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Title: ONE BREAST AT A TIME
Post by: bk on December 03, 2020, 12:36:57 AM
Well, you've read the notes, the notes had one breast at a time, and now it is time for you to post until the one breast at a time cows come home.
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Post by: bk on December 03, 2020, 12:38:17 AM
And the word of the day is: BRAINIAC!
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Post by: George on December 03, 2020, 01:34:30 AM
Topic of the Day:

The Visit
Zorba the Greek

These are the only movies of his that I've seen. ::)
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Post by: George on December 03, 2020, 01:34:46 AM
Have a good day, all!
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Post by: bk on December 03, 2020, 01:55:49 AM
Really enjoying Tristan und Isolde (Tristan and Isolde for those needing a translation) - lush music, great performances, and Karl Bohm is a wonderful conductor.  And because I enjoyed the Strauss so much, I'm getting Rosenkavalier and Elektra to see what those are like, but would love other Strauss and Wagner suggestions.
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Post by: singdaw on December 03, 2020, 03:37:48 AM
One might almost say that the recording of Salome is outré.
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Post by: singdaw on December 03, 2020, 03:42:50 AM
I adore Rosenkavalier. I don't know the others so much.


I don't know a lot of Wagner. I once took a course on Parsifal, culminating in attending a performance at the Met, which was amazing. I remember watching the Ring when it was broadcast on 4 successive nights on PBS back in the - must have been late 1980's.
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Post by: elmore3003 on December 03, 2020, 04:03:36 AM
Good morning, all!
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Post by: elmore3003 on December 03, 2020, 04:05:43 AM
Bad night of sleep.  I awoke around 12:30 with a sore throat, dry mouth, and sinuses clogged.  I used a nasal spray, took a Tizanidine, and went back to bed.  I had a lot of dreams, but I only remember bits of the last one.
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Post by: elmore3003 on December 03, 2020, 04:08:19 AM
DR vixmom, I asked several friends to post on my Facebook timeline because too many FB friends seems to ignore the information and I wanted the information that I was offsite until Dec. 30 posted several times.  So far, there's been only one from, I think, four requests.
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Post by: elmore3003 on December 03, 2020, 04:13:33 AM
BK, give Braunfels' Die Vogel and Weinberger's Schwanda a chance.

I slept through most of one of Birgit Nillson's last performances of Tristan und Isolde at the Met.  The music is lush and it's a total bore to watch.  I find that true of most Wagner and Strauss operas.  Der Rosenkavalier could lose forty-five minutes to an hour and I would be happier.
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Post by: elmore3003 on December 03, 2020, 04:16:45 AM
DR singdaw, I knew Jack Gottlieb rather well.  He was a good man, but really neurotic, perhaps from being bullied by Maestro Bernstein too many times.  I did not know the Urquhart person you asked about, and I only met Craig a couple of times.
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Post by: elmore3003 on December 03, 2020, 04:23:45 AM
I will do the laundry this morning, and that will take about three hours out of my life.
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Post by: ChasSmith on December 03, 2020, 05:22:54 AM
Good morning, all.
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Post by: vixmom on December 03, 2020, 05:28:07 AM
DR vixmom, I asked several friends to post on my Facebook timeline because too many FB friends seems to ignore the information and I wanted the information that I was offsite until Dec. 30 posted several times.  So far, there's been only one from, I think, four requests.


Ah ok then I’ll post too
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Post by: vixmom on December 03, 2020, 05:29:16 AM
Continued prayers and vibes for JRands uncle
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Post by: elmore3003 on December 03, 2020, 05:48:29 AM
DR vixmom, I asked several friends to post on my Facebook timeline because too many FB friends seems to ignore the information and I wanted the information that I was offsite until Dec. 30 posted several times.  So far, there's been only one from, I think, four requests.


Ah ok then I’ll post too

Thank you, my dear.  It's greatly appreciated.
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Post by: elmore3003 on December 03, 2020, 05:49:08 AM
I have begun the laundry and picked up yesterday's mail.
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Post by: ChasSmith on December 03, 2020, 05:58:23 AM
Oh my. A Strauss and Wagner opera newbie. I think BK is in for a fun ride here, kids.

That Nillson SALOME recording is the one I first listened to in 1973 to get familiar with the opera. It was also my introduction to the sound of a Solti/London recording, my impression being that they were indeed kind of wild and wooly. (My second one was the Mahler Eighth.) My next recording of it back then was the Leontyne Price one with (I think) Leinsdorf.

Digression: The one time I heard Price in person was in 1986, a year after she'd retired from regular performing, when she sang the Final Scene from SALOME at the Ravinia Festival. I went backstage to say hello to Levine, and found myself standing there with William Warfield and Price and Seiji Ozawa who had also attended. That was a fun time.
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Post by: ChasSmith on December 03, 2020, 06:15:37 AM
My very first Strauss opera had been ARIADNE AUF NAXOS, and even with that under my belt, SALOME was quite the departure. Now, the shorter SALOME and ELEKTRA are my first favorites, and ROSENKAVALIER and ARIADNE are my other two. I never learned any of his others.

Agree with DR Elmore about ROSENKAVALIER being overly long. Opera companies do take standard cuts in some things, but I don't know if this one has ever had the scissors taken to it.

I think ARIADNE, in part due to its structure, has a special magic. I grew up on the RCA Leinsdorf recording with Roberta Peters and Jan Peerce, but I'm sure there are many other great ones, of this and all the others.
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Post by: elmore3003 on December 03, 2020, 06:18:48 AM
Oh my. A Strauss and Wagner opera newbie. I think BK is in for a fun ride here, kids.

That Nillson SALOME recording is the one I first listened to in 1973 to get familiar with the opera. It was also my introduction to the sound of a Solti/London recording, my impression being that they were indeed kind of wild and wooly. (My second one was the Mahler Eighth.) My next recording of it back then was the Leontyne Price one with (I think) Leinsdorf.

Digression: The one time I heard Price in person was in 1986, a year after she'd retired from regular performing, when she sang the Final Scene from SALOME at the Ravinia Festival. I went backstage to say hello to Levine, and found myself standing there with William Warfield and Price and Seiji Ozawa who had also attended. That was a fun time.

I didn't know you knew Levine.  Did you know Tom as well?  I knew their cousin Barbara.
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Post by: elmore3003 on December 03, 2020, 06:22:40 AM
My very first Strauss opera had been ARIADNE AUF NAXOS, and even with that under my belt, SALOME was quite the departure. Now, the shorter SALOME and ELEKTRA are my first favorites, and ROSENKAVALIER and ARIADNE are my other two. I never learned any of his others.

Agree with DR Elmore about ROSENKAVALIER being overly long. Opera companies do take standard cuts in some things, but I don't know if this one has ever had the scissors taken to it.

I think ARIADNE, in part due to its structure, has a special magic. I grew up on the RCA Leinsdorf recording with Roberta Peters and Jan Peerce, but I'm sure there are many other great ones, of this and all the others.

I've always wanted to see the orignal Ariadne auf Naxos with Moliere's Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme and Strauss' incidental music as the first act.  I have the vocal score, which has an even more difficult aria for the coloratura.  I always hoped City Opera would stage it.
Title: Re: ONE BREAST AT A TIME
Post by: ChasSmith on December 03, 2020, 06:51:41 AM
Oh my. A Strauss and Wagner opera newbie. I think BK is in for a fun ride here, kids.

That Nillson SALOME recording is the one I first listened to in 1973 to get familiar with the opera. It was also my introduction to the sound of a Solti/London recording, my impression being that they were indeed kind of wild and wooly. (My second one was the Mahler Eighth.) My next recording of it back then was the Leontyne Price one with (I think) Leinsdorf.

Digression: The one time I heard Price in person was in 1986, a year after she'd retired from regular performing, when she sang the Final Scene from SALOME at the Ravinia Festival. I went backstage to say hello to Levine, and found myself standing there with William Warfield and Price and Seiji Ozawa who had also attended. That was a fun time.

I didn't know you knew Levine.  Did you know Tom as well?  I knew their cousin Barbara.

Oh my. I've referred to my years in Cleveland so many times that I'm assuming I've talked about playing and studying under him through those years, but perhaps not. Hell, I know where the bodies are buried. In spite of all the mishegoss, which I've stayed clear of for years, he's my musical mentor if I have to choose just one.

I met Tom on a few occasions, and he was a super nice guy, but I don't think I saw him once they'd moved to NYC. The name Barbara sounds familiar, but I can't put a face to the name. I'm vaguely remembering a sister, but his parents were the real familiar faces back then.
Title: Re: ONE BREAST AT A TIME
Post by: ChasSmith on December 03, 2020, 06:56:32 AM
My very first Strauss opera had been ARIADNE AUF NAXOS, and even with that under my belt, SALOME was quite the departure. Now, the shorter SALOME and ELEKTRA are my first favorites, and ROSENKAVALIER and ARIADNE are my other two. I never learned any of his others.

Agree with DR Elmore about ROSENKAVALIER being overly long. Opera companies do take standard cuts in some things, but I don't know if this one has ever had the scissors taken to it.

I think ARIADNE, in part due to its structure, has a special magic. I grew up on the RCA Leinsdorf recording with Roberta Peters and Jan Peerce, but I'm sure there are many other great ones, of this and all the others.

I've always wanted to see the orignal Ariadne auf Naxos with Moliere's Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme and Strauss' incidental music as the first act.  I have the vocal score, which has an even more difficult aria for the coloratura.  I always hoped City Opera would stage it.

I played piano in that incidental suite in those school years, and it's a real favorite.
Title: Re: ONE BREAST AT A TIME
Post by: Ginny on December 03, 2020, 07:17:31 AM
Thursday morning greetings!  I have a great deal of puttering to do today, including making party favors for a luncheon that I

1) am not attending, and
2) think should not even be taking place.
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Post by: Jrand73 on December 03, 2020, 07:31:32 AM
Wow - I listened and watched the Grand Ol' Opry all the time when I was little, and I have never heard of any of these songs or people.
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Post by: Jrand73 on December 03, 2020, 07:34:33 AM
There is a movie OnDemand right now.....Mr Anthony Quinn in something called FLAP from the 1970's that is embarrassing to behold......almost as much as that movie R.P.M. wherein he played a radical college professor/administrator who got mixed up with his feminist student Ann-Margret.  They spent most of there time riding around on his Triumph motorcycle......
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Post by: Jrand73 on December 03, 2020, 07:35:09 AM
It was from 1970 - she must have been a graduate student.....
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Post by: elmore3003 on December 03, 2020, 08:05:13 AM
The laundry is nearly put away.  Thatch is lying on the bath towel and I do not want to disturb him.
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Post by: elmore3003 on December 03, 2020, 08:08:55 AM
I wish I could use my phone video.  Thatch is reacting to the warm laundry as if it were a mega-dose of catnip.  Maybe it's the Bounce laundry sheets?  He is so damned adorable.
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Post by: John G. on December 03, 2020, 08:34:53 AM
Good morning, all.
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Post by: John G. on December 03, 2020, 08:35:01 AM
Two!
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Post by: John G. on December 03, 2020, 08:35:33 AM
So, JRAND, you’re more familiar with Dolly Parsifal?
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Post by: John G. on December 03, 2020, 08:35:54 AM
No groaning at HHW, folks.
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Post by: John G. on December 03, 2020, 08:40:14 AM
I just saw my first two Strauss operas this year, thanks to the Met: Elektra and Rosenkavalier. The latter is too long. Strauss said so himself after he conducted a performance that left him exhausted.

Elektra was great. And 95 minutes or so.

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Post by: John G. on December 03, 2020, 08:41:48 AM
I’ve only seen Parsifal and Die Meistersinger from the Wagner canon. I own The Ring on disc, but I haven’t taken the necessary 28 hours to watch it.
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Post by: John G. on December 03, 2020, 10:08:55 AM
Waiting to see the dentist.
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Post by: elmore3003 on December 03, 2020, 10:09:23 AM
A Stella ornament!
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Post by: vixmom on December 03, 2020, 10:12:26 AM
I’ve got nothing to add to the opera discussions.

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Post by: vixmom on December 03, 2020, 10:12:37 AM
They hurt my ears
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Post by: ChasSmith on December 03, 2020, 10:21:04 AM
Both ELEKTRA and SALOME are a great one-act length.

I've watched others on video, but the two productions I've attended live were the Sir Peter Hall staging of SALOME at L.A. Opera -- with Maria Ewing, who went the last mile with the last veil -- and the Met's 1994 production of ELEKTRA. And there were a couple of concert performances somewhere along the way.

You really have to "be there" to hear these live to get the full impact of the orchestration. It's like The Rite of Spring, which used to be my benchmark in that respect. I'm doubtful that any recording has yet captured the full sound and the feel of the orchestra in these pieces.

Sorry, I didn't warn that this post could be harmful to vixmom's ears.   :)
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Post by: ChasSmith on December 03, 2020, 10:22:22 AM
A Stella ornament!

Wow, no kidding!
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Post by: ChasSmith on December 03, 2020, 10:57:50 AM
I never feel like I know Anthony Quinn from too many things.

ZORBA THE GREEK, first and foremost. And then LAWRENCE OF ARABIA and REQUIEM FOR A HEAVYWEIGHT. I saw his HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME as a kid, but I have scant memory of that.

I guess I'll be watching for him when I get the Fellini set, eh?
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Post by: KevinH on December 03, 2020, 11:20:24 AM
Good afternoon!
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Post by: Jrand73 on December 03, 2020, 11:56:23 AM
LOL DR JOHN G - maybe Reba McIntire could sing Madame Butterfly......
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Post by: bk on December 03, 2020, 12:18:18 PM
I'm up, I'm up - eight hours of sleep.
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Post by: John G. on December 03, 2020, 12:51:54 PM
I met Anthony Quinn briefly at a press conference when he was touring with Zorba. He and Lika Kedrova were both way too old for their parts, and it didn’t matter. They could hold an audience in their hands. All you had to do was go along for the ride.

I think they were hungry for work and for applause or that connection with an audience.

He was really good in Lust for Life, Viva Zapata, Guns of Navarone, La Strada.
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Post by: George on December 03, 2020, 12:56:42 PM
I wish I could use my phone video.  Thatch is reacting to the warm laundry as if it were a mega-dose of catnip.  Maybe it's the Bounce laundry sheets?  He is so damned adorable.

Sweet!
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Post by: George on December 03, 2020, 12:56:59 PM
Wow - I listened and watched the Grand Ol' Opry all the time when I was little, and I have never heard of any of these songs or people.

:))
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Post by: George on December 03, 2020, 12:59:17 PM
A Stella ornament!

(http://www.haineshisway.com/smf/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=6336.0;attach=10786)

Very nice!
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Post by: Jane on December 03, 2020, 01:10:52 PM
I met Anthony Quinn briefly at a press conference when he was touring with Zorba. He and Lika Kedrova were both way too old for their parts, and it didn’t matter. They could hold an audience in their hands. All you had to do was go along for the ride.

I think they were hungry for work and for applause or that connection with an audience.

He was really good in Lust for Life, Viva Zapata, Guns of Navarone, La Strada.

Nice memory.
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Post by: Jane on December 03, 2020, 01:14:08 PM
The Shoes of the Fisherman
Zorba the Greek
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Post by: Matthew on December 03, 2020, 01:20:04 PM
Good Afternoon!   My work day is over and I'll be off to teach a guitar lesson in a few minutes. 

In apartment news....  So, the kitchen is almost done, the bathroom is put away, I think I have one more box of kitchen stuff.  I moved the hutch into place, got rid of some of the boxes - it’s slowly coming together.  Still needs to feel like home.   When everything is put away, I can decorate for Christmas, which I'm looking forward to doing.  The boys are doing well.  I think they like the extra space to run around in. 
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Post by: Matthew on December 03, 2020, 01:21:13 PM
We have a soul food place in the area called 3 Pigs.  It's one of my favorite restaurants.  It's definitely my go-to for fried chicken. 
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Post by: elmore3003 on December 03, 2020, 01:33:16 PM
I never feel like I know Anthony Quinn from too many things.

ZORBA THE GREEK, first and foremost. And then LAWRENCE OF ARABIA and REQUIEM FOR A HEAVYWEIGHT. I saw his HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME as a kid, but I have scant memory of that.

I guess I'll be watching for him when I get the Fellini set, eh?

I've got three Quinn films:
ZORBA THE GREEK
THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME, which I loved as a kid
ULYSSES, the Kirk Douglas Italian epic.
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Post by: ChasSmith on December 03, 2020, 01:58:26 PM
I never feel like I know Anthony Quinn from too many things.

ZORBA THE GREEK, first and foremost. And then LAWRENCE OF ARABIA and REQUIEM FOR A HEAVYWEIGHT. I saw his HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME as a kid, but I have scant memory of that.

I guess I'll be watching for him when I get the Fellini set, eh?

I've got three Quinn films:
ZORBA THE GREEK
THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME, which I loved as a kid
ULYSSES, the Kirk Douglas Italian epic.

I've tried to find a home video release of that HUNCHBACK for years, but the only things out there appear to be bootleg DVDs. I wonder if there are ownership issues preventing a release, or if this film somehow fell into the public domain. This was definitely a known film when we were kids.
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Post by: John G. on December 03, 2020, 02:06:09 PM
Elf on the Shelf variations, definitely NFSW.

https://www.buzzfeed.com/mikespohr/wild-elf-on-the-shelf-photos-you-100-cant-show-your-kids
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Post by: George on December 03, 2020, 02:10:49 PM
Elf on the Shelf variations, definitely NFSW.

https://www.buzzfeed.com/mikespohr/wild-elf-on-the-shelf-photos-you-100-cant-show-your-kids

Those are funny!!  AND I'm sending the link to co-workers! :D
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Post by: bk on December 03, 2020, 02:16:45 PM
Yes, Salome is under 100 minutes, where as the Wagner is close to three hours.
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Post by: Jane on December 03, 2020, 02:24:46 PM
Good Afternoon!   My work day is over and I'll be off to teach a guitar lesson in a few minutes. 

In apartment news....  So, the kitchen is almost done, the bathroom is put away, I think I have one more box of kitchen stuff.  I moved the hutch into place, got rid of some of the boxes - it’s slowly coming together.  Still needs to feel like home.   When everything is put away, I can decorate for Christmas, which I'm looking forward to doing.  The boys are doing well.  I think they like the extra space to run around in. 

I am very happy for you :)
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Post by: John G. on December 03, 2020, 02:27:32 PM
Vixmom, where you still looking for a dutch oven? The discount on this one is fairly amazing, somewhere in the neighborhood of 75% off.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/reviewedcom/2020/12/02/macys-friends-and-family-sale-save-home-goods-fashion-and-more/3793733001/
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Post by: Jrand73 on December 03, 2020, 02:27:36 PM
We got the link for the ZOOM A Christmas Carol.   I will post it here Saturday for anyone who wants to watch.  It comes on the air at 7:30 p.m. EST.
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Post by: John G. on December 03, 2020, 02:27:40 PM
Three!
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Post by: John G. on December 03, 2020, 02:28:01 PM
Yes, JRAND. Please.
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Post by: elmore3003 on December 03, 2020, 02:30:10 PM
Yes, Salome is under 100 minutes, where as the Wagner is close to three hours.

Not closer to four?
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Post by: elmore3003 on December 03, 2020, 02:39:38 PM
I never feel like I know Anthony Quinn from too many things.

ZORBA THE GREEK, first and foremost. And then LAWRENCE OF ARABIA and REQUIEM FOR A HEAVYWEIGHT. I saw his HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME as a kid, but I have scant memory of that.

I guess I'll be watching for him when I get the Fellini set, eh?

I've got three Quinn films:
ZORBA THE GREEK
THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME, which I loved as a kid
ULYSSES, the Kirk Douglas Italian epic.

I've tried to find a home video release of that HUNCHBACK for years, but the only things out there appear to be bootleg DVDs. I wonder if there are ownership issues preventing a release, or if this film somehow fell into the public domain. This was definitely a known film when we were kids.

I found it on amazon.fr under the title of Hugo's novel Notre Dame de Paris:
https://www.amazon.fr/Notre-Dame-Paris-Anthony-Quinn/dp/B001BXN962/ref=sr_1_2?__mk_fr_FR=ÅMÅŽÕÑ&dchild=1&keywords=anthony+quinn+notre+dame&qid=1607034717&sr=8-2

on amazon.de
https://www.amazon.de/-/en/Gina-Lollobrigida/dp/B00EE1TNXQ/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=anthony+quinn+notre+dame&qid=1607035085&sr=8-2
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Post by: elmore3003 on December 03, 2020, 02:40:51 PM
I don't think either version has an English soundtrack.
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Post by: ChasSmith on December 03, 2020, 02:41:54 PM
Interesting!
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Post by: elmore3003 on December 03, 2020, 02:43:24 PM
And then I checked eBay! Bingo!
https://www.ebay.com/itm/The-Hunchback-of-Notre-Dame-1956-Anthony-Quinn-DVD-NEW-FAST-SHIPPING/264146666894?epid=1544067033&hash=item3d805e458e:g:VQIAAOSwew9cQZjP
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Post by: ChasSmith on December 03, 2020, 02:45:43 PM
DR Elmore is on the case!
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Post by: ChasSmith on December 03, 2020, 02:48:19 PM
And now I see that it had been released on laserdisc. But we don't need no steenkin' laserdisc.
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Post by: ChasSmith on December 03, 2020, 02:54:43 PM
So, that's a Korean DVD. Which might be fine.

But I'm looking at that eBay dealer who's sold 168 copies of that, and multiple copies of other titles on Korean DVD, most of which are things available right here. So my question would be if he bought one of each and is just churning out copies.

Not that that would necessarily keep me from buying one of them.

Hmm...
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Post by: John G. on December 03, 2020, 04:19:25 PM
Tonight is time for Elf, Buddy's Musical Christmas.
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Post by: John G. on December 03, 2020, 04:21:23 PM
Strauss's Ariadne auf Naxos is Friday night's stream on metopera.org. Maybe I can watch it Saturday.
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Post by: John G. on December 03, 2020, 04:23:40 PM
On Christmas:

Friday, December 25
Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel
Starring Christine Schäfer, Alice Coote, Rosalind Plowright, Philip Langridge, and Alan Held, conducted by Vladimir Jurowski. From January 1, 2008.
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Post by: George on December 03, 2020, 04:34:01 PM
Vixmom, where you still looking for a dutch oven? The discount on this one is fairly amazing, somewhere in the neighborhood of 75% off.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/reviewedcom/2020/12/02/macys-friends-and-family-sale-save-home-goods-fashion-and-more/3793733001/

That's pretty cool.  I almost want to get one just because it's 75% off! ;)
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Post by: bk on December 03, 2020, 04:35:55 PM
Almost finished with Tristan - that love music is stunning.
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Post by: ChasSmith on December 03, 2020, 04:36:40 PM
Strauss's Ariadne auf Naxos is Friday night's stream on metopera.org. Maybe I can watch it Saturday.

1988, with Norman and Battle? Definitely.
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Post by: bk on December 03, 2020, 04:36:50 PM
Been getting the music cues for the playlet, so that's all coming along.
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Post by: John G. on December 03, 2020, 04:37:12 PM
I guess I should think about dinner.
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Post by: ChasSmith on December 03, 2020, 04:39:55 PM
Wow, lots of good stuff coming up. How about Mahagonny followed by Versailles on the 12th and 13th? I mean, for those who don’t already own them.
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Post by: bk on December 03, 2020, 04:42:50 PM
Here, I did find this, so enjoy - the entire opening number of The Pearls of Cleopatra. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARm_wrXSDMM
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Post by: ChasSmith on December 03, 2020, 04:48:03 PM
Will do.
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Post by: Jane on December 03, 2020, 05:03:30 PM
DR Jrand I was just told there are hospitals in Indiana that have had to turn ambulances away.  I hope they aren't near you, and that you have no reason to go near a hospital.
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Post by: John G. on December 03, 2020, 05:07:02 PM
Watching the version of Christmas Carol with Reginald Owen, Ann Rutherford, a very young June Lockhart and her dad, and a Franz Waxman score. I have an acquaintance who swears by this version. i find it a little too Hollywood.
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Post by: George on December 03, 2020, 05:39:00 PM
DR Jrand I was just told there are hospitals in Indiana that have had to turn ambulances away.  I hope they aren't near you, and that you have no reason to go near a hospital.

:(
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Post by: John G. on December 03, 2020, 05:58:39 PM
Time for Johnny Cash's 1979 Christmas special.
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Post by: John G. on December 03, 2020, 05:59:37 PM
One of the special guests is Tom T. Hall, a Kentucky songwriter that Dad got to interview at some point way back when. It was one of his favorites. I think the other was bluegrass legend Bill Monroe.
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Post by: John G. on December 03, 2020, 06:02:58 PM
Let's get off this page.
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Post by: John G. on December 03, 2020, 06:03:04 PM
One more ...
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Post by: John G. on December 03, 2020, 06:03:14 PM
Four!
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Post by: John G. on December 03, 2020, 06:03:27 PM
Hello, 1 guest!
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Post by: Jane on December 03, 2020, 06:14:47 PM
One of the special guests is Tom T. Hall, a Kentucky songwriter that Dad got to interview at some point way back when. It was one of his favorites. I think the other was bluegrass legend Bill Monroe.

Interesting.  What exactly did your father do that he was interviewing music legends?
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Post by: Jane on December 03, 2020, 06:15:52 PM
One of the main people that takes care of our condo complex has been diagnosed with covid :(  I hope he will be ok.
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Post by: Jane on December 03, 2020, 06:17:49 PM
The report is that he seems ok.  I don't know when he was tested that the results just came back today.  He became ill on Thanksgiving.  That explains why we didn't see him this week.
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Post by: Jane on December 03, 2020, 06:21:01 PM
We think he is as old as we are, or just looks older as he is out in the sun all day.  He is very fit and active, and a super nice guy and hard worker. 
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Post by: singdaw on December 03, 2020, 07:00:26 PM
That is quite an opening scene, bk! Thanks for sharing the link.
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Post by: singdaw on December 03, 2020, 07:01:21 PM
Funny link earlier, DR John G.  Thanks for sharing.
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Post by: singdaw on December 03, 2020, 07:04:42 PM
Love that ornament, DR elmore3003!
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Post by: John G. on December 03, 2020, 08:23:15 PM
One of the special guests is Tom T. Hall, a Kentucky songwriter that Dad got to interview at some point way back when. It was one of his favorites. I think the other was bluegrass legend Bill Monroe.

Interesting.  What exactly did your father do that he was interviewing music legends?

He wrote for a magazine that went out to the customers of the rural electric companies in Kentucky. They did stories on just about anything, as long as it was Kentucky. When I was in college, I did two stories for them, too. One was on Rosemary Clooney, whom I interviewed five or six times. 
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Post by: John G. on December 03, 2020, 08:23:27 PM
Gratuitous post No. 100!
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Post by: John G. on December 03, 2020, 08:25:07 PM
I just finished watching The Shop Around the Corner. Lubitsch, Jimmy Stewart, Christmas. Just a beautiful movie. I didn't have a copy of it until recently. Glad I can watch it whenever.
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Post by: John G. on December 03, 2020, 08:27:12 PM
While the movie was on, I put together my first gingerbread house. It looks OK, but the frosting was a mess; halfway through, it stopped going through the piping tool. So, I essentially stopped decorating and finished up spreading that stuff and topping it.
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Post by: John G. on December 03, 2020, 08:46:08 PM
Starting to watch Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens. Interesting, but the first solo, the title song, is staged kind of like Adrienne Stieffel's solos in the Kritzerland shows -- and she would sing that gorgeous ballad 10 times better than the performer here.
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Post by: John G. on December 03, 2020, 08:49:51 PM
On to the second piece. It's a new monologue, performed by Nathan Lane, and it's really good. It's about the current pandemic and the horrors of dying without being able to have your loved ones around you. But it's so poorly filmed that I can't watch it. I can only listen. The camera angle shoots up Lane's nose. If you ever wanted to take that journey, be my guest.
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Post by: vixmom on December 03, 2020, 09:23:40 PM
Vixmom, where you still looking for a dutch oven? The discount on this one is fairly amazing, somewhere in the neighborhood of 75% off.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/reviewedcom/2020/12/02/macys-friends-and-family-sale-save-home-goods-fashion-and-more/3793733001/

That's pretty cool.  I almost want to get one just because it's 75% off! ;)

I saw this too late, item unavailable
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Post by: John G. on December 03, 2020, 09:25:46 PM
Good night, all.
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Post by: John G. on December 03, 2020, 09:26:15 PM
Vixmom, where you still looking for a dutch oven? The discount on this one is fairly amazing, somewhere in the neighborhood of 75% off.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/reviewedcom/2020/12/02/macys-friends-and-family-sale-save-home-goods-fashion-and-more/3793733001/

That's pretty cool.  I almost want to get one just because it's 75% off! ;)

I saw this too late, item unavailable

I'm sorry.
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Post by: vixmom on December 03, 2020, 09:30:06 PM
Here, I did find this, so enjoy - the entire opening number of The Pearls of Cleopatra. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARm_wrXSDMM

I am officially an uncultured swine, I thought that was dreadful and the constant screaming hurt my ears
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Post by: vixmom on December 03, 2020, 09:30:36 PM
We got the link for the ZOOM A Christmas Carol.   I will post it here Saturday for anyone who wants to watch.  It comes on the air at 7:30 p.m. EST.

Thank you!
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Post by: bk on December 03, 2020, 09:32:34 PM
Did a Ralph's run and I'm afraid the hoarders are at it again.  No paper towels at all.  What is it about paper towels that people think they have to hoard them?  Seriously.  Toilet paper I might understand, but paper towels???  As I arrived, someone was loading up their car with about 500 bucks of groceries, it looked like to me.  There were plenty of apples EXCEPT Honey Crisp - they were decimated.  And onions.  So, everyone needs to buy ONLY Honey Crisp (because they read about it here) and onions?  Thankfully, plenty of Diet Coke and the few other things I needed.
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Post by: bk on December 03, 2020, 09:32:43 PM
Finished with my viewing.
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Post by: vixmom on December 03, 2020, 09:33:00 PM
Vixdad had a pneumonia and a flu shot today
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Post by: vixmom on December 03, 2020, 09:33:19 PM
His poor arms are dreadfully sore
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Post by: vixmom on December 03, 2020, 09:33:30 PM
And he feels miserable
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Post by: vixmom on December 03, 2020, 09:33:38 PM
I haven’t had mine yet
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Post by: vixmom on December 03, 2020, 09:33:57 PM
Actually I’ve never had a pneumonia shot
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Post by: vixmom on December 03, 2020, 09:34:32 PM
I’m not sure at what age they do that
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Post by: Jane on December 03, 2020, 10:37:50 PM
One of the special guests is Tom T. Hall, a Kentucky songwriter that Dad got to interview at some point way back when. It was one of his favorites. I think the other was bluegrass legend Bill Monroe.

Interesting.  What exactly did your father do that he was interviewing music legends?

He wrote for a magazine that went out to the customers of the rural electric companies in Kentucky. They did stories on just about anything, as long as it was Kentucky. When I was in college, I did two stories for them, too. One was on Rosemary Clooney, whom I interviewed five or six times. 

This is all very interesting.   I didn't realize this writing connection to your father.
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Post by: Jane on December 03, 2020, 10:38:28 PM
I just finished watching The Shop Around the Corner. Lubitsch, Jimmy Stewart, Christmas. Just a beautiful movie. I didn't have a copy of it until recently. Glad I can watch it whenever.

I haven't seen that in a long while.
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Post by: Jane on December 03, 2020, 10:41:28 PM
While the movie was on, I put together my first gingerbread house. It looks OK, but the frosting was a mess; halfway through, it stopped going through the piping tool. So, I essentially stopped decorating and finished up spreading that stuff and topping it.

I hope it holds. I used to bake and decorate a good sized house.  When the kids got older it became a family decorating project and we would each decorate one side of the house and do the roof together.
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Post by: Jane on December 03, 2020, 10:43:31 PM
His poor arms are dreadfully sore

Poor guy.  I never do more than one vaccination at a time.
Title: Re: ONE BREAST AT A TIME
Post by: Jane on December 03, 2020, 10:45:46 PM
Bruce if you had read my warnings about paper towels, and my difficulty finding them, you would have purchased what you needed before they ran out ;)
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Post by: Jane on December 03, 2020, 10:47:52 PM
I’m not sure at what age they do that

65 for the 1st shot.
Title: Re: ONE BREAST AT A TIME
Post by: George on December 03, 2020, 11:16:53 PM
Vixmom, where you still looking for a dutch oven? The discount on this one is fairly amazing, somewhere in the neighborhood of 75% off.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/reviewedcom/2020/12/02/macys-friends-and-family-sale-save-home-goods-fashion-and-more/3793733001/ (https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/reviewedcom/2020/12/02/macys-friends-and-family-sale-save-home-goods-fashion-and-more/3793733001/)

That's pretty cool.  I almost want to get one just because it's 75% off! ;)

I saw this too late, item unavailable

Darn. :-\
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Post by: George on December 03, 2020, 11:18:54 PM
Vixdad had a pneumonia and a flu shot today
I haven’t had mine yet

I haven't, either.  I keep forgetting to call Kaiser to make an appointment. ::)
Title: Re: ONE BREAST AT A TIME
Post by: TCB on December 03, 2020, 11:21:46 PM
DR Elmore is on the case!


Elmore is on the case?  Which one is he, Anthony or Gina?
Title: Re: ONE BREAST AT A TIME
Post by: George on December 03, 2020, 11:27:13 PM
While the movie was on, I put together my first gingerbread house. It looks OK, but the frosting was a mess; halfway through, it stopped going through the piping tool. So, I essentially stopped decorating and finished up spreading that stuff and topping it.

I hope it holds. I used to bake and decorate a good sized house.  When the kids got older it became a family decorating project and we would each decorate one side of the house and do the roof together.

Or...
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Post by: George on December 03, 2020, 11:28:10 PM
Hi, Tom.
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Post by: George on December 03, 2020, 11:32:48 PM
Starting tonight, and available for only 36 hours (starting about 8 hours ago...so only 28 hours left!), the Stratford Festival (in Canada) is streaming their 2010 production of The Tempest (https://youtu.be/udMrEQsmq2U), starring Christopher Plummer and directed by Des McAnuff. 
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Post by: TCB on December 04, 2020, 12:03:40 AM
Bruce if you had read my warnings about paper towels, and my difficulty finding them, you would have purchased what you needed before they ran out ;)


Our Safeway was fully stocked today with all brands and sizes available for both paper towels and T.P.
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Post by: George on December 04, 2020, 12:05:34 AM
Bruce if you had read my warnings about paper towels, and my difficulty finding them, you would have purchased what you needed before they ran out ;)


Our Safeway was fully stocked today with all brands and sizes available for both paper towels and T.P.

That's cool.  I have two cases of TP and one of paper towels.  I'm set for quite a while.
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Post by: TCB on December 04, 2020, 12:10:56 AM
Next week has some possibly exciting and hopefully entertaining TV programs.
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Post by: George on December 04, 2020, 12:12:57 AM
Next week has some possibly exciting and hopefully entertaining TV programs.

Good!  Which ones?
Title: Re: ONE BREAST AT A TIME
Post by: George on December 04, 2020, 12:13:52 AM
The only TV series that I'm recording right now is Grey's Anatomy.  I have the first three episodes recorded (the third was tonight) and I need to start watching them before my DVR fills up. 
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Post by: George on December 04, 2020, 12:14:06 AM
I hate it when that happens. :P
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Post by: TCB on December 04, 2020, 12:14:37 AM
Starting with GRINCH: THE MUSICAL with Matthew Morrison as the green man.  Didn’t Jose help Mr. Morrison prepare for his SOUTH PACIFIC audition?
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Post by: George on December 04, 2020, 12:17:32 AM
Starting with GRINCH: THE MUSICAL with Matthew Morrison as the green man.  Didn’t Jose help Mr. Morrison prepare for his SOUTH PACIFIC audition?

I didn't know that GRINCH: THE MUSICAL was on so soon!  Thanks for the head's up!
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Post by: TCB on December 04, 2020, 12:17:42 AM
Then there is ONE NIGHT ONLY: THE BEST OF BROADWAY, which I believe is on Friday, December 11.
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Post by: TCB on December 04, 2020, 12:18:45 AM
Rumor has it that Barbra Streisand will be making an appearance on that show.
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Post by: TCB on December 04, 2020, 12:20:08 AM
The only TV series that I'm recording right now is Grey's Anatomy.  I have the first three episodes recorded (the third was tonight) and I need to start watching them before my DVR fills up. 


And who was the surprise guest star tonight?
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Post by: TCB on December 04, 2020, 12:22:53 AM
No, apparently, ONE NIGHT ONLY is on Thursday night.
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Post by: George on December 04, 2020, 12:23:08 AM
The only TV series that I'm recording right now is Grey's Anatomy.  I have the first three episodes recorded (the third was tonight) and I need to start watching them before my DVR fills up. 


And who was the surprise guest star tonight?

I don't know...I haven't watched any of them, yet. ::)
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Post by: George on December 04, 2020, 12:23:58 AM
I'd only heard that Patrick Dempsey was on the first episode, but I don't know how long he'll be back.
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Post by: George on December 04, 2020, 12:27:53 AM
This article is from Playbill.com:  Take a Look at Photos of Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch Musical Starring Matthew Morrison (https://www.playbill.com/article/take-a-look-at-photos-of-dr-seuss-the-grinch-musical-starring-matthew-morrison).
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Post by: George on December 04, 2020, 12:31:18 AM
It's going to be broadcast on Wednesday.
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Post by: George on December 04, 2020, 12:31:48 AM
My DVR doesn't have the schedule available that far out.
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Post by: George on December 04, 2020, 12:32:08 AM
I'll check again in a couple of days.
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Post by: TCB on December 04, 2020, 12:32:55 AM
Yes, I knew that.
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Post by: TCB on December 04, 2020, 12:33:46 AM
But there is another show I wanted to see next week, but I can’t think of it.
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Post by: George on December 04, 2020, 12:34:47 AM
But there is another show I wanted to see next week, but I can’t think of it.

I hate it when that happens!
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Post by: George on December 04, 2020, 12:34:59 AM
Oh, look!  It's Page Six!! ;D
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Post by: TCB on December 04, 2020, 12:43:11 AM
And it is still yesterday!
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Post by: TCB on December 04, 2020, 12:45:11 AM
Good night, George.
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Post by: George on December 04, 2020, 12:46:55 AM
And it is still yesterday!

A miracle of modern technology! ;)
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Post by: George on December 04, 2020, 12:47:09 AM
Good night, Tom.
Title: Re: ONE BREAST AT A TIME
Post by: bk on December 04, 2020, 12:50:51 AM
Jane, I have plenty of paper towels because I buy in bulk from Amazon twice a year.