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Title: PLAYBILLS
Post by: bk on July 20, 2013, 12:11:04 AM: Well, you've read the notes, the notes spoke of playbills, and now it is time for you to post until the cows come home - they're currently remembering all their early theater experiences, like Ciao, Ciao, Cowdie and The Unsinkable Brown Cow.
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Post by: bk on July 20, 2013, 12:11:52 AM: And the word of the day is: CONFABULATE!
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Post by: George on July 20, 2013, 12:30:24 AM: A Very Happy Birthday to DR Miss Karen!! :D
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Post by: singdaw on July 20, 2013, 03:47:56 AM: "I'm in Like With You" is a darned great song for a 15-year old! Enjoyed it. As I did all of the scans in today's notes.
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Post by: singdaw on July 20, 2013, 03:48:26 AM: ~ ~ ~ SESSION VIBES ~ ~ ~ for bk and his merrie company of musicians.
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Post by: singdaw on July 20, 2013, 03:53:52 AM: A very, very Happy Birthday to the irrepressible (but errant and truant) DR Miss Karen!!

(http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a532/singdaw1/karen_zps51b1f7c6.jpg)
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Post by: singdaw on July 20, 2013, 04:10:38 AM: TOD: I don't remember my first Broadway show. We lived an hour from NYC by train, and my parents first started taking me when I was around 14. I definitely saw A Chorus Line several times, as well as Annie and the revival of The King and I, both of which opened in 1977. I saw Evita after it opened the next year. I remember treating each of these occasions as a near-religious experience, and poring over every word of the programs (including the ads) for weeks afterward.

I also remember attending the out-of-town tryout of Ballroom in Stratford, CT - that would have been 1977 or 1978. I loved it, and was so disappointed the the cast album came out missing some of the songs we had heard there. What a surprise and delight to discover them again, years later, when bk unearthed them on one of his "Lost in Boston" albums.
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Post by: Michael on July 20, 2013, 04:53:15 AM: The first show I saw was a touring company of Fiddler On The Roof with Paul Lipson. The first shows I saw on Broadway were all in one weekend and I don't remember the order but they were Chicago (the original cast with the exception of Chita Rivera), The Magic Show (with one OC member Dale Soules) and Pippin with Michael Rupert in the title role
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Post by: singdaw on July 20, 2013, 05:23:25 AM: (http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a532/singdaw1/daybreak_zps3a40c458.jpg)
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Post by: FJL on July 20, 2013, 05:35:08 AM: Happy day to E&T dear reader Miss Karen!
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Post by: ChasSmith on July 20, 2013, 05:43:18 AM: Good morning, all.

Last day of the heat wave? I think it's supposed to top out at 90, not go above it. I find that even when you may take refuge in the AC pretty much the whole time, you eventually need a break from it all.

Coffee!
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Post by: ChasSmith on July 20, 2013, 05:46:49 AM: Happy Birthday to E&T DR Miss Karen .....

whoever in the HELL that is! :)

(Where in the HELL do these people go, anyhoo? Why don't they just stay put?)
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Post by: Jennifer on July 20, 2013, 05:47:09 AM: Thanks to those here who voted for Dimitri. He was losing when I posted and he ended up winning by 400 votes. So every vote ended up counting.
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Post by: Jennifer on July 20, 2013, 05:47:37 AM: Most people have their power back but not my sister. She showed up at 7:30am with all her frozen foods.
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Post by: Jennifer on July 20, 2013, 05:48:26 AM: Apparently my 4 year old niece would not sleep in the dark. She kept screaming every time her night light (batteries? that work for 15 minutes at a time) went off. So nobody really slept well.
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Post by: ChasSmith on July 20, 2013, 05:48:32 AM: I am enjoying an obscenely good, rich, moist blueberry muffin.
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Post by: Jennifer on July 20, 2013, 05:48:54 AM: Happy Birthday to Miss Karen!
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Post by: ChasSmith on July 20, 2013, 06:00:09 AM: Wonderful notes re the plays and shows in L.A. Hearing about what BK used to be able to take for granted makes me want to cry.

Those theaters. And that Joel Grey / Julie Newmar STOP THE WORLD just takes the cake. Damn it. Damn it all to hell.
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Post by: ChasSmith on July 20, 2013, 06:07:40 AM: Thinking about the TOD. Back later with something.
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Post by: Jrand74 on July 20, 2013, 07:00:25 AM: Saturday...closing night of ANGEL STREET. Great audience last night....lots of people!!! And a very good show, I am expecting the same this evening....

Which of course will be followed by strike....
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Post by: Druxy on July 20, 2013, 07:01:20 AM: Happy Birthday Miss Karen!
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Post by: Jrand74 on July 20, 2013, 07:01:21 AM: Great Illustrated Notes Today!!!

I shall think about the TOD....although I know the answer....I have posted about it here before.....so everyone else know as well what MY first Broadway show was....
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Post by: Druxy on July 20, 2013, 07:03:39 AM: TOD:

Joe E. Brown in HARVEY. I was 5 years old.

I remember being very disappointed because the rabbit never came on stage.

About 5 years later, the national company of OKLAHOMA!

Sorry, no programs.
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Post by: elmore3003 on July 20, 2013, 07:13:19 AM: Good morning, all!

I'm thinking about getting a ticket for an early showing of THE CONJURING and having a good ol' scary time. I'll see if any of the apartment building's ghosts want to come with me.

My first show was the national tour of THE SOUND OF MUSIC, around 1962, followed by the national tour of CAMELOT, at Cincinnati's Shubert Theatre. I saw many wonderful things there. All of my playbills and souvenir programs from 1962-1972 were destroyed in a fire in my family's home in late September 1972. Wish I had them.
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Post by: elmore3003 on July 20, 2013, 07:14:20 AM: !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Happy Birthday, Miss Karen !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by: John G. on July 20, 2013, 07:16:58 AM: Good morning, all.

Slept about 10 hours, thanks to the Benadryl. Unfortunately, it was Benadryl sleep, which means weird dreams, largely related to school work.
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Post by: John G. on July 20, 2013, 07:17:17 AM: Happy birthday, Miss Karen!
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Post by: Kerry on July 20, 2013, 07:17:56 AM: It's Saturday; I got an extra hour of sleep, it rained enough to make a few puddles. Life is good. (I originally typed "Life is goo" which is also as apt.)
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Post by: John G. on July 20, 2013, 07:19:11 AM: One of the first I saw was a tour of Side by Side by Sondheim that starred Hermione Gingold. I did not stay for an autograph. This is a copy found on eBay.

(http://i.ebayimg.com/t/Hermione-Gingold-SIGNED-Sondheim-Playbill-Side-by-Side-by-Sondheim-Musical-/00/s/NDAwWDI1Mg==/z/G6MAAOxy4kpQ~fu-/$(KGrHqN,!k0FD4Q1jDDNBQ+fu-D!Q!~~60_12.JPG)
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Post by: Vixter09 on July 20, 2013, 07:26:00 AM: HELP
I need a picture of Bill Orr and his (very lucky) fiancee so I can make them wedding toppers. I don't have any, do you?
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Post by: Vixter09 on July 20, 2013, 07:26:17 AM: Also, good morning! How are you?
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Post by: ChasSmith on July 20, 2013, 07:27:13 AM: As far as I know, this was the first musical I saw on stage, just after we'd moved from Ohio to Florida. We'd just seen the movie the year before, and I was blown away at discovering what an incredible thing a musical was. This stage production, as lacking as it might have been (who knows? -- but the auditorium, more like a convention center, was just horrible for that type of thing) reaffirmed the magic and was a life changer.

(http://home.comcast.net/~chasmith7/SP60.jpg)

I haven't been able to figure out what my first play might have been. Most likely a "Little Theatre" production in Fort Lauderdale, as opposed to anything professional.
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Post by: ChasSmith on July 20, 2013, 07:28:44 AM: The Vixter!
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Post by: John G. on July 20, 2013, 07:29:04 AM: Other early shows for which I have no playbill are an outer space rock musical of Titus Andronicus and Dracula, both at Actors Theatre of Louisville, and a tour of Seven Brides for Seven Brothers with Howard Keel and Jane Powell.

I still have the T-shirt from Andronicus, which means it's about 37 years ago. On it are the words "A pie fit for a space queen. In it you'll find your two murdering sons."
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Post by: ChasSmith on July 20, 2013, 07:42:35 AM: It's a miracle I even have that program - and not one, but two copies. My grandmother took me, no one else went, and with all the stuff thrown out or otherwise lost over the years, I was just amazed when I found it. There are a few other early ones I would kill to see now.
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Post by: KevinH on July 20, 2013, 07:52:34 AM: Good morning!
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Post by: ArnoldMBrockman on July 20, 2013, 07:52:36 AM: Quote from: bk on July 20, 2013, 12:11:52 AM
And the word of the day is: CONFABULATE!

And The Song Of The Day Is: HAPPY TALK
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Post by: ChasSmith on July 20, 2013, 08:06:56 AM: Almost time for today's recording session, eh?

VIBES it's a great one!
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Post by: Laura on July 20, 2013, 08:20:42 AM: Good morning.

And Happy Birthday to Miss Karen!
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Post by: Laura on July 20, 2013, 08:21:44 AM: I sat in the back row of the orchestra section to see A Chorus Line at Symphony Hall in Phoenix many many years ago. I didn't really get hooked on musicals until I took DR Sandra to see Phantom of the Opera in LA when she was seven years old.
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Post by: Ginny on July 20, 2013, 08:23:41 AM: Saturday morning greetings! I'm staying out of Richard's way while he packs for 2 weeks in Wisconsin, bookended by Saturday nights in Lima.
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Post by: bk on July 20, 2013, 08:31:31 AM: I shall shortly be on my way to the studio. Sprinkler man is back and, at my request, planting lots of pretty and colorful flowers.
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Post by: John G. on July 20, 2013, 08:37:26 AM: Hi, Vixter!
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Post by: John G. on July 20, 2013, 08:37:53 AM: Waiting for the yerba mate to kick in, so I can get started on this paper. It's not working its magic quickly enough this morning.
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Post by: Jrand74 on July 20, 2013, 08:38:01 AM: Recording vibes for MR BK.
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Post by: Jrand74 on July 20, 2013, 08:38:24 AM: I am sorry, I have no such photos DR THE VIXTER.
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Post by: Ginny on July 20, 2013, 08:42:44 AM: TOD - my first show that had a "Playbill" was a touring company of THE MUSIC MAN, starring Forrest Tucker and Joan Weldon at Detroit's Riviera Theatre in March of 1960. In Detroit, Playbills were called On Stage:
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Post by: ChasSmith on July 20, 2013, 08:49:08 AM: First Broadway show (and as proof she showed up that day):

(http://home.comcast.net/~chasmith7/Ginger.jpg)
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Post by: singdaw on July 20, 2013, 09:05:06 AM: Quote from: Jrand62 on July 20, 2013, 07:00:25 AM
Which of course will be followed by strike....

(http://i1282.photobucket.com/albums/a532/singdaw1/stike_zpscd28b7f4.jpg)
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Post by: singdaw on July 20, 2013, 09:09:20 AM: I have just discovered Rachel Shukert's hilarious recaps of all the Smash episodes on The New Yorker's "Culture Vulture." Love her! :)
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Post by: Ginny on July 20, 2013, 09:28:02 AM: When the Fisher Theatre replaced the Riviera, the title of the playbill became STAGE. My first show there was THE UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN, starring Harve Presness and BK's friend Karen Morrow. My grandmother and I went to a matinee on August 1, 1962.
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Post by: Ginny on July 20, 2013, 09:30:17 AM: The advertising in these early '60s program booklets is very MAD MEN-esque.
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Post by: ChasSmith on July 20, 2013, 09:40:14 AM: Quote from: Ginny on July 20, 2013, 09:30:17 AM
The advertising in these early '60s program booklets is very MAD MEN-esque.

Oh, totally. My Florida programs, especially, are crazy with the night life ads.
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Post by: Ginny on July 20, 2013, 09:41:49 AM: Quote from: ChasSmith on July 20, 2013, 09:40:14 AM
Quote from: Ginny on July 20, 2013, 09:30:17 AM
The advertising in these early '60s program booklets is very MAD MEN-esque.

Oh, totally. My Florida programs are crazy with the night life ads.

Mine from Detroit are full of car ads - mostly GM because the Fisher Theatre is in the Fisher Building, as in "Body by Fisher."
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Post by: Jane on July 20, 2013, 10:10:01 AM: (http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/img-set/BQcDAAAAAwoDanBnAAAABC5vdXQKFmlwbkpRWXQ0UnhxeTFOcS1UUWZ3M3cAAAACaWQKAXgAAAAEc2l6ZQ.jpg)
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Post by: Jane on July 20, 2013, 10:11:33 AM: Quote from: Jennifer on July 20, 2013, 05:48:26 AM
Apparently my 4 year old niece would not sleep in the dark. She kept screaming every time her night light (batteries? that work for 15 minutes at a time) went off. So nobody really slept well.

It sounds like your sister should have shown up earlier with the frozen food, along with your niece ;)
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Post by: Jane on July 20, 2013, 10:15:07 AM: Quote from: Vixter09 on July 20, 2013, 07:26:00 AM
HELP
I need a picture of Bill Orr and his (very lucky) fiancee so I can make them wedding toppers. I don't have any, do you?

Bill is getty married‽ I don't have any photos but thanks for the exciting news.
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Post by: Jrand74 on July 20, 2013, 10:15:07 AM: Very nice Play On Stage Bills today.....
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Post by: Jrand74 on July 20, 2013, 10:15:57 AM: It is RAINING.

Three people waited until the last day to order PHOTO DISKS, so I am trying to get them all finished before I leave. Doesn't take a lot of effort - but LightScribe takes awhile to burn the image to the front of the disk.
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Post by: elmore3003 on July 20, 2013, 10:21:44 AM: I cannot get up the gumption or enthusiasm to leave the AC to go to a movie. Next week I'll see it.
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Post by: Ginny on July 20, 2013, 10:29:53 AM: Happiest of birthdays to DR Miss Karen!
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Post by: Doug R on July 20, 2013, 10:36:11 AM: I made sure to keep this one:

(http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc228/vanmunchen/359b2dd6-82c0-465e-b59e-a04a269556ab.jpg)

(http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc228/vanmunchen/3341e483-40f9-4b34-bb2d-3adfee7cddc3.jpg)
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Post by: ChasSmith on July 20, 2013, 10:42:21 AM: Whoa.
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Post by: Matthew on July 20, 2013, 10:49:54 AM: I'm awake! Had a great nights sleep. Been needing that for quite a while
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Post by: Matthew on July 20, 2013, 10:51:51 AM: The first professional production of a musical I saw was Les Miserables in 1990 in SF. I think that got me interested in musicals and wanting to be a part of them. My first Broadway show was Cats in 1999.
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Post by: MBarnum on July 20, 2013, 10:56:31 AM: I am having great difficulty getting going this morning...but I am up and awake, I think.
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Post by: Jrand74 on July 20, 2013, 10:57:40 AM: Wow that's great DR DOUG R!
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Post by: MBarnum on July 20, 2013, 11:03:21 AM: A very, very, very (that is 3 verys) happy birthday to DR Miss Karen, who I wish would pop in more often because she always make me chuckle and smile!

(http://i.ebayimg.com/t/Vintage-very-collectible-1942-unique-juvenile-signed-Birthday-Card-/00/s/ODAwWDY5MQ==/z/YKEAAMXQCgpRqSSn/$T2eC16Z,!ysE9sy0i2wQBRqSSmsOpw~~60_3.JPG)

(http://i.ebayimg.com/t/Vintage-very-collectible-1942-unique-juvenile-signed-Birthday-Card-/00/s/NTU2WDgwMA==/z/LxkAAMXQLs5RqSSp/$T2eC16N,!w0E9szN(mhOBRqSSpMQnw~~60_3.JPG?rt=nc)
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Post by: Kate on July 20, 2013, 11:08:07 AM: Hello Everyone:

TOD:

I believe my first theater experience was HAMLET in Toronto. I went with my School.

I was amazed by it. That's when my love of Shakespear Began!
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Post by: Kate on July 20, 2013, 11:09:26 AM: My favorite musicals are"

Les Mis.
Evita
There'r playing our song
The Sound of Music

I have seen all of these locally.
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Post by: Matthew on July 20, 2013, 11:09:39 AM: Happy Birthday, DR MissKaren - wherever you are
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Post by: Kate on July 20, 2013, 11:12:21 AM: Yes Happy Birthday DR Karen! Have a great and Blessed day!
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Post by: MBarnum on July 20, 2013, 11:12:26 AM: I meant to get back to HHW last night so as to post a couple additional paperback books from my collection that are particular favorites; but after catching up on stuff that was on the DVR I was ready to hit the hay...so, hope you are prepared! Here goes!

(http://i370.photobucket.com/albums/oo146/mbarnum/paperback%20books/pool_zps60164567.jpg)
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Post by: MBarnum on July 20, 2013, 11:13:19 AM: and...

(http://i370.photobucket.com/albums/oo146/mbarnum/paperback%20books/scan0016_zps7ea93442.jpg)
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Post by: Kate on July 20, 2013, 11:15:07 AM: DR Doug R.

Did you really see James Stewart in HARVEY?

He is one of my favorite all time actors.

I loved the movie version!
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Post by: ChasSmith on July 20, 2013, 11:16:38 AM: Sex AND success??

Damn.
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Post by: MBarnum on July 20, 2013, 11:17:25 AM: A DR yesterday mentioned the amusing tag-lines used for some of the vintage paperback books...here is my favorite. It is from the 1965 novel TERESA by Jan Lowell (aka Jan Englund, star of the 1957 drive-in film REFORM SCHOOL GIRL).

It reads" There were two kinds of love, innocent and wanton...Teresa never thought to choose between them."
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Post by: MBarnum on July 20, 2013, 11:17:50 AM: Quote from: ChasSmith on July 20, 2013, 11:16:38 AM
Sex AND success??

Damn.

Well, you can't have one without the other, now can you.
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Post by: Doug R on July 20, 2013, 11:24:11 AM: Quote from: Kate on July 20, 2013, 11:15:07 AM
DR Doug R.

Did you really see James Stewart in HARVEY?

He is one of my favorite all time actors.

I loved the movie version!

Yes DR Kate. I did see him. He's always been my favourite as well. As soon as he walked on stage in his first scene, he received a standing ovation.
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Post by: ArnoldMBrockman on July 20, 2013, 11:28:55 AM: Quote from: Kate on July 20, 2013, 11:15:07 AM
DR Doug R.

Did you really see James Stewart in HARVEY?

He is one of my favorite all time actors.

I loved the movie version!

Saw Him In New York. He Was Terrific
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Post by: Ginny on July 20, 2013, 11:34:41 AM: I saw James Stewart in HARVEY, too, when it toured to Ann Arbor about 1970. It was an all-star cast that also include Helen Hayes.
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Post by: Kate on July 20, 2013, 11:35:59 AM: DR'S Doug R and Arnold M Brock,man:

I Am So JEALOUS!!
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Post by: Kate on July 20, 2013, 11:39:27 AM: Did anyone ever see Madonna in the Movie/Musical of Evita?

I did. I became obsessed with it. I knew every song. I would record my voice with hers on a cassette player.

I sang "Where do we go from Here" and "You Must Love Me".
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Post by: Kate on July 20, 2013, 11:40:52 AM: I also did the same with James Taylor's " Walking My Baby Back Home" recording.

I had a a lot of fun doing it.

It didn't sound too bad.
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Post by: John G. on July 20, 2013, 12:06:46 PM: Quote from: ChasSmith on July 20, 2013, 10:42:21 AM
Whoa.
Exactly, Doug R. Whoa.
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Post by: John G. on July 20, 2013, 12:08:53 PM: Quote from: Kate on July 20, 2013, 11:35:59 AM
DR'S Doug R and Arnold M Brock,man:

I Am So JEALOUS!!

And Ginny, too. Jealous.
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Post by: Kate on July 20, 2013, 12:09:04 PM: DR Ginny, I'm so JEALOUS of you too!
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Post by: Kate on July 20, 2013, 12:11:24 PM: GASLIGHT is on TCM tonight at 8:00 PM

I plan on watching it. I love it. I never get sick of it!
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Post by: John G. on July 20, 2013, 12:13:19 PM: Of all the shows I have seen through the years, the performers I'm most grateful to have seen were Anita Morris in "Nine" (not that the rest of the company were slouches), Twiggy and Tommy Tune in "My One and Only" (and I saw both of those shows on the same day), and Bernadette Peters and Mandy Patinkin in "Sunday in the Park with George." I have mixed feelings about Patinkin's abilities nowadays, but in that performance and with Peters at his side, not to mention Sondheim's score and most every aspect of the production, something transcendent happened in the theater that day that remains evergreen.
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Post by: John G. on July 20, 2013, 12:14:06 PM: Quote from: Kate on July 20, 2013, 12:11:24 PM
GASLIGHT is on TCM tonight at 8:00 PM

I plan on watching it. I love it. I never get sick of it!

Wonder if JRand is watching. Or if he's had enough of Angel Street for a while. (I misread that it was on tonight. He'll be at the theater overseeing his own version.)
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Post by: John G. on July 20, 2013, 12:15:14 PM: Four!
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Post by: Jrand74 on July 20, 2013, 12:19:52 PM: Yes at least in the EST zone, GASLIGHT will be starting just as we begin ANGEL STREET onstage. I enjoyed the film much more before I read the play....it is very BUSY with lots of additional stuff and characters....but I guess it was needed to "open it up" for the screen.

The English version with Diana Wynard is on the reverse side of many of the DVD's and it's a bit more faithful to the play, but still quite a slog.....
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Post by: Kate on July 20, 2013, 12:24:10 PM: Sorry about the time. I keep forgetting that not everyone lives on the East Coast.!
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Post by: Kate on July 20, 2013, 12:24:37 PM: Goodbye for now!
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Post by: MBarnum on July 20, 2013, 12:31:38 PM: Everyone be sure to set your DVR tonight for this classic which is showing in the early hours on TCM.

One of my all time favorites, and I have had the privilege of interviewing 3 of the cast members (one of whom BK worked with on stage once, although he may not recall her):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXT0DuVxHkI (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXT0DuVxHkI)
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Post by: ChasSmith on July 20, 2013, 12:41:37 PM: The Thing That Couldn't, followed by The Brain That Wouldn't!
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Post by: Kate on July 20, 2013, 12:58:19 PM: DR M. Barnum,

Who are the cast members you interviewed on Gaslight?
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Post by: Kate on July 20, 2013, 12:59:45 PM: Goodbye for now again!
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Post by: MBarnum on July 20, 2013, 01:16:31 PM: Quote from: Kate on July 20, 2013, 12:58:19 PM
DR M. Barnum,

Who are the cast members you interviewed on Gaslight?

Hi Kate, you must have misunderstood my post. I have not interviewed anyone from GASLIGHT....although, there are some in that film who I would liked to have interviewed.
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Post by: Jrand74 on July 20, 2013, 01:28:59 PM: I am hoping to be home from strike in time to see this Double Feature....
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Post by: John G. on July 20, 2013, 02:07:24 PM: Been doing school work all day today. And I'm exhausted. And I have miles to go before I sleep tonight.

That is, if I can sleep with all this yerba mate in me.
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Post by: Jane on July 20, 2013, 02:46:23 PM: Quote from: Doug R on July 20, 2013, 10:36:11 AM
I made sure to keep this one:

Very, very nice!
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Post by: Jane on July 20, 2013, 02:47:56 PM: Quote from: Ginny on July 20, 2013, 11:34:41 AM
I saw James Stewart in HARVEY, too, when it toured to Ann Arbor about 1970. It was an all-star cast that also include Helen Hayes.

You lucky people who saw him perform this on stage.
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Post by: Laura on July 20, 2013, 02:55:39 PM: It looks like Miss Karen may be getting some Birthday Rain.
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Post by: John G. on July 20, 2013, 03:20:21 PM: A wasps' nest has formed on the chain of my screen door. Oh, joy. Happiness unbounded.
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Post by: ryacko on July 20, 2013, 03:31:44 PM: Belated greetings of the day to everyone!

It's been busyworld here for me. Just finished working and now and committed to seeing a production of Shrek, the Musical tonight. Anyone want to go in my place?? :D

No, I have to go. The man who directed my last show is playing the lead. But what I saw on the Tony's the year Shrek was nominated, made me want to run for the hills.

And oddly enough, right now, the only song that keeps running through my head is, "It's Not Easy being Green". :P

I wish I had time to find my old playbills....
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Post by: Laura on July 20, 2013, 04:19:16 PM: Kill them, John. They will take your caterpillars.
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Post by: Jane on July 20, 2013, 05:44:11 PM: Quote from: John G. on July 20, 2013, 03:20:21 PM
A wasps' nest has formed on the chain of my screen door. Oh, joy. Happiness unbounded.

I probably don't need to tell you to be careful.
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Post by: ChasSmith on July 20, 2013, 05:52:00 PM: Yes, get it done when they're snoozing, and be careful.
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Post by: ChasSmith on July 20, 2013, 05:56:44 PM: Missouri Breaks CD arrived! The few minutes of it I heard in the car sounded fantastic.

(Car CD player's on the blink -- probably only for want of a cleaning disc. But they're different for car players, and I've only found one which was made by Maxell, and it is somehow totally unavailable.) (I mean: totally unavailable.)
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Post by: vixmom on July 20, 2013, 06:02:03 PM: hello
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Post by: George on July 20, 2013, 06:16:36 PM: Quote from: Jennifer on July 20, 2013, 05:47:09 AM
Thanks to those here who voted for Dimitri. He was losing when I posted and he ended up winning by 400 votes. So every vote ended up counting.

Congrats to Dimitri!!
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Post by: Jane on July 20, 2013, 06:24:24 PM: I went outside for a little bit. There aren't any signs of the birds though I didn't check the nest since I wasn't wearing shoes.
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Post by: Jane on July 20, 2013, 06:26:35 PM: Earlier today Keith showed me the tadpoles in the pond. While walking down there I saw movement on the ground but didn't realize it had come from the little piece of bark, that is until Keith put his arm across me and blocked me from stepping on the little bitty frog. Since I was oblivious I was about to step on the frog it is good Keith is strong but gentle.
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Post by: George on July 20, 2013, 06:40:32 PM: Quote from: Vixter09 on July 20, 2013, 07:26:00 AM
HELP
I need a picture of Bill Orr and his (very lucky) fiancee so I can make them wedding toppers. I don't have any, do you?

Vixter, this is the only one that I have:

(http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff302/HHWgroup/DRWilliamFOrrandhiseverlovinJoe_zps7e6b38e4.jpg)

I hope that these are the correct people. :)
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Post by: Jane on July 20, 2013, 06:59:29 PM: DR George I'm always impressed with the old photos you find. :)
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Post by: George on July 20, 2013, 07:04:00 PM: Quote from: Jane on July 20, 2013, 06:59:29 PM
DR George I'm always impressed with the old photos you find. :)

Thanks! It's because I save a lot of them as they're posted, and I use the description from the post as the file name.
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Post by: Jane on July 20, 2013, 07:06:34 PM: I thank you for being our keeper of photos. :)
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Post by: Jane on July 20, 2013, 07:06:42 PM: 'night
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Post by: George on July 20, 2013, 07:10:52 PM: Well, since we're so close...
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Post by: George on July 20, 2013, 07:11:41 PM: 5~~~~~~~
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Post by: George on July 20, 2013, 07:19:11 PM: The first actual "On Broadway" show that I saw was "Swinging On a Star: The Johnny Burke Musical." It was fabulous! I've only been to NYC once and we also saw Julie Andrews in "Victor/Victoria" and "Beauty and the Beast." I went walking around one of the days and on my own, I bought a ticket from a woman standing in front of the theater that was showing "Robeson," starring Avery Brooks. I bought her $40 4th row center ticket and had one of the most incredible theatrical experiences of my life. I know I have some of the Playbills, but they're in boxes, so I can't get to them.
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Post by: George on July 20, 2013, 07:19:35 PM: I just rented a storage unit last week (finally) and the plan is to put stuff in there so that I can organize and clean my house. I know that it'll take me a quite a while to do it, but do it I must. :)
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Post by: George on July 20, 2013, 07:23:32 PM: More than 15 or so years ago, a friend of mine asked if I wanted a small (probably 8x10x12 inch) box of Playbills that he got from someone that he knew. I still have those. I don't remember what all is in there, but it's filled with Playbills from the 60s and the 70s. Some even had the ticket stub stapled to them...sadly, even by the time I got them, a lot of the staples were rusting. I haven't looked at them in many years. I don't know if I even went through the whole box to see what was there. Someday (maybe as I bring things to my newly rented storage unit), I will. :D
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Post by: George on July 20, 2013, 07:33:20 PM: Well, I have been home all day doing nothing but recording some video clips from Classic Arts Showcase up in my bedroom (where I don't have a computer). With a few other things that I've recorded on my DVD burner, it's COMPLETELY FILLED UP! I only have approximately 4 minutes of room left! I need to burn some DVDs! A couple of hours ago, my friend Margo asked if I wanted to see a local production of "Julius Caesar" that a mutual friend is in. I do want to see it, so I said yes. But the Capital Lakefair parade is going on at the same time and I thought that the play started at 7:00, but it started at 6:30, so there wasn't enough time to get there, find parking and hope that the parade is out of the way. Instead, we're going to see a movie later tonight. I wrote down a few choices and when she calls me, I'll let her know what movies are the ones I want to see and what times they are playing.
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Post by: Laura on July 20, 2013, 07:44:59 PM: Looks like we are going to get a doozy of a storm tonight. That might explain the headache I had all day today.
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Post by: George on July 20, 2013, 07:46:52 PM: Quote from: Laura on July 20, 2013, 07:44:59 PM
Looks like we are going to get a doozy of a storm tonight. That might explain the headache I had all day today.

~~~Feel Better Vibes, Laura!!~~~
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Post by: Laura on July 20, 2013, 07:49:19 PM: Thanks, George. I hope we get rain.
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Post by: George on July 20, 2013, 07:49:47 PM: Well, I just got the call from Margo and we're going to go see "R.I.P.D." in 3-D! We'll also meet at The Rock (http://www.therockwfp.com/) for dinner before the movie.

Be back later!
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Post by: George on July 20, 2013, 07:50:23 PM: Quote from: Laura on July 20, 2013, 07:49:19 PM
Thanks, George. I hope we get rain.

~~~Rain Vibes for Laura!!~~~
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Post by: George on July 20, 2013, 07:50:39 PM: :D
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Post by: Laura on July 20, 2013, 07:52:23 PM: I don't think it can miss tonight, George. My cat food can is in the driveway to measure the downpour.
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Post by: bk on July 20, 2013, 08:00:45 PM: I come home after a long day to page five? Hardly sporting. Perhaps a frenzy or three is in order before the evening is completely done.
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Post by: bk on July 20, 2013, 08:01:03 PM: The session was fantastic and smooth as can be and I'll go into detail in the notes.
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Post by: bk on July 20, 2013, 08:01:36 PM: Then I ate way too much food at Genghis Cohen and therefore I have to at least do a mile-and-a-half jog right now - not sure I can do more, but I may just try.
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Post by: Laura on July 20, 2013, 08:03:38 PM: Yum. I love Genghis Cohen.
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Post by: Laura on July 20, 2013, 08:17:45 PM: It is starting to rain.

ETA: It is raining nicely now.

ETA: It is pouring.
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Post by: TCB on July 20, 2013, 08:46:35 PM: Quote from: Jrand62 on July 20, 2013, 07:00:25 AM
Saturday...closing night of ANGEL STREET. Great audience last night....lots of people!!! And a very good show, I am expecting the same this evening....

Which of course will be followed by strike....

Isn't it rather silly to go on strike after the show is over.
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Post by: TCB on July 20, 2013, 09:10:24 PM: HAPPY BIRTHDAY.

DR Miss Karen!!
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Post by: bk on July 20, 2013, 09:10:56 PM: Back from a three-mile jog. Three posts do not a frenzy make. Get me off this damn page.
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Post by: bk on July 20, 2013, 09:25:13 PM: Are we really going to be stuck on page five? Where did everyone go? The last few days have been amazing and then suddenly everyone disappears like so much fish.
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Post by: Cillaliz on July 20, 2013, 09:31:47 PM: Quote from: George on July 20, 2013, 06:40:32 PM
Quote from: Vixter09 on July 20, 2013, 07:26:00 AM
HELP
I need a picture of Bill Orr and his (very lucky) fiancee so I can make them wedding toppers. I don't have any, do you?

Vixter, this is the only one that I have:

(http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff302/HHWgroup/DRWilliamFOrrandhiseverlovinJoe_zps7e6b38e4.jpg)

I hope that these are the correct people. :)

I might have one, let me look
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Post by: bk on July 20, 2013, 09:34:03 PM: Definitely the correct people
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Post by: bk on July 20, 2013, 09:34:25 PM: I think someone must have photos of them from one of our NY gatherings - they were at a few.
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Post by: Cillaliz on July 20, 2013, 09:34:36 PM: HAPPY BIRTHDAY MISS KAREN!!!
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Post by: bk on July 20, 2013, 09:46:27 PM: I gotta tell you.
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Post by: bk on July 20, 2013, 09:46:32 PM: But I won't.
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Post by: Cillaliz on July 20, 2013, 09:52:02 PM: The photo I have is the one George posted
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Post by: Cillaliz on July 20, 2013, 09:52:41 PM: I had a very frustrating day yesterday, so last night I went to a baseball game. The X's lost, but it was still a very nice night and I enjoyed being there.
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Post by: Cillaliz on July 20, 2013, 09:54:25 PM: Today I mowed the yard this morning, then worked on the yard for 4 hours this afternoon. While I was trimming a tree I noticed some storm damage at the top of a huge tree that I hadn't noticed before. It's a big part of the tree that's broken off. I also need to have another tree cut down and some others trimmed so I called the tree guy. He's going to come Monday to give me an estimate
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Post by: Cillaliz on July 20, 2013, 09:56:24 PM: The guy who had partially fixed the place the raccoon got in came back and finished the job. He can't fix the faucet on the house without ripping out the entire finished ceiling. So, he's going to put in a new one on the front of the house. More $$
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Post by: Cillaliz on July 20, 2013, 10:00:05 PM: And my washing machine is in the process of dying. It was the cheapest model and I got it 12 years ago, so it may be time to get a new one. It won't go into the cycle where it drains the tub without me playing with the dial for about 10 minutes. I can finally get it to work, so I don't think it's the drain, or anything like that. I think it's just time to get a new one
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Post by: Cillaliz on July 20, 2013, 10:01:36 PM: I did get all my laundry except the sheets and towels washed and dried. I have more sheets and towels, so that's not a problem. I'll go shopping tomorrow and see if I can find something on sale...or I'll get another basic top loader. They do everything I need to do and are a lot cheaper than the fancy ones
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Post by: bk on July 20, 2013, 10:01:56 PM: At long last page six.
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Post by: Cillaliz on July 20, 2013, 10:01:58 PM: SO that's what I've been doing.
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Post by: Cillaliz on July 20, 2013, 10:02:38 PM: All day it looked like it was going to rain, but it never did. We really need rain
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Post by: bk on July 20, 2013, 10:02:58 PM: We now have beautiful and colorful flowers everywhere in the front yard. The big question is will the sprinklers come on as scheduled Monday morning. I have my doubts. No one but the handy man seems to be able to program the thing so that it actually works.
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Post by: Cillaliz on July 20, 2013, 10:03:11 PM: Luckily I got all my outside work done, except trimming the bushes in the front yard. I can do that some other day
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Post by: bk on July 20, 2013, 10:03:17 PM: It's amazing how flowers brighten up everything.
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Post by: John G. on July 20, 2013, 10:04:27 PM: Went to a four-hour dinner tonight with Stephan Pyles cooking Italian food using local ingredients and Paula Lambert of the Dallas Mozzarella Company providing some sparkling commentary and a host of incredible cheeses. Too many wines (and they weren't reacting well to the yerba mate, so they went to waste) and way too much food for one sitting. But the conversation was great and the evening flowed by.
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Post by: Cillaliz on July 20, 2013, 10:04:35 PM: I'm hoping we get the rain we have a chance of tonight.
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Post by: John G. on July 20, 2013, 10:04:42 PM: And this is why I cannot lose weight.
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Post by: Cillaliz on July 20, 2013, 10:04:59 PM: Quote from: bk on July 20, 2013, 10:03:17 PM
It's amazing how flowers brighten up everything.

Indeed it is
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Post by: Cillaliz on July 20, 2013, 10:06:11 PM: I am exhausted. But, I got so many chores done. Tomorrow all I need to do is pick up a little and vacuum.
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Post by: John G. on July 20, 2013, 10:06:28 PM: Quote from: George on July 20, 2013, 07:23:32 PM
More than 15 or so years ago, a friend of mine asked if I wanted a small (probably 8x10x12 inch) box of Playbills that he got from someone that he knew. I still have those. I don't remember what all is in there, but it's filled with Playbills from the 60s and the 70s. Some even had the ticket stub stapled to them...sadly, even by the time I got them, a lot of the staples were rusting. I haven't looked at them in many years. I don't know if I even went through the whole box to see what was there. Someday (maybe as I bring things to my newly rented storage unit), I will. :D

A friend of a friend was a Tony voter so he got to see everything, and he gave me his Playbill collection, which I still have in crates in the garage. Some wonderful stuff in there, including "The Red Shoes" and who knows what all else.
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Post by: Cillaliz on July 20, 2013, 10:06:55 PM: I have a few things I should do, but other than shopping for a washer and dryer, there's nothing I have to get done.
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Post by: John G. on July 20, 2013, 10:07:20 PM: Quote from: Laura on July 20, 2013, 07:49:19 PM
Thanks, George. I hope we get rain.

I know that feeling all too well. Hope the clouds open up and the headache goes away.
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Post by: Cillaliz on July 20, 2013, 10:08:56 PM: I was looking for one Playbill and had to buy a lot of 64 to get it. I still have them. I haven't looked at them in ages so don't really know what's there. I also save Playbills from everything I see and try to get the programs too.
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Post by: Cillaliz on July 20, 2013, 10:09:18 PM: The first show I actually saw on Broadway was THE WIZ in 1977
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Post by: bk on July 20, 2013, 10:09:27 PM: The Cuckoo's Calling madness continues unabated. Signed copies, of which there aren't many, continue to go for no less that $2500 and the unsigned true firsts have now creeped up to no less than 1500 bucks, so I'm guessing those who didn't buy the two copies that were Buy It Now on eBay for a grand are now kicking themselves.
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Post by: John G. on July 20, 2013, 10:10:04 PM: Quote from: Cillaliz on July 20, 2013, 10:02:38 PM
All day it looked like it was going to rain, but it never did. We really need rain

I hope you get it.
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Post by: John G. on July 20, 2013, 10:11:12 PM: Barbara, take off your pantyhose!
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Post by: TCB on July 20, 2013, 10:15:48 PM: One of only seven copies of Schinder's List is on sale on E-Bay with a starting bid of $3,000,000.00! Wow.
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Post by: bk on July 20, 2013, 10:19:31 PM: Not the book of Schindler's - the actual LIST. It won't sell for that price, but it's amazingly rare. The book Schindler's List's true first edition doesn't have that title - the original first edition was called Schindler's Ark.
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Post by: bk on July 20, 2013, 10:19:58 PM: I'm kind of tired.
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Post by: bk on July 20, 2013, 10:20:55 PM: But I'll write the notes in about thirty minutes, post them right at midnight and get as much sleep as I can. If I'm up by seven-thirty I'll jog at eight. If not, I'll forego the jog, which will be my first missed day in about six weeks so that's pretty good.
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Post by: bk on July 20, 2013, 10:30:38 PM: Page seven would be heaven.
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Post by: TCB on July 20, 2013, 10:35:58 PM: Quote from: Laura on July 20, 2013, 08:17:45 PM
It is starting to rain.

ETA: It is raining nicely now.

ETA: It is pouring.

Great news, Laura. Hopefully the rain will help your headache, also.
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Post by: bk on July 20, 2013, 10:36:30 PM: Not raining here, but the evening was nice and cool when I was jogging.
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Post by: bk on July 20, 2013, 10:37:00 PM: Oh, let's just do it.
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Post by: Cillaliz on July 20, 2013, 10:38:27 PM: Quote from: John G. on July 20, 2013, 10:10:04 PM
Quote from: Cillaliz on July 20, 2013, 10:02:38 PM
All day it looked like it was going to rain, but it never did. We really need rain

I hope you get it.

Me too!
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Post by: John G. on July 20, 2013, 10:39:52 PM: Good night, all.
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Post by: TCB on July 20, 2013, 10:43:12 PM: Quote from: bk on July 20, 2013, 10:19:31 PM
Not the book of Schindler's - the actual LIST. It won't sell for that price, but it's amazingly rare. The book Schindler's List's true first edition doesn't have that title - the original first edition was called Schindler's Ark.

I thought that is what I said. It was certainly what I meant to say.