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Well, you've read the notes, you know that I must vacate the premises before she of the Evil Eye casts her gaze upon me, and you know that it is now time for you to post until the cows come home - their almost ready to go.
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And the word of the day is: FLABBY!
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Well...some of us can have the new Guy Haines album in their CD player...well...one of us can...
Some of us just have to settle for the old Guy Haines album.
Other CDs I'm listening to:Leslie "Hutch" Hutchinson: Singing for You.
But mostly, I'm reading...a ton of books for my perusal for adapting or pitching.
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Sweeps week my ASS! Enough, I say. Does no one get tired of the endless cliffhangers and hype? Does no one need respite from the bombardment of this junk? You know, pardon me for having to mention it, but it's sweeps week HERE at haineshisway.com.
"Don't miss the season finale of haineshisway.com. In the last five posts, the world will change for one of the posters. Will one of the errant and truant return? Will Danise have to run? Will Jane have to go? Will Pogue plotz? Will Jrand's obsession with Alison Hayes completely overtake him? Will MattH give away an important plot point without putting a spoiler alert? Will vixmom be in hell? Will Jose change his avatar? You won't want to miss the season finale of haineshisway.com."
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FLABBY, baby, FLABBY. That's what I'M talkin' about.
I'm doing the LIMBO, baby. That's what I'M talkin' about.
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Guess who I just got an e-mail from?
JESSICA SKERRITT!
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Well, it's about time! One shouldn't be surprised. It IS sweeps week after all.
What sayest the lass who could be queen?
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JR will be choreographing Pippin later this summer and I will be listening to it today. I also have Promises, Promises, A Little Night Music, The Rothschilds, Romance, Romance, and 1776. All Original Broadway Cast recordings, btw.
Nothing on the VCR/DVD horizon. I will be seeing Anthony's show tonight with two friends from work. I will be dining with a certain Hollywood celebrity on Saturday evening at Joe Allen's and then on Sunday afternoon I go back to the Upper East Side of New York for the final viewing (for me, it's not closing night) of Anthony's show along with 12 other Morelli family members.
Quiet morning here at HHW.
Oh, by the way, according to the Calendar, it is Eliza Doolittle Day!
http://www.inforesearchlab.com/giftideasmonth.chtml
Tomorrow is National Waitresses/Waiters Day and Sunday is Buy a Musical Instrument Day.
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It's even slower than I thought. I'm the only post in an hour.
But, Dan the Man is here to save the day :-)
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Oy--such pressure!
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In honor of Eliza Dolittle Day, my office building is having a Book Fair. (Actually, it's one of those book fairs that travel from building to building peddling books and stuff you wouldn't normally even think of buying. But people do, simply because it's a Book Fair! in their building.)
I plan on celebrating the day by doffin' off a pint of gin. It's like mother's milk to me.
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I'd rather not think about today's word of the day.
Ah New York, how wonderful. And best of all-- how wonderful to see all our New York family.
I've been listiening to "Musical of Musicals" again. I had lent it to a friend and just got it back. Very clever. I hope I get to see the show sometime.
A compilation CD is on the car. Lately I seem to be hearing "Who Am I?" the Overture from "Gypsy," and other bits and pieces.
Stay tuned for a very special "Haines His Way." Please spare me from any "special" episodes!!!!!
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The new release of Japanese Animee Ghost in the Shell. I previewed it in 6.1 DTS. Amazing Sound mix!!!! This is the first DVD I bought that was mixed this way. All I can say is wow!!
Also up for the weekend is Mr. Kevin Spirtas in an indie called Green Plaid Shirt where I understand he is in his all together.
CD: 110 in the Shade (complete recording)
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What does one do on Eliza Doolittle Day--- and why?
I checked out the list of holidays from Ben. Who comes up with this stuff? "Candied Orange Peel Day"?!?!?!?!?!
I might find a way of celebrating "Bless the Fleet Day," but "Have a Leg of Lamb Day" will have to just do without.
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What does one do on Eliza Doolittle Day--- and why?
I checked out the list of holidays from Ben. Who comes up with this stuff? "Candied Orange Peel Day"?!?!?!?!?!
I might find a way of celebrating "Bless the Fleet Day," but "Have a Leg of Lamb Day" will have to just do without.
Aren't we suppose to celebrate the glory of her? Let's all raise a glass!
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The Shocking Season Finale of Media Check!
Secrets will be revealed!
Lovers will be reunited!
And someone...
Won't
Be
BACK!!!
iPod: Forbidden Broadway: Special Victims Unit This was the first FB that I've ever been totally disappointed in. Much of the humor is flat and a lot of it actually recycles or piggybacks humor from the very shows they are parodying (such as Avenue Q and Wicked.)
DVD Player: Dastardley and Mutley and Penelope Pitstop sets.
Blonde: Hack! Look out! He's got a gun!!!
BLAMMM!!!
Fade to credits...
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Kerry said:
"What does one do on Eliza Doolittle Day--- and why?"
I say we all talk in bad cockney accents (a la Dick Van Dyke in Mary Poppins) although talking in a cockney accent is as difficult to present in print as is the ever elusive "tone"
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Kerry said:
"What does one do on Eliza Doolittle Day--- and why?"
I say we all talk in bad cockney accents (a la Dick Van Dyke in Mary Poppins) although talking in a cockney accent is as difficult to present in print as is the ever elusive "tone"
One can also go around emitting "Ah-ah-aw-aw-oo-ow!" all day long.
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And one could also partake of lots of chocolate, but that wouldn't be out of the ordinary for most of us.
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Garn!
Still sorting through the remains of the re-organizing to be done following the massive basement renovations, so, there have been a few un-labeled videotapes hitting the vcr (they are now labeled). I found a great Evening at Pops featuring The World's Sexiest Man, Davis Gaines, Chris Gronendal AND Jason Graae! Not to mention the delicious Judy Kaye, Kim Criswell and Rebecca Luker! Also another Evening at Pops featuring Barbara Cook!
DVD-wise, still sifting through those CONTROVERSIAL films from Warner, A FACE IN THE CROWD is up next.
Last night, in the WalMart "2 for $11" bin, I picked up the Catherine Zeta-Jones TITANIC and SNOW WHITE AND THE THREE STOOGES.
Listening to SPAMALOT, FB:SVU and DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS.
In the car, I've been listening to Kristen C's Christian based cd and the LATTER DAYS soundtrack whilst driving.
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Good morning, all! Yesterday was a better day; today's rather groos so I'll go into no details.
I prefer to celebrate Eliza Doolittle Day with a listen to the original Broadway cast album and the complete TER recording for all the dances and some of Trude Rittmann's wonderful underscoring.
Right now, I'm listening to Keith Brion's Naxos recording of dances and music from BABES IN TOYLAND, but I plan on listening to some fabulous CDs that DRFrancois was kind enough to send me from France, Europe.
I've begun reading a wonderful book, sent by Nurse Jane for my recuperative ruminations, HAMLET'S DRESSER.
I have nothing in my DVD player at the moment; yesterday, I watched SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS: THE MOVIE and laughed quite a lot. I also watched part of a Hallmark FRANKENSTEIN with Alec Newman and Julie Delpy, which neither made me laugh nor scream so I sent it back to Netflix in disgrace.
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Well, the world's slowest reader (me) has news to report.
I have finally completed the KRITZER trilogy!
I will miss those characters, the rhythm of that boy's life and the unique perspective he had on his world.
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Friday Media Check:
CD - SPAMALOT (OBC)
DVD - ANGEL, Season 2, disc 4
ROOM SERVICE (Marx Bros.)
DVR - Sunday's DEADWOOD
Wednesday's ALIAS
Thursday's CSI
THE MAIDS (Glenda Jackson, one of the few AFT movies I've never seen)
VCR - last night's WILL & GRACE hour.
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I feel especially honored to be a part of the haineshisway.com season finale. Thank you to all those who made it possible.
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I have two nights off from rehearsals, but on SUnday we will run the show twice with a dinner break in between. Because Memorial Day is falling on our tech weekend, we're having to cram as many rehearsals in now before several cast and crew take off on holiday.
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And one could also partake of lots of chocolate, but that wouldn't be out of the ordinary for most of us.
Certainly not for me! I guess it's my only vice, but I sure wish I could curb the habit a bit!
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BK, I am glad Jessica contacted you!!
Media Check:
CD: GINNY SIMMS AND THE KAY KAYSER ORCHESTRA: SIMPLE AND SWELL
DVD: FIVE MINUTES TO LOVE. A lurid cheapie from the early 1960s starring Rue McClananah!!!
VHS: APACHE WARRIOR (1957) starring Keith Larsen and Jim Davis.
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I'm sad I missed the Bea Wain special yesterday :(
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And one could also partake of lots of chocolate, but that wouldn't be out of the ordinary for most of us.
Hmm could that be the reason why I'm getting (okay who am I fooling- AM ) flabby?
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I've begun reading a wonderful book, sent by Nurse Jane for my recuperative ruminations, HAMLET'S DRESSER.
To be followed, no doubt, by its sequel: HAMLET'S CREDENZA.
Happy Eliza Doolittle Day to one and all.
Listening to AOLRadio right now (currently the original cast singing "Buenos Aires" from EVITA.
VCR #1: Still has a tape stuck in it.
VCR #2: What is now a compilation of a couple of LOSTs, a DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES that the Dear Partner wasn't home to watch, and I am not sure what else.
DVD: NOthing now, but friends lent us the boxed QUEER AS FOLK, which we will try to get to this weekend. (We don't have HBO, or Showtime, or whichever premium cable channel it's on.)
DR Joey, that scrolling birthday wish for Francois was quite impressive. Did you program that yourself?
Continued vibes of various types to those who need them.
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A gentle nudge is all it takes to get us to Page Two.
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BK, congratulations on the e-mail from Jessica Skerritt! What does she say??
In my CD player: a copy of the promo CD to Dirty Rotten Scoundrels through very kind courtesy of DR Ben!
Oh, by the way, according to the Calendar, it is Eliza Doolittle Day!
http://www.inforesearchlab.com/giftideasmonth.chtml
In honor of Eliza Dolittle Day, I'm going to listen to the original Israeli cast recording of My Fair Lady...sung in Hebrew! It's quite good. After that (and keeping with the foreign language cast recordings) will be the German cast recording of La Cage aux Folles, sung in German (I just saw a local production on Wednesday and loved it). Then, Sweeney Todd in Catalan! (with a woman playing Toby! ::))
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In my VCR: nothing
In my DVD player: "9 Dead Gay Guys" from Netflix. It's quite funny.
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And a Page Two Dance:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v130/WandaDuck/trio.jpg)
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Okay shoot me, but I love tv cliffhangers.
And yeah Kendra! (but what CHEESY JOB CHOICES).
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Well, the world's slowest reader (me) has news to report.
I have finally completed the KRITZER trilogy!
I will miss those characters, the rhythm of that boy's life and the unique perspective he had on his world.
Now that you are done reading, I'd like to know whether you related to the physical freedom that Benjamin had. Growing up twenty odd years later , do you feel you had a more "restricted" childhood?
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Fox announced their fall lineup. Only show i watch is The OC.
http://www.tvrules.net/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=8161
UPN also announced theirs and cancelled Kevin Hill. :(
(that was one of the saddest season finales ever).
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Okay shoot me, but I love tv cliffhangers.
There have been some that I liked.
J.R. being shot on Dallas -- the king of cliffhangers!
I was also intrigued by the Bobby in the shower season ender.
Abbe Lane's shooting spree on Falcon Crest.
Jill forcing Val to commit suicide at gunpoint on Knot's Landing.
Sam and Diane kissing for the first time on Cheers (not so much a cliffhanger but it did set up the situation for the following season.)
Who shot Mr. Burns on The Simpsons.
Who is Cartman's father on South Park.
There are probably some others I'm not thinking of.
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Season end cliffhangers do not bother me, but it is interesting how just about every show does it now...and I guess it has been going on a lot longer then I thought! LOL!
And if it does encourage viewers to remember to tune in when the new season begins who can blame the networks for going that route.
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Apparently the world view that the US is the evil empire contunues
MOSCOW - A Russian village was left baffled on Thursday after its lake disappeared overnight.
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NTV television showed pictures of a giant muddy hole bathed in summer sun, while fishermen from the village of Bolotnikovo looked on disconsolately.
“It is very dangerous. If a person had been in this disaster, he would have had almost no chance of survival. The trees flew downwards, under the ground,” said Dmitry Zaitsev, a local Emergencies Ministry official interviewed by the channel.
Officials in Nizhegorodskaya region, on the Volga river east of Moscow, said water in the lake might have been sucked down into an underground water-course or cave system, but some villagers had more sinister explanations.
“I am thinking, well, America has finally got to us,” said one old woman, as she sat on the ground outside her house.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7921587/
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Another great cliffhanger: on Star Trek: TNG, in which Picard has been assimilated into the Borg. That one was a chiller!
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And this looks like an interesting court battle.
Wrong beer costs man his job
Bud distributor worker fired for drinking CoorsThe Associated Press
Updated: 12:00 a.m. ET May 18, 2005DENVER - Ross Hopkins still likes to drink Bud, even though he says a brief tryst with a Coors beer cost him his job at a Budweiser distributor.
Hopkins, 41, is suing American Eagle Distributing Co., saying the company wrongly fired him for drinking Coors in a bar two years ago.
“They flat-out told me ’We’re putting food on your table so you could put it on theirs?”’ he said Tuesday. “I thought I could drink it, no problem.”
Hopkins’ lawsuit, filed in a Greeley court, seeks unspecified damages for lost wages and benefits. No trial date has been set.
Jeff Bedingfield, an attorney for the distributor, declined to comment, saying: “American Eagle prefers not to try this case in the media.”
Colorado law says workers cannot be fired for a legal activity while off duty and away from work. There are exceptions, such as when a worker’s actions relate to an occupational requirement or create a conflict of interest.
In a court filing, American Eagle said Hopkins’ termination “was necessary to avoid a conflict of interest with his responsibilities to American Eagle and/or the appearance of such a conflict of interest.”
Hopkins, who was a warehouse supervisor for the distributor, said he was not wearing a uniform or representing American Eagle when he was at the bar in May 2003 with some co-workers. He said he had ordered a Budweiser but a waitress brought Coors. He decided to drink it because he didn’t want to wait.
The son-in-law of the distributor’s majority shareholder also was at the bar, and offered twice to buy him a Budweiser, but Hopkins turned it down both times.
He was fired the following Monday.
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They had a cliffhanger on ER last night that I must admit put my heart in my throat
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Now that you are done reading, I'd like to know whether you related to the physical freedom that Benjamin had. Growing up twenty odd years later , do you feel you had a more "restricted" childhood?
Interesting question. I was relatively unrestricted compared to kids these days, I mean, my sister in Ohio now worries about her kids walking to the gradeschool that is two blocks away. To say the least, I lived in a more small-town atmosphere than LA. Growing up, I walked to school unsupervised; after school, me and a pal would ride bikes all over town having adventures. I don't think I would have been allowed to go to a movie by myself as young as Benjamin was. I would not have been able to take a bus into Chicago, say, from where I lived. But there was definitely a lot of time where I was out playing and my parents were comfortable having no idea where I was.
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Well....everyone knows how the HHW cliffhanger involving me will turn out!
Another trip to NYC - sounds like it will be a busy and productive one for BK & CO.
Media check:
VCR: Dark Shadows Volume 26
CD: GYPSY Original Soundtrack
DVD: 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA
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The allergies are getting the best of me...whew....taking some powerful meds which make me fall asleep....
Last night on TCM it was Mexican Cinema night....Osborne still looks like he's reporting from Iran. But I watched AVENTURRA....it was a pretty good melodrama. And the leading lady looked just like Senor Wences. I kept expecting her to say... "S'all right...."
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The seductive brunette slinked towards me from across the room, her sheer chiffon nightgown parting in a way that television censors wouldn't have allowed twenty-five years ago. "Darling," she whispered into my ear, "Of course we have J. R. Ewing getting shot to blame for cliffhangers on television. Everyone was talking about it, and the first episode of Dallas the next season got boffo ratings. Producers all want a piece of that action." Her hands, out of camera range, reminded me of how her career had begun with a guest shot on Different Strokes.
"But, Sweetheart, that doesn't mean that every show has to have a cliffhanger," I mumbled as my cufflinks fell to the floor. "Shows with continuing story lines, sure, it makes sense. It's like how daytime soaps had almost nothing happen during the week, and then on Friday something big was bound to happen. But if they start putting cliffhangers on shows like, say, Two and a Half Men, then I think they've gone too far."
She gently pushed me backwards, and I fell onto the bed. Like a tigeress, she had me pinned. "There's an easy way to know part of what's going to happen next, Pookiekins," she purred. "All you have to do is find out whose contracts have been signed for the next season. They're not going to knock off a character played by someone with a good contract, now are they? Speaking of which, I've heard your contract is running out."
She had me there. Wait, how did she get a gun in her hand?
*Click*
Freezeframe. Superimpose title: To Be Continued...
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I'm up, I'm up. Of course, dealing with last minute contract problems re the show we're recording on Tuesday. This has happened on every single cast album we've ever done, this last minute crap, and I really thought we'd avoided it this time - I should have known better. It could scuttle the recording, but I don't think it will. I must get ready to leave now, but shall return in a short while.
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Good Morning! Good Afternoon!
Well, the internet connection here at the house did indeed go down again last night. It was sort of weird. I guess they were doing system maintenance or something like that. Since we're on a cable modem here, when the cable goes down, the internet goes down. However, last night all the TVs in the house were still getting reception, but none of the computers in the house were connecting to the internet. In any case, I was have a serious case of the "drowsies" as it was, and I ended up heading to bed around 1:45 - which is sort of early for me.
In any case...
Things seem to be working fine this morning. However, I just wish the rain would stop. It's been going on all night and all morning, and quite heavy at times. The sound of the rain hitting the bedroom windows was my alarm clock this morning. Oh! And the rain also had a "snooze" feature too!
;)
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Good Recording Contract Vibes, BK!
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I just have to say this whole "Cassie leaving the hospital after being in a serious accident and going through major surgery, and then having the Genoa city police department looking for her" has been making me laugh out loud (LOL, in internet speak) all week.
:)
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Friday Media Check...
Is it really Friday? I mean, is it really only Friday today? *With the extra rehearsals this week, a bunch of us thought last night was Friday - or at least hoping it was. Er... In any case...
Lots of stuff on stand-by, but nothing actually off the stand. Again.
But there is a certain Bollywood movie that a certain DR sent me last August, so...
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Media Check:
DVD Player: Team America, World Police. Wonderfully un-PC.
Car CD Player: A Year With Frog and Toad. The grandlads loved it!
Home CD Player: The Frogs and The Frogs. Interesting comparing the two recordings.
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I always liked the sort of reverse cliff-hangers that "Friends" would end up having. Will Chandler (Matthew Perry) come back thin or pudgy? (Which, unfortunately, was usually related according to his substance abuse during the hiatus.) Will Monica (Courteney Cox-Arquette) come back even thinner and tan-ner? What new hair-do will Rachel (Jennifer Aniston) be donning? (-and that thousands of girls will be asking their stylists to duplicate the next day.) How much more product will Ross (David Schwimmer) have in his hair? Will Phoebe look she just had a baby? Will Joey (Matt LeBlanc) - could Joey come back looking different at all?
Of course, in TV time, these "transformations" took place in the span of a minute or two - or even the very next moment. The first episode after Monica-Chandler proposal "cliffhanger" was particulary funny. At least to me.
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Friday media report:
CD (car) - Cast recording of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, inspired by last night's discussion with my book group of The Red Tent. Sir ALW's version of Jacob's family is certainly much more whimsical than Anita Diament's!
DVD - DH Richard has some Netflix envelopes, but I have no idea what's in them. I'd put money on the likelihood that there's a clever British sleuth in at least one of them.
VCR - Maybe I'll finally have time this weekend to watch A Damsel in Distress and Honolulu, which are both due back here at the library on Monday.
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*And my favorite rolling of the credits on "Friends" has to be one where they hyphenated everone's name with "-Arquette".
;D
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I highly recommend Aventurera for all those who like VALLEY OF THE DOLLS, IMITATION OF LIFE, and other like movies.
It is available on a DVD with English subtitles. Yes, this film comes with the JRAND SEAL OF MELODRAMATIC APPROVAL with special kudos for musical numbers with pineapple hats and banana skirts, double dealing by madams with secret identities, knife-wielding cripples, bump & grind dancing while wearing a dress with knee-length peplum at a High Society soiree, and general sliding down into the depths of despair in high, high heels. ;D
The star of Aventurere....Senor Wences....err I mean Ninon Sevilla.
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Interesting history...
On this day seventy-eight years ago, on May 20th, 1927, Charles Lindbergh began his historic solo flight across the Atlantic.
Coincidentally, ninety-seven years ago on this day, in 1908, actor James Stewart was born. Stewart would later portray Lindbergh in a film reenactment of that flight, The Spirit of St. Louis.
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I would like to see Miss Meryl Streep do a musical number and then play a serious scene in this hat, as does Senorita Wences! ::)
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BUY THIS MOVIE - but be sure to get the DVD with subtitles, the less expensive ones do not have them.
Here Senorita Wences (aka Elenita in the movie) gets a subtle reminder of the rules of the whorehouse-cabaret where she works...temporarily of course on her way to marrying a millionaire lawyer, after she drives the getaway car in a jewelry store robbery. 8)
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Hmmm....
Barry & Fran Weissler
Mark Burnett
and
Donald Trump
Nothing good could come from this...
Trump's The Apprentice Aspires to Broadway as a New Musical (http://www.playbill.com/news/article/93069.html)
Although, I guess they could just expand the whole franchise... The production staff (lighting, costume, setc, etc.) could get their own series. The crew their own series. And, of course, the actors too! I can see it now... "The Apprentice" will become the next "Law & Order" franchise. How many nights of "The Apprentice" would you like to see during the week?
;)
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I'm up, I'm up. Of course, dealing with last minute contract problems re the show we're recording on Tuesday. This has happened on every single cast album we've ever done, this last minute crap, and I really thought we'd avoided it this time - I should have known better. It could scuttle the recording, but I don't think it will. I must get ready to leave now, but shall return in a short while.
Is DS acting up again?
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BUY THIS MOVIE - but be sure to get the DVD with subtitles, the less expensive ones do not have them.
Here Senorita Wences (aka Elenita in the movie) gets a subtle reminder of the rules of the whorehouse-cabaret where she works...temporarily of course on her way to marrying a millionaire lawyer, after she drives the getaway car in a jewelry store robbery. 8)
I thought it was a picture of Senorita Wences demonstrating a new way to polish stairways.
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Well, man??!! What did Jessica Skerritt say?
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LOL SWW - you should see how she peels her bananas!
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Oooh...
And to sort of echo the trials and tribulations that Little Women went through, there would have to be a separate series for the composers and lyricists.
They could pit established teams against composers and lyricists thrown together at the last minutes.
Just imagine the CLIFFHANGERS!!!
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Friday Media Check...
But there is a certain Bollywood movie that a certain DR sent me last August, so...
NINE MONTHS AGO????????
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...Nothing good could come from this...
Trump's The Apprentice Aspires to Broadway as a New Musical (http://www.playbill.com/news/article/93069.html)
Featuring the Hit Single, "Bad Hair Day!"
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NINE MONTHS AGO????????
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Well...
???
Umm...
::)
Er....
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Featuring the Hit Single, "Bad Hair Day!"
OH! And, of course, that amazing opening number, "God, I Hope I Get It He Picks Me!"
;D
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OH! And, of course, that amazing opening number, "God, I Hope I Get It He Picks Me!"
;D
And "Comb Over-a my House"!
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And then George and Carolyn feel good rendition of, "He's Nothing Without Us".
Next?
;)
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And they can shoehorn in a Beggar Woman character who sings "City of Fired".
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And in the Ultimate Reality Broadway Show twist, Barry & Fran Weissler will actually fire one of the actors after the curtain call at each and every performance!
Equity! Calling Equity!
And to further keep everyone guessing, the Weisslers also may pull the ultimate "Trump" card, and fire a stage manager, conductor, pit musician, stagehand, merchandiser, lobby bar attendant, etc.
Just imagine the lines at the unemployment office!
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And, of course, there's "Donald's Turn":
I had a dream!
I dreamed it for you, Don!
It wasn't for me, Eric!
And if it wasn't for me
Then where are you gonna
Wind up at, Ivanka?
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And, of course, there's "Donald's Turn":
I had a dream!
I dreamed it for you, Don!
It wasn't for me, Eric!
And if it wasn't for me
Then where are you gonna
Wind up at, Ivanka?
Hmmm....
Someone better make sure to document these posts... Who knows who might be lurking?
;)
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...And why do I have a feeling that the Donald's new wife will suddenly be discovered as a major songwriting talent and costume and set designer.
-Just imagine the list of "Assistant ___" in the Playbill.
;)
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You're all f#$^ing FIRED!!!!!
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It is raining here in Rehoboth.
I hope that BK packs some kind of umbrella, because it looks like it will be wet in NYC for at least a week, as well.
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Interesting history...
On this day seventy-eight years ago, on May 20th, 1927, Charles Lindbergh began his historic solo flight across the Atlantic.
Coincidentally, ninety-seven years ago on this day, in 1908, actor James Stewart was born. Stewart would later portray Lindbergh in a film reenactment of that flight, The Spirit of St. Louis.
Mr. Lindbergh left on his historic flight from an airfield in nearby Garden City , Long Island -- named for President Theodore Roosevelt's son, the flyer Quentin Roosevelt who trained there not long before his death in World War I .
To commerate this historic journey we Long Islanders have proudly built a shopping mall on the site.
(We did however place a very nice bronze plaque, albeit well hidden, in an out of the way corrider, mentioning the fact that some guy at some previous date took a plane to somewhere from roughly this location) I don't believe there is any mention of Quentin Roosevelt.
Boy , do we know how to respect and share our historical heritage or what?!
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For the love of gawd, I can't stop!
You can build a casino,
Buy up all of Reno,
Sell your hotels on your land.
But you gotta get a slogan
If you wanna get a hand.
You can [Point.]
You can [Point.]
You can {Point. Point. Point.]
That's how some brains are wired.
Me, I [Point.]
And I [Point.]
And I [Point. Point. Point.]
But I do it with "You're fired!"tm
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For the love of gawd, I can't stop!
You can build a casino,
Buy up all of Reno,
Sell your hotels on your land.
But you gotta get a slogan
If you wanna get a hand.
You can [Point.]
You can [Point.]
You can {Point. Point. Point.]
That's how some brains are wired.
Me, I [Point.]
And I [Point.]
And I [Point. Point. Point.]
But I do it with "You're fired!"tm
Tres clever, my good man.
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You just KNOW the Weisslers are writing all of this down.
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I haven't watched Y & R for years and years, but after reading today's notes, I turned it on.
Is that Eileen Davidson?!!!
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OMG - here is another Ninon Sevilla lobby card....the title of this movie translates to: WOMEN OF FIRE!! :o
(http://i18.ebayimg.com/03/i/04/1e/c3/25_1_b.JPG)
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OMG - here is another Ninon Sevilla lobby card....the title of this movie translates to: WOMEN OF FIRE!! :o
(http://i18.ebayimg.com/03/i/04/1e/c3/25_1_b.JPG)
¡El coger muy colorido y ojo!
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OMG - here is another Ninon Sevilla lobby card....the title of this movie translates to: WOMEN OF FIRE!! :o
(http://i18.ebayimg.com/03/i/04/1e/c3/25_1_b.JPG)
That me, a woman of fire!!
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Es la verdad!
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What does one do on Liza Dolittle Day?
Well, I don't think one should find a professor and cut his head off. That would be taking things too far.
Especially since I am grading final exams today.
Firing squads are also out.
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What does one do on Liza Dolittle Day?
Well, I don't think one should find a professor and cut his head off. That would be taking things too far.
Especially since I am grading final exams today.
Firing squads are also out.
may one throw a slipper at his head?
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or fall in love with him?
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Eliza DoLittle Dance
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It's okay if you swallow one of his marbles, he has several more.
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Teacher, teacher
I declare
I see Hussein's
Underwear!
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As I was watching that movie last night, I kept thinking what a great musical it would make. I think someone beat me to the idea.
Aventurera The Musical is at the Universal Amphitheater on May 28. I can't find anything about the show on the net. Does anyone know if this musical is based on Ninone Sevilla's famous film. HELP.
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may one throw a slipper at his head?
You, dear? Anytime.
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or fall in love with him?
Go ahead. But be warned:
It's doomed before you even take the vow.
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As I was watching that movie last night, I kept thinking what a great musical it would make. I think someone beat me to the idea.
Aventurera The Musical is at the Universal Amphitheater on May 28. I can't find anything about the show on the net. Does anyone know if this musical is based on Ninone Sevilla's famous film. HELP.
JRand, Playbill-online.com has a few news bits from a Mexican production that took place in 1999. Do a search of "Aventurera" at the site.
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In honor of Eliza Dolittle Day, I'm going to listen to the original Israeli cast recording of My Fair Lady...sung in Hebrew!
Unfortunately, everything is still packed in boxes, including the turntable, but I have MFL on vinyl in Hebrew, Italian, German, and Spanish--the Mexican version with Plácido Domingo in the chorus. When I was in Germany in '71, I picked up a paperback of the entire German translation (same as on the disk), and it is really a marvelous rendering.
I also have cassette tapes of Russian and Swedish versions--and I think Dutch.
Some years ago, I put together via reel-to-reel tape splicing a version of "The Rain in Spain" where Liza changes languages with every line. Where the heck that would be now I have no idea. It would be so much easier nowadays with digital stuff.
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Thanks DtM...will do. It seems that the show has had performances cancelled in several venues across the US, but is still a go at the Gibson and at the Aladdin in Las Vegas for June 4.
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The Rain in Spain" where Liza changes languages with every line.
The rain on Long Island falls mainly on the bloody weekends
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I received a call from the NIH and now have my dates. I will be there on October 3rd and 4th which means I should arrive in NY the evening of the 4th.
How about girls day out on October 5th, winding the day down with an HHW dinner in the evening?
Jose will you be in town then?
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Would love to hear that multi lingual Rain in Spain, DRWFO. Maybe it will turn up some day. It will when you are looking for something else.
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I received a call from the NIH and now have my dates. I will be there on October 3rd and 4th which means I should arrive in NY the evening of the 4th.
How about girls day out on October 5th, winding the day down with an HHW dinner in the evening?
Jose will you be in town then?
Hmmm, that is a Wednesday. let me see what I can do as far as confirming a vacation day and afterschool coverage for the Vixter....
I don't know why , I just stupidly assumed you'd be here on a weekend, but let me see what I can do! :D
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Go ahead. But be warned:
It's doomed before you even take the vow.
dang
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I received a call from the NIH and now have my dates. I will be there on October 3rd and 4th which means I should arrive in NY the evening of the 4th.
How about girls day out on October 5th, winding the day down with an HHW dinner in the evening?
Jose will you be in town then?
I should be. Well, at least I'll be a resident of NYC at that time, if not "in residence". I shall enter the dates in my calendar now.
:)
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Sorry about the week day. I will fly to Bethesda, do my thing and then take a vacation. I expect Keith to join me at the end of my NY stay. I hope you can get the day off.
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Back, but must now run off to a meeting.
Contract was easily worked out. It's amazing how being obstinate always works. So, we're on.
Jessica is planning a move to LA to pursue film and TV - she'd like to pick my brain. I said she was free to pick whatever's left of it. I told her to call upon my return.
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DR vixmom - Are you having a better day today? Has no one been deserving of a slow painful death?
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Great Jose.
Vixmom, if not the day can you make it in for dinner?
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Our dear friend Larry Moore at Abbey Road Studios in London
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Jessica is planning a move to LA to pursue film and TV - she'd like to pick my brain. I said she was free to pick whatever's left of it. I told her to call upon my return.
Now children. Let's all be good and refrain from posting all the comments that immediately popped into our head. ;D
In reality: that's good news, BK.
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Is that elmore minus a hat and sporting a beard?
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Is it just me, or has the price of VCRs creeped back up a bit in the past couple years as DVD has thoroughly taken over and dropped in price? DR Ann's VCR is on its very last legs, so I'm doing a bit of price checking for her. I could be mistaken, but it just seems as though the prices were lower a couple years back (the last time I needed a new one).
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Even WILL & GRACE had ridiculous cliffhangers last night. Enough is enough!
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It's almost cheaper to buy one of those combination DVD/VCR units now rather than trying to even FIND a separate VCR.
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After enjoying another ANGEL episode, not enjoying ROOM SERVICE any more than I ever have (last 15 minutes REALLY drags), I put in THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK. Looks and sounds marvelous. I only got about 15 minutes in, but so far, so good.
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A Production of Lady Widemere's Fan by Oscar Wilde is playing locally here in Florida.
I understand there is a musical version of it.
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Is that elmore minus a hat and sporting a beard?
It's not a beard; it's the light reflecting off my fat, full moon face!
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Sorry about the week day. I will fly to Bethesda, do my thing and then take a vacation. I expect Keith to join me at the end of my NY stay. I hope you can get the day off.
I'll do my best. I am anxious to met you "in the flesh".
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But that is my best friend Ron Raines himself holding onto me! He's singing two of my charts in Philadelphia this weekend with Brent Barrett, Rebecca Luker, Debbie Gravitte, Peter Nero and the Philadelphoa Pops.
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DR vixmom - Are you having a better day today? Has no one been deserving of a slow painful death?
Better, just the usual cretins instead of the roomful of pompous blowhard ingnoramuses (ignorami?) I was dealing with yesterday
However there are several people at the HMO I was dealing with earlier that could certianly improve the world by leaving it....(IMHO of course! ;D)
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Is that elmore minus a hat and sporting a beard?
He is second from the right. Next to Ron Raines.
I believe that is Harvey Schmidt.
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But that is my best friend Ron Raines himself holding onto me! He's singing two of my charts in Philadelphia this weekend with Brent Barrett, Rebecca Luker, Debbie Gravitte, Peter Nero and the Philadelphoa Pops.
People sing medical charts these days? Will wonders never cease!
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Is it just me, or has the price of VCRs creeped back up a bit in the past couple years as DVD has thoroughly taken over and dropped in price? DR Ann's VCR is on its very last legs, so I'm doing a bit of price checking for her. I could be mistaken, but it just seems as though the prices were lower a couple years back (the last time I needed a new one).
It's not just you, DR Jed. As DR MattH mentioned, it is almost cheaper to buy a DVD/VCR combo than a stand alone VCR. -And I'm still amazed you can get a workable DVD player for around $20 during certain sales.
I forget which gig it was, but the company wanted to buy some new VCRs for the cast housing. The cheapest one they could find was around $75.00, while they found a bunch of DVD players for around $40.00. They eventually went for a TV/VCR combo they found at Costco for $110. *They would have sprung for the DVD players, but since most of the archive and reference tapes of the shows are still on VHS...
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It's not a beard; it's the light reflecting off my fat, full moon face!
Well you look very handsome in that picture dewar elmore. It looked like a beard to me as well. Have you ever considered growing one?
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The last VCR I bought, I got at Circuit City for $59. I made my mind up the next one would be a VCR/DVD combo.
I've seen cheap (two head, mono sound) ones at Target for like $40.
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I've seen cheap (two head, mono sound) ones at Target for like $40.
A retired English teacher! Honestly, DR Matt! Try to set an example for us all! ;)
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Being retired means I don't have to worry about such formalities any more. It's a GREAT luxury.
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OK, off to practice Act II lines, and then I get to mop the kitchen floor. Ah, me. . . .
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Unfortunately, everything is still packed in boxes, including the turntable, but I have MFL on vinyl in Hebrew, Italian, German, and Spanish--the Mexican version with Plácido Domingo in the chorus. When I was in Germany in '71, I picked up a paperback of the entire German translation (same as on the disk), and it is really a marvelous rendering.
I also have the Domingo My Fair Lady on vinyl!
Some years ago, I put together via reel-to-reel tape splicing a version of "The Rain in Spain" where Liza changes languages with every line. Where the heck that would be now I have no idea. It would be so much easier nowadays with digital stuff.
I did something like this with "The Moments of Happiness" from Cats, except I didn't actually splice tape. I had a record player with a dual-cassette recorder and I played each record to a point and paused the tape. Then, I switched records and played the song again and started the tape. Back and forth until I did the whole song. There was only one or two points where you could hear a click or the edit wasn't clean. I was (and am) quite proud of that ;D...although no one I knew cared at all. :-\ I still have that tape somewhere.
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Several of us have that FLABBY glow, DRELMORE. Some even moreso!
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OK...
I need to get ready to head in. I'm going back to Keys 2 tonight, and a few extra minutes of warming up and review would probably be a good thing.
;)
Laters...
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I received a call from the NIH and now have my dates. I will be there on October 3rd and 4th which means I should arrive in NY the evening of the 4th.
How about girls day out on October 5th, winding the day down with an HHW dinner in the evening?
Jose will you be in town then?
Ooooo, I just might be able to make this work, if I can get Oct. 4 & 5 as vacation days. Fly to NY on the 3rd or 4th, to Atlanta on the 6th, attend my conference on 7th & 8th, and fly home on the 9th! I'll turn in the vacation paperwork first thing tomorrow - let's hope for the best!
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OK, I booked Joe Allen for 8:15 pm tomorrow night for 8 people. They told me they need the table at 10:00. I told them we'd be out at 10.
DRRodzinski, do you want to taxi down with me around 7:45?
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Several of us have that FLABBY glow, DRELMORE. Some even moreso!
DRJRand54, it isn't a FLABBY glow we have, it's that inner light that jolly people possess!
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Ahhhhhh....okay....right. Thanks, DRELMORE...yes that's what it is. And sometimes it can make your clothes so they don't fit. ;D
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MR BK are you taking all NEW clothes to NYC? Will you stand in Times Square and sing like in ANNIE?
I love that song......"....it's N.....Y.....Ceeeeeeeeeeee!"
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It's not a beard; it's the light reflecting off my fat, full moon face!
Now you know why I sport facial hair myself. :D
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Reggie Miller played his last game with the Indiana Pacers last night - he claims to be retiring from basketball - but from the news coverage you would think a new Pope had been elected.
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It's been windy and stormy here in R.B. all day, and a little scary, too.
Der B and I left the house for just a little while, to do some banking and grocery shopping. When we got back home, we discovered that the front door had blown open, and that all six dogs had run off!
Fortunately, Mikey and Bonnie had seen us drive home, and came running back, with Marty loping after them. I grabbed a few leashes while der B got the threesome into the car.
Peggy showed up at the cul-de-sac at the end of the road. I went into the yard of the house being built there, to see if the other two were back there, but there was no sign of them...so of course, Buster had come running up to the car the moment I was out of sight. But there was no sign of Fletcher, and calling for him wasn't going to do a bit of good.
So der B drove back to the house while I followed him on foot. The best idea seemed to be to get the five we'd caught back into the house, and then hunt for Fletcher, so I got a leash on Peggy and was taking her into the house...
And there was Fletcher, from nowhere as far as we could tell, following Peggy and me inside!
The best we can figure, none of the dogs really want to run away. They love getting out of the house for a run and explore, but they all want to stick close. Still, we're going to be a lot more careful, double-checking whether the front door is shut properly. I mean, we don't think Fletcher has figured out how to open it on his own...yet.
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OMG DR SWW that is crazy! But don't you lock your front door?
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My doorbell just rang, and a delivery man from Artie's wonderful deli arrived with enough food to keep me in a state of nirvana for months. I kept saying to the poor guy, "who did this?" He, of course, was no help, but when I unpacked the vittles, I found a note "from Mike & Jane Feel Better." Nurse Jane and DRMichael Shayne, I love you both thiiiiiiiiiiiiiss much! No,
THIIIIIIIS Much!!!!
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elmore-LOL
Vixmom, "in the flesh" would be very nice.
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Food nirvana is the SECOND best of all!!!
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OMG DR SWW that is crazy! But don't you lock your front door?
We thought we had.
Of course, Fletcher has previously figured out how to open kitchen drawers, remove the closing panel from the doggy door because he wanted to get out, and even open our room doors when we've closed them. Close the bathroom door for some privacy? Fuhgeddabout it. If he wanted to open that front door, locked or not, he might be able to do it.
Danged smart-alecky dog. :-\
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DR Jose, you might want to check out the contestants for Food Network's The Next Star. (http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/show_nf_vote) Specifically, there's a couple involved.
Has Food Network figured out their real demographics??? :o :o :o
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Ginny-hoping for the best. It is a good thing the NIH called early this year!
Jed the beard looks very nice on you. I also thought it looked nice on elmore. ;D
elmore have you ever had a beard?
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Ginny-hoping for the best. It is a good thing the NIH called early this year!
Jed the beard looks very nice on you. I also thought it looked nice on elmore. ;D
elmore have you ever had a beard?
I'm lucky to have enough hair on my face to wear a moustache! My beard is very sparse.
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Hi folks,
I've been on all of the travel boards looking at rates for the week of October 2nd.
I hate to say it but if I do come, I might not be able to afford the Muse (much as I LOVED it). The rates must really go up in the fall. Three hundred a night is about the average that I could find.
My fall back is the Best Western. Not as classy but I really liked the one in SLC. All I really want is a double bed, a place to hook my laptop and (of course,) a bath tub! I also checked out the Jet Blue prices. Not so bad either.
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Okay , after all this time that you have all been making fun of the way we talk here in the Northwest (marry, merry Mary), they just had a story on the local news channel that it has now been proven that there is such a thing as a Northwest Dialect. Apparently, we use only 14 out of the 15 different vowel sounds. So look at these two words, and then say them out loud:
CAUGHT
COT
If they sound the same when you say them, you may have a Northwest Dialect.
Hell, I thought they were the same word.[/i]
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Danise, how great to actually be online with you again!
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Hi TCB! I've missed you as well. :)
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But I've gotta run..... ;) :D
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elmore shaving must be a breeze then.
Danise I haven't thought that far in advance. First I need to decide how long I will stay in the city. I have to visit friends in Pennsylvania, NJ and Connecticut, unless they visit me in NY.
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Speaking of NY. Bruce have a good trip. Where are you staying this time?
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The seductive brunette slinked towards me from across the room, her sheer chiffon nightgown parting in a way that television censors wouldn't have allowed twenty-five years ago. "Darling," she whispered into my ear, "Of course we have J. R. Ewing getting shot to blame for cliffhangers on television. Everyone was talking about it, and the first episode of Dallas the next season got boffo ratings. Producers all want a piece of that action." Her hands, out of camera range, reminded me of how her career had begun with a guest shot on Different Strokes.
"But, Sweetheart, that doesn't mean that every show has to have a cliffhanger," I mumbled as my cufflinks fell to the floor. "Shows with continuing story lines, sure, it makes sense. It's like how daytime soaps had almost nothing happen during the week, and then on Friday something big was bound to happen. But if they start putting cliffhangers on shows like, say, Two and a Half Men, then I think they've gone too far."
She gently pushed me backwards, and I fell onto the bed. Like a tigeress, she had me pinned. "There's an easy way to know part of what's going to happen next, Pookiekins," she purred. "All you have to do is find out whose contracts have been signed for the next season. They're not going to knock off a character played by someone with a good contract, now are they? Speaking of which, I've heard your contract is running out."
She had me there. Wait, how did she get a gun in her hand?
*Click*
Freezeframe. Superimpose title: To Be Continued...
I'll be biting my nails waiting for the next installment!
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elmore shaving must be a breeze then.
Danise I haven't thought that far in advance. First I need to decide how long I will stay in the city. I have to visit friends in Pennsylvania, NJ and Connecticut, unless they visit me in NY.
I have an e-coupon from Expedia.com for a hundred dollars off if I book before the end of this month. Not sure I want to book this soon but I wonder if the rates will zoom up even more if I wait.
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I'll be biting my nails waiting for the next installment!
You will probably have to wait until November Sweeps.
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Had a lovely meeting, and have been packing and attending to details. Also rebooked my return flight as the original ticketing agent had given me incorrect info about when Jet Blue started their Burbank flights. So, I am now returning to Burbank rather than Long Beach - excellent. Also got my good aisle bulkhead seat.
Have to have something to eat at some point soon, and I am going to try and be in bed by ten.
Since Michael Shayne is dying to know what show we're recording, since the contract has now been worked out completely, and since he has already alluded to what it will be, it is the recent Irish Rep production of Noel Coward's After the Ball, adapted from Wilde's Lady Windemere's Fan, directed by our very own Mr. Tony Walton.
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You will probably have to wait until November Sweeps.
Drat and I have no doubt it will be on AFTER my bedtime as well!
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Sunset is after your bedtime, Danise.
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I'm a reverse vampire--what can I say?
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Well, today is the day, for the woman who taught Michael Jackson everything he knows. Yes, that's right, in a few short hours Mary Kay Letourneau becomes Mrs. Vili Fualaau in a ceremony before three hundred invited guests and the cameras of Entertainment Tonight at the Columbia Winery in Woodinville, Washington. Word has it that the ceremony had to be postponed until today, to make sure that Vili was old enough to be legally served at the winery.
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Okay , after all this time that you have all been making fun of the way we talk here in the Northwest (marry, merry Mary), they just had a story on the local news channel that it has now been proven that there is such a thing as a Northwest Dialect. Apparently, we use only 14 out of the 15 different vowel sounds. So look at these two words, and then say them out loud:
CAUGHT
COT
If they sound the same when you say them, you may have a Northwest Dialect.
Hell, I thought they were the same word.[/i]
What, some people say those words differently, too? What the hell is wrong with all them non-Northwesterners? :D
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I don't hear a difference when I say them.
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I don't hear a difference when I say them.
Welcome to the Northwest, Danise!
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Thanks, Ya'll. :D
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Suddenly my "Diction for Singers" class makes a bit more sense. There was one vowel sound, the "open 'o'," that our entire class had trouble differentiating from other vowels at times. Our New York native prof couldn't understand why her Washington and Oregon native students had such trouble with it.
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I think I'm becoming addicted to Ritz Chips. DR Ann has a bag of them next to the computer, and I'm merrily crunching away waiting for her to come home so we can head to dinner (ever tried the Clubhouse Grill, TCB? On 6th near Mildred... we're becoming fans). I think I may have to buy her a replacement bag the way I'm going...
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It was high noon in Dodge City. The streets were empty, except for one mangy old Tom cat who stumbled into the local saloon dragging his injured back leg behind him. The bartender moved down the length of the bar and fixing the cat with an evil sneer said, "What can I do for you, stranger?"
The cat looked back at the bartender and in a low voice whispered, "I'm looking for the man who shot my paw."
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I think I'm becoming addicted to Ritz Chips. DR Ann has a bag of them next to the computer, and I'm merrily crunching away waiting for her to come home so we can head to dinner (ever tried the Clubhouse Grill, TCB? On 6th near Mildred... we're becoming fans). I think I may have to buy her a replacement bag the way I'm going...
I have only been there once, Jed. The hamburgers looked fantastic.
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I highly recommend Aventurera for all those who like VALLEY OF THE DOLLS, IMITATION OF LIFE, and other like movies.
It is available on a DVD with English subtitles. Yes, this film comes with the JRAND SEAL OF MELODRAMATIC APPROVAL with special kudos for musical numbers with pineapple hats and banana skirts, double dealing by madams with secret identities, knife-wielding cripples, bump & grind dancing while wearing a dress with knee-length peplum at a High Society soiree, and general sliding down into the depths of despair in high, high heels. ;D
The star of Aventurere....Senor Wences....err I mean Ninon Sevilla.
Wow, with a review like that I had to put it into my Amazon wish list! LOL!
I see two releases of it listed...which one did you get?
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BUY THIS MOVIE - but be sure to get the DVD with subtitles, the less expensive ones do not have them.
You just answered my question! LOL! I was wondering why one was cheaper.
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I have only been there once, Jed. The hamburgers looked fantastic.
Don't know about the burgers, but the beef stroganoff and lasagna are both quite tasty. Also an excellent cheese bread appetizer. Unless there's a particularly tempting special, I think I may give their chicken fried steak a chance tonight.
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DINNER TIME!!!
I'm outta here.
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Bed time! I'm outta here! Good night all!
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TV or DVD time-I'm outta here.
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MR BK thanks for the info....and reveal. I can hardly wait to hear it! I am assuming Coward used a lot of the original text....I haven't seen/heard his version.....
What a whirlwind NYC trip!
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What time is your flight?
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Flight is at seven in the morning.
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Not to change the subject, but let me change the subject...for a moment. I went to tvguide.com and they had an article about tonight's showing of "The Muppets' Wizard of Oz." I searched a bit and found a link HERE (https://disney.videos.go.com/General/BVHE/Muppet/) to be able to pre-order the made-for-TV movie and soundtrack AND what's also going to be available in the fall is THE MUPPET SHOW: FIRST SEASON - SPECIAL EDITION!!!!!!!!!!!!
THIS (http://www.muppetcentral.com/news/2005/032005.shtml) article at www.muppetcentral.com goes into detail. There is going to be a lot of bonus stuff on the DVDs!! It's so exciting! I love "The Muppet Show" and was sad that I never bought any of the "Best of The Muppet Show" DVDs before they went out of print last year...but now I'm really glad that I didn't! The other good news is that season one of "Fraggle Rock (http://www.muppetcentral.com/news/2005/042505.shtml)" is going to be released! I used to watch "Fraggle Rock," but I didn't love it as much as The Muppet Show.
Just had to share! ;D Now, I'm leaving work so that I can be home in time to watch "The Muppets' Wizard of Oz!"
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So, my DVD player(s) will be waiting patiently until August 9th!
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Had an interesting evening of TV watching. First, I caught (cot) up with last night's CSI 2-hour season finale. George Eads did a masterful job playing a man buried alive. One of the best performances he has given since facing down a gun in Season 1 of the show.
This was the episode that featured cameos by Frank Gorshin and Tony Curtis. Frank looked good and did some funny impressions. It was nice to see him one last time.
But Mr. Tony Curtis was another story. The man has had multiple face lifts which have not improved his looks, and can barely speak. He was obviously reading his lines from a cue card (pretty much making the stories about his memory troubles with the stage version of SOME LIKE IT HOT - did they use the title SUGAR on that tour he did? - a likely piece of true gossip). One hates to see the stunning Curtis in things like THE VIKINGS and SOME LIKE IT HOT and then see him now. Yep, we all age, but to fight it the way he has fought it is a sad sight to behold.
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I watched the Daytime Emmy Awards tonight. I won't spoil any surprises by commenting on the winners here, but it was interesting that CBS did not find it necessary to broadcast the Daytime Emmys in high definition, especially since CBS is the ONLY network who now currently shows a soap in high def - THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS.
I'll be interested to see if they do the Tonys in high def this year. My first guess would be no.
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Actually I suspected it was After the Ball as I remembered BK talking about it earlier this year. So just in case I created the After The Ball web page for Bruce Kimmel Tribute site. So here is the link to it.
http://www.brucekimmel.com/AfterTheBall.htm (http://www.brucekimmel.com/AfterTheBall.htm)
and that was my announcement
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Actually I suspected it was After the Ball as I remembered BK talking about it earlier this year. So just in case I created the After The Ball web page for Bruce Kimmel Tribute site. So here is the link to it.
http://www.brucekimmel.com/AfterTheBall.htm (http://www.brucekimmel.com/AfterTheBall.htm)
and that was my announcement
It's a very nice page, Michael. :)
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Good Evening!
Back from the show. My first night back at Keys 2 went rather well. There were a few adjustments to make, and there are few I still have to make (tomorrow). ;) They got a brand new volume pedal since the last time I played Keys 2, so that was what took the most adjusting to. But, all in all, a good show.
And a great audience tonight too! Lots of hooting and hollering!
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I wish I could join the HHW get-together in NYC this weekend, but I'll be in "Greece" this weekend - as well as all of next week.
However, it looks like I'll have a few "extra" days the week after next, and I'm thinking a couple of spring days in NYC would be rather nice. :) *Especially since I don't think I've spent that much time in NYC in the Spring since I'm usually playing a show at the time.
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DR Jose, you might want to check out the contestants for Food Network's The Next Star. (http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/show_nf_vote) Specifically, there's a couple involved.
Has Food Network figured out their real demographics??? :o :o :o
Two words for you:
Dave Lieberman
;)
He's yummy!
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DR Danise - Yes, the Fall is quite a "heavy traffic" period in NYC, and the hotel rates start their creep to their Thanksgiving-Christmas peak. Lots of fashion stuff, lots of shopping stuff, etc.
I'd say book now if you can just to secure some sort of decent rate. And, usually, this far out, you can still have the option to cancel the reservation without penalty later on. Were you checking the rates directly with the Muse? or via some travel site? I'd say check with the Muse directly, just in case... you never know.
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DRs Jane and MichaelShayne - I'm sure they accept food deliveries at the stage door of the National Theatre in DC. ;)
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Very nice page, Shayne. I will say now that we almost were going to record Mr. Walton's production of Where's Charley, orchestrated by our very own elmore. However, Mrs. Loesser put the kibosh on it at the last minute and we canceled. I must say, whatever her reasons may have been, they were very misguided.
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I'm watching "The Muppets' Wizard of Oz" and so far, it's cute...not knee-slappin' hysterical, but cute. There are a couple of funny lines after the gang gets to the Emerald City. They knock on the big green door and Sam the Eagle is the doorwatcher. They try to explain who Dorothy is and when Sam asks who the others are, one says, "We're friends of Dorothy." I thought it was funny.
They are eventually brought to see the wizard, but one at a time. The wizard appears in different forms to each of them. Kermit (I think), asks if he (the Wizard of Oz) is related to Frank Oz. That was cute, too. :)
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And they don't have to get the Wicked Witch of the West's broom, they have to get her all-seeing eye...her left eye that's actually in her head! Does anyone know if that's in the original Baum books?
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Seven ayem? Whew!
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Nice page DRMS. Looks like you will be working with a fun cast, MRBK. Do not forget the cell phone photos!
I am watching FUNNY GIRL....which I like....but something has always bothered me...and I know in the vast scheme of things it is nothing....but Barbra's 60's hair and nails drive me crazy...then and now.
William Wyler would brook NO criticism of the film, and when anyone dared to do so in his presence, he would always chastise them by saying, "After all, it is the first film that Miss Streisand has ever directed."
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Very close to 200!
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Here is a recent photo of Ninon Sevilla, aka Senorita Wences, star of my movie of the day Aventurera! 8)
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Will you wear your fashionable new clothes into the studio to impress the cast and technicians, MR BK?
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Anyone ever try this website?
Which Broadway Star Will Kill You?
http://www.westendtheatreworld.com/board/printthread.cfm?thread=219415 (http://www.westendtheatreworld.com/board/printthread.cfm?thread=219415)
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I've brought a couple of my new shirts and one pair of new pants. Should look suitably spiffy.
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Spiffy is good!
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OMG - Gwen Verdon is going to have me eaten by tigers!
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oh my it is almost 1am! Did not realize it!
Safe trip BK! Take lots of pictures!!!
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I saw that your new fave actress is still working too, JRand54!
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New notes are up - hang tight for a sec while I change the topic.
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I just finished watching the Elvis Presley film SPINOUT in preparation for my interview with the lovely Diane McBain...BK's neighbor at the Ray Courts show.