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Title: WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK
Post by: bk on June 06, 2024, 12:20:11 AM
Well, you've read the notes, the notes whistled while you read, and now it is time for you to post until the whistling cows come home.
Title: Re: WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK
Post by: bk on June 06, 2024, 12:20:41 AM
And the word of the day is: MOXIE!
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Post by: George on June 06, 2024, 12:38:44 AM
So, not only Kerry O'Malley and Robert Yacko, you got Brent Barrett (The World's Sexiest Man Alive) AND Linda Hart??  That's pretty darned cool!
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Post by: bk on June 06, 2024, 01:14:34 AM
I know, right?
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Post by: ChasSmith on June 06, 2024, 03:49:51 AM
Good morning, all.
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Post by: ChasSmith on June 06, 2024, 03:53:42 AM
I'm up and at 'em a little early so I can give Mikey a Gabapentin three hours before his appointment. He's a "red dot" cat at the vet, so that's routine for him, to keep him a little calmer and quieter. It also leaves him loopy as hell for the rest of the day, which I don't love but I can deal with it.
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Post by: Jrand74 on June 06, 2024, 04:02:35 AM
HA!
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Post by: Jrand74 on June 06, 2024, 04:04:36 AM
Well it is opening night.

I also have to work in the box office tonight - but hopefully I will be able to leave for a few minutes to be in the circle at 7:20 p.m.

I was looking forward to the next couple of days off, but the director asked me last night:  "You're going to be here every night, right?"

It seems he wanted me to check makeup & wigs and make sure everyone looks okay....so I said...."Uh.....yes if you want me to be."
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Post by: Jrand74 on June 06, 2024, 04:05:54 AM
This credit card system is going to be the END of me....THE END OF ME.

You have to ring everything up - even cash transactions....so it is a long drawn out process with lots of taps and back and forth....and don't forget the 5% convenience fee!

THE END OF ME.
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Post by: ChasSmith on June 06, 2024, 04:17:27 AM
Who gets some convenience for that 5%, DR Jrand73? The customer? The theeder?
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Post by: ChasSmith on June 06, 2024, 04:26:24 AM
I don't think it's the person operating the credit card system. Unless they're getting the 5% for their trouble? That might be a good thing.
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Post by: singdaw on June 06, 2024, 04:30:31 AM
Good morning, friends.
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Post by: singdaw on June 06, 2024, 04:31:27 AM
~~~OPENING NIGHT BREAK-A-LEG VIBES~~~ for the cast & company of Oklahoma!
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Post by: singdaw on June 06, 2024, 04:31:53 AM
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Post by: singdaw on June 06, 2024, 04:32:16 AM
Applesauce cake.
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Post by: singdaw on June 06, 2024, 04:35:55 AM
Once is not enough?
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Post by: singdaw on June 06, 2024, 04:36:08 AM
I thought eight is enough.
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Post by: singdaw on June 06, 2024, 04:36:21 AM
But with six you get eggroll.
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Post by: ChasSmith on June 06, 2024, 04:36:59 AM
~~~OPENING NIGHT BREAK-A-LEG VIBES~~~ for the cast & company of Oklahoma!

Let's have a YEOW!  And a YIP-I-O-E-AY!
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Post by: elmore3003 on June 06, 2024, 04:52:22 AM
Good morning, all!
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Post by: elmore3003 on June 06, 2024, 04:53:42 AM
I slept well and I slept in. All three cats seemed happy with that decision.
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Post by: elmore3003 on June 06, 2024, 04:55:20 AM
Last night I watched for the very first time a 1968 movie, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, and now I cannot get that title song out of my head.
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Post by: Ginny on June 06, 2024, 04:57:33 AM
Thursday morning greetings!  This is the big birthday celebration weekend for our granddaughters, so I might be even scarcer than usual.

Hugs for all!
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Post by: vixmom on June 06, 2024, 05:03:43 AM
Break a leg vibes for JRand and crew
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Post by: vixmom on June 06, 2024, 05:03:51 AM
Good morning
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Post by: vixmom on June 06, 2024, 05:04:06 AM
Day looks grey and miserable
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Post by: vixmom on June 06, 2024, 05:04:19 AM
Oh well, wordle and work
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Post by: vixmom on June 06, 2024, 05:08:10 AM
Wordle 1,083 5/6

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Title: Re: WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK
Post by: John G. on June 06, 2024, 05:09:11 AM
Good morning, all.
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Post by: John G. on June 06, 2024, 05:10:04 AM
Will Mr. Barrett be singing anything from Busker Alley? I saw him twice in that.
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Post by: John G. on June 06, 2024, 05:11:27 AM
And, BK, you want the subjunctive in your wish that your McDonald’s were better. Because it isn’t. You just wish it were.
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Post by: John G. on June 06, 2024, 05:11:36 AM
Two!
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Post by: elmore3003 on June 06, 2024, 05:11:45 AM
I enjoyed it, and I think I had three or four huge guffaws, which is never bad. The blu-ray looks great, and it even includes the Entr'Acte and Exit Music, which are not only fun but beautifully orchestrated by Irwin Kostal. At times I felt the movie, like Thoroughly Modern Millie, could use some trimming, but I loved the cast, especially the wonderful Lionel Jeffries, Robert Helpman, Benny Hill, Gert Fröbe, and Anna Quayle. I don't think I'd ever seen Sally Ann Howes in any other movie besides Dead of Night. As soon as she started to sing, I thought, OMG! was this film intended to pair Dick Van Dyke and Julie Andrews?
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Post by: John G. on June 06, 2024, 05:12:01 AM
Opening night vibes for JRand and company!
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Post by: elmore3003 on June 06, 2024, 05:13:35 AM
Opening night vibes for JRand and company!

Ditto!
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Post by: John G. on June 06, 2024, 05:13:39 AM
I enjoyed it, and I think I had three or four huge guffaws, which is never bad. The blu-ray looks great, and it even includes the Entr'Acte and Exit Music, which are not only fun but beautifully orchestrated by Irwin Kostal. At times I felt the movie, like Thoroughly Modern Millie, could use some trimming, but I loved the cast, especially the wonderful Lionel Jeffries, Robert Helpman, Benny Hill, Gert Fröbe, and Anna Quayle. I don't think I'd ever seen Sally Ann Howes in any other movie besides Dead of Night. As soon as she started to sing, I thought, OMG! was this film intended to pair Dick Van Dyke and Julie Andrews?

You make me want to watch it again. Though probably not on a double bill with Peeping Tom.
Title: Re: WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK
Post by: John G. on June 06, 2024, 05:14:59 AM
I see the new neck doctor today. I had thought my appointment was at 9 am. It’s at 3:30 pm.
Title: Re: WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK
Post by: Freddie on June 06, 2024, 05:23:40 AM
So, not only Kerry O'Malley and Robert Yacko, you got Brent Barrett (The World's Sexiest Man Alive) AND Linda Hart??  That's pretty darned cool!


Yes, what a great line-up!
Title: Re: WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK
Post by: Freddie on June 06, 2024, 05:24:54 AM
Well it is opening night.

I also have to work in the box office tonight - but hopefully I will be able to leave for a few minutes to be in the circle at 7:20 p.m.

I was looking forward to the next couple of days off, but the director asked me last night:  "You're going to be here every night, right?"

It seems he wanted me to check makeup & wigs and make sure everyone looks okay....so I said...."Uh.....yes if you want me to be."

Break a leg on opening night to Jrand and "Oklahoma!"
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Post by: ChasSmith on June 06, 2024, 05:27:53 AM
Re Chitty:

Well, damn it, now I have to take out my copy and watch it. Believe it or not, I never went to it back in the day, and I only saw it for my own first time when I got the Blu-ray. I had very much the same impressions as DR Elmore, right down to that thought about Sally Ann Howes. Isn't she amazing? Like, where had she been all my life?

Okay, it's added to the NEW! IMPROVED! watch pile, right along with the Godzillas.
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Post by: Freddie on June 06, 2024, 05:29:02 AM
Applesauce cake.


Did I ever tell the story of my friend who told the tale of having been working at the box-office at (IIRC) North Shore, during ticket sales for APPLAUSE,

And there may have been a typo in the advertising somewhere, because they got a number of phone calls asking for "two tickets to see Dorothy Collins in APPLESAUCE."
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Post by: singdaw on June 06, 2024, 05:29:15 AM
~~~GETTING-TO-THE-ROOT-OF-THE-PROBLEM VIBES~~~ for DR John G.!!!!!
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Post by: singdaw on June 06, 2024, 05:30:29 AM
Did Dorothy Collins follow that up with starring in ASPICS OF LOVE?
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Post by: Freddie on June 06, 2024, 05:31:18 AM
Applesauce cake.


Did I ever tell the story of my friend who told the tale of having been working at the box-office at (IIRC) North Shore, during ticket sales for APPLAUSE,

And there may have been a typo in the advertising somewhere, because they got a number of phone calls asking for "two tickets to see Dorothy Collins in APPLESAUCE."

I may have told it before, but even so, it created two extra posts on the way to page 8.

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Post by: Freddie on June 06, 2024, 05:32:41 AM
Did Dorothy Collins follow that up with starring in ASPICS OF LOVE?

:)

As long as we say it's apocryphal, we can certainly say she did!
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Post by: Freddie on June 06, 2024, 05:34:54 AM
Thursday morning greetings!  This is the big birthday celebration weekend for our granddaughters, so I might be even scarcer than usual.

Hugs for all!


Birthday celebration wishes to Ginny and family!
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Post by: singdaw on June 06, 2024, 05:37:35 AM
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang was released when I was 5 years old, and I was enthralled.

Enthralled, I tell you.
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Post by: singdaw on June 06, 2024, 05:38:07 AM
I wore out the gatefold LP.
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Post by: Freddie on June 06, 2024, 05:39:18 AM
I enjoyed it, and I think I had three or four huge guffaws, which is never bad. The blu-ray looks great, and it even includes the Entr'Acte and Exit Music, which are not only fun but beautifully orchestrated by Irwin Kostal. At times I felt the movie, like Thoroughly Modern Millie, could use some trimming, but I loved the cast, especially the wonderful Lionel Jeffries, Robert Helpman, Benny Hill, Gert Fröbe, and Anna Quayle. I don't think I'd ever seen Sally Ann Howes in any other movie besides Dead of Night. As soon as she started to sing, I thought, OMG! was this film intended to pair Dick Van Dyke and Julie Andrews?

I believe it was generally known that Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke were talked about to do a movie of SHE LOVES ME together.

But that just didn't happen for some reason.

Here again is Julie Andrews singing "Dear Friend," though.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DanyQEhQ9RQ
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Post by: singdaw on June 06, 2024, 05:50:58 AM
I was searching online for a Sherman brothers song and couldn't find it.

Finally figured out that it was The Gnome-Mobile. I had been searching on Oldsmobile.
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Post by: singdaw on June 06, 2024, 05:54:58 AM
LUCKY #50
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Post by: John G. on June 06, 2024, 06:14:02 AM
Sally Ann Howes was a delightful Desiree in the NYCO Little Night Music, which is n YouTube I think
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Post by: John G. on June 06, 2024, 06:15:27 AM
https://youtu.be/8nfd98fE9T8?si=WNsNRofd7mA1PrTR

Here it is.
Title: Re: WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK
Post by: John G. on June 06, 2024, 06:29:19 AM
Must get a move on.
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Post by: Freddie on June 06, 2024, 06:36:10 AM
Neck-get-better vibes for John G!
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on June 06, 2024, 06:37:34 AM
Happy Thursday!

Decent night's sleep!  A beautiful day looms!

Lunch today will be from "Don't Be A Square, Eat at 'The Triangle'." It's cubed steak day, and they make it extremely well.

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Post by: Ron Pulliam on June 06, 2024, 06:38:25 AM
I enjoyed it, and I think I had three or four huge guffaws, which is never bad. The blu-ray looks great, and it even includes the Entr'Acte and Exit Music, which are not only fun but beautifully orchestrated by Irwin Kostal. At times I felt the movie, like Thoroughly Modern Millie, could use some trimming, but I loved the cast, especially the wonderful Lionel Jeffries, Robert Helpman, Benny Hill, Gert Fröbe, and Anna Quayle. I don't think I'd ever seen Sally Ann Howes in any other movie besides Dead of Night. As soon as she started to sing, I thought, OMG! was this film intended to pair Dick Van Dyke and Julie Andrews?

I believe it was generally known that Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke were talked about to do a movie of SHE LOVES ME together.

But that just didn't happen for some reason.

Here again is Julie Andrews singing "Dear Friend," though.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DanyQEhQ9RQ


As wonderful as the show was with Barbara Cook, Julie's version is quite stunning!

I do wish the orchestration of this version was a bit more intimate...less lush orchestra but with strings.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on June 06, 2024, 06:46:25 AM
I had the most extraordinary experience seeing Barbara Cook in her "Mostly Sondheim" concert in San Francisco's Curran Theater in 2012.

An extraordinary performance.  She sang for 90- minutes, no intermission.  Her accompanist was Wally Harper and two other men on stringed instruments.

It was magic, and it was made even moreso when she would talk about the songs she would sing before she sang them.

The "Mostly" part was predicated upon the fact that several non-Sondheim songs were included.  The best of the lot, for me, was when she sang "Ice Cream".  She prefaced the performance with the admission that she should not, at age 85, be able to hit all the notes.  She  then hit all the notes, and it was glorious.
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Post by: John G. on June 06, 2024, 06:59:00 AM
Nice memories, Ron.
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Post by: Rodzinski on June 06, 2024, 07:04:17 AM
I wore out the gatefold LP.

We had the cheap RCA-Camden knockoff by the Richard Wolfe Children’s Chorus. And it’s great!
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Post by: KevinH on June 06, 2024, 07:06:52 AM
Good morning!
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Post by: KevinH on June 06, 2024, 07:06:59 AM
Page 3!
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Post by: KevinH on June 06, 2024, 07:07:29 AM
Wordle:  4/6
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Post by: elmore3003 on June 06, 2024, 07:38:11 AM
Sally Ann Howes was a delightful Desiree in the NYCO Little Night Music, which is n YouTube I think

In 1998, the Kennedy Center initiated a one-season facsimile of Encores!  I understand the Kennedy Center was warned to give the try a few seasons to build their audience and start paying off. Well, they didn't. But . . .they did produced a mediocre Where's Charley? with a script edited and smutted up (I haven't had so much fun since I had a bath with my sister) by the author of Lend Me a Tenor. Some of the cast, including Emily Loesser, was good, and the older couple, who were delightful, were played by Sally Ann Howes and Bill Hayes. I met them backstage after the opening night.
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Post by: John G. on June 06, 2024, 07:59:42 AM
You bathed with your sister?
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Post by: John G. on June 06, 2024, 08:00:01 AM
Never mind.
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Post by: Freddie on June 06, 2024, 08:30:04 AM
Sally Ann Howes was a delightful Desiree in the NYCO Little Night Music, which is n YouTube I think

In 1998, the Kennedy Center initiated a one-season facsimile of Encores!  I understand the Kennedy Center was warned to give the try a few seasons to build their audience and start paying off. Well, they didn't. But . . .they did produced a mediocre Where's Charley? with a script edited and smutted up (I haven't had so much fun since I had a bath with my sister) by the author of Lend Me a Tenor. Some of the cast, including Emily Loesser, was good, and the older couple, who were delightful, were played by Sally Ann Howes and Bill Hayes. I met them backstage after the opening night.


Ken Ludwig also had written the book for "Crazy for You" at that point.
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Post by: Jane on June 06, 2024, 08:50:39 AM
From John:

Quote
I will watch the extras of Mr Bates tomorrow.

I don't remember watching extras, lucky you.
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Post by: Jane on June 06, 2024, 09:06:18 AM
Well it is opening night.

I also have to work in the box office tonight - but hopefully I will be able to leave for a few minutes to be in the circle at 7:20 p.m.

I was looking forward to the next couple of days off, but the director asked me last night:  "You're going to be here every night, right?"

It seems he wanted me to check makeup & wigs and make sure everyone looks okay....so I said...."Uh.....yes if you want me to be."

Have fun.
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Post by: Jane on June 06, 2024, 09:07:07 AM
Applesauce cake.

Yum.
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Post by: Jane on June 06, 2024, 09:07:32 AM
I think D-Day should be the only one on the calendar today.
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Post by: Jane on June 06, 2024, 09:08:20 AM
Thursday morning greetings!  This is the big birthday celebration weekend for our granddaughters, so I might be even scarcer than usual.

Hugs for all!

Safe travels and have a super fun weekend.
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Post by: Jane on June 06, 2024, 09:09:02 AM
Opening night vibes for JRand and company!

DITTO!
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Post by: Jane on June 06, 2024, 09:09:45 AM
I see the new neck doctor today. I had thought my appointment was at 9 am. It’s at 3:30 pm.

Groan on the time but good vibes for positive news!
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Post by: John G. on June 06, 2024, 09:10:11 AM
From John:

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I will watch the extras of Mr Bates tomorrow.

I don't remember watching extras, lucky you.

There is a one-hour documentary on the scandal that is fascinating. It shows how thoughtful the casting was, how faithful the script was to reality. And it makes you horrified all over again that this happened.
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Post by: Jane on June 06, 2024, 09:11:55 AM
I forgot to mention yesterday that Keith had another Wordle in two :)
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Post by: John G. on June 06, 2024, 09:12:25 AM
Example: The tense hearing where Paula Vannells destroys herself with her lies is practically verbatim.

And the makers of the documentary show you the reaction from one of the subpostmasters in the background.
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Post by: John G. on June 06, 2024, 09:14:13 AM
Here’s a link to it:

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/shows/real-story-mr-bates-vs-the-post-office/
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Post by: Jane on June 06, 2024, 09:16:00 AM
From John:

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I will watch the extras of Mr Bates tomorrow.

I don't remember watching extras, lucky you.

There is a one-hour documentary on the scandal that is fascinating. It shows how thoughtful the casting was, how faithful the script was to reality. And it makes you horrified all over again that this happened.

Thank you.
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Post by: Jane on June 06, 2024, 09:16:41 AM
Example: The tense hearing where Paula Vannells destroys herself with her lies is practically verbatim.

And the makers of the documentary show you the reaction from one of the subpostmasters in the background.

It is nice to know, though I really never doubted it, that the series is acuate.
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Post by: Jane on June 06, 2024, 09:17:33 AM
Here’s a link to it:

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/shows/real-story-mr-bates-vs-the-post-office/

Thank you.
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Post by: George on June 06, 2024, 10:44:52 AM
Wordle 1,083 5/6

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Post by: George on June 06, 2024, 10:46:29 AM
Well it is opening night.

I also have to work in the box office tonight - but hopefully I will be able to leave for a few minutes to be in the circle at 7:20 p.m.

I was looking forward to the next couple of days off, but the director asked me last night:  "You're going to be here every night, right?"

It seems he wanted me to check makeup & wigs and make sure everyone looks okay....so I said...."Uh.....yes if you want me to be."

~~~Opening Night Break Legs Vibes!!~~~

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Post by: bk on June 06, 2024, 10:48:49 AM
I'm up, I'm up - maybe six hours of sleep. Was up at nine and doing show stuff.
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Post by: Jrand74 on June 06, 2024, 10:48:50 AM
Thanks all!
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Post by: George on June 06, 2024, 10:48:54 AM
I don't think it's the person operating the credit card system. Unless they're getting the 5% for their trouble? That might be a good thing.

I assumed that the credit card company gets the fee and the theeder has it deducted from the total amount that they get.
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Post by: bk on June 06, 2024, 10:49:01 AM
Break legs for Jrand.
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Post by: George on June 06, 2024, 10:49:02 AM
At least, that's how it works with the Square system that we use.
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Post by: Jrand74 on June 06, 2024, 10:49:57 AM
Well....though not publicly announced yet - Three Arrests of Frances Farmer will have a reading at the Phoenix Cultural Center on Saturday, June 4, at 4 p.m.

Which is of course PRIME theeder attendance time!

More to follow.
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Post by: George on June 06, 2024, 10:51:16 AM
Last night I watched for the very first time a 1968 movie, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, and now I cannot get that title song out of my head.

You've never seen the movie??  I love that movie!  It's certainly far from perfect, but I live the Sherman Brothers score!
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Post by: George on June 06, 2024, 10:52:14 AM
Thursday morning greetings!  This is the big birthday celebration weekend for our granddaughters, so I might be even scarcer than usual.

Hugs for all!

A Very Happy Birthday Weekend (early) for the granddaughters!!
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Post by: George on June 06, 2024, 10:52:33 AM
Oh, look!  It's Page Four!!
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Post by: George on June 06, 2024, 10:54:43 AM
Will Mr. Barrett be singing anything from Busker Alley? I saw him twice in that.

I'm jealous, although, I did get to see him in Kiss Me, Kate!...in London...WITH Marin Mazzie...AND I got to meet her after the show!! :D
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Post by: George on June 06, 2024, 10:55:35 AM
(He had guests backstage, so he didn't come to the stage door to greet his adoring fan.) ::)
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Post by: George on June 06, 2024, 10:55:49 AM
;)
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Post by: George on June 06, 2024, 10:57:27 AM
I enjoyed it, and I think I had three or four huge guffaws, which is never bad. The blu-ray looks great, and it even includes the Entr'Acte and Exit Music, which are not only fun but beautifully orchestrated by Irwin Kostal. At times I felt the movie, like Thoroughly Modern Millie, could use some trimming, but I loved the cast, especially the wonderful Lionel Jeffries, Robert Helpman, Benny Hill, Gert Fröbe, and Anna Quayle. I don't think I'd ever seen Sally Ann Howes in any other movie besides Dead of Night. As soon as she started to sing, I thought, OMG! was this film intended to pair Dick Van Dyke and Julie Andrews?

I have this vague memory of reading something about it that is was supposed to reunite Dick and Julie...and then didn't.
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Post by: George on June 06, 2024, 10:58:48 AM
Applesauce cake.


Did I ever tell the story of my friend who told the tale of having been working at the box-office at (IIRC) North Shore, during ticket sales for APPLAUSE,

And there may have been a typo in the advertising somewhere, because they got a number of phone calls asking for "two tickets to see Dorothy Collins in APPLESAUCE."

:))
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Post by: George on June 06, 2024, 11:27:14 AM
I enjoyed it, and I think I had three or four huge guffaws, which is never bad. The blu-ray looks great, and it even includes the Entr'Acte and Exit Music, which are not only fun but beautifully orchestrated by Irwin Kostal. At times I felt the movie, like Thoroughly Modern Millie, could use some trimming, but I loved the cast, especially the wonderful Lionel Jeffries, Robert Helpman, Benny Hill, Gert Fröbe, and Anna Quayle. I don't think I'd ever seen Sally Ann Howes in any other movie besides Dead of Night. As soon as she started to sing, I thought, OMG! was this film intended to pair Dick Van Dyke and Julie Andrews?

I believe it was generally known that Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke were talked about to do a movie of SHE LOVES ME together.

But that just didn't happen for some reason.

Here again is Julie Andrews singing "Dear Friend," though.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DanyQEhQ9RQ


What might have been.
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Post by: Jane on June 06, 2024, 11:36:32 AM
Well....though not publicly announced yet - Three Arrests of Frances Farmer will have a reading at the Phoenix Cultural Center on Saturday, June 4, at 4 p.m.

Which is of course PRIME theeder attendance time!

More to follow.

I'm very excited for you.
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Post by: George on June 06, 2024, 11:41:05 AM
https://youtu.be/8nfd98fE9T8?si=WNsNRofd7mA1PrTR

Here it is.

This one has been "restored" and looks and sounds better than previous postings.
Title: Re: WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK
Post by: George on June 06, 2024, 11:42:33 AM
I had the most extraordinary experience seeing Barbara Cook in her "Mostly Sondheim" concert in San Francisco's Curran Theater in 2012.

An extraordinary performance.  She sang for 90- minutes, no intermission.  Her accompanist was Wally Harper and two other men on stringed instruments.

It was magic, and it was made even moreso when she would talk about the songs she would sing before she sang them.

The "Mostly" part was predicated upon the fact that several non-Sondheim songs were included.  The best of the lot, for me, was when she sang "Ice Cream".  She prefaced the performance with the admission that she should not, at age 85, be able to hit all the notes.  She  then hit all the notes, and it was glorious.

That must've been amazing.
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Post by: George on June 06, 2024, 11:44:05 AM
I forgot to mention yesterday that Keith had another Wordle in two :)

That's pretty darned cool!
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Post by: George on June 06, 2024, 11:47:00 AM
Well....though not publicly announced yet - Three Arrests of Frances Farmer will have a reading at the Phoenix Cultural Center on Saturday, June 4, at 4 p.m.

Which is of course PRIME theeder attendance time!

More to follow.

Congrats, Jrand!!
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Post by: Jane on June 06, 2024, 12:02:00 PM
I forgot to mention yesterday that Keith had another Wordle in two :)

That's pretty darned cool!

It didn't tell me what he got today so I expect it was higher than two ;)
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Post by: elmore3003 on June 06, 2024, 12:20:11 PM
You bathed with your sister?

That was one of the more tasteful lines added to the adaptation of Where's Charley? at the Kennedy Center by the author of Lend Me a Tenor.
Title: Re: WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK
Post by: Freddie on June 06, 2024, 12:20:27 PM
Well....though not publicly announced yet - Three Arrests of Frances Farmer will have a reading at the Phoenix Cultural Center on Saturday, June 4, at 4 p.m.

Which is of course PRIME theeder attendance time!

More to follow.


That's wonderful news!
Title: Re: WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK
Post by: MichaelG on June 06, 2024, 12:25:39 PM
Toi toi toi for JRand and company!
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Post by: ChasSmith on June 06, 2024, 12:35:10 PM
The excitement builds, as the box office person notices a reservation for one, under the name... "Guffman".
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Post by: George on June 06, 2024, 12:44:32 PM
The excitement builds, as the box office person notices a reservation for one, under the name... "Guffman".

:))
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Post by: John G. on June 06, 2024, 01:42:33 PM
Well....though not publicly announced yet - Three Arrests of Frances Farmer will have a reading at the Phoenix Cultural Center on Saturday, June 4, at 4 p.m.

Which is of course PRIME theeder attendance time!

More to follow.

Most excellent news.
Title: Re: WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK
Post by: John G. on June 06, 2024, 01:43:47 PM
Gratuitous post 110!
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Post by: Jrand74 on June 06, 2024, 01:45:00 PM
LOL

Thanks, everyone.

In a moment, I shall be on my way to OKLAHOMA! the musical, not the state.
Title: Re: WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK
Post by: Jrand74 on June 06, 2024, 01:46:03 PM
I saw Chitty Chitty Bang Bang as the second feature at a drive in.  The main movie was The something something Red Baron about the WWI flying ace.

I liked CCBB much better.
Title: Re: WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK
Post by: ChasSmith on June 06, 2024, 02:20:18 PM
I was just out at the grocery store. As I approached my car, goods in hand, I had a moment of doubt that I was about to try unlocking the right vehicle. A second look confirmed it was mine, all right, but why - IN THE PAST THREE YEARS THAT I'VE HAD THIS CAR -- did I never "see" this sticker? At first I thought someone might have stuck something on the outside - but no, it's on the inside. Can you believe it - that I would only see this TODAY, on the occasion of DR Jrand73's foray into the wilds of OK in IN???

Naturally, you should click to enlargenate.
Title: Re: WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK
Post by: Freddie on June 06, 2024, 02:40:21 PM
I was just out at the grocery store. As I approached my car, goods in hand, I had a moment of doubt that I was about to try unlocking the right vehicle. A second look confirmed it was mine, all right, but why - IN THE PAST THREE YEARS THAT I'VE HAD THIS CAR -- did I never "see" this sticker? At first I thought someone might have stuck something on the outside - but no, it's on the inside. Can you believe it - that I would only see this TODAY, on the occasion of DR Jrand73's foray into the wilds of OK in IN???

Naturally, you should click to enlargenate.



That's even better than opening night vibes!
Title: Re: WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK
Post by: ChasSmith on June 06, 2024, 02:43:46 PM
It must be... a sign!
I bet Guffman DOES show up.
Title: Re: WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK
Post by: singdaw on June 06, 2024, 02:53:51 PM
  Well....though not publicly announced yet - Three Arrests of Frances Farmer will have a reading at the Phoenix Cultural Center on Saturday, June 4, at 4 p.m.

That's great, but I'm confused... did the reading already happen? Or is it in 2025?     :P
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on June 06, 2024, 02:54:32 PM
TCM ALERT!

Tonight at 6:30 p.m., EDT, the 1975 film "Overlord" will air.

This film is distinguished with an orchestral underscore by composer Paul Glass.

Kritzerland released the first-ever soundtrack CD.

FWIW, Glass also composed "Bunny Lake is Missing", one of my favorite films scores.
Title: Re: WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK
Post by: Ron Pulliam on June 06, 2024, 02:56:30 PM
  Well....though not publicly announced yet - Three Arrests of Frances Farmer will have a reading at the Phoenix Cultural Center on Saturday, June 4, at 4 p.m.


That's great, but I'm confused... did the reading already happen? Or is it in 2025?     :P

Yes, that date does not compute on the 6th day of June 2024.
Title: Re: WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK
Post by: Jane on June 06, 2024, 03:06:46 PM
I was just out at the grocery store. As I approached my car, goods in hand, I had a moment of doubt that I was about to try unlocking the right vehicle. A second look confirmed it was mine, all right, but why - IN THE PAST THREE YEARS THAT I'VE HAD THIS CAR -- did I never "see" this sticker? At first I thought someone might have stuck something on the outside - but no, it's on the inside. Can you believe it - that I would only see this TODAY, on the occasion of DR Jrand73's foray into the wilds of OK in IN???

Naturally, you should click to enlargenate.


Love it :)
Title: Re: WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK
Post by: John G. on June 06, 2024, 04:22:01 PM
Five!
Title: Re: WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK
Post by: John G. on June 06, 2024, 04:22:22 PM
I have to have an MRI.
Title: Re: WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK
Post by: MichaelG on June 06, 2024, 04:33:56 PM
I have to have an MRI.

Sorry to hear that, but hopefully it will be a good step towards getting rid of the pain. Hope you're not claustrophic.
Title: Re: WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK
Post by: Freddie on June 06, 2024, 04:51:55 PM
I have to have an MRI.


Sending vibes that they find out what's going on.
Title: Re: WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK
Post by: singdaw on June 06, 2024, 05:00:31 PM
Hope they can figure it out, DR John G.
Title: Re: WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK
Post by: Jane on June 06, 2024, 05:12:32 PM
I have to have an MRI.

It seems like an appropriate next step.  Vibes it happens soon.
Title: Re: WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK
Post by: Jane on June 06, 2024, 05:13:23 PM
I have to have an MRI.

Sorry to hear that, but hopefully it will be a good step towards getting rid of the pain. Hope you're not claustrophic.

Ditto on claustrophic.
Title: Re: WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK
Post by: bk on June 06, 2024, 05:26:13 PM
Overlord is a GREAT score and that's a great two-CD set. A must-have for those who many not have.
Title: Re: WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK
Post by: bk on June 06, 2024, 05:26:39 PM
Show order - done.
Title: Re: WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK
Post by: bk on June 06, 2024, 05:26:47 PM
Commentary - done.
Title: Re: WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK
Post by: bk on June 06, 2024, 05:27:00 PM
Food - tacos from the local jernt.
Title: Re: WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK
Post by: bk on June 06, 2024, 05:27:35 PM
50% off coupon for groceries - used and items needed gotten.
Title: Re: WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK
Post by: singdaw on June 06, 2024, 06:40:52 PM
Speaking of groceries, I did a grocery run tonight.
Title: Re: WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK
Post by: singdaw on June 06, 2024, 06:41:07 PM
The store was nice and deserted.
Title: Re: WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK
Post by: singdaw on June 06, 2024, 06:41:16 PM
Just the way I like it.
Title: Re: WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK
Post by: singdaw on June 06, 2024, 06:41:34 PM
I spent a ruinous amount.
Title: Re: WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK
Post by: singdaw on June 06, 2024, 06:41:56 PM
Which is to be expected, since I don't go as often as I should.
Title: Re: WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK
Post by: Jane on June 06, 2024, 06:48:05 PM
Just the way I like it.

I find it a real treat when that happens.
Title: Re: WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK
Post by: Jane on June 06, 2024, 06:48:17 PM
'night
Title: Re: WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK
Post by: singdaw on June 06, 2024, 07:50:47 PM
Good night, friends.
Title: Re: WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK
Post by: Jrand74 on June 06, 2024, 09:11:31 PM
Thanks to the sharp eyes of DR singdaw & DR RON PULLIAM.....the reading will indeed take place on JUNE 29!
Title: Re: WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK
Post by: Jrand74 on June 06, 2024, 09:13:22 PM
And thanks to all for the OK vibes and DR CHAS SMITH for his sticker discovery.

The audience was great.....generous with laughs & applause....and the cast was more than ready.

Only 10 tickets went unsold.

I also think I have mastered the credit card tapper.....we enter ALL transactions even those paid with cash....so we can get an evening report.

Fingers crossed.....I work again on Wednesday.
Title: Re: WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK
Post by: Jrand74 on June 06, 2024, 09:13:59 PM
AND - no one left at intermission.

Patented HHW VIBES deliver again.
Title: Re: WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK
Post by: John G. on June 06, 2024, 09:27:17 PM
At long last, I have finished all 1,026 pages of The Magic Mountain. I started it last June in Hawaii, read more in Greece and finally polished off the rest. It was an excellent novel, but I don’t need to scale the mountain again.
Title: Re: WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK
Post by: John G. on June 06, 2024, 09:41:56 PM
I am whipped.
Title: Re: WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK
Post by: John G. on June 06, 2024, 09:42:22 PM
But let's do a page turn first.
Title: Re: WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK
Post by: John G. on June 06, 2024, 09:42:43 PM
Been listening to Borodin.
Title: Re: WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK
Post by: John G. on June 06, 2024, 09:42:57 PM
Love that stuff.
Title: Re: WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK
Post by: John G. on June 06, 2024, 09:43:15 PM
Love New pages too.
Title: Re: WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK
Post by: John G. on June 06, 2024, 09:43:24 PM
Uno mas
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Post by: John G. on June 06, 2024, 09:43:32 PM
Six!
Title: Re: WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK
Post by: John G. on June 06, 2024, 09:43:47 PM
Good night, all.
Title: Re: WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK
Post by: George on June 07, 2024, 12:02:20 AM
I was just out at the grocery store. As I approached my car, goods in hand, I had a moment of doubt that I was about to try unlocking the right vehicle. A second look confirmed it was mine, all right, but why - IN THE PAST THREE YEARS THAT I'VE HAD THIS CAR -- did I never "see" this sticker? At first I thought someone might have stuck something on the outside - but no, it's on the inside. Can you believe it - that I would only see this TODAY, on the occasion of DR Jrand73's foray into the wilds of OK in IN???

Naturally, you should click to enlargenate.

(http://www.haineshisway.com/smf/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=7620.0;attach=22214)

What a coinkydink!  MY car (a 2022 Subaru Impreza) has the exact same sticker!
Title: Re: WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK
Post by: George on June 07, 2024, 12:02:43 AM
:D
Title: Re: WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK
Post by: George on June 07, 2024, 12:04:20 AM
I have to have an MRI.

Sorry to hear that, but hopefully it will be a good step towards getting rid of the pain. Hope you're not claustrophic.

Ditto, Ditto, and Ditto!!!
Title: Re: WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK
Post by: George on June 07, 2024, 12:04:58 AM
Overlord is a GREAT score and that's a great two-CD set. A must-have for those who many not have.

I have it...in a box somewhere. ::)
Title: Re: WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK
Post by: George on June 07, 2024, 12:05:04 AM
;D
Title: Re: WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK
Post by: John G. on June 07, 2024, 12:06:23 AM
Rare Sherman Brothers recordings.

https://variety.com/2024/artisans/news/richard-sherman-mary-poppins-rare-tapes-disney-1236027707/amp/
Title: Re: WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK
Post by: bk on June 07, 2024, 12:07:41 AM
Six? Again? When will the madness end.
Title: Re: WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK
Post by: bk on June 07, 2024, 12:07:57 AM
Where'd George get to?
Title: Re: WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK
Post by: bk on June 07, 2024, 12:08:17 AM
Four posts and gone with the wind.
Title: Re: WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK
Post by: bk on June 07, 2024, 12:08:23 AM
No food report.
Title: Re: WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK
Post by: bk on June 07, 2024, 12:08:29 AM
No nothing.
Title: Re: WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK
Post by: bk on June 07, 2024, 12:08:35 AM
Absent.
Title: Re: WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK
Post by: bk on June 07, 2024, 12:08:49 AM
Sitting there like a dead herring in the moonlight.
Title: Re: WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK
Post by: bk on June 07, 2024, 12:09:14 AM
Well, what can one do?
Title: Re: WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK
Post by: bk on June 07, 2024, 12:09:20 AM
What can two do?
Title: Re: WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK
Post by: bk on June 07, 2024, 12:09:31 AM
It takes two to tango.
Title: Re: WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK
Post by: bk on June 07, 2024, 12:09:52 AM
It takes three to do a Fosse trio.
Title: Re: WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK
Post by: bk on June 07, 2024, 12:10:03 AM
WHERE THE HELL IS GEORGE.
Title: Re: WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK
Post by: bk on June 07, 2024, 12:10:15 AM
He WILL be held accountable.
Title: Re: WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK
Post by: bk on June 07, 2024, 12:10:39 AM
Disappeared into the good night with nary a care about posting or food.
Title: Re: WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK
Post by: bk on June 07, 2024, 12:11:19 AM
Or perhaps he's stuffing his face with steak tartare.
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Post by: bk on June 07, 2024, 12:11:33 AM
Or whistling Dixie.
Title: Re: WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK
Post by: bk on June 07, 2024, 12:12:06 AM
Are we allowed to whistle Dixie? Or is that now taboo (oobat, spelled backwards)?
Title: Re: WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK
Post by: bk on June 07, 2024, 12:12:19 AM
This is quite annoyingly annoying.
Title: Re: WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK
Post by: bk on June 07, 2024, 12:12:24 AM
It just is.
Title: Re: WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK
Post by: bk on June 07, 2024, 12:12:40 AM
What, a late-night phone call?
Title: Re: WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK
Post by: bk on June 07, 2024, 12:12:52 AM
He dozed off while typing his fifth post?
Title: Re: WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK
Post by: bk on June 07, 2024, 12:13:06 AM
He ain't here, that's for sure.
Title: Re: WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK
Post by: bk on June 07, 2024, 12:13:13 AM
I am here, however.
Title: Re: WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK
Post by: bk on June 07, 2024, 12:13:34 AM
And while I do not care for page seven, at least we're here.
Title: Re: WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK
Post by: George on June 07, 2024, 12:13:36 AM
Show order - done.

Cool.
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Post by: George on June 07, 2024, 12:13:52 AM
Commentary - done.

Very nice.
Title: Re: WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK
Post by: bk on June 07, 2024, 12:13:53 AM
I see a George and I see a JohnG listed.
Title: Re: WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK
Post by: bk on June 07, 2024, 12:14:14 AM
Oh, George returns from the unknown.
Title: Re: WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK
Post by: George on June 07, 2024, 12:14:21 AM
Food - tacos from the local jernt.

That's great.
Title: Re: WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK
Post by: bk on June 07, 2024, 12:14:32 AM
Still no food.
Title: Re: WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK
Post by: George on June 07, 2024, 12:14:34 AM
50% off coupon for groceries - used and items needed gotten.

Congrats!
Title: Re: WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK
Post by: bk on June 07, 2024, 12:14:48 AM
New notes are up.
Title: Re: WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK
Post by: bk on June 07, 2024, 12:15:00 AM
Up are new notes.
Title: Re: WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK
Post by: bk on June 07, 2024, 12:15:08 AM
I've seen them.
Title: Re: WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK
Post by: bk on June 07, 2024, 12:15:14 AM
I've read them.
Title: Re: WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK
Post by: George on June 07, 2024, 12:15:17 AM
Thanks to the sharp eyes of DR singdaw & DR RON PULLIAM.....the reading will indeed take place on JUNE 29!

Ah.  That's good news for all the people who'll want to see it! ;D
Title: Re: WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK
Post by: bk on June 07, 2024, 12:15:21 AM
I wrote them.
Title: Re: WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK
Post by: bk on June 07, 2024, 12:15:44 AM
I'll let George continue responding to earlier posts before I change the topic.
Title: Re: WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK
Post by: George on June 07, 2024, 12:15:50 AM
AND - no one left at intermission.

Patented HHW VIBES deliver again.

That's wonderful, Jrand!
Title: Re: WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK
Post by: George on June 07, 2024, 12:16:27 AM
At long last, I have finished all 1,026 pages of The Magic Mountain. I started it last June in Hawaii, read more in Greece and finally polished off the rest. It was an excellent novel, but I don’t need to scale the mountain again.

I started Don Quixote last July, and I'm only about half way through it. ::)
Title: Re: WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK
Post by: George on June 07, 2024, 12:16:35 AM
Someday...
Title: Re: WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK
Post by: George on June 07, 2024, 12:16:45 AM
And now that we're so close...
Title: Re: WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK
Post by: George on June 07, 2024, 12:17:03 AM
Gratuitous Post #200!! :D
Title: Re: WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK
Post by: George on June 07, 2024, 12:17:33 AM
Earlier this evening, I went to my mom's house.
Title: Re: WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK
Post by: George on June 07, 2024, 12:18:01 AM
The reason for said visit was to install a new faucet in her kitchen sink.
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Post by: George on June 07, 2024, 12:18:40 AM
It was almost more difficult to uninstall the old one as it was to install the new one...almost.
Title: Re: WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK
Post by: bk on June 07, 2024, 12:18:40 AM
I have a whole slew of old editions of Don Quixote in a box in the garage - I should bring them in and see what's what - none are in English and some of them are VERY old.I got it at an auction many years ago.
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Post by: George on June 07, 2024, 12:19:01 AM
But I got it done and my mom was very happy.
Title: Re: WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK
Post by: George on June 07, 2024, 12:19:31 AM
I have a whole slew of old editions of Don Quixote in a box in the garage - I should bring them in and see what's what - none are in English and some of them are VERY old.I got it at an auction many years ago.

That's really cool.  I don't have a physical copy of the book.
Title: Re: WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK
Post by: George on June 07, 2024, 12:22:05 AM
When I was in college to be a choir teacher (spoiler...it didn't happen), I had to take part in a lunchtime recital so that non-performance students could at least have the experience of being part of a recital. 
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Post by: George on June 07, 2024, 12:22:21 AM
I forget the specific song that I sang or who wrote them ::) , but I sang one song from a cycle about Don Quixote, and I think I had to sing it in French, if I remember correctly.
Title: Re: WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK
Post by: bk on June 07, 2024, 12:24:06 AM
And food?
Title: Re: WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK
Post by: George on June 07, 2024, 12:24:12 AM
I also sang three different settings of Shakespeare's "Fear No More"...including Stephen Sondheim's! ;D
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Post by: MichaelG on June 07, 2024, 12:25:33 AM
I forget the specific song that I sang or who wrote them ::) , but I sang one song from a cycle about Don Quixote, and I think I had to sing it in French, if I remember correctly.

Ravel's Don Quichotte à Dulcinée?
Title: Re: WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK
Post by: George on June 07, 2024, 12:25:58 AM
And food?

Today, I went to Eagan's for lunch (I usually go on Fridays, but I went today), and had their Little Tom burger, which has two patties, goop and pickles and maybe tomatoes.  I always add onions.  And I had a diet Pepsi.  It was all quite delish!
Title: Re: WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK
Post by: George on June 07, 2024, 12:26:24 AM
I forget the specific song that I sang or who wrote them ::) , but I sang one song from a cycle about Don Quixote, and I think I had to sing it in French, if I remember correctly.

Ravel's Don Quichotte à Dulcinée?

I think that might have been it!
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Post by: George on June 07, 2024, 12:30:09 AM
I just found this recording of the three by Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYJFAMb_YFI

But I must confess that it's been so long that I don't remember which one I sang. :-\