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THIS VERY DAY
« on: November 13, 2004, 12:01:28 AM »
Well, you've read the notes, you know all there is to know to a point beyond infinity, and now you are ready to post until the very cows come home on this very day.
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« Reply #1 on: November 13, 2004, 12:18:31 AM »
Emile:  Kevin Spacey
Nellie: Mrs Broderick
Cable: Mr Broderick
Luther: Nathan Lane
Bloody Mary:  Dame Edna or Harvey.
Liat: The current pop star of the month.
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« Reply #2 on: November 13, 2004, 12:33:15 AM »
I shall refrain from mentioning Glenn and Harry or Mandy and Dame Kiri.
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« Reply #3 on: November 13, 2004, 12:55:30 AM »
RECOIL ALERT - DISGUSTING PICTURES TO FOLLOW

Noel, from yesternight:

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I hope you don't mean the Westin, which occupies the northeast corner of 42nd & 8th, and has its entrance on 43rd.  There's no doubt that this is the ugliest building built in New York in the past 15-20 years.  It looks as if the architect's kindergartner drew a building with crayons and the architect said "I can do better than this" and failed.  The so-called "clean-up" of Times Square has made it an uglier place, but new and large buildings make for a world of possibilities.  The Westin squanders these with silliness.

Can someone post pictures?  You'll all recoil!

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« Reply #4 on: November 13, 2004, 01:08:01 AM »
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Emile: Peter Boyle
Nellie: Rosie O'Donnell
Cable: Boy George
Luthur: Tom Arnold
Bloody Mary: Roseanne Barr
Liat: Clay Aiken

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« Reply #5 on: November 13, 2004, 01:29:33 AM »
From Cheap Tickets

The Quality Hotel Times Square
157 W. 47th St.


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Quality Hotel Times Square are...right smack in the heart of the city, in the middle of where its all happening. The Rockefeller Center, the night life, the restaurants, the shops of Fifth Avenue , all steps from the lobby of our hotel. The calm at the center of the city's storm is the sanctuary that is your room or suite...where every comfort is yours to enjoy in peace and quiet.

Each room features color cable TV, phones with Data ports, modern bathrooms and comfortable furnishings. Our handsome accommodations all have sitting rooms for entertaining, relaxing or for a small business meeting.

Room rate for 1 4-8 Dec $285.00/nite

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« Reply #6 on: November 13, 2004, 03:31:39 AM »
Emile - James Belushi
Nellie - Julie Newmar
Luther - Michael Moore

Or, we can have Tom Hanks play ALL the roles!  Ain't motion capture just marvy?
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« Reply #7 on: November 13, 2004, 03:36:49 AM »
For today's casting session, I think the Glenn Close telemuddle counts as a lack of imagination.   :P  We can do much better than that!
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« Reply #8 on: November 13, 2004, 03:47:22 AM »
Speaking of Tom Hanks, does anyone out there have an opinion about Saving Private Ryan being pulled from broadcast yesterday in some areas because some station owners thought they might get fined by the FCC?
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« Reply #9 on: November 13, 2004, 05:52:16 AM »
Good morning, al!  I'm getting quite excited about Dear Friend BK's eastern trek to read to us.  It's been too long since we've been in a room together, and I can't wait to read the new book.

DRSWW, I have to agree with you:  the Glenn Close tv version was miscast on so many levels.  When there are so many roles she more right for (and the correct age for), it's strange she was set on playing Nurse Nellie Forbush.

Can I top that casting?  I doubt it, but let's see:

NELLIE:  Bette Midler
EMIL:  Carl Reiner
LIAT:  Ashley Simpson
BLOODY MARY:  Barbra Streisand
CABLE:  Cuba Gooding, Jr.
BILLIS:  Alfred Molina

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« Reply #10 on: November 13, 2004, 06:27:25 AM »
First, a big welcome back to DR Panni! I didn't get a chance to do it last night.

DR TomovOz mentioned last night the news item that Lloyd Webber's THE WOMAN IN WHITE will be coming to Broadway in November 2005. While it may very well get here, I'm not holding my breath. None of his shows after SUNSET BLVD. (well, I guess BY JEEVES might count though he didn't produce the American production) have come over, and given the lackluster reviews the NYC critics gave the London production, this may be more bombast than actual plans. JERRY SPRINGER THE MUSICAL was also announced as coming here, and it has yet to materialize, and the last London transfer BOMBAY DREAMS (a Lloyd Webber production though he didn't write it) is still limping along at the Broadway, but it's going to eventually close at a huge loss.
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« Reply #11 on: November 13, 2004, 06:31:13 AM »
I think the thing I disliked most about the Glenn Close SOUTH PACIFIC was the handling of the music. I could take the leads, even Close though she was too old, but I didn't think any of their voices did the score justice.

My bad SOUTH PACIFIC:

Nellie: Liza Minnelli
Emile: Neil Patrick Harris
Cable: (as always) Mickey Rooney
Bloody Mary: Cameron Diaz
Luther Billis: Tom Cruise
Liat: Angela Lansbury
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« Reply #12 on: November 13, 2004, 06:33:51 AM »
Since the arrival of BROADWAY: THE GOLDEN AGE threw a wrench in my DVD plans for yesterday, I'm looking forward to watching INDISCREET today.

Also will be spending much time with the accordian.
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Re:THIS VERY DAY
« Reply #13 on: November 13, 2004, 07:25:13 AM »
Quote from: DERBRUCER on November 13, 2004, 12:55:30 AM
(and to think, I thought Noel was exaggerating!)

Nope, understating, as usual.

Thanks for posting that, Der Brucer.

I'd say Brian Stokes Mitchell as Emile but, you know, that's actually happening.  At Carnegie Hall.
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« Reply #14 on: November 13, 2004, 08:22:24 AM »
BK - May I add a vote to the hotel question for Comfort Inn-Midtown? I stayed there last month on the recommendation of several friends from work and was not disappointed.  My room wasn't large (about the size of our breakfast room at home), but quite comfortable.  It's right off Times Square, but not one of the mega-monstrosities.
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« Reply #15 on: November 13, 2004, 08:29:14 AM »
Quote from: Matt H. on November 13, 2004, 06:33:51 AM


Also will be spending much time with the accordian.

::scrathces head::
::mutters about "there has to be a dirty hook in there somewhere::

:: exits in contemplation::

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« Reply #16 on: November 13, 2004, 08:33:13 AM »
Quote from: S. Woody White on November 13, 2004, 08:29:14 AM
::scrathces head::
::mutters about "there has to be a dirty hook in there somewhere::

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« Reply #17 on: November 13, 2004, 08:50:20 AM »
ATTENTION - A REAL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY

The Long Beach PressTelegram reports, in part:
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Old Hollywood sign on eBay
Emblem for 50 years put up on eBay on Friday.
By Brent Hopkins
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Friday, November 12, 2004 - Like an aging matinee idol trying to make a buck doing commercials, the original Hollywood sign has returned, chopped into bits and put up for sale on eBay.

Erected in 1923 as part of a real estate development, the audacious beacon of Tinseltown stood for more than 50 years as the entertainment industry's pre-eminent emblem. After crews knocked it down in 1978 to pave the way for the current sign, it sat collecting dust in a Burbank warehouse until Friday, when it went up for sale on the online auction site.

"This is the granddaddy of all collectibles," said Dan Bliss, a West Los Angeles producer who recently acquired the sign with the intent of selling it. "This epitomizes the entertainment industry. It's an icon; it's beyond words."
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Figuring the Internet would prove a more fertile sales ground, Bliss took it apart to sell it piece by piece. The largest five will sell on eBay, with the first, a slice of the W, posted Friday at noon. Within hours, it was already fetching bids of more than $500.
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"There's just something about the Hollywood sign where people just want a chunk of it," said Chris Horak, curator of the Hollywood Entertainment Museum, which will display pieces during the auction and receive 10 percent of the profits. "To own a piece of that, you really own a piece of Hollywood."

We should take a page from the Church of Yore:

Celebrity Reliquaries!

Tasteful jeweled cases for selected remains of the stars.
Durante's nose, Groucho's eyebrows, a Donald O'Connor ear...the potential is mind-boggling!

Or better yet -  a jeweled casket holding Mr. Bliss's greedy palm 8)

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« Reply #18 on: November 13, 2004, 08:52:44 AM »
Quote from: Noel on November 13, 2004, 07:25:13 AM

I'd say Brian Stokes Mitchell as Emile but, you know, that's actually happening.  At Carnegie Hall.

And next month, Clay Aiken as "Porgy"?

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« Reply #19 on: November 13, 2004, 08:53:44 AM »
I remember sitting in Joe Allen with Susan Egan, probably back when Ragtime was playing on Broadway - 1996-7 or something like that.  Stokes stopped by and said hi to Susan, and we'd been talking about South Pacific and how great she'd be as Nellie - and she said to him, if I do it you have to be Emile.  And now he will be.
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Re:THIS VERY DAY
« Reply #20 on: November 13, 2004, 08:54:30 AM »
Yesterday was a gorgeous day here in Los Angeles, California, USA, and today is all rainy and gray.  This is all very very unusual, weather-wise.
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« Reply #21 on: November 13, 2004, 09:02:40 AM »
Today started out that way here: gray, cold, damp. The skies have now cleared, and we're going to have a gorgeous fall day.
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« Reply #22 on: November 13, 2004, 09:07:17 AM »
Quote from: bk on November 13, 2004, 08:54:30 AM
Yesterday was a gorgeous day here in Los Angeles, California, USA, and today is all rainy and gray.  This is all very very unusual, weather-wise.

G_d's punishment for chopping up the Hollywood sign!
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« Reply #23 on: November 13, 2004, 09:27:42 AM »
Noel I remembered and I thought of you as I walked through Times Square.  Where I was there in the evening with my nieces they both said “we have to get out of here”.  They love NY but not Times Square, especially at night.

Penny O and I had fun walking through some of the beautiful old hotels.
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« Reply #24 on: November 13, 2004, 09:34:55 AM »
For a good laugh we should have walked through the lobby at the Westin.
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« Reply #25 on: November 13, 2004, 09:35:17 AM »
Quote from: Matt H. on November 13, 2004, 09:02:40 AM
Today started out that way here: gray, cold, damp. The skies have now cleared, and we're going to have a gorgeous fall day.

Folks'd be a lot happier if you put the ballots back!

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« Reply #26 on: November 13, 2004, 09:38:19 AM »
Quote from: Jane on November 13, 2004, 09:27:42 AM
Penny O and I had fun walking through some of the beautiful old hotels.


It was wise of you to take an armed escort :)

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« Reply #27 on: November 13, 2004, 09:38:29 AM »
I was at Grand Hotel last night, Dear BK.  I believe you will be impressed.
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« Reply #28 on: November 13, 2004, 09:39:16 AM »
Unless catastrophe strikes, I do believe we will pass the 75,000 post milestone today.
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« Reply #29 on: November 13, 2004, 09:42:28 AM »
Yes, normally I've been doing our milestones every ten thousand posts, but 75,000 is nothing to sneeze at and we shall have a mini-celebration.
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