Haines His Way
Archives => Archive 2 => Topic started by: bk on July 02, 2004, 12:00:26 AM
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Well, you've read the notes, you've been bewitched by the notes, you've been bothered by the notes, and presumably you've been bewildered by the notes, so now it is time to post until the cows come home.
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I see that The New York Times and The Los Angeles Times have run fairly nasty pans of De-Lovely. Inasmuch the film has opened rather narrow (selected cities, and only two theatres here in Los Angeles), I suspect this
bomb picture will come and go rather quickly.
To honor Mr. Cole Porter and his legacy, I have a Cole Porter festival going on in my CD player:
Capitol Sings Cole Porter
A two-disc anthology of Mr. Porter's music from Verve
Miss Ella Fitzgerald's two-disc take on the Cole Porter songbook (Divine!)
The original Broadway cast recording of Kiss Me Kate
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Welcome fifteen GUESTS! We're talkin' about CDs and DVDs.
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I, too, have been listening to Cole Porter, as interpreted by the lovely Ms. Rebecca Luker. I have loaned the cd containing the lovely Ms. Rebecca Luker's interpretations of Cole Porter's music to a pal at work.
If he doesn't care for Mr. Porter, or Ms. Luker, I will know that something is wrong with him.
I need to dig out more works by Mr. Porter that might be in our collection.
I know that der Brucer has been listening to The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, because he has left the OCR and the Revival CR cds next to the cd player. (Thankfully, he has not been listening to the Soundtrack cd, which is dreadful.) However, he has not said one word about which cd he prefers. Perhaps he is planning on a comparison between the two, in a Track by Track form.
Or not.
I have tomorrow (which is today) off, but will be working through the weekend. Hopefully we'll be having a wonderful time selling kitchen equipment left and right, and even middle. There is something very enjoyable about coming home tired for all the right reasons.
(Edited for spelling. What the #### is a "soundtrace?")
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I just noticed something interesting.
When I first typed out my edit note, on the post above, I typed in the word $&#*. There was something about that word, $&#*, that looked quite obscene, which is absolutely preposterous, because $&#* is merely a collection of symbols, and does not spell out an actual word.
However, when I corrected it to ####, it looked nothing like an obscenity at all. It's still a collection of symbols, but does not look obscene the way $&#* does.
How bizarre!
(Edited for verb tense, which was incorrect, #### it!)
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Ta-da! Yes the robot's first appearance in TARGET EARTH is pretty darn scary...although I was able to keep my thongs on! 8)
Thanks DRJay....I couldn't think of glockenspiel for nuttin'! ;D
And thanks for the 110 in The Shade info. THE RAINMAKER is one of my favorite plays and movies, and I have never seen the musical, only listened to the cast album!
In my DVD - TARGET EARTH
In my CD - new LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS cast
In my VCR - THUNDER ALLEY with Annette & Fabian
Dress rehearsal is tonight....and I am ready....hopefully our BRIDE who decided she didn't need to rehearse tonight....knows that she only has a few pages to get lovely and add a hoop and two crinolines under her bridal gown (it was easier to make it fuller than to hem it....) Time will tell.... ::)
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Today's DVD "Chess" The Swedish theatre production
(I know DR George likes this one too). Colin has watched it so many times.
CD: Soundtrack of "The Legend Of 1900" - (A Fable by Giuseppe Tornatore). This is one of our favourite movies. It should have been far more successful IMHO. Maybe DR Jose is a fan as I know he is fond of "Cinema Paradiso". The score for the movie is mostly by Mr Morricone.
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On Yesterday notes BK mentioned Barbie Benton. I always wondered what Ken's last name was.
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With all tjhat mention of 110 in the Shade I think I will listen to it this weekend. I have the Broadway Cast, The Jay 2 Disc Studio recording, and of course all the dropped material on the Lost in Boston series. There could have been a volume with LIB with songs from 110ITS.
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Did you know that 110 in the Shade is one of two musicals where the female lead is renamed Melisande by the male lead? As I write this I am trying to remember the name of other musical. I was listening to that musical and realized the similarity in this plot point.
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110 in the Shade has always been one of my favorite musicals. The only way I was able to listen to the score long after the LP went out of print was by going to the library at Lincoln Center during my visit to NYC and listening to it. I always made a point to block some time to go there and listen to the cast recordings I didn't have and were not available at that time.
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Today's topic title made me think of Lorenz Hart. I don't know if he ever wrote with anyone other than Richard Rodgers, but he was my favorite RR lyricist. Oscar Hammerstein II is second and the others Stephen Sondheim, Sheldon Harnick, Martin Charnin and Richard Rodgers are all somewhere tied for third.
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Lyrics by Mr. Lorenz Hart
He's a fool and don't I know it
But a fool can have her charms
I'm in love and don't I show it
Like a babe in arms
Men, are not a new sensation
I've done pretty well I think
But this half-pint imitation
Put me on the blink
I'm wild again, beguilded again
A simpering, whimpering child again
Bewitched, bothered and bewildered - am I
Couldn't sleep, and wouldn't sleep
And ------ I do, if I shouldn't sleep
Bewitched, bothered and bewildered - am I
Lost my heart, but what of it?
My mistake I agree
He's a laugh, but I love it
Because the laugh's on me
A pill he is, but still he is
All mine and I'll keep him until he is
Bewitched, bothered and bewildered - like me
La, da, da, da, da, di, dam
Mmmmmmm
La, da, da, da, da, da, dam
I guess the laugh's on me
I slept again, I tripped again
The way to my heart is unzipped again
Bewitched, bothered and bewildered - am I
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Jay mentioned that Marrin Mazzie and Jason Daniely were both out last night. Maybe they didn't feel like getting out of bed. Or just bad habits with "stars" booking out whenever they feel like it. Not like the old days.
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Well that's it for now..............Post! Post!!!
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Thank you for all the pre-bed reading material Michael.
I think there was once a BK question about other composers who wrote with Hart - too far back for the achives though.
110 Is still one of the musicals I would most love to see. I have a copy of the Tuesday Weld "Rainmaker" somewhere and the Hepburn version it on TV every year or so.
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Hasn't Barbie's Ken been replaced with an OZ surfer with the most unlikely name of Blayne (or some such)?
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Thank you for all the pre-bed reading material Michael.
I think there was once a BK question about other composers who wrote with Hart - too far back for the achives though.
110 Is still one of the musicals I would most love to see. I have a copy of the Tuesday Weld "Rainmaker" somewhere and the Hepburn version it on TV every year or so.
THe Hepburn/Lancaster Rainmaker has to be one of the most frustrating movies I've ever seen. Almost every scene builds to a fevered pitch and you want the characters to sing but the songs never come.
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Hasn't Barbie's Ken been replaced with an OZ surfer with the most unlikely name of Blayne (or some such)?
Yep. Here's a pic of the twosome. He has a bad haircut. And where did she get that dress?
What am I, Joan and Melissa Rivers all of a sudden?
(http://img42.photobucket.com/albums/v130/WandaDuck/blaine_barbie.jpg)
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Le check de media de moi:
CD Player (at home): A Little Night Music (OCR)--I was just in the mood for it.
CD Player (at work): Dave Matthews Band at The Gorge. DMB is my favorite alt rock band in the world!
DVD Player: Spider-Man (the first movie)
VCR: Nothing.
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At work I will probably be listening to the BBC on line and maybe I'll switch to Accu-Radio at some point.
We will be watching Call Me Madam over the weekend. I am heading out to the Isle of Long for the 4th of July. We will eat foodstuffs, mostly made of meat, although there will be green food products grown from the very earth in the back yard of Anthony's parents. Maybe we will see the infamous bunny rabbit who eats the strawberries. We will go to Target to look for a slipcover for our slightly bedraggled couch (the first time I ever saw that word I thought "what is bed raggled?"). We may go to the craft store, Michael's, to look for some frames for a couple of Playbills we want to hang on the wall. We may do "some visitin' " since there are friends on the Isle who don't get into the city much and we haven't seen them in too long a time. We will go fabric shopping so Anthony can make some covers for the tray tables. He is finishing a sink skirt for the kitchen. Very nice. He can sew too! Who knew? We may go to the wonderfully stocked Middle Country Public Library, where we will peruse the DVD collectino and the CD collection for discs I don't have. I will look for a less expensive copy of the new Barbara Cook CD (I'm not paying $17.99 at Footlight and by the time I order it on-line with shipping and handling it gets to be the same price!). We will most definitely watch Jeopardy tonight to see what happens to the amazing Ken Jennings, a software engineer from Salt Lake City, UT, whose 21-cash winnings total over $700,000 (imagine the announcer's voice intoning that last phrase). I watched it last night and in the first round was sure it would be his last appearance, but, as he usually does, he pulled through in Double Jeopardy and ran away with the game. We will probably go to Stop and Shop for some other sustenance to bring into the City when we return hence on Monday afternoon, so it looks like we have a busy weekend ahead of us. Oh, yes, I forgot the most important part. Playtime with MacGregor, the real ruler of the roost out on Long Island.
My, my, my (three mys) that was a long paragraph. I must stop myself so I can get back to work and back to the BBC.
Later, gaters.
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After one whole quart of brandy,*
Like a daisy I awake.
With no Bromo Seltzer handy,
I don't even shake.
Men are not a new sensation;
I've done pretty well, I think.
But this half-pint imitation
Put me on the blink.
REFRAIN 1
I'm wild again,
Beguilded again,
A simpering, whimpering child again-
Bewitched, bothered and bewildered am I.
Couldn't sleep
And wouldn't sleep
Until I could sleep where I shouldn't sleep-
Bewitched, bothered and bewildered am I.
Lost my heart, but what of it?
My mistake, I agree.
He's a laugh, but I love it
Because the laugh's on me.
A pill he is,
But still he is
All mine and I'll keep him until he is
Bewitched, bothered and bewildered
Like me.
REFRAIN 2
Seen a lot-
I mean a lot-
But now I'm like sweet seventeen a lot-
Bewitched, bothered and bewildered am I.
I'll sing to him,
Each spring to him,
And worship the trousers that cling to him-
Bewitched, bothered and bewildered am I.
When he talks, he is seeking
Words to get off his chest.
Horizontally speaking,
He's at his very best.
Vexed again,
Perplexed again,
Thank God I can't be oversexed again-
Bewitched, bothered and bewildered am I.
REFRAIN 3
Sweet again,
Petite again,
And on my proverbial seat again-
Bewitched, bothered and bewildered am I.
What am I?
Half shot am I.
To think that he loves me
So hot am I-
Bewitched, bothered and bewildered am I.
Though at first we said, "No, sir,"
Now we're two little dears.
You might say we are closer
Than Roebuck is to Sears.
I'm dumb again
And numb again,
A rich, ready, ripe little plum again-
Bewitched, bothered and bewildered am I.
ENCORE
You know,
It is really quite funny
Just how quickly he learns
How to spend all the money
That Mr. Simpson earns.
He's kept enough,
He's slept enough,
And yet where it counts
He's adept enough-
Bewitched, bothered and bewildered am I.
*In the published script the first four lines are:
He's a fool, and don't I know it-
But a fool can have his charms;
I'm in love and don't I show it,
Like a babe in arms.
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As far as I know, the only lyrics Hart wrote without Rodgers were some new lyrics to Lehar's music for the Chevalier/MacDonald "Merry Widow" while R&H were under contract to MGM in the early 30s.
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CDs - 2 newly released CDs of early 50s OBCs both starring Helen Galagher: MAKE A WISH (with Nanette Fabray and Harold Lang and a Hugn Martin score) and HAZEL FLAGG (with Thomas Mitchell and Beney Venuta and a Jule Styne score). Both were originally on RCA but released on the English Sepia label with many bonus tracks.
DVD - A DVD of 3 Burns and Allen films from 1935. These are funnier than any new comedy I have seen in years. Gracie is wonderful but of course the writers gave her material that was tailored to her unique talents.
VHS - Nothing
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DR Ben, I also watched Jeopardy last night. I think this is only the second time I've seen Ken Jennings. And I also thought the other guy playing had a good chance to beat him (he was winning halfway thru the first round). But alas, somehow Ken ended round two with $35K.
Ha, the only category I got all correct in was "American Idol". :)
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Today's DVD "Chess" The Swedish theatre production
(I know DR George likes this one too). Colin has watched it so many times.
Yes, I love this! I may have to try and watch it this weekend. I say "try" because one of my dad's sisters (she's a nun) is visiting from California and we will probably do things this weekend. We'll see.
Anyway, in my DVD player (right now): "Two's Company" with Elaine Stritch (from the library) and a rented movie called "The Event." I have no idea what "The Event" is about, but it has Brent Carver in it. :) Again, I don't know when I'll be able to watch these, but I will, especially "The Event" because I paid for it.
In my VCR: a tape of last night's "The Graham Norton Effect." I love this show!
In my CD player: "Alone Together (http://www.laurelmasse.com/ordering.html)," the very first solo recording by Laurel Massé, formerly of The Manhattan Transfer, FINALLY issued on CD by Miss Massé herself! I actually paid for this about a year and a half ago! Laurel did this pretty much all on her own and it took this long. Let me tell you, I think it's worth it. I love this recording!
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Isn't it BELLS ARE RINGING where the girl gets remained Millisande?
I wish Paramount would get with it and release THE RAINMAKER on an anamorphic DVD. With the Vistavision photograpghy, it should look great. THE DESPERATE HOURS looked stunning in its Vistavision DVD transfer.
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Friday Media Check:
CD - THE HOLLYWOOD MUSICAL - a 3-CD boxed set of songs from 70 movies from 1929-1945. It's as close to that RCA SILVER SCREEN LP recording that I could find.
DVD - DRIVING MISS DAISY (Special Edition) and more DICK VAN DYKE SHOW, Season 3.
DVR - Wednesday night's RENO 911!
VCR - LOVELY TO LOOK AT. After watching KISS ME KATE on DVD yesterday, I wanted to see this Howard Keel-Kathryn Grayson movie again. It's been awhile.
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Since July 4th falls on Sunday this year, is Monday going to be a federal holiday where postal workers and others get the day off?
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DR George, is the entire Two's Company series on DVD? We're watching it on Channel 21 here in New York and it would be nice not to be tied to remembering to tape it every Thursday.
Alone Together sounds great. I may have to order it. I love MT, Janis Siegel and Lauren Massé!
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Good morning. I'm WAY behind, so a brief post.
CD - Carly Simon: Torch
VCR - Kurosawa's IKIRU
DVD - finally figured out (with help from this board) that it's not broken, but wired wrong(ly) - not I have to figure out how to correct that.
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And one for Kurosawa!
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DR Matt H, yes, I believe the Federal Holiday for Fourth of July is Monday (at least in NY). No mail, the trains run on weekend/holiday schedule, etc.
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Isn't it BELLS ARE RINGING where the girl gets remained Millisande?
I keep hearing (in my mind) Jerry Orbach call out "Milisande" to Rita Gardner on The Fantasticks recording during "Round and Round". I'm not sure...
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Didn't see it when originally typing, but I meant to say "renamed" rather than "remained." Ugh! My typing gets worse and worse.
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I just bought a used boxed set of THE RETURN OF SHERLOCK HOLMES (5 DVDs in the box), and I got it for a ridiculously cheap price because the box itself is damaged (though the DVDs are in perfect condition). I do store DVD sets that come in boxes in their box, but I was wondering if any of you for storage sake toss the boxes and just store the DVDs separately?
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No, never.
Never, never, never do I toss the boxes.
At all.
Thanks for asking.
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Let me add another voice of approval for 110 in the Shade, with a personal preference for the 2-CD JAY recording (IMHO, one of the best recordings ever made of a score that I've heard)
In the CD players:
Home: Leslie Anderson (local cabaret/piano bar personality)'s "Live: Under the Napkin Recordings"
Work: "Rush: Different Stages Live" (in preparation for seeing their show in August)
DVD: "Lilo & Stich" (LOVE the extra hula dancing segment. What a beautiful dance form!)
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Just heard that Marlon Brando died.
Here's a link to an obit
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&e=3&u=/ap/20040702/ap_on_en_mo/obit_brando (http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&e=3&u=/ap/20040702/ap_on_en_mo/obit_brando)
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Oh such sad news.
So many hours of movies that I have enjoyed....starring Mr Marlon Brando!
Lorenz Hart.....My Funny Valentine....There's a Small Hotel....Plant You Now Dig you Later....Zip.....A Ship Without a Sail.....
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DR George, is the entire Two's Company series on DVD? We're watching it on Channel 21 here in New York and it would be nice not to be tied to remembering to tape it every Thursday.
What I have from the library is the Complete Series One. I haven't seen a Season Two yet. HERE'S (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0001KCI5E/qid=1088782516/sr=8-1/ref=pd_ka_1/002-8589522-0060014?v=glance&s=dvd&n=507846) the amazon.com listing.
Alone Together sounds great. I may have to order it. I love MT, Janis Siegel and Lauren Massé!
This album (and now CD!) has my absolute FAVORITE recording of "Paper Moon." It's very up tempo and Laurel sings this three-chorus vocalese (additional lyrics by Eddie Jefferson, I think) about shooting rockets and flying around space and it's just incredible. You can understand every word that she sings! And her range! All over the place. I can't recommend it highly enough, IMHO ("in my humble opinion," in Internet lingo).
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Of course Rodgers' music gave it life.....but my favorite will always be:
Once I laughed when I heard you say
That I'd be playing solataire
Uneasy in my easy chair.
It never entered my mind.
Once you told me I was mistaken.
That I'd awaken with the sun
And order orange juice for one.
It never entered my mind.
You have what I lack myself.
Now I even have to scratch my back myself.
Once you warned me
That if you scorned me
I'd sing the maiden's prayer again
And wish that you were there again
To get into my hair again.
It never entered my mind. :'( Lorenz Hart
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I always keep the boxes, and the inserts....everything.
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Will we ever get to Page Three?
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Last night I went to another Canada Day show with fireworks. All the suburbs have their own parties.
Last night was a mock Beatles group. And luckily it didn't rain. The fireworks were nice. Only 12 minutes. But still fun.
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I see that The New York Times and The Los Angeles Times have run fairly nasty pans of De-Lovely. Inasmuch the film has opened rather narrow (selected cities, and only two theatres here in Los Angeles), I suspect this bomb picture will come and go rather quickly.
It's amusing to note that the NY Times takes the film to task for its "period arrangements" of Porter's songs.
Guess they prefer the synthesized, or new age "wash", route!
Hehehe!
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I had read a couple of days ago that Brando was in debt to the tune of $20 million or something. He left a wonderful legacy of films, but reading that ultra-complete biography of him several years ago, he seemed to have lost his way around the time for the 1970s (and according to the biographer, Brando stopped memorizing lines around the time of SAYONARA. Had them written out for him off camera ever since then).
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I just noted the post number for my last one and it's the number of the beast!
Aughghghghghghghghghgh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This will take care of it, though!
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Oh my....does anyone want to see what constitutes "art" here in Indiana?
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I've been to Indiana.
This isn't one of those "pull my finger" routines is it?
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I store them in the boxes, too, but in the case of these Jeremy Brett/Holmes films, I don't think the box will be all that necessary. The keepcases will more than likely have their own liner notes, etc. like the first group of DVDs did (which I bought separately and not in a box).
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LOL...no DR RLP....Beast of Babylon! Here it is! 8)
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I usually store my DVD sets in the their boxes, but with a few of the budget ones I have tossed the box. I don't know why.
Loved Brando in SAYONARA and THE WILD ONE. I really liked THE MEN when I saw it many years ago.
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Indiana is certainly an interesting place, isn't it JRand53! LOL!
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The one Brando movie I haven't seen that I'd like to see is VIVA ZAPATA. I've managed to miss it constantly my entire life.
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Good Morning!
Strangely enough, I have, again, nothing to report in regards to my various media players. Since I've been home, I've mainly been catching up on my TV viewing, and also trying to not to spend too much time in my apartment. Right now, it's too easy to cocoon.
But I did get to hear Linda Ronstadt the other night. So...
Sad to hear about Marlon Brando's passing. I really should investigate some of his earlier film work - besides "Streetcar" and "Guys and Dolls". Unfortunately, by the time I was cinematically "aware", the only movie that would have been of any interest to me was "Last Tango In Paris". -Which I still haven't seen... In any case...
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SAYONARA is one of my favorite Brando films. He looks great and he has two dynamite leading ladies in Patricia Owens and Miiko Taka.
Yes Indiana couldn't be MORE interesting.
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And speaking of "art", it seems there's a little controversy brewing in Richmond right now. Here's the link:
http://www.timesdispatch.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=RTD%2FMGArticle%2FRTD_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1031776452768 (http://www.timesdispatch.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=RTD%2FMGArticle%2FRTD_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1031776452768)
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I just bought a used boxed set of THE RETURN OF SHERLOCK HOLMES (5 DVDs in the box), and I got it for a ridiculously cheap price because the box itself is damaged (though the DVDs are in perfect condition). I do store DVD sets that come in boxes in their box, but I was wondering if any of you for storage sake toss the boxes and just store the DVDs separately?
I keep everything together. Always. A woman that I work with is in the process of taking all her DVD discs and putting them in sleeves and putting the sleeves into boxes that hold 100 DVDs. She is then putting all the original boxes into storage. That way, she has all the DVDs in a very small area but still is keeping all of the cases...just not in her small apartment.
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Oh, I keep meaning to ask...
How do you set up the hyperlink so it's "attached" to a word of phrase rather than posting the link? -Like I did in my last post.
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Oh, I keep meaning to ask...
How do you set up the hyperlink so it's "attached" to a word of phrase rather than posting the link? -Like I did in my last post.
You type open bracket: [ url= http:///type correct URL here](close bracket)Type whatever you want to show[/ url] but don't use any spaces within each of the brackets.
Like THIS (http://www.haineshisway.com). Quote my message and you can see the correct way to do it. ;D
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CD: WARRIORS OF THE SILVER SCREEN, a two-disc set of music from swashbucklers & historical epics...El Cid, Spartacus, 300 Spartans, Prince Valiant, Conan, Thief of Baghdad, Vikings, etc. plus the great RIDE OF THE COSSACKS from Taras Bulba.
DVD: THE ADVENTURES OF JIM BOWIE, 13 episodes on 2 DVDs from the original TV series with Scott Forbes. Picked it up for $5.99 while looking for a DVD of 1776 the other day, which I'll be watching Independence Day...the restored directors' cut. I also picked up a 15 -episode , two DVD set of SHOTGUN SLADE with Scott Brady for $5.99. I never watched the show originally but was intriqued when they described it as supposed to be Peter Gunn in the old West with a jazz score.
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I'm dumb again
And numb again,
A rich, ready, ripe little plum again-
Bewitched, bothered and bewildered am I.
These lines were originally:
Dumb again, numb again,
Like Fanny Brice singing "Mon Homme" again,
Bewitched, bothered and bewildered am I.
(Source: "Rogers & Hart - Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered - a Dual Biography" by Samuel Marx and Jan Clayton - Putnam 1976)
There is also a REPRISE:
Wise at last,
My eyes at last
Are cutting you down to your size at last-
Bewitched, bothered and bewildered no more.
Burned a lot,
But learned a lot,
And now you are broke, though you earned a lot-
Bewitched, bothered and bewildered no more.
Couldn't eat-
Was dyspeptic,
Life was so hard to bear;
Now my heart's antiseptic,
Since you moved out of there.
Romance -finis;
Your chance - finis;
Those ants that invaded my pants - finis-
Bewitched, bothered and bewildered no more.
(Source: "Thou Swell Thou Witty - The Life and Lyrics of Lorenz Hart" by Dorothy Hart, Harper & Row 1976)
[When I last made reference to this great book - on "another site" - the book's researcher, Michael Colby, posted a very nice comment reflecting on the effort involved in getting all the lyrics correct. Dorothy Hart thought so highly of his efforts that she not only thanked him in the "Acknowledgements" section, the page facing Richard Rodgers' dedication has the single line: "Again, for his research, I would like to thank Michael Colby".]
The Marx/Clayton book tells this tale about the Christmas night 1940 Opening on Broadway:
Unlike its reception in Philadelphia, "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered" did arouse yells for encores.
"Suddenly, on opening night it happened," said Vivienne Segal. "They wanted more, more. I remembered a couplet Larry had written but thrown out because he didn't like it:
Dumb again, numb again,
Like Fanny Brice singing "Mon Homme" again,
Bewitched, bothered and bewildered am I.
"I sang it. Our director, Mr. Abbott asked me afterward, 'How on earth did you ever remember it?' I told him I was so damn mad Larry didn't write any encores for me, I had to remember something. The couplet stayed in, and Larry wrote more of them, including;
Vexed again, perplexed again,
Thank God I can be oversexed again.
But in all the critical acclaim, there was one blue note, and as is often the case, it gave so much pain that the hurt couldn't be erased by others. Brooks Atkinson, critic of the New York Times, wrote, "These are scbrous lyrics to one of Rodgers' most haunting tunes, 'Bewitched.' Although it is expertly done, can you draw sweet water from a foul well?"
No one ever wrote a worse criticism of Larry's lyrics. Gene Kelly saw him actually weeping over it. But thinking back on the years afterward, he wondered if Larry hadn't read into it a critique of his personal life.
Twelve years later, the same Brooks Atkinson reviewed the revival of Pal Joey. "No one is likely to be impervious to the liviliness and versatility of the score and the easy perfection of the lyrics." But his well-eaten word appeared much too late for Larry to know.
der Brucer (who would know little about all this stuff if DR Woody didn't have me gathering all sorts of source material for a show he wanted to write on the life and works of Dorothy Fields).
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DRJOSE - I voted to let David show it all!
OH DRCP - Shotgun Slade has a score that is at odds with the action....but somehow it works!!! Please let me know if the episode guest starring Miss Allison Hayes is included...in fact she had a couple...."The Laughing Widow" is one...and I forget the title of the other.
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I lived in Indianapolis for five years, and traveled widely and broadly throughout the state.
My lasting impression: It's a "pull my finger" sort of place.
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I'm not altogether sure anyone here is bewitched, bothered or bewildered.
You all seem pixilated to me.
Yes, that's right.
Pixilated.
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Oh just found the SS listing - no Allison episodes....but it is neat that his gun can fire two different sizes of bullets. I don't know why he would want to, but it does.
A fine series from Revue!
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On Yesterday notes BK mentioned Barbie Benton. I always wondered what Ken's last name was.
Kithun. You know, put the last name first, first name last, you get Kithun, Ken.
::) :P :-\
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Yes, alas I also found no Allison in the SHOTGUN SLADE DVD set when I picked it up. I didn't buy the JIM BOWIE set so do give a review DR Charles Pogue...I do know that the lovely and talented Yvonne Lime is in one of the episodes on that set.
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Since July 4th falls on Sunday this year, is Monday going to be a federal holiday where postal workers and others get the day off?
That certainly would explain why the Fourth of July Sale where I work will continue on to the Fifth.
(Which could lead us to a Lanford Wilson reference, but by my tally we don't need one at this point.)
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Good morning. I'm WAY behind, so a brief post.
CD - Carly Simon: Torch
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I don't get to listen to Torch with you? I'm "Hurt."
(I happen to love the arrangement to Carmichael's "I Get Along Without You Very Well," one of the few times I've heard a synthesizer used so hauntingly.)
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Media Watch:
CD/Car: 1776 (Both Broadway recordings....I flip them around in honor of le quatrieme de Juillet.)
CD/Office: Ripley/Skinner DUETS
VCR: Empty
DVD: Empty
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Check out Roger Ebert's very interesting, and favorable, review of "DeLovely":
http://www.suntimes.com/output/ebert1/wkp-news-delovely02f.html
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I just bought a used boxed set of THE RETURN OF SHERLOCK HOLMES (5 DVDs in the box), and I got it for a ridiculously cheap price because the box itself is damaged (though the DVDs are in perfect condition). I do store DVD sets that come in boxes in their box, but I was wondering if any of you for storage sake toss the boxes and just store the DVDs separately?
Sometimes yes, sometimes no. The "Disney in a Tin" series belong in their special boxes. Collections such as the Chaplin films belong in the boxes. All the Bond films belong together. All the Alton Brown DVDs belong together. ::)
But, when it came to a collection of Cary Grant films that der B and I found at a good, low price, there wasn't any reason to keep the box; the films are more easily found by our standard alpha shelving.
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Well, you won't believe it - I can barely believe it myself - we've once again been put in a comprimising postition with play rights. The author's agent, who told us three times yesterday not to worry that the rights were ours, has turned us over to the play service that licenses the show, now saying "I don't think there'll be any problem." We've told her that that is NOT what she said yesterday and we've also talked to the play service (who are very nice). The only problem? There's another production opening two days before we close. Small theater company. But we're holding firm, hanging tough and need all the vibes we can get. Damn them, damn them all to hell. I am so tired of incompetence.
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...I really liked THE MEN when I saw it many years ago.
That was the sequel to The Women, right?
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DR George - Thank you for the "code" advice.
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...der Brucer (who would know little about all this stuff if DR Woody didn't have me gathering all sorts of source material for a show he wanted to write on the life and works of Dorothy Fields).
My problem was, and is, I have no idea about how to go about writing a show. Doing the research was fun, however.
Field's body of work and life, I still believe, would make for an interesting show. Getting the rights, because of the large number of collaborators she had, would be a monster.
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BK that stinks. Would it be possible for you to close 2 days early if you had to?
I also hate incompetence.
So basically they are saying that they want you to spend the time casting the show, yet they may still screw you next week. How nice! :(
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I want to try that trick that DR George taught us!
Michael Riedel's column (http://www.nypost.com/seven/07022004/entertainment/24257.htm).
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For those of you Washingtonians, our library just found out that Tim Eyman did NOT get enough signatures for Initiative 864, which would have cut property taxes by 25%!!! This means that fire districts and libraries and other entities that rely on funding from property taxes will NOT loose 25% of their budgets!!
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That certainly would explain why the Fourth of July Sale where I work will continue on to the Fifth.
(Which could lead us to a Lanford Wilson reference, but by my tally we don't need one at this point.)
I presume it would be folly to groan!
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I've only watched three episodes of Jim Bowie so far. And have enjoyed them. Very simple small tales in comparison to all the whiz-bang of today's TV, but very soothing. I don't feel assaulted. I like stuff that unfolds rather than leaps out at you. Occasionally the scenes are linked by a voice-over narration. They are also linked by the Ken Darby Singers always humming in the background which I rather enjoy. And of course, there is that stirring theme song: "Jim Bowie, Jim Bowie, he was bold, adventuring man..."
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So... If I happen to walk by the video/DVD rental place in my neighborhood when I go out for my walk in a few minutes, should I rent "Last Tango In Paris"?
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You type open bracket: [ url= http:///type correct URL here](close bracket)Type whatever you want to show[/ url] but don't use any spaces within each of the brackets.
Like THIS (http://www.haineshisway.com). Quote my message and you can see the correct way to do it. ;D
Or, if your lazy, like me, you click on the hyperlink icon and edit the result (just add the "=" and your link, put your text between the brackets.
der lazy Brucer
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DRJOSE - I voted to let David show it all!
The alternative makes David look like a customer at a gay bath house (so I've been told).
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Getting the rights, because of the large number of collaborators she had, would be a monster.
I'm sure BK is penning "Easy Rights Getting for Dummies" as we chat.
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For those of you Washingtonians, our library just found out that Tim Eyman did NOT get enough signatures for Initiative 864, which would have cut property taxes by 25%!!! This means that fire districts and libraries and other entities that rely on funding from property taxes will NOT loose 25% of their budgets!!
Finally, an Eyman initiative bites the dust! Wonder what he'll have in store for us next year.
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DRJOSE....Last Tango in Paris was made in that time period between young handsome Marlon and old fat Marlon.....midway between. He looks great but the film is just okay. His leading lady is not dynamic.
If the idea of the film interests you, yes rent.....if you are looking for Prime Marlon....go with SAYONARA!!!
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Interesting Reidel column....and interesting DELOVEY review. Thanks Jose and RLP.
And fie on the rights procurers.......I thought it was the goal of the playwright to have his work produced?
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There is a show called STARTING OVER....a group of the most boring and narcissitic women in the world come to the "starting over house" to get their lives together.
Each one is always painfully conscious of the camera and their interactions and "accomplishments" and "confessionals" make The Real World look like Shakespeare.
To see some really bad television - not of course that we have to go looking for it - check out STARTING OVER...and episode or two will be enough.
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Page 4 Dance. ;D
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If the idea of the film interests you, yes rent.....if you are looking for Prime Marlon....go with SAYONARA!!!
Good choice, but my favorite is "A Teahouse for an August Moon" - Brando's Okinawan house boy is perfection - and so un-Brando.
Of course I liked Alex Guiness in "A Majority of One" and Jonathon Pryce in "Miss Saigon", so I'm probably on the Asian-American Equity hit list.
der Brucer (whose first major stage role as an adult was as Captain Fisby in "Teahouse" - a very long summer run in beautiful Carmel-by-the-Sea CA).
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The alternative makes David look like a customer at a gay bath house (so I've been told).
Did I miss something that I shouldn't have?
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BK---
Next time just write another play yourself. No rights problems there.
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I hate to post without reading the posts, but I just unpacked my travel alarm which reminded me, as far as my body is concerned it is 9:45 at night and I think I may fizzle out soon. I have been up since early this morning walking Echo and doing “catch up” work. I still have calls to make and to go to the market.
Yesterday morning we had to get up by 3:00 am to catch our flight from Bratislava to Prague. From there we barely caught our next flight to Paris. From Paris it was a 14 hour flight, plus an hour on the ground waiting for take off, to S.F., then home last night. Some of our connections were tight and we were lucky to make them. Somehow we were flagged by security going both ways. We guess that is why one of our suitcases stayed in Prague while we returned home. With luck it will be delivered to us by tomorrow. Of course it is the bag with all of our good clothes in it.
Echo is doing well-no deterioration in her health!! :) :) :) I hated to pass up Vienna since it was only a couple of hours away-but boy were we ready to come home. Echo cried when she saw us and Bogie hasn’t left us alone. He cried for attention and cuddled with us more than usual last night.
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Welcome home Jane & Keith.
DRSTUART....check DRJOSE's posts...he has a link on an "art controversy" in Richmond with PHOTOS!!!
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Did I miss something that I shouldn't have?
Yes, Jose posted this link to an Richmond Porn (http://www.timesdispatch.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=RTD%2FMGArticle%2FRTD_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1031776452768) site.
der ever-helpful Brucer
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From a NewsStory (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,124479,00.html):
Teacher Accused of Sleeping With Student Not Anomaly
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A report to Congress Wednesday found that one in every 10 school-age kids endures sexual misconduct by a teacher or other school employee.
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The study found that more than 4.5 million children suffer misconduct ranging from inappropriate comments to physical abuse, naming teachers as the worst offenders at 18 percent.
How useful is a statistic that lumps “inappropriate comments” together with rape!
And since kids spend about 30% of their time with teachers and the teachers commit only 18% of the abuse, one is hard-pressed to conclude that the teachers are the worst offenders. Looked at another way, teachers surely represent more that 18% of the daily adult contacts most children have
der Brucer (whose school days look tamer every day).
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Thanks JRand. I like your 4th page dance.
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Wasn't a big fan of JIM BOWIE as a kid; I might like it better now. (I did like the theme song a lot.)
One show I was a BIG fan of as a kid was YANCEY DERRINGER.
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As to this week's Medea Czech:
On deeveedee:
Wonder Woman--Season One
Lost in Space--Season One
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (the title is about as long as the movie is...!)
On CD:
Original Cast--Caroline, or Change
New Broadway Cast--Little Shop of Horrors
and
Frankie Laine's Hell Bent for Leather
What I'm reading:
The Green Rust by Edgar Wallace
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Slow News Day ONE:
(http://i.cnn.net/cnn/offbeat/gallery/2004/0702/09.ap.jpg)
Caution: Turtle crossing
Rush-hour traffic came to a standstill on June 28 on Indiana 933 near the Inn at St. Mary's as Frank Epperson encourages a turtle to finish its dangerous journey.
Yup, Indiana :D
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When, oh when is Honey West being issued on deeveedee???
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I was really impressed again rewatching LOVELY TO LOOK AT with the luminous ballroom dance by Marge and Gower Champion to "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes." This might be the greatest, most romantic non-Astaire ballroom dance in the history of the musical, and in that breathtaking Technicolor, it is simply superb. I can't think of another to compete with it.
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Slow newsday TWO:
(http://i.cnn.net/cnn/offbeat/gallery/2004/0702/06.ap.jpg)
Prayer for a porker
The Rev. Stanley Combs prays for "Reginald van Porker III," a pig belonging to Rebecca Rosenzweig of Red Lion, Pennsylvania. It was the annual Blessing of the Animals, held on June 27 at the Zion Lutheran Church in Manchester Township.
Sort of like an early Grace.
der Brucer (should have had this for BBQ day)
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Bewitched may be the song most sung (and quoted) with wrong and/or censored lyrics. And it's particularly annoying because the actual Hart lyric is so brilliant.
It was simply too hot for radio, records, and publishers to handle - they kept cleaning it up to its detriment. The song has nothing to do with love (oh, a Personals reference) and all to do with sex. We hear a middle aged woman's feelings about the young stud who's "servicing" her. (Can I say a word like "servicing" on a family-friendly website?) And boy, that scares a lot of people. An imitation of the sad sensation of love wouldn't come in a half-pint size, by the way. Vera is referring to Joey's height, as he's a half-pint imitation of a man. (Some love song, eh?)
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Yes, Jose posted this link to an Richmond Porn (http://www.timesdispatch.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=RTD%2FMGArticle%2FRTD_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1031776452768) site.
der ever-helpful Brucer
Danke Schoen, DR Der Brucer. You can only imagine my horror to read of such shennanigans, posing as art criticism or, better yet, family values.....
This might be best saved for Ask BK Day next week, but is there such a thing as a single shennanigan?
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Jane, where did you stay in Bratislava? I spent a good time there when shooting DRAGONHEART. Vienna's only about forty minutes or so away, as I remember. We always flew in and out of Vienna, on British Air or Lufhtsana (spelling?) and then a driver picked us up and drove us to Slovakia. The old part of the city is quite nice. Is the K-mart still there?
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Welcome home, Dear Reader Jane and Dear Husband Keith!
Happy to hear about Echo and Bogey!
Eager for details about your trip!
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Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes[/i] (the title is about as long as the movie is...!)
My favorite Tarzan - closest to ERB's writings.
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Welcome home, Jane and Keith!
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Back home and no news, so that means Tuesday morning. We've been told that they will do their best to accomodate both productions, and yes, we're willing to shave a week off the end of the run and just do those three performances on Sundays during our five instead of six weeks. It's definitely not unheard of to have the same play being done in more than one venue at one time - last year there were three productions of Master Class, two in LA and one in the Valley, all running at the same time. That's NOT the case here - we'd be done by the time they go up, and the fact is we're only playing a total of eighteen performances over five or six weeks, so that isn't even going to take business from them really.
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YW DRJANE. That is one of my favorite dresses that Ginger wore in their dance duets. There are many lovely ones, but that one is so unique!
Isn't it funny, DRNOEL, that we hear the "wrong" or "cleaned up" lyrics so often, that the original, witty, and biting lyrics sound strange?
I believe even one deed or misconduct would be referred to as shenanigans. It is a great word, isn't it? And how is it spelled? It IS a great word. Has it ever been used in a song?
I too loved YANCY DERRINGER, DRMATTH - it used to be on in the afternoons following the Lawford-Kirk THIN MAN episodes. And I love the "Eyes" dance as well, but for me, and it is strange, the Champions seemed more a brother/sister type dance team to me than a romantic team....don't know why, and I know they were married, but they didn't seem to strike sparks for me chemistry wise. I think Astaire & Charisse and Kelly & Hayworth were very romantic....to me, anyway.
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Remember THE RED SHOES tonight on TCM!
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Welcome back Jane Keith. Good to hear news of Echo and Bogie too.
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Welcome home DR Jane! I can't wait to hear all about your trip.
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Of course some lyrics are so sophisticated, that they remain ingrained in your memory forever!!! ;D
Put on your old gray bonnet
With the blue ribbon on it
While I hitch old Dobbin to the shay.
Through the fields of clover
We'll ride off to Dover
On our golden wedding day. 8)
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Off to rehearsal!!!! Dress rehearsal!!!! With clothes on!!!! And hats!
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Thank you Jay, Panni, Tomovoz and Jennifer.
Charles Pogue, we stayed at the Radisson SAS Carlton in the heart of old town, just down the street from the American Embassy. Where did you stay? We talked about taking the boat to Vienna for the day but I was the only one who wanted to do that. The old part of the town is very charming and relaxing but I think we could have spared a day for Vienna. By then we were pretty tired and didn’t mind taking it easy, plus our son says the clothes in Romania tend to fall apart quickly and he wanted to buy a few things. We did walk out of the little old town area and go shopping. We didn’t see a K-Mart.
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Welcome Home, Jane and Keith!
-And I'm sure "your masters" were very happy to see you come through the door!
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Yay, Jane is back and the world is a brighter place.
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Isn't it BELLS ARE RINGING where the girl gets mained Millisande?
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You are correct as usual.
But wasn't Maimed a music with Angela Lansbury?
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Good Afternoon!
Well, I didn't walk past my local video/DVD rental place, so I didn't rent "Last Tango in Paris" or anything else for that matter. *Actually, Fan Video is quite a wonderful store. Tons of videos and DVDs packed into that place! And they always get in copies of the more "artsy" films and foreign ones. And they have quite a nice selection of other (wink, wink) titles available for browsing in discreet black, three-ring binders. -At least that's what I've heard.
:o 8) ::)
What I did walk past were all the various storefronts in Carytown. Unfortunately, I didn't see any of the restaurants putting out their statues of David in solidarity with the folks at Grapevine II. ;)
On the way back, I stopped into the New York Deli for a late-late lunch/early dinner. I got their "Famous" Open-Faced Sandwich Platter. And, once again, I forgot that I should only order this platter when someone else is at the table with me. It consisted of four open-faced "halves": mortadella and provolone, corned beef and swiss, liptauer cheese, and tuna fish salad; plus a full-size "Hot Sailor" (hot pastrami and Swiss topped off with a knockwurst. All on rye. With a big cup of potato salad and two big pickle spears. A LOT OF FOOD!
As usual, I just ate the "fillings/toppings" off the halves - which really only came down to a few small slices of each of the meats and cheese, plus schmears of liptauer and tuna fish salad. I ate almost all of the pastrami this time - it was really good today - and the knockwurst. But I only ended up having a few spoons of the potato salad which was very plain and white - I think it was only a mix of potatoes with mayo and sour cream with some salt. No ground pepper in site. It was good, but... I just wish I didn't have to leave almost four full slices of rye on my plate when I was done (as well as a small pile of pastrami).
Needless to say, I ate more than I should have, but the meal should hold me through the evening. And maybe through dinner time tomorrow!
-And I washed everything down with a Doc Brown's Black Cherry Soda! Mmmmmm.
-And I picked up a small bar of Belgian chocolate at the counter for "dessert" later tonight. ;D
And that concludes my food post for today. :)
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There is a show called STARTING OVER....a group of the most boring and narcissitic women in the world come to the "starting over house" to get their lives together.
Each one is always painfully conscious of the camera and their interactions and "accomplishments" and "confessionals" make The Real World look like Shakespeare.
To see some really bad television - not of course that we have to go looking for it - check out STARTING OVER...and episode or two will be enough.
When I first saw some of the promos for this show, I thought it was a joke commercial. But then I realized it was a real show! The NBC affiliate in DC carries it, and as soon as it came on after the morning news block, I knew it was time to get out of the apartment for a while. ;) All the drama and angst! And those promos and "On the next "Starting Over".." bumpers...
*I'm happy to report that the NBC affiliate in Richmond finally picked up "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" a few weeks ago! Yes, she's in reruns right now, but it's better than the infomercials that run against it at that time.
Seriously, I have to wonder if someone was/is using the show for some sort of case study on the effects of public media exposure during personal therapy. Or, who knows, maybe it's some elaborate, overblown environmental theatre production/hoax?
Ah, well...
Hmm... It's 7:00 here on the East Coast... Where has the day gone?!?!?! What have I done today?!?!? What will I do with my evening?!?!?
These and other questions will be answered on...
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In a strange transaction today, I picked up a used copy of Coppola's APOCALYPSE REDUX; in taking it to the cash register, I was informed that Marlon Brando had died today.
In the dvd player:
I AM CURIOUS YELLOW
I AM CURIOUS BLUE
THE PRINCESS BRIDE
and, well, I guess tonight's purchase.
In the cd player:
RAGTIME - OBC
Joe Nichols' REVELATION (and it is).
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Jose thank you, and you got it right, they definitely are the ones in control. ;D
Bruce, how sweet-thank you.
I’m trying to stay awake long enough to call a friend from Israel who is currently in San Mateo visiting her brother. Until two years ago when we had lunch together in LA I hadn’t seen her since 4th grade. It was amazing what a great time we had.
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Jane, I was in something called The Danube hotel. That backs right against the River. I used to take my morning walk right along it. It stands in the shadow of that castle on the hill and by the bridge that has that tower restaurant on it. I think the Carlton, close by, was in dissarray when I was there.
Matth, I too loved Yancy Derringer.
Der Brucer, well, the first part of Greystoke was close to Burroughs, then it devolves into some real cheap psychology and Tarzan in civilization becomes something of a wimp. A very flawed movie and a missed chance.
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If anyone wants a really good romantic comedy I would recommend 50 First Dates with Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore. I had rented it last week. But my dvd player broke. So I had to return it without watching it and get a video. Well I rented it again and LOVED it. I'm not sure if it's more of a female flick. Or if men will enjoy it because of all the comedy. But it is very funny and very touching. I cried.
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Of course Jane knows that I'm a ruder pest who wants to hear about Budapest -- but can wait until she's not quite as jet-lagged.
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Jane we missed you!! Glad you and Keith are back..now rest up and then you can tell us all about your travels!
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Media check:
VCR: OUTWARD BOUND (1930 version)
WHAT'S UP DOC (hadn't seen that since I w as a kid)
DVD Player: TIME OF YOUR LIFE 1937 musical with James Cagney
and the Bollywood movies for this weeked:
ANDAZ (1949)
Nargis plays a "modern young woman who dresses in Western style" who meets a dashing young man (Dilip Kumar) who misreads her friendship and assumes that she is in love with him.
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....and YEH TERAA GHAR, YEH MERAA GHAR (2000). Bollywood hunk Sunil Shetty stars in this comedy about a man who must evict a family out of one of his deceased father's rental homes.
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Yes, Jose posted this link to an Richmond Porn (http://www.timesdispatch.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=RTD%2FMGArticle%2FRTD_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1031776452768) site.
der ever-helpful Brucer
Personally, I think covering the statue of David is a great idea, as long as all the waiters at the restaurant are similarly dressed.
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Danke Schoen, DR Der Brucer. You can only imagine my horror to read of such shennanigans, posing as art criticism or, better yet, family values.....
This might be best saved for Ask BK Day next week, but is there such a thing as a single shennanigan?
I went Webstering, to find the answer:
SHENANIGAN: 1 : a devious trick used especially for an underhand purpose
2 a : tricky or questionable practices or conduct — usually used in plural b : high-spirited or mischievous activity — usually used in plural
Obviously, shenanigans are like potato chips, in that you can't have just one.
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...With a big cup of potato salad......I only ended up having a few spoons of the potato salad which was very plain and white - I think it was only a mix of potatoes with mayo and sour cream with some salt. No ground pepper in site....
So, what you're saying is that der Brucer's in-laws can find a job at the New York Deli if their farm ever goes under?
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Dear Jane: Good to know the trip went well, and that you and Keith are home safe and sound. And yes, we know all about how the pack can run one's life. Glad to know yours are also well and happy to have you home.
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CP the Danube looks like a nice hotel. The tower restaurant is currently closed for renovations. How was the view from up there? We walked along the river and ate at an excellent restaurant: “Leberfinger.” We had the best garlic soup…ever.
Our son, who has to wash his clothes in the tub, enjoyed the laundry services at the Carlton. He said his clothes haven’t been this clean since he left home. The hotel underwent a multi-million dollar renovation about 18 months ago . The restaurant was nice but the bar was BEAUTIFUL. It also served yummy mandle bread-type cookies. The rooms were quite nice but the bed, sheets and pillows were somewhat uncomfortable. Needles to say, Keith & I didn’t get much sleep there. The view from our room was lovely as it looked out over old town and the opera house.
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We're having a late dinner...yet again. I've got artichokes cooking, haven't done that for some time. We'll have them simply, with melted butter and maybe some bottled (!!!) hollandaise to go with the hearts. (OK, I haven't gotten around to making my own hollandaise, how many of you have?) Then on to some very nice halibut steaks, which I'll be grilling, and some red rose potatoes, boiled and served with some fresh chives from the garden.
Oh, and some cole slaw. With carrots in it!
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...yummy mandle bread-type cookies.
I think you're referring to Mandelbrot cookies. This recipe, (http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,,FOOD_9936_10369,00.html) from the Food Network, gives something that sounds like an almond-flavored biscotti. Sounds delish, of course.
PS: I love seeing buildings lit up that way. So simple, but so elegant.
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[size=8]PIXILATED![/size]
That's what we all are!
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[size=8]PIXILATED![/size]
That's what we all are!
There is a remedy for that, DR RLP. . . BUT, this is a family site. ;)
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I'm auditioning about a hundred actors tomorrow. Starting at ten o'clock. You will REALLY have to keep the home fries burning, but I will be checking up on you via cell phone and I will be ready to bitch-slap any errant and truant people from my location.
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We're having a late dinner...yet again. I've got artichokes cooking, haven't done that for some time. We'll have them simply, with melted butter and maybe some bottled (!!!) hollandaise to go with the hearts. (OK, I haven't gotten around to making my own hollandaise, how many of you have?)
Well, I HAVE! :P
Actually, when I usually make hollandaise, I make a very easy "blender" one. I forget the exact proportions right now, but it's very easy...
In a blender - a "bar blender" works best for this, squeeze your lemon juice, then add your egg yolks. Blend until very well combined, and lighter in color. Meanwhile, melt some butter in a small saucepan. Heat it until it is completely melted, but not until the milk solids burn. As soon as the butter is melted and hot, start up the blender again, and slowly drizzle in the hot, melted butter over the egg yolk and lemon juice mixture. Add a dash of cayenne, and Voila! *If you happen to keep clarified butter in the fridge, then that is even better. Just heat it up until it is good and hot. **Of course, if you have "egg/health" issues, this may not be the best method for you since the egg yolks may not get cooked all the way through. However, you can then pour the sauce out of the blender into a bowl over simmering water and "cook" it to be safe. -And then if you mix in some tarragon, etc...
*One of my best clearance racks finds at Sur La Table was/is a double-boiler insert type bowl/pan. It's bottom is fully curved so that a whisk can get all around the pan, and it has a handle. I think it was originally designed to make zabaglione (yum!), but it works perfectly for melting chocolate and making sauces. And it was originally priced at $42, and I got it for $5.50!
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A view of the Opera House on the central square in Old Town Brataslava--opposite the Hotel Carlton.
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Jane! Thanks for coming back so impressively with the photos!
Pat Echo for Minx & I!
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Jennifer an Adam Sandler look alike, or the real person, walked past us while we were sitting outside the hotel in Bratislava enjoying our breakfast.
MBarnum, thank you. I had a small burst of energy while looking at our photos with Keith. It will be difficult to decide which ones to post.
Panni for now, I will say we enjoyed ourselves very much in the beautiful city you were born in.
SWW thank you. I am tired, at first I thought you said the pack can ruin, not run one’s life. Of course that didn’t make sense you would say such a thing so I read that again. ;D Mandlebrot or Almond bread is a bit different from what we had at the hotel. This was similar but not like biscotti or dry at all. If you want a good recipe for Mandelbrot I can send you my mother-in-law’s recipe.
td I just passed along your comment to Keith since he not only took the photos but posted them for me. Echo says thank you.
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Those truly are great pics, Jane! You picked the perfect time of day to take them.
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OOHH!!!
Only about a half an hour left to buy your MegaMillions winning lotter ticket!!! :-) 290 Million tonight!
Keep your fingers and toes crossed!
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Well, I HAVE! :P
Actually, when I usually make hollandaise, I make a very easy "blender" one. I forget the exact proportions right now, but it's very easy...
In a blender - a "bar blender" works best for this, squeeze your lemon juice, then add your egg yolks. Blend until very well combined, and lighter in color. Meanwhile, melt some butter in a small saucepan. Heat it until it is completely melted, but not until the milk solids burn. As soon as the butter is melted and hot, start up the blender again, and slowly drizzle in the hot, melted butter over the egg yolk and lemon juice mixture. Add a dash of cayenne, and Voila! *If you happen to keep clarified butter in the fridge, then that is even better. Just heat it up until it is good and hot. **Of course, if you have "egg/health" issues, this may not be the best method for you since the egg yolks may not get cooked all the way through. However, you can then pour the sauce out of the blender into a bowl over simmering water and "cook" it to be safe. -And then if you mix in some tarragon, etc...
Jose, how many eggs and how much butter?? My sister frequently makes a white sauce and complains that she's never made a hollandaise sauce. I think she might be willing to try this, but if I give her a recipe, I know she'll want some amounts...not just "your egg yolks" or "some butter." Thanks. It sounds very good and easy enough for even me to try. ::)
Jane, those are beautiful pictures of beautiful buildings. I hope you are able to post more!
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Thank you Jose and George. Keith will work on the photos tomorrow and I hope to post a few more then.
Goodnight.
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Dinner went very well. The only problem is with the aftertaste that artichokes can leave, which doesn't mix well with wine later on. :P
DR Jane, I'd love that Mandelbrot recipe! Be sure to post!
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Jose, how many eggs and how much butter?? My sister frequently makes a white sauce and complains that she's never made a hollandaise sauce. I think she might be willing to try this, but if I give her a recipe, I know she'll want some amounts...not just "your egg yolks" or "some butter." Thanks. It sounds very good and easy enough for even me to try. ::)
Well, I usually just kind of eyeball it... But it's the same amount as a "real" hollandaise, so.. From the Joy of Cooking (1997 edition)....
OHH!! WOW!! I open my copy and there on Page 55 is (who knew?!?!?):
BLENDER HOLLANDAISE SAUCE
about 1 cup
Less fluffy but a great time-saver. The clarified butter should be very warm, since the sauce is not reheated.
Place in a blender or food processor:
3 large egg yolks
2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice, or to taste
Ground white pepper or hot red pepper sauce to taste
Salt to taste
Process on high speed for 1 minute. With the machine running, add in a slow, steady stream:
1/2 cup very warm to hot clarified butter
By the time all the butter is poured in - about 1 minute - the sauce should be thickened. If not, process on high speed for about 20 more seconds more. Taste and adjust the seasonings. Serve immediately or keep warm by submerging the blender container in warm (not hot) water. Serve warm.
Hope this helps... And I really didn't know it was in there!
As I mentioned in my original post, I usually don't use clarified butter. However, all you have to do is stop pouring the butter before the milk solids start going into the blender. -Just add a few more tablespoons of butter in the pan to be safe.
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OH!!
And I finally had my "dessert" that I picked up at the Deli earlier. It was a chocolate bar: Starbrook Airlines Belgian Chocolates - Milk Chocolate with Nougat Cream (and, of course, that phrase appears in seven different languages on the wrapper). It was soooo good. The nougat cream center was particularly nice - almonds and honey. And the chocolate had that unmistakeable Belgian "melt" to it. I will definitely have to try to the other varieties they had - Almond and Crisp. And not a bad deal either: $1.25 for 43grams/1.52 oz.!
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DR Jrand wrote: " but for me, and it is strange, the Champions seemed more a brother/sister type dance team to me than a romantic team....don't know why, and I know they were married, but they didn't seem to strike sparks for me chemistry wise. I think Astaire & Charisse and Kelly & Hayworth were very romantic....to me, anyway."
Others may agree with you, but I don't. The very reason I rate this dance by the Champions higher than "The Best Things Happen While You're Dancing" from WHITE CHRISTMAS is that (to me) sexual chemistry that's going on with the Champions. I almost feel a sexual heat blazing during this number. Not all of their numbers generate this, it's true (none of their big dances in SHOW BOAT are sexual, and I don't recall anything in EVERYTHING I HAVE IS YOURS or GIVE A GIRL A BREAK that matches this), but for this one number alone, I think they're unique. I like it even more than such celebrated numbers as Astaire and Charisse's "Dancing in the Dark" or anything Astaire or Kelly did with Rita Hayworth. I would possibly rank Kelly and Charisse's "Heather on the Hill" from BRIGADOON equal or possibly slighty higher.
All this is purely a matter of taste, of course. There's no right or wrong answer.
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DRIVING MISS DAISY has been waiting for a spin all day, but instead I watched CONFESSIONS OF A DANGEROUS MIND tonight. Like many of Charlie Kaufman's screenplays (this adapted from an autobiography which I haven't read), it's a strange film. George Clooney shot it with all kinds of camera tricks, washed out or overly saturated lighting and color. I never saw it at a theater when it came out last year, but I could see why this quirky, brittle biography didn't go over big with the public. As a different take on a very eccentric person, the film was OK, but I think I'd rather watch ADAPTATION again.
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I went way off my diet today with Reece's Peanut Butter Cups. They're just too tempting to keep around the house. I HAD to get rid of them!
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I've spent the last two days putting out various fires (not literally) caused by inefficiency. I'm not a big long weekend lover -- but for once I'm so glad that things will come to a grinding halt and I can just sit and write.
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...To clarify... The inefficiency was not mine!
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Just finished watching the Andromeda Strain. Still a fav. But it is too slow moving for the MTV gen. It's too literal and no teenagers or 20 something non actors. I think the four leads and heros were over 40 when the film was made.
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Not exactly a busy night around these HHW parts. You'd think it was a Friday before a long weekend or something.
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Yes DRMS...I like The Andromeda Strain a LOT!
I used the word shenanigans a lot tonight at rehearsal....it is a perfect word...and expresses its definition perfectly. People are delighted to hear it out loud. I think we should all use the word this weekend and delight even more people! This should be a shenanigans holiday weekend.
Audtioning a hundred actors? Oh my....oh my....one hundred actors working on monologs, taking showers, checking the internet to find out all about this Kimmel character, planning on how to spend the check, and HOPING HOPING HOPING to get the part. My heart goes out to them, and to the person making the choice.
I did a short spread of cards, MR BK, and I think that you will be most impressed by the 11th person you see, or the person with the 11 o'clock appointment. You will also see someone you have not seen in a long time, but this person will NOT be right for the part he wants.
Lalalalala......The Red Shoes......I love that movie.
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Okay, wordsmiths and intelligentsia of HHW.....there must be a word that describes what DRMATTH and I have been talking about.....the definition would be:
---------- what occurs when two or more people watch the same entertainment and each sees something different, or recognizes a different intent or result.
And it ain't shenanigans.
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Lovely photos, DRJANE!!!
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Okay, wordsmiths and intelligentsia of HHW.....there must be a word that describes what DRMATTH and I have been talking about.....the definition would be:
---------- what occurs when two or more people watch the same entertainment and each sees something different, or recognizes a different intent or result.
And it ain't shenanigans.
Criticism - ???
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Very close DRJOSE....very close. LOL
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Glass Slipper with Leslie Caron is on TCM!
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I'm going to lie down and listen to music and read. Goodnight!
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Nytol! Listen to something good, DRPANNI!
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Did you end up with any other favorites on your CD that I made you?
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Jose, how many eggs and how much butter?? My sister frequently makes a white sauce and complains that she's never made a hollandaise sauce. I think she might be willing to try this, but if I give her a recipe, I know she'll want some amounts...not just "your egg yolks" or "some butter." Thanks. It sounds very good and easy enough for even me to try. ::)
Well, I usually just kind of eyeball it... But it's the same amount as a "real" hollandaise, so.. From the Joy of Cooking (1997 edition)....
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Thanks for the info, Jose!!
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Nytol!
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Your card reading is very interesting, as I know who has the eleven o'clock spot ( a friend of Tammy's she's highly touting) and I know I will be seeing someone I haven't seen since the early seventies and already know they are not right for the part.