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Title: THE KEMPT ME
Post by: bk on August 06, 2004, 12:00:15 AM
Well, you've read the notes, you're up on all the latest news, you're above all kempt, and now it is time to post until the kempt kows kome home.
Title: Re:THE KEMPT ME
Post by: bk on August 06, 2004, 12:03:09 AM
We've had an Attack of the Wussburgers here at haineshisway.com.  Everyone deserted us at eleven, and before then there was like one post in an hour-and-a-half.  Bitch-slappin' ahead, baby.
Title: Re:THE KEMPT ME
Post by: bk on August 06, 2004, 12:06:12 AM
Oops (spoo, spelled backwards) we got us a big birthday to celebrate.  I'm updating the notes right this very minute.  Stay tuned...
Title: Re:THE KEMPT ME
Post by: Panni on August 06, 2004, 12:10:39 AM
The kempt issue is one I've been mulling over. I've noticed that in recent days I've been less and less kempt as I work. I mean, what difference does it make? But perhaps it does. Perhaps one should dress nicely and put a ribbon in one's hair (if that is one's wont) even when working at home. It shows a respect for one's work. And one does not want to vomit when one walks by one's mirror. (I'm getting tired of "one" -- I may start using "two.")  At any rate, the question is.... Should two be quite kempt when two is working in a work environment in which two is quite alone?
Title: Re:THE KEMPT ME
Post by: Panni on August 06, 2004, 12:17:39 AM
              HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DR TD!
                                     (http://www.click-smilies.de/sammlung0304/party/party-smiley-020.gif)
Title: Re:THE KEMPT ME
Post by: Tomovoz on August 06, 2004, 12:48:20 AM
Have a most wonderful birthday td. I think you are in NYC at present. Have a "Wicked" birthday. May the Birthday Fairies smile upon you and bring you much happiness.
Title: Re:THE KEMPT ME
Post by: M. Brandon on August 06, 2004, 12:52:53 AM
I don't do CDs anymore.  Everything I buy goes directly onto my computer and then my iPod.  I have 7.5 days worth of music.  But right now I'm listening to the new Assassins album (I, know, I know BK! but I bought it and have to give it a chance) but earlier I was listening to Madama Butterfly, which is my favorite opera of all time.  Later will be How 2 Succeed (Robert Morse version) followed by either Do I Hear a Waltz or Les Parapluies de Cherbourg since BK got me in a Michel Moode.

In the DVD player is Curb Your Enthusiasm Season 1.

You know, the sound is flat and the gun shots sound awful on this Assassins album, but I do like the new orchestrations.  And Denis O'Hare is great as Guiteau although I liked Jonathan Hadary on the 1991 album too...
Title: Re:THE KEMPT ME
Post by: Tomovoz on August 06, 2004, 01:06:29 AM
TOTD:
DVD: Last watched were the "Extras" on Season one of "Six Feet Under". Season Tow has been released here too so I guess $$ will be spent soon.
CDs: (*Next to be played - all new to the collection)
1. The McGuire Sisters - Anthology
2. Al Cailoa - bonanza 1960 -1969
3. The Outsiders
Title: Re:THE KEMPT ME
Post by: George on August 06, 2004, 01:15:36 AM
***HAPPY BIRTHDAY DR TD!!***

In my CD burner in my computer at home:  Weird Romance for Dear Reader DerBrucer!  That's it for now.

I'll have an updated media report later in the morning when I'm at work...and I actually have some media reporting to update.
Title: Re:THE KEMPT ME
Post by: Michael on August 06, 2004, 03:07:26 AM
I sill pass on all good wishes when I see DR TD in about 7 hours!! NYC here I come!!!
Title: Re:THE KEMPT ME
Post by: Jrand74 on August 06, 2004, 04:01:55 AM
Happy Birthday TD TD TD TD!!!  Have a wicked time in NYC!
Title: Re:THE KEMPT ME
Post by: Jrand74 on August 06, 2004, 04:04:15 AM
MR BK looks so kempt today....I am sure rehearsals will go much better and everything will be fine in that best of all possible worlds. QED!

VCR: Atomic Submarine
DVD: Journey to the Center of the Earth
CD:  The VERY Best of Sue Thompson

Norman, James Hold the Ladder Steady, Paper Tiger

I do not think I will have computer access today, I am working at a different location, so this may be IT until I get home.

Oh well.  It is FRIDAY!!!!
Title: Re:THE KEMPT ME
Post by: Jrand74 on August 06, 2004, 04:08:43 AM
Before I go -

Here is a photo of me at my new job -using the latest electronic equipment!   ;D

(http://www.officemuseum.com/Electric_typewriter_for_code.jpg)
Title: Re:THE KEMPT ME
Post by: Ben on August 06, 2004, 04:13:24 AM
Happy Happy day to TD

At work I will be listening to one of my guilty pleasures, How Now Dow Jones. I also have A Wrinkle in Swingtime (Elena Bennett & Fred Barton), Boy Meets Boy, Noel Coward in New York and Noel Coward at Las Vegas.

I'm seeing Bridge and Tunnel tonight. It's an Off-Broadway piece. It stars Sarah Jones, who also wrote the piece. The play focuses on the New York immigrant experience. Jones plays 14 different immigrant characters. Meryl Streep is one of the producers. There has been talk of moving it to Broadway. I hope this doesn't happen because it sounds like it's too intimate for Broadway. We're seeing it now just in case it does move. There is a reason Off-Broadway exists. There are some shows that just don't work in even small Broadway theatres. It would be nice to have a house bigger than 75 chairs but not every show needs 500 or more seats. You lose something in the move. I think that's why God Said Ha failed in moving to Broadway a few years ago. We heard the show on CD and saw the film version but it just didn't work in the Lyceum Theatre. The show is too small and intimate. Oh, well. End of semi-rant. I'm seeing the show tonight and I'm very happy! The rest of the weekend is rather free, except for work on Saturday. We start our busy time this week and for the next two and a half months I will be working Saturdays from 6am-noon (ugghh). Oh, well, overtime pads the paycheck which means either more CDs for me or perhaps the purchase of a CD burner to hook up to the turntable so we can stop imposing on our friend and burn our own vinyl to CD.

I must now go wash my bowl from which I had oatmeal, raisins and a fresh peach. So much better than a packet of instant oatmeal with freeze-dried fruit.
Title: Re:THE KEMPT ME
Post by: Emily on August 06, 2004, 05:09:50 AM
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TD!!!

*DANCE DANCE DANCE SPRINKLE CONFETTI DANCE DANCE SPIRIT FINGERS*

:D
Title: Re:THE KEMPT ME
Post by: Emily on August 06, 2004, 05:12:01 AM
BK... are there several lines which the cast forgets *almost* everytime or is there a rotating number?

I remember when I was SMing a production of The Crucible one of our actors kept forgetting the same line during EVERY performance.  And the line was really required to set up the entrance of another character.

The sad thing? now I can't remember it to tell you all either!
Title: Re:THE KEMPT ME
Post by: Kerry on August 06, 2004, 05:59:03 AM
HAPPY BIRTHDAY td!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have been trying to get here for ages, but my computer wouldn't get past the Notes page.  How wonderful that everything aligned somehow so that I could wish you a Happy Day.
 I see all my friends out there.  A Happy Day to everyone!
Title: Re:THE KEMPT ME
Post by: Kerry on August 06, 2004, 06:00:55 AM
I'm not kempt or unkempt; I'm verklempt.
Title: Re:THE KEMPT ME
Post by: Tomovoz on August 06, 2004, 06:03:43 AM
We had a message from DR Sandra. It is delightful to see you here DR Kerry. Guess you have been practising your alphabet.
Title: Re:THE KEMPT ME
Post by: Dan-in-Toronto on August 06, 2004, 06:04:21 AM
td via DR Michael - Wishing you a wonderful birthday. And a year filled with good health and great happiness, for you and those you love.
Title: Re:THE KEMPT ME
Post by: Ron Pulliam on August 06, 2004, 06:09:25 AM
If I pay extra close attention to detail and wear my best clothes will that make me a "kempt man"?

If I happen to have a few tricks up my sleeve that I don't wish to share about putting my best foot forward, could those be called my "best kempt secrets"?

Does excessive tidying of a hearth "kempt the home fires burning"?

(I can hear BK right now:  "Kempt it up, RLP, and I'm going to bitchslap you til the cows come home.")

(Or DR Panni will say:  "One more of those bad puns will kempt me vomiting until next Tuesay!")
Title: Re:THE KEMPT ME
Post by: William E. Lurie on August 06, 2004, 06:10:50 AM
BK - How large a theatre are you in that you need mics?

JRand - Wow.  Your office equipment is really state of the art

CD - The new recording of MAN WITH A LOAD OF MISCHIEF: on the plus side there is more music than the original although no new songs; just more complete versions, reprises,incidental music, etc.  Also the cast is excellent.  On the negative side, instead of real instruments like on the original it is electronic and often sounds like a toy chord organ.  The packaging is meant to represent pink lace and looks like a package of FDS or Kotex.  So while it is good to have the new recording, it really can't replace the original, still never released on CD.

DVD - Some episodes of "My Little Margie".  Maybe it's because I grew up with the old shows, but I find that sitcoms from 40 or 50 years ago are funnier than just about anything on the air today.

VHS - Nothing

I know it is fashionable to blame the Republicans for everything, and most of the time they are at fault.  But I really fond it strange that the producers of CAROLINE, OR CHANGE and FROZEN claim the reason they are closing is the Republican convention.  It's true that they probably are not selling any tickets for the few days the convention is in town, but what they are not stating is they aren't selling any tickets before or after either.  And does anyone know what male replacement star refuses to perform during the convention because he is a democrat (a blind item in a Theatremania column).
Title: Re:THE KEMPT ME
Post by: Ron Pulliam on August 06, 2004, 06:10:56 AM
I'm not kempt or unkempt; I'm verklempt.

WELCOME BACK, DR KERRY!!!!
Title: Re:THE KEMPT ME
Post by: Dan-in-Toronto on August 06, 2004, 06:11:08 AM
DR Michael, Have a superb time in NYC. IMHO, Hugh Jackman gives a performance one (or in DR Panni's case, two) will remember for a lifetime. (And I really didn't mind the show either.)
Title: Re:THE KEMPT ME
Post by: Ben on August 06, 2004, 06:16:26 AM
Forgot to mention this earlier.

I headed home from work yesterday (all half a block of my commute) and as I stepped down into the doorway area I noticed a woman sitting on the stoop above the step dialing her cell phone. She looked familiar but I wasn't sure. I went in, got my mail and kept staring. I didn't want to seem rude to her but I gathered my courage, re-opened the door and said, "Excuse me, are you Tonya Pinkins?" She laughed and said "Yes, I am". I, being the suave, sophisticated fool that I am said "Oh, wow, you're sitting on my stoop! How wonderful. I love your work." She laughed again and said thanks and I went up the stairs to our little abode. When I came back down 10 minutes later with the laundry, she was gone. I assume her vocal teacher is in the building next to mine and she was waiting for her appointment. I hear vocal hystrionics coming out of the window quite often and Mr. Joel Grey, and others have been seen entering and exiting the building before and after said vocalizing.

Hi, Kerry! Hope your computer realizes it's welcome here.

I am also listening to Annie Warbucks, courtesy of a certain Down Under wonder. Thanks, Tom.
Title: Re:THE KEMPT ME
Post by: Tomovoz on August 06, 2004, 06:18:54 AM
A pleasure Ben. It sounds a bit strange but "Good night all!"
(11.20pm here).
Title: Re:THE KEMPT ME
Post by: Stuart on August 06, 2004, 06:21:32 AM
Happy Birthday, DR TD.

Have a wonderful trip, DR M Shayne.

Media Check:
CD/Car: Laurie Beechman: "Time Between the Time"
CD/Office: Liz Callaway: "On and Off Broadway"
VCR: Last night's BB5 (I was home in time fro eviction and HOH, but missed the first 20 minutes or so.  And might I add Woo-hoo!!)
DVD: Empty
Title: Re:THE KEMPT ME
Post by: Dan-in-Toronto on August 06, 2004, 06:22:26 AM
Ron - Enough! You're turning into a klemptomaniac.
Title: Re:THE KEMPT ME
Post by: Dan-in-Toronto on August 06, 2004, 06:24:28 AM
Ben,

Meanwhile, I'm listening to Steve and Eydie - courtesy of the very same DUW!
Title: Re:THE KEMPT ME
Post by: Dan (the Man) on August 06, 2004, 06:28:38 AM
[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]~~~~~~  HAPPY DAY OF BIRTH TD! ~~~~~~[/move]

Media Check of Me:

CD Player (at home):  Caroline, or Change

CD Player (a work):  Patty Loveless -- Mountain Soul

DVD Player:  The Manchurian Candidate (the real one!)

VCR:  The Real Olympics
Title: Re:THE KEMPT ME
Post by: Dan-in-Toronto on August 06, 2004, 06:36:55 AM
Forgot to mention this earlier.

I, being the suave, sophisticated fool that I am said "Oh, wow, you're sitting on my stoop! How wonderful. I love your work."

Well, you could have said, "Oh, wow, is that really you? Jason from HHW?"
Title: Re:THE KEMPT ME
Post by: Dan (the Man) on August 06, 2004, 06:50:56 AM
Speaking of Tonya Pinkins, I noticed the other day that HBO is one of the producers of Caroline, or Change.  Since just about everything else they've been a part of has showed up on HBO, I wonder if Caroline has been taped for broadcast.
Title: Re:THE KEMPT ME
Post by: Jennifer on August 06, 2004, 06:56:38 AM
Happy birthday DR td!

Wow, DR Ben, that was a fun find on your stoop.
Title: Re:THE KEMPT ME
Post by: Jennifer on August 06, 2004, 06:59:05 AM
Ha, DR DIT, I liked your Jason comment.  But I bet if DR Ben had said that Tonya might have thought he was crazy. :)

Btw, DR Jane I sent you an email.  Disney is a US channel.  And no US only channels on Canadian satellite.
Title: Re:THE KEMPT ME
Post by: Jennifer on August 06, 2004, 07:01:24 AM
Re: BB5

As I mentioned, I really liked last night's show.  I cannot remember looking forward to any BB episodes as much as I was looking forward to that one.

But OMG the guests are dumb.  After being told that there was a twin, everyone shouted, "I knew it".  Yet they were all guessing "holly" even after Julie Chen told them that the twins had reached their goal of staying in the house for 5 weeks. Not too bright.
Title: Re:THE KEMPT ME
Post by: Jennifer on August 06, 2004, 07:03:11 AM
Oh I meant to say that I read the Tiger Cruise review that was posted last night.  And I was gonna comment that while reading it I realized I hadn't known what DR Panni's last name was.

Btw, does anybody call you Panni?
Title: Re:THE KEMPT ME
Post by: Jennifer on August 06, 2004, 07:09:07 AM
Re: BIG BROTHER again

I think we will have interesting nominations this week.

I think we will get 2 Girl Power members nominated, maybe Diane and Will.  Then they will pick (adria, nat, and karen) to do the veto comp.  Since all 6 veto players will be Girl Power, they will win the veto and put up Jase and evict him.  It's an interesting idea, as long as they can count on all their players.
Title: Re:THE KEMPT ME
Post by: Jennifer on August 06, 2004, 07:13:53 AM
NY Post: Michael Riedel

Dracula: nudity by night and fully clothed for matinees.

http://www.nypost.com/seven/08062004/entertainment/26349.htm
Title: Re:THE KEMPT ME
Post by: MBarnum on August 06, 2004, 07:19:19 AM
Re: BIG BROTHER again

I think we will have interesting nominations this week.

I think we will get 2 Girl Power members nominated, maybe Diane and Will.  Then they will pick (adria, nat, and karen) to do the veto comp.  Since all 6 veto players will be Girl Power, they will win the veto and put up Jase and evict him.  It's an interesting idea, as long as they can count on all their players.

Ha, ha! That would be a good move! And it might knock Jase for a loop!

I also really enjoyed last nights episode...but I did end up feeling a bit sorry for Scott...maybe I will just miss looking at those massive arms of his! LOL!

Title: Re:THE KEMPT ME
Post by: MBarnum on August 06, 2004, 07:22:55 AM
Media check:

DVD: Two early 1960s abortion related exploitation films THE SHAME OF PATTY SMITH (starring Ms. Merry Anders) and YOU RUINED ME EDDIE which I must watch just because the title cracks me up!

VCR: GIRLS ON THE LOOSE (still haven't gotten around to watching it)

CD: A CD of Egyptian pop music...can recall the name of the singer but he has a very nice voice.

The Bollywood movies for the weekend will be forthcoming...and a couple of good ones they look to be!
Title: Re:THE KEMPT ME
Post by: Jennifer on August 06, 2004, 07:30:01 AM
Ha, ha! That would be a good move! And it might knock Jase for a loop!

I also really enjoyed last nights episode...but I did end up feeling a bit sorry for Scott...maybe I will just miss looking at those massive arms of his! LOL!


Well I didn't come up with the idea.  Jen (from the show) has been talking about it for a while.  

Funny, I never liked Scott and couldn't wait to see him go.  Although I also really dislike Marv, Cowboy and Jase.

My favorites are actually Adria and Natalie.  Although I wonder if they will be targetted soon.
Title: Re:THE KEMPT ME
Post by: elmore3003 on August 06, 2004, 07:30:18 AM
Good morning, all!  I've booked an appointment (finally!) with a surgeon on Monday to have this abscess/growth/whatever looked at/lanced/removed/whatever.  The recommended surgeon, it turns out, no longer handles HIP Continuum referrals, so I had to wait until my insurance company's special services could find another.  This week's been uncomfortable and irritable, but I feel better knowing that things are turning the other way.  This growth is so uncomfortable that I'm pretty much tied up in the apartment till Monday, but I do hope to get out and meet td and Michael before they go back to other environs on Sunday.

I see that DR Noel has brought up operetta in yesterday's discussions and I missed it, so I thought I'd continue it today.  I have to say that the Bordman books are disastrous in my opinions and I really have no great affection for the man or his tomes.  

Operetta is indeed a diminutive of opera, and one of the best is indeed set in New York:  DEAREST ENEMY (1925) of Rodgers and Hart, in my opinion the closest to a Gilbert and Sullivan work (which, by the way, G&S called operas) created by an American set of writers.  But I digress.  Operetta, all the way back to its ballad opera roots in THE BEGGAR'S OPERA, had its satiric side, but like musical theatre overall, it developed sundry appellations to reflect its intent:  opera-bouffe,  opera-comique, operette (this just in France alone!).  I pulled out some CDs to see how things were credited:

CHARLES LECOCQ:  LE COEUR ET LA MAIN (opera-comique)
                           GIROFLE GIROFLA (opera bouffe)
                           LE BARBIER DE TROUVILLE (bluette-bouffe)

JACQUES OFFENBACH:  ORPHEE AUX ENFERS (opera bouffon)
                                MONSIEUR ET MADAME DENIS (operette)
                                LA BELLE HELENE (opera bouffe)
                                LES BERGERS (opera-comique)
                                L'ISLE DE TULIPITAN (bouffonnerie)
                                LA VIE PARISIENNE (piece melee de chant)
                                LE VOYAGE DANS LA LUNE (opera-feerie)
                                LE ROI CAROTTE (opera bouffe-feerie)
                                BA-TA-CLAN (Chinoiserie musicale)

ANDRE MESSAGER:    L'AMOUR MASQUE (comedie musicale)
                             MONSIEUR BEAUCAIRE (operette romantique)
                             VERONIQUE (opera-comique)

In France alone, by 1925, operetta had a lot of the musical theatre territory covered.  Offenbach, considered the father of operetta, like Victor Herbert in America, covered all bases (Offenbach authored several revues), but Herbert wrote several film scores as well.  LA VIE PARISIENNE, in spite of the fact it's a very musical piece still seems to me a musical comedy with a farcical spirit in its book closer to the Kern-Wodehouse-Bolton musicals, especially OH BOY! and OH, LADY! LADY!

American operetta certainly runs a gamut as well, from the North African DESERT SONG to the coast of Maine in CAROUSEL.  I find both Hammerstein and Alan Jay Lerner happier in operetta language, so I'd consider BRIGADOON, MY FAIR LADY, CAMELOT, SOUTH PACIFIC, THE KING AND I, and THE SOUND OF MUSIC all in the operetta corner.  OKLAHOMA! (and all these decisions are based totally on how the piece strikes my ear and not on a lot of facts that Gerald Bordman cannot apply consistently) strikes me as a musical comedy, even with Judd's death, and I find its score as sparkling and fresh today as it was 60 years ago.

This column's long enough.  I have to start examining operettas of the past 50 years!
Title: Re:THE KEMPT ME
Post by: Stuart on August 06, 2004, 07:34:34 AM
My favorites are actually Adria and Natalie.  Although I wonder if they will be targetted soon.

I think my favorite this season is Karen.

DR MBarnum, I too will miss Scott's arms, but Jase's arms and torso will have to do for now.  (Not to mention the toreadorable Drew!)
Title: Re:THE KEMPT ME
Post by: Jennifer on August 06, 2004, 07:42:10 AM
I think Drew is MUCH cuter than Jase or Scott!

Hey DR Elmore, I am confused.  I thought your back was hurting because of lifting the tv?  I thought the surgery was for that.
Title: Re:THE KEMPT ME
Post by: Jennifer on August 06, 2004, 07:44:44 AM
Btw, DRs Stuart and MBarnum, did you find that Scott came across as very dumb when talking to Julie Chen?

My favorite part is when the evicted houseguest got to see Adria and Natalie. Love that.

But when Scott heard Jase's message, Scott was like, "so does that mean he voted me off?"

Um, okay maybe he was nervous (being on live tv and all).  But I think it was pretty clear that Jase was saying that Scott had himself to blame (because SCOTT VOTED OUT HOLLY & SHE WOULD HAVE BEEN THE DECIDING VOTE TO SAVE HIM).

Oy. :)
Title: Re:THE KEMPT ME
Post by: MBarnum on August 06, 2004, 07:46:19 AM
I agree Stuart, I really like Karen too...there is something about her....I like her unusual voice and accent and she is quite pretty too.

And Drew is just too cute and too nice...I wouldn't mind if he won.

DR Jennifer, I actually like Cowboy. He is a nice guy and I get a kick out of him. I hope that afterwards he and Nicomas get more of an opportunity to know each other.

I really have no feelings about Marvin one way or another and I dislike Jase...in fact he scares me a little.

I hope they update us on last years competitors and you know I sure would love to see a reunion of the very first season's people...that season seems to be the only one NOT available on DVD and it really was my favorite group of people.
Title: Re:THE KEMPT ME
Post by: Stuart on August 06, 2004, 07:47:53 AM
Btw, DRs Stuart and MBarnum, did you find that Scott came across as very dumb when talking to Julie Chen?

...
Um, okay maybe he was nervous (being on live tv and all).  But I think it was pretty clear that Jase was saying that Scott had himself to blame (because SCOTT VOTED OUT HOLLY & SHE WOULD HAVE BEEN THE DECIDING VOTE TO SAVE HIM).

Alas, DR Jennifer, Scott is not the crispiest piece of chicken in the bucket.
Title: Re:THE KEMPT ME
Post by: MBarnum on August 06, 2004, 07:49:18 AM
Btw, DRs Stuart and MBarnum, did you find that Scott came across as very dumb when talking to Julie Chen?

My favorite part is when the evicted houseguest got to see Adria and Natalie. Love that.

But when Scott heard Jase's message, Scott was like, "so does that mean he voted me off?"

Um, okay maybe he was nervous (being on live tv and all).  But I think it was pretty clear that Jase was saying that Scott had himself to blame (because SCOTT VOTED OUT HOLLY & SHE WOULD HAVE BEEN THE DECIDING VOTE TO SAVE HIM).

Oy. :)

Ha, Ha! Well, I don't think Scott is the brightest bulb around, that is for sure. I think part of it all was that he was so shocked to have been voted off that he was speechless...for once! LOL!

I love to see the look on the face of the evicted houseguest when they find out about the twins, too...it is priceless!

I thought that Jase's goodbye message to Scott was not very nice, considering they were supposed to be buddies...but as it turns out Jase evidently didn't like Scott all that much...Jase is just evil!
Title: Re:THE KEMPT ME
Post by: MBarnum on August 06, 2004, 07:50:25 AM
We are a BB5 frenzy!
Title: Re:THE KEMPT ME
Post by: MBarnum on August 06, 2004, 07:51:55 AM
In other news I watered my lawn last night...and it rained this morning!  >:(
Title: Re:THE KEMPT ME
Post by: elmore3003 on August 06, 2004, 07:52:50 AM
Hey DR Elmore, I am confused.  I thought your back was hurting because of lifting the tv?  I thought the surgery was for that.

Alas, DR Jennifer, I have yet to ascertain that the two ailments are not unrelated.  I thought the tv was the source of the back pain, but there's a side of me that fears this "growth" is pressing on nerves and causing the back pain!  Either way, I am quite uncomfortable and hardly mobile.  Thanks for asking.

DR Danise, thank you for the card.  It cheered me up on Wednesday when all hell was breaking loose.   I need all the good vibes I can get these days!
Title: Re:THE KEMPT ME
Post by: elmore3003 on August 06, 2004, 07:53:54 AM
In other news I watered my lawn last night...and it rained this morning!  >:(

Thank God you didn't wash your car as well.  There might have been a flood!
Title: Re:THE KEMPT ME
Post by: Matt H. on August 06, 2004, 07:58:15 AM
Very happy birthday, DR td!! I hope you and DR Michael Shayne have a great time in NYC.

I agree with you about Hugh Jackman, DR DiT. The musical's book is a Cliff's Notes version of Peter Allen's life with highlights but little drama, but who cares when this dazzling song and dance performance is right before your eyes. The night I was there, Australian tennis star Patrick Rafter was in the audience, and Hugh (as Peter, always in character) ad-libed madly with him throughout the entire show. He was the person brought out of the audience to dance, too.

Smartly, the producers have surrounded the gorgeous Jackman with similarly gorgeous male co-stars, and of course, the three wonderful women who co-star as the women in his life(mother, Garland, and Minnelli) are pleasures to watch, too.

So, all-in-all, the show has far more positives going for it than many people have given it credit for.
Title: Re:THE KEMPT ME
Post by: Matt H. on August 06, 2004, 08:04:21 AM
I read on another site that if you had the 24-7 BB feeds, you would know that Jase does not like Scott very much, and in the editing, CBS has kind of kept that from viewers of the regular broadcasts.

In just one viewing, I certainly would pick Drew as the most likable of the men. His twin brother (not competing) was even more appealing to me.
Title: Re:THE KEMPT ME
Post by: Dan-in-Toronto on August 06, 2004, 08:09:39 AM
DR Matt,

Did the audience gasp when "Judy Garland" made her entrance? I agree with you about the women - and the men. I thought Beth Fowler gave a particularly moving performance. And little Peter Allen was a joy to watch.
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Post by: MBarnum on August 06, 2004, 08:14:02 AM
and TD a very happy birthday to you and what fun that you have such a nice birthday trip to NY!!! Have fun!!!

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Post by: MBarnum on August 06, 2004, 08:15:53 AM
And DR Kerry, we are glad to see you posting again! Hope the computer troubles end soon so you can get back in the groove!

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Post by: Stuart on August 06, 2004, 08:16:02 AM
Can i just say that they are drilling through cement with one of those circular saws RIGHT OUTSIDE of my first floor office!  I can barely hear myself think, no less conduct business!!!
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Post by: elmore3003 on August 06, 2004, 08:16:35 AM
Okay, let's look at the past 50 years:

1954:  THE GOLDEN APPLE:  I'm still ambivalent on this piece, which I adore; it calls for trained voices but it's idiom strikes me as musical comedy.  On the other hand, its mix of serious voices and song-and-dance folk goes back to SHOWBOAT, which I consider the great American operetta.
         FANNY:  Harold Rome and Josh Logan do a Rodgers & Hammerstein "musical play," a term designed to bring in the operetta-phobes!

1955:  Well, D'Oyly Carte brought Gilbert and Sullivan to the City!

1956:  MY FAIR LADY
         THE MOST HAPPY FELLA
         CANDIDE:  this had the nerve to call itself a "comic operetta!"  Don't you think that was one more satirical side of the show?

1957-1958:  Bad years for operetta, maybe it's because MY FAIR LADY was still running?

1959:  JUNO, one of the great disasters with some wonderful music.
         FIRST IMPRESSIONS:  an operetta that needed better writers.
         THE SOUND OF MUSIC
         LITTLE MARY SUNSHINE (duh!)

1960:  SARATOGA:  another show needing better writers
         GREENWILLOW:  Frank Loesser's Rogers & Hammerstein "musical play"

1961:  THE HAPPIEST GIRL IN THE WORLD:  Offenbach did it better
          THE GAY LIFE:  listen to that score, look at those photos!
         
1962:  BRAVO GIOVANNI:  whatever it was, it wasn't good

Decade One ends here.
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Post by: Matt H. on August 06, 2004, 08:17:09 AM
I don't remember a gasp from the audience with Keating as Garland, but I may have been so wowed by the actor playing Mark Herron that I didn't notice. He was very, very sexy.

She was sensational, sound and body language perfect as Garland. It's a shame she and Fowler coldn't have shared the Tony won by Anika Noni Rose in CAROLINE.
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Post by: Matt H. on August 06, 2004, 08:20:58 AM
Friday Media Check:

CD - ON THE ROAD, soundtracks from the first five Crosby/Hope ROAD movies to Singapore, Zanzibar, Morocco, Utopia, and Rio.

DVD - THE OWL AND THE PUSSYCAT and then THE ITALIAN JOB (1969)

DVR - yesterday's ONE LIFE TO LIVE (a gay character has been introduced so I'm back to watching the soap now to see how it's handled)

BEYOND THE VALLEY OF THE DOLLS. Haven't seen this atrocity in awhile, but it was on IFC last night and so I recorded it to watch at some point this weekend.)

If my Deanna Durbin boxed set comes today, all DVD bets are off. CAN'T HELP SINGING will go instantly into the player.
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Post by: elmore3003 on August 06, 2004, 08:24:11 AM
Well, now you know:  I can pontificate but I can't count!

1963:  SHE LOVES ME
         THE STUDENT GYPSY:  Rick Besoyan tried to do to Johann Strauss and Mittel-Europe what he did to Nelson and Jeannette and failed.  Lightning doesn't always strike twice, and he should have known better.
         110 IN THE SHADE:  Schmidt and Jones do a "musical play."
         THE GIRL WHO CAME TO SUPPER:  Noel Coward and Edwardian operetta

Now the damned decade ends!
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Post by: MBarnum on August 06, 2004, 08:26:21 AM
DR MattH, BEYOND THE VALLEY OF THE DOLLS is such a fun movie! LOL! I have the soundtrack and listen to it quite often!
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Post by: MBarnum on August 06, 2004, 08:27:11 AM
DR Elmoore3003, it is nice to see you posting a bit more, but sorry to hear about your growth!
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Post by: Panni on August 06, 2004, 08:52:12 AM
I've finally made it in the world, DRs! I was notified that I am now on the Internet list of famous Hungarians in the Arts! This is the ONE time in my life that I will be listed with Kodaly, Bartok AND Cuddles Sakall!
If you want to check out the list, go to

http://www.thehungarypage.com/filmartsandmedia2.htm
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Post by: Dan (the Man) on August 06, 2004, 08:53:21 AM
I hope they update us on last years competitors and you know I sure would love to see a reunion of the very first season's people...that season seems to be the only one NOT available on DVD and it really was my favorite group of people.

MB, the first season of BB was tho only one I watched all the way through from beginning to end.  I liked those people a lot, too (well, maybe not all of them--but most, anyway.)

I guess that's the trouble I have with most reality TV shows.  The initial seasons of these shows are played by a good mix of people who ernestly play the game though they might be clewless about what's going on.  In subsequent seasons, the shows are inevitably cast with a bunch of posers who think they know the game inside and out.  They only play to win, exhibit self-consciously styled personalities, and, IMHO (internet lingo!),  are not very interesting to watch.  
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Post by: elmore3003 on August 06, 2004, 08:53:27 AM
Next decade, please!

1964:  Well, D'Oyly Carte brought "authentic" Gilbert and Sullivan back!

1965:  BAKER STREET:  the model is MY FAIR LADY, but it never reached that level.
         ON A CLEAR DAY:  a real amalgam of great operetta moments and great musical comedy, but it's Alan Jay Lerner and to me it spells operetta (I omitted CAMELOT in 1960!)
         MAN OF LA MANCHA
         ANYA:  Wright, Forrest, and Irra Petina.  What else could it be? And I forgot KEAN in 1961!!!

1966:  D'Oyly Carte was back!
         WALKING HAPPY:  this was an operetta looking for some direction

1967:  The year HAIR shook up everything!

1968:  THE HAPPY TIME:  nostalgia, wonderful score, and Robert Goulet!
          DARLING OF THE DAY:  another MY FAIR LADY model, but a better score than that of BAKER STREET.

1969:   1776:  another operetta set in the USA
           DEAR WORLD
           CRY FOR US ALL
           PROMENADE:  theatre-of-the-absurd attempts CANDIDE

1970:   THE ROTHSCHILDS

1971:   FOLLIES:  this is such an epic show, stretching the "musical play" idiom so far, employing techniques of time and place begun in COMPANY, that I feel its musical demands are more based in operetta than musical comedy

1972:   I think the theatre is reeling from the shock of rock and the political situation, and the closest thing to an operetta seems to be PIPPIN!  But it's reallt a good song-and-dance musical comedy with a cynical facade.

1973:   A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC:  all the waltzes of Strauss, Johann and Richard, and Ravel rolled into Stephen Sondheim.
          CYRANO:  not a great show, but some great music.

End of Decade!      

         
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Post by: Panni on August 06, 2004, 08:54:31 AM
   *****MORE HEALING VIBES TO DR ELMORE!***
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Post by: Jennifer on August 06, 2004, 08:59:17 AM

SORRY, more Big Brother talk.

Ha, Ha! Well, I don't think Scott is the brightest bulb around, that is for sure. I think part of it all was that he was so shocked to have been voted off that he was speechless...for once! LOL!

I love to see the look on the face of the evicted houseguest when they find out about the twins, too...it is priceless!

I thought that Jase's goodbye message to Scott was not very nice, considering they were supposed to be buddies...but as it turns out Jase evidently didn't like Scott all that much...Jase is just evil!

DR MattH mentioned that he had read that Jase didn't really like Scott.

I'm not so sure about that.  Jase certainly hinted that he would have nominated Scott (during the long endurance HOH with Diane).  But I don't believe him.

Yes Jase was very mad that Scott had voted out Holly.  But I think he was loyal to Scott and his other team members.

I think Jase was just stating the obvious in his good bye speech.  Although his tone wasn't too nice.  But he was right.  IT was totally stupid for Scott to make them vote out holly.  And it's the reason why the 4H will be leaving.


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Post by: bk on August 06, 2004, 08:59:19 AM
The cast tends to go up on lines in the same areas in the group numbers, and it's sporadic in some of the dialogue and solo numbers, but always seems to be in the same sections.  I'm going to run those until they can say them in their sleep - that's what tomorrow's rehearsal is for.

WEL: The theater is small, and the sound is decent without mics, but a couple of cast members don't project out as well as the others and it's noticible - and audiences have simply become used to it, that's the sad part.  Every waiver musical uses them, every high school uses them, and audiences now sublimininally need them.  I'm using them but keeping the volume VERY low for everyone but the two who need a bit of support.  When it was working last night, it worked really well and you could barely tell there was amplification.  It's subtle, the way it should be.
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Post by: Jennifer on August 06, 2004, 09:05:49 AM
MB, the first season of BB was tho only one I watched all the way through from beginning to end.  I liked those people a lot, too (well, maybe not all of them--but most, anyway.)  

Who was on BB1?  I remember BB4 with Alison and Jun.  I remember the one with Lisa and Will Kirby.  Was that BB3?

Help!
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Post by: Panni on August 06, 2004, 09:06:22 AM
Interesting article about the dramatic treatment of the post-9/11 era on various shows - LAW AND ORDER, etc - including Tiger Cruise.

CLICK FOR ARTICLE (http://www.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment/orl-livhal06_tvst080604aug06,0,1084451.story?coll=orl-caltop)
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Post by: Jennifer on August 06, 2004, 09:07:40 AM
DR Panni, that is so cool!  But couldn't they do the list alphabetically?  You are right near the bottom!

And DR Elmore, good vibes definitely ~~~~~~~~~.
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Post by: MBarnum on August 06, 2004, 09:07:45 AM
MB, the first season of BB was tho only one I watched all the way through from beginning to end.  I liked those people a lot, too (well, maybe not all of them--but most, anyway.)

I guess that's the trouble I have with most reality TV shows.  The initial seasons of these shows are played by a good mix of people who ernestly play the game though they might be clewless about what's going on.  In subsequent seasons, the shows are inevitably cast with a bunch of posers who think they know the game inside and out.  They only play to win, exhibit self-consciously styled personalities, and, IMHO (internet lingo!),  are not very interesting to watch.  

I always manage to become quite involved with the people on Big Brother...and definitely they do play to win as that is the goal. Essentially it is just a game show.

Now, I have found that Survivor does tend, for me,  to not be as exciting as in the past...but I still never miss it! LOL!

Do you watch THE AMAZING RACE? That show never fails to entertain. It is like a wonderful, big game show that doubles as a travelogue.

Regardless of who is on Big Brother, Amazing Race or Survivor I always find it fascinating to watch the human dynamics in play. I like people and I like seeing what makes them tick. I don't consider these shows to be reality shows, but rather game shows where contestants must use their wits, strength, personalities (or lack of) and emotions to win.

And of course, as with any TV show, the novelty will tend to wear off for many people after awhile.
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Post by: Dan (the Man) on August 06, 2004, 09:13:24 AM
[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]!!!!! GET HIP! GET HEP! GET WELL! VIBES FOR DR ELMORE !!!!![/move]

!!!!!  MORE CONGRATS TO DR PANNI! !!!!!*



*easy to read vibes  ;D
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Post by: DearReaderLaura on August 06, 2004, 09:14:37 AM
This morning I went for a walk, and this is what I saw:
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Post by: Jennifer on August 06, 2004, 09:19:22 AM
DR MBarnum, I could not resist posting this.

But it is a small spoiler as to what the houseguests are doing right now.

So if you really don't want to know (even though this is funny) THEN PLEASE DON'T READ ANY FURTHER.





(http://canoe.ca/BigBrother5Pics/jaseboxes.JPG)

Jase is cutting out boxes and he has spray painted the words, "starting alliance join today" on them. He is now walking around the house inviting everyone to join his alliance while saying, "me and you till the end".  :)

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Post by: MBarnum on August 06, 2004, 09:21:19 AM
DR MBarnum, I could not resist posting this.

But it is a small spoiler as to what the houseguests are doing right now.

So if you really don't want to know (even though this is funny) THEN PLEASE DON'T READ ANY FURTHER.





(http://canoe.ca/BigBrother5Pics/jaseboxes.JPG)

Jase is cutting out boxes and he has spray painted the words, "starting alliance join today" on them. He is now walking around the house inviting everyone to join his alliance while saying, "me and you till the end".  :)



Ha, ha, ha! Jase is a freak!
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Post by: Panni on August 06, 2004, 09:28:26 AM
DR Panni, that is so cool!  But couldn't they do the list alphabetically?  You are right near the bottom!

I think that must be because I'm a recent addition and they haven't had a chance to put things in the right order. (Just a guess.) I want to be in alphabetical order so that I can be next to my sweet fave S.Z. Sakall (actually Szoke (meaning "blonde") Szakall (meaning beard)).
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Post by: Dan (the Man) on August 06, 2004, 09:41:19 AM
Do you watch THE AMAZING RACE? That show never fails to entertain. It is like a wonderful, big game show that doubles as a travelogue.

I did watch the first season all the way through and enjoyed it a lot.  It's been hard to watch other season mostly because it's a summer series and I tend to get lazy about watching TV this time of year.
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Post by: Dan-in-Toronto on August 06, 2004, 09:48:15 AM
DR Elmore - Strength and healing vibes heading your way from Toronto.

I'm enjoying the operetta discussions immensely. I was about to mention Girl Who Came To Supper, then caught your addition. There's much of the score that I like. When I was in London about seven years ago, I gave myself an "Ada Cockle" tour.

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Post by: Stuart on August 06, 2004, 09:48:26 AM
MB, the first season of BB was tho only one I watched all the way through from beginning to end.  I liked those people a lot, too (well, maybe not all of them--but most, anyway.)

Me, too!  Especially Brittany, Jaime, Cassandra and Josh (Sloshie!)
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Post by: Jennifer on August 06, 2004, 10:00:23 AM
Can I vent that hotmail is a piece of crud.  Can someone explain to me why so many of their messages take a whole day to get through.  It rarely happens when I send a message to a hotmail one.

But it has been happening a lot the other way around.

UGGHGGGHHH!  thanks, I needed to get that off my chest.
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Post by: Ben on August 06, 2004, 10:00:51 AM
I tried to get Kempt on my lunch hour but my barber was not in. I will have to try and squeeze it in after work and before the theatre though I like to wash my hair after getting it cut to get rid of those pesky little hairs that fall down the back of your shirt and land on your back and make you itch!
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Post by: William E. Lurie on August 06, 2004, 10:06:12 AM
It's a shame that micing has become so common in LA.  In NYC micing is not used in most smaller theatres.  Mufti doesn't use it nor does Musicals Tonight.  As for Broadway by the Year at the slightly larger Town Hall, they started to do one number per show with no mics and have gradually increased it to several numbers... about 20% of the show.  They are even doing a special show next month which will be totally unmiked.  I guess the LA actors are more used to mics for film and television.
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Post by: Jennifer on August 06, 2004, 10:13:35 AM
It's a shame that micing has become so common in LA.  

I read that as mice-ing thinking that there were little tiny mice running around. :(
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Post by: Dan-in-Toronto on August 06, 2004, 10:14:24 AM
And from Back To School:

Guests at party of snobby wife (Adrenne Barbeau): "We were just admiring your wife's Klimt."

Rodney Dangerfield: "Everybody's seen it but me!"
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Post by: bk on August 06, 2004, 10:14:50 AM
Eighty-five posts by ten-fourteen Pacific Mean Daylight Savings Time.  That's what I'M talkin' about - I feel that soon we will be the most popular site on all the Internet.
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Post by: Dan-in-Toronto on August 06, 2004, 10:15:59 AM
(That was a stream of consciousness moment from kempt to klimt via verklempt.)
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Post by: Panni on August 06, 2004, 10:28:10 AM
Kempt...Klimpt...verklempt....

Sounds like horse hooves on pavement. Thought I'd share.
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Post by: Dan (the Man) on August 06, 2004, 10:28:26 AM
Me, too!  Especially Brittany, Jaime, Cassandra and Josh (Sloshie!)

Thanks, DR Stuart.  I was trying to go through the entire household and Brittany was the only name I couldn't come up with.  

I definately remember Josh for his drunk and naked bender during the last two days.
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Post by: Panni on August 06, 2004, 10:28:42 AM
And one for Mahler! (Who was always kempt.)
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Post by: elmore3003 on August 06, 2004, 10:28:56 AM
I just tried to post the next decade and the damned computer timed out so I've lost my list and have to start from scratch!  Damn!

This is the last decade I will post.  Theatre economics cut down the number of options and productions, and fewer musicals mean fewer means of defining a genre.
Today I find we're heading more into theme park attractions, a lot of children's stories, bridge and tunnel revues, some with book attempts and some without, and poperetta:  all the trappings of operetta without a full theatre orchestra and often without a score.  And then something incredibly comes along and blows this theory to hell.

1974:   CANDIDE:  new book by Hugh Wheeler, total disregard for the musical blueprint, voices not nearly so good as those of the original cast, and you have a hit.  It was a circus, it was a show, it was a 70s happening.
           
1975:   This was the year of CHICAGO vs A CHORUS LINE

1976:   Without a tape to verify or condemn we can only guess the status of HOME SWEET HOMER, but it was a Joan Diener show . . .
          PACIFIC OVERTURES:  the book leaves me cold, but the score moves me to tears.
          1600 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE:  bad book, amazing score.
          REX:  Richard Rodgers did better, but there is "Away from You."

1977:   Car 54, where are you?

1978:   ON THE TWENTIETH CENTURY:  Comden, Green, Cy Coleman and Hershy Kay write a comic operetta.
           TIMBUKTU:  KISMET without Alfred Drake?

1979:   SWEENEY TODD:  I still think it's an opera.
          CARMELINA:  another Alan Jay Lerner . . .
          I REMEMBER MAMA:  Richard Rodgers' swan song

1980:   Not a good year!

1981:   PIRATES OF PENZANCE
          COPPERFIELD:  the photos say operetta, but I have no idea what the  score said; Larry Blank would know.
           
1982:   A DOLL'S LIFE
          NINE:  A Fellini operetta

1983:   DANCE A LITTLE CLOSER:  well, it is an Alan Jay Lerner disaster . . .

1984:   SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE

Now, if anyone wants to take on the next 20 years, best of luck.
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Post by: Dan (the Man) on August 06, 2004, 10:33:02 AM
Insurance Salespeople Line Dancing!!!

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Post by: MBarnum on August 06, 2004, 10:45:17 AM
..and here is a link to Josh (Sloshie's) website...I miss him dancing the Irsh jig in his smiley boxers! That always cracked me up!

http://www.joshsouzaonline.com/ (http://www.joshsouzaonline.com/)

I once came across Jaimie's website. I will have to look around.
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Post by: Stuart on August 06, 2004, 10:45:29 AM
I read that as mice-ing thinking that there were little tiny mice running around. :(

And I thought I was the only one......
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Post by: Stuart on August 06, 2004, 10:46:34 AM
I definately remember Josh for his drunk and naked bender during the last two days.

You remember naked; I remember spandex shorts or something similar.  And that's what makes horse races!   ;)
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Post by: Stuart on August 06, 2004, 10:52:59 AM
You remember naked; I remember spandex shorts or something similar.  And that's what makes horse races!   ;)

And seeing what he is wearing in some of the pictures (courtesy of the link that dear reader MBarnum sent), I think we BOTH might have been correct, DR DTM!   :)
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Post by: Stuart on August 06, 2004, 10:53:23 AM
I am my own mini-frenzy!
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Post by: Dan (the Man) on August 06, 2004, 11:01:37 AM
You remember naked; I remember spandex shorts or something similar.  And that's what makes horse races!   ;)

Quote
And seeing what he is wearing in some of the pictures (courtesy of the link that dear reader MBarnum sent), I think we BOTH might have been correct, DR DTM!  


I never forget naked, DR Stuart!  8)
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Post by: Elan on August 06, 2004, 11:17:47 AM
Good heavens, has it been that long since last I posted? Well, we must rectify that deplorable, deplorable situation at once, shall we not?

Congratulations on achieving kemptness, Bruce. Someday, I aspire to be kempt myself, but for now I will simply settle for being a bit ferklempt instead.

Media check:
CD player at home: "Hey, Love: songs of Mary Rogers"
CD player at work: Israeli cast of "The King and I"
Record player: Carl Reiner & Mel Brooks's "2000 Year Old Man"
DVD player: Gigantic: A Tale of Two Johns (biopic of pop group They Might Be Giants)
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Post by: Dan-in-Toronto on August 06, 2004, 11:20:54 AM
DR Stuart,

I just sent you a rather private e-mail, then realized you're at work. Think twice before opening it.

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Post by: Stuart on August 06, 2004, 11:22:29 AM
DR Stuart,

I just sent you a rather private e-mail, then realized you're at work. Think twice before opening it.



Alas, one server doesn't work quite as quickly as the other....too late.  But the response is on its way back to you.....
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on August 06, 2004, 11:23:43 AM
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from: Jennifer on Today at 10:13:35am ]
I read that as mice-ing thinking that there were little tiny mice running around.

And I thought I was the only one......

No...I was really scrambling to imagine micing as a practice in NYC...and, of course, it didn't seem like a stretch as there's probably plenty of rodent life there.

But in my day, a microphone, and the practice of using one, was called a "mike" and "miking"....the "c" turning into a "k" in the abbreviated forms of the word.

Things may have changed, though...
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Post by: Dan-in-Toronto on August 06, 2004, 11:26:57 AM
Stuart,

I was really, well, verklempt when I realized I'd sent you that one at work. My apologies.
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Post by: William E. Lurie on August 06, 2004, 11:32:48 AM
Okay... is it spelled "mikeing" or "miking"?  "Mic"  is short for microphone so how do you spell it when you change it to other parts of speech?

For those of you who didn't follow the link to Michael  Riedel's column that was posted back on page 2, it states that in the new production of DRACULA now in previews Melissa Errico goes topless and Kelli O'Hara is totally nude... for evening performances only.  They are both fully dressed at matinees.  Now I have nothing against nudity in the theatre if it is germaine to the character or plot, but how can it be germaine to the character or plot at night but not in the afternoon?  I would have expected more of Melissa... when she was the special guest in chat here a couple of years ago she seemed like a nice sensible woman.  Is she that desperate for work that she is willing to participate in this obvious attempt to sell tickets to a bomb?  Doesn't she realize that if the nudity can easily be eliminated that it is being used to sell tickets and is not necessary to the show?  I am afraid that if this is a show that the critics hate but sells out at night (by selling out) then it might start a trend.  In upcoming musicals might one see a topless Mary Poppins at night or a nocturnal naked Truly Scrumptious?
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Post by: Dan (the Man) on August 06, 2004, 11:34:40 AM
Urrgh!  How long is that ad with the Tony winners and losers (and non-contenders) going to continue to haunt us?  It's a constant reminder that, once again, I've been passed up for an award.
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Post by: Jennifer on August 06, 2004, 11:42:04 AM
DR WEL, i just looked it up and while you can write "mic" or "mike" the variations are "miked", "miking", "mikes".
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Post by: Jennifer on August 06, 2004, 11:44:45 AM
And I also find the nudity thing weird.  But not in the same way that you did.

I do understand that they are trying to attract schools to the show.  So not having nudity at the matinees makes sense.

My problem is why do they need the nudity period.  I really don't see how a show of this type requires nudity.  
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Post by: JoseSPiano on August 06, 2004, 12:06:06 PM
Good Morning!  Well, almost Good Afternoon!

I was actually walking by Musso & Frank yesterday, and had wondered why the What If? gang hasn't supped there yet.  I look forward to returning there.

The mics (or mikes, if you prefer) did introduce a small wrinkle into last night's rehearsal/run-thru, but everyone seemed to deal with it.  One advantage the mics have provided me with is that I can now play out a bit instead of holding back to hear some of the singers every now and then.  With my placement on the stage, I'm basically behind the singers most of the time.  So with them singing out towards the audience, there were times when I was straining to hear them in the quieter sections, but not last night.  *One of the speakers is above my head.

It really is an interesting space.  Yes, a show in there could be done without microphones, but it's not really an acoustically designed space.  The natural ambiance of the room actually has a muffled and slightly-fuzzy quality to it.  If it was a cleaner acoustic, then maybe we could drop the use of the mics, but...  As BK mentioned, the mics will only be used to enhance the sound, not amplify it.

All in all, I felt better after last night's rehearsal.  With this type of show, and with all the various types of material, the rehearsals with the singers help me more than my own practice.  There are some nice, intimate, personal moments in a show, and the run-thrus this week have made it eaiser for me to "read" where the singers are going (as their renditions have been developing) - and when I need to lay back and when I need to supprt them.  Practice makes perfect.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on August 06, 2004, 12:09:24 PM
As for "Big Brother"...  I don't think I've ever watched a full episode... And, now that I think of it, I'm not really sure I've watched even more than five minutes of an episode, so...

But that's more related to my work schedule than anything else.  Since shows like "Big Brother," "Survivor," "The Amazing Race," - heck, even "Friends" - are primetime shows, I'm usually working during that primetime viewing slot.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on August 06, 2004, 12:24:52 PM
As for DRACULA...

I'm not sure I would call Melissa Errico "desperate"...  I think she's just going along with the director's vision of the piece - or at least giving it a try.  Heck, she was naked for a few moments when she played Dot in the Kennedy Center's SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE two summers ago.

As for the nudity in general... Who knows what goes on in the mind of the creative team during a rehearsal and preview period?  Nudity could very well work in a retelling of the Dracula story, but whether or not it really works in this re-telling... we shall see...

Also keep in mind, the reports have both leading ladies showing some skin at some point during the evening, not just Melissa Errico.  Kelli O'Hara supposedly is "sans nightgown" during one of her encounters with the Count.
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Post by: William E. Lurie on August 06, 2004, 12:31:49 PM
My point is that if the nudity is needed it should be used at all performances.  If it can easily be eliminated, then it is probably not really necessary and is being used for publicity.  If it is in the "director's vision" then he should insist it be used at all performances.
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Post by: Noel on August 06, 2004, 12:33:24 PM
Can't say I'm starting to crack under all this pressure.  Honestly, I've cracked under all this pressure.  I snapped at a particularly timid performer and raised my voice to deliver a tirade in front of the entire class.

The two different over-stuffed cabaret shows are Sunday and Tuesday night, so we're getting down to the nitty gritty.  There's 26 songs in one cabaret and 23 in the other, so I've a lot of things to keep in my head.  Such as everybody's tempo.

Each moment I'm there I try to be as supportive as possible to all the neophyte singers, many of whom are understandably nervous or bewildered by the whole process.  Today I failed.

On the program, it says I'm the musical director.  There's a director and a choreographer credited as well.  On the back of the program, the entire faculty is listed, including a voice teacher, who, for purposes of this recap, I'll call Reed Williams.

We had limited time this morning to cover about a third of the songs, so I was happy to see a relatively simple one, Sondheim's Love Is in the Air, which, thankfully, we've always done in the same tempo.  Except today, the singer asked me if we could do it slower.

Now, the singer couldn't have known that I had compartive adverbs.  "Slower" is meaningless to me.  "Slower" than a speeding bullet - THAT I can understand.  But, before I could ask the necessary follow-up question, "slower than what?" the singer contined "Reed Williams said it should be slower."

I saw red.

"This is not OK with me.  Let's hear it once again in the tempo we've been doing it in and then we'll see if a change needs to be made."

But the director noticed the singer's lip quivering as I played the first bars (as I always have - in fact I've never even heard any other tempo; I first heard the song played by Sondheim himself in his talk at the "Y").  And I leaped in to explain:

"I'm sorry, folks, and this has nothing to do with you, who are, as they say in the phrase 'don't kill the messenger' just the messenger.  You've done nothing wrong.  But I just snapped because I'm hearing, a few days before, that Reed Williams has suggested a new tempo.  And if you read your program, it says that I'M musical director if this show.  So, if a tempo is right or wrong, I get the credit or blame.  It's my responsibility, ultimately, and I'm not averse to trying new things at this point, but you must understand what it means to me to have to deal with a suggestion from somebody who has not even heard me play the song."

The director then marched off to give our boss an earful.  I waited two and a half hours to more calmly do the same.  (Mr. Williams wasn't present today.)

It's not that I'm keen on having all this authority.  If Reed wants to set tempos, list him as musical director, me as accompanist, and I'll simply follow orders.  But, this being an educational program, what are we teaching the students if the hierarchy of the theatre can be so subverted?
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Post by: S. Woody White on August 06, 2004, 12:37:20 PM
I'll be reviewing yesterday's posts later, along with today's.  We've errands to run, things to do, and miles to go before we sleep, so I'll try to keep this short.

We didn't play ANY of the CDs while ladsitting yesterday.  The television was already on the Cartoon Network, and there it stayed, distracting from and during any other activity.  Bleh.

On the other hand, on our way back we stopped by Sam's Club, and they had a number of DVDs on sale.  Now waiting on our "to watch" shelf are:

Doctor Zhivago (which der Brucer has seen, but I still haven't)
Citizen Kane (which I have seen, but der Brucer hasn't)
The Manchurian Candidate (original version, which we've both seen on PBS recently)
The Magnificen Seven (to which we can at least hum the music)
Meet Me in St. Louis (humming along would be rude, like singing along at Carnegie Hall)
O Brother, Where Art Thou? (humming allowed, maybe)
To Catch a Thief (Hmmmmm!)
Hidalgo (Viggo...HMMMMMM!   ;D)
and The Princess Diaries (Julie Andrews and Garry Marshall...sounds like an interesting combo!)

Back later.

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Post by: Jennifer on August 06, 2004, 12:41:47 PM
Yeah the Riedel column I linked to earlier mentioned that both actresses take off their clothes.

The thing I find interesting is that usually it is very artistic pieces that have nudity in them.  Well, then what is Wildhorn doing using it?  I don't mean to be offensive, but his musicals usually appeal to the masses.

So what I wonder if what would have happened if either actress had said they wouldn't get naked on stage?
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Post by: elmore3003 on August 06, 2004, 12:50:47 PM
The thing I find interesting is that usually it is very artistic pieces that have nudity in them.  Well, then what is Wildhorn doing using it?  I don't mean to be offensive, but his musicals usually appeal to the masses.

So what I wonder if what would have happened if either actress had said they wouldn't get naked on stage?

Maybe he realized he'll sell better with naked performers?  
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Post by: Jennifer on August 06, 2004, 12:51:09 PM
Isn't it amazing how much kids like cartoons and dvds?  I was absolutely amazed.  Adults watch a dvd maybe once or twice.  But kids play theirs over and over.  They sure do get their money's worth (not that they pay, but you know what I mean).

And speaking of kids, I miss my two little ones who went home last week. :(
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Post by: JoseSPiano on August 06, 2004, 12:53:12 PM
My point is that if the nudity is needed it should be used at all performances.  If it can easily be eliminated, then it is probably not really necessary and is being used for publicity.  If it is in the "director's vision" then he should insist it be used at all performances.

I totally agree with you.

However, I have a feeling the PRODUCERS' vision - of their bank accounts - is also coming into play here.  Heck, the statements say that the producers want to attract family audiences to the piece.  They want to attract more ticket buyers to the box office - for the both the matinee and evening performances.  I just sense that the proverbial "something" is "up".  Unfortunately, what I really sense is a "sinking ship", so...  We shall see...
Title: Re:THE KEMPT ME
Post by: Jane on August 06, 2004, 12:53:54 PM
GOOD, GOOD HEALING VIBES TO ELMORE!!
Title: Re:THE KEMPT ME
Post by: Jane on August 06, 2004, 12:56:29 PM
Matt H how does the DVD transfer from TIVO compare with the tape transfer which looses much of the wonderful digital quality?

Welcome back Kerry!! :)

Panni that photo looks very familiar.
Very nice comments on Tiger Cruise in the article.
I could not find the NY Times review.  ???

DearReaderLaura as always, thanks for the picture. :)

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Post by: Jane on August 06, 2004, 12:58:21 PM
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TD!  Hope you are having a great time in NY. :)

Musso & Frank’S serves a beautiful vegetarian dish, really displayed so pretty-just one problem-it doesn’t taste nearly as nice as it looks.  Guess you need to be a meat eater to sup there.   :-\
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Post by: Jennifer on August 06, 2004, 01:06:38 PM
I am hungry.

I'm making rib steaks for dinner outside on the grill.

Yummy!
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Post by: Jennifer on August 06, 2004, 01:09:39 PM
Big Brother talk.

And those who don't want to know anything about what is happening today, STOP READING NOW!





Earlier today we were talking about Jen possibly putting up two of her own so that her team could control the veto.

There had been talk of Drew and Diane.  I guessed Will and Diane (because can they really trust Drew?)

But now Marvin has offered to go up with Diane.  I'm assuming so that they can take off Diane and put Jase.

But on one of the feeds someone caught Marvin saying, "one more week till sequester".  Is he trying to pull one over on Girl Power and trying to leave?

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Post by: Dan (the Man) on August 06, 2004, 01:18:00 PM
Re: Dracula

No one mourns the naked!
No one cries "Hers look real!"
No one tries to notice if they shave!
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Post by: Matt H. on August 06, 2004, 01:20:00 PM
LOL! Jase knows that the writing is on the wall. The Four Horsemen are history, so he'd better start scouting for a new alliance.
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Post by: François de Paris on August 06, 2004, 01:24:36 PM
JOYEUX ANNIVERSAIRE! foxy little prince td!

Will you be celebrating in the nude at all.... performances or at night only????? :o


My! We're getting PC Broadway shows at certain performances now?

Now, if they revive O'Calcutta! are they going to give it the same treatment???

Should we blame the Republicans for that? :P

"What A Wonderful World!".........
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Post by: Matt H. on August 06, 2004, 01:27:31 PM
My goodness, I didn't anything watched today except yesterday's ONE LIFE TO LIVE. I had a surprise visitor who came and stayed and stayed and stayed. We gossiped about everyone under the sun, talked about upcoming show auditions, and now, I'm free to jump on the internet, but DVD watching will be postponed until tonight.
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Post by: Matt H. on August 06, 2004, 01:31:40 PM
DR Jane asked:  "Matt H how does the DVD transfer from TIVO compare with the tape transfer which looses much of the wonderful digital quality?"

Well, going from a digital source to an analog source like videotape is definitely going to be a decrease in quality. VHS videotape only offers 270+ scan lines as opposed to DVD's 520, so naturally your quality is going to be much less with less crisp images, etc. However, it looks as good as a videotape can look if you record at the maximum speed.

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Post by: François de Paris on August 06, 2004, 01:42:40 PM
This morning, I went for a walk and



this is what you would have seen






and







and






and





IF I've had a camera with me!
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Post by: Jane on August 06, 2004, 01:43:31 PM
DVD:  Last night we watched an interesting, well acted and well done movie, THE MADNESS OF KING GEORGE.

DVD tonight:  MAKE ROOM FOR DADDY

TIVO:  TIGER CRUISE –for tonight
           STARGATE SG1 & ATLANTIS
           DANCE, GIRL, DANCE - my favorite Lucille Ball movie

CD:  I keep movie around the house, just have the radio on in several rooms
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Post by: Jane on August 06, 2004, 02:02:18 PM
However, it looks as good as a videotape can look if you record at the maximum speed.

Are you saying the DVD looks as good as a videotape or just saying the video looks as good as you can get it and the DVD looks better?
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Post by: Jane on August 06, 2004, 02:03:25 PM
François next time take a camera with you. :)
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Post by: Matt H. on August 06, 2004, 02:06:38 PM
Are you saying the DVD looks as good as a videotape or just saying the video looks as good as you can get it and the DVD looks better?

A videotaped copy of a digital original is going to look as good as videotape can ever look, but that's not in the same ballpark with what a DVD can look like. The scan line difference I mentioned in my post was mentioned to explain why videotape can never look as good as a digital copy (if the digital copy is done with the maximum quality possible).
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Post by: François de Paris on August 06, 2004, 02:18:08 PM
What if the kempt BK were to put bare boobs and naked bottoms in his show????? :o

Would that be.... the First Nudie Musical Revue??? ;D
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Post by: François de Paris on August 06, 2004, 02:20:02 PM
François next time take a camera with you. :)

Next time, I'll take YOU with me!
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Post by: Noel on August 06, 2004, 02:27:32 PM
Am I hearing back-to-back Rice/John songs on the radio show?  This is not a good day to torture me.

Elmore, re: Dearest Enemy - it may seem to the readers like we're disagreeing when we're not.  I said that operettas are set in a far-off time and place and you said Dearest Enemy is set in New York.  We're both correct: It's set in New York at the time of the American revolution!

But I'm not really understanding the rest of your list.  Are you saying that these musicals, such as A Chorus Line and Chicago are operettas?  How so?  Do operettas incorporate dance to tell much of their stories?  Do you find something operetta-like in all those John Kander 1920s vamps?  Or Hamlisch's contemporary pop?

Obviously, different people use different words different ways... including the French!

The one-and-only entertaining moment in Dracula was Kelli O'Hara's 3 seconds of nakedness (Errico didn't reveal anything the night I attended, but I may have dozed off).  Making more and more people take off their clothes may be the only way that show can entertain the public.  And I do mean the public more commonly found at strip clubs.

And, to be fair, the nudity shouldn't be limited to the women.  If you want to see anything other than usually-covered body parts, such as a story, creepiness, lyrics, music, special effects, dialogue, stay away from Dracula.  And there are better (cheaper) strip clubs around.

Whew.  Came close to a Freudian typo when I wrote "public"
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Post by: Stuart on August 06, 2004, 02:29:34 PM
I shall be E&T for the next few days....we have some out-of-town guests with us for the weekend.  Will try to catch up when I can.....

A good weekend to you all!
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Post by: Jane on August 06, 2004, 02:32:22 PM
Next time, I'll take YOU with me!

Sounds like a good idea to me.  :)

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Post by: Jane on August 06, 2004, 02:33:32 PM
Matt H. thanks for clarifying.  I thought that was what you meant and I wasn't reading it that way.
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Post by: Jane on August 06, 2004, 02:34:59 PM
Tomovoz we haven't had a bird picture from you in awhile.  Don't you have some new ones you have been hand feeding?
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Post by: Noel on August 06, 2004, 02:37:29 PM
And was it a publicist for Caroline or Change that was comparing its Tony loss to the more "wholesome" Avenue Q to West Side Story's losing out to The Music Man?  In what sense is Avenue Q wholesome?  When I saw it, there was a great song encouraging people to tear up those jury duty notices.  Of Caroline and Q, there's only one you can take children to, and it's the one with the singing washing machine, not the puppets.
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Post by: Tomovoz on August 06, 2004, 02:46:45 PM
Tomovoz we haven't had a bird picture from you in awhile.  Don't you have some new ones you have been hand feeding?
Old fashioned us. Colin has to finish his film first. One minute ago I was hand feeding a magpie. They can be seriously threatening birds!
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Post by: François de Paris on August 06, 2004, 02:51:09 PM
Quote:

Obviously, different people use different words different ways... including the French!


Sounds like a line Mr Sondheim would use in a song!

Gee! 3 seconds of nakedness and people are SHOCKED!?
In the land of lap-dancing!?!?!? :o

Am I going to get dirty looks if I state that operetta has a European origin?

One of the main rules is that there has to be a romantic couple, a couple of elderly people -- i know, i don't express myself properly, sorry!Must be Miss O'Hara's nudity that i have not seen!! AND a couple of comedians!

Really enjoyed dear reader Elmoore's comments!
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Post by: Jay on August 06, 2004, 02:51:34 PM
Musso & Frank’S serves a beautiful vegetarian dish, really displayed so pretty-just one problem-it doesn’t taste nearly as nice as it looks.  Guess you need to be a meat eater to sup there.   :-\


You want a nice vegetarian dish, go to Daily Grill.  A friend of mine ordered their vegetable plate the other day and it looked like a magazine picture of a bountiful harvest.  Some veggies were grilled, others steamed, and there was an unbelievable quantity of food.
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Post by: Panni on August 06, 2004, 02:55:10 PM
Hey, I just looked up the Master List of the Famous Hungarians site. Take a look at my immediate neighbors. Am I in good company or what? (The list is exactly as written on the site.)

241.Miklos Rozsa - Triple Oscar Winning Film Music Composer
 242. Erno Rubik - Mathematician, Inventor of Rubik's Cube!
 243.Leopold Ruzicka  - Nobel Prize 1939 - "For his work on polymethylenes & higher terpenes"
 244. S.Z. "Cuddles" Sakall - Famed Character Actor, from Casablanca fame
 245. Anna Sandor - Emmy Award-Winning screenwriter
 246.Nicolas Sarkozy - French Minister of the Interior, Internal Security and Local Freedoms. Potential Candidate for French Prime Minister!
 247.Andrew Sarlos - Hungarian-born Canadian investor and financial guru, author, and great philanthropist
 248. Sylvia Sass - Another Heavenly Soprano, "the New Callas"
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Post by: François de Paris on August 06, 2004, 02:55:33 PM
Old fashioned us. Colin has to finish his film first. One minute ago I was hand feeding a magpie. They can be seriously threatening birds!

Magpie à la mode!

Ice cream always coool them off! ;)
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Post by: Jay on August 06, 2004, 02:56:07 PM
Can someone explain to me why at 3:00 pm I still haven't gotten to the task I swore I would attend to first thing this morning and not do anything else until I got it done?

Why?  Why?
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Post by: Jay on August 06, 2004, 02:57:31 PM
Hey, I just looked up the Master List of the Famous Hungarians site. Take a look at my immediate neighbors. Am I in good company or what? (The list is exactly as written on the site.)

241.Miklos Rozsa - Triple Oscar Winning Film Music Composer
 242. Erno Rubik - Mathematician, Inventor of Rubik's Cube!
 243.Leopold Ruzicka  - Nobel Prize 1939 - "For his work on polymethylenes & higher terpenes"
 244. S.Z. "Cuddles" Sakall - Famed Character Actor, from Casablanca fame
 245. Anna Sandor - Emmy Award-Winning screenwriter
 246.Nicolas Sarkozy - French Minister of the Interior, Internal Security and Local Freedoms. Potential Candidate for French Prime Minister!
 247.Andrew Sarlos - Hungarian-born Canadian investor and financial guru, author, and great philanthropist
 248. Sylvia Sass - Another Heavenly Soprano, "the New Callas"


May your talent and career last considerably longer than those of Miss Sass.
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Post by: François de Paris on August 06, 2004, 02:57:42 PM
You're gonna hate me! (Yeah! says the masochist!!!)

I'm presently listening to the Bette Midler version of GYPSY.... and the overture sounds terrific! Maybe one of the best renderings I've ever heard! :D
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Post by: Panni on August 06, 2004, 02:58:07 PM
You want a nice vegetarian dish, go to Daily Grill.  A friend of mine ordered their vegetable plate the other day and it looked like a magazine picture of a bountiful harvest.  Some veggies were grilled, others steamed, and there was an unbelievable quantity of food.

Thank you, Jay! The Grill is just up the street and I've never had this dish. That's what I'll order next time!
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Post by: bk on August 06, 2004, 02:58:39 PM
Off to rehearsal.  Keep the home fries burning - it's so nice to come home to a load of lovely postings.  Relaxes me right up.
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Post by: Panni on August 06, 2004, 02:58:57 PM
And another one for Mahler! (Who was not a Hungarian.)
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Post by: Panni on August 06, 2004, 03:00:54 PM
May your talent and career last considerably longer than those of Miss Sass.

I'm aiming more for Rozsa and Cuddles.
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Post by: Jane on August 06, 2004, 03:02:03 PM
You want a nice vegetarian dish, go to Daily Grill.  A friend of mine ordered their vegetable plate the other day and it looked like a magazine picture of a bountiful harvest.  Some veggies were grilled, others steamed, and there was an unbelievable quantity of food.

I eat at the one in Brentwood with my brother.  Garlic mashed potatoes are a must with the veggies. :)
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Post by: Jay on August 06, 2004, 03:03:08 PM
Oh yes.  I saw Hairspray last night.  No time for a lengthy review, but it was swell.

Vilanch's ad-lib schtick was limited to the in-front-of-the-curtain portion of the "Your Timeless to Me" scene.  Inasmuch that set-up--and Wilbur's outfit--evoke vaudeville, it worked.

Fun show, fun score, fun scenery, costumes and wigs, fun time.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on August 06, 2004, 03:15:55 PM
Hey, I just looked up the Master List of the Famous Hungarians site. Take a look at my immediate neighbors. Am I in good company or what? (The list is exactly as written on the site.)

241.Miklos Rozsa - Triple Oscar Winning Film Music Composer
 242. Erno Rubik - Mathematician, Inventor of Rubik's Cube!
 243.Leopold Ruzicka  - Nobel Prize 1939 - "For his work on polymethylenes & higher terpenes"
 244. S.Z. "Cuddles" Sakall - Famed Character Actor, from Casablanca fame
 245. Anna Sandor - Emmy Award-Winning screenwriter
 246.Nicolas Sarkozy - French Minister of the Interior, Internal Security and Local Freedoms. Potential Candidate for French Prime Minister!
 247.Andrew Sarlos - Hungarian-born Canadian investor and financial guru, author, and great philanthropist
 248. Sylvia Sass - Another Heavenly Soprano, "the New Callas"

I'm schocked, I tell you, SHOCKED!

The master list does not include the MOST FAMOUS Hungarians of them all???

Zsa Zsa, Eva, Magda and their momma, Jolie?

ZOUNDS!
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Post by: Jane on August 06, 2004, 03:20:43 PM
It does, just not next to Anna's.
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Post by: Tomovoz on August 06, 2004, 03:26:13 PM
Congratulations Anna (Panni) on the reviews and of course on making it to the list. I assume Zoltan Karparthy is on there somewhere too.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on August 06, 2004, 03:26:49 PM
It does, just not next to Anna's.

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

Never mind!
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Post by: Dan (the Man) on August 06, 2004, 03:42:20 PM
Congratulations Anna (Panni) on the reviews and of course on making it to the list. I assume Zoltan Karparthy is on there somewhere too.

"Karpathy, that dreadful Hungarian; was he there?"
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Post by: George on August 06, 2004, 03:42:35 PM
On today's tvguide.com, they have a review of "Tiger Cruise."  I hope you don't mind me posting this, but here are few excerpts:

Disney Channel's original movies are consistently among the best TV-films on the air. In the last year, the House of Mouse has televised inspirational sports-themed flicks such as Full-Court Miracle and Going to the Mat, the hip musical drama The Cheetah Girls and the sunny comedy Stuck in the Suburbs. While each of these movies is aimed at kids and teens, adults — like myself — can enjoy them, too. Tonight's movie, however, isn't just aimed at children. In fact, parents are urged to watch Tiger Cruise because of the extremely serious subject matter: the Sept. 11 attacks.

It then goes on to tell a bit about the story and the characters, but the last paragraphs are real good:

...The story is told from Maddie's point of view and she forms playful relationships with two other kids aboard the ship. What is different about Cruise is the goal. Initially, Maddie's mission is to get her dad to come home for good. But after she watches him at work, she realizes just how much other people depend on him to protect our country. In the end, she must decide if she needs her dad more than her country does.

The movie is an excellent springboard for a conversation with your kids about Sept. 11. The horrific events of that day are not depicted graphically, but the gravity of the situation is conveyed by the impressive cast and script. When my 11-year-old daughter, Jennie, watched Tiger Cruise, she wept. Although we did not know anyone who perished in the attacks, the movie drove home the fact that ordinary people, like us, lost loved ones that day. What's more, there are brave men and women who risk their lives everyday to defend our freedom.

You can't ask for a movie to do more than that. And Tiger Cruise does it admirably. — Tim Holland


Pretty darned good, Panni (Anna)!!  Yet another great review! ;D ;D
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Post by: Sandra on August 06, 2004, 03:44:43 PM
Good morning! (Yeah, I know.)

Happy birthday td!

Congratulations Panni!

Welcome back Kerry!

Feel better Elmore!

I think that's everybody.

My VCR still isn't hooked up and I have no idea what is in there. Frank Sinatra is in my CD player.

The end.
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Post by: François de Paris on August 06, 2004, 03:56:37 PM
Quote from Sandra

"My VCR still isn't hooked up and I have no idea what is in there. Frank Sinatra is in my CD player."


Oh! So that's where he's been lately!!

Thought he'd disappeared with Zoltan Kaparthy!!
Wonder how such rumours start!

Next thing you know, they'll say there's nudity in Broadway shows!

That's pure terrorism to keep decent people away from the musical theater!
A shame! ;D
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Post by: Jennifer on August 06, 2004, 04:11:32 PM
Okay where have I been? I did not know that Tiger Cruise was about 9/11.

Has anyone here seen a new WB show called Studio 7.  I happened to turn it on last night when I was trying to fall asleep.  It's basically 7 18-23 yr olds living in a house for a few weeks learning trivia.  There are different questions asked to each, followed by eliminations.  Then the last task is a memory round.  They had to memorize the dates, teams, and scores of all the Superbowls.  Wow.
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Post by: George on August 06, 2004, 04:14:03 PM
In my CD player at work:  "Putumaya presents Greece:  A Musical Odyssey" (it was a gift and it's pretty good...not knowing what's good Greek music or what's bad Greek music.  As they saying goes (and remember, no groaning allowed):  It's all Greek to me!

After that will be the three Kritzer CDs that came with the three Benjamin Kritzer books!  Yesterday, the library I work for just got the third book, "Kritzer Time."

In my VCR:  a blank tape to tape "Tiger Cruise"...what else? :)

In my DVD player:  "The Manchurian Candidate"  I checked it out from the library and it's overdue...however, I have no idea where it is!  I bought it a few days ago and that's what I'll watch...but not tonight.
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Post by: George on August 06, 2004, 04:17:43 PM
Well, I literally JUST got a call from my sister saying that her boyfriend bought four tickets to see The Corrs in concert at the St. Michele (I think) winery in Woodinville!  So, I'm leaving work early so that I can set my VCR to tape "Tiger Cruise," then go to see The Corrs (in the rain)!
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Post by: George on August 06, 2004, 04:19:26 PM
The St. Michele winery has a natural outdoor amphitheater...outdoor, meaning when it rains, we get rained on!  I've seen The Manhattan Transfer there when it was raining and it was still a good concert.
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Post by: François de Paris on August 06, 2004, 04:21:08 PM
To be rained on in a ... winery is quite unseemly!!
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Post by: George on August 06, 2004, 04:22:01 PM
Free tickets...what can I say?
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Post by: François de Paris on August 06, 2004, 04:22:56 PM
Do you get... rainchecks???
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Post by: François de Paris on August 06, 2004, 04:25:01 PM
Must be me but i find Peter Gallagher's singing in Pal Joey quite dull!

Sorry, Peter! Wish your voice were as nice as your looks!
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Post by: Jay on August 06, 2004, 04:26:00 PM
In the CD player:

Classic Queen

Brigadoon (studio cast recording)

Sleepless in Seattle (soundtrack)

Bellini's Norma (complete) with Mesdames Sutherland and Horne
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Post by: François de Paris on August 06, 2004, 04:32:14 PM
Must be me but i think it's wrong to pause after "never" in I COULD WRITE A BOOK:

"... so the world could never -- pause -- forget!"

Mr Rodgers would like it and Mr Mel Tormé would not approve!

Forgive me! I'm just rambling!
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Post by: Tomovoz on August 06, 2004, 04:34:14 PM
In the CD player:

Classic Queen
What can I say? I know the term "Opera Queen" :)
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Post by: Jrand74 on August 06, 2004, 04:35:01 PM
Whew what wonderful posts....nakidity.....DRNOEL reducing his students to tears....DR KERRY's return....DRELAN's return.....

Microphone stories.  Lists and lists and lists.  AND Zoltan Karpathy, that darling boy!

I am watching THE LONG LONG TRAILER....Lucille Ball & Desi Arnaz...so unique and such wonderful performers.  And so FUNNY.  And Lucille Ball at age 44 beautiful, funny and Lucy!!!!!
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Post by: DearReaderLaura on August 06, 2004, 04:38:51 PM
Happy Birthday, td! Hoping you enjoy much cake today!

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Post by: DearReaderLaura on August 06, 2004, 04:40:57 PM
I also saw this handsome muscovey duck on my walk this morning.
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Post by: Tomovoz on August 06, 2004, 04:43:21 PM
Love the photos DR Laura.
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Post by: Jrand74 on August 06, 2004, 04:45:01 PM
DRJANE is that the MAKE ROOM FOR DADDY box set with Miss Annette Funicello as Gina?  Does she sing and dance?  Isn't she just too cute?  If it IS the box set with Miss Annette Funicello, that is.
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Post by: Jay on August 06, 2004, 04:46:12 PM
What can I say? I know the term "Opera Queen" :)

Though it might be easy to surmise that a CD with the title Classic Queen contains the soundtrack from the movie about my life, in fact it is a compilation of music by a band fronted by the late Freddy Mercury.

 ;)
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Post by: Tomovoz on August 06, 2004, 04:47:19 PM
I see that friend TCB has managed to log on today. I hope he stays on long enough to read that he is very much missed.  HHW is not the same without the full Washington contingent.
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Post by: Jay on August 06, 2004, 04:48:30 PM
Howsabout a Bohemian Rhapsody to mark our move to Page 7?
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Post by: Tomovoz on August 06, 2004, 04:51:30 PM
"A Night At The Opera" was a great album too DR Jay.
Somehow I sensed that there would be no offence taken!
I am "Queen" fan too.  I often wondered what the "Elaine Paige sings Queen" album was like but was too afraid to learn the truth.
I did not go and see the musical!!!??? "We Will Rock You".  The May/Mercury songs have enough drama in themselves without being shoehorned into an entertainment.

We are the champions. A HHW reference.
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Post by: Danise on August 06, 2004, 04:58:51 PM
Evening all!

I have the Disney channel on right now.  Tiger Cruse starts in just a few minutes and I’m looking forward to watching it.  

Happy, Happy, Happy Birthday DR td!  Many, Many more!

I’m so glad you liked the card, DR Elmore.  I hoped it would cheer you up.  

I want to try that link thing you guys taught to DR Jane last night.  Someone gave me this link at work today and I think it’s pretty funny.  Give it a look and tell me what you think.

THIS LAND (http://www.jibjab.com/)

Hope it works!  Enjoy!
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Post by: Jane on August 06, 2004, 05:32:04 PM
DRJANE is that the MAKE ROOM FOR DADDY box set with Miss Annette Funicello as Gina?  Does she sing and dance?  Isn't she just too cute?  If it IS the box set with Miss Annette Funicello, that is.

I only have three episodes from 1955.   Gina doesn't appear until 1959.  By then the show was called The Danny Thomas Show.

In 1955 I was too young to appreciate how talented Jean Hagen was.
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Post by: MBarnum on August 06, 2004, 05:43:28 PM
Here is my Bollywood movie for this weekend. KWAHISH (2004). It is, evidently, a remake of LOVE STORY and the reviews for it are pretty bad...but you know, I think there will still be something in it that I can appreciate  ::)

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Post by: Panni on August 06, 2004, 05:44:30 PM
Thanks for posting that review, George. I hadn't seen it.

Danise - Hope you enjoy the film.

RLP - as Jane explained - that part of the list just showed a few "R" and "S" Hungarians near my listing. Of course the Gabors are on! No list of Magyars would be complete without them.
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Post by: Jane on August 06, 2004, 05:44:39 PM
Jennifer we unfortunately do not get WB.

JRand.  When the children were young we took a family vacation, dog included, in a beautiful self contained RV.  In the beginning of the trip Keith insisted I make lunch while he drove.  With great difficulty I did so, until I just missed my finger with the knife as the RV lurched.

The week we returned THE LONG LONG TRAILER was on AMC.  I was hysterical during the scene when Lucille is making dinner.   ;D

DearReaderLaura I thought that was a turkey at first-neat pic.

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Post by: elmore3003 on August 06, 2004, 05:49:10 PM

But I'm not really understanding the rest of your list.  Are you saying that these musicals, such as A Chorus Line and Chicago are operettas?  How so?  


DR Noel, no, that's not what I meant!  That year I found nothing in the operetta movement opening on Broadway.  CHORUS LINE and CHICAGO both to me are pure descendants of the musical comedy movement, yet so different!

I'm watching TIGER CRUISE as I write this and I have to get back to it.  You did good, DR Panni!
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Post by: Panni on August 06, 2004, 05:59:31 PM
Thanks, DR Elmore!
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Post by: Jason on August 06, 2004, 06:05:50 PM
Greetings, all. Sorry to have been so errant and truant.

Per yesterday's notes, I'm sure you know that I did, indeed, begin my full-time position at MTI last Monday morning. It was all very sudden, very freakish, but it happened and now I'm on payroll and my health benefits kick in two weeks from this Monday. Hoo and Ray! Since then I've been training like a madman, with one week of training to go, and then I'm on my own. Yikes! I haven't had access to my "own" computer for those two weeks, so I haven't been able to post, and my evenings have been quite busy as of late for some odd reason that I can't quite pin down.

CD Player: CAROLINE, OR CHANGE. I'm heartbroken to hear that it's closing. It's an amazing show and if you have the chance to see it before the 29th, do!

DVD: Nothing.

VHS: Nada. Still broken.

Happy Birthday, TD!!
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Post by: Jay on August 06, 2004, 06:17:13 PM
The prodigal returns.

Welcome back, Dear Reader Jason!
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Post by: Jane on August 06, 2004, 06:23:13 PM
Jason glad to have you back.  Congraulation and best of vibes on your new position.

I keep noticing pink is a popular color for women’s clothes these days, which makes me wonder where Laura II is.
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Post by: Danise on August 06, 2004, 06:31:58 PM
Panni, I LOVED it!!!  I mean it.  Very, Very, Very (that's 3 very's) good!

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Post by: William E. Lurie on August 06, 2004, 06:38:39 PM

Vilanch's ad-lib schtick was limited to the in-front-of-the-curtain portion of the "Your Timeless to Me" scene.  Inasmuch that set-up--and Wilbur's outfit--evoke vaudeville, it worked.


Except HAIRSPRAY takes place in 1962... so how can you justify the Arnold Schwartzeneger joke?
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Post by: elmore3003 on August 06, 2004, 06:45:03 PM
Though it might be easy to surmise that a CD with the title Classic Queen contains the soundtrack from the movie about my life, in fact it is a compilation of music by a band fronted by the late Freddy Mercury.


DR Jay, wouldn't that be CLASSICAL QUEEN?  
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Post by: Tomovoz on August 06, 2004, 06:47:46 PM
Is a Classical Queen one who Bachs rather than screams.
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Post by: Jane on August 06, 2004, 07:15:10 PM
Hi Sandra.  It is just the two of us, for a brief moment.  I'm signing off.

Goodnight.
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Post by: Sandra on August 06, 2004, 07:20:54 PM
Hi Jane.

I am out of Cherry Coke except for an old bottle of flat Cherry Coke I found in the fridge.

My brother came home yesterday with a big ol' drum and has been playing it pretty much nonstop. It's like that episode of I Love Lucy when Little Ricky got that drum.

Oy!
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Post by: Emily on August 06, 2004, 07:28:14 PM
MBarnum...

now that is one boob-i-full Indian lass on the cover of the "Bollywood Movie of the Week"! :D
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Post by: Jay on August 06, 2004, 07:49:08 PM
MBarnum...

now that is one boob-i-full Indian lass on the cover of the "Bollywood Movie of the Week"! :D

Was there a woman in the picture?  Never saw her.
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Post by: Jay on August 06, 2004, 07:50:29 PM
Am about to ensconce myself in front of the teevee, tuned to Channel Disney, to watch Tiger Cruise.  Will check in later.
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Post by: Tomovoz on August 06, 2004, 08:08:17 PM
Was there a woman in the picture?  Never saw her.
I had to go back and check too DR Jay. Strange that. I wonder if Michael knows she is there.
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Post by: S. Woody White on August 06, 2004, 08:29:34 PM
Quite tired, after a full day of errands and carousing and cooking and watching Tiger Cruise (which I enjoyed very much).  I still haven't caught up with today's posts, but will try to get back into the swing tomorrow.

Wusburgering.  Bye!   :P
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Post by: S. Woody White on August 06, 2004, 08:32:41 PM
Oh, re operetta, I've been running through Steven Suskin's Opening Night on Broadway, putting the pertinent data on a database spreadsheet, just as a reference thing.  When I get done with the project, I'll be in a better position to answer the questions about what has been written/produced in the last 50 years.  (And yes, I also have More Opening Nights..., which will be included in my database.)
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Post by: Matt H. on August 06, 2004, 08:33:06 PM
MONK tonight was by far the best episode of the season. Loved it. Highlky recommended.
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Post by: Sandra on August 06, 2004, 08:36:19 PM
Now I'm out of the flat Cherry Coke. Oh no!
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Post by: Matt H. on August 06, 2004, 08:37:21 PM
I actually think the best GYPSY overture is the one on the soundtrack for the 1962 film. The trumpet riffs on that have never been equalled, I don't think. The orchestra also sounds huge.
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Post by: Matt H. on August 06, 2004, 08:40:08 PM
I finished THE OWL AND THE PUSSYCAT today. Very, very talky with lots of good lines but not for a moment believable to me. (I enjoyed it much more in 1970 when I saw it.)

Also watched IN AND OUT today; don't know why really except I saw it sitting on the shelf and thought I'd put it in. A friend was coming over tonight to watch SWORDFISH, but canceled at the last minute, so I put this in instead until MONK came on. Tomorrow, THE ITALIAN JOB for sure.
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Post by: François de Paris on August 06, 2004, 08:53:00 PM
I actually think the best GYPSY overture is the one on the soundtrack for the 1962 film. The trumpet riffs on that have never been equalled, I don't think. The orchestra also sounds huge.

I might agree with you Matt but I've not heard that soundtrack yet! ::)
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Post by: François de Paris on August 06, 2004, 08:53:57 PM
Oh!

And one for Mahler's wife who was a pretty decent composer herself!
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Post by: François de Paris on August 06, 2004, 09:07:59 PM
Just went out for a walk on the internet and this is what I saw:

A Musical Adaptation of Mark Twain's TOM SAWYER
Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Featuring Original Songs by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman
Music Arranged and Conducted by John Williams
Featuring songs performed by
Charley Pride, Roberta Flack, Celeste Holm and Johnny Whitaker
FIRST TIME ON CD!
“Warm, Bright, Tuneful, Cheerful Family Entertainment!” – Los Angeles Times
Take an adventurous trip down the Mississippi River — and into your own imagination — with this heartwarming musical rendition of an American classic.
As Tom and Becky, Johnny Whitaker (Jody of TV’s Family Affair) and a young Jodie Foster (in one of her earliest screen appearances) lead the way through a wildly inventive series of tall tales and narrow escapes. Tom’s long-suffering Aunt Polly (Celeste Holm) does her best to raise her unruly nephew, all the while enduring one prank after another. But when Tom is witness to a ghastly crime, he is thrust into a new kind of adventure — one that places him in a great deal of danger and forces him to leave his fishing poles and carefree days far behind.
Nominated for four Academy Awards, (including one for the score!) and featuring the memorable characters of Muff Potter and the mischievous Huckleberry Finn, Tom Sawyer is “a wholesome treat... a family movie made as well as a family movie can be made” (Rex Reed, New York Daily News).
Chock-full of endearing songs by legendary writing team (and brothers) Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman, Tom Sawyer brims with enthusiasm and heart! To elevate the songs to a truly symphonic level, composer John Williams was sought out to follow up the musical arrangements he supplied for the classic film version of Fiddler on the Roof. Williams won an Oscar for Fiddler and again exhibited his expertise here.
As a special bonus, this first-ever CD release of Tom Sawyer is accompanied by a second premiere! The 1974 sequel to Tom Sawyer was, of course, Huckleberry Finn and starred Jeff East, reprising his role from the previous film. The film also starred Paul Winfield (as Jim) and Harvey Korman. The brothers Sherman also returned to supply all new songs for Huck Finn’s river adventure. The entire soundtrack album to Huckleberry Finn — featuring Freedom performed by Roberta Flack — is also included on this CD, making this truly a must-have for fans of film musicals and the Sherman Brothers.
Catalog #: 302 066 601 2
Release Date: 08/24/04
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Post by: François de Paris on August 06, 2004, 09:10:33 PM
Si triste d'être tout seul dans ce monde!
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Post by: François de Paris on August 06, 2004, 09:11:59 PM
If you need me.... I'm in the hotel pantry, fixing some items for the guests' breakfast!
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Post by: Noel on August 06, 2004, 09:20:26 PM
So tired that my eyes don't focus.  I thought, for a moment, that I'd read of an album called Elaine Stritch sings Queen
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Post by: William E. Lurie on August 06, 2004, 09:35:30 PM
Matt--- THE OWL AND THE PUSSYCAT is much funnier as a play... and not because of performances.  There was too much re-writing for the screenplay with the highlight of the play --- a comic suicide atempt --- missing.  Read the play.
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Post by: Jay on August 06, 2004, 09:35:49 PM
OK, Panni.  You got the waterworks into working order with the passby of the USS Arizona.  That was just practice for the flag scene gushers.  They worked at full force then, and all the way through the touching farewells.

Lovely film, lovely sentiments, lovely messages.  You should feel proud!
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Post by: Panni on August 06, 2004, 09:43:12 PM
Thank you Danise, Jay, SWW, Elmore and anyone else who may have watched TC. Glad you enjoyed it. This site alone should push the ratings through the roof.
The film will be repeated on Sat. night for anyone who missed it and would like to see it.
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Post by: Panni on August 06, 2004, 09:45:14 PM
Jay - I got the take-out version of the Daily Grill Vegetable Plate for dinner. Delish and HUGE. I think I have enough food for a week (including the half loaf of bread they gave me with it.)
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Post by: Jay on August 06, 2004, 09:50:40 PM
Jay - I got the take-out version of the Daily Grill Vegetable Plate for dinner. Delish and HUGE. I think I have enough food for a week (including the half loaf of bread they gave me with it.)

In his best Humphrey Bogart voice:  Shtick with me, kid.  I would never steer you wrong.
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Post by: Jay on August 06, 2004, 10:12:52 PM
I am checking out now, Dear Readers, and will be gonzo most of the weekend.  I am heading north to the Santa Barbara and Ventura vicinity for the weekend.  Tomorrow afternoon, I shall be touring Ganna Walska Lotusland in Montecito (near Santa Barbara), which is a set of gardens reported to be quite spectacular.  I can attest to the fact that it ain't easy getting in, but at last I was successful in getting a tour reservation.

In the evening I shall be in Ventura for a performance of Side by Side by Sondheim with Miss Teri Ralston, Miss Tami Tappan Damiano and Mr. Davis Gaines.

And then on Sunday, I will be back in Santa Barbara at the historic Lobero Theatre for a performance that is part of the Academy of the West summer music festival.  The program is the rarely performed comic opera The Italian Straw Hat, by none other than Mr. Nino Rota.

Needless to say, I shall check in upon my return.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on August 06, 2004, 10:32:04 PM
Oy!

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Post by: Tomovoz on August 06, 2004, 10:54:37 PM
Si triste d'être tout seul dans ce monde!
Mais oui!
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Post by: Panni on August 06, 2004, 11:06:30 PM
Forgot to say -- Welcome back, Jason!

Me tired. I'm going to lie down and read a mindless magazine. Back later, perhaps.
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Post by: bk on August 06, 2004, 11:30:33 PM
I'm back and just ate a sandwich (what else is new).  Man, am I bushed.  I have to write the notes then post then get to bed for she of the Evil Eye will be here in the morning.  Sunday off, though, so I'll be able to relax for the first time in a week.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on August 06, 2004, 11:53:28 PM
Good Evening!

I'm back from rehearsal too!  Which also means I've just had another "Ice Blended" from The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf.  There's one right down the street on the corner, so...  Probably not the best thing to have before heading to bed, but...  And, frankly, as I was "warned" - by Tammy, in fact - they really are on the sweet side - but sometimes sweet is a good thing.  (If the Starbucks was closer, I'd most likely get a Frappacino instead.)  Tonight's flavor/variety of choice was the "eXtreme Caramba" - which supposedly had/has Mexican chocolate in it - which just means there's cinnamon in it.  It was good - as was the Oatmeal Caramel bar I got to go with it. ;)

Rehearsal was good tonight, but it will be nice to get some final and fine detail work in tomorrow before we take the day off(!) on Sunday.  A bunch of the musical "problems" that have been on my list have more or less worked themselves out as the cast has gotten comfortable with the choreography, but there are a few spots I just want to dot the i's and cross the t's on.

*And I found a way to rig a small booklight so that I actually have some more light on the piano keys.  It was a bit disconcerting the past few nights looking down at my hands and not seeing anything there.  Once the lights were in place, the shadow from the piano itself was basically blacking out the keyboard.  But, I'm pretty sure I solved that problem, and now I don't have to worry about "light blindness" between numbers.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on August 06, 2004, 11:55:39 PM
DR Panni - I have the TiVo here set to record "Tiger Cruise" tomorrow night.  Hopefully, I'll be able to watch it sooner rather than later - but I probably won't get to it until after we open.

But so far, the reviews have been very "encouraging" - I'm looking forward to seeing it.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on August 06, 2004, 11:57:50 PM
Oh, and DR François - You Alma Mahler post reminded me of the Alma Mahler "event" thingy about to open here in L.A. - which another DR had mentioned some days ago.  I saw some ads for it this week in some of the local papers.  Looks very interesting.