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Well, you've read the notes, the notes were wayward and had wind, and now it is time for you to post until the wayward cows come home - right now, they're gone with the wind.
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And the word of the day is: GNOMIC!
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Welcome eleven GUESTS. I'm listening to a home-grown CD of the soundtrack to Goodbye, Charlie by Andre Previn - absolutely delightful.
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I'm the only one in the jernt? Well, me and these eleven GUESTS. Won't one of you come out and play?
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I don't think I saw ten really good theatrical performances, but I did see (and love):
Hairspray (the tour came to Olympia and I ushered for both shows...it was wonderful)
Whistle Down the Wind (the physical production was very good ;))
Young Frankenstein (saw it twice in Seattle...very funny)
That's all that I can think of right now.
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And with that, I'm off to bed. Good night, BK and any guests.
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Welcome eleven GUESTS. I'm listening to a home-grown CD of the soundtrack to Goodbye, Charlie by Andre Previn - absolutely delightful.
I always liked the score to "Goodbye, Charlie" and actually bought the sheet music to the title tune on my way home from school in 1965 (64? 66?) even though I couldn't read music and played no instrument. Go figure. Bobby Darrin's version of the title song was pretty good, and it brings a smile the very rare times it is ever played.
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Aren't these wayward winds the Santa Ana's? The ones that make everyone crazy?
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Gosh, am I the early waker-upper this morning? I don't know when the last time that happened was.
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Well, bk was right...I'm returning sheepishly.
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Gosh, am I the early waker-upper this morning?
Ethel told me you were the builder-upper.
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But I wonder who would have the title of being the quicker-picker-upper.
(A bounty such as that would require special talents.)
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This is the moment.
Yes, the very one moment I will have to tell you all I am relying upon the wayward wind to help me in my flight back to the Bay Area.
I leave Johnston at 10 a.m. for Columbia SC. From Columbia, I shall depend upon the wayward wind to waft toward Atlanta around 1 p.m.
At 2:40 p.m., a very wayward wind must provide the updraft to get my Delta 747 (or associated model) into the air and westward bound.
All times are EST, of course.
On PST, I shall arrive at 4:45 p.m. (or thereabouts).
Hopefully -- with great HOPE, actually -- I shall engage a door-to-door shuttle for the East Bay shortly after getting my luggage and be on my way home.
Pray for Barbara Pulliam's son Ron to arrive safely and in a timely manner. He needs every bit of help he can get!
:D
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We simplified this year...no gift exchange. And it made for a much more stress-free December, let me tell you!
We had a lovely time. Many wonderful foodstuffs [and too much of them] were consumed. We took some great walks, and laughed... a lot.
:)
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special talents
Skip told me you have special talents. :-X
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Laugh, clowns, laugh.
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And the word of the day is: GNOMIC!
Benny, who was known for never wasting anything, kept a notepad and pen handy at all times, so that he could copy down anything clever that anyone else had to say and then repeat later.
That's right, he was echo-GNOMIC.
You should have seen that one COMING from a mile away.
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***SAFE & EASY TRAVEL VIBES***[/size][/color]
for our very own DR Ron Pulliam![/size][/color]
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Though she looks a bit off balance
She possesses special talents
(almost a Funny Girl reference?)
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Smooth travel vibes to Ron P!
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Thanks for all the wonderful family celebration photos, DRs JoseSPiano and MBarnum.
Thanks for all the great "Do" photos, DR Adriana Patti!
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But I wonder who would have the title of being the quicker-picker-upper.
(A bounty such as that would require special talents.)
Let's blame Jose! :D
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***INDUSTRIAL-STRENGTH FEEL BETTER VIBES***[/size][/color]
to DR TCB!!![/size][/color]
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Good morning, all! I'm sleeping badly again. I'm also having lots of nightmares and I'd guess there's some underlying anxiety or crisis I need to resolve but i'm not sure what it is. I've been quite depressed this week about my dad, and maybe that's it. I don't know.
Today, more LADY OF THE SLIPPER work and a holiday visit at 6 pm for dinner.
TOD:
THE PEOPLE VS MONA
GREETINGS FROM YORKVILLE
THE LAST STARFIGHTER
CYMBELINE
CURTAINS
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TOD:
I didn't see much in the way of live theater this year, but I did get to see
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BRAIN
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Which more than made up for quantity with quality.
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This is fun and thanks to elmore for pointing this out to us: Peter Filichia on theatermania.com named Danny Binstock "Best Actor in a Musical" for 2007 for the title role in The Last Starfighter - not just for the summer festivals this time, but from everything Peter Filichia had seen in 2007. (Audra McDonald was Best Actress in a Musical, as a frame of reference.) See the third paragraph at the link below.
http://www.theatermania.com/peterfilichia/index.cfm?date=20071224
(And no, we seriously don't know who Skip Keonig - also mentioned in the article - is!)
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Thursday morning greetings! Back to work for me today.
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Good morning everyone.
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And the word of the day is: GNOMIC!
And The Song Of The Day IS : CHILDREN WILL LISTEN
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bk said:
Sadly, it's only the beginning for Virgin Megastores - as I mentioned before, the entire chain is on its way out. Someone who is pretty in the know told me so and that's when I reported it earlier this year. I was in Virgin here a few weeks ago and there was literally no one in the store except me and the employees.
I feel that one of the big mistakes they made was separating the brick and mortars from their internet presence. A few years ago, I disovered that you could not redeem one of their gift cards on line, nor could you learn your balance on line. You had to make a special trip to the store, and you had to know you were going in advance, and remember to take the gift card with you. That made them much more difficult to use than amazon.com or especially, Barnes and Nobel, where you could use your gift card in store or on-line. I think this has caused them a significant loss of business.
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Thursday morning greetings! Back to work for me today.
Ditto. Time to head off. :-\
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Gosh, am I the early waker-upper this morning? I don't know when the last time that happened was.
Time for a nap!
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Oops - looks like FJL already left the board - perhaps the nap is already under way.
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Congrats to Danny Binstock for being Peter Filichia's pick for best actor of the year! Wow!
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Technical question: Why doesn't my new CD of the Sweeney Todd soundtrack play in my car, but plays fine here in my computer?
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Travel vibes to DR Ron Pulliam - it's been nice to have you here in the Eastern time zone for a while!
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Recovery vibes to DR TCB - when I had pneumonia, it took 3 (count 'em, 3) successively stronger antibiotics to cure it. Hang in there and take care of yourself!
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I seem to be up rather early, with a Brain-full of book notions. I've written them down, and maybe I'll be able to go back to sleep for a while.
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Still a little windy out (and not very light out), but not as bad as yesterday.
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{{{{{DR Elmore}}}}}
There's a package on its way to you!
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I'm sleeping badly again. I'm also having lots of nightmares and I'd guess there's some underlying anxiety or crisis I need to resolve but i'm not sure what it is. I've been quite depressed this week about my dad, and maybe that's it. I don't know.
Hugs and love to DR elmore
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Good morning!
Not that cold this morning and a bright sunshiny day here. But we've got rain in the forecast for two of the next three days.
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Technical question: Why doesn't my new CD of the Sweeney Todd soundtrack play in my car, but plays fine here in my computer?
My soundtrack for ANNIE GET YOUR GUN (with Betty Hutton) likewise has trouble in my car CD player but no trouble with any player at home.
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Good wishes for DR Ron Pulliam's westward travels. Come back to the East Coast soon!
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Today I'll be watching ZODIAC - The Director's Cut. It's a two disc set, and I never saw the original DVD release, so the film will be completely new to me. The cast is loaded with actors I like, so I'm looking forward to watching it.
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"It's nice you have a hobby that makes you happy."
My all time favorite MTM quote, delivered by Nancy as Mary was 'distressing' an old bureau with a chain.
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That's funny about Paramount splitting up THE MOD SQUAD season. I just got the review copy for SABRINA THE TEENAGE WITCH's third season, and it's the entire season.
Maybe it's the total number of episodes per season that dictates whether they'll break it up or not.
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Well, we are awaiting the "big storm"--supposedly 7 inches (there ya go, TCB) of snow today. That of course makes today's Cinderella performances a crapshoot. Time will tell.
Shocked to read that Benuzir Bhutto was assassinated. Sometimes I go positively neo-con and wish that whole part of the world didn't exist. :(
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Decided to put on Dan Fogelberg's first album "Souvenirs" this morning. Boy, what memories. Hard to believe I've been alive that long. ;)
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I'm trying to remember earlier in the year if I saw any plays. I can't think that I have. Of course, a month ago, I saw and greatly enjoyed the national tour of THE DROWSY CHAPARONE, but I can't think of any others I ventured out to see in 2007. I was really busy with the viewing and reviewing from February on, and since we didn't make a trip to NYC this year, that cut down on theater attendance for me, too.
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That's funny about Paramount splitting up THE MOD SQUAD season. I just got the review copy for SABRINA THE TEENAGE WITCH's third season, and it's the entire season.
Maybe it's the total number of episodes per season that dictates whether they'll break it up or not.
Though it wasn't a Paramount release, I think the vintage show that put the kibosh on complete seasons was Lost in Space (Season 1), which was a disaster. Right after that the longer (like more than 26 episodes or so) seasons of vintage shows starting getting split into "volumes," including the second and third seasons of LIS itself.
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Hello, all!
I am working my way through all of the wonderful Christmas postings!
I'm still 5 days behind, but wanted to pop in and give a very merry belated Christmas wishes to all.
We had a very exhausting holiday. We had planned to do Christmas dinner here for our family, but as of the 21st, our dining room was still full of boxes that hadn't been upacked. So there was several days of that, then I refinished the floor and we started moving things in.
We also had several visitors staying with us, so we had to make the extra bedroom useable instead of a storage place for more boxes, and buy linens and things.
We also had much debate about a very large piece of furniture, a sideboard, and how we would be able to pick it up from the refinishers in time for xmas dinner. And how we would be able to move the large china cabinet in place. The base was fine, but the top was very heavy with 4 glass doors and there was no way the two of us could move it.
So, in short, the house was a crazy mess until Christmas eve, when we went to the mountains to visit my father.
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Greg was working so hard on getting the stove installed and dealing with his stuff that I would have felt very guilty sitting at the computer and reading everyone's posts, as much as I'd have liked to.
After getting the wrong instructions from Sears the first time we ran the gas and electrical lines, (when the installers couldn't finish the job) Greg re-ran the gas and electrical lines himself to the specifications (revision D) that Sears didn't give us the first time.
Then we tried to move the stove into position, but the flexible gas line was still not fitting around the gas supply line. I think poor Greg is at his wit's end with this.
We didn't know whether we would have a working stove in time for the dinner, so I bought some yummy side dishes that we could microwave (thank god for Whole Foods!) and the turkey was one that my brother had ordered--a smoked one.
By the 23rd, we decided that we would cook dinner. Even though the stove wasn't in place, it was close enough to get by for a day. I still had a dream about the house catching fire and forgetting to rescue the cats. Anxiety!!!
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Hugs and love to DR elmore
Thank you, everyone! I'm sure DR Dakotacelt can use some as well: her father's death is more recent than mine and it's still torturing me. Some days are fine and some days I can hardly move from the pain of it.
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Today I'll be watching ZODIAC - The Director's Cut. It's a two disc set, and I never saw the original DVD release, so the film will be completely new to me. The cast is loaded with actors I like, so I'm looking forward to watching it.
I really enjoyed the film. Scared me.
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Greg was working so hard on getting the stove installed and dealing with his stuff that I would have felt very guilty sitting at the computer and reading everyone's posts, as much as I'd have liked to.
After getting the wrong instructions from Sears the first time we ran the gas and electrical lines, (when the installers couldn't finish the job) Greg re-ran the gas and electrical lines himself to the specifications (revision D) that Sears didn't give us the first time.
Then we tried to move the stove into position, but the flexible gas line was still not fitting around the gas supply line. I think poor Greg is at his wit's end with this.
We didn't know whether we would have a working stove in time for the dinner, so I bought some yummy side dishes that we could microwave (thank god for Whole Foods!) and the turkey was one that my brother had ordered--a smoked one.
By the 23rd, we decided that we would cook dinner. Even though the stove wasn't in place, it was close enough to get by for a day. I still had a dream about the house catching fire and forgetting to rescue the cats. Anxiety!!!
I think we're happier than ever we didn't convert to gas. ;)
Betsy loves, loves, loves her fancy-schmancy new Kenmore ELECTRIC range. ;D
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Take care DR Elmore! If it makes you feel any better then feel free to telephone and torment me today. ;)
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Though it wasn't a Paramount release, I think the vintage show that put the kibosh on complete seasons was Lost in Space (Season 1), which was a disaster. Right after that the longer (like more than 26 episodes or so) seasons of vintage shows starting getting split into "volumes," including the second and third seasons of LIS itself.
That IS the first time I remember that happening, but Fox shot themselves in the foot with their ridiculous overpricing. (They did the same with the first season of THE MARY TYLER MOORE SHOW. Subsequent seasons have been far more reasonably priced.)
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I will bet you have NEVER seen a nighclub show like this! A whole new take on "Singing in the Rain"
I wonder if Gene Kelly would have ever worn this outfit?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGNXRTmr6zg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGNXRTmr6zg)
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My Dad died four weeks to the day after Betsy and I were married--it was like he was waiting for me to finally grow up, LOL. ;) Betsy and I had gone out for a walk and when we came home there was that shocking message on our machine. It was horrible. I console myself thinking about my father's incredible accomplishments and knowing that he lived a relatively long (81 years), unbelievably full life.
Strangely, when my Mom died two years later, it just didn't have the same emotional impact for me, but that probably says more about my relationship with my mother than anything else.
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I'm trying to remember earlier in the year if I saw any plays. I can't think that I have. Of course, a month ago, I saw and greatly enjoyed the national tour of THE DROWSY CHAPARONE, but I can't think of any others I ventured out to see in 2007. I was really busy with the viewing and reviewing from February on, and since we didn't make a trip to NYC this year, that cut down on theater attendance for me, too.
DR Matt H, your post reminds me of a Marlene Dietrich srtory the late press agent Philip Bloom told me. She called him once after reading a NY Times article and asked, "Is it twue I'm a wecluse?"
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Take care DR Elmore! If it makes you feel any better then feel free to telephone and torment me today. ;)
And if you wear out DR MBarnum, I'm also available for appropriate torture.
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And if you wear out DR MBarnum, I'm also available for appropriate torture.
HHW, the best site in the universe!
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TOD:
AVENUE Q
CURTAINS
Of course those are the only two that I saw this year.
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DR Matt H, your post reminds me of a Marlene Dietrich srtory the late press agent Philip Bloom told me. She called him once after reading a NY Times article and asked, "Is it twue I'm a wecluse?"
LOL! True for her and almost (but not quite) for me. However, much of my life's work and pleasure is to be found inside the four walls of my house. When one works from home and also plays at home, the telephone and the occasional meal out with friends becomes a life. My life anyway.
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I just opened the strangest Christmas gift: a George Forman grill and two place mats. I actually think I'll like the grill, but I'm trying to analyze why the giver thought I would enjoy one. I wonder if someone else erroneously received a "Hairspray" DVD?
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LOL! True for her and almost (but not quite) for me. However, much of my life's work and pleasure is to be found inside the four walls of my house. When one works from home and also plays at home, the telephone and the occasional meal out with friends becomes a life. My life anyway.
I am completely sympathetic; there are so many events I've missed at the last minute when a sudden tomorrow-is-the-deadline-job comes through. I'm sure you enjoy what you do as much as I do.
I'm working hard to generate some upbeat attitude to step out to the post office, run a few other errands, stop at the market and then accomplish some work here. Thank you all for the support!
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How about a page 3 whip wielding dance, Elmore! That should brighten your day!
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I'm going to head down now to clean the den, check the mail, and then decide that I'm going to prepare for lunch.
WBBL.
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Good morning, everyone.
I have much to do today, so will just quickly check in.
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Travel Vibes to DR Ron!
May you have a safe and comfortable trip!
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TOD:
Like WOODY, I only saw one live production this year, THE BRAIN FROM PLANET X. Honestly, I don't know how I could have enjoyed it more.
I truly wish I could also have seen both THE LAST STARFIGHTER and HERRINGBONE, as well, but it was not meant to be.
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Good Morning!
I'm up, I'm up... And I believe my head/sinus cold has left the building! -Or at least my head and sinuses. :)
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~~~~~SAFE AND TIMELY TRAVEL VIBES TO DR RON PULLIAM~~~~~
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DR FJL - Thanks for the link to Peter Filichia's column! -And Congrats to Danny Binstock too!
And there's a tidbit for DR edisaurus in there too.
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DR elmore - Is La Cocina still offering "2-for-1Frozen Margaritas" this week? ;D
-Or you could just call DR MBarnum and torment him for a while. Or do both.
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Good to see you here, DR Edisaurus! Sorry your holidays were so hectic, but glad you are OK.
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We simplified this year...no gift exchange. And it made for a much more stress-free December, let me tell you!
Between all of our families---my father's, (lots of kids!) my mother's, Greg's, our clients and a few friends, we normally have a list of about 50 people on our list. So we rarely have the chance to shop for each other, and it's usually something practical we need anyway.
I have never figured out a way to make this list shorter!
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Travel vibes for Ron P. I enjoyed sharing coasts with you!
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Big hugs to Elmore!
When I saw my Dad at Christmas, we talked about how he had outlived all his siblings, even his younger ones. He has been taken off some of his depression medication and looked so much better and seemed to be in a better frame of mind.
It still hurts me that my brother won't go to see him, but after years of trying, I am through trying to get them together. Both are too stubborn to make the effort and each blames the other for their alienation.
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{{DR elmore3003}}
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about 50 people on our list
:o
I would have a breakdown each year! :P
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As for the Topic of the Day...
(in no particular random order ;))
Xanadu
Curtains
Frost/Nixon
110 in the Shade
Company
Journey's End
Spring Awakening (I think I saw that this year)
Gypsy
Edward Scissorhands (Matthew Bourne ballet)
It's a Bird... It's a Plane... It's Superman and Zorba at the York's "Musicals in Mufti" series.
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Feel better vibes for DR TCB. ~~~~~~~~~~~
Travel vibes for DR RonP. ~~~~~~~~~~~~
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My goodness, DR Edisaurus! That's a LOT of gifts! I couldn't afford that many.
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I would have a breakdown each year! :P
And now they are starting to have kids, so...
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Draw names, Edisaurus, draw names!
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RE: a question I believe DR TCB asked last night re: the SWEENEY TODD movie.
I think the question was something like why was i so bothered by the white make-up in the movie (when it is also white in the stage version).
SPOILERS I GUESS.
In the movie it wasn't just the make-up but the overall completely stark and grim nature of the film. It's hard to explain, but in the stage version we have only the stage. But in the movie the only colors used are black and white. I really was not prepared for the bleakness.
In the stage version Angela Lansbury is so funny. The role is part comedy. So it makes sense to me that she looks like a clown!
Maybe it's just more noticeable on the big screen. But i found the white faces on depp and helena actually distracting.
But that's just me.
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I had to get "creative" this year. Of course, if I see something that is perfect for someone, and affordable, well, I can't resist sending it, either.
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And to continue the Topic of the Day...
Frank Langella and Michael Sheen - Frost/Nixon
Patti LuPone, Laura Benanti, Boyd Gaines, Leigh Ann Larkin - Gypsy
Marilyn Caskey, Alison Fraser, Nancy Opel - Gypsy
Boyd Gaines and Stark Sands- Journey's End
Cheyenne Jackson - It's a Bird... It's a Plane... It's Superman and Xanadu
Jackie Hoffman and Mary Testa - Xanadu
Raul Esparza - Company
Jessica Lea Patty - A Chorus Line - She's the new matinee Cassie.
Bobby Steggert - 110 in the Shade
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Between all of our families---my father's, (lots of kids!) my mother's, Greg's, our clients and a few friends, we normally have a list of about 50 people on our list. So we rarely have the chance to shop for each other, and it's usually something practical we need anyway.
I have never figured out a way to make this list shorter!
DR Edisaurus, those 50 people already have the best gift anyway - they have you in their lives all year long! :)
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I have found that most friends/family, when approached about cutting back on the holiday gift exchange, are only too glad to mutually curtail it!
Simplify, simplify, simplify.
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DR Edisaurus, those 50 people already have the best gift anyway - they have you in their lives all year long! :)
Awwwww...I don't know if it's a gift or a curse!
Hey, congrats to you and FJL and Skip for the nice mention in Theatremania!
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DR Jennifer - ...It's all part of Tim Burton's style, his look. I knew going in to the movie - well the theatre - that it was a Tim Burton film, and that would mean a lot of "touches". As far as the makeup being distracting, well, there is a heightened look to most of the film: the scenery, the lighting, the costuming. -Just look at all that CGI - well-done CGI in the opening sequence on the boat. If anything, the stark makeup sets the characters of Sweeney and Mrs. Lovett apart from everyone else.
*That's also a major reason I went to see the movie a second time. Besides being distracted by the two girls who were constantly chatting throughout the movie the movie, I also found myself being "distracted" by a lot of the Tim Burton-isms, all that style. It was nice just to sit there and let the movie "happen" the second time. I liked the movie a lot. I'm still not sure I'd call it a great movie, and I'm pretty sure I would not call it a "masterpiece" (like A.O. Scott did in the NY Times). But it is a very good movie, and a wonderful adaptation of the stage musical.
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I knew going in to the...theatre...that would mean a lot of "touches"
That's what you get for sitting in the back front row! 8)
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Thanks, DR Edisaurus!
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DR edisaurus - 50?!?!?! I have a hard enough time gathering the gifts for my nephew and three nieces. Thankfully, my brothers and I stopped exchanging presents a couple of years ago - I think that coincided with the birth of the first son/nephew. However, if we happen to come across something that someone else would like, well, we go ahead and get it for them. But there's never a sense of "obligation" to give - or to exchange between us.
Birthdays, on the other hand, are a different story. ;)
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That's what you get for sitting in the back front row! 8)
Is that A Chorus Line reference?
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I believe that today is the 80th anniversary of the opening of Show Boat on Broadway!
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Is that A Chorus Line reference?
Well, it hadn't occurred to me, but now that you mention it... :)
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I believe that today is the 80th anniversary of the opening of Show Boat on Broadway!
Hmm... I just checked the IBDB, and they don't list Show Boat opening 80 years ago. However, when you bring up the show listing, it does say it opened on December 27, 1927. ??? *There is a notation that the entry has not been verified, and I'm also wondering since the show did not have any previews...
However, other shows that opened on this date...
The School for Scandal, 1909
All in Fun, 1940
Clash by Night, 1941
Angna Enters, 1942
Home of the Brave, 1945
Temper the Wind, 1946
Topaze, 1947
The Madwoman of Chaillot, 1948
How Long Till Summer, 1949
The Persecution and Assassination of Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade, 1965
At the Drop of Another Hat, 1966
Purlie, 1972
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DR JoseSPiano - I was about to pounce with a <snark>, but you were too quick! :)
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DR JoseSPiano - I was about to pounce with a <snark>, but you were too quick! :)
All that time at The Reservoir has served me well.
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Hmm... Well, I guess if Marat/Sade could open around Christmas, than so can the movie of "Sweeney Todd". ;)
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What is it, fish?
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Well, I guess if Marat/Sade could open around Christmas, than so can the movie of "Sweeney Todd".
Holiday fun for the entire family! :)
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DR JMK, my Singers Unlimited box set is arriving today.
This site costs me so much money! :)
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And a great TOD!
I saw many shows this year. My very favorites were (in no particular order):
Follies at Encores!
Gypsy at Encores!
Coram Boy
Intimate Exchanges
Herringbone (at Williamstown Theatre Festival)
Dead Man's Cell Phone (in Washington, District of Columbia)
The Last Starfighter :-) (saw it 7 times it was so good!)
August: Osage County
Gypsy at Encores! and
Gypsy at Encores!
And I saw some terrific cabaret performances this year. Among the highlights:
Jason Wynn at Helen's
Liz Callaway at The Metropolitan Room
Lennie Watts at The Metropolitan Room
Baby Jane Dexter at The Metropolitan Room
Eric Michael Gilett at The Metropolitan Room
Kristine Zbornik at The Metropolitan Room
Lorinda Lisitza at The Metropolitan Room
And Oy! I saw some real clunkers - but that's a whole different TOD.
On-stage seats at spring Awakening were also a special treat.
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I thought for sure it would be DR Ron Pulliam's picture here:
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DR JMK, my Singers Unlimited box set is arriving today.
This site costs me so much money! :)
You'll love it, or your money back.**
**To receive money back, please contact seller.
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My favorite Christmas present, by far, was the soundtrack to my favorite movie, THE 5,000 FINGERS OF DR. T, complete with cut songs, sent by our own bk. I've probably listened to it at least a dozen times already, but thankfully, in my car. Greg is the type of listener that doesn't want to hear something more than once at a sitting, where I will play a song 10 times in a row, listening to different details and would drive any normal person crazy.
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DR elmore - Is La Cocina still offering "2-for-1Frozen Margaritas" this week? ;D
-Or you could just call DR MBarnum and torment him for a while. Or do both.
DR Jose, I'm awaiting your return from the provinces.
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A UPS man just delivered a package of sound equipment for Greg. He was wearing shorts---and it's a chilly 45 degrees. Brrrrr. Guess delivering pacakges is very aerobic.
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Julie, could you go back and spell out Williamstown Theatre Festival in your list?
"WTF" is such an unseemly acronym. :)
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DR edisaurus - 50?!?!?! I have a hard enough time gathering the gifts for my nephew and three nieces. Thankfully, my brothers and I stopped exchanging presents a couple of years ago - I think that coincided with the birth of the first son/nephew. However, if we happen to come across something that someone else would like, well, we go ahead and get it for them. But there's never a sense of "obligation" to give - or to exchange between us.
Birthdays, on the other hand, are a different story. ;)
That's kind of how it worked it my family after the kids started having kids. The kids made out like bandits! Since then, I quit paying attention to holidays, and if the right gift happened to be there for someone, I'd give it to them then and just ask them to act surprised at Christmas. :o
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"WTF" is such an unseemly acronym. :)
But I thought unseemly was the raison d'etre of HHW!
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A UPS man just delivered a package of sound equipment for Greg. He was wearing shorts---and it's a chilly 45 degrees. Brrrrr. Guess delivering pacakges is very aerobic.
You know that winter is REALLY here when even the UPS guys wear long pants.
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Wikipedia on the various meanings of WTF:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WTF
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Where's that boy with the parcel?
Our big ol' lug was always worth quite a glance
Where's that boy with the parcel
And why did they ever buy him those damn long pants?
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Technical question: Why doesn't my new CD of the Sweeney Todd soundtrack play in my car, but plays fine here in my computer?
Because!
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Wikipedia on the various meanings of WTF:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WTF
And it doesn't even mention Williamstown Theatre Festival!
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Because!
Is that your technical answer? ;)
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Isn't there some issue about CD players made before a certain year in the 1990's not being able to play computer-generated CD's?
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Wasn't Marat on the High Wire the basis for a musical? :)
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I will bet you have NEVER seen a nighclub show like this! A whole new take on "Singing in the Rain"
I wonder if Gene Kelly would have ever worn this outfit?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGNXRTmr6zg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGNXRTmr6zg)
WOW-- that is as typical a Bollywood segment as anything I've seen.
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Or am I thinking of Sweeney Sade?
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Where's that boy with the parcel?
Our big ol' lug was always worth quite a glance
Where's that boy with the parcel
And why did they ever buy him those damn long pants?
Was that package C.O.D.?
Was that address hard to find?
Did that polyester suit-
Brown beyond repute-
Conceal his tight behind?
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Is that your technical answer? ;)
Sometimes, "Because" is the only answer!
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Because!
Gee, thanks, DR Kerry. That explains everything ;) !
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DR EDISAURUS - I think since LEGALLY BLONDE opened all UPS men are required to wear shorts year round.
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Loved DR ADRIANNA PATTI's photos from the do....and it looks like she is crimping her locks a bit. Very nice.
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Nothing on the TOD.
Yes, sir, very gnomic.
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Thinking of you, DR ELMORE...
Vibes for DR RLP as he wings his way across the country.
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Congrats to DR FJL and SKIP on their award and notice by THE POWERS THAT BE.
And I don't know who that man is, but the woman with him is CILLA LIZ.
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Was the tip a little small?
All I had on me were ones
When he said his Thank-you-ma'ams
Did I stress his gams
And forget his buns
And there must have been a box or two
That fell off along the way
Would I be there when they fall
If he drove in to my life today?
If that boy with the parcel
Drove into my life todaaaaaay!
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DR derBRUCER, I don't know from .mov files, so include me out.
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I got some more sleep with yet more weird dreams.
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Those who've read the Kritzer books know about my uneasy relationship with my parents, especially my mother. Someday I suppose I'll write about their last few years - my mother died of Hodgkin's Disease in 1974 (had she lived one more year to see The First Nudie Musical I'm quite certain THAT would have killed her), and my father died in 1977, I think (maybe 78). She was sixty-nine when she went, he was seventy-five. My mother's sister is still alive, and turned 100 last year.
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yet more weird dreams
Must be all the smut tums!
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Parents.....what can one say?
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Just learned the total $$ value of Annette Funicello's Disney contract....1955-1962, but rewritten in 1960 to run until 1964.
All that money she made and continues to make for Disney Productions, Inc. What do you think it was worth to her?
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I watched some television episodes that DR MBARNUM sent me.
MR BK - featured prominently in the prizes on QUEEN FOR A DAY is lunch at The Murphy House.....did you or any other DRs from LA ever eat there?
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Isn't there some issue about CD players made before a certain year in the 1990's not being able to play computer-generated CD's?
Yes, older CD players do not recognize CDRs. In fact some newer ones only intemittently recognize them.
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All those delivery man ditties are great...I think someone needs to write a new show, U.P.S MAN: THE MUSICAL
Jose and I will be in charge of casting, please.
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This is the moment.
Yes, the very one moment I will have to tell you all I am relying upon the wayward wind to help me in my flight back to the Bay Area.
I leave Johnston at 10 a.m. for Columbia SC. From Columbia, I shall depend upon the wayward wind to waft toward Atlanta around 1 p.m.
At 2:40 p.m., a very wayward wind must provide the updraft to get my Delta 747 (or associated model) into the air and westward bound.
All times are EST, of course.
On PST, I shall arrive at 4:45 p.m. (or thereabouts).
Hopefully -- with great HOPE, actually -- I shall engage a door-to-door shuttle for the East Bay shortly after getting my luggage and be on my way home.
Pray for Barbara Pulliam's son Ron to arrive safely and in a timely manner. He needs every bit of help he can get!
:D
~~~Save Travel Vibes for DR Ron!!~~~
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The Five Candidates for Queen for a Day:
1. Lady and husband living in a trailer with four daughters. She wanted wanted bunk beds for the older girls.
2. Lady had a 15-year-old son who had polio and he was in a body cast. She wanted a hospital gurney so she could take him outside sometimes.
3. Lady and her husband had bought a grocery store and needed stock to sell. They had no retail experience and had only 64 cents in the register.
4. Lady had two daughters and her husband had been accidentally shot in a hunting accident a few months before. She had no education and wanted to go to beauty school to make money to raise her children.
5. Lady had an 18-year-old son with a rheumatic heart. He was home schooled and she wanted an encyclopedia to help him with his learning, a rug for his cement floor, and paint to make his basement room brighter.
By the end of the show, I was an emotional wreck. Number Four was Queen for a Day....and got to go to beauty school and learn how to be a beautician....
All from one of the nicest night spots in Hollywood..The Moulin Rouge!
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DR JRand, that Queen for a Day episode was sooooo depressing...I don't know how anyone could watch that program regularly. I felt so bad for the gals who did not win (actually I was embarassed for the grocery store lady...what did they do with all of the money from the goods sold! I think hubby really had a gambling problem...lol)...and felt even worse for the fact that they all aired their wretched, sad stories on national television to be voted on!
And people think reality shows today are terrible!
And that host seems way too gleeful, as if he really dosn't give a hoot about how sad the stories are.
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Page Six Queen for a Day Dance.
(http://www.fiftiesweb.com/tv/queen-for-a-day.jpg)
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Jack Bailey tried to make it light.....but what do you say to someone who runs a grocery store with NOTHING to sell and no money in the till?
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Here's something to cheer Elmore: one of the neatest pieces of animation I've ever seen on YouTube!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3_SaQrzWyA
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Julie, could you go back and spell out Williamstown Theatre Festival in your list?
"WTF" is such an unseemly acronym. :)
LOL!
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Is that your technical answer? ;)
Because there's a b in both.
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Julie, could you go back and spell out Williamstown Theatre Festival in your list?
"WTF" is such an unseemly acronym. :)
Aww FJL, You never let me have any fun! ;)
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Oh, I love stop motion animation! That was fun DR Edisaurus.
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2. Lady had a 15-year-old son who had polio and he was in a body cast. She was a hospital gurney so she could take him outside sometimes.
I think she deserves to win. Turning yourself into a hospital gurney is truly an act of love!
;D
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I am not familiar with plasticine animation but I will be seeking out more of it. That is amazing to me!
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I delivered said package to my DH on the set; apparently this was a cable that was supposed to be delivered to the studio. But then I would have missed Mr. UPS and all these nice ditties. I agree, it should be a musical.
What would UPS stand for?
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Julie - LOL!
And thanks. :)
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We received some lovely Christmas cards from some lovely dear readers and a wonderful calandar from an animal lover from down under, featuring photos of endangered species from down under. And we still have managed to save a few of DR Elmore's chocolates for my friend when she returns!
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Queen for a Day
A day?
I've been a Queen my whole life!
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Good Afternoon!
DR elmore - I await my return from the provinces too. -Although, I have to say, I'm kind of surprised that I haven't gotten "antsy" yet about not being in New York City right now. In fact, I'm finding myself sooooooo in vacation mode. It's been great waking up each morning, and knowing that I have nothing(!) to do, nothing I have to do, and even nothing I want to do.
But I am looking forward to flying back to NYC on the first day of 2008. :)
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Was that package C.O.D.?
Was that address hard to find?
Did that polyester suit-
Brown beyond repute-
Conceal his tight behind?
Hehe... You said "package". Hehe. ;D
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All those delivery man ditties are great...I think someone needs to write a new show, U.P.S MAN: THE MUSICAL
Jose and I will be in charge of casting, please.
You can handle the West Coast casting, and I can handle the East Coast casting.
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This is the moment.
So says the Hoff:
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/512T4S70M0L._AA240_.jpg)
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Hehe... You said "package". Hehe. ;D
;D
Oh, I say it quite frequently! :)
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DR edisaurus - The plasticine animation is quite something. That clip you found is from a series of animations set to classical music. I also remember a couple of featurettes from grade school.
*And on a related note: I do like that new Apple (http://www.apple.com) vs. PC stop-motion animation ad. :)
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A few bars for Jose's and MBarnum's casting call:
St. Bridget deliver us to Beefcake Place
A place to be wicked and depraved
A neighbor is peeping through the curtain lace
Calling come ye inside, here's what ye craved
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You can handle the West Coast casting, and I can handle the East Coast casting.
You already "handle" the east coast.
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Beefcake
To paraphrase DR JRand57:
I don't know from "Beefcake."
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DR MBarnum: ;D
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You already "handle" the east coast.
Well, I believe you have some catching up to do then.
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*And on a related note: I do like that new Apple (http://www.apple.com) vs. PC stop-motion animation ad. :)
Love it!
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He's baked him a cruller and he's almost drunk
His dear arms reach out for your embrace
So if you have pity on that poor lost hunk
Oh bless you, dear St. Frigid
Deliver him to Bee-e-e-e-e--e-e-e-e-eefcake Place
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I think she deserves to win. Turning yourself into a hospital gurney is truly an act of love!
;D
Was of course should have been wanted.....but my verbs have always been troublesome. :D
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My mother used to watch "Queen for a Day" and another 50's reality-type show called "Bride and Groom." Anyone remember that one?
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Nine year contract: (7 year contract....renegotiations adding 2 years) total income for Annette:
$250,000 - including all years on THE MICKEY MOUSE CLUB, ANNETTE the serial, SPIN & MARTY and other serials, all Disney movies including THE HORSEMASTERS, THE SHAGGY DOG, and BABES IN TOYLAND, and all recordings.
$250,000!
Disney got quite a bargain there.
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Groovy Annette Page Seven Dance.
(http://cache.viewimages.com/xc/3206161.jpg?v=1&c=ViewImages&k=2&d=C037F202D99E30992EE0B67865ABC05EA55A1E4F32AD3138)
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I think DRs GINNY and EDISAURUS should wear their hair in that style.
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Anyone remember that one?
No, but if you hum a few bars...
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It sounds like a lot of money, but do you know how much hairspray costs?!!
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No wonder Annette had to moonlight at AIP.
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Dig those funky sunglasses!
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More Jose and Barnum casting material:
(tune of "That's How Young I Feel")
I have the feeling the show is casting
On body type, so you best start fasting
'Cause that's how weird you'll feel
Those singing lessons don't work, but darn 'em
The casting's run by Jose and Barnum
So that's how weird you'll feel
Better watch for Jose, he grabs
Any body with six-pack abs
Down there by the levy
Got a couch and it's reupholstered
Prepare to have your libido bolstered
If you've got buns of steel
Oh, Honey, 'cause that's how weird you'll feel
OK, next!
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TOTD
"Spamalot".
It's been a quiet year.
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And you know they didn't pay her nothing at that jackleg outfit. In fact, until 1964, all of the loan out money would have gone to Uncle Walt and Annette would have only been paid her regular salary.
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DR FJL - your songs are glorious.
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Thanks, Jrand.
Wait'll you hear them sung by our star, Angela Glandsbury
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My next sitcom pilot will be about a lawyer, loosely based on someone here that we all know and love, who always wins his court cases by winning over the jury with clever song parodies. :)
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Thanks, Jrand.
Wait'll you hear them sung by our star, Angela Glandsbury
I thought she took a bullet to the head. :D
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Lest you think
I this court
Pester,
Read my card
I be Court
Jester.
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More Jose and Barnum casting material:
(tune of "That's How Young I Feel")
I have the feeling the show is casting
On body type, so you best start fasting
'Cause that's how weird you'll feel
Those singing lessons don't work, but darn 'em
The casting's run by Jose and Barnum
So that's how weird you'll feel
Better watch for Jose, he grabs
Any body with six-pack abs
Down there by the levy
Got a couch and it's reupholstered
Prepare to have your libido bolstered
If you've got buns of steel
Oh, Honey, 'cause that's how weird you'll feel
OK, next!
Umm...
DR FJL - For DR MBarnum's benefit, I think you may have to use "Shalaka Baby" as a basis for your parodies. ;)
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"Shalaka Baby"
Is that anything like "Broadway Baby"? ;)
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Thank you DR FJL - it has not been that easy to find smiles lately.
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Didn't Elaine Stritch appear in Bombay Dreams at one point?
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Or was that in my dreams?
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I could do something to the tune of "Sari Grateful" or "Bolly High." Would that work?
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My next sitcom pilot will be about a lawyer, loosely based on someone here that we all know and love, who always wins his court cases by winning over the jury with clever song parodies. :)
And what would that series be called?
"Passing the Bar"
"Hello, Freddy!"
"Notes For A Scandal"
"He Sings, She Sings"
.....
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{{{DR Tomovoz}}}[/color]
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OK... Time to walk to the mall/movies. I think I'm going to see "The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep", and maybe even stick around for "Juno" or the sneak preview of "27 Dresses". We shall see.
Laters...
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Thank you DR FootLoose
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I could do something to the tune of "Sari Grateful" or "Bolly High." Would that work?
Or maybe "Hello, Dehli!" or "Krishna, I Hope I Get It"?
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Thank you DR FootLoose
Please don't forget the "fancy free" part. :)
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I'm already using "Passing the Bar (of Soap)" for my sitcom about Jose and Barnum's adventures in gym class at a pre-law program. So "Passing the Bar" is out.
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Here's something to cheer Elmore: one of the neatest pieces of animation I've ever seen on YouTube!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3_SaQrzWyA
It was quite lovely! And they all turned into a Central Pastry birthday cake!
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my sitcom
Of course, no episodes can be taped until the writer's strike is over.
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Don't forget the big eleven o'clock number when the brief gets caught in the copy machine and the lead sings:
Let My Paper Go!
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Oh, I love stop motion animation! That was fun DR Edisaurus.
The Verdi score didn't send you out of the room yelling for Bollywood?
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And they all turned into a Central Pastry birthday cake!
Or, as we like to call it around here [!], a "Birthday Happy" cake! ;)
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Hmmm... maybe we can just set 'em loose and make it a reality show.
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Page Eight Perry Mason and Della Dance - in color on CBS!
(http://www.fiftiesweb.com/tv/perry-mason-c.jpg)
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You already "handle" the east coast.
Jealousy, you green-eyed monster!
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Don't forget the big eleven o'clock number when the brief gets caught in the copy machine and the lead sings:
Let My Paper Go!
Change one word in that song title and you could be referring to the other kind of brief! :o
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Nine year contract: (7 year contract....renegotiations adding 2 years) total income for Annette:
$250,000 - including all years on THE MICKEY MOUSE CLUB, ANNETTE the serial, SPIN & MARTY and other serials, all Disney movies including THE HORSEMASTERS, THE SHAGGY DOG, and BABES IN TOYLAND, and all recordings.
$250,000!
Disney got quite a bargain there.
Yes, but he made her a Star!
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Didn't Elaine Stritch appear in Bombay Dreams at one point?
Well, some moron on either All That Chat or Broadwayworld.com where the really dim bulbs hang out thinks he/she saw Stritch in the "God Tha's Good!" sequence of the new film. So maybe Elaine is expanding her boundaries.
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Yes, but he made her a Star!
Indeed he did! A BIG BIG Star....bigger even than Ruta Lee! ;D
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Well, some moron on either All That Chat or Broadwayworld.com where the really dim bulbs hang out thinks he/she saw Stritch in the "God Tha's Good!" sequence of the new film. So maybe Elaine is expanding her boundaries.
Your boundaries are expanded enough.....especially yours! :o
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Change one word in that song title and you could be referring to the other kind of brief! :o
Wish I still had that dictionary someone gave me a long time ago. ;D
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I think DRs GINNY and EDISAURUS should wear their hair in that style.
Oh, DR JRand, how I tried when I was in high school!
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Your boundaries are expanded enough.....especially yours!
But what about his horizons? ;)
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....bigger even than Ruta Lee!
But what about Ruta Bega?
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LOS ANGELES — Some gifts from Kris Kringle are better kept wrapped.
A man in a Santa hat was arrested Sunday night for investigation of drunken driving after he was spotted outside Grauman's Chinese Theater in Hollywood wearing a wig, a red lace camisole and a purple G-string, police said.
"We are pretty sure this is not the Santa Claus," Deputy Chief Ken Garner said.
The suspect was booked into jail after his blood-alcohol level measured just above the state's legal limit of .08, police said. He was later released on $5,000 bail.
The man, who is 6 feet 4 inches tall and weighs 280 pounds, also wore black leg warmers and black shoes. His car was towed to an impound yard, police said.
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Oh, DR JRand, how I tried when I was in high school!
LOL.... :D
Boundaries, too, DR SINGDAW...especially yores! 8)
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I think DRs GINNY and EDISAURUS should wear their hair in that style.
Who says I don't? ;D
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Oh, DR JRand, how I tried when I was in high school!
Ginny, all you needed were a few orange juiced cans! :)
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But what about Ruta Bega?
And what about Rula Lenska?
"Friends from America are coming over!"
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Look at that Horizon.
I dunno, she still seems to be lying down, the way i see it.
(almost a Sugar Babies reference)
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"We are pretty sure this is not the Santa Claus," Deputy Chief Ken Garner said.
"Pretty" sure? ???
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Loved Rula Lenska in ROCK FOLLIES. One of my favorites.
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My mother used to watch "Queen for a Day" and another 50's reality-type show called "Bride and Groom." Anyone remember that one?
I remember QUEEN FOR A DAY vividly, but I don't remember BRIDE & GROOM.
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It really has been a pretty day outside today. When I went out to get the mail, it was cold, but not frigid. And no breeze so the air felt kind of good.
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I began my afternoon watching a WILL & GRACE episode from Season 2 while I ate lunch. It was the episode where Jack and Will go to NBC to protest the deletion of a male-male kiss from a sitcom. Some really funny lines and wonderful writing throughout the episode.
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Then I watched the first 2 hours of ZODIAC. Obviously, I still have a half hour to go. Several phone calls and some other issues kept interrupting the screening, but I am really enjoying it. The actors are really playing a fascinating series of characters, all so individual.
The film's look is kind of antiqued in those subdued shades of brown. The transfer is very nice.
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I ended the afternoon zipping through today's AS THE WORLD TURNS. The gay characters weren't on (Luke's parents were), but they did turn up in the previews for tomorrow.
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I will definitely be finishing ZODIAC when I go back down, and then will start it again and watch for the first commentary track. (There are two on this edition.) The second disc I'll probably wait and watch tomorrow.
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I'm thinking I might like to rewatch HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX tonight depending on what time I can start it. If there isn't enough time to finish it, I will start the second DVD in the ZODIAC set instead and save HARRY for another night.
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Your boundaries are expanded enough.....especially yours! :o
Who is clarkx or chekky?
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PAGE NINE DANCE!!
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Well, some moron on either All That Chat or Broadwayworld.com where the really dim bulbs hang out thinks he/she saw Stritch in the "God Tha's Good!" sequence of the new film. So maybe Elaine is expanding her boundaries.
Boy, I was being really bitchy here, and I have several friends on All That Chat whom I care for greatly: Milla, DR FJL, DR Julie, Alan Gomberg, Bruce Bossard, BK, and slingshaw and probably more I don't recognize. I apologize to all of you for my cattiness.
It's really all those tweens who need a life on Broadwayworld.com that drive me mad. Who was the beast Eponine you ever saw? Oy!
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Now I have to go into midtown for dinner. It should be fun.
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Psst, Larry - Don't forget singdaw; he pops up on ATC, too.
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Psst, Larry - Don't forget singdaw; he pops up on ATC, too.
Stop!
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Stop!
How do I type an inflection?????????
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Thank you, everyone! I'm sure DR Dakotacelt can use some as well: her father's death is more recent than mine and it's still torturing me. Some days are fine and some days I can hardly move from the pain of it.
With all the hoopla of the holidays many people forget that there are those who have suffered losses and, IMO, the holidays do make those losses more acute.
Hugs to all who need holiday support!
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I've been a Queen my whole life!
Doubt this will rate as "Newsflash For Today" :D
der Brucer
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Heading down now to finish up the first time through with ZODIAC and start on the second go-round.
WBBL.
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I really enjoyed the film. Scared me.
I truly liked this movie, too. I had read both of the books a while ago, and I though that David Fincher did a remarkable job with his direction. Great cast. Great attention to detail as well.
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Now I have to go into midtown for dinner. It should be fun.
For you, or for mid-town?
Just asking 8)
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How do I type an inflection?????????
Go to MS Word, pull down Insert...Symbol and you'll get instructions
der Brucer
I know the PC keycodes, but not the ones for a MAC
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The Beast Eponine I ever seen was a Beauty.
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I watched some television episodes that DR MBARNUM sent me.
MR BK - featured prominently in the prizes on QUEEN FOR A DAY is lunch at The Murphy House.....did you or any other DRs from LA ever eat there?
Never heard of The Murphy House, although I'm sure I lunched at dear reader Jeanne Murphy's house.
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Back from a nice lunch with the creator of the show, Town Without Pity. We had a nice long chat about it and other things.
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I find most of the posters on b'wayworld to be insufferable, and not just the tweens, although they certainly seem to be the demographic of that site. They are amongst the most illiterate, silly, YOUNG (and not in a good way) people, and perfect examples of their entitled generation. I occasionally feel the need to set them straight with factual information - they don't like it when I do because they know everything at fourteen.
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Why come does the weekly grosses not include totals for YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN. Is they embarussed cos of the big prices they charge?
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Avg ticket price of GREASE is $102.96? "Redic" - as Velma would say.
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Oh...DR EDISAURUS....I didn't think....of course the style is perfect for a preditor!
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Hmm... Well, I guess if Marat/Sade could open around Christmas, than so can the movie of "Sweeney Todd". ;)
And these Seasons Greetings films:
'Bad Santa' (2003)
(http://ia.imdb.com/media/imdb/01/I/80/16/90/10m.jpg)
'Black Christmas' (1974)
(http://ia.imdb.com/media/imdb/01/I/86/94/11m.jpg)
'Christmas Evil' (1980)
(http://ia.imdb.com/media/imdb/01/I/71/45/41/10m.jpg)
Die Hard 1988 (Xmas themed)
(http://ia.imdb.com/media/imdb/01/I/71/59/62/10m.jpg)
'Silent Night, Deadly Night' (1984)
(http://ia.imdb.com/media/imdb/01/I/55/40/32m.jpg)
Black Christmas' (2006)
(http://ia.imdb.com/media/imdb/01/I/59/77/71/10m.jpg)
And for next year:
Silent Night, Deadly Night' (2008)
(http://ia.imdb.com/media/imdb/01/I/49/01/24/10m.jpg)
der Brucer
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Don't forget singdaw; he pops up on ATC, too.
Perhaps he needs to wear a dance belt!
der Brucer
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Oh...DR EDISAURUS....I didn't think....of course the style is perfect for a preditor!
Or a stalker! ;D
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Hello, DR Megan. Did you have a nice Christmas?
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I recently sent this message to a few friends:
"Why?" was no doubt the first word as I exited the womb, and I have always been determined to find the answer. This is something that is an asset in that I have not settled for the easy answer or untruths, have learned many things (despite being a pain in the ass in doing so), and it has even been key to my survival. It has also been a downfall in that I don't accept things easily or let go when I should.
Now, there are a myriad of answers to "why?" depending on the circumstances (good and bad). I have come to the determination that a few basic answers pretty much cover it all.
My answers to "Why?" are:
--"Because"
--"Because I said so."
--"Because I'm bigger than you."
--"Why not?"
--"Why not you?"
--Because I am supposed to learn some lesson.
--Because I am supposed to learn to ask for help and not just try to do it all on my own.
My all -time favorite answer to "Why?' and which is quite appropriate and legitimate under certain situations is "Why? Because we like you!"
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DR Kerry, LOL!
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Today I discovered a wonderful forum for Westerners who are adidcted to Bollywood movies...people just like me!!! The place is http://www.bollywhat.com (http://www.bollywhat.com)
Oh gosh, once my registration is accepted I might never be heard from again! :D
TD, you will like it there!
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Well, my Sweeney Todd soundtrack CD plays fine on my work computer, both CD players here at home, and my eMac. We're curious to test it in DH Richard's car.
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Hi DR Laura- I had a great Christmas, thanks! We spent the day at Tommy's mom's house. We had a huge delicious dinner and just relaxed. How was your Christmas?
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Hi DR Laura- I had a great Christmas, thanks! We spent the day at Tommy's mom's house. We had a huge delicious dinner and just relaxed. How was your Christmas?
Downsized and quiet. DR Kerry came for dinner, and we played a game and laughed and laughed and laughed.
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... Westerners who are adidcted to Bollywood movies...people just like me!!!
Can they spell/type as well?
der Brucer
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Listening to the revival cast recording of The Pajama Game produced by Mr. Harry Connick, who should leave the producing to others who know how to do cast albums. It is no mean feat to make a twenty-two piece band (expanded from the show's twelve) sound like eight. And then there's Mr. Harry Connick the star of the show, and I'm sorry and apologize to his fans everywhere, but if I never have to listen to this cut-rate Sinatra wannabe again it will be too soon. If I want to listen to Sinatra I'll listen to Sinatra.
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ConEd: July NYC Steam Pipe Blast Caused By Pressure Anomaly
(http://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/industries/energy/article/coned-july-nyc-steam-pipe-blast-caused-pressure-anomaly_419595_11.html)
Well, an anomaly! Glad we got to the bottom of this.
der Brucer
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If I want to listen to Sinatra I'll listen to Sinatra.
But if you want to do a new recording......
der Brucer
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A new recording with a Sinatra wannabe? I don't think so.
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I do like the score of The Pajama Game, and I think I'll play the real cast album next. Also, really not impressed by the reduced orchestrations by Dick Lieb and Danny Troob.
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I gotta tell you.
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Whatever shall I watch this evening?
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A new recording with a Sinatra wannabe? I don't think so.
Surely a good producer could bring out some originality :)
der Brucer
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Whatever shall I watch this evening?
Your favorite James Bond film?
der Brucer
Your much too old for Harry Potter
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Today I discovered a wonderful forum for Westerners who are adidcted to Bollywood movies...people just like me!!! The place is http://www.bollywhat.com (http://www.bollywhat.com)
Oh gosh, once my registration is accepted I might never be heard from again! :D
TD, you will like it there!
Omigod, MBarnum! I've had that site bookmarked for quite a while, I thought that you had sent me there. . . . :-[
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One has the feeling that Mr. Connick thinks he is original, even though all one has to do is listen to know he spent his entire young years listening to and imitating not only Mr. Sinatra's phrasing, but his unique pronunciations and way of singing vowels and consonants.
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Will we never get to page eleven?
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Isn't it funny - this Town Without Pity fellow came home directly after lunch and searched the show here - I hope I wasn't too unkind.
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Also, he told me that the factual mistakes re films and years were actor mistakes, as this fellow is a stickler for accuracy.
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Oh, what a lazy day it's been around here.
I don't think I stuck with any task I started more than 15 minutes before getting completely distracted and abandoning it.
I was very bad today!
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Well, I'm leaving work early...just because.
Until later. :)
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I like Harry Connick, Jr. as a piano player, but, not much as a singer.
DR BK, you could listen to the Ron Raines recording of THE PAJAMA GAME, featuring your friend Judy Kaye. . .
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I'm sure I lunched at dear reader Jeanne Murphy's house.
And did she serve tuna salad sandwiches? :)
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I like Harry Connick, Jr. as a piano player, but, not much as a singer.
DR BK, you could listen to the Ron Raines recording of THE PAJAMA GAME, featuring your friend Judy Kaye. . .
I could if I had it. :)
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Perhaps he needs to wear a dance belt!
I heard that! :P
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I was very bad today!
This calls out for some kind of response. I just don't think I'm up to it at this point! :)
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I heard that! :P
All the way in Joisey?
der Brucer
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I just don't think I'm up...
See, the dance belt worked!
der Brucer
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Just returned from a very upscale and elegant restaurant in tony Greenwich, CT. I had a split pea soup to start, presented very chicly [is that a word?], followed by swordfish and scallops, followed by a chocolate soufle. Yummers!
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I could if I had it. :)
Spoo!
You want a PAJAMA GAME with Ron Raines? I could find a way to get one to you. . .
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Spoo!
You want a PAJAMA GAME with Ron Raines? I could find a way to get one to you. . .
Why not?
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I actively dislike this recording.
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Did anyone see the revival? Did it play better live? Michael McKean has none of the personality or fun of Eddie Foy in the original.
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Kelli O'Hara sounds okay.
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See, the dance belt worked!
DR dB - You are diabolical.
Sit next to me! 8)
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very chicly [is that a word
I'd go with tres chic.
der Brucer
But the dictionary does allow chicly
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DR dB - You are diabolical.
How can that be - I was a rigorously trained Anglo-Catholic altar boy.
der Brucer
Which, no doubt, explains a lot
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BK! You've got mail at the HHW address. . .
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I'll go look.
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BK is looking, I'll be going to watch a Pasolini flick on dvd. . .I think I shall watch his ARABIAN NIGHTS. . .
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But the dictionary does allow chicly
That must be DR JRand57's missing dictionary...
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This calls out for some kind of response. I just don't think I'm up to it at this point! :)
And here I've been, patiently waiting for a response . . . ;)
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BK is looking
He's having a little look see.
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Thanks for the Brain share, Bruce!
Hope the show managed to make a profit??
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Thanks for the Brain share, Bruce!
Hope the show managed to make a profit??
At NYMF? Uh, that would be a big, large, huge no. It was, as most NYMF shows were, a financial disaster, but that's how NYMF works.
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He's having a little look see.
. . .at La Pyramide Inversée?
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I gotta tell you.
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I've been waiting for a call to see if I'm dining out, but said call hasn't arrived and I'm bored of waiting.
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Will we never get to page twelve?
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Perhaps I'll go take a drive.
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Then again, it's quite chilly out, so perhaps I won't.
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At NYMF? Uh, that would be a big, large, huge no. It was, as most NYMF shows were, a financial disaster, but that's how NYMF works.
So the benefit is that you'll get other people now wanting to put on the show??
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Perhaps I'll make an egg.
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I will say the following name in the errant and truant department: Jane.
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The benefit from NYMF was having people see and enjoy the show, and yes, we got another production in LA as part of the LA Festival of New Musicals. And we came out of NYMF with a stock and amateur licensing deal which, when all is signed, will ultimately result in whatever money the show is going to make.
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Are we STILL on page eleven?
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My mother used to watch "Queen for a Day" and another 50's reality-type show called "Bride and Groom." Anyone remember that one?
I only remember "Queen for a Day". I'm sure I cried almost every time I watched it.
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Haha that sounds fun. My mother-in-law just got a new kitten named Chloe, and she hid behind the fridge most of the day. She finally came out to play with the dog toys, which angered Tommy's dog, and we had our laughs :D
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The Pajama Game is on its final track - hoo and ray.
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I will say the following name in the errant and truant department: Jane.
Hi! :D
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The big question is do I want to listen to Thou Shalt Not, which is included in this package on a second CD.
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Jane must have divined that I was going to bitch-slap her from here to eternity and hell and back.
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I must divine what I'm going to do for the rest o' the evening.
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To divine is divine and also divoon.
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I've actually been lurking a bit. You couldn't see me cuz I was on Keith's computer and for some reason it doesn't automatically sign me in anymore.
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elmore is sitting there like a herring in the moonlight.
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So it is written, so it shall be done - page twelve.
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We don't need no stinking lurking :)
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We've got lurkers aplenty.
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Brain Shares?
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Will we never get to page thirteen?
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Did anyone see the revival? Did it play better live? Michael McKean has none of the personality or fun of Eddie Foy in the original.
It played very well live - and was one of the toughest tickets to get for its whole run.
It had a very good cast beyond HC. And really transformed Kelli O'Hara into the "it" girl of the season. The role is so different from the part of Clara that she played in Light in the Piazza, and many questioned whether she could pull it off and was the right choice. But she really performed the part beautifully, inproving consistently over the course of the run. He, on the other hand, had a difficult time at first - he seemed somewhat uncomfortable on stage. And the final scene had him shirtless, which he seemed especially uncomfortable with. While he is not a great stage actor, he certainly was a crowd pleaser, and from what I understand, got thunderous applause after each performance.
As for the singing, it played really well on stage, but I think they "jazzed" up some of the numbers for the recording, as well as the other recording he made with Kelli - also very jazzy. Also, it was staged very well, so numbers such as Hey There, while perhaps weak as a purely vocal track, were much more compelling when watching the live performance. I don't think it translated very well from the stage to the recording. But in person, it was a wonderful production.
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After your drive, you'll have something new to listen to. . .
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Haha that sounds fun. My mother-in-law just got a new kitten named Chloe, and she hid behind the fridge most of the day. She finally came out to play with the dog toys, which angered Tommy's dog, and we had our laughs :D
I want photos! :)
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Jane must have divined that I was going to bitch-slap her from here to eternity and hell and back.
I did warn you I wouldn't be around, and I'm back sooner than I expected. ;D
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While lurking I saw loads of beautiful photos and learned if I'm ever in Richmond, I should eat at the main restaurant in the Jefferson Hotel.
Speaking of restaurants that serve a large vegetarian selection, MBarnum & JMK have you eaten at Toro Bravo in Portland? It is fantastic!
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Speaking of MBarnum, Allen made an important Fed-ex delivery today, only I didn't hear him. Se then called me on the phone to make sure I saw where he left it. You have such a nice brother. I needed that delivery before I left for an appointment today.
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Hi, Jane! Nice to see you back early.
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DR Julie - thanks for the Pajama Game report. Richard and I tried to get tickets for it - we were in NYC for our 25th wedding anniversary when it was in previews and opening. Nothing doing...
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Hi Ginny. If I had gotten out for a walk this afternoon, I wouldn't have had the time to stop by and chat. It would have been even nicer if I could have walked in the morning, before it snowed, as I originally planned to do. Alas, I had to stay home & watch Sherlock to let him out if he needed. He is having bathroom issues in the form of blood in his stools.
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It began snowing as I was headed into town to get a 24 hour heart monitor put on. Keith was kind enough to drive me, to be safe my car didn't get stuck on the road when I returned. Thank goodness, a neighbor's car did get stuck and there is no way I would have gotten around it. I wonder what the drive up my road would have done to the heart register-LOL.
Of course the day I go for the heart monitor the palpitations I have been experiencing since taking the anti-inflammatory, have almost stopped. I'm sure they will return as soon as the 24 hours are up.
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I only remember "Queen for a Day". I'm sure I cried almost every time I watched it.
Dear Jane, I would not be surprised to see you go through 2 Kleenex during the weather report :)
der Brucer
welcome back
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;D
Thanks, nice to be back.
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Alas, now I must leave again.
'night.
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I don't think it translated very well from the stage to the recording.
A good record producer fixes this!
der Brucer
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THOSE PESKY DETAILS (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,318539,00.html)
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Two days after the cat escaped and attacked three young men, Zoo Director Manuel A. Mollinedo acknowledged that the wall was 12 1/2 feet — well below the 16.4-foot minimum height suggested by the Association of Zoos & Aquariums.
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On Wednesday, Mollinedo said that the wall was 18 feet high, and that the moat around the tiger's pen was 20 feet wide.
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der Brucer
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DR Julie - thanks for the Pajama Game report. Richard and I tried to get tickets for it - we were in NYC for our 25th wedding anniversary when it was in previews and opening. Nothing doing...
I know! It took a lot of people here by surprise - just how much demand there was for tickets. I remember, on a whim, deciding on the day of the first preview that I wanted to see the show that night, and going to the box office a few hours before the performance to get a ticket. Usually, you can always get a ticket to a first preview. When I got there, not only did I find that the performance was completely sold out, but there was already a fairly lengthy cancellation line filled with people hoping to get a seat for that night. I knew right there and then that it was going to be a hot ticket.
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Hi Ginny. If I had gotten out for a walk this afternoon, I wouldn't have had the time to stop by and chat. It would have been even nicer if I could have walked in the morning, before it snowed, as I originally planned to do. Alas, I had to stay home & watch Sherlock to let him out if he needed. He is having bathroom issues in the form of blood in his stools.
I hope Sherlock gets better real soon.
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I'm hither and yon, I'm there, I'm gone, I'm johnny not on the spot -
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Good Evening!
I'm back from the movies...
"The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep" (http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/thewaterhorse/) - What a surprisingly touching movie this turned out to be. Yes, you do have to just forget about some "practicalities" while watching the movie, but I found myself swept up in it's story, and quite moved at the end. Alex Etel, who I loved in "Millions", plays another little boy who's dealing with the absence of a parent. Then add to that some of the machinations of World War II, and how the whole legend of the Loch Ness Monster began, and you've got quite the tale.
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I watched some television episodes that DR MBARNUM sent me.
MR BK - featured prominently in the prizes on QUEEN FOR A DAY is lunch at The Murphy House.....did you or any other DRs from LA ever eat there?
Well, Jack, I ate there almost every day until I was 17. Oh? You mean a Murphy House RESTAURANT? Never heard of it. My uncle, Niel Murphy, had several restaurants, but I don't recall any of them being called The Murphy House.
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Had an enjoyable evening of viewing/listening.
I began with the director commentary on ZODIAC. David Fincher had interesting thigns to say and few dry spells in his recitation. Some nice information about casting, locations, and use of blue screen for much of the period look.
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Then after a dinner at the Food Court at the mall across the way, I went ahead and stuck around for the sneak preview of...
27 Dresses (http://www.27dressesthemovie.com/)
It doesn't open officially until January 11, 2008. In any case...
Yes, it's a "chick flick", but it's a chick flick with a lot of heart. At least I thought it had some heart to it. Katherine Heigl plays a perpetual bridesmaid, who suddenly finds herself planning the wedding of her younger sister. Alas, her younger sister just happens to be marrying the Katherine Heigl's (at least her character's) boss. -Who she also happens to be secretly and hopelessly in love with. Then you add James Marsden to the mix, and, well... You'll have to see for yourself. ;)
The movie felt a little long to me, but it all worked. And I have to say that Katherine Heigl gets to wear some truly stunning dresses in this movie - as well as some hysterically fun and funny bad ones. -Thus the "27 Dresses".
-And on a personal note... Can James Marsden get any HOTTER?!?!?!?!?!?
(http://bp3.blogger.com/_BcAhLr85Pvs/RpPW2SihWOI/AAAAAAAAJco/D5sFrsuomvY/s400/heigl1.jpg)
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I also listened to part of the other commentary on the disc. The producer, writer, and author James Ellroy talking about the case and the way the film portrayed it. Jake Gyllenhaal and Robert Downey, Jr.'s comments were intercut with the other three men's chatter.
Tomorrow I'll watch the second disc which has quite a lengthy list of featurettes.
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My next sitcom pilot will be about a lawyer, loosely based on someone here that we all know and love, who always wins his court cases by winning over the jury with clever song parodies. :)
;D
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Then after a dinner at the Food Court at the mall across the way, I went ahead and stuck around for the sneak preview of...
27 Dresses (http://www.27dressesthemovie.com/)
It doesn't open officially until January 11, 2008. In any case...
Yes, it's a "chick flick", but it's a chick flick with a lot of heart. At least I thought it had some heart to it. Katherine Heigl plays a perpetual bridesmaid, who suddenly finds herself planning the wedding of her younger sister. Alas, her younger sister just happens to be marrying the Katherine Heigl's (at least her character's) boss. -Who she also happens to be secretly and hopelessly in love with. Then you add James Marsden to the mix, and, well... You'll have to see for yourself. ;)
The movie felt a little long to me, but it all worked. And I have to say that Katherine Heigl gets to wear some truly stunning dresses in this movie - as well as some hysterically fun and funny bad ones. -Thus the "27 Dresses".
-And on a personal note... Can James Marsden get any HOTTER?!?!?!?!?!?
(http://bp3.blogger.com/_BcAhLr85Pvs/RpPW2SihWOI/AAAAAAAAJco/D5sFrsuomvY/s400/heigl1.jpg)
I thouoght so, too, when I saw the trailer at SWEENEY TODD the other day. James Marsden is, for me, THE "it" man in films at the moment.
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Oh...
And "27 Dresses" was filmed in New York City. There were some great location shots which turned the movie into a sort of Valentine to the Big Apple for me.
:)
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Then after a dinner at the Food Court at the mall across the way, I went ahead and stuck around for the sneak preview of...
27 Dresses (http://www.27dressesthemovie.com/)
3 outfits short for a Singdaw month!
der Brucer
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Next, I watched once again HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX on Blu-ray. When I watched it the first time last week (or was it two weeks ago?), it was during the day. Tonight with my den completely darkened, the HD transfer looked stunning - sharp, crystal clear, and with wonderful detail.
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Oh...
And the scenery in "Water Horse" was quite stunning and beautiful too. And "they" did a great job of "combining" the location shots of New Zealand to look like the location shots of Scotland. The Loch looked magnificent.
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I ended my evening rewatching a film I've been trying to get to for months to see how it looked on the new TV: THERE'S NO BUSINESS LIKE SHOW BUSINESS. I let the Blu-ray player upconvert it this time, and it did look quite wonderful. I skipped around to the big numbers, but still didn't have time to get to them all. Marilyn's "Heat Wave" was as far as I got.
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3 outfits short for a Singdaw month!
der Brucer
Well, he wears jeans or slacks for Casual Fridays anyway.
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I remember QUEEN FOR A DAY vividly, but I don't remember BRIDE & GROOM.
(As Miss K would say), ditto.
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Of course, no episodes can be taped until the writer's strike is over.
Well, if DR FJL is not a member of the WGA...
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I thouoght so, too, when I saw the trailer at SWEENEY TODD the other day. James Marsden is, for me, THE "it" man in films at the moment.
Matt, he's only 24!
der Brucer
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Here I go again: when Miss karen isn't around I start filling in for her. How strange! I don't normally do this!
Could there be something to this soul sisters business???
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Listening to the revival cast recording of The Pajama Game produced by Mr. Harry Connick, who should leave the producing to others who know how to do cast albums.
The director who wants to take over the Johnny Mercer film mentioned that he would like to use Mr. Connick as the narrator.
I'm. Not. Happy.
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James Marsden is 34.
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The director who wants to take over the Johnny Mercer film mentioned that he would like to use Mr. Connick as the narrator.
I'm. Not. Happy.
I know, you want Clay Akins.
der Brucer
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Never heard of The Murphy House, although I'm sure I lunched at dear reader Jeanne Murphy's house.
I see BK beat me to the punch. This is what happens when you post before catching up.
How about a clever name for that phenomenon?
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James Marsden is 34.
Sorry, at my age you're used to subtracting at least 10 years.
der Brucer
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Avg ticket price of GREASE is $102.96? "Redic" - as Velma would say.
Redic indeed! Or course, the average price for Jersey Boys still hovers around $128.00! -Which means that none of their seats are sold at a discount, and that they still do a good business in the "Premium Seats" too.
As for Grease's average ticket price for last week.. Well, that's quite interesting too, especially since the attendance is listed at 80%. -And they were on TKTS too. So, I guess they also had a bunch of "Premium Seats" sold too.
Since most theatre's raised their prices to $125.00/ticket last week for the Christmas week rush, that probably contributed to their "high" average price per ticket. Alas, the regular top ticket price is now $120.00 or $110.00 (plus theatre restoraton fees), so... *And some shows will be going up to $125.00 for good starting in January.
-Yes, $125.00 is a lot of money, but I'm still amazed at how some of the road houses (the Pantages in LA, the Kennedy Center in DC, etc.) are charging more for their "regularly" priced orchestra seats. The Kennedy Center Opera House now tops out at $165! And I still remember seeing Hairspray at the Pantages four years ago, and that top ticket was $150!
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I know, you want Clay Akins.
der Brucer
I don't know about Clay Akins, but Clay Aiken will be starting in Spamalot in a few weeks in NYC. -And for some strange reason I want to see the show again. I guess it's what you'd call "The Bad Accident Effect". ;)
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And did she serve tuna salad sandwiches? :)
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Good one, Sing! See? You remembered!
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Well, my Sweeney Todd soundtrack CD plays fine on my work computer, both CD players here at home, and my eMac. We're curious to test it in DH Richard's car.
How old is your car/CD player, DR Ginny? Some older players get confused by some newer discs especially if they also have some embedded computer content on them, or if they have a lot of music/time on them. I have an old portable CD player that will not play any CD that has more than 60 minutes on it.
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I know, you want Clay Akins.
Well, he might actually be OK, but I prefer to use no narration whenever possible and let the interviews tell the story.
But I guess it's not up to me, at this point.
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But the dictionary does allow chicly
My dears! This is HHW; we invent whatever words we choose! Or lyrics, or...
(I was about to ask what's with all the inhibition, but thought better of it!)
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I've spent the last 6 hours making turkey carcass soup from the smoked turkey my brother bought for Christmas. I don' know how it will taste with a smoked turkey. I hope it is worth the time/effort.
My best friend is coming through town and it's her soup recipe so she will be a good test audience!
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Whether he's 24 or 34, James Marsden made a smashing Corny Collins in HAIRSPRAY, has gotten wonderful reviews for his work in ENCHANTED, and looked lovable and huggable in that trailer the other day. I also have very fond memories of his work in the X-MEN movies.
*I* think he's great.
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Going to write for just a little bit and then head back down to go to bed.
Good night!
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Well, he wears jeans or slacks for Casual Fridays anyway.
;D
With a pink top?
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As for Grease's average ticket price for last week.. Well, that's quite interesting too, especially since the attendance is listed at 80%. -And they were on TKTS too. So, I guess they also had a bunch of "Premium Seats" sold too.
NY POST - A YEAR AGO (http://media.fastclick.net/w/safepop.cgi?cid=73541&mid=199147&sid=17025&c=56)
* ROW Z AT $400 A POP
January 5, 2007 -- TIME to peer into the Shubert Alley crystal ball to see what 2007 has in store for the theater and, to quote the great Elaine Stritch, "all the charming people in it."
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Producers are in love with premium-priced seats. At some hit shows, premium seats, which retail for between $250 and $300, have crept all the way back to row U.
Screams one ticket broker: "How dare they cut into my business!"
Premium tickets speed up recoupment, level out ever-escalating weekly production costs, and make producers and creators of hit shows seriously rich.
The problem, though, is that Broadway has become like the rest of Manhattan: If you're not rich, you don't belong here. The orchestra section at "Mary Poppins" looks like an assembly at Chapin or St. Bernard's. Middle-class and working-class families have pretty much been priced out of the market.
Prediction: Orchestra sections at hot shows in 2007 will become the equivalent of luxury boxes at the Garden. Almost every seat will be "premium," with prices shooting up to between $350 and $400. Broadway audiences will be richer - and whiter - than ever.
der Brucer
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DR JOSE has made me want to see WATER HORSE.
And, yes, the boy is absolutely adorable.
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Good night!
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*I* think he's great.
I don't disagree - just trying to discourage the competition!
der Brucer
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But I guess it's not up to me, at this point.
Of course not - you have taste and must be discounted!
der Brucer
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Today I discovered a wonderful forum for Westerners who are adidcted to Bollywood movies...people just like me!!! The place is http://www.bollywhat.com (http://www.bollywhat.com)
Oh gosh, once my registration is accepted I might never be heard from again! :D
And from that day forward, Little Mikey Barnum was no longer "Little". Nor was he "Mikey". In fact, he was no more.
The prophecy had been fulfilled as it were. That magical, mystical smoke that Little Mikey had breathed deep into his lungs as a child, was suddenly exhaled. And in that puff of smoke, a whole new life began. A whole new world was born and discovered. A whole new land of people.
John Abraham. Tusshar Kapoor. Milind Soman. Dino Morea. Arjun Rampal. Amisha Patel. Mahima Choudhury. Ritesh Deshmukh. Mallika Sherawat. Kareena Kapoor. Sameera Reddy. Hrithik Roshan. Shah Rukh Khan. Priyanka Chopra. Katrina Kaif. Akshaye Khanna...
And as those last keystrokes transported him into the ether, into yet another world, he felt no fear, no anxiety. Even his kurta felt as though as if it fit better. As if it had become a second skin.
He was Home.
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Question for DR's with dogs...
I am at my mother's place this week and I have noted some rather unusual behviour of her dog. I did not notice it as much over the weekend but the last couple of nights she has been really restless. It is very unusual for her. She barks at almost everything and I am getting up from the chair every few minuntes to investigate and I find nothing.
Any clues?
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I echo bk in the closing of Virgin....
The big chains like Best Buy, Target and the store that shall remain nameless have poor musical selections.
It is a tad better at Barnes and Noble but I also miss the little music shops for they were eclectic and they often enouraged discovery and curiousity.
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And from that day forward, Little Mikey Barnum was no longer "Little". Nor was he "Mikey". In fact, he was no more.
The prophecy had been fulfilled as it were. That magical, mystical smoke that Little Mikey had breathed deep into his lungs as a child, was suddenly exhaled. And in that puff of smoke, a whole new life began. A whole new world was born and discovered. A whole new land of people.
John Abraham. Tusshar Kapoor. Milind Soman. Dino Morea. Arjun Rampal. Amisha Patel. Mahima Choudhury. Ritesh Deshmukh. Mallika Sherawat. Kareena Kapoor. Sameera Reddy. Hrithik Roshan. Shah Rukh Khan. Priyanka Chopra. Katrina Kaif. Akshaye Khanna...
And as those last keystrokes transported him into the ether, into yet another world, he felt no fear, no anxiety. Even his kurta felt as though as if it fit better. As if it had become a second skin.
He was Home.
I thought there was a writers strike!
der Brucer
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Well, it looks like we're all heading up to Fairfax tomorrow. I was actually thinking of taking the train up, but when I asked my Dad if he wanted to head up to Fairfax he said he had been thinking about it too. He wants to check out some car dealerships. It also turns out that my brother, Jay, is flying in from San Diego tomorrow, and since he's heading up to Philly on Saturday to spend the weekend and New Year's Eve and New Year's Day (his birthday) with his girlfriend and her family, it looks like tomorrow night will be the only time that the whole family can get together (since I fly back on January 1).
It actually works out great for me since I wanted to pay a few visits up in NoVA, and I want to be back here in Richmond on Saturday to help out with the birthday party for Steve's mother too. :)
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Question for DR's with dogs...
I am at my mother's place this week and I have noted some rather unusual behviour of her dog. I did not notice it as much over the weekend but the last couple of nights she has been really restless. It is very unusual for her. She barks at almost everything and I am getting up from the chair every few minuntes to investigate and I find nothing.
Any clues?
Is she sleeping where she usually sleeps?
der Brucer
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I will give Target some credit for carrying some indie films. They do carry a few films I would like to get including WIND THAT SHAKES THE BARLEY, AMELIE, and WATER.
Love Amelie....
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Is she sleeping where she usually sleeps?
der Brucer
She would normally sleep with my dad. However, after he passed away she refused to go into the bedroom and it has only been recently she has gone into the room. When I am home, she sleeps with me and normally she is a log and you can't move. However, she was so restless last night I nearly placed her off the couch but I didn't.
It has only been the last couple of nights where she has been really bad. She started sleeping with my mother in the same bed nearly two weeks ago. She would go in there and when I went to bed she would come to the cuoch.
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She is barking at anything and everything...
her basket that she sometimes curls up in is in the ususal spot as is her kennel with her food dish.
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She would normally sleep with my dad. However, after he passed away she refused to go into the bedroom and it has only been recently she has gone into the room. When I am home, she sleeps with me and normally she is a log and you can't move. However, she was so restless last night I nearly placed her off the couch but I didn't.
It has only been the last couple of nights where she has been really bad. She started sleeping with my mother in the same bed nearly two weeks ago. She would go in there and when I went to bed she would come to the cuoch.
Well, you Dad's absence, your presence - the poor things world has been turned about! She is probably just unhappy.
der Brucer
A dog's grief, like a human's, can go through different phases over a few months period of time.
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She is barking at anything and everything...
Maybe she hears a possum or a coon you don't.
der Brucer
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Good evening everyone!
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As for the closing of Virgin...
Regardless of how much money the stores are or aren't making, it really is more a matter of real estate than anything else. The L.A. and NYC locations are in prime spots. Location. Location. Location. Yes, business may be down, but the rents and taxes have also gone up at a higher rate than the profits have fallen.
Personally, I've always found the business at the Times Square Virgin Megastore to be quite "up" - at least there's always a good crowd of people in there. And there have been weeks when I've stopped in there every day, and I can tell that they most definitely moved some product off those shelves.
However, there is "talk" that Virgin may consolidate down to one store in New York City - they also have a location down at Union Square. But, again, this is more a matter of cutting down on real estate expenditures rather than the stores not making money. At least in my eyes.
*Then you have J&R Music World down in lower Manhattan. If I'm remembering correctly, that company actually owns the buildings they occupy - they are not leasing - and I know that helps a lot when it comes down to the bottom line. Additionally, they're still located in a "cheaper" area of Manhattan. -And I have to say, they've always had quite the extensive selection of CDs and DVDs (plus computers, home appliances, electronics, etc.). If they were more convenient for me to get to (it's at least a 30 minutes train ride with a transfer), I'd probably shop there more often - their regular prices are most stores sale prices, and they routinely offer new CDs at $9.99 during the first week of release. However, Virgin is 10-15 minutes from me, and the sales aren't bad either.
**I should also point out that different markets call out for different types of stores. The main place to buy CDs in Richmond is Plan 9 Music - a funky little mini-chain. Great stores, great service. Yes, their selection may veer more towards the pop and rock catalog, but they always handle special orders with a smile, and their selection of old LPs is always fun to browse. They are also a great supporter and promoter of the local bands in Richmond and Charlottesville. Dave Matthew Band and Carbon Leaf are two of their early discoveries.
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Thank you, everyone! I'm sure DR Dakotacelt can use some as well: her father's death is more recent than mine and it's still torturing me. Some days are fine and some days I can hardly move from the pain of it.
((((Elmore))))
I truly understand how you feel. I know my sleeping regimen has been up and down since then and osme nights I dont get any. I miss my dad terribly.
My neice and nephiew had picked out a christmas present long beffore he died and we still opened it. It is now hanging in an honored spot in the house. My father l oved John Deere tractors and it is a print of classic tractors that they gave him. He would have wanted it that way.
There has been a few times I wantaed to post the obit but I did not want to ruiin anyones birthday...
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Well... I'm babbling. And I should get ready for bed. We're planning to be on the road by 9:00, so...
Goodnight.
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Good Evening Ladies and Gentlemen,
I am your host for Snarkerpiece Theatre....
tonight presentation is called Snark and Snarjudice!
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DR EDISAURUS - I think since LEGALLY BLONDE opened all UPS men are required to wear shorts year round.
and here I thought they were shrunk in the dryer....
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As for the closing of Virgin...
The L.A. and NYC locations are in prime spots.
But the LA area has four Megastores serving a population less than NYC's 2! Also, the Times Square store is in one of the densest foot-trafficed areas in the country, where LA has everybody going to suburban malls by car.
Also note, the "brains" of the Virgin franchise sold out - the Megastores are now owned by a real estate company!
der Brucer
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With a store like Amoeba in the area, there would be little or no need to go to a store like Virgin. Amoeba's prices are better and their selection is much, much better.
I shop at Amoeba each time I go to L.A. and always spend a fortune...they actually have stuff that I would buy!
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DR Jose, you have made me smile and laugh a huge amount this evening! I adore you! ;D
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Anyone heard from Francois lately?
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This board always makes me smile....
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But the LA area has four Megastores serving a population less than NYC's 2! Also, the Times Square store is in one of the densest foot-trafficed areas in the country, where LA has everybody going to suburban malls by car.
Also note, the "brains" of the Virgin franchise sold out - the Megastores are now owned by a real estate company!
der Brucer
I also just have to wonder how much the internet (Amazon.com basically) has influenced the mindset of the "average" CD buyer. If Amazon has it in stock, why don't you? I'm sure there has to be some element of that besides the whole downloading craze (a craze I'm most definitely not a part of). There's just soooo much product out there right now. The amount of physical space to carry everything - at least Amazon.com's version of everything - and enough copies of everything is basically impossible. And more, importantly, unpredictable. Just how many copies of THE newest release should a store order for the first day, the first week of sale. -And does a store have to carry one copy of every "obscure" title just in case someone happens to come in a few days, months (even years) later looking for that CD?
I grew up knowing that there were times when I would have to get something "later". Alas, everyone wants it "Now". And they mean it.
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DR Jose, you have made me smile and laugh a huge amount this evening! I adore you! ;D
I adore you too, DR MBarnum. :)
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Jose, I have also heard good things about Waterhorse and I do hope to see it when it finally gets here...
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Nin sits atop the mountain peak in a 2005 photo provided by the Mount Washington Observatory,
Mascot cat retires from mountain (http://www.cnn.com/2007/LIVING/worklife/12/27/cat.retires.ap/index.html)
MOUNT WASHINGTON, New Hampshire (AP)
-- Neither strong wind nor high flames bothered Nin the cat during a dozen years patrolling the Northeast's highest peak as mascot of the Mount Washington Observatory.
It's retirement that bums him out.
The regal ex-stray with a bright white coat and black splotches was carried off the mountain Wednesday for the last time and will live with some park rangers in the valley below due to old age and a recent infection claiming the last of his teeth.
"He's 17 or 18 years old, so he's getting up there. We wanted to do the most humane thing for him," said Scot Henley, executive director of the nonprofit weather observatory.
Nin is moving in with Diane Holmes and Mike Pelchat, rangers at Mount Washington State Park, after years of petting and pampering from visitors and researchers alike.
der Brucer
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I also just have to wonder how much the internet (Amazon.com basically) has influenced the mindset of the "average" CD buyer. If Amazon has it in stock, why don't you?
The Megastore's survival depends on folks like us who like to "browse" and discover new possibilities - and that means lots of traffic (read "pedestrians" and population density added to large tourist base).
der Brucer
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The Philadelphia Story is a drool fest, I must say.
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And one for Miller!
Looks like DR Julie is mentioned in Milla's Dec. 28 edition of Today's Birthdays (as posted by Milla on All That Chat)
Today's Birthdays 12/28
Posted by: do_re_milla 12:01 am EST 12/28/07
Earl "Fatha" Hines Dec. 28, 1905 - 4/22/1983 the father of modern jazz piano, composer - film's The Fight Never Ends
Lew Ayres 12/28/1908 - 12/30/1996 performer - tv's & film's Dr. Kildare film series; The Biscuit Eater; Battlestar Galactica; All Quiet on the Western Front, Johnny Belinda, Advice and Consent, Of Mice and Men, Battle for the Planet of the Apes
Lou Jacobi 12/28/1913 performer - The Diary of Anne Frank; Fade Out - Fade In; Cheaters (Jack Weston, Doris Roberts); tv's & film's Irma La Douce, Arthur, Avalon, The Diary of Anne Frank, Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Sex; The Alfred Hitchcock Hour; The Defenders; Kibbee Hates Fitch; Irma la Douce
Hildegarde Neff 12/28/1925 - Feb 1, 2002 performer - Silk Stockings; film's The Snows of Kilimanjaro, The Three Penny Opera, Svengali, Bluebeard
Manuel Puig 12/28/1932 - 7/22/1990 Argentine novelist and screenwriter, source mat'l - The Kiss of the Spiderwoman
Dame Maggie Smith 12/28/1934 performer, mother of Chris Larkin, Toby Stephens, wife of Beverley Cross (1975 - 199 his death, Robert Stephens (1967 - 1974?) - New Faces of 1956 (Jane Connell, Inga Swenson); 1975 Private Lives (Remak Ramsay); Night and Day; Lettice and Lovage; fav film's The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie; A Private Function; Gosford Park; Sister Act; A Room With a View; Harry Potter Series
Bruce Yarnell 12/28/1935 - 11/30/1973 singer, actor; His widow, singer/voice teacher Joan Patenaude Yarnell, began the Bruce Yarnell Scholarship in his name, to award young baritones, and presides as one of the judges. Sang baritone roles at the San Francisco Opera from 1971 until his death. - Camelot; The Happiest Girl in the World; 1966 Annie Get Your Gun (Ethel Merman, Jerry Orbach, Benay Venuta); The Happiest Girl in the World (Cyril Ritchard, Janice Rule, Joy Claussen) tv's & film's The Legend of Robin Hood; Annie Get Your Gun; Irma la Douce; Outlaws; Bonanza; Hogan's Heroes
Denzel Washington 12/28/1954 performer - 2005 Julius Caesar; Checkmates (Ruby Dee, Paul Winfield); Richard III (in CP); tv's & film's Academy Award-winning actor: Glory [1989]; Malcolm X, St. Elsewhere, The Pelican Brief, Crimson Tide, Courage Under Fire, The Hurricane, Remember the Titans; Man on Fire; The Great Debater (FANTASTIC FILM!)
Malcolm Gets 12/28/1963 performer - 1995 The Molière Comedies; Amour (Melissa Errico, Louis Cleale, Christopher Fitzgerald, Norm Lewis); tv's & film's Adam & Steve; Caroline in the City; Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle
Happy Birthday to our own Julie Miller who produced "The Last Starfighter" in NYMF Fall 2007.
SHOWS THAT OPENED ON THIS DATE:
1927 George S. Kaufman & Edna Ferber's comedy The Royal Family opens at the Selwyn Theatre and runs for 196 performances. It's a thinly-disguised portrait of the Barrymore acting dynasty. The play will also have a hit revival with George Grizzard 48 years later, and be adapted as a musical by William Finn.
1938 Thornton Wilder has a flop with his comedy The Merchant of Yonkers, which closes after just 39 performances. He'll have more success with the revised version, retitled The Matchmaker in 1955, and even more success when the latter becomes a musical, Hello, Dolly! in 1964.
1944 The musical, On the Town, opened in New York City for a run of 462 performances. It was Leonard Bernstein’s first big Broadway success. Stars Nancy Walker, Betty Comden, Adolph Green
1954 Clifford Odets paints a comic picture of the Biblical Noah (of Ark fame) and his wife and kids as a bickering middle-class Jewish family. Menasha Skulnik plays Noah. It will run 135 performances at the Belasco Theatre and be adapted as the musical Two by Two by Martin Charnin and Richard Rodgers. It's Odet's final Broadway play.
1961 The Night of the Iguana - Bette Davis
1969 James Coco is the Last of the Red Hot Lovers. Neil Simon's comedy exposes a married man worrying that the sexual revolution is happening without him. It will run for 706 performances.
1970 Lovely Ladies, Kind Gentlemen but no audience. John Patrick's musical adaptation of his play based on the novel "Teahouse of the August Moon" by Vern Schneider will run two weeks.
1973 Scapin - Kevin Kline, Patti LuPone, David Ogden Stiers
1976 Fiddler on the Roof is revived at the Winter Garden Theatre in New York. Zero Mostel recreates his role as Tevye.
1978 Eugene O'Neill's A Touch of the Poet is revived at the Helen Hayes Theater with Jason Robards, Jr. and Geraldine Fitzgerald.
1979 The life of Piaf takes the stage at London's Aldwych Theatre. Pam Gems scripted this Royal Shakespeare production about the French chanteuse Edith Piaf. Jane Lapotaire stars. Gems would have another critical hit in 1997 with Stanley, starring Antony Sher at Circle in the Square.
1992 Tommy Tune Tonite! with Tommy, Robert Fowler, Frantz G. Hall
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My rant of the day:
Who told film composers that the music for every exciting/dramatic scene needs to sound like "Oh Fortuna" from Carmina Burana? It's really annoying. Stop copying Carl Orff & write your own damn music!
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Happy Birthday Julie!!! It's already the 28th here.
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They can't write their own damn music because the producers and directors keep using all those variations on Orff on their temp tracks, and the dictum is do it or be replaced. Some, like Randy Newman, actively tell the producers and directors what they can do with their dictum - he turns in his score and will not rewrite - and he's had several scores either thrown out or added to by other composers.
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Laziness and a monopolistic attitude of producers
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I sometimes think they lack vision
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- and he's had several scores either thrown out...
Undoubtedly "too many notes"!
der Brucer
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I sometimes think they lack vision
When the $60 THOUSAND "Blair Witch Project" can gross over $140 MILLION, who needs vision.
der Brucer
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I sometimes think they lack vision
No kidding. It's beyond old. Why they are so content with what's been done to death is beyond me.
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They can't write their own damn music because the producers and directors keep using all those variations on Orff on their temp tracks, and the dictum is do it or be replaced. Some, like Randy Newman, actively tell the producers and directors what they can do with their dictum - he turns in his score and will not rewrite - and he's had several scores either thrown out or added to by other composers.
That's really revolting.
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They could be slightly original & copy other composers instead. Mussorgsky comes to mind.
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They could be slightly original & copy other composers instead. Mussorgsky comes to mind.
He was good enough for "Weekend at Bernies" :)
der Brucer
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And where in the hell has George been Oh, nice to see George is here.
der Brucer
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bk should show up any minute whining about "Where is Page 16"!
der Brucer
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I had to stay home & watch Sherlock to let him out if he needed. He is having bathroom issues in the form of blood in his stools.
~~~Vibes for DD Sherlock!!~~~
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It began snowing as I was headed into town to get a 24 hour heart monitor put on. Keith was kind enough to drive me, to be safe my car didn't get stuck on the road when I returned. Thank goodness, a neighbor's car did get stuck and there is no way I would have gotten around it. I wonder what the drive up my road would have done to the heart register-LOL.
Of course the day I go for the heart monitor the palpitations I have been experiencing since taking the anti-inflammatory, have almost stopped. I'm sure they will return as soon as the 24 hours are up.
~~~Heart Vibes for DR Jane!!~~~