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Well, you've read the notes, we read the play, and now everyone has read something, so now it is time for you to post until the cows come home - they're reading a new play right now, and then they'll be on their way.
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And the word of the day is: ESCALADE!
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***HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY, FJL!***
I just got home from a very long evening of judging student films. Interesting. But around four and a half hours....
TOD - Mildred Natwick and "Cuddles" Sakall, to begin with. What a cute couple they would've made! More character actors in the morning. They don't make them like they used to, that's for sure.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY DR FJL
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Happy Day to our own resident punster, FJL!
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Happiest of birthdays, DR FJL!
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Good morning, all! After Fred's simple unaffected mentions of his natal day on Sunday, it would be a shame if we forgot it!
I'm about ready to make the trip to Toyland this morning, with a stop at the NYPL Theatre Collection planned this afternoon. Beyond that, I will wait to see what fresh hell the day brings.
TOD:
Ruth McDevitt
Edna Mae Oliver
Doro Merande
Una O'Connor
William Demarest
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In honor of DR FJL's Birthday, I shall be listening to THE LAST STARFIGHTER, which arrived at my desk late yesterday afternoon.
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What a great way to be greeted at the computer! Thanks so much for the birthday wishes.
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I fell asleep a couple hours ago, but I I just woke up and finished my paper. I still have a couple hours to sleep.
Good night!
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And happy birthday FJL!
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As Jack Wild sang on H.R. Pufnstuf in "The Wonderful Day We Gave Wishes Away":
I didn't know you knew it
'Cause I tried to keep it hid
You really shouldn't have done it
Though I'm awfully glad you did
:) :)
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TOD:
Thelma Ritter
John McGiver
Marion Lorne
John Fiedler
Mary Wickes
Henry Jones
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Donald (and Bruce and Kevin), great show this week. I'm looking forward to the DVD so I can see what I'm hearing!
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Off to vote, then to 2 meetings.
Bye for now.
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TOD:
Ruth McDevitt
Dorothy Neumann
Edna Mae Oliver
Madge Blake
Ned Sparks
Eric Blore
Nigel Bruce
...just to name a few....
And I don't think it is so much that they don't make 'em like that any more...IMHOP it is that they don't write roles for those types of character actors any more...nor do they get hired.
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Happy Birthday to DR FJL!!
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Wasn't the Rev. Escalade the one who was going to marry Kathryn and Morris?
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Hmmm....some of my favorites already mentioned, BUT I will say:
Thelma Ritter - she HAS to be mentioned more than once, PICKUP ON SOUTH STREET, TITANIC, MOVE OVER DARLING, THE MATING SEASON
Nancy Kulp - movies & TV
William Frawley & Bill Demerest
John Astin
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EVIL ROY SLADE:
My ushers have got you covered.
My bridesmaids have got your ushers covered...
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Happy Birthday to DR FJL!
Have a wonderful day!
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Thelma Ritter! Oh yes!
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Candles were first used on a birthday cake for people who wanted to make light of their age.
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Good morning!
Beautiful morning and the last of the days with moderate temperatures. We start really heating up tomorrow with temps going into the 80s for the rest of the week at least.
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Oh, my characters actors! I could list pages and pages of favorite ones. Among the first ladies who come to mind:
Billie Burke
Reta Shaw
Thelma Ritter
Kathleen Freeman
Patsy Kelly
Mary Wickes
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Character actors that immediately come to mind:
Edward Everett Horton
Edgar Buchanan
Harry Davenport
Clinton Sundburg
Sterling Holloway (despite DR JRand's abhorance of him)
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Happy Happy Birthday to DR FJL!!
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I spoke to our Danise last night. She sends her love to all. She has a lot on her plate right now but will try and stop in from time to time to say howdy. She sounds good and strong and says she is healing well. Her 87 year old mom is having issues and her dog Bear is still mourning the loss of Brandi so she is doing some major caregiving.
So please send Vibes to our dear Danise!
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We came home yesterday to find a package addressed to the Vixter...inside was an American Girl Place gift certificate marked "To the Vixter from A Friend in Florida"
That Danise is such a sweetie! With all the stuff she is dealing with she still takes time for such kind and generous gestures!!!
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I'm up, I'm up, and have been for forty minutes, but I had to answer a bunch of e-mails. I'm now caught up and must shower and ready myself to be on my way to LACC.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY FJL!
HAVE A GRAND DAY!
I too will listen to THE LAST STARFIGHTER & think of you today. :)
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Vixmom, I'll second all those vibes.
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Many thanks to BK, Penny, George, Maria, Tomovoz, Ben, Ginny, Larry, Dan, Sandra, JRand, Jennifer, Vixmom, MattH, Laura and Jane for the birthday wishes.
Apparently, I'm actually going to get to do my tax work at home today even though I normally have to go into the accounting office on Tuesdays, and I figure that wonderful development is a result of the birthday vibes.
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Here's hoping things go swimmingly for DR Danise. Tell her we will miss her.
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Got some scoop on IDOL.
Tonight the singers do two songs each. One must be from the year of their birth. The other must come from any of the current Billboard charts,
Here's what seems to be shaping up for tonight's songs:
Chris will reportedly be doing Staind's "Right Here" and Cheap Trick's "I Want You To Want Me."
Katharine will be doing "Black Horse and The Cherry Tree" along with "Against All Odds."
Taylor: "Who Says You Can't Go Home," and "Play That Funky Music."
Paris: SOS and Prince's "Kiss."
Elliott: "On Broadway" and a Michael Buble song.
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From Cillaliz:
So that means Ginny, Jane and I all have reservations there for Oct 2-8!
Danise and I have reserved our rooms at the Comfort Inn from the 3rd to the 8th.
I’m pleased you are enjoying THE KITE RUNNER as much as I did.
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Sounds like the reading went well!
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Guess I'll head down now and get some chores accomplished before starting in on lunch preparation.
WBBL.
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Oh oh oh:
Mr Billy deWolfe, who did a similar schtick to another actor that I DON'T LIKE when he does it..... Mr Richard Haydn.
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I have loads to do today and the contractor will be here any minute-think I’ll get dressed before he arrives.
Have a nice day.
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South Carolina:
As MattH recalled, South Carolina IS "the Palmetto State".
But, South Carolinians are nickhamed "Sandlappers" for some reason.
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Re: "American Idol" songs.
One of my LEAST favorite songs of all time is "On Broadway".
Something's amiss, too, with this being a song from the year of his birth....I heard this song back in the early 1960s....Elliott is only 27 or 28....he couldn't have been born before 1978.
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I shall now be on my way to LACC, after which I shall go directly to the audio mix.
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And I don't think it is so much that they don't make 'em like that any more...IMHOP it is that they don't write roles for those types of character actors any more...nor do they get hired.
Woddy Allen had pretty much been the only recent film maker who would stock his movies with character actors, but nowadays, he seems to favor younger vanilla faces.
I've been trying to think of some current day character actors:
Helen Hanft
Harriet Harris
John C. Reilly
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Dan - Helen Hanft lives in our building. A truly delightful lady.
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All time favourite character actresses: Fay Bainter and Beulah Bondi. Beulah Bondi may be one of my favourite actresses, period!
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I've been trying to think of some current day character actors:
Helen Hanft
Harriet Harris
John C. Reilly
Hector Elizondo
Joan Cusack
Dianne Ladd
Peter Boyle
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Name the actresses:
1. "Don't send a baby to buy the beer."
2. "You must be a magician - the way you made my sandwich disappear."
3. "The first time Morris and I were alone after we were married....well I thought Mom and Dad must have been lying to us all these years."
4. "Could anyone have stopped you, Flo?"
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Dianne Wiest
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I guess Kathy Bates would be considered a character actress now.
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Randall "Tex" Cobb - the gigantic and charismatic ex-heavyweight boxer whom you may remember as The Motorcycle Rider in RAISING ARIZONA. He shows up in some quirky films, now and again.
Joan Cusack - actually, one of my favorite actresses. I still think she was robbed when she didn't get her Oscar for IN AND OUT.
Of course, Thelma Ritter and Eric Blore and Edward Everett Horton and a bunch of those folks whose names I shockingly cannot recall, from the Golden Age of Studio System Rep Company movies...
Oh - who is the small-ish guy with the flat nose who was in THE STING and BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID?? Him.
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Phillip Seymour Hoffmann is one o' the greats... Dianne Weist, yes! Jennifer Tilly.
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Happy Birthday FJL!!!
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Burgess Meredith!!!!!!
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And here we are on Page Three!!!
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Whose birthday?
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, FRED!
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From Cillaliz:Danise and I have reserved our rooms at the Comfort Inn from the 3rd to the 8th.
I’m pleased you are enjoying THE KITE RUNNER as much as I did.
I loved The Kite Runner, so well written and it just broke my heart.
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Okay - so a little caffeine, and I'm ready to talk about The Play.
I think it's some of Bruce's best work. Nothing like a muse to amuse... It's an old-fashioned comedy, with very no-holds-barred confrontation of real issues - which I feel I can't discuss here, because it would spoil it.
Some very strong writing - the strongest is the lead male character. Bruce read it very well - no surprise. There is a long speech that ends Act I that took my breath away... Some of the most raw and vulnerable writing I've read of his.
Barbara D is funny in the Thelma Ritter part - I said, and I MEAN IT!!! that I would arm-wrestle her for that role! I do think that the role of The Girl has to be cast very carefully - it's a tricky task. The character is so layered, very complicated - if she doesn't come off completely lovable, for all her very odd proclivities, there's an odd feeling about the ending. I think someone like the young Goldie Hawn, the young Meg Ryan could pull it off. Ah! Goldie's daughter!! That could work! And Cindy Williams for The Friend! But she'd have to arm-wrestle me...
I know it was a cold-as-ice reading, but though she is adorable and cute, Tammy didn't really ever quite "get" this character - as I said, it is a very complicated role.
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Some time back the TOD was the first gay character you remembered seeing in a movie or tv show. At the time I really couldn't remember having that moment of realization, but last night it came to me as Rodzinski and I were watching tv.
Mr. Green from the movie Clue- definitely my and my sister's first gay character although depending on the ending he wasn't gay. I just remember liking his character and thinking that gay men were all shy and soft spoken. I must have been around 10-12 years old when we started watching the movie give or take a year or two.
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I am happy to report that I just received a phone call from the clinical director at the program I interviewed with. He has asked me to attend the case conference meeting next week as the next stage of the interview process- it will give me the opportunity to get to know the staff and the cases (and vice versa I'm sure).
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I loved The Kite Runner, so well written and it just broke my heart.
Possible SPOILER But I think I'm vague enough...
I enjoyed The Kite Runner but the narrator annoyed me! I found I wanted to just slap him and shout "Open your eyes Bozo! Why can't you see what you have to do?!"
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Good going TPUnk! I know it will go well...they would be quite fortunate to have you on their team!
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1. Thelma Ritter during the card game in TITANIC.
2. Helen Broderick to Victor Moore in SWINGTIME
3. Eve Arden to Dorothy McGuire in THE DARK AT THE TOP OF THE STAIRS
4. Verna Felton to Betty Field in PICNIC.
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I am happy to report that I just received a phone call from the clinical director at the program I interviewed with. He has asked me to attend the case conference meeting next week as the next stage of the interview process- it will give me the opportunity to get to know the staff and the cases (and vice versa I'm sure).
Excellent news!!
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Yes, DR TPUNK....it's like an audition for a job!
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Hello Ron P! How is your poorly back today? (Is it domani yet?)
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Fave character actors... Philip Seymour Hoffman for sure, Patricia Clarkson, Catherine O'Hara, Clea Duvall, Kevin Weisman, Will Ferrell, Juliet Lewis, Madeline Kahn
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And a wonderful birthday wish to FJL!!! Someone I wish to heck I would have had more time to get to know during my NY trip!!
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I don't get it.....
NEW YORK -- Take a deep breath. David Blaine's latest stunt is spending a week living in an 8-foot acrylic sphere filled with water.
The 33-year-old magician, shirtless and with an oxygen tube in his mouth, slid into his snow globe-like "human aquarium" Monday at Lincoln Center.
In a week, he will remove the device and attempt to hold his breath underwater longer than the record of 8 minutes, 58 seconds.
He also will try to escape from 150 pounds of chains and handcuffs during the breath-holding finale, which will air live in a two-hour ABC special, "David Blaine: Drowned Alive," on May 8 (8 p.m. EDT).
"As a kid, I always was obsessed with Houdini," Blaine explained Monday.
"I don't think about death, but I am prepared for it," he said, adding that his only fear is "the fear of the unknown."
Blaine said he started training in December, with some help from U.S. Navy SEALS. He lost 50 pounds so his body would require less oxygen.
The water in the sphere will be kept at a balanced temperature to help keep his core temperature near 98.6 degrees. His gear includes a diving helmet that allows two-way communication with his support team.
Blaine invites visitors to stop by and wave at him. The water should be nice and clear; he will be fed and, uh, relieve himself by tubes.
His previous feats of endurance include balancing on a small platform for 35 hours, being buried alive in a see-through coffin for a week and surviving inside a massive block of ice for 61 hours. In 2003, he fasted for 44 days in a suspended acrylic box over the Thames River in London.
Have any of our New York DR's wandered by for a gander of this "spectacle"?
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Today is my first official day of not having school. Classes have been every tuesday for the past year but not today! Instead I'm at work, but soon I'll be taking myself out to lunch to celebrate and then tonight I'm seeing Rodzinski's show.
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Today is my first official day of not having school. Classes have been every tuesday for the past year but not today! Instead I'm at work, but soon I'll be taking myself out to lunch to celebrate and then tonight I'm seeing Rodzinski's show.
Hurrah for you!! We expect a full lunch report!
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And a wonderful birthday wish to FJL!!! Someone I wish to heck I would have had more time to get to know during my NY trip!!
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Will you be tripping back here come October?
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I don't get it.....Have any of our New York DR's wandered by for a gander of this "spectacle"?
No, and I don't think I will be. When I think about how much time and effort is being expended toward this, it just makes me think of how it could be better spent toward people in need.
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Hurrah for you!! We expect a full lunch report!
I've already decided that lunch will be the buffet at a nearby indian restaurant. Yum!
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No, and I don't think I will be. When I think about how much time and effort is being expended toward this, it just makes me think of how it could be better spent toward people in need.
I agree. And I think these "endurance tests" for no good reason are stupid (maybe that's just the mother in me talking....! :D) and certainly don't qualify as "magic"! Now if he had gotton people to pledge money for every hour he spent in there and then donated all that money to some worthy cause I would look more kindly upon this endeavor.
Maybe I'm just getting old........
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This is so great, coming on here and having these birthday wishes.
Job vibes to TPUNk, and thanks for the birthday wishes, too. Send continued broken legs to Rodzinski as well.
Thanks also to MBarnum, and also to my possible twin RonP (at least according to my now-expired passport photo :) )
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Yeah - me, too... what the heck?????
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Fred! Yup - happies!
The "what the heck" was about that "magician" in a bottle. WHAT THE HECK!?!?!?!?!?!??????
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Hello Ron P! How is your poorly back today? (Is it domani yet?)
I can stand upright...but I'm creaking. I'm at work. I'm vital.
As for domani....FORGET DOMANI...domani never comes.
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Thanks also to MBarnum, and also to my possible twin RonP (at least according to my now-expired passport photo :) )
Which we're all waiting to see!
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I can stand upright...but I'm creaking. I'm at work. I'm vital.
As for domani....FORGET DOMANI...domani never comes.
Does it ring twice?
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Thanks again, Penny. Were your ears burning the other day? I mentioned your name to an old friend from the BMI Workshopand he said "Yes! Jewish Thighs on Broadway!"
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Sota kinda shocked at the mixed reviews (very grudging from Brantley in the Times) for DROWSY CHAPERONE.
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That should be sorta kinda, not sota kinda.
I could use a soda right now, though.
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Does it ring twice?
Okay....totally don't get this.
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Good vibes to DRS, RonP, TCB, Danise (and her mother).
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Sota kinda shocked at the mixed reviews (very grudging from Brantley in the Times) for DROWSY CHAPERONE.
What is wrong with Mr. Brantly that he just can't say, it's a good show. I liked it. You will probably like it too.
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Re: last night's MEDIUM.
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I really liked last night's show and found it completely chilling.
It was interesting how so much information was not given to us with only 15 minutes remaining (as seems to be the norm lately).
It was also interesting how we did not see or know the killer until the end.
I thought Molly Ringwald was really good as the blind woman. And I really enjoyed how the case played out.
And while it was clear that there was some connection between the guy in jail and the blind woman, the writers did not tell us about the girl and the blindfold until 15 minutes till the end of the show.
I'm not sure why the DA still doubts alison. I don't think he does per se. He just needs proof before he understands. It does seem odd sometimes. But since alison's dream so often don't make sense at first, i suppose it makes sense.
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Okay....totally don't get this.
postman rings twice..............never mind, it was pretty lame :-[ :P
besides, if domani never comes I suppose it never rings at all......
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Re: Medium and the DA constantly doubting her... maybe they should show some times when she was completely off base and wasted everyone's time to make it make sense... I mean regular people aren't right 100% of the time, why should she be?
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That should be sorta kinda, not sota kinda.
I could use a soda right now, though.
I have a cure for that!
New Delhi, India (AHN) - Pepsi has been fined more than 100,000 rupees in compensation by a city consumer court, after a man found a condom in his sealed bottle of the softdrink.
The Press Trust of India reports a consumer group spokesperson as stating, "This case is an eye-opener for others who are engaged in manufacturing soft dirinks and are required to mantain the prescribed standards of purity in pulblic interest during the course of their business."
The man who reported the complaint began suffering from severe dyspepsia and headache as well as insomnia after drinking from the bottle.
Of course DR Sandra will just tell you that the solution is to only drink Cherry Coke!
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I don't get it.....Have any of our New York DR's wandered by for a gander of this "spectacle"?
*sigh*...Attention must be paid...
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Re: Medium and the DA constantly doubting her... maybe they should show some times when she was completely off base and wasted everyone's time to make it make sense... I mean regular people aren't right 100% of the time, why should she be?
I don't know if anyone saw MadTV last weekend, but they did a Medium spoof where the husband freaked out from being repeatedly woken up by her dreams and the DA constantly doubted and questioned her. The women coming to her in her dreams kept getting murdered and were bringing her mapquest directions to the next crime. Still no respect from the DA. It was pretty funny.
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Will you be tripping back here come October?
I want to very much, but I just do not know if I will be able to afford any vacations this year....but as the saying goes, where there is a will, there is a way!
I just know that I will be green with envy if I do not get to go this year!! >:(
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO DR FJL!!
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DRvixmom, thanks for the update on DR Danise!
DR Ron Pulliam, I hope all is well with your muscle/nerve/what the hell is causing the pain.
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It's lunchtime! Toodles!
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I'm not sure why the DA still doubts alison.
For the same reason that Lois Lane, Perry White and Jimmy Olson NEVER recognize Clark Kent as being Superman.
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I've recently taken a couple of Extra Strength Tylenol to gently assist me into the afternoon.
I'll know after lunch whether I'm going to go the distance or leave early.
If I leave early, then....
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Back just for a moment before I toddle off to the audio mix.
Love PennyO's comments. The Tammy issue is really complex. She was the role model for the character, and there's a lot of her in it. On the other hand, I wrote it and I wrote it the way the play dictated, so there is this whole other element that just took her aback - that and the fact that some of the stuff hit very close to home for her (in terms of the character's craziness). Whether she has the sand to really pull it off on stage remains to be seen. I believe with a good deal of work she could, because I tailored it for her - but after last night I'm not sure anymore. I suppose time will tell.
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Someone found a shoe!
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JENNIFER COOLIDGE!!
How could I forget her?
"It's like we have one brain between us."
"Model trains are great. Without them where would they have gotten the idea for the big trains?"
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Mildred Dunnock
Agnes Moorehead
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Back just for a moment before I toddle off to the audio mix.
Love PennyO's comments. The Tammy issue is really complex. She was the role model for the character, and there's a lot of her in it. On the other hand, I wrote it and I wrote it the way the play dictated, so there is this whole other element that just took her aback - that and the fact that some of the stuff hit very close to home for her (in terms of the character's craziness). Whether she has the sand to really pull it off on stage remains to be seen. I believe with a good deal of work she could, because I tailored it for her - but after last night I'm not sure anymore. I suppose time will tell.
Susan Strasberg as a young actress in STAGE STRUCK failed (for me) for probably many of the same reasons. 8)
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For the same reason that Lois Lane, Perry White and Jimmy Olson NEVER recognize Clark Kent as being Superman.
Clark Kent is Superman???!!!
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Clark Kent is Superman???!!!
No comment until the time limit is up. 8)
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I thought Clark Kent was Superboy. Is he Superman too?
At the same time?
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Has it already been mentioned on here that playwright/screenwriter/adapter extraordianire Jay Presson Allen passed away?
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I don't think so Fred. I kept meaning to mention it but forgot.
There is a good obit in the Times.
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Has it already been mentioned on here that playwright/screenwriter/adapter extraordianire Jay Presson Allen passed away?
Hadn't seen it. :-\
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Have any of the New Yorkers seen the Irving Berlin exhibit at the Vincent Astor gallery in the Performing Arts Library? Anthony and I are going on Thursday afternoon. The library is open until 8pm and the exhibit only runs until May 26th. We kept putting it off and now it's almost over. We so enjoyed the Vaudeville exhibit and I'm looking forward to this one as well.
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And one for...you know the rest.
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I'm disappointed in the reviews for Drowsy Chaperone as well, although as Larry said (to paraphrase) it's a matter of taste. As much as I loved the show I know it's not to everyone's fancy. I have a couple of friends who saw it and were underwhelmed. I still love it and got great pleasure from seeing it. I hope it's successful.
I saw many reviews through CAST-REC List and it got better reviews from smaller papers and from Variety.
I think Clive Barnes needs to retire. What a sad old toad (yes, I said it and I mean it). Why is this man still taking up a theatre seat and actually having his reviews printed for the general public? But then he was the first string Theatre Critic for the New York Times in 1971 and panned Follies.
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Mr. Ms. Allens's passing nor of the Irving Berlin exhibit. I said before and I'll say it again,this is one gosh darn informative site with lots of knowlegeable people and I'm happy to be here!!
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Larry, I'm jealous of your CD!!!
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Just talked to a firiend whose husband is not all that wild about going to musical theater, and she said the Brantley review of DROWSY CHAPERONE made her husband really want to see the show. So maybe there's real hope for the show.
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I think Clive Barnes needs to retire. What a sad old toad (yes, I said it and I mean it). Why is this man still taking up a theatre seat and actually having his reviews printed for the general public? But then he was the first string Theatre Critic for the New York Times in 1971 and panned Follies.
Mr Barnes has odd taste: he panned COMPANY and FOLLIES and loved CARRIE. Oy!
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Larry, I'm jealous of your CD!!!
Hee hee hee hee!
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Clive Barnes is probably still coasting on the power his name had back in the 1970's and has managed to keep a career going.
I think Michael Riedel is the Post's real theater power, though. The Post seems to have real impact on the theater gossip beat, for worse or for worse.
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I've heard of neither Mr. Allens's passing nor of the Irving Berlin exhibit. I said before and I'll say it again,this is one gosh darn informative site with lots of knowlegeable people and I'm happy to be here!!
Don't forget the Dorothy Draper exhibition at the Museum of the City of New York! ;D
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And here's a link to Miss Draper
Dorothy Draper (http://www.mcny.org/exhibitions/current/322.html)
The exhibit has just opened so I have time to see it.
Here is another link to the Irving Berlin exhibit. Not quite as detailed as the DD link but it gives you an overview.
Irving Berlin (http://www.nypl.org/research/calendar/exhib/lpa/lpaexhibdesc.cfm?id=414)
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So please send Vibes to our dear Danise!
~~~Many Vibes to DR Danise!!~~~
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Thank you DR Vixmom. At least you didn't list me as elmore's dad!
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Some time back the TOD was the first gay character you remembered seeing in a movie or tv show. At the time I really couldn't remember having that moment of realization, but last night it came to me as Rodzinski and I were watching tv.
Mr. Green from the movie Clue- definitely my and my sister's first gay character although depending on the ending he wasn't gay. I just remember liking his character and thinking that gay men were all shy and soft spoken. I must have been around 10-12 years old when we started watching the movie give or take a year or two.
We are, luvey!
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Thank you DR Vixmom. At least you didn't list me as elmore's dad!
That's because his dad is accounted for.....but, now....we are having trouble locating his Aunt Trudy.....!
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When I die, I want to die like my grandfather--who died
peacefully in his sleep. Not screaming like all the
passengers in his car."
--Author Unknown
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Thank you DR Vixmom. At least you didn't list me as elmore's dad!
I think of you as a mother! ;)
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T.O.D.
Edward Everett Horton
King Donovan
Edgar Buchanan
Bill Frawley
Agnes Moorehead
Mercedes McCambridge
Mary Wickes
Zazu Pitts (just for her name alone)
Thelma Ritter
and more recently
my friend, Pamela Reed.
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Larry, I'm jealous of your CD!!!
Hmmmm, cd envy, I wonder what Freud would have made of that!
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That's because his dad is accounted for.....but, now....we are having trouble locating his Aunt Trudy.....!
Okay, the secret's out!
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Hmmmm, cd envy, I wonder what Freud would have made of that!
Ha! You should see my 78.
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Ha! You should see my 78.
Grown men weep!
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Oh, sorry to read about Jay Presson Allen. She adapted CABARET for films and, of course, wrote TRU.
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And note to DR Vixmom, Jay Presson Allen WAS a woman.
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I think of you as a mother! ;)
Yes, but that is only half a word.
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Watched OLD CHRISTINE first this afternoon. Had several funny moments, but Julia Louis-Dreyfus' character just goes through embarrassment hell every single week. Would love if they could find some other comedy areas to pursue.
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CSI: MIAMI had two murders on a cruise ship to investigate. Not a bad episode but not top notch either.
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California -156 years ago!
Do you know what happened this week back in 1850, in California?
* California became a state.
* The State had no electricity.
* The State had no money.
* Almost everyone spoke Spanish.
* There were gun fights in the streets.
So basically, it was just like California today except the women had real breasts and men didn't hold hands.
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Next came PARAGRAPH 175. I finally got the entire film on the DVR and watched it all. Very interesting and moving documentary, and I'm glad I finally got to see the whole thing.
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Topic of the Day:
People who have already been mentioned (and I've heard of):
William Demarest
William Frawley
Harriet Harris
Agnes Moorehead
Mildred Natwick
Thelma Ritter
Mary Wickes
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Continued thanks for the birthday wishes, to TCB and again to George.
Some twisted reasoning: Since my dear friend Julie can't celebrate with me until Sunday, I'm going to keep celebrating right on through Sunday, so at least this year, George, we'll both be celebrating our birthdays on May 5th. There may be some kind of logic there, but we'd probably have to send a search team out looking for it. :)
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Re: Medium and the DA constantly doubting her... maybe they should show some times when she was completely off base and wasted everyone's time to make it make sense... I mean regular people aren't right 100% of the time, why should she be?
Unless the real Allison Dubois is (was) that successful. ::)
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Continued thanks for the birthday wishes, to TCB and again to George.
Some twisted reasoning: Since my dear friend Julie can't celebrate with me until Sunday, I'm going to keep celebrating right on through Sunday, so at least this year, George, we'll both be celebrating our birthdays on May 5th. There may be some kind of logic there, but we'd probably have to send a search team out looking for it. :)
You're welcome...and that sounds like a plan! ;D Enjoy your birthday week!
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I had thought if I got something interesting DVD-wise in the mail, I'd watch it this afternoon, but since I got NO mail today, I went ahead with my plans to watch BURNT OFFERINGS.
As a Dan Curtis-haunted house story, it's par for the course, more like a made-for-TV movie except with big stars of the time (Karen Black, Oliver Reed, Bette Davis, Eileen Heckhart, Burgess Meredith) and thus was shown in theaters.
But this MGM enhanced DVD is one of the weirdest transfers. I guess this is the way the movie was filmed (I did see it in theaters, but it was too long ago for me to remember clearly), but all the exteriors are very soft focus, almost as if they're being filmed through gauze. Some of the interiors are soft, too, and then some are sharp. All of it looks very dated on DVD, however.
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DR Ron, about your comment about "On Broadway" on IDOL tonght: I think if ANY version of a song came out during one of their birth years, it's fair game for picking.
And I LOVE the song, and would love to hear Elliott do it.
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Hey, I've started three pages (out of six) today. That's got to be a good sign for new beginnings, right?
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Maybe a career as a page turner? :)
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Thank you DR Vixmom. At least you didn't list me as elmore's dad!
I think of you as a mother! ;)
Yes, but that is only half a word.
I think he dropped "trucker" because it sounded too butch?!!
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Some twisted reasoning: Since my dear friend Julie can't celebrate with me until Sunday, I'm going to keep celebrating right on through Sunday, so at least this year, George, we'll both be celebrating our birthdays on May 5th. There may be some kind of logic there, but we'd probably have to send a search team out looking for it. :)
Works for me!
DR FJL, my mother-in-law started celebrating her 90th birthday last December 14, the day after her 89th. Sometimes I think that's what's keeping her alive.
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DR FJL, my mother-in-law started celebrating her 90th birthday last December 14, the day after her 89th. Sometimes I think that's what's keeping her alive.
I'm sure some mothers-in-law are able to do this because they take great pleasure in how much it irks their daughters-in-law.
:D
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And note to DR Vixmom, Jay Presson Allen WAS a woman.
I learn MORE stuff on this here site! Thanks MattH!
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Continued thanks for the birthday wishes, to TCB and again to George.
Some twisted reasoning: Since my dear friend Julie can't celebrate with me until Sunday, I'm going to keep celebrating right on through Sunday, so at least this year, George, we'll both be celebrating our birthdays on May 5th. There may be some kind of logic there, but we'd probably have to send a search team out looking for it. :)
We leave the decorations up until the cake's gone and the balloons deflate
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Ok gotta fly on! Byeeeeeeeeee!
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Some twisted reasoning: Since my dear friend Julie can't celebrate with me until Sunday, I'm going to keep celebrating right on through Sunday, so at least this year, George, we'll both be celebrating our birthdays on May 5th. There may be some kind of logic there, but we'd probably have to send a search team out looking for it. :)
Is this your friend from Christmas dinner? Tell her hello!
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Larry - Yes, it's that Julie. I'll say hi from you.
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SOme good and bad news. I read today that ABC's COMMANDER -IN-CHIEF has been pulled from the ABC schedule for the rest of May. The show had three more episodes to air this season, and now, they're in limbo. ABC has said they may air during the summer, but this is decidedly not good news for the show's chances of being renewed for another season.
On the other hand, BOSTON LEGAL has gotten a renewal for another season. ABC is shaking up its schedule next year, so it may not be back on Tuesday, but it WILL be back.
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Back from an excellent meeting -- except for the fact that I couldn't find my car for about half an hour (or more) afterwards. The meeting was in the skyscraper at the foot of the hill leading up to Universal Studios. The parking structure is in a separate building. So I parked - noted the Section - 2G - and went to my meeting. An hour later I got on the elevator, rode to the main level and transferred to the Parking Structure elevator and Pressed 2. So far, so good. I get out, find Section 2G. No car. I walked the area several times. No car. By now I'm thinking maybe my mind is playing tricks on me and it was 3G. So I go to area 3G. Altogether now - NO CAR! So I ask someone who looks like he works there. Is there another area 2G here? Nope. I walk around for another 15 minutes. Even get back on the elevator. Resulting in - one, two, three - NO CAR!!
So I ask someone else. This time a woman. And we all know that women are more logical. (Except me, perhaps.) This woman finally asks me the right question: "Do you work here?" When I tell her that I most certainly do not, she says, "Oh! Then you parked in the Star Area." The what??? I get back in the elevator - and, indeed, there's one button with a star. I press it, get out and discover VISITORS PARKING. I amble over to section 2G of VISITORS PARKING and (altogether now) FIND MY CAR!
Now may I just ask how you're supposed to know The Secret of the Star? (The title of my next screenplay.)
...Needless to say, I was exhausted by the time I got home.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE GREAT FJL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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One other quick note. Yesterday I got the Prep Schedule for my opus which starts shooting in a few weeks. As I've said before, I've always wanted to write a 1940's style movie with tap dancing! And the dream has come true. (This is by no means a musical - but it takes place in 1943 and has a big tap production number and lots of 40's music.)
So, looking at the schedule made me smile with delight. Each day begins with the following notation:
"Tap rehearsal (Location TBD)"
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Franklin Pangborn!
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Nice EVIL ROY SLADE reference earlier.
"Stubby index finger, tapping out your code..."
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I thought Ohio's motto was "The Heart of it All"
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And let's not forget Hans Conreid, oh let's not!
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And I'll throw another vote towards Thelma Ritter.
Okay, off to the theatre!
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I certainly meant to add Franklin Pangborn, too.
But there are still excellent character actors today who work all the time. It's just that there is no studio system putting them in 10-15 movies a year so that their faces, if not their names, become a part of our movie vocabularies.
However, there are certainly TV actors that one sees pop up in guest star roles continuously from show to show, network to network. Someone like Kevin Chamberlin is a prime example.
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And isn't it nice when a wonderful character actor becomes a star like Marjorie Main, for example.
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Thanks again, Penny. Were your ears burning the other day? I mentioned your name to an old friend from the BMI Workshopand he said "Yes! Jewish Thighs on Broadway!"
Who? David Spencer?? Jerry james? who????
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Off to do cleaning chores and then settle in with tonight's full TV line-up.
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I thought Ohio's motto was "The Heart of it All"
Used to be, DR Rodzinski. In fact, I thought it still was until I looked it up last night and found the new one!
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Penny - Do you remember Ed Weissman? We were having dinner with Ed and his partner Steve.
Re the names you mentioned - Small world all around. Skip and I are collaborating on a project with a wonderfully talented lady named Ellen Schwartz, and Ellen happens to be working on a different project with Jerry James.
And Skip's collaborated with David Spencer a number of times.
Did you know Skip at BMI?
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I am happy to report that I just received a phone call from the clinical director at the program I interviewed with. He has asked me to attend the case conference meeting next week as the next stage of the interview process- it will give me the opportunity to get to know the staff and the cases (and vice versa I'm sure).
Congratulations, DR TPunk! When I finished my Master's I had to survive coffee break with the staff of the library where I eventually got my first professional job. The secretary asked if I knew how to bake cookies.
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And one for Master's!
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Darn, missed it by THAT much! :)
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Darn, missed it by THAT much! :)
DR FJL - would you like me to delete my post, so as not to ruin your record? ;)
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Ginny - Nah, but thanks for offering! :) :)
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Maria that is wonderful news! Did you write for some good older character roles??
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Maria that is wonderful news! Did you write for some good older character roles??
DO YOU WANT TO AUDITION?
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Yes, DR MattH, there are some very good character actors out there now...Doris Roberts is one that comes to mind...Patrick Warburton is becoming quite a character actor..he never really was a leading man...except one low budget movie he made back in the 1980s...I am sure there are many others but as you said they don't get cast enough for them to become familiar to us all...and of course many of us don't really see as many current movies as we would like...so I suppose they might be there and I wouldn't even know it, now would I! LOL!
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Are you calling me old, or a character?
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Are you calling me old, or a character?
Whatever slipper fits your dainty foot, dear!
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And note to DR Vixmom, Jay Presson Allen WAS a woman.
Jay Presson Allen had a sex change?!? When did that happen? :o
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TOD:
Ray Fiennes
Phillip Seymour Hoffman
Dianne Wiest
Jennifer Tilly
I do like Joan Cusak
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Yes, DR MattH, there are some very good character actors out there now...Doris Roberts is one that comes to mind...Patrick Warburton is becoming quite a character actor..he never really was a leading man...except one low budget movie he made back in the 1980s...I am sure there are many others but as you said they don't get cast enough for them to become familiar to us all...and of course many of us don't really see as many current movies as we would like...so I suppose they might be there and I wouldn't even know it, now would I! LOL!
There was a very short lived TV series during the 80s called something like GRAPEVINE, in which three characters (two brothers--one a pilot and the other a restaurateur--and a woman who was--I think--a travel agent) would talk about the sexual shennanigens of their network of friends. I remember that it was sort of witty and clever. But anyway, one episode guest-starred Patrick Warburton. A very young and hunky Patrick Warburton. A very young and hunky Patrick Warburton who did a scene in his jockey shorts. Which was probably the primary reason I still remember this series.
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Vibes to Danise and her mother....
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Hermione Baddeley
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Possible SPOILER But I think I'm vague enough...
I enjoyed The Kite Runner but the narrator annoyed me! I found I wanted to just slap him and shout "Open your eyes Bozo! Why can't you see what you have to do?!"
I stayed up and finished it last night. I know exactly what you mean. He was a little slow in catching on..it was SOOO obvious at that point, but I still loved the book
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY FJL
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I can't believe that anyone is here posting. Right now, as I type, Trinity Broadcasting is airing a television special that totally debunks the theory of evolution. And it does it scientifically! It has something to do with discovering the Inca Burial Stones which show, without a doubt, man interacting with, and even riding on, dinosaurs. AND these stones are only two thousand years old, which proves that man and dinosaurs existed together, just prior to the time of Jesus.
Okay, now I will overlook the fact that Fred Flintstone proved that theory almost 50 years ago. And I will overlook the fact that these Burial Stones are on display in that famous scientific museum located in Inca, Peru (a city that I have not visited). However, I find it a little difficult to accept man and dinosaurs roaming the earth together 2,000 years ago, because that would basically rule out everything that occurred in the Old Testament after Genesis.
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I'm off (actually, I've always been a little off ;)). Anyway, the Washington Center for the Performing Arts (http://www.washingtoncenter.org/) (where I usher quite often) is having their annual Volunteer Appreciation reception! We all get together and eat and they announce next year's season. I can't wait to find out what they're planning. ;D
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I want to very much, but I just do not know if I will be able to afford any vacations this year....but as the saying goes, where there is a will, there is a way!
I just know that I will be green with envy if I do not get to go this year!! >:(
And we would miss you terribly
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VIBES TO DR DANISE AND ALL WHO NEED THEM
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I was planning a solo excursion out into the great plains to celebrate my 45th birthday this summer. I mentioned it to my mother and she said "Oh, we should go with you" now it has become a trip with my parents. Dad has already gotten out the maps and is making plans. We have already changed the dates to accomodate a luncheon mom wants to go to. It's a different trip than I planned, but it will be fun to go with them for a few days. They are great to travel wtih. You know you're getting old when your birthday trip includes a stop at Lawrence Welk's birthplace!
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Dakota, we are going to North Dakota, but now with things planned the way they are, I won't be able to meet you on this trip. Sorry
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And we would miss you terribly
Perhaps somebody else would like my fire escape? Or Chez Rodzinski?
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Before I log off and leave work, I wanted to thank DR Vixmom for the update on Danise and send
Vibes and best wishes to DR Danise!
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Hi all! I'm in a bit of a time crunch today but I couldn’t let the day go by without wishing one of the best hosts in NYC a very Happy Birthday!
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I hope you had a wonderful one, Dear FJL!
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Gotta run!! Vibes to all!!!
Laters all!
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TPunk, good job vibes!!!!
Ron, cute photo.
MBarnum, at least I get to see you in Portland on my way home from NY.
Good show vibes for Rodzinsky.
Now I’m caught up. :)
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Thanks for the Dot Draper link, DR BEN!!
And of course Frances Farmer's noir AMONG THE LIVING is being shown in NYC on May 22 as part of a noir series.
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Watching Birth of a Nation....hmmm
DRMARIA....I am so excited for you! Did you specify the song for the Production Number or is one being composed for you?
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I am partial to Accent-chu-ate the Positive! :)
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Page 8 Aventurera dance. 8)
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And that was the LEAST of that poor girl's problems in the movie!!
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DO YOU WANT TO AUDITION?
...always...
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Nearly forgot one of my favorite actors of all time, the great Warren Oates.
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Show went well, the trio of ladies seems to really be comfortable with each other, and hit some big laughs tonight. Thanks for the vibes, gang!
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Ben Johnson was another great one.
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I'm off (actually, I've always been a little off ;)). Anyway, the Washington Center for the Performing Arts (http://www.washingtoncenter.org/) (where I usher quite often) is having their annual Volunteer Appreciation reception! We all get together and eat and they announce next year's season. I can't wait to find out what they're planning. ;D
Oh, I hope you have such a wonderful time! Can't wait to get the news of next season!!!
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Congrats, Rodzinski!!! Glad it went well.
Vibes to all the vibulatory needful!
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Maggie Smith has become one of the greatest of all character women...
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Anne Bancroft, may she rest in peace, had been a great character woman for the decade before her death.
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Marjorie Bennett was a patient of my father’s-nice lady.
‘night.
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Good news Rodzinsky.
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Hiya, Jane
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I'm beginning my trek up your way, tomorrow - Probably stop somewhere north of Sacramento, then visit with you and Keith if you're up for it on Thursday afternoon - you home?
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When I got back to the TV, I started up BURNT OFFERINGS again, and since I had about 35 minutes left and knew how it was going to end, I switched over to the commentary to hear Karen Black, Dan Curtis, and the screenwriter (whose name escapes me at the moment) talking about the making of the film. They obviously regard it much more highly than most everyone I know who ever saw it.
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Next I put in THE TOWERING INFERNO. The new anamorphic version of it (and THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE) comes out next week, and since I hadn't seen this on the bigger TV, I wanted to see if there was any reason to update (especially since I don't watch this movie very often). I think it looks good enough to just keep what I've got, but I'll continue watching tomorrow to make certain. I only got about 15 minutes into the film if that far.
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No one batted both of their songs out of the park tonight. And as far as I was concerned, Paris struck out with both of hers. I disliked the Prince song intensely. The other was better, but her breathing is still atrocious, and her voice nearly cracked near the end of her second song.
The person who came closest to having the best night for me was Taylor. Neither of the songs taxed his abilities much, but he showed two sides to his personality with them and did fine jobs with both.
I was very disappointed with Elliott's "On Broadway." It began too low for him. Once the key changed, he sang some of the higher notes sharp, rare for him (though he did some scat singing at moments that was very enjoyable). I think he must have been more nervous tonight than last week especially since he didn't get good reviews on his first song. "Home," his second song, was much better but still not a showstopper.
Katharine's "Against All Odds" was very poorly sung. Her second song, done while kneeling on the floor, was better but again didn't have much of a taxing vocal for her. I think she may be in trouble.
Chris may be, too. His first song was the best song of the night. The second song showed his voice to be exhausted and raw. He could get away with it being a "rocker," but his telephone line was the least busy of anyone's lines tonight. He could be in trouble, too.
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HOUSE had a riveting episode. Omar Epps' character really crossed the line tonight, too, and I was kind of shocked there wasn't a bigger shock from others once they knew what he had done. The show concluded tomorrow night in the timeslot where BONES normally plays.
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The amazing Anthony Anderson played Christopher Meloni's new partner tonight on LAW & ORDER: SVU. There was strife, of course, and I knew he was only guest starring. A new female partner is to join him at some point and into next season while Mariska Hargitay is off on maternity leave.
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I'll look forward to VERONICA MARS tomorrow. Wow! Next week is the season finale for the show!
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Re: tonight's american idol.
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I was doing other things while watching. But I agree with DR MattH that nobody had two good songs.
I really liked Taylor's second song. I haven't cared for him much for a while. But I thought he really sang the song well.
I also liked Paris' Mary J. Blige song (song 2). I love that song and thought Paris stood her own.
I didn't really like katharine's song one. ANd while i thought song two was better, I did not get why she was squatting on the ground.
Didn't really hear chris' number one. But number two was boring.
Elliot didn't really excite me, and i feel like he and paris are probably the least popular ones right now. But really at this point anyone could go.
I'm not even really sure who i want to leave. I know i don't want it to be katharine.
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I'll look forward to VERONICA MARS tomorrow. Wow! Next week is the season finale for the show!
I can't wait to see it either. But I won't get it till friday!
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Back from Rodzinski's show which was a big hit. I wish I could say that the rest of the 10 minute plays were even half as funny, engaging, or well put together as the one he directed, but I can't so I won't.
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Congrats Tpunk!!
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DR TPunk can you tell us more about carrot girl!
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I was planning a solo excursion out into the great plains to celebrate my 45th birthday this summer. I mentioned it to my mother and she said "Oh, we should go with you" now it has become a trip with my parents. Dad has already gotten out the maps and is making plans. We have already changed the dates to accomodate a luncheon mom wants to go to. It's a different trip than I planned, but it will be fun to go with them for a few days. They are great to travel wtih. You know you're getting old when your birthday trip includes a stop at Lawrence Welk's birthplace!
Strasburg is his birthplace and it is south-southest of Bismarck...
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Dakota, we are going to North Dakota, but now with things planned the way they are, I won't be able to meet you on this trip. Sorry
Another time, another place....
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Guess I'll head for bed now, a bit earlier than the last several nights. My body will appreciate that!
Good night!
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Back from a looooooong day and evening - the day part went swimmingly - the evening part (still at the post production facility) was one of the most frustrating I can remember - they're still there trying to get our audio mix into the stupid Avid system so they can output our just-about-final video/audio for me to approve. Ridiculous and annoying and had I known that was going to be the case I could have left at seven.
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Did someone delete a post?? ::)
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I'm off (actually, I've always been a little off ;)). Anyway, the Washington Center for the Performing Arts (http://www.washingtoncenter.org/) (where I usher quite often) is having their annual Volunteer Appreciation reception! We all get together and eat and they announce next year's season. I can't wait to find out what they're planning. ;D
Oh, I hope you have such a wonderful time! Can't wait to get the news of next season!!!
The reception was nice. It was just a bunch of tables and simple foods...bread and crackers and cheese, chicken on a skewer with several sauces, fruit and several different kinds of wine. They had door prizes (I won a $10 gift certificate to a local bookstore!) and they announced next season's shows. Some of the highlights are:
- Bo Diddley and Friends (I didn't write down who the friends are)
- Wynton Marsalis
- Jerry Quickley in "Live From the Front"
- Dorothy the Dinosaur's Dance (she's a character on "The Wiggles")
- Seattle Symphony with a Baroque program
- Ladysmith Black Mambazo (http://www.mambazo.com)
- Capitol Steps
- Preservation Hall Jazz Band
- Jesus Christ Superstar
- TAIKOPROJECT (http://www.taikoproject.com/)
- Little Shop of Horrors
- Leftover Stories to Tell: A Tribute to Spalding Gray (http://washingtonsquarefilms.com/performances/gray.asp) (Spalding Gray himself performed at the Washington Center several years ago)
- The Carl Rosa Opera Company's production of The Pirates of Penzance!
- and two performances of the (non-Equity??) national tour of Hairspray!
Those are most of the highlights.
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Just back from a sparkling one-night-only performance at the York Theater of Doug Cohen's musical THE GIG (featuring Bill Parry, Steve Berger, Karen Ziemba, Michele Pawk, Charlie Pistone, Steve Routman, among so many talented folk). Lovely way to spend a birthday evening.
I always seem to be in the same room with The Fantasticks' Tom Jones on my birthday. For two years in a row, anyway. :) Last year, I was at the show First Lady Suite on my birthday and regaled Mr. Jones with the silly fact that I was born the day before The Fantasticks opened so I knew that his show's 45th anniversary was coming up the next day. Tonight, for the first time since last year on my birthday, I was a few feet from Mr. Jones, but he was swept into other conversations far more important. But it was a weird coincidence to have seen him on my birthday two years in a row, and never at any other times in my life.
Although my birthday is over, birthday week continues until I see Dear friend Julie next Sunday (coincidentally, a very good friend of Julie's was sitting in front of me tonight, but alas, a fine lass, but not Julie).
And many thanks to Dakota, Cilla and Danise for the birthday wishes.
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Sounds like a great evening, FJL! ;D
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Another really cool thing for next season is that the Washington Center is doing another silent movie series. It was very popular. There's a giant pipe organ built into the theater and Dennis James will play the organ live during the showings.
Also, there is some movie that, for a long time, only about 20 minutes of it was thought to have existed (they didn't say what movie it was). The rest of the movie was recently found and fixed up and they're going to have the premiere showing (two performances, actually) at the Washington Center AND (this is the cool part) the organ music is going to be recorded live as the soundtrack to a DVD release! Pretty darned cool!
Actually, it was explained that the organ isn't going to be recorded by conventional means. They rebuilt and restored the organ a couple of years ago and instead of having the pipes play they way they usually do (however that is), they have the keys and pedals hooked into a computer; then, the computer sends the signals to open the air valves to make the noise. What they're going to do is have the computer create a player-piano-type file that will be used for the soundtrack, so that if Dennis James makes mistakes on either of the two performances, they can cut and paste sections from the other performance. Very interesting!