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Well, you've read the notes, the notes were a parade, and now it is time for you to post until the cows come home - they're a parade, too.
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And the word of the day is: PESCATARIAN!
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Thanks for the Parade report, BK. I've always liked the recording (especially the performers), and it's nice to know that a show can be changed for the better...not just changed for the sake of being changed. :)
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In my DVD burner (for my dad): the remastered F. W. Murnau's "Nosferatu, A Symphony of Horrors," recorded on TCM last week. Also, "Directed by John Ford," a documentary by Peter Bogdanovich that was originally made in 1971, shown on TV a couple of times, then forgotten until 2006. Peter redid some things, added some new interviews and re-released (or maybe just rebroadcast) it. My dad loves John Ford movies.
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And now, it's time for bed. Good night, BK and guests.
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Thanks for the Parade report, BK.
DITTO! :)
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~~~DON'T GET SICK VIBES~~~
FOR DR JOSESPIANO!!!!!
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~~~RECOVERY VIBES~~~
FOR DR DAKOTACELT!!!!!!
AND ~~~EMPLOYMENT VIBES~~~ FOR HER DH!!!!!!!!
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HUZZAH for DR elmore3003 and his cast and crew!!!!!! :D
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And in honor of today's topic title...
Angela in Dear World (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MIVLN5TMT8) :D
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Congrats and thanks to DR ELMORE! And on top of everything else - Arlene Dahl!
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The opening night pictures aren't up on Broadwayworld.com yet - but I would guess they soon will be.
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TOD:
CD - Bananas!
DVD - The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
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Working today of course.
PARADE - hmmmmmmmmmmmm, I have the CD, which I liked, but the short excerpt they showed on the Tony Awards show seemed so inept and unmoving, I haven't thought about it since.
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I am wearing my lovely kurta to work today.....
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I am off to work! I shall look forward to catching up when I return this evening.
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Friday morning greetings! I slept well, dreamed of a positive NY Times review for FR, and woke up to find that my dream had come true! Congratulations to DR Elmore and all!
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And the word of the day is: PESCATARIAN!
And The Song Of The Day Is: THREE LITTLE FISHIES
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A BIG Congrats to DR Elmore and the cast and crew of FINIAN'S RAINBOW on a fantastic opening night and a boatload of love letters from the press!
(And I bet that Rue McClanahan pushed her way into the opening night party...)
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MEdia Check
iPod: OCR of FINIAN'S RAINBOW, IF ON A WINTER'S NIGHT, Sting
Tivo: This week's COUGAR TOWN, last night's PROJECT RUNWAY
DVD: nada
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I was so excited to read the FR Times review this morning! Congrats to dear Elmore and the cast & crew!! Long may she run!!!!!
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Congratulations to Larry and the entire FR cast!
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TOD:
Movie: "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie"
Music: "Days of Future Passed"
"Radio Gals"
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Good morning!
It's moderately gray outside this morning which is something of a surprise since today was supposed to be sunny before a weekend of rain. I guess the clouds have rolled in earlier than expected.
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I got up earlier than usual this morning, got my newspaper read, and then settled in with the rest of the bonus features from UP's first disc.
One of the great joys of Blu-ray (and of HD-DVD when it was around) is the more sophisticated ways that commentaries can be accomplished. I began this morning watching the Cine-Explore commentary which has the films's director and co-director doing commentary but with lots of picture-in-picture inserts of storyboards, sketches, recording studio behind-the-scenes shots, rough animation ideas for scenes that were discarded, etc. all illustrating what the two men are talking about. The DVD has the audio commentary alone, but these inserts really brings the commentary to life and makes it so much more enjoyable.
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I watched the other features on the first disc, too, which included the cartoon short which preceded UP in theaters, another new short featuring the adorable character of Dug which seems like it could have been inserted into the movie (they do these with all of their animated features going back to MONSTERS INC.)
There's an interesting documentary on the expedition that members of the production team took to Venezuela scouting the locations for the film's fictional Paradise Falls area (the Angel Falls region is astounding).
And there was a featurette on the various ways they attempted to deal with the elimination of the villain in the movie, and we see lots of storyboard and rough animation ideas that they discarded.
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Now this leaves me with only disc two in the set to spend the rest of the day with. I hope I can finish it this afternoon so I can get the review up in the early evening. Time will tell.
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Just a reminder:
UGLY BETTY is now on Friday nights. (Several friends of mine have missed the show's first two weeks of episodes because they don't link BETTY with Friday night.)
WHITE COLLAR has a new episode tonight following a new episode of MONK.
All of the usual Friday suspects (MEDIUM, GHOST WHISPERER, LAW & ORDER) are on tonight with new episodes.
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I'm so very happy for DR Elmore and all the cast and crew of Finian's Rainbow!
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Friday Media Check:
CD - THE GARLAND TOUCH
DVD - UP (Blu-ray), disc 2
NATIONAL PARKS (Blu-ray set)
MONSTERS, INC. (Blu-ray)
DVR - last night's SUPERNATURAL
last night's THE OFFICE/30 ROCK
last night's THE MENTALIST
last night's PROJECT RUNWAY.
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I watched the other features on the first disc, too, which included the cartoon short which preceded UP in theaters, another new short featuring the adorable character of Dug which seems like it could have been inserted into the movie (they do these with all of their animated features going back to MONSTERS INC.)
There's an interesting documentary on the expedition that members of the production team took to Venezuela scouting the locations for the film's fictional Paradise Falls area (the Angel Falls region is astounding).
And there was a featurette on the various ways they attempted to deal with the elimination of the villain in the movie, and we see lots of storyboard and rough animation ideas that they discarded.
I would be very interested in seeing that last featurette. I was sort of shocked by how the villain was ultimately dealt with in UP, which I believe was a first for a Pixar film.
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Page Two Dance:
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I have no idea what I will watch this weekend.
However, 2 nights ago I watched a very cute caper comedy, THE MAIDEN HEIST. Stars Morgan Freeman, Christopher Walken, William H. Macy and Marcia Gay Harden. It's well worth a look.
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re: computer problems last night DR Cillaliz wrote:
I think it's the most recent updates. They caused me some problems too, but my computer seems to be working fine now
Okay but what did you do to make it work again?
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Congrats to DR Elmore!
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I have to remember to bring my camera today, because my niece is dressed up as Cinderella for daycare. Apparently a lot of the girls are disney princesses.
She can't wear that costume tomorrow because it will be too cold. although they are saying it will be 17C which is ridiculously hot for this time of year (it's around 65F). That would be amazing. Although it is supposed to rain tomorrow. Hopefully it will stop by 5pm.
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In my DVR:
last night's THE MENTALIST
last night's SAVING GRACE (we are behind here)
FLASHFORWARD (i still have all the episodes so far saved)
last night's VAMPIRE DIARIES
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I always loved the cd of PARADE.
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TOD:
DVD:
Some scary monster movies because it is Halloween. Maybe NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD or BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN.
DVR:
Last nights THE OFFICE and SURVIVOR and probably some more SEA HUNT episodes.
CD:
A compilation CD titled DESERT ROSES
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I watched the other features on the first disc, too, which included the cartoon short which preceded UP in theaters, another new short featuring the adorable character of Dug which seems like it could have been inserted into the movie (they do these with all of their animated features going back to MONSTERS INC.)
There's an interesting documentary on the expedition that members of the production team took to Venezuela scouting the locations for the film's fictional Paradise Falls area (the Angel Falls region is astounding).
And there was a featurette on the various ways they attempted to deal with the elimination of the villain in the movie, and we see lots of storyboard and rough animation ideas that they discarded.
I would be very interested in seeing that last featurette. I was sort of shocked by how the villain was ultimately dealt with in UP, which I believe was a first for a Pixar film.
It is quite interesting, and hearing the director talk about all the ideas and seeing some of them animated in rough form gives a fascinating insight into the multitude of decisions that have to be made before these films get released. No wonder they are years in development and production.
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I loved the CD of PARADE when it first came out and listened to it several times. Then, it went on a shelf and I haven't listened to it since. So many CDs, so little time. . . .
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Heading down now to get cleaned up for my usual later Friday outing. Then I'll likely watch something from the DVR (PROJECT RUNWAY more than likely; I'll save THE MENTALIST for when I eat lunch).
WBBL.
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The [revised] UK cast recording is also well worth a listen:
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I have to confess that I've never listened to the PARADE score or even bought the CD for that matter. It was a show that just never called out to me.
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Good morning, all! I guess we are a hit, and hopefully our ticket sales will zoom. The mood at the party was that with our reviews there will definitely be a new recording very soon.
So, to the rest of my day after I signed off on HHW around 4:15: I arrived at the theatre with my packages around 5:10, and I went looking for Rob Berman, the musical director, to give him his gift as well as a copy of the new GOLDEN APPLE score that had fortuitously arrived in the mail yesterday. Rob took me down to the stage manager's office where there was a pile of gifts waiting for me. I set director Warren's gift on his pile of CDs, found Joshie and gave him his, and sat in on Warren's last notes to the cast. They were funny, sentimental, and very sweet. He told us he was the fifth director Encores! approached, and I can only say thank you, God, Jesus, Buddah, whoever, because any of those earlier four could have kiled this production. David Richenthal, our major producer wth Jack Viertel of Encores!, also spoke; he's been trying to get FINIAN'S RAINBOW into the works for several years. Then, at 6:00 we had the gypsy robe ceremony, which takes place on the stage. Since I'm an idiot, I coldn't tell you all the detals or exactly when the thing began around 1950 - I know CALL ME MADAM was either the first or second show to begin the tradition - or some of the order of the ceremony. At its end, the winner whose name I forget ran three times around the circle of guests in conter clockwise motion to touch everyone for luck. It was, like all logdge initiations, both a little silly and very moving.
Then the show, which played to a filled house of audience, family and friends of the cast, and it was quite an event, with lots of applause and three numbers bringing the show to a halt with big cheers and yells: "If This Isn't Love," and the two comedy numbers "Necessity" and "The Begat," the two numbers, incidentally, that were my fovorites when I first heard the entire 1960 cast recording. Everyone was really in topnotch form last night and the show played really solidly. the orchestra sounded fantastic, and Chris Fitzgerald's "When I'm Not Near the Girl I Love" was a great 11 o-clock number. nly last night it was a great 10 o'clock number.
I have to run to physiical therapy, so I will tell about the party when I return.
TOD:
DVD: three Netflix items arrived in the mail yesterday. I have no idea what they are!
CD: A lot of Gilbert & Sullivan, Guy Haines, Liz Callaway
VCR: last night's REAL HOUSEWIVES reunion, some smut
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DR Elmore ;D :-* ;D
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The mood at the party was that with our reviews there will definitely be a new recording very soon.
:D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D
Thanks for the report, DR elmore3003. So exciting! :)
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I've never listened to the PARADE score or even bought the CD
Return your toaster. Immediately. ;)
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Elmore-
CONGRATULATIONS -To You and The Cast Of Finian's,
The Bestest Musical Ever Written IMHO !!
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I've never listened to the PARADE score or even bought the CD
Return your toaster. Immediately. ;)
Are we talking about the same PARADE? I didn't think that PARADE rated that far up in the toaster lexicon.
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Elmore, you must be in Seventh Heaven, except that show was a flop. ;)
DR TD, I hope you know my comment yesterday (as in much of my HHW "oeuvre") was tongue in cheek. Our local Border's has some really brain dead people. I am typically told things are not in stock, or they have never heard of them, and then after spending several minutes poking around the store, I find what I've been looking for. They're especially lame brained about their DVD/Blu-ray selection, which was downsized considerably last year. In fact, I'm not sure if I've been back since they downsized, but I do have a wad of Border's Bucks to spend in November.
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I have the LP of the Herman PARADE, signed by Jerry and all the cast members.
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I only managed to get my MOROCCO review up yesterday, so today must be spent both finishing, taking screencaptures (which is really quite the chore due to interlacing artifacts which crop up even on progressive tv's due to the DVI splitter), and then writing up NATURAL BORN KILLERS as well as the most-awaited new release of the year, HD MOODS: FIRE. (Not). And I have to get SUM OF ALL FEARS, an older catalog title, done, too. I received a gigantic box of Digital Environments releases yesterday, too, but those are lower priority. Unfortunately, they're also the hardest to review, as they are what I have termed "ambient television," basically wallpaper for your tv screen.
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I hopefully will be getting VCI's new Blu-ray of the Sim CHRISTMAS CAROL today or tomorrow, so that will be fun to watch.
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And the word of the day is: PESCATARIAN!
I once lived next door to a Pescatarian minister.
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What was it, fish?
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Good Morning! Good Afternoon!
I'm up, I'm up... And I'm feeling much, much better. Thank You for all the Vibes, they're doing their job.
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Once again...
Congratulations to everyone involved with Finian's Rainbow!
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I've got my stocking stuffers for this holiday season!!
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And for more handcrafted articles made of awesomness, head over to www.regretsy.com!!! :D
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I'm up, after a pretty good night's sleep. I probably would have slept longer save for the gardeners next door at the new house where there is barely anything to garden. They just love to make noise, I guess.
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Congrats to elmore and Kevin and everyone connected to Finian's.
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As for Parade...
I've always liked the score, and listen to it regularly (which means more than twice a year) just to keep it in my ear/head since the songs are frequently brought into auditions. I never saw the original production, but wish I had - especially since I seemed to have worked with almost everyone who was in that show over the years.
*And I'm sort of glad(?) to hear that "Big News" has been cut - it still floors me every time anyone brings that song in for an audition. Regardless of how well the singer knows it and how well the pianist knows it, that's definitely not a song that should be put together on the spot. Just too many variables. Too many.
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I don't mind saying on our discussion board that I HATED Parade when I saw it in NY - everything about it including the score. But time has been good to it - all it takes is a plethora of junk for a decade for time to be good to something. It's why some films that I thought were not so good from the 80s suddenly look much better now. And I think the stripped-down orchestration really helps and the whole show seems more focused than it was in NY. There are still things that bug me about it and that includes the lengthy Old Red Hills Of Home number. One thing I really liked about this production was that the director took away all the buttons of the songs so that the crowd could not do that whooping and hollering after the big choral stuff - it worked, too - they couldn't do it - the only applause was after the opening number where there is a BEAT of silence so they got some in, and the same thing in act two's opening.
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The two new songs are also not great, but they serve a purpose, I guess. Is Big News different than Real Big News?
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The two new songs are also not great, but they serve a purpose, I guess. Is Big News different than Real Big News?
"Big News" and "Real Big News" are different songs, but they both are/were sung by Britt Craig (the wonderful Evan Pappas in the original production). "Big News" was a solo, while "Real Big News" has "back-up".
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Everyone at physical therapy is in costume today, only last year Gurjeet and Jennifer were dressed as McCain and Palin, and this year they're victims of a serial killer with knives and huge implements thrust through their heads, with lots of fake blood.
So, last night's partay was at the Bryant Park Cafe hich is a narrow and long space; I didn't realize we had the entire building so I spent over half the partay wondering where the cast was. I saw musicians and their spouses, the book adapter and his family, Brian the copyist and his writing partner, and other friends including producers Kevin Spirtas and his mother and partner, Jamie deRoy and David Zippel, and I also met Rob Berman's wonderful family: mother, father, and brother John who used to work for Warner-Elektra.
Around 11:30, as I was heading out, I learned the OTHER SIDE of the building was where the cast was strutting their stuff, so I wandered over to visit with them and to meet Warren Carlysle's family who had flown in from the UK. I spent some time with Jack Viertel, who told me the reviews were looking good, Rob Berman's partner choreographer Chase Brock and Chase's talented designer, Joshie and a lot of his friends. I would not recommendthis space again for a huge party but I like the place and the food - especially the salmon - was really delicious.
I have a bag of gifts to open so my last post on the event will be what I was given. First, I have to tidy the apartment.
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The two new songs are also not great, but they serve a purpose, I guess. Is Big News different than Real Big News?
"Big News" and "Real Big News" are different songs, but they both are/were sung by Britt Craig (the wonderful Evan Pappas in the original production). "Big News" was a solo, while "Real Big News" has "back-up".
I went into the original production of PARADE expecting to dislike it and liked it very much. That said, I've never played the CD after my first hearing of it, although I liked Don Sebesky's orcgestrations very much.
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I've got my stocking stuffers for this holiday season!!
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$10.00 and it's used???
Ew.
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I guess my question is does Real Big News have different music - it seemed the same to me, but then I haven't heard the CD in ten years.
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Also works with dogs, although the pork chops can get heavy:
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DR DAW - there are only four left in stock!
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Lovely posts for DR ELMORE....if we can't be there an HHW ON THE SPOT DISPATCH is the next best thing.
Link to Opening Night Bows
http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Photo_Coverage_FINIANS_RAINBOW_Celebrates_Opening_Night_on_Broadway_Curtain_Call_20091030
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DR JRand - You need a "s p a c e" or at least a carriage return/<ENTER> in that post.
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Or an [IMG] link. ;)
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I guess my question is does Real Big News have different music - it seemed the same to me, but then I haven't heard the CD in ten years.
Hmmm... Well, I guess "Real Big News" could sort of be called a "reprise" of "Big News" without being a true reprise of the musical material. -If that makes sense. Both songs are definitely in and of the character of Britt Craig.
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Grrrrrrrr...
I didn't watch PROJECT RUNWAY last night, but now I'll probably know who will be auffed thanks to a somewhat revealing headline on MSNBC.com. Don't go there until you've watched last night's episode!
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DR elmore,
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See if this clip reminds you of anything :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mriWzykyewA&feature=related
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See if this clip reminds you of anything :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mriWzykyewA&feature=related
Hmmmm...did Mr. Tune see that one beforehand?
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See if this clip reminds you of anything :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mriWzykyewA&feature=related
Hmmmm...did Mr. Tune see that one beforehand?
But weren't the "Follies" numbers in The Will Rogers Follies based on 'previous' follies numbers? I mean, I know I had seen a "hand dance" before TWRF.
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In other news...
For those DRs who are watching "Flash Forward", you may or may not want to read the New York Times 'FlashForward' Watch (http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/30/flashforward-watch-the-stamp-of-the-blue-hand/?src=twt&twt=artsbeat). This morning's installment is particularly droll. -That is if "droll" is the right word. ;)
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Job vibes for DH of DR Dakota, DRs Kerry, DAW , Jose, elmore & my DS Craig. I hope I haven’t missed anyone.
Feel better vibes for DR Dakota, DR MBarnum, DR Jose, and anyone else who needs them.
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See if this clip reminds you of anything :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mriWzykyewA&feature=related
Hmmmm...did Mr. Tune see that one beforehand?
But weren't the "Follies" numbers in The Will Rogers Follies based on 'previous' follies numbers? I mean, I know I had seen a "hand dance" before TWRF.
True. and I shouldn't have put it that way. One of Tommy Tune's strengths as a choreographer is taking something you might have see hundreds of times before and making it seem new and exciting (and in this case, just plain fun, too!)
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Thank you, DR Jane. :)
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Rolling Stone Magazine - The Golden Globes Edition:
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See if this clip reminds you of anything :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mriWzykyewA&feature=related
Hmmmm...did Mr. Tune see that one beforehand?
But weren't the "Follies" numbers in The Will Rogers Follies based on 'previous' follies numbers? I mean, I know I had seen a "hand dance" before TWRF.
True. and I shouldn't have put it that way. One of Tommy Tune's strengths as a choreographer is taking something you might have see hundreds of times before and making it seem new and exciting (and in this case, just plain fun, too!)
DR Dan (The Man) - You were fine. However... ;)
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True. and I shouldn't have put it that way. One of Tommy Tune's strengths as a choreographer is taking something you might have see hundreds of times before and making it seem new and exciting (and in this case, just plain fun, too!)
After a while - since they kept performing that number on every show and TV apperance - all I could think of was: "I would hate to be an understudy/swing in the show."
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See if this clip reminds you of anything :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mriWzykyewA&feature=related
Hmmmm...did Mr. Tune see that one beforehand?
But weren't the "Follies" numbers in The Will Rogers Follies based on 'previous' follies numbers? I mean, I know I had seen a "hand dance" before TWRF.
True. and I shouldn't have put it that way. One of Tommy Tune's strengths as a choreographer is taking something you might have see hundreds of times before and making it seem new and exciting (and in this case, just plain fun, too!)
DR Dan (The Man) - You were fine. However... ;)
Oh, if I had a dollar for all the times someone said that to me...
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DR JOSE I think I fixed the link....if not can you do so? I am at work and tied up internet wise.
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DR DAW - I hope the question on that cover is rhetorical.
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PAGE FOUR DANCE....
See MR BK's post from the last page.
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True. and I shouldn't have put it that way. One of Tommy Tune's strengths as a choreographer is taking something you might have see hundreds of times before and making it seem new and exciting (and in this case, just plain fun, too!)
After a while - since they kept performing that number on every show and TV apperance - all I could think of was: "I would hate to be an understudy/swing in the show."
Here's a clip of "Favorite Son" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9-1XutZfPY) from THE WILL ROGERS FOLLIES so everyone know what we're talkin' about...
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See if this clip reminds you of anything :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mriWzykyewA&feature=related
DAW's last dinner party?
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DR JOSE I think I fixed the link....if not can you do so? I am at work and tied up internet wise.
No worries, DR JRand - We're on Page 4 now.
;)
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When TWRF was done by a community theater group here, during that dance one of the dancers managed to thrust her stiletto heel clear through the foot of her neighbor. Unbelievably, they finished the segment and the injured girl was then carted away by ambulance.
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I really like the review from NEW YORK Magazine:
Charmed
by Stephanie Zacharek
Finian's Rainbow-the 1947 musical in which a horny leprechaun chases after anything in a skirt, a mute ballerina communicates via interpretive dance, and a racist white senator is turned black by a magic pot of gold-is one hot plate of crazy. And yet in a world where the Birthers are being taken semi-seriously, who couldn't use a pot of magic gold or two? It turns out that, for all its charming loopiness, Yip Harbug, Fred Saidy and Burton Lane's show-essentially a dream vision of an America without racism-is still a provocative work. This marvelous, slightly unhinged revival, directed and choreographed by Warren Carlyle, succeeds because it refuses to wink at the material or treat it as quaint.
Two Irish emigres, the mischievous, tippling Finian (Jim Norton, in a springy, adamantly untwinkly performance) and his plucky daughter, Sharon (Kate Baldwin), show up in Rainbow Valley, Missitucky, to execute a get-rich-eventually scheme. They're welcomed by the locals, black and white alike, among them labor organizer and town hottie Woody (Cheyenne Jackson) and the sharecroppers who make their living in the valley's tobacco fields (their de-facto mother figure is the hip-rolling, straight-talking Dottie, played by ball-of-fire Terri White). Finian and Sharon end up on the very bad side of the bigoted Senator Rawkins (David Schramm), the fatcat who will soon become a hepcat (played by Chuck Cooper)-but let's not get ahead of ourselves.
Carlyle and his cast run wild with the book's fanciful, sweetly Utopian spirit, but they also hit the play's satirical notes dead-on. (When one of the blustery white authority figures claims the now-black senator has been "demoted," the line pierces like a lancet.) In a change from the original staging, the new, improved version of Rawkins is played by a black actor instead of a white actor in blackface. It's a bold, necessary adjustment, just one way in which this show's pleasures are doled out in go-for-broke splashes instead of tasteful dabs. The musical numbers are colorful though never garish-the dancers, in their whirling circle skirts and drapey trousers, make for a cheerful, retro spectacle. Admittedly, some of the magic dust wears off in the second act: There isn't much of a plot, just a series of situations on which to hang songs. But what songs! Beyond the love-as-witchcraft sultriness of "Old Devil Moon," there's the wistful beauty of "How Are Things in Glocca Morra?", a ballad that speaks of homesickness not for a specific geographical location but for an elusive state of being-a place we'd happily put on a map, if only we could.
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I have had a very frustrating morning trying to find receipts I know I have somewhere, the search for which has completely delayed what I really should be doing. Of course, posting on HHW is also delaying what I should be doing. :)
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DR JOSE I think I fixed the link....if not can you do so? I am at work and tied up internet wise.
No worries, DR JRand - We're on Page 4 now.
;)
But what about those we left behind?!? We've got to go back to the island Page 3, Jack!!!
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I evidently have time on my hands this afternoon...
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I got several opening night cards from the director, Rob Berman, the stage manager Tripp, and Joshie, whose card included a refrigerator magnet that said "What Happens Over the Rainbow Stays Over the Rainbow," another Yip Harburg rainbow reference but very apt. I was given a framed window card for the original FINIAN'S RAINBOW of 1947 and a copy of the original published libretto, a very very generous gift certificate for The Drama Book Shop, and a note pad with the logo and opeing night date. I also received beautiful flowers from my dear friend and DR TCB.
I'm ready for a nap.
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DR JOSE I think I fixed the link....if not can you do so? I am at work and tied up internet wise.
No worries, DR JRand - We're on Page 4 now.
;)
But what about those we left behind?!? We've got to go back to the island Page 3, Jack!!!
Don't you remember what Mother sings in Ragtime? -We can never go back to Page 4... 3...
Nevermind. (à la Emily Litella, of course)
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Enough of me now. Vibes to everyone who need them! I've been so self-centered for two days that I don't know at this point everyone who does, but I know - or think I rememebr - DRs Jose, Ginny and Dakotacelt could use some health, employment and other vibes and there's been other mention of folk in need.
DR Jose, did you have your interview?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Vibes of every sort to all DRs who could use them! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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I evidently have time on my hands this afternoon...
As do I, DR Dan (the Man). As do I.
I am feeling much better today - well, at least my throat doesn't feel as scratchy and sensitive as it did yesterday - but I'm trying to figure out if I should go ahead and risk(?) heading out for a walk like I did yesterday - and then hitting that proverbial wall again (like I did yesterday).
-How's that for a run-on oft-hyphenated sentence? Anyhoo...
The sun is back out, so... Hmmm...
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And in the truly odd department, I received a screener today for "Say Anything," despite the fact that I do not review Fox titles.
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DR elmore - You're not being "self-centered", you're "celebrating"! -And deservedly so.
As for yesterday's interview, well... I woke up sick. The teacher had two students cancel due to illness. And the administrator who was supposed to observe, audit and interview had to postpone due to a scheduling conflict. Hopefully, next Monday or Tuesday.
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After two hours of searching and much gnashing of teeth, as well as a call to Fred Meyer's corporate office, which has regenerated the receipt I need and is mailing it to me, yep, you guessed it, I just found it folded up amongst my paper money. Arrrrggghghhgghgh.
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I am quite sure things like that do not happen in Glocca Morra.
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And in exciting home ownership news, according to Multnomah County the real market value of our home decreased by almost 25% and yet our property taxes went up by over 10%.
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DR Elmore - add me to those who are enjoying your posts about this week's festivities. Keep 'em coming! And thanks for the health vibes - my throat is clearing up and my blistered, swollen feet are feeling better every day.
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I am also quite sure someone in the Multnomah County tax assessor's office is singing On that Great Come and Get It Day. ;)
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Here's an unusual temp opportunity in NYC:
Charmin - Enjoy the Go (http://www.charmin.com/en_US/enjoy-the-go/index.php#)
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DAW's last dinner party?
;D
Are you still sore about not being invited?
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When TWRF was done by a community theater group here, during that dance one of the dancers managed to thrust her stiletto heel clear through the foot of her neighbor. Unbelievably, they finished the segment and the injured girl was then carted away by ambulance.
Now THAT'S entertainment!
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Here's an unusual temp opportunity in NYC:
Charmin - Enjoy the Go (http://www.charmin.com/en_US/enjoy-the-go/index.php#)
I think I'll pass. :) But thank you, DR Ginny! :D
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Now THAT'S entertainment!
The things we do for our art!!
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Glad to hear that you are getting better, DR Ginny!
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Well.......the Opening Night Cast Bow photos are at:
www.broadwayworld.com
If my last link is no good, and they are fun to see. It seems everyone - even OG - is dressed in lovely light colors and dancing to beat the band!
DR ELMORE has a hit! And the posts are most enjoyed by the theatre hungry here in the Midwest, so keep them coming.
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There is an elementary school three blocks from my house that is presently conducting a "costume parade."
I can hear the screaming all the way from here.
:P
:)
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Here's an unusual temp opportunity in NYC:
Charmin - Enjoy the Go (http://www.charmin.com/en_US/enjoy-the-go/index.php#)
If this isn't the most ill advised marketing campaign ever, I don't want to know what is. :)
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I mean, aren't most blogs full enough of s*** already? ;)
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I love the RAINBOW sign on the St James marquee! Pictures of the arrivals include David Hasselhoff and Bryan Batt! But no photo of Miss Dahl! An oversight no doubt.
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See if this clip reminds you of anything :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mriWzykyewA&feature=related
Hmmmm...did Mr. Tune see that one beforehand?
But weren't the "Follies" numbers in The Will Rogers Follies based on 'previous' follies numbers? I mean, I know I had seen a "hand dance" before TWRF.
True. and I shouldn't have put it that way. One of Tommy Tune's strengths as a choreographer is taking something you might have see hundreds of times before and making it seem new and exciting (and in this case, just plain fun, too!)
DR Dan (The Man) - You were fine. However... ;)
I suppose this was directed at me? I'm sure you saw MY smiley face. And yes, the Will Rogers Follies was designed to pay homage to classic follies numbers - in the case of this one, it's a little more than homage, but first off, I understand this was Jeff Calhoun's number (correct me if I'm wrong), and second off he topped it with the hats and tambourines.
Then again, I used to give Tommy Tune huge credit for that choreography in Grand Hotel with the two ballroom dancers, which I thought was just brilliant. It was - but it wasn't Tune at all - it was those two dancers, and they were, in fact, given credit, albeit in the staff listings in the back of the program.
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Back from a pleasant two-mile jog - I got out of here later than I expected and don't want to be late for La Graae.
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I love the RAINBOW sign on the St James marquee! Pictures of the arrivals include David Hasselhoff and Bryan Batt! But no photo of Miss Dahl! An oversight no doubt.
I don't particularly care about Hasselhoff but I would have loved to see my old friend Brian! I knew that Bwcky Newton and her husband were there; they're playing the romantic leads in GIRL CRAZY. I had heard that Becky wanted to meet the wonderful Judy Blazer last night and Rob Fisher was trying to arrange that.
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Here's an unusual temp opportunity in NYC:
Charmin - Enjoy the Go (http://www.charmin.com/en_US/enjoy-the-go/index.php#)
If this isn't the most ill advised marketing campaign ever, I don't want to know what is. :)
Actually, I think this is the third - if not fourth - year for the Charmin Bathrooms in Times Square. I've never used them, but I have appreciated the free sample packs of Kleenex and the coupons they give out.
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Here's an unusual temp opportunity in NYC:
Charmin - Enjoy the Go (http://www.charmin.com/en_US/enjoy-the-go/index.php#)
I wonder if you get paid extra for wearing the "bowl"?
(from last year's promo)
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Here's an unusual temp opportunity in NYC:
Charmin - Enjoy the Go (http://www.charmin.com/en_US/enjoy-the-go/index.php#)
If this isn't the most ill advised marketing campaign ever, I don't want to know what is. :)
Ass Effects.
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bk - My apologies. Thus my smiley too. I'm just a bit stir-crazy right now. Emphasis on the crazy.
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DR ELMORE - Mr Warren Carlyle was wearing a very nifty TIE last night....and everyone looks so nice dressed up at the party!
There's a link on the
www.broadwayworld.com
page to party pics....but they must have stayed out of the room you were in. Couldn't you follow the camera flashes? And did Rachel Dretch look as bad in person as she does in the pictures?
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I hope you feel better soon, DR JOSE.
And of course Monday is November 2 with a beautiful full moon in Scorpio which should be better for job discussions anyway.
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I love the RAINBOW sign on the St James marquee! Pictures of the arrivals include David Hasselhoff and Bryan Batt! But no photo of Miss Dahl! An oversight no doubt.
I don't particularly care about Hasselhoff but I would have loved to see my old friend Brian! I knew that Bwcky Newton and her husband were there; they're playing the romantic leads in GIRL CRAZY. I had heard that Becky wanted to meet the wonderful Judy Blazer last night and Rob Fisher was trying to arrange that.
And what a husband! Chris Diamantopoulos!
(http://www1.pictures.zimbio.com/fp/Becki+Newton+Chris+Diamantopoulos+Out+Stroll+A90U2JpyYe7l.jpg)
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*Mr. Diamantopoulos was the first Ethan Girard in The Full Monty after Romain Frugé left the show.
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I hope you feel better soon, DR JOSE.
And of course Monday is November 2 with a beautiful full moon in Scorpio which should be better for job discussions anyway.
Thank You, DR JRand.
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PROJECT RUNWAY SPOILER:
I got my greatest satisfaction in the announcement of last night's winner. And most especially gratifying was that hateful look in the pea-green-with-envy eyes of Irina. Yes, she tried to throw Althea under the bus with the presumption that she, Irina, had been copied by Althea. How upsetting, then, for Irina that Althea's "look" had been deemed BETTER than her own!
END SPOILER
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DR JRand -
DR ELMORE - Mr Warren Carlyle was wearing a very nifty TIE last night....and everyone looks so nice dressed up at the party!
There's a link on the
www.broadwayworld.com
page to party pics....but they must have stayed out of the room you were in. Couldn't you follow the camera flashes? And did Rachel Dretch look as bad in person as she does in the pictures?
If I may offer - proffer(?) - an assist:
FINIAN'S RAINBOW's Opening Night on Broadway - Arrivals (http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Photo_Coverage_FINIANS_RAINBOWs_Opening_Night_on_Broadway_Arrivals_20091030)
FINIAN'S RAINBOW Celebrates Opening Night on Broadway - Curtain Call! (http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Photo_Coverage_FINIANS_RAINBOW_Celebrates_Opening_Night_on_Broadway_Curtain_Call_20091030)
FINIAN'S RAINBOW Celebrates Opening Night on Broadway - After Party! (http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Photo_Coverage_FINIANS_RAINBOW_Celebrates_Opening_Night_on_Broadway_After_Party_20091030)
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Has anyone else been getting that "SMF" error today when trying to access HHW? I've encountered it a couple of times over the past couple of hours.
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Thanks for links DR JOSE.
At home I had all kinds of weird INNER WEB goings on....hopefully it will be fixed when I get home. Who knows?
I am still intrigued and excited about the costumes for curtain call....is this how everyone is dressed for the finale.....or is this a whole new look? It is so BROADWAY and it flatters everyone!
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In my DVD burner (for my dad): the remastered F. W. Murnau's "Nosferatu, A Symphony of Horrors," recorded on TCM last week. Also, "Directed by John Ford," a documentary by Peter Bogdanovich that was originally made in 1971, shown on TV a couple of times, then forgotten until 2006. Peter redid some things, added some new interviews and re-released (or maybe just rebroadcast) it. My dad loves John Ford movies.
Have him check out a film that our friend, editor Sam Pollard directed:
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/database/ford_wayne.html
It airs on PBS from time to time...don't know if it's available on DVD but it's very good!
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Thanks for links DR JOSE.
At home I had all kinds of weird INNER WEB goings on....hopefully it will be fixed when I get home. Who knows?
I am still intrigued and excited about the costumes for curtain call....is this how everyone is dressed for the finale.....or is this a whole new look? It is so BROADWAY and it flatters everyone!
Those costumes are for the wedding/final scene of the show. And the curtain call. And, yes, it is very BROADWAY and flattering.
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See if this clip reminds you of anything :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mriWzykyewA&feature=related
That's funny! We wrapped the Johnny Mercer editing room last night and my assistant asked me if I wanted copies of anything. Not to abuse the privlege , the only thing I asked for was a copy of The King of Jazz.
Side note: King of Jazz featured The Rhythm Boys, with a very young Bing Crosby and Harry Barris, uncle of Chuck Barris.
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DR Jose, my DH Greg had something similar last week...no symptoms other than a VERY deep voice, which was kind of cool! :-)
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I want the suit that Cheyenne Jackson is wearing, although it would look different on me, being a different body type and all.
And of course Mr Jackson wore a Tuxedo to the Party. Very classy.....
Which reminds me of a report given by Miss Louella Parsons at a Hollywood premiere:
"Many men came in tuxedoes....and others in taxi cabs."
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I am LOL at that keychain made of raisin!
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Was THE KING OF JAZZ ever finished?
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Oh it WAS finished....I must be thinking of MGM's March of Time musical.
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DR Jose, my DH Greg had something similar last week...no symptoms other than a VERY deep voice, which was kind of cool! :-)
Well, I guess my currently deep(er) voice could be considered "cool", but, something tells me I shoudn't be sharing my coolness.
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Or something like that. Hmmm....
Maybe I will at least go for a walk around the block, before the sun starts to set. Hmmm...
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Has anyone else been getting that "SMF" error today when trying to access HHW? I've encountered it a couple of times over the past couple of hours.
Yes.
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I shall now have lunch at 3:30 p.m. since I haven't had time to do so until now.
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Or something like that. Hmmm....
Maybe I will at least go for a walk around the block, before the sun starts to set. Hmmm...
Take note: a week later, Greg's throaty throat developed into a full-blown cold. Take your vitamins!
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I am revelling in all these great Finian's links and reports from Elmore!
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What was the last B'way show/play to have a tableau curtain call? I don't know the answer--just wonderin'. Probably something artsy-fartsy like METAMORPHOSES...
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I shall now have lunch at 3:30 p.m. since I haven't had time to do so until now.
I believe I am about to do the same. Well, at least I'm going to get off of my couch. :-\
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Or something like that. Hmmm....
Maybe I will at least go for a walk around the block, before the sun starts to set. Hmmm...
Take note: a week later, Greg's throaty throat developed into a full-blown cold. Take your vitamins!
I believe my cold hit me yesterday, just came and went. I think. I hope.
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What was the last B'way show/play to have a tableau curtain call? I don't know the answer--just wonderin'. Probably something artsy-fartsy like METAMORPHOSES...
In San Francisco, Lestat had one. :-\
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Another clip from King of Jazz. It had some very impressive effect for its time and was a very early color film using the 2 color Technicolor process. I hope one day the full-length version will be re-released.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vveQ4Es9tJY
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Although, Finian's does start off with ensemble and individual bows...
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I really should see PARADE one day, since the story is so close to home. Beside Mary Phagan being buried across the street from our house in Marietta, I met my ex-husband when he was playing in a club on the site where the lynching took place. (Didn't know it at the time.) And the families of the lynch mob are some of Marietta's most prominent citizens!
That should have told me something right there!
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Thanks for links DR JOSE.
At home I had all kinds of weird INNER WEB goings on....hopefully it will be fixed when I get home. Who knows?
I am still intrigued and excited about the costumes for curtain call....is this how everyone is dressed for the finale.....or is this a whole new look? It is so BROADWAY and it flatters everyone!
DR JRand59, everyone in the curtain call is wearing their costumes from the wedding scene before Sharon is sentenced to be burned at the stake for witchcraft, a Harburg dig at the ultra-conservative mindset I really love; the show ends at the "Crack of Dawn" wherein, like good Shakespeare, all plots are resolved. At last night's curtain call all of the swings - Brian Sears, Lauren Lim Jackson, Grasan Kingsberry, and Elisa van Duyne - took a bow as well. I think that's really wonderful.
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See if this clip reminds you of anything :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mriWzykyewA&feature=related
Hmmmm...did Mr. Tune see that one beforehand?
But weren't the "Follies" numbers in The Will Rogers Follies based on 'previous' follies numbers? I mean, I know I had seen a "hand dance" before TWRF.
Well, he did the hand dance stuff in A DAY IN HOLLYWOOD only his cast was much smaller. Same effects, though, just with fewer people.
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And in the truly odd department, I received a screener today for "Say Anything," despite the fact that I do not review Fox titles.
Several reviewers I know got that particular Fox title today. I, who am supposed to get it, did not.
I did get the rest of Criterion's November slate of DVD releases: DOWNHILL RACER, GOMORRAH, and GOLDEN AGE OF TELEVISION (which looks big but marvelous).
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I love the photo of Warren and the kids in the show.
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Oh it WAS finished....I must be thinking of MGM's March of Time musical.
Yes, you are. I have THE KING OF JAZZ on a commercial VHS tape.
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DR ELmore,
Thank you so much for all the excitement from the opening night pre - during - and post show. Hearing who was there and who was with whom is just wonderful!
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Who is this Brett Claywell appearing in so many photos from last night? He's all over the place!
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I watched PROJECT RUNWAY before I headed out on my Friday errands. I would have reversed the placement of the bottom two. Like DR Ron Pulliam, I loved to see the winner triumphant and the "killer" stares the second place finisher was giving the winner.
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Who is this Brett Claywell appearing in so many photos from last night? He's all over the place!
Well, I don't know why he's there unless he's dating one of the girls in the show. He's playing gay med student Kyle on ONE LIFE TO LIVE right now.
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When I got in, I watched THE MENTALIST while eating lunch. I guessed the murderer easily, but I nevertheless enjoyed the show even though I can't believe the team "couple" is going to risk this. Should make for interesting future episodes.
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Who is this Brett Claywell appearing in so many photos from last night? He's all over the place!
Well, I don't know why he's there unless he's dating one of the girls in the show. He's playing gay med student Kyle on ONE LIFE TO LIVE right now.
Many thanks, DR Matt H! I just realized that myself by googling him.
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Then I watched all of the bonus documentaries on the second disc in the UP package. All of them were interesting featurettes showing the genesis and development of all the major aspects of the movie.
There were also some hilarious promo blackout sketches using the major characters that I played twice becasue I loved them so much.
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I then watched some BONES episodes on the recent Blu-ray release just to relax a little this afternoon. I'm going to have to start my new review project later this evening, so I wanted some time to just veg out. BONES is excellent for that, pure pleasure for me.
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I did skim through today's wonderful episode of ONE LIFE TO LIVE. Great stuff with Kyle, Nick and especially Fish. Very much enjoyed those scenes.
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I skimmed through ATWT, too, but there was nothing there of interest.
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Thanks DR ELMORE for the info -
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Well, I'm off to head to Wegman's for some grocery shopping.
See ya's later...
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World's Largest Iceberg is Waiting Patiently Department:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33548529/ns/travel-cruising/
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Hopping off-line now to finish reviewing UP. Then I'll head back down to begin NATIONAL PARKS.
WBBL.
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Off to cook a pork chop dinner for my family...bye for now!
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And I'm STILL at work! You gadabouts!
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I like being a
lady of leisure gadabout!! :)
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When I'm not hosting dinner parties, that is.
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There is an elementary school three blocks from my house that is presently conducting a "costume parade."
I can hear the screaming all the way from here.
And if you can hear theirs, imagine what they must think when they can hear yours.....
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What was the last B'way show/play to have a tableau curtain call? I don't know the answer--just wonderin'. Probably something artsy-fartsy like METAMORPHOSES...
In San Francisco, Lestat had one. :-\
Did it? I don't recall it. Of course, I was so numb by the ending it's a miracle I remember much about it at all.
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Those costumes are for the wedding/final scene of the show. And the curtain call. And, yes, it is very BROADWAY and flattering.
WEDDING?
Rats. You should have posted a spoiler warning.
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What was the last B'way show/play to have a tableau curtain call? I don't know the answer--just wonderin'. Probably something artsy-fartsy like METAMORPHOSES...
In San Francisco, Lestat had one. :-\
Did it? I don't recall it. Of course, I was so numb by the ending it's a miracle I remember much about it at all.
Well, maybe I blocked it out too. However, I actually do remember the curtain call since the finale at the time featured a whole slew of characters from "future" Anne Rice, "Lestat" books. Due to the lavishness and size of those costumes, the characters had to stay on stage. -Which, of course, ended up confusing the audience - myself included - even more since "we" were applauding characters/actors that had not appeared earlier in the show. -But those costumes did make for a nice lobby display in the Time-Warner Center once the show came into NYC. ::)
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Well, you've read the notes, the notes were a parade, and now it is time for you to post until the cows come home - they're a parade, too.
BK, I thought I had remembered you saying that you didn't like PARADE; so i was surprised when you said you were going to see it.
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Those costumes are for the wedding/final scene of the show. And the curtain call. And, yes, it is very BROADWAY and flattering.
WEDDING?
Rats. You should have posted a spoiler warning.
Be careful, Laura, you'll raise RLP's ire. ;)
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Those costumes are for the wedding/final scene of the show. And the curtain call. And, yes, it is very BROADWAY and flattering.
WEDDING?
Rats. You should have posted a spoiler warning.
But did I say that the wedding actually took place?
::)
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Off to cook a pork chop dinner for my family...bye for now!
...And applesauce?
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You know it occurrs to me we have a lot of three-initialed people here. I'm curious what everyone's middle letter stands for. Mine is Michael, after my father, though he had Americanized his name from the original Hebrew Meyer.
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And... After walking around my 'hood for an hour, I was very pleased that I did not have to deal with a sudden onset bout of fatigue like I did yesterday. :)
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DR elmore - You're not being "self-centered", you're "celebrating"! -And deservedly so.
I totally agree. DR elmore,
(http://open.salon.com/files/celebrate1246554461.gif)
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Just a reminder:
UGLY BETTY is now on Friday nights. (Several friends of mine have missed the show's first two weeks of episodes because they don't link BETTY with Friday night.)
WHITE COLLAR has a new episode tonight following a new episode of MONK.
All of the usual Friday suspects (MEDIUM, GHOST WHISPERER, LAW & ORDER) are on tonight with new episodes.
Does that mean that NUM3ERS is not new tonight?
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You know it occurrs to me we have a lot of three-initialed people here. I'm curious what everyone's middle letter stands for. Mine is Michael, after my father, though he had Americanized his name from the original Hebrew Meyer.
Carlos. -Which, I believe is from my mother's side of the family in some way or another.
When I was in grade school, my mom preferred that I sign my name as "J. Carlos" since there were "too many Jose's", and that "Jose" made me seem "Spanish". -And "Carlos" is less Spanish? I still remember never really knowing how to fill out those standardized test forms - the ones with all the circle. -Was my first name "J." or was it "J. Carlos"? I finally rebelled sometime in 4th or 5th grade, and started signing my name as "Jose". Although, "Jojo" has always been my "home name" since my Dad is also "Jose" - but we have a different middle name, so I'm not a "Jr.".
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You know it occurrs to me we have a lot of three-initialed people here. I'm curious what everyone's middle letter stands for. Mine is Michael, after my father, though he had Americanized his name from the original Hebrew Meyer.
Keith is also a Michael, named for his grand uncle Moisha.
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And... After walking around my 'hood for an hour, I was very pleased that I did not have to deal with a sudden onset bout of fatigue like I did yesterday. :)
:)
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I've got my stocking stuffers for this holiday season!!
(http://www.regretsy.com/images/denturekey.png)
What the Hell is acrilic raisin?
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Katie Couric's program beginning at 6:30 tonight will do a segment on Terri White and FINIAN'S RAINBOW!
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My middle name is not Michael.
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I didn't no like Parade - I hated it a decade ago. I still don't love it, but this production at least makes a much better case for the show and score.
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Had a lovelier than lovely luncheon with Mr. Jason Graae, and Cason is here and we've almost finished addressing a huge number of packages, then he'll stick the postage on them and that will be done. Then we're going to put Brent up on amazon and CD Baby and in due course, iTunes.
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The [revised] UK cast recording is also well worth a listen:
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51djYkixB5L._SS500_.jpg)
I have this also and enjoy it very much. :)
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You know it occurrs to me we have a lot of three-initialed people here. I'm curious what everyone's middle letter stands for. Mine is Michael, after my father, though he had Americanized his name from the original Hebrew Meyer.
When I went through my Confirmation in the third grade, I took on the adopted name of Patrick. I sort of misunderstood the purpose of the name and began to insert it into my full name, calling myself Daniel John Patrick. That seemed to be a lot for my schoolmates to wrap their mouths around, so I shortened it to Daniel J. P. I signed all my school work and any other documents that way up until I was in my late 20s. I stopped doing it when someone advised that it probably turned off potential employers.
But as pretentious as it was, it was generally a good conversation starter. And I liked it when friends began calling me "JP" in high school and college.
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Katie Couric's program beginning at 6:30 tonight will do a segment on Terri White and FINIAN'S RAINBOW!
I guess I'll be getting home much earlier tonight! I want to watch this!
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See if this clip reminds you of anything :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mriWzykyewA&feature=related
Hmmmm...did Mr. Tune see that one beforehand?
But weren't the "Follies" numbers in The Will Rogers Follies based on 'previous' follies numbers? I mean, I know I had seen a "hand dance" before TWRF.
True. and I shouldn't have put it that way. One of Tommy Tune's strengths as a choreographer is taking something you might have see hundreds of times before and making it seem new and exciting (and in this case, just plain fun, too!)
DR Dan (The Man) - You were fine. However... ;)
Oh, if I had a dollar for all the times someone said that to me...
Lately?
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I've always enjoyed that clip from Will Rogers Follies. There are lots of steps in that number that aren't in the King of Jazz dance.
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See if this clip reminds you of anything :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mriWzykyewA&feature=related
Hmmmm...did Mr. Tune see that one beforehand?
But weren't the "Follies" numbers in The Will Rogers Follies based on 'previous' follies numbers? I mean, I know I had seen a "hand dance" before TWRF.
True. and I shouldn't have put it that way. One of Tommy Tune's strengths as a choreographer is taking something you might have see hundreds of times before and making it seem new and exciting (and in this case, just plain fun, too!)
DR Dan (The Man) - You were fine. However... ;)
Oh, if I had a dollar for all the times someone said that to me...
Lately?
No comment :-\
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Enough of me now. Vibes to everyone who need them! I've been so self-centered for two days that I don't know at this point everyone who does, but I know - or think I rememebr - DRs Jose, Ginny and Dakotacelt could use some health, employment and other vibes and there's been other mention of folk in need.
Never too much of you. I could go on reading every memory you have of opening night. You should be excited and proud. I know that all of us are very proud of you.
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To continue on our daily walk....
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Katie Couric's program beginning at 6:30 tonight will do a segment on Terri White and FINIAN'S RAINBOW!
I guess I'll be getting home much earlier tonight! I want to watch this!
Just managed to switch over in time. I'm recording it.
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My "A" stands for Allan - my mother's father's first name. Like Jose, different from my father's middle name, so I'm not a Jr.
Although I am the seventh generation in my family to have the same first and last name. And, sadly, the last.
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Here's an unusual temp opportunity in NYC:
Charmin - Enjoy the Go (http://www.charmin.com/en_US/enjoy-the-go/index.php#)
Go for it DAW, go for it!
I am sure you have the experience.
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Here's an unusual temp opportunity in NYC:
Charmin - Enjoy the Go (http://www.charmin.com/en_US/enjoy-the-go/index.php#)
If this isn't the most ill advised marketing campaign ever, I don't want to know what is. :)
I don't know... $10,000.00 to cruise bathrooms in New York City? I might apply.
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I am sure you have the experience.
Would you like me to tell you all about it? It'll be great pratice for my job interview!
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Good morning, all! I guess we are a hit, and hopefully our ticket sales will zoom. The mood at the party was that with our reviews there will definitely be a new recording very soon.
So, to the rest of my day after I signed off on HHW around 4:15: I arrived at the theatre with my packages around 5:10, and I went looking for Rob Berman, the musical director, to give him his gift as well as a copy of the new GOLDEN APPLE score that had fortuitously arrived in the mail yesterday. Rob took me down to the stage manager's office where there was a pile of gifts waiting for me. I set director Warren's gift on his pile of CDs, found Joshie and gave him his, and sat in on Warren's last notes to the cast. They were funny, sentimental, and very sweet. He told us he was the fifth director Encores! approached, and I can only say thank you, God, Jesus, Buddah, whoever, because any of those earlier four could have kiled this production. David Richenthal, our major producer wth Jack Viertel of Encores!, also spoke; he's been trying to get FINIAN'S RAINBOW into the works for several years. Then, at 6:00 we had the gypsy robe ceremony, which takes place on the stage. Since I'm an idiot, I coldn't tell you all the detals or exactly when the thing began around 1950 - I know CALL ME MADAM was either the first or second show to begin the tradition - or some of the order of the ceremony. At its end, the winner whose name I forget ran three times around the circle of guests in conter clockwise motion to touch everyone for luck. It was, like all logdge initiations, both a little silly and very moving.
Then the show, which played to a filled house of audience, family and friends of the cast, and it was quite an event, with lots of applause and three numbers bringing the show to a halt with big cheers and yells: "If This Isn't Love," and the two comedy numbers "Necessity" and "The Begat," the two numbers, incidentally, that were my fovorites when I first heard the entire 1960 cast recording. Everyone was really in topnotch form last night and the show played really solidly. the orchestra sounded fantastic, and Chris Fitzgerald's "When I'm Not Near the Girl I Love" was a great 11 o-clock number. nly last night it was a great 10 o'clock number.
I have to run to physiical therapy, so I will tell about the party when I return.
Thanks for the report, Larry! Sounds like it was a grand evening!! ;D
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My "A" stands for Allan - my mother's father's first name. Like Jose, different from my father's middle name, so I'm not a Jr.
Although I am the seventh generation in my family to have the same first and last name. And, sadly, the last.
That is a bit sad, name wise anyway. So far Keith's family does not have any boys born a generation after us to carry on the last name.
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Here's an unusual temp opportunity in NYC:
Charmin - Enjoy the Go (http://www.charmin.com/en_US/enjoy-the-go/index.php#)
If this isn't the most ill advised marketing campaign ever, I don't want to know what is. :)
I don't know... $10,000.00 to cruise bathrooms in New York City? I might apply.
Heck, if Craig lived in NY I would tell him to go for it.
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There are several bridges on the lower part of our daily trail.
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Yesterday the minister's wife came to play, and this is what I saw:
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We are now above the creek & the bridges, very close to where I spied the bear cub.
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Beautiful pictures, Jane.
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Well, Laura DR, I know which one I think is cuter! :)
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DR Laura, the photo is sooooo sweet. :) Charlie is a good looking kitten.
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Love 'em, DR Jane. Sherlock is so cute. It's like he knows that he is posing for a photo! :)
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More Sherlock pictures!! ;D
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I REALLY hope that there will be a new recording. I don't have any recordings of the show...anymore. :P
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Off to cook a pork chop dinner for my family...bye for now!
...And applesauce?
Arrggghh!
I have a jar of chunky applesauce chilling and completely forgot about it until I saw DR Jose's post!
Oh, well, Richard and Rob enjoyed the pork chops, macaroni & cheese, and mixed vegetables anyway.
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He may know. He seems to like the camera. More often than not I pull the camera out when I see him posed, and then he rushes up to me. I usually have to place him & put him on a wait command. If I'm lucky he stays where I put him. For the last photo, he was posing on his own. :)
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I want to go for a walk with DR Jane. Well, when the blisters heal and the swelling goes down.
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You know it occurrs to me we have a lot of three-initialed people here. I'm curious what everyone's middle letter stands for. Mine is Michael, after my father, though he had Americanized his name from the original Hebrew Meyer.
My "A" stands for Allan - my mother's father's first name. Like Jose, different from my father's middle name, so I'm not a Jr.
My middle name is Patrick. My dad and I have the same first name, but he doesn't have a middle name, so I'm not a Jr., either.
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I'm doing the photos in order of my hike, and Sherlock wouldn't stay in all of them. I'm not sure where he ran off to when I took this photo of Manzanita trees.
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Yesterday the minister's wife came to play, and this is what I saw:
The minister's cat is a ______________ cat.
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DR Laura do you have more kitten photos?
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My given middle name is Ruth, but now I use my maiden name - Ellis - as my middle name.
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DR ELMORE - Mr Warren Carlyle was wearing a very nifty TIE last night....and everyone looks so nice dressed up at the party!
There's a link on the
www.broadwayworld.com
page to party pics....but they must have stayed out of the room you were in. Couldn't you follow the camera flashes? And did Rachel Dretch look as bad in person as she does in the pictures?
Kate Baldwin is a beautiful girl, but in those party pictures that dress she is wearing is very unflattering.
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My given middle name is Ruth, but now I use my maiden name - Ellis - as my middle name.
That is also Betsy's middle name.
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What a coincidence! Betsy is MY middle name! ;)
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DR Laura do you have more kitten photos?
Or videos? :)
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I love the photo of Warren and the kids in the show.
I loved the photos of Warren.
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DR Laura do you have more kitten photos?
Or videos? :)
Oh yes, videos are fun.
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Who is this Brett Claywell appearing in so many photos from last night? He's all over the place!
Well, I don't know why he's there unless he's dating one of the girls in the show. He's playing gay med student Kyle on ONE LIFE TO LIVE right now.
Speaking of ONE LIFE TO LIVE, the new TV Guide, that is out today, has a great photo of the kiss between Fish and Kyle.
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I found Sherlock.
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World's Largest Iceberg is Waiting Patiently Department:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33548529/ns/travel-cruising/
I would love to sail on the Oasis of the Sea.
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What a coincidence! Betsy is MY middle name! ;)
Didn't Harold Robbins write a book about you?
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I was going to stop for the day, but since you asked about Sherlock posing.....As soon as I took the last photo he bolted straight to me. LOL-At least he waited until after I had taken the photo.
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Didn't Harold Robbins write a book about you?
We don't like to talk about it.
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Cute animal pictures!
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I am trying to upload a short video now.
These kittens are SO fast, that I have a hard time getting a decent photo.
Two are big enough to get fixed. I will have to wait until Monday to find out when they can go in.
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DR Jane, my mother let Zach run free in the woods like that when we were away in MN recently.
We've been picking ticks off him daily ever since. :( He gets Frontline monthly, so they're dead, but it's unpleasant, nonetheless.
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What a coincidence! Betsy is MY middle name! ;)
Didn't Harold Robbins write a book about you?
I thought it was Gordon Merrick?
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World's Largest Iceberg is Waiting Patiently Department:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33548529/ns/travel-cruising/
I would love to sail on the Oasis of the Sea.
I like the idea of a skating rink, and the ship is environmentally friendly.
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In my DVD burner (for my dad): the remastered F. W. Murnau's "Nosferatu, A Symphony of Horrors," recorded on TCM last week. Also, "Directed by John Ford," a documentary by Peter Bogdanovich that was originally made in 1971, shown on TV a couple of times, then forgotten until 2006. Peter redid some things, added some new interviews and re-released (or maybe just rebroadcast) it. My dad loves John Ford movies.
Have him check out a film that our friend, editor Sam Pollard directed:
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/database/ford_wayne.html
It airs on PBS from time to time...don't know if it's available on DVD but it's very good!
Thanks for info, Edi! I'll watch for it.
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DR ELMORE - Mr Warren Carlyle was wearing a very nifty TIE last night....and everyone looks so nice dressed up at the party!
There's a link on the
www.broadwayworld.com
page to party pics....but they must have stayed out of the room you were in. Couldn't you follow the camera flashes? And did Rachel Dretch look as bad in person as she does in the pictures?
Kate Baldwin is a beautiful girl, but in those party pictures that dress she is wearing is very unflattering.
I'm wondering if the dress looks off in the picture because the lighting color looks off due to all the cameras and lighting? She's quite ravishing in green. However, I did hear that she LOVED the Jimmy Choo's she had on last night.
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Since the story about Teri White is a feature, I'm pretty sure you'll be able to access it later via the News section on CBS.com.
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DR Jane, my mother let Zach run free in the woods like that when we were away in MN recently.
We've been picking ticks off him daily ever since. :( He gets Frontline monthly, so they're dead, but it's unpleasant, nonetheless.
That reminds me I forgot to comb Sherlock today. Keith said he picked up some burs. If he would be a good boy and stay on the trail with me it would be ok.
Why don't you take Zack hiking in the woods like your mother did?
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Jose, feel BETTER!
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Off to cook a pork chop dinner for my family...bye for now!
...And applesauce?
Arrggghh!
I have a jar of chunky applesauce chilling and completely forgot about it until I saw DR Jose's post!
Oh, well, Richard and Rob enjoyed the pork chops, macaroni & cheese, and mixed vegetables anyway.
No worries, DR Ginny. I was just quoting "The Brady Bunch". ::)
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DR Laura do you still have mother cat Ginny?
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Jose, feel BETTER!
Thank You, bk. I already am.
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Since the story about Teri White is a feature, I'm pretty sure you'll be able to access it later via the News section on CBS.com.
Thanks for letting me know about this. But, I've seen news segments on-line that were edited because of music content. :-\
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DR Laura do you have more kitten photos?
Or videos? :)
Oh yes, videos are fun.
Just ask DR elmore.
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My "A" stands for Allan - my mother's father's first name. Like Jose, different from my father's middle name, so I'm not a Jr.
Although I am the seventh generation in my family to have the same first and last name. And, sadly, the last.
That is a bit sad, name wise anyway. So far Keith's family does not have any boys born a generation after us to carry on the last name.
I remember reading an article in the local paper years ago (it was in an actual newspaper!) about this couple whose baby daughter was just born. What made it newsworthy was that it was the first time in 135 years that a girl was born into the family! During all those years, only boys were born. Weird, huh??
;)
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Why don't you take Zack hiking in the woods like your mother did?
Because my mother lives in the wilds of northern NJ, where there are woods. :)
Zach gets walked [by me] a minimum of 3 to 5 miles per day. But we're in a suburban enviroment where it isn't safe to let him off the lead. And also we prefer to keep him tick-free. He does get to run free at the beach when we visit the Jersey shore. We'll be there for Thanksgiving, in fact.
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Yes, we still have Mother Ginny. She runs around like the kittens.
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The boys:
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Since the story about Teri White is a feature, I'm pretty sure you'll be able to access it later via the News section on CBS.com.
Thanks for letting me know about this. But, I've seen news segments on-line that were edited because of music content. :-\
Well, here's the print version of the story from CBS.com:
From a Park Bench to the Broadway Stage (http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/10/30/eveningnews/main5466082.shtml)
And it's actually the lead story on the CBS Evening News (http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/eveningnews/main3420.shtml?tag=hdr;cnav) page.
-Alas, no video. Yet. ???
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Laura - can the kittens go a little longer between feedings now? Are you getting more sleep?
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Oh, yes. They eat canned food now. A lot of it.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsRrBxk1YVQ
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Oh, yes. They eat canned food now. A lot of it.
Can they all see?
PAGE TEN
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Yes. :)
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KITTIES!!!
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And now...
Dinner.
Laters...
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Really makes me grin.... Thank you, Laura DR!!!!! :D
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Yes. :)
Sorry, Laura, I had to stick the question back in before your post.
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I just hate it when people answer questions before they've been asked. ;)
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Doing laundry in preparation for next week's trek to Toronto.
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Is "Devil's Night" vandalism a concern for anyone?
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No.
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My "A" stands for Allan - my mother's father's first name. Like Jose, different from my father's middle name, so I'm not a Jr.
Although I am the seventh generation in my family to have the same first and last name. And, sadly, the last.
That is a bit sad, name wise anyway. So far Keith's family does not have any boys born a generation after us to carry on the last name.
I remember reading an article in the local paper years ago (it was in an actual newspaper!) about this couple whose baby daughter was just born. What made it newsworthy was that it was the first time in 135 years that a girl was born into the family! During all those years, only boys were born. Weird, huh??
;)
I remember that.
As far as Keith's family, there haven't been any girls born either. :( I didn't mention that since we were discussing carrying on the family name.
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Why don't you take Zack hiking in the woods like your mother did?
Because my mother lives in the wilds of northern NJ, where there are woods. :)
Zach gets walked [by me] a minimum of 3 to 5 miles per day. But we're in a suburban enviroment where it isn't safe to let him off the lead. And also we prefer to keep him tick-free. He does get to run free at the beach when we visit the Jersey shore. We'll be there for Thanksgiving, in fact.
Those ticks are not fun. I bet he loves the beach. Sand can be messy but it doesn't carry potential diseases.
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Too much rain for the little devils to be out tonight.
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DR VIXMOM thank you doubly for the lovely envelope and its contents. One of the items has been safely tucked away in the 2010 Season drawer....and the other is being read immediately!
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Loving the kitties....being still and in motion!
DR JANE - I have a new favorite Sherlock photo - A Dog on the Bridge! That would make a great jigsaw puzzle!
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Jack Randall Earles
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We enjoyed the episode of GLEE we watched last night. At the end I mentioned how nice the wife wasn't in it. Now Keith is ranting how much he doesn't like her character & what an idiot that whole storyline makes him. Now we are remembering how exciting the first baby kick was. It is totally unbelievable he hasn't touched or seen her belly. Now Keith has moved on to the fact no school would have hired her as a nurse. ;D
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Not Jon, not Randy.... I use my full name for Actors Equity because Jack Earles and Jack Randall were both already taken.....sort of like how that one girl ended up being Mary Tyler Moore.
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Michael is sooo cute & poor Walley was funny. He looked a bit confused ;D
Thanks for the photos and videos.
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Since the story about Teri White is a feature, I'm pretty sure you'll be able to access it later via the News section on CBS.com.
Thanks for letting me know about this. But, I've seen news segments on-line that were edited because of music content. :-\
Well, here's the print version of the story from CBS.com:
From a Park Bench to the Broadway Stage (http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/10/30/eveningnews/main5466082.shtml)
And it's actually the lead story on the CBS Evening News (http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/eveningnews/main3420.shtml?tag=hdr;cnav) page.
-Alas, no video. Yet. ???
Oh, this is so moving and so up-lifting at the same time!
I guess this show is her "come-and-get-it" day!
Just read her story and it makes me smile and cry and ...
A regular customer from UK has just arrived (At 1:15 am) ; the Eurotrain has been delayed by 2 hours because a poor soul threw himself on the rails.
So many mixed emotions!
And now those cute kittens! :-*
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Since the story about Teri White is a feature, I'm pretty sure you'll be able to access it later via the News section on CBS.com.
Thanks for letting me know about this. But, I've seen news segments on-line that were edited because of music content. :-\
Well, here's the print version of the story from CBS.com:
From a Park Bench to the Broadway Stage (http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/10/30/eveningnews/main5466082.shtml)
And it's actually the lead story on the CBS Evening News (http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/eveningnews/main3420.shtml?tag=hdr;cnav) page.
-Alas, no video. Yet. ???
Thanks for the links.
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Loving the kitties....being still and in motion!
DR JANE - I have a new favorite Sherlock photo - A Dog on the Bridge! That would make a great jigsaw puzzle!
Hmmm, I think you are right about the jigsaw puzzle. I took a few more photos today & the last one is my favorite. I got excited when I snapped it. Since I'm trying to share them in order it will be the last photo.
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re: computer problems last night DR Cillaliz wrote:
I think it's the most recent updates. They caused me some problems too, but my computer seems to be working fine now
Okay but what did you do to make it work again?
Said abra cadabra? I didn't do anything, it just worked better after turning it on and off a few times
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Since the story about Teri White is a feature, I'm pretty sure you'll be able to access it later via the News section on CBS.com.
Thanks for letting me know about this. But, I've seen news segments on-line that were edited because of music content. :-\
Well, here's the print version of the story from CBS.com:
From a Park Bench to the Broadway Stage (http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/10/30/eveningnews/main5466082.shtml)
And it's actually the lead story on the CBS Evening News (http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/eveningnews/main3420.shtml?tag=hdr;cnav) page.
-Alas, no video. Yet. ???
Thanks for the links.
Thanks for the sausages?!
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Jack Randall Earles
Yes, but what does the Randall stand for?
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it just worked better after turning it on and off a few times
That seems to be the tried-and-true Help Desk recommendation! :)
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Yes, but what does the Randall stand for?
Peace, Prosperity, and a chicken in every pot!
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I just did something that I haven't done since my twenties. I had potato chips and dip as my dinner.
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Just for DR Ron Pulliam: The Bay Bridge Fail Whale:
(http://blogs.sfweekly.com/thesnitch/failbridge-1280x1024.jpg)
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and dip as my dinner.
What was his name?
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Sci-Fi fans - STARGATE - UNIVERSE at 10!
der Brucer
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Is "Devil's Night" vandalism a concern for anyone?
Yeah - TP is too expensive to waste on neighbors.
der Brucer
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and dip as my dinner.
What was his name?
:o :o :o :o :o
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Is "Devil's Night" vandalism a concern for anyone?
Yeah - TP is too expensive to waste on neighbors.
der Brucer
;D
Not a concern here, in fact we don't even have Halloween out here. This year I didn't put out decorations or even purchase a few gords. I complained to Keith he didn't even thank me for not decorating.
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I went to Michael Jackson's This Is It this afternoon. I loved it! That would have been an incredible concert, wow.
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Thanks for the photos of the kitties and the photos of Sherlock. They were all really fun
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So, can someone tell me if it is considered gauche to eat in a noodle shop in the Italian style - i.e., twirling the noodles on your fork? Just curious.
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So, can someone tell me if it is considered gauche to eat in a noodle shop in the Italian style - i.e., twirling the noodles on your fork? Just curious.
What other way is there? That's the way that I eat the chow mein at Panda Express (http://www.pandaexpress.com/menu/menu-items_flash.aspx). :D
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What other way is there?
I don't know. I've never been to a noodle shop. And if I ever do, I don't want to be gauche. [I save that just for HHW]
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What other way is there?
I don't know. I've never been to a noodle shop. And if I ever do, I don't want to be gauche. [I save that just for HHW]
Gauche schmauche...do whatever you want.
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;D
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Thanks, DR George! :D
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I'll just tell them that DR George gave me carte blanche!
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I'll just tell them that DR George gave me carte blanche!
Yup...works every time! ;)
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And now, I'm heading home. Be back later!
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re: the computer problems.
My brother-in-law suggested to reboot and then click on "safe mode" and after it spouts out the big letters to restart. i don't think this will work but i will try it.
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Good luck DR Jennifer.
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I wonder where they found the Halloween bowl to entertain the black Halloween cat. Click here. (http://www.youtube.com/djscott2b#p/a/f/1/wmPp2HatXtM)
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We have a back log of shows to watch on our DVR:
2 episodes of FASTFARWARD
MENTALIST
BONES
Tonight we will record
STARGATE UNIVERSE
WHITE COLLAR
MEDIUM
DVD, we will watch one episode from THE ADVENTURES OF JIM BOWIE
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Thanks DR RonP for including the spoiler warning re: project runway. i think we are 2 or 3 weeks behind (not sure why they do this but they always do). I really appreciate it.
It's pretty funny but my niece who just turned 4 loves this show. She doesn't really watch anything but cartoons. But about a month ago my sis let her watch the runway part (since she likes to walk runway down the hall).
The next week she was staying over on a saturday (it plays here on saturdays) and i asked my sis if she could watch. She said okay. And my niece could actually remember most of their names.
And she likes to find out who is in and who is out (she even says it like heidi). The next 2 weeks she watched again and remembered many of the names. She even has a favorite designer (who is terrible IMO but she likes him).
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I am backlogged on tv watching too. I just got home and friday nights i have ghost whisperer, medium, ugly betty and white collar premieres tonight.
Plus i want to watch the halloween episode of regis and kelly.
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2 episodes of FASTFORWARD
We particularly liked last night's episode.
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DR FRANCOIS - that was shocking! Yes, mixed emotions indeed.
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That video was cute, DR Jane! I've seen those gadgets in the supermarket.
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DR DAW - you of course use a spoon. You spoon the noodles onto a piece of bread, add ketchup, and eat it as noodle sandwich.
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DR FRANCOIS - that was shocking!
He usually is.
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UGLY BETTY is a great looking show, and the cast is ALL doing the SAME show! I think it is even better this year.
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You spoon the noodles onto a piece of bread, add ketchup, and eat it as noodle sandwich.
I should have known that. ::) ;D
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2 episodes of FASTFORWARD
We particularly liked last night's episode.
Maybe we will watch both episodes tonight.
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That video was cute, DR Jane! I've seen those gadgets in the supermarket.
If we had a cat I would go in search of the bowl.
While I was hiking today I was thinking how much I miss having a cat to snuggle with, and how nice that Sherlock is such a snuggly boy to help ease that feeling. On the whole cats are simply more cuddly & will do it for hours, & as a bonus they serenade you with their sweet purrs. I don't miss the itchy swollen eyes all that snuggling gave me.
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Joshie is a snuggler.
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Bogie used to sleep most the night curled up in my arms. Often he would take one arm and Bacall the other.
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Sherlock like to sleep on top of me. At his weight that isn't always fun ;D
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As I mentioned yesterday, ratings sweeps month began yesterday, so all shows are either showing new episodes or are being preempted for special programming.
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What a wonderful day of postings - we need more opening nights!
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This was the longest it's ever taken to address packages, but mostly due to two releases at once, which required extra work while addressing, and there were a lot of overseas and the stupid new post office rule that packages under an ounce now have to have a customs form is really irritating and takes at least an hour to deal with.
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My middle name is Madison.
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I got the source material for what was a potential release that MGM had no tapes on - well, the sound is terrific mono and we have the complete score thanks to the composer (now deceased) having the foresight to have his own tape made. I will say this is another BK holy grail release from a film I really like from my favorite year in film history. This will be the third or fourth soundtrack we've done from that year and if I could do them all, I would.
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Then I went to Gelson's and got some cornbread stuffing and a little rice with peas, prosciutto and mushrooms, all yummilicious. I also got two more bags of candy, just in case - this is the first time in this nabe that I'll have been here when Halloween falls on a Saturday - I think we could have more than our usual huge number of children.
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Watching more episodes of The Prisoner - what a weird show.
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My middle name is Elizabeth
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I began my evening watching the first episode in NATIONAL PARKS which basically dealt with the establishment of Yosemite and Yellowstone Parks, particularly with the story of John Muir.
Fascinating aspects of the history of our country I knew NOTHING about at all. Well, I had heard John Muir's name, of course, but really didn't know anything about his life.
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I thought I had a handle on the Holy Grail after seeing a film recently - but then I decided I was wrong, checking some of the facts at IMDB.
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DR ELMORE DR GINNY or DR JOSE - is the wedding scene the first time in the show that OG is out of his leprauchan drag?
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My middle name is Elizabeth
Wow...all of those syllables!
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There is a making of documentary that's 20+ minutes long on the first disc, but since I wanted to get two shows watched tonight, I saved that for tomorrow morning.
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Next I watched tonight's GHOST WHISPERER. A fairly interesting story, but I thought the culprit was pretty easy to spot. Melinda's child is doing absolutely NOTHING for me this season.
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Kitten Michael is cuddled up on my shoulder purring.
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Then I watched tonight's MEDIUM. It was a tribute to NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD with some really creepy stuff (a few giggles, too).
I loved how the screen would shrink to old Academy ratio during the black and white movie clip scenes and then go back to widescreen when Allison was awake. Again, I was a bit ahead of the revelation on this episode, but I still enjoyed it.
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My middle name is Madison.
Nice middle name. Is it a family name?
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My middle name is Elizabeth
Which should have been either my first or middle name. I love the name Elizabeth, or Beth for short.
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Kitten Michael is cuddled up on my shoulder purring.
Sigh. I wish I lived closer to you. But then you might have trouble getting me to leave once a kitten settled in on me. ;)
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Great news, bk, about another potential Kritzerland release! :D
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We have a back log of shows to watch on our DVR:
2 episodes of FASTFARWARD
MENTALIST
BONES
Tonight we will record
STARGATE UNIVERSE
WHITE COLLAR
MEDIUM
DVD, we will watch one episode from THE ADVENTURES OF JIM BOWIE
I am backlogged on tv watching too. I just got home and friday nights i have ghost whisperer, medium, ugly betty and white collar premieres tonight.
Plus i want to watch the halloween episode of regis and kelly.
I just watched last week's "Ghost Whisperer" and have just started last week's "Medium." After that, I'll watch tonight's episodes. I also have tonight's "White Collar" and "Fringe" from two weeks ago...plus yesterday and today's episodes of "The Bonnie Hunt Show."
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You could come play kittens any time you wanted, Jane.
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Next I watched tonight's GHOST WHISPERER. A fairly interesting story, but I thought the culprit was pretty easy to spot. Melinda's child is doing absolutely NOTHING for me this season.
Me, either. It's like he's only there for plot development...not a good enough reason, if you ask me.
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I began my evening watching the first episode in NATIONAL PARKS which basically dealt with the establishment of Yosemite and Yellowstone Parks, particularly with the story of John Muir.
Fascinating aspects of the history of our country I knew NOTHING about at all. Well, I had heard John Muir's name, of course, but really didn't know anything about his life.
Betsy and I have been watching that episode, too. Fascinating stuff.
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My middle name is Elizabeth
Wow...all of those syllables!
Try fitting 27 letters in some of the standardized forms.
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If you haven't seen this trailer you may enjoy it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyrkcz7msfY It's from the Michael Jackson movie. I have to say it really blew me away. I may go see it again tomorrow
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Great news, bk, about another potential Kritzerland release! :D
Yes it is. :)
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DR ELMORE DR GINNY or DR JOSE - is the wedding scene the first time in the show that OG is out of his leprauchan drag?
Og isn't in the wedding scene, DR JRand59. He doesn't wear the suit until the last scene.
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Congrats again DR Elmore!
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Why are there photos of Hasselhoff at the Finian's opening?
I don't get Hasselhoff.
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DR ELMORE DR GINNY or DR JOSE - is the wedding scene the first time in the show that OG is out of his leprauchan drag?
Og isn't in the wedding scene, DR JRand59. He doesn't wear the suit until the last scene.
But he does make several partial costume changes throughout the show :-X
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Why are there photos of Hasselhoff at the Finian's opening?
I don't get Hasselhoff.
Perhaps he wants Cheyenne's role when he leaves the show? There were a lot of photos of that Pill lady, too, but I didn't see any of Brian Dennehy, Susan Stroman and Trevor Nunn who were also there.
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My middle name is Madison.
Nice middle name. Is it a family name?
I'm a Junior, named for my father. However, I'm not the oldest son. I'll have to tell that story some time.
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DR ELMORE DR GINNY or DR JOSE - is the wedding scene the first time in the show that OG is out of his leprauchan drag?
Og isn't in the wedding scene, DR JRand59. He doesn't wear the suit until the last scene.
Ahhhhhhhhh....I think I would miss those calves in the curtain call!
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Well, I guess it's time for me to head downstairs to bed.
Good night!
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Or Arlene Dahl either! Don't they know who the real STARS are?
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DR ELMORE DR GINNY or DR JOSE - is the wedding scene the first time in the show that OG is out of his leprauchan drag?
Og isn't in the wedding scene, DR JRand59. He doesn't wear the suit until the last scene.
But he does make several partial costume changes throughout the show :-X
Ahhhhhhhhh.......
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Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh-lene Dahl.
Thanks to DR GINNY and DR ELMORE for the set up.
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My middle name is Elizabeth
so is the Vixter's
mine is Anne
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I have been enjoying reading and following all the Finan's Rainbow links
now I want to see the show again... piggy ain't I?
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Jack - I am so glad it arrived safe and sound!!
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HEALTH VIBES for Jose
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and how is Papsaurus doing?
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Yes, but what does the Randall stand for?
Peace, Prosperity, and a chicken in every pot!
Yes! That's what sailors say: " ... and a chick in every port!" :o ;)
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DR FRANCOIS - that was shocking!
He usually is.
Ooh! You're such a "Palin!"
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We have been so busy at work we are all stressed out - I keep reminding myself that this is a GOOD thing - last year at this time we were all cut back to four days a week and we were afraid of losing our jobs
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Jack - I am so glad it arrived safe and sound!!
And in color!
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Time for to go to bed.
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Why are there photos of Hasselhoff at the Finian's opening?
I don't get Hasselhoff.
Perhaps he wants Cheyenne's role when he leaves the show?
Me, I want Cheyenne in my tepee when he leaves the show! :o ;)
It's that Old Devil Moon, you know .....
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Jack - I am so glad it arrived safe and sound!!
Actually, I believe it arrived sound and safe instead!! ;D
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Me, I just hope that one day,
Miss Morrow (Karen)
will cut a cd with BK!
And ... it will sell!
(Hey, Mr Kritzerland Producer! We're talking to you sir!)
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We have been so busy at work we are all stressed out - I keep reminding myself that this is a GOOD thing - last year at this time we were all cut back to four days a week and we were afraid of losing our jobs
"Necessity!" ....
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Hey? Where is tout le monde?!
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"Only" 13 pages today! ;)
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I am my own "Jrand"! ;)
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When the Idle Poor ...
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Or Arlene Dahl either! Don't they know who the real STARS are?
To quote the incredibly hilarious Cloris Leachman in the otherwise lamentable roast of Bob Saget, "Would someone please punch me in the face so that I could see some STARS?" :)
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Me, I just hope that one day,
Miss Morrow (Karen)
will cut a cd with BK!
And ... it will sell!
(Hey, Mr Kritzerland Producer! We're talking to you sir!)
Ditto!! :D
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1978.
1 9 7 8 !
Ethel Merman (70, Girl, 70) appearing on the Merv Griffin Show. On the same show was Karen Morrow, Dolores Gray and Ann Miller.
(Can you believe? Those 4 big names on one TV show?! Wish I could SEE this show!)
Savour!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnbTL01nfEg
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Not a concern here, in fact we don't even have Halloween out here.
Well, if instead of tofu brownies you offered Levain cookies, you'd have lines of goblins down the drive.
der Brucer
Getting rid of the "Beware of Bear" sign might help
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Joshie is a snuggler.
Elmoore's friend found his way out west?
der Brucer
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400 posts anyone?
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Jrand, what did you think the Holy Grail score was?
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Since the story about Teri White is a feature, I'm pretty sure you'll be able to access it later via the News section on CBS.com.
Thanks for letting me know about this. But, I've seen news segments on-line that were edited because of music content. :-\
So, I got home at about 6:25 pm, but didn't realize that the CBS evening news is at 5:30 pm on the left coast. :( So I missed it. I guess I'll check to see if it's on CBS.com.
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I'm thinking about going to Amelia this weekend. I've always been a bit fascinated with Amelia Earhart. I know it hasn't gotten the best reviews, but I think I'll go anyway.
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Good Evening!
I'm back from Brooklyn... Back from dinner...
I'm not sure how you say "Yum!" in Polish, but the food I had earlier tonight at Krolewskie Jadlo (http://www.krolewskiejadlo.com/) - King's Feast (http://www.krolewskiejadlo.com/eng/) - was indeed quite yummy. And very, very filling. *And the bread was served with pickles and lard(!).
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Today I left work early to go to the movie and because I was just tired of the whole week. So tomorrow I need to go in and do some serious writing, do the books and just be there by myself when I can be productive. I think if I spend a 1/2 day it will be great.
Tomorrow night I'm going to a Halloween party at Garage Mahal....my friends' new garage that is reportedly as big or bigger than their house, lol
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400th post of the day and my post number 21112
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In other news...
This announcement truly floored me...
‘Brighton Beach Memoirs’ to Close Sunday (http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/30/brighton-beach-memoirs-to-close-sunday/?src=twt&twt=artsbeat)
They just officially opened earlier this week! Granted the reviews weren't "glowing", but still... WOW! I know some people involved with the production, and it's been a bit sad reading some of their Facebook status updates this evening. However, apparently, it's a "provisional closing notice", so the fate of the productions won't ultimately be decided until Monday. -I'm wondering if Santino Fontana can step back in Billy Elliot? :-\
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DR JRand - What DRs Ginny and JRand said.
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Why are there photos of Hasselhoff at the Finian's opening?
I don't get Hasselhoff.
Perhaps he wants Cheyenne's role when he leaves the show? There were a lot of photos of that Pill lady, too, but I didn't see any of Brian Dennehy, Susan Stroman and Trevor Nunn who were also there.
Alison Pill is getting a lot of coverage due to her casting in the upcoming production of The Miracle Worker - which in itself is attracting a lot of attention due to the casting of Abigail Breslin as Helen Keller (http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/29/advocacy-group-opposes-miracle-worker-casting-choice/).
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*Alison Pill also portrayed Anne Kronenberg in "Milk".
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400th post of the day and my post number 21112
And this deserves to be preserved! ;D
(http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff302/HHWgroup/Cillalizs21112thPostand400thPostoft.png)
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UGLY BETTY is a great looking show, and the cast is ALL doing the SAME show! I think it is even better this year.
I guess that's what happens when your show is on the verge of being cancelled. In any case...
I'm watching tonight's episode now (via DVR), and it's nice seeing how they have combined various NYC locales. It was also nice seeing the whole "Taj Mah Hot Dog" set-up which I happened to come across during one of my walks a few months ago.
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DR MBarnum - Do you watch "Ugly Betty"? If not, you might want to check out tonight's episode online. At least for the whole Taj Mah Hot Dog sequence. ;)
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400th post of the day and my post number 21112
And this deserves to be preserved! ;D
(http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff302/HHWgroup/Cillalizs21112thPostand400thPostoft.png)
Thanks George!
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So is anyone else even remotely interested in seeing Michael Jackson This Is It? Just curious about what people think
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If you haven't seen this trailer you may enjoy it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyrkcz7msfY It's from the Michael Jackson movie. I have to say it really blew me away. I may go see it again tomorrow
I'd see it tomorrow, but, apparently, every showing in NYC is sold out for the duration of the run.
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Thanks George!
You're welcome!
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If you haven't seen this trailer you may enjoy it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyrkcz7msfY It's from the Michael Jackson movie. I have to say it really blew me away. I may go see it again tomorrow
I'd see it tomorrow, but, apparently, every showing in NYC is sold out for the duration of the run.
That's too bad. I guess I didn't think about it selling out. There were plenty of seats at the matinee I went to.
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Time to get some sleep. Night!
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So is anyone else even remotely interested in seeing Michael Jackson's This Is It? Just curious about what people think
Although... I have one friend who is - well, how should I put this? - a disciple of Michael Jackson. -And, no, DR Ginny, I'm not talking about him. Ever since Michael Jackson died, almost every tweet on Twitter and status update on Facebook has been about Michael Jackson. And once the movie was announced, the countdown started. She has seen it four times already - and even took a day off without pay(!) in order to catch the first 11:00pm showing here in NYC - and the first show the following morning. Frankly, it's a bit scary, and sort of off-putting - at least to me. Today, she even started de-friending people on Facebook who were making jokes and/or questioning her "devotion". Like I said, sort of scary.
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So, can someone tell me if it is considered gauche to eat in a noodle shop in the Italian style - i.e., twirling the noodles on your fork? Just curious.
What kind of noodles will you be eating? Italian spaghetti? Japanese udon? Chinese hand-pulled la mian? Thai pad thai? Korean jap chae?
Just curious. ;)
In any case... Just remember to slurp.
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Listening to a very odd Doc Severinson CD.
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The Blu and Ray of North By Northwest has been shipped from amazon.com - VERY exciting - definitely here by Tuesday, but I'm just keeping my fingers crossed for early delivery on Monday.
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DR DAW - you of course use a spoon. You spoon the noodles onto a piece of bread, add ketchup, and eat it as noodle sandwich.
Was that in "I Love Lucy" or "That Girl"?
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OK... Me sleepy.
Goodnight.
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PAGE 15 DANCE!! ;D
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Greetings.... from the dark dingy room known as my computer room...
yes i got a new toy and I have been busy setting it up...
I am feeling better but I still have a pesky cough that is very annoying.
I am liking WIN7 but I ahve noted that my genealogy program does not work properly so I am hoping they will come out with a patch for it. I am not a fan of the later versions of the genealogy software.
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BTW, there is a picture in a story about wolves in the Lamarr valley in yellowstone..
One of my student workers is in the group that is in this said picture...
(http://www.latimes.com/media/photo/2009-10/50034934.jpg)
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The above group i sfrom NDSU
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It's a nice view.