Haines His Way
Archives => Archive 7 => Topic started by: bk on October 03, 2006, 12:10:03 AM
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Well, you've read the notes, the notes had that swing and they don't mean a thing, so now it is time for you to post until the swingin' cows come home.
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And the word of the day is: AMELIORATE!
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And the word of the day is: AMELIORATE!
Casey would waltz
With a strawberry blonde
And their steps ameliorated as they progressed.
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I get the first non-BK post of the day?
Everyone must have been very sleepy last night!
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"To AMELIORATE our populace," declared Chauncy, the mayor, "We shall ORATE, EMAIL, post posters, do everything we can."
Then, after a moment's consideration, he added "Well, everything except write graffiti on the walls. That's messy."
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Der Brucer posted somthing yesterday that was inaccurate. He claimed that I was "disinterested" in seeing Little Miss Sunshine.
Not true.
He neglected to add that, when he showed up at the market, I was finishing an eight-hour shift and was physically and mentally exhausted. I knew that, under those conditions, I would not enjoy watching the film, or even be able to concentrate enough to follow what was happening, or maybe I would even have trouble locating the screen.
Add to that, when we returned home, he would have expected me to prepare for him his dinner.
I revolted and said no. I told him I'd much rather go to a bookstore.
Which we did.
I found nothing of interest for myself.
He found a book giving recommendations on films for family viewing.
I've been borrowing the book.
It was published too early to include Little Miss Sunshine in it's list of 100.
But it does include Dr. Strangelove.
It's a very interesting read!
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I've got to get ready for work.
Note to self: left off catching up on yesterday's posts at page four.
I've a hunch everyone was chatting up a storm!
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Good morning all! And a special "Good Morning" to those waking up in the New City of York! I can picture exactly where the hotel is and I hope that you got a nice room.
If things had been as they should have, I would be winging my way to you now.
I still have the Today show on the Tivo. I wonder if there is a way for me to up load our two seconds of fame up to the net. Ya know that have me thinking. I know I could make stills of it if nothing else.
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I feel really bad about what happened in that Amish school. Sigh. What is wrong with people now days?
They are going to bury a cop and his K-9 in Lakeland today. He pulled a guy over for speeding and the guy shot him and the dog.
Of course there was a massive man hunt and when they found him, it was no big suprise that they shot him. At least 69 -70 bullets were found in his body out the hundred or so they say were fired. I understand the need to get the man but I think that was a bit extreme.
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TOD: Well first, I have to say that "Let's Scare Jessica to Death" was one of those films described as a "lurid melodrama" that I tuned in for when I was young. I didn't find it terribly scary but it was pretty creepy. There was something about those low-budget, lurid films that made them scarier because their low production value gave them a real, almost documentary-like quality.
I like the cheesy horror films that Mystery Science Theatre used to run: The Crawling Hand, The Attack of the Eye Creatures, The Attack of *Anything*, actually would probably be good.
As a child, I liked the anthologies, like "Torture Garden", which usually had 3 or 4 stories. If it was too scary, you knew that it would at least be over sooner than a feature-length story.
"The Creeping Flesh" is a classic, written by a dear friend and editor I used to assist in London. Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing and a mummy---what's not to love?
Since I grew up during the Cold War, there was a proliferation of movies about things that went awry after being contaminated by radiation or something equally as evil. Things that grew big or mutated into something horrific. I went through all the "duck and cover" drills and these films seemed to contain the nugget of a possibility that maybe this could happen, so that made them scary to me.
The two tiny women in the Mothra film still scare me!
But the two scariest films I remember as a kid weren't classic horror films. Besides the flying monkeys from The Wizard of Oz, the two that scared me the most were "The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T", and "The Day the Earth Stood Still". (Speaking of theremins!) When I saw the second one on TV, I was young enough to really believe this could happen!
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Good morning, all! I have a trek to Toyland, lunch with the drummer from THE SINGING NUN, and some brain surgery on today's agenda. I spoke to my dad yesterday and he sounds cheerful and full of pep; of course, given that he's 85 and my situation with his health this summer this could change at any moment. My cousin Sue sent me a very funny belated birthday card yesterday, and this led to an email discussion of my dad's health and Lady Macbeth's current display of hostility. It's hard work being a drunk and a bitch. She's kind of like Jaime Pressley's character on MY NAME IS EARL. Only scary. And drunk. And meaner. And fatter. And older.
TOD: "Let's Scare Jessica To Death" scared me during the 70s. I haven't seen it since. Of course, at the time I saw it, we lived in a ghost-ridden house that was already terrifying so the movie was just one more bit of frisson. The last trul alarming film I saw was "The Blair Witch Project," which gave me terrifying nightmares for weeks. When "The Exorcist" was released my sister-in-law and friend Snooky were terrified for weeks and I never understood their situation, but the Blair Witch got under my skin and really freaked me out; I had several nights with the lights on.
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Good morning, just a quick stop before I head to work for my last day before vacation. It will be a busy one, but that will make it go faster.
Last night I ate way too many vanilla roasted almonds that I got at Artsplash last month. I felt SOOOO sick. I had a headache, stomach was bothering me etc. I think it was the almonds, anyway, I had great concerns so I took a long bath and went to bed early. I feel great this morning. Needless to say, I didn't pack, but I'll do that tonight. Everything is clean, so it will be easy to do it.
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Edisaurus - thanks for the good wishes. I need to email you know who to make final plans. Hope I recognize him from his photo!
Everyone else thanks fot the good wishes.
JHVW>>>> If you're reading this and haven't emailed or called....well email or call I haven't heard from you in days!
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Good morning, just a quick stop before I head to work for my last day before vacation.
Ooops! I thought you were leaving today! Well, have a safe journey tomorrow, too! (I'm sure I won't be up early enough to say that tomorrow AM!)
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Hope I recognize him from his photo!
He looks exactly the same (unlike myself, who is not blue in person)---and he will be smiling, too!
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Good morning All!!
Travel Vibes to Cillaliz and Condo Contratulations to DR George. Please PM me your new address! Thanks!
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Mark Foley's attorney says his emails were not signs of pedophilia but alcoholism? It spells "drunk closet queen" to me! Perhaps he's bisexual and only likes men and boys? Only when drunk. Wrap when sober.
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Good Morning!
DR Edisaurus - Well, I don't think I'll be on TV as a result of today's auditions. Well, I hope I won't be. These are "pre-screens" for the other roles in the show - the ones that won't be determined by "America's vote". And since it's an Equity call, and since Equity does not allow auditions to be taped unless waivers(!) are signed, I should be "camera-free" today.
But, as always, since I actually do like playing auditions, I'm sure I'll have a good time today. And I know I'm bound to see a couple of friends come through the door throughout the day.
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Mark Foley's attorney says his emails were not signs of pedophilia but alcoholism? It spells "drunk closet queen" to me! Perhaps he's bisexual and only likes men and boys? Only when drunk. Wrap when sober.
Wanda Sykes was on "Leno" last night, and she did a wonderful riff on this. I was watching the show with my roommates, and we all just busted out laughing when she got going.
*And then the next guest was Chris Matthews, and even he got into the humorous side of things.
**And he passed on a joke that's been going around the more politically aware circles:
"What do Congressmen say to each other on Wednesdays?"
-Have a nice weekend.
*You may have to think about that one. I know most of Leno's audience last had to. ;)
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So... As for the rest of my day after the auditions - and since I'll be in session for most of the day, there won't be much day left - I think I may just join some friends for dinner. I had sort of planned to see A Chorus Line - from either the audience or the pit - but the more I think about it, the more I just want to not be in a theatre while I'm up here for these couple of days. But, as is normal for me, I do reserve the right to change my mind. A couple of times. Each hour. Up until the last minute.
;D
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As for the Topic of the Day...
I, too, remember, "Let's Scare Jessica To Death"... I remember it being shown as one of the Afternoon Movies on Channel 7(?) when we lived in New London, Connecticut. It was part of "Horror Week" - or something close to that. And the week usually wrapped up with my favorite horror/lurid movie from that time period, "Trilogy of Terror".
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I know I've seen other horror movies from the 1930s-1970s, but since I should be getting ready for my day right now...
Laters...
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The original The Fly scare the daylights out of me when I was a kid... I still can't look at a spider web with out seeing that prro little half fly half man begging "Help me help me!!!"
Ibelieve this is when my aracaphobia started.
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Safe travel vibes to Cilla and jhvw!
Is anyone keeping count of how many we are for theater and after-theater on Thursday night?
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Fred... USPS willing there should be a purple envelope in your mailbox today!!
Thanks again!!!
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Tuesday morning greetings from 46th St! DH Richard and I are heading north today to visit The Cloisters. Looks like it's going to be a beautiful day.
DR Cillaliz - hang in there your last day at work before vacation. That's always difficult for me. Travel vibes for tomorrow - you'll probably be in transit before I log on here in the morning.
TOD - My favorite "scary movie" story is really about my DH. Fatal Attraction so totally creeped him out that he can hardly watch Glenn Close in anything now. I remember being scared by a couple of moments in Wait Until Dark, one of my favorite movies.
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Good morning!
Beautiful day: blue skies, moderate temperatures, the best!
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On today's topic:
PSYCHO
ROSEMARY'S BABY
THE EXORCIST (but it revolted me more than it scared me to be honest)
NIGHT OF THE DEMON
DUEL
THE NIGHT STALKER
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I think movies that might make a serious impression on you when younger are sometimes disappointments when you grow up.
I had that reaction to TRILOGY OF TERROR. It scared me into weeks of nightmares when I first saw it (and I was a young adult then, in my 20s). When I watched the DVD a year or two ago, it made me laugh at how cheesy it was.
I suspect some of those movies of the week that scared me like CROWHAVEN FARM or DYING ROOM ONLY might not hold up now. But I'd still like to see them again.
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A peeved comment about the new Universal release of FRANKENSTEIN (and DRACULA which is also out now).
I bought these films (along with THE WOLF MAN and THE INVISIBLE MAN) when Universal first released them on DVD.
I RE-bought them when the Legacy Collection came out a year or so ago seeing as they had been cleaned up, given more special features, and paired with other films in their respective series.
But I resolutely REFUSE to rebuy these films another time. They're old, and no amount of digital clean-up and filtering is going to do anything but minute improvements to what I already have. I will simply have to live without whatever new bonuses they have added to the discs.
There are SO many films that Universal (and the other studios) own that haven't seen the light of DVD day yet. I am SICK of them reissuing these films over and over in new editions instead of getting to the other worthy films they have control over.
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Does this take us to Page Two?
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Page Two ARISTOCATS Dance!!!
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The Changling was that in the 70's?
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Very much looking forward to the child star discussion from last night. That will be the first thing I watch today while I am preparing and eating lunch. Then will come last night's OLD CHRISTINE, VANISHED, and CSI: MIAMI.
Since HOUSE isn't on tonight, I may save one of those hour shows to watch during that 8 p.m. hour since I'm not interested in FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS despite the raves it's been getting from the critics.
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Reminder for fans:
VERONICA MARS has its season premiere tonight at 9 p.m. EDT.
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The Changling was that in the 70's?
Yep - 1979.
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TOD: I do not like scary movies.
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Der Brucer, re: your comment about the Brit Museum, National Theatre, and Earl's Court being more than a good stretch of the legs. Well...Earl's Court certainly is, but who goes to Earl's Court. Last time I was there...was for their Home Show.
But what I was talking aboutis that in a city like London or, I suppose, New york, you can pretty much get to any venue or amenity you need within a thirty minutes walk. I don't need to eat in Earl's Court. I can find plenty of good restaurants in the area where I stay (The place we stayed in for about a dozen years, we could walk out our back door and The Ivy, the primo show biz restaurant was right there...Joe Allen's and Orso were in nearby Covent Garden, five minutes away.)
We stay right in the heart of Theatreland when we go (this November right along the embankment right between Charring Cross and Trafalgar). From this starting point, I can certainly get to the British Museum easily within twenty minutes and would think of nothing going to the National that night (probably ten-fifteen minutes walk away). From that point, I've walked as far west as Notting Hill, the V&A, Chelsea; as far north as Camden; as far East as the Tower of London.
Yes, if I want to go to the Almeida or the Riverfront Cafe, I'm going to have use the tube or take a cab. But in a city like London, you have a neighbourhood which usually provides everything you need in walking distance.
TOD: Fav horror film is THE ISLAND OF LOST SOULS with Charles Laughton and "The House of Pain". What is the Law? Not to walk on all fours, are we not men? What is the Law? Not to eat meat, are we not men? What is the Law? Not to shed blood, are we not men? His is the Hand That Makes! His is the Hand That Heals! His is the House of Pain!
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Mark Foley's attorney says his emails were not signs of pedophilia but alcoholism? It spells "drunk closet queen" to me! Perhaps he's bisexual and only likes men and boys? Only when drunk. Wrap when sober.
Funny, when my clients do the same thing and are prosecuted under the bill that Mark Foley introduced alcohol isn't considered to be a defense
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I think movies that might make a serious impression on you when younger are sometimes disappointments when you grow up.
When I was in 4th grade, "Two on a Guillotine" scared me! Also, those Bette Davis movies, like "Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte", "The Nanny" and "...Baby Jane".
Now they seem mostly silly to me.
When I was older, I was scared more by films like "See No Evil" (the Mia Farrow blind-woman-being-stalked movie, not to be confused with the Gene Wilder/Rchard Pryor movie, which is scary in a different way...)
Also, I remember in college being frightened to walk home alone after seeing Nichilas Roeg's "Don't Look Now" and Polanski's "The Tenant".
The most recent-ish film (1980's) that scared me was "Dead of Winter". Very lurid!!!!
The Blair Witch Project just gave me a headache...
The promos for The Grudge 2 look pretty scary, tho. Maybe I'll give it a shot!
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THE BIRDS scared the living daylights out of me as a little kid as did PSYCHO and, believe it or not THE BLOB. Also IN COLD BLOOD scared me a lot. We lived on the edge of town and had a long driveway. I was really young when I saw all of these for the first time. I guess no one at my house had the notion that watching scary things was not a good thing for small children
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Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing and a mummy---what's not to love?
Two out'a three ain't bad!
der Brucer (Traumatized at an early age watching Bambi)
MAN is in the forest schoohouse!
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OMG Hush Hush Sweet Charlotte and Whatever Happened to Baby Jane! Those were terribly frightening....
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The series "The Twilight Zone" had some episodes that scared me as much if not more than feature films
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Thanks everyone for the travel vibes...it feels like I should be gone today, but I'm still here....
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THE BIRDS scared the living daylights out of me as a little kid
Oh, I forgot aobut that one! Yes...that scared me, too! The shot where they open the door and find the dead guy with his eyes pecked out...that image stayed with me for a long time. We watched this when I was about 7 before we took a trip from Seattle down the California coast and we made a special point to stop in Bodega Bay!
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I'll second (or third) the movies HUSH, HUSH SWEET CHARLOTTE and THE BIRDS. Scared me to death as a teenager. I still enjoy them now but for other reasons.
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A movie like THE INNOCENTS can still creep me out, even at my advanced age.
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Heading down now to watch the child actors (now grown up) from last night's TCM program.
WBBL.
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Congrats DR George.
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THE BIRDS scared the living daylights out of me as a little kid
Well it scared the hell out of me as a 25 year old teenager! I still wont watch it on DVD.
der Brucer
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I'm up, I'm up.
I was tremendously frightened by Target Earth, which I saw at a sneak preview in 1954 - I ran from the theater. If I wrote about it at the imdb I would a) at least have seen it again, and b) written that while it scared me as a child, that now it looks pretty foolish as a film. I still like Target Earth, but let's face it, the robot isn't exactly horrifying. Finding yourself all alone in a large metropolitan city is creepy and is still creepy.
So, perhaps if I'd seen Jessica back in the day I would have found it creepy.
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Oh and RE: TAR.
It's funny DR MBarnum that you say almost all of the teams are likeable. I don't really find that at all. I think what i find is that not that many are dislikeable.
Besides that guy who yells at his girlfriend many of the teams are nice enough. But i don't find any of them so likeable that i would care if they got the boot.
And re: competitiveness. I still maintain what i said before. There are many teams that are not competitive at all. You really think those last teams are competitive? :)
And when i say competitive i don't just mean they want to win. I mean that they are capable of doing well. So far the most competive (best team IMO) is the model/drug addicts. They don't get lost often. They do the challenges quickly. And they are good at the game.
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I too saw LET'S SCARE JESSICA TO DEATH when I was a kid and it nearly did scare me to death! LOL!
As for classics scary movies...I love the 1931 versions of FRANKENSTEIN and DRACULA, and DRACULA'S DAUGHTER is also a favorite.
1968s NIGHT OF THE LIVIND DEAD is a good one also!
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Oh DR MattH I am so excited about tonight's VERONICA MARS. Yeah! I really cannot wait for this show and tomorrow's LOST.
I don't think i will get to watch VERONICA tonight though. Because it is only on here at 11pm (on Fox). But due to baseball it will be on late (probably midnight). So i'll have to tape it.
This is one of my most favorite shows. So i am excited.
Btw, did you know that october 3rd has significance because that is the day lily kane was murdered.
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Concur with DR Charles Pogue about living in a community where everything is within walking distance. I live in such a neighborhood now and love it. I've searched for others, but they are difficult to find. I like the village feel--friendly and on a small scale.
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TOD:
What are your favorite classic horror films, from the 30s through the 70s?
Please note: the Faculty did not make the timeframe cut!
Younger Years - Bambi - doesn't count, not horror
Teen Years - The Thing (when that hand reached through the hatch!) - a classic use of sound/film editing
Adulthood - The Birds (If Hitchcock made a film called The Barnyard, I'd be a vegitarian) - not a fav, just the scariest.
Most "uncomfortable viewing" - Andy Warhol's Frankenstein
Favorite(s): Rosemary's Baby, Baby Jane
der Brucer
Honorable Mention: Wait Until Dark, Sleuth
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Der Brucer, re: your comment about the Brit Museum, National Theatre, and Earl's Court being more than a good stretch of the legs. Well...Earl's Court certainly is, but who goes to Earl's Court.
Er...Um...Gay Men ::)
And like you, Woody and I spent most of the time in London on shank's mare.
der Brucer
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When I was in 4th grade, "Two on a Guillotine" scared me! Also, those Bette Davis movies, like "Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte", "The Nanny" and "...Baby Jane".
Now they seem mostly silly to me.
We just showed Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? to the Vixter (8th grade) last week... it scared her silly!!
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For classics The Birds, Pyscho and In Cold Blood all terrified me...
A later movie, something with Fred Astaire... I think it was called "Ghost Story" (?) (that may have been later.... 1980's?)
I am not really much a fan of the slasher/buckets o' blood 'n' gore movies so I have failed to see most of them
Some of the Twilight Zone, Outer Limits and Night Gallery stories provided fodder for nightmares for weeks after a viewing....
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Slow week and people are out of the office.... oops...boss just came back from court... BYE!!!!
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I don't need to eat in Earl's Court. I can find plenty of good restaurants in the area where I stay (The place we stayed in for about a dozen years, we could walk out our back door and The Ivy, the primo show biz restaurant was right there...Joe Allen's and Orso were in nearby Covent Garden, five minutes away.)
There's a Joe Allen's in London? Who knew?
Well...I guess you did!
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There used to be a Joe Allen in Los Angeles - it didn't catch on because in LA everyone goes to sleep at ten and at that point (late 70s, I believe) it wasn't the sort of place people went, and waiver theater hadn't really reached epidemic proportions yet - I think it would do just fine today.
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I will say that prices have gone up at Joe Allen, which is a shame.
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I will also say that I knew no one at the front desk and only one server is left from the last time I was there.
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Favorite Night Gallery: The one with Roddy McDowell, from the pilot, where the butler, Osmond Portifoy, keeps changing the pictures on the stairs.
Favorite Outer Limits: Don't Open Until Doomsday
Favorite Alfred Hitchcok presents: The one with the guy who buys the mystery jar at the carnival, with the stuff floating around in it that turns out to be : Fadie Sue!
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Yikes, I still get the creeps thinking about how Roddy McDowall cried out "Portifoy!" in that NIGHT GALLERY segment.
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NIGHT CALORIE - that's the name of my new series about late-night dining at Joe Allen's
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Wsa "The Messiah of Mott street" a NIGHT GALLERY segment? I believe some people are writing a musical version of that one.
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NIGHT CALORIE - that's the name of my new series about late-night dining at Joe Allen's
LOL! Good one!
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BK - Your package is on its way to you; should arrive by Thursday.
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and waiver theater hadn't really reached epidemic proportions yet
¿Que es "waiver theatre"?
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Should you like your horror "live":
DC
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NYC
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der Brucer
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I mourned the passing of Joe Allen's in LA. Great coconut cream pie! Didn't that Joe Allen's become an Orso's? And aren't they owned by the same people?
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Favorite Night Gallery: The one with Roddy McDowell, from the pilot, where the butler, Osmond Portifoy, keeps changing the pictures on the stairs.
Favorite Outer Limits: Don't Open Until Doomsday
Favorite Alfred Hitchcok presents: The one with the guy who buys the mystery jar at the carnival, with the stuff floating around in it that turns out to be : Fadie Sue!
Thedy Sue. It's called The Jar and it's brilliant. Colin Wilcox is the star. I own a very rare original 16mm print of the film, which I had transfered to DVD. They did a little tribute to Hictchcock Presents at some film school - Pat Hitchcock was there - they ended up showing my print of The Jar. The other great hour-long Hitch episode is An Unlocked Window, which is incredible, and which I also have on some home-grown DVD.
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I mourned the passing of Joe Allen's in LA. Great coconut cream pie! Didn't that Joe Allen's become an Orso's? And aren't they owned by the same people?
As in NY, the LA Joe Allen was next door to Orso's - Orso's is still there today. And yes, owned by Mr. Allen.
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A later movie, something with Fred Astaire... I think it was called "Ghost Story" (?) (that may have been later.... 1980's?)
1981
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with:
Fred Astaire (his last film)
Melvyn Douglas
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
John Houseman
Patricia Neal
Alice Krige
der Brucer
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"Studio 60" was wonderful last night. Despite my misgivings about being made to "think" so late in the evening, I laughed out loud several times during the show. Wonderful!
Possible SPOILER Material:
"Heroes" was kind of iffy for me last night. I'm still intrigued, but the story line about the blonde lady whose mirror reflection seems to be a murderess just went on and on with no insights. I got a chuckle out of the Hiro segment...and I really like the two brothers...both of whom can FLY! The visionary artist who, I'm guessing, blew his own head off was a very strange segment that doesn't resonate for me, somehow. I wonder if he has a ringing in his ears.
Oh, well. I'll continue watching.
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FJL - thanks for the package news - for those who are interested, the package contains four one pound bags of Twizzlers chocolate licorice, which they don't have here in LA.
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Wsa "The Messiah of Mott street" a NIGHT GALLERY segment? I believe some people are writing a musical version of that one.
IMDB (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0660863/)
"Night Gallery"
The Messiah on Mott Street (1971)
Edward G. Robinson
der Brucer
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Thedy Sue. It's called The Jar and it's brilliant. Colin Wilcox is the star. I own a very rare original 16mm print of the film, which I had transfered to DVD.
Wow! I knew she was in "Mockingbird", but I didn't know she was in that! I see her occasionally up in NC at her theatre company, which is near my brother's home.
Somehow, in my family, Thedy Sue became Fadey Sue. Whenever my father found something mysterious in a jar, whether in the fridge or in the basement, is was always known as Fadey Sue! I wish they would release that on DVD!
Another great one---the one based on the Roald Dahl story where the woman murders her husband with a frozen leg of lamb, then cooks it and serves it to the police. Brilliant!
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The visionary artist who, I'm guessing, blew his own head off was a very strange segment that doesn't resonate for me, somehow.
I think they are setting up a "brain harvesting" thread.
der Brucer
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Well I finally heard from the e and t jhvw. Whew! He is very excited and is packing like mad. We have our plan to find each other at La Guardia so all should be well.
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DR EDISAURUS - Blair Witch also gave me a headache and motion sickness as well.
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Swing of Things - well hyer in Indianee - that would be the swang of thangs!
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I laughed at Blair Witch and wondered what all the todo was about
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Travel vibes for DRS CILLA LIZ & JHVW.
GREASE vibes for DRJOSE....and continued NYC vibes for DR GINNY and DH RICHARD.
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So many choices today are also favorites of mine:
AN UNLOCKED WINDOW....wow!
Some TZ and NIGHT GALLERY episodes.....one not already mentioned:
The Diary with Ms Patty Duke and Ms Virginia Mayo
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The Fly - with Vincent Price
The Tingler - with Vincent Price
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Waiver Theatre in LA is similar to the Showcase Production Code in NY. In NY Actors are paid transportation (nothing more) and the price of tickets and number of performances are regulated by the Union. There are other regulations as well but I don't recall all of them. I assume that Waiver Theatre in LA operates on much the same principle.
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Bruce - Probably nothing you can do about the article that already ran, but the playbill.com article on BRAIN FROM PLANET X has the wrong number for reservations. It should be 323-664-2787, the Playbill article has 323-644-2787.
Maybe you can tell them in case they rerun the article closer to the actual opening?
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Edisaurus - Thanks, and thanks for not groaning at that pun. :)
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Another great one---the one based on the Roald Dahl story where the woman murders her husband with a frozen leg of lamb, then cooks it and serves it to the police. Brilliant!
"Alfred Hitchcock Presents"
Lamb to the Slaughter (1958) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0508189/)
Lists (http://www.webrary.org/rs/flbklists/toaster.html)
ROALD DAHL Lamb to the Slaughter(1953)
Short story, first published in the September 1953 issue of Harper's, about a wife who kills her husband by battering him with a frozen leg of lamb, then later feeds the evidence to the investigating officers. Alfred Hitchcock's favourite Dahl story.
Jump The Shark (http://66.218.69.11/search/cache?p=Roald+Dahl+story+where+the+woman+murders+her+husband+with+a+frozen+leg+of+lamb&fr=yfp-t-500&toggle=1&ei=UTF-8&u=www.jumptheshark.com/a/alfredhitchcockpresents.htm&w=roald+dahl+story+where+woman+murders+her+husband+frozen+leg+lamb&d=BXu8cCQ8NijR&icp=1&.intl=us)
Who can forget Barbara Bell Geddies' quiet private chuckle after she invites two investigative cops to chow down on a delicious leg of lamb that (while previously frozen solid) had been used as the murder weapon the cops couldn't find? The clincher comes when one of the cops says, "This is delicious! Especially this little crusty brown part".
der Brucer
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'''the wrong number for reservations. It should be 323-664-2787, the Playbill article has 323-644-2787.
Maybe you can tell them in case they rerun the article closer to the actual opening?
Maybe someone should alert Mr/Ms 644
der Brucer
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DERBRUCER - Unfortunately, the 644 number is a fax machine. :(
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Scariest image of my childhood---this book cover. (I don't remember being particularly scared by the book...)
So scary they used it on the poster for the Barbara Stanwyck movie!
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I've listenting to the News Conference on the Amish school house shooting(periodically updated by status of the Tukish Airline HiJacking in Italy) - and an interesting item was relayed:
The injured children were med-eaved to various hospitals (Philadelphia, New Castle, Delaware, etc) all well of Amish horse & buggy range. The inability to get family members to the hospitals delayed identification of the victims. (And, it seems, prevented at least one family from being bedside when their daughter died.)
der Brucer
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DERBRUCER - Unfortunately, the 644 number is a fax machine. :(
Murphy's Law in force!
der Brucer (I was hoping for Sue'sAnswer Phone) "you've reached six, double four ..."
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TOD
Does MAME qualify as a "horror film"?
der Brucer
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OH MY EYES, MY EYES!
WONKETTE (http://www.wonkette.com/politics/scientology/battlefield-foley-204681.php)
A reader comments on the conjecture that Foley is in a Scientology Rehab Center:
Well, I guess that narrows down which A-list actors will play Foley in the movie version to two...
(competing visions of Foley living-room-dancing in Raybans and tighty whities vs. a whites-suited Foley disco humping are REALLY making four fingers of Scotch seem like a reasonable breakfast choice)
der Brucer
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Haven't seen the Playbill article, but will send the correction to Rodzinski and our publicist.
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DER BRUCER - Wsan't AUNTIE MAIM a horror film, though? (a Get Smart reference)
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The Playbill article on BRAIN FROM PLANET X:
http://www.playbill.com/news/article/102224.html
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TOD: I thought Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory was frightening -- all those children disappearing, and no one seemed to care.
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TOD: I thought Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory was frightening -- all those children disappearing, and no one seemed to care.
I think Willie Wonka was the 70's version of The 5,000 fingers of Dr. T!
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TOTD:
I am not a huge fan of scary movies but there are a few I have seen;
THE FLY [both the original and the 1980s version. Prefer the original but I did not mind the 1980s version with Jeff Goldblum.]
THE BLOB - a classic cheesy horror movie
MIDNIGHT OFFERINGS - creepy telly movie. It proved to be interesting to see Mary Beth McDonough and Melissa Sue Anderson out of their sweet and innocent girl characters on their respective shows and try something different.
THE EXORCIST - disturbing and unsettling. It really does bother me to see this film. I had nightmares for weeks after seeing it.
ROSEMARY'S BABY - interesting but disturbing. One I will not watch often.
THE OMEN - Scary...
DEMON SEED - Strange movie but not as creepy as the omen and exorcist. I actually liked this one. IMHO, it is more of a sci-fi film than horror. A computer raping a woman to recreate himself in a hybrid child.
HALLOWEEN - the original is far superior to the additional ones. More a slasher type film.
I was also forced once to watch Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Too much gore for my liking and it laid ground for the bad 80s horror films.
There was also a telly movie called The Embryo and that was just plain weird.
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TOD: I thought Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory was frightening -- all those children disappearing, and no one seemed to care.
In the book they did....
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FJL, I've sent Andrew Gans the correction, along with the guest cast list.
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DER BRUCER - Wsan't AUNTIE MAIM a horror film, though? (a Get Smart reference)
Well...we can't groan!
How about BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
der brucer
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I am more familiar with the 80s horrid horror films such as Nightmare on Elm Street and Friday the 13th. The first ones were not too bad but the successive ones were just plain stupid.
Blair Witch project -- I have three words: Lame, Lame, and LAME!
Summer Camp Nightmare - Cheesy teen horror film but actually funny now to watch since a few of the actors went on to better roles.
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Matt has a horror film that is shopping for distributor but I dont think I will be watching that one. I think the title is the Exorcism of Tina Miller or something like that. He plays a priest.
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This is fun (at least I think it's fun :D)
Google (http://speaker219.6te.net/customgoogle/)
It uses the Google font and turns whatever text you enter into the box into Google-looking type like this:
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Er...Um...Gay Men ::)
And like you, Woody and I spent most of the time in London on shank's mare.
der Brucer
Twiggy lives in Earl's Court. I visited her and Leigh there.
DR MattH, I share your feelings about another DRACULA and FRANKENSTEIN release, much as I'd love to have them. The Legacy sets were too recent.
Actually, THE BLAIR WITCH is a 90s film, but it did terrify me. I recently found on eBay several of the THRILLER episodes from television, and "The Pigeons from Hell" still creeps me out horribly.
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TOD
Does MAME qualify as a "horror film"?
der Brucer
Yes! So does "A Chorus Line."
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Alfred Hitchcock's film, The Birds, still creeps me out!
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Neat website Ben!!
Thanks for sharing...
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(http://googlealive.com/logo/Google/Red/Jackrandall%20Earles.aspx)
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hahahahahahaha
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http://speaker219.6te.net/customgoogle/google.php?name=The%20Brain%20from%20Planet%20X (http://speaker219.6te.net/customgoogle/google.php?name=The%20Brain%20from%20Planet%20X)
Nice logo! ;D
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Cute! :)
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Matt has a horror film that is shopping for distributor but I dont think I will be watching that one. I think the title is the Exorcism of Tina Miller or something like that. He plays a priest.
(http://www.nickmiller.com/images/film/mattandnick.jpg)
(http://www.nickmiller.com/images/film/mattandnicksitting.jpg)
der brucer
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[Showing it makes this page go:
(http://googlealive.com/logo/Google/Red/Cinerama.aspx)
der Brucer
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Yes, "Lamb to the Slaughter" was great but was a half hour HITCHCOCK, not an hour like "The Unlocked WIndow" and "The Jar" which I also very fondly (and creepily) remember. Another hour show I remember with some dread was "The Magic Shop."
"The Unlocked Window" is in some ways reminiscent of THE SPIRAL STAIRCASE, another great creepy thriller.
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The child actor discussion on TCM was so wonderful, so fascinating that I wanted to sit through the entire thing again (I didn't but will watch it again soon). I knew before I watched that Jane Withers would be the rah-rah cheerleader (very Ann Miller-ish in her enthusiasm for the business and saw no downside).
I just adored Darrell Hickman and could have listened to him talk for hours.
The two ladies in their heydays were so much bigger stars than the two gentlemen, and I was so glad Darrell mentioned that fact early-on. Put their careers and the treatment they received in great perspective. And his career after being a child actor has been so interesting and multi-faceted. He impressed me greatly.
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Next, I watched THE NEW ADVENTURES OF OLD CHRISTINE. Not as funny as last week, but it certainly did have some excellent moments, particularly Christine and Matthew mapping out a family tree on the dry erase board. I was laughing out loud with that.
I have to say that CBS now has a very, very strong block of reliable comedy series on Monday. I look forward to watching three of those four every week now (have never been able to enjoy TWO AND A HALF MEN; don't like any of the three leading men.)
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Next up was CSI: MIAMI. An interesting case with counterfeiting and murder at the core, and a surprising revelation about one of the CSI team.
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I'm saving VANISHED to watch tonight at 8, so instead I went to a MUPPET SHOW DVD and picked one with guest star Steve Martin. This was done when Steve Martin was not a huge star yet, but a reliable comedy name for making balloon animals and playing the banjo. Funny show with almost nothing of Miss Piggy in this episode. That makes it a very unusual outing.
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And to wrap up the afternoon I put in a Season 2 disc from THE ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN and watched "Perry White's Scoop," the episode involving the man in a diving suit shot in broad daylight on the city street. A good mystery for the show.
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I also started "Lady in Black," but only got about ten minutes in before ending my afternoon of viewing. I'll finish it tonight.
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As much as I'm looking forward to VERONICA MARS, I probably won't watch it tonight either. I'll record it and watch LAW & ORDER: CRIMINAL INTENT.
Due to VERONICA's in-depth mysteries, I find it helpful to be able to go back and rewatch sections of the show sometimes, and watching it "live" doesn't allow for that comfortably.
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Feed the birds, tupence a bag...
Well, probably more in Oakland CA
(http://time.blogs.com/daily_dish/images/oaklandca410pm.jpg)
der Brucer
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Congrats DR George.
Thanks Jennifer and Vixmom!!
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I also enjoyed the Child Star Interviews last night. Very interesting comments from all four participants.
Moore and Hickman - Withers and O'Brien, all had some stories to share. And then I watched BRIGHT EYES....
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That clip of the dancer wearing the Dickie Moore "mask" was scary.
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Congrats on the condo George!!
Good Moving vibes also!!
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Very cool, DerBrucer!
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well, I have finished what I am going to finish at work today...I actually could have done a couple more things, but there are always a couple more things to do and the urgent ones are done and notes left to self about others.....
That means as soon as I log off, get my stuff together and get out of here....I'm on vacation!!!!!!! YEAH!!!!!!!!
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That clip of the dancer wearing the Dickie Moore "mask" was scary.
It seemed so obvious after he mentioned it, but I certainly had never noticed it before.
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And isn't it funny that so much was made at the time of "first screen kisses." Shirley's was more of a peck that grazed her lips.
Even the one Robert Stack planted on Deanna Durbin in FIRST LOVE wasn't earth-shaking.
Life was so much more innocent then, at least, on the screen!
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I'm off now to clean the living room and then get back to the evening's TV lineup.
WBBL.
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That means as soon as I log off, get my stuff together and get out of here....I'm on vacation!!!!!!! YEAH!!!!!!!!
WooHoo!!!!!
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Have fun Cilla on your vacation!!
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Anyone know anyhting about the Ramada Hollywood on N. Vermont Avenue? They seem to have great deals (as low as $100), and also seem to be just a few blocks from L.A. Community College? Is the neighborhood safe?
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DER BRUCER - Wsan't AUNTIE MAIM a horror film, though? (a Get Smart reference)
As opposed to AUNTIE MANE, the story of a thoroughbred racing for hay; and
AUNTIE MAN, an antiques dealer in a small Utah town given to wearing turbans and dispensing pez from a Little Lulu dispenser.
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Next, I watched THE NEW ADVENTURES OF OLD CHRISTINE. Not as funny as last week, but it certainly did have some excellent moments, particularly Christine and Matthew mapping out a family tree on the dry erase board. I was laughing out loud with that.
If it weren't for Julia Louis-Dreyfuss, I'd probably like the show. But I cannot watch with her in it.
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Congrats on the condo George!!
Good Moving vibes also!!
Thank you! :D
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And the word of the day is: AMELIORATE!
Ordinary daughters ameliorate their lot
Use their charms and choose their futures,
Breed their children, heed their mothers.
Ordinary daughters, which mine, I fear, is not,
Tend each asset, spend it wisely
While it still endures--
Mine tours!
;D
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Anyone know anyhting about the Ramada Hollywood on N. Vermont Avenue? They seem to have great deals (as low as $100), and also seem to be just a few blocks from L.A. Community College? Is the neighborhood safe?
DR FJL, I believe you want Los Angeles CITY College! Is there a community one as well?
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AUNTIE MAN, an antiques dealer in a small Utah town given to wearing turbans and dispensing pez from a Little Lulu dispenser.
Didn't Mark Foley star in that before his political career?
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http://www.lacitycollege.edu/
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I know this person
http://cdbaby.com/cd/eromanelli
Check her out, she's a native Bay Area person and has recently moved to NYC. If you like the clips, help her out!
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Elmore, you're abolsutely right, I meant L.A. City College, which is at 855 North Vermont Avenue. The Ramada Hollywood is at 1160 North Vermont Avenue.
Anyone ever stay there or know anything about the neighborhood? The deals seem to be too good to be true.
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Favorite Night Gallery: The one with Roddy McDowell, from the pilot, where the butler, Osmond Portifoy, keeps changing the pictures on the stairs.
YES!!!! and the way it ends!!
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FJL, check on some of the travel sites for reviews of the hotel. When I checked, the Ramada didn't get good reviews at all -- and they charged a lot for parking.
We stayed at the Travelodge, just north a few blocks. It was a fine motel.
I wouldn't walk around at night in any of Hollywood.
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FJL did you get mail?
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Thanks, Laura, for the tip.
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Quote from: Cillaliz on Today at 08:16:41am
THE BIRDS scared the living daylights out of me as a little kid
Well it scared the hell out of me as a 25 year old teenager! I still wont watch it on DVD.
der Brucer
It's true, he won't. I, on the other hand, refuse to watch Rosemary's Baby. Which means that, if there are any inside reference jokes to the film in the play The Vagina Monologues, I just won't get them.
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vixmom - Nothing came today from you, but I'm sure it will come tomorrow.
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rats
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TOD:
Adulthood - The Birds (If Hitchcock made a film called The Barnyard, I'd be a vegitarian) - not a fav, just the scariest.
Oh, please, you love eating chicken and turkey and, most particularly, DUCK!
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George- for your "Cannibal" refreshments?
www.orientaltrading.com ZE-K331
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FJL, by "fine motel" I meant that it is a motel. It is fine, like okay. Not fine like a fine wine.
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Is the Travelodge a really nice Travelodge as Travelodges go? The rates there seem to be about twice the rates at the Ramada Hollywood - lowest of $200 per night at the Travelodge vs. $100 per night at Ramada Hollywood (aka Hollywood hotel). Although the Travelodge is a little closer to LACC, which is a plus.
http://www.hollywoodhotel.net
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or this?
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DR FJL - I think I saw that Ramada on an episode of COPS.
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George- for your "Cannibal" refreshments?
www.orientaltrading.com ZE-K331
That's perfect!! My sister even gets the Oriental Trading catalog in the mail! ;D
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TOD
Does MAME qualify as a "horror film"?
der Brucer
Released in 1974, it fits the time frame for the TOD.
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It's not worth $200 per night. I don't think any hotel is.
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I paid about $79.
Maybe the day of the week and the time of the year make a difference.
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Although the Travelodge is a little closer to LACC, which is a plus.
If I remember correctly, the Ramada is closer. But the Travelodge is still only a five-minute drive from LACC
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or this?
(http://www.haineshisway.com/community/attachments/disgusting_chocolate.jpg)
Ooo!! These would be good, too! I'm making a list of things from their website to give to the director. Thanks a lot for the suggestions! ;D
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DR FJL....I don't think the Ramada is the place for you....here is a list of ratings from former guests.
Parking your car is $12 per day.
http://travel.yahoo.com/p-reviews-374550-prod-hotel-action-read-ratings_and_reviews-i;_ylt=AiTQDlUbK2E6ZL3IsyuFZnHiphQB (http://travel.yahoo.com/p-reviews-374550-prod-hotel-action-read-ratings_and_reviews-i;_ylt=AiTQDlUbK2E6ZL3IsyuFZnHiphQB)
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There are lots of photos of DR Elmore's own Singing Nun posted on BWW today. Here's the link
http://www.broadwayworld.com/viewcolumn.cfm?colid=12621
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I remember that the parking was $12 per day, which astounds me.
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Well, the Travelodge doesn't look so good, either, on that Yahoo site!
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I don't know the Ramada. If it's north of Hollywood Blvd. the neighborhood is just fine (it would be close to our beloved House of Pies). Maybe I'll drive by tomorrow on my way back from LACC. Even if it's above Hollywood Blvd. it's close to a subway stop, and you could hop on there and get off at Santa Monica Blvd. which is one minute from the theater at LACC.
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If I win the Powerball on Wednesday, I will be in NYC this weekend.
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The Ramada sounds bad to me. I just checked on expedia.com and there are lots of nice-sounding places for $159 and under. One to look at is the Magic Castle Hotel - near everything in Hollywood and only a five or ten minute walk to the Highland/Hollywood metro station - from there it's a ten minute ride to LACC (you're let off one minute from the campus and theater). The two Universal City Hotels, the Sheraton and the Hilton are both around 159, are very nice and are a moment from the North Hollywood Metro station - again, just a short ride to LACC. Also, check the Continental flight and hotel combos.
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There are lots of photos of DR Elmore's own Singing Nun posted on BWW today. Here's the link
http://www.broadwayworld.com/viewcolumn.cfm?colid=12621
Wow! DR Cillaliz, I love this! Thanks
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If I win the Powerball on Wednesday, I will be in NYC this weekend.
I have my fingers crossed!
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Hiya! Time is just whizzing by - I think I'm beginning to understand the Deductive Logic stuff... or not. First exam today in a Communications class... papers due next week, and and and... AND I'm loving it!!!
TOD - FRANKENSTEIN the BIG fave of all time. But there was a creepy movie that sticks in my mind from my childhood - I saw it on one of those afternoon movie programs on TV at some point - It was a giant eyeball with blood vessels and nerve endings for "feet" and it lived like a Yeti up high in The Mountains and came down to devour villagers or something. Yipes, it was scary. Think it was called THE CRAWLING EYE or something. Yipes.
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The Crawling Eye gavotte! for Page 4 dance
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LOVE the nun photos!
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The Crawling Eye gavotte! for Page 4 dance
If you insist!! ;)
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And now, I must be leaving. I don't have to go to rehearsal tonight. You'd think that I'd want to stay at work and make up some hours from yesterday...but I don't. ;) I also have quite a bit of TV to watch and I want to watch as much of it so that I can reuse my videotapes. So, later!
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Wow! DR Cillaliz, I love this! Thanks
Glad I could pass it on to you
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Thedy Sue. It's called The Jar and it's brilliant.
Did you see the remake they did back in the 80's? It was awful...not scary at all! And I love Griffin Dunne, but it didn't matter. Why do they even bother remaking classic Hitchcock?
Now i'm on the lookout for the original one hour episodes!
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Good Evening!
On a wonderful day like today...
I Love New York!
etc., etc., etc...
:)
-Just wanted to get that out of my system... Time to catch up on the posts.
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FJL - what was the name of that hotel - the first one you tried to get me? I've booked my flight, but cannot find ANY hotels that are in any way reasonable and also available for the three nights - and that includes the dreaded Mayfair - several of the more reasonable ones are not available on Saturday evening. I'd say the hotel situation in NY right now is the most out of control I've ever seen it. Absolutely outrageous. Anyone have any ideas - I'm listening!
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The things that excite us these days, Sherlock just went pee-potty and poo-potty in his dog run. Didn’t you just want to know that! ;D
I love this photo of him in his favorite toy, a children’s play tunnel.
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From DerBrucer
It's tease Jane time:
Mr. Meaty!
;D I missed that last night
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From CP
George, that's great. It's the one problem I have living out in the quasi-country. The nearest amenities are about five miles away, so walking there is tuff. But once I drive someplace, I like to park in one location and then walk everywhere. It's what I love about London...any place I'd want to go is only five to, at the most, thirty minutes away from the front door...shops, restaurants, bookstores, theatres, movie houses, parks, etc.
The reason we are sometimes tempted to move into Ashland.
It is always fun to visit Bryan in Portland. I’m looking forward to walking the town (all the little neighborhoods make it seem like a town) next week with the guys from Oz.
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I couldn't have done it without Keith.
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TOD: I thought Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory was frightening -- all those children disappearing, and no one seemed to care.
ROTFLOL! :D
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Not for the faint of heart but if you are brave....
I have been roped into doing a radio show tonight online at teh student radio. IT is streaming audio and you are welcomed to listen. My premiere will be a bit after midnight central time, 10 Pacific...
http://www.ndsu.nodak.edu/webradio/index.htm (http://www.ndsu.nodak.edu/webradio/index.htm)
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If it weren't for Julia Louis-Dreyfuss, I'd probably like the show. But I cannot watch with her in it.
;D Exactly Keith’s sentiments.
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DakotaCelt-very exciting. I unfortunately can't connect, looks a bit late for me anyway. Have fun!
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There are lots of photos of DR Elmore's own Singing Nun posted on BWW today. Here's the link
http://www.broadwayworld.com/viewcolumn.cfm?colid=12621
Thanks for the link.
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I finally booked a hotel just to book one - I mean, it's NUTS. And do you know why? The lady who took my reservation said it's because everyone's coming in to begin the Christmas shopping! I mean, what kind of stupid society are we? I want to vomit on the ground. My usual favorite place to stay, the Doubletree, is close to $550 a night. Obviously, I'm not staying there. There doesn't seem to be anything under $350, that's available anyway. If I find something better I can cancel what I got. I booked the Hilton Gardens Hotel on Eighth and 48th, right near the Mayfair (which wasn't available). It used to be something else, but Hilton took it over and completely remodeled it - the rooms look nice and the high-speed Internet is free, which saves thirty bucks from the ten a day charge of the Doubletree.
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OK - All caught up... And now...
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bk - Flatotel - ??
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Bruce-Last time you went to NY in October & experienced the same, over-booked & over-priced, problem a friend got you a special deal in a nice hotel. Can you get that again?
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bk - Flatotel - ??
Should have booked it last week - now it's not available.
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Bruce-Last time you went to NY in October & experienced the same, over-booked & over-priced, problem a friend got you a special deal in a nice hotel. Can you get that again?
I called said friend about last week's trip - her new place of employment doesn't give "friend" rates to friends of employees like her last place did.
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I am still full from my HUUUUUGE lunch at Genghis Cohen with the delightfully delightful Jessica Rush.
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DR FJL - I remember walking by that Ramada Hollywood many times when I was out in LA for What If?. -I was staying in Los Feliz and would down Vermont to the subway station. In any case... That Ramada always seemed very "transient".
Otherwise, the neighborhood around LACC is not too bad. It's just not a heavily residential neighborhood, and most of the businesses close at 5:00, so it's dead in the evenings.
As bk mentioned, you can get a good rate at the Universal hotels, and they're pretty nice. And you can also take advantage of the shops and restaurants up at Universal City Walk. You do have to take the tram down to the subway, but then it's a quick ride to LACC. *Just remember that the subway in LA is basically on the honor system: you buy a ticket or pass, and then just keep it on you while you ride. There is nothing to swipe or to be collected. However, the transit police do hold random sweeps every now and then, and riding the subway without a ticket is a misdemeanor.
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Should have booked it last week - now it's not available.
Call the hotel directly. Sometimes it's just the online allotment that is no longer available.
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Oh, yes, the Christmas Shopping Season has started already. In fact, it started down in DC this past weekend. I had gone to one of the malls, and it was CRAZY! When I was at Banana Republic, I was talking with one of the clerks, and she commented how it was CRAZY too. -And how the day before, they were practically dead. She started asking some customers why they chose to come in today, and some of them they were starting their Christmas shopping.
*And even though we're still a few weeks away from Halloween, a couple of stores here in NYC and in DC have started shifting their inventory around in order to make room for the Christmas Seasonal merchandise.
**Which is why I still marvel at Nordstrom's - They do not put up their Christmas decorations until the day after Thanksgiving. -Well, they have staff come in on Thanksgiving to decorate, but still, nary a Christmas ball or piece of tinsel until Black Friday.
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bk - Oh - Check to see if anything is available at the Edison. Some of their Parlor Rooms aren't too badly priced even in high season. And they're surprisingly roomy - ask for an inside corner room.
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OH!
The auditions today were fun, fun, fun! Lots of good people, and, as always, lot of friends coming in to audition. And it was just great and gratifying to actually be playing - after weeks of being "on-call". And since it was Grease, lots of fun music to play too.
:)
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I like the musical Grease!
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We have slipped and sled on the Greasy slope to page 8!
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Currently watching "Six Degrees"... As I believe, DR MattH mentioned a few days ago... It is nice seeing Campbell Scott in a good role again. -And without that horrible moustache he had in "The Exorcism of Emily Rose". *And his salt-n-pepper hair is very becoming too. :)
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FJL, I am also having trouble finding a hotel...if you locate a good one let me know!
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YIKES! Tornado watch nearby...
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Re: the Ramada in the 1100 block of North Vermont. No, No, definitely not!!!! Bad area and, frankly, out of the loop and mainstream of the city! I know the area very well as Vermont up in Los Feliz where Jose stayed was a part of my neighbourhood. Like BK says, you want to stay above Hollywood Blvd. I might even say Franklin Blvd, unless you're in Hollywood proper, on the Boulevard between Gower and La Brea, or on Sunset on the strip in West Hollywood. Don't know whether you're coming into LAX or Burbank, but I would recommend Burbank, there is a decent Holiday Inn right there at the airport (where the Ray Courts shows used to be). I advise renting a car unless you don't drive.
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OH! I'm watching "Six Degrees" courtesy of the DVR here. -And, as always, I keep forgetting that I can fast forward through the commercials! :P
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I finshed "Lady in Black" which I remember as a kid really confounded me. Just who was that mysterious woman? It didn't matter that there was only one woman in the cast otherwise. It was a puzzle. The basic little mystery was pretty good, but the identity of the Lady should have been a no-brainer, and it wasn't.
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Next came "Jimmy Olsen, Boy Editor." Really a comedy episode as the crooks despite their machine gun are a pretty docile bunch. Slight, but fun.
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Watched last night's VANISHED next. Yep, a spoiler I read this summer turned out to be true: a major cast member bit the dust in this episode. Now, it could be a set-up to fool the audience. Other shows like '24' and SVU have done it, but it didn't look like that to me.
I just wonder if this was planned from the outset or did the performer in question ask for a release from the contract due to dissatisfaction with the role.
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Oohh.... The "tornado watch" was from last Thursday too... Ooppss..
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LAW & ORDER: CRIMINAL INTENT
had Brooke Shields as a guest star, and her presence threw me totally off identifying the identity of the murderer. Often, a star name will take one of these roles for the juicy murder confession or denials that might secure him an Emmy nomination. That wasn't the case with Brooke's part. More of a cameo than anything else. I kept thinking she'd come back into the case, and it just didn't happen.
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I almost booked myself into The Historic Mayfair Hotel...$60.00 a night!
Then I read the fine print..."due to safety concerns in the immediate area..."
But it looks cool!
(http://images.travelnow.com/hotels/LAX_BEST-exter-1.jpg)
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I am renting a car, so maybe I will just find a nice place in Little Tokyo.
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nip/tuck had Rosie O'Donnell as a Powerball winner wanting the deluxe treatment from Dr. Troy. She got it.
However, no amount of make-up or wardrobe could make it believable that Rosie was lypoed down to a size 10. I don't mean to sound insensitive, just realistic. They'd have to use CGI with her to create the illusion that she had all the major plastic work done on her that her character paid for. So, that storyline didn't pan out this week.
What happened to the male nanny played by Peter DInklege?
I didn't believe for a second that Matt could fight off those strongarm guys who were twice his size.
In other words, the show was pretty much a washout for me tonight.
However, one mystery was cleared up about the missing kidney. That was a surprise.
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So tomorrow I'll have BOSTON LEGAL, SVU, VERONICA MARS, and HELP ME HELP YOU (for maybe the last time) to catch up with.
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Arrgghhh! The wireless here acts like dial-up and I just lost a post!
DH Richard and I had a delightful day at The Cloisters, followed by a 2-hour bus ride from there to 59th St. & Fifth Ave. - we took in the sights along the way and enjoyed resting our feet for a while. Visited The Apple Store, Tiffany's, Takashiyama before attending Choral Evensong at St. Thomas. We stopped at the hotel to regroup a little, grabbed a quick sandwich at the nearby deli, and went to see A Chorus Line - which we enjoyed quite a lot.
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Heading off to bed now.
Good night!
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BK - The place we looked at first was the Travel Inn on West 42nd Street, but I just checked and that's booked during your Oct 19-22 stay.
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Arrgghhh! The wireless here acts like dial-up and I just lost a post!
DH Richard and I had a delightful day at The Cloisters, followed by a 2-hour bus ride from there to 59th St. & Fifth Ave. - we took in the sights along the way and enjoyed resting our feet for a while. Visited The Apple Store, Tiffany's, Takashiyama before attending Choral Evensong at St. Thomas. We stopped at the hotel to regroup a little, grabbed a quick sandwich at the nearby deli, and went to see A Chorus Line - which we enjoyed quite a lot.
Sounds like the way the wireless worked there last year. Hope we have better luck.
I'm getting close to having the packing done. Still need to look again. Not sure what to take this time so I'm taking too much. I hate it when I'm not decisive about packing, but what the heck. If I have to check luggage I'm going to have luggage to check!
Not sure if JH got the 10 o'clock news off tonight or not. If not he's just leaving Joplin to go to Kansas City where he'll catch his plane bright and early in the morning.
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Thanks for the warnings and suggestions about the L.A. hotels.
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Here's the photo coverage of NIGHT OF THE HUNTER
http://www.broadwayworld.com/viewcolumn.cfm?colid=12580
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I used to have the Wellington as my backup when The Edison was booked, But now i see it's gotten pricier.
I've had the best luck booking here: http://snipurl.com/nyhotels
Sometimes they mess up, but their quotes are cheaper than a lot of sites...
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Well, back to packing and off to sleep. Night all. If you don't hear from me in the morning, I'll let you know when I get to New York
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Arrgghhh! The wireless here acts like dial-up and I just lost a post!
DH Richard and I had a delightful day at The Cloisters, followed by a 2-hour bus ride from there to 59th St. & Fifth Ave. - we took in the sights along the way and enjoyed resting our feet for a while. Visited The Apple Store, Tiffany's, Takashiyama before attending Choral Evensong at St. Thomas. We stopped at the hotel to regroup a little, grabbed a quick sandwich at the nearby deli, and went to see A Chorus Line - which we enjoyed quite a lot.
Yeah - You made it to Takashimaya! Did you happen to meet the "white witch" up on the fragrance floor? I always seem to run into her when I'm there, and she really does have an amazing sixth sense when it comes to picking fragrances. -And she's always very generous when spritzing the tester strips - I swear there have been times when she's spritzed a good $25 of cologne onto those pieces of cardboard (from a $400 bottle of cologne!).
And you made it to the Apple Store too!
And A Chorus Line!
Sounds like a very full day to me!
:)
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Re: LA hotels...I have stayed at the Wilshire Dunes (4300 Wilshire Blvd) probably a dozen times. It's a small, '60's retro motor lodge. Free parking, and it's just across Wilshire from some beautiful neighborhoods. Larchmont Village is within walking distance. It has a nice little courtyard pool and is well-managed. I usually stay there on my own and always felt safe. It is definitely NO FRILLS---$85 a night, but a real bargain. And it held up during an earthquake when a lot of things around it crumbled.
http://travel.yahoo.com/p-hotel-397163-dunes_wilshire_hotel-i
No internet access, I'm sure, but it does have character.
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Speaking of creepy films...does anyone remember "The Next Voice You Hear", with James Whitmore and Nancy Reagan?
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Safe journey, once again, DR Cillaliz!
I look forward to hearing about your adventures in NY!
And if you're looking for good Chinese, ask P. to direct you to Joe's Shangahi on Pell in Chinatown. *Sigh* and yummmm....
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I wouldn't walk around at night in any of Hollywood.
It's as safe as Tucson!
der Brucer
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. Think it was called THE CRAWLING EYE or something. Yipes.
This the one?
(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00005R1O7.01._SS500_SCLZZZZZZZ_V1056700122_.jpg)
der Brucer
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Classic horror film, to me, still means THE INNOCENTS with Deborah Kerr.
There was some warning from space movie from the 50s about these kids at Cape Canaveral who discovered this throbbing creature.......... wait maybe that was a different kind of movie..... no, no, it was called Cape Canaveral Monsters or something like that. I had nightmares for weeks with that one I could never figure out what was supposed to be scary about James Arness in THE THING.
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MBarnum, when are you traveling?
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Now i'm on the lookout for the original one hour episodes!
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der Brucer
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Classic horror film, to me, still means THE INNOCENTS with Deborah Kerr.
There was some warning from space movie from the 50s about these kids at Cape Canaveral who discovered this throbbing creature.......... wait maybe that was a different kind of movie..... no, no, it was called Cape Canaveral Monsters or something like that. I had nightmares for weeks with that one I could never figure out what was supposed to be scary about James Arness in THE THING.
That sounds like THE SPACE CHILDREN starring Peggy Webber, Adam Williams, a bunch a kids, and a giant brain thing in a cave on the beach.
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MBarnum, when are you traveling?
I haven't decided for sure, but am looking at the 7th through the 10 or 11th.
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GHOST STORY was an okay movie, but the book was the most frightening thing I have ever read.
Scary Fred Astaire films............. FUNNY FACE
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I advise renting a car unless you don't drive.
You advise a visiting New Yorker to rent a car in Metro LA ???
I'd stick with Mass Transit and Taxis.
der Brucer
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Edisaurus, the Wilshire Dunes looks swell...and free parking is a plus! Hmmm.....
But the Kawada Hotel is only 3 blocks from Little Tokyo and and New Otami Hotel seems quite luxurious and not very expensive...$119 on weekdays and $ 84 on the weekend.
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That sounds like THE SPACE CHILDREN starring Peggy Webber, Adam Williams, a bunch a kids, and a giant brain thing in a cave on the beach.
That would be the one!
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So tomorrow I'll have ... SVU...
Leslie Caron takes a swing at an Emmy!
New Yorker (http://www.newyorker.com/talk/content/articles/060828ta_talk_taylor)
COMEBACK DEPT.
GIGI IN JERSEY
by Kate Taylor
Issue of 2006-08-28
Posted 2006-08-21
The actress Leslie Caron, whom Gene Kelly plucked, in 1948, when she was seventeen, from the Ballets des Champs-Elysées and then shipped to Hollywood, where she pirouetted and pouted her way through several M-G-M classics, has grown accustomed, in recent years, to the silence of her telephone. “I was absolutely convinced that I couldn’t act anymore,” she said not long ago. “I thought, I’m this old Gigi and Lili, and I suppose I can’t pretend anymore. Nobody’s going to hire me.”
But, recently, the call came, summoning her from her Paris home—not to Hollywood but to North Bergen, New Jersey, where the TV crime drama “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” is filmed. A tiny woman with high cheekbones, Caron was on the set the other day, sitting for the show’s hair stylist. She conveyed dignity and a slight hauteur, even in a T-shirt that read “Boston” in bright bubble letters. Over the loud hum of a hair dryer, she recalled receiving urgent messages from her agent between trips to Burgundy, where she runs an inn, and Sardinia, where she is building a cottage.
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In the episode in which Caron appears, which will air in October, she plays a French émigrée whom the S.V.U. detectives persuade to testify against the man who raped her forty years earlier. Two of the show’s executive producers, Neal Baer and Ted Kotcheff, had secured Caron a visa in a mere two weeks. (“We called senators’ offices!” Baer said.) But to most of the crew Caron’s presence didn’t exactly constitute a celebrity sighting. “Now, T-Bone,” Juan Campanella, the episode’s director, said to a skinny P.A., “this weekend you’re renting ‘An American in Paris,’ so you can see what this lady can do.”
Those who did recognize Caron treated her with exaggerated deference. “She looks great, doesn’t she?” Kotcheff, who is himself seventy-five, said. “I fell madly in love with her when she was in ‘Gigi.’ ” He crooned, “The song of love is a sad song, Hi-Lili, Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo.”
“That’s ‘Lili,’ ” Campanella said. “ ‘Gigi’ is ‘Thank heaven for little girls.’ ”
“Ha! You couldn’t sing that song these days,” Kotcheff said. “They’d arrest you immediately!”
In between scenes, Caron came over to where Campanella was sitting and thanked him for his guidance. “I used to get so upset with Jim Ivory,” she said. “He’s so respectful of actors that he doesn’t give you any direction! He says, ‘How do you want to play this, dahling?’ And you think, Christ, he doesn’t know what he’s doing!” Kotcheff and Campanella laughed. “I really prefer,” she concluded, “for the director to do very pointilliste work with me.”
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Caron returned to the set to do a scene with Connie Nielsen. The writers had decided that Nielsen should interview Caron’s character in French. The lines were written in English; the women translated them on the spot. When the scene was over, Campanella sat back in his chair, visibly moved, and said, “I didn’t understand a word, but she was wonderful.”
der Brucer
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Classic horror film, to me, still means THE INNOCENTS with Deborah Kerr.
How about this NYC Chamber of Commerce promo:
(http://ec3.images-amazon.com/images/P/6301640659.01._AA280_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg)
der Brucer
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Well.. I've been spending the past hour or so going over the cruise info... So much to do! So much to see! So much to EAT!!! And most of it is free too! -So the diet will start back up again when I get back.
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DR FJL - THANK YOU! :)
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Well... I should get to bed, so...
Goodnight.
*See you tomorrow DRs Cillaliz and jhvw!
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I think I missed DRDAKOTACELT on the radio.....I may have heard her last few moments as she and some guy bid us to stay tuned for BARBECUE.
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I found THE UNLOCKED WINDOW on a homegrown DVD - that had the "new" version of it as well....which just helped one realize how good the original b/w hour version is!
Creepy.
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Not for the faint of heart but if you are brave....
I have been roped into doing a radio show tonight online at teh student radio. IT is streaming audio and you are welcomed to listen. My premiere will be a bit after midnight central time, 10 Pacific...
http://www.ndsu.nodak.edu/webradio/index.htm (http://www.ndsu.nodak.edu/webradio/index.htm)
Did/will you get a copy of this?
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I think I missed DRDAKOTACELT on the radio.....I may have heard her last few moments as she and some guy bid us to stay tuned for BARBECUE.
I didn't listen to it, but I did record it. :)
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Leslie Caron takes a swing at an Emmy!
New Yorker (http://www.newyorker.com/talk/content/articles/060828ta_talk_taylor)der Brucer
I have alwasy liked Leslie Caron... Gigi was a wonderful movie...
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I think I missed DRDAKOTACELT on the radio.....I may have heard her last few moments as she and some guy bid us to stay tuned for BARBECUE.
Yep, at least you caught a few moments. You missed the Robert Clary vs. Richard DAwson debate!
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Did/will you get a copy of this?
No copy...
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The person who kidnapped me is named Jon Pike. He is the faculty advisor for the student runned radio station
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Too bad I did not have Guy Haines!
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So the diet will start back up again when I get back.
Yes. Miss O'Hara, tomorrow is another day :D
der Brucer
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.. the student runned radio station...
Is "runned" an Auto Shop expression (As in "The car runned real good.") 8)
der Brucer
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Is "runned" an Auto Shop expression (As in "The car runned real good.") 8)
der Brucer
I tried using correct grammar and they said not it is runned for they run it.. I was corrected by two 19 year olds...
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And then there was the woman who, after being fired from "The Apprentice," talked about why she was "casted" on the show in the first place. ::)