Topic: PREAMBLE (Read 32671 times)

Jrand73 · « **Reply #180 on:** January 08, 2008, 10:37:17 AM »

tout le monde

Jrand73 · « **Reply #181 on:** January 08, 2008, 10:38:39 AM »

Page Seven Mamie Van Doren dance:

Joan Olander took her screen name from the then First Lady and the famous television commentator/quiz show contestant.

DearReaderLaura · « **Reply #182 on:** January 08, 2008, 10:39:03 AM »

I just scheduled the replacement window company to come to measure on Friday.

Jrand73 · « **Reply #183 on:** January 08, 2008, 10:39:11 AM »

Today she would be Laura Winfrey.

Or Laura Springer.

Jrand73 · « **Reply #184 on:** January 08, 2008, 10:39:33 AM »

Quote from: DearReaderLaura on January 08, 2008, 10:39:03 AM

I just scheduled the replacement window company to come to measure on Friday.

What are going to measure?

DearReaderLaura · « **Reply #185 on:** January 08, 2008, 10:39:54 AM »

The renovation was so much fun last year that I just had to schedule another one.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #186 on:** January 08, 2008, 10:40:13 AM »

Quote from: Matt H. on January 08, 2008, 07:34:52 AM

I reviewed a DVD from 2007 that I think was unfairly ignored at the cinema last year: THE HOAX about the Clifford Irving/Howard Hughes hoax. Richard Gere and Alfred Molina give excellent performances, and the whole corrupt scheme was SO ballsy. I really enjoyed the movie a lot and wouldn't hesitate for others who have an interest in learning more about the people involved.

(The DVD transfer, BTW, was kind of disappointing.)

TOD: THE SONGCATCHER with Janet McTeer, Emmy Rossum, Aidan Quinn, and Pat Carroll.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #187 on:** January 08, 2008, 10:45:07 AM »

Quote from: Ron Pulliam on January 08, 2008, 08:32:24 AM

Goodbye-ee, goodbye-ee,
Wipe the tear, baby dear, from your eye-ee,
Tho' it's hard to part I know,
I'll be tickled to death to go.
Don't cry-ee, dont sigh-ee,
there's a silver lining in the sky-ee,
Bonsoir, old thing, cheer-i-o, chin, chin,
Nap-poo, toodle-oo, Goodbye-ee.

Having actually been in OH WHAT A LOVELY WAR! eons ago, I can testify that the last line is "Now, pooh, toodle-oo, goodbye-ee."

elmore3003 · « **Reply #188 on:** January 08, 2008, 10:48:11 AM »

Quote from: JRand57 on January 08, 2008, 09:52:46 AM

More TOD:

Stuart Whitman and Dennis Cross, who probably learned early on that Cohen was the captain of the ship.

The Maid of the Mist, I would assume.

Jrand73 · « **Reply #189 on:** January 08, 2008, 10:52:51 AM »

Quote from: elmore3003 on January 08, 2008, 10:48:11 AM

The Maid of the Mist, I would assume.

Well it wasn't the Good Ship Lollipop!

Ben · « **Reply #190 on:** January 08, 2008, 10:53:11 AM »

So, Larry, if you're home, my husband should be on his way back to our domicile as well.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #191 on:** January 08, 2008, 10:55:07 AM »

And for all those ignorami DRs (or is it ignoramoi of Greek derivation),
le source

elmore3003 · « **Reply #192 on:** January 08, 2008, 10:56:00 AM »

Quote from: JRand57 on January 08, 2008, 10:52:51 AM

Well it wasn't the Good Ship Lollipop!

I bet Herman hoped so!

Mr Herman's casting couch proclivities were very similar to those of the Fat conductor of Limitless Ego and Limited Talent. I cannot tell you how many handsome gay young men claimed to be straight around the Maestro.

S. Woody White · « **Reply #193 on:** January 08, 2008, 10:56:42 AM »

Quote from: JRand57 on January 08, 2008, 10:39:11 AM

Today she would be Laura Winfrey.

Or Laura Springer.

Or Laura O'Reilly.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #194 on:** January 08, 2008, 10:57:06 AM »

Quote from: Ben on January 08, 2008, 10:53:11 AM

So, Larry, if you're home, my husband should be on his way back to our domicile as well.

When last seen, Anthony was off to check out 27th Street between 5th and 6th.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #195 on:** January 08, 2008, 11:09:05 AM »

DR MattH will be happy with AS THE STOMACH TURNS today.

There are several things I don't understand about the soaps:
1. the holiness and sanctity of motherhood and pregnancy
2. the belief that true love is fated to last forever
3. all this megillah about extramarital affairs being bad

I would think the religious right and moral majority who watch these things would know what a crock all this antiquated philosophy is from their own hypocritical experiences.

S. Woody White · « **Reply #196 on:** January 08, 2008, 11:11:09 AM »

It's called denial, Elmore.

Charles Pogue · « **Reply #197 on:** January 08, 2008, 11:12:21 AM »

A couple of neglected gems that I think everyone should see:

THOSE LIPS, THOSE EYES...Frank Langella and Tom Hulce. Summer Stock. One of those movies I love to watch that remind me why I got in this crazy business.

RAMROD...a noir western with Joel McCrea, Veronica Lake, Preston Foster, Charlie Ruggles, Donald Crisp, and Don DeFore maybe in the best role he ever had.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #198 on:** January 08, 2008, 11:17:48 AM »

I'd been wondering about this tacky crab costume from the tv ads to LITTLE MERMAID. Now I see the hat is supposed to be his eyes. And here I thought the BEAUTY & THE BEAST designs smacked of tacky theme park! That Disney. When are they going to produce something good?

Charles Pogue · « **Reply #199 on:** January 08, 2008, 11:24:04 AM »

This photo is currently in the January issue of AMERICAN THEATRE magazine with a brief article about our multi-media HAMLET. Yes, that's me with the beard kneeling as Claudius. Hamlet (Adam Luckey) behind me with a gun, "Now might I do it pat."

Jennifer · « **Reply #200 on:** January 08, 2008, 12:00:42 PM »

RE: last night's MEDIUM

SPOILERS

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I am so happy to see this show back!

I just loved last night's show (although i hate that alison is still having troubles!) Hopefully that will get resolved in the coming weeks, as i loved having her work for the DA.

I loved the Sound Of Music parts too. Although i would have liked to see Ariel audition, to see how they'd compare.

But re: the other girl as Maria. Come on, this is high school. That girl's voice was fantastic. ANd she would probably be terrific in the role!

Jeanne · « **Reply #201 on:** January 08, 2008, 12:02:36 PM »

Quote from: MBarnum on January 08, 2008, 08:16:17 AM

TOD:

MY BROTHER, NIKHIL (2005).

I have introduced many people to this unsung classic...and all of them, (with the exception possibly of the Oz boys who forgot to turn on the subtitles), loved it. The first Bollywood movie to have a gay male story line.

I agree. I think it's a lovely film. I probably would not have heard of it had it not been for MBarnum and HHW--and I frequent a video store that specializes in cult films (but not Bollywood).

Jeanne · « **Reply #202 on:** January 08, 2008, 12:13:06 PM »

Quote from: bk on January 08, 2008, 09:14:17 AM

Just to show you the state of publishing these days, Jeanne is reading a Val McDermid book (indeed a good writer - I have many of her mysteries). In her book The Mermaids Singing, there is an epilog. The book came out. Many were stumped by the ending of the epilog in mid-dialog at the end of the epilog's second page. Calls were made. Postings were posted. And in one of the kookiest spoos of publishing, no one at the publisher apparently looked at the book once it was printed, including Miss McDermid, or surely they would have realized there were five more pages to the epilog that simply were missing from the book. Copies were recalled from stores and the complete version was sent to replace them.

Most publishers stopped using proofreaders long ago. A few still do, but they're the exception. I've seen some really awful stuff--major wordprocessing errors--in print.

(And I am always honored to see that BK has read my posts.)

Jeanne · « **Reply #203 on:** January 08, 2008, 12:15:14 PM »

Quote from: JoseSPiano on January 08, 2008, 09:14:29 AM

I actually have yet to have a Levain cookie in 2008. And I've been Monkey Cake free for at least 48 hours.

OMG!! Is some planet in retrograde??

Or has Jose joined LA (Levain Anonymous)?

MBarnum · « **Reply #204 on:** January 08, 2008, 12:17:35 PM »

Quote from: JRand57 on January 08, 2008, 09:52:46 AM

More TOD:

Crime of Passion with Barbara Stanwyck, Sterling Hayden, Raymond Burr
You just KNOW with that cast someone is gonna get murdered. Produced by Herman Cohen, so you just KNOW that there is gonna be at least one extremely HANDSOME young man in a supporting role....here there are two: Stuart Whitman and Dennis Cross, who probably learned early on that Cohen was the captain of the ship. Directed by Gerd Oswald who also directed the earlier film I wrote about.

LOL!

Jeanne · « **Reply #205 on:** January 08, 2008, 12:19:49 PM »

Quote from: singdaw on January 08, 2008, 09:48:04 AM

Hello, and Goodbye!

Meetings, deadlines, and more meetings all morning.

Then a lunch meeting.

And now I'm popping off to sing a quick funeral.

Back later!

(1) I really think someone ought to tell Sing's employer that all these meetings are getting in sing's way--he needs to post!! (Or does he post during the meetings and no one knows what he's chuckling about?)
(2) Is this a different funeral? I thought that DH's GA's was later in the week and non-local.

TCB · « **Reply #206 on:** January 08, 2008, 12:24:03 PM »

Quote from: singdaw on January 08, 2008, 03:18:15 AM

Am I the only one that has never ever heard of Shia LaBeouf?

Yes.

FJL · « **Reply #207 on:** January 08, 2008, 12:31:13 PM »

Jennifer - MEDIUM SPOILER

Yes, the other girl's voice was fantastic, so if they were up for a vocal performance event, then she would probably be the better one. But singing "My Favorite Things" like a sad song is all wrong for that role, and suggests a lack of the least bit of thought and judgment in advance of the audiiton and it made no sense that the teacher/auditioner didn't immediately ask her to try to pick up the pace and energy. What makes the person with the best singing voice automatically entitled to the glory?; other talents, such as acting and being able to play a role should come into play as well when casting a musical, even at that level.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #208 on:** January 08, 2008, 12:31:59 PM »

Onward and upward, DR Pogue. Congrats on the photo being published!

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #209 on:** January 08, 2008, 12:33:21 PM »

We're getting close.....

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