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Title: THE HOME STRETCH
Post by: bk on August 12, 2006, 12:24:09 AM
Well, you've read the notes, the notes were stretched far beyond their worth, and now it is time for you to post until the cows come home - they're in the home stretch, too.
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Post by: bk on August 12, 2006, 12:25:56 AM
And the word of the day is: MAUNDER!
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Post by: bk on August 12, 2006, 12:27:44 AM
And now - Dino at the piano.
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Post by: George on August 12, 2006, 12:41:40 AM
BK, I think that today's Unseemly Trivia Contest is easier than previous contests...I sent a guess in already!  An answer just came to me and in doing a little research, it seems to have panned out!  I just hope I'm right...unless there are possible alternate answers. ::)

;D
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Post by: George on August 12, 2006, 01:16:20 AM
Now, don't think that I'm complaining about the fact that I came up with an answer so quickly...I'm actually quite happy about that.  
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Post by: George on August 12, 2006, 01:27:19 AM
It just means that, more than likely, more people are going to also arrive at an answer, and again, more than likely, more of them will be correct, which means less of a chance for me to (potentially) win the Sparkling Prize again...assuming that I've submitted the correct answer. :)
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Post by: Tomovoz on August 12, 2006, 01:44:52 AM
TOTD:
I guess I've not really read many other than some biographies.
Some of the Dirk Bogarde books were about the movies and I do remember quite enjoying David Niven's efforts.  Peter Ustinov's books were also enjoyable.
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Post by: S. Woody White on August 12, 2006, 03:34:30 AM
And the word of the day is: MAUNDER!
The Texas Ranger decided to MAUNDER into the field UNARMED, but soon found that his boots had become MANURED.
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Post by: S. Woody White on August 12, 2006, 04:07:54 AM
Der Grampa got back safe and sound from Cub Scout Camp.  From the tales he was telling, it all really was a disorganized mess, but he did get to bond even better with grandlad William.  (Alex, being a Webalo, went to another section of camp with Magic Mommy.)

Maybe der Grampa will tell his tales here.  Maybe not.  Who can tell?
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Post by: S. Woody White on August 12, 2006, 04:09:14 AM
I don't know if I have any favorite books about Hollywood.  I'll have to think about it.
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Post by: td on August 12, 2006, 04:37:23 AM
TOD:
My Undoing: Love in the Thick of Sex, Drugs, Pornography, and Prostitution by Aiden Shaw
Wonder Bread & Ecstasy: The Life and Death of Joey Stefano by Charles Isherwood
On Sunset Boulevard: The Life and Times of Billy Wilder by Ed Sikov
Scorsese on Scorsese by David Thompson
Hitchcock/Truffaut
The Making of the Wizard of Oz by Aljean Harmetz
Memo from David O. Selznick
M-G-M's Greatest Musicals: The Arthur Freed Unit by Hugh Fordin
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Post by: Jrand73 on August 12, 2006, 05:06:05 AM
Wayne Maunder played Custer in a television series about the guy.....the next time I saw him, he was playing the sheriff in PORKY'S.
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Post by: Jrand73 on August 12, 2006, 05:06:26 AM
Today is Read O Rama day.  
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Post by: Michael on August 12, 2006, 05:53:20 AM
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Post by: Michael on August 12, 2006, 05:53:43 AM
THINK
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Post by: Michael on August 12, 2006, 05:53:55 AM
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Post by: Michael on August 12, 2006, 05:54:08 AM
ALSO
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Post by: Michael on August 12, 2006, 05:54:29 AM
GOT
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Post by: Michael on August 12, 2006, 05:54:48 AM
THE
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Post by: Michael on August 12, 2006, 05:55:32 AM
TRIVIA
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Post by: Michael on August 12, 2006, 05:55:47 AM
QUESTION
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Post by: Michael on August 12, 2006, 05:56:02 AM
!!!!!!
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Post by: td on August 12, 2006, 06:18:42 AM
DR MBarnum wrote:
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If you would like a good comedy I highly recommend HERA PHERI ( the sequel, PHIR HERA PHERI, just came out) and if you want a good drama I recommend MY BROTHER NIKHIL.  PAAP is another of my recent favorites.

Just added those to my Netflix order. . . ;D

DR MBarnum also wrote:
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..that is if you wanted any recommendations! LOL! (which I am always happy to supply!)

Happily accepting recommendations.   :)
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Post by: bk on August 12, 2006, 06:27:31 AM
I have just had several completely disturbing dreams and I cannot sleep, which is unfortunate because I didn't fall asleep until two.
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Post by: Ben on August 12, 2006, 06:38:36 AM
Come to my office and stare at a printout. That'll put you to sleep!
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Post by: Matt H. on August 12, 2006, 07:08:33 AM
Good morning!

Eureka! For the first morning in about two months, I can actually say it's COOL outside. Very cool. So cool that the A/C hasn't come on, and I've turned on the attic fan, opened the doors and windows, and cooled the house down by about five degrees since I've been up. Amazing! I just LOVE it.

Of course, it's raining, so can't do any outside activities in the cool weather, but the fresh cool air is just SO enjoyable and refreshing. How I've missed it! Fall can't get here fast enough for me.
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Post by: Matt H. on August 12, 2006, 07:12:14 AM
Several of the movie books already mentioned are favorites including the Hugh Fordin book on the Arthur Freed unit. I wish we could get comparable books on Joe Pasternack's career (at Universal with Deanna Durbin and at MGM with their various sopranos Powell and Grayson).

Let me add THE RUBY SLIPPERS OF OZ and THE WIZARD OF OZ: 50 MEMORABLE YEARS by John Fricke and others.

DAVID SELZNICK'S HOLLYWOOD by Ron Haver

ADVENTURES IN THE SCREEN TRADE by William Goldman

FINAL CUT (on the making of the all-time bomb HEAVEN'S GATE).

All of Kenneth Halliwell's books have been marvelous reads, too.
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Post by: Matt H. on August 12, 2006, 07:14:33 AM
Oops. I left out Ron Haver's marvelous book about the making and restoration of A STAR IS BORN. A terrific book.
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Post by: Matt H. on August 12, 2006, 07:16:14 AM
My NYC traveling companion Gregg is arriving in town this afternoon in order to see SHEAR MADNESS tonight. He and best friend John are going to see it. I've already seen it, but they're stopping by after the show for dessert and coffee. So that will be a nice change from the usual evening routine.
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Post by: Matt H. on August 12, 2006, 07:18:28 AM
I do plan to watch the first film in the MR. MOTO box set. I haven't seen any of the Moto films in at least 20 years. The local ABC affilliate ran the Holmes series on late night TV for years, and after getting as much play from them as they could, they switched to the Chan and Moto films which is where I first saw all of those movies. I don't think they got as high a ratings because unlike the Holmes adventures, they weren't repeated, so I only got one chance to see them.
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Post by: Matt H. on August 12, 2006, 07:19:39 AM
And tonight, I'll probably watch QUALITY STREET. I think this is the only RKO Katharine Hepburn film I've never seen, so that should be a treat.
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Post by: Matt H. on August 12, 2006, 07:20:30 AM
[move=down,scroll,6,transparent,100%]Page Two Dance!!![/move]
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Post by: elmore3003 on August 12, 2006, 07:42:04 AM
Good morning, all!  I slept quite late this morning, and I'm staying home today to work on Ms Klea Blackhurst's orchestrations.  I slept rather well, with no wakeup calls from the ghost who's wondered into my path.  I also had a lovely phone conversation with Mr Ron Raines who's playing Emil De Becque in SOUTH PACIFIC in Texas or Oklahoma at the moment.

TOD:
The Making of The Wizard of Oz by Aljean Harmetz
Memo from David O Selznick
More About All About Eve by Joseph Mankiewicz
Adventures in the Screen Trade by William Goldman
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Post by: Charles Pogue on August 12, 2006, 08:01:42 AM
TOD:

ADVENTURES IN THE SCREEN TRADE By William Goldman is the most incisive, accurate book on the business around.

CITY OF NETS by Otto Friedrich

Rudy Behlmer's MEMO & INSIDE WARNER BROS...both mostly consisting of actual production company memoes and letters...words from the actual players

David Niven's BRING ON THE EMPTY HORSES

Charlton Heston's THE ACTOR'S LIFE

Errol Flynn's MY WICKED, WICKED WAYS

Gene Fowler's bio of John Barrymore, GOODNIGHT, SWEET PRINCE

Cameron Crowe's CONVERSATIONS WITH BILLY WILDER

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Post by: bk on August 12, 2006, 08:02:40 AM
I'm so tiiiiiired.
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Post by: bk on August 12, 2006, 08:03:28 AM
The question now is should I jog before she of the Evil Eye arrives?  I don't much feel like it, frankly, and Saturdays have become jog after one o'clock days.
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Post by: bk on August 12, 2006, 08:04:12 AM
Apparently this triva contest question is a walk in the park, so everyone should take a stab.  I don't know why this one's so simple.
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Post by: bk on August 12, 2006, 08:04:28 AM
It just means that next week's going to be a corker.
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Post by: Ginny on August 12, 2006, 09:34:16 AM
Saturday greetings!  Today is a workday for me, but only half information-waitressing.  I spent the morning with a grantwriting class from a local university.

TOD -

The Best Remaining Seats:  The Golden Age of the Movie Palace, by Ben M. Hall
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Post by: DearReaderLaura on August 12, 2006, 10:17:40 AM
Good morning, fellow Dear Readers. Today I got up at 5 a.m. to go on a birdwalk. We had a nice storm last night, so today it is much cooler and humid -- a nice change. At 10:15 a.m., it is only 79F and 72% humidity. A great day to be walking about.
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Post by: Donna on August 12, 2006, 10:41:09 AM
Good Morning, All

TOPIC OF THE DAY
The books that immediately come to mind are two by David Niven -- The Moon's a Balloon and Bring on the Empty Horses. I think it's in the first one where he tells of being summoned by a famous film director to be a pallbearer at his funeral. His description of carrying the casket, along with an oddball assortment of other characters, up the hill to the gravesite is absolutely hilarious!

The latest book I've read about Hollywood is Who the Hell's in it? Conversations with Hollywood's Legendary Actors by Peter Bogdanovich. There are 26 portraits. The one with Jerry Lewis includes an absorbing description of his work with Dean Martin (a precursor to Lewis' new book, Dean and Me: A Love Story).

Other books I've read recently (not necessarily my favorites) are the biographies of Maureen O'Hara and Jane Powell. I don't think Maureen got to show the complete range of her talents but what she did, she did with gusto! Among the many reasons to read it, though, are for the revelations about John Ford. Jane's is about how a child actor learns to grow up and become her own person. I also found Cyd Charisse and Tony Martin's dual biographies, The Two of Us, an entertaining read.

Reference books on Hollywood are great to read too. Especially for the tidbits one discovers. Like in (I think) The Encyclopedia of Hollywood: Hollywood From A to Z, I found out that actor Warner Baxter suffered from terrible arthritis and submitted to a lobotomy to try to relieve it (it didn't work).

David Niven's advice to actor Robert Wagner: "Keep the circus going inside you, keep it going, don't take anything too seriously, it'll all work out in the end."
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Post by: Matt H. on August 12, 2006, 11:30:45 AM
Very much enjoyed THINK FAST, MR. MOTO this afternoon. The picture looked much sharper and clearer than any of the CHAN pictures in that last boxed set. Even though I guessed the identity of the criminal mastermind, I still found the movie quite entertaining. Looking forward to the other three films in the box.
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Post by: Matt H. on August 12, 2006, 11:32:26 AM
Put in TOM THUMB for a little bit before a series of phone calls interrupted me and made me just shut down the thome theater completely for the afternoon. The picture looked a bit grainier than I was expecting at least in the opening few scenes. Tom is just about to make his appearance, so maybe things will improve once he arrives and the Puppetoons spring into action. I'll finish it tonight before I start on QUALITY STREET.
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Post by: Matt H. on August 12, 2006, 11:33:39 AM
Even though I'm not going to the theater with my friends tonight, I am going out to dinner with them, and then they're stopping by here after the theater, so I'll find amusement here during their theatrical sojourn. Should be a fun late afternoon and evening.
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Post by: MBarnum on August 12, 2006, 11:38:15 AM
Dog Bosco and I took a nice long walk this morning, across Center Street, down NE 21st, down Chemeketa St and back through NE 18th and winding back through the old neighborhoods leading to my house.

Bosco was admired by everyone he saw including a local politician, several dogs and a few brave cats.
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Post by: MBarnum on August 12, 2006, 11:39:26 AM
Lawn is mowed and weeds are pulled, now I must hie myself to the showers and then get over to Border's to by "Let's Learn Hindi" and perhaps some greeting cards.
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Post by: Matt H. on August 12, 2006, 11:51:10 AM
Off on my afternoon adventure.

WBBL.
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Post by: elmore3003 on August 12, 2006, 11:56:34 AM
I've been thinking about death a lot lately, in case anyone's missed anything, and I've been thinking about folksongs about death.  Can any of you DRs, if you remotely like folk music, think of any songs dealing with death?

There is a method to this madness.

I'm watching MACBETH with Nicol Williamson at the moment.  His wife reminds me of one of my sisters-in-law.
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Post by: FJL on August 12, 2006, 12:10:40 PM
Larry - I can't link the list, but if you google "folk songs about death" a list will come up as one of the first entries.

And do any of the songs in Bill Finn's ELEGIES: A SONG CYCLE qualify as folk?
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Post by: S. Woody White on August 12, 2006, 12:34:51 PM
"Tom Dooley", perhaps?  You know, the Kingston Trio's hit about the guy who is hung?
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Post by: Ginny on August 12, 2006, 12:43:32 PM
DR Elmore:

"And When  I Die," by Laura Nyro, recorded by Blood, Sweat, & Tears
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Post by: bk on August 12, 2006, 12:43:33 PM
Back from my travels.  Paid a visit to the relocated Iliad Bookshop - very nice new location, not too far from their previous home.  Things are easier to find, and their prices seem to have really come down a lot.
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Post by: Ben on August 12, 2006, 01:25:09 PM
This was the list I got when I googled "folk songs about death"

Joe Crookston  - Fall Down as the Rain
Joe Crookston   - The Good Stuff

"Old Man" by Randy Newman
on his album "Sail Away"

John Prine\ Please Don't Bury Me\ Great Days\ Rhino
Iris DeMent\ Let the Mystery Be
Zoe Speaks\ I Believe\ Birds Fly South\ Redbird
Zoe Speaks\ Just a Rose Will Do\ Birds Fly South\ Redbird
Lou and Peter Berryman\ After Life Goes By\ The Pink One\ Cornbelt
Old Dogs - Still Gonna Die
O Death - Ralph Stanley - O Brother Soundtrack
Bukka White - Fixin' To Die Blues
Robert Johnson - Hellhound on my Trail
Donna the Buffalo: Riddle of the Universe
Ani Difranco & Utah Phillips\ Pie in the Sky\ Fellow Workers\ Righteous Babe
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Post by: MusicGuy on August 12, 2006, 01:48:36 PM
I've been thinking about death a lot lately, in case anyone's missed anything, and I've been thinking about folksongs about death.  Can any of you DRs, if you remotely like folk music, think of any songs dealing with death?

There is a method to this madness.


DR Elmore -- Once, when I was performing "Danny Boy" in the British Isles, I was told that the lyric version (as opposed to Londonderry Air) was supposed to be sung from the point of view of a father who was at the graveside of his son, who had been killed in fighting.  It certainly gives a whole different slant to the lyrics and the interpretation.

But what the hell do I know!  
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Post by: MusicGuy on August 12, 2006, 02:01:53 PM
Saturday greetings!  Today is a workday for me, but only half information-waitressing.

TOD -

The Best Remaining Seats:  The Golden Age of the Movie Palace, by Ben M. Hall

DR Ginny -- I love that someone (besides myself) remembers this book by Ben Hall.  Ben was a staff writer at Time, and had a great love of the ornate 20s & 30s movie palaces that were built.  Ben also became a good friend and an early supporter and booster of mine, and he even wrote the jacket notes to my second LP recording that I made.  He had a great townhouse on Christopher Street in the Village, and even had a small Wurlitzer pipe organ in his townhouse!  He was a most interesting and delightful person......unfortunately, he met an early and unpleasant death.
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Post by: JMK on August 12, 2006, 02:01:58 PM
I've been thinking about death a lot lately, in case anyone's missed anything, and I've been thinking about folksongs about death.  Can any of you DRs, if you remotely like folk music, think of any songs dealing with death?

There is a method to this madness.

I'm watching MACBETH with Nicol Williamson at the moment.  His wife reminds me of one of my sisters-in-law.

"Barbara Allen" springs immediately to mind.
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Post by: PennyO on August 12, 2006, 02:06:21 PM
Elmore - Barbara Allen is the sweetest saddest song. Lots of versions that date back probably 300 or more years.

TOD - YES! William Goldman - ADVENTURES IN THE SCREEN TRADE
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Post by: JMK on August 12, 2006, 02:07:43 PM
JR beat me to the Wayne Maunder punch.   ;D

A couple of DVDs we watched/have been watching that are actually worth seeing that I forgot to mention yesterday:  Munchhausen, the 1943 German spectacular.  Incredible to think they did this thing in the depths of WWII, but it is in many ways superior to Terry Gilliam's version from decades later.  Also, Fritz Lang's Die Nibelungen, which is fun to watch and compare to Wagner.

Got an interesting little bonus in a DVD order today--two DVDs I didn't order!  They're not on the invoice, either.  Don't know what happened, but I'm keeping my mouth shut.  :-X

BK, I, too, had a most disturbing dream early this morning (I never sleep soundly after about 6, I just doze in and out and usually have really weird dreams).   In this dream, Betsy and I were visiting the run-down Kentucky shack of (I kid you not) Britney Spears.  I don't know if Britney even has a run-down shack in Kentucky, but in my dream, she did and we were there.  I was watching the machinations of her mother, who was total white-trash and her father, who was having some kind of conference about her career.  Truly strange.

Finally, add me to those who believe they got the trivia question right away.  Although the last 3 or 4 just occurred to me, which is always the case--I either know (or at least have a good idea), or have absolutely no clue or any idea of how to find out.
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Post by: JMK on August 12, 2006, 02:16:01 PM
For those who found the "Official HHW Trivia Question" today easy, here's one of my own that I posted here a long time ago that I don't believe anyone ever solved.  If you can answer all the questions, email me jeffrey_kauffman@msn.com and maybe I'll have a sparkling prize of my own to send you.  :)

In a celebrated theatrical season this play was expected to be a major hit, yet it lasted barely a few weeks on Broadway.  The cast reunited several stars, featured players and production crew from one of the biggest hits on Broadway from a season previous to this play.  Its director, still young, would soon achieve legend status.  The play's author would become famous in a field completely unrelated to show business.  While touring pre-Broadway, this play had an alternate title and an extremely unusual billing situation.

Though the play was not successful on Broadway, it was filmed a few years later in a highly regarded production.  This production used none of the Broadway cast, but featured several stellar and well-known performers.  One of these stars was quite famous in their day but is now known chiefly for their relatives. Another star, if remembered today at all, is remembered chiefly for being married to a stage and screen legend.  Another performer, just starting out, would one day be a costar in one of the best-remembered and most unique television series of all time.  And a bit player would go on to amass a highly respectable resume, despite having the same name of one of the best known movie stars of all time.

Name the play
Name at least 2 cast members from the previous hit and previous hit
Name the director
Name the author and the non-show business field they were famous for
Name the pre-Broadway title and unusual billing situation
Name the film star famous for their relatives and at least 2 of the relatives
Name the star married to a stage and screen legend, and the legend
Name the performer and the tv series they went on to star in
Name the bit player with the shared name

There, that should keep y'all busy for a while.
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Post by: Charles Pogue on August 12, 2006, 02:19:45 PM
Barbara Allen also occurred to me.  Ben mentioned Zoe Speaks who are a great husband/wife folk duo (their name comes from daughter Zoe) who are local here in Central Kentucky.  We've become big fans.
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Post by: TCB on August 12, 2006, 02:27:27 PM
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Post by: JMK on August 12, 2006, 02:27:44 PM
DR Pogue, did you ever read Otto Friedrich's earlier book, Decline and Fall, about the demise of the Saturday Evening Post?  It's a fascinating book and was one of my favorites from my childhood (weird, I know).  I have a collection of SEP's dating back to the 19th century and actually wrote a musical about the magazine when I was a kid.  Oy.
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Post by: JMK on August 12, 2006, 02:28:40 PM
It was called "Saturday's Child," not to be confused with "Saturday's Warrior," the "Mormon Musical."  ;)
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Post by: TCB on August 12, 2006, 02:38:39 PM
For those who found the "Official HHW Trivia Question" today easy, here's one of my own that I posted here a long time ago that I don't believe anyone ever solved.  If you can answer all the questions, email me jeffrey_kauffman@msn.com and maybe I'll have a sparkling prize of my own to send you.  :)

In a celebrated theatrical season this play was expected to be a major hit, yet it lasted barely a few weeks on Broadway.  The cast reunited several stars, featured players and production crew from one of the biggest hits on Broadway from a season previous to this play.  Its director, still young, would soon achieve legend status.  The play's author would become famous in a field completely unrelated to show business.  While touring pre-Broadway, this play had an alternate title and an extremely unusual billing situation.

Though the play was not successful on Broadway, it was filmed a few years later in a highly regarded production.  This production used none of the Broadway cast, but featured several stellar and well-known performers.  One of these stars was quite famous in their day but is now known chiefly for their relatives. Another star, if remembered today at all, is remembered chiefly for being married to a stage and screen legend.  Another performer, just starting out, would one day be a costar in one of the best-remembered and most unique television series of all time.  And a bit player would go on to amass a highly respectable resume, despite having the same name of one of the best known movie stars of all time.

Name the play
Name at least 2 cast members from the previous hit and previous hit
Name the director
Name the author and the non-show business field they were famous for
Name the pre-Broadway title and unusual billing situation
Name the film star famous for their relatives and at least 2 of the relatives
Name the star married to a stage and screen legend, and the legend
Name the performer and the tv series they went on to star in
Name the bit player with the shared name

There, that should keep y'all busy for a while.



A pox on you, JMK!  I can't even get the first contest solved.
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Post by: Cillaliz on August 12, 2006, 02:42:00 PM
Streets of Laredo
Cockels and Mussels - or is it Molly Malone....."In Dublin's fair city where the girls are so pretty..."
Louise - Bonnie Raitt
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Post by: MBarnum on August 12, 2006, 02:48:49 PM
Back from tripping around town...stopped at Star of India and had me some Indian buffet then went next door to Sweet and Spice where I purchased a few CDs and on DVD and chatted with the guy at the counter.

Then I went and bought some Tums.

Then to Border's...I shall soon be fluent in the Hindi language, that is after my ten 30 minute lessons on 5 CDs! Then maybe I can watch some of these Bollywood movies that don't have subtitles!
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Post by: elmore3003 on August 12, 2006, 02:49:47 PM
DR Elmore:

"And When  I Die," by Laura Nyro, recorded by Blood, Sweat, & Tears

Sorry, but that's a song by Ms Nyro, not a folk song.  I need to put a list together and see how many have Appalachian origin or variants.
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Post by: bk on August 12, 2006, 02:50:16 PM
Back from more errands.  Am really not wanting to jog but will not be happy if I don't.  It's very hot out, so I'll wait until three or three-thirty so it will hopefully cool down a bit.
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Post by: MBarnum on August 12, 2006, 02:51:12 PM
I do not normally get heartburn at all, but after one of these trips to Star of India's all you can eat luncheon buffets for only $6.95..... :o

It must be the curry....or the nice looking Hindi men who work there.....

Let's see what is that one Bollywood SONG..oh, yes...MY DIL (HEART) GOES DUMMA, DUMMA
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Post by: elmore3003 on August 12, 2006, 02:58:03 PM
I appreciate all the help.  I love both "Barbary Allen," or as she's called in several Appalachian variants "Barb'ry Allen," and "Molly Malone."  I don't know if that Irish song about a fishmonger made it to America or not.  I see a trip to the NYPL Music Collection in my near future.

I have a few Appalachian collections from the 1930s by John Jacob Niles, but part of the problem with Niles' collections, is that he often originally published songs as folk songs, like "I Wonder As I Wander," then later copyrighted them as his own composition, and I have no idea if he really wrote "Black Is The Color Of My True Love's Hair" or anything he's given credit for.  I'll go to Google.

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Post by: elmore3003 on August 12, 2006, 03:09:55 PM
Bingo!  EIGHTY APPALACHIAN FOLK SONGS, an out-of-print collection by Cecil Sharp, who left England on three trips to explore English folk song variants in the Appalachian Mountains, 1916-1918.  If you've seen the beautiful film SONGCATCHER with Aidan Quinn, Janet McTeer, and Emmy Rossum,  the English gentleman showing up at the end of the film is based on Cecil Sharp.

I'll check the NYPL on Tuesday for a copy.  The title is so familiar, I think I may have one buried in a storage carton.
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Post by: Tomovoz on August 12, 2006, 03:27:06 PM
American Favorite Ballads -Folkways Recordings - may be of help.  "Banks Of The Ohio" is listed and many other Pete Seeger arrangements/versions of traditional songs.
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Post by: Ann on August 12, 2006, 03:32:32 PM
Good afternoon all
I did a very un-me-like thing today and went to a bridal store to try on wedding dresses.  I went all by myself, but brought along my cell camera so I could snap pics to share if I wanted to.  I found the whole experience rather odd, I have to say.  Everything in that place was overpriced and much of it was somewhat silly.  A few pretty dresses, but I can get one online much cheaper.  Funny thing it is, being a bride...
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Post by: Tomovoz on August 12, 2006, 03:35:35 PM
Not that anyone would care but our last night's viewing was "The English Patient".  I found the film confusing and less than satisfying when I first viewed it a decade ago.

What a wonderful film. I'm so glad I decided to revisit it.  DP Colin enjoyed it too.  He loved "A Very Long Engagement" and sees similarities in the construction of the film narrative.
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Post by: Ann on August 12, 2006, 03:38:34 PM
I gave up long ago trying to tackle the triva questions.  My weak little brain simply cannot grasp such difficult puzzles.  
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Post by: Tomovoz on August 12, 2006, 03:39:35 PM
Hello DR Ann.  Funnier if DR Jed was shopping  instead. I am sure there is a bartered bride or perhaps a buttered bride line there somewhere but it is only breakfast time here in OZ and my mind has not gone much beyond buttered toast.
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Post by: bk on August 12, 2006, 03:42:12 PM
C'mon, for cryin' out loud, let's get some postin' goin' on.  I see lots of dear readers - so, in addition to reading, post something.

Finally jogged - very difficult but I'm glad I did it.
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Post by: Tomovoz on August 12, 2006, 03:42:29 PM
My Mother made 100s of Wedding Dresses.  He view was that "Simple" lines were always best.  The photographs viewed in a few decades after the wedding are where the "slaves to fashion" really stand out for all the wrong reasons.  Hairstyles likewise!!
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Post by: Charles Pogue on August 12, 2006, 03:42:47 PM
JMK, never read Friedrich's book on the Saturday Evening Post, but I used to read the Saturday Evening Post as a kid, plus Life and Look...alas, all gone now save for that anemic newspaper weekly supplement that masquerades as Life.   All casualties to our increasingly illiterate society.

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Post by: Tomovoz on August 12, 2006, 03:43:40 PM
And no DR TCB my mother did not make frocks for her son.
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Post by: Ann on August 12, 2006, 03:45:38 PM
I was busy trying to avoid the new trend of strapless dresses.  I cannot bear the thought of wearing something that I'll have to tug upwards all night, not to mention it's simply not flattering on girls of my shape.  Simple lines are indeed better, I think.  
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Post by: JMK on August 12, 2006, 03:51:13 PM
JMK, never read Friedrich's book on the Saturday Evening Post, but I used to read the Saturday Evening Post as a kid, plus Life and Look...alas, all gone now save for that anemic newspaper weekly supplement that masquerades as Life.   All casualties to our increasingly illiterate society.



Actually (and quite sadly), the SEP was bought several years ago by a fundamentalist husband and wife (surname SerVaas, IIRC), who turned it into a bi-monthly nostalgia rag with lots of medical columns for seniors (the wife has some sort of medical degree, again IIRC).
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Post by: Ginny on August 12, 2006, 03:53:28 PM
Bingo!  EIGHTY APPALACHIAN FOLK SONGS, an out-of-print collection by Cecil Sharp, who left England on three trips to explore English folk song variants in the Appalachian Mountains, 1916-1918.  If you've seen the beautiful film SONGCATCHER with Aidan Quinn, Janet McTeer, and Emmy Rossum,  the English gentleman showing up at the end of the film is based on Cecil Sharp.

I'll check the NYPL on Tuesday for a copy.  The title is so familiar, I think I may have one buried in a storage carton.

Oh, THAT kind of folk song.  I saw Songcatcher on HBO in a hotel room one time when traveling on business.  Now that you mention it, I think DH Richard would like it, what with his interest in shape-note singing and all.  We'll get it from Netflix.
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Post by: JMK on August 12, 2006, 04:06:43 PM
DR FJL has solved all but two elements of my trivia question.

[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]W [/move] [move=up,scroll,6,transparent,100%]O [/move]   [move=right,scroll,6,transparent,100%]W!!!![/move]
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Post by: Ginny on August 12, 2006, 04:09:30 PM
DR Ginny -- I love that someone (besides myself) remembers this book by Ben Hall.  Ben was a staff writer at Time, and had a great love of the ornate 20s & 30s movie palaces that were built.  Ben also became a good friend and an early supporter and booster of mine, and he even wrote the jacket notes to my second LP recording that I made.  He had a great townhouse on Christopher Street in the Village, and even had a small Wurlitzer pipe organ in his townhouse!  He was a most interesting and delightful person......unfortunately, he met an early and unpleasant death.

DR MusicGuy - I first used the book for a senior American culture paper I wrote in college.  Eventually, I came to own a copy.  Did I buy it myself or did someone like DR Elmore give it to me?  Can't remember, but I was just leafing through it and came across a reference that would have had no meaning to me until just a few years ago.  That was to the organ in the Great Auditorium in Ocean Grove, NJ.  In 1999, we spent a delightful week at a bed & breakfast in OG,NJ, and enjoyed recitals and worship services in the Auditorium.

Sorry to hear of Mr. Hall's fate.
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Post by: FJL on August 12, 2006, 04:25:05 PM
The Internet explorer on my computer is acting up again, so i can only post from Skip's Safari on his computer.  I know Internet explorer is no longer supported on Mac, but I haven't had problems for months until yesterday.
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Post by: bk on August 12, 2006, 04:40:36 PM
Skip is on safari?  I hope he wore some cool clothing, like Jon Hall.
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Post by: FJL on August 12, 2006, 05:00:07 PM
Which reminds me, regarding a recent TOD, i think I failed to mention the Kilimanjaro safari at Disney's Animal kingdom as a favorite amusement park ride.  :)
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Post by: FJL on August 12, 2006, 05:04:07 PM
JMK - I have all this useless information floating around in my brain, that helps a lot. :)  Still totally stumped on that last aspect, though.
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Post by: FJL on August 12, 2006, 05:05:59 PM
I hear there's a production of AIN'T MISBEHAVIN opening at the Two river Theater in New Jersey soon, direcetd by one of our neighbors, so it's time to say, if I can time this right...
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Post by: FJL on August 12, 2006, 05:06:19 PM
And one for Waller!
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Post by: Jennifer on August 12, 2006, 05:08:46 PM
I had a semi-disaster last night.  My 11 month old niece threw up all over her playpen. So i brought my steamfast steamer over to clean it. Only thing is it would not work. It got hot. THe light went on (and then off when it was heated). But when i pushed the button nothing happened.

This was quite a mess since we had a messy playpen and all her toys to steam.

When i got home i tried their remedy. They said if steam would not come out then it could be mineral build-up. I used the vinegar and water solution. But nothing.

Very upsetting. It seems like the unit gets hot but the button will not work. I've had it for 11 months and use it a lot. Of course their customer support line is only open monday to friday.

Does anybody have any idea what it could be?
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Post by: td on August 12, 2006, 05:23:20 PM
Skip is on safari?  I hope he wore some cool clothing, like Jon Hall.
Maybe he'll dress like Cornell Wilde.   :o
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Post by: bk on August 12, 2006, 06:00:48 PM
Speaking of Cornell Wilde, I shall now be on my way to sup with the Jones family.
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Post by: elmore3003 on August 12, 2006, 06:43:28 PM
After MACBETH, whch seemed tame after Polanski's gory treatment, I watched a wonderful lesbian-themed romantic comedy IMAGINE ME & YOU.  I can't remember how I missed it in the theatre, but I had wanted to see it s lot.  I wasn't disappointed; I liked it very much.

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Post by: François de Paris on August 12, 2006, 07:51:12 PM

Some of the books about the movie industry I remember enjoying over the years have been, if memory serves me right:

Hollywood Sur Le Nil By Noël Howard....
http://priceminister.speedera.net/img.priceminister.com/cover/79658830

Hollywood by Garson Kanin

Hollywood Village by veteran French director Robert Florey (A terrific publication!)
http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/2857042116.08.MZZZZZZZ.jpg

La Vie Quotidienne à Hollywood by Charles Ford
(FORD (Charles) - La vie quotidienne à Hollywood, 1915 - 1935.
Avec une postface sur Hollywood en guerre. Hachette, 1972, 234pp, biblio, index.)

and the little paperback series I used to find in the seventies called

Whatever Happened To?
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Post by: Cillaliz on August 12, 2006, 07:56:52 PM
Hi! My nephew Jon has been reading the discussion, enjoys it and is planning to join. He's had a little trouble registering, so I emailed BK about it, but as soon as he's on, I hope everyone will welcome him.
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Post by: Tomovoz on August 12, 2006, 08:02:09 PM
The day here is warm enough for us to go into the garden and have a barbecue lunch.  Spring must be really on its way. For some reason the dogs become excited when barbecue is mentioned.

I'm sure it is exciting to know that is lunchtime in the land of OZ.
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Post by: Cillaliz on August 12, 2006, 08:03:37 PM
I went to the movie World Trade Center tonight.  I couldn't believe someone took an infant and a toddler and the theater let them.   Of course the baby started crying and the toddler started fussing and even though several of us were saying "TAKE THE BABY OUT OF HERE" they didn't do anything for the longest time - finally right when someone notified an employee the guy took the kids out.    Then someone in front of me got a cell phone call - the phone didn't ring, but she talked for a good 5 minutes in a very loud whisper.

No wonder I like early matinees rather than evening movies.
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Post by: Cillaliz on August 12, 2006, 08:05:00 PM
The day here is warm enough for us to go into the garden and have a barbecue lunch.  Spring must be really on its way. For some reason the dogs become excited when barbecue is mentioned.

I'm sure it is exciting to know that is lunchtime in the land of OZ.

I think it's fun to know.
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Post by: Cillaliz on August 12, 2006, 08:16:06 PM
Oh I had a pleasant surprise today....seems I lost 5 pounds this week and I didn't even know it until I stepped on the scale.  I have been busy and have had little or nothing for lunch and have cut out the morning mochas...maybe that's been enough
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Post by: Cillaliz on August 12, 2006, 08:17:00 PM
Good heavens that was only post 100!!!! Come on FJL we need a frenzy of major proportions!
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Post by: Cillaliz on August 12, 2006, 08:17:46 PM
Tomovoz surely you can contribute to a frenzy
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Post by: Cillaliz on August 12, 2006, 08:18:48 PM
Cool, no severe storms tonight....they're going to the north this time. That's fine with me.  We could still use a little rain.

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Post by: Cillaliz on August 12, 2006, 08:20:21 PM
Oh great, severe storms tomorrow afternoon and flooding rains tomorrow night.....so if I'm e and t, I probably have the computer unplugged.
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Post by: Ann on August 12, 2006, 08:21:24 PM
a slow news day here at HHW...
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Post by: Ann on August 12, 2006, 08:22:44 PM
perhaps I'll post some pics, to get the numbers up
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Post by: François de Paris on August 12, 2006, 08:23:09 PM
Oh I had a pleasant surprise today....seems I lost 5 pounds this week and I didn't even know it until I stepped on the scale.

You should check with Lost & Found!! :o 8) ;)
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Post by: Ann on August 12, 2006, 08:23:35 PM
pic 1.  I call it "the headless bride"

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Post by: François de Paris on August 12, 2006, 08:24:29 PM
perhaps I'll post some pics, to get the numbers up


... and to entertain kimlets and hainsies!
What are numbers after all?!
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Post by: François de Paris on August 12, 2006, 08:25:12 PM
"the headless bride"



Sounds redundant to me!! :D
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Post by: Ann on August 12, 2006, 08:25:19 PM
having trouble posting the pic...give me a sec...
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Post by: Cillaliz on August 12, 2006, 08:26:46 PM
You should check with Lost & Found!! :o 8) ;)

Oh no Francois, I'd rather let someone else find them
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Post by: Cillaliz on August 12, 2006, 08:27:39 PM
... and to entertain kimlets and hainsies!
What are numbers after all?!
1, 2, 3 ,4, 5.....   We call those numbers
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Post by: Cillaliz on August 12, 2006, 08:28:06 PM
Hi Ann, can't wait to see the photos
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Post by: elmore3003 on August 12, 2006, 08:28:14 PM
I have nothing to report but I'm doing my bit.

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Post by: Ann on August 12, 2006, 08:28:22 PM
hmm...I used to know how to post pics...maybe I've forgotten in my old age
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Post by: elmore3003 on August 12, 2006, 08:28:27 PM
There.
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Post by: Ann on August 12, 2006, 08:35:59 PM
maybe another one...
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Post by: Ann on August 12, 2006, 08:36:12 PM
ah ha, that worked!
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Post by: FJL on August 12, 2006, 08:36:18 PM
Elmore is very close to post #6000.
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Post by: FJL on August 12, 2006, 08:36:56 PM
Have we avoided an all-time low?
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Post by: Ann on August 12, 2006, 08:37:32 PM
and trying the headless dress once more...
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Post by: Ann on August 12, 2006, 08:37:46 PM
yay, both pics are working!
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Post by: FJL on August 12, 2006, 08:37:59 PM
Congrats on your weight loss, Cilla.
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Post by: Ann on August 12, 2006, 08:38:04 PM
I'm the body in the front, not the one in the background :)
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Post by: FJL on August 12, 2006, 08:40:40 PM
BRIDAL WAVE - that should be the title of something
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Post by: FJL on August 12, 2006, 08:41:02 PM
BRIDAL OF SHOW, maybe?
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Post by: Tomovoz on August 12, 2006, 08:41:14 PM
Tomovoz surely you can contribute to a frenzy
Sorry.  I've been eating my lunch.
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Post by: FJL on August 12, 2006, 08:41:25 PM
That's a lame play on TITLE OF SHOW, by the way.
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Post by: FJL on August 12, 2006, 08:42:38 PM
LUNCHEON IN OZ - the lost L. Frankfurter Baum novel
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Post by: elmore3003 on August 12, 2006, 08:44:20 PM
MAD TV is really good tonight!  I loved the parodies of DEADWOOD and the dead-on GREY'S ANATOMY.  Jordan  Peele's driving lesson also tickled my fancy.
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Post by: elmore3003 on August 12, 2006, 08:44:43 PM
DR Ann, nice dresses.  Did you have a preference?
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Post by: Tomovoz on August 12, 2006, 08:45:24 PM
We have a bridle path that goes across the front of our property. (how rural).

I've not seen a bride on the path though.
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Post by: FJL on August 12, 2006, 08:45:28 PM
Theme song from LUNCHEON IN OZ:

Oz never did give luncheon to the thin man
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Post by: elmore3003 on August 12, 2006, 08:45:40 PM
Well, I'm not reaching 6000 posts tonight.  I have a noisy ghost to tend with.
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Post by: Cillaliz on August 12, 2006, 08:46:04 PM
Nice Dresses Ann
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Post by: Tomovoz on August 12, 2006, 08:46:51 PM
When we were young my mother often answered our "what is it" questions with  "It's a WigWam for a goose's bridle".
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Post by: Ann on August 12, 2006, 08:47:08 PM
I liked them both, but I think I'll end up with another one I can only order online.  I wanted to try on these to get an idea of what size I am.  Wedding gown sizes are oddly different from normal sizes for whatever reason.  You men are lucky...when you use inches in the size, you don't have to worry about that!

Cilla, congrats on the weight loss. I was bad this week and indulged in the dark chocolate brownies that DB Jed made.  I must be extra good this week to make up for it!
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Post by: Cillaliz on August 12, 2006, 08:47:15 PM
Congrats on your weight loss, Cilla.

Thanks FJL - it was sort of accidental, just being busy, so I hope I can keep losing
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Post by: Tomovoz on August 12, 2006, 08:48:37 PM
Nothing that the thin man did not already have.

I was discussing those lyrics yesterday
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Post by: FJL on August 12, 2006, 08:49:40 PM
BTW, has anyone tried the new coffee Coca Cola.  I tried it and was jittery for hours.
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Post by: François de Paris on August 12, 2006, 08:49:46 PM
LUNCHEON IN OZ - the lost L. Frankfurter Baum novel

Yeah, but Tom's gain!

Cilla loses... Tom gains! Ain't the World Wonderful, Satchmo?!
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Post by: Tomovoz on August 12, 2006, 08:49:56 PM
I don't remember ever being a thin man!
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Post by: DearReaderLaura on August 12, 2006, 08:51:06 PM
Do we get to see the online dress, Ann?
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Post by: Tomovoz on August 12, 2006, 08:51:25 PM
Or being out in the desert on a horse with no name.

Perhaps after too many desserts , a hearse with no name.
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Post by: DearReaderLaura on August 12, 2006, 08:51:59 PM
I think I found DR Cillaliz's five pounds.
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Post by: FJL on August 12, 2006, 08:52:39 PM
"The Thin Man" has those lyrics about "Now he's gettin' round round round round round Feel the shifting ground round round round round."  Am I right?
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Post by: François de Paris on August 12, 2006, 08:52:41 PM
BTW, has anyone tried the new coffee Coca Cola.  I tried it and was jittery for hours.

I'm No Fool, No Siree! (Jiminy Cricket!)
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Post by: François de Paris on August 12, 2006, 08:53:22 PM
BTW, has anyone tried the new coffee Coca Cola.  I tried it and was jittery for hours.

Jitter Bug, you! ;)
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Post by: FJL on August 12, 2006, 08:53:32 PM
Maybe a horse with no mane?
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Post by: François de Paris on August 12, 2006, 08:54:00 PM
I think I found DR Cillaliz's five pounds.

Email them back (or front!) to her, please! :o
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Post by: Tomovoz on August 12, 2006, 08:54:54 PM
I must be about due to watch "Lawrence of Arabia" again. In the past few weeks we have watched "Caravans", "The Passenger" and "The English Patient". My just deserts.

I doubt that I shall watch "Ishtar".
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Post by: FJL on August 12, 2006, 08:55:06 PM
What's that old joke?

"Why, Charles, I've lost ten pounds."

"Look behind you, Madam, you'll find them."
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Post by: François de Paris on August 12, 2006, 08:55:41 PM
Maybe a horse with no mane?

His name was Yul!
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Post by: FJL on August 12, 2006, 08:56:07 PM
I've been through the dessert on a horse with lo mein?
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Post by: FJL on August 12, 2006, 08:57:27 PM
If Larry's not getting to 6000 tonight, I should at least get to 2900.
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Post by: FJL on August 12, 2006, 08:58:20 PM
Only 8 posts away.
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Post by: Tomovoz on August 12, 2006, 08:59:14 PM
A "Rug" made from wool for the Horse:  Manely Ewe.
Ok Abner?
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Post by: FJL on August 12, 2006, 08:59:19 PM
Maybe dessert with a course of lo mein?
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Post by: FJL on August 12, 2006, 09:00:18 PM
I will serve a course that's fillin'
Mainly ewe
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Post by: FJL on August 12, 2006, 09:01:03 PM
Only five posts away
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Post by: FJL on August 12, 2006, 09:01:14 PM
Might as well get there
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Post by: Tomovoz on August 12, 2006, 09:02:03 PM
I think the Pointer Sisters had a song about "Slow Main".
I want a lover with a slow main.
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Post by: FJL on August 12, 2006, 09:03:58 PM
There's also the song "Sweet Lo mein"
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Post by: FJL on August 12, 2006, 09:04:29 PM
And Willy Lo Mein
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Post by: FJL on August 12, 2006, 09:05:10 PM
Lo mein on the totem pole
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Post by: FJL on August 12, 2006, 09:06:50 PM
The shrink on the Sopranos Lo Mein Bracco

If she married Tommy Lee, she'd be Lo Mein Broccoli
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Post by: FJL on August 12, 2006, 09:07:26 PM
Careful the things I post
People are leaving
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Post by: FJL on August 12, 2006, 09:10:11 PM
Are we safely above the all-time low (main)?
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Post by: Tomovoz on August 12, 2006, 09:10:33 PM
2900 - a significant number worthy of applause.
Congratulations.
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Post by: Tomovoz on August 12, 2006, 09:11:49 PM
The shrink on the Sopranos Lo Mein Bracco

If she married Tommy Lee, she'd be Lo Mein Broccoli
:D
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Post by: FJL on August 12, 2006, 09:12:55 PM
Wasn't "Sweet Lo Mein" from THE FIRST NOODLE MUSICAL?
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Post by: Tomovoz on August 12, 2006, 09:14:31 PM
Is Cubby O'Brien still doing "pit" work in New York I wonder. I think he was drumming away for "The Producers" a few years back.

Yes I have my own sort of logical connections.
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Post by: Cillaliz on August 12, 2006, 09:15:13 PM
Email them back (or front!) to her, please! :o

If you do I'll put them in my spam folder and surely they will grow even bigger
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Post by: Tomovoz on August 12, 2006, 09:16:01 PM
Wasn't "Sweet Lo Mein" from THE FIRST NOODLE MUSICAL?
I think with 6 of those puns you get egg roll.
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Post by: FJL on August 12, 2006, 09:16:23 PM
CHUBBY BROCCOLI - that's the name of the producer who always shmeared his vegetables with chocolate sauce
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Post by: Tomovoz on August 12, 2006, 09:16:49 PM
Or with six of those pins a leg role in "A Chorus Line"
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Post by: Cillaliz on August 12, 2006, 09:17:27 PM
Congrats FJL, I think we are above the all time low.  I must go to bed. I have work to do tomorrow and am looking forward to sleeping in.
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Post by: FJL on August 12, 2006, 09:18:29 PM
Brisk, lively. merry and bright
An egg roll
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Post by: FJL on August 12, 2006, 09:19:49 PM
Are we on page 7 yet?
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Post by: FJL on August 12, 2006, 09:20:48 PM
"I'm Pasta My Prime" was from THE FIRST NOODLE MUSICAL, wasn't it?
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Post by: Ann on August 12, 2006, 09:21:44 PM
Do we get to see the online dress, Ann?

Sure!  Here's the link
http://www.bridalonlinestore.com/store/H004.asp

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Post by: FJL on August 12, 2006, 09:23:04 PM
Goodnight, Cilla!
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Post by: FJL on August 12, 2006, 09:25:12 PM
Greta Carbo was in that as well, I believe.
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Post by: DearReaderLaura on August 12, 2006, 09:28:00 PM
Sure!  Here's the link
http://www.bridalonlinestore.com/store/H004.asp

It's lovely, Ann.
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Post by: MusicGuy on August 12, 2006, 09:31:09 PM

DRs -- My Lord !  It is a veritable plethora of punage and punitude around BK's living room here this evening!  I shall not be able to order Lo Mein again.

However, I could really show you "....how does the piggy eat, Randy?...." if you put a plate of Gengis Cohan Crackerjack Shrimp in front of me !
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Post by: Matt H. on August 12, 2006, 09:32:08 PM
Had a great dinner out with friends at an Italian restaurant I ahd never been to. Lots of food and fun.
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Post by: MBarnum on August 12, 2006, 09:32:15 PM
DR Ann, that on-line dress is beautiful! You will be such a gorgeous bride!
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Post by: MusicGuy on August 12, 2006, 09:36:37 PM

And even though it isn't really that late, I'm starting to feel the sand shift in my hour glass!  I think I must go fluff up the arms of Morpheus and hie myself to our sleeping chamber.

Good night Esteemed and idea-laden BK !

Good night Lucy.
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Post by: Matt H. on August 12, 2006, 09:36:51 PM
Once everyione else got carted off to the theater, I came back home and watched QUALITY STREET. I can see why Katharine Hepburn was labeled box-office poison on the basis of THAT picture (not BRINGING UP BABY OR HOLIDAY which she made the next year).

What a genteel slight comedy of manners set in 1805 London (written by James Barrie) where Hepburn plays a 30 year old spinster (!)  and masquerades as her decade younger cousin who captures the fancy of all the eligible young bachelors.

In its favor was a running time of 84 minutes. However, when you're finding irritation rather than enjoyment in what was happening, even 84 minutes seems like an eternity. I did like Franchot Tone in this, but I saw no difference in Hepburn playing 30 and Hepburn playing 20. Seemed like the exact same person in manner, voice, everything. Yet everyone else seemed totally fooled by her deception.
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Post by: George on August 12, 2006, 09:37:19 PM
BTW, has anyone tried the new coffee Coca Cola.  I tried it and was jittery for hours.

This sounds disgusting! :P
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Post by: FJL on August 12, 2006, 09:37:34 PM
Wow, Ann, that IS a beautiful dress, too.  I'm torn, but you'll look great in any of the dresses.
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Post by: George on August 12, 2006, 09:38:18 PM
Sure!  Here's the link
http://www.bridalonlinestore.com/store/H004.asp

Wow!  You picked a great dress! ;D
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Post by: Matt H. on August 12, 2006, 09:40:02 PM
Next, I had recorded a thirty minute tribute to Alfred Hitchcock off the Encores Mystery Channel called HITCHCOCKED! It was a bunch of current directors singing his praises and mentioning specific things about the films that they liked illustrated with many film clips. However, the comments didn't touch on any of the Warner-controlled films and though NORTH BY NORTHWEST was mentioned a time or two, obviously no clips from it were used. I guess Encores has rights only to those films controlled by Universal.
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Post by: Tomovoz on August 12, 2006, 09:40:22 PM
Elegant indeed DR Ann.
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Post by: Matt H. on August 12, 2006, 09:41:09 PM
Next I continued with TOM THUMB which I had started today. Only got about halfway through before my company arrived.
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Post by: Matt H. on August 12, 2006, 09:42:12 PM
As we had dessert, cordials, and coffee, we put in THE SPY WHO LOVED ME and watched highlights from it. Didn't watch the whole thing, but ended up watching about an hour or so from it.
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Post by: Tomovoz on August 12, 2006, 09:43:09 PM
 I'm torn,
not sure about Fred Torn but

for an actor Skip Torn could work.
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Post by: Matt H. on August 12, 2006, 09:43:18 PM
And now it's way past my bedtime, so I'm heading that way. It is 66 degrees outside now; I should sleep very well without the need for central A/C or the ceiling fan tonight.

Good night!
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Post by: George on August 12, 2006, 09:54:15 PM
Good night, Matt. :)
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Post by: TCB on August 12, 2006, 09:57:13 PM
Sure!  Here's the link
http://www.bridalonlinestore.com/store/H004.asp




That is beautiful, Ann.
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Post by: George on August 12, 2006, 09:58:42 PM
This afternoon, I watched three taped episodes of "Kyle XY."  I still have one more episode, then I'm all caught up.  THEN, I have four episodes of "Psych" to (eventually) watch.  That's a lot of TV watching when I'm supposed to be packing boxes. ::)
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Post by: George on August 12, 2006, 09:59:01 PM
I'll do some more packing after this last episode of "Kyle XY."  I got probably a dozen boxes packed and moved into the storage unit earlier today.  In one of my extra bedrooms, I just have enough stuff to put into one box and then it's totally emptied.  The other extra bedroom has all of my sheet music/vocal selections/vocal scores and just several boxes of books and videos.  
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Post by: George on August 12, 2006, 09:59:18 PM
My sister said that I could leave my records until I actually move.  That's good.  I don't want to put those in storage.  Even though that's probably not the best condition for my videos and soon to be packed DVDs, I shouldn't need to keep them there for very long...just a couple of months, or so.  Also, the unit that I have is on the north side of the building, so it doesn't get any direct sunlight.  That'll keep it from getting too hot.
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Post by: George on August 12, 2006, 09:59:36 PM
And now, "Kyle XY."

:)
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Post by: PennyO on August 12, 2006, 10:49:17 PM
Ann - what a beautiful dress! i also like the 2nd one you posted, the Headless Bride Pic - you look wonderful in it. The slightly off-the-shoulder "boat neck" in the online bridal store picture will be spectacular on you, I think - you got great shoulders, kiddo!

Well, i went down to Redmond late this afternoon, to the Hellenic Festival at marymoor park - heard some friends' bands and danced a few coceks (pronounced cho-check) and sirtos, some other balkan stuff. It's the coceks that take it outa me these days!

Now I'm waiting for the raccoons. I got them more cat food. And for dessert, RAISINS! come and get it, boys!
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Post by: PennyO on August 12, 2006, 10:49:53 PM
Well, I see I'm alone here... good night, Little Pen!
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Post by: bk on August 12, 2006, 11:09:33 PM
Back from a lovelier than lovely evening with some of my dearest friends.  More in a bit.
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Post by: George on August 12, 2006, 11:19:48 PM
I didn't watch the last episode of "Kyle XY" that I have to watch.  I got distracted with the Game Boy game, "Wario Land."  It, like any computer/video game, can be fun and very frustrating, at the same time. ;)
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Post by: George on August 12, 2006, 11:20:26 PM
PAGE EIGHT DANCE!!
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Post by: George on August 12, 2006, 11:22:02 PM
NOW, I'm going to watch "Kyle XY."

:)
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Post by: bk on August 12, 2006, 11:53:58 PM
Notes are ready and will be up on time.