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Haines His Way => Daily Discussions => Topic started by: bk on February 20, 2014, 12:37:53 AM

Title: THE OKAY DAY
Post by: bk on February 20, 2014, 12:37:53 AM: Well, you've read the notes, the notes were okay, and now it is time for you to post until the okay cows come home.
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Post by: bk on February 20, 2014, 12:39:05 AM: And the word of the day is: ACEDIA!
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Post by: Ben on February 20, 2014, 02:18:59 AM: Morning all.

That is all.
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Post by: Michael on February 20, 2014, 03:25:56 AM: good morning to all
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Post by: FJL on February 20, 2014, 03:28:35 AM: Appreciating the reminiscences from dear DR Elmore recently
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Post by: elmore3003 on February 20, 2014, 04:20:39 AM: Good morning, all! Around 6:00am, I had one of my pre-recording anxiety attacks, and by 6:40, I decided I would do better getting up and accomplishing work rather than lie around and fret. So, I'm bathed and dressed, ready for some coffee.

I'll work here most of the day, then head down to Radio City to see my barber. Following my haircut, I'll head to Toyland, stop at a deli and pick up some bottled water,and wait for tonight's rehearsal with the Collegians. Tomorrow and Saturday I have no plans, and then on Sunday the recording sessions begin.

So. coffee!
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Post by: elmore3003 on February 20, 2014, 04:30:54 AM: Have I mentioned how much I hate this site's damned autocorrect! I'd rather have the poorly typed word I thought I was typing than autocorrect's decision for me. So, my post says:
I hated that striped shirt! I think I'm eating it in both photos. I think we were supped to wear them for the BLUEBOY photo shoot . . .

But I typed something like this:
I hated that striped shirt! I think I'm wearing it in both photos. I think we were supposed to wear them for the BLUEBOY photo shoot, so I showed up in mine and the other three had decided to wear something else.

God alone knows what I typed for wearing and supposed but I'd rather have what I bungled than what autocorrect decided.
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Post by: Kerry on February 20, 2014, 04:46:58 AM: It's Thursday. That much I know.
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Post by: Jrand74 on February 20, 2014, 05:06:31 AM: Your post takes me right back to that time DR ELMORE. You are right, we must never forget.
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Post by: Jrand74 on February 20, 2014, 05:06:44 AM: Vibes for the friend of DR DAKOTA CELT.
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Post by: Jrand74 on February 20, 2014, 05:07:49 AM: Since my oil change is scheduled at 102,000 miles and I am at 101,408 - I am headed to the oil change place. I also have a coupon for a free tire rotation. The fun never ends here in Indiana.
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Post by: elmore3003 on February 20, 2014, 05:16:53 AM: Quote from: Jrand63 on February 20, 2014, 05:07:49 AM
Since my oil change is scheduled at 102,000 miles and I am at 101,408 - I am headed to the oil change place. I also have a coupon for a free tire rotation. The fun never ends here in Indiana.

You've still got 600 miles to go!
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Post by: elmore3003 on February 20, 2014, 05:20:53 AM: This morning both traps caught mice. I have two bodies to dispose of. In the past they came to visit singly. There must be a group tour of the building.
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Post by: ChasSmith on February 20, 2014, 05:28:47 AM: Good morning, all.

Coffee!
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Post by: ChasSmith on February 20, 2014, 05:30:46 AM: Quote from: Kerry on February 20, 2014, 04:46:58 AM
It's Thursday. That much I know.

Nevertheless, I'd like a second opinion.
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Post by: Druxy on February 20, 2014, 06:15:50 AM: Re: FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT -

Charles Wagenheim, who plays the assassin, was my very first publicity client.
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Post by: Druxy on February 20, 2014, 06:17:49 AM: TOD:

It's a toss-up for the desert island.

NORTH BY NORTHWEST and THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH (remake)
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Post by: Druxy on February 20, 2014, 06:19:39 AM: First Hitchcock?

Not 100% sure, but I think it was DIAL M FOR MURDER.
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Post by: ChasSmith on February 20, 2014, 07:03:12 AM: Outside there is a 200-300 foot long sheet of ice, a.k.a. "my driveway". Temperature has just now reached 32 degrees. Supposed to get up to 46 today, and I'm waiting for it, and the sun, to do their damned work.
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Post by: Jane on February 20, 2014, 07:04:52 AM: Good morning.
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Post by: Ben on February 20, 2014, 07:08:33 AM: Most of the snow and ice is gone in our neighborhood. I'm so glad. Even when it gets cold again next week, at least the snow will be gone. It's supposed to get into the high 50s tomorrow with rain so there should be very little of those dirty piles of yuck all over Manhattan!
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Post by: Jane on February 20, 2014, 07:08:49 AM: Thanks DR Laura. I have never been to Payson and will have to look it up.
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Post by: Jane on February 20, 2014, 07:11:36 AM: Pine, thanks DR Cilla. I love Sedona but we decided we didn't want to live where there wasn't a real town.
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Post by: Ginny on February 20, 2014, 07:12:32 AM: Thursday morning greetings! We had a delightful and delicious dinner last night at Meritage (http://www.meritagecincy.com) to celebrate Mary Linda's birthday (a week late).
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Post by: Jane on February 20, 2014, 07:14:15 AM: DR Cilla, how is Callie today?
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Post by: ChasSmith on February 20, 2014, 07:15:54 AM: Meritage looks really nice, DR Ginny. And it's in Glendale...with the gas streetlamps?
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Post by: Ginny on February 20, 2014, 07:23:54 AM: Yes, DR ChasSmith, Meritage is in Glendale, just north of the Grand Finale. Not in the heart of the "gaslight" district, though.
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Post by: elmore3003 on February 20, 2014, 07:28:11 AM: I think someone's hacked my email: I am getting 3-10 emails a day for the past week inviting me to look at naked young ladies or to meet Minette, Yvette, Alphabette, and Kitty. It's hard to mark them as spam since every wet (that's what they tell me!) young lady has a different email address. Damn.
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Post by: ChasSmith on February 20, 2014, 07:30:01 AM: TOD

More about this later, but for now, to the best of what I've always recollected, the first Hitchcock films I ever saw were REAR WINDOW and/or DIAL M FOR MURDER at home on black-and-white TV. I would have known Hitchcock from ALFRED HITCHCOCK PRESENTS, but the fact that these were Hitchcock films probably didn't connect with me at the time.

I've always credited a 1963 re-release double bill of THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH and THE TROUBLE WITH HARRY as being the first Hitchcock films I saw at a theater -- which, at age 14, might indicate kind of a late start in becoming aware of his films, but I sure as hell made up for it in later years.
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Post by: ChasSmith on February 20, 2014, 07:32:29 AM: Quote from: elmore3003 on February 20, 2014, 07:28:11 AM
I think someone's hacked my email: I am getting 3-10 emails a day for the past week inviting me to look at naked young ladies or to meet Minette, Yvette, Alphabette, and Kitty. It's hard to mark them as spam since every wet (that's what they tell me!) young lady has a different email address. Damn.

That's usually the case these days. I use gmail to gather all of my email, and whenever a new crop of spam starts showing up in the inbox, I just have to mark 'em individually, and usually after a few days of that, gmail begins to learn. It's ridiculous, though, how suddenly a new and very obvious crop of these will suddenly be allowed through.
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Post by: Elan on February 20, 2014, 07:33:41 AM: Morning, all!

TOD: "North by Northwest," which I believe is the only Hitchcock film that I've actually seen from beginning to end. Really should pick up a few more, but have no time... :/
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Post by: ChasSmith on February 20, 2014, 07:34:41 AM: Further on Hitchcock and b&w TV:

As a kid I believe there was a period when I conflated REAR WINDOW with THE WINDOW -- which I also saw a number of times on TV in those early years.
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Post by: MBarnum on February 20, 2014, 07:36:14 AM: TOD:

The Birds

and

The Birds
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Post by: Ginny on February 20, 2014, 07:38:55 AM: Quote from: ChasSmith on February 20, 2014, 07:32:29 AM
Quote from: elmore3003 on February 20, 2014, 07:28:11 AM
I think someone's hacked my email: I am getting 3-10 emails a day for the past week inviting me to look at naked young ladies or to meet Minette, Yvette, Alphabette, and Kitty. It's hard to mark them as spam since every wet (that's what they tell me!) young lady has a different email address. Damn.

That's usually the case these days. I use gmail to gather all of my email, and whenever a new crop of spam starts showing up in the inbox, I just have to mark 'em individually, and usually after a few days of that, gmail begins to learn. It's ridiculous, though, how suddenly a new and very obvious crop of these will suddenly be allowed through.

DR Elmore, I get far less spam on my Gmail account than my Road Runner. In fact, I only check RR about once a week and mostly to clean out the junk mail.
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Post by: John G. on February 20, 2014, 07:48:54 AM: Good morning, all, and happy Thursday vibes.
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Post by: John G. on February 20, 2014, 07:50:58 AM: TOD:

First Hitchcock? Probably either "The Birds" or "I, Confess."

Favorite: "Strangers on a Train"

Desert island flick: "To Catch a Thief" or "Notorious"
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Post by: John G. on February 20, 2014, 07:54:09 AM: I love "Foreign Correspondent," but I think part of the movie's bad rap comes from journalists writing about journalists. The way journalism is portrayed in the movie is somewhat silly. No time to bang out a story, etc., yet the job is always done. And most critics have lived the black-and-white of it, so they take aim.
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Post by: elmore3003 on February 20, 2014, 08:58:24 AM: I had watched the tv show, but I believe PSYCHO was my first film.
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Post by: DakotaCelt on February 20, 2014, 09:26:11 AM: Birds was my first Hitchcock film...

I did like Rear Window
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Post by: Matthew on February 20, 2014, 09:40:17 AM: Good Morning
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Post by: Matthew on February 20, 2014, 09:40:52 AM: TOD - I think I've only seen "Psycho", "The Birds" and "Rear Window"
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Post by: Jane on February 20, 2014, 09:43:20 AM: Is anyone watching season 6 of DOC MARTIN? We aren't getting it. I checked and our library has it and I put a hold on it. I gather it will be awhile since I'm 16th on the queue.
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Post by: Jane on February 20, 2014, 09:44:33 AM: I was very pleased when I checked my eBook library hold list this morning and found the book I requested on there. I'm first in the queue and since I also made a request using Keith's account he is 2nd. That will give me plenty of time to read the book :)
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Post by: Jrand74 on February 20, 2014, 09:51:03 AM: Car has oil....yes about 600 miles early DR ELMORE....but I am going into my busy driving season, so I like to get ready early. Tires were also rotated.....so I am ready.
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Post by: Jrand74 on February 20, 2014, 09:54:17 AM: There are only a couple of Hitchcock films that I do not like.....The Wrong Man and I Confess....

My first was probably a television showing of THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH.

Favorites have already been mentioned:

PSYCHO
FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT
NOTORIOUS
NORTH BY NORTHWEST

It would be hard for me to choose a favorite among those four. I also like THE BIRDS and STRANGERS ON A TRAIN.
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Post by: Jane on February 20, 2014, 09:56:18 AM: I think my first Hitch film was his remake of THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH with Day & Stewart, still one of my all time Hitchock favorites. If not than it was likely TO CATCH A THIEF.

It is difficult to chose just one movie. I will have to think about it.
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Post by: Jane on February 20, 2014, 10:02:38 AM: I will start with naming a few of my favorites:
Rebecca
Notorious
Lifeboat
Strangers on a Train
Vertigo
The Birds
Marnie
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Post by: John G. on February 20, 2014, 10:44:25 AM: Just catching up on yesterday.

Vibes for Prairie.

Laura, beautiful birdy photos. Thank you for sharing them.
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Post by: bk on February 20, 2014, 10:45:49 AM: I'm up, I'm up. I was up at seven then fell back asleep at eight.
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Post by: bk on February 20, 2014, 10:46:54 AM: As to my first Hitchcock - those who have Benjamin Kritzer know that it was probably The Man Who Knew Too Much at the Lido Theater - although I may have seen Rear Window when it came out.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on February 20, 2014, 10:49:02 AM: Favorite Hitchcocks:

The Lady Vanishes
Rebecca
Foreign Correspondent
The Trouble With Harry
Rear Window
Vertigo
North by Northwest
The Birds

First Hitchcock:

IIRC, it was "Psycho".
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Post by: John G. on February 20, 2014, 11:33:01 AM: A snippet of Sally Mayes singing in Blue Roses, the musical version of Glass Menagerie. It's a pretty song, but I'm not sure it fits Amanda's character. Still it's always nice to hear Sally Mayes:

http://lyricstage.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Make_A_Wish_On_The_Moon.mp3
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Post by: John G. on February 20, 2014, 11:34:16 AM: TOD 2: I would probably add The 39 Steps to my desert island list.
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Post by: George on February 20, 2014, 11:46:11 AM: This deserved to be preserved (I'm a poet and didn't know it ;)):

(http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff302/HHWgroup/Janes55555th_zps6c0ca604.png)

That's definitely a milestone AND a plateau!
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Post by: George on February 20, 2014, 11:47:42 AM: Quote from: ChasSmith on February 20, 2014, 07:32:29 AM
Quote from: elmore3003 on February 20, 2014, 07:28:11 AM
I think someone's hacked my email: I am getting 3-10 emails a day for the past week inviting me to look at naked young ladies or to meet Minette, Yvette, Alphabette, and Kitty. It's hard to mark them as spam since every wet (that's what they tell me!) young lady has a different email address. Damn.

That's usually the case these days. I use gmail to gather all of my email, and whenever a new crop of spam starts showing up in the inbox, I just have to mark 'em individually, and usually after a few days of that, gmail begins to learn. It's ridiculous, though, how suddenly a new and very obvious crop of these will suddenly be allowed through.

I'm able to do that with my Comcast e-mails, and it seems to work for me.
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Post by: elmore3003 on February 20, 2014, 11:53:27 AM: Time to head out. First, the barber, then Toyland.I've got my dinner packed along with Reese cups for the office fridge. I hope tonight's rehearsal goes well.
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Post by: George on February 20, 2014, 11:54:12 AM: Quote from: John G. on February 20, 2014, 11:33:01 AM
A snippet of Sally Mayes singing in Blue Roses, the musical version of Glass Menagerie. It's a pretty song, but I'm not sure it fits Amanda's character. Still it's always nice to hear Sally Mayes:

http://lyricstage.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Make_A_Wish_On_The_Moon.mp3

It is very pretty. Do you happen to know who the other singer is? Just curious.
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Post by: John G. on February 20, 2014, 12:00:34 PM: Quote from: George on February 20, 2014, 11:54:12 AM
Quote from: John G. on February 20, 2014, 11:33:01 AM
A snippet of Sally Mayes singing in Blue Roses, the musical version of Glass Menagerie. It's a pretty song, but I'm not sure it fits Amanda's character. Still it's always nice to hear Sally Mayes:

http://lyricstage.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Make_A_Wish_On_The_Moon.mp3

It is very pretty. Do you happen to know who the other singer is? Just curious.

Laura Lites.
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Post by: George on February 20, 2014, 12:10:11 PM: Quote from: John G. on February 20, 2014, 12:00:34 PM
Quote from: George on February 20, 2014, 11:54:12 AM
Quote from: John G. on February 20, 2014, 11:33:01 AM
A snippet of Sally Mayes singing in Blue Roses, the musical version of Glass Menagerie. It's a pretty song, but I'm not sure it fits Amanda's character. Still it's always nice to hear Sally Mayes:

http://lyricstage.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Make_A_Wish_On_The_Moon.mp3

It is very pretty. Do you happen to know who the other singer is? Just curious.

Laura Lites.

Thanks. :)
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Post by: George on February 20, 2014, 12:19:30 PM: Well, since we're so close...
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Post by: George on February 20, 2014, 12:19:59 PM: PAGE THREE SALLY MAYES DANCE!!

(http://www.sallymayes.net/images/Stritch-Mayes.jpg)
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Post by: ChasSmith on February 20, 2014, 12:26:16 PM: Rehearsal vibes for DR Elmore!
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Post by: George on February 20, 2014, 12:26:59 PM: Topic of the Day (I think that these are all the Hitchcock movies that I've seen):

The Birds
Lifeboat
Psycho (the original...and it was probably the first Hitchcock that I saw...probably)
Strangers on a Train
The Trouble With Harry

My desert island Hitchcock would probably be either Psycho or Lifeboat.
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Post by: Kate on February 20, 2014, 12:27:00 PM: Hello Everyone!

DR Dakota Celt:

I just said a prayer for your friend Prairie.

I also recommend AMELIE. I Also recommend LIKE WATER FOR CHOCOLATE.
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Post by: Kate on February 20, 2014, 12:27:55 PM: Thanks DR Jane for your input. I will watch SARAH'S KEY.
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Post by: Kate on February 20, 2014, 12:28:20 PM: Thanks George for the Welcome Back!!!
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Post by: Kate on February 20, 2014, 12:40:05 PM: TOD:

My favorite Hitchcock Movies:

REAR WINDOW
THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH
THE 39 STEPS
THE LADY VANISHES
REBECCA
SUSPICION
SHADOW OF A DOUBT
ROPE
NOTORIOUS
STRANGERS ON A TRAIN ( STARRING OUR OWN GUY HAINES)
DIAL M FOR MURDER
NORTH BY NORTHWEST
THE BIRDS

I Think the first one I saw was THE BIRDS.

If I were on a Desert Island:

REAR WINDOW ( because I loved to look at the fashions that Grace Kelly wore, and also Jimmy Stewart is my favorite actor)
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Post by: Kate on February 20, 2014, 12:41:04 PM: Goodbye for Now!!!
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Post by: George on February 20, 2014, 01:13:49 PM: I'm listening to the new original Broadway cast recording of Big Fish (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00H3UKZ6E/). So far, I'm enjoying it. I really like all three stars: Norbert Leo Butz (I saw him live in Catch Me If You Can (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0050546MS/) in Seattle!), Kate Baldwin and Bobby Steggert.
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Post by: George on February 20, 2014, 01:16:14 PM: I've also pre-ordered the original cast recording of Yank! (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00GXD6UNO), starring Bobby Steggert. It'll be released next week. I have a demo recording of the show from several years ago. :D
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Post by: John G. on February 20, 2014, 01:23:27 PM: Two projects at work that I've been working on for a long time finally finished today. That's a great feeling. But I also feel mentally scrambled today.
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Post by: Jane on February 20, 2014, 01:47:36 PM: Quote from: George on February 20, 2014, 11:46:11 AM
This deserved to be preserved (I'm a poet and didn't know it ;)):

(http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff302/HHWgroup/Janes55555th_zps6c0ca604.png)

That's definitely a milestone AND a plateau!

LOL Thank you DR George. Since I never pay attention I would have completely missed it :)
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Post by: Dan M on February 20, 2014, 01:49:37 PM: TOD: Favorite Hitchcock--

The very first Hitchcock I ever saw would have to have been his TV show in which he directed "Lamb to the Slaughter" starring Barbara Bel Geddes which has a great twist at the finale. (BTW that episode along with The Twilight Zone episode in which death-row inmate Dennis Weaver relives the same "last mile" scenario always stuck with me as kind-of nightmares or Gordian knots).

The very first Hitchcock movie I saw was on WOR's (NYC) "Million Dollar Movie" which used Tara's Theme as its theme intro. That movie was, of course, PSYCHO. I saw it more for the Saul Bass titles, the shower sequence and Herrmann's music. After having seen the movie umpteen times (and never tiring of it) I have grown to appreciate the artistry of working on a "shoestring" as Hitchcock set up his challenge in making this movie.

I have seen all of Hitchcock's movies that are available. My absolute least favorite Hitchcock is THE PARADINE CASE. I find it so boring, even though I want to like it. It's a toss up between that and JAMAICA INN, which I also want to like and can't for some reason. ( I would add I CONFESS here as well because I never "got" the overacting of Montgomery Clift. For me, he's a real acquired taste.)

My all-time most favorite Hitchcock movies would be NORTH BY NORTHWEST, VERTIGO and ROPE. For the first two, it was the Saul Bass titles and the Bernard Herrmann music that hooked me at first and then, like PSYCHO, after seeing them for umpteen times, loving the ride. My next level "down" (there really aren't any truly bad Hitchcock movies, just some that don't resonate with me) would include PSYCHO, THE BIRDS and THE TROUBLE WITH HARRY (TTWH). TTWH was a lost cause on me for the first 2 or 3 viewings, but then I "got" the movie and find it a truly tongue-in-cheek black comedy. I don't think the casting could have been better, particularly with John Forsythe's droll leading man and his interplay with the charming Edmund Gwenn.

MARNIE almost makes that last cut, but the attempts at giving a Freudian "answer" to Tippi Hedren's character's behavior is just too pat for me and isn't really all that shocking after repeated viewings. I have always felt that MARNIE was the last real Hitchcock. I conjecture that his health was on a downslide after that film and that his Assistant Director Hilton Green took over much if not all of his remaining films following the Master's storyboards, etc. TORN CURTAIN is a movie that is less than the sum of its parts and its "punch line" could have been readily fashioned for the TV series that Hitchcock had. TOPAZ is interesting in parts, but again is missing the magic. John Forsythe is very good in the film, but it hasn't dated well. IF, as some say, PSYCHO was Hitchcock's answer to DIABOLIQUE, then FRENZY for me is Hitchcock's answer to PEEPING TOM, and it's a very unpleasant film to watch. It's obviously well-made and a Hitchcock stamp is on it, but it is not one I go back to that often. I don't think John Addison's music helps that movie either.

FAMILY PLOT for me is a real mixed bag. I'm not a big 1970s Bruce Dern fan. That is, if it's a 1970s movie and he's in it, he's typecast as a crazy or psychpathic loon, which gives the whole ballgame away. William Devane is a good actor, but he along with Karen Black are the "flavors" of the time and do not do the film justice as their very presence dates the picture. The story is good, but overall the movie has the cookie-cutter look of the Universal TV factory right down to the font used in the opening credits. I can't even recommend John Williams's score as I don't think it's any more memorable than some of his other thriller music pre-JAWS. Other than "(There's Got To Be A) Morning After" from THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE is the only part of Williams's score that is memorable, and I feel the same way about what he wrote for FAMILY PLOT, sorry to say.

Unfortunately, Hitchcock went out quietly with FAMILY PLOT as it feels like a third-generation copy of a movie he could have done so much better in the 1940s or 50s.

I apologize for the length of my post. :)
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Post by: Dan M on February 20, 2014, 02:01:30 PM: [For today's performance of the Zsa Zsa-Charo Repertory Company and Traveling Okay, the parts of Zsa Zsa and Charo will be played by Groucho and Chico Marques]
Groucho and Chico Marques Proudly Star in The Most Un-Anticipated Dramedy This Side of Shaw [Irwin not George B.]:
"I Don't Acedia, Do You?"

Chico: [walking out of a flop-house]: Hey-a Boss, whaddaya say?!
Groucho: [rolling his eyes]: You couldn't have walked out acedia place than that!!
[Off in the distance is heard a crisp rim-shot from a drum and not the flop-house].
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Post by: elmore3003 on February 20, 2014, 02:32:57 PM: Greetings from Toyland!

It took me an hour by two buses to get to Radio City. I now look swell and no longer unkempt.

Then I took a bus and a taxi to Toyland. U've stocked the fridge with water I purchased along with some necessary shoe laces at the drug store on the corner of 27th and Sixth. I've set up the chairs for tonight's rehearsal and I'll shortly have my mozzarella and tomato salad for dinner. I have 90 minutes before rehearsal.
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Post by: elmore3003 on February 20, 2014, 02:35:06 PM: I loved FRENZY, especially for Vivien Merchant, Anna Massey, and Alec McCowen, and FAMILY PLOT, especially for Barbara Harris. I can't wait to see her in WHO IS HARRY KELLERMAN . . .
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Post by: Jane on February 20, 2014, 04:39:15 PM: It is quiet here.
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Post by: Dan M on February 20, 2014, 04:51:47 PM: Quote from: Jane on February 20, 2014, 04:39:15 PM
It is quiet here.

Yes, even the cricket is singing!
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Post by: Cillaliz on February 20, 2014, 04:52:43 PM: Quote from: Jane on February 20, 2014, 07:11:36 AM
Pine, thanks DR Cilla. I love Sedona but we decided we didn't want to live where there wasn't a real town.

Cottonwood is near Sedona, I think.
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Post by: Cillaliz on February 20, 2014, 04:58:14 PM: Callie is doing quite well. She's still sneezing, just not as much and it isn't getting any worse. Both good things
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Post by: Cillaliz on February 20, 2014, 04:59:02 PM: Actually, I'm not sure I've heard her sneeze since I got home from work. Maybe once
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Post by: Cillaliz on February 20, 2014, 04:59:21 PM: Wondering why we're still on page 3....page 3?
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Post by: Cillaliz on February 20, 2014, 05:00:13 PM: I'm looking forward to watching the Olympics tonight. Almost over...then I have to wait another 4 years to watch my winter games again
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Post by: Jane on February 20, 2014, 05:02:09 PM: Quote from: Cillaliz on February 20, 2014, 04:52:43 PM
Quote from: Jane on February 20, 2014, 07:11:36 AM
Pine, thanks DR Cilla. I love Sedona but we decided we didn't want to live where there wasn't a real town.

Cottonwood is near Sedona, I think.

We drove from Prescott to Jerome to Sedona & must have passed Cottonwood on the way to Sedona.
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Post by: Cillaliz on February 20, 2014, 05:02:31 PM: Work has been so busy I can't even believe it. We can barely keep up. Not complaining, but it's a bit overwhelming
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Post by: Cillaliz on February 20, 2014, 05:03:24 PM: I have a stomach ache. I think it must be the big bag of popcorn and the Zingers I had earlier
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Post by: Cillaliz on February 20, 2014, 05:03:56 PM: We have to get to page 4
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Post by: Cillaliz on February 20, 2014, 05:04:05 PM: It's so close
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Post by: Cillaliz on February 20, 2014, 05:04:13 PM: I an almost see it from here
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Post by: Cillaliz on February 20, 2014, 05:04:43 PM: It's getting cold in my living room..I must shut the shades
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Post by: Cillaliz on February 20, 2014, 05:04:49 PM: Ta da!
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Post by: Jane on February 20, 2014, 05:05:18 PM: Good news about Callie.

I don't eat Zingers but popcorn often gives me a stomach ache so I try not to eat too much of it.
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Post by: Jane on February 20, 2014, 05:05:29 PM: Quote from: Cillaliz on February 20, 2014, 05:04:49 PM
Ta da!

:D
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Post by: Jane on February 20, 2014, 05:06:28 PM: I am part of a small, intimate, private group on FB. I was asking someone there a question and started to type DR.
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Post by: Matthew on February 20, 2014, 05:10:04 PM: DR George - I love the new Big Fish score.
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Post by: bk on February 20, 2014, 05:10:33 PM: Page four? Really?
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Post by: bk on February 20, 2014, 05:12:09 PM: I thought I had a do-nothing day, but alas… I spent two hours at a local Thai place with Nick Redman, Julie Kirgo and Andrea Marcovicci - she signed some booklets for The Front Blu-ray. Then I went directly to the Studio Cafe for my late lunch meeting and going in detail through the Li'l Abner script and score. That also took two hours. Then I picked up a package and now I'm finally home.
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Post by: KevinH on February 20, 2014, 05:20:02 PM: TOD: First Hitchcock film I saw: I would guess Dial M for Murder.

Favorites: Shadow of a Doubt, Psycho, The Birds, Family Plot, The Man Who Knew Too Much, Strangers on a Train, Rear Window

Desert Island: Shadow of a Doubt
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Post by: Cillaliz on February 20, 2014, 05:20:15 PM: Welcome home BK
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Post by: Cillaliz on February 20, 2014, 05:21:52 PM: all around us there were snow storms and blizzards. We had rain and some snow that melted when it landed. It's really kind of strange. Now it's just windy as all get out
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Post by: TCB on February 20, 2014, 05:23:56 PM: The ski slopes in Washington State have gotten six feet of new snow in the last five days!! I guess we will be having a very good Spring Skiing Season.
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Post by: KevinH on February 20, 2014, 05:26:40 PM: I also love Alfred Hitchcock Presents and The Alfred Hitchcock Hour. A.H. Presents is on at 2 am and 2:30 am EST on Antenna TV and The A.H. Hour is on opposite on ME TV.
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Post by: KevinH on February 20, 2014, 05:27:19 PM: I also like your new avatar, TCB!
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Post by: Jane on February 20, 2014, 05:39:55 PM: Quote from: TCB on February 20, 2014, 05:23:56 PM
The ski slopes in Washington State have gotten six feet of new snow in the last five days!! I guess we will be having a very good Spring Skiing Season.

Lucky for them. Mt. Ashland didn't get any yesterday and only has 8-12 inches. They are still closed.
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Post by: Dan M on February 20, 2014, 05:44:40 PM: Quote from: KevinH on February 20, 2014, 05:26:40 PM
I also love Alfred Hitchcock Presents and The Alfred Hitchcock Hour. A.H. Presents is on at 2 am and 2:30 am EST on Antenna TV and The A.H. Hour is on opposite on ME TV.

I second that! Thank goodness for Antenna TV and MeTV. Since I don't have cable/satellite and can't afford it right now, these networks along with MOVIES! TV offer a great alternative to the regular bill of fare on the broadcast channels.
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Post by: ryacko on February 20, 2014, 05:44:57 PM: Good evening, all!

Coming in late today. Been running amok, trying to get things going here now that I'm home again. And happy to be out of the cold. Monday, when I left Maine, it was 19. Today in Glendale, 81. My body's not sure what hit it, but it's happy.

Also dealing with a family health issue, which thankfully is manageable. Speaking of which, my younger brother who had open heart surgery in November (3 weeks after his wedding, yikes) is doing incredibly well - back to work and spirits high.

Other than that, lots of music to learn here for a few things next week, including Krtizerland rehearsal on Monday. And I really need a nice lottery win tonight. Just sayin'. :D

TOD:
Island - Rear Window, I think.
First - Birds

I hope everyone is doing well here. I need to read about what's going on and catch up.
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Post by: John G. on February 20, 2014, 05:47:41 PM: I don't think I've ever seen Torn Curtain or Topaz.

My least favorite Hitchcock is his version of Juno and the Paycock. Dull. I even like the weirdness of Jamaica Inn over that.
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Post by: John G. on February 20, 2014, 05:48:26 PM: Started watching The Sundowners. Have never seen this movie. Enjoyable cast, great score. Fun so far.
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Post by: John G. on February 20, 2014, 05:49:11 PM: I was very bad tonight. I had pasta with dinner. Should not have done that. My blood sugar will be high tomorrow. But it tasted so good. Was served with romano-crusted chicken breast.
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Post by: Jane on February 20, 2014, 05:54:47 PM: DR ryacko I'm glad your brother is doing well.

I like trips home to LA in the winter. When we lived on the East Coast I preferred going in July or August to escape the humidity.
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Post by: John G. on February 20, 2014, 05:56:08 PM: I was in the low 80s here today, too, DR Ryacko. My feet felt warm for a change.
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Post by: ryacko on February 20, 2014, 06:14:06 PM: The winter back there is not over by any means, but it is for me, and I couldn't be happier. :)
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Post by: Jane on February 20, 2014, 06:15:29 PM: :)
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Post by: bk on February 20, 2014, 06:16:53 PM: What is with perfectly reasonable people becoming complete morons on Facebook? Someone posts an article, well, "article" from some Kansas "news" site about a restaurant refusing to serve gay people. There's a photo of a sign on a cash register that says "we don't serve gays." Never mind that the photo is clearly photoshopped, but do we think a real news site would not NAME the restaurant? I read the "article" and it was written like someone was writing fiction not news. But people kept arguing with me and telling me it was real and how awful I was - it took me all of ninety seconds to find that the site - topekasnews.com - is bogus and that it has nothing real on it. http://doubtfulnews.com/2013/11/giant-mutant-dogs-topekas-news-is-not-a-real-news-site/

One fellow had the decency to take it down, while another would not and suddenly began beating his rather inane breast about bills passing in Kansas and Arizona where people could refuse to serve gays based on religion. While the bills may have been written and submitted, I don't believe any of them have actually passed into law and are enforceable. The issue is not that it's not reprehensible to even be submitted - of course it is - but that people make these incredible leaps. There are lots of unbelievable bills put forth that never see the light of day. People on Facebook simply lose their ability to see plain facts.
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Post by: Jane on February 20, 2014, 06:18:37 PM: The year my father passed away I had to go back in December to get his condo ready to sell. I stayed with my brother. I admit it was a chilly December but of course I had the proper clothes to layer to be warm. My brother and I would walk to a different restaurant near his house for dinner. He always wanted to go straight home as he was cold. I would then go back out for a nice long walk, something I can't do in the evenings at home.
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Post by: Jane on February 20, 2014, 06:20:13 PM: Bruce I saw that article and didn't comment. Thanks for the link. I am going to share it with the person who thinks it is true.
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Post by: John G. on February 20, 2014, 06:34:01 PM: Well, the reviews of "Bridges of Madison County" are fairly mixed so far. Almost all yeahs for Kelli and a few of the songs, but decidedly mixed on the rest of the lot.
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Post by: Cillaliz on February 20, 2014, 06:36:13 PM: My great aunt lived in Madison County. She painted a picture of one of the bridges and I have it upstairs. Mom said she always thought the wooden bridges were a nuisance, lol. We did the tour of them back when I was in 4th grade, long before it was cool
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Post by: KevinH on February 20, 2014, 06:46:41 PM: I read in today's Washington Post that Sandy Bainum's father-in-law, Stewart Bainum, Sr., had died. He had a real rags-to-riches story:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/stewart-w-bainum-sr-dc-businessman-dies/2014/02/19/07eeae6a-98be-11e3-b88d-f36c07223d88_story.htmlhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/stewart-w-bainum-sr-dc-businessman-dies/2014/02/19/07eeae6a-98be-11e3-b88d-f36c07223d88_story.html
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Post by: KevinH on February 20, 2014, 06:47:46 PM: Quote from: John G. on February 20, 2014, 06:34:01 PM
Well, the reviews of "Bridges of Madison County" are fairly mixed so far. Almost all yeahs for Kelli and a few of the songs, but decidedly mixed on the rest of the lot.

I really liked the show a lot and am looking forward to the Broadway Cast Recording.
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Post by: Jane on February 20, 2014, 06:48:44 PM: Quote from: Cillaliz on February 20, 2014, 06:36:13 PM
My great aunt lived in Madison County. She painted a picture of one of the bridges and I have it upstairs. Mom said she always thought the wooden bridges were a nuisance, lol. We did the tour of them back when I was in 4th grade, long before it was cool

Old bridges are fun.
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Post by: elmore3003 on February 20, 2014, 06:51:30 PM: Home from rehearsal with the seven boys in the ROBERTA band. We finished an hour earlier than scheduled, and i think they sound fantastic.
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Post by: Jane on February 20, 2014, 06:52:13 PM: Quote from: KevinH on February 20, 2014, 06:46:41 PM
I read in today's Washington Post that Sandy Bainum's father-in-law, Stewart Bainum, Sr., had died. He had a real rags-to-riches story:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/stewart-w-bainum-sr-dc-businessman-dies/2014/02/19/07eeae6a-98be-11e3-b88d-f36c07223d88_story.htmlhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/stewart-w-bainum-sr-dc-businessman-dies/2014/02/19/07eeae6a-98be-11e3-b88d-f36c07223d88_story.html

In this article it mentions the first hotel in the town Craig lives in and that he lived in the town Craig works in.
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Post by: John G. on February 20, 2014, 06:54:56 PM: Quote from: KevinH on February 20, 2014, 06:46:41 PM
I read in today's Washington Post that Sandy Bainum's father-in-law, Stewart Bainum, Sr., had died. He had a real rags-to-riches story:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/stewart-w-bainum-sr-dc-businessman-dies/2014/02/19/07eeae6a-98be-11e3-b88d-f36c07223d88_story.htmlhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/stewart-w-bainum-sr-dc-businessman-dies/2014/02/19/07eeae6a-98be-11e3-b88d-f36c07223d88_story.html

Thanks for posting that. I liked the story of his helping the kids through the I Had a Dream foundation.
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Post by: John G. on February 20, 2014, 06:55:24 PM: Quote from: elmore3003 on February 20, 2014, 06:51:30 PM
Home from rehearsal with the seven boys in the ROBERTA band. We finished an hour earlier than scheduled, and i think they sound fantastic.

Great news.
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Post by: elmore3003 on February 20, 2014, 07:22:51 PM: And I got home to find a third mouse killed today! Jeez.
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Post by: John G. on February 20, 2014, 07:36:00 PM: Quote from: elmore3003 on February 20, 2014, 07:22:51 PM
And I got home to find a third mouse killed today! Jeez.

Have you tried playing Frank Wildhorn music?
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Post by: Dan M on February 20, 2014, 07:41:48 PM: Quote from: Jane on February 20, 2014, 06:48:44 PM
Quote from: Cillaliz on February 20, 2014, 06:36:13 PM
My great aunt lived in Madison County. She painted a picture of one of the bridges and I have it upstairs. Mom said she always thought the wooden bridges were a nuisance, lol. We did the tour of them back when I was in 4th grade, long before it was cool

Old bridges are fun.

I agree. After all that's what Jeff and Beau think.
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Post by: elmore3003 on February 20, 2014, 07:42:24 PM: Quote from: John G. on February 20, 2014, 07:36:00 PM
Quote from: elmore3003 on February 20, 2014, 07:22:51 PM
And I got home to find a third mouse killed today! Jeez.

Have you tried playing Frank Wildhorn music?

That would run me out of the apartment!
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Post by: John G. on February 20, 2014, 08:05:12 PM: Quote from: elmore3003 on February 20, 2014, 07:42:24 PM
Quote from: John G. on February 20, 2014, 07:36:00 PM
Quote from: elmore3003 on February 20, 2014, 07:22:51 PM
And I got home to find a third mouse killed today! Jeez.

Have you tried playing Frank Wildhorn music?

That would run me out of the apartment!

Now you're getting picky. :)
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Post by: John G. on February 20, 2014, 08:05:25 PM: Good night, all.
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Post by: ChasSmith on February 20, 2014, 08:28:18 PM: Quote from: bk on February 20, 2014, 05:12:09 PM
I thought I had a do-nothing day, but alas… I spent two hours at a local Thai place with Nick Redman, Julie Kirgo and Andrea Marcovicci - she signed some booklets for The Front Blu-ray.

I just watched it! What a wonderful film. But what was amazing, and shocking, to me was that it turned out I'd never seen it. How could that be? How did I live from 1976 till now always knowing about THE FRONT and believing I'd gone but didn't remember a lot of it? I even had a movie tie-in paperback of it for years. Maybe I still do? But I swear, I had never seen one frame of it.

And btw I was blown away by Ms. Marcovicci.
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Post by: ChasSmith on February 20, 2014, 08:32:31 PM: No, it doesn't appear I still have it. Oh well.

Oh, and Mostel. OMG, incredible. But they all were.
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Post by: TCB on February 20, 2014, 08:32:58 PM: Quote from: Jrand63 on February 20, 2014, 05:06:31 AM
Your post takes me right back to that time DR ELMORE. You are right, we must never forget.

And it takes me back, as well. Unfortunately, the younger generation has no desire to hear about what they consider to be ancient history.
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Post by: TCB on February 20, 2014, 08:36:54 PM: Quote from: elmore3003 on February 20, 2014, 05:20:53 AM
This morning both traps caught mice. I have two bodies to dispose of. In the past they came to visit singly. There must be a group tour of the building.

Maybe you should mention to their travel agent that they might try the boat tour around the island instead.
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Post by: Cillaliz on February 20, 2014, 08:37:51 PM: Had some baking soda and water earlier and then a bowl of rice. My stomach is feeling much better. I didn't sleep well last night, so I'm off to bed. It's been a crazy exhausting week and it isn't over yet
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Post by: singdaw on February 20, 2014, 08:38:44 PM: Oy! Well, today was a day. I had a dental appointment at 8:30am, which was supposed to be a simple prep for a crown. It turned out there was decay going down into the roots - the tooth had to be removed. Despite the dentist's best efforts, he couldn't get out the roots. So this afternoon, I was in an oral surgeon's chair. He ended up having to make an incision in my gum, as well as removing part of my jaw bone, in order to get those roots out. I'm not in such great shape right now, but I have some wonderful drugs.

Oh, and we're having the biggest winter storm of the season so far. :)
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Post by: ChasSmith on February 20, 2014, 08:47:44 PM: Removing part of WHAT??

Oy!!!

Jawbone recovery vibes for DR singdaw!
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Post by: TCB on February 20, 2014, 08:54:01 PM: Quote from: Ginny on February 20, 2014, 07:12:32 AM
Thursday morning greetings! We had a delightful and delicious dinner last night at Meritage (http://www.meritagecincy.com) to celebrate Mary Linda's birthday (a week late).

The menu looks yummy, except possibly the Cajun Goat Cheese Crusted Filet.
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Post by: TCB on February 20, 2014, 09:02:15 PM: Quote from: elmore3003 on February 20, 2014, 07:28:11 AM
I think someone's hacked my email: I am getting 3-10 emails a day for the past week inviting me to look at naked young ladies or to meet Minette, Yvette, Alphabette, and Kitty. It's hard to mark them as spam since every wet (that's what they tell me!) young lady has a different email address. Damn.

Usually these young ladies usually remind me that we met before at that "hot" X rated site that we both hang out at. Right!
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Post by: ChasSmith on February 20, 2014, 09:05:57 PM: Okay, I have a Hitchcock-related question for BK and anyone else who might have been in L.A. in 1972-73.

Tomorrow I'll dig out my copy of the program book which will give us the dates (at this moment I only remember it was in the cool months), but was anyone here in attendance at the Hitchcock Retrospective held in the Bing Theater at LACMA? It ran for at least a couple of weeks, and was wonderful throughout. I was very lucky to learn about it by reading the paper on the very day it opened. Figuring there was a good chance that I wouldn't get in, I nevertheless went down and did, in fact, get one of the last tickets for the evening. On that opening night we were treated to viewing Mr. Hitchcock's personal 35mm print of REAR WINDOW (this was during the years that those films were out of circulation), in his presence, followed by a Q&A moderated -- I think -- by Charles Champlain. I'll have to dig out whatever I have on it and scan a few things. It was an incredible few weeks.
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Post by: TCB on February 20, 2014, 09:12:29 PM: T.O.D.

First: NORTH BY NORTHWEST

Favorite: SABOTEUR

Desert Island: THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH (Remake)
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Post by: bk on February 20, 2014, 09:51:42 PM: I saw Rear Window with Mr. Hitchcock in attendance - it sounds like the same deal, but this was at the Writer's Guild Theater - I still have the program somewhere.
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Post by: TCB on February 20, 2014, 10:17:20 PM: Quote from: KevinH on February 20, 2014, 05:27:19 PM
I also like your new avatar, TCB!

Thank you, Kevin!
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Post by: TCB on February 20, 2014, 10:43:39 PM: Healing vibes to SplishSplash!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Post by: TCB on February 20, 2014, 10:47:41 PM: Must get to Six.
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Post by: TCB on February 20, 2014, 10:54:52 PM: All day, today, I tried to avoid all newscasts and especially any sports news. So I open a story about the fighting in Kiev and as I am reading, I notice there is a sidebar to the article. Like an idiot, I look at it, and there are the Gold, Silver, and Bronze winners of the Women's Free Skate. Whatever happened to Spoiler Alerts?? Damn!
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Post by: TCB on February 20, 2014, 10:56:44 PM: Our weather here in Washington has finally started to dry out. But now the temperatures are starting to drop again.
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Post by: TCB on February 20, 2014, 10:58:47 PM: I am still enjoying watching the women skate.
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Post by: TCB on February 20, 2014, 11:00:19 PM: One more will do it.
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Post by: TCB on February 20, 2014, 11:01:47 PM: S I X
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Post by: TCB on February 20, 2014, 11:06:34 PM: Since I have driven all the Guests away, my work is done.

G'night!
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Post by: George on February 20, 2014, 11:55:08 PM: Quote from: Cillaliz on February 20, 2014, 05:00:13 PM
I'm looking forward to watching the Olympics tonight. Almost over...then I have to wait another 4 years to watch my winter games again

I like the ice dancing more than anything else in the winter Olympics...actually, it's pretty much the only thing that I like in the winter Olympics. Because of the show that I'm in (and my own DVR inattentiveness ::)), I missed it all. However, one of my staff recorded a lot of the Olympics and made her own discs of the ice dancing. She was kind enough to make me copies. I'm watching the free dance competitions. They're all very good and they have none of the falls because of the big throws that the pairs skaters have.

;)
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Post by: George on February 21, 2014, 12:04:48 AM: Tonight's performance of "The House at Pooh Corner" was good, acting-wise, but fraught with technical issues. The sound designer (and the director's husband) was in the theater tonight before I got there (and I got there late, so that didn't help), but he brought back his laptop where the sound program is stored on. He set it up and it seemed to work, we didn't have time to test it all because the audience was starting to come in. The main speakers worked, but we didn't realize that a switch on the output cable dongle thingy (technical term) was switched off and the third speaker basically wasn't working. The off-stage voices didn't speak (only three or four lines were dropped), but the actors adjusted perfectly. I eventually figured it out before too long. After the speaker got switched back on, it was all hunky-dorey for the rest of the show. :)
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Post by: George on February 21, 2014, 12:28:42 AM: Quote from: Matthew on February 20, 2014, 05:10:04 PM
DR George - I love the new Big Fish score.

I liked it a lot...I'll probably listen to it again tomorrow.
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Post by: George on February 21, 2014, 12:37:59 AM: Quote from: KevinH on February 20, 2014, 06:46:41 PM
I read in today's Washington Post that Sandy Bainum's father-in-law, Stewart Bainum, Sr., had died. He had a real rags-to-riches story:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/stewart-w-bainum-sr-dc-businessman-dies/2014/02/19/07eeae6a-98be-11e3-b88d-f36c07223d88_story.htmlhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/stewart-w-bainum-sr-dc-businessman-dies/2014/02/19/07eeae6a-98be-11e3-b88d-f36c07223d88_story.html (http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/stewart-w-bainum-sr-dc-businessman-dies/2014/02/19/07eeae6a-98be-11e3-b88d-f36c07223d88_story.htmlhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/stewart-w-bainum-sr-dc-businessman-dies/2014/02/19/07eeae6a-98be-11e3-b88d-f36c07223d88_story.html)

My condolences to Sandy and her husband, but wow...94 years old! And what a life!
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Post by: George on February 21, 2014, 12:43:19 AM: Quote from: KevinH on February 20, 2014, 06:47:46 PM
Quote from: John G. on February 20, 2014, 06:34:01 PM
Well, the reviews of "Bridges of Madison County" are fairly mixed so far. Almost all yeahs for Kelli and a few of the songs, but decidedly mixed on the rest of the lot.

I really liked the show a lot and am looking forward to the Broadway Cast Recording.

I want the recording also. It's also interesting that Kelli O'Hara and Steven Pasquale are in two shows together, one right after the other. Back in December, I got the recording of Far From Heaven (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00FBDJE8K/), although I haven't listened to it since then, so I don't really remember it. ::)

;)
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Post by: George on February 21, 2014, 12:46:38 AM: Quote from: singdaw on February 20, 2014, 08:38:44 PM
Oy! Well, today was a day. I had a dental appointment at 8:30am, which was supposed to be a simple prep for a crown. It turned out there was decay going down into the roots - the tooth had to be removed. Despite the dentist's best efforts, he couldn't get out the roots. So this afternoon, I was in an oral surgeon's chair. He ended up having to make an incision in my gum, as well as removing part of my jaw bone, in order to get those roots out. I'm not in such great shape right now, but I have some wonderful drugs.

Oh, and we're having the biggest winter storm of the season so far. :)

~~~Quick Recovery Vibes for Singdaw!!~~~
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Post by: George on February 21, 2014, 12:52:17 AM: Well, I hate to do this (no, really I do!), but I must be going to bed. I need to sleep...perchance to dream.

Good night, all. 8)