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Title: I'VE SAID IT AND I'M GLAD
Post by: bk on April 20, 2005, 11:59:16 PM
Well, you've read the notes, you know that it is Thursday and that the week is flying by, and now it is time for you to post until the cows come home - they've said it and they're glad, too.
Title: Re:I'VE SAID IT AND I'M GLAD
Post by: Tomovoz on April 21, 2005, 12:07:07 AM
Bad casting of "Hair". The cast of "Tea With Mussolini"
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Post by: bk on April 21, 2005, 12:08:50 AM
And the word of the day is: FRIZZY!
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Post by: JoseSPiano on April 21, 2005, 12:12:22 AM
Good Morning!

I should be in bed already, so my bad Hair casting shall have to wait until morning.  As will my choices for delicacies and unusual desserts.  Although, most of the desserts I've tried have been more unfamiliar to me rather than unusual.  The one thing that comes to mind right now are some baked pears served with a black pepper sorbet - quite wonderful.  Perfect complements to each other.

Well, there are some Filipino dishes... But even I haven't tried those...  No balut or dinaguan for me!  YUCK!!!
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Post by: JoseSPiano on April 21, 2005, 12:15:49 AM
FRIZZY and bad Hair casting...

Coincidence?  I think not.

;)
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Post by: JoseSPiano on April 21, 2005, 12:17:39 AM
And, yes, Anwar went home!  And, thankfully, they cut him off a couple of seconds into his "farewell" performance - I was starting to cringe again each time he missed a note.  Which was a lot!
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Post by: Charles Pogue on April 21, 2005, 12:18:34 AM
RE: DUNDEE...I wouldn't think 12 minutes added to an already 140 minute movie could change it all that much.  But I did read Kevin Thomas' positive review of it  in the paper the other day and it happend to be playing (full screen) on the Westerns channel tonight (which I've sure is the old version).  I know I saw it once long ago...found it confusing then...and don't think I've ever seen it all the way through since then...but it sort of looks like a dress rehearsal for The Wild Bunch...But I was intrigued enough seeing what I did to maybe give it a go...Oddly enough, I  almost wandered off to the Nuart the other night to see it myself.  Haven't been there in years.

Sorry, I don't eat odd things...desserts or delicacies...I have a very prosaic palate.

I heard an interesting song tonight on WMKV called I Love To Dance In The Old-Fashioned Way or Like They Used To Do...with the most unusual, but pleasant voice.  I checked the website.  It was Carol O'Connor.  This bears more investigation.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on April 21, 2005, 12:20:52 AM
Now I'm just trying to figure out if the band on "American Idol" is really playing - and whether or not they are really musicians or just actors getting paid scale.  I remember during "Star Search" that the band was recorded beforehand in order to insure a good performance and good mix for the broadcast.  -At least it was for my two friends who made it through a few rounds.  The "live band" did play in studio, but they played with the track, so...
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Post by: JoseSPiano on April 21, 2005, 12:21:53 AM
...And I'm definitely starting to ramble...

Goodnight.
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Post by: bk on April 21, 2005, 12:57:45 AM
Prosaic Palate - that's the title of my next novel.

FRIZZY, baby, FRIZZY, and I'm not kiddin".

Nobody here but us chickens, so I do believe I shall toddle off to the bedroom environment.
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Post by: Jrand74 on April 21, 2005, 01:04:27 AM
Hmmmmmm.....HAIR - I choreographed a production of it in 1987 and really liked it.  Hmmmmmmmmm....

Claude - Richard Beymer
Berger - Russ Tamblyn
Woof - Scooter McTeague

Sheila - Rita Moreno
Crissy - Teri Garr
Jeanie - Chita Rivera

Principal - Nathan Lane
Abraham Lincoln - Daniel Davis
Title: Re:I'VE SAID IT AND I'M GLAD
Post by: Jrand74 on April 21, 2005, 01:04:56 AM
I used to be frizzy quite often, but I lost all of that.
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Post by: Jrand74 on April 21, 2005, 01:05:07 AM
Now I am just shiny!
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Post by: Jrand74 on April 21, 2005, 01:13:01 AM
Just checked the list of people joining Mr BK and Penny Peyser at the Courts Show.

Now - when the crowds die down - and you have a moment, MR BK, you must ask Mr Tommy Cook about his co-starring role in MOHAWK with Miss Allison Hayes!!
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Post by: elmore3003 on April 21, 2005, 05:18:17 AM
Good morning, all!  I've just finished the posts from last night, and I wanted to respond to a couple of them:

DRJose, about the DAMN YANKEES orchestrations I know very little outside of the fact they are credited to Don Walker for Broadway and God-knows-who for the film version, which I prefer to the OBC, even if most of the cast are the same.  Don Walker in the 1950s was credited as orchestrator for a lot of shows on which he did little more than act as supervisor and farm out the work to other guys like Red Ginzler, Walter Goehr, Robert Noeltner, and Joe Glover.  Steven Suskin's been examining Walker's shows and bookkeeping records at the Library of Congress.  To be fair to Don, he was also starting up MTI with Mathilda Pincus for Frank Loesser, but a lot of the work we think is his on DAMN YANKEES and PAJAMA GAME (among many others) is not.  I've seen the full scores to MOST HAPPY FELLA, and it's mainly Walker, with assistance from Ginzler.  I suspect the DAMN YANKEES film has a bit of work by Ray Heindorf.

DRMattH, "The Continenetal" was written for the film version of THE GAY DIVORCE, while almost all the Cole Porter Broadway score was junked.

HAIR casting:
Berger . . . . David Gest
Woolf . . . .Richard Simmons
Claude . . . Eminem
Hud . . . . Michael Jackson
Sheila . . . Liza Minelli
Crissy . . . Paris Hilton
Jeanie . . . Anna Nicole Smith
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Post by: Dan (the Man) on April 21, 2005, 05:30:52 AM
Okay, let's get this one out of the way...

HAIR

Claude -- Telly Savalas
Berger -- Ron Howard
Woolf -- Patrick Stewart
Shelia -- Sinead O'Connor
Title: Re:I'VE SAID IT AND I'M GLAD
Post by: Kerry on April 21, 2005, 05:57:58 AM
I was never frizzy.  My hair was quite shiny, and now so is my scalp!

Please post many pictures form the Ray Courts show this weekend.  Allergies be damned!!!!
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Post by: vixmom on April 21, 2005, 06:39:57 AM
This is my cure when I get Frizzy
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Post by: vixmom on April 21, 2005, 06:40:48 AM
Dan (the man) your casting is SO imperfect I shall not even attempt a list of my own, I bow before the master!!
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Post by: vixmom on April 21, 2005, 06:43:38 AM
Jose I love the new picture!!
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Post by: vixmom on April 21, 2005, 06:44:18 AM
I have not caught up to yesterday so I shall attempt to do so now.
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Post by: vixmom on April 21, 2005, 06:46:48 AM
Also,  A left over question from yesterday that I didn't get a chance to post:

To all our DR's who are professional writers:

When you write, do you just sit down and write and then revise later   or do you actually use the methods drilled into us by years of English teachers: outlines, first drafts, second drafts etc etc....?

Title: Re:I'VE SAID IT AND I'M GLAD
Post by: Jennifer on April 21, 2005, 06:48:30 AM
Hey DR Jose, what was the "stunt" on Idol that you thought was horrible?  Was it Ryan asking Bo (who was safe) to go stand beside the group he thought was the top group?  I didn't think that was mean before (plus they've done that before).

I actually like it when they put the 2 groups on stage.  It was pretty obvious which was the bottom group (i picked all 3 of them).  I was sad to see Anwar go (i thought he had so much potential at the beginning).  I just wish they would have sent Scott home. Oh well probably next week.
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Post by: Stuart on April 21, 2005, 06:58:54 AM
Greetings all.  Nice new avatar, DR Jose.
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Post by: MBarnum on April 21, 2005, 07:11:31 AM
Dan (the man) I hope you got my PM last night...the computer went wacky when I sent it, but I think it went through...if not, well, thanks for the link to that script!!! Way out of my price range probably, but boy would it be great to have!
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Post by: vixmom on April 21, 2005, 07:35:38 AM
Just caught up on yesterday's posts.  Thank  you all (well maybe not you , you naughty TCB) for all those great song selections.  I will try to get copies of them for the Vixter to listen to  so she can pick something different than the usual "blockbuster" songs that everyone knows....
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Post by: vixmom on April 21, 2005, 07:36:41 AM
DR Jose, you did not answer my question from yesterday so I'll take that as a "no"
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Post by: Matt H. on April 21, 2005, 07:36:47 AM
Thanks to DR Ron last night and DR Elmore this morning for giving examples of additions to Broadway scores in movie versions that got Oscar nominations. I can't BELIEVE I forgot about "Lovely to Look At" in ROBERTA.
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Post by: Matt H. on April 21, 2005, 07:39:56 AM
Yes, last year, Ryan asked George Huff to go join the group he thought was the safe group, and he joined the group with Jennifer, LaToya, and Fantasia. That, of course, ended up being the bottom group to the shock of the nation. There were no such shocks last night (though I still say that Vonzell and Carrie deserved to be in the bottom with Anwar based on Tuesday's performances.)

BTW, Bo was SO smart to go to the middle rather than choosing a group. I'll bet that got him some new fans for next week's voting.
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Post by: Matt H. on April 21, 2005, 07:41:05 AM
Bad HAIR day:

Claude -- Jerry Van Dyke
Berger -- (as always) Mickey Rooney
Woolf -- Dick Van Dyke
Shelia -- Mary Tyler Moore

Title: Re:I'VE SAID IT AND I'M GLAD
Post by: vixmom on April 21, 2005, 07:41:21 AM
RE: vanishing food: When I was little we had an egg that disappeard, from a pot of boiling water

Mom put  the egg in to boil for my breakfast and we went in the other room so she could "do" my hair, and we got distracted by one or the other of my little brothers We suddenly heard a "POP" from the kitchen.  We ran into the kitchen where we discovered the pot boiled dry, but no egg!  We looked on the ceiling on the floor, in the burners, behind the stove...the egg  just vanished! My dad to this day insists it fell into the  "fourth dimension" from Twilight Zone!!
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Post by: Matt H. on April 21, 2005, 07:43:00 AM
According to Glenn Erickson's review of the Errol Flynn boxed set, both THE PRIVATES LIVES OF ELIZABETH AND ESSEX and DODGE CITY have those three strip Technicolor registration problems. [sigh] I guess I'll see for myself when I watch DODGE CITY this weekend.
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Post by: vixmom on April 21, 2005, 07:43:21 AM
Page Two Dance!!!
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Post by: Dan (the Man) on April 21, 2005, 07:50:37 AM
To all our DR's who are professional writers:

When you write, do you just sit down and write and then revise later   or do you actually use the methods drilled into us by years of English teachers: outlines, first drafts, second drafts etc etc....?

Speaking of writing, I am contemplating taking a writers' workshop during my sojourn to the Omega Institute this summer.  Lynda Barry, who does the Ernie Pooks Comeek strip, regularly does a course there, and the class description sounds interesting.  

The only reason I hesitate is I have to wonder if I want to spend approximately six hours a day inside a cabin classroom writing on a summer day.  At least with the singing workshops I take, it is always an active process, physically, mentally, emotionally etc.  I'm sure Barry's workshop will include class exercises, but I'm sure there will be heads-down, pen to the paper writing time, as well.

I'll have to decide soon, as her workshop always fills up fast.
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Post by: Dan (the Man) on April 21, 2005, 07:53:26 AM
Dan (the man) I hope you got my PM last night...the computer went wacky when I sent it, but I think it went through...if not, well, thanks for the link to that script!!! Way out of my price range probably, but boy would it be great to have!

I got your message loud and clear, mister!

Why don't you go ahead and put in a bid, anyway?  IIRC (Internet lingo for "If I were a Rich Chick"!), all of the opening bids were $1.00.  I put in for some kind of Tony Awards thingy that's valued at $300, but I put in a bid at just $50.
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Post by: Matt H. on April 21, 2005, 07:58:32 AM
Oh, I just read the obituary for Oscar nominated actress Ruth Hussey (THE PHILADELPHIA STORY). She was also in my favorite of THE THIN MAN films, the third one ANOTHER THIN MAN.

R.I.P.
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Post by: JMK on April 21, 2005, 08:11:53 AM
How about using the revival cast of Irene for a production of Hair?:

Sheila:  Debbie Reynolds
Claude:  George S. Irving
Dionne:  Patsy Kelly
Crissy:  Ruth Warrick
Berger:  Monte Markham
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Post by: JMK on April 21, 2005, 08:19:58 AM
Lynda Barry came on the cruise ship where I was the featured entertainer for many years (she lives in Seattle and was visiting Portland).  I also was the special material writer and had written a little opening number for the cast (read waiters) to sing.  She evidently loved it and asked for a lyric sheet.  Now this was not relayed to me until after the cruise when she had disembarked.  I think she wrote the book and lyrics for a musical a couple of years later and I would have loved to have collaborated with her.  If you meet her, give her my email!!  ;)
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on April 21, 2005, 08:21:33 AM
Yes, last year, Ryan asked George Huff to go join the group he thought was the safe group, and he joined the group with Jennifer, LaToya, and Fantasia. That, of course, ended up being the bottom group to the shock of the nation. There were no such shocks last night (though I still say that Vonzell and Carrie deserved to be in the bottom with Anwar based on Tuesday's performances.)

BTW, Bo was SO smart to go to the middle rather than choosing a group. I'll bet that got him some new fans for next week's voting.

IIRC, the girls thought they were in the top group, too, and they were waving George over to join them.

When they learned the truth, they all started laughing, but Fantasia nearly doubled over from laughing so hard.  Sadly, Jennifer was the one to go...and she did not look amused when she found out.
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Post by: vixmom on April 21, 2005, 08:25:41 AM
DR's all... I know this is not usually done here but I just receoived an email from a friend with this information and when I gave it a shot lo and behold way too much information for my tastes appeared... thought you might all be interested in knowing about this

"The below was sent to me by a friend.  A quick check of myself found LOTS of information listed about me...info that I'd rather not have the whole world privy to.  I suggest you run a check on yourself as well.

 

Removal requests should be emailed to  optout@zabasearch.com.

 

The site itself is www.zabasearch.com

 

Scary to say the least...."

 
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Post by: MBarnum on April 21, 2005, 08:26:34 AM
Well, perhaps I will put in a bid...it can't hurt...this is a live bid, which I have never done before.
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Post by: Matt H. on April 21, 2005, 08:30:48 AM
IIRC, the girls thought they were in the top group, too, and they were waving George over to join them.

When they learned the truth, they all started laughing, but Fantasia nearly doubled over from laughing so hard.  


Yep, I remember them laughing, but no one else was, and the gasp from the audience (along with the looks on the three judges' faces) was not the least bit funny.
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Post by: vixmom on April 21, 2005, 08:40:28 AM
There's an ad on top for  "How to hard boil an egg" as well as three ads for wood stoves!

yet still nothing for albino hermoprodites
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Post by: JoseSPiano on April 21, 2005, 08:44:43 AM
Good Morning!

I made it out of bed before noon!  Hoo and Ray!

:-\

But the sky is starting to gray up and the rain is supposed to finally come this afternoon - well, a 40% chance of it at least.  So, I guess that means that there's a 40% chance of me getting my packing started.

;)
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Post by: Charles Pogue on April 21, 2005, 08:47:24 AM
Vixmom, I live and die by the outline.  I sometimes spend more time doing research and outlining than I do actually writing the script.  I have to know where I'm going and how I'm getting there before I start.  I also find a road map just allows me more possibilities and freedom for those detours of inspiration.  I always know how to get on the main road after exploring a little creative spur-of-the-moment, unplanned excursion.

I usually have anywhere from a 15-30 page detailed scene-for-scene outline before I start writing. Sometimes with huge snatches of dialogue already formulated.

I am constantly re-reading and re-writing as I go.  Sometimes I just print up a hard working copy that I can mark and edited.  Once I'm finished and written "the end", I'll print up another working copy and spend several days to a week or so, refining, honing, polishing, editing, and correcting.  By the time I turn in my first draft to the powers that be, it's really probably a third or fourth draft.

Then there's studio notes...and if it goes into production, director notes and actor notes.  It becomes an unending process.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on April 21, 2005, 08:50:10 AM
...And in this morning's mail was an invitation of sorts to some function this coming Sunday.  It's from my parents.  All that is on the "invite" is the date and time - no function of celebration listed.  -Well, it does say Mass at 10:00, then lunch at the Landsdowne Resort.  I started to think that I had mis-remembered when Mother's Day was... Nope, that's not until May.   And my Dad's birthday is back in January, and my Mom's is not until June, so.... I'll have to check in with my brothers to see what's going on.

Am I in need of an intervention?

;)

But I guess that means I'm going up to Fairfax this weekend.
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Post by: vixmom on April 21, 2005, 08:59:28 AM
...And in this morning's mail was an invitation of sorts to some function this coming Sunday.  It's from my parents.  All that is on the "invite" is the date and time - no function of celebration listed.  -Well, it does say Mass at 10:00, then lunch at the Landsdowne Resort.  I started to think that I had mis-remembered when Mother's Day was... Nope, that's not until May.   And my Dad's birthday is back in January, and my Mom's is not until June, so.... I'll have to check in with my brothers to see what's going on.


A celebratory Mass for passover?  ;D
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Post by: vixmom on April 21, 2005, 09:04:05 AM
Thank you DR CP fpr the detailed info, I am going to share that withthe Vixter if I might.  Her English teacher insists that she provide her "note" and "outline" and drafts with her final paper.  She wants to just dig right in and write  if I can tell her that a Real Live Writer with Book, Movie and TV credits uses the outline methods perhaps it will help!

I always wondered if anyone actually ever used this method and found it useful or if they found it cramped thier creative style.


BTW isn't your Hercules supposed to air very soon?  
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Post by: JoseSPiano on April 21, 2005, 09:09:30 AM
DR vixmom - Sorry I didn't answer yesterday, I meant to...

The only official recording I appear on as a pianist is the OCR for Eleanor: An American Love Story which is a musical based on the early life of Eleanor Roosevelt up until FDR's first election/term.  Or at least up until FDR's affair and his bout with polio.  -Sorry still waking up.  I was the assistant for the production which started down at Duke University then moved up to Ford's Theatre for a few months.  We recorded the show in NYC the week after the show closed in DC.

For more information:

http://www.eleanorthemusical.com

Singing-wise, the closest thing would be on the BK-produced "Jeepers Creepers" CD.  I'm part of the "village people" who back up Judy Kaye.

A couple of years ago - well, more like ten at this point - I did have a small "act" that I would perform for some post-show cabarets in DC.  If I was playing a show, and the theatre needed some entertainment afterwards...  I called it, "Look, Ma! No Hands!"

:)
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Post by: MBarnum on April 21, 2005, 09:17:03 AM
So that some of you lads can get your Jessica Skerritt fix...a shot of Jessica (far left) and the other space vixens from SAUCY JACK AND THE SPACE VIXENS.



...the review on Talkin Broadway-Seattle was not too hot...but the reviewer had nice things to say about the adorable Jessica S...

"Shining brightest is Jessica Skerritt as the dumb-bunny blonde vixen Anna Labia. Young Ms. Skerritt has the right comic touch and the ability to play this kind of camp sincerely (therby earning more laughs). Her bright vocal delivery and ease with choreography make her one to watch, on Seattle stages and beyond. "
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Post by: vixmom on April 21, 2005, 09:19:07 AM
DR vixmom - Sorry I didn't answer yesterday, I meant to...


Singing-wise, the closest thing would be on the BK-produced "Jeepers Creepers" CD.  I'm part of the "village people" who back up Judy Kaye.


:)

I must listen to my copy of this more closely to see if I can "pick out ' yopur voice!!  ;D

Seriously, have you ever thought of producing a CD of  "just you" singing and playing?
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Post by: JoseSPiano on April 21, 2005, 09:21:07 AM
Hey DR Jose, what was the "stunt" on Idol that you thought was horrible?  Was it Ryan asking Bo (who was safe) to go stand beside the group he thought was the top group?  I didn't think that was mean before (plus they've done that before).

I actually like it when they put the 2 groups on stage.  It was pretty obvious which was the bottom group (i picked all 3 of them).  I was sad to see Anwar go (i thought he had so much potential at the beginning).  I just wish they would have sent Scott home. Oh well probably next week.

Yeah, that was the "stunt".  I missed the time it was done the previous season, so...  But, still, a very interesting tactic.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on April 21, 2005, 09:33:44 AM
I must listen to my copy of this more closely to see if I can "pick out ' yopur voice!!  ;D

Seriously, have you ever thought of producing a CD of  "just you" singing and playing?

Not seriously, but it's something I've been wanting to do for a Christmas gift for my parents - especially my Mom.  But, since I'm usually busy with shows around the holidays, setting aside that time is next to impossible.  It would have to be something I'd have to plan in the summer - just like the big names do.

-I'd also want to get back into voice lessons.  I studied each year I was in college - it was my minor.  Even sang in some opera scenes.  Oh...

Thank You.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on April 21, 2005, 09:37:05 AM
DR elmore - Thanks for the Damn Yankees info.  "They" have started the pre-production work for the upcoming production at Arena Stage this Christmas.  -Right now, it looks like Matt Bogart and Alice Ripley will be playing Joe and Lola.  We're just seeing what other options there may be out there in regards to the orchestrations...  Or if it would be worth investigating having someone brought in to do a new reduction...  ;)
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Post by: MBarnum on April 21, 2005, 09:37:08 AM
And one more shot of Jessica Skerritt, Seattle actress/singer and HHW favorite (at least for some!)...she has the short blonde hair, hands on hips.

This should wake up BK, but good! LOL!


(http://bsproductionsllc.com/user/Vixens%20meet%20Jack-Jack,%20Anna,%20Bunny,%20Jubilee.jpg)
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Post by: MBarnum on April 21, 2005, 09:40:45 AM
I do hope that isn't too much cheesecake for anyone!
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Post by: JoseSPiano on April 21, 2005, 09:40:54 AM
Jose I love the new picture!!

Thank you.
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Post by: Charles Pogue on April 21, 2005, 09:41:49 AM
Not for this anyone!
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Post by: Rodzinski on April 21, 2005, 09:49:11 AM
MBarnum, you rule!
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Post by: vixmom on April 21, 2005, 09:51:33 AM
I do hope that isn't too much cheesecake for anyone!

and for those of us who prefer the beefcake
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Post by: JoseSPiano on April 21, 2005, 10:27:12 AM
AH!  Mystery solved....

It's my parents' Wedding Anniversary.  -Which I always think is in May for some unknown reason...

I just called my brother and he cleared up the mystery for me.  He, too, was sent an "invitation", and he really wasn't sure what it was for either since there's nothing indicated on the paper.

Hmm.. Guess I should get a card or something now...

;)
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Post by: JoseSPiano on April 21, 2005, 10:33:25 AM
PAGE THREE DANCE!!!!!

FREESTYLE!
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Post by: JoseSPiano on April 21, 2005, 10:33:54 AM
-Is that even a dance?
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Post by: JoseSPiano on April 21, 2005, 10:41:11 AM
YIKES!

Just checked the current pollen counts here in Richmond....

Mold Spore
3360 VERY HIGH
Tree Pollen
3060 VERY HIGH

YIKES!
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Post by: Jrand74 on April 21, 2005, 10:41:16 AM
DR VIXMOM, I also use an outline - and I rewrite as i go along.....with another run through after finishing.

What script are you thinking about bidding on, MBARNUM?

DR RODZINSKI have you seen a Campbell Scott movie called INVASION!  It is the movie that THE LOST SKELETON OF CADAVRA tried to be.
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Post by: Jrand74 on April 21, 2005, 10:41:51 AM
My allergies are THE WORST today they have been so far this season.  DR GINNY watch out for some HEAVY rain showers.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on April 21, 2005, 10:44:44 AM
Hmmm.... I just had a reunion via internet/chat/IM with a friend I haven't seen nor spoken too in a while... Hmmm...

:)
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Post by: JMK on April 21, 2005, 10:48:23 AM
I think Frances Farmer and/or Kurt Cobain just got their revenge department:  I went to Fred Meyer to take advantage of their 20% off boxed set DVD sale.  The clerk had to open the glass case, and as he did a gigantic boxed Nirvana Set fell off the top shelf and whacked me very hard on the neck/shoulder area.  I have a huge welt and am finding it hard to move my left arm.  They totally freaked out, brought me an icepack and had me fill out a customer incident report.  I wonder if this will be good for a gift certificate?   ???

The good news is I got the first 2 seasons of the Definitive Edition of Twilight Zone for a great price--first season came in at about $60 and the second season $35.
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Post by: MBarnum on April 21, 2005, 10:50:02 AM
JRand54, it is an origianl script from ATTACK OF THE PUPPET PEOPLE...I would love it! But I think the price will go rather high.

However, as I told Dan (the man), I found a place at which I can buy a copy of the script for $15.00.
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Post by: vixmom on April 21, 2005, 10:57:49 AM
[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]Happy Anniversary to DR Jose's dear parents!![/move]

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Post by: bk on April 21, 2005, 10:58:04 AM
Also,  A left over question from yesterday that I didn't get a chance to post:

To all our DR's who are professional writers:

When you write, do you just sit down and write and then revise later   or do you actually use the methods drilled into us by years of English teachers: outlines, first drafts, second drafts etc etc....?



I, being on ornery cuss, never do anything I was taught.  I have never done an outline for any of the books.  For me, they constrict me and stop me from ever thinking outside of them.  So, I make lots of notes about things I want to write about and use those, but I let my fingers do the walking and take me where they take me.  So, in that sense, the books write themselves.  The best things in the Kritzer books came because I didn't have an outline - things that were completely unexpected.  In fact, had I had an outline, the whole Susan Pomeroy story would have been over on page forty-six of Benjamin Kritzer.
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Post by: Dan (the Man) on April 21, 2005, 11:00:42 AM
DR Jose, can I hire you to take a new avatar pic of me?
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Post by: Dan (the Man) on April 21, 2005, 11:04:01 AM
JRand54, it is an origianl script from ATTACK OF THE PUPPET PEOPLE...I would love it! But I think the price will go rather high.

However, as I told Dan (the man), I found a place at which I can buy a copy of the script for $15.00.

I put in a bid for some kind of 1972 Tony Award portfolio thingy that was valued at about $300-$400.  I bid $50 and I lost to someone who did $110.  I didn't take the time to understand how these live eBay auctions work.  I wasn't even sure when the auction ended.  Aw, well...
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Post by: vixmom on April 21, 2005, 11:08:34 AM
I think Frances Farmer and/or Kurt Cobain just got their revenge department:  I went to Fred Meyer to take advantage of their 20% off boxed set DVD sale.  The clerk had to open the glass case, and as he did a gigantic boxed Nirvana Set fell off the top shelf and whacked me very hard on the neck/shoulder area.  I have a huge welt and am finding it hard to move my left arm.  They totally freaked out, brought me an icepack and had me fill out a customer incident report.  I wonder if this will be good for a gift certificate?   ???

The good news is I got the first 2 seasons of the Definitive Edition of Twilight Zone for a great price--first season came in at about $60 and the second season $35.


Congrats on the good price, my sympathy for the  injury.  You don't think you broke your collarbone do you?

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Post by: bk on April 21, 2005, 11:11:56 AM
Part two of answer:  I tend to rewrite as I go - I find it actually difficult to go on unless I'm happy with what's preceded, so I keep tinkering until I'm happy.  Even when I do go on, when I start in the morning I go back ten pages and do more fixing.  I also do any fixing if my muse has probs, then, once I'm done, I go back and smooth out all sorts of things.  By the time I'm ready to actually print the thing out, it's a fifth draft.

Then I give it to my handy-dandy editor-types, and do all their fixes.

With film scripts, I'm more like Pogue - for those, I really do have to know where it's going, because it's a much more constricted form - same with plays.  

For the Kritzer books, I had no idea what the actual "story" of the three books was going to be.  For the first book, that didn't come to me until page forty-six, when I wrote the real-life version of the Susan story.  But, when I looked at it the next day I said, "Ah, that's the story of this book" so I moved it and began part two with it.  And that became the formula for the three Kritzer books.  The color, world, characters and set up in Part One, the story in Part Two.  Interestingly (for me at least), I didn't even know if books two and three would have a story - I thought the life was interesting enough.  The fact is, I had, in the back of my head, the inkling that I could tell the story of Benjamin's friend, and I had the same inkling about Samantha in the third book - but I didn't want to go there.  I really fought it in both books, but that's where I was led and that's what I did.  Had I outlined, I just don't think they would be the same books at all.

In terms of the two books that followed, again lots and lots of notes.  What I did with both books when writing them is unconventional, but again, I prefer it.  I didn't know who was going to die in Writer's Block until I was a third of the way through.  But, I knew the two major twists going in, and I pretty much knew who was going to be the killer, although I left that open until I was half-way through.  Who should die became obvious to me as I was writing it - it didn't become something arbitrary that I just decided early on.  I set the scene and let the characters take me where they took me.  That's what jazzes me and that's probably the way I'll always do it.  In the new book, lots of notes, but I did know everything that would happen (although not necessarily how it would happen) going in.  I knew the layout of the book going in.  
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Post by: George on April 21, 2005, 11:15:10 AM
Well, I don't think that I will contribute to the Hair bad casting Topic of the Day. :( I don't know the show.  I have cast recordings and know individual songs, but that's about it.  I've only seen one production a couple of years ago and it didn't leave a strong impression...other than I had to endure looking at nekkid boobies. :P Not my idea of an ideal evening. ;) So that's that.  

As for delicacies and desserts, I don't think that I've ever had anything that was odd enough to remember.  I've never been an adventurous eater, so there goes my contribution to that topic, too. ::)
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Post by: George on April 21, 2005, 11:17:33 AM
Okay, let's get this one out of the way...

HAIR

Claude -- Telly Savalas
Berger -- Ron Howard
Woolf -- Patrick Stewart
Shelia -- Sinead O'Connor

Dan (the Man), you could add Persis Khambatta (from "Star Trek:  The Motion Picture")!
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Post by: JoseSPiano on April 21, 2005, 11:18:42 AM
DR Jose, can I hire you to take a new avatar pic of me?

Let me check my book...  We can take one in the Mamma Mia! pit in two weeks!

Actually, while going through my photos, I was sort of amazed that I had so many pictures of myself, taken by myself.  Fun with the self-timer - and it's something to do during long tech rehearsals.  When I was on the road a few years ago, and changing cities almost daily, I snapped pics of me in each city, each hotel room and each pit/theatre that I was in.  Then I would send them back to Steve.  It was sort of like he was on the road with me.

There is also a series of photos that my friend, Chris, took of me and Steve.  Very nice.  I need to get those transferred/scanned to disk.  But I think I may have a few already on my computer... Hmmm.....
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Post by: bk on April 21, 2005, 11:19:23 AM
But that's the grand and glorious thing about writing - there are no rules other than telling your story the best way you know how to tell it.  The way I tell it might not be the way another writer would tell it, but I just write the book I have to write and hope it will be enjoyable.  Thankfully, almost 100 percent of the comments I get are positive.  I've only had two negative comments out of all the people who've read the Kritzer books - those were two classmates of mine who didn't like the world I presented because it didn't mirror the world THEY knew at the time.  In other words, I didn't write the book they wanted me to write.  I've really only had one negative comment on Writer's Block (I mean REALLY negative), and the same has proven true for the few people who've read the new book - all have really liked it except one person.  

But, that's the marvelous thing about writing novels - unlike movies or TV and to a lesser extent plays, you don't have to change anything you don't want to, unless, that is, your publisher DEMANDS it, and then you have the choice of pulling the book.
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Post by: bk on April 21, 2005, 11:20:07 AM
Now, enough of that - where in tarnation IS Jessica Skerritt?  That's the important question.

FRIZZY!
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Post by: bk on April 21, 2005, 11:20:58 AM
Excellent Hair casts.  Excellent Hair Casts - that's the title of my next novel.
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Post by: MBarnum on April 21, 2005, 11:24:13 AM
Delicacies and adventurous eating: my favorite thing to do is try new and exotic or strange foods!

In fourth grade we tried chocolate covered ants!

More recently I have had boiled chicken's feet...I often have Menudo (tripe soup)...I love eel and even have some canned eel in my cupboard. Frogs legs and pigs feet I have eaten and liked.

I bought cow brains once and was going to cook them, but just couldn't figure out how...but if I could find a diner that served them I would order them.

I have cooked cow tongue in my crock-pot...and I have bought head cheese for sandwiches.
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Post by: bk on April 21, 2005, 11:34:00 AM
I Cooked Cow Tongue in my Crock Pot - that's the title of my next novel.
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Post by: Charles Pogue on April 21, 2005, 11:45:09 AM
One thing if you're going into professional writing...and trying to sell screenplays before you write them or are trying to get assignments or trying to sell a book before it's written, you better know how to outline.  Because they will pretty much want to know what you're going to write before you write it.  The days of selling a screenplay or a book on just a line or two are long past.

Unlike Bruce, the outline for me is freeing.  I can stray from the path as often as I like because I know how to get back to the main road no matter where I wander.
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Post by: MBarnum on April 21, 2005, 11:45:28 AM
I ate many unusual things when I visited Japan, also.

And speaking if Japan...where has Hisaka been lately??
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Post by: MBarnum on April 21, 2005, 11:46:25 AM
BK, did you enjoy todays Jessica Skerritt photos?
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Post by: JoseSPiano on April 21, 2005, 11:51:41 AM
Delicacies and adventurous eating: my favorite thing to do is try new and exotic or strange foods!

In fourth grade we tried chocolate covered ants!

More recently I have had boiled chicken's feet...I often have Menudo (tripe soup)...I love eel and even have some canned eel in my cupboard. Frogs legs and pigs feet I have eaten and liked.

I bought cow brains once and was going to cook them, but just couldn't figure out how...but if I could find a diner that served them I would order them.

I have cooked cow tongue in my crock-pot...and I have bought head cheese for sandwiches.

I knew I liked you a lot, DR MBarnum!
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Post by: elmore3003 on April 21, 2005, 11:52:14 AM
RE: vanishing food: When I was little we had an egg that disappeard, from a pot of boiling water

Mom put  the egg in to boil for my breakfast and we went in the other room so she could "do" my hair, and we got distracted by one or the other of my little brothers We suddenly heard a "POP" from the kitchen.  We ran into the kitchen where we discovered the pot boiled dry, but no egg!  We looked on the ceiling on the floor, in the burners, behind the stove...the egg  just vanished! My dad to this day insists it fell into the  "fourth dimension" from Twilight Zone!!

It went to the land where bad eggs go.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on April 21, 2005, 11:54:25 AM
Preeeesenting!

Here we are in color.  These pics were taken about four or five years ago.  I think.  In any case...
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Post by: JoseSPiano on April 21, 2005, 11:56:27 AM
And here we are in black & white.  This is actually just a scan off the contact sheet.  Not bad.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on April 21, 2005, 11:57:29 AM
...And I do believe that is Steve's first appearance here on HHW!

:)
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Post by: JoseSPiano on April 21, 2005, 11:58:26 AM
PAGE FOUR DANCE!!!

-Me again?!?!?!

Hmmm...

Let me see...

Let's all do the..

VIRGINIA REEL!!
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Post by: JoseSPiano on April 21, 2005, 12:00:17 PM
OK.... I'm just gonna watch Food 911.... Then I'm gonna start going through my closet...  And the sky is graying up too...
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Post by: Jrand74 on April 21, 2005, 12:16:34 PM
Alton Brown had some interesting things to say about greens last night.
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Post by: Jennifer on April 21, 2005, 12:17:12 PM
For anyone interested Christina Applegate (SWEET CHARITY) is supposed to be performing on the Today Show tomorrow (probably between 8:30-9am). I think she's also going to be on Regis & Kelly.

I happened to catch The 25th ANNUAL SPELLING BEE performing on Wed (also on the Today show) and I loved it.  IT was hilarious and fun and they made Al and Katie be contestants.  I think I would love this show.
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Post by: Jrand74 on April 21, 2005, 12:18:10 PM
I also stray from the outline with little qualm.  And I rewrite as I go along....oh I said that.

DRJMK -  every time some YAHOO comes to the Frances Farmer site and demands that more be put on the site about Kurt No Talent Cobain - I silently sent out a B A D vibe....so maybe it was my fault.
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Post by: Jrand74 on April 21, 2005, 01:00:18 PM
Great pictures DRJOSE.

Didn't Miss Cass Daley say that a lot?  "I said it, and I'm glad."

DR JMK I have been meaning to ask you - does your production of THE PAJAMA GAME include the Heinzie-Gladys ballet/burlesque scene?
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Post by: George on April 21, 2005, 01:02:31 PM
and for those of us who prefer the beefcake

 :o ;D Thank you, Vixmom! ;)
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Post by: George on April 21, 2005, 01:12:02 PM
Delicacies and adventurous eating: my favorite thing to do is try new and exotic or strange foods!

In fourth grade we tried chocolate covered ants!

More recently I have had boiled chicken's feet...I often have Menudo (tripe soup)...I love eel and even have some canned eel in my cupboard. Frogs legs and pigs feet I have eaten and liked.

I bought cow brains once and was going to cook them, but just couldn't figure out how...but if I could find a diner that served them I would order them.

I have cooked cow tongue in my crock-pot...and I have bought head cheese for sandwiches.

All this talk just makes me want to vomit on the ground!!! (http://www.clicksmilies.com/s0105/wuerg/vomit-smiley-005.gif) Nothing personal, MBarnum! ;)
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Post by: Jrand74 on April 21, 2005, 01:13:42 PM
And of course Miss Carol Lawrence sang "I Said It and I'm Glad" in SUBWAYS ARE FOR SLEEPING.

Does anyone have that recording in stereo?
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Post by: Rodzinski on April 21, 2005, 01:18:59 PM
DR VIXMOM, I also use an outline - and I rewrite as i go along.....with another run through after finishing.

What script are you thinking about bidding on, MBARNUM?

DR RODZINSKI have you seen a Campbell Scott movie called INVASION!  It is the movie that THE LOST SKELETON OF CADAVRA tried to be.

I have not seen this, JRand. I can't even find a listing for it under Campbell Scott's IMDB listing. When did it come out?
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Post by: Jrand74 on April 21, 2005, 01:23:44 PM
It's alternate title is Top of the Food Chain - but I got it as Invasion! on DeepDiscountDVD.com at 12.95!  Tom Everett Scott is also in it.  Check it out.  Not sure how available it is for rent or in retail outlets.  I've never seen it there.
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Post by: Jrand74 on April 21, 2005, 01:25:27 PM
Link for DR RODZINSKI1  ;D

http://www.deepdiscountdvd.com/dvd.cfm?itemID=AVA015171 (http://www.deepdiscountdvd.com/dvd.cfm?itemID=AVA015171)
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Post by: Matt H. on April 21, 2005, 01:34:36 PM
I always taught my students the importance of note taking and outling before writing; even a simple paragraph is improved with some planning rather than simply writing free style without any prior thought.
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Post by: JMK on April 21, 2005, 01:40:22 PM
JR:  a certain well-known cast album producer reissued Subways in stereo on CD several years ago.  Have you not caught up?  ;)

The Heinzie/Gladys ballet was in until about a week ago, when the actors just didn't have their steps down yet and it was cut.  Also cut that night was the dance break after the first "Isn't Her?"  My 6 year old, who was at the rehearsal last night, very loudly proclaimed as that song started, "Dad! Dad!  That's bad grammar!"
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Post by: Matt H. on April 21, 2005, 01:43:02 PM
I spent the afternoon with two DVDs. First DUMBO, and after having seen the glorious DVD of BAMBI recently, it's obvious Disney did not lavish the elaborate restoration work on this at all. The print is clean certainly but the grain seemed a bit excessive to me, totally unlike BAMBI. Of course, BAMBI is done in more pastel shades than the bright colors of DUMBO, but DUMBO still seemed overly contrasted and grainy (much like BAMBI looks in the pre-restoration prints on the DVD special edition featurette).

Then I watched THE ADVENTURES OF ERROL FLYNN, the 84 minute documentary. Most enjoyable.
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Post by: bk on April 21, 2005, 01:44:52 PM
Back from Grant's, who never showed up.  He obviously forgot or thinks he gave me a different time than he gave me, but thankfully, I wrote down that the time was at one, so I know I'm not in error.  Hopefully, he'll get home soon and I'll go back there, because he leaves town tomorrow through Monday night and I've got to have the rest of my rehearsal tracks.  

Re outline: That's what's so fascinating is that every writer has their own "thing" that works for them.  For me an outline, no matter how comforting it might be (and believe me, there are times when it would be comforting), is like having blinders on.  I never look past it and so, again, for me, it is not only not freeing, it's anti-freeing.    But again, that's only for the books - I do think an outline is necessary for screenplays and plays, even if it's barebones going a to b to c, etc.  

I would say that it's virtually impossible to see a non-fiction book without an outline or proposal and sample chapters.  Pogue is right, though - they won't buy a work of fiction in advance of it being written unless they have a proposal of some sort (unless you're Dan Brown or Stephen King or you have an established relationship with a major publisher).

Unfortunately, the days of the one-line pitch are not gone - two movie ideas sold in the last three weeks, one for seven figures, and they were just that - a paragraph with the basic idea.  And, I might add, they were horrible.



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Post by: Matt H. on April 21, 2005, 01:45:16 PM
And of course Miss Carol Lawrence sang "I Said It and I'm Glad" in SUBWAYS ARE FOR SLEEPING.

Does anyone have that recording in stereo?

Both my LP and CD are the stereo versions.
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Post by: bk on April 21, 2005, 01:46:58 PM
I made an appointment with my Doctor for Monday morning.  I'm probably fine, but I'm thinking he can help with the allergy problems and lessen the amount of phlegm it's causing so that my throat is protected.  I certainly feel fine (other than the residual sneezing and scratchy eyes), but I know if the phlegm business keeps up it makes me hoarse.  So, better safe than sorry.

I love this doctor.  No insurance, pay while you're there, no exceptions.
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Post by: Matt H. on April 21, 2005, 01:47:55 PM
When I go back to the den, I'll be watching episode 3 of ANGEL from Season 2.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on April 21, 2005, 01:52:19 PM
When I go back to the den, I'll be watching episode 3 of ANGEL from Season 2.

And I will be sitting at my desk typing this retort! ;D
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Post by: Jrand74 on April 21, 2005, 01:58:52 PM
Yes, DRJMK I knew about the CD - but I was just wondering about the stereo separation that had been commented on by some reviewers.  I bid on a copy of the Stereo LP a few minutes ago.  So if I like it, I will probably buy the CD!! :)

Thanks DR MATTH - maybe you can comment on the Stereo LP.
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Post by: Jrand74 on April 21, 2005, 02:00:08 PM
I thought the name of the song and reprise was "Her Is." :)
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Post by: JoseSPiano on April 21, 2005, 02:00:36 PM
And the rains came... Finally.

They've been breaking in with "Breaking Weather News" throughout the afternoon.  There were even a few "Breaking Weather News" reports almost one right after the other.  They should have just stayed on.  It was getting comical.

For a while, there was rain and storms to the West, North and South of Richmond, but nothing yet in the City of Richmond.  Very spotty coverage.  But the storms moved in here about 20 minutes ago, and they actually seem like they're on their way out already - at least the severe stuff.

Needless to say, I haven't started packing at all.  So...  There goes that theory... ;)

-Oh, they just broke in again to tell everyone that all the Warnings are now called off.  Whew!

:-P
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Post by: JoseSPiano on April 21, 2005, 02:02:25 PM
And speaking of Subways Are for Sleeping...

If you mosey on over to Playbill.com - and probably other sites - there is news that Kristin Chenoweth will be playing Dusty Springfield in an upcoming biopic.
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Post by: JMK on April 21, 2005, 02:02:47 PM
I thought the name of the song and reprise was "Her Is." :)

It are.   ;D
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Post by: Matt H. on April 21, 2005, 02:08:15 PM

Thanks DR MATTH - maybe you can comment on the Stereo LP.

I haven't listened to it in many, many years, but I suspect it's very directional. Columbia's cast LPs of that period were all very directional.  Do you want me to give it a spin to be sure?
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Post by: Matt H. on April 21, 2005, 02:09:46 PM
We're going to get that rain tonight and tomorrow. And it's going to turn colder. It's still gorgeous here.
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Post by: Jrand74 on April 21, 2005, 02:10:34 PM
LOL DR JMK.

No that's okay, DRMATTH ... I will know for myself in a few days!  LOL

DR's who have THE PAJAMA GAME on DVD.  The extra on the disc is said to be Miss Doris Day singing "The Man Who Invented Love" which was written for the movie and then not used.  Is it on the DVD?  Is it an audio extra or a filmed and excised scene?  How does it look and sound?
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Post by: bk on April 21, 2005, 02:27:23 PM
Still no word from Mr. Geissman.
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Post by: Matt H. on April 21, 2005, 02:30:04 PM
DR's who have THE PAJAMA GAME on DVD.  The extra on the disc is said to be Miss Doris Day singing "The Man Who Invented Love" which was written for the movie and then not used.  Is it on the DVD?  Is it an audio extra or a filmed and excised scene?  How does it look and sound?

Boy, DR JRand, you're asking questions that require RESEARCH!  :D

It's a video clip, but once again, it's been a long time since I watched it and have no memory of what it sounds like or looks like. Maybe I'll put it in instead of ANGEL when I go back downstairs.
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Post by: Jrand74 on April 21, 2005, 02:34:27 PM
Did you leave a note on his door?
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Post by: Jrand74 on April 21, 2005, 02:35:51 PM
No rush DRMATTH - I am not going to buy the DVD today!  LOL....can't afford that luscious box set.
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Post by: JMK on April 21, 2005, 02:38:28 PM
Geissman is having lunch with Pogue...without cellphones.
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Post by: George on April 21, 2005, 02:49:23 PM
JR:  a certain well-known cast album producer reissued Subways in stereo on CD several years ago.  Have you not caught up?  ;)

And it was a numbered, limited edition!  I got #130 of a supposed 5000 (BK, do you know many more sold??) ;D It is still available but as a non-numbered, non-limited edition.
Title: Re:I'VE SAID IT AND I'M GLAD
Post by: Rodzinski on April 21, 2005, 02:59:21 PM
I always taught my students the importance of note taking and outling before writing; even a simple paragraph is improved with some planning rather than simply writing free style without any prior thought.

I can't argue with this or what Pogue has stated one bit. But I would like to add that in the case of a kid who is just raring to go and write as Vixter sounds like she is, I wouldn't necessarily discourage her from letting loose. I know as a kid I loved to write like mad, and when it came to outlines, it was like they created a little block for me. Sometimes it is more THAT you write than HOW you write, depending, of course, on the nature of the  project. So I would just say that if you see the planning aspects stifling Vixter's creativity, maybe let her do her own thing, get the ideas down, then organize. Everybody's got to do what works for them.

When I taught creative writing, I met a lot of kids who had gotten so hung up on the rules and organizational aspects that they came to hate writing as a result. Finding what works for the individual is key.
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Post by: Sandra on April 21, 2005, 03:07:46 PM
When my teachers used to make us write a paper using that whole process with the prewriting, outlining, and all those drafts, and everything, and turn them in one at a time, I would write the final copy first, and then write the other parts as they were due. My teachers never caught on and I always got good grades, so I don't really see the point.

Since I don't really know from Hair, I'll just say to stick Carol Channing in there somewhere.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on April 21, 2005, 03:27:55 PM
Good Evening!

Amazing what a little rain can do!  So nice to open the doors and windows and not have any "stuff" blowing in.  -Although, the gutters do have that weird green-yellow "creek" effect going on right now.

Steve's on his way over, and we're gonna get some dinner.  And then we'll head back over to his place to get some more stuff unpacked, and I'll take my first bunch of boxes back with me.  Until later...

Laters...
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Post by: Charles Pogue on April 21, 2005, 03:35:31 PM
I agree kiddies and even adults can get hung up on too many rules and regulations.  Especially screenwriter who read these how-to books by people who never wrote a screenplay in their life and are basically spouting guidelines for amateurs.  But people get all hung up on act breaks and on "exactly" what page they should fall or how many lines of description you can have before you break it or how many pages long your script can be...I broke all three of those rules with my very first script.  In fact, when I was starting out I read the slimmest how-to book I could read, basically to find out where I was going to set my margins and to see what rules I was going to break.  I broke a lot.

In high school I didn't see much point in outlining either...but that was my lack of discipline.  I later learned the importance of it!
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Post by: Charles Pogue on April 21, 2005, 03:36:34 PM
Another thing outlining does for me is that it becomes an introduction period for me and my characters.  By the time I start writing...I really know who those people are...
Title: Re:I'VE SAID IT AND I'M GLAD
Post by: bk on April 21, 2005, 03:57:17 PM
Margins - now THOSE are important.

Again, whatever works is my motto.
Title: Re:I'VE SAID IT AND I'M GLAD
Post by: bk on April 21, 2005, 03:57:57 PM
Still no word.  This is beginning to turn ugly - I think a bitch-slapping may well be in order.
Title: Re:I'VE SAID IT AND I'M GLAD
Post by: Charles Pogue on April 21, 2005, 04:07:45 PM
Had I known you were stood up, BK; we could've have had a late lunch I was over in your neck of the woods, speaking on the Radford Lot to a bunch of screenwriting students.  I was through at two.  Stopped in your DVD store to see if they had the Flynn box...They were out!
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Post by: bk on April 21, 2005, 04:21:28 PM
Damn them, damn them all to hell!  I'm starving, too.  Mr. Geissman got hung up at a mixing session that he was told would be through by noon.  I'm meeting him at five and we'll probably have to work for a couple of hours, because I'm determined that all the tracks are completely complete before Vinnie puts them into Pro Tools (save for the horn session tracks).

Pogue, your best bet on the Flynn set is to let me order it for you via amazon.  That way, you get it in two days, it's thirty percent off, and no tax.  Can't beat that kind o' deal.  Let me know.
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Post by: TCB on April 21, 2005, 04:23:59 PM
I think Frances Farmer and/or Kurt Cobain just got their revenge department:  I went to Fred Meyer to take advantage of their 20% off boxed set DVD sale.  The clerk had to open the glass case, and as he did a gigantic boxed Nirvana Set fell off the top shelf and whacked me very hard on the neck/shoulder area.  I have a huge welt and am finding it hard to move my left arm.  They totally freaked out, brought me an icepack and had me fill out a customer incident report.  I wonder if this will be good for a gift certificate?   ???

The good news is I got the first 2 seasons of the Definitive Edition of Twilight Zone for a great price--first season came in at about $60 and the second season $35.

JMK, do me, and yourself, a favor and go get checked by a doctor.  Freddie's will pay for it.  When I fell in the pool of water at Albertson's three years ago, I was so embarrassed by the attention, that I could barely fill out the accident report.  I refused all medical treatment or even a hospital check-up.  Two months later, when the pain was so severe I couldn't stand it, they discovered that I had fractured my spine.  At that point, my surgeon said he would feel comfortable testifying in court that a fall two months earlier had resulted in my fracture.  The result -- four months off work without pay.
Title: Re:I'VE SAID IT AND I'M GLAD
Post by: François de Paris on April 21, 2005, 04:33:29 PM
In case some want to read more about Camarata's career:

Posted on Mon, Apr. 18, 2005
 
Music arranger-composer Salvador "Tutti" Camarata dead at 91
Associated Press
BURBANK, Calif. - Salvador "Tutti" Camarata, who worked with everyone from Bing Crosby to Billie Holiday to Disney teen heartthrob Annette Funicello in a long and distinguished career as a composer, arranger and trumpeter, has died at the age of 91.
Camarata died Wednesday at Providence St. Joseph Medical Center in Burbank after a brief illness, said his son, Paul Camarata.
In addition to his Big Band work in the 1930s and '40s, Camarata was the musical conductor for several TV series, including "Startime," "The Vic Damone Show" and "The Alcoa Hour." He was also the vocal supervisor for the 1963 movie "Summer Magic," which included musical performances by Hayley Mills and Burl Ives.
While living in England in the late 1940s, Camarata co-founded London Records with Sir Edward Lewis to make classical and pop recordings for U.S. distribution. Among the label's best known artists were the Rolling Stones.
Returning to the United States in the 1950s, he joined with Walt Disney in co-founding Disneyland Records, which recorded such pop stars as Funicello and Mills.
It was there that he helped Funicello the former "Mickey Mouse Club" mousketeer, develop the vocal style that briefly made her a pop star in the mid-1960s.
"Annette felt she couldn't sing," Camarata once said. "So I developed a way of recording her voice, creating an echo. The first time she heard it, she was surprised and happy. She began to gain more confidence as a vocalist."
In 1960 he opened Sunset Sound Recorders, where the Rolling Stones, Van Halen, Miles Davis and others have recorded. His son currently runs the studio.
Camarata studied music at the Juilliard School in New York before embarking on a career as a Big Band trumpeter in the 1930s. He was both lead trumpeter and arranger for Jimmy Dorsey's band, arranging such hits as "Tangerine," "Green Eyes" and "Yours."
He left Dorsey in the early 1940s to work as an arranger for Glen Cray and the Casa Loma Orchestra and for Benny Goodman's band. He also arranged music for Crosby, Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald and others.
His own recordings include "Tutti's Trumpets," recorded in 1957 and considered a classic for trumpet composition. In the 1970s, he orchestrated and conducted a series of albums for the London label that showcased the work of Bach, Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff.


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Post by: François de Paris on April 21, 2005, 04:35:23 PM
And a reaction from Randy Thornton who worked with Camarata on the Annette boxe cd set in 1993:

"This is truly sad news. I had the great honor of working with Tutti – first was when I asked him to join me in the studio as we remixed and restored Annette’s songs for “Annette: A Musical Reunion with America’s Girl-Next-Door”. Not only did Tutti (the original Producer) join us,  but Bruce Botnick (the original Engineer) and the Sherman Brothers. It was an incredible time working with these legends. Though Tutti and I kept in touch on occasion over the years, we recently began working together (in preliminary stages) on the History of Disney Records for the Seattle EMP as we planned to interview him about his extraordinary career. But, alas, that was not to be. However, several months ago, David Agnew (President of the Buena Vista Music Group), Tutti and I went to lunch. I had the opportunity to give Tutti several copies of some records he did and that I restored for The Wonderland Music Store. He was delighted and quite tickled that I remembered. It was then he told me what a great job I had done with the classic soundtracks and that even Walt himself would have been pleased with the amount of effort and detail that went into each restoration. I was speechless – literally speechless for a couple hours. For you see it was Tutti who created what we know as soundtracks today. He felt that the soundtrack should be more than just the songs, that the score was even more important in expressing the story that the songs alone. To receive a compliment from someone like Tutti, who created the genre (so-to-speak), was, for me, life changing. You may find my reaction a bit maudlin, but Tutti was a genius, a true pioneer and a wonderful man.
The Maestro shall be missed and I am honored to have known and worked with such a brilliant and gentle man. God Bless You Mr. Camarata!"
Title: Re:I'VE SAID IT AND I'M GLAD
Post by: Charles Pogue on April 21, 2005, 04:37:43 PM
BK, go, go, go on Flynn.  and for those of you wondering why BK is doing this for me, I have a phobia about ordering things over the internet and putting my credit card out there on the world wide web.
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Post by: TCB on April 21, 2005, 04:39:07 PM
...And I do believe that is Steve's first appearance here on HHW!

:)


WELCOME,

STEVE!
Title: Re:I'VE SAID IT AND I'M GLAD
Post by: Jrand74 on April 21, 2005, 05:02:56 PM
Lives of a Bengal Lancer is on right now on TCM!

Anyone interested - WHAT'S GOING ON sends Kitty Carlisle out in the field tonight and that should be something - she can't see OR hear very well!  Tomorrow night's episode should be the last EVER.  We shall see....
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Post by: JoseSPiano on April 21, 2005, 06:06:23 PM
Good Evening!

Back from dinner.  Steven and I just went ahead and headed around the corner to Three Monkeys.  We had about a 20 minute wait for a table, but we were able to get one on the covered patio.  Unfortunately, since it was still raining, they had the 'sides' down, so the cigarette smoke was not airing out as fast as it could.  Ah, well...

*It's the one thing I do not like about the Richmond restaurant scene - non-smoking sections are at the discretion of the management not mandated by the county/city/state.  I can tolerate smoke, but I have always found it frustrating trying to eat something while people on either side of me are puffing away on Marlboros and Camels.  -Oh, and, of course, they exhale the smoke towards me rather than towards their dining partner who also happens to be smoking too.  But such is the burden of dining in Tobacco Town.

-Oh, I guess that was a rant... Where was I?

We started off splitting an order of saganaki - the flaming cheese dish.  Then Steve ordered the Shrimp & Scallops in Three-Cheese Macaroni and Cheese, I opted for the Garlic Shrimp with Creamed Orzo, Salted Ham and Thyme.  Both dishes were good, not great, but the portions were very generous.  We both fished out our seafood (get it? fished? ;)), and ate what we could of the pasta portions of our dishes before cutting out of there.  -I think it's best to stick to the sandwiches and standard pub grub fare there.

Since dinner took a little bit longer than expected, Steve just headed on back to his place.  I'll just go over tomorrow night and pick up boxes and packing materials - which I will hopefully do after finally(!!!!!) going through my closets and starting to pack and purge.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on April 21, 2005, 06:22:50 PM
Two sort of "funny" things we noticed while dining...

A gentleman had ordered the Seared Tuna special.  When the waitress brought the dish to the table, he learned that "seared" did not mean "cooked through".  He was "shocked" at the amount of redness in the tuna.  So, he sent it back to the kitchen to be cooked further.  When the waitress brought it back to the table, the plate was covered with battle-ship gray pieces of the sushi-grade tuna.  Hmm... But the gentleman ate every bite, so...  The customer is always right.  ;)

On the other side of us was a young woman who ordered one of their signature pizzas.  After it had been brought to her table, we noticed that the pizza just sat there for a couple of minutes.  She wasn't touching it all, but her friend had dug into her sandwich..  Hmm... Maybe she's waiting for it to cool?  She motioned to her waitress and asked for something.  The pizza continued to sit there.  And get cold.  After a few more minutes, she eventually got up in a little huff, and returned to her seat.  The pizza continued to sit there.  The young woman took out a cigarette and started puffing on it "with purpose".  Then she started bitching to her friend - who had practically finished her sandwich by this time.  I couldn't hear her since it was a little noisy, and she was a bit out of earshot.  But her "attitude" was definitely projecting.  A few minutes later, the waitress came by with a small dish of ranch dressing.  "Oh, finally!  I can eat my pizza!!"  So... The only reason she wasn't eating her pizza was that she had no ranch dressing to dip her pizza crust in.  Well...  I guess if that's how you need to eat your pizza, that's how you need to eat your pizza...

Like I said, sort of "funny"...
Title: Re:I'VE SAID IT AND I'M GLAD
Post by: Jrand74 on April 21, 2005, 06:59:14 PM
There's nothing funnier than people - unless it's two of them.
Title: Re:I'VE SAID IT AND I'M GLAD
Post by: Jrand74 on April 21, 2005, 07:01:26 PM
A random Amazon search revealed that there is a nice 2-disc 5-movie Gary Cooper DVD set coming in May.  It will include:

Peter Ibbetson
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
The General Died at Dawn
Beau Geste (!)
Design for Living
Title: Re:I'VE SAID IT AND I'M GLAD
Post by: Rodzinski on April 21, 2005, 07:21:21 PM
I definitely have the same phobia, CharlesPogue. If I want something off the net, the Gal orders it for me and I pay her. Maybe a bit annoying for her, but she understands. I was actually victimized by an identity theft once, not internet related but it has left me paranoid nonetheless.

I pay for Ebay purchases with money orders or checks. No problems so far.
Title: Re:I'VE SAID IT AND I'M GLAD
Post by: Rodzinski on April 21, 2005, 07:24:34 PM
I gotta figure something out. As MBarnum so kindly pointed out, they are showing a whole slew of Wheeler and Woolsey tomorrow on the TCM. Like 5 or 6 movies, only one of which I've seen! How the heck can I record all of these? Not to mention in late afternoon they are showing the Ritz Brothers' STRAIGHT PLACE AND SHOW, which I have never seen. What to do????
Title: Re:I'VE SAID IT AND I'M GLAD
Post by: Dan (the Man) on April 21, 2005, 07:29:26 PM
Lives of a Bengal Lancer is on right now on TCM!


I had a bengal lanced once.  I didn't find it a particularly cinematic event.
Title: Re:I'VE SAID IT AND I'M GLAD
Post by: Dan (the Man) on April 21, 2005, 07:34:30 PM
Hmmm...I am here, and yet my name does not appear at the top of the page.  Ominous...
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Post by: S. Woody White on April 21, 2005, 07:44:43 PM
Singing-wise, the closest thing would be on the BK-produced "Jeepers Creepers" CD.  I'm part of the "village people" who back up Judy Kaye.
Cast as the Cop?  Indian?  Construction Worker?  Army Guy?  Cowboy?

Leather Guy?   :o

 ;)
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Post by: JoseSPiano on April 21, 2005, 07:59:38 PM
Cast as the Cop?  Indian?  Construction Worker?  Army Guy?  Cowboy?

Leather Guy?   :o

 ;)

Short order cook!
Title: Re:I'VE SAID IT AND I'M GLAD
Post by: Matt H. on April 21, 2005, 08:04:23 PM
Exactly right. As a writer, whatever works for you is what every person should do, but as a teacher,k you have to give the students SOMEWHERE to start, and you must remember that for MOST of them, writing was a chore, something they weren't GIFTED at doing and needed some kinds of tools to get their thoughts down on paper and organzied before they attempted to write something coherent in a final copy for grading.
Title: Re:I'VE SAID IT AND I'M GLAD
Post by: Matt H. on April 21, 2005, 08:07:22 PM
DR JRand, I did watch the Doris outtake on THE PAJAMA GAME this afternoon. It's not a memorable tune. Doris does fine with it, and the clip is a bit grainy but in OK shape (the feature itself was quite beautifully done for DVD; I watched several numbers after viewing the outtake.) I think they were right to go with the "Hey There" reprise rather than this new song. Doris' emotional rendition of that tune is a real highlight for me.
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Post by: elmore3003 on April 21, 2005, 08:13:50 PM
I believe that DRRodzinski and I have the TCM schedule under control for the morrow, so I'm heading for bed.  It's exhausting doing good.
Title: Re:I'VE SAID IT AND I'M GLAD
Post by: Charles Pogue on April 21, 2005, 08:13:58 PM
Here's the real truth:  Everybody outlines.  Some people do it the easy way...before they write.   Some people do it the hard way...while they write.
Title: Re:I'VE SAID IT AND I'M GLAD
Post by: S. Woody White on April 21, 2005, 08:34:05 PM
Amazon lists the Flynn collection at $41.94.  Der B and I picked it up at Sam's Club for less than $40.  

But I forget.  Which film is it where Errol sings "Secret Love?"
Title: Re:I'VE SAID IT AND I'M GLAD
Post by: Rodzinski on April 21, 2005, 08:42:23 PM
Yes, Elmore has agreed to graciously record some of the Wheeler & Woolseys + the two Ritz Brothers films. I'll take care of the early ones.
For comedy fans, those are followed by several of the Road movies, then a couple East Side Kids films. And something else stuck in there, a Harry Secombe movie called "Davey". What a day awaits.
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Post by: S. Woody White on April 21, 2005, 09:06:47 PM
The older of the grandlads is a brat.

There, I've said it and I'm glad.

Der B and I spent the day grandladding again.  I'm not going to go through the entire litany of what went wrong, because it's one of those little-things-piling-up stories that just sound grumpy and boring.  Let's just say that William, the younger, and I were having a lot of fun after we picked him up from school.  From the moment we picked up Alex, who gets out a few hours later, it was one demand or snotty remark or piece of attitude after another.

We went to have dinner with the two and their mother at a fairly nice restaurant late in the afternoon.  Not fancy, but nice.  William was fairly well behaved, Alex was not, yelling to interrupt conversations, raising a fuss about his food not being the exact same as he expected, sassing his mother.  Finally he needed to go to the bathroom...so I went with him.

After waiting for him to finish for about ten minutes, while my food was getting cold, I decided I'd had enough, and very firmly told him how he was embarrasing his grandfather and myself, and his mother as well.  You've heard the saying "His bark is worse than his bite?"  If you've ever heard me growl, you don't want to find out what my bite is like.  Alex had never heard me growl before.  

While we were still in the restroom, Alex was still acting like he was king of the world.  But when we got back to the table, after about a minute, he apologized to his mother.  I later took her aside and explained what had happened.  "You didn't hit him, did you?" she asked.  I told her I hadn't, and wouldn't.  She seemed impressed.

Der B and I listened to a CD of old Broadway recordings, a compilation from the Smithsonian, on the way home.  It was restful after that restaurant experience.
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Post by: Jrand74 on April 21, 2005, 09:32:53 PM
Relax, DR SWW.  We non-parental units are with you all the way!
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Post by: Jrand74 on April 21, 2005, 09:33:39 PM
Okay so the TCM taping is finalized okay.  

Tomorrow thunder storms are being forecast for us in the early afternoon.  More rain!  

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Post by: Jrand74 on April 21, 2005, 09:34:38 PM
MATTH - thanks for the Doris Day Report.  Once I start working again, the DD Box Set will be my first PURCHASE.

DR JMK are there going to be PG photos online somewhere?

I love THE PAJAMA GAME.  There I said it,  and I'm glad!
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Post by: Rodzinski on April 21, 2005, 09:36:01 PM
Nice job, SWoody. My sister in California had a problem recently when her (and my) two nieces came out to visit from Ohio. Same thing, one very well-behaved, the other either too "above it all" to have fun or actively negative, talking on her cell while my sis treated them to dinner at Morton's, etc. Sis could've used somebody to chew that kid out but good! Are you available for rental?
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Post by: MBarnum on April 21, 2005, 09:36:04 PM
Sorry, Rodzinski, had I known I would have taped some for you! As it is I am only taping the one Wheeler and Woolsey movie (THE CUCKOOS)...I figured one W&W movie was about all I could take! LOL! (Althought maybe I will make it a double feature and watch KENTUCKY KERNELS after I watch THE CUCKOOS!).

Title: Re:I'VE SAID IT AND I'M GLAD
Post by: Rodzinski on April 21, 2005, 09:37:24 PM
Speaking of Doris Day, the real Ruth Etting can be seen and heard singing in the W&W film HIPS HIPS HOORAY airing tomorrow, incidentally.
Title: Re:I'VE SAID IT AND I'M GLAD
Post by: Rodzinski on April 21, 2005, 09:40:34 PM
No problem, MBarnum. I never would have known about the movies if not for your pointing them out. And you were absolutely right about THE CUCKOOS being partially in 2-strip technicolor.

KENTUCKY KERNELS is supposed to be good. It's gotta be better than the other Spanky McFarland feature, GENERAL SPANKY.
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Post by: MBarnum on April 21, 2005, 09:46:59 PM
No problem, MBarnum. I never would have known about the movies if not for your pointing them out. And you were absolutely right about THE CUCKOOS being partially in 2-strip technicolor.

KENTUCKY KERNELS is supposed to be good. It's gotta be better than the other Spanky McFarland feature, GENERAL SPANKY.

My recollection is that KENTUCKY KERNELS is fun...at least it had some good musical numbers.
Title: Re:I'VE SAID IT AND I'M GLAD
Post by: Jrand74 on April 21, 2005, 09:50:35 PM
Yup - the only REAL Ruth Etting movie I have seen is ROMAN SCANDALS the Eddie Cantor film that has ONE great song "Young and Beautiful."
Title: Re:I'VE SAID IT AND I'M GLAD
Post by: Jrand74 on April 21, 2005, 09:51:21 PM
W & W don't do much for me, especially so many in a row - but I might give it a look.
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Post by: Jrand74 on April 21, 2005, 09:52:01 PM
DRMBARNUM you are right about Wonder Baby Sonia's lipstick.  She wore more lipstick in that one movie than Allison Hayes did in her whole career!
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Post by: bk on April 21, 2005, 09:53:22 PM
I'm back and exhausted, but all the tracks are finished, save for the horn tracks.

I haven't eaten all day, so I must go put some food down my gaping maw.
Title: Re:I'VE SAID IT AND I'M GLAD
Post by: Jrand74 on April 21, 2005, 09:54:32 PM
So see, MR BK, it turned out okay - just later than you figured.

I am going to go watch my video of - YES - THE PAJAMA GAME.

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Post by: bk on April 21, 2005, 11:22:33 PM
Kind of a WUSSBURGER sort of evening around these here parts, what with these Sunday-style numbers.

Speaking of Sunday-style numbers, I'm going to take a nice hot shower right about now.  New notes will be up at the stroke of midnight.

And haven't we all forgotten all about - FRIZZY!  I'm in a tizzie over forgetting about FRIZZY, but then, I've been busy.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on April 21, 2005, 11:27:26 PM
Yes, I am sitting here like so much fish.

Mackerel.
Title: Re:I'VE SAID IT AND I'M GLAD
Post by: JoseSPiano on April 21, 2005, 11:39:30 PM
Flounder.
Title: Re:I'VE SAID IT AND I'M GLAD
Post by: JoseSPiano on April 21, 2005, 11:39:58 PM
Bronzino.
Title: Re:I'VE SAID IT AND I'M GLAD
Post by: JoseSPiano on April 21, 2005, 11:40:22 PM
San Pietro.
Title: Re:I'VE SAID IT AND I'M GLAD
Post by: JoseSPiano on April 21, 2005, 11:40:42 PM
FRIZZY!
Title: Re:I'VE SAID IT AND I'M GLAD
Post by: JoseSPiano on April 21, 2005, 11:41:15 PM
-Wait... That's not a fish...

Mahi-Mahi
Title: Re:I'VE SAID IT AND I'M GLAD
Post by: JoseSPiano on April 21, 2005, 11:42:24 PM
Tuna.
Title: Re:I'VE SAID IT AND I'M GLAD
Post by: JoseSPiano on April 21, 2005, 11:43:31 PM
Gefilte.

Well...  Hey, it's almost 3:00AM EDT...
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Post by: JoseSPiano on April 21, 2005, 11:44:10 PM
Swedish.

....Like I said, it's late/early.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on April 21, 2005, 11:45:09 PM
Copper Head Salmon.
Title: Re:I'VE SAID IT AND I'M GLAD
Post by: JoseSPiano on April 21, 2005, 11:46:43 PM
Hmmm.... Was it really worth it?

Hmmm....

Well, my work here is done for now...

Everyone Dance!

THE SWIM!

:D