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Archives => Archive 2 => Topic started by: bk on November 28, 2004, 11:58:40 PM
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Well, you've read the notes, you know what we're rarin' to be doin', so now it is time to post until the cows come rarin' home. To it, I say.
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Favorite Christmas movies... MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET;
WHITE CHRISTMAS; IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE; and here's a different choice: THE DEAD. I love that film and it does take place over Christmas.
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Bring a nice Jewish girl, I love writing Christmas movies and have written two (for television)... THE MARRIAGE BED (I know it doesn't sound like a Christmas movie, but it is) and MAMA'S GONNA BUY YOU A MOCKINGBIRD.
Back in the days those TV movies were produced at the CBC, the score would be recorded by wonderful orchestras with some of the top musicians in the country. People like Moe Kaufman, Guido Basso, etc.
I got to sit in on some great sessions of Christmas music.
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Favorite Christmas movie (read my last post from yesterday) is SCROOGE with Albert Finney. I knew about the DVD, but haven't gotten it for myself. My sister does have it and when we get together for this year's viewing, we'll watch the spiffy DVD. I also love the original MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET. My sister loves the 1994 remake with Richard Attenborough, Elizabeth Perkins and Dylan McDermott, but I just can't get the original out of my head. And of course, IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE is another that, even to this day, is worth watching again.
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I forgot to watch A Christmas Carol last night. Hopefully they will rerun it on Saturday.
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My other anti Christmas movies
Black Christmas
Silent Night, Deadly Night
Santa Claws
Slay Ride
Santa Clause Conquers the Martians (with Pia Zadora)
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I'm back after an errant and truant but absolutely loverly Thanksgiving weekend. It couldn't have been better. The British friends who came out to Long Island for a traditional feast were not disappointed. Everything went beautifully. Our whole weekend was quite lovely. We bought a tree (it's artificial but it looks great) at Harrow's. We put it up yesterday after we got back from Long Island. It has lights now and over the next few days we will finish the decorating. I think it will be (to quote a friend) faboo!
We will be at the book signing for sure. I will most likely come to Joe Allen's as well. Not sure about Anthony.
The radio show is great fun. Just song after song by Mr. Coleman.
I also love Scrooge w/Albert Finney.
And now, I must get to work. I'm here for four days and I have much to finish before I leave.
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Panni, I think remember seeing the movie version of Mama's Gonna Buy You a Mockingbird when we were reading it in school - and liking it!
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Good morning, all! I will call Joe Allen's and book the reservation for next Monday. So far, I've got seven names, but I figure it could run as high as 15, so please let me know if you're planning on coming along.
Today's topic:
Movies: Alistair Sims' CHRISTMAS CAROL
A CHRISTMAS STORY (it looks just like my memories of late 1940s)
MIRACLE ON 34th STREET (O'Hara & Wood)
THE HOMECOMING (the Waltons)
Plays: SCROOGE AND MARLEY (Israel Horowitz)
SHE LOVES ME
Books: A CHRISTMAS CAROL
I feel mentally stunted this morning, because I know I'm capable of dredging up more titles. While I was working at The Drama Book Shop, I read almost every published version of A CHRISTMAS CAROL, and I loved the Horowitz adaptation the best. I also know I've read other books with a Christmas setting, but nothing's working this morning.
DRPanni, I think THE DEAD is one of the most moving films I've ever seen, and my friend, the late Frank Patterson, is the tenor who sings the ballad that triggers the denouement in it. Is it a Christmas Eve or New Year's Eve party? I cannot remember, and I wish that film were on DVD!
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Favorite Christmas Movies:
A Christmas Carol (Alister Sims--hmmm...how about The Sims: A Christmas Carol, the computer game? You can create your own version of the Dicken's classic--or mix and match characters from other versions of the story.)
It's A Wonderful Life
Miracle on 34th Street (the original)
I could never really take to A Christmas Story. As much of a nostalgist that I am, there's an overriding silliness to the movie that I can't seem to get over.
But I do adore The Dead. I was absolutely in love with the short story at the time of the film's release and I knew it inside and out. I loved how Huston (John) and the screenwriter managed to not only capture almost every paragraph of the story, but also to invoke the sadness and despair of these people. Oh, how my one-quarter Irish heart breaks when Aunt Julia sings her song. And I'm gone all together when Anjelica Huston tells the story of her long lost love. I have this movie on VHS and I can't wait till it's on DVD.
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I forgot to watch A Christmas Carol last night. Hopefully they will rerun it on Saturday.
No, you didn't forget. That was an inner voice telling you "DON'T!"
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Probably my all-time favorite Christmas film - Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas, which was really directed by Henry Selick. Burton has a "thing" for Christmas, as it also plays into Edward Scissorhands and Batman Returns for their settings (but not thematically).
But I also have a soft spot for White Christmas.
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Other Favorite Holiday Movies:
White Christmas (even though I now will be staring at Vera Ellen's neck in her scenes.)
Christmas In Connecticut (the original)
Scrooge, the Albert Finney musical (if only it had a more effective Ghost of Christmas Yet-to-be)
The Man Who Came To Dinner--I wonder how DR Jenny's production is coming along
Some Christmas Telemovies:
The Homecoming
The House Without a Christmas Tree--whatever happened to Lisa Lucas?
A Christmas Without Snow--a very low-keyed movie that somehow packs an emotional wallop in the end.
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Two years ago I read Skipping Christmas and I thought it very amusing and I was looking forward to a movie version. I never imagined that John Grisham would have ever allowed it to be turned into the idiotic film that was released last week. Skammen on him, I say.
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Did you ever feel the author had written the book you're reading especially for you? That it's kind of a private conversation between you two? That it's just the subject you two like, just the jokes you two like, just your kind of twists and turns?
Such is the case with Writer's Block, which, in, I-can't-put-it-down mode, I finished last night at two a.m.
Could the rest of the world feel for its characters more than I? It seems inconceivable: Writing new musicals is what I do. 1969 was the last of the great years, as far as I'm concerned. And "Bus and Truck" has been the sort of life my wife, of late, has led. (Ooh, almost a Cole Porter reference.) Naturally, I had a great time reading this book - I was thoroughly entertained by it, and it also restored equilibrium . . . to a certain wobbly table.
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I love Christmas movies and my favorites are IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE, WHITE CHRISTMAS, and MARCH OF THE WOODEN SOLDIERS. A favorite, sort of, Christmas movie is CURSE OF THE CAT PEOPLE, as the last half takes place on Christmas eve.
Favorite Christmas book: THE CHRISTMAS BOX by Paul Evans.
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Would Christmas In July count? Not really about Christmas at all.
I enjoy Scrooge. My how far Bricusse has fallen! That's what's scary about Christmas Yet-To-Be, Dan, we know that one day he'll write Jekyl & Hyde.
I've written two musicals that include Christmas celebrations:
Through the Wardrobe
and
The Christmas Bride
and also one that included a Hannukah celebration, but it never could get produced.
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My favorite Christmas play at the mo' is Mrs. Bob Cratchit's Wild Christmas Binge, which DR JRand is currently working on. While I don't think it's Chris Durang's best work, and it took me two readings to get into it, it's a very funny take on A Christmas Carol. I don't think I'll look at a Mrs. Cratchit in quite the same way from now on.
DR Jrand, how does your Ghost play her part? When I was reading this I couldn't help thinking of one name: Omarosa from The Apprentice.
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Hey, I also finished Writer's Block yesterday! And I also could not put it down.
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I haven't truly been errant and truant! Thank you DR Elmore3003 for keeping tabs and posting about the lovely Joe Allen dinner we shared! Many things to report, but those will wait until later. Just wanted everyone to know that I have arrived home, safe and sound, immensely tired. Must say that Aelx and I got a lot done in the city, most of it involving shopping and eating and theatrical presentations. I ran into old pal Doug Sills outside of the Roundabout, and pictures will be posted once available.
A lovely weekend spent with truly lovely people, some of the even green! (Idina just gets better and better with time).
I'll be back online later. . . . ;D
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Favorite Christmas movies: A CHRISTMAS STORY
WHITE CHRISTMAS
SCROOGE
IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE
Favorite Christmas plays: SCROOGE
INSPECTING CAROL
NUNCRACKERS (of course!)
A playwright friend of mine, Judy Simpson Cook, has written a lovely Southern-themed Christmas play called RETRIEVING THE LAMB which I think is just charming.
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I might as well post the purchases, mostly from Academy, which ended up coming home with me, while I've got them at hand:
FINIAN'S RAINBOW - new recording
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA - soundtrack, shouted bymy pal (maybe only Tomovoz will understand) ;)
THE WOMAN IN WHITE - London cast, shouted by my pal
(these two sorta appeared in my hands as Alex and I were heading to the station for my departure)
THE 25TH DAY OF DECEMBER -Bobby Darin, shouted also
A SWINGIN' CHRISTMAS - Ella, shouted as well
FRIDAY NIGHT SPECIAL - Janis Siegel
SKETCHES OF BROADWAY - Janis Siegel
TWO OF A KIND - Bobby Darin & Johnny Mercer
AVENUE Q - OBC (for $8.99! at Tower)
THE STORY HOUR - Sally Mayes
EVERYONE HAS A STORY : The Songs of Adryan Ross
DINNERS:
Renaissance Diner on 9th Ave - Alex and I both had the Black and Blue Burger
Joe Allen - well, thanks to DR Elmore3003, it's been posted.
Breakfast at Amy's Breads on 9th
Light Lunches at the Deli right beside the hotel
PIzza slices just around the corner from Don't Tell Mama
SHOWS:
WICKED on Friday Night
PACIFIC OVERTURES on Saturday Night
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Have to head to class so I must be quick, but White Christmas has always been my favorite. Has anyone seen it out on the left coast yet or was I errnt and truant when this was discussed?
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Catching up with some of this weekend's topics:
On the subject of Christmas decorating, I've already mentioned that we go into full-fledged Martha Stewart mode on Thanksgiving weekend, so that's what I've been busy with the past few days. Because mom decided to have the carpets steam cleaned last weekend, we are a little off schedule this year--I helped wash curatins and windows and woodwork on Friday, which put off putting up the platform and tree a day and left me with no time to start putting up the trains and Christmas Wonderland and Nativity. But it will get done sometime this week.
As far as music software is concerned, I've been playing with a couple of versions of Cakewalk with various levels of frustration. I'm glad to read here that there are programs that let you scan in sheet music, 'cause when I want to "midi-ize" a piece of music I painstakingly copy note for note into Cakewalk's staff view screen. The scanning sounds a lot easier.
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I liked A CHRISTMAS CAROL last night - of course not the wild cutting during the musical numbers - but as I posted last night, I love the story....and it's nice to see a fresh look. Now that it is past (except for those who taped it) I very much missed the opening being in the office of Scrooge & Marley.
Hmmmmmmmm.....favorites....
Books: A Christmas Carol and another vote for The Christmas Box.
Movies: White Christmas, Scrooge (the musical), ACC (Alistair Sim)
Plays: Hmmmmmmm.....not many to choose from....I will add The Nutcracker and Mark Morris' 1950's take on it The Nut.
Television & story: A Christmas Memory by Truman Capote. Two kites floating in the sky, like hearts.....
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DtM - our ghost is a hefty lady who is a no-nonsense gal who is quite surprised and perplexed when her "magic" doesn't work. Very funny to see. I will post some pics when I get some.
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I have heard nothing but praise for the stage version of White Christmas that's currently playing in San Francisco.
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"Carol Kane Leads Toronto's WICKED Cast!"
My heart sank when I read the headline in this weekend's Toronto Star. But I breathed a huge sigh of relief when I saw that she will be playing Madame Morrible, not Glinda. (Toronto marks the start of the "National Tour"; I assume National means North American.)
The really good news is that although Idina Menzel will not be playing Elphaba, as rumored, the part goes to Stephanie J. Block, who played Liza Minnelli in Boy From Oz and was the subject of an unseemly interview at this the best site on the Internet.
Kendra Kassebaum (she was in Assassins) will play Glinda. And David Garrison (Steve Rhodes in Married with Children) will be the Wizard.
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Good Morning!
Sorry for being errant and truant last night, but I finally started a certain new mystery by a certain writer shortly around 1:00am, and by the time 3:00am came around, I just had to get to bed even though what I really wanted to do was finish the few remaining chapters I had yet to read. So... I shall finish the book this afternoon. ;)
In other news... I slept wonderfully last night, and today was the first morning in a long while where I didn't wake up with my usual knot of tension in my left shoulder. So nice. Thank you, Mr. Massage Man.
As for Christmas movies, musicals, plays, etc...
Ditto.
However, I'm a little apprehensive about admitting that I just don't get some of the classics. Well, one in particular. "It's a Wonderful Life". I like it, but I don't love it. It's not on my must-see list each Christmas season. I don't know why I don't love it - I'm such a sap romantic - but for some unknown reasons, the movie kind of bores me at times. I just keep thinking it should be edited down by about 15 minutes.
I do like "A Christmas Story", but at this point and time, I generally watch it bit by bit, whatever scene I happen to happen onto while flipping the channels. Or if my brothers happen to be watching it on DVD, then I sit down for a while, watch a couple of minutes, then go on with what I was doing.
As DR elmore listed, She Loves Me would have to be my favorite Christmas musical. I also like some of the adaptations of The Best Christmas Pageant Ever for the stage. And Truman Capote's Christmas Memories is a wonderful - if sometimes too-slowly-paced, imho - piece.
Oh, and I keep forgetting that Theatre IV here in Richmond put together their own version of A Christmas Carol a few years ago, and they got permission to the use the Jule Styne songs from "Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol".
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"And David Garrison (Steve Rhodes in Married with Children) will be the Wizard."
Of course, I think of him as the David Garrison from A DAY IN HOLLYWOOD, A NIGHT IN THE UKRAINE.
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I did record A CHRISTMAS CAROL last night, but I haven't watched it, and with our opening this week, I don't know when I'll find the time to watch a two hour show (can zip through the commercials thankfully but it'll still be close to 90 minutes of show).
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A lot of my Deep Discount sale items arrived today and combined with Saturday's haul, I think I'm only missing one or two that had to be backordered.
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Oh, yes, thanks for mentioning "A Christmas Memory" by Truman Capote. I used to teach this story to my honors students, and then we'd watch the video of it featuring one of Geraldine Page's Emmy winning performances. Both are highly recommended.
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Plays: Hmmmmmmm.....not many to choose from....I will add The Nutcracker and Mark Morris' 1950's take on it The Nut.
Television & story: A Christmas Memory by Truman Capote. Two kites floating in the sky, like hearts.....
Thanks for reminding me of The Hard Nut and A Christmas Memory, JRand. I enjoy both of these immensely every year.
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Probably my all-time favorite Christmas film - Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas, which was really directed by Henry Selick. Burton has a "thing" for Christmas, as it also plays into Edward Scissorhands and Batman Returns for their settings (but not thematically).
I totally forgot about this! I'll have to watch it!
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Back from being E&T.
I believe it was DR DtM who mentioned one of my favorite Christmas themed movies, A HOUSE WITHOUT A CHRISTMAS TREE. (I was also a fan of the similarly themed Thanksgiving movie with the same cast.)
THE GATHERING also probably ranks as one of my favorite Christmas movies. They used to play it incessantly on WWOR-TV, or maybe WPIX. But of course, now that I have a VCR to tape it, it never seems to be telecast.
Amongst the non-TV film category, certainly WONDERFUL LIFE and the original 34th STREET. Since a good portion of it is linked to the holidays, I would also include SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE, and its vis-a-vis, AN AFFAIR TO REMEMBER (she was musically directing a holiday concert, after all).
The Chanukah sequence in THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK (and even in YOURS, ANNE) is pretty powerful as well.
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OK.. I'm off to reading-land.. and then, most likely, a walk. It's another bright, blue clear day here in Richmond! Gotta take advantage of it while I can!
Laters...
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I saw "White Christmas" in SF last night and I loved every minute of it. I had never seen the film so I went in with an open mind. I thought the music was great, they added some great Irving Berlin songs that I know were not in the film, the orchestrations were awesome as well as the vocal arrangements. The opening of Act Two was a huge tap number to "I Love a Piano" which I think was originally in "Easter Parade" but I could be wrong. At the curtain call, it snowed over the audience. It was a great way to begin the season and I hope it comes back again or becomes a NY holiday tradition.
I TIVO'd "A Christmas Carol" and I hope to watch it soon. It has a lot of my favorite actors from London in it, Claire Moore, Linzi Hately, Ruthie Henshall, I just can't miss seeing them!!
I've played The Ghost of Christmas present in the "Finney" version of "A Christmas Carol" and that remains my favorite.
Other favorite Christmas movies:
Miracle on 34th St. (original)
Emmet Otter's Jug Band Christmas (a family tradition!)
The Muppet's Christmas Carol
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I hope DR td that it is your "Shout" now! A David Campbell reference. He would know when and how to shout.
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I forgot A CHRISTMAS STORY on my movie list (sorry DTM).
Another day is getting away from me. I woke up very tired and did something I rarely do... After taking Abie out and feeding him, I went back to bed and slept until almost 9.
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Back from Reading-Land!
Bravo, BK!
It was a great read, and I'm glad I got it read in one and a half sittings! Helped to keep the suspense going.
-Now, I guess I should finish the last few chapters of "Kritzer Time"... ;)
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A Christmas movie I always look forward to (well, it's traditionally shown at Christmas) is The Bishop's Wife - the original one, of course, with Cary Grant, Loretta Young and David Niven.
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And in an interesting bit of timing, this was posted on Playbill.com today...
http://www.playbill.com/news/article/89815.html
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OK... Now I'm heading out for my walk...
Laters...
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DINNERS:
Renaissance Diner on 9th Ave - Alex and I both had the Black and Blue Burger
Joe Allen - well, thanks to DR Elmore3003, it's been posted.
Breakfast at Amy's Breads on 9th
Light Lunches at the Deli right beside the hotel
PIzza slices just around the corner from Don't Tell Mama
Where did you stay?
I applaud your restaurant choices. Too many visitors to our fair city get stuck in the wide array of Theatre District eateries that locals call Tourist Traps. The farther from the Broadway houses (say, 9th), the more likely you are to find good food, at a reasonable price, and it sounds like you've done just that.
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And in an interesting bit of timing, this was posted on Playbill.com today...
http://www.playbill.com/news/article/89815.html
Curtains is set during the tryout of a Broadway-bound musical. The show's producers are a married couple, one of whom is murdered in the third scene. Every member of the cast and crew is a suspect, since they all have some kind of beef with the producing twosome.
Curtains is a rarity in that it isn't based on source material from another medium or a play adapted into a musical. "It's an original musical not based on anything," Stone said, adding that after the murder, a homicide detective is brought in, and "by sheer coincidence, he happens to be a remarkably up to-date musical theatre buff. He's thrilled to be there with opinions and suggestions
Uh-oh.
I assume DR posted this link because Curtains bears certain similaritities to Writers Block. Trouble is, it bears even more similarities to Murder at the Savoy, or, Pulley of the Yard, produced here in 1981. I consider John Kander a friend, but I may be forced to take him to court.
In my show, the leading man is shot during the opening overture. The detective on the seen is a G & S
buff and happily takes over the role in the G & S performance while solving the mystery, in which various characters, involved with the show are suspects
Stone's quote would make anyone who saw it laugh out loud.
Fortunately, Murder at the Savoy bears absolutely no resemblance to Writer's Block. This is a case of: mine's more similar to Curtains than BK's is.
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I just read the release - funny, ain't it? I'd never heard of Curtains, a show that they've been working on for twelve years. Oh, well, my book is out and about and they're still on the "reading" track. It also sounds very different, but it's always funny when this sort of thing happens. And to think I sent Mr. Kander an invitation to my signing in NY. Wonder what he must think.
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And, I suppose, the timing is interesting if they've read about my little tome - in fact, if you read the article again with that in mind it's even more interesting.
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LOL timing is everything.
Loretta Young - in one of her last acting roles - played a family matriarch trying to get her kids together for one last holiday. It was very good. I will see if I can find the title.
WHITE CHRISTMAS onstage....oh that sounds lovely. DRMATTHEW thanks for the on the spot report.
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Ah.....Christmas Eve....and Miss Loretta Young won a Golden Globe as Best Actress in a MiniSeries or Motion Picture Made for TV in 1986. And a really nice score by Johnny Mandel.
Hmmmmm.....right DtM - Morris' piece is called The HARD Nut....I left off part of the title....hehehehe.
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DR
DamnNiece Danise previously observed:
I also wanted to tell DerBrucer that you are a bad influence on me. I sent your “recipe” to several friends and they all ask where do I get that stuff. LOL!
I shall gladly put you on my "people upon whom I have been a bad influence" list - and a very lengthy list it is.
The source of much of the odd-ball humor I post is Emailed to me by a lovely octagenarian Republican widow friend of ours. The lovely lady hails from a New York City Italian-American family, started life as a fashion model, and then married a Doctor.
She (DamnNiece, not Republican Widow) also asked:
I still don't know how pictures get put into the body of a message--I only know how to attach them to the message.
One embeds an picture by using the "Insert Image" button on the Post Reply screen - it is on the second row, fourth from the right, just under the Glow button.
For this to work, however, you must have the picture file hosted on another Website - just like you would need to do to post a pic on EBay. There are many sites that provide hosting services. I prefer Picture Trail (http://www.picturetrail.com/). You can sign up for a rather lenghty free intro period, and if you like the service you can subscribe to their Premium version for $19.95/year. The site lets you import many different picture formats and sizes and then stores them in albums in a small .jpg file suitable for posting. Once you have the pictures imported, you see the URL link right under the picture that you can cut and paste into the {img} {/img} created by clicking on the button mentioned above.
If I wanted to post a picture of my Widow friend, it would look something like like this:
[imx]http://pic8.picturetrail.com/VOL242/891350/1624689/66988045.jpg[/imx] - execept "imx" would be "img"
(http://pic8.picturetrail.com/VOL242/891350/1624689/66988045.jpg)
If you right-click the above picture and select "properties", you can see the link. Although the original pic I had was a 43K file, PictureTrail reduced it to just under 4k so the picture will load in a jiffy. This gadget also lets you embed more than one picture in a post, and to place pictures side by side.
der BlessedUncle Brucer
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And to think I sent Mr. Kander an invitation to my signing in NY. Wonder what he must think.
Perhaps he is consulting his attorney 8)
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Would love to see it! ;D
Brian D'Arcy James & Jeffrey Denman pairing up with Anastasia Barzee and Meredith Patterson!
Directed by Walter Bobbie and choreography by Randy Skinner.
DRMATTHEW did they do the lovely "Best Things Happen While You're Dancing" duet and routine? :D
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I'm back from my day out and about! I got a good word from the surgeon: I don't need to see him for two weeks instead of every week as it has been, and that pleases me much. I'm also more awake now, and I've been thinking about Christmas plays, movies, etc. I'd forgotten the wonderful CHRISTMAS MEMORY of Mr Capote.
I'll add the following plays:
RECKLESS: I never saw the film or the new revival, but the original Circle Rep production with Robin Bartlet, John Dossett, and Michael Piontek was very funny and quite moving.
A TUNA CHRISTMAS: one of the funniest plays I've ever seen.
THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER: I'd forgotten the Christmas Eve broadcast!
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I love "The Best Things Happen While You're Dancing" as well. Tood bad Academy rules wouldn't allow more than one song nominee per picture. It's as lovely as "Count Your Blessings" (which did get nominated but lost to "Three Coins in the Fountain").
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Uh-oh.
The detective on the seen ...
Uh-oh is right.
As an aside - my compliments on your humilty. The AND Outfit (http://www.artisticnewdirections.org/noel.html) which claims you as its Musical Director bemoans that :
OK, so we don't have a picture of Noel yet!
Check back!!
der Brucer
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DRMatthew, thanks for the update on WHITE CHRISTMAS in San Francisco. I'm not surprised that my good friend Larry Blank provided excellent orchestrations. He's one of the best, and we spoke on the phone last night. He's been a busy boy: the new LA CAGE AUX FOLLES revival, THE PRODUCERS in London, WHITE CHRISTMAS, and John Barrowman's new Cole Porter recording. It wears me out thinking about it!
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And of course, DR JRand54, Brian D'Arcy James is the nephew of Brian Kelly of FLIPPER fame.
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I didn't know THAT MBARNUM...wow!
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Uh-oh.
I consider John Kander a friend, but I may be forced to take him to court.
I rather imagine the similarities are less than they seem on the surface. And there is Murder Most Foul. And I recall a team in the BMI Workshop working on Murder at the Vanities. And, of course, The Girls Upstairs. And at least three Murder She Wrote episodes. But it will be fun if Kander comes to the signing.
And speaking of the Workshop, Noel, did you ever answer my question about Brooklyn Dreams and "With My Eyes Wide Open"? I don't remember much about the song, except liking it, an image of sunlight through the blinds, and other people commenting that "there's already a song with that title".
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Also can't forget The Bells Of St. Mary's. Years back, it would always be just starting as we returned home from Midnight Mass on Christmas Eve.
The Bishop's Wife took a number of attempts for me to get into and appreciate. Maybe someday, I'll be able to get through all of The Holly And The Ivy without snoozing off.
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Okay, Dear Friend BK, there's a reservation for next monday night, Dec. 6th, for 10 at Joe Allen's. They asked me to call on Sunday and give them an approximate final tally. The reservation is under Bruce Kimmel, and the contact phone number is mine. Finito!
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I didn't know THAT MBARNUM...wow!
Yep, I read an interview with D'Arcy James and he talked about how, when he was a kid, he would listen to his uncle's stories of working on TV and in movies and it made him want to become a performer.
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Page Three Dance:
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I didn't know that either, DR MBarnum, but good looks certainly run in that family!
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Yes, I also like THE BELLS OF ST. MARY'S. Thanks for bringing up that title.
Who knew there were so many wonderful Christmas-themed movies.
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BTW, I watched DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES for the first time today. (VCRed it since the DVR was getting A CHRISTMAS CAROL.) I can see why folks have gotten hooked on the soap opera aspects of the show and the tongue-in-cheek quality of the writing and performances, but I still think LOST is the year's best new show. Of course, that's not really being fair to DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES since I haven't been into it from the beginning. I'm sure there are a lots of funny and gripping episodes that I've missed.
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IIRC - the name of the "other" song is a bit longer: "With My Eyes Wide Open, I'm Dreaming" - but I could be dreaming.
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I love Rosemary Clooney's story about the diamond brooch she wears on the BACK of that dress.
Edith Head told her: Honey that's a lot of black velvet in VistaVision, we're gonna have to break up that expanse.....
So she stuck a brooch on the ample backside of Clooney's outfit. Clooney asked her if it worked, and Head just said it was going to be awfully dark in the theatre when she walked across the screen....LOL.
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One moment I missed especially in last nights musical.....was that wonderful and breath-taking moment in SCROOGE. - just as soon as we have gotten used to Albert Finney as the old Scrooge....suddenly there he is, as handsome as he ever was on screen - as his younger self.
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Where did you stay?
I applaud your restaurant choices. Too many visitors to our fair city get stuck in the wide array of Theatre District eateries that locals call Tourist Traps. The farther from the Broadway houses (say, 9th), the more likely you are to find good food, at a reasonable price, and it sounds like you've done just that.
Noel, Alex and I were quite comfortably roomed at the Midtown Comfort Inn - always a pleasure to stay there; cozy and close to everything.
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So what's this "shout" bidness, MR TD?
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The Utimate in Objectivity!
(Extract from the LA TIMES (http://www.calendarlive.com/music/swed/cl-et-vanessa29nov29,2,5202696.story)):
OPERA REVIEW
'Vanessa's' wintry discontent
The Nordic despair can seem soap operatic. But Kiri Te Kanawa leads a nicely sung presentation by Los Angeles Opera.
By Mark Swed, Times Staff Writer
A confession: Despite an otherwise iron musical stomach, I have no appetite for the music of Samuel Barber and am unable to tolerate his tawdry opera "Vanessa."
I own the three recordings of it but have never gotten past the first act in any. (My finger instinctively hit the eject button after the first screechy melodramatic minute of the new Naxos release.) I attended a production at the Juilliard School in New York some dozen years ago and fled at intermission.
And now he is chosen to do the review >:(
der Brucer
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DINNERS:
Renaissance Diner on 9th Ave - Alex and I both had the Black and Blue Burger
Joe Allen - well, thanks to DR Elmore3003, it's been posted.
Breakfast at Amy's Breads on 9th
Light Lunches at the Deli right beside the hotel
PIzza slices just around the corner from Don't Tell Mama
SHOWS:
WICKED on Friday Night
PACIFIC OVERTURES on Saturday Night
Oohh... Amy's Breads! One of my favorites. And since they keep very long hours - open late, close late - there have been times when I've stopped in there for breakfast, then a mid-afternoon snack, then a pre-show snack, and a post-show snack - and to pick up something to have have with my coffee the next morning. -If whatever goodie I end up buying makes it to morning. ;)
I can't wait to get your thoughts on Pacific Overtures. I have a few friends in the show, and I just haven't had the time to check in with them lately. I hope they - and the show - are doing well.
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Ginny the centerpiece is wonderful. Do I see Pez dispensers? Son’s at home can be a big help with computer problems. When Keith wasn’t here I have called my older son, Bryan, to talk me through problems. He is more patient than Keith with me.
I would buy one of your Carmel corn bags. In fact I want some right now.
JRand you are welcome. Are the script vibes working?
Matt H. GOOD VIBES TONIGHT!
Sandra thank goodness I watched the hot dog and prevented it from exploding. ;D
Dan (the Man) your Festivus Pole looks very boring. :-\
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Sort of DRJANE....LOL....rehearsal for this other show is taking a lot of my time.....LOL.
Off to rehearsal now....in point of fact.
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The Utimate in Objectivity!
And now he is chosen to do the review >:(
der Brucer
DRDerBrucer, last spring a friend of mine directed a wonderful production of Britten's glorious MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM for the Manhattan School of Music. The reviewer for American Record Guide went, damned the music and proceeded to bash other Britten compositions he loathed. Why the jerk wanted to see it is beyond me!
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DR Jane - Did you hear about the parking deck collapse at NIH today? Thankfully, since it was under construction no one was hurt. But still...
You hot dog question reminded of the hot dog cooker my parents had when we were growing up. You basically stuck each end of the hot dog onto this "pins", then hit the switch... and a few minutes later, you had a cooked hotdog - and it usually burst too.
Have you ever had a deep-fried hot dog? Now that's good eatin'!
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JRand, thank you for reminding me “Television & story: A Christmas Memory by Truman Capote. Two kites floating in the sky, like hearts.....”
I enjoyed the Romary Clooney story.
My favorite movies are:
MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET-Natalie Wood
WHITE CHRISTMAS
CHRISTMAS IN CONNETICUT
THE BISHOP’S WIFE-Loretta Young, Cary Grant, David Niven
SCROOGED
If I’m going to watch a CHRISTMAS CAROLE it will be the Albert Finney one
I can’t think of a favorite Christmas book.
Elmore-GREAT NEWS!
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Jose I have never had a deep fried dog-I hope that is in olive oil.
I am just about to read the news. I have never been in the parking lot at the NIH and now I plan never to do so. ;D I'm glad no one was hurt.
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elmore, thanks for taking care of it.
There have actually been a number of musical murder stories - besides the ones listed, there was also a Musical Comedy Murders of 1940 (or some year).
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Are these names for real?
"Julia Roberts Welcomes Phinnaeus And Hazel To The World"
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elmore, thanks for taking care of it.
There have actually been a number of musical murder stories - besides the ones listed, there was also a Musical Comedy Murders of 1940 (or some year).
Dear Friend BK, you're welcome.
Actually, the Musical Comedy Murders of 1940 was a not-so-hot comedy, not a song in sight. Chelsea Music's and Bel Ami Video's Donald Oliver wrote with Dan Butler The Case of the Dead Flamenco Dancer, which tried to get to London and closed out of town. It was directed by Martin Connor, who directed BABES IN TOYLAND for Houston Grand Opera. Was that mentioned earlier and I forgot? It's the drugs, I tell you!
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DR Jose, I remember those hot dog cookers very well! Ugh...all also remember how the hot dog ended up with the taste of either metal or plastic...or both! LOL!
I just boil my hot dogs.
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How come no one names their kids Bertha anymore?
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How come no one names their kids Bertha anymore?
Because it's too popular with drag queens?
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Dear Friend BK, you're welcome.
Actually, the Musical Comedy Murders of 1940 was a not-so-hot comedy, not a song in sight. Chelsea Music's and Bel Ami Video's Donald Oliver wrote with Dan Butler The Case of the Dead Flamenco Dancer
That Bel Ami Video?!?!?!?!?
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That Bel Ami Video?!?!?!?!?
Yep! He spends more time in Europe than New York. Hmmm . . .
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And when it starts being work, it stops being fun.
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Was your question whether Brooklyn Dreams was based on The Lords of Flatbush? I don't know. I never saw The Lords of Flatbush. And I've no recollection of I Know What I'm Getting Into With My Eyes Wide Open reminding anyone of any other song title.
However, their title, Santa Fe, has since been used in both Rent and Newsies. Theirs involved two Brooklyn boys:
One: The name has got a foreign kind of sound
Santa Fe
My uncle owns a little piece of ground
Out that way
And he grows artichokes
Other: What's artiCHOKES?
One: They're green.
My uncle grows the greenest ones you've ever seen.
I found that very amusing.
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If Jane Krakowsky, dressed like that, was dancing around my bed, there'd be no looking at any book. I'd not take my eyes off her.
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Yep! He spends more time in Europe than New York. Hmmm . . .
Hmmm indeed!
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Jose I have never had a deep fried dog-I hope that is in olive oil.
Olive oil is rarely used for deep frying. It has too low of a smoke point, and imparts it's own flavor to whatever is being fried. Deep frying works better with oils like canola or peanut, which aren't deeply flavored and don't smoke until they reach higher temperatures.
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Well, I have already had a busy day just being at home!
So, to save some bandwith, and to hopefully amuse, I have uploaded all of MY photos to the net (and one of those photos was taken by DR elmore3003!).
To see some shots of my three days in NYC (there are loads more to come once someone in Australia wakens) just drop in here:
http://photobucket.com/albums/v305/minx_the_dog/doofi%20in%20new%20york/ (http://photobucket.com/albums/v305/minx_the_dog/doofi%20in%20new%20york/)
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Olive oil is rarely used for deep frying. It has too low of a smoke point, and imparts it's own flavor to whatever is being fried. Deep frying works better with oils like canola or peanut, which aren't deeply flavored and don't smoke until they reach higher temperatures.
And your point would be?!?!?!?
;)
Actually, baby artichokes fried in olive oil are wonderful!
And I seem to remember some major Italian chef being asked one time about what Italians did their deep frying in. He/she answered "olive oil". And I think I've seen Mario Batali deep fry in olive oil too on TV. And, come to think of it, I've had some of his deep-fried creations at Babbo. Buon appetito!
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So what's this "shout" bidness, MR TD?
This shout business is basically, "I'm paying." or "I'm buying that for you." or "Put your money away, this one's on me." ;D
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Christmas Carol came in third for the evening in the ratings.
All these old names are coming back - anything to be "hip" with these movie people. It started with Lily, and Max and Sam and Zachary, and now we've obviously moved along to Phinni and whatever the other name was. I'm waiting for Eggbert and Aloysius and I have no doubt they'll be coming along soon.
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If you've microwaved your hot dog for longer than two minutes, you've overdone it.
(Finally, a cooking issue I can weigh in on.)
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Hmm... I haven't had dinner yet... Maybe I'll walk down to the New York Deli (yes, we have a place called New York Deli in Richmond - they have H&H bagels delivered every two days!) and get a hot dog...
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If you're going for a bagel, make sure it's the right day. A bagel is good for about 24 hours, no more.
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How come no one names their kids Bertha anymore?
Or Ethel? I've always like that name...no, really I have! ;D
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And your point would be?!?!?!?
;)
Actually, baby artichokes fried in olive oil are wonderful!
And I seem to remember some major Italian chef being asked one time about what Italians did their deep frying in. He/she answered "olive oil". And I think I've seen Mario Batali deep fry in olive oil too on TV. And, come to think of it, I've had some of his deep-fried creations at Babbo. Buon appetito!
The best fried chicken I've had is deep fried in olive oil. (It's an Italian recipe, natch.)
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If you're going for a bagel, make sure it's the right day. A bagel is good for about 24 hours, no more.
Good advice, Noel. I once bought a day-old bargain bagel and broke a tooth. Some bargain. My dentist said the best day for his business was the day the bagel crossed the ethnic barrier. According to Dr. Mednick, stale bagels rank first, just ahead of unpopped popcorn kernels.
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One moment I missed especially in last nights musical.....was that wonderful and breath-taking moment in SCROOGE. - just as soon as we have gotten used to Albert Finney as the old Scrooge....suddenly there he is, as handsome as he ever was on screen - as his younger self.
Last night's younger Scrooge looked like that Calvin Kline underwear model.
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Last night's younger Scrooge looked like that Calvin Kline underwear model.
Now, THAT is something I wish I had seen! ;)
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Dan (the Man) your Festivus Pole looks very boring. :-\
I guess that's because mom didn't want to spring for a real aluminum Festivus pole, so we put up an artificial wooden one. :)
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Hi all!
Dan (the Man) you mean I'm out there treading water all by myself?!? Agh!
Panni, I wouldn't want to disagree with you regarding the Chestnuts but how do you get the salt into them if you don't put the X on them and boil them in salt water first?
Thank you for all the help, Dear Uncle Der Bruiser. ;)
Jane, did you get my e-mail about the shirt? Maybe I can receive but not send?
I also LOVE The Bells of St. Mary's (which I bought on DVD a few weeks ago). The only story I can't find on DVD is Christmas in Conneticut --the orignal version. I didn't like the remake at all.
What along day at work! Mondays following a 4 day weekend should be banned.
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DR Jane, I actually think Phinn is a cute name!
And DR MattH, I love DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES. But I wonder if it's more of a girl thing. I also enjoy LOST. But comparitively I LOVE DH so much more.
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If you've microwaved your hot dog for longer than two minutes, you've overdone it.
(Finally, a cooking issue I can weigh in on.)
I miss our old Hot Dogger counter top appliance. You pushed each end of your hot dog onto these metal points, closed the plastic lid and plugged it in. I guess it ran some low voltage through the weiner cause the thing cooked in record time. And if you left it in just a little bit over the time limit, the dog would explode open and come to resemble something out of DR Charles Pogue's The Fly. They were still tasty, though.
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I have a cooking question. Maybe S. Woody White or someone else can help me.
How long per pound do you bake a pork roast? I had a 3 pounder tonight (it had bones in the middle). I cooked it for 1 1/2 and it was way underdone. Would 2 hours have done the trick?
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Re: bagels
Well I doubt any of your bagels are like Montreal bagels, but if your bagel is more than 24 hours old (and seems a bit stale) just put it in the microwave for 10-15 seconds. That will do the trick.
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Gee, Jennifer, the way I know my pork is done is when it's falling off the bone. I put it in the slow cooker, put it on about 250/300 degrees and let it cook all day.
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Does anyone have a pic of Ruth Manning, the actress who died yesterday? The name is familiar, but I can't attach a face to it. Her credits at imdb don't help much either.
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"And David Garrison (Steve Rhodes in Married with Children) will be the Wizard."
Of course, I think of him as the David Garrison from A DAY IN HOLLYWOOD, A NIGHT IN THE UKRAINE.
And, of course, I think of David Garrison as Bruce Ismay in TITANIC.
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I'm eating cheddar cheese and turkey bologna right now.
Somehow it works.
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I have a cooking question. Maybe S. Woody White or someone else can help me.
How long per pound do you bake a pork roast? I had a 3 pounder tonight (it had bones in the middle). I cooked it for 1 1/2 and it was way underdone. Would 2 hours have done the trick?
Was it a pork loin roast?
1 1/2 hours sounds like it should have done the trick, but there are some variables to consider.
What temperature did you cook it at?
-I've been using the method suggested in The Joy of Cooking where you start the roast off at 450F for the first fifteen minutes, and the lower the over to 250F for another hour and a half or so. PLUS, then letting the roast rest to finish cooking outside the oven - residual hear and all. And that's usually for a five-pounder.
What kind of pan did you cook it in?
-If the sides are too high, then the heat cannot circulate properly around the roast. The size of the roasting pan is usually not a major factor, but sometimes...
Did you take the roast right from the fridge and put it in the preheated oven?
-Now this is something I've learned over the past few years, and I've finally learned to "deal with it", and let all my fears dealing with food safety go by the wayside... When cooking a chunk of meat - whether it's beef, lamb, pork, even turkey and chicken - it helps to let the piece of meat warm up a little bit before placing it in the oven. I'm not saying to leave it out until it comes to room temperature, but just long enough to take the chill off the outside. This way the piece of meat and the oven doesn't go into "shock". Does this make sense? And sometimes, a very cold piece of meat can cook all right on the outside, but the inside may still be underdone at the same time.
Did you use a marinade or rub?
-Just curious.
And when you say "way underdone" do you mean as is visibly still raw, or with just a bit of pink in it?
-I like my pork on the pink side - as long as the internal temp is around 155-160. The USDA recommended temps of 170-185, just simply ruin a good cut of pork. Again, a good rest after the pork comes out of the oven is a good thing. Just take the pork out of the oven when it's around 148-150, tent it with foil, then let it sit on the counter for about 10-15 minutes. -You can make the gravy during that time! The roast should come up to temperature as it sits.
Well.. that's all for now. Hope it helps. We'll see what DR SWW can add and aid.
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"And David Garrison (Steve Rhodes in Married with Children) will be the Wizard."
Of course, I think of him as the David Garrison from A DAY IN HOLLYWOOD, A NIGHT IN THE UKRAINE.
...Or as the Charley in Arena Stage's production of Merrily We Roll Along in the 1989-90 season. -WOW! It has been that long ago! He played opposite the Frank of Victor Garber, the Mary of Becky Ann Baker, and the Gussie of Marin Mazzie.
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I'm eating cheddar cheese and turkey bologna right now.
Somehow it works.
Sounds good to me!
-I wasn't really hungry earlier when dinner time rolled around, so I headed to the kitchen, pulled a can of canned chicken (I had a coupon) out of the cupboard, sliced some hunks of extra sharp cheddar cheese, and took out some Ritz crackers (I'm really liking the cracked pepper variety in the Holiday Entertaining package). Somehow it worked!
;)
-Oh, and I gently melted the cheese on the crackers in the microwave!
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Ruth Manning was Aunt Harriet in the Kraft Mayo commercials
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On the subject of death..........
Philippe de Broca director of King of Hearts also passed away.
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If you've microwaved your hot dog for longer than two minutes, you've overdone it.
(Finally, a cooking issue I can weigh in on.)
LOL-is that in water?
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I guess that's because mom didn't want to spring for a real aluminum Festivus pole, so we put up an artificial wooden one. :)
;D ;D
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OH! Who was asking about the corrosive properties of Coca-Cola?
I remember an "experiment" we did in fourth grade science class...
Just fill a glass with Coca-Cola.
Get a galvanized nail from the tool shed, tool room, tool box, wherever...
Place nail in glass of Coca-Cola.
Leave overnight.
Come morning... Well, when I saw what happened to the nail it didn't really stop me from drinking Coca-Cola, but it sure was neat!
As for the effect on our stomach linings... I also seem to remember at the time hearing that our stomach actually contains even more corrosive compounds than Coca-Cola - including something very similar to hydro-chloric acid. So, the cola may not be the most nutritious thing to put in your body, but your stomach lining should be fine.
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DR Jane, I actually think Phinn is a cute name!
And DR MattH, I love DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES. But I wonder if it's more of a girl thing. I also enjoy LOST. But comparitively I LOVE DH so much more.
Not a girls thing. I won't even watch DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES but watch LOST. :)
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My paternal grandmother was named Bertha.
I did just hear a new nearly favorite drag name: Tulita Pepsi
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Great NYC pictures td! Saw all the sites...Joe Allen, Academy Records, Larry Moore, Wicked, Pacific Overtures, and Doug Sills, and Alex! Thanks1 ;D
Oh okay - i need to get a "shout" friend! 8)
DR DtM here is the only photo I could find of Ruth Manning, and I am assuming she is on the left.
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Has anyone heard from the London Pogues?
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Great NYC pictures td! Saw all the sites...Joe Allen, Academy Records, Larry Moore, Wicked, Pacific Overtures, and Doug Sills, and Alex! Thanks1 ;D
You forget to mention all those pics of MARTIN MULL! ! ! ;)
The digital photos will be posted once the Australian contingent gets in gear.
You're very welcome! Hope other DRs get to see 'em.
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My favorite drag name was one the one that one of the costume majors had in college:
Fonda Dix
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Joy just called to say she met Andy Williams - I believe he plays in the theatre across the street from hers, although his is substantially smaller - and he stared at her cleavage the whole time.
Well, that's better than saying "Go Away, Little Girl" I suppose.
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LOL - At first I read HE is substantially smaller.
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Great NYC pictures td! Saw all the sites...Joe Allen, Academy Records, Larry Moore, Wicked, Pacific Overtures, and Doug Sills, and Alex! Thanks1 ;D
Oh okay - i need to get a "shout" friend! 8)
DR DtM here is the only photo I could find of Ruth Manning, and I am assuming she is on the left.
I too enjoyed the pictures but did not see one of elmore.
JRand thanks for the pic of Ruth Manning. I couldn't find one.
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I too enjoyed the pictures but did not see one of elmore.
Methinks Jane did not go onto page two. . .
http://photobucket.com/albums/v305/minx_the_dog/doofi%20in%20new%20york/ (http://photobucket.com/albums/v305/minx_the_dog/doofi%20in%20new%20york/)
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Today we spoke to both sons to let them know what is happening with Echo. This morning it was Craig (the son in the Peace Corps) in Romania who informed us he has been looking for flights home during his Christmas break from teaching. He wants to see his dog. I would like to test these good vibes here at HHW. Please send extra good vibes for a small miracle, one more month of quality life for my little Echo.
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DR td is Photobucket free? I use RanchoWeb, but it only has a small capacity.
LOL DRJOSE....yes that is a good one. I also like Helen Bed and Inida Goodwin from A TUNA CHRISTMAS.
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LOL DR NOEL....
I was going to mention the picture of Martin with Doug....but I thought it would be unseemly.
Oh did you notice DRtd - no JRE writing in the new issue of SS? I don't get it....I follow all the rules and still get dissed.
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Methinks Jane did not go onto page two. . .
http://photobucket.com/albums/v305/minx_the_dog/doofi%20in%20new%20york/ (http://photobucket.com/albums/v305/minx_the_dog/doofi%20in%20new%20york/)
That was the one photo in the entire slide show I missed. I only looked away for a 3 seconds. ;D Nice picture.
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John Drew Barrymore passed away today.....former husband of Cara Williams!
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DR td is Photobucket free? I use RanchoWeb, but it only has a small capacity.
Free! Free! Free!
(omigosh! this particular DR needs to sleep. . .and soon!)
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Perhaps I will hie myself over to the Photobucket
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Perhaps I will hie myself over to the Photobucket
I SHOULD say, "Hi, thee, Ho," but it would come across as a bad Cab Callaway impression OR an unseemly bout of name-calling. ;)
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..Btw, Hershey's Special Dark Chocolate Syrup is really good... On it's own... And on ice cream...
:P
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Will look in your bucket a bit later td.. Thank U.
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Will look in your bucket a bit later td.. Thank U.
now THAT sounds positively unseemly, dr tomovoz!
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Thanks for the good wishes, DR Jane. The show opens Thursday, and I think we will be ready. All the pieces seem to be falling into place if we can just all stay healthy. Doing a show at this time of year is SO treacherous.
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Thanks for the link to the pics, DR td. The expressions on faces tell the whole story. Everyone's having a great time! I'm SO glad!
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LOL - At first I read HE is substantially smaller.
And I read it as his cleavage is substantially smaller. (I would think so!)
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Thanks for the Ruth Manning pic, DR JRand. Her face still doesn't ring a bell, though.
(There's a joke in there somewhere...)
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. . .MINX AND I SEND ALL OF OUR HEALTHY DOG VIBES TO ECHO. . .
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Thanks for the good wishes, DR Jane. The show opens Thursday, and I think we will be ready. All the pieces seem to be falling into place if we can just all stay healthy. Doing a show at this time of year is SO treacherous.
Treacherous as it may sound, Matt:
BREAK A LEG!
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And, a PAGE SIX dance to boot!
(http://www.wickedonbroadway.net/broadwayIdinaDefyingGravity2.jpg)
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Magnus and Fosca send the most healing vibes for Echo.
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Wonderful health vibes to the most beautiful Echo!!!!!
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Good evening!
Favorite Christmas movies are:
Scrooge, The Musical
Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol
White Christmas
Mrs. Santa Claus
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Today we spoke to both sons to let them know what is happening with Echo. This morning it was Craig (the son in the Peace Corps) in Romania who informed us he has been looking for flights home during his Christmas break from teaching. He wants to see his dog. I would like to test these good vibes here at HHW. Please send extra good vibes for a small miracle, one more month of quality life for my little Echo.
Jane, the power of this website can indeed make miracles. You have all of my good vibes, as well as my prayers.
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Excellent vibes and xylophones to Echo, the Dog. I had to take a drive in my motor car and just got back. Thanks for keeping the home fries burning.
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I tried, BK, but now, i'm just to pooped to pucker or keep any fires burning. . .
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I tried, BK, but now, i'm just to pooped to pucker or keep any fires burning. . .
Perhaps at your age, td, you shouldn't have overstressed yourself in New York!
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THE BEST OF VIBES TO ECHO FROM ABIE!!
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This may be a stupid question, but... Is that you in the pic, TCB?
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Vibes for dear Echo!!!
Re TOD: I liked "Scrooge!" "A Charlie Brown Christmas," "How the Grinch Stole Christmas," "It's a Wonderful Life."
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