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Well, you've read the notes, the notes were all business, and now it is time for you to post until the cows come home - they're also back in business and moo-ving right along.
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And the word of the day is: QUINQUAGENARIAN!
Smoke on your pipe and put that in!
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wwwwww - sorry, the W key was/is sticking on this computer I'm using.
Welcome six GUESTS!
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And the word of the day is: QUINQUAGENARIAN!
I've got 10 years to go. :)
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Talking about sticking keys...the middle F key on my piano used to stick until I took it apart and fixed it. I think it was made in the 1960s, so it's not any kind of antique. It also hasn't been tuned since before we moved here to Washington, 30 years ago!!
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ASK BK:
The Sunday NY Times had a review of Helen Reddy's new memoir cakked The Woman I Am. The reviewer thinks its a hoot and from what I gather thinks she is a wack job. The following she describes a chapter in the book.
In a not-to-be-missed chapter entitled "Royalty and Reincarnation," Reddy, having dropped the bombshell that Wallis Warfield Simpson, Duchess of Windsor, was the reincarnation of Richard III, provides a chart of the dramatis personae surrounding the abdication of Edward VIII to demonstrate that it all goes back to the Wars of the Roses. Wallis (or Richard), it seems, had a soul mission to atone for the murders of the little princes in the tower and to see that the crown was returned to its rightful heirs. Edward, Duke of Windsor, was once Richard's personal servant (he is given no name) and can again doggedly devote himself to his monarch once Wallis has arrived on the scene. The little princes are, of course, Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Margaret. And, in the same chapter, Elvis was King Tut.
OK if you read alll of that what did you think about working with her and did she talk about her beliefs including group karma, which "involves several people often family members but not necessarily in the same configuration reincarnating together to resolve unfinished business, so spouses might reincarnate as siblings or vice versa
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Good morning, all! My dad is showing such signs of recovery, he is now making decisions on what medications he should and should not be taking. I fear this will precipitate a huge clash between my sister-in-law Donna, his doctors, and himself. In some ways, this makes me quite happy to be out of the conflict in 6 days, but it could be 6 tense ones. His lady friend has also let him know that his family is angry with her for keeping him out so long on Sunday, so this could be a tense week.
This morning my brother Randy and I take him to fill prescriptions; I hope it's pleasant. Families, oy!
DR Matt H, the only bad news about that PRIDE AND PREJUDICE release would be if I couldn't buy TALE OF TWO CITIES and COPPERFIELD separately, like the TOO MANY GIRLS situation. As to the Garson-Olivier P&P, it's got the great Mary Boland, a lot of girls remembering how to be virginal, a terrible screenplay, and none of Austen's tone. One viewing was definitely enough for me!
I do want TOO MANY GIRLS at the moment.
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Here is a video to watch today:
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And the word of the day is: QUINQUAGENARIAN!
Smoke on your pipe and put that in!
"Does being in your fifties make you blue?" AN ENQUIRING, AQUA-tinged QUINQUAGENARIAN asked.
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I've got 10 years to go. :)
Oh, I hope you'll be around longer than that!
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OK if you read alll of that what did you think about working with her and did she talk about her beliefs including group karma, which "involves several people often family members but not necessarily in the same configuration reincarnating together to resolve unfinished business, so spouses might reincarnate as siblings or vice versa
Actually, DR MS, I'm a firm believer in all that. I hope that in one life time or another, Lucrezia and I can put all that nonsense about the orgies and mutual murder attempts behind us.
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... And, in the same chapter, Elvis was King Tut....
Does Steve Martin know about this?
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A query for our esteemed BK:
Whatever do you imbibe when you are at a soiree, and the host or hostess has crassly forgotten to lay some Diet Coke in stock?
There's Diet Pepsi, of course, but that's hardly the same stuff. (They mix the syrup using wire hangers, I hear.)
On a tangent, we've had cases of Diet Coke on sale, five cases for ten dollars. Not a bad price, but I fear the shipping costs from the Beach of Rehoboth to the Hollywood of North would destroy the savings.
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Nice new avatar DR MS!
Partying with Jack Larson? What could be MORE sophisticated than that, I ask you?
Hopefully my computer will continue to work today.
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I remember seeing that production of Fifth of July on the telly. I'd read the play previously, but watching it made Wilson's use of overlapping dialogue much clearer.
Thomas was, I believe, the third actor to play the male lead, Ken Talley. William Hurt played the role off-Broadway, and Christopher Reeve was the original Ken on Broadway. (Somewhat eerie, that.)
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Rained out fireworks here last night, so they started VERY late and went on for a very long time. My guess is that they were on PST. Since we are on EDST....it does NOT get dark until about 9:45 anyway.
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I saw that TeeVee production as well, DR SWW....and I thought it was very enjoyable. I have always liked Mr Richard Thomas' performances.
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Well...let's see....my question for ASK BK day to start with will be.....what did Mr Jack Larson WEAR to the party yesterday?
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Monday Wednesday morning greetings! Sure seems like the beginning, not the middle, of a work week.
Like DR Cillaliz, DH Richard and I watched some of the Independence Day programs on TV last night. Didn't think much of any of the singing. We tuned in a little late for the NYC/Macy's fireworks program on NBC, so I have a question for New Yorkers:
Where is Waterside Plaza? From time to time, there was a split screen, showing the fireworks in one and an orchestra at Waterside Plaza. None of my maps have such a place labeled.
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Good news from DR ELMORE. :)
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THE FIFTH OF JULY is one of my favorite plays. I was lucky enough to see William Hurt at Circle Rep and then Christopher Reeves on B'way. But all in all, I like Richard Thomas the best as Ken Talley--I just found him the most believable as a man who went from 60s war protester to soldier to disabled schoolteacher. I enjoy the video production a lot, too. I like how it opens the play up a little (with the exterior farmhouse shots, though I'm sure they still used the original play set for the interiors.) Also, it preserves Swoosie Kurtz's hoot of a performance.
When I was in my senior year as a theatre major in college, I campaigned the department heads to put on FIFTH OF JULY as one of our productions. I wanted to play Ken, and my girlfriend at the time would have been perfect as Gwen. And jerkface that I was back then, I had my eye on a particularly hunky fellow student to play Jed, who I daydreamed of picking me up and carrying me bare chested at the end of Act One.
We did THE THREE SISTERS instead.
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Here is my question for Mr BK...what scandalous things were discussed at the soiree? What did you talk to Jack Larson about? What did you talk to Marsha Hunt about? I want all the gossip!
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I remember seeing that production of Fifth of July on the telly. I'd read the play previously, but watching it made Wilson's use of overlapping dialogue much clearer.
Thomas was, I believe, the third actor to play the male lead, Ken Talley. William Hurt played the role off-Broadway, and Christopher Reeve was the original Ken on Broadway. (Somewhat eerie, that.)
I need to buy the DVD of 5TH OF JULY; I saw the Broadway production with both Reeve and Thomas. My friend Helen Stenborge (Mrs Barnard Hughes)
is Aunt Sally, and I dearly love her. The only other performances of her on video, I believe, are the Merchant-Ivory THE EUROPEANS with Lee Remick and a HOMICIDE episode in which she and Barney play a married couple who killed their respective spouses to be together.
The outing with my dad turned out to be an unpleasant one: now that he's no longer at death's door, the King Lear power is back and we're all morons for neither anticipating his whims or allowing him to be needy when he's weak and terrified. I really don't want to analyze the situation, but the facts are these:
1. It was the VA (Veteran's Authority) hospital that diagnosed his hemorrhaging that led to the colonoscopy so he believes his doctor there knows everything. The fact that the VA in the past 15 years has never recommended/enforced a colonoscopy means that there were several opportunities to catch this cancer at an earlier stage.
2. The paperwork with the VA is ridiculous and my father refused other forms of Medicaid recommended by his oncologist to get what he believes to be cheaper prescriptions through the VA.
3. My father, who is not a poor man, is penny wise and pund foolish.
4. The paperwork for the VA from the oncologist's office had not been done on Monday afternoon and it certainly wasn't ready this morning, meaning all travel was futile. The angrier my dad got, the meaner he got.
So, when we got to the VA with no paper work, he told my brother and me to wait in the car. Because his walking is poor, I said I was going in with him. His response: "keep your mouth shut." Right now I want to kick his ass from here to Kingdom come. I'll probably sulk the rest of the day, and try to be in a better mood tomorrow. I know exactly why Goneril and Regan wanted to tie Lear down!
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Good morning!
You know the drill: hot, muggy, very uncomfortable to be outside, so I'll be staying inside today.
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DR Elmore, I'm with you completely about TOO MANY GIRLS. That's the one I wanted from that Lucy-Desi box, and it was the one film NOT sold separately. The next time it comes on TCM, I will burn my own DVD-R until such time as Warners decides to release it separately. I can do you one, too, but I have no idea when it might come back on.
I do hope that the classics are available separately. I have no interest in Wallace Beery's Long John Silver, but if I have to buy the box, at least that is the only one I wouldn't really care about having.
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For those interested in such things DeepdiscountDVD is having a 50% off sale on Kino DVD. Lots of interesting film noir, silent, and foreign titles.
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Quote from: Matt H. on Yesterday at 01:26:02pm
You sure did! The copy you made for me is one of my most prized possessions! As I've said before, I MUCH prefer it to the original Broadway cast recording.
DR George Wrote:
And you get Howard Da Silva! ;D
You certainly do! And Blythe Danner! And John Cullum! And Donald Madden! All of whom better their Broadway counterparts in the song numbers.
And William Daniels, Ron Holgate, and Ken Howard are also all in much better voice in the film.
Only Virginia Vestoff seems equally adept on both cast album and soundtrack.
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For those interested in such things DeepdiscountDVD is having a 50% off sale on Kino DVD. Lots of interesting film noir, silent, and foreign titles.
Thank you for the tip, DR MBarnum. I'll go there now and check things out!
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I'm not really sure what's on tap video-wise for today. I know I recorded that WORLD POLICE movie (with the X-rated puppets) off Showtime-HD last night. I have an episode of LOVESPRING INTERNATIONAL to watch.
I saw the DVR recording something this morning, but I have no clue what it might be.
And I still have The 5,000 FINGERS OD DR. T to watch.
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ASK BK:
The Sunday NY Times had a review of Helen Reddy's new memoir cakked The Woman I Am. The reviewer thinks its a hoot and from what I gather thinks she is a wack job. The following she describes a chapter in the book.
In a not-to-be-missed chapter entitled "Royalty and Reincarnation," Reddy, having dropped the bombshell that Wallis Warfield Simpson, Duchess of Windsor, was the reincarnation of Richard III, provides a chart of the dramatis personae surrounding the abdication of Edward VIII to demonstrate that it all goes back to the Wars of the Roses. Wallis (or Richard), it seems, had a soul mission to atone for the murders of the little princes in the tower and to see that the crown was returned to its rightful heirs. Edward, Duke of Windsor, was once Richard's personal servant (he is given no name) and can again doggedly devote himself to his monarch once Wallis has arrived on the scene. The little princes are, of course, Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Margaret. And, in the same chapter, Elvis was King Tut.
OK if you read alll of that what did you think about working with her and did she talk about her beliefs including group karma, which "involves several people often family members but not necessarily in the same configuration reincarnating together to resolve unfinished business, so spouses might reincarnate as siblings or vice versa
Well, let's just say she was a piece of work. I liked her, but she was quite strange at times and quite open about her randiness with her twenty-something year-old South American or Hawaiian (can't remember which) lover. Oh, the stories we were told, not that we asked to hear them.
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A query for our esteemed BK:
Whatever do you imbibe when you are at a soiree, and the host or hostess has crassly forgotten to lay some Diet Coke in stock?
There's Diet Pepsi, of course, but that's hardly the same stuff. (They mix the syrup using wire hangers, I hear.)
On a tangent, we've had cases of Diet Coke on sale, five cases for ten dollars. Not a bad price, but I fear the shipping costs from the Beach of Rehoboth to the Hollywood of North would destroy the savings.
In the past, Tony and Bob have never had Diet Coke at their parties. The first two times I just drank sparkling water - then I learned to bring my own. I'll drink anything diet, but if the host of a party doens't have it, then it's water.
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Well...let's see....my question for ASK BK day to start with will be.....what did Mr Jack Larson WEAR to the party yesterday?
Mr. Larson looked quite dapper in white shirt and white pants.
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Esteemed BK, re your dinner date with the wonderful T'Punk and the darling Rodzinsky (I think I got those adjectives in the right order...):
Haven't you been disappointed with the service at Musso and Frank's of late?
On the other hand, it is more classic LA than the Smoke House.
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Der Brucer needs to get on-line, business stuff. Later, all.
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Here is my question for Mr BK...what scandalous things were discussed at the soiree? What did you talk to Jack Larson about? What did you talk to Marsha Hunt about? I want all the gossip!
I spent no time with Miss Hunt, unfortunately. Lots of time with Mr. Larson, who talked about the new Superman film (which he likes), and also the upcoming Hollywoodland film. Hollywoodland, which is a recent title-change for Truth, Justice, and the American Way (a bad change, IMO, since Hollywoodland has nothing to do with George Reeves other than a state of mind perhaps - but if they're going that route, I don't hold much hope for the film), is the story of George Reeves' and his suicide. Mr. Larson told his oft-told tales of the event.
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There was bad service one particular time at Musso, but otherwise it's been fine.
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BK - have a great visit with DRs TPunk and Rodzinski! Will you be able to share photos?
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Thus.....Reddy was always ready?
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I'm back at work after 5 days off.
Not fair.
At all.
A'tall.
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Froze my buns off getting ready for work this a.m.
It seems like winter half the time.
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Some nice selections from the Kino catalog at Deep Discount.
I got THE THREE SISTERS, Olivier's American Film Theater pproduction, Valentino's BLOOD & SAND, and Keaton's OUR HOSPITALITY/SHERLOCK, JR.
How ironic that DR Dan the Man was just talking about THE THREE SISTERS!
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Froze my buns off getting ready for work this a.m.
It seems like winter half the time.
Oh, how I LONG for those temperatures to return to these parts.
I am already over summer!
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Ms. Reddy doesn't know much about history. The jury is still way out on whether Richard III even murdered the princes and most of the evidence and motives are lacking to insist he did. People forget that Billy Shakes was writing in the time of Elizabeth whose grandad was Henry VII, the guy who usurped the throne from Richard's legitimate claim and there's plenty of evidence to suggest that the princes were still alive when Henry ascended to the throne and that he had the deed quietly done. It's already been proven that Richard did not have a hump, withered arm, or gamey leg...these distortions and lies came from the venerable Thomas More who was educated by John Morton, the Bishop of Ely, and Richard's implacable enemy.
There is a book THE TRIAL OF RICHARD III, based on a Channel Four TV program, where a trial was held, presided over by an Old Bailey judge and presented by criminal lawyers to a jury where pretty much every known Ricardian scholar testified. the verdict: Not guilty.
Betram Fields, an eminent Hollywood lawyer (handles people like Spielberg) and Richardian scholar also wrote a book were he very objectively goes through the evidence and comes up with the same conclusion: Richard is innocent of the princes' murder and, indeed, most everything he is accused of.
BK, take them to Musso's...right in the heart of Hollywood. Is Book City still in business?
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THE FIFTH OF JULY is one of my favorite plays. I was lucky enough to see William Hurt at Circle Rep and then Christopher Reeves on B'way. But all in all, I like Richard Thomas the best as Ken Talley--I just found him the most believable as a man who went from 60s war protester to soldier to disabled schoolteacher. I enjoy the video production a lot, too. I like how it opens the play up a little (with the exterior farmhouse shots, though I'm sure they still used the original play set for the interiors.) Also, it preserves Swoosie Kurtz's hoot of a performance.
When I was in my senior year as a theatre major in college, I campaigned the department heads to put on FIFTH OF JULY as one of our productions. I wanted to play Ken, and my girlfriend at the time would have been perfect as Gwen. And jerkface that I was back then, I had my eye on a particularly hunky fellow student to play Jed, who I daydreamed of picking me up and carrying me bare chested at the end of Act One.
We did THE THREE SISTERS instead.
Turned out about the same is my guess. 8)
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Mr Larson sounds dapper of course.
HOLLYWOODLAND....is that the movie with Ben Affleck as George Reeves? Interesting. Mr Larson never really discussed his opinions until after Toni Mannix kicked the bucket (a high kick is my guess, former chorine that she was)...and I have heard it a few times....
My guess is MURDER and NOT suicide....the guests were never really properly interrogated....and wasn't Dan Dailey's ex wife there that night, too? Wacky stuff - even for 1959.
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DR CP - I watched my DVD of your HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES again last night. Always nice to see. Nifty production design.
And any movie with Nicholas Clay AND Edward Judd is obm!
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A special on "Superman" on film and TV has been running the past weekend on A&E. Mr. Larson seems to believe Mr. Reeves DID commit suicide, unless I seriously misunderstood his comments about Reeves having been quite depressed prior to his death.
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DRs RODZINSKI and TPUNK in LaLaLand!
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Oh, how I LONG for those temperatures to return to these parts.
I am already over summer!
Ours seems to have been a couple of weeks in May.
But it's only early July....our summers usually run through October.
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Shucky DARN!
I just remembered something I should not have forgotten.
Yesterday would have been PERFECT for a viewing of "The Music Man".
It was summertime 44 years ago that I first saw it in a theater!
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DRs RODZINSKI and TPUNK in LaLaLand!
Golly...the Bay Area will seem decimated....
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My guess is MURDER and NOT suicide....the guests were never really properly interrogated....and wasn't Dan Dailey's ex wife there that night, too? Wacky stuff - even for 1959.
I'm guessing you're right, and I think Leanore Lemon was the murderer. In fact, I think she even "jokingly" confessed to it years later.
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Kenneth Lay....dead at 64, from heart attack.
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The preview for HOLLYWOODLAND is supposed to be showing at the theatres with SUPERMAN RETURNS....anyone seen it?
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I'm guessing you're right, and I think Leanore Lemon was the murderer. In fact, I think she even "jokingly" confessed to it years later.
They probably had tee many martoonis that night and NO ONE knows exactly what happened. :o
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Bruce, take 'em to Musso & Frank!!
Cloudy and overcast here today. And more to come... Sheesh, I've turned into one of those old ladies who take pride in predicting the weather by the scientific oy-my-old-bones-ache method. How boring... I must program in somthing a bit more interesting for casual chat...
Yesterday I got a lot of weedage and clippage in on the path up to the woodshed. For the melancholia, I recommend heavy physical labor!! And a comedy for dessert - mine was When Harry Met Sally, which I've seen at least 20 times - I still laugh at many of the jokes, and Billy Crystal and the young Meg Ryan are always wonderful company.
If it doesn't rain, I'll be out there again today with my BIG clipper for the salmonberry bushes... Mwuahhahahahahahah!!!!
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A special on "Superman" on film and TV has been running the past weekend on A&E. Mr. Larson seems to believe Mr. Reeves DID commit suicide, unless I seriously misunderstood his comments about Reeves having been quite depressed prior to his death.
He does believe it was suicide, but I think Noel Neill believes he was murdered.
There was a wonderful MYSTERIES & SCANDALS expose about this some years ago on E! that I recorded, but I don't think I labeled the box of the tape I recorded it on, so I'd have a devil of a time finding it.
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I still occasionally watch the old Superman TeeVee episodes... George Reeves! Kinda chunky, in his baggy gatkes... I just loved it way back when, and love it now!
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I'm heading down now to start preparing lunch.
WBBL.
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I guess this is close as we'll get for a bit. 8)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lD0idT2ZRb8&search=diane%20lane
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lD0idT2ZRb8&search=diane%20lane)
And of course the idiot calls him George Reeve. :P
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I saw that, too, DR MATTH.... Interesting.
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Que es "gatkes"?
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Good Morning! Good Afternoon!
Well... So much for trying to catch up...
So... What'd I miss?
;)
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For those Big Brother fans, the list of houseguests has been leaked.
Apparently a glitch had them on audio tuesday. So the castmembers have been found out!
If you wanna know click below:
http://jam.canoe.ca/Television/TV_Shows/B/BigBrother7/2006/07/04/1668311-ca.html
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George Reeves Page Three Dance... 8)
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Some nice selections from the Kino catalog at Deep Discount.
I got THE THREE SISTERS, Olivier's American Film Theater pproduction, Valentino's BLOOD & SAND, and Keaton's OUR HOSPITALITY/SHERLOCK, JR.
How ironic that DR Dan the Man was just talking about THE THREE SISTERS!
I love that film of THE THREE SISTERS! Joan Plowright's farewell scene with Alan Bates is heartbreaking.
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In any case...
My parents have just headed down to Richmond for the day to check out the just-completed model of the house that they hope to be moving into later this year (the builder is estimating late October). I just hope the severe storms that are supposed to come around (again) this afternoon aren't that severe. Last night's were a doozy, and I just saw some footage on the news of some of the damage here in the DC area. Lots and lots of trees down.
As for myself, I'm gonna head out in a bit to get my hair cut - I'm a good week and a half overdue. I'm looking forward to the having a "cooler head" in these summer temps.
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Kenneth Lay....dead at 64, from heart attack.
I wanted the sonofabitch to rot in prison for a few years. I guess he took the easy way out.
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DR elmore - Are you near any place that serves 2-for-1 margaritas?
;)
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Hmmm... Most of the DC area is under a flash-flood watch until tonight... Hmm...
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For those Big Brother fans, the list of houseguests has been leaked.
Apparently a glitch had them on audio tuesday. So the castmembers have been found out!
If you wanna know click below:
http://jam.canoe.ca/Television/TV_Shows/B/BigBrother7/2006/07/04/1668311-ca.html
I've read this, but I'm totally confused as to how the game is already being played when everything is supposed to be LIVE and not starting until Thursday night.
Sigh
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I just saw some footage on the news of some of the damage here in the DC area. Lots and lots of trees down.
Unless the storms can sweep away the bulk of Congress, everything is just an exercise in futility.
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BK - Take TPunk and Rodzinksi to Musso and Franks. Then send them back to NYC with a jar or two of C.C. Brown's Hot Fudge Sauce - which means you'll also have to make a stop at Lawry's if you do desire.
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Well, time for me to head out for a bit...
Laters...
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Mr. Larson does believe it was suicide. Even though the producers of the film promised him they would not blame Toni Mannix, he's not sure if they kept their promise.
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Re: big brother
I've read this, but I'm totally confused as to how the game is already being played when everything is supposed to be LIVE and not starting until Thursday night.
Sigh
I don't think the beginning was supposed to be live. They always go into the house a few days before, so that there is stuff for them to show on tv.
I think that CBS had said that nobody would find out who was in the house until the show aired. The remaining contestants are apparently sequestered.
I am assuming this glitch was unintentional. But it sure created a good buzz to get people excited about the show!
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Gatkes is pants, tights I guess...
Elmore - the elderly slowly lose all control of their lives - some of them surrender graciously - like my grandman. Some become ferocious - my mom and dad, and apparently YOUR dad... it's hard not to take all the sturm personally... Oy, I'm glad I'm not in your shoes right now... last year was MORE than enough for a lifetime. Bitch slap me if I get like that!
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DR elmore - Are you near any place that serves 2-for-1 margaritas?
;)
DR Jose - I tried to replicate that the other night, but my margaritas were pretty tame to start with and got tamer as I added ice :-\
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Er... That's GRANDMA - not grandMAN.
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TODAY'S ANIMAL FARM
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der Brucer
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"QUINQUAGENARIAN"
How I wish. I'm damn near a septuagintarian!
der Brucer
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DR Elmore, I'm with you completely about TOO MANY GIRLS. That's the one I wanted from that Lucy-Desi box, and it was the one film NOT sold separately. The next time it comes on TCM, I will burn my own DVD-R until such time as Warners decides to release it separately. I can do you one, too, but I have no idea when it might come back on.
I do hope that the classics are available separately. I have no interest in Wallace Beery's Long John Silver, but if I have to buy the box, at least that is the only one I wouldn't really care about having.
Have you tried eBay? I foolishly loaned my "Star Wars, Episode IV: A New Hope" from the 4-disc Star Wars set to a friend of mine, who lost the disc. I was able to get a near-mint copy of the individual movie from the set for only $13...including shipping. I'd shop around for the one disc, first.
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Have you tried eBay? I foolishly loaned my "Star Wars, Episode IV: A New Hope" from the 4-disc Star Wars set to a friend of mine, who lost the disc. I was able to get a near-mint copy of the individual movie from the set for only $13...including shipping. I'd shop around for the one disc, first.
Wow! DEJA VU!
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I've got 10 years to go. :)
I've got 5 years and 7 days to go to be a quinquagenarian
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Betram Fields, an eminent Hollywood lawyer (handles people like Spielberg) and Richardian scholar also wrote a book were he very objectively goes through the evidence and comes up with the same conclusion: Richard is innocent of the princes' murder and, indeed, most everything he is accused of.
I read the Fields book. It was quite convincing
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Strange day, so far.
A bastardized "Monday" complete with hysteria and hissy fits in some quarters.
I so long to bitch slap someone having a hissy fit.
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I've read this, but I'm totally confused as to how the game is already being played when everything is supposed to be LIVE and not starting until Thursday night.
Sigh
Maybe it's just taped live....lol...who knows. Maybe it's an intentional leak by CBS to get everyone buzzing before the show
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I read the Fields book. It was quite convincing
Well you cound read these, and become unconvinced:
The Princes in the Tower by Alison Weir. The author argues convincingly that Richard III did indeed arrange the murder of his young nephews, King Edward V and Prince Richard, so he could seize the throne.
The Princes in the Tower by Elizabeth Jenkins. Did Richard III have his nephews killed? The author of this book says yes.
Or read this, and become re-concinced:
The Mystery of the Princes by Audrey Williamson. The author believes the princes were not murdered. This book won the 1978 Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger Award for Nonfiction.
der Brucer (always aiming to bring clarity to an issue 8))
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I beter get back to work....laters
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Announcer:
"BIG BROTHER was filmed before a live studio audience."
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Well you cound read these, and become unconvinced:
The Princes in the Tower by Alison Weir. The author argues convincingly that Richard III did indeed arrange the murder of his young nephews, King Edward V and Prince Richard, so he could seize the throne.
The Princes in the Tower by Elizabeth Jenkins. Did Richard III have his nephews killed? The author of this book says yes.
Or read this, and become re-concinced:
The Mystery of the Princes by Audrey Williamson. The author believes the princes were not murdered. This book won the 1978 Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger Award for Nonfiction.
der Brucer (always aiming to bring clarity to an issue 8))
I know I read another book that reached the opposite conclusion, but I don't remember which one. I first became interested in the princes when I read a novel called The Daughter of Time back in college. I don't remember the author. I would be up for another book on the princes, thanks for the suggestions
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31 years ago today, I was living in Athens, Greece.
I had spent the 4th at the home of some co-workers in Glyfada, a suburb of Athens. We had a turkey barbecue.
I wish I could go back to that time, knowing what I know now, and live it all over again.
Oy! The things I'd do differently...the people I'd avoid and the people I'd cultivate...the choices I'd make...and the habits I formed....would all change.
Of course, then I wouldn't be me any more. I'd be some other fellow walking around with the same identity (one hopes I'd still be walking around).
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Mr. Larson does believe it was suicide. Even though the producers of the film promised him they would not blame Toni Mannix, he's not sure if they kept their promise.
Ah-hah. Thanks for the word from the Horse's Mouth, so to speak.
Second question for ASK BK day.....what do YOU think happened?
With Ms Diane Lane playing Toni.....my guess is that it will be left open to interpretation. 8)
My other question is....where was Beverly Garland that night? ;)
And for that matter where was Phyllis Coates? :P
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I first became interested in the princes when I read a novel called The Daughter of Time back in college. I don't remember the author. I would be up for another book on the princes, thanks for the suggestions
The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey. Novel in which a 20th century detective investigates the murder of the princes.
Good Stuff Here (http://www.royalty.nu/Europe/England/York/)
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31 years ago today, I was living in Athens, Greece.
I had spent the 4th at the home of some co-workers in Glyfada, a suburb of Athens. We had a turkey barbecue.
I wish I could go back to that time, knowing what I know now, and live it all over again.
Oy! The things I'd do differently...the people I'd avoid and the people I'd cultivate...the choices I'd make...and the habits I formed....would all change.
Of course, then I wouldn't be me any more. I'd be some other fellow walking around with the same identity (one hopes I'd still be walking around).
Questions for the ages, DR RLP. And where would and who would we all be without the Inner Net? ;D
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DR CILLA LIZ....what was your favorite part of SHORT HISTORY OF A SMALL PLACE?
The two that stand out in my mind off the top of my head are the Nativity Gone Wrong....and the monkey on the water tower....
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Wonder what the doggie is praying for?
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"And please, God, let me dream in color!" The Far Side.
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I just had a lovely phone chat with Ron Raines, who's always good at seeing through my family angst because he's been there. His sage and curt advice anfter learning my dad has a cell phone was that we should all adapt the attitude for any parent with a teen: "You've got a phone; if something goes wrong, call and we'll come and take care of you."
My sister-in-law and chef par excellence Joann just returned from seeing my dad to confirm that, yep, he's pissed at me. I'll go over later and apologize to him.
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Well DR ELMORE...it is, after all, the Fifth of July.
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Hoping the LIGHTS are set....if not the cues...and that the light man either shows up tonight (or NOT and gets replaced).
Doing some recording tonight of voices that are heard over the intercom!
10-4 good buddy! Powerful Box!
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THE FIFTH OF JULY is one of my favorite plays. I was lucky enough to see William Hurt at Circle Rep and then Christopher Reeves on B'way. But all in all, I like Richard Thomas the best as Ken Talley--I just found him the most believable as a man who went from 60s war protester to soldier to disabled schoolteacher. I enjoy the video production a lot, too. I like how it opens the play up a little (with the exterior farmhouse shots, though I'm sure they still used the original play set for the interiors.) Also, it preserves Swoosie Kurtz's hoot of a performance.
When I was in my senior year as a theatre major in college, I campaigned the department heads to put on FIFTH OF JULY as one of our productions. I wanted to play Ken, and my girlfriend at the time would have been perfect as Gwen. And jerkface that I was back then, I had my eye on a particularly hunky fellow student to play Jed, who I daydreamed of picking me up and carrying me bare chested at the end of Act One.
When I saw Jeff Daniels as Jed in FIFTH OF JULY, I thought he was one of the hottest looking men I had ever seen. And the fact that he could pick-up and carry Christopher Reeve made him even more atttractive to me.
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My other question is....where was Beverly Garland that night? ;)
She was busy trying to get Allison Hayes tossed off another horse.
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Derbrucer,
Bert Fields' book, ROYAL BLOOD, is frequently is a direct refutation to Alison Weir's book, which I also have. I not heard great things about Weir as a historian and what I've read of her book does not convince me. Fields dismantles her arguments with lawyerly-like precision.
Of course, the still definitive book on Richard III is Paul Murray Kendall's great biography from 1955.
There is really nothing in Richard's character, loyalty, and what is known of his actions while serving under his brother, Edward IV, that would lead one to believe he would kill his much-loved brother's children. And there's really nothing in his subsequent actions after the supposed murders that he would. Even Edward's widow put the rest of her children in Richard's care. Hardly likely if he murdered her boys.
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Thus.....Reddy was always ready?
"I am Woman, hear me roar...
and yelp...
and squeek...
and purr...
and..."
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Elmore, I too wanted Ken Lay to rot in prison. I hope that attach all his hundreds of millions and disperse to the people he screwed.
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Elmore, I too wanted Ken Lay to rot in prison. I hope that attach all his hundreds of millions and disperse to the people he screwed.
Amen!
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She was busy trying to get Allison Hayes tossed off another horse.
Or short sheeting the beds in her Motel Six. 8)
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Elmore, I too wanted Ken Lay to rot in prison. I hope that attach all his hundreds of millions and disperse to the people he screwed.
I don't think the extent of the damage he caused to individuals will ever be known or totalled....but I am sure there is a special place in H E Double Hockey Sticks for swindlers and cheats.
It's a sad thing when an honest business man or woman is considered naive.....
I thought prison was too good for him. :-X
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"QUINQUAGENARIAN"
How I wish. I'm damn near a septuagintarian!
der Brucer
Oh, c'mon now, you're only... uh... oh. Never mind.
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I thought Quinquagenanrian was one of the least interesting characters in MOBY DICK.
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Beautiful weather today....mid 70's temperatures and blue skies with a few clouds.
Slight breezes now and then....
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Now...I have to go to rehearsal....oh well.
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Jan Murray. :'(
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Interestingly, in the recent off-Bway production of FIFTH OF JULY, which starred Robert Sean Leonard, the fellow playing his boyfriend never took his shirt off, and while nice-looking enough, was attired to look fairly ordinary rather than particularly sexy. This changed the perception of the attraction between the two men, of course, and may have been responsible for bringing a bit more empathy with the main character.
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I've read all of the accounts of the Reeves suicide accounts - it's really hard to say, but I tend to agree with Larson.
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Had only two video offerings this afternoon due to the length of the first one.
It was the 1949 Cecil B. DeMille epic SAMSON AND DELILAH recorded off one of the HBO channels during the morning.
Why Paramount or Universal or whoever owns DVD rights to the film hasn't put it out yet is a mystery to me. It looks very good, very sharp and the Technicolor shows off all those lush Oscar-winning costumes to their fullest. There is the occasional artifact but most of it looks very good.
I hadn't seen this movie in many years, decades even, and had forgotten so much about it: Russ Tamblyn plays Saul, George Reeves (looking very husky) has one memorable scene where he must admit the legion was defeated by Samson using the jawbone of an ass. I also didn't remember that poor Angela Lansbury, despite fourth billing, doesn't even last an hour of the movie; more like 40 minutes. And George Sanders has a far better physique than I ever remembered him having.
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We're having our first rain in over a week, more like in 10 days. Probably just a summer thunderstorm, and it won't cool anything off. We'll have a sauna here in just a bit! :(
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I finshed up with THE 5,000 FINGERS OF DR. T. This is certainly one of the strangest fantasies ever made. Did it make any money at all, I wonder? More of a musical than I remembered it being, and I enjoyed seeing it again all the way through in one sitting.
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I still have that WORLD POLICE puppet satire to watch tonight, but I'm thinking it's going to be too ridiculous for me to sit all the way through. (I was never a big fan of THUNDERBIRDS, so a satire on those puppets isn't going to get very far with me.)
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Yes, and I can try TOO MANY GIRLS at other used sites as well. I'll see what I find. Thanks for the reminder, DR George.
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Page Five GREAT MOUSE DETECTIVE Dance!!!
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Well you cound read these, and become unconvinced:
The Princes in the Tower by Alison Weir. The author argues convincingly that Richard III did indeed arrange the murder of his young nephews, King Edward V and Prince Richard, so he could seize the throne.
The Princes in the Tower by Elizabeth Jenkins. Did Richard III have his nephews killed? The author of this book says yes.
Or read this, and become re-concinced:
The Mystery of the Princes by Audrey Williamson. The author believes the princes were not murdered. This book won the 1978 Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger Award for Nonfiction.
der Brucer (always aiming to bring clarity to an issue 8))
For Heaven's sake, derBrucer, can't you just tell us? You were there weren't you?
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I'll be meeting Rodzinski and TPunk at seven at Musso and Frank. Can't wait. In the meantime, I've addressed all but about twenty packages. I don't think the discs will be here before five, though, so they'll go out first thing in the morning.
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All of these books, being bantered about, I was getting confused. I thought one of the author's was suggesting that King Edward V and Prince Richard had committed suicide.
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I did see a couple of TOO MANY GIRLS DVDs at Ebay starting at mid to upper $4 with the usual outrageous shipping. I may bid on one just to see if I can get it for that small amount.
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I hadn't seen this movie in many years, decades even, and had forgotten so much about it: Russ Tamblyn plays Saul, George Reeves (looking very husky) has one memorable scene where he must admit the legion was defeated by Samson using the jawbone of an ass. I also didn't remember that poor Angela Lansbury, despite fourth billing, doesn't even last an hour of the movie; more like 40 minutes. And George Sanders has a far better physique than I ever remembered him having.
The thought of seeing George Sanders' physique sounds kind of creepy to me.
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I thought Quinquagenanrian was one of the least interesting characters in MOBY DICK.
I thought he was that hunchback.
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I still have that WORLD POLICE puppet satire to watch tonight, but I'm thinking it's going to be too ridiculous for me to sit all the way through. (I was never a big fan of THUNDERBIRDS, so a satire on those puppets isn't going to get very far with me.)
But you may find that you enjoy watching puppet-sex.
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MTV sent me a notice this morning that, nine months later than planned, the Third Season of HIGH SCHOOL STORIES will begin airing on July 17. Hoo and Ray! Unfortuantely, "Warrior Pride" is not one of the first twenty episodes being aired. With any luck, it will be part of the second twenty episodes that will being airing, I believe, August 14. Oh well, it is a start.
Somehow I still have a hunch that once the episode finally airs, I will come away feeling very much like Kevin Costner did when he first saw THE BIG CHILL.
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Nice new avatar DR MS!
Thank you.
I was wondering when someone noticed. Its been about 10 months since my last one was up.
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I remember seeing that production of Fifth of July on the telly. I'd read the play previously, but watching it made Wilson's use of overlapping dialogue much clearer.
Thomas was, I believe, the third actor to play the male lead, Ken Talley. William Hurt played the role off-Broadway, and Christopher Reeve was the original Ken on Broadway. (Somewhat eerie, that.)
I saw Christopher Reeve in the play. Swoozie Kurtz stole play and deserved her tony. It was at the Apollo Theater which no longer exists. It became part of the Ford Theater or whatever they call it now.
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THE FIFTH OF JULY is one of my favorite plays. I was lucky enough to see William Hurt at Circle Rep and then Christopher Reeves on B'way. But all in all, I like Richard Thomas the best as Ken Talley--I just found him the most believable as a man who went from 60s war protester to soldier to disabled schoolteacher. I enjoy the video production a lot, too. I like how it opens the play up a little (with the exterior farmhouse shots, though I'm sure they still used the original play set for the interiors.) Also, it preserves Swoosie Kurtz's hoot of a performance.
When I was in my senior year as a theatre major in college, I campaigned the department heads to put on FIFTH OF JULY as one of our productions. I wanted to play Ken, and my girlfriend at the time would have been perfect as Gwen. And jerkface that I was back then, I had my eye on a particularly hunky fellow student to play Jed, who I daydreamed of picking me up and carrying me bare chested at the end of Act One.
We did THE THREE SISTERS instead.
Did you play Olga, Masha or Irina?
Was the actor who played Andrei barechested?
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The thought of seeing George Sanders' physique sounds kind of creepy to me.
Until you see what I'm talking about, I can understand how you'd feel. However, Zsa Zsa must have seen what I saw today (and even more "up close and personal').
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But you may find that you enjoy watching puppet-sex.
If I get that far into the movie, maybe I will.
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I'm heading downstairs now to clean the den. Then, back to some videos. I want to see another episode of THE CLOSER. Then on to the puppets.
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Der Brucer has been watching Hollow Man on DVD, something we picked up cheap/used. Amazing how much of the score, by Jerry Goldsmith, sounds like some of his Star Trek stuff.
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I've got 10 years to go. :)
YIKES.... I am still trying to get used to the this decade
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ASK BK:
The Sunday NY Times had a review of Helen Reddy's new memoir cakked The Woman I Am. The reviewer thinks its a hoot and from what I gather thinks she is a wack job. The following she describes a chapter in the book.
In a not-to-be-missed chapter entitled "Royalty and Reincarnation," Reddy, having dropped the bombshell that Wallis Warfield Simpson, Duchess of Windsor, was the reincarnation of Richard III, provides a chart of the dramatis personae surrounding the abdication of Edward VIII to demonstrate that it all goes back to the Wars of the Roses. Wallis (or Richard), it seems, had a soul mission to atone for the murders of the little princes in the tower and to see that the crown was returned to its rightful heirs. Edward, Duke of Windsor, was once Richard's personal servant (he is given no name) and can again doggedly devote himself to his monarch once Wallis has arrived on the scene. The little princes are, of course, Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Margaret. And, in the same chapter, Elvis was King Tut.
OK if you read alll of that what did you think about working with her and did she talk about her beliefs including group karma, which "involves several people often family members but not necessarily in the same configuration reincarnating together to resolve unfinished business, so spouses might reincarnate as siblings or vice versa
I heard an interview on ABC.au last week about her book...
She walks to her own drummer...
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Build your own coffin and they will come.
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Here is a video to watch today:
(http://media.movieweb.com/dvd_art/full/94/28694.jpg)
I remember seeing that... Very well done
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In the past, Tony and Bob have never had Diet Coke at their parties. The first two times I just drank sparkling water - then I learned to bring my own. I'll drink anything diet, but if the host of a party doens't have it, then it's water.
If you ever came to ND I would have to make sure you have diet soda or water... I dont drink the diet beverages or eat anything with aspartame due to allergies.
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Not sure if this is posted but he did a lot of theatre owrk in New York and he was on As THe World Turns. Benjamin Hendrikson has passed away.
This is from Soapoperadigest.com
Benjamin Hendrickson (Hal, ATWT)
PGP
Real-Life Tragedy
Benjamin Hendrickson (Hal, ATWT) died suddenly on Monday, July 3. The Emmy Award-winning actor, who had played Oakdale's Chief of Detectives on and off since 1985, was 55 years old.
He also played TEXAS's Chris in 1981, Silas on GUIDING LIGHT from 1981-83 and Sgt. Bartlett on ANOTHER WORLD in 1983, but his first love was theater: as a member of the first graduating class of Juilliard Music School Drama Division (alongside Kevin Kline and Patti LuPone), he appeared in many stage productions and also in several films, including Regarding Henry and Spanking The Monkey.
We will update you as details become available. Hendrickson was a highly respected and beloved member of the ATWT cast.
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TODAY'S ANIMAL FARM
(http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL242/891350/8472201/163643847.jpg)
(http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL242/891350/8472201/163643856.jpg)
der Brucer
Sweet!!
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Elmore, I too wanted Ken Lay to rot in prison. I hope that attach all his hundreds of millions and disperse to the people he screwed.
I also wanted him to rot in prison...
I agree also.. Take his estate and dispserse it to those he screwed
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NIce Avatar Michael S... Very smashing!
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bk, have a lovely time with Tpunk and Rodzinski!
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Der Brucer has been watching Hollow Man on DVD, something we picked up cheap/used.
Where is TCB when you need him?
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Good Afternoon!
Well... The rains came back, and did the high winds, lightning and thunder... And the power went out again for around two hours...
...And a realtor would like to show the house tonight around 8:00... I told her to call before she brings her clients over just in case the power goes out again...
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Where is TCB when you need him?
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Hiding....
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Not sure if this is posted but he did a lot of theatre owrk in New York and he was on As THe World Turns. Benjamin Hendrikson has passed away.
How depressing! I am three days older than Mr. Hendrickson.
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If I get that far into the movie, maybe I will.
At least one of the puppets will have a woody
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Thank you.
I was wondering when someone noticed. Its been about 10 months since my last one was up.
I think your new avatar is really great, DR Michael S!
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All packages are addressed and have their delivery confirmation slips attached. Product should be here by five.
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All packages are addressed and have their delivery confirmation slips attached. Product should be here by five.
Are all of the autographed copies sold?
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We have twelve copies left of the autographed version - grab 'em while they're grabbable.
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Good Evening!
Well... Some more rains are still due to come through... And since it looks like the atmosphere will be unstable through the overnight hours, I'm just gonna head back up to NYC early tomorrow morning...
I think. :-\
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The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey. Novel in which a 20th century detective investigates the murder of the princes.
Good Stuff Here (http://www.royalty.nu/Europe/England/York/)
der Brucer
Thanks for the link. Yes, that's the book
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DR CILLA LIZ....what was your favorite part of SHORT HISTORY OF A SMALL PLACE?
The two that stand out in my mind off the top of my head are the Nativity Gone Wrong....and the monkey on the water tower....
I love the whole Junious the monkey on the water tower. I haven't finished it yet. I got sidetracked, but I keep going back to it.
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Good Evening!
Well... Some more rains are still due to come through... And since it looks like the atmosphere will be unstable through the overnight hours, I'm just gonna head back up to NYC early tomorrow morning...
I think. :-\
We are still anxiously awaiting your news, Jose.
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HA HA HA Ann Coulter is being accused of Plagerism. Hope someone sues her
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Well, let's just say she was a piece of work. I liked her, but she was quite strange at times and quite open about her randiness with her twenty-something year-old South American or Hawaiian (can't remember which) lover. Oh, the stories we were told, not that we asked to hear them.
Are you able to repeat any of those stories?
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Did anyone else happen to catch Liza Minelli last night on the Macy's Fireworks Show? I can't decide whether Liza was lip-synching the song "New York, New York" or if she has actually recoved part of her voice that was so sadly missing in her last live CD.
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Not on this site. When I told Miss Petula Clark of a couple of Helen's comments, she just looked and then said, "Anyone who has to brag like that isn't getting anything worth having."
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Still waiting for discs, and if they're not here by six, she'll just have to leave them and we'll have to hope that no one steals them.
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Still waiting for discs, and if they're not here by six, she'll just have to leave them and we'll have to hope that no one steals them.
Hmmm, how many hours will you be gone?
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Just a couple. Not enough for you to get here and STEAL THEM!!!
Shortly, I shall be on my way to Musso and Frank. Photographs WILL be taken.
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Just a couple. Not enough for you to get here and STEAL THEM!!!
Shortly, I shall be on my way to Musso and Frank. Photographs WILL be taken.
Oh, no! I was just going to look after them for you.
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We are still anxiously awaiting your news, Jose.
So am I.
;)
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And apparently my inkling was right to wait to head back up to NYC in the morning... Just heard a report that I-95 northbound is totally shut down due to an accident about 30 miles past Baltimore. Hmm... Maybe I'll just go ahead and splurge on the train... Hmm.. -It's a thought.
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Oh, no! I was just going to look after them for you.
yeah, Right TCB!!!
LOL!!
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Good evening, fellow Dear Readers. Yesterday afternoon I went for a walk, and this is what I saw:
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Actually I would help you watch them... I want to make sure Matt is protected until bk's return...
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Lovely picture laura...
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This morning I went for a walk in Flagstaff, Arizona, and this is what I saw:
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Lovely picture laura...
Thanks.
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Dear Reader Laura - How is Oak Creek Canyon? Did you drive it or did you go up the interstate.....or was it my fav drive up through Pine around through Flag and down the canyon to Sedona?
I do miss that part of Az sometimes
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DR Laura, you do take great photos
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I was in Sedona once, beautiful country...
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Oh, OK.. I guess it will be up to me...
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Welcome to Page Seven!!!!!!
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And on that note - a low A (bottom of the keyboard) - I shall be heading out and getting ready for bed. I got an early morning ahead of me in a few hours.
Goodnight.
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Dear Reader Laura - How is Oak Creek Canyon? Did you drive it or did you go up the interstate.....or was it my fav drive up through Pine around through Flag and down the canyon to Sedona?
I do miss that part of Az sometimes
We didn't go through it today. The fire was finally contained this week, I heard. The merchants of Sedona are begging for people to come spend money. Oak Creek Canyon is where we honeymooned so many years ago.
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DR Laura, you do take great photos
Thanks. You didn't see the 50 I deleted, though.
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Hello All! I have not caught up. It has been a very hectic few days between hosting a little 2nd of July family barbeque, spending as mucgh "face time" as possible with my btrother and his family before their move to OHIO on Monday the 10th, having my niece over for a sleepover, clearing out the office and leaving things nice for my former co workers and starting the new job!
WHEW!!
I did catch up on today and was pleased to see that elmore's dad is feeling well enough to be cantankerous.
I am going to try to catch up over the next few days... but right now I am TIRED!!
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Had some fun video experiences tonight. I began with two episodes of THE CLOSER from season one including my favorite episode with Jason O'Mara and Jefferson Mays as the guest stars.
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Next I watched the last of the Charlie Chan movies from the boxed set - CHARLIE CHAN IN LONDON. I think I saw this long ago but didn't remember anything about the case at all, and I did guess the identity of the murderer which is always fun.
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DR Elmore, I haven't mentioned how nice it is to have good news about your father.
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The Charlie Chan featurette on the disc was fairly average in interest, but there were some VERY revealing restoration comparisons showing examples of the amount of work which went into getting the films to look even passable on DVD.
What impressed me most was how much they removed jittering from the films on their way to final DVD transfers. Very amazing the hundreds of hours of work that went into these films.
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To round out the evening I watched a couple of episodes of THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW. I have the first five seasons (the black and white years and the years when Don Knotts was a regular on the show), and tonight I chose two episodes from season 2.
The first episode had Bill Bixby as a guest star playing a spoiled young man arrested for reckless driving.
The second episode guest starred Everett Sloane as a moonshiner who accused Opie of burning down his barn.
What delightfully funny and warm shows these were. THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW is one of those programs that I never tire of watching.
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So, it'll be tomorrow before I get to the puppets of WORLD POLICE.
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Hello All! I have not caught up. It has been a very hectic few days between hosting a little 2nd of July family barbeque, spending as mucgh "face time" as possible with my btrother and his family before their move to OHIO on Monday the 10th, having my niece over for a sleepover, clearing out the office and leaving things nice for my former co workers and starting the new job!
WHEW!!
I did catch up on today and was pleased to see that elmore's dad is feeling well enough to be cantankerous.
I am going to try to catch up over the next few days... but right now I am TIRED!!
You have indeed been busy.. Good moving vibes to your brother and his family!!
Great vibes on the new job...
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On the way to bed now.
Good night!
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Back from a sparklingly sparkling dinner with Rodzinski and his ever-lovin' TPunk - TPunk looked beautiful, I must say. Rodzinski had the pounded steak with country gravy (I know Pogue is now jealously jealous), TPunk had spaghetti with mushroom sauce, and I had the Combo Louie and only ate half the bowl of dressing. Hopefully, between the jog and the fact that it was my only meal o' the day, I won't gain. We laughed and laughed and just when we thought we could laugh no more, we laughed again. Other things happened, but I'll talk about them in Ye Olde Notes.
The DVDs were here on the porch upon my return, and I must say they look pretty swellegant.
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Good think TCB did not make it down there... Or, Or they just might have disappeared...
Looking forward to Deceit... as are many other Matt fans...
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Glad you had a lovely evening with TPunk and Rodzinski...
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I'm jealously jealous. Only half a half bowl of dressing, not your usual bowl and half? Of course, just half a bowl is half is 8,000 calories. Meal for the day? You're through eating for the week, mister!
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And where are the pictures? I hope you got one of your curmudgeonly waiter, just so I could get nostalgic.
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Have to upload the photographs - no waiter, but a lovely shot of BREAD PUDDING!!!
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We sit here at 198 postings since ten o'clock and no one can be bothered to show up and post because we are populated with nothing but WUSSBURGERS these days. Are we all OLD PEOPLE here? You have to get in bed by ten? What happened to the days when we would stay up all the livelong night and have FUN? Blechhh.
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Less than four hundred postings until my new plateau.