Isn't it ironic that you sung a Jule Styne song to a dog named Gypsy?
I need one of them little Japanese geishas to come over and step on my back.
And while she's at it, she could proof the galleys of your "Notes", and then instead of:
"...They kind of gave her an “I want” song, but it came to late..."
Why, dear der Brucer, I don't know WHAT you're talking about, really I don't.
It's okay - I'm just giving you the Gaslight treatment.
I think the little Japanese geishas charge extra for that.
It's okay - I'm just giving you the Gaslight treatment.I'll bet I'll be an better Ingrid Bergman, than you'll be a Charles Boyer.
I need one of them little Japanese geishas to come over and step on my back.I have a three-year-old grandlad who could do the job...no, wait, bad idea, he runs instead of walks. Sorry, nevermind.
Just in from Charles Pogue's secret Mini-cam:Now THAT looks a lot more like Delaware!
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der Brucer (who should be in bed!)
I also hate the words "arc" and "journey" when talking about a show. I hate the word "texture" when talking about a movie.Don't get me started on the word "hate."
Do any other DR's have description words that they think are mis-used, over-used, or inappropriate?
We could meet in St. Louis!Could we invite Margaret O'Brien?
If anything comes of it, get a good aggressive attorney, pics of both cars, etc. Hopefully it won't go any further, but either way, it's a pain in the neck.
Btw, DR Panni, you truly have a way with words.
The word brilliant now, for me, seems to be on the same level as a standing ovation. Broadway shows routinely get standing ovations, deserving or not. People seem to think that if you don't stand you're being rude. Miss Stritch, in my humble opinion, was deserving of a standing ovation. The recent revival of Gypsy, as much as I enjoyed it, was not. But that's just my humble opinion.
Have you found a Japanese back-walker yet? Studio City has everything. I think there's an all-night back-walking place next to the Gap.
Donna would definitely be correct, since I dubbed here whistling in I Whistle a Happy Tune.
And here is your Allison Hayes picture of the week.
As Tonda in 'The Disembodied', she gets the drop on Paul Burke. :o
Does she [Susan Powter] still look the same - short "white" hair, etc.?
Correction:Well, I definately know who one of the ladies is, but the other one, for whom BK had to dub...I don't think Carol Channing ever appeared with Patrick Stewart.
To my trivia question from yesterday--which no one has addressed, by the way.
I said that one of Captain Picard's singing lady friends had been recorded by BK. That, of course, is less than the truth. Actually, two of them have starred in musicals whose cast albums were recorded by BK--and one of the ladies had part of her role dubbed by BK himself, because, talented as she may be, she was unable to perform that particular bit, and BK was.
So, anyone have a guess on at least one of them? Or all three?
Even though I used this very word at this very site yesterday, I do think the word "brilliant" is overused. When everything from Zsa Zsa's performance in that 1950s sci-fi movie (the name escapes me but I'm sure there are many here at HHW who know to which film I refer) to 1970s television shows is labeled as "brilliant" the word loses it's special quality. It becomes just another adjective. And yes, I have a friend who insists that Zsa Zsa's performance in that movie is brilliant and he's serious about it. The word brilliant now, for me, seems to be on the same level as a standing ovation. Broadway shows routinely get standing ovations, deserving or not. People seem to think that if you don't stand you're being rude. Miss Stritch, in my humble opinion, was deserving of a standing ovation. The recent revival of Gypsy, as much as I enjoyed it, was not. But that's just my humble opinion.
It goes well beyond Broadway shows. It seems any performance of any sort is now instantly greeted with a standing ovation. I've become quite accustomed to being "the jerk who won't stand up."
...but first…You are never dense, DR Jane. Don't let anyone suggest that.
I get it! From high on your perch SWoodyWhite, our newest God
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Sorry I was so dense.
It goes well beyond Broadway shows. It seems any performance of any sort is now instantly greeted with a standing ovation. I've become quite accustomed to being "the jerk who won't stand up."
. BTW- Do other DRs find that they get good ideas, solutions to problems, etc. while doing some activity (showering, walking, sleeping) that has nothing to do with the problem at hand?
Glad you have a policewoman friend to tell this tale to.
Which makes DR SWW the most modest of the HHW Gods. Most admirable.Well, except that I was being deliberately modest, which is a way of showing off in itself. ;D
The third singing love of Picard is not a musical theatre person, although she did have, as I said, a hit single of a Rogers and Hart song--with a group not normally associated with that sort of music. Hint: the key word is Paris.
FS Pogue - RE your main rant - This Hugarian-Canadian-American Jewess couldn't agree with you more.
When I was young my mother taught me well how to deal with depression, take pills and lock yourself in the bathroom forcing your children to break in & save your life. I bet Bruce hadn’t a clue, way back when, I had my method of demise all figured out. If I think about the times I came close, I can remember, but can’t feel any of the pain I was experiencing at the moment.
At my age I've tried a few things but I never been quite game enough to go there!
Avoid SPROCKETHOST at all costs!
I remember years ago a Dear Abby question about this very thing. The person asked something like, "When I see a show, do I have to stand if I feel the performers/performance don't deserve it, even though the rest of the audience does stand?" And Dear Abby said that you should stand, but don't clap. That's what I do.
You know, I truly love all of the posts from people here at HHW (that's Haines His Way in internet lingo), but I must say that I honestly look forward to the posts from Panni and from Jane.
...Which once again proves how little we know of the real lives of people around us. When I look at your old photo, Jane, so pretty, open and cheerful, a young woman without a care in the world --- it's hard to believe the turmoil you must have been going through.
Thank you for writing about it. And I'm so pleased for you that in the life you're living now, you seem to have become the person we see in the photo.
The lead was "Milking" his audience for every possible hand clap etc.
Penny weren’t those the days! :P You made a difference in my life back then because you were one of the first people I could share some of the “stuff” with. Nice job offer. Would the job begin in January? It’s seems such a long way off.
Metro, hetro, what care I? I'm about to watch The Triplets of Belleville.
Question: Can a homosexual also be a metrosexual? This is an urgent question.
Jane,
My sick sense of humor begs the question that if your Father wasn’t excused, just WHAT exactly were they going to do to him?
I am going to tell you what my Dad used to say and you can bleep me if you want. Just remember, it’s much better to be pissed off than pissed on!
Question: Can a homosexual also be a metrosexual? This is an urgent question.
Fantasia and the first girl should be the callbacks. Any bets that Scooter Girl will be a wild card return?
George - I had no idea that Renton was now in Seattle. How informative these posts are! :D
Charles Pogue - I have no doubt that Scooter Girl shall return.