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Well, you've read the notes, and where else on all the Internet could you have read such notes? Nowhere, that's where. And now it is time for you to post until the cows come home - right now, they're off reading some other site.
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And the word of the day is: CALUMNY!
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Oh, brother, they read and they WUSSBURGER.
Well, I suppose I shall toddle off to the bedroom environment.
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First civilian post. Huzzah!
That used to make someone mad, but I forget who it is!
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I am intrigued by DtM's posting of the Capital Album Of Arthur Murray's Lambada (the Forbidden Dance)!
DRJOSE will be a Man On A Mission tomorrow ~~~~~~~ Vibes!
Where else on ALL of the INTERNET can you receive such vibes and encouragement.
MR BK mentioned in the notes earlier this week that he would reveal the title and some of the songs on the Guy Haines CD. Of course those of us who were at the Sparkling Chat know some of the answers.......
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DR CP has some exciting things coming up in the next few days....he will be having his Kentucky Derby Do - AND his HERCULES is going to be on NBC the first week of May!
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My question for ASK BK day - and perhaps DR CP can help with this:
What is a continuity and what is an adaptation? Why would you need both? Or does a person who writes one depend upon the work of the other rather than the original material?
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A late night version of THE FIRST NUDIE MUSICAL? Ask for a percentage of the house.
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Well....I have just stayed up all night reading a book that DRGINNY mentioned last week, and which I bought from an Amazon seller for about $5......The Devil In The White City by Eric Larson. It is a non-fiction book about a serial killer who lived in Chicago at the time of the Columbian Exposition World's Fair in 1893.
If a book about such subjects interests you - you would be hard pressed to find a better one. Well written and researched. Not for everyone. Thanks to DRGINNY for mentioning it.
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I just realized that I forgot to post your Allison Hayes Picture of the Week! ;D
Here she is as Priscilla Longworth in a publicity photo from her days on ABC's soap opera GENERAL HOSPITAL.
A rare autographed photo that recently sold for $41 on EBAY!
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Well, I seem to be back in better shape than I was yesterday. I went home and while Anthony worked on a craft project (he had the evening off from rehearsal, they open Friday and since it's an Equity showcase they are required to have one day a week off so it was yesterday) I went to bed (at 4pm). I slept until about 6:30, made some soup, ate it while I watched Jeopardy then went back to bed at 7:30 and slept until 6am.
I have no questions and I would never make a statement of CALUMNY against anyone on this here board (Calumny - noun: A vicious false accusation of a crime that is intentionally designed to damage one's reputation)
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Good Morning Larry and Michael!
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GOD morning to Elmoore :-)
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This post is brought to you by the year 1971, which is also the year I graduated from Coon Rapids Senior High School. I wore a felt dove on the top of my graduation cap (others did also) to protest the war. The administration had gotten wind of our plans and said that we were NOT to do such a thing. Our caps would be checked as we walked out of the gymnasium to the football field for the ceremony and anyone having a dove on their cap would be prevented from leaving the building. Well, there was a flurry of activity while a group of us removed our doves, but they were never collected by anyone. We pocketed our felt and walked out of the gym to the football field. As we crossed the street to the ceremony, those of us planning our little subversion just put the doves back on the tops of our caps and proceeded merrily on our way. Methinks the administration knew this would happen but were giving lip service to the idea that we shouldn't wear "peace" symbols on our graduation caps. We both won.
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Question for Elmoore:
Do you know if it was Trude Riteman or Frederick Loewe who wrote The Sword Dance for Brigadoon. It doesn't sound like anything like Loewe ever composed so I am guessing it is Trude.
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Question for BK:
When you worked with John McGiver on The Apple Dumpling Gang did you discuss Leslie Parrish who played his daughter in Manchurian Candidate?
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Good Morning to you Ben
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I will repeat a question from yesterday for anyone who is a DVD technofile.
I seem to have a problem playing Disney DVDs on my computer player. I do not have the same problem with any other company. Does anyone know if they have some kind of encoding block that prevents one from playing it on a computer DVD?
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Good morning, Ben and Michael!
I slept late this morning, and I'm totally disorganized! I've got a DARLING OF THE DAY meeting at 12:30, but I'm very vague as to the remainder of today's schedule. I think there's a maintenance man coming in to tune up the office copier this morning, so I've got to get there soon.
DRBen, I think I'll be coming to Anthony's show next week with DRRodzinski, who's heading off to the wilds of Montreal this weekend for some debauchery involving an impending wedding. I am the designated bail poster. I hope the opening night performance goes well, and the show has a large turnout. I'm looking forward to seeing it.
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Question for Elmoore:
Do you know if it was Trude Riteman or Frederick Loewe who wrote The Sword Dance for Brigadoon. It doesn't sound like anything like Loewe ever composed so I am guessing it is Trude.
Trude told me, when I asked about this, that for BRIGADOON and ONE TOUCH OF VENUS she gave Lowe and Weill the rhythmic patterns deMille needed and they wrote the dance music. She said that the situation changed with Lowe after he got to know her and her work better. Don't forget, though, that there is a vocal line in the Sword Dance, and all the choral work in BRIGADOON is by Lowe as well.
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I loved the Doris Day movie, "CALUMNY JANE."
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Well off to work see y'all later
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I am intrigued by DtM's posting of the Capital Album Of Arthur Murray's Lambada (the Forbidden Dance)!
Here's the LINK (http://www.317x.com/otherbits/otherbits_arthurmurray.html) to the website where I grabbed the album cover, DR JRand. All is explained there.
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Calumny. Wasn't he a pitcher for the White Sox around '56 who later went into broadcasting?
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BK and all: what was your favorite year?
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Thanks for the link DtM!
Nice avatar DR MS!!
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I haven't had any luck with Disney DVD's in my computer either.
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Yes, that explains THAT!!
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'morning! Trying to motivate myself for another day at work. Yesterday's Dilbert strip was a perfect portrayal of my workplace.
DR JRand - I'm glad you found Devil in the White City so satisfying. "Enjoy" isn't really the right word for that book, is it?
DR elmore and others - Today's Middletown Journal has an article about the death of Middletown-native Margo Skinner, a New York actress who died earlier this month. See also:
www.playbill.com/news/article/92361.html (http://www.playbill.com/news/article/92361.html)
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I didn't know exactly how to describe it, DR GINNY.
Calumny ....
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1971, a great year for me. Let's just say that if you came looking for me prior to that year, I was nowhere to be seen.
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Much music acquired yesterday. A few LPs purchased on the way to Elmore's after work. Then Elmore gave me a CD collection featuring Mac and Katie Kissoon's "Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep". It also features the Bobette's morbid sequel to their hit song, "Mr. Lee", entitled "I Shot Mr. Lee". Now why would they want to go and do that?
THEN, I got a package from Tomovoz that had two further CD collections of classic and rare tunes from the late 50s, early 60s. Quite an awesome haul! Thank you, gents.
Also, picked up the second half of Wheeler and Woolsey.
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DR Rodzinski, DR Tomovoz has introduced me to some wonderful music that I would never have otherwise heard before! I will bet you got some keen tunes from him!
Ok, you have your tape...now I am awaiting your review of KENTUCKY KERNELS!
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Hopefully, I can watch KENTUCKY KERNELS tonight.
Question for BK: I'm nearing completion of KRITZERLAND, and I wonder of the namesame of Bert Wheeler's Magic Shop is Bert Wheeler of Wheeler and Woolsey fame?
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Hello. No questions to ask at the moment. I have NOT caught up... I am woefully behind and getting behinder all the time!!
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Don't some Disney DVDs have DVD-ROM features that install an interface on your hard drive so you can see the movie on the computer?
I know the budget releases like THE BOATNICKS probably don't have it (or FAMILY BAND), but the cartoons like BEAUTY AND THE BEAST do, I think. So, maybe, if you install that interface, the regular Disney DVDs will play through that.
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I enjoyed the recap show for DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES on SUnday, but I think I'm going to take a pass on the LOST recap show tonight. Rehearsals and memorizing cut into a large portion of my day now, and there is just no time to see everything I'd like to see. I'm recording a few shows like ALIAS and EYES and '24' that I'm fairly confident won't be repeated this summer. The rest I can catch up with later.
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Didn't get the Doris Day box of DVDs yesterday, so it should arrive today. Alas, no time to watch anything in it until Friday unless the director decides he doesn't need me at rehearsal on Thursday. I know a good portion of next week is going to working with the Cagelles which should free up a couple of nights at least for me.
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A couple of friends of mine were in NYC over the weekend and saw both DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS and SPAMALOT. They liked both shows very much, but really liked SCOUNDRELS better than the Python show.
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And I read the line-up of upcoming cast recording releases. Many of the shows currently running are releasing cast recordings over the course of the next month and a half, several on the same day. Lots to look forward to! (Oh, my poor bank account!)
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And I read the line-up of upcoming cast recording releases. Many of the shows currently running are releasing cast recordings over the course of the next month and a half, several on the same day. Lots to look forward to! (Oh, my poor bank account!)
Mine, also! Too many all at once...but I want them all! (almost a Baby reference) ;D
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I will repeat a question from yesterday for anyone who is a DVD technofile.
I seem to have a problem playing Disney DVDs on my computer player. I do not have the same problem with any other company. Does anyone know if they have some kind of encoding block that prevents one from playing it on a computer DVD?
Which title(s)? I've never had that problem...so far. I just checked my copy of "Aladdin" and there was no problem. I didn't install the InterActual software that automatically started to load when I put the disc in my computer. I have Nero. It works fine.
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Dear DR elmore, thank you for the answer to my "Pirates" question from yesterday!!
TCB I agree, Kevin Kline WAS the show and O! what eye candy.... I was extremely disappointed when I saw him next in The Big Chill... where was that curly haired opened shirted swaggering pirate.. *sigh.*
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TALK OF LAST NIGHT'S TAR:
A few things I didn't get to watch live: I didn't realize that Rob's fake comment caused U/Joyce and M/Gretchen to catch an earlier flight. That is too funny. But really Rob did go to 3 travel agents. So he did cover his bases. What was up with all those t. agents not knowing about the earlier flight???
I was happy Ron and Kelly weren't eliminated. Even though I don't love them, and it would be easier for Romber to win with them gone, I still didn't think they deserved to go. They have been extremely competitive.
In last night's show U/Joyce were the strongest. Meredith and Gretchen basically followed them. However I was impressed with her climbing that wall. Very nice! Next week does look good.
And as for Idol, I liked Bo best i think. And then Anthony. I liked the montages of their lives at home. It's amazing how many of them come from such small towns. I do think Scott will go home tonight.
And how cute was Heather Locklear's daughter. Loved that part.
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DRMATTH you could be right about the Disney "budgets" - but then I haven't really tried to play a DVD in my computer, so maybe I don't have the right program for ANY DVD.....although I thought Real Player would do that.
TV for me.
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Good Morning!
Well... I think I'll be on a mission later on today... Hopefully, sooner rather than later.
-This whole laptop crap really has me down in the dumps. Very inopportune timing. But what can you do?
I installed some spyware/adware software on my roomie's computer lat night, and it seems to be doing the trick. There is one pesky thing that keeps popping up, but it doesn't seem to be crippling the system like it used to, so... We shall see...
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DR Michael Shayne - I believe the Disney DVD issue is a copy-protection device. I have some non-Disney DVDs that will not play in my computer. Additionally, there was a whole batch of music CDs which came out over the past couple of years with the same sort of "safeguard" in place. I remember the brouhaha over all of that mess, but I'm not sure if it's been completely discoutinued.
*I also know that depending upon the model and speed of your CD/DVD-ROM drive, some media will not play due to a slight incompatibility issue.
I'm sure DR Francois may have some insight/info once he logs on this weekend.
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As for ASK BK Day...
Nothing yet... I'm sure something will pop into my head as I'm going through boxes.
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OK - Let me finish the rest of my usual daily internet stuff... And then it's into the breach! -Whatever that means... ::)
Laters...
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TALK OF LAST NIGHT'S TAR:
A few things I didn't get to watch live: I didn't realize that Rob's fake comment caused U/Joyce and M/Gretchen to catch an earlier flight. That is too funny. But really Rob did go to 3 travel agents. So he did cover his bases. What was up with all those t. agents not knowing about the earlier flight???
I think, though I may be wrong, but Rob kept asking if about a 3:30 am flight as Ron had overheard Uchenna say something about 3:30...and I think Ron misheard and then passed it on to Rob. So I think Rob was asking the travel agents the wrong thing. I thought it was amusing and it was fun to see Rob a bit worried for a change.
I was VERY proud of Gretchen...but she scared me, this 66 year old lady scaling that wall!
I am also very much liking U/Joyce, and it warms my heart the nice things they say about and do for Gretchen and Meredith.
I wouldn't mind if Ron one, but I wouldn't want Kelly to win! LOL! She bugs me!
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JRand54, Actually HERC runs at the end of May...unless they changed the schedule without telling me.
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~~MAN ON A MISSION VIBES~~~
to DR Jose
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George, I went up to Midtown at lunch on the rare chance that because it's somewhat rainy and yukky out there would NOT be a crowd for the Scoundrels giveaway. I didn't say anything about going because I didn't want to get your hopes up in case I wasn't able to get a CD. Boy, was I wrong about thinking there would be no line. I took one look and decided to come back downtown. If I had joined the line I would have been on it for, I'm sure, the full two hours of the giveaway. Some people got there very, very early. Far too early for me who is just getting back to feeling well. I'm sure it will be on the local news (maybe national also) today.
Oh, well. I will get the official version when it's released May 10
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My question for ASK BK day - and perhaps DR CP can help with this:
What is a continuity and what is an adaptation? Why would you need both? Or does a person who writes one depend upon the work of the other rather than the original material?
Not sure what you mean here. An adaptation, as far as I know, is adapting material from another medium. A continuity, if you're speaking of a cutting continuity script, is an exact transcription of what ends up in the film - each line of dialogue accompanied by each camera shot and action.
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Question for BK:
When you worked with John McGiver on The Apple Dumpling Gang did you discuss Leslie Parrish who played his daughter in Manchurian Candidate?
I only wish I'd been smart enough to do so. But, I'm rather shy on sets, especially with people I admire.
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BK and all: what was your favorite year?
I remember liking the years 1958 and 1975 quite a lot.
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Hopefully, I can watch KENTUCKY KERNELS tonight.
Question for BK: I'm nearing completion of KRITZERLAND, and I wonder of the namesame of Bert Wheeler's Magic Shop is Bert Wheeler of Wheeler and Woolsey fame?
I always wondered that myself. My recollection is that it did have something to do with that Bert Wheeler.
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I'm up, I'm up. I was awakened pre nine by the Pool Man cleaning the pool, but fell back asleep for another forty-five minutes.
CALUMNY, baby, CALUMNY!
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I watched the first four episodes of my "Dynasty: The Complete First Season" DVD last night.
And WOW! I'm in love with the show all over again. The first three episodes are actually the series opener, called "Oil" with Blake scrambling to recover whatever he can from a mideast uprising overtaking all his oil plants. Meanwhile, he's getting married to Krystal Jennings and Denver society is either agog or aghast.
What a wonderful wallow from the 80s. It's a retro hoot watching the show. Some of it is howlingly ridiculous, but it's never dull.
And how magnificent IS Pamela Sue Martin as Fallon? TRULY magnificent. When the actress left the show a significant element was lost...and it wasn't something replaceable.
The fun thing about "Dynasty" is that both Carrington children had acting replacements. First, Steven (Al Corely) was replaced, and it was done via an oil-rig explosion at sea. Steven not only had reconstructive facial surgery, but had a complete body lift as he went from a swimmer's build to a football player's physique (Jack Coleman).
And then Fallon (Pamela Sue Martin)...she had a car accident and was in a coma. Not only did she forget who she was, she forget what she looked like and how she sounded. She was replaced by a British actress (Emma Samms) of extraordinarily little depth or personality. Poor Fallon.
I could have watched entire first season (it started in the middle of a season and was only 13 episodes that year) in one sitting, but the ugly truth of another workday stared me in the face and forced me to bed.
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The only thing that truly impressed me in the first season of DYNASTY was the representation of Ted Denard, Steven's ex-lover. He was handsome, masculine, in charge - exactly the opposite of the Billy Crystal/SOAP stereotype we had had on ABC (though Crystal toned down the effeminacy later in the run). And I liked Al Corley's Steven, but he was (to my memory) not a hugely expressive actor.
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Miss Day arrived here today, but, alas, no time to watch the lovely lady. Maybe Friday.
I'm glad they're going to release THE DORIS DAY SHOW, but naturally they're starting with that less-than=thrilling first season where she's on her dad's ranch/farm. I liked the other four seasons when she came to San Francisco and became a career gal.
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I'll repeat my Ask BK/DR question from yesterday:
Does anyone know anything about Eileen Ryan, who appeared in a bunch of late 50s/early 60s tv (Twilight Zone, Perry Mason) and who bears a more than striking resemblance to Meryl Streep? Are they related?
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Oops, looks like I'm pulling a George (figuratively, of course). I remember now I looked her up last year on IMDb the last time I saw her--she's Sean Penn's mom!!
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Don't know Miss Ryan - might if I knew which episodes of TZ she was in.
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George, I went up to Midtown at lunch on the rare chance that because it's somewhat rainy and yukky out there would NOT be a crowd for the Scoundrels giveaway. I didn't say anything about going because I didn't want to get your hopes up in case I wasn't able to get a CD. Boy, was I wrong about thinking there would be no line. I took one look and decided to come back downtown. If I had joined the line I would have been on it for, I'm sure, the full two hours of the giveaway. Some people got there very, very early. Far too early for me who is just getting back to feeling well. I'm sure it will be on the local news (maybe national also) today.
Oh, well. I will get the official version when it's released May 10
Thanks for trying! They did say, however, that 50,000 CDs will be given away free starting April 27th. So there's still time.... ::)
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And if I go to the show again I will get the CD. It's on the half-price booth and TDF frequently so it's a possibility. As Matt H said in an earlier post, his friends liked DRS more than Spamalot. I had a very good time at Spamalot but DRS is more fun and a repeat (especially at cheap prices) for me.
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There is no such place as Calum, NY.
:P
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The new television is up and running.
47" screen, wide and hi-def... I think. Der B keeps up with that stuff, I don't.
Since Good Eats isn't either wide-screen or hi-def, it's not something I'm picky about.
(Tonight: reruns of "Send In the Clams" and "Crustacean Nation.")
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Don't know Miss Ryan - might if I knew which episodes of TZ she was in.
I mentioned one yesterday--"Shadow Play" with Howard Duff, where he's the businessman who is suddenly an actor playing a businessman on a movie set. She plays the shrewish wife.
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I'll see if I have that episode. I got rid of my full set when the SE sets started being released, so I only have seasons one and two.
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You'll have it then, it's Season 1. Tell me if you don't think she's a dead ringer (or at least a half-dead ringer ;)) for Meryl Streep.
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Perhaps the Cyndi Lauper thing was but a ruse, as Broadway.com is suggesting Ms. Lupone is close to a done deal:
http://www.broadway.com/Gen/Buzz_Story.aspx?ci=511073
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I grew up in the CALUMET region of Indiana, named for a river, which was named for an Indian tribe which was named after a brand of baking soda.
Oh, the calumny!
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I will indeed be lunching with Miss Tammy Minoff and a friend of hers who wishes to meet me. We shall be going not to Casa Vega but to the California Pizza Kitchen. I shall walk there.
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September 1975 - December 1977 was a particularly nice time in my life.... except for August 16, 1977 which was a rotten, miserable, terrible, no good, very bad day...
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Each evening, from December to December,
Before you drift to sleep upon your cot,
Think back on all the tales that you remember
Of CALUMET.
Ask ev'ry person if he's heard the story,
And tell it strong and clear if he has not,
That once there was a fleeting wisp of glory
Called CALUMET.
CALUMET! CALUMET!
Now say it out with pride and joy!
CALUMET! CALUMET!
Yes, CALUMET, my boy!
Where once it never rained till after sundown,
By eight a.m. the morning fog had flown...
Don't let it be forgot
That once there was a spot
For one brief shining moment that was known
As CALUMET.
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We're Knights of the Round Table,
Of thinking we're capable,
If we get bored with shield and sword
We learn our nine-times table,
It's a cerebral life in Calumet,
We contemplate and plot a lot.
We're Knights of the Round Table,
Although we live a fable,
We're not just bums with Royal Mums
We're men whose brains are able,
We like to je ne sais quoi a lot,
We're a polyglot lot in Calumet.
'Though our loyalty's unstable,
And we fold like a card table,
We're not just boys in tin alloys,
Or a King wrapped up in sable,
We think a lot in Calumet--
(Solo) Therefore, I s'pose, I am a lot.
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We're Knights of the Round Table.
We dance whene'er we're able.
We do routines and chorus scenes
With footwork impeccable.
We dine well here in Calumet.
We eat ham and jam and spam a lot.
We're Knights of the Round Table.
Our shows are formidable,
But many times we're given rhymes
That are quite unsingable.
We're opera mad in Calumet.
We sing from the diaphragm a lot.
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Ok I think I managed to drive that into the ground
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and I got the word wrong as well, move over George, can I sit by
Hugh you? ;D
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Shortly I shall be on my way to CPK - I wonder what I shall eat there? Do I do a small salad and a pasta? A small salad and a pizza? Or, a large salad and nothing.
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DR elmore and others - Today's Middletown Journal has an article about the death of Middletown-native Margo Skinner, a New York actress who died earlier this month. See also:
www.playbill.com/news/article/92361.html (http://www.playbill.com/news/article/92361.html)
Oh, no! I knew Margo. When I moved to New York, she was still married to Dan Von Bargen whom she met while they were at Trinity Rep. One of her sisters went to school with me, and I adored her mother. Dan's career really took off, Margo's career was quieter and she worked steadily.
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Actresses Maria Schell and Susanne Kaaren passed away. FYI.
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I had a DARLING OF THE DAY meeting at 3rd Ave and 9th Street, so on the way back I stopped at Footlights and Academy, where I picked up the OBC recording of SPAMALOT a week early! Hooray!
DRBen, the man with the big jars of honey is only there on Fridays and Saturdays, I learned when I stopped by the Greenmarket.
DRGinny, Margo looks just like her mother in that photo in the Playbill article! She was much thinner when I last saw her.
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From reading various forums, it seems like Anthony's line was very busy last night after IDOL, so maybe he'll be around for another week. Seems to be the concensus that Scott will be going home after tonight. However, we've all thought that before, so it ain't over 'til it's over.
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That's okay, vixmom. The CALUMET is better than the Cal you didn't meet.
Where is BK having lunch? The Calumny Pizza Kitchen?
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I had a DARLING OF THE DAY meeting at 3rd Ave and 9th Street,
DR Elmore3003, I thought you didn't do that sort of thing anymore?
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A woman has twins and gives them up for adoption.
One of them goes to a family in Egypt and is named "Ahmal."
The other goes to a family in Spain; they name him "Juan."
Years later, Juan sends a picture of himself to his birth mother. Upon receiving the picture, she tells her husband that she wishes she also had a picture of Ahmal.
Her husband responds, "They're twins! If you've seen Juan, you've seen Ahmal."
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DR Elmore3003, I thought you didn't do that sort of thing anymore?
I was pimping for you, DOTD!
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Oh, no! I knew Margo. When I moved to New York, she was still married to Dan Von Bargen whom she met while they were at Trinity Rep. One of her sisters went to school with me, and I adored her mother. Dan's career really took off, Margo's career was quieter and she worked steadily.
DR elmore, sorry to so frequently be the bearer of bad news from your hometown.
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A woman has twins and gives them up for adoption.
One of them goes to a family in Egypt and is named "Ahmal."
The other goes to a family in Spain; they name him "Juan."
Years later, Juan sends a picture of himself to his birth mother. Upon receiving the picture, she tells her husband that she wishes she also had a picture of Ahmal.
Her husband responds, "They're twins! If you've seen Juan, you've seen Ahmal."
Must not groan.... :-\
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Back from a delightful lunch. Picked up packages - got Deevorce, Eyetalian Style, Boccaccio 70, and My Name is Nobody DVDs, plus a region 2 of Johnny Guitar. Good watchin' ahead.
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I just watched last Sunday's episode of DEADWOOD, which is my favorite tv series these days. The proposal scene between Mr Elsworth and Mrs Garrett was so wonderful! I think Molly Parker is superb.
DRRodzinski, the Campbell Scott INVASION DVD arrived today, and it's waiting for your return from Montreal.
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INVASION!!!! LOL....cool fusion!
They say in St Rupert's land
They found our Lady of Fatima's Hat.......
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BK, did you get your Mambo Girl DVD yet?
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Good Afternoon! -Almost Evening...
I'm taking a break right now. A well-deserved break.
I've made some great progress. 99% of my books, sheet music and scores are packed and boxed and labeled. I was sort of caught by surprise that I have two and a half boxes worth of cookbooks. I knew had a lot, but... -However, I have a feeling that's no where a certain DRs collection. ;)
*Oh, at last count, 20 boxes of scores and music! I had forgotten just how much classical stuff I have - solo piano, chamber music, vocal music(!!!). And after scanning the titles, just how much of that "stuff" I had actually performed! -And then the stuff I know I studied just to study... Wow! Just boggles this dust-infested mind right now. ;)
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After sorting through my bookshelves, I made a trip over to Black Swan Books around the corner to see which ones of my "questionables" they would like. They didn't take everything, but I did make $32.00 in the process. -Which is $32.00 I hadn't planned on making, so... DINNER!
:)
It was also sort of "comforting" to realize that I had indeed read a lot of the books I was pulling off my shelves. There are times when I feel I don't read as much as I should, but after packing my library up (again), I realized I have nothing to be ashamed of in regards to my reading habits.
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Mambo Girl is still on backorder, I guess.
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All that is left is to box up some of my "stray CDs", then wrap my CD towers with that moving-strength plastic wrap. -I love that stuff! I found out the last time I moved that that was the easiest way to do move them. I just wrap the shelves - which supports the back of the units and prevents them from falling out the front - then I just put them on the dolly and into the truck and then into the storage unit. Best of all, it allows me to access the CD without having to move any boxes out of the way.
NEAT
and
O!
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..Oh....
I just walked in and out of the kitchen...
Can you say - "Small Electrics" and "Fine Cookware"?
*Actually, the biggest hassle will be disassembling the baker's rack. -Which I will reassemble in the storage unit in order to use the shelves. So...
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Well, time for me to get back to whatever I'm getting back to...
Actually, I need to take a dinner break, and since "Friends" is on at 7:30...
Laters...
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Well, I was hoping to hear if you liked Mambo Girl or not.
I ordered MADAM WHITE SNAKE, a snakey sort of ghost horror Chinese film from the early 1960s, and some Hong Kong comedies from the 50s.
That HKFlix is not only fast, but they have very reasonable postage rates!!
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DR Jose,
I have forgotten where you are moving to? Are you going to NY now? Or just to another apartment?
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I am going through the oodles of applications materials for Law School students who are applying to be law clerks for the judges in Supreme Court, Court of Appeals and Tax Court...the close date is Friday, and I expect to get 80 to 100 more application packets!
I have to comb through each packet of materials (resumes, cover letters, transcripts, writing samples, letters of recommendations, ect) to make sure all the required things are there before giving copies to the judges to peruse. I am just getting a little bleary eyed from looking at all of this stuff.
Thus, here I am resting my mind whilst looking at HHW.
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I went to hkflix to check on the order only to be told that my e-mail address doesn't seem to be in their database. Well, I've bought two all-region players, and that caseload of HK Musicals, all of which were ordered through that e-mail address (where all confirmations were sent, all of which I have saved). So, as you can imagine, they've just received two rather nasty notes from me - one via the site, and one from the e-mail address I use. We shall see how timely their response is.
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Does anyone else here used an albuterol (or other brand) inhaler?
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Time for to go home now (sort of a JRand channeling Tor Johnson reference)
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Does anyone else here used an albuterol (or other brand) inhaler?
Funny you should ask, DR Ron Pulliam, because just yesterday my doctor put me on Advair, the same inhaler he gave me when I was recovering from pneumonia several years ago. I have been unable to get rid of the cough that came with the cold I had at Eastertime. The Advair seems to help.
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I just tried numerous Disney DVDs on my computer, from THE HAPPIEST MILLIONAIRE to LILO & STITCH, and they came on without a problem.
I have a Mac if that makes any difference.
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Just finished watching a bootleg DVD of LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE FABULOUS STAINS, the lost Lou Adler attempt at a punk-rock musical.
Well, it was one that probably deserved to be lost.
Diane Lane though, shows such charisma at age 16 or however old she was, she makes it watchable.
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I have a Mac if that makes any difference.
DR Rodzinski, as a member of a loyal Mac household and a reluctant (at work) PC user, I think it makes ALL the difference! I knew there was something I liked about you ;)
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I just watched last Sunday's episode of DEADWOOD, which is my favorite tv series these days. The proposal scene between Mr Elsworth and Mrs Garrett was so wonderful! I think Molly Parker is superb.
DR elmore, I just put myself on the request list for the DVDs of Season 1 of Deadwood - I'm #85 for the 15 copies that we have on order here at the library. Now that I've seen all of Sex and the City, I have to start on a new HBO series.
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Evening all!
What a storm we had last night! Lots of lightning and thunder boomers.
Bear (the terror of Seffner) shook the entire time! I have never seen a dog so afraid of a storm.
Good news! We seem to have won the bus battle! Yay!! We got another “proposal” this morning. Nothing is changed! I can’t begin to tell you how much weight that takes off of my mind.
I'm still going to the meeting.
In other exciting news, we had another bomb scare today. The whole building was evacuated for about an hour and half. I heard two different stories, one that a bomb threat was called in and the was that there was an unattended unknown box found on one of the floors near the elevators. It’s not just a job, it’s an adventure.
Thank you for all of the compliments on my new picture. I’m not 100% sure what ginchier means but I thank you, DR Stuart.
Humm, after reading all about the tomatoes from yesterday, I had to wonder if I would ever ketchup! Get it?
I’m also very sorry to say I missed the scoop on the poop—How is Dear Cat Bogie doing now, DR Jane? ;) :D
Happy Belated Birthday Wishes to both DR Jennifer and DR Joey! I’m so sorry I missed your special days.
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Another DEADWOOD fan here. And since I didn't switch over to digital cable, I lost HBO, although I can now watch it in the scrambled form, so I am SORT of seeing DEADWOOD this season.
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A woman has twins and gives them up for adoption.
One of them goes to a family in Egypt and is named "Ahmal."
The other goes to a family in Spain; they name him "Juan."
Years later, Juan sends a picture of himself to his birth mother. Upon receiving the picture, she tells her husband that she wishes she also had a picture of Ahmal.
Her husband responds, "They're twins! If you've seen Juan, you've seen Ahmal."
Her husband responds, "That's OK. My mother has a mustache."
One of my biggest problems is that my IAAAAWWOTD teacher doesn't seem to know what the word "quiz" means. Her idea of a quiz is a ten-part essay exam that you can't possibly finish in the hour and fifteen minutes that we have to take the thing. That wasn't very nice of her, was it? And she was supposed to give us the essay topic for the term paper today so that we would have two weeks to write it. All ten to twelve pages of it. But then today, she told us that she wasn't going to let us have it until Monday. What is that about? I don't much care for this teacher.
End of rant. But I have plenty more if you want to hear them.
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I must have missed the post where dear reader Jennifer acknowledged all her lovely birthday wishes. I only saw the post where she talked about the amazing race.
Never mind - I found it buried amongst yesterday's early posts. Senility is a frightening thing.
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In other news, the cops came and arrested some guy in the school library today and I missed it. I was up on the third floor in this cushy chair frantically reading this book for the quiz that ate Cincinnati and being subjected to the world's least talented rock band giving a concert of some kind outside that was so loud you could hear it all over the library.
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Perhaps the Cyndi Lauper thing was but a ruse, as Broadway.com is suggesting Ms. Lupone is close to a done deal:
http://www.broadway.com/Gen/Buzz_Story.aspx?ci=511073
I would have preferred Ms. Lauper
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*Oh, at last count, 20 boxes of scores and music! I had forgotten just how much classical stuff I have - solo piano, chamber music, vocal music(!!!).
LOL. I thought you wrote that you had 20 boxes of scones. I knew you liked food, Jose, but 20 boxes???
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DR Rodzinski, as a member of a loyal Mac household and a reluctant (at work) PC user, I think it makes ALL the difference! I knew there was something I liked about you ;)
Just, one, something?
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Ben, what are you doing here at 9:00 p.m.?
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I'll repeat my Ask BK/DR question from yesterday:
Does anyone know anything about Eileen Ryan, who appeared in a bunch of late 50s/early 60s tv (Twilight Zone, Perry Mason) and who bears a more than striking resemblance to Meryl Streep? Are they related?
JMK the Internet Movie Database, http://www.imdb.com/, will usually tell you if people are related. If I found the correct actress she is Sean Penn’s mother.
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Oops, looks like I'm pulling a George (figuratively, of course). I remember now I looked her up last year on IMDb the last time I saw her--she's Sean Penn's mom!!
LOL-I should have waited a second.
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DtM thanks, those poop vibes really worked! ;D Now we need the eating ones to do the trick. We are going to try a new medication which will hopefully increase his apitite.
George-LOL. I’m sure glad you re-read my post yesterday.
Jose and DRLaura thank you for the Bogie vibes. I had to take him to the doctor today as he has another bladder infection. Without the vibes we might not have called until tomorrow and missed her since she is going to a convention and won't return until Monday.
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Does anyone else here used an albuterol (or other brand) inhaler?
I have in the past but don’t now. Why? Keith’s mother uses one.
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Danise I thought the Rescue Remedy helped Bear during the storms. Poor guy.
It had been a long time since your last bomb scare, guess you were due. :-\
Let us know how the bus meeting goes and if the situation continues to your advantage.
Jose your packing is moving along at a nice pace. I’m impressed. I didn’t realize much of your stuff has to go into storage. Is this because you are subletting for now? Did you find a place?
Now I’m caught up I think I will leave for the night. I spent too much time sitting today and need to move around.
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Sandra- I must know what IAAAAAAAWF or whatever it is stands for.
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Just finished Wheeler & Woolsey's KENTUCKY KERNELS featuring little Spanky. And I do mean little. So cute! This may be W&W's most seamless comedy. Spanky seems to have mellowed Woolsey a bit in particular. And the female lead is just stunning, kind of like a blonde Ashley Judd. Lots of funny gags, Spanky's weird obsession with breaking glass, one good musical number, good support from Noah Beery.
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Good evening!
I'm still on my sort-of break... I decided to eat dinner - some quite dee-lish Chinese delivery - then wait and watch through tonight's "American Idol" decision show. While watching, I taped together a few more boxes, and I put away a few more stray CDs. *I had forgotten about the six(!) other piles sitting on the shelves at the foot of my bed. I made a point of sorting out the OCRs and the like just in case I might need to access them sometime in the next two months... -Hey, it was something to do.
;)
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Sandra- I must know what IAAAAAAAWF or whatever it is stands for.
Can you believe that Dear Reader Rodzinski is the first person to ask me that all semester? Give the man a Cherry Coke!
IAAAAWWOTD stands for "Introduction to African And African American Women Writers Of The Diaspora," and if you want to know what that means, you'll have to ask somebody else. I'm still trying to figure out what rhetoric really is.
My dad calls IAAAAWWOTD my alphabet soup class.
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As for my "move"...
Right now, everything is going into storage here in Richmond.
I'll be here next week playing Mamma Mia!, and staying at Steve's. During the day next week, I hope to go through my various "shoeboxes" of stuff so that I can whittle down all that stuff. -My paper shredder will be getting quite the workout I do believe.
Then it's up to Fairfax where I will be staying with my parents like I usually do when I have a gig up in DC. I start Mamma Mia! up there on the 17th, and that should take me through July 2. Then it's up to NYC.
I'm hoping to make good use of my daytime hours while I'm up in DC. I plan to bring a box or two of "stuff" up from Richmond each week. Sort. Purge. Give away. I'm even toying with taking on a couple of hours at my old music store. Any extra funds for my upcoming move can only help.
I have a few more leads on another place in NYC, and in the same neighborhood I was looking at before. I also found out that the "old" place may actually be repaired and ready by July, so...
We shall see...
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DR TCB - Hmmm.... I like scones, but not that much. However, I have yet to pack my chocolate, so.... -I WISH!
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As for tonight's "American Idol".....
WHAT!?!?!?!?!
WOW?!?!?!??!
WHAT?!?!?!?!?
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I'm also happy to announce that I was able to update my roomie's computer without a hitch. Yes, there's still some pesky adware pop-up, but it seems that part of the program - the one that causes all the issues - has been eradicated.
HOO and RAY!
{{{Fingers Crossed}}}
-But, then again, it's not my computer anyway, so...
;)
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Can you believe that Dear Reader Rodzinski is the first person to ask me that all semester? Give the man a Cherry Coke!
IAAAAWWOTD stands for "Introduction to African And African American Women Writers Of The Diaspora," and if you want to know what that means, you'll have to ask somebody else. I'm still trying to figure out what rhetoric really is.
My dad calls IAAAAWWOTD my alphabet soup class.
I wondered for awhile and figured everyone knew but me. It was those four "A"s in a row, I just could not conceive what that could stand for!
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DR Rodzinski - Any news on the new job front? -Sorry if I may have missed something previously.
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DR Jane - All Vibes aside... Bogie is blessed to have such a loving and caring parent.
:)
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OK.... That's enough for now....
Laters...
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My favourite years: probably 1970, a great year for performing and where The Lovely Wife and I became hot and heavy. 1982...when I went to London to film my Sherlock Holmes; 1987...when TLW and I got married married and my play, THE EBONY APE had its world premiere.
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No news, unfortunately. Had a couple additional opportunities last week, but nothing I'm too excited about. Never heard from one where I felt the interview went quite well. I'm still employed of course, but it is taking all my strength not to just walk away, so shady has the new operation become. Thanks for asking though!
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My favorite year might by 1976, the Bicentennial. There was a real feeling of celebration in the air.
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Mr. Cal Bolder is in tonights episode of MAN FROM UNCLE....Dorothy Provine is also co-starring...she is hilarious!
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Glad to hear you enjoyed KENTUCKY KERNELS DR Rodzinski! It was my first W and W movie...and I just presumed they would all be that good! Of course it could be that the other couple of ones I saw just weren't there best.
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I must now eat and watch Cal.
I hope his family get a residual check!
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I think UNCLE residuals except for the OWNERS of the material have now lapsed.
AMERICAN IDOL results show....which I watched. Hmmmmmm.....glad he's gone. I only watch the results shows, but that contestant was super scary looking!
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Jackie Wayne who is now Jack Salvatore on radio in LA was once a child actor who appeared in DAMN YANKEES as "a Kid" and in the first tour of BYE BYE BIRDIE and played Manuel in COUNTERPLOT with Mr Forrest Tucker and Miss Allison Hayes, is answering some questions I emailed him about his performing experiences. I can hardly wait.
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DR CP - I don't why I thought HERCULES was on May 6.....hmmmmm.....but it is not. The airdate is May 16!!! On NBC.
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SWW and derBRUCER congrats on your new TV set! Wow! Watch something FUN!!
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Lapsed?! Is there a time limit for residuals? That doesn't seem fair.
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I just watched last Sunday's episode of DEADWOOD, which is my favorite tv series these days. The proposal scene between Mr Elsworth and Mrs Garrett was so wonderful! I think Molly Parker is superb.
I agree with you totally, DR Elmore. That was a beautiful and touching scene, handled expertly by both actors.
And the marvelous actor playing Mr. W (and who was Jack McCall during the first season) is superbly acting one of the most enigmatic personas on the show. I can't begin to imagine what thoughts and feelings revolve around in that fevered brain of his.
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I was devastated by the IDOL results show tonight. Of the six remaining singers, I felt he was the only one versatile enough to sing different genres and do it with a great degree of showmanship. At this point, I still like a couple of the remaining singers (Bo and Anthony), but my heart was a little broken by tonight's ouotcome.
This is why I have stopped watching all reality shows except IDOL. I get deep=seated rooting interests for these "real people" and am always so letdown when my favorites don't make it.
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All by myself!
I can run around naked at HHW and no one would be the wiser!
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I heard there was a naked man here, so................
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My favorite year might by 1976, the Bicentennial. There was a real feeling of celebration in the air.
Unless you were in Philly, where reactionary Mayor Frank Rizzo wanted to call for the National Guard to patrol the streets to prevent race riots. As a results, hardly anyone showed up for the city's Fourth of July celebration.
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I was devastated by the IDOL results show tonight. Of the six remaining singers, I felt he was the only one versatile enough to sing different genres and do it with a great degree of showmanship. At this point, I still like a couple of the remaining singers (Bo and Anthony), but my heart was a little broken by tonight's ouotcome.
This is why I have stopped watching all reality shows except IDOL. I get deep=seated rooting interests for these "real people" and am always so letdown when my favorites don't make it.
I, too, was stunned by the results of American Idol. It is hard to understand a contest that keeps Scott in the Top Three and let's Constantine end up going home. I agree, Matt, that Constantine really did seem able to move from one genre to another without missing a beat. Both Carrie and Bo stumble every time they are forced to move from their comfort zones. Sad........ very sad.
Jrand, did you really think Constantine was scary looking? I thought the man was pure sex.
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Humm Humm Humm Humm Hummmm.
Nope, no one naked here!
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Is this a slow news day here at haineshisway.com? I must say, these evenings here are becoming quite dreary.
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Jim Beaver, the guy who plays Ellsworth, I used to know back in Dallas. We had the same agent and used to sit in her office and talk movies all the time. Jim is a big film buff and has written at least one book on film...had written it at the time, I believe...The Films of John Garfield. Hell of a nice guy. I think the last time I saw him must have been a dozen or more years ago at a gas station.
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Well yes I did, TCB. And I just watched the results shows last week and this week - but I thought Constantine was freaky looking - or maybe phony looking. IMO - I don't think American Idol has ANYTHING to do with singing - you cannot create a STAR with a contest. But I am sure someone will tell me I am wrong - with examples.
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DR MBARNUM - although residuals may have been re-negotiated since 1965, I think participants were paid on a sliding scale for the first six re-runs only.
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Okay technology buffs....please go to this link and tell me what is going on in the picture?
I can see two tape recorders - and it doesn't seem to be a "recording studio" - BUT what is that panel on the right side of the photo? ???
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=60315&item=7509972381&rd=1 (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=60315&item=7509972381&rd=1)
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DR CP I didn't realize that June was in Albert Zugsmith's THE PRIVATE LIVES OF ADAM AND EVE....now I want to see it more than EVER!!
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Good Evening!
I started wrapping up my packing and sorting around 10:30. I was just getting too tired and a little overwhelmed. But I did get a lot done. All that's left is the kitchen - and I still have most of the boxes my appliances came in! - the chest of drawers (all going into laundry baskets), and the various knick-knacks I have about the apartment.
I shall be bringing the contents of my pantry to one of the local church's food pantrys, and I have two bags of plays and books to give to my alma mater's theatre library. -Yes, I still have issues with the faculty, but I still like the students. So... Once I'm up tomorrow, I shall take care of those drop-offs, and then I shall return here and finish packing.
Friday will be the big "physical" day - and I'm a bit scared to see how crazy the U-Haul place will be since it's the end of the month. Then clean Friday night, and then...
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OK - I really must get some sleep now.
Thanks for all the Packing Vibes. They seemed to have done their work.
Goodnight.
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Jim Beaver used to post on a past films Usenet ng I frequented. Very nice and knowledgable fellow.
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Jrand, could be some kind of radio station set up.
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And now - Dino at the piano.
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And now - the steaming shower, which I am craving.
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After which I shall return a steamed BK.
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Radio.....never thought of that. Maybe she's taping an interview.
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Steamed BK has returned to once again see that Ann has once again caught up and left without posting. I'm afraid it's going to be Boot Hill for dear reader Ann.
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In mere moments the contents and title of the new Guy Haines album will be revealed.
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In mere moments new notes.