Haines His Way

ON THIS DAY in 1817 Hippolyte Mege Mouries was born. A French scientist, he invented margarine and patented canned meat.

(So much for the French being responsible for haute cuisine.)

Der B just commented that he's sure that DR TCB has never had a Dickie that he didn't appreciate.

Did someone say Velveeta?

Thank you, DR Ron, for putting in to words exactly what I was thinking about Jed.  I am quite certain that Jed's acting talents will still be talked about and enjoyed, long after I have stopped performing.  It is reward enough for me to have already shared the stage with my dear son in two shows.

Geez, I try to be a smartass and you go and get all nice on me.  The pleasure has been all mine, Dad.  I look forward to many, many more shows together.

For winning the Richard Odlin Awards, which are chosen by a panel of judges, you receive a plaque.  This if the first year of the People's Choice Awards, but I have been told that you are given a certificate.

The Richard Odlin Awards (The Dickies) were first given out in the late 50s, early 60s.  They were named after a beloved artistic director who had died of lung cancer in 1958.  There is a bronze statue of him in his last role as Sakini in TEAHOUSE OF THE AUGUST MO0N in the lobby of the theater.  The original awards were two-foot tall replicas of that statue.  I have one of those awards at home.

Very nice!! Thank you for filling me in, as  it were.....

I'm proud to "know ya!"

Oof...my blood sugar is through the roof right now!




 

Isn't it nice when we all get along.......

Isn't it nice when we all get along.......

Yeah...but sometimes it could rot yer teeth!

Back from GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK. Engrossing film dealing with a period in our country's history when I was alive but too young to know or care what was going on.

There is just something about black and white photography that just grips you - instantly - from the second a film begins, especially on the big screen.

It's a fascinating look behind the scenes of this tense period where folks were forging new frontiers in the medium of television. The film is less than two hours, and I'm not sure it shouldn't have been a little longer giving a little more background on some of the names that were mentioned during the film. Everything you need to know is there, but even as someone who's read a good bit about this period, I will need to see the film repeated time to catch all of the references.

I can see why David Stathairn won Best Actor at the Venice Film Festival. He really does take on Murrow's television manner. Doesn't deal with his private life at all which did surprise me a bit (but that's not what the film is about).

I think I was among the youngest or second youngest person in the audience for today's matinee. (That should tell you the age of folks who take in the first matinees of these films; other folks, of course, are working.)

About five minutes before the movie started, two ladies probably in their 70s come in and sat down right next to me, not leaving a seat in between even though they could have. It didn't bother me, but I found it a bit strange that they weren't intimidated or shy to sit next to a man who might try to do who knows what during the film.

At one point, the lady right next to me snored loudly enough to start herself awake, and the lady next to her just chuckled. I didn't hear anyone else snoring around me. Sorry that she didn't find the film gripping enough to stay awake through it.

And the temperature has dropped about 10 degrees in the last couple of hours. I threw on a jacket before I headed out to the theater, and I was certainly glad I did when I came out.

ROFLMAO!!!

That is, if I can back out of my garage. The construction workers think nothing of parking right in front of my driveway for 30-45 minutes while they deliver something to the work site next door. Very irritating but I know better than to complain. My yard would be trashed every night if I said anything.

Then, again, you might get lucky!

Back from GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK. Engrossing film dealing with a period in our country's history when I was alive but too young to know or care what was going on.

There is just something about black and white photography that just grips you - instantly - from the second a film begins, especially on the big screen.

It's a fascinating look behind the scenes of this tense period where folks were forging new frontiers in the medium of television. The film is less than two hours, and I'm not sure it shouldn't have been a little longer giving a little more background on some of the names that were mentioned during the film. Everything you need to know is there, but even as someone who's read a good bit about this period, I will need to see the film repeated time to catch all of the references.

I can see why David Stathairn won Best Actor at the Venice Film Festival. He really does take on Murrow's television manner. Doesn't deal with his private life at all which did surprise me a bit (but that's not what the film is about).

 I would like to see this.  I have to see if I can drag vixdad out.... we did get to the movies yesterday and saw Wallace & Gromit which was marvelous!!

vixdad and I kept finding different little in jokes... like when Gromit turns on the car radio and they are playing "Brighteyes" (the theme from Watership Down) and Lady Tottington's wardrobe choices....

Ron posted:
DR Jane:  I truly believed "Mar Mitzvah" was a ceremony I hadn't heard of before...
Since it was you asking I wasn’t sure which way to take the question. I was rushing and in my haste typed Mar instead of Bar, which I think figured out after my response.

You just need an excuse to come back!

Hey Elmore,  Seeing how your such a BIG Michael Ball fan now, do you want someone  (   )to go see Woman In White with you???