Haines His Way
Archives => Archive 2 => Topic started by: bk on August 21, 2004, 12:21:21 AM
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Well, you've read the notes, you've briefed the notes, the notes have briefed you, and now it is time to post until the brief cows come briefly home.
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Here is our very own Juliana A. Hansen, sitting next to me at Marie Callendar's.
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I am a member of the Boxer Rebellion. Briefs absolutely. And for more than "55 Days at Peking" - the title theme being a #1 Hit Parader in Australia. Not to be confused with "So Little Time" which had little impact. I have friends who have a boxer - not a pet boxer like Ms Streisand in "The Main Event" but a lovely dog named Jack. He visits us with his people companions.
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I used to have a pair of men's silk boxers given to me as a present by their owner. I eventually parted ways with both the boxers and their owner, but I must say they (the boxers) were very comfy.
More tomorrow (today, actually) about my undies. The thrills! The glamour! The cotton!
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Good Evening! Good Morning!
-I was originally planning on heading to some club in Hollywood after tonight's show to catch Phil Crosby singing, but as soon as I hit the sidewalk outside the theatre, the day just caught up with me. I was - and am - exhausted. So, I hied myself to the Metro and headed back to the homestead. -I also made a stop for some food, since I realized my blood sugar was running a little low - and I needed some water too. *I think all the walking I've been doing since I've been out here in L.A. has helped to kick up my metabolism - which is a good thing. However, I'm noticing - and forgetting - that I now get hungry and thirsty more often than I used to. -Does that make sense. In any case, the food and water helped...
I used to be a briefs guy, good ole tighty-whities. But now I'm more of a boxer-briefs kind of guy.
Well, that's tonight's post-show post... I'm heading to bed.
Goodnight.
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What a wonderful frenzy of posts last night....I am sorry I was not here to participate! GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR....
Nice to see a photo of Miss Juliana! Thanks MR BK....and thanks for the updates on the show. Saturday night audiences are usually very good for us - so here's hoping you get a good crowd, too - that knows what it's seeing!
Well....I am in the same boat as my birthday twin, DRJOSE. Briefs for years and years....and then boxers for awhile....and now I prefer Boxer-Briefs.... They are comfy and yet NOT baggy!
Congratulations to DRJOY on her cast....on her being cast, that is!
I am working at the store today - to get books to the 1000 students or so that will walk in today.....most experiencing the sticker shock of a Chemisty Book that costs $171.99 or a Biology Book for $151.95!
One last word on - undies - at least until I get home later:
As someone who wore white briefs for many years, I am glad to say that I now enjoy a bit of frivolity in my drawers.
NUNSENSE was very funny - the band sounded great and the actresses were having a wonderful time QED so did the audience!
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I join the crowd moving to boxer briefs. So much more comfortable.
So many posts last night and now only 5! You'd think it was Saturday morning at 7:20 am or something.
Hi, Tom and JR!
At this time next week we will be heading to the airport for a much anticipated trip to Minnesota. The State Fair, corn dogs, cheese on a stick. Umm, umm, umm (that's three umms). Also a visit to Red Wing and visits to Cheapos Used CD and Record Emporium!
Congrats to DR/DW Joy on the casting.
I am off to work now.
Laters (to quote a certain bi-coastal DR)
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Hello Ben. This means it must be nearly my bed time!!
Couldn't remember what you call them - really am into the Boxer-briefs myself. Boxers are for sleeping!
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SSP post (Shameless Self Promotion)! ;D
Click on the link below the photo and scroll down a bit to read my review of the HERE'S LUCY DVD Box Set at Epinions!
(http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00026WV5O.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg)
http://www.epinions.com/content_152278765188 (http://www.epinions.com/content_152278765188)
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Hi Ben! Hi Tom! Off to work....heigh ho heigh ho....
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Seems like I'm one of the crowd. Wore briefs my entire life until two years ago when I discovered boxer briefs, and now I much prefer them. Have all sorts of colors, too, which makes for interesting underwear.
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Guess I'll get to NIGHT & DAY today for DVD watching.
Tonight, Showtime is playing the infamous SHOWGIRLS which I've never seen. Since I have Showtime in high definition, my first exposure to this classic bad movie will be in high definition. Hope it doesn't blind me.
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Since I mentioned I had never seen SHOWGIRLS, this brings up another question I'd like to ask here. Seems like it was asked months and months ago, but I don't remember everyone's asnwers and also the answers might have changed. I know mine did since we talked about this last.
What true classic movie have you never seen at all (not even bits and pieces of)? It can be a domestic or foreign film.
For me, I think the most famous American film I've never seen at all is Billy Wilder's A FOREIGN AFFAIR.
Most famous foreign film - Fellini's JULIET OF THE SPIRITS.
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SSP post (Shameless Self Promotion)! ;D
Click on the link below the photo and scroll down a bit to read my review of the HERE'S LUCY DVD Box Set at Epinions!
http://www.epinions.com/content_152278765188 (http://www.epinions.com/content_152278765188)
Are the Lucy Shows in public domain and if so how did that happen.
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And boxers
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I mentioned yesterday that Brooke Shields was slated to replace Donna Murphy in the Wonderful Town revival and BK stated it was just rumor. I just read that there is a date attatched to that rumor. She is slated to take over September 28th according to Broadway.com
http://www.broadway.com/template_1.asp?CI=41181&CT=38 (http://www.broadway.com/template_1.asp?CI=41181&CT=38)
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Producers news: Beginning August 31, Jonathan Freeman and Brooks Ashmanskas will play Roger DeBris and Carmen Ghia, respectively. I think at least with Jonathan Freeman is a good casting choice. Freeman has done 9 albums for BK produced and BA was on Little Me revival cast album
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At the time it was first leaked, Miss Shields WAS just a rumor. Glad it's confirmed - although I don't really think she'll help the box office. The Weisslers are, of course, producers of the "never say die" philosophy.
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At the time it was first leaked, Miss Shields WAS just a rumor. Glad it's confirmed - although I don't really think she'll help the box office. The Weisslers are, of course, producers of the "never say die" philosophy.
Looking back at my earlier post I think it looked like I was being snarky. Not my intention. But rather just updating. Sorry BK if it sounded that way.
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I didn't think you were being snarky.
Now, what in tarnation am I doing up at this hour. I woke up at six-thirty and just couldn't fall back asleep. Damn them, damn them all to hell.
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I didn't think you were being snarky.
Now, what in tarnation am I doing up at this hour. I woke up at six-thirty and just couldn't fall back asleep. Damn them, damn them all to hell.
Happens to me every single morning. Since I rarely have anything that makes it urgent to get up at 8 or sooner, I could sleep until 9 or 10. At my age now, that almost never happens. If I sleep past 8 a.m. it is VERY rare indeed.
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I woke up at 7:30am, put on my BOXER BRIEFS, covered them with a stylish pair of cargo shorts, had a cuppa, put a leash on Minx, took a walk and then went down the steps to find
[size=8]A FLOODED BASEMENT![/size]
Quite unseemly. Even if it was far less than an inch of H2O, it still is a time consuming process to dry out. Since most of the cellar is covered with indoor outdoor carpeting, I can just plug in a shop vac and suck the water up. Which is what I have been doing since 8:15 this morning. In the midst of it all, I received a lovely call from Down Under, where it did not rain last night and Renee Geyer put on a very nice show filled with lots of her 1970s material.
Now that I have the office dry enough for Minx to lay in her normal daylight spot, I shall take myself out to Walmart and buy a couple of dehumidifiers. Then I shall commence to suck up what waters remain in the other part of the cellar.
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I didn't think you were being snarky.
Now, what in tarnation am I doing up at this hour. I woke up at six-thirty and just couldn't fall back asleep. Damn them, damn them all to hell.
Six-thirty? That's for amateurs. By then I'm usually back from walking the wonderdog and am getting ready for my own walk.
I'm actually running behind this morning as I'm just going out for my own walk now. (Spent a lot of time in the park with the Saturday morning dog people -- who BTW are all going to see WHAT IF? next Friday.)
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The flooded basement was caused by. . . . ?
My first thought was rain, but then I thought maybe a leaking water heater. Just curious.
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Back from my walk. Almost every day I'm seeing dead crows (one in my driveway this morning). West Nile. Yikes!
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Is Brooke playing Ruth (all wrong) or Eileen (possible)?
Although I am not athletic, I find an athletic supporter a very comfortable undergarment.
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Rain, DR MattH! Rain in buckets and torrents! Well, I store nothing on the floors, so nothing really got wet but the carpeting, still, it's a b***h on a Saturday morning. . . .
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Is Brooke playing Ruth (all wrong) or Eileen (possible)?
Although I am not athletic, I find an athletic supporter a very comfortable undergarment.
Remember Eve Arden's wonderful advice in GREASE?
If you can't be an athlete, be an athletic supporter!
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Morning all! Ok, I am a wussie. I can sleep the clock around, get up for a little while and go sleep some more. I don't know why but sleeping something I do very well.
Congrats to DR Joy! Good for you!
Unmentionables are, well, unmentionable! I will say mine are Haines Her Way--no joke and no lie.
Sorry to hear about the--what did you call it, td? A basement? ??? What's that? We don't have such things here in Florida. We have to much sand.
Hi Ben! Hi Tom! Off to work....heigh ho heigh ho....
Shouldn't that be: I owe, I owe so off to work I go? :D
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The inability to build basements in silty Louisiana is, of course, a major repeated part of Caroline, Or Change.
The following is by Cole Porter:
Since my trips have been extensive ev'rywhere
I've become a much wiser gal,
For I've noticed that expensive underwear
Can improve a gal's morale.
It is strange how lovely lingerie
Can affect a gal's false modesty
If she's wearing silk and satin,
Satin and silk.
Though she knows that boys are evil imps
Yet she yearns to give those boys a glimpse
If she's wearing silk and satin,
Satin and silk.
You cannot expect a lady to exert that certain pull
If she's wearing cotton stockings
And her bloomers are made of wool,
But a woman's woes are at an end
And she's all prepared to make a friend
If she's wearing silk and satin,
She's for pettin' and for pattin'
If she's wearing silk and satin, satin and silk.
It is strange what undergarments do
To convert a maiden's point of view
If she's wearing silk and satin,
Satin and silk.
She will never say her pride was hurt
Should a breeze blow by and lift her skirt
If she's wearing silk and satin,
Satin and silk.
You cannot expect a debutante
To show she's full o' pep
If her slip is made of cotton
And her panties are made of rep,
But she feels much more self-confident
And will dine alone with any gent
If she's wearing silk and satin,
Give her broccoli au gratin,
If she's wearing silk and satin, satin and silk.
Though a gal may have been born a prude
She can quite reverse her attitude
If she's wearing silk and satin,
Satin and silk.
With attractive trimmin's 'neath her dress,
She can shake like hell and spell success
If she's wearing silk and satin,
Satin and silk.
You cannot expect a burlesque queen
To cherish further hope
If her bra is made of buckram
And her G-string is made of rope,
But she knows 'cause she has traveled miles
She can always lay 'em in the aisles
If she's wearing silk and satin,
She can flatten Lord Mountbatten,
If she's wearing silk and satin, satin and silk.
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DRMATTH I will have to think some on your question when I get home.
SHOWGIRLS - oh my eyes, my eyes - can you borrow the pasties from someone who has the DVD BOX SET.
DR MS - HERE'S LUCY is the only Lucille Ball series that is owned by Lucille Ball Productions-desilu, too - her estate and kids. It is a handsomely produced set.
I LOVE LUCY was purchased outright by CBS and I think it is now controlled by VIACOM and/or Paramount.
There are a some episodes of THE LUCY SHOW that have fallen into public domain and some sets of these are available from companies like Madacy - with different intro music (they have done the same with episodes of BONANZA and THE BEVERLY HILLBILLIES).
I LOVE LUCY the complete second season will be released later this month!
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Page Two Dance!!! ;D
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If she's wearing silk and satin,
She can flatten Lord Mountbatten,
If she's wearing silk and satin, satin and silk.
Sorry, Cole, but I prefer cotton.
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I have to go. I need to do the usual shopping. There has to be goodies in the house for the dogs if nothing else.
Have a good day all!
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She of the Evil Eye is here and I must away for a short time, but I, like General MacArthur, shall return.
Looks like we'll have a decent-sized house tonight - we're three quarters full and there's still all day left for people to book.
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At the time it was first leaked, Miss Shields WAS just a rumor. Glad it's confirmed - although I don't really think she'll help the box office. The Weisslers are, of course, producers of the "never say die" philosophy.
Didn't the Weisslers produce the Rosie O'Donnell (as Rizzo) production of Grease and didn't they cast Brooke Shields as a replacement for Rosie and didn't they release a "newer" cast recording of Grease starring Brooke Shields?? Do you think they'd do the same...release a "newer" cast recording of Wonderful Town to help drum up business?? Would it help? ::)
And I can't imagine that Brooke has the voice to be able to do Eileen. I would assume that she would be a young(ish) Ruth.
As for the Topic of the Day (a joke):
Bob Dole was asked, "Boxers or briefs?" He answered, "Hmm...Depends." ;)
I too prefer the comfort of boxer-briefs. And since Costco carries them, I'm able to get them more cheaply than anywhere else..significantly cheaper!
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Well, I must get ready to leave for Portland!! I just need to take a shower, get a camera from my sister's, go to my friend Margo's house because we're going to the Antiques Roadshow together. Although we're taking separate cars. So, Jeff, Mike and Jane, SEE YOU SOON!! ;D ;D ;D
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In a little while I'll be uploading a new picture of me, this time without a mustache. Due to some auditions that are upcoming over the next couple of months, I thought it better to be clean shaven for them. Once they are over and life gets back to normal, I'll put back up the other picture.
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I agree. Brooke Shields is all wrong for Ruth. For one, she's supposed to be on the homely side of attractive. I guess they're letting her do it because it doesn't take a powerhouse singer. She'd be personally better suited for Eileen, but I'm sure she couldn't sing that.
The Weisslers are known for their star casting, regardless of said star's rightness for a role. Yuck! Doesn't often make for good theater.
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Very nice MattH!
I will have a new avatar soon as well....because soon I will change identities and become Jrand54!
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I've been a boxer guy for about ten years. I have a few pair of boxer briefs but they feel a little strange to me.
And nothing beats a pair of flannel boxers on a cold winter's day.
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DR Matt! Very nice! I like!
JRand, you are going to re-christen yourself and loose your high-post count and godhood?!?
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Thank you, DR JRand. Looking forward to your avatar's sex change operation! :D
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Thank you, DR Dan-t-M.
Flannel boxers? Don't think I've ever had any. I've had a flannel nightshirt before and lots of flannel shirts, of course.
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I am about to reorganize my CD collection, which is not my favorite task. I have a bad habit of taking out CD I want to play and then not putting them immediately back in place. I wind up piling them atop my CD bookcase in mixed-up stacks. In the mean time, the CD that are still in the bookcase are slipping out of order as CDs that are beneath them are pulled out. So it's a mess that I have to re-do every six months or so.
LPs were so much easier to keep in order. You pulled one out to play and then easily slipped it back into place. New LPs could be squeezed into their proper alphabetized place. And if the shelf was getting tight, it was a simple matter to take two or three LPs from the end of the shelf and shuffle them down to the next.
CDs are another matter. Their odd dimensions don't make for space-efficient stacking either horizontally or upright. and once they are stacked, they are tight as sardines so pulling one out is not always an easy trick. And putting them back can be a bigger pain, which is why I get lazy about it.
Ah, well--on to it...
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DR Matt--you lost your door!
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DR Matt--you lost your door!
How sweet of you to notice! :D
I originally meant to smooth that out to make just a blue background and in my haste forgot to do it, so I went back and made some adjustments.
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Matt H - You look quite different with the mustache! Gives you sort of an air of devil-may-care insouciance.
My first producer-mentor, when I was writing sitcoms, a wonderful man who died too young some years ago, wore a goatee. He was quite a handsome, distinguished-looking chap, and in all the years we worked together I never saw him without facial hair. Well, one Monday morning I show up at the production office and in he walks -- bare-faced. And he looked terrible! And he knew he looked terrible. He had no chin to speak of and his face looked quite weak. All of this had been hidden by the goatee. I burst our laughing - couldn't help myself. (We were great friends as well as colleagues, so it was okay to laugh.)
"Jack! Why did you do it??" I gasped between guffaws.
Turns out that when he was shaving that morning, he decided to even out an uneven bit of the goatee. Well, once he did that, the other side was not quite right, and once he did that... You get the picture. It was such a mess finally that he had to shave off the whole thing.
...Sorry for the long ramble, but your sudden lack of mustache reminded me. (And, unlike my dear Jack, you look fine, Matt H.)
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JRand53 (soon to be JRand54), wonderful review of the Here's Lucy DVD set! Hmmm...I am really thinking I must get it...and there is a second Rhodes Reason episode on it as well called "The Matchmaker."
MattH, keep a look-out for Matt Battaglia in SHOWGIRLS! He plays a bad guy. Not my favorite role of his.
I am now listening to THE BEST OF LYNN ANDERSON..."I never promised you a rose garden..."
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Looking forward to the HHW get together tonight! And I understand there may be a special visit from a certain mid-west DR!
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Thank you, Panni. I DESPISE the way I look without facial hair, but for certain roles, it's necessary that I be without it. My mother always loathed the way I looked WITH a mustache, and while she was alive, she was always on me to shave it off.
I've gone the goatee route myself, and I think I look like Satan. I don't think I've got any pictures of me with one or I'd show you what I mean.
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Oh! MattH! You are a handsome devil with or without the stache!
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Back from my walk. Almost every day I'm seeing dead crows (one in my driveway this morning). West Nile. Yikes!
Did the Dead Crow say where the rest of his band was?
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"Here is my belief, in brief:"
When doing research for my musical, The Company of Women, I discovered that the word "panties" is used exceedingly rarely by women to describe their own unmentionables. So, out went a whole bunch of potential rhymes for the SEXtet.
New underwear, like new shoes - inevitably irritate me. I believe I've some undiagonosed allergy to elastic, as wastebands seem to hate me. And yet, I prefer the "support" of a brief. Put delicately (but clearly), I don't want anything sticking to the side of my thigh, especially in weather like this. So no boxers, although I've been known to wear silk boxers to bed. And these new-fangled boxer-brief things? Well, they simply don't fit me, as they're sold by waste measurement and I'm way too big... in my thighs. (What were you thinking?)
But, them being new-fangled, I can't say I've given a pair the 100 wearings and washings they need to get truly comfortable.
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Hmmmm...I wear briefs, preferring the Merona brand/style sold at Target, but since the style I liked have been discontinued I buy 2X or whatever they are called. I do have some boxers which I wear only when that is all that is left which is usually just before washing day!
I had some boxer briefs but just didn't care for them.
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Today is the perfect day to once again post (for the third time - no one seemed to notice the first two attempts) this totally juvenile bit of Latin "humor" which we thought was a hoot in my high school Latin days. For those of you who know some Latin, just translate each word and say it out loud:
SEMPER UBI SUB UBI.
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Shouldn't Dear Readers be posting photographs of themselves in their favorite undergarments?
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Today is the perfect day to once again post (for the third time - no one seemed to notice the first two attempts) this totally juvenile bit of Latin "humor" which we thought was a hoot in my high school Latin days. For those of you who know some Latin, just translate each word and say it out loud:
SEMPER UBI SUB UBI.
"Semper" I know. Help me here with "ubi" and "sub," Dear Reader Panni.
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A carryover post from yesterday: the sixth CD in my player that I couldn't remember was ABBA Gold.
Which is academic, as I've put a new batch of CDs into the player:
Act III of Wagner's Die Walkure
Melissa Manchester's Tribute album
Enesco's Roumanian Rhapsody No. 1 and Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsodies Nos. 1-6
Carly Simon's My Romance album
Symphony No. 1 by Brahms
Sarah Vaughan's Golden Hits album
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"Semper" I know. Help me here with "ubi" and "sub," Dear Reader Panni.
But if I help you, DR Jay, that takes all the fun out of it! I can't believe that there isn't anyone among the DRs who knows some very basic Latin. A clue: it has to do with the TOD.
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And one for Mahler. (Who wore boxers.)
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My mom is watching three shows at once. Olympic basketball, something about grilling, and the Humane Society telethon.
School starts on Monday, and I still have a lot of sitting around to catch up on before that.
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Today is the perfect day to once again post (for the third time - no one seemed to notice the first two attempts) this totally juvenile bit of Latin "humor" which we thought was a hoot in my high school Latin days. For those of you who know some Latin, just translate each word and say it out loud:
SEMPER UBI SUB UBI.
Semper= "Always"
Ubi= "Where"
Sub= "Under"
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Although they are rather expensive, one reason why I like Nordstom's 100% cotton boxers is that the inner side of the waistband (that is, the side of the waistband that comes in contact with my too too sullied flesh--Oh. A Hamlet reference) is covered in cotton. Most other boxers (as in underwear, not pugilists) I've encountered tend to irritate the skin with exposed elastic, which is most unseemly.
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Semper ubi sub ubi:
Always eat submarine sandwiches!
No!
It could be some Woody Allen advise... BUT a Google search would give you the answer!
AND it IS in theme with TOD!
Amen!
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Ooops!
dear reader Sandra gave the answer!
Smart girl! Must be the Hat!
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I'm back in the home environment. We're close to being sold out tonight - good news. I must put on something I don't care about watching so I can fall asleep.
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Hurray for Sandra!
Semper (always) ubi (where) sub (under) ubi (where)
Now say it together and you have the kid's Latin joke that fits the TOD. (It's also the perfect illustation of what a silly language English is. Words that sound exactly the same should only mean ONE thing. So there.)
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I must put on something I don't care about watching so I can fall asleep.
Plaid polyester boxer briefs?
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Not quite the same as marry merry Mary I guess!
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Plaid polyester boxer briefs?
I hope they don't glow in the dark.
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I have selected the DVDs for tonight's entertainment (before SHOWGIRLS):
NIGHT & DAY which has been waiting two days to be played
and THIS PROPERTY IS CONDEMNED. May not get to that one before SHOWGIRLS starts. if that happens, I'll watch it tomorrow.
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Thank you, DR td. What a sweet thing to say.
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DR Jay seems to have been shuffling his CD collection with mine. I must go and check if my Carly, Melissa and ABBA are still here.
Wonderful trio of CDs: Carly's "My Romance", "Torch Songs" and "Film Noir". Recommended listening.
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Could someone please explain the marry merry Mary thing again?
My mom has fallen in love with every single kitten and puppy on the Humane Society Telethon.
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Judy Kuhn, Alan Menken and Jodi Benson Salute Disney Music
Aug. 20 and 21
The Hollywood Bowl will offer The Great American Concert with Fireworks—Walt Disney: 75 Years of Music Aug. 20 and 21.
Part of the Bowl's "Weekend Spectaculars" series, the concerts will feature the vocal talents of Judy Kuhn, Jodi Benson, Paige O'Hara, Lisa Vroman and Stuart Ambrose. Tony-winning composer Alan Menken will also be part of the evenings, which feature Mary Costa as narrator and special guest Dick Van Dyke. John Mauceri will conduct the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, and the Disney salute will also boast the Cal State Fullerton University Singers under the direction of John Alexander. Show time is 8:30 PM.
According to the Bowl's official website, the concerts will "pay tribute to a true Great American icon — the inimitable Walt Disney. This weekend celebrates his commitment to orchestral music, from the beginnings with 'Steamboat Willie' to the drama of 'Fantasia' to the mega-smash 'The Lion King.' From old favorites to new hits to classic songs, there truly will be something for everyone at this first-time event that ends as only a Great American concert could — with fireworks." The concerts are produced in cooperation with The Walt Disney Company.
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No Washingtonians here today Sandra. Our friends from the North West can hear no distinction in the sounds. They pronounce each word the same way. As they do with Harry and Hairy.. Original post so long ago was because of the words Ferry and Fairy. I think a fairy sank!
Of course I have not heard the words as spoken by our friends! Perhaps DR Jane can check if DR George says the words as do Jed and Tom.
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Now she's watching an infomercial for an omelet-making machine. I think she wants to get it. This is why I don't usually let her watch TV.
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Very wise DR Sandra.
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If we're going back to yesterday's TOD as well as today's, whilst sucking up the waters of August, i have been listening to
A Van Morrison Compilation Disc containing:
"TB Sheets"
"Madam George"
"Cypress Road"
"Summertime in England"
"Take Me Back"
"In the Garden"
as well as Renee Geyer LIVE AT THE ATHENAEUM.
I've gotta say that this is one awesome live set from a very gifted blues-singin' lady. It takes b***s for a woman to cover James Brown's "It's a Man's Man's Man's World," it takes true talent to turn it into a successful personal anthem.
Just catching up on a few nice things I've missed along the way.
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Time for you to "Discover" Kate Ceberano and Wendy Mathews td. Also the wonders of Grace Knight and Vince Jones are worth checking out.
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Time for you to "Discover" Kate Ceberano and Wendy Mathews td. Also the wonders of Grace Knight and Vince Jones are worth checking out.
Did I somehow inadvertently subscribe to the "Australians Teach Music Appreciation Society?" ;)
First, someone introduces me to "Making Gravy" by Paul Kelly and all hell breaks loose. . .Oooh! Renee sings a Paul Kelly song or two, too. Isn't that just too-too?
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Paul Kelly is a wonderful song writer. Great Christmas song. (How to Make Gravy)
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Thank you, DR td. What a sweet thing to say.
You are most welcome, DR MattH. I try to be as open and honest as a family site such as this will allow.
I'm sure that some of us are very attentive to today's TOD, some more than others, I reckon. ;)
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Paul Kelly is a wonderful song writer. Great Christmas song. (How to Make Gravy)
I vow that I shall not modify my previous post, which has the inaccurate name of the song, BUT, you've gotta give me credit, I had the COMPOSER RIGHT! Or, did I have the composer WRITE. ;)
No Groaning on Haineshisway!
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I have just washed my hair. Thought I'd share.
BTW - I, Panni, am going to see WHAT IF? once again tonight. (Viewing #3) I'm excited! I hope the TOD doesn't require me to describe the lovely white cotton unmentionables I'll be wearing to the theatuh. (Cole Porter would not approve. Nor would he care, for that matter.)
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Hmmm. No pix of Dear Readers in their undergarments and no word from the Pacific Northwest Convergence.
Dear Reader Jose and I went to see Collateral this afternoon. It was good in its way, but movies like this are not my favorite genre.
The flick also lost me when cab driver Jamie Foxx picks up Tom Cruise at Los Angeles International Airport and as they pull away you see Walt Disney Concert Hall in the background. There were plenty of other location inconsistencies in the movie.
Dear Reader Jose, however, did enjoy the film, so the sojourn to the cinema was not a total loss!
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I will be leaving in a bit to head to the Freud (rhymes with "rude") Playhouse on the UCLA (rhymes with "UCLA") campus to see Brigadoon, presented by the good people at Reprise! Miss Marin Mazzie and Mr. Jason Danieley, who, I guess, hung around in the neighborhood following their run in 110 in the Shade at the Pasadena Playhouse, star. Miss Deborah Gibson, Mr. Sean McDermott and Mr. Orson Bean are also featured.
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The gaddabout gads about!
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And we journey on, briefs, boxers, bikinis and budgies (don't know how they got in there - but they insist on staying) to...
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...PAGE FOUR!
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An hour an no posts. You'd think it was Saturday evening or something. Who will take over the cheerleading when I go out in a bit? You'll have to fit into my Size 2 Petite cheerleader's uniform. The pom-poms are one-size.
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I see only td and bk at the moment. bk is going to the show. So it's up to you, td!
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No pom-pom for Tom-Tom! I am of course under the impression that it is late Sunday morning. What do I know?
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You Australians are living in a dreamworld, Tom. Time only exists in the US of A -- ask the President, he'll tell you.
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I just read that Douglas Sirk's real name was Detlef Sierck. I never knew that.
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ask the President, he'll tell you.
If only it was that easy!!....
Oh!... and what undergarment is he wearing???? :o
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I just read that Douglas Sirk's real name was Detlef Sierck. I never knew that.
Me neither, but I don't let everybody else know! ;)
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Chances are what ever he is wearing it will be on back to front. Perhaps someone helps him.
Our Leader thinks he is living in the 1950's! He has no idea there is a real world out there. No concept of truth, poverty or compassion. No wonder he gets on so well with a couple of other world leaders.
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Oh... my G.D!!
I've just realized I've turned into ONE!
Which means I'm only wearing... clouds?????
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I do not know of either Douglas or Detlef. I live in such a simple protected world- a world where we don't even know the real time.
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Of interest to many DRs, I would think. From the NY Times 8/15/04:
DVD
By Lang and Sirk, En Route
by DAVE KEHR (exerpts)
FAMILIAR to most Americans in its musical version, "Carousel," Ferenc Molnar's Hungarian play "Liliom" has been filmed half a dozen times — but never more effectively than by Fritz Lang in 1934. This neglected masterwork, which Lang directed during a Paris stopover on his way from Nazi Germany to Hollywood, has at last been released on DVD by Kino on Video, and though the transfer is not ideal (it appears to be from a tape source rather than a film print), it's a crucial addition to any cinephile's library.
Charles Boyer, in a rough-edged, sexually charged performance miles away from the smooth Continental seducer he played in his Hollywood career, is the title character, a carnival barker who falls under the spell of the saintly housemaid, Julie (Madeleine Ozeray). Lang casts the first part of the film as dark social realism, detailing Liliom's narrow existence in a marginal Parisian night world of empty lots and louche bars. The second part, in which Liliom is lifted up to heaven by a pair of celestial policemen to answer for his mistreatment of Julie, is an art deco fantasy. Lang's formal genius is evident throughout, both in his impeccably composed individual images and in the editing, which includes some very modern jump-cut effects.
As a companion piece to "Liliom," Kino is also releasing "La Habañera," a 1937 melodrama made in Germany by Detlef Sierck, who changed his name to Douglas Sirk when he arrived in Hollywood...
A vehicle for the Swedish-born star Zarah Leander (who today is Germany's foremost camp icon, a Garbo type who could also sing), the film is set in a German fantasy of Puerto Rico....
Though Sirk's style was not yet mature, the film intriguingly anticipates his high Hollywood period with its balance of dramatic excess and aesthetic distance, expressed through a dense weave of shadows and mirrored surfaces.
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You have always been a heavenly friend to some of us DR François.
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I will be on my way to the theater shortly. SOMEONE keep the home fries burning and I do hope we have lots of reports about the hainsies/kimlets gathering this evening.
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Congratulations, Francois!
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So we are back on the Carousel merry-go-round. Now I understand.
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Detlev Sierck only cared about the reel time!
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Detlev Sierck only cared about the reel time!
;D Worthy of a god!
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We're having an L.A./PARIS/MELBOURNE gathering right now!
Oh, it feels so good to be G.D!!
Or is it, so G.D to be good?
I'd sure like to hear Marin in Brigadoon.....
Oh visitors to Heaven!
Come in! Tonight's TOD is all about BVDs!
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M Brandon!
Welcome back!
We NEED to know what kind of underwear you wear!
Well, BK wants to know!
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"An evening spent with Hannah sitting on your knees
Is like being in Alaska in your BVDs"
-Hard Hearted Hannah, by Jack Yellen, Charles Bates and Milton Ager
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I see only td and bk at the moment. bk is going to the show. So it's up to you, td!
I was in the shower. In the shower, I was wearing neither boxers, boxer briefs OR jockey shorts. :o
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Oh well!
M Brandon is gone but Sandra is back... with some Diet Coke?
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No pom-pom for Tom-Tom! I am of course under the impression that it is late Sunday morning. What do I know?
Yes, I agree. It's not even noon yet.
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Congrats, Francois!
You've always been simply heavenly to me!
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I was in the shower. In the shower, I was wearing neither boxers, boxer briefs OR jockey shorts. :o
IT's much better if you don't want to get them wet! ;)
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Guys, I'm blushing, oh yes!
I only wear blush right now!
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I was in the shower. In the shower, I was wearing neither boxers, boxer briefs OR jockey shorts. :o
When I said I "saw" you, DR td, I was, of course, speaking metaphorically!
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I am off to see that wonderful bit of theatrical magic, WHAT IF?... But first...
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I'd like to lead the merry troupe to...
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...PAGE FIVE!
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When I said I "saw" you, DR td, I was, of course, speaking metaphorically!
Has that picture of me in my speedos ventured all the way to L.A.?
I do believe I shall blush with Francois.
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Au revoir, mes amis!
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Yes, I'm back. And with a Cherry Coke.
Last night, I dreamed that I was drinking a Cherry Coke through a straw. As I was waking up, I was still trying to suck up the Cherry Coke, only it suddenly tasted like air. I was very disappointed when I discovered I would have to actually get up to get a Cherry Coke.
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Has that picture of me in my speedos ventured all the way to L.A.?
I do believe I shall blush with Francois.
It ventured on Ventura Bvds, err, Blvd!
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I have just washed my hair. Thought I'd share.
I was expecting you to add, "...and not a man in sight!"
(A Rodgers and Hammerstein reference, dontchaknow!)
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Yes, I'm back. And with a Cherry Coke.
Last night, I dreamed that I was drinking a Cherry Coke through a straw. As I was waking up, I was still trying to suck up the Cherry Coke, only it suddenly tasted like air. I was very disappointed when I discovered I would have to actually get up to get a Cherry Coke.
Oh, my, Sandra! I don't dare to say.... :-[ but there's something sexual there!
Right, td? (or is it left?)
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Evening all. Not much to say. Just checking in.
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Joshie was quite fascinated tonight by a PBS show about Ravens.
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Most assuredly left, Francois. tres gauche.
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Great photo DR LAURA.
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Is it only me that thinks John Kerry's wife look like Dustin Hoffman in Tootsie?
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A pair of boxers
(http://www.planetsilk.com/Mens/2002products/stretc2.jpg)
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No Michael. Not only you. You both look like Tootsie.
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The NW Contingent is having a great time. Here we are:
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The NW Contingent is having a great time. Here we are:
Oh the new singing group THE RAVENS!
Joshie the cat should be delighted! :)
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The NW Contingent is having a great time. Here we are:
My, The Manhattan Transfer does not look the same anymore!
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Is it only me that thinks John Kerry's wife look like Dustin Hoffman in Tootsie?
Dustin just has a little more catsup on his lips though!
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Thanks for the Photo JMK. I hope all your guests are house trained.
I assume we will have at least a brief report.
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I'm my own Frenchie!! Frenzie!
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Thanks for the Photo JMK. I hope all your guests are house trained.
I assume we will have at least a brief report.
NO!!! A BOXER report!
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The NW Contingent is having a great time. Here we are:
I'm sorry but... hmmm... why are you ALL laughing at us???
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I think they're giggling over their own confusion when someone announced that Mary will be merry when she gets to marry her true love.
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The NW Contingent is having a great time. Here we are:
Sights such as those make me want to move to the Nortwest Corner of the good ole U S of A!
Post more pictures! ! PLEASE? ? ? ?
oh, the TOD is "unmentionables." What do the NW Contingent wear?
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Thanks for the Photo JMK. I hope all your guests are house trained.
I assume we will have at least a brief report.
I've heard that Dubya is White house trained BUT I dubya it! ;)
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WHAT?!?
Not everybody's gone to Portland, or the Hollywood Bowl, or to attend "What If", or the White House, or the Black Hills of Dakota, or.... -- stop me please! --
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Geez, two awful movies tonight. First NIGHT & DAY. I have seen this before, but it's been a long time. Some good singers doing justice to Cole Porter tunes, but boy LeRoy Prinz could not fashion interesting production numbers around singers the way Charles Walters and Robert Alton could at MGM. Every one of those "lead singer with dancing chorus" numbers was unimaginative and pure dullsville. The less said about the ficticious life of Cole Porter on display, the better. This must rank among the very worst performances Cary Grant ever gave, but truly he had NO character to work with at all.
The transfer was miles below Warners' usual standard, too. I don't know where they got the bits and pieces they've cobbled togteher to make this transfer, but there are a couple of scenes that are so out of focus that they're painful to watch. Many scenes look like second generation dupes, and then there are some scenes that are so razor sharp that they're astonishing to look at. I don't remember seeing any recent DVD by a major studio which seesaws so wildly in quality throughout.
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Enjoyed seeing the pic of our H/Ks at their meeting.
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The other awful movie was, of course, SHOWGIRLS. Yep, truly terrible. Not being a straight man, I did wonder if this movie is used at smokers and bachelor parties instead of renting porn. I can't really see anything of interest in it for anyone else. About 10 minutes of story wrapped around over TWO HOURS of ungodly "dancing" and phony emoting. Pretty bad when there isn't one single appealing character in a way overstuffed movie.
Matt Battaglia did look good, but I guess he was getting practice for his QUEER AS FOLK sex scenes by doing this rape in this movie. I certainly saw some similar techniques on display.
I couldn't even enjoy it on a gross, laughable level like PLAN NINE FROM OUTER SPACE or MOMMIE DEAREST. It just sickened and depressed me.
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Back from WHAT IF?... The show was even better than the first two times I saw it. Packed house. The audience was howling with laughter. Standing ovation at the end. The woman behind me said, "I'd come back to see this again!" She said she was getting on the phone and telling everyone to come and see the show.
....I'm going to eat something now. I think all I have is Cheerios. Which is fine. I like Cheerios.
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Can't resist... PAGE SIX!
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I'm back, and to prove it, I'm here. Excellent show tonight - the audience wasn't quite as deliriously delirious as last night, but they were great - they especially went nuts over Susanne's A Little Lift. Sound is getting better, too.
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Being back seems to be the mode of the moment, as I am too!
Brigadoon was delicious! The sets were very spare for this production, but there was no shortage of well-executed choreography and an abundance of very fine singing all around. Sean McDermott (who proved he can dance quite well in a skirt kilt and sing at the same time) and Marin Mazzie were more than excellent but it was Jason Danieley who really stood out. His rendition of "There But for You Go I" brought down the house.
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Oh, Jay, you're so EASY.
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Oh, Jay, you're so EASY.
Yes, that's true. I've had that reputation for some time.
:o