Haines His Way
Archives => Archive 1 => Topic started by: bk on December 27, 2003, 12:02:07 AM
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Well, you've read today's loco (crazy) notes, so you know all about what's happening, you are in the loop, in the know, and you are with it. So, post away and I'll check in from the work environment.
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Oh oh oh oh....first post huzzah!!!
First first post on the new board!!!
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Yes, I figured if we posted enough credits for VOD, you MR BK would know someone who knows someone.
Most of the miniseries revolves around Anne's efforts to get a movie made, and of course Neely and Tony are starring along with Helen. Bert Convy and Jean Simmons "sing" this song called "We were Meant to Be Lovers" and it's pretty creepy.
Neely does some "rock" songs and a production number on a ship that it pretty cheapjack looking.
It is all a disappointment, but I don't care how many people stand around and say Veronica Hamel as Jennifer is the most beautiful girl in the world....it just ain't so. Catherine Hicks, who I really like in A RAZOR'S EDGE - is all ticks and pouts here.
Anyway.....I wouldn't mind having a soundtrack because it has some good arrangments of some screwy songs.
Thanks to DRMS for all the pictures yesterday!
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DR JRAND
You look one of the Von Trappe kids!
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As for my favorite pasta dish I like Chicken Marsella on Linguini. I know not a really a pasta dish but not really into solo pasta dishes.
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PENNE A LA VODKA
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Dear esteemed, non-loco, almost-dish-enhanced, and guapo BK --
I doubt that you are at work quite yet, as it is only 7:37 AM your time right now.....you are probably scurrying around the ancestral Estate there in the City of Studio, brushing off the Savonnerie carpets, straightening up all the Fabrege Imperial eggs, and watching the help polish the Limoges and the Cristolphe.
I loved my mental picture of "macaroni and chest" as it was, I'm sure, different from your's. Maybe I'll post a picture.....hmmmmm.
Congratulations on getting the new Dish. Over here in the desert wasteland, the dish services can't also give us our local network stations. And our "over air" reception is not very good.....so we stay with Cox Cable. However, they don't give us TRIO, and it sure sounds like it has a lot of very neat stuff on it.
As Roseanne Rosannadanna used to say... "if it's not one thing, it's another...."
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Hey good morning everyone!
DR Panni: feel better!
I tossed and turned all night. I hate when that happens. But it always happens to me when I have a lot on my mind :(
Not much new today. Hope everyone has a happy Saturday.
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My fav. pasta dish to make and eat is my fresh pesto with linguini and pan seared shrimp with my special (and secret) spice mixture. That, combined with cheesy garlic bread are just the best...
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My mother made the most delicious turkey tetrazinni that I have ever tasted in my life. I could eat an entire pan of it all by myself and still want more. One of the biggest regrets of my life is that I didn't get the recipe for it before she died.
I have an early New Year's party to go to tonight, and on the way to that I will be stopping at Borders to do the after-Christmas bargain buying. I want to get the novel version of WICKED to read since I've heard so much about it. A friend has a copy that I'm sure he'd be glad to loan me, and I'll take him up on that if Borders doesn't have a copy.
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BK, I'll be interested in knowing what kind of a digital video package you're subscribing to. How many channels, which movie channels, etc? Sorry, but I'm curious.
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Now, for the QOTD --
My favorite pasta can only be narrowed down to 2 very different ones.
One is a sublime red meat sauce made by a very dear friend of our's in Chicago. She is Austrian heritage by birth, but married into a large Italian family pretty young. Her red meat sauce (or "gravy" as the southern Italians call it) is just simply way above all the others including my own, which I like pretty well.
The other one is a really good Pasta Carbonara. We have had wonderful versions in Italy, and this past year BK suggested it at Dan Tana's....it was outstanding! It is always so incredibly rich, but I just love it now and then.
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OK, OK, the temptation and the word-picture that BK painted is just too much of a temptation!! So, even though I can't "photoshop" the whole thing together, here is the first contribution to...
MACARONI & CHEST
I think this would be an "alfredo" style....
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While this, would be something more Sicilian, and darker with wild mushrooms....
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I'm off to get some work done now....before dear BK whacks me on top of the head for being naughty !! :-[
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bought Colin Gregory Maguire's "Lost" for Christmas. He loved "Wicked" and I could not find a copy of "Confessions Of An Ugly Step Sister". Must look again this week as I have a book voucher to "spend".
or so Tomovoz did say.
Try finding Maguire's latest book, "Mirror, Mirror. That's what my pseudo-sister Janet sent me for Christmas.
I'm really interested in hearing Colin's reaction to "Lost," as I found it hard to get through, and rarely interesting.
QOTD:
My former employers at Pawley's Island, SC, specialized in a multitude of pasta dishes, with their PENNE NEPTUNE and GODFATHER PIZZA being at the top of my faves.
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Andrea when did your mother go to Romania? We will be going in June but have decided to meet our son in the larger cities. Our older son and his girlfriend will be joining us. Maybe next near we will go to the smaller towns.
It’s too early to think of food. Keith had a horrible cough all night which kept us both awake.
The snow is really coming down now. Echo and I should have a lovely hike later once I wake up.
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MIRROR, MIRROR sounds good, and I may pick it up if WICKED isn't in stock. I have to confess that LOST probably wouldn't be of much interest to me either, DR td.
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Tomovoz I finished “Cloudstreet” last night. Book endings can ruin a good book this one wrapped the story up nicely :)
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Well, if it's those kind of dishes we're talking about - - one of my favorite Italian dishes would be the late, great Joe Masiell:
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Good morning all!
I guess I made the house sound worse than it is. Partly because I've hated it from the micro second I first saw it. I remember I was in tears the first time I saw it. I didn't pick it. I wasn't going to stay in it more than a year but fate sometimes plays funny tricks on you. :)
Now I want some chestnuts. I'll have to try just broiling them. How do you get the salt into them without soaking them?
Congrats on the dish. That is one thing this house has. I have to have my Sci Fi channel. Can't live without it. I don't really care about all the other channels.
I use Pay Per View instead of HBO, Showtime, etc. if there's a movie I want to watch. I can't see paying for 10 thousand viewings of the same thing over and over again. If I like a movie that much, I buy it on DVD. I know I miss out on a few shows but they always come to DVD or regular TV. Stargate SG1 for example.
Well, I've gotta run. Got things to do.
Have a good day, posters and lurkers both.
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Andrea when did your mother go to Romania? We will be going in June but have decided to meet our son in the larger cities. Our older son and his girlfriend will be joining us. Maybe next near we will go to the smaller towns.
Well... about 5-10 years before I was born? And I'm 20! She's romanian (canadian-born) and I've been going to romanian church since I was born. Somehow, I never managed to pick up the language, not even when I was dating the romanian alter boy.
We're a bit behind on what romania is really like right now (She was there during the cold war) so I'm sure its not that bad as she likes to describe it now!
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Good morning all!
I guess I made the house sound worse than it is. Partly because I've hated it from the micro second I first saw it. I remember I was in tears the first time I saw it. I didn't pick it. I wasn't going to stay in it more than a year but fate sometimes plays funny tricks on you. :)
I have had a couple of homes like that.
I have to have my Sci Fi channel. Can't live without it. I use Pay Per View instead of HBO, Showtime, etc. if there's a movie I want to watch. I can't see paying for 10 thousand viewings of the same thing over and over again.
I agree. I believe we shall have new episodes of Stargate soon. :)
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Andrea I believe things have improved. I do know he isn’t the only one not to have hot water or heating. Others in his building do have heating which he was promised by the landlord. He found out the only way to get him heating is to connect to a neighbor’s, at their expense. He is using two portable heaters in his bedroom at night. He washes his clothes in the bathtub and hangs them outside to dry, not an easy task now that it’s winter. He said some people have washing machines but not dryers.
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Well.....I like fetucinni alfredo with chicken strips....or plain glop - which is spaghetti with a nice sauce and lots of ground mad cow!
DR MS that's not me.....just a picture. When I had a real photo of myself with my posts, I got a bit tired of seeing it....especially when I had multiple posts...it's all about me and I wrote it.... So now I just use something else.
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[Now I want some chestnuts. I'll have to try just broiling them. How do you get the salt into them without soaking them?]
Why do you need salt? They're delicious as is.
One day I'll post the recipe for the most wonderful chestnut sauce to have with meat dishes.
There's also, of course, yummy chestnut cake. You can buy chestnut puree (very expensive, but delish) at most gourmet grocery shoppes (and some non-gourmet ones, I'm sure). Chestnut puree flavored with rum, topped with real whipped cream. To die for.
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Salt-Aholic here. Everything HAS to have salt. Tomatos, apples, lemons. I am trying to cut down. I'm not allowed to eat seeds or nuts anymore so I can't have sunflower salt err seeds. Sigh. Chestnuts are soft so I think they are safe but they DO have to have salt.
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Hmmm...
Angel Hair Chest: Please see yesterday's pic of Hugh Jackman! ;D
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There is a pasta dish whose name is something like pasta puscatana (I know it when I see it on a menu) which is an anchovy sauce. I know that anchovies are an acquired taste, but I've loved them since I was a kid, probably because my parents did too. Whenever we got pizza it was anchovy and my mother made a delicious appetizer spread with anchovies, cream cheese and caraway seeds that she used to serve with the tiny pieces of rye bread called cocktail rye.
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Ann, I know I'm looking forward to new Stargate shows! I love it.
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QOD: Mac and Cheese with meat of some sort. Also like Spaghetti, usually.
Did anyone watch the 1927 version of KING OF KINGS that was on TCM the other day? I used to watch that movie every Easter when I was a kid! I loved it and have waited years for it to show up again now that I am an adult.
I have not yet seen the Jeffrey Hunter version of KING OF KINGS that was made in the early 60s. I have avoided it, althought I like Jeffrey Hunter and I imagine he does a very nice job portraying Jesus. Unfortunately when I look at Jeffrey Hunter my thoughts are not exactly pure...and lusting after Jesus, I quite imagine, must count as some sort of horrible sin! LOL!
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There is a pasta dish whose name is something like pasta puscatana (I know it when I see it on a menu) which is an anchovy sauce.
Do you mean putanesca? Interesting is the derivation of that word, I must say.
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Spaghetti carbonara is high on my list. As is pappardalle with a dark mushroom sauce. As is a well made lasagne.
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Did you know that Jeffrey Hunter was the first Captain of the Starship, Enterprise even before Shattner?
Also I remember reading that whoever plays Jesus in a movie that shows his face, dies a weird death. I can’t remember where I saw that.
Didn't Jeffrey Hunter die by falling off of a ladder?
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I am listening to my Saturday morning opera show, and they just played Lily Pons singing Strauss' "The Blue Danube Waltz." Not exactly an exercise in good taste. At this very moment they've got Anna Russell doing her spin on Russian folk songs, which dates from the Cold War years. It's called "Da, Nyet." She says it essentially translates to "Let's Do It......Collectively, Of Course."
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MBarnum: the Nicholas Ray King of Kings is one of my favorite of all the Biblical epics. Gorgeously shot, good actors (including the divoon Frank Thring as Herod), and a beautiful Rozsa score. There's a quite good and inexpensive DVD of it from Warners and I recommend it.
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mmm... pasta...
I like almost all of the seafood-y pastas (Craig's sounds delish...) and, while I haven't eaten them in a long time because of their non-inclusion in the SUBWAY diet, the creamy sauced pastas were favorites once upon a time.
My favorite overall one though has to be linguini a la funghetti (or is it funghi? I can never remember) which is linguini tossed with sauteed mushrooms, olive oil and red pepper flakes.
Yum...
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I think Craig should MAKE some of his pasta and Fed Ex it to all of us.
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Spaghetti alla carbonara is among my favorite pastas, as well as Tortellini con ragu, spaghetti with meat sauce, lasagna, spaghetti alla rubiato, etc. Sadly, I've encountered few pastas that weren't instant favorites!
I, too, have the MattH curiousity about BK's new digital dish and digital TV service. I have been considering the switch for six months. I'm very unhappy with our current monopolistic provider -- ComCast. I think less of them than the folks they bought out who at least kept costs down commensurate with what we actually got for our money. I get nothing especially different today than I did 10 years ago, yet I pay $45 a month for it when it used to cost me $19.95. And that was up to a few years ago. Then it went up to $27, and wasn't too bade. Then it was $35 when ComCast took over, and $45 when they realigned programming (with nothing of interest added and a couple of good channels taken away). I really love the Fox Movie Channel and Turner Classic Movies, so I want a service that includes those.
I'm having a relaxing day -- it's sunny, clear and 60 degrees F outside. The "All in the Family" marathon is on the Comedy channel and we're enjoying many of the shows, including the wonderful "Edith Goes Through the Change" (or whatever it was called).
Have a great Saturday everyone!
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Ok, BK, I will have to check out that version of KING OF KINGS...you like it even more then THE TEN COMMANDMENTS? That is another one I love...who knew and agnostic like me would be so into religious movies!
According to the new Classic Images magazine the DVD sets of Abbott and Costello and Ma and Pa Kettle films will be released in early February! Hurray!! Some good titles too!
The A & B ones will be a two disc set with 8 movies...including Who Done It, Hold that Ghost, and Ride 'Em Cowboy...the Kettle Disc will have 4 movies!!
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It's a LOT of stations and includes HBO so I can watch The Sopranos. It's around the same as you pay, too, with the first three months of HBO free. I'll let you know how many stations and what the interesting ones are this afternoon. And I'll let you know the quality.
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Working away, and almost finished with the last handful of notes. Then I shall vamoose or, at the very least, vamelk back to the home environment.
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I love pasta! I'd rather eat pasta than almost anything. I love it in combination with tomato sauces, cheese, and meat...any one or all together. I will not eat any pasta that has seafood or veggies in it.
I heard a vague rumour...utterly unsubstantiated... that Jeffrey Hunter fell down a flight of stairs when in drag, tripping on the high heels he was wearing...I don't remember where I heard it, I really don't believe it, but somehow it wouldn't surprise me either.
Yesterday the lovely wife and I watched LUTHER with Stacy Keach which we liked very much. And THE MAIDS with Glenda Jackson and Susannah York and Vivian Merchant (the ex-Mrs. Harold Pinter) which, while wonderfully, acted, neither of us understood at all...But it did explained to me why I have been wise to avoid French existentialists and absurdists like Genet and others. Very bizarre piece.
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Hello, my fellow HKs. It's a drizzly, cool day in London as we wind down from a trip to St. Paul's and the Tower. The Tower is fascinating but tiring. We went to Tesco's to buy more provisions for our last 5 days in London (it's all going by so fast!!!).
Hope you are all well and have had a festive holiday season. To answer a question from a few days ago, the best Christmas present I received was one given to myself, this wonderful trip to London with my Anthony.
Going to the National Portrait Gallery tomorrow and then a guided walk around Dicken's and Shakespeare's London. Took a guided Jack the Ripper Walk last night and an Eccentric London Walk yesterday afternoon. Both fascinating and during the first walk we went past the British Equity office and I found Dress Circle. Now I know how to get there.
Bye for now.
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Did you know that Jeffrey Hunter was the first Captain of the Starship, Enterprise even before Shattner?
Also I remember reading that whoever plays Jesus in a movie that shows his face, dies a weird death. I can’t remember where I saw that.
Didn't Jeffrey Hunter die by falling off of a ladder?
According to the (revisionist history) "Star Trek: Enterprise," Jonathan Archer is now the first captain of Enterprise. As much as I like the show, I don't like the fact that practically everything in this show contradicts the history that had been established (and for the most part, maintained) by every other ST series. The way that I've decided to reconcile the contradictions is to believe that the show "Star Trek: Enterprise" IS the alternate universe that will eventually have the evil Kirk and the Spock with the beard. Makes sense, don'cha think? ;D
As for the Jesus rumor, were there movies where they didn't show Jesus' face? Have there been faceless Jesi? And what about this new Mel Gibson movie? Does that mean that Jim Caviezel (rhymes with weasel--and he's a Washington State native) is going to die a weird death? ???
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Pasta? I make pretty good lasagna, but I just use a mix for the sauce. "McCormick's Spaghetti Sauce Flavored with Mushrooms." Even though you can't even see any mushroom bits (which is a good thing), it's better than the regular plain McCormick's spaghetti sauce mix. As for the recipe, I use the recipe that's on the ricotta cheese (whatever brand that I happen to buy) and just double EVERYTHING except the noodles. Simple!
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Do we not love the fact that we have posts from London and Hawaii? We are so GLOBAL.
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Ben, you're making me homesick...even though London is not my home. I usually stay just a block down Upper St. Martin's Lane from British Equity and the Dress Circle up on Monmouth St. near Seven Dials, I usually shop at the Tesco's just around the corner in Covent Garden. I love Tesco's! Who did you have as a guide on the Jack the Ripper walk? Donald Rumbelow, author of The Complete Jack the Ripper, does a great tour. If you have not seen anything at the Royal National Theatre yet, I urge you to...
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How wonderful to have "The Ten Commandments" and "Ma & Pa Kettle" mentioned in the same post MBarnum. A brillliant juxtapositioning of films of my childhood.
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Years ago when we were on the NT tour in London - we were getting a rather quick tour....then the young lady asked us who we were and when she found out we were a theatre troup, we slowed down and took us to places usually NOT on the tour.
It is a rather austere building from the outside, but what a great space inside!
There is a movie with Glenda Jackson and George Segal....hmmmm....I will remember the name later I am sure....and they are having an affair ...suddenly have an argument and decide to leave the island hotel....she demands he reserve two seats on the airplane he says it's not necessary....etc. It is one of the most hilarious things I have ever seen, and the two of them are perfect..... Especially when Jackson puts a button on the scene by saying...."Press THAT in your book of memories..." LOL!
You know Jean Ratcliffe who wrote Frances Farmer's "autobiography" wanted Glenda to play Frances in the movie version....but it never happened.
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DR Jane: Note: not all Australian literature and not all Australian films concern themselves with talking pigs! Hope you really enjoyed the lamb and pickle.
td: "Lost" did not really sound like a book that Colin would choose - it was last minute gift (from Magnus & Fosca) as Colin knew he was getting the Swedish "Chess" DVD. It sound more like Clive Barker. (More me).
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Good morning all
I love pasta in all forms. Among the favorites has to be my mother's homemade pesto with angel hair pasta...sooo good. Also a big fan of most alfredo sauces, but try to stay away from them these days, 'cause of the diet.
Showing my college-student colors, I must put in a word for good ol' ramen noodles. Chicken is the best flavor, IMHO.
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"Everybody Loves raman". So that's whence the show title comes?
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[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]HAPPY SATURDAY ONE AND ALL! :D[/move]
MMMM...Pasta..I would eat pasta everyday if I could. I love Penne w/broccoli, galic and olive oil. Also like angel hair with crabmeat and marinara. Ohh! and Ravioli covered in cheese...yum! ;)
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I have not yet seen the Jeffrey Hunter version of KING OF KINGS that was made in the early 60s. I have avoided it, althought I like Jeffrey Hunter and I imagine he does a very nice job portraying Jesus. Unfortunately when I look at Jeffrey Hunter my thoughts are not exactly pure...and lusting after Jesus, I quite imagine, must count as some sort of horrible sin! LOL!
I'm with BK on this one, MB!
KING OF KINGS with Hunter is gorgeously reproduced on dvd! If I recall correctly, there is not a touch of camp in this one; unlike Stevens' mega-mega-mega GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD which, for me, loses it the very moment that Donald Pleasance shows up as The Tempter and continues to be a laugh-inducing mess right up until John Wayne proclaims, "Surely dis man was da son o' Gawd, (pilgrim)." And yet, there's that scene with Pat Boone in the tomb. . oy! Lovely to look at though, but, it's paced for those who like to watch paint dry, or sit in museums swearing that the painting moved. GSET also boasts a fine dvd transfer and another favorite Biblical score. . .
As for the question as to whether or not there have been faceless Jesi, yes, indeed, neither the silent nor the 1959 BEN-HURs dared to show his face. IIRC, the Jesus in 1959 was played by the inappropriately monikered Glenn HEATER.
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Back home and waiting for the Dish People. Yesterday, I used some gift coupons at Staples and got an amazing new thing called a memory stick. It's the size of a lipstick, and it plugs into any USB port in your computer and has more memory than a zip disc and you don't need the zip drive when you're at work or on location. I also used the rest of my gift coupons and got a wireless ethernet card which allows you to somehow get on the Internet without a formal connection. Someone will configure it for me at work on Monday - then, if I'm in a hotel or in the office or wherever, I can just insert the thing into my laptop and it taps into the nearest signal and voila - one is on the Internet without having to use the hotel phone line or ethernet port, thereby saving moolah.
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JRand53, I believe the Jackson/Segal movie you're thinking about is a TOUCH OF CLASS. Glenda Jackson won a Best Actress Oscar for it, I believe. Also got noms for Best Picture; script, and song.
The National Tour is fun. We got a rather extensive tour of the place...I think there were only four in our group. Despite its austereness from the outside (and some think from the inside), I think all three spaces are rather wonderful...particularly the Olivier. But just the experience of going and looking at the exhibits before curtain and listening to the music that's usually being performed, and, of course, visiting the wonderful bookstore all add to the theatre-going experience. And I love buying ice cream at intermission (of course, this is de rigeur in all British theatres). I have also never been disappointed in the quality of anything I've ever seen there...and it's probably still the best-priced ticket in town.
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Charles,
We had an actress named Angela for our Jack tour. Donald is off on Holiday so we missed him. He has quite a reputation as a Jack the Ripper expert and his tour is highly recommended. Angela has appeared in many British television shows including a Midsomer Murders that Anthony had seen. He went "over the top" as our British friends might say.
We will try to get a show in at the National tomorrow evening after a dinner of beef and yorkshire pudding (yummy I know the dish of the day is pasta, but I'm in London and beef and fish and chips are the order of the day).
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Have you picked up an Australian accent from Earls Court yet Ben? I think it is still very much "Kangaroo Valley" there. (Famous for Barry McKenzie aka as Barry Humphries aka as Dame Edna aka as Sir Les Patterson aka Sandy Stone). Home of the crass Australian in London.
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Y'all remember that seasonal song, "So This is Christmas?" Well, considering that MB, BK and I were talking about KING OF KINGS, I thought I post the following, and caption it:
SO THIS IS JESUS?
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I believe!
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I believe!
If you beleive, then GET DOWN on your knees and pray! ! ! !
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A TOUCH OF CLASS is available on DVD; I have it. Glenda Jackson's win for it was one of the biggest upsets in Oscar history as most thought Joanne Woodward would win for SUMMER WISHES, WINTER DREAMS. Jackson had won in 1970 for WOMEN IN LOVE and most thought they wouldn't give it to her (1) again so soon after her first win, (2) for a comedy. Woodward had one of the most hilarious reactions on her face when she lost. It was like, "Whhaaaaaa Happennnnnnnn....." (A MIGHTY WIND reference).
Another urge for DR MBarnum to see KING OF KINGS with Jeffrey Hunter. Beautiful version of the story, and Hunter IS to be worshipped whichever way your desire leads you. :)
Frankly, I think THE GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD was a waste of George Stevens' time and a great deal of some studio's money. Why on earth did he think the Jesus story would need to be told again SO soon after it was told as well as it was in KING OF KINGS? Hubris pure and simple.
I don't think Jeffrey Hunter died in any strange way (except too young). I believe he had a defective heart and it just stopped working. They did a MYSTERY AND SCANDALS about him, and I watched, but it was too long ago for me to rememeber. BTW, it was his first wife who urged him to turn down STAR TREK. She was a social climber and wanted her husband to be a movie star, not a working actor on TV. Biggest mistake he ever made. They later divorced, and he married Emily MacLaughlin from GENERAL HOSPITAL. (This I do remember from that TV show.)
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No Dish People have arrived yet. They tell you between one and five which means more five than one probably.
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I spent the afternoon watching BRIGADOON on DVD. The disc isn't anamorphically encoded, so it's only a tad sharper than the laserdisc, and I would almost swear that the laserdisc has better stereo surround sound than the DVD. When I get home from the party tonight (or sometime tomorrow if it's too late tonight to do it), I'm going to sync up the DVD and laserdisc and compare picture and sound. Some of you might be interested in what I find.
Or, maybe I've got too much time on my hands! ;D
And, of course, the laserdisc has the outtakes that are missing on the DVD.
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No Dish People have arrived yet. They tell you between one and five which means more five than one probably.
I have this image in my head of those darned plate spinners from THE ED SULLIVAN SHOW. . .
(http://www.vanburen.org.uk/Andrew%20Van%20Buren%20Plate%20Spinner.jpg)
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Who here has their very own memory stick? If no one does, you simply must get one. They are too too. I love my memory stick - it has better memory than I have.
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Ann, I know I'm looking forward to new Stargate shows! I love it.
Did you mean Ann or me? :)
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I believe!
Didn't the extremely macho Johhny Ray sing that in THERE'S NO BUSINESS LIKE SHOW BUSINESS? ? ? ?
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Have I mentioned that I have a memory stick?
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Have I mentioned that I have a memory stick?
Does it remember Johnny Ray? ? ?
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Did the OZ movie "The Dish" have a USA release? A delightful OZ movie and an honest look at the times.
td: doubting Thomas who is so much older and wiser must of course let you know that it is Johnnie Ray.
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Right now it's remembering the entirety of Kritzer Time.
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I wonder if Johnnie banged any "Texas Tambourines". "Interesting" biography of Johnnie "Cry - The Johnnie Ray Story" by Johnny Whiteside. I gather he was far more likely to say yes than no to Joe and Josephine.
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Did you know that Jeffrey Hunter was the first Captain of the Starship, Enterprise even before Shattner?
Also I remember reading that whoever plays Jesus in a movie that shows his face, dies a weird death. I can’t remember where I saw that.
Didn't Jeffrey Hunter die by falling off of a ladder?
I don't think so>>>>
Hunter suffered a cerebral hemorrhage while on a short flight of steps in his living room, and collapsed, injuring his head in the fall. He was found unconscious an unknown length of time later. He died, without regaining consciousness, the following day, following surgery to repair the skull fracture, at age 42.
Here are some of the actors who played Jesus that are still with us..........
William DaFoe (The Last Temptation of Christ), Max Von Sydow (The Greatest Story Ever Told) Christian Bale (Mary, Mother of Jesus (TV)), Ted Neeley (Jesus Christ Supestar), Glen Carter (Jesus Christ Superstar TV), Victor Garbor (Godspell), John Hurt (The History of the World Part One), Robert Powell ( "Jesus of Nazareth" TV), Chris Saradon (The Day Christ Died)
As for the actors who's faces were not shown was more at the reverance of the filmmakers that the face should not be shown.
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Did the OZ movie "The Dish" have a USA release? A delightful OZ movie and an honest look at the times.
td: doubting Thomas who is so much older and wiser must of course let you know that it is Johnnie Ray.
Yes it did, but I haven't seen it.
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Off to Borders now to do some after-holidays shopping and then on to the party. Will be back later with tales (tails?) to tell? ;)
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DR td, I think Johnnie Ray's song in TNBLSB was "If You Believe." Overdone ham from the word "go," and I love it.
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A TOUCH OF CLASS is available on DVD; I have it. Glenda Jackson's win for it was one of the biggest upsets in Oscar history as most thought Joanne Woodward would win for SUMMER WISHES, WINTER DREAMS. Jackson had won in 1970 for WOMEN IN LOVE and most thought they wouldn't give it to her (1) again so soon after her first win, (2) for a comedy. Woodward had one of the most hilarious reactions on her face when she lost. It was like, "Whhaaaaaa Happennnnnnnn....." (A MIGHTY WIND reference).
I also believe the other top contender was Barbra Streisand for The Way We Were. It was between them. The votes were probably split between and that allowed Jackson to sneak in. A Touch of Class also had a song nominated All That Love Went to Waste which is pretty good song as well. Other nominees that year were Live and Let Die, Love from Robin Hood, and Nice To Be Around from Cinderella Liberty.
And it was nominated for Best Picture along with Cries and Whispers, The Exorcist, American Graffitti and the winner The Sting
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Welcome back DR Jed. Hope your yuletide was a joyous one.
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Hello everybody! I has returned, and I also has caught up on all the loverly festive posts I missed during my trek home for Christmas. Had a nice, relaxed holiday with the family, and now another full week of rest and relaxation and generally lazing about like so much fish.
I do believe this is the first Christmas in which I did not receive even one CD. Very, very odd, that. Did get a couple shirts, a Barnes & Noble gift certificate, a nice scarf, some kitchen paraphanalia, a decent electric piano (my father, as is his way, thought he'd gotten something perfect to use with my music software, but this keyboard has somewhat limited MIDI capabilities, not to mention that I have no MIDI set-up on my computer! :D), The Pianist on DVD, and the wonderful DVD set of Season 1 of The West Wing.
Very glad to read of all the lovely festivities of my HHW friends. I'm happy to be back among the merriment.
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A question for all y'all...
What are your thoughts on Children of Eden? I ask because it looks as though I'll be vocal director for an upcoming local high school production of it. I know nothing of the score or book. I should probably remedy that before I start teaching the kids the music, eh? :D Perhaps that shall be part of my B&N certificate purchase... (along with the Wicked CD, which I was rather surprised I didn't find under the tree)
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"Children Of Eden". Hope to see a production of it in the New Year. I still prefer the London cast recording. The more complete recording sounds a bit "samey". "Stranger To The Rain" and "In Whatever Time We Have" are the standout songs. Let me know if either one of the Cds is unavailable Jed.
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DR M Shayne is correct. The adorable Jeffrey Hunter did indeed die at home, as Michael described. It was while he was married to Emily McLaughlin, and it used to be quite the buzz around the General Hospital set.
Some of us, however, tended to think that he threw himself down on purpose, what with having to put up with Emily Iceberg. There was also quite a bit of talk that alcohol had started to become a daily part of Jeffrey's life at home.
Anyway, it was a shame. Way too young!! :-[
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DR Jed -- If you don't already have it, there is a great little MIDI software program called "Power Tracks" that a friend tipped me off about several years ago. It will do very good multi-track sequencing, and it will also do a fair job of notation.
It is far less expensive (at about $29 ) than a lot of the Cakewalk programs. For really detailed notation, you can't beat "Finale" by Coda Systems, but it is horribly expensive, and very complex to learn.
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DR Tomovoz -- I was really surprised that I didn't hear a reaction from you about my 2 "macaroni & chest" pictures that I posted early today??!! I thought sure that there would be a pithy retort from the wilds of Victoria.
You might be interested to know that one of them is Australian......... ::)
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Does anyone know anything about a Memory Stick?
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Dear esteemed, patient, and memory-enhanced BK --
I'm so glad for your new purchase.......if I run into Leslie Parrish, I can extol your virtues by saying things like.."Wow, you should see the size of that memory stick!.." and other such complimentary utterings.
BTW, have the geese finished schtupping yet?? We are worried about residual offspring taking over the grounds of "La Casa Kimmel Encantada."
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A TOUCH OF CLASS yes DRCHARLESPOGUE that is it. I have the VHS but haven't watched in many years.
Once when we were in London to see a play...I think LETTICE AND LOVAGE - the ladies came by during the interval with tea carts!
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MusicGuy - Actually, I do have Finale, and use it quite a bit (for choral and vocal jazz ensemble arranging). I think I misworded my original statement a bit... it's my computer itself that isn't very MIDI friendly at the moment, but I'm looking at an upgrade in hardware very soon. Hadn't heard of Power Tracks. I'll look into it, thanks!
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DR Jack -- A memory stick is indeed a compact little thing that you just plug into a USB port, and the computer can recognize it as a "new drive" to which you could copy and paste files, documents, etc. for backup or storage.
Who am I...Carl Sagan?
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Too early in the day for me MusicGuy! It is only 10.30am now! Sorry to disappoint you (I was probably sending a tasteless private email to td!). I am searching the house for a Cd by Mr Larry Finnegan. Don't you hate it when the system breaks down. Some days my alphabet is obviously more creative than on others. There are probably only two other readers who know Mr Finnigan.
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As for the Jesus rumor, were there movies where they didn't show Jesus' face? Have there been faceless Jesi?
Is it just me, or would Faceless Jesi make a great band name? :D That one is right up there on my list with Rhetorical Flamingo, which my friend Adam and I came up with a few years back. We, as Rhetorical Flamingo, were going to do Bach 2-part inventions on kazoo. Never got off the ground, that one... :)
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TD:
The video clips I promised you are too big to send over the internet. I can mail them to you or wait till we meet.
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I'm off to the market to grab food for the adorable Kerry, the adorable Sugar (well, she'll get one little bite) and this tired old musician.
back later......... 8)
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DR Jack. When I went with friends to see "Applause" in London (1973)we ordered tea for the interval. Tea for three plus buttered bread and fruit cake. How civilised. It was just brought to your seat. The practice no longer exists.
Would a memory stick help me to find my Larry Finnegan CD? (Don't tell me where to put it MusicGuy)
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(I was probably sending a tasteless private email to td!).
Ha! Ha! Ain't no such thing as a tasteless private email! Unseemly possibly, but always in the best of taste!
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(Don't tell me where to put it MusicGuy)
I fhe doesn't tell you, I certainly shall. :o
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Well, the Dish Man came and went. He went because he can only mount the dish on the chimney and for that I need a chimney mount. Of course, you would think that since this is what these people do for a living that he would carry such items with him. But no, if a chimney mount is needed then the customer must go out and buy it for himself. Therefore, I had to reschedule the delivery for next Saturday, although I am now so miffed that I may just cancel the order.
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I tried it td. It worked wonders and I have found Larry Finnegan who immediately sang "Dear One There Is something That I Have To tell You"
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I have forgotten about the memory stick.
BK, it would have been nice if they had forwarned you that you would need a chiminy mount!
Tomovoz, THE DISH did indeed have a U.S. release. I saw it in the theater and enjoyed it. I went because it starred Patrick Warburton! What a man.
TD, thank you, oh thank you for the very nice pic of Jeffrey Hunter!
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Well, thankfully I called back Direct TV to do a bit of complaining, and they gave me the number of the local office that does installations. They told me that this monsyllabic dweeb who reeked of cigarettes should have had a chimney mount with him, that they absolutely provide them where needed. So, when they come next week it will be someone who knows what they're doing and they will have a chimney mount with them. Meanwhile, I didn't really need to be here today, which is infuriating. But the Direct TV woman has noted my account and said that as soon as the account goes active after the installation I'll be given some "free stuff" - perhaps Showtime or more some better package. I know not.
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Dear BK --
You have had to endure what is probably my biggest Irk in life; putting up with people who can't think, and don't care. And they occur in every job imaginable.
I always think of Willy Clark's wonderful line in The Sunshine Boys...... "We're not gonna stop for the little things, we're gonna stop for the STUPID things..."
And not having a chimney mount was definitely a STUPID thing !
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Ok.. Three big pieces of news...
1. Juliana's Journal will be updated tonight
2. At the very TOP of Juliana's Journal (when said new entry is up) there will be a VERY special announcement
3. Marc Shaiman has responded to the NYT article by Weber.. the link is:
http://www.broadwayworld.com/viewcolumn.cfm?colid=196
Interesting read!
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Hey everyone.
BK sorry about your dish troubles. That was not nice of them!
I am really tired now. So I think I will lie down. It does not feel like Saturday.
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...during the first walk we went past the British Equity office and I found Dress Circle. Now I know how to get there.
Uh-oh. I've been to Dress Circle. It took a search party three days to get me out, and then I had to go into detox to wipe the silly grin off my face. We had better start praying for Ben's safe return NOW!!!
;D ;D ;D
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The best pasta dish I've had, ever, was a lunch of cheese tortellini in Alfredo sauce, with freshly steamed broccoli florets mixed in. Very yummers.
Der Brucer and I had lunch with a very nice woman from the eGullet site. Malawry and her spouse come up to Rehoboth twice a year, once in the summer and once in the winter, so you can tell they really like this place. She is a professionally trained chef, and very nice. And for once Der Brucer didn't dominate the entire conversation! I always get a little nervous during these face-to-face meetings, as I'm not as quick verbally as I am at the keyboard, but this one went very well! In fact, I don't think I've had a face-to-face go as well as this since the first time I met BK.
(For those who don't know, that's called cozying up the the guy in charge. 8))
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Am I the only one? When I read Dear Reader Ben's communiques from London, I hear them in a British accent in my head. Perhaps it's his use of words like "holiday" and "provisions" and "interval."
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From a reliable French source (or maybe a Fish sauce). This predates Nemo by a few years!
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Evening all!
You won’t believe what I did today. After posting, I went to the store and passed a house that was up for sale that happened be having an “open house”. I thought, “Why not?” I stopped off and had a look see. Quite frankly, it needs a LOT of work–I’m not afraid of that--but I liked the house and price was unbelievably close to what I can afford.
I’m trying to contain my excitement and plan to go back and look at it again tomorrow bun confess I have my fingers crossed. It has a HUGH family room with a stone fireplace in it and a garage and central heat and air and I think a garbage disposal! 3 bedrooms. 1 bath. Nice sized yard for the dogs but no fence. That would have to be taken care of right away.
I’m not saying that this is THE house for me but........ Stay tuned.
I’m still sure I read that bit about the actors that played Jesus who show their face. Since I don’t subscribe to any magazines, I think Imust have read it when I was in of the many doctors waiting rooms in the past year. It was just one of those things you read and think, “Humm, that’s interesting” but don’t remember details because you have other, more important, things on your mind at the time.
And while I agree in character terms, Christopher Pike wasn’t the first Captain but in actor terms Jeffery Hunter was–which was what I intended.. I’m sure you all know about how the original pilot was incorporated into the only 2 part show, The Menagerie, in the original Star Trek.
Opps I did it again, didn’t I, Jane. Sorry. I know an Ann and for some reason that name sticks in my mind more. Guess I could use a memory stick/chip myself.
Posted by: bk Posted on: Today at 06:48:55pm
Well, the Dish Man came and went
Dish man--sounds like some kind of new super hero. If we can have The Tick we can have Dish Man, can't we?
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Saw THE DISH. Liked it a lot.
My computer sort of semi-crashed this morning. One of the drawbacks of being the new girl in town is not having my support system of various repair people around. In Boulder, I had a wonderful Mac guy who was just a phone call away - and was very reasonably priced. Here, I didn't quite know who to call. After several attempts, I found a place in the Yellow Pages that was in Woodland Hills (a schlep) and they said they could fix it right away. So off I went - and they did indeed fix the problem AND I added more memory while I was at it. I may not have a long stick or whtever the hell that is, but I now have added memory.
I'm still in and incredibly lousy mood - feeling a wague enwui, as dear Lili von Shtupp might have said.
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I saw The House of Sand and Fog today, Dear Readers, and I highly recommend it. As you probably know, this film is a dark one, and what contributes to the disquiet the film instills in the viewer is the notion that it is not entirely impossible for one or more events that occur in the film to happen to him or her.
I must commend the filmmakers for taking on several themes of such magnitude that the picture plays like a latter day Shakespearean tragedy. Even the character set-up would be at home in a Lear-like drama: one character (Ben Kingsley) is a military higher-up exiled from his home land. On the surface, he has adopted the ways of his new country, but at great cost. Below the surface, we see that his way of doing things--and his value system--have their roots in the "old country." His wife has had great difficulty adjusting to the family's situation and their new milieu. The other main character (Jennifer Connelly), who literally and figuratively has lost her family recently, loses her house (a metaphor for her "Queendom," perhaps) from right underneath her, as well. The plot is driven by Kingsley's purchase of the house at auction, and Connelly's attempts to get the house back.
Like a Shakepearean play, the drama that unfolds tells a story of hubris and, without hitting us over the head with it, explores the question of "technically" right vs. "morally" right.
Both Kingsley and Connelly are superb, as is the actress who plays Kingsley's wife.
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DRs Panni and MBarnum. If you enjoyed "The Dish" then see if you can track down "The Road To Nhill" and "Crackerjack"- Low key OZ movies with charm.
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Well, as PROMISED. 8 New entries in Juliana's Journal are now up (in one nice long lead into her going on as Millie) - Complete with pictures and a BIG announcement at the top of the page - so what are you waiting for??? Read!
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TD, thank you, oh thank you for the very nice pic of Jeffrey Hunter!
OH, MBarnum, you are most certainly welcome! Dreamy, isn't he? ? ? Almost dreamy enough to make one a convert. . .right church and the right pew, of course. . .
And not having a chimney mount was definitely a STUPID thing !
Ah, MusicGuy, I HAD a chimney mount once, when I was young and foolish (and winsome, as well) BUT, this is a family site and I don't think we should discuss my amorous adventures here; Moll Flanders', yes; but MINE. . .? ? ?
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I will miss Julianna by one performance as Millie!!! She will be in Huston on 1/04 (third of 3) and 1/06 in Fort Lauderdale!!! Damn!!!
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Danise good luck deciding if this is the house for you. I for one don’t ever want to fix up a house again. Have you watched “Mr. Blanding’s Builds His Dream House” recently? Can you do the work yourself? I’m hopeless and need to hire people making a big difference.
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TD: Were Dick Van Dyke and yourself an item? Maybe I misread that. Maybe there was a guy in a red suit.
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From a reliable French source (or maybe a Fish sauce). This predates Nemo by a few years!
The story line Translated by google
Pierrot the clownfish lives happy with his/her parents and Rose,
their protective anemone... until the arrival of Liona rascasse.
Driven out by Rose, Liona was promised to be avenged and eat the clown family. Pierrot must show courage to escape to him.
Fortunately Pierrot is helped by nice fish which it meets
throughout its adventures.
With his new friends, it discovers that the life holds beautiful surprises for him...
(1) Similar rumour flowers with each new film of the firm. Walt Disney was itself victim into 1928 of an indelicate producer who adapted Oswald, its first character, a rabbit with the long ears which the draughtsman had omitted to deposit.
ranck Calvez, which dedicates a passion with the inhabitants of the aquariums, dreams one day of 1995 Pierrot the clownfish , scenario of cartoon film deposited with the SACD. It makes the turn of the houses of production. In vain. In 2000, it recycles its scenario delivers some for children, illustrated by Pascal André and his team of Cybervillage. Robin Delpuech and Thierry Jagodzinski end up being confined of a clownfish in 3 D, with human face, equipped with two large tender eyes. Become lawyer meanwhile, Franck Calvez invests his fees in the publisher Flaven Scène and leaves in November 2002, Pierrot the clownfish .
Similarities. The history is simple: Pierrot lives in an anemone with his/her parents, until the day when the life, which is bad girl even at the ocean floor, deprives it of its parents. Follows an initiatory course at the end which it finds his mother. The book is sold with thousand specimens. Thinking of marketing by-products, the editor deposits in February the clownfish not like character but like mark, at the national Institute of the patent rights. The aquariums of France require of him to study the creation of a cuddly toy.
Arrive spring 2003 and the Nemo tidal wave , its million witnesses, its hundreds of derived products. Calvez panics for its Pierrot. Advised by Pascal Kamina, lawyer specialized in the royalties, it writes in Disney to ask for details on the creation of Nemo , and especially on the policy of merchandising considered. Disney, for which the question of the royalties is since always delicate, addresses an end to him not-to receive. Calvez prepares a reprinting of its book. Fnac Junior would have verbally advised to him to improve the model, and to choose a hard-bound cover. Come September, the Counter of the book does not place any book at Fnac Junior. Explanation of a person in charge to the author:la chain programmed an operation with Disney Hachette for the exit of the World of Nemo, and Pierrot resembles to him too much. "There, I decided to react. I did not want that one prevents my fish from living ", known as Franck Calvez.
Calvez attacks on two faces: intellectual and industrial property, Pierrot being a character of fiction and a mark. The lawyer of the Editions Flaven Scène thus assigns Pixar, Disney and Disney Hachette, editor of the books, in front of the Court of Bankruptcy of Paris, for counterfeit of character and mark. He asks the prohibition of film and the derived products. A first audience, October 29, did not judge anything, lawsuit returned to February 17, and the quarrel around the artistic copyright can last of the months, even of the years. Too much long for Pierrot. "I want that my book lives" , repeats Franck Calvez, which seems to carry out, with his costs, the power of Pixar and Disney, and assists, dismayed, so that it had not imagined: "Considerable booksellers refuse to sell my book under pretext which it would be a plagiarism of Nemo. It is the world with back."
Before being made "swallow", Pierrot has another weapon: trade-mark law and the respect of the patent rights, in the name of what its editor could, in a few days, to lodge a summary procedure with the Court of Bankruptcy. It would ask for the seizure of all produced, diaries, objects, notebooks, clothing, with the effigy of Nemo . The court will appreciate.
Delicate context. For the hour, Disney reacts by rejecting any charge of plagiarism: Nemo is a creation, original to 100 %. a contracted attitude a chouïa, in a delicate context, at least for the American studio. Another possibility would be that Pixar and Disney compromise with the Editions Flaven Scène and the creators of Pierrot. Doesn't the rumour (1), persistent, want that at the time of King Lion , preceding planetary success of the firm, a transaction with friendly would have taken place between Disney and the Japanese Osamu Tezuka, creator in 1965 of King Léo , with whom the resemblance is more than disconcerting? The rumour, always insane, speaks about hundreds of thousands of dollars, but, not more than plagiarism, the figure was never proven.
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I figured it out. td knew Samuel Byck.
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Thanks for all the effort Michael. You have had a google feast of poisson. Will a Frenchman's fish be a Disney poison?
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LOL....everyone is so busy today and I am so lazy.
DRMG - I was being faceitious when I asked about the Memory Stick. LOL
YES Mr BK - the installation people should have those. Even the guy in Indiana had one when he came to my house.
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Yes, I think they sent me a dud Dish Man. More of a Dish Rag if you ask me. It's just annoying that I have to wait another week and hang around the house another Saturday when I could be galavanting about like a mad xebu.
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I figured it out. td knew Samuel Byck.
And, you, dear Tom, obviously spent a great deal of time with Babe Williams or her committee. . .you DO have steam heat, don't you?
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It's wonderful what you can do with a pencil and a pad. (But it is not substitute for the real thing).
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It's wonderful what you can do with a pencil and a pad. (But it is not substitute for the real thing).
You figured it out, eh, Tom? ? ? What did they pay you for that? Seven-and-a-half cents?
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(http://radio.weblogs.com/0101901/images/2002/08/03/satellite.jpg)
A Satellite on the roof
Sounds Crazy, no?
But in our little town of Studio City
Everyone has a Satellite on the roof
Trying to get decent reception
Without craning one's neck
You may ask
Why do we want a Satellite when there's cable?
We want satellite because it has hi-def
And how to we get to watch all our programs?
That I can tell you in one word
RECEPTION!
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td: No! I just received the address of a dark secluded place. You only have to knock three times.
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Well, our Time Warner cable has high definition, and one doesn't pay extra for it either, at least not yet. I couldn't have a dish. For my neighborhood, I needed a clear southern exposure, and in my old neighborhood, there are just too many huge old oak trees to get that. So, for me it's cable or nothing. (I do have a high definition digital receiver that I can bring in local high def channels which is good since the cable doesn't have the WB in high definition and my digital receiver picks it up with no problem.)
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So BK wants someone to fiddle on his roof. Clever Michael.
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Well, BK, you and I will have something in common next week. I'll be waiting around for the plumber to call to finish the job on my mother's house. He worked two days, got sick, then I left town. I hope it gets finished soon!
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So BK wants someone to fiddle on his roof. Clever Michael.
Why thank you Tom for acknowledging my last posting. Unlike two certain other DR who have ignored it. [size=15] :'([/size]
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Your Godlike humour is too far above some of those mere mortals Michael. Be careful though, smiting takes some practice.
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td: No! I just received the address of a dark secluded place. You only have to knock three times.
Are you asking me for a date? (or, a fig?)
I'll go along with you, and I promise to say that you and I were sent by Joe, if you'll strike a match. . .
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Enjoy the rest of your evening/day folks. See you all tomorrow!!
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Poopsie ...................................Poopsie....... .............
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Poopsie ...................................Poopsie....... .............
Hey, buddy, THIS AIN'T POOPSIE ! ! !
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Hey, guys...greetings from my last evening in Kentucky. I'll be getting into New York sometime around 6:30 tomorrow night, so send your good vibes for a safe flight sometime around 4:30 EDT (that's when my flight leaves).
My favorite pasta dish: No question about it, fettucine alfredo with grilled chicken. I love it, love it, love it.
Now I'm watching the second of three episodes of TRADING SPACES on TLC. I must watch the redecorations!!
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Wow, I'm so sleepy. I was just trying to watch a movie and kept dozing off, like an unkempt xanff.
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If this is a fig td I hope both our sakes it's more than just once a year day.
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If this is a fig td I hope both our sakes it's more than just once a year day.
Next, you're gonna tell me it's a MANdrake, but, I'm not at all in love.
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There once was man...
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There once was man...
who loved a woman, and I would trust her, I would trust her, by George; I swear I would trust her.
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Oh, Tomovoz - check your mail.
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Well I'm miffed. (Oh, a Funny Girl reference.) There is a theatre in L.A. devoted to silent film, and they had a program scheduled for tonight of various comedy shorts, with live musical accompaniment. I called yesterday, and the recorded message said there'd be plenty of tickets, so I did not get a ticket on-line, figuring why pay the 4 dollar service charge. So I get there tonight (and this theatre is a mighty schlep from where I live, Dear Readers) to discover a cancellation line. The show had sold out. As the scheduled start time neared, everyone in front of me on the cancellation line was able to get in. Me? No such luck.
:'(
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td: It worked! magical and Wicked. If you say Pajama and I say Pyjama should we call the whole thing off!
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A couple of hours ago, I got back from a shopping trip to Tacoma :) to spend most of my Christmas money :D (it wasn't difficult). I went to Borders Books & Music and J.W. Pepper (seller of sheet music). ;D
At Borders I bought the original cast recordings of Fade Out-Fade In (Decca's first CD issue) and Zanna, Don't! with Jai Rodriguez from "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy", as well as the New Broadway cast recording of Little Shop of Horrors! So far, I've listened to Little Shop and really like it! Okay, it will take me awhile to get Ellen Greene's voice out of my head, but I thoroughly enjoy what Kerry Butler brings to the role. Hunter Foster is very good, too.
At J.W. Pepper, I bought "The Ahrens & Flaherty Songbook," mainly because it has the music to "All Those Christmas Clichés" and I LOVE this song. It has a couple of songs from A Man of No Importance (I almost bought that songbook, but decided I was already spending too much) as well as a lot of songs that I already (I have a lot of their show songbooks). The song "I Was Here" is from a project (show?, movie?) called The Glorious Ones. Has anyone heard of this? I haven't.
The other songbooks that I bought were "The School House Rock! Songbook" (which has songs by Lynn Ahrens) and Jerry Herman's Miss Spectactular.
Well, now I'm going to put the CDs for the songbooks in my CD player and follow along with the music. If I had access to my piano (it's currently buried under boxes at my sister's house in her extra bedroom), I'd play along with the recordings...well, I could play one hand at a time. I haven't actually been able to play the piano in several years because it's been in storage. :( Hopefully within the next few months it will be unburied and accessible. ;D
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Good evening!
Sorry for being errant and truant all day. I was running a little late this morning, and in my haste I had forgotten to log in to HHW... So when I hit "Post", I got an error message, so.... And then I checked for messages on my home phone in Richmond, and there was one from my stage manager saying our Guenevere was out, and that we would be running things at Noon. Well, since it was already 12:15.... -She now knows to call my cell. ;)
The shows went very well. Guenevere's understudy did a wonderful job, and the female swing swung into place nicely.
I headed back to Nordstrom's between shows... And bought two more pairs of shoes. I guess it's the "Imelda Gene" in my Filipino DNA. Anna once again helped me, and I'm hoping that today's purchases will hold me over for a while. -I got a nice pair of Rockports, and a really nice pair Ecco's. I had never tried on a pair of Ecco's, but, WOW! Sooo comfortable. I even knew they were going to be nice as soon as I slipped them on my feet. And they're dressy-casual too! -I'm trying to branch out from my usual black New Balance sneakers. Of course, both pairs were on sale too.
When I got back home after the show, there was a veritable feast waiting for me. My parents had a holiday get-together for some of my relatives, and where there are relatives there is food! Roast pork, smoked oysters, chicken cordon bleu appetizers, pancit (filipino noodle dish), chocolate chip bundt cake, rice pudding, etc... -And I was being sooo good so far today... Ah, well.. It's the holidays, so...
Well, I'm tired - and my throat is feeling a little sore... Hopefully, it's just a sign that I need some sleep.
OH - And as for pasta... Pumpkin ravioli in a sage-butter sauce and/or fettucine in bolognese.
Goodnight.
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Love the "Imelda Gene" comment Jose.
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td: It worked! magical and Wicked. If you say Pajama and I say Pyjama should we call the whole thing off!
So, you liked it? You really liked it? ? ? ?
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You Are having a field day td. Thanks for the fun.
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td: Very melodic song. Mr Schwartz writes some beautful songs. Colin and I both think BK's Schwartz album is our favourite.
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You Are having a field day td. Thanks for the fun.
In my youth, down on the farm, i had many a field day with many a field hand; but as they say, "many a new day will please my eye. . ." ;)
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Man, I tell you I am zonked. But I want to get the new notes up at midnight, so I'll keep myself up.
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I tried going to sleep about an hour ago. Since then I have folded laundry, washed dishes, removed the candle wax from the menorah, done general housecleaning and of course logged in here.
Good night. I think I might be able to fall asleep now.
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Hey! I just discovered the handy-dandy Members Listing, wherein you can spot the top 100 hundred posters: tomovoz is Numero Uno, while I am lucky number thirteen, situated right on top of Mr. Mark Bakalor.
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I have you are not creating dischord at HHW td. As long as you are in your prefered positon all shall be well I guess.
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There is a definite pattern to my posting flurries td. I shall be absent from the board for 6 weeks next year so I am trying to post in advance. OK. That was certainly not true. My posts certainly have something to do with responses! I had no idea I was Numero Uno.
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Man, I tell you I am zonked. But I want to get the new notes up at midnight, so I'll keep myself up.
If I had a nickel for everytime I've said that!
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Now I know that TCB is really here. We are all pretenders until Fagin arrives. How many more pockets are there left to pick? (or how many more performances will do!)
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Now I know that TCB is really here. We are all pretenders until Fagin arrives. How many more pockets are there left to pick? (or how many more performances will do!)
Well, assuming that my sprained ankle doesn't get any worse, we are scheduled for tomorrow and then three more shows next weeekend. There was some concerns expressed tonight that after sold out shows all this weekend and next to no reservations for next, that it might be wiser to close this weekend. So, who knows?
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Thank you to Michael and Jose for the major guffaws you supplied for me with your "Satellite on the Roof" and "Imelda Gene" bits. :D
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Now that it is time to post the new notes I seem to have gotten my second wind. My first wind was gone with the wind but now I'm sort of up and perhaps we should have a mini-posting frenzy as soon as the new notes go up, which is right now. Last call. Post to the new topic in one minute.