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Well, you've read the notes, the notes had ballyoo and were in Emerg-O AND Illusion-O, and now it is time for you to post until the cows come home - they're coming home in the startling new process called Moo-O.
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And the word of the day is: RUGOSE!
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A Very Happy Birthday to DR Cason!! ;D
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Topic of the Day: I don't think that I've seen any William Castle film.
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Welcome seven GUESTS.
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Emerg-O.
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Illusion-O.
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Posts-O.
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Bed-O.
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Good night, BK. I'm off to bed, too.
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A Mucho Happy Birthday to DR Cason!! :D
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A VERY HAPPY HHW BIRTHDAY
TO DR CASON!!!!!!!!!
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Thanks for sharing your photos, Laura DR!!!!! :)
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Truly hoping that you don't get the flu, DR DakotaCelt!!!!! :-\
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SAFE & EASY TRAVEL VIBES TODAY
FOR DR GINNY & HER EVER-LOVIN' DH RICHARD!!!
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A Very Happy Birthday to DR Cason Murphy
Who is definitely is NOT stupid stupid stupid
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TOD
Rosemary's Baby
and did see 13 Ghosts wi \th gimmick glasses on video. It's ok. The film itself is not bad. Other than that I don't think I've seen any other of Castle's films
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TOD
Rosemary's Baby
I don't think I've seen any other of Castle's films
DITTO!
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Joseph Wiseman R.I.P. -- He was one of the great character actors.
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Happy birthday to Cason Murphy!
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Aside from ROSEMARY'S BABY, I was never a fan of William Castle's films. Not my cup of tea.
I did, however, have the pleasure of meeting him once. Back in the 1970s, my friend, Michael Ansara, and I were trying to (unsuccessfully) put a film together, and we went to Castle for advice. He was very gracious.
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Does anybody remember MATINEE, that wonderful spoof of Castle and his films? John Goodman played the Castle character.
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HAPPPP-YYYY BIRTHDAY, BOO-KEY!!!!
You are loved!
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TOD:
I SAW WHAT YOU DID
HOUSE ON THE HAUNTED HILL
13 GHOSTS
THE TINGLER
STRAIGHT JACKET
It's been years and years since I've seen THE BUSY BODY, but I recall it being a very funny movie.
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! ! ! ! ! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO DR CASON MURPHY ! ! ! ! !
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I Tivo'ed ZOTZ! during the summer when it had a rare showing on TCM but I never did get around to actully watching it.
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Good morning, all! BK, I really enjoyed talking with you last night, and I did not actually think you were bitching because it wasn't your album, although I did tell you that. I needed to goad you to keep your rant going. You and I, as too many of our acquaintances can most likely attest, are ranters: we rage and carry on and then it's over, and we go on with other things. We both do it very well and in different styles and I think it's one of the things we have in common, along with book collecting, music, old films, etc. Harvey Schmidt once told me that if you and he had grown up together, you would have been his best friend, and I feel the same. There's a great deal of time spent with you on a recording that I do miss very much, and it's always a hoot to get a phone call to dish, rant, talk about projects, whatever, especially when you make a comment like "uh-oh, the police!" and the phone goes dead.
Goodspeed runs previews for fne-tuning for around a month, and during the first week, at least, the orchestra is on an early call every evening to read down any changes or new numbers. We clearly could have used an orchestra call at 7:00 last night, but I suspect that Rob will be speaking to the string section about last night's cue and it will sound fantastic.
This morning, Toyland and later the pharmacy for meds. I have a friend coming by later in the afternoon to pick up a CD, and then I'm off to see FR.
TOD:
House on Haunted Hill
The Tingler
13 Ghosts
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Well, you learn something new every day...
I just discovered that Margaret Dumont has a small role in AUNTIE MAME.
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Does anybody remember MATINEE, that wonderful spoof of Castle and his films? John Goodman played the Castle character.
I liked MATINEE very much. I appreciated its homage to the films I grew up with and I liked the humor and the style.
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!!!!!!!!!!!! Whatever Happened to DR Cason? !!!!!!!!!!!!
Happy Birthday, Boo-Key!
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Oh, yeah--GO PHILLIES!!!
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Page Two Dance:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v130/WandaDuck/gal_phillies-13.jpg)
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Not just anyone can pull off that particular shade of green! ;)
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I am de-cluttering, and just came across a letter from a dear man that I haven't connected with since 2003 - when he wrote the letter, and just before we moved and that letter went into a pile, only to be re-discovered now, some 6 years later.
I think I have a phone call to make today. :)
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I think I must be a show queen.
I can't see or hear the word "BALLYHOO" without immediately thinking of 42nd Street... :-\
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Does anybody remember MATINEE, that wonderful spoof of Castle and his films? John Goodman played the Castle character.
Yes, I love that movie!
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My favorite William Castle films are HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL and I SAW WHAT YOU DID.
The first William Castle film I saw all the way through was 13 GHOSTS. As a kid I came across THE TINGLER and MR SARDONICUS but but both of those films scared me to much to finish watching them.
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DR Cason, have a wonderful birthday!!
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Even William Castle's trailers for his films were a lot of fun:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X70c4MZPmgI (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X70c4MZPmgI)
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Happy Birthday to Cason!
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Good morning!
Still very cool in the mornings. I wore shorts this morning for my walk and probably shouldn't have. It will warm into the 70s again today. Rain is coming up for the weekend.
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Ah, I sometimes long for those long ago days when two bored teen-age girls could get away with making late-night prank calls without the other party dialing *69...
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TOD: ROSEMARY'S BABY would have to be my favorite, and it's also a classic in the best sense of the word: classy production, vivid performances, superior direction.
THE HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL scared the beejesus out of me back in the day. The theater where I saw it didn't have the skeleton that was supposed to fly over our heads, but I didn't need it. The movie still scared me silly. That one famous moment can still give me the creeps even though I know it's coming.
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I LOVED the movie MATINEE. It worked on every level: as a comedy, as a reminiscence, as a tribute to Castle without mentioning his name. I thought "Mant" was simply inspired.
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Happy Birthday, Cason!
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I'll be continuing with THE GUARDIAN today. I( got halfway through the box yesterday, but I won't finish it today since I'll be leaving to go to lunch (and thus losing a n hour and a half or so in time used in preparing to go out and the actual lunch) and have the usual heavy Thursday television evening coming up. I guess I'll finish it tomorrow.
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I think I must be a show queen.
I can't see or hear the word "BALLYHOO" without immediately thinking of 42nd Street... :-\
And I think of SHOW BOAT, and when I think of "Queenie's Ballyhoo," I think of you!
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Best Prank Call You've Ever Made would be a great TOD. I have several, all pre-Caller ID. ;)
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There are some reruns on television tonight for those who watch regularly:
Apart from a new SURVIVOR, CBS is rerunning episodes of CSI and THE MENTALIST tonight.
The CW's slate of VAMPIRE DAIRIES and SUPERNATURAL are also reruns tonight.
Fox's shows (BONES, FRINGE) are preempted for baseball.
NBC and ABC are showing new episodes of all their prime time slates tonight.
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"Ballyhoo" made me immediately think of Alfred Uhry's THE LAST NIGHT OF BALLYHOO, a play I never saw nor read.
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I think I must be a show queen.
I can't see or hear the word "BALLYHOO" without immediately thinking of 42nd Street... :-\
And I think of SHOW BOAT, and when I think of "Queenie's Ballyhoo," I think of you!
And I think of an Infocom computer game of the mid-80s called BALLYHOO.
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Happy Birthday to occasional DR Cason!
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I think of HULLABALOO, or perhaps SHINDIG.
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But then, I've always been a contrarian.
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Happy Birthday, Cason!
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Time to depart. I am running late.
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But then, I've always been a contrarian.
Let us count the ways... 8)
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when I think of "Queenie's Ballyhoo," I think of you!
Why, DR elmore3003, that's the sweetest thing you've ever said to me! :)
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I forgot to mention that the DH and I watched An Englishman in New York on LOGO the other night. It was really well done, and John Hurt is a revelation as Quentin Crisp.
**UPDATE** After doing a little research, it seems that Mr. John Hurt has played Quentin Crisp before. So I guess he can't really be a revelation. But he was still quite good.
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Happy Birthday DR CASON.
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HMMMMMmmmmm......I have somehow misplaced my CD of BANANAS/SEX - can't find it anywhere. If it was shipped, I know I got it....or maybe I thinking of something else. I think I ordered it.
Oh well.
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HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL at the drive in....still scary.
I have seen all - or almost all - of the films on television and have several on DVD. The television and radio campaigns for the films were handily spoofed in MATINEE, which I loved. "Authenticated by articles in scientific magazines....." "It COULD happen!"
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I think of HULLABALOO, or perhaps SHINDIG.
Now I'm thinking of WHERE THE ACTION IS.
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Hmmmmmmmmm Mia could have been irritated by Tyce, I know I am.
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I'm heading downstairs now to get cleaned up for lunch out much later today with friends. Between now and the time they arrive, I'll continue watching THE GUARDIAN.
WBBL.
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I think of HULLABALOO, or perhaps SHINDIG.
Now I'm thinking of WHERE THE ACTION IS.
Steve Alaimo!!!!
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Now I'm thinking of WHERE THE ACTION IS.
Should you really be thinking of home whilst you are at work?
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Now I'm thinking of WHERE THE ACTION IS.
Wow! DAW speechless!
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REMEMBER THE ALAIMO!
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Nice save, DAW. ;)
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Wow! DAW speechless!
No.
Just inept. :)
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This "Tyce" that everyone is talking about...
Could he be the same annoyingly confident dancer that appears in the Chorus Line documentary?
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Now I'm thinking of WHERE THE ACTION IS.
Should you really be thinking of home whilst you are at work?
I can't help it--it's the spot where the people tangle everyday!
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I have somehow misplaced my CD of BANANAS/SEX
Isn't that the item that bk JUST shipped out in the past day or so?
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the spot where the people tangle
...or tango. :)
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I hope so DR DAW....maybe it will arrive today and I will stop looking for it on the shelf.
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THE GUARDIAN
I was going to start singing "I Will Always Love You," until I realized that it's a slightly different thing altogether.
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Good Morning!
I'm up, I'm up... And about an hour from now I'll be playing some of the high-falutin' European artsy music.
;)
*Actually, I'm quite looking forward to it. I've been hanging around a lot of "opera folks" lately, and it will be nice to back on "that side of the building" as it were. ;)
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You can now access the US postal service from your smartphone at: http://m.usps.com
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This "Tyce" that everyone is talking about...
Could he be the same annoyingly confident dancer that appears in the Chorus Line documentary?
OH! That's right! Tyce is in the documentary. He's not credited, but he's in there.
-And now that he has an Emmy for his "Broadway choreography", he's ever more annoying. Actually, he seems to be channeling Mia's "old" persona. Hmmm.... Anyhoo... Ballyhoo....
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high-falutin' European artsy music.
"Caro Mio Ben" in whole notes?? ;)
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THE GUARDIAN
I was going to start singing "I Will Always Love You," until I realized that it's a slightly different thing altogether.
Ummm... Don't sing.
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Yes DR DAW...Tyce is the dancer who decided to improve Bennett's choreography in EVERY LITTLE STEP.
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high-falutin' European artsy music.
"Caro Mio Ben" in whole notes?? ;)
I really, really hope not. ;)
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Yes DR DAW...Tyce is the dancer who decided to improve Bennett's choreography in EVERY LITTLE STEP.
And then Mia Michaels "transformed" "One" for a featured dance on "SYTYCD?". Ugh!
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Happy Birthday, DR Cason!!!!!
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OK, I should start getting ready to head out the door. I'll be playing three lesson today, so I'll have a few breaks while the teacher is doing the whole technique thing at the top of each lesson, so I'll be checking in from on location. -"from on location" - ???? Anyhoo...
Laters...
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DR DAW I have ordered the documentary. I am sure it will be most entertaining and moving.
Your links last night were also most moving.
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BABY DOLL on DVD is on sale for $5.97, so I purchased that as well.
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Thanks, DR JRand59!
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DR JOSE your concert attending experience last evening was most entertaining...TO READ ABOUT!
Remember my friend Joshua Saul Bain will be appearing in some operas at the MET next season.....watch for his name.
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Page Four Dance.....w/o pictures.
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But then, I've always been a contrarian.
NO! Say it ain't so!
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TOD: I've seen most of the Castle films mentioned herein. Saw "13 Ghosts" at the theater, but after seeing/recording a TCM presentation, I've enjoyed it much more than I originally did. I've watched it several times. Blame Rosemary deCamp. I think it's a FUN movie.
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Have a HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Cason Murphy!
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There seems to have been a tanker explosion on the northwest side of Indianapolis at I 465 and I 69 at Binford Boulevard. Extent of damage and loss of life not being reported.
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DAW, is this the Action you speak of? If so I will begin stalking you immediately for planting this earwig in my brain!!!
Freddy Cannon (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9gg2gX-ZrA)
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This "Tyce" that everyone is talking about...
Could he be the same annoyingly confident dancer that appears in the Chorus Line documentary?
I've seen ept lying around here and there, but I've never actually stepped "in" it.
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Thank you one and all for the birthday wishes! I wish I could stay and make more of this occasional stop - but I have a looming Ancient Epics midterm that I should study for. Somehow I don't think writing "It's my birthday" on the test and handing it in would fly.
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DAW, I meant to make mention or that documentary you posted last night...the clip I watched was quite touching and I am sad that she has since passed away. What a great attitude about life she had.
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Ballyhoo may call you
Any night, any day
In your heart you hear it call you
Come away, Come away....
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a looming Ancient Epics midterm
There's a university course solely about DR elmore3003??
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I've never actually stepped "in" it.
You can go on thinking that, dear, if it will help. :)
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Thanks, DR MBarnum!
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DR Ben, I would consider it a high compliment to be stalked by someone as handsome, talented, and genuinely nice as you are. :)
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DR Ron Pulliam - Is that from the Alfred Uhry adaptation?
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What a roller coaster it is, this de-cluttering.
I came across piano sheet music that belonged to my mother when she was a little girl. And then I came across my notes for the draft of my father's eulogy in 2004.
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I am also a bit weepy... Some of the songs on Rebecca Luker's new CD are really beautiful.
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a looming Ancient Epics midterm
There's a university course solely about DR elmore3003??
I think there's a chapter on TCB....
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DR ELMORE congrats on the publication of THE GOLDEN APPLE.....
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I also enjoyed last night's episode of GLEE. Matthew Morrison was very good....there was no screeching and gospel riffing from Mercedes....nice solo from Mohawk head...and Emma looked very nice in that second dress.
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No BANANAS today in the mail, but maybe I don't have it yet.
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Where's MR BK, answering questions about the long musical?
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One voice lesson down, two more to go. -I had forgotten just how much I don't play when I play for a lesson. It's neither good, nor bad. Just is.
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a looming Ancient Epics midterm
There's a university course solely about DR elmore3003??
I think there's a chapter on TCB....
And aren't you mentioned in the Epilogue?
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One voice lesson down, two more to go. -I had forgotten just how much I don't play when I play for a lesson. It's neither good, nor bad. Just is.
Just sit quietly and count your money.
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DR JOSE did you see Mr D'Orio in action? I have a DVD of the CHORUS LINE revival, but I haven't watched it yet. I think I will like it better after I see the documentary.
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BK slept LATE - now too late to jog, but maybe this afternoon.
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Jrand, Bananas was shipped Tuesday - I'm sure you ordered it (I can check if you like) and if you did it was definitely shipped.
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Ugh! There should be an OSHA law that prohibits the microwaving of leftover seafood in the workplace!
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;D
Smelly, ain't it?
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Ugh, what an Unseemly start to PAGE 5!! :-\
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Don't bother to check MR BK. For some reason I thought I had it already. I am sure it will be here tomorrow.
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Today is the 67th birthday of someone who made a lot of us smile.
A Top Ten recording artist, a television star, and a movie icon.
Happy Birthday, Miss Annette Funicello. ;D
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Last night the FOX HD feed froze during the last six minutes of SYTYCD, and again during the last five minutes of GLEE. Finished watching both on the regular digital channels.
GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
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Thank you one and all for the birthday wishes! I wish I could stay and make more of this occasional stop - but I have a looming Ancient Epics midterm that I should study for. Somehow I don't think writing "It's my birthday" on the test and handing it in would fly.
Ancient epics? Reading DR TCB's diaries again?
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Does anyone still use.....a.....typewriter?
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Or even own one?
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Thank you one and all for the birthday wishes! I wish I could stay and make more of this occasional stop - but I have a looming Ancient Epics midterm that I should study for. Somehow I don't think writing "It's my birthday" on the test and handing it in would fly.
Ancient epics? Reading DR TCB's diaries again?
Do you suppose there's any truth to the rumor that TCB was the inspiration for the character Telemachus, son of Odysseus, in "The Odyssey"?
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Ugh, what an Unseemly a malodorous start to PAGE 5!! :-\
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My second ticket to the opening night party arrived in an email today. I don't know whom to thank but I'm suspected Rob Berman. Also, Rob emailed "Larry and Joshie" that the new finale intro will work fine "once the violas and celli learn to count." He is one of the best.
Other news: DR Ginny phoned me. She and Richard are in their 5th floor walkup, waiting on their landlady, and hoping for a wireless connection. I am here waiting for Mr Ron Raines to drop off a CD and for Mr Richard Norton to come by and collect one. I need to vacuum the place before I take care of a "burn a CD" request from Jason Graae.
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Thank you one and all for the birthday wishes! I wish I could stay and make more of this occasional stop - but I have a looming Ancient Epics midterm that I should study for. Somehow I don't think writing "It's my birthday" on the test and handing it in would fly.
Ancient epics? Reading DR TCB's diaries again?
Do you suppose there's any truth to the rumor that TCB was the inspiration for the character Telemachus, son of Odysseus, in "The Odyssey"?
I thought he was the inspiration for Odysseus' old nurse who recognizes him by the scar on his leg!
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Does anyone still use.....a.....typewriter?
Mine went out with the bedbugs.
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I shall shortly be on my way to the bank and then to lunch with Mr. Graae.
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AS THE WORLD TURNS is having an epic moment today: the kidnapped Katie is delivering her baby with her trousers on! I understand concerns about nudity, but i'm puzzled by the disregard for the laws of nature.
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Laws of nature to NOT apply to television.
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DR GINNY and DH RICHARD have a great time in NYC and take lots of pictures! And remember if DH RICHARD appears onstage on Broadway again during this visit, he will qualify for his Equity card.
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Thursday afteroon greetings from NYC! Yes, we had some "issues" connecting to the internet, but the nice Time-Warner phone help guy, Richard, and Courtney (our landlady) finally determined that there was a typo in the instructions. Wonder if that same guy could fix the elevator. Actually, Courtney told us that the elevator works fine, but the inspector wants to have another look at it. Arrgh, bureaucracy!
We had a smooth flight, with one of the most beautiful approaches to LGA ever - right over Manhattan, south to north. Now, we're getting settled and will soon venture out to visit the Finain's Rainbow and Royal Family box offices to pick up our tickets.
Anybody up for dinner tonight?
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DR JRand - ;D
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Glad you arrived safely, DR Ginny!!
I'm not sure I can make it in to join you on Saturday evening, but just in case: what time were you thinking of gathering for dinner?
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OK, our afternoon/early evening is shaping up thusly:
Unpack
Royal Family box office
Finian's Rainbow box office
Starbuck's - I'm really caffeine-deprived
Evening Prayer at St. Mary of the Virgin at 6pm (46th St. bet. 6th & 7th)
We should be finished there about 6:30 or 6:45 and will be interested in dinner afterwards. Anyone who can join us, call or text me - I won't have my computer.
I'll stay connected here until we leave the apartment.
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Glad you arrived safely, DR Ginny!!
I'm not sure I can make it in to join you on Saturday evening, but just in case: what time were you thinking of gathering for dinner?
Thanks, DR DAW! I imagine it'll be an early dinner since we and the Vixwomen are seeing the FR matinee and they will have to drive back to the Island of Long.
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Ginny, I just sent you a Private message.
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My second ticket to the opening night party arrived in an email today. I don't know whom to thank but I'm suspected Rob Berman. Also, Rob emailed "Larry and Joshie" that the new finale intro will work fine "once the violas and celli learn to count." He is one of the best.
Other news: DR Ginny phoned me. She and Richard are in their 5th floor walkup, waiting on their landlady, and hoping for a wireless connection. I am here waiting for Mr Ron Raines to drop off a CD and for Mr Richard Norton to come by and collect one. I need to vacuum the place before I take care of a "burn a CD" request from Jason Graae.
Congrats on the second ticket. Have a wonderful party.
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And hello!
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Thursday afteroon greetings from NYC! Yes, we had some "issues" connecting to the internet, but the nice Time-Warner phone help guy, Richard, and Courtney (our landlady) finally determined that there was a typo in the instructions. Wonder if that same guy could fix the elevator. Actually, Courtney told us that the elevator works fine, but the inspector wants to have another look at it. Arrgh, bureaucracy!
We had a smooth flight, with one of the most beautiful approaches to LGA ever - right over Manhattan, south to north. Now, we're getting settled and will soon venture out to visit the Finain's Rainbow and Royal Family box offices to pick up our tickets.
Anybody up for dinner tonight?
Welcome to NYC!!
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Glad you arrived safely, DR Ginny!!
I'm not sure I can make it in to join you on Saturday evening, but just in case: what time were you thinking of gathering for dinner?
Thanks, DR DAW! I imagine it'll be an early dinner since we and the Vixwomen are seeing the FR matinee and they will have to drive back to the Island of Long.
I'll be coming from the Ragtime matinee. Shall we all meet up at John's around 5pm?
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Welcome to NYC, Ginny and Richard!
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Thank you one and all for the birthday wishes! I wish I could stay and make more of this occasional stop - but I have a looming Ancient Epics midterm that I should study for. Somehow I don't think writing "It's my birthday" on the test and handing it in would fly.
Happy Birthday to DR Cason!!
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Glad you arrived safely, DR Ginny!!
I'm not sure I can make it in to join you on Saturday evening, but just in case: what time were you thinking of gathering for dinner?
Thanks, DR DAW! I imagine it'll be an early dinner since we and the Vixwomen are seeing the FR matinee and they will have to drive back to the Island of Long.
The matinee of FR should be out by 4:35 or so. My friend Chris will be seeing the matinee and join us as well.
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DR GINNY and DH RICHARD have a great time in NYC and take lots of pictures! And remember if DH RICHARD appears onstage on Broadway again during this visit, he will qualify for his Equity card.
Actually, DR JRand, in FINIAN'S RAINBOW, Mr Shears or Mr Robust - I always forget which - looks a lot like DH Richard.
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Thanks, DRs Julie and FJL for the welcomes!
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Happiest of birthdays to DR Cason!
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DR Elmore - I'm so glad you'll be able to take a guest to the party!
So, Julie's suggestion to meet at John's Pizza around 5pm on Saturday will work?
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Signing off now to go wander around Times Square a bit...bye for now!
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I'm meeting Richard and Ginny for Dinner.
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People of earth wish Zubrick a very happy natal day!
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"Ballyhoo" made me immediately think of Alfred Uhry's THE LAST NIGHT OF BALLYHOO, a play I never saw nor read.
I saw it in its first production during the Cultural Olympiad in Atlanta, '96. I liked it very much. Good crowds supporting our home boy. Mr. Uhry.
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BABY DOLL on DVD is on sale for $5.97, so I purchased that as well.
Nothing like a lurid melodrama to pique my interest!
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Happy birthday, Cason!
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TOD: HOMICIDAL (my all-time favorite W.C. film!) I got to see it again a few years ago at the drive-in. I saw this when I was a kid and it really creeped me out, big time!
MR. SADONICUS (I got to take the "Punishment Poll!")
I SAW WHAT YOU DID
THE NIGHT STALKER-The poster alone was scary to me!
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Does anyone still use.....a.....typewriter?
Mine went out with the bedbugs.
I have a couple of them stored on shelves in various closets. One's electric, the other manual. Hadn't thought about either in years until I read this today.
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Ah Yes....THE NIGHT WALKER!!! With Ms Stanwyck and Mr Taylor.
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Does anyone still use.....a.....typewriter?
Mine went out with the bedbugs.
I have a couple of them stored on shelves in various closets. One's electric, the other manual. Hadn't thought about either in years until I read this today.
Same with me. I think I have an electronic typewriter in the closet.
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I got five more episodes of THE GUARDIAN watched today thus far. That brings me to 16 total episodes watched with six more to go. I likely won't get them finished tonight. At most, I'll get three more watched before prime time TV begins. I'll have to finish the others tomorrow.
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I forgot NIGHT WALKER and HOMOCIDAL...and as it turns out NIGHT WALKER was really my first William Castle film...for years I had rememberd seeing the last part of it one afternoon when I was a teeny, tiny toddler, and never knew what the film was...I just remembed some guy taking his eyes out, or something. Scared me. Then years later I saw the whole movie and then knew what I had seen.
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The cases on THE GUARDIAN are always interesting, sometimes very disturbing or depressing. But the second half of the season has really gone soap opera with all this angst about the love lives, drug habits, jealousies of the lawyers. I think it's what ultimately killed the show. There's just TOO much going on in these episodes: two to three cases per show plus all these personal things among the lawyers.
And Simon Baker's character is SO tortured. No wonder THE MENTALIST is such a big hit; he's got a terrible, haunting backstory, but his personality is effervescent, playful, appealing unlike the dour figure at the head of THE GUARDIAN.
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the only typewriter I had was a big, old clunky black thing from the early 1920s. Heavy as all get out. I think I finally got rid of it in the 1980s, after I had moved to Salem.
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I did have time to skim through both of today's soap operas. Nothing of interest at all in either of them for me, though Luke did turn up in the previews for tomorrow's show.
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Just saw that Collin Wilcox, who played the Mayella Violet Ewell in TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD passed away this week at her home in North Carolina of brain cancer.
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the only typewriter I had was a big, old clunky black thing from the early 1920s. Heavy as all get out. I think I finally got rid of it in the 1980s, after I had moved to Salem.
My aunt gave me her old Underwood (which was exactly the way your described) when she got an electric typewriter in the late 1960s. That old Underwood lasted me through college, but it DID indeed weigh a ton.
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I took my old black Underwood to the theatre prop shop where it has appeared in a couple of productions, most notably in YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU.
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Just saw that Collin Wilcox, who played the Mayella Violet Ewell in TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD passed away this week at her home in North Carolina of brain cancer.
Sad.
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I must hop off-line now and write for a little while. Then, I'll head back down and see how many more GUARDIAN episodes I can watch before prime time TV kicks in.
WBBL.
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Going to see Liz Callaway at the Metropolitan Room tonight.
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Collin Wilcox was brilliant in Mockingbird, and even more brilliant as the slutty and maniacal Thedy Sue in Ray Bradbury's The Jar, one of the greatest hours of television in the history of the medium, part of The Alfred Hitchcock Hour.
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Back from a very entertaining lunch with Mr. Graae and I do think we'll be making a new album together next March or April.
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Just saw that Collin Wilcox, who played the Mayella Violet Ewell in TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD passed away this week at her home in North Carolina of brain cancer.
Oh, that is so sad! I've visited her home several times; and last time I saw her she looked great. It was two years ago and our Cowboy Envy friends were doing a show at her theatre. I'm very sorry to hear this!
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Thedy Sue....that has been a part of my family for ever since I was a child and continues to be so. Every time we find a jar with mysterious contents..."Thedy Sue"!
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Back from a very entertaining lunch with Mr. Graae and I do think we'll be making a new album together next March or April.
I like this.
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Back from a very entertaining lunch with Mr. Graae and I do think we'll be making a new album together next March or April.
I like this.
Well, you liked Jonathan and Darlene, so maybe you're pulling for:
Jason and Wing
der Brucer
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THE BEST OF BIRTHDAY WISHES TO THE EVER-ADORABLE,
DR CASON!!!!
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Thady Sue! Nice hair bow!
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"Ballyhoo" made me immediately think of Alfred Uhry's THE LAST NIGHT OF BALLYHOO, a play I never saw nor read.
**DITTO!**
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I watched a lot of EVERY LITTLE STEP online - and then I had to watch that DVD of DR JOSE's production of A CHORUS LINE. Some guy's head was in the middle of the screen for all of it that I watched.....about 15 minutes......
Didn't like the black Sheila so much.....the movie Sheila's line readings are in my head....and Zach only said "Don't dance" once to the girl in the ballet sequence, I thought he said it a couple of times....and there were a LOT of bumps after the end of the song as they lined up....I just remember a few.
Saw it at the Shubert theatre before many DR's were born.....on a Saturday night in May, 1985.....and about six of the main people were out.
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a looming Ancient Epics midterm
There's a university course solely about DR elmore3003??
I think there's a chapter on TCB....
If it's Epics, I deserve more than a chapter!
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And speaking of dates (Was I?)
I LEAVE FOR ROME IN TWENTY-ONE DAYS!!!!!!!!!!!!
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a looming Ancient Epics midterm
There's a university course solely about DR elmore3003??
I think there's a chapter on TCB....
If it's Epics, I deserve more than a chapter!
"Chaste Tom" gets a paragraph.
"Chassed Tom" gets a Chapter.
"Tom Chasing" gets a Volume.
der Brucer
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Just saw that Collin Wilcox, who played the Mayella Violet Ewell in TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD passed away this week at her home in North Carolina of brain cancer.
Weird! Just before I read this post about a minute ago, I had literally JUST placed an order for additional copies of the book, "To Kill a Mockingbird" for the library system where I work!
Spoooky! :o
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Does anyone still use.....a.....typewriter?
Mine went out with the bedbugs.
I have a couple of them stored on shelves in various closets. One's electric, the other manual. Hadn't thought about either in years until I read this today.
Same with me. I think I have an electronic typewriter in the closet.
Among other things.
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Hello, everyone.
I had a consultation with my doctor today and also received my biopsy report. it's benign. Good! Funnily, I had a dream early this morning that I would not have to deal with the challenge of a malignancy.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO CASON!!
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Oh, Jeanne! That is such great news!
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Hello, everyone.
I had a consultation with my doctor today and also received my biopsy report. it's benign. Good! Funnily, I had a dream early this morning that I would not have to deal with the challenge of a malignancy.
Y E S !
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Hope you have a great visit to NYC, Ginny.
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Back from a very entertaining lunch with Mr. Graae and I do think we'll be making a new album together next March or April.
I like this.
Me, too. I suppose it's too early to ask which songs will be recorded.
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Oh, yeah--GO PHILLIES!!!
YES! GO PHILLIES!!! :D
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Back from a very entertaining lunch with Mr. Graae and I do think we'll be making a new album together next March or April.
I like this.
Me, too. I suppose it's too early to ask which songs will be recorded.
I'm pretty sure he'll want to do "Laura."
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Hello, everyone.
I had a consultation with my doctor today and also received my biopsy report. it's benign. Good! Funnily, I had a dream early this morning that I would not have to deal with the challenge of a malignancy.
Y E S !
DITTO! I've had quite enough of the poking and prodding, thank you!
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Back from a very entertaining lunch with Mr. Graae and I do think we'll be making a new album together next March or April.
I like this.
Me, too. I suppose it's too early to ask which songs will be recorded.
I'm pretty sure he'll want to do "Laura."
Well, of course!
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DR Jeanne, WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL NEWS!!!
:D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D
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DR Cason,
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Great news from DR JEANNE!
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Oh my....BB9 winner Adam was arrested this week in Boston for dealing drugs.....he came up from Florida with several hundred oxycondon pills to sell.
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Happy birthday Annette.
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Does anyone still use.....a.....typewriter?
I no longer own one, but I use one (a memory typewriter) at work...and I NEED it. I just got it fixed a couple of weeks ago and I'm SO glad that they were able to get it fixed. :D
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Hello, everyone.
I had a consultation with my doctor today and also received my biopsy report. it's benign. Good! Funnily, I had a dream early this morning that I would not have to deal with the challenge of a malignancy.
VERY, VERY, VERY (that's three, count 'em, three VERYs) GOOD NEWS!!!
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Back from a very entertaining lunch with Mr. Graae and I do think we'll be making a new album together next March or April.
This is also Very Good News!! ;D
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Here's some more good news:
Congress extends hate crime protections to gays (http://www.comcast.net/articles/news-politics/20091022/US.Gays.Hate.Crimes/)!
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And since we're so close...
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PAGE EIGHT DANCE!!
8
;)
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An interview (http://omg.yahoo.com/blogs/goddess/brady-bunch-star-goes-from-pigtails-to-parenting/292?nc) with Susan Olsen aka Cindy Brady.
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We are back from a delightful dinner with DR Ben at a restaurant he selected whose name I cannot remember. Richard and I both liked it a lot and it's at 53rd and 9th Ave - close enough to our apartment that we'd consider going back.
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G'night!
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While walking around Times Square earlier we saw Minnie Mouse and Elmo.
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Hi Ginny, wish I had been there for dinner with you and Ben.
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I did not know that there were reruns on tonight. I especially did not know that there would be no new THE MENTALIST. :(
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Hi, Jane - I wish you'd been here, too!
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I just got home and am going to watch tonight's SURVIVOR.
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For dinner I had grilled salmon, Richard had a Cobb salad, and Ben had pumpkin ravioli. We shared a lovely bottle of white zinfandel. Sure wish I could remember the name of the restaurant...
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I have been up since 5:15 this morning and am ready to crash - 'night!
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And a big "I told you so" to dear reader Jeanne. Good news is good news.
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Yeah for DR Jeanne. So happy for you.
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Hooray for Jeanne!!!
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Giorgio's
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That's the name of the restaurant.
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It's on the northwest corner of 53rd Street and 9th Avenue
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It was, indeed, a wonderful, cozy dinner with lots of fun chat and good food and good friends!
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I had just planned on going home after a long day/week at the office but Ginny's offer was too good to pass up
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They are seeing Ragtime tomorrow and Finian's Rainbow on Saturday afternoon and now, based on my recommendation, they may see the Lynn Redgrave one-woman show called Nightingale. It's a story, some fact, some fiction, about her grandmother, who she barely knew. I saw it last night and thought it was quite wonderful.
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And this makes up (a bit) for my lack of posting, at least for now.
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See you tomorrow.
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Back from a very entertaining lunch with Mr. Graae and I do think we'll be making a new album together next March or April.
The best news I've heard in a great while!! :) :) :)
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DR Jeanne, that is such wonderful news. I am so happy for you!
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I got four more episodes of THE GUARDIAN watched. Oh, the soapy carryings-on! The cases are SO interesting, and they spend so much more time with all the interpersonal stuff that you have on EVERY show. People in the same office sleeping with one another, etc.
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my biopsy report. it's benign.
Congress extends hate crime protections to gays (http://www.comcast.net/articles/news-politics/20091022/US.Gays.Hate.Crimes/)!
I am filled with optimism and overjoyed at all of our GREAT news!!!!! :D :D :D
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The only bonus features on the disc were three network launch promos shown during the summer before the season started. They were practically identical to one another, and only 32 seconds each.
This leaves me with the two remaining episodes of the first season which I'll watch tomorrow morning (since I don't do my walk on Fridays; I always give my body one day of rest from exercise).
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I had time to watch WEdnesday night's MODERN FAMILY. Another very funny erpisode with lots of laughs from Ty Burell who's quickly become my favorite performer on the show. But everyone is really good, and the timing is impeccable.
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Then I watched tonight's GREY'S ANATOMY. I know NOTHING about the practice of medicine, but I saw THE SECOND IT HAPPENED when the mistake was made that cost the woman her life on the show. (The episode was done in flashbacks/RASHOMON style as each doctor told his/her side of dealing with this burn victim who ended up dying.)
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I went ahead and recorded SUPERNATURAL and THE MENTALIST tonight even though they were reruns. The shows have been so good that I wanted to relive them since I should find some free time this weekend. Yes, I've got three Criterion discs left in my review stack of discs (one DVD and two Blu-rays), but I think after I finish THE GUARDIAN tomorrow, I'll take the rest of the day off.
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Time go to home.
Until later.
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BIG THANK YOUs to LAURA, JANE, GEORGE, JRAND, TCB, BK, DAW, BEN, JENNIFER, and MATTH. You've all been very supportive.
I shall now watch a DVD. I am exhausted.
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Hello, everyone.
I had a consultation with my doctor today and also received my biopsy report. it's benign. Good! Funnily, I had a dream early this morning that I would not have to deal with the challenge of a malignancy.
Yeah Jeanne! Great news
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I'm going to write a tiny bit more and then head downstairs to bed.
Good night!
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Happy Birthday Cason...wherever you are...
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DR Ginny, glad you made it safely to NYC and had a great dinner with DR Ben. Hope you have a wonderful time in the City.
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! DR Jeanne, Fantastic News! I am so happy for you !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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The show went really well tonight. They cut a small bit of dialogue for the end of Act One that i think improves the speed to the curtain and everyone is happy with the new Finale cue. My colleague Curtis, who went to school with Kate Baldwin, loved the show and told me he loved the fact that it's so full of heart. I understand frtom our principal producer that they will be tweaking the set a bit over the next few days, and I believe tomorrow the director and producers will freeze the show. I think we're in great shape (fingers crossed)!
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Great news from DR Jeanne! Very happy and relieved for you!
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Liz Callaway sang beautifully tonight - a truly lovely show.
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Oh my....BB9 winner Adam was arrested this week in Boston for dealing drugs.....he came up from Florida with several hundred oxycondon pills to sell.
Evidently his $500,000 prize just was not enough for him!
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I had time to watch WEdnesday night's MODERN FAMILY. Another very funny erpisode with lots of laughs from Ty Burell who's quickly become my favorite performer on the show. But everyone is really good, and the timing is impeccable.
Isn't the cast of this show just great! Perfect casting.
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DR Jeanne, what a relief!!! I am so happy for you!
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Great news, Jeanne--at least something's benign around here. ;)
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I've been dozing and not dozing and dozing again.
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Perhaps I'll take a nice hot shower.
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Then maybe I'll write the notes, post them, and actually go to bed at a reasonable hour.
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October 25, 2009
Film
A Fan’s Signature Moment
By MANOHLA DARGIS
LOS ANGELES
IT wasn’t God, but the male voice that floated over the P.A. system managed to convey all the solemnity and importance of a sacred occasion. “Debbie Reynolds,” the voice gravely announced, “has now arrived.”
And there she was, standing in a Marriott in Burbank. The woman who had jumped out of a cake for Gene Kelly in “Singin’ in the Rain” and danced and sang when the movies were still golden, and then married Eddie Fisher only to lose him to Elizabeth Taylor, was here to bestow a piece of herself and her history on us. Serene as the Buddha, vivid in an electric blue coat, her blond hair impeccably coiffed and pale face lightly powdered, Ms. Reynolds was at an event called the Hollywood Show to walk among us. She had carried her own bags. But she was royalty, and when she passed through the hall, we quickly stepped aside.
An autograph and collectibles convention, the Hollywood Show takes place four times a year at the Marriott across from the Bob Hope Airport, some 10 miles from downtown Los Angeles. (The most recent ran Oct. 9 to 11.) For three days the show fills an L-shaped foyer and adjacent ballroom, 15,000 square feet of the hotel’s convention center. As the event’s title suggests, collectibles — vintage movie posters, lobby cards and the ephemeral like — are part of the draw. A Paramount Pictures marketing manual and press book for the Jerry Lewis comedy “The Nutty Professor” caught my eye, as did an exhibitor’s campaign book from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer for “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.”
By far, though, the biggest attractions are the celebrities who sign their names on photos, posters, baseballs, even napkins. There were 133 famous and less-so signers at the October show, including Jackie Cooper, the child star of the 1930s — immortal, and shockingly intense in the 1931 father-son weepie “The Champ” — who was so busy signing he rarely seemed to look up. A few feet away sat Mickey Rooney, one of the biggest box-office stars of the late 1930s and early 40s. A little farther dozens of actors from the original “Twilight Zone” kibitzed at rows of tables, including the comic Shelley Berman, who more recently played Larry David’s father on “Curb Your Enthusiasm.”
It was surreal, fascinating, unsettling. Here were some favorite actors, immortal on screen, very mortal in flesh. Here was Richard Kiel, still recognizable as the giant alien with a bulbous head from a 1962 “Twilight Zone” episode about extraterrestrials whose intentions are misinterpreted when they land on Earth with a book titled “To Serve Man.” (“It’s a cookbook!”) Inside the ballroom Billy Mumy — who starred in another memorable “Twilight Zone” as a boy who terrorizes a community by wishing people into a cornfield — was tucked alongside fellow cast members from the television show “Babylon 5.” A few tables away Angela Cartwright, who played Mr. Mumy’s sister Penny on the 1960s show “Lost in Space,” sat next to her own sister, the actress Veronica Cartwright.
Seated at nearby tables, smiling for the crush of attendees (almost 7,000), were Louise Fletcher, Jennifer Coolidge, Bruce Dern, Sally Kellerman and Beverly Washburn, a lovely, former child actor who appeared in “Old Yeller” and later “Spider Baby,” along with countless TV shows. “Honey,” my husband, Lou, blurted out, “there’s an Oompa-Loompa here!” This was Deep Roy, who pops up in Tim Burton’s “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.” Deep Roy was in one of the busiest corners because he was near Sean Astin, who tagged after Frodo through the “Lord of the Rings” movies. A second-generation Hollywood actor, Mr. Astin is the son of Patty Duke. William Schallert, who played her father on “The Patty Duke Show,” was in the foyer.
I don’t know what I expected from the Hollywood Show, a little entertainment, a glimpse of a subculture I appreciate but prefer to keep at an analytic distance. Certainly I don’t think of myself as a collector. I don’t keep memorabilia, and I own a single framed poster, for Otto Preminger’s “Anatomy of a Murder,” which I prize for its striking Saul Bass design. I also don’t think of myself as a fan, largely because adoration seems a betrayal of reason. Fall in love with a star, and you might not want to admit just how bad he is in his next movie. These, of course, are lies that I like to tell myself.
The truth is that movie love is itself a form of collecting, and to live with the movies, to write and watch and read about them day after day, year after year, is a form of intense worship. The word fan is thought to come from the word fanatic, which derives from the Latin word fanaticus, “of a temple.” Hollywood was built on such adoration, with ornate movie palaces that were shrines, and stars whose ethereal beauty made them virtual gods and goddesses. Such idolatry had its skeptics, like Nathanael West, whose short 1939 novel “The Day of the Locust” ends with a movie premiere that turns into a riot. “At the sight of their heroes and heroines, the crowd would turn demoniac,” West promises. “Individually the purpose of its members might simply to be to get a souvenir, but collectively it would grab and rend.”
The crowd at the Hollywood Show didn’t grab and rend, at least while I was there. Maybe the handful of Los Angeles County deputy sheriffs wandering about and sometimes posing, helped keep the order. But the mostly middle-age attendees, who paid a minimum of $20 for a one-day pass, seemed well behaved. They patiently stood in lines, discreetly passing cash to the signee or an assistant. Some celebrities pocket the money, while others sign for charities, like Mr. Cooper, who donated his proceeds to the Motion Picture Home, a hospital and long-term care facility for industry veterans that, after 60 years of operation, is to close by the end of the year.
An average member of the Screen Actors Guild makes less than $5,000 a year. This helps explain why even some famous faces end up on crummy television programs or peddling cosmetics and fat cures on late-night television. Or why they become regulars on the convention circuit, signing photographs at events like the Ultimate Collectibles and Autograph Show near Philadelphia, which in early October featured appearances by athletes and actors, like Ice T, who asks upward of $30 for a photo. His wife, Coco, rates $15. By contrast Jim Bunning, a Hall of Fame baseball pitcher turned Republican senator from Kentucky, charges $50 to sign balls, $65 for jerseys and bats. The boxer Jake LaMotta asks $50 for “gloves & premium items.”
The practice of athletes selling their autographs stirs criticism, but the sports autograph circuit has more mainstream acceptance than celebrity events like the Hollywood Show. History probably helps explain the difference: Babe Ruth was famous for signing thousands of free autographs, particularly for young fans, while it was the Hollywood studios that sent out the glossies of their contracted stars. Kevin Martin, one of the owners of the Hollywood Show, partly blames the stigma attached to celebrity autograph shows on tabloid outlets that position celebrities who attend his event as washouts. “That kind of press coverage,” he said, “actually makes it very difficult for us to get the stars we want because they think there’s some low-rent” — he laughed uncomfortably — “associations to doing that.”
Mr. Martin bought the show more than a year ago from a couple who ran it for years, and now he owns it with David Elkouby, a collector who has a memorabilia shop in Hollywood. In 2000 Mr. Elkouby bought a pair of Dorothy’s ruby slippers for $666,000. “They’re in a vault,” Mr. Martin said. “I’ve seen them.” I was so distracted by the idea and price, I forgot to ask what they looked like.
The world of collecting can be a shadowy enterprise, but what was most striking about the Hollywood Show was its ordinariness, the absence of frenzy and desperation that often colors the discourse on fans and stars. Only after I had wandered through the show several times, looking into the faces of people who had given me so much pleasure over the years, did I realize how badly I had misunderstood the event when I first walked in. However enjoyable and gratifying their exchanges with the fans, these were actors at work. As they smiled for us, signed our photographs, shared their memories, they were also giving us a performance. And like all performances, they were as manufactured as they were absolutely real.
Copyright 2009 The New York Times Company
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Liz Callaway sang beautifully tonight - a truly lovely show.
I'm jealous!
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Manohla Dargis is a terrible critic and a writer (in this article) with no point. And does Dargis just print whatever PR bull that's fed - 7000 attendees? Not on your tintype. Maybe there were 700 when I was there Saturday and even that I would debate - but 7000? Uh, no.
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Good Evening!
Boy, was it a beautiful day here in New York City! The weather was truly near-perfect, and it seemed to put everyone in a very good mood.
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DR Ginny and DH Richard - Welcome Back To New York City!!!
*I will be down around Chelsea tomorrow, so if you're still planning on trying to do a walk-through of the Strand... -The Morgan Library is also free tomorrow afternoon.
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In other news...
I had a great time playing for the voice lessons today. I was booked for three of them, but since the last student did not show up, I got out a bit early. -And I still got paid for all three. As luck would have it, the voice teacher I played for is associated with Mannes, and, apparently, they're looking for two staff accompanists right now... And after I was done today, the teacher asked if I would like to be considered for one of the slots... We shall see... :)
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Psstt....
DRs Ben and Ginny - It's actually "Georgio's" Country Grill (http://www.georgioscountrygrill.com/). ;)
And, yes, they're a step above the typical Greek-run diners here in NYC. Great lunch specials.
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DR Jeanne - :) :) :) :) :) :) :) YEAH!!!!!!!!!! :) :) :) :) :) :)
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Liz Callaway sang beautifully tonight - a truly lovely show.
:)
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The show went really well tonight. They cut a small bit of dialogue for the end of Act One that i think improves the speed to the curtain and everyone is happy with the new Finale cue. My colleague Curtis, who went to school with Kate Baldwin, loved the show and told me he loved the fact that it's so full of heart. I understand frtom our principal producer that they will be tweaking the set a bit over the next few days, and I believe tomorrow the director and producers will freeze the show. I think we're in great shape (fingers crossed)!
Um, yes. I believe the set is due for a reduction in verdigris. ;)
*I just feel a little bad for Kate - who's CD signing I meant to go to today, but.... Anyhoo... Her husband is currently doing a show out in Salt Lake City. He left for SLC two days before Finian's started rehearsal, and since his show opens the day after Finian's does, well.... :-\ -At least they're both working right now.
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I watched a lot of EVERY LITTLE STEP online - and then I had to watch that DVD of DR JOSE's production of A CHORUS LINE. Some guy's head was in the middle of the screen for all of it that I watched.....about 15 minutes......
Didn't like the black Sheila so much.....the movie Sheila's line readings are in my head....and Zach only said "Don't dance" once to the girl in the ballet sequence, I thought he said it a couple of times....and there were a LOT of bumps after the end of the song as they lined up....I just remember a few.
Saw it at the Shubert theatre before many DR's were born.....on a Saturday night in May, 1985.....and about six of the main people were out.
Hmmmm.... Do you have a DVD of it from San Francisco or NYC?
I'm pretty sure that "Zach" always said, "Don't dance" more than once.
And, yes, there are always supposed to be a lot of "bumps" before Paul starts "Who am I anyway?...." -It's an open vamp in the score, and the length of it is based on the applause. The cast recording(s) only has(have) a few.
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Soupy Sales has passed away at 83 - I adored him.
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Here is the obituary for Collin Wilcox (http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/22/arts/television/22wilcox.html?_r=1&ref=movies) from the New York Times.
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Back from a very entertaining lunch with Mr. Graae and I do think we'll be making a new album together next March or April.
I like this.
Um, DR Laura... This is HHW, not Facebook.
;)
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Great news from DR Jeanne!!
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As for John's on Saturday...
-Just remember that they won't seat the party until everyone is there.
-And since it's a Saturday, it will probably be a bit busy. Start breathing now. ;)
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DR GINNY and DH RICHARD have a great time in NYC and take lots of pictures! And remember if DH RICHARD appears onstage on Broadway again during this visit, he will qualify for his Equity card.
Actually, DR JRand, in FINIAN'S RAINBOW, Mr Shears or Mr Robust - I always forget which - looks a lot like DH Richard.
That would be "Mr. Shears" as portrayed by Tim Hartman. -Mr. Robust is played by Kevin Ligon.
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And he has a website: www.TimHartman.com (http://www.timhartman.com/)
*Alas, there are no pictures of him in his Mr. Shears garb.
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;D
Smelly, ain't it?
Of course(?), when I first read this, I thought it said....
Smelly, ain't I?
::)
;D
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DR JOSE did you see Mr D'Orio in action? I have a DVD of the CHORUS LINE revival, but I haven't watched it yet. I think I will like it better after I see the documentary.
The only time I've seen Tyce Diorio "in action" was when he came to see the revival of A Chorus Line with Carrie Ann Inaba (from "Dancing with the Stars"). They both stayed after a bit to chat with their friends in the cast.
*And I think you should watch the documentary after you watch the rest of the DVD. Just sayin'...
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In other news...
I had a great time playing for the voice lessons today. I was booked for three of them, but since the last student did not show up, I got out a bit early. -And I still got paid for all three. As luck would have it, the voice teacher I played for is associated with Mannes, and, apparently, they're looking for two staff accompanists right now... And after I was done today, the teacher asked if I would like to be considered for one of the slots... We shall see... :)
Congrats on the offer, Jose!
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As for John's on Saturday...
-Just remember that they won't seat the party until everyone is there.
-And since it's a Saturday, it will probably be a bit busy. Start breathing now. ;)
Just go to the Brooklyn Diner on 43rd and Broadway - great food, they'll seat you as you arrive, and no breathing necessary.
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As for John's on Saturday...
-Just remember that they won't seat the party until everyone is there.
-And since it's a Saturday, it will probably be a bit busy. Start breathing now. ;)
Just go to the Brooklyn Diner on 43rd and Broadway - great food, they'll seat you as you arrive, and no breathing necessary.
Well, any place around Times Square between shows will (always) be busy.
*As for the "breathing", well... I don't and won't need to breathe... And probably not DRs Ginny, Julie, vixmom nor the vixter... nor DR Ginny's DH Richard.. But... Well... ;)
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As for John's on Saturday...
-Just remember that they won't seat the party until everyone is there.
-And since it's a Saturday, it will probably be a bit busy. Start breathing now. ;)
Just go to the Brooklyn Diner on 43rd and Broadway - great food, they'll seat you as you arrive, and no breathing necessary.
Oh, and the Brooklyn Diner will only seat incomplete parties before 5:00pm and after 7:30pm. -Depending on the manager's whim. -Trust me on that one.
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And wasn't I the one who
enabled introduced you to the Brooklyn Diner in the first place?
*For a real splurge, go to their location up on 57th Street near Carnegie Hall. It's a little more upscale, but some of the additional menu items are worth the splurge.
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Hmmmm....
I wonder if DR JMK and his family, or maybe even DRs Jane and MBarnum would like to participate in this:
Beard of Bees (http://www.omsi.edu/bees)
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Oh no...Pie-splattered comedian Soupy Sales dies at 83 (http://www.comcast.net/articles/news-general/20091023/US.Obit.Sales/?cid=NET_SZHeadlineRSSLinks&attr=article_news_general_US.Obit.Sales) :'(
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Is there an echo in here?
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In other news...
I had a great time playing for the voice lessons today. I was booked for three of them, but since the last student did not show up, I got out a bit early. -And I still got paid for all three. As luck would have it, the voice teacher I played for is associated with Mannes, and, apparently, they're looking for two staff accompanists right now... And after I was done today, the teacher asked if I would like to be considered for one of the slots... We shall see... :)
Congrats on the offer, Jose!
Thank You, DR George. I'm not really sure it was an "offer", but it's nice to know that the possibility is there. And since another source of my "musical theatre" income just dried up, well... As always, we shall see...
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OH!
And after talking with my parents earlier this afternoon, it looks like I've been "excused" from attending an anniversary party for some family friends this Saturday in DC. Actually, my father was the one who said that it would be too much trouble, time and money for me to come down for a three-hour cocktail party Saturday night... Especially since it seems like my mother may have volunteered me to play at the reception/party... Well... I'll place another phone call or two tomorrow and take it from there.
But I may be able to make it to John's Pizza after all.
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OK...
Not only are DR Ginny and her DH Richard in town this weekend, but my friend, Paul, from Florida got into town today too. And the Saturday, some friends/former college classmates are due in from Los Angeles... And there's also a Dumpling Festival on the Lower East Side... And then... Well.. Gotta rest up.
Goodnight.
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If you;re suggesting that i might run late, why, Mr. Simbulan, whatever put such an idea into your head? But seriously, i'm coming from home so won't be late for 5 p.m. on Saturday.
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Actually, David Wechter's mom introduced me to the 57th Street Brooklyn Diner. But I think you told me about the 43rd Street version.
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Gee, I wonder what happened to dear reader Sam today?