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Title: EYE ON THE SPARROW
Post by: bk on May 26, 2007, 12:21:37 AM: Well, you've read the notes, the notes had its eye on the sparrow, and now it is time for you to post until the cows come home - the sparrow has its eye on the cows, but they ain't mooooooving.
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Post by: bk on May 26, 2007, 12:23:23 AM: And the word of the day is: PASQUINADE!
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Post by: Tomovoz on May 26, 2007, 12:29:41 AM: TOTD:
Rope
The Glen Miller Story
Harvey
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Post by: Tomovoz on May 26, 2007, 12:30:36 AM: Anna Pasquinade - wasn't she in "The Piano"
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Post by: singdaw on May 26, 2007, 02:51:01 AM: Pasquinade...isn't that the Act II opener in Phantom of the Opera?
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Post by: Edisaurus on May 26, 2007, 02:54:32 AM: TOD: 1st JS film I remember: Harvey
Favorites: The Philadelphia Story
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
It's a Wonderful Life
Shenandoah
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
The Greatest Show On Earth

Jimmy Stewart is probably my favorite actor of all-time. I know some of these aren't his best films, like the Hitchcock films are, but just ones I'm fond of.

A friend and I had a party to celebrate JS's 80th birthday. We actually put 80 candles on the cake and lit them and took a picture of it to send to him along with a birthday card. That was a mistake---the heat of so many lit candles made them all melt and we had to peel a big sheet of wax off the top of the cake before we could eat it! (Dont try this at home...)
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Post by: singdaw on May 26, 2007, 02:54:32 AM: VERY GLAD to see that DR Danise is home safe & sound, with the doggies.

DR Danise, eveyone experiences grief differently. Expect that you will have good times and bad as you move forward. Now that the "busy-ness" of the past few weeks settles down, the realities will start to settle in. Go with it, and remember the promises of new beginnings that have arisen, too. Treasure your memories. And know that we are here to support you, in whatever ways we can. :)
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Post by: Edisaurus on May 26, 2007, 02:56:17 AM: Good Morning, DR Slingo. Didn't you get the memo that this is a holiday weekend?
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Post by: singdaw on May 26, 2007, 02:58:08 AM: DR Edisaurus...[and thanks, DR George!]...looking great!

Nary a lock out of place.

:)
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Post by: singdaw on May 26, 2007, 02:59:35 AM: Good morning! I guess I missed that one...or I could say the same to you! :) PLUS, last night I was simply so exhausted that I was in bed by shortly after 8:00 PM...

Must walk the dog, do a dry cleaning errand, and then off to NJ for some serious unpacking activity.

But I just love a 3-day expanse of POSSIBILITY! And my husband is off singing in Paris, so the days are truly mine!
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Post by: Edisaurus on May 26, 2007, 03:00:29 AM: Thanks, Sing! I should have gotten a haircut before sending it to the paper, but they seemed in a hurry. Guess they wanted to start their holiday weekend!
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Post by: Edisaurus on May 26, 2007, 03:01:36 AM: My cat doesn't know about the hoilday weekend. I sent a memo, but she can't read, so....
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Post by: singdaw on May 26, 2007, 03:03:36 AM: ps...I probably wouldn't have purchased the Apted "UP" series on DVD if it weren't for that little discount coupon card inside The Internationale... :)
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Post by: singdaw on May 26, 2007, 03:04:06 AM: Have a great day!!
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Post by: Edisaurus on May 26, 2007, 03:04:32 AM: Good luck with unpacking and with NJ!

I think I can get another hour's sleep before I have to get up for good. My big love is curled up next to me with his head on the keyboard and paw on the trackpad, fast asleep and snoring. So cute! But hard to type when he does this!

Have a good day!
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Post by: Edisaurus on May 26, 2007, 03:06:11 AM: Quote from: singdaw on May 26, 2007, 03:03:36 AM
ps...I probably wouldn't have purchased the Apted "UP" series on DVD if it weren't for that little discount coupon card inside The Internationale... :)

Oh, really? I didn't know! Maybe I should open my copy! (I haven't yet, since I've seen it a few hundres times...)

I haven't seen the latest "UP" film. Is it good?
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Post by: Edisaurus on May 26, 2007, 03:07:15 AM: Back to snoozeland!
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Post by: Jrand73 on May 26, 2007, 04:33:24 AM: Saturday.

Wasn't the Rev. Pasquinade the man who was going to marry Maurice Townsend and Katherine Sloper?
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Post by: Jrand73 on May 26, 2007, 04:35:56 AM: Hmmmm.....I know the first James Stewart film I saw would have been on television. My guess is that it was MR SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON.

Favorites......

IT'S WONDERFUL LIFE
THE GLENN MILLER STORY
BEND OF THE RIVER
NO TIME FOR COMEDY
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Post by: Jrand73 on May 26, 2007, 04:36:28 AM: TAKE HER SHE'S MINE - which I saw at the actual movies!!!

MR HOBBS TAKES A VACATION:

Mr Hobbs: Where's Brenda? (the Norwegian maid)

Mrs Hobbs: She quit this morning.

Mr Hobbs: Quit?! Why?

Mrs Hobbs: She said you swore at her!

Mr Hobbs: I did no such thing.

Mrs Hobbs: Well what did you say?

Mr Hobbs: I just said I was going to get a little son on the beach.....
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Post by: Matt H. on May 26, 2007, 05:07:18 AM: Good morning!

Beautiful day here and continues hot and dry. No rain in sight for the next five days. I guess we are in drought conditions.
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Post by: Matt H. on May 26, 2007, 05:08:46 AM: I bit of explanation about my absence last night:

I fell asleep! I knew my eyes were getting heavy so I turned off what I was watching and eased back in my recliner. The next thing I knew,l it was 11:30, and I was so tired, I just put myself to bed and th next thing I knew it was 7 a.m. That hasn't happened in a long time. I guess I had a lot of sleep to catch up.
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Post by: Matt H. on May 26, 2007, 05:11:12 AM: Anyway, last night's viewing:

I began with the last episode in the PLANET EARTH Blu-ray set: "Ocean Deep." The underwater photography wasn't always as startling as in earlier chapters, but that's mainly due to where the photography was done - miles below the surface where there was literally no light. Amazing creatures there.

I'm a little sad the series is over. What a monumentally entertaining assortment of documentaries. High recommended!
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Post by: Matt H. on May 26, 2007, 05:12:26 AM: Next, I continued watching Droopy cartoons. I did about six more of them before their sameness began to get predictable. The quality of the transfers continued to get better the deeper into the set I watched.
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Post by: elmore3003 on May 26, 2007, 05:12:29 AM: Good morning, all! I have a schlep down to Toyland for several hours and then a coffee break with former DR Noel. Beyond that, I have very little to do this weekend; I had an email this morning with a job offer I'm thinking of accepting but my priority on Tuesday is my first day of another round of Jury Duty (Oy!).

TOD:
Anatomy of a Murder
It's A Wonderful Life
Vertigo
Bell Book and Candle
The Shop Around the Corner
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Post by: elmore3003 on May 26, 2007, 05:14:04 AM: Good morning, DR MattH! You are never online at this time of the morning. What a surprise!

DR Danise, I'm happy to know you are safely home.
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Post by: Matt H. on May 26, 2007, 05:16:43 AM: Then, off the to-watch shelf, I pulled EVIL UNDER THE SUN. No, not the marvelously entertaining Peter Ustinov version with Maggie Smith, Diana Rigg, Roddy McDowall, James Mason, and others.

No, this was the BBC "official" version with David Suchet. It looked wonderful despite ita 4:3 dimensions and mono sound, and while the story is of course the same of the 1982 film adapted from the Christie book, the characters are truer to the original story so the Brewster character was a woman and not Roddy McDowall (although he played it like Tallulah Bankhead so it's hard to tell what sex he was trying to represent). The James Mason character was also originally a woman. And there was heroin smuggling in the story which was not at all in the 1982 film.

Still, the denouement was the same, same guilty party (parties) and same method of murder.
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Post by: Tomovoz on May 26, 2007, 05:16:49 AM: Good morning.

We just finished enjoying the Richard Harris stage production of Camelot.
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Post by: Matt H. on May 26, 2007, 05:18:00 AM: Quote from: elmore3003 on May 26, 2007, 05:14:04 AM
Good morning, DR MattH! You are never online at this time of the morning. What a surprise!

Good morning to you, DR Elmore! Yes, I'm tryhing to make up for lost time from last night. I'll also be back later in the morning after I do my morning workout. I'm just trying to catch up with various sites I didn't get to last night.
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Post by: Matt H. on May 26, 2007, 05:20:03 AM: I ended my evening with a film musical I haven't watched in a long, long time: LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS. I got a little more than halfway through before sleep overtook me.

This film BADLY needs a new transfer. It looked grainy and the color looked very dated. Still, a very entertaining film. I'll finish it up when I go down and fix lunch.
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Post by: Jrand73 on May 26, 2007, 05:21:54 AM: Oh!

The posts reminded me of a some more:

ANATOMY OF A MURDER
BELL BOOK AND CANDLE
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Post by: Matt H. on May 26, 2007, 05:36:23 AM: Favorite James Stewart films:

ANATOMY OF A MURDER

IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE

HOW THE WEST WAS WON

THE PHILADELPHIA STORY

REAR WINDOW

THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH

VERTIGO
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Post by: Matt H. on May 26, 2007, 05:37:23 AM: I saw THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH as a little kid with my parents. A lot of it didn't make sense to me at the time, but I know it scared me because the little boy was in danger.

I'm guessing that was the first James Stewart film I can remember seeing.
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Post by: elmore3003 on May 26, 2007, 05:38:56 AM: Quote from: JRand56 on May 26, 2007, 05:21:54 AM
Oh!

The posts reminded me of a some more:
BELL BOOK AND CANDLE

This film would be perfect if someone else were doing Kim Novak's role! The character actors are wonderful and then there's poor Kim: every throwaway line gets emphasis and every important line gets thrown away. I can't believe she's as good as she is in VERTIGO.
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Post by: Matt H. on May 26, 2007, 05:39:18 AM: For today's viewing, I know I will finish LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS.

If THE CLOSER, Season 2 comes in the mail today, I will naturally watch some of those episodes. If it doesn't come, I'll continue with Droopy cartoons and later today or tonight THE BLACK SWAN.
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Post by: Matt H. on May 26, 2007, 06:03:02 AM: Workout time!

WBBL.
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Post by: DearReaderLaura on May 26, 2007, 06:05:34 AM: TOD: It's a Wonderful Life
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Post by: Matt H. on May 26, 2007, 08:16:15 AM: I guess I'll head down now and read a bit more in my Henry VIII book before starting on lunch preparation.

WBBL.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on May 26, 2007, 08:21:02 AM: Good Morning!

I'm up, I'm up...

And according to weather.com, it's already 81 degrees in Central Park. And it's supposed to get up to 88 degrees this afternoon. With partly cloudy skies tonight giving way to a few showers after midnight. ;)
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Post by: JoseSPiano on May 26, 2007, 08:21:45 AM: DR singdaw - Any chance you could make a detour into the city over the next two days? While the cat's away.... ;)
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Post by: JoseSPiano on May 26, 2007, 08:24:31 AM: As for the Topic of the Day...

"Rope"
"The Shop Around the Corner"
"Mr. Smith Goes To Washington"

And, I think I've said it before on here, but I've really gotten "It's a Wonderful Life". Maybe I've just never been in the proper frame of mind to watch it, but I've always found the pacing just a tad too slow and the running time just a tad too long. Great performances, great story, but still... :-\
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Post by: JoseSPiano on May 26, 2007, 08:26:04 AM: And I believe the big decision of the day will be whether to put the A/C window units back in the windows or not. It has been warmer the past few days, but since we're on the ground floor, our apartment tends to stay on the cool side as it is. So... We shall see.
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Post by: Ginny on May 26, 2007, 08:42:39 AM: Saturday morning greetings! Had a nice sleep-in until 8:30 and have been to have my hair cut. We'll be going to our niece's high school graduation later this afternoon.

DR Danise - I was so glad to see in last night's posts that you arrived home safely and not too late. Hope you have a refreshing weekend.
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Post by: Ginny on May 26, 2007, 08:45:21 AM: Quote from: Matt H. on May 26, 2007, 08:16:15 AM
I guess I'll head down now and read a bit more in my Henry VIII book before starting on lunch preparation.
...

DR MattH - which Henry VIII book are you reading? I'm reading Alison Weir's The Six Wives of Henry VIII, in preparation for reading her Life of Elizabeth I, in preparation for watching the HBO series with my book group in July and August.
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Post by: MBarnum on May 26, 2007, 08:47:27 AM: TOD:

I have so many James Stewart movies yet to see, but of those that I have seen these are my favorites:

IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE
HARVEY
MR HOBBS TAKES A VACATION
THE FBI STORY

...but my truly favorite Jimmy Stewart appearences are his guest shots on THE JACK BENNY SHOW...so, so funny.

I have had BELL, BOOK, AND CANDLE and NIGHT PASSAGE on dvd for a long, long time but have yet to pop them into the DVD player.
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Post by: MBarnum on May 26, 2007, 08:48:32 AM: I think BEND OF THE RIVER was likely my first Jimmy Stewart movie...but I was watching it because it co-starred Lori Nelson who was one of my favorite actresses when I was a little kid.
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Post by: MBarnum on May 26, 2007, 08:48:56 AM: Time for yard work :(
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Post by: Charles Pogue on May 26, 2007, 08:51:32 AM: I don't remember my first Jimmy Stewart movie, but I'm a big Jimmy Stewart fan.

Favourites:

OF HUMAN HEARTS
IT"S A WONDERFUL WORLD (Yes, World, not Life w/ Ms. Colbert)
MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON
DESTRY RIDES AGAIN
SHOP AROUND THE CORNER
NO TIME FOR COMEDY
THE PHILADELPHIA STORY
IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE
HARVEY
THE NAKED SPUR
ANATOMY OF A MURDER
MAN WHO RODE SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE

I'm also a fan of AFTER THE THIN MAN, though it's not really Stewart's picture.
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Post by: Ginny on May 26, 2007, 08:52:53 AM: TOD - When I was a junior at the University of Michigan, a tour of Harvey came to town, starring James Stewart, Helen Hayes, Jesse White, etc., and it was a thrill to see them live on stage.
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Post by: Ginny on May 26, 2007, 09:16:16 AM: Our niece's graduation ceremony was

front page news (http://www.middletownjournal.com/n/content/oh/story/news/local/2007/05/25/mj052507security.html)

yesterday, for reasons that we could have done without.
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Post by: bk on May 26, 2007, 09:45:14 AM: Okay, let me get this straight - nine-thirty in the morning, forty-nine postings, and no one in the jernt. Oh, dear, oh, dear, there will be a bitch-slapping to be reckoned with if this revoltin' development doesn't change.
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Post by: bk on May 26, 2007, 09:45:46 AM: You'd think it was a holiday weekend.
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Post by: DERBRUCER on May 26, 2007, 10:05:21 AM: Quote from: bk on May 26, 2007, 09:45:46 AM
You'd think it was a holiday weekend.

Not for Grandparents! I've been off doing some preliminary shopping for the Grand;ads birthday party - this is a bit of a problem because Magic Mommie does not know how many gguests to plan for, does not know when she will know, and wonders why I keep nagging her. The party is one week from today!

der Brucer
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Post by: JoseSPiano on May 26, 2007, 10:14:07 AM: Good Afternoon!

Well, I think I'm gonna treat myself to the air-cooled comfort of a couple of movie theatre today. I've been reading about the new movie "musical", "Once", and, frankly, I'm intrigued. So that will be first up. And then probably one of the new French films at Lincoln Square. We shall see. Since I'm not escaping somewhere this weekend, I might as well escape to a movie or two.

Laters...
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Post by: JoseSPiano on May 26, 2007, 10:15:13 AM: Quote from: DERBRUCER on May 26, 2007, 10:05:21 AM
Not for Grandparents! I've been off doing some preliminary shopping for the Grand;ads birthday party - this is a bit of a problem because Magic Mommie does not know how many gguests to plan for, does not know when she will know, and wonders why I keep nagging her. The party is one week from today!

der Brucer

DR DerBrucer - Just plan for three guests - the grandlad and the two granddads. Keep it nice and simple.

;)
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Post by: DERBRUCER on May 26, 2007, 10:18:02 AM: We will go up today and rescue the lads from their parents, and hope the parents can get some work done.

Getting work on on the weekends is a problem because Magic Mommy can get no work done if she has to watch a kid; however, it is too much to ask that she watch both kids, so son-in-law has a bit of a problem getting much done either.

I pick Woody up at 1:30 and off we go for an afternoon of watching Shrek III, going to Border's, watching arcade race-car machines devour quarters (some of these amusements are now $1.00 a turn!) and debating which CDs to play. (They are adapting to GrandPa's "no Game Boys Allowed on car trips" rule.)

Dinner has not yet been decided.

der Brucer
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Post by: DERBRUCER on May 26, 2007, 10:20:28 AM: Quote from: JoseSPiano on May 26, 2007, 10:15:13 AM
DR DerBrucer - Just plan for three guests - the grandlad and the two granddads. Keep it nice and simple.

;)

You don't understand - in some communities kid's birthday parties is a competitive sport!

der Brucer

Time to go.....
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Post by: JMK on May 26, 2007, 10:51:14 AM: Power of the internet department: someone posted to the Guestbook of my website last night, which is nothing that unusual, except this person posted to tell me that my wonderful composition and theory teacher from college, Bruce Reich, had passed away. I was stunned. Bruce wasn't much older than I--he was probably still in his late 20s when I was in college (I started, due to testing and college level courses in high school, as a junior at age 17). He evidently kept his cancer secret, and returned to teach at UCLA for the last year or so before his death. He was a very funny, unbelievably intelligent guy, to wit:

My first day of classes with him, he came up and quietly said (with a twinkle in his eye), "What's a Jew doing taking music classes at the University of Utah?" To which I responded without missing a beat, "What's a Jew doing teaching music classes at the University of Utah?" I later earned his mock enmity after he had spent a semester trying to scare us with how we were going to "define" the Tristan chord once we saw it. He handed it out the last week of class, and of course I blurted right out with whatever definition it was (I want to say French augmented 6th with some flatted element, but I can't recall right now--Jose? Elmore?). Bruce just glared at me. It was hilarious.
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Post by: JMK on May 26, 2007, 11:10:28 AM: BTW, it seems I'm not the only one who was going crazy trying to figure out who the actor on On the Lot was--there was a thread about him on IMDb. It's Patrick Kerr, who played smitten-with-Roz Noel Shempsky on "Frasier." I knew I recognized him from somewhere!
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Post by: JMK on May 26, 2007, 11:14:08 AM: A triumvirate of three-initialed people are on right now--TCB, FJL, and JMK. I believe this makes us pre-qualified to write pretentious Broadway scores. ;)
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Post by: bk on May 26, 2007, 11:18:56 AM: Speaking of death, I got a call from the writer of this musical reading I'm doing next week - it seems the director dropped dead yesterday. But, we're going ahead, and there's a new director, and it's my old pal Gene Castle, who choreographed a video I directed in the early 90s - very nice fellow. Apparently, he said yes when he heard I was involved. In case you don't know Mr. Castle, he was a fantastic B'way dancer all through the 60s - in Gypsy, George M, and on TV as one of the Hullabaloo dancers.
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Post by: TCB on May 26, 2007, 11:21:26 AM: Quote from: Tomovoz on May 26, 2007, 05:16:49 AM
Good morning.

We just finished enjoying the Richard Harris stage production of Camelot.

Why? Was he not in it?
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Post by: JMK on May 26, 2007, 11:25:45 AM: Just arrived in today's mail department: Evidently something from JR's unconscious ;) :
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Post by: TCB on May 26, 2007, 11:35:08 AM: Speaking of death, one of the supervisors in my office, did not feel well one day last week; by the end of the day, still not feeling well, his father-in-law drove him to the ER. Once there, he collapsed and died of an aneurysm. He was 36 years old.
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Post by: TCB on May 26, 2007, 11:36:28 AM: Quote from: JMK on May 26, 2007, 11:25:45 AM
Just arrived in today's mail department: Evidently something from JR's unconscious ;) :

I would love to have a poster of that for my wall.
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Post by: TCB on May 26, 2007, 11:41:17 AM: JMK, I forgot to ask you how that Sondheim concert was that you attended here in Tacoma?
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Post by: François on May 26, 2007, 11:48:13 AM: Bonjour!
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Post by: JMK on May 26, 2007, 11:48:49 AM: Quote from: TCB on May 26, 2007, 11:41:17 AM
JMK, I forgot to ask you how that Sondheim concert was that you attended here in Tacoma?

It was a mixed bag. The orchestra was actually better than I expected (only a few brass clams, strings and woodwinds exceptional). The soprano was quite good, the baritone less so. I did manage a couple of cute quips in my review, notably because they did a bizarre co-ed version of "Everything's Coming Up Roses," and I said I expected Mama Rose to blurt, "Sing out, Louis!" :) The tempi were quite "relaxed" (shall we say), which was annoying after a while. But all in all I'd give it a B+.
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Post by: François on May 26, 2007, 11:50:17 AM: Quote from: TCB on May 26, 2007, 11:36:28 AM
I would love to have a poster of that for my wall.

The bathroom one?

(Note to TCB: YES! Some may find some humour here! Bathroom humour, that is! Not everyone's cup of tea C.B.! 8))
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Post by: JMK on May 26, 2007, 11:55:03 AM: Quote from: François on May 26, 2007, 11:50:17 AM
The bathroom one?

(Note to TCB: YES! Some may find some humour here! Bathroom humour, that is! Not everyone's cup of tea C.B.! 8))

Don't you mean, not everyone's cup of tea, WC?
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Post by: TCB on May 26, 2007, 12:10:05 PM: Quote from: François on May 26, 2007, 11:48:13 AM

Bonjour!

(Note to TCB: there is NO joke, NO innuendo (sexual or not!), NO humour in this very post of mine! LOL!)

Are you making fun of me, François?
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Post by: François on May 26, 2007, 12:11:23 PM: Art Linkletter

Art Linkletter, now 94, is a remarkable humanitarian and entertainer. He hosted two of the biggest success stories in history. ''House Party,'' ran on CBS -- radio and then television -- for a quarter of a century. ''People are Funny'' entertained millions through both media for 19 years. He has written a seemingly endless array of books, the most famous of which was probably ''Kids Say the Darndest Things.''

Art and his wife of many years, Lois, became good friends with Walt and Lilly over the course of time, and his memories of Walt are both acute and insightful. Following are excerpts from a lengthy interview with Art about Walt, focusing in on his comments about Disneyland (for which he hosted the opening day television show).

Q: When did you first meet Walt?

Art: When I was a young local radio announcer, he came up to introduce a new picture. I was doing a show called ''The Gump Gallery of Celebrities: Who is in San Francisco Tonight?'' And he was there to do ''Fantasia.'' And so I got to the place where the seats were. There was going to be the press conference. And nobody was there but me, I was always early. And there was a man adjusting the chairs. And I said, ''When do you think Walt Disney is going to arrive?'' And he says, ''I’m Walt Disney.'' ''Well,'' I said, ''What are you doing rearranging and arranging the chairs?'' And he says, ''I like to see things the way I want them to be.'' So that was my very first time I ever set eyes on Walt. And it was a wonderful insight into his character. And that is that he was not a big shot in his own eyes. He did the job that needed to be done, whether anybody was there or not.

Q: And when did your friendship begin?

Art: I remember that my wife and I taking one of our early European holidays and discovered to our delight that onboard the ship, Lil and Walt Disney were on their way to Denmark. And of course we became acquainted, being in show business . . . and we had a wonderful time together talking about show business and one thing and another. And then when we got to Denmark, we decided we’d meet together at the Tivoli Gardens, which is perhaps one of the oldest and most famous of all the playground resorts areas in this heart of the town. And when we went through the Tivoli Gardens, I had my first look at Walt Disney’s childlike delight in the enjoyment of families and in the cleanliness of affairs and the orderliness of everything and he was making notes all the time, about the lights, the chairs, and the seats, and the food. And I said, ''What are you doing?'' And he says, ''I’m just making notes about something that I’ve always dreamed about and that is someday, having a great, great center playground for the children and the families of America.'' And I didn’t think much of that but we went on and years later, I found myself introducing Disneyland, on the Air.

Q: When did you first visit the Disneyland location?

Art: One day Walt called me up and he said, ''Art would you like to take a ride down to Orange County and see where Disneyland is going to be?'' Says,''You know, it’s a deep secret. You can’t tell anybody anything you see or anything you hear, because Stanford Research has been deciding where the next place for big growth in Southern California will center where there’s plenty of land.'' So I said, ''Sure.'' Because I loved adventure and Walt was a good friend and we liked to talk and so we rode down together and I couldn’t believe my eyes. We were going through little villages I’d never heard of because L.A. Basin is filled with about 67 tiny communities, which have all grown into cities now. But we were down there in orange groves and dirt roads and he said, ''This is the place.'' And I’ve never been one to be a discouragement guy and so I didn’t tell him what I thought, which was ''You’re out of your mind. This is 45 minutes from where people live, really in numbers and besides, there’s nothing here!'' And I just said, ''Well, Walt, good luck.'' And when I told him about that later after it had been a big success, he said to me, ''I didn’t think you were as enthusiastic as I had ordinarily seen you but you didn’t have the vision of what I had in my mind when I looked at those orange groves and saw Matterhorn and saw the beautiful big buildings and things we were going to build.''

Q: How did it come to pass that you were the master of ceremonies for this historic television program?

Art: I was at a birthday party at Walt’s house one night, and he said, ''Art,'' he said, ''You know that I’ve been building Disneyland now for the last year or so and I’m getting ready to open it in another month or two.'' He says, ''And I wonder if you’d consider being one of the hosts. You and me and we’ll pick a couple of your friends and the four of us ought to be able to cover Disneyland. There’ll be no rehearsals, because it’ll be done once only and we’ll have about 12 or 14 or 18 cameras for ABC.'' And I said to him, ''Well, Ronald Reagan and Bob Cummings are two very dear friends of mine and they’re good talkers and they’re a lot of fun.'' And so we got a hold of them and they agreed to do it.

But Walt came down to the fact that I was going to be more or less in charge of the TV end of it because of my experience. And he said, ''What about your payment?'' he said, ''You know Art,'' he says, ''I’ve spent all my family’s money and my insurance money and I’ve borrowed money from ABC and we’ve had cost overruns and strikes and problems,'' and he says, ''I don’t think I can afford to pay you what you’re worth.'' And I said, ''Well how about scale? That’s $210.'' He was kind of surprised, being used to dealing with other Hollywood types of a different type. He said, ''Really? You’d do that?'' And I said, ''Of course, this is a community affair, this is a national affair, this is a moment of great history and I’d like to be a part of it. And besides,'' I said, ''I’d like to have a little favor from you.'' He said, ''Well yes, what?'' And I said, ''You’re going to have concessions, you’re going to concede the foods, the parking, and you’re going to run the main entertainment. And you’re going to have film and cameras for sale and I have a company, a business which sells film development and cameras in Los Angeles. Royal Tone, it’s called. And I’d like to have the concession for the sale of all the film and camera and pay you your concession fee.'' And I had it for 10 years and so I estimate that my two hours of work, opening Disneyland, was worth to me at the end of ten years, probably three million dollars. That’s a pretty good fee for two hours.

Q: Let’s jump ahead to the opening day of Disneyland.

Art: Disneyland was... a great mishmash of last minute things that hadn’t been done. The cement wasn’t hardened in some places. Piles of lumber were here and there. Trees that had died had been repainted green, instead of watered. And all the things that went on when a big World’s Fair was opening. And Walt Disney was moving into all this confusion like a general directing an army, as the tourists began to arrive. He had asked me to MC the opening and asked me to pick a couple of my friends to work with him because the four of us would be divided in the various venues. And I asked my dear friend, Ronald Reagan and Bob Cummings, the comic actor that I’d traveled with all over the world, to be with me and Walt. And so there we were and I was standing on the platform of the Disney train which had originally been running around Disney’s house out in the neighborhood, when he had it as a hobby. And then the show opened and history was made although the first reviews were not too kind because, it was a hot day, there was a certain amount of disorganization. Disorganized effort I mean. And I was a little worried myself because, one time I went over to one of the places where I was supposed to pick up a microphone and I couldn’t find it and it was going to be transferred to me at any second and I couldn’t find my microphone. I found it under a pile of lumber, just in time to start broadcasting my end of that broadcast. It was a very exciting day.

Q: How did Walt react to the chaos?

Art: He didn’t seem to be bothered by it. He was alert to it and he was always trying to get things fixed, and I remember we had to move from place to place while the other ones were covering us -- either Ronnie Reagan or Bob Cummings was talking and we’d be moving. And Walt told me later he tried to go down an alley to go to his next spot, over at Tomorrowland and there was a newly hired guard there. And he said, ''You can’t go through here.'' And Walt stopped and he laughed and says, ''Do you know who I am? I’m Walt Disney.'' He says, ''Mr. Disney, I know who you are, but I’m sorry I have orders. You can’t go through here, nobody can go through here they told me.'' And Walt said to him, ''Either you let me through here or I’m going to hit you right in the face and walk over your body.'' And the fellow moved over and Walt went on his way. So he took things in stride as I’ve seen him later on, at other times. But he always had a feeling that things were going to work right.
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Post by: François on May 26, 2007, 12:12:09 PM: Quote from: TCB on May 26, 2007, 12:10:05 PM
Are you making fun of me, François?

Moi?

JAMAIS!

I ALWAYS make fun of meself!
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Post by: George on May 26, 2007, 12:17:22 PM: Quote from: JMK on May 26, 2007, 11:14:08 AM
A triumvirate of three-initialed people are on right now--TCB, FJL, and JMK. I believe this makes us pre-qualified to write pretentious Broadway scores. ;)

I could change my screen name to my initials (GPD) and there'd be a quartet quorum on the forum.

;)
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Post by: TCB on May 26, 2007, 12:18:48 PM: Quote from: George on May 26, 2007, 12:17:22 PM
I could change my screen name to my initials (GPD) and there'd be a quartet quorum on the forum.

;)

GPD? Gay Pride Day?
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Post by: George on May 26, 2007, 12:19:22 PM: Quote from: TCB on May 26, 2007, 11:41:17 AM
JMK, I forgot to ask you how that Sondheim concert was that you attended here in Tacoma?

His review is in the current Sondheim Review, which I just got Thursday!
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Post by: FJL on May 26, 2007, 12:19:53 PM: GPD? Great Photo Developer?
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Post by: FJL on May 26, 2007, 12:22:08 PM: Hmm...FJL might be Fey Jewish Lawyer.
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Post by: George on May 26, 2007, 12:22:46 PM: Quote from: TCB on May 26, 2007, 12:18:48 PM
GPD? Gay Pride Day?

That could work. ;)
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Post by: George on May 26, 2007, 12:23:12 PM: Topic of the Day: all of them!

;D
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Post by: TCB on May 26, 2007, 12:23:34 PM: TCB. Totally Calculating Bitch?
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Post by: FJL on May 26, 2007, 12:24:43 PM: TCB, I didn't know you had math skills.
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Post by: FJL on May 26, 2007, 12:26:42 PM: JMK might be Just Mildly Kosher
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Post by: TCB on May 26, 2007, 12:26:57 PM: Quote from: FJL on May 26, 2007, 12:24:43 PM
TCB, I didn't know you had math skills.

Not math skills, but I did major in Accounting at Fairleigh Dickinson University.
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Post by: FJL on May 26, 2007, 12:28:25 PM: I would have said there was no Accounting for you, but clearly I'd have been wrong. :)
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Post by: George on May 26, 2007, 12:29:32 PM: Well, I hate to do this...no, I really do! ;) but I need to take a shower then leave to usher for two, count 'em, TWO performances of the tour of Hairspray (http://www.washingtoncenter.org/) that's here in Olympia! It's going to be a long day, but I knew that. Have a good day all!
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Post by: FJL on May 26, 2007, 12:29:44 PM: Dickinson? Is that an innuendo?
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Post by: JMK on May 26, 2007, 12:30:01 PM: Quote from: George on May 26, 2007, 12:19:22 PM
His review is in the current Sondheim Review, which I just got Thursday!

Which means I might actually finally get paid. They've been telling me the check's in the mail for 3 months now. ;)
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Post by: George on May 26, 2007, 12:30:58 PM: But before I go...
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Post by: FJL on May 26, 2007, 12:31:23 PM: In (almost) the words of Sondheim, you should never have to sweat to get paid.
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Post by: JMK on May 26, 2007, 12:31:34 PM: FJL=Feed Jews Lox

Personally, I can't stand lox, but that's just me.
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Post by: George on May 26, 2007, 12:31:37 PM: PAGE FOUR DANCE!!

[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%](http://www.washingtoncenter.org/user_images/events/season/medium/Hairspray%20half%20face-eventpg.jpg)[/move]
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Post by: François on May 26, 2007, 12:43:02 PM: Quote from: FJL on May 26, 2007, 12:29:44 PM
Dickinson? Is that an innuendo?

Wow! I sure do get that one! And I am almost blushing! Almost! ;)
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Post by: François on May 26, 2007, 12:47:37 PM: Quote from: FJL on May 26, 2007, 12:29:44 PM
Dickinson? Is that an innuendo?

No! Just an in-son!
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Post by: François on May 26, 2007, 12:48:52 PM: Quote from: JMK on May 26, 2007, 12:31:34 PM
FJL=Feed Jews Lox

Personally, I can't stand lox, but that's just me.

But do you like luxe?
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Post by: bk on May 26, 2007, 01:27:21 PM: Back from a little breakfast thing, and am now happily relaxing. I do have some things to do but am so relaxed I can't even remember what they are.
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Post by: DearReaderLaura on May 26, 2007, 01:46:26 PM: My very sweet kids used their tax refunds to buy a dishwasher for me, which was to be installed while I was on a butterfly walk at the arboretum. I arrived home just as they were delivering it. Unfortunately, the installers wouldn't install it because whoever did the electrical work initially way back when a dishwasher was first installed did shoddy work. They said the way it was wired it is amazing we didn't have a fire.

Having had shoddy work in the past, we are now awaiting an electrician to do the electrical work correctly.
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Post by: DearReaderLaura on May 26, 2007, 01:49:04 PM: But here is the rare-for-the-location silver-banded hairstreak I saw today:
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Post by: elmore3003 on May 26, 2007, 01:54:05 PM: Quote from: JMK on May 26, 2007, 12:31:34 PM
FJL=Feed Jews Lox

Personally, I can't stand lox, but that's just me.

Bagel and lox! Yum yum. Call me an honorable Jew. I just came from a lovely afternoon coffee break with former DR Noel who sends his regards. It was a lovely meeting and I had a great time catching up.

I also had a good morning at Toyland. The new scores are looking wonderful (we're working on layout and formatting issues) and I got some work done as well on LIFE BEGINS AT 8:40. It's been a rather good day. So far.
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Post by: bk on May 26, 2007, 02:01:01 PM: Will we never get to page five?
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Post by: bk on May 26, 2007, 02:01:25 PM: You'd think it was a Saturday on a holiday weekend.
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Post by: François on May 26, 2007, 02:24:16 PM: Quote from: DearReaderLaura on May 26, 2007, 01:49:04 PM
But here is the rare-for-the-location silver-banded hairstreak I saw today:

Wow! Very nice! That would go very well with the painting of the fairy DR Ben posted recently! (Yesterday?) Right from a sequence from Fantasia.
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Post by: Matt H. on May 26, 2007, 02:37:52 PM: Quote from: Ginny on May 26, 2007, 08:45:21 AM
DR MattH - which Henry VIII book are you reading? I'm reading Alison Weir's The Six Wives of Henry VIII, in preparation for reading her Life of Elizabeth I, in preparation for watching the HBO series with my book group in July and August.

I'm reading Weir's HENRY VIII AND HIS COURT. I'm really enjoying it, too.
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Post by: Matt H. on May 26, 2007, 02:40:02 PM: I mforgot all about AFTER THE THIN MAN, but that's a favorite movie with Jimmy Stewart as well. So is THE SHOP AROUND THE CORNER which I stupidly forgot to mention.
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Post by: Matt H. on May 26, 2007, 02:43:46 PM: I did finish LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS and still think the film is due for a face lifting.

Was the original theatrical version this frainy? Maybe it was done that way for the gritty Skid Row atmosphere of the piece, but it sure looks rough on my HDTV.
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Post by: Matt H. on May 26, 2007, 02:45:23 PM: Quote from: bk on May 26, 2007, 02:01:01 PM
Will we never get to page five?

Eventually.
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Post by: Matt H. on May 26, 2007, 02:47:10 PM: While I was waiting to see if THE CLOSER would be delivered in today's mail, I took out Season 2 of GREY'S ANATOMY and began watching from episode 2. Watched all of episodes 2 and 3 and started on 4. The episodes as good as I remembered them being. I'll probably finish watching 4 and 5 (which comprise the rest of disc one) before I put something else in.
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Post by: Matt H. on May 26, 2007, 02:48:55 PM: Alas. As I suspected, the mailman did not bring THE CLOSER to my door today meaning it'll be Tuesday before I receive it (dang!)

I know I will be watching THE BLACK ROSE tonight. Now I'm thinking I will begin Season 4 of ANGEL, too. It's been about 6 or 8 months since I watched Season 3, so I'm ready for the next group of episodes.
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Post by: Matt H. on May 26, 2007, 03:26:10 PM: Off to begin my evening of viewing.

WBBL.
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Post by: Tomovoz on May 26, 2007, 04:22:51 PM: Thank you for the flutterby photos DearReader Laura. I fear my own camera will need replacement soon. One drop too many! I can't take close up shots anymore!
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Post by: bk on May 26, 2007, 04:33:07 PM: Page four at four-thirty. What is wrong with this picture? Oh, well, from the heighest heights to the lowest lowghts in one fell swoop. Could end up being one of our worst posting days ever, thanks to all the errant and truant. Oh, yes, there will be a bitch-slapping to be reckoned with.
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Post by: bk on May 26, 2007, 04:33:38 PM: I will personlly take us to page five, whilst I begin to get ready for the mass bitch-slapping.
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Post by: Tomovoz on May 26, 2007, 04:33:41 PM: DR Elmore - we enjoyed the performances (and voices) of Meg Bussert and Richard Muenz in "Camelot". Did they just go on to tour with Harris and then disappear?

Harris's leading lady here was Marina Pryor who did not enjoy the experience of working with him at all!
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Post by: bk on May 26, 2007, 04:33:59 PM: How long, oh Lord, how long?
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Post by: Tomovoz on May 26, 2007, 04:35:22 PM: Harris was directing and had a habit of just cutting a scene short and leaving her to find her way off stage. She was very young.
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Post by: bk on May 26, 2007, 04:36:24 PM: I'm hoping that tomorrow I will be picking up a whole mess of upcoming DVD releases, including the Sergio Leone 8 disc box, the new Special Editions of The Sand Pebbles, Twelve O'Clock High, Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea, Fantastic Voyage, and a few others. But the big shocker suprise is a release I had no idea was coming - haven't read about it anywhere and as far as I know it hasn't been mentioned on any site that I frequent - a little thriller from the early 60s that I absolutely love - The Third Secret, with Jack Hawkins and Pamela Franklin. I'm so excited.
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Post by: bk on May 26, 2007, 04:36:53 PM: Page five, where art thou?
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Post by: bk on May 26, 2007, 04:37:25 PM: To five or not to five, that is the question.
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Post by: bk on May 26, 2007, 04:37:37 PM: High five me, baby.
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Post by: Tomovoz on May 26, 2007, 04:37:55 PM: I would love someone to record the WHOLE score of Camelot (as in the productions of Elmore's close and personal friend who conducts things. LOL)
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Post by: bk on May 26, 2007, 04:37:59 PM: Holy moley on rye, will we never reach page five.
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Post by: bk on May 26, 2007, 04:38:16 PM: So it is spoken, so it shall be done - page five.
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Post by: bk on May 26, 2007, 04:38:27 PM: Will we never get to page six?
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Post by: Tomovoz on May 26, 2007, 04:38:51 PM: I have the OBC and a London production (on LP) but never cared for the Film soundtrack.
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Post by: bk on May 26, 2007, 04:39:05 PM: I'm watching an early 80s TV movie I TIVOd, with Kathleen Beller and Mariette Hartley.
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Post by: Tomovoz on May 26, 2007, 04:39:32 PM: Fie on the Truant.
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Post by: bk on May 26, 2007, 04:40:14 PM: Even the GUESTS can't be bothered today.
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Post by: bk on May 26, 2007, 04:40:25 PM: I gotta tell you...
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Post by: bk on May 26, 2007, 04:40:47 PM: I will probably watch The Good German this evening, even though I hear it's utter trash.
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Post by: bk on May 26, 2007, 04:41:20 PM: I ate a small breakfast this morning, so I'm trying to figure out dinner - I don't want to eat a lot, that's all I know.
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Post by: Tomovoz on May 26, 2007, 04:41:47 PM: This Guest is bothering.
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Post by: bk on May 26, 2007, 04:41:48 PM: I'm also quite tired.
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Post by: Tomovoz on May 26, 2007, 04:42:01 PM: But not bewitched.
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Post by: bk on May 26, 2007, 04:42:04 PM: We want six. We want six.
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Post by: Tomovoz on May 26, 2007, 04:42:15 PM: Often bewildered.
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Post by: bk on May 26, 2007, 04:42:33 PM: At this rate we'll be lucky if we get to page six.
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Post by: bk on May 26, 2007, 04:43:01 PM: Is everyone off vacationing, is that the problem? Like that's an excuse.
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Post by: bk on May 26, 2007, 04:43:16 PM: I'm Still Here.
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Post by: Tomovoz on May 26, 2007, 04:43:20 PM: perhaps everyone else is out there chasing Hot Fuzz.
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Post by: bk on May 26, 2007, 04:43:35 PM: And if I have to, I will single-handedly take us to 500 posts.
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Post by: bk on May 26, 2007, 04:43:58 PM: Only about 370 to go - a piece of cake.
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Post by: Tomovoz on May 26, 2007, 04:44:52 PM: I wonder if the very truant Jed and Ann (1) married
(2) returned from Gilligan's Island
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Post by: bk on May 26, 2007, 04:45:02 PM: Not that I will make any gratuitous posts, oh, no, I will not make any gratuitous posts AT THIS TIME.
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Post by: bk on May 26, 2007, 04:45:28 PM: Jed and Ann - like being married is an excuse.
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Post by: bk on May 26, 2007, 04:45:43 PM: I was married and believe me, it was no excuse.
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Post by: Tomovoz on May 26, 2007, 04:46:05 PM: It ain't no holiday in the land of OZ.
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Post by: bk on May 26, 2007, 04:46:19 PM: Page six, wherefor art thou? Wherefore art Art?
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Post by: Tomovoz on May 26, 2007, 04:46:32 PM: Perhaps it is - Sunday - a holy day.
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Post by: bk on May 26, 2007, 04:46:37 PM: I'm bored of page five.
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Post by: bk on May 26, 2007, 04:47:11 PM: Tom and I are doing a duet and double-handedly keeping the jernt alive with the sound of music.
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Post by: bk on May 26, 2007, 04:47:30 PM: I am sick of the sight of page five.
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Post by: Tomovoz on May 26, 2007, 04:47:41 PM: Art is off singing "Standards" these days. At least Mr Garfunkel's work is easier listening than is Rod Stewart's.
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Post by: bk on May 26, 2007, 04:47:42 PM: Page five is skeeving me.
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Post by: bk on May 26, 2007, 04:47:57 PM: So it is spoken, so it shall be done - page six.
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Post by: bk on May 26, 2007, 04:48:08 PM: Will we never get to page seven?
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Post by: Tomovoz on May 26, 2007, 04:48:39 PM: The non-official Birth Date CD of HHW will arrive at your address in the next week BK.
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Post by: Tomovoz on May 26, 2007, 04:49:37 PM: I think that should be HHW Birth Dates CD.
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Post by: Tomovoz on May 26, 2007, 04:50:07 PM: Or Birth dates of HHW DRs CD
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Post by: Tomovoz on May 26, 2007, 04:53:14 PM: I think Coffee time has arrived. Perhaps I shall listen again to Mr Carmen Cavallaro.
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Post by: Tomovoz on May 26, 2007, 05:00:11 PM: Trivia:
Songs that keep returning to the pop charts over the years:
Sealed With A Kiss
The Locomotion
Sukiyaki
Unchained Melody
Can't Help Falling in Love With You.
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Post by: DearReaderLaura on May 26, 2007, 05:01:51 PM: I do not believe that I have anything to say today.
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Post by: Tomovoz on May 26, 2007, 05:05:17 PM: Perhaps Dear Reader Laura and others could list songs about Butterflies.

Butterfly - Tony Bennett
Poor Butterfly
Butterfly - Andy Williams
Love is Like a Butterfly - Dolly Parton
Butterfly Baby - Bobby Rydell
Butterfly - Danyel Gerard
Butterfly - Matt Flinders.
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Post by: Tomovoz on May 26, 2007, 05:06:38 PM: HHW is not drawing its DRs like Moths to a Flame.
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Post by: Tomovoz on May 26, 2007, 05:10:47 PM: perhaps people are shooting skeet in Alabama
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Post by: Tomovoz on May 26, 2007, 05:11:26 PM: or skooting sheet in Georgia
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Post by: Tomovoz on May 26, 2007, 05:12:13 PM: I am a rock I am an island.
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Post by: Tomovoz on May 26, 2007, 05:12:42 PM: but of course - No Man Is An Island
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Post by: Tomovoz on May 26, 2007, 05:13:06 PM: An island in the stream
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Post by: Tomovoz on May 26, 2007, 05:15:17 PM: This is my island in the Sun
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Post by: Tomovoz on May 26, 2007, 05:16:03 PM: Perhaps Blondie's "Island Of Lost Souls" would be more appropriate today.
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Post by: DearReaderLaura on May 26, 2007, 05:16:30 PM: I do not think I know any songs about butterflies.
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Post by: Danise on May 26, 2007, 05:17:06 PM: Hi all.

I slept in a little bit. The dogs (well Shenna) wanted to go to the dog park and how could I say no?

We were there about an hour and half then returned home and I watched some things I had TIVO'ed. Then I went in and took a nap.

That's about all I did today.
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Post by: Tomovoz on May 26, 2007, 05:18:33 PM: Hello Danise. Welcome home. It was lovely to read of your reconnecting family ties.

No doubt others have warned you - beware the next few weeks and reach out to friends.
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Post by: Tomovoz on May 26, 2007, 05:20:11 PM: Dogs are such great listeners DR Danise. Talking to them will be a great comfort.
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Post by: Cillaliz on May 26, 2007, 05:24:51 PM: Good evening from the lake. Jhvw and I are here with various family members.
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Post by: Danise on May 26, 2007, 05:25:34 PM: Thank you Dear Tomovoz.

I discovered the one of the dogs killed a snake in the backyard. It looked like a poor little black snake. I'm sorry that happened.
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Post by: DearReaderLaura on May 26, 2007, 05:26:09 PM: Perhaps to boost our posting number for today, I shall bore -- er -- amuse you all with some nature photos.
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Post by: Cillaliz on May 26, 2007, 05:27:05 PM: We had something funny happen yesterday. My mother has been telling me for a few weeks that the bridal shower at her house was on Saturday, so I didn't bother to read the invitation and made arrangements to be here so we could get everything ready for Saturday morning.

Last night my brother called and asked if we actually read the invitation...the shower is on Sunday, not Saturday. LOL, at least we found out before we had the coffee made and punch made and were all dressed and waiting for guests
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Post by: DearReaderLaura on May 26, 2007, 05:27:40 PM: (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w247/SaltonSeaTrip/TreeLizard.jpg)
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Post by: Cillaliz on May 26, 2007, 05:28:06 PM: DR Laura...wonderful photos....never boring, at least not to me
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Post by: DearReaderLaura on May 26, 2007, 05:28:17 PM: (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w247/SaltonSeaTrip/PalmersMetalmark.jpg)
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Post by: DearReaderLaura on May 26, 2007, 05:28:40 PM: (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w247/SaltonSeaTrip/mexicanhats.jpg)
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Post by: Cillaliz on May 26, 2007, 05:28:52 PM: Wow, we aren't even to 200 posts today
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Post by: Danise on May 26, 2007, 05:29:00 PM: Quote from: Cillaliz on May 26, 2007, 05:24:51 PM
Good evening from the lake. Jhvw and I are here with various family members.

Good evening, Cilla, Jhvw and various family members. :)
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Post by: François on May 26, 2007, 05:29:32 PM: Quote from: Tomovoz on May 26, 2007, 04:33:41 PM
DR Elmore - we enjoyed the performances (and voices) of Meg Bussert and Richard Muenz in "Camelot". Did they just go on to tour with Harris and then disappear?

Miss Meg Bussert was recently seen here:

George's White Sandals - 4/16/2007

The George White's Scandals - the peppy revue that regularly lit up Broadway in the '20s and '30s - will be brought back to life on April 16, 2007 (show at 6:30PM; buffet at 5:45PM) at the German Lutheran Church of St. Paul, located at 315 West 22nd Street.

Presented by Bandwagon, the event will be hosted by Arlene Dahl and star MEG BUSSERT , Penny Fuller, Helen Gallagher, Joel Higgins, Sarah Rice, Jane Summerhays, Martin Vidnovic and Julie Wilson, with David Auxier, Heather Barr, Steve Cancel, Shannon Darin, Jason Esposito, Natalie Ferraro, Maurice Jackson, Adrian Li Donni, Megan Loomis, Suzanne Scott, Charly Seamon, Marian Steiner and Shorey Walker.

With musical staging by Auxier, Walker and Bjarne Buchtrup, the evening will feature twenty years of great show tunes, from 1919 through 1939. The George White's Scandals, like the famed Ziegfeld Follies and even racier Earl Carroll Vanities, was a long-lived revue that featured comedy sketches, lavish scenery and costumes, great songs (by composers such as the Gershwins and DeSylva, Brown and Henderson), and, of course, bevies of beautiful girls. The event will feature arrangements and musical direction by Mark York and will be produced and directed by Jerry Bell.
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Post by: Danise on May 26, 2007, 05:29:58 PM: Quote from: DearReaderLaura on May 26, 2007, 05:27:40 PM
(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w247/SaltonSeaTrip/TreeLizard.jpg)

Awww--a baby dragon!
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Post by: Cillaliz on May 26, 2007, 05:30:31 PM: DR Laura, my Dear Dad (DD) wants to know what kind of camera you have. He's looking for a new one
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Post by: DearReaderLaura on May 26, 2007, 05:31:53 PM: (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w247/SaltonSeaTrip/boothillqueens.jpg)
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Post by: Cillaliz on May 26, 2007, 05:32:10 PM: Hey Danise! Good to see you. Glad you got to spend some real quality time with the dogs today. I'm sure they are so happy that you are home.
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Post by: DearReaderLaura on May 26, 2007, 05:32:45 PM: (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w247/SaltonSeaTrip/wbutterfly.jpg)
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Post by: Tomovoz on May 26, 2007, 05:33:01 PM: Quote from: François on May 26, 2007, 05:29:32 PM
Miss Meg Bussert was recently seen here:

George's White Sandals - 4/16/2007

Suitable for summer foot wear.

Thank you François
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Post by: jhvw on May 26, 2007, 05:33:47 PM: Hello everybody. Thought I'd pop in and say hey. Not much to report, just enjoying the weather and family. Going to head out and watch my cousin sing, I've never seen her live, should be interesting. Hope everybody is doing good!
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Post by: Tomovoz on May 26, 2007, 05:33:49 PM: Beautiful pics as ever Dear Reader Laura.
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Post by: DearReaderLaura on May 26, 2007, 05:34:23 PM: I don't recommend any of my cameras. The one I've been using mostly lately has a problem with the battery connections and burns up all the batteries withing seconds. The other one has a burned lens.

The one I used today is my DH's, and it is a Nikkon, I believe.
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Post by: Danise on May 26, 2007, 05:35:21 PM: Quote from: Cillaliz on May 26, 2007, 05:32:10 PM
Hey Danise! Good to see you. Glad you got to spend some real quality time with the dogs today. I'm sure they are so happy that you are home.

Good to see you as well! I'm handing out lots of treats so I think they are VERY happy to see me.
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Post by: François on May 26, 2007, 05:40:23 PM: And not too long ago, Mr Richard Muenz was part of the rostrum for those wonderful recordings:

The complete recording of 101 in the Shade (Jay/TER records)

and

Windflowers: The Songs of Jerome Moross
Eric Stern, Music Director

* Beer and Flowers
RICHARD MUENZ

* Lazy Afternoon
Jessica Molaskey
* Come Live With Me
Philip Chaffin
* Oh Baby, Gee Baby
RICHARD MUENZ & Jessica Molaskey

* Windflowers
Alice Ripley
* I've Got Me
Philip Chaffin
* Prologue to Underworld
RICHARD MUENZ

* That Extra Bit
Jessica Molaskey
* I've Even Been in Love
Alice Ripley
* Baby's Gonna Shake It
Eric Stern
* It's Almost Time Now
RICHARD MUENZ

* Love Me
Jessica Molaskey
* Fare You Well
Alice Ripley & Philip Chaffin, Jenny Giering & RICHARD MUENZ

* I Can't Remember
Jenny Giering
* It's the Going Home Together
RICHARD MUENZ & Jenny Giering

* Some Day
Alice Ripley
* My Yellow Flower
Jenny Giering
* Ridin' on the Breeze
Philip Chaffin
* Stay With Me
The Company
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Post by: François on May 26, 2007, 05:42:47 PM: Quote from: Tomovoz on May 26, 2007, 05:33:01 PM
Suitable for summer foot wear.

Thank you François

That's exactly how I found it spelled on the internet :D: certainly the typist had DR MBarnum in mind! ;)
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Post by: François on May 26, 2007, 05:45:00 PM: Quote from: Tomovoz on May 26, 2007, 05:20:11 PM
Dogs are such great listeners DR Danise. Talking to them will be a great comfort.

Sure! They NEVER talk back! (Or front! ;))
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Post by: Jennifer on May 26, 2007, 05:51:50 PM: Something sort of interesting happened to me today. I went to a huge garage sale near the local indoor pool. Well most people had junk. But one table had all brand new scrapbook stuff for $1 each. The sort of interesting part is that this couple lives only 2 doors down from me.

Also something cute happened after the garage sale. I was watching my 20 month old niece while my sister was planting some flowers. This kid is a handful. Anyhow she was going to a birthday party tonight. And i sang the verse "happy birthday to you". And wanted to hear what she sang back. Well it was one of the funniest versions of happy birthday i'd ever heard. She sang "ha-pp-ay part-ay you you" (and she went on like that). It was so funny.
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Post by: Michael on May 26, 2007, 06:21:18 PM: A quick hello from Orlando
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Post by: Michael on May 26, 2007, 06:23:08 PM: Unfortunately Richard Muenz no longer performs. He lost his singing voice. This was told to me by Alex Rybeck. They worked together in Leading Men Can't Dance
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Post by: elmore3003 on May 26, 2007, 06:26:26 PM: Quote from: Tomovoz on May 26, 2007, 04:33:41 PM
DR Elmore - we enjoyed the performances (and voices) of Meg Bussert and Richard Muenz in "Camelot". Did they just go on to tour with Harris and then disappear?

Harris's leading lady here was Marina Pryor who did not enjoy the experience of working with him at all!

Richard Muenz is around; I worked with him last on the complete recording of THE MOST HAPPY FELLA. He's a handsome and very funny fellow. I have this vague memory that I've seen him since 1998, but he stays busy.

Meg has one of the loveliest sopranos around. She was Judy Kaye's standby on the show about Florence Foster Jenkins. but I haven't seen her in years. I believe she and her family moved out of town - I ran into her on a 104 bus one day and we caught up - and I have a memory that she told me she was teaching. I got to know her in 1981 or so when she was Marianne in a production of NEW MOON with John Reardon, Alix Korey, Debbie Gravitte and a bunch of wonderful singers. Meg was singing high C's galore.

I'm currently watching MUSIC AND LYRICS; my friend Adam Grupper plays Drew Barrymore's brother-in-law. I'm laughing at the ageing boy bands and their fans, I love the Britney Spears clone and slight acquaintance Scott porter and Matthew Morrison are in it!
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Post by: elmore3003 on May 26, 2007, 06:29:28 PM: Quote from: Tomovoz on May 26, 2007, 04:37:55 PM
I would love someone to record the WHOLE score of Camelot (as in the productions of Elmore's close and personal friend who conducts things. LOL)

I actually suggested to the FAT conductor of Limitless Ego and Limited Talent that he should do it for EMI with Sarah Brightman as Guinevere, since she was an EMI artist, and Russell Crowe as Arthur, but it was not to happen. All of the music that was cut in Toronto for The Quest sits in cartons in archive at Tams-Witmark, I understand.
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Post by: elmore3003 on May 26, 2007, 06:30:39 PM: Quote from: Tomovoz on May 26, 2007, 04:38:51 PM
I have the OBC and a London production (on LP) but never cared for the Film soundtrack.

I've been surprised that London EMI never released the Laurence Harvey West End Cast with Elizabeth Garner (?) on CD. I loved the recording.
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Post by: elmore3003 on May 26, 2007, 06:33:22 PM: Quote from: François on May 26, 2007, 05:29:32 PM

The event will feature arrangements and musical direction by Mark York and will be produced and directed by Jerry Bell.

Now there's a work of art!

I have a loooooong history with Mr Bell. None of it good.
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Post by: elmore3003 on May 26, 2007, 06:35:13 PM: Quote from: François on May 26, 2007, 05:40:23 PM

And not too long ago, Mr Richard Muenz was part of the rostrum for those wonderful recordings:

The complete recording of 101 in the Shade (Jay/TER records)

and

Windflowers: The Songs of Jerome Moross
Eric Stern, Music Director

Was 110 after MOST HAPPY FELLA? I worked on both. WINDFLOWERS is where I last saw Richard! Larry Hochman and I did the orchestrations.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on May 26, 2007, 06:45:26 PM: Good Evening!

Back from quite a wonderful and puzzling day of movie-going. But first...
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Post by: JoseSPiano on May 26, 2007, 06:46:16 PM: DR Danise - Be sure to give the dogs extras from the gang here at HHW for being such good doggies while you were away. And for being such good doggies upon your return. :)
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Post by: JoseSPiano on May 26, 2007, 06:46:52 PM: DR Cillaliz and jhvw - So, what did you end up doing instead of the shower today? ;)
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Post by: JoseSPiano on May 26, 2007, 06:47:30 PM: DR DearReaderLaura - Beautiful Pics! Were they taken at the Butterfly Garden you've mentioned before?
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Post by: DearReaderLaura on May 26, 2007, 06:53:06 PM: This was at the arboretum about 60 miles away, where all the butterflies are free. Some of the other photos were from a captive butterfly exhibit (now closed) at the nearby botanical garden.
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Post by: DearReaderLaura on May 26, 2007, 06:55:03 PM: (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w247/SaltonSeaTrip/camoflage.jpg)
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Post by: JoseSPiano on May 26, 2007, 06:57:39 PM: Now for the bad/puzzling news...

I just got back from the 7:00 showing of "Private Property ("Nue propriété). When I left the theatre, I figured it had to be at least 9:30... It was only 8:40... :-\

The cast was headed by the always amazing Isabelle Huppert, and she shared most of the screen time with real life twins (and rather cute too!) Jérémie and Yannick Renier playing her twin sons. This happened. Then that happened. Then we watched them fight. Then we watched them watch TV. It was one of those very measured and "simple" movies where we observe people's lives. Joachim Lafosse was the director, and for what it was, it was good. Alas, I found most of it a bit tedious, drawn out, and a little too artsy (plain) for it's own good.

When the movie finished, I heard many people asking their companions, "What was that?" I was asking the same thing, just to myself, in my head. Once I returned to street level - the cinemas at Lincoln Square are underground - I went back to the display ad for the movie which featured the somewhat glowing NY Times review. I just had to read it to see if there was anything I had missed. Well... Other people who had just seen the movie were doing the same thing.
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Post by: Ginny on May 26, 2007, 06:58:28 PM: Saturday evening greetings! We are back from DN (dear niece) Lauren's high school graduation, which took place without incident. My theory is that the perps of the threat got what they were after - front page coverage.

There is now great music in our house. DH Richard received his packet of sheet music and a rehearsal CD for the Miami University Men's Glee Club 100th Anniversary Concert in which he will sing on June 16. He's playing the CD on his computer and singing the bass part.
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Post by: Tomovoz on May 26, 2007, 06:59:10 PM: Thank you to DRs Elmore, François and Michael Shayne for their comments re my "Camelot" posts.
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Post by: DearReaderLaura on May 26, 2007, 06:59:51 PM: (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w247/SaltonSeaTrip/queenflower.jpg)
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Post by: DearReaderLaura on May 26, 2007, 07:00:05 PM: (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w247/SaltonSeaTrip/butterfly.jpg)
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Post by: Ginny on May 26, 2007, 07:00:44 PM: DR DearReaderLaura - how sweet of your kids to buy you a new dishwasher! And thanks for today's lovely nature photos.
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Post by: DearReaderLaura on May 26, 2007, 07:01:30 PM: There now, that should help with the posting numbers.
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Post by: DearReaderLaura on May 26, 2007, 07:01:46 PM: Dontcha think?
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Post by: DearReaderLaura on May 26, 2007, 07:03:04 PM: Yes, I have the swellest kids in the world.

I have to say, though, that I am pretty discouraged lately having to have shoddy work redone. I paid for good work in the first place; having to redo it later is upsetting.
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Post by: Danise on May 26, 2007, 07:03:28 PM: Quote from: JoseSPiano on May 26, 2007, 06:46:16 PM
DR Danise - Be sure to give the dogs extras from the gang here at HHW for being such good doggies while you were away. And for being such good doggies upon your return. :)

Oh, they are. Rest assured, they are. ;) :D
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Post by: Ginny on May 26, 2007, 07:08:58 PM: DR Danise - sounds like you've had a restful day. Just what you've needed. Now, how about a steak dinner?
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Post by: JoseSPiano on May 26, 2007, 07:14:42 PM: And now for the wonderful news...

I started off my movie going day with "Once"...

(http://www.slashfilm.com/wp/wp-content/images/onceposter.thumbnail.jpg)

SEE THIS MOVIE!!!!

What a beautiful movie. A somewhat simple story: boy meets girl. But they both have music in common. The beauty of music. The power of music. The Love of music. And even the pain of music.

And the music! The movie is a "musical", but all the songs are sung - and played(!) - by the two leads, Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová (who happen to be real-life singer-songwriters). The movie is set in Ireland, but the music is not Irish. It's definitely pop, in a moody sort of sense. Very hard to define, describe, but I loved it. And found myself moved to tears a couple of times throughout the movie.

The movie takes place over the span of just over a week or so. The guy meets the girl and they turn out to complement each other musically. Their first "love scene" stunned me - in a good way: he starts playing one of his songs on the guitar and singing, then she joins in on the piano and harmony. Passionate and intense. And, again, beautiful.

All the songs are sung completely through, and they are sung by the characters. No fancy editing, no fancy special effects. Just the actors, their voices and the songs. -Needless to say, I went out right after the movie and bought the soundtrack.

I really do recommend this movie. I will admit that the music may not be to everyone's liking, but it really does tell the story. And I would share more of the story, but I don't want to give away anything either. However, the description over at the IMDB provides a good summary:

A modern-day musical about a busker and an immigrant and their eventful week, as they write, rehearse and record songs that tell their love story.

So, if "Once" happens to make it to your city.. Go!
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Post by: JoseSPiano on May 26, 2007, 07:23:29 PM: Quote from: bk on May 26, 2007, 04:40:47 PM
I will probably watch The Good German this evening, even though I hear it's utter trash.

<nod>
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Post by: singdaw on May 26, 2007, 07:31:11 PM: Greetings, all!

Boy, am I tired! But it was a good day. Got lots done.

DR JoseSPiano - what's your schedule like tomorrow? I have to do church in the AM, but could possibly get in for a while in the afternoon. It would have to be limited, as I've got to get back home to let the dog out. But we could work out something! Looks like I'll be back in NJ on Monday for more unpacking... Let me know what you think. :)
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Post by: Ginny on May 26, 2007, 07:33:08 PM: Wow, DR Jose, that's quite an endorsement from you for Once! I'll watch for it in Cincinnati or Dayton.

BTW, the niece who graduated today is the one we took, with your help, to see Wicked last year. One of her classmates quoted "Because I knew you...I have been changed for good" in her speech.
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Post by: FJL on May 26, 2007, 07:33:21 PM: Anybody want to join me to see XANADU at the Helen Hayes for free tomorrow afternoon at 3? I have an extra ticket (sixth row center; not sure if being that close is a plus or a minus in this case)
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Post by: JoseSPiano on May 26, 2007, 07:34:12 PM: Oh... And in between movies, I ended up supping with DR Jason. And we had a nice window seat at Renaissance Diner with a nice view of the passers-by. Yes, the Fleet is in! ;)
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Post by: JoseSPiano on May 26, 2007, 07:36:34 PM: Quote from: FJL on May 26, 2007, 07:33:21 PM
Anybody want to join me to see XANADU at the Helen Hayes for free tomorrow afternoon at 3? I have an extra ticket (sixth row center; not sure if being that close is a plus or a minus in this case)

OOHH!!!!!! ME! ME! ME!!

-Unless, DR singdaw would like the ticket.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on May 26, 2007, 07:37:27 PM: Quote from: singdaw on May 26, 2007, 07:31:11 PM
Greetings, all!

Boy, am I tired! But it was a good day. Got lots done.

DR JoseSPiano - what's your schedule like tomorrow? I have to do church in the AM, but could possibly get in for a while in the afternoon. It would have to be limited, as I've got to get back home to let the dog out. But we could work out something! Looks like I'll be back in NJ on Monday for more unpacking... Let me know what you think. :)

See above post by DR FJL, and my response. ;)
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Post by: singdaw on May 26, 2007, 07:39:17 PM: DR JoseSPiano -

Perhaps YOU go see Xanadu, and we meet afterward for dinner?
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Post by: singdaw on May 26, 2007, 07:39:37 PM: Perhaps DR FJL would like to join us?
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Post by: FJL on May 26, 2007, 07:40:19 PM: Not that we're fighting over you, Jose :) - but you could lunch with singdaw and stull get to the show by 3.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on May 26, 2007, 07:40:59 PM: Quote from: Ginny on May 26, 2007, 07:33:08 PM
Wow, DR Jose, that's quite an endorsement from you for Once! I'll watch for it in Cincinnati or Dayton.

BTW, the niece who graduated today is the one we took, with your help, to see Wicked last year. One of her classmates quoted "Because I knew you...I have been changed for good" in her speech.

I do have one "warning"... The Irish accents are pretty thick, and at first almost unintelligible - to my ears at least. However, things do become much "clearer" after the opening minutes of the movie. *And the female lead is actually a Czech actress who is speaking English with a hint of an Irish brogue.
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Post by: FJL on May 26, 2007, 07:41:27 PM: Or you could see the show and then dine with singdaw. :)
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Post by: JoseSPiano on May 26, 2007, 07:41:46 PM: Quote from: singdaw on May 26, 2007, 07:39:17 PM
DR JoseSPiano -

Perhaps YOU go see Xanadu, and we meet afterward for dinner?

What time will you need to leave the city? I don't want you getting stuck in traffic. Or would you be training in?
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Post by: FJL on May 26, 2007, 07:42:36 PM: I gather XANADU is a fairly short show, under 2 hours.
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Post by: Ginny on May 26, 2007, 07:43:32 PM: Quote from: JoseSPiano on May 26, 2007, 07:40:59 PM
I do have one "warning"... The Irish accents are pretty thick, and at first almost unintelligible - to my ears at least. However, things do become much "clearer" after the opening minutes of the movie. *And the female lead is actually a Czech actress who is speaking English with a hint of an Irish brogue.

Maybe we'll wait for the DVD and use the closed-captioning. DH Richard and I have become very dependent on that, even for English-language films.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on May 26, 2007, 07:43:41 PM: Quote from: FJL on May 26, 2007, 07:40:19 PM
Not that we're fighting over you, Jose :) - but you could lunch with singdaw and stull get to the show by 3.

And just what is DR elmore up to tomorrow night?
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Post by: singdaw on May 26, 2007, 07:43:53 PM: I would take Metro-North. And dinner timing would be fine re: the dog. No worries!
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Post by: singdaw on May 26, 2007, 07:45:04 PM: H/K REUNION! Tomorrow night...NYC.

Be there or be...
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Post by: JoseSPiano on May 26, 2007, 07:45:36 PM: Quote from: singdaw on May 26, 2007, 07:45:04 PM
H/K REUNION! Tomorrow night...NYC.

Be there or be...

YEAH! :)
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Post by: singdaw on May 26, 2007, 07:46:59 PM: Sorry, guys and gals, but I must now sleep.

I'll check in here early [EARLY!] tomorrow morning, and then again around the noon hour when I return from doing church. Sure hope we can do this thing! :)
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Post by: singdaw on May 26, 2007, 07:47:58 PM: Oh, and for those in the NYC region...

Drama Desk awards on PBS/13 tomorrow mid-day, followed by Tony predictions show...
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Post by: JoseSPiano on May 26, 2007, 07:48:00 PM: Quote from: FJL on May 26, 2007, 07:42:36 PM
I gather XANADU is a fairly short show, under 2 hours.

Apparently, the running time is about 90 minutes - with no intermission. Which is actually shorter than the movie! WHEW!
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Post by: Jrand73 on May 26, 2007, 07:49:31 PM: We expect a full ZANNY-DUE report tomorrow evening!
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Post by: Jrand73 on May 26, 2007, 07:50:14 PM: DR FRANCOIS thanks for posting the Art Linkletter interview. Very very interesting.

And I am of course intrigued by the idea of George White's Sandals.
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Post by: Jrand73 on May 26, 2007, 07:51:14 PM: More lovely pictures from DR LAURA.

Wow! DR JMK - I haven't received my CC catalog yet this month, but it looks as if Miss Allison Hayes is featured prominently....or at least her prominent features are front and center and to the right!
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Post by: JoseSPiano on May 26, 2007, 07:53:14 PM: Quote from: DearReaderLaura on May 26, 2007, 05:26:09 PM
Perhaps to boost our posting number for today, I shall bore -- er -- amuse you all with some nature photos.

Hmm... When I first read this, I thought you had posted: "mature photos".

:o

:P
Title: Re:EYE ON THE SPARROW
Post by: François on May 26, 2007, 07:54:21 PM: Quote from: JRand56 on May 26, 2007, 07:50:14 PM
DR FRANCOIS thanks for posting the Art Linkletter interview. Very very interesting.

And I am of course intrigued by the idea of George White's Sandals.

Thank you! I am always happy to share.

I "saw" DR MBarnum surfing HHW earlier and I hope he enjoyed the "Sandal" detail! ;)
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Post by: FJL on May 26, 2007, 07:57:01 PM: I can't do dinner after the show. We're having company tomorrow night at 7, and I promised I'd be home as soon as possible after 5. But I hope the timing works out so's I can say hello to singdaw. (Hmmm, that almost sounds like what happened that night in Westport. :) )
Title: Re:EYE ON THE SPARROW
Post by: Ginny on May 26, 2007, 07:58:24 PM: Quote from: singdaw on May 26, 2007, 07:45:04 PM
H/K REUNION! Tomorrow night...NYC.

Be there or be...

...stuck in the Midwest?
Title: Re:EYE ON THE SPARROW
Post by: FJL on May 26, 2007, 07:59:28 PM: So Jose, can we meet at the Helen Hayes at 10 minutes to 3? I already have the tix, so no need to get them at the box office.
Title: Re:EYE ON THE SPARROW
Post by: JoseSPiano on May 26, 2007, 08:00:42 PM: Quote from: FJL on May 26, 2007, 07:59:28 PM
So Jose, can we meet at the Helen Hayes at 10 minutes to 3? I already have the tix, so no need to get them at the box office.

See you there!

-Oh... I guess I'm not seeing the closing matinee of Coram Boy then. ;)
Title: Re:EYE ON THE SPARROW
Post by: François on May 26, 2007, 08:02:08 PM: Quote from: JoseSPiano on May 26, 2007, 06:57:39 PM
Now for the bad/puzzling news...

I just got back from the 7:00 showing of "Private Property ("Nue propriété). When I left the theatre, I figured it had to be at least 9:30... It was only 8:40... :-\

The cast was headed by the always amazing Isabelle Huppert, and she shared most of the screen time with real life twins (and rather cute too!) Jérémie and Yannick Renier playing her twin sons. This happened. Then that happened. Then we watched them fight. Then we watched them watch TV. It was one of those very measured and "simple" movies where we observe people's lives. Joachim Lafosse was the director, and for what it was, it was good. Alas, I found most of it a bit tedious, drawn out, and a little too artsy (plain) for it's own good.

When the movie finished, I heard many people asking their companions, "What was that?" I was asking the same thing, just to myself, in my head. Once I returned to street level - the cinemas at Lincoln Square are underground - I went back to the display ad for the movie which featured the somewhat glowing NY Times review. I just had to read it to see if there was anything I had missed. Well... Other people who had just seen the movie were doing the same thing.

Mr Jérémie Rénier is from Belgium: I have not seen his twin in movies yet! Besides being good looking (He's a brunette who likes his hair blond! Thought you'd like to know ;) J.R. (!) is quite talented as an actor.
I am a fan.
He reminds me of Gavin Creel....

http://www.act1.fr/photoscv/jeremierenierhd.jpg

http://www.film-forward.com/lenfant.jpg

http://perso.orange.fr/pierre.et.gilles/lesamants.htm
Title: Re:EYE ON THE SPARROW
Post by: François on May 26, 2007, 08:02:53 PM: Quote from: JoseSPiano on May 26, 2007, 08:00:42 PM
See you there!

-Oh... I guess I'm not seeing the closing matinee of Coram Boy then. ;)

I can go for YOU if you want?.....
Title: Re:EYE ON THE SPARROW
Post by: Jrand73 on May 26, 2007, 08:08:01 PM: Quote from: Ginny on May 26, 2007, 07:58:24 PM
...stuck in the Midwest?

Ain't it the truth? :D
Title: Re:EYE ON THE SPARROW
Post by: François on May 26, 2007, 08:09:40 PM: Quote from: JRand56 on May 26, 2007, 08:08:01 PM
Ain't it the truth? :D

That's what Lena used to sing! ;)
Title: Re:EYE ON THE SPARROW
Post by: Matt H. on May 26, 2007, 08:12:10 PM: Quote from: bk on May 26, 2007, 04:36:53 PM
Page five, where art thou?

Thou art coming. . . .
Title: Re:EYE ON THE SPARROW
Post by: Matt H. on May 26, 2007, 08:12:45 PM: Quote from: bk on May 26, 2007, 04:37:59 PM
Holy moley on rye, will we never reach page five.

We're here now!
Title: Re:EYE ON THE SPARROW
Post by: Matt H. on May 26, 2007, 08:13:13 PM: Quote from: bk on May 26, 2007, 04:38:27 PM
Will we never get to page six?

Comin' right up!
Title: Re:EYE ON THE SPARROW
Post by: François on May 26, 2007, 08:13:23 PM: "Sisters!"

I mean... "Brothers!"

http://www.pingku.com/dat/2006/9/8/pics/U/LHULOAULKDSZ.jpg
Title: Re:EYE ON THE SPARROW
Post by: Matt H. on May 26, 2007, 08:14:52 PM: Quote from: bk on May 26, 2007, 04:42:33 PM
At this rate we'll be lucky if we get to page six.

No problemo.
Title: Re:EYE ON THE SPARROW
Post by: Matt H. on May 26, 2007, 08:15:17 PM: Quote from: bk on May 26, 2007, 04:48:08 PM
Will we never get to page seven?

It's on its way.
Title: Re:EYE ON THE SPARROW
Post by: DearReaderLaura on May 26, 2007, 08:15:19 PM: Quote from: JoseSPiano on May 26, 2007, 07:53:14 PM
Hmm... When I first read this, I thought you had posted: "mature photos".

:o

:P

I could post a couple of those.
Title: Re:EYE ON THE SPARROW
Post by: JoseSPiano on May 26, 2007, 08:15:37 PM: Quote from: François on May 26, 2007, 08:02:08 PM
Mr Jérémie Rénier is from Belgium: I have not seen his twin in movies yet! Besides being good looking (He's a brunette who likes his hair blond! Thought you'd like to know ;) J.R. (!) is quite talented as an actor.
I am a fan.
He reminds me of Gavin Creel....

http://www.act1.fr/photoscv/jeremierenierhd.jpg

http://www.film-forward.com/lenfant.jpg

http://perso.orange.fr/pierre.et.gilles/lesamants.htm

I loved all the performances. I just didn't love the movie.

And the Mssrs. Reniers - One of them is a blond in the movie, one of them is a brunette. But both are very easy on the eyes.
Title: Re:EYE ON THE SPARROW
Post by: Jrand73 on May 26, 2007, 08:16:28 PM: Thanks for ONCE over, DR JOSE. I will try to see it when it comes to Indianapolis in 2010.
Title: Re:EYE ON THE SPARROW
Post by: François on May 26, 2007, 08:17:39 PM: Quote from: JoseSPiano on May 26, 2007, 08:15:37 PM
I loved all the performances. I just didn't love the movie.

And the Mssrs. Reniers - One of them is a blond in the movie, one of them is a brunette. But both are very easy on the eyes.

The blond one is Jérémie, the Gavin Creel look-alike, sort of... ;)

You did not click on the links? :-\
Title: Re:EYE ON THE SPARROW
Post by: JoseSPiano on May 26, 2007, 08:17:39 PM: Quote from: DearReaderLaura on May 26, 2007, 08:15:19 PM
I could post a couple of those.

ROTFLMAO!!!!!!!!
Title: Re:EYE ON THE SPARROW
Post by: Matt H. on May 26, 2007, 08:22:23 PM: I had an interesting evening of viewing pleasures.

I began finishing disc one from season two of GREY'S ANATOMY. One of those episodes included the riveting episode with George performing heart surgery in a stalled elevator, one of my favorites of the entire season.
Title: Re:EYE ON THE SPARROW
Post by: Matt H. on May 26, 2007, 08:23:41 PM: Page Ten Sirius Black Dance!!!
Title: Re:EYE ON THE SPARROW
Post by: JoseSPiano on May 26, 2007, 08:23:45 PM: Here are the fils Renier:

(http://www.pingku.com//dat/2006/9/8/pics/U/LHULOAULKDSZ.jpg)

(http://www.jeremie-renier.com/nuepropriete/jer_yannick01.jpg)

I have to say, I'm rather partial to Yannick.

(http://www.cinergie.be/cinergie/revue57/renier2.jpg)
Title: Re:EYE ON THE SPARROW
Post by: Matt H. on May 26, 2007, 08:25:10 PM: Sure did love those astonishingly beautiful pictures, DR Laura.
Title: Re:EYE ON THE SPARROW
Post by: Matt H. on May 26, 2007, 08:26:09 PM: I like Yannick better, too.
Title: Re:EYE ON THE SPARROW
Post by: JoseSPiano on May 26, 2007, 08:28:10 PM: Quote from: Matt H. on May 26, 2007, 08:26:09 PM
I like Yannick better, too.

:)

Sadly, no shirtless moments in the movie for either brother. However, Madamoiselle Huppert does go topless.
Title: Re:EYE ON THE SPARROW
Post by: Matt H. on May 26, 2007, 08:29:29 PM: Next, I watched THE BLACK ROSE. It's an entertaining (but too long) adventure film with the gorgeous Tyrone Power (who is about 15 years too old for the part). The Technicolor on the transfer varies in quality. Much of it is deeply saturated and terrific, but there are a couple of places where it's pale and other spots where the color looks plugged up and smeared.

I'd probably have been more enthusiastic about the film were it not saddled with the completely untalented and uncharismatic Cecile Aubrey. Was she another of Zanuck's "proteges"?
Title: Re:EYE ON THE SPARROW
Post by: Matt H. on May 26, 2007, 08:31:32 PM: I completed my evening of viewing with the first episode in Season Four of ANGEL. Entitled "Deep Down," it rescued Angel from the watery grave his evil son had condemned him to. And poor John Rubenstein finally lost his head over his job - literally!
Title: Re:EYE ON THE SPARROW
Post by: FJL on May 26, 2007, 08:33:27 PM: Are there any shirtless moments in XANADU?
Title: Re:EYE ON THE SPARROW
Post by: JoseSPiano on May 26, 2007, 08:38:51 PM: Quote from: FJL on May 26, 2007, 08:33:27 PM
Are there any shirtless moments in XANADU?

I dunno. But there's lots and lots and lots of mirrorballs from what I understand.
Title: Re:EYE ON THE SPARROW
Post by: Matt H. on May 26, 2007, 08:45:15 PM: Heading downstairs now to go to bed.

Good night!
Title: Re:EYE ON THE SPARROW
Post by: FJL on May 26, 2007, 08:46:54 PM: Lots and lots of mirrorballs - what TCB could do with that line if he were here!
Title: Re:EYE ON THE SPARROW
Post by: FJL on May 26, 2007, 08:52:04 PM: If Roller Skates married Mirror Balls, she'd be...
Title: Re:EYE ON THE SPARROW
Post by: FJL on May 26, 2007, 08:53:09 PM: I hear Tony Roberts is stopless in XANADU.
Title: Re:EYE ON THE SPARROW
Post by: François on May 26, 2007, 08:55:41 PM: Quote from: JoseSPiano on May 26, 2007, 08:28:10 PM
:)

Sadly, no shirtless moments in the movie for either brother. However, Madamoiselle Huppert does go topless.

Hey! Jérémie goes all-less in one of the pics I linked! :P

Ok! I'll "keep" my fake-blond and leave Yannick to both of you!
I don't judge people just by a still, moi! ;) ;D
Title: Re:EYE ON THE SPARROW
Post by: François on May 26, 2007, 08:56:51 PM: Quote from: JoseSPiano on May 26, 2007, 08:28:10 PM
:)

However, Madamoiselle Huppert does go topless.

She's so darn skinny, I don't think she has much to SHOW! :o
Title: Re:EYE ON THE SPARROW
Post by: François on May 26, 2007, 08:58:54 PM: Quote from: FJL on May 26, 2007, 08:46:54 PM
Lots and lots of mirrorballs - what TCB could do with that line if he were here!

I am "afraid" I know what he'll "do" with them, mirrors! :o ;)
Title: Re:EYE ON THE SPARROW
Post by: François on May 26, 2007, 08:59:35 PM: Quote from: FJL on May 26, 2007, 08:52:04 PM
If Roller Skates married Mirror Balls, she'd be...

... sorry? :-\
Title: Re:EYE ON THE SPARROW
Post by: FJL on May 26, 2007, 09:00:24 PM: Let's make this clear
It's not King Lear
It's XANADU!
Title: Re:EYE ON THE SPARROW
Post by: François on May 26, 2007, 09:00:42 PM: Quote from: FJL on May 26, 2007, 08:53:09 PM
I hear Tony Roberts is stopless in XANADU.

He might be using roller skates then?! ;)
Title: Re:EYE ON THE SPARROW
Post by: FJL on May 26, 2007, 09:01:55 PM: He's a very good skate.
Title: Re:EYE ON THE SPARROW
Post by: François on May 26, 2007, 09:02:07 PM: Xana! Xana!
Xana Xana Xana-du!

It's a silly little bit of melody,
Sounds so soothing and appealing to me,

It goes

Xana! Xana!....
Title: Re:EYE ON THE SPARROW
Post by: JMK on May 26, 2007, 09:04:59 PM: Quote from: FJL on May 26, 2007, 08:33:27 PM
Are there any shirtless moments in XANADU?

For a moment I thought you had asked "are there any shitless moments in Xanadu," to which I was going to respond, "From what I've heard, no."
Title: Re:EYE ON THE SPARROW
Post by: FJL on May 26, 2007, 09:09:54 PM: I probably won't be awake until page 11, so how about a XANADU megamix dance?

Xanadu - Xanadu (now we are here)
In Xanadu
Xanadu - Xanadu (now we are here)
In Xanadu

Xanadu your neon lights will shine
For you Xanadu

The love, the echoes of long ago
You needed the world to know, they are in Xanadu

The dream that came through a million years
That lived on through all the tears
It came to Xanadu

A million lights are dancing and there you are
A shooting star, an everlasting world and you're
Here with me eternally

Xanadu - Xanadu (now we are here)
In Xanadu

Now that I'm here, now that you're near in Xanadu
Title: Re:EYE ON THE SPARROW
Post by: François on May 26, 2007, 09:10:45 PM: Quote from: JMK on May 26, 2007, 09:04:59 PM
For a moment I thought you had asked "are there any shitless moments in Xanadu," to which I was going to respond, "From what I've heard, no."

OH!! :o :o ;)
Title: Re:EYE ON THE SPARROW
Post by: FJL on May 26, 2007, 09:10:55 PM: Xanadu
Your mirrored balls will shine
For you, Xanadu!
Title: Re:EYE ON THE SPARROW
Post by: François on May 26, 2007, 09:12:35 PM: Quote from: Matt H. on May 26, 2007, 08:26:09 PM
I like Yannick better, too.

BLONDS have MORE fun!

Ask...... BK! :D
Title: Re:EYE ON THE SPARROW
Post by: FJL on May 26, 2007, 09:13:04 PM: You can substitute "cheese fondue" for "Xanadu" in the song, and it still makes perfect snese. :)
Title: Re:EYE ON THE SPARROW
Post by: François on May 26, 2007, 09:14:09 PM: Quote from: FJL on May 26, 2007, 09:10:55 PM
Xanadu
Your mirrored balls will shine
For you, Xanadu!

It takes.... guts to write that! ;)

"Mirrors! Mirrors on the balls?
Who....
Title: Re:EYE ON THE SPARROW
Post by: François on May 26, 2007, 09:15:52 PM: Quote from: FJL on May 26, 2007, 09:13:04 PM
... and it still makes perfect snese. :)

You mean... perfect cheese!

(To a French man, cheese fondue is... redondant! But, in your... melting pot of a country....
Title: Re:EYE ON THE SPARROW
Post by: FJL on May 26, 2007, 09:16:17 PM: And one for mirror
Title: Re:EYE ON THE SPARROW
Post by: François on May 26, 2007, 09:18:59 PM: EYE ON THE SPARROW

Allez venez Mirror
Vous asseoir à ma table....

Piaf, you know....

Paroles: Georges Moustaki. Musique: Marguerite Monnot (The Irma La Douce composer!) 1959
© Editions Salabert

Allez venez! Milord
Vous asseoir à ma table
Il fait si froid dehors
Ici, c'est confortable
Laissez-vous faire, Milord
Et prenez bien vos aises
Vos peines sur mon cœur
Et vos pieds sur une chaise
Je vous connais, Milord
Vous ne m'avez jamais vue
Je ne suis qu'une fille du port
Title: Re:EYE ON THE SPARROW
Post by: MBarnum on May 26, 2007, 09:29:25 PM: Boy was it a busy day...but my yard looks very nice and I bought a lot of nice plants/flowers and a few new pots to plant them in, which I will do tomorrow. During my gardening and planting and running around I also stopped and had lunch at Star India...I ate way too much, but it sure was good...!!
Title: Re:EYE ON THE SPARROW
Post by: Tomovoz on May 26, 2007, 09:34:48 PM: Piaf's "Milord" was a #1 hit in Sydney in 1961.
An English version by Teresa Brewer and one later by Bobby Darin could still not make it successful in the USA.

An English version by local singer Gaynor Bunning was a top 3 hit in Melbourne Oz in 1961.

You need to know all that.

Monnot had two successful pop hits here in 1961. Diana Trask had a hit record with "Our Language Of Love".

I remember all this - but not where I put my glasses.
Title: Re:EYE ON THE SPARROW
Post by: MBarnum on May 26, 2007, 09:36:00 PM: I am pooped but am gonna try to sit on the couch and watch my first Bollywood movie of the weekend...36 CHINA TOWN (2006) starring Akshay Khanna and Upen Patel...both of whom are yummilicous!

I think it is a singing and dancing detective movie, but I am not sure.

(http://desizone.no-ip.info/public/samdb/pictures/az_B4266_36%20China%20Town_36%20China%20Town.jpg)
Title: Re:EYE ON THE SPARROW
Post by: Tomovoz on May 26, 2007, 09:38:03 PM: I discovered that there is no DVD available of "Me and the Colonel".

More hope of that eventuating than my seeing a production of "The Grand Tour" I guess. It's one of my favourite flop musicals.
Title: Re:EYE ON THE SPARROW
Post by: Tomovoz on May 26, 2007, 09:38:50 PM: more chance than me seeing "36 China Town" too.
Title: Re:EYE ON THE SPARROW
Post by: MBarnum on May 26, 2007, 09:40:44 PM: DR Jose, that movie ONCE sounds very interesting. ...and I listened to some of the soundtrack on Amazon.com...rather nice music. I will keep a lookout for this movie!
Title: Re:EYE ON THE SPARROW
Post by: Cillaliz on May 26, 2007, 09:58:26 PM: We're trying to get Once at the Orpheum this summer. Hope the get it booked!
Title: Re:EYE ON THE SPARROW
Post by: François on May 26, 2007, 10:02:54 PM: Quote from: Tomovoz on May 26, 2007, 09:38:03 PM
I discovered that there is no DVD available of "Me and the Colonel".

More hope of that eventuating than my seeing a production of "The Grand Tour" I guess. It's one of my favourite flop musicals.

Yes! I like that musical very much too!

Ain't it grand that a certain Bruce Kimmel has made it available on cd?!
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Post by: Cillaliz on May 26, 2007, 10:06:47 PM: Oh good heavens what an evening. The house next door to my parents' at the lake is a rental. The family reunion that always happens there on Memorial Day is usually no problem at all. Well... They have been very noisy at night..ok, loud voices, we can ignore that. But tonight, they started shooting off big fireworks between the house and the garage and within 50-75 feet of our house, starting well after 10:30 PM and on a very windy night.

Now we have 2-80 year olds and a very pregnant woman who was exhausted, not feeling well and trying to sleep.

So first I stuck my head outside and said that it was very dangerous to be shooting the fireworks off where they were and that it was illegal. They got really mouthy about it and pretended like they were going to quit, but my DN Adam and I knew they weren't so we each grabbed a beer and sat in our back yard. Then they really got nasty going off about how we were spoiling their memorial day and that the wind was taking them over the road toward a field anyway. (It wasn't).

I said something about having someone who is sick and trying to sleep and Ad said something about it being a residential neighborhood and how they could enjoy their weekend without being noisy.

So, I suggested we just shut up and listen, which we did. The grandparents of this crew are my former middle school principal and the home ec teacher he married after he divorced his wife. So she's out there hugging this guy, telling him that she'll bail him out of jail and telling a group of little kids that if the cops come they should all tell the same story.

Sheesh! Anyway, they were loud for a little while longer, blasting music about 11:15-11:30 pm but now it's quiet.

The internet was really slow earlier and this is an unsecured network, so I figured they were using it. So I unplugged the router for awhile. It's really fast again. I was tired....
Title: Re:EYE ON THE SPARROW
Post by: François on May 26, 2007, 10:08:09 PM: Quote from: Tomovoz on May 26, 2007, 09:38:50 PM
more chance than me seeing "36 China Town" too.

Well, Mr Upen Patel seems to be worth "a grand tour"! ;)
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Post by: Cillaliz on May 26, 2007, 10:08:31 PM: But now I'm awake
Title: Re:EYE ON THE SPARROW
Post by: François on May 26, 2007, 10:10:30 PM: Quote from: Cillaliz on May 26, 2007, 10:08:31 PM
But now I'm awake

Blame it on the beer! ;)
Title: Re:EYE ON THE SPARROW
Post by: Cillaliz on May 26, 2007, 10:10:37 PM: I'm going to try to get some sleep soon. I need to help mom with the shower and then I'm heading back to Sioux City. So, it will be a long day. Turns out the shower is at 11:30 AM instead of 11:00 AM, boy did we screw the time up on this one
Title: Re:EYE ON THE SPARROW
Post by: François on May 26, 2007, 10:11:12 PM: Quote from: Cillaliz on May 26, 2007, 10:08:31 PM
But now I'm awake

To grab a beer, do you have to go beer hunting?! :o ;)
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Post by: François on May 26, 2007, 10:11:59 PM: So the fireworks were unbeerable?!
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Post by: Cillaliz on May 26, 2007, 10:12:32 PM: Anyway, it's been eventful. I haven't seen jhvw since dinner. He's not staying here tonight and I have the feeling he wanted to go out without the family tonight. I wouldn't blame him. I think it's been a bit of family overload for him.
Title: Re:EYE ON THE SPARROW
Post by: François on May 26, 2007, 10:15:00 PM: Quote from: Cillaliz on May 26, 2007, 10:10:37 PM
I'm going to try to get some sleep soon. I need to help mom with the shower and then I'm heading back to Sioux City. So, it will be a long day. Turns out the shower is at 11:30 AM instead of 11:00 AM, boy did we screw the time up on this one

You need to shower your mother in Screw City?

Hmmm... I think I'm missing something! ;)
Title: Re:EYE ON THE SPARROW
Post by: Cillaliz on May 26, 2007, 10:16:02 PM: One of the biggest problems with the fireworks is that they were falling very near if not on our guest house and garage. We had a fire out there due to a cigarette someone threw out a car window a couple years ago. Luckily it only charred the outside of the structure a little. And my brother's house had a major house fire, so we are quite cautious when it comes to fire
Title: Re:EYE ON THE SPARROW
Post by: Cillaliz on May 26, 2007, 10:17:07 PM: Quote from: François on May 26, 2007, 10:15:00 PM
You need to shower your mother in Screw City?

Hmmm... I think I'm missing something! ;)

IT's a bridal shower. Afraid I don't have much of a sense of humor right now.
Title: Re:EYE ON THE SPARROW
Post by: Cillaliz on May 26, 2007, 10:17:33 PM: Think I'll sign off and go unplug the router again.
Title: Re:EYE ON THE SPARROW
Post by: François on May 26, 2007, 10:25:25 PM: Quote from: Cillaliz on May 26, 2007, 10:17:07 PM
IT's a bridal shower. Afraid I don't have much of a sense of humor right now.

Oh, I'm sorry! I knew about the shower because I read about it earlier! I should keep to myself instead of trying to be funny! But then, by now, I guess you know how insane I am!
Title: Re:EYE ON THE SPARROW
Post by: François on May 26, 2007, 10:39:04 PM: NOT fair DR Jose to post a pic of Jérémie Rénier with huge sunglasses: his face has no expression!

Blonds ARE more fun... they say!

Where is tout le monde?

Bonne semaine à tous!
Title: Re:EYE ON THE SPARROW
Post by: JoseSPiano on May 26, 2007, 10:52:12 PM: Goodnight.

Bonne nuit.