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Well, you've read the notes, you know all about sally forth and veronica fifth and susan ninth, and now it is time for you to post until the cows come home - they're currently sallying forth somewhere east of Diamond Bar.
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And the word of the day is: TAUTOLOGY!
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Damn, damn, damn (that is three damns) - am amending the notes to reflect our birthday boy.
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Let me be the second (after BK in his Notes) to wish:
A VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO DR STUART!!
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Happy Birthday DR Stuart,
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Favourite DK movies:
The Court Jester
Hans Christian Anderson
White Christmas
Knock On Wood
(and despite its stupidity)
The Inspector General
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I have to admit that I've never seen "Hans Christian Andersen" but "The Court Jester" is wonderful!
As for Danny Kaye songs, I have the original cast recording with Gertrude Lawrence and the studio cast recording with Risë Stevens of Lady In the Dark. The original cast has, of course, Danny Kaye within the cast and the Risë Stevens recording has bonus tracks of Danny Kaye singing six songs from the show. "Tschaikowsky (and Other Russians)" is a wonderful song. I also really like his versions of "It's Never Too Late to Mendelssohn" and "My Ship" in the bonus tracks.
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I grew up loving the old Danny Kaye 78s - we had two or three albums, each with five or six 78rpm records inside. Things like Anatole of Paris, The Babbitt and the Bromide, and his tongue-twisters.
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Okay, I'm bailing...Wussburger time. Good night, all!
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I must say Ireally haven't seen all that many Danny Kaye movies...WHITE CHRISTMAS I guess is my favourite because I remember it the best. I have vague memories of THE FIVE PENNIES and COURT JESTER and liking them. I finally saw HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSON and enjoyed that. And didn't he make a musical remake of BALL OF FIRE with Virginia Mayo in the Babs Stanwyck part & him in the Gary Cooper part?
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Happy Birthday to Stuart!. I don't remember seeing him much on the weekends so he may not get our greetings until Monday.
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An another note (F#), last night MBarnum said:
Is it Ok to blame Jose for the horrible traffic on I-5 today!
Of course it is! In fact, you must! It's de rigueur :-)
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Good morning, all! So, one schedule ends, another takes over: I begin today with the cruise line entertainment scores and the Chicago Humanities Festival. I'm also waiting to hear from Steven Cole on GROSSINGER'S. My only constant is the BABES IN TOYLAND edition and the other shows at the recording office, where I'll be heading in arond 30 minutes.
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HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN (see it, DRGeorge, if only for Jerome Moross' beautiful orchestrations)
THE COURT JESTER
WHITE CHRISTMAS (DRJoey loves this film)
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Happy Birthday, Dear Reader Stuart!! Much cake!!
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It only took me 10 tries to get it right. Never thought a simply congrats would be so hard
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Never been a real big Danny Kaye fan. Have only seen two of his films over the years. Just happened that way.
Court Jester and the one where he fantasizes. Name escapes me at the moment.
But my father remembers seeing him in a series of short films that were made in NY. I am sure these probably are lost to the ages.
Also from what I have read about him now has colored my opinion on him. Which is unfortuante. It is something I can't get passed.
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I love Danny Kaye in most things I've seen him in. WHITE CHRISTMAS would have to be my favorite since I've seen it far more than any of his other work.
Second place would be HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN which I love for the score and that gorgeous Technicolor. I should pop the DVD of that into the player today. I'd love to see it again.
Third place would be THE COURT JESTER. Lots of fun, looks great on DVD, and any movie with Angela Lansbury is always a notch above what it would have been without her.
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There are still a few Kaye movies I haven't caught up with. I've never seen THE MAN FROM THE DINER'S CLUB though I remember it coming on TV a lot when I was in my teens. I'll see it one of these days.
I've also never seen one of his first films WONDER MAN. Again, one of these days it'll come around, and I'll be ready to see it.
The Goldwyn pictures from the 40s are usually pretty padded affairs I've discovered, though the Tecnicolor always looks great. But Goldwyn used any means possible to plop those Goldwyn Girls into a movie, and it usually brings the movie to a screaching halt for me.
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Happy Birthday Stuart!!!
I think I like HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN the best of the Danny Kaye movies.
Off to the organic market for a yummy breakfast of fresh organic stuff!
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I also got to see Danny Kaye in TWO BY TWO. He had the audience in the palm of his hand (though I'll admit I was far more fascinated by Walter Willison).
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Isn't it amazing that Danny Kaye was actually third choice for WHITE CHRISTMAS? It was supposed to reunite Bing Crosby with Fred Astaire after their last outing BLUE SKIES was such a smash. Then, when he couldn't do it, it was going to be Donald O'Connor. When he wasn't able to do it, then Danny Kaye stepped in. The dancing that Kaye does with the great Vera-Ellen in "The Best Things Happen While You're Dancing" was obviously more in Astaire's line than anything Kaye was famous for doing in movies, and yet, he handled it superbly.
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Here I was looking forward to a leisurely day around the house, and then I realized that I have got to mow the grass.
Curses! :P
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Today's TOD makes me realize how few Danny Kaye films I have seen....I can say that I love WHITE CHRISTMAS....but that is the only one of his films that comes to mind. I know that I have seen others but it has been sooooo many years ago....
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Happy, happy birthday DR Stuart!!!!
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I just read that the original KOLCHAK: THE NIGHT STALKER series is coming to DVD this year in one three disc set. That's great news for me so I can finally retire those ten bulky videotape boxes that I bought from Columbia House ten years ago. That will definitely free up some storage space.
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OK, off to get some chores done inside before I brave the heat outside the mow the grass.
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Happy Birthday to you Stuart!!!!!!!
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Good Morning!
So... What did I have last night... A Tanqueray & Tonic... A Cosmo... Some Sambuca... Hmmm...
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*However, someone else was buying, so... !!!
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DR STUART!!!!
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The BALL OF FIRE remake is called A SONG IS BORN and that is Kaye at his best. That and THE COURT JESTER are my faves.
The opening of JESTER, where he is multiplying, singing "They'll Never Outfox the Fox," that is a great sequence.
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If nobody elses is dancin'...
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I remember watching "Hans Christian Andersen" in grade school, since we sang a bunch of the songs in music class. -I always loved "Thumbelina", just such a great "energy" in the song. And one of my favorite lines - "When your heart is full of love, you're nine feet tall. (You're nine feet ta-aa-all.)"
I don't think I've ever watched "White Christmas" all the way through in one sitting, but I've seen it a bunch of times in snippets.
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Exclusive Danny Kaye story here at HHW. I had to interview the Seattle Mariners longtime team physician once, and he told me once that Kaye was one of the original owners of the Seattle Pilots team that came before the Mariners.
Once, while the doc was in the training room, Kaye shows up and tells him he bets he has better glutes than anyone on the team. He proceeds to lie down on his stomach on the training table and shout at the doc, "Feel my gluteus! Feel it!!!" What could the doc do but oblige one of the team owners?
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY STUART! HAVE A GREAT DAY!
Cillaliz the photo of BeeGee is great! I’m going to make sure Keith sees it. He thinks dogs are super cute when their tongues stick out like that.
MBarnum you must watch THE COURT JESTER.
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Last night, way late, TCM showed an odd little comedy called MAKE YOUR OWN BED with Jane Wyman and Jack Carson. The plot is quite possibly the most convoluted plot ever devised for a comedy. But the chemistry between Wyman and Carson was unbelievable! Staying as pretend servants at a mansion, they are expected to sleep in the same room but cannot because they aren't really married yet. But boy do they WANT to stay together. It was good to see Wyman look so sexy and frisky.
Funny exchange in the kitchen. Wyman is expected to cook a full meal, but has no clue how...
Carson: (holding stick-like object) What is this?
Wyman: That's the rhubarb pie.
Carson: Pies are supposed to be round.
Wyman: Well, all the rhubarb they gave me was long and thin.
Carson: How are people supposed to eat it?
Wyman: I don't know, they could cut slices off like a salami and stick 'em between two pieces of bread.
Later she says, "There's something wrong with the artichokes. I peeled them and there was nothing inside. Just a stem."
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I'm up, I'm up, which is more than I can say for AOL.
Of course, Bing had already done White Christmas with Fred Astaire - it was called Holiday Inn - White Christmas is its remake.
I got up early just to have some time before she of the Evil Eye arrives.
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Good Morning!
So... What did I have last night... A Tanqueray & Tonic... A Cosmo... Some Sambuca... Hmmm...
What? No Mahler?
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The Court Jester, as everyone here knows, is my favorite film from my childhood. For anyone who hasn't seen it, it's a must - one of the great comic films, and a cast to die for - Danny, Glynis Johns, Angela Lansbury, Mildred Natwick (as Griselda, she of the Evil Eye), Basil Rathbone, Cecil Parker - it doesn't get better.
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Happy Birthday DR STUART!!!!!
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I agree, BK, THE COURT JESTER is one of my all-time favorite films, too. The sword fights, the songs, the heart..... Wow! What a film. I have put off buying the DVD, because the video I saw was chopped to pieces. Is the DVD worth investing in?
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Where is a photo of BeeGee? Yesterday?
I think BK is giving us an easy week on the trivia, unless it just happens to be one of those rare ones where I knew right away what it was.
My favorite Danny Kaye was his tv show, because he was one of the first people to regularly feature Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66. In fact, Sergio did a whole series of guest spots on Kaye's show, which I remember fondly from my childhood.
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Yes, it's a rather easy trivia question - I didn't have a lot of time to do one of the really difficult ones.
The DVD of The Court Jester, while an early effort from Paramount, is widescreen, enhanced, with great color. If you're watching it on anything smaller than a 36inch TV you'll be very pleased. I'm hoping they'll redo it at some point, because they're so much better at transfering now and it would be a lot sharper. But, it's a very nice DVD and a must-have.
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Yes, it's a rather easy trivia question - I didn't have a lot of time to do one of the really difficult ones.
The DVD of The Court Jester, while an early effort from Paramount, is widescreen, enhanced, with great color. If you're watching it on anything smaller than a 36inch TV you'll be very pleased. I'm hoping they'll redo it at some point, because they're so much better at transfering now and it would be a lot sharper. But, it's a very nice DVD and a must-have.
In that case, I will have to buy it.
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I remember watching "Hans Christian Andersen" in grade school, since we sang a bunch of the songs in music class. -I always loved "Thumbelina", just such a great "energy" in the song. And one of my favorite lines - "When your heart is full of love, you're nine feet tall. (You're nine feet ta-aa-all.)"
We watched it too and sang the songs. I liked "Thumbelina", but "Inch Worm" was always my favorite - that was from HCA wasn't it?
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Where is a photo of BeeGee? Yesterday?
Yes, from both DR Jane and me
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Mornin'! First off, HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DR STUART!!!!
Second off, I'm in love with Berniece. She and I had a nice, long sleep last night. I even had several dreams - none of which I can remember now. Unfortunately, she keeps leaving a big red mark across the bridge of my nose which is most unseemly! In all seriousness, I will say that it is very bizarre to actually feel rested. My body isn't quite sure what's going on...
My roommate is driving me crazy. That's all I'm going to say about the matter.
I love "The Court Jester." I also enjoy "Hans Christian Andersen" and "White Christmas." Other than those, I don't know from Danny Kaye movies.
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DR Jason - A small, thin piece of gauze, and a little bit of moisturizer.
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Happiest of birthdays, DR Stuart!
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She of the Evil Eye is here, and I shall now be on my way. Keep the home fries burning until my returning.
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DR Jason - A small, thin piece of gauze, and a little bit of moisturizer.
Oooh, ooh, can I play? What were Norma Desmond's first two husbands?
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I learned so much new stuff about Danny Kaye a few weeks ago, with that Columbo trivia question. When we played trivia with a group that was here (using the HHW trivia question), someone was convinced that Danny Kaye had to be the one who had been in the beloved Christmas film. A wrong road, but learned a lot about Kaye.
My favorite Danny Kaye moment (in addition to his kibbitzing with Mrs. Miller on the old MERV GRIFFIN SHOW) is the joy of his singing "Wonderful Copenhagen" in HCA. Not sure why, but remembering that moment always makes me happy. When the play COPENHAGEN was playing, I would think of Kaye just about every time I heard the title.
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Indeed Cillaliz. Inchworm is from HCA. His voice is so nice on those songs.
BK, I can't recall (and am too lazy to look up) whether you won the cowl from that opening COURT JESTER number at auction or it got too expensive. But I wonder what happened to the cowls of the little people, the miniature Black Foxes in that number.
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Hmmm...
I'm guessing from the waves of "rumbling" every couple of minutes that there must be some sort of Harley-Davidson event going on today here - or at least through here.
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Oooh, ooh, can I play? What were Norma Desmond's first two husbands?
Score One for you!
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I'm thinking I should have brought my new air conditioner up with me from NYC...
Hmm...
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Well, since we're so close. Here's 58
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Welcome to Page 3 people. If you don't like it, you know who to blame ;-)
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The DVD of The Court Jester, while an early effort from Paramount, is widescreen, enhanced, with great color. If you're watching it on anything smaller than a 36inch TV you'll be very pleased. I'm hoping they'll redo it at some point, because they're so much better at transfering now and it would be a lot sharper. But, it's a very nice DVD and a must-have.
TOD - Here at work today (first Saturday since July 2). I just went up to the A-V department and checked out The Court Jester on DVD. I remember seeing The Man from the Diners Club in Ellsworth, Maine, while there on vacation with my parents.
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Welcome to Page 3 people. If you don't like it, you know who to blame ;-)
You rang?
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Well... I thought a bunch of us were going to get together to go to some "Maize Maze" today, but no one has called... Hmm... So... I think I'll make some phone calls and then head over to The Clark to check out the art.
...Or at least venture out of my room for a bit...
Laters...
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Well...technically, WHITE CHRISTMAS is not a remake of HOLIDAY INN...in fact, the only thing they have in common is the song White Christmas...entirely different plot and characters.
Of course, it has one of the worst songs ever written by Berlin. Some friends of mine constantly debate whether WHAT DO YOU DO WITH A GENERAL WHEN HE STOPS BEING A GENERAL? is worst than MR. MONOTONY. Come to think of it, WE'LL FOLLOW THE OLD MAN ain't so hot either.
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Just returned from an estates sale that was in a decrepit old house out in the countryside. Not much good stuff, but there was a nice
Waterfall dresser that I would like to get...but they were selling it as part of a bedroom set...not that anyone was buying (!) on this second day of the sale. I left my number in the event the decide to split the set.
I did pick up a cute red and green, metal 1930s garden wagon for $6 which will make a nifty looking planter for my back yard.
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I must now hie myself to the couch, potato style, and finish watching my Bollywood movie and/or nap.
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Happiest of Birthdays to
STUART!!!!!!!!!!!
Live Long and Prosper, Dude!
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Where is a photo of BeeGee? Yesterday?
On page 8 you will find two photos of BeeGee. :D
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We watched it too and sang the songs. I liked "Thumbelina", but "Inch Worm" was always my favorite - that was from HCA wasn't it?
I love "Inch Worm" and "Anywhere I Wonder" from HCA.
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Does anyone have a good Pesto recipe? I usually buy it, but everything is so fresh right now, I'd rather make it
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Well, I've delayed long enough....time to mow the lawn. At least it's cooler here today
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Does anyone have a good Pesto recipe? I usually buy it, but everything is so fresh right now, I'd rather make it
DS Betsy has several great recipes for pesto, including an amazing one that's really low-fat (believe it or don't) made from nuts. We have THE REALTOR here in a few minutes to appraise the house, but I'll try to get her to post it later today.
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Oooh, ooh, can I play? What were Norma Desmond's first two husbands?
;D ROTFLMAO!! ;D
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DR Jane, if you have a spare fridge, keep your flowers refrigerated overnight. It will help them last for quite a while.
Also, when they are starting to die, you can hang up them upside down and spray them with hairspray. Then you will soon have a lovely dried flower arrangement and you will be able to remember the bouquet for many years.
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Happy Birthday DR Stuart!
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Happy Birthday, DRSTUART.
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Well what a tough choice - BUT, for my favorite Danny Kaye film, I have to go with WHITE CHRISTMAS for three reasons:
The Best Things Happen While You're Dancing
Choreography
And Miss Vera-Ellen!
The Court Jester a very close second.
I will also add THE MAN FROM THE DINER'S CLUB just because it's so wacky. Black and white with some great support by Cara Williams (a long time favorite of mine) and a GREAT BIG computer!
Songs NOT from movies:
Danny does a wonderful version of Madame I Love Your Crepes Suzettes by Cole Porter....I only have it on a double Decca LP of his songs.
Trivia: (not as good as Rodzinski's) CBS couldn't decide whether to slot Judy Garland on Wednesday or Sunday.....James Aubrey who hated Garland gave her Sundays opposite BONANZA and Kaye ended up with Wednesdays after powerhouse shows like THE BEVERLY HILLBILLIES, GREEN ACRES, and DICK VAN DYKE, and ran for a few seasons. Garland lasted, barely, until spring.
Telegram from Aubrey to Garland: "We love you. You're great. You're through."
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Someone else is buying.
I like it!
That's my new philosophy! Someone else is buying!
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Off to sell tickets AND see PIPPIN from MY OWN SEASON TICKET seat!
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Good afternoon, fellow Dear Readers. Today I primed a stucco wall for painting. Now DR Sandra and I are off to see the tour of "Little Shop of Horrors," which I've never seen. I don't know from Danny Kaye.
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Jennifer thanks for the flower tips. The arrangement won't fit in the frig but the air conditioner is on.
DRLaura I suggest you watch a couple of Danny Kaye movies, at least "White Christmas" in December.
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Telegram from Aubrey to Garland: "We love you. You're great. You're through."
Hummmm... does the story says if Mr Aubrey's middle name was JERK?
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DRLaura I suggest you watch a couple of Danny Kaye movies, at least "White Christmas" in December.
... OR any other time of the year, air conditioned or not!! ;)
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A Danny Kaye remembrance:
"Strictly entre nous, I hate.... women!"
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DR Stuart,
Joyeux Anniversaire greetings from the HHW gang, past, present and future!
(I hope I'm not overdoing it!!)
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Jennifer thanks for the flower tips.
The tips?
What happened to the stems?? ???
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Ah, Sally Forth!!
Wasn't she a nice gal?
And didn't she appear in some Danny Kaye movie??
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Rodzinski - No, the cowl went way over the estimate - ridiculous.
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I have watched two DVDs already today. First off was HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN. This was the HBO pressing of the film (I think someone else has done it more recently - MGM perhaps). Anyway, it looked very good to me, very sharp. Mono sound wasn't the most robust, so I admit I did let the receiver repurpose the sound to send it through the surround speakers so it would be a bit more full bodied.
Kaye sings almost the entire score, and he's more than up to its demands. He's simply wonderful in all the numbers and so appealing to the child in us all. It's a lavish Goldwyn production, and it's nice to see Jeanmere's husband Roland Petit dance the Prince in "The Little Mermaid." But it's clear from his turns that he must have been a better choreographer than a dancer at least at this stage of his life.
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Page 4 dance!!!
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Nap taken....movie partially watched.
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I have read in other reference books about WHITE CHRISTMAS being a remake of HOLIDAY INN, but I've never gotten it, either. The stories are totally dissimilar and the scores couldn't be more different except for the title tune.
Perhaps the original intention was to remake it, and someone in charge thought better of it. I'm glad they did. I like both films, but I prefer WHITE CHRISTMAS.
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I meant to mention in talking about HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN that I wonder if Lionel Bart got the idea for the street vendor section of "Who Will Buy? in OLIVER! from the street scene in Copanhagen in HANS? It's very like Bart's beginning to the number.
I also gloried in the beauty of Farley Granger. He may not have been the greatest actor in the world, but he was one of the world's male beauties at that time. Funny when he was so much better looking than the leading lady. I guess Goldwyn must have hoped Jeanmere would catch on like Leslie Caron did, but, alas, star lightning didn't strike her.
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Next, I put in THE THIN MAN COMES HOME. The movie looks good, perhaps not quite as sharp and marvelously and deeply black and white as THE SHADOW OF THE THIN MAN, but it still looked very good. I noted just a bit of print damage.
I'm hoping the last one, SONG OF THE THIN MAN, looks the best of all. It's the newest, of course, and has always had a lustrous monochromatic look to it.
I will probably get to it tonight as there isn't anything on TV worth watching that I haven't already seen.
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Oops. Sorry, BIG BROTHER 6 fans! I meant network TV reruns, not the reality shows.
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I also found time to get the yard mowed despite the hot and very humid conditions. I was already hot and bothered since I hadn't gotten any packages in the mail.
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Off to see Phillip Officer tonight at the Royal Room of the Colony Hotel in Palm Beach. This place is so hoity toity that they make men wear dinner jackets. Luckily we don't have to wear ties because all I have are ones from the Warner Bros. Bugs Bunny and Friends Collection. I feel like I should shower and douche before I step foot in there.
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Happy birthday, DR Stuart!
This afternoon DG Ann and I will be headed across the state to celebrate my very own mother's 50th birthday. And yes, there will of course be cake... spice cake with penuche frosting, specifically. Yum!
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Reading all of the early reviews all over the web of various Astaire-Rogers films, I can't wait to get my hands on them this week. I made my own DVDs of FOLLOW THE FLEET, SWING TIME, and SHALL WE DANCE some months ago (tried for ROBERTA, too, but messed that one up), but to have the real things will be great! Haven't seen TOP HAT in ages.
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OK, back down now for more movies. Don't know quite what will be in store for tonight. I'll report later.
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For everyone sweltering on the east coast, think cool thoughts.
For instance, here in Oakland CA, at 2:55 p.m. today, the temperature is F 59 degrees!
Aaaahhhhhh..............
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For everyone sweltering on the east coast, think cool thoughts.
For instance, here in Oakland CA, at 2:55 p.m. today, the temperature is F 59 degrees!
Aaaahhhhhh..............
At 5:00 PM, it's 73 degrees in Sioux City! It's so nice to have the windows open
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Welcome to our newest registered user, Harry Schechter. Now we've got a character from each of my movies.
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Oh, I get it - it's the devious Michael Shayne having sport.
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At 6:30 pm New York time the temperature is a balmy 89 degrees and it's drizzling, which means it's terribly humid. I think the high today was 99F.
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BIG BROTHER LIVE FEED SPOILERS.
Okay let me say this. I hate jen with a passion.
Not only is she a liar. But now she may be going after Kaysar. I HATE HER! Hmmm, okay now i feel better.
She nominated rachel and janelle, but rachel got veto. So instead of nominating james like she said, she is considering NOMINATING KAYSAR. This sucks! I know that there has to be some lying involved. But this girl is driving me nuts. I mean she intentionally made a deal with kaysar knowing she was lying. Now to me that IS WRONG.
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BIG BROTHER LIVE FEED SPOILERS.
Okay let me say this. I hate jen with a passion.
Jen has said she's only in this to get to sequester, she isn't interested in winning the game. I also heard that she has a small movie role in something after this is over (or something like that - think that was on Canoe). I think she's stirring it up because that's the only way she'll get air time.
I almost wish I wasn't watching the live feed and reading Canoe. It's a different game, but it's much easier to see how BB is changing the game as it goes and how the people aren't all playing the game but have some silly notion that being on Big Brother will make them famous.
Jen even said to Kaysar at one point. " If I had been out of the house I know I would have been America's Favorite" Puh-leez.
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Just finished watching Truly Madly Deeply again - I've seen it a ton of times. I really love that movie.
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Well, I'm back and more than slightly tipsy from the margaritas! I met my friends Val, Tara, Tyleen and Tiffany from Barnes & Noble for some nachos and margaritas, and a festive time was had by all. Tara is leaving the store since she has financial aid and an assistantship in her school of nursing, and I will miss her enormously.
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Good Afternoon! Good Evening!
And what a lovely day I ended up having. I wasn't able to get in touch with any of the "team", so I headed out on my over to The Clark. What an amazing museum. Not too big, not too small; and some of their holdings had me in awe - and sometimes in tears too from the sheer beauty of them.
The Clark is in the middle of celebrating their 50th Anniversary. (The Institute was founded by one of the heirs to the Singer sewing machine fortune in 1955.) As part of the "celebration", they have come up with special placards that identify some of the works of art in the galleries. Besides giving the requisite information - artist name, country of original, dates, title, etc. - there is also a brief comment or two from various people - museum docents, members of The Clark, teachers, journalists, even children. Reading those remarks was such a joy. People were sharing the first time they saw the particular painting, why they loved it, what makes it "neat" to them, etc. A very ingenious way to personalize the collection.
After walking through the galleries, I decided to head outside and walk one of their hiking/walking trails that are on the grounds of The Clark. I started where a sign said "Trail Starts Here", but after a couple of feet I wasn't sure I was actually on the trail. There was no one else out walking when I was. And parts of trail just looked a little too "rustic" if you get my drift. But soon I noticed that they had marked the trees with small squares of white reflective material - they indicated that you were still on the trail - or where to go should you come to a fork. It was quite a nice hike, and I got a nice workout in the process. When the brochure said "hill", it meant "hill".
It took me about an hour to walk the loop - about a mile and half. And, yes, I did take pictures. So...
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The Clark is about a half mile walk from the Williams College campus. Once I had started making my way down South Street, I eventually came upon this:
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Is this a slow news day here at haineshisway.com?
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And since the museum is currently hosting a special exhibition of the works of Jean-Louis David entitled "Empire to Exile", the "following" was perched at the entrance driveway.
And what an exhibition! The focus is on the paintings from the later years of David's life which happens to include his portraits of Napoleon, Napoleon's family, friends, and court; paintings of classical and mythological subjects; and his paintings reflecting his political stance during the "Reign of Terror".
The Napoleonic portraits are stunners. However, some of the portraits commissioned by some of his other patrons are just as impressive.
And there's even a room devoted to some of his larger canvases - canvases too large to travel. Instead, they have some of the studies on display, and then a real-size enlargement of a section of the painting, a detail. I kept trying to find information on just how large some of those paintings are, but I did not spy that information provided in the descriptions. However, judging from one of the details, I'm guessing one of them had to be somewhere in the neighborhood of 20x12 feet. Or possibly even larger.
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After making my way through the galleries, I headed outside... And up the hill...
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About halfway through this trail, I came upon this:
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Which had the following inscribed on it...
-The bench is dedicated to the memory of a former Williams College professor who would come up there everyday and watch the sunset from that spot.
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Consequently, the trail I was walking was called...
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After a little bit more walking, I looked up and saw this:
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The forest cover started getting thick again, and I really wasn't sure where I was heading. Then suddenly, I came to a clearing and saw this:
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I was now in the big pasture that covers one side of the hill. A little further down the path, I saw this...
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Jed said:
This afternoon DG Ann and I will be headed across the state to celebrate my very own mother's 50th birthday
OMG, Jed. Even though you already have a cyber father, your comment made me realize I[/i] too, am old enough to be your father. Oy and Vey!!!
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What a lovely walk you had today, Jose. Thanks for the pictures!
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In the above pic, the buildings toward the foreground are part of The Clark. The "turret" in the middle of the pic belongs to one of the churches Williamstown. And I believe the "hills" in the background are considered part of the Greylock.
And then further "off" in the picture... Well, that's Vermont.
:)
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Yet more hills and mountains...
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After my trek, I headed back to campus. When I came to the intersection of Routes 2 and 7, I saw this...
I guess if I kept walking...
Poutine!
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At 5:33 p.m. in Tacoma, Washington, U.S.A.; it is currently 80.5 degrees.
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Jed said:
This afternoon DG Ann and I will be headed across the state to celebrate my very own mother's 50th birthday
OMG, Jed. Even though you already have a cyber father, your comment made me realize I[/i] too, am old enough to be your father. Oy and Vey!!!
Ben, would that make you my brother, or my lover?
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DR Cillaliz, I actually love reading canoe and reading about the live feeds more than i like watching the show. It's like a whole secret part of the show, that only some of us are privy too.
Anyhow I had to tape tonight's show because I was caught up in watching Veronica Mars (friday's episode). Even though the CBS show from friday is one ahead of where i'm at, I actually think that the story continued very nicely from the last episode i saw (sometimes they skip a week when continuing stories).
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After I had completed my trek, I decided to walk over to Spring Street to get some dinner. I had been craving Indian food for the past few days, so I settled in at Spice Root. I had a very good meal. My only "quibble" was that my Lamb Vindaloo was not as vindaloo-ish as I'm used to. Vindaloos usually pack quite a punch not only from the chile peppers and spices, but also a distinct bite from vinegar. The food was hot, but not "hot hot" - at least to my palate. But, nevertheless, I did enjoy my food.
A group of Indians came in shortly after me, and one of them ordered the Lamb Vindaloo too. I tried to hang out until their orders came to their table to gauge their "response", but, alas, I needed to get my dessert... Ice cream!
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How did Michael Shayne become Harry Schecter?
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So, it was back down the street to Lickety Split. Tonight's selection: a half-cup of Malted Vanilla, and a half-cup of Strawberry. Both very good.
On the way in to the ice cream shop, I noticed this sign placed outside...
-I guess the girls at the counter are fans of "The O.C."
:)
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And, now, the object of their request/pursuit/affection/infatuation...
He's currently up here for Bus Stop. They open next week.
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How did Michael Shayne become Harry Schecter?
HELLO!?!?!?!?!?
-What have we all been saying the past day or two? Did you really have to ask that question?
;D
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How did Michael Shayne become Harry Schecter?
Very carefully. ;)
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And for my final pic of the day...
The small(!), independent movie theatre here in Williamstown sponsors an "Acoustic Alley" series. Tonight's guest was cellist, Trevor Exter. And, man, could this guy rock! And, yes, with a cello! He basically treated it like a big guitar, even strumming chords at times. I only hung out for a couple of songs, but he did some originals as well as some covers. A very cool way to spend a few minutes... while finishing my ice cream.
:)
http://www.trevorexter.com
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Very carefully. ;)
Good one, DR George! -I like your answer better.
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I just finished watching "It Happened at the World's Fair" with Elvis. It was filmed in Seattle during the 1962 Seattle World's Fair and I'd never seen it before. I didn't see the first half hour, but it was very easy to figure out what it was all about. Evidently CMT is having an Elvis marathon. "Viva Las Vega" just started.
What I find most interesting about these movies is not the actors/actresses or the stories, but that the cities have changed so much since they were filmed.
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What a lovely walk you had today, Jose. Thanks for the pictures!
You're most welcome!
I really am glad I decided to venture out on my own today. I needed the "by myself" time - especially after yesterday's very long day. And since we're about to go into tech heck... The peace and quiet was good. -It really was cool walking through the forest all alone.
I was also very happy that the weather had cleared up and that the temps had dropped too. When I first headed out, the sky was very gray, and I was expecting rain. But when I reached the top of the trail, most of the sky had cleared, and there was just a bit of haze in the distance. A nice summer day.
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HELLO!?!?!?!?!?
-What have we all been saying the past day or two? Did you really have to ask that question?
;D
Okay, Jose, it is your fault..... but how did you do it?
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Okay, Jose, it is your fault..... but how did you do it?
Well, if I told you, I'd have to kill you.
:P
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Or give you a tap dance solo feature in your next show.
You pick!
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But since you asked, DR TCB...
If you click on "Edit Profile" at the top or bottom of the page, you will be given an option to change the name that is displayed here on the board. You're original Username is not changeable, but you can change your Public Name.
... Then enter your passwod, hit "Change Profile"...
You can be anyone you want to be!
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I think it is time to post the pictures from my trip to Burbank...but first, for DR Jane, here is a pic of her FedEx driver, my bother Allen, at a recent family wedding!
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I think it is time to post the pictures from my trip to Burbank...but first, for DR Jane, here is a pic of her FedEx driver, my bother Allen, at a recent family wedding!
Freudian slip?
;)
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Now, Michael, just because you may not get along with your brother is no reason to call him my bother Allen, at a recent family wedding! ;)
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And on to the Courts show in Burbank!
Here are my two best buddies...Ms. Laurie Mitchell (star of ATTACK OF THE PUPPET PEOPLE, MISSILE TO THE MOON, CALYPSO JOE, and QUEEN OF OUTER SPACE) and her niece Laurie. Two people that are now very special to me!!
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Boy, someday I will learn to proof read before I hit "post" ;D
And Allen would likely have considered me the bother as he was a teenager when I was a kid! LOL!
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Sounds like a lovely day,. Jose
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The current temperature in the York that is New is 90F. And it's 9:30 pm. Do you know where your children are?
Page Six Hot Dance!
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And on to the Courts show in Burbank!
Here are my two best buddies...Ms. Laurie Mitchell (star of ATTACK OF THE PUPPET PEOPLE, MISSILE TO THE MOON, CALYPSO JOE, and QUEEN OF OUTER SPACE) and her neice Laurie. Two people that are now very special to me!!
Yes, yes, Michael, but aren't you supposed to be showing us pictures of Rex Reason without his shirt, and Tony O'Dell in your hotel room???
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By the way, Laurie Mitchell called me to her room that day to help her pick out her outfit! Notice the Bollywood influence! LOL!
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Yes, yes, Michael, but aren't you supposed to be showing us pictures of Rex Reason without his shirt, and Tony O'Dell in your hotel room???
Shhhhh...those pictures are for my private collection!
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Oh, my, I'm enjoying all the lovely pictures lately - Jane's flowers, Jose's tour of Williamstown, MBarnum's trip to Burbank. Thanks, everyone!
Jose, on my drive home from work today I was listening to All Things Considered and they had a nice segment on the apprentice program at WTF. Maybe you can find it online.
Weather report from SW Ohio - my new car has a digital readout on the dash of the outside temperature. When I got in to leave work, it read 3 figures - 100! Hope some of Cillaliz's cool Iowa weather is blowing this way!
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Here I am with the Bad Seed herself, Patty McCormack...she was a lot of fun! Very nice gal!
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Security had to be called when these three ruffians appeared on the premises.
I think you know who they are (but just in case L to R: Nick Redman, DR Charles Pogue, and Bruce Kimmel)
I really enjoyed our brief encounters at the show...very entertaining gentlemen they are! :D
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Oh, my, I'm enjoying all the lovely pictures lately - Jane's flowers, Jose's tour of Williamstown, MBarnum's trip to Burbank. Thanks, everyone!
Jose, on my drive home from work today I was listening to All Things Considered and they had a nice segment on the apprentice program at WTF. Maybe you can find it online.
Weather report from SW Ohio - my new car has a digital readout on the dash of the outside temperature. When I got in to leave work, it read 3 figures - 100! Hope some of Cillaliz's cool Iowa weather is blowing this way!
Thank you.
And thanks for the heads up on the WTF story on NPR. I just pulled up the page at npr.org, and shall give it a listen shortly.
And I believe the temp here got up to 88 today, and it is currently 73 with 86% humidity. Ah, well...
And the rains are finally due tomorrow...
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On Sunday Laurie changed costumes and cuddled up to our table neighbors Mickey Rooney and Ms. Rooney.
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Laurie also hobnobbed with our other neighbor (and good friend of BKs) the still beautiful Ms. Shirley Jones.
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Here are 3 of the most delightful movie actresses I have ever met....Ms. Marcia Mae Jones, Ms. Jean Porter, and Ms. Edith Fellows.
Many of you remember Marcia Mae as a kid actor in films such as THESE THREE and the Shirley Temple films HEIDI and THE LITTLE PRINCESS.
Jean co-starred with Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland in BABES ON BROADWAY and again with Mickey in ANDY HARDY'S BLONDE TROUBLE.
Edith Fellows (who I with BK would have had a chance to meet on Sunday) starred in the 1930 version of PENNIES FROM HEAVEN and in MRS WIGGS OF THE CABBAGE PATCH, and 1934s JANE EYRE.
All three have been best friends since 1936!! And boy do they have fun together!
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Pesto (this is NOT the low-fat one I mentioned earlier ;))
3 packed cups fresh basil leaves (no stems_
2 large cloves fresh garlic
1/2 cup pinenuts, walnuts, almonds (or combo)
3/4 cup packed fresh chopped parsley
3/4 cup fresh grated parmesan
1/2 cup olive oil
1/4 cup melted butter (Betsy says to reduce this amount, put a little more cheese in instead)
salt to taste
Combine everything in a blender on low, then medium. Leave the cover off then get a ladder and lick the pesto off of your ceiling. (Sorry, that last part I just made up).
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Lick the Pesto Off Your Ceiling is the title of my next novel.
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(I hope Mark Bakalor doesn't get mad from all of these photos being posted today! )
Another favorite meeting that weekend was with Our Gang member Tommy "Butch" Bond and his wife Miss California 1945 Polly Ellis.
Tommy later wheeled himself over to Marcia, Edith, and Jean and smoozed for awhile!
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Oh, my gosh CillaLiz, your cats are beautiful!!! (I am of course presuming those cats in the new avatar are yours!)
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I shall now eat some dinner and then later I will post a few more photos...including some shots of BK's childhood home!
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Low-fat Pesto (I actually prefer this one, it's amazingly creamy but not too rich, and look at the ingredients--weird that it is so "classically" pesto-esque)
10 oz. fresh spinach
1/2 cup toasted walnuts, coarsely chopped
2 cups lowfat cottage cheese
1 garlic clove, minced or pressed
1/4 cup grated parmesan
1/4 cup loosely packed chopped fresh basil
1/2 tsp. salt
pepper to taste
Wash spinach, transfer to separate large pot. Cover and cook for 4 mins until wilted but still bright green. Drain, blend with rest of ingredients in food processor or blender, leaving cover off so that pesto can be licked from ceiling (per classic pesto recipe).
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Pesto (this is NOT the low-fat one I mentioned earlier ;))
3 packed cups fresh basil leaves (no stems_
2 large cloves fresh garlic
1/2 cup pinenuts, walnuts, almonds (or combo)
3/4 cup packed fresh chopped parsley
3/4 cup fresh grated parmesan
1/2 cup olive oil
1/4 cup melted butter (Betsy says to reduce this amount, put a little more cheese in instead)
salt to taste
Combine everything in a blender on low, then medium. Leave the cover off then get a ladder and lick the pesto off of your ceiling. (Sorry, that last part I just made up).
Butter in pesto? I'd say leave it out all together, and just add some more olive oil to bring it to your desired consistency. And if you happen to be using the pesto immediately on pasta, then be sure to add a tablespoon or two of the hot pasta water to the pesto too.
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Fascinating photos, Mike. Thanks for posting them
I've now got the Jones/Schmidt "Where are the Snows?" running through my head!
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Butter in pesto? I'd say leave it out all together, and just add some more olive oil to bring it to your desired consistency. And if you happen to be using the pesto immediately on pasta, then be sure to add a tablespoon or two of the hot pasta water to the pesto too.
What? No pecorino???
James Beard must be spinning in his casket!
:D
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I wondered why page 4 took so long to load but it was those very interesting pictures of Jose's which were worth the wait. Thanks for posting them.
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Oh, my gosh CillaLiz, your cats are beautiful!!! (I am of course presuming those cats in the new avatar are yours!)
Yes, they are, thank you, I was getting tired of seeing myself with a fork in my mouth!
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Great pics, MBarnum & Jose!
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Jose:
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Low-fat Pesto (I actually prefer this one, it's amazingly creamy but not too rich, and look at the ingredients--weird that it is so "classically" pesto-esque)
10 oz. fresh spinach
1/2 cup toasted walnuts, coarsely chopped
2 cups lowfat cottage cheese
1 garlic clove, minced or pressed
1/4 cup grated parmesan
1/4 cup loosely packed chopped fresh basil
1/2 tsp. salt
pepper to taste
Wash spinach, transfer to separate large pot. Cover and cook for 4 mins until wilted but still bright green. Drain, blend with rest of ingredients in food processor or blender, leaving cover off so that pesto can be licked from ceiling (per classic pesto recipe).
A slight correction... When making pesto in a food processor with the cover off (which is practically impossible to do due to safety features, in any case..) you will not be licking the pesto off the ceiling. Instead, you will be licking it off the kitchen cabinets, the backsplash and your shirt. Your clean, white shirt.
;)
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Just
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get
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8,000
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Cute kitties, Cillaliz! ;D
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Low-fat Pesto (I actually prefer this one, it's amazingly creamy but not too rich, and look at the ingredients--weird that it is so "classically" pesto-esque)
10 oz. fresh spinach
1/2 cup toasted walnuts, coarsely chopped
2 cups lowfat cottage cheese
1 garlic clove, minced or pressed
1/4 cup grated parmesan
1/4 cup loosely packed chopped fresh basil
1/2 tsp. salt
pepper to taste
Wash spinach, transfer to separate large pot. Cover and cook for 4 mins until wilted but still bright green. Drain, blend with rest of ingredients in food processor or blender, leaving cover off so that pesto can be licked from ceiling (per classic pesto recipe).
Sounds interesting...I'll have to try it tomorrow
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:D
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I wondered why page 4 took so long to load but it was those very interesting pictures of Jose's which were worth the wait. Thanks for posting them.
Ohh... I was afraid of that, but I did my best to save them in the "smallest" format possible... and...
You're welcome.
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Thanks for the pictures, DR MBarnum. They were lots of fun, especially Ms. Shirley Jones who continues to look lovely.
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You, Ron, just hit 2900! Correction, 2901!! Only 99 more to get to 3000!
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Ohh... I was afraid of that, but I did my best to save them in the "smallest" format possible... and...
You're welcome.
No problem. Serves me right for still using dial-up. As I said, worth the wait.
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Jose, nice photos.
Michael aka Harry- ;D
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I guess most everyone knows that in addition to playing "Butch" in OUR GANG, Tommy Bond was also the first movie Jimmy Olsen in the SUPERMAN serials.
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Well, I'm on an hour earlier than usual. I had been watching TV since 7 p.m. and just decided I'd stare at the computer screen for awhile instead of the TV screen.
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I guess most everyone knows that in addition to playing "Butch" in OUR GANG, Tommy Bond was also the first movie Jimmy Olsen in the SUPERMAN serials.
...And he was, of course, James Bond's father.
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DS Rob and I started watching Season 1 of Deadwood tonight. I think we're hooked.
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First up for me tonight was JUST AROUND THE CORNER, a Shirley Temple movie recorded off the Fox Movie Channel.
After bk trashed the transfer of the Temple movie on DVD he saw the other day, I was curious how this was going to look. The first half was pretty bad with water marks everywhere and lots of dirt and speckles. Curiously, at about the halfway point, all that damage and those artifacts kind of vanished and what was left was a very nice picture.
Fox ought to be shot for not taking better care of these movies. I guess they figure it wouldn't be worth the money to restore them (I guess Shirley is no longer the box-office draw she once was), but it's pretty depressing seeing the films in such awful shape.
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DS Rob and I started watching Season 1 of Deadwood tonight. I think we're hooked.
You have lots of surprises ahead, both good and bad. It's an amazing show with a first rate cast. The second season grows even richer and more dramatic.
I know it won't win the Emmy next month, but it's entirely worthy.
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...And he was, of course, James Bond's father.
Hmmm...... one learns something new every day!
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After the Temple movie ended, I finished up a movie I had started before I went to NYC - THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW. I still had a bit more than an hour of it to watch.
Well, it made the director's remake of GODZILLA look sophisticated.
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ANd I finished my evening viewing with CSI: NEW YORK from Wednesday night. This must have been one of the episodes from later in the season. After getting off to a strong start in the ratings, ratings for this show dropped alarmingly, so midseason, CBS started instituting changes starting with changing the look of the show. It had been desaturated of color making everyone look like a Dracula victim. In this episode, the colors were much more normal in appearance. There was also more effort to show a less abrasive side of the investigators.
I'll be curious to see if the changes will reflect in renewed ratings once the new season starts.
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Tomorrow I believe I'm going to treat myself to THE HIGH AND THE MIGHTY. I've postponed my reunion with it for long enough. Really looking forward to seeing it again after all these decades.
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I do believe since my last posting we've had a certifiable frenzy.
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MBarnum, how fun to see Allen all spiffed up. A must share photo with Keith.
I enjoyed all the photos from the show but the one of you and Patty is great.
Cillaliz as much as I miss seeing your friendly face, your cats are precious. Another must share with Keith.
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Has anyone been watching THE CLOSER with Kyra Sedgwick? We missed the first few episodes and don't plan to miss anymore.
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....Just listened to the NPR story about the Apprentice Program here at Williamstown. My favorite quote - which sums this whole biz quite nicely - albeit in a sobering way - comes from Logan Marshall-Green:
Even when you're on top of the world it gets harder. Because what goes up must come down and I had to learn that the career of an actor is not when you're working, it's when you're not working.
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You, Ron, just hit 2900! Correction, 2901!! Only 99 more to get to 3000!
Beware the Frenzied Ron!
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Has anyone been watching THE CLOSER with Kyra Sedgwick? We missed the first few episodes and don't plan to miss anymore.
I don't know anything about it. Is it good?
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Has anyone been watching THE CLOSER with Kyra Sedgwick? We missed the first few episodes and don't plan to miss anymore.
I watched one episode. I like the cast but I wasn't impressed by the characters or the plot.
And so, good night!
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George so far we like it very much. Kyra is quirky and delightful to watch. I understand what elmore is saying about the plot. The two episodes we watched were slightly predictable (to me anyway) as to who did it, yet I enjoyed the journey which I didn’t find predictable.
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Well, it's what you've all been waiting for. Well, some of you. Well, actually, according to the posts tonight, maybe just one of you. One particular DR. In any case...
(cue Elgar's "Pomp and Circumstance, No. 1" - just the "processional" section, please)
I'm not exactly sure how I feel about reaching this milestone. The road to here was not an easy one. There were a few patches of just mild creativity and forced humor. And for every long-winded post there were at least eight to ten modestly word ones. From prattling to palaverous. Terse to tautological. And everything in between.
But amidst all the blather and padding, there were a few moments of inspired repartee and inspired, if at times cliched, verbal volleying.
Oh, yes, and one must not forget the ever-present and ever-useful smileys.
:) :( ;) :D ;D etc., etc., etc.
Alas, I am also fully aware that others have already achieved and surpassed this milestone. And I shall honor them by continuing to strive to surpass them. Although, that may seem like my personal windmill of sorts - it is, nonetheless, an honorable mission, and a responsibility I do not take lightly.
So, as I approach the moment when I must hit "Post", I leave you with the following questions to ponder:
If a picture paints a thousand words, then why can't I paint you?
Who put the bomp in the bomp bah bomp bah bomp?
Who put the ram in the rama lama ding dong?
Who put the bop in the bop shoo bop shoo bop?
Who put the dip in the dip da dip da dip?
Does your chewing gum lose it's flavor on the bedpost overnight?
Isn't it rich?
Isn't it queer?
Why do birds suddenly appear every time you are near?
Why do stars fall down from the sky every time you walk by?
Why, oh why, oh why, oh - Why did I ever leave Ohio?
Are there stars out tonight?
What are you doing the rest of your life?
Are you pondering? Is the music too loud?
And, so without further ado...
Thank you for reading Post 8000!!!![/size][/color]
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Cut the music...
I said CUT!!!
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Has anyone been watching THE CLOSER with Kyra Sedgwick? We missed the first few episodes and don't plan to miss anymore.
I debated a good bit over watching since it got good reviews before it premiered. But since I already have a very heavy load of TV I watch, I thought this was one I could catch up with later. And now that I've added VERONICA MARS to my list of regularly watched shows, well, there just isn't time for everything.
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Do people really look at their post totals? The only time I glance over there is when someone mentions his total, and I get curious what mine is.
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I was flipping channels and on one of the PBS channels, they have a "musical tour of Russia" with Helmut Lotti. If you don't know who he is, he's a Begian singer with a wonderful trained voice. Anyway, he was singing this one song called "Kalinka" and the video scenario that he sang it in was a wedding. So just out of curiosity, I turned on the subtitles and they had what appeared to be the correct lyrics. But what struck me (mainly, because I'd never thought about it before) was when he sang "HEY" (as it's spelled in English), it was spelled "CHEJ." Interesting, huh? ;D
Here's a picture of Helmut:
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DR MBarnum - As for those pics of Tony O'Dell... You do have my e-mail address don't you?
;)
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And only two more episodes EVER of SIX FEET UNDER. I cannot believe these marvelous shows are ending one after another.
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Do people really look at their post totals? The only time I glance over there is when someone mentions his total, and I get curious what mine is.
I only mention it when I notice it, which (hopefully) isn't that often. I don't look for it, though. It just popped out at me, so I mentioned it. ::)
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I understand some dastardly doings are afoot at the Big Brother house. Oh, my! :o
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Congrats on reaching 8000 posts, Jose
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I only mention it when I notice it, which (hopefully) isn't that often. I don't look for it, though. It just popped out at me, so I mentioned it. ::)
Kind of reminds me of the long ago karma totals which I also never glanced at unless someone else mentioned something about it.
That seems like a century ago that there was karma.
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Congrats on reaching 8000 posts, Jose
Do people really look at their post totals?
Oops. I think there's an echo in here. :o
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Do people really look at their post totals?
Oops. I think there's an echo in here. :o
It was hard to miss his 8000th post, I blame Jose
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Kind of reminds me of the long ago karma totals which I also never glanced at unless someone else mentioned something about it.
That seems like a century ago that there was karma.
That's right! I'd totally forgotten about that...and the trouble it (sort of) caused that BK removed the option. ;)
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That's right! I'd totally forgotten about that...and the trouble it (sort of) caused that BK removed the option. ;)
Yes, I think removing it was a wise decision indeed.
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I've read almost 100 pages in the John Schlesinger biography today. Quite wonderful thus far. Madonna and Rupert Everett certainly don't come off looking so hot in it.
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Well, I think the heaviness of the eyelids suggests to me that I need to head for bed.
Good night, all.
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I didn't like "Little Shop of Horrors." Too weird for me. Great performances from the actors, though.
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Congratulations, JoseSPiano, on your 8,00th post.
That's a whole lotta "Laters"!!!!
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Good Evening!
And just when I thought this day couldn't get any better, I happened to get a response to an e-mail I sent out earlier in the week. Through the assistance of DR Jason, I was able to secure an e-mail address for a friend of mine from high school - who I haven't seen since high school. I can honestly say that he was my inspiration - without him as a role model, I seriously doubt I would have started down the road to a career in music, making music. I've mentioned him, Bryan Louiselle, before in one of those "long lost friends" topics, and a couple of DRs even managed to come up with an address for him. Well, in this day and age, an e-mail address turned out to be a surer bet than snail mail address, so... While Googling a couple of days ago, I found out that Bryan has been working on the Disney shows for MTI's Broadway, Jr. series, so... And then it turned out that DR Jason knew him, so... In any case...
What a great way to wrap up the day! And once I'm back in the city, and once his ever-crazy schedule eases up, we're going to get together.
And in "it's a small world" category, it turns out he's buddies with Roger Rees - I guess they must have met during those tumultuous rehearsals and previews for The Red Shoes - Bryan was the assistant conductor, and Roger was the original Boris Lermontov. So, Bryan passed on a special greeting that I'm supposed to greet Roger with the next time I see him. Hmm... We shall see. ;)
In any case... It's so nice connecting with him again - even if it's just through an e-mail at this point and time. -Even the air feels cooler now.
:)
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Congratulations, JoseSPiano, on your 8,00th post.
That's a whole lotta "Laters"!!!!
Are you counting those too?
;)
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I only mention it when I notice it, which (hopefully) isn't that often. I don't look for it, though. It just popped out at me, so I mentioned it. ::)
Hmmm, I suspect that TCB will have something to say! :D
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Oh...
Just got an e-mail from the stage manager... Due to some scheduling issues, they had to flip the schedule for tomorrow. Instead of doing our run-thru at 5:00, we will now be doing it at 11:00 - with our call being at 10:00 to run some small spots beforehand.
And the powers that be will be in attendance. Including Roger Rees.
Guess I should think about getting to bed soon...
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Hmmm, I suspect that TCB will have something to say! :D
Why Michael, what do you mean???
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Fast forward (or backward) to Monday in Burbank...I rented a car Sunday evening and drove all over the place! On Monday I motored over the hill to Los Angeles to visit my interviewee Carolyn Kearney (star of THING THAT COULDN'T DIE, HOT ROD GIRL, and DAMN CITIZEN). Carolyn had suffered a heart attack last December and had to endure heart by-pass surgery. She is doing much better now which was a huge relief to me as she is such a sweetheart and I adore her. I drove to her apartment and had coffee with her, her husband Al, and their wonderful dog Koda (who I have threatened to take back to Oregon with me on more then one occasion).
Carolyn is holding an award she received from the Pasadena Playhouse. the Playhouse contacted her after my interview with her was published in Filmfax magazine. She attended the Playhouse in the early 50s, and CBS (I think it was) even did a television documentary on her while she was a student there.
I don't recall what the award was for, but she was quite thrilled by it, and I was thrilled for her.
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Here we are with dog Koda!
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Before visiting with Carolyn, Al, and Koda, I drove over to Sherbourne Ave, which was only a few blocks from Carolyn's apartment building.
Sherbourne Ave. as some may recall is where our own BK spent his childhood...and here is the house in which he lived!
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And from another angle....some nice flora was planted around the dwelling.
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Pt. Defiance Park, which is Tacoma's version of Central Park is about a block and a half from my apartment. Tonight it is apparently their turn to play host to Movies in the Park, where they show family films outdoors on big screens in various parks in the city. Tongiht they are showing THE MUSIC MAN. Unfortunately, the dialogue is just a notch below my hearing level, but the musical numbers are coming through the window loud and clear!!!
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Here we are with dog Koda!
This is such a nice picture! ;D As they all are!
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And here, just a short walk from BKs childhood abode, is the corner of Sherbourne and, I think it was, 18th. BK is that correct?
I tried to get the lovely lass walking her dogs in the shot, for the hetero males in the audience.
It was a nice, neat, quiet neighborhood and I walked around it for a few blocks.
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I'm baaaaaaaaaaaaaack.
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As I mentioned earlier or was it Harry?
I went to see Phillip Officer this evening a wonderful singer and perforner and a sweetheart of a person. I might even go back next week to see him again.
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Yep, Sherbourne and 18th. I would walk east up 18th holding my cardboard TV camera and pretending I was doing a live TV show.
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Here is a photo of him.
(http://rds.yahoo.com/S=96062883/K=%22Phillip+Officer%22/v=2/SID=e/l=IVS/SIG=12jvtdkak/EXP=1124081532/*-http%3A//www.cabarethotlineonline.com/a0Images/OfficerPhilipL.jpg)
Phillip is an Officer and a Gentlemen
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PAGE NINE DANCE
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I've been listening to Guy Haines new CD for the past week in my car. Very enjoyable. I have my favorites that I like to listen to over and over.
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DR Michael Barnum,
May I use those photos of BK's house on www.brucekimmel.com?
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Michael Barnum,
Do you know how many surviving members of Our Gang there are?
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Tell the truth, has Shirley Jones had work done? She looks fabulous!!!
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I am my own Frenzy
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Or Family Plot
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or Vertigo
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DR Michael Barnum,
May I use those photos of BK's house on www.brucekimmel.com?
Certainly!
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Certainly!
Thanks
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I don't know if Shirley Jones has had work done or not...if she did it was not obvious, like it is for many other older actresses and actors.
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I don't know how many Our Gang kids are left....there were hundreds of them over the years (lots of one timers), but of the most popular regulars Porky is still around, and Shirley Jean Rickert, and Joy Lane, and of course Butch, and Edith Fellows, and even Marcia Mae was a one time Our Gang member. Dorothy DeBorba is still alive as well and one of the gals from the silent Our Gang comedies is still alive as I recall.
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Michael Barnum
Tell is your avatar your Dorian Grey type photo. You don't look as if you age from that photo to the ones you posted today.
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Well... Time for me to get ready to head to the Land of the Wussburgers... Big day tomorrow!
Laters...
and Goodnight.
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Wow I didn't realize it was so late on the east coast. I really should go to bed.
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I wonder what those favorites are?