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Well, you've read the notes, the notes have been fruitful and multiplied, and now it is time for you to post until the fruitful cows come home - they're currently nibbling on some kiwis.
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And the word of the day is: MISNOMER!
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Good Morning!
I just checked my lottery numbers for yesterday... And I won $40 in the Pick Three. I played my birthday, 826, and 268 came out, and since I had played the "Box" option... Hmm... Maybe I will splurge on the Amtrak on Sunday up to Bard. *I definitely don't think I'll be up in time tomorrow/today to grab the bus that is leaving the State Theatre at 8:30am. No way, Jose!
Of course, there's always the option of a few more 2-for-1 frozen margaritas.
:)
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As for today's topic... I'm still metabolizing a bit of tequila, so... Maybe later...
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Saturday....working on lines.
Polly Bergen was just guessed as the Mystery Guest on What' My Line.
I like Polly.....good singer.....good game player....pretty.... A gal....not a girl.
And she can act, too!
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I must work on my lines today so that I can be off book on Monday!
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We must have a report from the Hollywood Show....and photos. Tell Beverly....oh never mind!
Controversial shows. Hmmm.
HAIR - I loved the music from the first time I heard it, and certainly was in line with its antiwar sentiments.
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A couple of intriguing clues in the Trivia Contest this week.
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I was working on a play in Montreal many years ago. Can't remember what I was doing exactly. But it was an English adaptation of a French play about the Virigin Mary. And I think at one point in the story she had her period or something very controversial among those lines. Since this was a very Catholic province there were protests. Well I was the last one out of theater and made sure all the doors were locked and I went for lunch and then onto my classes. Well sometime within the time I left and tech director came back a fire started and burned down the set. It was classified as one of suspicious origins. They couldn't prove it wasn't arson.
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"The Boys in the Band" was controversial when it opened here - not for the subject matter but for the language. Some words had to be changed. "Screw"is so less offensive lol.
"Oh Calcutta" was unable to open here. I saw it in London and thought it was just schoolboy humour and certainly not clever nor offensive!
"Elephant Man" was also a touch controversial on stage here - full frontal nudity.
I don't remember any controversy with "Bent". I just thought it dull. But then I didn't think much of "Angels In America" either. (Didn't see it staged though).
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Here I am at the office on Saturday morning. A wonderful time was had by all at the official upper west side gather spot, La Cocina. We had lots of room in the basement area. Ears were burning, I'm sure. I had a Burrito Bendito (not related to me) and strawberry margaritas (they were two for one, what can I say). A picture of Rod, Elmore, Jose and me, resides deep in the bowels of Jose's camera, taken just before the departure of R, E, and me.
And now I must begin working.
Later!
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Hello and Goodbye my morning friends
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Hello DRs Ben and Elmore. Welcome to your Saturday.
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Good morning, all! I've just taken two Tylenol: a necessary conclusion to the two margaritas I had last night with DRs Jose, Ben, TPunk, and Rodzinski. Ever the cheap drunk. I need a few more hours in bed, but I have errands to run, people to see, and places to go this morning.
I did listen to WUTHERING HEIGHTS yesterday, and I was disappointed; the duet on the Lesley Garrett album "You Were My First Love" is the only number I really enjoyed. I also find Dave Willetts' a bit underwhelming: the voice is neither dark nor hefty enough for the brooding Heathcliff. I can't imagine this whiner either plotting revenge or standing in the rain on the moor. The orchestrations were nice.
TOD: Maybe later.
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Good morning to two of my favorite gentlemen! I hope the day is kind to you.
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Trivia. Check out the price of "Heathcliff" DVD on Amazon UK.!
I am thus not alone in finding no real heights in wuthering.
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A quick check for the names at the top of the board. Love you Larry. Should I bring my own Tylenol next year?
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Good morning, fellow Dear Readers. I am taking the day off today and going on a bird walk.
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A quick check for the names at the top of the board. Love you Larry. Should I bring my own Tylenol next year?
It all depends on whether or not you're trying to get me drunk.
I received a lovely package of Anthony Warlow recordings yesterday from Australia! It's much appreciated, DRTomovoz!
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Now I shall be singing The Tennessee Bird Walk.
Not the Arizona Bird Walk which is already in use it seems.
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Good morning Michael S. Good to know Katrina has left your area (I hope).
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Sure wish I could go on a bird walk in YOUR part of the world Tomovoz!
I need to get a strong cup of coffee on the way. I have a headache.
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I'm working today, too, and just popped in before going upstairs to teach Grantseeking Basics to tell you all about the concert taking place at a Middletown, OH, church tomorrow night. None other than:
DINO (Kartsonakis) AT THE PIANO!
'bout fell over when I saw that advertised in yesterday's paper.
Glad to hear that fun was had last night (Jose's fault, but in a good way) and that Katrina left our Florida friends alone.
Media report, amended: On my way home yesterday, I started listening to the audio version of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Love that Jim Dale!
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Good morning!
What a long morning it has been here so far. First, I woke up much earlier than I expected to. Second, I read the entire newspaper, another chapter in the Schlesinger biography, and then an entire issue of WIDESCREEN REVIEW. And I've been on the internet for thirty minutes answering e-mails and going to a couple of sites I go to first on Saturday.
And it's still just 9:30! Wow!
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I think I was talking about a controversial movie last night - MULHOLLAND DR. I think Naomi Watts got robbed of an Oscar nomination for this film. She was superb and handled every change that the script threw at her with surprising dexterity.
I will be revisitng the film again in a month or so to see how else about it I can fathom. It's a densely packed film.
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The staging of both parts of ANGELS IN AMERICA here by Charlotte Rep brought down the wrath of the County Commissioners who pulled all funds from the Arts and Science Council for staging this affront to moral decency.
Naturally, all the controversy this generated caused the plays' entire month long run to be sold out, and I loved both plays and the fighting spirit of arts organizations around town showed in light of the blatant bigotry the Commission was espousing. Fund raising for the next season hit an all-time high to make up for the funds pulled by the County Commissioners. And I got to meet Tony Kuschner who attended an opening night party and the premiere of MILLENIUM APPROACHES.
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I have three Norma Shearer classics on the DVR along with TWO WOMEN and ROBERTA and last night's MONK.
So many movies, not enough hours in the day!
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And we have another cool morning here though the daytime temperatures are going to rise into the mid-to-high 80s today. And no rain in sight until Monday.
The forecast has been revised and now Hurricane Katrina is supposedly going to go to the west of NC so we should miss the heaviest concentration of her fury.
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All alone, I'm so all alone. . . .
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Yes, I had two margaritas last night here myself. They can be addicting.
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I never saw THE KILLING OF SISTER GEORGE on stage (I understand it was a visceral experience on the stage), but I did see that first DVD release of it. The acting was exemplary, but I'm not sure I'd be interested in seeing it again any time soon.
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And I do wish whoever owns the rights to the film of THE BOYS IN THE BAND would release it to DVD. I have it on VHS, but I'd rather have a better transfer, better sound (no tape hiss), and the entire image.
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Ah, still going my way, by myself.
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And I'm in for a quick visit then back to work.
I do remember controversy surrounding Boys in the Band, especially when it was revived by a Gay theatre company in Minneapolis in the late 70s. "Why are you doing this play?" they asked. Unfortunately, it wasn't a very good production but in spite of all the flaws, I do like the play and the movie. I always wanted to play Donald. He doesn't do much in the main section but those opening and closing scenes with Michael are great.
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The 1970's revival of WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF certainly caused a lot of controversy at the Yeshivah of Flatbush High School. One of the boys (I'll call him Keith because that was his name), whose parents had taken him to see the play, took to using one of the expressions for a part of the female anatomy in normal conversation as a result of seeing the play. One of the young women, at whom he addressed this expression repeatedly, finally had her mother call Keith's mother to ask her to tell him to stop. Keith pretended to be clueless as to why it was Ok to use an expression like that (I'll clean it up as "angel boobs" for purposes of this posting) on a Broadway stage but not at school, but complied when ordered to do so by his mother. These days, the girl would have gotten the school involved, but the girl was embarrassed to discuss it with the school's authorities, apparently.
SPOILER RE THE FILM ODE TO BILLY JOE
Controversy also ensued at Yeshivah of Flatbush over, of all things, the movie ODE TO BILLY JOE. There was much dissatisfaction from some limited but vocal circles about the reason the movie gave for Billy Joe McAllister jumping off the Tallahatchee Bridge - namely, that he was gay. Even as teenagers, some of us thought this was a terrible message to send in a movie marketed toward a youngish audience. But this controversy seemed to be limited to our school.
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I'm up, I'm up, and awaiting the arrival of Mr. Nick Redman, as she of the Evil Eye is here and may cast her gaze my way at any moment.
As I've said here, Naomi Watts' performance in Mulholland Drive is one of the five greatest in the last two decades.
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Ginny, you must tell Dino (at the piano) that he is legendary and invoked almost daily right here at haineshisway.com.
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BK,
Sorry I was E and T yesterday and didn't comment on the book issue. I would report it to the State Attorney General where he is. It isn't about having damages to sue, it's about comsumer fraud and if he is prosecuted you would receive restitution.
Internet sales are federal offenses investigated by the Postal Inspectors, but the AG would most likely do a referral if that is appropriate.
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I shall now be on my way to the celebrity show. More when I return. Keep the home fries burning.
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Ginny, you must tell Dino (at the piano) that he is legendary and invoked almost daily right here at haineshisway.com.
But that means I'd actually have to GO to the concert :P
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TOD: The Cook, The Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover and Madonna Truth or Dare.
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Good Morning! Good Afternoon!
:)
After sleeping in a bit this morning, I was treated to a brunch made by one of my roommates. Faith was really in the mood for pancakes, so she made pancakes - from scratch! - for everyone. Plus some turkey bacon. Quite good, and it was nice spending some time with the people I'm currently living with.
I just finished washing the dishes, and now I'm just trying to remember what I'm supposed to do today... If there's anything to be done...
;)
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And a big Thank You to all the DRs who were able to join me last night at La Cocina, and another thank you to those of you who were there in spirit. Nothing like celebrating one's birthday among friends and/or in the thoughts of friends.
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And another Thank You to DR elmore for letting me tag along to The Golden Apple rehearsals. Yesterday was such a thrill. That music. Those lyrics. The singers. The orchestra. Musical theatre heaven.
It was a great pleasure meeting some of the cast members: Nancy Opel, Ken Jennings, Ann Crumb, etc. And I have to say that Howard McGillin still makes me swoon.
...It truly was a wonderful part of my birthday week.
:)
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Hmmm... Cutting Edge Plays:
Basically anything by Joe Orton. -In their original, unedited, uncensored versions.
And I guess that for it's time, Osborne's Look Back In Anger would have been considered a bit controversial.
Assassins
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The ponds were dried up, so few birds were around.
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Hmmm...
3:11 here on the east coast, and we're still on Page Two?!?!?!
I can hear the hum of the bitch-slapping machine warming up.
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Hi, Jose - What's next on your professional agenda?
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Hi, Jose - What's next on your professional agenda?
Funny you should ask... I'm meeting with a producer later this afternoon to discuss a project. Unfortunately, unless they say some "magic words", I'm gonna have to turn it down. It was great to be recommended for it by a couple of people, but it would basically be fiscally irresponsible for me to take it right now, if you get my drift. Yes, it would be a great project to work on, and there's a level of exposure involved, but I would end up taking myself out of circulation for the next five weeks or so. I would only be available one day a week for freelance work if I took the gig. And, frankly, what I could make in one day of freelancing, I would be making for the whole five weeks. So...
I also think I'm not the right fit for the piece. Or vice versa. Again, we'll talk for a bit, and we'll see what happens, but I'm pretty sure I'll be turning it down. Ah, well...
Otherwise, I have a few more audition days lined up, as well as the Fall SETC auditions in Charlotte in two weeks. *Oh, must remember to book my flight! I'll be pounding the pavement a bit more next week, just getting my face in front of people again. "Yes, I'm really in New York City now."
I head back down to DC for Damn Yankees at Arena Stage starting November 8, and that will take me through till February 5. And the spring is "bubbling" right now. A couple of very nice options to consider right now. Nice to have the options.
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OK... Time to get ready to head out.
Laters...
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BIG BROTHER SPOILER LIVE FEEDS RANT.
Well April nominated janelle and howie a couple of days ago, and today was the veto. Ape and Maggot approached Howie/Janelle about not having James play veto for them, so they could backdoor him. April and Maggie were clear that if they did allow james to play, then they would come after them.
Anyhow howie/janelle agreed to the deal and did not have james play for them. April won the veto, and now apparently her and maggie and beau and ivette are deciding what they should do. It does look like maggie is telling ape to use the veto and to nominate james. But it is slightly crazy to me that they are even having this discussion. They made a deal with howie and janelle and told them to "trust them". And even though they are liars (maggot and yappy), howie and janelle had to trust them because they knew how much they wanted james out. I find it crazy that these two cannot keep their word. I mean they are most likely going to keep their word in the end. But really they should not need to discuss and re-discuss this, since they already gave their word to howie/janelle.
Btw, janelle won something (a trip) and had a veto necklace around her neck. So they were reporting she won. :( So for a few minutes i was very happy.
I suppose it would have been quite interesting if ivette had won POV. I wonder if she would have broken off from the other maggots, to secure her, beau and james a spot in the F3.
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I head back down to DC for Damn Yankees at Arena Stage starting November 8, and that will take me through till February 5. And the spring is "bubbling" right now. A couple of very nice options to consider right now. Nice to have the options.
If we get this grant I've been working on, I might get to go to Washington in December. That's a big IF and a big MIGHT, but it would be fun to see Damn Yankees - I've never been to Arena Stage.
Best wishes for making the right decision on the other thing.
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My goodness! Two movies and three WILL & GRACE episodes down, a one hour nap taken, and it's still not 5 p.m. yet.
Long day.
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I started this afternoon with Norma Shearer's Oscar-winning performance in THE DIVORCEE. I had not seen this entire movie before though I had seen the last hour or so of it. The first thirty minutes contained some surprising plot points.
Amazing that Robert Montgomery was in this film and he wasn't one of the two main suitors after Norma's hand. He certainly became an audience favorite very quickly.
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After THE DIVORCEE, I thought I'd try stars other than Norma Shearer so I picked ROBERTA. Like FLYING DOWN TO RIO, this is rather a Fred and Ginger movie kind of by accident. They do a couple of dances here, but they aren't really the primary couple of the film. Irene Dunne and Randolph Scott become the primary couple of the show.
Did the Broadway version of ROBERTA contain a fashion show like both movie versions did?
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Let me get this straight - fifty-four posts??? This will NOT do, oh, no, this will not do. We will not be having lazy hainsies/kimlets sitting on their butt cheeks, we will not be having errant and truant behavior, and we WILL be bitch-slapping those who are from here to eternity and hell and back. Now is not a time for slacking - I haven't mentioned it yet, but we've been having one of our best months, and considering that last August was our fifth WORST month ever, that is extraordinary. So, let's not drag it all down into the abyss in the last few days of August. Also, amazingly, we are well on our way to our newest plateau - 140,000 posts, which we've done in record time. So, up and at 'em, you lazy loafers. Post like the wind. Post like a gazelle doing ninety miles per hour on a tricycle.
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I still have two Norma Shearer movies left on the DVR: THE BARRETTS OF WIMPOLE STREET and ROMEO AND JULIET along with Sophia Loren in TWO WOMEN.
I think I'm going to save them for tomorrow and instead put in THE PERFECT STORM tonight. That will make a REAL change of pace from these black and white films in 1.37:1 ratio. I'm looking forward to something with widescreen and BIG surround sound.
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My goodness, bk, I'm trying; I'm trying!! ;D
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The Mickey Sinardi Celebrity Show was, as it was last time, pretty much a bust, although there were at least double the number of attendees. Given the fact that last time there were a total of about twenty attendees, that just doesn't cut the mustard or even the ketchup. Nick, Pogue, and I roamed around the room, but it was mostly dreary beyond repair. June Lockhart was there, along with Jon Provost, and two descendents of Lassie. Chris Atkins was there, coming on to anything that had breasts and a thong. We talked to Gregory Walcott and I even bought his book. We talked to Ron Harper, who was very nice, and we had a nice chat with Yvette Vickers. Margaret O'Brien was there, but Robert Horton was a no-show. And Pogue and I spent a few minutes with Mr. Jonathan Winters, who asked where Pogue was from and then proceeded to do a five-minute routine in a Kentucky accent, that had us on the floor.
Here is a photograph of Mr. Nick Redman and Mr. Charles Pogue, taken at the actual Mickey Sinardi Celebrity Show.
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In the above photo, if you look just to the left and below Nick's ear you will see the back of Tommy Sands' head.
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We had a lovelier than lovely lunch at the restaurant in the Garland hotel. Much dirt was dished and we laughed and laughed until we thought we could laugh no more, and then we laughed again.
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I did pick up DVDs of Kiss Me, Kate with our very own Brent Barrett, and Mr. Bert I. Gordon's The Magic Sword.
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Back from The Mickey Sinardi' Star Show Spectacular (I don't think it's alliterative enough, Mickey, you should consider changing your name to Sammy) and was it ever a dud. But BK, Nick, and I had a good time anyway, making fun of everything and everyone... including the three really tacky and bad transvestites sitting behind us at lunch. Blatantly obvious and they had all chosen more or less the same blonde helmet-hair wig.
While Nick was chatting away to someone, I engaged Johnathan Winters as a fellow Ohioan (Winters was in his Reds baseball cap and still carries his lucky buckeye in his pocket) and he did a rude, raucous, and really raunchy improv for us of a hick Kentuckian coming to the big city of Cincinnati for a visit.
Needless to say, we laughed and laughed until we thought we could laugh no more...and then we laughed some more...
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Oh, and the new special edition of The Jerk, a film I don't even care about it. I had to buy it because I could not believe the gall of Universal Home Video STEALING the packaging joke from The First Nudie Musical DVD (released THREE YEARS AGO) - saying it's a 26th Anniversary Edition. Can't these stupid cretins think of their own jokes? Pathetic. Flattering, but pathetic.
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And I missed by moments an early copy of the new Special Edition of Mr. Pogue's The Fly - he appears in the supplements. I gave the woman at the DVD place a very hard time about this and she promised the next copy in would be mine all mine.
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While Nick was chatting away to someone, I engaged Johnathan Winters as a fellow Ohioan (Winters was in his Reds baseball cap and still carries his lucky buckeye in his pocket) and he did a rude, raucous, and really raunchy improv for us of a hick Kentuckian coming to the big city of Cincinnati for a visit.
Now, that's something I'd like to have seen! Jonathan Winters is a long-time favorite of mine.
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Thus far, we have only had one trivia guess (a correct one) so I guess I have outwitted and outsmarted all you oh-so-smart trivia contest players. And if THAT'S not throwing down the gauntlet, I don't know what is. And isn't throwing down the gauntlet better than throwing UP the gauntlet?
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I enjoyed that KISS ME KATE except when the director cuts from Michael Barresse's sensational "Bianca" at one of the most acrobatic moments of the choreography in order to get a reaction shot of the (uninteresting) actress playing Lois. Ruined the entire number for me.
Thankfully, I had seen the show in NYC, so at least I had the HUGE thrill of that number live to savor in my memory forever.
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Have to jump off-line here since a friend is dropping by after work for a drink. Will be back later.
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I guess I cleared the place out in record time! :D
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Breakfast time Sunday here in the merry land of OZ. So little to read!! I suallyy try and catch up on the posts pre Breakfast.
Today has a hint of Spring in the air.
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What to post?
Favourite Tommy Sands songs:
A Young Man's Fancy
I'll Be Seeing You
Bigger Than Texas
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Mr Sands still undertakes tours here in OZ.
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Mr Pitney is also a frequent and popular visitor to Melbourne.
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Of course we still have tours but "The Platters"and "The Drifters" but who really cares. I've never understood why people would go and see a group touring on a "Name" only.
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I shall now leave the posing to the Father and Son of the NW as I break my fast.
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Thanks to BK and his nifty Electronic Hat, I am now the ever so happy owner of the new Guy Haines CD! I look forward to listening to it shortly.
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I actually enjoy The Jerk, regardless of what anniversary it may be.
"I was born a poor black child..."
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Thanks to BK and his nifty Electronic Hat, I am now the ever so happy owner of the new Guy Haines CD! I look forward to listening to it shortly.
Believe me, my son, once you start listening to the new Guy Haines CD, you will not want to listen to it shortly. Instead you will want to listen to longly, so that you can savor every phrase, every note, and every word.
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Mr Pitney is also a frequent and popular visitor to Melbourne.
I am sure that I will be able to live out my life without ever seeing Tommy Sands in concert. However, I would love to sit and listen to Mr. Pitney in concert sing each and every one of his wonderful hit songs.
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Has Mr. Oz already finished his breakfast?
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Well I have finished my toast and tea now DR TCBand55Spiano.
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Thus far, we have only had one trivia guess (a correct one) so I guess I have outwitted and outsmarted all you oh-so-smart trivia contest players. And if THAT'S not throwing down the gauntlet, I don't know what is. And isn't throwing down the gauntlet better than throwing UP the gauntlet?
Outwitted and outsmarted? I think not! The trivia gods are smiling on me lately, as I again stumbled across the correct path immediately, putting all the pieces together in rather short order. Keep 'em coming like this, Bruce!
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Hello all, I've been in something of a funk today. I let myself be talked into going to a Tommy Bolin memorial concert last night. I didn't listen to him in the 70s when he was alive, so I'm not sure why I thought I would want to listen to tributes to him now, but I went.
It started with blues, which I do enjoy but then shifted to a heavy metal band. AHHHHHH!!! I have never liked heavy metal and I know I don't now. All that screaming! I guess they were singing a song called "Bang Your Head" and I kept thinking they were singing "Burn Your Hair" Now I could not figure out why on earth they would be telling people to burn their hair.
We took a break and went to a bar that was playing really loud techno. Not a lot of relief for the ears and the head. I ended up drinking more heavily than usual and heading home earlier than the rest of the people I went with.
Yikes! That's the last time I get talked into that. I've been recovering all day today. Time to go find some food and have a quiet evening.
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I'm quite logey from lunch. I'm also quite lunch from logey.
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I'm off to find some dinner. Haven't eaten since breakfast...I think it's time. As Jose would say....laters....
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TOD
The thing with so many of the controversial films I have seen over the years, is that no matter how wonderfully acted they may have been, or how well done the films themselves may be; I generally have no desire to sit through the experience more than once.
Two films that come to mind are THE KILLING OF SISTER GEORGE and MIDNIGHT COWBOY. Both are beautifully made films, but I would rather have a root canal than sit though either one of them a second time.
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I have a complaint, something that DR Rodzinsky might be able to forward.
The Playbill OnLine Week in Review column (http://www.playbill.com/news/article/94755.html) deals with Mr. August Wilson's health problems. What I find complainable is the following, the final paragraph in the piece:
He also proved that there was still room in our theatre for that antiquated figure of decades past: the serious writer. Wilson kept himself above and apart from the more commercial, vulgar aspects of the profession. He concentrated on the writing, not the business. He did not court the press. He ate at the Edison Cafe, not Joe Allen's. He wrote for the theatre, but seemingly was not of it. (He, in fact, lived as far away from the heart of it—New York—as he could: Seattle.) His eye was on the canon, not the season. He offered authenticity, and demanded respect. He got it.
Why, oh why has this been written in the past tense? Mr. Wilson has not yet died. To write "He lived as far away..." leaves a sour taste in my mouth. Bleh.
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BK and Charles Pogue: Did you see Mr. John Saxon at the Beverly Garland????
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MBarnum, we did indeed see John Saxon there and commented on how fit and good he looked...especially compared to so many others.
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Comme le disait mon grand-père, si judicieusement:
Ce n'est pas parce qu'on n'a rien à dire qu'on doit la fermer!
"C'est ben vrai çà!" (Oh, une allusion à Lena Horne!)
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Ain't it the truth mon ami.
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I KNEW someone would agree with me! Ah!
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Boy! That Samsung Mobile sweatshirt sure is blue!
Song sung blue
Everybody knows one!
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Boy! That Samsung Mobile sweatshirt sure is blue!
Song sung blue
Everybody knows one!
A Mozart Piano Concerto #21 Reference
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Mrs. Pearce, you're a woman.
Why can't a woman
be more like a man
Men are so decent
Such regular chaps
Ready to help you
through any mishaps
Ready to buck you up
whenever you are glum
Why can't a woman be a chum
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The Bishop is here, madam.
Shall I show him
into the garden?
The Bishop and the Professor?
Good heavens, no.
I shall be excommunicated.
I'll see him in the library.
Eliza, if my son
starts breaking up things,
I give you full permission
to have him evicted.
Henry, dear, I suggest you
stick to two subjects:
the weather and your health.
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"the heather and your wealth."
would have been ridiculous of course! ;-)
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Cuando calienta el sol aquí en la playa,
siento tu cuerpo vibrar cerca de mi;
es tu palpitar, es tu cara, es tu pelo
son tus besos, me estremezco, oh oh oh!
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Perhaps if the Bishop were to have been Scottish!
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A Mozart Piano Concerto #21 Reference
Hummm
I only know the Jose Piano Concerto #21!
Sorry!
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Perhaps if the Bishop were to have been Scottish!
Splendid! Splendid!
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Sounds as if we have been invaded by The Ray Charles Singers
What next? Al di la
Oh. A Eurovison reference. (Betty Curtis)
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Hummm
I only know the Jose Piano Concerto #21!
Sorry!
Perhaps Jose knows Elvira.
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In France, every Frenchman
knows his language
from "A" to "zed"
The French don't care
what they do, actually, as long
as they pronounce it properly.
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"In America they haven't used it for years"
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It's rather dull in town
I think I'll take me to Paris
(Oops! Sorry!
I'm already there!)
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For me, controversial plays are different, in that I can see them again and again. Each new director, each new actor, in fact each overall production is different enough that it can touch me over and over again, but in different ways.
VIRGINIA WOOLF was certainly controversial the first few times that I saw it; but, to me, the play is so rich, that each production that I saw brought out different facets of the play that I hadn't noticed before.
As an actor, the most memorable experience I had with a controversial play was when I did SIX DEGREES OF SEPARATION in Tacoma. It always amazes me that people in Tacoma will drive thirty miles to Seattle and see a play and never bat an eye at the language or theme; but produce the same show in Tacoma and these same theatergoers are horrified. Every night, we as a cast would wait for one particular monologue in the show, where this character says that he was f^&**d by Paul. Without fail, people would storm out of the theater, often using profanities at us for using profanities on stage.
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Can the brightest roach
Shield me from repbrooch?
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Cachez ce sein que je ne saurais voir!
(Molière)
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Sorry TCB!
My English is not that good and I have no idea what has happened to that character!
f^&**d ?????
What does that mean????? ;- )
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"In America they haven't used it for years"
That's what I've heard!
Even Lance Armstrong says so!
So.....
;)
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Sorry TCB!
My English is not that good and I have no idea what has happened to that character!
f^&**d ?????
What does that mean????? ;- )
François, you have a private message.
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UN massage pour MOI!!
Ou est-ce la main du masseur,
ou la main de ma soeur?
Merci buckets!
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Ooooh!
FOOLED by Paul!!!
I wonder why I didn't get it the first time!
(I didn't get it, but he sure did! Oooh!)
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Best looking two people at the show - John Saxon and Miss Beverly Garland.
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Now, that's something I'd like to have seen! Jonathan Winters is a long-time favorite of mine.
And of Keith's.
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You have a nun giving you a massage François - unseemly.
OK - my French needs work.
I know your sister has not kicked the bucket.
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Best looking two people at the show - John Saxon and Miss Beverly Garland.
Please tell me they weren't a couple.
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Pogue the expression on your face is great, even if you look a bit pained. I’m sure you were only reacting to Bruce, once again, taking a photo of you.
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Cillaliz I suppose banging your head might be better than burning your hair ;D, depends on how hard one hits their head. I once banged my head so hard I had a concussion. :o
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I'm listening to Ike and Tina. They're rollin' on a river, and they're doing it nice and rough. An example of a perfect rendition of a song...Tina's vocals are HOT, HOT, HOT and so is the arrangement (can't beat those horns). And one cannot separate the song from the visual of her dancing and shimmying all over the place. Iconic, I say.
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You have a nun giving you a massage François - unseemly.
OK - my French needs work.
I know your sister has not kicked the bucket.
Oh, we won't talk about this soeur! Oh, no!
(Soeur as in "nun" would be "bonne soeur" in French (Yep!) as not to make the confusion with "sister"! If it's followed by a name, Soeur Sourire, it becomes more explicit.
But since, years ago, nuns were nurses too here, a Soeur could have given massages and messages from God as well!
Class dismissed!)
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Please, Soeur?
I want some more!
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Jason!
Some of us are still waiting to know how the pizza story ends!!
Must have been a Mystic Pizza, my guess!
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Please no "Dominique".
A Kritzerland reference.
Never truffle with a Belgian.
Fool glorious fool.
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Some of us are still waiting to know how the pizza story ends
Almost a Ronnie Milsap reference. (Not that there would be any fans at HHW. They're all too proud like Jason's friend Mary)
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Francois:
La pizza n'est jamais arrivée. J'ai annulé l'ordre. :(
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Francois:
La pizza n'est jamais arrivée. J'ai annulé l'ordre. :(
Oy ve!!
(order: commande)
You "owe" me a pizza! :D
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Almost a Ronnie Milsap reference. (Not that there would be any fans at HHW. They're all too proud like Jason's friend Mary)
Only fans of Ronnie Bitchslap here!
(Sorry TCB!)
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Hehe...blame the online translator for my poor choice of vocabulary!
(Le traducteur est fautif!)
or is it
(Le traducteur electronique droit blame)?
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Cillaliz I suppose banging your head might be better than burning your hair ;D, depends on how hard one hits their head. I once banged my head so hard I had a concussion. :o
If I had to... bang something, it would be Chitty!
And twice! :o
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Hehe...blame the online translator for my poor choice of vocabulary!
(Le traducteur est fautif!)
or is it
(Le traducteur electronique droit blame)?
Jason remember!
We only blame... Jose here at HHW!
Well, yes, order can be "ordre" but, depending on the context, also "commande" like in English!
I command you to blame Jose!
It is an order! ;D
See! Si, si!
C'est si bon!
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Der Brucer is watching a movie on the Sci-Fi Channel, called Pterodactyl. It's about a group of college students, on a field trip, who encounter one of them there flying reptiles.
Ever notice how coeds in movies are always really pretty, and take their clothes off at the slightest provocation?
I mean, I wasn't really looking when I was in college, but I never noticed that kind of behavior in real life.
I think this means, if you want to meet up with coeds who are really pretty and take their clothes off at the slightest provocation, you should study cinematography.
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After listening to two - count 'em, TWO - iconic recordings by Tina Turner ("Proud Mary" and "River Deep, Mountain High"), I wonder if we have ever or will ever have a TOD about songs that we feel would be disserviced by a cover or remake. I know how we all feel about remakes of perfect movies (the "Psycho" remake, for instance), so what about iconic recordings of songs? I, for one, feel that Tina's "Proud Mary" is ten times better than CCR's version, and I've heard several versions of "River Deep, Mountain High" and none compare to Ike and Tina's.
What do you guys think? Sound like a viable TOD?
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Jason remember!
We only blame... Jose here at HHW!
Well, yes, order can be "ordre" but, depending on the context, also "commande" like in English!
I command you to blame Jose!
It is an order! ;D
See! Si, si!
C'est si bon!
Merci pour l'aide. Il est été de 10 ans puisque j'ai étudié le français. Aidez-moi, s'il vous plait!
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Der Brucer is watching a movie on the Sci-Fi Channel, called Pterodactyl. It's about a group of college students, on a field trip, who encounter one of them there flying reptiles.
Ever notice how coeds in movies are always really pretty, and take their clothes off at the slightest provocation?
I mean, I wasn't really looking when I was in college, but I never noticed that kind of behavior in real life.
I think this means, if you want to meet up with coeds who are really pretty and take their clothes off at the slightest provocation, you should study cinematography.
Movies and "real life" are two different entities
BUT
I'm pretty and I do take off my clothes at the slightest provocation!`
Oh yes, I DO!! ;D
That's the PteroTactyl in me! ;)
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Even thought I'm still logey, I suppose I shall be on my way to see a screening of the reconstructed Major Dundee. Keep the home fries burning until my returning.
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Hmmm, I'm toying with the idea of Match.com again. I haven't dated in a long time and am thinking it wouldn't be all bad to try it again. I met a couple people on Match.com a few years ago and wasn't real impressed, but the bar scene here just doesn't do it for me....
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I'm hoping the people who have signed up for it have improved! I did notice a couple people who are still there 3 years later....
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After listening to two - count 'em, TWO - iconic recordings by Tina Turner ("Proud Mary" and "River Deep, Mountain High"), I wonder if we have ever or will ever have a TOD about songs that we feel would be disserviced by a cover or remake. I know how we all feel about remakes of perfect movies (the "Psycho" remake, for instance), so what about iconic recordings of songs? I, for one, feel that Tina's "Proud Mary" is ten times better than CCR's version, and I've heard several versions of "River Deep, Mountain High" and none compare to Ike and Tina's.
What do you guys think? Sound like a viable TOD?
Reminds me of how I felt about Donny Osmond's versions of
"Puppy Love", "Go Away little Girl". "Too Young", "Why", "Young Love" "Twelfth Of Never", "Are You Lonesome Tonight" and "When I Fall In Love".
The same of Midler's "Wind Beneath My Wings" and "In My Life".
and Whitney's "Greatest Love Of All".
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You're obviously an Osmond fan. Perhaps we should call you TomovOsmond instead! ;-)
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My pal Jared and I have just made plans to visit the Bronx Zoo next Saturday. I'm very excited - I love the zoo. They have a newish Tiger exhibit that I've yet to see and their Congo Gorilla Forest sounds quite exciting. And it's also time for the Butterfly Garden, which is lovely.
The weather is supposed to be gorgeous (81 degrees and sunny), but if it's raining we're going to visit the Met Museum instead. Either way, a good time.
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I actually quite liked Donny's Broadway CD of a few years back. His pop stuff was just awash with sentimental schlock. Dreadful recordings. The originals were way way better.
I prefered the Jackson Five to the Osmonds by far.
I don't detest the Midler and Houston recordings but the earlier recordings by others were better.
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Movies and "real life" are two different entities
BUT
I'm pretty and I do take off my clothes at the slightest provocation!`
Oh yes, I DO!! ;D
That's the PteroTactyl in me! ;)
So, you're telling us you look like a lizard? :o :o :o
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I remember a debate on London radio in 1973 as to who had the worst recordings - David Cassidy or Donny Osmond. Donny won very easily.
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Did you mean jewish tigers? Don't know the newish ones. I think we have Bengal Tigers at our zoo here.
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I wasn't aware that Whitney's "Greatest Love of All" was a cover. Who sang the original??
Any word on Olivia Newton-John's missing boyfriend?
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George Benson had a successful version in 1977. Whitney's was 1981.
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Nothing new on the ONJ boyfriend situation that I have heard of here in Oz.
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"Greatest Love Of All" was from the movie "The Greatest"
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MIDNIGHT COWBOY is a moving experience for me each time I see it. I can't say the same for THE KILLING OF SISTER GEORGE.
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Hmmm, I'm toying with the idea of Match.com again. I haven't dated in a long time and am thinking it wouldn't be all bad to try it again. I met a couple people on Match.com a few years ago and wasn't real impressed, but the bar scene here just doesn't do it for me....
Oh, I love match.com! That's the one with Gene Rayburn and Charles Nelson Reilly isn't it? Maybe they could get Brett Sommers and Richard Dawson to come back and do the show. But don't ask Elaine Joyce. She isn't nearly as funny since she married Neil Simon.
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Folks around here regularly storm out of the theater when SWEENEY TODD is performed. It always amazes me how horrified folks are by this material.
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Folks around here regularly storm out of the theater when SWEENEY TODD is performed. It always amazes me how horrified folks are by this material.
SWEENEY TODD? Why? The throat-slitting? The pie making? Certainly not the language.
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MONK's season finale was very entertaining and I did not guess the identity of the crime's instigator. But the humor was both terrific while the story itself (which also involved a backstory of Monk in junior high school) was bittersweet and endearing, something this show can do very well on occasion.
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SWEENEY TODD? Why? The throat-slitting? The pie making? Certainly not the language.
bull's eye! TWICE! "A Little Priest" which is supposed to bring down the house for a rousing Act I closer hits some folks as laughing at murder, I guess. That, and the first throat slitting, make many people leave at intermission. And if they come back, some leave later during the "Joanna" reprise.
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I then put in THE PERFECT STORM. Well, the DVD transfer is pretty perfect with stupdenous Dolby Digital EX sound and a sharp picture (maybe too sharp as some of the CGI used for the sea storm is a bit obvious).
I was tremendously moved when I saw this in the theater. I didn't know how it was going to turn out, and found the ending almost unbearably sad. Perhaps knowing ahead of time what was going to happen, I didn't experience the same emotions again.
I had forgotten the entire Cherry Jones-Karen Allen subplot and also the sequence when the Navy helicopter went down. With more than an hour left to run and George Clooney's ship already in the midst of the storm, I kept wondering how on earth the movie was going to run for another 70 minutes, but those two additional stories kept the action fast and furious,
Enjoyable, but I think tomorrow's DVD will have to be a bit more upbeat.
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I followed THE PERFECT STORM with two more WILL & GRACE episodes. I skipped over the entertaining Thanksgiving episode (where they each spend 20 minutes per family) so I could get to "Jingle Balls" that I talked about yesterday. And I admit that I played Larry Sullivan's scenes several times each. He is beyond precious. And during the show, he does some tremendous turn outs, splits, and stretches, so it makes me think he might have been at one time a real ballet dancer.
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Ladies and their sensitivities.
That, and squeemish hubbies. ::)
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bull's eye! TWICE! "A Little Priest" which is supposed to bring down the house for a rousing Act I closer hits some folks as laughing at murder, I guess. That, and the first throat slitting, make many people leave at intermission. And if they come back, some leave later during the "Joanna" reprise.
Wow! Sorry if I sounded stupid, but I guess I just never thought of it that way. Having seen the play version of SWEENEY TODD, which made me a little sick to my stomach; the musical with its soaring score and themes just seemed to take the story out of the realm of horror for me. I guess I am more jaded than I thought.
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If you get an audience who comes to a musical expecting something along the lines of OKLAHOMA or THE SOUND OF MUSIC, something like SWEENEY which has not only that blood and cannibalism but also a score that makes you ill at ease from the first blast of that factory whistle, you're going to get walkouts. As much as it pains me to admit it, audiences in my neck of the woods aren't always the most sophisticated of crowds.
(We had walkouts during LA CAGE, too, if you can believe it.)
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Did someone say John Saxon AND an extended version of THE FLY by DR CHARLES POGUE starring GEENA DAVIS and some guy?
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Grrrrrrrrr....for some reason I am reaching nothing but dead ends in my Trivia Contest searches. But I will keep up.
I have my lines learned for Act One, and I will start on Act Two tomorrow.
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June Lockhart, Jon Provost, Tommy Sands, Yvette Vickers, Beverly Campbell Garland Crank, John Saxon, AND Jonathan Winters??
How could it be dull? How could it NOT be a success? How could fun not be had?
Did Yvette put the bite on anybody for a job?
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DR GINNY perhaps you can stand outside the church and get a picture of DINO going in.....and maybe even his special piano as it is unloaded. Maybe he will bring the mirrored one!
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Just read that Mr Mel Welles aka Gravis Mushnik, passed away on Friday, August 19.
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I also read that about Mr. Mel Welles. Very sad to read it.
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OK, I think bedtime is upon me. I will sign off for now and return tomorrow.
Good night, all.
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DR JRand55, I am watching THUNDER ALLEY...is FIREBALL 5000 better?
I find that the more I see of Warren Berlinger, the more I like him!
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Actually, DRMBARNUM....it's the SAME movie almost. FIREBALL 500 has better songs AND Diane McBain so you might like it a bit better.
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I did pick up DVDs of Kiss Me, Kate with our very own Brent Barrett
I saw that actual production (but not actual performance) in London with the WSMA, Mr. Brent Barrett and Marin Mazzie. After the show, I got her autograph and picture but not his. :(
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Outwitted and outsmarted? I think not! The trivia gods are smiling on me lately, as I again stumbled across the correct path immediately, putting all the pieces together in rather short order. Keep 'em coming like this, Bruce!
Showoff. :P ;)
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Wow! I'm the only one here, that's unusual
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Cool beans, I've been on match.com one hour and already have someone emailing me who seems like an ok person so far.
At least my profile wasn't there for days with no response. That's always the scary thought.
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So, it looks like Katrina is making Waves and heading toward New Orleans. Doesn't look like they'll be Walking on Sunshine when she hits the shore
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George Benson had a successful version in 1977. Whitney's was 1981.
Gary Morris topped country charts with it in 1983, BUT. . .way back in 1980, Jane Olivor recorded it on her album THE BEST SIDE OF GOODBYE.
Was Benson's the version used for the film THE GREATEST?
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Cool beans, I've been on match.com one hour and already have someone emailing me who seems like an ok person so far.
At least my profile wasn't there for days with no response. That's always the scary thought.
Showoff. :( ;)
Actually, I have an ad on match.com also (don't ask which ::)). A woman that I work with has an ad on match.com (she talked me into placing my ad) and has met a few real losers...but she has met a couple of guys that are really nice. One guy actually moved in with her but then reality set in. He wasn't a jerk, but it just didn't work out. They moved in with each other (into her house) way too soon, so that was their fault. They didn't really allow enough time for them to get to know each other. Oh, well...live and learn.
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On Jason's proposed topic, I've actually enjoyed quite a few covers of songs more than the originals.
My favorite cover has got to be Naked Eyes' "Always Something There to Remind Me." But I was also nuts about Gloria Estefan's underrated take on "Turn the Beat Around." I wish I could figure out who did it, but there was a version of "Funkytown" that was done by an all-male band that I found preferable to the original as well. Sister Sledge's "My Guy" is also a personal favorite.
And I got a kick out of what David Lee Roth did with some standards in that they introduced them to a new generation.
And lest I be scorned further, I won't go into my admiration for all things Osmond and Cassidy, both David and Shaun. Except to admit that I still can't do a New Mexico tax return (and believe me, there are plenty of opportunities to do New Mexico tax returns) without thinking of the silly riff in the Partridge Family's "Point Me in the Direction of Albuquerque." And Donny Osmond's "Soldier of Love" and Shaun Cassidy's cover of "Da Doo Ron Ron" were major favorites when they came out. (Or were they major favorites of mine when I came out; wonder if that had anything to do with it? :) )
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Pseudo Echo DR FJL . An OZ band of course!
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The Benson version was from the film DR td.
The Olivor version is the BEST. But then I love her work. Don't think it was issued as a pop single though.
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And of course just for TCB Jane recorded a duet with Mr Pitney.
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Back from Major Dundee, about which more later.
I've been on match.com at the goading of a friend. I never e-mailed anyone, but did get lot of people e-mailing me - went out with one or two, but didn't care for it.
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Showoff. :( ;)
Actually, I have an ad on match.com also (don't ask which ::)). A woman that I work with has an ad on match.com (she talked me into placing my ad) and has met a few real losers...but she has met a couple of guys that are really nice. One guy actually moved in with her but then reality set in. He wasn't a jerk, but it just didn't work out. They moved in with each other (into her house) way too soon, so that was their fault. They didn't really allow enough time for them to get to know each other. Oh, well...live and learn.
No, I'm not showing off. I was on Match.com a few years ago and did suffer through a number of days before anyone even winked at me. That wasn't too pleasant. I met a couple real losers last time, so I'm very well aware that they are out there.
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Thanks, DR Tomozov. I never knew the name of the group, just that I liked their sound. A commericlal based on the original "Funkytown" recording had been playing on CNN a lot, and I kept thinking how much I'd rather be listening to the cover version.
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Sweet bull o' the woods! A day of entertainments...
Went and saw 40 YEAR OLD VIRGIN on 34th street, where movies are still merely $9.50. How depressing the previews were for coming attractions, I must say. One film revolves almost entirely around workers at a Bennigan's-type place doing awful things to food before serving it. Then a bunch of other bad-looking things that I hope to never see.
As for the feature itself. Good laughs, kind of unique tone, alternating between sophomoric and heartfelt adult comedy. By "adult" I mean like the George Segal movies my folks used to go see on dates. It kinda went on about 20 minutes too long, but Steve Carrell's performance is quite good. Much preferable to his work on the office.
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DR Rodzinski, is that a thumbs up? I was thinking about going to the matinee tomorrow.
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Then the Punk and I wandered a bit, and went to Virgin MegaCrowd and bought us some DVDs, two of which we proceeded to watch, one of which was ALL THAT JAZZ, which we shall save.
THE BOATNIKS, directed by BK's former collaborator Norman Tokar (not to be confused with Norman Taurog or Norman Z. McLeod). There was every chance that the movie would fail my expectations, but it did not. For three reasons: Phil Silvers, Robert Morse and Stef Powers. Don't get me wrong, the movie is dumb. Too much of the mindless slapstick that was de rigeur in Disney films of that time. But Morse and Powers have a real chemistry in the few scenes where they can act together, and BK's pal Silvers does his thing well with some funny asides and obnoxious bravado.
Wally Cox has a small role that could really have been interesting in another studio's hands.
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Yes, Cillaliz, recommended, unless you have any issues at all with watching scenes of sexual discussions of extremely detailed nature.
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Oh my God, I keep looking at the time on these posts and forgetting how late it is here in New York. :)
Good night, all.
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Then we watched WET HOT AMERICAN SUMMER, which has among its outtakes a very brief reference to Frances Farmer, in case JRand and JMK did not know that already.
Crazy movie. Really fun and absurd.
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Yes, Cillaliz, recommended, unless you have any issues at all with watching scenes of sexual discussions of extremely detailed nature.
Moi? I don't think so ;)
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Good heavens, it is late. I need to get some sleep....night all
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In the above photo, if you look just to the left and below Nick's ear you will see the back of Tommy Sands' head.
Isn't this also a quote from Oliver Stone's JFK??
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Moi? I don't think so ;)
Good, what's your phone number? :o
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No, I'm not showing off. I was on Match.com a few years ago and did suffer through a number of days before anyone even winked at me. That wasn't too pleasant. I met a couple real losers last time, so I'm very well aware that they are out there.
About five and a half years ago, I placed an ad on love.com (it's very different now than what it was like back then) and I actually met one guy. We really hit it off and we dated for about three and a half years! The only real reason that we broke up was that he lives in Seattle and I live in Olympia and he didn't (and doesn't) have a car, so I would always have to be the one to drive up to Seattle and try and find (and sometimes pay for) parking. That was the only real hassle. We were very compatible and we've remained very good friends.
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No, I'm not showing off. I was on Match.com a few years ago and did suffer through a number of days before anyone even winked at me. That wasn't too pleasant. I met a couple real losers last time, so I'm very well aware that they are out there.
The only reason I said "showoff" was because I haven't gotten ANY response. :'(
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Yet. ::)
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Regarding August Wilson, I am in agreement with you, SWoody. That is a real gaffe.
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Jose, did you end up nixing the gig?
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Good Evening! Good Morning!
Back from a very nice night on the town. Very much an impromptu evening. -If that makes sense.
Now to read the rest of the posts...
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DR Rodzinski - I'll know tomorrow. The meeting sort of fell-thru earlier this afternoon - cell phone issues on both ends. So...
Are you and TPunk up for brunch in a couple of hours? Just call me or respond here. :)
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And now I'm reading/catching up...