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Title: PINS AND NEEDLES
Post by: bk on January 06, 2004, 12:02:35 AM: Well, you've read the notes, so by gum and by golly it's time to post, so let's do so, shall we?

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Post by: bk on January 06, 2004, 12:04:59 AM: Come one, come all, I'm on pins and needles awaiting a posting frenzy.
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Post by: Laura II on January 06, 2004, 12:05:02 AM: Maaaaaark! HI! Ok, now it's time to read the notes. Sorry, bk! :)
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Post by: Laura II on January 06, 2004, 12:09:25 AM: Ok, read the notes. My most prized theatre possessions are my out-of-print Annie: A Theatre Memoir book, my Madame Alexander Annie doll (I actually did a five minute French show and tell presentation on it), my signed poster from TMM, the note Gavin Creel sent me, pictures with Sutton and Gavin, and my autographed Andrea McArdle cd. I suppose I can explain my reasons later. :)
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Post by: bk on January 06, 2004, 12:09:41 AM: Read them notes and then post them posts. The notes are short today.
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Post by: Panni on January 06, 2004, 12:13:56 AM: Weird. I can't get the new notes through Netscape. Got them through my Favorites on AOL, but this print is so TINY, I'll go blind.
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Post by: Jed on January 06, 2004, 12:15:12 AM: I don't really have much in the way of theatrical memorabilia. Oh sure, I have some programs from over the years (not as many as I should have kept, but I'm trying to get better about that), but that's about it. I'm just not a collecting type.
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Post by: Tomovoz on January 06, 2004, 12:16:44 AM: I shall search the archives. I think most of today's posts will be of the pictures variety.
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Post by: bk on January 06, 2004, 12:18:18 AM: Well, Jed, it's time for you to join the rest of us and BECOME a collector type. That way, you can spend all your money on eBay like many others here and you will become obsessive and crazed and be all the better for it.
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Post by: bk on January 06, 2004, 12:19:27 AM: And, of course, if you have the occasional photo of something dear to you, post it, let's just not overdo the photos or Mr. Mark Bakalor will bitch-slap us from here to eternity.
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Post by: Jed on January 06, 2004, 12:20:15 AM: Ha! Now there's a sales pitch!
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Post by: George on January 06, 2004, 12:20:49 AM: Quote from: bk on January 06, 2004, 12:18:18 AM
Well, Jed, it's time for you to join the rest of us and BECOME a collector type. That way, you can spend all your money on eBay like many others here and you will become obsessive and crazed and be all the better for it.

Well, obsessive and crazed, at least. ;)
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Post by: Panni on January 06, 2004, 12:21:05 AM: I think I'm going to bed. Although I already had my sleep for the night by accidentally falling asleep at around 8. Now I'm wide awake. Maybe I should just have breakfast and get an early start on the day. This afternoon I'll visit a musician friend who's nominated for a Grammy. He's very British and I'm sure I'll get some fine tea and biscuits. I've been trying to lobby for him and may have managed to get him a couple of votes. Everything is politics.
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Post by: Laura II on January 06, 2004, 12:22:13 AM: Ooh speaking of ebay, I won/bought a script from the 1995 workshop of Millie. Very different from the show we're familiar with now. I also bid on another Millie script (the rehearsal one), but on the night the auction ended, I went out to dinner with friends. I called to give my brother a limit, and being a sweet little brother, he didn't want to exceed my limit. The person beat me by a dollar, and I was NOT happy.
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Post by: Jed on January 06, 2004, 12:24:35 AM: I think I shall be headed for bed, as well. If I don't get a call for work in the morning, I think I may go get some pancakes. Pity I can't get DuPar's up here! Heck, can't even get IHOP in this town. But, I know a couple places that are supposed to be swell for breakfast, so I do have options.
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Post by: Panni on January 06, 2004, 12:24:36 AM: Just tried Netscape again and got yesterday's Notes. I don't get it. Very Twilight Zone-ish. A parallel universe a day behind us.
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Post by: Panni on January 06, 2004, 12:26:45 AM: Goodnight, all. I'm going to try bed.
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Post by: Laura II on January 06, 2004, 12:27:52 AM: Goodnight Panni and Jed! I too must go! Sweet dreams to all!
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Post by: Jed on January 06, 2004, 12:28:40 AM: Panni - Your Netscape is just on Hawaiian time with DR Ann! :)
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Post by: George on January 06, 2004, 12:42:40 AM: Well, goodnight all. Nice day, nice chat...hopefully in the morning I'll get a call saying that I don't have to go to work. I'm not holding my breath, though.
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Post by: Tomovoz on January 06, 2004, 01:28:52 AM: Possibly my favourite. A reminder of a wonderful year in London 1973.
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Post by: Tomovoz on January 06, 2004, 01:33:45 AM: Other favourites from my London years are "The Good Old Bad Old Days". "I Do I Do" (with Rock Hudson 1976) and who could forget Mr Richard Gere in "Grease" (1973)
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Post by: Jrand74 on January 06, 2004, 02:45:59 AM: What a lot of lovely posts last night! ;D

I am sorry we bored DRRon in chat, but for a bit we were trying something out. It just took us a couple of minutes and then we were on to other things.....but then he was gone. :(

I don't have time to scan this early - later today no doubt. Hmmmmmm......my Playbills from WILDCAT and COMING ON STRONG....the latter autographed by Miss Carroll Baker and Mr Van Johnson. My souvenir book from GYPSY with Miss Giselle MacKenzie :'( and some others I will find when I start scanning!

What a great subject. ;D
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Post by: Michael on January 06, 2004, 04:00:43 AM: My autographed playbill of Around the World in 80 Days the failed Orsen Welles/Cole Porter musical. Welles didn't sign it but Porter did and no I was not around when the musical premeried. The opening night playbill for Carrie: The Musical and no I did not see a friend of mine who passed gave it to me a few months before. I have other programs, cds autographed but they are not as important to me as they once were. They are nice to have, but there are a lot more things in life that are more important.
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Post by: Dan-in-Toronto on January 06, 2004, 04:55:32 AM: For DRtd:

Good good good good vibrations
(Oom bop bop)
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Post by: Ben on January 06, 2004, 05:24:27 AM: Well, I feel as if I'm slowly getting back into the groove. I finished yesterday's notes, something I haven't done in weeks, and I'm caught up with today's notes so far.

My autographed Elaine Stritch At Liberty Playbill, along with a copy of the sheet music for Civilization (Bongo, Bongo, Bongo I Don't Want to Leave the Congo). Also, my autographed Playbill for Sweeney, signed by Mr. Cariou and Ms. Lansbury. We (Ant and I) have an original program from Jumbo (the Rodgers and Hart show) which we came across in a box of "junk" stored away in a room at the Equity office last year. We asked before we took and were told we could abscond with the goods. I'll have to look at home later since I'm at the office right now and nothing else pops to mind.

I'm happy to report that AccuRadio seems to be working (I've probably jinxed it and the next time I try it won't work). For the longest time all I could get was Swingin' Pop Standards which isn't bad but I couldn't for the life of me get the Broadway channel to work. I guess going away for a month (it also looks like they redesigned the site) has enabled me to listen to the Broadway channel. Hoo and Ray (different from WEL and Ray).
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Post by: Dan-in-Toronto on January 06, 2004, 05:27:42 AM: Like DR Panni, I went on a cleanup and throwout campaign and got rid of lots of theatre memorabilia. Among those treasures was an autographed playbill from The Diary of Anne Frank. Still, even without the playbill, I remember the impact that the show had, and the experience of waiting at the stage door as the cast members walked out one by one. I also chatted briefly with Shelley Winters, who reassured me that the the mink she wore in the play (a key scene: all of Mrs. Van Dann's hostility and frustration surfaced when Anne accidentally spilled milk on it) was a piece of junk.
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Post by: Jrand74 on January 06, 2004, 06:17:58 AM: DR Ben - what were you going through junk in the Equity office? ::)

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Vibes to TD!
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Post by: steveg on January 06, 2004, 06:23:30 AM: I have the Playbills from every show I saw from "Pipe Dream" in 1956 through "Golda's Balcony" from last Friday. In my youth, I got many autographed. In 1957 or so, when I was really young, I remember getting Edie Adams, Peter Palmer and Charlotte Rae to sign my "Li'l Abner" Playbill. I also used to cut the Hirschfeld drawings out of the NY Times and attempted to also get those autographed. Some of those that I have include the Lansbury-signed "Mame" and the Merman-signed "Annie Get Your Gun" (revival). I have the OBC LPs of every B'way musical from the year of the flood. In the Hirschfeld arena, I also have signed limited edition etchings of his Mostel Tevya, and BS's TV "Belle of 14th Street". I also have the original Hirschfeld pen and ink drawing that ran in the NY Times of BS and RR from "The Way We Were", which was also autographed by BS. One of these days I'll make it my business to try to get RR to also sign it.

We have a collection of Norman Rockwell signed limited edition lithographs, two of which are theatre-related: "The Charwomen" shows two cleaning ladies sitting in the theatre looking at a Playbill. The Playbill is for "Carousel" (the original production), but the title is somewhat obliterated, so unless you knew what it was, you wouldn't know it to be "Carousel." The other theatre-related Rockwell lithograph is "The Gaiety Dance Team," a forelorn couple sitting back-to-back on a theatre trunk.

Tonight we see "The Producers" again. Last Friday, on a lark, I logged into Telecharge and was able to get a pair of decent orchestra seats at regular price and decided that we should see it again. I'm convinced that a lot of the seats that were being held for premium $480 and $240 per ticket sales will be made available at regular prices as they don't sell at the inflated prices.
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Post by: William E. Lurie on January 06, 2004, 06:23:48 AM: Although I stopped saving programs and Playbills® when I simply ran out of room I did save the program from the Off-Broadway A CHORUS LINE. This program was mimeographed on plain paper (no pictures) instead of being printed on a glossy stock and was stapled together. It does contain all the bios and other information. I never knew if they ran out of the higher quality programs or if these were used for the entire NYSF run of the show.
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Post by: Ben on January 06, 2004, 06:32:37 AM: Last Christmas when we were doing our usual gift bag volunteering we had to go upstairs to a little used office and bring down boxes of donated goods and any other materials that might be up there. Well, we are good volunteers and follow orders. We brought down all the boxes we could find, including one that had some CDs and other things, including the program from Jumbo. The higher ups were surprised that the box was up there. It didn't contain much more of importance other than the Jumbo program though. No other great finds. That's why I was rifling through boxes at Equity :-)
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Post by: bk on January 06, 2004, 06:33:02 AM: I've been up since five-thirty, as the phone rang (I tend not to answer early-calls like that unless I instantly recognize the number, which I usually don't because I can't see that early in the morning).

I can barely see now, but am enjoying, as always, these lovely posts.
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Post by: Ben on January 06, 2004, 06:33:47 AM: I'm Member Number 30 and that was Reply Number 30. Coincidence??? Perhaps. One never knows, do one (a Fats Waller reference).
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Post by: Jrand74 on January 06, 2004, 06:37:07 AM: How come when I search through boxes all I ever find are Martial Arts videos and Farm Journal magazines?
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Post by: MBarnum on January 06, 2004, 06:48:42 AM: Woohoo! State offices are closed until 10:00am...I think I might try to go back to bed for a few.

I only have a few playbills and they are from plays that some of my favorite performers appeared in (but not plays that I have seen). I have a couple from shows that Michi Kobi did and a few from shows that Keith Andes did, and that is about it I'm afraid.
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Post by: Jennifer on January 06, 2004, 06:50:52 AM: Last night after I went to bed, DRs Laura II and George finally decided to talk about Average Joe: :)

Quote from: Laura II on Yesterday at 11:16:49pm
George--What do you think of Average Joe??

George wrote:
It'll be an interesting season (as any season would be). She kept the several guys that I would've kept. And I want to know if the adding of hunks this season will be the only twist. There are eight (I think) this time, and last time there were only three.

I'm glad they are doing it differently this time and bringing in the hunks early. Last time they waited till we were down to 3 and I think most viewers were upset, because it seemed unfair.

Personally I wonder if she will find any she likes among the below averages. They mostly seemed so bizarre. And I'm sorry but that little matt b guy was so creepy!

Btw, I'm glad I stopped by the chat on a whim at 11pm ET. It was great to chat with DRs Swishy, Ann from Hawaii, Emily, Maya, Laura II, Sandra, Jed, and George. And TCB showed up as I was leaving at midnight.
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Post by: Jennifer on January 06, 2004, 06:53:27 AM: Hey Ben have you stopped your quest for God? :)

I am still hungry from last night. DR Ann how were our Hawaiin subs on the beach? :)
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Post by: Ben on January 06, 2004, 07:07:04 AM: No, dear Jennifer. I am a mere 25 (with this post) away from God-like status. I shall achieve sometime soon. Once I get completely back into work and life in New York City I will post a picture or two and a tale or two about London and Nottingham (the Robin Hood Statue looks nothing like Errol Flynn) and I will move up the ladder, though I am afraid I will never catch up to you, dear Jennifer, unless, that is, you go on an extended vacation with limited internet access. As you approach the threshold of 1000 I will think of you as I reach 501.
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Post by: Jennifer on January 06, 2004, 07:09:35 AM: But you don't get anything for 1000. So it's not the same :(
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Post by: Emily on January 06, 2004, 07:22:32 AM: okay Ben...

since you went away Jennifer had to become a God without you.

However - WE are now on relatively equal footing.

Bwah ha ha!

*Tags Ben*

Beat you to 500! ;)
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Post by: JoseSPiano on January 06, 2004, 07:25:39 AM: Good morning!

Wow, there really was quite the BK-predicted posting frenzy last night! And, yes, I was actually in bed by midnight last night - and didn't get up until 9:00! Must be my body in post-Camelot mode. And since I don't have rehearsal until 3:00 today...

Favorite theatrical souvenirs:

Somewhere in a box - still, I hope - I have the Playbills from my first trip to NYC. Brighton Beach Memoirs, Biloxi Blues (signed by everyone but Mr. Broderick), and Tap Dance Kid. A couple of years ago, I lost track of some of my high school programs, and I wish I could find them again - some of the closing night "autographs" were really well written and touching and inspiring.

Otherwise, I have a couple more signed posters - usually from the March and November BC/EFA fundraising campaigns. My signed posters from the Kennedy Center's Sondheim Celebration. Oh, and speaking of Mr. Sondheim, somewhere in a box I lost track of, is a series of short letters from Mr. Sondheim, including one classically "painful" correspondence wherein he basically tells me to "F*ck Off" - of course, he never uses those exact words, so it actually had/had quite the bite. Ouch! I'm not sure if I would call that a "most treasured" item... I can't even really laugh about it today - and it's been about 10 years, so... -And it was a response to my response/reaction to the first preview performance of Passion on Broadway... Boy, did I not like the show in that time and version... Just goes to show...Even if you're asked for an opinion, sometimes...

I'm planning a major sorting and purging of my "detritus" in the next few weeks. If I come across it, I'll post it... NOT!
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Post by: Emily on January 06, 2004, 07:28:15 AM: I am really not a collector - I just refuse to throw stuff out... including stuff I will probably never look at again.

Case in point: I keep almost all of the playbills/programs to any show I have ever seen. Don't ask me where most of them are, though, because I normally just toss them into the first empty drawer I see. So I guess that doesn't constitute exactly as a "collection".

Overall, I don't even have all that many in the first place. Lots from the Fringe Fest. Proof, Copenhagen (with the guy from the X-Files) and The Cripple of Inishmaan from the Centaur Theatre. And of course, my Ragtime, Wicked and Gypsy playbills from New York. All of them are nice... but quite useless.

On my wall I have the beginnings of my JRB collection. Yes, I am allowed to call two window cards (one official one for Parade and a photocopied non-card for The Last Five Years) a collection because I actually look at those occasionally ;)
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Post by: JoseSPiano on January 06, 2004, 07:29:09 AM: OH! And a tradition I picked up from one of my college professors... At the end of our last day in the rehearsal hall (before we move into the theatre), I take a small piece of the spike tape off the floor and put it on my score/script. Kind of a reminder of where it all started.

Unfortunately, I think the piece of tape I took off from the Camelot floor fell off along the way. I have a box-o-stuff to go through, and maybe it will turn up, I hope.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on January 06, 2004, 07:37:55 AM: -And have any other DRs come across Stash Tea's Licorice Spice flavor? It's quite good. And just the right amount of licorice flavor - and it's also naturally sweet on it's own. I also like Stash's Blueberry Tea. Very nice.

-I know, I know, I should be working on charts...
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Post by: Jrand74 on January 06, 2004, 07:41:03 AM: Oh - I forgot the signed poster from the LA Cast of SUNSET BOULEVARD!
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Post by: JMK on January 06, 2004, 07:44:20 AM: Hi, all--have been so busy lately, but have still had time to occasionally visit to read. Today, as MBarnum has pointed out, is PANIC IN THE STREETS day in Oregon because we have had, Heaven forefend, SNOOOWWWWW!! (Insert screaming and ponderous "Team Coverage" newsmuzak here), so I have time to sit and lounge. I laugh at this NW panic, having grown up in the Wasatch Range outside of SLC (where my parents' home was at about 4500 feet elevation, so we knew from snow).

I have so much theatrical memorabilia it's frightening. I have of course scores from the shows I've played, a la Jose. But I also have a ton of Playbills from flop musicals, which I've collected for years. I also, as you may suspect, have a lot of stuff from my fave actress Frances Farmer, including several signed Playbills from the Broadway and National Tour runs of Odets' Golden Boy. My favorite weird autograph in that regard is the Washington DC run of Golden Boy in 1938, which has the signatures of the entire cast (Farmer, Kazan, Cobb, Malden, etc.), and then on the back cover, for some really bizarre reason, Fox starlet Arlene Whelan. Hmmm. Maybe she was the prompter that night. I also have the very rare Playbill of the Robert Ardrey play Thunder Rock, which starred FF and Luther Adler and ran for about ten minutes in late 1939.

Finally I would like to add my 2 cents worth regarding the Karma discussion here a couple of days ago--I also think it's trivial, but have to agree with those who ask why even have a "boo" button at all, if we are supposedly a big, happy family? I know that I personally was "dunned" Karma within about 10 seconds of complaining on the tech Board when I was having problems logging in. Why in heaven's name (and who, I might ask) would be so childish as to do that?

Hope all the Northwesterners enjoy their day off!!
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Post by: Robin on January 06, 2004, 07:46:46 AM: Okay, here's what an anal retentive I am...

...I save not only the Playbills from every show I see, but also the torn ticket stubs from every show as well. And I also buy the damned souvenir booklets...every time. It's a compulsion. I have souvenir programs from shows that I hated, for Heaven's sake!

And in my brief theatrical career, I saved every program from every play I'd ever been involved in. I don't remember being the floor manager for a production of L'IL ABNER, but I have the proof that I did it! I understudied the part of Dracula (in DRACULA, of course), and I have the program and the little slip of paper announcing the switcheroo as well.

But my most treasured memento is directing ZOO STORY for a regional theatre in Wisconsin. I cast two very inexperienced actors, a gamble which paid off immeasurably. It was a pleasure to work on this play, made more so by the two gentle men in the cast.
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Post by: Ben on January 06, 2004, 07:50:34 AM: OK, Miss Emily. You're on and may the best God-like HK win!
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Post by: Emily on January 06, 2004, 07:54:01 AM: Quote from: Ben on January 06, 2004, 07:50:34 AM
OK, Miss Emily. You're on and may the best God-like HK win!

a little competition never hurt anyone ;)
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Post by: Emily on January 06, 2004, 07:55:00 AM: ugh... I am feeling so gross today. I have the nauseous cloud hanging over my head.

What better place is there to be than school at times like these?
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Post by: Panni on January 06, 2004, 07:55:51 AM: Good morning. All this talk of playbills! It's ironic that I threw my treasured playbills away only a couple of months ago, thinking that's the end of that. Suddenly I've become part of a community of lovely people to whom they would actually mean something. Oh well... No use crying over spilled programs. The one thing I did recall this morning while reading about autographed programs in the posts, is that among the programs I must have thrown away was one I got as a teenager which was autographed by Helen Hayes. I'm not one for autographs, but as kid actress, seeing Helen Hayes on stage was really something. So I waited at the stage door of the Royal Alexandra Theater in Toronto and got her to sign my program. She was very gracious and it was a memorable moment. Then I stupidly put the playbill among all my other playbills. Who would've thunk back then that one day I'd throw them all away. Oh well... No use crying over spilled Helen.
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Post by: Jrand74 on January 06, 2004, 07:57:39 AM: Thunder Rock Stage Manager: 15 minutes, Miss Farmer.

Frances Farmer: Thank you.

***********

TRSM: Ten minutes, Miss Farmer.

FF: Thank you.

**************

TRSM: Miss Farmer....

FF: Yes?

TRSM: Never mind.
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Post by: Matt H. on January 06, 2004, 07:58:07 AM: I'm on my laptop which is not connected to a scanner, but later today I'll scan some of the things that I love most.

Most valuable to me, I guess, are some Playbills from the 1920s. My grandmother took a trip to NYC and saw several shows and for some reason saved the Playbills. When I came across them, I begged her for them, and she was glad to get rid of them. Said she would have thrown them away if she had known they were in her "junk room."

I used to get the souvenir books when I went to shows in NYC, but often, if you were seeing the shows after some of the original stars left, you'd get their pictures who were not whom you were seeing in the show, so I stopped buying them. I think the last one I bought was for Pearl Bailey in HELLO DOLLY.
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Post by: Matt H. on January 06, 2004, 07:58:47 AM: Oh, loved the cover from GONE WITH THE WIND in London. Thanks for scanning that for us.
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Post by: Jrand74 on January 06, 2004, 08:01:28 AM: What do Grant Williams and Richard Chamberlain have in common?
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Post by: bk on January 06, 2004, 08:03:25 AM: They're both shrinking?
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Post by: Dan-in-Toronto on January 06, 2004, 08:10:27 AM: When I discovered eBay, I started hunting for Ethel Merman playbills. There were a surprising number of them (an awful lot of Panama Hatties) out there - "there" being every corner of the U.S. - and not always for outrageous sums. Over three or four years I managed to get one of every Ethel playbill (with the exception of Humpty Dumpty, which closed in Pittsburgh). Along the way, I met another collector (we were both bidding on Take a Chance), and we soon became friends.
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Post by: Jrand74 on January 06, 2004, 08:14:41 AM: D i T that's how I met a lot of internet friends as well!

No, Mr BK, that is not what I was thinking of...although it may be true.
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Post by: Jennifer on January 06, 2004, 08:24:32 AM: OMG, have I mentioned how freezing it is here today!

Oh Emily are you stealing Ben away from me :)

Have fun you two. And may the best God win.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 06, 2004, 08:26:40 AM: Quote from: [size=2]bk on January 06, 2004, 12:19:27 AM
And, of course, if you have the occasional photo of something dear to you, post it, let's just not overdo the photos or Mr. Mark Bakalor will bitch-slap us from here to eternity.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 06, 2004, 08:29:48 AM: Quote from: JRand53 on January 06, 2004, 06:37:07 AM
How come when I search through boxes all I ever find are Martial Arts videos and Farm Journal magazines?[/size]

Because you are one sick puppy????
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Post by: Jennifer on January 06, 2004, 08:30:58 AM: I love collecting theatrical stuff. I really wish I had more. I do save every playbill. And I try to save every ticket stub. I like the autographed stuff the most. I love my broadway snowglobe. I love my autographed "sign marquees" from AGYG and SIDE SHOW. I actually love playbills even from shows I have not seen.
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Post by: Robin on January 06, 2004, 08:34:09 AM: <<What do Grant Williams and Richard Chamberlain have in common? >>

They were both co-starred in movies with James Gregory. Richard Chamberlain starred with him in TWILIGHT OF HONOR, and Grant Williams starred with him in PT109.
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Post by: Jrand74 on January 06, 2004, 08:36:39 AM: That's a good one DR Robin - but not the one I am looking for.

LOL DR Ron....bow wow.

So Mr Mark Bakalor would bitch slap us? Like we're a scared of him hahahahahahahahahaha!

Now - watch my Karma carefully.
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Post by: Jennifer on January 06, 2004, 08:42:38 AM: Quote from: JRand53 on January 06, 2004, 08:36:39 AM

So Mr Mark Bakalor would bitch slap us? Like we're a scared of him hahahahahahahahahaha!

Now - watch my Karma carefully.

But you have so much. You are the king of it! :)

Btw, it must be at least -20C. Windchill is a very very bad thing. :(
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Post by: Jrand74 on January 06, 2004, 08:43:49 AM: LOL...DR Jennifer brrrrrrrrrrrr....it is 8 degrees here. Up all the way from 4 degrees this morning.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 06, 2004, 08:48:02 AM: I put myself to bed at 9:30 p.m. There was no use pretending I was alert or in any way capable of being cogent.

I was tired from my first day back at work. There was lots to do, with a bunch of the little irritating things that bug me gratuitously thrown in for good measure...and on a Monday, too.

As for chat last night...well, my computer doesn't let me do anything with alt-anything in chat. I'm glad others have the capability, but it wasn't in my stars. The experiment -- which seemed to involve two or three folks, tops -- should not have kept the other five or six folks from talking, too, but maybe they were also experimenting. It may have gone on a few minutes, but it seemed like forever as I was desperately trying to stimulate conversation. It seemed I was talking to myself and my tired old brain wouldn't let me continue on.

But my evening go no better -- couldn't concentrate for beans on anything. So sleep seemed to be the ticket.

Doesn't anyone other than I think it odd that so few guys show up in chat? We had a day last week when we were all guys -- about 7 of us. First time there have ever been that many of us in chat and the first time no lady has ever joined in the chat. Man! Did WE have something to talk about or WHAT???? :)

Last night, the norm returned with a few men and twice as many ladies. While I was there, anyway. And Jennifer joined at a time when it was mostly ladies, too.

Today is cold and dark. Rain is forecast. I slept many hours, but I don't feel rested or refreshed. I feel achy and cranky!

Oh, well...........

Theatrical treasures: Autographed Playbill with San Francisco cast of "Wicked"! And an NYC Playbill signed by Menzel and Chenoweth!

A prop from Luhrmann's "La Boheme" -- an artist's palette signed by all three NYC casts (except the Russian soprano) on one side, and by all the production staff on the other side.

Original window cards for "A Little Night Music" and "Dream Girls"! Original souvenir programs for "The Music Man," "She Loves Me" (including a gorgeous handbill with photos), and many others I cannot remember. I went through a buying spree last fall that saw many such treasures arrive in bulk. I've not catalogued or sorted through them. I have tons of autographs and signed caricatures, photos -- Kaner and Ebb, Comden and Green, Styne, Sondheim, Herman, Loesser, Bock, et.al. No big oldies, though...no Porter or Rodgers or Hammerstein or Coward or Berlin.

Has anyone out there seen the new "Peter Pan"? I'd like to know what anyone thinks of it.
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Post by: Jrand74 on January 06, 2004, 08:51:25 AM: Yes, DRRon - chat is a curious animal! Hopefully your Tuesday is going better!
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Post by: Matt H. on January 06, 2004, 09:05:43 AM: DR Ron, the consensus on PETER PAN suggests that it's well made and faithful to the story but lacking in certain fundamental issues like believable sets and interesting Lost Boys. Of course, I thought the Lost Boys in HOOK were so horrendous that I'm not sure I'd ever want to see another PAN that included them.
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Post by: George on January 06, 2004, 09:17:18 AM: I got the call from my supervisor that our building is closed AGAIN! Yea! ;D I get to stay home (with pay!) again! ;D
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Post by: Jrand74 on January 06, 2004, 09:18:52 AM: I think that call was meant for me, DRGeorge!
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Post by: Emily on January 06, 2004, 09:19:03 AM: just looked at the weather forcast for tomorrow:

the HIGH is going to be -17C (-2F)

brrrrr....
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Post by: George on January 06, 2004, 09:20:04 AM: As for treasured theatrical items, I have an autographed program of a concert that Bernadette Peters gave here in Olympia. I got Betty Buckley's autograph and photograph after seeing Sunset Boulevard.

And I took this picture (and got her autograph and spoke with her for a few minutes) after seeing Kiss Me, Kate in London:
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Post by: George on January 06, 2004, 09:21:23 AM: And I took this picture (and got his autograph and spoke with him for a few minutes) after seeing Kiss Me, Kate in London:
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Post by: George on January 06, 2004, 09:22:07 AM: And finally, I took this picture (and got her autograph and spoke with her also for a few minutes) after seeing Kiss Me, Kate in London:
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 06, 2004, 09:24:57 AM: DR MattH: After perusing yesterday's notes, I have to make this observation!

What's this about a NEW TV?

I KNEW about a NEW VCR, but I KNEW nothing about a NEW TV!

_{(If anyone has English as a second language, please note the usage of KNEW and NEW -- HOMOPHONES, dontchaknow! Words that sound alike, but are spelled differently and mean different things)}
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Post by: Jennifer on January 06, 2004, 09:25:42 AM: Hey DR George: What did you do to poor Marin? :)
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Post by: Jrand74 on January 06, 2004, 09:28:07 AM: Nice pictures! Stage people look so "actor-y" after a show! I think it's great.

Thanks for sharing, DRGeorge!
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Post by: td on January 06, 2004, 09:31:10 AM: Well, I am no longer on PINS AND NEEDLES: I got the phone call this morning.
I am officially playing Carl, the astronomy professor, in Lanford Wilson's SYMPATHETIC MAGIC! ! ! ! !
I guess that the good vibes and the callback reading were the right combination!
Thanks, DRs! ! !

Theater memorabila which I am most excited to own:
PLAYBILL/SHOWBILLs from every Betty Buckley performance in NYC and environs, BUT, somehow or other lacking THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD ! ! !

Speaking of Betty, here we are at NYC's The Bottom Line during a Halloween gig with best friend Janet.

I'm not sure if this counts, but, I also have accumulated quite a few song sheets ("Everybody's Girl," "It's a Priveledge to Pee," "You'd be Surprised" and all of SIDE SHOW) in their primitive states. . .also quite a few Maury Yeston songs from TITANIC, some special material written for Davis Gaines. . .etc, etc.

Mostly I try to collect autographs on cd bookets. . .
and photos of me with celebs. . .I'd show you the picture of Douglas Sills and me, but, I don't want to be bitch-slapped by Mark. . .besides, I don't believe I've scanned it, yet. . .
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Post by: Matt H. on January 06, 2004, 09:34:00 AM: Probably I should have said new TV shows on last night, DR Ron. That's what I meant. Sorry.

No, I love the TV I have now and hope to keep it a couple of more years before upgrading.
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Post by: George on January 06, 2004, 09:35:25 AM: Quote from: Jennifer on January 06, 2004, 09:25:42 AM
Hey DR George: What did you do to poor Marin? :)

I didn't do anything (other than be a little close when I took the picture).
She took off all of her makeup. :)

And CONGRATULATIONS TD!!!
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Post by: Matt H. on January 06, 2004, 09:35:35 AM: Congratulations, DR td, on getting the role! I know you'll be tremendous! :D
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Post by: Jrand74 on January 06, 2004, 09:39:38 AM: Congratulations td! And thanks for sharing that picture. Neat!

Have you ever read a Lanford Wilson one-act called EUKIAH?
And no one has guessed CORRECTLY on the Richard Chamberlain - Grant Williams question. Hint: they both played the same part, but in different projects!
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Post by: S. Woody White on January 06, 2004, 09:41:11 AM: Lessee, theatrical memorabilia...

When it comes to playbills, there's the one from Into the Woods. No, not the Broadway production, the one from the original production at the Old Globe in San Diego. The song list is different, and it's got the insert with an updated song list ("No One is Alone" hadn't been written when the production began, but it was in place when der Brucer and I saw it.)

Der Brucer's the one with the big Playbill collection. He's also got an amazing t-shirt collection, some of which are x-rated, but that's another story.

The most prized posession? A t-shirt, again from something we saw. Once again, it's Sondheim related. And once again it's from the real thing, not the New York repeat. It's from the Company reunion concert. Not the one held in April of 1993 at the Lincoln Center, which was actually three performances. This was a one-time only performance, and it was held in Long Beach, under the auspices of the Long Beach Civic Light Opera at the Terrace Theater, on Saturday, January 23, 1993, a full three months before the NYC carbon copies.

What had happened was that Barry Brown, who was running the LBCLO at the time, had been the lover of one of the backstage crew (I'm blanking on exactly who, sorry). The lover had died of AIDS. So had choreographer Michael Bennett. So had the second Broadway Robert, Larry Kert. Brown decided that a fitting tribute to his lover and Bennett and Kert would be to stage a reunion concert of Company, raising funds for AIDS charities and the LBCLO. The top tix went for $500, which included a reception afterwards; next level down was $100, and there were balcony seats that went for $50.

Der Brucer, knowing me to be this total Sondheim nutcase, decided to get tickets. Silly him, he thought he'd be able to get the top tier tix even after waiting a few days after the first ad appeared in the LA Times Calendar section. He was lucky to get the $100 tix, they were selling hotter than hotcakes! The night of the event, which was very black-tie, there were people outside, dressed in very elegant formalwear, begging to get in!

And yes, although it wasn't announced earlier, Mr. Sondheim, Mr. Prince, and Mr. Furth were all there, and shared in the final bows. (Der Brucer was kicking himself for not getting those $500 tix! I forgave him long ago.)

The t-shirt has a few interesting notes. It reads "Starring the Original Broadway Cast," but this isn't exactly correct. Merle Louise and Charles Braswell were unable to attend, and their parts were played by subsequent Broadway players Alice Cannon and Stanley Grover. The musical staging, based on Bennett's original work, was by George Martin. The concert was hosted by Angela Lansbury, and narrated by George Hearn. (Only Hearn would be present for the NYC carbons.)

All of this is on the back of the shirt, which very much resembles the Company logo we all know and love...well, some don't love it, but I always have.

The front of the shirt carries a single line, four simple words in purple, right above the heart:

"Never Before...Never Again"

At the time, who knew?
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Post by: Jennifer on January 06, 2004, 09:53:02 AM: Oh DR George: I knew you didn't do anything to her. But she is so beautiful. But that picture makes her look so old. She should keep some make-up on for pictures :)

Congrats td.
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Post by: bk on January 06, 2004, 09:54:33 AM: 9:45 and ALL THESE HAINSIES/KIMLETS! Wow. I feel that soon we will be the most popular site on all the Internet, that is what I feel.

Congrats TD. Vibes from haineshiway.com most always do the trick.
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Post by: Jay on January 06, 2004, 10:08:27 AM: Congratulations, Dear Reader td! You'll be swell, I know!
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Post by: William E. Lurie on January 06, 2004, 10:16:53 AM: I'm pretty much back to normal today. Still a little tired, but otherwise the flubug seems to have left. It was really strange starting to feel sick while watching a show. Helen Gallagher is one of the wonders of the modern world: a musical comedy cutie in the 40s and 50s to a mature musical star in the 60s and 70s (with 2 Tonys from those periods) and then on to a Soap Opera matriarch (with 3 Emmys) and now a serious stage actress. She and co-star Nicholas Surovey were far better than the stereotyped script of HANDY DANDY deserved. William Gibson's play about a women with 3 dvorces and two annulments who become a nun specializing in peace demonstrations and the judge who has to try her for tresspassing is anything but new --- you can guess where it is going within five minutes --- but these two really breathed life into it and made it worth seeing, even as the flu bug tok over my body during the two hours of the show.
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Post by: Jay on January 06, 2004, 10:19:34 AM: Trivia question: Who was Nicholas Surovy's mother?
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Post by: Robin on January 06, 2004, 10:23:35 AM: Let's see...

Richard Chamberlain and Grant Williams...

Did they both play competitive backgammon? Perhaps they shared the same hairdresser? The same inseam? Used the same interior designer? Perhaps they both played Tchaikovsky. Or maybe they prefer the warmth of vinyl LPs to the cold, tinny sound of CDs.

I just don't know...!
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Post by: Dan-in-Toronto on January 06, 2004, 10:33:22 AM: DRtd:

That's great news - glad you're no longer on pins and needles (or, as they say in Yiddish, shpilkes).

Carl, the astronomy professor. It'll be a stellar performance.

Congrats.
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Post by: td on January 06, 2004, 10:34:09 AM: Quote from: Jay on January 06, 2004, 10:19:34 AM
Trivia question: Who was Nicholas Surovy's mother?

Well, I know.
But, should I let others hazard a guess? ? ? ?
How's this:

S
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P
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L
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S
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P
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C
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Opera Diva Rise Stevens.
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Post by: Ben on January 06, 2004, 10:38:51 AM: Although it is commonly agreed at HHW that Mr. Brent Barrett is the world's sexiest man (or something to that effect, I forget the exact phraseology), I do think that Mr. Michael Berresse gives him a close run for the money. Oy, when he was jumping around the stage of the Martin Beck AKA Al Hirschfeld Theatre in Kiss Me, Kate, I had to will myself to stay seated.
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Post by: George on January 06, 2004, 10:43:12 AM: Quote from: Ben on January 06, 2004, 10:38:51 AM
Although it is commonly agreed at HHW that Mr. Brent Barrett is the world's sexiest man (or something to that effect, I forget the exact phraseology), I do think that Mr. Michael Berresse gives him a close run for the money. Oy, when he was jumping around the stage of the Martin Beck AKA Al Hirschfeld Theatre in Kiss Me, Kate, I had to will myself to stay seated.

I totally agree with you about Michael. As much as I enjoyed the WSMA (World's Sexiest Man Alive) Brent Barret's performance, he didn't come to the stage door :'( so I didn't get his autograph or photo. But seeing Michael up close was a total thrill. He was so sweet and took the time to chat with me. :)
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Post by: Ben on January 06, 2004, 10:43:32 AM: I read the spoiler so I would know the answer but my question is: who is Nicholas Surovy? Sorry, the name doesn't ring a bell. I Googled him but still don't know much about him. There is a review of a show he did with Helen Gallagher (a William Gibson play called Handy Dandy) but I don't know much else.
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Post by: bk on January 06, 2004, 10:47:28 AM: I directed my final vo session early this morning. It went fine. I'm sitting here trying to get at least a rough version of the final show done.
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Post by: Ben on January 06, 2004, 10:47:29 AM: Oh, yes. Congrats to TD. I know a lot of Wilson's work but I don't know this particular piece. I'm admitting a lot of things today.

D-I-T, glad you solved your computer problems. It's good to have you back, although I think you've been back for a while, it is me who has been gone.

I'm listening to Donald's show right now. If you haven't listened yet, get over there. It's full of fun stuff this week.
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Post by: Jay on January 06, 2004, 10:53:54 AM: And Dear Reader TD is..........CORRECT!
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Post by: Jrand74 on January 06, 2004, 10:53:57 AM: DR Robin_Anderson is correct. ;D

Miss Richard Chamberlain played the composer in THE MUSIC LOVERS. :D

And Miss Grant Williams played him in a Disneyland episode called THE PETER TCHIAKOVSKY STORY - even though it wasn't exactly that. :-\

And for heaven's sake, if we can get the sun to shine in Hawaii, we can certainly get someone a part in a play. :P
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Post by: bk on January 06, 2004, 11:02:19 AM: It's eleven o'clock and we have 100 posts. Pretty amazing. Now, every time I point something like this out everyone runs for the hills. Instead of doing that let's have... wait... it's coming to me... I know! A posting frenzy.
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Post by: Charles Pogue on January 06, 2004, 11:05:32 AM: I think I have almost every program of every stage show I've seen. I've also collected a few rare ones that I just craved. Being a John Barrymore fan, I have an original Hamlet program from his London production at the Haymarket. I also have a Hamlet from the Peter O'Toole production directed by Olivier which was the first National Theatre production. I have programs from theatre productions of favourite novels of mine. One from the late eighteen hundreds for SHE by Rider Haggard; one from the twenties for SCARAMOUCHE starring British actor/manager John Martin-Harvey; one from the flop production of BEAU GESTE which starred Laurence Olivier and was directed by Basil Dean. I would love to find the playscripts for these productions.

The rest of the last 24-hours has been embroiled in this nasty guild business. Phone calls to and from various members, board members, and former board members all about this crap over our president's ineligibility. Thankfully, I hear she has resigned. Which is what she should do. The guild does not need this embarrassing black-eye. The thing is all this was known before the election and at the time of the election and was brought up and suppressed. Thankfully it has properly come out and, I think, it is for the better. Charles Holland, who I felt should have run for president last election, will now be a strong president and a fierce negotiator, and we can get on with the business at hand. Vickie Riskin and I started out on the WGA Board together as allies back in '97, but over my four years on the board I have felt she has abandoned important issues and drifted so far apart from her positions that I did not support her for president of the Guild for either of her terms.
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Post by: Ben on January 06, 2004, 11:06:07 AM: Hooray! AccuRadio seems to be working. I can get through the rest of the day listening to their "Wide Playlist" described by them as

"All the great hit songs from Broadway shows of our main Broadway channel, plus hundreds more obscure tunes for the die-hard fan!"

I like it but so far, there are not many obscure tunes. Brian Stokes Mitchell in KMK isn't so obscure, nor the Julie Andrews television Cinderella.
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Post by: Jed on January 06, 2004, 11:07:51 AM: Congratulations on the role, TD!

Hooray for another paid day off from work, George!

I've been watching some of the non-stop Seattle news coverage of the snow. I know there are some real traffic messes, but I do have to chuckle some when they do non-stop coverage for the 2-1/2" (of snow, people!) in Seattle. :) Over on my side of the Cascades, it's been snowing lightly for about 3 hours now, but only about 1/2" (of snow, people!) so far. Supposed to get 6-8" (of snow, people!) later in the day.

I did go get some yummilicious pancakes this morning, and they were, well, yummilicious. :D
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Post by: Dan-in-Toronto on January 06, 2004, 11:12:24 AM: Quote from: Ben on January 06, 2004, 10:38:51 AM
Although it is commonly agreed at HHW that Mr. Brent Barrett is the world's sexiest man (or something to that effect, I forget the exact phraseology), I do think that Mr. Michael Berresse gives him a close run for the money. Oy, when he was jumping around the stage of the Martin Beck AKA Al Hirschfeld Theatre in Kiss Me, Kate, I had to will myself to stay seated.

Ben, I was working on a post about Michael Berresse, but I could not improve on "Oy." And thanks for the welcome back. To you, too.
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Post by: bk on January 06, 2004, 11:18:20 AM: Some of my prized theater memorabilia - a rather good collection of first edition plays, including fifty or sixty musicals. The best of those is my signed copy of Anyone Can Whistle (the original first edition of that is incredibly rare - it and my first of Gypsy are the only things I've ever asked Sondheim to sign for me), and my inscribed first of The Fantasticks (two long and lovely inscriptions from Harvey and Tom). I also have a wonderfully inscribed copy of Damn Yankees from when I worked with Richard Adler. I have both Playbill and souvenir program for Li'l Abner which, of course, I love. I have a signed by Edward Albee playbill from Lolita, I have several signed firsts of Albee plays, I have a first of S.N. Behrman's The Pirate, signed by him, I have lots of interesting and rare sheet music, several bound volumes of the marvelous Theatre Arts magazine, many of which have whole plays printed within, and on and on.
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Post by: bk on January 06, 2004, 11:21:56 AM: Wow, thirteen GUESTS and ten registered users are currently here and not posting. This is a frenzy? This isn't even a fr... Let's at least have a fre.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 06, 2004, 11:22:35 AM: I have an autographed first edition of Henry Mancini's "Did They Mention the Music?"

Does that count?
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Post by: td on January 06, 2004, 11:23:21 AM: I have a score of SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE which is inscribed by Mandy Patinkin.
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Post by: William E. Lurie on January 06, 2004, 11:23:54 AM: At HANDY DANDY, while waiting for the theatre to open, a girl in her young teens happened to mention that her father was in the show. Since I knew it was a two character show I commented that I was a big fan of her grandmother. She even looked like a young Rse Stevens. Unfortunately I wasn't sure if her grandmother had passed away or not (I found out later she is still very much alive) so I didn't want to say too much. Those of you DRs who don't know Ms. Stevens from her days as the Met's reigning Carmen probably know her from her film appearances, most notably in "Going My Way".

As to who is Nicholas Surovey (besides Ms. Steven's son), he is one of those actors you have probably seen dozens of times is secondary roles on stage, in films and on television without knowing his name. He may be best known as Mike Roy on ALL MY CHILDREN... the one true love of Erica Kane's life until he "died". Years later when he came back from the dead (it is a soap after all) she had found many other one true loves.
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Post by: Jennifer on January 06, 2004, 11:24:05 AM: Wow that is a lot of posts for this time of day. But where are the female HHWers?

I am down down down today. I wish I was up up up.
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Post by: bk on January 06, 2004, 11:24:45 AM: I just noticed that I, BK, have supplanted Tom of Oz as the highest poster here at haineshisway.com. Yes, Virginia, I am the highest of all because Tom of Oz has been SLACKING, do you hear me?
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Post by: td on January 06, 2004, 11:25:08 AM: OHHH! almost forgot! !
I have a playbill from a symphony concert signed by none other than one of HHW's favorite composers: Mr. Michel LeGrand, whom I actually tracked down to his Pittsburgh hotel lobby to obtain! I was young, I was foolish! Oh, wait! I still AM young and foolish!
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Post by: William E. Lurie on January 06, 2004, 11:25:46 AM: BK---
Thirteen GUESTS could not even cause an F. Never mind that the registered users aren't posting... why aren't the guests registered?
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Post by: bk on January 06, 2004, 11:26:20 AM: Jennifer, the trick is not to be down, down, down (that is three downs which is way too many downs, more than Churchill), the trick is to be up, up, up, up where we belong.
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Post by: td on January 06, 2004, 11:26:51 AM: Didn't I have a posting frenzy earlier today, when it was still yesterday?
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Post by: Jrand74 on January 06, 2004, 11:27:32 AM: I find it interesting that Mr Mark Kaklbore who never holds grudges or takes away Karma would not respond to my thread on the Technical Board, but that finally Mr BK did. Hahahahahahahahahhaa.
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Post by: bk on January 06, 2004, 11:27:53 AM: Because some of our GUESTS just like to come and read from afar without joining our merry troupe. A couple of them don't want us to know who they are (for obvious reasons) and some are too SHY, I confess it they're SHY.
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Post by: td on January 06, 2004, 11:29:01 AM: Quote from: bk on January 06, 2004, 11:26:20 AM
Jennifer, the trick is not to be down, down, down (that is three downs which is way too many downs, more than Churchill), the trick is to be up, up, up, up where we belong.

Who knows what tomorrow brings
In a world, few hearts survive
All I know is the way i feel
When it's real, I keep it alive

The road is long, there are mountains in your way
But we climb a step every day

Love lift us up where we belong, where the eagles cry
On a mountain high
Love lift us up where we belong, far from the world below
up where the clear winds blow

Some hang on to used to be
Live their lives, loking behind

All we have is here and now
All our life, out there to find

The road is long, there are mountains in our way,
But we climb them a step ev'ry day

Love lift us up where we belong, where the eagles cry
On a mountain high
Love lift us up where we belong, far from the world
We know, up where the clear winds blow

Time goes by, no time to cry, life's you and I
A live today

Love lift us up where we belong, where the eagles cry
On a mountain high
Love lift us up where we belong, far from the wolrd
We know, where the clear winds blow
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Post by: bk on January 06, 2004, 11:29:21 AM: Yes, TD was his own frenzy. I, on the other hand, am my own wife. I actually responded to several things on the tech board so if you had a query do check in there.
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Post by: bk on January 06, 2004, 11:30:33 AM: TD, you are an officer and a gentleman.
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Post by: td on January 06, 2004, 11:31:24 AM: Quote from: bk on January 06, 2004, 11:24:45 AM
I just noticed that I, BK, have supplanted Tom of Oz as the highest poster here at haineshisway.com. Yes, Virginia, I am the highest of all because Tom of Oz has been SLACKING, do you hear me?

And I, on the other hand, have snuggly worked my way into the TOP TEN!

;D
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Post by: td on January 06, 2004, 11:33:03 AM: Quote from: bk on January 06, 2004, 11:30:33 AM
TD, you are an officer and a gentleman.

As long as you're not calling me Joe Cocker!
You may call me Jennifer Warnes, but, like Eric Idle in LIFE OF BRIAN, I prefer "Loretta." :o
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Post by: Jane on January 06, 2004, 11:33:08 AM: Quote from: Jed on January 06, 2004, 12:24:35 AM
I think I shall be headed for bed, as well. If I don't get a call for work in the morning, I think I may go get some pancakes. Pity I can't get DuPar's up here! Heck, can't even get IHOP in this town. But, I know a couple places that are supposed to be swell for breakfast, so I do have options.

Not even an Original House of Pancakes? Of course you are probably better off. I treated myself to pancakes at Dupar’s last time I was in Los Angeles, something I haven’t done in around fifteen years. It is just so fattening and unhealthy. But boy was it good.
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Post by: bk on January 06, 2004, 11:33:24 AM: TD is his own frenzy. I, on the other hand, am trying to figure out the lunch situation.
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Post by: td on January 06, 2004, 11:34:03 AM: Does anyone ever feel that being on HHW is like being in an Ionesco play? ? ?
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Post by: Ben on January 06, 2004, 11:35:13 AM: WEL, thanks for the info about NS. I actually know who Rise Stevens was/is but I didn't know anything about her son. Interesting how so many of the children of performers also go down that route.
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Post by: td on January 06, 2004, 11:35:20 AM: Quote from: bk on January 06, 2004, 11:33:24 AM
TD is his own frenzy. I, on the other hand, am trying to figure out the lunch situation.

TD once performed in an Ionesco play entitled, FRENZY FOR TWO, OR MORE.
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Post by: Jed on January 06, 2004, 11:36:39 AM: Quote from: Jane on January 06, 2004, 11:33:08 AM
Not even an Original House of Pancakes? Of course you are probably better off. I treated myself to pancakes at Dupar’s last time I was in Los Angeles, something I haven’t done in around fifteen years. It is just so fattening and unhealthy. But boy was it good.

No, not even one of those. So I settled for a local place called Smitty's, which specializes in breakfast. Quite tasty and filling. I'm thinking that I'll have to try out DuPar's next time I go to L.A... although who knows when the heck that will be.
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Post by: Jrand74 on January 06, 2004, 11:38:17 AM: I always thought it would be interesting to have an IHOP that was the International House of Plays, where troupes of performers went around to the tables and did scenes that the customers chose from the menu -

"I will have a scene of Williams, and a side order of Albee, please."
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Post by: Jed on January 06, 2004, 11:38:25 AM: Quote from: td on January 06, 2004, 11:34:03 AM
Does anyone ever feel that being on HHW is like being in an Ionesco play? ? ?

Perhaps the greatest description of this place I've ever heard, TD. :D

Bald sopranos everywhere I look. Along with, of course, multitudes of Amy's everywhere I look.
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Post by: Ben on January 06, 2004, 11:39:12 AM: I went back to the Stats page (since BK mentioned it) and I'm still in the Top 10 with Miss Emily breathing down my neck. I needs must post post-haste to stay at number 9.

TomovOz may be sleeping at this time (2:37pm Tuesday, January 6, 2004 in New York City).
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Post by: td on January 06, 2004, 11:39:47 AM: Quote from: JRand53 on January 06, 2004, 11:38:17 AM
I always thought it would be interesting to have an IHOP that was the International House of Plays, where troupes of performers went around to the tables and did scenes that the customers chose from the menu -

"I will have a scene of Williams, and a side order of Albee, please."

Sorta like the Shakespeare scene in SCRAMBLED FEET!
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Post by: td on January 06, 2004, 11:42:01 AM: Quote from: Ben on January 06, 2004, 11:39:12 AM
I went back to the Stats page (since TD mentioned it) and I'm still in the Top 10 . . .

You'd better modify that remark, Ben; BK mentioned the Stats page prior to my mention. . . ::)
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Post by: bk on January 06, 2004, 11:43:28 AM: Miss Emily is breathing down your neck. I don't have anyone breathing down my neck although I've asked a few people to do so, they just look at me like I was so much fish.
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Post by: Jrand74 on January 06, 2004, 11:44:39 AM: LOL exactly!

And DRJed, I am a baritone, thank you very much!

And I am number 3!
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Post by: Jay on January 06, 2004, 11:45:30 AM: Quote from: William E. Lurie on January 06, 2004, 11:23:54 AM
At HANDY DANDY, while waiting for the theatre to open, a girl in her young teens happened to mention that her father was in the show. Since I knew it was a two character show I commented that I was a big fan of her grandmother. She even looked like a young Rse Stevens. Unfortunately I wasn't sure if her grandmother had passed away or not (I found out later she is still very much alive) so I didn't want to say too much. Those of you DRs who don't know Ms. Stevens from her days as the Met's reigning Carmen probably know her from her film appearances, most notably in "Going My Way".

As to who is Nicholas Surovey (besides Ms. Steven's son), he is one of those actors you have probably seen dozens of times is secondary roles on stage, in films and on television without knowing his name. He may be best known as Mike Roy on ALL MY CHILDREN... the one true love of Erica Kane's life until he "died". Years later when he came back from the dead (it is a soap after all) she had found many other one true loves.

Mea culpa. I should have phrased my question as "Who is Nicholas Surovy's mother?"
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Post by: td on January 06, 2004, 11:46:25 AM: Quote from: Ben on January 06, 2004, 10:47:29 AM
Oh, yes. Congrats to TD. I know a lot of Wilson's work but I don't know this particular piece. I'm admitting a lot of things today.

Sympathetic Magic Lanford Wilson

Drama
Full Length

Cast: 5 men, 3 women: 8 total
Setting: UNIT SET

Winner of the 1997 Obie Award for best play. "Lanford Wilson’s idiosyncratic SYMPATHETIC MAGIC is his best play yet...the rare play you WANT...chock-full of ideas, incidents, witty or poetic lines, scientific and philosophical argument...you’ll find your intellectual faculties racing." —NY Magazine. "The mystery of the unexplored universe and the mystery of artistic creation begin to re-volve around the more familiar mystery of life on earth and why we keep reproducing it. She does something unwise, he does something unforgivable. The result changes them and everyone in their intimate circle, irrevocably. The play ends where it started, with the scientist lecturing about the inexplicable nature of the universe and the "dark matter" of which it seems to be largely composed; only now we’ve experienced what he means. Wilson has made the dark matter in human beings tangible; particularly in the scientist, whom we come to like and understand before he does something monstrous, and who re-mains understandable—and no monster—afterwards. The script is like a fully notated score, next to which most new plays are cursory lead sheets." —Village Voice

THE STORY: Liz Barnard is an anthropologist studying West Coast gangs for behavior similar to African tribes. Her son, Don, is a homosexual Episcopal minister whose parishioners are poor and many sick with AIDS. Liz’s daughter, Barbara, is a gifted sculptress whose current breakthrough show launches a stellar career. Barbara lives with Ian, a brilliant young astronomer and popular university professor who, along with his colorful colleague Mickey, stumbles upon a spectacular discovery at the edge of the galaxy. They want to study the find further, but the chairman of their department, Carl Conklin White, a by-the-book administrator, snatches up this startling find before all the facts are in. Along with this discovery, Ian and Barbara find that despite all precautions, Barbara is pregnant. Having agreed to no children, Barbara prepares for an abortion, but Ian wants to hold off as he has new thoughts about children and carrying on the human race. The mysteries of the universe and of human and artistic creation begin to mix for Ian and his friends. But when Barbara has the abortion, Ian becomes a person he never expected, and in front of friends and family, he attacks Barbara. His actions change everyone around him, mirroring the change in life when discovery leads the way.
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Post by: Jay on January 06, 2004, 11:46:37 AM: Quote from: Jed on January 06, 2004, 11:07:51 AM
I've been watching some of the non-stop Seattle news coverage of the snow. I know there are some real traffic messes, but I do have to chuckle some when they do non-stop coverage for the 2-1/2" (of snow, people!) in Seattle. :) Over on my side of the Cascades, it's been snowing lightly for about 3 hours now, but only about 1/2" (of snow, people!) so far. Supposed to get 6-8" (of snow, people!) later in the day.

You should see what happens in L.A. when we get a light drizzle!
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Post by: Noel on January 06, 2004, 11:48:01 AM: Not sure if it counts as a theatrical souvenir, but my most treasured treasure would have to be the letter from Richard Rodgers.

When I was a callow youth, I invited all my teenager friends over to celebrate Rodgers' 75th birthday. My mother, who'd never written to a celebrity, wrote RR, figuring he'd like to know. He wrote back that hearing of her son Noel's party brought him more pleasure than a White House concert where the president had said some very nice things about him.
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Post by: Jed on January 06, 2004, 11:49:51 AM: Well, I'm currently #14 on the prolific posters list... George and MBarnum are next on my climb to the top!
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Post by: Charles Pogue on January 06, 2004, 11:51:26 AM: BK, I also have a rather large collection (not bound) of Theatre Arts Magazine from 1948 to January of '64. Many of those years are complete runs.
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Post by: Tomovoz on January 06, 2004, 11:51:27 AM: Welcome back to posting JMK. I thought the idea of a meeting of The North Westerns hosted by you must have frightened you away to an institution. your posts have been missed.
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Post by: Jrand74 on January 06, 2004, 11:53:10 AM: Remember DRJed - you meet the same people on the way down. :P

DREMILY - I hate to be the one to mention it, but USA defeated Canada in the Jr Hockey Championships held yesterday in Finland. Please do not throw your popcorn. :o
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Post by: LC on January 06, 2004, 11:54:14 AM: Congrats to TD on the role! :D

DR Ron - I saw the new Peter Pan and thought it was okay. Lots of that newfangled fake-looking CGI if you are into that, although it was less annoying because the movie's a fantasy and it's not required to look as real. Quite a lot of sexual tension for a supposed children's movie, hehe. The highlights of the movie for me were Jason Isaacs (his Hook was more likable than Peter Pan, IMO) and Ludivigne Sagnier, who made a fine Tink. As DR Matt has read, the Lost Boys and Princess Tiger Lily were rather wasted as characters, as the story focused mostly on Peter, and Wendy and her brothers.

Like DR Emily, I wouldn't call myself a collector, it's more that I won't throw things away. So somewhere in the boxes I never touch are programs and ticket stubs from everything I've seen. I suppose the items most valuable to me are the ones I've waited to get autographed, like the CD booklet from Hairspray, which also stands out in my memory because all of the cast were so darn nice. I was excited to get my playbill from The Boy from Oz signed, although I didn't actually get to meet Hugh Jackman because he was doing a backstage meet and greet. :( I have playbills signed by Kristin Chenoweth and Robert Sean Leonard (not from the same show, obviously) that I am fond of because I really admire both.

Is it possible to collect experiences? I've met famous people before and felt embarrassed to ask for an autograph or picture, but I love being able to tell the story of having met them. It's just not as fun when you don't have anything to show for it.
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Post by: Jane on January 06, 2004, 11:55:18 AM: td you were such a cute little tyke and congratulations on getting the role. :)

JMK you have about three inches of snow? My son’s girlfriend said PSU cancelled school today.

Emily hope you feel better soon.

WEL so glad to know you are feeling better.

Jed if you do make it to Dupars you must try the Boysenberry syrup. It is the reason I go there. The pancakes aren’t bad either.

I didn’t fall asleep until 4:30 this morning, so I slept in until 8:30, very late for me. Now I am extremely rushed to get all of my work done today, plus walk Echo before it rains.

[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]Have a nice day! [/move]
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Post by: bk on January 06, 2004, 12:02:14 PM: So many people! So jiggy am I! I love Theatre Arts magazine, the best of any theatre magazine ever.
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Post by: Ben on January 06, 2004, 12:02:16 PM: TD - Done - See above, but then you mentioned it so you don't have to see above. You know what I'm talking about.
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Post by: Tomovoz on January 06, 2004, 12:03:09 PM: td: Congratulations. Maybe the Seekers were the secret to the vibes.
Re Peter Pan: Reasonably well reviewed here. Biggest complaint - a Peter Pan with an American accent! Reminds of Disney's Christopher Robin.
And now I am going back to bed.
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Post by: LC on January 06, 2004, 12:05:21 PM: DR Tom - forgot to mention the accents. In a sea of Brits, it certainly stood out. Just like the little boy who played Anakin in Star Wars: Episode I. Sleep well!
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Post by: Ben on January 06, 2004, 12:05:38 PM: It seems TomovOz is not sleeping but about to go to sleep (or back to sleep).
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Post by: Jay on January 06, 2004, 12:07:09 PM: I concur with Dear Reader LC's take on the Peter Pan now in theatres. It is interesting in its difference from previous versions by way of the more central role that Wendy plays. It's not an unpleasant way to spend a couple of hours in a movie theatre.

On the whole, the Disney animated version is superior, IMHO. And though it's been decades since I saw it on TV, I still have some very strong (and positive) recollections of the musical version of Peter Pan that starred Miss Mary Martin. Cyril Ritchard's performance as Captain Hook was priceless.

By the way, and strictly for the record, I do believe in fairies.
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Post by: steveg on January 06, 2004, 12:17:15 PM: In my earlier post today I forgot to mention that I also have a collection of show window cards. In our guest powder room, I have a framed large Follies poster as well as a framed Funny Girl window card on permanent exhibition. On a different wall I have six other framed window cards from current shows, which I keep changing as shows come and go, or just get old. Currently, we have Lion King, Aida, Millie, Producers, and Mamma Mia, but I want to replace a couple (Millie and Aida) with Wicked and Boy From Oz. Having done this for a number of years, I have a large collection of window cards.

For my daugher's Bat Mitzvah, some 16+ years ago, the theme for the reception was Allison on Broadway. I made a large ticket booth that was framed with about 20 of such window cards, where the guests were given "tickets" that indicated a current show name. Each table had a Playbill of one of those shows so the guests matched their ticket with the Playbill on the table, rather than looking for a table number. Each center piece incorporated flowers in an upside down top-hat, with a cane coming out, as well as a photo of my daughter pasted onto a silver star. The lobby of the catering facility was also decorated with about 15 5-foot tall standup cut-outs of blown-up Hirschfelds of Broadway legends such as Verdun, Martin, Merman, Mostel, Preston, Davis, Vereen, Grey, Andrews/Harrision, Brynner, etc., etc., an so forth. The kids dais had large 5-foot color logos of famous female logos (Mame, Hirschfeld Channing logo (used on BK's revival CD), Verdun photo from Charity, Funny Girl upside down roller skating logo, and Annie). A big marquee hung over the kids table saying Allison on Broadway. I also had a big white plexiglass sheet made to look like a Playbill, which was used as a guest sign-in board. We also had dressed my daugher up in a Chorus Line costume about six weeks before her Bat Mitzvah and took a number of photos of her outside the Shubert Theatre, then playing A Chorus Line. Those photos were blown up into posters and also on display. Each kid got a tee-shirt, which I had printed with the Playbill logo on them, which were individually personalized saying their name "on Broadway". In any event, a large collection of all these Hirschfeld cutouts remain in my basement together with the stuff we did three years later for our son's Bar Mitzvah, the theme of which was comic book superheros and comic strips. My wife won't let me throw any of the stuff out, since it took us so much time and effort to make.
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Post by: Jrand74 on January 06, 2004, 12:21:38 PM: steveg we need to see pictures of that party!
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Post by: Jennifer on January 06, 2004, 12:22:48 PM: I am #6! Hooray :)
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Post by: Jane on January 06, 2004, 12:24:46 PM: steveg what wonderful clever ideas for the party. My older son would have loved the comic book theme. We just went with Bart Simpson shirts. We surprised our younger son with a popular radio personality, a DJ the kids all listened to. Neither was as creative as yours.
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Post by: bk on January 06, 2004, 12:25:21 PM: I have a window card from La Strada (the musical) as well as a program. I have a program from Smile, too, and an original window card (with the fired actors) from Merrily We Roll Along. Harvey S. has given me signed scores for his shows, and also lots and lots of his drawings. Plus I have the original art used for the 100 In the Shade poster.
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Post by: bk on January 06, 2004, 12:26:26 PM: I'm going to grab some lunch and I hope lunch doesn't get upset about being grabbed. Let's make it to a fren by my return. We're doing amazingly well on this fine day.
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Post by: LC on January 06, 2004, 12:32:29 PM: DR steveg, what a thoughtful, elaborate party setup! Sounds like a wonderful time.

DR Jay, did the audience in your theatre start chanting, "I do believe in fairies? I do! I do!"? Mine had quite the yelling and stomping going on.
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Post by: LC on January 06, 2004, 12:33:27 PM: Please forgive the vanity post. 100!!
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Post by: LC on January 06, 2004, 12:33:46 PM: Argh.. 101! :)
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Post by: td on January 06, 2004, 12:35:41 PM: Quote from: Jane on January 06, 2004, 11:55:18 AM
td you were such a cute little tyke and congratulations on getting the role. :)

Maybe I should use THAT picture for my head shot. . .hmmmm. . .
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Post by: TCB on January 06, 2004, 12:37:21 PM: Congratulationd, td! I want details..... where.... when..... etc (oh, especially etc.)
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Post by: Jennifer on January 06, 2004, 12:37:54 PM: I just tried to post and got this message:

Warning: mysql_connect(): Too many connections in /home/haineshisway/community/index.php on line 58
Too many connections

I will repost.
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Post by: Ben on January 06, 2004, 12:37:55 PM: Miss Jennifer, isn't it unseemly to gloat??? ;)
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 06, 2004, 12:40:42 PM: It's my lunch time. But here I sit. I'm at one with my PC and my PC is at one with me.

What the frell am I talking about?

Loads of paperwork all over my work space. Sadly, it all makes sense to me even though I wish it didn't.

I'm feeling funky. Oh, yes! Funky. Still achy. Still cranky. And now funky. But I'll deal.

I don't do needy. Cannot abide needy.

I have some photos of my younger days....which, if I can remember to bring with me to scan, I will treat you all to in the coming days. You won't believe your eyes!

You'll say, "Even THEN?!!!" :)

LOLTM (that's "lauging out loud to myself" in internet lingo).
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Post by: MBarnum on January 06, 2004, 12:43:17 PM: A big congrats to DR TD in his new role!! :D

Well, I slogged my way into work...actually the drive wasn't too bad...lost of snow in Salem, but it was nice and powdery and not too slick. State offices opened at 10am as promised (darn it), but it was nice to be able to go back to bed for another hour or so and lounge around watching the Portland newscasters on TV declare a national emergency as soon as the first snowflake fell! LOL!
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Post by: Jennifer on January 06, 2004, 12:45:34 PM: Quote from: Ben on January 06, 2004, 12:37:55 PM
Miss Jennifer, isn't it unseemly to gloat??? ;)

Well you didn't comment when #1 or #3 posted their stats :)

For some reason I am still down. I do not feel like doing anything I have to do.

The other day I happened to catch a minute of Dr. Phil. And he was talking to a woman who used shopping to make herself feel better. Hmmmm, I wonder if that would work for me. There are two italian charms on ebay I would love :)
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Post by: TCB on January 06, 2004, 12:48:34 PM: Quote from: Jed on January 06, 2004, 11:07:51 AM
Congratulations on the role, TD!

Hooray for another paid day off from work, George!

I've been watching some of the non-stop Seattle news coverage of the snow. I know there are some real traffic messes, but I do have to chuckle some when they do non-stop coverage for the 2-1/2" (of snow, people!) in Seattle. :) Over on my side of the Cascades, it's been snowing lightly for about 3 hours now, but only about 1/2" (of snow, people!) so far. Supposed to get 6-8" (of snow, people!) later in the day.

I did go get some yummilicious pancakes this morning, and they were, well, yummilicious. :D

Well, I am just glad you got some, Jed (snow, people!).
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 06, 2004, 12:49:08 PM: Quote from: LC on January 06, 2004, 12:33:27 PM
Please forgive the vanity post. 100!!

Oh, yeah! You're So Vain!

;D
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Post by: Sandra on January 06, 2004, 12:49:21 PM: I love chocolate chip pancakes with chocolate sauce. (We are still talking about pancakes, aren't we?)
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 06, 2004, 12:49:59 PM: Quote from: TCB on January 06, 2004, 12:48:34 PM
Well, I am just glad you got some, Jed (snow people!).

Snow people, real people. What's the diff? Getting some is GETTING SOME!

;D
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Post by: MBarnum on January 06, 2004, 12:53:39 PM: Jennifer, shopping on Ebay ALWAYS makes me feel better! Ha!

But seriously, if you are continuing to feel blue you really should see your doctor, it is terrible to be down in the dumps for too long of a period of time! He can make it so that it is easier to deal with what is upsetting you.
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Post by: Ben on January 06, 2004, 12:53:53 PM: But Jennifer, you and I have a special relationship. We were once vying for the same thing. You were able, through subterfuge and a posting frenzy, to beat me (yeah, yeah, yeah, I was gone for a month, so what). That relationship gives me special priviliges to comment on you when I wouldn't comment on others. Besides, I can't dis BK, it's his board and it's TD's special day (he was cast in a show for cryin' out loud). So you are the logical target ;)
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Post by: Tomovoz on January 06, 2004, 01:03:43 PM: DR Ben: I noticed your use of the modify button! It was more of a snooze than a sleep.
Re: Peter Pan. Love the Disney, "Hook" had moments. (but way too long), the Mary Martin looks oh so dated and the dance segments are dreadful, the Cathy Rigby version is wonderful. (My favourite verion - yes I have mentioned it before - was the Maggie Smith version in London, Christmas1973).
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Post by: DERBRUCER on January 06, 2004, 01:04:44 PM: Quote from: bk on January 06, 2004, 11:24:45 AM
I just noticed that I, BK, have supplanted Tom of Oz as the highest poster here at haineshisway.com. Yes, Virginia, I am the highest of all because Tom of Oz has been SLACKING, do you hear me?

No, Dear BK, you are the highest because you perch upon pins and needles.

derBrucer (subbing for Virgina)
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Post by: TCB on January 06, 2004, 01:06:54 PM: Quote from: td on January 06, 2004, 11:46:25 AM
Sympathetic Magic Lanford Wilson

Drama
Full Length

Cast: 5 men, 3 women: 8 total
Setting: UNIT SET

THE STORY: Liz Barnard is an anthropologist studying West Coast gangs for behavior similar to African tribes. Her son, Don, is a homosexual Episcopal minister whose parishioners are poor and many sick with AIDS. Liz’s daughter, Barbara, is a gifted sculptress whose current breakthrough show launches a stellar career. Barbara lives with Ian, a brilliant young astronomer and popular university professor who, along with his colorful colleague Mickey, stumbles upon a spectacular discovery at the edge of the galaxy. They want to study the find further, but the chairman of their department, Carl Conklin White, a by-the-book administrator, snatches up this startling find before all the facts are in. Along with this discovery, Ian and Barbara find that despite all precautions, Barbara is pregnant. Having agreed to no children, Barbara prepares for an abortion, but Ian wants to hold off as he has new thoughts about children and carrying on the human race. The mysteries of the universe and of human and artistic creation begin to mix for Ian and his friends. But when Barbara has the abortion, Ian becomes a person he never expected, and in front of friends and family, he attacks Barbara. His actions change everyone around him, mirroring the change in life when discovery leads the way.

Umm, td, so are you Tally?
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Post by: bk on January 06, 2004, 01:08:50 PM: I can't believe it, but I went to Quizno's again and had the same exact thing I had yesterday, which I will now eat whilst perusing your pertinent posts.
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Post by: DERBRUCER on January 06, 2004, 01:12:23 PM: Quote from: William E. Lurie on January 06, 2004, 11:25:46 AM
BK---
... why aren't the guests registered?

Maybe 'cause their kind is not sanctioned by the AKC.

der Brucer (AKC registred prue-breed scoundrel)
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Post by: Jrand74 on January 06, 2004, 01:18:32 PM: Subbing for WHAT????
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Post by: Jay on January 06, 2004, 01:20:56 PM: Quote from: LC on January 06, 2004, 12:32:29 PM
DR Jay, did the audience in your theatre start chanting, "I do believe in fairies? I do! I do!"? Mine had quite the yelling and stomping going on.

No, I'm afraid not. Sounds like your experience was a lot of fun, though!
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 06, 2004, 01:23:17 PM: DR Jrand53: I'm virtually sure he said he was subbing for "Virginia"
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Post by: bk on January 06, 2004, 01:23:24 PM: I'm eating my sandwich now. It's yummilicious.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 06, 2004, 01:23:58 PM: I'd sub for "South Carolina" if I could, but I'm back in California, which needs no subs. Iffen it did, I'm sure BK would step in and do the subbing thing.
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Post by: td on January 06, 2004, 01:24:05 PM: Quote from: TCB on January 06, 2004, 01:06:54 PM
Umm, td, so are you Tally?

Umm. . is there a Tally in the script? I think not. I will be portraying Carl Conklin White the head of the astronomy department, and if there is a *villain* in the piece, White's action would place him as the villain.

Anyway, rehearsals begin Tuesday night at 7pm.
My script is highlighted and bound; I shall re-read it later tonight. (When I'm not having a posting frenzy here at HHW).
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Post by: DERBRUCER on January 06, 2004, 01:24:14 PM: Quote from: bk on January 06, 2004, 11:26:20 AM

(that is three downs which is way too many downs, more than Churchill

Gee, BK, next you'll be channeling Mame in the 'Ups 'n Downs shtick.

der Brucer
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 06, 2004, 01:25:26 PM: I just finished a hamburger (grilled buns, grilled onions, mustard and lettuce/tomato) and a serving of potato salad.

It was good. I couldn't get it seasoned enough to make it yummy, though.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 06, 2004, 01:26:07 PM: Before anyone (TCB!!!) says anything about "grilled buns", I'm talking about bread....and not hot cross buns, either!
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Post by: bk on January 06, 2004, 01:29:51 PM: Just had a message from Mr. Harvey Schmidt saying he's taking me up on my offer to use the rest of this week for the cover art, should he need it. So, I won't have it until Friday, Saturday or Monday, but it will give him the opportunity to get it the way he wants, which is what's really important.
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Post by: td on January 06, 2004, 01:29:55 PM: Quote from: Ron Pulliam on January 06, 2004, 01:26:07 PM
Before anyone (TCB!!!) says anything about "grilled buns", I'm talking about bread....and not hot cross buns, either!

Reminds me of the time I was in the police station, some of those cute cops sure did know how to grill buns properly. . .
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Post by: TCB on January 06, 2004, 01:32:55 PM: Well, as you have already learned from others on this site, the fabled Northwest (hmm, I typed Nothwet, which would be something else entirely) snow has arrived. I went to bed last night still doubting the storm would materialize (I believe in fairies, more than weathermen), and yet I woke to a beautiful blanket of white. By 11:00 a.m. we had five inches, but in true manly fashion, I told the women downstairs that I had ten. The snow completely stopped about an hour ago, but it is now back even stronger than before. They are still saying that it will turn to rain this evening, but, just in case it doesn't, we have cancelled rehearsal for the murder mystery tonight.

I have the whole day AND evening free!
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Post by: bk on January 06, 2004, 01:41:06 PM: You know, it occurs to me, if we had as busy and afternoon and evening as we've had thus far we could conceivably pass 17,000 posts by midnight, a mere four days after passing 16,000 posts - THAT is pretty damnably amazing.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 06, 2004, 01:41:15 PM: Gee, TCB....the whole rest of today free...and all that snow!

Gonna build a snowman, aren'tcha!!???
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Post by: Matt H. on January 06, 2004, 01:43:57 PM: A posting frenzy for sure!

Barry Brown's lover who died from AIDS was the ever-wonderful Fritz Holt who's mentioned in Ted Chapin's book and who went on to become one of the Tony-winning producers of LA CAGE AUX FOLLES.

One of the times I saw MAME, Helen Gallagher was playing Gooch.

In the next few posts, I'll have a couple of Playbills. I don't want to load up the server or any one page with too many photos.
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Post by: Jrand74 on January 06, 2004, 01:46:33 PM: Oh I almost forgot, I have photos to scan!

From October, 1962 - Come On Strong! I wanted to see it because I wanted to see the girl from BIG COUNTRY and BUT NOT FOR ME and GIANT....and there she was!

I don't remember why Van signed it twice! But Carroll Baker remains the MOST beautiful woman I have EVER seen in my life! After signing autographs and telling us to send our friends to see the show, she (wearing a beautiful light brown fur coat) got into a big white limo with an old man....laughing that wonderful laugh.... I still lose my breath when I think about it.

Van walked away with someone I thought looked like Tommy Djilas from THE MUSIC MAN....and it might have been...LOL. I worked with him the next summer in SHOWBOAT!

(http://img.ranchoweb.com/images/gar/strong.jpg)
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Post by: Tomovoz on January 06, 2004, 01:46:50 PM: Should I visit today TCB?
DR Jay and DR TCB should watch "Fairy Tale - a True Story"
Keep a look out for my Jewels TCB. (That should have a few people thinking!)
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Post by: Matt H. on January 06, 2004, 01:46:57 PM: First off, here's the Playbill cover for THE WOMEN. I knew if I looked hard enough I could find it. (It was hidden between the pages of another Playbill, THE SUNSHINE BOYS.)
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Post by: Matt H. on January 06, 2004, 01:51:03 PM: I have about ten Playbills that my grandmother gave me from her trip to NYC in early 1927. Here's the playbill for Gertrude Lawrence's OH KAY! Remember back in those early years, they didn't put the title or the stars on the outside covers, but if anyone wants to see the title page inside, I can scan that, too.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 06, 2004, 01:52:14 PM: DR TomFromOz: If you've lost your jewels, someone else finding them won't make any difference!
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Post by: Dan-in-Toronto on January 06, 2004, 01:54:45 PM: Another Broadway treasure: the fully autographed playbill of Visit to a Small Planet. Sure, it includes Cyril (the ultimate Captain Hook) Ritchard's autograph, but it's really treasured because it was sent to me by a new friend.
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Post by: Jrand74 on January 06, 2004, 01:59:07 PM: Of course we want to see the front page MATT H!

Gee D I T - I have a Playbill just like that! ;D

Whew...thanks DR Ron....I was having the vapors just thinking about what I thought I saw.... :P
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Post by: DERBRUCER on January 06, 2004, 01:59:40 PM: Quote from: Jay on January 06, 2004, 12:07:09 PM

By the way, and strictly for the record, I do believe in fairies.

Who live, no doubt, at the bottom of your garden.

der Brucer (Awaiting posting of pix of Jay's fairies.)
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Post by: Matt H. on January 06, 2004, 02:00:50 PM: I have that Mary Martin PETER PAN on DVD (Cathy Rigby's, too). Yes, compared to Rigby's, it's dated, but I wouldn't give anything for possessing that wonderful record of one of Mary Martin's grandest performances.
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Post by: Tomovoz on January 06, 2004, 02:01:44 PM: Thanks Ron. It was a cryptic reference to a DVD but I knew someone would respond. I guess there's no market for second hand (well a hell of lot more than second hand) jewels these days.
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Post by: Matt H. on January 06, 2004, 02:05:38 PM: I share the views on Michael Berresse's performance as Bill in KISS ME KATE. What a spectacular dancer, acrobat he is. Glad I have that KISS ME KATE performance on DVD even if the knuckleheaded director Michael Blakemore cut to reaction shots instead of letting us see every second of that breathtaking "Bianca" number.

I'm jealous of those of you who have gotten to meet him in the flesh. I should have hung around the Martin Beck stage door after the performance. Argh! (It was nice to see him in A.I. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE the other night.)
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 06, 2004, 02:08:52 PM: Can anyone....anyone???....explain the appeal of Van Johnson to me?

I have never liked him and find his presence in some films irksome in the extreme.

I have a friend who dined in Johnson's NYC apartment -- lavishly appointed it is/was. I even got pictures from a Thanksgiving meal there.

I'm sure he's a nice person. But just not for me, I guess....
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Post by: TCB on January 06, 2004, 02:11:55 PM: I have few theater mementos, but not very many. I don’t even keep souvenirs from most of the shows that I have done myself. I didn’t even know how many shows I had done till someone counted them up for me several years ago (I haven’t kept count much better since). I have my Once Upon A Mattress program signed by Imogene Coca, King Donavon, and Edward Everett Horton; probably two or three Peter Pan Playbills signed by Sandy Duncan (I saw it four or five times), and two copies of the Playbill from the first preview of Titanic-The Musical which contains the songs that were later cut and also has the original Titanic poster design with the black background and the word Titanic as part of the design of the ship.

I have some other autographed photos (Angela Lansbury, Antonio Banderas, Streisand) and some other autographed CDs (including Night of the Hunter, BK, signed by Stephen Cole) and Playbills, but they are mostly tucked away in boxes.

I agree with LC that some of my best mementos are my memories of celebrities that I have met and talked to who were kind and generous with their time.
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Post by: Matt H. on January 06, 2004, 02:14:07 PM: OK, here's the title page to OH KAY! (no pun intended). Not that there's all that much of interest to see, but here it is.
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Post by: TCB on January 06, 2004, 02:14:57 PM: Quote from: Ron Pulliam on January 06, 2004, 01:41:15 PM
Gee, TCB....the whole rest of today free...and all that snow!

Gonna build a snowman, aren'tcha!!???

An anatomically correct snowman.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 06, 2004, 02:17:23 PM: Just remember the snowman rule: He can only be as anatomically correct as the official number of inches that fell. In this case, he's gotta be a fiver!
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Post by: Jrand74 on January 06, 2004, 02:18:06 PM: Thanks MATTH - and thanks for THE WOMEN! ;D

Here, I am sorry to report, is the WORST Dolly I have seen in my life....it was just sad!

(http://img.ranchoweb.com/images/gar/ginger5C27sdolly.jpg)
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 06, 2004, 02:18:17 PM: _{In re: TCB's anatomically correct snowman:}

Unless, of course, you want to stretch it for vanity reasons.
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Post by: Jrand74 on January 06, 2004, 02:20:10 PM: And to make up for it - here are a couple of the best MAMES I ever saw....one singing....one not! ;D

(http://img.ranchoweb.com/images/gar/annmiller.jpg)

(http://img.ranchoweb.com/images/gar/constancebennett.jpg)
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 06, 2004, 02:20:52 PM: JRand53 -- for those of us who do not recognize all these "women," could you ID them for us?????

I'm thinking the first was Ginger Rogers (????), then Ann Miller (did she play "Mame"?), and then....????....Constance Bennett?????

See what I mean....?
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Post by: Matt H. on January 06, 2004, 02:23:27 PM: And on a totally different note, a pic of me a couple of years ago.
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Post by: Dan-in-Toronto on January 06, 2004, 02:23:33 PM: BK,

Quizno's is relatively new in Canada, and I've yet to try one. A newish neighbor was sent here to help get the Canadian franchises set up. Her husband once promised me some coupons, but he hasn't come through with them. The family will again soon be moving. Should I push for the coupons?
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Post by: TCB on January 06, 2004, 02:25:33 PM: It is now seven inches.......... and so is the snowman!

I was never a big Van Johnson fan, and I was frankly a bit disappointed when I learned that I was going to see him in La Cage, but he was absolutely wonderful in the show and the rapport between him and George Hearn was magical.
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Post by: Jason on January 06, 2004, 02:25:56 PM: Sneaking a post from MTI...

Today I met Ms. Jeanine "MODERN MILLIE" Tesori and Tony "ANGELS IN AMERICA" Kushner. They were here for a meeting that I assume was in regard to CAROLINE, OR CHANGE--their new show. I'm guessing that we'll pick it up since we have all of Jeanine's other stuff. It was nice to meet them. Zina was here today, too....not Xena...Zina.

I have all of my playbills...even the ones from tours that I saw in Louisville. Most of those are still back in Kentucky, but I have all of my Broadway Playbills at my apartment (I've seen over 80 shows in two years...I think that's pretty cool). My most prized ones are the Opening Night Full Color Cover of DANCE OF THE VAMPIRES and AMOUR. I also have two of THE LAST FIVE YEARS (in color) and URBAN COWPOKE, all of the Kennedy Center Sondheim Festival Playbills as well as BOUNCE! Oh! And I have THE VISIT from Chicago, starring Ms. Chita Rivera. I think another of my most prized Playbills is from the London stage production of BUGSY MALONE starring a young Catherine Zeta-Jones. I'll see if I can scan that one...

I think I'm coming down with a cold. I'm chugging orange juice whenever possible, and I know I need some sleep...I hope I don't get sick. And I wish these d@!$ed phones would stop ringing!!!!
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Post by: JMK on January 06, 2004, 02:26:58 PM: Tomovoz: thank you for your comments, and, no, I was not frightened away by an imminent NW H/K gathering. I think it would be great fun!! BTW (have we discussed this before? Probably), I have the Good Old Bad Old Days programme, too! I saw it the summer of 1972 (1973? oy) when I was in Merrie Old England. I wish to heck they'd release that on CD!!

Jane: We're up high (well, high for Portland at about 600 feet) so we have probably 10 inches to a foot. Unfortunately it's changing to sleet and freezing rain now. The good news is I've had a blast driving around in the 4 wheel drive SUV we got last year. The bad news is the Portland hoi polloi who barely know how to drive in sunny weather continue to attempt to drive today with 2 wheel drive and no chains. Some idiot lady this morning was going about 2 mph in front of me and then just stopped in the middle of the street with no warning! When I had the temerity to give her a little toot on my horn (not even a bonafide honk I might add), she rolled down her window and flipped me off with her elegantly gloved hand.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 06, 2004, 02:29:52 PM: Quote from: Matt H. on January 06, 2004, 02:23:27 PM
And on a totally different note, a pic of me a couple of years ago.

Geez, just add a little moustache and.....gosh! You'd look the same as you do now!

;D
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Post by: Matt H. on January 06, 2004, 02:32:57 PM: Yes, DR Ron, I saw Ann Miller in MAME and have the same Playbill. She was a wonderful Mame.
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Post by: George on January 06, 2004, 02:39:58 PM: Quote from: Jed on January 06, 2004, 11:07:51 AM
Hooray for another paid day off from work, George!

I've been watching some of the non-stop Seattle news coverage of the snow. I know there are some real traffic messes, but I do have to chuckle some when they do non-stop coverage for the 2-1/2" (of snow, people!) in Seattle. :) Over on my side of the Cascades, it's been snowing lightly for about 3 hours now, but only about 1/2" (of snow, people!) so far. Supposed to get 6-8" (of snow, people!) later in the day.

"Good Morning America," "The Today Show" AND CBS's "The Early Show" were all pre-empted and the local Seattle stations had nothing but coverage of the snow storm. They didn't even show "The Ellen DeGeneres Show"! How rude! >:(
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Post by: bk on January 06, 2004, 02:40:22 PM: I also have a swell postcard signed by Marlene Dietrich. Somewhat theater-related, Ira Levin inscribed all his books (first editions) to me, none more wonderfully than the half-page inscription on the first of Rosemary's Baby (this was when we first met about recording Drat! The Cat! I told him I wouldn't begin the discussion until he signed the book). I have many wonderful Tony Walton items, too.
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Post by: Matt H. on January 06, 2004, 02:45:21 PM: Probably around the time that tricyle pic of me was being taken, my aunt and uncle were in NYC seeing this . . . .
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Post by: Matt H. on January 06, 2004, 02:50:16 PM: That's Paul Lynde at top right, Eartha Kitt below him, and Carol Lawrence below her. And that's Paul Lynde's female counterpart Alice Ghostley beside him.
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Post by: Jrand74 on January 06, 2004, 02:50:52 PM: Yes DR Ron - you are correct all three times. And I agree with DRMattH - Ann Miller was so much fun and she just loved the audience. She wasn't a GRAND DAME MAME and seemed more in tune with her little Patrick, but she said all her lines and did some fine dancing and winked at us a couple of times - fun!

And Constance Bennett (of course I was only seven) but she was every bit the elegant lady who wore so many costumes, I got dizzy, and I was so jealous of Patrick when she took him away at the end....and she was beautiful as well! No Carroll Baker, you know, but elegant!!! And she too stood out back of the theatre in Cleveland and talked to everyone, answered questions, and asked people questions back....LOL...I don't remember why I didn't have my program signed, probably just stood there with my mouth open like Sally Field!
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Post by: Jrand74 on January 06, 2004, 02:52:46 PM: Robert Clary front center, MATT H....who is the girl on the left in the second row...she looks familiar....light colored blouse....bangs...
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Post by: TCB on January 06, 2004, 02:54:52 PM: Quote from: JRand53 on January 06, 2004, 02:50:52 PM

And Constance Bennett (of course I was only seven) but she was every bit the elegant lady who wore so many costumes, I got dizzy, and I was so jealous of Patrick when she took him away at the end....and she was beautiful as well! No Carroll Baker, you know, but elegant!!! And she too stood out back of the theatre in Cleveland and talked to everyone, answered questions, and asked people questions back....LOL...I don't remember why I didn't have my program signed, probably just stood there with my mouth open like Sally Field!

You went with Sally Field to see Constance Bennett when you were seven? How old was Sally?
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Post by: George on January 06, 2004, 02:58:23 PM: Quote from: Jed on January 06, 2004, 11:49:51 AM
Well, I'm currently #14 on the prolific posters list... George and MBarnum are next on my climb to the top!

...not if I can help it! ;)
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Post by: bk on January 06, 2004, 02:59:40 PM: We've been having strange internet problems in my edit bay - only this one, though - the other bays had no probs. We seem to fine now.
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Post by: Matt H. on January 06, 2004, 03:01:40 PM: Here are the names of the women in the cast not already mentioned: Virginia Bosler, June Carroll, Virginia de Luce, Patricia Hammerlee, Carol Nelson, Rosemary O'Reilly. None of those names rings a bell with her.

I have the NEW FACES movie on tape, and I know they identify each of the people, so I could put that in tonight and tell you if you're interested.
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Post by: Matt H. on January 06, 2004, 03:04:34 PM: And that's Ronny Graham right behind Leonard Sillman in the center.
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Post by: TCB on January 06, 2004, 03:05:55 PM: ...........I feel like such a failure. Number 7 on the posting list. It seems like just yesterday that I became a God.
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Post by: Jennifer on January 06, 2004, 03:13:14 PM: Quote from: MBarnum on January 06, 2004, 12:53:39 PM
Jennifer, shopping on Ebay ALWAYS makes me feel better! Ha!

But seriously, if you are continuing to feel blue you really should see your doctor, it is terrible to be down in the dumps for too long of a period of time! He can make it so that it is easier to deal with what is upsetting you.

I tried to answer this before but the computer froze.

I actually don't buy much on ebay, and what I do buy is usually for the guy. But I did but the 2 charms. Only like $10 for both with shipping. I figure if $10 will make me feel better, it is worth it :)

I did get outbid by like 2 seconds, which made me mad. Cause my computer was really slow. And I would have won. But I ended up getting something very similar for much less.

As for seeing a doctor. Well can he cure love blues? :(

I do have minor anxiety attacks. And I have pills for that. But I don't really like pills. Thanks for your concern though. I appreciate it.
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Post by: S. Woody White on January 06, 2004, 03:16:56 PM: Quote from: Matt H. on January 06, 2004, 01:43:57 PM
Barry Brown's lover who died from AIDS was the ever-wonderful Fritz Holt who's mentioned in Ted Chapin's book and who went on to become one of the Tony-winning producers of LA CAGE AUX FOLLES.
THANK-YOU!!! I knew he was someone I should remember, but for the life of me I couldn't. My bad.
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Post by: Jennifer on January 06, 2004, 03:24:44 PM: DR Ben: Okay you are right. You have the right to post about me cause I'm "special" to you :)
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Post by: Jane on January 06, 2004, 03:26:00 PM: There is still plenty of snow around our house but the along the trail I just walked it has melted. Needles to say I returned home with one dirty dog. Now I’m off to do errands.
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Post by: S. Woody White on January 06, 2004, 03:26:21 PM: Quote from: Matt H. on January 06, 2004, 02:23:27 PM
And on a totally different note, a pic of me a couple of years ago.
A couple of years ago? I thought caftans went out of style in the 80s!
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Post by: Matt H. on January 06, 2004, 03:31:45 PM: At least you didn't call it a night dress! :D
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Post by: Emily on January 06, 2004, 03:32:12 PM: Jrand... thanks for reminding me about the tragic hockey loss... ;)

Nobody cares about JUNIOR hockey anyway... (cue my brother who has probably YET to stop weeping and saying variations on the classic Canadian hockey fan line "we wuz robbed")

I will admit it was funny yesterday morning when I was at work looking over the major canadian newspapers' websites that some of them actually had updates on the game (first story listed of course) every ten minutes. Now THAT is sports dedication :D
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Post by: Emily on January 06, 2004, 03:33:09 PM: hey Jennifer... have you heard about the coyote causing a ruckus in Baie-Durfé?

Maybe you and you West Islander kind should keep an eye open for it... ;)
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Post by: Matt H. on January 06, 2004, 03:36:49 PM: Speaking of George Hearn, when I was going through my Playbills, there was a program for the national tour of CAMELOT that came through here and George Hearn was playing Sir Dinadan!
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 06, 2004, 03:37:40 PM: DR MAttH: I'm interested to learn who that woman is on the far right of the second row. She looks VERY familiar -- I think she was known for offbeat deliveries...her face was her fortune...sort of an "Ernestine"-like character without the switchboard schtick.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 06, 2004, 03:39:12 PM: JRand53: You mean I got them RIGHT?????

Wow! Ann Miller was kind of easy, but talk about your "doctored" pictures. I guessed Constance Bennett cause that's how she looked in the late 40s!
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Post by: TCB on January 06, 2004, 03:39:59 PM: For some strange reason (known only to God and Bill Gates) my brand-new scanner will not work. So, here is a (very bad) photo of the original Titanic poster.
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Post by: Matt H. on January 06, 2004, 03:42:06 PM: The Playbill doesn't give a list of who's who from the cover. I'll put in that videotape tonight and see what I can find out.
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Post by: Jrand74 on January 06, 2004, 03:42:12 PM: TCB - Sally was not there, she was busy practicing for her GIDGET tv audition.

That's okay MATTH - I don't recognize any of the names, so I couldn't put it to the face anyway.

And Constance was still lovely and elegant. I don't remember her looking much different than that picture....but then she was a lot taller than I was - then!

And nice younger pictures TD and MattH!
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Post by: bk on January 06, 2004, 03:42:20 PM: I don't think there's any question we will pass 17,000 post and it will happen VERY soon. Isn't that exciting? Isn't that just too too?
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Post by: Danise on January 06, 2004, 03:43:08 PM: Hello all,

I'm sorry I haven't been here. I haven't been feeling very well these past few days. I wish I could say I feel much better but I'm still not up to par.

I've tried to at least read the posts whenever I could. Thank you to those who sent the good vibes & well wishes. I didn’t sign on because I didn’t want you to see my name and wonder why I wasn’t posting. My eyes were/are all messed up and I’ve having a really hard time reading the computer screen on top of everything else.

I'm so glad the skier was found safe and sound. What a blessing it must have been for his family to see him again.

I'm so excited about the pictures from Mars! I can't believe we are finely exploring other planets. I was one of the one's who fully expected us to be much further along in our space exploration by this stage of my lifetime. But then I also thought we would have a 3 day work week as well. Sigh! Shows what I know.

I'm very sorry I missed the chat last night. I wanted to say, Bruce, that I really liked the idea of it being an hour earlier. I would have signed in but it goes so fast that I have a hard time sometimes keeping up with it when I feel well. It took everything I had just to make it through work yesterday and I thought I needed the rest more.

I bought a late Christmas gift for myself in the form of a new PDA. An iPAQ Pocket PC. I'm just starting to learn to use it. In fact, I'm typing tins on the bus on the way to work using Pocket Word. We'll see if I have a problem uploading this to where I can cut and paste this onto the board tonight.

One very sad thing to tell. My fish--the one I keep at my desk at work passed away sometime over the weekend. I was very upset when some people at work said it was silly to cry for him. I know he was just a little fish but he was mine and I loved him. What do they know?

I already miss him greatly. I think I have looked over at his tank a hundred times already. I don't know if I will get another one or not. I'll have to think about it.

As far as the karma points/levels go, they don't mean very much to me. I tend to go off on them because it's my way of poking fun at them. Kinda like when I became Broadway Legend on BWW.

The whole thread was nothing more than my way of acting/playing around. There’s nothing I love more than having someone to fun around with something I say and I like to play it to the hilt.

I drive’em crazy down at work. We received an e-mail the other day saying that the PIMMS report was unavailable. Now, understand, I have absolutely NO idea WHAT a PIMMS report is but I told my boss I was very upset that it was unavailable and I didn’t know how I could be expected to do my job without it. She knows me now so she told me to just do my best and muddle through without it.

We received an e-mail today saying that the PIMMS report is back up and on line. I told my boss that my world was now complete and I am ecstatic that it is now there for all to behold. She said she is thrilled for me. I told her it’s the little things in life that make it all worth while.

Wow! Long post and I'm STILL on the bus to work. Bad traffic, I guess.

As an add on—this uploaded perfectly from my new PDA. Whooho! I feel a little better tonight but will still hit the hay a bit early tonight.

Thanks again for all the well wishes.
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Post by: Laura II on January 06, 2004, 03:43:10 PM: Congrats, td!!!

Welcome back, Ben and JMK!

Matt H--that is such a cute picture!
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Post by: Laura II on January 06, 2004, 03:45:06 PM: Continue to get better, Danise! I'm sorry about your fish! :(
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Post by: Danise on January 06, 2004, 03:49:34 PM: Thank you , Laura. I do really miss him.
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Post by: Jane on January 06, 2004, 03:52:52 PM: I have decided against doing errands this evening in the hopes I don’t regret my decision tomorrow when, or if it rains.

Yesterday our local paper finally had a news story on the missing skier now that he has been found. It was a decent article describing how he was found, though lacking the personal story we had here at HHW.
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Post by: bk on January 06, 2004, 03:53:03 PM: Seven posts to 17,000 - what an accomplishment!
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Post by: bk on January 06, 2004, 03:54:47 PM: Oops (spoo, spelled backwards) - five posts to 17,000.
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Post by: MBarnum on January 06, 2004, 03:55:31 PM: Well, home early. They closed all of the state offices at 3pm...probably shouldn't have opened them in the first place.

I helped my supervisor scrape inches of freezing rain off of her car windshield with credit cards...she didn't have an ice scraper! And then she drove me to my car which is parked about 6 or seven blocks away.

We shall see what the winter weather brings tomorrow! Salem doesn't usually get this kind of weather!
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Post by: Jason on January 06, 2004, 03:59:07 PM: The folks here on HHW.com will be the first outside of New York to see this... I guess maybe it's actually going to happen! (And BOY! they didn't waste any time taking down the old marquee...)
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Post by: MBarnum on January 06, 2004, 04:00:13 PM: Danise I am sorry to hear about your fish. Some people just don't understand when someone gets attached to a pet or any type..and besides he was your desk buddy! Hope you feel better soon!
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Post by: JoseSPiano on January 06, 2004, 04:00:33 PM: WOWZA! YOWZA! WOWZA!

I go away for a few hours to do some work and go to a very short(!) rehearsal, and I come back to over nine pages of notes to go through - it was just on page 3 when I last checked - and about 250 posts! Truly a frenzy! F-R-E-N-Z-Y!

I actually was able to get three charts "outlined" this afternoon before heading to rehearsal. Once at rehearsal, the MD said he was "Hun-gur-ry!", so we headed over to Cosi so he could get a sandwhich - and I got a salad. Then we started rehearsing, well it was more like a work-thru. We just went song by song checking to make sure we both had the right chords and melodies in our heads - the composer/playwright didn't write anything down. Luckily, it's kind of a pop-py and folksy "score" (it's just seven songs), so transcribing the chords was an easy job - although, all those inverted chords kind of stumbled us a few times. We were working on the piano in theatre while they were still building the set. And we actually got some good work done among all the hammering, sanding (lots of dust), scraping and vacuuming that was going on. I was supposed to stay until 8:00, but the MD said to go on home since he was back, so... After fighting the typical DC rush hour traffic, I was back home around 5:15! Not a bad "day"!

And then to turn on my laptop and see all the posting that's been going on! WOWZA!

While reading all the posts, I decided to sample the flavors in on a box of Hershey's Pot of Gold truffles. Not bad at all. I was just going to have two or three pieces, but I ended up sampling one each of the six flavors... and I had the "signature" milk chocolate bar too. Ah, well... -And the chocolate kind of tasted old too... Not bad, mind you, just old. ???

I'll probably do my best to finish up the rest of the charts tonight - only four songs left - well, actually three, since one of the songs will be done on guitart by the MD, and he'll be doing his own chart for that one. So...
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Post by: Jane on January 06, 2004, 04:00:36 PM: Quote from: Danise on January 06, 2004, 03:43:08 PM
Hello all,

One very sad thing to tell. My fish--the one I keep at my desk at work passed away sometime over the weekend. I was very upset when some people at work said it was silly to cry for him. I know he was just a little fish but he was mine and I loved him. What do they know?

I already miss him greatly. I think I have looked over at his tank a hundred times already.

It is a shame how many people just don’t get it. And it isn’t just with a fish it’s with all pets. Even if they can’t feel such losses you would expect more compassion simply because you are hurting.

Feel better and I’m really sorry about your fish. :( Did he have a name?
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Post by: Robin on January 06, 2004, 04:01:41 PM: Thanks for the pic of the NEW FACES OF 1952 program.

Every time I see a picture of PAUL LYNDE, it makes me smile. I felt a strange rapport with Mr. Lynde when I was a youngun; only after I went through puberty did I know just what that rapport was, but that, as they say, is another story.

The other day I caught a cablecast of HOLLYWOOD SQUARES on teevee, which had Mr. Peter Marshall ask of Mr. Lynde:

"When a man falls overboard from a ship, it's proper to yell 'Man Overboard'. What does one yell when a WOMAN falls overboard?"

"Full speed ahead," quipped Mr. Lynde.

God help me, I love that guy!
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Post by: JoseSPiano on January 06, 2004, 04:04:30 PM: Thanks, DR Jason, for the Assassins Marquee pic! YEAH!!!

*On one of my trips to Triton Gallery in NYC, I picked up the poster from the London production. Great image! The stripes of the American flag become slats in a set of Venetian blinds... with an assassin (Hinckley - ?) peeking through them. Very haunting. I just wish it was printed on something more substantial than brown "paper bag" paper. But, still, what a great image - and the brown paper actually adds to the whole eeriness of it.
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Post by: Danise on January 06, 2004, 04:06:22 PM: Thank you MBarnum and Jane. I never really named him but I sorta called him "Fishbutt". That came about when we kept having all the fire/disaster drills. I wasn't going to leave him behind so I practiced "packing" him up in a small jar with a screw lid so I wouldn't slosh his water everywhere.

People laughed about it but I would say that if anything happened, his Fish butt was going where mine was so I started calling him "Fish butt".
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Post by: Jed on January 06, 2004, 04:06:35 PM: I just had my first Quizno's sub. Rather tasty, as many of my HHW brethren and sistren said it would be.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on January 06, 2004, 04:07:15 PM: DR Danise - Enjoy your iPac! I love mine! -And I happened to win it from an internet sweepstakes - see, people do win those things! I just wish I could be as "religious" about using it as I should - I'm still a pencil and paper guy at heart. And there are times when I forget to recharge it, and I lose all the "memory"... and, of course, I haven't synced it recently with my computer, so... Ah, well...

-And I love the case design too!
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Post by: JoseSPiano on January 06, 2004, 04:09:24 PM: Quote from: Jed on January 06, 2004, 04:06:35 PM
I just had my first Quizno's sub. Rather tasty, as many of my HHW brethren and sistren said it would be.

You are now a man, Jed!
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 06, 2004, 04:10:10 PM: Did we pass 17,000 posts yet?

I'm sorry to read about the fish, too. I have friends here who have gone through tons of fish at their desk. It's a sad, sad thing when tank fish float!

Especially when one doesn't know why they died.

I mean, did some little fin reaper pass by and spirit them away, or was it something in the water....or????

I really mean it when I say I'm sorry, but I have this little perverse imagination, too, and it seems irreverent even when I am being sincere.
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Post by: Jane on January 06, 2004, 04:10:44 PM: Danise Keith said he had the same problem with his fish at work, their dying and few people understanding how upsetting it was. He stopped getting fish. When our son was two years old he wanted fish so I purchased a couple of beautiful glass fish and put them in a bowl with rocks and plants. They looked very pretty, very realistic until you noticed they weren’t moving, and we never lost them. He may still have them tucked away in a drawer.
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Post by: Danise on January 06, 2004, 04:17:24 PM: Jed, I like the Swiss Turkey Ranch sandwich. Yum!

Wow, your lucky, Jose! I had a Casio PDA but the headphone jack was on the bottom where you had to put it in the craddle. Since I listen to MP3's al the time, I kept puting the headphone in and finely broke it.

I played with the idea of getting an Ipod but I'm more into multi-functional than just a MP3 player. As in less space/weight in the old purse. It's already the most deadly weapon known to man. If I hit anyone with it, I could kill them. No joke.

I'm still learning to use it but I do like it. I haven't tried the voice recorder or the MS reader yet but looking forward to the reader.

Bruce, is there a downloadable version of your books?
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Post by: S. Woody White on January 06, 2004, 04:19:37 PM: Oh, I got a haircut today. I now look exactly like DR MBarnum.

From the hairline up.

Hey, it's a start! ;D
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Post by: JoseSPiano on January 06, 2004, 04:20:40 PM: Hmmm.. and interesting news about Liam Neeson slated for an upcoming revival of Camelot... Papermill... Arena Stage... now Broadway... hmm... I wonder if they need an assistant musical director? ;)

-And I could actually see Matt Bogart playing Lancelot -for the third time - in this revival.

Just as long as Mrs. Neeson - Natasha Richardson - is not up for Guenevere.... Ouch! Although, she could be a fun Morgen Le Fey. Hmmm...
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Post by: Charles Pogue on January 06, 2004, 04:20:40 PM: Speaking of memorabilia, BK, I just got my notice of the Ray Court show coming on January 17th & 18th.
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Post by: bk on January 06, 2004, 04:22:50 PM: Danise - yes, there is a downloadable version and it's quite cheap as I recall - go to www.1stbooks.com, enter either title or my name and you'll see how to get them. We've actually had quite a few people read them that way.

Jed: Which Quizno's sub did you have?

We are now officially on our way to 18,000 posts and yes, I'd say today already qualifies as a complete and utter frenzy.
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Post by: bk on January 06, 2004, 04:23:15 PM: Pogue, we must go together!
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Post by: William E. Lurie on January 06, 2004, 04:24:26 PM: A couple of comments on above posts:

Annie Miller did the musical MAME and Connie Bennett did the non-musical AUNTIE MAME. I don't think either did the other version, so in all probability the Bennett Playbill® came first. I saw Celeste Holm in the musical version. She was okay although her late husband Wes Addy was his usual boring self as Beau. Gooch was played by a pre-M*A*S*H Loretta Swit.

NEW FACES OF 1952 will be out on DVD later this month. I hope it is Widescreen and not the poorly done Pan and Scan version that is on VHS. I wish that the version that was televised on Play-of-the-Week on 1961 would be released. It was called "Best of New Faces" but was almost all 52 with only a couple of people or numbers from 56.

I have never eaten at a Quizno's (they are just starting to open around NYC) but the photography (or printing) in their color newspaper ads is so awful that the food does not look very good. I hope it looks better in person.
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Post by: td on January 06, 2004, 04:24:48 PM: Quote from: Matt H. on January 06, 2004, 02:23:27 PM
And on a totally different note, a pic of me a couple of years ago.

I would've thought the picture was taken only yesterday...
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Post by: JoseSPiano on January 06, 2004, 04:25:27 PM: WOWZA!!!

Page 10!!!

WOWZA!!!
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Post by: Matt H. on January 06, 2004, 04:25:33 PM: Thank you, DR Jason, for the ASSASSINS pic. Since it's going into Studio 54, I'm assuming it's not for a limited run. God, how I hope it lasts until I get there in July.
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Post by: Jason on January 06, 2004, 04:27:43 PM: Actually, MattH...PACIFIC OVERTURES is booked for that theatre, as well, though that doesn't happen until the fall. Still and all, I've been told that ASSASSINS is a limited run.
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Post by: Matt H. on January 06, 2004, 04:27:51 PM: WEL, the videotape I have of NEW FACES is letterboxed, and it's a commercial release, not taped off TV.
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Post by: Jed on January 06, 2004, 04:28:29 PM: It was the Classic Italian that I had, sans pickles.
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Post by: Danise on January 06, 2004, 04:30:09 PM: I'm not offended, Ron. I do the same thing sometimes. :)

He lived for over 2 1/2 years so he did have a full life. I don't know exactly how old he was when I bought him. They only live about 3 years or so I read on the I-net.

Back when I first got him a bunch of people got one as well. They were doing that plant/fish in a jar thing. It's sick because they were told they didn't have to feed their fish--he would live off of the plant. What a big fat lie.

I read on the net that when you see a fish eating off of a plant, it's like you being locked in a room with a couch. If I looked in and saw you so hungry you were eating the stuffing out of the couch, I could tell people, "See you don't need to feed him/her" They live off the couch." They do it because they are starving to death. The whole process takes about 60 days.

I fed my fish 3 times a day, not counting treats. I bought a fish feeder for the weekends and holidays so he would never go without. The feeder cost about $35.00--the fish about $2.99 but I didn't care. He had to eat! I cleaned him once a week with fresh drinking water NOT tap water.

I would just like to add that my fish lived the longest of any of those poor babies. I wonder why.
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Post by: Matt H. on January 06, 2004, 04:30:17 PM: I guess I need to read up on ASSASSINS and see what dates they're selling tickets through.
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Post by: bk on January 06, 2004, 04:33:48 PM: Danise - I just went to the 1stbooks website - it's only 4.95 to download the book, pretty good. BUT THE BEST THING - everyone must go there immediately and type in Kritzer Time - you will see a free preview, about half of the prologue. Go now. Especially JANE.
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Post by: Jason on January 06, 2004, 04:34:03 PM: One never knows, Matt...it might do well and extend!
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Post by: Matt H. on January 06, 2004, 04:40:00 PM: Love the logo, too. Thanks again, Jason.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on January 06, 2004, 04:48:28 PM: Yeah, yeah, yeah... Thanks, DR Jason, for posting the pic of the Assassins logo... the one I was describing in my post...

;)
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Post by: Jrand74 on January 06, 2004, 04:49:01 PM: Thanks for the logo/Marquee DRJason! Whew I like it much better than the original one!

And yes....Bennett was in the play Auntie Mame and it was way back in 1957 when I saw it.....Miller was musical MAME in 1969!

WB DRDanise....sorry about the amphibian....

Wasn't Natasha Richardson's MOTHER Guenevere in the CAMELOT movie?
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Post by: Jason on January 06, 2004, 04:50:13 PM: -You said I fought all of my life...well, you were wrong...I fought all of YOUR life! And what did I do it for?

-I thought'cha did it for me, Mama...

Love ya, Jose... :)
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Post by: bk on January 06, 2004, 04:51:06 PM: Did you people MISS MY POST? No one wants a free preview of the first half of the prologue to Kritzer Time? How RUDE! I am going off in a huff.
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Post by: td on January 06, 2004, 04:51:42 PM: I guess this is my newest:
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 06, 2004, 04:51:50 PM: Jed: Thanks for sharing!

;)
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Post by: Jason on January 06, 2004, 04:52:13 PM: Just to clarify...the logo in my profile is the logo used for the Original London Production--NOT the new Broadway production. The marquee I posted earlier is the new B'way logo.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 06, 2004, 04:52:29 PM: Ah, no, BK.

Wait at least a minute and a huff!
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Post by: td on January 06, 2004, 04:52:40 PM: Quote from: bk on January 06, 2004, 04:51:06 PM
Did you people MISS MY POST? No one wants a free preview of the first half of the prologue to Kritzer Time? How RUDE! I am going off in a huff.

If you went off ON a Huffy Bicycle, you'd get where you're going a lot faster.
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Post by: Danise on January 06, 2004, 04:53:17 PM: I was going to d/l it but it's not available yet. I bookmarked the site and will keep an eye on it for when it is. I really enjoyed the sample. but I think I might want the hardback since I know the author.
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Post by: Laura II on January 06, 2004, 04:54:01 PM: Aww I just found out one of my aunt and uncle's dogs, Sparky, passed away. Sparky was like their "firstborn son." :( I hope they're doing all right.
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Post by: Jed on January 06, 2004, 04:55:20 PM: We weren't commenting on the Kritzer Time preview because we had to go read it first, BK! :) I have now done so, and it has whet my appetite for the third book, oh yes, my appetite has been whetted.
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Post by: Danise on January 06, 2004, 04:57:30 PM: I'm very sorry to hear that Laura. I well understand the feeling of losing a "child". I tend to get to attached to animals but I never stop falling back in love with the next one.

I didn't answer because I was on the other site reading the preview.
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Post by: Danise on January 06, 2004, 04:59:27 PM: Whetted or wetted? Is that like rabbit or wabbit?
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Post by: bk on January 06, 2004, 05:00:11 PM: Well, what's wrong with the OTHER people here? I glad someone's appetite has been whetted. I was very excited to see it up, and I've started a new topic on our Kritzer discussion board.
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Post by: td on January 06, 2004, 05:00:31 PM: My condolences, deepest and hearfelt on the losses of animal life.
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Post by: td on January 06, 2004, 05:01:36 PM: You know, if I posted twenty something ONE WORDED posts. . . I'd hit the magic 500 club.
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Post by: Jed on January 06, 2004, 05:02:05 PM: Danise - It is indeed whetted
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Post by: bk on January 06, 2004, 05:04:09 PM: Only two whet appetites - oh well. But over 300 posts, so that's pretty amazing. I'll mention the preview thing in tomorrow's notes, too, for those who might miss it in the posts here. Very exciting for an author to see a book sample up, that much I can tell you. If you've checked it out, post your thoughts.
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Post by: Laura II on January 06, 2004, 05:06:48 PM: Thank you, Danise and td. I know how much they love their dogs, so that means a lot. They always signed Christmas and birthday cards as "Dan, Becky, Sparky, and the Bandit." very cute
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Post by: Laura II on January 06, 2004, 05:09:04 PM: Hmm, why isn't my phone ringing? I am expecting a phone call. I should hope the phone will start to ring soon. That would be nice.
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Post by: Jrand74 on January 06, 2004, 05:11:18 PM: WE had a Tempest....except it wasn't a convertible! I want the book NOW!
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Post by: bk on January 06, 2004, 05:12:50 PM: Panni, who is BUSY, needs to go read the free preview of Kritzer Time at www.1stbooks.com. Simply type in Kritzer Time and then click on that title on the page that comes up. The free preview is after the "About the Book" And JANE REALLY needs to read it, for reasons she may or may not wish to reveal.
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Post by: bk on January 06, 2004, 05:14:04 PM: Also, may I just say without fear of contraception that soon we will be the most popular site on all the Internet.
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Post by: Jed on January 06, 2004, 05:18:06 PM: Well, knowing your rule of character initials, and knowing that Jane went to high school with you, I guess we can rule out her being the girl in Atascadero. :)
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Post by: Panni on January 06, 2004, 05:18:50 PM: Wow! You've all been BUSY while I was away! So many posts! I quickly skimmed some, will read more later. So where is this KRITZER TIME preview? I can't find the first mention of it. Want to read it. Where to go, please?
What a great afternoon I had. Went to visit a composer friend who has a home studio. We had tea and chatted (he's very British) and he told me about the album of love poems he's just recorded with Michael York. He asked me if I'd be interested in recording some of my stuff and when I hesitated, he said in his lovely British way, "You must try it, darling." He set up the mic, put earphones on me, gave me an Elizabeth Barrett Browning love poem I'd never set eyes on before, put on his earphones and improvised at the keyboard while I read. The reverb made me sound positively wonnnnnderrrrfulllll. At first I was afraid of making an utter fool of myself, but after a few minutes, my old acting chops started to warm up and I was emoting the love poem like crazy. It was so much FUN!
I'm taking my dog for a walk now. I hope when I return to find the answer to my K.T. question.
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Post by: Danise on January 06, 2004, 05:22:04 PM: I'd imagine it IS pretty exciting to see something you've worked on showing up on the net.

I have some author friends who have told me the thing they hate the worst is the used book store. I can understand why.

I've tried my hand at wrting but I'm not very good. I wrote one DOTV story last year and I have a couple of old stories/poems somewhere out there in fanzines from years and years ago. I can't even remember my pen name now. Oh, well. :D
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Post by: Jrand74 on January 06, 2004, 05:29:04 PM: All of my Epinions can be found at:

http://www.epinions.com/user-jaynrand/show_~content (http://www.epinions.com/user-jaynrand/show_~content)

Not that you should read any of them or anything. ;D
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Post by: bk on January 06, 2004, 05:38:14 PM: Panni, I do realize you are out of your ever-lovin' mind, but the link to Kritzer Time is a few posts above in one of my posts on THIS page - to be exact, six posts above this one. All you have to do is click on the 1st Books link.
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Post by: Danise on January 06, 2004, 05:40:49 PM: JRand53
Quote
"trusted by 17 readers".
According to the site you posted.

Suspected of what by how many others is my question.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on January 06, 2004, 05:44:57 PM: WOWZA!

-I guess that's my word for the day...

Just the preview of Kritzer Time!

WOWZA!
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Post by: MBarnum on January 06, 2004, 05:46:07 PM: I read the preview and it all sounds quite exciting! And probably no seat belts in that car!!
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Post by: Ann on January 06, 2004, 05:46:36 PM: So many posts! I take a break for one morning and look what happens? Well, I will go back and read all of them, but I will add my own post first.
This afternoon we went to Waikiki, the most touristy beach known to man or beast. We stayed for about an hour and that was quite enough for us. I think I prefer the lesser known beaches that I have been privvy to thanks to my local friend.
I head back to the wintery winter tomorrow! I can hardly believe it. I have some pics of me at the beach that i will post when I get back to my home computer.
I'm not really a collector of stuff. I have programs from shows I've seen...somewhere in my piles of various stuff in my parents house. I do have two copies of the Elaine Stritch At Liberty program, which I consider one of the most amazing theatrical events I have yet seen in my young life. One was meant for DR Jed, but it never quite found its way into his hands. Oh well....
Back to reading posts...
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Post by: JoseSPiano on January 06, 2004, 05:47:17 PM: OK - Time for be to be productive... Because if I am productive tonight, I can actually head back to Richmond... maybe as soon as tomorrow! And I'll be able to sleep in my own, comfy, non-back-hurting bed again! And for more than just a Monday night! YIPPEE!

Now, if I come back here and find another 11 pages of posts...

WOWZA! ;)

-I promise, I'll stop with the "WOWZAs" soon enough.
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Post by: Tomovoz on January 06, 2004, 05:53:41 PM: References to "Wooly Bully" and dance crazes like "The Pony". My kind of book. Coincidentally, I was compiling a CD for a local radio station here yesterday and one of the tracks they wanted was "Let's Go" (The Pony) by The Routers. It's lunch time (Rather than "Kritzer Time") here.
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Post by: Jrand74 on January 06, 2004, 05:54:09 PM: LOL DRJose! You busy boi, you!

DRDanise - that is the question a lot of people are asking. LOL.
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Post by: Panni on January 06, 2004, 05:56:37 PM: I may be out of my ever lovin' mind, dearest bk, but that's not why I didn't know where to find the K.T. link. I skimmed previous pages when i came home and didn't even see this one except to "go down" and Post. So it wasn't your instruction for me to read K.T. that lead to the question of where the link was, but the previous mentions of it. Capisce?
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Post by: bk on January 06, 2004, 06:02:22 PM: In other words you skipped an entire page of excellent posts so that you could post. Capische indeed. Well, now you know where to go and I think you should go there.
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Post by: Danise on January 06, 2004, 06:15:37 PM: Well, I'm just about done in. I've stayed up later than I planned. Have a good evening all. I'm off to bed.
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Post by: Panni on January 06, 2004, 06:17:32 PM: I went there. And it was a terrific read and I want to read more. Yes, I went to post - because I was eager to find out where to read the preview. I had just come home and had tons to do, but I logged on, didn't I? Didn't just go to post but read some of the posts to get a flavor of what was going on, didn't I? So stop criticizing me, sweetest bk. I have friends who break knee caps. Capisce?
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Post by: Panni on January 06, 2004, 06:45:14 PM: My post seems to have induced a knee-fearing lull.
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Post by: Jane on January 06, 2004, 06:47:44 PM: Quote from: Jed on January 06, 2004, 05:18:06 PM
Well, knowing your rule of character initials, and knowing that Jane went to high school with you, I guess we can rule out her being the girl in Atascadero. :)

True-LOL :D
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Post by: TCB on January 06, 2004, 06:47:57 PM: Danise: I am so sorry to hear that you still aren't feeling well. Let me send along some of our famous good vibes:

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GOOD VIBES![/b]
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They have been known to restore health, improve mood, and grant actors coveted parts in plays without the casting couch!
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Post by: Panni on January 06, 2004, 06:49:21 PM: I didn't mean it, DR's. Would I maim (or pay someone to maim) our bk? Never. I do know one former mercenary (this is true) but he has retired and is now the gentlest of men.
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Post by: Panni on January 06, 2004, 06:53:29 PM: I guess in my careless rush to post I missed out on Danise being under the weather. Get well soon, DR Danise!
Now I'm off to Gelson's for food glorious food.
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Post by: bk on January 06, 2004, 07:17:54 PM: Are we having our first lull-a-bye of the day? Let us not have lulls. We don't need no stinking lulls. I just had a bit of fun good news which I'll share with you at some point in the next few days. Not a biggie, but fun nonetheless.
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Post by: bk on January 06, 2004, 07:18:28 PM: Wow (wow, spelled backwards), when's the last time we went to twelve count them twelve pages???
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Post by: Jennifer on January 06, 2004, 07:29:07 PM: DR Emily: I haven't heard about that animal you mentioned. But then again, I don't live anywhere Baie D'Urfe now do I? :)

DR Danise: I hope you are feeling better. And sorry about fishy.

DR Jason: WOW! Great pic.
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Post by: Jane on January 06, 2004, 07:42:15 PM: Quote from: Panni on January 06, 2004, 06:53:29 PM
I guess in my careless rush to post I missed out on Danise being under the weather. Get well soon, DR Danise!
Now I'm off to Gelson's for food glorious food.

Does Gelson's still sell Allen Wertz candy, the makers of the best honecomb?
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Post by: Jennifer on January 06, 2004, 07:44:25 PM: Quote from: TCB on January 06, 2004, 06:47:57 PM
Danise: I am so sorry to hear that you still aren't feeling well. Let me send along some of our famous good vibes:

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They have been known to restore health, improve mood, and grant actors coveted parts in plays without the casting couch!

Wow good vibes can do all that? I think I would like some too :)
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Post by: Jennifer on January 06, 2004, 07:47:34 PM: Okay how weird that I'm hungry again so late. Same as yesterday. I have not been hungry all day.

Now if I only had something here that I felt like eating.

I do feel like a grilled chicken Subway sub.Hmm, I think that is the same thing I wanted last night :)

I need a Subway next door.
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Post by: TCB on January 06, 2004, 07:48:27 PM: Danise -- I am so sorry to hear about your fish. As others here have said, some people just don't get it. My two cats are as important and as precious to me as their children are to them. The immportant thing they should remember is not whether it was a family member or a cat or a dog or a fish that you lost, but rather that you lost someone or something that you loved.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 06, 2004, 07:52:14 PM: I saw on TV tonight that "The Producers" set a Broadway boxoffice record with a $1,600,000-plus haul during the last 8 days with Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick back in the cast.
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Post by: Panni on January 06, 2004, 07:53:42 PM: DR Jane - I think I've seen Alan Wertz Candy at Gelson's. I'm not much of a candy eater, I prefer the Viktor Benes bakery and all it has to offer.
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Post by: Panni on January 06, 2004, 07:56:40 PM: Speaking of THE PRODUCERS, this may have already been posted in a post I missed being BUSY, but it's going to be made into a Major Motion Picture, all singing, all dancing, all talking, starring Lane and Broderick. Now I must eat.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 06, 2004, 07:56:54 PM: TCB: Someone has pasted a blurry picture of somebody else over your picture!
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Post by: TCB on January 06, 2004, 07:59:36 PM: ??????????
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Post by: Jennifer on January 06, 2004, 08:01:35 PM: Hey DR TCB: You sure don't look like you know who anymore :)
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Post by: DearReaderLaura on January 06, 2004, 08:04:36 PM: Danise, my sympathies also on your loss of your fish.

I'm wondering something -- Jane, are you by any chance from Encino?
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Post by: Tomovoz on January 06, 2004, 08:09:49 PM: My thought to Danise for your health and the "loss". Pets ARE family. I guess non-pet people will never understand.
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Post by: Matt H. on January 06, 2004, 08:10:49 PM: I am sure there are some people like I who are anxiously anticipating the National Figure Skating Championships this week. The singles titles seem very up in the air this year. I'm already getting butterflies about the finals on Saturday.
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Post by: bk on January 06, 2004, 08:36:22 PM: We haz slowed to a crawl.
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Post by: Matt H. on January 06, 2004, 08:38:06 PM: West Coasters must be watching TV, eating dinner, or reading. East Coasters are possibly preparing for bed.
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Post by: td on January 06, 2004, 08:41:29 PM: And some of the East Coasters are getting showered and ready for bed; queen-sized or otherwise.
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Post by: Jane on January 06, 2004, 08:53:32 PM: Quote from: Panni on January 06, 2004, 07:53:42 PM
DR Jane - I think I've seen Alan Wertz Candy at Gelson's. I'm not much of a candy eater, I prefer the Viktor Benes bakery and all it has to offer.

I recently had something very good from the bakery but can’t remember for sure what it was. It might have been brownies and lemon bars. When I was in LA before Christmas I accompanied by brother to a party at the marina to watch the boat light parade. The party was on a small yacht or large boat. There were also fireworks. I had a very nice time & the opportunity to meet some of my brother’s friends.
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Post by: Jane on January 06, 2004, 09:00:20 PM: Quote from: DearReaderLaura on January 06, 2004, 08:04:36 PM

I'm wondering something -- Jane, are you by any chance from Encino?

Cheviot Hills. For those of you who know the area, behind Hillcrest Country Club.
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Post by: Jane on January 06, 2004, 09:02:43 PM: Quote from: Matt H. on January 06, 2004, 08:10:49 PM
I am sure there are some people like I who are anxiously anticipating the National Figure Skating Championships this week. The singles titles seem very up in the air this year. I'm already getting butterflies about the finals on Saturday.

I would be if I had time to watch. I just deleted all my recorded and to be recorded listings of figure skating.
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Post by: Jane on January 06, 2004, 09:08:46 PM: Since I seem to be talking to myself I shall go to bed and see if I can actually sleep tonight. I do wish I had Kritzer Time to read.
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Post by: Panni on January 06, 2004, 09:10:11 PM: I don't think I'll be doing too much posting for a couple of days. My daughter is coming back here tonight before returning to San Francisco (by way of Mexico) on Friday. She won't be back here for months after that, so I want to take some time to be with her.
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Post by: Panni on January 06, 2004, 09:11:14 PM: Good night, Jane.
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Post by: Panni on January 06, 2004, 09:12:52 PM: But before you go... Are you a poor sleeper, DR Jane? If yes, join the club. Although, I really don't seem to need much sleep. Good thing.
Title: Re:PINS AND NEEDLES
Post by: Jane on January 06, 2004, 09:14:03 PM: Quote from: Panni on January 06, 2004, 09:12:52 PM
But before you go... Are you a poor sleeper, DR Jane? If yes, join the club. Although, I really don't seem to need much sleep. Good thing.

Yea, it runs in my family. :( I differ from you in that I need a huge amount of sleep in order to function.
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Post by: Jane on January 06, 2004, 09:18:16 PM: Panni have a wonderful visit with your daughter.

In my son's words "I had a great time in Budapest it is a very nice city; I even found a Thai restaurant (although it was rediculously overpriced for the food"

Good night.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 06, 2004, 09:24:42 PM: I would say something now, but I don't have anything to say.
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Post by: Laura II on January 06, 2004, 09:26:43 PM: Same here, Ron, same here. :)
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Post by: bk on January 06, 2004, 09:34:53 PM: If you have nothing to say, then say it in a post. A perfect solution. For example, I have nothing to say and I am saying it quite well in a post. Panni, of course, is BUSY and will be missing because she is BUSY. I will have plenty to say very soon and I think some people will be very pleased by what I have to say. New things a'comin'. Meanwhile, this is the best posting day we've had in ages and I, for one, LOVE it. I LOVE it, do you hear me? If you've read the Kritzer Time preview and would like to comment on it other than here, do take a moment to post about it under the Benjamin Kritzer board thread. Or not. Of course, the evening is far from over - we could just have another posting frenzy or, at the very least, a posting fre.
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Post by: bk on January 06, 2004, 09:35:17 PM: Thirteen pages, baby. We are SMOKIN'.
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Post by: Laura II on January 06, 2004, 09:40:29 PM: Oh, things to say. My friend Megan is having surgery on her arm tomorrow. She should be fine, but she's nervous. Please keep her in your thoughts.

My "bro" Mikers's flight out of Seattle was cancelled because of the snow! I hope he can get in tomorrow! Boo to snow! I planned the date of my dinner around him. I really hope he can get here!

EEEE my ex-crush Drew is coming to dinner on Thursday. This should be interesting. I hope I can act normal! He's gorgeous! My mantra: "He's your ex-crush, Laura. He's your ex-crush..."
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 06, 2004, 09:40:33 PM: I thought I said nothing in a post.

Dang! I can't do nothing any other way.

TCB: What's with the puzzled smilies with question marks? Couldn't you find a "Who me?" icon with an innocent moue?

Moo who?

I don't know.

Where is Maya Rose tonight?

"Maya Rose, oh, Maya Rose, Oh, Maya Ro-OSE!"
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 06, 2004, 09:42:11 PM: DR LauraII; Here's hoping that "Miker" makes it in time for your dinner.

And should we hope that "Drew" has suddenly gone gay? Or do you hope something might start up again?
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 06, 2004, 09:44:01 PM: We could have another posting frenzy here if we put our collectively singular minds to it.

TD could do some damage. I know I can throw tons of bull around, dress it in the English language, and still say nothing.

For I maintain I have NOTHING to say.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 06, 2004, 09:44:53 PM: Come on, y'all!

I'm dyin' here.

I need finger massages.

Or, at least, a glass of iced tea.
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Post by: Laura II on January 06, 2004, 09:51:00 PM: Ron--Thanks for the wishes about Mikers!

About Drew: I'd have absolutely no problem if something could start again. This brings back memories of junior year. We used to write notes to each other and leave them in each other's lockers. Very cute/fun/strange times.
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Post by: Laura II on January 06, 2004, 09:53:37 PM: Hmm, "where is Maya?" must be the question on everyone's mind. I want to talk to her!
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 06, 2004, 09:53:43 PM: And that was when? Way back a year and a half ago?

2002?

Way back then?

:D
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Post by: George on January 06, 2004, 09:54:57 PM: It took a long time to get through the posts...I was also watching Whoopie's new show, a bit of "Frasier" and now I'm watching Christine Baranski's new show.

And I read the excerpt of "Kritzer Time." Ooo...exciting! :o I can't wait until it's officially published!

Well, Jed (and others)...I got a call from my supervisor AGAIN! (sort of). He called and said that tomorrow will be a late day. We have to be there at noon. It's not the whole day off, but least I get to sleep in. :D
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 06, 2004, 09:56:37 PM: As for DR MattH's question, I, for one, am looking forward to Nationals.

I'm not agog or anything.

Sasha Cohen has been winning many competitions this year, but she recently unraveled when she had the entire competition in her pocket. Michelle Kwan had done a very nice, but flawed skate and had gotten some of her worst-ever technical marks.

And she still won, because Sasha always finds a way to be worse than Michelle when everyone believes she's the finest technical skater in the world. Well, Dick Button thinks so.

Isn't Dick Button "everyone"?
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Post by: Laura II on January 06, 2004, 09:58:52 PM: Random-ish thought of the moment: Isn't it frustrating when someone IMs you or comes up to talk to you, and you can't remember his or her name? That just happened to me. Mike(rs)'s little bro IMed me, and I couldn't remember his name for the life of me. I don't want to ask Mike either because I feel bad. Oy vey. :)
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 06, 2004, 09:59:08 PM: As for the men's competition, feh!

It will be Michael Weiss or Timothy Goebel. Weiss will win if he can land a quad.

Goebel will win if Weiss falls on the quad.

Goebel can do five quads in a program, but his artistic flair is nearly non-existent. His programs are a series of quads and triples linked by unimaginative footwork and next-to-no grace or style.

Weiss has style and if he doesn't fall apart, even if he falls on his quad, he could pull it off.

But so what? The world title belongs to Plushenko who can do little wrong.
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Post by: bk on January 06, 2004, 09:59:18 PM: Yes, where in tarnation IS Maya? Won't she be surprised to see close to 400 posts. Won't she be surprised to have missed out on all the merriment and mirth and laughter and legs. Oh, yes, she will be surprised all right.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 06, 2004, 10:00:21 PM: As for ice dancing and pairs, I don't have a blue clue who the skaters are any more.

I really stopped caring after Peter and Kitty Carruthers.

NONE of them ever did well enough to make me care how they fared....the U.S. is always 5th in the world or lower in both disciplines.

Now why is that???????
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Post by: Laura II on January 06, 2004, 10:02:29 PM: Ron: "That" was two years ago! :D

Hmm I don't understand much of this figure skating talk, but I must say I truly admire figure skaters. They possess skills that I don't have at all! It is thrilling to watch them perform.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 06, 2004, 10:03:53 PM: Well, well, well. That's three "Wells". Who am I? Jack Benny?

No! Benny only used one "Well!"

And no other "Wells" were ever necessary!

He, of course, used body language.

I am now using body language to accompany my three "Wells."

My left leg is on my right knee and is very glad to be there. My right wrist is on the wrist pad and my left hand is floating freestyle while I type.

Look at all the folks coming out of the woodwork.

I guess it's all the posts about nothing.

It just goes to show that if you post nothing long enough, someone else will post something.
Title: Re:PINS AND NEEDLES
Post by: bk on January 06, 2004, 10:05:01 PM: I like the word "lutz". That's my favorite thing about figure skating. Triple lutz is my favorite. Any lutz, actually, is fine by me.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 06, 2004, 10:06:20 PM: Quote from: Laura II on January 06, 2004, 10:02:29 PM
Ron: "That" was two years ago! :D

Hmm I don't understand much of this figure skating talk, but I must say I truly admire figure skaters. They possess skills that I don't have at all! It is thrilling to watch them perform.

And "two years ago" was 2002!

I was right!

Geez, Laura II -- 2 years isn't that "long" a time...at least, not at my age.

For an 18-year-old, it's one-ninth of your whole lifetime, thus far. Seems more significant, doesn't it!!!

It seems like only a few months ago to me. Heck! My vacation in Santa Fe was in July 2000 and it seems like it was last summer.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 06, 2004, 10:10:16 PM: Yes, "lutz" is a fine word.

Mainly because it rhymes with "klutz" and so many skaters fall on the triple lutz that they become klutzes and the rest of their programs fall apart.

I'm fond of the Ena Bauer (sp????). I'm sure MattH will let me know the correct spelling. That's a very graceful move and few men have ever used it.

Rudy Galindo did it the year he won the Nationals. That plus two triple-triple combinations.

I like the axel...the triple axel is a very hard jump.

I'm not fond of the flips and loops. They're supposedly easy. The best skaters always mess up and fall on the triple loop. Michelle Kwan fell on the triple loop in the Olympics. Dick Button said she can do that jump in her sleep. I guess she was too awake or something.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 06, 2004, 10:12:23 PM: I have a feeling that DR MattH and I might be chatting on the phone at some point during nationals....that is, if I don't get a tape-delay broadcast.

I hate those, but networks like to keep the West Coast in a primetime mode. We get live sporting events "normally," but we always manage to get tape-delayed skating.

Sigh.
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Post by: bk on January 06, 2004, 10:13:56 PM: I like a nice lutz. One can't have enough nice lutzes.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 06, 2004, 10:14:20 PM: Ooh-ooh! "Law and Order: SVU" is on. Must....go...watch!!!
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Post by: Laura II on January 06, 2004, 10:15:47 PM: Quote from: Ron Pulliam on January 06, 2004, 10:10:16 PM
Michelle Kwan fell on the triple loop in the Olympics. Dick Button said she can do that jump in her sleep. I guess she was too awake or something.

Hahaha Ron! That made me laugh audibly--not something I usually do!

I remember my trip to Disney World in 2000 like it was a few, well, years ago. I wish my mother hadn't misplaced the scrapbook I made about our trip! Pictures stimulate my memory very easily.
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Post by: bk on January 06, 2004, 10:23:59 PM: Ron has deserted us. And for some show about an SUV.
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Post by: bk on January 06, 2004, 10:24:17 PM: And just where in tarnation IS Maya?
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Post by: bk on January 06, 2004, 10:24:37 PM: Perhaps Maya is out performing a lutz.
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Post by: Laura II on January 06, 2004, 10:30:17 PM: BK, I have NO idea. She is usually on here now! Where are our Washingtonians? hmm? hmm?
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Post by: DearReaderLaura on January 06, 2004, 10:38:52 PM: I, too, have nothing to say. And I'm saying it in a post.
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Post by: Laura II on January 06, 2004, 10:42:08 PM: I'm...all...alonnnnnnne at the drive-in mo-ovie!
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Post by: bk on January 06, 2004, 10:48:31 PM: No one is alone. 14 pages! And they've deserted us like rats in a sinking ship.
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Post by: bk on January 06, 2004, 10:48:52 PM: Well, maybe the late-night contingent will join us soon.
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Post by: Laura II on January 06, 2004, 10:54:06 PM: I should hope so! I almost started to tell my only friend who is online to chat that she should come and post. Alas, she is watching a movie, so she is busy.
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Post by: Laura II on January 06, 2004, 10:54:52 PM: Jose is here! Hallelujah!

Now I have the Hallelujah Chorus in my head!
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Post by: Laura II on January 06, 2004, 11:02:30 PM: I have popped Bring It On into my dvd player, but I promise I shall not leave yet.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on January 06, 2004, 11:03:08 PM: Thank you for noticing, DR Laura II! :)
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Post by: JoseSPiano on January 06, 2004, 11:06:30 PM: I actually got three charts done.. well, more like two charts and one full piano-vocal arrangement. The song repeated a lot, so I just had to a bunch of cutting and pasting. Of course, the lyrics were different for each verse, so that took more time. Then I had to futz - rhymes with "lutz" - with the spacing - I tend to get very picky. And that took more time. Then I decided to put some of the "ad lib" vocals in... and that took more time...

However, the arrangement looks smashing! -If I do say so myself! Now I just have two more songs to go, and those are just "outlines", so... Maybe I'll do them now before heading to bed.. or work on them in the morning... we'll see what happens.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on January 06, 2004, 11:07:00 PM: Oh... what the heck... I think I'll stay up...
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Post by: JoseSPiano on January 06, 2004, 11:07:28 PM: Because by staying up, I have a chance to reach a certain milestone...
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Post by: Laura II on January 06, 2004, 11:07:44 PM: Yay for Jose! I have a question for you. What are you holding in your picture?
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Post by: JoseSPiano on January 06, 2004, 11:07:55 PM: POST 400!!!!

For the day at least...
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Post by: Laura II on January 06, 2004, 11:08:28 PM: Well, you got 401! :)
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Post by: JoseSPiano on January 06, 2004, 11:08:30 PM: AAAGGGHHH!!!!! LAURA!!!!! YOU CHEATED ME OUT OF POST 400!!!!!!!

AAAGGGHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!
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Post by: Laura II on January 06, 2004, 11:09:58 PM: HAHAHA Jose! I didn't mean to, if that's any consolation! :)
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Post by: JoseSPiano on January 06, 2004, 11:11:54 PM: As for what I'm holding in the pic... It's a slice of a very decadent chocolate torte that was presented to me - and the rest in my group - at the end of "chocolate tour" I took when I was in Melbourne, AUS, this past summer. It's kind of hard to see in the pic, but "drawn" in chocolate is a picture of the tower that is above the performing arts center - rather "centre". Kind of Tour Eifel-ish.

-And, yes, the cake was delicious. And, yes, I ate the whole thing. Plus all the other chocolate on the tour. Next time, I plan to take the "Chocolate and Other Desserts" tour. And there's also one where you get pancakes!!!
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Post by: JoseSPiano on January 06, 2004, 11:13:21 PM: Now, DR Laura II, Dear Dearest Laura II - who will always be #1 - or #I in my book... You know you could just delete your post, and all would be well with the world...

;)

LOL!
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Post by: Laura II on January 06, 2004, 11:14:04 PM: Oh my gosh, Jose, that sounds absolutely delish! I want to go on a chocolate tour! I could subsist on chocolate. Oh, and bread...and pasta...and potatoes. As you can see, I'm no candidate for the Atkins diet!
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Post by: JoseSPiano on January 06, 2004, 11:14:47 PM: And for those DRs readers who might be interested, here's the link to the Chocolate Tours in Melbourne:
http://www.chocoholictours.com.au/index.html
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Post by: bk on January 06, 2004, 11:14:55 PM: My goodness, what a day this has been, what a rare mood I'm in, why it's almost like being the most popular site on all the Internet. It's a shame Maya wasn't here to partake of it, because we always miss our Maya, or is it we always Maya our Miss?
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Post by: Laura II on January 06, 2004, 11:14:56 PM: Aww Jose, now you're making me feel guilty! :)
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Post by: Laura II on January 06, 2004, 11:16:04 PM: Perhaps Maya didn't have access to the computer today. I can't recall seeing her online.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on January 06, 2004, 11:20:00 PM: Quote from: Laura II on January 06, 2004, 11:14:56 PM
Aww Jose, now you're making me feel guilty! :)

Well, if you're feeling guilty, you could always have some chocolate...

*I've been resisting the bag-o-chocolate that's about two feet from me - it was a present from my Secret Santa during Camelot. Of course, I should have just given it away to someone.. or put it downstairs in the candy dish in the living room... but, no... Of course, that didn't stop me from opening that box of chocolates earlier this evening...
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Post by: JoseSPiano on January 06, 2004, 11:21:52 PM: OK - I'm gonna go ahead and knock out one more chart before heading to bed... Shouldn't take too long at all since it's three verses and a refrain - an easy copy and paste job... I may even be back before the new notes go up...

Start the clock...

NOW!

-Or maybe not... we'll see..
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Post by: Laura II on January 06, 2004, 11:24:15 PM: Has anyone tried Scoops? They come in four flavors: York Peppermint Patty, Hershey milk chocolate, Almond Joy, and Reese's Peanut Butter Cup. They basically look like chocolate potato chips. Sooo yummy, especially the Reeses. All four boxes are currently sitting upstairs on my kitchen counter. I will NOT go get some to snack on. No no no. I have willpower...I think.
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Post by: Tomovoz on January 06, 2004, 11:29:32 PM: Thanks for the promotion of Melbourne tourism Jose. No doubt the State of Victoria will be posting you a suitable cheque. (I guess that is "check "for you or possibly Czech might be of more interest - a large Czech. I hope all the readers aren't rushing to Melbourne Florida.
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Post by: Tomovoz on January 06, 2004, 11:30:38 PM: Good to see that Laura II is managing the art of posting when we have nothing at all to say - and you are doing it so well!
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Post by: Tomovoz on January 06, 2004, 11:32:21 PM: The most posting since November 22. Wow!
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Post by: George on January 06, 2004, 11:34:00 PM: I've never heard of Scoops. They sound interesting.

I finally made a CD of the TV soundtrack album to Ruggles of Red Gap with Michael Redgrave, Peter Lawford, Imogene Coca, David Wayne and Jane Powell. It was written by Jule Styne (Buddy Bregman's uncle!) and Leo Robin. One of the tunes, "I'm In Pursuit of Happiness" was reused in Gypsy as "You'll Never Get Away From Me" (from what I understand, Sondheim was livid when he found out that one of the tunes was recycled). I added Ethel and Jack's original Gypsy recording as a bonus track. The album is a DRG reissue. I don't know what year it was re-released. I got the album on eBay and it was either new or near mint. It sounds pretty good.
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Post by: George on January 06, 2004, 11:38:05 PM: Even though I don't have to be at work until noon, I'm heading off to beddie-bye-land now. Sleep well all, and I hope everyone has good weather wherever they live...especially me! ;D
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Post by: bk on January 06, 2004, 11:38:18 PM: We are a lovely bunch of coconuts, aren't we?
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Post by: George on January 06, 2004, 11:38:50 PM: Of course, there are only 79 more posts until 500!! And I only need 53 until I reach HHW-God-dom!
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Post by: Laura II on January 06, 2004, 11:44:25 PM: Thank you, Tomovoz! I try!

I am watching a movie and visiting websites at the same time. Multitasking is not a talent of mine!

I currently am listening to clips of Kidz Bop 4. Silly children...they're not pop singers, nor are all of these songs appropriate for kids. Oh, I heard something that I thought was funny today. There was a Kidz Bop 5 commercial on, and the kids were singing Hilary Duff's "So Yesterday." Now, I'm sorry, but I don't like Hilary Duff's singing voice at all, and I feel that she probably got her record deal solely because she had a TV show. I smirked when I discovered that the kids sounded better than she did on her own song.
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Post by: Tomovoz on January 06, 2004, 11:53:09 PM: Goodnight Laura & George.
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Post by: Laura II on January 06, 2004, 11:54:57 PM: Goodnight Tomovoz and George! (and bk!) I don't think I'm leaving yet, but sweet dreams everybody!
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Post by: S. Woody White on January 06, 2004, 11:55:20 PM: Our sweet Maya has been caught posting at another site!

Talking about SEX!!!
Title: Re:PINS AND NEEDLES
Post by: bk on January 06, 2004, 11:58:00 PM: Well, there will be a bitch-slapping partay here when she returns. All right, hold off posting for a moment and then let's get a head start on tomorrow's posts, shall we?