Topic: A GAZELLE IN A GARTER BELT (Read 27776 times)

elmore3003 · « **Reply #30 on:** October 06, 2006, 05:57:35 AM »

Good morning, all! I got home last night from a great evening out. The only sad news for me was that Danny's wife Rebecca Luker couldn't join us since she's in MARY POPPINS tech. She did call Danny on his cellphone and I got to call her names briefly, to which she called me equally horrific ones. I do love love love her!

When I got home, around 12:30, I checked the posts, commented on the state of my traveling jockey shorts, read a few chapters of Marni Nixon's new bio, which needed a good proofreader, and passed out. I am going down to the office shortly, and I may see DRs Cillaliz and jhvw if they wend their way Village-wards.

TOD:
CD: Judy Collins, Eric Anderson, Chad Mitchell Trio, Guy Haines
DVD: Jeeves & Wooster Season 2
VHS: cheap porn
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DR JMK !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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S. Woody White · « **Reply #31 on:** October 06, 2006, 06:00:04 AM »

DVDs:

Little Mermaid, two-disc set, with which we also got the free souvenier activity box, which looks like a very small lunch box. Supplies are limited... hey, they're already gone! (Bought ours at the store.)

Les "X-Men" Part Troisieme - Le Stand Finale. Not as well scripted as the first two, but hey.

And for some reason, der Brucer decided to get the remake of Texas Chainsaw Massacre.

S. Woody White · « **Reply #32 on:** October 06, 2006, 06:03:18 AM »

Dear DR Elmore:

Don't you have any expensive porn?

S. Woody White · « **Reply #33 on:** October 06, 2006, 06:06:29 AM »

It is raining here in Rehoboth Beach, DE.

This is sad, because this is Greyhound Weekend. Owners of Greyhounds come to town, filling up all the rooms in all the hotels, with their Greyhounds, and partay partay partay.

I like Greyhound owners, because so many of the dogs are rescues, and the owners have commodious hearts.

But, this weekend, if the rain continues, all the Greyhounds will have to wear raincoats!

Maybe they can have a beauty contest!

FJL · « **Reply #34 on:** October 06, 2006, 06:31:13 AM »

Congrats to ...SINGING NUN for its Best Musical and acting citations and to Dee Hoty of NIGHT OF THE HUNTER for performance citation in this year's Talkin' Broadway Summer festival citations.

http://www.talkinbroadway.com/festivalcitations/2006.html

FJL · « **Reply #35 on:** October 06, 2006, 06:35:59 AM »

JRand - a fun impromptu moment at dinner: The waiter was pouring the water, and Cilla turned to me (channeling Edward Hibbert) and said "Your ice water."

FJL · « **Reply #36 on:** October 06, 2006, 06:37:08 AM »

For the benefit of those who are mystified by my last post, there's a major bit involving "ice water" in Drowsy Chaperone.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #37 on:** October 06, 2006, 06:39:21 AM »

Quote from: S. Woody White on October 06, 2006, 06:03:18 AM

Dear DR Elmore:

Don't you have any expensive porn?

None.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #38 on:** October 06, 2006, 06:41:49 AM »

Quote from: FJL on October 06, 2006, 06:31:13 AM

Congrats to ...SINGING NUN for its Best Musical and acting citations and to Dee Hoty of NIGHT OF THE HUNTER for performance citation in this year's Talkin' Broadway Summer festival citations.

http://www.talkinbroadway.com/festivalcitations/2006.html

DR FJL, thanks!

S. Woody White · « **Reply #39 on:** October 06, 2006, 06:54:48 AM »

Time to get ready for work.

And I must get der Brucer up, to give me a ride in, because there is NO WAY I'm walking to work in this rain!

elmore3003 · « **Reply #40 on:** October 06, 2006, 07:03:23 AM »

Before I forget again!
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SAFE TRAVEL VIBES FOR DR JOSE! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Safe travel tips from my mother:
1. It's as easy to fall in love with a rich man as a poor one
2. Never take candy from strangers; get real estate
3. Don't fall or get thrown overboard
4. If you're found in a strange bed, blame it on sleepwalking
5. Kids in comas cause no problems - spoo, that was a babysitting tip!

See you soon in DC!

Charles Pogue · « **Reply #41 on:** October 06, 2006, 07:07:27 AM »

Happy B'day, JMK!

Although Gary Cooper has always been one of my favourite actors, I've never been a huge fan of HIGH NOON. I think I agree with John Wayne and Howard Hawks who both hated the movie because they always felt that a professional wouldn't go running around asking help from amateurs. Their response was RIO BRAVO where the Duke eschews the help of amateurs.

JMK · « **Reply #42 on:** October 06, 2006, 07:30:05 AM »

Thanks for all the wishes.

Still catching up, so:

Jose: what cruise line are you on? I just turned down a gig for a 6 month piano bar stint on a Caribbean cruiseline. It would have been great aside from being away for so long--private quarters, no other duties (sometimes they make you do off-shore tours, etc., which can be a drag).

Re: Grey's Anatomy. One of the show's writers, Krista Vernoff, was a singing waitress on board a cruiseline where I was the featured artist and special material writer for almost 9 years. Her sister, whose name I forget, has been in some Woody Allen movies. Krista also wrote for Party of Five, IIRC.

BK: The Faculty was on Showtime HD last night. We caught the last few minutes of it after The Colbert Report. In another late Ask BK question--did you and David actually write a screenplay that was adapted by Kevin, or not? If not, what exactly did you provide as the "story" authors--is it an outline or a complete through-written plot synopsis.

Jane: the biggest "noticeable" home improvement is downstairs in the family room. We put in built-in bookshelves to hold the massive DVD collection and also replaced what the electrician called our "bordello lights" with more modern sconces.

Matt H. · « **Reply #43 on:** October 06, 2006, 07:37:01 AM »

Good morning!

We didn't get the cooler temperatures I was expecting. What we did get was rain and HIGH humidity which has made everything sticky and disappointing.

Matt H. · « **Reply #44 on:** October 06, 2006, 07:40:53 AM »

[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]Happy Birthday DR JMK!!![/move]

Watch an HDTV program on me today!

Matt H. · « **Reply #45 on:** October 06, 2006, 07:42:09 AM »

Yes, I'm waiting for THE LITTLE MERMAID and X-MEN 3 as well. A friend wants to see X-MEN 3 today if it comes in the mail. I suspect it'll come tomorrow rather than today, but I've been surprised before.

Matt H. · « **Reply #46 on:** October 06, 2006, 07:42:54 AM »

I agree that X-MEN 3 isn't the measure of the previous two films in the series, but its hunk quotient is OFF THE CHARTS.

Matt H. · « **Reply #47 on:** October 06, 2006, 07:45:16 AM »

Yep, I think if the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences wanted to hang its head in shame over any year of nominations, 1952 would have to be it. Wonderful films produced that year, and they membership nominated IVANHOE?

How ironic on most Best Films of All-Time lists, the 1952 movie that seems to get mentioned the most nowadays is SINGIN' IN THE RAIN. THE QUIET MAN and HIGH NOON do get mentioned, too, but not in the same way as SINGIN'.

No one EVER mentions THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH except in derision.

JMK · « **Reply #48 on:** October 06, 2006, 07:47:09 AM »

I watched X3 yesterday and quite enjoyed it. It's nice to see a superhero movie with some semblance of character development and allegory.

WOD: I find with my advanced age I need to visit the commodious more and more. (Sorry, couldn't resist).

Matt H. · « **Reply #49 on:** October 06, 2006, 07:49:08 AM »

Friday Media Check:

CD - MY FAIR LADY (25th Anniversary Revival Recording)

DVD - DANTE'S COVE
ON DANGEROUS GROUND
THE BOOK OF DANIEL

DVR - last night's MY NAME IS EARL
last night's THE OFFICE
last night's SMALLVILLE
last night's SUPERNATURAL

laserdisc - 101 DALMATIANS

Matt H. · « **Reply #50 on:** October 06, 2006, 07:53:40 AM »

Because of all the audio dropouts I was experiencing last night trying to watch GREY'S ANATOMY in HD, I'm going to try to rewatch it tonight hoping that the audio problems will have been worked out.

I haven't checked this morning to see if there is still interference in the over-the-air broadcasts on ABC, but that will be one of the things I check when I get up from here to go get ready for my Friday errands.

Matt H. · « **Reply #51 on:** October 06, 2006, 07:54:22 AM »

And the sun is starting to peep out from behind the cloud cover, too, another reason we're not going to have the cooler temps they promised yesterday.

Matt H. · « **Reply #52 on:** October 06, 2006, 08:08:04 AM »

Going to get ready for my Friday outings.

WBBL.

MBarnum · « **Reply #53 on:** October 06, 2006, 08:16:51 AM »

Happy birthday DR JMK! See you next week when the Ozzies get here!

MBarnum · « **Reply #54 on:** October 06, 2006, 08:27:58 AM »

Media Check:

CD: Soundtrack to the new Bollywood movie CORPORATE

DVD: Episodes of RANGE RIDER

DVR: More episodes of ARE YOU BEING SERVED which have started to stack up.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #55 on:** October 06, 2006, 08:33:49 AM »

Quote from: Matt H. on October 06, 2006, 07:45:16 AM

How ironic on most Best Films of All-Time lists, the 1952 movie that seems to get mentioned the most nowadays is SINGIN' IN THE RAIN. THE QUIET MAN and HIGH NOON do get mentioned, too, but not in the same way as SINGIN'.

No one EVER mentions THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH except in derision.

Yes, and it's a shame, too. It's a beautiful film. It plays extremely well, even today. It's probably Betty Hutton's most "restrained" performance (LOL). Jimmy Stewart is very good in a role most actors today would NEVER consider. There's a fair amount of DeMille Hokum...with a HUGE DOLLOP of DeMille's epic flair.

Another great film that gets derisive comments is "Around the World in 80 Days", a joyful, colorful romp.

All films have some miscast elements or other....Grace Kelly in "High Noon" (IMO) and Shirley MacLaine in "Around the World..."

As entertaining as "Singin' in the Rain" is, it is my opinion that it is HIGHLY OVERRATED. I don't seem to get as much pleasure from it as many others do. It's fun...it has wonderful moments....but I can go lo-o-o-o-o-n-g stretches without seeing it again, and then when I do watch it, I'm impatient for things to move along to my favorite scenes.

I think "The Wizard of Oz" is a good example of a perfect musical film...I never tire of it...never get impatient with it.

"The Band Wagon", too, pleases me much, MUCH more than does "Singin' in the Rain."

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #56 on:** October 06, 2006, 08:35:46 AM »

Quote from: Matt H. on October 06, 2006, 07:42:09 AM

Yes, I'm waiting for THE LITTLE MERMAID and X-MEN 3 as well. A friend wants to see X-MEN 3 today if it comes in the mail. I suspect it'll come tomorrow rather than today, but I've been surprised before.

Got my copies from Amazon.com on Tuesday (both were shipped on Monday!). They're sitting on top of my "to-be-watched" stack of DVDs.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #57 on:** October 06, 2006, 08:43:19 AM »

[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]Happiest of Happy Birthday Wishes[/move]

[move=right,scroll,6,transparent,100%]to Dear Reader JMK!!![/move]

[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]Who posts far too seldom, IMO![/move]

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #58 on:** October 06, 2006, 08:45:04 AM »

What history books won't tell you:

Emperor Commodious, who briefly reigned between Nero and Hadrian, got his name not for the openness of his mind or his heart, but for his capacity to....ummm....~~accept~~ accommodate.....err...objects....inside his regal personage.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #59 on:** October 06, 2006, 08:45:34 AM »

Ewwwww.....

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