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Title: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: bk on May 11, 2023, 12:55:47 AM
Well, you've read the notes, the notes had stand-up comedy, and now it is time for you to post until the stand-up comedy cows come home.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: bk on May 11, 2023, 12:57:22 AM
And the word of the day is: GUISER!
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: elmore3003 on May 11, 2023, 04:30:19 AM
Good morning, all!
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: elmore3003 on May 11, 2023, 04:35:29 AM
By the time I finished the laundry yesterday, after two days of it, my body could barely move. I took the day rather easily after that, and to my delifgr there were no heath calamities. I was feeling puny, though, so I went to bed at 8:00 and slept rather well to 5:30 this morning. Annabelle crawled in to cuddle and Thatch joined us. I finally got up around 6:30, and I'm feeling rather well at the moment.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: elmore3003 on May 11, 2023, 04:38:19 AM
DR Rodzinskim that Facebook post was supposedly delete3d; they accused the post of inciting violence. Well, around 6:00 last night it was still up, but I noticed that their notification of my crime had been deleted . Yes, there is very likely a "friend" who keeps reporting me, although the day I called Melania Trump a savvy whore, the post was deleted and I was censured within a minute of the post going up.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: elmore3003 on May 11, 2023, 04:39:33 AM
This morning has been a bit of a mess, thanks to Stella's bolt into the hall and my spending over thirty minutes of trying to coax her back into the apartment.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: elmore3003 on May 11, 2023, 04:42:47 AM
BK, I love you but I absolutely loathe the binding on the folio for Tonight's the Night, which is flimsy and unusable on a piano stand. It needed to be spiral-bound/ Perhaps nowit is, but mine is not. I am an unhappy music consumer.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: elmore3003 on May 11, 2023, 04:43:13 AM
Otherwise, I'd love the song folio because I loved the songs!
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: singdaw on May 11, 2023, 04:54:24 AM
DR elmore3003 - these are individual PDF files.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: singdaw on May 11, 2023, 04:54:38 AM
Good morning, friends.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: singdaw on May 11, 2023, 04:55:32 AM
Isn't it great that we get to start over fresh every morning?
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: John G. on May 11, 2023, 05:01:31 AM
Good morning, all.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: singdaw on May 11, 2023, 05:07:23 AM
It's a gray day here, once again.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: John G. on May 11, 2023, 05:07:27 AM
Had weird dreams that I was trying out for a job as a feature writer at a newspaper. It was a weird setup. In 10 days, I wrote maybe eight stories, none of which had run at that point. But I wasn’t going to get the job because I didn’t mingle enough with my coworkers and I couldn’t remember anybody’s name. My work area was like a department store home, and I was supposed to write while on a king-sized bed, shared by two other writers. My boss was also unhappy because I worked too many hours. Then the stories started appearing and people loved them, but I had been let go.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: John G. on May 11, 2023, 05:10:40 AM
There was something in there about making a cake for one of the stories. I didn’t follow the recipe but made it my way with homemade raspberry filling. I was getting criticized for frosting it wong, but I was only putting on the crumb layer, which my boss had never heard of. People raved about the cake. I couldn’t wait to get out of there.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: John G. on May 11, 2023, 05:14:31 AM
I usually don’t remember things that vividly.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: John G. on May 11, 2023, 05:15:22 AM
And I remember saying to myself last night while falling asleep, no work dreams.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: John G. on May 11, 2023, 05:15:43 AM
Fat lot of good that did.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: singdaw on May 11, 2023, 05:16:05 AM
Psychodelic.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: John G. on May 11, 2023, 05:16:06 AM
Wordle and Phoodle in 3
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: singdaw on May 11, 2023, 05:16:34 AM
Cinnamon rolls.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: singdaw on May 11, 2023, 05:16:43 AM
But only if you push it.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: singdaw on May 11, 2023, 05:16:57 AM
Otherwise, it just sits there.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: singdaw on May 11, 2023, 05:17:30 AM
Like so much fish.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: ChasSmith on May 11, 2023, 05:45:37 AM
Good morning, all.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: vixmom on May 11, 2023, 06:14:33 AM
Good morning from SOHO NYC
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: vixmom on May 11, 2023, 06:14:44 AM
I have not caught up
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: vixmom on May 11, 2023, 06:15:22 AM
Waiting my  breakfast at Flippers
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: vixmom on May 11, 2023, 06:17:01 AM
https://www.flippersus.com/
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: vixmom on May 11, 2023, 06:18:06 AM
Guess I'll wordle
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: ChasSmith on May 11, 2023, 06:20:05 AM
Got the songs ordered!  :)   BK, you may have gotten my two or three aborted attempts last night in addition to the one I just completed. Sorry about that!

Anyway, the checkmarked selections on the Sami site apparently do NOT carry over into Venmo, which insists that you write something in the box or you simply can't go on.

Speaking of which, it's bizarre that Venmo defaults to making the content of everyone's orders public -- meaning, I could see what George and singdaw and someone else had written and requested. It kind of looked like a comments section at first, then I realized I was seeing their orders. So if any of them had written anything additional to BK that wasn't meant to be posted publicly, too bad. To test this, I believe I caught the public/private/friends selector and made mine private -- just because, since I wasn't writing anything personal anyway. But I wanted to try it.

Bottom line, for my purposes I'm not enamored of Venmo thus far. It seems geared toward being an informal "social" way of passing money around for today's generation of younger people who want everything they do shared publicly or with friends. Coincidentally, I had just been told that the concessions at last week's show had taken Venmo for dozens of transactions. That blows my mind, but apparently people never have their phone out of their hand, and/or they don't carry a few dollars cash for anything. One of the new normals?
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: vixmom on May 11, 2023, 06:24:39 AM
Wordle 691 6/6

⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜
⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜
⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜
⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: John G. on May 11, 2023, 06:29:21 AM
Looks good, Vixmom.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: ChasSmith on May 11, 2023, 06:30:10 AM
BK, I love you but I absolutely loathe the binding on the folio for Tonight's the Night, which is flimsy and unusable on a piano stand. It needed to be spiral-bound/ Perhaps nowit is, but mine is not. I am an unhappy music consumer.

I'm confused, sorry! I just checked my folios of Tonight's the Night and Welcome to My World, and they're both spiral-bound. Or are you referring to how stiff the covers are? I'm always using a full size music stand, but I think these stand up on the shorter built-in type on some keyboards, too. Please correct me if I'm not understanding.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: John G. on May 11, 2023, 06:30:34 AM
Not a fan of Venmo. I prefer Zelle, which is more person to person, and PayPal.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: singdaw on May 11, 2023, 06:46:46 AM
Yes, I purchased sheet music. And I don't care who knows it.        ;)
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: singdaw on May 11, 2023, 06:46:59 AM
And apparently, everyone knows it.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: singdaw on May 11, 2023, 06:48:13 AM
I believe the Dream-O-Matic accepts Venmo.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: singdaw on May 11, 2023, 06:48:33 AM
IN addition to PayPal.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: singdaw on May 11, 2023, 06:48:52 AM
But only with PayPal can you file a patented dispute.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: singdaw on May 11, 2023, 06:49:04 AM
A dispute of ill repute.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: singdaw on May 11, 2023, 06:49:19 AM
And what other kind is there, really?
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: singdaw on May 11, 2023, 06:49:28 AM
When you think about it.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: singdaw on May 11, 2023, 06:50:46 AM
https://www.flippersus.com/ (https://www.flippersus.com/)

DR vixmom, I'll have at least one of everything on that menu.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: singdaw on May 11, 2023, 06:51:03 AM
Have a great celebratory day!
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: ChasSmith on May 11, 2023, 06:52:28 AM
Yes, I purchased sheet music. And I don't care who knows it.        ;)

Careful, DR singdaw, there might be a neighborhood watch list for that kind of activity.  :)
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: ChasSmith on May 11, 2023, 06:54:17 AM
Vixmom, I really hope you thought to bring back enough for all of us.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: elmore3003 on May 11, 2023, 07:13:18 AM
BK, I love you but I absolutely loathe the binding on the folio for Tonight's the Night, which is flimsy and unusable on a piano stand. It needed to be spiral-bound/ Perhaps nowit is, but mine is not. I am an unhappy music consumer.

I'm confused, sorry! I just checked my folios of Tonight's the Night and Welcome to My World, and they're both spiral-bound. Or are you referring to how stiff the covers are? I'm always using a full size music stand, but I think these stand up on the shorter built-in type on some keyboards, too. Please correct me if I'm not understanding.

No. my folio is not spiral bound. It's a very flimsy set of two binder strips at the side of the folio, awkward and impossible to use for anything but reading and reassembling. I am very happy to hear this is no longer the case.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: elmore3003 on May 11, 2023, 07:13:51 AM
As to PDFs and taping sheets of music together, I only do that for things I'm recording.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: Jrand74 on May 11, 2023, 07:34:08 AM
I forgot to say thanks yesterday to DR CHAS SMITH for the Adventures in Auditions.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: Jrand74 on May 11, 2023, 07:34:24 AM
I am still laughing at Mal Z.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: Jrand74 on May 11, 2023, 07:34:45 AM
There were a lot of entertaining clips on HHW yesterday.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: Jrand74 on May 11, 2023, 07:34:55 AM
DR VIXMOM have fun.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: Jrand74 on May 11, 2023, 07:35:09 AM
I hope DR JANE reached her destination.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: Jrand74 on May 11, 2023, 07:37:19 AM
DR JOHN G the Dream-O-Matic 6000 says that your dream reveals your feelings about those you work with.  You have many ideas that could probably make the work environment or process more efficient but seem to be blocked by bureaucracy.

Of course your work provides your living but you feel the environment is too impersonal.

There are changes afoot AT THE TOP so hang in there.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: Jrand74 on May 11, 2023, 07:37:45 AM
Please deposit $35 in my PayPal account.  We do not accept Venmo.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: Jrand74 on May 11, 2023, 07:37:59 AM
I am glad DR ELMORE is feeling better.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: Jrand74 on May 11, 2023, 07:39:18 AM
TOD:
When I am out and about - enjoying a DR VIXMOM phase - I like to order a CLUB sandwich....

When I am home I like to make a Chicken/Ham/Roast Beef sandwich with mayo and American Cheese.....sometimes in the microwave....and sometimes with a tomato.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: Jrand74 on May 11, 2023, 07:40:25 AM
Jack Benny used to appear regularly at the Starlight Musicals outdoor theatre in Indianapolis.

One year a lady invited him to her house for dinner.....he went....and every year afterwards he would call her up and have dinner at her house when he was in town.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: singdaw on May 11, 2023, 09:00:34 AM
TOD:

You can't really beat a good BLT. Sometimes a BLTA.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: singdaw on May 11, 2023, 09:00:55 AM
I also love open-face turkey or roast beef sandwiches.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: singdaw on May 11, 2023, 09:01:02 AM
THREE.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: singdaw on May 11, 2023, 09:01:16 AM
Oh, heck - I love almost any kind of sandwich.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: singdaw on May 11, 2023, 09:14:21 AM
What's not to love?
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: singdaw on May 11, 2023, 09:14:27 AM
Bread
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Post by: singdaw on May 11, 2023, 09:14:35 AM
Foodstuffs
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: singdaw on May 11, 2023, 09:15:02 AM
I have to hand it to the Earl of Sandwich.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: singdaw on May 11, 2023, 09:15:10 AM
But I'm not going to.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: singdaw on May 11, 2023, 09:15:19 AM
I want it all for myself.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: singdaw on May 11, 2023, 09:16:02 AM
(https://media1.giphy.com/media/l0MYylLtnC1ADCGys/200.gif?cid=ecf05e47owqcpuqspmurmqnk8nkbtbjfzluozv93ehs56nw6&ep=v1_gifs_search&rid=200.gif&ct=g)
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: singdaw on May 11, 2023, 09:16:38 AM
What you'd get if you crossed The Bad Seed with Subway.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: singdaw on May 11, 2023, 09:18:13 AM
(https://media4.giphy.com/media/fCYg4ETrt5Qha/giphy.gif?cid=ecf05e473bg4ohxsat6mcpk291cn02cw22lbhccikklrtpj0&ep=v1_gifs_search&rid=giphy.gif&ct=g)
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: elmore3003 on May 11, 2023, 09:38:06 AM
DR sngdaw, a good BLT would be heaven!
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: ChasSmith on May 11, 2023, 09:41:05 AM
I love so many kinds of sandwiches it's not even funny. To single any one out would be a lesson in absurdity. I think the Earl's creation is one of the finest food delivery systems ever imagined.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: John G. on May 11, 2023, 09:50:54 AM
Please deposit $35 in my PayPal account.  We do not accept Venmo.

Zelle?
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: ChasSmith on May 11, 2023, 09:52:33 AM
Please deposit $35 in my PayPal account.  We do not accept Venmo.

Zelle?

Loved his Mahler 6th.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: John G. on May 11, 2023, 09:52:39 AM
A great banh-mi on a crusty roll with daikon and meatballs.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: John G. on May 11, 2023, 09:53:19 AM
Please deposit $35 in my PayPal account.  We do not accept Venmo.

Zelle?

Loved his Mahler 6th.

Ha!
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: John G. on May 11, 2023, 09:54:31 AM
Black Forest ham and Swiss on buttered rye with onion and tomatoes.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: singdaw on May 11, 2023, 09:54:51 AM
THIS JUST IN:

Composer Karl Jenkins says he is not Meghan Markle in disguise.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: singdaw on May 11, 2023, 09:55:05 AM
I don't see it, myself.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: singdaw on May 11, 2023, 09:55:12 AM
But what do I know?
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: John G. on May 11, 2023, 09:55:23 AM
Swiss cheese and salted radishes on buttered pumpernickel.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: singdaw on May 11, 2023, 09:55:36 AM
Good one, DR ChasSmith.        :)
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: John G. on May 11, 2023, 09:55:37 AM
A cold Italian sub.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: singdaw on May 11, 2023, 09:56:40 AM
OK, now I'm just getting hungry. Between souflee pancakes for breakfast and smorgasbord sandwiches for lunch.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: elmore3003 on May 11, 2023, 10:20:48 AM
Pastrami on rye with mustard
Grilled cheese with a cup of tomato soup or chili
Virginia ham on rye with lettuce, tomato, and Swiss
Muenster on whole wheat with lettuce, tomato, and mayo
Egg, shrimp, or chicken salad with lettuce and tomato on toast
Bagel and lox with cream cheese, tomato and onion
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: elmore3003 on May 11, 2023, 10:21:26 AM
A cold Italian sub.

YUM!
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: Jeanne on May 11, 2023, 10:45:41 AM
Hello, everyone.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: Jeanne on May 11, 2023, 10:49:22 AM
My favorite sandwich used to be cheese and avocado on whole grain bread. But my body has let me know that all dairy products are a no-no, so I often have a veggie sandwich of avocado, lettuce, tomato, and Veganaise.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: Jeanne on May 11, 2023, 10:51:15 AM
We have been having little earthquakes all morning. Nothing serious, but disconcerting all the same.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: Jeanne on May 11, 2023, 11:00:33 AM
I tried a new restaurant yesterday that Bruce might like, the Calif Chicken Cafe. (They don’t spell out California in their name.) Since I don’t eat chicken I hadn’t paid any attention to it, but they have a veggie wrap that was quite good.

Bruce, have you tried this place? There’s one in Encino. It’s take-out and delivery only. Lots of very good reviews. I’ll be ordering from them again.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: Jeanne on May 11, 2023, 11:01:35 AM
(https://media4.giphy.com/media/fCYg4ETrt5Qha/giphy.gif?cid=ecf05e473bg4ohxsat6mcpk291cn02cw22lbhccikklrtpj0&ep=v1_gifs_search&rid=giphy.gif&ct=g)

I love this!
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: Jeanne on May 11, 2023, 11:08:28 AM
I have no experience with Venmo, but my recent experiences with Zelle were enough to make me avoid such products. (I was locked out of my checking account for 48 hours on TWO occasions because the bank’s software determined that there was fraudulent activity even though I explained repeatedly that there was not.) I use PayPal when I have to, but avoid it otherwise because they say one thing, then do another and will NOT refund any fees.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: ChasSmith on May 11, 2023, 11:10:06 AM
My favorite sandwich used to be cheese and avocado on whole grain bread. But my body has let me know that all dairy products are a no-no, so I often have a veggie sandwich of avocado, lettuce, tomato, and Veganaise.

That immediately made me think of a favorite at the little coffee shop next door to the Beverly Canon Theatre. Seems like it was called the Canon Café in the mid-1970s. My regular sandwich was a delicious bacon, avocado and swiss - with mayo, and possibly lettuce but I'm not sure about the lettuce.

I was eating an avocado and thinking about that just the other day.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: ChasSmith on May 11, 2023, 11:12:01 AM
Tiny little place with just a counter and stools, but when I was going there they also had a few outdoor tables.

http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/1736/photos/159822

Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: Jeanne on May 11, 2023, 11:13:52 AM
You could call me a cranky banking customer. I like good customer service, so of course I’m annoyed. I‘ve noticed that if you have dealings with any of the brokerage houses or other investment companies they are very, very nice. It’s like two separate universes.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: Jeanne on May 11, 2023, 11:16:13 AM
The earthquakes continue.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: bk on May 11, 2023, 11:18:28 AM
I'm up, I'm up - seven and a half hours of sleep.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: bk on May 11, 2023, 11:20:49 AM
Zelle works well for some and not at all for others, so that wasn't an option. I'm confused by Venmo. I tried to set up the Kritzerland part of it (tied to my personal account) but while you can do that part on your computer, you can't actually see it unless you have the app on your phone. That's just weird to me. Anyway, I'll go in and check the settings. I wasn't aware you had to write anything to use it nor am I seeing those comments on the app.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: Jeanne on May 11, 2023, 11:21:25 AM
Back to sandwiches, I feel that fresh, high-quality bread is of great importance. That is often overlooked. But it makes a big difference to this customer.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: Jeanne on May 11, 2023, 11:22:47 AM
Are you having earthquakes, Bruce?
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: Jeanne on May 11, 2023, 11:24:14 AM
TTFN.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: singdaw on May 11, 2023, 11:40:09 AM
DR Jrand72....   taking one for the team. One glass at a time.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: Jane on May 11, 2023, 11:52:59 AM
Hello.  I had a wonderful morning with DR Jose.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: Jane on May 11, 2023, 11:53:19 AM
Rodzinski,  I have him your hug.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: Jane on May 11, 2023, 11:53:56 AM
It is a beautiful day here.   After breakfast we went for a nice walk.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: Jane on May 11, 2023, 11:55:09 AM
I have not caught up

Neither have I.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: Jane on May 11, 2023, 11:56:30 AM
Jack Benny used to appear regularly at the Starlight Musicals outdoor theatre in Indianapolis.

One year a lady invited him to her house for dinner.....he went....and every year afterwards he would call her up and have dinner at her house when he was in town.

Nice.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: Jane on May 11, 2023, 11:57:10 AM
(https://media4.giphy.com/media/fCYg4ETrt5Qha/giphy.gif?cid=ecf05e473bg4ohxsat6mcpk291cn02cw22lbhccikklrtpj0&ep=v1_gifs_search&rid=giphy.gif&ct=g)

:D
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: elmore3003 on May 11, 2023, 12:00:32 PM
I've always liked my neighbor Alice's sandwich:
Whole wheat bread, 2 scrambled eggs, alfalfa sprouts, water cress, and ranch dressing
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: Jane on May 11, 2023, 12:02:20 PM
I met Monkey.  There just might be a photo.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: singdaw on May 11, 2023, 12:02:47 PM
Oh, I hope so!
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: singdaw on May 11, 2023, 12:03:11 PM
So glad that you arrived safely, DR Jane, and that you had a wonderful reunion this morning.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: bk on May 11, 2023, 12:10:36 PM
elmore, yes, the very first copies of the Tonight's the Night songbook were not bound the way I asked them to be. We eventually did a second run, although they wouldn't acknowledge that I'd asked for spiral bound in the first place. If you send me an e-mail we'll send you one of the spiral bound. As to the Sami songs, not worth it to do a songbook - it's costly and we never sell enough to break even.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: Jane on May 11, 2023, 12:27:49 PM
So glad that you arrived safely, DR Jane, and that you had a wonderful reunion this morning.

Thank you.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: Jane on May 11, 2023, 12:28:12 PM
It is very disappointing Freyja is sick.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: Jane on May 11, 2023, 12:30:21 PM
I can't afford to be sick as I have two important medical appointments when I return.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: Jane on May 11, 2023, 12:31:43 PM
Last night I finished Preview Harvey.   
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: Jane on May 11, 2023, 12:31:51 PM
I liked it.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: Jane on May 11, 2023, 12:32:38 PM
After I finished, I reread a few bits.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: Ginny on May 11, 2023, 12:38:41 PM
Thursday afternoon greetings!  The most ambitious thing I’ve done today is bake banana muffins.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: Ginny on May 11, 2023, 12:39:26 PM
It is very disappointing Freyja is sick.

Will you get to see her?
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: George on May 11, 2023, 12:59:20 PM
It is very disappointing Freyja is sick.

Oh, no! :(
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: George on May 11, 2023, 01:00:11 PM
~~~Quick Recovery Vibes for Freyja!!~~~
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: George on May 11, 2023, 01:00:42 PM
Thursday afternoon greetings!  The most ambitious thing I’ve done today is bake banana muffins.

Mmmm...do you deliver?? :D
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: singdaw on May 11, 2023, 01:27:00 PM
I don't know nothin' 'bout birthin' babies!
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: KevinH on May 11, 2023, 01:29:03 PM
Good afternoon!
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: KevinH on May 11, 2023, 01:29:32 PM
Wordle:  5/6
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: singdaw on May 11, 2023, 01:32:37 PM
Hope you can still salvage some of your visit, DR Jane.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: Rodzinski on May 11, 2023, 01:50:05 PM
Rodzinski,  I have him your hug.

He was requested to give you one too! 😊
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: Rodzinski on May 11, 2023, 01:53:30 PM
You could call me a cranky banking customer. I like good customer service, so of course I’m annoyed. I‘ve noticed that if you have dealings with any of the brokerage houses or other investment companies they are very, very nice. It’s like two separate universes.

The wife told me to use Schwab, and I never looked back. Great customer service and no matter where you use an atm, they refund the fee to you.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: Ginny on May 11, 2023, 01:56:47 PM
Thursday afternoon greetings!  The most ambitious thing I’ve done today is bake banana muffins.

Mmmm...do you deliver?? :D

Wish I could, DR George!
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: Rodzinski on May 11, 2023, 01:58:04 PM
I saw a comic on the Jerry Lewis Telethon once I wish I could find again. He was an old-timer. His schtick was to put his hand up to his face like he was removing a mask, and when he did, he would change facial expressions and personalities while casting off the old “mask” to the floor. He was so fast at this that the illusion that he was changing masks seemed real and he sped the whole thing up in hilarious fashion.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: Jrand74 on May 11, 2023, 02:15:17 PM
Indeed I am DR singdaw.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: Jrand74 on May 11, 2023, 02:15:37 PM
Healing vibes for Freya.....and visiting vibes for DR JANE.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: Jrand74 on May 11, 2023, 02:16:10 PM
the day has gotten away from me and now it is nearly time to go to rehearsal - where we will be doing ACT ONE.....
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: Jrand74 on May 11, 2023, 02:17:11 PM
I know about half my lines from the first 27 pages, but I think I will carry my book until the last scene.

I hope DR GEORGE gives a bit more thought to the feelings of his character so that it will POP onstage.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: Jrand74 on May 11, 2023, 02:17:22 PM
Later......
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: George on May 11, 2023, 02:27:37 PM
I know about half my lines from the first 27 pages, but I think I will carry my book until the last scene.

I hope DR GEORGE gives a bit more thought to the feelings of his character so that it will POP onstage.

There is always hope.

;)
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: bk on May 11, 2023, 02:28:20 PM
Food was good, then picked up the hardcover, which looks fantastic.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: elmore3003 on May 11, 2023, 03:08:06 PM
elmore, yes, the very first copies of the Tonight's the Night songbook were not bound the way I asked them to be. We eventually did a second run, although they wouldn't acknowledge that I'd asked for spiral bound in the first place. If you send me an e-mail we'll send you one of the spiral bound. As to the Sami songs, not worth it to do a songbook - it's costly and we never sell enough to break even.

This is good news, BK, because when I got the folio and opened the envelope, my first reaction was, what's run away with his mind? I'll send an email to you.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: elmore3003 on May 11, 2023, 03:14:17 PM
I had a good morning, called Access-a-Ride and my barber for tomorrow morning, wrote about 12 bars of a 16-bar fix, then took my bath, fed the cats, went back to the score, and the health crisis of Monday and Tuesday returned. My neighbor Ann had suggested I keep a pan handy. Well, I did, just in case, but you have to hit the pan. I hit half of it. So, I had a small mess to clean up.  Then I finished the score, finessed it, and gave the cats their treat. I'm turning off the computer and lying down.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: John G. on May 11, 2023, 04:02:20 PM
Back to sandwiches, I feel that fresh, high-quality bread is of great importance. That is often overlooked. But it makes a big difference to this customer.

Amen. I hate spongy bread that has no character. Blimpie used to have the worst bread. I haven’t been in years because of it.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: John G. on May 11, 2023, 04:04:55 PM
Vibes for Freyja.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: John G. on May 11, 2023, 04:05:36 PM
Dance class starts soon.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: John G. on May 11, 2023, 04:06:23 PM
We had a company picnic thing today. On campus. Out by one of the ponds.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: singdaw on May 11, 2023, 04:06:32 PM
I am at the venue for the concert tonight. Jaime Bernstein (Lenny's daughter) is here. Andrea Burns is here. But guess who isn't here? Seth Rudetsky! He apparently double-booked.

Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: John G. on May 11, 2023, 04:06:45 PM
I won a Tommy Bahama beach chair.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: singdaw on May 11, 2023, 04:07:12 PM
His replacement is Steve Marzullo.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: singdaw on May 11, 2023, 04:08:05 PM
That's nice, DR John G.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: singdaw on May 11, 2023, 04:08:25 PM
SIX!
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: singdaw on May 11, 2023, 04:09:17 PM
However, it does not make up for their work-from-the-office policy.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: singdaw on May 11, 2023, 04:09:38 PM
And you can tell them that I said so.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: singdaw on May 11, 2023, 04:10:10 PM
I haz spoken.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: singdaw on May 11, 2023, 04:11:20 PM
I won a Tommy Bahama beach chair.

You can cart it with you on the plane to Hawaii.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: John G. on May 11, 2023, 04:12:24 PM
https://www.tommybahama.com/en/Tommy-Bahama-Malachite-Print-Deluxe-Backpack-Beach-Chair/p/SH481152-199

I think this is it.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: John G. on May 11, 2023, 04:13:17 PM
I shall now have to go to the beach.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: John G. on May 11, 2023, 04:13:48 PM
I don’t think I can take it to Hawaii with me.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: bk on May 11, 2023, 04:14:49 PM
Marzullo is a really nice guy.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: bk on May 11, 2023, 04:15:06 PM
Sorry Freyja is sick. Hasn't this happened before?
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: bk on May 11, 2023, 04:15:34 PM
Jane, glad you liked to book! Can you leave a review on Amazon and Goodreads - I'm about to put it up on Goodreads.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: George on May 11, 2023, 04:32:36 PM
Back to sandwiches, I feel that fresh, high-quality bread is of great importance. That is often overlooked. But it makes a big difference to this customer.

Amen. I hate spongy bread that has no character. Blimpie used to have the worst bread. I haven’t been in years because of it.

I liked Blimpie, but they closed their one store around here years ago.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: George on May 11, 2023, 04:40:34 PM
Topic of the Day:  Pellegrino's (https://pellegrinositaliankitchen.com/), a local Italian restaurant, makes the best Monte Cristo that I've ever had.  It's only on their lunch menu, so I can't get it in the evening.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: George on May 11, 2023, 04:42:19 PM
Another local place, Red Wagon (https://www.redwagontumwater.com/), has a pretty good Club sandwich. :)
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: George on May 11, 2023, 04:50:52 PM
Sandwiches that I make at home are usually just what I have on hand, which isn't much for sandwiches.  Right now, I have some hard boiled eggs that my sister gave me, so I'll be making some egg salad sandwiches soon.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: John G. on May 11, 2023, 07:29:16 PM
Preview Harvey makes a pretty mean Swiss cheese sandwich that sent me to the store to make my own. It’s plain and simple, but that’s what made it sound so good.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: John G. on May 11, 2023, 07:30:39 PM
I’m indifferent to too many sandwiches around here because this isn’t a bread town. It’s a tortilla town.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: John G. on May 11, 2023, 07:31:43 PM
Dancing was fun. Trying to help a couple learn to move together. They tried and started to get it.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: Jane on May 11, 2023, 07:34:01 PM
It is very disappointing Freyja is sick.

Will you get to see her?

I am staying with her.  The big question is if I will get sick.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: Jane on May 11, 2023, 07:34:40 PM
~~~Quick Recovery Vibes for Freyja!!~~~

Thank you.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: Jane on May 11, 2023, 07:35:37 PM
She felt better tonight, children's advil is wonderful,  and we went to the park.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: singdaw on May 11, 2023, 07:36:59 PM
BK, after the concert I told Steve that you said "hi." He was surprised and pleased.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: singdaw on May 11, 2023, 07:37:16 PM
Wonderful, DR Jane.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: Jane on May 11, 2023, 07:37:36 PM
Hope you can still salvage some of your visit, DR Jane.

Today was beautiful and it would have been nice to go on an outing. We are going to attempt to go to the zoo in the morning before it rains. Hopefully she will be up to it.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: Jane on May 11, 2023, 07:37:59 PM
Rodzinski,  I have him your hug.

He was requested to give you one too! 😊

Lol, he did.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: singdaw on May 11, 2023, 07:38:00 PM
The program consisted of of substantial talk by Jamie Bernstein about her father. It was great, and coordinated with many photos and video clips, which were projected.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: Jrand74 on May 11, 2023, 07:38:06 PM
Congrats on your free loot DR JOHN G.  It's very nice.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: Jrand74 on May 11, 2023, 07:38:23 PM
Hardback celebration vibes for MR BK!
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: Jane on May 11, 2023, 07:38:47 PM
I saw a comic on the Jerry Lewis Telethon once I wish I could find again. He was an old-timer. His schtick was to put his hand up to his face like he was removing a mask, and when he did, he would change facial expressions and personalities while casting off the old “mask” to the floor. He was so fast at this that the illusion that he was changing masks seemed real and he sped the whole thing up in hilarious fashion.

Cool.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: Jrand74 on May 11, 2023, 07:38:57 PM
Tonight was a bit of a mess - and somehow I have pulled my arm muscle slightly.....glad I have three days to recover.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: Jane on May 11, 2023, 07:39:04 PM
Healing vibes for Freya.....and visiting vibes for DR JANE.

Thank you.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: Jrand74 on May 11, 2023, 07:39:14 PM
Oh no!  I ushered in the dreaded Page Seven.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: singdaw on May 11, 2023, 07:39:16 PM
Then Andrea and Steve performed about 40 minutes of Bernstein songs. Jamie chimed in with the tenor part on "I Am Easily Assimilated."
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: Jane on May 11, 2023, 07:39:32 PM
Food was good, then picked up the hardcover, which looks fantastic.

Great.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: Jrand74 on May 11, 2023, 07:39:49 PM
I shall have to watch the GHOSTS season finale tomorrow OnDEMAND.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: Jane on May 11, 2023, 07:40:09 PM
Vibes for Freyja.

Thanks.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: Jane on May 11, 2023, 07:40:29 PM
We had a company picnic thing today. On campus. Out by one of the ponds.

It sounds nice.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: singdaw on May 11, 2023, 07:40:32 PM
Oh no!  I ushered in the dreaded Page Seven.

Someone throw some water on that man!
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: Jane on May 11, 2023, 07:40:46 PM
I won a Tommy Bahama beach chair.

Very nice.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: Jrand74 on May 11, 2023, 07:40:51 PM
My blood sugar has been very good the last four days.....I average in the low 130's......and the last four counts have been in the 120's.

I think the third Metformin a day is doing the trick.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: Jane on May 11, 2023, 07:41:16 PM
However, it does not make up for their work-from-the-office policy.

Very true.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: singdaw on May 11, 2023, 07:41:19 PM
~~~RAPID ARM-HEALING VIBES~~~ for DR Jrand72!!!!!!!
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: Jane on May 11, 2023, 07:41:34 PM
And you can tell them that I said so.

;D
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: Jrand74 on May 11, 2023, 07:41:40 PM
LOL DR singdaw......there was some mistiming tonight and I had water thrown on me three times.....hopefully their timing will be better next week.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: Jane on May 11, 2023, 07:42:33 PM
https://www.tommybahama.com/en/Tommy-Bahama-Malachite-Print-Deluxe-Backpack-Beach-Chair/p/SH481152-199

I think this is it.

You are all set for summer.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: Jane on May 11, 2023, 07:43:34 PM
Sorry Freyja is sick. Hasn't this happened before?

Yes, when she visited us.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: Jrand74 on May 11, 2023, 07:43:51 PM
Thank you DR singdaw.

DR ELMORE has a busy day tomorrow!  Vibes for keeping the schedule!
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: Jrand74 on May 11, 2023, 07:44:03 PM
A handy pan can be a lifesaver!
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: Jrand74 on May 11, 2023, 07:44:25 PM
DR JANE I do hope we see the photo of you and Monkey.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: singdaw on May 11, 2023, 07:44:35 PM
DR John G., I think your garden kitty needs a friend.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: Jrand74 on May 11, 2023, 07:44:53 PM
Well I think I need to see what is on the television machine.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: Jane on May 11, 2023, 07:44:53 PM
Jane, glad you liked to book! Can you leave a review on Amazon and Goodreads - I'm about to put it up on Goodreads.

I can give it stars on Goodreads for now.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: Jrand74 on May 11, 2023, 07:45:07 PM
What madness is this?
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: Jane on May 11, 2023, 07:46:26 PM
Wonderful, DR Jane.

It was fun.  Fingers crossed she sleeps through the night.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: Jane on May 11, 2023, 07:47:17 PM
My blood sugar has been very good the last four days.....I average in the low 130's......and the last four counts have been in the 120's.

I think the third Metformin a day is doing the trick.

Great.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: Jane on May 11, 2023, 07:50:50 PM
Tonight was a bit of a mess - and somehow I have pulled my arm muscle slightly.....glad I have three days to recover.

Arm healing vibes.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: Jane on May 11, 2023, 07:52:23 PM
DR JANE I do hope we see the photo of you and Monkey.

Eventually.   Jose emailed me the photos but I can't see them.  I should ask Keith to puck a good one and post it.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: Jane on May 11, 2023, 07:53:44 PM
I worked a number of sneak previews a the Village and Bruin.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: Jane on May 11, 2023, 07:54:18 PM
For the most part I don't recall what they were.  Keith might.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: Jane on May 11, 2023, 07:54:51 PM
I never remember seeing Bruce at any of them?
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: singdaw on May 11, 2023, 07:57:26 PM
I can't decide if I want to follow DR Jrand72 to the television or just head to bed.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: singdaw on May 11, 2023, 07:57:50 PM
Having just eaten dinner, I'm all off schedule.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: singdaw on May 11, 2023, 07:58:16 PM
Dinner consisted of a plate of roasted cauliflower dipped in a bit of hummus. Quite tasty.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: singdaw on May 11, 2023, 07:58:42 PM
And tomorrow is Friday.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: singdaw on May 11, 2023, 07:59:10 PM
The week has flown by, like a gazelle chomping on a celery stalk.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: singdaw on May 11, 2023, 07:59:25 PM
Gazelles are pretty versatile.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: singdaw on May 11, 2023, 07:59:42 PM
They're always doing the oddest things.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: John G. on May 11, 2023, 08:03:27 PM
No one has yet mentioned a wonderful cucumber or cress tea sandwich. Dainty quainty me likes them.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: John G. on May 11, 2023, 08:05:08 PM
I usher for Billy Porter tomorrow. I don’t think the show has sold all that well. Yesterday they offered free tickets.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: singdaw on May 11, 2023, 08:05:47 PM
No one has yet mentioned a wonderful cucumber or cress tea sandwich. Dainty quainty me likes them.

With the crusts cut off?
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: singdaw on May 11, 2023, 08:06:06 PM
Billy Porter should be loads of fun.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: George on May 11, 2023, 08:06:24 PM
Gratuitous Post #222!! :D
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: singdaw on May 11, 2023, 08:06:33 PM
Well, Facebook just let me know why Seth R wasn't playing tonight. He got a better gig!
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: George on May 11, 2023, 08:07:36 PM
My blood sugar has been very good the last four days.....I average in the low 130's......and the last four counts have been in the 120's.

I think the third Metformin a day is doing the trick.

Very good news, Jrand!
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: George on May 11, 2023, 08:08:25 PM
~~~RAPID ARM-HEALING VIBES~~~ for DR Jrand72!!!!!!!

~~~DITTO!!~~~
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: George on May 11, 2023, 08:10:51 PM
I usher for Billy Porter tomorrow. I don’t think the show has sold all that well. Yesterday they offered free tickets.

That's too bad.  I'd LOVE to see him perform.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: singdaw on May 11, 2023, 08:13:40 PM
 ;D
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: singdaw on May 11, 2023, 08:14:58 PM
Good night, friends.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: Rodzinski on May 11, 2023, 08:27:10 PM
Rodzinski,  I have him your hug.

He was requested to give you one too! 😊

Lol, he did.

My devious plan worked!!
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: Jane on May 11, 2023, 08:53:22 PM
Bruce, I remembered Freyja was sick when Craig was visiting.   I hope I am as lucky like Craig was and don't get sick.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: George on May 11, 2023, 08:56:03 PM
Wordle 691 4/6

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Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: Jane on May 11, 2023, 08:59:39 PM
They are good parents trying to teach Freyja the proper way to sneeze and cough into her arm vs peoples faces ;D
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: Jane on May 11, 2023, 09:01:57 PM
DR Rodzinski at what age can I expect that to actually happen?
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: Jane on May 11, 2023, 09:02:20 PM
'night
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: DR Iris on May 11, 2023, 09:11:34 PM
Feel better vibes for sweet granddaughter Freyja!

And stay healthy vibes for DR Jane! 🤗
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: bk on May 11, 2023, 09:37:59 PM
Finished with my viewing.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: bk on May 11, 2023, 09:38:08 PM
With my viewing I'm finished.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: bk on May 11, 2023, 09:38:38 PM
One of Preview Harvey's other main meal dishes has a nod to haineshisway.com - what is it?
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: bk on May 11, 2023, 09:39:08 PM
Am thinking about going out and putting some gas in the motor car so I don't have to worry about it later.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: bk on May 11, 2023, 09:39:30 PM
If I do that, then I'll probably go to Gelson's and pick up a couple of items I need.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: bk on May 11, 2023, 09:39:37 PM
Page nine.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: George on May 11, 2023, 10:12:00 PM
Am thinking about going out and putting some gas in the motor car so I don't have to worry about it later.

What a coinkydink!  I put gas in my motor car this afternoon. 
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: George on May 11, 2023, 10:12:16 PM
I went to Fred Meyer because I have their rewards card and got 10¢ a gallon off! 
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: George on May 11, 2023, 10:12:48 PM
Depending how much you spend at Fred Meyer, you can get up to $1.00 off per gallon.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: George on May 11, 2023, 10:13:15 PM
I've never spent enough at FM to get the entire dollar off.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: George on May 11, 2023, 10:14:08 PM
I think the most I've ever gotten off was 25¢ a gallon.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: DR Iris on May 11, 2023, 10:14:27 PM
DR singdaw, that was interesting news about Seth and Audra.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: George on May 11, 2023, 10:14:38 PM
The regular FM price was $4.17⁹, so I only paid $4.07⁹ per gallon. 
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: George on May 11, 2023, 10:14:50 PM
I don't know how much the cost was at Costco today...I forgot to check.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: DR Iris on May 11, 2023, 10:15:00 PM
They were performing at a synagogue 5 minutes from where I live.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: DR Iris on May 11, 2023, 10:15:52 PM
Had I known, I would have invited them over for dinner.
😊
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: George on May 11, 2023, 10:16:22 PM
Hello, Iris.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: George on May 11, 2023, 10:16:35 PM
They were peeforming at a synagogue 5 minutes from where I live.

Cool!
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: DR Iris on May 11, 2023, 10:16:43 PM
No more earthquakes for DR Jeanne!
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: DR Iris on May 11, 2023, 10:17:29 PM
I felt dozens of earthquakes when I lived in L.A.
Only a few of them were scary.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: DR Iris on May 11, 2023, 10:18:00 PM
I have achieved a new millstone.
😄
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: DR Iris on May 11, 2023, 10:18:17 PM
A Space Odyssey.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: DR Iris on May 11, 2023, 10:19:28 PM
Hi, George!
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: George on May 11, 2023, 10:19:49 PM
I have achieved a new millstone.
😄


Why, yes you have!  And here it is!
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: DR Iris on May 11, 2023, 10:20:20 PM
Does your show open next week?

You must be excited.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: George on May 11, 2023, 10:20:27 PM
It's zoomed in...just a bit. ;D
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: DR Iris on May 11, 2023, 10:20:39 PM
Well, excited AND scared.
😊
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: George on May 11, 2023, 10:21:14 PM
Does your show open next week?

You must be excited.

It opens two weeks from tomorrow on the 26th, and yes, I'm pretty excited!
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: DR Iris on May 11, 2023, 10:21:59 PM
Thank you, George, for photographic evidence of my major achievement.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: DR Iris on May 11, 2023, 10:22:21 PM
Which took almost 20 years.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: George on May 11, 2023, 10:22:28 PM
Well, excited AND scared.
😊

Not scared.  I've never gotten stage freight...even when I felt I wasn't as prepared as I should've been. ::)

;)
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: George on May 11, 2023, 10:22:46 PM
Which took almost 20 years.

One post at a time!
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: DR Iris on May 11, 2023, 10:23:24 PM
George, when is tech week?
Next week?
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: DR Iris on May 11, 2023, 10:23:57 PM
One Post At A Time.
.
The title of my next book.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: George on May 11, 2023, 10:25:18 PM
George, when is tech week?
Next week?

The week after, starting on the 22nd.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: George on May 11, 2023, 10:25:34 PM
Oh, look!  It's Page Ten! :D
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: DR Iris on May 11, 2023, 10:25:56 PM
Wonderful to never experience stage fright.

You must have confidence in confidence alone.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: George on May 11, 2023, 10:26:56 PM
Wonderful to never experience stage fright.

You must have confidence in confidence alone.


Either that I'm just too unaware. ;D
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: DR Iris on May 11, 2023, 10:27:08 PM
Good night, HHW.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: George on May 11, 2023, 10:27:47 PM
Good night, Iris.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: bk on May 11, 2023, 10:53:26 PM
I don't think dear reader Iris has ever invited ME over for dinner, although I do believe we HAVE dined.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: bk on May 11, 2023, 10:54:00 PM
The motor car is filled to the brim - sixty bucks but only because I still had a bit over a quarter of a tank.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: bk on May 11, 2023, 10:54:28 PM
Went to Gelson's and got stuff for Wacky Noodles, which I'll probably do tomorrow.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: bk on May 11, 2023, 10:55:10 PM
And I was hungry, since I hadn't eaten since 1:00 so I got a Wolfgang Puck Caesar salad - no chicken - so, that's not too bad.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: bk on May 11, 2023, 10:55:19 PM
And?
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: bk on May 11, 2023, 10:55:23 PM
What?
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: bk on May 11, 2023, 10:55:29 PM
I don't know.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: bk on May 11, 2023, 10:55:34 PM
Third base.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: bk on May 11, 2023, 10:56:09 PM
I feel confident that we will at least make page 11. Do NOT prove me wrong by going down rabbit holes.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: Rodzinski on May 11, 2023, 11:13:04 PM
DR Rodzinski at what age can I expect that to actually happen?

4
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: George on May 11, 2023, 11:13:37 PM
I feel confident that we will at least make page 11. Do NOT prove me wrong by going down rabbit holes.

What about reading Preview Harry Harvey??

[Post corrected. ::) ]

Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: Rodzinski on May 11, 2023, 11:16:49 PM
I think we gotta aim for 12 tonight, gents.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: Rodzinski on May 11, 2023, 11:17:18 PM
Sorry to have missed the delightful Iris in real time.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: Rodzinski on May 11, 2023, 11:17:49 PM
Fred Meyer sells gas? Who knew?
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: Rodzinski on May 11, 2023, 11:18:23 PM
We’re due for a Costco run.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: Rodzinski on May 11, 2023, 11:18:50 PM
Down to ol’ Washington Proper.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: Rodzinski on May 11, 2023, 11:20:06 PM
States I never imagined I’d live in even, say, 9 years ago… Delaware, Washington.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: George on May 11, 2023, 11:22:06 PM
States I never imagined I’d live in even, say, 9 years ago… Delaware, Washington.

Who'da thunk it??
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: Rodzinski on May 11, 2023, 11:22:08 PM
Of course I never would’ve believed as a kid in Indiana I’d live in NYC for 20 years.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: Rodzinski on May 11, 2023, 11:23:04 PM
10 years in Georgia was also a bit of a surprise.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: Rodzinski on May 11, 2023, 11:24:39 PM
Where will I not believe I live next?
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: Rodzinski on May 11, 2023, 11:27:00 PM
George, aside from the method/character study (to death) approach, do you like your director? Do you think the cast as a whole likes the director?
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: Rodzinski on May 11, 2023, 11:29:54 PM
RIP Jackie Zeman, from a guy who watched a ton of General Hospital as a kid and beyond.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: Rodzinski on May 11, 2023, 11:30:16 PM
And now we go to…
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: Rodzinski on May 11, 2023, 11:30:43 PM
11th Heaven
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: Rodzinski on May 11, 2023, 11:41:51 PM
Mother in Law making great strides towards normalcy and seems excited to move into assisted living facility we found.

Father in Law not taking it so well. MIL wanted me to come over today to help me get him to eat breakfast. I arrived to find him semi-awake but non-responsive in his easy chair. Called 911. They (and subsequently the hospital) can’t really find anything wrong with him physically. He just seems to have checked out. He was at least speaking this evening when my wife visited him at the hospital. Docs are mystified. I think the stress of having to move is making him want to curl up in a shell and do nothing. We’ll see what lies ahead.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: George on May 11, 2023, 11:46:20 PM
George, aside from the method/character study (to death) approach, do you like your director? Do you think the cast as a whole likes the director?

Our director Lauren is really nice.  She does know what she's doing, but (since this is my very first time working with her), I assume that she does all this work because it's a college production, but that's just my guess. 
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: George on May 11, 2023, 11:46:37 PM
Jesse, the woman playing Dot/Marie, and I have been in shows together before, and Jesse has worked with Lauren before at the college, and Jesse said that that's the way she works...lots of "work" on the characters.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: George on May 11, 2023, 11:47:26 PM
Mother in Law making great strides towards normalcy and seems excited to move into assisted living facility we found.

Father in Law not taking it so well. MIL wanted me to come over today to help me get him to eat breakfast. I arrived to find him semi-awake but non-responsive in his easy chair. Called 911. They (and subsequently the hospital) can’t really find anything wrong with him physically. He just seems to have checked out. He was at least speaking this evening when my wife visited him at the hospital. Docs are mystified. I think the stress of having to move is making him want to curl up in a shell and do nothing. We’ll see what lies ahead.

Oh, no. :(
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: George on May 11, 2023, 11:48:15 PM
~~~Vibes of All Kinds for Rodzinski's Father-in-Law!!~~~
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: George on May 11, 2023, 11:53:14 PM
Well, this is kinda cool.  I downloaded an image of Seurat's A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte:

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/A_Sunday_on_La_Grande_Jatte%2C_Georges_Seurat%2C_1884.jpg/700px-A_Sunday_on_La_Grande_Jatte%2C_Georges_Seurat%2C_1884.jpg)
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: George on May 11, 2023, 11:56:50 PM
And several years ago, I bought this print on canvas, Adam Lister's A Sunday Afternoon #2:
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: George on May 11, 2023, 11:58:49 PM
Well, I just took those two images and created an animated gif that toggles between the two images!  The original that I created was too large a file size to upload, so I had to smallerize it, but here it is:
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: George on May 11, 2023, 11:59:03 PM
;D
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: bk on May 12, 2023, 12:04:22 AM
I don't know from Preview Harry - but Preview Harvey is an acceptable rabbit hole. Anxious to get some reviews on Amazon.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: bk on May 12, 2023, 12:06:07 AM
We got to page eleven.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: bk on May 12, 2023, 12:06:18 AM
That cannot and will not be denied.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: bk on May 12, 2023, 12:06:31 AM
Only fools and simpletons would deny it.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: bk on May 12, 2023, 12:06:55 AM
And I am neither. Well...
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: bk on May 12, 2023, 12:07:13 AM
Perhaps I've been both at times but who hasn't.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: bk on May 12, 2023, 12:07:24 AM
Who's on first.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: bk on May 12, 2023, 12:07:31 AM
What?
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: bk on May 12, 2023, 12:07:38 AM
What's on second.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: bk on May 12, 2023, 12:07:45 AM
I don't know.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: bk on May 12, 2023, 12:07:51 AM
Third base.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: bk on May 12, 2023, 12:08:20 AM
I see George.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: bk on May 12, 2023, 12:08:44 AM
He must be reading either Preview Harry or Preview Harvey, hopefully the latter and not the former.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: bk on May 12, 2023, 12:09:02 AM
The Latter Not the Former is the title of my next novel.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: bk on May 12, 2023, 12:09:39 AM
Which will, of course, include the story of The Randy Vicar and the Egg Yolk.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: bk on May 12, 2023, 12:09:48 AM
That's a good one.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: bk on May 12, 2023, 12:09:56 AM
Really good.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: George on May 12, 2023, 12:10:09 AM
I don't know from Preview Harry - but Preview Harvey is an acceptable rabbit hole. Anxious to get some reviews on Amazon.

AARRGGHH!! :o Very sorry about the title mistake.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: bk on May 12, 2023, 12:10:09 AM
New notes are up.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: bk on May 12, 2023, 12:10:21 AM
Up are new notes.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: bk on May 12, 2023, 12:10:30 AM
I've seen them.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: bk on May 12, 2023, 12:10:36 AM
I've read them.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: bk on May 12, 2023, 12:10:42 AM
I wrote them.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: bk on May 12, 2023, 12:10:56 AM
Have you?
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: bk on May 12, 2023, 12:11:09 AM
You's on first.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: bk on May 12, 2023, 12:11:25 AM
Me's on second.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: bk on May 12, 2023, 12:11:34 AM
Us's on third.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: George on May 12, 2023, 12:12:08 AM
He must be reading either Preview Harry or Preview Harvey, hopefully the latter and not the former.

Definitely the latter.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: George on May 12, 2023, 12:12:50 AM
Which will, of course, include the story of The Randy Vican and the Egg Yolk.

Vican...is that the German pronunciation of Wiccan??

;)
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: bk on May 12, 2023, 12:14:47 AM
Fixed. I typed Vicar but it "fixed" it to Vican.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: bk on May 12, 2023, 12:14:54 AM
Which isn't a word.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: bk on May 12, 2023, 12:15:01 AM
So much for AI.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: bk on May 12, 2023, 12:15:14 AM
How far into the book is George.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: bk on May 12, 2023, 12:15:40 AM
We'd all like to know.
Title: Re: CLASSIC STAND-UP COMEDY
Post by: bk on May 12, 2023, 12:15:52 AM
Ah, sweet mystery of life.