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Title: MADE FOR TELEVISION
Post by: bk on August 26, 2012, 10:45:50 PM: Well, you've read the notes, the notes were made for television, and now it is time for you to post until the made for TV cows come home.
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Post by: bk on August 26, 2012, 10:46:37 PM: And the word of the day is: FABULIST!
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Post by: bk on August 26, 2012, 10:49:21 PM: And the new Kritzerland release, another great Golden Age title. It will be live on the Kritzerland site at six, but you know what to do if you want it sooner.

Kritzerland is pleased to present a world premiere limited edition soundtrack release:

STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND

Music Composed and Conducted by Victor Young

In 1955, Paramount Pictures released the second film in their new VistaVision format –Strategic Air Command. With its extraordinary aerial footage and location shooting, VistaVision would really come into its own. The film was, in a word, breathtaking. Add to that a great cast headed by James Stewart, June Allyson, Frank Lovejoy, Barry Sullivan and Harry Morgan, the great cameraman William H. Daniels, a terrific screenplay by Valentine Davies (book and film of Miracle on 34th Street, The Bridges at Toko-Ri, The Benny Goodman Story, The Glenn Miller Story) and Beirne Lay Jr., and great direction by Anthony Mann (many great noirs, an incredible run of western films starring James Stewart, and the magnificent El Cid), and you had a recipe for success. Strategic Air Command was the sixth-highest grossing picture of 1955. The New York Times’ Bosley Crowther raved, “Never, in many years of looking at Air Force and aviation films, have we seen the familiar wide blue yonder so wide or so magnificently displayed as it is in the VistaVision process used to project Strategic Air Command. But above all, there are those airplanes, the roaring engines, the cluttered cockpits, the clouds and sky. These are the things that make your eyes bug out and your heart leap with wonder and pride.”

And one of the primary reasons the heart leaps with wonder and pride is the film’s stunning musical score by Victor Young. Young’s body of work is astonishing, and includes such great scores as Golden Boy, Reap the Wild Wind, The Glass Key, The Palm Beach Story, The Uninvited, The Great Moment, Ministry of Fear, Love Letters, To Each His Own, Golden Earrings, The Big Clock, State of the Union, The Paleface, The Night Has a Thousand Eyes, Samson and Delilah, Gun Crazy, Bright Leaf, Rio Grande, Scaramouche, The Quiet Man, Shane, Three Coins in the Fountain, Johnny Guitar, The Country Girl, Around the World in Eighty Days, and that is only the very tip of the Victor Young iceberg.

Young’s score for Strategic Air Command is one of his greats. It has everything you’d want in a score – a rousing main title march, beautiful and emotional music for the drama, and, above all, some of the greatest “flying” music ever written for the screen. Young’s scoring of the flying scenes virtually turns those sequences into ballets of flight, a sky symphony of enduring beauty.

This is the world premiere release of Strategic Air Command. The music masters were mono (the film was also mono, but its original engagements used the Perspecta soundtrack, a kind of fake stereo) and mostly in very good condition, housed in the Paramount vaults. A couple of tracks only existed on acetates (which we cleaned up as best we could), and a handful were too damaged to use at all. There have not been nearly enough Victor Young scores released on CD, and we’re especially thrilled to bring out this particular example, as it presents all of Young’s strengths as a film composer and a brilliant melodist. They don’t come much better.

Strategic Air Command is limited to 1000 copies only. The price is $19.98, plus shipping.

CD will ship the second week of October – however, never fear, preorders placed directly through Kritzerland usually ship one to five weeks earlier (we’ve been averaging four weeks early). To place an order, see the cover, or hear audio samples, just visit www.kritzerland.com.

(http://i49.tinypic.com/vzy612.jpg)
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Post by: Ben on August 27, 2012, 03:02:18 AM: Morning all.

That is all.
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Post by: elmore3003 on August 27, 2012, 04:18:34 AM: Good morning, all! Hopefully, I am back on my New York sleeping schedule. My last dream of the night was about casting and recording Victor Herbert's MLLE MODISTE. It was a painful dream.

Today, in about an hour, I will call the car service to take me, two cartons, and a shopping bag down to Toyland. At 10 or so, when my accountant's office opens, I will see where we stand on Social Security, the IRS and me.

I was just thinking that I need to purchase a metronome.
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Post by: elmore3003 on August 27, 2012, 04:21:30 AM: BK, the Playbill.com reviewer gave the Collected Herbert Songs a poor, musically uneducated review alongside hs much better review for the cast recording of LYSISTRATA JONES, a show I very much enjoyed onstage but would never want to listen to. I don't think a postive review for FOLLIES would do much except give him a chance to talk, once again, about everything but the music; the critic can be an entertaining writer but he is no critic in my book, only a cataloguer.
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Post by: Michael on August 27, 2012, 04:35:00 AM: good morning to all
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Post by: John G. on August 27, 2012, 04:42:07 AM: Good morning, all.

Vibes for anyone in need.

Monday vibes, too.
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Post by: Jrand73 on August 27, 2012, 04:51:39 AM: CD is ordered.
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Post by: Jrand73 on August 27, 2012, 04:52:04 AM: DR VIXMOM glad you are home. Thanks for the Birthday wishes yesterday.
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Post by: Jrand73 on August 27, 2012, 04:52:16 AM: It is raining this morning here in Indiana. Very nice.
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Post by: Michael on August 27, 2012, 04:52:43 AM: tod

That Certain Summer
A Case Of Rape (I found it very difficult to watch as a child)
The Eleanor and Franklin Movies.
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Post by: John G. on August 27, 2012, 04:55:50 AM: TOD:

The Night Stalker
The Last Child (I haven't seen it since the 1970s, but it was this dystopian fantasy with Michael Cole of "The Mod Squad" where couples were allowed to have only one child and anyone over 65 was denied medical attention. I remember the 65-year-old diabetic not being allowed his insulin and other scary things. It was probably hokey, but I was a kid and left some very strong impressions.)
The Corn Is Green
The Gathering
The Missiles of October
And I don't know if it qualifies as a made-for-TV movie or mini-series or what, but Scenes from a Marriage.
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Post by: Jrand73 on August 27, 2012, 04:56:26 AM: TOD:

A Case of Rape with Ms Elizabeth Montgomery
Lizzie Borden with Ms Elizabeth Montgomery

Trilogy of Terror with Ms Karen Black

The House on Green Apple Road with Ms Janet Leigh

Night Drive/Terror with Ms Valerie Harper

Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole with Ms Susan Hayward

Playmates with Alan Alda, Barbara Feldon, Connie Stevens, and Doug McClure
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Post by: Danise on August 27, 2012, 05:45:38 AM: Morning all!

Glad to see that DR Vixmom made it home safe and sound. :)

There was rain though the night but no worse than some of the summer storms that whip up with no warning. We seem to be between the bands of rain if you look at the radar. So I think we have dodged another one--but he did his job and gave me a free get out jail free card for today.

Going to get a forbidden cup of coffee and make myself some sausage and eggs for breakfast.
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Post by: ChasSmith on August 27, 2012, 05:48:08 AM: Good morning, all.

My coffee -- if you please!
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Post by: Danise on August 27, 2012, 05:48:34 AM: http://www.baynews9.com/content/news/baynews9/weather/klystron-9-radar.map.html/Hillsborough.html

Here is the latest radar. Remember if you look at where I4 and I75 meet, I am not far to the south east from there. It doesn't look as bad as it for Debbie.
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Post by: ChasSmith on August 27, 2012, 05:49:27 AM: I love those get out of jail free cards. Enjoy your day, DR Danise!
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Post by: elmore3003 on August 27, 2012, 05:55:12 AM: Greetings from Toyland!

DR Danise, sausage and eggs sounds great! It's certainly better than my breakfast today.
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Post by: Danise on August 27, 2012, 06:00:19 AM: Thank you, Dr ChasSmith. I plan on it! :)

I'd gladly make you and DR Elmore a cup of coffee and a plate of eggs and sausage if you were nearby. :)
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Post by: ChasSmith on August 27, 2012, 06:01:33 AM: Another great TOD.
I already see a few great titles I want to check out, but here are the ones I most fondly remember off the top of my head:

Duel
Trilogy of Terror
The Night Stalker
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
Night Terror
The Possessed
The Strange Possession of Mrs. Oliver
Sweet Hostage
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Post by: bk on August 27, 2012, 06:16:42 AM: New title has been announced and I'm going back to bed.
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Post by: John G. on August 27, 2012, 06:22:18 AM: Quote from: Jrand62 on August 27, 2012, 04:56:26 AM
TOD:

A Case of Rape with Ms Elizabeth Montgomery
Lizzie Borden with Ms Elizabeth Montgomery

Trilogy of Terror with Ms Karen Black

The House on Green Apple Road with Ms Janet Leigh

Night Drive/Terror with Ms Valerie Harper

Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole with Ms Susan Hayward

Playmates with Alan Alda, Barbara Feldon, Connie Stevens, and Doug McClure

I agree with the Elizabeth Montgomery choices, and I forgot about Playmates. Loved me some Connie Stevens back then. Would need to add "Call Her Mom," a silly one in which she becomes a frat mom, while Jim Hutton was a professor and Van Johnson was the dean. Really bad, but really fun.
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Post by: ChasSmith on August 27, 2012, 06:29:14 AM: Boy, it looks like Elizabeth Montgomery did quite a string of them. Like, that's her '70s output. I must have seen at least one or two, but couldn't say for sure.
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Post by: Kerry on August 27, 2012, 06:37:25 AM: Good morning on Monday morning!
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Post by: Charles Pogue on August 27, 2012, 06:52:55 AM: TOD: I really don't recall watching very many made-for TV movies in the 70's ( r really at any other time). But during the seventies, I was usually at a rehearsal (in college) or doing a show (professionally) at night...so night-time telly was not something I watched until the late night movie after the evening's theatrical endeavours were over.
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Post by: ChasSmith on August 27, 2012, 07:08:25 AM: CD, plus one other, ordered!
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Post by: Druxy on August 27, 2012, 07:12:18 AM: TOD:

DUEL

I prefer the shorter original TV version than the expanded one that was released onto video. It was much tighter; more suspenseful.
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Post by: Druxy on August 27, 2012, 07:12:51 AM: THE BAZ, a website devoted to Basil Rathbone, interviewed me last week. I think it turned out rather well.

http://thegreatbaz.wordpress.com/2012/08/27/qa-michael-b-druxman/
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Post by: ArnoldMBrockman on August 27, 2012, 07:20:44 AM: Quote from: bk on August 26, 2012, 10:46:37 PM
And the word of the day is: FABULIST!

And The Song Of The Day Is: I'M HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSON
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Post by: Matthew on August 27, 2012, 07:21:06 AM: And the summer is officially over. Long pants have been dragged out of the closet, guitar has new strings, and I wish I had energy and drive to begin this school year.

More at 11:00.
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Post by: Matthew on August 27, 2012, 07:21:25 AM: Page 2 end of summer, beginning of school dance.
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Post by: ChasSmith on August 27, 2012, 07:39:27 AM: Beginning of the school year! Oy!

The arrival of Back to School sales in so many stores (which of course start earlier and earlier each year, just like everything else) always hit me as such a strong indicator of passing time. In that sense, they're always kind of an alarming signpost -- though my own memories of the start of each school year, from first grade through college, are those of very positive, optimistic times. How things change!
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Post by: elmore3003 on August 27, 2012, 07:55:33 AM: I've been listening to our leading lady Annalene's solo album, which is really lovely. I had meant to take the CD to Dublin for her to sign but I forgot!

(http://i597.photobucket.com/albums/tt56/elmore3003/41hlN4bbonL_SL500_AA300_.jpg)
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Post by: Ginny on August 27, 2012, 08:37:51 AM: Monday morning greetings! I slept quite late this morning and have been enjoying coffee and a book - Paris to the Past: Traveling through French History by Train by Ina Caro. It's raining in SW Ohio, which is fine because we really, really need it.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on August 27, 2012, 09:07:06 AM: Good Morning!

I'm up, I'm up... And my internal body clock did not wake me up again 6:45 this morning. :)
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Post by: JoseSPiano on August 27, 2012, 09:07:34 AM: And now it's time to catch up...
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Post by: Jrand73 on August 27, 2012, 09:10:17 AM: Monday....I am being taken out for my birthday lunch in about an hour.

Then we have rehearsal for the "radio show" for Airport Appreciation Days at the beautiful Green Performing Arts Center at dear old DePauw...

http://www.depauw.edu/arts/greencenter/

Then rehearsal for Act One of SEE HOW THEY RUN.....

So I shall return later rather than sooner.
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Post by: elmore3003 on August 27, 2012, 09:19:33 AM: We're in for a storm. I'm sure it's hurricane related.

I think I will head home before it gets too grisly.
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Post by: Jane on August 27, 2012, 09:20:42 AM: Quote from: Matthew on August 27, 2012, 07:21:06 AM
And the summer is officially over. Long pants have been dragged out of the closet, guitar has new strings, and I wish I had energy and drive to begin this school year.

More at 11:00.

Have a good day.

Craig also began his first full day of work and school. I pray Yogi doesn't howl.
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Post by: Jane on August 27, 2012, 09:20:58 AM: Welcome home DR Vixmom. I hope your basement was dry.
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Post by: Jane on August 27, 2012, 09:22:38 AM: DR Jrand62 enjoy your birthday lunch. You look dashing in your new avatar.
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Post by: John G. on August 27, 2012, 09:23:58 AM: Nice interview, Druxy!
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Post by: Ginny on August 27, 2012, 09:38:53 AM: Our Y is closed today and tomorrow for cleaning and painting, so I'm about to revisit my basement walking routine.
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Post by: Jane on August 27, 2012, 09:47:40 AM: Is it still too hot to walk outside?
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Post by: Jane on August 27, 2012, 09:48:40 AM: The crews are outside working away. We have to keep the windows and doors shut to keep as much dust out as possible. My allergies tell me we aren't doing a good job of it.
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Post by: Jane on August 27, 2012, 09:50:06 AM: (https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc6/224997_4350275042483_1884793565_n.jpg)
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Post by: Ginny on August 27, 2012, 09:52:30 AM: Quote from: Jane on August 27, 2012, 09:47:40 AM
Is it still too hot to walk outside?

It's raining and very humid...
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Post by: Jane on August 27, 2012, 09:52:48 AM: I think it looks like an archaeological site. The white poles are for irrigation.

(https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/c67.0.403.403/p403x403/523369_4350274682474_299932176_n.jpg)
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Post by: ChasSmith on August 27, 2012, 10:08:03 AM: DR Jane, there must be some bones or skulls or a lost ark in there somewhere!
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Post by: Dan (the Man) on August 27, 2012, 10:11:30 AM: TOD:

Aside from just about all already mentioned...

GET CHRISTIE LOVE!
IN THIS HOUSE OF BREDE
SATAN'S SCHOOL FOR GIRLS
THE STRANGER WITHIN
DO NOT FOLD, SPINDLE OR MUTILATE
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Post by: JoseSPiano on August 27, 2012, 10:12:35 AM: Good Afternoon!

And... I'm all caught up.
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Post by: Dan (the Man) on August 27, 2012, 10:12:45 AM: Elizabeth Montgomery didn't exactly go out for comedy outside of BEWITCHED, did she?
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Post by: Dan (the Man) on August 27, 2012, 10:14:13 AM: Quote from: Jrand62 on August 27, 2012, 04:56:26 AM
TOD:

A Case of Rape with Ms Elizabeth Montgomery
Lizzie Borden with Ms Elizabeth Montgomery

Trilogy of Terror with Ms Karen Black

The House on Green Apple Road with Ms Janet Leigh

Night Drive/Terror with Ms Valerie Harper

Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole with Ms Susan Hayward

Playmates with Alan Alda, Barbara Feldon, Connie Stevens, and Doug McClure

Of all the movies mentioned, the only one I don't recognize is The House on Green Apple Road . What was this about, DR JRand?
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Post by: JoseSPiano on August 27, 2012, 10:18:27 AM: First of all...

A very heartfelt THANK YOU to everyone here on HHW for their Birthday Wishes yesterday. THANK YOU!
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Post by: Dan (the Man) on August 27, 2012, 10:20:05 AM: I've managed to see a number of 70's TV movies that I had remembered as enjoying a lot but turned out to be disappointments. DYING ROOM ONLY is one. Others are:

HAUNTS OF THE VERY RICH
CROWHAVEN FARM
GARGOYLES
PRAY FOR THE WILDCATS
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Post by: JoseSPiano on August 27, 2012, 10:23:09 AM: Welcome Home, DR vixmom!

Did the stretch limo have an open bar and hot tub in it? ::)
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Post by: bk on August 27, 2012, 10:23:51 AM: I'm up, finally. I went back to bed, fell asleep around seven, telephone rang at nine-thirty, back to sleep, and then another telephone call to wake me up - so I think that all adds up to a little over nine hours of sleep.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on August 27, 2012, 10:24:35 AM: DR Danise - So glad you had a wonderful time at the wedding. It's experiences like that that can truly reenergize you.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on August 27, 2012, 10:25:07 AM: bk - Is the show you're helping Daisy Egan with the one that she'll be performing at Joe's Pub next month?
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Post by: JoseSPiano on August 27, 2012, 10:26:12 AM: And, yes, it's raining here in Manhattan. And I'm guessing that's what helped me sleep in (finally!) this morning.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on August 27, 2012, 10:27:01 AM: !!!PAGE THREE!!!
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Post by: JoseSPiano on August 27, 2012, 10:37:16 AM: And I really should head out and forage for some breakfast/lunch.

Laters...
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Post by: elmore3003 on August 27, 2012, 10:42:42 AM: I am home. I walked out of the office just as the torrential downpour began. I had my umbrella, but my shoes and scks are soaked through.
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Post by: Jane on August 27, 2012, 10:44:02 AM: Quote from: ChasSmith on August 27, 2012, 10:08:03 AM
DR Jane, there must be some bones or skulls or a lost ark in there somewhere!

You would think ;) The photo doesn't do the wall, which we are building, justice. It is exciting to see something go in while the demolition crew continues to demolish. T-Rex is currently stacking the remains of a tree into the back of a truck. We thought we had great views until we removed some trees. After we removed the first trees we realized more were needed to go.

I wish our grand nephews could come watch all the truck action here.
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Post by: Doug R on August 27, 2012, 10:44:49 AM: It's a public holiday today but I went into the office, doing my voluntary job, which is preferable to being amongst swarms of people out and about.
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Post by: Jane on August 27, 2012, 10:46:57 AM: Quote from: Dan (the Man) on August 27, 2012, 10:12:45 AM
Elizabeth Montgomery didn't exactly go out for comedy outside of BEWITCHED, did she?

There was the 1963 Dean Martin movie "Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?"
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Post by: Jane on August 27, 2012, 10:49:45 AM: Quote from: bk on August 27, 2012, 10:23:51 AM
so I think that all adds up to a little over nine hours of sleep.

You just keep rubbing in the fact that you get tons of sleep. ;)

Last night I got about 4 1/2-5 hours of sleep.
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Post by: Jane on August 27, 2012, 10:50:09 AM: Quote from: JoseSPiano on August 27, 2012, 10:24:35 AM
DR Danise - So glad you had a wonderful time at the wedding. It's experiences like that that can truly reenergize you.

Did you mean DR Dakota?
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Post by: Jane on August 27, 2012, 10:51:38 AM: Quote from: Doug R on August 27, 2012, 10:44:49 AM
It's a public holiday today but I went into the office, doing my voluntary job, which is preferable to being amongst swarms of people out and about.

I guess this means you enjoyed your day. ;)
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on August 27, 2012, 11:14:04 AM: OMG!

Just take a weekend break from the computer and what happens? You miss KEY BIRTHDAYS!

Happy Belated Birthday, JRand62!

Happy Belated Birthday, JoseSPiano!
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Post by: elmore3003 on August 27, 2012, 11:29:37 AM: My life just flashed before my eyes: all orchestra personnel, chorus and choirboy names were omitted from the EILEEN recordng booklet. A flurry of emails passed back and forth and the last one assured me the booklet hadn't gone to the printer and would be added today. Oy! Such a relief!

I proofed the booklet and missed that. I guess I was more concerned on Thursday about heading to Dublin on Saturday. My job has been saved. For now.
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Post by: George on August 27, 2012, 11:35:29 AM: Quote from: elmore3003 on August 27, 2012, 11:29:37 AM
My life just flashed before my eyes: all orchestra personnel, chorus and choirboy names were omitted from the EILEEN recordng booklet. A flurry of emails passed back and forth and the last one assured me the booklet hadn't gone to the printer and would be added today. Oy! Such a relief!

I proofed the booklet and missed that. I guess I was more concerned on Thursday about heading to Dublin on Saturday. My job has been saved. For now.

:o WHEW!!!!
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Post by: George on August 27, 2012, 11:35:43 AM: Quote from: bk on August 26, 2012, 10:49:21 PM
And the new Kritzerland release, another great Golden Age title. It will be live on the Kritzerland site at six, but you know what to do if you want it sooner.

Kritzerland is pleased to present a world premiere limited edition soundtrack release:

STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND

Music Composed and Conducted by Victor Young

(http://i49.tinypic.com/vzy612.jpg)

CD has been ordered. :)
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Post by: ChasSmith on August 27, 2012, 11:38:03 AM: Good lord, DR ELMORE. Happy to hear that one had an upbeat ending.
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Post by: Ginny on August 27, 2012, 11:40:57 AM: Quote from: Dan (the Man) on August 27, 2012, 10:11:30 AM
TOD:

...
IN THIS HOUSE OF BREDE
...

Funny you should mention this one DR Dan! Richard is now finishing up a major paper for the course he's taking on monasticism, comparing the novel IN THIS HOUSE OF BREDE (one of his all-time favorites) to St. Benedict's tenets. We watched the movie the other evening, not for the first time, but for the first time in a long time. Richard kept saying, "They've really messed up the story!" I've never read the book and wanted to have my book group read it and have Richard lead the discussion, but it's not readily available enough to assign it to the others. Our local public library doesn't even have a copy and it's not available for Kindle.
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Post by: Ginny on August 27, 2012, 11:52:33 AM: TOD - Because I worked 2 evenings a week and was often rehearsing with our community theatre in the '70s, I didn't see too many made-for-TV movies or miniseries. I do remember:

BRIAN'S SONG
THAT CERTAIN SUMMER
THE MISSILES OF OCTOBER

And, from the '80s, THE DAY AFTER and KENNEDY with Blair Brown as Jackie.
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Post by: George on August 27, 2012, 11:56:09 AM: Quote from: Druxy on August 27, 2012, 07:12:51 AM
THE BAZ, a website devoted to Basil Rathbone, interviewed me last week. I think it turned out rather well.

http://thegreatbaz.wordpress.com/2012/08/27/qa-michael-b-druxman/

Very nice, Druxy.
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Post by: John G. on August 27, 2012, 12:01:26 PM: I think my favorite Elizabeth Montgomery performance was in "The Awakening Land," a mini-series from the late 1970s.
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Post by: elmore3003 on August 27, 2012, 12:15:44 PM: Quote from: George on August 27, 2012, 11:35:29 AM
Quote from: elmore3003 on August 27, 2012, 11:29:37 AM
My life just flashed before my eyes: all orchestra personnel, chorus and choirboy names were omitted from the EILEEN recordng booklet. A flurry of emails passed back and forth and the last one assured me the booklet hadn't gone to the printer and would be added today. Oy! Such a relief!

I proofed the booklet and missed that. I guess I was more concerned on Thursday about heading to Dublin on Saturday. My job has been saved. For now.

:o WHEW!!!!

DR George, it was an even bigger WHEW! than that! It was mammoth.
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Post by: elmore3003 on August 27, 2012, 12:17:37 PM: Quote from: ChasSmith on August 27, 2012, 11:38:03 AM
Good lord, DR ELMORE. Happy to hear that one had an upbeat ending.

And my sister-in-law Joann just sent me a message that my carton of gifts from Dublin arrived unbroken. The Dublin Pub T-shirts are already in the washer. The mug arrived in one piece. It's been a pretty good day.
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Post by: ChasSmith on August 27, 2012, 12:19:48 PM: And your SHOW BOAT discs are on their way as we speak. See, it just gets better and better!
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Post by: John G. on August 27, 2012, 12:22:12 PM: Quote from: elmore3003 on August 27, 2012, 12:15:44 PM
Quote from: George on August 27, 2012, 11:35:29 AM
Quote from: elmore3003 on August 27, 2012, 11:29:37 AM
My life just flashed before my eyes: all orchestra personnel, chorus and choirboy names were omitted from the EILEEN recordng booklet. A flurry of emails passed back and forth and the last one assured me the booklet hadn't gone to the printer and would be added today. Oy! Such a relief!

I proofed the booklet and missed that. I guess I was more concerned on Thursday about heading to Dublin on Saturday. My job has been saved. For now.

:o WHEW!!!!

DR George, it was an even bigger WHEW! than that! It was mammoth.

Well, the WHEW!!!!! in 40 pt. size!
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Post by: JoseSPiano on August 27, 2012, 12:29:17 PM: Lunch - Check!

Coffee - Check!

Sun back out - Check!
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Post by: JoseSPiano on August 27, 2012, 12:30:16 PM: Quote from: John G. on August 27, 2012, 12:22:12 PM
Quote from: elmore3003 on August 27, 2012, 12:15:44 PM
Quote from: George on August 27, 2012, 11:35:29 AM
Quote from: elmore3003 on August 27, 2012, 11:29:37 AM
My life just flashed before my eyes: all orchestra personnel, chorus and choirboy names were omitted from the EILEEN recordng booklet. A flurry of emails passed back and forth and the last one assured me the booklet hadn't gone to the printer and would be added today. Oy! Such a relief!

I proofed the booklet and missed that. I guess I was more concerned on Thursday about heading to Dublin on Saturday. My job has been saved. For now.

:o WHEW!!!!

DR George, it was an even bigger WHEW! than that! It was mammoth.

Well, the WHEW!!!!! in 40 pt. size!

WHEW!

;)
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Post by: ChasSmith on August 27, 2012, 12:31:10 PM: WHEW!
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Post by: JoseSPiano on August 27, 2012, 12:31:55 PM: Quote from: Jane on August 27, 2012, 10:50:09 AM
Quote from: JoseSPiano on August 27, 2012, 10:24:35 AM
DR Danise - So glad you had a wonderful time at the wedding. It's experiences like that that can truly reenergize you.

Did you mean DR Dakota?

Oh, yes! That's whom I meant.

So...

DR DakotaCelt - So glad you had a wonderful time at the wedding. It's experiences like that that can truly reenergize you.

::)
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Post by: elmore3003 on August 27, 2012, 12:33:33 PM: LOL!
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Post by: George on August 27, 2012, 12:44:15 PM: Quote from: elmore3003 on August 27, 2012, 12:15:44 PM
Quote from: George on August 27, 2012, 11:35:29 AM
Quote from: elmore3003 on August 27, 2012, 11:29:37 AM
My life just flashed before my eyes: all orchestra personnel, chorus and choirboy names were omitted from the EILEEN recordng booklet. A flurry of emails passed back and forth and the last one assured me the booklet hadn't gone to the printer and would be added today. Oy! Such a relief!

I proofed the booklet and missed that. I guess I was more concerned on Thursday about heading to Dublin on Saturday. My job has been saved. For now.

:o WHEW!!!!

DR George, it was an even bigger WHEW! than that! It was mammoth.

WHEW!!!!

:D
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Post by: ChasSmith on August 27, 2012, 12:45:39 PM: I'd expect to hear a marching band accompanying that one, DR George.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on August 27, 2012, 12:47:03 PM: Quote from: ChasSmith on August 27, 2012, 12:45:39 PM
I'd expect to hear a marching band accompanying that one, DR George.

Don't tempt him!
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Post by: JoseSPiano on August 27, 2012, 12:47:14 PM: !!!!PAGE FOUR!!!!
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Post by: George on August 27, 2012, 12:48:36 PM: Quote from: JoseSPiano on August 27, 2012, 12:47:03 PM
Quote from: ChasSmith on August 27, 2012, 12:45:39 PM
I'd expect to hear a marching band accompanying that one, DR George.

Don't tempt him!

No...I'll stop right there.
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Post by: ChasSmith on August 27, 2012, 12:51:11 PM: Quote from: George on August 27, 2012, 12:48:36 PM
Quote from: JoseSPiano on August 27, 2012, 12:47:03 PM
Quote from: ChasSmith on August 27, 2012, 12:45:39 PM
I'd expect to hear a marching band accompanying that one, DR George.

Don't tempt him!

No...I'll stop right there.

Whew.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on August 27, 2012, 12:54:56 PM: In any case...

Yesterday was great. Perfect weather. Good food. Great friends.

My day wrapped up at Ditch Plains where Alex, the bartender, took very good care of me and my friends throughout the evening. For the first part of the evening, I stuck to ginger ale and water, but as things were wrapping up - and as the staff started to get things ready to close up for the night, I wanted something special to finish off my day. Alex suggested some Scotch, "Oaky or peaty?" I chose peaty. He then poured me a shot of Balvenie DoubleWood. Smooooooth. Then as I was almost done, Alex "noticed" that there was not enough left in the bottle for another full shot, so... He topped off my glass. :) -Happy Birthday to Me! ::)
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Post by: Ginny on August 27, 2012, 01:05:51 PM: Quote from: ChasSmith on August 27, 2012, 12:45:39 PM
I'd expect to hear a marching band accompanying that one, DR George.

Hmm, I just did my basement walk listening to The University of Michigan Marching Band. I have several different versions of The Victors on my iPod. Why does the one from the 1950s or '60s, conducted by William Revelli, sound so different from the one from the 1990s, conducted by Gary Lewis?
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Post by: MBarnum on August 27, 2012, 01:46:40 PM: TOD:

Gosh, I can't think of a lot of 1970s TV movies other than one with Eve Plumb in some sort of reform school or something and one about a bunch of people in a lifeboat after a ship sinks and they have to decide who lives and who dies 'cuz it is too crowded in their little boat. I liked both of those, as I recall.

Oh, and DUEL, which I always forget is a TV movie.

Oh, and that one with the people in the motor home being terrorized. I think Loretta Swit is in it.

I guess I am too lazy today to try and look these up and get the titles.
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Post by: MBarnum on August 27, 2012, 01:47:21 PM: DR Elmore, so glad you caught the error in time! I know you would have felt terrible if you hadn't.
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Post by: Jane on August 27, 2012, 01:47:49 PM: Quote from: elmore3003 on August 27, 2012, 11:29:37 AM
A flurry of emails passed back and forth and the last one assured me the booklet hadn't gone to the printer and would be added today. Oy! Such a relief!

Thank goodness!!
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Post by: MBarnum on August 27, 2012, 01:48:55 PM: It would appear that no DRs were impressed with Sharwanand, the actor, whose photo I posted last night. If you were me, you'd have been impressed.
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Post by: Jane on August 27, 2012, 01:49:15 PM: Quote from: elmore3003 on August 27, 2012, 12:17:37 PM
Quote from: ChasSmith on August 27, 2012, 11:38:03 AM
Good lord, DR ELMORE. Happy to hear that one had an upbeat ending.

And my sister-in-law Joann just sent me a message that my carton of gifts from Dublin arrived unbroken. The Dublin Pub T-shirts are already in the washer. The mug arrived in one piece. It's been a pretty good day.

:)
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Post by: Jane on August 27, 2012, 01:50:08 PM: Quote from: MBarnum on August 27, 2012, 01:48:55 PM
It would appear that no DRs were impressed with Sharwanand, the actor, whose photo I posted last night. If you were me, you'd have been impressed.

;D
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Post by: MBarnum on August 27, 2012, 01:55:35 PM: Hmmm...maybe you will see the talent in my new favorite Punjabi actor, Diljit Dosanjh?

(http://yahoo420.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Soorme-Diljit-Dosanjh.jpg)
Title: Re: MADE FOR TELEVISION
Post by: Ginny on August 27, 2012, 02:04:25 PM: Another WHEW! for DR Elmore!
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Post by: Ginny on August 27, 2012, 02:06:20 PM: We are going to a fundraiser for our local symphony orchestra tonight at the Italian restaurant down the street. A friend of ours and his daughter are competing in the annual conductor as the first father/daughter team ever. Go, Mike & Laura!
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Post by: Dan (the Man) on August 27, 2012, 02:07:20 PM: Do I hear a "whew"?
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Post by: Dan (the Man) on August 27, 2012, 02:09:26 PM: Quote from: Ginny on August 27, 2012, 11:40:57 AM
Quote from: Dan (the Man) on August 27, 2012, 10:11:30 AM
TOD:

...
IN THIS HOUSE OF BREDE
...

Funny you should mention this one DR Dan! Richard is now finishing up a major paper for the course he's taking on monasticism, comparing the novel IN THIS HOUSE OF BREDE (one of his all-time favorites) to St. Benedict's tenets. We watched the movie the other evening, not for the first time, but for the first time in a long time. Richard kept saying, "They've really messed up the story!" I've never read the book and wanted to have my book group read it and have Richard lead the discussion, but it's not readily available enough to assign it to the others. Our local public library doesn't even have a copy and it's not available for Kindle.

DR Ginny, I'm pretty sure I have a paperback copy of the novel should you need it.
Title: Re: MADE FOR TELEVISION
Post by: Jane on August 27, 2012, 02:13:53 PM: Quote from: MBarnum on August 27, 2012, 01:55:35 PM
Hmmm...maybe you will see the talent in my new favorite Punjabi actor, Diljit Dosanjh?

He has nice eyes.
Title: Re: MADE FOR TELEVISION
Post by: Ginny on August 27, 2012, 02:18:18 PM: Quote from: Dan (the Man) on August 27, 2012, 02:09:26 PM
Quote from: Ginny on August 27, 2012, 11:40:57 AM
Quote from: Dan (the Man) on August 27, 2012, 10:11:30 AM
TOD:

...
IN THIS HOUSE OF BREDE
...

Funny you should mention this one DR Dan! Richard is now finishing up a major paper for the course he's taking on monasticism, comparing the novel IN THIS HOUSE OF BREDE (one of his all-time favorites) to St. Benedict's tenets. We watched the movie the other evening, not for the first time, but for the first time in a long time. Richard kept saying, "They've really messed up the story!" I've never read the book and wanted to have my book group read it and have Richard lead the discussion, but it's not readily available enough to assign it to the others. Our local public library doesn't even have a copy and it's not available for Kindle.

DR Ginny, I'm pretty sure I have a paperback copy of the novel should you need it.

Thanks, DR Dan (the Man). We have 2 copies in the house - Richard's old worn paperback and an autographed hardcover that I found at the AAUW booksale years ago. My concern is availability for the other members of the book group...
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Post by: Ginny on August 27, 2012, 02:18:42 PM: And, we're off to Stefano's - bye for now!
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Post by: Jane on August 27, 2012, 02:50:23 PM: Quote from: Ginny on August 27, 2012, 02:18:18 PM
Quote from: Dan (the Man) on August 27, 2012, 02:09:26 PM
Quote from: Ginny on August 27, 2012, 11:40:57 AM
Quote from: Dan (the Man) on August 27, 2012, 10:11:30 AM
TOD:

...
IN THIS HOUSE OF BREDE
...

Funny you should mention this one DR Dan! Richard is now finishing up a major paper for the course he's taking on monasticism, comparing the novel IN THIS HOUSE OF BREDE (one of his all-time favorites) to St. Benedict's tenets. We watched the movie the other evening, not for the first time, but for the first time in a long time. Richard kept saying, "They've really messed up the story!" I've never read the book and wanted to have my book group read it and have Richard lead the discussion, but it's not readily available enough to assign it to the others. Our local public library doesn't even have a copy and it's not available for Kindle.

DR Ginny, I'm pretty sure I have a paperback copy of the novel should you need it.

Thanks, DR Dan (the Man). We have 2 copies in the house - Richard's old worn paperback and an autographed hardcover that I found at the AAUW booksale years ago. My concern is availability for the other members of the book group...

Is this the book you want?
http://www.amazon.com/This-House-Brede-Rumer-Godden/dp/0829421289

If so you could order all the books at once, just don't order a new hardback. ;)
Title: Re: MADE FOR TELEVISION
Post by: Jane on August 27, 2012, 03:12:22 PM: Quote from: JoseSPiano on August 27, 2012, 12:54:56 PM
In any case...

Yesterday was great. Perfect weather. Good food. Great friends.

My day wrapped up at Ditch Plains where Alex, the bartender, took very good care of me and my friends throughout the evening. For the first part of the evening, I stuck to ginger ale and water, but as things were wrapping up - and as the staff started to get things ready to close up for the night, I wanted something special to finish off my day. Alex suggested some Scotch, "Oaky or peaty?" I chose peaty. He then poured me a shot of Balvenie DoubleWood. Smooooooth. Then as I was almost done, Alex "noticed" that there was not enough left in the bottle for another full shot, so... He topped off my glass. :) -Happy Birthday to Me! ::)

:)

I don't think I have had Balvenie DoubleWood. Is that a smokey scotch?

At my cousin's daughter's wedding the bartender finished the bottle of Macallan's giving me almost double what I asked for. I couldn't waste good scotch. That plus the two margarita's I had earlier dancing was easy without any pain.
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Post by: George on August 27, 2012, 03:18:04 PM: Well, this is an interesting article on film and copyright: 'Essential' film copyright protection turns 100 (http://xfinity.comcast.net/articles/entertainment-movies/20120824/US.Film.Copyright.Anniversary/).
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Post by: Matthew on August 27, 2012, 03:41:32 PM: I bought one of those DVD's yesterday at Target that were 4 musicals for $9.99. In this bundle was Annie Get Your Gun, Kiss Me Kate. 7 Brides for 7 Brothers, and Show Boat. I'm betting this version of Show Boat is the later one. I don't know one from the other so I'm really excited to see something!!
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Post by: MBarnum on August 27, 2012, 03:42:34 PM: Quote from: Jane on August 27, 2012, 02:13:53 PM
Quote from: MBarnum on August 27, 2012, 01:55:35 PM
Hmmm...maybe you will see the talent in my new favorite Punjabi actor, Diljit Dosanjh?

He has nice eyes.

Yes, DR Jane. And he sings, too.
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Post by: Jennifer on August 27, 2012, 03:48:53 PM: Does anybody here watching Big Brother AFter Dark? Such a good show last night. OMG!
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Post by: Ginny on August 27, 2012, 03:54:43 PM: We had a nice time at the fundraiser, visiting with lots of friends and eating a yummy dinner of pasta, salad, and dessert.
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Post by: Jane on August 27, 2012, 04:53:32 PM: Quote from: MBarnum on August 27, 2012, 03:42:34 PM
Quote from: Jane on August 27, 2012, 02:13:53 PM
Quote from: MBarnum on August 27, 2012, 01:55:35 PM
Hmmm...maybe you will see the talent in my new favorite Punjabi actor, Diljit Dosanjh?

He has nice eyes.

Yes, DR Jane. And he sings, too.

I'm sure he does.
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Post by: Jane on August 27, 2012, 05:03:50 PM: Quote from: Matthew on August 27, 2012, 03:41:32 PM
I bought one of those DVD's yesterday at Target that were 4 musicals for $9.99. In this bundle was Annie Get Your Gun, Kiss Me Kate. 7 Brides for 7 Brothers, and Show Boat. I'm betting this version of Show Boat is the later one. I don't know one from the other so I'm really excited to see something!!

After reading this I had to listen to Paul Robeson and William Warfield sing Old Man River.
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Post by: elmore3003 on August 27, 2012, 05:09:33 PM: Quote from: Jane on August 27, 2012, 04:53:32 PM
Quote from: MBarnum on August 27, 2012, 03:42:34 PM
Quote from: Jane on August 27, 2012, 02:13:53 PM
Quote from: MBarnum on August 27, 2012, 01:55:35 PM
Hmmm...maybe you will see the talent in my new favorite Punjabi actor, Diljit Dosanjh?

He has nice eyes.

Yes, DR Jane. And he sings, too.

I'm sure he does.

He could croak like a frog and Mikey would call it singing!
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Post by: elmore3003 on August 27, 2012, 05:10:04 PM: Does anyone remember what commercial referred to the "Heartbreak of psoriasis"?
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Post by: elmore3003 on August 27, 2012, 05:10:34 PM: !!!!! 5 !!!!!
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Post by: TCB on August 27, 2012, 05:14:50 PM: My uncle was one of the pilots / navigators used in the STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND in one of the planes used in the movie. I thought that was really neat when I was a kid.
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Post by: TCB on August 27, 2012, 05:21:29 PM: Quote from: Charles Pogue on August 27, 2012, 06:52:55 AM
TOD: I really don't recall watching very many made-for TV movies in the 70's ( r really at any other time). But during the seventies, I was usually at a rehearsal (in college) or doing a show (professionally) at night...so night-time telly was not something I watched until the late night movie after the evening's theatrical endeavours were over.

That was the same reason that I missed all of the big miniseries in the 70's. I could almost always see Part 1 on Sunday night, but then I had rehearsals Monday thru Thursday, and performances on Friday and Saturday nights. So, it was pretty pointless to start watching any of them (i.e. ROOTS; RICH MAN, POOR MAN; SHOGUN).
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Post by: Jane on August 27, 2012, 05:21:47 PM: Quote from: TCB on August 27, 2012, 05:14:50 PM
My uncle was one of the pilots / navigators used in the STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND in one of the planes used in the movie. I thought that was really neat when I was a kid.

It is still neat.
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Post by: Laura on August 27, 2012, 05:46:33 PM: Tomorrow is the primary election in Arizona. That explains the nonstop robocalls today.
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Post by: bk on August 27, 2012, 05:57:55 PM: Quote from: JoseSPiano on August 27, 2012, 10:25:07 AM
bk - Is the show you're helping Daisy Egan with the one that she'll be performing at Joe's Pub next month?

It is indeed.
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Post by: bk on August 27, 2012, 05:59:13 PM: Had a good work session, had a sandwich, had no packages, did some banking and cancelled going to this Sundance thing as I'm just too tired.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on August 27, 2012, 06:07:35 PM: Good Evening!

And... Around 5:30 I decided to take a "power nap". A short power nap. Well... three hours later... Umm... I guess it was powerful. ::)
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Post by: KevinH on August 27, 2012, 06:07:51 PM: I can't wait for the election to be over--I'm getting so sick of the TV ads for the candidates!
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Post by: JoseSPiano on August 27, 2012, 06:10:47 PM: However, I did a load of laundry done, and I listened to the new CD by the pianist that was playing Saturday night at Brandy's, Matt Nakoa: Light in the Dark (http://www.mattnakoa.com). -It's really good. Really, really good.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on August 27, 2012, 06:11:17 PM: Quote from: KevinH on August 27, 2012, 06:07:51 PM
I can't wait for the election to be over--I'm getting so sick of the TV ads for the candidates!

And since Virginia is a major battleground... Ugh!
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Post by: Laura on August 27, 2012, 06:12:21 PM: Quote from: JoseSPiano on August 27, 2012, 06:11:17 PM
Quote from: KevinH on August 27, 2012, 06:07:51 PM
I can't wait for the election to be over--I'm getting so sick of the TV ads for the candidates!

And since Virginia is a major battleground... Ugh!

And I don't even HAVE a tv!
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Post by: KevinH on August 27, 2012, 06:12:56 PM: Quote from: elmore3003 on August 27, 2012, 05:10:04 PM
Does anyone remember what commercial referred to the "Heartbreak of psoriasis"?

Tegrin. (I confess I looked it up!)
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Post by: elmore3003 on August 27, 2012, 06:14:54 PM: Former DR singdaw just contacted me to tell me there are reviews for the Herbert songs in the new FANFARE magazine.
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Post by: Laura on August 27, 2012, 06:23:07 PM: I looked it up, too, but Tegrin is a shampoo.
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Post by: Cillaliz on August 27, 2012, 06:34:47 PM: Quote from: KevinH on August 27, 2012, 06:07:51 PM
I can't wait for the election to be over--I'm getting so sick of the TV ads for the candidates!

Don't move to Iowa then, we have them for a year before the caucuses, then a couple months off before they start for the election and go for another 8 months or so...then a couple years off and they start again
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Post by: George on August 27, 2012, 06:35:14 PM: Quote from: elmore3003 on August 27, 2012, 06:14:54 PM
Former DR singdaw just contacted me to tell me there are reviews for the Herbert songs in the new FANFARE magazine.

And here's the link:

http://www.fanfaremag.com/content/view/49797/10254/

I hope that it works. I was able to read this article, but a link to another article gave me this message:

Quote
You are not authorised to view this resource.
You need to login.

:P
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Post by: elmore3003 on August 27, 2012, 06:37:38 PM: There were two reviews: one from the critic who interviewed Jerry Grossman and William Hicks for the Herbert Cello-Piano recording. He kinda likes it, although he admits he's not familiar in this territory, and he praises William Hicks' accompaniments. Henry Fogel likes it with qualifications:he feels 16 singers is too many and he feels the vocal quality varies. I can agree with that.

Unlike the non-musician Steve Suskin who essentially panned the recording and showed his inability in playbill.com to appreciate a composer's work or to write intelligently about Herbert's evolution as a song composer from German lieder to Broadway foxtrots, Fogel says the recording is both entertaining and informative. Of the notes, by me, the producer, and Gary Holt, he writes "the notes are a model of what notes should be for a project of this nature. we larn a lot about Herbert and about the places of these songs in his career."
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Post by: Jane on August 27, 2012, 06:43:39 PM: Quote from: elmore3003 on August 27, 2012, 06:37:38 PM
Of the notes, by me, the producer, and Gary Holt, he writes "the notes are a model of what notes should be for a project of this nature. we larn a lot about Herbert and about the places of these songs in his career."

That is a nice compliment!
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Post by: FJL on August 27, 2012, 06:44:21 PM: Quote from: elmore3003 on August 27, 2012, 06:14:54 PM
Former DR singdaw just contacted me to tell me there are reviews for the Herbert songs in the new FANFARE magazine.

Please say hi, and I hope he will say hi someday. i think he and Skip chat sometimes.
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Post by: Jane on August 27, 2012, 06:54:53 PM: I'm expecting a Fed X package sometime this week. I hope I hear the truck over the workman as there aren't any steps to leave the package on.
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Post by: Jane on August 27, 2012, 06:55:06 PM: 'night
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Post by: John G. on August 27, 2012, 07:06:37 PM: Quote from: elmore3003 on August 27, 2012, 05:09:33 PM
Quote from: Jane on August 27, 2012, 04:53:32 PM
Quote from: MBarnum on August 27, 2012, 03:42:34 PM
Quote from: Jane on August 27, 2012, 02:13:53 PM
Quote from: MBarnum on August 27, 2012, 01:55:35 PM
Hmmm...maybe you will see the talent in my new favorite Punjabi actor, Diljit Dosanjh?

He has nice eyes.

Yes, DR Jane. And he sings, too.

I'm sure he does.

He could croak like a frog and Mikey would call it singing!

And that is a euphemism for what?
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Post by: John G. on August 27, 2012, 07:15:41 PM: I went to my favorite Japanese restaurant tonight. The owner, who is a good acquaintance and one of the sweetest men I've ever met, was hosting 20 wounded warriors and family members who are at the army medical center here. It was a delight to see their faces as he wowed them with course after course. The main course was eight whole snappers fried and served side by side in an enormous platter. They ate the sushi rolls, the fried rice, everything that was served to them. And for dessert: fried Oreos with vanilla ice cream.

And many of the people dining at the restaurant came over to thank the men and women for what they had given. Very moving.
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Post by: John G. on August 27, 2012, 07:16:40 PM: Watching the new Andrew Davies "Masterpiece Theater" version of "A Room with a View." It's not the Merchant Ivory. I'm not sure yet if that's a good thing or not, but I enjoy Timothy Spall in everything.
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Post by: elmore3003 on August 27, 2012, 07:18:29 PM: Quote from: John G. on August 27, 2012, 07:16:40 PM
Watching the new Andrew Davies "Masterpiece Theater" version of "A Room with a View." It's not the Merchant Ivory. I'm not sure yet if that's a good thing or not, but I enjoy Timothy Spall in everything.

Nothing is as good as the enchanting Merchant Ivory film. That cast is iconic. Wait till you get to the lousy ending.
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Post by: John G. on August 27, 2012, 07:29:59 PM: Quote from: elmore3003 on August 27, 2012, 07:18:29 PM
Quote from: John G. on August 27, 2012, 07:16:40 PM
Watching the new Andrew Davies "Masterpiece Theater" version of "A Room with a View." It's not the Merchant Ivory. I'm not sure yet if that's a good thing or not, but I enjoy Timothy Spall in everything.

Nothing is as good as the enchanting Merchant Ivory film. That cast is iconic. Wait till you get to the lousy ending.
Why thanks!
Title: Re: MADE FOR TELEVISION
Post by: elmore3003 on August 27, 2012, 07:33:38 PM: Quote from: John G. on August 27, 2012, 07:29:59 PM
Quote from: elmore3003 on August 27, 2012, 07:18:29 PM
Quote from: John G. on August 27, 2012, 07:16:40 PM
Watching the new Andrew Davies "Masterpiece Theater" version of "A Room with a View." It's not the Merchant Ivory. I'm not sure yet if that's a good thing or not, but I enjoy Timothy Spall in everything.

Nothing is as good as the enchanting Merchant Ivory film. That cast is iconic. Wait till you get to the lousy ending.
Why thanks!
You're welcome! I didn't reveal any spoilers.

I think tonight's GRIMM episode is Republican. It sems to be about legitimate rape, a concept that eludes me.
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Post by: George on August 27, 2012, 07:47:27 PM: Well, it's time for me to leave work and go home.

But before I do...
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Post by: George on August 27, 2012, 07:47:38 PM: PAGE SIX DANCE!! :D
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Post by: bk on August 27, 2012, 07:50:46 PM: So glad I didn't go to the Sundance thing. I'd be miserable and tired and wouldn't have gotten home until eleven. This way I can write the notes early again, and get to bed early.
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Post by: MBarnum on August 27, 2012, 08:26:09 PM: You know, last night I had a dream about high school. All of my dreams about high school are nightmares, but this time it was a really, really nice dream.
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Post by: MBarnum on August 27, 2012, 08:27:05 PM: I missed the day of posting about ghost movies....but did catch up...and now I am curious...if a movie about a ghost ends up that there really was no ghost, is it still considered a ghost movie?
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Post by: John G. on August 27, 2012, 08:43:55 PM: Elmore, you're right. I'm furious with the ending. Such crap.

And on that sour note, good night.
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Post by: vixmom on August 27, 2012, 09:04:37 PM: well the best thing I can say about today is that I feel more secure about keeping my job
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Post by: vixmom on August 27, 2012, 09:05:42 PM: Quote from: MBarnum on August 27, 2012, 08:27:05 PM
I missed the day of posting about ghost movies....but did catch up...and now I am curious...if a movie about a ghost ends up that there really was no ghost, is it still considered a ghost movie?
hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

good question
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Post by: JoseSPiano on August 27, 2012, 09:21:20 PM: And...

Since I was craving tacos, I went out for tacos. At 11:30pm. Probably not the best meal to have at 11:30pm, but, man, were they ¡muy delicioso! and made some top-notch ingredients! And since it was Monday, their "taco flight" was only $12: pollo, carne asada, carnitas and chorizo.
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Post by: bk on August 27, 2012, 09:36:23 PM: Listening to about thirty-eight minutes of what will ultimately be a seventy-eight minute CD - a Golden Age title by a major composer. Released once before on CD and an instant sellout - in mono and fifty-five minutes long. Our new release is completely stereo, and amazing stereo, sounding better than any stereo release I've ever heard from that era. It's actually mind-boggling. We're going to 1500 units on this one and I still think it will sell out very quickly. Wow.
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Post by: bk on August 27, 2012, 09:36:52 PM: Meanwhile, Strategic Air Command is doing very well.
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Post by: ChasSmith on August 27, 2012, 10:04:22 PM: That Golden Age Title hint certainly sounds alluring.