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Archives => Archive 2 => Topic started by: bk on August 10, 2004, 11:59:43 PM
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Well, you've read the notes, you know what the notes say, the notes know what you say, and now it is time to post until the foreseeable cows come home.
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WUSSBURGERS.
Happy haineshisway.com birthday to Pianogirl and Diane, whoever they may be.
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Running late but I have first post!
Good healing vibes to DR Elmore! Be well!
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Have a great day all!
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Well, what a quiet day here at HHW. It's 6:54am (on the East Coast) and two posts, one of them from BK!
GEORGE Thank you so much for the information on The Yellow Cat. That was exactly what I was looking for. Hail Librarians!
No questions yet. I have to go wash my oatmeal bowl and then to work as I listen to the BBC. AccuRadio is behaving strangely so I'll be at the BBC today and then at 2pm (EST) I'll go back to Radio Wales where at some point during the program Showtime my Broadway preview will air.
ELMORE - you may not see this for a few days if you're in bed recuperating but good thoughts and healing vibes to you.
Bad news - Blecchh!
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Thanks for the TWO CITIES link, DRJOEY. Hmmmmmmmmm.....it is one of my favorite stories. I may have to buy that CD...haven't listened to the excepts yet, but we must have a full report if you get a ticket.
Is DRELMORE's back still acting up from lifting that air conditioner? Whew!
Sounds like WHAT IF? is going great guns....opening OVERSOLD....folding chairs! But did DRJOSE get his laughs?
I am supposed to finally get my own computer today. We shall see, in that case I will be at HHW later...otherwise not until after rehearsal!
My question for ASKBK day....what is the first movie set you were on? What were your impressions and how did it come about?
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My first movie set was a movie called Final Assignment. Filmed in Montreal and supposed to be in Russia. Spent most of the time in doors, but they recreated Lennin's tomb and a building across the way. I think it was a department store. The tomb looked good, but the building looked fake. But on film it looked real. I got there because I auditioned. My original role was better, but they fired the director after the first week (and the day before I was scheduled to film) The new director came in and they started to rewrite the script and bye bye went my role to almost nothing.
Although if you don't blink you will see me.
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Yesterday found me stuck in the elevator of my apt building. The worst part was when the lights went out. The elevator was being readied for somebody's move, so all the walls were padded. And it was rather hot and humid. I think the episode lasted for all of ten or fifteen minutes. It seemed longer.
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Yesterday found me stuck in the elevator of my apt building. The worst part was when the lights went out. The elevator was being readied for somebody's move, so all the walls were padded. And it was rather hot and humid. I think the episode lasted for all of ten or fifteen minutes. It seemed longer.
What? You mean there was no young woman who was about to give birth? No cranky neighbor lady with whom you've been having a long running feud but who inadvertantly revealed that she is really a poor, lonely old woman? No father-in-law who never liked you, but who brought out a flask of whiskey from which you both drank and got drunk, which allowed for a sentimental, though momentary, relationship to form? Who's writing these episodes for you?
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Yesterday, Tom of Oz wrote:
I have not dared mention before but the next Australian written etc musical to get a large scale production here is "Eureka - the Musical". I heard a song today, used as a promotion. I do hope it is recorded so I can share how awful it is. why why why.
This may even be worse than the truly bad "Paris". (at least that one called itself a Rock Opera. Some years ago "Australia - the Musical" was staged. It died very early. I think the last mega buck production failure was a high tech version of "Peter Pan".. The world does not need more Peter Pans nor more "A Christmas Carol/Scrooge" musicals, films etc.
Aussietrash?
Margit Ahlin and I wrote a musical especially for theatres who want to do some Dickens and holiday time but are, like Tom, sick of '"A Christmas Carol/Scrooge" musicals.' It's called The Christmas Bride and is very loosely based on Dickens' The Battle of Life, which I doubt anyone here has read.
There, I said it and I'm glad.
I'm particularly glad because a couple of posters have objected to my mentioning my work on the newsgroup devoted to musicals (!). They're one-time-only usenet hotmailers who've taken the names "Mary Guettel" and "Jo Sullivan." Some of us believe these are pseudonyms for one Stephen Newport. I was glad to see some Mary Guettel Rodgers songs on the What If song list. "Don't Laugh" (for some reason, BK thinks it's called "Show Me") has long been a favorite and I'd suggested to Jenny that she do it in last night's show. I'm not the only one who'd made this suggestion.
But Jenny's I'm Breaking Down turned out to be a terrific choice. No song in either of the evenings got more laughs, and she basically brought down the house. This masterful performance, I must add, was entirely crafted by DR Jenny herself. All the direction she got (at least while I was present) was an argument against using a paring knife on stage to cut a banana. The audience went crazy for it, and I think they would have all run up on stage en masse to embrace Jenny and carry her on their shoulders if they didn't know she was holding a real knife.
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For Ask BK Day... who was the artist who did the covers for the "Lost in Boston" and "Unsung Musicals" series? I was (finally) cataloging my CDs yesterday and noticed how much I had always liked the cover art. What else has this artist done?
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Well, I get to see BROADWAY'S LOST TREASURES II tonight. It's only in a 90 minute slot, so I'm wondering if the station is not using it for station pledges. Or maybe there will be fewer pledge breaks. I won't know until tonight. Most of these excerpts in this edition I have on my own recordings, but there are a couple that I don't have and haven't seen for years that I know I'll enjoy revisiting.
BTW, since Alex Cohen stopped producing the shows in 1986, I'm thinking that whoever does these shows is now getting permission to use more recent clips, too. I remember that "We'll Take a Glass Together" from GRAND HOTEL is in this edition, and that was done after Cohen stopped producing the shows. Or am I wrong about that?
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DR MattH, the show was 90 minutes here too.
And there were like 4 breaks.
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Tonight's special guest on Canadian Idol, Lionel Ritchie.
I believe the singers have to sing only his songs.
Should be good. We actually have some amazing singers this year.
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Good morning. Last night I was a Wussburger (although it seems I wasn't alone - as I see this morning that I had the last post at a fairly early hour). I think I was done in by a combination of a very long and intense writing day and a large Italian dinner to which I took visiting DD. We went to Vitello's - forever infamous as the restaurant to which Robert Blake took his wife for her final meal (there is even a menu item named for him; another named for Garry Marshall, whose wife is still with us, I believe).
Must take the wonderdog for a walk now, shower and write. This particular draft of the script will be delivered on lucky Friday the 13th, so I'm working like mad (or Maude).
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DR MattH, the show was 90 minutes here too.
And there were like 4 breaks.
Argh! The Tony clips must be very short, then. Still, I'l look forward to seeing it.
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A question for Ask BK Day: What is a papering house? How do they work? (I know what papering is, I just didn't know that there were companies that specialize in it.)
A related second question: how come I never get comp tickets for anything I want to see?
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Hello, all! I want to thank you for all the vibes coming my way. I hope you'll keep up the good work because my health nightmare isn't over yet.
Dear Friend BK, I'm so thrilled about your revue and I'm so miffed I won't have a chance of catyching it this go-round. You have amazing generative powers, and I think this review has a lot of good vibes going for it, so I speak of "this go-round" as possibly its first steps. I look forward to all DRs reporting on this show. and I hope a lot of them turn. I know DRJay, who seems to miss nothing, is coming.
QUESTION OF THE DAY, DRs: Who else is coming?
Now for my health rant: if my HMO care physician had recognized my "bacterial infection" as a perianal abscess, it would have been treated three weeks ago and my life would be in better shape. I'm going to assume the pulled back was the catalyst for the abscess, and speaking about a pulled back muscle is pleasanter than speaking on a lump on one's rump. Since this abscess started fears of tumor, cancer and other life-threatening forms, I've not been the happiest person for the past two weeks, and now that the abscess has exploded - it should have been lanced and drained by a surgeon - my life is a mess literally. On top of that, on Monday morning preparing to see the colo-rectal surgeon who did assure me it was an abscess, I pinched my sciatic nerve in my left leg and walking has been an impossibility: intense sharp shooting pains, muscles cramping, numbness, no sense of balance. Well, after two days of this agony, I called 911 at 4:30 this morning and was taken by two wonderul paramedics to St Lukes-Roosevelt Hospital: I was strapped into a chair and carted down to the ambulance where I was strapped onto a gurney and taken to the Emergency Center. Several doctors looked at my leg, asking over my shrieks of pain where it hurt and what was the approximate pain level - 1000 over 10!
At any rate, all agreed the sciatic nerve was the culprit, I've now been perscribed a muscle relaxant so high that Icould dance on point, and I'm on valium, feeling like a lot of miserable housewives from the 70s. I told DR MBarnum there was one comfort: if I were a horse, I'd now be a can of dogfood.
I will be E&T a lot for the next couple of days. BK, break hearts and legs with your show. Love to you all!
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For Ask BK Day... who was the artist who did the covers for the "Lost in Boston" and "Unsung Musicals" series? I was (finally) cataloging my CDs yesterday and noticed how much I had always liked the cover art. What else has this artist done?
Tony Walton I think did the covers for Unsung Berlin and Sondheim, but that doesn;'t answer your question.
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This morning I went for a walk, and I saw lots of things. This is one of them:
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Here's another:
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And another:
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And another:
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Elmore - best healing vibes to you, boychik!
BK, Jose, and cast: So happy for you - wish I could be there to see/hear your great triumph! I love funny, and it sounds like funny's what you've got! And 12 in the house who love it that much, tell all their friends. Then, maybe the show gets held over long enough for me to finally get to LA to see it.
DRLaura - thanks for the lovely picture.
Okay, so back to murdering dandelions. The birds are now eating out of my hand, the feral cat is curling up in my lap, inexplicably. And I saw an actual coyote lope through my yard two days ago. Raccoons still visiting every night, leaving peanut shells all over the deck!!! Life is good, here in this magical woodland.
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And one more:
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That's it. I promise.
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Great pictures, DRLaura!!
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DR Elmore - What a nightmare! :o
HEALING VIBES your way!!!
To answer your question of who else is going to the WHAT IF? opening night other than that theatrical gadabout, DR Jay. I shall be attending, as will the visiting DD Rachel and her DB (Dear Boyfriend) Adam who is coming in from the Diego of San for the occasion. I believe, although he's been E&T lately, that FS Pogue and the Lovely Wife will be there. Those are the only in-town DRs I know about.
Again - Many many HEALING VIBES your way!
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My question of the day: Is it just me, or is today going to be the day that it takes the longest to get to Page Two?
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Well, might as well do it:
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DR Elmore: Thoughts and prayers and vibes sent your way. I hope you feel better soon.
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It dawns on me that the audience could be filled with Los Angeles-based HHW lurkers. They'll know us, but we won't know them!
Signed,
Your local gadabout
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Why is it, I wonder ;D that I keep expecting to see the credit
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appear on these pages?????
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I won't dance!
Don't ask me......
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Lovely pictures DearReaderLaura, particularly the dragonflys. I have always thought those were the most interesting insects to watch when I was a kid...well, and still I find them interesting, but I don't see as many of them here in Salem as I did when I lived in Medford.
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DR Elmore, vibes and prayers and chants and wishes for hunky (but accomplished) health practitioners are coming your way!
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Green is a great healing color, BTW(internet lingo!)
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Had a nice date with George (from South Beach) last night. He brought up his new dog Scruffy, a Lhapso Apso (did I spell that right?) that he picked up at the Humane Society a few weeks ago. What a wonderful, well behaved dog little Scruffy is! I just fell in love with him. He and Freddy became fast buddies...oh sure, there was a little bit of hissing and barking, but they were actually both quite curious about each other...I am sure if they had a little more time together they would be romping and playing like lifelong pals!
Many continued health vibes to Elmore3003!
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I won't dance!
Don't ask me......
But you must! You must!
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My question for ASKBK day....what is the first movie set you were on? What were your impressions and how did it come about?
That's an interesting question. The first movie set I can really remember being on (I'd been on a few TV stages in my childhood) was when I tested for a pilot that Danny Arnold was doing - my first test or experience before a movie camera. Maybe I was on one before that but I have no memory of it if I was. I remember that I loved the soundstage, loved the hubbub and was literally shaking with fright. But when they put me in our little set in the corner and the lights came on, I was home.
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I was glad to see some Mary Guettel Rodgers songs on the What If song list. "Don't Laugh" (for some reason, BK thinks it's called "Show Me") has long been a favorite and I'd suggested to Jenny that she do it in last night's show. I'm not the only one who'd made this suggestion.
BK thinks it's called Show Me because that's how it was rechristened when used in Hey Love, the Mary Rodgers revue that I recorded. That's how it's listed in the program and on the sheet music they sent. We LOVE Mary Rodgers.
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For Ask BK Day... who was the artist who did the covers for the "Lost in Boston" and "Unsung Musicals" series? I was (finally) cataloging my CDs yesterday and noticed how much I had always liked the cover art. What else has this artist done?
The artist is Leon Joosen, a really nice guy. At the time he'd worked quite a lot at Disney - worked on The Little Mermaid and other stuff back then. I know he was one of the character artists on Ariel, because I have several drawings of her he did whilst sitting in my office.
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A question for Ask BK Day: What is a papering house? How do they work? (I know what papering is, I just didn't know that there were companies that specialize in it.)
A related second question: how come I never get comp tickets for anything I want to see?
There are several papering services both here and in NY that producers use to fill seats during previews (and perhaps even during the run, if they need to). Most papering services here have a deal wherein the patrons make a "donation" of three bucks, so at least some money comes in to the production. I want/wanted full houses for the previews so I opened it up to the papering service here, On the House.
As to comps - we've tried to not give many out because this show has not been so cheap to mount and it would be nice if the producer got some money back.
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On opening night the following dear readers will be in attendance: The Pogues, Jay, and Panni and daughter.
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As to comps - we've tried to not give many out because this show has not been so cheap to mount and it would be nice if the producer got some money back.
To be clear: I wasn't schnorring for comps to What If?--The Musical Revue!
I was referring to the many shows, concerts and screenings I've been to where I've paid to be there and learned that I was surrounded by people who were "invited."
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What? You mean there was no young woman who was about to give birth? No cranky neighbor lady with whom you've been having a long running feud but who inadvertantly revealed that she is really a poor, lonely old woman? No father-in-law who never liked you, but who brought out a flask of whiskey from which you both drank and got drunk, which allowed for a sentimental, though momentary, relationship to form? Who's writing these episodes for you?
DTM, I omitted some details.
My sister was with me - nobody else. She had come in from New York for the unveiling of my mom's tombstone, and we had just returned from the cemetery. My sister is ultra-ultra-ultra (that's three ultras) Orthodox, and I'm near the other end of the spectrum. My sister has a heart of gold, but she never misses an opportunity to preach. I was on my best behavior, but when the lights went out, the elevator stopped, and the sermon started, I simply said: "Look, my nerves require total quiet in a situation like this." It worked.
So, does the scriptwriter get the job?
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I know you weren't, Jay. Frankly, on opening night you will, of course, be surrounded by people who were invited. In fact, our publicist is furious that we sold ANY tix, but I told him that that was tough beanies, that certain HHW folks wanted to be there and that was that.
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I was glad to see some Mary Guettel Rodgers songs on the What If song list. "Don't Laugh" (for some reason, BK thinks it's called "Show Me")...
Maybe the reason BK "thinks" it is called "Show Me" is because that is, in fact, the title of the only recorded version of the song. "Don't Laugh" was the opening and closing number of "Hot Spot". When Richard Maltby Jr, Mark Waldrop, and friends did a revue of Mary Rodgers' songs the number was retitled as 'Show Me" (with Maltby given "additional lyrics" credit). The revue was first titled "3 of Hearts" and was produced at "Eighty-Eight's" in 1993. In the fall of 1996 it was remounted as "Hey Love" for the "Rainbow & Stars ", and it was this incarnation recorded by our BK.
Neither the Muscial Cast Album Database nor Amazon suggest that any cast recording was made of 'Hot Spots'. An alleged OC CD showed up on Ebay, but I wonder about its authenticity.
(http://home.earthlink.net/~sndtrx/Images/hot.jpg)
So, it seems BK "thinks the song as recorded ...and presumably sung at your Cabaret" is called "Show Me", is because it is!
der site fact-checker Brucer
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The Broadway Lost Treasures are being produced by Alex and Hildy Cohen's son and he has permission to use clips from after his father stopped producing and his mother stopped writing the shows. I don't know how much past their participation he is allowed to use, but at least five or six years after they left.
If you are in NYC (and probably LA), The Museum of Television and Radio has two clip shows they put together of this material. There is no duplication from the first show/DVD and very little from the second, plus these clip shows include material that the rights were not available for PBS or the DVDs including A CHOURS LINE and DREAMGIRLS.
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DR Brucer,
Here's the scoop on the Hot Spot recording. DR WEL posted the following awhile back:
"I finally listened to the new CD of Judy Holliday in HOT SPOT and I have to say it is the worst quality "private recording" I have ever heard. Unlike most of them which were made through the theatre's sound system, this was made with a portable cassette recorder from someone in the audience. All the lyrics are mumbled and it sounds like the orchestra is in an echo chamber. It's impossible to judge the score itself. A few of the songs were recorded by BK on "Hey Love", a Mary Rodgers revue, and they all sound much better there. The best song in the score (the Sondheim one "Don't Laugh") hadn't been added to the score when the tape was made but is included in a commercial recording by Phyllis Newman. I'd love to hear Judy Holliday do it, but will never get the chance. There is one song I know I have heard (it's not in "Hey Love") called "I Think The World of You" but I don't know where I heard it. The CD ends with a demo by Rodgers and Charnin. It includes mostly cut songs and none of them are any good. However there is one couplet I find worth repeating:
Communisim is a headache
Democracy is the Bufferin"
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Warner Bros. Records had the rights to record HOT SPOT but they passed on it. A CD of a live preview is available (I have it) and of all the live show bootlegs I have in my collection or have heard this has the worst sound quality. It wasn't even recorded through the theatre sound system like most recordings of this kind, but sounds like it was a portable cassette recorder on someone in the audience's lap. Still, the material is interesting. It's sold through All Music in San Francisco and on their web site.
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Dan -
Thanks for posting my original revue of the HOT SPOT CD... typo and all.
So far this is a show that even Mufti or Musicals Tonight haven't tried to do.
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I told DR MBarnum there was one comfort: if I were a horse, I'd now be a can of dogfood.
No...I'm sure you would be a choice filet in a Japanese restaurant.
der Brucer
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Oh poor DR Elmore, my heart was breaking reading about your ordeal. More good healing vibes to you ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~!
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JRand53, I hope you get your computer soon at work...I am missing your posts throughout the day!
Jose, you've got e-mail.
I am way bored at work today. It is only a little after 10:30 but it feels like I have been here all day long already! If I had my druthers I would be at home on the couch watching dvds!
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DR Jenny,
Congrats on bringing down the house! DR Noel - and I'm sure he'll agree - is not generally given to superlatives. So that extraordinarily high praise is higher still. Wow!
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Less than four hundred postings to go until we achieve our new landmark.
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DR DIT, being stuck in an elevator is my worst nightmare. I am quite claustrophobic and would probably freak out. :)
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BK - Thanks for the info on Leon Joosen. I had not heard of him previously but I really like the covers he did for you. Based on his style, I would have imagined that he had worked for comic books or perhaps Mad Magazine.
Another question: Today Ken Mandelbaum mentions a Harry Warren musical that played Los Angeles in 1997 with a book by Joel Kimmel. It featured one of your recording regulars Tami Tappan. Is Joel any relation or perhaps did Ken get the first name wrong and this was one of your projects?
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I suppose we could argue this until the cows come home, but, I have here, the original sheet music to the wonderful song that begins with the words "Show Me" and which has found its way into three revues: The Madwoman of Central Park West, Hey Love, and, now, What If. At the top of the first page, it says Don't Laugh. As much of the music is interspersed with dialogue and scene change notes, one can only assume that the score I have is from Hot Spot, where the song was originally done.
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I was getting dizzy there, balancing atop the cusp between pages 2 and 3.
Whew! Well, here we are.
Let's hoist one for Mary Rodgers!
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Yes, Noel, I have what you have as well, but that is NOT the version of the song that was used in Hey Love. The version in Hey Love has its own sheet music and is entitled Show Me. If you look at the CD of Hey Love it is also entitled Show Me. The End.
Joel Kimmel is indeed my brother, but he's not THAT Joel Kimmel, who indeed is a writer here in LA. The writer Joel Kimmel used to be an actor, too, and ironically we used to go up for some of the same roles.
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I've spent the last few days on my futon reading the books I'll be covering this semester. The first one was weird, the second one was depressing, the third one was Communist, the fourth one was soft porn (I didn't finish that one), and the fifth one was weird depressing Communist soft porn. I'm afraid to read the rest of them now.
I've never been on a movie set, unless you count the outside of my high school's auditorium, where parts of Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure were filmed. But I was in the studio during the taping of a local news program. Back when my mom and I were in the cat rescuing business, we went to go take care of a colony of ferals in the alley behind the news place. We went inside just as they were about to start taping the evening news. There was a TV on and it was showing the end of the episode of Frasier where the guys all get girlfriends and then break up with them at the end. The very last scene has Jason Graae playing Goldfinger on the piano. Just as it was getting to Jason's scene, the news anchor, Liz Habib, walked in front of the TV and stood there, blocking the TV. So I was standing on tiptoes and moving around to try and see behind her. She looked up and saw me and thought that I was trying to see her, so she kinda tossed her head and struck a pose as if to say, "Yeah, I know, I'm wonderful." (She's known for being a bit conceited.) I motioned to her to move out of the way so I could see the TV. I don't think she liked that.
Then later (although this has nothing to do with the story), she got in a fight in a bar, and when they tried to throw her out, she said, "Do you known who you're dealing with??" They were not impressed and threw her out anyway. She has since been fired from her news job.
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I was on a movie set once around 10 years ago or so. An independent company was filming a science fiction film in Portland where they had turned a warehouse into a spaceship set(s). I went up with a friend who was helping build the set. I worked on the set with her a bit and then we were sent to the store to buy a pair of shoes for one of the actors. As far as I know the movie was never completed, though.
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I spent a lovely half hour looking at and listening to that DVD excerpt disc from the Ford 50th Anniversary Show starring Mary Martin and Ethel Merman.
Of course, many of us have seen that breathtaking, sensational medley the two women did on the show (I had a 78 rpm of it for years before I ever saw the footage), but I had never seen any of their other numbers on this show and was stunned at Mary Martin's terrific fashion sequence where she takes a basic piece of long, stretchy dress material, and pulls and tugs it into various 20th Century fashions. How marvelously inventive the entire skit is, and how fabulously Mary pulls it off! I watched it twice so charmed was I with it.
I guess AMERICAN BUFFALO will get seen tomorrow.
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Happy Birthday to Tomovoz’s father-98 and functioning-WOW!
A Dickens book I have not read. How could that be? :o I must get this book immediately!
Jenny congratulations on bringing down the house. How exciting! Is there a video of this I can see? :)
DearReaderLaura, you walked early. Beautiful pics as usual.
MBarnum, yes you spelled Lhapso-Apso correctly. Next time get a picture for us.
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Good Afternoon!
Sorry again for not posting last night once I got back from the preview... I turned my laptop on as soon as I got back, but, then somehow, I found myself asleep on the couch with the TV on sometime around 1:30AM, so I just made my way to the bedroom...
DR Danise - As for dealing with keyboards/pianos and page turns, well...
I'll start with page turns... Page turns, in my line of business - and other DRs will attest to this too - are a fact of life. They just have to be dealt with. Hopefully, if the copyist/typesetter has done their job right, the page turns come at "convenient" times when a few notes can be dropped in the left or right hand of the accompaniment without too much musical interruption. But there are times when you just have to hope for the best and grab that page corner, and get it turned over ASAP! *For most classical concerts - recitals, chamber music, etc. - having a page turner is more or less of a tradition (and one that has inspired a few short stories, novellas, and movies). However, my vocal coach in college always insisted on "learning" how to make the page turns on my own. The only thing "worse" than having no page-turner, is having a bad one. -Trust me on this one!! I used to be the "on-call" page turner for the chamber music series at my school. I loved the opportunity to get that close - literally - to the artists. And they were usually more than happy to offer me a free coaching or two in return.
As for keyboards... Well, you have patch changes - either done by a foot pedal and/or a button switch on the keyboard. You may have to deal with a "click track" via a set of "cans" (headphones) over your ears. You may be watching your conductor "live" just a few feet from you, or you may be watching him/her via a small monitor mounted in front of you. Etc., etc., etc... In short, there are a lot of "thingies" one may have to deal with while playing a show today. In fact, finding a good "show keyboard player" is truly different from just finding a "good pianist". Some of the musico-technological skills can truly only be learned on the job. It's usually a lot more than reading notes and following the conductor nowadays.
*And I've come across a few keyboard books/orchestra parts where there have been some truly impossible page turns. -When I played BEAUTY & THE BEAST, there were a few like this. Sometimes you'll find a notation like: "Leave out these notes, if needed, for page turn." It happens sometimes.
As for WHAT IF? - I'm just playing an "old-fashioned" piano. No bells and whistles and electronics to deal with. Page turns, yes, but no headphones or extra pedals.
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LOTS OF HEALING VIBES TO DR ELMORE!!!
Sciatica sucks!
In the meantime, enjoy the meds! ;)
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Congratulations to DR Jenny! And thanks to DR Noel for relating the story and playing for her too! :)
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My newsletter from Dress Circle informs me I can order:
"Weird and Wonderful"
- 16 leading musical theatre artists perform comic songs celebrating weirdos and weirdness - only £13.99
In the past few weeks, you may well have heard one of many national and local radio stations across the UK playing tracks from WEIRD & WONDERFUL, the latest star-studded CD to be released on the Dress Circle label.
This nineteen-track album of comic songs contains hilarious musical portraits of a multitude of crazy characters - so you may have heard such intriguing oddities as 'He Left Me For My Granny', 'I've Fallen In Love With A Sheep' and 'A Trainspotter's Tale' (the last of which lists the London underground stations in rhyme!), or tongue-twisting patter songs about the frustrations caused by computers and automated telephone answering systems, or the confessions of the world's worst singer, or even bittersweet torch songs expressing the darker side of love.
This collection of witty ditties is the creation of the internationally acclaimed young composer-lyricist Alexander S. Bermange, and the CD boasts sleeve notes by triple Oscar-winning lyricist, and champion of the writer's work, Tim Rice - which in themselves have been the subject of a story in the Daily Telegraph! The artists on the CD comprise some of the best-loved and most prolific names from the musical theatre world: Rosemary Ashe, Valda Aviks, John Barr, Stefan Bednarczyk, Marilyn Cutts, Richard Dempsey, David Firth, Hal Fowler, Anna Francolini, Rachel Izen, David Kernan, Felix Martin, Jessica Martin, Lizzy Renihan, Liza Sadovy, Myra Sands, and musical director Michael Haslam. As Tim Rice writes in his sleeve notes, "The impressive list of artistes who have become involved in this project is a great tribute to Alexander's talent with both words and music."
So, go on - enter the wacky world of WEIRD & WONDERFUL, and let some of our premiere musical theatre performers introduce you to some *very* crazy characters! [/size]
Great - sixteen "of the best-loved and most prolific names from the musical theatre world" and I've not heard of any of them. I must be sleeping under the wrong rock.
der feeling-dumber-than-usual Brucer
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Hmm... I guess it seems to be the season for "spots of bad news"...
-A producer/acquaintance of mine was supposed to come see the show tonight, but her father had a bad fall and injured his hip, so... *But everyone is well, and, thankfully, a bunch of the family was able to make it into town to help with his recuperation - and spirits. And she's still making plans to come see the show in the coming weeks.
-My friend, Mark, who's been trying to send me mail from back home for the past four weeks(!), was finally(?) diagnosed with walking pneumonia... Which is why he hasn't been able to send any of my mail out to me. I finally just heard back from him today. I didn't realize he had spent the last half of last week in the hospital - and had to go back this past Monday night for an overnight visit/observation. Ugh!
-And as for my four weeks' worth of mail (and bills, ugh)... Hopefully, he'll be able to get it all out to me this afternoon.
But he's on the mend now too.
Well, that was my sharing time for today...
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Oh, and DR Danise - I don't wear any special type of gloves or anything like that.
If I'm playing with proper technique and form and posture, the only real "fatigue" I have is just from the physical "exercise" my fingers and arms (and back) have just gone through. A day off of no playing - and sometimes even no "computer time" (typing) - is usually all that is need to properly recuperate for me. However, most of the time, the only thing on me that truly does get tired is my keester/butt/seat/glutes/etc. All that sitting down for an extended period of time without being able to stand up... But that's what intermission is for! -And post-show stretching! Otherwise, I can play for hours on end - and I have.
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Good tush vibes to DR Jose.
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I should be working, but. It's the start of the fresh tomato season, which I like to inaugurate with Pasta Primavera. The dish involves lots of chopping and layering (and calories), but is worth it.
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Just dropping in to say hello. I have to proof and rewrite the last act (that being Act Eight) and THEN do a major prunning because I'm about 8 pages too long. TIRED.
Cheez-its seem to give great writing energy. Who knew? (And yes - for certain interested parties, I've had lunch.)
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I had heard of David Kernan who was Carl-Magnus in the London A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC and one of the guiding hands behind the original SIDE BY SIDE BY SONDHEIM. He's on both cast albums.
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Only 3 1/4 hours until BROADWAY'S LOST TREASURES II! :D
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SPEEDY, FEEL BETTER VIBES FOR ELMORE!
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TCB, GOOD HEALING VIBES FOR YOUR BACK!!
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My newsletter from Dress Circle informs me I can order:Great - sixteen "of the best-loved and most prolific names from the musical theatre world" and I've not heard of any of them. I mist be sleeping under the wrong rock.
der feeling-dumber-than-usual Brucer
Rosemary Ashe (http://www.castalbumdb.com/singsing.cfm?Singer=577) was Madame Giry in the original London The Phantom of the Opera (http://www.castalbumdb.com/rec.cfm?RNumber=916) and was in the original London cast of The Witches of Eastwick (http://www.castalbumdb.com/rec.cfm?RNumber=3354). David Kernan (http://www.castalbumdb.com/singsing.cfm?Singer=8423) was also in the original London cast of 1776 (http://www.castalbumdb.com/rec.cfm?RNumber=1029) (which I have)!
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Rosemary Ashe (http://www.castalbumdb.com/singsing.cfm?Singer=577) was Madame Giry in the original London The Phantom of the Opera (http://www.castalbumdb.com/rec.cfm?RNumber=916) and was in the original London cast of The Witches of Eastwick (http://www.castalbumdb.com/rec.cfm?RNumber=3354). David Kernan (http://www.castalbumdb.com/singsing.cfm?Singer=8423) was also in the original London cast of 1776 (http://www.castalbumdb.com/rec.cfm?RNumber=1029) (which I have)!
DR George, are you sure Rosemary wasn't Carlotta?
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Carlotta Valdez. Name that film.
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Mary Millar was indeed Madam Giry in the original "Phantom of the Opera" she passed away a few years ago, and Rosemarie Ashe was Carlotta. If you want a huge laugh, get a hold of Rosemarie's solo CD, there's some good stuff on it.
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Carlotta Valdez - beautiful hair....VERTIGO!!
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Carlotta Valdez. Name that film.
"VERTIGO"
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Ah, the perils of not refreshing before one posts.
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Good vibes healthwise to DRELMORE.
Congrats and KUDOS to DRJENNY - she must be on top of the world! And congrats to DR NO-WEL!
Hey DiT - did you feel like Doris Day in MIDNIGHT LACE when the elevator stopped?
Off to rehearsal....but first selling a few tickets in the box office for NUNSENSE...it's habit-forming. Then home at last.
SENDING THE BEST OF BREAKING LEGS VIBES for the preview tonight. To all the performers, the all the techies, and to DR JOSE....thinking of you all.
MR BK - eat some pasta tonight...someone mentioned Pasta Primavera...mmmmmmmmmmmmmm.......
And have you found your "watching spot" in the theatre yet? Or are you a wanderer? And do you go backstage during intermission, or do you let everything go until notes afterwards? Do you have a good stage manager?
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LOL DRRLP....isn't that a nifty Chrysler 300 that James Stewart drives in that movie?
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I knew VERTIGO, also. [sigh] That's what I get for setting up AOL 9.0 while important trivia questions are being asked.
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When I was eight years old my family took a trip to Mexico. The hotel had a rather old and unreliable elevator that had a tendency to take breaks. My 4 1/2 years old sister decided it would be fun, as children often do, to press all the buttons and make the elevator stop at every floor. Her trick backfired on one occasion as the elevator stopped between two floors. One man started yelling at her that the air would be sucked out and we would all die. ;D My sister was tough and stood up to people but she was also oddly gullible at times and believed the strangest things. I, the shy meek one had to reassure her. A few other adults also yelled at him which helped. I thought it was fun climbing out of the elevator, between the floors. Best of all my stomach was very happy she never ever played that game again.
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DR George, are you sure Rosemary wasn't Carlotta?
OOPS!! (That's Spoo in Internet lingo.) Mea culpa (a Sweeney Todd reference)
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Get better vibes to Elmore! ~~~~~~~~~~~
What If vibes, xylophones, and my brother's drum while we're at it to BK, Jose, and cast! ~~~~~~~~~
The only time I've been stuck in an elevator was a couple family reunions ago, when my cousin Jonathan stopped the elevator halfway between floors when I was in it. He and my brother thought it was really funny. They gave me six dollars not to tell anyone. I, of course, told everyone.
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Speaking of temperamental, I would do a dance if I could get one to post. This will be my 5th try. If the image doesn’t take I give up.
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And have you found your "watching spot" in the theatre yet? Or are you a wanderer? And do you go backstage during intermission, or do you let everything go until notes afterwards? Do you have a good stage manager?
I've been sitting in the last row on the aisle next to that gal who's been assisting me. During the run I'll wander. I sometimes go backstage at intermission, but never to give notes other than "good show so far" or "more energy". I have an excellent stage manager, very on top of things. His name is Dale Cooke - I've known him for years because he's married to composer/lyricist Adryan Russ.
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Sandra I have often had the urge to stop the elevator, just to see…. Of course I have never done it-too chicken. Did alarms go off? ;D
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Some interesting TV shows coming our way:
1st season of NIGHT GALLERY (that show always scared me)
1st season of ALFRED HITCHCOCK PRESENTS
All 26 episodes of FRACTURED FLICKERS (I know some DRs loved this show when they were kids...I don't think I have ever seen it myself!)
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Some interesting TV shows coming our way:
1st season of NIGHT GALLERY (that show always scared me)
1st season of ALFRED HITCHCOCK PRESENTS
All 26 episodes of FRACTURED FLICKERS (I know some DRs loved this show when they were kids...I don't think I have ever seen it myself!)
DRMBarnum, I loved FRACTURED FLICKERS; it was my intro to silent film.
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Speaking of temperamental, I would do a dance if I could get one to post. This will be my 5th try. If the image doesn’t take I give up.
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Jane, I wonder if the site that you're getting this image from won't allow links to other sites. You may need to download the image to your computer and attach it using the "Attach" box below the message box.
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No, no alarms. This elevator was really only supposed to be used by people in wheelchairs and stuff like that. It was operated by what looked like a lightswitch. The outer door looked like it led into a closet or something, and if you opened it (which is what Jonathan did), the elevator would stop. The whole thing looked kinda homemade.
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MBarnum, where did you see those announcements? I will be on my way shortly, to do some errands, then to the theater.
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Good to see you posting, DR Elmore! I guess the muscle relaxants - and the valium - are doing their jobs.
-I still remember when I had my first bout with sciatica a couple of years ago asking my doctor, "You want me to take how many Advil at once?!?!? But doesn't the bottle say you're only supposed to take 2 at a time?!??!" Who knew?!?!? -Of course, the higher dosage was only allowable if I had food in my stomach in order to buffer the large amount of medication - otherwise, other medical problems could have occured.
And I still remember the first time I took the muscle relaxer. I had never been on any type of medication like that before in my life, and the doctor "warned" me that although it was a "mild muscle relaxer", that I should stay close to home (not drive, etc.), and probably stay in bed the first few days while my system gets used to it. Well, I still remember taking it, getting into bed, putting the heating pad on... and then waking up a couple of hours later. Whew! But, boy, once the muscle relaxer started to wear off, did I start feeling the "twinges" again up and down my leg.
-And then there was my second bout with sciatica a few years later where I started getting some twinges down my other (right) leg due to some of the overcompensating I was putting my back muscles through while trying not to put weight on my left leg... that was not fun either.
As I stated before, Sciatica Sucks!
Continued Good Healing Vibes!!!
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DR MBarnum - I got your e-mail/PM. I shall be responding sometime soon. Thanks!
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MBarnum, where did you see those announcements?
At www.thedigitalbits.com under the upcoming classics releases by Frank Maxwell.
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Oh! I need to be getting ready myself to head to the theater...
Laters...
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Some interesting TV shows coming our way:
1st season of NIGHT GALLERY (that show always scared me)
1st season of ALFRED HITCHCOCK PRESENTS
All 26 episodes of FRACTURED FLICKERS (I know some DRs loved this show when they were kids...I don't think I have ever seen it myself!)
OH! "Night Gallery" scared me too... Especially that one sort of Dorian Gray episode... The lady kept calling the guy's name as he was decaying behind the door... Or some scenario like that (I haven't seen it in about 25 years!)... Of course, the name she happened to be calling was..."Jose?.. Jose?!?!?... Jose??!!... JOSE!!!"
-And to make matters "worse" - I was watching it over at my cousin's house... and it happened to come on at around 2:00AM, so... Let's just say I didn't sleep too well that night. :o
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Hey DiT - did you feel like Doris Day in MIDNIGHT LACE when the elevator stopped?
More like Oscar Lindquist in SWEET CHARITY.
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They gave me six dollars not to tell anyone. I, of course, told everyone.
Late night drum solos are are great payback!
der keeper of the Karma Brucer
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THEN do a major prunning because ...
One "n" , dear. (Doubling the consonant shortens the vowel - but you knew that.)
der smart-ass-editor Brucer
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Jane, I wonder if the site that you're getting this image from won't allow links to other sites. You may need to download the image to your computer and attach it using the "Attach" box below the message box.
Same site that I and others use. For some reason it doesn't always work for me. ???
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Sandra, sorry I asked. That wasn't as much fun as I expected. ;D
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For a
good time call a fun animated cartoon go to this site:
Fun With Italy (http://users.pandora.be/stefdirrix/flash/italy.htm).
(If your on dial-up it takes a bit of time to load - remember to have your speakers on for the sound)
der Brucer
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Same site that I and others use. For some reason it doesn't always work for me. ???
If you are copying a link into the Insert Image "button", and a extra space often makes the link not work - e.g.:
img]face.jpg [/img will fail when img]face.jpg[/img will work.
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After correcting Panni's spelling of "pruning"...
Late night drum solos are are great payback!
der keeper of the Karma Brucer
One "are", sir. (Doubling the words lengthens the sentence and confuses the reader - but you knew that.)
The Turnabout Kid
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Evening all!
Well the big news topic of the night is Bonny and Charlie. I keep telling people we need a Prince and then we would have Bonny Prince Charlie but no one ever listens to me!
The rumor mill at work states we will not be coming in on Friday because of the storm. We were even issued our Emergency Computer Protection Equipment today (that’s a big brown trash bag to you non techie people). The guess is we will spend tomorrow afternoon moving what can be move to inner offices/closets in preparation for good ol’ Charlie.
Mom and I are ready so please don’t worry about us. I bought batteries, water, Sterno and extra canned dog/people food along with bread. I’ve topped off the gas tank and took some cash out of the bank. The ease with which I bought these items tells me that people are not taking the threat seriously. Those shelves should have been bare by now. Sad.
When I get home tomorrow night, I will tape the windows and fill the bathtub with water.
I’ll charge the cell phones up tomorrow as well so if you don’t hear from me on the net due to a power outage, I will give you a call, DR Jane to let you know all is well. And, as I told you, should things go really bad, I will throw Mom, the dogs and the fish in the van and make a run for it.
I brought my Beta fish home from the office today just in case. He has a feeder that would have taken care of him for a week but since you never know what is going to happen, I didn’t feel right leaving him at the office.
I don’t expect it but after the lesson of Hurricane Opal (who went from a Cat 1 to a Cat 4 in the matter of few hours) I want to be prepared for anything.
I think I can say we are safe for the foreseeable future. Hummm, where did I read that phrase at? ???
Thank you for the answers, DR Jose. It did help me to understand some things a little better.
I was so sorry to read about your pain, DR Elmore. Perhaps now you will heal. Be well.
I go for my post surgery check up tomorrow. The one where I was supposed to be released to go back to work. Ha. Ha.
My hearing comes and goes. At times (like right this moment) I think I hear perfectly. Other times (like this morning) I couldn’t hear a blessed thing. I am continuing to take the antibiotics and am hoping they will prove to be the cure. The doctor did say it would take three or four days before I would notice a difference.
That’s the news from my neck of the woods.
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After correcting Panni's spelling of "pruning"...One "are", sir. (Doubling the words lengthens the sentence and confuses the reader - but you knew that.)
The Turnabout Kid
Well played!
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Living in earthquake country has its advantages relative to living in areas prone to hurricanes or blizzards: there's no time or energy wasted in the anticipation of the event!
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DTM, I omitted some details.
My sister was with me - nobody else. She had come in from New York for the unveiling of my mom's tombstone, and we had just returned from the cemetery. My sister is ultra-ultra-ultra (that's three ultras) Orthodox, and I'm near the other end of the spectrum. My sister has a heart of gold, but she never misses an opportunity to preach. I was on my best behavior, but when the lights went out, the elevator stopped, and the sermon started, I simply said: "Look, my nerves require total quiet in a situation like this." It worked.
So, does the scriptwriter get the job?
Well, okay, it's edgy in that Arrested Development kind of way. I think it will work. Give the sister a small York terrier that never stops yipping.
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DR Brucer,
Here's the scoop on the Hot Spot recording. DR WEL posted the following awhile back:
"I finally listened to the new CD of Judy Holliday in HOT SPOT and I have to say it is the worst quality "private recording" I have ever heard. Unlike most of them which were made through the theatre's sound system, this was made with a portable cassette recorder from someone in the audience. All the lyrics are mumbled and it sounds like the orchestra is in an echo chamber. It's impossible to judge the score itself. A few of the songs were recorded by BK on "Hey Love", a Mary Rodgers revue, and they all sound much better there. The best song in the score (the Sondheim one "Don't Laugh") hadn't been added to the score when the tape was made but is included in a commercial recording by Phyllis Newman. I'd love to hear Judy Holliday do it, but will never get the chance. There is one song I know I have heard (it's not in "Hey Love") called "I Think The World of You" but I don't know where I heard it. The CD ends with a demo by Rodgers and Charnin. It includes mostly cut songs and none of them are any good. However there is one couplet I find worth repeating:
Communisim is a headache
Democracy is the Bufferin"
This is a shame because the guy who is selling this on eBay has previously sold three other decent CDs: live recordings of Zenda and The Body Beautiful (both of which have good sound) and studio demos of Look to the Lillies and Palaces and Pleasures. I guess if the sound on Hot Spot is that bad, I'll pass it up. Fun cover, though.
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Warner Bros. Records had the rights to record HOT SPOT but they passed on it. A CD of a live preview is available (I have it) and of all the live show bootlegs I have in my collection or have heard this has the worst sound quality. It wasn't even recorded through the theatre sound system like most recordings of this kind, but sounds like it was a portable cassette recorder on someone in the audience's lap. Still, the material is interesting. It's sold through All Music in San Francisco and on their web site.
Remind me to add you to my "Lifeline" list for future fact-checking jobs. I assume the CD you have is the one I showed that was on EBay. I found a listing for All Music Services, but the website is listed as "under construction". I'm curious to know if potential buyers are warned about the true nature of the product they are purchasing.
Thanx for the info.
der Brucer
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Danise you bring back memories of preparing for winter storms when we lived on the east coast. Oh yes, the market was usually busy.
DerBrucer thanks for the tip. I checked if there are spaces for an easy fix, but no such luck.
George your method of url just takes so long I haven’t tried it yet.
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Seems to be working now. ???
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And a page five dance. 8)
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Pruning. Got it. It's a word I've never used before and probably never will again. But you never know...
It SHOULD have a double "n" - so you could prune one off...
For years I thought that "nuptials" was spelled "nuptuals"... Back in the days when secretaries would type scripts at the CBC, I would get my scripts back with "nuptials" spelled correctly (back in the days before spell-checkers, when secretaries had to know how to spell) -- and I would be incensed that they misspelled a word I had given them spelled correctly!
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::writes Note to Self, "Self, you will regret this post!"::
Here is your chance to give the President a Makeover:
"W"s Makeover (http://homepage.mac.com/krousen/Bush%20site/index.html)
Here is my version of "W" getting ready to host American Idol.
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~~~~~ Better back vibes to DR Elmore.
~~~~~ Mild storm vibes to Danise
I was in a hurricane once. It was scary knowing it was coming, although the storm wasn't too bad when it actually arrived.
I went to Puerto Rico after Hurricane Hugo for disaster relief, so I saw firsthand what a BIG storm can do.
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DRLaura did you go as a volunteer? With a group or on your own? Did you build houses?
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I think our President should grow a beard-very flattering.
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Sandra what classes are you taking that require such “interesting” reading material? ;D
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So why do my animated images disappear after awhile?
Why am I talking to myself?
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Jane, I went with church folks from around the country. We worked in Red Cross centers. I've also done a flood, forest fire, and toxic fires. I was on call to go to LA last fall during the fires there. Sometimes it's after the disaster when the parents need to do paperwork without distraction; sometimes it's to work in shelters during the disaster.
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DearReaderLaura that sounds very rewarding. Where do you stay, in the Red Cross Stations?
I would think a city as large as LA would be capable of recruiting locals for assistance with the fires. I was there at the time. We were very concerned my niece wouldn’t make it to her mother’s memorial service. Fortunately all went well.
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Jenny are you walking on air after last night's success? :D
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Trying something out for the website
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A little slow
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A little slow
A little slow is better than too fast. At least I'm able to spot some of the faces (I think I can, anyway...do I see What If's Susanne in there?)
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My question for ASKBK day....what is the first movie set you were on? What were your impressions and how did it come about?
I was taking a break from job hunting and having lunch in Griffith Park in Los Angeles, on the Valley side, in a section called "Travel Town." (For those unfamiliar with Griffith Park, think of it as the Los Angeles version of Central Park, but not as square, and not as landscaped.) A film crew had set up around one of the old locomotives on exhibit there, and I recognized Peter Falk, in his Columbo raincoat, and David White (better known as "Larry Tate" on the sitcom Bewitched). Being a Los Angeles native, I didn't oogle as much as a tourist would have, and this time my non-oogling was to my detriment, as I later learned it was indeed a Columbo episode being filmed the director of the shoot was former Prisoner creator/star/director Patrick McGoohan.
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Appreciate the time and cleverness put in by some of the Hainsies. I'm just not interested enough in computers etc to even bother learning how to do much at all. I am still in awe of those of you who bother to and apply the knowledge with such apparent ease.
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...Jenny's I'm Breaking Down turned out to be a terrific choice. No song in either of the evenings got more laughs, and she basically brought down the house. This masterful performance, I must add, was entirely crafted by DR Jenny herself. All the direction she got (at least while I was present) was an argument against using a paring knife on stage to cut a banana. The audience went crazy for it, and I think they would have all run up on stage en masse to embrace Jenny and carry her on their shoulders if they didn't know she was holding a real knife.
As those who truly know Jenny will tell everyone else, never ever defy her when she is armed with a paring knife.
;D
Congrats, Jenny!
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I've got to get going and put dinner together.
Ham steaks, carrots, and hushpuppies! Haven't made hushpuppies in quite a while!
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Well WHAT IF should be in the second act by now!!!
Still sending good vibes.
DRDANISE...good survival thoughts!
Thanks for answering my question MR BK....don't wander too far tomorrow night....be there to accept the congratulations!!!
There are a couple of NIGHT GALLERY episodes I remember....the Joan Crawford one, of course - a really scary one with Patty Duke writing in a diary...Richard Thomas as a sin eater....
Jean Harlow and Spencer Tracy and William Powell and Myrna Loy are on in LIBELED LADY....so funny....so clever!
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I am taping LIBELED LADY at this very moment!
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Very confused. Please explain
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Yes, I knew those upcoming releases from Universal were coming, and I'm excited about them
Anyone remember the NIGHT GALLERY episode where Richard Thomas played a "sin eater." That episode made me sicker than anything I have ever seen on television - meaning that it upset me so that I got physically ill. Beautifully done, but just the idea of it and the depiction on TV were SO real. Really freaked me out.
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There are a couple of NIGHT GALLERY episodes I remember....the Joan Crawford one, of course - a really scary one with Patty Duke writing in a diary...Richard Thomas as a sin eater....
One of my favorites is The Messiah on Mott Street with Edward G Robinson. I hope this is included in the set.
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Very confused. Please explain
Don't you live in Florida, too? Maybe I'm the confused one.
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Well played!
Thanks! ;)
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Now for some comments on BROADWAY'S LOST TREASURES II.
I enjoyed the show and liked the fact that not every number was a golden oldie from a classic show but rather some interesting and different things: AIN'T MISBEHVAIN', CHICAGO, GRAND HOTEL.
Speaking of "We'll Take a Glass Together," I was especially impressed with the video quality of it. The night of that Tony Awards,. we were having a storm, and the cable (analong, not digital back then) was at the mercy of the elements. Reception was pretty lousy, and my copy of that number and the others (CITY OF ANGELS, ONCE ON THIS ISLAND) is snowy. This seemed crystal clear.
Also glad to get that wonderful number for LA CAGE. My 1984 Tony tape got accidentally erased a year or so ago, so all those marvelous Kander and Ebb, Sondheim, and Herman numbers went with it. Ah, well! Maybe one of these days we'll get "Wallflower/The Rink" from THE RINK on a Broadway's Lost Treasures sequel.
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I just found the Night Gallery Website (http://www.nightgallery.net). I forgot all about some great segments: They're Tearing Down Tim Reilly's Bar, Certain Shadows on the Wall, The Boy Who Predicted Earthquakes. Great stuff!
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Jane, we stay wherever they can find room for us; motels, shelters, etc. In Puerto Rico we stayed in a vacant hospital room.
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One of my favorites is The Messiah on Mott Street with Edward G Robinson. I hope this is included in the set.
DR DantM, according to my book on the series, "The Messiah of Mott Street" was broadcast during the second season. So was the episode I just mentioned "The Sins of the Fathers."
If I read the blurb correctly, the 90 minute pilot for the series that featured Joan Crawford as a blind woman (directed by Steven Spielberg) will be included along with the 17 first season episodes.
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Don't you live in Florida, too? Maybe I'm the confused one.
Yes, but why the vibes? Do I have an illness I don't know about?
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MDS! Shouldn't you be battening down the hatches?!?!?!?!
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Right. there are a couple of hurricane/tropical storms in the Atlantic.
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"I like a man who knows his scoleosis from sciatica
When he makes his diagnosis, he is so simpatica!"
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As those who truly know Jenny will tell everyone else, never ever defy her when she is armed with a paring knife.
Words to live by, Woody!
I could easily make this the longest daily thread in the history of daily thread-dom if I started talking about how incredible DR Noel is as a musical director, so please take comfort in my brevity when I say that he is brilliant, and it was a pleasure and an honor to work with him.
In honor of Ask BK Day I must enquire: Does your chewing gum lose its flavor on the bedpost overnight?
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My question for ASK BK DAY:
BK, you mentioned Liev Shreiber in your review of MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE, have there been any Shrieber performances that you like? (I, too, was quite unimpressed with the unecessary remake).
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Sandra, sorry I asked. That wasn't as much fun as I expected. ;D
Well, my cousin Jonathan thought it was a lot of fun. ;D
I am taking whatever classes were open and fit my schedule because I signed up kinda late. These particular books are for a class called European Literature and Culture.
I want cake, chocolate, and pizza. Together or separate, I don't care. And now I'm out of ice cream. What do I do??
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Hello! Adelphia was down again when I got home. Now (obviously) it isn't. Saw GARDEN STATE tonight. Interesting movie. Natalie Portman was one of the stars and DD resembles Natalie P. quite a bit, I must say.
DD and I ate at PF Chang's before the movie. They gave us a complimentary dish we didn't order. (Some kind of spicy eggplant. it was good.)
I am SO thirsty and out of Diet Cherry Coke.
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I'm back, and to prove it, I'm here, but must once again wolf down some food - then I shall post.
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Just ate 5 - count 'em - 5 brownies (small ones - but still FIVE) that my ex-mother-in-law sent back with DD from the wedding they attended in Toronto. I'll be on a chocolate high for the next hour.
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I am not on a chocolate high, I'm on a McDonald's low. Notes will be up in eighteen minutes and you can hear all about how the show went.
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I am SO thirsty and out of Diet Cherry Coke.
Out of Cherry Coke?? I can sympathize. I am jealous of your five brownies, however.
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I was looking at photos of the wedding and my ex-mother-in-law, whom I haven't seen in person in over ten years, now looks like Queen Elizabeth. Brownieeeeeees!