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Title: PACKING A WALLOP
Post by: bk on July 24, 2005, 12:03:13 AM
Well, you've read the notes, the notes have packed a wallop, I've packed a wallop, and you've packed a wallop, therefore it is time for you to post until the cows come home - they're currently packing a wallop, and I think we all know how slow those damnable cows are at packing.
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Post by: bk on July 24, 2005, 12:04:55 AM
And the word of the day is: STURGEON!
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Post by: Tomovoz on July 24, 2005, 12:06:14 AM
Wasn't that a Madonna song? -  "Like a Sturgeon"
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Post by: Tomovoz on July 24, 2005, 12:09:43 AM
Soup:
Sweet Potato with Coconut Milk and Fresh ginger.
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Post by: George on July 24, 2005, 12:35:06 AM
Soup = :P

Tomovoz, I have finished the CDs for you and I'll mail them on Monday!  I'm sorry that it took so long, but I hope you'll think it was worth it!
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Post by: Tomovoz on July 24, 2005, 12:47:58 AM
Thanks DR George.  I can fill in the time playing MBarnum's songs from Bollywood.
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Post by: George on July 24, 2005, 01:32:03 AM
We're just a couple of chatterboxes, aren't we, Tomovoz? ;)

I'm actually listening to a used CD that I just got today through Amazon.com:  Melissa Errico's Blue Like That (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000089YAA/ref=m_art_li_3/103-6246203-7306245?v=glance&s=music).  It's very nice.  All of the arrangements are pop-oriented, and she never really lets loose with her voice ("Diamond In the Rough" comes the closest to showing off what she can do), but overall, I'm thoroughly enjoying this somewhat quiet CD sung by a wonderful singer.  I recommend it. ;D
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Post by: Hisaka on July 24, 2005, 02:49:34 AM

Welcome, DR FJL!
Hope you understand my awkward English.
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Post by: Hisaka on July 24, 2005, 02:51:54 AM
Soup;
I, of course, love several kind of miso soups and my favorite ingredients are cabbage, Tofu and spinach, clams, and potato and onion as has been mentioned on the occasion of the potato topic.
Exotic soup. I like Tom Yum Goong soup very much but I can’t make it, as its taste is too complicated(?) for me to cook by myself.
My Onion Gratin Soup always gets a favorable review by everyone who has it. So I love to cook it anytime. :)  My special is a slice of very crispy baguette(not sure the spelling) putting under some melting mixed (mozzarella and parmigiano) cheesees.
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Post by: elmore3003 on July 24, 2005, 03:13:11 AM
Good morning, all!  I just missed DRHisaka.

DRs RonPulliam and Tomovoz, much as I love CAROUSEL, and I was lucky enough to see the Lincoln Center revival with John Raitt, Jerry Orbach, Susan Watson, and Edward Everett Horton.  It was a glorious production and one of my great theatre experiences.   I think the film is a poor semblance of the show:
  1.  The prologue with the starkeeper gives too much away
  2.  I find Barbara Ruick as Carrie far too coy and cutesy
  3.  the soundtrack recording is better than the film

Still, when I was 11 years old, I thought CAROUSEL was a wonderful film; now I wish it were better.  Give me OKLAHOMA! with Charlotte Greenwood, Gene Nelson. Gloria Grahame any day.

Soup?  Soup of the evening, beautiful soup!

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Post by: Jennifer on July 24, 2005, 06:21:59 AM
DR George, I think I taped BB6 last night. Although I was too exhausted to check when i got home (but i think i have it)./

If your niece still wants it (and nobody closer taped it), I could copy it to dvd and send it. Although you probably wouldn't get it for a week+.
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Post by: Matt H. on July 24, 2005, 07:45:21 AM
I didn't watch any of BB6 last night. Forgot totally about it while I was busy watching OCEANS TWELVE and RIVER OF NO RETURN. I did read a re-cap this morning, and sounds like I didn't miss much other than the two nominees for eviction.
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Post by: Matt H. on July 24, 2005, 07:47:37 AM
I, too, love French Onion soup. If I'm dining out and want soup, that's what I almost always order.

As for canned soups, my local grocery store has a selection of soups canned under their own label, and my favorite by far is a variety called Tomato Garden. It's full of vegetables and pasta, and it's my absolute favorite canned soup. Of course, a few months ago, they stopped production on it, so I've been eating Progresso Grilled Steak soup which is really very good.
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Post by: Matt H. on July 24, 2005, 07:48:59 AM
I am going to be gone for a large chunk of the afternoon, so I haven't selected any DVDs for today since I won't be here to watch anything.
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Post by: Matt H. on July 24, 2005, 07:49:32 AM
And then tonight, there are new episodes of QUEER AS FOLK, SIX FEET UNDER, and THE COMEBACK to watch, so no DVDs then either.
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Post by: Matt H. on July 24, 2005, 07:50:29 AM
I see you on-line, DR td. Nice to see you!  :D
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Post by: Matt H. on July 24, 2005, 07:52:17 AM
About KISS OF DEATH, I had read that Fox had it ready for US release and then canceled it. I don't know why, and I am not sure it's been rescheduled.

This same announced then canceled scenario plagued LAURA for a year or more before it finally got released.
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Post by: Kerry on July 24, 2005, 08:27:03 AM
Favorite soups have included French Onion (only in  some cases-- with lots of cheese and sweet onions)

Cream of Pea (which is usually gross except one time at a restaurant called Cafe La Serre in around 1977.  The pea soup was glorious.  That was the only time I can say that about pea soup).

A friend made a wonderful soup with pumpkin, peanut butter (of all things), carrots and onions. Very yummy, but who would have thought it?

A nice leek and potato soup is wonderful.

And though hardly gourmet, I still like Campbell's Cream of Tomato soup anbd a grilled cheese sandwich on a rainy day or when I just need comfort food.

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Post by: Kerry on July 24, 2005, 08:29:00 AM
BTW, the DVD of "Laura" is wonderful.  Crisp black and white.  That movie is so much about mood and atmosphere that it's nice to see a good print.

Bruce, you must see the restored version of "Brief Encounter" sometime.
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Post by: Matt H. on July 24, 2005, 08:38:41 AM
Thinking often about BLACK NARCISSUS that I watched for the first time the other day. I ordered the DVD so I could experience it again (without commercials), and the Criterion disc has a commentary and other tidbits so I figured it was worth it.

Interesting trivia note: Deborah Kerr had had an affair with Michael Powell (one of the directors of the film) earlier in her career, and during the making of the film, Kathleen Byron (who played the mad nun jealous of Kerr) was having an affair with Powell. That had to have been an interesting set!
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Post by: S. Woody White on July 24, 2005, 09:03:35 AM
I've often made soup by taking whatever I've had on hand and throwing it into the pot.  Usually turns out fairly well.

Cafe Zeus, here in Rehoboth, has a great soup made with spinach and sweet green peppers, kicked up with prosciutto.  Chef Charles also makes a killer lobster bisque.

Der Brucer, normally disdainful of tofu, loves miso soup with the little tofu cubes whenever we're at a Japanese restaurant.

I made a mushroom soup once that was very heavy on the mushers and very light on the cream.  It was yummilicious, but I cannot for the life of me remember where I found the recipe.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on July 24, 2005, 09:03:56 AM
Good Morning!

Ah, sleep... :)

Unlike BK, I do not have a busy week coming up this week.  Yet.  I hope.  Tomorrow is my day to run around to various offices and say HI to various people.  I just want to get to them in person and not just over the phone.  "Hey, I'm in town!  Hire me!"  -And even though they've forecasted some possible thunderstorms during the morning, it's supposed to be a sort of nice day, in the mid-80s - just like today!

:)

In any case...
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Post by: S. Woody White on July 24, 2005, 09:06:38 AM
And then there was that spectacular flight of four chilled soups I had at Cloud Nine a few weeks ago, served in four wine glasses.  A wonderful run of a berry soup, one of cucumber, one of cantaloupe (spiked with chilis), and one of yellow watermelon.  Tasty and refreshing!
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Post by: S. Woody White on July 24, 2005, 09:07:36 AM
So, tell us, Jose, what did you really think of Ms. Somers?

 ;D
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Post by: S. Woody White on July 24, 2005, 09:10:31 AM
Over at Playbill On-Line, Suskin gives a devestating review of the Sweet Charity revival's cast recording. (http://www.playbill.com/news/article/94137.htm)  Anyone interested in orchestration (and not just the usual suspects) should give it a read.
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Post by: S. Woody White on July 24, 2005, 09:11:41 AM
Time to get ready for work.

Today is National Tequila Day!!!  (But not during working hours.)
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Post by: JoseSPiano on July 24, 2005, 09:13:35 AM
As for soups...  I used to like almost anything cream-based, but I tend to go for lighter, "cleaner" soups now.  However, I still love a good bowl of New England Clam Chowder - which is hard to come by.

I'm a big fan of Vietnamese pho in all its variations.  I've started ordering the combinations that include some cuts of meat (bible tripe, tendon, etc.) that I've never heard of before.  Quite unctious at times, and quite delicious.

My favorite homemade soup has to be the Greek avgolemeno - a chicken,egg, lemon and rice (or orzo) soup.  Quite simple to put together, and it can be quite the warmer-upper during the winter, or refreshing in the summer.

Favorite canned - Either the traditional Campbell's Minestrone, or their newer Italian Wedding Soup - the one with the little polpetti, meatballs.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on July 24, 2005, 09:16:57 AM
Time to get ready for work.

Today is National Tequila Day!!!  (But not during working hours.)


Well, if I was playing in the onstage, but behind the backdrop, band that accompanied Ms. Somers... Well...

;)

*And the band personnel also went uncredited.  And there was no AFM (musician's union) acknowledgment in the program either.  Hmmm....
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Post by: JoseSPiano on July 24, 2005, 09:21:51 AM
DR elmore - I keep meaning to ask you... Is your current work on The Golden Apple related to the concert staging(?) coming up in a few weeks somewhere up the Hudson?
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Post by: Jane on July 24, 2005, 09:29:17 AM
As for soups...  I used to like almost anything cream-based, but I tend to go for lighter, "cleaner" soups now.  However, I still love a good bowl of New England Clam Chowder - which is hard to come by.


The Red Lion Inn in Stockbridge, Massachusetts had the best clam chowder we have ever tasted.  One day I want to return there, stay at the inn and have clam chowder again.  I had hoped this would be the year, following my trip to NY.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on July 24, 2005, 09:36:40 AM
Hmm...

Maybe I'll make a trip to the Oyster Bar in Grand Central to try their Clam Chowder.   They make both the New England and Manhattan (of course).  And they will even serve both in the same bowl.  Sounds good to me!
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Post by: bk on July 24, 2005, 09:42:33 AM
I just don't know about Mr. Suskin.  He spends much of the Charity "review" railing about the orchestrations, and how unnecessary they are.  He says that Mr. Fosse was working with "songwriters" that he'd worked with before and had a good time with (I don't believe he'd worked with Miss Fields before).   He says if you want to hear a Ralph Burns "score" you should go see Chicago.  Kander and Ebb wrote the "score" - Mr. Burns supplied the orchestrations.

He then goes on to "review" the 1970 cast album of the Judy Carne/Sandy Duncan The Boy Friend.  He writes of Sandy Wilson's disdain over the new orchestrations that were foisted on his show.  Mr. Suskin doesn't have a problem with the new orchestrations, which he likes, even though the score's composer did not like them, and they are not true to the concept of the show.  
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Post by: JoseSPiano on July 24, 2005, 09:45:46 AM
Well, I'm heading out for a bit... Just want to do some more exploring on foot.  I still need to find where there the Pathmark and Duane Reade is in my neighborhood - everyone just keeps saying they're down the hill.  So, I'm guess I'll be going down the hill.  ;)

Laters...
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Post by: Jrand73 on July 24, 2005, 10:28:42 AM
Interesting article, DR SWW.

My review of A NEW GUY IN TOWN is now up at Amazon.com.  I must mention that I ended up NOT liking one of the tracks and go into a bit of detail why in the review.  Just at warning.

Horse racing and all that, you know.  
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Post by: elmore3003 on July 24, 2005, 10:41:30 AM
DR elmore - I keep meaning to ask you... Is your current work on The Golden Apple related to the concert staging(?) coming up in a few weeks somewhere up the Hudson?

August 28, Bard College.  Yep.  I may need some help.  Want to volunteer?
Title: Re:PACKING A WALLOP
Post by: elmore3003 on July 24, 2005, 10:43:27 AM
I just don't know about Mr. Suskin.  He spends much of the Charity "review" railing about the orchestrations, and how unnecessary they are.  He says that Mr. Fosse was working with "songwriters" that he'd worked with before and had a good time with (I don't believe he'd worked with Miss Fields before).  .  

I believe she is a co-author of REDHEAD.
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Post by: Michael on July 24, 2005, 10:45:29 AM
I once packed a wallop to take to Canada, but it was taken away from at customs because wallops were on the endangered species list.
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Post by: Michael on July 24, 2005, 10:46:45 AM
RE: The film version of Carousel.

I understand the European version does not have the prologue.
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Post by: bk on July 24, 2005, 10:51:18 AM
Redhead was Fields?  Well, we'll give that back to Mr. Suskin then, but the rest of my criticism stands.

Is Jrand the only one who's listened to the Guy Haines album?  I HAVE gotten several lovely private e-mails from denizens, but very little here, I must say, besides Jrand and Pogue.

I've read Jrand's review on amazon - very nice.  I don't necessarily agree with all of it (both yay and nay, BTW), but that IS what makes Ye Olde Horse Racing.
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Post by: bk on July 24, 2005, 10:53:27 AM
Oh, and the other thing that annoyed me in Mr. Suskin's "review" was his comment that Sweet Charity was based on an "old" Fellini film - a very dismissive and silly comment.  La Notti di Cabiria was all of ten years old when Sweet Charity was written.
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Post by: bk on July 24, 2005, 10:54:04 AM
Anyone interesting in The Golden Apple?
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Post by: Jrand73 on July 24, 2005, 10:54:05 AM
:)
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Post by: Jrand73 on July 24, 2005, 10:55:40 AM
Oh DR JOSE I am in MY THREE ANGELS with Ben Dulaski whose sister was in SWEENEY TODD....we talked about her last summer, but now I forget her name.

I will be glad when this week of PIPPIN rehearsal is done!
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Post by: TCB on July 24, 2005, 11:15:00 AM
Oh DR JOSE I am in MY THREE ANGELS with Ben Dulaski whose sister was in SWEENEY TODD....we talked about her last summer, but now I forget her name.

I will be glad when this week of PIPPIN rehearsal is done!

So, Jrand, what part are you playing in MY THREE ANGELS?
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Post by: JoseSPiano on July 24, 2005, 11:15:45 AM
Oh DR JOSE I am in MY THREE ANGELS with Ben Dulaski whose sister was in SWEENEY TODD....we talked about her last summer, but now I forget her name.

I will be glad when this week of PIPPIN rehearsal is done!

Ilona Dulaski!  I just saw her last week in DC at the Damn Yankees call down there.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on July 24, 2005, 11:16:56 AM
August 28, Bard College.  Yep.  I may need some help.  Want to volunteer?

Hmm... Sounds tempting.  Where and when?
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Post by: JoseSPiano on July 24, 2005, 11:19:12 AM
...And I indeed did go down the hill... A very short hill as it turns out.  There are two corners down there that have been recently redeveloped.  One corner has the Duane Reade, and one corner has the Pathmark.  I was surprised at how big the Pathmark store was.  It's one of those places that doesn't look all that big from the outside, but once inside...  Nice and roomy aisles too.  Alas, no instore bakery, but I think I can manage elsewhere.  ;)
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Post by: JoseSPiano on July 24, 2005, 11:22:16 AM
And now I shall take a walk down Amsterdam for a couple of blocks, then I'll most likely hop on the A to Columbus Circle and hit Central Park while the sun is still out.  And then I'll head back here for a quiet evening of TV and laundry.

Anyone need anything from Whole Foods?

;)

Laters...
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Post by: bk on July 24, 2005, 11:24:49 AM
Is this a slow news day here at haineshisway.com?

Where are all our soup comments?
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on July 24, 2005, 11:30:53 AM
Sturgeon Soup!
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on July 24, 2005, 11:31:12 AM
La soup de ma tante!
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on July 24, 2005, 11:31:24 AM
Zoot Soup!
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on July 24, 2005, 11:35:18 AM
There is a local cafe I like to frequent (infrequently, as it were) whose house specialty soup is a very spicy, thick tomato soup.  Several chunks of cambozola cheese are added to it just before serving  and it's accompanied with some wonderful toasted sourdough bread.

If it weren't for that establishment's wonderful hot dish dish called Chicken Chili Lime (steamed vegetables meet meet chicken grilled in a chili-lime butter sauce and served with a garnish of mashed potatoes) -- well, I'd order the soup each time I go there.  But the Chicken Chili Lime...is......ohhhhhhhhhhhhh...ahhhhhhhhhh....su blime.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on July 24, 2005, 11:39:35 AM
Soup-y Sales!
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Post by: Jrand73 on July 24, 2005, 11:46:47 AM
Ilona Dulaski!  I just saw her last week in DC at the Damn Yankees call down there.

Thanks DRJOSE - that's her!

DR TCB I am playing Jules, Ben is playing Joseph, and the former head of the county Repblican Party is playing Alfred.  8)
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Post by: Jrand73 on July 24, 2005, 11:48:16 AM
It is so hot, it is hard to think of soup.

I liked Campbell's Chicken Noodle when I was growing up.

Cream of Chicken is my favorite now.
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Post by: bk on July 24, 2005, 12:01:39 PM
Perhaps I'll have soup tonight when I sup, should they have something interesting.

Tammy should be here shortly and then we will be on our way to rehearse for two count them two hours.
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Post by: bk on July 24, 2005, 12:02:23 PM
In a mere forty-four postings I shall achieve my new plateau and I'll be out of the 13s thank goodness.
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Post by: bk on July 24, 2005, 12:03:25 PM
I wonder what Jose is doing come November.
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Post by: bk on July 24, 2005, 12:04:01 PM
Lots of clouds today, blocking the sun.
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Post by: bk on July 24, 2005, 12:04:23 PM
Conversely, at times there is lots of sun blocking the clouds.
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Post by: bk on July 24, 2005, 12:04:38 PM
I shall be blocking the actors soon.
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Post by: George on July 24, 2005, 12:24:36 PM
DR George, I think I taped BB6 last night. Although I was too exhausted to check when i got home (but i think i have it)./

If your niece still wants it (and nobody closer taped it), I could copy it to dvd and send it. Although you probably wouldn't get it for a week+.

Thanks for the offer!  I just asked my niece and she thanks you for the offer, but you don't have to go to all that trouble.  She does keep up with what's going on on the CBS website, though.
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Post by: George on July 24, 2005, 12:31:57 PM
Is Jrand the only one who's listened to the Guy Haines album?  I HAVE gotten several lovely private e-mails from denizens, but very little here, I must say, besides Jrand and Pogue.

What am I, chopped liver?  On Monday, July 18th, I wrote:
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Mine arrived today too! ... I'm right now listening to the last track on "New Guy In Town" and I think that it's a wonderful CD.  It has a great mix of songs and I especially love "Cowboy Waltz."  The booklet and the artwork is top-notch and the pictures themselves are quite nice.  Guy's hands take a good picture. ;) Sadly, no hidden track.  Oh, well.  You can't have everything....

Not profound, but sincere. :)
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Post by: Jed on July 24, 2005, 01:35:18 PM
Split pea.  Wonderful stuff.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on July 24, 2005, 02:02:43 PM
If I absolutely detest the movie of "Mame" with Lucille Ball, does that mean I am "Anti Mame"?
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Post by: Jrand73 on July 24, 2005, 02:33:07 PM
Keep watching the skies.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on July 24, 2005, 02:40:45 PM
Good Afternoon!

Back from another couple of hours of wandering around the city.  I stopped here.  I stopped there.  I ate this.  I ate that.  Lots of little bites in various parts of the city.

On the way back from midtown, I decided to get off at 125th and Broadway and walk over to Amsterdam, then up to 145th.   Man, does that hill go up for a bunch of blocks!  It wasn't that bad, and once I got up to 145th, I rewarded myself with a shaved ice from the vendor on the  corner.  I tried some orange flavor - chinola - quite good, and all natural, at least according to the kind gentleman.  Now I just have about 14 more flavors to try!

;)
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Post by: JoseSPiano on July 24, 2005, 02:42:19 PM
I wonder what Jose is doing come November.

Well...

I'm supposed to be starting rehearsals for Damn Yankees, but things, as they say, are always subject to change.

 :P
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Post by: DearReaderLaura on July 24, 2005, 02:55:35 PM
Good afternoon, fellow Dear Readers. That's about all I have to say.

I have not listened to my new CDs yet. We always save new CDs for road trips. We believe in delayed gratification. Besides, sometimes it's the only way I can get DR Sandra in the car for the drive home.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on July 24, 2005, 02:56:52 PM
And now for a bit of Sunday levity.  I received these in an e-mail recently.  Enjoy!

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Musician Jokes 101

Did you hear about the bass player that was so bad even the drummer noticed?

What did the ProTools engineer say to the singer? "That sucked;come on in."

Kenny G walks into an elevator and says, "Man, this place is HAPPENING!"

What's the last thing a drummer says before he's thrown out of the band? "Let's play one of MY songs!"

What's the difference between a musician and a large Domino's pizza? A large Domino's pizza can feed a family of four.

Have you heard the one about the guitar player that plays in tune? Neither have I.

What was the epitaph on the blues player's gravestone? "I didn't wake up this morning."

How can you tell if the stage is level? The drummer drools evenly out of both sides of his mouth.

What do you throw a drowning guitar player? His amp.

How do you make a guitar player play softer? Put a chart in front of him.

How do you make a keyboard player play softer? Take his chart away.

How do you get two piccolo players to play in perfect unison? Shoot one.

General Custer and his aide were in the fort. The aide said, "General, I don't like the sound of those drums." From over in the hills you hear a voice yell, "It's not our regular drummer."

How many engineers does it take to change a lightbulb? 1) "Is that an analog bulb or a digital bulb?" 2) "It's in the manual, You DID READ THE MANUAL, DIDN'T YOU?" 3) "That's visual. I only do audio"

How many record producers does it take to change a lightbulb? "I don't know. What do you think?"

How many drummers does it take to change a lightbulb? None. They have machines to do that now.

How many bass players does it take to change a lightbulb? None; the piano player does it with his left hand.

How many alto sax players does it take to change a lightbulb? Five: one to handle the bulb and four to contemplate how David Sanborn would've done it.

How does a soprano change a lightbulb? She just holds on and the world revolves around her.

How many altos does it take to change a lightbulb? None; they can't get up that high.

How many jazz pianists does it take to change a lightbulb? Screw the changes, we'll fake it.

How many union roadies does it take to change a lightbulb? Eleven. You got a problem with that?

What ís the difference between a violin and a bass? A bass burns longer.

What do you call a drummer with no girlfiend? Homeless.

The bass player came tearing out a club in hot pursuit of another guy. The bouncer asked him, "What's the problem?" Puffed the bassist, "That guy turned one of my tuning pegs, and he
won't tell me which one."

How many female country vocalists does it take to sing "Crazy"? Apparently, all of them.

:D
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Post by: DearReaderLaura on July 24, 2005, 03:02:35 PM
I have a new fear: that Suzanne Somers' show will tour to Phoenix and it will be part of my season ticket package, which means I have to pay full price for a bad show. On the other hand, bad shows are fun. But not at full price.
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Post by: Matt H. on July 24, 2005, 03:04:43 PM
Been gone for such a long spell this afternoon, but I was auditioning, so I guess that's as good a reason as any to be E&T. I believe I mentioned some weeks ago that OLIVER! auditions were upcoming. Anyway, another one has come and gone. Always glad when they're over.
Title: Re:PACKING A WALLOP
Post by: Matt H. on July 24, 2005, 03:06:14 PM
Once I got home, I fixed myself a spot of dinner and watched a couple of POIROT episodes while the food cooked, cooled, and got eaten.
Title: Re:PACKING A WALLOP
Post by: Matt H. on July 24, 2005, 03:07:08 PM
I have watched these episodes before, both on PBS when they were first broadcast and then later on A&E and once when I got the DVD sets. Yet, I did not remember the murderer in either case I watched.
Title: Re:PACKING A WALLOP
Post by: Matt H. on July 24, 2005, 03:08:12 PM
The next national tour we've got coming through Charlotte (besides Cathy Rigby currently in the umpteenth tour of PETER PAN) is Tom Hewitt in DOCTOR DOLITTLE.
Title: Re:PACKING A WALLOP
Post by: Matt H. on July 24, 2005, 03:10:14 PM
Back to auditions a second. The theater that is doing OLIVER! is the one where I did Bob Cratchit in SCROOGE and Max Detweiler in THE SOUND OF MUSIC. However, I don't always get cast there, so I have no inkling if I'll get it or not.

If not, a theater even closer to home is doing A MURDER IS ANNOUNCED, but the only role I'm right for in that is Inspector Craddock, and it's not a very important part, so I doubt I'll try for it if I don't get in OLIVER!
Title: Re:PACKING A WALLOP
Post by: Matt H. on July 24, 2005, 03:11:00 PM
Two days in a row without an afternoon gullywasher! We're on a roll!  :D
Title: Re:PACKING A WALLOP
Post by: Tomovoz on July 24, 2005, 03:11:28 PM
Many thanks Jose from DP Colin, Magnus & Fosca, and myself. Much laughter here at breakfast.
Title: Re:PACKING A WALLOP
Post by: Matt H. on July 24, 2005, 03:13:00 PM
I knew Dorothy Fields had worked on REDHEAD, too, but wasn't on-line to respond.

I have caught Mr. Suskin in errors before and corrected him. He's usually been good enough to acknowledge it (privately in e-mail) when he's wrong and has gone about having the copy changed.
Title: Re:PACKING A WALLOP
Post by: Sandra on July 24, 2005, 03:27:07 PM
Soup!

My favorites are gazpacho soup and vegetable matzo ball.

Progresso used to make this really good ravioli vegetable soup. I don't know if they stopped making it or if our grocery store just stopped carrying it, but I haven't seen it in a long time.

The only other thing I have to say is a very long rant, and I'm not going to bore y'all with that.
Title: Re:PACKING A WALLOP
Post by: Matt H. on July 24, 2005, 03:57:32 PM
Since I was gone all afternoon, I have to get to the laundry now. I'll be back on later tonight.
Title: Re:PACKING A WALLOP
Post by: Jed on July 24, 2005, 04:13:47 PM
The only other thing I have to say is a very long rant, and I'm not going to bore y'all with that.

I don't think any of us have ever used the words "Sandra," "rant," and "boring" in the same sentence!
Title: Re:PACKING A WALLOP
Post by: Tomovoz on July 24, 2005, 04:18:34 PM
DR Jed  has done so!
Title: Re:PACKING A WALLOP
Post by: bk on July 24, 2005, 04:21:59 PM
Where in tarnation IS everyone?

George, you are not chopped liver - schmaltz herring, perhaps, but never chopped liver.  As soon as I read your post, I remembered how nice your comments were.
Title: Re:PACKING A WALLOP
Post by: Tomovoz on July 24, 2005, 04:30:55 PM
Today's mail incluced the complete DVD set of "Jeeves & Wooster" (Hugh Laurie & Stephen Fry). I've imported them from the UK for a friend. I hope I have borrowing rights.
Title: Re:PACKING A WALLOP
Post by: S. Woody White on July 24, 2005, 04:44:44 PM
...Mr. Suskin....says that Mr. Fosse was working with "songwriters" that he'd worked with before and had a good time with (I don't believe he'd worked with Miss Fields before)...
Silly me, I was about to agree and say that he hadn't worked with Miss Fields, but she wrote the lyrics (and co-wrote the book with brother Herbert) for Redhead.

Note: Posted before reading responses from Elmore and Matt.  But at least I mentioned Herbert.
Title: Re:PACKING A WALLOP
Post by: S. Woody White on July 24, 2005, 05:09:57 PM
Avegolemono can be made as both a soup and a sauce.  Depends on how thickly it's made.

Yummers.  It's got me thinking of putting Greek accents into dinner tonight.

Olives, mint, feta cheese, lemon, oregano, garlic, yogurt...

This is as opposed to cooking everything in the microwave.  That would be Geek cooking.   ;D ::)
Title: Re:PACKING A WALLOP
Post by: bk on July 24, 2005, 05:34:59 PM
Why is everyone just sitting there like so much schmaltz herring?

Just started to watch The Damned Don't Cry - got five minutes in and the next thing I knew it was thirty-five minutes later.  So, I'll save it for another time.

We'll see what I feel like watching when I return from supper.

We blocked some of the play - perfunctory, but it helps, but this is the first and last time I'm ever doing a reading of a play, other than in my house.
Title: Re:PACKING A WALLOP
Post by: bk on July 24, 2005, 05:35:54 PM
SURGEON, baby, STURGEON!

QUELL that STURGEON!  TOTE that BARGE!  LIFT that BALE!  Or, in the case of a felon, LIFT THAT BAIL!
Title: Re:PACKING A WALLOP
Post by: bk on July 24, 2005, 06:07:10 PM
We had a board-full of people and not one of them could be bothered to post?

Well, perhaps we'll achieve our new all-time low tonight.  You'd think it was a lazy Sunday or something.
Title: Re:PACKING A WALLOP
Post by: bk on July 24, 2005, 06:08:11 PM
Shortly I shall be on my way to sup with Miss Adryan Russ and Mr. Doug Haverty.  I'd say keep the home fries burning until my returning but I am learning that I'll most likely be yearning for posts which will simply not be here.

Title: Re:PACKING A WALLOP
Post by: Tomovoz on July 24, 2005, 06:19:37 PM
The local parrots are very hungry today. Don't they realise that it has been many years since bird seed was tuppence a bag.
Title: Re:PACKING A WALLOP
Post by: Tomovoz on July 24, 2005, 06:20:01 PM
At least it was a post!
Title: Re:PACKING A WALLOP
Post by: elmore3003 on July 24, 2005, 06:20:36 PM
All right, I'm checking in!

I just finished everything on DOTD but the huge "Putney-on-the-Thames" and its two reprises.  I can't believe I worked out the Exit Music and finished "Butler in the Abbey," because accomplishing anything today has been like rolling a boulder up hill.  Tomorrow will be a better day, I do hope.

Good night, all!  And pleasant dreams.
Title: Re:PACKING A WALLOP
Post by: Tomovoz on July 24, 2005, 06:21:21 PM
I'm now leaving for a few hours. Preliminary investigations re proposed journey to the Elmore Follies - Septembr/October 2006.
Title: Re:PACKING A WALLOP
Post by: Tomovoz on July 24, 2005, 06:22:30 PM
I vote DR Elmore as darling of the day.
Title: Re:PACKING A WALLOP
Post by: JoseSPiano on July 24, 2005, 06:30:46 PM
Good Evening!

Doing laundry... it's one of those stackable deals here in the apartment.  However, with the way the thing is set up - and wired - you can only wash or dry.  You can not wash and dry at the same time.  Hmm... So... I'm drying my first load right now.  Guess I'll save the rest for tomorrow.  Ah, well...
Title: Re:PACKING A WALLOP
Post by: JoseSPiano on July 24, 2005, 06:31:05 PM
...At least it was a post.

;)
Title: Re:PACKING A WALLOP
Post by: George on July 24, 2005, 06:32:44 PM
For the past few hours, I have been looking for a DVD from Netflix that I lost misplaced and I watched one of the other Netflix DVDs that I have, "Regular Guys (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0000B1A36/qid=1122255127/sr=8-1/ref=pd_bbs_1/103-6246203-7306245?v=glance&s=dvd&n=507846)," which is a German comedy about a very straight cop who is kicked out of his apartment by his (now former) girlfriend and becomes roommates (strickly platonic...maybe ;)) with a gay auto mechanic who reconditions stolen cars.  How's that for complicated?  It's actually a delightful comedy that doesn't have the stereotypical characters that American mainstream movies tend to have.  Read the reviews on Amazon.com. ;D
Title: Re:PACKING A WALLOP
Post by: FJL on July 24, 2005, 07:02:09 PM
How does it work when people edit their posts?  Don't you run the risk that later posts won't make sense if they're responding to the post as it existed before it was edited?  

Had a lovely dinner party today, no soup just chicken and pasta.  And just as it looked like things were going to break up, I trotted out the Unseemly Trivia question, at which I've made dozens of stabs, none of which have panned out.  But it contributed  an hour of fun-filled frolic to out little gathering, and since I have no shot at the Sparkling Prize this week, I'll have to content myself with that special hour of fun guessing-games as my prize.  I have to call everyone who was here with the answer on Tuesday morning, though - we're all convinced it'll one of those where we smack our heads silly and say "D'oh!"
Title: Re:PACKING A WALLOP
Post by: Rodzinski on July 24, 2005, 07:17:27 PM
The trick is editing your post quickly, which usually involves noticing a mistake just after you posted. It occasionally does happen that someone responds to part of a post that no longer "exists," but that's life in the HHW fastlane.
Title: Re:PACKING A WALLOP
Post by: George on July 24, 2005, 07:21:22 PM
Yup.  There is always the possibility that someone will comment on something and then you (or whoever) could edit the original post.  That's happened, but it is rare.  If I'm going to edit something, I try and do it quickly.  If it's a slow day, it doesn't matter.  Either way, you can only edit posts on the day that you post them.  When BK creates the next day, he locks out the previous day so that it can't be changed.

Otherwise, when you originally create your post, you have the option to "preview" your post and see what it's going to look like before you're done with it.  You can preview as many times as you want...up until BK changes the day.  There have been more than a few of us who tried to sneak one in at the last minute (or didn't realize how close it was to the end of the day) and when we clicked on the "Post" button, we got the message saying that we can't post...and we've lost our post.  I hate it when that happens.  
Title: Re:PACKING A WALLOP
Post by: Rodzinski on July 24, 2005, 07:21:55 PM
Saw a movie today entitled WEDDING CRASHERS, which was not without its amusements. Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson have been doing variations on these characterizations in several movies, but there are some funny gags in this, mainly by Vaughn. As I tend to feel these days, this movie would have been better with 30% more subtlety, because the comic premise was solid, but the filmmakers had to go for broad laffs to please the assumed masses. And so, a mixed bag.

I spied BK collaborator Vinnie C in the credits.
Title: Re:PACKING A WALLOP
Post by: Rodzinski on July 24, 2005, 07:25:56 PM
Afterwards, I was inspired by a scene in the movie, and pigged out on scrambled eggs at the Theatre Row Diner.

My fave soup is chicken corn chowder.
Title: Re:PACKING A WALLOP
Post by: Rodzinski on July 24, 2005, 07:27:52 PM
Roll out those Lazy Hazy Crazy days of summer...

I would say today was at least two of those three things.
Title: Re:PACKING A WALLOP
Post by: TCB on July 24, 2005, 07:46:21 PM
Oh, good Heavens. With four hours to go until the day is over, I seriously doubt we will reach an all-time low.
Title: Re:PACKING A WALLOP
Post by: Rodzinski on July 24, 2005, 07:49:52 PM
The Suzanne Somers show last night reminded me of Dora T. Hall who is a woman I have three LPs by. Perhaps some of you remember her. Dora Hall's husband was President of the SOLO drinking cup company, and for a time in the 60s and 70s, if you bought SOLO cups, you could get a free record by Dora Hall and join her fan club. Now, Dora was like a 60-plus year-old lady, but her husband believed in her talent, and she did albums of teen pop, country, show tunes, all given away with SOLO cups... Her husband even produced splashy syndicated TV specials with her and luminaries like Rich Little and Phil Harris. You could get tapes of these with the drinking cups as well. If you've ever seen any of these, they are quite staggering.

To read more about Dora Hall, go here:
http://www.dorahall.tvheaven.com/
Title: Re:PACKING A WALLOP
Post by: TCB on July 24, 2005, 07:54:20 PM
Just got back from ourt fourth and final performance of the weekend.  We are now dark, for the next 11 days, while Tacoma Musical Playhouse heads off to Monocco as the United States representative to the World Community Theater Festival / Contest.  Ironically, the show they are presenting is I LOVE YOU, YOU]RE PERFECT... NOW CHANGE.
Title: Re:PACKING A WALLOP
Post by: George on July 24, 2005, 07:54:57 PM
Right now, I'm listening to the Manhattan Transfer compilation CDs that I made for DR Tomovoz.  Reading his PMs to me, I forgot that he has some of the songs that I've included.  I hope he doesn't mind, but he has most of the duplicates on vinyl, so he may appreciate getting them on CD.  I'll find out soon enough.  I'm going to (finally) mail them out tomorrow.
Title: Re:PACKING A WALLOP
Post by: Rodzinski on July 24, 2005, 07:56:54 PM
A Dora Hall LP
Title: Re:PACKING A WALLOP
Post by: TPunk on July 24, 2005, 08:10:11 PM
I heart soup.  Especially cream based soups.  Some of my favorites are clam chowder (in a bread bowl of course), cream of mushroom, cream of broccoli, and tomato soup.

I sometimes also get a craving for ramen noodles.  
Title: Re:PACKING A WALLOP
Post by: TPunk on July 24, 2005, 08:11:17 PM
If turkey chili qualifies as a soup, that's also a favorite.
Title: Re:PACKING A WALLOP
Post by: TPunk on July 24, 2005, 08:17:29 PM
Before meeting up with Rodzinski for the movie and dinner, I went down to Brooklyn to do one of my favorite volunteer jobs.  My friend and I went to the Brooklyn Animal Rescue Coalition (BARC) to help socialize cats.  Basically that means petting them and giving them lots of love.

There is basically this long room full of cats, some in cages and some just roaming free.  Today my favorites were two different sets of kittens.  There were a brother and sister that were waiting to be picked up by their new parents.  There was also a set of five kittens in a cage crawling all over their foster father.  They kept trying to suckle his back.

Sounds weird I know, but it was adorable.
Title: Re:PACKING A WALLOP
Post by: JoseSPiano on July 24, 2005, 08:18:43 PM
...And it's very possible to make a small meal just by sampling the day's selection of soups at Hale & Hearty here in Manhattan.  Some of the locations have as many as 16 selections each day.  And they actually encourage sampling.

I've never done it myself, but I've witnessed it.
Title: Re:PACKING A WALLOP
Post by: Matt H. on July 24, 2005, 08:18:45 PM
Oh, brother! Both SIX FEET UNDER and QUEER AS FOLK left me limp by the end of the hour.

SFU had one surprise after another and one of the most shocking endings to any episode in its run! I was speechless when that hour ended (and they showed NO previews for next week).

QAF had me crying happy tears and tears of relief. Only two more episodes of it left. Oh, the pain, the pain. (almost a FANTASY ISLAND reference).
Title: Re:PACKING A WALLOP
Post by: TPunk on July 24, 2005, 08:19:44 PM
After the cats, my friend and I went to this amazing restaurant for brunch.  No soup was served, but I did have a glass of white sangria and eggs benedict with crab cakes substituted for the canadian bacon.  Yum!
Title: Re:PACKING A WALLOP
Post by: TPunk on July 24, 2005, 08:21:09 PM
Okay, one more soup: lobster bisque.
Title: Re:PACKING A WALLOP
Post by: Michael on July 24, 2005, 08:22:26 PM
Oh, brother! Both SIX FEET UNDER and QUEER AS FOLK left me limp by the end of the hour.

Maybe some Viagra will help
Title: Re:PACKING A WALLOP
Post by: JoseSPiano on July 24, 2005, 08:23:30 PM
...And the Hale & Hearty Soup Crackers are also pretty darn good too.
Title: Re:PACKING A WALLOP
Post by: Matt H. on July 24, 2005, 08:24:09 PM
Looking over DVDs in the to-watch cabinet (long since outgrew the to-watch shelf), I spied a DVD I've had for a couple of eyars, still with the cellophane on and can't believe I hadn't gotten around to it - SUPERMAN (the Christopher Reeve version).

So, off came the wrapping and the disc will be viewed at the first opportunity. Looking forward to it.

Title: Re:PACKING A WALLOP
Post by: Michael on July 24, 2005, 08:24:35 PM
Well I am back from that foreign country I was visiting for the weekend.

Nice to be home again.

Downtown Montreal has changed soooo much and for the better.It's back to the way it was before 1976 Vibrant and beeming with business. The only thing missing were the grand old movie palaces that once lined the street
Title: Re:PACKING A WALLOP
Post by: Matt H. on July 24, 2005, 08:26:17 PM
BTW, read some comments about the new SUPERMAN trailer that Bryan Singer showed to some folks at Comic-Con last week, and the place stood up and cheered when the trailer was over. Supposedly, if the movie fulfills the promise of the trailer, Warners will have rescued another franchise from near-death (BATMAN being the other one which seems to have been revived this summer).
Title: Re:PACKING A WALLOP
Post by: Michael on July 24, 2005, 08:26:20 PM
I haven't commented on the new releases as I only received them last friday and really haven't time to really listen to them. I like to listen three or four times before I comment. So I hope I will have a chance to do it this week.
Title: Re:PACKING A WALLOP
Post by: Matt H. on July 24, 2005, 08:28:03 PM
Maybe some Viagra will help

I don't have a problem with that kind of limpness. But the emotional drain those two shows put on my person tonight was something pretty extraordinary.
Title: Re:PACKING A WALLOP
Post by: Matt H. on July 24, 2005, 08:28:48 PM
And we've now gone past the official number for all-time lows, so no worry about that.
Title: Re:PACKING A WALLOP
Post by: Michael on July 24, 2005, 08:28:51 PM
I took my nephew to see the Star Wars film. They were showing it via digital projection. The sound and the visuals on the screen were outstanding. Too bad the film wasn't. They showed it on the largest screen I have seen in a long time (Not counting IMAX) and I think it was even curved.
Title: Re:PACKING A WALLOP
Post by: Michael on July 24, 2005, 08:32:23 PM
Well I hate to see a second place all time low. So I will post some more
Title: Re:PACKING A WALLOP
Post by: Michael on July 24, 2005, 08:33:17 PM
Some Paul Lynde Humor

Peter Marshall:  Paul, can you get an elephant drunk?
Paul Lynde: Yes, but he still won't go up to your apartment
Peter Marshall:  If the right part comes along, will George C. Scott do a nude scene?
Paul Lynde:  You mean he doesn't have the right part?  

Peter Marshall: Will a goose help warn you if there's an intruder on your property?
Paul Lynde: There's no better way!  

Peter Marshall: In "Alice in Wonderland", who kept crying "I'm late, I'm late?"
Paul Lynde: Alice, and her mother is sick about it.  

Peter Marshall: According to Tony Randall, "Every woman I've been intimate with in my life has been..." What?
Paul Lynde: Bitterly disappointed.  

Peter Marshall: Diamonds should not be kept with your family jewels, why?
Paul Lynde: They're so cold!  

Peter Marshall: What is a pullet?
Paul Lynde: A little show of affection...  

Peter Marshall: In the Middle Ages, Paul, people in convents were not allowed to eat beans because they believed something about them we now know isn't true.  What?
Paul Lynde: Well, I know they took a vow of silence...      

Peter Marshall: Paul, Snow White...was she a blonde or a brunette?
Paul Lynde: Only Walt Disney knows for sure...    
Title: Re:PACKING A WALLOP
Post by: Matt H. on July 24, 2005, 08:34:14 PM
That STAR WARS film is the only movie I've ventured out to the movies to see in months. I'm waiting for CINDERELLA MAN, BATMAN BEGINS, and WAR OF THE WORLDS to come to the theater down the street. Nothing else out there right now hold much interest.
Title: Re:PACKING A WALLOP
Post by: Matt H. on July 24, 2005, 08:37:28 PM
Some ominous reading in the newspaper this morning about the likelihood of major hurricanes on the East Coast in August and September. Already the season has been more active and the level of intensity has been beyond expectations, and forecasters say it looks potentially dreadful for late summer and early fall around here. Scary.
Title: Re:PACKING A WALLOP
Post by: Matt H. on July 24, 2005, 08:38:50 PM
Well, that appears to be about all the damage I can do on the forum for one day. I will head for bed and wish everyone a good rest of the night.
Title: Re:PACKING A WALLOP
Post by: Jrand73 on July 24, 2005, 08:42:24 PM
Very funny post DRJOSE.  I am remembering some of them for later!

And thanks to DRMS for throwing some Paul Lynde our way.
Title: Re:PACKING A WALLOP
Post by: Jrand73 on July 24, 2005, 08:44:54 PM
Hot Hot Hot

Peter Marshall:  Paul, how should a woman properly cross her legs, at the ankle or at the knee?

Paul Lynde: Oh, neither, if she wants to get anywhere in show business.
Title: Re:PACKING A WALLOP
Post by: Rodzinski on July 24, 2005, 08:45:34 PM
Yes, I think we've done a good job laying down some posts.
Title: Re:PACKING A WALLOP
Post by: Rodzinski on July 24, 2005, 08:45:55 PM
Wonder how Vixmom is doing...
Title: Re:PACKING A WALLOP
Post by: Jason on July 24, 2005, 08:47:54 PM
I have a cold. I thought it was just allergies stirred up during last night's DRUMSTRUCK performance (400+ drums can stir up a lot of dust), but alas, alack! I'm sick. I don't really feel all that terrible, but I'm congested and snotty and have that all-over tingly feeling in my body that indicates to me that I'm ill. I have to get over it by Thursday because I have my second sleep study for my sleep apnea, and if you've got a cold, you can't come in. I can't wait another three months for a new appointment!

It was loverly to meet DRs TPunk & Rodzinski - and great fun to see their faces as they exited the Brooks Atkinson Theatre. Oh, Ms. Somers, how brief we knew thee.

I'm now listening to MARY POPPINS (London Cast Recording). It's interesting. I don't know how I like the new songs and arrangements. It bothers me that they sing "Prac-ti-cuh-ly Perfect." I'm nitpicky, I guess, cause I'm sicky-poo. :(
Title: Re:PACKING A WALLOP
Post by: Michael on July 24, 2005, 08:52:04 PM
Here are a few more

Peter Marshall: Prometheus was tied to the top of a mountain by the gods because he had given something to man.  What did he give us?
Paul Lynde: I don't know what you got, but I got a sports shirt.  

Peter Marshall: When Richard Nixon was Vice-President, he went someplace on a "good will mission," but instead wound up being stoned and shouted at. Where did this take place?
Paul Lynde: Pat's room .  

Peter Marshall: True or false, cow's horns are used to make ice cream.
Paul Lynde: You mean those weren't chocolate chips?  

(I know these next two are already quoted to death but I just couldn't resist)
Peter Marshall: What are "dual purpose” cattle good for that other cattle aren't?
Paul Lynde: They give milk and cookies...but I don't recommend the cookies!  

Peter Marshall: Paul, why do Hell's Angels wear leather?
Paul Lynde: Because chiffon wrinkles too easily.  

Peter Marshall: True or false...research indicates that Columbus liked to wear bloomers and long stockings.
Paul Lynde: It's not easy to sign a crew up for six months...    

Title: Re:PACKING A WALLOP
Post by: JoseSPiano on July 24, 2005, 09:03:07 PM
Oh, brother! Both SIX FEET UNDER and QUEER AS FOLK left me limp by the end of the hour.


...Or at least a box of Kleenex.

 :o

 ::)

 :P

 ;)
Title: Re:PACKING A WALLOP
Post by: bk on July 24, 2005, 09:08:48 PM
Back from a lovely dinner.  Had a lovely e-mail from darling Hisaka, who was very taken with Mr. Haines' new CD.  I told her to post her thoughts here and hopefully she will.

Title: Re:PACKING A WALLOP
Post by: bk on July 24, 2005, 09:09:19 PM
If I post thirty-four more times before the end of the evening, I shall achieve my new plateau.
Title: Re:PACKING A WALLOP
Post by: George on July 24, 2005, 09:36:23 PM
PPPPUUUUSSSSSHHHHH!!!!! ;D
Title: Re:PACKING A WALLOP
Post by: bk on July 24, 2005, 09:40:16 PM
I see denizens but I don't see posts.  

I'm quite full from my dinner salad, bacon cheeseburger, and cole slaw.
Title: Re:PACKING A WALLOP
Post by: bk on July 24, 2005, 09:40:55 PM
How ever can I achieve my new plateau if I don't have posts to respond to?  I can't stand here and do a monologue, you know.
Title: Re:PACKING A WALLOP
Post by: td on July 24, 2005, 09:46:29 PM
I see you on-line, DR td. Nice to see you!  :D

I'm here sometimes. . .and then *POOF* I'm gone. . .
Title: Re:PACKING A WALLOP
Post by: td on July 24, 2005, 09:47:15 PM
How ever can I achieve my new plateau if I don't have posts to respond to?  I can't stand here and do a monologue, you know.

Ah, but a BK monologue is better than some monolugues some of us have had to perform.   ::)
Title: Re:PACKING A WALLOP
Post by: td on July 24, 2005, 09:48:34 PM
(http://library.thinkquest.org/17457/volcanoes/plateau.jpg)

a new plateau/
Title: Re:PACKING A WALLOP
Post by: Sandra on July 24, 2005, 10:16:20 PM
OK, if you want posts...

The monks in a monastery were sworn to silence. But three of the monks made a secret pact. Once a year, one of them could say one sentence.

At breakfast, the monk who had not spoken for three years looked up from his bowl and said, "I hate oatmeal!" And that was his sentence for the next three years.

After one year of total silence, the second monk replied, "Well, I happen to like oatmeal." And that was his sentence for the next three years.

After another year passed, the third monk slammed his mug on the table and said, "I'm sick and tired of this constant bickering about oatmeal!"
Title: Re:PACKING A WALLOP
Post by: bk on July 24, 2005, 10:27:22 PM
I knew Sandra would liven things up.
Title: Re:PACKING A WALLOP
Post by: bk on July 24, 2005, 10:27:44 PM
I'm soooo logey right now.
Title: Re:PACKING A WALLOP
Post by: bk on July 24, 2005, 10:28:15 PM
Twenty-eight postings to go until my new plateau.
Title: Re:PACKING A WALLOP
Post by: George on July 24, 2005, 10:31:03 PM
How ever can I achieve my new plateau if I don't have posts to respond to?

That is a conundrum wrapped in an enigma.
Title: Re:PACKING A WALLOP
Post by: George on July 24, 2005, 10:44:39 PM
Okay, for your entertainment, here are:

7 Reasons to Crawl Under a Rock:
1. CURL UP AND DIE -- I walked into a hair salon with my husband and three kids in tow and asked loudly, 'How much do you charge for a shampoo and a blow job?' - Melinda Lowe, 39, Seguin, TX
Title: Re:PACKING A WALLOP
Post by: George on July 24, 2005, 10:44:56 PM
2. PAD PLEASE -- An insurance man visited me at home to talk about our mortgage insurance. He was throwing a lot of facts and figures at me, and I wanted to follow as best I could, so I told my 6-year-old son to run and get me a pad. He came back and handed me a Kotex right in front of our guest. - Kate Newman, 46, Winston-Salem, NC
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Post by: George on July 24, 2005, 10:45:27 PM
3. HO, HO, HO -- I was taking a shower when my 2-year old son came into the bathroom and wrapped himself in toilet paper. Although he made a mess, he looked adorable, so I ran for my camera and took a few shots. They came out so well that I had copies made and included one with each of our Christmas cards. Days later, a relative called about the picture, laughing hysterically, and suggesting I take a closer look. Puzzled, I stared at the photo and was shocked to discover that in addition to my son, I had captured my reflection in the mirror wearing nothing but a camera! - Name Withheld
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Post by: George on July 24, 2005, 10:45:50 PM
4. LADY GOLFER -- I was at the golf store comparing different kinds of golf balls. I was unhappy with the women's type I had been using. After browsing for several minutes, I was approached by one of the good-looking gentlemen who works at the store. He asked if he could help me. Without thinking, I looked at him and said, 'I think I like playing with men's balls.' - Colleen Collins, 31, Ferndale, MI
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Post by: George on July 24, 2005, 10:46:23 PM
5. NUTS ABOUT YOU -- My sister and I were at the mall and passed by a store that sold a variety of nuts. As we were looking at the display case, the boy behind the counter asked if we needed any help. I replied, 'No, I'm just looking at your nuts.' My sister started to laugh hysterically, the boy grinned, I turned beet red and walked away. To this day, my sister has never let me forget. - Faye Emerick Ellerslie, MD
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Post by: George on July 24, 2005, 10:46:52 PM
6. PRICELESS -- A lady picked up several items at a discount store. When she finally got up to the checker, she learned that one of her items had no price tag. Imagine her embarrassment when the checker got on the intercom and boomed out for all the store to hear, 'PRICE CHECK ON LANE THIRTEEN, TAMPAX, SUPER SIZE.' That was bad enough, but somebody at the rear of the store apparently misunderstood the word 'Tampax' for 'THUMBTACKS.' In a business-like tone, a voice boomed back over the intercom. 'DO YOU WANT THE KIND YOU PUSH IN WITH YOUR THUMB or THE KIND YOU POUND IN WITH A HAMMER?' - Name withheld
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Post by: George on July 24, 2005, 10:47:26 PM
And finally:

7. MOM'S ADVICE -- A teacher noticed that a little boy at the back of the class was squirming around, scratching his crotch and not paying attention. She went back to find out what was going on. He was quite embarrassed and whispered that he had just recently been circumcised and he was quite itchy. The teacher told him to go down to the principal's office. He was to phone his mother and ask her what he should do about it. He did it and returned to his class. Suddenly, there was a commotion at the back of the room. She went back to investigate only to find him sitting at his desk with his 'unmentionable' hanging out. 'I thought I told you to call your Mom,' she screamed. 'I did,' the boy said, 'and she told me that if I could stick it out till noon, she'd come and pick me up from school. - Vicki Lewis, 52 Scranton, PA
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Post by: George on July 24, 2005, 10:56:30 PM
Okay, one more:

When NASA first started sending up astronauts, they quickly discovered that ballpoint pens would not work in zero gravity. To combat the problem, NASA scientists spent a decade and $12 million to develop a pen that writes in zero gravity, upside down, underwater, on almost any surface including glass and at temperatures ranging from below freezing to 300º C.

The Russians used a pencil.
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Post by: bk on July 24, 2005, 11:34:53 PM
Just received my first blurb for the new book - couldn't be happier with it, I must say.  It's from Dick Lochte, himself a terrific novelist.  Not quite ready to reveal the blurb, but I couldn't have asked for better had I written it myself.
Title: Re:PACKING A WALLOP
Post by: Tomovoz on July 24, 2005, 11:42:10 PM
Good to see DRs Donna and td today/tonight.
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Post by: George on July 25, 2005, 12:04:14 AM
"Reno 911" is on right now, and it's the episode that I missed last week.  How fortuitous!