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Title: A NOID
Post by: bk on January 05, 2004, 12:02:24 AM: Well, you've read the piquant notes and I hope you weren't annoyed by them or even a noid by them. And now, it's time to post until those damnable cows come home.

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Post by: bk on January 05, 2004, 12:04:12 AM: Oh, and Unseemly Live Chat tonight at six o'clock Pacific Mean Time. Be there or be round because we're going to have SOME fun.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on January 05, 2004, 01:05:45 AM: Hmm... I should be in bed by now... I have rehearsal in 13 hours! ;)

As for laugh-out-loud... hmm.. I'll have to think/sleep on that one.

However, I should be home in time for the chat, so... YIPPEE!

And, once again, Goodnight.
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Post by: Ann on January 05, 2004, 01:28:47 AM: Good early morning everyone!
Jed - I too heard that he was found alive, and could hardly believe it! Good news indeed.
A foot of snow in Tacoma??? What IS this world coming to? And here I am in my tank tops and bikinis...it will be a cruel cruel awakening when I return to the arctic in three days.
The Topic of the Day -
Saw Noises Off as a stage production first, then the movie...laughed SO hard at both of them. I guess it's cheating because it's stand-up comedy, but the first time I watched Bill Cosby "Himself" I just about died laughing. Hmm..I'm sure more will occur to me tomorrow.
Off to bed...busy day tomorrow (yes bk, I too am BUSY) but I will do my best to make it to the chat.
'night all!
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Post by: Tomovoz on January 05, 2004, 01:48:05 AM: Laughs. Pete Cook and Dud Moore in "Beyond The Fringe" (or whatever the one was called) that I saw in 1973. Movies: Not one for laughing out usually but "A Mighty Wind" made me chuckle. No doubt will think of others. "Young Frankenstein" was also a favourite. (Favorite DR Ron).
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Post by: Panni on January 05, 2004, 02:49:00 AM: ...Hoped to get a great night's sleep. Dozed off during the tape of SEX AND. Went to bed with visions of sugar plums and 6 hours of sleep glorious sleep. Up again at 2:30 a.m., alas. Just read the late notes from last night. Yes, our esteemed bk reminded me that I forgot to list one item of food in my late-night pig-out. A slice of cake. Tiny but utterly delish. I blame that seemingly innocent torte, however, for opening the floodgates which led to the rest of the oink-out and my eventual waking at this ungodly hour. Now I shall BUSY myself with trying to get back to sleep. My dog is snorring, the whole world is drooling into its (their?) pillows - only I am awake. Cursed (pronounced "cur-said " for maximum effect) Parisienne. Devilish Benes. I lay this at your webbed Viktor toes.
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Post by: Jrand73 on January 05, 2004, 02:51:04 AM: Good morning, all! What a nice bunch of posts! I went to bed TOO early.

I watched that show MBARNUM - and later worked with an actress who had a small part on it. She said they spent money like crazy and no one knew what he was doing - and it just didn't work. And yes DRJED I enjoy Arrested Development as well.

The first woman on Mars, as reported yesterday, has been identified as Zsa Zsa Gabor!

Movies that made me laugh out loud include:

WHAT'S UP DOC?
PORKY'S - although it was embarrassing to laugh
I will try to think of others....

Shows:

Dame Edna - The World Tour
A CHORUS OF DISAPPROVAL - which was an entry in a drama competition I saw in Ireland, just so damn funny

and a Local production of MY FAIR LADY - I couldn't help it, it was just so bad - even the scene changes were funny.
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Post by: Jrand73 on January 05, 2004, 04:21:10 AM: Here is your Allison Hayes Picture of the Week! ;D

Just another day on the lot at Universal International!
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Post by: Dan-in-Toronto on January 05, 2004, 05:21:33 AM: Plays. The one that really made me laugh out loud - I think throughout the entire play - was Peter Shaffer's Black Comedy. And I remember just about bursting during the Pigeon Sisters' scene of The Odd Couple.

Movies. Scenes that pop to mind: Madeline Kahn as Lili Von Shtupp in Blazing Saddles; Madeline Kahn getting off on Mel Brooks' phone call (he's being strangled, she thinks he's talking dirty) in High Anxiety; Alan Arkin's dental-office scene (leaving the poor woman with a mouthful of equipment) in The In-Laws. And in Austin Powers, the toilet scene, with Mike Myers and Tom Arnold, really cracked me up. (Austin, being strangled from behind, gasps: "Who does Number Two work for?" Texan Tom Arnold, in the next stall, shouts back: "You tell that turd who's boss!")
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Post by: Jrand73 on January 05, 2004, 06:38:03 AM: I'm glad I'm not busy.
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Post by: MusicGuy on January 05, 2004, 06:46:57 AM: Good morning dear esteemed, lithe, sinewy, and newly-dishy BK --

Thanks for your kind thoughts over this past weekend. I'm back in Phoenix for a few days, and wanted to check in here and see if the Living Room was in good order.

On Wednesday, I have to drag my bones back to Chicago to get some work done for about 9 days!! Ugh !! I'm just praying that by Wednesday the weather will be better than yesterday evening... 300 flights cancelled because of snow.

I have caught up reading all of the "BK"s Notes" for the days I've been gone, but I just can't even make a dent in all of the daily posts..

So,,,,,,this poor traveler needs encapsulated highlights... something like "Hainsie-soundbites" to just catch me up on anything like monumental changes or events in any DRs lives over the past few days.

Pretty please......with hot fudge, and Leslie Parrish, and Guy Madison on top ????!!
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Post by: MusicGuy on January 05, 2004, 06:54:41 AM: The QOTD --

For movies -- Some of the tops for me would definitely be What's Up Doc, The In-Laws (original version), Blazing Saddles.

Stage -- Dame Edna, An Evening with George Burns, and even though it is cabaret/stand-up and not a play, 2 "one-man" evenings; one with Lewis Black, and the other with Dennis Wolfberg (who sadly died way too young!!) If something really gets my funny bone going, I'm afraid I'm an outrageous laugher. Poor Kerry justs trys to slink under the table.
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Post by: Jrand73 on January 05, 2004, 07:34:42 AM: And as we discovered yesterday - the party life on Mars must be fantastic what with Zsa Zsa and Jeff setting up camps there.
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Post by: MBarnum on January 05, 2004, 07:36:22 AM: Huge guffaws from IT'S A MAD, MAD, MAD, MAD WORLD...INTERNATIONAL HOUSE...MEET THE PARENTS...several of the Mystery Science Theater 3000 versions of films, particularly HORROR OF PARTY BEACH and SKY DIVERS... oh, my gosh, I know there are more, but my mind is going blank! Old age I guess.
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Post by: MBarnum on January 05, 2004, 07:37:02 AM: LOL, JRand53!
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Post by: Matt H. on January 05, 2004, 07:47:25 AM: As a teenager, THE GREAT RACE gave me the biggest laughs. My brother and I came to blows over this many years ago. He insisted MAD WORLD was the funniest comedy ever. I thought THE GREAT RACE was. I remember the audience being hysterical through much of the film, and so was I.

As an adult, I think probably YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN produced the biggest belly laughs from me and the people around me. I remember having a hard time getting my breath from laughing. I had the same reaction during AIRPLANE! Just one gut-busting laugh after another in that spoof.

Funniest play I ever sat through was the revival of THE WOMEN with Alexis Smith, Kim Hunter, Dorothy Loudon, Rhonda Fleming, Myrna Loy. It was exciting enough seeing all these wonderful stars in one play, but it was so catty and bitchy that the audience was gasping and laughing at the same time - a delicious combination.

I agree that NOISES OFF is probably one of the best farces of the last 50 years.
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Post by: Jrand73 on January 05, 2004, 07:54:07 AM: OMG drMATTH - who played what in THE WOMEN?
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Post by: MBarnum on January 05, 2004, 07:55:27 AM: Quote from: Matt H. on January 05, 2004, 07:47:25 AM

Funniest play I ever sat through was the revival of THE WOMEN with Alexis Smith, Kim Hunter, Dorothy Loudon, Rhonda Fleming, Myrna Loy. It was exciting enough seeing all these wonderful stars in one play, but it was so catty and bitchy that the audience was gasping and laughing at the same time - a delicious combination.

Wow, now that would have been a play that I would want to see...what a fantastic cast!!!!
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Post by: Matt H. on January 05, 2004, 07:56:29 AM: I wanted to comment about something DR Jed said last night about being considerate of his students when he's a teacher. Smart lad!

Teaching English for 30 years, I had four disciplines that fell within my class: grammar, composition, literature, spelling/vocabulary, so it was impossible for me not to assign homework almost every day of class in some of these subjects. But there were precious few days that I didn't give my students at least 10 minutes of class time to make a start on my assignments; that also aided in allowing them to ask me questions if something puzzled them rather than getting home and becoming stumped by something they had to do because they weren't sure how to proceed.

In parent conferences, that was one thing I could always point to with pride when I had students who wouldn't do homework and subsequently had their grades reduced. I could show them that their children had time to at least make a start on assignments and get some credit for them, and when they had NOTHING to show me the next day, I knew they not only didn't do the work, but also wasted the class time I had given them for it. Kids never had a leg to stand on, and the parents were always aghast when learning that their kids weren't making use of the time given. Most of the time the parents came in thinking I was an ogre who beat with kids mercilessly with assignments, and they left realizing that their children were usually at fault when assignments weren't completed.
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Post by: DERBRUCER on January 05, 2004, 07:59:14 AM: Plays:

Noises Off
Lend me a Tenor
Lettice and Lovage (Maggie Smith’s tour guide speeches)
Forbidden Broadway (and it’s various incarnations)

Movies:

Mary, Mary (A search for a cigarette – any cigarette – any butt!)
Young Frankenstein
Barefoot in the Park
Auntie Mame
Airplane

der Brucer (wondering if BK will posit why if we have "incarnations" we don't have "outpetunias"?)
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Post by: Jrand73 on January 05, 2004, 08:04:32 AM: How could I forget AUNTIE MAME???
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Post by: bk on January 05, 2004, 08:06:11 AM: I shall not posit, I shall laugh and laugh instead. I haven't seen the film of Mary, Mary since a sneak preview months before its release. I do remember it being very funny. And I'd agree with Barefoot in the Park, also very funny. Two I forgot - and seeing these on their initial release with a full house was unbelievable; you could barely hear half the dialogue the audience was screaming so loud. Billy Wilder's Some Like it Hot and One, Two, Three.
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Post by: bk on January 05, 2004, 08:07:12 AM: Oh, and good morning.

Oh, and WEHT Maya and Craig? Have they run off together?
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Post by: Ben on January 05, 2004, 08:09:27 AM: I am back from London, none the worse for wear, but missing the city across the pond. I'll post some pictures and give specifics later. Just wanted to say that I'm back in New York and back at work after a month off. Oh, how hard it is to readjust.

MG & Kerry, don't know if you got the phone message but a very big thank you for that wonderful package.

I'll be back later.
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Post by: Matt H. on January 05, 2004, 08:11:01 AM: Damn! Woudln't you know I can't put my hands on the PLAYBILL right this second. I have got to get them better organized. Anyway, as best I remember, Kim Hunter was Mary Haines, Alexis Smith was Crystal Allen, Myrna Loy was the mother, Dorothy Loudon was Edith, Rhonda Fleming was Amanda. Can't recall who was Sylvia. It had to have been another big star, so I'll look some more later today and report back. I remember that Playbill clearly - had a women looking at her reflection in a hand mirror and in the mirror were the words "THE WOMEN."
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Post by: Panni on January 05, 2004, 08:11:07 AM: Good morning, all. Lovely but cool day here. Off to take the hound for a walk.
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Post by: Panni on January 05, 2004, 08:13:40 AM: DR Matt H - I wonder if this was the production Doris Dowling was in? I know she was part of an all star Broadway cast, but don't know who the other actresses were.
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Post by: bk on January 05, 2004, 08:13:53 AM: Welcome back, Ben.
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Post by: Matt H. on January 05, 2004, 08:16:10 AM: Welcome back, DR Ben.
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Post by: steveg on January 05, 2004, 08:20:54 AM: Happy New Year to all DRs.

Funniest plays/movies:

I'll have to agree that Noises Off, the original B'way production with Dorothy Louden, was one of the funniest although another production that I saw a few years ago at Paper Mill Playhouse in New Jersey was deadly.

Also, Odd Couple, with Matthau and Art Carney; Barefoot in the Park with Ashley and Redford. I also laughed myself silly at another Neil Simon play, although not a great one, Rumors with Chrisine Baranski.

Movies, I would include Woody Allen's Take the Money and Run and Bananas, Billy Wilder's One, Two, Three, Stanley Kramer's It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, Tootsie, What's Up Doc?, and many others that I can't think of right now.
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Post by: Matt H. on January 05, 2004, 08:23:09 AM: We're having our last day of moderate temperatures. Supposed to get up to 68 today - 48 tomorrow. Yikes, what a shock to the system!
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Post by: bk on January 05, 2004, 08:24:26 AM: All right, I am off to the Oaks of Sherman and once there I will post until the cows come home or until tonight's Unseemly Live Chat.
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Post by: Matt H. on January 05, 2004, 08:24:31 AM: I agree a lot with WHAT'S UP, DOC and its country cousin BRINGING UP BABY.
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Post by: MBarnum on January 05, 2004, 09:17:48 AM: I think I would add Laurel and Hardy's THE MUSIC BOX to my list of laugh-out-loud films.

It is snowing here again and I fear we will all be trapped at work...trapped like rats on the 5th floor of the Justice buidling with snow piling up outside. I'm thinking this would have been a nice day to stay home curled up on the counch watching movies! ;)
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Post by: MBarnum on January 05, 2004, 09:18:27 AM: Glad to see you back Ben!
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Post by: Jason on January 05, 2004, 09:20:52 AM: Sneaking a post from MTI...hope I don't get caught!

I'm in an unspeakably bad mood today and I don't know why...probably because I slept quite poorly and it's disgustingly gross and wet out. It wasn't raining when I left my apartment but boy, oh, boy! When I got off the subway for my six block trek to MTI, of course, the torrential downpour began, so I had to buy a new umbrella, for which I was basically raped...$10 for a black umbrella that reads "I (HEART) NY" on it... I look like a tourist.

The phones honestly have not stopped ringing since I got here and the people on the other end of the line are by far the dumbest bunch of folks our fine nation has to offer. ME: "What state are you calling from?" THEM: "Chicago." Uh-huh...

I received a call from the postal inspection lady...the search is on for the person or persons who took my copy of the Merman autobio and other things. Beware, oh ye thieves of correspondence!

Ugh, these damned phones!

Funniest play I've ever seen: NOISES OFF. I howled and cried and hooted and hollered. I think I embarrassed my theatre companions. :-\

Funniest movies: AUNTIE MAME, AIRPLANE!, WAITING FOR GUFFMAN, NOISES OFF! and THE BRADY BUNCH MOVIE.
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Post by: Jason on January 05, 2004, 09:21:32 AM: Oh, yes...WELCOME BACK BEN AND ANTHONY! We missed you...
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Post by: Jrand73 on January 05, 2004, 09:30:16 AM: Welcome back Ben & Anthony. :D

Trapped by snow on the 5th floor....that really is DEEP, DRMbarnum! :o

DRJason - I hope it is a folding umbrella. ;D
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Post by: bk on January 05, 2004, 09:36:34 AM: Jason: Don't get caught!

Oh, and WEHT Maya and Craig? Have they run off together?
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Post by: MBarnum on January 05, 2004, 09:37:48 AM: THE BRADY BUNCH MOVIE, oh my gosh, I forgot about that one! Yes, that was hilarious!
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Post by: S. Woody White on January 05, 2004, 09:46:18 AM: Quote from: DERBRUCER on January 05, 2004, 07:59:14 AM
...der Brucer (wondering if BK will posit why if we have "incarnations" we don't have "outpetunias"?)
Because it's "outpansies," silly. I guess I'm going to have to take over the gardening, after all. ::)
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Post by: Jason on January 05, 2004, 09:49:53 AM: Quote from: JRand53 on January 05, 2004, 09:30:16 AM
DRJason - I hope it is a folding umbrella. ;D

Ew.
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Post by: S. Woody White on January 05, 2004, 09:53:05 AM: "I've seen the EXORCIST ABOUT A HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SEVEN TIMES, AND IT KEEPS GETTING FUNNIER EVERY SINGLE TIME I SEE IT..."

Hey, a Tim Burton reference!
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Post by: bk on January 05, 2004, 09:54:53 AM: Show one is ALMOST locked. One last little note which, in fact, is putting something back I had in the very first week I began cutting. And that, as they say, is the way of TV
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Post by: S. Woody White on January 05, 2004, 09:58:51 AM: It is very drippy here in Delaware. Still, I had a very cheery session with my shrink, who agrees that the meds I'm on can interfere with things like ambition and artistic drive. I also gave him some cookies.

Sometime today, or tomorrow, I've got to see about getting a haircut. I'm beginning to look like the Surreal Gourmet, and that's not good.
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Post by: Jason on January 05, 2004, 10:00:18 AM: I knew several people in college who had noids. They had to be put on vocal rest, which was a blessing for us all, I assure you, for they were truly a-noiding. ;-)
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Post by: JoseSPiano on January 05, 2004, 10:01:48 AM: Good morning/afternoon!

Boy did I sleep in! And boy did I need it! When I finally looked over at my clock radio it said 12:00 - on the dot! So I have a couple of hours to dawdle - and do some work - before heading into rehearsal at 5:00. And now that I've slept on it....

-And most of these will sound familiar...

Theatre: Noises Off, A... My Name Is Alice (there are some funny bits in there), and a really bad-it-was-so-good community theatre production of The Music Man (I've never seen so many lines of people on stage.. so often - and I wasn't the only one laughing)

Movies: Waiting for Guffman, What's Up Doc?, It's a Mad, Mad, Mad World (was that enough "Mad's"?), and a few others I can't think of right now.

DR Jason - I'm amazed you did not list DOTV?!?!?

Oh, and don't get caught!
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Post by: JoseSPiano on January 05, 2004, 10:03:50 AM: Hey, DR MBarnum - I wouldn't mind spending the afternoon on a couch watching movies with you either. :-P
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Post by: JoseSPiano on January 05, 2004, 10:09:17 AM: Welcome back, DRs Ben & Ant!
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Post by: Maya on January 05, 2004, 10:10:11 AM: BK, I'm here...Craig should be so lucky as to have run off with me! ;)

I was out for most of yesterday with Dear Best Friend Isis...she treated me to a belated birthday lunch at Bennigan's. Bennigan's has the best frou-frou drinks in all the land...we shared this huge glass of something called a Sapphire Splash. Mmm...I looove being 21...not that I abuse the privilege or anything. I never drink anything heavy.

Then we went to see Something's Gotta Give, which I thought was just faboo. If Diane Keaton doesn't get an Oscar nomination for her work, then something is wrong. I loved Jack Nicholson's performance too....he parodied his image with grace and wit.

Damn, we can't include musicals?? Well, the funniest plays I've actually seen (meaning they made me laugh the hardest) are "Noises Off," "The Tale of the Allergist's Wife", and "The Women."

For movies, anything by Woody Allen or Mel Brooks cracks me up..."Sleeper" and "Love and Death" are great choices, BK! Have you guys been watching Curb Your Enthusiasm? Oh, so funny.

Jason--feel better! Oh wow...someone on the postal staff stole your Merman autobiog? Wow.
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Post by: TCB on January 05, 2004, 10:12:48 AM: WELCOME HOME,
BEN AND ANTHONY!

Back in the early 80s, when I was working as a travel agent and tour conductor, I took a group to London for a Theater Tour. Just before we left for the tour, our wholesaler in England substituted a new play for the show we were scheduled to see. My group was not very happy about the switch to some unknown British comedy, and I was prepared for a lot of negative comments after we returned from the theater. The show, of course, was Noises Off, and our agency ended up pulling off quite a coup by being one of the first American travel groups to discover the show.

Other plays:
Black Comedy,
Lend Me a Tenor,
Mary Mary (gasping at a bowl of dried apricots,
“I thought they were ears.”)

Films:
Blazing Saddles
Bob and Carol, Ted and Alice
Auntie Mame
Airplane
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Post by: bk on January 05, 2004, 10:15:20 AM: Drippy in Delaware - isn't that a Tom Hanks/Meg Ryan movie?

We always miss Miss Maya - and I'm glad you haven't run off with Craig.
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Post by: Jason on January 05, 2004, 10:17:02 AM: Jose: I didn't think we were allowed to do musicals... In that case, then yes--most definitely DANCE OF THE VAMPIRES. I laughed until I cried and nearly wet myself during the intermission. It was so heinous I had to see it five times.

URBAN COWBOY, however, was not laughable...it was just heinous and painful to watch. HAIRSPRAY gave me some good laughs (legit laughs...funny "haha"...not funny "yikes") as did WICKED, and AVENUE Q (which I've only seen on video, but not on any video that I own, I promise you) was hilarious as well.
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Post by: Dan-in-Toronto on January 05, 2004, 10:35:35 AM: Two More for the movie list:

Take the Money and Run
The Laine Kazan scene in My Favorite Year

And how could I have forgotten to mention Auntie Mame and Airplane (thanks, TCB)? I'm starting to chuckle already thinking about some of the scenes from Airplane. ("I hope I'm not boring you," he says to the seatmate who has just hanged herself. And Beaver's mom speaking jive. And Ethel Merman's cameo.)
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Post by: S. Woody White on January 05, 2004, 10:39:56 AM: Quote from: bk on January 05, 2004, 10:15:20 AM
Drippy in Delaware - isn't that a Tom Hanks/Meg Ryan movie?
No, it's a military training film, all about the dangers that can happen "anywhere," even in Dover! (There's a reason they're called "flyboys," after all!)

;D ::)
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Post by: LC on January 05, 2004, 10:42:33 AM: I will agree with the other DRs who have mentioned Noises Off - so funny! I also got some real genuine laughs out of Hairspray and Avenue Q.

I have a bad memory and not many movies are coming to mind immediately.. though I do remember laughing like a crazy person during Lost in Translation. I also thought Bend It Like Beckham was really funny. Both times the whole theatre of people was also laughing uproariously, which made it easier to be loud. :D
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Post by: LC on January 05, 2004, 10:47:06 AM: The title of today's notes reminds me of the dreadful movie Cool World, with Gabriel Byrne and Brad Pitt, and Kim Basinger as a cartoon. (Humans in the movie were referred to as "noids," short for humanoids.) It was so bad I was a noid with myself for having spent the time and money.
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Post by: Jrand73 on January 05, 2004, 10:48:51 AM: DRJason doesn't like folding umbrellas!

I remembered some other movies:

THE LONG LONG TRAILER
THE FULLER BRUSH GIRL
THEODORA GOES WILD
MY FAVORITE WIFE
PILLOW TALK

DRJose - I enjoyed your closing night story a LOT! CAMELOT is a wonderful show to do - I remember - and closing nights with pleasant people are always bittersweet....
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Post by: JB-NYC on January 05, 2004, 10:54:37 AM: Missed the Tivo topic yesterday (I'm still way behind in reading all the posts), but I wanted to chime in to sing the praises of Tivo.

BK, if you want any advice or tips, please feel free to ask. You can also check out

www.tivocommunity.com (http://www.tivocommunity.com)

for more information than you could possibly want.
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Post by: bk on January 05, 2004, 10:56:49 AM: Thanks for the Tivo tip - I'll try that website. I'm sure it's quite easy, but that 500 page manual is daunting.
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Post by: Jane on January 05, 2004, 10:58:46 AM: Jed I’m thrilled with the wonderful happy ending for your lost friend. :) :)
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Post by: Ben on January 05, 2004, 10:59:10 AM: Ah, a quick moment to post after lunch.

Thanks for all the welcome backs. Makes me feel good to be on-line again.

Had a difficult night of sleep also. First, they changed the locks on the front door of our building. They said it would happen sometime this morning (January 5th). For some reason, they did it late last night so at midnight our next door neighbor buzzed our flat repeatedly because he was locked out! He hadn't taken his new key with him because we all expected the change to happen this morning. At least the keys work! Then we went back to bed. One hour later, at 1am our crazy neighbor (most New York apartment buildings have at least one crazy neighbor, not crazy like Lucy, but certifiable crazy) slammed her apartment door (she's on 3 and we're on 4 and it's a walk-up). It sounded like a gun shot. Then she began shrieking and screaming for the police. Our first thought was that her also mentally unstable son (I'm trying to be nice here, I've used crazy too many times) had done something either to himself or to her. She screamed and screamed but by the time we picked up the phone the police and an ambulance had arrived. One of the other tenants had called 911. We still don't know what happened except that we saw out the window that V and F (they shall remain nameless) were led out of the building by the police and escorted into the ambulance. We finally got back to bed and sleep about 1:45am and I got up at 6 to go back to work!

That said, now responding to the QOTD, the first part of The Ruling Class with Peter O'Toole (when he thought he was Jesus) had me screaming with laughter. The second part when he turns into a Jack the Ripper kind of character gets spooky and dark and not funny but scary. I also remember peeing over Airplane. None of the Airplane sequels have hit me quite the way the first one did, I think because it was so unexpected. Other movies and plays have been mentioned already, such as Auntie Mame, Hairspray (the movie), which I saw in Paris. We were the only Americans in the theatre and we were rolling in the aisles. Some of the others were laughing and giggling but nothing like those two crazy Americans! Waiting for Guffman and What's Up Doc? also made me laugh.

My most recent theatrical laugh fest came from Avenue Q. I still have to go back to see it again because I laughed and missed so many jokes.

This is turning into a rather long post (I'm making up for the past month of errantness and truantness) and I must get back to work.

Don't know if I'll be at chat tonight. I'll try, but we are getting together with friends to share our stories of England so if I'm there it will be late.
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Post by: Ben on January 05, 2004, 11:04:08 AM: Forgot to mention this for you Stephen Schwartz fans. After you have listened to Donald's radio show, go over to BBC Radio Three Stage and Screen and listen to an interesting interview with Schwartz.

Here is the link

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/classical/stagescreen.shtml?focuswin

Enjoy!
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Post by: Jane on January 05, 2004, 11:04:36 AM: Ann mentioning Bill Cosby reminds me of an incident on a flight. Passengers with their head sets on were laughing rather loudly. The person next to me put his on saying Bill Cosby is doing a very funny routine. I of course joined in along with almost the entire flight of passengers. I never heard so much laughter on a plane. Within the year the BILL COSBY SHOW, based on this hysterical routine, was a hit T.V. show.
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Post by: TCB on January 05, 2004, 11:16:39 AM: I must confess to another guilty pleasure (not that one, Ozzie):

The Big Bus Starring Joseph Bologna, Stockard Channing, John Beck, Rene Auberjonois, Lynn Redgrave, Sally Kellerman, and Ruth Gordon. Unfortunately, it is apparently an acquired taste, because a lot of my friends have watched it with me, but few find it quite as funny.

Okay, two more:

Harold and Maude
Wet Hot American Summer with Christopher Meloni (the only man I can think of that I would want to share a jail cell with)
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Post by: Charles Pogue on January 05, 2004, 11:19:17 AM: Without a doubt, I never laughed so hard as when I saw the original London production of NOISES OFF. A brilliant production of MISALLIANCE at the Old Globe had me weeping with laughter. Who'd have thunk it? Shaw! I agree with Bruce about COMEDY OF ERRORS, I have a couple of productions on tape...one British, the other with the Flying Karamozov Brothers. Both Hysterical. Years ago I saw a great production of THE PLAY'S THE THING at the Cincinnati Playhouse-in-the-Park which also had me rolling in the aisle. The Cincy Playhouse also did an hilarious production of THE RIVALS. This was in the days of Word Baker (director of the original FANTASTICKS) and he directed both plays.

I literally fell out of my seat laughing at BLAZING SADDLES the first time. I was gone when they started singing I Get a Kick Out of You and didn't stop through the rest of the film. ALL ABOUT MARY got me pretty damned giddy. ONE, TWO, THREE. THEODORA GOES WILD. MIRACLE OF MORGAN'S CREEK. DUCK SOUP. SOUTH PARK, THE MOVIE...

There are just too many...I laugh a lot.
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Post by: LC on January 05, 2004, 11:24:07 AM: I also think how funny you find something depends on whom you are watching the movie/play with.. I've seen some things with friends that, because they were all in stitches, have been really entertaining, but I know if I were by myself I wouldn't have been laughing out loud.

I thought of two more: Margaret Cho's I'm The One That I Want and Notorious C.H.O. I don't know if they count as proper films since they are of her live performances, but I nearly fell out of my seat laughing during both.
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Post by: Jrand73 on January 05, 2004, 11:24:35 AM: THE RELUCTANT DEBUTANTE

THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST with Michael Redgrave and Dame May Whitty
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Post by: JoseSPiano on January 05, 2004, 11:24:46 AM: SOUTH PARK!!! DUH!!! Thanks, Mr. DR Pogue for the reminder!
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Post by: JoseSPiano on January 05, 2004, 11:28:35 AM: Hmmm... Well, I've been up since noon... and it's almost 2:30EST... And I haven't done any real work yet... Rehearsal at 5:00... Hmmm...

Oh, but I did buy my plane tickets for my trip to Memphis in February for my annual stint at the Unified Professional Theatre Auditions. Now, I just have to decide: Will it be Corky's for the BBQ or The Rendezvous for the ribs? -Although I like Corky's ribs too. Of course, a lunch at The Cupboard (a great ole "meat and three") is always in the question! Those corn muffins and hush puppies they put on the table when you sit down... I've gone through one basket by myself! Maybe, quite possibly, two at one time!
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Post by: JoseSPiano on January 05, 2004, 11:29:04 AM: OH, food... that would be a good thing... Down to the kitchen..
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Post by: Jane on January 05, 2004, 11:37:38 AM: The Court Jester
What’s Up Doc
Odd Couple
Young Frankenstein
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
There's Something About Mary
The Mad Miss Manion
Bringing Up Baby
Walk Don’t Run
Ground Hog Day
Shall We Dance? Thank goodness it had subtitles. The audience was laughing so hard we would have missed some of the lines.

tc as soon as you mentioned Ruth Gordon I thought of HAROLD AND MAUDE.

Charles I forgot about Miricale of Morgan’s Creek

Ben I agree with your description of THE RULING CLASS

Noises Off
The Man Who Came to Dinner, the play, not the boring movie
Marcel Marceau. Everyone in the theater could hear me laughing hysterically, which means I was hyperventilating and gasping for air.

I could do this all day and still not remember them all.
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Post by: bk on January 05, 2004, 11:41:50 AM: Of course The Court Jester!
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Post by: Maya on January 05, 2004, 11:43:08 AM: Quote from: bk on January 05, 2004, 10:15:20 AM

We always miss Miss Maya - and I'm glad you haven't run off with Craig.

Aww, thank you, BK! :-[+ :D

I also forgot the South Park movie...few movies make me laugh harder.
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Post by: Tomovoz on January 05, 2004, 11:53:51 AM: Welcome back to Ben and Ant.
When I was a kid I loved the Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis movies and as a young teenager the "Carry On" movies made me laugh too. Thnaks for the reminder about "Airplane". It was retitled "Flying High" in OZ and was delightfully silly. I think I also laughted at "The Naked Gun". "The Producers" film and stage were also "chuckle" shows and of course "What's Up Doc".
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Post by: MBarnum on January 05, 2004, 11:56:59 AM: DR Charles Pouge, you reminded me...the Marx Bros. movies, their early ones always crack me up!

And DR Jane, I must also agree with you choice of Shall We Dance! Funny, funny, movie

I remember going to see it in the theater and my buddies weren't too crazy about seeing a Japanese movie with subtitles, but they all loved it!

I want to add WHAT'S UP DOC, but I haven't seen it since I was a kid, and I don't know if I would still laugh or not!
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 05, 2004, 11:59:35 AM: For me, "Some Like it Hot" delivers the most laughs time and time again!

I adore "Love and Death" -- the scene with Allen, Keaton and the Spanish ambassador and Keaton and Allen bopping each other over the head with a bottle keeps me in hysterics!

"Sleeper" is a gem, too.

DR MattH: Neither "It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" nor "The Great Race" had me laughing very much. The latter was a lot of fun, but the few laughs I got were for effects, such as the sparkle off one of Tony Curtis' teeth. I thought Lemmon and Falk much too broad. I guess I could have given you and your brother a reason to wallop someone else! :)

"What's Up, Doc" has some wonderfully funny moments. It's one of my favorites, too.
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Post by: Tomovoz on January 05, 2004, 12:17:20 PM: A reminder for those who may not be aware, today/tomorrow is the Twelfth Day Of Christmas. Yes the 12 days are this side of Christmas! Traditionally, decorations, cards and trees should be removed by this day.
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Post by: bk on January 05, 2004, 12:25:37 PM: TomofOz, we are not looking for chuckles, we are looking for fall out of your seat guffawing howling screaming stomping laughter.
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Post by: Tomovoz on January 05, 2004, 12:29:33 PM: Best I can do BK. I am not a "Fall about laughing" guy. But then I don't cry in movies either.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 05, 2004, 12:36:19 PM: I can't say I fell out of my seat, but I guffawed quite a bit watching "Tootsie" -- and it seems to improve with age.

I especially love the soap opera sequences when Hoffman's character Dorothy ad libs and has everyone trying to guess where she might be going with it! A few sight gags are hysterical, too...hailing a taxi, pulling down a girdle, etc.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 05, 2004, 12:37:44 PM: And then there is Dame Edna!

"An Evening With Dame Edna" had me in tears. My facial muscles were hurting in the first 15 minutes and it only got worse. WONDERFUL experience that!
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Post by: Tomovoz on January 05, 2004, 12:47:33 PM: DR Dan-in-Toronto was asking a day or so ago about Oz National Treasures. Dame Edna is there and has been for a few decades. Heights never reached by Dame Joan. It is probably a good thing that North America has not been introduced to Sir Les Patterson - Dame Edna would refuse to share the same stage (at the same time). Most Australian performances of Mr Humphries would have both characters. (likewise the UK). I don't think I have ever seen a Star "work" her audience as well as Dame Edna.
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Post by: Emily on January 05, 2004, 12:48:40 PM: Quote from: Jason on January 05, 2004, 10:17:02 AM
URBAN COWBOY, however, was not laughable...it was just heinous and painful to watch

How could JRB trying to take himself seriously in full country-chic garb NOT make you laugh?!?

Maybe when everyone's favorite meanie composer dresses up like Betty Boop will DR Jason finally break a smile... ;)
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Post by: DERBRUCER on January 05, 2004, 12:53:15 PM: Quote from: MBarnum on January 05, 2004, 09:17:48 AM
...
It is snowing here again and I fear we will all be trapped at work...trapped like rats on the 5th floor of the Justice buidling with snow piling up outside. I'm thinking this would have been a nice day to stay home curled up on the counch watching movies! ;)

I remember being trapped by a great blizzard in Howard Johnson's Motel in Newport RI. While the storm was raging all about, I was curled up reading "The Shining" - talk about atmosphere. Forunately the Motel bar did not run out of booze, but four days of a HoJo's diet was not a gormands delight.

der Brucer (who once was young like you DR)

(http://pic8.picturetrail.com/VOL242/891350/2995020/42010681.jpg)
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Post by: Jennifer on January 05, 2004, 12:54:44 PM: Hey everyone. Sorry it's taken me so long to go through all the posts.

I had a really intense dream last night (about the guy) and woke up really upset.

Glad DR Ben is back.

Hope Swishy's mom is doing okay.

Glad about DR Jed's friend.

And I hope DR Jason feels better.
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Post by: ArnoldMBrockman on January 05, 2004, 12:57:44 PM: MOVIES- Operation Mad Ball

Who's Minding The Mint?

THEATRE- King of Hearts by Jean Kerr
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Post by: ArnoldMBrockman on January 05, 2004, 12:58:26 PM: And Yes-

THE COURT JESTER
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Post by: Jennifer on January 05, 2004, 12:58:44 PM: DR Jose: I love ribs! They are my favorite.
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Post by: TCB on January 05, 2004, 12:59:54 PM: Okay, if we are allowing certain scenes from films, let me add Soapdish, if only for the scenes at the dinner theater. Of course, Keving Kline can almost always make me smile (with the possible exception of that God-awful film he made here in Tacoma with Tracy Uhlman and River Phoenix).

So, Tomovoz, is that where we get the term Twelfth Night?
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Post by: Jennifer on January 05, 2004, 01:01:33 PM: Oh re: yesterday's posts. DR Jane you are very sweet too!

I just realized that I have not eaten yet today. Oh well, I could probably not eat for a month and still be alive :)

Snow, snow, we are supposed to get snow.

Btw, how were the pancakes yesterday (for anyone who ate them)?
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Post by: Emily on January 05, 2004, 01:04:31 PM: I think we'll be getting Jed's cold weather here soon...

Enviro Canada is saying the low on Thursday will be a chilly -20C (-4F)

Not THAT bad... but not nice either :(
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Post by: Jennifer on January 05, 2004, 01:05:55 PM: Ah DR Emily: It was actually fairly warm here this weekend. I actually decided since it was just 0C that I would wear a semi-winter jacket that was more stylish. And I didn't even freeze.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on January 05, 2004, 01:06:16 PM: WOW! So many DRs et others on here right now!
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Post by: Jennifer on January 05, 2004, 01:07:12 PM: DR Emily: you are almost a goddess! Push!

Btw, why was DR Swishy so mad yesterday? I must have missed a post or two before that.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on January 05, 2004, 01:07:43 PM: Oops... that's what one gets for dawdling.. time to head to rehearsal... See you at chat! :D
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Post by: Dan-in-Toronto on January 05, 2004, 01:10:23 PM: DR Tomovoz,

Dame Edna is indeed a treasure. I saw her in Toronto at a Wednesday matinee in the middle of winter. New York has its matinee ladies from tony New Rochelle; ours come in on buses from small towns in Ontario. Dame Edna called to the stage one woman who was bundled in a down-filled pickle-green snowsuit. Her comments on the woman's outfit were hilarious, as you can imagine ("So this is what they wear to the Toronto theatre, dear"). We were falling out of our seats. And the woman in the snowsuit was perfectly comfortable with Dame Edna's comments. There was no meanness whatsoever.
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Post by: Jason on January 05, 2004, 01:11:02 PM: I agree with TOOTSIE...love it.

You should have seen me earlier in the day...I was reminiscent of the scene in AUNTIE MAME where she was working the switchboard. I even mumbled the greeting like she did! "Musih Thea'nation...direh y'call?" That's supposed to be "Music Theatre International...How may I direct your call?" Ugh...four lines...all ringing at the same time! "Oh, Mr. Applewhite, how did you get in that hole?"
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Post by: Tomovoz on January 05, 2004, 01:11:47 PM: TCB: I do believe so.
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Post by: DERBRUCER on January 05, 2004, 01:14:26 PM: For those of you who have insatiable voyeuristic tendencies, here are some family pics:

Me at sea on a lake in Austria (taken a few days after I clamored up to the top of an Alp where my new avatar was taken.

(http://pic8.picturetrail.com/VOL242/891350/2995020/42010652.jpg)

Woody and I hob-nobbing with the usual suspects:

(http://pic8.picturetrail.com/VOL242/891350/2995020/42010611.jpg)

Woody and his one true love:

(http://pic8.picturetrail.com/VOL242/891350/2995020/42010597.jpg)

der Brucer (who will protect his longevity by not posting the baby pictures of Woody I stumbled upon)
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Post by: Michael on January 05, 2004, 01:17:52 PM: Re: The topic of the day. Off the top of my head without really thinking about it:

Theater:
Act 2 of Noises Off
The Richard II sequence from The Goodbye Girl
Cat and Mouse sequence from Victor/Victoria
Act 1 of the Lisbon Traviata

Film:
Blazing Saddles
What's Up Doc
That's Carry On (The best scenes from the Carry On movies)
On the Buses (The bathroom sequence)
Chained Heat (So bad it was really funny. I was directing Women Behind Bars and I showed this at the first read through)
The Ritz

TV
Chuckles the Clown Bites the Dust
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Post by: George on January 05, 2004, 01:19:54 PM: Quote from: Matt H. on January 05, 2004, 08:11:01 AM
Damn! Woudln't you know I can't put my hands on the PLAYBILL right this second. I have got to get them better organized. Anyway, as best I remember, Kim Hunter was Mary Haines, Alexis Smith was Crystal Allen, Myrna Loy was the mother, Dorothy Loudon was Edith, Rhonda Fleming was Amanda. Can't recall who was Sylvia. It had to have been another big star, so I'll look some more later today and report back. I remember that Playbill clearly - had a women looking at her reflection in a hand mirror and in the mirror were the words "THE WOMEN."

Here's the website for the Internet Broadway DataBase listing of the 1973 revival of The Women (http://www.ibdb.com/production.asp?ID=3189)

According to the site, it was both Rhonda Fleming and Myrna Loy's Broadway debuts.
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Post by: Jed on January 05, 2004, 01:20:51 PM: I, like Tomovoz, am not prone to huge bursts of laughter when watching movies. If I actually do laugh out loud, then something was pretty dang funny! First ones that come to mind are the oft mentioned AIRPLANE!, WAITING FOR GUFFMAN, YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN, and BLAZING SADDLES, along with the not-yet-mentioned CLUE and MIGHTY APHRODITE.
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Post by: LC on January 05, 2004, 01:25:43 PM: DR Jason, that also sounds like "Call Back in the Morning" from Little Shop.

DR Emily, how were your classes?
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Post by: George on January 05, 2004, 01:26:35 PM: Laugh-Out-Loud Movies:

Auntie Mame
Finding Nemo
I'm The One That I Want (Margaret Cho)
Sleeper
South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut

I’ve never seen a production of Noises Off. However, I was in a production as Tim Allgood, and it was one of the most fun productions that I’d been involved in.

Dame Edna live in Seattle a couple of years ago was one of the funniest experiences of my life! Also, a community theater production of Angry Housewives here in Olympia and a professional production in Tacoma were both absolutely hysterical!
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Post by: bk on January 05, 2004, 01:30:22 PM: I was laughing so loudly at Dame Edna (I do not laugh loud easily) that I'm quite certain the teenage girl next to me thought I was going to have a heart attack and die right there in the theater.
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Post by: Jrand73 on January 05, 2004, 01:35:15 PM: Thanks for the Playbill INFO DRGeorge - we saved MATTH a trip to the bottom of the Playbill box....

Great photos derbrucer..... And in a uniform yet!
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Post by: Jane on January 05, 2004, 01:36:52 PM: Quote from: Tomovoz on January 05, 2004, 12:17:20 PM
A reminder for those who may not be aware, today/tomorrow is the Twelfth Day Of Christmas. Yes the 12 days are this side of Christmas! Traditionally, decorations, cards and trees should be removed by this day.

Interesting. Mine were removed on the first and the tree went out on Saturday.
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Post by: bk on January 05, 2004, 01:37:57 PM: My goodness, this is a ROOMFUL of people, isn't it? Don't forget - chat in a mere four hours.
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Post by: DERBRUCER on January 05, 2004, 01:40:13 PM: It seems the lastest pic from Mars suggests that Zsa-Zsa has runaway with Jeff:

(http://pic8.picturetrail.com/VOL242/891350/2995020/42015336.jpg)

der Brucer (who suspects Zsa-Zsa nows a good thing when she see's it!)
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Post by: Jennifer on January 05, 2004, 01:40:39 PM: Wow, yes look at all the people. I have not seen so many in a long time.

I'm off in a few minutes. Hope everyone has a great rest of the day.
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Post by: Matt H. on January 05, 2004, 01:45:46 PM: DR Jose, I have been assured by a stockholder and frequent customer of Krispy Kreme that the maple doughnuts are still sold, sometimes in grocery store cartons as well as at the factory stores themselves.

For funniest TV show - POLICE SQUAD! which took the AIRPLANE scenario and did it in a farcical thirty minute TV comedy. (They later morphed into the NAKED GUN movies, but they were never as fast and funny as the TV series that spawned them.)
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Post by: Matt H. on January 05, 2004, 01:51:27 PM: Thank you, DR George. I still want to find that Playbill. It's bothering me that I couldn't put my hands on it. I see that Alexis was Sylvia rather than Crystal.

Jan Miner, I forgot about her, but she was hilarious as the Countess.
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Post by: Jed on January 05, 2004, 01:51:32 PM: NINETEEN H/K's logged in here at the moment! Wowie wow wow!
Including Lulu! Glad to see you back!
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Post by: Jane on January 05, 2004, 01:51:39 PM: DERBRUCER that is one good looking picture of you in your uniform. I like the other pictures as well. The lake looks beautiful.

Jennifer I know about intense dreams. Boy, they can really knock you for a loop.

If it weren’t for HHW I wouldn’t know how exciting Mars is.
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Post by: Matt H. on January 05, 2004, 01:52:50 PM: Great pics, DR derBrucer. You and DR S.Woody are so very lucky to have each other.
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Post by: William E. Lurie on January 05, 2004, 01:54:24 PM: Thanks to all of you who sent be get well wishs. I'm back at work and feeling a little better but very tired still. Just a couple of comments on the past couple of days notes and posts before I go home to a (hopefully) long night's sleep.

I never got TIVO because I already control my watching time with a VHS and it has the one big fault that VHS has (I know because I called TIVO to check this). If a program is scheduled from say 8:00 to 9:00 but a sports overrun or unscheduled news event pushes it back to 8:20 to 9:20 you will still get 8:00 to 9:00 recorded causing you to miss the last 20 minutes of whatever you are recording. In fact if I know there is football on Sundays I always add an extra thirty minutes to the recording time which I don't think you can do with TIVO although there may be a manual override.

Funniest play I ever saw: LEND ME A TENOR with the original cast. A later production with a less skilled cast was not nearly as funny.
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Post by: MBarnum on January 05, 2004, 01:56:09 PM: My gosh, I didn't realize that so many DRs were fans of Blazing Saddles. When I watched it I sat there like so much fish and finally turned it off. I was watching with a buddy of mine who loves the movie. He has never forgiven me for dissing his favorite movie and is planning on getting revenge on me by making me watch SYBIL.
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Post by: Lulu on January 05, 2004, 01:56:52 PM: Heigh-ho! I'm back from my Indiana Adventure, and trust that you all had a wonderful holiday!

Movies that made/make me laugh a lot:

Naked Gun (take THAT, DR Matt! ;) )
Pee-Wee's Big Adventure
Raising Arizona
Marx Bros. movies, Cocoanuts through A Day at the Races, inclusive
Ghostbusters (the first time I saw it)
My Favorite Wife
Arsenic and Old Lace
No Time for Sergeants

Well, that'll do for now
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Post by: Tomovoz on January 05, 2004, 01:56:56 PM: Welcome back WEL. Hope you are much better. I am feeling Wicked myself.
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Post by: Matt H. on January 05, 2004, 02:04:41 PM: DR Lulu, I never said THE NAKED GUN movies weren't funny. I think they are, but nothing beats the unstoppable hilarity of the six filmed episodes of POLICE SQUAD! And Peter Lupus in the Tv version makes an infinitely more hilarious stooge than O.J. Simpson (playing the same role in the film).
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Post by: Jrand73 on January 05, 2004, 02:13:21 PM: TV funny - RENO 911!
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Post by: Jason on January 05, 2004, 02:13:49 PM: I have to pee and cannot leave the desk because the freaking phone won't stop ringing!! ARGH!

Susan Egan is replacing Sutton Foster in MILLIE. It's official. Congrats, Susan!
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Post by: DERBRUCER on January 05, 2004, 02:14:04 PM: Quote from: Jane on January 05, 2004, 01:36:52 PM
... and the tree went out on Saturday.

And with whom did your tree step out?

der Brucer (it's a thankless job, but somebody's got to do it!)
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Post by: bk on January 05, 2004, 02:16:03 PM: Welcome back, Lulu. Now all we need is Kotter to come back.

MBarnum, most movie comedies simply don't play as well whilst sitting at home. Oh, one might laugh every now and then, but real comedy movie viewing is a shared communal experience.
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Post by: Jane on January 05, 2004, 02:20:14 PM: Quote from: William E. Lurie on January 05, 2004, 01:54:24 PM
Thanks to all of you who sent be get well wishs. I'm back at work and feeling a little better but very tired still. Just a couple of comments on the past couple of days notes and posts before I go home to a (hopefully) long night's sleep.

I never got TIVO because I already control my watching time with a VHS and it has the one big fault that VHS has (I know because I called TIVO to check this). If a program is scheduled from say 8:00 to 9:00 but a sports overrun or unscheduled news event pushes it back to 8:20 to 9:20 you will still get 8:00 to 9:00 recorded causing you to miss the last 20 minutes of whatever you are recording. In fact if I know there is football on Sundays I always add an extra thirty minutes to the recording time which I don't think you can do with TIVO although there may be a manual override.

Glad you are feeling better.

Sad but true about TIVO. It is very frustrating when that happens. If I remember it will be a possibility, which rarely happens, I program the following show to also record.
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Post by: Jason on January 05, 2004, 02:20:31 PM: An example of how busy we've been today: Our head computer guy said that when he came in this morning, there were 8,900 new emails in the administrative box that were license applications and/or license inquiries. That didn't include the junk mail. OY!
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Post by: TCB on January 05, 2004, 02:21:53 PM: Derbrucer -- I love the photo on the lake. You look very dashing.

tomovoz -- Are the creditors after you again? Is that why you keep changing your photo. Trust me, you look good in all of them.
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Post by: Jed on January 05, 2004, 02:22:50 PM: Quote from: bk on January 05, 2004, 02:16:03 PM
MBarnum, most movie comedies simply don't play as well whilst sitting at home. Oh, one might laugh every now and then, but real comedy movie viewing is a shared communal experience.

Says the man who watches movie after movie at home. :D

I agree wholeheartedly, BK. And I, too, very rarely get to the movie theater (just too danged pricey for me). My most pleasurable movie watching experiences are always when a large group of friends watch something, rather than solitary viewing.
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Post by: bk on January 05, 2004, 02:24:41 PM: Do we think Panni is BUSY? And does Panni not laugh out loud at movies? We need Panni Picks. But Panni IS BUSY, that we know. Today I got to direct some voice-over auditions, which was fun. I'm loving your lists, and I'm happy to see that many film and play choices coincide with mine own.

I didn't see Noises Off on B'way or even in local theater, but I did see a production at my alma matter LACC that was pretty hilarious and well-done.
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Post by: Jane on January 05, 2004, 02:24:46 PM: Quote from: Lulu on January 05, 2004, 01:56:52 PM
Heigh-ho! I'm back from my Indiana Adventure, and trust that you all had a wonderful holiday!

Movies that made/make me laugh a lot:

Naked Gun (take THAT, DR Matt! ;) )
Pee-Wee's Big Adventure
Raising Arizona
Marx Bros. movies, Cocoanuts through A Day at the Races, inclusive
Ghostbusters (the first time I saw it)
My Favorite Wife
Arsenic and Old Lace
No Time for Sergeants

Well, that'll do for now

How could I forgot to mention Arsenic and Old Lace! Also very funny were My Favorite Wife, Ghostbusters, No Time for Sergeants and Raising Arizona
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Post by: Panni on January 05, 2004, 02:27:53 PM: Can't think of many funny movies right now. SOME LIKE IT HOT; DUCK SOUP; BLAZING SADDLES; THE INSPECTOR GENERAL... Will think of more later. TV - Absolutely "Chuckles Bites the Dust" - I can watch that ten times in a row and still laugh out loud. In fact, I used to screen it when I would be asked once in a while to give a master class on comedy writing. And even after analyzing it to death, it still makes me laugh.
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Post by: TCB on January 05, 2004, 02:29:03 PM: Quote from: Jason on January 05, 2004, 02:13:49 PM
I have to pee and cannot leave the desk because the freaking phone won't stop ringing!! ARGH!

I am so sorry, Jason, but you always manage to make even the most awful crisis funny. Just remember I am always laughing with you, not at you.
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Post by: Tomovoz on January 05, 2004, 02:30:24 PM: Thanks TCB. I am of course just attempting to solicit such comments.
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Post by: Panni on January 05, 2004, 02:31:42 PM: I saw AFTER I had posted that I was requested to post. I must be psychic (or is that psychotic?) And actually, bk, you're right. I hardly ever laugh out loud at movies because I have the comedy writer's instinct and say very seriously "Yes, that's funny." But no laughing
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Post by: Jason on January 05, 2004, 02:31:44 PM: Miss TCB, I promise that my personal tragedy will not interfere with my ability to do good hair.
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Post by: Sandra on January 05, 2004, 02:37:14 PM: Monty Python and the Holy Grail, especially the swallows and the coconuts. And the part in Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead when Rosencrantz is trying to juggle. Greater Tuna and Tuna Christmas were like death eating a cracker (is that a good thing?)
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Post by: bk on January 05, 2004, 02:39:19 PM: Let's all sing the theme from Welcome Back, Kotter, shall we?

Television funny: Jack Benny, always. And Groucho.
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Post by: TCB on January 05, 2004, 02:40:57 PM: .........and Gracie Allen.
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Post by: bk on January 05, 2004, 02:44:27 PM: Chat in a mere three hours. I'm probably going to open the room at five-thirty so I can get a little chattin' in before heading to the home environment.
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Post by: Panni on January 05, 2004, 02:45:15 PM: The funniest play I ever saw - from the stage - was Shaw's Caesar and Cleopatra. Not a hoot-fest, you say, DR's. True. But I was doing the production at the Shaw Festival and the company was nearing the end of the interminable Canadian run before going on tour. We were all a bit hysterical and exhausted. So in the final scene, as Caesar is about to sail off, and we're all standing staring into the house (the house being the ocean), the actor playing Epiladorus (can't remember how to spell it) sneezed and the actor playing Caesar said, totally in character, "Bless you, my son." For some reason, I thought this was the funniest line that had ever been uttered in the history of the theater. I totally corpsed, except there was nowhere to go, nowhere to turn as I had to keep staring out at the damn ocean. These strange little strangled sounds started coming out of me and I was literally peeing my pants (panties) - which is incredibly horrible in a diaphanous Egyptian gown. Anyway, I finally had to turn around and face upstage - so while everybody else was staring out at the ocean, I was looking at god knows what behind me. I'm surprised I wasn't kicked out of Equity.
So, that DR's is the funniest theatrical experience I've ever had.
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Post by: Matt H. on January 05, 2004, 02:45:20 PM: I liked MONY PYTHON'S LIFE OF BRIAN even more than HOLY GRAIL, but they are both hilarious. So is their TV series and, of course, Cleese's FAWLTY TOWERS. A FISH CALLED WANDA was also hysterical.
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Post by: Panni on January 05, 2004, 02:47:52 PM: Now I must get back to being BUSY.
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Post by: Matt H. on January 05, 2004, 02:57:03 PM: I re-watched LOVE ME TONIGHT today with the Kreuger commentary on, and he does indeed declare the film the best movie musical ever made and then proceeds to explain how exceptional it is during the film's running time. I understand how fond he was of the director, but isn't this carrying mentor-ship just a bit too far? Well, to each his own, I guess. It's a very entertaining musical with some stunning camerawork and a wonderful score, but I'd never call it the best ever screen musical.
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Post by: Jane on January 05, 2004, 02:58:59 PM: Quote from: TCB on January 05, 2004, 02:40:57 PM
.........and Gracie Allen.

OH YES!
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Post by: bk on January 05, 2004, 02:58:59 PM: Miles Kreuger doesn't really care for anything made after 1935. I see him quite often and he always makes me laugh with his pronouncements. That said, he loves The First Nudie Musical, so I'm quite fond of him.
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Post by: Robin on January 05, 2004, 03:05:27 PM: Personally, I think THE PRODUCERS just might be the funniest movie ever made. SOME LIKE IT HOT and DUCK SOUP are tied for second place.

I was lucky enough to see Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick in their original run in THE PRODUCERS on B'Way. But I honestly liked THE FULL MONTY better. Go figure.
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Post by: George on January 05, 2004, 03:06:10 PM: I am going to venture forth into the weather (by way of my car) and see what happens. I want to get some lunch/dinner (Taco Del Mar...it's Double Punch Monday!) and I have some wrapping paper that I want to give to my sister.

I plan on being back in time for chat, but if I crash my car (although I will be driving very defensively), I might be a bit late. Wish me luck.
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Post by: MBarnum on January 05, 2004, 03:10:31 PM: Be careful out there George!
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 05, 2004, 03:24:10 PM: At the risk of upsetting one or more of our LCRs:

While I was home, my outspoken, somewhat deaf, and often obnoxious uncle sat glued to his television. There are two things airing on that TV set -- Fox News and/or whatever sports event that might be live at the moment. If it wasn't reported on Fox News, according to my uncle, it either didn't happen or it wasn't reported correctly.

We ignore him in droves.
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Post by: Jane on January 05, 2004, 03:27:28 PM: Panni as usual-a great story. Thanks for the laugh!
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Post by: DearReaderLaura on January 05, 2004, 03:37:06 PM: One of my favorite shows: a locally-written production called "Gov." It was about some of the wacky governors in the State of Arizona -- Ev Mecham, Fife Symington III, Rose Mofford, et al. Only MusicGuy and Kerry would understand.
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Post by: DearReaderLaura on January 05, 2004, 03:37:59 PM: DR Panni -- you always tell great stories.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 05, 2004, 03:38:17 PM: My Fox News-watching, outspoken uncle is a good cook. While I was back east, I enjoyed, from his efforts, a grilled steak, BBQ Chicken, pork loin and hash, as well as collard greens. He is famous in the town for his smoked pork loins, BBQ chicken and his fried turkey. If you don't believe me, just ask him. He preps these things for folks all the time, actually. Sometimes, family functions get in the way and we get the accidents.

My aunt used to be known for her birthday/special occasion cakes. Now she believes herself to be known for her "famous" sourdough bread. I live in the Bay Area and I know from sourdough. What she makes is more like a sweet french bread. That's right. Her starter has sweetened. Next time I go to SC, I'm taking a loaf of sourdough bread with me to refresh the memory of her tastebuds.
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Post by: Jennifer on January 05, 2004, 03:46:48 PM: Um that food sounds good. I still need to eat. But I"m being fussy today and cannot think of anything even remotely appealing.
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Post by: Charles Pogue on January 05, 2004, 03:47:38 PM: As far as TV gut-busters, South Park has me on the floor with every new episode...and a lot of the old ones still.
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Post by: Charles Pogue on January 05, 2004, 03:50:37 PM: Okay, now I'm embarrassed by the profusion of excess karma I've received over the last 24 hours. God knows, I have been that witty, pithy, or profound. No pity karma! (And, yes, friends...I'm joking, I could give a rat's bum about karma).
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Post by: Emily on January 05, 2004, 03:54:03 PM: Quote from: LC on January 05, 2004, 01:25:43 PM
DR Emily, how were your classes?

Thanks for asking, LC :D

Class #1 = Sociolinguistics with Dr. Charles Boberg (aka Mr. Mary/Merry/Marry himself)

It sounds very interesting but he warned people at the beginning of the class that those of us with no linguistics background might have some difficulty (i.e. ME... the profs get an electronic copy of all their students' background faculties and earlier classes taken to peruse and Boberg made SEVERAL references to a student with a Poli. Sci. background... oy)

We get to do field work which sounds fun though. I may need to phone up some foreign kimlets/hainsies and record your voices saying weird phrases or words... like "marry/merry/mary" :)

Class #2 = World Religions 1 (AKA Death and Dying in a fun flying trip around five major religions in fifteen quick weeks!)

I actually already took this course in CEGEP. With the same teacher. Who recognized me sitting in class and went "WHAT THE F**K?" in true post-modern religious studies teacher fashion.

I talked to her after class in which she laughed and told me to take it anyway since I pretty much NEED it for my minor.

Tomorrow I have Canadian Church History, Canadian Public Administration and 20th Century European Politics to look forward too... we will see how those go...

The prof doing 20th Century European Politics got a sexy chile pepper in his reviews on ratemyprofessor.com... I will have a FULL report tomorrow (McGill students have had very good taste in the past...)
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Post by: Jrand73 on January 05, 2004, 03:57:35 PM: LOL DREmily!
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Post by: Emily on January 05, 2004, 03:59:14 PM: btw... Ratemyprofessor.com (which allows students to anonymously review profs based on a number of factors) compiled a list of its funniest reviews...

15 Emotional scarring may fade away, but that big fat F on your transcript won't.

14 The movies he shows are so bad even he has to leave the room.

13 Miserable professor - I wish I could sum him up without foul language.

12 Instant amnesia walking into this class. I swear he breathes sleeping gas.

11 BORING! But I learned there are 137 tiles on the ceiling.

10 Not only is the book a better teacher, it also has a better personality.

9 Teaches well, invites questions and then insults you for 20 minutes.

8 This teacher was a firecracker in a pond of slithery tadpoles.

7 I learned how to hate a language I already know.

6 Very good course, because I only went to one class.

5 He will destroy you like an academic ninja.

4 Bring a pillow.

3 Your pillow will need a pillow.

2 If I was tested on her family, I would have gotten an A.

1 She hates you already.
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Post by: DERBRUCER on January 05, 2004, 03:59:32 PM: Quote from: Jason on January 05, 2004, 02:13:49 PM
I have to pee and cannot leave the desk because the freaking phone won't stop ringing!! ARGH!

Hey, it's a Brave New World! In addition to Melmac, and Tang, the world of modern marvels includes the relief tube (or, for us Country Boys, a Mayonnaise jar).

der Brucer (who has no advice for Country Girls)
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Post by: bk on January 05, 2004, 04:01:10 PM: Chat in a mere ninety minutes, unless I decide that I'm gonna try and get out of here around five-fifteen, in which case I'll open the room at five.
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Post by: Dan-in-Toronto on January 05, 2004, 04:24:14 PM: Our Indian neighbors have invited us for dinner. I'm sure it will be delicious and spicy, but I'm also sure it will be served late. I'll likely miss all the chat, but am sure it, too, will be delicious and spicy.
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Post by: bk on January 05, 2004, 04:36:54 PM: Chat very soon, possibly as soon as five o'clock Pacific Mean Time
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Post by: bk on January 05, 2004, 04:46:08 PM: Actually, I've opened the room so come on in when you can and let's get the partay goin', shall we?
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Post by: S. Woody White on January 05, 2004, 05:10:54 PM: Just for the record, 'tis I who took that photo of der Brucer on the lake. I kept it with me at work, safely in my desk (most everyone was cool, but there were a few over the years who didn't know how).

I'm also to blame for the photo he's using as his avatar, taken the same day as the lake pic. We were on vacation in Germany, on a day trip in the Alps, when we spotted some of our fellow travellers off on a peak just a hundred feet away. It looked like fun, and the view promised to be spectacular. So off we went on the trail, two bears (or, at that point, a bear and his cub) climbing the mountain to see what they could see.

Had we realized that the climb over to the other crest involved a very narrow trail about the width of a gymnastic balance beam, a single rope to hold onto, and for one part of the trip a ladder made of railroad spikes that had been pounded into the mountain rock, we would have thought twice about that journey. One slip and we would have made it faster down than either of us would have cared for.

Personally, I do prefer the lake shot, although the mountain shot makes der Brucer look remarkably butch!

The shot of us with the former Speaker of the House is more typical of how der Brucer reacts to a camera, wide eyed and frozen. (And yes, the Speaker knew we were a couple when it was taken. He had been trying to pull der Brucer closer by the back of his belt. Der Brucer joked "Careful, we're members of Log Cabin," to which the Speaker replied "That's OK, my reputation's already shot!") (No idea who the woman in the middle is.)

Dear Der Brucer: as long as you're posting pics from Long Beach, can you find something, anything better of me? Other than the baby pictures? (And one of these days, you're going to have to write down the golf ball story and post it!)
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Post by: Jrand73 on January 05, 2004, 05:40:09 PM: CHAT IS OPEN CHAT IS OPEN CHAT IS OPEN
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 05, 2004, 06:21:11 PM: Been there, done that. It was boring.
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Post by: bk on January 05, 2004, 06:23:26 PM: Been there, done that? What was boring? Chat?
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Post by: Noel on January 05, 2004, 06:30:53 PM: Preston Sturges films, such as The Lady Eve and Miracle of Morgan's Creek
Woody Allen films, such as Love & Death and Annie Hall

Two short plays I've only read: Morning by Israel Horovitz and After Magritte by Tom Stoppard

We visited the San Diego Zoo today and are mystified at why it's so famous for being so wonderful.
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Post by: bk on January 05, 2004, 06:47:43 PM: Well, you know Ron, I was just in chat and it was anything but boring. In fact, it was scintillatingly scintillating. You're a worse curmudgeon than I am.
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Post by: S. Woody White on January 05, 2004, 06:54:28 PM: Noel, how many zoos have you visited in the past?

It's kind of a comparative thing. Same trip as the photos, for example, der Brucer and I visited a zoo in Munich, which was absolutely wonderful.

On the other hand, I don't recommend the Fresno Zoo. You'll all have to trust me on this one.

The National Zoo in DC was less interesting than we'd hoped, save for the lion exhibits, where the lions and tigers were separated from the humans by large moats. Der Brucer's older grandson, Alex, who was only three at the time, thought those moats were absolutely fascinating...because a family of ducks was swimming in one of them!

I'm not a big zoo fan, personally, because there's really little to do except watch the animals, who are usually too worn out from having nothing to do but watch us all day. If there was some kind of interaction going on, things might get interesting, but zookeepers usually like to keep track of the diets of those they tend to, and random hands and arms are hard to guage when it comes to calorie intake.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on January 05, 2004, 07:21:36 PM: I resemble that remark, BK.

But I tried to stimulate conversation several times, and only two people seemed to want to chat, and they were going on and on about alt-0531, which didn't work for me in chat, so I couldn't add anything or relate to the experiment.

I found myself talking to....myself.

And that's not any fun.

And you weren't there while I was....and we had an unseemly interloper and everything.
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Post by: bk on January 05, 2004, 07:44:57 PM: Yes, I heard there was some dear doctor in there who wouldn't open his yap. Why DO they bother, I wonder. I wonder as I wander and I wander as I wonder. All I know is when I arrived it was quite sparkling in there and all manner of things were discussed.

I got my box set of The Cat People, I Walked with a Zombie and The Leopard Man today. This particular company does the most beautiful packages, but I'm afraid their transfers aren't quite as good as they should be and vary wildly from disc to disc. Their Magnificent Ambersons is sadly not good at all. That said, The Cat People looks pretty good, and I Walked with a Zombie looks even better, but The Leopard Man, while taken from a nice print, is soft throughout. Still, it's nice to have them on DVD. There are some scenes from other films they've done box sets on, including Top Hat, which looks a bit soft but not bad at all, and She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, which looks better than its American counterpart on DVD.
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Post by: td on January 05, 2004, 07:44:57 PM: I'm going to quickly post to say that I'm a terrible judge of comedy; I go into a theater with a chip on my shoulder the size of Washingtion, which reads, "GO AHEAD - - MAKE ME LAUGH!" So very rare films have made me laugh heartily out loud in theaters, or on home video.
Those that did, though, are cherce:
DUDE, WHERE'S MY CAR?
MOULIN ROUGE
WHAT'S UP, DOC?
MONTY PYTHON'S MEANING OF LIFE
MONTY PYTHON'S LIFE OF BRIAN
MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL
AND NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT
TOOTSIE
AT LONG LAST LOVE
BRINGING UP BABY
YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN
BLAZING SADDLES
8 LEGGED FREAKS
SINGIN' IN THE RAIN
HERCULES (Disney)
MEN IN TIGHTS
BORN YESTERDAY
THE FIRST NUDIE MUSICAL
LOVE AND DEATH
EVERYTHING YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT SEX. . .
ADAM'S RIB
to name but a few.

Onstage:
LUV
THE PRODUCERS
SCARMBLED FEET

And, a special note for all the Dear Readers in and around New York City:

Friday, January 9th at 10:00 pm and Saturday, January 10th at 7:30 pm, Richard Skipper will be presenting his show "Broadway's Grand Dames." Performing with their own voices as legendary ladies from Broadway & the concert stages are Holli Vest as Tina Turner, Anne Kissel as Roseanne, Janet Fanale and her many voices, and Richard Skipper as Carol Channing. $20
cover, $10 food/drink minimum.
Janet, is of course, the Violet to my Daisy (oh! a SIDE SHOW reference). My best-est friend in the world. A joy and a treasure. If you happen to go. . .TELL HER THAT TD SENT YOU!
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Post by: JoseSPiano on January 05, 2004, 07:47:22 PM: Good evening.

Rehearsal was good. Short. And good. We mainly concentrated on two scenes - and two songs. They got a lot of new changes and pages over the weekend, and tonight was the first work-through of some of the new material. Also, the "real" musical director is back from his other gig, and he was trying to get back up to speed - which was very easy. *And if i get the charts done for the some of the songs by tomorrow, I can actually head back home to Richmond on Wednesday. YEAH! So, if I'm errant and truant tomorrow - or even later tonight - you know what I'm doing.

On the way home from dinner, I stopped a middle-Eastern carry-out place - I think it's Pakistani - actually. I wasn't in the mood for a kabob - although this place does kabobs very well - so I got some curry, a sambosa and a nan (bread). Sooo good. And sooo surpringly spicy! It kind of caught me off guard. Now, I like spicy, and I've food from this place many times, but I did not expect so much cayenne pepper in my food. It was still very good, just spuh-icy! -At least I had the coriander-yogurt chutney to cool the heat.

I stopped in the chat for a bit. Too many Washingtonians. Isn't there a rule about too many PNW-ers in one place at the same time? ;)

In any case, chat was fun, but I had to cut in order to catch up my e-mails as well as the posts here on HHW.

So...

I'll check back later...

And, DR Panni, your story literally made me LOL!
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Post by: JoseSPiano on January 05, 2004, 07:55:20 PM: Oh, and just when I thought I was back on the wagon again... When I walked into rehearsal I noticed two containers on the stage manager's table... Cookies! And, as I found out, some pretty tasty ones too! And after some "digging", I found some peanut butter fudge too! YUM!!! And they also some of those Amaretto di Saronno cookies! Needless to say, I probably one cookie too many - well, more like six or seven too many... Ah, well... Tomorrow, tomorrow....
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Post by: Matt H. on January 05, 2004, 08:18:06 PM: Sorry to miss chat; new TV beckoned.

Another of my favorites on stage and screen: THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER.
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Post by: Matt H. on January 05, 2004, 08:20:58 PM: Suggested photo topic for one day: interesting Playbills which we have. Going through those this morning let my eyes fall on Playbills I had forgotten I even had. I'm sure some of you have some old/rare/fun ones, too. Just an idea.
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Post by: Jennifer on January 05, 2004, 08:24:57 PM: DR Jose: those cookies sound good. I think I am actually hungry now. But I think I will pass till tomorrow morning.

Oh and re: those people who are offended when DRs mention their karma loss. I think those who want to mention it should feel free to do so (it does let others restore it if they want to).

Oh and am I the only one who would rather someone have the guts to say they disagree with me?

Btw, why is it that speaking my mind nicely will most certainly lower my 40 karmas. :)

Oh well. Good night all. Hope you had a good chat and that everyone wakes up on the right side of the bed (except for DR TCB who I bet will say that his bed is against the wall on the right side) :)
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Post by: JoseSPiano on January 05, 2004, 08:28:39 PM: And I think I will actually begin to settle in for the evening myself. I'm surprisingly tired and sleepy right now... most likely the fault of all those cookies. My throat is also feeling a little funny, and I should rest while I can. -And with the weird temp shift we had this weekend, I'm sure my body will be reflecting it one way or another. -Wow, and I've only been up for about 12 hours too!

Hmmm.. who knows, maybe I'll be back on later, but just in case I'm not...

Goodnight.
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Post by: TCB on January 05, 2004, 08:39:46 PM: Quote from: Jennifer on January 05, 2004, 08:24:57 PM
DR Jose: those cookies sound good. I think I am actually hungry now. But I think I will pass till tomorrow morning.

Oh and re: those people who are offended when DRs mention their karma loss. I think those who want to mention it should feel free to do so (it does let others restore it if they want to).

Oh and am I the only one who would rather someone have the guts to say they disagree with me?

Btw, why is it that speaking my mind nicely will most certainly lower my 40 karmas. :)

Oh well. Good night all. Hope you had a good chat and that everyone wakes up on the right side of the bed (except for DR TCB who I bet will say that his bed is against the wall on the right side) :)

Actually no, my dear Jennifer, I keep my bed an equal distance from both walls thereby carefully framing it in the wall of mirrors. Someone told me that mirrors make things look bigger, but, so far, I can't even fool myself.
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Post by: bk on January 05, 2004, 08:51:01 PM: You haven't missed chat, Matt, it's still going on strong with a roomful of people.
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Post by: Matt H. on January 05, 2004, 09:00:28 PM: Ah, sorry. It's so late now, I couldn't type with any sense. I'm sure everyone is having a great time. I just need to head for bed now. I'm sure you folks will have great topics to discuss after I'm off as always, and I have to catch up with them the following morning.
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Post by: TCB on January 05, 2004, 09:01:01 PM: By the way (BTW in Internet lingo), before anyone gets offended, I was, of course, talking about making the bedroom look bigger with mirrors.
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Post by: td on January 05, 2004, 09:04:33 PM: Quote from: TCB on January 05, 2004, 09:01:01 PM
By the way (BTW in Internet lingo), before anyone gets offended, I was, of course, talking about making the bedroom look bigger with mirrors.

Of course you were! ;)
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Post by: Tomovoz on January 05, 2004, 09:04:36 PM: I am sure no-one thought anything else TCB. We all are quite aware of the usual and expected number of inches in Washington and why would you want increase that. Hope Angel and Nicholas are good and warm.
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Post by: George on January 05, 2004, 09:13:24 PM: Tonight's chat (which is still going on) was very sparkling, exceedingly lively, quite entertaining and most enlightening! ;D
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Post by: TCB on January 05, 2004, 09:13:39 PM: BTW, chat seems to be currently reserved for those Kimlets under the age of 30.
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Post by: S. Woody White on January 05, 2004, 09:20:51 PM: Quote from: TCB on January 05, 2004, 08:39:46 PM
Actually no, my dear Jennifer, I keep my bed an equal distance from both walls thereby carefully framing it in the wall of mirrors. Someone told me that mirrors make things look bigger, but, so far, I can't even fool myself.
Dear DR TCB: Convex, concave, or fun house? These details can make a difference.
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Post by: Tomovoz on January 05, 2004, 09:28:19 PM: I have the feeling that it is a fun house even without the mirrors.
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Post by: td on January 05, 2004, 09:34:03 PM: Quote from: Tomovoz on January 05, 2004, 09:28:19 PM
I have the feeling that it is a fun house even without the mirrors.

. . .and I have a feeling that I like the way that you think.
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Post by: Tomovoz on January 05, 2004, 09:42:40 PM: I shall return to the house of fun in an hour or two. Have fun everyone.
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Post by: td on January 05, 2004, 10:07:05 PM: I mentioned my friend Janet in a previous post, well New Yorkers (and Dear Readers one and all), Here she is boys! Here she is world! Here's JANET:
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Post by: td on January 05, 2004, 10:08:20 PM: Well, I like the idea of the obscure Playbills in our collections, but, how about we post picture of ourselves when we looked like THIS:
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Post by: td on January 05, 2004, 10:08:57 PM: I AM NOT ASHAMED.
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Post by: bk on January 05, 2004, 10:15:30 PM: Is Janet on the right or the left? I feel like we should have a posting frenzy over the next hour and a half, that's what I feel like.
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Post by: td on January 05, 2004, 10:22:22 PM: I've never known Janet to sport a beard.
Posting Frenzy! I'm all for that!

Keep those GOOD VIBES coming, Dear Readers. . .I'll know the results of my callback sometime in the morning. . .
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Post by: Jed on January 05, 2004, 10:23:19 PM: Quote from: TCB on January 05, 2004, 09:13:39 PM
BTW, chat seems to be currently reserved for those Kimlets under the age of 30.

Hardly! We just happened to be the ones in there when you dropped in, TCB!

Chat was lively and sparkling as always! Merriment'o'plenty in there this evening!
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Post by: Laura II on January 05, 2004, 10:24:22 PM: td, that picture is adorable! If I had a scanner, I'd scanner in the mor-or-nin. I'd scanner in the evening, all over this la-and. I'd scanner out da-anger! I'd scanner out war-arning! I'd scanner out love between my brothers and my sisters a-all over this land. (There is no groaning here at HHW!) My point is, I do not have a scanner, so I cannot post old or new pictures of myself on here. ::sigh::

I think I just messed up the lyrics to this song, too...how dumb can I get? :)
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Post by: George on January 05, 2004, 10:28:47 PM: I have a scanner, but not the picture. My parents have that.

On Average Joe, they're just about to show the woman meeting the "guys".
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Post by: td on January 05, 2004, 10:29:37 PM: Quote from: Laura II on January 05, 2004, 10:24:22 PM
td, that picture is adorable! If I had a scanner, I'd scanner in the mor-or-nin. I'd scanner in the evening, all over this la-and. I'd scanner out da-anger! I'd scanner out war-arning! I'd scanner out love between my brothers and my sisters a-all over this land. (There is no groaning here at HHW!) My point is, I do not have a scanner, so I cannot post old or new pictures of myself on here. ::sigh::

I think I just messed up the lyrics to this song, too...how dumb can I get? :)

DR Laura II - you should either get a scanner, or have some friends upload some pictures of you, because, you must have been a beautiful baby, 'cos baby - - LOOK AT YOU NOW! ! ! :o
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Post by: Laura II on January 05, 2004, 10:29:44 PM: GOOD VIBES, TD! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Post by: Jed on January 05, 2004, 10:29:47 PM: Quote from: Laura II on January 05, 2004, 10:24:22 PM
My point is, I do not have a scanner, so I cannot post old or new pictures of myself on here. ::sigh::

Yet you do have the lovely pic in your profile, and you posted that delightful pic of you and Miss Swish last week. Oh yes, we've caught you in your web of lies, dearie! :D
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Post by: td on January 05, 2004, 10:33:51 PM: Just to add to the posting frenzy. . .I think that we should caption the picture of li'l td. . .gosh, what was making him smile that way? ? ? I'm curious. . .and too many years have passed for me to remember what made me smile that day. . . ??? ??? ??? ???
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Post by: td on January 05, 2004, 10:34:51 PM: Didn't DR Kerry help Laura II with photos before? ? ?
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Post by: td on January 05, 2004, 10:36:10 PM: I know that Jed is smiling in his avatar because there are no purple tights in sight.
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Post by: Panni on January 05, 2004, 10:36:35 PM: I just woke up! Lay down around 8 - I think, but don't really know- to read and next thing I know, it's now.
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Post by: Panni on January 05, 2004, 10:45:22 PM: Just caught up on the posts. Re interesting Playbills - I had kept every program I ever got since I was a teenager. Hundreds, thousands. Just before I moved this time, I threw most of them away in a frenzy of clearing away the detritus in my life. Stupid stupid stupid!
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Post by: Tomovoz on January 05, 2004, 11:01:14 PM: Cute td. I guess you still are. Even if you are older than 40! Good OZ vibes are on their way.
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Post by: td on January 05, 2004, 11:07:03 PM: Of course there are good Oz vibes. . .I'm listening to The Seekers singing "The Water is Wide;" and of course, I still have a space in my heart for Chris Meloni. . .
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Post by: td on January 05, 2004, 11:08:00 PM: First post, New Page!

"First post, New Page" Dance time!
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Post by: Jed on January 05, 2004, 11:11:58 PM: TD is in a posting frenzy!!!!
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Post by: td on January 05, 2004, 11:13:44 PM: Quote from: Jed on January 05, 2004, 11:11:58 PM
TD is in a posting frenzy!!!!
True, but I'm not in PURPLE TIGHTS! ! !
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Post by: Jed on January 05, 2004, 11:15:25 PM: You're missing out, TD! Purple tights are simply faboo!
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Post by: td on January 05, 2004, 11:16:23 PM: Quote from: Jed on January 05, 2004, 11:15:25 PM
You're missing out, TD! Purple tights are simply faboo!

I'll have to ask TCB about that. . . . ;)
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Post by: Laura II on January 05, 2004, 11:16:49 PM: I just got off the phone with our very own Maya! She's such a sweet girl!

td--thank you so much for the compliment! you too, Jed!

Jed--ahaha you think I'm tangled in a web of lies. I assure you that is not the case. The Grease picture (Sarah and me) was from a cd of pictures I discovered among my music cds. The Josh picture was from my uncle's scanner. This picture was from my dad's digital camera, but I shall not use that again until my friends come Thursday for my dinner. Perhaps then there will be a new pic of me!

George--What do you think of Average Joe??
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Post by: Tomovoz on January 05, 2004, 11:18:28 PM: Asking TCB. Is that a "Father Knows Best" thing?
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Post by: bk on January 05, 2004, 11:19:37 PM: td did you get my pm?
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Post by: bk on January 05, 2004, 11:20:04 PM: Panni is BUSY using words like "detritus"
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Post by: td on January 05, 2004, 11:20:34 PM: I've always thought of it as *Daddy* knows best. . .
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Post by: bk on January 05, 2004, 11:20:39 PM: I believe we have officially had a posting frenzy and I, for one, am quite happy about it.
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Post by: bk on January 05, 2004, 11:21:12 PM: td, you haven't answered.
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Post by: Jed on January 05, 2004, 11:21:44 PM: Quote from: Laura II on January 05, 2004, 11:16:49 PM
Jed--ahaha you think I'm tangled in a web of lies. I assure you that is not the case. The Grease picture (Sarah and me) was from a cd of pictures I discovered among my music cds. The Josh picture was from my uncle's scanner. This picture was from my dad's digital camera, but I shall not use that again until my friends come Thursday for my dinner. Perhaps then there will be a new pic of me!

Well, your quick thinking got you through this time, but you'll trip up soon enough! :D
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Post by: td on January 05, 2004, 11:22:13 PM: Quote from: bk on January 05, 2004, 11:21:12 PM
td, you haven't answered.

bk - I'm there. . . .
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Post by: Laura II on January 05, 2004, 11:23:16 PM: Jed--That's what you think! If I don't have a new picture on Friday, though, you are allowed to yell at me! :)
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Post by: Laura II on January 05, 2004, 11:23:51 PM: hmmph I never get private messages. Sometimes I get called "cutie pie" though!
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Post by: Jed on January 05, 2004, 11:25:11 PM: Oh, and I will, Laura, I will. :D
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Post by: td on January 05, 2004, 11:27:32 PM: Tonight has been my night for Private Messages. . .
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Post by: Tomovoz on January 05, 2004, 11:31:31 PM: pm = private message. I thought of a few other meanings. post-mortem, post-meridiem, post meridian, pre med etc.
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Post by: Tomovoz on January 05, 2004, 11:32:48 PM: After all that work will Mr Messages be promoted to Sgt.?
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Post by: td on January 05, 2004, 11:36:02 PM: I almost wrote that I was getting PMs tonight, but, thought better of it. . .
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Post by: Jed on January 05, 2004, 11:37:26 PM: I've always preferred private massages.
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Post by: Panni on January 05, 2004, 11:37:47 PM: "Detritus" is an excellent word. Not as good as as "diptych"... but then how often does that come up in my BUSY life?
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Post by: td on January 05, 2004, 11:40:45 PM: I like triptych, too.
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Post by: Panni on January 05, 2004, 11:43:32 PM: Three times the fun.
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Post by: George on January 05, 2004, 11:46:06 PM: Quote from: Laura II on January 05, 2004, 11:16:49 PM
George--What do you think of Average Joe??

It'll be an interesting season (as any season would be). She kept the several guys that I would've kept. ;) And I want to know if the adding of hunks this season will be the only twist. There are eight (I think) this time, and last time there were only three.
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Post by: bk on January 05, 2004, 11:46:55 PM: There is a regular posting frenzy going on here.
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Post by: Maya on January 05, 2004, 11:47:06 PM: Chat was fun for the little I was there...my sis and I have to share the computer, and lately it's just been WW3 as to whose turn it is when.

Aww, thank you for the compliment, Laura! It's always nice talking to you!

TD--sooooo cute! What a darling boy you were! What happened? J/K...you are still adorable.

Quote from: Emily on January 05, 2004, 12:48:40 PM

Maybe when everyone's favorite meanie composer dresses up like Betty Boop will DR Jason finally break a smile... ;)

Thank you, Emily, for that laugh!
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Post by: Panni on January 05, 2004, 11:48:43 PM: Ooops. I just remembered I threw out a magazine I need. I'm going to go outside now and root around in the garbage bin. Always a delightful thing to do around midnight. Hollywood writers have such a glamorous life!
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Post by: Laura II on January 05, 2004, 11:50:02 PM: George--I felt so bad for Matt Botti! He was such a sweet guy! I thought she should've gotten rid of Mr. Boston Accent. They didn't even seem to get along!
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Post by: bk on January 05, 2004, 11:51:50 PM: Panni is so BUSY she's going through garbage cans.

There are some very exciting things in the works which I'll be able to tell you about very soon. Nothing to do with work, just some things that will be fun for everyone.
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Post by: TCB on January 05, 2004, 11:51:54 PM: Quote from: td on January 05, 2004, 11:20:34 PM
I've always thought of it as *Daddy* knows best. . .

Oh td, can't you be the daddy for a while?
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Post by: bk on January 05, 2004, 11:53:39 PM: Last call, last call - you have about seven more minutes, so post away, then stop right at midnight for about thirty seconds, and then let's get a jump on tomorrow's posts and show those morning people what we're all about.
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Post by: George on January 05, 2004, 11:55:02 PM: Quote from: Laura II on January 05, 2004, 11:50:02 PM
George--I felt so bad for Matt Botti! He was such a sweet guy! I thought she should've gotten rid of Mr. Boston Accent. They didn't even seem to get along!

Yup. Of course, we weren't shown everything that happened. You never know because of the editing that they do. Yesterday on VH1 (I think), there was a show about the behind the scenes of the so-called "reality" shows. I wish that I had seen the whole thing, but what I did see (about the last 20 minutes) was pretty interesting.
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Post by: Panni on January 05, 2004, 11:57:49 PM: Back from rooting around the recycling bin. It's cold out there! My little guest house is exceedingly cozy and warm. Just gave my dog a biscuit and he shook hands (paws) with me. BUSY, BUSY, BUSY.
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Post by: bk on January 05, 2004, 11:58:35 PM: Last call, last call, and then let's have an all-new posting frenzy in three minutes.
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Post by: Laura II on January 05, 2004, 11:58:37 PM: George--very good point. Perhaps I should check VH1 for that show. They tend to rerun things often.
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Post by: George on January 06, 2004, 12:00:15 AM: It's called "Reality TV Secrets Revealed" and according to tvguide.com, it's not going to be rebroadcast. :( At least within the next 8 days.
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Post by: Laura II on January 06, 2004, 12:01:32 AM: Ah, I see I see. Thank you for checking, George! You're so nice!
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Post by: George on January 06, 2004, 12:02:55 AM: You're welcome!