Haines His Way
Archives => Archive 1 => Topic started by: bk on December 18, 2003, 12:23:11 AM
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Well, you've read the notes, therefore you know the drill. You know the drill, therefore you know the routine.
To it, I say.
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I assume casting Mame with Lucille Ball would also be considered off-limits. Or at least off key.
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Mame: TCB
Gooch: George
Vera: MusicGuy
Beau: MBarnum
Young Patrick: Gabriel K.
Pegeen: Ann
Gloria: Kerry
Sally Cato: Jane.
Patrick: JMK
Ito: Jed
Of course it may work!
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Mame Dennis: Janet Reno
Vera Charles: Barbara Walters
Beauregard Burnside: Bill O'Reilly
Young Patrick: Geraldo Rivera
Older Patrick: Andy Rooney
Agnes Gooch: Condoleezza Rice
Gloria Upson: Ann Coulter
Mr. Babcock: Hugh Downs
and as Mother Burnside: Ann Miller.
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I'd like to cast Gary Coleman as Young Patrick, but that would require the addition of the line, "Whatchoo talkin' 'bout, Mame?" at some point in the script. Is that allowed?
I can't decide whether Harvey Fierstein & Leonard Nimoy should play the roles of Mame & Vera, or vice versa -- I see today's topic is going to require some more thought . . .
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Oh dear....I was NOT nott again! Oh well, TOMOVOZ obviously doesn't know talent.... ;D
Our young DR's are passing their tests and celebrating....DRPanni has a shining dog and lovely highlighted hair....Mr BK has three French hens....it must be almost Christmas!!! ;D
Oh - I was just thinking of Mame yesterday, because I picked up a used copy on VHS in W I D E S C R E E N of Auntie Mame with RR! I immediately forwarded to ONE of my favorite parts...Miss Joanna Barnes telling the ping pong ball story!!!! LOL. :D
And Bad Casting for the musical would include:
Mame: Mamie Van Doren
Beauregard: Cliff Robertson
Vera: Fran Drescher
Gooch: June Wilkinson (with apologies to her, because SHE is one of my favorites, but I am sure to make her look plain, what we would do in this production is make her wear glasses)
Patrick: Gary Coleman and then Todd Bridges
Gloria: James Van Der Beek
Pegeen: Sean William Scott
LOL DR Sigerson Holmes we had the same thought at exactly the same time. Spooky isn't it? :o
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Well, here we are in London. The computer set-up isn't the greatest but I wanted to post to say hello at least.
Anthony has been hit by some jet lag otherwise, things are great. The weather is wonderful and we are raring to go. We leave for Nottingham tomorrow to see friends for the weekend then back to London.
Tomovoz, thanks for the note.
Bye for now.
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Excellent interview with Stephanie J. Block, BK. I had the pleasure of seeing her in Boy from Oz. When Isabel Keating made her entrance, the audience let out a collective gasp: it was as if we were seeing Judy Garland live at the Imperial. But Stephanie J. Block captured a Liza who, as SJB said in the interview, was not an icon at the time. It was fascinating to see her character develop along with her relationship and her career, and her final scene with Hugh Jackman/Peter Allen was moving. She has a great voice, and gave an honest performance.
I'll give today's casting call some more thought, but how does one improve on TomovOz's list?
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Ben and Anthony,
Hope you're having a terrific trip.
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Iwonder. . .
Where the three French hens singing the Jack Nicholson arrangement of "La Vie en Rose?" It's used over the end credits of his new movie, so I've heard. I've also heard that people (namely critics) are surprised that Jack is singing! Whassamattah with those critics? Don't they remember Ken Russell's TOMMY?! ?! ?! ?
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DR Ann - Didn't add my congratulations yesterday. So - Congratulations!
For all the other DR's who were suggesting Tart School - as I said yesterday, I'm done with Tart School. Have my PhD.
I'm Dr. A. (for Apple) Tart.
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Wow, everyone MUST be taking finals or be off on merry trips. Loving these Mames.
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TOM:I'd make a great Gloria Upson. Absolutley top drawer.
And I'm also wondering if casting Lucy as Mame is off limits?
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Snow here.
And Lucille Ball seemed like such a good idea.....and in the minority - the vast minority I may be - I liked her, but then I Love Lucy.
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Hey I have a Zimbabwe business partnership offer in my email, along with the fact that I have won the lottery in some country I never heard of, and ... well modesty forbids me mentioning the medical miracles I am being offered!
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Golden Globe nominations announced this morning:
http://www.hfpa.org/nominations2004.html
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Okay this is as mean as I get.
We had a huge storm on Sunday night and my neighbor was using his snow tractor at midnight and making huge amounts of noise. Well his tractor (which annoys me) does not lift snow, it only pushes it.
And he pushed huge amounts of snow onto the street (which he is not allowed to do). HE put it beside my driveway, leaving a huge mess.
Well we had more snow last night. And this morning the snow plow came and plowed that entire HUGE pile of snow from the street RIGHT IN FRONT OF HIS DRIVEWAY.
It made me so happy :)
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I have had 3 (three) cups of black coffee and yet I can still not wake up this morning! Work is a bore and the sun is actually shining! I would rather be someplace other then my cubicle.
Someone snap me out of this!
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TCB, did you ever write to Ms. Provine and profess your love?
DR Jason and DR JRand53 will have packages soon on the way to them, I can just feel it!
Tomovoz will soon also have a package on it's way also, just as soon as I make my way to Best Buy to pick up some empty CD cases (I ran out last night)
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How cute is this? (http://www.click-smilies.de/sammlung0903/weihnachten/weihnachten005.gif)
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Looking forward to reading the interview. Haven't had time to get to it yet. Running behind this morning because I spent a goodly portion of it watching on one of the HBO channels the documentary PARAGRAPH 175 on the Nazi persecution of homosexuals during the Holocaust. BENT gave us a dramatic taste of the story, and this documentary fills in lots of gaps. I will be getting the DVD of this for watching again. Also, there are some additional interviews on the DVD which I want to see.
MAME is unquestionably my favorite Jerry Herman musical, so to demean it seems SO WRONG. Of course, I'll do it anyway.
Mame - Brittney Spears
Vera - Jane Withers
Beaureguard - Robert Morse
Gloria Upson - Angela Lansbury
Young Patrick - Sean Hayes
Older Patrick - Mickey Rooney
Gooch - Raquel Welch
Mr. Upson - Tom Cruise
Mrs. Upson - Gloria Stuart
Ito - Russell Crowe
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So has everyone picked up their issue of Scarlet Street with articles/reviews/interviews/photos of/ect. with or by our very own JRand53, TD, Charles Pogue, BK, and myself?? Hurry to your local Borders, Barnes and Noble, or other newstand today and buy your copy of Scarlet Street!
Plenty of Joan Crawford, Bette Davis, and lots of beefcake (as supplied by Mark Forest, Gordon Scott, and Reg Lewis, and even Brent Barrett) packed into those pages!
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SNOW SNOW SNOW.....
LOL Jennifer - what a lovely story.
MBARNUM my twofer DVD arrived today and I will watch both movies!
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Mame: Heather Locklear
Vera: Joan Collins
Gooch: Linda Evans
Beau: Ned Beatty
Watch for the upcoming NY Times interview.
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Thanks for the tip, DR MBarnum. I will head out to Borders tomorrow to pick one up.
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MBARNUM my twofer DVD arrived today and I will watch both movies!
Wow, that was fast! I want a full review from you! And that Rajesh Khanna is a hottie, by the way!
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I love the fact that bk's smiley does three "ho"'s. How creative of the people who design these smileys.
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*fanfare*
I AM DONE WITH EXAMS! Time for my End of Exams dance!
[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]*dance, dance, burn math book, twirl, dance, throw calculator out the window, dance*[/move]
These Mame nightmare casts are making me shudder and laugh at the same time!
Mame-- Brittany Murphy
Vera --Carmen Electra
Gooch--Avril Lavigne
Beauregard--Vin Diesel
Gloria Upson--Jessica Simpson
Young Patrick--Verne Troyer
Older Patrick--Tommy Lee
Mr. Upson--Pauly Shore
Mrs. Upson--Roseanne
Pegeen--Kelly Osborne
Ito--Billy Bob Thornton
I'll read the Stephanie Block interview when I have a bit more time. I'm going home and taking a looong nap to celebrate liberation.
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DR Jrand: Yep, it is a lovely story.
I think my delight could perhaps only be surpassed by seeing said neighbor's reaction when he sees it :)
Btw, where are those digital camera binoculars when you need them? :)
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I'll pass on MAME casting. Between the news of P Diddy as Walter Lee Younger in A RASIN IN THE SUN and the sould of Lucy singing on the MAME Soundtrack and Roz singing on the Gypsy Soundtrack ringing in my ears I had it with real bad casting.
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Okay this is as mean as I get.
We had a huge storm on Sunday night and my neighbor was using his snow tractor at midnight and making huge amounts of noise. Well his tractor (which annoys me) does not lift snow, it only pushes it.
And he pushed huge amounts of snow onto the street (which he is not allowed to do). HE put it beside my driveway, leaving a huge mess.
Well we had more snow last night. And this morning the snow plow came and plowed that entire HUGE pile of snow from the street RIGHT IN FRONT OF HIS DRIVEWAY.
It made me so happy :)
A perfect example of the word I suggested for Tuesday's Topic o' the Day: schadenfreude.
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We've got perusers, we've got peepers, but we don't got posters. I'm sitting in Edit Bay 2 addressing network notes and also addressing Christmas envelopes and now I'm addressing you, dear readers: NO LULLS.
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Mame - Roseanne Barr
Vera - Maggie Smith
Beaureguard - Dom DeLuise
Gloria Upson - Jennifer Lopez
Young Patrick - The kid from Bad Santa
Older Patrick - Ben Affleck
Gooch - Madonna
Mr. Upson - Steve Lawrence
Mrs. Upson - Eydie Gorme
Ito - Alec Mapa
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Emily's Executive Notes on Previewing American Movies in Canada
1) Canadians like sports (i.e. Hockey)
2) Canadians like seeing movies about sports (i.e. Hockey)
3) Canadians don't like seeing Americans winning sporting (i.e. Hockey) competitions instead of them. But they can survive if the main theme of the movie is not nationalistic pride and if the USSR and not them is the movie's "bad guy"
**4) Never ever ever show a preview for a movie about the 1980- US Olympic Hockey Team's Gold Medal win over the USSR with the final voice over "THE BEST GAME EVER. THE BEST PLAYERS EVER. THE BIGGEST DAY IN SPORTS HISTORY" to a Montreal crowd who had been waiting in the snow and sleet to see LOTR III for two hours
I expect all of you in California to head over to New Line right now and pass on these rules. I have never seen so many angry handfuls of popcorn thrown at the movie screen at once.
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Alright, as I sit here bored out of my mind writing my last paper, I want to know: who on earth is davidbodavid?
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DR Emily - Three cheers for the booing Montreal crowd. I'm very fond of Montreal audiences. I was going to write more, but am having some back pain today and sitting - even in my state-of-the-art (and who the hell is Art and why does he have a whole state and which state is it and what does that have to do with my chair?) Herman Miller office chair ("like sitting on air") is hurting. So au-revoir.
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DR Andrea has been embossed!
LOL DR EMILY - I agree I wish that sometimes movie producers could be in the audience when the previews for their efforts are shown. Some of my favorite reactions have been to "Tidal Wave", "The Car", "Mommie Dearest", and "Yentl."
The interview with Stephanie J Block is terrific. Thanks to MR BK and Ms Block for sharing with us. Yes, it's true....it's all true. Hopefully Ms Block will be on the Tony Awards show in a number from BOY FROM OZ....wouldn't that be terrific?????
GRRRRRRRRRR DRMBARNUM - Aradhana did NOT have subtitles.....but I enjoyed Kati Patang a LOT....even with the train wreck from "The Greatest Show on Earth."
Raheesh Khanna.....meow!
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DR PANNI - speaking of "sitting on air", remember the
[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]1958 Edsel[/move]
As the television commercial said:
"With it's unique air suspension, it's like riding on air -- BECAUSE YOU ARE!!!"
And so you are sitting on the Edsel of furniture....because you ARE!
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OMG! That just might be the ugliest car ever :P
[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]Good Day One And All!![/move]
I'll post my Mame casting in a bit..
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Good morning all
I am writing on my brank spanking new laptop! It's beautiful. A surprise christmas gift from my father. Soon I must dash off to my last day of work in the bookstore. Yay!
The not-so-yay part of my day is that I have to get my apartment CLEAN and pack for my trip. Blah to that, I say.
The sun is out and it's a beautiful day...a rare and appreciated treat in the Northwest at this time of year
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Here is me and my family at my recital. I finally got the CD's of it...it sounds pretty good! From left to right - My sister's boyfriend Joey, my sister, me, my mother, and my father.
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No subtitles! Doggone it! Well you can get the subtitled version of ARADHANA for about $3.99 on Nehaflix, should you decided to give it another go.
Now you must see Rajesh Khanna in ANAND...probably one of the most emotional films I have ever, ever seen! Go get it now, you will simply fall in love with him...as I have!
....and how were you able to see these movies...is someone playing hooky from work today!! You lucky!
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DR Matt,
As a followup to the "Bent" reference: Martin Sherman, its playwright, did the book for "Boy from Oz" (which, despite what the critics had to say, I found quite effective).
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If you want to know more about our latest registered user, simply go into the profile and check out his website - fun.
And so I did.
Mr. Daviddavidbobavid... you simply must post now! You sound absolutely facinating!
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A perfect example of the word I suggested for Tuesday's Topic o' the Day: schadenfreude.
Okay the only problem is I don't remember what that means. I hope it doesn't mean i'm a witch for being amused :)
(anyhow we all know that said neighbor will probably just use his tractor and put it all back!)
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I am listening to the soundtracks from the Bollywood films AN EVENING IN PARIS and LOVE IN TOKYO. My co-workers keep coming over and making fun of me.
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I am sitting in Edit Bay 2 and I need more posts to read. I'm sorry, but there you are. I need posts for my mental delectation, otherwise I shall go mad and become a drooling raving lunatic.
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Nice photo, Ann!
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Thank you, TCB :)
One last post before I head off to work, because we wouldn't want BK turning into a mad raving lunatic...it would be unseemly. There are already enough of those around here :D
Question for all the college student DR's...do you ever get the feeling that the book selling people are screwing us over?? I mean, we HAVE to buy the books...and they don't come cheap, then we sell them back, and get a tiny tiny fraction of the original price. And yes, I know about buying them at places like half.com...I do it all the time, and it's still expensive. Example - I bought an art history book for $89 dollars, used. I will sell it back for $5 because a new edition is coming out for next year and mine is useless. Arghh!! I saw a girl actually start to cry when she sold her books back yesterday...some people count on that extra money for traveling home...
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We just put up our tree. I probably won't have time to decorate it until Sat evening, so the lights will have to do for now. This is my last day before Christmas (and Hanukah, for that matter) to get everything done. Maybe I could be cloned for the day (Clone for a Day-- the 21st century version of Queen for a Day perhaps?)
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ANN, if your sister's boyfriend needs anybody to practice the finer points of kissing, etc. with, tell him to call me. I'd be happy to doante my time and energy-- sacrifice that it might be. But then, that's the kind of giving guy I am!
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Nice picture, Ann!
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DR Kerry:Love the idea of "Clone for the day". It would be useful for a few days a year. I would be able to use on Christmas day so I could be where I would like to be rather than be by obligation. Families!
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Okay the only problem is I don't remember what that means. I hope it doesn't mean i'm a witch for being amused :)
(anyhow we all know that said neighbor will probably just use his tractor and put it all back!)
It means taking pleasure from others' misfortune.
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I am shocked that our poor dear perennially cast Carol is so far missing from the revisal of Mame. Perhaps:
Mame: Carol Channing
Vera: Barbara Cook
Young Patrick: Jim Carey on his knees
Older Patrick: Jim Carey standing up
Agnes: Julie Andrews
Beauregard: Al Sharpton
Mr. Babcock: Hugh Jackman
Mr. Upson: Ben Affleck
Mrs. Upson: Ben Affleck
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Good afternoon.
-I would have said Good Morning, but my dial up connection was unusally, painfully slow this morning... So I took an e-break, and now everything seems to be up to speed - so to speak.
Boy, what a treat it was to sleep in my own bed last night! My third night this week! Alas, not consecutive, but I'll be back to consecutive nights come January after CAMELOT closes. *Although it looks like I just picked up another short gig up in DC that would take me into the New Year - It would start the Monday after Christmas, so I'd be doing double duty for the last week of CAMELOT - rehearsing during the day, and show at night. More money for New York City! -New York City?!?!?!?
Congrats to all those DRs who have finished up this portion of the academic year and/or their academic life! Nothing like that feeling when you're walking out of your last exam, and it hits you, "I'm finished!"
As for Mame casting... I've actually never really been in to Jerrry Herman musicals - except for maybe Mack & Mabel - and that's solely based on the various recordings out there. Come to think of it, I don't think I've ever seen a full Jerry Herman musical on stage nor on film - at least all the way through. -Does that mean I lose my "gay card"? In any case... ;) But I have played many of song of Mr. Herman's for various singers and students, and I do like them. However, when it comes to Mame...
I AM Ito!
-In fact, I'm about to clean up some dishes in the sink - not mine unfortunately - and start on a few batches of cookies! DR SWW - I'll race you!
Oh, and we're due for some snow tonight and tomorrow morning... I'm keeping my eyes on the forecast just in case it means that I should head back up to DC tonight instead of tomorrow afternoon.
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Yes, I think I will order the subtitled Aradhana - because it seems to be MADAME X. But it will have to be after the holiday...I just ordered the Hindi Dracula recommended by DRMBARNUM and "BONJOUR TRISTESSE" just because I remember it so fondly.
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DR Jose: "What a treat to sleep in my own bed last night". A few words spring to mind but it all has something to do with envy.
I originally cast you as "Ito" but it was supposed to be "wrong casting".
If you have to give back your card I must beware - this is a Garland CD free house.
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Question for all the college student DR's...do you ever get the feeling that the book selling people are screwing us over??
YES! Lovely pic, btw!
Jose--oh, do tell us about the new gig! Is it another show?
I like Jerry Herman, but perhaps I'm weird in that I actually prefer Mame to Hello, Dolly.
Does anyone know what's up with Miss Spectacular, btw? I saw part of Almost Famous: Vegas Showgirls on E! yesterday evening and it made me think about that.
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Quote from: Jennifer on Today at 11:29:19am
Okay the only problem is I don't remember what that means. I hope it doesn't mean i'm a witch for being amused
(anyhow we all know that said neighbor will probably just use his tractor and put it all back!)
It means taking pleasure from others' misfortune.
I don' t think that word really applies to my story. I don't think of myself as someone who takes pleasure from others' misfortune. I think that is a horrible quality. But I do believe in the saying that sometimes "what goes around, comes around".
The neighbor was completely inconsiderate to dump his snow right beside my driveway. Besides the fact that that is where all guests park their cars, he's not allowed to do it. He made a huge mess on the street. And I just had to laugh when the city's snow plows dumped it back (and he had to know they were going to do it, since he dumped the snow to the left of his house).
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Btw, DR Andrea: What is that picture you put in your picture box? It looks like you in cement?
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YES! Lovely pic, btw!
I like Jerry Herman, but perhaps I'm weird in that I actually prefer Mame to Hello, Dolly.
Yes, Maya, you are weird.... goth, but weird!
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Btw, DR Andrea: What is that picture you put in your picture box? It looks like you in cement?
That my dear, is a picture of me done in "embossed" while I was really bored. I like the look and it hides the red eye.
DR Ann, Lovely, lovely family and I'm right after DR Kerry (Sorry Jed!).
And yes, the book sellers hate us! Particularily a little bookstore near my school that shall not be named that always, always tries to leave out books. Once he actually succeeded!
DR Dan-in-Toronto: I'm sorry about your mother :(
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Bah, humbug! - and similar salutations of the season! So yesterday I got through mailing out the horde of gifts to the family back east and, once again, for the most part, it cost more to mail them than to buy them. Now I'm writing out bonus cheques for the various and sundried (or is it sun-dried?) help...jacuzzi man, gardener, postman...It's all becoming a real expensive pain-in-the-butt. The lovely wife and I finally pow-wowwed with some of the relatives a few years back and instead of going crazy buying gifts for each and every individual, we now have narrowed it down to one sort of representative gift to the family...and gifts for children and really old elders. But it's still a hassle and we're now reconsidering those annual cheques to various nieces and nephews who are now through college and making their own way in the world and starting families of their own. It must stop somewhere!
We're seriously considering telling everyone we've donated a 100 dollars in their name to our favourite charity CJATL...otherwise known as Chuck and Julieanne's Annual Trip to London.
And don't get me started on business gifts...although I've noticed that most of those various and sundried (or is it sun-dried?) handlers of mine have stopped sending out their annual loot and I'm wondering why I should reciprocate? I'll get something from my business manager I'm sure, but it does seem the treasure-trove from agents and studio nabobs has dried up lately (maybe it's only because I'm no longer the hot ticket I used to be)...though I did get a lovely, elegant silver two-faced alarm travel clock from Jeff Zucker of NBC, home of my current project. It's great...you can set it on the time where you are and the time back home.
On top of all that, I'm either getting over a cold or sinus-crap and it's a bloody bore. I used to have more time for the festive aspects of Christmas and it wasn't such a dreary drudge.
I did pick up a few items at Amoeba with which to regale the lovely wife and myself for the next few days. LORD LOVE A DUCK, which the lovely wife has never seen. MORGAN, which I have never seen. And A KID FOR TWO FARTHINGS, which neither of us have ever seen and was bought because BK's review of it the other day piqued my curiosity.
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DR Maya - I'll post my new job info once it's solidified. Me, superstitious?
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Since Ann was so sweet to share the family pic, I thought I would do likewise. This is from last night's dinner with two of my closest friends in the world and one relatively (2 years) new friend. And, no, I don't weigh 700 pounds. The two sweaters I have on inflate my girth astronomically! ;D
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Ugly car? :o
Ah DRCHARLESPOGUE..... "Morgan! A Suitable Case for Treatment"
I loved that movie a long time ago....the last time I saw it, not so much. But I am fond of it.
And Vanessa Redgrave as the illusive Leonie says something very interesting: "People always take you seriously, until they get to know you."
Be ready for a trip to Swinging London! And I think Robert Stephens is in it as well....
Damn, now I want to see it again. LOL!!!
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Another nice picture! Thanks DR MATTH! ;D
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...though I did get a lovely, elegant silver two-faced alarm travel clock from Jeff Zucker of NBC, home of my current project. It's great...you can set it on the time where you are and the time back home.
Two-faced........ NBC.............. Is there a hidden meaning in that statement???
And what is your current project with NBC, Mr. Pogue?
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May I just say that I love seeing pics of DRs! Very nice, Matt!
Jose--LOL...I understand! Actually, I think that you are in the field where it is actually in fashion to be superstitious!
Yes, Maya, you are weird.... goth, but weird!
Hahaha! TCB, what pic do I have to post to convince you that my gothy days are behind me? I don't have any of me in a pink gingham dress...you'll just have to take my word on it! :P
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May I just say that I love seeing pics of DRs! Very nice, Matt!
Jose--LOL...I understand! Actually, I think that you are in the field where it is actually in fashion to be superstitious!Hahaha! TCB, what pic do I have to post to convince you that my gothy days are behind me? I don't have any of me in a pink gingham dress...you'll just have to take my word on it! :P
How about bobby sox and saddle shoes? Actually, I was completely over the whole goth thing, until you posted that lovely picture of yourself last week. It was a beautiful picture, but again with the dark colors.... Besides, I enjoy giving you a bad time.
And speaking of bad times.... where in tarnation is Swishy???
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TCB may have one of him in a pink gingham dress though.
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I am convinced DR Maya - your lipstick is evidence enough for me.
MR BK - did you buy your lipstick sized Memory?
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LMAO, guys! And thanks for the compliment, TCB!
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I wonder if they have memory sized lipstick? Too small to find I guess. (for some of us of an advanced age anyway).
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When I get off the computer in a little while (a ONCE UPON A MATTRESS reference), I'm going to enjoy ELAINE STRITCH AT LIBERTY on DVD. Looking forward to finally seeing the show after enjoying the audio version. I bought this at the recommendation of several of the DRs here, so I'll give you my evaluation later.
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Haven't gotten over to Staples to get my very own memory stick, but will soon.
I have to go to some partay tonight - hopefully I can get out of here at six. The partay is being held at some billiard parlor on Hollywood Blvd. or Sunset Blvd. or some Blvd. It's being given by my college theater arts alumnus association, of which I'm a board member.
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MattH: If your relatively new friend is the one sitting next to you, I can see why you are smiling!
Hmm, I wonder how Ann's sister's boyfriend would feel if he knew that men on both coasts were lusting over his picture?
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No, the one beside me is Jeff, my best friend. The new friend (Jim) is the one standing behind me who hooked up with the one beside him (Hal) 2 years ago. They are a very happy and loving couple.
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I ate an El Pollo Loco (The Crazy Chicken) twice grilled burrito with a side of strange macaroni and cheese. I'm now feeling very logey, oh, yes, I'm feeling very logey. I'm supposed to go to a partay tonight - wait, didn't I already post that? Man, I'm LOGEY.
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No, the one beside me is Jeff, my best friend. The new friend (Jim) is the one standing behind me who hooked up with the one beside him (Hal) 2 years ago. They are a very happy and loving couple.
So, bottom line, MattH, the one next to you is Jeff and he is single? Right?
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Yes, DR TCB, Jeff is next to me and he is single.
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TCB, I just don't like to talk about ongoing projects until there is actually something viable happening with them. One...I do believe there is such a thing as talking something to death and not doing it. Two...I half-believe talking too much about something can jinx it. Three...as Panni and BK both can tell you, in this insane business you can write something, get handsomely paid for it, and it never sees the light of day. So rather than gab about the project and have people always asking when will it be out, when can I see it, etc. I just try to keep a low profile, do my job, collect my dough, and keep my yap shut until there is actually something to yap about.
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I'm the same way as Pogue, especially after the Meltz and Ernest and stage Nudie problems. There, I had a deal with some producers, dates were set, and it all went to hell - therefore, I ain't talkin' until the one is before the camera and the other is in rehearsal.
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My apologies, Charles, I thought this was a project that had already happened.
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Good afternoon/almost evening.
Well, I have yet to bake today. Although I do suspect I will be venturing into one of my all-night baking binges... something is in the air... and it's not the snow.. yet. I also cleaned up the kitchen, and sorted through my baking supplies. I noticed that I was really low on light brown sugar and bittersweet chocolate. -I can't seem to remember where I "hid" that pound of Valhrona bittersweet I bought a few months ago. ??? So, I'm about to head out to dinner with a friend, and then I'll make a stop at the grocery store... my second one day today.
DR Charles Pogue - I actually have little a "bah-humbug" in me today too (no comments, please, Tomovoz and TCB), but I'm not at the point where I feel like venting about it on HHW... yet. However, I have been venting to some friends, and everyone is on my side, so that's a good thing. ;) It's nothing major.. just lots of little, minor things. We'll see... So, I bake!
-I may actually have a cocktail at dinner tonight...
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DR Matt... HMmm.. Where is your left hand? And his left hand? Oooohhh.. and where is his right hand?
:-*
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Oh, I was also doing a happy dance of my own a little earlier this afternoon... I got the final confirmation for my last set of theatre tickets for my trip up to NYC in January! Woo-hoo! The final line-up is now:
Urinetown; Avenue Q; Wicked; Caroline, or Change; and Hairspray
-And nothing past the eighth row!
-And we may squeeze in a Sunday matinee on the way out if the mood hits us!
Whew! And I still get two full days to go exploring... and shopping!
OK - I'm off to dinner...
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I like Jerry Herman, but perhaps I'm weird in that I actually prefer Mame to Hello, Dolly.
Hardly weird. I don't know from MAME, but I'm pretty sure I prefer it to HELLO DOLLY. :D
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Oh my....bad writing, bad acting, and the worst art direction I have EVER seen in a major motion picture....ALL THE FINE YOUNG CANNIBALS....MGM 1960!
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To our new registered user, i saw aproduction of "Rudolph..." at the Bailiwick a couple of years ago. Could it have been the year it premiered?
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TCB, nothing to apologize about...it's just that a work-in-progress can always derail. In fact, I can do my part of the job exquisitely and the thing can still derail. Even, as BK, says once it's started filming or rehearsals, it can still go so very wrong.
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Man, I'm weary. If I go to this partay, I'm only staying for a little while.
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Hardly weird. I don't know from MAME, but I'm pretty sure I prefer it to HELLO DOLLY. :D
Be forewarned, Jed, I am going to chain you to a chair and force you to watch the DVD of my production of HELLO DOLLY.
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Well, I'm about to head off to a sleepover, but I wanted to post first.
LOL, Jed and TCB. TCB, even though I am not the biggest Hello Dolly person, I know I would have liked the production you were in!
Have fun at your partay, BK!
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Well, Maya, welcome to the Washington State chapter of HHW. Apparently, we are starting our meeting a little early tonight.
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LOL, Jed and TCB. TCB, even though I am not the biggest Hello Dolly person, I know I would have liked the production you were in!
Thank you, Maya.
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No LULLS.
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I'll talk about it after I take my niece shopping for her mother's Christmas present, but at my work today we had our annual "Holiday" (formerly known as "Christmas") Potluck and Gift Exchange! It's a real to-do!
I've never seen a stage production of Mame or Auntie Mame but I have seen a local stage production of Hello Dolly. I'll check in with that later, also. Until then!
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Well, I would just like to say that when I take DR Emily on her shopping makeover, I intend to sing "Popular" from Wicked the whole time!
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Will be back soon..............
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I just came back from a long day of story meetings, shopping (for my daughter's presents) and doing errands... And may I ask a question?... What the HELL are all these people doing out there? I have to out bah-humbug DR Pogue because this time of year is nuts. And I for one don't like it. Not one bit. Bah-hum-bug twice over with fries. So there. And I've just now discovered that the huge bargain I got on a certain DVD for said daughter was not a huge bargain because it's not a DVD! Now I have to go out into the madness (not until tomorrow, though, no way) and exchange it or return it. B-H-Bug!
And I totally agree with DR Pogue in that I NEVER talk about things that haven't actually happened. Even when shooting starts, I always preface my remarks with "We'll see how it turns out..." 'cause you never know. As, again, Pogue, bk and any other writer making a living in this crazy field will tell you.
And before I forget, DR Jrand53, I most definitely do not remember the Edsel. I'm too young. Hear that? Young, young, young! That's not to say I wasn't alive at the time, but what did I know from Edsels? I'd just arrived in Canada from Hungary via Austria and Britain and my only form of transportation was a wonderful huge tricycle that my mother bought for me at the Salvation Army. I have to say, that was the best vehicle I ever had. I even talked to it. I don't talk to my Toyota Camry. If I did, it would probably answer in Japanese and I'd get confused and have an accident. and how would I explain THAT to the police, I ask you?
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It's deader than a doornail around these here parts. Let's get a rally going so that when I return from my partay I'll have some good readin'. Let's not succumb to a new low.
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I've got a nice chunk of beef roasting in the oven. I'm in the mood for beef (close to a Jimmy McHugh reference).
We're having dinner so late because we had to drop off a rideable four-wheeler for one of the grandlads at Daughter and Son-in-Law's. They couldn't shop for it themselves, so they got Daddy to get it instead. Where was Daughter all day instead? Shopping with one of her girlfriends for shoes. Where was Son-in-Law? Picking up the kids from day care after work. She was too busy shopping to work her schedule to include that.
We got to see the fiber-optic snowman she also insisted we buy for her. set up and lighted. It is very not Christmas. It's more Halloween, with beady, glowing eyes and a carrot nose that looks like a pointer to hell.
Daughter and Son-in-Law don't laugh together. At, not with each other, if that. We'll be spending Christmas Day with them. They suggested we come up Christmas Eve and spend the night, but der Brucer demurred.
Der Brucer and I talk and laugh together. I'm counting my blessings.
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It's deader than a doornail around these here parts. Let's get a rally going so that when I return from my partay I'll have some good readin'. Let's not succumb to a new low.
Fine BK,
For you're reading pleasure:
Captive Beauties and Virgin Lovers:
The Literary Idealization of Women in “The Lady of Shalott” and the “Blessed Damozel”
The Lady of Shalott and the Blessed Damozel are proper, pretty and pure. Just like the ideal of womanhood they reflect, they are the very model of chastity and good taste, devoted to God and the cult of domesticity. They are plucked right out of Coventry Patmore’s poem, The Angel in the House, where chaste and selfless women create a sanctuary of peace for hard-working men (Abrams 1057). This “angel” is the dream Victorian woman, who caters to the needs of her society by being graceful, gracious and good mannered. However, she does not actually exist. She has no real foundation in reality. In “The Lady of Shalott” and “The Blessed Damozel”, Tennyson and Rossetti are espousing idealistic, traditional Victorian values about the place and conduct of women, not as a reflection of the realities of society, but rather as a reaction against the current role of women during the nineteenth century. The women in these poems represent male fantasies as paragons of otherworldly beauty. Captive and unable to escape, even in death, they embody the Victorian ideal of purity and joy of domesticity.
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PLEASE get your mind out of the gutter, DR Jose. :)There were two dogs down there we were trying to get to face the camera, but they wouldn't cooperate, so I cropped them out of the picture.
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DR JRand, I saw ALL THE FINE YOUNG CANNIBALS many, many years ago on the CBS Late Night Movie, and it was dreary then, too. I guess age hasn't improved it any. I remember kind of liking Pearl Bailey in it, but that's about all.
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I've never seen a stage production of Mame or Auntie Mame but I have seen a local stage production of Hello Dolly. I'll check in with that later, also. Until then!
God, George, the way you said that, I hope it wasn't my production of Dolly that you saw.
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I would have thought MAME would be done all the time, but I guess it is an expensive musical to do with all those different sets and costumes plus a large cast.
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Now what could be happening with DR Michael Shayne? I hope nothing is wrong with him personally. DR td or anyone else in contact with him, please let us know what's happening and if we can be of any service to him. Thanks.
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I would have thought MAME would be done all the time, but I guess it is an expensive musical to do with all those different sets and costumes plus a large cast.
It seems that most people I know in theater prefer the play, Auntie Mame, over the musical, Mame. The same does not seem to hold true for the play The Matchmaker.
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This post will get me to #900. Slowly but surely inching toward that 1,000 number, but it'll more than likely take another week or so to get there.
Hope everyone has a good rest of the evening. I'm headed off to slumberland myself. Good night.
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DR TCB, the rights are certainly cheaper for just the play version. Jerry Herman musicals are very expensive to license, I'm sure.
I really like the musical better, not only for the score, but also some of the extra characters either get cut or combined with others to no real loss.
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Now what could be happening with DR Michael Shayne? I hope nothing is wrong with him personally. DR td or anyone else in contact with him, please let us know what's happening and if we can be of any service to him. Thanks.
I haven't heard from Michael for a few days. . .but, I'm not using AOL instant Messenger, either, which is where I would normally see him most nights. . .
I shall give him a quick buzz tomorrow.
For all you dear readers, and hosts and gods and yes, Mr. Mark Bakalor. . . I have uploaded a holiday greeting (in the files section) of our HHW911 Yahoo Group, please go and peruse it. . .though you must have Macromedia playing abilities. . .
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Home from the partay which was okay. Dismayed that we will undoubtedly be reaching a new low for this board, but what can you do? If folks are determined not to post so be it. That said, what is here is cherce and that's all I care about.
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Perhaps those who are still here can start up a posting frenzy.
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For example, I've got us to the "fr" now all we need is the "enzy".
A director friend who was at this partay asked if I would consider acting in something he's doing - a reading of a new play, and I said yes, that I'd do the reading. I'd be playing Harpo Marx - sounds like it could be fun.
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How about Alfred Hitchcock's FRENZY?
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Hmmm. . .Ionesco's FRENZY FOR TWO (OR MORE) ? ? ?
I know, I know, that's quite absurd!
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Well, at least I'm in good company with BK, being "alone together."
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It seems that most people I know in theater prefer the play, Auntie Mame, over the musical, Mame. The same does not seem to hold true for the play The Matchmaker.
Well, here I go being contrary. While I don't know from Auntie Mame or Mame, I can say that I do quite prefer The Matchmaker to Hello, Dolly. Actually played Vandergelder in a HS production of The Matchmaker, and find it a very fun, well-put-together play. I don't find the book changes to Hello, Dolly the least bit beneficial, and the score is certainly not a favorite of mine. Moments I enjoy, certainly, but the musical in general leaves me pretty flat.
Ahh, horseracing. :)
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Okay, we've got the "fre" now all we need is the "nzy". Only fifteen posts to go so we don't hit a new low. I was remembering last year at this time and how December was a really low month after a really big November. And January of this year was one of our biggest, when all the little lost lambs came back to roost. Or do you have to be roosters to come back to roost. Do little lost lambs come back to lamb?
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God, George, the way you said that, I hope it wasn't my production of Dolly that you saw.
Absolutely NOT. I'm sure that yours was wonderful. Actually the one that I saw was put on by local (Olympia) teachers. It was actually not too bad. Some of the teachers haven't really acted since...well...ever. Since it was a fundraiser for some school thing, I was able to forgive most of the casting choices. The leads were actually pretty good.
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I would not bother ever going to see "Mame" or "Dolly" staged again UNLESS they starred TCB in any role. I put them in the same basket as "Sweet Charity".(Yes I know it is Coleman) Not worth the effort at all. Despite the faults I do not tire so much of "Mack & Mabel". Have seen it staged four times and always enjoy the show. I would love to see a production of "The Grand Tour".
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I'll do my bit to add to the Frenzy...
bk as Harpo. I can see it. With a wig, it could definitely work. I have a wonderful DUCK SOUP poster up on my wall in which Harpo is just two huge eyes, clown lips and, of course the incredible hair which hovers over him like a crazy halo.
Despite my misgivings (is there a Mr. Givings?) I wandered out again tonight and went to the Gap in Studio City (open until 10:30!) and found the item I had been looking for all over town - a cute red purse for the offspring - to match the cute sweater I got her. The purse and sweater were featured in all the Gap adds, thus the purse was not to be found. But I saw it on a dummy and wrestled it off its arm. I also went to Bookstar and wandered around. Looked through a songbook of MIGHTY WIND numbers and noted that there are now two million books about how to become a successful screenwriter. There is a new practice which has sprung up in the last few years -- sending out screenplays to WGA members in order to get their votes. Today I received SEABISCUIT - a nice book of the script which is being sold in stores. The other day, the script of PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN showed up. I like having scripts around. Sometimes, when I get stuck in my writing, I'll just open a up a script at random and it never fails to give me ideas. (Most of the time the idea starts with, "This guy knows how to write and I don't. I just want to crawl under a rock and disappear before they find out that I'm a fake who's pretending to be a writer." But after a while, that passes and I start to write again and everything is fine until I get stuck and think... You get the picture.)
This rambling is actually sort of fun - like talking to my tricycle, but I'll stop now. I think I have done my bit to contribute to the Frenzy.
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Oh, Mamie...
Mame: Oprah Winfrey
Vera: Sharon Osborne
Young Patrick: Gary Coleman
Older Patrick: Wayne Brady
Gooch: Ellen DeGeneres
Beauregard: Montel Williams
Mother Burnside: Rosanne Barr
Pegeen: Ricki Lake
Mr. Upson: Jerry Springer
Mrs. Upson: Jenny Jones
Gloria: Kelly Ripa
Mr. Babcock: Regis
Brian O'Bannion: Maury Povich
Ito: Connie Chung...sorry, I had to.
How's that for some casting? Wow! That took some thought.
I'm downloading some pictures from SCROOGE that one of the cast members sent me. I'll share any good ones.
MBarnum: I'm waiting with bated breath...or baited breath...I dunno. Either way, THANKS!
I loved the interview with Stephanie. She's got such a great attitude about the whole WICKED thing...I'm sure she'll get to do it once Idina decides to leave. Did anyone notice that BOY FROM OZ will close for the two weeks that Hugh Jackman is on vacation? THAT'S interesting, isn't it?
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The Holiday potluck that we had at work today was filled with much food and frivolity. :D We have a morning break with goodies (I brought chocolate truffles...store-bought, but very good) and gift exchange. Then for lunch, the adminstration (all 12 of them) chipped in to buy a fully cooked turkey with all the trimmings. Everyone else brought everything else. There was so much food and a lot of leftovers (as always)...enough so that most people don't have to bring a lunch the next day.
For the gift exchange (there's supposed to be a $10 limit), I gave a very nice, solid wood picture frame and some Ghiradelli chocolates. I got a cowbell that has a very cute snowman and snowwoman hand painted on it, a "Country Bouquets" wall calender and a hand-made plastic flower display thing. It's a round circle covered in black fabric that has plastic flowers hot glued to it. I don't really know what to make of it, but it's...how should I say this...it's not what I'm interested in. How's that for diplomatic. It looks well made, but I just don't want it. I wish I had a digital camera because I can't really explain it. I'll have to ask my sister to take a picture of it so that I can post it. It's a little weird. The bell and the calendar are pretty cool, but this thing...I just don't know.
That was my day at work. I probably got no more than a couple of hours of actual work done. Love days like that! ;)
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George - I was always quite good at creating days like that for myself. It's rather astonishing how little work I managed to get done in 5 years working at the university library. :D
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Oprah as Mame - excellent. I'm afraid we haven't reached "frenzy" yet - we're still at "fren" - all we need is the "zy" or the girl, one of the two.
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Attended a local high school choir and band concert tonight. It's sad how poor acoustics can take so much away from a performance. The cafetorium they have is a black hole for sound, and the choirs, which I know to be reasonably good groups for a small high school, really did not sound it at all tonight. Will be very nice to hear them again in March when they do a concert away from the school at a much more acoustically friendly community performing arts center. Tonight's locale just gave a horribly anemic sound.
While still far from ideal, the set-up tonight was more band-friendly. Sadly, they just weren't very good. :-\
Ah well, still fun to be there to support the students (this is the school at which I did my student teaching last year). Also fun to hear the vocal jazz group do an arrangement of mine I hadn't heard in quite awhile (I arranged it back when I was in HS myself).
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Good evening/morning.
Whew! I finally starting baking around 10:30. I got one nice-sized batch of almond biscotti done, about four dozen oatmeal-chocolate-chip-pecan-toffee cookies, and I prepped the peanut butter cookies - the "drops" are currently in the freezer - I'll just pop them in the oven in the morning - about five dozen of those. *Oh, and the oatmeal-chocolate-chip-pecan-toffee cookies have extra(!) toffee! I just put the rest of the SKir bits I had... I'll be sampling one shortly. :D
But before I started baking, I went to dinner...
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I'm afraid we haven't reached "frenzy" yet - we're still at "fren" - all we need is the "zy" or the girl, one of the two.
You can have all the "zy" you want, BK... I'll take the girl.
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Oatmeal-chocolate-chip-pecan-toffee cookies with extra toffee??? To quote Homer Simpson, "Arglraglgraralgrlgargalrglarlaalalgghh"
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"Ah luhs Patrick...God knows ah do...but I'll kill him dead 'fore I let him marry Gloryuh..."
--Oprah as Miss Sophia playing Mame
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Well, with this here post we squeak by, but just barely. Maybe I'll shut down for the rest of the year. Maybe I won't.
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Okay, here's my Wrong Casting Choices for MAME (it required some gender-blind casting...I hope that nobody minds. ;) )
Mame: Jerry Herman
Vera: Stephen Sondheim
Young Patrick: Richard Maltby, Jr.
Older Patrick: David Shire
Gooch: Lynn Ahrens
Brian O'Bannion: Bruce Kimmel
Beauregard: Shephen Flaherty
Mother Burnside: Cy Coleman
Pegeen: Jeanine Tesori
Mr. Upson: Fred Ebb
Mrs. Upson: John Kander
Gloria: Andrew Lloyd Webber
Mr. Babcock: Michael John LaChiusa
Ito: Jason Robert Brown
BK, is this at least a frenz? ::) I know it's not quite the full frenzy that you wanted, but maybe it all adds up to it.
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Me and my calves as Mr. Fezziwig with the lovely young lady who played my daughter... ::ahem:: (She's a year older than me!)
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Silly BK, there is no need to shut down for the remainder of the year. As you said earlier, December has been a slow month in the past. And do realize, our numbers, while down from the last month, are still double that of this same time last year! Furthermore, if the E&T were to return and find us in hiatus, they would be more likely to remain E&T upon our return. And getting out of the habit of our daily posting would very possibly cause sluggish numbers even from us non-E&T's upon our return.
No need for overreaction, they are simply numbers. And anyone who says that numbers are the sign of a good website community can KISS MY ASS! :)
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Dinner was wonderful. My friend, Mark, came over to the apartment for a cocktail, and then we walked over to the restaurant - Avalon. It's one of my favorite places, and I hadn't been there in a while, so... Our friend, Scott, met us over there too. The chef, Q as she is known, used to do a lot of costume work for theatres, but turned full time to the cooking a couple of years ago, and has never looked back. Avalon is a nice place - nothing really distinctive about the decor, but there are black & white pictures of classic Hollywood all over the walls. The only drawback is that the smoke from the bar tends to creep into the dining area. -Like it did tonight, ah, well.. we still had a wonderful meal.
Our waitress, Aleen, was a hoot! She really took care of us, and also played along with us too - come on, you get three gay men dining out together, and there's bound to be innuendo flying left and right! She even picked out what I should have for dinner tonight: house-cured salmon for my appetizer, and Chicken Calais for my entree. *I asked her what I should have tonight, and she was more than happy to oblige. The salmon was wonderful - served with whipped chive-dill-cream cheese and baguette slices. And the chicken was soooo good - the chicken breast was stuff with brie cheese and topped with a sage-apricot sauce, along with some mashed sweet potatoes. My dining companions feasted on a very good bacon-cheeseburger (with both cheddar and bleu cheese), and a very generous portion of duck (it was half a duck!). Dessert was Mrs. Lincoln's gingerbread a la mode. It was actually a little "dry" tonight, but it was served warm, and by the time we slathered all the whipped cream and melting ice cream over it, it was very "edible". *And because it was a litte dry tonight, Aleen comped our salads.
The fun continued even as we took care of the check. We left the tip in cash, and proceeded to fold four of the bills into a pinwheel, then balancing it on the pen, and another bill became a bow tie. A little post-meal origami. Hopefully Aleen was able to get the bills back to normal without ripping them.
*And if you ever find yourself in Richmond and at Avalon, her triple cheese macaroni & cheese is to die for!
Then we all headed home, and I started to bake.. so...
It was a very nice evening. Just what I needed. I've been stressing out about "something" all day, and getting out of the apartment, and hanging out with some good friends was just what I needed to take my mind off things. Also, it looks like I may have found a very plausible solution to my "stress" tonight too! *I'll reveal all once everything is settled. Again, it's nothing major, just a lot of related little things. But once I start.... there's goes the bandwidth!
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Me and my calves as Mr. Fezziwig with the lovely young lady who played my daughter... ::ahem:: (She's a year older than me!)
Hehehe... been there, done that, Jason. When I understudied for Tevye in summer stock a couple seasons ago, my Hodel was a year older than me, and my Tzeitel was 5 years older than me. :D
Oh, and as I'm currently playing Fezziwig as well, my young employees Ebeneezer and Dick Hacking are both 10-12 years older than me!
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Oatmeal-chocolate-chip-pecan-toffee cookies with extra toffee??? To quote Homer Simpson, "Arglraglgraralgrlgargalrglarlaalalgghh"
The only problem with eating cookies that way is that most of the cookie ends up on the floor and not in your mouth. Kind of like when Cookie Monster ate cookies.
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According to der Brucer, the Sondheim.com board is back in action. Huzzahs to Mr. Mark Bakalor!
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PLEASE get your mind out of the gutter, DR Jose. :)There were two dogs down there we were trying to get to face the camera, but they wouldn't cooperate, so I cropped them out of the picture.
DR MattH - So sorry if you thought my mind was in the gutter. In a way, I was just wishing you well!
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KOOO-KEEZ!!!!
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D 8)
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Attended a local high school choir and band concert tonight. It's sad how poor acoustics can take so much away from a performance.
I, too, hate it when the space works against the art. A couple of years ago, a university within driving distance of Washington, DC, received a major donation to build a new performance space. Well, they got it built - a very nice-sized building, comfortable seats, ample parking, etc. Unfortunately, the interior seems a bit "cold", and the acoustics are terrible. I've seen a few shows there, and it appears the orchestra pit is in the perfect acoustical space, however, the stage isn't. They were doing Footloose, and every time the full ensemble started to sing all at once - with a nice crescendo building both on stage and in the pit - the conductor would have to suddenly "shush" the orchestra in order for the chorus to be heard. Now what's up with that?!?!? Everyone is singing, and you have to quiet the orchestra?!?!? To add insult to injury, it appears that no one in the sound booth has been properly trained. And from the looks of the speaker set up, it also looks like the "cluster" they have is more suitable for a space half that size. Ah, well...
At least they have plenty of bathrooms. :P
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Ooohh.. Ina Garten is making Jam-Thumbprint Cookies right now on FoodTV... hmm... If I don't have to leave until 2:00 tomorrow afternoon.... Hmmm.... Although, I think if I actually do get up early enough, I may make that Chocolate Sour Cream Bundt Cake again... It was soooo good! I'd make the Green Tea Pound Cake, but that takes a little more time than I wish to spend tomorrow morning.
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BK - Did I take us to at least "frenz"? All we'd need is "y". "Why? Because... " ;)
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This post takes us all the way to "y". "Y"? Because we like you. Well, as far as I'm concerned the errant and truant will have to atone for their errant and truant ways. We shall all have to put on our thinking caps and figure out what said atonement shall be.
Last call, last call.
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Dear Reader Laura: I'm on no diet, so bring whatever you like.