Haines His Way
Archives => Archive 8 => Topic started by: bk on December 04, 2006, 12:31:03 AM
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Well, you've read the notes, the notes were posted earlier than usual, hence you have a head start on the new day, and now it is time for you to post until the cows come home - this is the week that may just happen. Or not.
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And the word of the day is: DISTRAIT!
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Notes posted early, although our haineshisway.com clock is now off by an hour so not really.
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Have I mentioned that I'm excited? I'm trying not to squee like a rabid fangirl.
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MMM I just read the first half of the notes twice. !!!
I've always been quite fond of "My Geisha" .
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Most unseemly having two first halves!
Of course it is not always easy keeping the halves together. (Almost a "Steel Pier" reference)
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Most unseemly having two first halves!
Of course it is not always easy keeping the halves together. (Almost a "Steel Pier" reference)
Men & me are like pianos...when they get upright, I feel grand! ;D
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I've always liked Distrait. I like Mr Knopfler's film scores (though they do have a "sameness" - but then do the scores of a few other film score composers).
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I'm glad the reference was not wasted.
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I don't know what the topic of the day is as I can't read the second half of the notes.
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I'm glad the reference was not wasted.
*coughit'soneofmythemesongscough*
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Maybe the notes were posted a little *too* early?
(I'm up too early, too!)
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Are we being two timed?
Are the notes more comfortable the second time around?
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Interesting notes today.
Interesting notes today.
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Twice I read that.
Twice I read that.
It is HHW DEJA VU VU.
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Thanks, DR ELMORE, a rose on Lucy's Lawn would be so touching.
In fact I am now working on a new musical titled A ROSE ON LUCY'S LAWN...
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DR ELMORE....that information is correct. Carole Lombard had NO children. Louise Lombard and her husband Jon Stephen are both from England. I am not sure how HE or SHE could be related to Carole, but maybe she has a psychic connection to her, or is a cousin or something...
But grandchild....no.... DRMBARNUM Carole was a member of Ba'Hai.
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I'll chime in too.
Maybe in your soon to be new age you didn't realize you wrote your notes twice!
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VIDEO WATCHDOG...DRMBARNUM.....TONY RUSSEL....BOLLYWOOD HORROR..what's NOT to like?
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Off on my rounds....it is 12 degrees here. One, two...12 degrees.
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Today I shall go for a nice long walk. Perhaps there will be some photos to share when I return.
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Monday morning greetings! Cold, cold, cold here in SW Ohio, too, DR JRand - also, some snow flurries.
The Brain reports from LA are so interesting. I am thrilled for BK, Elmore, and the cast & crew and look forward to updates throughout the week.
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Is there an echo in the notes?
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and no Topic of the day....is that unseemly for a Monday?
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The Noteman Always Writes twice?
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I'm at work and soon off to Court. Like Ginny, I'm enjoying the Brain posts and the travel plans. Wish I was going to be there instead of here, but early December is a really bad time for me to leave town...too many things going on in court so the judges can take time off at the end of the month. So, I will wait and anticipate wonderful news from the Haineses and Kimlets who will be there.
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FJL - Good morning! I've added my frequent flyer number at check in before. It's not a problem
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I think that BK was a bit distrait when he wrote the notes last night
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Elmore! Hello - are you still doing Brain surgery or is the score all settled
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Heigh ho, heigh ho...and all that stuff...work beckons and I must leave....
Laters..... Hey, Jose? Where are you? You are missed!
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Good morning, all! My inner clock wakes me up at 5 am, knowing that in my part of the world it's really 8 am. and now it's 6:45! I will soon pull myself away from Ogden Drive in search of a bus and make my way to LACC, where I hope to finish the Entr'Acte in time for today's band rehearsal. I did about 5-6 cues yesterday and I have to gather more from the musical director this afternoon.
I'm signing off!
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DR Cillaliz - I, too, would like to be going to LA this weekend, but it's not a good time, work-wise and family-wise, for me to be away.
I am going through a little of what you did last week: I have an all-day training in Columbus on Wednesday which would mean leaving home before 7am, driving 2+ hours, sitting through a 6-hour class, and driving 2+hours home. The weather forecast for Wednesday is iffy, so I've made a hotel reservation and may go tomorrow afternoon. If the forecast clears in the next 24 hours, though, I can cancel my hotel. ARRGH, and I'll have to go through this angst again Dec. 17-18 over a trip to Cleveland!
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Hi, DR Elmore - have a great week!
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Thanks, everybody, for the reassurances that we can get Skip's miles at check-in or even later. One less thing to think about.
Now I can immerse myself in obsessing about the weather report for traveling on Friday.
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Last night DR derBrucer wrote:
"The characters in Brokeback Mountain were NOT cowboys and/or ranchers (IMDB notwithstanding). - they were sheepherders!"
We've had this argument before. They WERE cowboys. Both participated in the rodeo (Ennis mentioned that he rodeoed whenever he had the enbtry fee, and we see Jack riding bulls), and Jack often worked on his father's ranch before he was married and started working in his wife's father's business.
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...Now I can immerse myself in obsessing about the weather report for traveling on Friday.
We're good at that here, aren't we?
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Good morning!
Beautiful but cold here and to remain so all week. Rain expected Friday, but otherwise, four days of the same weather. No complaints. This is what December should be like here.
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I thought maybe the notes were an April Fool's Day joke in December, but I'm sure bk will solve the problem when he awakens from his slumbers.
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Reminder:
THE CLOSER airs its two hour special edition both at 8 p.m. and again at 10 p.m. tonight.
I'll be watching the 8 p.m. version "live." Can't wait!
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Well, I would venture that since Sunday's title was The Repeated Motif and it was still Sunday when Bruce wrote the notes, he was simply repeating the motif!
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I'm having lunch with best friend John today as usual (and hear his report on the tour of SPAMALOT which is currently playing here). He and I saw the show in NYC two summers ago, and I'll be interested to see his comparisons of the two productions.
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This afternoon, my department is having a quarterly meeting. In December, that always includes a potluck luncheon. Our managers are providing pizza and the rest of us have brought side dishes - snacks or desserts. My contribution is a simple Fiesta Dip with chips and veggies. I will have a full food report later.
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Still waiting on the arrival of SUPERMAN RETURNS and BONES from Amazon. Shipped LAST Monday.
I'll probably start on BONES this afternoon if it comes, and if not, pick back up with the MURDER SHE WROTE Season 4 set.
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Heading down now to clean up for my lunch date.
WBBL.
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...Now I can immerse myself in obsessing about the weather report for traveling on Friday.
I refer to this as "chicken littling." I do a lot of it in the wintertime.
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What a revoltin' predicament this is - part one of the notes twice - that's a first (or, in reality, a twice). It has been fixed so go read part two now and you'll know the topic. Something must have happened when I cut and pasted part two - apparently part one didn't want to be gotten rid of so easily. Oh, well, it's been rectified, oh, yes, it's been rectified.
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Dean Martin films - I remember being kind of taken with his performance in THE SILENCERS, so much so that I saw the film twice back in the day when seeing movies over and over in the theater was not the norm. Also, loved BELLS ARE RINGING.
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Shirley MacLaine's performances do vary for me, and I have liked her in many of her usually mentioned acclaimed performances, but I really really loved her in a piece of fluff called ASK ANY GIRL.
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None of Tony Curtis' screen performances truly stand out from the others for me, except SPARTACUS when he sang that song :) , but I had such a great time seeing him live onstage in SOME LIKE IT HOT a few years ago. It was a tentative performance when he danced, but the comic timing was impeccable, and the love of the audience for him almost insane, even though he didn't appear until about an hour into the show.
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Well, since we're almost there
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Might as well get to post #50 before noon Eastern time.
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For Curtis, it has to be SOME LIKE IT HOT though he was dubbed by someone else for his Josephine performance. He was also quite wonderful in THE BOSTON STRANGLER, a very atypical role for him.
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Shirley MacLaine has had the most interesting career of the three. I adored her work in THE APARTMENT, GAMBIT, SWEET CHARITY, and SOME CAME RUNNING.
Her Oscar for TERMS OF ENDEARMENT was much deserved and I would have given it to her for THE TURNING POINT, too, as well as a supporting award for POSTCARDS FROM THE EDGE (which did not even garner her a nomination).
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Dean Martin. Well, I need to see him in THE YOUNG LIONS. I think he'd be very effective in a movie where he has some acting legends to play opposite. I've had the DVD for aeons, and it just never seems to find its way into my player.
I do find him perfectly cast in BELLS ARE RINGING and except for his lazy lip-synching for "I Met a Girl," a perfect film musical performance.
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TOD:
Favortie Tony Curtis film is one of his early Universal-Internation films ALL AMERICAN (1953). Co-starring are Lori Nelson, Mamie Van Doren, Richard Long, Gregg Palmer, and Kathie Lee's husband Frank Gifford!
Dean Martin: MY FRIEND IRMA
Shirley MacLaine: THE CHILDREN'S HOUR
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Dean: Bells Are Ringing
Tony: Some Like It Hot
Shirley: Postcards From the Edge (she sings Sondheim!)
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Lazy Lip-Synching - that's the title of my next novel.
My favorite Dino performance is in Some Came Running - he's really wonderful in that. And his performance as "Dino" in Kiss Me, Stupid is pretty interesting.
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I have jogged, I have showered, and I shall now be on my way to a casting session and then to a band rehearsal with the cast - it is the latter that I'm truly looking forward to.
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Favorite Shirley MacLaine: The Apartment, Some Came Running (with Dean), Sweet Charity, Terms of Endearment.
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And now - Dino at the piano.
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And now - BK leaving the home environment. Keep the home fries burning.
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Page Three - The Dance of Spring - BOING, BOING, BOING (that is three boings).
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And the word of the day is: DISTRAIT!
Casey would waltz
With a strawberry blonde
But she had forgotten to take her meds
And was so DISTRAIT that she constantly bolluxed the steps.
(Was that your foot again, dear? So sorry.)
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I also am looking very forward to my trip south and the opening night (and the Saturday night performance) of THE BRAIN FROM PLANET X, as well as seeing BK and all the HHWers who will be there!!
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Last night DR derBrucer wrote:
"The characters in Brokeback Mountain were NOT cowboys and/or ranchers (IMDB notwithstanding). - they were sheepherders!"
We've had this argument before. They WERE cowboys. Both participated in the rodeo (Ennis mentioned that he rodeoed whenever he had the enbtry fee, and we see Jack riding bulls), and Jack often worked on his father's ranch before he was married and started working in his wife's father's business.
Cowboys does sound better than sheepherders. Sheep have this nasty reputation for being easy, cows don't have that reputation.
But nobody makes documentaries about these things. ::)
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Desperate cowboys take work where they find it in modern days.
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Busy moring:
Went to clinic to have blood drawn for my quarterly doctor's visit next Monday.
Got my flu shot.
Mailed a special holiday greeting card (my mom's).
Bought some groceries (in the physiological state of having been fasting since 8:30 p.m. yesterday).
And now I'm home.
Home.
And here all of you are.
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Something has just arrived via USPS. It is a box. I have a hunch it contains DVDs.
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Well, S. Woody's here right now.
That's a plurality in my book.
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I'm off to see if I can salvage anything that might be construed as productive on the rest of this day off.
I have four working days till my three-week vacation begins!
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Thanks to DR TOMovOZ for providing me with a sparkling a lovely 2007!!
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Yes LACC will the be THE place to be this weekend! It's the night of over a dozen stars!!!
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ALL of the performers in today's TOD run hot and cold for me....from just okay to can't watch it.....
MY GEISHA always reminded me of a Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour where Lucy did the same thing....and it wasn't very funny when she did it either!
Dean Martin....probably THE YOUNG LIONS...mentioned by DR MATTH...although certainly SOME CAME RUNNING is also very good.
Tony Curtis...like DR MBARNUM, I like a lot of things from his U-I period but especially a movie called JOHNNY DARK about a race car driver-designer and MISTER CORY a Blake Edwards movie featuring a dynamite Martha Hyer performance and also starring Kathryn Grant (Crosby) and William Reynolds.
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And of course SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS for Mr Curtis....
Match me, Sidney.....
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SUPERMAN RETURNS arrived today along with another Val Kilmer in THE TEN COMMANDMENTS....the first was a Christmas present for my sister....and VK fan....
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Desperate cowboys take work where they find it in modern days.
Some have been known to work at Midnight.
der Brucer
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TOD: Tony Curtis-Houdini & The Great Imposter
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Broken leg vibes to the cast of Brain!
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TOD
Shirley MacLaine - Irma la Duce and The Apartment
Tony Curtis - The Great Race
Dean Martin - The Silencers
der Brucer
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What a revoltin' predicament this is - part one of the notes twice - that's a first (or, in reality, a twice). It has been fixed so go read part two now and you'll know the topic. Something must have happened when I cut and pasted part two - apparently part one didn't want to be gotten rid of so easily. Oh, well, it's been rectified, oh, yes, it's been rectified.
Mondays will make things go a bit wacky...
Before I came to today's discussion thread, I was reading the notes and I was wondering what the earlier posts were talking about for I had seen today's topic... Now I understand! :-)
Broken leg vibes to the cast bk!
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TOD: Sweet Charity, which was my favorite movie when I was a kid, and Desperate Characters, IMHO Shirley's greatest performance and the one she should have won the Oscar for (not even a nom, some say due to the fact the film came out the same year her lamentable TV series did). Plus Desperate Characters costars a certain PDX-er's father.
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SUPERMAN RETURNS arrived today along with another Val Kilmer in THE TEN COMMANDMENTS....the first was a Christmas present for my sister....and VK fan....
On Saturday, I received a package with "The Ten Commandments (http://www.deepdiscountdvd.com/dvd.cfm?itemID=PLT048369)" (VAL KILMER IS MOSES) and "Beefcake (http://www.deepdiscountdvd.com/dvd.cfm?itemID=SRV099082)." ;)
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This is an interruption of calm and collected witty chat that appears on this board.... Be warned...
I have finished my paper!!!
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We can now return to the cool, calm and witty conversation that appears here!!
It feels good to be finally done with it!
Thanks!
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On Saturday, I received a package with "The Ten Commandments (http://www.deepdiscountdvd.com/dvd.cfm?itemID=PLT048369)" (VAL KILMER IS MOSES) and "Beefcake (http://www.deepdiscountdvd.com/dvd.cfm?itemID=SRV099082)." ;)
Ah, but is Moses Val Kilmer?
I can hear the bickering now...
"My burning bush burns brighter than your burning bush! Nyeh nyeh nyeh!!!"
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And with that, I'm off to work yet again. So much fun to be had, until late at night!
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I have had BEEFCAKE for many years.....enjoyable movie....funny commentary...and BETTER than average extras.
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Congrats to DR DAKOTA CELT on finishing her assignment.
Have we heard DR PENNYO's test scores yet?
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MISTER CORY is the kind of movie in which the ladies wear lovely tea length formals and the gentleman wear white dinner jackets and smoke cigarettes taken from silver cases.
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Great news on the paper, DakotaCelt. Now you can get some sleep.
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Mister Cory scene....
(http://www.festival-larochelle.org/images/films/1739.jpg)
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DR LAURA did you take any photos on your jaunt?
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Mister Cory page four dance....see Page Three for the photo.
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This morning I went for a walk. This squirrel popped up to see what I was doing:
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TOTD:
Dean Martin: Scared Stiff/Three Ring Circus
Tony Curtis: The Crimson Mask/The Blackshield of Falworth.
Shirley MacLaine:The Sheepman/My Geisha.
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As did this cardinal:
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Congratulations Dakota Celt.
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A pleasure JRand. If truant Mr PianoSimbulanJose would provide his new address he would get his 2007 special interest calendar! I may have to send it care of DR Elmore.
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Thanks for the pics DearReader Laura.
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Lovely photos, DR LAURA!!
DR TOMovOZ - of course THE PURPLE (CRIMSON) MASK featured Miss Allison Hayes in one of her first movies!!! She almost lost her head to the guillotine!
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A pleasure JRand. If truant Mr PianoSimbulanJose would provide his new address he would get his 2007 special interest calendar! I may have to send it care of DR Elmore.
You could send it to me, but DR JOSE might not get it until 2008! 8)
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Thanks for the offer JRand - and of course "Purple" -It's a male colour blindness thing!
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Ah, but is Moses Val Kilmer?
I can hear the bickering now...
"My burning bush burns brighter than your burning bush! Nyeh nyeh nyeh!!!"
I hope this doesn't prompt a bunch of "Do you smoke after sex" jokes ::)
der Brucer
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You could send it to me, but DR JOSE might not get it until 2008! 8)
Geat Keyboards of the Southern Hemisphere?
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MISTER CORY is the kind of movie in which the ladies wear lovely tea length formals and the gentleman wear white dinner jackets and smoke cigarettes taken from silver cases.
And those "to the manor born" still do!
der Brucer
I remember my etiquette book discussing the monograms on gentlemen's cigarette cases - simple engraved initials were fine, embedded diamond chips were gauche. (And don't get me started on which gloves when!)
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She almost lost her head to the guillotine!
Almost? Was it left hanging by a thread?
der Brucer
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Tony Curtis twice played a boxer at U-I. First in FLESH AND FURY, he plays a deaf boxer who wins as a deaf man but after he undergoes an operation to restore his hearing, the noises throw him off and he can't fight as effectively.
The better of his two boxing movies was THE SQUARE JUNGLE as a middleweight champ who has a three fight series with another fighter (similar to the Graziano/Zale trilogy) which results in a serious injury. I really thought his work both dramatic and athletic was very good in this one.
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Many variants of this abound, but this is the best I've seen:
If Bud Abbott and Lou Costello were alive today, their infamous sketch,
"Who's on First?" might have turned out something like this:
Costello calls and wants to buy a computer from Abbott…
ABBOTT: Super Duper Computer Store. Can I help you?
COSTELLO: Thanks. I'm setting up an office in my den, and I'm thinking about buying a computer.
ABBOTT: Mac?
COSTELLO: No, the name's Lou.
ABBOTT: Your computer?
COSTELLO: I don't own a computer. I want to buy one.
ABBOTT: Mac?
COSTELLO: I told you, my name's Lou.
ABBOTT: What about Windows?
COSTELLO: Why? Will it get stuffy in here?
ABBOTT: Do you want a computer with windows?
COSTELLO: I don't know. What will I see when I look in the windows?
ABBOTT: Wallpaper.
COSTELLO: Never mind the windows. I need a computer and software.
ABBOTT: Software for windows?
COSTELLO: No. On the computer! I need something I can use to write proposals, track expenses and run my business. What have you got?
ABBOTT: Office.
COSTELLO: Yeah, for my office. Can you recommend anything?
ABBOTT: I just did.
COSTELLO: You just did what?
ABBOTT: Recommend something.
COSTELLO: You recommended something?
ABBOTT: Yes.
COSTELLO: For my office?
ABBOTT: Yes.
COSTELLO: OK, what did you recommend for my office?
ABBOTT: Office.
COSTELLO: Yes, for my office!
ABBOTT: I recommend office with windows.
COSTELLO: I already have an office and it has windows! OK, lets just say, I'm sitting at my computer and I want to type a proposal. What do I need?
ABBOTT: Word.
COSTELLO: What word?
ABBOTT: Word in Office.
COSTELLO: The only word in office is office.
ABBOTT: The Word in Office for Windows.
COSTELLO: Which word in office for windows?
ABBOTT: The Word you get when you click the blue "W."
COSTELLO: I'm going to click your blue "w" if you don't start with some straight answers. OK, forget that. Can I watch movies on the Internet?
ABBOTT: Yes, you want Real One.
COSTELLO: Maybe a real one, maybe a cartoon. What I watch is none of your business. Just tell me what I need!
ABBOTT: Real One.
COSTELLO: If its a long movie I also want to see reel 2,3&4. Can I watch them?
ABBOTT: Of course.
COSTELLO: Great, with what?
ABBOTT: Real One.
COSTELLO: OK, I'm at my computer and I want to watch a movie. What do I do?
ABBOTT: You click the blue "1."
COSTELLO: I click the blue one what?
ABBOTT: The blue "1."
COSTELLO: Is that different from the blue w?
ABBOTT: The blue 1 is Real One and the blue W is Word.
COSTELLO: What word?
ABBOTT: The Word in Office for Windows.
COSTELLO: But there's three words in "office for windows"!
ABBOTT: No, just one. but its the most popular Word in the world.
COSTELLO: It is?
ABBOTT: Yes, but to be fair, there aren't many other Words left. It Pretty much wiped out all the other Words out there.
COSTELLO: And that word is real one?
ABBOTT: Real One has nothing to do with Word. Real One isn't even Part of Office.
COSTELLO: Stop! Don't start that again. What about financial bookkeeping you have anything I can track my money with?
ABBOTT: Money.
COSTELLO: That's right. What do you have?
ABBOTT: Money.
COSTELLO: I need money to track my money?
ABBOTT: It comes bundled with your computer.
COSTELLO: What's bundled to my computer?
ABBOTT: Money.
COSTELLO: Money comes with my computer?
ABBOTT: Yes. No extra charge.
COSTELLO: I get a bundle of money with my computer? How much?
ABBOTT: One copy.
COSTELLO: Isn't it illegal to copy money?
ABBOTT: Microsoft gave us a license to copy money.
COSTELLO: They can give you a license to copy money?
ABBOTT: Why not? THEY OWN IT!
(LATER)
COSTELLO: How do I turn my computer off??
ABBOTT: Click on "START"..........
der Brucer
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Another very long lunch today resultsed in just a few things watched today.
I started with a MURDER SHE WROTE episode just brimming with guest stars: Barry Nelson, Lois Nettleton, Frank Gorshin, Elliott Reid, Linda Purl, Matt McCoy, Beah Richards, Rene Auberjonois, and Penny Fuller. Many of them effect convincing Southern accents except Miss Nettleton's whose dialect just comes and goes alarmingly.
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I had time to watch one more MURDER SHE WROTE, this one of my favorites involving a hit performed on the commander of a CIA safe house. Karen Valentine, Mark Shera, Robert Reed, Cliff DeYoung, Gregory Sierra, and Laurence Luckinbill were among the guests stars.
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It's 4:15, and the mail has not arrived as yet, so I have no way of knowing if I'll get my Amazon box today or not.
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A few minutes ago -outside the window!
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I am listening to my CD of the Warner Bros. stars Christmas Album...some of these people have darn good singing voices...particularly surpised at how good Peter Brown, Dorothy Provine, and Poncie Ponce are.
Robert Conrad and Eddie Cole (who?) need a little help, however.
Haven't gotten to Roger Moore or Ty Hardin yet.
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I was besotted with packages today (is that possible?), mostly books I've ordered online and some I won on eBay. So much packing material to recycle, so little time.
Tomovoz, we got your lovely present today. Thanks so much to you and Colin; it was really most thoughtful of you. I must say, you meet the best people here on HHW. :)
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Very cool, Tom.
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I must say, you meet the best people here on HHW. :)
Indeed we do and have done.
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I'm book hunting for the 9 year old Grandlad; anybody know anything about these:
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der Brucer
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I know Dorothy Provine recorded a couple of albums for Warner Bros. label. And, of course, she sang that delightful song in THE GREAT RACE saloon sequence.
"He Shouldn't-a, Hadn't-a, Oughtn't-a Swang on Me!"
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I'm book hunting for the 9 year old Grandlad; anybody know anything about these:
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der Brucer
I know all about them. They're two of the most universally praised (and Newbery- Award winning) adolescent literature novels ever written.
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If you're asking are they right for a 9 year old, I'd put them at a little older - perhaps 11 or 12 unless the grandlad is an advanced reader.
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I cleaned the dining room earlier today, but I'm heading down now with my fingers crossed that an Amazon box is at my front door.
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If you're asking are they right for a 9 year old, I'd put them at a little older - perhaps 11 or 12 unless the grandlad is an advanced reader.
He tested at 10th Grade level.
He seems able to read just about anything - the trick is to get him started; once he gets to page three, he won't set a book down 'till he's done. He generally prefers non-fiction, but likes mystery/fantasy and seems to like history.
der Brucer
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Ah, that is right MattH, I forgot about Dorothy Provine's records...in fact I even have one of them...duh.
Interesting tidbit...of the many actors and actresses I have interviewed, Ms. Provine was named by the majority as one of the least liked performers...right up there with Ray Danton, Pernell Roberts, and Vince Edwards.
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Lovely pictures DR Tom and DR Laura!
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Associated Press (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,234178,00.html)
Police Kill North Carolina College Student Accused of Stealing PlayStation 3 Consoles
WILMINGTON, N.C. — A teenager accused of robbing a student of two new Playstation 3s on the day the popular game consoles were introduced was killed by police who had been sent to arrest him.
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Roommate Mike Rhoton said Strickland was unarmed, but may have been holding a video game controller when he went to the door as it was bashed in by officers.
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Arrest warrants alleged that Strickland, a student at Cape Fear Community College, and a University of North Carolina at Wilmington student stole two PlayStation units from another UNC Wilmington student that day.
The sheriff said the robbery victim had waited three days in line to buy two Playstation 3 units for $641 each at a Wal-Mart. He was unloading the units at his campus apartment when one man beat him to the ground while another took the PlayStations, Causey said.
The sheriff said Strickland was shot by members of a a special police unit who went to help university officers serve warrants.
Strickland's dog, a German shepherd, also was shot to death.
Dead thug; dead dog.
My sympathies are more toward the poor dog.
der Brucer
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We're good at that here, aren't we?
LOL My thoughts exactly!
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Let's see in the last couple weeks cops have killed a 94 year old woman, an unarmed bridegroom to be leaving his bachelor party, a 13 year old boy with a toy gun and now a college kid and his dog who stole a playstation. Sounds like no one is safe from the cops.
In today's society, would you rather take your chances without them than with them?
Given the overwhelming increase in crime and the diminishing ratio of police officers- to-populace, I find it extraordinary that many more such events haven't happened.
I'm in favor of harsher punishments for so-called soft crimes.
I think it's harsh that the student was killed. Somehow, though, I simply cannot muster any sympathy for him.
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Associated Press (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,234178,00.html)Dead thug; dead dog.
My sympathies are more toward the poor dog.
der Brucer
I agree. The dog was probably doing what it felt it needed to do to survive/protect its master.
Also to be avoided is being killed because you're in the car or walking along with someone who has pissed someone else off.
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I deleted my post because I decided it was probably best not to get off on this subject. There is a lot I could say, but I think it's probably better not to go there. Honestly, I have never met a cop I trust. I guess 20 years of criminal defense does that to you.
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Ah, that is right MattH, I forgot about Dorothy Provine's records...in fact I even have one of them...duh.
Interesting tidbit...of the many actors and actresses I have interviewed, Ms. Provine was named by the majority as one of the least liked performers...right up there with Ray Danton, Pernell Roberts, and Vince Edwards.
How does this come up in your interviews? Is it along the lines of "which actor/actress have you enjoyed working with the most?" and "which actor/actress have you enjoyed working with the least?"
If so, I'm surprised that so many people ever worked with Provine for her to be so highly despised! LOL.
Did anyone give any reasons?
Curious!
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I deleted my post because I decided it was probably best not to get off on this subject. There is a lot I could say, but I think it's probably better not to go there. Honestly, I have never met a cop I trust. I guess 20 years of criminal defense does that to you.
Ah-HAH! So the TV shows are getting this right, after all!
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I had a semi-nice nap this afternoon after watching an episode of "Perry Mason" (with an impossibly young Anne Francis), "Touched By An Angel" and an episode of "Matlock".
Oh, well. Nothing major accomplished beyond the things I absolutely needed to do.
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Here's a dilemma I wonder if anyone else has encountered:
Over the past couple of years, I've found some wonderful night lights with holiday themes that I've ordered to send early as gifts.
When receiving them, however, it turns out that these nightlights -- all made in China -- feature the grounding plug on the wrong side.
U.S. standard is to have the wide plug on the right side, while the night lights have the wide plug on the left side.
I've had night lights that were versatile...you could twist the plug around to adapt to whatever outlet type you have.
But that's not the case with some rather expensive ones I found and ordered as gifts for this year.
I plan on sending them back when I can find my receipt -- they were ordered last summer.
Still...has anyone encountered this and found an "easy" solution (that doesn't involve hiring an electrician)?
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Mmmm, our house smells good - I just baked some brownies for a bake sale tomorrow evening. As soon as they're cool enough, I'll cut them into individual servings, put a candy Santa face on each, and wrap each one. Might be a late night...
On another matter, even though the weather forecast looks OK, I think I'm still going to drive to Columbus tomorrow. I'll be more rested for the Wednesday workshop. That means I have a bag to pack while the brownies are cooling.
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I know Dorothy Provine recorded a couple of albums for Warner Bros. label. And, of course, she sang that delightful song in THE GREAT RACE saloon sequence.
"He Shouldn't-a, Hadn't-a, Oughtn't-a Swang on Me!"
I remember that. Great song!
"The message on his tombstone is as simple as can be:
He Shouldn't-a, Hadn't-a, Oughtn't-a Swang on Me!"
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I'm leaving now. I'm off to Costco because my niece said that my sister hinted (and not too subtly) that she (my sister) would like the Marx Brothers DVD set for Christmas! I never knew that she liked the Marx Brothers. So, that's what I'll get her. My niece already got her something.
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As for the HHW time clock being off an hour, I went to "Edit Profile" and under Time Offset, I changed the displayed time to "-1" so that it looks right. Seeing 8:40 when it's only 7:40 was getting a little weird for me. ;)
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Each person would have to do this for him or herself.
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Until later. :)
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The Noteman Always Writes twice?
Gah! ;D
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What a revoltin' predicament this is - part one of the notes twice - that's a first (or, in reality, a twice). It has been fixed so go read part two now and you'll know the topic. Something must have happened when I cut and pasted part two - apparently part one didn't want to be gotten rid of so easily. Oh, well, it's been rectified, oh, yes, it's been rectified.
That's odd...I was up when they were posted & never saw a problem.
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I hope this doesn't prompt a bunch of "Do you smoke after sex" jokes ::)
der Brucer
He was even Moses in Prince of Egypt, so he must be.
Also, Helen Mirren is the Queen of the World.
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I'm leaving now. I'm off to Costco because my niece said that my sister hinted (and not too subtly) that she (my sister) would like the Marx Brothers DVD set for Christmas! I never knew that she liked the Marx Brothers. So, that's what I'll get her. My niece already got her something.
There are actually two Marx sets. The Universal set contains the five Paramount classics they filmed in the first half of their movie career. These films are almost all Marx (almost no subplots not involving them) and are usually the ones most folks remember (ANIMAL CRACKERS, COCOANUTS, DUCK SOUP, HORSE FEATHERS, MONKEY BUSINESS).
The other is a Warner set of their MGM movies (plus the independent NIGHT IN CASABLANCA) which had some inspired Marx sequences but also contained sappy love stories not involving them. The MGM movies were bigger hits because of the Marxes' being a bit diluted by MGM gloss (and they were getting older, too) and propped up by MGM second tier talent. Of course, A NIGHT AT THE OPERA and A DAY AT THE RACES are contained in this box, and all of the movies have something to recommend them. These look to be in far better shape than the Universals.
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I LOVED A Wrinkle In Time & it's whole series. There's a sister series to it & I'd read it even now, if I could.
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I began my evening of viewing with last night's WITHOUT A TRACE. It was a somber story of a critically ill woman going missing. At one point, the team interviewed a woman who was a con artist selling phony cures to these desperate people. It honestly sickened me to know that such people actually do exist (even though this is a fictional series).
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I LOVED A Wrinkle In Time & it's whole series. There's a sister series to it & I'd read it even now, if I could.
I certainly preferred WRINKLE to JOHNNY TREMAIN which I found a bit dry for kids. WRINKLE is a wonderful sci/fi time travel adventure.
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Another great series was The Dark Is Rising.
http://www.thelostland.com/darksequence.htm
http://www.amazon.com/Dark-Rising-Sequence-Silver-Greenwitch/dp/0020425651
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwitch
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Next, I watched last Thursday night's 30 ROCK. It made me laugh several times, the most ever since I started watching this series. I could still do completely without Tracy Morgan whose comedy is simply lost on me. But Alec Baldwin steals every scene he's in, and Jane Krakowski was very funny this week, really for the first time since the show started.
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Liked the "Dark is Rising" myself.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_wrinkle_in_time
Kairos has 2 generations & Chronos is a sister series.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madeleine_L%27Engle#Partial_list_of_works
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THE CLOSER was every bit as wonderful as I was expecting it to be, and I'm pleased to say I guessed the identity of the mole.
spoiler
BTW, I really enjoy Paul Schulze in every role he plays. Have always thought he was a quietly excellent actor. Always solid but nothing showy about him.
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HEROES couldn't have been more spellbinding, and what cliffhangers to end the first half of its season!
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Page Six THE RESCUERS Dance!!!
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Happy to say that my Amazon box finally arrived today!
And, I got my shipping notice from both Amazon and Deep Discount today for this week's orders. Let's see which one arrives first.
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Heading off to bed now.
Good night!
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Katharine Jessie - born December 1st.
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Awwwww. She's beautiful.
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Lovely picture, Tomovoz!
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Very sweet, Tomovoz!
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Thank you. I am of course soliciting comments.
We are not "blood" relatives so I am not sharing in the "praise".
My mother (the Grandmother) was "Jessie".
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The baby's sister, Juliette. is very happy. She did not want a brother. It's nearly five years since I posted Juliette's photograph.
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My niece Karalyn is a world authority on "Pregnancy and HIV". (She is a "Social researcher"). It was rather special that the baby was born on December 1st,
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How does this come up in your interviews? Is it along the lines of "which actor/actress have you enjoyed working with the most?" and "which actor/actress have you enjoyed working with the least?"
If so, I'm surprised that so many people ever worked with Provine for her to be so highly despised! LOL.
Did anyone give any reasons?
Curious!
Normally it would just come up when talking about her TV series or one of her movies and I would happen to ask the interviewee about some of the cast of said show or movie. She worked at WB a lot and many of my interviewees worked with her during that time. I think there just the 2 or 3 people that I have talked to that disliked working with her.
I do not know what was going on then but as I understand it she refuses to talk about her show business years.
I still enjoy her as an actress however and there are always two sides to every story so who knows. But I have to say I also was surprised to find that she was somewhat disliked.
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I'm leaving now. I'm off to Costco because my niece said that my sister hinted (and not too subtly) that she (my sister) would like the Marx Brothers DVD set for Christmas! I never knew that she liked the Marx Brothers. So, that's what I'll get her. My niece already got her something.
There are actually two Marx sets. The Universal set contains the five Paramount classics they filmed in the first half of their movie career. These films are almost all Marx (almost no subplots not involving them) and are usually the ones most folks remember (ANIMAL CRACKERS, COCOANUTS, DUCK SOUP, HORSE FEATHERS, MONKEY BUSINESS).
The other is a Warner set of their MGM movies (plus the independent NIGHT IN CASABLANCA) which had some inspired Marx sequences but also contained sappy love stories not involving them. The MGM movies were bigger hits because of the Marxes' being a bit diluted by MGM gloss (and they were getting older, too) and propped up by MGM second tier talent. Of course, A NIGHT AT THE OPERA and A DAY AT THE RACES are contained in this box, and all of the movies have something to recommend them. These look to be in far better shape than the Universals.
I only saw (and bought) the Universal collection. :)
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DR Tom, she is a precious little lamb!!
To a long and healthy life for her!!
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Thank you DC. She's a Sagitarian so all will be well.
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More man-beast relations:
The SUN (http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2006470001-2006530504,00.html)
Liza: Have my Gest for dinner
BY EMILY SMITH
US Editor
NOVEMBER 17, 2006
DAVID GEST’s estranged wife Liza Minnelli yesterday said she hopes he gets “f****d by a kangaroo and eaten by crocs” in the jungle.
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der Brucer
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Was that Mat Kearney singing "Nothing Left to Lose" on the TNT trailer for the 4 TNT shows shown on "The Closer" tonight?
der Brucer
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Finally back from a VERY long day, about which more later.
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More amusement from Larry V's LJ!
http://larryv.livejournal.com/215813.html