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Archives => Archive 3 => Topic started by: bk on February 18, 2005, 12:01:05 AM
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Well, you've read the notes, you've surfed the notes, and now it is time for you to post until the surfer dude cows come home.
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And the word of the day is: PULCHRITUDE!
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CD check: Adler, Bock & Coleman (S.T.A.G.E.)
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iPod is on. Currently playing, Mancini's beautiful love music from The Great Imposter. That's one movie I'd love to have on DVD. One of Mancini's great scores.
PULCHRITUDE, baby, PULCHRITUDE.
Match me, Sidney. Name that movie.
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Well, the site has been overtaken by WUSSBURGERS. No fun, no fun at all. And here I was going to give out a sparkling prize to the first to name that film for "Match me, Sidney." However, the offer expired on account of WUSSBURGERS.
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Well, I guess since we can't get any ACTION around here, I'll just toddle off to the bedroom environment.
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I always liked the theme from "The Great Imposter". The only version I have is by pop group "The Piltdown Men". The Fleetwoods sang a a song called "The Great Imposter" which is listed as "The Theme from" but I think Mr Whitburn got that wrong. Both songs were out at about the same time.(1961). Can anyone let me know if this is so.
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Thursday night, I watched the NBC line up: "Joey," "Will & Grace" and "The Apprentice." At 10:00 p.m., I switched over to ABC-Family and watched "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" This show is never not funny! At 11:00, I switched to Comedy Central to watch "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" but I fell asleep very shortly after it started! I can't remember the last time I fell asleep watching TV out in my living room...especially with my housemate's cat laying on my chest and purring! But I was asleep and for about an hour and a half. Who'da thunk it?
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So, I was being a Wussburger, but not nece-Sara Lee (a Kander and Ebb reference! ;)) by choice. ::)
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The vocal Great Imposter is an imposter - nothing to do with the film's theme, which has never had lyrics - nor has the love theme. Both themes are available on several Mancini collections.
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Match me, Sidney.
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And might I just add - PULCHRITUDE!
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And I mean that in the nicest possible way.
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Tomovoz (or OzDerek...or anyone), I just won on eBay, the DVD to the stage musical version of "The Man from Snowy River." It was truly an impulse bid. Has anyone seen (or heard) this? Is it any good? My sister liked the TV series. I wonder if she'll like the musical (but it is for me). ::)
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Match me, Sidney.
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Match me, Sidney.
The only movie that I can think of that has a character named Sidney is "Sweet Smell of Success." Is that it??
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That's it.
Match me, Sidney.
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Yea! ;D
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PULCHRITUDE: Sophia Loren is the epitome of PULCHRITUDE.
I saw CHARLY a few years ago...And I must say that it did not hold up well for me at all. And I agree about all the unnecessary camera crap...but then a lot of people were doing that junk back in the "the media is the message", psychodelic (that can't be spelt right) days. I remember sitting through this film twice when I first saw it. Thinking it so great. But when I saw it recently, I did not think Robertson's performance or the film held up well at all.
But even back when it first came out I thought his maybe the weakest performance of an exceptional strong year. Peter O'Toole gave a far better performance in LION IN WINTER; Alan Arkin was heart-breaking in THE HEART IS THE LONELY HUNTER; Alan Bates was brilliant in THE FIXER; I'd have to see Ron Moody's performance in Oliver again to see whether it was better than Robertson, but given how sort of on-the-nose and obvious I found Charly the last time, my guess would be that Moody was better than Robertson too. And the hippie interlude in the movie was just silly...
I think it's one of those movie's really stuck in its time period...which a lot of sixties movies are. They just show their age more than a lot of films and their revelancy or resonance is very time-specific as opposed to timeless...or ageless...
I remember there being much gossip at the time that it was felt Robertson "bought" his Oscar. His performance really doesn't hold up to the others in his category.
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Well, I was going to toddle off a half-hour ago - now I must, for I must arise at a reasonable hour to get in some work time before playing at the Ray Courts show. SURF'S UP, DUDE!
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So, BK, what would I have won if I hadn't been asleep in front of the TV with a cat purring on my chest?
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BK, I will be doing the Ray Courts show on Saturday.
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It's almost 1:30 a.m., here on the West Coast. I'm going to bed. Good night all!
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BK, I hope your new hairdo is not all spikey....I'm having a hard enough time trying to figure out what you look like with blonde highlights. You California dudes!
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Good luck DR George! it was an "Arena Spectacular".
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http://www.dvdanswers.com/index.php?c=1371&s=1
Cultural cringe theatre. Yes! Cringe not Fringe.
OzDerek may know more.
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Good morning, all! Another Barnes & Noble Friday, but this morning I really want to stay home and do other things.
Yesterday afternoon, my goddaughter's mother and I made the trek to the Bronx to see Charlotte take on the role of Caliban in THE TEMPEST at the Horace Mann School. I'm happy to report that she was the best thing in the performance and her entrance, after the exposition and the storm at sea, was the first burst of energy to wake me up. Due to a heavier number of girls involved in the production, several men's roles - Antonio, Sebastian, Stephano, and the sailors - were played by women. Dee Dee, who played Stephano, one of the three comics with Charlotte and Charles as Trinculo, won hands down the award for best performance by a woman playing a man, and the comics kicked ass! They were great.
Charlotte's going to attend a Shakespeare program in England this summer at Oxford; she's definitely inherited the talent genes from her parents. I'm quite proud of her.
Media alert: I have no idea! I have three Netflix DVDs sitting here, and a ton of new compact discs, but I've made no decisions.
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Shockheaded Peter is a strange but very well done adaptation of a series of gruesome German children's stories from the 19th Century. It's about misbehaving and just plain bad children who ultimately meet terrible ends (a child who plays with matches, a child who insists on flying using an umbrella, etc.) Most of the cast came over from the Olivier award winning production done in 2002. It's billed as a musical but it's not in the usual sense. There is a song about each child and how they misbehaved and died for their actions. The music is performed by a group called Tiger Lillies. They have quite a collection of music, much of it theatre, film and dance-related. They tour around the world and have quite a following. Some of the other cast also perform on instruments during the show. It's all quite well done and the gruesome aspects are so over the top or obviously fake (think orange and red petticoats for flame as the match player catches on fire) as to not be alarming at all, though this is certainly not a show for young children. VixMom take note. Apparently the idea of the original stories was to show children what would happen if they misbehaved. Ouch! All in all, though, an excellent production, especially if you like theatre off the beaten track (though the new Little Shubert Theatre on 42nd Street near 9th Avenue is quite the nice home).
Listening to BBC 3 right now. It's 1pm in London and the Lunchtime Concert will begin after the news. Don't know what else I will be listening to at this moment. We will be on Long Island this weekend. We may watch things on DVD or video but no plans at the moment. Perhaps if there is something interesting at the library we will check it out for the weekend. We will return to NYC on Monday. I probably won't be around this here site much on the weekend so I'll have to catch up on Tuesday.
I'll be in and out during the day before the train to Ronkonoma.
Later.
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Kerry, only 21 more posts to go for acension purposes.
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I displayed my dolls, OHINA-SAMA, for The Girl’s Day, in the livingroom this afternooon. It’s a quite traditional custom to display the speciall dolls on The Girl’s Day, March 3rd(actually the dolls are displayed before that holiday), wishing one’s daughter’s health and happieness. Most of Japanese girls have their own dolls and display them even after they have grown up (like me) , just for enjoying it. And I have been keeping to do it every year as my mother did it for me when I was child. Now I do it for myself! My dolls came down to me from my mother and my mother took them from my mother’s mother and my mother’s mother took……So my dolls are very old, perhaps over one hadred years. Regrettably people who keep this traditional custom become increasingly fewer nowadays.
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Zoom up;
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And my friend's lovely dolls set;
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My friend's dolls are older than mine and they are circa 150 years old, I guess.
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pulchritude \PUL-kruh-tood; -tyood\, noun:
That quality of appearance which pleases the eye; beauty; comeliness; grace; loveliness.
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PULCHRITIDE has its place in my players of dvds and cds:
David Boreanaz is filled with it in SEASON FIVE of ANGEL.
Nancy LaMott sings with it whether LIVE AT TAVERN ON THE GREEN or BEAUTIFUL BABY.
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I displayed my dolls, OHINA-SAMA, for The Girl’s Day, in the livingroom this afternooon. It’s a quite traditional custom to display the speciall dolls on The Girl’s Day, March 3rd(actually the dolls are displayed before that holiday), wishing one’s daughter’s health and happieness. Most of Japanese girls have their own dolls and display them even after they have grown up (like me) , just for enjoying it. And I have been keeping to do it every year as my mother did it for me when I was child. Now I do it for myself! My dolls came down to me from my mother and my mother took them from my mother’s mother and my mother’s mother took……So my dolls are very old, perhaps over one hadred years. Regrettably people who keep this traditional custom become increasingly fewer nowadays.
What a lovely custom DR Hisaka! We do not have any similar day celebrating daughters here in the States, The dolls are really beautiful, thank you for sharing this.
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DR Hisaka - Your dolls, and those of your friend, are beautiful and the custom is lovely. Thank you for sharing!
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Yesterday afternoon, my goddaughter's mother and I made the trek to the Bronx to see Charlotte take on the role of Caliban in THE TEMPEST at the Horace Mann School. I'm happy to report that she was the best thing in the performance and her entrance, after the exposition and the storm at sea, was the first burst of energy to wake me up. Due to a heavier number of girls involved in the production, several men's roles - Antonio, Sebastian, Stephano, and the sailors - were played by women. Dee Dee, who played Stephano, one of the three comics with Charlotte and Charles as Trinculo, won hands down the award for best performance by a woman playing a man, and the comics kicked ass! They were great.
Charlotte's going to attend a Shakespeare program in England this summer at Oxford; she's definitely inherited the talent genes from her parents. I'm quite proud of her..
How old is sweet Charlotte?
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Shockheaded Peter is a strange but very well done adaptation of a series of gruesome German children's stories from the 19th Century. It's about misbehaving and just plain bad children who ultimately meet terrible ends (a child who plays with matches, a child who insists on flying using an umbrella, etc.) Most of the cast came over from the Olivier award winning production done in 2002. It's billed as a musical but it's not in the usual sense. There is a song about each child and how they misbehaved and died for their actions. The music is performed by a group called Tiger Lillies. They have quite a collection of music, much of it theatre, film and dance-related. They tour around the world and have quite a following. Some of the other cast also perform on instruments during the show. It's all quite well done and the gruesome aspects are so over the top or obviously fake (think orange and red petticoats for flame as the match player catches on fire) as to not be alarming at all, though this is certainly not a show for young children. VixMom take note.
Thanks for the heads up! I had received an ad for this and was wondering whether or not to try it... We also received an ad for Chitty Citty Bang Bang -- does any one have any "preview info" about this one for me?
We are going in to the city on Wednesday ( I promised the Vixter a trip the The Amercian Girl Place) and I think we will pop up to The Virginia Theatre and get tickets to Little Women (for March 23 hopefully)
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Here's an interesting article:
http://www.nber.org/papers/W9853
"Beauty in the Classroom: Professors' Pulchritude and Putative Pedagogical Productivity"
"Adjusted for many other determinants, beauty affects earnings; but does it lead directly to the differences in productivity that we believe generate earnings differences? We take a large sample of student instructional ratings for a group of university professors, acquire six independent measures of their beauty and a number of other descriptors of them and their classes. Instructors who are viewed as better looking receive higher instructional ratings, with the impact of a move from the 10th to the 90th percentile of beauty being substantial. This impact exists within university departments and even within particular courses, and is larger for male than for female instructors. Disentangling whether this outcome represents productivity or discrimination is, as with the issue generally, probably impossible."
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DR elmore - Congratulations to Charlotte on her performance!
DR vixmom - I hope you and your daughter have a delightful time in the city on Wednesday.
Friday media report:
CD (car) audiobook, bio of John Adams (he and John Quincy have just arrived in France). In a quirky coincidence, my audio book and the book I'm reading with my eyes, Antonia Fraser's Marie Antoinette: The Journey, are intersecting - same time, same place, historical figures appearing in both.
DVD - more Marie Antoinette in The Affair of the Necklace.
iPod, as I type this - Chocolat soundtrack.
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Hmmmmmmmm - Friday. Yes we must have reports and photos from the Ray Courts show & we must have photos of the BK Coiffure!
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DR Hisaka: you have such lovely dolls. Perhaps later, I shall photograph mum's collection of dolls (or even our collection of PLATES!).
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DR HISAKA what lovely dolls. And what a lovely custom. Thanks for sharing them with us.
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MR BK are you now the owner of an address for Ms Leslie Parrish Bach?
MEDIA CHECK:
CD: "Harlow" soundtrack - Carol Lynley version by Nelson Riddle & Al Ham
DVD - "Harlow" with Miss Carol Lynley, what a cheapjack, badly acted, atrociously photographed rip-off. Miss Carol Lynley plays Jean Harlow as though she had a lifelong toothache or was always wearing shoes that were too small.
VHS - Frances Farmer on THIS IS YOUR LIFE, HOLLYWOOD'S MYSTERIES & SCANDALS, and 50 YEARS OF WFBM.
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DR GINNY - Norma Shearer was on TCM this morning as MARIE ANTOINETTE. I am not sure the real Marie and her dresses and court were anything quite as grand as MGM presented, but it is a fun movie to watch:
"Oh, Mother, I am to be Queen of France!"
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DR Hisaka, I LOVE THOSE DOLLS!
DR Elmore, if Charlotte inherited any acting genes from her dad, then i'll bet she's great. Congrats.
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Hisaka-Great dolls!
JRand-I remember seeing FF on This is Your Life back when AMC was a watchable channel and showed things like that. My memory is of the host being a bit condescending, but I could be wrong. Anyways, it was the intro to FF for me.
My media check:
DVD-Penn & Teller show
Haven't listened to too much music lately as we had a houseguest staying in the Music Library (aka guestroom). I think "Andy Williams sings Steve Allen" is still on the turntable.
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With all the rain last night, the flowers and trees are wet...VERY wet.
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TOD:
Car cassette player: audio book "The Reptile Room", which I only just realized today is read by DR Charles Pogue's neighbor Mr. Tim Curry (I knew the voice sounded familiar!)
DVD player:
Eyes Wide Shut - I thought this was crap (I hope you all enjoyed my well thought out and carefully worded critique)
Garden State - I enjoyed this,but wish that some of the deleted scenes had been left in and some of the scenes left in had been deleted (what am I all of the sudden, Steven Spielberg?)
The Day after Tomorrow: the science was garbage and the plot was formulatic and predicatable but the effects were phenomenol.
Cassette Player at home, the Vixter and a few of her schoolmates practicing their numbers for the SCMEA (Suffolk County Music Educators Association) Festival she will be participating in, in March. This is the second year she was selected to participate
VHS at home: Last nights CSI..DH had to go to a wake last night, so I taped it for him. I saw bits and pieces of it, but will watch it with him later tonight. We sometimes watch CSI as a family, DH thinks the show encourages the Vixter analytical (spelling?) thinking and interest in science and math..but I don't think she 'll be watching this particular episode!!
CD player at work...nothing!! That must be remedied! I must rummage thorugh my drawers and see what CD's I have on hand...
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Anyone remember the short-lived cable channel THE NOSTALGIA NETWORK? This was on my cable back in the mid-to-late 80s. Man, I wish it still existed. They showed episodes of the BOSTON BLACKIE TV series and forgotten movies like A COLD WIND IN AUGUST. They even had an American Bandstand-like show with people dancing to "oldies".
It was too good to last.
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Vixmom, I highly recommend Chitty. Of course, this is based on the London production which Anthony and I saw in December of 2003. I hope the current production is as much fun. We loved it. We were in the 4th row of the Palladium Theatre in London and it took us for a grand ride. It was a perfect Christmas Eve spectacle. The tickets here are bit steep in price, between $55 and $100, though the very last row of the Hilton Theatre (formerly known as the Ford Center for the Performing Arts and before that it was two separate theatres, the Lyric and the Apollo) does have $20 tickets. Bring a pair of binoculars and have a good time, or splurge on a higher priced ticket. I bought a $20 ticket on Monday when the box office opened. I'm seeing the show on Tuesday, April 12th at 7pm. It begins previews on March 27th and opens on April 28th. There is a good cast and if it's half as good as it was in London, you and the Vixter will have a great time.
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Vixmom, I highly recommend Chitty. Of course, this is based on the London production which Anthony and I saw in December of 2003. I hope the current production is as much fun. We loved it. We were in the 4th row of the Palladium Theatre in London and it took us for a grand ride. It was a perfect Christmas Eve spectacle. The tickets here are bit steep in price, between $55 and $100, though the very last row of the Hilton Theatre (formerly known as the Ford Center for the Performing Arts and before that it was two separate theatres, the Lyric and the Apollo) does have $20 tickets. Bring a pair of binoculars and have a good time, or splurge on a higher priced ticket. I bought a $20 ticket on Monday when the box office opened. I'm seeing the show on Tuesday, April 12th at 7pm. It begins previews on March 27th and opens on April 28th. There is a good cast and if it's half as good as it was in London, you and the Vixter will have a great time.
Thanks!! maybe we can pick up tickets for this on Wednesday as well....I think the discounted price is $65 for Tues - Thurs nights... whic means taking the afternoon off to get in and we'll all be sleepy the next day...
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It's snowing!!! And the wind is blowing so hard that the snow is whirling like so many dervishes.....
blech! I am ready for spring....
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WOW!!! Talk about the power of HHW..the snow STOPPED!!!!
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Hmmm,let's try this... I am ready to win the lottery!
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And if I do win,... orchestra seats for all the good Broadway and off Broadwayshows for all my HHW friends!!
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I am a frenzy
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Friday Media Check:
CD - THE FROGS (OBC)
DVD - THE MATCHMAKER
CSI: MIAMI - Season 1: Disc 3
DVR - last night's WILL & GRACE
Tuesday night's QUEER EYE FOR THE STRAIGHT GUY
I can't believe I went a whole week without firing up the CD player to listen to this new cast album. Surely will find the time at some point this weekend though I have afternoon plans with friends tomorrow.
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As usual, it sems Vixmom and I are on opposite ends of the stick. I really liked EYES WIDE SHUT, especially Nicole Kidman's performance. I know I am in the VAST minority when it comes to this film, but I really did like it.
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I agree about Cliff Robertson's performance in CHARLY. I didn't think then and I don't think now it deserved to win over the likes of Peter O'Toole, Alan Bates, Alan Arkin, or Ron Moody. For me, it would be tough to select between O'Toole and Arkin, for they are both so unforgettable in their respective films, and their performances are worlds apart: O'Toole's filled with masterful words spoken so beautifully and Arkin's silent with the most expressive eyes and gestures imaginable.
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As usual, it sems Vixmom and I are on opposite ends of the stick. I really liked EYES WIDE SHUT, especially Nicole Kidman's performance. I know I am in the VAST minority when it comes to this film, but I really did like it.
well that's what make a horse race!! I felt it was just an excuse to have a lot of beautiful women walk around starkers .. I hated Tom Cruise's dialogue.. he repeated everything anybody said to him like one of those toy parrots from Radio Shack (which reminds me of a funny story)
I thought Nicole Kidman's reaction to Tom Cruises' appreciation of her pulchritude was SO ridiculous and unbelievable... and that was what drove a lot of the film... the whole masquerade shop thing was nutty... but then DH liked the movie so maybe it's a different perspective based upon gender..
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I gave myself over to strangeness and mystery of the circumstances. The in-over-your-head quality that surrounded the latter part of the film had me on the edge of my seat.
What can I say - I liked it very much.
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Funny Radio Shack repeating parrot story:
Our friend Paul has a grandma who is of quite advance years, God bless her. One Christmas , a couple of years ago, she was visiting him , and he has one of those parrots that record what you say and say it back to you . Well the dear lady has extremely poor eyesight now,and thought it was a real parrot. She spent the entire afternoon talking to it, and essentially herself)
"MY, what a pretty bird"
"MY, what a pretty bird"
Well isn't he clever?
Well isn't he clever?
That's amazing!
That's amazing
etc etc...
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dang, the snows back...so much for my lottery winnings....
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Friday.
Friday.
Friday.
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For real? She thought the parrot was real? That IS funny.
Charly- No doubt, Matt H and BK. I remember they showed us this movie in Junior High, and the "far out" sequences had kids in stitiches. I have a theory though, and that is not just that Cliff's performance wasn't that good in this movie, but that the guy just isn't a very good actor. Unlike someone like, say, Hackman, who always INHABITS his characters, I never get the sense of Cliff being deeply inside his characters. Just my opinion though.
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We had snow last night - none of it stayed behind.
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Condenscending is a polite word for Ralph Edwards on that particular episode of THIS IS YOUR LIFE, DR RODZINSKI. I don't think he listened to one word Frances said, he just plowed right on asking his inane questions...."Did you ever take dope?" "Why did you marriage to Leif fail?" :'(
Wow we had excitement in town this morning. The Stuff Store, a sort of Flea Market and Antique Store burned up. Or I guess I should say, burned down. And we were just there Saturday! :o
http://www.theindychannel.com/news/4210682/detail.html (http://www.theindychannel.com/news/4210682/detail.html)
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I'm up, I'm up.
And what a lovely way to start a very rainy day, by seeing dear reader Hisaka's beautiful dolls. Normally, when we talk about dolls here it means something completely different.
It's gray, and it's raining, but that shall not deter me from having a bright, shiny day.
PULCHRITUDE!
Isn't it fascinating that a word that looks like somebody barfed it up can mean what it does?
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I wanted to love Eyes Wide Shut, and I did enjoy some of its hypnotic quality. But I didn't like Nicole OR Tom, once they began "acting". I did like the very uncomfortably long scene at the party (the beginning of the film, where that creepy guy is dancing with Nicole). I also liked the scene at the costume shop, with Leelee Sobieski in her UNDERPANTS. I also liked all the scenes of Cruise wandering the London version of Greenwich Village. But I didn't like any of the breast-beating scenes between Kidman and Cruise - I found them excruciating to watch.
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I'm thinking of waiting to take a photo of new do until Tuesday, when Teddy does whatever else he wants to do - right now, according to him, it's an unfinished creation.
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I never "got" Cliff Robertson as an actor either. I have done the play "Flowers for Algernon" which I think is better than the movie CHARLY.
Cliff was opposite Miss Lana Turner in LOVE HAS MANY FACES - whew! Although - hmmmmmm, I just remembered I thought he was pretty funny in SUNDAY IN NEW YORK. But then there was Jane Fonda to look at.
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Well I GUESS we can wait until Tuesday. Those of us without hair do not understand the fuss.
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I don't feel so hot today. This bug is hanging on!
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Well, I don't have THAT much hair, but what there is is now cherce, filled with PULCHRITUDE.
I just found out there is a French DVD of the stage version of Young Girls of Rochefort. I just got it from amazon France. I hear it's appallingly bad, but my curiousity got the better of me.
Speaking of France, where in tarnation IS Francois? On another extended holiday? Another who is making a "statement" by not being here?
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Not dead, just errant & truant!
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Alan Arkin IS brilliant in THE HEART IS A LONELY HUNTER. To me, he's one of the great actors, but didn't get enough great roles. My feeling is he did too many character, accented ethnic-types (RUSSIANS ARE COMING, POPI) that don't wear well, when he has fabulous expression and delivery when playing less-caricatured stuff.
His Yossarian in CATCH-22 is amazing. Funny in IN-LAWS and FIRE SALE. Recent stuff like MOTHER NIGHT and GATTACA have shown his talents nicely.
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Current media:
CD: Christiane Noll's Broadway Love Story
DVD: Sleepless in Seattle (The lovely and talented has been sick all week, and has been watching her favorite chick flicks)
Will be putting on the Parade cast recording soon (just caught an excellent production at NYU, starring Ryan Driscoll, who was magnificent in the short-lived Summer of '42)
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Good Morning!
Well, I woke up, put on my running clothes - including the thermal "liner" since it's cold outside - walked briskly to the park, ran one mile - I finally broke the 10:00 mark, 9:54! - then turned around and headed back home.
It was just too cold and windy. If I had brought my gloves, I might have kept running, but at least I had my ear muffs - I just love my 180s! I also think the running and the cold re-aggravated the muscle-thing in my right side. I had a few moments of discomfort on the walk back to the apartment, but I'm feeling better now. So, as much as I'd like to keep up the exercise regime right now, I think I need to take a day or two off to let my muscle recuperate. It appears I have strained my psoas muscle on my right side. I was hoping this was one of those things I could just work through, but my body - and my psoas - seems to be telling me otherwise.
Otherwise, it's been a good day so far. And even though it is cold, the sun is out, and the sky is clear.
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NOW it is sunny and bright and not a sign of snow....I think some one is gaslighting me....
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Speaking of France, where in tarnation IS Francois? On another extended holiday? Another who is making a "statement" by not being here?
I believe that DR Tomovoz and DR Francois himself stated that he would be on vacation for about three to four weeks a few weeks ago. And since he only has internet access at work... No statements being made at all.
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For real? She thought the parrot was real? That IS funny.
They didn't have the heart to tell her it wasn't.. apparrently she still asks after its health :D
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While I don't think Cliff Robertson is one of our greats, I do think he's very good in Charly, and I like him in Picnic.
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Alan Arkin IS brilliant in THE HEART IS A LONELY HUNTER. To me, he's one of the great actors, but didn't get enough great roles. My feeling is he did too many character, accented ethnic-types (RUSSIANS ARE COMING, POPI) that don't wear well, when he has fabulous expression and delivery when playing less-caricatured stuff.
His Yossarian in CATCH-22 is amazing. Funny in IN-LAWS and FIRE SALE. Recent stuff like MOTHER NIGHT and GATTACA have shown his talents nicely.
I have always loved Alan Arkin, he can convey so much with his face and body language
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And I quote:
On January 26, 2005, 10:03:15 PM, DR Tomovoz posted:
The astute DRs will notice tomorrow that the posts with a French accent will be missing. François is on holidays and shall have no access to a computer for about three weeks. There may need to be a roster system here to fill the French Frenzy gap. Can all mention of Disney related topics be kept on hold.
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"about three weeks" should be ending soon.
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I have always loved Alan Arkin, he can convey so much with his face and body language
His performance in Wait Until Dark creeps me out the same way that of Glenn Close in Fatal Attraction creeps out my DH Richard.
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DR Hisaka - Beautiful dolls!
When I was much younger, I had a set of origami papers that could be folded into various types of dolls. The papers were printed with faces, hands, clothing, etc. The designs made it made it very easy to determine if you were folding the folds correctly. I have not seen a set of papers like those in about 25 years! Every time I come across a store selling origami papers, I look for a set, but I have yet to find them again.
Does anyone know if the Origami Center is still open in New York City? I had a few addresses for it in the past, but I never actually found the place - even though it was referenced in many books and articles. Maybe in a few weeks...
Are their traditional foods for Girls Day? I know Boys Day does have some foods and traditional decorations.
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As for today's Media Check...
I did put on the Best of the Doobie Brothers CD yesterday while straightening up my bedroom, otherwise, that's been about it...
Oh.. Earlier in the week, the new CDs from Rachel York and Michael Bublé.
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Well, time for me to get the rest of my day started...
I need to walk up to VCU and see if tickets are still available for tomorrow night's piano recital by Andreas Haefliger. It's been soooo long since I've heard a live, classical piano recital. My alma mater has a great recital series - and a great hall for it too. Best of all, top ticket price is only $25.00. -Then most of these artists head up to the Kennedy Center Terrace Theatre where the ticket prices double. Very much the cultural bargain.
-Oh, and I just remembered I need to replace one of my brake lights - driver's side. Steve noticed it was out the other night.
Laters...
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Oh, what the heck..
But before I go...
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PAGE FOUR!!!
I believe this calls for a Quadrille!
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Get it, huh? Page Four - Quad-rille?!?!?
HUH?
;D
Laters...
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JRand-I remember seeing FF on This is Your Life back when AMC was a watchable channel and showed things like that. My memory is of the host being a bit condescending, but I could be wrong. Anyways, it was the intro to FF for me.
Yes, Rodzinski, that was one of the AMC "This is Your Life: The Classics" episodes that ran (and ran and ran) in 1990. Unfortunately it's edited and cuts out one of the best moments: at the end the ever-smarmy Mr. Ralph Edwards informs FF that her brother Wes couldn't come due to military obligations and FF's arched-eyebrowed reaction is, as BK would say, cherche. For some reason they also cut out a whole little segment at the end with her getting even more than the fabulous 1958 Edsel. :)
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Wow we had excitement in town this morning. The Stuff Store, a sort of Flea Market and Antique Store burned up. Or I guess I should say, burned down. And we were just there Saturday! :o
http://www.theindychannel.com/news/4210682/detail.html (http://www.theindychannel.com/news/4210682/detail.html)
I read your other headlines too,,, missing 2 yearold child found sleeping under a pile of clothes, woman recivinga reduced sentence in dehydration death of a 2 year old, SUV driving into Chamber of Commerce meeting, magnesium fires spreading asbestos...busy little town you have yourself there!
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How old is sweet Charlotte?
DRvixmom, Charlotte turned 16 on Feb 13.
DRGinny, the Fraser bio of Marie Antoinette is fantastic! I liked it immensely.
DRPogue, there's now a series of mysteries with Mrs Hudson, Sherlock's housekeeper!
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'You may not have lived much under the sea--' ('I haven't,' said Alice)--'and perhaps you were never even introduced to a lobster--' (Alice began to say 'I once tasted--' but checked herself hastily, and said 'No, never') '--so you can have no idea what a delightful thing a Lobster Quadrille is!'
'No, indeed,' said Alice. 'What sort of a dance is it?'
'Why,' said the Gryphon, 'you first form into a line along the sea-shore--'
'Two lines!' cried the Mock Turtle. 'Seals, turtles, salmon, and so on; then, when you've cleared all the jelly-fish out of the way--'
'THAT generally takes some time,' interrupted the Gryphon.
'--you advance twice--'
'Each with a lobster as a partner!' cried the Gryphon.
'Of course,' the Mock Turtle said: 'advance twice, set to partners--'
'--change lobsters, and retire in same order,' continued the Gryphon.
'Then, you know,' the Mock Turtle went on, 'you throw the--'
'The lobsters!' shouted the Gryphon, with a bound into the air.
'--as far out to sea as you can--'
'Swim after them!' screamed the Gryphon.
'Turn a somersault in the sea!' cried the Mock Turtle, capering wildly about.
'Back to land again, and that's all the first figure,' said the Mock Turtle, suddenly dropping his voice; and the two creatures, who had been jumping about like mad things all this time, sat down again very sadly and quietly, and looked at Alice.
'It must be a very pretty dance,' said Alice timidly.
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I never "got" Cliff Robertson as an actor either. I have done the play "Flowers for Algernon" which I think is better than the movie CHARLY.
I never saw the play or movie, but I did see the the musical version. It was almost as frightening as CARRIE, the musical, but not nearly as stupidly conceived.
DRJennifer, Charlotte's mother, before she abandoned performing for production, was in the original Broadway casts of COMPANY, SEESAW, and JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR.
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My Joe and I want to thank all the DRs for their wonderful vibes (and BK for his xylophones) for Angel Jim.
Alas, the Justice (?) System has done what it usually does and postponed everything. I got a call last night from Jim's Mom saying the Parole Hearing had been put off another month. No reason given.
Speculation:
1. They only got his attorney's report a week ago and want to read it thoroughly. (This would be good.)
2. They read his attorney's report and want to investigate it and sic some appropriate State agency on the lying, brutal, evil upholders of the law. (This would be better, but pigs don't fly.)
3. They are just slow and incompetent. (This is realistic.)
4. They want to make him suffer another month. (Naw! Not consistent with American values, is it now?)
In any case sometime next month I'll probably be asking for more vibes, more xylophones, perhaps a timpany or two. Thanks, all.
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Ask and you shall receive, WFO. We do not like the justice system here at haineshisway.com.
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DRvixmom, Charlotte turned 16 on Feb 13.
It's nice to see that they are exposing the kids to Shakespeare at that age, although "Bye Bye Birdie" and "Annie" , "Guys & Dolls" etc are fine, they are so overdone as High School Productions.
I remember seeing the Tempest at the Stratford , Ct. Shakespeare festival when I was about Charlotte's age. I used to go on theatre trips with the local library, just me and about 30 blue haired ladies!!
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And I hope you can make it in for the reading on the 18th. That would be splendiferous.
I've already written more than I'd planned, so I shall not feel guilty to spend a few hours at the Courts show. Nick Redman should be on his way here shortly, and then we shall be on our way after that.
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My Joe and I want to thank all the DRs for their wonderful vibes (and BK for his xylophones) for Angel Jim.
Alas, the Justice (?) System has done what it usually does and postponed everything. I got a call last night from Jim's Mom saying the Parole Hearing had been put off another month. No reason given.
I am sorry to hear this Bill, but hey this is the Suffolk CountyCourt system and we all know what that means!!
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DRJennifer, Charlotte's mother, before she abandoned performing for production, was in the original Broadway casts of COMPANY, SEESAW, and JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR.
DR Elmore, Charlotte's mother is Dona D. Vaughn? Cool!
Sorry to have been a bit E&T lately, folks, but just been very busy at the office.
I know that there are several readers on this here board that are great fans of various reality TV shows, but suddenly it struck me: Am I the only one here who is watching WICKEDLY PERFECT? It's just too delicious....! (Apparently, the DP and I were the only ones who were watching THE FAMILY a couple of summers ago, as it got cancelled before ever revealing the winner -- sort of like this season's THE WILL. Every once in a while one of us will turn to the other and say: " Do your think Dawn Marie won all the money on THE FAMILY?"
Re: SURVIVOR. Last night was the first time I have watched it since Rob & Amber. And in my purely biased, get-me-out-of-the-gutter way, I have to say: That was FAR too pretty a boy not to have been picked for one of those teams! If I'm on a beach for 39 days with little food, the least I can get me is some eye candy!
That's about it for now!
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And I hope you can make it in for the reading on the 18th. That would be splendiferous.
I've already written more than I'd planned, so I shall not feel guilty to spend a few hours at the Courts show. Nick Redman should be on his way here shortly, and then we shall be on our way after that.
I keep meaning to ask you, are you going as a "guest "or as a spectator?
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And the Police were from the Town of
Crookhaven Brookhaven.
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I am going as a spectator. In April, I'll be a guest and signing books and DVDs and photos.
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DR Elmore, Charlotte's mother is Dona D. Vaughn? Cool!
DRStuart, you should change your name to Hercule Poirot! Charlotte has a lot of great theatre in her life: Dona's best friend was the late great Anita Morris, and Charlotte's godmother is the talented Celia Weston.
And now, back to B&N! Because of the long weekend, the store is crazier than the usual Friday. We ended up short a clerk this morning, so I spent two hours shelving in the fiction section; I did a lot of mysteries, which is how I learned about the Mrs Hudson series. Au revoir, mes amis!
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I know that there are several readers on this here board that are great fans of various reality TV shows, but suddenly it struck me: Am I the only one here who is watching WICKEDLY PERFECT? It's just too delicious....! (Apparently, the DP and I were the only ones who were watching THE FAMILY a couple of summers ago, as it got cancelled before ever revealing the winner -- sort of like this season's THE WILL. Every once in a while one of us will turn to the other and say: " Do your think Dawn Marie won all the money on THE FAMILY?"
I've been watching WICKEDLY PERFECT too, although i'm not crazy about it. I like the idea. But letting them vote out the best players is a terrible idea.
Also, re: THE FAMILY, did you see when they aired the last episodes? I know I did (although it would take some prodding to remember who won, but i know your girl was top 3).
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DR elmoore...I just went back and re-read your original post...Sonmehow the fact that Charlotte was at the Horace Mann school didn't register in my tiny brain.. of course they are exposing them to Shakespeare at 16... they probably started in nursery school!!!
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I am going as a spectator. In April, I'll be a guest and signing books and DVDs and photos.
Do they ever run these in NY? And if they do, would you attend?
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Also, re: THE FAMILY, did you see when they aired the last episodes?
I must say.....um, no! I wish i did!
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. We ended up short a clerk this morning, so I spent two hours shelving in the fiction section;
I really must get new glasses! (or read slower) I read this as "we ended up shooting a clerk" and thought the evil ladymanager had finally gone too far!!!
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Not to continue on a downer, but I think I should explain the situation in Jim's case, although I alluded to it a bit last year. The only charge is "resisting arrest"--for what crime? Wasn't charged with one.
Jim cannot say what happened, because he was in a coma for two days afterward. He now has two metal plates in his head.
The police stories are evidently all different: He stepped out of the car and fell on the pavement. They found him there when they found his car. The tooth fairy did it. Whatever. So perhaps the members of the Parole Board, if they are not totally brain-dead, can speculate on what happened.
Sorry. I just had to get that off my chest.
PULCHRITUDE!!
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Re: SURVIVOR. Last night was the first time I have watched it since Rob & Amber. And in my purely biased, get-me-out-of-the-gutter way, I have to say: That was FAR too pretty a boy not to have been picked for one of those teams! If I'm on a beach for 39 days with little food, the least I can get me is some eye candy!
DR Stuart -- I don't watch the reality shows, but I happened to catch this bit as I was setting up the VCR to record CSI at 9.. I must agree with you I don't know who that boy was but I sure wouldn't kick him off my island !
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How well do I remember my first year Latin text?
Puer pulcher est. Puella pulchra est.
Right up there with
Britania insula est. Italia pæne insula est. Italia pæninsula est.
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Not to continue on a downer, but I think I should explain the situation in Jim's case, although I alluded to it a bit last year. The only charge is "resisting arrest"--for what crime? Wasn't charged with one.
Jim cannot say what happened, because he was in a coma for two days afterward. He now has two metal plates in his head.
The police stories are evidently all different: He stepped out of the car and fell on the pavement. They found him there when they found his car. The tooth fairy did it. Whatever. So perhaps the members of the Parole Board, if they are not totally brain-dead, can speculate on what happened.
Sorry. I just had to get that off my chest.
PULCHRITUDE!!
I suspect it was the tooth fairy, something's got to be wrong with someone flying around collecting all those dead teeth......
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Leslie Parrish pulchrissima est.
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How well do I remember my first year Latin text?
Puer pulcher est. Puella pulchra est.
Right up there with
Britania insula est. Italia pæne insula est. Italia pæninsula est.
Hola Juan! Como estas?
Esta bien, gracias, y tu?
Bien, gracias.
Quien es este chico?
Es un amigo mio, como, se lo presento.
That's as close to Latin as I get, except of course for
igpay latinlay, ightray?
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La plume de ma tante est sur la table de mon oncle.
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La plume de ma tante est sur la table de mon oncle.
The pen of your aunt is on the table of your uncle? No wonder she can't find it!
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Mais oui, mon petit chou.
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I never got the whole Cliff Robertson thing either. I always found him merely servicable and, aside from CHARLY, I never went out of my way to go see a "Cliff Robertson" film.
I agree with MATT H. that O'Toole and Arkin were the front runners in the best actor stakes that year, but I think Alan Bates was a real interesting dark horse. I'd like to see THE FIXER again...I remember it as being a rather remarkable performance (DAvid Warner was very good too).
Oddly enough, I first saw THE FIXER in college, on the bottom half of a double-bill at THE Opera House, a run-down theatre in Lexington, Kentucky, where you could see two shows for 65 cents. It's where I also first saw PRIVATE LIFE OF SHERLOCK HOLMES, ROYAL HUNT OF THE SUN, and SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL SHERIFF.
In the earlier part of the century, the Opera House had been the major theatrical touring house...where people like the Barrymores played. In the mid-seventies, it was renovated and became a major theatre again...where touring shows play and local companies do work.
My Sherlock Holmes play, THE EBONY APE, had its premiere there in the late eighties. So it's nice to be a part of the legacy. But still! Two films for 65 cents! Them was the days!
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Mais oui, mon petit chou.
who you callin' a cabbage buddy?
:D
When I first met DH, besides being swept away by his sexy English accent, I discovered he could speak French which, as we all know, is the language of love...
I asked him to speak to me in French and he whispered. "Vos yeux sont comme les choux, vos oreilles comme des têtes de poissons" I was enraptured.
Several days later I found out what it meant and gave hima good thumping!!!
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"le moment est venu," les Morses dits, "à l'entretien de beaucoup de choses : Des chaussures -- et des bateaux -- et cire à cacheter -- des choux -- et rois -- et pourquoi la mer est ébullition chaude -- et si les porcs ont des ailes."
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FOR DR STUART:
Here is your summary for the episodes of THE FAMILY that you missed:
http://abc.go.com/primetime/thefamily/episodes/2002-03/9.html
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FOR DR STUART:
Here is your summary for the episodes of THE FAMILY that you missed:
http://abc.go.com/primetime/thefamily/episodes/2002-03/9.html
Thank you, thank you, thank you (that's three thank you's) for the link, DR Jennifer.
Though I appreciate knowing who won, I must say how terribly anti-climactic it must have been.....!
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DR Stuart, you are welcome. I had never looked on abc.com. But when you mentioned it, I knew I had seen the last episodes. So now you know! :)
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Condenscending is a polite word for Ralph Edwards on that particular episode of THIS IS YOUR LIFE,
He was that way with everyone! In the resurrected version of the show, I thought Bette Davis was going to slug him several times during the broadcast because he was so sickening to her. Treated her like she was retarded or something.
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Finally got to THE MATCHMAKER today, and oh, boy, is it a beauty! Luscious black and white phototgraphy and so sharp that you could cut yourself on the image. When Vistavision films are mastered correctly for DVD, they are stunnning.
And bk was right several weeks ago when he mentioned watching this. The cues for songs are just SO obvious: "I Put My Hand In," "Put on Your Sunday Clothes," "Ribbons Down My Back," "It Only Takes a Moment." Good lord!
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WILL & GRACE was actually funny last night. What a surprise that was!
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http://www.dvdanswers.com/index.php?c=1371&s=1
Cultural cringe theatre. Yes! Cringe not Fringe.
OzDerek may know more.
Damn. :P Guess I didn't do my research...actually, I didn't do ANY research. :-\ It just sounded good. Like I said, total impulse.
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Good afternoon, fellow dear readers.
I have never seen a Cliff Robertson movie.
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Some of you may not know this, but Cliff Robertson played in a TV version of CHARLY years before the feature film was made. "The Two Worlds of Charlie Gordon" won him an Emmy nomination for his performance, but he didn't win.
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His performance in Wait Until Dark creeps me out the same way that of Glenn Close in Fatal Attraction creeps out my DH Richard.
Alan Arkin killed a bunny rabbit?????
:o :o :o :o :o
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Well all, it's just about 5 o'clock and the three day weekend is about to commence so it's time to love ya and leave ya!!! BYE!!
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Good afternoon, fellow dear readers.
I have never seen a Cliff Robertson movie.
Dear DR Dear Reader Laura...Have you ever seen a movie? You keep telling us about what you haven't seen, and I'm beginning to wonder. ???
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Der Brucer watched Spiderman 2 yesterday. He watched Spiderman today, to see if refreshing his memory of the first film would make more sense of the second. So far, no report. :-\
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Good Afternoon!
Well, I made it up to school around 2:15, but then discovered that the Box Office is only open from 11:00-2:00. Ah, well... There was no sign saying tomorrow's recital was sold out, so I'll just check for tickets at 6:30 when the box office opens - before we head to dinner.
-Oh, I remembered to change/repair/replace my brake light. The blown out bulb looked really cool when I took it out. It had a white swirl pattern as opposed to the normal black burned out "pattern". I almost saved it.
Then I decided to take another walk up and down Carytown. The sun was out, the temp was up a few more degrees, and my hip was feeling fine. (I was thinking that maybe I should have attempted to run this afternoon instead of this morning.) I made a stop into my favorite knick-knack/gift shop, and bought a few Christmas ornaments - 90% off! And I also bought these cute/neat rings that are made out of rubber, and they light up and flash when you squeeze them. Perfect gift for my nieces.
On the return trip back up the street, I made a stop into the local running store, and picked up a decent pair of insoles for my shoes. -I just put them in and gave them a try... WOW!!! Definitely worth the very minor investment.
-Oh, and I picked up a tray of the very yummilicious apple-bread-pudding at Montana Gold to bring to Steve's tonight for dinner. -We'll be supping on his Maggiano's leftovers - spaghetti with meat sauce and Italian sausage. ;) And I'll also be supplying the salad - mixed greens, chopped dates, dried cherries, and toasted almonds in a balsamic vinaigrette.
-And something tells me I'll be baking a cake tomorrow - ?!?!!? Must be baker's withdrawal.
;)
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Here's something to try: it's called Guess the Dictator or Sit-Com Character. (http://www.smalltime.com/dictator.html)
You can follow the instructions, or try something different.
The something different is to answer all the questions as if they are asking about you, yourself.
I found out that I am actually Jody, from Soap.
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Well all, it's just about 5 o'clock and the three day weekend is about to commence so it's time to love ya and leave ya!!! BYE!!
Three day weekend? What's that? I'm off for 18 days right now. Is that an 18-day weekend?
;)
:P
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I actually did know that Robertson had done a TV version of Charly. He bought the film rights because he wanted to do the role. I think he was tired of losing roles he had done on TV to other actors when the film got done...LIKE THE DAYS OF WINE & ROSES.
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Charles Pogue-
Who are you most excited to see at the show this weekend?
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Alan Arkin killed a bunny rabbit?????
:o :o :o :o :o
He doesn't kill a bunny, but he does stab a teddy bear filled with heroin.
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BK, I am planning on going to the Court's show in April...I will have to get your autograph!
This day is just flying by and I had so much planned to do. I did go down to H and R Block and have my taxes done...and had breakfast with my buddy Mark. Now I am torn...should I watch a movie...plant some flowers...or go to the movies and watch BECAUSE OF WINN-DIXIE?
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My interview last night with Flip Mark was lots of fun...stories about Jack Benny, Red Skelton, Lassie, Yul Brynner, Deborah Kerr, Lucille Ball...and who knew that Flip had a crush on our very own DR Jane!
Unfortunately, for Flip, Jane only had eyes for Keith!
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Media check:
VCR: Survivor (quite a good group on this season!), BOURBON STREET BEAT, and some show from the History channel that my friends nephew appears on in some reanactments of something historical (I don't know..he called and asked me to tape it).
DVD: GODZILLA VS THE SEA MONSTER (Japanese language version)
CD: Camelspotting (variouis pop music from MOrocco, Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, and Yemen...right now a singer named Samira Saeed is singing about "Kol de Eshaat"...whatever that is).
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He doesn't kill a bunny, but he does stab a teddy bear filled with heroin.
Uh, I knew that. I was making another joke. I even included smilies this time.
*sigh*
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Here's something to try: it's called Guess the Dictator or Sit-Com Character. (http://www.smalltime.com/dictator.html)
You can follow the instructions, or try something different.
The something different is to answer all the questions as if they are asking about you, yourself.
I found out that I am actually Jody, from Soap.
And I am Greg Brady from "The Brady Bunch"!
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WOOHOO!!!!
Page SIX!!!!
Time for the "Peanuts" dance. -cue "Linus and Lucy".
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OK - Time for me to head over to Steve's for dinner...
Laters...
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When we found a permanant home for Zeus, der Brucer was very clear when he said that six dogs were simply too many for us to take care of, that it was possible for us to give five the right amount of attention but six was over the limit.
So, of course, he's been contacted by the animal rescue people again; they want him (meaning us) to help foster dogs until they can find them homes again.
This came up last night. Since some of the animal rescue people specialize in Dalmatians, I offhandedly replied that I wouldn't mind having another Dal in the house.
Der Brucer has actively been searching for another Dal on the Internet.
Heck, it'll be just one more mouth to feed, I guess. :-\
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Nothing planned for the media this weekend. Will play it by ear.
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BK did you get Leslie Parrish Bach's address from that website?
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I asked the same thing DRMICHAELSHAYNE... Time will tell.
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Oh my, I am Donald from BROTHERS.
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DR JOSE is this what you were talking about? :D
http://www.magiccabin.com/magiccabin/product.do?section_id=0&bc=1004&pgc=522&country=0&occ=1004 (http://www.magiccabin.com/magiccabin/product.do?section_id=0&bc=1004&pgc=522&country=0&occ=1004)
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Actually, Rodzinski, I enjoy the movie posters, books, and memorabilia more than I do the stars. But I'm looking forward to seeing Monty Python icon, Carol Cleveland, and an old acting acquaintance of mine, Ian Abercrombie...who I worked with in my swan song as an actor. It was in Crucifer of Blood at the Ahmanson Theatre out here with Charlton Heston playing Sherlock Holmes and Jeremy Brett playing Dr. Watson (and he was just as brilliant a Watson as he was a Holmes). Ian played Inspector Lestrade. I had a small role as a sailor who saw the giant rat of Sumatra and fainted in Holmes' study. I also understudied several roles, including Ian's Lestrade. The last time I saw Ian was years ago in Sam French's bookshop out here.
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I decided to plant flowers, as they had been sitting out in my back yard un-planted for over a week. I must now eat and then go see BECAUSE OF WINN-DIXIE.
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Back from the Courts show and lunch. I cancelled the dinner tonight, because of the pouring rain. She'd never get here on time and we'd be late and this restaurant gives away the table fifteen minutes after the reservation time. We'll do it next week.
The Courts show was the least interesting I've been to, celebrity-wise. Many of the same folks from the last time I did the show, i.e. Tiffany, Eddie Deezan, Clint Howard, etc. The big draw and the only one with any kind of line was Jane Russell. Doing the show on a Friday is the equivalent of doing it on Sunday, only with even less attendance. When we arrived at twelve-thirty it was pretty empty. It had a medium sized crowd when we left at two-thirty. Many celebs were no shows (at least twenty to thiry empty tables with name plaques.
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La plume de ma tante est sur la table de mon oncle.
Proper lyrics for the song from the show that played on Broadway... as well are:
La plume de ma tante est sur le bureau de mon oncle! :)
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Here's who I remember: The Sound of Music kids - Heather Menzies, Kym Karath and three others - but no Charmian Carr. William Smith, star of many B movies. Robert Culp, looking shockingly old. Richard Herd, Edd "Kookie" Byrnes. I know there were others, but that was the caliber for the most part. The two most exciting things for me were meeting Miss Gale Storm (I bought her 1981 autobiography, which she inscribed beautifully), and best of all I finally, after all these years, met Miss Hayley Mills. She had no one at her table at all (that's how poor attendance was), so I just got up my nerve and walked up to her. I introduced myself and told her how hard I'd tried to get her on the Sherman Bros. album. She remembered immediately (I'd sent a bunch of CDs for her to hear, but she didn't get them in time and they were forwarded on to her after she'd finished doing the show she was doing). She called me from the East Coast and left a message, saying she was delighted to get the CDs and wanted to talk about doing the CD. I called her right back, got a machine, and left a message. We never did connect.
In any case, she was delightful - warm, cute as a button, and sweet as they come. We talked about Dick Sherman a bit, and I told her that I was sorry we couldn't have her on the CD. Tomorrow, if I can get to her, I may just give her a copy of Kritzer Time, so she can read all about herself.
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Sad news...one of my all time favorite actors has passed away. Brian Kelly, star of TV's Flipper...and someone I have tried like the dickens to interview :'(
http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-kelly18feb18,1,6956180.story?coll=la-news-obituaries (http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-kelly18feb18,1,6956180.story?coll=la-news-obituaries)
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Francois is back!
Here is a far-away photo of Miss Hayley Mills.
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BK, was Diane McBain there?? She is sooooo pretty!
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Guess the Dictator and/or TV Sitcom Character is soooooo amazing. It is just too too. I was George W. Bush, and it guessed right. I was Ethel Murtz, and it guessed right. Who needs people when Internet Aps can do all this?
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Didn't see Miss McBain's name anywhere. However, Marilyn Chambers was there. Carol Lynley (looking just awful) was there. I didn't see my pal Linda Purl, so maybe she'll be there tomorrow. Robert Clary was there. Ruth Buzzi was there. I mean, when Ray told me that there was just no room at the Feb show because celebs were lined up trying to get in, I expected more than this. Catherine Bach was a no-show while we were there.
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Just as I snapped this photo, Miss Gale Storm turned away. The tiny brunette is her.
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... and of course, BK, you are right. Bureau. Not table. My friend Duane was in that show, in the bell-ringing scene.
Anyone remember the Ozzie and Harriette episode where Ozzie takes a French course? He has a terrible time remembering anything and finally comes away with one phrase, "La plume est sur le table." "Great," he says. "When am I ever going to use that?"
Of course, at the end of the show he is looking for his pen, and it is Harriette who says, "La plume est sur le table."
Could anyone make a low-key sitcom like that today?
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How very sad to read about Brian Kelly. Growing up without a father in the home, Mr. Kelly and Chuck Conners were my two imaginary fathers -- no, not as a couple!
I remember when he was so seriously injured in that accident while he was filming THE LOVE MACHINE. Jacqueling Susann said at the time, that had Brian Kelly finished that film he would have become a superstar. Having seen the film with John Phillip Law, I find that difficult to believe, but if anyone could have done something with that crap, it was Brian Kelly.
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BK, if there is no line, are you able to go up and talk for an unlimited amount of time with the people? Shoot the breeze, do a little interview, whatnot? Or is there a handler there who shoos folks away after a minute?
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Hayley Mills, Gale Storm, AND Bruce Kimmel! Now, that would be worth a trip to Los Angeles.
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Uh, I knew that. I was making another joke. I even included smilies this time.
*sigh*
Your humor was not lost on me Dear S Woody.
Just want to clarify, since I don't generally use smilies myself, that my tone was not meant to be corrective or even informative. I really just found the bunny comment amusing, and the fact that he stabs a teddy bear a mildly ironic counterpoint. Tone is hard to portray sometimes though! :)
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Purl better be there this time tomorrow! And that's a TOM SAWYER the MUSICAL reference.
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If there are no lines, I think they enjoy meeting folks and chatting. That's been my experience. If there IS a line, they like to move it along so people aren't waiting too long.
I also had a couple of security people come up to me, who remembered me from the last show I did. Also, Eddie Deezen always remembers me, and a few others came up and said hey, including Eric Boardman, who is someone I hadn't met, but is friends with my pal Richard Jones. I had a good time, but it was a disappointment. Maybe tomorrow will be better.
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I got a nice package today - another Patrice Leconte DVD, this one entitled Felix et Lola.
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I think the person on the list I would most like to meet is Sybil Jason, the Warner Bros. answer to Shirley Temple, because I saw her a few months back in LITTLE BIG SHOT and she was a pretty amazing talent.
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Well, I guess I won't be watching Felix et Lola. I ordered it from a Japanese company (the DVD was made in Japan) and the listing page clearly said English Subtitles. Oops. There aren't any.
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It just rained here harder than I've ever seen it rain. It sounded like men in heavy boots were stomping on the roof. It's lightened somewhat, but now we're getting lightning and thunder. Studio City has been obviously having some power issues all day (my clocks all had to be reset) - I'm hoping we're fine in that regard. What a mess.
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Holy moley on rye - page seven!
PULCHRITUDE!
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We have been without power for hours. It's back. Yay.
BK, I just received a very peculiar email from a CASTRECL regular telling me that Harvey Schmidt was dead (and has been for some time). Have I missed something?
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In regards to tonight's Enterprise:
No spoilers here.
We don't discuss that.
As Worf said to Jadzia Dax.
And all of the above will become clear.
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Do Harvey and John Raitt have the same publicist, perchance? :o
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Dear DR Dear Reader Laura...Have you ever seen a movie? You keep telling us about what you haven't seen, and I'm beginning to wonder. ???
My not seeing movies is a running gag here (or so I thought).
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Hey JRand! What's up?
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Wow Hayley Mills and Gale Storm....did either of them mention me? You should have told them you know me....I have met them both. Well, anyway....the photos were great, but Gale does need to get a new outfit. Maybe she will wear the yellow one tomorrow. Thanks for the photos.
DRRODZINSKI - Miss Sybil Jason is the subject of an article in the Classic Images news-magazine that you have fallen heir to.
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I should be working on my writing is what's up, but I am watching TV instead. I need to get 10 pages or so done tonight. But it will be easy once I get started. I've done three already that seem to be okay.
Whew!
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That's what's playing at the Roxy!
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work work work work work work
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That is SWEET about Sybil Jason. I'd say "what are the chances?" but that's just how it has been since I've been on this site.
What sort of writing are you working on? Do you write for Classic Images as well?
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I forgot that Gail Storm was going to be there. I would love to meet her. One of these days I must join her internet fan club!
No Diane McBain! Maybe she will instead go to the April one!! I have been trying to get an interview with her for the longest time but she does not respond to my inquiries...of course I have no idea if she has even received them or not. How about Edd Byrnes? A no show? Scarlet Street wants me to interview him as well. I have his phone number but haven't called him yet.
All I can say is that if I am gonna spring for airfair and a hotel room there had better not be 30 empty tables when I arrive...I want to get some autographs!!
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JRand54 should write for Classic Images! There is an actress in Idaho that he needs to be interviewing, if you ask me...although no one did ask me.
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Yes, Brian Kelly was quite a man. I think he was my first crush. I just have such vivid memories of him on Flipper when I was just a wee sprig of a tad of a kid...now that I am older my visions of Brian Kelly are somewhat different! Heh, heh!
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I wonder if folks demand their money back with so many empty tables. I noticed on the website they seemed to have had a few cancellations of a very recent nature, but not 30 cancellations.
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Just returned from BECAUSE OF WINN DIXIE...oh my gosh, but I enjoyed that movie.
It is very sweet and heartwarming. It is funny without being at all vulgar, and the actress who played the little girl, Opal, was wonderful. And it also stars Cicely Tyson and Eva Marie Saint...I have never been a fan of either lady but they were sure good in this movie...and it seems very rare that movies nowdays have a lot of older people as main characters.
If you prefer your movies on the cynical side, you might not care for this one, but if you love dogs, or just nice feel good movies with a positive message then you will probably really enjoy it.
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When I have attended the Court's shows in the past there are usually a good number of cancellations...most memorable for me was Yma Sumac, who I was looking forward to seeing...I wonder if she made it this time?
And there are usually a lot of guests who evidently didn't get on the list, but who just show up. I think you would enjoy going to this show a lot...there are always interesting guests, regardless.
Of course the east coast has it's share of good shows of this type as well.
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Just saw in the paper today that Otto Plaschkes died. Otto (or "Otty" as everyone called him) was a producer on Georgy Girl and Hopscotch as well as American film theatre movies, The Homecoming and Galileo. He was also the line producer on my two Sherlock Holmes films I did in England with Ian Richardson, Hound of the Baskervilles and The Sign of Four.
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Yma had a table - and was not there.
I think I would have heard if Harvey had any problems of any sort. I spoke to him a couple of weeks ago and he was chipper and we laughed and laughed and just when we thought we could laugh no more we laughed again. I also spoke to the fellow who helps him with various things, and I think he would have mentioned something, too. So, JMK, why don't you take that castrecl idiot to task.
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In a bit of irony, I was just watching Georgy Girl yesterday - I TIVOd it the other night. Very sweet film, and one forgets sometimes what a great debut it was for Lynn Redgrave.
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Harlan Ellison sent home with THe Lovely Wife a CD for me of Columbia Record Dance Bands from 1925-1929. Some interesting titles...Moonlight on the Ganges, Play Gypsies-Dance Gypsies, Frankfurter Sandwiches, Hoodle Dee Doo Dee Doodoo, Doing the Racoon (sounds like a dance we must do BK in the wee hours when the wussburgers are asleep)...among many others...
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Dan O'Herlihy also passed away I see.
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I am now going to eat some dinner and watch an episode of FLIPPER, and then perhaps GODZILLA VS THE SEA MONSTER.
I wonder why the stuff I like never win Emmys or Oscars?
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BK, was your pal Gary Owens there and did you give him a CD of Guy Haines to play on his radio show?
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I know I should do some more work tonight but I am just knackered.
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I didn't get any packages today. Very disappointed. Since there is no home mail delivery on Monday, I have to hope something will be in the mail tomorrow.
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The only comment I'll make about ENTERPRISE is that they've started another multi-story arc tonight. I guess I did read last summer that this was going to be their plan for this season - few self contained episodes but not one that lasts the entire season like last year.
I'd rather have the self-contained stories. To be honest, the multi-part stories seem very padded to me.
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As long as we are remembering the recently departed, Sammi Smith also passed away. She who had the largest hit with Kris Kristofferson's "Help Me Make it Through the Night".
The irony of that being when JoseS was stuck trying to think of a song the other night, I originally thought "Help Me Make it Through the Night" might be the song he was thinking of.
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And THIRD WATCH and MEDICAL INVESTIGATION did a crossover story tonight as well. But since they back up to each other on NBC's lineup, it worked pretty seamlessly.
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Gary was a no-show, too.
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Since my favorite Chinese restaurant of choice has closed its doors, some friends and I are going to a new Chinese buffet tomorrow. I'll give a report once I return. We're going there for lunch.
Wonder what tomorrow's food of the day will be? Have you chosen it yet, bk?
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Harlan Ellison sent home with THe Lovely Wife a CD for me of Columbia Record Dance Bands from 1925-1929. Some interesting titles...Moonlight on the Ganges, Play Gypsies-Dance Gypsies, Frankfurter Sandwiches, Hoodle Dee Doo Dee Doodoo, Doing the Racoon (sounds like a dance we must do BK in the wee hours when the wussburgers are asleep)...among many others...
This sounds swell. I have "Doin' The Raccoon" by George Olsen and his band on vinyl in the RCA Victory Vintage Series "1928" LP. Don't know if this series made it to CD, but I have a rule of thumb where if I see the RCA Vintage Series logo (some grapes), I instantly buy because it is going to be good with extensive notes on the back sleeve.
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Anyone watch Numbers this week? This is the second show I have seen and I think the concept is starting to where thin. Even when I heard about the show I thought the show was thin.
BUT Susan Egan was a guest star on the show. And the writer of the show tonight was also an Egan. I wonder if there is a connection.
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I recorded NUMBERS and will see it tomorrow. With the three episodes that I've seen, I've gotten really tired of Judd Hirsch's father character. His only function seems to be to nag his two sons about not being married and producing grandchildren for him. That's worn thin for me.
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Also will be recording the midnight re-showing of MONK which I'll also see tomorrow.
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I plan to watch Numbers tonight, but I agree that the concept is wearing thin. I doubt it'll last more than a few more episodes.
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Just watched an incredibly "arty" bad bad bad (that is three bads) movie, about which more in tomorrow's notes.
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Did it star Arty Johnson?
(Remember, no groaning.)
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Dinner report: I went in a German direction this time. Pork loin chops, grilled with a mustard rub. Brussels sprouts with vinegar. Egg noodles sauced with butter, mushrooms, parsley and poppy seeds.
Der B liked it. And the dogs made sure we won't have to wash the plates! (Well, not much, at least.)
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Here's something to try: it's called Guess the Dictator or Sit-Com Character. (http://www.smalltime.com/dictator.html)
You can follow the instructions, or try something different.
The something different is to answer all the questions as if they are asking about you, yourself.
I found out that I am actually Jody, from Soap.
Hmmm, apparently I'm Jonathan from Who's the Boss? Not sure that's a good thing...
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I'm Samantha from Bewitched. That's pretty cool, except I can't do the nose twitchy thing...too bad.
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Good Evening!
Back from Steve's... Nice dinner - those Maggiano's leftovers sure heat up nicely. And I ended up adding the dried cherries and slivered almonds to the bread pudding instead of putting them in the salad. Very yummy.
After dinner, I discovered that Steve has started to turn into a DIY television addict. However, it's all "homework" and "research" for his new condo he just bought. He's already lost some sleep since he signed the papers last week because he had paint colors running through his head! ;) So, we watched some TLC, HGTV, Discovery Home, etc... The whole concept of Venetian plaster caught his attention. He'll have about a six-week period to move in and get his new place set up, and he's just gathering ideas right now.
We'll be getting together tomorrow night to attend the piano recital, and I think I'm going to go ahead and cook dinner. I think it would be good to use my pots and pans sometime this year already! I also want to get a lot of cleaning done tomorrow: bathroom, kitchen, living room, etc. That will most likely be my "workout" tomorrow.
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I was listening to various selections by Grant Geissman, Guy Haines and Annette O'Toole from "The First Nudie Musical--The CD!"
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DR JRand - Thanks for the link. Close, but no cigar. I have a few of those doll kits. They are very nice, and some of the accessories are quite detailed.
The papers I had when I was younger had the faces, hands, etc., printed right on them. You folded the single sheets of paper into the dolls/figures. The doll kits use "bookmarks" as the body, and you fold the papers around them to make their clothes. It's a traditional Japanese paper-craft - the proper name of which escapes me right now.
I particularly remember The Postman paper/fold. It had a cap, and even a mail pouch!
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It's the ATTACK OF THE WUSSBURGERS.
PULCHRITUDE
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I just got back from ushering for a play called "The Love List." It was quite funny and wonderfully acted. Only the woman (Mari...someone. I can never remember her last name) was an Equity actor. The two men were local. But all three were great!
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Yes, Brian Kelly was quite a man. I think he was my first crush. I just have such vivid memories of him on Flipper when I was just a wee sprig of a tad of a kid...now that I am older my visions of Brian Kelly are somewhat different! Heh, heh!
As well they should be! ;)
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Nelson! Mari Nelson. She's from Seattle and is quite a wonderful actress. I've seen her playing so many different kinds of characters. She also has Broadway credits!
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I believe I just heard thunder. I'm really bored of this wretched weather. We need SUNSHINE, LOLLIPOPS and RAINBOWS. Now it's raining again. In fact, it's pouring again.
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Before I went to the theater, I stopped at home and there was a package for me! The complete second season of "Star Trek: The Original Series!" I got it from Amazon.com's marketplace...sold by a third-party seller. Including shipping, it cost less than Costco AND was factory sealed! It was brand-spankin' new. ;D
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New notes in four count them four minutes.
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Now I have the complete original series. It's the only Star Trek series that I've bought any of. I've really liked all the others, but they were all much too much expensive. So I compromised and got the first and third seasons at Costco. I didn't have enough money when the second season was available and was just able to get it for less!