Topic: WHEN THE MOOD STRIKES ME (Read 37076 times)

Cillaliz · « **Reply #210 on:** September 03, 2005, 08:20:11 PM »

Thanks JRand. I was pretty frantic when I thought I had lost them all

Cillaliz · « **Reply #211 on:** September 03, 2005, 08:20:23 PM »

Page 8!!!!!

Jrand73 · « **Reply #212 on:** September 03, 2005, 08:20:33 PM »

And I have to say, that I am another who does NOT donate money or anything else to the Red Cross. Please do some research on the organization before you do.

One fact you may not know - the salaries of the regional directors is determined by the amount of donations they can generate. The more money you give, the more money goes into the pocket of the person collecting it. That is a fact.

I give my time and money to local organizations that have ties to other local organizations who are directly involved with rescue efforts.

That's just ME - do what you want. But spend your dollars wisely.

Matt H. · « **Reply #213 on:** September 03, 2005, 08:22:46 PM »

Those were great pictures, DR Cillaliz. And for some reason, the page loaded much more quickly tonight even with the photos than it normally would with that many images.

Just another of those confounding mysteries about computers.

Cillaliz · « **Reply #214 on:** September 03, 2005, 08:25:23 PM »

I represented a man who did a telemarketing scam. His company was hired by AmVets to solicit donations. The actual contract was that he got 80% of what he collected and AmVets got 20%. I was shocked that the telemarketer legally got that much. He wanted a little more than that...thus the charges, but still, it was a rip off to those donating even if he hadn't done anything wrong

Cillaliz · « **Reply #215 on:** September 03, 2005, 08:25:55 PM »

Quote from: Matt H. on September 03, 2005, 08:22:46 PM

Those were great pictures, DR Cillaliz. And for some reason, the page loaded much more quickly tonight even with the photos than it normally would with that many images.

Just another of those confounding mysteries about computers.

Consider it a birthday gift from cyberspace!

Matt H. · « **Reply #216 on:** September 03, 2005, 08:26:55 PM »

TO ROME WITH LOVE lasted, what, a season and a half. I have a vague memory of it, but it wasn't a regular viewing habit.

Matt H. · « **Reply #217 on:** September 03, 2005, 08:27:47 PM »

Quote from: Cillaliz on September 03, 2005, 08:25:55 PM

Consider it a birthday gift from cyberspace!

Thank you SO much.

Matt H. · « **Reply #218 on:** September 03, 2005, 08:30:03 PM »

One of the gifts I got tonight was the DVD of A HOME AT THE END OF THE WORLD which I have had on my wish list for a year or so, and I finally have it. That will get watched at some point this coming week.

Jrand73 · « **Reply #219 on:** September 03, 2005, 08:30:39 PM »

Oh gee, I gave up too soon. It seems Kay Medford's Aunt Harriet left the series in the middle of the first season! (Guess I wasn't the only one who found her annoying)!

She was replaced in the second season by a cantankerous grandfather played by - Walter Brennan!

Cancelled at the end of the second season.

Jrand73 · « **Reply #220 on:** September 03, 2005, 08:32:54 PM »

Quote from: Matt H. on September 03, 2005, 08:30:03 PM

One of the gifts I got tonight was the DVD of A HOME AT THE END OF THE WORLD which I have had on my wish list for a year or so, and I finally have it. That will get watched at some point this coming week.

I recently watched this DVD, DRMATTH and ended up with mixed feelings about it. I don't think it turned out quite the way it was supposed to. It has some entertaining moments, but for me the ending is not satisfying.....

Matt H. · « **Reply #221 on:** September 03, 2005, 08:33:08 PM »

Thanks, DR Ron, for the review of ANNIE. As much as I liked the Disney TV version of ANNIE (with Kathy Bates), the stage version is far superior if you have good actors playing the roles. The score is terrific and there's lots of humor that both the feature film and the TV-movie missed by cutting songs and scenes.

Adding a new song at this late date, almost 30 after the Broadway premiere? Ridiculous! If it ain't broke, don't try to fix it.

Matt H. · « **Reply #222 on:** September 03, 2005, 08:34:34 PM »

Lots of people have had mixed reactions to A HOME, DR JRand, so I'm not surprised at yours. Still, I really want to see it.

Jrand73 · « **Reply #223 on:** September 03, 2005, 08:34:36 PM »

I liked John Schuck when we saw him in ANNIE with Miss Sally Struthers as Miss Hannigan - mentioned earlier today, in fact.

TCB · « **Reply #224 on:** September 03, 2005, 08:34:57 PM »

Quote from: George on September 03, 2005, 06:34:15 PM

Judy Kaye played Sally, but Karen Morrow sang "I'm Still Here." My absolute most favorite performance (that I've seen...not just heard) of the song.

Thank you, George. I thought that Judy Kaye had played Sally, but I just could not come up with a name of the actress who sang I'M STILL HERE.

Jrand73 · « **Reply #225 on:** September 03, 2005, 08:36:06 PM »

Quote from: Matt H. on September 03, 2005, 08:34:34 PM

Lots of people have had mixed reactions to A HOME, DR JRand, so I'm not surprised at yours. Still, I really want to see it.

Didn't mean to discourage you from watching it. It has its pleasures, and the soundtrack is terrific - and the characters are really more like people we might have known (or might have been) than we find in a lot of movies today.

Jrand73 · « **Reply #226 on:** September 03, 2005, 08:37:12 PM »

What is this viagra that I keep getting endless emails about? I don't even grow wheat or soybeans!

Matt H. · « **Reply #227 on:** September 03, 2005, 08:37:12 PM »

Well, all that heavy food is working on my system now, weighing down my eyelids especially.

I'm headed to dreamland. Good night, everyone, and thanks again for the birthday wishes. You certainly helped make it a wonderful birthday.

Jrand73 · « **Reply #228 on:** September 03, 2005, 08:38:16 PM »

Guess no chat tonight. We must make a quorum tomorrow so we can all spend some of Sunday in the chatroom.

Shall we meet here at around noon California time?

bk · « **Reply #229 on:** September 03, 2005, 08:41:08 PM »

Just watched the very mundane supplement about The Outsiders, and basically Coppola justifies what he's done by saying he's gotten thousands of letters begging him to put back all the scenes that were cut. That's all fine, but just have the original version as an alternate.

They flew up as many of the cast as were available to Napa to see the new cut, and of course Coppola videotaped everything, which I find tiresome. Interestingly, only Diane Lane, Rob Lowe, Ralph Macchio, Patrick Swayze and C. Thomas Howell were there. No sign of Matt Dillon or Tom Cruise or anybody else.

bk · « **Reply #230 on:** September 03, 2005, 08:42:23 PM »

As soon as we have a quorum I shall open up the chat room.

Haven't taken a walk yet. May try to watch some of If A Man Answers now, but I'm beginning to think that I may just be to the point where I can't do more than two movies a day.

François de Paris · « **Reply #231 on:** September 03, 2005, 08:46:44 PM »

Quote from: Matt H. on September 03, 2005, 08:33:08 PM

Thanks, DR Ron, for the review of ANNIE. As much as I liked the Disney TV version of ANNIE (with Kathy Bates), the stage version is far superior if you have good actors playing the roles. The score is terrific and there's lots of humor that both the feature film and the TV-movie missed by cutting songs and scenes.

Adding a new song at this late date, almost 30 after the Broadway premiere? Ridiculous! If it ain't broke, don't try to fix it.

If I may "show off" a moment!
PLAYBILL , 21 Aug. 2005.
"In collaboration with his writing partners Charles Strouse (music) and Thomas Meehan (book), Charnin added a new musical number to the show a couple of years ago, giving Daddy Warbucks another moment in Act One. The song (heard in this the new tour) is called "Why Should I Change a Thing?," and its premiere was in a 2000 Australian staging starring Anthony Warlow. The song was also heard in an Atlanta production that subsequently toured for several weeks in 2004."

François de Paris · « **Reply #232 on:** September 03, 2005, 08:50:54 PM »

Same source:

"Is "Why Should I Change a Thing?" a trunk song or new?

"It's not a trunk song by any stretch of the imagination," Charnin said. "It was written because the guy -- ( The GUY!! Goodness gracious!) who played Warbucks in Australia is a wonderful singer named Anthony Warlow. In a kind of genteel way, he said, 'You know it's really a shame that Warbucks doesn't sing as much as I'd like him to.' That was over a lunch meeting when I first cast him. I went away and about two months later I went looking for a place to put this Warlow/Warbucks song in.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #233 on:** September 03, 2005, 09:11:42 PM »

Quote from: François on September 03, 2005, 08:50:54 PM

Same source:

"Is "Why Should I Change a Thing?" a trunk song or new?

"It's not a trunk song by any stretch of the imagination," Charnin said. "It was written because the guy -- ( The GUY!! Goodness gracious!) who played Warbucks in Australia is a wonderful singer named Anthony Warlow. In a kind of genteel way, he said, 'You know it's really a shame that Warbucks doesn't sing as much as I'd like him to.' That was over a lunch meeting when I first cast him. I went away and about two months later I went looking for a place to put this Warlow/Warbucks song in.

Two points:

The first and most significant: John Schuck is not, in any way, shape or form, anywhere within 10 leagues of Anthony Warlow as a singer...

And second, if Warlow was the reason a new, nowhere-near-as-good-as-the-other-songs-in-the-original-score at this "late" -- anything over 25 years IS almost 30 years -- date, then someone should get a clue that the song minus Warlow's strong voice to sell it is nothing more than a liability.

It was painful coming out of Schuck.

And I'll go even further and say it was a worse idea than "Annie Warbucks." They mucked up a perfect score.

François de Paris · « **Reply #234 on:** September 03, 2005, 09:25:49 PM »

Quote from: JRand55 on September 03, 2005, 08:20:33 PM

And I have to say, that I am another who does NOT donate money or anything else to the Red Cross. Please do some research on the organization before you do.

EVEN with some research, it's always very difficult to know how the money is actually used! Always, say I!

François de Paris · « **Reply #235 on:** September 03, 2005, 09:31:31 PM »

Here's the link to the whole article and a picture of Mr Schuck who... sucks (Ooooh!) and the wonderful Annie you saw today, DR Da Dooh Ron Ron!

http://www.playbill.com/news/article/94590.html

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #236 on:** September 03, 2005, 09:34:18 PM »

Quote from: François on September 03, 2005, 09:25:49 PM

EVEN with some research, it's always very difficult to know how the money is actually used! Always, say I!

This is totally one of the trickiest things going. After the scandalous mismanagement of 9/11 contributions (still up in the air with even victims of the Kansas City bombing of 1994 trying to stake some claims to it) anyone donating willy-nilly might as well throw his or her money in the air and hope it blows southeast.

Put your money into something that will be instantly provided to the victims.

Avoid "special victims fund" come-ons that can be scammed by anyone at any time and anywhere.

Find out what your community is actively sending in way of relief supplies and contribute to that.

Of course, if you know and trust specific organizations that will use your funds specifically for the purpose you intend, then ignore my tirade above. But KNOW who you're contributing to.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #237 on:** September 03, 2005, 09:45:31 PM »

Quote from: François on September 03, 2005, 09:31:31 PM

Here's the link to the whole article and a picture of Mr Schuck who... sucks (Ooooh!) and the wonderful Annie you saw today, DR Da Dooh Ron Ron!

http://www.playbill.com/news/article/94590.html

Very interesting, especially since it says it's opening in Seattle August 21....and no mention of San Francisco in any upcoming venues.

And yet...it opened HERE Aug. 31 and will play here until Sept. 25.

Go figure!

And I never said Schuck "sucks". He's very good. It's just that new song sounds terrible sung by him.

François de Paris · « **Reply #238 on:** September 03, 2005, 09:51:15 PM »

Well... if you go to

www.annieontour.com

it says

Itinerary: Annie will be in San Francisco, CA on Tue, Aug 30, 05 - Sun, Sep 25, 05

It might be PLAYBILL which did not get it ... right?!

td · « **Reply #239 on:** September 03, 2005, 09:53:10 PM »

I just finished watching a lovely dvd called DONKEY SKIN (Peau D'ane) which I enjoyed immensely. Must make a note to myself to watch more Jacques Demy films. . .or films with Jacques Perrin in them.

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