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Title: WHAT ELSE CAN I TELL YOU?
Post by: bk on January 02, 2004, 12:01:38 AM: Well, you've read the notes, you've digested the notes, you've understood the notes, you've mulled the notes, and now it is time to post until the cows come home.

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Post by: bk on January 02, 2004, 12:04:05 AM: So many late-nighters - we LOVE that.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on January 02, 2004, 12:09:08 AM: The first shall be last, and the last shall be first...

Well, sort of...

OH, Jason - You said you don't do self-portraits.... Well, I have a pic of you I could post!

;D
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Post by: George on January 02, 2004, 12:09:42 AM: Bruce, I'm loving Adryan Russ' CD. Good song choices, good singers, good arrangements. I'll be listening to it at work tomorrow, too! ;D

Adding to a topic from Thursday (very late), the only thing I really didn't like about "AI: Artificial Intelligence" was the idea for the company in the first place. They're making children who never age and who can never NOT love their "parents" who WILL age. If the parents know that they will have to give up their unaging children because THEY (the parents) will be too old to take care of them, wouldn't they wonder what is going to happen to these "children" and would they knowingly put their child through that situation? Would they really get one in the first place? That's what kept going through my mind during the first part of the movie and what I most thought about after it was over. :-\
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Post by: Ann on January 02, 2004, 12:10:54 AM: Good evening all.
I just saw Cold Mountain with Tiana's mother and brother. She preferred to stay home and spend two and a half hours on the phone with her boyfriend. Ah young love...
Cold Mountain...better than I expected, I must say. Rene Zellweger (I know I butchered the spelling) did a marvelous job, IMHO. Nicole was good, as usual, and Jude Law, who I haven't really seen in anything, was if nothing else, eye candy throughout the film. Scenery was gorgeous, filmed in the Blue Mountains, I felt a serious urge to sing John Denver on the way home.
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Post by: Jed on January 02, 2004, 12:11:31 AM: Haha! I learned from Jose and copied my post in case I got locked out of the old notes... which I did...

Andrea - CYGOPP?!?!? I thought he was gone! Damn it... more competition! :D

Maya, forgive my flirting with Andrea, you know you're the only HHW gal for me.
Laura II, forgive my flirting with Maya, you know you're the only HHW gal for me.
Emily, forgive my flirting with Laura II, you know you're the only HHW gal for me.
LC, forgive my flirting with Emily, you know you're the only HHW gal for me.
Andrea, forgive my flirting with LC... :D
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Post by: Jason on January 02, 2004, 12:13:18 AM: Top Ten Theatre Performances (in no particular order):

1. Hugh Jackman in THE BOY FROM OZ
2. Kristi Chenoweth in WICKED
3. Idina Menzel in WICKED
4. Donna Murphy in WONDERFUL TOWN
5. Jefferson Mays in I AM MY OWN WIFE
6. John Dossett in GYPSY
7. Tammy Blanchard in GYPSY
8. Michele Pawk in A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC
9. Max von Essen in DANCE OF THE VAMPIRES
10. Euan Morton in TABOO (he was the best part of the whole show)
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Post by: JoseSPiano on January 02, 2004, 12:15:11 AM: Hey, didn't I say Goodnight? Well, I also said I'd stop eating the pistachios too, but...

I got a nice e-mail from the stage manager from my new show this morning. It kind of confused me when I came across it in my e-mailbox. The subject was: The Good News. Sounded a little chain-lettery to me... Well, the good news was/is that I have no rehearsal this weekend! They'll only be working on script stuff while the playwright is still in town. So, I can actually sleep in tomorrow, surf, shop, go to a movie, etc... And I can finish my run in the land of Camelot this weekend "uninterrupted". YEAH!

And on that note - middle C, I think it was - Goodnight... Again!
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Post by: Ann on January 02, 2004, 12:15:55 AM: Quote from: Jed on January 02, 2004, 12:11:31 AM
Haha! I learned from Jose and copied my post in case I got locked out of the old notes... which I did...

Andrea - CYGOPP?!?!? I thought he was gone! Damn it... more competition! :D

Maya, forgive my flirting with Andrea, you know you're the only HHW gal for me.
Laura II, forgive my flirting with Maya, you know you're the only HHW gal for me.
Emily, forgive my flirting with Laura II, you know you're the only HHW gal for me.
LC, forgive my flirting with Emily, you know you're the only HHW gal for me.
Andrea, forgive my flirting with LC... :D

Hey! What am I, chopped liver?? :D
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Post by: bk on January 02, 2004, 12:18:09 AM: HAPPY NEW YEAR ELEVEN GUESTS!

You are most certainly not chopped liver and anyone who says you are will have ME to contend with.
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Post by: Jed on January 02, 2004, 12:18:42 AM: Quote from: Ann on January 02, 2004, 12:15:55 AM
Hey! What am I, chopped liver?? :D

You just know me too well for me to have any chance. :D
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Post by: Jason on January 02, 2004, 12:22:24 AM: Top Ten Film Performances of the Year (this might be a little harder for me...)

1. Julianne Moore in FAR FROM HEAVEN
2. Billy Crudup in BIG FISH
3. Cate Blanchet (sp?) in VERONICA GUERIN
4. Catherine O'Hara in A MIGHTY WIND
5. Eugene Levy in A MIGHTY WIND
6. Patrick Wilson in ANGELS IN AMERICA
7. Paul Bettany in MASTER AND COMMANDER
8. Bill Murray in LOST IN TRANSLATION
9. Scarlett Johansen in LOST IN TRANSLATION
10. Catherine Zeta-Jones in CHICAGO (that seems so long ago! Was that really 2003??)
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Post by: Ann on January 02, 2004, 12:22:47 AM: Quote from: Jed on January 02, 2004, 12:18:42 AM
You just know me too well for me to have any chance. :D
Can't argue with that :)
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Post by: George on January 02, 2004, 12:23:18 AM: Goodnight Everyone!
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Post by: Ann on January 02, 2004, 12:24:41 AM: btw, is anyone noticing strange orange underline marks that turn into links on certain words, like "work"
or is it just this warped computer I'm using?
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Post by: Jed on January 02, 2004, 12:27:29 AM: I think that must be a warped computer thing, Ann. Or else you've had too much to drink.
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Post by: Ann on January 02, 2004, 12:34:28 AM: I thought so...damn this machine.
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Post by: Ann on January 02, 2004, 12:36:19 AM: But glad I'm the only DR who has to suffer through it...I can't wait 'till I'm back using my trusty mac :D
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Post by: Ann on January 02, 2004, 12:43:11 AM: Everyone seems to be going to bed...so I guess I'll do the same. Goodnight all
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Post by: Tomovoz on January 02, 2004, 12:47:03 AM: I arrive and everyone goes to bed. What sort of party is this? good night all.
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Post by: Jed on January 02, 2004, 12:53:01 AM: I've hardly seen any 2003 movies, so I can't really do much of a list there.

Theatre-wise, I will make my list branch out to include some excellent regional and local theatre performances I saw this year, in addition to the 3 shows I saw in NYC.

Spencer Kayden, James Barbour (in for Jeff McCarthy), and John Cullum in URINETOWN
Harvey Fierstein and Kerry Butler in HAIRSPRAY
John Dossett and, yes, Bernadette Peters in GYPSY
Victoria Clark and Kelli O'Hara in THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA (Intiman Theatre, Seattle)
David Brameld as Norman in ON GOLDEN POND (Leavenworth Summer Theater)
Shanna Palmer as Annie in ANNIE GET YOUR GUN (Leavenworth Summer Theater)
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Post by: Jrand73 on January 02, 2004, 02:47:38 AM: Well, I will have to do some thinking on my "performance" picks. I will just second all of DRJASON's choices for NY stage since I didn't see anything "on the street" last year.

Wonderful pictures, DRJ! Don't stop!
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Post by: Michael on January 02, 2004, 04:11:13 AM: Best Performances Theater or Film

Harvey Fierstein, Melissa Jane Winokur, Kerry Butler in Hairspray

Al Pacino, Meryl Streep, Ben Shenkman, Justin Kirk, Patrick Wilson, Jeffrey Wright, Mary Louise Parker in Angels in America

Least Enjoyable Cast: The Allergist's Wife (Coconut Grove Playhouse) It made me wonder what was the big whoop about the play.
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Post by: Jrand73 on January 02, 2004, 04:35:48 AM: Hmmmmmm...coming up Tuesday is the DR JEKYLL & MR HYDE DVD - I think it has both the Fredric March and Spencer Tracy versions on it.

I think MR BK said he had this disk already, but I don't remember a comment on it - or on another disk coming out next week KISS THEM FOR ME.

I would like to know your opinion of the movies - not the disks themselves! ;D I have preordered WHERE THE BOYS ARE - so that should be in mailbox on Monday or Tuesday.

I didn't realize until the year end "wrap ups" that we lost Suzy Parker last year. In fact I don't remember her being included in the TCM montage. What a beautiful woman. I liked her in THE BEST OF EVERYTHING especially! Her sister Dorian Leigh was the Revlon Fire and Ice model who wrote a terrific autobiography entitled with tongue in cheek "The Girl Who Had Everything."

This is Suzy:
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Post by: Jrand73 on January 02, 2004, 04:37:03 AM: This is Dorian...back when models were women and not skinny skinny gurls! ;)
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Post by: Michael on January 02, 2004, 04:43:39 AM: Mark Bakalor has a brand new website up and running! It deals with the Oscar race this year. It is faboo!!!! Just took a quick run at it while gettingready to leave for work.

(http://www.oscarcentral.com/)
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Post by: Dan-in-Toronto on January 02, 2004, 05:28:15 AM: We had a couple of first-rate touring productions come our way, notably Chicago (Gregory Harrison) and Aida (which was way more entertaining than I had expected). And in New York I saw Boy From Oz and Take Me Out, both highlights. Regarding the latter, I've been surprised by all the attention (including last Sunday's NY Times) given Tony-winner Denis O'Hare (the one who did not take his clothes off). I thought the cast, including O'Hare, was uniformly strong, and don't really get why he was the one who was singled out. As for Boy From Oz, I couldn't separate Hugh Jackman's phenomenal performance from the show. I also thought Beth Fowler gave a moving performance, and would like to see her remembered at Tony-nominations time.
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Post by: Jrand73 on January 02, 2004, 05:57:53 AM: D-I-T I forgot that I also saw a terrific performance of AIDA last year. Thanks for reminding me. And I too was suprised at how much I liked the show! Not at all what I expected - a Lion King-Beauty and the Beast-Disney type show. It's kind of a different animal.

AND I keep forgetting - I am anxious to see the KRITZER TIME cover art. I like BK and KL covers - but I am partial to the BK cover because I love the double feature on the marquee: AUTUMN LEAVES and THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH....
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Post by: Jed on January 02, 2004, 06:07:50 AM: Well, fellow dear readers, I can hardly believe it, yet I must believe it, for it is true. Here it is, 6am Pacific Standard Time, and I am awake. This would be most unseemly had I just now awakened, but the fact is I have not gone to bed at all. Why am I still awake? Because I've allowed my sleep schedule to get completely funky, that's why. So, I'll attempt to just keep myself awake through today and get back to a more normal sleep schedule tomorrow night.

The one real downside to being awake at such an hour... nothing but freakin' infomercials on TV! I had been watching a couple Twilight Zone episodes, but now those are over and cable is a paid programming wasteland. Ah well, off to the morning news.
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Post by: Jed on January 02, 2004, 06:12:25 AM: Oh my... Heard on the 11:00 news last night that there was a missing skier in the Cascades, but just now on the morning news did they have a name. Turns out it's a guy I went to high school with (he was a year ahead of me). Don't know him all that well, just had a class or two with him. Hope there's a happier update later in the day.
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Post by: William E. Lurie on January 02, 2004, 06:16:48 AM: Best Performances - Film: The entire cast of TRIPLETS OF BELLVILLE

Best Performances - Stage: The entire cast of NEVER GONNA DANCE
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Post by: Jrand73 on January 02, 2004, 06:47:19 AM: [move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]/~//~//~~~~~\\\~~~~/////~~~~~~[/move]

Good vibes for the skier's safety!

DR WEL - How was "Pick Yourself Up" done in Never Gonna Dance? Was it a "dance lesson" like in the movie? That is one of my favorite routines EVER.

And which number do you think best captured the Astaire-Rogers feeling? Or do you think it was more of a Gershwin feel the creators were going for?

I know that you wrote about it when you saw it, but I would enjoy hearing your impressions of the show again! ;D
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Post by: Jennifer on January 02, 2004, 07:15:28 AM: Sorry about the picture thing from last night. I posted it and it appeared to me.

I realize what I did. There are two ways to post pics (from your computer or disk you use the attach column below). I was using the right click properties way that we were shown for pics off the net. Sorry about all the Xs. And no I won't preview (cause that doesn't work - see I do remember something).
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Post by: Jennifer on January 02, 2004, 07:27:11 AM: Definitely, good vibes to the skiier.

Me, I am still feeling very sad. Men: be nicer!
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Post by: Jennifer on January 02, 2004, 07:28:54 AM: Oh and I'm glad the Canadian Hussies made it back safely (I guess we will hear from DR Maya soon). I can't wait to hear your border stories girls!
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Post by: Kerry on January 02, 2004, 07:35:58 AM: I have gained 4 pounds over the holidays, and I still have a pound and a hlf of See's. a half pound of Godiva and 2 bags of Ruffles calling me from the kitchen!!!!!!! :P ;D >:( ???

I need Jose's metabolism and discipline and BK's abs and buns of steel.

Time to get to work...... on everything.

And time to go to work.

Post well, my pretties.
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Post by: Jrand73 on January 02, 2004, 07:42:42 AM: Nice picture, DRJennifer....and I will miss DR Emily's imaginative photo - but DR EMILY nice photo as well!

Ahhhhhhhh---- like Mr BK, I am alway a bit jarred by the character of Muldoon in AUNTIE MAME....and it certainly gives Gooch a song and a presence in the musical she wouldn't have otherwise. My guess would be that is why - but I am not sure, of course. The only problem being of course, that Patrick grows up with TWO women in his life rather than just one, though Gooch in the musical doesn't seem to share the relationship with Young Patrick that Muldoon does in the movie.

And this is just too much thinking about something that really doesn't require it. It is just the way it IS!

Mr BK have you ever met or worked with Joanna Barnes? She seems like a fun person. She was interviewed on THE PARENT TRAP DVD last year and was still pretty and as sharp as ever. I think she was the BEST Gloria Upson EVER!!!! Her ping pong story is priceless!
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Post by: Diane on January 02, 2004, 08:12:31 AM: Happy Day After New Years Day Everyone!

Cant really think of the best performances I've seen right now...My brain is still recovering from all that wine on Wednesday/Thursday :P

Just wanted to say Thank You to all the lovely DR's and BK who make my days here temping go so much faster!

A very Happy, Healthy and Peaceful New Year to you all.
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Post by: Panni on January 02, 2004, 08:13:09 AM: Good morning, all. slept in and now have to run to do things so I won't be late. Performances of 2003: ALL the performances in MYSTIC RIVER were superb. Esp. Tim Robbins.
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Post by: Jrand73 on January 02, 2004, 08:15:58 AM: DRJENNIFER we will try.
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Post by: Matt H. on January 02, 2004, 08:22:46 AM: I find MAME a strange kind of slimmed-down version of AUNTIE MAME with not only Nora and Agnes combined (and very effectively, I might add; really no need for the two separate characters) but other hangers-on and users not included in the musical version either. And the score is so great that I will commit the sacrilege and say that I prefer MAME to AUNTIE MAME, but they're both wonderful theatrical properties, and I'm glad we have both.

CLOSE ENCOUNTER OF THE THIRD KIND (which was discussed last night) is a dirty word around my house. My indifference to the original 1977 version cost me a radio film reviewer's job because the station manager was a disciple of the film, literally worshipped it as something truly deep and spiritual, and when I didn't share quite so abiding a love for it, he nixed me for the job. In my defense, I will say that when I saw Spielberg's Special Edition of it in 1980, I felt the movie's middle section seemed much more precise and interesting with his additions and deletions to the original (thought going into the ship was ridiculous) and became a fan of the movie. Still, I have a love/hate relationship with CLOSE ENCOUNTERS.
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Post by: bk on January 02, 2004, 08:25:13 AM: Off to the Oaks of Sherman to work, work, work ( that is three works). I shall post from there.
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Post by: Jrand73 on January 02, 2004, 08:52:31 AM: DRMATTH - I have to agree with you about CE3K. I saw it on it's original release and thought I was going to see a movie about one man's struggle to make the world believe what he knew (and we knew) he had experienced. Instead it turned into this great BIG thing with a cartoon fantasy world wide messiah theme that I didn't like at all. I still don't like it, and avoid it.

Not my kind of movie - but that's okay!
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Post by: MBarnum on January 02, 2004, 09:02:36 AM: For you amusement here is a photo of me opening one of the gag gifts from my 40th birthday party.

My mom was in charge of taking photos, but alas she forgot to put film in her camera and didn't notice until the party was over! Fortunately my Aunt had taken a few shots and she sent them to me! LOL!
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Post by: JoseSPiano on January 02, 2004, 09:04:49 AM: Good morning!

-Yes, I just checked my clock, it's still officially in the A.M.

I kind of slept in today, but if one doesn't get to bed until 4:00am...

As for today's topic... I know for sure that I did not see ten films this year... And most of the theatrical performances I saw this year we're from my perspective in the pit... So...

Here's my Top Not-Quite-Ten List:

Take Me Out - The whole ensemble. I very much "got" Denis O'Hare's performance. It uplifted me. And James Yaegashi was so understandable - even though I didn't understand his Japanese - great monologue, very moving.

Finding Nemo - Loved it, Loved it, Loved it! And since I had just returned from my trip to Australia...

Man of La Mancha - Stokes and Marin Mazzie. Unfortunately, Sancho's u/s was on that night, and he seemed to be having vocal issues - both in production and pitch.

L'Auberge Espagnole - Kind of like an international version of MTV's "The Real World" - but actually Real! A great ensemble. And hearing all those languages going back and forth was a great challenge/game.

Chicago - Well, I didn't see this one until 2003, so...

Camelot - At Arena Stage. Steven Skybell, Kate Suber and Matt Bogart - Arthur, Guenevere and Lancelot. Yes, I'm a bit biased, but what a wonderful trio that was assembled for this production. I've always admired Steven's acting, but watching him "in process" was such a joy - so generous, so empathetic.

Hmm... and that's all I can get my brain to remember at this time...
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Post by: JoseSPiano on January 02, 2004, 09:07:31 AM: DR MBarnum - Great Pic! Love the walker! Where do you store it? Do you put cut open tennis balls on the legs? Is it easy to use? ;) *Oh, upon closer inspection, is it one of those bathtub seats?

Btw, you're very handsome. :D
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Post by: Matt H. on January 02, 2004, 09:09:57 AM: Best film performances (and made-forTV films) of 2003: (in no particular order except as they come to me)

1. Renee Zellweger - CHICAGO
2. Catherine Zeta-Jones - CHICAGO
3. Queen Latifah - CHICAGO
4. Johnny Depp - PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN
5. Ian McKellan - LORD OF THE RINGS/RETURN OF THE KING
6. Sean Astin - LORD OF THE RINGS/RETURN OF THE KING
7. Meryl Streep - ANGELS IN AMERICA
8. Al Pacino - ANGELS IN AMERICA
9. Patrick Wilson - ANGELS IN AMERICA
10. Jeffrey Wright - ANGELS IN AMERICA
11. Julianne Moore - THE HOURS
12. Nicholas Cage - ADAPTATION
13. Kenneth Branagh - HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS
14. Russell Crowe - MASTER AND COMMANDER
15. Hugh Jackman - X2 (just because he's the most gorgeous man working in movies at the moment)
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Post by: MBarnum on January 02, 2004, 09:11:20 AM: Well, I saw no theater in 2003, and very few movies at the theater. I think I saw Chicago in 2003 and I would say that I very much enjoyed Queen Latifah...ditto for her role in Bringing Down the House, which I thought was a cute movie.

Derek Luke's performance in Antwone Fisher was a standout, but maybe that would be considered 2002.

OH, wait I did see View from the Top...but I don't think I will even comment on that film! LOL! Blech!
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Post by: Andrea on January 02, 2004, 09:12:16 AM: Quote from: Jed on January 02, 2004, 12:11:31 AM
Haha! I learned from Jose and copied my post in case I got locked out of the old notes... which I did...

Andrea - CYGOPP?!?!? I thought he was gone! Damn it... more competition! :D

Jed {bat eyelashes, bat eyelashes} what flirting?

and um... yeah, he was gone, and he just made a dramatic return with half a dozen roses and jewlery.... opps? :o
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Post by: MBarnum on January 02, 2004, 09:13:01 AM: Quote from: JoseSPiano on January 02, 2004, 09:07:31 AM
DR MBarnum - Great Pic! Love the walker! Where do you store it? Do you put cut open tennis balls on the legs? Is it easy to use? ;) *Oh, upon closer inspection, is it one of those bathtub seats?

Ha, ha! Right now it is still in the trunk of my car! Fortunately I haven't had to use it yet in my old age!

Here I am trying to figure out how to use it. My friends and family just thought this gift was hoot! Well, I will get them back some day! LOL!
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Post by: Matt H. on January 02, 2004, 09:14:07 AM: DR MBarnum, that's a great shot. The party looks like it would have been a total hoot.
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Post by: PennyO on January 02, 2004, 09:17:38 AM: Well, howdy, y'all. Okay, so it took me awhile to figure out how to post a message -- for all my linear-sequential brilliance (just ask bk...) I'm a total idiot with all this here new-fangled techno stuff. Thanks, Jane and Bruce, for your patience with my glacial slowness. And, for the record, my novel (that bk so generously touted the other day) would likely still be languishing unread by the unwashed, if not for El Kimmel's shepherding me through the publishing maze. And for the record, the Christmas Eve party was everything we could have hoped for, and more - especially in the carb department. Just by-the-by, are any of yuz in the Trenton-Philly-New Yawk area? I have a show coming up in your neck of the woods...
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Post by: Dan-in-Toronto on January 02, 2004, 09:19:21 AM: I like Mame and Auntie Mame equally (lots); each has its own strengths. The musical has Jerry Herman's glorious score and the underheralded Onna White's choreography. The movie has Rosalind Russell's unbeatable timing and delivery (a huuuuunt?/mo'nin') plus those Comden and Green touches, including "Byron Prong" (who gets billing on the Midsummer Madness poster and eventually turns up as Jack Cassidy in Fade Out, Fade In). I agree that the the fused Nora/Agnes role works superbly, and actually preferred Jane Connell (who I think replaced Alice Ghostley) to Peggy Cass.
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Post by: PennyO on January 02, 2004, 09:21:48 AM: Oh! and a question from a newbie: What's "DR"??? thanks.
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Post by: Jrand73 on January 02, 2004, 09:24:36 AM: LOL...D-I-T...."Midsummer Madness" what a funny and perfect title for Vera's play...LOL. I love the audience reactions to it!

Russell does have perfect timing and inflection...."Are we all lit?" "Oh Mr Babcock, you've gone out...."

"Am I revealed in your book?" "Revealed?! My dear, you are exposed!"

LOL what a thrill it must have been for the playwrights to have their lines so perfectly rendered!
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Post by: Jrand73 on January 02, 2004, 09:25:04 AM: DRPennyO - the DR is Dear Reader! Welcome!
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Post by: MBarnum on January 02, 2004, 09:25:33 AM: Welcom PennyO, I am glad you joined in the fun here!

DR stands for "Dear Reader", so you will often be referred to as DR PennyO!

:D
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Post by: Jay on January 02, 2004, 09:25:34 AM: Penny!!! Welcome!!! Now that you've filed your maiden post, it just gets easier. So let's see lots of posts from the creator of "Jewish Thighs on Broadway."
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Post by: Dan-in-Toronto on January 02, 2004, 09:27:36 AM: Bea Lillie in her autobiography suggests that she was even better than Rosalind Russell in Auntie Mame, but I just can't picture her in the role.

DR MBarnum - maybe you can get a part in The Producers?

And DR PennyO - welcome to HHW. In your honor I got out my CD of A Doll's Life. (Are you one of the women singing Rats and Mice and Fish?)
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Post by: TCB on January 02, 2004, 09:28:30 AM: Quote from: Jed on January 02, 2004, 12:53:01 AM
I've hardly seen any 2003 movies, so I can't really do much of a list there.

Theatre-wise, I will make my list branch out to include some excellent regional and local theatre performances I saw this year, in addition to the 3 shows I saw in NYC.

Spencer Kayden, James Barbour (in for Jeff McCarthy), and John Cullum in URINETOWN
Harvey Fierstein and Kerry Butler in HAIRSPRAY
John Dossett and, yes, Bernadette Peters in GYPSY
Victoria Clark and Kelli O'Hara in THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA (Intiman Theatre, Seattle)
David Brameld as Norman in ON GOLDEN POND (Leavenworth Summer Theater)
Shanna Palmer as Annie in ANNIE GET YOUR GUN (Leavenworth Summer Theater)

Didn't you forget that talented young man that was in Scrooge in Leavenworth? I think he was a ghost or something?
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Post by: Jrand73 on January 02, 2004, 09:30:45 AM: Bea Lillie as Mame Dennis? Shoe-show, shoe-show. Or maybe I am thinking...."SOY SAUCE!!!!!!"
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Post by: Jay on January 02, 2004, 09:45:44 AM: Regarding the topic of the day, there are two actors whose work from 2003 was nothing short of astounding. I believe these two stand far ahead of the crowd:

Tim Robbins in Mystic River and Patricia Clarkson in both The Station Agent and Pieces of April.

Other performances of merit:

The entire Mystic River ensemble
Scarlett Johansson--Lost in Translation and Girl With a Pearl Earring
Ben Kingsley--The House of Sand and Fog
Johnny Depp--Pirates of the Caribbean
The two little girls in In America
Bill Murray--Lost in Translation
Omar Sharif--Monsieur Ibrahim
Olympia Dukakis--The Event
William H. Macy--Seabiscuit
Ellen DeGeneres--Finding Nemo
Ken Watanabe--The Last Samurai
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Post by: bk on January 02, 2004, 09:59:37 AM: Welcome to PennyO! Soon we'll have a reunion of the entire student body of Hamilton High.
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Post by: William E. Lurie on January 02, 2004, 10:02:44 AM: J-Rand---
"Pick Yourself Up" was sort of a dance lesson in the show. It was used to show 2 perspective pupils how Penny could pick anyone and teach them how to dance. This was pretty much the same situation in the film. They never attempted a Gershwin feel since it was Jerome Kern (and about a dozen lyricists). The closest they came to the Fred and Ginger numbers were in the couple of ballroom dances, but there were dances in more styles... tap, jazz, Latin, etc. I'm seeing it again in two weeks.

I was not there for the following story, but allegedly the other night at GYPSY after Bernadette entered from the back of the theatre shouting "Sing Out Louise" some woman sitting near her turned and said "Shut up. This is a Broadway show".
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Post by: Dan-in-Toronto on January 02, 2004, 10:07:06 AM: Yes, Bea Lillie (I liked her more before reading the autobiography) as Mame Dennis.

Good Rosalind Russell zingers, JRand53: Some more: "Nuts!" "Beau????" And the jumbled names during her 5-minute stint as a switchboard operator.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 02, 2004, 10:27:10 AM: Hello, Everybody, my name is Ron....what's YOURS?

Happy day after new year's day!

I've been out and about. I've shopped. And now I'm dropped.

DRCharlesPogue: I'm with BK on "A.I." It's quite the opposite, for me, of everything you've ascribed to it. And for me, "Schindler's List" is Spielberg's finest achievement, followed closely by "E.T."

The only thing wrong with CE3K, to my mind, is Richard Dreyfuss. Way too pushy and obnoxious for an Indiana utility company worker! (That's for you, JRand, as well as the E&VT Lulu!).

DR MattH has a new picture up! I think he's having too much fun in it! Way too much fun! Must have been a very cute photographer!

I have an announcement: I slept with Ralph Lauren last night! That's right! You read it here! Ralph Lauren sheets and a Ralph Lauren thermal blanket and a Ralph Lauren quilt. Quite an excellent night, too!
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Post by: bk on January 02, 2004, 10:35:02 AM: Here is an annoying thing: I have my AOL spam filter on, of course. Spam still manages to get through, though. All other spam via the filter gets put in a folder. For fun, I looked in the folder yesterday and found eight e-mails which were not spam, but were for me from various people. Heaven knows what I've missed because of this. I'll now have to check the spam folder weekly.
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Post by: Diane on January 02, 2004, 10:36:07 AM: Ron: Congrats on your new relationship with Ralph. I'm sure you will have many long and happy years together ;)

Welcome to the board DRPennyO!

I need movie suggestions for this weekend! Help!
Help! ???
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Post by: bk on January 02, 2004, 10:41:20 AM: It occurs to me that if we were to have an extraordinary posting day we could just cross over 16,000 posts today, but if not today then definitely tomorrow.
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Post by: Jay on January 02, 2004, 10:41:21 AM: Quote from: Diane on January 02, 2004, 10:36:07 AM
I need movie suggestions for this weekend! Help!

Have you not been paying attention, Dear Reader Diane, to our lists from yesterday and today?
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Post by: Jane on January 02, 2004, 10:48:11 AM: Quote from: Diane on January 02, 2004, 10:36:07 AM

I need movie suggestions for this weekend! Help!
Help! ???

What are your choices? We often get movies late here. Of course we haven't been to a movie in awhile with Keith sick-maybe this weekend.
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Post by: Diane on January 02, 2004, 10:48:19 AM: DRJay: lol..I really need to go back to bed ::)

I was thinking stuff that would be on DVD..Maybe an obscure older film?
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Post by: Jennifer on January 02, 2004, 10:49:34 AM: Quote from: JRand53 on January 02, 2004, 08:15:58 AM
DRJENNIFER we will try.

:)

I'm sure you're nice.

Sorry if that came out wrong. I really meant that one particular guy should be nicer TO ME :)

Oh and could people not take karma away from people who are very sad. Life is hard enough :)
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Post by: Jennifer on January 02, 2004, 10:51:51 AM: Oh drats, no more Christmas Emily pic!? :(

I am so out of it today that I actually didn't connect the fact that DR Emily's new picture meant the other one that I love is gone.

I'm waiting for the Gold Diggers hit NYC stories!!!
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Post by: Jane on January 02, 2004, 10:52:08 AM: M Barnum small worlds can be fun. :)Now I wish we were expecting a delivery from FedEx, though Allen didn’t make our last delivery. Will you now have advance notice of my deliveries?

Jed I hope they find your classmate.

Jennifer that is the lovely picture I saw, for a brief moment, yesterday. Glad you finally succeeded. I’m lucky I just have Keith post pictures for me.
Knowing it will take awhile, I wish you less sadness each day. I do hope you will continue to let us know how things are going.

Jason I’m still enjoying the pictures. I have been to NY a couple of times but haven’t really “seen” the city, just bits here and there.

Count me in as one who didn’t like AI. Having been a big fan of the book, Catch 22, I was terribly disappointed in the movie and have not watched it since it first showed.

Penny, note your Karma went up. I applauded your appearance. Be careful when clicking on applaud if you accidentally click on boo, the person’s karma goes down.

Echo awaits her walk in the beautiful snow, so quickly-Bill Murray, “Lost in Translation”. More later.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on January 02, 2004, 10:53:10 AM: BK - I started checking my spam folder on a whim shortly after gettting AOL 9.0 set up. And I found some "This is not spam" e-mails. Thankfully, it's easy to click "This Is Not Spam" and then add the address to your Address Book. Of course, with some of the "corporate" stuff I get, they don't always send it from the same e-mail address, so... I check my Spam Folder every time I check my mail. However, I have noticed that it is "intuitive" after a while (like it says it is), and I'm glad they finally added a "word" filter... I do not need any e-mails with pnp, viagra, paris hilton (unless it's a hotel), etc... going into my e-mailbox...

Well, it's almost 2:00 and I still haven't left my computer... And I actually had some plans for today when I woke up - ????
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Post by: Jennifer on January 02, 2004, 10:53:25 AM: Oh I have two dvds to watch today (actually one video and one dvd). They are silly, fun, movies, where I will not have to think. One is Daddy Day Care. And the other is Alex and Emma. I really hope the first one is very funny. I really could use the laughs.
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Post by: Jrand73 on January 02, 2004, 10:54:56 AM: DR Diane - to hear the people here at my office two of the top suggestions would be either BIG MOUNTAIN or COLD FISH!

DR JAY is Patricia Clarkson the actress who played the neighbor/friend in FAR FROM HEAVEN? They had her so close in hair and costume to Agnes Moorehead in ALL THAT HEAVEN ALLOWS/MAGNFICENT OBSESSION that I was distracted! And great movie performance choices.

I had forgotten to mention Johnny Depp's performance in PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN, and deGeneres' voice work in FINDING NEMO was such a great part of its charm. ;D

D-I-T OMG- the telephone switchboard! "Widdicombe, Applewhite, Gutterman, Bibberman & Black!" ;D And of course...."What that man did to my bust!"

Here is an interesting treatis on AUNTIE MAME if you have the interest and the time.....

http://pcasacas.org/SPC/spcissues/23.1/wheat.htm (http://pcasacas.org/SPC/spcissues/23.1/wheat.htm)

DR WEL - I am so embarrassed :-[ - you can imagine! Thanks for responding to my inquiry. Jerome Kern! Well I am from Indiana and unless I post with a reference book at my side, I am liable to make those mistakes! :P
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Post by: Jane on January 02, 2004, 10:56:03 AM: :o I had not read Jennifer lost karma before I posted the note to Penny. I’m sure Penny didn’t have a clue about applaud or boo.

Jennifer, your karma should have just gone up! :)
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Post by: Jay on January 02, 2004, 10:59:18 AM: Quote from: JRand53 on January 02, 2004, 10:54:56 AM
DR JAY is Patricia Clarkson the actress who played the neighbor/friend in FAR FROM HEAVEN? They had her so close in hair and costume to Agnes Moorehead in ALL THAT HEAVEN ALLOWS/MAGNFICENT OBSESSION that I was distracted! And great movie performance choices.

She be the one. And thank you!
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Post by: George on January 02, 2004, 11:05:16 AM: Quote from: MBarnum on January 02, 2004, 09:02:36 AM
For you amusement here is a photo of me opening one of the gag gifts from my 40th birthday party.

My mom was in charge of taking photos, but alas she forgot to put film in her camera and didn't notice until the party was over! Fortunately my Aunt had taken a few shots and she sent them to me! LOL!

You think that was bad? A friend and I went to visit some other friends who were doing summer stock in Utah. We were there for five days and I was taking pictures the whole time. After we left Utah, we headed to Reno for the night. I wasn't until I was unpacking my suitcase and "taking the last pictures to finish off the role of film" in the hotel room that I realized that I had NEVER HAD PUT ANY FILM IN THE CAMERA AT ALL! :o FIVE DAYS OF PICTURE TAKING and I never once even thought about changing the film. AAARRRGGGHHH!!!

Fortunately for me, I did have a disposable panoramic camera and had taken a few (very few) pictures with that. Small consolation.
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Post by: Jrand73 on January 02, 2004, 11:05:51 AM: DRJANE - DRPennyO will not be able to add or subtract KARMA until she has reached 25 posts.

You're welcome DR JAY. 8)

OMG DRGEORGE....I have an idiot camera that will not function unless it is loaded...or else....hiroshima, mon amour! :o

DR WEL - if only she would heed that advice! (This is my opinion only of course and does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the management of this website or its other posters.)

Do they have souvenir books at SHALL WE DANCE? And could I send you some $$ to get me one if so? ???
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Post by: Jane on January 02, 2004, 11:18:29 AM: I forgot to mention-all dog lovers should watch “Two for Breakfast”. The Great Dane in the movie even upstages Barbara Stanwyck.

Jrand53, thanks for the info.

Now I really have to get out of here.
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Post by: Jennifer on January 02, 2004, 11:20:16 AM: Quote from: Andrea on January 02, 2004, 09:12:16 AM
Jed {bat eyelashes, bat eyelashes} what flirting?

and um... yeah, he was gone, and he just made a dramatic return with half a dozen roses and jewlery.... opps? :o

Okay I think I will need to live vicariously through you. Details please!!!!
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Post by: TCB on January 02, 2004, 11:21:51 AM: MBarnum: I loved the 40th birthday gift. But those pictures dispel the myth that your previous flattering profile photo was merely the work of good lighting. Face it Michael, you are a damn good looking guy.
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Post by: Jrand73 on January 02, 2004, 11:24:42 AM: Another embarrassing post....DRMATTH had also mentioned Johnny Depp!

"It was ghastly.....well it was JUST ghastly!"

So DRJOSE doesn't need those Viagra ads? Quick bragging, amigo! ;D
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Post by: Jennifer on January 02, 2004, 11:30:04 AM: Quote from: bk on January 02, 2004, 10:35:02 AM
Here is an annoying thing: I have my AOL spam filter on, of course. Spam still manages to get through, though. All other spam via the filter gets put in a folder. For fun, I looked in the folder yesterday and found eight e-mails which were not spam, but were for me from various people. Heaven knows what I've missed because of this. I'll now have to check the spam folder weekly.

That is terrible. But I can sort of relate.

My yahoo account has a spam filter too. And I sent myself something from my regular account (same name on both accounts) and they put it in the spam folder.
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Post by: Jason on January 02, 2004, 11:33:38 AM: Hello, everybody...my name's Jason...what's YOURS!?!

I love everything about AUNTIE MAME. It is one of the funniest movies I've ever seen and I may just even watch it again later this afternoon. Now I'm viewing MARY POPPINS, which is another of my very favorites.

I'm a Choo-Choo girl from Choo-Choo Chow and how...
And how...
I'd love to Chin and Chew with you
And turn the skies to blue with you
(VERA: No...And turn the skies to blue with you...
MAME: That's it!)
And twenty-three skidoo with you...
Chi Chi Choo Chow Chow
And how!
And how!
And how!
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Post by: Jason on January 02, 2004, 11:34:43 AM: Yes, DR MBarnum, I think it's agreed...you're a hottie!
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Post by: Jason on January 02, 2004, 11:36:19 AM: And now I'm off to see THE GIRL WITH THE PEARL EARRING.

Goodbye! Goodbye! I shall always feel a strong attachment to you all...
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Post by: Jrand73 on January 02, 2004, 11:38:08 AM: All right all right. Enough of this! So he's good looking...so what...is he a nice person?

Well....hmmm...as a matter of fact he is that, too. LOL ::)

I'm going to watch AUNTIE MAME this afternoon as well! ;D
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Post by: Ann on January 02, 2004, 11:39:13 AM: Has anyone ever sang that old song "rain rain go away, come again some other day" ?
Well, we're a-singin' it around here. Four days of thunderstorms and torrential rain. Now, for the record, I loves me a good thunderstorm. But I wanna go to the beach! *pout*
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Post by: JoseSPiano on January 02, 2004, 11:39:14 AM: Well, I finally had my breakfast/brunch/lunch/late-lunch... A "scramble" of eggs, spinach, pastrami and pepper jack cheese! Yum! -Good pastrami too!

And now I'm off to the mall to see what catches my eye.. and my wallet. I need to pick up a few Thank You gifts for the staff at the theatre - what a great bunch!

Later!
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Post by: Jrand73 on January 02, 2004, 11:40:12 AM: DR ANN - maybe they need a sacrifice to the volcano gods to stop the rain!
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Post by: Andrea on January 02, 2004, 11:41:50 AM: Quote from: Jennifer on January 02, 2004, 11:20:16 AM
Okay I think I will need to live vicariously through you. Details please!!!!

I will feed them to you soon...

but cygopp was waiting at the end of my subway ride with roses that actually survived 14 hours locked in my suitcase!
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Post by: Ann on January 02, 2004, 11:42:28 AM: Quote from: TCB on January 02, 2004, 09:28:30 AM
Didn't you forget that talented young man that was in Scrooge in Leavenworth? I think he was a ghost or something?
LOL
I'll add that one in for him. That ghost boy in purple tights definitely needs to be on the list. And there's another one...an older version of said talented young man who was in Oliver...I think he was a pickpocket or something. He needs to be on the list too :)
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Post by: PennyO on January 02, 2004, 11:47:43 AM: Quote from: Jane on January 02, 2004, 10:56:03 AM
:o I had not read Jennifer lost karma before I posted the note to Penny. I’m sure Penny didn’t have a clue about applaud or boo.

No idea what any of this means... told ya I'm slowwww...

And to answer about "Rats and Mice and Fish" - I played Selma in that scene, so I had all the solo "and FISH!" stuff. Plus my big showstopping high notes (Hal had Larry G put 'em in just for me) in the Opera Audition scene... unfortunately recorded badly, with four of us on one mike. Where was BK when he was needed??? And my beautiful duet (as Jacqueline) with Nora was cut from the recording. Aw, heck. Twenty years later, and I'm still MAD, d'you hear, MAD!!!!

So, Jane, I have a weather window Sun/Mon - I'll probably be whizzing through and not stop... but I'll stop over on the way back in two weeks. Egad, this is fun!
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Post by: Jennifer on January 02, 2004, 11:50:54 AM: Quote from: TCB on January 02, 2004, 11:21:51 AM
MBarnum: I loved the 40th birthday gift. But those pictures dispel the myth that your previous flattering profile photo was merely the work of good lighting. Face it Michael, you are a damn good looking guy.

I will concur. You are very very photogenic!!!!!
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Post by: Jennifer on January 02, 2004, 11:59:28 AM: Quote from: Andrea on January 02, 2004, 11:41:50 AM
I will feed them to you soon...

but cygopp was waiting at the end of my subway ride with roses that actually survived 14 hours locked in my suitcase!

I'm confused. He was waiting in NYC at the end of your subway ride? Were the roses in YOUR suitcase? And if so how did they get there?

Sounds intriguing.

More details :)
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Post by: Jennifer on January 02, 2004, 12:03:24 PM: Quote from: JRand53 on January 02, 2004, 11:38:08 AM
All right all right. Enough of this! So he's good looking...so what...is he a nice person?

Well....hmmm...as a matter of fact he is that, too. LOL ::)

I'll assume we're still talking about DR MBarnum. Yep very nice. He sent me M+Ms.

I think I need to eat. I just realized I have not eaten yet today.
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Post by: Jrand73 on January 02, 2004, 12:05:35 PM: Yes DRJENNIFER you are correct! :D

MR BK must be super-bizzy today! 8)
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Post by: bk on January 02, 2004, 12:16:09 PM: I'm about to direct some looping for the show. After that, I shall be looped and posting up a storm - I look forward to reading lots of your excellent posts when I'm done in an hour or so.
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Post by: bk on January 02, 2004, 12:19:16 PM: HAPPY NEW YEAR TWELVE GUESTS!
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Post by: Jrand73 on January 02, 2004, 12:19:18 PM: Oh! I almost forgot about the most fabulous part of my trip to Chicago.

We went to IKEA! Yes, a lot of you DR's may have been to IKEA before, but not me. I had not! There is NOT an IKEA store in Indiana. This one was in Schaumburg, Illinois. And I loved it.

What a bunch of STUFF!!!! Most of it I don't need, but it was great to see it!

And let me tell you this, you need to get your television sets out of those chiffarobes and put them on low tables! That's it....design has spoken....the entertainment center is on it's way out. You heard it here at HHW!

AND I saw with my own eyes for the first time, an escalator for shopping carts. Yes, I am from Indiana, and we have no such thing here. As you ride down the escalator (or up) your cart rides up (Or down) on its own escalator beside you!

I am amazed. :o
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Post by: Andrea on January 02, 2004, 12:22:43 PM: Quote from: Jennifer on January 02, 2004, 11:59:28 AM
I'm confused. He was waiting in NYC at the end of your subway ride? Were the roses in YOUR suitcase? And if so how did they get there?

Sounds intriguing.

More details :)

Well... I had to meet him. And I took a subway to meet him and he gave me roses then. and then I had to store the flowers in my suitcase to sneak them across the border.
When I give more details, it will makes sense.

However, I just would like to say, that had DR Jason made a move, it would definately have been over between me and cygopp! ;D
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Post by: Jay on January 02, 2004, 12:23:49 PM: Ya know, Dear Reader JRand 53, had you gone to Kansas City instead of Schaumberg, you might have seen a skyscraper seven stories high.

;)
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Post by: Jrand73 on January 02, 2004, 12:26:30 PM: I hear you can walk to privies in the rain and never wet your feet!
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Post by: TCB on January 02, 2004, 12:31:31 PM: Quote from: Ann on January 02, 2004, 11:42:28 AM
LOL
I'll add that one in for him. That ghost boy in purple tights definitely needs to be on the list. And there's another one...an older version of said talented young man who was in Oliver...I think he was a pickpocket or something. He needs to be on the list too :)

Thank you, m'lady. I will pass on your kind words to the old geezer if I see him around.

P.S. Ann: Rain is nature's cure for skin cancer. Don't forget it!
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Post by: TCB on January 02, 2004, 12:37:08 PM: Quote from: Andrea on January 02, 2004, 12:22:43 PM
Well... I had to meet him. And I took a subway to meet him and he gave me roses then. and then I had to store the flowers in my suitcase to sneak them across the border.
When I give more details, it will makes sense.

However, I just would like to say, that had DR Jason made a move, it would definately have been over between me and cygopp! ;D

Do you mean if Jason had made a move on cygopp???
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Post by: Dan-in-Toronto on January 02, 2004, 12:57:54 PM: I just returned from Bloor and Bay (the upscale part of our downtown) - I had to make a Liquid Paper purchase. It was very warm for January, the sky a perfect blue; people were window-shopping everywhere and families were lined up at the Royal Ontario Museum. I popped into Whole Foods for a loaf of outrageously priced pecan and raisin bread, then bought a couple of lottery tickets and even remembered to get the Liquid Paper. A perfect way to start the New Year.
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Post by: Jrand73 on January 02, 2004, 01:10:14 PM: LOL Dan - that just made me think of Lily Tomlin's monolog about being
"a impulse buyer...."
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Post by: Jennifer on January 02, 2004, 01:15:20 PM: Quote from: Andrea on January 02, 2004, 12:22:43 PM
Well... I had to meet him. And I took a subway to meet him and he gave me roses then. and then I had to store the flowers in my suitcase to sneak them across the border.
When I give more details, it will makes sense.

Oh wow you had to hide them. They don't let you take flowers across the border? Wow.

So when do we get the "more details"?

And did he grovel?
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Post by: Matt H. on January 02, 2004, 01:31:50 PM: I want to add my voice of thanks to DR Jason for the photos of the marquees in NYC. Not having been there in two eyars, I miss it terribly and these pics bring it much closer. Thank you so much, DR Jason.

July can't come fast enough for me so I can once again return to beloved NYC.
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Post by: Tomovoz on January 02, 2004, 01:33:13 PM: Best performance in a movie this year: Ellen DeGeneres. I quite liked Kennth Brannagh in "Harry Potter" as well.
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Post by: Matt H. on January 02, 2004, 01:37:35 PM: Well, I wasn't in the right frame of mind this afternoon to watch the mother reject her robotic son in AI, so I took it out and put in ON THE TOWN this afternoon, a fun fun movie. I'll return to AI tonight.

Thank you, DR Ron, for the comments on the pic. We await the return of your image at a hopefully soon date. :)
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Post by: William E. Lurie on January 02, 2004, 01:38:30 PM: JRand -- They didn't have souvenir books when I saw the preview, but they may have them when I go again later this month and if they do I'll get one for you. I will gladly send you a Playbill®. E-Mail me your address. By the way, I hate to correct you again, but it's NEVER GONNA DANCE. not SHALL WE DANCE (which was also a Fred & Ginger film. That was Gershwin which was why you may have confused Gershwin with Kern before).

Diane -
If you can only see one movie, make it THE TRIPLETS OF BELLVILLE. It was the best reviewed film of the year and deserved to be.
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Post by: Matt H. on January 02, 2004, 01:42:06 PM: I didn't mention Ellen Degeneres in NEMO or Andy Serkis is RETURN OF THE KING, but both of them did outstanding voice work in their respective films and certainly are deserving of recognition.

I keep expecting some of you to mention those world class cinema artists Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck for GIGLI, but as yet, no one has thought to mention their sterling work.
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Post by: Jed on January 02, 2004, 01:45:42 PM: Well, I gave in to sleep. But only 2 hours of it, so hopefully I'll still be able to get to sleep at a decent hour tonight.

Quote from: JRand53 on January 02, 2004, 12:19:18 PM
AND I saw with my own eyes for the first time, an escalator for shopping carts. Yes, I am from Indiana, and we have no such thing here. As you ride down the escalator (or up) your cart rides up (Or down) on its own escalator beside you!

I am amazed. :o

Wow! I've never seen such a thing, either! I reckon I needs to get me to the city more.
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Post by: Jrand73 on January 02, 2004, 01:59:17 PM: Oh WEL.....whatever will you do with me?

But you know...it's that show with those people and those songs by that guy that is named after that movie with those other people....you know!

You and me both, DRJED! They say movies talk now and everything!
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Post by: Matt H. on January 02, 2004, 02:02:26 PM: Just read Ken Mandelbaum's review of the Rodgers and Hart classic LOVE ME TONIGHT, recently released on DVD. He reports that on the commentary track, critic/musical historian Miles Kreuger rates LOVE ME TONIGHT as the best movie musical ever made? Wow! I like it, but I'm not prepared to say it's the best ever.
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Post by: Jed on January 02, 2004, 02:12:52 PM: Here's a pic of my New Year's festivities. From L to R: Kami, Jed, Kailen, Moriah, Ken, Briar, Jefferson, Maren, David
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Post by: Matt H. on January 02, 2004, 02:19:38 PM: Well, that looks like a jolly group, DR Jed. I'm sure you had a "blast."
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Post by: td on January 02, 2004, 02:20:47 PM: Quote from: Jay on January 02, 2004, 10:59:18 AM
She be the one. And thank you!

Not just in FFH, Ms. Clarkson delivers an atrocious performance, as Margaret White, in the television version of King's CARRIE. :o
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Post by: td on January 02, 2004, 02:22:09 PM: On the subject of AUNTIE MAME, I recently read the second volume of Mame Dennis tales. Now, there's another movie just waiting to be made.
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Post by: td on January 02, 2004, 02:23:28 PM: Ken Hanke, the brilliant scribe for Scarlet Street magazine (as well as authorized biographer of Ken Russell, and to a lesser extent Tim Burton) also cites LOVE ME TONIGHT as being the greatest film musical.
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Post by: td on January 02, 2004, 02:29:24 PM: Before I peruse the remainder of today's lovely posts, I must toss two more cents in about A.I.:

I find it odd that all the things which Kubrick contributed to the film are almost ALWAYS attributed to Spielberg as being the negative factors of the film. I believe that Mr. Pogue (him of the gorgeous eyes) also made that same mistake in his post early this morning.
Since I'm one of the ones who has barely any tolerance for anything Kubrickin, I'm still sorta shocked that I feel the way I do about A.I.
BK might remember those A.I. discussions on one of the dvd newsgroups, wherein posters who bitched about the "spielbergianisms" of the movie were more often than not complaining about the Kubrickian factor.
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Post by: Matt H. on January 02, 2004, 02:31:29 PM: Well, I've only seen LOVE ME TONIGHT once some years ago, but I got the DVD for Christmas and will be watching it over the weekend. The score, of course, has quite a few classics in it, but I don't remember being THAT bowled over by it the last (and only) time I saw it.
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Post by: td on January 02, 2004, 02:32:22 PM: Quote from: Jason on January 02, 2004, 11:34:43 AM
Yes, DR MBarnum, I think it's agreed...you're a hottie!

Majority rules, MBarnum is indeed one hot man.
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Post by: TCB on January 02, 2004, 02:36:59 PM: Quote from: Jed on January 02, 2004, 01:45:42 PM
Well, I gave in to sleep. But only 2 hours of it, so hopefully I'll still be able to get to sleep at a decent hour tonight.Wow! I've never seen such a thing, either! I reckon I needs to get me to the city more.

Yes, Will, everything is up to date in Kansas City!
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Post by: bk on January 02, 2004, 02:46:13 PM: I'd better get Love Me Tonight, I guess. I haven't seen it around in many stores, though. I did the looping session, but one set of loop lines is still being written, so I'll have to go back in there soon to do those lines. It went very well, though.
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Post by: TCB on January 02, 2004, 02:54:11 PM: I have got to find a different picture of myself to post. Even I am sick of looking at it -- and we all know what egos actors have. l should probably just take a new one of myself, but I hate smearing all that vasoline over the lens to get it to turn out. (It's an old trick that Lucy taught me)
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Post by: S. Woody White on January 02, 2004, 02:57:20 PM: Quote from: George on January 02, 2004, 12:09:42 AM
Adding to a topic from Thursday (very late), the only thing I really didn't like about "AI: Artificial Intelligence" was the idea for the company in the first place. They're making children who never age and who can never NOT love their "parents" who WILL age. If the parents know that they will have to give up their unaging children because THEY (the parents) will be too old to take care of them, wouldn't they wonder what is going to happen to these "children" and would they knowingly put their child through that situation? Would they really get one in the first place? That's what kept going through my mind during the first part of the movie and what I most thought about after it was over. :-\
I should refer, in turn, to my own rant a couple of days ago, about how people these days will adopt a pet, and then get rid of the pet when it is no longer convenient to take care of it, or when the pet is no longer "fun."

The "children" of AI are not true children, they are "pets". For that matter, since they are mechanical, they aren't even true pets, and are instead to be dropped off for destruction at the local factory (read animal shelter), or more likely simply dropped off in a forest. When we treat the animals around us as being as disposable as Bic lighters, we have gone past the slippery slope and have fallen into the pit.

For this reason, I find the entire film resonates with meaning for me. Spielberg and Kubrick aren't giving us a utopia; quite the contrary. Even the pseudoutopia of the robots of the future is lacking...but the robots know they lack something elusive, something that would be labled "humanity." Problem is, William Hurt shows us too well during the prologue that "humanity" isn't likely to be found in humans, showing no empathy with the female robot even as he extolls that quality's virtues. The conumdrum remains unsolved at the film's end, and David's quest to become a "real boy" remains impossible to attain.

Or, as Bugs says at the end of What's Opera, Doc?, "Well, what did you expect in an opera? A happy ending?"
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Post by: S. Woody White on January 02, 2004, 03:04:14 PM: Quote from: MBarnum on January 02, 2004, 09:13:01 AM
Ha, ha! Right now it is still in the trunk of my car! Fortunately I haven't had to use it yet in my old age!

Here I am trying to figure out how to use it. My friends and family just thought this gift was hoot! Well, I will get them back some day! LOL!
DR MBarnum, certainly you have realized by now that you are supposed to dance with the walker!

Of course, it would have been more obvious if they'd also given you the little old lady dress, shoes, and wig, and instructions from Susan Strohman.
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Post by: Tomovoz on January 02, 2004, 03:08:47 PM: td: Your question about "A I" from yesterday. I have only watched it once. I gave a copy to my sister for Christmas (so I can borrow it of course). I had problems with the last half hour but the emotional effect of the first hour or so stays with you (us!).
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Post by: Emily on January 02, 2004, 03:13:00 PM: Good afternoon all!

After 14 hours of sleep I may finally be ready to start regaling you all with tales from HTM2004. Bear with me because this will probably be very long… (but then again, I guess that just proves how enjoyable the trip was!)

Hussies Take Manhattan 2004 – Part One – December 29 @10pm to December 31 @ 2am

The trip started off fairly normally. We left Mtl a little earlier than the contracted 10pm because everyone had shown up. Both the bus driver (Bernard) and the tour operator (Gilbert) were very nice – although by the 8th hour on a completely full bus none of us were liking them, or anyone else for that matter, very much.

For some reason the trip that I had been told was for McGill and Concordia (anglo universities) students was filled with a majority of francophones our age. I guess Gilbert forgot to mention UdeM and UQAM. They were nice though, if a little loud when they drank ;)

We made the quick jaunt to the border in about 45 minutes and got through US Customs quite easily. I learned one thing though: never make small talk with a customs agent.

Our conversation went like this:

HIM: Citizenship?
ME: Canadian
HIM: Documents, please.
(I hand him my birth certificate and ID cards)
looooooooonnng pause as he types my name in
ME: (who does NOT like long silences) I guess I’m being vetted
HIM: What?
ME: Oh… nothing
HIM: Tell me.
ME: I guess I’m being vetted.
HIM: Vetted?
ME: Er… yes. You know… er…

I literally RAN out of customs. I need to learn to shut up.

Interesting Note #1: I was terrified to not that in the customs office they had not one but TWO pictures of Bush and Cheney up on the wall. I swear the pictures were looking at me. Actually, they kind of reminded me of how Iraqi Baathists all had at least one portrait of Saddam and his favorite horse up in their homes…

The trip down was very very very very long. We stopped in New Baltimore (just south of Albany) which is definitely a hick town if ever I saw a hick town. The highlight of New Baltimore was Andrea trying to take candies out of one of those candy machines but being so out of it she dropped them all over the ground.

We FINALLY arrived in NYC at around 4:45 am and were happily able to go into our hotel room at that time for a quick nap. The hotel was the Saint-James on the corner of 44th and 6th – a most wonderful location. As far as being luxurious… well it wasn’t – but we didn’t spend enough time there to complain. Overall it was very clean but the beds were made for midgets. My feet hung over the end and I’m only 5’8 ½.

That morning we decided against going to the TODAY show, as originally planned, for some more sleep. We got up around 10am and spent the day doing touristy sight-seeing stuff. From what I remember that included picking up my WICKED ticket at the Gershwin (and taking a picture in front of the theatre), Radio City Music Hall, Saint-Patrick’s, Central Synagogue, the Morgan Library, the Public Library and then taking the Staten Island Ferry (and eating SUBWAY on the boat).

Interesting Note #2: In the US you can add jalapeno peppers to you sandwich at Subway’s. Now why on earth is that not an option here? I should petition someone…[/i]

Interesting Note #3: The three of us got to do an Indianna Jones’ running action sequence to get on the return ferry at Staten Island. The doors were closing as we got there…[/i]

We arrived back at the hotel just in time to make it for the sightseeing tour included in the price of our trip. It was 3pm – we still needed to get Andrea and Robin theatre tickets for that night, change and meet the Hainsies/Kimets for dinner at 5pm.

The sightseeing tour was immediately clogged by traffic and by 4pm we had only arrived at the Dakota and Central Park. So we ditched it and took the Subway back to Times Square.

By then, the TKTS booth line was just insanely long and any shows that Robin and Andrea had thought of seeing were no longer available. It was 4:20pm. The logical thing to do was to try for Wicked lottery tickets. At the Gershwin. Which took place at 4:30.

So we literally RAN from the TKTS booth up to 55th street in crazy amounts of car and pedestrian traffic. By the time we got there it was exactly 4:30 and Robin and Andrea got in the line-up for the lottery. Meanwhile I was freaking out because it was so late and we were supposed to meet Maya at 5 at Ollies and I still needed to change.

So I took the one hotel room key we had been given, ran BACK to the hotel on 44th, changed and ran back to the Gershwin in the hope that the line was very slow moving and I might be able to put my name in too.

I arrived at the theatre exhausted, sweaty and having body checked at least four people who were innocently stopped on the side walk looking around.

Andrea and Robin had NOT gotten the tickets and were kind of disappointed – as was I because at that point we had no open time for them to see anything. Also, they had to find something to do while I was basking in Stephen Schwartz’s seat.

We finally met up with Maya and LC at Ollie’s at around 5:30 (only half and hour late!) and sat down to a delightful – if not favourable to deep discussion – dinner.

DR Jason appeared at 6:30 just as we were divvying up the bill. We took the picture that LC posted outside the restaurant just then and Maya, LC and I trudged once again up to the Gershwin. Robin and Andrea decided to try their luck with CYGOPP that evening.

Meanwhile Maya and I got into our seats at WICKED and settled in to one of my best theatrical experiences ever.

Interesting Note #4: When Idina went into her unbelievable final verse of “Defying Gravity” as she rises in the air, a woman sitting behind me actually gasped. That sums up WICKED for me…[/i]

Interesting Notes #5: I tried to phone Andrea and Robin back at the hotel room from a pay phone in the lobby of the theatre. I didn’t have enough change since the phone required 50 cents for a local call. 50 cents? That is so weird… I have never known a phone that took more than a quarter for a local call…[/i]

After the show (which kicked serious bootay) Maya and I met up with LC and her friend Carrie and planned our evening around going to a piano bar.

We went back to the hotel room to find Robin, Andrea and CYGOPP (!!!) lounging around preparing for their own activities since they weren’t quite as excited as me at the prospect of singing show tunes all night.

Our two groups split up with them wandering around (I think they went through Central Park) and us getting on a subway to the East Village.

Maya already told you about learning the golden rule of underage drinking (“don’t ask… don’t show”) while getting kicked out of Marie’s Crisis. :) Luckily we FINALLY found a place that didn’t card me and we settled in for a few drinks and much jollity. Maya, LC and Carrie were all extremely nice and I am glad I got to spend some time with them.

I got back to the hotel around 1:30 and, after comparing notes with Andrea (who by this time was getting a little confused about CYGOPP) fell asleep around 2. I was nicely exhausted and knew I had to get up at 6:15 to go to the TODAY show or face the wrath of Robin.

So ends Part One. It is three pages long. Good Lord. This day by day recount might take a while to get through… I like doing this though because it helps me take stock of the entire trip at once… sorry if you guys don’t enjoy it as much as me… ;)
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Post by: Emily on January 02, 2004, 03:21:10 PM: oh and I changed back my pic due to popular demand :)
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Post by: Jrand73 on January 02, 2004, 03:32:38 PM: My UNSUNG SONDHEIM Cd arrived today!!
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Post by: Tomovoz on January 02, 2004, 03:50:27 PM: I may have to go for some ditigal enhancement. It is so difficult to compete with that cowboy from Salem. As with TCB, I do get tired of seeing my own photo.
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Post by: Tomovoz on January 02, 2004, 03:58:05 PM: I watched "Chicken Run" last night - first time for over a year. It is such fun.
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Post by: Jrand73 on January 02, 2004, 03:58:31 PM: Emily!!!!
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Post by: Tomovoz on January 02, 2004, 04:11:22 PM: It's the Tom Tom show! A hard act to beat. We hear drums but where is everyone?
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Post by: Jane on January 02, 2004, 04:19:05 PM: Quote from: JRand53 on January 02, 2004, 11:38:08 AM
All right all right. Enough of this! So he's good looking...so what...is he a nice person?

I bet so! Keith and I both agree his brother Allen is very nice and we don't say that lightly.
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Post by: TCB on January 02, 2004, 04:20:16 PM: Emily! I loved part one of HTM2004. Don't worry about the length. With the exception of Gone With The Wind, I love long historical novels. By the way (BTW in internet lingo) don't blame the Big Apple for the cost of a pay phone. Even in lowly Tacoma, Washington, it is going to take you two quarters (American) to make a call. It's okay to be upset, I still miss the five cent Hershey Bar.
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Post by: TCB on January 02, 2004, 04:22:22 PM: Well, Ozzie, so much for being alone.
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Post by: Jane on January 02, 2004, 04:24:54 PM: Quote from: PennyO on January 02, 2004, 11:47:43 AM

So, Jane, I have a weather window Sun/Mon - I'll probably be whizzing through and not stop... but I'll stop over on the way back in two weeks. Egad, this is fun!

Two weeks-send me the dates. I am making my plans for Bethesda and don't want to miss you.
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Post by: Tomovoz on January 02, 2004, 04:30:09 PM: I was beginning to enjoy it TCB. Maybe next year! (If you don't wear a clown costume).
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Post by: Jane on January 02, 2004, 04:33:17 PM: Quote from: Matt H. on January 02, 2004, 01:42:06 PM
I keep expecting some of you to mention those world class cinema artists Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck for GIGLI, but as yet, no one has thought to mention their sterling work.

I missed that movie but considering the previews, I suspect you are making a very big joke. ;)
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Post by: Michael on January 02, 2004, 04:40:58 PM: I am getting some new furniture tomorrow and movie around my desk which makes it necessary to disconnect my computer. I hope to be on line again Saturday night or Sunday during the day.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 02, 2004, 04:45:56 PM: Tom of Oz: My vote is for your "other" photo!

Emily: I've read not one word demanding you return to the drawing. Be you!

TCB: I share your confusion over the "made a move" statement regarding DR Jason and Cygopp. I don't even know how not to be confused over it!

:)

DR MattH: No kind words or kudos for Elijah Wood or Viggo Mortensen?????
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Post by: Laura II on January 02, 2004, 04:49:19 PM: Welcome, DR PennyO!

Hmm hope the skier is doing better...

Jed: haha! Your post made me laugh so much! However, I'm sorry to say that I think I've forgotten how to flirt. Oh woe is me! Btw, you forgot Swish--is that because she's jailbait? Heeheehee :) (I love ya, Swish!)

Emily: I can't wait for part two! I love very detailed stories. I certainly feel like I'm there with you. Oh, re: the Dakota. My bro is a Beatles buff*, and I remember my mom getting a cab and asking them to take us by the building en route to our destination. ::sigh:: I miss the city!

*He's a 15 year old Beatles enthusiast who was just published in Daytrippin', a Beatles magazine.
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Post by: Andrea on January 02, 2004, 04:50:27 PM: Quote from: Ron Pulliam on January 02, 2004, 04:45:56 PM

TCB: I share your confusion over the "made a move" statement regarding DR Jason and Cygopp. I don't even know how not to be confused over it!

I apologize for the confusion. Having about three hours of sleep every night this week would do it to a girl. I was merely implying that DR Jason was extremely visually pleasing, had I not been otherwise taken by CYGOPP.
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Post by: Tomovoz on January 02, 2004, 04:51:00 PM: And I thought you didn't appreciate all that "blue" Ron!
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Post by: MBarnum on January 02, 2004, 04:55:48 PM: Wow, a lot of posts to go through. I have been on the run since morning...mailed an article to Filmfax and paid my bills, had lunch with my buddie Mark, then went to his house in Wilsonville so that he could show me some stuff he taped off of GIRLS BEHAVING BADLY. He wanted me to watch SYBIL but I declined and went shopping at Frey's where I picked up the DVDs of ODDS AGAINST TOMORROW, JESSE JAMES MEETS FRANKENSTEIN'S DAUGHTER, and LEW GIRLS.

Now I must go finish my grocery shopping!

Yes Jane, my big bro Allen is a great guy! Much older then I am, but one of my favorite brothers! His son (my newphew) Jeffrey is going off to Iraq next month :(

And so many nice compliments! It could be just that you all need new glasses, however! LOL! But I will take any compliments that I can get! Ha!

Ok, must go and finish shopping then eat dinner and watch Bette Davis in FRONT PAGE WOMAN!
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Post by: MBarnum on January 02, 2004, 04:57:42 PM: PS: JRand53 and others have totally made me decide that I need to buy or rent AUNTIE MAME!
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Post by: Laura II on January 02, 2004, 04:58:56 PM: DR MBarnum: You're so handsome! Don't be bashful! Plus, you're so nice, which simply enhances your beauty, inside and out!
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Post by: Charles Pogue on January 02, 2004, 04:59:35 PM: I still stick by my opinion that A.I., whether Spielberg's excesses or Kubrick's excesses (and neither filmmaker makes my top ten list. I think 2001 one of the most stultifying, drearily boring films I've ever seen. I also don't think much of Kubrick as a person ever since I heard the Kirk Douglas' story about when they were debating the screen credit for Spartacus...because the film had been written by blacklisted writer Dalton Trumbo...Kubrick without any hesitation or embarrassment volunteered himself for the credit...a moment of overweening hubris that decided Douglas to break the blacklist and give Trumbo credit...But I prefer both Kubrick and Spielberg's earlier work before they became icons and their poop suddenly stopped smelling), ...where was I?...Ah, yes, I stand my ground that A.I. is an indulgent, over-ripe, pretentious, ponderous steaming pile of maudlin manure (I seem to be full of scatological references today). I found it an empty, emotional void and a lie from start to finish. And that frigging Teddy Bear...the worst movie creation since the bloody Ewoks. I think possibly one of the all-time worst movies made by a major filmmaker in the last five years. I wanted to throw things at the screen and hiss and boo.

As for Miles Kreuger, who I know and respect, and Mr. Ken Hanke, who I've emailed corresponded with and respect, I can't quite see Love Me Tonight as the best musical ever made...I give it to Singing in the Rain or The Pirate or a lot of others before that one. But I believe Miles is a great admirer and was a personal friend of Mr. Reuben Mamoulian, a terrific director, who, I believe, directed the film.
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Post by: Jrand73 on January 02, 2004, 05:09:51 PM: I'm glad Mamoulian didn't direct THE APPLE!
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Post by: Jrand73 on January 02, 2004, 05:15:31 PM: Don Murray and Hope Lange attend the premiere of HEAVEN KNOWS, MR ALLISON, soon after the birth of their son Christopher.

:'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(
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Post by: bk on January 02, 2004, 05:19:12 PM: I just want to make certain I understand your point, Charles Pogue - you don't like AI? Am I understanding that right? I just want to make sure I haven't missed your point. :-)

I'll be leaving for home soon.
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Post by: bk on January 02, 2004, 05:20:09 PM: Oh, and LOVE Singin' in the Rain - the most gloriously happy and thrilling film musical ever made.
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Post by: bk on January 02, 2004, 05:20:54 PM: Oh, and I'm feeling pretty confident that we will pass 16,000 posts by evening's end.
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Post by: Jane on January 02, 2004, 05:30:00 PM: Bill Murray still leads my list of favorite performances. I have also missed a good number of movies with all my travels. We still haven’t seen Return of the King yet. If I had I’m sure at least one of the actors would be on my list. Since I read the books I don’t plan to see House of Fog or Cold Mountain. No matter how great the acting once was enough.

Robert Duvall SECONDHAND LIONS
Cast of HOLES
Sean Penn in MYSTIC RIVER
Cuba Gooding Jr. & Ed Harris in RADIO
The cast of THE STATION AGENT
Derek Luke and Denzel Washington in ANTWONE FISHER, but then I like Denzel Washington in almost anything he does.

Most interesting performance goes to Johnny Depp in PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN
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Post by: Charles Pogue on January 02, 2004, 05:31:47 PM: BK, a steel-trap mind! Zeroed right in on my point. I was afraid I might have been too obtuse in my meaning. To paraphrase the glorious Jean Hagan in the most glorious musical ever: "I cain't stand 't!"
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 02, 2004, 05:34:52 PM: I've decided to see "Return of the King" this evening.

DR Tom of Oz: You know perfectly well I was totally dazzled by that "blue."

The overwhelming rains seem to have let up and tomorrow promises to be somewhat pretty.
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Post by: Ann on January 02, 2004, 05:38:55 PM: Hawaii is drowning. At least, that's what it feels like. Four days of a steady downpour, and no sign of it stopping. This morning we went for a jog (in the rain) then went to the beach (in the rain) which made me very happy. Tiana complained that the ocean was too cold...think recently cooled bathtub temp....what a wimp. :) Then we came home to find that part of her house was starting to flood, so we spend an hour or so sweeping water away from the walls. It was a very wet day. But surprisingly fun.
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Post by: Jrand73 on January 02, 2004, 05:49:11 PM: LOL.....and to continue to paraphrase Miss Hagen:

"It's nice and loud, isn't it?"

I'm telling you DRAnn - check into that sacrifice!

Tonight at 10 pm EST on TCM: The Girl Most Likely with Jane Powell, Kaye Ballard, Cliff Robertson, and dances by Gower Champion.

The last film released by RKO!

"Balboa! Balboa! Balboa!"
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Post by: George on January 02, 2004, 06:02:29 PM: It's very cold here in Olympia. I don't know if it's going to snow or actually freeze, but it's cold outside and I'm cold inside. Okay, I have to admit that I have my thermostat set at about 60-65 degrees. My mother's voice saying "put a sweater on" rings in my ears to this day...except that I don't actually put on a sweater. I put up with the cold and complain that I'm cold. It's a curse. Pity me.

Driving home from Seattle last night, I hit a patch of black ice and slid a little bit. I didn't really lose control, but I don't ever recall driving on black ice before. Real ice, yes. A pick-up truck that was ahead of me but one late to the right, slid a lot before regaining control. That was pretty scary.

So now I'm going to go to bed. Jed, you said that you only got two hours sleep? Well, I woke up yesterday at about 9:30 or so (I'm not exactly sure when, it was yesterday, I don't remember those kinds of details)...anyway, I'm still up. I didn't even take a nap. I have no idea why. So, I'm going to eat my Subway sandwich, finish my diet Pepsi (from Subway) then go to sleep. I have to get up at 6:00 in the morning, so I better start sleeping now...well, after I eat.
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Post by: bk on January 02, 2004, 06:02:50 PM: I am back in the home environment. Have to eat something, then I shall post until the cows come home.
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Post by: Jrand73 on January 02, 2004, 06:14:12 PM: There....now I have a new pic! ;D

Of course it's not me....it's not even DRMBARNUM....it is Gordon Scott! 8)
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Post by: Tomovoz on January 02, 2004, 06:23:38 PM: Are you sure it's not MBarnum?
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Post by: Tomovoz on January 02, 2004, 06:28:42 PM: Must now check out. I am off to a "Wild party". The birthday of a one year old. No doubt she will be behaving for her great uncle Tom. Someone has to inherit my collection of BK produced Cds. Beware I may post photographs of the beautiful Juliette.
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Post by: Jennifer on January 02, 2004, 06:38:12 PM: Oh DR Emily: I love part one of the Hussies tales. Sounds great! Can't wait to read part two.

Btw, what is "vetted"?

I don't know if anyone asked Emily to take off her photo. But we are all so in love with the cartoon version of her. It just makes me so happy to look at!
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Post by: td on January 02, 2004, 06:39:25 PM: Quote from: bk on January 02, 2004, 05:19:12 PM
I just want to make certain I understand your point, Charles Pogue - you don't like AI? Am I understanding that right? I just want to make sure I haven't missed your point. :-)

I'll be leaving for home soon.

Well, BK, now that I spit Diet Coke across my monitor, I've got to say, "It's hard to like a steaming pile of horse and/or cow dung, isn't it?"

I am already home, and am listening to a beautiful Christmas gift which came in today's mail:
Cam Clarke's solo cd of man-to-man love songs.
Tomovoz - you've gotta get this one, if only for the superb version of "Son of a Preacher Man."
(http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00000J6K6.01._PE_SCMZZZZZZZ_.jpg)

Any man who can sing Janis Ian's "Jesse" as well as this man can do virtually no wrong in my book.
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Post by: Jennifer on January 02, 2004, 06:41:36 PM: Oh I love that pic of Tarzan!

Oh poor DR Ann: I'm so sorry it's raining. Let's give DR Ann good weather sunshine vibes!

Okay I'm off now. I hope everyone has a great night.

I was feeling a bit out of this morning. But I am feeling a fair amount better now. Thanks everyone.
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Post by: Robin on January 02, 2004, 06:50:07 PM: Here, in my FIRST, and hopefully not LAST post on this wunnerful, wunnerful website, my favorite acting performances of 2003.

In no particular order...

Crispin Glover in WILLARD. Didn't like the movie much, though.
Johnny Depp and Geoffrey Rush in PIRATES OF THE CARRIBEAN. They seemed to be neck-and-neck in this year's Overacting Olympics, but it worked just fine in this movie.
Alec Baldwin in THE COOLER. What could've been a routine indie film is really brought up quite a bit by Mr. Baldwin's performance.
Chiwetel Eljiofor (sp?) in DIRTY PRETTY THINGS.
Bruce Campbell in BUBBA HO-TEP.
Jason Isaacs in PETER PAN.
Jason Priestly in DIE, MOMMIE, DIE! Who'd've thought it? The kid steals the show.
Robert Duvall in OPEN RANGE.
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Post by: td on January 02, 2004, 06:54:20 PM: May I say: WELCOME ROBIN ANDERSON and give some karma for that first (but certainly not last) post!
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Post by: Jrand73 on January 02, 2004, 06:58:16 PM: td - you Wolf Dog, you!

Welcome DRRobinAnderson!
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Post by: td on January 02, 2004, 07:00:40 PM: Quote from: JRand53 on January 02, 2004, 06:58:16 PM
td - you Wolf Dog, you!

so, are you gonna send Tarzan to come and tame me? ? ?
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Post by: Jrand73 on January 02, 2004, 07:06:29 PM: As promised, but I am not sure how anticipated - first here is zaftig Holly, the computer Sharpei! ;D

(http://img.ranchoweb.com/images/gar/holly.jpg)
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Post by: Jay on January 02, 2004, 07:08:09 PM: Welcome, Dear Reader Robin Anderson. Now that you've posted once, post again and again!

If you're like everyone else around here, you probably have been lurking for a while and know all about us, but we don't know anything about you. Do share a brief bio with us: where you're located, what you do, what brought you to the site, etc., etc., etc. (Oh, a The King and I reference.) In other words, spill your guts.
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Post by: Jrand73 on January 02, 2004, 07:09:02 PM: DR td - if Tarzan were here - he would be going NO PLACE!

Look again she should be there now. ;D
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Post by: Jrand73 on January 02, 2004, 07:11:18 PM: And here the late Precious.....the kitty of the manor.... :'(

(http://img.ranchoweb.com/images/gar/precious.jpg)
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Post by: td on January 02, 2004, 07:14:07 PM: Quote from: JRand53 on January 02, 2004, 07:09:02 PM
DR td - if Tarzan were here - he would be going NO PLACE!

Look again she should be there now. ;D

I looked, I saw, I said, "Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!"
(ps - I deleted my previous message).
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Post by: Laura II on January 02, 2004, 07:15:40 PM: Welcome, DR Robin Anderson!
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Post by: bk on January 02, 2004, 07:19:22 PM: Well, I've stuffed my hungry maw and I'm back and happy to see we've already passed 16,000 posts, and in record time, too.

Welcome Robin Anderson to our merry troupe.
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Post by: Jrand73 on January 02, 2004, 07:39:40 PM: LOL td! Holly will meet you in the doggie chat room.
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Post by: Jane on January 02, 2004, 07:47:18 PM: Quote from: Jennifer on January 02, 2004, 06:41:36 PM
Oh I love that pic of Tarzan!

Oh poor DR Ann: I'm so sorry it's raining. Let's give DR Ann good weather sunshine vibes!

I was feeling a bit out of this morning. But I am feeling a fair amount better now. Thanks everyone.

Good idea on the sunshine vibes.

Glad you are feeling better :)
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Post by: Jane on January 02, 2004, 07:59:02 PM: Welcome Robin Anderson. It is nice you joined us. :)

Jrand53 that is a very cute picture! Bogie likes to walk on the keyboard but then that is typical cat behavior. The picture of Precious is sweet.

Td your new picture is very nice.

Danise I watched two episodes of Jag tonight, only three more before I am caught up. Is tonight’s episode, “Shifting Sands” a rerun of the first episode of the season which I missed?
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Post by: Jrand73 on January 02, 2004, 08:11:43 PM: Thanks DRJANE!
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Post by: S. Woody White on January 02, 2004, 08:14:43 PM: Quote from: Jennifer on January 02, 2004, 06:38:12 PM
...Btw, what is "vetted"?...
According to my favorite on-line dictionary, to vet means to subject to expert appraisal or correction : EVALUATE.

Sounds like something we do around here all the time!
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Post by: Andrea on January 02, 2004, 08:15:03 PM: Hello DR Robin Andreson on behalf of the HHW hussies.
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Post by: MBarnum on January 02, 2004, 08:22:26 PM: Welcome to the new Dear Reader!!! Glad you are here!

Finally I get to see a picture of Holly the Sharpei! And little Precious was so cute JRand53! And she has good taste in movies...I see PILLOW TALK behinder her on the shelf! LOL!

Emily, I like both pictures! It was nice to see the real you though, however brief!

Hmm...will have to check out this Cam Clarke person.

Ok, tomorrow I will post a pic of the gigantacat Freddy. I only have about 50 thousand snapshots of him! But I can't find them!
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Post by: td on January 02, 2004, 08:23:22 PM: Quote from: Jane on January 02, 2004, 07:59:02 PM
Td your new picture is very nice.

Thanks, Jane! I gave you karma for liking my wolfiness.
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Post by: td on January 02, 2004, 08:26:44 PM: Quote from: MBarnum on January 02, 2004, 08:22:26 PM
Hmm...will have to check out this Cam Clarke person.

Well, if you check him out. . .as i just did. . .you'll find that he has an extensive line of credits on the imdb! Cam, it would seem has been supplying voice characterizations for tons of films and television shows!
And, well, one great looking guy checking out another great looking guy, where's the harm in that? ? ?
Forgot to mention that Cam also revitalizes the old traditional ballad, "The Water is Wide," a/k/a "My Love and I" as his closing track.
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Post by: MBarnum on January 02, 2004, 08:26:51 PM: And doggone it! I forgot all about THE GIRL MOST LIKELY being on tonight! Arrgh! Keith Andes in yet another musical in which he does not get to sing!

Hopefully, it will be on again!
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Post by: S. Woody White on January 02, 2004, 08:30:24 PM: Re Clarke, there's some material on him over at IMDB, (http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0164682/) but the bio over at Amazon (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00000J6K6/qid=1073102365/sr=11-1/ref=sr_11_1/102-5687608-6117729) is really interesting.
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Post by: MBarnum on January 02, 2004, 08:32:19 PM: Dr Jane, this picture is for you...straight from Marie Callendar's in the Oaks of Sherman, my new buddy Ms. Laurie Mitchell with the co-star of JAG Patrick Labyorteaux, who we happened to run into whilst dining during my trip to L.A. in September.
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Post by: MBarnum on January 02, 2004, 08:36:17 PM: Thanks Dr SWW, I checked out the info on Amazon.com...Cam Clarke the son of actor Robert Clarke...The Hideous Sun Demon himself! Who knew!

I might have to get this CD just because of that!
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Post by: LC on January 02, 2004, 08:38:32 PM: Happy New Year to all DRs! I thought long and hard about my favorite film performances for this year and I couldn't narrow it down to 10, so I hope it's okay if I post my list for both male and female actors in no particular order.

Male

Bill Murray - Lost in Translation
Ben Kingsley - House of Sand and Fog
Russell Crowe - Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Johnny Depp - Pirates of the Caribbean
Sean Penn - Mystic River
Jude Law - Cold Mountain
Ian McKellen - Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Benicio del Toro - 21 Grams
Ken Watanabe - The Last Samurai
Jack Black - School of Rock

Female

Naomi Watts - 21 Grams
Charlize Theron - Monster
Jennifer Connelly - House of Sand and Fog
Cate Blanchett - Veronica Guerin
Evan Rachel Wood - Thirteen
Scarlett Johansson - Lost in Translation
Monica Bellucci - Irréversible
Patricia Clarkson - Pieces of April
Ludivigne Sagnier - Swimming Pool
Jamie Lee Curtis - Freaky Friday

As for theatre:

Harvey Fierstein, Marissa Jaret Winokur, Kerry Butler, and Corey Reynolds - Hairspray
Denis O'Hare - Take Me Out
Hugh Jackman - The Boy From Oz
Idina Menzel - Wicked
Kristin Chenoweth - Wicked
Rebecca Luker - Nine
Jennifer Simard - The Thing About Men (hilarious in a bunch of small roles)

More in a second..
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Post by: LC on January 02, 2004, 08:40:37 PM: Emily - loved your New York story. There are no jalapenos at Subway in Canada?! However do you manage? :o

MBarnum - your cat must have been very cute. I am still excited by the novelty of having a pet, although all she does is sleep and eat. :)

Jrand - what an adorable dog!

Welcome to DRs PennyO and Robin. Robin, great movie choices!
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Post by: Matt H. on January 02, 2004, 08:45:57 PM: DR Ron, I thought Viggo and Elijah were wonderful in THE RETURN OF THE KING, but I had lots of people I wanted to mention so I had to limit myself to just a few per project, and I did think Sean and Ian gave the strongest two performances amid many, many impressive ones.

I like the current TomuvOZ pic and always prefer to see the smiling visages of the DRs as opposed to cartoons or other representations. However, I can understand how some might not want to see themlseves looking out of them all the time. But PLEASE consider going back to your own pics occasionally because I think it really humanizes the forum. It is great to know what the people I'm writing to look like just like you like to look into people's eyes when you talk to them in person..
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Post by: Matt H. on January 02, 2004, 08:53:36 PM: Going through my videotape archives tonight and found something I forgot I had, the third Julie and Carol TV special, done in (I think) 1991 and not particularly good ("The Phantom of the Oprey" not a great idea). Also ran across the brilliant Shirley MacLaine's Emmy-winning "Gypsy in My Soul" which used to bring me to tears because I was so in love with the dancing in it and the special's celebration of Broadway dancers.

We won't see specials like these again. I'd give anything if CBS would license JULIE AND CAROL AT CARNEGIE HALL for someone to put out on DVD. The CD has to suffice for the moment.
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Post by: DearReaderLaura on January 02, 2004, 08:53:44 PM: Welcome, new Dear Readers PennyO and Robin Anderson!
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Post by: Matt H. on January 02, 2004, 09:11:49 PM: Hope everyone has a wonderful rest of the evening; I'm off to the land of rest. Good night.
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Post by: bk on January 02, 2004, 09:13:11 PM: What a loverly bunch of posts. What a loverly bunch of coconuts. I finally am catching up with Pirates of the Caribbean - will have a full report.
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Post by: SwishySarah on January 02, 2004, 09:19:00 PM: What fun posts today! Usually by the end of the posts, I'm bored, but alkl of today's were interesting and enjoyable, :).

I have many comments to make:

Ann: I used to get those yellow lines under certain words. Then my computer committed suicide. I think you might want to clean your computer up a bit, because they're just another bad form of popups. (I say that like there's a good form of them...)

MBarnum: I can confirm that you are damn sexy. If age and sexual preference had nothing to do with a relationship, I would claim you as my own, :).

Jose: It was kind of randomly put in the end of a post yesterday, so you easily missed it, but are you going to be playing at Mamma Mia on January 18th?

Welcome to the cookie jar, PennyO and Robin Anderson! What flavor are you?

Jane: I don't think Robin understands the applaud/boo thing, because you can't give those out until you've posted 25 times. She doesn't even have those buttons on her screen yet. And you're comiung to Bethesda MD?! Thats only about an hour away from me!

Jennifer: I loved Daddy Day Care. The kids are hilarious, and Eddie Murphy gives a fabulously funny performance, as usual. I liked it more than the kids I was babysitting for did. It was sad, I actually found myself laughing at the burping jokes. It puts you in a kid state of mind.

I don't really have any "favorites" for movies, as I can't remember half of the ones I saw. I can tell you that the only film I really remember, and enjoyed, was Pirates of the Caribbean. I thought that the performances were all very entertaining, and the storyline was really interesting too. Not to mention the gorgeous Johnny, Orlando, and Jack.

I like everyone's pictures, whether them or not. I need to get a picture of myself that I *like*, and I'll put it up. Of course, I haven't read a single post on how to DO this, so I'll need help. :)

Off to watch Conan, and find batteries for my digital camera.
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Post by: Jane on January 02, 2004, 09:32:06 PM: Td I love receiving Karma. Thank you. :)

MBarnum-great picture! He was also very cute on Little House on the Prairie.

SS I’ll tell you more about Bethesda after I make my plans.

Keith is waiting for me so we can finish watching Seabiscuit.

Goodnight.
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Post by: Jason on January 02, 2004, 09:54:36 PM: Home from a long day. GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING was an OK film...quite beautiful to look at, but I'm not sure where the story was going...if it went at all. It was very slow and strung out, I thought, and there was VERY little dialogue (not that that means it's a bad movie, just a quiet one).

Tonight we opened WERTHER at the Met. Small crowd. Very small. While I was there, I ran across the street to Tower and picked up a few things...SILENCE OF THE LAMBS and THE PRINCESS BRIDE on DVD and a greatest hits collection of songs performed by Mrs. Miller. Oh My Gosh! I haven't laughed so hard in my entire life... What a hoot! Thank you, DR Laura, for introducing me to Mrs. Miller.
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Post by: Jason on January 02, 2004, 09:57:36 PM: Oh, and Andrea...thank you for the compliment. You're quite visually pleasing as well. :D
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Post by: JoseSPiano on January 02, 2004, 10:28:28 PM: Good evening!

Well, my trip to the Mall to pick up a Thank You gift turned into a "Oh, I forgot to pick up a Thank You gift" trip to the mall.

As happened last year at this time, I got sidetracked by all the clearance tables in Williams-Sonoma. I ventured out to the Galleria at Tysons Corner which is very high-end shopping center - a Neiman-Marcus, Saks and lots of designer boutiques. Well, I forgot they also had a Williams-Sonoma - and it's one of their larger stores in the area - not so cramped layout wise. Well.. about an hour and $110 later... However, the were some crazy-good deals even on the non-seasonal items, and I'm very happy with what I discovered and bought. There were clearance sections/tables throughout the store, and the more I explored, the more I found. The one non-clearance item in my bag was a piece from the new Calphalon One line that Williams-Sonoma is launching - and it was on special too. -It's very neat - the non-stick "stuff" is embedded into the metal so it will brown like a regular pan, but clean up like a non-stick pan - and you can even use metal utensils in it! I can't wait to give it a test drive. Of course, I had just bought a new 2-quart covered saute pan... I'll have to see if I can locate the receipt ;-)

I then walked around for a little bit before heading back to my car. Once I got to my car, I realized I had not looked for a Thank You gift so I headed over to Tysons Corner - or Tysons One - to make a quick check of stores over there. *I also made a quick pass through the FAO Schwarz there that was closing up shop.

Well, I looked in a bunch of stores, and really couldn't find anything. Most of the stores were/are still in post-Christmas clearance mode, and any regular merchandise was either hidden or still in the back. I'll make a run to Old Town Alexandria tomorrow before the matinee to see if I can find anything down there. Of course, I know exactly where I would go in Richmond to find a gift, but since I'm not back in Richmond right now...

Good show tonight. Our Sagramore was out sick, but the swing did a great job of swinging in.

OH!!!!!! We had some fun trauma in the pit tonight! Our French Horn player came in tonight... And he had super-glued the thumb and index finger together on his right hand! He was working on a project at home, and... *Afterwards, he said he even drove in with the super-glue bottle still stuck to his fingers, but that came off! Well, after some pre-curtain questioning and concern, we started the show. He played what he could - and he even resorted to playing his horn like a natural horn so he wouldn't have to use his valves! There were a few things here and there that got altered, but nothing major. Well, the backstage crew eventually brought him a small cup filled with acetone... and before we started "The Lusty Month of May", he had unglued his fingers. And then the jokes started... Boy did they start! Most of them were visual, or I'd share them with you... But still, as the contractor said, that was a situation that was not covered in the union handbook! ;D
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Post by: Charles Pogue on January 02, 2004, 10:51:37 PM: Pogue's movie reports:...It just seems like that kind of a day. Just back from seeing COLD MOUNTAIN, which I enjoyed. It was nice to see Jude Law play someone who is not necessarily cold and distant for a change and lots of nice vingettes. All very well-performed. Rene Zellewegger exceptionally good. CM is certainly better than Minghella's butt-numbing English Patient was.

Caught RETURN OF THE KING earlier this week and generally enjoyed it. Note: Other than the Hobbit, I have never read Tolkien, though I've owned the books since they first came out. But as I was watching the movie, seeing the next "battle to end all battles" or Frodo being seduced by the evil power of the ring yet again or Samwise (the true hero, for my money) saving Frodo from his ill-advised decisions one more time and keeping his bacon outta the fire and generally carrying his hobbit butt all through the movie, I did find it a little long and repetitive. I mean after Gollum has yet another dialogue between himself about "his precious", you want to say "I got the idea already, press on, shall we?"

I was also reminded of a story about Tolkien...

Apparently he and his university cronies would occasionally gather and read excerpts from their latest work...One day Tolkien began to read from his epic-in-progress and a stentorian voice was heard to groan in the back of the room, "Oh...not another fucking elf!" At one point in the movie when yet one more time CGI minions spread across a interminably vast widescreen battlefield, I leaned over to my wife and whispered, "Oh...not another fucking epic battle."
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Post by: Panni on January 02, 2004, 11:06:07 PM: Had a busy day today and am off to relax with a book or maybe even mindless TV. I don't want to take on DR Pogue, the master of debate and clever vitriol, but I couldn't disagree more about Ms. Zellweger in COLD MOUNTAIN. I thought she was channeling Doris Day as Calamity Jane, and not very well, either. It was, for me, one of those performances which was constantly drawing attention to the fact that it was ever so brilliant. Acting with a capital "A"!
Now I know that she'll be nominated for and perhaps may even win a ton of major awards, but that's my humble opinion, DR's.
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Post by: Ann on January 02, 2004, 11:09:45 PM: Thank you for the Sunshine vibes! As of now they aren't kicking in...but I have high hopes for tomorrow!

Swish - I kinda wish this computer would commit suicide. It would definitely be a mercy killing. Luckily said machine is not mine, and in a few days I will be rid of it and back to using my brand spanking new laptop...and all will be right with the world. :)
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Post by: Charles Pogue on January 02, 2004, 11:10:48 PM: Gee, Panni, she reminded me of some of my relatives in them thar parts.
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Post by: TCB on January 02, 2004, 11:18:50 PM: I am home from the theater. We had a fairly nice house tonight (3/4) considering all the dire predictions of snow and freezing temperatures which normally sends Western Washingtonians scurrying to their neighborhood Safeway Store to stock up on batteries and cans of Tomato Soup. Actually, I think it is probably the only time during the year that people ever buy Campbell's Tomato Soup.

Only two more possible performances of Oliver and then my pocket-picking days will be over. The weather bureau is still saying two to six inches of snow between tonight and tomorrow which could bring the entire Western half of the state to a standstill, in which case I may have already reviewed my last situation!
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Post by: Panni on January 02, 2004, 11:20:10 PM: Question: Why does it not say "Applaud or Boo" under my Karma sign? I need more Karma!! I'm a Karma junkie. Karma between the toes. But how do I get it, if it can't be given (or taken)? Am I not understanding something here or has a horrible, egregious error been made?
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Post by: SwishySarah on January 02, 2004, 11:26:16 PM: Panni: You cannot give yourself Karma. You can only give to others. So when I look at your name, right below your Karma level are the two buttons. I see that on every post but my own. It's kind of "cheating" if you give YOURSELF karma. You can only give to others.

I'd give you a karma, but I already have in the last 3 days. :)
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Post by: Tomovoz on January 02, 2004, 11:26:30 PM: Welcome DR Robin. I have it on good authority that at least two of the Hainsies are actually sane. You have probably worked that out already. Catch phrase?
td: Shall check it out. Thanks.
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Post by: Charles Pogue on January 02, 2004, 11:28:59 PM: I see the applaud/boo under your sign, Panni, but not mine...maybe we don't see it under our own sign so we can't ply our own ballot box, as it were...
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Post by: JoseSPiano on January 02, 2004, 11:29:43 PM: Quote from: SwishySarah on January 02, 2004, 09:19:00 PM
Jose: It was kind of randomly put in the end of a post yesterday, so you easily missed it, but are you going to be playing at Mamma Mia on January 18th?

Sorry, SwishySarah - I did see your original question, I just lost track of answering it.

Unfortunately, I will not be in the pit of Mamma Mia! on the night of Sunday, January 18. Instead, I will most likely be somewhere on I-95 heading back with my friend Steve from a whirlwind, theatre-filled five day trip up to NYC. *And the car will be full since we've already decided to stop in one of the IKEAs on the way back down to Richmond. ;)

Hope you enjoy the show - it really is a lot of fun - even if it is mindless fun. And be sure to bring your dancing shoes!

And before I forget - Welcome DR PennyO and DR RobinAnderson!
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Post by: TCB on January 02, 2004, 11:31:03 PM: Well, Tomovoz, welcome home from the birthday shindig. Was Desdemona glad to see her Uncle Tom?
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Post by: JoseSPiano on January 02, 2004, 11:31:04 PM: OH - DR Tomovoz - Has my package arrived yet? Just wunderin'...
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Post by: JoseSPiano on January 02, 2004, 11:34:11 PM: Hmmm... A nice bunch of late night readers/posters/lurkers/etc. Of course, I always wonder who is really "Logged", or just "here" because they checked the "always stay logged in" box. Hmmm....
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Post by: Tomovoz on January 02, 2004, 11:34:15 PM: DR Jose: no mail deliveries here since Wednesday! No mail. No.
TCB. the child was excited with the spindle I gave her as a present. The mother is looking for a lilac fairy to save the day. Are you free?
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Post by: bk on January 02, 2004, 11:36:24 PM: That Panni is always SO busy - busy days, busy days.

Pogue, et al: I couldn't get fifty pages into the novel Cold Mountain, so I have stayed away from the film. Perhaps I'll see it. I run hot and cold on Miss Zellwegger.

Just finished Pirates of the Caribbean - good yarn, lots of fun, fifteen minutes too long and one of the most mind-numbingly awful scores I've ever heard. I kept praying for a theme - my kingdom for a theme - but all I got was pounding. Excellent performances all around - Depp was fun in his weird and strange way, Rush was terrific, as always, always good to see Jonathan Pryce, and the two young leads were also fine. Very enjoyable overall.
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Post by: TCB on January 02, 2004, 11:36:38 PM: Forgive me for not mentioning this sooner:

Welcome to HHW, PennyO and Robin!
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Post by: Tomovoz on January 02, 2004, 11:38:08 PM: I think I welcomed Penny O the other day. Apologies if I didn't. Once again welcome. New blood appeases the gods.
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Post by: TCB on January 02, 2004, 11:38:56 PM: Quote from: Tomovoz on January 02, 2004, 11:34:15 PM
DR Jose: no mail deliveries here since Wednesday! No mail. No.
TCB. the child was excited with the spindle I gave her as a present. The mother is looking for a lilac fairy to save the day. Are you free?

No, but I am reasonable.
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Post by: Tomovoz on January 02, 2004, 11:42:02 PM: If you are beyond our financial budget a man in purple tights might have to do the trick. I think Lilac is preferable.
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Post by: Jason on January 02, 2004, 11:42:26 PM: How rude of me: Welcome to PennyO and RobinAnderson! Nice to have you here...bring your friends!
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Post by: Andrea on January 02, 2004, 11:44:23 PM: Hello PennyO!

As Emily is providing the narrative of our trip, I'll be filling in personal little comments that she doesn't mention.

So, just for DR Jennifer, my border crossing story.

Him: Anybody?
Me: hand him my passport
Him: looks at my passport and hands it back
Him: Anybody
Me: is that it?
Him: yes

And so I go on my merry/marry/mary way to wait for DR Emily and Robin who took forever.
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Post by: Andrea on January 02, 2004, 11:45:31 PM: Quote from: Jason on January 02, 2004, 09:57:36 PM
Oh, and Andrea...thank you for the compliment. You're quite visually pleasing as well. :D

Flattery will get you karma...
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Post by: TCB on January 02, 2004, 11:46:28 PM: Purple tights notwithstanding, I think Brother Jed might be miffed at being branded a fairy -- lilac or otherwise.
Title: Re:WHAT ELSE CAN I TELL YOU?
Post by: Tomovoz on January 02, 2004, 11:50:25 PM: So DR Jed has gone back into his School closet again? Did I mention fairy and Jed? I said MAN in purple tights.
Title: Re:WHAT ELSE CAN I TELL YOU?
Post by: TCB on January 02, 2004, 11:51:45 PM: I hope you will forgive this vanity post, but I didn't want to end the evening on my ~~666~~ post.
Title: Re:WHAT ELSE CAN I TELL YOU?
Post by: Jed on January 02, 2004, 11:53:49 PM: Quote from: Laura II on January 02, 2004, 04:49:19 PM
Jed: haha! Your post made me laugh so much! However, I'm sorry to say that I think I've forgotten how to flirt. Oh woe is me! Btw, you forgot Swish--is that because she's jailbait? Heeheehee :) (I love ya, Swish!)

Exactly! Sorry, Sarah, but the Washington State Office of the Superintendant of Public Instruction frowns upon jailbait. :)

Oh, and "forgotten how to flirt"??? We just need to give you some practice, dearie. :D
Title: Re:WHAT ELSE CAN I TELL YOU?
Post by: TCB on January 02, 2004, 11:53:57 PM: Quote from: Tomovoz on January 02, 2004, 11:50:25 PM
So DR Jed has gone back into his School closet again? Did I mention fairy and Jed? I said MAN in purple tights.

Where I come from, Mister, there is only one man in purple tights.
Title: Re:WHAT ELSE CAN I TELL YOU?
Post by: bk on January 02, 2004, 11:54:04 PM: Last call, last call - eight minutes to new notes and discussion topic.
Title: Re:WHAT ELSE CAN I TELL YOU?
Post by: JoseSPiano on January 02, 2004, 11:57:27 PM: Quote from: bk on January 02, 2004, 11:54:04 PM
Last call, last call - eight minutes to new notes and discussion topic.

OK, OK! Stop ringing that darn bell, and could you turn down the lights too - who knew it could get so bright in here?!!?!
Title: Re:WHAT ELSE CAN I TELL YOU?
Post by: Tomovoz on January 03, 2004, 12:00:12 AM: For those who know the score of "The Full Monty": a line change for OZ audiences. Kate Smith became Dame Edna!