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Well, you've read the notes, you've smelled the notes AND the coofie, and now it is time for you to post until the cows come home, which will be as soon as they smell the cowfie.
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And the word of the day is: GESTICULATE!
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I had a wonderfully relaxing shower and soon I shall toddle off to the bedroom environment.
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Good Morning!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DR SANDRA!!!!
FLOOP FOR EVERYONE!!!
-Of course, you may have to make it.
;)
LOTS AND LOTS OF CAKE TOO!!
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GESTICULATE!!!!
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And, now, Goodnight.
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And now, Dino at the piano.
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Happy birthday DR Sandra
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I will gesticulate to the message:
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DR SANDRA!!!
And many more!
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Hmmmmmmmm.....don't forget to say hi to Tommy Cook from MOHAWK with Miss Allison Hayes. Maybe he will have a photo of her around on his table!
Will you be leaving the Courts show early on Saturday for your guest appearance at the Passover Dinner?
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Raining here AGAIN.
VCR: The Pajama Game
DVD: The Invisible Man Returns
CD: Aqabala
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY DR SANDRA!
I plan to drink a cherry coke or two in honor of your birthday today.
And, of course, consume mass quantities of birthday cake. Cherry Coke and Cake--2 of my favorite things, together at long last.
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Good Morning!
Well... I tried to hit the hay, but the hay kept hitting back. I was tired, but I just wasn't sleepy. So, I just got back out of bed a few minutes ago, and here I am! I'm practically feeling wired. Most unseemly. But I guess I'm due for one of my semi-routine all-nighters, so...
Hmm....I guess I could head out for breakfast at the great diner just a few blocks from here... Hmmm.... Scrapple!
:)
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Friday Media Check...
Well, as usual... Nothing... But we'll see what ends up in my CD player as I start clearing and cleaning out my closets... I'll keep you updated.
;)
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Good morning and good day! Running very late but had to say:
Happy Birthday, DR Sandra!!!!!!! :D
Laters!
Jose===ICU! Good morning! Bye!
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Yep! It's official!
It's an all-nighter!
:-\
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DR Danise - Sorry I missed you.
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Good morning, all! DRJose, especially a good morning to you!
I've got to run out and buy some videocassettes this morning, which I'll do around 9, so I can drop off some DVDs to a friend at Barnes and Noble. Then, the post office, and a lot of work waiting here for me.
TOD:
VCR: blank tape for DRRodzinski
DVD: Two films from Netflix: Widow of St Pierre and Bright Young Things
CD: " The Vagabond King" from Ohio Light Opera, Bryn Terfel's latest, perhaps some Zez Confrey.
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Media Check
DVD "The Wild Thornberrys". I expected little and enjoyed it a lot. Should have won an Oscar for best song.(IMHO)
CDs. "Mary Poppins" London Cast
Isabelle Georges - "Maury Yeston's December
Songs" (Décembre)
Best of Joe Jackson
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DR Elmore: We enjoyed "Bright Young Things" a lot. A good representation of the story. ("Vile Bodies"). Satire is so hard to film and for me this one really worked.
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DR Elmore: We enjoyed "Bright Young Things" a lot. A good representation of the story. ("Vile Bodies"). Satire is so hard to film and for me this one really worked.
Good morning, DRTomovoz! I'm happy to hear you liked the film. I'm looking forward to seeing it.
I forgot to mention that yesterday afternoon I saw David Hyde Pierce at Tower Records at Lincoln Center. I don't know him so I didn't say anything, just verified it was he and stalked him for around 3-4 hours.
When is our DRJane coming back from the wilds of Portland? I miss her!
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Good morning, all! DRJose, especially a good morning to you!
I've got to run out and buy some videocassettes this morning....
More cheap porn, huh?
;)
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Good Morning, Larry!
:D
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Good Morning/Evening, DR Tomovoz!
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Hello DR Jose. Magnus & Fosca are already asleep. Bedtime for me in a few minutes.
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Happy Happy Day to the Phoenix Queen Miss DR Sandra!!!
I was GESTICULATING while I typed that.
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Gesticulate, Henry Higgins,
Gesticulate!
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All This and Media Check, Too
iPod: The Mamas and The Papas -- The Golden Era Collection
DVD Player: I loaded up Li'l Abner last night, but a gossipy phone call got in the way.
VCR: Set to tape Christia Applegate on the Today Show and Regis this morning.
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Hi, Ben!
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I saw Sweet Charity, Part Deux yesterday. Miss Applegate gave a credible and solid performance. She is not a dancer but she has done her homework and learned some basic steps and she acquits herself nicely. I don't know if she sits out the big dance numbers in There's Gotta Be Something Better Than This and I'm A Brass Band because of the recent injury or because she isn't a strong enough dancer to do what Charlotte D'Amboise does. I think it's a mix of both. She has a pleasant voice. If she had been a television star in the 50s and 60s she probably would have done her share of albums, a la Shelly Fabares and Paul Petersen and others. She's somewhat breathy at times and she does need two mikes, one at her forehead and another at her ear (you can see them both and that everyone else only has one) but there is a sweetness to her performance and a determination that makes her real. As I said earlier, she has done her homework and though she's not a "musical theatre" natural I don't think she should be trashed as a silly California actor trying to make a name on Broadway. Yes, in a side to side comparison, I prefer Charlotte D'Amboise, but CD is also a Broadway vet with years of training and performance. Miss Applegate's first attempt in a Broadway musical is not the mess that some people were hoping for or expecting. I hope the critics mention this kind of information in the reviews. I only have 90 seconds in my Radio Wales review so it will be difficult to distill all this down, but Brantley (at the NY Times) has lots of room, as do most of the others. I don't think she deserves unqualified praise, but she does not, IMHO, deserve dismissal, either.
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Hi, Dan! I was typing (gesticulating) about Miss Applegate while you were offering greetings.
I have much to choose from here at the office today. I have Chad Mitchell's solo albums on CD (Himself, Love, a Feeling Of and Virgo Moon). Larry, even though they're not CM Trio discs, if you would like copies, let me know. I also have Song of Singapore Off-Broadway Cast Recording, the new James Naughton CD It's About Time (may I just interject, I think Mr. Naughton is one of the sexiest men in New York, yes he runs a close race with our own WSMA, Brent Barrett). I also have the Original London Cast of Charles Strouse's The Nightingale with Sarah Brightman
Anthony has rehearsal all this weekend and we don't have much planned for viewing on the VCR or DVD.
I'm seeing Virginia Woolf on Sunday afternoon.
That's it for now.
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Happy Birthday to my very own DD DR Sandra!
I sure hope I remember where I put her gifts!
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More cheap porn, huh?
;)
Of course, are you hinting to borrow some? ;D
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When you tell a story
Amorous or gory
You can tell it best if you GEST-
ICULATE!
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DRBen, thanks for the Applegate review. I wish her well, and you made me want to see her.
Also, yes, please, on the CM albums! Anthony's show begins on April 29? Any other Hainsies/Kimlets want to come along?
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When the mighty Sinbad
Meets a gent who's been bad
They will guess the rest if you GEST-
ICULATE!
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Or is it "meets a djinn?" I forget!
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Someone stop me before I post again! The frenzy must cease!
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Stop Larry! I'm ordering you back to work :-)
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I'm going to Anthony's show on April 29th (opening night). I know that date is not good for Vixmom, her DH and the Vixter because Vixter is performing next week, correct? I'm also going on May 20 (a Friday night) with friends from my office who have been following Anthony's performances from Connecticut to the Fringe Festival in the Village to this. I'm open for other dates with Hainsies/Kimlets. Just let me know.
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DRBEN thanks for the Applegate update!
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'morning. I can't begin to tell you all what an awful day I'm having at work. The ONLY good things are being able (because we have NO managers in my department today) to spend time here at HHW and the bag of dark chocolate M&M's (Star Wars special edition) here on my desk.
JRand's weather forecast was correct - rainstorms all day today.
On happier notes:
A Cherry Coke toast to DR Sandra on her birthday!
Friday media report:
CD (car) - bk on The Broadway Radio Show, thanks to DR George.
iPod - The Producers, which was reviewed quite favorably in this morning's Dayton Daily News. Looking forward to seeing the Taylors (Andy and Alet) in the May 1 matinee.
DVD - Second half of Season 6 of Sex and the City.
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Friday Media Check:
CD - Judy Garland: JUDY IN LOVE/ALONE
DVD - ANGEL, Season 2, disc 1, episode 4.
DODGE CITY
LI'L ABNER
DVR - Wednesday's LAW & ORDER
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I'm up, I'm up, and have been up since about six-thirty. I've got too many things in my head right now, and I just could not fall back asleep, no matter how hard I tried. I've got all manner of lyrics and music which are constantly in my head, I've got the next two short story ideas which are constantly in my head, and I've got this idea for a play which is constantly in my head.
And to all that I can only say - GESTICULATE!
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Thanks, DR Ben, for the Applegate review. Maybe SWEET CHARITY won't be the bomb some folks were expecting.
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Big Happy Birthday wishes to DR Sandra!!
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I also have the last POIROT hour mystery to watch to finsh up with those.
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MATTH - what a great Judy CD!
MR BK don't forget to say hello to Tommy Cook and ask him about Allison Hayes....when the crowds of people die down.
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OMG they just said on the news that there are 26,000 sci fi fans in Indy to celebrate a movie - wow....I just know that it's all the 50 Foot Woman-Allison Hayes fans....I am going downtown....wait a second here's the story.............
8) 8) 8) ;D ;D ;D :o :o :o :o :o
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I will say that it is very difficult to get away from one's table at the Courts show, especially in this new environment. But, if Mr. Cook should be near by, then we shall see.
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Oh....nevermind. They are all in town for STAR WARS. I guess George Lucas is coming in tomorrow.
ANYBODY can be a STAR WARS fan!
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Thanks.....makes you long for the Beverly Garland, eh?
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My Johnny Legend Rock Baby, Rock It! DVD has shipped, so maybe it will come today, baby!
Gee - I didn't realize Kay Wheeler was the Queen of Rock and Roll! :o
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DR GINNY I know you are having a hard day, but think of those of us who would like to have a job to have a hard day AT!!! Maybe it will make it easier for you.
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DR GINNY I know you are having a hard day, but think of those of us who would like to have a job to have a hard day AT!!! Maybe it will make it easier for you.
Yes, DR JRand, thank you for the perspective. It's especially important now to be thankful to have a public library job in Ohio, because our state legislators are cutting funding drastically. I do send out the most heartfelt job-seeking vibes to anyone who needs them!
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MR BK you are certainly part of a distinguished lineup at the Ray and Sharon Courts Hollywood Show!
Best wishes for BIG crowds and LOTS of fans at your table for you and Penny!
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DR Ben - thank you for your astute and articulate remarks about Sweet Charity.
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The Garland was, in certain ways, more friendly a room. Much more crowded, but there was something very cozy about it all, and one could roam from table to table quite easily. At the Hilton, all the celeb tables are spread out over a huge room and they don't feel connected like they did at the Garland.
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And one for Mahler.
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It's not even nine o'clock and I just banged out six pages of a new story. Whew!
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That's what I call gesticulaton!
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It's a strange gray day here in the City of Studio. Actually, the day isn't strange, but the weather certainly is.
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Happy Birthday to DR Sandra!
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Thank you for the birthday wishes, everybody!
Just one class today, and then the partying begins.
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Party like it's 1999!!!
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I saw Christina Applegate on the Today show (today). She might not be equal to the top broadway stars. But she has a certain charm and sweetness. And she sounded good. I wonder if she is in any pain when she dances. Because she danced quite a bit on the Today show. And I kept wondering if each step was hurting her.
I haven't seen the whole show, but I bet a lot of the critics will admire her determination.
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Happy Birthday DR Sandra.
And to the rest of the day, I simply say: Oy.
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Or is it "meets a djinn?" I forget!
It's a djinn.
A tongue is a tongue
And a lung is a lung
In a tale you can shout or sing
Without the gesture? Nothing!
Should Scherazade
Undulate her body
That can be expressed if you gest...
Can be assessed if you gest...
She'll be undressed if you gesticulate
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If I tell you I was walking by the sea
and found a genie in a bottle, that's trite!
Right! For practically everyone has seen a genie someone had to throttle...in a bottle!
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JR, I'm not sure if Pajama Game photos will be online anywhere, as this is a high school production. I'll ask tonight when I go (opening night!).
In the unbelievable department: we're 3 weeks into our current Tigard Pops Choir session and I always have to make a few calls to new people to see if they're continuing with the choir. So I called this one lady last night and left a message on her machine asking if she was still planning on attending as I wasn't certain I had seen her for the last two weeks. Lo and behold at 1 in the morning our phone rings, scaring Betsy and me half to death. The machine picks it up and we hear this completely slurred voice saying "Hey, you called me. I wanna continue with the choir but I've had a relapse--alcohol, y'know. So let's see what happens." Click. Can you believe it? Luckily the kids didn't wake up.
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Break a leg tonight, JMK!!
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Hopefully MR BK took his camera to the Courts show.
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Right! But if I say the bottle was soooo teeny
And sooooo was the genie
Until with trembling hand, I pulled the cork
And threw the jug and covered up my eyes
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Topic of the Day:
In my DVD player: all three discs of "Penn & Teller's Bullsh*t!" Yesterday afternoon, I watched the segment on the "Mucus Mask" with our very own BK! Oh my goodness, what kind of people would allow this to be done to themselves?? :P It was hysterical!! ;D After that will be "Smiles of a Summer Night" that I just got from deepdiscountdvd.com!
In my CD player at work: a whole bunch of CDs that I got from eBay and amazon.com, all within the last couple of weeks (cast albums first):
Mary Poppins: the Original London cast recording!
Robin Hood: The Ohio Light Opera Production of Reginald De Koven's "popular romantic-comic operetta." I've have a former library copy of the vocal score for about 20 years a few months ago I also got a CD of period recordings of songs from the score!
Titanic: The Ultimate Collection, produced by our very own BK...from eBay for only 99¢+$3.00 shipping!
Audra McDonald's "Happy Songs," used from a seller through amazon.com.
Nellie McKay's "Get Away From Me," the DualDisc format with the CD on one side and DVD stuff on the other.
"Geraldine Turner Sings the Stephen Sondheim Songbook, Volume 2" by Geraldine Turner. I also have her first "Stephen Sondheim Songbook."
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And the smoke began to curl
And the smoke began to swirl
And it curled and it swirled
And it swirled and it curled
As higher it did rise
Till it was sooooo high
And soooo was the genie
Then two great arms reached down
And liftd me up, up, up
Into the sky
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Good Morning!.... Umm.... Good Afternoon!
-Well, it feel likes Morning to me right now...
I ended up falling asleep on the couch around 8:30, I guess. I was watching the Today Show hoping to catch Christina Applegate, but I guess I zoned out by that time. Then I remember waking up during the into for Christina Applegate on "Regis and Kelly", but I don't think I zoned again even before she was seated in her chair. Then...
So, I guess I got about six hours of not so restless sleep....
Where or where has the day gone?
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hmmm....
GESTICULATE!
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...Why am I drawing a blank on this poem?
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DR Jose:
I like your new avatar so much, I would like to ask a favor. Can you post a larger version of same, so I can download it? I printed out a copy of the small one, but too much detail is lost.
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DR Jose:
I like your new avatar so much, I would like to ask a favor. Can you post a larger version of same, so I can download it? I printed out a copy of the small one, but too much detail is lost.
I can e-mail you the original. It's a standard 4x6 print - not cropped - and a large file, so... Do you have a high-speed connection? or would you like a standard size file of the cropped/avatar version?
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....I was going to change my avatar again today, but...
Monday Me
Tuesday Me
Wednesday Me
....
;)
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In his notes today, our esteemed BK wrote:
Then I had to go back to Mr. Grant Geissman’s and finish doing whatever work needed to be done on the Guy Haines tracks. That took five hours, but it’s all finished, save for the few tracks that get horns put on them.
I believe we should all send our condolences to those few tracks for being cuckolded.
And a hearty cheer (with Cherry Coke) to DR Sandra!
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Media Check:
Car CD player: Volume Two of American Musical Theater: Shows, Songs, and Stars from the Smithsonian Collection of Recordings. Volume two covers from 1934 (Ethel Merman, "I Get a Kick Out of You" Anything Goes) to 1947 (Ella Logan, "How Are Things in Glocca Morra?" Finian's Rainbow).
This was after playing the soundtrack to Tarzan three times in a row. But not the instrumental tracks, because those are "boring", according to the older grandlad.
DVD Player: The Adventures of Errol Flynn.
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A friend sent the following to me:
Two men are drinking in a bar at the top of the Empire State Building. One turns to the other and says, "You know, last week I discovered that if you jump from the top of this building by the time you fall to the 10th floor, the winds around the building are so intense that they carry you around the building and back into the window."
The bartender just shakes his head in disapproval while wiping the bar.
The 2nd Man says: "What are you a nut? There is no way that could happen."
1st Man: "No it's true let me prove it to you." So he gets up from the bar, jumps over the balcony, and careens to the street below. When he passes the 10th floor, the high wind whips him around the building and back into the 10th floor window and he takes the elevator back up to the bar.
The 2nd Man tells him: "You know I saw that with my own eyes, but that must have been a one time fluke."
1st Man: "No, I'll prove it again" and again he jumps and hurtles toward the street where the 10th floor wind gently carries him around the building and into the window. Once upstairs he urges his fellow drinker to try it.
2nd Man: "Well, what the hell, it works, I'll try it." So he jumps over the
balcony, plunges downward, passes the 11th, 10th, 9th, 8th floors and hits the sidewalk with a 'splat.'
Back upstairs the Bartender turns to the other drinker: "You know, Superman, you're really a jerk when you're drunk."
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DR WFO - In the meantime, here's a scaled-down version of the original.
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Thanks, DR JRand. ALONE has always been my favorite JUDY album, and I was delighted when I had the opportunity to get both these excellent albums on one CD.
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Today is National Jelly Bean Day.
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Do jelly beans dance?
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Kismet! A show that means much to WFO and myself. Right age - right time. Of course I tend to write Guesticulate.
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My dinner invitation with friends for tonight came through, so all I've had today was some chocolate ice cream this afternoon. Delicious, but I will really be ready for some REAL food tonight.
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Looks like I won't get much watched the rest of today, but I'll make up for it tomorrow with some DVD marathons. A friend loaned me the comedy remake of THE STEPFORD WIVES so that goes on the pile, too. I know it got god-awful reviews, but at least I'll get to see what others have been talking about.
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It didn't get cold or rainy like they predicted either. Consequently, I'm wearing shorts tonight for the first time this season.
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Hmmm.... 4:30pmEDT... What to do? What to do?....
Hmmm...
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Happy, Happy Birthday to DR Sandra!!!
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Media check:
VHS: Last nights SURVIVOR; TIGHT SPOT starring Ginger Rogers and Brian Keith.
DVD: LIL ABNER and AIR HOSTESS
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Tanx, Jose.
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MBarnum, how is the new multi-region DVD player?
Jrand, BK WILL be taking his camera - it's already in the box with all my stuff.
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Kismet was my first Broadway show on my first trip to NYC from Tulsa at the age of 10. I spent the next month boring all the Okies with detailed descriptions.
And we did fly, the genie and I
We did sail, did sail....
Is this a tale? This is a tale!
Are you impressed? We are impressed!
You see, you see, you seeeeee
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For the facile finger
Listeners will linger
They will be impressed if you gest...
Applaud with zest if you gest...
If it's a question of a story, gory, Sinbad, Djinn bad, bottle, smoke, genie, arms, fly, high, sky..
I state, reiterate, gesticulate
With your hands!
And with that, I'm leaving work to see Joe's younger sister who is here for three days from Cali-for-ni-ay
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And my first Bollywood movie of the weekend is...
MADHOSH (1951) starring JRand54's lovely Meena Kumari!
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I haven't set up the new DVD player yet, BK! But I guess I will be doing so this weekend!
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A friend loaned me the comedy remake of THE STEPFORD WIVES so that goes on the pile, too. I know it got god-awful reviews, but at least I'll get to see what others have been talking about.
Yeah, it did get panned, but the ladies' book discussion parody was worth sitting through the movie. Also, the product placement of Ohio-made Longaberger baskets.
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I was watching a snatch of Rodzinski's beloved Ritz Bros. in Straight, Show, and Place...a scene where a rather young and almost glamourous Ethel Merman is singing a zippy little number to Richard Arlen. Mostly.you saw the back of Arlen's head. but occasionally they gave you a profile shot. I was fascinated by the large gap in his back teeth on the right side.
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I didn't see the original staging of KISMET, but I did see the revival at the Music Theater of Lincoln Center with Alfred Drake recreating his original role, and it was one of the most lavish spectacles I've ever seen on the stage. I've always liked the show, but I'll never forget that first encounter with it at the N.Y. State Theater.
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KISMET - I only just became a fan of the movie and score in the last few months. Lovely! My favorite part of the movie is the parade of all the animals and items.
Yea photos! Thanks, MR BK!
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Oh....
KISMET!!!!
Duh! Blame it on the lack of sleep...
::)
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DR CP I watched a bit of some of the Ritz Brothers. I can't get into them....I just don't get it.
DR MB - ah the lovely Meena....what a tragic and sad life story....but such a beautiful and heart-tugging actress! I can hardly wait for the AIR HOSTESS report!
Tonight on CMT is POPULARITY CONTEST - very funny reality type show.
AND on TCM Sunday at Noon EST - my favorite Lana Turner all-stops-out performance as MADAME X!!! Featuring Constance Bennett newly returned from Switzerland with her fresh facelift - shortly before she gave herself a party and dropped dead.
A quote from Pauline Kael: "Onto the screen came Constance Bennett. John Forsythe said, "Hello, Mother," and there were gasps in the audience.....Lana Turner is NOT Madame X - she is Brand X , a commodity to be bought and sold...."
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Well, I think I'm gonna head out for a walk. Just need to get out the apartment for a while. Then maybe I'll start going through my closets...
Laters...
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Ross Hunter - DeLuxe Retreads A Specialty! ;D
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I remember Kael's caustic review which was cruel to the point of being unfair. Turner was no Hepburn or Davis, but she had her fans and her following, millions of whom enjoyed those Ross Hunter soap operas she made.
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They still do, DR MATTH.....many more than are perusing Ms Kael's writings in the dusty stacks of DRGINNY'S and DR GEORGE'S libraries.
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Looks like I won't get much watched the rest of today, but I'll make up for it tomorrow with some DVD marathons. A friend loaned me the comedy remake of THE STEPFORD WIVES so that goes on the pile, too. I know it got god-awful reviews, but at least I'll get to see what others have been talking about.
To heck with critics -- the movie is FUN, FUN, FUN!
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H E DOUBLE HOCKEY STICKS!!!!!
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Today is National Jelly Bean Day.
AND it's John Waters' 59th birthday!
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Today's hilarious eBay description department:
[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]VERY RARE!!! CATS ORIGINAL CAST RECORDING!!!![/move]
If only.... ;)
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Original London cast with Judi Dench at Grizabella I guess!! lol
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It's the Broadway one, which is what's so funny. It's like my all-time fave in this genre: "RARE!!! SOUND OF MUSIC SOUNDTRACK!!!!"
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I have the RARE Sound Of Music soundtrack with the Spanish cover!
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Page Five Rock Me Dance! ;D
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I have the RARE Sound Of Music soundtrack with the Spanish cover!
Which should say:
SONRISAS Y LACRIMAS... something like that!
I know.... nobody's asking me but i have the French version of the SOM soundtrack on LP! That is rare!
OH.... Two (2) DReaders mention the London Cast Recording of Mary Poppins with no comments, and i can tell you that it is a marvel!
Get it if you can; the singing is terrif', the new songs are just beautiful, the orchestrations quite subdued and charming!
Very faithful to the film and then quite different too!
Just listening to it makes one want to take the plane to London, England! (Or one's umbrella!!)
Isabelle Georges, Tomovoz????
Who the hell -- i'm quotting BK ;)! -- is Isabelle Georges??? :)
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That is what it says, DR FRANCOIS!!
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Page Five Rock Me Dance! ;D
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Dickie Wild? Now why would the author use a name like that?
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Isabelle Georges, Tomovoz????
Who the hell -- i'm quotting BK ;)! -- is Isabelle Georges??? :)
Just to check if there really is anyone out there François. :)
I think the DRs need to be over 50 to recognise "Kismet".
Of course "Mary Poppins" is not issued in the USA yet so officially it doesn't exist. lol :D
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Dickie Wild? Now why would the author use a name like that?
Because the man's first name is Richard and he is a wild character!
Do you SEE any other reasons??? ;)
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From what I heard, his love life would have made even Casanova blush! :o
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Good morning, all! DRJose, especially a good morning to you!
I've got to run out and buy some videocassettes this morning, which I'll do around 9, so I can drop off some DVDs to a friend at Barnes and Noble. Then, the post office, and a lot of work waiting here for me.
TOD:
VCR: blank tape for DRRodzinski
DVD: Two films from Netflix: Widow of St Pierre and Bright Young Things
CD: " The Vagabond King" from Ohio Light Opera, Bryn Terfel's latest, perhaps some Zez Confrey.
BRIGHT YOUNG THINGS??? Sounds like the usual cheap porn that you keep in your VCR.
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Happy Birthday to my very own DD DR Sandra!
I sure hope I remember where I put her gifts!
Well just ask DD Sandra, she could probably tell you.
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Good Evening!
Nice walk. Starbucks - Mocha Frap with a shot of Valencia. Swept the front porch. Swept the back porch. The took a shower to wash all the pollen off of me. And, man, was there a lot of pollen on the porches! I just kept sweeping up "clouds" of green and yellow "dust".
Hmm... I guess that could be the source of my very light sinus headache.... Hmmm...
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And speaking of pollen...
There were concerns yesterday that we might have had some twisters forming here and there due to the color of the sky during the height of the storms. Well, the color in the sky was due to all the pollen in the air.
And it was announced today that Richmond is No. 7 on the list of Worst U.S. Cities for Allergy Sufferers! -Hey, that's still better than the ranking of Murder Capital USA a few years ago.
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Had a surprise visit from Miss Juliana A. Hansen and we lunched at the Daily Grill. I ate their large Cobb Salad, which was most filling, TOO filling, and she had the Caesar with salmon salad. We shared some popcorn shrimp. Other than that, it was a very light lunch. NO BREAD.
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And now I shall relax and watch DVDs until bedtime. I have an early day tomorrow so I must get my full beauty sleep.
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Oohhh... The newest Cirque du Soleil show, "Varekai", is on Bravo tonight - well, now. I was lucky to catch the show in person in LA. My favorite one so far. Some beautiful stage pictures. And some great clowning too.
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There were concerns yesterday that we might have had some twisters forming here and there due to the color of the sky during the height of the storms.
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Don't you love the English language. So it is color that creates twisters. Did they issue a general warning or just specifically to friends of Dorothy?
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Today's photos:
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And:
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As always DR Laura - your photos are appreciated. I really must make more effort to share the land of OZ.
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And here is our birthday girl, enjoying her birthday tostada:
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As always DR Laura - your photos are appreciated. I really must make more effort to share the land of OZ.
Please do!!!!
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Partner Colin and I went to see "Quidam" recently - enjoyable, but a little disappointing after the more theatrical "Allegria". Maybe the first visit to Cirque Du Soleil will always have the most "magic".
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If we're gonna have crosses we should also have some Jewish stars, since this weekend IS Passover.
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Oohhh... The newest Cirque du Soleil show, "Varekai", is on Bravo tonight - well, now. I was lucky to catch the show in person in LA. My favorite one so far. Some beautiful stage pictures. And some great clowning too.
Well, I'm just a stone throw from the tent of the Cirque du Soleil playing Paris until the end of may, here.
http://www.cirquedusoleil.com/CirqueDuSoleil/fr/tickets/touring/saltimbanco/paris.htm
Show is SALTIMBANCO.
I planned on getting a ticket for it -- prices are high, and my budget is not! -- and a review has turned me off!
It said that the acts are fantastic, but that the pop-rock music is lousy, the costumes tacky and the sets, with fluo effects (or is it the costumes??) terrible!
Hummm....
I've seen one of the shows on Tv and it was faboo!
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If we're gonna have crosses we should also have some Jewish stars, since this weekend IS Passover.
Aren't you a Jewish star, BK?
;)
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Hmm... Haroset!
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Aren't you a Jewish star, BK?
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Yes, and he's "crossed" about the cross! ;)
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Cirque Du Soleil?
Isn't it about people who GESTICULATE?
There! I've used THE word!
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Happy Birthday to Sandra, the Queen of Cherry Coke (although it looks suspiciously like water in that glass) and the Queen of Rhetoric!
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Watched film one in the Wheeler & Woolsey Cycle: THE CUCKOOS from 1930.
Very funny. I mean, some really great bits, numerous excellent Kalmar and Ruby tunes, three segments in color, the super-sexy Dorothy Lee, who is herself a great reason to watch W&W movies, risqué humor, general anarchy... This is my new favorite Wheeler & Woolsey film.
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Page 6 Dance: DANCE OF THE HOURS
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Famous sightings today as I walked across Central Park:
Barry Diller, yakking on his gigantic cellphone, making deals...
Erika Slezak, "One Life to Live"'s Vicky/Nicky walking her two dogs...
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Happy Sandra Day!
(Look at me!
I'm Sandra Day!)
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The happiest of birthdays to Sandra! I would have had slog for dinner tonight in your honor, but I'd unfortunately already had a fajita by the time I read today's notes.
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Happy Birthday to Sandra, the Queen of Cherry Coke (although it looks suspiciously like water in that glass) and the Queen of Rhetoric!
Maybe it's a glass of the new Clear Cherry Coke.
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I'm watching the 1979 Tony Awards. Liv Ullman and cast are singing "Give a Little Bit More" from I Remember Mama. Oy!
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Glad you enjoyed THE CUCKOOS DR Rodzinski! It is a fun one...I however set my timer wrong and missed it! But I still have my tape of KENTUCKY KERNELS, which I may pop into the player one fine day very soon! You must give you review of that movie!!
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Dorothy Loudon just blew the house over with "50 Percent". It's a shame that there was some kind of mike gaffe at the beginning of the song--Loudon can't be heard for the first ten seconds or so. This one probably won't be included in a future edition od Broadway's Lost Treasures.
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I'm watching the 1979 Tony Awards. Liv Ullman and cast are singing "Give a Little Bit More" from I Remember Mama. Oy!
I missed that year I think. We do not always get the Awards - ratings!!! Sometimes they even edit out musical sequences. Was that the year of "Got Tu Go Disco" and "Sweeney Todd"?
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Lovely photos from DRLAURA. Your building is going up quickly!
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That Quiznos baby is scary!
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I missed that year I think. We do not always get the Awards - ratings!!! Sometimes they even edit out musical sequences. Was that the year of "Got Tu Go Disco" and "Sweeney Todd"?
Yes, to Sweeney Todd, but there is no mention of Got Tu Go Disco.
Strange goings-on...Len Cariou does not do a number from ST, but he sings a solo in a Richard Rogers tribute. And while Angela Lansbury lipsynchs to "The Worse Pies in London", it is not the version from the cast recording. There's a ridiculously censored "Aggie Song" from Whorehouse. In Dick Van Dyke's introduction as a presenter, it's announced that he will be returning to Broadway in the fall in something called IF IF IF. And Lucie Arnez was not nomineed for They're Playing Our Song.
And why was Henry Fonda on almost every Tony Broadcast during the 70s?
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That Quiznos baby is scary!
Awww...I think Baby Bob is so cute!
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That Quiznos baby is scary!
Well, he's about to get a sidekick. My friends' baby boy was called in last week for his final callback... We shall see...
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And "Got Tu Go Disco" was such a success. 8 performances and 9 previews.
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Almost curtain time for DRJMK!
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Well, he's about to get a sidekick. My friends' baby boy was called in last week for his final callback... We shall see...
TWO OF THEM???!!!! :o
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And why was Henry Fonda on almost every Tony Broadcast during the 70s?
He must have had an affair (to remember?) with Antoinette P. at the time!! ;)
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I watched four hours' worth of TV-episode DVDs today:
2 season 1 STAR TREK episodes including Harlan Ellison's "The City on the Edge of Forever" which most Trekkers seem to consider the show's best episode.
the last of the POIROT hour-long mysteries - "The Incredible Theft"
Season 2, episode 4 of ANGEL.
Tomorrow - movies, movies, movies. . . .
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Sandra's birthday cake:
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Henry FOnda did a goodly amount of theater in the 1970s when his movie career dried up.
I have that 1979 Tony broadcast as well. I REMEMBER MAMA opened after the Tony cutoff date, but they gave Richard Rodgers a special Tony so they could feature a number from the show. (He had just gotten a special Tony a few years before, the same year Ethel Merman was given a special Tony.)
SWEENEY won 8 (highly deserved) Tonys that year. and I remember the audience laughing as Barry Bostwick read the nominees for Best Musical since it was SO obvious SWEENEY was going to win. Also amusing was that the playup music for SWEENEY winners was an upbeat version of "Not While I'm Around."
Glenn Close is also mistakenly identified as Mrs. Len Cariou while Len receives his Tony.
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Had a nice dinner out tonight, and got full without stuffing myself to the gills. Maybe I won't toss and turn like the last time I ate later than usual.
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[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]HAPPY BIRTHDAY[/move]
[move=right,scroll,6,transparent,100%]DR SANDRA![/move]
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From the I know I'm Not Twenty Department:
Friday night, no rehearsal, 70 degrees and sunny.................
I came home and took a nap!
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Welcome to my world TCB
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CD:
5th Dimension's Greatest Hits
ANNIE GET YOUR GUN -- Revival
DVD:
LIL ABNER
THE TITANIC
(one sinking a year is never enough)
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Welcome to my world TCB
Hmmm! How did you mean that Mr. Oz??
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And "Got Tu Go Disco" was such a success. 8 performances and 9 previews.
I never saw the show but I remember that the designer decided to have all the walls and the ceiling of the Minskoff painted black using cheap industrial paint. It took months for the theatre owners to restore the interior.
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You know, BK is always talking about some actress in LIL ABNER. I didn't notice any women in that movie!
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The world of afternoon naps instead of ....
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Put 'em back the way they wuz!
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Put 'em back the way they wuz!
Now, THEM, I noticed!
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Bruce, I know it isn't Ask BK Day, but can you give us any hints about the play you are thinking of writing?
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Now, THEM, I noticed!
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You know, the weird thing is that MBarnum has probably interviewed every one of them.
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That's weird?
Oh Yes. 40 years later.
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And magically MBarnum arrives.
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Sandra's birthday cake:
The "legend" says "cheesecake"!
That's a CHEESECAKE????
They sure look different from when I lived in the States!
I'm a Cheesecake state of mind!
Never mind! ;)
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You know, the weird thing is that MBarnum has probably interviewed every one of them.
Up front???? ;)
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Nice cake.
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Up front???? ;)
Bonjour, François
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Nice cake.
The cheese or the beef???? ;D
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Bonjour, François
Haya, Tom! :D
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Good Evening!
Well, this has been one weird day for me. Not good. Not bad. Just there.
...And now I want pizza!
Hmmm...
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You know, the weird thing is that MBarnum has probably interviewed every one of them.
:D
Thanks. I needed that.
;D
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That's me! That's me!
Second from the right! My artist name then was RUFE!!
Check the "nametag" on my lower profile!!
Don't believe me? Ask Elza! ;D
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Good Evening!
Well, this has been one weird day for me. Not good. Not bad. Just there.
...And now I want pizza!
Hmmm...
Sorry, Jose; we only have cake, right now! :)
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Hmmmm...
Now I'm smelling pizza... Well, at least garlic...
Oh, I think it's just the Garlic Butter Dipping Sauce my roomie spilled on the couch...
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Ah, well...
Or maybe they ordered pizza upstairs?
Hmmm...
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Heigh, Ho! Heigh, Ho!
I guess... they GESTICULATE(Let's hope they're not on testerones, because they would... testic.... Oh nervermind!)
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The cheese or the beef???? ;D
Both! :o
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Nice color on you, Rufe!
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TCB: Too early to say, really, other than it's a genre I love and that's not done all that much, and an idea that just came to me the other day. That, coupled with the fact that Tammy wants to do a play (since we didn't get to do one last year) and she has a lead on some dough, I thought I'd take a crack at this idea. And yes, Virginia, because it's a play I have even done some outlining.
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I had some frozen pizza tonight. It had a very thin and quite crispy crust. Just had to share...the info, not the pizza. ;D
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I had some frozen pizza tonight. It had a very thin and quite crispy crust. Just had to share...the info, not the pizza. ;D
And that's supposed to help me how?!?!?!?!?
;)
-It really is wierd.... I really am smelling garlic right now... And I don't think it's my mind playing tricks on me.
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And that's supposed to help me how?!?!?!?!?
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I never said that it was supposed to help you! Make you jealous, maybe, but not help. ;)
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I hope the birthday girl is wearing gaily-colored pantaloons.
I think I'll take a nice hot shower, even though I'll be taking another nice hot shower about eight hours from now.
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I am wearing my red and blue plaid pants. They are beautiful.
That was water with the birthday tostada, but only because Earl's Mexican Restaurant doesn't have Cherry Coke.
And the cheesecake was the chocolate peanut butter cookie dough cheesecake from the Cheesecake Factory. Yummy!
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Tomorrow, I have to go to work to make up a few hours because on Tuesday, I took the day off to work the load-in and usher for STOMP tour that came to Olympia. After that will be my niece's birthday party at my parents' house, then I have to leave that early so that I can go to see Miss Saigon in Seattle. I'm going with a bunch of high school kids. ::) Alexis, the daughter of my friend Margo is in the drama class and they're all going, so Margo asked if I wanted to go. I didn't realize that my parents would plan a birthday party for my niece a week after her birthday. Oh well, I'll still get to go to both...I just won't be able to stay at the party as long as I would have wanted.
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Okay, if no Cherry Coke was available, I guess you are excused.
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Instead of taking a redundant shower, I instead shaved. That way, all I'll have to do in the morning is take a shower, dry my hair and get out of here.
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Wheeler-Woolsey update: CRACKED NUTS: Another fine vehicle with an utterly absurd plot, Boris Karloff in a small role, Edna May Oliver providing fine comic relief. Insane dialogue:
Woolsey: "My sister, now there was a gal who could cook coffee. The first time, she used tea to make it, so it was no good. After that, she used cocoa, but it tasted like clam sauce, so we froze it and ate it as ice cream."
Halfway through GIRL CRAZY, and this one isn't that good so far. Gershwin songs are abused as throwaways. "I've got Rhythm" is sung at lightning speed and out of tune by Kitty Kelly. A few years ago, my gal was in a production of CRAZY FOR YOU, the transformed version of this, using much of the same Gershwin music.
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Good luck at the show tomorrow, BK!
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Good luck with the shave too. What sort of razor do you use? Me, I use the Gillette MACH 3. Blades are expensive, but what can you do? They will never make an electric that comes close to what those blades can do. I will not go to four blades though. Enough blades!!!