Topic: THE UNSEEMLY RESIDUE (Read 62350 times)

elmore3003 · « **Reply #270 on:** April 18, 2007, 01:10:50 PM »

Quote from: DearReaderLaura on April 18, 2007, 12:58:50 PM

P.S. I have never watched American Idol. I just love to see America embrace tackiness.

Do you own any velvet paintings or Hummels?

DERBRUCER · « **Reply #271 on:** April 18, 2007, 01:19:00 PM »

Quote from: Michael S on April 18, 2007, 07:50:59 AM

IWhat a train wreck this show is. How is it that this show is so popular.

Ever seen a train wreck that didn't attract a crowd?

der Brucer

Dan (the Man) · « **Reply #272 on:** April 18, 2007, 01:21:42 PM »

Kitty Carlisle Hart was a Gal and a Trooper! Here's to a life well spent!

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #273 on:** April 18, 2007, 01:22:15 PM »

Quote from: Jane on April 18, 2007, 11:35:56 AM

The only downside was not having Keith with me. It was very difficult for him to be left behind.

Is he not allowed out in public yet?

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #274 on:** April 18, 2007, 01:24:55 PM »

Quote from: elmore3003 on April 18, 2007, 12:34:10 PM

DearReaderLaura is correct: THE MERRY WIDOW with my friend Rodney Gilfry.

http://www.losangelesopera.com/productions/widow.htm

Su amigo es mi amigo!!!

Matt H. · « **Reply #275 on:** April 18, 2007, 01:25:08 PM »

Quote from: George on April 18, 2007, 12:09:07 PM

Did you (or anyone) see Romance/Romance on A&E years ago...when they did such things?? I taped it, but I don't know exactly where the tape is. I also love this show.

I love the show as well. Saw it in NYC and also saw and taped the A&E version. However, I had analog cable back then, and it was a particularly bad night, so my tape is very grainy/snowy looking. I've hoped for years that the show would be released on DVD so I could ditch that abysmal copy, but so far, no such luck.

Dan (the Man) · « **Reply #276 on:** April 18, 2007, 01:25:33 PM »

Home, James.

And make it snappy!

Matt H. · « **Reply #277 on:** April 18, 2007, 01:28:07 PM »

I began my afternoon with a WILD WILD WEST episode that guest starred Carroll O'Connor as a mortician/plastic surgeon who gave wanted criminals new faces and then blackmailed them to keep their new identities secret. An OK episode.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #278 on:** April 18, 2007, 01:29:12 PM »

Quote from: elmore3003 on April 18, 2007, 11:59:04 AM

DR MBarnum will just stalk him till he's the right age, somewhere between 70 and death.

Perhaps Dr. Hunk's father is the right age for "now."

Matt H. · « **Reply #279 on:** April 18, 2007, 01:29:21 PM »

What a red letter day!

The return of DR Jane after many days away and to welcome new dear reader Bretty Spaghetti into our midst. Welcome back, DR Jane, and welcome, DR Brett

George · « **Reply #280 on:** April 18, 2007, 01:32:25 PM »

Quote from: Matt H. on April 18, 2007, 01:25:08 PM

I love the show as well. Saw it in NYC and also saw and taped the A&E version. However, I had analog cable back then, and it was a particularly bad night, so my tape is very grainy/snowy looking. I've hoped for years that the show would be released on DVD so I could ditch that abysmal copy, but so far, no such luck.

One can only hope that someday (and soon) it'll be available...legitimately.

Matt H. · « **Reply #281 on:** April 18, 2007, 01:32:31 PM »

Next, I watched WHERE THE SIDEWALK ENDS. Lots of surprises for me since I hadn't seen this before. I had no idea Otto Preminger directed (and produced) it. It had a great line-up of character actors I didn't know were in it: Gary Merrill, Tom Tully, Karl Malden, Craig Stevens. Gene Tierney was kind of bland, but Dana Andrews gives a quintessential noir leading man performance.

I really enjoyed it. And the transfer makes it look like a brand new movie. Not a blemish in sight on this transfer, and so sharp and clear you'd swear it was filmed yesterday.

BrettySpaghetti · « **Reply #282 on:** April 18, 2007, 01:33:58 PM »

Quote from: elmore3003 on April 18, 2007, 12:03:54 PM

DR Sandra will want to know if you like Cherry Coke and DR MBarnum will want to know if you're a body builder. If the answer to either is yes, run for your life now.

I like Cherry Coke, but that's irrelevant since I gave up sugar about six months ago. However, I have been trying to develop a taste for Cherry Coke Zero. And yes, I'm a body builder, if by "body" you mean lazy and by "builder" you mean slob.

Quote from: Miss Karen on April 18, 2007, 12:02:41 PM

DR is for Dear Reader, not doctor...

If it's all the same to you, I'm going to continue operating under the delusion that it stands for Doctor. I rather like the sound of "Doctor Spaghetti."

Matt H. · « **Reply #283 on:** April 18, 2007, 01:34:32 PM »

Quote from: George on April 18, 2007, 01:32:25 PM

One can only hope that someday (and soon) it'll be available...legitimately.

It was sold for a short time on VHS, but I suspect those are out of print, too.

bk · « **Reply #284 on:** April 18, 2007, 01:35:42 PM »

Have finished writing proposal and have sent it off via e-mail.

MBarnum - sunny skies we've got - it's just cold and windy, too.

Matt H. · « **Reply #285 on:** April 18, 2007, 01:37:10 PM »

I finished the afternoon by beginning to watch (once again) HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE. It's been on HBO lately (not the widescreen version, not even on the HD channel), and I've been wanting to revisit it from the beginning. I got about 70 minutes in before I came upstairs to log on. I'll finish it tonight and then watch THE SOPRANOS leading into CROSSING JORDAN.

BrettySpaghetti · « **Reply #286 on:** April 18, 2007, 01:42:12 PM »

Quote from: DearReaderLaura on April 18, 2007, 12:57:52 PM

DR BrettySpaghetti: I love tacky things, so I think Sanjaya is swell. I also enjoy hearing Wing and Mrs. Miller.

I have the CD where Wing systematically destroys the songs of the Carpenters. I never thought the day would come when I would actually find a reason to be thankful that Karen wasn't with us anymore.

DearReaderLaura · « **Reply #287 on:** April 18, 2007, 01:42:44 PM »

Quote from: elmore3003 on April 18, 2007, 01:10:50 PM

Do you own any velvet paintings or Hummels?

No, but I have a lovely leopard-spotted purse and a lawn flamingo. And I like bagpipe music. Does that count? And I have sparkly shoes.

DearReaderLaura · « **Reply #288 on:** April 18, 2007, 01:44:37 PM »

I am doing paperwork to avoid painting.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #289 on:** April 18, 2007, 01:45:40 PM »

Good Afternoon!

Show #2 has come and gone. And it went well.

singdaw · « **Reply #290 on:** April 18, 2007, 01:47:21 PM »

Quote from: DearReaderLaura on April 18, 2007, 01:42:44 PM

I have a lovely leopard-spotted purse

Don't hold that while sitting on DR MusicGuy's fainting couch. You'll disappear!

DERBRUCER · « **Reply #291 on:** April 18, 2007, 01:48:03 PM »

Quote from: Dan (the Man) on April 18, 2007, 10:11:13 AM

... spanking new DR BrettySpaghetti!

Now Dan, we don't spank the Newbies on their first day!

der Brucer

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #292 on:** April 18, 2007, 01:49:22 PM »

DR singdaw - Alas, since there's really not that much time to surf the web, let alone read a magazine during the show, I will not have my laptop in the pit with me. And I think the light from the screen would be a bit noticeable.

However, when I was in the pit for Aida (Elton John, Tim Rice not Verdi) at the Kennedy Center, we all had our laptops with us since stage management traveled with an AirPort hub. We would try to make each other laugh by sending "certain" links to each other.

Actually, even during Mamma Mia! I would sometimes surf the web between songs.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #293 on:** April 18, 2007, 01:50:37 PM »

DR singdaw - I was going to say that Variety jumped the gun - our official press night is not until this Thursday - but it seems you jumped me. Or something like that.

*Slow day at the office?

bk · « **Reply #294 on:** April 18, 2007, 01:53:09 PM »

I wish this wind would abate, oh, yes, I wish this wind would abate.

singdaw · « **Reply #295 on:** April 18, 2007, 01:54:43 PM »

Well, there is a lot of jumping going on, at any rate.

Yes, it is curious about Variety; it's not even on their website yet, that I can see. But it's your show; from now on, I will of course defer to you.

Office? What office?

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #296 on:** April 18, 2007, 01:55:23 PM »

Count me in as another Romance/Romance fan. I still remember their Tony montage. Scott Bakula can play my bass guitar anytime!

However, I have to say that piano/conductor/vocal score for that show is one of the most confusing scores I've had to decipher. Sometimes it's keyboard parts, sometimes it's cues, sometimes it just say that there are cues. -Thankfully, having the sound of the OCR ingrained in my brain made it somewhat easier to make sense of all those notes.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #297 on:** April 18, 2007, 01:57:42 PM »

(And does any other DR remember that feature that "Playgirl" magazine did on Scott Bakula? Alas, no "hoo-hah", but still a nice article. -Ah, now I want to see an episode of "Quantum Leap".)

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #298 on:** April 18, 2007, 01:58:16 PM »

Well, I bought a turkey sandwich earlier at the market, and I believe I shall now consume it.

Laters...

DERBRUCER · « **Reply #299 on:** April 18, 2007, 02:03:23 PM »

Quote from: Ron Pulliam on April 18, 2007, 09:26:11 AM

I'm wondering if, despite the fact that this gunman moved here as a toddler, there weren't some serious cultural clashes in his life.

Just an inconsequential nit: he moved to the US in 1992 at age 8

I've been unable to locate any data on a religious influence.

der Brucer

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