Haines His Way
Archives => Archive 3 => Topic started by: bk on September 18, 2005, 12:02:04 AM
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Well, you've read the notes, the notes were brief, the notes were short, the notes were French and the notes were fried, and now it is time for you to post until the cows come home, which will be as soon as they finish THEIR fries of France.
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And the word of the day is: UKULELE!
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I still play free cell, hearts and Spider solitaire.
I did not ever play video games - not even Leisure Suit Larry.
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A do-dooooo. A do-dooooo.
I saw the splendor of the moonlight on Honolulu Bay.
There's something tender in the moonlight on Honolulu Bay.
And all the beaches are full of peaches
who bring their ukes along.
And in the glimmer of the moonlight
they love to sing this song.
If you like a ukulele lady,
ukulele lady like a you.
If you want to linger where it's shady,
ukulele lady linger too.
If you kiss a ukulele lady
while you promise ever to be true,
and she see another ukulele lady fool around with you.
Maybe she'll sigh, maybe she'll cry,
Maybe she'll find somebody else
by and by-y-y
to sing to when it's cool and shady,
where the tricky wicky wackies woo woo woo.
If you like a ukulele lady,
ukulele lady like a you.
Someday I'm goin'
where eyes are glowin'
and lips were made to kiss,
to see somebody in the moonlight
and hear the songs I missed.
If you like a ukulele lady,
ukulele lady like a you, you, you.
If you want to linger where it's shady,
ukulele lady linger too.
If you kiss a ukulele lady
while you promise ever to be true true, true,
and she see another ukulele lady fool around with you.
Well, maybe she will sigh, maybe she will cry,
aah, but maybe she will find somebody else
by and by-y-y
to sing to when it's cool and shady,
where the tricky wicky wackies woo woo woo.
If you like a ukulele lady,
ukulele lady like a you like a me like I like a you
we like a both the same.
I'd like to say this very day
ukulele lady like a you-ooo-oooo.
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I hope someone else can add the composer's name.
Credit where credit is due but I can't find it.
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"Ukulele Lady" was written by Richard A. Whiting and Gus Kahn. The only recording of it that I have is on Bette Midler's CD, "Bathhouse Betty (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00000AG8V/qid=1127028643/sr=8-1/ref=pd_bbs_1/002-7687362-0364830?v=glance&s=music&n=507846)." I very muchly enjoy her version of the song. But then, I enjoy just about everything that she's done. :)
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Thank you George.
My views on Ms Midler are well known at HHW. lol
I prefer Margaret Whiting.
Whiting and Kahn - the "Ain't We Got Fun" guys.
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I am completely nauseated - a whole container of French fries along with attendant ranch dressing is now inside my tummy. Oh, it was quite yummilicious, but how could I have done such a thing. I shall have to fast today.
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If I were a different person I should simply throw up on the ground right about now.
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And now - Dino at the piano.
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Found a lovely package from DR George in the mailbox this evening. Many thanks, George! I look forward to giving it a listen after tomorrow/today's matinee.
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And now - off to the land of the wussburgers...
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Yes, BK, Tony and I had originally intended for all the violence in PSYCHO III to be implied. You would see splashes of blood on a wall. Shadows of knives, etc. That sort of thing. But you were never supposed to see a knife go into flesh. But given that the film was done during the dead-teenager horror film era, the studio imposed a bit more graphic sensibility than I originally intended which can be gathered from reading the script.
I do not play video games; I have never played video games. I do play computer solitaire...that's it. I finally gave up my subscription to Playboy magazine a couple of years ago when they started reviewing video games. I knew at that point it was no longer my father's or my Playboy. I'm sorry, Playboy, but something aspiring to be a mature, sophisticated, classy men's magazine cannot cater to an 18-24 year old mind-set. No one between those ages is either mature or sophistiated and certainly never classy.
I wish Jerry Goldsmith had done Psycho III, while I don't hate the Carter Burwell score, it is certainly outre and not to my Miklos Rozsa-ish tastes. I met Goldsmith on a couple of occasions (one being Rozsa's wonderful memorial service). He desperately wanted to do the score for DRAGONHEART. O, would that he had.
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Sadly, I gave up Playboy in the mid-80s. I saw where it was going then, and I just lost interest.
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Why didn't Diana Scarwid work more. She's really wonderful in Psycho III.
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Jerry would have brough such an interesting sensibility to the film, as he did with Psycho II. He could have really made the relationship between Scarwid and Perkins even more touching.
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Oy and vey am I nauseous.
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My iPod is on and it's playing the three-part Brush Up Your Shakespeare tracks from my Shakespeare on Broadway album - I must say it really cracks me up still. "Saw you the weird sisters? No, but I saw the Ritz Brothers last night. But I didn't go backstage." I wrote a few of the bon mots, and the others we made up on the spot.
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Welcome six GUESTS. We're talkin' about classic video games (like Frogger), and computer games.
I used to be a Free Cell addict. Since switching to a Mac I don't play anymore since it's not on the computer like it was on my Dell.
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BK, I just addended my original post...a bit on Goldsmith. I watch the four-hour Hercules tonight finally. While it certainly made considerable more sense and was better, it was still far from what it could have and should have been. Roger Young was just simply the wrong director for it. Some terrible pacing, lost connective tissue, and many scenes just unclear because of bad or sloppy staging. When the actors are actually speaking the dialogue as written, it does come alive and has some zing.
We also watched a curious little documentary about the Fantastiks, shot about the tiime of its closing. Much of it looks hurried and slapped together (They are interviewing Jerry Orbach very cursorily while he's obviously attending some opening and there is all sorts of crowd noise behind him). They plug names and/or pictures of folk like Glenn Close, Elliott Gould, Liza Minelli, Richard Chamberlain, and so forth...but their only participation is via still shots. They talk about a TV performance that was done...but there are no clips. Tom and Harvey get a fair amount of screen time (Mr. Schmidt in a strange muliti-coloured, mostly greenish kaftan affair that he seems to wear a lot). I couldn't say documentary was overwhelmingly brimming with unknown lore about the show, but the whole thing was pleasant enough...and, of course, it is about a great show. Given the director's notes, you get the idea that the whole thing was kind of last minute. It's a shame no one thought further ahead and prepared better for commemorating this historic show. Still just hearing snatches of the great music and the touching lyrics makes one wax nostalgic for it.
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Well, perhaps I'll toddle off to the bedroom environment for a beauty rest. I shall most likely dream of French fries dancing the hula in a vat of ranch dressing.
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If it were now, or if I knew better then, I would have done that documentary. It could have been really terrific had someone with any sense done it.
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I love all the badinage and by-play on the Brush Up Your Shakespeare numbers.
My guess is Diana just was too off-beat and not obviously"pretty" enough for Hollywood. At the time, she seemed happily married to a doctor, I believe, and lived in North Carolina or Georgia or someplace like that. She was very, very complimentary of the script. Nice lady and a wonderful actress!
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And so pretty. I really thought her scenes with Perkins were magical.
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elmore's orchestration of Brush Up Your Shakespeare is brilliant. Vinnie and I put in some additional sound effects during the mix. Harry Groener, Jonathan Freeman, and Guy Haines were howling with laughter all during the recording of it.
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Meg Tilly is someone else you don't hear much about these days - and she had some pretty good success.
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Just checked Diana Scarwid's IMDB. She seems to work and has worked reguarly since Psycho III. Guess she just doesn't play the PR games most actors do.
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Yes, she seems to have worked steadily, unlike Meg Tilly, who seems to have completely disappeared after 1995.
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Well, then, NOW I shall toddle off - or will as soon as we achieve page two.
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Happily, I can sleep in tomorrow.
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And one for Mahler.
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But Meg's last film appearance in '95 seems to coincide with her marriage to producer John Calley, who she divorced in 2002, so maybe it's time for a comeback...or maybe she's just so rich , she doesn't care.
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And one for Maalox.
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She married John Calley??? Man, these actresses.
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I hate when they marry John Calley, don't you?
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Interestingly, both Tilly and Scarwid had body doubles for the nude stuff in Psycho II and III.
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Oh, and I hated Vera Miles in Psycho II - so strident - I cheered when she got it.
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And then there's the scene with Jeff Fahey and the purple lamps - directorially right out of Ken Russell and Crimes of Passion.
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UKULELE, baby, UKULELE! What am I, Arthur Godfrey all of a sudden?
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I'm on a roll. A kaiser roll. Or a kaiser willhelm.
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How could I eat 1400 French fries before bedtime?
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Yeah, I didn't think Psycho II was Vera's finest moment. Calley's got to be very rich. He's done a lot of prestige films. He's currently producing the Da Vinci Code. I think he ran a studio for awhile too. I'm pretty sure I met him at one time or another.
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Calley ran Warners for many years.
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Why is George just sitting there like so much fish. He's gone all day, neglects haineshisway.com, then just sits there like so much fish.
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All right, NOW I am going to get my beauty rest.
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Yes, the scene with the purple light scene is weird, but so is the Fahey, Mother, and Woody scene. The purple lights was Tony's inspiration. The other scene is all mine, baby. Tony was perhaps the director most faithful to my script. All the dialogue remains intact. Though it was Diana's inspiration for the riveting moment that starts the movie that you like so much.
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Why is George just sitting there like so much fish. He's gone all day, neglects haineshisway.com, then just sits there like so much fish.
First of all, I wasn't neglecting HHW today, I was attending to things that needed to be tended to here in Olympia and then I did come here and post! Secondly, I'm not just sitting here like so much fish...I was brushing my teeth and getting ready for bed when I realized that I had left my computer on. ::) Oops! (thats !spoO spelled backwards) ;) Now I must be going, too. Goodnight, BK! And Tomovoz and Charles Pogue!
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Good morning, all! The laundry is in, trhe first cup of coffee consumed, and a day's events to contemplate. I need to organize my Ohio schedule, call my father, and co-ordinate the trip with him, and I need to finish Miss Prince's chart.
DRCharlesPogue, I ordered the DVD of HERCULES through the Grammy Awards. It should arrive around Oct 15 or so. I'm looking forward to it.
Diana Scarwid is in my favorite neglected tv series WONDERFALLS.
Back to the dryers!
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Good morning, all! The laundry is in, trhe first cup of coffee consumed, and a day's events to contemplate. I need to organize my Ohio schedule, call my father, and co-ordinate the trip with him, and I need to finish Miss Prince's chart.
'morning, DR elmore! I'm up early, too, to do laundry. Let me know how your Ohio schedule develops and when you might be able to come over for dessert. DH Richard and I were thinking about going to see Lyric Theatre's new venue Friday or Saturday evening - want to join us?
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'morning, DR elmore! I'm up early, too, to do laundry. Let me know how your Ohio schedule develops and when you might be able to come over for dessert. DH Richard and I were thinking about going to see Lyric Theatre's new venue Friday or Saturday evening - want to join us?
DR Ginny Friday OR Saturday? Is it a production or a party? If a production, no thanks. I'm working on an email right now about my Ohio schedule and a lot of it depends on my Father.
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DR Ginny Friday OR Saturday? Is it a production or a party? If a production, no thanks. I'm working on an email right now about my Ohio schedule and a lot of it depends on my Father.
Well, it's a production - "The Complete History of America, Abridged." Didn't think you'd be interested, but thought I'd make the suggestion! Actually, having to work both days until 5:30, I shouldn't plan on it myself, so talk me out of it PLEASE!
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Well, it's a production - "The Complete History of America, Abridged." Didn't think you'd be interested, but thought I'd make the suggestion! Actually, having to work both days until 5:30, I shouldn't plan on it myself, so talk me out of it PLEASE!
If I knew more about my family's plans, I would!
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Good Morning!
Just popping in right now to say HI! So...
HI!
I ended up heading out last night with my friend, Patrick, for a bit. We had a great time just hanging out, but it was a bit late by the time it was time to call it an evening, so I just crashed at his place.
But I'm up, and I think I'll be heading downtown to the madness that will be called "Broadway On Broadway". It's the annual concert held on/at/in Times Square featuring different casts of various shows. When I headed out for breakfast earlier, there were already some "kiddies" heading down for the event, so... We'll see. The concert gets broadcast on the local cable here, so I may just stay in. Or I may head somewhere else since it's such a gorgeous day.
In any case..
HI!
:)
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I've never been good at video games, but have always been fascinated by the skills involved in being good at them, and have been attracted to video games as a sort of metaphor. In law school, we did a parody of NORTH BY NORTHWEST (mainly because the two main classrooms were Langdell North and Langdell North Middle, and we could call the parody NORTH BY NORTH MIDDLE, so it was very title-driven). We knew we couldn't do a real cropduster scene, so the writing team worked up a CROPDUSTER video game which (in the plot of our parody) our hero was somehow attracted to play, but which suddenly turned on him. One of my jobs as a songwriter was to convey why law students were so attracted to video games (this was in 1980-83) and the idea for the song ended up being that as law students, we had no real power since the teachers held all the cards. I remember being so moved when one of my classmates, after having seen the show, said that song - while meant to be funny - captured for him why he was so addicted to getting better and better at video games.
I wonder of that may be a hook into why video games are to an extent a domain of the younger set, that it might tap into a need to be more in control. (That is the subtext I sort of latched on to when writing about a video game whiz in the book of our LAST STARFIGHTER musical adaptation.)
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Good morning!
I got into my grocery shopping clothes this morning and took my early morning walk in them rather than in my walking shorts. After the walk, I immediately got into my car and did my Sunday morning grocery shopping to get it out of the way.
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I have never thought Vera Miles was a supremely talented actress. Despite Hitchcock's enthusiasm for her (VERTIGO was intended to be her showcase), I've found her competent but never astonishing.
PSYCHO II has always been my favorite of the PSYCHO sequels, but though I thought it started out really well, once Vera gets it in the basement (about 2/3 of the way through in a most graphic fashion), the movie becomes like every other slasher movie and is a giant turn-off. Still, I have it selected to watch today.
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I *LOVE* the pinball game that comes with Windows and can pass much time playing it if I'm not careful. I also like Spider Solitaire that comes with Windows. I play it quite a bit, too.
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With my first computer back in 1985 (Atari 800XL), I bought Donkey Kong and played it constantly along with Ms. Pac-Man and Dig Dug. I also liked some road racing game (can't remember its name). All of those Atari games come on cartridges that you just jammed into the top of the machine. No need to load software from a floppy.
I also played lots of text mystery games like BALLYHOO, WITNESS, DEADLINE that were produced by Infocom.
All that seems like forever ago.
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I was most disheartened this morning to see in the newspaper listings that tonight's Emmy Awards are NOT going to be broadcast in high definition.
Pretty shoddy of the TV Academy not to honor its own industry by broadcasting in the highest quality possible. Goes to show how short-sighted and penny-pinching the Academy is.
Of course, looking at all the bad choices it's made over the decades, I really shouldn't be surprised.
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Last night, I caught a bit of the Craft Emmys that were being broadcast on E! Poor Angela Lansbury did show up and ended up losing for the 18th time. Ray Liotta, who won the Guest Actor in a Drama Emmy for E/R, did not show up.
It was nice seeing The Tonys win Best Musical special and BROADWAY: THE AMERICAN MUSICAL win several awards for Documentary series.
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Well... I'm all caught up, and I think I'll be passing on the "Broadway On Broadway" concert. Just not feeling "it" this morning. However, I may head over to City Opera and get a cheap seat to Richard Strauss' Capriccio. My friend and college-mate, Pamela Armstrong, is singing the lead. NYCO, in fact, mounted this production for her. So...
Or I may just spend the day in Central Park since it's so nice outside. -I'm still wondering what happened to all the rain that was forecasted for this weekend. Not that I'm complaining, just wondering.
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Good morning!
I got into my grocery shopping clothes this morning and took my early morning walk in them rather than in my walking shorts. After the walk, I immediately got into my car and did my Sunday morning grocery shopping to get it out of the way.
Where is my hat? Where are my gloves?
;)
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As for video games...
I was never really good at any of them - at least the kind that involved a joystick and a "Fire" button, or some sort of handheld controller (Gameboy, PlayStation, etc.). I guess if I devoted some time to them, I could possible be better, but, surprisingly enough, my hand eye coordination just doesn't jibe with video games.
Now, things like Free Cell, Tetris and computer Solitaire, Checkers, Chess, are a different animal. There was a time when I played Free Cell a lot, but now it's mainly Solitaire, and I don't even play that that often.
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Ah!
I've been sitting outside for the past hour or so in "Chez Harlem" which is the nickname we gave to the backyard/patio area here at the apartment. Megan's mom bought a small bistro set for us a few weeks ago - a small table and two chairs. A perfect place to sit and eat or just relax - or surf the net since the wireless signal is available out here. And, again, it's a gorgeous morning, so...
Ah!
:)
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I am getting impateint with the weather. Early last week, the unseasonably hot temperatures were scheduled to lift by Friday. On Friday, still above 90 degrees, the forecasters said Tuesday. Now, they're saying a break will come Thursday.
Argh! I want cooler temperatures.
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Where is my hat? Where are my gloves?
;)
I don't wear either! :D
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I don't wear either! :D
I refuse to believe it!
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I refuse to believe it!
Would I lie to you? ::)
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Hi all!
When I came home from grocery shopping yesterday, the power had been out (or something happened) and my router was all messed up.
I pulled my notes out from the last time I set it up but I couldn’t make it work! I was up till almost midnight, working on it but no soap. Then when I got up this morning and started on it again, everything just fell into place! The network is locked up, safe and sound, and broadcasting like normal. Yay!
Computer games: Crystal Castles, Mahjong and don’t laugh, Jigsaw puzzles. I don’t have room in the house to just set a table up and leave them there to work on. The computer is perfect and I don’t have to worry about losing any of the pieces.
I’ve tried some of the puzzle games like Myst but I’m never smart enough to figure them out. They only make me frustrated beyond belief.
I don’t like the idea of killing things for sport even if they are just computer generated so the shoot’em up games aren’t very fun for me either.
I’m more into working with my photos and music. :D
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Pong....
Bookworm....
And I like Vera Miles MORE than I like Diana Scarwid.
I can't get past Diana in MOMMIE DEAREST - she was just SO WRONG AND SO BAD - and I keep seeing THAT when I see her. Whew!
I'm not one of your FAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNSSS!!!!
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MY THREE ANGELS is over!
Thanks for the good wishes DR MATTH - I hope the next one, whatever it is, will be better as well.
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François, all I have to say to you, sir, is remember about paybacks! ;) :D ;)
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I'm up, I'm up. My intention was to sleep until the cows come home, but nooooooo, I was awakened by a call from a PAY PHONE from some woman yelling in Farsi or Turkish or some language of her own concocting. I told her to calm down and go have some breakfast.
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I played Pong when it first came out. We all just thought it was the living end! LOL! Never played any other games of that sort.
On the computer I have played Bookworm, but that is it. I have heard of FreeCell, but have not looked to see what it is, as I am afraid of becoming addicted to it like I did with Bookworm.
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I woke up at 5:30 and cuddled with Freddy until about 6. Got up, had some coffee and read the Sunday paper. Decided it was too early and plopped back into bed until 9pm!
Now must finish watching DOGORA, SPACE MONSTER, which is a really fun film...monsters and gangsters, Japanese style!
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So, Vera got it in the basement with the knife.
Sounds a lot like the game Clue.
Haven't seen the film, myself, but I've never been a worrywart about spoilers.
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PONG came out while I was in college, in Fresno. The rec room at the dorms had a machine. After the thrill of the game faded (and it did, fast), we would occasionally set it up so that the cursor/ball would bounce back and forth between the two paddles endlessly, never changing until a glitch in the program would send things spinning away.
Thinking back, this says a lot more about life in Fresno than I intended.
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I never learned the difference between Sylvia Miles and Vera Miles.
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Vera Miles was...well, blonder.
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When Atari was the big thing and George Plimpton was pushing the more-expensive Intellivision system, my folks decided to get us the weak sister of video game consoles, one made by Magnavox called "Odyssey 2."
It had some fun games. But nobody I knew had the thing, and they eventually quit making cartridges for it.
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As for Arcade games, Q-BERT was a good one; a game called QIX, which was rather abstract; PHOENIX, where you shot at space birds, GALAGA, which you still see in arcades; GYRUSS...
I don't think I like any games made after, say, 1985. At some point, they all became punch/jump/kick games and were pretty boring.
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As for current games, on the computer, I've a sequence of solitaire games on a Hoyle program that I'll play.
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Today is National Play-Doh Day!
Not very electric, but still fun.
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I never learned the difference between Sylvia Miles and Vera Miles.
Vera Miles had class with a capital C
Sylvia Miles has class with a capital K
Sylvia Miles:
1. of MIDNIGHT COWBOY and Andy Warhol's HEAT
2. Dumped a plate of pasta over John Simon for a lousy review
3. In the 1970s and 80s was usually seen only in public with an entourage of very handsome gay men
4. will attend the opening of an envelope
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Der Brucer is watching I Could Go On Singing, on one of the cable stations. She could go on singing 'til the cows come home. (Or so she's singing right now.)
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Sylvia Miles did a one-person off-Broadway show that folded almost immediately. It was set in her living room and it was basically about her life. One review, panning it, said "at one point she waved a magic wand and it worked: the audience disappeared." It might have been Mr Simon again.
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Sylvia Miles:...
...3. In the 1970s and 80s was usually seen only in public with an entourage of very handsome gay men...
Which made her different from so many other female stars...how?
::)
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Sylvia Miles did a one-person off-Broadway show that folded almost immediately. It was set in her living room and it was basically about her life. One review, panning it, said "at one point she waved a magic wand and it worked: the audience disappeared." It might have been Mr Simon again.
So, what Suzanne Summers did earlier this year wasn't all that original?
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Which made her different from so many other female stars...how?
::)
Whenever you saw Miss Miles in public, she was with 4-10 men. I've never seen any female star with that sort of ego-feeding mania. I have a memory of Anne Bancroft in a film doing a parody of a star surrounded by and dancing with a lot of gay men. I've always wondered if she was channeling Sylvia Miles. My friend Lorraine Serabian was in RUTHLESS with her. I don't think they liked each other too much.
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Stars? Who didn't like each other? Say it ain't so!
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DR JOSE four young men are in Indianapolis for the American Pianists' Association 2006 Classical Fellowship. Maybe you know some of them, after all YOU play piano as well.
Stephen Beus, Spencer Myer, Mei-Ting Sun, Steve Beck, and Sean Kennard...oh I guess it's FIVE young men. If you are interested in reading about it, I am sure the article is on the Indy Star website.....
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Hope this doesn't offend, but a possibly apocryphal story had a French waiter asking "How would you like your coffee, Miss Miles?" She supposedly responded "Well, I like my coffee like I like my men." The waiter reportedly said, with full French accent, "I'm very sorry, Miss Miles, but we don't have any gay coffee."
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Hope this doesn't offend, but a possibly apocryphal story had a French waiter asking "How would you like your coffee, Miss Miles?" She supposedly responded "Well, I like my coffee like I like my men." The waiter reportedly said, with full French accent, "I'm very sorry, Miss Miles, but we don't have any gay coffee."
DRFJL ;D ;D ;D!
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Poor Sylvia! I have a memory of an interview in which she said of Santa Fe,
"half of it's gay, half of it's bisexual, and the other half's just screwed up."
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APA Classical Fellowship Dance. ;D
Link to article:
http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?Category=ENTERTAINMENT (http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?Category=ENTERTAINMENT)
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Poor Sylvia! I have a memory of an interview in which she said of Santa Fe,
"half of it's gay, half of it's bisexual, and the other half's just screwed up."
Hollywood High Math Major no doubt. :P
LOL FJL ;D
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I think Mei-Ting Sung's Helen Morgan pose is the most fetching.
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I woke up at 5:30 and cuddled with Freddy until about 6. Got up, had some coffee and read the Sunday paper. Decided it was too early and plopped back into bed until 9pm!
Well, Mr. Barnum, that is nice that you could find a boyfriend with the same name as your cat!
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Der B is now watching On the Beach, starring Mr. Gregory Peck and Miss Ava Gardner.
We've decided it must have been a knock-out date flick when it first came out.
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Der B is now watching On the Beach, starring Mr. Gregory Peck and Miss Ava Gardner.
We've decided it must have been a knock-out date flick when it first came out.
Yep! You could hold hands and jump off a roof.
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DR Elmore, just wondering, do you still work at the bookstore?
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Meat Loaf is playing poker! Aww, he just lost.
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Thank you all, for your kind words of support regarding my friend. I still can't quite make my mind accept that the gentle loving friend that I have known all these years, and the violent man who shot his own friend in the head; could possibly be one and the same person.
The sympathy, however, should really go to the victim's family. He leaves behind a wife, four children, and thirteen grandchildren.
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I honestly don't know what to say, DR TCB. Words fail me.
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TCB, the family is indeed in my thoughts. Just uncomprehensible, what they're being forced to go through right now.
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I honestly don't know what to say, DR TCB. Words fail me.
Same here. What a shock!
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Was it DRVIXMOM who was asking about BLACK NARCISSUS?
It's on tonight on TCM at 10 pm EST. Not the glorious DVD that dRMATTH was talking about I'm sure....but good for a first viewing!
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Well, I finally saw Charley's Aunt last night, and I found it extremely enjoyable. It goes without saying, of course, that DB Jed and our own TCB were highlights of the show. The other members of the cast did a wonderful job as well. In general, the younger members of the cast were the weaker spots of the show. Jed tells me that the girl who played Amy has greatly improved since the first few rehearsals...and it's not that she was that bad last night, just inexperienced in comparison to the rest of the cast.
Jed, I must say again, was wonderful. In particular the stage relationship between him and the girl playing opposite him as Kitty, was a joy to watch. TCB was hilarious, particularly while in pursuit of the "lady" in drag. I found it quite amusing that the only true on-stage kiss came while TCB was putting the moves on "her"...funny as hell, and got one of the biggest laughs of the night.
There were definitely parts of the script that showed its age, and places where I simply disagreed with the director's ideas...but all in all, a very fun little show.
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I wish I understood poker. I don't have a klew as to what's going on.
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DR Elmore, just wondering, do you still work at the bookstore?
Not since the surgery in May.
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Excellent Sylvia Miles stories.
I got back into bed at nine-thirty and just woke up. I needed that.
Re Black Narcissus - there is a new region 2 DVD coming out next week in the UK that apparently blows away the Criterion. I've got it on order and will report on it when it arrives. Also, I believe A Matter of Life and Death has finally been announced for DVD here in the US.
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We've had Vera Miles stories, Sylvia Miles stories, now let's have some Miles Davis stories, Miles Malleson stories, and any other Miles we can think of.
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...Or I could just go back to bed for a few hours...
Yep! That ended up being the plan.
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A Matter of Life and Death starts the Michael Powell evening on TCM, so I think I may watch them both. Haven't seen Life/Death and haven't seen BLACK NARCISSUS all the way through EVER.
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I got back into bed at nine-thirty and just woke up. I needed that.
Hmm... Guess I must be channeling BK here on the East Coast with my sleep pattern today...
Spooky!
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DR MATTH - I have to agree with you about INSPIRATION. I watched it on TCM last week. When you see many of the Garbo films in a row, they all seem to have the same story....she is a bad woman who leads a man astray and then eventually ends up with no money and no man. And sometimes the downward spiral is pretty dull to watch.
The silent CAMILLE is interesting.
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DRMBARNUM how is the Hammer Horror DVD set. There are a lot of complaints about defective discs!
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Jed tells me that the girl who played Amy has greatly improved since the first few rehearsals..
Well, maybe not "greatly," but more hit-and-miss now as opposed to her previous miss-and-miss. :D
There were definitely parts of the script that showed its age, and places where I simply disagreed with the director's ideas...but all in all, a very fun little show.
Completely agreed.
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DR JRand - Thanks for the info on those pianists. As a matter of fact, I do know Steve Beck. -I guess he's dropped the "n" (I knew him as Steven). He's originally from the Washington, DC, area, and I would see and hear him at various competitions around the area. -And he would eventually go on to some national competitions as well as Juilliard, IIRC. I've heard him on the radio via NPR's "Performance Today" both as a soloist and accompanist. He's quite good - heck, he had technique for days already when he was only 16.
Do you by chance know if Edward Auer is still on faculty at IU?
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Dear TCB, I have no idea what to say, or how to respond, other than to wish that those affected recover somehow, sometime, from what has happened.
Anything else is trivial.
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Hmmm... Now what to do until the Emmys.. ?? Hmm...
I think I need some chocolate... Hmm...
;D
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DR Jason, elmore, TPunk, Rodzinksi et al - Dinner tonight?
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She said boom-chicka-chicka-chicka-fu...erm...afternoon, all!
Today is quite loverly and here I sit in my apartment. Oh, well...I'm off to the theatuh in a couple of hours to see THE LION KING (or LE ROI LEON for DR Francois). That'll be fun provided I don't get a nosebleed up in the stratosphere. :)
My roommate is annoying me today. I don't know why - she just is. She announced to me that this week she will be eating only PB&J for lunch. Am I supposed to do something with that? It makes no difference to me what she eats for lunch, and PB&J is a huge improvement over what she normally eats. Then she proceeded to speculate on what it must be like to be Paris Hilton. How awful it must be to never have to work for a thing in your life. "What kind of life is that?," she asked. Um..the one most of us dream of?? Then, after she left the room, I changed the channel from "Extra" to a biomentary of Ernest Hemingway on PBS. When she came back in the room she asked in disbelief, "Is it over!?!" Apparently she's more interested Ms. Hilton than Mr. Hemingway. Que lastima.
TOD: I was a huge video game freak as a kid. I played Nintendo for days. Super Mario Bros. 1-3 were my favorites. Now I love Mario Kart on my Nintendo 64, though I rarely play it.
These days I find myself playing strategy games on my PC - "Age of Empires II," "Zoo Tycoon," and "Rollercoaster Tycoon II." Basically you have to build things and protect your investments. It's great and I have been known to play for (literally) 5 hours or more in one game! I wish I had a laptop so I could play it on trips and such... It's a great waste of time when I haven't the money to go out and do the things I'd really like to do.
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DR Jose: I'm doing the LION KING thing from 6:30-9:30. I'm up for it if you want to do an early dinner...
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DRMBARNUM how is the Hammer Horror DVD set. There are a lot of complaints about defective discs!
Ya, I have heard about those defects with many of the Universal DVD sets. So far so good, for mine...but then I have only watched one of the movies! LOL!
However, my ADAM-12 dvd did pixilate and then freeze up during one episode that mom and I were watching this week. Very frustrating! And it was during a rather tense scene of Kent McCord getting grilled by Jack Hogan.
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Der Brucer and I have a very large, bone-in pork shoulder to roast tomorrow. We're planning a family dinner at his daughter's, the only time that family really sits down to eat together, and the only time the grandlads get drilled on proper behavior at the table.
Now we just have to figure out what to serve with the pork. That family is so picky, and out of control when it comes to the "You don't have to eat it if you don't want to" rule that Mommy has imposed. Dammit, sometimes kids DO have to eat things even if they don't want to. Eight-year-olds have no concept of a proper diet.
:-\
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I've checked out each of the transfers on the Hammer DVD. None are what I would call world-class and one is truly awful (Phantom of the Opera) - however, it's nice to have them all in one set, and the other transfers are decent.
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However, my ADAM-12 dvd did pixilate and then freeze up during one episode that mom and I were watching this week. Very frustrating! And it was during a rather tense scene of Kent McCord getting grilled by Jack Hogan.
Did Hogan give McCord a quarter-turn after a few minutes, so McCord could sport those nifty grill marks?
:o ;D
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I just received an email from my friend (and Broadway megasuperstar) Bryan Batt. He and his partner own a high-end retail store in the French Quarter of New Orleans. In his email, he indicated that the store suffered a minimal amount of hurricane damage (though he didn't mention anything about looting), but the store will be closed indefinitely. They hope to re-open as soon as they're able. They're still taking online orders, including Christmas ornaments that are being sold for hurricane relief money for the City.
Here's a link to the store's website. The ornaments are beautiful, and I know Bryan would appreciate any business, so please feel free to pass this link on to any of your friends/family who might like to help out.
http://www.hazelnutneworleans.com/
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DR Jose: I'm doing the LION KING thing from 6:30-9:30. I'm up for it if you want to do an early dinner...
That actually might work. I want to be back in time for the Emmys. Let me jump in the shower - finally - and then I'll give you a call.
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Or just leave call me and leave a message if you want to get a head start on heading into the city.
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Of course, by this time, I could have called you... Ah, well...
At least that was good for a post or two.
;)
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What time would be good for you? 5-ish somewhere in the Theatre District? I have to be at the theatre by 6:15 to pick up my ticket...
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Yesterday, I think it was, our esteemed BK commented on the limited menu at In-N-Out Burgers.
Well, that's not exactly true. There are ways of ordering what's known as "the secret menu", (http://www.in-n-out.com/secretmenu.asp) which they've even published on their website.
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I forgot the Emmys are on tonight. How jolly.
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What time would be good for you? 5-ish somewhere in the Theatre District? I have to be at the theatre by 6:15 to pick up my ticket...
Yep - Calling you momentarily.
DR FJL - Care to join in on the fray?
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Yesterday, I think it was, our esteemed BK commented on the limited menu at In-N-Out Burgers.
Well, that's not exactly true. There are ways of ordering what's known as "the secret menu", (http://www.in-n-out.com/secretmenu.asp) which they've even published on their website.
Hmm... Now I just want to know how to order their fries with the extra toppings... And just how many extras you can get.
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DR Jose - Normally I would, but we're having company for dinner. Thanks for asking, though.
P.S. Have you chosen a place for the dinner on Oct. 5th yet?
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DR Jose - Normally I would, but we're having company for dinner. Thanks for asking, though.
P.S. Have you chosen a place for the dinner on Oct. 5th yet?
You're welcome. Someday soon, I hope.
As for October 5th... The questionnaire/poll will be going out tomorrow morning. Stay tuned.
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Speaking of people named Miles, does anybody remember Miles Chapin, who had made such a splash in the movie FRENCH POSTCARDS?
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Yes, DRJOSE, Professor Auer is still on faculty at the School of Music at IU Bloomington.
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Excellent Sylvia Miles stories.
I got back into bed at nine-thirty and just woke up. I needed that.
Re Black Narcissus - there is a new region 2 DVD coming out next week in the UK that apparently blows away the Criterion. I've got it on order and will report on it when it arrives. Also, I believe A Matter of Life and Death has finally been announced for DVD here in the US.
I want a restored TALES OF HOFFMANN! Criterion announced one about three years ago.
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We've had Vera Miles stories, Sylvia Miles stories, now let's have some Miles Davis stories, Miles Malleson stories, and any other Miles we can think of.
I was once in a production of Miles Malleson's veddy British translation of Moliere's THE MISER.
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Hmmm... Now what to do until the Emmys.. ?? Hmm...
I think I need some chocolate... Hmm...
;D
DRJose, I'm trying to spend no more money before I leave on Wed. I've got so much cash coming, probably not until after Oct 1, and next to nothing right now.
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My roommate is annoying me today. I don't know why - she just is. She announced to me that this week she will be eating only PB&J for lunch. Am I supposed to do something with that? It makes no difference to me what she eats for lunch, and PB&J is a huge improvement over what she normally eats. Then she proceeded to speculate on what it must be like to be Paris Hilton. How awful it must be to never have to work for a thing in your life. "What kind of life is that?," she asked. Um..the one most of us dream of?? Then, after she left the room, I changed the channel from "Extra" to a biomentary of Ernest Hemingway on PBS. When she came back in the room she asked in disbelief, "Is it over!?!" Apparently she's more interested Ms. Hilton than Mr. Hemingway. Que lastima.
I suspect at least one of our DRs feels the same way. Your roommate sounds like the Dorothy Parker quote "You can lead a horticulture but you can't make her think."
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Thank you, DR Danise, for reminding me that I also play Mah Jongg on the computer quite a bit.
I like games that can be played fairly quickly. I usually have so many other thigns to do, so a quick game of Spider Solitaire or Mah Jongg is sometimes just the thing!
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However, my ADAM-12 dvd did pixilate and then freeze up during one episode that mom and I were watching this week. Very frustrating! And it was during a rather tense scene of Kent McCord getting grilled by Jack Hogan.
You and your mother watch S&M together? You're becoming much more fascinating, DRMBarnum!
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I will have to set my VCRs to tape the pre-show Emmy stuff (I want to see Kathy Griffin...I loved her show "Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List) because a friend (and former co-worker) of my mom's is starting a new business and we're all going over to her house to find out what it's about. My parents said that they thought that it has something to do with lawyers and Catherine (the business owner) said it had something to do with identity theft...so I have absolutely no clew as to what any of it's about. We were asked to be there before 3:30 (PDT) but I still have to take a shower and eat and all that pre going-outside-for-the-first-time-of-the-day stuff. ::)
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I just received an email from my friend (and Broadway megasuperstar) Bryan Batt. He and his partner own a high-end retail store in the French Quarter of New Orleans. In his email, he indicated that the store suffered a minimal amount of hurricane damage (though he didn't mention anything about looting), but the store will be closed indefinitely. They hope to re-open as soon as they're able. They're still taking online orders, including Christmas ornaments that are being sold for hurricane relief money for the City.
Here's a link to the store's website. The ornaments are beautiful, and I know Bryan would appreciate any business, so please feel free to pass this link on to any of your friends/family who might like to help out.
http://www.hazelnutneworleans.com/
DRJason, I love Bryan! Tell him hello for me. I glad he didn't lose everything.
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I haven't watched the silent CAMILLE yet, but one of these days for sure!
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Speaking of people named Miles, does anybody remember Miles Chapin, who had made such a splash in the movie FRENCH POSTCARDS?
I'm very fond of his brother Ted, and I adored his mother Betty, who was a wonderful lady. She died at far too young an age. The last time I saw her alive, she was getting ready for Miles' wedding.
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A Criterion Collection DVD of TALES OF HOFFMAN is due by the end of the year. I was just reading about it this week.
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A Criterion Collection DVD of TALES OF HOFFMAN is due by the end of the year. I was just reading about it this week.
Thank you! That makes my day.
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I watched PSYCHO II this afternoon. Looked good for a film more than 20 years old now (yikes!) And the sound was much richer and more enveloping than it was at the theater when I saw it. Another good Universal transfer.
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Thank you! That makes my day.
I'm looking forward to it, too.
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DR JRand, you MUST watch BLACK NARCISSUS all the way to the end. The ending is one of the most harrowing and haunting conclusions of ANY film of the 1940s.
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And to think this was the year Loretta Young won the Oscar for THE FARMER'S DAUGHTER, a perfectly pleasant but far from mind-blowing performance.
Deborah Kerr's work makes Young's performance seem negligible.
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After I finshed with PSYCHO II, I put in HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN. I have seen it probably ten times or so, but it's just so magical. I'll continue watching it right up to the Emmys.
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As for video/computer games, in the late 1970s (I think) my parents bought some kind of Pong game. I'm not sure if it was Atari or some cheap knock-off, but we had a lot of fun with it...it was the very first computer-type game that we had ever owned, and the only game that my parents owned. When I was in high school, my best friend Andrew and I would go to the local Pietro's Pizza and play Jungle Hunt. We both loved this game. It was a pretty simple game, of course. You just had to jump over logs and alligators and swing on vines avoiding other obstacles and enemies...but what I now think was unique about it was that you moved from the right to the left. Just about every other game that I can think of moves from left to right, but this was backwards.
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And, of course, I'll be recording the fourth episode of HBO's ROME as well though I probably won't watch it until tomorrow.
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Since then, the only real video/computer games that I owned were either Game Boy games (I only got a regular Game Boy and a color Game Boy...I never got the Game Boy Advance) and Super Nintendo. Super Mario Brothers (the free game that came with the Super Nintendo console) was my game. I played that for hours! I spent literally HOURS trying to learn how to fly once I got the cape and the feather. But I learned! On the island are 96 (I think) different little areas and four Switch Palaces. When you (very easily) get through the switch palaces and jump on the giant switch, outlined blocks in other areas would turn solid and help you get through each area (if my explanation makes sense :-\). Anyway, I got so good (if I do say so myself) that I could go through the entire game without switching any of the giant switches. A couple of years ago, I played it for the first time after several years and, even though it took a little time to remember where everything was, I was still able to get through it without much trouble at all. ;D
The only role-playing game that I ever got into was The Legend of Zelda for Super Nintendo. I also played that for hours on end.
I never got Nintendo 64 or any of the Playstation games or consoles or the X-Box or anything that advanced. I'll stay with Super Mario Brothers, thank you very much. ;)
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DR JRand, you MUST watch BLACK NARCISSUS all the way to the end. The ending is one of the most harrowing and haunting conclusions of ANY film of the 1940s.
That's the plan, DRMATTH! ;D If I can stay awake. 8)
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I'm very fond of his brother Ted, and I adored his mother Betty, who was a wonderful lady. She died at far too young an age. The last time I saw her alive, she was getting ready for Miles' wedding.
And postcards also featured the lovely Blanche Baker - daughter of Carroll B & Jack Garfein.....
Blanche favors her mother in a lovely way. ;D
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DR RODZINSKI we had the Magnavox Odyssey game, but it didn't get played much since the MAG was the BIG tv of the house.
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I haven't watched the Emmys in a decade. But, this is haineshisway.com, so let's have a complete Emmy report as the show happens. Let's hear about the winners, the losers, the fashion, and the facial work, both female and male.
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Whenever you saw Miss Miles in public, she was with 4-10 men. I've never seen any female star with that sort of ego-feeding mania. I have a memory of Anne Bancroft in a film doing a parody of a star surrounded by and dancing with a lot of gay men. I've always wondered if she was channeling Sylvia Miles. My friend Lorraine Serabian was in RUTHLESS with her. I don't think they liked each other too much.
And sylvia was playing a gay man in drag and her/his name was Sylvia
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As for actual games on my computer: I regularly play Free Cell. I bought "Bicycle Solitaire" that has over 50 different solitaire games (Scorpion solitaire is my favorite), and I have several different versions of Mah Jongg that all have different options. My computer also came with Pinball, but I haven't played that in a while. I also got from my local library something called "After Dark Games" (which has absolutely nothing[/i] to do with the magazine :o). It has 11 different games (including a solitaire game) and is really geared for kids that aren't too young. One of the games is called Zapper and you just have to answer questions either yes or no and sometimes it gives you an explanation of the question. For instance, one question is something like "Was ancient Troy as large as modern day San Francisco?" The answer is "No. It was only seven acres big." The question writers also have a sense of humor. Another question is "Is Jerry Lewis funny?" The correct answer is "No." ;)
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I just received an email from my friend (and Broadway megasuperstar) Bryan Batt. He and his partner own a high-end retail store in the French Quarter of New Orleans. In his email, he indicated that the store suffered a minimal amount of hurricane damage (though he didn't mention anything about looting), but the store will be closed indefinitely. They hope to re-open as soon as they're able. They're still taking online orders, including Christmas ornaments that are being sold for hurricane relief money for the City.
Here's a link to the store's website. The ornaments are beautiful, and I know Bryan would appreciate any business, so please feel free to pass this link on to any of your friends/family who might like to help out.
http://www.hazelnutneworleans.com/
You mean Bryan is gay? What's the world coming to. :)
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DR Elmore - I hadn't realized when I had posted that question that Miles Chapin was Ted Chapin's brother. I remember having seen Miles at DAS LUSITANIA SONGSPIEL a generation ago, right after the movie had come out, and he seemed very pleased about having been recognized and seemed to be a real doll of a person to the fans. (That was also the night Sigourney Weaver hit me right in the head with some sort of vegetable that she and Christopher Durang were throwing into the audience, in the course of their Brecht parody IIRC, so that night is etched in my memory. :) )
Has Miles basically left show business?
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Well, I just ordered the tix for Jed and I to see Sweeney Todd at the 5th Avenue in October. It's my birthday present to him...along with dinner and dessert...so it should be a great day for us. But I must say, Ticketmaster charges obscene amounts of extra fees!
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DR Elmoore
saw this cartoon and I thought about you.
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I'm very fond of his brother Ted, and I adored his mother Betty, who was a wonderful lady. She died at far too young an age. The last time I saw her alive, she was getting ready for Miles' wedding.
His mother was Betty Steinway of the Steinway Piano fame
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Blanche is the mother of three and divorced. She lives in LA where she exhibits her sculpture under her married name Blanche Van Dusen. She won an Emmy for her performance in the mini-series HOLOCAUST.
Brother Herschel Garfein is a composer.
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I do not watch the Emmys. Haven't for years. Probably the last time was when my pal Larry Drake won two back to back for best supporting actor in a dramatic series, for his portrayal of Benny in LA LAW. That was also probably the last time I really watched any network TV with any regularity.
I'll be watching ROME tonight, not the Emmys. ROME ain't I, CLAUDIUS yet (though Polly Walker is a lucious thing...particularly in the nude), but it's more interesting than most of the stuff on TV these days. And its history so far is pretty solid.
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Steinway?
I love to stop right
Beside an upright.
Or a high-toned baby grand!
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DR CP - did you see NORTH BY NORTHWEST yet?
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Jed and I had what I believe is the single worst experience in a restaurant that I've ever had....period.
After the show last night we decided to head to our neighborhood Shari's (a Denny's clone) for a late night snack. We decided to split some nachos, and we each had a drink. From the time we got in to the time the guy showed up to take our order was at least 10 minutes, and that was only the beginning.
The food took forever to come, and the nachos were skimpy on cheese, too many olives, forgot the tomatoes, and didn't include the salsa and sour cream that was supposed to be there. The bowl of chilli that came as a dip was half full, over dried, and had clearly come from the bottom of a pot.
It took us another 10 minutes to flag down the waitress and actually get our drinks refilled and the sour cream and salsa delivered. But the kicker was at the end of the meal. We finished our last bite of food at 11:40. We were sitting there, with obviously empty plates in front of us. At 12:10, we were still sitting there! Not one person had come over with a check, or to ask if we wanted refills, or ANYTHING.
We were tempted to just keep sitting there and see exactly how long it would take for them to realize we were there...but eventually we just went and stood at the register. When the guy came over and asked for our check, we rather pointedly told him that we didn't have it, and had been waiting for it for almost half an hour. He didn't seem too disturbed.
Now, the restaurant was not that full, and there were serveral guys there apparantly under the impression that they were being paid to chat with each other about girls. It was just an awful eating experience.
Needless to say, there was no tip involved.
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His mother was Betty Steinway of the Steinway Piano fame
She was indeed, and I adored her. I once mentioned that I had been working on GIRL CRAZY with John Mauceri, and Betty stiffened and said. "John Mauceri thinks he invented Leonard Bernstein."
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DRFJL, I have no idea what Miles is doing these days. He may be acting still. i've only seen him in the horror flic FUNHOUSE, as I recall. I've only met him once. That was at least 7 years ago while I was still at The Drama Book Shop.
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DR Elmoore
saw this cartoon and I thought about you.
Well, the audience wasn't that full last night, but it's exactly how the morons in front of me were behaving.
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I liked Miles in Milos Forman's HAIR. (Chapin, not Sylvia). ;)
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She was indeed, and I adored her. I once mentioned that I had been working on GIRL CRAZY with John Mauceri, and Betty stiffened and said. "John Mauceri thinks he invented Leonard Bernstein."
Hahahahahah.
Who DID invent Leonard Bernstein?
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I am watching MONSTER ON THE CAMPUS.
Troy Donahue with that weird haircut is almost as scary as the titular creature.
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Are the Emmys broadcast live on the West Coast (starting at 5 p.m.) or are they tape delayed?
I don't want to give away any secrets or surprises if I do running commentary throughout.
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"You have primitive creatures on the brain."
Whit Bissell to Arthur Franz.
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(http://www.twylatharp.org/archive/photos/54/default_pic.jpg)
Page Seven Dance by Twyla Tharp
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TCM trumps the Emmy Awards at my house tonight.
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Championship Wrestling aka Mythologies by the Mark Morris Dance Company. Music by Herschel Garfein.
Garfein also did the libretto and lyrics for a opera version of ELMER GANTRY that was to have its premiere last February. Anyone know anything about it?
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I watch a large amount of network television (I happen to think the dramas on now are among the best, most creative ever done for television), so I will be glued to the Emmys.
The Emmys have a bad track record with rewarding deserving shows and those connected with them, but I watch anyway.
Got to have something to bitch about. ;D
Tonight, I'm pulling for:
Glenn Close as Outstanding Dramatic Actress in THE SHIELD,
Hugh Laurie as Outstanding Dramatic Actor in HOUSE, and Tony Shalhoub as Outstanding Comedy Actor in MONK.
I would like Marcia Cross to win for COmedy Actress but I suspect it's going to go to Teri Hatcher.
I'd like to see either LOST or '24' win as Outstanding Dramatic Series. LOST has a chance. I suspect THE WEST WING will win if LOST doesn't. For comedy, I'll go with DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES.
I am hoping voters don't get all sentimental and vote EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND a bunch of awards since it's the last year it's eligible. I NEVER LOVED RAYMOND. I didn't even like it.
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OK. I'm off for a bit and then I'll be back around 8, my time.
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What time DO the Emmy's air here?
We must have complete reports from everyone who is watching.
I just tried to watch The Far Horizons with Chuck Heston and Fred MacMurray, but I finally gave up - turgid and boring in extremis.
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DRFJL, I have no idea what Miles is doing these days. He may be acting still. i've only seen him in the horror flic FUNHOUSE, as I recall. I've only met him once. That was at least 7 years ago while I was still at The Drama Book Shop.
He was also in the classic movie Howard the Duck.
He also wrote 88 keys--The Making of a Steinway Piano" and is an expert on Steinway piano making.
His father is former Metropolitan Opera General Manager
and I think he is doing stand up
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Who DID invent Leonard Bernstein?
Leonard Bernstein.
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Leonard Bernstein.
I thought it was Mr, & Mrs Bernstein
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Sunday evening greetings!
DH Richard and I spent a lovely afternoon in downtown Dayton attending an arts showcase at both the Victoria Theatre and the Schuster Center for the Performing Arts. It was put on by CultureWorks, the arts consortium, with which I do a lot of nonprofit programming. There was a solid program at each venue in 20-minute timeslots. We saw:
At the Victoria: Dayton Contemporary Dance Co., Dayton Ballet, Human Race Theatre Co. (excerpts from Seussical)
At the Schuster: A trumpet/bass/percussion trio from Dayton Philharmonic, a baritone and a soprano from Dayton Opera, Grupo Caribe (a Puerto Rican dance ensemble), and Rhythm in Shoes.
It was a wonderful afternoon of free entertainment.
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I know Sylvia Miles is an actress, and if I have seen her it was quite by accident, otherwise I don't know from her.
Vera Miles was married to B movie actor Keith Larsen and to Tarzan actor Gordon Scott...if nothing else, she has good taste in men.
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TOD: Reversi (AKA Othello). I am completely and unabashedly addicted. A most excellent game that can be quite counter-intuitive.
I almost opened for Miles Davis here in Portland in around 1980 or 1981 or so. My parents even put up some of the money to bring him here (think that had anything to do with it? LOL). It was right after he married Cicely Tyson and he got phlebitis or some other leg ailment and cancelled.
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I don't think the Emmy's begin until 8pm on the west coast...likely I am gonna hit the hay early tonight so won't see most of it. I did want to stay up and watch, but I am already sleepy!
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And let's not forget the lovely Sarah Miles of Ryan's Daughter semi-fame. ;)
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Soon I will be toddling off to perform in a Katrina Benefit here with a rather humongous gospel choir. We will be doing some nice stuff, including an arrangement I introduced to the choir, Mark Hayes' truly stunning setting of "Amazing Grace" (to the tune of "The Water is Wide"), entitled "Grace." I've done it with various choirs for years and years and it never fails to deeply move audiences. It was done at the National Cathedral as part of the first September 11th memorial services.
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Everyone must be catching up or taking Ukelele lessons.
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A cute miles-related joke (courtesy of Henny Youngman's Dial-a-Joke):
I go to the doctor for a checkup, he tells me to run two miles every day, I call him a week later: "Hey doc, what do I do, I'm fourteen miles from home!"
:)
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Good Evening!
Back from dinner with DR Jason. We headed over to John's Pizza. Good pizza. Spotty service, but still good pizza. DR Jason is probably at the of the intermission of The Lion King right now, and I'm watching the Emmy's with my roomies.
Life in the Big Apple.
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Opening number of the Emmys ranged from dull to hideous rap by the Black Eyed Peas. At one point, the rapper rhymed "lots" and "Foxx." Pathetic. And that's GOOD rap, I suspect.
Ellen's moinologue was off tonight. A couple of funny quips but nothing fall down hilarious.
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First award presented by the desperate housewives who looked from weird (Teri Hatcher) to glamorous (Felicity Huffman).
The wunner was no surprise.
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Kyra Sedgewick looked very glamorous; Keifer Sutherland looked wonderful.
Supporting Actor in a drama was no surprise.
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...And both DR Jason and I happened to spot a couple of performers in The Producers. -John's Pizza is next door to the St. James. I happened to spot Brad Oscar taking a brief break on the sidewalk when I walked by, and Jason happened to spot the current Frank Liebkind. Both were still in costume. And they were in the middle of the show.
::)
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DRJason, I love Bryan! Tell him hello for me. I glad he didn't lose everything.
elmore, he could never lose everything, as long as he has friends like you and Jason!
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I'm watching the Emmys, but not sure why, I really don't watch many TV shows. I quit watching all the drama shows when they started making the prosecutors and cops heros, gag me...now that's really not reality tv!
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Donald Trump - YOU'RE FIRED!!!!
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LOL! I thought the Donald was funny....bad.... but funny
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OH! And the culinary highlight from my trek yesterday...
Il Laboratorio del Gelato - A small cup - 1/2 Black Cherry sorbetto, 1/2 Fresh Mint gelato. An amazingly refreshing combination.
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Donald Trump and Megan Mullaley just sang "Green Acres," the first of four sing-along TV theme songs of the evening.
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I may have to sign off before too long....thunderstorms headed our way.
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Yeah, Donald can't sing at all, but at least they're trying for something different.
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I was VERY thrilled with the winner of Individual Performance in Variety or Music Special.
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The wedding was really fun. There was some light rain, well closer to sprinkles, but my nephew and his wife spent so many hours working on the garden, that they said they didn't care, they were getting married outside. They were SO happy and funny. The reception was loaded with music, a jazz trio, a vocal jazz group and my niece singing with Randy Yackle accompanying. That girl can sing...
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Ellen had two hilarious inserts between awards that were funnier than anything in her monologue. This is where she shines.
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Yes, Matt H, I agree, but what's with a beard and no mustache? Maybe it's just me, but I thought it looked rather silly
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An Australian winner?
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Blue Man Group presenting the Reality Show award.
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If you know what show won this awardf for the last two years, then you know this year's winner, too.
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An Australian winner?
Why how did you guess!
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Yes, Matt H, I agree, but what's with a beard and no mustache? Maybe it's just me, but I thought it looked rather silly
He's filming X-MEN3, and that's his scharacter.
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It sounds like the usual Emmy show that I remember from even a decade ago.
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First surprise of the night! Happy for her!
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He's filming X-MEN3, and that's his scharacter.
I was hoping it was for a character.
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Ah, first political statement of the night......
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It sounds like the usual Emmy show that I remember from even a decade ago.
Every award show is the same year after year.
When the Emmys tried to change it up - in 1965 doing away with categories - and in 1974 with the Super Emmy - there were such howls of protest that they were dropped after one year each.
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Ah, first political statement of the night......
And I couldn't agree more!
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George,
I asked Randy about his days in Olympia, he said he absolutely loved it there. He said he's had offers to go back to playing for shows but he's happy and enjoying teaching so much right now that he's turned them down. So if you see anyone who knows him, he says hi
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Oh, well, our first absent winner.
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George -- Yes, your friend, Chris, is a member of the cast of MFL.
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Wow! 11 people here cool.
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Oh, well, our first absent winner.
Oh? Someone died?
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Really aoppy about the winner for supporting actress in a TV movie
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No, just not there
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Oh? Someone died?
You never know!
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They're doing the "Emmy Idol" performances of tv theme songs and then (supposedly) when it's over you can vote for your favorite and they become the Emmy Idol. Thus the Donald singing earlier
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Kristib Bell doing a good job singing "Fame," but naturally she's lip-sybching since she's dancing and doing acrobatics.,
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I had to bail out of the Emmy's after the ungodly Earth Wind and Fire opening number.
But TPunk just had me come back to check out someone doing a wretched version of the "Fame" theme.
I think the Emmy's are not for me.
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Sorry I missed the dinner op, Jose. TPunk was in training, and I was out and about in my neighborhood. Someone told me about a place in Harlem we have to try though, called Dinosaur Barbecue. Sounds like heaven.
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The writer Emmys are hilarious.
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The dynamic duos announced by CBS and the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences for the contest tagged "Emmy Idol":
_ William Shatner ("Boston Legal") and opera's von Stade with the theme from Shatner's 1960s series "Star Trek."
I bet this will be painful!
der Brucer
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Kristib Bell doing a good job singing "Fame," but naturally she's lip-sybching since she's dancing and doing acrobatics.,
Actually, I don't believe she was lip-synching. She was a bit pitchy - and those background vocals were way off at times. -Unless they were meant to be that way. I've worked with Kristin a few times, and I've seen and heard her move more and sing better than she just did.
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Shatner couldn't be ANY worse than Donald Trump.
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Actually, I don't believe she was lip-synching. She was a bit pitchy - and those background vocals were way off at times. -Unless they were meant to be that way. I've worked with Kristin a few times, and I've seen and heard her move more and sing better than she just did.
I was going by what her mouth was doing at the end of a couple of phrases. She appeared to still be singing even though the vocal had stopped.
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Writer winners were no surprise and fully deserving.
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Shatner couldn't be ANY worse than Donald Trump.
Where's William Hung when you need him?
der Brucer
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DR MattH - On a related note... Since you seem to be the techno-audio-video-phile of the bunch...
I mentioned this a couple of days ago... When I was at my friends, Joel and John, place, they had a high definition TV, complete with a Bose home theatre system. I noticed that there was a slight delay between the sound and picture. Is it possible all the processing that the HDTV signal goes through would cause that out-of-synchness?
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I suspect Shatner, like William Hung, thinks he's a singer.
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DR MattH - On a related note... Since you seem to be the techno-audio-video-phile of the bunch...
I mentioned this a couple of days ago... When I was at my friends, Joel and John, place, they had a high definition TV, complete with a Bose home theatre system. I noticed that there was a slight delay between the sound and picture. Is it possible all the processing that the HDTV signal goes through would cause that out-of-synchness?
It's not supposed to be that way. I suspect their receiver has been set to have a slight delay. They could go into the setup menu and do away with that.
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Supporting Actress in a comedy no surprise.
Yuck, I say, even though she's fine.
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There's a Johnny Carson tribute now.
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I suspect Shatner, like William Hung, thinks he's a singer.
Well... I don't think anyone is really supposed to sing that well during these Emmy Idol segments. ;) However, I have to say that Donald Trump did a pretty good job, but I did wish that Megan Mullally was able to actually sing her part.
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Yes, she was singing it playing Karen Wwalker who has that squeaky voice
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Lovely tribute to Johnny. Letterman did a deadpan job reading the tribute, but the clips were nice.
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Variety Series winner no surprise.
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Yes, she was singing it playing Karen Wwalker who has that squeaky voice
Yeah... But I think she was channeling Ms. Gabor - who definitely did not sing her part of the theme song. I was just wishing that we could have heard her really sing, that's all.
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Gary Dourdan and Marcy Gray singing "Movin' On Up."
OK, a little pitchy from her.
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Actually it's MACY Gray.
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A little surprised with the directing Emmy, but it was totally deserved.
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Yes, thanks, it was a typo. I'm typing standing up running between rooms.
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Yes, thanks, it was a typo. I'm typing standing up running between rooms.
You can stand, run and type at the same time!! I'm impressed
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You can stand, run and type at the same time!! I'm impressed
Thank you!
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No surprise with the winner for best Actor in a TV-movie.
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Another Aussie win
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I may have to tune in just to see the opening number.
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I may have to tune in just to see the opening number.
It's dreadful, but I don't know if it's memorably dreadful.
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Tuned into the Emmys about half an hour ago and I'm realizing just how little TV I actually get to see. But I do now have some things to add to our Netflix list!
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None of the gowns have really blown me away including Halle Berry's dress. She usually dresses to kill.
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Totally delighted with the Best Actress in a TV-movie winner! Hooray!!
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Another Aussie win
I'll not rush to the TV.
I'm not sure if the awards are on here tonight. I don't watch enough TV to know any of the people nominated and have not watched most of the shows. I have seen the "performances" of both of The Australians nominated.
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Jon Stewwart, hilarious as usual.
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Hmm...
Jon Stewart + CBS = Letters
;)
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Comedy director - no surprise there.
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I am enjoying the running commentary! Please let me know if they show Brian Kelly during the "they died this year" section.
I must try to watch two movies tonight for upcoming interivews...a double feature of AL JENNINGS OF OKLAHOMA and SWAMP WOMEN! LOL!
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Forget Netflix - I've been in another window reserving copies of many of the award winners through the library where I work!
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I think Jon Stewart would be disappointed if he DIDN'T get letters!
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Hello, fellow Dear Readers. Our Grand Opening was a smashing success. I stayed to wash dishes and now I'm very tired.
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Does anyone here watch ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT. For two years it has gotten raves, raves, raves. I've tried to watch it twice, and never got more than halfway through the half hour.
Maybe I'll try it again tomorrow night (it's moved to Monday at 8) before KITCHEN CONFIDENTIAL.
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And Jose, perhaps you can pick me out a good Korean restaurant in New York. I am hoping to eat some Korean whilst I am vacationing. I had my first taste of Korean food whilst driving around Van Nuys and let me tell you, it was delicious! :D
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Hello, fellow Dear Readers. Our Grand Opening was a smashing success. I stayed to wash dishes and now I'm very tired.
Of course, DR Sandra's exquisitely folded napkins contributed the the success!
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DearReaderLaura, glad the opening was grand! I hope DR Sandra didn't get into a brouhaha with the pastor!
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Does anyone here watch ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT. For two years it has gotten raves, raves, raves. I've tried to watch it twice, and never got more than halfway through the half hour.
I'm 24th in line for Season 1 at my library.
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Best TV Movie very deserving but kind of a surprise since it hadn't won much tonight in comparison with other TV-movies.
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Best TV Movie very deserving but kind of a surprise since it hadn't won much tonight in comparison with other TV-movies.
I'm 24th on the list for this one, too!
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Frederica Von Stade and Shatner singing/talking the STAR TREK theme.
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The EMMY IDOL songs were silly but kinda fun, I have to admit.
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So are you going to vote on CBS.com? The polls are open
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So are you going to vote on CBS.com? The polls are open
I just voted!
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So are you going to vote on CBS.com? The polls are open
Nah! Didn't like ANY of them enough to vote.
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And Jose, perhaps you can pick me out a good Korean restaurant in New York. I am hoping to eat some Korean whilst I am vacationing. I had my first taste of Korean food whilst driving around Van Nuys and let me tell you, it was delicious! :D
Hmm... Unfortunately(?), the really good Korean restaurants I've come across are sort of on the pricey side. There are some wonderful Korean BBQ places around the Herald Square area - the type with the table-top grills. Won-Bo is my favorite, and they use actual "burning embers" to heat their grills - a "box" is brought right to your table and placed under the grill, and you really do feel the heat! When the waitress says, "Don't move," Don't Move. In any case...
The standard price for the BBQ is about $15 depending on the meat and cut of meat you choose - and that portion usually serves just one. But it is a very good meal, and the selection of pan chan is very tasty.
However, the ground floor of the restaurant serves more the "home food" - bim bim bap, mandoo gook, jap chae, etc., and it's priced a bit more reasonably.
There are some other places with table top grills that are cheaper, but they use gas grills - which are all right, but the wood-fired grills really do make a difference and are more authentic.
There's a wonderful formal place in Soho, Woo Lae Oak, that serves some exquisite Korean food. -And they're sort of a national chain. Again, very good, but kind of pricey.
But there are some cheap eats Korean places - many of which are truly "traditional" and "real" - and I'd be happy to join you for a meal.
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The EMMY IDOL songs were silly but kinda fun, I have to admit.
Well... "silly but kinda fun"... I think that was the whole point of the segments.
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They're doing the newsman tribute to Jennings, Brokaw, and Rather.
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Well... "silly but kinda fun"... I think that was the whole point of the segments.
Well, of course, though I wonder if they didn't think they'd be MORE fun than they were, at least for me.
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DR MBarnum - I think the real question is: Have you already picked out the Indian restaurant you want to eat at?
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The leading acting awards coming up now.
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Brokaw & Rather - classy; Jennings - :'(
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I'm old enough to remember earlier network news anchors for CBS and NBC: Douglas Edwards and Walter Cronkite on CBS and Huntley/Brinkley on NBC.
I don't ever remember any anchor on ABC but Peter Jennings.
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HUGE surprise for Best COmedy Actress!
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Big SHOCK for Best Drama Actress!!!
Wow! FInally, some surprises!
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Even HUGER surprise for Best Actress in a Drama!!!!
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DR MattH - You must really run fast between rooms!
;)
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Yes, DR MBarnum, Brian Kelly was shown in IN Memorium.
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DR MattH - You must really run fast between rooms!
;)
It must be all that early morning walking I've been doing lately!
::)
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George,
I asked Randy about his days in Olympia, he said he absolutely loved it there. He said he's had offers to go back to playing for shows but he's happy and enjoying teaching so much right now that he's turned them down. So if you see anyone who knows him, he says hi
I'll pass the word!
George -- Yes, your friend, Chris, is a member of the cast of MFL.
Cool!
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DR MBarnum - I think the real question is: Have you already picked out the Indian restaurant you want to eat at?
I thought we'd just hit East Fourth (Sixth?) and prowl around.
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I thought we'd just hit East Fourth (Sixth?) and prowl around.
Or maybe we could over to Queens and hit Little India over there. There are some great places literally right under the subway tracks.
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Very happy about Best Actor in COmedy.
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It's only 7:50 here on the west coast and the Emmy's are just about to start. I'm still watching the E! pre-show stuff with Star Jones and Kathy Griffin and Giuliana DePandi (whoever she is). Kathy Griffin, in her TV show has spoken (not too politely) about Star Jones and when Kathy was a guest on "The View." I don't know if that's the reason, but every time that Star hands the announcing bit off to Giuliana and Kathy, Star never says Kathy's name...just "Back to you, Giuliana." :o
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I just popped over to tvguide.com and they're displaying who won already! Damn them!! It hasn't even started on the west coast and they're announcing who all the winners are. That's just wrong. :(
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Bah! I am not happy about Best Drama Actor.
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Best COmedy and Best Drama are the last two categories, and there is only 8 minutes left.
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I just popped over to tvguide.com and they're displaying who won already! Damn them!! It hasn't even started on the west coast and they're announcing who all the winners are. That's just wrong. :(
I'm sorry, DR George. I've tried to be careful about saying too much.
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I'm old enough to remember earlier network news anchors for CBS and NBC: Douglas Edwards and Walter Cronkite on CBS and Huntley/Brinkley on NBC.
I don't ever remember any anchor on ABC but Peter Jennings.
Harry Reasoner. Or, as he was known for a short time, Hawwy Weasoneh (when he was teamed with Barbara Walters.)
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Even HUGER surprise for Best Actress in a Drama!!!!
This is what was displayed on tvguide.com, so no surprise for me. :P But I'm glad! I love her show!
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Very happy about Best Drama Series.
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I'm sorry, DR George. I've tried to be careful about saying too much.
Matt, YOU have spoiled NOTHING. It's sites on the Internet that are displaying the results because the East Coast show is almost over, even though the West Coast broadcast has not started. Damn them!
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Ugh! Ugh! Ugh! Best Comedy.
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So, I will NOT be viewing any other website until the whole show is over. It's starting RIGHT NOW! ;D
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Ugh! Ugh! Ugh! Best Comedy.
Oh, you couldn't have been surprised about that.
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So, I will NOT be viewing any other website until the whole show is over. It's starting RIGHT NOW! ;D
Have fun, DR George and other west coasters!
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Wel, another Emmy show has come and gone. I agrred with about 35% of the awards for various series categories, my usual average.
There's always next year, of course.
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Oh, you couldn't have been surprised about that.
Well, only twice before in the history of the Emmys has that happened, so I was surprised. I was expecting another show completely.
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Oops (Spoo), my mistake: three times before has that happened before tonight.
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Oops (Spoo), my mistake: three times before has that happened before tonight.
Now that surprises me!
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But there are some cheap eats Korean places - many of which are truly "traditional" and "real" - and I'd be happy to join you for a meal.
Now that sounds like my kind of place! Lets do it!
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DR MBarnum - I think the real question is: Have you already picked out the Indian restaurant you want to eat at?
No, but I know what Indian DVD and CD stores I am gonna shop at!
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The opening number wasn't gloriously bad - it was just bad. Bad bad. I will be most interested to see if I've ever actually seen any of these shows that are nominated. For example, I've never seen Everybody Loves Raymond, the first winner.
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I don't know what CSI is.
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I've never watched "Everybody Loves Raymond," either. I do watch "Boston Legal" and "Lost."
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Don't know what Boston Legal is.
But William Shatner does not look like a person in his 70s - what on earth has he done?
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I once worked with Megan Mullalley briefly and her voice did NOT sound like that.
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Don't know what Boston Legal is.
But William Shatner does not look like a person in his 70s - what on earth has he done?
It's not a question of what he has done, it's a question of what he has had done.
;)
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The "Green Acres" theme was just performed. I thought it was pretty funny! They were introduced as "Donald Trump and Will and Grace's Karen Walker." Not "Megan Mullally."
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I've heard of the Tony Awards, but Hugh Jackman, as much as I enjoy him, hardly deserved an award for hosting them.
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If I NEVER have to hear the "voice" on these TV teasers again, it will be too soon. It is no wonder I stay away from all network television.
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I just tune out the voices...like the ones in my head. ;)
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Don't know from The Amazing Race. Never seen West Wing.
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And we just passed 145,000 postings.
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Oh, Blythe Danner, just accept the award and shut up, really.
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I may have to stop watching - I'm just sitting here like so much fish, dazed and confused.
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I think you need to watch more television, BK. You might find some stuff you like.
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Actually, I don't believe she was lip-synching. She was a bit pitchy - and those background vocals were way off at times. -Unless they were meant to be that way. I've worked with Kristin a few times, and I've seen and heard her move more and sing better than she just did.
To me, it did look like she closed the "m" on the word "Fame" before her voice made the "m" sound.
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Megan was playing a part while singing. She used her Karen Walker voice. She was ot singing as Megan but as squeaky Karen Walker.
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I lioved Blythe Danner. Thought she looked beautiful and agreed with everything she said. Lovely tribute to her late husband, too.
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What has sweet little Kristen Bell done to herself? She didn't look like that when I worked with her.
And when you have someone singing the lead in a number, how do you place her upstage or center, and have dancers constantly moving in front of her. That's why there are no stars anymore, because directors and choreographers don't get the drill. And what was with all those Michael Peters' moves from Dreamgirls and the early Michael Jackson videos? Note to choreographer: It's 2005 and get your own style, baby.
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The Tony hosting that jackman won the award for was his first time hosting when he was nominated for THE BOY FROM OZ. He sang and danced through the whole show, and did that ad-lib segment with Sarah Jessica Parker. He was brilliant on the show that night, and I was delighted he won.
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I think that winning an Emmy or any award is not an invitation to mouth off about things that are unrelated to that win. Just my little ol' opinion - has nothing to do with agreeing with her or not.
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Glad I watched BLACK NARCISSUS. Oh my....Repression with a BIG R!!
Enjoyed it very much!
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I've never even heard of half the shows they're mentioning. I don't know the actors.
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I think I will Silent Sunday Night and see IN OLD SAN FRANCISCO!
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Black Narcissus is a masterpiece.
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I've never even heard of half the shows they're mentioning. I don't know the actors.
You don't watch TV. Maybe that's why.
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Penn & Teller's BS is nominated.
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David Letterman - at last, someone I know and like.
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I was VERY thrilled with the winner of Individual Performance in Variety or Music Special.
Oh, you mean Hugh Jackman...who was brought on stage with music from (wait for it...) DREAMGIRLS!
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Well, it's after midnight on the East Coast, so I'm off to bed.
Look forward to reading more comments about the Emmys tomorrow.
Good night.
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The Tony hosting that jackman won the award for was his first time hosting when he was nominated for THE BOY FROM OZ. He sang and danced through the whole show, and did that ad-lib segment with Sarah Jessica Parker. He was brilliant on the show that night, and I was delighted he won.
No, the first time Jackman hosted was the year before, which is why he had the ridiculous hair that he wore for the film Van Helsing, then filming. They mentioned at the time that he would soon be appearing in The Boy From Oz. Fortunately, he was asked to return the next year, for which he just won the Emmy.
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David Letterman - at last, someone I know and like.
The tribute to Johnny Carson was very nice.
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Finally, a show I know: The Johnny Carson Show.
It is amazing that the best thing on the Emmy show is Johnny Carson - such timing, style, and class.
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I am enjoying the running commentary! Please let me know if they show Brian Kelly during the "they died this year" section.
They indeed did.
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I do like Ellen, though.
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What in tarnation is this awful thing they keep showing called the Ali G. show?
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What's The Daily Show?
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What's Arrested Development?
Thank the Lord for TCM and DVD.
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I don't know what CSI is.
Cloned Sexy Investigators.
That's why there's three of the shows.
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I've never seen "Arrested Development" or "The Ali G. Show" but "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" is a hilarious fake news show on Comedy Central. It's definitely worth watching...in my humble opinion. ;)
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What's Arrested Development?
The New Programming departments at all the broadcast networks.
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What's House?
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Hey, I actually saw something that won an Emmy - The Life and Death of Peter Sellers.
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What's House?
House is a very well written and acted drama, where Hugh Laurie plays a doctor who solves medical mysteries while popping painkillers that make him sound American.
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Never heard of it.
Did HBO pay someone for all these Peter Sellers wins? Honestly - Geoffrey Rush was terrific. Fine. But the script and direction were poor, really poor.
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I must wussburger, as der B and I have a feast to prepare tomorrow, which won't be appreciated but that's the way things go. We also still have some shopping to do.
One last thought about the Emmys, however. I think the reason so many actors/actresses/shows win year after year is because the voters are afraid to admit they themselves haven't watched any of the shows in the current year, and hope that no one will notice that they're just apeing what has happened before.
Bleh.
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Evenin', all...
I'm back from my LION KING experience. I must say that while it is the most visually stunning thing I've ever seen on a stage, I wasn't moved by it. The actors were trying - really they were - but I think the combination of 40-pound headdresses and 9 years of the same overblown kiddie show, they were just going through the motions. Still, you can't help but gasp when you see all those "animals" onstage. Or when the strange Chippendale hyenas do their dance special. I didn't quite get why those five were shirtless, sexy hyenas, but it certainly perked up a select portion of the audience.
After the movie, I decided that I did not wish to return to the apartment and the drivel, so I got myself a ticket to see "Cry_Wolf," which I had figured out in the first 10 minutes. Still, it was a fun, mindless on-campus horror flick, so that was fun.
Now I'm home. I've been catching up on the notes and I'm terribly curious to check out the Emmy winners list now that I've read all of your comments. I already know who won Best Actress in a Comedy (thanks to AOL), so now it's time to read the rest...
Oh! DR Jose: Olivia Newton-John, October 11, Nokia Theatre. The tickets are $44.50. Still interested?? I am!!
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I think we're going to make 400 postings, that is if we all don't sit there like so much fish.
I ate interesting food today. I wanted to take it easy because of last night's fries and ranch dressing attack. So, I had two bagels, about five ounces of smoked turkey, and some chocolate chip ice cream. That's it. Not too bad. Except that I'm hungry.
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I just finished some cherry ice cream with bordeaux cherries and chocolate pieces. Yummy
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I have a question for DR Rodzinski:
I know that Playbill bought out Stagebill, but why is it that the "Playbill" for THE LION KING is called "Showbill?" I find that to be curious. I figured since you work for Playbill, you might know the answer...
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I actually liked Empire Falls better than the Peter Sellers movie
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I just noticed I'm over 800 posts! Good heavens, I didn't realize I've posted that many
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Even though I don't watch TV (network, that is) much, I knew of the shows and the actors simply from reading the postings on this marvelous site, EW and sadly, the revamped TV GUIDE.
I liked seeing Flicka with Bill Shatner, and she was definitely in fine voice and into the moment.
I know that my choice for best drama series won, or, if you're on the west coast, will win. . .
The show itself, aside from the lovely tributes to Carson and to the newscasters, was dullsville - so I popped Langella's DRACULA into the dvd player, and watched the dreadful documentary. . .
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I'm sure they were ALL better than the Peter Sellers movie - it was awful except for Rush and Charlize Theron.
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I think Pogue is still in ROME.
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I should have watched another spaghetti western.
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I'm eating a vanilla mini-ice cream sandwich and afterwards I'm going to eat a chocolate mini-ice cream sandwich. Quite good...and only 100 calories each! Of course, when you eat more than one, it adds up to more than 100 calories. ::)
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When in Rome, do as the Romans do.
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When in Rome, do as the Romans do.
I didn't realize that ice cream sandwiches were big in Rome ;)
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Has Ann caught up?
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Wow! Nice new avatar, DR Cillaliz!
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I didn't realize that ice cream sandwiches were big in Rome ;)
Maybe I should have asked if when in ROME, DR Pogue does as the Romans do. . . . ::)
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Well, I'm going to wussburger. I napped all afternoon, but after being out of the office Thursday and Friday, I'm sure there will be all sorts of fun little fires to put out in the morning. So Good night
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Have we reached a new plateau?
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Wow! Nice new avatar, DR Cillaliz!
Thanks, that was from one of the photos at my nephew's wedding yesterday
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We're soooo close to 400...PUUUUUUUSH!
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Can we do it?
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I think I just did!!
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Thanks, that was from one of the photos at my nephew's wedding yesterday
Unfortunately, nobody took my picture today at the dedication service, though I did take a bunch of pictures at the luncheon following. . .
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And now I'm off to shower and sleep. Buenas nachos!
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YEAH! Now I can rest peacefully knowing that we have over 400 posts
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We're soooo close to 400...PUUUUUUUSH!
I'll push if you'll pull. . . ;)
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And ROME was delightful, the plot is thickening, I'm getting acquainted with all the players, and it's shaping up right nicely.
I mean I watch TV, I just don't spend my life in front of it and I'm very picky. Life is far too short and far too interesting to spend five or six hours a day eyeballing all this network crap...even when I occasionally succumb, I usually want the time back. Iwish I had read a book instead.
Most network telly I can easily live without...In fact, I can't think of one show that I watch on any of the big three (NBC, CBS, ABC) or on two of the small three (Warner, Paramount...I still watch THE SIMPSONS with some degree of regularity on FOX). When I do watch TV (not videos or DVDs), it's almost exclusively cable...new episodes of SOUTH PARK are still a must! I check out the DAILY SHOW a few times a week. ROME and DEADWOOD on HBO. LITTLE BRITAIN on BBCamerica. And that's about it for my "must-see" TV.
I'll watch HGTV, THE FOOD NETWORK, and BBCamerica during the dinner hour, but even those get tough because the frequency of the commercial breaks has really reached the point of utter intolerability. That's why I usually stick to TCM, Fox Movie Channel, and The Westerns Channel...commercial-free!
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Wow! Nice new avatar, DR Cillaliz!
Yes, very nice! ;D
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I liked Peter Jennings as much as the next fellow, but I REALLY didn't need to listen to the boys pontificate and pat themselves on the back for ten minutes. Not when the news is so reprehensibly presented nightly.
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I liked Felicity's speech! ;D
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I'll never catch up... 14 pages on a SUNDAY! I'll never catch up.....
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Good Morning!
DR Jason - If I can "speak" for DR Rodzinski - If I'm recalling correctly, the New Amsterdam as well as a few other venues use "Showbill". Well, more precisely Disney Theatrical, uses "Showbill" for their programs. -And when The Lion King first started, I believe they used "Stagebill". All the programs companies - Playbill, Stagebill and Showbill - are basically owned by the same company. However, the advertisers and distribution deals are differents for each one.
There was some "trouble" when Ragtime opened at the then new Ford Center - one of Playbill's main advertisers was Chevrolet. So, they switched to "Stagebill" along the way. -And then I think they went back to "Playbill", but I could be wrong. Disney Theatrical also originally went with "Stagebill" in order to avoid any possible conflicts of interest in regards to advertising (no Universal Theme Park ads, competing animation companies, etc.)
Additionally, "Playbill" is also provided free to the theatres - the programs are paid by the advertising revenues. "Showbill" used to be "sold" to the theatres - and they contained less advertising as a result.
Confused? I am. ;)
In any case...
I'm not sure I answered your question. :-\
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Oh.... And I think it was during the run of Ragtime that Playbill bought Stagebill...
And there was also a time when the Kennedy Center had both Stagebills and Showbills depending on the hall. Now it's all Stagebill.
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Well, the internet connection here seems to be going spotty again.. which I'm taking as a sign that I should go to bed... so...
Goodnight.
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Oh, thank heaven it's over. I just took a nice long shower and whilst the hot water was pouring over my weary bones, I decided on my next short story (I'd pretty much decided anyway) and wrote its opening line. I suspect it will be a teensy bit difficult to write, emotionally, but I'm looking forward to it, and it will probably be the only story in the collection that is completely written in a female voice from start to finish.
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Now, let's have some more posts about Vera and Sylvia Miles.
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And Miles Kreuger.
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One of the major literary awards in Oz is the Miles Franklin award.
Of course miles have been replaced by kilometres in OZ.
You're never fully dressed without a skilometre does not really have the same ring!
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I always feel so lovely after a nice hot shower.
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I'm caught up! But now, the DP and I are looking for a new bed. It's worse than car shopping!
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Right now?? Isn't it a little late in the evening?
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It broke this morning.... so, we're resulting to have to sleep on the floor, but we're taking the time now to look and then probably will go out and search tomorrow, but we're just getting an idea