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Title: THE LATENESS OF THE NOTES
Post by: bk on August 23, 2004, 01:13:00 AM: Well, you've read the notes, you know about their lateness, their lateness knows about you, and now it is time to post until the late cows come home.
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Post by: bk on August 23, 2004, 01:20:44 AM: If you've read the notes already, reread them because we've got us a birthday to celebrate.
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Post by: Tomovoz on August 23, 2004, 01:33:58 AM: A very happy birthday to my dear friend and DR TCB. May your year ahead be one that is full of good health and happiness. May you also have a computer that works and one that is AOL problem free.
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Post by: Panni on August 23, 2004, 03:15:50 AM: THE HAPPIEST OF BIRTHDAYS, DEAR TCB!

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Post by: Panni on August 23, 2004, 03:20:16 AM: I'm posting at 3:20 AM because strange noises in the living room/office/kitchen (it's all one big room) woke me. I thought it was the wonderdog, but discovered he was in my bed, snoring at my feet. So I came out to investigate and found nothing amiss or even amister. But as I was up anyway...
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Post by: Tomovoz on August 23, 2004, 04:15:45 AM: Must be my bedtime if Jack or Ben appear on the board. Good night America.
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Post by: Tomovoz on August 23, 2004, 04:16:19 AM: Hi Michael and Jack.
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Post by: Jrand73 on August 23, 2004, 04:16:56 AM: Hehehehe.

[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]HAPPY BIRTHDAY TCB!!![/move]
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Post by: Jrand73 on August 23, 2004, 04:21:00 AM: Jose - our birthday approaches! 8)

Lovely photos from DRGEORGE yesterday!

Hmmmmmmmm....favorite episodes of TZ and OL?

One always makes me think of ANOTHER one....but I will start:

TZ:

The Monsters are Due on Maple Street
Terror at 20,000 Feet

MANY MANY more, but I will leave some for the other DR's.

OL: Not sure of the title, but David McCallum plays a scientist who invents a machine that "evolutionizes" him....he keeps going into it and becoming a more and more advanced human speciman.
Title: Re:THE LATENESS OF THE NOTES
Post by: Jrand73 on August 23, 2004, 04:23:47 AM: Okay: RE: Darby O'Gill.

I know that CinemaScope uses a lense to squeeze a wide picture onto a frame of film (some other processes do also, or turn the film sideways like VistaVision) - that is why the credits squeeze the picture up - BUT

If a film is shot full frame, then cropped to fill a widescreen....why isn't the image stretched out? I don't understand how a frame can be widened just by taking off the top and bottom....isn't it just as wide as it is and no wider?
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Post by: Michael on August 23, 2004, 04:24:07 AM: Have a wonderful trip Tom!!
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Post by: Jrand73 on August 23, 2004, 04:24:13 AM: And if that's the case - could ATTACK OF THE 50 FOOT WOMAN then be shown in widescreen?
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Post by: Michael on August 23, 2004, 04:24:28 AM: Happy Birthday TCB!
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Post by: Michael on August 23, 2004, 04:36:55 AM: Twilight Zone

So many and did a search that many episodes made the favorites from series querry sometime back.

There are just so many of them.
Don't have the time to look up the actually names, but as someone mentioned before even the bad episodes were good. In my opinion that the reason new episodes that they filmed for the two revivals were not successful that they were not in the spirit of the original episodes.

Example: From the first revival. Man wakes up one day to slowly discover that words start to have different meanings. At the end he has to relearn English.

Now in my opinion what was wrong with the episode is that WHY did it happen to him. It would be have been more intresting if the man was a fanatic about the English language always correcting people about word usuage and grammar. AND THEN wakes up one morning to find that words have totally different meanings.
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Post by: Ben on August 23, 2004, 04:45:14 AM: HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO TCB!

One hopes he can get into the site and see the plethora of greetings.
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Post by: Dan-in-Toronto on August 23, 2004, 04:50:49 AM: (http://myweb.thump.net/1644/aug/3/44.jpg)

Happy Birthday, TCB!
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Post by: Dan-in-Toronto on August 23, 2004, 04:56:19 AM: Born This Day:

Louis XVI (France) 1754
Oliver Hazard Perry 1785
Edgar Lee Masters 1869
Gene Kelly 1912
Bob Crosby (The Bob Cats) 1913
Tex Williams 1917
Jean Darling 1925
Peter Thompson 1929
Vera Miles 1930
Mark Russell 1932
Barbara Eden 1934
Sonny Jurgensen 1934
Rudy Lewis (Drifters) 1936
Ronnie Cox 1938
Tony Bill 1940
Richard Sanders 1940
Patricia McBride 1942
Antonia Novello 1944
Rex Allen Jr. 1947
Keith Moon (The Who) 1947
Shelley Long 1949
Rick Springfield 1949
Woody Paul (Riders in the Sky) 1949
Mark Hudson 1951
Jimi Jamison (Survivor) 1951
Bobby G. (Bucks Fizz) 1953
Dean DeLeo (Stone Temple Pilots) 1961
Shaun Ryder (Happy Mondays, Black Grape) 1962
River Phoenix 1970
Jay Mohr 1971

... and TCB!
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Post by: Dan (the Man) on August 23, 2004, 05:43:27 AM: [move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]! ! ! ! ! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TCB ! ! ! ! ! [/move]
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Post by: beckon on August 23, 2004, 05:44:39 AM: Happy Birthday to DR TCB!! :)
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Post by: beckon on August 23, 2004, 06:04:26 AM: Twilight Zone:

My favorite episode is one that not many people seem to remember. It takes place in a darkened room with a number of people who are dressed in various costumes (i.e. ballerina, soldier, teddy bear, etc.). They don't know how they got there. There are no windows and doors, except for a light high above them. After bickering, they decide to cooperate and try to reach the top. In the end, it turns out they are all toys in a donation barrel for Christmas! What an ironic twist ;)

Does anyone else remember this episode?
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Post by: Stuart on August 23, 2004, 06:36:51 AM: Bon Anniversaire, DR TCB.
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Post by: Matt H. on August 23, 2004, 07:30:41 AM: Quote from: beckon on August 23, 2004, 06:04:26 AM
Twilight Zone:

My favorite episode is one that not many people seem to remember. It takes place in a darkened room with a number of people who are dressed in various costumes (i.e. ballerina, soldier, teddy bear, etc.). They don't know how they got there. There are no windows and doors, except for a light high above them. After bickering, they decide to cooperate and try to reach the top. In the end, it turns out they are all toys in a donation barrel for Christmas! What an ironic twist ;)

Does anyone else remember this episode?

Yep, I remember it. I think it was called "Five Characters in Search of an Exit" or something like that. Very offbeat episode.

My favorite is called "Twenty-Two." It's about the exotic dancer who keeps having dreams of going to the basement of a hospital where the morgue is, an eerie looking nurse bursting through the door and exclaiming, "Room for one more, honey." Features a marvelously ironic ending, but just that creepy nurse and the fact that this was one of the few TZ episodes shot on videotape rather than film (to save money) makes it very disturbing and unusual.

As for OUTER LIMITS, I have vaguer memories of it, and haven't sprung for either of the DVD sets of its two season run. But I remember one episode in particular which takes place, I think, on Mars where the expedition members keep disappearing one by one. No one knows who's doing the killing or what's happening to the bodies. Come to find out there is a monster on Mars that lives beneath the sand, and it had been dragging the doomed settlers under the sand to devour them.
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Post by: Matt H. on August 23, 2004, 07:32:55 AM: [move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DR TCB![/move]
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Post by: MBarnum on August 23, 2004, 07:33:28 AM: Good morning DRs!

Favorite Twilight Zone: THE MONSTERS ARE DUE ON MAPLE STREET

Favorite Outer Limits: BEHOLD, ECK!
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Post by: Matt H. on August 23, 2004, 07:38:13 AM: I am so proud of myself. I actually went out walking yesterday afternoon. It was coolish, the sun being behind rain clouds but no rain was forthcoming. My legs were aching by the time I got home (the last half of the walk was uphill), but I felt wonderfully tired, and I certainly dropped off quickly when I finally lay down last night.

Highly recommended!
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Post by: Panni on August 23, 2004, 07:38:54 AM: Some favorite TWILIGHT ZONES:

THE MONSTERS ARE DUE ON MAPLE STREET –Neighbor turning against neighbor in an all-American town
THE BARD – Shakespeare comes back to help a blocked TV writer (I relate to this one, man!)
KICK THE CAN – residents of an old folks home find the source of eternal youth
MINIATURE – w. Robert Duvall – Shy man sees a world he likes better inside a museum dollhouse
NIGHTMARE AT 20,000 FEET – William Shatner looks out his window on a plane and sees a monster on the wing (This one still makes me think twice about looking out my plane window.)
TIME ENOUGH TO LAST – Burgess Meredith as a myopic, book-loving bank teller who is the last man on earth
THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER – A terribly ugly young woman waits to see if the operation to make her “normal" has succeeded
WALKING DISTANCE (w. Gig Young) – An unhappy man goes back to the town of his youth
THEL LAST FLIGHT – An airman returns to the moment of his WWI cowardice
NICK OF TIME –(w. William Shatner) – A young couple stop in a small town diner and stumble across a machine which can predict the future.

I'm sure I'll think of others as the day goes on. What an incredible show that was!
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Post by: Matt H. on August 23, 2004, 07:39:35 AM: DR RLP, since you were so high on DARBY O'GILL's DVD incarnation, I will probably spring for it. I've always loved the film and felt it was an underrated classic.
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Post by: MBarnum on August 23, 2004, 07:40:58 AM: TCB, a big happy birthday from me and from Dotty!
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Post by: Matt H. on August 23, 2004, 08:01:27 AM: Coming later today, a "sliver" of a George Eads picture.

You'll see what I mean when I post it.
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Post by: Dan (the Man) on August 23, 2004, 08:02:50 AM: Quote from: beckon on August 23, 2004, 06:04:26 AM
Twilight Zone:

My favorite episode is one that not many people seem to remember. It takes place in a darkened room with a number of people who are dressed in various costumes (i.e. ballerina, soldier, teddy bear, etc.). They don't know how they got there. There are no windows and doors, except for a light high above them. After bickering, they decide to cooperate and try to reach the top. In the end, it turns out they are all toys in a donation barrel for Christmas! What an ironic twist ;)

Does anyone else remember this episode?

Yes. Strangely, our local PBS station usually sees this episode as festive fare to broadcast on Christmas Eve.
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Post by: Matt H. on August 23, 2004, 08:17:46 AM: Quote from: Dan (the Man) on August 23, 2004, 08:02:50 AM
Yes. Strangely, our local PBS station usually sees this episode as festive fare to broadcast on Christmas Eve.

How odd! Especially since there's that memorable Art Carney-Christmas themed episode "Night of the Meek."
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on August 23, 2004, 08:20:19 AM: [move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]Happy Birthday, Mr. Birkeland![/move]

[move=right,scroll,6,transparent,100%]That means you, TCB![/move]

[move=up,scroll,6,transparent,100%]Bring out the cake w/candles![/move]

[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]And don't forget the fire extinguisher![/move]
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Post by: Dan (the Man) on August 23, 2004, 08:29:35 AM: A lot of my favorrite TZs have been mentioned, but one that has not was about a girl who lived with her scientist father and a household full of robots and in the end discovered--well, I don't want to give it away...

The Outer Limits scared the bejesus out of me when I was a kid. It wasn't until they passed into syndication that I was able to relax and watch and appreciate the show. Some favorites that come to mind are:

It Crawled Out of the Woodwork
The Galaxy Being (the scariest!)
The Zanti Misfits(or Attack of the Cooties!)
Demon With the Glass Hand
Controlled Experiment (a very funny episode)

I also remember an episode that I can't find the title of. Something about a couple (Eddie Albert was the husband) who are stranded on an old abandoned farm (shades of Green Acres) and attacked by plagues of frogs and tumbleweeds. Does this sound familiar to anyone?
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Post by: Stuart on August 23, 2004, 08:33:04 AM: Thanks for the weekend posts re: PNW HHW gathering....it is always a delight to see what some of the DRs actually look like. And -- no offense intended -- but, DR Jane, more and more, I see where your son's looks come from. You are one hot mama!

And what a "small world" story about DR JMK (and Betsy's) rabbi being a cousin of DR DIT!

And, FYI, DR/DB Jay, there's a VERSE to that song too! It begins:
"It's a world of laughter, a world of fun..."
But then I forget the lyrics. However, I remember the chorus:
"It's a sm................"

No, I just can't do it to all you lovely readers out there in the dark.....

Twilight Zone? Outer Limits? I guess my favorite episodes would be the ones that DIDN'T give me nightmares! But, never having been a fan of science fiction, I was never a big fan of either series, though the episodes I recall having seen are some of the classics, I guess.....and I think DR Panni mentioned them all. Except for the Leg of Lamb episode.
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Post by: Dan-in-Toronto on August 23, 2004, 09:08:40 AM: ~~It's a sm ...~~

Funny,
you're a stranger who's come here,
come from another town.
Funny, I'm a stranger myself here.
Small world, isn't it?

Funny, you're a man who goes traveling
rather than settling down.
Funny, 'cause I'd love to go traveling.
Small world, isn't it?

We have so much in common,
it's a phenomenon.
We could pool our resources
by joining forces from now on.

Lucky, you're a man who likes children.
That's an important sign.
Lucky, I'm a woman with children.
Small world, isn't it?
Funny, isn't it small and funny and fine?
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Post by: bk on August 23, 2004, 09:22:15 AM: Apparently, dear reader Matt H has never read a Kritzer book, for if he had he would know immediately that "22" and "Room for one more, honey" were a prominent part of one chapter in Kritzer Time.

Walking Distance is my favorite Twilight Zone, for many reasons, including it's stunning original Bernard Herrmann score. I'm also fond of The Fever with Everett Sloane (Fraaaanklin) and, well, they're all in Kritzerland and Kritzer Time.

Outer Limits has many fine and weird episodes - I especially like It Crawled Out of the Woodwork and The Zanti Misfits, both directed, I believe, by the strange Gerd Oswald.
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Post by: JMK on August 23, 2004, 09:34:33 AM: TZ: what about the wonderful episode with former DR Aura 18 and J. Pat O'Malley? Or the creepy one where the kid (was it Billy Mumy) rolls under the bed into the alternate universe. Or the other one with the creepy kid (definitely Billy Mumy) who terrorizes the town and turns the unfortunate man into a jack-in-the-box (I still have nightmares about that shadow image on the wall).

Since you guys are horror trivia buffs, can anyone identify two different episodes of something I saw when I was a kid. These must have been TZ ripoffs, like Terror or One Step Beyond. I only have very faint memories of them, but here goes:

1. In this one, a guy finds a fortune teller like machine (it was a robotic looking sitting woman) who told his fortune. I believe it ends with him touching her and getting electrocuted.

2. In this one, it had something to do with flying aces--biplanes and such. And all I remember is a big closeup at the end and one of the planes was being flown by a skeleton.

Ring any bells with anyone?
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Post by: Dan (the Man) on August 23, 2004, 09:35:42 AM: There were a couple of segments from the new Twilight Zone that ran on CBS in the early 90s that I liked. One with Bruce Willis as a man who discovers that his double is taking over his life--I thought it was very profound. Another was about two brothers who were investigating their geneticist father's disappearance in a large warehouse littered with the dried, dead bodies of giant-sized animals.
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Post by: Dan (the Man) on August 23, 2004, 09:39:31 AM: Quote from: Stuart on August 23, 2004, 08:33:04 AM
Twilight Zone? Outer Limits? I guess my favorite episodes would be the ones that DIDN'T give me nightmares! But, never having been a fan of science fiction, I was never a big fan of either series, though the episodes I recall having seen are some of the classics, I guess.....and I think DR Panni mentioned them all. Except for the Leg of Lamb episode.

I'm pretty sure that the Leg of Lamb episode was from Alfred Hitchcock Presents.
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Post by: bk on August 23, 2004, 09:40:38 AM: there were several TZ-like shows, some before, some after. They included Panic!, One Step Beyond, Science Fiction Theater, Way Out (hosted by Roald Dahl - some very good episodes on that one), and I'm sure there were a few others.
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Post by: Stuart on August 23, 2004, 09:45:15 AM: Quote from: Dan (the Man) on August 23, 2004, 09:39:31 AM
I'm pretty sure that the Leg of Lamb episode was from Alfred Hitchcock Presents.

Mea culpa. Mea maxima culpa. (Ooh! A Stephen Sondheim reference!)
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Post by: JMK on August 23, 2004, 09:49:13 AM: And Happy Birthday, TCB!

If you had come to the NW HHW gathering, you could have had a piece of Chocolate Zucchini Birthday Cake!
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Post by: Jay on August 23, 2004, 10:06:35 AM: [move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]Happy Birthday to our own King of the double entendre, Dear Reader TCB!!![/move]
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Post by: Michael on August 23, 2004, 10:20:20 AM: Here is a list of all the Twilight Zone Episodes from the original series. My favorites and there are quite a few are in various colors
Season 1 30 min.
1.   Where is Everybody?

2.   One for the Angels

3.   Mr. Denton on Doomsday

4.   The Sixteen-Millimeter Shrine

5.   Walking Distance

6.   Escape Clause

7.   The Lonely

8.   Time Enough at Last

9.   Perchance to Dream

10.   Judgment Night

11.   And When the Sky Was Opened

12.   What You Need

13.   The Four of Us are Dying

14.   Third From the Sun

15.   I Shot an Arrow into the Air

16.   The Hitch-Hiker

17.   The Fever

18.   The Last Flight

19.   The Purple Testament

20.   Elegy

21.   Mirror Image

22.   The Monsters are Due on Maple Street

23.   A World of Difference

24.   Long Live Walter Jameson

25.   People Are Alike All Over

26.   Execution

27.   The Big Tall Wish

28.   A Nice Place to Visit

29.   Nightmare as a Child

30.   A Stop at Willoughby

31.   The Chaser

32.   A Passage for Trumpet

33.   Mr. Bevis

34.   The After Hours
35.   The Mighty Casey

36.   A World of His Own

Season 2
37.   King Nine Will Not Return

38.   The Man in the Bottle

39.   Nervous Man in a Four Dollar Room

40.   A Thing About Machines

41.   The Howling Man

42.   The Eye of the Beholder

43.   Nick of Time
44.   The Lateness of the Hour

45.   The Trouble with Templeton

46.   A Most Unusual Camera

47.   Night of the Meek

48.   Dust

49.   Back There

50.   The Whole Truth

51.   The Invaders

52.   A Penny For Your Thoughts

53.   Twenty-Two

54.   The Odyssey of Flight 33

55.   Mr. Dingle, the Strong

56.   Static

57.   The Prime Mover

58.   Long Distance Call

59.   A Hundred Yards over the Rim

60.   The Rip Van Winkle Caper

61.   The Silence

62.   Shadow Play

63.   The Mind and the Matter

64.   Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up

65.   The Obsolete Man

Season 3
66.   Two

67.   The Arrival

68.   The Shelter

69.   The Passersby

70.   A Game of Pool

71.   The Mirror

72.   The Grave

73.   It's a Good Life

74.   Deaths-Head Revisited

75.   The Midnight Sun

76.   Still Valley

77.   The Jungle

78.   Once Upon a Time

79.   Five Characters in Search of an Exit
80.   A Quality of Mercy

81.   Nothing in the Dark

82.   One More Pallbearer

83.   Dead Man's Shoes

84.   The Hunt

85.   Showdown with Rance McGrew

86.   Kick the Can

87.   A Piano in the House

88.   The Last Rites of Jeff Myrtlebank

89.   To Serve Man

90.   The Fugitive

91.   Little Girl Lost

92.   Person or Persons Unknown

93.   The Little People

94.   Four O'Clock

95.   Hocus-Pocus and Frisby

96.   The Trade-Ins

97.   The Gift

98.   The Dummy

99.   Young Man's Fancy

100.   I Sing the Body Electric

101.   Cavender is Coming

102.   The Changing of the Guard

Season 4 60 min.
103.   In His Image

104.   The Thirty-Fathom Grave

105.   Valley of the Shadow

106.   He's Alive

107.   Mute

108.   Death Ship

109.   Jess-Belle

110.   Miniature

111.   Printer's Devil

112.   No Time Like the Past

113.   The Parallel

114.   I Dream of Genie

115.   The New Exhibit

116.   Of Late I Think of Cliffordville

117.   The Incredible World of Horace Ford

118.   On Thursday We Leave For Home

119.   Passage on the Lady Anne

120.   The Bard

Season 5 30 min.
121.   In Praise of Pip

122.   Steel

123.   Nightmare at 20,000 Feet

124.   A Kind of a Stopwatch

125.   The Last Night of a Jockey

126.   Living Doll

127.   The Old Man in the Cave

128.   Uncle Simon

129.   Probe 7 - Over and Out

130.   The 7th is Made Up of Phantoms

131.   A Short Drink from a Certain Fountain

132.   Ninety Years Without Slumbering

133.   Ring-A-Ding Girl

134.   You Drive

135.   The Long Morrow

136.   The Self-Improvement of Salvadore Ross

137.   Number Twelve Looks Just Like You

138.   Black Leather Jackets

139.   Night Call

140.   From Agnes - With Love

141.   Spur of the Moment

142.   An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge

143.   Queen of the Nile

144.   What's in the Box

145.   The Masks

146.   I Am the Night - Color Me Black

147.   Sounds and Silences

148.   Caesar and Me

149.   The Jeopardy Room

150.   Stopover in a Quiet Town

151.   The Encounter

152.   Mr. Garrity and the Graves

153.   The Brain Center at Whipple's

154.   Come Wander with Me

155.   The Fear

156.   The Bewitchin' Pool
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Post by: TCB on August 23, 2004, 10:25:40 AM: Thank you, one and all, for the kind birthday greetings! Is there a more perfect place on the internet to celebrate your big day than at HHW???

What an incredible day to be born! Sharing my day of birth with Gene Kelly, Barbara Eden, River Phoenix, and of course, Queen Noor (don’t go there, td)? And who else can claim, on their day in history, the death of Rudolph Valentino, the execution of Sacco and Vanzetti, and the defection of Alexander Godunov?

I took the day off work, my computer is working without a hitch, and I am being given “loves” by Angel and Nicky – life is good!
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on August 23, 2004, 10:28:11 AM: Oh, happy, happy day!

Oh, Joy!

Oh, Rapture!

The postman has just delivered to me an original, mint-condition, gloriously vibrant ORIGINAL window card to "Mack and Mabel."

It cost me a "minor" fortune on eBay and is worth every cent I paid for it!

I won't be paying minor fortunes, much less pittances, for some time. It's a combination birthday and Christmas present to myself.

I am overwhelmed and thrilled and excited and beside myself with glee!

Just thought I'd share that with ya, even if it's "too much."
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Post by: Ben on August 23, 2004, 10:34:12 AM: TCB, Mr. Kelly was born on your birthday and he died on my birthday (February 2nd). Not to take anything away from your special day. Just wanted to share ;)
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Post by: TCB on August 23, 2004, 10:45:43 AM: Quote from: Ben on August 23, 2004, 10:34:12 AM
TCB, Mr. Kelly was born on your birthday and he died on my birthday (February 2nd). Not to take anything away from your special day. Just wanted to share ;)

Yes, Ben, but can you claim Valentino's birth on your day, since he died on mine?
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Post by: TCB on August 23, 2004, 10:57:11 AM: Thank you, DR Noel for my Kerry / Gephardt New York Post. A welcome, and unexpected, birthday surprise! I will cherish it.
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Post by: George on August 23, 2004, 11:06:33 AM: HAPPIEST OF BIRTHDAYS (to date, of course) TO DR TCB!!
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Post by: Jennifer on August 23, 2004, 11:18:43 AM: HAPPY BIRTHDAY DR TCB!!!!!!!

Wow, I can't believe how long it has taken me to catch up on yesterday's posts.

And I love the pics from the HHW gathering. OMG you guys have different tastes in fashion. :)

(from each other).
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Post by: George on August 23, 2004, 11:19:07 AM: Favorite "Twilight Zone" episodes:
THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER
KICK THE CAN
NICK OF TIME
NIGHTMARE AT 20,000 FEET

Another one that I really liked (but I don't know the title) is the one where Anne Francis goes to a department store, looking for a thimble for her mother (or someone) and it turns out that she's really a mannequin!
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Post by: Matt H. on August 23, 2004, 11:20:00 AM: Yes, that leg of lamb was from ALFRED HITCHCOCK PRESENTS and was called "Lamb to the Slaughter."

I remember WAY OUT with nightmarish glee. I found it even scarier and creepier than THE TWILIGHT ZONE (sadly only lasted half a season). I remember one episode called "Button, Button, Who's Got the Button" that left me trembling.
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Post by: Matt H. on August 23, 2004, 11:20:58 AM: Yes, the Anne Francis TZ episode was called "The After Hours." I really loved it, too.
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Post by: Matt H. on August 23, 2004, 11:24:45 AM: Looking at Michael Shayne's list of all the episodes reminded me that there were several of these that I taught in my classes either in their teleplay form (THE MONSTERS ARE DUE ON MAPLE STREET) or in their original short story form. My students always loved "To Serve Man."
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Post by: Jane on August 23, 2004, 12:00:47 PM: Quote from: Tomovoz on August 23, 2004, 01:33:58 AM
A very happy birthday to my dear friend and DR TCB. May your year ahead be one that is full of good health and happiness. May you also have a computer that works and one that is AOL problem free.

I second that!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TCB!!
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Post by: Jane on August 23, 2004, 12:18:20 PM: The “some homemade Jewish bread” MBarnum mentioned was a terrific hallah (egg bread) and I am waiting for the recipe.

If I had the ability to write as well as MBarnum I would say exactly the same things regarding George, the Kaufman family and the evening. I will return the compliment to Michael and add he has a smile that lights up a room-you should see those dimples up close.

Yes, the chocolate zucchini cake was very moist and delicious. Surprise, surprise, I opted for a tofu dog instead of a Boca burger.

Yes George, Betsy’s mother did the artwork the photos don't do justice to.

It was a very exciting moment for me when I made the rabbi/cousin connection. :D

I didn’t expect to end the evening with party favors. :) Once I wake up I will listen to them. I am exhausted not having slept much over the weekend. The overnight bus trip home was nice enough but I only dozed on and off. I’m sure I will crash before the day is over.

Coming soon, my versions of the same NW group pose.
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Post by: Jane on August 23, 2004, 12:21:32 PM: The NW HHW gang.
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Post by: Jane on August 23, 2004, 12:24:10 PM: Gabe took thes group photo which includes our lovely hostess Betsy.
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Post by: Jane on August 23, 2004, 12:26:01 PM: BG (or is it Bee Gee?). However you spell his name, I was in love. :)
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Post by: JoseSPiano on August 23, 2004, 12:27:30 PM: Good Mor... Well, Good Afternoon!

I let myself have a nice lazy morning listening to the radio, and the extra rest seems to have helped. I realized that even though I was technically "off" yesterday, I didn't take the day off. Lots of walking, lots of shopping, lots of walking. The extra hour or two staying off my feet this morning was much needed. -And after staying up relatively late last night too...

Now I'm about to "get domestic", and then run an errand or two... but before I go...
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Post by: JoseSPiano on August 23, 2004, 12:28:25 PM: HAPPY BIRTHDAY, TCB!!!!
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Post by: William E. Lurie on August 23, 2004, 12:35:59 PM: The internet at the office (and all over NYC for those who use Time Warner) has been down all day and just came up.

I was never a fan of TWILIGHT ZONE or ONE STEP BEYOND. I guess I couldn't have spent Friday nights with Benjamin.
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Post by: Dan-in-Toronto on August 23, 2004, 12:56:21 PM: Quote from: Jane on August 23, 2004, 12:18:20 PM
It was a very exciting moment for me when I made the rabbi/cousin connection. :D

DR Jane,

It was very exciting for Jeff, as well - and especially exciting for me. Now let's see how the rabbi reacts. Betsy or Jeff will be taking the next step - passing along my greetings and e-mail address. (My cousin and I had very close family ties when we were young. I adored his mom (my aunt), and he was very close to mine. However, I think it's about 30 years since we last saw each other.)

BTW, you write very well. And your photographs are great. And you make the very nicest connections. I can't say anything about your dimples, though.
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Post by: Jane on August 23, 2004, 01:04:47 PM: Tomovoz you became a God while I wasn’t looking-CONGRATULATIONS!
if you like Pat Conroy, read THE BRIDGE by Doug Marlette. Are your new books about a Ladies Detective Agency?

Danise test a foam bed in the store-I did and it killed my back within minutes. Instead we got an air mattress, for me. Keith likes it & I’m not thrilled. On the plus side it is light weight and easy to lift when making the bed.

Stuart thank you for your sweet compliment.
I agree with you, the episodes that didn’t scare me were the best. When my brain begins to function again I will remember which episodes those were. Someone just solved my problem... :D

Michael Shayne thank you for the list! LITTLE GIRL LOST is one of my two favorite Twilight Zone episodes. My other favorite is TWO with Elizabeth Montgomery and Charles Bronson. I always enjoyed THE FUGITIVE very much.

Dan-in-Toronto making connections is sooo much fun and thanks. I feel like I need to meet your cousin now. :)
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Post by: Jennifer on August 23, 2004, 01:09:45 PM: For Big Brother fans the America's Choice winner has left to go do Y&R.

Someone here might be happy.

But I won't say who. :)
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Post by: Jane on August 23, 2004, 01:10:00 PM: There are multiple reasons why I had very little sleep this weekend. Sleeping on a little air mattress didn’t help nor did my son’s two little nocturnal Sugar Gliders climbing all over me. Except when they gave my toes love bites (socks solved that problem) I really enjoyed them. :)
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Post by: Matt H. on August 23, 2004, 01:13:23 PM: Here's that sliver of George Eads that I promised. He was cut off the left hand side of the picture.
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Post by: Jennifer on August 23, 2004, 01:15:00 PM: Okay here is the America's Choice winner if you want to know:
http://www.tvrules.net/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=5621

DR Jane, what on earth is a sugar glider? And do they run loose? :(
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Post by: Matt H. on August 23, 2004, 01:15:54 PM: My TV was acting a bit nutty this afternoon (without any help from me). I smell a repairman probably having to come check things out. Argh! It's less than two years old!
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Post by: Matt H. on August 23, 2004, 01:16:55 PM: Really enjoyed the various pics posted of this weekend's gathering. Thanks for sharing them with all of us.
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Post by: Emily on August 23, 2004, 01:19:01 PM: HAPPPPPPPPPPPPYYYYYY BIIIIIIRRRRRRTTTTTTHHHHHDDDDAAAAYYYYY TCB!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by: Panni on August 23, 2004, 01:31:01 PM: The regional group looks very psychedelic! Luminous, man. Like I'm trippin', baby.
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Post by: Panni on August 23, 2004, 01:32:24 PM: I spent over two hours with the dentist this morning. Four x-rays (they only charged for one) until they got exactly what they were looking for. I glow in the dark now.
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Post by: Panni on August 23, 2004, 01:34:22 PM: Those Sugar Gliders are scary little critters. Perhaps once you know them personally, so to speak, their sweetness becomes apparent.
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Post by: Jrand73 on August 23, 2004, 02:18:36 PM: Oh....I thought someone was posting a pic of a TZ episode, but it was the HHW Gang NW Charter Division.

JMK what kind of face are you making?

Yes the tumbling tumbleweeds co-starred June Havoc with Eddie Albert....but that's all I remember.
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Post by: Jrand73 on August 23, 2004, 02:18:50 PM: No chat for me tonight, rehearsal....wish I knew my lines.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on August 23, 2004, 02:19:13 PM: Quote from: Jennifer on August 23, 2004, 01:15:00 PM

Okay here is the America's Choice winner if you want to know:
http://www.tvrules.net/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=5621

DR Jane, what on earth is a sugar glider? And do they run loose? :(

Well shut my mouth....wide open!

I'll bet there were some SHOCKED houseguests!

VERY shocked.

Can't wait to read about the catty comments that will be made!

Diane must be about to bust a gut!

:D
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Post by: Jrand73 on August 23, 2004, 02:19:37 PM: The lovely Barbara Nichols .... was told.... room for one more, honey, by Asa Maynor who was for a time married to Edd Byrnes.
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Post by: JMK on August 23, 2004, 02:22:07 PM: Quote from: JRand53 on August 23, 2004, 02:18:36 PM
Oh....I thought someone was posting a pic of a TZ episode, but it was the HHW Gang NW Charter Division.

JMK what kind of face are you making?

I resemble that remark! ;)

It was, I believe, a function of me leaning over and attempting to keep BeeGee in the chair while at the same time coaxing Gabe to push the correct button. Then again, it could just be the way my face looks. Blame G-d.
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Post by: Tomovoz on August 23, 2004, 02:22:49 PM: Quote from: Jane on August 23, 2004, 01:04:47 PM
Tomovoz you became a God while I wasn’t looking-CONGRATULATIONS!
if you like Pat Conroy, read THE BRIDGE by Doug Marlette. Are your new books about a Ladies Detective Agency?

Amazing! What was I, about 4th god on the block and people have just noticed!!

Indeed Jane the Ladies Detective Agency.

DR Michael Shayne - 3 weeks to go but thanks.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on August 23, 2004, 02:32:14 PM: Quote from: Tomovoz on August 23, 2004, 02:22:49 PM
Amazing! What was I, about 4th god on the block and people have just noticed!!

Indeed Jane the Ladies Detective Agency.

DR Michael Shayne - 3 weeks to go but thanks.

Why is everyone confusing you, Tom, for François who, as it turns out, became a God in the past several days???

Do you believe yourself to be so closely associated with François that you two seem to be interchangeable?????

:D LOL

I don't know......
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Post by: JMK on August 23, 2004, 02:40:17 PM: BK: I forgot to ask the other day when you mentioned the sublime Paul Desmond: do you have The Gerry Mulligan/Paul Desmond Quartet and/or Bridge Over Troubled Waters CDs--one from the very beginning of his career, and one from the end, and both totally incredible.
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Post by: Jane on August 23, 2004, 02:42:29 PM: Matt H your welcome. I had even more fun taking the pictures.

Panni, scary? They are soft and sweet and run up and down you with their soft little feet that tickle. They also run up and down walls or simply up prior to leaping back down to the floor. At night they cuddled with me for briefs moments before tearing around again. One night it sounded as if they were playing hockey with something. In the morning I discovered I had dropped a cellophane wrapped hard candy on the floor. LOL

Jennifer does that answer your second question? ;D

Sugar Gliders are marsupials that glide (like a flying squirrel) and like sweet foods. They are only scary when they are scared, at which time they make a horrendous noise. Mostly they are quiet. Sometimes they make little clicking noises to express they are happy or little barking noises when they want the other one to come play. For a little more information… http://www.skinhorse.net/gliders/
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Post by: Panni on August 23, 2004, 02:50:50 PM: Quote from: Jane on August 23, 2004, 02:42:29 PM

Sugar Gliders are marsupials that glide (like a flying squirrel) and like sweet foods. They are only scary when they are scared, at which time they make a horrendous noise.
Gliding marsupials on sugar highs making horrendous noises? To me this is SCARY. :o
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Post by: Jane on August 23, 2004, 02:54:05 PM: Quote from: Tomovoz on August 23, 2004, 02:22:49 PM
Amazing! What was I, about 4th god on the block and people have just noticed!!

LOL. I was confused but you were being congratulated. I had meant to look up the number of your posts to verify before I said anything, then I had to log in and as I was about to fall asleep so forgot to do so. This way you had the fun of humiliating me, or maybe I did that all on my own. ;D
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Post by: Jane on August 23, 2004, 02:55:16 PM: Quote from: Panni on August 23, 2004, 02:50:50 PM
Gliding marsupials on sugar highs making horrendous noises? To me this is SCARY. :o

They kept me laughing, and awake. :D
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Post by: Tomovoz on August 23, 2004, 02:57:14 PM: LOL Jane. JRand was the confused one - France and OZ confusion!!
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Post by: Jane on August 23, 2004, 03:02:34 PM: Thanks a lot JRand. ;D I had meant your comment regarding the photo-guess my thanks now has two meanings. ;D

François de Paris congratulations and welcome to the clouds!
Sorry I wasn't here for the big event.
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Post by: Tomovoz on August 23, 2004, 03:10:03 PM: I'll have to remember to pass those on when François returns to the board at the end of the week! (Thursday).
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Post by: Jane on August 23, 2004, 03:16:29 PM: LOL Did I forget he was going away or did he simply leave while I was gone?
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Post by: bk on August 23, 2004, 03:22:51 PM: Yes, I have both Desmond CDs - the latter, I believe, is a Japanese import - I don't think it's been available here in the US, although I could be wrong about that.
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Post by: MBarnum on August 23, 2004, 03:48:32 PM: Oh, my gosh the little Sugar Gliders are adorable! Next time you are up here Jane I must see the little critters!
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on August 23, 2004, 03:49:24 PM: My mom sent me this. I got a few hearty laughs out of it, too!

This comes from a Catholic elementary school test. Kids were asked questions about the Old and New Testaments. The following statements about the Bible were written by children. They have not been retouched or corrected (i.e., incorrect spelling has been left in).

1. In the first book of the bible, Guinessis, God got tired of creating the world, so he took the Sabbath off.

2. Adam and Eve were created from an apple tree. Noah's wife was called Joan of Ark. Noah built an ark, which the animals come on to in pears.

3. Lot's wife was a pillar of salt by day, but a ball of fire by night.

4. The Jews were a proud people and throughout history they had trouble with the unsympathetic Genitals.

5. Samson was a strongman who let himself be led astray by a Jezebel like Delilah.

6. Samson slayed the Philistines with the axe of the Apostles.

7. Moses led the Hebrews to the Red Sea, where they made unleavened bread which is bread without any ingredients.

8. The Egyptians were all drowned in the dessert. Afterwards, Moses went up on Mount Cyanide to get the ten amendments.

9. The first commandment was when Eve told Adam to eat the apple.

10. The seventh commandment is thou shalt not admit adultery.

11 Moses died before he ever reached Canada. Then Joshua led the Hebrews in the battle of Geritol.

12. The greatest miracle in the Bible is when Joshua told his son to stand still and he obeyed him.

13. David was a hebrew king skilled at playing the liar. He fought the Finklesteins, a race of people who lived in Biblical times.

14. Solomon, one of David's sons, had 300 wives and 700 porcupines.

15. When Mary heard that she was the mother of Jesus, she sang the Magna Carta.

16. When the three wise guys from the east side arrived, they found Jesus in the manager.

17. Jesus was born because Mary had an immaculate contraption.

18. St. John the blacksmith dumped water on his head.

19. Jesus enunciated the Golden Rule, which says to do one to others before they do one to you. He also explained, a man doth not live by sweat alone.

20. It was a miracle when Jesus rose from the dead and managed to get the tombstone off the entrance.

21. The people who followed the lord were called the 12 decibels.

22. The epistles were the wives of the apostles.

23. One of the oppossums was St. Matthew who was also a taxman.

24. St. Paul cavorted to Christianity. He preached holy acrimony, which is another name for marriage.

25. Christians have only one spouse. This is called monotony
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Post by: Tomovoz on August 23, 2004, 04:14:43 PM: Thank you RLP. Many giggles there.
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Post by: Jennifer on August 23, 2004, 04:17:21 PM: Oh DR Jane, those sugar babies look positively icky.
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Post by: TCB on August 23, 2004, 04:22:05 PM: Matt -- Great new photo! What a hottie.
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Post by: JMK on August 23, 2004, 04:23:57 PM: Quote from: bk on August 23, 2004, 03:22:51 PM
Yes, I have both Desmond CDs - the latter, I believe, is a Japanese import - I don't think it's been available here in the US, although I could be wrong about that.

You are correct, sir. A huge number of A&M releases got out in Japan (they all have POCM catalog identifiers) before Verve, then Universal, got around to releasing them stateside. We A&M fans are STILL waiting for all the Wechter albums to be released, and, sadly, will probably have a lot longer to wait, as the powers that be seem content to reissue only the mega-sellers (over and over and over, I might add) from the A&M catalog. Hence, the fourth re-release of Sergio's "Fool on the Hill" later this year (not that I'm complaining, Sergio-phile that I am).
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Post by: bk on August 23, 2004, 04:30:37 PM: I am hungry for something sweet. Have been watching a few episodes of Night Gallery. Not too good.
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Post by: TCB on August 23, 2004, 04:35:33 PM: Thanks again, to everyone for the birthday wishes. You have really made my day.

The photos of the Northwest Gathering made me feel even more miserable about missing the whole affair. What a beautiful group of people! A group that could only have been made better by the addition of Jed and Anne and myself........ well, I couldn't have hurt the image.
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Post by: Panni on August 23, 2004, 04:37:55 PM: Quote from: bk on August 23, 2004, 04:30:37 PM
I am hungry for something sweet.

Roast marsupial?
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Post by: Dan (the Man) on August 23, 2004, 04:49:10 PM: Quote from: Panni on August 23, 2004, 04:37:55 PM
Roast marsupial?

Hamster, hamster by candle light.
Do it in a casserole is doing it right.
When they're in season, they're pretty pleasin'.
Hamster sandwich, hamster and cheese.
Hamster sandwiches with mayoneeze,
are delicious, and so nutritious.

You can dice, you can slice and filet them.
Cut off their heads and sauté them.
And into the oven you shove,
smells like hamster love.

Hamster curry, or pickled toes,
Australian hamster tails, any good chef knows
how to make them, or just shake and bake them.
For breakfast, for lunch or while dining,
as a snack munch their deep-fried fur lining.
Into your mouth with a shove,
tastes like hamster love.

For breakfast, for lunch or while dining,
as a snack munch their deep-fried fur lining.
Into your mouth with a shove,
tastes like hamster love.

La-la la la-la, la-la la la.
La-la la la-la, la-la la la.
La-la la la-la, la-la la la.
La-la la la-la, la-la la la.
La-la la la-la, la-la la la.

-- Big Daddy
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Post by: Panni on August 23, 2004, 04:50:06 PM: For those who might be interested... Disney Channel is rerunning TIGER CRUISE on Tuesday night.
8 PM in LA, don't know about other time zones.
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Post by: Panni on August 23, 2004, 04:51:42 PM: Quote from: Dan (the Man) on August 23, 2004, 04:49:10 PM
Hamster, hamster by candle light.
Do it in a casserole is doing it right...

Don't blame me!
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Post by: td on August 23, 2004, 04:55:45 PM: "...and of course, Queen Noor (don’t go there, td)? "

Ah! they now have a way of telling the Newer Queens from the Elder Queens? And none of them are Ellery Queen. . .
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Post by: George on August 23, 2004, 05:00:44 PM: Quote from: TCB on August 23, 2004, 04:35:33 PM
Thanks again, to everyone for the birthday wishes. You have really made my day.

The photos of the Northwest Gathering made me feel even more miserable about missing the whole affair. What a beautiful group of people! A group that could only have been made better by the addition of Jed and Anne and myself........ well, I couldn't have hurt the image.

Well, then...there MUST be a Second HHW Gathering! :) With the full seven-member contingent! :D And soon!! ;D How many exclamation points can I put in one paragraph?!?! ::) I feel like I'm Yelling!! :o And I'm not even WRITING IN ALL CAPS!!!

Okay, I'll stop now. ;)
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Post by: TCB on August 23, 2004, 05:03:43 PM: Quote from: George on August 23, 2004, 05:00:44 PM
Well, then...there MUST be a Second HHW Gathering! :) With the full seven-member contingent! :D And soon!! ;D

Great idea, George! ;D ;D ;D
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Post by: td on August 23, 2004, 05:06:24 PM: (http://www.ncu.edu.tw/~wenchi/english/articles/monroe/birthday.jpg)

Ha pp y birth day to yooooou. . .
Ha pp y birth day to yooooou. . .
Ha pp y birth day DeeeaaarReader TCB,
Ha pp y birth day to yooooou. .

Love, Marilyn. . .
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Post by: Jane on August 23, 2004, 05:38:04 PM: Quote from: MBarnum on August 23, 2004, 03:48:32 PM
Oh, my gosh the little Sugar Gliders are adorable! Next time you are up here Jane I must see the little critters!

Thank goodness someone sees how cute they are. :D

I napped for half an hour. Big mistake! Now I can hardly function. Maybe if I eat something I will feel better. I just want to sleep until tomorrow morning.
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Post by: Matt H. on August 23, 2004, 05:41:59 PM: Tv back to normal. I think digital cable was sending scrambled signals to my component digital connections. Anything digital I tried to watch was a complete mess. Unplugged the cable box which resets it, plugged it back in, and now things are peachy keen.
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Post by: Matt H. on August 23, 2004, 05:46:27 PM: Thanks for the sweet and most welcome compliment, DR TCB!

Once the TV got back to normal, what did I put in? LADY AND THE TRAMP on laserdisc. LOVE NEST is setting there waiting to be watched, but I just felt like that lovely little movie tonight. It's over and now I'm preparing for chat.
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Post by: Danise on August 23, 2004, 05:49:21 PM: Hi folks,

Just want to pop in and wish TCB the best birthday ever! Hope it was wonderful but that the next one will put this one to shame! :)

Glad to see DR Jane posting again. You were missed but I loved the pictures of the gathering. Someday we need to hold a HHW gathering where everyone can come and say "Hello!".

I think the sugar gliders are adorable.

I have to tell you all about my LadyBug story. A guy a work had a Lady Bug on his shirt so he brought it to me because he heard I would be upset if he just killed it and he knew if anyone would be able to take care of it, I would. Smart man because I would have been VERY upset he had hurt it.

So I took my EFT (that's Emergency Fish Tank to those not up on the lingo i.e. plastic cup with holes in lid) that was in this case a ELBH (Emergency Lady Bug Holder) and put the little thing in there until I could bring her home and turn her loose in my garden. The city Lady Bug is now a country Lady Bug. Well, I couldn't just let her go in the city, could I? She would have gotten smashed on someones windshield!

I'm also assuming it was, indeed, a LADY Bug and not a Gentleman Bug. I'm not sure what the correct title is for a male Lady bug. ???

And I kept thinking:

Lady bug, Lady bug
Fly away home.
Your house is on fire,
Your children may burn.

What a horrible rhyme when you stop and think about it. The loss of one's home and possibly your children as well. Ugh.

Anyway, my boss had a fit and told me that if the Lady Bug got out of that ELBH and got on her it was going to refect on my next eval. She said the same thing the last time when it was a lizard in the cup.

What can I say? Some people let the smallest things bother them. :D
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Post by: bk on August 23, 2004, 05:52:30 PM: Chat in a mere seven minutes.
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Post by: Panni on August 23, 2004, 05:52:45 PM: Danise - I don't know if this is international, but in Hungary lady bugs are signs of great good luck. So, as well as doing a good deed for the lady bugs of the world, you've brought yourself Good Luck.
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Post by: bk on August 23, 2004, 05:55:39 PM: Chat in a mere four minutes.
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Post by: Matt H. on August 23, 2004, 05:57:40 PM: I took another walk tonight despite its being much hotter and more humid today. I think these walks are more to make one feel good about himself for the effort that accomplishing anything physical. Maybe in a few weeks, I'll be able to tell a difference.
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Post by: bk on August 23, 2004, 05:58:34 PM: Chat in a mere minute. The room will be open momentarily.
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Post by: Jane on August 23, 2004, 06:00:46 PM: Panni now I’m wondering if the good luck is international. I should ask Craig to find out about Romania.

Danise Keith says the good luck has already begun because it will reduce the bugs in your garden.
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Post by: Jane on August 23, 2004, 06:03:57 PM: Danise I forgot, thank you and thank you.

Have I mentioned I’m beyond tired? :'(

Matt H. I like your new picture but mentally keep putting a mustache on your face.
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Post by: bk on August 23, 2004, 06:18:11 PM: Chat is faboo - come on in.
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Post by: Ben on August 23, 2004, 06:46:40 PM: Just left a sparkling chat. See you all tomorrow.
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Post by: Noel on August 23, 2004, 06:50:15 PM: Did somebody say there used to be a mystery show called Elderly Queen? I don't remember that.
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Post by: Matt H. on August 23, 2004, 06:55:39 PM: Thanks to all for the chat. Now I need to find something sweet.

Ah, a glass of water.
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Post by: George on August 23, 2004, 06:55:55 PM: I came into chat 20 minutes late [I'm at work and had to work and chat at the same time (a Mary Rodgers reference)]. Now I must leave work, get dinner, then go home!
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Post by: MBarnum on August 23, 2004, 07:04:11 PM: DR Danise,
I liked your lady bug story. I have always been fascinated by lady bugs and would NEVER kill one on purpose. They are such harmless and helpful bugs I cannot see why anyone would be wanting to harm one.
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Post by: DearReaderLaura on August 23, 2004, 07:37:32 PM: This evening I went for a walk, and this is what I saw:
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Post by: Matt H. on August 23, 2004, 08:11:54 PM: OK, so I never got LOVE NEST watched today. It's first on the docket tomorrow.
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Post by: Dan (the Man) on August 23, 2004, 08:18:36 PM: Quote from: DearReaderLaura on August 23, 2004, 07:37:32 PM
This evening I went for a walk, and this is what I saw:

OMG, DRLaura, that pic is beautiful. I've made it my wallpaper here at home.
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Post by: td on August 23, 2004, 09:13:11 PM: Quote from: Matt H. on August 23, 2004, 08:11:54 PM
OK, so I never got LOVE NEST watched today. It's first on the docket tomorrow.
You didn't get to LOVE NEST, but I made it to BUS STOP.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on August 23, 2004, 09:35:16 PM: Good Evening!

Sorry I missed chat - it's just sooo "early" for me right now. ;)

I also headed out for a bit to stretch my legs and get some air - and do some more window shopping and price checking and comparing.

And now I'm just vegging out in front of the TV for a bit...

Laters...
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Post by: Panni on August 23, 2004, 10:03:48 PM: Beautiful photo, DR Laura. Had a take-out grilled veggie plate from the Daily Grill for dinner. It was SO huge, I couldn't even get through half of it. It was really good, though.
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Post by: S. Woody White on August 23, 2004, 10:06:17 PM: Hey there, everyone. Sorry to have been E&T, but it's been an interesting few days of late.

I'll concentrate on the most recent event. I got fired today.

Well, terminated is a better word, and with just cause. I was violating one of the company policies, and had been warned to not do so, but did so again, force of habit on collecting data on my own performance from the company I used to work for. For the company I've been working for, for the last few months, this data collection is not acceptable behavior. However, on Sunday I did it again, was caught by one of my friends at work, and much as he didn't want to, he had to report it to our boss.

It's just as well, because I reported it to my boss myself first thing when I went in to work today. And she reluctantly had to let me go.

No animosity towards the boss; she's been one of the best I've had in years. And no animosity towards any of my co-workers...well, save one, but not the one who had to report my actions.

The good news is that I have a much stronger belief in myself as a worker. This was my first job in retail, one I didn't know I could do well, and my boss was very pleased with my work. So I now know there are things I can do that I didn't think I could before this job.

The bad news is that I'm off job-hunting again as of tomorrow.

After a haircut. I need a haircut.

And shoes. I need new shoes.

And I've got to get the laundry done.

:-\
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Post by: Panni on August 23, 2004, 10:09:12 PM: DR Elmore hopes to be back by the end of the week. I don't think he'll mind my quoting a bit of his note:
" I appreciate all the love, support, wishes, vibes you all send my way, and believe me, I feel like I can use any and all directed my way. ...I really do look on most of you as my nuclear family... You're all quite dear to me, and I'm dying to know all about the Northwest reunion this weekend.
...Believe me, I will return, and I'm lucky so much good will comes my way from a group of global strangers I've come to care for so much."

***GOOD HEALTH VIBES TO ELMORE!***
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Post by: S. Woody White on August 23, 2004, 10:13:45 PM: Elsewhere on the news here in Rehoboth, der Brucer is seriously considering adopting another dog.

Kelsey's passing, however timely, has left a void, and while most people would consider four dogs quite enough (if not more than), der B. is reacting by wanting to fill that void.

It started a couple of days ago, when he was driving me to my job. A couple of labradors came galumphing down the street, happy to see people and friendly as all get out. (We know this, because der B. stopped and opened the car door, and they both came over to say hello.) After dropping me off at work, he of course had to do a search for their owners.

It turned out their owners were a family staying for the week at a neighbor's house, glad to be reunited with said labs.

But next der B. was checking on-line, and found a rescue operation running locally for dalmatians. There is one in particular, a young male who is deaf but a dear and in need of a home, who we may be meeting soon.

This story will be continued at a later time. I've got several days worth of notes to catch up on.

Someday, I'm going to have to try having a boring life, just to see what it's like.
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Post by: George on August 23, 2004, 10:13:46 PM: ~~~~MANY GOOD HEALTH VIBES TO DR ELMORE!!~~~~
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Post by: S. Woody White on August 23, 2004, 10:15:09 PM: Vibes to DR Elmore.

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Post by: George on August 23, 2004, 10:17:08 PM: ~~~~AND MANY JOB-HUNTING VIBES FOR DR S. WOODY!!~~~~
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Post by: Panni on August 23, 2004, 10:19:24 PM: I thought SWW had a job...
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Post by: George on August 23, 2004, 10:27:53 PM: Quote from: S. Woody White on August 23, 2004, 10:06:17 PM
Hey there, everyone. Sorry to have been E&T, but it's been an interesting few days of late.

I'll concentrate on the most recent event. I got fired today.

<SNIP>

The bad news is that I'm off job-hunting again as of tomorrow.

:(
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Post by: JoseSPiano on August 23, 2004, 10:43:10 PM: Well... I think I'm going to turn in early. I was still feeling slightly "off" today, and I think I just need to rest. I started counting up all the walking I've been doing lately, and I realized I've been logging in at least 4 miles a day just on my "commute". Then add on top of that some of the detours and sight-seeing I've been doing... Hey, at least it's exercise! I also need to stop staying up late(r) just because I can.

So, call me a "wussburger" - at least for tonight. ???

Goodnight.
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Post by: TCB on August 23, 2004, 11:10:10 PM: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

GOOD HEALTH VIBES TO DR ELMORE!

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GOOD JOB-HUNTING VIBES TO DR SWW!
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Post by: Panni on August 23, 2004, 11:17:08 PM: Well, I somehow missed the firing post. (It was between two of mine.) So sorry to hear it, SWW.
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Post by: DearReaderLaura on August 23, 2004, 11:40:08 PM: Happy Birthday to TCB!!!!! I hope the cake was good and that you will give us a cake report tomorrow!

Feel better vibes to Elmore ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Good job hunting vibes to SWW. ~~~~~~~~~

I'm glad you liked the photo, DiT. The colors were gorgeous and I was lucky to catch them before they disappeared.

Hopefully I will wake up early enough for a nice walk in the morning. It's been cooler this August than any I remember, so I should take advantage of that.
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Post by: Jay on August 23, 2004, 11:47:46 PM: When Reprise! does their two-week run of a show (the current one is Brigadoon), they usually try to fill their "dark" Monday night at the Freud Playhouse with some kind of one-night-only event.

Tonight it was a presentation of Jones and Schmidt's I Do! I Do! Miss Diana Canova and Mr. Harry Groener were the featured performers, accompanied by two pianos. These two artists did a two week run of this show in June in Cape Cod, so they were off-book, a rarity at these Monday evening events. The staging was fairly complete and looked well rehearsed, too.

Although I've heard several of the show's songs out of context before, this was my first exposure to I Do! I Do!'s complete score. I left the theater wondering if a show like this could be written, produced and--heaven forbid--be successful today. With its rather simple construction, straightforward lyrics and melodies, transparent arc and a romanticism that veers into sentimentality here and there, my conclusion is probably not. Which, of course, is a real pity because, ultimately, I Do! I Do! is a very sweet way to while away two hours in a theater.

Both Mr. Groener and Miss Canova were quite good. Although Miss Canova's singing voice may not be the most beautiful voice in the world, her acting is extraordinarily naturalistic, rendering the ups and downs of her character's relationship with that of Mr. Groener's entirely credible.

Confidential to Dear BK: You no doubt will be happy to learn that Miss Canova's program bio makes prominent mention of her participation in The First Nudie Musical!
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Post by: bk on August 23, 2004, 11:53:12 PM: I'm glad to hear she's finally put it in her bio. I've razzed her about it for years.

Perhaps she was having an off-night, because her voice is beautiful, at least every time I've heard it. I like the two-piano version - I recorded the revival with Ziemba and Garrison with two-pianos.