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Well, you've read the notes, the notes were green, and now it is time for you to post until the green cows come home.
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And the word of the day is: RADICLE!
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It is hump day, and aren't we glad?
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Wow, the first post after BK. That is very unusual.
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Where is Ben? Where is Michael S? Where is elmore?
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Where is this thing called love?
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Five A.M. and all is well!
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Morning all.
I overslept. A rare occurrence for me.
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And now I must return to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
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Bye all.
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Good morning, all!
I'm listening to Irish songs sung by my late friend, tenor Frank Patterson, and mourning my other Irish-American heroes, Victor Herbert and the wonderful actor Barnard Hughes. I miss running into Barney on his daily jaunts up and down Broadway. I don't know if Barney and Frank ever met, although I suspect they must have at some point. I knew Frank from the early 1980s when he was doing one of his first Radio City St Patrick's Day shows with, I would swear, every Celtic performer in the eastern USA. I still get ASCAP royalties from his recording of one of my arrangements, "America the Beautiful," I believe.
I met Barney when I was working at Drama Book Shop, just before he went to Dublin to play the grandfather in "You Can't Take It With You" with the Abbey Theatre. I had known his wife Helen Stenborg for several years, and I adore her. When I did BABES IN TOYLAND for the Houston Grand Opera in 1991, I wanted Barney to play the Toymaker, and he was interested but tied up with the tv series BLOSSOM. I still miss him.
So, today I am having breakfast with Peter and Susanna Tarjan, Jerome Moross' daughter and son-in-law. After that, I have BABES IN TOYLAND work in my search for all the "Evaline McCook" corrections. Not much else after that except work on WIZARD OF OZ.
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Happy Saint Patty's Day to...ME!
And the others who might be so inclined, although I ignore the usual folderol that takes place on 5th Avenue and is usually attended by those who are, or will be drunk and unpleasant soon into the proceedings.
I had Irish soda bread and coffee (without the alcohol) for breakfast.
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If you're interested in
Jacques Brel (http://www.bbc.co.uk/search/jacques_brel)
BBC 2 is running a documentary. Here is the link to Part 1 which aired last night and is available for 6 more days.
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Good morning, all!
I'm listening to Irish songs sung by my late friend, tenor Frank Patterson, and mourning my other Irish-American heroes, Victor Herbert and the wonderful actor Barnard Hughes. I miss running into Barney on his daily jaunts up and down Broadway. I don't know if Barney and Frank ever met, although I suspect they must have at some point. I knew Frank from the early 1980s when he was doing one of his first Radio City St Patrick's Day shows with, I would swear, every Celtic performer in the eastern USA. I still get ASCAP royalties from his recording of one of my arrangements, "America the Beautiful," I believe.
I met Barney when I was working at Drama Book Shop, just before he went to Dublin to play the grandfather in "You Can't Take It With You" with the Abbey Theatre. I had known his wife Helen Stenborg for several years, and I adore her. When I did BABES IN TOYLAND for the Houston Grand Opera in 1991, I wanted Barney to play the Toymaker, and he was interested but tied up with the tv series BLOSSOM. I still miss him.
So, today I am having breakfast with Peter and Susanna Tarjan, Jerome Moross' daughter and son-in-law. After that, I have BABES IN TOYLAND work in my search for all the "Evaline McCook" corrections. Not much else after that except work on WIZARD OF OZ.
I remember Hughes from a TV series with Christine Ebersole called "The Cavanaughs." It didn't last long, but I remember enjoying the show thoroughly for its wicked sense of humor and the timing f the entire cast.
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Jane, just read the e-mail. Congratulations on all the hard work and improvement!
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Good Morning!
I'm up, I'm up... And it's going to be in the mid-60s today here in NYC! :)
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Happy St. Paddy's day to all! My family immigrated to Toronto from Ireland many moons ago. Actually, they were English Cromwellians, so they were probably run out of Ireland.
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We had a good recording session with Dustin. I have to say he was one of the nicest, most down-to-earth and friendly famous people I've ever met. Drove himself to the session, picked up his own coffee, worked very hard and no attitude, just wanting to make sure we were getting the best that he could do. A real mensch. We're finishing up with him today, and this time he will probably forgo the creamy cold, phlegm-producing coffee drink.
It's always nice when you meet one of your faves and they turn out to be so great.
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DR elmore - If you're heading down to Toyland via the 1 Train later, you may want to take the bus. Apparently, the downtown service on the 1, 2 and 3 trains has been majorly delayed this morning due to a "switch problem" at 72nd Street.
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Ah yes-- faith and begorah, glory be and have a magically delicious day and all that. :)
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I hereby apologize to anyone of Irish descent on behalf of my a##hole relatives.
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In honor of St. Patrick's Day:
Six retired Irishmen were playing poker in O'Leary's apartment when Paddy Murphy loses $500 on a single hand, clutches his chest, and drops dead at the table. Showing respect for their fallen brother, the other five continue playing standing up.
Michael O'Connor looks around and asks, "Oh, me boys, someone has got to tell Paddy's wife. Who will it be?"
They draw straws. Paul Gallagher picks the short one. They tell him to be discreet, be gentle, don't make a bad situation any worse.
"Discreet?" says Gallagher. "I'm the most discreet Irishmen you'll ever meet. Discretion is me middle name. Leave it to me."
Gallagher goes over to Murphy's house and knocks on the door. Mrs. Murphy answers, and asks what he wants.
Gallagher declares, "Your husband just lost $500, and is afraid to come home."
"Tell him to drop dead!," says Murphy's wife.
"I'll go tell him," says Gallagher.
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I met some LA foodie friends (he's a producer for Lifetime whom I missed seeing when I was here last) at a great restaurant a block from our hotel in Santa Monica. Then my partner Peter, also a passionate foodie, met up with us later. It was fun just to sit back and listen to them talk! The restaurant is The Yard---great food, affordable, and owned by a very TALL Top Chef named C.J.
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I hereby apologize to anyone of Irish descent on behalf of my a##hole relatives.
I have a few on my side as well, though not Irish, Mr. George Armstrong Custer being one of them.
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I hereby apologize to anyone of Irish descent on behalf of my a##hole relatives.
I have a few on my side as well, though not Irish, Mr. George Armstrong Custer being one of them.
How does the song go?
"Oh, were waiting for you
To really come through
And defeat the Sioux,
General Custer."
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And, then there's:
"Please, General Custer.
I don't want to go...."
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Green Day--one of my favorite rock groups.
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One of my favorite Irish ditties:
Oh, me father's a drunk
And me mother's a drunk
And me sister's a drunk
And me brother's a drunk
And me uncle's a drunk
And me cousin's a drunk
And the rest of them are dead!
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Good morning!
A cool and pleasant morning, and the day, which was supposed to have rain, is now forecast to be dry, so I'm glad about that. My walk was very enjoyable this morning.
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"It's a Great Day for the Irish," my favorite St. Paddy's song written by the glorious Roger Edens for Judy Garland and company to sing in LITTLE NELLIE KELLY. I love this song!
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And more good news. The UPS man brought the two TOY STORY Blu-rays this morning, so now I have my work schedule in place for the next two days.
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And this takes us to page two!
Page Two Dance!!!
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I forgot to record SOUTHLAND last night (drat!), so I'll do a search today to see if TNT-HD is showing it again within the next week.
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One of my favorite Irish ditties:
Oh, me father's a drunk
And me mother's a drunk
And me sister's a drunk
And me brother's a drunk
And me uncle's a drunk
And me cousin's a drunk
And the rest of them are dead!
Spit take!
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Today I'll likely watch some IDOL singers before I start on lunch. While I eat lunch, I'll watch the FAST FORWARD recap from last night.
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No new MODERN FAMILY tonight. But there is a new HUMAN TARGET, a fun action show I'm enjoying. UGLY BETTY has a new episode, too.
I don't plan to even record the IDOL results show. I'll just find out who got ousted on the net tomorrow morning.
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Question for BK...and/or anybody else who wants to answer:
[No disrespect is intended by this question. I am just curious.]
There are a lot of good movies out there, and there are even more crappy movies out there.
I know, because I've written a few of the crappy ones. Yes, I was paid to write them and, my only defense is that, in the vast majority of cases, what I wrote is not what finally wound up on the screen.
So, my question is: Why do we watch these crappy movies when we know, in front (from reviews or having seen it before), that they are crappy movies?
BK watched DADDY'S GONE A HUNTING last night. He had seen it before. He knew it was crap. So, why waste two hours of your life that you will never get back again?
Is it nostalgia?
Maybe it is. The other night, I watched THE DEADLY MANTIS and THE LAND UNKNOWN, both terrible...but I'd seen them in the theaters when I was a kid.
Like I said, no disrespect intended. It's just a question for discussion.
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Fhéile Pádraig Sona Daoibh!
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Happy St. Patrick's Day. Is anybody wearing green?
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We are also having Spring like weather here. It is supposed to be 13C, which is mid-50s. Yeah!
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I generally don't watch movies that I know to be crap (I rarely watch movies outside of the DVD, I resent paying $12.75 for, as you put it, crap). Some of my friends say they want mindless entertainment and crappy movies can provide that release but, as you said, why waste two hours of my life doing that.
There are times though when a crappy movie can be great fun (this is very, very rare for me). The example I use is Trog. Last Thursday we went to see it at Chelsea Cinemas (Where Dreams Come True). We all knew/know it was crappy from the start but we sat there and watched and laughed and had a great time reveling in the crappiness of it all. So, on the rare occasion that I succumb to bad movies it is for that kind of reason. Trog, Valley of the Dolls, Showgirls, Mahogany. All bad movies but great fun when you've paid $7.50, had a pre-show by Hedda Lettuce and the audience is in on the crap.
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I find there to be comfort in watching the familiar if it's something that appeals to you initially. The quality is almost of secondary importance to its intrensic appeal. I find lots of joy watching crap like MYRA BRECKINRIDGE. I know it's awful, but there's fascination to be had in looking how it was put together and there's fun to be had in exploring the expanse of the frame.
In the case of watching something that didn't appeal to you originally, it's also true that a person's tastes may change over time and that one's life experiences allow him insight he might not have had at a different period of his life. I've certainly had a change of heart about films I didn't initially like. NASHVILLE is the one that comes instantly to mind. And you'll never know if your initial impressions were right for you if you don't revisit the films in question.
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I have no idea why people would watch crappy movies. Especially on a beautiful day like today.
Unless you watch it because it's a crappy movie and laugh at it.
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Now I'm going to head down and watch some of the IDOL performances from last night. Then I'll start on lunch.
WBBL.
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As for last night's "Lost", well...
I may watch it again after reading this morning's NY Times 'Lost' Watch (http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/17/lost-watch-the-really-long-con/?src=twt&twt=artsbeat). It certainly cleared up a bunch of "suspicions" and questions for me. And, yes, for those DRs who have not watched last night's "Lost" yet, that link contains SPOILERS GALORE!
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Happy St. Patrick's Day to us all!
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Pogue is Gaelic for "kiss". I'll be celebrating pagan, Celtic, Druidic Ireland. Finn McCool, anyone?
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Happy Sin Patrick's Day!
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I watch crappy movies because it's nice to see what people are trying to do. Almost every film has ONE redeeming feature - almost!
I like some of the performers, too..... It's a comfort to see something you've seen before, a movie that won't challenge you....and of course there is the WHAT WERE THEY THINKING? factor as well.
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The blossoms are just starting to peak out on the orange tree in my back yard, and I could detect their sweet scent on the breeze last evening. Hoo and ray!
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Tonight my friend Zachary Spicer is on Law & Order.....but I am not sure which episode it is.
Nine p.m. is a rerun, so it must be the 10 p.m. episode.
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My first question for ASK BK day....how are the Indiana plans coming?
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I wonder if Dustin remembers my uncle Charlie Keith and calling him for some reason in NYC many years ago. I answered the phone and didn't have a clue who "Dusty" was until Charlie told me.
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And the word of the day is: RADICLE!
And The Song Of The Day Is: PLANT A RADISH
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My parents had a group of drinking friends in SLC whom they dubbed the Latter Day Druids. :)
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Being both Irish and Jewish means, as a family "slogan" goes, we have the Irish temper and the Jewish intellect to back it up. :)
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Today is a late start day at school, so the kids are watching many annoying You Tube videos (but not the one Jose posted last night, LOL).
Today is also the day my Kawai grand gets moved to the new house. I haven't told Betsy, so when she gets home tonight she will see some unexpected space in the living room. :)
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There, I have contributed my mini-frenzy for the day and expect to be immune from any BK bitch slapping.
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Painless Piano Moving vibes for DR JMK.
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Nice.
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Why do we listen to flop musicals? Or read novels that are considered an author's second-tier work? Because we're often fascinated by what the intent was and how that failed somehow in the execution. I think we sometimes draw more from an imperfect work than a perfect one. I would rather watch "At Long Last Love" than "Last Picture Show" because it boggles the mind how Peter Bogdanovich's idea went from being fairly interesting to being such a misbegotten mess on the screen. I would rather re-read Eliot's "Daniel Deronda" than go anywhere near "Silas Marner." And I would rather watch "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls" than read some of Roger Ebert's more serious reviews. And sometimes we just want popcorn instead of foie gras.
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page three dance!
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Wednesday morning greetings! I've spent most of the morning adding my info to our tax packet so we can get it to our accountant today.
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We had a good recording session with Dustin. I have to say he was one of the nicest, most down-to-earth and friendly famous people I've ever met. Drove himself to the session, picked up his own coffee, worked very hard and no attitude, just wanting to make sure we were getting the best that he could do. A real mensch. We're finishing up with him today, and this time he will probably forgo the creamy cold, phlegm-producing coffee drink.
It's always nice when you meet one of your faves and they turn out to be so great.
I love him. I've worked for him a couple of times and I think he's one of the best.
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DR elmore - If you're heading down to Toyland via the 1 Train later, you may want to take the bus. Apparently, the downtown service on the 1, 2 and 3 trains has been majorly delayed this morning due to a "switch problem" at 72nd Street.
Thanks for the tip. I have all I need here at home and I'm happily working away here. I just had to answer edit inquiries on THE LADY OF THE SLIPPER. Where I would love to be is the orchestra reading of ANYONE CAN WHISTLE today, but I deliberately excluded myself since I'm having lunch with Rob Berman tomorrow and I had other things on today's plate.
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Nice to hear nice things about Dustin Hoffman.
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One of my favorite Irish ditties:
Oh, me father's a drunk
And me mother's a drunk
And me sister's a drunk
And me brother's a drunk
And me uncle's a drunk
And me cousin's a drunk
And the rest of them are dead!
I love Brendan Behan's songs from his wonderful play THE HOSTAGE:
There's no place on earth like the world
There's no place wherever ye be
There's no place on earth like the world
That's straight up and take it from me
Never throw stones at yer mother
You'll be sorry for it when she's dead
Never throw stones at yer mother
Throw bricks at yer father instead!
The East and the West are divided
Perhaps it is all for the best
Till the A-bomb shall bring us together
And there we will let matters rest
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DR ELMORE - not sure if these are from a production of BABES IN TOYLAND or not.
http://cgi.ebay.com/LOT-2-Vintage-HUMPTY-DUMPTY-Theater-Costume-Prop-PHOTOS_W0QQitemZ180481715214QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item2a058c6c0e (http://cgi.ebay.com/LOT-2-Vintage-HUMPTY-DUMPTY-Theater-Costume-Prop-PHOTOS_W0QQitemZ180481715214QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item2a058c6c0e)
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Good morning, all!
I'm listening to Irish songs sung by my late friend, tenor Frank Patterson, and mourning my other Irish-American heroes, Victor Herbert and the wonderful actor Barnard Hughes. I miss running into Barney on his daily jaunts up and down Broadway. I don't know if Barney and Frank ever met, although I suspect they must have at some point. I knew Frank from the early 1980s when he was doing one of his first Radio City St Patrick's Day shows with, I would swear, every Celtic performer in the eastern USA. I still get ASCAP royalties from his recording of one of my arrangements, "America the Beautiful," I believe.
I met Barney when I was working at Drama Book Shop, just before he went to Dublin to play the grandfather in "You Can't Take It With You" with the Abbey Theatre. I had known his wife Helen Stenborg for several years, and I adore her. When I did BABES IN TOYLAND for the Houston Grand Opera in 1991, I wanted Barney to play the Toymaker, and he was interested but tied up with the tv series BLOSSOM. I still miss him.
So, today I am having breakfast with Peter and Susanna Tarjan, Jerome Moross' daughter and son-in-law. After that, I have BABES IN TOYLAND work in my search for all the "Evaline McCook" corrections. Not much else after that except work on WIZARD OF OZ.
I remember Hughes from a TV series with Christine Ebersole called "The Cavanaughs." It didn't last long, but I remember enjoying the show thoroughly for its wicked sense of humor and the timing f the entire cast.
Oh, yes, THE CAVANAUGHS was one of my all time favorites!!
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I watch crappy movies because they can still be ever so entertaining...and entertainment is usually the reason I watch a movie.
Of course, for me, there are different types of crappy...fun crappy, nostalgic crappy, and boring crappy...I skip the boring crappy.
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DR ELMORE - not sure if these are from a production of BABES IN TOYLAND or not.
http://cgi.ebay.com/LOT-2-Vintage-HUMPTY-DUMPTY-Theater-Costume-Prop-PHOTOS_W0QQitemZ180481715214QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item2a058c6c0e (http://cgi.ebay.com/LOT-2-Vintage-HUMPTY-DUMPTY-Theater-Costume-Prop-PHOTOS_W0QQitemZ180481715214QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item2a058c6c0e)
I don't think they so, DR JRand59, but I was happy to see the photos. Since Humpty Dumpty was a nursery rhyme character before Lewis Carroll gave him words, he could be in BABES, but he's not in the original. If this HD were created for a BABES production, it's one of the many altered/simplified versions that appeared wen the piece went into Public domain.
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Nice to hear nice things about Dustin Hoffman.
He's very shy but very sly. I worked for him and his company Punch Productions on THE MERCHANT OF VENICE when I was at Drama Book Shop. I got a great Christmas gift from him and the staff. I first helped him as a clerk at DBS in summer 1979. I cannot remember now what he was looking for. When I was managing the Minskoff Rehearsal Studios in 1983, while he was rehearsing DEATH Of A SALESMAN, he was really wonderful to me. Did you know he paid for his acting classes by playing piano for dance classes? I always thought he'd be a wonderful Koko in THE MIKADO.
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My BK question for the day:
How many siblings do you have.
Name them and provide a personality profile and how close are you to each one.
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Nice to hear nice things about Dustin Hoffman.
He's very shy but very sly. I worked for him and his company Punch Productions on THE MERCHANT OF VENICE when I was at Drama Book Shop. I got a great Christmas gift from him and the staff. I first helped him as a clerk at DBS in summer 1979. I cannot remember now what he was looking for. When I was managing the Minskoff Rehearsal Studios in 1983, while he was rehearsing DEATH Of A SALESMAN, he was really wonderful to me. Did you know he paid for his acting classes by playing piano for dance classes? I always thought he'd be a wonderful Koko in THE MIKADO.
If I am remembering what Charlie told me, he also drove a cab for a while. Did he do PANIC IN NEEDLE PARK, or was that Pacino? I get so confused sometime. :)
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I ask because I somehow remember Charlie telling me he gave Dustin free rent until he hit in PANIC, but I could just be making that all up. :)
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Nice to hear nice things about Dustin Hoffman.
He's very shy but very sly. I worked for him and his company Punch Productions on THE MERCHANT OF VENICE when I was at Drama Book Shop. I got a great Christmas gift from him and the staff. I first helped him as a clerk at DBS in summer 1979. I cannot remember now what he was looking for. When I was managing the Minskoff Rehearsal Studios in 1983, while he was rehearsing DEATH Of A SALESMAN, he was really wonderful to me. Did you know he paid for his acting classes by playing piano for dance classes? I always thought he'd be a wonderful Koko in THE MIKADO.
If I am remembering what Charlie told me, he also drove a cab for a while. Did he do PANIC IN NEEDLE PARK, or was that Pacino? I get so confused sometime. :)
PANIC IN NEEDLE PARK is either Pacino or DeNiro, not Hoffman.
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More Hoffman info. Thanks DR ELMORE.
Perhaps we should have a Dustin Hoffman performance day today.
I can't say I like him, I usually avoid him because he seems so mannered in his performances and gives a lot of "look at me" acting signals....IMO.
But - he has done some nice things.
Off the wall - I like him in STRAW DOGS.
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Today I am getting my hair cut - all of them - but that won't take long.
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Nice to hear nice things about Dustin Hoffman.
He's very shy but very sly. I worked for him and his company Punch Productions on THE MERCHANT OF VENICE when I was at Drama Book Shop. I got a great Christmas gift from him and the staff. I first helped him as a clerk at DBS in summer 1979. I cannot remember now what he was looking for. When I was managing the Minskoff Rehearsal Studios in 1983, while he was rehearsing DEATH Of A SALESMAN, he was really wonderful to me. Did you know he paid for his acting classes by playing piano for dance classes? I always thought he'd be a wonderful Koko in THE MIKADO.
I didn't know Hoffman could play piano until a Bette Midler TV special in which she stripped him while he was playing. it was hysterically funny. Wonder if that's on YouTube somewhere.
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Question for BK...and/or anybody else who wants to answer:
[No disrespect is intended by this question. I am just curious.]
There are a lot of good movies out there, and there are even more crappy movies out there.
I know, because I've written a few of the crappy ones. Yes, I was paid to write them and, my only defense is that, in the vast majority of cases, what I wrote is not what finally wound up on the screen.
So, my question is: Why do we watch these crappy movies when we know, in front (from reviews or having seen it before), that they are crappy movies?
BK watched DADDY'S GONE A HUNTING last night. He had seen it before. He knew it was crap. So, why waste two hours of your life that you will never get back again?
Is it nostalgia?
Maybe it is. The other night, I watched THE DEADLY MANTIS and THE LAND UNKNOWN, both terrible...but I'd seen them in the theaters when I was a kid.
Like I said, no disrespect intended. It's just a question for discussion.
a) I watch some of the new movies that have been called crappy because sometimes I do not agree with reviewers or the public.
b) Sometimes older movies age well and have redeeming qualities years later - that has happened quite a bit. And sometimes I just don't remember enough and I want to see why I thought it was so bad. With Daddy's Gone A Hunting it was simple - I wanted to hear the John Williams score again
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My first question for ASK BK day....how are the Indiana plans coming?
I haven't been able to figure it out yet - what I'm trying to do is figure out a way I can go to Seattle then directly to Indiana and from there to New York - all over the course of a week.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3t4LOjkTsJY
Here's the clip of Hoffmand and Midler from 1977
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Can someone post the particulars about the Indiana performances of BRAIN? Don't think we'll make it to WA to see George, but IN is just one state over!
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On May 28, 2008, I posted this about Mr Hoffman:
In 1983 or 1984, I was filling in for the manager of the Minskoff rehearsal studios over Christmas vacation; Dustin and co. were rehearsing DEATH OF A SALESMAN there. Everyone was friendly except for John Malkovich. I was working on the Book-of-the-Month "Songs of New York" recording so every morning when Dustin came in, he saw me working on a full score of something or other. After two days, when he came in, he would say "Good morning, Mr Mozart (or Mr Schubert or Mr Strauss)," and I started yelling back to him "call me Wolfgang (or Franz or Johann)." The last day I worked at the studio was the birthday of one of the cast members and Dustin had them bring me a piece of birthday cake and plastic cup of wine.
One less for the memoirs . . .
It was actually the Christmas holiday of 1983-84.
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My siblings from oldest to youngest.
Jack (real name John) b.1948. Died 1987.
Jack was the oldest in the family, and the brother I knew the least. He was 15 when I was born, and lived with his father during most of my childhood (he and all my older siblings were from my mom's first marriage)
He was always fascinated by planes and flew jets and helicopters during the Vietnam war. Part of his duty was to spray agent orange, something that would later be the cause of his early death at age 38.
After his discharge from the war he joined the State Police, and was still an officer, stationed in Bend, Oregon, when he passed away.
Sue: second oldest, and my only sister. She was 13 when I was born and thus was responsible for baby sitting me on many occasions. I idolized my sister when I was a kid, and today she is the sibling I am closest to both physically (she lives just outside of Salem) and emotionally. I am also very close to her two kids, but her husband drives me crazy some times (he is a very conservative, conservative)
Allen:
All of my big brothers were pretty darn nice to me as a kid, and Allen was especially so. He and his girlfriend of the moment would often take me and my little brother to the movies...THE GOLDEN VOYAGE OF SINBAD, TOWERING INFERNO, STAR WARS, CANNONBALL RUN, THE LAND THAT TIME FORGOT, SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT....all movies I have vivid memoreis of him taking us to see. Most teenagers would not be so nice as to let the little rugrats join him on dates!
I don't see nearly as much of Allen as I would like as we live in different parts of the state. Our interests are also quite different...he is very much into hunting...but I love and respect him very much.
Jeff:
8 years my senior, Jeff is the smart one of the bunch. He was always good in school, while the rest of of struggled and barely graduated. He is the only one to graduate college, and with an Engineering degree no less. He spent some time in the Coast Guard and now works in Portland for the Feds. Jeff is a good guy, but I wouldn't say were were ever very close. He did babysit on occasion, but basically holed up in his room talking to girls on the phone while my little brother and I had the run of the house...jumping on the furniture and watching things like LOVE AMERICAN STYLE. Jeff is a great guy and I enjoy talking to him when we get together, which is not nearly as often as it should be, seeing as how he lives in Tigard, which is only abour 45 minutes away.
Dan:
3 years younger then I, Dan was a thorn in my side from the very beginning. I was a peace loving child and he was a bratty ruffian and ran roughshod over me for most of my early life. By 3rd grade he was running around with a bad crowd and by his early teens he was into drug use, although I didn't realize it. I just thought he had a really, really bad temper. He and I had no use for each other and it has only been in the last 10 years, since he sobered up, that we have had any kind of a brotherly relationship. I now enjoy his company, and he has more or less made ammends for his past with all of us.
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My BK question for the day:
How many siblings do you have.
Name them and provide a personality profile and how close are you to each one.
What, you didn't read the Kritzer books? I have one brother. An odd duck - we are not that close, but have a fun whenever we see each other. If you read the Kritzer books, especially the first, you will know that as children we did not get along.
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Besides Jacques Brel BBC 2 has a bio of
Al Bowlly (http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b008g38c/Al_Bowlly_Britains_First_Pop_Star_Episode_1/)
One of Great Britain's first "pop" stars.
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BRAINEX Indiana style
http://www.buckcreekplayers.com/
Former DR EVIL KURT and I are tentatively planning on Sunday, April 11....at 2:30 - hopefully MR BK would be able to make it that day.
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Of course I have a ton of other half siblings and step siblings from my father's three marriages. My dad's son from his first marriage lives in Portland, but have not seen him since 1977. His two daughters I saw often as a kid, but have not seen now for almost 30 years. His step kids from his 3rd marriage..well, if I never see them again, it will be too soon. A bunch of white trash hillbillies who I never cared for. I saw them last at my dad's funural in 2001. Before that I hadn't seen them since 1983 when I moved out of my dad and stepmom's house.
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My BK question for the day:
How many siblings do you have.
Name them and provide a personality profile and how close are you to each one.
What, you didn't read the Kritzer books? I have one brother. An odd duck - we are not that close, but have a fun whenever we see each other. If you read the Kritzer books, especially the first, you will know that as children we did not get along.
Yes, I remember him from the books. Wasn't sure how much of it was true or made up for the story. The quesiton is also for all HHWers to answer, as well.
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Just came back from a walk along the river. I didn't bring a camera so I can't show what I saw which was basically nothing...
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Page Four Dance:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v130/WandaDuck/river_seine.jpg)
Here's something that I did not see on my walk along the river...
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Nothing about my family is made up in the Kritzer books.
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I have two sisters, one sane, one insane. So both gene pools of my ancestry are adequately represented. :)
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I just found out that if you join the Warner Insider's Program (free) you automatically get 25% off the Warner Archives titles. There's some interesting titles in the latest batch, including Preminger's St. Joan, The Eddie Cantor Story, Picasso Summer (which I've never seen), and Man And A Woman: 20 Years Later, which I've also never seen.
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DtM, I have been meaning to mention for some time, since your quote is from Nin, DS Betsy was hired to do a birthday comedy set for an elderly Jewish woman here in Portland from one of the 'old money' families. This woman had been a personal friend of Anais Nin's, and Nin had come several times to her house to stay, so Betsy had to come up with a slew of Anais Nin jokes, no easy task. :)
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Grrrrr... During the past two weeks I've bought pricey navel oranges at two different stores and they were all partially dried up inside.
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Jrand, what airport would I fly in to? The Olympia production isn't until the end of April, so it's probably two separate trips. I'll try to price out the flight to Indiana.
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DtM, I have been meaning to mention for some time, since your quote is from Nin, DS Betsy was hired to do a birthday comedy set for an elderly Jewish woman here in Portland from one of the 'old money' families. This woman had been a personal friend of Anais Nin's, and Nin had come several times to her house to stay, so Betsy had to come up with a slew of Anais Nin jokes, no easy task. :)
I can't imagine much more than "That Anais Nin--what's up with her?"
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She actually did several very clever jokes (which I may have helped a little with, nudge, nudge, wink, wink, say n'more) where Nin toured various landmarks in and around Portland and they became sexualized. ;) Also she did a running gag about Henry Miller showing up at the house.
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So Henry Miller came home early from writing one day to find Anais Nin's sitting stark naked on her bed and crying...
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Good Afternoon!
Well...
Hmm...
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And since I just got a call about playing a taping (an audition) that I was supposedly lined up for last week but never confirmed for, well...
Laters...
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3t4LOjkTsJY
Here's the clip of Hoffmand and Midler from 1977
Thank you. I never saw that and had no idea. :)
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If you happen to find yourself in SW Ohio this weekend:
Middletown AAUW's Annual Used Book Sale (http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=378434028240&ref=nf)
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DtM, I have been meaning to mention for some time, since your quote is from Nin, DS Betsy was hired to do a birthday comedy set for an elderly Jewish woman here in Portland from one of the 'old money' families. This woman had been a personal friend of Anais Nin's, and Nin had come several times to her house to stay, so Betsy had to come up with a slew of Anais Nin jokes, no easy task. :)
Congrats to Betsy on her gig!
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She already did it, Jane, but thanks! The family was verklempt and Betsy was verklempt to get paid to do comedy, LOL!
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Thank you very much DRs Matt H, JFL, Jose, Cilla, & Ben.
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She already did it, Jane, but thanks! The family was verklempt and Betsy was verklempt to get paid to do comedy, LOL!
:D
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Jrand, what airport would I fly in to? The Olympia production isn't until the end of April, so it's probably two separate trips. I'll try to price out the flight to Indiana.
Indianapolis International....and no that is not a joke,
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So Henry Miller came home early from writing one day to find Anais Nin's sitting stark naked on her bed and crying...
What do you mean....ONE day?
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Jrand, what airport would I fly in to? The Olympia production isn't until the end of April, so it's probably two separate trips. I'll try to price out the flight to Indiana.
Indianapolis International....and no that is not a joke,
We have Medford International Airport. ;D
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So Henry Miller came home early from writing one day to find Anais Nin's sitting stark naked on her bed and crying...
What do you mean....ONE day?
;D
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My mother started laughing hysterically one day in the mid-1960's when she heard a news report that the SLC airport was now "International" because there was a weekly flight from Canada coming in.
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Family.....
Michael - older brother, works in a factory, married to Faith who does daycare at home - three married sons (Matthew, John, Paul) - two grandchildren.
Me -
Paula - sister, dental technician, she makes the molds for your braces - married to Larry - three children, one married. No grandchildren.
Myrna - sister, owns the World of Wisdom Bookstore, married to Clint - divorced, no children; married to Carl - two children )CJ and Danny), divorced and then he died in a motorcycle accident; married to Michael, retired from truck driving.
Dane - works at a factory making envelopes for Office Depot, married to Patty, two children, divorced, one grandchild; married to Kathy, who works at the bank.
Kent - sells concrete and cement blocks, married to Rhonda, one daughter (I will remember her name one day) , one grandchild, divorced; married to Brenda, one son (Trent), divorced; married to Holly, a nurse.
David - manager of an Aldi's Grocery Store; married to Daneen (sister of Patty, see First Wife, Dane), two sons (Grant, Garrett) in high school.
Molly - works on the internet, she types search data for photographs and cartoons so they come up when someone searches for something similar on the world wide web; married to Jason, divorced, married to Austin, finance consultant. No Children. She lives on Camano Island near Seattle.
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I have one older sister who lives in Maine.
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We have Medford International Airport. ;D
With one waiting bench for domestic flyers and one bench for international. All passengers must share the same coffee machine.
der Brucer
"Pasengers awaiting the March flight to Vancouver, there will be a three day delay in boarding."
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3t4LOjkTsJY
Here's the clip of Hoffmand and Midler from 1977
I had totally forgotten the bit with her dressing him at the piano. Seeing the two clips makes me wish this special were on DVD.
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I have one brother living in Ohio. The other is dead. Or should be.
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So Henry Miller came home early from writing one day to find Anais Nin's sitting stark naked on her bed and crying...
What do you mean....ONE day?
;D
Miller ever went home? How would he know it was home?
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The other is dead. Or should be.
Isn't being married to The Lady a fate worse than death?
der Brucer
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I have two and a half sisters.
Brigitte is 15 years older and lives in Germany. She was raised by my grandmother and only speaks German. My German isn't so good, so communication is hard. Yet I love her dearly and visit as often as possible, which isn't often enough. She has three children, four grand-children and one great-granddaughter.
Linda is six years older. Her birthday was yesterday. She wanted to be a writer and ended up working for an insurance company. She's a Pentacostalist, so we don't talk politics often. Actually, we don't talk as often as we should. She and her husband live in Richmond, Va., with their 19-year-old son, who has spent too much time in the South (a bit racist, Republican and red-necked replete with tattoos).
Annaliese is four years older than me. She lives in Lexington, Ky., with her husband and son, Herman, who's 11. In recent years, she's become a stage mother in the Rose mold, pushing her son into competition after competition. He wins many of them, because he has an angelic prepubescent voice, plays excellent French horn and percussion, and can ham it up. What happens after his voice changes will be another story. What happens when he finally tells her no will also be another story.
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page five dance.
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BRAINEX Indiana style
http://www.buckcreekplayers.com/
Former DR EVIL KURT and I are tentatively planning on Sunday, April 11....at 2:30 - hopefully MR BK would be able to make it that day.
Thanks, DR JRand! Sundays won't work for us, but I'm looking at one of the Friday evening performances, either the 16th or 23rd.
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I have one sister, almost 10 years older, who lives in Michigan. We are very different, but get along better than you might expect. We are so far apart in age that my mother says she raised 2 only children.
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DR JRand, your siblings marriage history is almost as confusing as DR MBarnums parents. ;)
My brother is 6 years older than I am & my sister was 4 1/2 years older. I was very lucky as a child to have older siblings who took me places with them, including outings with their friends & I adored them both. My brother was smart & had/has a wonderful dry sense of humor & could make me laugh uncontrollably. My sister was an artist & could recreate on paper anything she looked at.
Unfortunately my sister also encouraged me to skip my homework & do all sorts of things I shouldn't have been doing. Admittedly some were great fun, others made me ill knowing they were wrong. When I look back on my childhood I was lucky to have survived physically unscratched from many of her antics. When I was 17 she began to turn on me. This is the sister Keith saw & knew. It really turns sad after that though I defended her for years. The verbal abuse & manipulation I didn't understand as a child escalated. Sometimes, though it would be best for you, one can't walk away from a family member because of the pain it would cause everyone else. It still makes me cry to think of how it should have been, not how it was.
My brother & I have a great relationship & have gotten closer since our sister died.
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We have Medford International Airport. ;D
"Pasengers awaiting the March flight to Vancouver, there will be a three day delay in boarding."
That's about it, not that I have ever seen a flight to Canada. ;D
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John G, thanks for the recipe. It looks good.
I wouldn’t mind visiting Germany more often. ;)
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The piano movers are here. Pray for Rosemary's Kawai. ;)
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Piano moving vibes!!!
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Nice interview with Brett Claywell today about the departure of Kyle and Fish and the rumors being passed about the firing:
http://www.fancast.com/blogs/2010/deep-soap/oltls-brett-claywell-firing/
Now that Kyle and Fish are sacked, ONE LIFE TO LIVE is reverting to all the traditional soap idiocies. today, Jessica (who has amnesia after electroshock therapy and near rape by her psychopath father) who thinks she's 18 again (that gal's 40 if she's a day!) is vamping her high school sweetheart who won't give in or put out since he's invovled with another. He informed her that what she doesn't remember is that he married her sister. And when she starts pissing and moaning over what a jerk he is, he told her that she had already married his brother. Oy!
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From Cilla:
Did you hear that the Obama lady he's been talking about on all these recent rallies qualifies for medicaid? Guess she has insurance after all
Yes. AND...When her sister spoke on her behalf she was in the hospital getting proper treatment. And the Cleveland Clinic said it had no intention of putting a lien on the woman’s house or letting the billing process interfere with her treatment.
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Question for BK...and/or anybody else who wants to answer:
[No disrespect is intended by this question. I am just curious.]
There are a lot of good movies out there, and there are even more crappy movies out there.
I know, because I've written a few of the crappy ones. Yes, I was paid to write them and, my only defense is that, in the vast majority of cases, what I wrote is not what finally wound up on the screen.
So, my question is: Why do we watch these crappy movies when we know, in front (from reviews or having seen it before), that they are crappy movies?
BK watched DADDY'S GONE A HUNTING last night. He had seen it before. He knew it was crap. So, why waste two hours of your life that you will never get back again?
Is it nostalgia?
Maybe it is. The other night, I watched THE DEADLY MANTIS and THE LAND UNKNOWN, both terrible...but I'd seen them in the theaters when I was a kid.
Like I said, no disrespect intended. It's just a question for discussion.
I usually don't revisit bad movies all that much. But I will watch movies that have bad reputations, probably out of curiosity. I just noticed that TCM is showing PARNELL this afternoon...reputed to be Clark Gable's worst movie ever. The few clips and snatches I've seen of it in the past would seem to confirm that. But I've never seen it all the way through. I'm debating watching it this afternoon, just to say I've seen it.
Ben, thanks for the Al Bowlly link. Listening to it right now.
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Back from a two-mile jog. Man! I haven't jogged this year, so it was a little difficult, but I'm now back in the mode and shall try to do it at least four times a week.
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DR GINNY - if MR BK can't come the first week, and you and DH RICHARD are traveling over for an evening performance - perhaps we can all be there one evening the second week, except for DR KURT who will be in Chicago during the second week.
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The first weekend is the weekend of the Putnam County Dancing With the Stars contest - and I am dancing Thurs-Fri-Sat......scary.
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The first weekend is the weekend of the Putnam County Dancing With the Stars contest - and I am dancing Thurs-Fri-Sat......scary.
I would love to see that!
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DR GINNY - if MR BK can't come the first week, and you and DH RICHARD are traveling over for an evening performance - perhaps we can all be there one evening the second week, except for DR KURT who will be in Chicago during the second week.
DR JRand - I'm leaning toward the 23rd, because on the 16th I have luncheon plans in Cincinnati with our very own DR DakotaCelt.
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The first weekend is the weekend of the Putnam County Dancing With the Stars contest - and I am dancing Thurs-Fri-Sat......scary.
What are you dancing? Do you know yet?
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The piano movers are here. Pray for Rosemary's Kawai. ;)
Kawai vibes!
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The first weekend is the weekend of the Putnam County Dancing With the Stars contest - and I am dancing Thurs-Fri-Sat......scary.
What are you dancing? Do you know yet?
There may be video, DR ELMORE.
April 23 is a Friday....it might work.
DR JOHNG - I am dancing DISCO to "I Haven't Stopped Dancing Yet" by Gonzalez....with my partner Debbie.
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Must now go ship about ten packages - I thought I was caught up, but that wasn't quite so.
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Grrrrr... During the past two weeks I've bought pricey navel oranges at two different stores and they were all partially dried up inside.
Sorry to hear that, but if you find any with juice, you may want to try them in this recipe that the James Beard Foundation posted earlier today for Portuguese Orange-Olive Oil Cake. http://is.gd/aMiKI
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Nice to hear nice things about Dustin Hoffman.
He's very shy but very sly. I worked for him and his company Punch Productions on THE MERCHANT OF VENICE when I was at Drama Book Shop. I got a great Christmas gift from him and the staff. I first helped him as a clerk at DBS in summer 1979. I cannot remember now what he was looking for. When I was managing the Minskoff Rehearsal Studios in 1983, while he was rehearsing DEATH Of A SALESMAN, he was really wonderful to me. Did you know he paid for his acting classes by playing piano for dance classes? I always thought he'd be a wonderful Koko in THE MIKADO.
If I am remembering what Charlie told me, he also drove a cab for a while. Did he do PANIC IN NEEDLE PARK, or was that Pacino? I get so confused sometime. :)
Al Pacino was the star of PANIC IN NEEDLE PARK.
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When I went down, I watched last night's IDOL. While there were no performances that bowled me over and made me sit up and take notice, 10 of the 12 finalists were accomplished enough vocally to not embarrass themselves. I did not like Andrew Garcia or Tim Urban. Everyone else was passable or better.
I truly do not see the makings of a music star out of this group, but there is always room for improvement. They still have 11 weeks of finals.
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While I ate lunch, I watched last night's FLASH FORWARD recap show. I remembered everything they mentioned, and I hadn't forgotten anything or misunderstood anything, but it was nice to put it all back into my head. I'll be ready now for the show to resume on Thursday night.
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I spent the rest of the afternoon on TOY STORY. The movie, of course, is a marvel, still as funny and involving as it ever was. Yep, computer animation has progressed a ton since this was made, but the crux of Pixar's genius is right there on display as clear as ever. Bright, interesting characters one immediately identifies with, an engrossing story, and such witty writing that's it's just plain fun to see it unfold.
I fell in love with these characters all over again.
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Of course, the movie was only 80 minutes, but there are a ton of bonus materials, much of it carried over from the last DVD release and some of it newly produced in 1080p for the Blu-ray release. Truth to tell, the new stuff wasn't all that great. All the interesting stuff about the genesis of the project and its three painful years of birth are told in the vintage features.
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I did get through everything so I'll be able to watching something fun tonight (haven't decided what that will be). Then, I'll watch HUMAN TARGET around 9:10.
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I'm finished with whatever it is I had to do and now I think I shall watch a motion picture on Blu and Ray since I won't have time to do that later.
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Signing out to go out for our St. Patrick's dinner - at Grecian Delight, of course!
Bye for now!
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Goodnes - Teddy needs a Tums for his Troubled Tummy.
der Brucer
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While I ate lunch, I watched last night's FLASH FORWARD recap show. I remembered everything they mentioned, and I hadn't forgotten anything or misunderstood anything, but it was nice to put it all back into my head. I'll be ready now for the show to resume on Thursday night.
Thanks. I didn't know it was a recap show-good idea.
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Signing out to go out for our St. Patrick's dinner - at Grecian Delight, of course!
Bye for now!
Very Irish-lol
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Piano is happily ensconced in the new house. What a difference in acoustics over there with the huge cathedral ceilings (and the carpeted floor). The piano movers were really nice guys. I tipped them on top of the money I paid.
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Piano is happily ensconced in the new house. What a difference in acoustics over there with the huge cathedral ceilings (and the carpeted floor). The piano movers were really nice guys. I tipped them on top of the money I paid.
Very nice.
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More Hoffman info. Thanks DR ELMORE.
Perhaps we should have a Dustin Hoffman performance day today.
I can't say I like him, I usually avoid him because he seems so mannered in his performances and gives a lot of "look at me" acting signals....IMO.
But - he has done some nice things.
Off the wall - I like him in STRAW DOGS.
That is my problem with Mr. Hoffman in DEATH OF A SALESMAN. I never saw his Broadway performance where it might well have worked, but under the glare of the cameras I thought his performance was very mannered and unnaturally "showy."
Still, some of his screen work, such as MIDNIGHT COWBOY is so painfully real that it hurts.
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Today I am getting my hair cut - all of them - but that won't take long.
Couldn't you just send them out?
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I could....DR TCB....but it was postponed anyway.
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Question for BK...and/or anybody else who wants to answer:
[No disrespect is intended by this question. I am just curious.]
There are a lot of good movies out there, and there are even more crappy movies out there.
I know, because I've written a few of the crappy ones. Yes, I was paid to write them and, my only defense is that, in the vast majority of cases, what I wrote is not what finally wound up on the screen.
So, my question is: Why do we watch these crappy movies when we know, in front (from reviews or having seen it before), that they are crappy movies?
BK watched DADDY'S GONE A HUNTING last night. He had seen it before. He knew it was crap. So, why waste two hours of your life that you will never get back again?
Is it nostalgia?
Maybe it is. The other night, I watched THE DEADLY MANTIS and THE LAND UNKNOWN, both terrible...but I'd seen them in the theaters when I was a kid.
Like I said, no disrespect intended. It's just a question for discussion.
a) I watch some of the new movies that have been called crappy because sometimes I do not agree with reviewers or the public.
b) Sometimes older movies age well and have redeeming qualities years later - that has happened quite a bit. And sometimes I just don't remember enough and I want to see why I thought it was so bad. With Daddy's Gone A Hunting it was simple - I wanted to hear the John Williams score again
I loved DADDY'S GONE A HUNTING! I have seen the film several times. Sometimes crap is just what the doctor ordered.
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One sister. Daine. Three years (and two months) older. Married to husband Jim in 1966. Divorced in the mid Seventies. One child, a daughter, Danielle, now 40. She has never married, but has two children, my great nephews, Elijah and Xavier.
She married husband Jim in the mid-eighties. Still married. They had the same daughter that they had the first time around; still 40.
My sister and I did not get along at all when we were growing up. She used to lock me out of the house in my pajamas when my mother was at church. We became much closer when we both became adults; and I got bigger than her.
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Signing out to go out for our St. Patrick's dinner - at Grecian Delight, of course!
Bye for now!
Very Irish-lol
:P We went there because we'd heard about the good fish they have on Wednesdays and Fridays during Lent. The choices were baked or fried, so I, trying to be virtuous, chose baked. What they neglected to say was that the baked fish was smothered in onions, which I really, really don't like. Even though I scraped them off, I still could not eat the fish. If this has been a fancy restaurant, I'd have sent it back, but it's really just a fast food jernt and I didn't want to cause a scene. Richard had ordered the fried fish, so we shared that and then went for ice cream.
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While I ate lunch, I watched last night's FLASH FORWARD recap show. I remembered everything they mentioned, and I hadn't forgotten anything or misunderstood anything, but it was nice to put it all back into my head. I'll be ready now for the show to resume on Thursday night.
Thanks. I didn't know it was a recap show-good idea.
I just started watching this show a few days ago. I had recorded all 10 episodes but had never watched them. I thought the first episode was only so-so. But i really liked show #2 and 3. I have now watched the first 4. So i have 6 more before Thursdays show. I had no idea that Penny from LOST was on it. I love her!
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I am gonna go watch the IDOL results show now. I agree with DR MattH. Nobody seem like a true star right now. Although the judges are in love with Crystal. My favorite i think is didi. I would not care if they got rid of tim, paige, aaron, Andrew or Lacey.
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Ginny is it onions in general you don't like or just smothered on fish?
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DR GINNY - if MR BK can't come the first week, and you and DH RICHARD are traveling over for an evening performance - perhaps we can all be there one evening the second week, except for DR KURT who will be in Chicago during the second week.
DR JRand - I'm leaning toward the 23rd, because on the 16th I have luncheon plans in Cincinnati with our very own DR DakotaCelt.
Ginny, in case you change your mind; this site has driving directions for getting to the theater in Olympia (it is beautiful in Olympia in May).
http://calendar.thenewstribune.com/olympia-wa/events/show/95305365-theater-arts-olympia-presents-the-brain-from-planet-x-the-musical
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As FLASHFORWARD progressed I became somewhat bored with it. I thought Keith had removed it, yet it has begun recording again ;D Seems we are giving it another try.
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I enjoyed last night's LOST and thought Sawyer's story was quite interesting.
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DR GINNY - if MR BK can't come the first week, and you and DH RICHARD are traveling over for an evening performance - perhaps we can all be there one evening the second week, except for DR KURT who will be in Chicago during the second week.
DR JRand - I'm leaning toward the 23rd, because on the 16th I have luncheon plans in Cincinnati with our very own DR DakotaCelt.
Ginny, in case you change your mind; this site has driving directions for getting to the theater in Olympia (it is beautiful in Olympia in May).
http://calendar.thenewstribune.com/olympia-wa/events/show/95305365-theater-arts-olympia-presents-the-brain-from-planet-x-the-musical
And what about the West Coast HHW's? Isn't anyone going to come support George (and BK)?
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I fixed low-fat corned "beef" and cabbage tonight. Pathetic, really.
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As FLASHFORWARD progressed I became somewhat bored with it. I thought Keith had removed it, yet it has begun recording again ;D Seems we are giving it another try.
I almost gave up on it after episode 1. But it's quite interesting when you watch all the episodes one after another. I won't say i love it. But so far after 4 episodes i find it interesting.
Since I have few shows on thurs/fri maybe i will catch up by the weekend.
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I made a roast chicken, mashed turnip and mashed potatoes. My niece used to love everything I made. Then she started disliking her favorite.
She used to love when i made her homemade mac and cheese and now she says she prefers Kraft Dinner.
Almost every meal i used to bring to her that she loved she no longer wants. Thankfully after tonight's dinner she said she loved it (she chose it) and asked if she could have it every wednesday from now on . :)
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Does anyone have a blanket with sleeves? Keith, who was oblivious to the fact these existed, saw them on the opening of "Cougar Town" and exclaimed he wanted one for his birthday.
I've done a little research & have read to get the Slanket for comfort & softness.
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Very interesting LOST article DR Jose!
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Does anyone have a blanket with sleeves? Keith, who was oblivious to the fact these existed, saw them on the opening of "Cougar Town" and exclaimed he wanted one for his birthday.
I've done a little research & have read to get the Slanket for comfort & softness.
A snuggie!
I don't have one but really really want one.
Just make sure you get the plush ones and not the crappy imitations.
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I have a Snuggie. It is leopard-spotted.
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DR Jane they seem to be made of fleece, which doesn't seem comfortable to me. But they are supposed to be really comfy. I guess it depends which kind you get. Snuggies are the only ones i had heard about.
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Does anyone have a blanket with sleeves? Keith, who was oblivious to the fact these existed, saw them on the opening of "Cougar Town" and exclaimed he wanted one for his birthday.
I've done a little research & have read to get the Slanket for comfort & softness.
A snuggie!
I don't have one but really really want one.
Just make sure you get the plush ones and not the crappy imitations.
It is rather frightening to think that there are imitation snuggies! The only thing worse would be an imitation Chea pet.
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DR GINNY - if MR BK can't come the first week, and you and DH RICHARD are traveling over for an evening performance - perhaps we can all be there one evening the second week, except for DR KURT who will be in Chicago during the second week.
DR JRand - I'm leaning toward the 23rd, because on the 16th I have luncheon plans in Cincinnati with our very own DR DakotaCelt.
Ginny, in case you change your mind; this site has driving directions for getting to the theater in Olympia (it is beautiful in Olympia in May).
http://calendar.thenewstribune.com/olympia-wa/events/show/95305365-theater-arts-olympia-presents-the-brain-from-planet-x-the-musical
And what about the West Coast HHW's? Isn't anyone going to come support George (and BK)?
I had planned to until my accident, now I doubt it. Penny is interested but likely won't be able to go. I told her I would let her know the dates of the gathering.
Would the plan be for the Portland/Salem people to go to a matinee & return home in the evening?
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Does anyone have a blanket with sleeves? Keith, who was oblivious to the fact these existed, saw them on the opening of "Cougar Town" and exclaimed he wanted one for his birthday.
I've done a little research & have read to get the Slanket for comfort & softness.
A snuggie!
I don't have one but really really want one.
Just make sure you get the plush ones and not the crappy imitations.
From what I'm reading the Snuggie is not soft & plush. Maybe you also want a Slanket ;) Have you touched one?
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I have a Snuggie. It is leopard-spotted.
I thought only the Slanket came leopard-spotted. ;D
Is it soft, plush & comfy?
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LOL TCB.
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(http://www.theslanket.com/images/large/leopard_LRG.jpg)
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DR Jane - no onions for me, if I can help it.
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DR TCB - when the PNW production of BRAIN was first announced, and DR George was cast, I'd hoped to plan a vacation for us around it. Richard has never been to Washington and Oregon and I haven't been there since a 1984 conference in Seattle. This spring turns out not be be the time for us to take a trip that elaborate.
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A shame, they are in so many foods. I love onions. I have a friend who hates cilantro & he just about always asks if there is any in the food before ordering. Do you usually ask?
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DR TCB - when the PNW production of BRAIN was first announced, and DR George was cast, I'd hoped to plan a vacation for us around it. Richard has never been to Washington and Oregon and I haven't been there since a 1984 conference in Seattle. This spring turns out not be be the time for us to take a trip that elaborate.
I'm very sorry you won't be coming to Oregon.
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The Snuggie is thin, which is fine for me. It's not that cold here.
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Actually, the Slanket came first. There was a story on it this past Sunday on CBS Sunday morning. You can watch the piece here.
Slanket vs. Snuggie (http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=6297693n)
Mo Rocca interviews the inventor of the Slanket. He came up with the idea in 1998, long before the Snuggie. It was successful but it didn't take off the way the Snuggie did. I guess because he doesn't have cheesy commercials.
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DR TCB - when the PNW production of BRAIN was first announced, and DR George was cast, I'd hoped to plan a vacation for us around it. Richard has never been to Washington and Oregon and I haven't been there since a 1984 conference in Seattle. This spring turns out not be be the time for us to take a trip that elaborate.
I'm very sorry you won't be coming to Oregon.
So am I, DR Jane. If I were still working, I'd probably be in Portland next week for the Public Library Association conference.
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Actually, the Slanket came first. There was a story on it this past Sunday on CBS Sunday morning. You can watch the piece here.
Slanket vs. Snuggie (http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=6297693n)
Mo Rocca interviews the inventor of the Slanket. He came up with the idea in 1998, long before the Snuggie. It was successful but it didn't take off the way the Snuggie did. I guess because he doesn't have cheesy commercials.
What was that at the end..."a sleep off"! I had read the details on the Slanket site. I definitely want one that will hold up in the wash.
Laura is your Snuggie soft?. I really think Keith would be fine with thin since he gets warm long before I do.
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It's soft. I'm content with it.
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Does anyone have a blanket with sleeves? Keith, who was oblivious to the fact these existed, saw them on the opening of "Cougar Town" and exclaimed he wanted one for his birthday.
I've done a little research & have read to get the Slanket for comfort & softness.
Yep, I have one. It can be very comfy, and I have gotten a lot of wear out of mine.
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I found something like it at Macy's & was excited because it has a quilted outer layer, much better to deal with dog fur. I looked up a photo & it fits like a robe & looks like a robe.
The Slanket gives a portion of the profits to a non profit organization. The color you purchase determines where the money is donated.
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Does anyone have a blanket with sleeves? Keith, who was oblivious to the fact these existed, saw them on the opening of "Cougar Town" and exclaimed he wanted one for his birthday.
I've done a little research & have read to get the Slanket for comfort & softness.
Yep, I have one. It can be very comfy, and I have gotten a lot of wear out of mine.
Which one do you have?
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As I was writing up my TOY STORY review, I realized I hadn't watched one of the bonus features, so when I went back down, that's the first thing I did. Was only a two minute featurette, but I did feel I needed to see it.
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Snuggie.
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Thank you Laura & Matt H
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After that, I watched last night's NCIS: LA. Only an average episode. This was about gangs in LA shooting people down on the streets. The acting wasn't great and the story weas very familiar. This show doesn't usually pose mysteries for the viewers to solve which is one reason I MUCH prefer the original show to this spin-off.
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I ended my evening with tonight's HUMAN TARGET. Looks like DR Jennifer is getting her wish to have a female regular on the show. Looks like that nerdy girl is going to be back as a computer expert to work with the Jackie Earle Hayley character.
I did like the episode though the back and forth in time scenario is used by everyone nowadays and has certainly lost its freshness.
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Hello, everyone.
I have neither a Snuggie nor a Slanket. I also have no Siblings. But both DR MBarnum and DR JRand seem to have lots of siblings and, I presume, lots of stories to go with them. If either of you decide to become a novelist I think you will have lots of material.
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I had a busy day, including a haircut (LOTS of hair to cut) and LOTS of errands. Where do all the errands come from?
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I did a bit more unpacking the other day and am now listening to one of my favorite CDs. It has two tracks by Francois Dompierre, whose work I can't seem to get enough of.
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Jane, I'm glad you're trying LARK RISE TO CANDLEFORD. I really like this series, but I don't know of anyone else who's heard of it.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3t4LOjkTsJY
Here's the clip of Hoffmand and Midler from 1977
I had totally forgotten the bit with her dressing him at the piano. Seeing the two clips makes me wish this special were on DVD.
TOD: Question for BK: Is there any market for such DVDs in the way that there is a niche for soundtracks, cast albums, etc.? Would it work for Kritzerland to market 1,000 copies of, say, "On the Flip Side" or a Bette Midler special or anything else that might be in the vaults?
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I'm heading downstairs now to bed.
Good night!
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3t4LOjkTsJY
Here's the clip of Hoffmand and Midler from 1977
I had totally forgotten the bit with her dressing him at the piano. Seeing the two clips makes me wish this special were on DVD.
TOD: Question for BK: Is there any market for such DVDs in the way that there is a niche for soundtracks, cast albums, etc.? Would it work for Kritzerland to market 1,000 copies of, say, "On the Flip Side" or a Bette Midler special or anything else that might be in the vaults?
Really hard to know - DVD is not doing well. However, I do have a master on On The Flip Side and could do it easily. I've been thinking about it.
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I have the vinyl of "On the Flip Side." Always wanted to see what it looked like.
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page eight dance.
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I know they say DVD is hurting. But are the people who are saying that the same people who think there is no market for cast albums?
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ON THE FLIP SIDE is available on CD, in one of those cool LP sleeve reproductions, from Japan.
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Night all. I want my hour back.
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Good evening. I've had the blinds pulled up in my office for the past 10 days and today I walked into my office and wondered why it was so bright....THE SUN!!!! It was delightful
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Even more of the snow melted today. We have very little left. Tomorrow we will have a nice day for part of the day and then Friday....the rain and snow will be back. But just having a two day reprieve makes all the difference in the world.
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Finished viewing another Warner Archive title.
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I gotta tell you.
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And actually I'm watching another Warner Archive title in the bedroom.
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Now I'm relaxing.
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I wonder if Dustin remembers my uncle Charlie Keith and calling him for some reason in NYC many years ago. I answered the phone and didn't have a clue who "Dusty" was until Charlie told me.
I doubt it; not because his memory is going but because he meets so many people!
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Being both Irish and Jewish means, as a family "slogan" goes, we have the Irish temper and the Jewish intellect to back it up. :)
Dustin christened me as an "honorary Jew", based on my knowledge of Minsk, schmaltz and other things Jewish. He arrived wearing a green lei. He loves off-color jokes, so I immediately said "Looks like "somebody" got lei-ed". That made him laugh and we had a great recording session. He went way beyond what we expected, time-wise and energy-wise. Once again Peter and I both felt that he was not only the most gracious, kind and thoughtful person we had ever met in the biz, but in our lives.
Afterwards, we spent the afternoon wandering around Venice and then took a drive into Hollywood to have the most wonderful hamburgers at Umami, followed by drinks at the Formosa, a place that struck me as something bk would probably like. Very old-school Hollywood!
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Good Evening!
I really should be in my bed asleep by now, but I'm not. So...
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We had a good recording session with Dustin. I have to say he was one of the nicest, most down-to-earth and friendly famous people I've ever met. Drove himself to the session, picked up his own coffee, worked very hard and no attitude, just wanting to make sure we were getting the best that he could do. A real mensch. We're finishing up with him today, and this time he will probably forgo the creamy cold, phlegm-producing coffee drink.
It's always nice when you meet one of your faves and they turn out to be so great.
I love him. I've worked for him a couple of times and I think he's one of the best.
Oh, darn...I wish I had known! I told him how much I had loved Harry Nilsson and the narration Dustin did for The Point, and he sang me a song from a show he was in with Cleavon Little which he thought Harry had written. He told me he couldn't sing, but he can certainly stay on pitch.
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DR edisaurus - :) :) :) :) :)
I always love finding out that "they" are real people (too).
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Nice to hear nice things about Dustin Hoffman.
He's very shy but very sly. I worked for him and his company Punch Productions on THE MERCHANT OF VENICE when I was at Drama Book Shop. I got a great Christmas gift from him and the staff. I first helped him as a clerk at DBS in summer 1979. I cannot remember now what he was looking for. When I was managing the Minskoff Rehearsal Studios in 1983, while he was rehearsing DEATH Of A SALESMAN, he was really wonderful to me. Did you know he paid for his acting classes by playing piano for dance classes? I always thought he'd be a wonderful Koko in THE MIKADO.
A friend of Peter's told him that Dustin had helped her get her start as an actress by helping her get a part in DEATH OF A SALESMAN. She's now a teacher at Peter's daughter's school. She had a lot of stories about how generous he was and always tried to help people coming up. He also told us a few stories about rooming with Robert Duvall---they sound like quite a pair!
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R.I.P. Alex Chilton (http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/17/alex-chilton-musician-dies/)
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DR JMK - Pics please of your piano in it's new surroundings! -Glad everything went smoothly.
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Oh, that clip with Bette and Dustin is so great! I wish I'd been able to read all of this before our session today!
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I fixed low-fat corned "beef" and cabbage tonight. Pathetic, really.
They had corned beef and cabbage at the studio, as well as colcanoon (sp?) and other Irish stuff. There is a lot of revelry going on below my hotel window. The hotel is a block from the 3rd Street Promenade in Santa Monica, big party area apparently.
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Good evening. I've had the blinds pulled up in my office for the past 10 days and today I walked into my office and wondered why it was so bright....THE SUN!!!! It was delightful
It indeed was a gorgeous day here in NYC. Alas, I never made it to Central Park due to my quasi-last minute recording session. However, after I finished the session, I walked down to Madison Square Park and Union Square Park and even took a little stroll through part of the West Village. Of course, since it was St. Patrick's Day, the sidewalks were filled with post-Parade "celebrants". And from what I could see - and smell - it looked like some of them had started "celebrating" quite early today. :-\
But that's New York City on St. Patrick's Day! -For better or worse.
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I fixed low-fat corned "beef" and cabbage tonight. Pathetic, really.
They had corned beef and cabbage at the studio, as well as colcanoon (sp?) and other Irish stuff. There is a lot of revelry going on below my hotel window. The hotel is a block from the 3rd Street Promenade in Santa Monica, big party area apparently.
Can you see the Pacific Park ferris wheel from your hotel window? If not, you can CLICK HERE (http://www.pacpark.com/webcam.php). :)
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I've just had three alarming e-mails about skipping problems on the man who would be king. I just played two different copies in two different players and they played fine, so I'm hoping this is a small, random problem. If it's more widespread than that, then the pressing plant will have to repress discs only, as many as are needed, and they're also going to have to cover any postage that's required because this is not a fault of the master we sent them, since the two copies I played play fine.
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I found something like it at Macy's & was excited because it has a quilted outer layer, much better to deal with dog fur. I looked up a photo & it fits like a robe & looks like a robe.
The Slanket gives a portion of the profits to a non profit organization. The color you purchase determines where the money is donated.
Both The Slanket and The Snuggie have sponsored versions which support various local organizations: schools, sports teams, etc. Check your local Bed, Bath & Beyond.
*And there's even a Snuggie for dogs. Although, I'm not sure they come in "Sherlock Size". ;)
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DR TCB - when the PNW production of BRAIN was first announced, and DR George was cast, I'd hoped to plan a vacation for us around it. Richard has never been to Washington and Oregon and I haven't been there since a 1984 conference in Seattle. This spring turns out not be be the time for us to take a trip that elaborate.
I'm very sorry you won't be coming to Oregon.
Me, too! :(
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(http://blog.asseenontvnetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/7/snuggie-for-dog.jpg)
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I'll be going to Seattle for sure. And probably Indiana as well. That's going to be my little vacation this year.
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I picked up Adam 12, Season Four - hoping for lots of local locations again - this time circa 1972.
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Very interesting LOST article DR Jose!
I really like their whole "Watch" blog entries for various shows - especially for "Lost".
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I'll be going to Seattle for sure. And probably Indiana as well. That's going to be my little vacation this year.
Of course, the show is in Olympia, not in Seattle.
;)
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I forgot I have Lost to watch. Tomorrow for sure, along with The Princess and the Frog.
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I'll be going to Seattle for sure. And probably Indiana as well. That's going to be my little vacation this year.
Of course, the show is in Olympia, not in Seattle.
;)
How far is one from the other? Which airport do I fly into.
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As for siblings...
I'm the oldest of four boys, and we all basically were born one right after the other - good Catholic family. ;)
My brother, Don, was born a month premature. If he was born "on time", we might have had the same birthday (not birth date). Consequently, for a month every year, we are the same age. He currently lives in Fairfax, VA, and is the father of my niece, Alexandra.
Michael is brother #3. He currently lives in Fairfax, VA, too, but since he's also been stationed with the Coast Guard in Wilmington, NC, Puerto Rico, and Hawaii. He's the father of my nephew, John Michael, and my nieces Alyssa and Emily (my god-daughter).
Jay is my youngest brother, and he currently lives in San Diego, CA. No nieces or nephews via him. Yet. ;)
In general, we all got along while we were growing up, and have gotten closer as we've gotten older.
And that's the Cliffs Notes version.
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Oh...
And earlier this evening I headed back to Carnegie Hall for a recital by Dawn Upshaw and Emanuel Ax. They performed songs by Chopin and Schumann (part of the anniversary year celebrations for both composers), as well as the U.S. Premiere of a set of songs by Stephen Prutsman based on texts by Billy Collins, "Piano Lessons". Emanuel Ax also performed a set of Chopin Mazurkas and Nocturnes. It was a wonderful recital.
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And now... To sleep. I have another full day of auditions tomorrow.
Goodnight.
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I'll be going to Seattle for sure. And probably Indiana as well. That's going to be my little vacation this year.
Of course, the show is in Olympia, not in Seattle.
;)
How far is one from the other? Which airport do I fly into.
Seattle is a little more than an hour (about 60 miles) north of Olympia, but the SeaTac airport is about 10 miles south of Seattle, so the airport is closer to Olympia.
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Well, I'm sure there will be a car there to pick me up and take me wherever I need to go :)
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I fixed low-fat corned "beef" and cabbage tonight. Pathetic, really.
Woody had precooked a brisket the other night. He took the beastie from the frig, trimmed the fat, and re-heated the meat to add to the plate of boiled potatoes, carrots, onions and cabbage; dress with low fat butter and Dijon mustard and serve with rye bread for a yummy heart-healthy meal.
der Brucer
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I found something like it at Macy's & was excited because it has a quilted outer layer, much better to deal with dog fur. I looked up a photo & it fits like a robe & looks like a robe.
The Slanket gives a portion of the profits to a non profit organization. The color you purchase determines where the money is donated.
Both The Slanket and The Snuggie have sponsored versions which support various local organizations: schools, sports teams, etc. Check your local Bed, Bath & Beyond.
*And there's even a Snuggie for dogs. Although, I'm not sure they come in "Sherlock Size". ;)
That's so funny---I wrote this exactly same thing as your last line, but I guess it wasn't posted. Two great minds with a single thought!
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I saw the story on CBS Sunday Morning with Greg's mom. We both thought the guy who invented it was cute!
Greg's dad came home today but his mom is still in the hospital. She may go into 2 weeks of rehab before she comes home to get her strength back up. I hope his dad can deal with not having her there.
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Well, I'm sure there will be a car there to pick me up and take me wherever I need to go :)
Well...I probably can I'd be happy to pick you up from the airport and if you want a hotel in downtown Olympia, there are a couple that are within walking distance from the Washington Center. And there are plenty of good restaurants downtown, too. :D
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I'll need a complete list of local bookstores, too :) Hotel suggestions would be good, and we'll need to plan our HHW gathering. Maybe Jane and Keith can come.