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Title: THREE COINS IN THE FOUNTAIN
Post by: bk on December 12, 2003, 12:02:16 AM: Well, you've read the notes, you know how many coins are needed for the fountain, and now you must be a veritable fountain of posts.

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Post by: JoseSPiano on December 12, 2003, 01:30:16 AM: Yes, it's currently 4:23 AM EST - Why am I still up?!?!?!?!

Well, I'll tell you why I'm still up... Since we don't have an understudy rehearsal tomorrow - it was on the schedule, but we decided we didn't need another this week after today - my body/mind is now in the "let's stay up as late as we can because we can" mode. Ah, well...

BK - It was I who mentioned Unsung Irving Berlin. And, yes, it is pretty good. :D

As for media players... Well, my usual answer... But I did buy a few more CDs and DVDs in the past week, so does that count?

And as for chat on Monday night - I could be there if it happened this Monday.

And DR George - I do pity you and sympathize. I used to house sit for my piano teacher. She had two poodles. Two standard poodles. Two big, strong standard poodles. If I was not up on time to walk them in the morning - at 5:00AM!!!!! - they would literally nudge me out of bed onto the floor! They were some big, strong dogs!
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Post by: JoseSPiano on December 12, 2003, 01:32:19 AM: Oh, and once again...

Goodnight.

Bonne nuit.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on December 12, 2003, 01:37:33 AM: HA!!!!

Just got this one in an e-mail from a friend... Good for a giggle - couched in some irony I guess...

Go to www.google.com

Type in "miserable failure"

Hit "I'm Feeling Lucky"

...now SMILE ;D
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Post by: Michael on December 12, 2003, 04:28:29 AM: (http://rasreth.com/academy/images/threecoinsfountain.jpg)

Here is a list of the winning songs. My favorites are in bold

Academy Award for Best Song
2002
2001 If I Didn't Have You Monsters, Inc.
2000 Things Have Changed Wonder Boys
1999 You'll Be In My Heart Tarzan
1998 When You Believe The Prince of Egypt
1997 My Heart Will Go On Titanic
1996 You Must Love Me Evita
1995 Colors of The Wind Pocahontas
1994 Can You Feel The Love Tonight The Lion King
1993 Street of Philadelphia Philadelphia
1992 A Whole New World Aladdin
1991 Beauty and the Beast Beauty and the Beast
1990 Sooner or Later(I Always Get My Man) Dick Tracy
1989 Under The Sea The Little Mermaid
1988 Let The River Run Working Girl Carly Simon
1987 (I've Had)The Time of my Life Dirty Dancing
1986 Take My Breath Away Top Gun
1985 Say You, Say Me White Nights Lionel Richie Lionel Richie
1984 I Just Called To Say I Love You The Woman In Red
1983 FlashDance...What A Feeling Flashdance
1982 Up Where We Belong An Officer And A Gentleman
1981 Arthur's Theme(Best That You Can Do) Arthur
1980 Fame Fame
1979 It Goes Like It Goes Norma Rae
1978 Last Dance Thank God It's Friday
1977 You Light Up My Life You Light Up My Life
1976 Evergreen(Love Theme From A Star Is Born)
1975 I'm Easy Nashville
1974 We May Never Love Like This Again The Towering Inferno
1973 The Way We Were The Way We Were
1972 The Morning After The Poseidon Adventure
1971 Theme From Shaft Shaft
1970 For All We Know Lovers And Other Strangers
1969 Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid
1968 The Windmills Of Your Mind The Thomas Crown Affair
1967 Talk To The Animals Doctor Dolittle
1966 Born Free Born Free
1965 The Shadow Of Your Smile The Sandpiper Johnny
1964 Chim Chim Cher-ee Mary Poppins
1963 Call Me Irresponsible Papa's Delicated Condition
1962 Days Of Wine And Roses Days Of Wine & Roses
1961 Moon River Breakfast At Tiffany's
1960 Never On Sunday Never On Sunday
1959 High Hopes A Hole In The Head
1958 Gigi Gigi
1957 All The Way The Joker Is Wild
1956 Whatever Will Be, Will Be(Que Sera, Sera) The Man Who Knew Too Much
1955 Love Is A Many-Splendored Thing Love Is A Many-Splendored Thing
1954 Three Coins In The Fountain Three Coins In The Fountain
1953 Secret Love Calamity Jane
1952 High Noon(Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darlin') High Noon
1951 In The Cool, Cool, Cool Of The Evening Here Comes The Groom
1950 Mona Lisa Captain Carey, U.S.A.
1949 Baby, It's Cold Outside Neptune's Daugher
1948 Buttons And Bows The Paleface Jay
1947 Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah Song Of The South
1946 On The Atchison, Topeka And The Santa Fe The Harvey
1945 It Might As Well Be Spring State Fair
1944 Swinging On A Star Going My Way ,
1943 You'll Never Know Hello, Frisco, Hello
1942 White Christmas Holiday Inn
1941 The Last Time I Saw Paris Lady Be Good
1940 When You Wish Upon A Star Pinocchio
1939 Over The Rainbow The Wizard Of Oz
1938 Thanks For The Memory The Big Broadcast of 1938 Ralph
1937 Sweet Leilani Waikiki Wedding
1936 The Way You Look Tonight Swing Time
1935 Lullaby Of Broadway Gold Diggers Of 1935
1934 The Continental The Gay Divorcee
Title: Re:THREE COINS IN THE FOUNTAIN
Post by: Michael on December 12, 2003, 04:37:16 AM: BTW I left 2002 because I don't consider that year's winner a song
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Post by: DearReaderLaura on December 12, 2003, 06:15:44 AM: Note to DR Ron: I thought you were referring to the classic church potluck green-bean casserole, which I could skip.

Well, fellow dear readers, here I am waiting for the plumber to arrive. Day 2. He never showed or called yesterday. The house is getting repiped. Merry Christmas.
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Post by: Noel on December 12, 2003, 06:23:09 AM: Quote
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My simple Christmas wish (Uh-oh: a David Friedman reference) would be for all DRs to follow those marching orrders from Mr. Orr and buy Our Wedding - The Musical. Some of you wonderful people have already followed suit (apparently Jennifer thinks it's coming in a box).

You do realize I wasn't talking about you when I said, "For Christmas (Channukah for me) I really want a certain guy to send a certain box. We shall see. "

I cannot tell if you were serious or joking. But I do call every package a box!

I didn't realize that: that every package is a box. But I'm sure you were referring to me when you said:

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the people I have been dealing with the past few days there are not the brighest. Oy.

Too many Oscar songs to choose from: The Way You Look Tonight is probably the best crafted. I get very emotional when I hear all of Thanks For the Memories, and there's one verse of Que Sera Sera that similarly knocks me out. From right after Three Coins in the Fountain (which didn't deserve the award) until the disaster era, you've got a string of terrific songs there. And every one from the forties as well.

In the new bedroom it-hangs-on-the-wall CD player: the Ella Fitzgerald-Louis Armstrong collaboration.
DVD: A Week in the Life (I'm mentioned in the commentary track
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Post by: William E. Lurie on December 12, 2003, 06:38:10 AM: BK - You are definitely NOT TV Guide. You keep improving with age while the magazine gets worse with each issue. The listings are now incomplete and without the kind of detail they used to contain and the features are not as interesting as they once were and are often plugs for new movies that won't be on television for a year. Plus they think people don't mind a 25% price increase every few weeks for a holographic cover.

Media Players:

DVD - I have several new titles ("Applause", "Love Me Tonight", "An Enchanted Evening With Richard Rodgers", and Season 5 of M*A*S*H) that will have to wait for the annual viewings of "Christmas Story," "A Charlie Brown Christmas", "Mrs. Santa Claus" et. al.

VHS - I've recorded part 1 of "Angels in America" and will record Part 2 Sunday (I have to see if all the raves are right and if what sounds like a very stupid plot is actually better seen than described. I may not be able to get through more than an hour or so although I hope I am wrong) but meantime there is "Pee Wee Herman's Christmas Special", "Christmas With Kukla, Fran and Ollie" and other items which either have not been released on DVD or which I have not replaced my VHS with DVD.

CD - In addition to "A Broadway Christmas", "A Hollywood Christmas" and all 5 volumes of the BC/EFA Christmas CDs (why is this year's on 2 discs when the total running time of the two is under 70 minutes?), we have the annual tradition of listening to a chapter a night of "The Cinnamon Bear", a 1937 Christmas 26 chapter Christmas story that was broadcast every year until the early 50s.

Cassette - Christmas Shows from the Golden Age of Radio. Jack Benny's annual Christmas show (either shopping or trimming the tree) is still funnier than any television Christmas episode of one of today's sitcoms.
Title: Re:THREE COINS IN THE FOUNTAIN
Post by: Jennifer on December 12, 2003, 06:39:41 AM: BK wrote in his notes today:
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I must say that it’s very easy to be hooked on Alias, even when it is at its most annoying, as in most of episodes one through four episodes of season two. And whoever is casting the show always manages to get in some interesting guest stars. I still find I’m able to predict where things are going, but it’s fun seeing how they get there.

Um somehow I don't think you'll predict the finale :)
(lips sealed).

But I am an Alias addict and I would love to know what things you've found so predictable (while it's fresh in your mind).
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Post by: Jennifer on December 12, 2003, 06:40:46 AM: DR Ron wrote last night:
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I'm putting together my green bean casserole for tomorrow's pot luck. Thus far, I've managed to avoid slicing the walnut-pumpkin cheesecake. Just for fun, I'm also doing some BBQ meat balls for appetizers.

I'm curious, what are BBQ meat ball appetizers? Sounds so good.
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Post by: Matt H. on December 12, 2003, 06:41:54 AM: Some of the years where there were ten nominees for Best Song, I don't know HOW they made the choice because there are easily a half dozen songs that deserve it.

My favorite song from the list is "Secret Love." I have always loved it, and I adored the movie it came from when I was little and could never see enough of it (sad to say, in those prehistoric times, there were no VCRs, laserdiscs, or DVDs, so we had to hope local stations would buy the package of movies from Warner Brothers that contained CALAMITY JANE. There would be years between showings of that wonderful musical. All I had was the soundtrack to keep me happy.)

During the Golden Years, one Oscar-winning song sticks out to me as wholly undeserving: "Sweet Leilani." It's a boring song, barely melodious, and it's even more absurd when one notes that it beat out the classic "They Can't Take That Away from Me" (the Gershwins never won an Oscar). How did it win? Well, Bing Crosby had a hit record with it, but the theory goes that during the middle part at the 1930s, Hollywood extras were allowed to vote on the awards (which is why one of their own, Walter Brennan, won THREE supporting actor Oscars), and most assume "They Can't Take That Away Me" was too sophisticated for their tastes.

I agree with you DR Noel. "Three Coins in the Fountain" did not deserve the Oscar in 1954; "The Man That Got Away" did.
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Post by: Matt H. on December 12, 2003, 06:46:47 AM: My media check for today:

CD - Jim Brickman "Peace"

VCR (actually it's the digital recorder) - last night's WILL & GRACE and SCRUBS.

DVD - PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN
Title: Re:THREE COINS IN THE FOUNTAIN
Post by: Jennifer on December 12, 2003, 06:49:29 AM: Quote from: Noel on December 12, 2003, 06:23:09 AM

I didn't realize that: that every package is a box. But I'm sure you were referring to me when you said:

the people I have been dealing with the past few days there are not the brighest. Oy.

OMG this made me laugh (even though nobody will get this but me).

Actually no I wasn't, I was referring to amazon, follow :)
(I know you were joking).

It's not your fault that the postage turned out to be less than what you were originally quoted.

And I figured out how to order the cd thru paypal rather than thru your website quite easily. So no problem.

But thanks for the laugh.
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Post by: Jennifer on December 12, 2003, 06:50:53 AM: Hey BK, did you ever tell us if you got your UPS package?
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Post by: Diane on December 12, 2003, 07:09:23 AM: [move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]:) HAPPY FRIDAY!! :)[/move]
Jennifer: So when will you be recieving your box? :D

Craig: Were you not supposed to send me something last night ;)

Noel: How are you feeling today?

Nothing in my VCR at the moment...

I was listening to Madonna and A Little Night Music on my CD Player this morning.
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Post by: MBarnum on December 12, 2003, 07:17:50 AM: In my CD player at work: borrowed from a co-worker 101 STRINGS Christmas Cd called WINTER WONDERLAND. At home I am listening to a compilation CD that my friend David made up of winter related vintage songs. David and I have known each other since 7th grade and he now lives up near Seattle with his partner Roy.

DVD: Started rewatching a DVD that DR JRand53 sent to me for my Christmas gift, a Bollywood film (how did he know I liked those movies? LOL!) called PAKEEZAH. Has some beautiful music in it and nifty costumes to. Tonight I will likely watch a new (2003 release) Bollywood film called FOOTPATH. Don't know what it is about but I liked the cover of the DVD box! LOL!

VHS: Probably won't have time to watch much this weekend.
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Post by: Jennifer on December 12, 2003, 07:18:08 AM: Quote from: Diane on December 12, 2003, 07:09:23 AM
[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]:) HAPPY FRIDAY!! :)[/move]
Jennifer: So when will you be recieving your box? :D

Which one? :)
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Post by: Jennifer on December 12, 2003, 07:19:17 AM: Oh DR Diane: I sent you an email to your HHW account.

I am starving. Need to eat NOW.
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Post by: Matt H. on December 12, 2003, 07:27:55 AM: Most used CDs are $6 or $7 but I picked up Barbra Streisand's CD "Christmas Memories" for $2.99. Is it THAT terrible? I haven't gotten around to listening to it yet; possibly this afternoon, but has anyone heard it already and feel the need to prepare me?
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Post by: Panni on December 12, 2003, 07:29:02 AM: Apologies to Sammy Cahn, but THREE COINS IN A FOUNTAIN has a very silly second verse that always makes me think of Hannibal Lecter loose in Rome:

Three hearts in a fountain
Each heart longing for its home
There they lie in the fountain
Somewhere in the heart of Rome

Heard a wonderful story last night. I was going a little stir crazy and needed company, so I went to Coffee Bean near my place just to be among people. (Pathetic!) While I waited for my order I saw a rather large, middle-aged man with a florid face who was telling a story to a young woman. I sidled near them to eavesdrop (a writer's habit). He was telling her of a day in his youth when he had gone to some famous writer's country home and just driven back and forth in front of the place.
At this point, I had come into the story too late to catch the writer's name. He went on to say, "And there he was in the front garden! Suddenly he came toward the car and called out to me. 'Young man, I've noticed you going back and forth for hours. What is it you want?'
'To see you, sir,' I answered.
'Well, now that you've seen me, would you like to come in for some lemonade?'
And that's how I spent the best hour of my life with the great Carl Sandburg!'..."

The man went on to tell his companion that Sandburg invited him back for another talk, but died soon after their visit, so he never got to see him again.

That story made my night. I no longer felt lonely, but was filled with the wonder of a young man who so many years ago had his life changed by an invitation for a glass of lemonade.
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Post by: LC on December 12, 2003, 07:44:20 AM: DR Panni, he was loose in Florence, not Rome. ;)
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Post by: LC on December 12, 2003, 07:48:48 AM: Oh yes, and that is a lovely story.
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Post by: Matt H. on December 12, 2003, 08:25:24 AM: Is this what's known as a lull?
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on December 12, 2003, 08:28:10 AM: DR Jennifer:

1 package pre-cooked meat balls
1 bottle BBQ sauce
1 crock pot.

Put meat balls and BBQ sauce in crock pot; let cook several hours.

Voila! BBQ meat balls.
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Post by: bk on December 12, 2003, 08:28:51 AM: How to handle a lu-ull,
There's a way said a wise old man
A way known to every Hainsie
Since the site that is right began

How to handle a lu-ull,
Mark me well I will tell you, dear
The way to handle a lu-ull
Is to post here, simply post here,
Merely post here, post here, post here.
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Post by: Matt H. on December 12, 2003, 08:33:59 AM: LOL - bk. Very good suggestion which made me smile broadly for the first time this morning.
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Post by: Matt H. on December 12, 2003, 08:36:14 AM: And congratulations to DR Ron for being the first to attain 1,000 posts without vanishing into a puff of smoke! :)
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on December 12, 2003, 08:49:39 AM: Of all the songs to have ever won an Academy Award, I think "Three Coins in the Fountain" is easily one of the more beautiful ones.

That it beat out "The Man That Got Away" does not diminish its qualities.

Far worse things have happened in the Best Song category in Oscar history. For one, the song from "An Affair to Remember" was NOT NOMINATED.

"Thee I Love" from "Friendly Persuasion" is a beautiful, touching song and outclasses, to my mind, "Que Sera, Sera" in so many ways. The way that song was used in the Hitchcock film's florid denouement in an embassy, with Day reconnecting with her son using that song, is high melodrama with a distinctively cheesy aftertaste.

Still, it sold millions of records.

DR MattH: I'm sorry to disagree with you about the beauty of "Sweet Leilani" -- but for me, it's highly melodic and one of the better songs on the list of Oscar winners. Its usage in "Waikiki Wedding" may seem uninspired, but the song itself has a sensuous quality that has resonated for me since I first heard it sung by Crosby. I've also heard it in "south seas" arrangments and it's a pleasure. "The Continental' , on the other hand, well....it's fun to watch the number in the movie, isn't it!

:)

Oscar history is filled with winners that make no sense to us today. Things we consider classic (like "Singin' in the Rain") did not resonate in the years of their release -- either with the Academy or the critics or the public. As wonderful as Josephine Hull was in "Harvey," she doesn't hold a candle to either Celeste Holm or Thelma Ritter in "All About Eve."

And that's just a for instance. Some may disagree about it, and others may have their own examples. I, for one, would like to know what others have found "incredulous" about Oscar winners.
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Post by: George on December 12, 2003, 08:52:11 AM: In my DVD player: first, my sister's boyfriend taped and put on a DVD-R the first half of "Angels in America." After that, I just received from eBay by way of Brazil (actually, it's still at the post office and I have to get it) the Brazilian DVD release of Sophisticated Ladies. I'm pretty sure that I have the original cast album but I've never listened to it. Now I'll get to see the whole show. ;D I bought this DVD from the same seller that I got Tintypes with Carolyn Mignini, Jerry Zaks and Lynne Thigpen.

In my CD player at work: the entire (I'm pretty sure...well, everything that I own) Betty Buckley Solo CD Collection. For some reason a couple of nights ago, I wanted to put all of my BB CDs together. So I'm going to start from the beginning of her solo career and listen to them all in chronological order. That will take several days.

I'll comment about the Academy Award songs later. I want some time to think about them.
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Post by: LC on December 12, 2003, 08:57:11 AM: Thanks Michael for posting the list of Oscar-winning songs - very helpful to use as a checklist. I think my favorite song on there is "Raindrops Keep Falling on my Head" - just love it. I also really like "Streets of Philadelphia."

DVD player: an advance copy of the remake of "Cheaper by the Dozen"
VHS: nothing
CD player: Avenue Q
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Post by: MBarnum on December 12, 2003, 09:04:33 AM: LC, I would be very curious to know your thoughts on the new version of CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN. The original is such a classic and funny as heck, so would be interested in seeing the remake if it stacks up well agains the first version.
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Post by: MBarnum on December 12, 2003, 09:05:10 AM: Jennifer: Thoughts on last nights Survivor??? Very good episode! LOL!
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Post by: Jennifer on December 12, 2003, 09:21:03 AM: DR RonP wrote:
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DR Jennifer:

1 package pre-cooked meat balls
1 bottle BBQ sauce
1 crock pot.

Put meat balls and BBQ sauce in crock pot; let cook several hours.

Voila! BBQ meat balls.

Okay I have no crock pot. But the idea sounds interesting. What does it taste like? Would it be the same to just make regular meatballs and then cook them for a bit in BBQ sauce? Not that Mr. Atkins would let me have BBQ sauce. But for future reference :)
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Post by: Jennifer on December 12, 2003, 09:23:19 AM: Hey BK: Are you ignoring me again? :(
(you didn't answer either of my questions)
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Post by: bk on December 12, 2003, 09:26:21 AM: I answered your UPS question twice yesterday - yes, it arrived. I can't say what I predicted here without giving away things.
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Post by: MBarnum on December 12, 2003, 09:26:58 AM: Everybody must be vacationing in Tarnation today!
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Post by: Jennifer on December 12, 2003, 09:31:40 AM: Quote from: MBarnum on December 12, 2003, 09:05:10 AM
Jennifer: Thoughts on last nights Survivor??? Very good episode! LOL!

I did like it. It was quite predicable. But Sandra cracks me up. She is so funny. Who ever would have thought that she would be the comedienne of the show?

I was sad to see Burton go.

I was disappointed with Lil for betraying Burton (although I suppose he probably would have betrayed her).

I loved Jon's stunned look.

Although Jon is the brightest one there. He totally figured out what was going on (telling Burton, "there is something up, Lil is acting weird, I think she has made a deal with the women". Yet afterwards he changed his tune commenting on how dumb the women were not to make an alliance.

I think the men made two fatal mistakes.

1.The guys knew Lil had bonded with Darrah. They never should have suggested that they all vote out Darrah instead of Sandra. Sandra is weak, but much smarter than the other girls. By doing this Lil realized that if the guys would turn on Darrah they would turn on her.

2. Burton should not have taken Jon on his reward. He left Sandra with the 2 women. He NEVER should have done that. Although I get why he wanted him and Jon to be strong (for the challenges).

I cannot believe the guys sort of fell for Lil and D telling them that Sandra had not approached them. How believable was that?

I cannot believe Sandra almost hid all the supplies. What a snake.

I was on the floor rolling around when she promised jon on her kids' lives (then mumbled under her breath that she would screw jon).

Very funny.

I think I like it better when the editors don't give us the results on a silver platter. I was not that happy when T got voted out and they left out information. But I like it when they balance who could go equally. And then we have to think for ourselves who will be voted out.

I was 100% sure it would be Burton.

But it was a very funny show.

I guess we shall see what happens on Sunday. I think you can never tell (since anyone could win immunity).

If Jon wins immunity, then i would bet D and Lill would vote out Sandra.
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Post by: Matt H. on December 12, 2003, 09:31:41 AM: DR LC, an advanced copy of a film that hasn't even been released to theaters yet? I'm not sure this is the place to mention such things.
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Post by: Matt H. on December 12, 2003, 09:34:14 AM: Yep, those barbecued meatballs are wonderful and so are cocktail franks. I could eat my weight in both of those.
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Post by: Jennifer on December 12, 2003, 09:35:43 AM: Quote from: bk on December 12, 2003, 09:26:21 AM
I answered your UPS question twice yesterday - yes, it arrived. I can't say what I predicted here without giving away things.

You answered my UPS question? Last I heard you talked to them and they said it was on its redirected way back. I remember you saying that if it hadn't arrived by 2pm you were gonna tell THE PEOPLE to go pick it up at UPS. Or you were gonna leave early and get it yourself.

Re: Alias, is there anyone else here who hasn't watched the show who is planning to? (i think most of us watch it live and are on season 3).

Can you put spoiler at the top. Or just email it to me. I really wanna know. I am nosy like that :)

(sorry if i missed your UPS answer, I was really trying to follow :( )
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Post by: MBarnum on December 12, 2003, 09:42:45 AM: Jennifer:

I was not at all disappointed with Burton being voted off...in fact I was clapping, I was so happy! I liked Burton a lot, but last night he was just getting so cocky and putting down the 3 women, and buddying up with Jon...I was just sick of him. I don't have a problem with Lil voting Burton off, he voted for her so they were both breaking the alliance. And Lil knew that she could no longer trust Burton, which is sad, but part of the game I guess.

I must say that I will miss looking at Burton, however! LOL!

Yes, Sandra was cracking me up too! Although her tossing the fish, and wanting to hide the tools was a bit childish, I thought.

Fun episode..can't wait to see the finale on Sunday!
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on December 12, 2003, 09:47:40 AM: Let's make this "breaking alliance" issue VERY CLEAR:

Yes, it's Burton who got the axe, but who did he vote for? Who did Jon vote for?

Burton is a hypocritical P-I-G PIG. Burton and Jon were plotting Lill's downfall the entire show...and Burton has the audacity to tell Lill, in his parting comments, he hopes she can live with her decision to break their alliance. What horsepucky!

Burton and Jon -- I think they'll get together after the show...possibly set up house together. Burton should have STAYED gone from the show when he was first voted off.

All the crap that he and Jon were saying about the women came back to bite them in the butt bigtime. JON IS NEXT and he will deserve it!
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on December 12, 2003, 09:48:36 AM: Jennifer: If you don't know what stuff cooked in a crock pot tastes like, nothing I can say will adequately describe how good it is.

Cooking the meatballs another way and then putting them in BBQ sauce will NOT be the same.

NOTHING takes the place of slow cooking/savoring.
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Post by: MBarnum on December 12, 2003, 09:51:09 AM: I think JRand53 is visiting friends in downtown Tarnation, while TCB and Jay are shopping in NW Tarnation (at the big mall).

Emily is at the library in Tarnation-By-The-Sea, and SwishySarah is meeting Craig at that little bistro in Upper Tarnation.

It must be, because none of them are here at HHW!
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Post by: MBarnum on December 12, 2003, 09:53:24 AM: Quote from: Ron Pulliam on December 12, 2003, 09:47:40 AM
Let's make this "breaking alliance" issue VERY CLEAR:

Yes, it's Burton who got the axe, but who did he vote for? Who did Jon vote for?

Burton is a hypocritical P-I-G PIG. Burton and Jon were plotting Lill's downfall the entire show...and Burton has the audacity to tell Lill, in his parting comments, he hopes she can live with her decision to break their alliance. What horsepucky!

Burton and Jon -- I think they'll get together after the show...possibly set up house together. Burton should have STAYED gone from the show when he was first voted off.

All the crap that he and Jon were saying about the women came back to bite them in the butt bigtime. JON IS NEXT and he will deserve it!

Ron, my feelings exactly! Burton had a lot of nerve being critical of Lil!
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Post by: Jennifer on December 12, 2003, 09:54:18 AM: SURVIVOR TALK!!!!!!!!!!

Quote from: MBarnum on December 12, 2003, 09:42:45 AM
Jennifer:

I was not at all disappointed with Burton being voted off...in fact I was clapping, I was so happy! I liked Burton a lot, but last night he was just getting so cocky and putting down the 3 women, and buddying up with Jon...I was just sick of him. I don't have a problem with Lil voting Burton off, he voted for her so they were both breaking the alliance. And Lil knew that she could no longer trust Burton, which is sad, but part of the game I guess.

I must say that I will miss looking at Burton, however! LOL!

Yes, Sandra was cracking me up too! Although her tossing the fish, and wanting to hide the tools was a bit childish, I thought.

Fun episode..can't wait to see the finale on Sunday!

I am not sure Burton wouldn't have broken his alliance with Lil. But the only reason they voted for her was because they realized they could no longer trust her. She broke the alliance (as was evidenced by B's comments at the end of the show).

She gave her word that they would be honest. She wasn't. At least he was and told her last week that she was definitely final 3 but maybe not more.

I agree Sandra wanting to hide the supplies was idiotic.
But I think it would have been funny if she had done it. Too bad for that!

I will say this, I would rather Sandra or Jon win (which most likely won't happen). To me Lil has done nothing and is weak. Darrah has somehow been winning immunities, but she has glided by and done little. She never strategizes.And if she wins, it will be luck.
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Post by: Jennifer on December 12, 2003, 09:57:01 AM: Quote from: Ron Pulliam on December 12, 2003, 09:48:36 AM
Jennifer: If you don't know what stuff cooked in a crock pot tastes like, nothing I can say will adequately describe how good it is.

Cooking the meatballs another way and then putting them in BBQ sauce will NOT be the same.

NOTHING takes the place of slow cooking/savoring.

Well you could try to describe it :(

Would it be similar to cook it in the oven at a very low temperature for a very long time?
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Post by: William F. Orr on December 12, 2003, 10:02:33 AM: Since there is a lull, and people have been posting limericks of late, I will fill in with two of my very own (one an Internet prize winner):

There was a young lady from Bucharest,
Got thrown into jail on a fluke arrest.
The Judge said in court,
"You tart, it's a tort!
For that was the vice squad that you carressed."

and, for those who like graphic-game limericks,

There was a young lady from Ft. Lee
Whose figure was fetching but Pt. Lee.
She said, "Try to heft
The breast on the left.
I'll toss you the other one Sht. Lee."
Title: Re:THREE COINS IN THE FOUNTAIN
Post by: Ron Pulliam on December 12, 2003, 10:04:32 AM: Jennifer: Your defense of Burton -- and your rationale behind blaming Lill for breaking an alliance that Burton and Jon were clearly plotting from the gitgo -- is totally perplexing.

Jon made promises on behalf of Burton that Burton reneged on...in last week's episode. NEITHER has a word that can be trusted and anyone willing to "ally" themselves deserves what they get.

What tickled me was the sheer joy on the faces of the jurors when Burton got the axe!
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Post by: Jennifer on December 12, 2003, 10:05:51 AM: MORE SURVIVOR TALK!!!!

Quote from: Ron Pulliam on December 12, 2003, 09:47:40 AM
Let's make this "breaking alliance" issue VERY CLEAR:

Yes, it's Burton who got the axe, but who did he vote for? Who did Jon vote for?

Burton is a hypocritical P-I-G PIG. Burton and Jon were plotting Lill's downfall the entire show...and Burton has the audacity to tell Lill, in his parting comments, he hopes she can live with her decision to break their alliance. What horsepucky!

Burton and Jon -- I think they'll get together after the show...possibly set up house together. Burton should have STAYED gone from the show when he was first voted off.

All the crap that he and Jon were saying about the women came back to bite them in the butt bigtime. JON IS NEXT and he will deserve it!

I couldn't disagree more :)

Although I will agree that they were cocky.

But IMO the women (especially Darrah and Lil) are not conniving or true players, so I think Jon and Burton were right about them.

Burton and Jon wanted to vote against Darrah, since she was winning the immunities. That is what they told Lil. It was Lil who went behind their backs and made a deal with Sandra and D. She broke the alliance, not them.

When the returned from the reward, they realized that their only chance was to try to make a deal with Sandra. And since D won immunity, the ONLY other person they could have voted for was Lil.

I'm not saying that Burton and Jon would not have turned against Lil. I think it was clear Burton would have taken the disliked Jon to the finals. But it WAS Lil who turned her back on them (because she had a strong feeling that they would turn on her).

I think you have to do what is best for you. And I think that going with the women is better for Lil. However, you also have to promise things to people. And Lil vowed to always be honest with Burton. IMO, she went back on her word.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on December 12, 2003, 10:08:16 AM: (Weird humor alert!):

Little Audrey was sitting at the breakfast table with her family.

He father picked up the cream pitcher and poured a bit of cream into his coffee. When he put the pitcher down, there was a little drop of cream clinging to the edge of the pouring spout.

Little Audrey just laughed and laughed, because she knew that little cream pitcher couldn't sniff.
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Post by: Jennifer on December 12, 2003, 10:12:44 AM: MORE MORE SURVIVOR TALK!!!!

Quote from: Ron Pulliam on December 12, 2003, 10:04:32 AM
Jennifer: Your defense of Burton -- and your rationale behind blaming Lill for breaking an alliance that Burton and Jon were clearly plotting from the gitgo -- is totally perplexing.

Jon made promises on behalf of Burton that Burton reneged on...in last week's episode. NEITHER has a word that can be trusted and anyone willing to "ally" themselves deserves what they get.

What tickled me was the sheer joy on the faces of the jurors when Burton got the axe!

Well I explained a bit more in a subsequent post.

I like Burton a lot. To me you cannot compare Jon to Burton.

Jon might have been in an alliance with Burton. But I don't think Burton can be blamed for the things Jon has done.

When Lil and Burton were voted off, they made a deal. Yes I know a lot of people promise a lot of things on this show. You sometimes need to lie. But there are certain promises and certain alliances that you need to honor.

The deal that Lil and Burton made, to me was one of those deals that needed to be honored.

I don't think that Burton did anything to Lil last week. She knew about Christa being voted out.

What you don't realize is that Burton did not promise to go to the final two with Lil. He just promised her that they would work together, and that he would always be honest with her.

IMO, Jon and Burton would have voted out Sandra if they hadn't thought that Darrah and Lill were gonna turn on them.
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Post by: Jay on December 12, 2003, 10:16:56 AM: I suppose venturing into the realm of limericks on a family site is a risky adventure, but I do love limericks.

Here's a an old classic:

There once was a man from Nantucket
Who kept all his cash in a bucket.
He had a daughter named Nan,
Who ran away with a man.
And as for the cash, Nan took it.

And one of my personal favorites:

There once was a man from Madras
Whose balls were made out of brass.
When he rubbed them together,
They sang "Stormy Weather"
And lightning shot out of his ass.
Title: Re:THREE COINS IN THE FOUNTAIN
Post by: Ron Pulliam on December 12, 2003, 10:22:23 AM: Quote from: Jennifer on December 12, 2003, 10:12:44 AM
What you don't realize is that Burton did not promise to go to the final two with Lil. He just promised her that they would work together, and that he would always be honest with her.

Lill clearly has a different take on this, and all you have is Burton's comments to Lill to support your adoration of Saint Burton.

Let's get this straight: Burton, Jon and Lill have an alliance and only Burton. and to some extent Jon, have any right to have input or question something? Lill has no say? Lill not liking their choice of Darrah was somehow breaking an alliance?

No, it was not. She was voicing dissent within the alliance, and Jon and Burton connived to oust her WITHOUT being honest with her because they could not stand having a woman questioning their decisions.

And that's what you are defending, Jennifer -- blatant male chauvinism!
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Post by: Charles Pogue on December 12, 2003, 10:23:42 AM: What I find interesting about the AA Best Song list is how many of them are distinctly forgettable or mediocre. It's hard to figure out how a classic like "Laura" didn't win. What would be interesting would be to see a list of nominees and see which were actually the better songs. Particularly in these later years have the pickings been slim...
Title: Re:THREE COINS IN THE FOUNTAIN
Post by: Jennifer on December 12, 2003, 10:26:18 AM: SURVIVOR, SURVIVOR!!!!!!!!

Quote from: Ron Pulliam on December 12, 2003, 10:13:30 AM
Jennifer: The proof is in the vote:

Jon: Lill
Burton: Lill

They were breaking the alliance with their votes. If they had ANY honor, they would have voted differently.

We will have to disagree on this. They had no choice. Their only chance of survival was trying to persuade Sandra to vote with them. They knew Lil and Darrah were voting against them.

IMO the funniest line of the show was Jon talking about Sandra, "she doesn't trust us, of course not we've lied so many times, but i'm pretty sure i can convince her again!"

Ron then wrote:
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Lill wasn't happy about voting out Darrah, true. But why do you think it's okay for her NOT to have a say in how the alliance plots? You seem to play into the notion that the men should run the show.

The alliance is made up of three people, not one man, one sycophant (Jon) and one woman who's supposed to do as she's told without question (Lill).
Neither Burton NOR Jon attempted to be honest at all with Lill, who had already been lied to and had Burton changing his pledge to her at the start of the show.

They clearly believe they could change the rules and still demand Lill's support.

I find that detestable.
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He said his pledge to her was simply to be honest. Maybe he promised more. We didn't see that. I am just going by what he said his pledge was.

And I totally don't think the men should run the show. It's just in this case I find Darrah and Lil to be rather dull players.

I want someone to win who is smart and who has played the game. At this point I think Jon and Sandra have shown the most. I think you want someone honorable to win. But to me these girls have not done a thing!

Also I'm pretty sure they told Lil they wanted Darrah out and asked her if that was okay with her. Lil said something like, "well i guess it will have to be, if i don't want it to be me".

If she had said that they made a deal with Darrah and that she wanted to keep her, I think J and B would have discussed it.

Although I do think the guys were worried about how close D and Lil had become.

I guess we see this differently. I think it was a great move for the women. And Rupert and the gang looked thrilled. But I think Lil broke her word (and anyhow, even if Jon and Burton were going to screw her over, it doesn't give an honorable person the right to break their word).
Title: Re:THREE COINS IN THE FOUNTAIN
Post by: Ron Pulliam on December 12, 2003, 10:26:28 AM: Quote from: Charles Pogue on December 12, 2003, 10:23:42 AM
What I find interesting about the AA Best Song list is how many of them are distinctly forgettable or mediocre. It's hard to figure out how a classic like "Laura" didn't win. What would be interesting would be to see a list of nominees and see which were actually the better songs. Particularly in these later years have the pickings been slim...

"Laura" was never eligible for Best Song because it was never sung in the film. Lyrics were added to the theme after the film's release and became a hit song.
Title: Re:THREE COINS IN THE FOUNTAIN
Post by: Diane on December 12, 2003, 10:35:30 AM: Jay: OMG! That last one was hysterical

Wow..all this Survivor talk! And nothing to add!

Hope evryone is having a lovely day ;D
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Post by: JoseSPiano on December 12, 2003, 10:37:29 AM: Good morning.. well, Good afternoon....

I slept in until shortly before Noon - just refer to my last/first post from earlier today. Ah, well...

But I did wake in a panic thinking I had slept through something, that I was going to be late for something, etc... So, now I'm online, and next I'll be paying some bills and doing some laundry! Now that's fun! ;-)

As for "Survivor"... I don't think I've seen a full episode since the second season. If a show is on between 7:00-11:00pm, Tuesday-Sunday, I usually have to catch it in reruns...If I'm lucky... or not lucky - ???

Well... I'll be back... I'm not going to Tarnation... But I'll be back. (ugh, an Ah-nold reference)
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Post by: MBarnum on December 12, 2003, 10:39:35 AM: I agree on bits of what both of you are saying (Jennifer and Ron), but what it really comes down to is this...this season of Survivor is really fun!

PS: Lil has been one of my favorites since the beginning! I always seem to like the old ladies on these shows! Remember Sonya on the very first Survivor...what a sweatheart!
Title: Re:THREE COINS IN THE FOUNTAIN
Post by: MBarnum on December 12, 2003, 10:40:50 AM: All of those limericks gave me a good laugh!
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Post by: JoseSPiano on December 12, 2003, 10:41:18 AM: Oh, and I'm kinda digging AOL 9.0. Some nice new features. However, I do find the the "Advanced Spam Filtering" a bit too broad. I'm just glad I decided to check my "Spam Folder" where I found a couple of non-Spam messages. I'll futz around with the mail controls - at least now you can do a word list - no more "HGH", "viagra", "prescriptions", "cams", etc. for me. ;-) But in the meantime, it pays to check your spam Folder.

-There's a joke somewhere in that last sentence -???
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Post by: Maya on December 12, 2003, 10:45:12 AM: I'm lovin' all the limericks too!

CD--Brent Barrett's Alan Jay Lerner album, an Ute Lemper mix, Last 5 Years OCR

DVD--Into the Woods

VHS--nothing lately

Think I'll go get lunch...
Title: Re:THREE COINS IN THE FOUNTAIN
Post by: JoseSPiano on December 12, 2003, 11:03:08 AM: Oh, and BK, thank you for the lovely ditty... I'll be sure to pass those lyrics on to the Estate people when they come to see the show next week. :D

-And it did make me smile.
Title: Re:THREE COINS IN THE FOUNTAIN
Post by: MBarnum on December 12, 2003, 11:13:22 AM: Jose: Yes AOL 9 is fun! I am loving the moving/talking IM icons (superbuddy's).

I better check my spam folder!
Title: Re:THREE COINS IN THE FOUNTAIN
Post by: TCB on December 12, 2003, 11:19:12 AM: MattH – I am so sorry to hear that you didn’t get cast as Sipos in She Loves Me. I am sure you would have been wonderful. I think the casting error probably lies with the director, rather than with you, the actor. Over the years, I have run across several directors who just don’t want to cast me for whatever personal reasons and others who insist on typecasting me in one type of role only, and refuse to believe that I am capable of playing against type. Some directors, normally those who have heard of me by reputation rather than those who know my work, decide in advance that everybody else thinks my work is good, therefore they won’t like my work, no matter what I do at auditions. Another director can only see me as a Noel Coward, drawing room comedy-type, actor and refuses to even consider me for any other type of role.

Boy, I would love to be on hand when HHW’s own Dreamgirls invade the Big Apple this month. I hope we can expect to see lots of pictures commemorating this joyous occasion. Unfortunately, I will be unable to join the fun, since I will still be laboring through the run of Oliver, which opens officially tonight. This production has had more problems, infighting, and illnesses than any whole season of plays should ever endure. Will the production be a classic? No. Will audiences (made up mostly of parents, grandparents, and friends) enjoy it? Yes probably. We shall see.

Nothing in my DVD or VHS players is probably going to be watched until after the weekend shows are finished. As for my CD player, it is anxiously waiting to enjoy my very first Music Guy CD, which arrived in the mail yesterday. I can’t wait to hear it. Thanks so much Lyn, I am very excited about listening to it.

Oscar Songs:
* Love is a Many-Splendored Thing (listed in the awards database as a Many Spendored Thing)
* We May Never Love Like This Again
*Moon River
Title: Re:THREE COINS IN THE FOUNTAIN
Post by: Tomovoz on December 12, 2003, 11:28:26 AM: I usually prefer the Acadamy Aways losing songs: "One More Hour", "Rainbow Connection", "Ill Never Say Goodbye", When I See You Smile","Pieces Of Dreams", "The Green Leaves Of Summer" and of course , "The Five Pennies". Has anyone found as copy of "My Wishing Doll" sung by anyone?

Back later with the latest playlist.
Title: Re:THREE COINS IN THE FOUNTAIN
Post by: William E. Lurie on December 12, 2003, 11:34:32 AM: I have not seen --- nor do I intend to see --- the new CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN, but from the print and television ads I don't think it is a re-make, just a new film using an old title. Other than the fact that both revolve around a family with twelve children they seem to have nothing in common.

The Fight of the Century is being televised in NYC tonight at Midnight on Channel 13: Michael Reidel vs. Boy George. It's been going on in Reidel's column since before TABOO opened and after two he printed two letters from Boy George he invited him to appear on his show. George accepted.

MTC has decided not to replace Mary Tyler Moore with a "name" but are going with her understudy who is supposed to be very good. What they may lose in ticket sales they will probably save in a star's salary and percs.
Title: Re:THREE COINS IN THE FOUNTAIN
Post by: Tomovoz on December 12, 2003, 11:37:20 AM: Another recommendation for one of my favourite reference books: (must check if there is an update yet). Susan Sackett: "Hollywood Sings". An inside look at 60 years of AA nominated songs. The most recent ten years aren't covered in my edition. I am still waiitng for Andy Williams Cd to come out with the nominees from the last couple of years and the featured track being last year's winning Chocolate song.
Title: Re:THREE COINS IN THE FOUNTAIN
Post by: Tomovoz on December 12, 2003, 11:49:13 AM: My tickets for "Oliver" have not arrived yet. Do I just need to ask at the Box Office for the "house seats"?
Title: Re:THREE COINS IN THE FOUNTAIN
Post by: Diane on December 12, 2003, 11:49:41 AM: http://www.wingmusic.co.nz/listen.html

Ok...This is one of the funniest things I have heard in ages...
Title: Re:THREE COINS IN THE FOUNTAIN
Post by: William F. Orr on December 12, 2003, 11:54:15 AM: Someone was asking about a list of Oscar-losing songs. Well, of course the Academy's own site was no help, but I did find it up to 1999 here:

http://www.classicmoviemusicals.com/lists.htm

Interesting to peruse and see how many great songs lost.
Title: Re:THREE COINS IN THE FOUNTAIN
Post by: Jennifer on December 12, 2003, 12:08:38 PM: Quote from: MBarnum on December 12, 2003, 10:39:35 AM
I agree on bits of what both of you are saying (Jennifer and Ron), but what it really comes down to is this...this season of Survivor is really fun!

But mine makes more sense? :)
(just kidding, I do get what you guys have been saying)

DR MB also said:
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PS: Lil has been one of my favorites since the beginning! I always seem to like the old ladies on these shows! Remember Sonya on the very first Survivor...what a sweatheart!

Okay I don't care for Lil. I mean she is okay (she seems nice enough). But I prefer real players. Although that said, my favorite player to date is Colby (I was just in love with him and cannot wait to see him on the All-Star version).
Title: Re:THREE COINS IN THE FOUNTAIN
Post by: Maya on December 12, 2003, 12:21:27 PM: LOL, TCB, yes it should be quite an event! I definitely intend to buy a disposable camera and to take lots of pics of my fellow HHW Golddiggers of 2004 and I!

LC--are you going to search for single millionaires with us??

I'm sorry to hear about all the troubles you've been having with Oliver rehearsals, but I am sure it will be a wonderful show and you will be a wonderful, pick-pockity Fagin!

Matt H.--I'm sorry about SLM auditions! There will be many other parts for you to play, and SLM isn't that uncommon a show for theatre companies to do...maybe you were simply not meant to play Sipos this early but you will at a latter date!
Title: Re:THREE COINS IN THE FOUNTAIN
Post by: LC on December 12, 2003, 12:29:22 PM: Maya: Yes! ;D
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Post by: S. Woody White on December 12, 2003, 12:42:42 PM: DVD player: a used copy of The Usual Suspects. Interesting, in that director Bryan Singer has since gone on to direct the X-Men films. Also interesting, because one side of the disc has both the full-screen and widescreen versions of the film, and the extras are all on the other side, an arrangement I find nifty.

CD player: Jazz Classics, a specialty disc put out by the people at Harry and David. It's got tracks such as Carmen McRae singing "My Funny Valentine," Ella Fitzgerald singing "I Didn't Mean a Word," Billy Holiday's "I Wished On the Moon." Cute cover, of a pear sliced in half, seeds removed with a melon baller, and then the half has been decorated with chocolate and caramel to make it resemble a lute. What a lute has to do with jazz escapes me, but the cover is as delicious as the songs contained on the CD.

An occasional visit to the local Harry and David outlet may be necessary in our house. Der Brucer made the mistake a few years ago of buying a bag of their Fruit Chocolates, which are fruits like strawberries, blueberries, and bing cherries which have been covered with chocolate and a hard candy shell. He then offered some to his elder grandson, who thought the candies the best things imaginable! They have since become known as "Grandpa's Candies," and a supply must be kept in stock at all times. Pricy little goodies.
Title: Re:THREE COINS IN THE FOUNTAIN
Post by: td on December 12, 2003, 12:42:52 PM: I'm back. . .
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Post by: Tomovoz on December 12, 2003, 12:44:40 PM: Good news Mr Dale. And such a stunning return too!
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Post by: S. Woody White on December 12, 2003, 12:44:49 PM: Favorite AA songs:

A Drinking We Shall Go...
Have Some Marsala, M'Dear...
Yo Ho Ho and a Bottle Of Whatever...

::)
Title: Re:THREE COINS IN THE FOUNTAIN
Post by: Jay on December 12, 2003, 12:45:38 PM: Quote from: td on December 12, 2003, 12:42:52 PM
I'm back. . .

Break out the ham chunks and cheese slices!

[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]TD is back![/move]
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Post by: S. Woody White on December 12, 2003, 12:49:04 PM: Oh, Academy Award Winning Songs?

"The Way You Look Tonight," "Secret Love," "Windmills Of Your Mind," "I'm Easy," "Sooner or Later," and "Colors of the Wind."

I'm also partial to "(I've Had) The Time of My Life," because I can dance a really sexy bunny-hop to the song. Never have learned how to marengue, but I sure can bunny-hop!
Title: Re:THREE COINS IN THE FOUNTAIN
Post by: td on December 12, 2003, 12:51:18 PM: . . . and now that my mailbox is also working again, now I can say that my favorite Academy Award winning song is:

[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]IT GOES LIKE IT GOES [/move]
from Norma Rae

. . .and has anyone else heard Miss Judy Kaye perform this song with a gospel beat and arrangement? 'tis to die for. . .
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Post by: td on December 12, 2003, 12:52:33 PM: So, did I miss anything much while I was posting by proxy?
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Post by: Tomovoz on December 12, 2003, 12:52:42 PM: DVD for tonight: "Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War"
Cds: Barbara Cook "Count Your Blessings",Andre Gagnon "Impressions", Ferrante & Teicher "All Time Great Movie Themes".
I also have a borrowed DVD "Salaam Bombay Dreams" (the story behind the musical) which is 4 hour long! I've only played the CD once so I am not sure how far I'll get with the DVD. Maybe this is more of an MBarnum event.
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Post by: Tomovoz on December 12, 2003, 12:54:20 PM: I thought you would be reading by proxy too td.
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Post by: Jennifer on December 12, 2003, 12:55:51 PM: OMG Susan Egan as Millie on Broadway!

http://www.broadway.com/template_1.asp?CI=32926&CT=38
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Post by: TCB on December 12, 2003, 01:02:08 PM: What wonderful news!

The return of three of my favorite Kimlets (or are Kimlets only ladies?). Welcome back LC, WFO, and td.

It's so nice to have you back where you belong!
-- a Jerry Herman reference.
Title: Re:THREE COINS IN THE FOUNTAIN
Post by: TCB on December 12, 2003, 01:04:34 PM: Quote from: td on December 12, 2003, 12:52:33 PM
So, did I miss anything much while I was posting by proxy?

.......... not a thing, except for a few thousand posts.
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Post by: William E. Lurie on December 12, 2003, 01:08:53 PM: The Oscar songs have the same problem as all awards (other Oscars, Tonys, Emmys, et. al.) - it's all a matter of timing. There are some years where every nominee is worthy of winning and even the losing nominations are better than the winners from other years; some years where there is one clear winner among an otherwise weak field; and some years where nothing deserves to win and the award goes to the least offensive of the nominees.
Title: Re:THREE COINS IN THE FOUNTAIN
Post by: td on December 12, 2003, 01:11:21 PM: Quote from: TCB on December 12, 2003, 01:04:34 PM
.......... not a thing, except for a few thousand posts.

are they available in DIGEST format? ? ?
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Post by: Tomovoz on December 12, 2003, 01:11:31 PM: And last year they gave the award to the MOST offensive of the nominees!
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Post by: Jennifer on December 12, 2003, 01:11:45 PM: And what's a Friday without Michael Riedel:

http://www.nypost.com/seven/12122003/entertainment/13234.htm
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Post by: Jrand73 on December 12, 2003, 01:12:16 PM: This #($&#(&^%$) computer! :P

Anyway - DR MS thanks for the list. I like THREE COINS IN THE FOUNTAIN song and movie - and as for which one the fountain blessed, I think, in a way, it was all of them, but most wonderfully for Miss Dorothy McGuire and Mr Clifton Webb. I have always found Miss Maggie McNamara to be exceedingly annoying in voice and manner - but the scenery.....oy!

LOL DR MBarnum - no I am not missing, I am a prisoner of tech! Hopefully the problems will soon be solved!

TD TD TD TD TD TD TDTDTDTDTDTDTDTDTDTDTDTDTDTD 8)

Whoever posted that link to that NZ lady! The one I want is SOLD OUT! :P But thanks!

In my DVD - Allison's Perry Mason episodes thanks to DR MBARNUM, and CRIME OF PASSION with Barbara Stanwyck.

CD - Anthony Perkins Sings and the NEW Little Shop of Horrors.

VHS - Teacher's Pet with Doris and Clark and Gig!

I like most of the songs on the list, although with hindsight a lot of winners are incredible - of course the same goes for the acting and best picture winners, too.

I love the lyrics to "Love Is a Many Splendored Thing" and I think the song and score are such an asset to that lovely movie.

WELL - I will return to work on Monday - but it has not been a pleasant week. GET YOUR FLU SHOT!!!

Also, today, after much consideration, I submitted my resignation to the theatre group I have been with for 25 years.....longer than some of our DR have been ALIVE!!! I am sad, but it was time.
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Post by: Tomovoz on December 12, 2003, 01:13:09 PM: Avoid that format td. Too many and you will suffer from major inDIGESTion.
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Post by: Jrand73 on December 12, 2003, 01:15:04 PM: DR Diane posted that link to the New Zealand singer...thanks!

DR Panni - lovely Carl Sandburg story. I am never that lucky when I listen in to conversations.....
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Post by: Matt H. on December 12, 2003, 01:20:56 PM: Thank you DRs TCB and Maya. I'm doing much better with the rejection today. It's very hard when one gets himself psyched up for a part not to have it offered, and I've made that mistake SO many times in my life. It seems one doesn't actually learn as one gets older. [sigh]

Listening to the Babs Streisand do "I Remember" which she did just fine until blowing it with a contrived ending.
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Post by: Matt H. on December 12, 2003, 01:22:55 PM: It's just great having DR td back. We have really missed you despite DR Michael Shayne's admirable attempt to represent you. There is only one DR td!!
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Post by: TCB on December 12, 2003, 01:23:23 PM: Quote from: JRand53 on December 12, 2003, 01:12:16 PM

Also, today, after much consideration, I submitted my resignation to the theatre group I have been with for 25 years.....longer than some of our DR have been ALIVE!!! I am sad, but it was time.

Is there a particular reason why you left that you can talk about?
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Post by: William F. Orr on December 12, 2003, 01:24:34 PM: Yes, Mr. Lurie. I've always thought they should put Mr. Noah Ward's name on every ballot.
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Post by: Tomovoz on December 12, 2003, 01:27:27 PM: JRand. Another coincidence. Radio is playing Anthony Perkins "Prettiest Girl In School" at this very moment. It was a major hit in Oz. (After "Moonlight Swim")
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Post by: Matt H. on December 12, 2003, 01:41:15 PM: I took PIRATE OF THE CARIBBEAN out of the DVD player early this afternoon to save for tonight and put in DESTRY RIDES AGAIN. Just another one of those great 1939 films that make it such a monumental year in film. BTW, not a single one of Marlene Dietrich's songs in this film was Oscar nominated.
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Post by: Tomovoz on December 12, 2003, 01:42:53 PM: Mr Barkalot Sir, do you have the date for the final nominations for the Acadamy Awards? Much appreciated your earlier lists of scores and song possibilities but can not afford to buy them all - I need to narrow down my list.
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Post by: Matt H. on December 12, 2003, 01:48:01 PM: Ken Mandelbaum reviewed the cast CD of WICKED today. How about someone who's seen the show read the article and discuss where he's right and wrong. I'd love to read some addition opinions about the songs and performances he mentions. Here's the link to the article:

http://www.broadway.com/template_1.asp?CI=32918&CT=8
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Post by: Jrand73 on December 12, 2003, 01:49:50 PM: well DR TCB - as usual there are some members of the board who feel it is their duty to take over.

We do shows from June-Sept...it is an ALL volunteer organization. And now two members have decided that we can no longer loan costumes or props to anyone - even though the only people who ask are those we borrow things from or who work on our shows year after year. In fact, these said props and costumes will be locked up and only these two people will decide who can get what....

Same two people - who do not direct - have decided that there should be a casting committee to help directors choose the "right" people to be in their shows.

Last summer, a new director decided that no one could be in her show if they were participating in the show preceding it.....my cousin Brad was directing GYPSY and needed someone to play Uncle Jocko and Mr Goldstone. I said I would, and said director told me I could not audition for her show. I brought it up at the meeting and the same two people and another supported the director - I was not the only one involved with GYPSY who had planned on auditioning for the show - but they thought it was a great idea and that she could do whatever she wanted, she was the director.

Anyway...stuff like that and MORE - same battles for 25 years, time to go. Sad, but true.
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Post by: William E. Lurie on December 12, 2003, 01:54:09 PM: I've seen WICKED and can sum up the problem in one simple sentence: 2 excellent shows --- an intimate story about 2 witches and a big scale musical extravaganza --- are fighting for stage time, each taking away from the other rather than adding to it.
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Post by: Matt H. on December 12, 2003, 02:08:49 PM: You missed what I asked for, WEL. I wanted you to read Mandlebaum's comments and debate or agree with them.
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Post by: TCB on December 12, 2003, 02:09:44 PM: That is a shame Jrand, but certainly understandable. And these are the same people that a year from now will be lamenting the fact that they can't get people to be involved in their theater.

Is there another theater company, near by, that you can become involved with in the future?
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Post by: Mr. Mark Bakalor on December 12, 2003, 02:12:16 PM: Golden Globe noms will be announced December 18.
SAG noms January 15.
Golden Globe winners January 25.
Oscar noms January 27.
SAG winners February 22.
Oscar winners February 29.

Here is a revised look at the Oscar's Best Song category to help narrow your purchases (with the best stab at the song from the film to be nominated - all in order of probability of a nomination):

1. Lord of the Rings ("Into the West")
2. Brother Bear ("Great Spirits")
3. A Mighty Wind ("Kiss At the End...")
4. In America ("Time Enough For Tears")
5. Cold Mountain ("Dead Man's Rope")

6. Mona Lisa...("Heart of Every Girl")
7. Down With Love ("Here's To Love")
8. School of Rock ("School of Rock")
9. Big Fish ("Man of the Hour")
10. Camp ("Here's Where I Stand")

The winner will definitely be one of the above and chances are very good that the noms will all come from the above. For completists, what follows are the rest of the pack:

Open Range ("Holding All My Love...)
Piglet's Big Movie ("The More I Look...)
The Cat in the Hat ("Getting Better")
Rugrats Go Wild
Holes ("Dig It")
Gods & Generals ("Cross the Green...")
Masked & Annonymous ("City of Gold")
Charlie's Angels III ("Real Good Time")
Lost in Translation ("City Girl")
The Triplets of Belleville ("Belleville Rendezvouz")
Whale Rider ("Go Forward")
Legally Blonde 2 ("We Can")
Veronica Guerin ("One More Day")
Hero ("Hero")
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Post by: JoseSPiano on December 12, 2003, 02:26:40 PM: I'm off to the thee-ay-tor.... See you lay-tor.
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Post by: Matt H. on December 12, 2003, 02:27:57 PM: I liked several of the songs in A MIGHTY WIND. I'd like to see more than one song from it to get nominated, but I guess I should be happy even with one of them.
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Post by: Craig on December 12, 2003, 02:29:55 PM: Well... I am happy to report a story on Broadway.com where they say Susan Egan will be taking over for Sutton Foster when she exits MILLIE. Having just seen the show, I can say I will definitely be back to enjoy it with Susan. While not the best written show.. it was certainly entertaining - and one can never NOT see Ms. Egan perform when one has the chance...
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Post by: Matt H. on December 12, 2003, 02:33:36 PM: Yes, I love Susan Egan's voice and stage presence. She should make a sensational Millie.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on December 12, 2003, 02:48:18 PM: Quote from: td on December 12, 2003, 12:42:52 PM
I'm back. . .

Dramatic much?

;D

Welcome Back, Tony Dale!
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Post by: Jrand73 on December 12, 2003, 02:53:37 PM: Thanks for the dates Mr Bakalor. Seems like 2003 just got started!

Yes, TCB, I work in other theatres, but this USED to be my favorite one. And what you say is so true......"why don't people like to work with us?" LOL....they don't want to know the answer.
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Post by: Tomovoz on December 12, 2003, 02:58:48 PM: Thanks for that Mark. A friend just emailed me a wonderful review of "Brother Bear". Disney gets it right at last!
It is in theatres in OZ on boxing day.
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Post by: Jay on December 12, 2003, 03:12:49 PM: Dear Reader TCB:

Break a leg tonight!
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on December 12, 2003, 03:13:25 PM: Quote from: Matt H. on December 12, 2003, 01:48:01 PM
Ken Mandelbaum reviewed the cast CD of WICKED today. How about someone who's seen the show read the article and discuss where he's right and wrong. I'd love to read some addition opinions about the songs and performances he mentions. Here's the link to the article:

http://www.broadway.com/template_1.asp?CI=32918&CT=8

What a great overview from Mandelbaum. At least he gets what most everyone who has seen the show get and continue to get since many folks return again and again to see the show.

I went twice in San Francisco, and he's correct about the songs -- they stay with you. I will admit I was at a loss to recall a specific song after my first time at the theater, but then it's not a show that keeps throwing its main tune at you again and again. There were 21 songs in the show when I saw it at the Curran. On my second visit, most were like recently made friends who were suddenly becoming familar faces. In the case of "The Wizard and I," the second time was like hearing it for the first time, possibly because I was seeing it from the balcony rather than three feet from the right side of the stage.

I haven't heard the CD so I cannot compare it to the theatrical experience I had. But I can say that it's with eager anticipation that I await its arrival.

I think Mandelbaum has a pretty good take on the musical numbers. I disagree with his dismissal of "I'm Not That Girl" as being nothing more than a ballad thrown in for the pop charts. Many shows have pleasant, soulful numbers that go nowhere outside of the show. Of all the songs in this show, it's "I'm Not That Girl" that has the best chance at becoming a standard, IMO. At least, I think it should become one. In the hands of someone like BK and his arranger, and with the right vocal interpretation, it could be a stunner! In the show, I found it moving, if not a bit rushed.

Truthfully, the second act seemed to have a song every other minute. It felt like they were dropping scenes to accommodate another song. I wondered, "How many songs could Schwartz have written for this show and how many did they drop and why do they think they can keep the ones they're doing now when the show runs 3 hours at a fast clip?" They came at me so quickly that I found it hard to react properly...there was no time to assimilate "the moment" that the songs were commemorating. On the second trip to the show, this was less a problem, but the show was still three hours and I don't know if that has changed or not.

I know the show has its detractors, but they are few. As Mandelbaum rightly points out, the show is a huge success even playing in one of the largest and most viewer-unfriendly theaters on Broadway...it's playing to near-capacity every week.

I don't believe I've ever intimated that I felt the show was perfect. But it IS a magical marriage of a theme with which most of us are familiar, presenting us with information that tickles our fancies, excites our grey cells and rewards us with some pretty good musical numbers and stuns us with the bravado of theatrical technology in its stunning lighting design, elaborate sets and costumes and state-of-the-art sound.

There are many things wrong with the theater nowadays, and many "experts" who consistently expound upon what they are, but this show is not one of them.

This show is a miracle. It entertains, it makes you laugh and it wows you! It deserves a place on Broadway for however long folks are willing to indulge in its pleasures.

I think -- and thought from the beginning -- that it will be for a long time.
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Post by: Michael on December 12, 2003, 03:16:41 PM: I was going to post the oscar losers but it was too long and deleted it agter I spent almost an hour posting it! AAAEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
So here is the link I probably shpuld have posted first

http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/ampas_awards/DisplayMain.jsp?curTime=1071266889800
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Post by: Michael on December 12, 2003, 03:18:26 PM: DR MATT

So sorry you didn't get the role. Maybe you should have slept with the director.
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Post by: Maya on December 12, 2003, 03:37:57 PM: Speaking of Wicked....

I'm not prepared to comment on it as I haven't seen the show or heard the cast recording yet...

BUT today I bought my tickets and WILL be seeing it on Dec. 30th (if not in the same Stephen Schwartz house seats as mlles. Em and Andrea).

I am totally thrilled to hear about Susan Egan taking on the role of Millie. She just has one of the best voices in the industry, period. I wonder what she will do to make her interpretation different from Sutton's. I can see her taking it in that wonderful sardonic-but-sweet style that she has patented.
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Post by: Jrand73 on December 12, 2003, 03:53:47 PM: Clark Gable and Doris Day and Gig Young - what a trio....expert writing and direction.....TEACHER'S PET....LOL.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on December 12, 2003, 03:59:47 PM: BK: When you see your pal Nick Redman I would like a favor.

Would you please give him a gigantic HUG and tell him Ron Pulliam thanks him for "The Robe"?

Please!??!
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Post by: Tomovoz on December 12, 2003, 04:00:42 PM: When I first saw "Teacher's Pet" I thought it was odd to have DD singing the song when she was not the one who "Wanted to be Teacher's Pet. I was hypercritical as a thirteen year old! Good fun film.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on December 12, 2003, 04:01:54 PM: I much preferred "Please Don't Eat the Daisies"!
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Post by: Ann on December 12, 2003, 04:08:12 PM: Good afternoon everyone
I shall be off to see Oliver tonight, starring our very own TCB, and I of course will post a review as soon as I get home.
This weekend will be devoted to studying for the two finals I have on Monday. Oy...I might not get enough done for either of them...but as long as I pass, I really don't care that much anymore :) Terrible, I know, but true.
Ah yes, the TOTD...
CD - Brother Bear soundtrack
DVD - Chicago, I believe...or else the Jim Carrey Grinch
VHS - nothing at the moment

Almost through another week with the kiddies...although I confess I almost feel bad about charging them when the better part of my "work day" is spent dozing on the couch with a sleeping baby on my chest. Of course, there are the times that balance the blissful moments out...
Only 10 more days 'till I'm winging my way to Hawaii!!
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Post by: Ann on December 12, 2003, 04:09:11 PM: Tomovoz - why the name change?
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on December 12, 2003, 04:13:13 PM: Quote from: Ann on December 12, 2003, 04:09:11 PM
Tomovoz - why the name change?

Now you've done it!

;D
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Post by: Emily on December 12, 2003, 04:14:52 PM: Quote from: Maya on December 12, 2003, 03:37:57 PM
Speaking of Wicked....

I'm not prepared to comment on it as I haven't seen the show or heard the cast recording yet...

BUT today I bought my tickets and WILL be seeing it on Dec. 30th (if not in the same Stephen Schwartz house seats as mlles. Em and Andrea).

make that just Mademoiselle Emily. Andrea actually knows how to live within her means! ;)

Question:

Is Adam Pascal still playing the Emcee in Cabaret?
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Post by: MBarnum on December 12, 2003, 04:18:27 PM: JRand53, sorry to hear about the playhouse! Theater people...can't live with 'em, can't live without 'em! Well, just as long as you have "retired" from theater!

TD, glad to see you are back!
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Post by: Maya on December 12, 2003, 04:31:21 PM: Welcome back, TD!
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Post by: Jed on December 12, 2003, 04:54:35 PM: Welcome back, TD! Sorry to hear of your theatrical fallout, but understand completely, JRand. Break a leg, TCB!

DVD and VCR both empty at the moment.
CDs: Bells Are Ringing, Hairspray, Annie OBC's
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Post by: bk on December 12, 2003, 04:58:24 PM: Ron: will do

I should be out of here by five-thirty, at least that is my fervant hope.
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Post by: Tomovoz on December 12, 2003, 04:59:36 PM: Name Change Ann: Time to leave puberty. WFO used the name yesterday and I thought it was more exotic. Not erotic TCB. Have a wonderful night both sides of the curtain tonight. Do you need a spare orphan? I am orfen available if you can cover my fares.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on December 12, 2003, 05:03:11 PM: God Help Me! I've been attacked by the bug!

The Bed, Bath and Beyond Bug!

That's right! I have fended off this beast the past three months and was within days of being successful in avoiding it before Christmas!

I've been bitten and have to go right away...on my way from work. There's nothing to be done about it, i fear!
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Post by: George on December 12, 2003, 05:14:29 PM: Quote from: Ron Pulliam on December 12, 2003, 05:03:11 PM
God Help Me! I've been attacked by the bug!

The Bed, Bath and Beyond Bug!

Ron, I have never been to a Bed, Bath and Beyond. However, I do have the cast recording to Bed, Boys and Beyond! Are they at all similar? ;)
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on December 12, 2003, 06:15:08 PM: Quote from: George on December 12, 2003, 05:14:29 PM
Ron, I have never been to a Bed, Bath and Beyond. However, I do have the cast recording to Bed, Boys and Beyond! Are they at all similar? ;)

Not in my experience!
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Post by: William E. Lurie on December 12, 2003, 06:19:17 PM: Tom---
The "Brother Bear" reviews must have been much better in Oz than in the U.S. They were not pans but mostly mediocre. However the next Disney animated film looks like a real dog... It's about barnyard animals and features the voice of Rosanne Pentland Barr Arnold (or what ever name she is using this week).

And according to a reliable source, the real reason the Disney Treasures were delayed five months was to re-do the packaging by removing Roy E. Disney's name since he resigned from the board and has told Michael Eisner he is ruining the company.
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Post by: S. Woody White on December 12, 2003, 06:19:55 PM: Quote from: Michael Shayne on December 12, 2003, 03:18:26 PM
DR MATT

So sorry you didn't get the role. Maybe you should have slept with the director.
I thought actors were supposed to crave applause, not the clap.
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Post by: Tomovoz on December 12, 2003, 06:26:10 PM: WEL: The review was from a Canadian "Disney" fan who is a friend of another Disney follower we know. Word I got today was that Mickey had left with Roy!
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Post by: Kerry on December 12, 2003, 06:26:21 PM: In my CD player in the car: "A Broadway Christmas"-- the first CD where I took notice of Bruce Kimmel's name so I could look for other CD's by him. I was enchanted.

A song has been going through my head ALL day, and it is driving me crazy. I'll have to dig out the LP.

".... I haven't changed the subject; I was talking about the stranger.

What stranger?

With the suitcase-- who may be your very last chance.

Do you think that I'd allow a common masher, now really, Mama. I have my standards where men are concerned.

I know all about your standards, and if you don't mind me sayin' so, there's not a man alive who could hope to measure up to that blend of Paul Bunyan, St. Paddy, Noah Webster you've concocted out of your Irish imagination, your Iowa stubborness and your liberry full of books....."

ad infinitum

AAAAAARRRRGGGGHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!! ( to quote Charles Schultz via Charlie Brown)
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Post by: bk on December 12, 2003, 06:50:10 PM: Where in tarnation IS everyone? I managed to get off by five-thirty, managed to pick up a couple of packages awaiting me (including WEL's - THANK YOU), and managed to find a DVD called From the Journals of Jean Seberg - I know nothing about it and now I can't wait to see it after just having viewed Mr. Preminger's Bonjour Tristesse.
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Post by: bk on December 12, 2003, 06:50:54 PM: Oh, and the other package contained my second copy of Patty Duke sings Valley of the Dolls - this one looks to be in a bit better condition and the jacket is minty fresh.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on December 12, 2003, 07:21:13 PM: Just 5 more days:

(http://www.hollywood4you.com/images/791707.JPG)
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Post by: S. Woody White on December 12, 2003, 07:22:54 PM: I'm baking cookies again!

Yeah, like anything else is new.

Well, this time it's a recipe called Grammy's Chocolate Cookies, which called for oodles of butter, oodles of sugar, a single oodle of cocoa powder, and a double oodle of vanilla extract.

I made the dough before we went out for drinks and dinner, letting the dough chill in the refridgerator. The recipe, published by Martha Stewart, then called for rolling the dough in one-inch balls (nice of her to tell us, in case anyone was wondering) and then dipping ~~her~~ the balls in yet more sugar.

That's the one place where I'm taking a variance from the original recipe, as I'm dipping them in a variety of colored sugars. It's the holidays, and I owe it to myself to make things festive.

I'll post again later about how the cookies come out.
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Post by: Matt H. on December 12, 2003, 07:40:39 PM: I think it's kind of a silly criticism of a song in a musical these days that it sounds like it was included to land on the pop charts. Songs from musicals just don't do that much any more, at least not in the USA, and I can't think of many writers who would think with the way the music world is now that that's going to change.
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Post by: Matt H. on December 12, 2003, 07:46:12 PM: PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN was a wonderful lark of a movie. Yep, overlong by fifteen minutes or so, but a hugely enjoyable adventure yarn. I can see why it's been so popular. It's just a good time.

After it finished, I popped in THE HOT ROCK, but I'll wait to watch that tomorrow.
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Post by: S. Woody White on December 12, 2003, 07:49:09 PM: The cookies are quite good! There's an interesting fudginess to their taste, and the sugar on top makes them nice and sparkly. If I have a comment to make, it's that Martha claims the recipe makes "about 100 cookies," which is close, because I got a total of 94.

Obviously, my balls are bigger than hers! ;D ;D ;D

Recipe link! (http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,,FOOD_9936_22751,00.html)

Oh, and this finally brings me to full membership!

And Bonnie and Buster are wrastling again...underneath my bed! Silly pups!
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Post by: Matt H. on December 12, 2003, 08:01:56 PM: I'm looking forward to getting my WICKED cast CD this week as well. All the talk about it for the last few months has made me really curious, and, of course, I've liked what I've heard from performance snippets on various TV shows.
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Post by: Andrea on December 12, 2003, 08:03:43 PM: DR Jennifer:

Sorry, Exam's killing me

MAPDECTHANKS for amazon.ca
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Post by: Andrea on December 12, 2003, 08:06:46 PM: Quote from: William F. Orr on December 12, 2003, 10:02:33 AM

There was a young lady from Bucharest,
Got thrown into jail on a fluke arrest.
The Judge said in court,
"You tart, it's a tort!
For that was the vice squad that you carressed."

I resent any supposed resemblance due to my Romanian heritage.

So there!!!!!

(Hmm.. although I like being a tart!).
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Post by: Jrand73 on December 12, 2003, 08:11:05 PM: I love reading all the posts here at HHW - it is like living a couple of dozen other lives! ;)

DR Kerry that is a GOOD song to be stuck in your head...and I love doing that show....being in it, playing for it, or directing it...I LOVE "Wells Fargo Wagon!" ;D

And I always thought the gender was reversed in the "Teacher's Pet" title song as well.....led you to believe you were going to see a different sort of movie. And boy, Mamie VanDoren sure couldn't act OR sing OR dance....she was like Lina Lamont, a real triple threat! :P

Sorry Ron - hopefully I am leaving the BUG behind. :-X

DR Ann is going to Hawaii??? Wow! Don't forget to go see "Drums of the Islands" - it's my favorite thing! And the volcanoes! And don't hesitate if one of the dancers hands you a leaf!

TWO TWO TWO copies of Patty's Valley of the Dolls - Mr BK are you attempting to corner a Bull Market on that United Artists release?

Tonight...tonight....I am making a 3 a.m. trip to WalMart for the last bit of buying frenzy. One trip with my sister - and then one trip with my Mom so they don't see what each other is buying.

Oh and I got my CAREERS game - I have read the rules and am ready to play when we have family game night next Friday!

Oh and here is an early Christmas Greeting from someone to whom I can sing:

"You are my inspiration....Lucille....." (A "Pillow Talk" Reference).
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Post by: Jrand73 on December 12, 2003, 08:14:36 PM: Thanks for the theatre wishes Ron, Jed, and MBARNUM. I will survive...no doubt. I just hope DR MBARNUM meant "haven't" and not "have" in his post.
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Post by: Charles Pogue on December 12, 2003, 08:25:56 PM: So, BK, this afternoon the lovely wife, Julieanne, and I are zig-zagging up and down the aisles of Costco on Los Feliz Boulevard in Glendale. We keep passing this fellow, shopping with an older woman, his mother I suspect, and the first time I see him, I'm pretty sure I know who it is, but it isn't until about the third aisle that I'm almost postive. When we cross paths in the meat and produce section, I decide to go up to him. "Aren't you Harry Groener?" I ask. It is indeed Harry Groener and I do a small gushing fan turn with him...and, of course, name drop, "I was just listening to the CD you did with Twiggy...If Love Were All...produced by my buddy, Bruce Kimmel." "Ah, Bruce, he's the best!" says Harry.

He was very cordial and I found myself blushing and being a bit "gosh, gee, shucks." I don't know what it is: but I 've hobnobbed at affairs where majorly big movie stars were rubbing shoulders with me and was rarely impressed at all (Perhaps, all those years of dinner theatre...when one saw them at their less than spectacular), but real character actors or theatre actors just impress the Hell out of me...I see someone like Michael Gambon on a street in London or Ian McKellan comes into my local bistro in LA and my jaw drops (Of course, McKellan is now a major movie star). I once met Alfred Molina in the same Costco a few years back and reminded him when he was starring in the musical DESTRY in the West End in 1982, he came into read for the small part of a cabbie in my HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES. I was sort of amazed that a West End lead would deign to come in to read for such a tiny part.

Anyway, I didn't mention my name to Mr. Groener, so if he asks you who might have pestered him at Costco, you can tell him it was me.
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Post by: Jrand73 on December 12, 2003, 08:29:22 PM: Or tell him it was me - that will really confuse him.
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Post by: Andrea on December 12, 2003, 08:29:42 PM: Quote from: Matt H. on December 12, 2003, 07:46:12 PM
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN was a wonderful lark of a movie. Yep, overlong by fifteen minutes or so, but a hugely enjoyable adventure yarn. I can see why it's been so popular. It's just a good time.

I watched that three times in the theatre. And yes, it was because of Orlando and Johnny.

SWOON................
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Post by: Maya on December 12, 2003, 09:17:27 PM: Andrea--Yes, Johnny and Orlando are exceedingly swoon-worthy...but especially Johnny. He so owned that movie.

Charles Pogue--loved your Harry Groener story!

BK--how is the movie version of Bonjour Tristesse? I read the novel a few months ago...hard to believe that Françoise Sagan was younger than I am now when she wrote it!
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Post by: bk on December 12, 2003, 09:27:10 PM: I don't know how it compares to the novel, but I'm really partial to Bonjour Tristesse the film. REALLY partial.

Groener is aces - a total pro and a total pleasure to work with. There was a time when he was on more albums of mine than anyone else.
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Post by: Maya on December 12, 2003, 09:30:52 PM: Thanks, BK! I'll have to check it out!

G'night everybody!
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Post by: Jrand73 on December 12, 2003, 09:33:08 PM: What is that Jean Seberg DVD? Is it a documentary or whut? The pride of Marshalltown Illinois had some tough going - and I still think that Faye Dunaway in MOMMIE DEAREST looked a LOT like Jean Seberg in AIRPORT!

I almost forgot a movie song, that as far as I know never came near an Oscar....but that is "Through the Eyes of Love" from a wacky ice skating movie named ICE CASTLES!
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Post by: Panni on December 12, 2003, 09:46:35 PM: I have ROMANTIC COMEDY playing in the background as I do things around the house. Is it possible to write a decent film/play about writers? It's certainly not this one.
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Post by: Panni on December 12, 2003, 09:51:01 PM: I just noticed I've graduated to Jr. Member! Makes me feel very young and sweet. (Being a Newbie made me feel like a slimy fish... or a bug. So this is a definite improvement.)
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Post by: Panni on December 12, 2003, 09:51:38 PM: What is it, slimy fish?
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Post by: bk on December 12, 2003, 09:58:44 PM: I'm watching the Jean Seberg DVD and I can't tell you what it is. I guess I'll have to wait until the end credits to see exactly what I'm seeing. It's Mary Beth Hurt as Jean, but it's a documentary, but she's reading from "journals" but it's hard to know if the journals are written by Jean or made up. Lots of clips, though.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on December 12, 2003, 10:12:05 PM: Good evening.

Good show tonight, and a great talk-back afterwards. It was a "mixed" group tonight. There were a group of high schoolers, and some of the subscribers that are part of the "It's An Alternative" night subscription series (for gay and lesbian theatregoers). -Around the green room, "Alternative Night" = "Date Night". ;)

We had some wonderful questions from everyone. In particular, there was one young man who brought up some of the imagery in the play, how we had used different aspects of the various Arthurian legends, how we had set the piece back in an earlier, more brutal period, how the lighting really set the various scenes... We ended up giving him a nice round of applause for his comments and questions. Amazingly well-informed.

Just three more shows to go this weekend, then next week we're off on Thursday, but have a show on Monday, then Christmas Eve and Christmas Day off.. then we're into the final week of the run. WOW!

*I just read that Caroline, or Change got extended again to Feb. 1... Hmm... Just what I need, another show to decide between for my visit up in January. So far it's Avenue Q, Wicked and Hairspray. But I also want to see Wonderful Town (have friends in it), Urinetown (have a former student in it - and it's closing), Phantom of the Opera (always like seeing and hearing Hugh Panaro), Millie, Little Shop, etc... And now Jeanine Tesori's and Tony Kushner's new piece. *I love Violet, and Jeanine was very nice to me early on and took the time to talk with me about the biz and such. I can actually squeeze in two more shows... We'll see. I'll see what shape my bank account is in... I may just print off a bunch of vouchers and see what I can get at the box office when I get up there - I seem to have pretty good luck with purchasing same day seats. *Of course, I found out today that one of my credit cards upped(!) my limit... Must resist, must resist!

Back in a few - or not so few - after checking the rest of my e-mail...
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Post by: bk on December 12, 2003, 10:16:47 PM: I must tell you that the Patty Duke album is one of the most giddily and deliriously bad albums ever made. I don't know what boggled my mind more - the horror of the out-of-tune, over-the-top vocals or the liner notes by Gene Kelly, who apparently wrote them whilst under the stupor of heroin or without having heard the album. I need some more suggestions for deliriously bad albums so I can pair this with something on a CDR.
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Post by: Ann on December 12, 2003, 10:28:27 PM: Good evening everybody.
I have just returned from the production of Oliver starring our very own TCB. Here is my review. Be warned, I'm known for being blunt...
It was, above all, a community production, and must be reviewed as such. The boys, I thought, were wonderful. A few tone deaf ones, but enough strong singers to cover them up. Bumble...well...he could have been better. I was seated in the front row, so the cast was practically in my lap...and I still couldn't understand a bloody word he sung. No projection, no diction. But he acted the part well enough.
Oliver was played by a girl on this particular night, and she was quite adorable. Her speaking was very good, and her singing was good as long as she wasn't singing to a recorded part. The piano player was also part of the "Who Will Buy" group...why, I don't know. But when she was on stage, they were singing to a recording...and there were a few scary moments where I was holding my breath...
Nancy was excellent...really a lot of potential in that one. She was 14, though, according to her bio, and she looked it. It made the realtionship with Bill Sykes a bit hard to swallow. But she was an amazing actress, and not a bad singer either.
Bill Sykes tried to adopt a terrifying look, and ended up looking like his shorts were on too tight.
And our own TCB, and I'm not saying this just because I'm afraid of being attacked :) He was marvelous, easily one of the highlights of the show. The only other live performance of Fagin I've seen happend to be my father...and I'm afraid TCB outdid him. (Jed, kindly refrain from mentioning that to Peter)
The strongest part of the show were the scenes in the theives kitchen...the weakest was the finale. The pacing was gone...and TCB, you might want to advise them to use a louder sound for the gun shots...there are senior citizens out there wearing hearing aids, and even I, in the front row, had no idea what had happend until Bill dropped dead...possibly from fright, we weren't sure.
The only other thing I'd say would be to lose some of the accents...especially on some of the children...makes catching actual words really difficult.
But all in all, it was an enjoyable show, and I'm very glad I got to see our dear TCB in person. Although I must apologize to Tom for being rather brief when I met him after the show. The damn stutter I have to deal with...it makes me terrified of speaking to people in public situations, especially people I don't know. So I hope you took no offense...I was in fact very glad to meet you.
Okay...enough rambling out of me...I must start thinking about finals on Monday...
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Post by: Jrand73 on December 12, 2003, 10:30:10 PM: Well Mr BK - I suggest the ELKE SOMMER With Love album - or if you want to go with a "film" theme, use "Billie" also with Miss Patty Duke O'Hara, or Cybill Does It to Cole Porter.....

If you must - It almost stands alone! After all it IS the "excited voice" of Patty Duke!
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Post by: Jrand73 on December 12, 2003, 10:32:28 PM: DR Panni - how about NO TIME FOR COMEDY? I have only seen the movie with Rosalind Russell and James Stewart, but I liked it a lot...and it was about writing comedy for the theatre.

Oh Mr BK, I nearly forgot - don't forget PATTY DUKE TEEN STAR on the United Artists second tier label UNART! She sings "DOWNTOWN" with all the ferver she gives "I'LL PLANT MY OWN TREE" and it is a barn burner!
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Post by: George on December 12, 2003, 10:35:25 PM: Okay, it took me a while to get to it, but these are most of my favorite Academy Award winning songs:

My Heart Will Go On from Titanic [yes, I actually like this song]
Colors of The Wind from Pocahontas
A Whole New World from Aladdin
Beauty and the Beast from Beauty and the Beast
Sooner or Later from Dick Tracy
Under The Sea from The Little Mermaid
Up Where We Belong from An Officer And A Gentleman
Arthur's Theme from Arthur
Fame from Fame
Last Dance from Thank God It's Friday
The Way We Were from The Way We Were
Moon River from Breakfast At Tiffany's
Baby, It's Cold Outside from Neptune's Daugher
White Christmas from Holiday Inn
Over The Rainbow from The Wizard Of Oz
The Way You Look Tonight from Swing Time [this is one of my all-time favorite songs]

A few years ago I was in a revue called "The Magic of Broadway Goes to The Movies." "The Magic of Broadway" was a series of revues put on by a local (but no longer existing) community theater group. This particular year, we found the sheet music to as many Academy Award winning songs (we weren't able to get six or eight, I think) and just put them all together in a very well received revue. The year before, my suggestion was to do the musicals that won the Pulitzer Prize for drama. That was a lot of fun. I got to sing the Sunday In the Park With George songs...probably the only time that I'll ever be able to sing them in a show.

Also, I've been watching my brand new (from Brazil by way of eBay) DVD to Sophisticated Ladies that I picked up from the post office today. It's wonderful! :-* I didn't know that Paula Kelly's in it. I'd only seen her in "Sweet Charity" and a couple of other movies as well as when she was on "Night Court." She's fabulous on stage!
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Post by: Jrand73 on December 12, 2003, 10:35:41 PM: I am intrigued, yes I am intrigued by the Jean Seberg DVD....hmmmmmmm..

DRJose - I have played Mordred in CAMELOT....does your Mordred get to sing "The Seven Deadly Virtues"? I love being the evil man in "Guenevere" which is one of my FAVORITE parts of the show! What a great chorus number!
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Post by: Jrand73 on December 12, 2003, 10:38:20 PM: Ah DR George....."Moon River".....ahhhhhhhhhhhh......

Those first few notes always make me think of dear Audrey and handsome George....and now Mr Buddy Ebsen....when he says: "I need a friend....."
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Post by: Tomovoz on December 12, 2003, 10:53:21 PM: Thanks for the review Ann. I did not expect it so early. I wonder how TCB is at the moment. If I remember correctly you have not only seen Fagin this season but also the Ghost Of Christmas Present. All I get to see this season is Paul Mecurio. Some people have all the luck. (18 days time!). Perhaps TCB should have kidnapped Jed to play Bill Sykes after all!
Jose: It is always a delight to have someone mention Violet. I really think the show has such warmth. And Violet Crumbles are so sweet. Sweet violets sweeter than the roses. (not many Hainsies would be old enough to know the Dinah Shore song I guess).
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Post by: Charles Pogue on December 12, 2003, 10:54:13 PM: NO TIME FOR COMEDY is wonderful and has one of my all-time favourite lines from film. Charlie Ruggles refers to his dilletante vamp of a wife as "She's a Lorelei with an intellectual patter."

The line is also in the original play by S.N. Behrman. On Broadway, it starred Katherine Cornell in the Roz Russell role. Laurence Olivier in the Jimmy Stewart role, and John Williams in the Ruggles role.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on December 12, 2003, 11:03:33 PM: DR JRand - Yes, our Mordred does get to sing "Seven Deadly Virtues", a very abridged version of "The Persuasion" (that song has always bewildered me, and not in a good way), and he leads "Fie On Goodness". Not bad for an actor/part that enters after intermission.

DR Tomovoz (sounds like a distant cousin to the the Brothers Karamazov) - Yes, Violet is indeed a beautiful piece. And I've heard that Caroline, or Change is just as beautiful.

DR George - Is the DVD of Sophisticated Ladies the same production that was on PBS at one point - and, I think, available on VHS?

OK - I'm outta here...
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Post by: Jrand73 on December 12, 2003, 11:22:50 PM: Good for Mordred....except they always made me do the "dream" bit in the first scene so I had to be in costume/makeup at the top of the show.

Ah yes, great line, DR CHARLES POGUE - and isn't that the film (I don't know about the play version) wherein the maid listens in and while she admits she doesn't know exactly what she is hearing it will "make great testimony...."
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Post by: Tomovoz on December 12, 2003, 11:36:13 PM: Has Fagin entered from Stage right?
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Post by: Tomovoz on December 12, 2003, 11:40:15 PM: The ghost of Christmas Present has also appeared.
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Post by: bk on December 12, 2003, 11:44:05 PM: I just don't know what to make of the Seberg DVD. It implies journals, but much of the narration describes and talks about events after her death. Totally weird, not very good, but I love Jean Seberg so I found it totally enjoyable.
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Post by: Jed on December 12, 2003, 11:44:05 PM: Thanks for the Oliver review, Ann. Something she didn't mention in her review, but that I'll mention myself... apparently seeing TCB in person is like looking at a future vision of my very own self... You sure you don't have stories from your time in Ellensburg you're not telling, Tom? :D
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Post by: TCB on December 12, 2003, 11:58:00 PM: Quote from: Ann on December 12, 2003, 10:28:27 PM
Good evening everybody.
I have just returned from the production of Oliver starring our very own TCB. Here is my review. Be warned, I'm known for being blunt...
It was, above all, a community production, and must be reviewed as such. The boys, I thought, were wonderful. A few tone deaf ones, but enough strong singers to cover them up. Bumble...well...he could have been better. I was seated in the front row, so the cast was practically in my lap...and I still couldn't understand a bloody word he sung. No projection, no diction. But he acted the part well enough.
Oliver was played by a girl on this particular night, and she was quite adorable. Her speaking was very good, and her singing was good as long as she wasn't singing to a recorded part. The piano player was also part of the "Who Will Buy" group...why, I don't know. But when she was on stage, they were singing to a recording...and there were a few scary moments where I was holding my breath...
Nancy was excellent...really a lot of potential in that one. She was 14, though, according to her bio, and she looked it. It made the realtionship with Bill Sykes a bit hard to swallow. But she was an amazing actress, and not a bad singer either.
Bill Sykes tried to adopt a terrifying look, and ended up looking like his shorts were on too tight.
And our own TCB, and I'm not saying this just because I'm afraid of being attacked :) He was marvelous, easily one of the highlights of the show. The only other live performance of Fagin I've seen happend to be my father...and I'm afraid TCB outdid him. (Jed, kindly refrain from mentioning that to Peter)
The strongest part of the show were the scenes in the theives kitchen...the weakest was the finale. The pacing was gone...and TCB, you might want to advise them to use a louder sound for the gun shots...there are senior citizens out there wearing hearing aids, and even I, in the front row, had no idea what had happend until Bill dropped dead...possibly from fright, we weren't sure.
The only other thing I'd say would be to lose some of the accents...especially on some of the children...makes catching actual words really difficult.
But all in all, it was an enjoyable show, and I'm very glad I got to see our dear TCB in person. Although I must apologize to Tom for being rather brief when I met him after the show. The damn stutter I have to deal with...it makes me terrified of speaking to people in public situations, especially people I don't know. So I hope you took no offense...I was in fact very glad to meet you.
Okay...enough rambling out of me...I must start thinking about finals on Monday...

Thank you, DR Ann, for the spot-on review of Oliver. I agree wholeheartedly with everything you said about the show. It is indeed a community theater production, nothing more or less. I, personally, think British accents are often times the curse of community theater. Not everybody has either the ability, the training, or the desire to do an accent; and to expect young people ranging in age from 8 to 16 to master any type of dialect in 8 weeks in asking a lot. And if the dialect isn't mastered it can be deadly. I consider myself fortunate to have been trained by the great Dr. Betty Evans at Central who was a stickler for correct regional dialects, depending on what part of England or the United Kingdom your character resides. I studied with her for two years, and her training has served me well over the years, and has gotten me lots of work, as well.

I am just very glad Ann that I finally got the chance to meet you. So now that we have met, we are no longer strangers, and you can never again use the stutter excuse to get out of a conversation with me. I really appreciate you taking the time away from your studies to come see the show and to support me. Besides, we are all going together to our regional HHW gathering in Portland this spring, so we can't be strangers. Ok, I am always a little strange.

Finally, if you think the show had some weak spots tonight, I can assure you that a great deal of prayers must have been said (and answered) between last night and tonight for the show to even be at the place where you saw it tonight. That should make you glad that I didn't invite you to the preview!
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Post by: TCB on December 13, 2003, 12:01:21 AM: Quote from: Jed on December 12, 2003, 11:44:05 PM
Thanks for the Oliver review, Ann. Something she didn't mention in her review, but that I'll mention myself... apparently seeing TCB in person is like looking at a future vision of my very own self... You sure you don't have stories from your time in Ellensburg you're not telling, Tom? :D

If you think I am going to start paying child support for you now, Jed, you are sadly mistaken.