Haines His Way
Archives => Archive 1 => Topic started by: bk on January 20, 2004, 12:04:27 AM
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Well, you've read the notes VERY carefully, you know all about Kon, and now it's time to have a plethora of postings on our topic of the day. If you have nothing to add to the topic of the day, then just start your own. To it, I say. ::)
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LauraII, you read one book? And you don't tell anyone this? Did you enjoy it, hate it, what? Inquiring minds wish to know. And if you enjoyed it, you simply must write a review at amazon.com.
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Oh, I really enjoyed it! I shall go about writing a review at a more seemly hour.
So far, the only movie I would like on DVD that I can think of is The Little Mermaid.
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The Little Mermaid, while out of print, was released on DVD. We're looking for wish lists of never-before-released DVDs.
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Nine GUESTS??? Who are these nine GUESTS at this hour, who only want to see what others are saying and never want to join in the merriment and mirth and laughter and legs? Watch this - now that I've mentioned them, at least half will immediately disappear.
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George, for God's sake, SAY something.
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Hang on! I'm writing!
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I would love to have some "official" releases of musical shows that were broadcast on TV, especially Evening Primrose (with Anthony Perkins) and It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman (with Loretta Swit). Have them all cleaned up and spiffy.
Didn't Warren Beatty have a copy Evening Primrose cleaned up as a special gift for Stephen Sondheim for some special reason? I remember reading that but I don't remember why.
Done. Happy Bruce? ;D
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Told ya - the minute I mentioned nine GUESTS, suddenly there were THREE guests. Is a puzzlement.
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What? What?!? It's out of print??? NOOOOOO
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There are many copies available from amazon.com sellers - but kind of pricey, starting at $29. They go for more on eBay, so you might want to snag one of the amazon ones. Be sure you check the feedback of whatever seller you're thinking of buying from.
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What? What?!? It's out of print??? NOOOOOO
That's what Disney does. They release titles for a specific amount of time then put them "in the Disney Vault" and they won't be available (new) for 7-10 years. You can only get them in used bins or eBay or places like that. According to Disney.com, "These movies disappear back into the Disney Vault January 31!: Sleeping Beauty Special Edition, Fantasia, Lady And The Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure, Fantasia 2000, The Jungle Book 2, 101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure." Get them now or wait 10 years or so.
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Just perused the sellers, and I would definitely not buy from the first two, the ones who have it for 29 bucks. One has twenty percent negatives and the other fourteen percent, which is TOO many negatives saying the same thing - that they can't get the seller to e-mail them when there's a prob. The third seller, kristhemovieman has 100% positives, and while he's a bit more at 33 bucks, that's the one I'd grab. The original list price of the disc was 29.95, so it's not even that much more.
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I'm going to sleep now. I have to work in the morning. I hate going back to work after a three day (or more) weekend. Goodnight BK and Laura II.
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Aww, thank you, BK and George for taking the time to explain and to check that info out for me. Yes, Disney has that silly vault. That part I knew. I just had no idea that The Little Mermaid was ever released on DVD. I will survive without it for now, as I still have it on tape. I am quite happy that I bought the special edition of Beauty and the Beast last year. It's my favorite Disney animated feature. What's yours?
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Why am I up so late? I got in bed an hour ago, read the first few chapters of Wicked (wonderful so far) and tried to sleep...but sleep seems to be hiding from me, so I am pursuing the board instead.
As far as DVD's, the one that comes to mind first that I'd love to see is the Kline/Lansbury version of Pirates of Penzance. I own it on video, but I'd love to see it on DVD.
Wow. I was going to mention The Last Unicorn as another I'd love to see move to DVD, but I checked amazon.com and saw that it will in fact be released on DVD in March of this year. hoo and ray.
I shall try to sleep now..
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Hmmmmmmmm.......I will have to think....if I can only have 5!
So MR BK - what WAS the actor's revenge?
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Movies I Would Like To See on DV D
STAR!
Darling Lili
If it's Tuesday, It Must Be Beligum (Original version)
Show Boat (30's Version)
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Movies I Would Like To See on DV D
STAR!
Darling Lili
If it's Tuesday, It Must Be Beligum (Original version)
Show Boat (30's Version)
Also:
When Cotton Comes To Harlem
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Well - it was difficult to list JUST five - but since these lists can be VERY personal ;D :
"The Long Long Trailer" - in a 'Scope DVD. It still makes me laugh!
"The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse" - the Andre Previn score is wonderful (got a CD release) but I really like the performances of Glenn Ford, Karl Boehm, Charles Boyer, and Paul Henreid - and Ingrid Thulin (with Angela Lansbury's voice). I would like to see this one in a 'Scope transfer as well.
"Harlow" - starring Carroll Baker as someone with the name but not the life of Jean Harlow. Nice Panavision and a Neal Hefti score...with a commentary by Baker that matches the frankness of her autobiography!
"State Fair" - the much maligned 1962 version with Pat Boone and Ann-Margret and Pamela Tiffin. Some really nice music and on location photography. Would like to see this in widescreen the way I remember it!
"Bernadine" - I know, I know, another Pat Boone movie, but this one really features Dick Sargent, has some good tunes, and is fun....where is the 'Scope DVD?
So two from FOX, two from MGM, and one from Paramount!
I was going to list "Valley of the Dolls" but I think that has been announced for release this year! :D
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I'll think of others, but the FIRST movie I'd like to see released on DVD is "The Pleasure of His Company" with the ever debonair Fred Astaire and sparkling Lili Palmer and that great dialogue.
Now that I recently saw "Two for the Road" on VHS, I'd like to see that on DVD too.
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Kerry you're right. And Debbie Reynolds and Tab Hunter, too! And Charles Ruggles?
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I just finished Friday posts and now I have to go back and read Saturday, Sunday and Monday (along with the notes). We were away all weekend and got back last evening. I'm now at work.
Before Friday I would have said I Could Go On Singing and Meet Me in Saint Louis but then I saw John Fricke (an indisputable Judy Garland expert) and he told me that four Judy movies (For Me and My Gal and another that I can't remember) will be released on DVD at some point this year. I've said it before but I'll repeat myself, I love I Could Go On Singing. It's a bit of a sloppy movie but there is something in Judy's performance that just touches me. There are points that give me chills. The scence with Dirk Bogarde in the doctor's office when she talks about going on stage is amazing. I also dearly love MMISL. I think it's one of my favourite JG movies (notice how the British have taken over my life).
Speaking of British here is a shot of Anthony in an evening shot on Christmas Eve in front of a London landmark.
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Need to get back to work. I'll return.
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Another great photo from an HHW'er! We have been to London and Italy in the past couple of days...and we were in Hawaii last week! And New York City! Whew!
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Overheard at Buckingham Palace:
Prince Philip: "I say, Liz. What's the name of that bloody little shoppe behind Anthony?"
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And Dear Liz replied, "Oh, Philly darling, it's Harrod's. Don't you remember when you got your saddles for the new polo ponys? You picked up the riding crop and that look came into your eye. Oh, my darling Philip, there it is again. We're lucky the servants are off today." ;)
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RE: MattH's American Idol comments from last night!
I totally agree with you. Air force girl (for some reason I've been calling her Army girl) was my favorite! She was so sweet and cute. And her voice was good.
I really don't get why they wouldn't let anyone with real potential through to the next round. I mean what difference does it really make? They do NOT have to LOVE every single person who goes to Hollywood.
I also loved Scooter girl (although I hope they really didn't make her give away her scooter), cute boy, the red head Dean Martin singer, and the 2 black brothers (I liked them both).
I will say though that IMO we were shown too many BAD performances. At the end they flashed all the people from NY who will move on to the next round, and we hardly saw any of them. I would personally rather see only a few bad performances, and more of the good ones.
Also, I think I know why most of the terrible people are stunned to hear they are that bad (poor girl who had the bet with Simon to sing at that bar!)
Think about it, to get to perform in front of the real judges, the contestants have probably made it through 5 rounds of "other" judges. I'm sure most people making it through five rounds would think they must have talent. They just don't realize that most of the people making it on tv for the real judges are the worst of the worst!
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And Philip responded: "It gives you great pleasure."
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Well, aside from any and all June Kenney and Allison Hayes movies that have not already been released on DVD....here is my list of 5 others,
THE CAT PEOPLE/CURSE OF THE CAT PEOPLE (I know that is two films, but they would likely be realeased as a combo anyway)
BAMBI
QUEEN OF OUTER SPACE
STORM WARNING (wonderful Ginger Rogers, Ronald Reagan, Doris Day drama)
INTERNATIONAL HOUSE (W.C. Fields, Burns and Allen)
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First it was the most anticipated film to hit home video (back in the day!), then it was announced for August of 2003, and now it has been postponed indefinitely.
and, never before on home video:
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and to get slightly bizarre:
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Of course, I would still like to see:
KING'S ROW
VALLEY OF THE DOLLS
SONG OF THE SOUTH
THE TAMARIND SEED
ALL NIGHT LONG (Gene Hackman, Dennis Quaid, Dianne Ladd and Babs).
The Doris Day Warner musicals
The Esther Williams Collection
The Greta Garbo Collection
The Al Jolson Collection
Ported dvds of THE DAWN OF SOUND 1, 2 and 3.
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Wouldn't want BK to be sad, so here I am. Yesterday every time I tried to post I got interrupted. But I'm back to being a singer/actress/dancer who temps, so I will hopefully have more time and access to company resources and will be able to keep up with HHW.
I have nothing to add to the DVD wish list, although I do have a question. Why does Disney release DVDs for such a limited time and then lock them away in a vault for ten years? Seems like bad business, but then, I have no business acumen. At all.
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Okay, so I am going to an audition for Playwrights Horizons/Public Theatre on Thursday and I'm thinking about what to sing for it. Should I do something showy and vocally expansive, like "I Have Found" or "Infinite Joy" (both William Finn) or should I do something charactery and not so vocally exciting, like "You Can Be a New Yorker Too" (edgy and galvanic) or "Crossword Puzzle" (neurotic) or something legit and dramatic, like "I Had Myself a True Love" from St. Louis Woman?
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Hey how come it still talks about having a pj party in the "news" section at the top of this page?
Oh and welcome back DR Joy!
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Thanks, Jennifer! See, now that I actually have time to post, there are too few people around!
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All good choices DRJOY.... I thought you had an audition last week as well? How did that go?
Now this may sound weird....but could you do some of both songs? Maybe starting with "You can be a New Yorker, too" and moving into "I have found"....
If you can't, I say edgy/charactery gets my vote! Make 'em like YOU first then your voice!
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All good choices DRJOY.... I thought you had an audition last week as well? How did that go?
Now this may sound weird....but could you do some of both songs? Maybe starting with "You can be a New Yorker, too" and moving into "I have found"....
If you can't, I say edgy/charactery gets my vote! Make 'em like YOU first then your voice!
I did have an audition last week for The Producers. It was an Equity call and I wasn't even sure I would get seen, since I'm not yet Equity (although I have 15 points so far); but I did get seen, so I'm hoping the same will happen for this one on Thursday for Playwrights/Public. Anyway, the Producers went pretty well, if a bit rusty. I just need more practice. It's been too long.
In the meanwhile (oh, a Sondheim reference!), there are tap, jazz, theatre dance and ballet classes to help me brush up and help my body remember what it's like to perform, and there is much practicing of songs to be done. I have to find a couple good monologues, too, if anyone has any ideas. My old one is pretty stale and I'm not sure if it works anymore. I would like to find something offbeat and creative, even something from a movie or an original piece. If one of you writers wants to write one for me, there's a free CD of Our Wedding: The Musical! in it for ya! It should be no more than two minutes in length, and I need one comedic and one dramatic (but not tragic, not self-pitying).
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Oh, and JRand...I forgot to answer the second part of your post:
I can do both if they ask me for both, but I have to do one first that makes them want to hear something else. It can be tricky, especially when you don't know what shows they're doing but they tend to be (with exceptions like My Life With Albertine) contemporary and vocally acrobatic, often edgy.
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I see...hmmmmm.....then "I Have Found" is NEVER a bad choice...LOL.... Listening to OUR WEDDING, I bet you can sing the socks off of that song! LOL....
And are you familiar with TALKING WITH by Jane Martin - it is a series of female monologues of different kinds...they are all long....but there is some good material in there.....especially "Rodeo Girl" and "Clear Glass Marbles"....should be at the library.
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Actually, DIsney is very cagey with their classics. They KNOW the demand for them will always be there. They're family-friendly and don't date at all since so many of them are set in eras where the period isn't very important. So, by locking them away after a certain period, the demand for them grows and grows until they can release them all over again with GREAT fanfare. They're lucky that they have enough product out there to keep people relatively happy until their classics are re-released again. I mean, things like DUMBO and ALICE IN WONDERLAND are always in print, so that will always tide people over until THE LITTLE MERMAID or ALADDIN is released.
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I have THE LITTLE MERMAID on laserdisc and would be glad to make copies on tape or DVD for people except my laserdisc machine has been acting up lately. I think I have a laser that's about to go out. I'm going to have to scurry around a bit to find a new or used-in-good-condition machine.
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I'm going to have to cheat on my list of five most wanted discs.
1. The four MGM/Miss Marple mysteries with Margaret Rutherford.
2. The other five editions of THE THIN MAN series.
3. EASTER PARADE
4. IT'S ALWAYS FAIR WEATHER
5. TARANTULA
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In a conversation on-line last week with the head of 20th Fox home video, STAR! is definitely going to be released this year (he said in the next couple of months). Ditto VALLEY OF THE DOLLS.
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DR Joy,
I'd avoid "Infinite Joy," simply because they may find it a bit gimicky to hear a song with your name built into it. "I Had Myself a True Love" may invite too many comparisons (not a bad thing, but it may distract the committee).
As for a monologue. I just finished reading Ambulance Girl (How I Saved Myself by Becoming an EMT) by Jane Stern. It's a short book with short chapters, and mixes some really funny stuff (while training, she develops a specialty in spreading butt cheeks) and poignant stuff (bonding with a dying crack addict). I don't know if this is standard monologue material, but the book is new, written in the first person, and provides quite a range of emotions.
Good luck.
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Did I read that the next of the Disney Platinum series films was going to be CINDERELLA or was it ALADDIN? I think it's one of those two with LADY AND THE TRAMP and THE LITTLE MERMAID (both of which are out of print now but have been released on DVD before) for 2005 or 2006.
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Good morning. For purely selfish reasons AND because it's good and certain people refuse to watch videos, I'd like to see MISS ROSE WHITE on DVD. Actually, Hallmark should put their whole library of special releases on DVD. I'm sure there's an audience out there for that kind of thing. I may just write to them and find out if that's in their plans - and if not, suggest that they put it in their plans. So there!
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And I know ALICE IN WONDERLAND, POCAHONTAS, and MARY POPPINS are getting new 2-disc sets this year, I guesss to replace the single discs that are available now.
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What interesting lists!
Mine musts:
Li'l Abner (this is just something I MUST have)
Sundays and Cybele
The High and the Mighty (rumored to be coming)
Ride the High Country (also rumored)
The Girl Can't Help It/Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter
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For those of us who are really film buffs, an interesting question might be to list some films that you've bought and re-bought the most over the years as the technology has changed.
I know THE WIZARD OF OZ and MARY POPPINS have been bought at least four times by me.
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Oh.... DRPANNI - you wrote one of my favorite TV Movies on one of my favorite subjects: Amelia Earhart!!!
And Diane Keaton did a good job portraying her! What a mystery that was! Did you do a lot of research for that movie, or did they tell you what conclusion to reach? It is such a mysterious and controversial subject....I would like to see it again!
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I know what you mean, DRMATTH! And Disney is a master at getting us to re-buy!
MR BK has some great choices there....
Rita Marlowe: If you are the president, vice president, and treasurer of Rita Marlowe Incorporated, what will I be?
Rock Hunter: Although I will fill the fuctionary positions of the corporation, you will be the titular head.
Rita: (vocal response that defies description)!
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SONG OF THE SOUTH
I suspect the PC crowd will prevent this from ever happening. Look at all the fuss over the re-issue of one of my favorite children's books, "Little Black Sambo" - in which the Sambo clan exhibits all the best of familiy values and Little Black Sambo is a delightful character with whom all children can identify.
der Br'er Brucer
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Speaking of auditions......
I interviewed for a job that I am very interested in the week before last and just got a call from the potential boss inviting me back to meet with his boss, some potential peers, and several potential direct reports.
That I received this invitation indicates they like me, but it will take this second round of interviews to get me to the Sally Field position in their perception.
So keep your fingers crossed!
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I have THE LITTLE MERMAID on laserdisc and would be glad to make copies on tape or DVD for people
If you don't have it, we would be glad to loan you "BAMBI" on LD so you could do "whatever".
der Brucer (thinking he should check the LD inventory and see what else is there that is not on DVD)
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DR Joy,
Another good moment from Ambulance Girl.
Before the author - a well-known writer of food-related books and articles - meets a shrink who helps her realize that, by helping others (as an ambulance girl), she will save herself, Jane has spent a good year with her current psychiatrist, trying to work through a thirty-year-long fear of riding in buses. One day, the author's car breaks down and she runs to the doctor's office, breathlessly arriving ten minutes late. When she explains the situation, the doctor asks her why she didn't just take a bus.
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Having made two constructive posts, It's time to get back in character:
Dear BK:
In your commentary you noted:
"...Escape to Athena, which was written by my pal and book blurber, Dick Lochte. I’ve never seen it, but from what I gather it’s not so great. Still, with a cast like Roger Moore, Telly Savalas, David Niven, Clauda Cardinale, Stephanie Powers, Richard Roundtree, Stephanie Powers and Sonny Bono..."
My question: did Stephanie Powers get paid twice?
der ever-fussy Brucer
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Speaking of auditions......
So keep your fingers crossed!
DR Jay,
They are. Toes, too. And good vibes are zooming westward.
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Sorry I have been E&T over the long weekend but I will catch up on the notes and posts I missed.
In case you are wondering why I was E&T we had so much to do that we decided not to even turn the computer on all weekend. If it was on we would both have been tempted to stop doing what we were supposed to be doing and spend time on the computer so that nothing would get done. Instead we (1) totally de-Christmased the apartment and put everything away which means we can't walk in the walk in closet; (2) cleaned the apartment; (3) prepared and hosted a surprise birthday party for one of Ray's sisters. Even though some of the guests didn't want to come because of the weather, his sister was surprised by the guests who were there. In fact if everyone would have showed up we probably wouldn't have enough food since everyone ate like pigs. We wore pointy hats and even got the dog and one of the cats to wear one. We had do-it-yourself sandwiches (with ham slices and cheese chunks) and homemade potato salad and coleslaw plus I baked a checkerboard cake using orange and pineapple cakemixes for orange and yellow checks (with creamcheese frosting) plus I got a lot of use out of my ice cream maker: chocolate chip, strawberry and chocolate made with Slpenda instead of sugar since a couple of the guests were diabetic.
The only other thing we did this weekend was see NEVER GONNA DANCE for the second time. It holds up beautifully a second time and was just as entertaining as the first. Audience reaction was great. I still don't know why the critical reaction was luke warm. It's just a good old fashioned fun musical.
Movies I want released on DVD (I'll only list 4)
THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT
THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT 2
THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT 3
THAT'S DANCIN'
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I suspect the PC crowd will prevent this from ever happening. Look at all the fuss over the re-issue of one of my favorite children's books, "Little Black Sambo" - in which the Sambo clan exhibits all the best of familiy values and Little Black Sambo is a delightful character with whom all children can identify.
der Br'er Brucer
I think that Disney is testing the waters here, for on the 2 disc edition of ALICE IN WONDERLAND, there is a ten minute segment from SONG OF THE SOUTH!
Disney would be wise to present SONG OF THE SOUTH not as a Platinum Edition, nor as a Vault DisneY (which is actually now defunct, despite the menus on 20,000 LEAGUES) BUT as a LIMITED EDITION TIN.
Press only about 100,000 or so, and see how the sales are; then, if sales warrant it, present a standard edition. That way, those of us who want it, can get it and those who don't even want to see it released, won't have to buy it to bitch.
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Thank you, Dear Reader Dan-in-Toronto.
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I second DR WELs THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT list...I am also gonna add BEYOND THE VALLEY OF THE DOLLS to my list (cheating, and making it a list of 6), with commentary by some of the cast.
MattH: I bought a 6th generation video of ATTACK OF THE PUPPET PEOPLE back in the mid 1980s...then when Sinister Cinema released a tape of it (under the alternate title of THE FANTASTIC PUPPET PEOPLE) I bought it...tho it was still not of very good pic quality...then MGM released the official video so I bought that, then came the DVD and of course I purchased that as well...so there is my upgrading story...I am so happy for technology and to finally get a beautiful copy of my #1 favorite movie!
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DR Jay, Happy good-luck job interview vibes to you!
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Disney would be wise to present SONG OF THE SOUTH not as a Platinum Edition, nor as a Vault DisneY (which is actually now defunct, despite the menus on 20,000 LEAGUES) BUT as a LIMITED EDITION TIN.
Press only about 100,000 or so, and see how the sales are; then, if sales warrant it, present a standard edition. That way, those of us who want it, can get it and those who don't even want to see it released, won't have to buy it to bitch.
No, but they will bitch, and bitch loudly.
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Fingers crossed for Jay!
WEL, that was nice of you to make Splenda desserts for your diabetic friends! How thoughtful. You'd make an excellent company manager.
Thank you all for your excellent suggestions for monologues. I will make a pilgrimage to the library and check them out. I forgot to mention that Alto's Lament is also a possibility for a song.
The monologue I've had for years is about a girl who is in a long-lasting locked-horns phase of her marriage when one night she finds herself peeing the bed, whereupon her husband punches her in the eye and they fall in love again. "I saw stars, just like you're supposed to! And through the stars, I could hear him crying." Her friends, naturally, are stumped and shocked, and she explains, "Bob and I became brutes, we had to! We had gotten to the point where there was no civilized way for us to behave, so I pissed on him and he punched me in the eye!"
It's from "Women of Manhattan" by John Patrick Shanley. It's a little offbeat. Once for a class I paired it with "Bewitched" and they all howled. But now, I don't know, I think I've had it for so long that it's gotten stale.
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Bruce, I'll definitely second LI'L ABNER & RIDE THE HIGH COUNTRY...I think the only versions of these I have are bad videos taped off TV. I'd also like to see the Budd Boetticher/Randolph Scott Westerns out on DVD. I'm sure there are tons of classic black & whites that haven't made it to DVD yet.
I would love to see more televised plays put on DVD, particularly stuff from the BBC. One in particular is AN AGE OF KINGS which was a BBC series of Shakespeare's history plays covering the period of Richard II; Henry IV, both parts; Henry V; Henry VI, all three parts; and Richard III. Lots of fine British actors are in it, among them...Judi Dench as Katherine of France, Eileen Atkins as Joan of Arc; Sean Connery as Hotspur; and Paul Daneman as Richard III. I used to have an audio tape of a BBC radio production of Daneman as Dickie the Third, which was maybe the finest Richard III I've ever heard. This An Age of King series ran on BRAVO once before they just utterly abandoned their mandate to bring us Arts programming and started filling up airtime with crap like Queer Eye for the Straight Guy and Celebrity Poker Countdown.
But what I would most like to see on DVD...and which as far as I know never made it on video...is a little movie called THOSE LIPS THOSE EYES, starring Frank Langella and Thomas Hulce and is a wonderful little movie about being seduced by theatre. I adore this movie...it's like my life passing before my eyes in so many ways. It's the movie I put on when the business has really got me depressed. It reminds me why I got into it in the first place. But the only copy I have is a not-great video taped from TV.
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[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]GOOD INTERVIEW VIBES TO DR JAY!!! ;D[/move]
Yes, DRMBARNUM - I think "Storm Warning" should be released on DVD! :D
So many good choices. Disney is so strange, and its decisions are so $$$-based that they don't seem to have any creative incentive at all. But then I get one of their double-disk releases and it is so well put together - grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. I guess you can't even please some of the people all the time!
But for Disney, I would also add their live action releases like "Toby Tyler at the Circus" and "Bon Voyage" and "The Shaggy Dog". And of course the Disneyland episodes of "The Young Dick Turpin" we talked about last week!
Der Brucer is probably correct that "Song of the South" will probably never get a wide release, and for the reasons he posits. I guess it doesn't matter to the executives today, how offended some of us can be by what is passes for entertainment now.
I am not saying that the censorship of the past was better or that we should go back in time, but I am saying that sometimes subtle is better. ;)
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Thank you, Dear Reader MBarnum!
Thank you and welcome back, Dear Reader Joy!
And thank you Dear Reader JRand53!
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Oh.... DRPANNI - you wrote one of my favorite TV Movies on one of my favorite subjects: Amelia Earhart!!!
And Diane Keaton did a good job portraying her! What a mystery that was! Did you do a lot of research for that movie, or did they tell you what conclusion to reach? It is such a mysterious and controversial subject....I would like to see it again!
Thank you, Jrand53! (Might as well add that one to the list of DVD wishes.)
Yes, Keaton was a fine Amelia. And she really looks like her. (She was also great to work with. Very bright, no ego involved - just what would make the film good.) I did a great deal of research for the movie. It's one of those topics that any conclusion you decide to reach about her fate -- you'll find a book filled with "irrefutable " evidence to support you. I wasn't told what conclusion to come to. We tried on various theories for size, and eventually came back to the one I had in the first place: Earhart was ill-prepared for her final flight and she crashed. Although I do like my ending which is not as black and white as that. BTW - I think you can still rent the film at some Blockbusters.
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Finished proofing Part One. Break time, then on to part two.
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Really? I will look for it. I remember there was another one with Susan Clark that I didn't like as much. LOL.
And yes Diane Keaton's appearance was uncannily like Amelia....who had a close connection to Purdue University here in Indiana, you know!
And yes, your ending is a haunting kind of finale that caused a lot of conversation among friends....and a run on Earhart books in those days before we were all tied to the internet! LOL! One author even said she planned the whole thing and was living as a housewife in New Jersey!
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I have a good feeling about your interview, DR Jay, and those are usually correct. But just in case...
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Back to the galley, Slave! The captain wants to go water skiing! :o
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One author even said she planned the whole thing and was living as a housewife in New Jersey!
...with Elvis.
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I have a good feeling about your interview, DR Jay, and those are usually correct. But just in case...
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Thanks, Panni. I appreciate it!
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LOL PANNI and James Dean. :P
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DRMBARNUM the musty John Saxon is on his way to your mailbox!
And DRJASON - your CD will show up at MTI on Thursday or so!
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I interviewed for a job that I am very interested in the week before last and just got a call from the potential boss inviting me back to meet with his boss, some potential peers, and several potential direct reports.
So keep your fingers crossed!
FINGERS ARE CROSSED!
I can't imagine you won't get the job.
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Thanks, Dear Reader Jane.
It really is so nice to have so many caring friends here at HHW.com. Thank you, Dear BK, for making it possible.
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By the way, this is old news, but I had a lovely time at BK's Christmas party on Dec. 24th. Usually I sort of dread parties where I don't know anyone, but I had a great time at that one because everyone was so open and easy to talk to. And the spaghetti was great. Now I'm craving DR Jose's cookies. rrrrrrr....
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Ben the London landmark looks beautiful.
Dare I say this here? We don’t collect DVD’s. The only one we wish to own is the new special edition of Casablanca. Often if I think of a DVD I want to rent and if it isn’t available I forget about it. Not very clever of me but there is always something else to watch. Mentioning Sambo reminds me I would like a DVD of The Amos and Andy shows.
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Joy I can’t make any suggestions, however, I can send you good vibes in finding the perfect selections for your audition. :)
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I really don't and won't buy that many DVDs. I spend more time listening to music than watching movies. I will certainly buy "Star" when it it released. It would be wonderful if some of those "made for TV" musicals were to be released on DVD. I would certainly buy "Applause" and "Evening Primose" would be a must have. "Barnum" with Michael Crawford should surely get a DVD release too. The UK production of "Buddy" would also be another worthwhile release.
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Best OZ vibes for you Jay.
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Best OZ vibes for you Jay.
Thanks, DR Tomovoz!
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Slowly getting through the notes...
RE: American Idol- Haven't watched it yet, I will as soon as I get my warzone picked up. Jennifer, my mom said the same thing; While the awful auditions are funny, she had wanted to see more talent.
Joy: It's sad, but I've never even HEARD of the songs you listed (!!!). But I hope your audition goes well! Just relax and try to shine :).
Jay: Good luck with your possible job! ~~~~~ Vibes for you :).
My list is kind of nonexistent. Most of the movies that I've seen in my short lifetime have already come out on DVD. I'd love to GET some of the Rat Pack movies from the 80's, like Sixteen Candles and The Breakfast Club for DVD, but I'm sure they're already out.
Last night I went to the mall with some friends, and we were planning on leaving when it closed, at 10.
Apparently the mall closes at 9:30.
So we found a very nice security man and he drove us to a local restaurant in a police car to wait for our ride. His name was Luke and he has 3 daughters, and he was just SO proud of us for not walking on our own, for finding him, etc. It was a nice little talk.
Back to the notes...
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Hey, Mad Magazine fans....remember "Greeting Cards We Would Like to See?"
Let's do some!
"Hat's Off to Your New Hairpiece!"
"We Were Both Nominated -
But I Hope You Win!"
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Hey Swish! Thanks for the good thoughts.
Just wondering...was this your first ride in a police car?
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So we found a very nice security man and he drove us to a local restaurant in a police car to wait for our ride. His name was Luke and he has 3 daughters, and he was just SO proud of us for not walking on our own, for finding him, etc. It was a nice little talk.
Good vibes to Luke for keeping our Swishy Sarah safe.
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I've ridden in a police car twice and a fire truck twice. Anyone else?
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I slid down the fire pole but have never ridden in the truck. How fun! Gosh, I hope it was just for fun. Were the sirens going?
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There are some stories abour Fireman and Policeman that I am sure will not be posted. LOL
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I slid down the fire pole but have never ridden in the truck. How fun! Gosh, I hope it was just for fun. Were the sirens going?
Yes, the sirens were going. It was indescribably exciting. It was mid-December, 2002, when I co-captained a group of singers to go caroling at firehouses above 100th street. It was getting late and we were only at 139th, so they gave us a ride to the next two houses and then back home. We also got to slide down a firepole. They had built a fake chimney around their pole with a fireplace at the bottom, so that when you exited the pole hole you popped out of the fireplace. How cute is that?
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Very cute and it sounds like great fun.
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It wasn't my first ride in a police car, but only because I was babysitting for a family once, and the father was a cop. He drove me home in the cruiser, it was kind of interesting to look at.
I've ridden a fire engine before as well, but that was for a parade, where I was supposed to be one of Santa's friends. The only thing I remember was being FREEZING and wanting to leave.
Question: How many of you have ridden in a limo? I'm guessing all, but you never know. I learned the other day that my uncle hasn't ever been in a limo, nor seen one in "real life". Kind of strange, don't you think?
Once I was babysitting for a family on the mothers 40th birthday. They had rented a limo that was an extended Ford Explorer (VERY cool). I arrived early to give them time to get ready, and the driver took me and the kids to DQ for ice cream. It was fun to have people peering through the windows, wondering if there was a celebrity or politician inside. When a 16 year old and 3 kids popped out, they looked rather dissapointed.
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"The Prisoner of Zenda" (1937) -- Ronald Colman, Madeleine Carroll, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Raymond Massey
"The Gang's All Here" -- 20th Century-Fox musical with Alice Faye and Carmen Miranda
"That Lady in Ermine" -- 20th Century-Fox musical with Betty Grable and Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
"A Royal Scandal" -- Ernst Lubitsch farce for 20th Century-Fox with Tallulah Bankhead and William Eythe.
"With A Song in My Heart" -- 1952 -- 20th Century-Fox musical biography of Jane Froman with Susan Hayward, Rory Calhoun, Thelma Ritter and David Wayne.
ALL the Andy Hardy films from MGM (pre-Rooney's going off to WWII).
All the RKO Astaire-Rogers films, including MGM's "The Barkleys of Broadway".
"El Cid" in full stereo, widescreen splendor.
"The VIPs"
...to name a few....
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Good vibes to DR Jay! ~~~~~~~~~~~
And Swishy your mom sounds smart ;)
(seriously though, sometimes the bad auditions really hurt my ears!)
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Oh! DRRON reminded me:
A TALE OF TWO CITIES with Dirk Bogarde available in a Region 2 Deluxe Disc....grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr...
Police Car - yes
Fire Truck - no
Limo - yes
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DR DerBrucer said: "If you don't have it, we would be glad to loan you "BAMBI" on LD so you could do "whatever"."
Thanks. I have BAMBI on laserdisc as well as CINDERELLA, LADY AND THE TRAMP, POCAHONTAS, HERCULES, and several other Disney treats, and if my laserdisc machine is indeed giving up the ghost, all of these will be replaced as soon as possible/available. In fact, I found a used HERCULES DVD for $8 just the other day and got it.
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Yes, indeed, good vibes to DR Jay on the employment opportunity.
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Great idea, DR td, about issuing SONG OF THE SOUTH in a Disney tin. I can tell you now they would be snapped up so fast, Disney wouldn't know what hit them.
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Yes to the limo - HEAR THAT Uncouth Interlopers - YES TO THE LIMO (they'll understand).
Now, I'm beginning to wonder if anyone actually reads the NOTES anymore - after all, in the old days someone would have been all over me so fast for not posting the winners and answers to the trivia contest. Makes you wonder, don't it?
Answers and winners tomorrow, Comedy Tonight.
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Swishy, it's funny you should ask about who has ridden in a limo before. The other night DH Noel and I went to a wedding in Central Park, and when we were ready to go, their driver took us to the subway station in a limo. When we got in Noel said to me, "Honey, have you ever been in a limo before?" I looked at him for a minute and then said, "Yeah, we rode back to our hotel in one after our wedding." Hee hee
I've also been in limos on other occasions: My first New Year's Eve after I turned 21, my Dad hired a limo to drive us around Lake Tahoe and Reno with my stepmother and a bunch of their friends. We drank ourselves silly and barhopped all over town and eventually ended up at the Peppermill for breakfast at about 4am. That was a great night. Another occasion was the closing night of a production of SOUND OF MUSIC. The producers sent limos to pick us up at the stage door and take us to the airport, where we flew home.
Living in New York, though, we see limos driving around so often that by this time I've learned that 9 times out of 10, it's probably nobody more famous than a bunch of bachelorette party-goers.
So what happened to karma?
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Thanks Jack for the Bogarde reference. Thank goodness once again I live in a region anything zone! Not sure that I would buy the movie - it was a favourite from my childhood - but it will probably be released here in OZ. I can still remember the sound of screaming Peacocks used so effectively in the film.
Dirk was IMHO one of the finest actors of his generation.
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Actually, I was thinking about bringing up the Electronic Hat, MR BK, but I thought maybe you had been frazzled by the Pajama Party and the galleys and just hadn't had time .... so I will be the first but not the last to ask in spite of your last post...
Who is the winner of the sparkling prize for answering the trivia question? And I think everyone who entered should also ask, so that MR BK will feel that things are as they should be?
And what is the sparkling prize?
So true TOMOVOZ - and that is my favorite version of the tale. I have the video, and yes the peacocks are terrifying....Christopher Lee is so good as the Count....and Dirk is so young and handsome that his wastral ways are a heartrending loss of a human life...and his final sacrifice all the more touching, because his scenes with Dorothy Tutin as Lucy Manette Evremonde are so full of longing....*sigh* One of my favorite of all movies!
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SS where does your uncle live that he has never seen a limo?
It has been a long time, not that I miss it, but I have ridden in a number of limos. The first time was the most exciting. I think I was 16 and we were on our way to a Beatle’s concert at the Hollywood Bowl. I have never been a fan of The Beatle’s but the entire experience was great. I spent more time watching, and laughing at the audience than the concert.
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Swishy unfortunately at this moment, the only limos I can think of that I've driven in were for funerals :(
Ha, DR Joy, that is funny that DR Noel forgot about the wedding limo. Bad, bad!
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The movie I wish were out on DVD in letterbox is "Sorcerer" by Billy Friedkin and soundtrack by Tangerine Dream, starring Roy Scheider. Wow! And since they've just released one of Freidkin's other great movies (To Live and Die in L.A.) I'd imagine a letterboxed Sorcerer should be next.
Dave in the Valley
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Dare I say this here? We don’t collect DVD’s.
You are not alone, Jane. I own maybe 6 or 7. My DVD player is iffy at best, so I've never gone out of my way to buy DVD's. My daughter owns hundreds, however.
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(http://www.alkenmrs.com/soapsrus/images/tale2cities.jpg)
Dirk....
Darling, Song Without End, Doctor in the House, Victim and so many more!
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Ha, DR Joy, that is funny that DR Noel forgot about the wedding limo. Bad, bad!
Or a compliment. Maybe he was simply on cloud nine. ;)
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Welcome to Dave in the Valley....the valley so low.
DRJANE - I hope you mean the BEATLES. ;D
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Panni I appreciate having a good DVD player. The picture is far superior to a tape. I just don’t feel a need to collect them, nor do I need to accumulate more of anything. Netflix makes a difference since we never need to go to a video store, we just use the postal service.
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Swishy - Yes to limos, no to fire engines, yes to police car.
In doing research for the film I'm working on, I got to ride around in a police car in the area with the highest crime rate in LA. They gave me a bullet proof vest and I had to sign a disclaimer saying, in effect, my survivors wouldn't sue if I were offed. I survived, obviously. It was actually quite interesting -- and very sad.
You left out ambulances. Yes to ambulances.
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DRJANE - I hope you mean the BEATLES. ;D
I knew this would happen. :-[ I had Bea and of course spell check, which I usually use, changed it. I checked on google and found both spellings which confused me even more. Then I found, what I thought, was the correct spelling and used it even though my brain was saying no way. I told you I’m not a fan.
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Here's my choices for deeveedees unreleased:
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls. Russ Meyer's masterpiece!
The Silent Partner, starring Eliott Gould and Christopher Plummer. It's an utterly perfect thriller, which few people have seen. It's also known as Think of a Number.
I Was a Teenage Werewolf/I Was a Teenage Frankenstein. I know it's cheating a bit, but these two movies are just made for a double-feature deeveedee.
Murders in the Rue Morgue, starring Bela Lugosi. The movie really isn't very good, but it has one of my favorite Lugosi performances.
She. Ursula Andress. Score by James Bernard. One of the very best films Hammer ever made.
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My problem is that I'm a fan of so many movies that I want to have them here ready to play at a moment's notice.
But that's called having no life, and I guess I fall into that category. Actually, I hav a very full life, but in off-times when I'm not doing a show and most of TV is reruns, those DVDs are godsends.
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Where in the Valley do you hail from?
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nor do I need to accumulate more of anything.
I can understand that! When I moved recently, it was into a much smaller space, so I had to get rid of so much STUFF. Which really made me think about all the things we own. Far, far too much. I'm trying now not to accumulate more. I know I'll be living in a bigger space one of these days, but I don't want to fill it up with things I don't really need. What's the point? And I'm not criticizing all you collectors out there. Just talking about me.
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There are some stories abour Fireman and Policeman that I am sure will not be posted. LOL
MY lips are sealed!
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Penny O just called from Grants Pass, which means she should be here within the hour. She is just stopping by for a short visit before continuing on her journey to L.A.
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MY lips are sealed!
I can picture that...
And your hands...they're bound behind you....and you have shackles on your legs....
And what's that hanging from the ceiling...and what's up with those mirrors?????
What is all this?
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Jane, the rule has to do with possessives. (I often spell that wrong, so please someone correct me if I've done it again.) The Beatles have many records (not record's). One of The Beatles' songs is Sargent Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. If you say Beatle's, you are referring to something that belongs to The Beatle.
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Say hi to PennyO for me, Jane. I enjoyed meeting her (briefly) at bk's partay.
I'm trying not to buy too many books -- got rid of hundreds before I moved. But I just bought "Down and Dirty Pictures: Miramax, Sundance, and the Rise of Independent Film" -- couldn't resist. (I wasn't going to put in the subtitle, but changed my mind. Don't want to spoil my squeaky clean image with some of our younger HHW-ers.)
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Panni moves are great for reducing our belongings. We are on the verge of breaking a record,5½ years in one house, next month. Either we need to move again or I need to do some serious sorting out of unnecessary items. My problem is I’m very sentimental and like to save everything.
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Thank you, Dear Readers Matt H. and Jennifer. Gosh, you guys are swell!
Limo: yes
Police car: no
Firetruck: no
Ambulance: thankfully, no
Enjoy the book, DR Panni. The reviews I've read indicate that juice should be dripping from the binding.
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Yes, I was just discussing this problem with someone at work. My DH Noel has a difficult time throwing anything out. It has become easier for him in the last few years, he is definitely making progress, but some people just find it very hard to let go of things. As for me, I have moved around so much in my life that I don't really develop serious attachments to objects. Except for my sex toys. Oops, did I say that?
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My WICKED cd came today!
And oh my - I know they are considering a remake, but can the performances of Andy Griffith, Patricia Neal, Walter Matthau, and Lee Remick in A FACE IN THE CROWD really be improved upon?
"Jump....get out of my life....get out of everyone's life....jump...jump...jump!"
Oh, DRPANNI - I was asking about this book the other day and no one said anything....I am breathless waiting for your opinion. :P
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It takes me awhile to usually determine that I won't be needing certain things any more, and then I'm OK with throwing them out. I had no trouble ridding my office of dozens and dozens of textbooks from my years of teaching and serving on textbook evaulation committees. So, I'm a modified pack rat, I guess.
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DR JRand wrote:
"And oh my - I know they are considering a remake, but can the performances of Andy Griffith, Patricia Neal, Walter Matthau, and Lee Remick in A FACE IN THE CROWD really be improved upon?"
No, it can't, and it shouldn't be tried. I was reading in something, ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY I believe, where one of their film critics was salivating over the thought of the new MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE. I, on the other hand, have an upset stomach thinking about it, even though I adore Meryl Streep.
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I'm afraid I'm one of those lurkers who hasn't posted since the new format came into being (never did take to having to page repeatedly). As for the DVD I'd like to see, I think I'd really like to see "The Maltese Bippy" (having had a crush on Carol Lynley in my adolescence).
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Jane, my uncle lives in Southern Maryland. It's just strange to me, becuase he hasn't ALWAYS lived there, he's lived in Canada, Rochester, Miami, Philly. I'm not completely sure I believe he's never seen one, but he definetly hasn't BEEN in one. He's one of those uncles that makes stuff up to look cool in front of the little kids. This is also the uncle that adopted Anastasia, from Kazakhstan.
DR Joy: I was thinking the same way Jane was. He must have been completely smitten if he didn't remember the limo ride :).
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Same here MATTH!
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Welcome back VinTek
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How sad is it that I haven't even hit 200 posts yet, and I've been here since day one?
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Welcome to the new forum, DR VinTek.
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To be watched tonight instead of The State of the Union: THE SIMPSONS - Season 3.
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Welcome back to the board VinTek! And welcome aboard Dave from the Valley!
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Dave from the Valley: Sorcerer IS out on DVD - I've had it for several years - try amazon.
Three more chapters to go - still finding the little style and format things, but thankfully nothing major at all.
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BK, I think he wanted SORCERER in a widescreen anamorphic format rather than the fullscreen that is presently available. Or have they updated it?
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Say hi to PennyO for me, Jane. I enjoyed meeting her (briefly) at bk's partay.
Hi, Panni! I'm here with Jane and Keith and their little menagerie ... about to climb back into the car and head down your way. My parents tell me the weather is relentlessly lovely... oh, well... dirty job, but someone gotta do it... see ya soon.
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Oh, and I see I'm no longer in Dutch! Thanks, Uncle Keith.
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To be watched tonight instead of The State of the Union: THE SIMPSONS - Season 3.
Good choice Matt. Heck even I am not going to be watching the SOTU after last year's sleeper. And I watch pretty much anything political CNN throws out a new banner for ;)
Plus I wasted a TON of time last night watching the surprisingly interesting Iowa Caucuses.
Andrea's CYGOPP (who actually is American and has a vested interest in this whole kittenkaboodle) is going down to New Hampshire this weekend to volunteer for Dean.
Sometimes it would be nice to be American and get a chance to participate in a system that matters.
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btw... for swishy's question:
limo = yes
police car = no
fire engine = I have stood on one but it was not actually moving and so does not count as an official "ride"
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Still full screen, apparently at Mr. Friedkin's request - although he'd probably feel different now.
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Ah, finally a restful moment. Baby was in a really bratty mood this afternoon, screaming bloody murder if I attempted to put him down for even a second. Five year old was actually pretty good for him. Their father had brought home a new reptile and he was playing with it when I picked him up. I took one look at it and recognized it as a rough skinned newt (I used to work for the Forest Service in the bio department) a calm little creature, but rather posionous if provoked. So he's in a plastic container waiting for release into the wild. \
Now baby is finally asleep on the couch. Exhaustion finally won out. Riley is happily eating macaroni and cheese and watching PBS kids, kitchen is all cleaned up and dishes put away, toy room is cleaned, and I finally have a moment to sit and catch up on lovely posts.
Wow...this sure was a rambling post...
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Oh yeah, never ridden in anything exciting..no limo, no fire truck, police car, or ambulance...not even a helicopter..
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BTW, Bruce, I completely forgot to mention that in the mall last night, I stopped in Suncoast to buy some DVD's. While I was at the checkout counter, I noticed some people in the "Musicals" section, looking down at a DVD and saying "This looks hilarious. We should buy it!"
It turned out to be TFNM.
I never thought I'd actually see a copy of that movie. While they were reading the cast on the back, and your name was said, I wanted to say "I know that man! I know him! I talked to him yesterday!", but I kept my cool. :). I am such a nerd sometimes.
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How sad is it that I haven't even hit 200 posts yet, and I've been here since day one?
You were doing important things such as school work.
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Limo. No.
Helicopter. No.
Police Car. Yes. Remind me to tell you about the hard time I spend in the Big House. The Joint. The Gray Bar Hotel.
Ambulance. Yes.
SUV. No.
Greyhound Bus. Actually more frightening than the Police Car. Lotsa whacked-out fundamentalists go Greyhound, it seems.
Staten Island Ferry. Yes.
Submarine. Yes.
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Did they buy the DVD? Still proofing merrily away with red eyes.
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Penny O just left. We had a nice visit, sweet but short. After she left and I returned to my computer I discovered I had to log in again. I was rather surprised when I posted and Penny’s picture came up.
It’s nice to have you back VinTec.
SS cute story. You made me smile.
Ann I think this family is very lucky to have you to watch their children.
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WB DRs Joy and VinTek! Joy, I'm so glad you've gone back to auditioning! I mean, I think you'll do fine...I love your voice!
Break a leg with the Producers callbacks! Have you been watching Curb Your Enthusiasm lately (with The Producers story arc)? Absolutely hilarious.
Good vibes to DR Jay! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I can't do any better than wanting Evening Primrose, Barnum and Star! on DVD. And the Company cast recording session. I REALLY want to see that.
I heard HBO is airing Elaine Stritch: At Liberty later this month! Wee...I don't have to buy it now, I can tape it!!
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Thanks, Maya!
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BK: I have no ide if they bought it. I left and they were still looking at it.
Jane: I'm glad I made you smile!
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Jane: I'm glad I made you smile!
You usually do. :)
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Limo - yes, funeral procession
Ambulance - no
Fire truck - no
Police car - yes
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Finished proofing and now have to type all the corrections up. It's all pretty easy stuff - some of it annoying because it was correct in the manuscript and they should have caught their mistakes. But, I'm still hopeful we can get all this done in one pass over the next two weeks.
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I don't think I've ever been in a limo.
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Been in a limo several times. They sent me one for the DRAGONHEART premiere. Two years ago my business manager took a bunch of us to Anaheim for the world series in a stretch limo.
Another DVD I want to see GUNGA DIN, the restored version (with Kipling) with notes and commentary by Rudy Behlmer, the only man qualified to do it.
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Evening all! :-)
Welcome to yet another Newbie! Happy posting, VinTec!
Limo. No.
Helicopter. No.
Police Car. No
Ambulance. No--but believe it or not, yesterday was the closest I ever came to it.
SUV. All the time. My bosses ride.
Greyhound Bus. Yes.
City Bus-Yes. Monday through Friday and if you ever want to hear some horror stories, just let me know.
Staten Island Ferry. Yes. I was in NYC for a few hours and got to ride one.
Submarine. Yes and no. I have been on a real one, parked at a pier as a tour and do you count the sub ride at Disney as having ridden one?
Jane said:
Thanks for the compliment Danise. Good luck at with round 2 next week.
No compliment, Jane. Just truth. :)
Round 2 was yesterday afternoon. I was given some meds in the morning and had to go back to be checked and have an Xray in the afternoon.
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Well, I like ROSE MARIE, DR Danise. One must enter into those movies knowing that those operetta conventions are going to seem silly nowadays. That's one reason why you don't see those musicals revived on Broadway. They keep bringing back FIDDLER for another round.
DRMatt. I know I was a bit harsh. Turning into a Simon, I guess. :)
Jennifer said:
I don't think I've ever fallen down a flight of stairs in public. I'm curious, how many people were around. And did anybody offer to help you? (maybe some cute guys???)
When I was a little girl, I was totally AMAZED when we visited family up North and they had a 2nd story with STAIRS (gasp!) in the HOUSE! Can you imagine that? I had never seen the like before. I spent a whole afternoon going up and down it. They found me, asleep, on the stairs when I finely wore myself out.
Enough for one post.
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1. Ambulance. No--but believe it or not, yesterday was the closest I ever came to it.
2. Round 2 was yesterday afternoon. I was given some meds in the morning and had to go back to be checked and have an Xray in the afternoon.
1. Did I miss a post?
2. Is there a connection here?
The best of vibes that everything is okay.
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Limo. No.
Helicopter. No.
Police Car. Yes.
Ambulance. No.
SUV. No.
Greyhound Bus. Yes.
City Bus. Yes.
New York City Taxicab. Yes. :P
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Der Brucer's been busy watching American Yodel. Which also sums up my feelings about the show.
We did not go to see LOTR:ROTK today, deciding to put it off for one extra because we had other things that had to get done. For example, we got me my Delaware ID card. My photo makes me look like I'm in the slammer for some reason. Maybe it's the rust-colored shirt, which looks kinda orange in the pic.
And we did get some of that shopping done. Given half a chance, der Brucer can spend a fortune at Harry and David, and that's before I pitch in and help. And he needed socks. But not from Harry and David.
And we went looking for a boat ramp. Not for us, for his son-in-law, who has a boat and nowhere to sink it. We found a couple of possibilities.
And we went downtown, because by this time it was Happy Hour but everyplace that would have Happy Hour wasn't even open! Rehoboth almost completely shuts down on Tuesdays and Wednesdays during the winter. However, we found this really nice place that serves Mediterrandean cuisine called Celsius (http://www.celsiusrestaurant.com/homepage.html), where we both had Kir Royale and appetizers (for him, Oysters Florentine, for me Seared Ahi with a sesame-ginger sauce.), along with a very nice chat with one of the owners. I also recapped the plot for LOTR, as far as who was where by the end of the second film without sounding too much like an Anna Russel routine ("Remember Fafner?").
All in all, not a bad day.
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I remember Farfel.
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Aww, thank you, BK and George for taking the time to explain and to check that info out for me. Yes, Disney has that silly vault. That part I knew. I just had no idea that The Little Mermaid was ever released on DVD. I will survive without it for now, as I still have it on tape. I am quite happy that I bought the special edition of Beauty and the Beast last year. It's my favorite Disney animated feature. What's yours?
It's taken me a while to answer, but "Beauty and the Beast," "The Little Mermaid," "Snow White," "Hunchback of Notre Dame," "Aladdin" and I actually really liked "The Emperor's New Groove."
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Here's my choices for deeveedees unreleased:
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls. Russ Meyer's masterpiece!
The Silent Partner, starring Eliott Gould and Christopher Plummer. It's an utterly perfect thriller, which few people have seen. It's also known as Think of a Number.
I Was a Teenage Werewolf/I Was a Teenage Frankenstein. I know it's cheating a bit, but these two movies are just made for a double-feature deeveedee.
Murders in the Rue Morgue, starring Bela Lugosi. The movie really isn't very good, but it has one of my favorite Lugosi performances.
She. Ursula Andress. Score by James Bernard. One of the very best films Hammer ever made.
The Silent Partner was great!! Plummer was fantastic in the film and it had to have one of the most unusual murders I have ever seen in a movie.
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Question: How many of you have ridden in a limo? I'm guessing all, but you never know. I learned the other day that my uncle hasn't ever been in a limo, nor seen one in "real life". Kind of strange, don't you think?
For my niece's 16th birthday, she and several of her friends got a limo ride for an hour. I've seen many limos and driven next to them on the freeway, but I've never been in one.
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To answer Jennifer's Question:
I have the unfortunate habit of falling down stairs all the time (and can't even claim Danise's excuse of novelty since I have always lived in a house with multiple stories)
Last winter I tripped on a patch of ice at the top of the stairs outside of the Arts Building at McGill. I actually FLEW through the air and landed on my side on the asphalt at the bottom. Now THAT was painful.
The offending steps are dead centre (note that McGill students today are not dressed like the people from this... er... period picture):
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As for observers doing anything, I don't think anyone noticed my fall at the metro station and I can remember saying "ow" about 5 seconds after the fall and then getting up and walking away. The McGill trip illicited some genuine concern from onlookers as well as a smattering of mocking applause from the smokers who congregate in that location (which of course made me stand up and bow in true joking fashion all while saying "ow ow ow ow ow ow" in my head)
Thanks again everyone for the good vibes but I think I might just survive. Until the next time my old nemesis shows up again...
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I saw somewhere that new Faces of 1952 is out on DVD. Is it a public domain source or is it a proper transfer to DVD?
Anyone know how such MGM films like Royal Wedding and Till the Clouds Roll By fell into public domain? I would think that the music is still under copyright that would at least allow MGM to regain ownership
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Oh yeah, never ridden in anything exciting..no limo, no fire truck, police car, or ambulance...not even a helicopter...
When my dad was in the army, he took a few lessons on how to fly a helicopter. I think it may have been an introductory course, just in case he needed to land the thing if he and the pilot were shot at...when he was stationed in Viet Nam for a year during the war.
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I really don't and won't buy that many DVDs. I spend more time listening to music than watching movies. I will certainly buy "Star" when it it released. It would be wonderful if some of those "made for TV" musicals were to be released on DVD. I would certainly buy "Applause" and "Evening Primose" would be a must have. "Barnum" with Michael Crawford should surely get a DVD release too.
"Barnum" with Michael Crawford has been released on DVD. I have it!
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I have just finished watching our President's State of the Union address, Dear Readers, and the only logical conclusion I can arrive at is that I must move to Canada without delay.
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Agreed.
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To there person who wanted It's a Bird, It's a Plane, it's Superman on DVD. Are you relying on your memory of the tv special? I have it on video tape and watch it recently it was sooooooooo bad. I really don't know who would want it. And it is not a true representation of the stage show.
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I have just finished watching our President's State of the Union address, Dear Readers, and the only logical conclusion I can arrive at is that I must move to Canada without delay.
LOL!!!!
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Jay - LOL
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The Silent Partner was great!! Plummer was fantastic in the film and it had to have one of the most unusual murders I have ever seen in a movie.
I agree that THE SILENT PARTNER is an excellent film. When I think of it I always feel a bit spooked. And not just because the movie is scary... Celine Lomez, who played Gould's girlfriend and is the victim of the "unusual murder" you mention, subsequently starred in a CBC movie I wrote and my ex-husband directed. She was cast because of her performance in Silent Partner. Well, this particular movie was cursed. Never have so many horrible things happened on any shoot I've been involved with. I won't list the whole range of horrors, but will mention the primary one. Celine played a model. We shot a runway sequence in a kind of open mall surrounded by apartments. The lead model in the sequence was an actual model, not an actress - a gorgeous young woman. She and I talked a bit during breaks and she was sweet as well as beautiful. During the modeling sequence, I noticed many people in the surrounding apartments, watching from their windows.
That night, my husband and I had the news on, with no sound. I glanced over at the set and noticed something familiar - it was the modeling sequence from the film. How the hell did that get on the late news? And why? We turned up the sound just in time to hear the news reader say that the lead model in the sequence had been murdered!
After I got over the shock I began to theorize that it must've been one of the onlookers - shades of Rear Window.
As it turned out, the poor young woman had let some kind of phone repair man into her apartment and he killed her.
Sorry for the long gory tale - but the mention of Silent Partner brought it back into my head.
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While you're all LOL, I'm COLABMHATWATSATTVAATST (crying out loud and banging my head against the wall and throwing shoes at the TV all at the same time.)
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I have just finished watching our President's State of the Union address, Dear Readers, and the only logical conclusion I can arrive at is that I must move to Canada without delay.
Now everyone will be wanting to marry me to get Canadian citizenship!
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Jay, were you actually expecting something that wouldn't make you bang your head against the wall?
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I expected some rattling off of accomplishments here in the U.S. Guess there haven't been any!
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...Because if you were, you forgot for a moment who the president is.
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SHE is hardly one of the best Hammer films ever made...and it may be the poorest version of SHE that was made, though none of them are very good. The 1935 version has a spectacular dance/ritual and a great Max Steiner score...but all of them do an injustice to the great, great novel by Rider Haggard. But then I demanding in this instance. SHE happens to be my favourite novel of all time. None of the movies have captured its haunting quality and always try to make rather dull Leo the hero. Holly is the hero and his relationship with She much more interesting.
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But now that you remember, you can calm down and vote for the Dems. Twice (once for me).
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Oh, I just remembered what I wanted to post before the Prez distracted me. Perhaps this was discussed while I was in San Francisco, but CBS is doing a 3 hour remake of SCROOGE, with Leslie Bricusse writing a new script and 7 new songs.
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Painful AMERICAN IDOL auditions tonight. Even several being sent to Hollywood for the next elimination round were not very good.
I laughed at the awfulness of some of them, but most of them I just felt embarrassed and mortified for. How can they possibly think they have talent? That they could actually compete in a competition with people who do know what notes are, what pitch is, and what rhythm is.
Many of us who are performers here have attended musical auditions when it was clear there were people getting up who had never auditioned before. That's what so many of these folks tonight reminded me of.
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Jay, were you actually expecting something that wouldn't make you bang your head against the wall?
No, but it still pains me to hear it said out loud and watch all those people on the right side of the aisle (sorry, DRs SWW and DB) jump up and applaud everything the President said.
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Yes, I read that about the CBS SCROOGE remake in VARIETY this morning, and I meant to comment on it. I'm glad you did, DR Panni.
In the case of MGM and TILL THE CLOUDS ROLL BY and ROYAL WEDDING, they may have lost their exclusive ownership rights to the films, but they retain the master elements which is why the laserdisc of TILL THE CLOUDS ROLL BY is simply beautiful and the public domain version look like two strip Technicolor at best or are missing musical numbers. Warners will still be the only studio who will be able to turn out really spectacular looking DVDs of these filsm, if and when they ever decide to do them.
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No, but it still pains me to hear it said out loud and watch all those people on the right side of the aisle (sorry, DRs SWW and DB) jump up and applaud everything the President said.
Precisely the reason I didn't watch. I can read what he had to say in tomorrow's newspaper without all the well trained minions and their support.
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No, but it still pains me to hear it said out loud and watch all those people on the right side of the aisle (sorry, DRs SWW and DB) jump up and applaud everything the President said.
That's all right Jay, we felt the same way back when the automatic applause and aerobics was from the alternative side of the aisle. (Hey, get that alliteration!)
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As I try to keep happy thoughts in mind after watching the state of the union...
Limo. No.-- We took a horse and carriage to Prom.
Helicopter. No.
Police Car. No
Ambulance. No
SUV. Possibly
Greyhound Bus. Yes-- far too many times this year!..
Staten Island Ferry. I love the staten Island ferry-- Just not the doors-- I don't think Emily ever got around to telling anyone the door story.
And DR Danise-- I know the feeling! We have stairs to the basement with all our bedrooms on the main floor-- I always wanted to live in a house with two floors, where I could decend from my bedroom in formal wear to the awaiting men.....
I apologize for being E and T lately-- I have not had anything to say/contribute so I remained silent.
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I have just finished watching our President's State of the Union address, Dear Readers, and the only logical conclusion I can arrive at is that I must move to Canada without delay.
I believe that we actually interupted our state of the union drinking game to throw things at the screen at certain points.
I personally offer to marry anyone who wants to come to Canada!
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And DR Danise-- I know the feeling! We have stairs to the basement with all our bedrooms on the main floor-- I always wanted to live in a house with two floors, where I could decend from my bedroom in formal wear to the awaiting men.....
I grew up in a two story house. When I was in high school I practiced my “decent down the stairs” in order to impress my dates. LOL- I didn’t have many dates. I only remember one occasion when the trick worked & it wasn’t a date, just a friend. At least I have the one memory.
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Precisely the reason I didn't watch. I can read what he had to say in tomorrow's newspaper without all the well trained minions and their support.
Let's just say, that as a supporter of same-sex marriages... I have never been so shocked in my life by what he said. It was disgusting.
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Fascinating. A sizable percentage of the Canadian Hainsies/Kimlets appear to follow U.S. politics rather closely. I'm betting a sizable percentage of the U.S. population could not correctly state whether Canada is north, south, east or west of the U.S.
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Panni that is a sad story & slightly eerie story.
I'm glad you & Jay kept me laughing in-between the story.
Good night all. Sleep well.
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Fascinating. A sizable percentage of the Canadian Hainsies/Kimlets appear to follow U.S. politics rather closely. I'm betting a sizable percentage of the U.S. population could not correctly state whether Canada is north, south, east of west of the U.S.
By virtue of my future move to the states (CYGOPP has decided that we are getting married and moving to New York) and the boyfriend's interest in politics (and my interest in redecorating the White House), I have no choice but to follow it.
Canada is all around the US:) You will indeed become Molson Territory soon!
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Put me near a circular stairway, especially a grand one, especially in a public space, and you can watch me make the descent of all descents.
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Fascinating. A sizable percentage of the Canadian Hainsies/Kimlets appear to follow U.S. politics rather closely. I'm betting a sizable percentage of the U.S. population could not correctly state whether Canada is north, south, east of west of the U.S.
I was appalled at the total ignorance about Canada when I first moved to the States. I remember going into a bank once to cash a check (or "cheque" in Canada) I'd received from the CBC. When the teller handed me the exact sum on the check I told him that was incorrect as it was in Canadian funds, which would be worth less. He said (I swear), "They don't have dollars in Canada!" I asked him what he thought Canadian currency was and her replied that he thought it might be francs. Now I realize this is an extreme case, but not THAT extreme.
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Give many US students a blank map of the world and ask them to find the United States. Not only will they not be able to do it, many will have the world map upside down. As a teacher for 30 years in the public school system, I speak the truth.
That's why I had maps on every wall of my classroom, and whenever we read any story or book that contained one or more settings, the first assignment was to find where the story was happening on one of the maps in my classroom.
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What do you think is the cause of this ignorance? I think most people's first instinct would be to blame the educational system, but I don't buy that. I know far to many hard working teachers who struggle everyday with getting their students to learn... is it the media that encourages ignorance?
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Give many US students a blank map of the world and ask them to find the United States. Not only will they not be able to do it, many will have the world map upside down. As a teacher for 30 years in the public school system, I speak the truth.
That's why I had maps on every wall of my classroom, and whenever we read any story or book that contained one or more settings, the first assignment was to find where the story was happening on one of the maps in my classroom.
Which is one of the reasons why your students will be grateful to you well into their lives.
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Just heard some good news/bad news (well, not bad, just stupid) which I'll write about in tomorrow's notes.
Been perusing the Anthony Newley bio from England. Kind of a bland pudding but fun anyway.
And is CBS really so bankrupt that they can't come up with anything other than a remake of an already wonderful film, Scrooge? Who will they cast - Drew Carey?
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And then there's kids like me, who've had obsessive history teachers their whole lives. With the blank map in front of me for memory purposes, I can name all of the countries in South America, and then Asia, going clockwise. And most of their capitals. Capitols? Capitals?
See, I don't need a history lesson; I need English.
I can also name every state in the USA in alphabetical order in under 1 minute. That, of course, is contributed to the famous "Fifty Nifty USA" song. Betcha Laura II knows it.
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WEHT TCB? Well, that's a bit disingenuous of me - I have had a hint of WEHT TCB and I'm going to say that I'm not so happy right now - just as I am not so happy about the absence of Francois for the same reasons. I am going to say this and I am going to say it strongly: If ANYONE makes ANY disparaging or offensive remark about ANY dear reader, they will be asked to never do it again or they will be asked to leave this site. I'll ask nicely, of course, and then, if that doesn't work, I'll simply preclude them from being here. I'm just not going to tolerate this anymore. I think we've all looked the other way lately and hoped it would get better - but I'm not having favorite people like TCB and Francois leave because of this stupid stupid behavior. I was hoping to not have to do this, but everyone here is important to me. I've said it before, and I'll say it again - the thing that makes this site different is that people are treated with respect, whether opinions differ or not. So, it's very simple -think before you post. If someone is presenting an opinion you really can't stand, just step back and either don't respond or respond and state your objections but state them non-confrontationally and with respect. I love this jernt and I'm not having it go the way of other jernts.
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Yes, despite the efforts of Alex Trebek on "Jeopardy," the particulars about Canada remain a mystery to most U.S. citizens (and illegal visitors, too). I have heard that 90% of the Canadian population lives within 100 miles of the Canada-U.S. border.
North! Jay, Canada is up north!
American Idol: Sheesh! I don't know what to say. When I was in college and majoring in theater, auditioning for everything was a requirement. And when it came time to audition for a musical, you HAD to prepare a song and you did the best you could. Nobody laughed. I was petrified, my right arm went numb, and I'm pretty sure I "talked" most of "What Kind of Fool Am I?" I had never sung in front of people -- and I'm guessing a lot of the "American Idol" contestants haven't either.
But...and this is a BIG but... what must they hear when they hear good music? And how is it they think their singing is comparable or better? Can they not hear themselves???
Even so, it's a gut-wrenching experience. I'm supposing that if you don't know you're horrible or horrendous -- or worse, that if you believe you're good -- the comments from Randy and Simon and Paula had to cut some of them to the core.
I only watched the Atlanta auditions, but Simon never said anything that I didn't agree with.
The guy who asked for a public apology probably remains delusional. The guy who said he was "defined" by the stomach thing he can do -- great abdominal definition is his "talent," apparently -- was really sad, I thought.
Judging from what they should us of the Houston audition show, I'd say it's a whole lot of horrible.
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Thanks George. I missed out on the release of "Barnum". Had it on video for years but don't check in to Dress Circle etc that often.
Many Oz kids would be able to name most of the 50 states. I wonder if USA kids could name any Australian ones. But then of course Australia is one of those European countries and they are all so close togther.
I sometimes wonder if those poor US soldiers have any idea where they are on the World Map.
Please to read this as anti American sentiment. Canadians are certainly (in my limited experience of being in their country and in the USA) not as insular.
Did Delaware a brand New Jersey Sarah? Why did California? She called to say Hawaiia.
Thank goodness they don't write lyrics for like that any more. Or do they?
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Methinks, Tomovoz, that many schoolchildren in the USA (assuming they can read maps at all) are looking at maps that show Australia as one big thing. Usually yellow, if I recall from my own days of yore. The USA, on the other hand, has lots of different colors, instead of one big consistant one. Therefor, the USA has states, while Australia must not! (Also puzzling is why Canada's provences are often shown on our maps, while Mexico's aren't. That's why Americans think all Mexican food tastes the same, like that coming from Taco Bell, with no regional differences.)
Der Brucer has bought a globe for his grandsons, which we haven't given to them yet. For a very nice change of pace, Australia is a verdent green, and the USA is very rose from coast to coast. (Maybe all our food will taste like Taco Bell soon!)
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Interesting. Three people in a row totally ignore my post. Fascinating, baby.
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bk - Did all this happen while I was away for all of two days? Have to admit I haven't had the time to read all the posts during my absence. When I left TCB was quite happy. He and I had a late night conversation, as a matter of fact. What could anyone have said to such a nice man?
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Greetings one and all! Yes, I have returned. Forgive me for being E&T for the past couple of days. However, I have learned one valuable lesson: Haines and Kimlets -- Can't live without them, can't live without them!
Okay, it may not have the same zing as the original, but it is late. ....And I've got a lot of posting to do.(Oh, a Bye, Bye Birdie reference)
Now, from what I have been reading here, in the last few minutes, there is going to be a mass wedding held on the steps of the Ottawa City Hall. Is Dan-in Toronto one of the Canadians willing to marry a disenfranchised American???? Now, exactly how many miles south of Los Angeles is Ottawa?
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Much Ado... He's back. Hello, TCB! Glad you haven't vanished. Glad I don't have to go back and read all the posts to solve the mystery of your disappearance.
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Well, I'm not going to ignore it. . .
If I have said anything to offend anyone, or called people names other than the names which we've agreed on, I am heartily sorry.
But, I did want to ask ya, BK, if you have been over to RATM lately? I have been posting civilly, and responding in civil tones to posts which have happened to catch my eye. I will not say that a certain person and I have become *buddies," (he's still on my blocked email senders, where he shall remain) but, I haven't kill-filed him yet on RATM.
Too much negativity is bad for the soul.
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Td, you have never made an uncivil post here, and you have no need to apologize. In fact, I'm not asking for apologies from anyone - I'm just asking for people to think and remember what we're about here.
Welcome home, TCB!
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Oh, and as to ratm, I can't even read it anymore - Mr. Newport over there is just insufferable and I can't stomach him.
But, I haven't even been reading ATC - it's just such a bore.
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Okay, folks, now that everyone is safely back home, I can go to bed and read. G'night. See you in the morning.
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bk - Did all this happen while I was away for all of two days? Have to admit I haven't had the time to read all the posts during my absence. When I left TCB was quite happy. He and I had a late night conversation, as a matter of fact. What could anyone have said to such a nice man?
My dear, Panni, telling the world about our late night conversations? Well, now I guess you will have to marry me, before Pa goes and gets his shotgun.
Let me just say, that pehaps, at times, I can be a little too sensitive. And, as we have often said here at HHW, one can, at times, miss the actual intent of a post and over-react. I just stayed away the last few days rather than say something that I might regret. Thank you all for the kind thoughts. It is nice to be missed.
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Now, exactly how many miles south of Los Angeles is Ottawa?
I'm not sure about Ottawa, DR TCB, but I can recall from my single days getting confused when a perspective boyfriend told me he'd come all the way in to the San Fernando Valley from Ontario! :-\
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I have a very dear friend, who is leaving on a cruise in two weeks, and she was telling me what day she and her husband would be getting to Puerto Rico. Well, it turns out it is actually Costa Rica, but hey they are both south of here.
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Gee, I hope I am not responsible for this lull?
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Now that I have returned, I am going to have to leave again -- until tomorrow! I have to deal with a small crisis involving a good friend of mine who is being evicted!
But, she is not moving in with me!
Good night.
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A friend here in OZ has been communicating with a teacher in Ohio who intends to drive to Australia soon. The tide must be going out a long way.
Welcome back TCB.
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Does the evictee have pets TCB? People can survive. Look after the pets and the children .
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All these posts... where to start? Ok, I know where I'll start... I HATE CARS!!! Got ready to head to work this morning and my car was dead. Luckily, I have a friend who lives just two houses away, and he was still home to try and jump start the car. Unfortunately, the jump start was unsuccesful, and my car sat there like so much fish. My friend then gave me a ride to work. It seemed to be a battery issue, so I got a new battery and put it in this afternoon... and the car is still deader than dead. Must be the starter (really, it could be damn near anything and I wouldn't know, as I'm rather automotively ignorant, but everyone I've talked to seems to think starter). So, I'll have it towed in tomorrow or Thursday and have a new starter put in. Not good timing financially, but must be done.
On a happier note, vibes o' plenty to DR Jay for the job interview! They'd be fools not to hire you, good sir!
What I'd like to see on DVD? First thing that always comes to my mind is Bells Are Ringing. Just long, long overdue. Also would love to see Evening Primrose released.
Fire truck? No. Limo? No. Ambulance? No. Police car? Numerous times.
No, no exciting stories there. Just that my father was a policeman until I was 6 years old, so I rode in the car on a number of occasions.
State of the Union? I'm thinking I'm glad I had our first production team meeting for Children of Eden this evening, precluding me from viewing what was most likely a nauseating (to me... just one humble opinion, of course) speech.
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BK, I read your post, I just have no clue as to what it is about or what went down?
Re: American Idol, which I have been entertained by the last two nights, do these people not tape themselves...either on video or audio? Can't they tell they can't find a tune or that they have no stage presence or the remotest talent for performing. I thought the one that was hysterical was the guy who sang in a monotone, first "I'm losing control" and then "Crazy". You can't blame Randy and Simon for breaking up. And he expects an apology. For what? That he's come into an audition utterly unprepared and with absolutely no talent? I also was amazed at the girl who sang (sort of) and danced (sort of) Flashdance and then got incensed when they rejected her... claiming all that they had to do was back her with synthesizers and what-not...as though talent is nothing and it's all done with mirrors. What was even more amazing was her friend who was equally incensed for her. If she was a real friend she'd tell the poor girl the truth. And Flashdance's parting prophecy: " They've made the biggest mistake. I'm going make somebody a lot of money some day." Yeah...well, it won't be done singing...
It just goes to show you how desperate people are for fame...or maybe it's just some sort of need for recognition that they're here...
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How wonderful to read of another person who is "Car mechanical" challenged Jed. I always check that the radio works first. I know it is genetic. None of my brothers is the least bit "car minded" Nor is our father. Environment was not a factor. I was not brought up with my brothers - none of us spent much time with our father either. So that's opera gene and car gene missing. Strangely, (once again only two of we four brothers had the same home background), none us can cope with cooked tomato either.
As always I am happy to share such interesting facts with anyone who is up this late!
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Evening meal time. Good night all. See you in the funny papers.
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And, as always, we are happy to have such interesting facts shared with us, Tom!
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Pogue - it's just been a general thing that's been going on for a week or two - you yourself have been victim to it in a way. But, everything's fine and we go on, as always, because this is, after all, the ginchiest site on all the Internet.
Now, there is one thing I want to know: ARE JED AND LAURAII CANOODLING? I have seen no post from LAURAII therefore I suspect CANOODLING.
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Oh, I suspect canoodling... only I'm being left out!!!
Have you no loyalty, Laura II? :D