Haines His Way
Archives => Archive 2 => Topic started by: bk on August 18, 2004, 12:02:22 AM
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Well, you've read the notes, you've fruit looped the notes, you've sugar popped the notes, and now it is time for you to post until the cereal cows come home. To it, I say.
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Welcome ten GUESTS. We're talkin' about cereal.
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I love many a cereal, but will buy whatever's on sale. Often, that's Raisin Bran, which is made by multiple companies (how'd that happen?).
It's been a long time since I've been the first post.
Over on r.a.t.m. - something of a Kimmel love-fest, for a change
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Once again, thanks to all DRs for your warm welcomes! I am....overwhelmed. :)
I noticed on yesterday's thread that some people were wondering who Jason & deMarco are. They are a gay, christian pop duo who have been featured on the cover of the Advocate. They did a benefit concert for the Trevor Project at the Ford Amphitheatre in Los Angeles tonight. How do I know this? Well, I actually attended the concert. I had never heard of them, but I got free tickets from a friend of mine. They were fine, though their drummer was a bit loud at times. This is not really my style or genre of music. The closest mix to religion and music I had gotten to before was "Nunsense'! :)
But, the show was fine, it was for a wonderful cause, and the audience seemed to enjoy it.
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I was invited to their opening but had to do the radio show.
A love-fest on ratm? This I've got to see.
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What's ratm? I'd check out a love-fest any old time. Tell me where.
As for cereal. I go on cereal kicks. Recently I've been on a Cheerios with blueberries kick. Eventually I'll get bored of it. But if it weren't for the "eat more" police, I could live on it.
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Let me rephrase my question - I know that ratm is some kind of a broadway related website. How do I find it? What does the acronym stand for?
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I guess I'll have to go to bed wondering...
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rec.arts.theatre.musicals. It's a usenet newsgroup. You can access it via google or via AOL "newsgroups" doing an expert add. The thread is one about saving Broadway cast recordings, and I have responded and thanked those who had nice words to say about me. ONE person, of course, was conspicuous by his silence, one Stephen Newport, the newsgroup's despot.
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Merci bien.
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Morning all! One thing I forgot to tell you all about yesterday was that I got the summons for JURY DUTY! I wouldn't mind but they want me to report the last week of September and that's Thelmas last week before she retires. I want to be there for her retirement party! Agh!
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Quote from: Danise on Yesterday at 08:41:05pm
Shenanigans! Does anyone remember that game show for kids that used to be on Saturday mornings?
Shenanigans!
Come on along and play Shenanigans!
My name is Stubby Kaye
And I would like
To meet you--
Howdy-doo!
Welcome to
Shenanigans!
My sister and I watched this every week. We had the Milton Bradley board game, too, but it wasn't as fun as the show.
I'm glad I'm not the only one who remembers that! I've mentioned it over the years to other and NO ONE knew anything about it! I was starting to doubt my memory!
Gotta run--but Jrand, I see you. What are you doing up so early? You need to go get some sleep! :)
Have a good day all!
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I can get there sometimes, DRPANNI...but usually not - you have to subscribe, I think, and it has something to do with some account in your email....grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
Lovely posts yesterday.
Hopefully I will get to come home and my regular time today, since I don't have rehearsal. AND my Here's Lucy box set has been shipped, so it may come today or tomorrow. I have also pre-ordered the I Love Lucy Complete Second Season! It is to be released on 8/31! Thanks to the DR who gave me this advance information last month! You know who you ARE!
Okay....hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.....CRISS CROSS also had a very young Tony Curtis, I think.
Oh and dRMATTH didn't BB OF 1938 also feature Leif Erickson? Married at that time of course to Frances Farmer....
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My question for ASK BK day, was there a toy that you truly, truly wanted when you were a lad, but never received....or one that you got and truly, truly became your favorite....even when you think about it today?
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I wish DRDANISE - on my way to work in a bit!
Shenanigans - I'm going to go get my broom!!
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Frosted Mini Wheats Must Die!!
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DR SANDRA- Cherry Coke? I've never tried it, but I like Coke and cherries are my favorite fruit.
DR RLP- You always say "The More The Merrier"? I always say "I think I am going to like it here"! (an Annie reference)
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You can also get to RATM through google.com (just click on groups).
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DR Jose of What If fame, I also wonder about the differences in the Olympics telecast. I'd bet that NBC night coverage (on tape delay) is the exact same for east coast and west coast.
I wonder if it is the same during the day.
For CBC (canada), I'd bet that night time is tape delayed to the west coast (since it's taped anyhow). But daytime is probably all live where ever you are.
Anybody know for sure?
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Question For BK- I saw "What If?" last week on Monday. I found it very funny, but I was also greatly touched by two of the ballads. One was "Millions Of Men" sung by Paul Haber and the other was "Simply" performed by Tammy Minoff. Since it was your very first public performance, understandably there were no programs. My question is who wrote these beautiful songs and how/where did you find them?
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Did anyone notice that yesterday was the 300th day of the re-formatted notes?
My favorite cereal is "Flash Gordon" with Buster Crabb.
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You can also get to RATM through google.com (just click on groups).
A bit of a warning about newsgroups, and accessing them through Google in partic: Spammers regularly mine newsgroups for e-mail addresses which are used both to send spam to and from. So if you ever want to post to any newsgroup, and you want to give other people in the newsgroup the option to privately e-mail you, you must either use a spare e-mail address (one which you wouldn't mind getting tons of spam) or you need to spoof your actual address in such a way that it will fool the spammer "bots" but will allow someone to figure out how to send e-mail to you. Something along the lines of blueskyfox@REM00VE4SPAMMcomcast.net (don't simply use words like REMOVE or SPAM--the bots can detect these and scrub them out.)
The particular problem with Google is that it requires a real, working e-mail address in order to register--they send you a link to a page to confirm your registration. But if you simply want to read the posts, there is no problem with that.
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My question for ASK BK day, was there a toy that you truly, truly wanted when you were a lad, but never received....or one that you got and truly, truly became your favorite....even when you think about it today?
I have a similar question, what are your favorite board games, both now and as a child?
When I was little, I always wanted Mattel's Vac-U-Form, but never got one. I had the Thingmaker and the Strange Change machine, but never the Vac-U-Form.
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I tried to listen to the radio show last night (in fact, I began recording it.) But right after the clip of Alet's song, my internet connection took a crap and I couldn't reconnect at all.
(makes fists with each hand, palms upward, shaking them slightly)
"I will make Comcast pay for what they've done to me!"
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Cereal:
Favorite as a kid: no question--Quisp! Loved those little sugary sweet and crunchy flying saucers! Loved the character and the Jay Ward commercials! Loved the great toys inside (I still have a few!)
Favorite now: Cheerios. Great with blueberries, as Panni said. Also with bananas! Yum!
Favorite cereal names: Ka-Boom and Puffa Puffa Rice (Ay-ah! Ay-ah! Digga digga bowlful!)
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Just call me Dan (the Frenzy)!
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I'm very partial, these days, to Special K with almonds. Yum.
My childhood favorite: Trix!
DR beckon: The "that's what I always say, what do you always say" is a reference to something I cannot quite put my finger on. I know it's been used in film, probably more than once. It's a bit like the line Bette Midler had in "Beaches" -- "Well, enough of me talking about what I think about me, let's talk about what YOU think about me!" (Despite the quotes, it's a paraphrase as best as I can remember).
Stephen Newport seems to be an idiot savant. He has a lot of theatrical trivia at his fingertips. He also seems to have nothing else in life but r.a.t.m. He posts constantly, incessantly and ad nauseum.
He seems to believe r.a.t.m. is his personal playground and comments upon ever single thing anyone says.
He has even been the dominant contributor to a thread -- first posing a thought or question, then answering it, then countering it. It's like he's four or five different personalities totally out of control.
He might seriously benefit from being strongly bitch-slapped every 30 minutes for a month.
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Have you notice has certain cereals have subtlely changed their names over the years. Sugar Frosted Flakes is now Frosted Flakes, Sugar Pops is now Corn Pops, Sugar Crisp is now called Golden Crisp.
Or how about the only cereal that had spinoffs? Cap'n Crunch had three. John LaFoote often attacked the ship for its cargo of Cap'n Crunch and Crunchberry cereals and he had his own cereal that was cinamon flavored. Other characters were the Crunchberry Beast who raised strawberry-flavored crunchberries and Smedley, a friendly elephant who loved peanut butter-flavored Cap'n Crunch.
Then there was the trio of ghostly cereals.
Boo-Berry (Bluebery flavored cereal), Count Choc-ulah (chocalate) and Frankenberry (Berry flavored) A ghost, vampire and the Frankenstein monster were the spokespeople respectively.
Or short lived cereals like Urkel-O cereal named after that annoying tv character?
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As a kid, my favorite cereal was Sugar Smacks. I'd even eat them with milk which was RARE for me to do. As I have mentioned several times in the past month or two, I will eat raisin bran and frosted miniwheats right out of the box as a snack now. I never eat cereal with milk.
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Thanks DR DTM, I don't use google to read newsgroups. But I was trying to find a way for DR Panni to get there.
I actually used to have a huge spam problem. And realized it was from posting on a newsgroup. Once I started putting in "nospam33" or whatever, my spam reduced by like 90%. Yeah for that trick!
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O the DVD front today will be YANKEE DOODLE DANDY. I had it out to watch on the 4th of July, but I got invited to a party and never got around to it and it began to sink to the bottom of my to-watch stack of DVDs. So, I rescued it this morning and will be enjoying it at some point today.
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here is a list of breakfast cereals that were available during the 80's
http://www.inthe80s.com/cereal.shtml (http://www.inthe80s.com/cereal.shtml)
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DR Jrand wrote: "didn't BB OF 1938 also feature Leif Erickson? Married at that time of course to Frances Farmer...."
Yep, he was in it looking very hunky indeed, but his and Dorothy Lamour's romance was not much to write home about - very sedate.
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Thanks for all the ratm info. I got there no problem once I knew what the acronym ratm stood for, which bk posted late last night.
I'm waiting for Adelphia. The men in boots for the AC are already here. The "men" seem to be about 15 and do not speak English. The wonderdog is not crazy about the boys in boots. An exciting morning around the home environment. ...I vant to be alone.
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We're not too big on cereals.
I've a hunch I'd stick with the oldies, if I were. Cheerios, Corn Flakes, that sort of thing.
I've heard Corn Flakes make a good breading for fried chicken. Something tells me Cheerios wouldn't be as good in that job, too large and round. It would be like eating a drumstick with tiny oaty tires attached to it.
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My question for ASK BK day, was there a toy that you truly, truly wanted when you were a lad, but never received....or one that you got and truly, truly became your favorite....even when you think about it today?
I got most of the toys I really wanted. There was a nifty car toy that I loved and think about quite often - I'm sure it was lame, but it was the steering wheel and dashboard, with all the little guages, and some kind of diorama you set up so it looked like you were driving on the street. Loved that.
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Question For BK- I saw "What If?" last week on Monday. I found it very funny, but I was also greatly touched by two of the ballads. One was "Millions Of Men" sung by Paul Haber and the other was "Simply" performed by Tammy Minoff. Since it was your very first public performance, understandably there were no programs. My question is who wrote these beautiful songs and how/where did you find them?
I'm so glad you were touched by the songs. One of the little criticisms that's been consistent is that critics don't understand why we have any material like that in the show - why we do material that in their minds is superfluous to the What If theme of the show. But we state quite clearly in the opening number our mantra: What if we do whatever we want? Old-fashioned revues did this - they just did funny stuff, moving stuff, whatever worked, especially to show off the performers. Critics today don't even know what an old-fashioned revue IS. But the audiences seem to "get" what we're doing and that's the most important thing.
To the question: Millions of Men is by Harvey Schmidt and Tom Jones. It's a song they wrote as a candidate for I Do! I Do!, although it was never even considered for the show ultimately. Until Harvey sent it to me, no one had ever heard it. I fell in love with it instantly, and when I had dinner with him when he was here for the Pasadena Playhouse tribute I told him we'd be doing it and both he and Tom were thrilled about it.
Simply is by me and is actually from my stage adaptation of The First Nudie Musical. I hadn't thought about it for the revue, but Tammy remembered my playing it for her a year ago and she really wanted to sing it.
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I have a similar question, what are your favorite board games, both now and as a child?
Monopoly as a kid, Scrabble now. My brother and I used to also play some kind of baseball game that was very enjoyable. I remember what the board looked like and have tried to find it on eBay but have had no luck. I do have the amazing Franklin Mint Scrabble and Monopoly sets.
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Stop me if you heard this one:
A blonde calls her boyfriend on the phone and says, "Sweetie, can you come over and help me with this jigsaw puzzle I bought today? It's real hard!"
The boyfriend asks, "What's the picture on the box?" and the blonde replies, "Well, it's supposed to be a picture of a rooster, but all the pieces are the same color and none of them seem to fit together. Could you come over and help me please?"
The boyfriend rushes to the blonde's apartment. She leads him to the dining room.
"I've spread out all the pieces on the dining room table," she says.
The boyfriend takes one look at the table and says...
"Honey, let's put the corn flakes back in the box."
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I shall be E&T all day, alas. Tasks related to job search and volunteering at my synagogue and, yes, a theatre engagement (Oscar Wilde's Salome) will keep me away until late this evening.
Do keep the home fries burning, though, you lovely, lovely (that is two lovelys) people out there in the dark.
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Dan TM - As a blonde, I protest!
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Jay - I read your post quickly (as dumb blondes often do) and thought they were doing Salome at your synagogue. An interesting thought. "Dansssssse, Salome, danssssse.... But first eat a little something, you're skin and bones."
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I'm waiting for Adelphia. The men in boots for the AC are already here. The "men" seem to be about 15 and do not speak English. The wonderdog is not crazy about the boys in boots. An exciting morning around the home environment. ...I vant to be alone.
"Veuillez me montrer où est votre climatiseur?"
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Dan TM - As a blonde, I protest!
Also as a blonde, I say, "But you are on the other side."
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Sugar Crisps is now called Golden Crisps? Noooo!!!!
That was my favorite cereal when I was a kid. My parents would not buy it. But my grandmother would. And whenever we went to sleep over there, it would be our special treat.
Okay that made me really sad, cause it's been like ten years since my grandma died. :(
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My favorite cereal now is Honey Nut Cornflakes.
So far I'm reading that 80s cereal list and most of them don't seem familiar.
One other cereal I used to like according to the list was called Frankenberry. It had yummy pink marshmellows.
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Oh btw, I think Honey Nut Corn Flakes also has a different name now. Something like Honey N Nut Crunch. But I like the old name better.
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Does Chex Mix count as a cereal? If so, then that's my favorite.
We are not allowed to have Raisin Bran in the house because of a little incident involving my mom and a box of buggy Raisin Bran. That was really gross.
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Oh, and when I was little, I really really wanted Legos. My brother had a whole lot, but he would never let me play with them. Sometimes I would steal a handful and play with them in my room until my brother caught me and took them back.
And last Christmas, I got two sets of Harry Potter Legos and I was so excited! And, if you remember, I was cleaning out my closet and found a plastic tub full of my brother's old Legos from before we switched rooms. At last! I have lots of Legos!!
We didn't have much luck playing board games as a family. I remember playing Yahtzee once when we were camping, but none of us knew how to play, so we were really just throwing dice around. And we played Clue a few times. We lost the Miss Scarlet piece and replaced it with a red golf tee from the campground's goofy golfing course.
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Yes, Viriginia, I, like Santa Claus, do exist, but evidently, also like Santa, I only appear once a year!
BK: so glad you appeared on RATM again. I knew if I mentioned your absence, you would miraculously return. Also, Cissy sent me the Wechter Tribute video--it's great fun. Why don't you record their musical?
Could all who are coming to our house this weekend for the NW HHW get-together PLEASE RSVP me ASAP (my that's several acronyms in a row, isn't it?). Could y'all let me know when you will be showing up and if you understand the directions that were emailed to you. Please remember I will be at the Tigard Pops Choir concert until at least 12:30 or so.
RSVP with arrival time to: jmkauffman@aol.com
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My cousin and I used to play The Game of Life a lot, but we changed some of the rules. Once a game was over, you would divorce your wife. Then you would spin the wheel to determine who got the children (by calling odd or even on each spin.) Then you went around the board again, getting married again and getting more children, and once more divorcing and spinning off the kids. Somehow or other, alimony and child support were involved but I forget how that worked. The fun part was in trying to pack all your kids into one car.
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Stephen Newport seems to be an idiot savant. He has a lot of theatrical trivia at his fingertips. He also seems to have nothing else in life but r.a.t.m. He posts constantly, incessantly and ad nauseum.
He seems to believe r.a.t.m. is his personal playground and comments upon ever single thing anyone says.
He has even been the dominant contributor to a thread -- first posing a thought or question, then answering it, then countering it. It's like he's four or five different personalities totally out of control.
He might seriously benefit from being strongly bitch-slapped every 30 minutes for a month.
I'm all up for that! But I would prefer it was done every month. I'll volunteer for the first two shifts.
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Catching up from yesterday. Happy belated Birthday S Woody White.
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This morning I went for a walk, and this is what I saw:
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I'm back. My server was down (sounds like a kinky butler) but it now seems to be working.
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Belated welcome wishes to Beckon.
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From yesterday radio.
CBC----Cross Country Check Up
Gilmor's Albums
Metropolitian Opera
Sunday morning newsmagazine shows
PEter Czowski
CBC's "drive home"
Any Radio Drama
17 Blocks of Broadway (I was a guest on it once)
funny You Should Say That (my father did some writing for it)
CBC overnight plays programming from other public radio station. When I had insomina it was a pleasure to listen to
In Montreal CJAD worked on two shows there in the late 80's/early 90's. They had interesting over nighters that played old time radio.
CFCF when they had the baseball and hockey games. I worked for their TV arm. But the station eventually went downhill.
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Michael Shayne - I loved Gilmour's Albums, too. Do you remember when Bruno Gerussi had a show on CBC radio? Really liked that. And as I mentioned yesterday, Gzowski was wonderful.
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The saga continues - The boss of the Boys in Boots is a man in boots and looks like Anthony LaPaglia (except for the tattoos that cover both his muscular arms). What's unusual for someone like him is that he smells REALLY good - some kind of cologne or aftershave, I guess. (Before you run with this, all you lovely people out there in the dark, I know how he smells because my guesthouse is very tiny and he came in to test the thermostat.)
Everything seems to be working fine and they've left. Adelphia just showed up. Busy times.
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Dr, Laura: That photo is WONderful! Where did you find such a wealth of turtles?
Is this in the wild???????
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Cereal? Then and now: Lucky Charms...when the only marshmallows that they had were only Pink hearts, yellow moons, blue stars and green clovers...and that's it! Now, I also really like Honey Nut Cherrio's. ;D
As for a toy that I "truly, truly wanted when you were a lad, but never received?" If there were such a thing for me, I've forgotten about it. :-\
My favorite board games as a child were and still are (because my family still plays them) Sorry, Aggravation and Monopoly. Monopoly, however, is only played when we KNOW we have a lot of time. Between everyone in the family, we probably have five different Monopoly games. The average one, the Star Wars edition, a reproduction of the original 1930s one, a local knock-off called "Oly-opoly" and at least one other.
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PAGE THREE!!
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DR Jrand wrote: "didn't BB OF 1938 also feature Leif Erickson? Married at that time of course to Frances Farmer...."
Yep, he was in it looking very hunky indeed, but his and Dorothy Lamour's romance was not much to write home about - very sedate.
Guess what? Frances was supposed to be in that, too, doing "a specialty number." I have pre-production PR on the film where she's one of the headliners. Golden Boy came along, and the rest, as they say.....
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I was another big fan of Gilmour's Albums. And 17 Blocks of Broadway was also a big favorite. I preferred it to its successor, Say It With Music, which after many years has just gone off the air.
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Could all who are coming to our house this weekend for the NW HHW get-together PLEASE RSVP me ASAP (my that's several acronyms in a row, isn't it?). Could y'all let me know when you will be showing up and if you understand the directions that were emailed to you. Please remember I will be at the Tigard Pops Choir concert until at least 12:30 or so.
RSVP with arrival time to: jmkauffman@aol.com
JMK I was just about to post. You missed my Bogie story yesterday. He suddenly had to have surgery today. Once I know he is okay, I will know if I’m going to Portland.
It is interesting how things turn out. If we had found a sitter and Keith planned to go, we would have cancelled the trip yesterday. Since the plan is for Keith to stay home anyway I will be free to go to Portland and leave him here to care for Bogie. I just need to know Bogie is okay before I leave him. I love this cat soooooo much.
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Candyland, and Chutes and Ladders were games I loved. They were still fun when I played them with my children. When I was older Clue became my favorite game. When I was 12 I had a Barbie game I enjoyed very much even thought I have always hated the doll. We played monopoly and Sorry (George thanks for reminding me of the name) lot.
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My server was down (sounds like a kinky butler)
Kinky Butler? Wasn't she in Bat Boy and the Little Shop revival?
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Jane - Keep us posted about Bogie (to whom good vibes are headed).
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Cereals? Oatmeal is about it. If I have leftover brown rice, I'll heat it up for a morning breakfast.
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I got most of the toys I really wanted
It struck me, reading Benjamin Kritzer, that hardly anything was denied the young BK. He wants something; he gets it.
And what struck me about this is that I grew up just a couple miles northwest of Kritzerland, and (my parents would confirm this recollection), plenty was denied me. Toys and stuff I wanted, I often didn't get. Never a Hot Wheels miniature car. Never a Big Wheel, for that matter.
Now, I'm not saying, "you were a spoiled child" as if that makes you some sort of a monster, and I know Ask BK day is not likely to lead to some deep psychological revelation, but what I'm wondering is:
Do you think getting-whatever-you-wanted-as-a-child led had any negative effect on you?
If the answer is no, perhaps we'll all feel free to spoil our children.
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Kinky Butler? Wasn't she in Bat Boy and the Little Shop revival?
;D
Noel, You're on a roel.
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Computer problems, folks. we're testing again.
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Thanks Dan-in-Toronto. We won’t be able to pick Bogie up until around 5:00. I think he is in surgery right now.
Oatmeal has always been a favorite along with Cream of Wheat. Since I have never had a gross experience with Raisin Bran I eat it on a regular basis. I usually mix in GoLean. Sometimes I have Mini Shredded Wheat sweetened with Honey Nut Cheerios. I always use non-fat milk. If there isn’t any than I eat the cereal plain or have leftover Basmati.
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[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]~ ~ ~ ~ ~ LUMP-BE-GONE VIBES FOR DC BOGIE! ~ ~ ~ ~ ~[/move]
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It struck me, reading Benjamin Kritzer, that hardly anything was denied the young BK. He wants something; he gets it.
Gosh Noel I didn't see it that way. Yes Benjamin Kritzer pestered his parents for some things that were important to him, but considering what he went through to get them I figured there was much he didn't get. There might have been the lesson learned, persistence. :)
I’m sorry you had so few toys. My father never received a birthday present from anyone in his family. I think that was very hard on him.
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:D Thanks Dan (the Man).
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It struck me, reading Benjamin Kritzer, that hardly anything was denied the young BK. He wants something; he gets it.
And what struck me about this is that I grew up just a couple miles northwest of Kritzerland, and (my parents would confirm this recollection), plenty was denied me. Toys and stuff I wanted, I often didn't get. Never a Hot Wheels miniature car. Never a Big Wheel, for that matter.
Now, I'm not saying, "you were a spoiled child" as if that makes you some sort of a monster, and I know Ask BK day is not likely to lead to some deep psychological revelation, but what I'm wondering is:
Do you think getting-whatever-you-wanted-as-a-child led had any negative effect on you?
If the answer is no, perhaps we'll all feel free to spoil our children.
Benjamin got more than I did. I didn't get EVERYTHING I wanted - there were plenty of books and albums and whatnot wherein my parents just said "enough". But, whatever their faults and peculiarities, they did give us plenty of "stuff" - both my brother and myself.
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My Ask BK Question:
Since most people don't like to see or hear thier own work, is there a cd that you produced that you return to with any regularity? Any that you don't think you would touch again?
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Good health vibes to Bogie!!!!!
[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%] ;D ;D :D :D ;D ;D :D :D [/move]
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RLP - the turtles are outside the zoo at the bridge entrance. There are probably a hundred there.
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Here's something else I saw today:
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~~~~~~ Vibes to Bogie (and Jane and Keith, who probably need them more).
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My favorite breakfast cereals as a kid were FREAKIES, FRUITY PEPPLES, SUGAR SMACKS.
Now I eat Low Carb Total (but constantly crave Lucky Charms)
Loved board games as a kid...I played LIFE, MONOPOLY, AGGREVATION, CHINESE CHECKERS, and CHUTES AND LADDERS a lot with our cousins Molly and Bobby. I didn't play them very often with my younger brother Dan because he was such a bad sport, and my other siblings were teenagers and were not around enough to play games with their little brother.
I am sure there were many toys that I wanted and did not get, but can't recall them. I did get a LOT of toys as a kid, however, so I was not hurting at all.
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We played monopoly and Sorry (George thanks for reminding me of the name) lot.
No problem! ;D
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Cereal? Then and now: Lucky Charms...when the only marshmallows that they had were only Pink hearts, yellow moons, blue stars and green clovers...and that's it! Now, I also really like Honey Nut Cherrio's. ;D
Oops! (that's Spoo spelled backwards.) Nobody noticed my mistake, but that should've been pink hearts, yellow moons, ORANGE stars and green clovers. My bad. ::)
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Was awash with tears watching YANKEE DOODLE DANDY. I'd forgotten the sentimentality of it which touched me and then Cagney's just sensational performance and the fetching music. Really quite a show; I can see why it's been so popular for so long. I probably hadn't seen it in ten years and had forgotten large chunks of it. The DVD looks lovely, but not quite so astonishing as CASABLANCA.
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I will definitely get another DVD watched tonight, but what it will be shall remain a mystery until I log back on tonight. (Actually, I'll have to go through the stack and pick something. I haven't done that yet.)
DR JMK, I'm assuming Frances Langford ended up singing that specialty number in THE BIG BROADCAST OF 1938.
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Favorite game as a kid: CAREERS (which we've talked about before here). Also loved CLUE.
I didn't play my first game of Candyland until I was 15, baby-sitting with a friend of mine when his parents left him to tend his 6 year old brother. I wanted to play and play! Several years ago, some friends of mine gave me a Candyland game for Christmas because they had heard me talk about playing this kid's game as a teenager and how much I loved it. I have since played it a lot with their children.
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Did anyone ever have a toy or game taken away from them as a child? One Christmas I got a game called Bop The Beetle. It came with a large, hinged "frog's head" that was more like a clam that opened wide and locked. The two players each had these short plastic bats which were then used to "bop" at their matching plastic beetles. The object of the game was to bop your beetle so that it flipped in the air and landed in the frog's open mouth. So basically, you had two kids who were pounding on the floor with hard bats until one of them managed to get their target to fly in the air and land in an echo-ing shell that would then slam shut. My mom hated it and it was gone before New Years.
About two years ago, I came across Bop The Beetle on ebay and bought it. I brought it to my Mom's house for a family gathering and I was filled with glee, watching my nephew and great niece play and play and play as my Mom shot me looks meant to kill. Hee hee hee...
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Vibes for Bogie, Jane, and Keith! ~~~~~~~~~~~
I played Monopoly once and was thoroughly bored out of my mind.
My favorite board game now is called Cranium and I can only play it when our church has get-togethers. A nice lady brings it and we get church people together to play it. My family still doesn't have much luck playing games together.
Hey, everybody go to Google.com and check out the cool picture at the top of the page.
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Thank you Mbarnum, Sandra and DearReaderLaura Sweet DRL, but poor Bogie has had to cope with too many medical problems over the years. I think he is suffering more. My big concern is the surgery will trigger an infection and a chronic problem we have under control. His Mommy going away won’t help. :-\
Where is a picture of the turtles?
Dan (the Man) I love the story. That reminds me of another favorite CUTIES. I didn’t have games taken away from me for a particular reason but periodically my mother would clean out my room and give them away. One time I made her, not an easy feat with my mother, call the person she gave my toys to and have several returned. It was also out of character for me to put up such a fuss. ;D
Sandra I went to google-cute.
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Jane - I must have missed yesterday'a post about Bogie.
*****GOOD VIBES TO HIM AND TO YOU AND KEITH!****
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My favorite cereal when I was growing up was KIX! they were round corn crunchy things.
Hmmmmmmm yes DRMATTH and I have talked about CAREERS before, and I bought the game on Ebay last year. I also liked RISK and CLUE of course and STRATEGO!
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Oh I wanted one of those dashboards by Remco, Mr BK - but didn't get it.
And DRNOEL - we know how much Minnie suffered and Benjamin cajoled before he EVER got anything...LOL.
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My Ask BK Question:
Since most people don't like to see or hear thier own work, is there a cd that you produced that you return to with any regularity? Any that you don't think you would touch again?
I occasionally go back and listen to the stuff I've done for various reasons - not all that much, though. Usually I've spent so much time in the creation of them, and then the endless listenings when we're mixing and mastering, that I tend to just put them on the shelf. So, sometimes I'll be going through stuff and I'll take one or two out and give them a spin. The ones I've listened to more than others would have to be Prime Time Musicals (which I really like), Unsung Irving Berlin (most of which I really like) and The Burt Bacharach Album. I tend not to listen to the vocalist discs - don't know why really, although I recently revisited Brent Barret's Lerner album (the final album I completely finished before my ousting from you-know-where). I really like it - he's wonderful, the sound is fine as is the mix. However, it's a textbook example, at least to me, in how not to sequence an album. They took that on themselves even though I told them I'd do it. I also find it vastly amusing that my producer credit is buried within the booklet and that someone actually had the temerity to put their name above mine. Of course, that someone recently got a taste of his own medicine. It would be one thing if that someone had had ANYTHING to do with the album and it would be one thing if he'd just stuck his name somewhere in the booklet, but it's rather crass if you ask me, not that anyone did.
There are a small handful of albums I've done that I would never feel the need to listen to again, but it really is a small handful.
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Thank you Panni. I'm going to call soon and hope he is out of surgery. It shouldn't have taken too long-I hope.
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I wanted a canapy bed. In order to have it my sister & I would had to have shared the bed, when she was home. Later my mother apologized for not getting it for me. That shocked me and I thought it was nice of her to say something. I really wanted that bed and begged and begged for it. I survived without it. ;D
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More good vibes to Bogie!
And DTM, I also enjoyed your story.
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Is that like a canape' bed? Most uncomfortable, I say.
Hi JMK! As to the Northwest HHW gathering, include me out.
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Hi JMK! As to the Northwest HHW gathering, include me out.
Did you forget to buy your plane ticket??!!
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But JR, you and I were going to dress in drag and perform all the duets from "Starcrossed." I am crushed....absolutely crushed. :)
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The toy question... Well, believe it or not, I wasn't really into toys as a kid (I am NOW -- I love toys). I don't remember having too many toys before we left Hungary. I had the usual things - some dolls and my beloved puppet theater. it wasn't because we were poor, we weren't. But I actually preferred books to toys from a very young age.
Once we left Hungary, my life changed very abruptly. Almost all my toys were from the Salvation Army or the Hadassah Bazaar. I had a great doll house from the bazaar and I would add furniture and figures to it for years. My huge tricycle was from the Salvation Army and I would ride around on it all day sometimes (back in an era when you weren't considered kidnapped if you did.) I'd collect bottles in the park, put them in a shopping bag hungs on my tricycle and return them to get the deposit money. The one toy I really wanted and got was a stuffed monkey which I saw on the plane on the way to Canada. I still have it. My absolute favorite toys were cut-out dolls. I would make up stories and play with them for hours and hours. I had many movie star cut-out dolls: Debbie Reynolds and Elizabeth Taylor are two that I remember vividly.
My favorite board game was monopoly.
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My Internet seems to be working well at last. And the new AC system not only works beautifully, but it makes no noise. The old one sounded like the Prussian army was doing maneuvers over my head
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JMK: If my bus from here is late, start without me.
Have a great day.
Maybe next year.
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Cereals: I think DR Jose was in shock when he stayed here - most Australian cereals do not have much of a sugar content. We have variations of the usual Kellogs products but without the sugar! My usual cereal is almost entirely free of sugar and no way would I add it. I leave sugar to the important things of life - ice-cream and chocolate. Even then I don't like either if they are too sweet.
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My dad adds sugar to Frosted Flakes.
I've spent the last couple hours playing my new Harry Potter computer game, and now I am off to watch Arthur. Am I living it up or what?
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No posts in over an hour. Skammen.
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But JR, you and I were going to dress in drag and perform all the duets from "Starcrossed." I am crushed....absolutely crushed. :)
I've performed in drag before! Can I be Jack's understudy?? ;) Anyway, speaking of cut-out dolls and doing drag:
My absolute favorite toys were cut-out dolls. I would make up stories and play with them for hours and hours. I had many movie star cut-out dolls: Debbie Reynolds and Elizabeth Taylor are two that I remember vividly.
About six years ago, I did a show where gangsters had taken over a nightclub and at the end of the first act, I had to distract everyone. I came out...umm, made my entrance in full Carmen Miranda drag! I had a tutti-fruitti had (actually a helmet with plastic fruit hot glued to it) and huge, gigantic ruffles on the sleeves and all over the skirt. It was a hoot and totally surprised everyone in the audience. They loved it! Anyway, right after that, some people I knew gave me the book, Carmen Miranda Paper Dolls in Full Color (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0486242854/qid=1092873752/sr=ka-1/ref=pd_ka_1/002-4983921-5044869)! I still have it and I've never cut out any of the dolls or dresses!
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Anyway, right after that, some people I knew gave me the book, Carmen Miranda Paper Dolls in Full Color (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0486242854/qid=1092873752/sr=ka-1/ref=pd_ka_1/002-4983921-5044869)! I still have it and I've never cut out any of the dolls or dresses!
But you should! You'll be surprised at how much fun it is.
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I still have it and I've never cut out any of the dolls or dresses!
Now that's a librarian.
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Paper dolls were great. I loved my sisters' star dolls:
Joanne Woodward, Giselle MacKenzie, Annette, Lucille Ball, Carol Heiss....Doris Day! Glamourous clothes! Yes we would always put on shows....in fact I think Patty Duke once got Hayley Mills in a headlock!
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Do you love Lucy?
If so, the HERE'S LUCY DVD set that was released yesterday is a MUST HAVE.
Never the BEST of her series, HERE'S LUCY has so many extras and also the extra six minutes edited out of the episodes for sydication. You also get Ann-Margret's Love From Hollywood tv special featuring Lucy & Desi, Jr.
But the out takes, rehearsal footage, and bloopers are what make this set so much fun. Yup, comedy is serious business....and you see Lucy hard at it....along with some guest stars.
HERE'S LUCY!!
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Thanks to DRMBARNUM for my early birthday present. It's Bollywood tonight!
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VERY SAD NEWS FROM THE NW CONTINGENT:
I JUST RECEIVED AN EMAIL THAT DENNIS CLANCY (I LUV NY) DIED OF A HEART ATTACK ON SUNDAY. I HAD JUST SPOKEN WITH DENNIS A FEW DAYS AGO AND HE WAS PLANNING ON COMING SATURDAY TO GET TOGETHER WITH THE REST OF US.
DENNIS WAS A TRUE GENTLEMAN AND A LOVELY, FUNNY GUY. HE'LL BE MISSED.
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Sad news indeed JMK. Everything else is now very much in perspective.
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Thank you Jennifer.
Bogie is home! He isn’t too happy and is a little wobbly. I have some pain medicine to give him. I hope it speeds his recovery.
I still have some of my stuffed animals and dolls and lots of new ones collected over the years to keep them company.
Sandra your father needs to wean himself off the extra sugar in “the way too sweet to begin” with frosted flakes. :P
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Dennis was only 60.
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Good news Jane to have Bogie home.
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Sad news. :(
Thanks Tom. I will go hold my Bogie now.
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Oh....
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Shocking about Dennis. I got a nice e-mail from him a few months ago because he'd forgotten his password here. I got it from him and hoped he'd post again. But, perhaps he's been sick for a while. A very lovely person.
I hate to carry on this theme - but after Mr. Goldsmith, Mr. Piero Piccioni and Mr. David Raksin, Mr. Elmer Bernstein has just passed away. However, he lived an incredibly long life (he was, I believe, eighty-two). And we will forever have his movie scores to listen to - my favorites being To Kill a Mockingbird (one of the greatest scores ever written), Love with a Proper Stranger, Birdman of Alcatraz, Sweet Smell of Success, The Ten Commandments, The World of Henry Orient, Summer and Smoke and I could go on and on.
Now, enough with the dying already. RIP our very own Dennis Clancy, and RIP Mr. Bernstein.
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BTW, JMK - I don't think we had decided exactly which of us was singing Frances and which of us was singing Judy...so until that is settled - forget it!
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Oh, Elmer Bernstein....oh...oh....
I used some of his music from TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD in my stage production of ON BORROWED TIME.....
And then of course THE CARPETBAGGERS and WALK ON THE WILD SIDE and TRUE GRIT!
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I don't think I can dance right now.
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This has been a CRAPPY year for film music fans. First, Jerry Goldsmith, then Piero Piccioni, and next David Raksin.
Today, the sad news is that Elmer Bernstein, dean of film music composers, has passed away.
Bernstein was nominated for his last Academy Award two years ago for "Far From Heaven" (a score for which he should have won the Oscar, IMO).
He began his film career in the early 50s, but in 1955-566 he scored two major films: "The Man With The Golden Arm" and "The Ten Commandments." Since then, Bernstein has contributed tremendously vibrant film scores for a wide variety of films, most notably the poignant, elegant and heartbreakingly beautiful "To Kill A Mockingbird." He was known for his western scores, as well, including "The Magnificent Seven" which featured a theme that is one of the definitive pieces of western music everyone knows well when they hear it (right up there with Jerome Moross' "The Big Country"). Many of you will recognize the next theme: He penned the theme music for "National Geographic Presents"! And if you're old enough to remember those David L. Wolper TV specials of the 1960s, you may recall that bittersweet, elegant theme to "Hollywood and the Stars" (available on a recording "Bernstein By Bernstein" featuring the RPO Pops orchestra).
Recordings of his scores attest to the rich legacy and unique voice Elmer Bernstein contributed to film. My favorites include "Hawaii," "Sons of Katie Elder" and "Rambling Rose." He even dipped his toe in the Broadway musical pool, writing the music for "How Now Dow Jones." Additionally, he wrote incidental music for the 1954-55 stage production of "Peter Pan" and the 1983 production of "Merlin." He won an Oscar for his underscore to the musical "Thoroughly Modern Millie" in 1967.
As I said, it's been a CRAPPY year, and I refuse to even think about how much worse it could get.
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Yes, forgot about Katie Elder - wonderful score - I'm ashamed to say I like it better than The Magnificent Seven. And, of course, The Carpetbaggers. Brilliant.
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And isn't it absolutely strange that Bernstein should have won his only Oscar for the rather undistinguished (relatively speaking) UNDERSCORE for Thoroughly Modern Millie? I mean, that's just plain peculiar.
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Our new speakers have been installed and I must go to the theater to hear them, test them, and then set new levels, if needed.
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Elmer Bernstein.... :'(
http://www.reelclassics.com/Audio_Video/Music3d/clips/bernstein_10c_prelude_clip.mp3 (http://www.reelclassics.com/Audio_Video/Music3d/clips/bernstein_10c_prelude_clip.mp3)
http://www.reelclassics.com/Audio_Video/Music3d/clips/bernstein_mockingbird_maintitle_clip.mp3 (http://www.reelclassics.com/Audio_Video/Music3d/clips/bernstein_mockingbird_maintitle_clip.mp3)
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There is something in every Bernstein score that captures my fancy/imagination. Such a wealth of talent, even through his 80th year.
He resurrected what might have been a fading film career in the 1980s by tackling the "Airplane" movies and then doing "Ghostbusters." These movies did not require "major" film scores, and they were riddled with "pop" music that was handled by someone else...but he endeared himself to a new generation of film directors and got some plum assignments in the 80s and 90s because of it.
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And isn't it absolutely strange that Bernstein should have won his only Oscar for the rather undistinguished (relatively speaking) UNDERSCORE for Thoroughly Modern Millie? I mean, that's just plain peculiar.
I have BEGGED folks to point out just where in the film the "original" score is located. Everything sounds like standards or Cahn to me. WHERE is the underscore that is unique to Elmer, I have always asked/pondered/wondered.
No one has ever been able to say, "That bit of music under this scene...or that one...that's original score!"
No one. Ever.
Most peculiar!
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That's exactly what I'm talking about!! It was easily the strangest music Oscar pre-Eminem, IMHO.
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Bogie is hiding from me so I decided to read the paper. To my amazement on the front page is Haines his way:
http://www.dailytidings.com/2004/0818/081804n2.shtml
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The young and very talented musician nephew of a friend has just come to Hollywood from Canada, having won a scholarship of some kind, part of which included being mentored by Elmer Bernstein.
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RLP you write very nice tributes.
Bruce I hope the sound system is more than you hoped for.
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Bogie is hiding from me so I decided to read the paper. To my amazement on the front page is Haines his way:
After all this sad news, a much needed laugh, Jane!
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The young and very talented musician nephew of a friend has just come to Hollywood from Canada, having won a scholarship of some kind, part of which included being mentored by Elmer Bernstein.
My very sick and twisted sense of humor has a few punchlines for this sad circumstance, but I shall contain myself out of respect for the recently departed.
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DRs Jane & Panni (and any other DRs who haven't seen it): If that made you laugh, you simply must drop by my site and find the cleverly hidden Bruce Kimmel related Afikomen (well, it couldn't be an Easter Egg considering our cultural heritage, could it?). Here's a clue: go to my site. Scroll to the bottom of the first page, and click on the "But, wait, you also get..." link. That will take you to the second page. There you will find a very becoming (becoming what, I don't know) picture of Bruce at Jerry's in Encino. If you were to perchance click on that picture, you might get a little surprise.
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Your directions were excellent JMK. Found the "Egg". I know where to ask for directions when I am in Portland next year. (Hopefully about this time).
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Yes, very good directions. Then I shouldn't get lost going from my son's place to Jeff's. :-\
Panni Keith and I also had a much needed laugh at the headline. :D
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Also as a blonde, I say, "But you are on the other side."
BTW (internet lingo!), DR Panni, it struck me that the above might have been taken the wrong way. It's a punchline to another blonde joke:
A brunette and a blonde were on opposite sides of a river, and the brunette calls out, "How do you get to the other side?" And the blonde shouts back, "But you are on the other side."
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Good Evening!
I'm reading... I'm reading...
I'll be posting...
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Sad to hear about Elmer Bernstein's passing. I don't think I ever played any of his classical piano compositions myself, but I do know that many of them got frequent "airplay" in countless recitals and competitions over the years.
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Thank You (?) DR JMK for sharing the news about the passing of our very own DR Dennis Clancy. My thoughts and prayers are with his family and friends.
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I didn't know Dennis Clancy, but it's always sad to hear of someone who's died so young. My condolences to his family and friends.
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I wouldn't normally do this, but this is one group I think most DRs support...
I got a notice from BROADWAY CARES/EQUITY FIGHTS AIDS that they now have their own credit card. It has no annual fee, a higher-than-average credit line, and all sorts of good bonuses. And, of course, it's for a great cause.
If you're interested, call 1-877- 518-9007. (Mention priority code KD7X.)
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Good Evening!
Well, I finished my "project" at the music store today, and, for now I'm done. But I'm sure I'll be back there as a customer a couple of times in the next few weeks, and there's still a good possibility that I'll be back as a clerk too. We shall see.
As I mentioned before, I had a good time being back in the retail music biz. And there were even a few times today when I was able to help out a few customers with their searches. -I guess I really do have a sort of photographic memory of sorts since I was able to remember where certain items were placed - and I had only really given the store a once over, once. -Well, you know what I mean.
I've been taking the past couple of hours to check in on things back home, as well get some laundry done. The windows are open, and the evening air is breezing through them right now. Very nice. -Apparently, LA is going through a "cool wave" right now. Meanwhile, back home in Richmond, besides dealing with record rainfalls and humidity levels, the temps are back to "normal" for this time of the year - mid-90s. Ugh. Ah, well...
I was watching the Olympics, but now I've switched over to PBS where they're rebroadcasting the American Masters program on Julia Child. And there's a "Family Guy" marathon on right now too, and I'll probably switch over to them after this program is over.
*And I the L.A. Times appreciation of Julia Child is titled "Missing Child". Hmmm... :-\
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Dear Jose:
I'se a-hopin' yer curren' lodgin'-mates unnerstan' 'bou hows that Alton Brown show, "Good Eats," is importan' t' yer well-bein', 'cause t'night's show is all 'bout that essenshul grub, chili.
Them fellers, they've cooked up a funny one, what with Alton and his pardners not to be seen for the whole show. 'Stead, we got Gus 'n Rusty, and some feller called the Stranger whose got soft skin, tellin' us 'bout how real chili is made. 'N they get most've the stuff right, but I've got real chills goin' up 'n down my spine when they start talkin' 'bout usin' a dang contrapshun called a "pressure cooker." Sound' French t'me.
Figgered yuh'd like to know 'bout the show.
Best from this side of th' range - Woody
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What a terrible loss in Elmer bernstein. I think TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD is one of the true genius scores ever written, so perfect for the film it was written for.
Sad indeed!
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After I watched some of the extras on the second disc in the YANKEE DOODLE DANDY set, I watched NUTS. The transfer was merely serviceable. I guess Barbra had some of her shots difused to make her more attractive, but they just look soft on my TV.
No clue what DVD tomorrow may bring.
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I suspect the Academy members who voted Bernstein the Oscar for MILLIE probably thought he had a hand in the title song. I've always thought the title song (that he didn't write) had a great deal to do with Alfred Newman's winning the Oscar for LOVE IS A MANY SPLENDORED THING. Not that the score isn't wonderful, but I think the title song was a strong incentive to vote him an Oscar for ALL the music.
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Almost at page six...
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And here it is!
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Well, just for kicks, I went back and checked some of my past posts...
On July 7, I wrote the following:
Good Evening!
I'm heading to bed shortly, so...
I really MUST get up early tomorrow and start checking out some leads for part-time work. I'm just so non-motivated to do so mainly because I haven't had a "day job" in about five years. And my last two "day jobs", I literally walked into the stores, asked if they were hiring, and I got hired. And I was a manager and a buyer at both places! I'm not looking forward to filling out applications, but I know that's what I have to do, so... I had planned to take the summer off as it was, but since after checking out other leads, it doesn't look like any gigs will be coming up until mid-November at this point. The only "comfort" I have is that all my other musician-friends are in the same boat. Ehh... It's just the way everyone's seasons lined up. No tours going out until the end of the year - at least union ones. And most of the theatres in DC are holding off on their musicals until Christmas time. So... I do have some "Plan Bs" in the mix, and after I see how things go the rest of this week, I'll go from there.
But I just think back to the past two years of back-to-back work... The shows I've worked on. The people I've met.
Ah, well...
My how things can change!
:)
And I'm also finding that the saying "work begets work" does seem to be true... More updates as they become available. ;)
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OH! And after reading that previous post, I also realized I used the phrase "Plan B" - which was one of the possible titles for what eventually became known as "What If?" Hmmm...
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OH! (again) I stopped by Rite Aid on the way back from today... And the 18 oz. "Bonus" container of Almond Roca are on sale this week... And it's probably a national, chain-wide sale...
Just thought you would all like to know that...
<crunch>
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I'm back. I watched Freaks, which I'll discuss in the notes that I must write very soon. Sound system - hard to tell, because now we're getting strange buzzing sounds from all the mics. The mic company is coming out tomorrow to check it out. The playback sounds fine - these new speakers need a lot more juice than the others, but we set a level that seems okay and we added a bit of bass to it.
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I just now realized that it's not Tuesday! Which means I have all sorts of things to do tomorrow -- because it's Thursday, not Wednesday. As Dan TM would say, "Those dizzy blondes!"
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I am back from Salome. It was the actors vs. the playwright and I am sorry to report that Mr. Wilde lost.
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OH! (again) I stopped by Rite Aid on the way back from today... And the 18 oz. "Bonus" container of Almond Roca are on sale this week... And it's probably a national, chain-wide sale...
Just thought you would all like to know that...
<crunch>
Isn't that the single serving size?
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I'm off in a couple of hours to see Carousel - a seemingly miscast David Campbell (maybe he is Julie!).
Love the show so it will be interesting. Figure nothing is as bad as Caroline O'Connor as Aldonza.