Posted by Sarah @ 09/20/2003 08:50 AM PST

Won't be a long post because I'm about to begin my errant and truant behavior.

Great news about the upgrades to the site.

Loved, loved, loved The Mary Tyler Moore Show (I think I would have loved it even if I didn't grow up in Minnesota) and before that, the Dick van Dyke Show. I also loved Beanie and Cecil as a young child, one of my favorite cartoons. I loved Captain Kangaroo and Tom Terrific and his pal Manfred the Wonder Dog with Crabby Appleton, the Meanest Man in the World. The Love Boat is a guilty pleasure. Maybe because I grew up in a house with many siblings (6 of them so 7 altogether), I enjoyed the Brady Bunch. I also watched the Partridge Family.

Favorite TV dinner is probably something with turkey breast and mashed potatoes and an apple or cranberry crisp for dessert.

This turned into a long post after all.

TTFN. See you probably Monday morning.

Posted by Ben @ 09/20/2003 08:53 AM PST

How could I forget I Love Lucy?!?

Posted by Ben @ 09/20/2003 08:54 AM PST

P.S. A NEW Juliana's Journal entry is up!

Posted by Craig @ 09/20/2003 08:57 AM PST

I was such a fan of the Mary Tyler Moore show, friends know never to buy me a hat, because I'm too likely to end up twirling around and hurling it into traffic.

I watched all the spin-offs, of which Lou Grant was probably the best, but Phyllis had that great theme song by Stan Daniels. The Rhoda theme song - not so good.

I also loved the old Dick Van Dyke show. The musical I'm working on (after Our Wedding) is set in a similar milieu.

What else? I guess I liked Maude. I didn't watch any dramas all that regularly. More of a sitcom guy.

Now, I'm dubbing tapes of The Wedding Night to send to the four bridesmaids, who are all in different cities. It's a big day of taping: that foursome also sings the processional (with its pirate reference) and, with the Best Man, the opening.

The uncompleted numbers are the ones we sing ourselves...

Posted by Noel @ 09/20/2003 09:20 AM PST

I've always loved the Brady Bunch. In sixth grade, two of my friends and I dressed up as Marcia, Jan, and Cindy for Halloween. There is a reason I'm not a blonde...I looked awful! I also like That Girl and Leave it to Beaver.

As for TV dinners, I like the Swanson chicken (only the white meat), with the mashed potatoes and a brownie on the side.

Posted by Laura II @ 09/20/2003 09:30 AM PST

I really got into THE PATTY DUKE SHOW for a while. I don't really know why -- maybe it was because my bf at the time loved to sit at the piano and do medleys of old TV show themes...and the funnest to sing along to was "Cousins...Identical Cousins All The Way.....!"

And then I feel like I was raised on THE BRADY BUNCH. Heck, I WAS raised on the BB. The same bf I mentioned before also did a medley of all the songs the Brady Kids did in the last season. "It's Time To Change" segued into "Good Time Music", which segued into...oh, I forget...but it was so fun to watch people at parties know EVERY word. That's when you reallly know a show has become a part of the culture.

I wish I had been alive back then, because I would've been a big fan of all the variety shows that were on. Ed Sullivan? Oh, yeah, baby! I also seen episodes of THE JUDY GARLAND SHOW on DVD. What a talent...and too bad it only lasted one season. Does anyone have any memories of being hunkered in front of the TV watching those variety shows?

Posted by Mark @ 09/20/2003 09:32 AM PST

Re: MTM spin-offs. Phyllis' mother-in-law on that show was played by Jane Finn Rose, who was the only quasi-celebrity to appear on the 1958 This is Your Life featuring Frances Farmer. Frances and Jane had been roommates in NYC in the summer of 1935 after FF returned from her trip to Russia. Where else but HHW can you learn such invaluable information?

Good news/bad news for Percy Faith fans: As I shared with our Percy-loving BK last night, the good news is the latest bunch of CDs has *finally* been released, including the long-awaited Lil Abner. The bad news is that the delay was caused by some dunderhead using mono masters for the other album on the Abner two-fer, Broadway Bouquet. Therefore, if you're a purist and want a stereo mix of Broadway Bouquet, you might want to wait a few months. I had an email from the marketing guy at Oldies saying they'll be out in a few months. If you get this "defective" one, you can exchange it later. There was a stereo release of Broadway Bouquet with Country Bouquet from the UK a few years ago which may still be available as an import (I got mine when they were released).

The next Percy Broadway album is due in October/November and will be the delicious House of Flowers!!

Posted by JMK @ 09/20/2003 09:34 AM PST

Living in a household that contained no boys (other than my dad), we watched girly sitcoms -- Brady Bunch, Petticoat Junction, I Dream of Jeannie, Partridge Family, Here Come the Brides, et al.

Posted by Old Laura @ 09/20/2003 09:39 AM PST

BK, I hope this doesn't sound too suck-uppy, but I've got to tell you that I LOVE the way you write. It has an old world quality about it that I think is great. (Not that I'm calling you old, mind you -- I've always been partial to "old", anyway.)

Okay, that DID sound suck-uppy, didn't it? But it was sincere suck-uppy.

Posted by Mark @ 09/20/2003 09:50 AM PST

Most of the shows that I watched and loved growing up have already been mentioned:

All In the Family
Bewitched
I Dream of Jeannie
I Love Lucy
Here Comes the Brides
The Mary Tyler Moore Show

These are just a few. There are, of course, a lot more that I can't even remember.

Also, a few days ago, I just got Percy Faith's Do I Hear a Waltz? album (yes, vinyl) from eBay! Does anyone know if this is going to be/has been released on CD or where I can find out?

Posted by George @ 09/20/2003 09:54 AM PST

Hope the exterminator exterminates!

Oh my so many shows to choose from and each special in its own way.

The 1950's: I Love Lucy, of course.
Lucy: Our only chance is to pretend complete innocence.
Ethel: That'll never work.
Lucy: It better or Ricky & Fred will be planting their footprints someplace and it won't be Graumann's Chinese.

What's My Line as well!
"Will the Mystery Guest enter and sign in please."

The 1960's: The Beverly Hillbillies always made me laugh.
"Vote for Granny as Possum Queen of Beverly Hills."

The Dick VanDyke Show for its ensemble work and writing:

TV HOST: Does Alan Brady wear his toupee at home?
LAURA: Oh he wears it all the time.
TV HOST: There it is ladies and gentlemen, you heard it here, Alan Brady is bald!!

The 1970's The Carol Burnett Show.
"I'm so glad we had this time together."
Starsky & Hutch
"Kiss me."

Bonanza, Peyton Place, and All In the Family are very close to making the list.

Yes, JMK, and Jane looks almost the same in 1958 as she did on PHYLLIS.

Posted by Jrand53 @ 09/20/2003 09:56 AM PST

Good afternoon everyone!

Quite frankly, I like this site's format quite a bit - no need for subject headers etc. (even if they are fun ones like KISS MY ASS). Of course, I'm also adverse to change. Give me a couple of days of listening to backlogged Broadway Radio Shows and I'll sing another song. :)

I'm at work right now, toiling away at HHW while I'm waiting to get connected to a service person at Compuserve Canada. Compuserve Canada = evil. My boss, for God knows what reason, is tied at the umbilical cord to CC and refuses to change to a more user-friendly e-mail service. My Boss = evil.

For BK's Question: I never really got to watch many 60s and 70s sitcoms because, quite frankly, I was negative years old at the time. I have seen some episodes of THE BRADY BUNCH, but they didn't really catch my attention. The long hair and bad seventies outfits are too distracting (although I'm sure BK looked simply smashing at the time).

For Craig's Question: My favorite official tv dinner is the Lean Cuisine Chicken and Fresh Vegetables in a Creamy Herb Sauce with pasta. Or atleast, that's the little descriptive blurb on the front of the box. I'm not sure what the official title is. All I do know is that it's yummy and has 5.9 grams of fat per portion. It's as close to a marvel of science as I can actually understand. Creamy goodness AND low fat? How DO they do it!?! :)

"Our service representatives are all currently occupied. Please hold for the first available representative. Thank you for your patience and for calling Compuserve Canada"

ARRRRRRRGHHHH!!!!!!!

Posted by Emily @ 09/20/2003 10:00 AM PST

It's not suck-uppy at all - it's nice and I thank you. If you enjoy my writing might I suggest you check out my two novels - if you click on the links to new sections over there on the left and then on Benjamin Kritzer and Kritzerland, you can read a little preview of both.

The exterminator man has been up on the roof - oh, a Drifters reference. He found the dead Evil Rodent which he just this minute showed me - a RAT. Yes, you heard it here, dear readers, I was just shown a dead dirty stinking RAT. We are now taking steps to insure that this cannot happen again - EVER. But, I shall be able to use my master bathroom again, this very day! And that deserves a hoo and ray.

Posted by bk @ 09/20/2003 10:03 AM PST

Give me a Hoo and a Ray!

Not only did BK find the dead dirty rat...

but I finally managed to talk to someone at Compuserve Canada!

Double Hoo Double Ray!

Of course... he immediately put me back on hold while he "researched" our problem.

Ugh... :)

Posted by Emily @ 09/20/2003 10:06 AM PST

He SHOWED it to you? How unseemly. I think I would vomit on the floor. But aside from that "Hoo *pause* Ray!"

You didn't answer my question, bk. Is chat still tomorrow, or was there another postpone-ment?

DR Craig: Lean Cuisine Chinese Bowl things...they are delish.

Pajama pants that have pigs on them and say "What's Shakin Bacon?", and a white tanktop that resembles a wife beater. I'm feeling quite lazy today.

Posted by Sarah @ 09/20/2003 10:11 AM PST

DR Craig - the Swanson Turkey Dinner with the crunchy dessert was a great favorite of mine. Least favorite: the Chicken!

DR Mark - I hope you have heard the PATTY DUKE cd that contains all of the different versions of the theme song plus a sing a long version.

And do other DR remember that THE PATTY DUKE SHOW pilot was filmed in Hollywood with different actors playing the parents and her brother, but when it moved to New York (so Patty could look longer hours), the roles were recast.

Flip Mark as Ross? Brian Kelly as Martin? Could have happened.

Posted by Jrand53 @ 09/20/2003 10:16 AM PST

YIKES!!

I mean Mark Miller as Martin Lane.

Posted by Jrand53 @ 09/20/2003 10:19 AM PST

Wrong again!

Ross was played in the PATTY DUKE pilot show by Charles Herbert, friend and co-star of DR Susan.

Charles Herbert was in 13 GHOSTS and THE BOY AND THE PIRATES among others.

Posted by Jrand53 @ 09/20/2003 10:37 AM PST

Bruce.. what about you.. what was your fav. TV dinner?

Posted by Craig @ 09/20/2003 10:44 AM PST

Good morning, dear readers! I am taking a short break from reading today's newspaper in leisurely fashion so that I may post here. I'm listening to my regular Saturday morning opera show on the radio, and doing a fine job of procrastination with regard to cleaning my house, which it desperately needs.

Dear BK--Congratulations on this site becoming so popular that it needs to move to bigger digs. I look forward to the new look and functionality.

Last night I saw PASSION for the first time. Though I am a Sondheim fan, I was unfamiliar with the score save for a few bits and pieces, so my experience last night was essentially my first exposure to the work. (This production, BTW, marks the first appearance of PASSION in Los Angeles, believe it or not.)

I found the piece quite moving and well done. I enjoyed the chamber opera quality of the show. I appreciated the somewhat Wagnerian themes of redemption by love and the notion that love can be simultaneously attractive and repellant. I also liked the way Sondheim and Lapine handled their subtle allusions to how some can mistakenly judge the capacity for love by others.

There are more than several moments from the show that made deep impressions on me, perhaps none greater than the scene during which Fosca dictates the letter to Georgio. Another element that will be with me for a long time is the lyric "Others hear drums. We hear music."

The show was mounted by East West Players, a well respected troupe in Los Angeles that relies largely on people of Asian American descent for casting and behind-the-scenes creative effort. Last night's cast was quite strong, but none were stronger than the Fosca. Beyond a terrific voice, the actress playing Fosca has been blessed with one of those faces that can convey tremendous nuance of expression. Her eyes perfectly communicated the pain, longing, fear, insecurity, determination, love and numerous other emotions that make Fosca such a complex character.

The only drawback to this production, IMHO, is a heavy reliance on synthetic keyboards in the pit. I would love to hear this show played with an ample string section in the orchestra.

Posted by Jay @ 09/20/2003 10:54 AM PST

What I remember from the 60s and 70s are the spy shows, like Mission: Impossible and The Man From U. N. C. L. E. They were escapist fun, and usually had an added hook for those of us from Burbank CA., because our City Hall frequently was used in stock shots with signs saying that the building was located somewhere else. We got to vicariously travel the world through the constant relocations of our City Hall.

Good news about the rat, by the way.

Posted by S. Woody White @ 09/20/2003 10:56 AM PST

Good afternoon, all. I hope you are all well.

Today I slept, Dear Readers. Oh, yes...I slept. In fact, I just got my lazy ass out of bed about an hour ago. It was nice to finally get a good, solid night of rest, and my body thanks me for it.

BK: How exciting that the site is movin' on up to the East side! And I'm glad they found the dead thing. And I'm sorry it was a rat. I see rats here all the time...in the subway tracks. I can't imagine what I'd do if I found one in my home. I know we have mice and roaches, and I choose to deny that they reside here. You can blame my neighbor, Goiter Man, for the rodent and pest population. I know I certainly do.

TV Shows of yesteryear: Hmmm...I won't go by decade because I know I'll get them wrong, so I'll just list them as they come to me (some of these may be early 80's, so forgive me):

The Muppet Show
The Brady Bunch
The Patty Duke Show
Maude
I Dream of Jeanie
The Jeffersons
The Love Boat
Wonder Woman
The Incredible Hulk
The Dukes of Hazard
Laverne & Shirley
The Carol Burnett Show
Little House on the Prairie
Mister Rodger's Neighborhood
Eight is Enough
Charlie's Angels
Bosom Buddies
The Bionic Woman
The Six Million Dollar Man
Hart to Hart
and that show that featured Waylen and Madam. It always made me laugh.

Posted by Jason @ 09/20/2003 11:36 AM PST

BK--that's great you found the nasty evil rat! Emily, can we have a Dead Rat dance?

My favorite shows from the 50's, 60's and 70's are I Love Lucy, All in the Family, Bewitched, I Dream of Jeannie, and yes, even the Brady Bunch. I have to shamefully admit that I have never even seen the Partridge Family, but from now on, I plan to look out for re-runs so I can see BK in all his 70's grooviness!

Craig--my favorite TV dinner would have to be Lean Cuisine's Angel Pasta with Shrimp. So yummilicious!

Well, I am about to go to this huge Asian market that opened and load up on Pocky (a yummy Japanese goody) and coconut milk. Later!

Oh, before I forget--did you guys hear that Patty Duke will be playing Mama Rose at some regional theatre in Washington State? That should be interesting!

Posted by Maya @ 09/20/2003 11:36 AM PST

Oh! I forgot to mention my favorite TV dinner. This will probably gross most of you out, but, having grown up eating English food, I developed a taste for Salisbury Steak. Even though its probably not even real meat, the frozen stuff here tastes BETTER than the real stuff there did, so now I'm hooked on it. I also enjoy a frozen lasagna from our friends at Stouffers.

Posted by Jason @ 09/20/2003 11:40 AM PST

Brian Kelly!!! JRand53, you know my heart palpitates when you mention that name, so you must use caution!

That said, it will not be a surprise to know that FLIPPER is one of my favorite 60s shows. Here are the others:
1950s:
I LOVE LUCY (never fails to crack me up)
BACHELOR FATHER
JACK BENNY PROGRAM

1960s:
GILLIGAN'S ISLAND
BEVERLY HILLBILLIES
THUNDERBIRDS
FLIPPER (in case no one caught that the first time)
LASSIE (the color version with Robert Bray, and later with Jed Allen)
DRAGNET

1970s:
BRADY BUNCH
ROOM 222
MOD SQUAD

And all time # one favorite television show:
ADAM-12

Posted by MBarnum @ 09/20/2003 11:47 AM PST

Oh, favorite TV dinners...when I was a kid any of the Swanson's or similar Chinese TV dinners. As an adult I like the Hungry Man salsibury steak dinners.

Posted by MBarnum @ 09/20/2003 11:48 AM PST

Well just like Emily I HATE change. But hopefully we will all get used to the new format. I just hope that the message board stays similar to this format. I like being able to see every post for the day without too much effort.

As for tv shows, well I remember loving Bewitched. I do remember watching the Brady Bunch, Wonder Woman, and Laverne and Shirley. What year did the Mary Tyler Moore show end? I don't ever remember watching that :(

Posted by Jennifer @ 09/20/2003 11:55 AM PST

I walk onto a stage dressed as a rat - very much à la Nutcracker... the spotlight hits me... the music starts... and then...

THE DEAD RAT DANCE

*dance dance dance scamper scamper scamper BAM*

It concludes we me falling flat on my back. Dead. :)

Posted by Emily @ 09/20/2003 12:13 PM PST

My room is so messy that there is not one article of clothing that I own in it's right place. I literally cannot see the floor in some places. How do I *do* this? It was completely 100% organised 2 days ago! I have stuff EVERYWHERE! This is really weird...

I got a "celebrity response" today from Miss Sarah Jessica Parker, who also put a short note saying that my letter was cute. I did a LOT of sucking up in it :) Best Friend Aly had better love this.

Emily, your dance was lovely!

Posted by Sarah @ 09/20/2003 12:27 PM PST

May I just say that unequivocally and indisputably and also inarguably (that is three, count them, three "in"'s, or at least two "in"'s and one "un") AOL's "tech" help is completely and without question even more dunderheaded than whoever mastered Broadway Bouquet in mono!!

Thanks, I feel better now.

Posted by JMK @ 09/20/2003 12:39 PM PST

Well, Sarah, I do believe you have a legitimate reason why your room is a mess today. A hurricane hit.

BK, any chance that Mr. Mark Bakalor might update the Rogue's Gallery when the site is updated? We have gained a few DRs and lost a few.

Posted by Old Laura @ 09/20/2003 12:46 PM PST

Yes, when we switch over everything will be brought up to date.

I liked Swanson's turkey dinners as a child.

Chat is indeed tomorrow night.

Just eating some fricaseed rat right now. Just kidding. But the awful smell is now completely gone thanks to RatBusters.

Posted by bk @ 09/20/2003 01:32 PM PST

Mmm...rat fricasee. I knew I was hungry for something...

Since I'm poor, and there's nothing really interesting and new out there to rent right now, I'm watching Jim Cameron's "Titanic" on DVD. I started watching it the other night and never finished, so now I'm watching Act II. :-) It truly is amazing to watch that ship sink. I can't fathom the amount of money they spent.

Jeans, blue t-shirt and anklet socks.

Posted by Jason @ 09/20/2003 01:45 PM PST

Greetings dear readers! I had to stop by my office before heading off to run errands today.

Thank you so much Old Laura! Every one of your girly sitcoms, was one of my favorites when I was growing up. So, since you have humiliated me out of singing the praises of Petticoat Junction, I had to come up with other childhood favorites. Actuually, Father Knows Best and I Married Joan probably would top my list anyway, so thanks, Laura, for not including them on your list.

Oh, did I mention Flipper with the fabulous Brian kelly?

Posted by TCB @ 09/20/2003 01:55 PM PST

I'm not sure what to make of the impending changes.

One of the great things about posting here is that topics of the day are not sacrosanct and stream-of-consciousness posts are often quite interesting and totally unrelated to what anyone else has posted.

Where on earth will those posts go? Will there be a "Miscellaeous" thread started by BK to accommodate those particular types of posts?

If I've read it right, there's going to be a lot of jumping around and picking and choosing of topics...and that means that we won't be able to address multiple issues/person in one post but will have to go from topic to topic doing short little blurbs.

Ah, progress!

: )

Posted by Ron Pulliam @ 09/20/2003 02:05 PM PST

All this talk of smelly old dead rats reminds me of a story from when I was just a sprig of a twig of a lass. When I was in seventh grade, the classroom next door to my Biology class had a pet rat named Red Eyes. One day, Red Eyes got out of his cage and scampered into a vent or something before anyone could catch him. He stayed in the wall between his classroom and ours until he died a few days later. No one could get him out, so we were smelling poor Red Eyes all the rest of the year.

On that note, my favorite TV dinner is Stouffers corn souffle.

My favorite TV show from the 70s is M*A*S*H and I can't believe that no one else has mentioned it.

A glow-in-the-dark T-shirt with a bat on it, a Gibson Girl hat with flowers and a ribbon and a bow that ties under my chin (to go with my loverly Gibson Girl hairdo), black pants, and my saddle shoes. A picture worthy of our very own Rogue's Gallery.

Posted by Sandra @ 09/20/2003 02:07 PM PST

FREAK ASSEZ !

Pardon my French, but, since
it's a French word, could you
please write

FRICASSEE -- fricassée -- ?

Mercie buckets!

Posted by François @ 09/20/2003 02:19 PM PST

Francois: Je n'ais pas un 'e' avec un accent ague. Aide-moi, s'il-tu plait. Merci.

Posted by Jason @ 09/20/2003 02:34 PM PST

*aigu

Posted by Jason @ 09/20/2003 02:35 PM PST

(avec le clé NUM LOCK ouvert):

ALT+130 (sur le "number pad) = é

Posted by Jason @ 09/20/2003 02:41 PM PST

Nobody's perfect; Jason ;- )

You don't have to use an
"accent aigu" in English;
double e is ok.

freak assis....

Fricassee is from "frire" (to fry)
and "casser" (to break)

Needless to say, I'd rather
have a broken heart than a
fried one! ;- ) ... even though I
could smell a rat, right from
the beginning!

Posted by François @ 09/20/2003 02:43 PM PST

Jason, you had The Muppet Show on your list! How in the world could I forget that?! TMS was (and probably still is) my all-time, absolute most favoritest show in the whole wide world (when I remember to think about it)!

Not too long ago I got the 25th anniversary TV soundtrack. It brought back so many memories. Quite a few years ago, some cable channel (The Family Channel, maybe?) rebroadcast episodes and I think I was able to tape about 60 or so of them. Someday I want to buy the DVDs that are available. I'm assuming that all of the episodes aren't available because they haven't been able to get all of the rights to all of the songs that were performed over the years.

Also, I have the vinyl album to The Muppet Movie soundtrack and was able to borrow and copy the CD (since it's out of print and not available, I have absolutely no qualms about it). Eventually, I want to make a CD soundtrack directly from the DVD because I like the dialogue bits within the songs (and it just makes for a longer CD).

Posted by George @ 09/20/2003 02:46 PM PST

I will use a double "s" from now on if you quit posting under my name. Haha!! Thanks for the accent aigu tip, Francois...

Posted by Jason @ 09/20/2003 02:47 PM PST

We're pretty weird in Old
Europe, because we don't
have hollow walls.

Hollow brains, maybe!
Hollow walls, never!

Sleeping Hollow?
That's another story!
;- )

Posted by François @ 09/20/2003 02:49 PM PST

D'oh! Jason.. you just spoiled the ending to TITANIC for me!

Posted by Dimwitted Dear Reader @ 09/20/2003 02:52 PM PST

Nope!

That Jason is a "trahison"!

I just don't know how to do an
"é" with an American keyboard,
and "clé" being "fémine", I
would have printed LA clé....
ouverte!

Ain't that all confusing?
I'm confused already...
Rats!

Posted by François @ 09/20/2003 02:54 PM PST

D'oh! Jason.. you just spoiled the ending to TITANIC for me!

Posted by Dimwitted Dear Reader @ 09/20/2003 02:55 PM PST

Shame!

Meant to type FEMININE!

Posted by François @ 09/20/2003 02:58 PM PST

MASH episodes can still make me laugh. A great ensemble cast.The episode with the suit with the horizontal stripes is one of my favourites.
1960's: "Tom Terrific" (of course), "Adventures in Paradise", "Wagon Train" (for Robert Horton)and as I am straying into the 50's when I watched more TV, "77 Sunset Strip", "Hawaiian Eye" and "Perry Mason". We also watched many British TV shows such as "Steptoe And Son", "The Ragtrade" and "On The Buses". For DR MusicGuy: "In Melbourne Tonight: and the "Graham Kennedy Show". Note: I did not watch "Skippy"!

Posted by Tom from Oz @ 09/20/2003 02:59 PM PST

Ooops...

I may have caused a mini ruckus here at HHW.

I was the one that gave the correct (if baddly genderized) manner in which to mak an é on an North American keyboard.

I was addressing my instructions to Jason, but accidentally just put his name where MINE should of gone.

Sorry Jason (and to François for forgetting that clé was feminine)

Posted by Emily @ 09/20/2003 02:59 PM PST

We sure did get the message
DDR!.... but Jason hasn't seen
the ending yet!

Posted by François @ 09/20/2003 03:00 PM PST

Ah, ah!

We should have known it was
YOU, Emily, thoroughly
modern!

Posted by François @ 09/20/2003 03:01 PM PST

Just remembered "Family Affair" with Brian Keith and Sebastion Cabot. Do I have the title correct?

Posted by Tom from Oz @ 09/20/2003 03:03 PM PST

Tom, I'm crushed you skipped
me!

Posted by Skippy @ 09/20/2003 03:04 PM PST

I LOVE Sebastian Cabot!

Posted by Baggera @ 09/20/2003 03:08 PM PST

Thanks for the passionate review Jay. I suspect that Georgio is the most difficult role. I thought Jere Shea were terrific.
TCB: Is your computer fixed or are you working on Saturday? Can sport live without you today?

Posted by Tom from Oz @ 09/20/2003 03:14 PM PST

Well, I was a kid in the 1950s, so my favorite shows were all kids' shows: THE MICKEY MOUSE CLUB, SUPERMAN, WINKY DINK AND YOU.

The 50s shows I loved that became syndicated and that I could watch and understand years later were DECEMBER BRIDE, OUR MISS BROOKS, and I MARRIED JOAN. (I LOVE LUCY was in a class my itself, of course.)

1960s: THE DICK VAN DYKE SHOW was my absolute favorite. Watched it every week, and watched the reruns every morning during the summer. Liked the black and white ANDY GRIFFITH SHOWS, too.

1970s: THE MARY TYLER MOORE SHOW, my pick for the finest sitcom ever made. Has a show ever gotten better the more years it ran? This show did.

Posted by Matt H. @ 09/20/2003 03:14 PM PST

I never skipped the Skippy.

Posted by Annette Funicello @ 09/20/2003 03:14 PM PST

Les personnes qui parlent français sont folles! Mais je vous aime.

I looked at the sondheim.com boards to see what we were looking forward to. I'm afraid I'm going to miss this here format. That looks very...commercial. But I guess it's a good problem to have, having to make your site BIGGER because too many people visit.

Posted by Sarah @ 09/20/2003 03:15 PM PST

... or "Family Jewels" would be
correct too!

Posted by Sebastian @ 09/20/2003 03:17 PM PST

... Me, yes!
... but all of them, Sarah?

Crazy is the way to be, anyhow,
in this crazy world....

... and Français has a F, not a
f; we have our pride!

Crazy AND proud!

;- )

Posted by François @ 09/20/2003 03:22 PM PST

Well, François, the French textbooks that I've used have all said that when French is written, nationalities aren't capitalized...I'm looking at the page right now, #23. I'll write a letter in complaint :)

Posted by Sarah @ 09/20/2003 03:30 PM PST

Eat your dinner, Bruce.

Posted by Jane Hudson @ 09/20/2003 03:42 PM PST

Wow, how could I have forgotten PERRY MASON and FAMILY AFFAIR!! I love those two shows!!! And GHOST AND MRS. MUIR and NANNY AND THE PROFESSOR were two favorites when I was but a wee one.

Posted by MBarnum @ 09/20/2003 03:43 PM PST

Wherever are my wits today? I meant, of course,

EATCHA DIN-DIN, BRUCE!

Posted by Jane Hudson @ 09/20/2003 03:50 PM PST

No, Ron, you have totally not read my notes carefully. The ONLY change will be that the posts will not appear directly under the notes. You will click on an Unseemly Button and be taken to the post board - there you will find the topic of the day, just like here. You can still post whatever you want under that day's topic, just like here. Then, the next day, same thing - new topic, just like here, new posts about topic or whatever, just like here. In other words, I am designing this so that there IS NO CHANGE, just a change of location for the posts. This will NOT be like the FSM board or any other board, with thousands of topics to search through. There will be a topic every day, just like here, and the posts that go under that day's topic can be about it or anything else, just like here. If you want to see other posts from other days' topics you can go read them but you will not be able to post to old days' topics once the new days' topics begin. Am I clear? And did you get my e-mail, yes or no?

Posted by bk @ 09/20/2003 03:59 PM PST

For those wanting to do special characters like é, è, ®, £, ¢, ¥, there are many ways to do them, but if you don't want to remember the numbers, there are HTML names you can use to type them, beginning with an ampersand (&) and ending with a semicolon (;).

For a list of names, click on my name and then scroll down until you see entries in the HTML NAME column. You can even do the famous ¶ symbol!

Posted by William F. Orr @ 09/20/2003 03:59 PM PST

Yes, Sarah, but in your
sentence Français is not an
adjective; it stands for "la
langue française" "le
Français"!
See, Sarah!
Lis, Sarah!
Sarah Lee!
Oh!

;- )

Posted by François @ 09/20/2003 04:01 PM PST

Ron, for your penitence, you'll
sing any song from CATS
three times!
;- )

Miaow!

Posted by François @ 09/20/2003 04:08 PM PST

I have been shut down :) Touché, François!

Oh, bk, a very good friend of mine wanted me to tell you that she likes the HHW ads over at that other site. I suppose I should be saying this to Mr. Mark Bakalor. Whoever designed them, she likes them. Her exact words were "What's with the cheese and ham thing? That's weird. Funny, but weird." Consider that a compliment :)

Posted by Sarah @ 09/20/2003 04:10 PM PST

"Touché!" has to be Sandra's
favo(u)rite expression, but it's
not part of Bernard Pivot's
questionnaire!

Fencing that!
oops, fancy that!

Posted by François @ 09/20/2003 04:20 PM PST

Ah good, BK's last post has
put my mind somewhat at
ease. When you said "Our
board will look similar to the
sondheim.com boards," it
made me quite wary of the
pending changes. You see, I
was once an avid reader and
sometimes poster at that site
until the format change there
about 2 years ago. I tried it for
awhile, but just found it to be
an unwieldy pain in the
buttcheeks, and, sadly, finally
just stopped going there
altogether. But if the posting
shall continue to be as it is
now, I shall be one happy
Hainsie/Kimlet.

I think the best part is hearing
that Donald's shows will be
available in an archive. Such
wonderful news this is, and I
shall be doing quite a bit of
catching up when that
happens.

Posted by Jed @ 09/20/2003 04:37 PM PST

Perry Mason.
The Streets of San Francisco.
Ozzie & Harriet
The Twilight Zone
Make Room for Daddy
Rocky Jones, Space Ranger
Superman

Peck's Bad Girl with Wendell Corey and Patty McCormick
Fair Exchange
Margie with Cynthia Pepper and Dave Willock

and Miss Shirley Booth as HAZEL!!

Posted by Jrand53 @ 09/20/2003 04:42 PM PST

In No Particular Order

Pig N Whistle
Dom Messer Jubilee
Adventures in Raibow Country
The Beachcombers
ENG
King of Kesington
Friendly Giant
Chez Helene
Julie Amato Show
Mr. Dressup
W5
Quentin Durgens MP
White Oaks of Jalna
Hockey Night In Canada
Front Page Challenge
Dr. Zonk and the Zunkins
Family Court (Because my mother was in it)
House of Pride (My friend Julie Amato was in the Winnipeg segments)
Wojeck
The Forest Rangers
The Littlest Hobo
Irish Rovers
Juliette
Seeing Things
Man Alive
Snow Job (because I worked on it)

Posted by That Canadian Guy @ 09/20/2003 04:44 PM PST

60's
Bewitched
The Prisoner
Mission Impossible
Doctor Who

70s
All in the Family
Mary Tyler Moore
Carol Burnett
Bob Newhart
Family
Lou Grant

Posted by Michael @ 09/20/2003 04:46 PM PST

Interesting...so far, no one has mentioned any of the science fiction series from the days of yore. The Outer Limits, Twilight Zone, Star Trek... all have been loved enough by their fans to have been revived in one form or another.

For that matter, there was the entire catalogue of shows produced by Irwin Allen, from Voyage to See Someone's Bottom... uh, sorry... Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea through Lost In Space, Time Tunnel, Land of the Lost. These were a part of my youth, about which der Brucer now sniggers. (I've heard some of those radio shows he was addicted to, and have sniggered right back.) Yeah, they were cheesy, using the same props and sets from week to week, sometimes from show to show, but they were fun!

That no one is choosing to remember any of the shows produced by Quinn Martin, on the other hand, gives me reason to sigh in gratitude. (My sister loved those, and westerns as well. Blech.)

Posted by S. Woody White @ 09/20/2003 04:49 PM PST

Dear Readers--

I just came from a screening of MAMBO ITALIANO. There are plenty of laughs, some of them obvious, a good number of them not so obvious. (My favorite comic set piece is the protagonist's parents' reaction to a wedding invitation they receive.) Most of the characters have more than one dimension. (Given the way the film has been marketed, I was fearful that the flick would be filled with cardboard, stereotypical characters.) And, to the writers' credit, there is a major plot point that ends less predictably than you'd expect. (I hope I'm not giving away too much with that.) I give it a thumbs up.

Confidential question to our Dear Readers in Montreal: Do your police officers really look like that? If so, I'm moving and taking up a life of crime.

Posted by Jay @ 09/20/2003 04:54 PM PST

François' True Life Adventure!

I've just ventured into Mark
Bakalor Official site, to learn
that he now is an official actor
-- CONGRATS! --

and was intrigued by that file
title:

BK Prime Time Airing

... only to discover it was about
Burger King and NOT our BK!

My all time favorite TV show
has to be The Wonderful
World of Disney, and its
variations over the years...

I've always enjoyed MA
SORCIERE BIEN AIMEE
-- Bewitched, to you! --

Oh, here's my broom!
Got to fly away!
Hey! Look who's here!
Nun other than Sally Fields!

Posted by François @ 09/20/2003 05:06 PM PST

If only Sally had flown away from Steel Magnolias and taken the movie with her.(That was just to annoy DR Ron). Worse things could happen Sally could have been in "Beaches" and made that even more sickly.
Give me Sandra Dee anytime.

DR François your advice is needed re Prado and his friend.

Posted by Tom from Oz @ 09/20/2003 05:15 PM PST

Jay,

Do they use Rosie's version of
the song for the movie?

Don't know her as an actress,
but Ginette Reno is a
mesmerizing singer.

Gee, Paul Sorvino!
Great cast, great cast!

Posted by François @ 09/20/2003 05:17 PM PST

DR François: No.

Posted by Jay @ 09/20/2003 05:18 PM PST

Well, I admit I'm one of the few
who enjoyed BEACHES -- the
girl who played young Midler
was very good IMHO --
and found STELLA quite
moving...

Must have been in the right
mood then...

Matter of fact, Bette is to have a
cd dedicated to Rosie
released soon...
Small world, isn't it, Rose?

Posted by François @ 09/20/2003 05:28 PM PST

Tabernacle et sacristie, I can't
believe it, Jay!

Posted by François @ 09/20/2003 05:30 PM PST

Tom,

Sandra Dree is gone...
fencing!

Posted by François @ 09/20/2003 05:31 PM PST

Small world but even smaller when emails are answered. Help François! I thought Bette had already done "The Rose".
Speaking of "Small World". I really like the We Five (You Were On My Mind) version. They also do a good version of "Cast Your Fate To The Wind" which was sung so well by Mr Tormé. (just needed an excuse to practise my é).

Posted by Tom from Oz @ 09/20/2003 05:36 PM PST

A WELknown poster is missing today.

Posted by Tom from Oz @ 09/20/2003 05:44 PM PST

Sorry Tom, but my secretary
was not paying attention to my
messages; I would fire her if
she were not so cute. She
looks like Reese and is quite
"chocolaty", whatever I trying to
say...

Where in heaven is everyone
gone?

Posted by François @ 09/20/2003 05:48 PM PST

We should try something to...
lure him here?!

;- )

Posted by François @ 09/20/2003 05:49 PM PST

... for he should be on our ...
bill of fare!

Posted by François @ 09/20/2003 05:51 PM PST

Deja vu!

BK -- yes, I got your e-mail. Sorry not to have said so before. I'm at wit's end over this virus thingie. I've done the Norton "Stinger" decon (LOTS of contaminated files deleted, by the way), but I still have to restore my computer to factory settings -- i.e., wiping the hard drive and reloading everything. I was going to do this anyway and had already backed up a lot of files more than a month ago. Fortunately, now is the BEST time to do it since there's apparently no GETTING RID of the virus without cleaning house -- totally. As I have Windows ME, there's NO PATCH from MicroSoft.

Thanks for the clarification on things, BK....it's great to know we'll be virtually unchanged, except in good ways.

The "Deja Vu" reference refers to the last time I had a fracas with someone BK knows all too well (ooh! A "Hello, Dolly!" The Film reference) and his response ended, "Did you xxxxx, yes or no?"

I daren't have answered the e-mail via e-mail 'cause I didn't want to pass along anything, if that possibility had the slightest remotest chance of existing.

Tell Nick I'm following Glen Aitken's guidance regarding my computer -- we were on the phone nearly two hours, my computer situation came up and he talked me through it -- him calling from the UK and me in Oakland CA!!!

Posted by Ron Pulliam @ 09/20/2003 05:55 PM PST

And I still didn't answer the question: No, BK, he did not give me his last name. I went through what was left of my e-mail "Sent" file, but my reply to him was gone.

I have a number of folks with his first name in my personal address book...none of whom I truly know!!!! I couldn't even guess which one it was.

THUS, I am sending you, via a post-decontamination e-mail, all the folks who are in my address book with that first name.!

Posted by Ron Pulliam @ 09/20/2003 06:03 PM PST

"Wiping the hard drive" sounds
so dirty to a French mind!

Mine, at least!

Posted by François @ 09/20/2003 06:04 PM PST

I do hope you get some adequate protection DR Ron. These are dangerous times. I tried covering my computer with "cling wrap" but it does not work satisfactorily.

DR François. Mr Prado is at present dancing the Mambo (but not Italiano).

Posted by Tom from Oz @ 09/20/2003 06:08 PM PST

-Just checking in after dinner at Nick & Tony's...

Try their tiramisu! WOW!!! WOW!!! WOW!!! -Everyone in our party agreed that it was the best tiramisu they've ever had. Very flavorful, and, yet, still kind of light. -And the Chocolate Cassatta I had wasn't bad either....

I'll check back in after we get back from the blues club...

Posted by Jose C. Simbulan @ 09/20/2003 06:25 PM PST

My goodness, I'm thinkin's we might just reach 100 posts.

Posted by bk @ 09/20/2003 06:41 PM PST

Jose,

Your middle C -- sorry, I'm
getting too personal there! --
must stand for Chocolate!

Posted by François @ 09/20/2003 06:51 PM PST

... oh, and i'm disappointed by
the fact that you even did not
react to my "nasty" comments
the other day!

That'll teach me!

;- )

Posted by François @ 09/20/2003 06:52 PM PST

100 in the shade!

Posted by François @ 09/20/2003 06:53 PM PST

I want all those 101
dalmatians!

Posted by Cruella @ 09/20/2003 06:56 PM PST

Who cares about the sequel to
the sequel...
Dalmatians make me fashion
victim, ah!

Posted by Depardieu @ 09/20/2003 06:57 PM PST

The lull will not last an hour!

Where ARE you guys?

Come on, let's post till we drop!

Posted by Sarah @ 09/20/2003 07:56 PM PST

Sorry for having been E&T most of the day! I was out for a lot of it, hanging out with friends and going out to eat. Has anyone ever had Milwaukee Frozen Custard? I'm in love! (Although that tiramisu sounded quite yummy too, Jose!)

I'm glad to know the new HHW format won't be like Sondheim.com. I mean that's a fine site, but I find it confusing to navigate. I too am resistant to change but I will keep in mind that it will still be the same great people and all the Broadway Radio Shows will be archived, to my delectation!

Sarah--you have a happy message ;)

Posted by Maya @ 09/20/2003 08:05 PM PST

Anyone else going to the Broadway Flea Market tomorrow?? I shall be attending and then going to see the evening performance of Little Shop of Horrors. It shall be a fun day indeed, but I will be E&T until I get home..

Posted by Craig @ 09/20/2003 08:40 PM PST

Hope you can find some well trained fleas Craig. Isn't it some kind of slavery though to take them home with you? My dogs would be interested in attending. I think they may have some friends who need homes.
Do Broadway fleas only appear if there is a spotlight or is it when they hear applause?

Posted by Tom from Oz @ 09/20/2003 08:47 PM PST

Be thankful there is no groaning at HHW, Tom :)

Where is WEL? We need his peppy cheering and his bright pom-poms to get us going.

Oh, I have found the Swishy Sarah sign: § It's perfect. I'm going to use it aaall of the time now. See: §! §! §! §! §!

Posted by Sarah @ 09/20/2003 09:03 PM PST

Dont you mean to sign your name like I did above then?

Posted by Craig (for §wishy §arah) @ 09/20/2003 09:44 PM PST

WEL's "bright pom-poms",
Sarah?

You sure know some personal
secrets about him!

I know, I know... no groaning
here, except for... Harry!

Posted by François @ 09/20/2003 10:33 PM PST

Oops,

I should have typed §arah!

"My" § looks slightly different
from "yours"!

How come?

Posted by François @ 09/20/2003 10:36 PM PST

Most of my favorite TV shows were in the 60's and 70's.

Medical Center (just for Chad Everett)
East Side, West Side
The Nurses
That Girl
The Naked City

In the 70's:
Maude
The Jeffersons
Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman (my alltime favorite)
Soap (which is on DVD)
Laverne and Shirley

Right now my favorite is
Reno 911
The Guardian

Posted by Dennis Clancy @ 09/20/2003 11:16 PM PST

Just back from the Reprise! production of BABES IN ARMS. Lovely songs, brightly sung and danced by a young and handsome cast that included Jodi Benson and Joey McIntyre. Oh yes, Miss Ruta Lee was in the cast, too, though she didn't have much to do but wear fancy outfits and big hats. They used a "new" book from 1959, and the less said about it the better.

Posted by Jay @ 09/20/2003 11:24 PM PST

Patti LuPone + EBay + Shubert Alley Flea market + Broadway effluvia and collectibles. Click on my name for more information.

Posted by Jay @ 09/20/2003 11:55 PM PST

Good Sunday morning, all!

Last night my Joe and I, as is our wont, watch the SciFi channel's latest from their Monster-Movie-of-the Week mill. Wasps in Mexico this week. Last week was Dean Cain vs. the giant prehistoric white python in a maximum-security prison in the Antarctic.

For those of you who missed this week's wasps, to allay your suspense, I will tell you that the mayor refused to cancel the festival! What is it with these small-town mayors? They always refuse to cancel the festival, despite being warned that all the tourists will be eaten by the giant mutant spider/komodo dragon/pirhanas/cockroaches/octopus. Haven't any of them seen Jaws?

But the really important news from the SciFi channel is that tonight they will be showing (at 9 EDT) Dragonheart, penned by our very own excellent Dear Reader Charles Pogue. And at 7 EDT they will be showing the sequel Dragonheart: A New Beginning a direct-to-video penned by our very own excellent Dear Reader Charles Pogue not.

To see what our very own excellent Dear Reader Charles Pogue has to say about his script and the movie it was finally turned into, go to the hhw home page, click on the HANDY DANDY LINK TO OTHER SECTIONS, thence to UNSEEMLY INTERVIEWS, and hit the UNSEEMLY INTERVIEW ARCHIVES button, and scroll down to Charles Pogue. Does he hold nothing back? Does he name names? Or does his lovely wife Julieanne convince him to forbear?

Posted by William F. Orr @ 09/21/2003 03:59 AM PST

How can I compete with such a post Mr Orr except to say Happy Monday instead.Thank you for the news about the WASPS. It will soon be summer here and I shall watch out and not take notice of the Mayor. I shall stay away from this coming year's Bunyip festival just in case!

Posted by Tom from Oz @ 09/21/2003 04:43 AM PST

E&T that would be me this weekend. Reading all the posts as much as possible, won't be a the chat... E&T, yeah, that would be me.

Posted by Matthew @ 09/21/2003 06:50 AM PST

I think all my faves have been named, but i MUST add
Honey West
Burke's Law
The Avengers

Posted by Kerry @ 09/21/2003 07:52 AM PST

I loved "Burke's Law" in that it was like the "Love Boat" of the the 60's-- an excuse for a great number of guest stars. Gary Conway wasn't bad either.

And A guilty pleasure was "Batman"

Posted by Kerry @ 09/21/2003 07:55 AM PST

Sunday already.

CABARET on TCM.

Posted by Jrand53 @ 09/21/2003 08:44 AM PST