AM PST

Looks fine to me.

Posted by Dave @ 08/25/2003 09:28 AM PST

Not VistaVision here....hmmmmm.

Posted by Jrand52 @ 08/25/2003 09:29 AM PST

Oh...more Mancini... HATARI, PINK PANTHER, PETER GUNN, and CHARADE.

Posted by Jrand52 @ 08/25/2003 09:29 AM PST

Le Chat Room: Chats tend to be fast and furious. Sometimes my energy level is up for it and other times it isn't. I always try to say "bye" before leaving.

I'm sure everyone has experienced the feeling of being invisible during some of the more avid exchanges...when you ask a question and you are ignored. You ask again, and you're ignored even further.

That doesn't exactly make folks want to stick around.

It's often much more fun posting to the Unseemly Message Board, IMO.

Posted by Ron Pulliam @ 08/25/2003 09:40 AM PST

I pretty much like anything done by Mancini! His music is the tops!

Posted by MBarnum @ 08/25/2003 09:40 AM PST

The Pink Panther
The Great Race (and that wonderful song, "You Shouldn't A, Hadn't a, Oughtn't A Swang on Me!")

Wait Until Dark
Two For the Road
Mr. Lucky
Peter Gunn

and coming soon....

"Mr. Hobbs Takes A Vacation"!!!!

Posted by Ron Pulliam @ 08/25/2003 09:42 AM PST

Thank you, DR JRand, for fixing the glitch in my memory.

Posted by Susan @ 08/25/2003 09:44 AM PST

Well, the chat is one thing and
the board is another. If you are
ignored in the chat (because
things are moving so fast) you
must simply but on your best
Glenn Close voice and say, "I
WILL NOT BE IGNORED". If
that doesn't work, try your best
Glen Ford voice.

Posted by bk @ 08/25/2003 09:50 AM PST

The frantic pace of the chat makes me dizzy...and yet exhilarated at the same time.

I do know that I laugh a LOT during the chat, particularly when BK makes his Grand Hotel remark as chatters leave the room! Just cracks me up each time.

Posted by MBarnum @ 08/25/2003 09:59 AM PST

Abner? Abner....

Well if you want a nice treat today, click on my name and it will take you to a theatermania page and if you scroll down near the end, there is a delightful link to a video of the one and ONLY Peter Palmer performing...

Posted by Craig @ 08/25/2003 10:20 AM PST

I love Mancini but I am lukewarm about Edwards. I am a huge fan of Breakfast at Tiffanys and Days of Wine and Roses I really enjoy Darling Lili and Victor/Victoria but most of his later films (and the entire Pink Panther ouvre) are not my cup of tea. I am one of those who don't "get" the Pink Panther films. I don't even crack a smile, let alone laugh at the antics on screen.

Mancini, on the other hand, is sumptuous and wonderful. I love many of his pieces, most of them have already been mentioned.

Posted by Ben @ 08/25/2003 10:23 AM PST

And in other news...

Joe and I watched The Swamp Thing the other night. I asked myself what those well-known actors were doing in this bomb, and they answered:

Louis Jordan: Am I a fool without a mind?

Adrienne Barbeau: There are worse things I could do.

Posted by William F. Orr @ 08/25/2003 10:24 AM PST

And she has.

Anyone ever catch Roger Corman's Bram Stoker and the Rat Women?

Posted by William F. Orr @ 08/25/2003 10:26 AM PST

Wow Craig, that was a treat!! I adore Peter Palmer and it is great to hear him again!! Thanks for posting that!!

Posted by MBarnum @ 08/25/2003 10:31 AM PST

Actually, it's called Bram Stoker and the Burial of the Rats. Wherein our hero, whilst visiting Transylvania, encounters a band of Playboy models who terrorize the peasants of the countryside clad in their Frederic's of Hollywood scanties and panties, as their queen, our beloved Adrienne, commands the rats to strip the evil robber barons' bones of their flesh.

And, as you can imagine, Adrienne ends up as rodent brunch.

Posted by William F. Orr @ 08/25/2003 10:35 AM PST

The original Pink Panther I'm
rather fond of - and bits of A
Shot in the Dark are truly funny,
but that's it for the series -
everything after that is painful
to watch. I'm also fond of
Gunn, a feature version of
Peter Gunn from the late 60s
(or mid 60s or somewhere in
the 60s). I've never been
much of a Great Race fan,
although it's lovely to look at. I
think 10 is very successful at
everything it sets out to do -
and its set pieces remain
hilarious. But Blake movies,
especially stuff like
Victor/Victoria are best seen
with audiences. My favorite
Blake comedy moment is in
Victor/Victoria - the cockroach
scene. No one but Blake
would have shot that scene
that way - to cut from the
closeup of the cockroach
going up the woman's leg, to
the wide shot of the restaurant
with pandemonium ensuing is
just brilliant comedy
filmmaking. And the laugh
was so loud and so long in the
theater, it was unbelievable.

I even like parts of Mickey and
Maude, and parts of SOB are
funny - but, man, when he errs,
he ERRS - big time.

Posted by bk @ 08/25/2003 10:46 AM PST

Although I enjoyed most of the Pink Panther/Inspector Closseau (or however it is spelled) films, I hated A SHOT IN THE DARK because it ruined a perfectly good play by re-working it to the PP series. The play was a very entertaining comedy/mystery, a genre that seems to have fallen out of favor on stage.

Posted by William E. Lurie @ 08/25/2003 11:14 AM PST

Where in tarnation IS
everyone? Well, some of our
dear readers are back in
school, so we must make up
for their lack of posts
(hopefully, they will post in the
evening so as not to be errant
and truant).

Here's what I'd like to do - we
haven't done it in ages, and we
have lots of new dear readers,
so - roll call. Who are you,
where do you hail from, what
do you do.

Posted by bk @ 08/25/2003 11:20 AM PST

Ah, Mancini and Edwards! (and oftentimes, Johnny Mercer, too!)

EDWARDS:
VICTOR/VICTORIA - a sparkling champagne of a film.
DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES - the dangers of too much champagne, eh?
DARLING LILI - from the William Peter Blatty screenplay on down the line, this one works quite well for me.
S.O.B. - for all of its scathing, biting humor; and for the finest performance Robert Preston did on film since THE MUSIC MAN.
THE PINK PANTHER - laugh out loud funny, and it doesn't have Elke Sommer.
THE GREAT RACE - my favorite Tony Curtis performance, and the lovely, very lovely Natalie Wood.
BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S - "Miss GoRRRRRightly!!!" "T-I-M-B-E-R!"
"Cat! Cat? Cat?"
THE PARTY - swell. just swell.
THAT'S LIFE - this one's for those who can't take the darkness of S.O.B.
And speaking of S.O.B., the film is based NOT on the filming of DARLING LILI (which it would seem to be) but on Edwards' experiences filming THE CAREY TREATMENT and his treatment by the studio.
MANCINI:
BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S
OKLAHOMA CRUDE
THE GREAT RACE
LIFEFORCE
TWO FOR THE ROAD
VICTOR/VICTORIA
HATARI!
THE DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES
DARLING LILI

Posted by td @ 08/25/2003 11:28 AM PST

Per BK's instructions:
Anthony Dale. Sometimes known as Tony, sometimes as Tony Sweetie, but more often than not, just td.

I hail from the Southwest corner of Pennsylvania, twenty miles north of Pittsburgh.

I work at a sports bar during the day.
I write for Scarlet Street magazine, as well as doing research for them.
I perform in solo cabarets.
I write plays.
I act in plays and musicals.
I cook, clean and do windows, too.

Posted by td @ 08/25/2003 11:32 AM PST

I can cook, too! (Ooh, a Bernstein/Comden/Green reference.)

Posted by Jay @ 08/25/2003 11:43 AM PST

Tomorrow I will be Jrand53, when I collect my joker...thanks, Bill!

Wow! I didn't know DR Susan did a Route 66 episode...although I am sure I saw it on its original airdate, we never missed the show...and it was a great lead in to TWILIGHT ZONE later on most of these same CBS stations. There was something or other on between them, but usually that was when we were talking!

Indiana...playwright and actor and director for theatre. Member of the Actors Equity candidate program. Sometime writer. For $$ I am an administrative assistant in the Research and Statistics Division of the Indiana Dept of Labor.

I collect movie memoribilia and am a great fan of a couple of performers in particular...do a search if you don't know their names.

HHW is a great source of enjoyment and information for me and I never cease to be amazed at what I DON'T know, and what I can share with like-minded individualists!

The best forum on the net!

Posted by Jrand52 @ 08/25/2003 11:53 AM PST

Oh, and Maurice Jarre, not Henry Mancini, did the score for THE LIFE AND TIMES OF JUDGE ROY BEAN.

Posted by td @ 08/25/2003 11:59 AM PST

Howdy DR's, good to be back on board. Vacation was fun but glad to be back. I'll read the archives as time permits. As for Blake Edwards movies, I haven't seen any of them. One tidbit from my jaunt down south was that I drove by the ABC Entertainment Center in Century City to check out what they have done with the Shubert theatre. The whole center seems to be empty now, but still standing. I have this fascination with big abandonned buildings, like bowling alley's and theatres, so the whole issue of it being empty is fascinating!! As I drove away, I did realize that it is a very strange location for a theatre of that size to be. It seems so out of the way. What the heck am I saying, sorry to bore you all, this may make sense to about 1/4 of our DR's!! Good to be here!

Posted by Matthew @ 08/25/2003 12:05 PM PST

I see that the upcoming Reprise! mounting of Babes in Arms will now feature Joey McIntyre and Jodi Benson, and not the previously announced Rachel York and Neil Patrick Harris.

Posted by Jay @ 08/25/2003 12:13 PM PST

Where in tarnation IS
everyone. WEHT Lulu, for
example. I would imagine
Lulu, for example, would have
plenty to say in the matter of
Blake Edwards. There must
be more posts for my mental
delectation because I need
divertissements, I tell you.

WEHT our new readers who
need to take part in our ROLL
CALL.

WEHT WEHT WEHT (that is
three WEHTS which might just
require a towel).

Posted by bk @ 08/25/2003 12:16 PM PST

Okay guys, gals, etc.

I have wanted BK to push for some serious roll-calling because, quite frankly, as young as I am I have a terrible memory and need to keep all DRs straight geographically, genderly and agely in my head. I also wouldn't mind having them sorted occupationally too. So below is my roll call. Please follow suit everyone!

:)

Posted by Emily @ 08/25/2003 12:28 PM PST

Real Name: Emily Louise Kulin (I'm creative)

Nick Name(s): Em when I don't want to type

Age: 19

Birthday: November 3, 1983

Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Ethnic Background: Eastern Eurpean mainly with some French Canadian, British Isles and a drop of First Nation blood mixed in for spice

Current Place of Employment: Canadian Coalition for Gun Control

Current Position: Communications Assistant / Low Paid Slave :)

Current Educational Location: 2nd year of a 3 year program at McGill University

Program of Study: Political Science (Major) Religious Studies (Minor)

Posted by Emily @ 08/25/2003 12:33 PM PST

Mini Bio and roll call:

Michael Barnum. Native Oregonian. Born in Medford, now live in Salem. 5'11, 165 lbs. brown hair, like walks on the beach, working out, ....oops, wrong forum..hehehe.

Ok, I am a freelance writer who specializes in interviewing vintage actors and actresses. I have been published in Filmfax, Classic Images, Films of the Golden Age and very shortly will have two interviews featured in Scarlet Street magazine. During the day I work for the Oregon Judicial Department after having spent way too many years in retail.

I don't have much knowledge of the stage, but I have a lot of fun when the discussion on these here forums turn to the subject of TV or films, and I am always learning something new here on HHW!

Posted by MBarnum @ 08/25/2003 12:39 PM PST

I am taller than DR Susan and shorter than DR MBarnum, but weigh about as much as both of them put together!

Posted by Jrand52 @ 08/25/2003 12:46 PM PST

Thanks for the correction on the JUDGE ROY BEAN score, td!

Posted by Jrand52 @ 08/25/2003 12:50 PM PST

Jed Slaughter, age 23

Born and raised in Ellensburg,
WA, currently living in
Leavenworth, WA, soon to be
moving to either Wenatchee or
East Wenatchee, WA.

Graduated in March with my
degree in Choral Music
Education

As for work, there wasn't a job
to be found for me this year in
my chosen field, so I'll be
spending the year as a
substitute teacher. At least
that will give me time to do
some theatre here and there.

Posted by Jed @ 08/25/2003 12:56 PM PST

I just read they are making a movie about 70's Jetsetter and Fashion Designer Halston. Alec Baldwin is playing the title role but what is most interesting is that Halston's close friend and fellow clubgoer Liza Minnelli will be played by Jane Krakowski.

Posted by William E. Lurie @ 08/25/2003 12:58 PM PST

Je suis ici. I don't actually have class until 6:30 tonight, but have alternately been doing errands and lounging about for most of the day.

I think having another roll call is a splendid idea. I'm going to go ahead and borrow your format, Miss Emily!

Real Name: Maya Maria Cantu

Nicknames: Some friends will call me My sometimes, but Swishy Sarah has dubbed me My-oh-Maya

Birthday: December 29, 1982

Location: Woodbridge, VA

Ethnic Background: Mexican and Russian-Jewish as well as a little Polish and Italian thrown in

Current Place of Employment: Northern Virginia Community College

Current Position: English tutor

Current Educational Location: See 2 above

Program of Study: I'm getting my Associates in liberal arts now but I plan to transfer to a 4 year school and probably double major in English and musical theatre.

WEL--wow, that is some interesting news. Physically, Jane Krakowski looks nothing like Liza Minnelli but who knows? I hope she can pull it off!

Posted by Maya @ 08/25/2003 01:16 PM PST

Fav Blake Edwards Films

Darling Lili: The opening scene was shot in one take including moving 360 degrees around Miss Andrews singing Whistling Away The Dark which I consider to be my favorite of the Mancini and Mercer songs. Years later Mr. Edwards actually shortened the film instead of making it a longer version!

SOB is a wicked satire of Hollywood and from what I read that is was The Wild Rovers that was the basis for this story.

Breakfast At Tiffany's is a favorite but with reservations. Whose idea was it to allow Mickey Rooney to play a such a horrid sterotype of a Japanese man?

Other favorite Edwards films:
Operation Petticoat, The Party.

I think the spy thriller The Taramind Seed is a very underrated film. Andrews and Sharif are very good in it. Another rare film without Mancini but with a interesting John Barry score.

In my opinion Victor/Victoria is the last really good Edwards.

There were a dozen othes after this and I saw most of them, but with the exception of That's Life most of them were subpar Edwards.

Favorite Mancini score not associated with Blake Edwards.
A Touch of Evil.

Favorite TV Theme: The NBC Mystery Movie and Newhart (tie

Posted by Michael @ 08/25/2003 01:18 PM PST

Of course since Maya is a
Broadway musicals fan, we
can nickname her Mamma
Maya. Or, Maya Favorite Year.

Posted by bk @ 08/25/2003 01:24 PM PST

Real Name: Sarah Elizabeth Davis

Nick Name(s): Swishy, Stan, Fruitloop Bits (don't ask)

Age: 15

Birthday: August 31, 1987

Location: Loudoun County, VA

Ethnic Background: Defective Irish. I don't have green eyes, red hair, or an abundance of freckles, I have brown hair, icy blue eyes, and a little sprinkle of them on my nose.

Current Place of Employment: Broad Run High School :(

Current Position: Sophmore

Current Educational Location: See above...

Program of Study: English 10H, Algebra 2, French 3, Drivers Ed, Biology, World History and Gov., and Show Choir :)

MAYA, you go to NOVA? my brother started classes there today! What campus are you at?

School was...blah. My first class, Algebra 2, was in a trailer and it was FREEZING, and my teacher and his assistant were the most boring people ever put on the planet. They literally sat there and read from a sheet of paper. I was dying.
Then I went to French, which I LOVED, my teacher is British and very funny and I love her accent, she talks 90 miles an hour. French is one of my best subjects, that should be a good class.
English 10H was pretty good, nothing really stands out, but I have a lot of funny people in the class, so I'll be laughing my way through it.
Drivers Ed was great, my teacher is hilarious, she was like, "It is HOT up in herre and I'm not even Nelly. Don't you step to me gurl, I will beat you down to the floor, better represent, yo'" the second we walked in the room. But that class is going to be boring, because I already HAVE my permit and I already KNOW how to drive.

So yes...I missed my HHW terribly, but here I am. I have homework to do though, and I'm really tired, so I think I might wait a while to answer the questions. It would take research, and I don't feel like it right now.

Posted by Sarah @ 08/25/2003 01:29 PM PST

BK: "you must simply but on your best Glenn Close voice and say, "I WILL NOT BE IGNORED". If
that doesn't work, try your best
Glen Ford voice."

There's a difference?

I'm a writer of musicals who was born in and spent all but 10 of his years in New York. Most of my musicals have played here, but tonight my Murder at the Savoy is playing its last performance in Edinburgh, Scotland

I'm currently writing the musical in which the love of my life and I will be married in a few short weeks. I keep asking for help on the bridesmaids' advice for the bride song, but, receiving so few answers, I'm forced to make stuff up myself. And I don't know what the hell I'm talking about!

Posted by Noel @ 08/25/2003 01:30 PM PST

or...

I REMEMBER MAYA
MAYA FAIR LADY
MARRY MAYA LITTLE
ME AND MAYA GIRL

...and so on...

Posted by Dave @ 08/25/2003 01:32 PM PST

BK--love the nicknames, lol!

Sarah--enjoyed reading about your first day back at school! What is it with British French teachers? I had one in 9th grade, Madame Holt. She was a lovely lady but was very, very animated and we got to calling her Mary Poppins on Speed, lol.

I go to the Woodbridge campus. I'm guessing your brother goes to the Loudoun campus? It's really not such a bad school...just the Woodbridge campus is rather small as compared to, say, the Annandale campus which is positively palatial in comparison!

Posted by Maya Favorite Year @ 08/25/2003 01:35 PM PST

Noel,

The only advice I remember my wife receiving at our nuptials was the following:

"Always remember that marriage is like a three ring circus...

First comes the engagement ring.
Then comes the wedding ring.
Then comes suffer-ring."

Pretty lame, I know, but it's all I've got.

Posted by Dave @ 08/25/2003 01:35 PM PST

Dave--those are great too! I have to go get a pen and paper and write all of those down now! :D

Posted by Maya @ 08/25/2003 01:36 PM PST

Now, Swishy Sarah, we must
not let SCHOOL matters get in
the way of haineshisway.com
matters, must we? You must
post until the cows come
home. Each time you finish a
page of homework, you must
post. And what kind of
fershluganah school do you
go to where they give
homework the first day?

I do not believe I ever did
homework - I managed to
graduate, too.

Posted by bk @ 08/25/2003 01:55 PM PST

Blake Edwards and Henry Mancini are both HUGE favorites of mine, and I even like some of Edwards' lesser thought-of works like BLIND DATE and THE WILD ROVERS.

Favorite Edwards: BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S, THE GREAT RACE, THE RETURN OF THE PINK PANTHER (for me the most hilarious of all of them), 10, VICTOR/VICTORIA.

There aren't any Mancini scores I don't like, but my favorites: BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S, THE GREAT RACE, TWO FOR THE ROAD, DARLING LILI (I agree about "Whistling Away the Dark" being his best song), VICTOR/VICTORIA.

Posted by Matt H. @ 08/25/2003 01:59 PM PST

Argh! And CHARADE, please don't forget CHARADE as a favorite Mancini score!

Posted by Matt H. @ 08/25/2003 02:01 PM PST

I go to public school, bk. I have a HUGE Algebra 2 worksheet to do, some English vocabulary, and I have to outline a 50 page chapter in Bio.

So I'll post when I'm done. *is very tired and wiped out*

That sounded very biznotch-y...sorry to be snappy, but I *have* to do homework to graduate, and I'm not going to get behind on the FIRST DAY.

Do realize that as I write this, I am managing a small smile :)

Posted by Sarah @ 08/25/2003 02:05 PM PST

Just preordered JEEPERS CREEPERS at the Scarlet Street site!!

Anticipation is high! The tide is high!

Posted by Jrand52 @ 08/25/2003 02:05 PM PST

Bruce has granted me leave to post the following commercial interruption . . .

As some of you know, the publishers of Scarlet Street (Tom Amorosi and Richard Valley) have joined forces with Grammy nominated record producer Bruce Kimmel on a new album called JEEPERS CREEPERS: GREAT SONGS FROM HORROR FILMS.

This has been a major project encompassing 17 singers from Broadway and Hollywood singing 18 songs from FRANKENSTEIN MEETS THE WOLF MAN, CIRCUS OF HORRORS, WHO KILLED TEDDY BEAR?, THE BLOB, WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE?, THE MUMMY'S CURSE, I WAS A TEENAGE WEREWOLF, and many more fright favorites.

Our fabulous cast includes Katherine Helmond (SOAP), Susan Gordon (ATTACK OF THE PUPPET PEOPLE), Rebecca Luker (THE SECRET GARDEN), Lynnette Perry (RAGTIME), Brent Barrett (ANNIE GET YOUR GUN), Alison Fraser (MARCH OF THE FALSETTOS), and many more spectacular artists, including a Special Ghoul appearance by the one and only Zacherley!

JEEPERS CREEPERS is the perfect Christmas (and Halloween) gift and it's available for pre-order now at the following link (if clicking doesn't work, type it into your search engine):

http://mycottage.com/SCARLET/CDjeepers.htm

You'll also be able to reach the page by going directly to www.scarletstreet.com. And you'll be able to hear audio clips from several songs. The success of this album will decide further projects from the guys who brought you Scarlet Street . . . so don't delay--order today!

All the best,
Richard Valley

Posted by Richard Valley @ 08/25/2003 02:06 PM PST

Sorry I have been E&T over the weekend...it's been a rough one.

Maya, re: Woodbridge: does the Lazy Susan Dinner Theatre still exist? That was one of my early post-college jobs. Blech. But it got me here, that's something.

Posted by Joy @ 08/25/2003 02:11 PM PST

But what about those DVD reviews of mine?

Posted by Jrand52 @ 08/25/2003 02:12 PM PST

Roll Call:

Real Name: Jennifer Bergstrand
Age: 33
Birthday: March 16, 1970
Location: Burlington, IA for about 30 more days, then it's Carson City
Employment: Nothing too exciting. I am an Office Manager for a water conditioning business. I also am an Accounting Consultant at a furniture store. Soon to be the proud owner of an espresso cart.

Posted by JB aka JK @ 08/25/2003 02:24 PM PST

BK, I didn't get a chance to properly respond on Friday, but I just ate up your story on your invention in the studio. What a brilliant idea and a fascinating story! I love to hear stories and experiences on recording, so I can live vicariously through you until I become a professional studio voice.

Must go play softball with the male chauvenist pigs. Did I spell that right?

We had a singing party over the weekend and sang lots of showtunes. It was great fun. If only you all could have been there.

Real name: Joy
Jewish name: Rachmelev ben Yakov Meyer Beckenstein
Professional Name: Gregory Gardner

Born: Brussels, Belgium September 3, 1974
Raised: Sacramento, Alexandria (VA, not Egypt), Salisbury, PA, Dallas, TX, Reno, NV, Prince George's County, MD
Current location: NYC
Marital Status: happily engaged
Day Job: Legal Secretary
Job as of February 2, 2004: Pavement-pounding singer/actress who moves well
Voice type: Mix/Belt soprano, but somehow I always end up singing alto in shows. See "The Alto's Lament".
Favorite Charity/Public Service: Blood Donor

Dream Day Job: Recording studio singer

Posted by Joy @ 08/25/2003 02:25 PM PST

Real Name: Paul Everett Chamberlain

Nick Name(s): Paulie, Luap (;

Age: 17

Birthday: May 8, 1986

Location: Bowie, MD

Ethnic Background: English, Irish, Italian. Some German, French and Czechoslovakian!

Current Place of Employment: Thank you for calling Rite Aid in Crofton, this is Paul. How can I help you? (:

Current Position: I'm currently in the upright sitting position. When I'm working, however, I am a cashier and a pharmacy technician in training.

Current Educational Location: Bowie High School

Program of Study: Senior in HS - TAG (or Honors) English 12, Algebra 2, Chamber Choir, Advanced Placement American/Comparative Government, TV Production, Journalism 3, Food and Nutrition

I, too, started school this morning. The class I will enjoy the most is Journalism. As it is my third year, I am the editor-in-chief of the school newspaper. I have a lot of new and nifty ideas. And I'm in charge so I basically run the class, teach the material, etc. Choir is always mindless fun, and TV Production could also be a nice escape.

Bowie High school is currently sans air conditioning. It always has been. The city recently made announcements for plans to fund the school for air conditioning units in every classroom-- of course this will not happen until next year, when I will have moved on!

Before I go off to nap and/or do some homework:

"The Pink Panther" and "Peter Gunn Theme" are the only songs of Mancini I am very familiar with. The only tunes I could hum off-hand (yet on-key) anyway. Don't know much about Blake Edwards either. As silly as they are, I like the PINK PANTHER films. I caught MICKI + MAUDE on TV shortly after the untimely death of Dudley Moore. Normally, I'm not an Ann Reinking fan, but I thoroughly enjoyed her (and Amy Irving).

Posted by Paulie @ 08/25/2003 02:31 PM PST

Hooray for a roll call !!! I hope all the DRs complete one today...it will make for a great archival reference.

Nickname: MusicGuy

Name: Lyn Larsen

Age: papers say 58, but it just can't be!

Ethnicity: 1/2 Norse, 1/2 British Isles. No lesbian vampire blood that I know of.

Occupation: Professional musician, mainly organ and some piano. Play mainly single night concerts, U.S., England, Australia, and other places.

Education: Precious little, squeeked through H.S.. All private music instruction.

Residence: Phoenix, Arizona. Share the ranch with DR Kerry.

I love dramatic theatre, musical theatre, concerts, orchestras, vocalists, films (some new, and a lot of old classics), and I think BK is one of the most amazingly multi-talented guys that I've ever had the pleasure of meeting.

Posted by MusicGuy @ 08/25/2003 02:36 PM PST

More MAYA nicknames--

MAYA ONE AND ONLY
VERY WARM FOR MAYA

(:

Posted by Paulie @ 08/25/2003 02:37 PM PST

Role call?

Well, here's my "temporary one":

Jose C. Simbulan

Born: Boston, MA
Currently living in Richmond, VA.
Currently working in Australia with Universal Studios Japan - audition tour for the Japanese Theme Park.
Musician: Pianist, Conductor, quasi-keyboard programmer.

-And realizing I need to be downstairs in the hotel lobby in a a few minutes....

Ciao for niao!

And if Jrand52 was here with me right now, he would already be Jrand53. And I'm already one number later too!

Posted by Jose C. Simbulan @ 08/25/2003 02:39 PM PST

ARGGHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!

Just a few more hours...just a few more hours.

Some call it glamour and some call it class....but if you got eeee-oooo....baby, you're cookin' with gas!!!

LOL....Brent Barrett is channeling John Ashley!

Posted by Jrand52 @ 08/25/2003 02:42 PM PST

Question...do we have the "official" BK blessing to order "Jeepers Creepers" from the Scartlet Street site??

Also, I'm really enjoying reading the roll calls, and learning a little more about all of the dear readers. I just realized that for another nickname, DR Sarah could also be ......Betty Davis !!

Posted by MusicGuy @ 08/25/2003 02:43 PM PST

Swishy Bishy Sarah: I went to
Public School. I am not
suggesting you get behind in
your homework, I am
suggesting you NEVER do it in
the first place. Anarchy, that's
what we need. No more
homework, EVER! No more
wire hangers, EVER! You call
any teacher who gives
homework a BUTT CHEEK.

Now, we do understand that
you are a fine student and
must do your homework. So,
do it and then come back
when you can. We shall miss
you but we shall Swishily carry
on even though on has never
carried we.

Posted by bk @ 08/25/2003 02:43 PM PST

Tom Guest
Melbourne AUSTRALIA
Happily retired person (ex Teacher)
Born December 1945
Younger than MusicGuy!
Sondheim and Paul Simon fan.

I get to meet Jose on Saturday.

Posted by Tom from Oz @ 08/25/2003 02:51 PM PST

Favourite Blakes - Cricket.
(For those old enough to remember!)
But seriously:
Breakfast at Tiffanys
The Great Race
The Party
Victor Victoria
The Perfect Furlough

Favourite Mancini:
Days Of Wine & Roses
Breakfast At Tiffanys
Hatari
The Great Race
Experiment in Terror
The Pink Panther
Charade

Posted by Tom from Oz @ 08/25/2003 03:05 PM PST

Just noticed that the address to order JEEPERS CREEPERS by mail is minus the zip code. It'll be corrected shortly, but meanwhile it's 07452 . . .

Richard Valley
www.scarletstreet.com

Posted by Richard Valley @ 08/25/2003 03:15 PM PST

Jason Graae is doing eeoo,
not Brent Barrett. Yes, you
have my blessing to order
from Scarlet Street. Order
away.

Posted by bk @ 08/25/2003 03:29 PM PST

One thing that I am particularly looking forward to with regards to Jeepers Creepers is finally hearing people such as Jason Graae, of whom I have heard much about on not heard of prior to coming to HHW. That is why this will not only soon be the most popular place on the internet but also the "most educational and entertaining place on the internet" (MEEPI).

Posted by MBarnum @ 08/25/2003 03:35 PM PST

BK: I am with you in that I got through high school, CEGEP and am working my way through University by not doing *most* homework.

Please note the clarification. There's no way not to do some homework.

I think people get bogged down in the whole homework idea. Most of it is not necessary. IMHO seven-eights of it is busy work assigned by teachers for the sake of assigning homework. At best, they assign homework across the board for a very small segment of the class that actually NEEDS the extra work to understand the material.

I never was one of those kids.

In most classes, in high school and CEGEP at least, I always would invest my complete effort into simply LISTENING to the teacher without allowing other thoughts to enter my head. It was difficult at first (and especially in certain classes) but it comes easier with time.

So many kids forget that homework exists not to teach but to enhance learning. The important stuff ALWAYS gets covered in class by the teacher.

People were always amazed by the fact that I would spend a maximum of a half an hour a day doing homework (mainly just trying to recall the words of the teacher the evening after their class and working on essays and/or special projects) and still get an average in the 90s.

Teachers hated me though. :)

Posted by Emily @ 08/25/2003 03:39 PM PST

btw Sarah I love your "defective Irish" line :)

Posted by Emily @ 08/25/2003 03:43 PM PST

Do we really consider Mickey Rooney to be a liability in "Breakfast at Tiffanys"?
I don't. I adhere to the long-established "Mickey Rooney Theorem"
To wit: Any movie made after 1956 in which Mickey Rooney has a big part, is a bad movie, and he is bad in it.
Conversely, any movie made after 1956 in which Mickey Rooney has a small part, is a very good movie, and he is very good in it.
You're messing around with science.

Posted by mark rothman @ 08/25/2003 04:07 PM PST

Role Call:

Nickname: Matthew

Name: Matthew Jon Mattei

Age: 34 (2/21/69)

Ethnicity: part Italian, part american indian and others I'm sure

Occupation: Director of Music, St Matthias Catholic Church in Redwood City, Calif. Music teacher to two pvt schools K-8 general music and a lot of singing! Musical director/conductor pianist and bad keyboard programmer. Love my work in church, in the classroom and the theatre.

Education: High School and some college

Residence: San Mateo, Calif. Share condo with wonderful cousin, Melinda

Posted by Matthew @ 08/25/2003 04:24 PM PST

Half a mo - that's what I've got.
I'm in the midst of putting
together three shows, and I
am getting quite a large
headache. But, the one thing
we can all be certain of is that I
shall have no Swishy
Homework this evening
(unless I write some more - I
already did four pages this
morning).

Well, after a slow start we
finally have some momentum,
post-wise. So, let's not slow
down, let's knock 100 posts
out of the ball park, shall we?

Posted by bk @ 08/25/2003 04:28 PM PST

I, too, made it through not only
high school, but college doing
a minimum amount of
homework. In doing so, I
graduated in the top 10% of
my HS class, and magna cum
laude from college with a 3.8
GPA. Actually, I guess I did do
most of my homework when
assigned (except many little
reading assignments). It's
studying that I didn't do. And
here I am now... a teacher!!!

Posted by Jed @ 08/25/2003 04:44 PM PST

wilL "jeeperS creeperS" be offered on this here site?

Posted by roN pulliaM @ 08/25/2003 04:45 PM PST

I've finished everything but the Algebra. I hate Algebra. Seriously, do you remember ANYTHING useful from that class?

Hmm...Paulie has the DVD of LOTR 2...I want it...I just might have to hotwire the car and drive up there and take it from him...that is assuming i can manage to hotwire the car...and drive on the beltway...and find out where he lives...

On second thought, I'll just wait until it comes out.

How is everyone? How have your days been? Anything interesting happen?

Posted by Sarah @ 08/25/2003 04:45 PM PST

DR Sarah, Algebra was one of my favorite subjects. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask me. I'd be delighted to help you.

Posted by The Den Mother @ 08/25/2003 04:53 PM PST

Ben McLaughlin

Ben

Groundhogs Day (February 2nd) 1953, yes that makes me 50

Born in Detroit, grew up in Coon Rapids, MN, live in NYC, 23 years here as of Thursday, August 28.

Used to be an actor. I graduated with a BFA. That and a Metrocard gets me a ride on the subway. We also had a nickname for BFA and MFA but since this here site is a family site, I'll let you use your imagination. I have played many roles, including DangerMouse and Oscar the Grouch. Now I work for a nonprofit library/publishing company(The Foundation Center). We track, publish and provide information on nonprofits and foundations for grantmakers and grantseekers.

Happily living with my partner of 8 years, Anthony.

Love all forms of theatre but especially musicals. My tolerance for current movies has dropped over these many years due to the dreck that passes for filmmaking. The same for current television. Besides going to the theatre, I love to read, travel, play on the computer and post at HHW. I have met some of our DR and hope to meet more. Come on down to New York and let's get together (a Haley Mills reference).

Oh, Yes, Happy Birthday to DR Jose and early HB to DR Jrand52(53)

Posted by Ben @ 08/25/2003 05:13 PM PST

Jeepers Creepers is available
exclusively through Scarlet
Strreet for six months. After
that, it will appear on our new
label. It will also be available
at VERY FEW select specialty
stores such as Footlight.

Swishy Sarah - I refused to
take Algebra, and I also
refused to wear a bra. Algebra
is useless to ninety percent of
the people who are FORCED
to take it. It figures that dear
reader Susan liked it. I don't
know WHY, but it just
FIGURES.

Anarchy, that's what I say.
Revolt, that's what I say.

Posted by bk @ 08/25/2003 05:19 PM PST

Favorite Blake Edwards films: The Great Race, Victor/Victoria, the second half of S.O.B. and, sorry BK but I have to disagree with you on this one, The Return of the Pink Panther, which I consider to be far superior to the original.

A lot of my preference for Return... is, in fact, because of the Henry Mancini score, which I had for a time on vinyl. Mancini matches the action sequences, in both suspense and comedy, in atonal ways I normally don't expect from the master of the melodic movie song. The opening sequence alone matches his opening sequence music for Hatari, which I think more film composers should study before committing a note to paper.

Mancini's score for The Great Race is, of course, a masterwork.

A side note: The opening credits for the original Pink Panther and the subsequent series of cartoon shorts were done by the DePatie-Freling animation studio. DePatie's son, Steve, was a high school classmate of mine. (This sort of thing is common for those of us from SoCal.) Unfortunately, Steve hasn't shown up at any of the class reunions, so I haven't a clue as to what has become of him.

Posted by S. Woody White @ 08/25/2003 05:26 PM PST

I'm thinkin' we might just get to
ninety-seven posts.

Posted by bk @ 08/25/2003 05:32 PM PST

HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY Jose in the Land of Oz!!!!! In the few days that I've known you, I've learned so much from you. Thanks, dude.

Sorry, Sarah-- sharing was never easy for me as a child. ;-) Stealing your dad's credit card is a better idea than hotwiring the car, anyway! Eriwtoh is hotwire spelled backwards!

I've never been good at keeping up with homework, either. Especially the mathematics. It doesn't help that I DESPISE the subject! DR Den Mother-- I'm a history buff, myself. And I'd rather write an essay or memorize dates and names any day than work out all those horrendous equations. But to each his or her own. And if I contact you in desperate need of assistance, don't be surprised! I'm also taking Algebra 2, suffering alongside Sarah.

Emily-- as much trouble I have with staying on task as far as homework is concerned, I understand what you mean. I agree with your theory. Teachers tend to hate me, too. In the past I've ended up with decent grades, even in the classes I wouldn't show up to very often! I do well on tests. (1200 SAT, first time.)

Posted by Paulie @ 08/25/2003 05:36 PM PST

Darn, my face got messed up on my last post! I'll repost it... and we're getting closer to 100 unseemly comments, Dear Readers!

;-)

There ya go.

Posted by Paulie @ 08/25/2003 05:37 PM PST

Roll Call:

Dan-in-Toronto (initially Toronto Dan; but TD had seniority)

Born: October 17, 1946; Bronx, New York

First Broadway musical: Fanny (Majestic Theatre, 1954)
Second Broadway musical: Damn Yankees (46th Street Theatre, 1955)

Partner: Gord (that's how I wound up in Toronto)

Job: Freelance editor and sometime writer

Still hoping to: Write lyrics

More background: My dad loved the theatre and made it a family event. I do most of my work at home, which allows me to look after my 91-year-old mom who, somehow, enjoys my renditions of Mutual Admiration Society, Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend, and - her favorite - A Person Can Develop a Bad, Bad Cold.

Posted by Dan-in-Toronto @ 08/25/2003 05:39 PM PST

Paul told me to come and make the 100th Unseemly Comment. This is taking me away from my Gershwin research! But its for you folks and I love you, so I suppose it's OK :)

Posted by Sarah @ 08/25/2003 05:43 PM PST

I don't know, I'm just havin' this
sneakin' suspicion that we
might just reach 100 posts
very soon.

Posted by bk @ 08/25/2003 05:44 PM PST

HAH I beat you to it, bk :)

Does anyone have a good recording of "Embraceable You"? I can't seem to find one that isn't more than 30 seconds...

Posted by Sarah @ 08/25/2003 05:46 PM PST

Yikes! Sorry, Brent....sorry Jason.

Jason Graae is EEE-OOO. But then I never could read.

Posted by Jrand52 @ 08/25/2003 05:46 PM PST

Swishy Sarah: Gershwin
research? For algebra? What
better place to do Gershwin
research than right here at
haineshisway.com?
Gershwin, for example, was a
composer. Gershwin, for
example, was a lyricist. Just
depends which Gershwin
we're speaking of.

Posted by bk @ 08/25/2003 05:46 PM PST

I do believe our very own
Christianne Noll does a lovely
Embraceable You on the
album we did together - The
Ira Gershwin Album.

Posted by bk @ 08/25/2003 05:48 PM PST

Sarah: one word... kazaa.

you can get it at kazaa.com or download.com

I did a search for "embraceable you" and came up with gazillion different versions.

Posted by Emily @ 08/25/2003 06:00 PM PST

Sarah: one word... kazaa.

you can get it at kazaa.com or download.com

I did a search for "embraceable you" and came up with gazillion different versions.

Posted by Emily @ 08/25/2003 06:01 PM PST

I was so impassioned I said it twice :)

Posted by Emily @ 08/25/2003 06:01 PM PST

An addition to my roll call

My first Broadway show was Promises, Promises with Tony Roberts in April of 1971 at the Shubert Theatre. My second Broadway show was Shadow Box in August of 1978 and my first Broadway show as a resident of New York City was 42nd Street a mere 5 days after it opened in August of 1980.

Posted by Ben @ 08/25/2003 06:03 PM PST

Sarah,

Don't know if it'll open, but check your e-mail (George Michael & Michael Feinstein - Embraceable You)

Posted by Dan-in-Toronto @ 08/25/2003 06:07 PM PST

HAPPY NATAL DAY to all you silly people who are celebrating! Of course, if I were Down Under, I'd be celebrating too! (celbrating a vacation)!

DR Dan-in-Toronto: sorry about that seniority thing, but, judging by our natal days, yes, judging by our natal days, YOU are the senior. ;) but ONLY by a decade. You could always become "tdt" or "td2" or something along those lines, as long as there are no thongs involved. "td2" sounds an awful lot like an Ahh-nullld movie, c'est vrai?

Posted by td @ 08/25/2003 06:10 PM PST

BK: I refused to take Algebra, and I also refused to wear a bra

OK, but you can't wear a bra without knowing calculus, and algebra is a pre-requisite for calculus.

I said nothing of jobs in the role call. Sometimes I musical direct or coach; other times I teach: song improv for Second City, and starting a week from Friday, my own musical theatre workshop at a big college in New Jersey. Mostly I try to keep my fiancée happy. That's job one!

Posted by Noel @ 08/25/2003 06:18 PM PST

Just returned from my first class of the semester--Sociology. It actually wasn't that bad...the prof is a mellow lady of a certain age who lets us goof off and socialize to our heart's content and lets us justify it as being part of sociology!

Paulie--I suck at math too!

Sarah--I have the Feinstein and Ella Fitzgerald versions of Embraceable You as well as a few others. But Kazaa (or ordering Christiane Noll's the Ira Gershwin Album is probably the best way to go).

Ya know, when I was first getting into musical theatre I thought Ira Gershwin was a woman. I remember seeing Crazy for You and looking at my program and thinking, "Oh, Ira must have been George's wife!" Ah, the folly of youth!

Joy--the Lazy Susan Dinner Theatre does indeed exist still and they put on wonderful shows. I was almost in a production of Grease there...I made it to call-backs singing "On the Other Side of the Tracks" but my horrid dancing kinda got in the way of getting cast. But I've improved since then...a little :)

BTW, where exactly in Alexandria did you live? It's my home town! Small world, isn't it? ;)

Posted by Maya @ 08/25/2003 06:28 PM PST

Hello, everybody. I'm back from San Francisco. Moved my daughter into her dorm. Into two dorms, actually. Moved her into one, then out of that one and into another one. All UPHILL. I'm soooo tired.

Posted by Panni @ 08/25/2003 06:38 PM PST

Panni! You survived? How are you feeling? (besides tired, of course) We've missed your sparkling stories!

Posted by Sarah @ 08/25/2003 06:45 PM PST

Thanks, Sarah. I'm fine. San Francisco was wonderful. my daughter's dorm is like a resort -- looks out at the city, the bay. You should look in U of S.., when the time comes, I hear they have good film and theater courses.

Posted by Panni @ 08/25/2003 07:07 PM PST

...I meant to say, U. of S.F.. Even my typing fingers are tired.

Posted by Panni @ 08/25/2003 07:09 PM PST

To follow Ben's and Dan-in-
Toronto's roll call additions...

First B-way show: Urinetown
2nd B-way show: Hairspray
3rd B-way show: Gypsy

All two months ago.

Posted by Jed @ 08/25/2003 07:47 PM PST

Oh, good, I didn't want to be the only one whose first Broadway show was within the past few years! I'll list them all, as they are few.

1st: THE PRODUCERS (March 2001)
2nd: AIDA (August 2001)
3rd: URINETOWN (July 2002)
4th: CHICAGO (August 2002)
5th: LA BOHEME (June 2003)

All were the original casts, except CHICAGO of course.

Posted by Paulie @ 08/25/2003 08:07 PM PST

Panni--welcome back!

I cannot for the life of me remember the sequence of the second and third Broadway shows I saw, but Cats was the first and then soon after I remember having seen Miss Saigon and Les Miz and Sunset Boulevard. Yeah, I started with all the tourists shows, lol. It wasn't until a bit later that I got into revival mania...

To date, I think I've seen about 60 Broadway, off-Broadway show and touring companies. At least!

Posted by Maya @ 08/25/2003 08:26 PM PST

DR Paulie, History was never my subject. I've always preferred figuring out equations to memorizing facts. (And yet, I have no trouble memorizing lines in a play. Go figure!) I especially love Geometry and Algebra. If you and/or Sarah, or any other H/K needs some help with Math, please don't hesitate to ask me. Seriously.

Posted by The Den Mother @ 08/25/2003 08:48 PM PST

Kerry David Hughes.
Born in Phoenix, still in Phoenix, likely to die in Phoenix. Love to swim.
Have been with the lovely and ever scintillating Musicguy for over 3O years. Yes I was a child bride. Sometimes I deserve a medal forthe 30 years; sometimes he does.

I had aspirations of being in the theatre (don't we all). Now i just appreciate the magnificence of others' creations.
I do dabble some in painting and drawing. I used to play the harp. I think my main talent is taking care of other people.
I work around a lot of dogs, so my current work situation is happy.
I'm a very nice guy, and Lyn thinks I'm funny. I spend WAY too much money on art, music and books.
I am blessed by my friends on this site.
We have a great house (which you're all invited to). I am close to most of my family, am a great listener and genuinely care for people and their welfare. I believe in giving back (or paying it forward) and try to volunteer or give of myself whenever I can.
I can also be very sarchastic and biting in my humor at times -although I don't mean to hurt others.
I've had a lot of fun, a lot of sorrow and expect to experience more of each in the future.
I appreciate things on a grand scale and appreciate what others can do and try to be a cheerleader for those who are out there doing what I wish I were doing. My optimism and enthusiasm often conflict with my skepticism, butthe optimism usually wins out. My therapist agrees!

Posted by Kerry @ 08/25/2003 09:06 PM PST

Reading some of the DRs who are still in school reminds me of all those years I spent as a teacher. Nope, I never gave homework on the first day and often it was three days in before we got to actual homework. Starting back AND having me for a teacher was traumatic enough for the poor students without adding to their burden with piles of lessons the first day or two. Besides, I had lots of ground rules and game plans to cover on those first days, and coudln't ever get a complete lesson taught anyway.

Do I miss it? Not on your life.

Posted by Matt H. @ 08/25/2003 09:07 PM PST

It's getting into the evening, even here on west coast time...and we haven't heard a roll call from either Tyson or Irn ..

Welcome back DR Panni ... I hope you catch your breath, and have a good rest.

DR Paulie -- don't be afraid to say that you have just started your theatre-going experiences. You've already seen some wonderfully entertaining shows. AND, do you know how impressed some young 17 year old is going to be, about 30 years from now, when you tell them "oh yes, I saw the original cast of The Producers on Broadway."

It's all a great big circle and cycle....enjoy it.

Posted by MusicGuy @ 08/25/2003 09:08 PM PST

I love the Great Race (although a bit of editing might have helped. Victor/Victoria has moments of sheer heaven. 10 has some great bits. I am fonder of bits of many Blake Edwards; movies than then entire movies, but the bits themselves are perfection that no one else could have done. But I believe he is a vry talented man.

oh, I am an Aquarian. a crazy one. I celebrate my birth the day before our DR Ben and Elaine Stritch. Told you we we were crazy!

Posted by Kerry @ 08/25/2003 09:11 PM PST

Have enjoyed reading all your posts. Must have gotten to 100 by now. I am a BK alumni having appeared in FNM and Stages. Great experiences. I still act when cast and like all old actors I won't retire I'll just forget my lines....em

Posted by Ed Morgan @ 08/25/2003 09:50 PM PST

I am a Leo, which explains a lot. I love Math; especially Geometry and Algebra. I am a vegetarian and have been for more than fifteen years now. As a child, I had a monkey as a pet. I lived in Japan for thirteen years; I speak the language and I love everything Japanese. I love the game of Scrabble and I'm good at it (and I'm modest, too). I prefer romantic comedies to other genre of movies. I like to write poetry. And that's me in one hundred words or less.

Posted by Susan @ 08/25/2003 10:03 PM PST

I am Laura, I'm a mom and pt secretary for a very small/poor church. I dislike movies and most television. I have never seen a Gregory Peck or John Wayne movie. I live in Arizona with my Dear Husband, Dear Son, and Dear Daughter (that's DH, DS, and DD in internet lingo). I am currently enjoying my mid-life crisis, which requires a great deal of traveling without my DH. I love seeing live theater and support our local community theaters and the tours that come through town.

Posted by Laura @ 08/25/2003 10:25 PM PST

Everyone welcome Ed "Navy" Morgan! Hopefully, Mr. Ed Morgan will join our merry madcap minstrels here at haineshisway.com.

Posted by bk @ 08/25/2003 10:53 PM PST

My name is Sandra and I am a Cherry Coke-aholic. I am quite mechanically inept. Tonight I tried to change a lightbulb and almost set my room on fire.

I'm taking classes at a community college. I'll be sure to let you know about the interesting people in my classes.

I like to fence, watch cartoons and M*A*S*H, and mix gross food together. My favorite foods are cheesecake and floop. I invented floop (Oh, an Al Gore reference.)

My favorite shows are Forever Plaid and The Scarlet Pimpernel. I finally got to see a show on Broadway, Man of La Mancha.

I enjoy going with my mom on her mid-life crisis trips. We leave my dad behind because he'll only go somewhere if it involves his mother.

I have two cats named Tumbly and Sasha. I used to have a cat named Rex for a week, but then my dad found out about him and I don't have Rex any more.

The End

Posted by Sandra @ 08/25/2003 10:55 PM PST

Hello, everyone. Since this is not exclusivly a "new DR" rollcall, here is my call (sorry, but it's long):

George P(atrick) Dougherty
Age: 37 (born May, 5 1966 - Cinco de Mayo for you Mexican food fans)
Ethnicity: ¼th Irish and ¾ths German
Education: HS, AA & BA
Occupation: I work in the acquisitions department at the administrative service center of a 27-branch public library in Tumwater/Olympia, Washington.

I've only been to New York once (December 1995) and the very first show that I saw (literally just after getting off of the plane) was "Swinging On a Star." I loved it. It was one of the highlights of my trip. (I just bought the script/libretto on Friday). I also got to see "Victor/Victoria" with Julie Andrews, Betty Buckley in "Sunset Boulevard," Avery Brooks in "Robeson" (another one of the highlights) and my forehead was shown on the Regis and Kathy Lee Show (with guest host Joy Philbin sitting in for a vacationing Kathy Lee). Otherwise I love musicals and have quite a few CDs (many produced by our very own BK) and (still) a lot of vinyl records. I'm making CDs of a few of those for a friend of mine who visited me last month from Virginia.

Maya La Papaya (how's that for a nickname?), did you ever watch the Rosie O'Donnell show? I don't remember how long ago it was, but Mandy (Somewhat Over Indulgent) Patinkin was a guest and he was going to do a cooking segment with his mother. The person doing the opeing announce obviously didnt' know who he was because the guy said "Mandy Patinkin and her mother..." It was pretty funny.

S. Woody, have you seen Disney's "The Pirates of the Caribbean"? In the first sword fight scene between Orlando Bloom and Johnny Depp, it sounds like the sound effects of the sword fighting were choreographed to be a rhythmic and musical part of the score. It's really cool. The composer (I don't know who it was) really must have studied the final cut of the film…or maybe they choreographed the fight to match the music.

And Happy Birthday to any and all persons who are celebrating the anniversary of their respective births any time soon!

Oh, I really like "Breakfast at Tiffany's" and "Victor/Victoria" from Blake Edwards and from Mancini, "The Days of Wine and Roses" theme as well as "Moon River."

Posted by George @ 08/26/2003 12:46 AM PST

DR George: I noticed that in Pirates of the Caribbean, too! It's most apparents when they're jumping backwards and forwards and the music is completely staccato. It's great to watch :)

DR Sandra: Your rold call cracked me up :)

I am a Virgo, and I'm told I'm defective in that, too. I'm messy, laid back, musical, and I have a pretty good sense of humor. Whereas, my mother is a Virgo, and she's incredibly neat, almost OCD neat in some places, very uptight about stuff, not very musical, and while she's got a sense of humor, it's no match to mine.

Same goes for the other 3 Virgos in my family. What can I say, I'm the reject ;)

Have a lovely day, my dears!

Posted by Sarah @ 08/26/2003 04:20 AM PST

First Broadway show: (1975) The Ritz with Rita Moreno-- hilarious

Second Broadway show: (1980 Sugar Babies

Third show: La Cage Aux Folles (1987 or 88-ish)

I've seen lots of great stuff on Broadway since then but NEVER ENOUGH (an Adyran Russ reference), lots of great touring companies and some great stuff in London. Even some not-too-bad (and some really awful) grade schoool cafeteria productions.

Posted by Kerry @ 08/26/2003 06:01 AM PST

And DR Laura, I've been going through my mid-life crisis for 10 or 15 years now, so you get used to it. Mid-life crisisi IS my life!

Posted by Kerry @ 08/26/2003 06:03 AM PST

Well. welcome Dear Reader Ed Morgan! It's nice to have you aboard! I'm a major fan of FNM, and have been since that day, way, way, way back when, when I first saw it on a big screen in my college days! I think that our esteemed host BK can vouch for my incredible fondness for FNM, too!

Posted by td @ 08/26/2003 06:04 AM PST

I was alone in the world, a piece of human flotsam and jetsom on the sea of humanity...I was a mess...then I found the Friends of the Friendless....

Posted by Jrand53 @ 08/26/2003 06:35 AM PST

Happy Birthday Jrand52/53. Hope your day is wonderful.

Posted by Tom from Oz @ 08/26/2003 07:01 AM PST

Thanks, Tom!

Posted by Jrand53 @ 08/26/2003 07:08 AM PST

A Hap Hap Happy Birthday
to You, DR Jrand52/53
and
to You, DR Jose in the Land of OZ!
May all your Birthday Wishes come true!

Posted by Susan @ 08/26/2003 07:39 AM PST

A Hap Hap Happy Birthday
to You, DR Jrand52/53
and
to You, DR Jose in the Land of OZ!
May all your Birthday Wishes come true!

Posted by Susan @ 08/26/2003 07:42 AM PST