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Well, you've read the notes, the notes were Furddish, and now it is time for you to post until the Furddish cows come home.
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And the word of the day is: LICKERISH!
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Topic of the Day: the only Noël Coward shows that I know that I've seen have been local productions of "Hay Fever" and "Blithe Spirit." Both were good (better than average, but not great) productions.
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Love your new parody, DR FJL! :D
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DR TCB - what fantastic medical news for you! I am thrilled. :) :)
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Yea! for DR Cillaliz and the neighbor girl! :D
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A warm HHW welcome to our newest DR embolism. :)
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Isn't that the title of one of DR elmore3003's VHS tapes? Furddish Lurkers Hanging Around?
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Thank you all very much for your kind words, vibes, advice, and warm hearts.
The support of this HHW community is a humbling, powerful, and awesome thing.
Blessings to you all.
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Yea! for DR Cillaliz and the neighbor girl! :D
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:) DR Jose, no, I didn't take any photos. I was outside cleaning out my car and didn't have my phone or camera with me
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One of the squirrels that sits on top of the bird feeder is staring at me. I think he's looking for the cats that are usually starting at him
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Well, I better go. I can't find one of the presents I got for my mother, which is something she would normally do, lol. I have other things so it doesn't matter, but this irritates me.
Anyway, it's her 82nd birthday today and I'm going to leave within the hour to spend today with them and sing in their church choir tomorrow morning at the Easter service. I'm looking forward to it
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We were down for quite a while this morning. I don't know what time the site came back up but I couldn't get in at 7am or 8am
I'm about to head uptown for Round Two of my theatre weekend.
More later but it didn't start well. The less said about The Philanthropist the better though I may detail the problems later.
It's raining lightly now but it's supposed to stop later in the day (when I'm in the theatre).
I'm meeting a friend for dinner after the 3pm show then I will go to the 8pm show.
I won't be around for the entire day (though that's not odd for me for the weekend).
Later, gaters.
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Good Morning!
I'm up, I'm up.... And, yes, the site was down for a while. And it looks like it was down for a little bit after DR Ben's above post.
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DR Cillaliz - Well, if you didn't have any rain last night...
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I am very pleased that I seem to have lost the ability to predict rain.
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Today's tech starts at 2:00, but I need to go in to take care of some more detail work, and also to go over the mic plot with the sound man - who spent years on the road doing sound for "Heart" and other rock groups.
I also need to leave enough lead time to get through "downtown" Charleston. It took me almost 20 minutes to go six blocks yesterday, and I have a feeling even more people will be out and about today.
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I am very pleased that I seem to have lost the ability to predict rain.
Well, if it's any "consolation", we did have a somewhat unexpected downpour in the middle of the night here in Charleston.
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And that's all for now.
Laters...
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The only two Coward plays I have seen are Blithe Spirt and High Spirits. I have read several others.
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Vibes of SUPPORT for DR DAW. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Hope you'll find something better and brighter!
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I tried to log on to this site this morning (around 9:30am eastern) and i could not. I could read the notes. But smf was not available.
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I couldn't get either the forum page or the notes page to come up earlier this morning. They seem fine right now.
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I'm not quite sure how I'm going to approach SIN CITY today. The movie will look best in a completely darkened room, so that means I need to watch it tonight. But I can't let the afternoon go by and not use some of the time for the bonus features, so I guess once again I'll have to start with them and go to the movie tonight.
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I was intrigued by Today's notes and did some research. BK has talked about Bluth Brother's before but I did not remember that one of the Bluth brothers was animator Don Bluth. Who prior to opening the theater worked for Disney and then was a Morman missionary in Brazil.
I figured out that the time frame for the Theater was circa 1963-1966.
BK also did The Unsinkable Molly Brown where he played one of Molly's brothers. (Michael or Patrick Tobin)
Some postings say it was in Santa Monica
and the only other info I could find were for two actors whose obits mentioned The Bluth Brothers
Cherry (Cherilyn) Baker
Marilyn Izdebski
An interesting side note: There are several French sites dedicated to Don Bluth and it looks like they use the same information. When google translates it has an amusing English translation. "Don and his/her brother...."
and an English site uses this literal English translation for their site!!!
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re: last night's GHOST WHISPERER.
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Very weird. Here it went over by 1 minute, which it never does. I had to watch the end online today!
I really liked last night's episode. But i don't think that there was enough jim/sam.
When they first talked about melinda's husband dying i was very much against it. But when they said the actor would stay on the show and that it would all be worth it i thought i would give it a chance. Well i loved what they did. IT was mesmerizing, until they decided to give sam all of jim's memories and none of sam's. I was loving watching sam remember little things about jim's life and his relationship with melinda. It seemed too rushed for the writers to just erase all that. I really did not see that coming. But that said, what they have done now is interesting too. Watching him in last night's show see his former paramedic partner was gutwrenching. And i think that this could be a whole new interesting story. Watching jim realize that nobody recognizes him. Although you'd think maybe he could tell his parents, his best friends... Anyhow, i think this will be interesting. But i hope they don't put david conrad on the backburner like he used to be. It's weird but these past months he's been in so many scenes. But last night it was eli and melinda solving the case with jim/sam in the background. So i hope we see more of jim and melinda. Because it's been a pleasure to see the actor used recently! jk lkj oiu oiuesf kjladfiou uoi oiu iu loo woiw wow who woui
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TOD:
I've seen PRESENT LAUGHTER and BLITHE SPIRIT on stage. I've never seen any of his musicals on stage.
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I tried to log on to this site this morning (around 9:30am eastern) and i could not. I could read the notes. But smf was not available.
The same here. I even went to yesterday's notes and tried to get into the postings from there and the same problem.
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Re: GHOST WHISPERER.
Yes, it went over by a minute here, too. Luckily, I recorded FLASHPOINT last night, so I watched the first part of that recording and got the end of GHOST WHISPERER.
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That is crazy news DR TCB. Is this common? that people who wear glasses could have their eyes correct themselves? I've never heard of this!
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Re: GHOST WHISPERER.
Yes, it went over by a minute here, too. Luckily, I recorded FLASHPOINT last night, so I watched the first part of that recording and got the end of GHOST WHISPERER.
Well here we get the feed on the canadian network. And they never go over, except during IDOL. Even if the American station goes over by a minute, they usually correct it with the commercials.
And funny i wrote my GW comments before reading yours. We both want more jim!
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Well, I lost a long post on the TOD this morning due to "connection problems".
I'll try again:
I loves me some Noel Coward. My first encounter with The Master was doing HAY FEVER at The Globe of the Great Southwest, playing patriarch David Bliss, when I was way too young for it, at the tender age of 23. Nevertheless, I was very good in the part, if I may immodestly say so, and garnered excellent reviews.
In 1982 in London I saw a delightful production of DESIGN FOR LIVING with Ian Ogilvy, Maria Aitken, and Gary Bond (interesting side note: the programme cost 40p; now they cost somewhere between 2-3pds)
In LA at the Huntington Hartford, I saw a nice production of Coward's first big hit, THE VORTEX, starring Stephanie Beacham and either Rupert Everett or Rupert Graves, I can't remember and I'm not digging out the programme to find out.
I saw the terrific Peter Bowles as Gary Essendine (a Noel Coward surrogate) in the very funny PRESENT LAUGHTER. The always-wonderful Fecility Kendall and the equally always-wonderful Frances DeLaTour were marvelous in the hilarious FALLEN ANGELS. The second act drunk scene was one of the funniest things I've ever seen.
I saw Corin and Vanessa Redgrave in one of Coward's last plays, SONG AT TWILIGHT. He was better than she. At one point, as the character, Vanessa hummed a snatch of "I Wonder What The King Is Doing Tonight" from Camelot. I doubt The Master would have been amused by this little "in" joke.
Probably the best Noel Coward I ever saw was the 2001 London production of PRIVATE LIVES starring Alan Rickman and Lindsay Duncan, directed by Howard Davies. A shimmering, elegant production!
The worst production I ever saw was BLITHE SPIRIT with Penelope Keith playing Madam Arcati. You would have thought it a perfect match of actor/role. Sadly not so. I also thought the play had not aged well; but it could have just been the production. Also saw Ms. Keith in a disappointing stage adaptation of a Noel Coward short story, STAR QUALITY, that just laid there and she was not right for the role (There is a wonderful film adaptation of the same story with Susannah York). I really like Ms. Keith as an actress; but she missed badly in both of these.
I heartily recommend the BBC boxed set of Noel Coward, which has productions of many of the aboved-mentioned plays (notably a great production of PRESENT LAUGHTER with Donald Sinden) and also the playlets from TONIGHT AT EIGHT-THIRTY. There are also several fascinating interviews with The Master himself.
http://poguespages.blogspot.com
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Re: GHOST WHISPERER.
Yes, it went over by a minute here, too. Luckily, I recorded FLASHPOINT last night, so I watched the first part of that recording and got the end of GHOST WHISPERER.
Well here we get the feed on the canadian network. And they never go over, except during IDOL. Even if the American station goes over by a minute, they usually correct it with the commercials.
And funny i wrote my GW comments before reading yours. We both want more jim!
Well, now that Jennifer Love Hewitt and Jaime Kennedy are a romantic item (I do NOT understand this relationship), I fear we're going to get more of Kennedy and less of David COnrad. I hope that isn't the case, but I could see it happening.
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I usually go out on Saturday mornings. But my niece had a birthday party at Fundomundo for one of her daycare friends. So other than her calling to wake me up at 7am, i slept till after 9am!
I have a few things to watch. And a bunch of library books to read. I started a new series by author Kelley Armstrong. And am on book 2 (stolen). I think there are 8 books in the series, but she changes narrators in each book. Not sure if i will like this.
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Re: GHOST WHISPERER.
Yes, it went over by a minute here, too. Luckily, I recorded FLASHPOINT last night, so I watched the first part of that recording and got the end of GHOST WHISPERER.
Well here we get the feed on the canadian network. And they never go over, except during IDOL. Even if the American station goes over by a minute, they usually correct it with the commercials.
And funny i wrote my GW comments before reading yours. We both want more jim!
Well, now that Jennifer Love Hewitt and Jaime Kennedy are a romantic item (I do NOT understand this relationship), I fear we're going to get more of Kennedy and less of David COnrad. I hope that isn't the case, but I could see it happening.
I totally forgot about this. Well at least they've made Eli more likeable. AFter her other best guy friend left (loved him) i was not liking jamie kennedy at all. But they've managed to make him much more tolerable.
But it makes total sense why melinda spends so much time with him. Although don't the writers write what they want? I wish they would give camryn manheim more to do as well. They under use her!
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I, too, experienced problems accessing HHW for several hours this morning. :(
By and large, SMF has been fairly consistent since our transition.
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As for favorite Coward songs:
I think his greatest is "If Love Were All." Everything else kind of pales beside it for me.
I do like "I'll See You Again," "Someday I'll Find You," "Mad Dogs and Englishmen," "I'll Follow My Secret Heart," "Sail Away," and "Home Sweet Heaven."
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY
to the Mother of DR Cillaliz!!!!!!
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I think his greatest is "If Love Were All." Everything else kind of pales beside it for me.
DITTO! :)
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Re: GHOST WHISPERER.
Yes, it went over by a minute here, too. Luckily, I recorded FLASHPOINT last night, so I watched the first part of that recording and got the end of GHOST WHISPERER.
Well here we get the feed on the canadian network. And they never go over, except during IDOL. Even if the American station goes over by a minute, they usually correct it with the commercials.
And funny i wrote my GW comments before reading yours. We both want more jim!
Well, now that Jennifer Love Hewitt and Jaime Kennedy are a romantic item (I do NOT understand this relationship), I fear we're going to get more of Kennedy and less of David COnrad. I hope that isn't the case, but I could see it happening.
I totally forgot about this. Well at least they've made Eli more likeable. AFter her other best guy friend left (loved him) i was not liking jamie kennedy at all. But they've managed to make him much more tolerable.
But it makes total sense why melinda spends so much time with him. Although don't the writers write what they want? I wish they would give camryn manheim more to do as well. They under use her!
Camryn Mannheim has been almost totally wasted on the show since her introduction. If she didn't have that son who's figured importantly in several of the episodes, she would be of no use whatsoever except to mind the store while Melinda is gone.
You're more tolerant of Jaime Kennedy than I am. I liked Jay Mohr much more on the show than Jaime Kennedy. His personality really does not set well with me, and I think he's a lousy actor, too.
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DR Cillaliz that is funny that you were drawing with chalk on the street yesterday. I was too!
My niece decided to try pictures and we attempted to play hopscotch (although i could not remember the rules and she could not hop on one foot).
We took a wagon ride too. Although she collected rocks and put them in the wagon. and with the wagon on the driveway, some little boy took them while we were playing. She was not pleased!
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Good morning, all! I slept late and then got caught up in Toyland business. I'm on my second cup of coffee and my oatmeal as I type this.
Today, more Toyland work, and I have to sketch out a medley for Mr Ron Raines. I also want to duck into Holy Trinity Church across from my apartment and say a prayer for my dad and run to the market.
TOD: Blithe Spirit & Hay Fever are the only two Coward plays I believe I've seen onstage, both in good productions and both had Deborah Rush in their casts. I've worked on TONIGHT AT 8:30 for the Williamstown Theatre Festival, and some of the one-acts are wonderful; I wish I could say the same of their director who did not do nearly as good a job on his set as he had done with the original production of RENT. The other set was directed by Ann Reinking and she was a joy to work with. I just rememebred that the Williamstown cast also had Deborah Rush. She's good.
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As for favorite Coward songs:
I think his greatest is "If Love Were All." Everything else kind of pales beside it for me.
I do like "I'll See You Again," "Someday I'll Find You," "Mad Dogs and Englishmen," "I'll Follow My Secret Heart," "Sail Away," and "Home Sweet Heaven."
I think the whole score for BITTER SWEET is quite wonderful, and the other great song in the score besides "If Love Were All" is the same character's moving "Kiss Me (Before You Go Away)" before the duel that kills the leading man. Interesting that the generous chanteuse who has the two best songs is not the leading lady's role!
"Home Sweet Heaven" is from HIGH SPIRITS but Coward didn't write it; Hugh Martin and Timothy Gray did.
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re: GHOST WHISPERER
DR MattH, i too loved jay mohr. And i think he was more likeable. But i remember how much i disliked jamie kennedy in the beginning. And he has grown on me. At least he can hear the ghosts so it's sort of fun at time.
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TOD: My favorite film by Noel Coward is "Brief Encounter"
Favorite Noel Coward song has to be, "IF Love Were All." "Sail Away" is another favorite. Of his clever, witty songs, "Nina" is a favorite. Well, there are too many and all so much fun.
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And yes, it is finally raining on Phoenix.
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TOD: The only two Coward plays I've seen live are
"Blithe Spirit" ( a bad production of a good play) and "Private Lives" (which was extremely well done).
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We are going to color Easter eggs this morning at the church. I do not understand why we color Easter eggs and have an egg hunt at church. That would be like having Santa there at Christmas. But I am outvoted.
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How are your joints, Kerry? Did you also lose the ability to forecast the weather?
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Saturday morning greetings! We're enjoying a visit from Rob and Mary Linda, who are about to do some errands while I prep the house for tomorrow's Easter dinner. We will have 7 or 8 around our table for ham, cheesy potatoes, green beans, green (Jello) eggs, rolls, and whatever my sister-in-law brings for dessert.
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I think his greatest is "If Love Were All." Everything else kind of pales beside it for me.
DOUBLE DITTO!
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I saw a wonderful production of HAY FEVER at the Pittsburgh Public many years ago. . .it's the only Coward I've ever seen on stage. IIRC, April Shawhan played the ingenue.
Now that I've thought of it, on a side note: Why doesn't someone revive OVER HERE! with Alice Ripley and Emily Skinner?
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TOD - I imagine sometime along the line I've seen productions of Coward plays, but my best memory is of a 2-LP set that was owned by the library where I started my career:
Cowardy Custard (http://www.castalbumdb.com/rec.cfm?RNumber=253)
Hmm, wonder if it's on CD?
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Oh, just had a Facebook IM from my sister-in-law telling me that they're bringing a cake from Servatii's (http://www.servatiipastryshop.com) - yum!
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As for favorite Coward songs:
I think his greatest is "If Love Were All." Everything else kind of pales beside it for me.
I do like "I'll See You Again," "Someday I'll Find You," "Mad Dogs and Englishmen," "I'll Follow My Secret Heart," "Sail Away," and "Home Sweet Heaven."
I think the whole score for BITTER SWEET is quite wonderful, and the other great song in the score besides "If Love Were All" is the same character's moving "Kiss Me (Before You Go Away)" before the duel that kills the leading man. Interesting that the generous chanteuse who has the two best songs is not the leading lady's role!
"Home Sweet Heaven" is from HIGH SPIRITS but Coward didn't write it; Hugh Martin and Timothy Gray did.
Argh! You're right. I guess I was fooled since he sings it as a bonus on the London cast CD.
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I'm up and getting ready to jog - looks very pretty out.
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Yes, I suppose IF LOVE WERE ALL is THE Coward Anthem. But there are lots of others I'm wild about...PLAY, ORCHESTRA, PLAY; YOU WERE THERE; NINA; DON'T PUT YOUR DAUGHTER ON THE STAGE, MRS. WORTHINGTON; POOR LITTLE RICH GIRL; MAD DOGS & ENGLISNMEN; NEVER AGAIN; WE WERE DANCING; GREEN CARNATIONS; COME THE WILD, WILD WEATHER.
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Not thrilled to hear about the problems earlier, but since they're fixed and since we have had so little wrong I'll not write the host - but, please keep monitoring (I'll be out for a while because she of the Evil Eye is here) and e-mail me if there's any problems.
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Now that I've thought of it, on a side note: Why doesn't someone revive OVER HERE! with Alice Ripley and Emily Skinner?
I saw the original Broadway production and found it a wonderfully fun evening. Not a great show but a thoroughly entertaining evening, and I would have given it the Tony over RAISIN that year.
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Bluth Brothers theater is written about extensively in Kritzer Time (therein called Beach Brothers) - it was in Culver City and our MD was indeed Don. I know I've told the story before that when I came in for a rehearsal one day for High Spirits and there was the most gorgeous backdrop of London hanging outside the double windows of the set. Don was there, working and I asked him where it had come from. He said Disney - he'd painted it for Mary Poppins! It was the first time he'd ever mentioned that he worked for Disney.
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I'm running very behind this morning, so let me hop off-line and go downstairs to find something to fix for lunch.
WBBL.
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Page Three Dance!!!
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And now I'm REALLY going!
;D
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Guess I'll do the long jog - I got up a little later than planned and I'm still groggy and STILL full from last night's meal.
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Well, I better go. I can't find one of the presents I got for my mother, which is something she would normally do, lol. I have other things so it doesn't matter, but this irritates me.
Anyway, it's her 82nd birthday today and I'm going to leave within the hour to spend today with them and sing in their church choir tomorrow morning at the Easter service. I'm looking forward to it
Happy Birthday to Cilla's Mom!
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We are going to color Easter eggs this morning at the church. I do not understand why we color Easter eggs and have an egg hunt at church. That would be like having Santa there at Christmas. But I am outvoted.
I believe it has more to do with pagan Rome and reconciling mythologies, DR Laura!
Eggs are a symbol of fertility and the spring season of regeneration. So go paint and know you're a part of something that's lasted longer than we'll ever know.
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TOD - I imagine sometime along the line I've seen productions of Coward plays, but my best memory is of a 2-LP set that was owned by the library where I started my career:
Cowardy Custard (http://www.castalbumdb.com/rec.cfm?RNumber=253)
Hmm, wonder if it's on CD?
It isn't! I want it just for the hilarious "Spinning Song." My memory is that it's sung by Patricia Routledge but I could be wrong.
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If any DRs don't own this Coward BITTER SWEET recording, including the great Rosemary Ashe (the original POTO Carlotta) who sings "If Love Were All" and "Kiss Me" on it, I recommend this album heartily. It's a recording of the complete published score, although the score is generally cut down in performance because there's so much of it.
I don't like the leading man much because he doesn't sound Middle-European, but Valerie Masterson and Rosie are excellent and the score is a fantastic 1920s operetta score.
I see there are several used and new items on Amazon.com at a lower price than the Amazon.com price.
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DR TCB, WOW, SUCH AMAZING NEWS-CONGRATULATIONS! :D
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DR td I’m pleasantly surprised you still have benefits. :)
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DR Cilla, sweet story with the neighbor girls.
Happy birthday to your mother.
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DR Laura may your current inability to predict rain last forever.
DR Jennifer the thought of you and your niece trying to play hopscotch made me laugh.
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Good Afternoon!
And, yes, it did indeed take me a little longer to get to the theater today. It only took the usual 20 minutes to get from the apartment to the other side of the Ravenel Bridge. But then it took another 20 minutes to go the remaining six blocks. But I'm here.
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And a Very Happy Birthday to the Mother of DR Cillaliz!
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Happiest of birthdays to DR Cilla's mother!
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Welcome DR embolism!
Do you have any pets?
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How are your joints, Kerry? Did you also lose the ability to forecast the weather?
My ankle feels fine, but I got your migraine lat night! Ah well......
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This shouldn't be funny but it is. SUPER VIBES THE HEAD FEELS BETTER IN A JIFF!
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Back from the long jog and on my way to do errands and whatnot.
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Welcome DR embolism!
Do you have any pets?
Hi, Jane and thanks!
Yes, I do. Too many. 4 cats and a dog who thinks he's a cat. I also co-own a very sweet pit bull with an ex girlfriend.
And yourself?
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A Very Happy Birthday to DR Cillaliz's Mother!! ;D
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Welcome, DR embolism!
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If any DRs don't own this Coward BITTER SWEET recording, including the great Rosemary Ashe (the original POTO Carlotta) who sings "If Love Were All" and "Kiss Me" on it, I recommend this album heartily. It's a recording of the complete published score, although the score is generally cut down in performance because there's so much of it.
I don't like the leading man much because he doesn't sound Middle-European, but Valerie Masterson and Rosie are excellent and the score is a fantastic 1920s operetta score.
I see there are several used and new items on Amazon.com at a lower price than the Amazon.com price.
I have this CD!
Just had to share. ;)
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That is crazy news DR TCB. Is this common? that people who wear glasses could have their eyes correct themselves? I've never heard of this!
The doctor had no way to explain it. It does happen, but it is very rare.
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DR TCB - I always hoped that the farsightedness that comes with aging would cancel out the nearsightedness I've had since 3rd grade and correct my vision completely. Glad it seems to have worked out that way for you!
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Off to do a couple of errands...bye for now!
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T.O.D.
I have done three Coward shows:
BLITHE SPIRIT
HAY FEVER
PRESENT LAUGHTER
I have also seen several other productions of SPIRIT and PRIVATE LIVES, although I would have killed to see Taylor in Burton do LIVES, but I couldn't get a ticket for love or money (of which I had very little of either).
I think I have mentioned before that PRESENT LAUGHTER was a personal triumph for me. I never fought harder to win a role. It came down between me and one other actor. We went through three different callbacks before I landed the role. When the show opened the audiences loved it, and the local critic at the time made the review a complete valentine to me, leaving out everyone else in the cast. The cast was not thrilled, but the show was a huge hit; and for me, my 15 minutes of fame.
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DR TCB - I always hoped that the farsightedness that comes with aging would cancel out the nearsightedness I've had since 3rd grade and correct my vision completely. Glad it seems to have worked out that way for you!
I am alost afraid to go to the DMV. I am afaid that it will turn out to be one big mistake, and I won't be able to read anything on their eye chart.
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I wish these spam people would stop insisting that I need to clean my colon.
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Welcome embolism!
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PAGE FOR FORE FOUR!
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The non original cast recording that is not Seesaw arrived in today's mail. ;)
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TCB, lucky you! Gary Essendine is one of those roles I hope to play before I get too old for it.
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Wow, I knew that I was really tired. I just woke up from sleeping 15 hours.
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Welcome Embolism
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Dear MattH, I think I'll watch Sin City tonight. It's still in plastic, probably has been on the shelf for 6 mo.
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Dear TCB, My eyes did the same thing many years ago. Not 20/20, I still wear bifocals at work for all the close desk work, but rarely need glasses at home.
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Must go pick something up in Toluca Lake.
Looks cold outside, but sunny right now.
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There was announced a gay version of Private Lives. The couples were two men. Who knows this being Noel Coward it just might have been
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It's gray and cloudy, but the rain has stopped. :-\
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My left eye, which used to be the same as my right eye in terms of being out of focus when seeing far, is now 20/20 - my right eye has gotten a little worse. So, I'm always half in and half out of focus when looking at things, and my glasses correct the right eye and leave the left eye as it is.
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Back from doing errands.
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There was announced a gay version of Private Lives. The couples were two men. Who knows this being Noel Coward it just might have been
Since it was written for him and Gertrude Lawrence, I sincerely doubt that.
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This attitude "he's gay himself, so he must be writing about a gay couple" is ridiculous. It's like the rumor about VIRGINIA WOOLF written for gay couples originally; if that were the case, I doubt Albee would have stopped attempts to do such a production.
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TCB, lucky you! Gary Essendine is one of those roles I hope to play before I get too old for it.
Thanks, CP, I loved playing Garry. I also played David Bliss.
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Dear TCB, My eyes did the same thing many years ago. Not 20/20, I still wear bifocals at work for all the close desk work, but rarely need glasses at home.
Maybe for both of us, it was a case of being blind drunk.
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Good Afternoon!
Greetings from Technical Reheareal #2. -Which is actually feeling like a typical tech rehearsal. That's not good, not bad, just is.
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My TWO FOR THE SEESAW CD arrived today!
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As for the Topic of the Day...
Plays I've seen:
Blithe Spirit
Design For Living - which I think is my favorite Noel Coward play.
Private Lives
Present Laughter
Hay Fever
-The Olney Theatre in Olney, MD, would regularly produce at least one Coward or Coward-esque play each season. I even provided the piano soundtrack for their production of Design For Living.
Songs:
"If Love Were All"
"Nina" - It's fun to play.
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Welcome DR (Dear Reader) Embolism!
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Back from a great set of errands.
Just for fun I stopped by the Discovery Store in Toluca Lake, someone has just donated maybe 5000 comic books, all still in plastic. The men were buying 50 at a time, all at $l.00 ea.
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Honey Baked Ham, the line was out the door. I pickup up my ham, and just for fun their dried soup mix for leftovers. Also 2 of their corn bread mixes, one regular and one with cranberries, yum. And from their imported section, sauerkraut and red cabbage, yum.
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Trader Joe's was also busy, I can't go to Tom's for dinner without bringing him a bottle of their citrus vodka. And I found some roses that still have scent (almost all flowers have no smell at all anymore) so I treated myself to roses.
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Welcome to new Dear Reader Embolism. I hope you will enjoy your time with us!
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Then I drove by the 2 houses in Toluca Lake that I used to hang out at. The house on Valley Spring Lane (many stories I can not tell) my friend and I would sneak out her bedroom window and onto the golf course (which was their back yard) at night. Anyway, the address is not even there, the house is gone and now 3 new monoliths reside with new addresses. Sad, it was a really beautiful Spanish style 5 million dollar home.
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My left eye, which used to be the same as my right eye in terms of being out of focus when seeing far, is now 20/20 - my right eye has gotten a little worse. So, I'm always half in and half out of focus when looking at things, and my glasses correct the right eye and leave the left eye as it is.
When I had my army physical for the draft, the doctor saw that one eye had a positive focus and one eye had a negative focus (my right; the one in which I'm legally blind). He told me he had never seen anything like my eye stats.
Didn't matter a bit. I was still classified 1-A.
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While I ate lunch I watched last Wednesday night's CSI: NY. 1st runner up from several seasons ago Katherine McPhee was the primary guest star and yes, she did get to sing in one scene in the episode. A kind of interesting premise but a bland execution.
And the opening scene with Flack in bed with his girl friend I could also have done without, a totally superfluous scene unless they plan to kill her off by the end of the season and are setting him up for heartbreak.
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For the remainder of the afternoon, between phone calls, I watched the bonus features on the second disc of the Blu-ray of SIN CITY. I got through all of them but one which I'll watch as soon as I go back down.
I'm glad I had seen the movie before since seeing all this behind the scenes stuff takes some of the magic away from the production's very special look and feel.
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I think the most interesting of the featurettes was on the 14 different vintage cars that are used in the movie. I'm about as ignorant as a person can be about car makes and models, but even I appreciated the beauty and appropriateness of these cars as part of the world of these eccentric characters.
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DR Elmore,
How faithful is the MGM musical version of BITTER SWEET with MacDonald and Eddy compared to the stage version? I would guess not very, but I'm not sure.
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Pg. Five
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Then I drove by the Lang's. I knew Josephine and her brothers had sold it, so it's under renovation. Each one of them got more than a million dollars. The house has a boat dock for paddle boats, ( great stories from the 4th of July parties), Toluca Lake Country Club has great 4th of July firework displays. Somewhere I have pictures of the Fiddle Festival parties, I took my daughter to one of the last ones at the house. The writer from the Beverly Hillbillies lived next store, and Josephine was the basis for the character Ellie May (Sp?)
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I have been a pefect vegetable today. I haven't even taken a shower yet. Which has probably kept anyone from knocking on the door.
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I have those days, I love them.
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I better go put the ham and flowers away. See ya later.
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I think the most interesting of the featurettes was on the 14 different vintage cars that are used in the movie. I'm about as ignorant as a person can be about car makes and models, but even I appreciated the beauty and appropriateness of these cars as part of the world of these eccentric characters.
I'd be willing to wager that I am more ignorant than you in regards to cars. . .
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My copy of "Seesaw" arrived today and is playing now. I love it!
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I better go put the ham and flowers away. See ya later.
Ham and flowers! My favorite dish!
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I always loved Easter dinner. I wasn't crazy about ham, but I knew that leftover ham meant my mom's casserole of ham and scalloped potatoes would be on the menu, at least, once in the next week.
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I want to hear all comments about Two For The Seesaw and see if anyone else becomes as addicted as I.
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I've been watching a motion picture, organizing, and even shipped five packages and picked up a few packages for ME. Now I'm going out to Mystery and Imagination Books to say hello.
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How very sad! The Amazon.com listing for the DVD of the 1950 film of ANNIE GET YOUR GUN lists the following cast:
Edward Arnold
Evelyn Beresford
Eleanora Brown
Louis Calhern
Sue Casey
Ahh, didn't they forget just a couple of other actors?
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I think the most interesting of the featurettes was on the 14 different vintage cars that are used in the movie. I'm about as ignorant as a person can be about car makes and models, but even I appreciated the beauty and appropriateness of these cars as part of the world of these eccentric characters.
I'd be willing to wager that I am more ignorant than you in regards to cars. . .
This is not a bet you should consider taking. My college roommate used to quiz me on car makes and models, and I couldn't even name what make and model MY car was. I'd have to check my registration card to be sure.
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How very sad! The Amazon.com listing for the DVD of the 1950 film of ANNIE GET YOUR GUN lists the following cast:
Edward Arnold
Evelyn Beresford
Eleanora Brown
Louis Calhern
Sue Casey
Ahh, didn't they forget just a couple of other actors?
Truly sad when these sites list the cast by alphabetical cast listings rather than by importance of the roles. Makes them look like real idiots.
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How very sad! The Amazon.com listing for the DVD of the 1950 film of ANNIE GET YOUR GUN lists the following cast:
Edward Arnold
Evelyn Beresford
Eleanora Brown
Louis Calhern
Sue Casey
Ahh, didn't they forget just a couple of other actors?
No, I think that about does it. It isn't widely known but they put the leads in using a primitive form of Photoshop! ;)
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I guess I'll head down now and finish the SIN CITY bonus features before I start on the film. And which version of the film do I want to watch tonight? The theatrical version or the recut director's version (that's 20 minutes longer)? Decisions, decisions....
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Trader Joe's was also busy, I can't go to Tom's for dinner without bringing him a bottle of their citrus vodka. And I found some roses that still have scent (almost all flowers have no smell at all anymore) so I treated myself to roses.
DR Sam - Amy Stewart's book, Flower Confidential, explains why flowers have lost their scent and anything else you'd ever care to know about the cut flower industry.
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At any rate,
WBBL.
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Trader Joe's was also busy, I can't go to Tom's for dinner without bringing him a bottle of their citrus vodka. And I found some roses that still have scent (almost all flowers have no smell at all anymore) so I treated myself to roses.
DR Sam - Amy Stewart's book, Flower Confidential, explains why flowers have lost their scent and anything else you'd ever care to know about the cut flower industry.
And what is the reason? Hot houses?
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Trader Joe's was also busy, I can't go to Tom's for dinner without bringing him a bottle of their citrus vodka. And I found some roses that still have scent (almost all flowers have no smell at all anymore) so I treated myself to roses.
DR Sam - Amy Stewart's book, Flower Confidential, explains why flowers have lost their scent and anything else you'd ever care to know about the cut flower industry.
And what is the reason? Hot houses?
Sorry for the inance questions! I am just trying to get some posting going!
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Trader Joe's was also busy, I can't go to Tom's for dinner without bringing him a bottle of their citrus vodka. And I found some roses that still have scent (almost all flowers have no smell at all anymore) so I treated myself to roses.
DR Sam - Amy Stewart's book, Flower Confidential, explains why flowers have lost their scent and anything else you'd ever care to know about the cut flower industry.
And what is the reason? Hot houses?
Apparently, whatever they have to do to extend shelf life for shipping extinguishes the fragrance. She recommends buying seasonal, locally-grown flowers. The daffodils that I just cut from our yard and put in a vase on the piano have a very nice aroma.
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How about some hotly debated issues? I'll start.
I can't prove it, but I always suspected that Noel Coward was a queer!
Anyone?
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Trader Joe's was also busy, I can't go to Tom's for dinner without bringing him a bottle of their citrus vodka. And I found some roses that still have scent (almost all flowers have no smell at all anymore) so I treated myself to roses.
DR Sam - Amy Stewart's book, Flower Confidential, explains why flowers have lost their scent and anything else you'd ever care to know about the cut flower industry.
And what is the reason? Hot houses?
Apparently, whatever they have to do to extend shelf life for shipping extinguishes the fragrance. She recommends buying seasonal, locally-grown flowers. The daffodils that I just cut from our yard and put in a vase on the piano have a very nice aroma.
Sadly, this area's Daffodil Grand Parade has been pushed farther and farther into the Spring to try to avoid rain showers. As a result, in order to keep the flowers around for the floats, they have to put them in cold storage. As a reult, a lot less aroma.
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Speaking of Noel Coward reminds me of Ten Chimneys, the Wisconsin home of Alfred Lunt and Lyn Fontanne. Richard and I are planning to visit there next month, after 2 days of alumni/graduation festivities at Nashotah House. Apparently, Coward was a frequent visitor when the Lunts lived there.
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How about some hotly debated issues? I'll start.
I can't prove it, but I always suspected that Noel Coward was a queer!
Anyone?
They say that about everyone these days. Nah, I don't think so. :P
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We have 3 clumps of daffodils and one of them got frostbit this year. I wasn't even sure I'd be able to get a bouquet together - it's smaller than usual, but festive nonetheless.
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We have 3 clumps of daffodils and one of them got frostbit this year. I wasn't even sure I'd be able to get a bouquet together - it's smaller than usual, but festive nonetheless.
Ginny, the nice thing about daffodils is that even one is festive!
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We have 3 clumps of daffodils and one of them got frostbit this year. I wasn't even sure I'd be able to get a bouquet together - it's smaller than usual, but festive nonetheless.
Ginny, the nice thing about daffodils is that even one is festive!
Geez, that sounds like some of the dialogue that Maxwell Anderson wrote!
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We have 3 clumps of daffodils and one of them got frostbit this year. I wasn't even sure I'd be able to get a bouquet together - it's smaller than usual, but festive nonetheless.
Ginny, the nice thing about daffodils is that even one is festive!
The same is true of pansies.
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One more!
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PAGE SIX!!!
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Our garage door opener and security system were installed today.
Monday, they put in the window coverings (shutters) and our new washer, dryer & refrigerator will be delivered. The movers get here with our stuff on Tuesday.
Tomorrow (Easter Sunday) might find us stuck in our hotel, because we they are expecting one of Central Texas' infamous thunder/lightning storms.
Better that than a California earthquake, I think.
::)
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DR Elmore,
How faithful is the MGM musical version of BITTER SWEET with MacDonald and Eddy compared to the stage version? I would guess not very, but I'm not sure.
Well, MGM bought the rights but Jeanette took "If Love Were All" away from the person who should be singing it. Coward supposedly hated the film so much that he had a clause put in his will that Hollywood couldn't touch his work again. I have never seen the whole film because it's so bad compared to the play. The 1933 British film with Anna Neagle cuts out the last act, where Sara Linden returns to London as a singing star and with a new husband, but it's a really, really good film, and Ivy St Helier who created the role of Manon in 1929 and sings "If Love Were All" is wonderful in the film: a very homely but kind cabaret chanteuse who loves, and will never be loved by, the leading man. When he is killed in the duel, her grief over his body is heartbreaking. St Helier plays the duenna to the French princess in Olivier's film of HENRY V.
I had never seen Anna Neagle who was abig star in London in anything but this and she's quite good as well. It's a film Criterion should clean up and release; they need more musicals in their collection.
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I have been a pefect vegetable today. I haven't even taken a shower yet. Which has probably kept anyone from knocking on the door.
After you play Arvide, you can take on Hedda Cabbage.
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I always loved Easter dinner. I wasn't crazy about ham, but I knew that leftover ham meant my mom's casserole of ham and scalloped potatoes would be on the menu, at least, once in the next week.
Same here. I hated the holiday: to much about tombs and death and not my idea of festivities, but I sure loved my mother's traditional meal. We had the ham and scalloped potatoes as well. And ham sandwiches for school lunches at least once.
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Listened to "Two For The See Saw" again. I'd walk the streets with Robert Mitchum anytime. It's so easy to picture the movie and I've never seen it.
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I have been a pefect vegetable today. I haven't even taken a shower yet. Which has probably kept anyone from knocking on the door.
After you play Arvide, you can take on Hedda Cabbage.
In what? Mud wrestling?
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I have been a pefect vegetable today. I haven't even taken a shower yet. Which has probably kept anyone from knocking on the door.
After you play Arvide, you can take on Hedda Cabbage.
Or possibly Elvis Parsley!
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My work here is done for the moment.
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I have been a pefect vegetable today. I haven't even taken a shower yet. Which has probably kept anyone from knocking on the door.
After you play Arvide, you can take on Hedda Cabbage.
In what? Mud wrestling?
You said you were a perfect vegestable!
Come back, DR MBarnum! All is forgiven.
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Since the topic is Noel Coward, I just put on Kritzerland's release of "After The Ball".
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I just got another spam message saying,
"Your ex, TCB, is searching for you."
Do they really expect me to think that is a good thing?
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Thank you Ginny, I will look for the book on my next visit to the bookstore, which will be this Wednesday after work. Flower Confidential.
Right now my apartment smells like roses. ( I actually wish this apartment was smaller, still too much to clean, after 55 years I don't want to clean anymore. sigh)
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Here's a still from the 1933 BITTER SWEET just before the duel. The blonde is Anna Neagle and Ivy St Helier is standng behind her at the edge of the still. I forget who plays her soon-to-be-late husband Carl.
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When someone asks what religion I believe in, I always say I'm a spiritual person. This way I get to take the good from each of them, and not get involved with the parts I don't like.
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Here's a still from the 1933 BITTER SWEET just before the duel. The blonde is Anna Neagle and Ivy St Helier is standng behind her at the edge of the still. I forget who plays her soon-to-be-late husband Carl.
It's been 30 years since I've seen it, but there was another great number in the 1933 version that was cut in the remake. Do you recall what that was?
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Great photo elmore. The earth must have been a lot cooler in those days, I can't imagine wearing all those clothes now.
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as Laura says: I have nothing else to say.
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DR Druxy - I'm glad to hear that the moving details are progressing so smoothly.
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Here's a still from the 1933 BITTER SWEET just before the duel. The blonde is Anna Neagle and Ivy St Helier is standng behind her at the edge of the still. I forget who plays her soon-to-be-late husband Carl.
It's been 30 years since I've seen it, but there was another great number in the 1933 version that was cut in the remake. Do you recall what that was?
Was it "Zigeuner," the gypsy song?
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Gonna go fix a steak dinner for my family, watch Miami University try to win the Frozen Four, and color Easter eggs.
Bye for now!
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Happy Birthday to the mother of DR CILLA LIZ....and what a lovely chalk drawing story!
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My car will be ready Monday for $575.
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TWO FOR THE SEESAW arrived at my house today, and I shall listen tonight.....after I watch SOUTHLAND.....the pilot repeat.
I saw PRIVATE LIVES at the Indiana Repertory Theatre about 7 years ago....and the OTHER couple were much better than the leads. The set was terrible and the costumes were incorrect. I was especially appalled at the "modern" cut of the tuxedo!
DR TCB I saw Taylor/Burton in PRIVATE LIVES on Broadway and it was not a pretty picture. Ms Taylor at the time looked like 10 pounds of sugar in a 5 pound bag and Mr Burton was in the bag....it was most distressing.
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Here's a still from the 1933 BITTER SWEET just before the duel. The blonde is Anna Neagle and Ivy St Helier is standng behind her at the edge of the still. I forget who plays her soon-to-be-late husband Carl.
It's been 30 years since I've seen it, but there was another great number in the 1933 version that was cut in the remake. Do you recall what that was?
Was it "Zigeuner," the gypsy song?
I don't think that's it. I believe it was/is a Coward standard.
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It is time for dinner. I did 19 readings today.....that's a lot of talking....
And a lady came in with a message on her cell phone from her dead father.....it really was....caller ID said: "Unknown."
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TWO FOR THE SEESAW arrived at my house today, and I shall listen tonight.....after I watch SOUTHLAND.....the pilot repeat.
I saw PRIVATE LIVES at the Indiana Repertory Theatre about 7 years ago....and the OTHER couple were much better than the leads. The set was terrible and the costumes were incorrect. I was especially appalled at the "modern" cut of the tuxedo!
DR TCB I saw Taylor/Burton in PRIVATE LIVES on Broadway and it was not a pretty picture. Ms Taylor at the time looked like 10 pounds of sugar in a 5 pound bag and Mr Burton was in the bag....it was most distressing.
Private Lives was one of the plays FF did that first summer of stock during her comeback year.
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It is time for dinner. I did 19 readings today.....that's a lot of talking....
And a lady came in with a message on her cell phone from her dead father.....it really was....caller ID said: "Unknown."
When I was a young 'un and living with various occult-type people, I would quiz Tarot readers on how/why the Crowley Thoth deck's changes in card order were important. Mostly I got looks of disgust and disdain in response. :)
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Jeanette MacDonald purloined "If Love Were All" for Bitter Sweet, but it was cut from the movie, according to IMDB.
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TWO FOR THE SEESAW arrived at my house today, and I shall listen tonight.....after I watch SOUTHLAND.....the pilot repeat.
I saw PRIVATE LIVES at the Indiana Repertory Theatre about 7 years ago....and the OTHER couple were much better than the leads. The set was terrible and the costumes were incorrect. I was especially appalled at the "modern" cut of the tuxedo!
DR TCB I saw Taylor/Burton in PRIVATE LIVES on Broadway and it was not a pretty picture. Ms Taylor at the time looked like 10 pounds of sugar in a 5 pound bag and Mr Burton was in the bag....it was most distressing.
Private Lives was one of the plays FF did that first summer of stock during her comeback year.
Are you sure it wasn't Present Laughter?
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It is time for dinner. I did 19 readings today.....that's a lot of talking....
And a lady came in with a message on her cell phone from her dead father.....it really was....caller ID said: "Unknown."
When I was a young 'un and living with various occult-type people, I would quiz Tarot readers on how/why the Crowley Thoth deck's changes in card order were important. Mostly I got looks of disgust and disdain in response. :)
As well you should have, heathen.
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Page Seven Crowley Thoth Deck Dance.
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The song I'm thinking of is "I'll See You Again".
Which song was cut from the remake? "I'll See You Again" or "If Love Was All"?
It's been so long that I don't recall.
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And the word of the day is: LICKERISH!
And The Song Of The Day Is: SOMETHING SORT OF GRANDISH
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The only two Coward plays I have seen are Blithe Spirt and High Spirits. I have read several others.
High Spirits was the Musical Version of Blithe Spirit
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"It's Been So Long, I Don't Recall" - I thought that was another Noel Coward song title.
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DR Laura may your current inability to predict rain last forever.
DR Jennifer the thought of you and your niece trying to play hopscotch made me laugh.
Well to make it funnier, think of a 3 year old trying to hop on one foot, but who can't. And think of me trying to remember the game.
And think of the boy next door stealing our rocks!
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TWO FOR THE SEESAW IS AWESOME AND ADDICTIVE
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My "Two for the Seesaw" CDs arrived today. It's a very emotional recording, I think. Elegant, too.
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My "Two for the Seesaw" CDs arrived today. It's a very emotional recording, I think. Elegant, too.
Time for me to go home and find out if I got it today, too.
Until later.
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Time for COPS!
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There is a wonderful rainbow someplace. The sun is shining, and it is pouring rain. Unfortunately I cannot see the rainbow from my place, but I can see it in my mind!
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I think the most interesting of the featurettes was on the 14 different vintage cars that are used in the movie. I'm about as ignorant as a person can be about car makes and models, but even I appreciated the beauty and appropriateness of these cars as part of the world of these eccentric characters.
I'd be willing to wager that I am more ignorant than you in regards to cars. . .
This is not a bet you should consider taking. My college roommate used to quiz me on car makes and models, and I couldn't even name what make and model MY car was. I'd have to check my registration card to be sure.
When asked what kind of car I have, I reply, "It's red."
When asked about the year, I reply, "sometime in the 20th century."
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There is a wonderful rainbow someplace. The sun is shining, and it is pouring rain. Unfortunately I cannot see the rainbow from my place, but I can see it in my mind!
It's not raining here.
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Wow! I need to catch up. Which I'll probably do tomorrow afternoon. Big singing tomorrow morning, so I need to get to bed. But wanted to report that Seesaw arrived today!!! :)
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My "Two for the Seesaw" CDs arrived today. It's a very emotional recording, I think. Elegant, too.
Time for me to go home and find out if I got it today, too.
Until later.
George, shouldn't you already know if you got it?
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Wow! I need to catch up. Which I'll probably do tomorrow afternoon. Big singing tomorrow morning, so I need to get to bed. But wanted to report that Seesaw arrived today!!! :)
Me too! Not SEESAW, but big singing day tomorrow morning.
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My "Two for the Seesaw" CDs arrived today. It's a very emotional recording, I think. Elegant, too.
Time for me to go home and find out if I got it today, too.
Until later.
George, shouldn't you already know if you got it?
Well, this people's got it, and this people's spreadin' it around. . .you either have it, or you've had it. . . ;)
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DR Sandra is figuring her taxes.
That is all.
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No taxation without representation. That's what I say.
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Render unto Caesar that which is Caesar's. I say that, too.
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Caesar, I understand, has a palace in Vegas.
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You should hear what Sandra is saying.
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What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas.
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Let us read what Sandra is saying.
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Besides saying how unfair it all is, she is picking out all the grammar errors.
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Miami University hockey's in overtime - Go, Redhawks!
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Overheard from the tax-figuring desk:
"Man, I should have gotten married!"
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Good Evening!
Second tech run-thru done. Time for notes. Then time for "not notes".
Laters...
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Big singing vibes for DR DAW and DR td.
Tax vibes for DR SANDRA. I got another letter from the IRS yesterday that looked just like the letter asking me for an extra $466 which I sent.
This letter however told me that of the $466, I would be getting back $1.66 because of a miscalculation on their part.
The check should arrive within the next two weeks.....which will of course help off set the $575 car repair bill.
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Well, Miami University still has never won a national championship in any sport. The hockey team just lost to Boston U in overtime.
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That $1.66 will stimulate the economy for sure!
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DR Cillaliz - Well, if you didn't have any rain last night...
Had to jump in the car early this morning to get to my parents' and it's right where they drive their cars, so not sure what it will look like when I get back...AND it's supposed to rain. It wasn't my greatest work of art, just a fun time with my neighbor
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What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas.
You want to meet in Vegas?
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY
to the Mother of DR Cillaliz!!!!!!
Thanks! We went to the Masonic Hall for their soup and pie lunch, then I did some work around the house and on my dad's computer, then we went to some friends' at the lake and sat on the deck on a beautiful evening with a glass of wine or two before going out to my mom's favorite restaurant for fried chicken. It was a nice day
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Mom says thanks for the birthday greetings and in a very dramatic tone "Good, glad someone's thinking of me" LOL, This from a woman who had a mailbox full of cards, had greeting from everyone she saw, telephone calls etc...she cracks me up
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G'night!
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I wish these spam people would stop insisting that I need to clean my colon.
Well I wish they'd stop insisting I need my penis enlarged.
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Back from making a delivery of CDs to a local dealer.
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So sorry to hear your news, DAW.
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My goodness, I had a very full evening of SIN CITY.
I thought I only had one more bonus feature to go, but I had SIX more to do. I hadn't noticed an entire section of bonuses hosted by RObert Rodriguez.
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Next, I watched the theatrical cut of the film on Disc 1. It really looks phenomenal in high definition. One of the best transfers I've ever seen.
And what a cast he rounded up for the movie including three sensational stars for the leads of the three major stories: Bruce Willis, Mickey Rourke, and Clive Owen. Then you throw in Benecio Del Toro, Powers Boothe, Nick Stahl, Michael Clarke Duncan, Rutgar Hauer, Michael Madsen, plus all of those alluring ladies (Rosario Dawson, Jessica Alba, Brittney Murphy, Jaime King) and it's a mind-blowing cast perfectly cast in their roles.
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The first disc offers five ways to watch the movie including the cine-Explore windows popping up with pages from the graphic novel and the green screen actual shooting along with the audio commentary between the two directors. Or you can watch the movie with just the audio commentary between the directors and no pop-up windows. Or you can have the commentary with Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino with Bruce WIllis dropping by for the last quarter of the movie. Or you can play it with a whooping live audience recorded in Austin, Texas where the movie was actually shot.
The movie comes with a DTS-HD MAster Audio 5.1 track, and it's quite wonderful easily equal in quality to the picture.
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Ginny, you will love 10 Chimneys. I wasn't able to go with Anthony but he went and loved it and brought back memoribilia and stories. Coward was a very frequent visitor and had his own room.
As Pogue said the BBC Coward Box Set is excellent and well worth viewing/purchasing.
I saw an excellent production of Present Laughter with George C. Scott, Christine Lahti and in the role of the annoying fan, Mr. Nathan Lane. If not his Broadway debut it was one of the first roles he played on Broadway.
I love Hay Fever and Private Lives
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Tomorrow I'll watch the extended, unrated 147 minute cut of the film. I'm sure it will be a lot more violent.
There is also an interactive comic book on the second disc that I haven't looked at yet, another new feature exclusive to the Blu-ray release. I thought it might pertain to the unrated cut which I've never seen, so I didn't pull that feature up yet. I should have no trouble finishing these tomorrow and getting the review posted, maybe by late afternoon instead of late in the evening.
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However, I did end my evening with the second episode of KROD MANDOON. Again, it had a couple of very funny bits along with quite a few lame ones. But to just stare at Sean Maguire is a nice way to pass a half hour.
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What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas.
You want to meet in Vegas?
I LOVE the way you talk, DR TCB!
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Even though I said the less said about The Philanthropist the better I will say something.
I think it's a not very good play and it wasn't done well. It's pretentious, dull, not as funny as the author, Christopher Hampton, seems to think it is and full of unpleasant people saying unpleasant things. The one "pleasant" character for whom we are supposed to have sympathy is so deadly dull and whining and tiresome that I don't give a rat's patootie about him. I also think Mr. Hampton is one of the most over-rated playwrights I have read. I loathe and detest Total Eclipse and there isn't much else of his that I like.
Matthew Broderick should be forbidden, by edict, from ever doing an English accent again! The same goes for Steven Weber (from Wings). The only good accents came from the two real Brits in the play.
It was fun to see the monologue that I mentioned on Friday (which I used to use for auditions) in the context of the play but now that I see it years later I wonder if perhaps doing that piece was the reason I was not cast when I used it?
Oh, well. I've seen worse but I don't recommend The Philanthropist, even on a free ticket.
Although I wasn't able to greet her, former DR Julie (FJL's friend) was there. I met her once, I believe, at Fred and Skip's. There was a big group of All That Chat people at last night's performance and my friend, while not a regular poster, does read All That Chat and sometimes gets together with people from the board for theatre or dinner or the like. I wonder what Miss Julie thought of the play?
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I'm going to write just a bit more before heading downstairs to bed.
Good night!
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Ben - Julie was also one of the many HHW-ers at CURTAINS on the same preview night.
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On a much more pleasant note, I have returned from my Norman Conquest Marathon.
What a wonderful day in the theatre.
I don't recall ever seeing NC (I think I would have remembered). I read it when it came out from Fireside but this is a play (or plays) that need to be seen.
This production came over from the Old Vic with the original British cast and they are wonderful.
If you don't know the show, it's 3 plays all detailing the events of a Saturday and Sunday each told from a different part of the house where the events take place. It involves 2 sisters, a brother, his wife and one of the sister's husband, Norman (of the title). Tom, the vet who lives down the road is also involved in the goings on. It's an hilarious work, each play can stand on it's own so you don't have to see them all in one day but I recommend it. Everything is fresh and add to the laughter when something happens in Play 2 that you remember from Play 1 or you see something in Play 3 that relates to an incident in Play 2, etc, etc, etc. The 3rd play (the one that I saw as 3rd) Round and Round the Garden is, I think, the weakest of the three. it's a bit too long and meanders (I think) and the end is a bit forced, but it's still lots of fun and you need it to make the entire package work.
This is a wonderful production in all aspects, acting, direction, sets and costumes and sound. I highly recommend it. If you're in New York and can get a Saturday marathon package, go for it. You're there from 11am to 10:30pm (with a lunch and dinner break) but it's a great way to see the show. Again, Miss Julie was at the theatre. I don't know if she was there for all three but I did see her across the theatre (it's at Circle in the Square, a small house where you can see the entire audience) for the first play. I hope she enjoyed it as much as I did.
Tomorrow is Distracted (a play about a mother with an ADD dianosed child) and then Accent on Youth (from 1934) with David Hyde Pierce.
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Ben - I think Julie was seeing Next to Normal this evening, so she wasn't doing the Norman Conquests marathon.
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Well, Miami University still has never won a national championship in any sport. The hockey team just lost to Boston U in overtime.
Both Bemidji and Miami of Ohio were cinderalla teams...
It is a possibility that Bemidji is going to be in the WCHA next year
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Good day one and all...
Still alive but I have very limited puter access. Hopefully once things have settled, things will get better.
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td - Skinner and Ripley in OVER HERE sounds like a great idea.
I'd go to that if anyone could cast them in a benefit or something like that.
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Circle in the Square is where I saw the aforementioned production of Present Laughter
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td - Skinner and Ripley in OVER HERE sounds like a great idea.
I'd go to that if anyone could cast them in a benefit or something like that.
I was just listening to Emily's "Where Did the Good Times Go?" and now I really DO think that those girls would be perfect for OVER HERE!
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Good to see you, DakotaCelt.
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You mean from the Sherman Brothers album I sort of produced? If so, wouldn't it be nice to hear the other half of the orchestration? As most know, I did not mix the album, and the ASS who did couldn't find the second pass of the orchestra and therefore left it off the entire album, i.e. half the orchestration. That and the fact that the ASS used full takes of the singers, usually the first or second take, instead of comping the vocal to make the best take. The album is a travesty.
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And so is the ASS.
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We now have another nemesis: The Sheyenne River which flows into the Red River. It is flowing at records level. The snow is pretty well melted in this area and with temps near 60 the next few days, the rivers are going to run wild.
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Is anyone familiar with the soundtrack of The Far pavilions? it was done by Carl Davis
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The rural roads are turning into flood created rapids... and water speed bumps
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I am areally ready for some quiet weather... no floods, no building of dikes and sandbagging...
Just sunshine, flowers and blue sky
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Good Evening!
Tomorrow/today is Easter Sunday, so...
Happy Easter!
*It's also a day off for me. :)
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It is 1:15 am EST and I am awake because for the past three hours I have been unable to sleep because of the dog barking in the apartment above me. I just sent another email to the landlord about it because i am sick of this crap.
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DR Dakota Celt - Are you back on campus right now? working at the library?
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DR elmore - I'm sorry you're being kept by your neighbor's dog. -Can you tell if any of your other neighbors are being similarly annoyed and inconvenienced right now? Have you written a letter to your neighbor and taped it to his door? -I'd say slip it under the door, but his dog may end up chewing it up. ;)
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Here's a still from the 1933 BITTER SWEET just before the duel. The blonde is Anna Neagle and Ivy St Helier is standng behind her at the edge of the still. I forget who plays her soon-to-be-late husband Carl.
Well, there's probably chance that DR MBarnum has interviewed him and/or wanted to date him.
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bk said "ASS". <giggle, giggle>
::)
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And so is the ASS.
I told you to fire him!
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DR elmore - I'm sorry you're being kept by your neighbor's dog. -Can you tell if any of your other neighbors are being similarly annoyed and inconvenienced right now? Have you written a letter to your neighbor and taped it to his door? -I'd say slip it under the door, but his dog may end up chewing it up. ;)
The only thing I want to slip under the door is some poisoned food for the dog. I just taped this to his door:
It is 1:15 am Sunday morning, and I have been trying to sleep for the past 3 hours. However, I cannot sleep because, once again. as every night this week and nearly all day, as well, your dog has not stopped barking. Every time I start to doze, the dog starts barking again. I don't know if he's disturbing other tenants, but he is certainly disturbing me and I am not happy about it.
Several days ago, the animal barked from around 6 pm to past midnight. On Friday night, I saw a young lady taking the dog for a walk and from this I gather you're away. I'm sure the dog is lonely, and I believe he should have been boarded. I do know he should not be staying in your apartment unattended and a barking nuisance to others.
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Here's a still from the 1933 BITTER SWEET just before the duel. The blonde is Anna Neagle and Ivy St Helier is standng behind her at the edge of the still. I forget who plays her soon-to-be-late husband Carl.
Well, there's probably chance that DR MBarnum has interviewed him and/or wanted to date him.
I was thinking the very same thing. And if the actor's still alive and on IV's or respirator, DR MBarnum would be in orgasms of delight.
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In other news...
After we wrapped up the post-tech notes session, I went and headed back to FIG. I had originally wanted to "celebrate" the end of my work week with their absinthe service, but since I also needed a bite to eat, well...
-Lemon & Sheep's Milk Ricotta Mezzeluna (ravioli), wild nettle pesto, fiddleheads
-Sautéed McClennanville Softshell Crabs, sautéed young greens, Benton's bacon
-Anson Mills Farrotto, english peas
Again, another wonderful meal. As soon as I bit into one of the "mezzeluna" and the fiddlehead ferns, this very satisfied smile came over my face, and never left. It was a true taste of Spring. The softshell crabs were perfectly cooked, and the "collards" were accented with just the perfect amount of cured porcine goodness.
After enjoying all that wonderful food, I decided to forego the absinthe - they serve the new-ish Pernod that is flavored with an "extract of absinthe herbs". I just didn't want to finish off my evening with anise. Instead, Sam suggested a "flight" of their current housemade ice creams: Maple, Crème Fraîche and Chocolate Mint Chip. Each quenelle of ice cream was served on top of an accompanying "crumble": candied pecans for the maple, cacao nibs for the chocolate-mint chip, and toffee for the crème fraîche. A perfect ending for a perfect meal and a pretty good tech week.
*And I was extremely flattered and thankful when the bill came: the manager had comped my dessert. :)
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My "Two for the Seesaw" CDs arrived today. It's a very emotional recording, I think. Elegant, too.
Time for me to go home and find out if I got it today, too.
Until later.
George, shouldn't you already know if you got it?
I was at work when I posted that. The mail usually comes to my place between 4 and 5 pm. I'm now home (I've been home for quite a while...I watched three episodes of "The Bonnie Hunt Show" and a couple of other things) and it DID arrive!!
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In about 12 hours, I will be attending an Easter dinner that is being hosted by the director. It will be one of those "Theatre Orphan" dinners. I stopped at the grocery store on the way home to pick up some supplies to make a dessert. I had planned to make a trifle, but when I discovered that they had no fresh berries in their produce section, as well as no pre-made pound cakes or angel food cakes in their bakery section, I decided to head over to the freezer case where I picked up two Carvel Ice Cream Cakes. -It's all about the Chocolate Crunchies! :)
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And.....
The day is over. The King and I orchestra read-through was good, only a few holes to fill and pad, etc... but the sound is intimate, which goes along with our production.
Holy Saturday evening was great. It was prayerful and well done all across the boards. Easter Sunday is a walk in the park, and the morning will probably seem like I'm "doing time", but there's always a light at the end of the tunnel.
I'll need to go see if "Seesaw" arrived...
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DR JRand - I think you need to play the lottery this coming week. At least the Pick Three: 166. ;)
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Notes are written, and am listening to CDs.
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OK...
Goodnight.
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Well, Miami University still has never won a national championship in any sport. The hockey team just lost to Boston U in overtime.
Can you believe that!!
They were up 3-1 and with less than a minute to go BU scored two goals to tie!!!. I thought MU was going to win
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Just to clarify something I wrote earlier today regarding Private lives. What I was saying that there was going to be a production of Private Lives with all men playing the roles. So this was the gay version that I alluded
I know that PL was written for Coward and Gertrude Lawrence. It had no gay subtext like others claimed for Albee's Who's Afraid....... Albee put a stop to any productions where all the characters are played by men. As for the above mentioned Private Lives I don't think it ever opened as the play's rights holder shut it down in violation of their contract/
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and now to bed
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After watching three episodes of "The Bonny Hunt Show" tonight, I went through my garage looking for a videotape. I knew I had the video, but couldn't find it before, but I found it tonight! The video is the TV showing of The Cradle Will Rock with Patti LuPone! I'm recording it to my DVD burner right now. :D
I also found my complete 2-CD reassembled "Sondheim, Etc., Etc.: Bernadette Peters: Live at Carnegie Hall: The Whole Concert." That's the title that I have on my cover (Michael S., I sent you a PM ;)).