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Well, you've read the notes, the notes were both high in the sky, and down on the ground, and now it is time for you to post until the cows come home - they're currently high in the sky on account of smoking MOOrijuana.
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And the word of the day is: FLUMMERY!
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Nice benefit photos, bk. Thanks for posting the link! :)
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TOD:
The Last Temptation of Christ
Priest
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Topic of the Day:
The First Nudie Musical
;)
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TOD
I think it would be two films.
The Exorcist (I was underage when I saw it)
A Clockwork Orange
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Another one bites the dust.
Jose posted that Grease is closing Jan 4
Boeing Boeing
Young Frankenstein
Hairspray
Irving Berlin's White Christmas
Monty Python's Spamalot
13
Dividing the Estate
All My Sons Jan 11
Spring Awakening Jan 18
This must be the largest mass exit of shows I ever remember happening
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Another Grammy Nominations of interest to some
Category 14
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)
* Still Unforgettable
Natalie Cole
[DMI Records]
* The Sinatra Project
Michael Feinstein
[Concord Music Group]
* Noël
Josh Groban
[143/Reprise]
* In The Swing Of Christmas
Barry Manilow
[Hallmark/Arista]
* Rufus Does Judy At Carnegie Hall
Rufus Wainwright
[Geffen]
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A gravy tip from NY Times food columnist Mark Bittman:
Go over to Diner’s Journal to read the Thanksgiving post-mortems and you see a few quite sophisticated cooks using flour to thicken their gravy. And they’re complaining about lumps and mess. Cornstarch, people! Cornstarch! You use 1 tablespoon cornstarch mixed with 1 tablespoon cold water for each cup of gravy you want to thicken (you can use a little more if you want it extra thick but don’t overdo it.) Just stir until the mixture becomes milky; when your gravy is done, lower the heat, stir in the cornstarch slurry, and watch the magic. Add more, always mixed with cold water first.
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"Use the fork, Luke!!"
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/514QEVXAN8L._BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb-sticker-arrow-click,TopRight,35,-76_AA240_SH20_OU01_.jpg)
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And the word of the day is: FLUMMERY!
And The Song Of The Day Is: JABBERWOCKY
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Thursday....a bit of snow last night, but it is now all gone.
TOD:
Probably as previously mentioned by DR MS - A Clockwork Orange.
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Vibes to DR JEANNE.
DR CILLA LIZ.....sometimes that happens in the second act.....and wasn't Wednesday also a matinee day? Whew - so they were doing everything for the second time in a day.
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(http://www.parksidepapers.com/images/sm/SMX007D.jpg)
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TOD:
LIQUID SKY
PRETTY BABY
BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN
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Good morning, all! Another day of various and sundry complications, made easier by my decision to see the film DOSTANA on Saturday morning at 11:30. That means on Saturday I can take my computer down to Tekserve via taxi at 9, perhaps go to the office for an ohour or so and head to the East Village (3rd Avenue and 12th Street) for the movie.
(http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff302/HHWgroup/dostana.jpg)
Today, now that my schedule has been determined, I can attempt to assemble this new chest of drawers this morning (this will be grisly!), then head to the NYPL on a BABES libretto search, stop at the market, return and work on the Happiest of Fellows.
DR MBarnum, you have heard of twittwer: "Twitter" occurs whenever you open your mouth to communicate. :-*
Nursie, I suspect DD Bosco is eternally grateful to be alone whenever DR MBarnum leaves the house.
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Dostana.........
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Dostana.........
I had to go; I'm getting nothing but hatemail and threats from DR MBarnum until I see it. I tell ya, he's driving me mad. I'm hoping that if I see it and let him live vicariously for a few minutes he'll send me something nice and expensive for Christmas.
Have I mentioned I love love love my new computer?
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I'm up way too early.
I've caught up with last night's posts.
And I've a "Twilight-Zone"-ish image in my mind after reading Jose's descriptive remark "...in his blue-eyed hands."
What's next? Dyslexic feet? Teary-eyed chest? Laugh-lined butt?
:D
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Have I mentioned I love love love my new computer?
I have no recollection of your having done so....
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I'm now going to assemble a chest of drawers. I really hope the instructions don't require an engineering degree.
I need more meds.
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(http://www.parksidepapers.com/images/sm/SMX007D.jpg)
I missed stage 2. I have NEVER not "believed"!!! ;)
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I'm now going to assemble a chest of drawers. I really hope the instructions don't require an engineering degree.
I need more meds.
Wouldn't a chest of muscles be more to your liking?
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I'm up way too early.
I've caught up with last night's posts.
And I've a "Twilight-Zone"-ish image in my mind after reading Jose's descriptive remark "...in his blue-eyed hands."
:D
Isn't there a Stephen King story about an astronaut who comes back with blue-eyed hands?
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I'm now going to assemble a chest of drawers. I really hope the instructions don't require an engineering degree.
I need more meds.
Wouldn't a chest of muscles be more to your liking?
It would depend on how much junk and clothing I could store in it.
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Don't let my early a.m. lightheartedness fool you.
I am seething inside.
My TV stand arrived DAMAGED. One -- at least -- of the "safety glass" shelves is shattered. I discovered this upon removing some of the styrofoam packaging. BECAUSE it's safety glass, there was no telltale sound of broken glass.
Sigh and re-sigh!
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I'm going to perform my morning ablutions, get dressed and go to work.
I don't see any way around it.
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Thursday morning greetings! It's another go-through-files and clean-out-the-cubicle day for me.
TOD - Not that I ever saw the film in question, but when I moved to SW Ohio in 1973 there was great controversy in Hamilton County over Deep Throat. Sheriff Simon Leis and his staff went to a screening to determine whether or not they found it obscene. Then, they had to see it a second time, just to be absolutely certain. Yeah, right.
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I'm going to perform my morning ablutions, get dressed and go to work.
I don't see any way around it.
Except for winning the Powerball.
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So sorry, DR Ron Pulliam.
Hope the return and replacement is not a difficult process.
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Hello ... and good-bye (well, it is going to be a quickie -- wink, wink)
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Just checking in cause even though I've been lost in the E and T HHW black hole of gratuitous posting, you folks are not forgotten.
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Costuming the little theatre's holiday show has taken on a life of its own (might as well take a cot up there) -- period piece (Dickens-ish) so each character has loads of items -- hats, gloves, muffs, scarfs, etc. etc. -- plus a cast of thousands (well, 30 -- but to a small community theatre costumer that equates to a cast of thousands -- plus many hard-to-fit sizes and little details like sprigs of holly to attach to hats and muffs (the kinds of things I'd like to take a hat glue gun to but can't cause we're so small we have to reuse everything, velcro for check changes, etc.
Oops, -- sorry, TMI, I know, I do go on ... and on
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Just wanted you to know my E and T excuse had a sense of community service .. a benefit to the good of humanity -- you know, I wasn't sitting around eating bon-bons and watching soap operas to avoid you HHWayers...
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Uh-oh, I can hear DR RonnieP musing (or would that be grousing?) about my gratuitous mini-frenzy, so I'll stop ...
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... my holiday gift to him ...
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Sorry DR RonP.
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Off to the theatre!
Tah-tah!
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DR jose, those clearings of my cache did not help. So i really don't understand.
The only thing it did do was i had to re-log on to HHW. :)
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Speaking of Dickens-ish, I watched GREAT EXPECTATIONS last night on TCM. What a perfectly perfect movie it is! Putting aside that it leaves out over half the plot from the book, I think it's probably the best Dickens adaptation (I'm not counting theatrical or TV mini-series, though.)
Is it available on DVD?
Yes, it is! On Criterion (http://www.amazon.com/Great-Expectations-Criterion-Collection-Spine/dp/B00000F17E/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1228403291&sr=1-2), no less.
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The problem with "controversial" movies is that, what was controversial back then might not be controversial today.
That aside, I've always enjoyed:
I AM A FUGITIVE FROM A CHAIN GANG
CROSSFIRE
FURY
ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN
JFK
THEY WON'T FORGET (Wish they'd release this one on DVD)
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Movies in which dogs or other animals are killed are too difficult for me to watch, which is why I won't see WHITE DOG.
I won't watch OLD YELLER or THE YEARLING either.
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For those of you who pre-ordered my book [ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD: From the Secret Files of Harry Pennypacker], I was informed by my publisher that it started shipping yesterday.
Thank you and enjoy!
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DR Ron Pulliam, I'm sorry about the broken glass. IO know how frustrating it is in having your hopes dashed when the item arrives and in the time and effort comsumed to achieve satisfaction from the original shippers. I've been couting and sorting whatchamacallits, screws, bolts, etc for the last 40 minutes. Oy!
I saw DEEP THROAT a couple of times in Dayton in the 1970s; I still don't know if it's obscene. Sometimes unintentionally funny and sometimes very funny. Rude, perhaps.
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I know there are some fans here. NBC has announced that MEDIUM returns to Mondays at 10 p.m beginning Feb 2.
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I'm up way too early.
I've caught up with last night's posts.
And I've a "Twilight-Zone"-ish image in my mind after reading Jose's descriptive remark "...in his blue-eyed hands."
:D
Isn't there a Stephen King story about an astronaut who comes back with blue-eyed hands?
Sounds like a Harlan Ellison opus to me.
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So sorry, DR Ron Pulliam.
Hope the return and replacement is not a difficult process.
I have to schlep it over to CostCo tomorrow and HOPE they have another in stock.
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Good news about the book DR DRUXY.....I look forward to it!
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Good morning!
I stayed up way too late last night reading, so I didn't get enough sleep. Maybe tonight will be better. Cold but beautiful outside. Should be a nice day with highs again in the 50s.
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Yes, I read the news about MEDIUM yesterday. Very happy to see it return to its original Monday night slot. NBC has been threatening a Sunday night slot for years, but it's never happened.
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TOD:
MYRA BRECKINRIDGE.
It's a horrible movie, but I have always enjoyed watching it. It's the very definition of a guilty pleasure.
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On TV Tonight!™
CBS - SURVIVOR, CSI, ELEVENTH HOUR
ABC - UGLY BETTY, GREY'S ANATOMY, Barbara Walters special
NBC - comedies, ER
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With only 10 episodes left, I will be able to finish TRANSFORMERS today, but it'll go into the evening viewing because I have lunch plans with friends today. Still, I may have some time to watch something for fun before UGLY BETTY comes on, and I won't be watching it "live" anyway.
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Very sorry to read about your TV stand problem, DR Ron Pulliam. That's the kind of thing that would drive me batty, too. Hopefully, Costco can replace it.
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Very sorry to read about your TV stand problem, DR Ron Pulliam. That's the kind of thing that would drive me batty, too. Hopefully, Costco can replace it.
I do believe in CostCo
I do believe in CostCo
I do, I do, I do.....
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I'm at work...have been for about 35 minutes. Way too early to be "at work", but I've had a really nice brekkie of cheese omelet and crispy bacon.
I'm having a nice cup of coffee.
And I may do what I did yesterday....go down the street and get a three-shot latte. Just to get me through the morning, dontchaknow!
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On TV Tonight!™
CBS - SURVIVOR, CSI, ELEVENTH HOUR
ABC - UGLY BETTY, GREY'S ANATOMY, Barbara Walters special
NBC - comedies, ER
We're not getting UGLY BETTY. In that time slot is some post-game show. I'm guessing either the Raiders or the 49ers have a Thursday night game.
DRAT!
Oh, well.
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I have to schlep it over
Once I was a schlepper,
Now I'm Miss Mazeppa...
:)
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We're not getting UGLY BETTY.
We're not getting any coconut cream pie, neither. :(
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On TV Tonight!™
CBS - SURVIVOR, CSI, ELEVENTH HOUR
ABC - UGLY BETTY, GREY'S ANATOMY, Barbara Walters special
NBC - comedies, ER
This is Barbara Walters' 10 most fascinating people of the year special I think.
Was it someone here who said that, based on her selections, Barbara Walters is easily fascinated?
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On TV Tonight!™
CBS - SURVIVOR, CSI, ELEVENTH HOUR
ABC - UGLY BETTY, GREY'S ANATOMY, Barbara Walters special
NBC - comedies, ER
This is Barbara Walters' 10 most fascinating people of the year special I think.
Was it someone here who said that, based on her selections, Barbara Walters is easily fascinated?
Why should anyone CARE who her picks are? I find her specials unwatchable.
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Page Three Dance!!!
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I'm heading down now to get cleaned up for lunch out with friends.
WBBL.
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DR George - just got an email that my hard copy CD of The Glorious Ones is shipping from London tomorrow. :)
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Barbara's appearances while shilling her book have been especially painful for me to watch.....I usually just change the channel.
I still remember the resentment from her colleagues when she jumped ship from NBC to co-anchor the ABC Evening News with Harry Reasoner....and her one million dollar contract.
But to pretend that she still has any NEWS credentials left is a bit sad on her part.
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Generally, I do like Barbara Walters. She seems a fun enough person as evident on her appearances on David Letterman. And I find her interviews with celebs to be pleasant enough to watch. But, yes, she can also be very pretentious, self-promoting and self-important.
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I finally kind of have a day off, though it will be spent cleaning house and I suspect a new pile of review discs (including Mamma Mia BD) will arrive. I will now reveal my utmost geekdom to say that one of the DVDs I'm most excited about getting to review is The Best of Password. I hope it will have lots of the classic Ludden episodes.
I spent yesterday finishing choral arrangements for both The Falcon and the Dove (El Cid) and A Hero Comes Home (Beowulf) for my upcoming Pops concert devoted to film/Bway/tv themes.
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Last night I conducted my first joint choral/orchestral rehearsal for the Cantata/Oratorio we're doing for Christmas. Unfortunately one of my new, quite elderly trumpet players grossly exaggerated his ability to hit anything close to the appropriate note. I am hoping perhaps he figured out he wasn't able to play well enough and won't be back, or else I may need to gently suggest his talents might be best utilized elsewhere.
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my upcoming Pops concert devoted to film/Bway/tv themes.
I hope you worked up a nice treatment for the love theme from Death to Smoochy.
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The Best of Password! Great show......except when Tony Randall was playing.
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Speaking of game shows, I always used to love "The $20,000 Pyramid" with Dick Clark. :)
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I miss Laura DR and hope that she and her sister are OK.
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I know there are some fans here. NBC has announced that MEDIUM returns to Mondays at 10 p.m beginning Feb 2.
Thank you.
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DR MBarnum, Sherlock would love to play with Freddy.
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Good Afternoon!
I had a lazy morning. Then I had a rushed morning. And my afternoon has gotten off to a good start, and I have a break coming up in a few. Alas, it looks like my break will be filled with a flurry of activity. But I'm here.
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DR elmore - Post-It notes and a pencil will be your shelf-assembly friends.
*Or I could just come over after I'm done at 4:30. ;)
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Generally, I do like Barbara Walters. She seems a fun enough person as evident on her appearances on David Letterman. And I find her interviews with celebs to be pleasant enough to watch. But, yes, she can also be very pretentious, self-promoting and self-important.
Some plusses, though, are that when she left NBC for ABC, it was her way of telling the world that NBC was -- and still is -- applying double standards when it came to their practices regarding men and women after a "certain age." Men were glorified and women put out to pasture. I've still never forgiven NBC for what they did to poor Jane Pauley...just forced her off the Today Show so that Bryant ("I Love Me, I hate Willard Scott") Gumbel took first chair and they brought in blonde Deborah Norville to do news and later moved into Pauley's spot (and NBC laid a bomb there, they did). Katie Couric did to Bryant what Bryant did to Jane, and Matt Lauer never had a prayer of supplanting Couric. But even Katie Couric defected to CBS when NBC would not consider her as a replacement for evening news anchor. Not that Couric lit any fires at CBS or with the public as Dan Rather's replacement. But the point was made that NBC found aging men more viable than aging women and preferred to preserve their biases rather than engage in positive social changes.
NBC...boo...hiss...!
And I loved Walters' sticking-up for Rosie and speaking out when Starr Jones was trashing "The View."
;)
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But I'm here.
Did you get through "Abie's Irish Rose"? ;)
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And speaking of shows closing... Well, I can not say, I simply can not say. Right now.
:-X
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Speaking of game shows, I always used to love "The $20,000 Pyramid" with Dick Clark. :)
I posted my favorite interchanges from that show just a few days ago. "Not Tchaikovsky, the other one." "Beethoven." Priceless. (And correct).
The show was really lame with Donny Osmond hosting--one thing about Clark was that he could always hone in on a missed subject during the prize round, give the player one outstanding clue, and the player would usually get the answer. Osmond usually just stood there like so much fish (ooh, fish with legs, a Charles Darwin reference).
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Speaking of Katie Couric, her face is starting to scare me. It looks like not only has she had Botox up the yin-yang, but her eyes are weird now, too.
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Donny "Some of my best friends are gay (but they're damned to eternal hell anyway)" Osmond? ;)
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When Hugh Jackman comes to Broadway as Houdini, his first feat will be to produce DR JoseSPiano's missing keys.
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When Hugh Jackman comes to Broadway as Houdini, his first feat will be to produce DR JoseSPiano's missing keys.
Where, exactly, has Mr. Jackman placed said keys?
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I still find it very weird that i get "article not available" for every article i click on at TARsucks and realitytvworld.
I was wondering if someone could print the text for this article:
http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/julianne-hough-may-be-in-dancing-with-stars-next-edition-after-all-8083.php (http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/julianne-hough-may-be-in-dancing-with-stars-next-edition-after-all-8083.php)
Thank you!
Btw, it had been reported that Julianne Hough would not be on next season's DWTS so she could focus on her singing career. I think this would be a big blow to the show (i know she is my fav dancer) and to her career. I know she might want to be a singer. But to me she is just a good singer, but an exceptional dancer. The show would miss her!
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Speaking of Katie Couric, her face is starting to scare me. It looks like not only has she had Botox up the yin-yang, but her eyes are weird now, too.
Pull out a picture of yourself when you were 24-30 and hold it beside your face while looking in a mirror.
:D
Men "do" age differently from women...but the before/now comparisons can be quite disconcerting.
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I still find it very weird that i get "article not available" for every article i click on at TARsucks and realitytvworld.
I was wondering if someone could print the text for this article:
http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/julianne-hough-may-be-in-dancing-with-stars-next-edition-after-all-8083.php (http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/julianne-hough-may-be-in-dancing-with-stars-next-edition-after-all-8083.php)
Julianne Hough may be in 'Dancing with the Stars' next edition after all
By Christopher Rocchio, 12/01/2008
Julianne Hough's recent announcement that she wouldn't be participating in Dancing with the Stars' next season was apparently premature.
"I may have put my foot in my mouth when I said I wasn't going to come back next season," Hough told Entertainment Tonight following Dancing with the Stars' live seventh-season finale broadcast on Tuesday night. "I just meant that maybe I'll come back next season, maybe I won't."
The two-time Dancing with the Stars professional champ had previously stated she would not be back for the show's spring installment.
She subsequently reiterated the decision was "final" because she wanted to focus on her singing career and be "taken seriously" as a musician.
"Maybe I'll take a season off here -- like maybe this next one, maybe the one in the fall," Hough clarified to Entertainment Tonight. "But [I'm] definitely going to take one off to focus on the music."
Hough added "there's a chance" that she might still compete in the spring.
"We're still talking about it and everything," she told Entertainment Tonight. "So yeah, I said I might have put my foot in my mouth."
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I miss Laura DR and hope that she and her sister are OK.
Ditto with Vibes.
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And speaking of shows closing... Well, I can not say, I simply can not say. Right now.
:-X
Can we do a pool?
My guess is MARY POPPINS.
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Vibes to DR JEANNE.
DR CILLA LIZ.....sometimes that happens in the second act.....and wasn't Wednesday also a matinee day? Whew - so they were doing everything for the second time in a day.
Yeah, I know that happens. It wasn't a matinee, it was the first day on this stage. They didn't finish loading in and setting up until mid day and the stage in the Orpheum is smaller tham a lot of other places so there were a couple spots where you could tell they were still adjusting.
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When Hugh Jackman comes to Broadway as Houdini, his first feat will be to produce DR JoseSPiano's missing keys.
Where, exactly, has Mr. Jackman placed said keys?
I hope they're not where Houdini was wont to hide his.
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Page Four Waitin' for the concrete to dry Dance:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v130/WandaDuck/MaryPoppins2006015.jpg)
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Thanks for a nice chuckle, DR DtM!!! :D
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Well the Spamalot second act may have been lacking in energy last night, but the Clark Transfer semis sure saw some excitement. A man was chasing his estranged wife in the car ramming into her as she drove down the street. It ended when she crashed into a light pole and he hit a parked semi-trailer.....one of the Spamalot trucks. Then he shot at her car hitting her in the arm...police arrived and he killed himself. The semis are in the news coverage. Luckily it wasn't the one that has the Spamalot logo on it. That's parked downtown.
Here's a link to some TV coverage. http://www.kmeg.com/default.asp Right now the video is on the right - the tractor trailers are at the end. They just look like tractor trailers, but you can see the whole drama played out right in front of them
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OK, back to work
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TOD
THE MOON IS BLUE (much ado about nothing)
CRUISING (the truth hurts!)
der Brucer
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Wowza! I was confused by how big my box of screeners was today, since I was only expecting 3 BD's--well it turns out I got the new huge Collector's Edition Blu-ray of Casablanca. It's a most impressive boxed set, with a hardback book and, in the kind-of-silly department, faux leather passport holder and luggage tags. Looks like it's a HD port of the previous deluxe SD extras, will have more to say later. Off to watch!
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My goodness, I slept eleven and a half hours - a REAL eleven and a half hours. I guess if we divide that by two (for the night I didn't sleep at all) we get close to six hours, but boy I guess I needed that. I barely remember even getting into bed. And now, I must go do my errands and whatnot and that will be that for the day.
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Thank you very much DR RonP. I actually tried to see if that story was anywhere else, but i couldn't find it.
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Good Afternoon!
Well... I thought I was going to have a break... But I'm not complaining. Far from it. :)
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DR Jennifer - Have you tried downloading another browser? -My apologies if that has already been suggested.
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And as for the "show" that is closing, well... ::)
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(http://www.parksidepapers.com/images/sm/SMX013.jpg)
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Christmas Gifts for my PC frends:
(http://www.independent.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00094/pg-16-Reindeer_94544t.jpg)
Ikea sells reindeer salami and reindeer slices in its Swedish food hall, which features other national dishes such as rye bread, meatballs, and almond cake
der Brucer
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You are too kind DR DerBrucer.
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Once again, the elevator in my building is screwed up. I don't know why the idiot maintenance men who have been in the past two weeks are incapable of accomplishing anything that works. I reported it to the super, who got pissed at me and closed his door in my face, so after I carried three bages of groceries, an 8-lb carton from UPS and two packages up three flights of stairs, I just a sent a seething email to the management of the building. Stupid asses.
So much for the super's Christmas bonus.
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And back to the chest of drawers. The frame is assembled now and looking great. All I have left are the drawers to put together. My trip to the library was nice, too, although I cannot tell how the Toronto production of BABES IN TOYLAND in 1925 had all the scenes listed in their program (14 changes) and still used the traditional stock-amateur libretto.
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(http://picayune.uclick.com/comics/myth/2008/myth081204.jpg)
der Brucer
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And speaking of shows closing... Well, I can not say, I simply can not say. Right now.
:-X
Can we do a pool?
My guess is MARY POPPINS.
Either that or AVENUE Q.
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And if MARY POPPINS does close, will Disney move THE LION KING back to the New Amsterdam? Why pay rent to the Minskoff when they have an empty theater?
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I got 8 episodes of TRANSFORMERS watched this afternoon. Only 2 left! Hooray!
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On the subject of that CASABLANCA Blu-ray:
I'm just a little bit resentful that Warners didn't (yet) provide for a single Blu-ray of the film (as the HD-DVD was) instead of making folks who want it in HD pony up for that expensive collector's box. Yes, I know the new Blu-ray has a second disc of the Jack Warner documentary (in DVD, not Blu-ray as I understand it), but I don't need those extras, nice and fun as they may be. I'd just want the movie, but I'm not paying a premium price for a set I don't want just to get a HD version of the movie.
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I got the firmware upgrades for the PS3 and the Samsung 1500 installed this afternoon, and both are running beautifully. I popped in FOR YOUR EYES ONLY in the Samsung to make sure it would play now (the other Bonds played perfectly before the upgrade; this one now plays without a hiccup).
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To end the afternoon, I popped in HELLO, DOLLY and watched "Put on Your Sunday Clothes" in honor of WALL-E. I had been meaning to play the number ever since I reviewed WALL-E, and just now got around to it.
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Back from errands and whatnot. Packaged up some orders and will ship those out shortly, then that's it save for some telephonic calls.
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I think I'll stick to it and not do the long jog today, even though it feels weird not to. I think I just need the day to rest and not push. Then tomorrow, I'll be back to it.
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On TV Tonight!?
CBS - SURVIVOR, CSI, ELEVENTH HOUR
ABC - UGLY BETTY, GREY'S ANATOMY, Barbara Walters special
NBC - comedies, ER
This is Barbara Walters' 10 most fascinating people of the year special I think.
Was it someone here who said that, based on her selections, Barbara Walters is easily fascinated?
A god friend of mine, Darcy, edited the segments on Will Smith, Frank Langella, Sarah Palin & The Most Fascinating Person (she wouldn't say who, though!). I'm just glad that Sarah is not the most fascinating person!
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Back from errands and whatnot. Packaged up some orders and will ship those out shortly, then that's it save for some telephonic calls.
I hope one of those packages is a Sparkling Prize
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Heading down now to finish TRANSFORMERS and then watch something for fun. At this point, I have no idea what that will be.
WBBL.
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And I've a "Twilight-Zone"-ish image in my mind after reading Jose's descriptive remark "...in his blue-eyed hands."
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I know there are some fans here. NBC has announced that MEDIUM returns to Mondays at 10 p.m beginning Feb 2.
Yay!! ;D
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DR George - just got an email that my hard copy CD of The Glorious Ones is shipping from London tomorrow. :)
Cool! :D
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Back from shipping packages (and Arnold you must send your address if you want a package).
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Good Evening!
I'm back home... And I beat the rain! Whew!
*Alas, I had planned to attend the Cupcake Party (http://www.rsscalendar.com/View.aspx?k=5c7f296d60eddef7ad1b8a7da2bcb99e) tonight at White Rabbit down in the Lower East Side, but after having a slightly longer afternoon than originally scheduled... and now that the rain has started, well...
**And there happened to be a box of cupcakes this afternoon at the casting office today, so... Just sayin'. :)
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Back from shipping packages (and Arnold you must send your address if you want a package).
Back from shipping packages (and Arnold you must send your address if you want a package).
The Package should be sent to
(Address deleted for safety's sake - BK)
Thank You
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And as for the forthcoming "closing" announcement, well... I'm sorry for dangling that bit of news out there. I'm also sorry for using the word "closing", since it's not really a closing of a show that is involved. However, I thought the official press announcement was supposed to occur this afternoon, but it appears that it hasn't, so...
We will all just have to wait.
;)
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DR ArnoldMBrockman - You may want to delete that post and send a Private Message to bk. -Unless you want to have your home address out there for all the "phishers".
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bk - Or you could delete the post once you've copied down the address.
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DR Ron Pulliam - I believe in CostCo too. :)
*And I do hope they an in-stock replacement. I know that you can check stock online via CostCo.com for the stores in Virginia. Do you have that capability in the Bay Area?
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And if there are any DRs who are still thinking about planning a trip for the holidays, now is a good time to start shopping for airfares. From the various e-mails and alerts I've been receiving over the past couple of days, it looks like the airlines are trying to fill those planes up. I've seen more than one offer for round-trip trips between JFK and LAX going for around $300, and some of the VirginAmerica FIRST CLASS fares are also steals depending upon your itinerary.
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I've just finished the chest of drawers! All in all, it took me about 7 hours, and that's too much time out of my life.
I must say, though, it looks good!
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Jose, the news is everywhere now - just not official.
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I've just finished the chest of drawers! All in all, it took me about 7 hours, and that's too much time out of my life.
I must say, though, it looks good!
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Don't know where your image is, but we can now post photographs here again without Photobucket, although use the latter if you can so we don't fill up space so fast.
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elmore, I've been so zonked I must have missed the post about your new computer - what did you buy? Did you get - FINALE? :)
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Listening to CDs. Ate a foot-long Subway turkey sandwich for late lunch.
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It actually wasn't very good - I must have gotten used to the really good food I was eating in NY - with no fast food for ten days I guess that can happen.
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Jose, the news is everywhere now - just not official.
OK. Well, if you wish to share the news...
*And even though it is not closing in January, DR Michael S left off the limited run of The Seagull which closes as scheduled on December 21.
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elmore, I've been so zonked I must have missed the post about your new computer - what did you buy? Did you get - FINALE? :)
I could always loan him my copy. ;D
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And as for Finale...
I do use Finale, but I also use PrintMusic - which is Finale's "younger brother/sister" - and it's also $300 cheaper. Since the file formats are compatible between all of the various Finale products, I usually will start a file in PrintMusic, and then pretty it up in Finale. I find the PrintMusic interface a bit more user-friendly and intuitive since it does not include all those bells and whistles in Finale which I don't use.
*And if you buy Finale at the Juilliard Bookstore, you can buy it at the Educational Price.
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DR ArnoldMBrockman - You may want to delete that post and send a Private Message to bk. -Unless you want to have your home address out there for all the "phishers".
Or pishers, as the case may be!
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DR Ron Pulliam - I believe in CostCo too. :)
*And I do hope they an in-stock replacement. I know that you can check stock online via CostCo.com for the stores in Virginia. Do you have that capability in the Bay Area?
I truly do not know. I can look later this evening. Otherwise, I'll learn tomorrow a.m. when I return the defective one.
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And I've a "Twilight-Zone"-ish image in my mind after reading Jose's descriptive remark "...in his blue-eyed hands."
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EXCELLENT visual, DR Edisaurus....now I can really have a nightmare. :)
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On TV Tonight!™
CBS - SURVIVOR, CSI, ELEVENTH HOUR
ABC - UGLY BETTY, GREY'S ANATOMY, Barbara Walters special
NBC - comedies, ER
This is Barbara Walters' 10 most fascinating people of the year special I think.
Was it someone here who said that, based on her selections, Barbara Walters is easily fascinated?
Entertainment Weekly said that although the number one choice was still "top secret;" it was a pretty safe bet that it would not be Rosie O'Donnell.
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Good Afternoon!
I had a lazy morning. Then I had a rushed morning. And my afternoon has gotten off to a good start, and I have a break coming up in a few. Alas, it looks like my break will be filled with a flurry of activity. But I'm here.
And some people said she's sincere.
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I'll let the word become official, Jose. It's just been on all the usual sites - as soon as I heard the rumor I looked on the usual sites. I guess someone talked to someone on the creative team, although I'd first heard about it at the benefit.
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And speaking of shows closing... Well, I can not say, I simply can not say. Right now.
:-X
What's left?
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Thursday night comedies!
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I'll let the word become official, Jose. It's just been on all the usual sites - as soon as I heard the rumor I looked on the usual sites. I guess someone talked to someone on the creative team, although I'd first heard about it at the benefit.
Well, since I missed the benefit and I only read HHW, could someone please send me a PM!
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elmore, I've been so zonked I must have missed the post about your new computer - what did you buy? Did you get - FINALE? :)
The FINALE begins when I get back from holiday on Dec 30. I had a nice discussion yesterday with my tutor; I needed to find out which version of Finale I needed. No one he knows is using Finale 2009, and the PHI copyists use Finale 2006. So we'll begin with Finale 2006.
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I'll let the word become official, Jose. It's just been on all the usual sites - as soon as I heard the rumor I looked on the usual sites. I guess someone talked to someone on the creative team, although I'd first heard about it at the benefit.
GREASE (http://www.playbill.com/news/article/123919.html)?
;)
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I'll let the word become official, Jose. It's just been on all the usual sites - as soon as I heard the rumor I looked on the usual sites. I guess someone talked to someone on the creative team, although I'd first heard about it at the benefit.
GREASE (http://www.playbill.com/news/article/123919.html)?
;)
That's old news.
*However, there is a connection.
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I'll let the word become official, Jose. It's just been on all the usual sites - as soon as I heard the rumor I looked on the usual sites. I guess someone talked to someone on the creative team, although I'd first heard about it at the benefit.
GREASE (http://www.playbill.com/news/article/123919.html)?
;)
That was already announced.
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I'll let the word become official, Jose. It's just been on all the usual sites - as soon as I heard the rumor I looked on the usual sites. I guess someone talked to someone on the creative team, although I'd first heard about it at the benefit.
GREASE (http://www.playbill.com/news/article/123919.html)?
;)
That's old news.
*However, there is a connection.
Oh my gosh! It's the London production of SOUND OF MUSIC!
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Is there any reason to come to Broadway after January?
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Is there any reason to come to Broadway after January?
Me, Ben, singdaw, Dan(the Man) maybe, FJL,Jose, vixmom . . .
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Is there any reason to come to Broadway after January?
Me, Ben, singdaw, Dan(the Man) maybe, FJL,Jose, vixmom . . .
Now, I was very careful to say Broadway, not New York. I am well aware of the treasured friendships in New York.
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Am I the only person that since election day has been bombarded with racial-stereotype jokes from their supposedly liberal and non-prejudicial friends? In the last few days I have received The New White House Secret Service Agent... The new White House garden..... and the new Presidential limo. I am shocked!
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I guess I'll figure out what DVD I should watch this evening. I have a German set of Alfred Hitchcock Hours (unreleased in the States) - this is volume two (not sure if there's a volume three yet) and it contains the classic An Unlocked Window episode ("you're such a pretty nurse"). Or, maybe I'll take a drive instead and then come home and just listen to CDs. Maybe not. I've also got Lelouch's La Bonne Annee (Happy New Year) to watch - I haven't seen it in a few years (since the Image DVD came out) and I do love it. I think there are a few other things to look at including episodes of Riverboat, which I've never seen.
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Is there any reason to come to Broadway after January?
Me, Ben, singdaw, Dan(the Man) maybe, FJL,Jose, vixmom . . .
Now, I was very careful to say Broadway, not New York. I am well aware of the treasured friendships in New York.
Well, since there's a (slim) chance I'll have a show after January, well...
But in the meantime...
SOUL OF SHAOLIN
THE AMERICAN PLAN
HEDDA GABLER - with Mary-Louise Parker, Michael Cerveris, Paul Sparks, Peter Stormare
YOU'RE WELCOME AMERICA. A FINAL NIGHT WITH GEORGE W BUSH - Will Ferrell's new show.
THE STORY OF MY LIFE - with Malcom Gets and Will Chase
GUYS AND DOLLS
HAIR
REASONS TO BE PRETTY
IMPRESSIONISM - with Joan Allen and Jeremy Irons
WEST SIDE STORY
BLITHE SPIRIT - with Angela Lansbury, Christine Ebersole, Jayne Atkinson, Rupert Everett and Simon Jones
ACCENT ON YOUTH
9 TO 5: THE MUSICAL
WAITING FOR GODOT - with Bill Irwin and Nathan Lane
MARY STUART - with Janet McTeer and Harriet Walter
Plus, the continuing runs of:
August: Osage County
Avenue Q
Billy Elliot
Chicago
Gypsy (through March)
In the Heights
Jersey Boys
Mamma Mia!
Mary Poppins
Pal Joey (through mid-February)
Shrek
South Pacific
Speed the Plow (through the end of February)
The 39 Steps (which will transfer to the Helen Hayes)
The Lion King
The Little Mermaid
The Phantom of the Opera
Wicked
;)
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Am I the only person that since election day has been bombarded with racial-stereotype jokes from their supposedly liberal and non-prejudicial friends? In the last few days I have received The New White House Secret Service Agent... The new White House garden..... and the new Presidential limo. I am shocked!
I haven't received or heard any racist jokes since the election. I certainly got a lot of horrifying anti-Obama/racist crap from the Southwestern Ohio Republicans that my brother passed on to me in September and October.
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*And there is a "hint" in my previous post. ;)
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Is there any reason to come to Broadway after January?
Me, Ben, singdaw, Dan(the Man) maybe, FJL,Jose, vixmom . . .
Now, I was very careful to say Broadway, not New York. I am well aware of the treasured friendships in New York.
Well, since there's a (slim) chance I'll have a show after January, well...
But in the meantime...
BLITHE SPIRIT - with Angela Lansbury and Rupert Everett
Well, you talked me right into that.
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*And there is a "hint" in my previous post. ;)
Only if I had a copy of THE NEW YORK TIMES in front of me.
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ALL MY SONS?
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ALL MY SONS?
No, that's a limited run too. Closes January 11, 2009.
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Well, since there's a (slim) chance I'll have a show after January, well...
But in the meantime...
BLITHE SPIRIT - with Angela Lansbury and Rupert Everett
Well, you talked me right into that.
It's currently scheduled to start previews February 26 at the Shubert Theatre.
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ALL MY SONS?
No, that's a limited run too. Closes January 11, 2009.
Damn!
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DR Jose - South Pacific isn't in your list. Say it isn't so.
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EXCELLENT visual, DR Edisaurus....now I can really have a nightmare. :)
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;D I was not about to look at the photo again :)
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DR Jose - South Pacific isn't in your list. Say it isn't so.
Please, pardon my omission. -Correction to follow.
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I have not received any racist jokes, now or during the election.
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I have not received any racist jokes, now or during the election.
I guess I must have the wrong friends then.
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DR Jose - South Pacific isn't in your list. Say it isn't so.
...But what I will say is that it's more of a "closing out of town" situation.
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And if there are any DRs who are still thinking about planning a trip for the holidays, now is a good time to start shopping for airfares. From the various e-mails and alerts I've been receiving over the past couple of days, it looks like the airlines are trying to fill those planes up. I've seen more than one offer for round-trip trips between JFK and LAX going for around $300, and some of the VirginAmerica FIRST CLASS fares are also steals depending upon your itinerary.
Where are these deals? As far as I can tell they aren't on the flights to Medford.
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DR Jose - South Pacific isn't in your list. Say it isn't so.
...But what I will say is that it's more of a "closing out of town" situation.
ROAD SHOW?
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Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh....................
SHREK
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...And I have to say that Christian Campbell ("Trick", "Reefer Madness", tick, tick... boom) is sooo cute, nice, sexy, smart and talented in person. -Especially when you end up giving him an impromptu coaching/work/teaching session for an hour. :)
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Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh....................
SHREK
Oh, I meant to include Shrek too on the previous list. SPOO!!!
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DR Jose - South Pacific isn't in your list. Say it isn't so.
...But what I will say is that it's more of a "closing out of town" situation.
ROAD SHOW?
That's off-Broadway with no plans to transfer uptown.
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Although, with some of the "buzz" and ticket sales (advance and otherwise) of some of the currently running and incoming shows - coupled with the current national and global economic situation, alas, it appears that even some of the "sure things" may not be so sure.
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PAGE SEVEN
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PAGE SEVEN CHRISTIAN CAMPBELL DANCE!!!!
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*He's sporting a crew cut right now. Very fetching. ;)
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My ear is getting blocked up and my throat is really hurting.
This does not please me. Oh no, it does not please me at all.
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DR Jennifer - Have you tried downloading another browser? -My apologies if that has already been suggested.
I have another browser and did not work there either. And even weirder is i tried it on a different computer and it did not work there. It's not a canadian thing since it's worked here before and currently works at my sister's house.
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PAGE SEVEN CHRISTIAN CAMPBELL DANCE!!!!
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WOW!
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My ear is getting blocked up and my throat is really hurting.
This does not please me. Oh no, it does not please me at all.
Good health vibes to DDIL Ann!
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DR Ann, I'm sorry you are sick. Vibes DS Toby stays well & you feel better very soon.
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What were you trying to teach Mr. Campbell? ::)
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There is a computer store in my home town that gives away a laptop computer every month....this month my dad was the winner!! Here he is with his prize
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DR Cilla, luck Dad.:)
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Christian Campbell is very cute.
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He was so excited, as anyone would be. He called me at work and his voice was so lively my assistant thought he was my brother. He said that was the second thing that made his day.
The best part of this is that he was starting to look for a new computer and my mom was planning to redo a room for him to use as his den/office now that he is retired. She didn't like the idea of a great big desk top. Now he doesn't need to get a new one!
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I have officialy lost 18.4 pounds since October 15th. I am most pleased. I got another gold star today :)
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Congratulations on your gold star DR Cilla!
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Congratulations to DR Cilla and to her DD ................ Dad.
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Well, with good news from Cilla, illness news from Ann, and no closing info from Jose; I guess I will say...
G'night!
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Congratulations on your gold star DR Cilla!
Thank you, I am very pleased. It's only a start, but it's a good start. A gold star means you lost 5 more pounds.
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I"m not sure if this is considered a spoiler. it's re: American Idol and someone who supposedly made it to Hollywood (i guess don't read anymore if you don't want to know).
Actually i'm not sure anyone else here would know this person. But i think my 3 year old niece might have to start watching American Idol. One of her favorite people in the whole world is apparently on the show this year. She is very popular among the 3-5 year olds. Her name is Jennifer Peterson Hind and she is in the kids group Hi-5. I think on American Idol she is going by her married name Korbee. I have watched hours and hours of the group hi-5 and Jen is my favorite. It will be interesting to see what she does.
Here are a few other slightly well known people:
http://idol-mania.com/american-idol-fan/2008/11/25/american-idol-season-8-spoilers-tease/
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That is great news DR Cilla for you and your dad!
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Survivor was interesting tonight!
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Survivor was interesting tonight!
<nod>
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Christian Campbell is very cute.
<nod>
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WOW!
<nod>
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'night
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What were you trying to teach Mr. Campbell? ::)
That's a secret. But I will say that he's a quick learner.
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Cilliliz, congrats on your gold star and congrats to your dad on his big win!
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Congrats to Cilla-Dad!!!
;)
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DR Cillaliz - Congrats on your Gold Star!
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I"m not sure if this is considered a spoiler. it's re: American Idol and someone who supposedly made it to Hollywood (i guess don't read anymore if you don't want to know).
Actually i'm not sure anyone else here would know this person. But i think my 3 year old niece might have to start watching American Idol. One of her favorite people in the whole world is apparently on the show this year. She is very popular among the 3-5 year olds. Her name is Jennifer Peterson Hind and she is in the kids group Hi-5. I think on American Idol she is going by her married name Korbee. I have watched hours and hours of the group hi-5 and Jen is my favorite. It will be interesting to see what she does.
Here are a few other slightly well known people:
http://idol-mania.com/american-idol-fan/2008/11/25/american-idol-season-8-spoilers-tease/
HA! -And that's a good "HA!" - I know both of them - her and her husband. :)
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:(
Paul Benedict, Jeffersons Neighbor & Sesame Street Painter, Found Dead (http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b71776_paul_benedict_jeffersons_neighbor.html?sid=rss_topstories&utm_source=eonline&utm_medium=rssfe)
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Hmmm... Not the best way to start a page...
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Congratulations to DR Cilla and to her DD ................ Dad.
Thanks TCB. It's been so fun to listen to Dad today. He's just like a little kid. I love it
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Thanks for the Broadway shows list DR Uncle Jo Jo. Old board DR Allan from Bournemouth UK will be visiting NYC in March I think. It could be that he has has seen many of the shows in London by now. He has been asking for suggestions.
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I think only DRs Ben, WEL, RLP and JMK may remember Allan.
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PAGE 8 DANCE
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;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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I finished the two remaining episodes of TRANSFORMERS, and may I say ANTICLIMACTIC! All those episodes for a pitiful resolution.
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Since BONES was not on this week, I opened the third season box set and watched three episodes. So good, so fun; I love the show so much, even with the Gormogon storyline.
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I also watched the bonus features which were on disc one: a gag reel and some vignettes on making various episodes. OK bonuses, but the shows are the thing.
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UGLY BETTY had a good episode tonight with Amanda finally being humanized. I liked that.
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I am so glad tomorrow is Friday. This has been quite a long week. Good week, productive week, but very long. It will be nice to have a weekend to myself. I can hang shades and may be even start on framing the window downstairs.
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GREY'S ANATOMY: as usual, the patient stories were involving and I enjoyed all of them.
But oh, did I hate every single minute Calleigh was on the screen. Giggling and klutzy like some moron does not become Sarah.
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And I watched THE OFFICE. Very funny from beginning to end.
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I saved 30 ROCK to watch while I eat lunch tomorrow.
I've also decided that unless something comes in the mail tomorrow, I'm taking tomorrow off to just enjoy some things for me. I have only one review disc in my stack, and I can do it Saturday. Now, if I get something pressing in the mail tomorrow, I'll do it naturally, but after three full days of TRANSFORMERS, I need a break.
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Heading down to bed now.
Good night!
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Thanks for the Broadway shows list DR Uncle Jo Jo. Old board DR Allan from Bournemouth UK will be visiting NYC in March I think. Sadly it could have seen many of the shows in London by now. He has been asking for suggestions.
You're very welcome, DR Tomovoz. Some of those shows are not slated to open until March or April, so be sure that DR Allan checks ahead of time. ;)
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GREY'S ANATOMY: as usual, the patient stories were involving and I enjoyed all of them.
Agreed with your spoiler that is.
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To see Bruce Kimmel's cameo in the film THE GHASTLY LOVE OF JOHNNY X
http://www.johnnyxmovie.com/trailer/trailer.php (http://www.johnnyxmovie.com/trailer/trailer.php)
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Here is a photo just sent to me of our new home in Austin, TX:
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We're moving in tomorrow.
::)
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Here is a photo just sent to me of our new home in Austin, TX:
Nice but looks a bit drafty ;)
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Well, I'm already sleepy, which is a good thing since I have a 10:00am call tomorrow...
Goodnight.
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I decided to take a drive to Amoeba - had a bunch of trade stuff and got great credit for it - got several Oscar Peterson CDs I didn't have (I'm really on a Peterson binge right now), a couple of DVDs, and several other CDs, including the new South Pacific cast album. Amoeba had very few people in there tonight. I'm now watching a DVD (very short film), but I don't know if I'll finish it tonight.
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Now wait just a darned minute - I posted at nine-thirty and it is now eleven and there have been NO posts? Well, this is not good, oh, no, this is NOT good.