Can I ask the DR's what their take is on the series Angels in America(currently screening here in OZ). We saw the first two chapters last night...Most interesting . I am looking forward to tonight's installment with much anticipation.
My question for BK and all: what is your favorite non-cast album theatrical recording (meaning, a recording that is theatre related but not a cast recording of a show.)
Der Brucer --- "The Emperor's New Grove" was one of the low points in Disney (actually Eisner) animation.
can't wait for HOME ON THE RANGE on DVD either.
News of the day. Item THREE.Another reason to be glad we've both quit smoking! My only question here is, how come the money we're saving is already spent? :-\
It seems the wages of sin aredeathprofitable.
From a Washington Post story (broken link, sorry) about cigarette smuggling funding terroists:
In New York City, for example, where the combined state and city tax on cigarettes is $3 a pack, a carton can sell for about $75. The trafficker can buy a carton for about $20 in Virginia, where the tax is 2.5 cents a pack, and then sell it to a mom-and-pop store in New York at a profit of about $40 a carton, ATF officials said.
A smuggler can make about $2 million on a single truckload of cigarettes. A truckload contains 800 cases, or 48,000 cartons.
der Brucer (shucks, we could fund a new musical from a truck parked in the stage door alley!)
And a bonus for Trekkies... BRENT SPINERMake that "And a bonus for Trekkies and Sondheads"
HMMMMMM....Disney animation. I would like to see THE SWEATBOX, but probably never will as DB says...
IRON GIANT is a wonderful film...I understand a special edition DVD is coming out too!This may be one of the few DVDs I'd spend the money on the upgrade. Hoo and Ray!
Sombody had best mention both the "Unsung Musicals" and "Lost in Boston" series or there will hell to pay!!!
der Brucer
My question for ask BK day....why do some movies have actors with sibilant SSSSSS's....can't the sound man help them? I have watched a few 1950's films that have this problem from start to finish. Everyone in the film ssssssounds like a ssssssssnake.
For BK - "The Gene Krupa Story" came out during the same period as several other big bandleader films - "The Glenn Miller Story", "The Benny Goodman Story", "The Five Pennies", et. al. How do you think it stands up to these films and which film of its type do you think is best?
For Ask BK Day: Is there a genre of film that you sort of shy away from? That doesn't mean that you don't watch it ever but rather one that would be at the bottom of your preferred viewing? I'm not a big fan of war movies nor do I like the modern teen comedies much (but I'm not a modern teen so that probably explains it).
I was looking for something else and ran across this interesting factoid about Sidney Sheldon, blockbuster novelist - who BTW has over 300 million books in print!
But - here's his other side: He won an Academy Award in 1947 for the screenplay of The Bachelor and the Bobby Soxer. And he created The Patty Duke Show and I Dream of Jeannie, writing all but a few episodes for both shows simultaneously. Groucho Marx was the godfather of Sheldon's daughter, Mary.
Question for bk:
"....but I’m saving my wax lips and liquid bottles for a special occasion."
What kind of special occasion calls for wax lips and liquid bottles? (A genuine question - I don't want to commit a social faux pas by not bringing them next time I'm invited to such an occasion.)
I have now had a response from the eBay person. He's crying "innocent" - says someone got his credit card info and did this so people could run the number. This, of course, makes no sense on any level - none of us could "run the number" or anything else, since he never responded to any of us and since his contact info was bogus and since none of us had a paypal name on him. Very fishy. And no apology of any kind - just totally incoherent and written by someone who sounds like they didn't get past junior high school.
Can I ask the DR's what their take is on the series Angels in America(currently screening here in OZ). We saw the first two chapters last night...Most interesting . I am looking forward to tonight's installment with much anticipation.
DR MattH, I bet most people would have kept all the movies without saying anything.
Question for bk:
"....but I’m saving my wax lips and liquid bottles for a special occasion."
What kind of special occasion calls for wax lips and liquid bottles? (A genuine question - I don't want to commit a social faux pas by not bringing them next time I'm invited to such an occasion.)
A Question for BK and Anyone: a couple of weeks ago, I got the Chinese release (through eBay) of the first three seasons of "Queer As Folk" for only $40.95 (not including shipping) and if I had paid full price for the three American releases, it would've been about $350.
I taped AIA when it was on but still haven't watched it. My idea of a serious play about AIDS doesn't include transvestites, angels crashing through ceilings and a closeted politician.
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Never was one for liquid wax bottles, wax lips, little candy dots on paper that taste like dusty powder, candy cigarettes, Zagnuts, Zeroes, those jellied Chuckles, Good 'n Plenty (all stuff I never ate as a kid)...too few real old chocolate candy bars like Clark Bars and Buns.
No serious report on AIDS in the eighties could fail to include transvestites! The Drag Queens were on the front line raising money and awareness long before anyone else. Long before Liz Taylor had her AMFAR Foundation or the pros set up AIDS Project LA, the LA Drag Queens had set up Aid For Aids and were wearing away every inch of their heels raising money for the afflicted.
der Brucer
Question for bk:
"....but I’m saving my wax lips and liquid bottles for a special occasion."
What kind of special occasion calls for wax lips and liquid bottles? (A genuine question - I don't want to commit a social faux pas by not bringing them next time I'm invited to such an occasion.)
Of course, Southern Baptist guilt can't hold a candle to Catholic guilt....or the guilt that can be imposed by Jewish mothers!!!
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So now I have nothing to say.
...as many of you know actor Dack Rambo had a twin brother named Dirk who was also an actor. The teenaged Dirk was killed in a car accident in 1967...but what I didn't know was that 1950s starlet Kathleen Case was the drive of the car that killed Dirk! I just found that interesting.
Are you preparing scripts for "Cold Case"?
der Brucer (and did she get arrested, tried, convicted...come on - out with the dirt!)
That was all the information I could find. I read that Kathleen died in the 1970s ( when she was in her 40s) but could find no futher information regarding the car accident and who was at fault or whether she was injured. It would be interesting to find out the whole story, however.
That was all the information I could find. I read that Kathleen died in the 1970s ( when she was in her 40s) but could find no futher information regarding the car accident and who was at fault or whether she was injured. It would be interesting to find out the whole story, however.
A Question for BK and Anyone: a couple of weeks ago, I got the Chinese release (through eBay) of the first three seasons of "Queer As Folk" for only $40.95 (not including shipping) and if I had paid full price for the three American releases, it would've been about $350.
And you think Terry and his Chinese Pirates had no hand in your good fortune?
der always-sceptical Brucer
(At Times Square last week a "gent" was hawking designer watches for $5 - the real McCoy, I'm sure!)
BK, Harlan Ellison sent us one of those Candy You Ate As A Kid boxes and I found most of it dreadful. Never was one for liquid wax bottles, wax lips, little candy dots on paper that taste like dusty powder, candy cigarettes, Zagnuts, Zeroes, those jellied Chuckles, Good 'n Plenty (all stuff I never ate as a kid).
Has this been announced yet?
I think I'd like a state funeral. But the honor guard should all wear wax lips. (This is not a total non sequitur. I happened to catch a bit of RR's procession toward the grave. The casket was being put on a plane heading for Washington. Honor guard, 21 gun salute, music, all sorts of good stuff -- and this isn't even the funeral yet.)
I don't know how many times I heard the story about Honest Abe walking miles and miles and miles to return a few pennies he had shorted someone in change.
I know this doesn't have anything to do with anything, but every time I hear that thing about Lincoln, it makes me think of an argument I got in with my fourth grade teacher. She told us that Lincoln got his picture on the penny because he returned six cents to somebody. I raised my hand and asked why he didn't get his face on a six-cent coin. She said that we didn't have a six-cent coin because coins' values are all divisible by five. I said that the penny is worth one cent and that's not divisible by five. She told me to be quiet.
Okay, now you have me thinking of having something along the lines of Juanita Moore's funeral in Imitation of Life, except with a glass top caskit and me wearing the wax lips.
This isn't what I was going to post previously, but it was a piece of trivia that I thought was slightly interesting...as many of you know actor Dack Rambo had a twin brother named Dirk who was also an actor. The teenaged Dirk was killed in a car accident in 1967...but what I didn't know was that 1950s starlet Kathleen Case was the drive of the car that killed Dirk! I just found that interesting.
27. Why is it that our children can't read a Bible in school, but they can in prison?
30. Why do I have to swear on the Bible in court when the Ten Commandments cannot be displayed in a federal building?
(PS: I think Iron Giant is one of the best animated films produced in the last decade or so, right up there with the Pixar films. Amazing what can happen when attention is paid to getting the story right.)
BRAVE LITTLE TOASTER was a cute movie also, I thought....although it has been a good 12 years or so since I last saw it.
Well, Dirk Rambo was hardly a teenager when he died. He was twenty-five. He was killed by a drunk driver, so if Miss Case was the driver of the other car, then I would say she was drunk.
Panni---
The company where I work makes candy sticks (the pc name for candy cigarettes). E-Mail me your snail mail address and I'll send you a box.
Are they designed to look like the Lucky box? (am I remembering the boxes from my childhood correctly?)
Panni---
The company where I work makes candy sticks (the pc name for candy cigarettes). E-Mail me your snail mail address and I'll send you a box.
BK, your Hollywood Collectors Show is heating up. You'll be sharing space not only with Elvira, but the Hollywood Madam Heidi Fleiss and noted porn star Marilyn Chambers.
We all got a memo from the Board of Supervisors today informing us that Governor Schwarzenegger has declared Friday a holiday for State workers, as it is for Federal workers, in honor of the interment of President Reagan.
Alameda County workers, the memo said, will observe a moment of silence at NOON, to commemorate the late president's memory.
NOON!...Most folks are at lunch at NOON. THey're not even giving us ONE FREAKING MINUTE OF County time!
Friday is a holiday for Federal Workers? You mean NO mail Friday? Damn!
I must be one of the fortunate few who have never, not even once, in nearly 200 eBay transactions, as seller and as a buyer, have only once had a problem.
But that was because of the United States Postal Service crushing a package to death, and not because of anything the seller did. It took me nearly a year to get the Post Office to pay for the insurance, and that was a pain in the tuchus, lemme tell ya!
Do you think there will be a holiday for Federal Workers when Jimmy Carter shuffles off this mortal coil?
I decided to jog after all and just got back from another two-miler. I must now collapse on my couch like so much fish.
Dear BK or anybody else,
My brother would like to know why Frank Sinatra was called the Chairman of the Board, and frankly (see what I did there?) I would like to know too.
Ok, I am listening to Shakalaka Baby on Bombay Dreams and it is different...on Nayak it is sung in Hindi but this other version is in English...I still like it though. I wonder what Shakalaka means in Hindi?
Then I can only assume that drag queens are never Republicans. ::)Story time!
SWW & DerBrucer-nice story.SHHHH! He doesn't know I've written it yet! :o
I have been absent as my monitor is on the fritz> I will get a new one tomorrow and catch up on everything.And I've got to clean my glasses. At first I thought you wrote "mother" instead of "monitor," which totally changes the meaning of what you wrote!
I taped AIA when it was on but still haven't watched it. My idea of a serious play about AIDS doesn't include transvestites, angels crashing through ceilings and a closeted politician.I double-checked. The full title of Tony Kushner's epic is Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on American Themes. AIDS is only one of the themes. So is religion, as exemplified by Mormonism, a religion that was given form in America. Drug abuse is a theme. The abuse of political power is a theme. Our ability to form "families" beyond the familiar nuclear or genetic model is another. So is being able to laugh, and to cry, sometimes simultaneously.
Keith says, because he was Chairman of the “Rat Pack”. Then he said to check out Google where I got a slightly different answer:
Keith still thinks he is correct. :D
Must be siesta time for the WUSSBURGERS.No, I'm a wussburger, and I'm here. They must be getting their second breath.
Ronald Reagan on the news everywhere I turn!Relax and enjoy the show. It's up for a very limited run. And how many shows get to claim both Mags Thatcher and Gorbachev as spearcarriers?
Bring back the Smarty Jones and cicada stories!
Heidi Fleiss - I am so there.
This Friday, I'm leaving work early to go to a Seattle Storm women's basketball game. My niece was supposed to go, but she can't (she's having gum surgery today), so I'm going with a co-worker who likes basketball.
Doublemint or Juicy Fruit?
I double-checked. The full title of Tony Kushner's epic is Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on American Themes. AIDS is only one of the themes. So is religion, as exemplified by Mormonism, a religion that was given form in America. Drug abuse is a theme. The abuse of political power is a theme. Our ability to form "families" beyond the familiar nuclear or genetic model is another. So is being able to laugh, and to cry, sometimes simultaneously.
Which suggests that Kushner has used the word "Gay" in several of it's definitions, when he included it in the play's title. Good for him!
Each year the Los Angeles Conservancy hosts a series of classic films in several of the historic movie palaces in downtown Los Angeles. Tonight I was at the stunning Orpheum Theatre, which was built in 1926 and lovingly restored in 2001.
The program consisted of F.W. Murnau's 1927 silent film Sunrise, accompanied by a live orchestra and the Mighty Wurlitzer, conducted and played, respectively, by Mr. Robert Israel.
It's been over 25 years since I last saw Sunrise, and my memories of it being a stunning film were confirmed tonight. An archtypal story (the characters don't even have names) of love, lust and redemption, this film amazes in how effectively it tells its tale with a minimum of intertitles. The sets and cinematography are incredibly evocative, and Janet Gaynor and George O'Brien are superb as The Man and The Wife.
Today's filmmakers should be required to spend more time watching--and learning from--films like Sunrise.