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Title: SPRIGHTLY AND SPRY
Post by: bk on December 09, 2003, 12:04:30 AM: Well, you've read today's notes and therefore you can discuss all that is within or without them. To it, I say.

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Post by: JoseSPiano on December 09, 2003, 12:17:28 AM: Good morning, Good da.. well, Good morning.

-The bed is calling me... what it's calling cannot be printed here, however. ;)

Just finished up in the kitchen. I thought I was all done, then remembered about the crud in the oven. All the burned bits cleaned up easily, it was just inconvenient.

As for Robert Redford, the two that come to mind at this late/early hour are The Great Gatsby (right? that was him, wasn't it?) and The Natural - the smile, ah, that smile!

Once I get some sleep, I'll be able to post some more... but until then....

Zzzz.....
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Post by: JoseSPiano on December 09, 2003, 12:19:28 AM: Oooohhh, I'm a Full Member now!

That statement is fraught with innuendo. ;)
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Post by: Tomovoz on December 09, 2003, 12:32:42 AM: I am glad that was a late night AO post Jose.
Redford:"BC & TSK" and "The Sting". Much prefer his work in "Ordinary People", "A River Runs Through It" and my absolute favourite of his contributions to the world of film ' "The Milagro Beanfield War".
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on December 09, 2003, 12:39:35 AM: I gave another listen to the gorgeous "The Robe" 50th Anniversary Edition CD and it gets more glorious with each listen!

I watched Part I of "Battlestar Galactica" on the Sci-Fi channel and it was really well done!

Sorry about your rehearsal, TCB.

I remember sucky rehearsals. They happen!

I also remember auditions. I have a combination of feelings when I audition -- trepidation, doubt, and then, when I watch others audition, I start becoming competitive. At least, I used to.

What I hated about all of it was the agony that comes when the last performance has been given and the set has been struck. Everyone then just goes their own way. Sigh.
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Post by: Michael on December 09, 2003, 01:04:10 AM: I think my favorite Robert Redford performance would be in The Hot Rock. I also like his work as director in Ordinary People.
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Post by: George on December 09, 2003, 01:11:04 AM: Favorite Robert Redford movies as an actor:

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
The Natural
The Sting
The Way We Were
and the episode of "The Twilight Zone"

As a director:

The Legend of Bagger Vance
Ordinary People
Quiz Show
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Post by: JoseSPiano on December 09, 2003, 01:16:27 AM: Yes, I'm still up?!?!?!?!!?!?!!?!?!

OH, and I guess I could include Ordinary People since he directed it. Thanks for the reminder DR TFO! I watched it the first time in Sociology class in high school. Got to me then, still gets to me now.

Well, I like auditions... At least playing for them. However, I have been on the other side of the piano, and totally sympathize and empathize with actor/singers. But you want to talk about a bundle of neuroses: Opera auditions!!

Hmmm.. I'm digging VH1's Insomniac Music Videos Theater Late Night Whatever They Call It Show... :o

And now..... one more attempt to log off and get to bed...
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Post by: Danise on December 09, 2003, 03:43:18 AM: Good Morning all!

Have a wonderful, safe day and see you all tonight when I get home!

Hope you had a GREAT B-day, BK!!

D
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Post by: Kerry on December 09, 2003, 05:21:05 AM: Good Morning all. An early one, it is. I liked Redford in "The Great Gatsby" and "The Sting" and "All the President's Men." I've never been a huge fan of his, although I also thought he was good in "The Way We Were" (A flawed film witha few good moments here and there, in my humble opinion-IMHO). "Inside Daisy Clover" is a guilty pleasure, and he has the right sort of detachment for the role. I love Natalie Wood in that movie, but I'd have given anything if Gavin Lambert had stuck to his own book when doing the screenplay. What a great movie the book would have been.

Hope Jane and Bruce are still having much cake and will save some for the rest of us.
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Post by: William E. Lurie on December 09, 2003, 06:17:59 AM: Redford? "The Way We Were"

Another busy day today but since one of the things I'm doing is calculating Xmas bonuses I won't complain.
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Post by: steveg on December 09, 2003, 06:24:19 AM: Robert Redford film favorites:

"Three Days of the Condor" is one of my all-time favorite films.
Also, of course, "The Way We Were."
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Post by: Diane on December 09, 2003, 06:31:39 AM: [move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]Good Morning!![/move]

Redford? The Way We Were and All The Presidents Men

I'm a bit ashamed to admit I watch this junk but did anyone else watch Average Joe last night?
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Post by: Jennifer on December 09, 2003, 06:59:55 AM: Good morning everyone!

Where is everybody today?
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Post by: Jennifer on December 09, 2003, 07:07:39 AM: DR Diane: I watched it (Average Joe). I am so disgusted by the outcome. I can't believe they edited it that way. I realize they like to make you think it's one person, when it's really the other. But don't they realize that by editing to seem like it will be the guy you want, and then by having it be the other, PEOPLE GET DISGUSTED and nobody will want to watch next season.

I loved Adam. He was no average joe to me. I mean he was cute, sweet, thoughtful, kind and nice.And he was a freakin millionaire. I loved, loved him.

The other guy was beautiful, but he wasn't that bright, had no prospects. I get that she was attracted to him. But Adam was a catch, this guy is good looking, but that's it.

And doesn't it defeat the whole purpose of the show, if she picks the pretty boy they added in at the end? :(
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Post by: Matt H. on December 09, 2003, 07:25:33 AM: I enjoy Robert Redford in everything he does. He has a conviction about him that translate well, and even in something formless and messy as LEGAL EAGLES, he's just SO ingratiating that you love him.

Favorites include THE STING, THREE DAYS OF THE CONDOR, INSIDE DAISY CLOVER (perfect casting). He's too old to play the college jock in the early scenes of THE WAY WE WERE, but he's just right for the rest of it and one of the most gorgeous creatures ever put on earth. And he's excellent in ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN, one of the greatest films of the 1970s, I think.

I have not seen DOWNHILL RACER or THE CHASE, but I'll catch up to them one of these days.

I think his best directed feature is QUIZ SHOW.
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Post by: Diane on December 09, 2003, 07:28:40 AM: I was really disappointed too! Adam should have won...He was so cute and sweet and succesful!.. oh well...

I much prefer a man with brains and personality to a pretty boy... ;)
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Post by: Diane on December 09, 2003, 07:30:49 AM: Wow..it's really quiet this morning... ???
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Post by: MBarnum on December 09, 2003, 07:31:08 AM: I like Robert Redford, but honestly have not seen many of his films...actually my two favorite performances of his are from television...his episode of TWILIGHT ZONE is very good, and he had a good role on an episode of PERRY MASON.

Goodie day at work. I am chowing down on elk saugage, crackers, and cake donuts with sprinkles, and downing it all down with hot coffee! Woohoo!
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Post by: S. Woody White on December 09, 2003, 07:31:20 AM: I've never been much of a Robert Redford fan. He's always reminded me of the guys in high school (and later in life) who always assumed they deserved better treatment because they were so good looking. I'm sure Redford himself is a very nice and decent person, and he's certainly contributed a great deal to the film industry, particularly in his support of new filmmakers, but really don't enjoy looking at him.

Let's bring back radio. I'd love him on radio.
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Post by: Matt H. on December 09, 2003, 07:45:37 AM: I could have sworn Robert Redford made two appearances on THE TWILIGHT ZONE, but quickly perusing my TWILIGHT ZONE COMPANION, I could only find the one reference where he plays Mr. Death.
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Post by: Jennifer on December 09, 2003, 07:49:43 AM: Quote from: Diane on December 09, 2003, 07:28:40 AM
I was really disappointed too! Adam should have won...He was so cute and sweet and succesful!.. oh well...

I much prefer a man with brains and personality to a pretty boy... ;)

Okay the other guy was beautiful. But I just didn't like his personality.

The thing is Adam wasn't average to me at all, even in looks. He was very cute. Maybe not gorgeous. But he was still good looking. Plus he didn't just have brains and a personality, he was a millionaire :)

(although we only found out about this last night, and he's been my favorite since the first week).

I know it's only a tv show. But man, they totally manipulated the editing in a BAD WAY.
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Post by: Matt H. on December 09, 2003, 08:20:40 AM: I guess I should tell this story about my Christmas decorations. If you recall, last week when we were talking about how we decorated for Christmas, I mentioned I didn't do a tree because I find it depressing to do one alone. As I've been single for the last seven years, I've had no tree. Well, on Saturday morning, two of my dearest and closest friends rang my doorbell and brought in a table top red aluminum tree and to put on the tree were WIZARD OF OZ ornaments and ruby red slipper lights. I went and got a red towel from the linen closet to use as a skirt, and now I have a totally red Christmas tree.

Aren't friends the most priceless gift a person can have? Needless to say, I was extremely touched by their thoughtfulness. They told me they had been planning this for a year.
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Post by: MusicGuy on December 09, 2003, 08:30:07 AM: Good morning DRs --

and to the ever-sprightly and always studly BK --

QOTD --- my favorite Redford films would be All The President's Men, The Sting, and Inside Daisy Clover. He is so nice to batty old Ruth Gordon in Daisy Clover, and I hope that someone will be nice to me when I'm a batty old woman!

DR Jose -- God, I wish I were there to try both the lemon pound cake, and the chocolate thing that overflowed!! They both sound terrific!
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Post by: MusicGuy on December 09, 2003, 08:33:22 AM: by the way, I meant to post yesterday evening...

[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%];D :D ;) 8) ::) :) :D[/move]

YEA !! I now beeze no longer a "newbie" or a "junior!"
My god, does this mean that I'm through puberty??
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Post by: MBarnum on December 09, 2003, 08:33:36 AM: I am glad that you ended up with a Christmas tree DR Matth! And it sounds very cool....red metal, neato!

I am not going to put up my regular Christmas tree this year as my new cat, Freddy, would very likely want to play with it and I can just see it constantly toppling over (my precious cat, Buford, never bothered with the Christmas trees)..however I did go down to Big Lots last night and purchased a little 1 foot tall tree for $1.99 which I will use this year so that there will be some sort of tree up in the house!
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Post by: Dan-in-Toronto on December 09, 2003, 08:34:13 AM: Belated birthday wishes to BK. My introduction was via a local radio program, Say It with Music. The host talked about BK's label - and after I played my first BK albums I spotted his name on a couple of favorites that I had grabbed from the "reduced" bucket at the hoity-toity L'Atelier Grigorian on Yorkville Ave. (A Doll's Life; The Anastasia Affaire.) And I came to HHW via Maya.

As for Robert Redford. S. Woody White did a nice job summing up my feelings. I remember liking Brubaker quite a bit, though.
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Post by: TCB on December 09, 2003, 08:41:02 AM: Quote from: MusicGuy on December 09, 2003, 08:30:07 AM
QOTD --- my favorite Redford films would be All The President's Men, The Sting, and Inside Daisy Clover. He is so nice to batty old Ruth Gordon in Daisy Clover, and I hope that someone will be nice to me when I'm a batty old woman!

Isn't that what Kerry is for?
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Post by: Jennifer on December 09, 2003, 08:53:27 AM: DR MattH: that is a great story, sounds like a cute tree. Do you have a picture?

Oh and thanks for the Alias info you emailed me.

Where is everyone?

Wake up, wake up!
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Post by: Panni on December 09, 2003, 08:54:06 AM: DR Charles Pogue - I meant to congratulate you yesterday on sending off your mini-series, but got busy and forgot. Mea culpa. As a fellow-scribe, I know what a MONUMENTAL ACHIEVEMENT that is. So - a belated congrats. You must be feeling relieved and tired (with a bit post-partum depression in the mix, if you're anything like me when you complete a huge writing task.)
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on December 09, 2003, 08:59:07 AM: Redford: "Inside Daisy Clover" was my first exposure to hm and I was wowed! Next came "Barefoot in the Park" and I was a Redford fan bigtime. I also loved him in "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid", "The Candidate" and "Downhill Racer."

"The Way We Were" is a VERY special film, and he is an integral contributor to that specialness.

I was touched by "The Natural," even though he seemed a bit long-in-the-tooth for a 30-something ball player.

And he was totally miscast -- and is the only flaw -- in "Out of Africa," one of my favorite movies.

Last night's "Battlestar Galactica" on Sci-Fi reminded me of how great Mary McDonnell is at playing disheveled/unfortunate heroines. She was haunting and poignant in "Dances With Wolves" as the white woman wholly absorbed into a Lakota tribe; in "Independence Day," she was quite affecting as the mortally wounded First Lady; and now, as a politician who is 40th in line to succeed the president (of Caprica), she gets sworn in on a trasnport ship after a Cylon attack wipes out most of the planetary population.

She does distress and confusion and assertiveness very well!
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Post by: Panni on December 09, 2003, 08:59:22 AM: It's not my favorite - I don't have a particular favorite - but I don't think anyone has mentioned BAREFOOT IN THE PARK. Redford was so wonderfully befuddled in that. And if you don't like him, Mildred Natwick is worth the price of admission.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on December 09, 2003, 09:07:40 AM: Panni: Kindred minds think alike. While I was writing mine, you were writing yours.

"Barefoot in the Park" is a totally wonderful film. Redford is perfect in it. Fonda is totally fun, and Natwick is a scream! A perfect movie comedy, though light and airy...!
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Post by: Jrand73 on December 09, 2003, 09:11:05 AM: Robert Redford huh?

Glad you had a good birthday - albeit a workaholic one, Mr BK!

RR Directed: QUIZ SHOW, although the script was a bit compressed.

RR acting: BAREFOOT & CLOVER. I also liked him in a movie called DOWNHILL RACER. And of course THE STING. I also like him with Mr John Saxon in a movie called WAR HUNT. ;D

I've got - oh yes, I've got it. I have the flu and will be visiting the doctor in two hours. Hopefully I will return to work tomorrow. :P

MG & KERRY, glad you enjoyed the tape, yes the episodes were chosen with care and with just those elements you mentioned in mind! Glad you appreciated them. It was fun to see them again as I made the tape. :P

TCB glad you watched the interview....Betty is something isn't she? :D
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Post by: MBarnum on December 09, 2003, 09:13:20 AM: JRand53, I am sorry to hear you are sick! Well, maybe sone nice things will arrive in the mail for you today and make you feel better..or at least will help you while away the hours whilst you lay on your sick bed!
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on December 09, 2003, 09:20:20 AM: Somehow, I don't imagine JRand as being bereft of things to while away the hours with....still, new things are nice!

: )
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Post by: Emily on December 09, 2003, 09:20:32 AM: Good morning! Good Yawning!

Oh wait - it is 12:15 PM as I write this.

Good afternoon! Good not-Yawning!

Okay so the coffee has definitely hit my system. I am once again doing the egg-nog instead of cream and sugar thing and am loving every sip. I should market this! :)

Today I have to go meet my mother and grandmother downtown to go shopping. Every Tuesday they go to Mass at the big Anglophone Cathedral (St. Patrick's) which is right smack dab in the middle of the shopping district. I think I understand why my mom likes going to church so often...

JOSE - Ya got an IM, kid ;)

Topic of the Day:

Robert Redford? Hmmm... Now there is an example of beauty NOT ageing well. I will admit he was absolutely gorgeous until about 1990. Then I think the California sun turned on him reaaaaaallly badly. Wrinkle city. I do admire him for Sundance though and his dedication to young actors and directors.

The movie that I always think of when I hear the words Robert Redford in THE GREAT GATSBY partly because he is great in the role of Gatsby, but also because my middle-aged English teacher showed it to us when we were in Sec. 5 and basically instructed us (all girls' schools come in handy) on how to swoon over him. She was a Redford fanatic in extremus.

Toodles everyone... I'll post later. :)
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Post by: Diane on December 09, 2003, 09:23:53 AM: DRJrand: Sorry to hear you are ill..I'm sending lots of good health vibes your way

[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]Good Health Good Health Good Health[/move]

DRMattH: What a great story! Please post a pic of your beauitiful tree
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Post by: MusicGuy on December 09, 2003, 09:26:28 AM: DR MBarnum --

Just for curiousity, who is the picture (bottom of left-hand column) that is currently appearing in your ID area of your posts??
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Post by: MusicGuy on December 09, 2003, 09:29:19 AM: >:( ??? :-[

Dear Jrand --

"Button up your overcoat, when the wind blows free.."

Don't you mess with that flu, if that is what you have! It is a nasty one that is going around this year.

I always knew that Margie lived at The Park Carleton, but I had forgotten that Susannah's ship was "The Ocean Queen." My, my !
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Post by: MusicGuy on December 09, 2003, 09:40:28 AM: Dear esteemed, seasoned, zesty, lithe, and younger-than-Springtime BK --

Here's a little trivia snippet that I thought you might find interesting, as far as early days of So. Calif. TV shows. Do you remember me asking a while back about Molly Bee, and Cliffie Stone?? Well, in my mind I had gotten it all jumbled together that Molly Bee sang on the Spade Cooley Show (The Hoffman Hayride) on KTLA, and that Cliffie Stone was a musician on that show as well. (My grandpa used to love to watch Spade Cooley).

It turns out that Cliffie Stone (a guitarist of pretty high esteem back then) had his own show called "Hometown Jamboree", and it was on that show that Molly Bee was a regular singer. It was on from 1950 to 1958.

Spade Cooley (who played country-swing violin) had a couple of regulars also on his show, which ran from 1948 to about 1956....the announcer was Dick Lane (Leatherbritches !), and there was a regular "comic" on named Les Chatter who used the character name of "Lotta Chatter." And do I remember right that "Lotta" was a character in drag?? I'm not sure.

Just some useless past trivia to maybe brighten your work day. 8)
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Post by: Maya on December 09, 2003, 09:41:40 AM: I just got back from Speech class, where our marijuana debate went fairly well. I am sooo not ready for final's next week. I AM ready for winter break...I want to go back up to NYC and see shows and party!

Favorite Redford film (and only one I've seen) is the Great Gatsby.

Jrand--feel better soon! Good vibes are coming your way, and they of the pretty multicolored variety too.

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Jose--Guess what? I should be seeing Camelot on the matinee of Sunday the 21st. Hope I can meet you again and say hi!

Quote from: Diane on December 09, 2003, 07:28:40 AM
I was really disappointed too! Adam should have won...He was so cute and sweet and succesful!.. oh well...

I much prefer a man with brains and personality to a pretty boy... ;)

Amen to that! Pretty boys are overrated.

Blech...off to pick up some transcripts...
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Post by: MBarnum on December 09, 2003, 10:04:46 AM: MusicGuy, that is a picture of me from a couple of years ago...or are you referring to the photo in the little frame next to me?
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Post by: Matt H. on December 09, 2003, 10:10:26 AM: Sorry to hear about your flu, DR JRand. Hope you get to feeling better soon. Hmmmm. Wonder if the flu virus can be caught on-line! :D

I was hoping to go to a local craft sotre down the street from me and try to find some red icicles to hang down from the tree to kind of finish off its look. When I get that taken care of, I'll take a picture and post it.

Good news for me about STRICTLY BALLROOM. The Independent Film Channel is showing it tonight (this morning) at 12:45 a.m. and I already have the recorder set to capture it for me to view. So, I won't have to rent it, and I'll be able to discuss it with you nice folks and fans of it tomorrow at some later time.

Life is good.
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Post by: Diane on December 09, 2003, 10:12:29 AM: Maya: Pretty boys are over rated! I was recently having a discussion with a close friend about how most of the men I've dated are the types who didn't go to the prom, and had their heads stuffed in toilets all through junior and senior HS. What can I say, I love dorks! ;D
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Post by: Panni on December 09, 2003, 10:14:04 AM: Remember two words, Jrand53: Chicken Soup. Get well soon!
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Post by: Jrand73 on December 09, 2003, 10:14:45 AM: Ah yes....thanks everyone for the good vibes...I will be leaving for the doctor in about 30 minutes. Nothing in the mail today.....so I watched PHANTOM FROM SPACE - which we have talked about at HHW before.

DR MATTH your tree sounds spiffy! And red icicles should be easy to find...they are my favorite as well!

OCEAN QUEEN indeed! And how about that marriage rap? Yes, DR RON, I sent them a copy of the same episode I sent you....I couldn't resist sharing it.
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Post by: Matt H. on December 09, 2003, 10:15:57 AM: OUT OF AFRICA. I agree completely. It's a beautifully made film and it never ceases to bring me to tears a couple of times while watching it (When Meryl Streep gets on her knees to beg for the dwellers on her land, I always lose it). Nevertheless, Redford is dreadfully miscast. EVerything else about the movie is so wonderful. I wonder who at the time would have been better in this part? Today I'd cast Clive Owen and be done with it, but who in 1985?
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Post by: MBarnum on December 09, 2003, 10:31:05 AM: JRand, what do you mean nothing in the mail today! Well, so much for paying for priority mail!!

To the DRs who get Trio on their cable they are showing the 1958 Miss America contest tonight! That should be a lot of fun!!
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on December 09, 2003, 10:33:18 AM: For a complete zingy taste sensation:

Pop a Freshburst Listerine Oral Care Strip on your tongue, and while it is doing its thing, take a nice sip of strong hot coffee.

YIKES! And Zowee!
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on December 09, 2003, 10:41:13 AM: Quote from: [size=2]Matt H.[/size] on December 09, 2003, 10:10:26 AM
Good news for me about STRICTLY BALLROOM. The Independent Film Channel is showing it tonight (this morning) at 12:45 a.m. and I already have the recorder set to capture it for me to view. So, I won't have to rent it, and I'll be able to discuss it with you nice folks and fans of it tomorrow at some later time.

Life is good.

Knowing how you love the widescreen anamorphic effect, the DVD would be your better option.

At this point, I'm not at all sure you'll enjoy it one bit. We seem to share strong likes for so many things, but then we don't share likes for other things. Perhaps this one is one of those.

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Post by: TCB on December 09, 2003, 10:48:06 AM: There is absolutely no question about it – The Way We Were. I love that movie. I have probably seen it two dozen times. Granted, it has it’s flaws, especially the hasty wrap-up of the plot and the screwy editing job at the end that leaves you wondering what happened that finally split them up. Still, the scene where Katie brings a very drunken Hubbell home from the bar and he has sex with her, remains one of my all-time favorite scenes ever filmed.

I have enjoyed a lot of his other films as well, such as:


Butch Cassidy
   The Sting
   Downhill Racer
   All the President’s Men
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Post by: William E. Lurie on December 09, 2003, 11:12:33 AM: Today the following new releases (among others) were announced:

In addition to the five Judy Garland films already getting their first DVD release in April they have added I COULD GO ON SINGING.

And although it is still awaiting DVD release, a soundtrack CD is coming out of 2/24 for DR Susan Gordon's biggest hit: THE FIVE PENNIES.
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Post by: Maya on December 09, 2003, 11:44:42 AM: LOL, Diane! Dorks are the best! And some of them grow up to be confident and self-possessed, and then show up at their high school reunions and wow the hell out of all the people who used to make fun of them. At least it always happens that way in movies.

I sooo wish I got IFC. Bravo has just about stopped showing the kind of films I like....I mean Queer Eye is one thing, but Celebrity Poker??? It DOES look funny, but shouldn't that be on Fox more than it should on Bravo?

There is a reason I stick to my HBO! ;)
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on December 09, 2003, 11:49:54 AM: I'm seriously considering satellite for the new year!

Really, really tired of cable, and especially our provider, ComCast. Prices have gone up 25% in less than a year and we got nothing more for the money.

I pay nearly $40 for one step above basic cable...no premium anything (unless you think the Disney Channel is premium).
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Post by: Ann on December 09, 2003, 11:49:54 AM: I'M DONE I'M DONE I'M DONE!!!!!!

Well, okay, technically I still have to get through finals next week, but ALL of my papers are done and turned in, and I never have to write an undergrad paper again!!!! Last night marked the second night in a row that I went to bed at 5:30 am and woke up and 8 to get to class. so a grand total of 5 hours of sleep in three days. I am so very loopy at the moment, but now I have to go to a voice lesson I haven't prepared for and explain to my teacher that the fact that I cannot attend a masterclass tonight because my jazz choir is singing for the president of the college does NOT mean I'm flaking out on her...I told her about the event before she scheduled the masterclass, she just assumed I'd be able to get out of it. She wrote me a very condescending e-mail last night saying how she was "very sorry that I didn't appreciate the value of performance opportunities." Hello?? What does she think I'm DOING with the jazz choir, selling popcorn??

Okay, ranting done...I'll post a more sane post later
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Post by: ladodgerjon on December 09, 2003, 11:53:11 AM: Rather than just do as requested (list my favorite Redford film), I'll buck the system and drop my favorite Redford STORY on all of you:

When I was in film school, one of my buddies came to class one day and told me how 'something very strange' had happened to him...

My friend had been sitting in his house when he noticed that some 'weird guy' was sitting in his car across the street just STARING at my friend's house.

The weird guy sat there for hours... simply STARING.

My friend started to get wigged, and began thinking about calling the police, when the weird guy got out of his car and approached my friend's front door.

Crazy as it seems, my buddy decided to answer the weird guy's knock at the door.

The weird guy seemed pretty nice, and explained to my friend that he lived in this same house as a kid... and kindly asked my friend to please check the attic for an old steamer trunk. The weird guy went on to say that he hoped it might contain his little league uniform. With that, the weird guy left a phone number and drove away.

My friend, of course, hightailed it to the attic... and, sure enough, found the trunk along with the uniform... photos... and other mementos from this guy's childhood.

You've probably figured-out that the 'weird guy' was Redford... and my buddy was a young Michael Bay (VERY pre-Armageddon). Weird world, huh?

One other twist: I told this story years later to another friend, Richard Schickel (film critic for TIME magazine), who is very close to Redford and his family. Schickel told me upon hearing this story that he had a similar experience when he visited the Redford home in Sundance: on Redford's mantle were some old tin toys.

Schickel asked why an old toy held such a prominent position. Redford explained that he visited his grandparents old home in the SF Valley (I guess Redford went thru a reflective period of visiting old homesteads??), and surprised the current (elderly) owners when he graced THEIR portal.

When he shared some old memories of playing with his toy cars in his grandparent's backyard, the old couple's eye's lit up, and they dragged him around to their garage. There, on a shelf, was a tin car covered in dust and cobwebs. Redford instantly recognized it as being one of his old toys.

And that's... the rest of the story.
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Post by: Maya on December 09, 2003, 12:05:12 PM: Ann--congrats on having finished all your papers! We should all be so lucky! :P

LADJohn--What a great story! Didn't Schikel just write a book of film essays, btw?

Well, I'm off to meet a friend at TGI Friday's...what one would call a combination lunch and dinner? Linner, dunch?
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Post by: Charles Pogue on December 09, 2003, 12:09:54 PM: Oh, Frabjous Day! Callooh! Callay! I'm done, I'm done with my frigging epic! (At least this draft). It's wonderful to be able to sleep late, lounge, watch TV, fart around on the internet totally guilt-free, not thinking I should be writing. I now shall celebrate a leisurely Christmas. Today what minimal Christmas shopping I have to do...and puttering around the house.

Panni, thanks for the Congrats. I had my post-partum depression actually a few days before I finished it. Really, really low. But actually the writing doesn't get me down...It's usually having to defend the writing later to all the myriad of soulless creatures that want to take a piece out of it on its way to fruition. I always say I love my work; I hate my job.

The work is just me and the blank page. The job is trying to staunch the blood-flow from all those "wonderful" notes you usually get from all those illiterate cretins who get to hack at it with their dull, blunt opinions.

As this was addressing studio notes (I actually have very good executives on this one so far...but it's the opinions of those who green light you have to worry about...those guys who have read it just once, usually too quickly and with not enough attention, and are going to give it the thumbs up or down. This business is utterly back-asswards), it was something of a challenge to cut, revise, and maintain artistic integrity. But so far I don't think there's been any major diminishment. I'm very happy with it, we'll see what opinions come down from the mount.
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Post by: ladodgerjon on December 09, 2003, 12:14:11 PM: Maya--

Schickel has a BUNCH of film essay books... but, yes, there's a new one that just hit a few months ago, I believe.

Thanks to the new BK.com site, I now have a new screensaver here in the edit bay... and I don't think BK himself knows of it...
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Post by: MBarnum on December 09, 2003, 12:15:40 PM: That is a nice story about Robert Redford, he obviously has a sentimental side. I like that in a person and it is cool that he has such fond memories of his childhood treasures.
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Post by: Charles Pogue on December 09, 2003, 12:15:51 PM: You know, while I like Redford and have enjoyed many of his films, I gotta tell you he just has never really kicked me in the butt. THE STING, I guess. I like him very much as a director...particularly ORDINARY PEOPLE and QUIZ SHOW.
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Post by: MusicGuy on December 09, 2003, 12:16:43 PM: DR MBarnum --

Thanks for the answer to the photo question....it's a great picture. When I saw it, I thought you looked like the younger, better-looking brother of actor David Wayne....to me there is a fairly strong resemblance.

And by the way, who is the lady in the framed picture?

(God, I'm nosy today!)
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Post by: Charles Pogue on December 09, 2003, 12:17:23 PM: Ah, totally unnoticed by me, I see I've become a Full Member. And what are the benefits of Full Membership?
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Post by: bk on December 09, 2003, 12:19:05 PM: MusicGuy: Spade Cooley I remember - he used to broadcast live from what is now the Music Hall theater on Wilshire Blvd. You'll be happy to know that Dick Lane has quite a nice featured role in Kritzer Time.
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Post by: MusicGuy on December 09, 2003, 12:20:26 PM: Dear esteemed BK --

Kerry was wondering.....did you already know that you and Rick Mason shared the same birthday?? I sure wish he could have shared some cake with you yesterday.

Now as far as your dinner last night.... it would have been even more terrific if we could just figure out a way to get the old original C.C. Brown's to open back up again. :-[
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Post by: Jrand73 on December 09, 2003, 12:21:49 PM: The SS Ocean Queen was actually the SS President Wilson of the United States Line....NOT the SS Constitution of the American Export Line which was used on I Love Lucy - for some reason, I thought it was.

SATELLITE is a good choice....I am much happier with it than I ever was with CABLE.

DRMATTH and other DR's I love STRICTLY BALLROOM - has some problems, but most of all I love it because the actors all do their own dancing....and it is just so damned clever.

AND remember there are NO new Federation Steps....
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Post by: MusicGuy on December 09, 2003, 12:24:13 PM: Dear BK,

I, for one, can't wait for Kritzer Time to be released. Do you have any idea when the nickname "leatherbritches" started for Dick Lane?? I remember that he also announced the early TV wrestling show that was broadcast from an old auditorium that is still in downtown L.A..
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Post by: Panni on December 09, 2003, 12:26:11 PM: Apologies to bk for saying no one had mentioned BAREFOOT IN THE PARK (pre DR Ron Pulliam). I skimmed the notes too quickly. I await suitable punishment.

Charles Pogue - I agree with everything you say. BTW - I've been waiting over a month for notes on my last project. Which, of course, I rushed like a woman possessed to finish on time while getting ready to move.
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Post by: MBarnum on December 09, 2003, 12:27:48 PM: MusicGuy, the woman in the frame in my photo is actress Anne Kimbell. She starred in MONSTER FROM THE OCEAN FLOOR, FUEDIN' FOOLS, and WAGONS WEST...she also worked on Broadway a bit in the 1950s. A very good actress and best friends with actress Sally (War of the Colossal Beast) Fraser!
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Post by: MusicGuy on December 09, 2003, 12:27:52 PM: Dear Jack,

I think that The President Wilson and the United States Line is the company that (at least in later years) just went around the Hawaiian Islands with tourist cruises.

I was on them several times, but by then the ships had gotten pretty run down and crummy.

It would have been more fun if Nugie and Cedric would have come around the corner!!
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Post by: Craig on December 09, 2003, 12:28:04 PM: Bruce-

Juliana wanted me to specifically ask YOU if you heard her message that I posted in yesterday's notes and if so, what you thought of it.
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Post by: Tomovoz on December 09, 2003, 12:39:12 PM: Strictly Ballroom: The retiring dancer (leaving to devote his time to Landscape Gardening) is Todd McKeanny who was the original star of "The Boy From Oz". Mecurio's father in the movie is Miranda LOTR Otto's father. The late Barry Otto. Tara Morice has had more success in Australia since the movie than has Mecurio.
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Post by: Jed on December 09, 2003, 12:44:03 PM: Well, dear readers, while I don't have the dreaded flu as DR JRand seems to have (a speedy recovery wish for you, sir!), I do have a nasty little head cold. This is evidenced by the fact that I currently bear a striking vocal resemblance to Harvey Fierstein, with perhaps a touch of Bea Arthur thrown in for good measure. Never a good sign when I can hit an A-flat an octave below bass clef. I've been a bit stuffed up the last couple days, but it has now moved down to my throat. Oh well, just so long as it's outta here by my next show Friday night.

Robert Redford - All the President's Men and The Sting. Actually haven't seen Barefoot... should probably rectify that.
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Post by: Tomovoz on December 09, 2003, 12:46:32 PM: Good wishes to all those suffering from the flu. Please don't feel that you need to export it to the southern colonies.
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Post by: bk on December 09, 2003, 12:49:58 PM: Craig: I tried to listen from the work computer and couldn't. Remind me tonight and I'll do it from home.

MusicGuy: Dick Lane and wrestling (from the Olympic Auditorium) loom large in Kritzer Time. Dunno about leatherbritches. Didn't know Cameron shared my b-day.
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Post by: Craig on December 09, 2003, 12:52:59 PM: Bruce -

I will do that.. I know you will smile...
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Post by: Jed on December 09, 2003, 12:54:35 PM: Quote from: Maya on December 09, 2003, 09:41:40 AM
Quote from: Diane on Today at 07:28:40am
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I was really disappointed too! Adam should have won...He was so cute and sweet and succesful!.. oh well...
I much prefer a man with brains and personality to a pretty boy...
Amen to that! Pretty boys are overrated.
Just marry/merry/Mary me now, alright? :D
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Post by: Tomovoz on December 09, 2003, 01:00:05 PM: Jed. Would it make much difference if your name was Murray or Maurie?
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on December 09, 2003, 01:03:51 PM: Just finished a delightful lunch -- penne pasta with chicken in a cajun sauce with two slices of garlic bread. It came with Navy bean soup! YUMMY!
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Post by: Jennifer on December 09, 2003, 01:12:53 PM: DR Maya wrote:
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Well, I'm off to meet a friend at TGI Friday's...what one would call a combination lunch and dinner? Linner, dunch?

Here we used to call it "lupper" which is a combination of lunch and supper.
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Post by: Craig on December 09, 2003, 01:13:20 PM: How did the beans get into the military? or worse, what made them so blue?
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Post by: Craig on December 09, 2003, 01:14:09 PM: having lived in Florida, land of the retired. The meal not quite lunch and not quite dinner is called...

The Early Bird Special
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Post by: Jennifer on December 09, 2003, 01:14:30 PM: DR Emily: Did you know that Survivor ends this week? I had no idea. Two more episodes (this Thursday and then the finale on Sunday at 8pm).
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Post by: Matt H. on December 09, 2003, 01:15:19 PM: Quote from: MBarnum on December 09, 2003, 10:31:05 AM
JRand, what do you mean nothing in the mail today! Well, so much for paying for priority mail!!

To the DRs who get Trio on their cable they are showing the 1958 Miss America contest tonight! That should be a lot of fun!!

I know who wins!
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Post by: Craig on December 09, 2003, 01:16:08 PM: Matt-

Think you can anyone to bet ya?
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Post by: bk on December 09, 2003, 01:16:13 PM: We're about to eat - of course, we'll be working whilst we eat and whistling whilst we work and we'll be doing the Texas Two-Step and the Miami Three-Step and the Boston Beguine.

And that's all she wrote for now.
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Post by: Jennifer on December 09, 2003, 01:16:25 PM: DR Craig, what is the messge that Juliana posted? Is it only for Bruce or can anyone listen?

Can you repost the link.
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Post by: Jennifer on December 09, 2003, 01:18:35 PM: Oh and for DR MattH: After our conversations about Alias yesterday I went in search of some websites. There is an interesting message board at http://www.alias-tv.com for fellow addicts. Btw, there is no new episode till jan 11th. I wonder if they will reshow this week's show the week before that.
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Post by: Craig on December 09, 2003, 01:22:18 PM: DR Jennifer..

Check out yesterday's notes to listen :)

We had a fun lunch today. We were talking about a place called TWO BOOTS PIZZA which is a decent distance away. We got a craving..so we sent one of the staff to go get 3 pizzas from there. Excellent pizza for those in NYC!
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Post by: Diane on December 09, 2003, 01:25:13 PM: Jed: LOL! Your fabulous :D

All this talk of food is making me very hungry!..MMM..maybe Sushi after the gym tonight?

1 hour of work to go!!
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Post by: Jennifer on December 09, 2003, 01:26:28 PM: Quote from: Craig on December 09, 2003, 01:22:18 PM
DR Jennifer..

Check out yesterday's notes to listen :)

Where in yesterday's notes? That is why I asked if you could re-link.

Pretty please.
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Post by: Matt H. on December 09, 2003, 01:26:40 PM: I'm hopeful that will be the episode they show before a new one pops up again, but this Sunday is the repeat of the season premiere, so I'm not sure they'll get to it without skipping some episodes. But it'll come back around one of these Sundays.
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Post by: Matt H. on December 09, 2003, 01:28:14 PM: DR Ron, the showing of STRICTLY BALLROOM on IFC is going to be widescreen. I'll have to let the internal line doubler in my TV serve as its own anamorphic enhancement.

Really can't wait to see it now.
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Post by: Tomovoz on December 09, 2003, 01:28:18 PM: Watch out for the 2nd Runner up to the winner in the 1958 Miss America. Dangerous and should have stayed in her little corner of the world IMHO.
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Post by: Matt H. on December 09, 2003, 01:32:40 PM: I would like to watch that pageant, but tonight is a crowded night of TV watching for me with lots of shows having new episodes and a new Peanuts special, too (though none of the recent ones can compare to the early ones).
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Post by: Michael on December 09, 2003, 01:37:02 PM: Three Days of the Condor (based on the novel Six Days of the Condor) has always been one of my favorite films, but I never looked at it as a Robert Redford film, but more as a Max Von Sydow one.
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Post by: Craig on December 09, 2003, 01:41:46 PM: oh no jen.. no fun in relinking.. you must go back and consider the quest a treasure hunt....
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on December 09, 2003, 01:45:08 PM: For some seasonal cheer, check out the following link:

http://ww12.e-tractions.com/snowglobe/globe.htm
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on December 09, 2003, 01:46:34 PM: By the way, a "lawyer" who contributes (in a manner of speaking) to filmus-l lamented in a post today that he tried to watch "Angels in America" but that he was so bored after 40 minutes that he had to switch it off!
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on December 09, 2003, 01:49:42 PM: Quote from: Matt H. on December 09, 2003, 01:15:19 PM
I know who wins!

BUT...do you know who crowns her? The reigning Miss America of 1957 -- Marian McKnight, Miss South Carolina, 1957!!!!!
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Post by: Tomovoz on December 09, 2003, 01:52:54 PM: Thanks for the link Ron.Cute.
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Post by: Tomovoz on December 09, 2003, 01:55:18 PM: Was she a librarian Ron?
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Post by: Jed on December 09, 2003, 01:56:17 PM: Ha! Love the snowglobe, Ron!
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Post by: Jane on December 09, 2003, 02:05:39 PM: I’m getting ready to leave for L.A. again so I’m mostly lurking today-so, very quickly.

Ladodgerjon thank you for the wonderful story.

Charles Pogue, wishing you good opinions from the mount.

Panni I hope you hear something soon.
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Post by: Matt H. on December 09, 2003, 02:10:19 PM: Of course I knew it was Marian McKnight who crowned her, and do you remember what Marian did for her talent the year she won? A Marilyn Monroe impersonation.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on December 09, 2003, 02:10:28 PM: Quote from: Tom from OZ on December 09, 2003, 01:28:18 PM
Watch out for the 2nd Runner up to the winner in the 1958 Miss America. Dangerous and should have stayed in her little corner of the world IMHO.

What did Mary Nancy Denner of Oklahoma ever do to you, Tom from Oz?

Are you sure you're not confusing her with the 2nd Runner-Up of 1959 -- Miss Anita Bryant?
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on December 09, 2003, 02:13:12 PM: They hauled out as many former Miss Americas as they could cajole into making a TV appearance some years ago (in the 90s), and Marian McKnight was still stunning! It made me SO PROUD! Sniff.

I was perusing a listing of winners and runners-up, and I'm under an impression that South Carolina has had more first runners-up than anyone! (Always a bridesmaid, seldom a bride).
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Post by: Matt H. on December 09, 2003, 02:14:11 PM: I just read that Paul Simon died. Is this true? If so, I'm very sad and very sorry. Loved "Bridge Over Troubled Water."
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Post by: Jane on December 09, 2003, 02:16:59 PM: Quote from: Matt H. on December 09, 2003, 02:14:11 PM
I just read that Paul Simon died. Is this true? If so, I'm very sad and very sorry. Loved "Bridge Over Troubled Water."

Wrong Paul Simon. "SPRINGFIELD, Ill. Paul Simon (search), the former US senator and presidential candidate, died Tuesday, a day after undergoing heart surgery. He was 75".
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Post by: Craig on December 09, 2003, 02:17:18 PM: Matt-

He just had a concert the other night in NYC.. haven't seen anything online either.. maybe it's the Paul Simon in politics??
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Post by: Jane on December 09, 2003, 02:20:42 PM: I won’t be back from L.A. until the end of next week. A very early birthday wish to Tom from Oz. Hope you have a great day.
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Post by: Matt H. on December 09, 2003, 02:21:27 PM: Thanks for the specifics. The headlines I read didn't identify WHICH Paul Simon!

It was SENATOR Paul Simon who died, not the entertainer.
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Post by: Tomovoz on December 09, 2003, 02:22:21 PM: Joel Whitburn got it wrong. Not me! Thanks for the correction. Can you let Joel know for future editions.
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Post by: Ann on December 09, 2003, 02:29:25 PM: Yay for slacking off at work. My boss is in England at the moment, so I get some much needed downtime.

Warning...ranting ahead...
So at the bookstore where I work, the back desk area is where I spend most of my time if I'm not at the register out front. There is a register back here, for when things get too crowded...also faculty members sometimes like to come back here for department charges. But since my boss is gone at the moment, the register is closed, locked, and I don't have a key to get it started. So just now a lady came over, dumped a whole load of stuff on the counter, and looked at me expectantly. I explained very politely that the register was closed for the day. She glared, really GLARED at me and said "Are you sure?" "well, yes." "Even for department charges? I work here, you know." and I really felt like saying "oh, well in that case, I'll inform the register that you work here and it will of course automatically start itself up." but I didn't, I just smiled and showed her to the front desk. Argh!!! The nerve of some people!
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Post by: MBarnum on December 09, 2003, 02:46:17 PM: Not to worry Matth, that Miss America 1958 will run several times this month..along with Miss America 1983.
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Post by: Matt H. on December 09, 2003, 02:48:50 PM: Thanks, DR MBarnum. I will keep my eyes on my cable guide to see when it will pop up again.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on December 09, 2003, 02:52:20 PM: Quote from: Tom from OZ on December 09, 2003, 02:22:21 PM
Joel Whitburn got it wrong. Not me! Thanks for the correction. Can you let Joel know for future editions.

I don't know Joel Whitburn. I don't read Joel Whitburn.

Joel Whitburn is not a friend of mine.

Someone who relies upon Joel Whitburn will have to let him know!

:)
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Post by: Jrand73 on December 09, 2003, 02:57:04 PM: Yes DR MG - the United States Liners ended up touring the Hawaiian Islands, and Susanna Pomeroy was surely missed...shades of Benjamin Kritzer.

I think I know who won the Miss America Title in 1958 - didn't she later become Jed Clampett's daughter in law? Meow.

Trivia question: Why was there no Miss America 1950?

Allison Hayes was of course Miss Washington DC in 1948.

And here she is just a few years later, shortly after declaring that she wanted to play GBS' Joan Of Arc...
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Post by: Jrand73 on December 09, 2003, 03:00:05 PM: Yes, DRAnn.....it is the same with the switchboard where I fill in, you tell the person the line is busy....and they say "This is long distance" whereupon sometimes I feel like saying: "Oh well in that case I will put you right through!"
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Post by: Matt H. on December 09, 2003, 03:01:45 PM: Well, I'm going downstairs now and watch A MIGHTY WIND until the Peanuts special comes on. Should be able to squeeze it in before network TV begins.
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Post by: Jennifer on December 09, 2003, 04:21:45 PM: DR Craig wrote:
oh no jen.. no fun in relinking.. you must go back and consider the quest a treasure hunt....

You are mean :)

Can you at least tell me what page it is on in yesterday's notes.
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Post by: Danise on December 09, 2003, 04:22:33 PM: Top the evening, all!

Can't say anything about BattleStar until I see it on Saturday. I did rewind a bit of the tape (I always go over by about 10 minutes when I tape something to make sure I get the ending) and it seemed there were a LOT of commercials. I think I will be glad I taped it instead of watching it so I can FF them.

Received my shipment of Babylon 5 Season 2 & 3 today. Yay! Highlander Season 1 is backordered. Thank you again, Craig for the discount code. How often to they have them? How do you find out about them?

I never really cared for Robert Redford so I can't say anything about his movies.

I also prefer satellite instead of cable but I like my cable modem much more than dial up.

Sorry to hear JRand is ill. Hope you had the flu shot, just it case. Get well soon!

Glad to hear that papers and themes are done. Keep up the good work!

D
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Post by: Emily on December 09, 2003, 04:26:46 PM: Taye Diggs is going to be WICKED's Fiyero from Christmas to Jan 18.

No Norbert. Sigh. The Gods are against me.

http://www.broadway.com/template_1.asp?CI=32852&CT=38
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on December 09, 2003, 04:41:44 PM: Taye Diggs as Fiyero could be very interesting.

Norbert Leo will get a chance, I suppose, to spend Christmas with family out of state.

Taye is Idina's hubby so they'll both be very happy.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on December 09, 2003, 04:42:37 PM: It's nearly pitch black outside right now. Major storm brewing (has been all day) but has only been spitting rain, blowing leaves off trees and it's cold.

Will probably be a torrential downpour in time for commute!
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Post by: bk on December 09, 2003, 04:42:37 PM: Working hard here - but I'll be home soon.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on December 09, 2003, 04:47:20 PM: Hooray! I got my 5th Season edition of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" today!

Great Stuff!!!
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Post by: TCB on December 09, 2003, 04:47:46 PM: Quote from: Emily on December 09, 2003, 04:26:46 PM
Taye Diggs is going to be WICKED's Fiyero from Christmas to Jan 18.

No Norbert. Sigh. The Gods are against me.

http://www.broadway.com/template_1.asp?CI=32852&CT=38

Who is Norbert?
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Post by: Jrand73 on December 09, 2003, 04:50:29 PM: Oh TCB - that famous Broadway actor Norbert Butz!
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Post by: Tomovoz on December 09, 2003, 04:50:49 PM: Ernie nor Bert?
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Post by: Emily on December 09, 2003, 04:53:51 PM: This is Norbert (Leo Butz)

(http://images.google.ca/images?q=tbn:hr8CyG996HIC:www.lastfiveyears.com/graphics/norbert.jpg)

He had leading roles in The Last Five Years, the tour of the Cabaret Revival, Thou Shalt Not and took over for Adam Pascal in Rent (he was a swing in the OBC and then moved up). Wasn't there also a non-musical straight play last year he was in too? I remember being surprised at his nomination at the most recent Drama Desk Awards. The name escapes me.

One of the reasons I really wanted to see Wicked was because I adore him on the Last Five Years cast album. Oh well. :(
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Post by: Jrand73 on December 09, 2003, 05:03:45 PM: DR Emily you will be in NEW YORK!!! There will be other compensations! Enjoy yourself! You will have a blast!!!

Thank you to all the DR's for the good vibes. I seem to be better and the Doctor said it was not the flu, but flu-like problem. Back to work tomorrow.

And here is my new icon....the Scooby Doo Boxers!

Rerry Ristmas! Ruh roh!
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Post by: Tomovoz on December 09, 2003, 05:15:50 PM: As I read the last post from JRand, my radio was playing "The Boxer". Spooky. (a Dame Edna reference).
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Post by: Jrand73 on December 09, 2003, 05:21:39 PM: Oh hey - I got a notice from a club I was a member of for awhile, then lost the address.... For anyone interested it is The Gale Storm Appreciation Society.

Gale is very active in the club and emails and writes to members regularly and personally - the newsletter has a LOT of vintage photos and articles about Gale.

Only costs $18 a year - the price of a DVD!

Send a check made out to Richard A Bullis to:

Richard A. Bullis
Gale Storm Appreciation Society
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Post by: Jrand73 on December 09, 2003, 05:22:15 PM: Very Spooky, Tom! Almost a John Edward moment!
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Post by: Tomovoz on December 09, 2003, 05:32:09 PM: Humble apologies to DRs for my absence for much of tomorrow (I know I shall be missed during the lull hours!) but we have invited friends for a daytime viewing of LOTH TT. You are of course welcome too TCB but I have a feeling you would rather wash your hair!
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Post by: TCB on December 09, 2003, 05:39:06 PM: Quote from: Tom from OZ on December 09, 2003, 05:32:09 PM
Humble apologies to DRs for my absence for much of tomorrow (I know I shall be missed during the lull hours!) but we have invited friends for a daytime viewing of LOTH TT. You are of course welcome too TCB but I have a feeling you would rather wash your hair!

Actually, I would rather have a root canal!
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Post by: Maya on December 09, 2003, 05:41:27 PM: Jrand--ruv the new pic!

Emily--I also love NLB, but they could have done a LOT worse in casting a replacement Fiyero!

Forgive the lame pun...but I dig me some Taye Diggs!
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Post by: TCB on December 09, 2003, 05:42:33 PM: Quote from: Emily on December 09, 2003, 04:53:51 PM
This is Norbert (Leo Butz)
He had leading roles in The Last Five Years, the tour of the Cabaret Revival, Thou Shalt Not and took over for Adam Pascal in Rent (he was a swing in the OBC and then moved up).

One of the reasons I really wanted to see Wicked was because I adore him on the Last Five Years cast album. Oh well. :(

Emily: Please forgive my ignorance (and I saw the original cast of Rent), but what is a swing?
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Post by: bk on December 09, 2003, 05:43:15 PM: I am going mad, I tell you. Only your excellent posts are preserving what little of my sanity is left or even right.
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Post by: Tomovoz on December 09, 2003, 05:58:07 PM: Swing For Rent
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Post by: S. Woody White on December 09, 2003, 05:58:56 PM: A frustrating day, or so der Brucer claims. He set out to find some cheap planters, for transplanting the rosemary "trees" we bought earlier, and there were none to be had! None at all! Or, rather, none as cheap as he wanted (meaning, nothing under $2 each).

It seems all of the gardening departments and shops in our neck of Delaware have either closed entirely, or are dedicating themselves to selling Christmas trees and other holiday goodies. For some reason, none are selling cheap planters. Could it be that IT"S NOT PLANTING SEASON RIGHT NOW???

Sometimes, der Brucer can be so silly.

On the other hand, we did find a very nice angel to top our tree, all done in sparkley golden wire. That, and he found an entire menagerie of animal ornaments. As it stands, we're going to have more ornaments than there will be room on the tree!
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Post by: TCB on December 09, 2003, 06:00:47 PM: Well, well, well. Actor Christopher Sieber, who plays the good-looking gay dad on It's All Relative being interviewed in next week's TV Guide, answers the obvious question with, "Yep, I'm gay." No hemming, no hawing, no "that question is off limits"; just a plain and simple, Yep.

Hooray for the 21st century.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on December 09, 2003, 06:02:22 PM: Quote from: [size=2]TCB [/size] on December 09, 2003, 05:39:06 PM
Actually, I would rather have a root canal!

This can be ARRANGED!

:)
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on December 09, 2003, 06:03:46 PM: Quote from: TCB on December 09, 2003, 06:00:47 PM
Well, well, well. Actor Christopher Sieber, who plays the good-looking gay dad on It's All Relative being interviewed in next week's TV Guide, answers the obvious question with, "Yep, I'm gay." No hemming, no hawing, no "that question is off limits"; just a plain and simple, Yep.

Hooray for the 21st century.

Well, if he's the "good looking" one, I don't want to see the other one!
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on December 09, 2003, 06:05:37 PM: Computer ~~nerds~~ experts please NOTE:

YEsterday, I had sound, today it's all mute. For the life of me, I cannot get my computer to play sound.

I don't get any messages saying the sound device is missing or associated with anything else. Everything reads as though the sound is there, only it ain't coming through the speakers.

Any suggestions?????
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Post by: Tomovoz on December 09, 2003, 06:07:21 PM: Clean your ears Ron.
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Post by: Emily on December 09, 2003, 06:08:04 PM: Quote from: JRand53 on December 09, 2003, 05:03:45 PM
DR Emily you will be in NEW YORK!!! There will be other compensations! Enjoy yourself! You will have a blast!!!

Don't worry SWW - I will be enjoying myself thoroughly WICKED or no-WICKED.

The thing is I am travelling with two very downer people (i.e. Andrea and my other friend) who have not been able to get excited about ANY of the plans I have tried to made (and who haven't SUGGESTED anything either). So hearing about the one thing I reaaaalllly wanted to see kinda disappointed me more than it would otherwise since right now I am my one person cheer squad.

These same people also are either cheap or uninterested enough to accompany me to more than one show (and I refuse to go alone) so I have to make the one I do go see amazing.

Oy. But I am still really excited to go. Really. It's just the stress of being the only person of my travelling entourage who has any interest in making any serious commitments to plans or to the one thing I actually want to do :(
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Post by: Emily on December 09, 2003, 06:10:56 PM: okay that came off harshly.

I'm just frustrated tonight.
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Post by: Jrand73 on December 09, 2003, 06:27:59 PM: Poor Emily! You will be pleased nevertheless, I am sure.

OH HEY - they fooled us - it is the 1958 Miss America Ceremony to crown the 1959 Miss America!

Mr BK the judges would astound you!
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Post by: Laura II on December 09, 2003, 06:33:07 PM: JRand and Jed: feel better soon!

A little girl at the 7-9 year old kids' dress rehearsal tonight said the funniest thing to me. (The dress rehearsal was for the showcase that the kids will perform this weekend at the performing arts academy where I work.) I tried so hard not to laugh because she was so serious. First, the drama kids got into a discussion about marriage, which turned into a "Miss Laura, are you married?" When I said no, one girl turned to me and said, "You can marry my uncle! He's 27 and plays basketball and has muscles this big. (formed large circle with her hands) [I think] he's a very attractable ( :)) man, even in the nude." I almost fell over. Luckily, I regained my composure quickly and changed the subject.

Oh! I had a happy day! My aunt gave me a very nice Christmas present--a ticket to the Philly Pops Broadway concert with Sutton Foster. I also bought a ticket to Sutton's first solo concert. I have a seat at a front row table. I can't wait!
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on December 09, 2003, 06:34:43 PM: JRand...A 1958 Miss America Ceremony to crown Miss America 1959?

That would make it the Miss America 1959 Ceremony, wouldn't it????

Sort of the reverse of the 2002 Oscars being presented in 2003?
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on December 09, 2003, 06:36:11 PM: Has anyone heard from François in the past two weeks?
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Post by: Jrand73 on December 09, 2003, 06:50:09 PM: Wooooohooooooooooooo!!! ;D

Miss Alabama just sang Honey Bun and did the dance she learned in Miss Ludie's basement!

Next up "Claire de Lune" - very few missed notes! But the OH BROTHER!....a dramatic recitation from Miss Iowa! Whew! :P

Made up for it by a commercial for the Philco Slender Seventeener! Briefcase television! Mr BK I loved the story of Benjamin Kritzer getting his S T E R E O phonograph in Kritzerland - but I don't recall what kind of TV he had in his room......
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Post by: Panni on December 09, 2003, 06:52:30 PM: As I walked in a little while ago after doing errands, the phone was ringing. It was the bank saying that I had left my daybook there. Every phone number of anyone I know in the entire world is in that book. And the bank is now closeduntil morning! Which means that tonight I can only phone people whose numbers I know by heart. I feel cut off from the world. (Not that I had intention of calling people tonight - but the POSSIBILITY is now gone. Aaaarghhh!)

Emily - why do you refuse to go to the theater by yourself? If you want to see something and the others don't, then go see it. I actually find there's something quite cozy and secure in sitting alone in the dark as the action unfolds on stage. And during the play you wouldn't be talking to your companion anyway. As a bonus, theaters are great places for people-watching at intermission. So why miss out?

Wow - as I was writing to Emily, I suddenly lost my breath, my heart started to beat like crazy and I almost passed out. Now I really wish I had my Daybook. (I'm feeling a little better now. )
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Post by: Jrand73 on December 09, 2003, 06:53:08 PM: Well they crown the Miss America at the end of one year so she will have her reign in that year. That is why there was no Miss America in 1950. They went from the ceremony in 1949 for Miss America 1949 - to the ceremony in 1950 to crown Miss America for 1951! ;D

Great story DR LauraII you should have asked for a photo! ;)

DR PANNI - I know what you mean. But think how much more of a panic it would be - IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW WHERE IT WAS!!???? :'(

Glad you like the new pic DR MAYA!! ;D Thanks.
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Post by: Michael on December 09, 2003, 07:14:53 PM: Quote from: TCB on December 09, 2003, 05:42:33 PM
Emily: Please forgive my ignorance (and I saw the original cast of Rent), but what is a swing?

A swing is a performer that can fill any role in the ensemble at a moments notice. He or she must know everyones part including lines, songs and choreography. They don't appear in the show but I believe they stay at the theater just in cast. They are one big ass understudy
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Post by: Jrand73 on December 09, 2003, 07:18:40 PM: Well...actually Anita Bryant was the best singer of the lot, with a really cute song!

Mary Ann Mobley did UnBelDi dropping her dress and going into There'll Be Some Changes Made and went WAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYY flat, but she was cute as a button, and her opera was on pitch!
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Post by: Tomovoz on December 09, 2003, 07:22:52 PM: Praise be to Joel Whitburn DR Ron. Miss Oklahoma gets to make her Paper Roses and have God on her side. My earlier comment stands re her corner of the world.
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Post by: Jennifer on December 09, 2003, 07:33:30 PM: Quote from: Emily on December 09, 2003, 04:26:46 PM
Taye Diggs is going to be WICKED's Fiyero from Christmas to Jan 18.

No Norbert. Sigh. The Gods are against me.

DR Emily: I know you must love Norbert, but TAYE DIGGS is amazing. I saw him as Black in the Wild Party and thought he was beyond great. I think you will be surprised. Plus he is a big star now. He will be great.

Just one thing about shows on Broadway. I know you will have your heart set on seeing certain performers. But some of them miss often. So just don't be too disappointed.
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Post by: Jennifer on December 09, 2003, 07:39:44 PM: Quote from: Emily on December 09, 2003, 06:08:04 PM
Don't worry SWW - I will be enjoying myself thoroughly WICKED or no-WICKED.

The thing is I am travelling with two very downer people (i.e. Andrea and my other friend) who have not been able to get excited about ANY of the plans I have tried to made (and who haven't SUGGESTED anything either). So hearing about the one thing I reaaaalllly wanted to see kinda disappointed me more than it would otherwise since right now I am my one person cheer squad.

These same people also are either cheap or uninterested enough to accompany me to more than one show (and I refuse to go alone) so I have to make the one I do go see amazing.

Oy. But I am still really excited to go. Really. It's just the stress of being the only person of my travelling entourage who has any interest in making any serious commitments to plans or to the one thing I actually want to do :(

DR Emily: I don't care what DR Andrea and your other friend want to do, but you simply must go to see as many shows as you can. Going alone is easy. I've done it before a number of times. I've even done it when my sister and I wanted to see different shows.

Plus it will be much easier to get a ticket.

You love the theatre. I'm not sure how many shows you can fit in. But I think you will be disappointed if you only go to one.

Going with other people requires compromises. But I don't think you should short change yourself.
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Post by: William E. Lurie on December 09, 2003, 07:41:36 PM: I don't think anyone answered the question "what is a swing?". A swing is an understudy for the chorus... someone who can take over all the various roles (the "track") for a number of different chorus people. Most shows have a couple of swings of both gender. The first time I can recall seeing the term used was in the Playbill® for the original BYE BYE BIRDIE, but now you see them listed (with pictures and bios) for almost every Broadway musical that features a large ensemble.

Charles Schulz must be turning in his grave at the new Peanuts special. I immediately followed it with the DVD of the original Charlie Brown Christmas to take the bad taste out of my mouth.
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Post by: SwishySarah on December 09, 2003, 07:45:48 PM: I'm finally online again. I hate Adelphia internet services.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BK! I wish you the sweetest of nights, and the finest of days...;).

MBarnum: I love your new pic. Tres beau!

Panni: I certainly hope you get good response to your writing! ANd I also hope you get your notebook back! I hate losing things so important as that...my friend Renae lost her cell phone this morning. I took mine out and offered to call hers, to see if anyone would answer it, but it was on silent! Kind of a bummer.

Em: I agree with Panni. Go by yourself if you really want to go! What other shows were you wanting to see?

Re: Yesterday's notes: I don't really remember how I found BK...I *think* it was through Juliana's Journal, but it might have been earlier...I can't remember. But I emailed Bruce and he emailed me back, telling me to join the party here at HHW, and I've been here ever since. I remember being SO intimidated when I first "arrived". You were all so smart and ready to educate me!

And I also want to tell a little story that you might not have heard on the BRS. After being here for a few months, I told Laura II how wonderful this site was. For those of you that remember, this was during BK's "KISS MY ASS!" phase. Well our Wauwa thought BK was serious, and didn't want to post in case he became angry with her.

Isn't she cuuuuuuute? :) I am so getting yelled at when I call her in a few minutes.

I got my show choir dress/tights/shoes/bloomers today. The dress is very red and sparkly and flowy and sequiny. I like it :). But since I'm so frickin' tall (ERG), I have to get the straps lengthened. I look like I'm wearing a little girls dress, it's above my knees!

Robert Redford: The Horse Whisperer.

I'm kidding.
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Post by: Jennifer on December 09, 2003, 07:49:54 PM: BTW- DR Emily: Did you pre-order Wicked from amazon.ca. I did and have been watching my account daily (because sometimes they switch the delivery dates). Anyhow, even though it's only being released on dec 16th, they had no release date mentioned. Yet they had said "would ship in 3 to 5 weeks". Well today they changed that to "5 to 7 weeks".

I decided to email them to find out what the problem was. I clearly stated that the release date was next tuesday.

While I think the customer service people are getting more and more helpful, they continuely surprise me. They don't know how to read. She sent back comments about how they didn't know the release date. But when they did, they would update their system and let me know. So I assume they will figure this all out shortly after next tuesday.

The other bizarre thing is that she said she would release the rest of my order (without my even asking).

I will say this though, at least they are no longer sending me form letters.
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Post by: Jennifer on December 09, 2003, 07:57:23 PM: Ha ha, re: amazon.ca I spoke too soon :)

I just went to check out my account. The guy said he would ship my 2 books now. So I look and one book is ready for shipping. And now the other book and Wicked say they are due out dec 12 to 15th.

I'm not gonna say anything and see what they do.
Small amusement :)
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Post by: Michael on December 09, 2003, 07:58:32 PM: Did anyone watch the DVD Exclusice awards on FX? Another phony award show. Doesn't Dick Clark have something better to do?
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Post by: Jennifer on December 09, 2003, 08:03:16 PM: I think I will need to take back my promise not to email them. Sometimes I cannot believe the things they do. My bill was supposed to be 40$. When they shipped the partial order (which was supposed to be free shipping) they forgot to adjust the shipping charges. So now it shows as 62$.

Okay I know this is easily fixed, but man, this is not the first time they've done that :(

Good night all.
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Post by: S. Woody White on December 09, 2003, 08:25:42 PM: Quote from: Emily on December 09, 2003, 06:10:56 PM
okay that came off harshly.

I'm just frustrated tonight.
Boy, I'll say you're frustrated, and mightily! You just accused JRand of being me!

Best wishes for a safe trip, and I hope you get to do at least some of the things you want. Growl if you have to (judiciously, of course). And make a point of enjoying what other people insist you all have to do; it'll make it easier for them to agree with your choices.
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Post by: Matt H. on December 09, 2003, 08:30:02 PM: Quote from: Ron Pulliam on December 09, 2003, 06:03:46 PM
Well, if he's the "good looking" one, I don't want to see the other one!

DR Ron, I'm going to pretend I didn't read that.

Christopher might as well have been honest. He came out as gay in THE ADVOCATE two months ago.
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Post by: Matt H. on December 09, 2003, 08:33:48 PM: Norbert Leo Butz stole the show from the stars of THOU SHALT NOT and got a Tony Award nomination for it. He was a part of that Tony year where all five supporting musical actor Tony nominees were SO talented and SO deserving that it was impossible to pick a winner: Norbert for THOU SHALT NOT, Marc Kudisch for THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE, Brian D'Arcy James for SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS, Gregg Edelman for INTO THE WOODS, and the eventual winner Shuler Hensley for OKLAHOMA.
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Post by: Andrea on December 09, 2003, 08:59:13 PM: Quote from: Emily on December 09, 2003, 06:10:56 PM
okay that came off harshly.

I'm just frustrated tonight.

Ouch.. I deserve that.

Maybe two shows.. but they have to be cheap!
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Post by: Andrea on December 09, 2003, 09:05:27 PM: And all I wanted to do was go to the met. All day, alone if necessary. I refuse to drag DR emily anywhere.

So there.

*pout*
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Post by: Matt H. on December 09, 2003, 09:10:16 PM: Well, heading off to bed. I did enjoy A MIGHTY WIND (I liked folk singing back in the 1960s, so I got the parody of the movie but also really enjoyed the songs, too). I don't think it approached BEST IN SHOW as a comedy film, but I did appreciate all of these fine actors taking on another set of new personas SO different from the roles they played in SHOW and also in WAITING FOR GUFFMAN.

Good night, all.
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Post by: MBarnum on December 09, 2003, 09:32:03 PM: JRand53, thanks for the info on Gale Storm. I checked out her website...hmmmm, I think I will need to order one of her CDs...and it is autographed too!
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Post by: JoseSPiano on December 09, 2003, 09:49:44 PM: Good evening/morning....

I truly just skimmed over today's posts...

I'm tired. Been a long day. Good - for the most part.. film at 11:00... And my sciatica chose to flare up again today too... and since I had a two hour drive.. and a three hour show today... -I'm a very happy camper... NOT! >:( It's not too bad, still bearable, but not what I needed right now..

-Oh my, Oh my... I'm ranting... Hmmm...

Well, I'll check back in the morning and read today's posts...

Oh, and we had an earthquake in Virginia today... I didn't feel it, but talked to a bunch of people who did...

Hmm.. Maybe that's what did my back in - the earthquake...

Until tomorrow... Goodnight.

OH - DR Emily... Check your mail.
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Post by: Tomovoz on December 09, 2003, 09:57:29 PM: Good to know the earth moved for you Jose. How sad to not notice the ecstacy. At my age I would really take note.
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Post by: bk on December 09, 2003, 10:22:55 PM: Isn't it weird that we haven't broken two hundred posts in four days? Not that's it's easy to break two hundred posts - that's a lot of wood lying around.

Michael Shayne - the DVD Awards: I am a member of that "Academy" and that is why I was getting all those bags full of DVDs for the last few months. They are trying to be a presence, although to what end I have no idea. I was invited to the awards ceremony at the Wiltern, but I couldn't get up the energy to actually go. I did vote, however.
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Post by: George on December 09, 2003, 10:41:18 PM: Tonight I've been watching the reimagined "Battlestar Galactica." I remember the original series, but not enough to feel that a reimagining it is a bad thing. So far, it's pretty good (there's a half left). It's a completely different concept of the story, but I like it, although I don't quite understand what happens to the Cylons' bodies when they "die" (that's not really a spoiler...you find out something about that early on). If watching it a couple more times doesn't help I'll have to wait for the regular series to start...assuming that it does. I'd read that it's not for sure that the series is actually going to happen.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on December 09, 2003, 11:47:13 PM: DR Tom From Oz: Anita Bryant was second runnerup to Miss America for 1959.

I was and am correct about that.

However, if the pageant for 1959 billed itself as Miss America 1958 because it was held in that year, that's a totally different thing.
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Post by: bk on December 09, 2003, 11:55:25 PM: Last call for the late-nighters.