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Well, you've read the notes, the notes were there, and now it is time for you to post until the familial cows come home.
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And the word of the day is: WITHY!
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Two For The Seesaw is sold out at Kritzerland.
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I'm glad I bought my copy.
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Well, that was quick for Two for Seesaw, congrats, bk. Thank you again for the notes today.
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bk - that can't have been very easy to write about.
Thank you!
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I also lost both parents before I was thirty. My father, who was 78, died of a stroke when I was about 24 and my mother (55) died from cancer 3 years later.
I had (and still have) "issues" with both of them. Nothing was ever "settled".
I find that I can write about my father...taking some dramatic license...but I've never really been able to write about my mother in a 3-dimensional way.
:(
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I've been up since about 2:00.
There was a leak from the ceiling in our hotel room. In fact, part of the ceiling fell in. They moved us to another room and, even though I'd taken a sleeping pill, I can't seem to get back to sleep. And, I have to get up at six to drive my wife to the airport.
:(
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I have to get up at six to drive my wife to the airport.
Is she tired of your new location already? ;)
That's awful about your hotel room. :(
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My business dinner last night was most delightful. Here's the menu (http://www.thecapitalgrille.com/Locations/Stamford/menus/D25_Dinner.pdf).
I had the spinach salad, followed by the Kona Crusted Dry Aged Sirloin with mashed potatoes, followed by NO dessert. :)
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Wouldn't the world be a happier place if we each had our own Jumperoo?
(http://www.comparestoreprices.co.uk/images/fi/fisher-price-jumperoo-deluxe.jpg)
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Wednesday morning greetings! I woke up at 6:30am and am at my desk tending to things that I've put off too long. This afternoon I will take my aunt for what seems to have become her weekly visit to the optician. She has 2 pairs of glasses to pick up today and, with any luck, this will be the LAST time we have to go there.
BK, today's notes are heart-wrenching.
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Thank you for a wonderful set of notes and thank you for sharing.
My parents have been very supportive of me over the years and I know one day they won't be around anymore.
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Good Morning Michael
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In a few weeks Bruce will be in New York on 24th Street between 6th Avenue and Broadway.
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A JOYOUS PESACH FOR THOSE SO INCLINED!!!
(http://tbn2.google.com/images?q=tbn:unQ62yPnHIy-xM:http://www.newcastlejsoc.com/images/pesach.jpg)
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In a few weeks Bruce will be in New York on 24th Street between 6th Avenue and Broadway.
And which corner will you be working, DR Ben?? ;)
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I started to write my comments about the show I saw last night and it turned out there are quite few. I don't have time to write them all right now I have to go to work.
DR. Arnold Brockman: You were right!
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Good Morning Michael
Good Morning back to you.
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I don't know if I said anything about it but I saw Impressionism a few weeks ago.
I saw the two act version, not the cut version. Let me just say that the reviews got it right. There is a great performance by Andre de Shields but the play is dull, slightly pretentious and a waste of good talent. It doesn't sound like it changed much from the two act to the one act (no intermission).
I also saw Hair. God, I feel old! While I didn't dislike the production I do find the drooling over Hair as a groundbreaking, vital and important piece of musical theatre to be a bit much. I first saw an awful, dreadful and embarrassing production in 1971. It was a bus and truck that came through Saint Paul. I left thinking "what's all the fuss about?" I then saw the movie and, from what I gather, I'm in the minority but I think the movie made sense of the stage show and is a much, much, much better production. I loved the movie! I didn't see either recent the concert version of Hair or the production in the Park this past summer but the show appeared on TDF and I decided to go. As I said, it's a good production. There is lots of energy and flash and some solid performances but it's all window dressing. The show, in my humble opinion, is nothing more than a rock concert with a paper thin story and some chunks of dialogue to make you think there is a book. The songs are a lot of fun and the actors have a great time running all over the Hirschfeld Theatre, including up to the last rows of the balcony where I was sitting. I wasn't particularly moved by Easy to Be Hard (I was moved by that sequence in the movie) or any other portion. The audience ADORED, LOVED, SALIVATED and generally had orgasms over the show, screaming and cheering for every number. Much of the audience was younger than me and they rushed to the stage at the end to dance with the cast. I sound like an old coot but all I wanted to do was go home and go to bed. I had to get to work the next morning ;)
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Oh, yes. Happy Passover/Pesach to those who celebrate.
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Bk, I am sure the notes today were difficult to write. Thank you for sharing that part of your life.
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I also saw Irena's Vow. It got very good reviews Off-Broadway at the Baruch Theatre on 23rd Street but it sold out and I couldn't get a ticket.
When it transferred to the Walter Kerr it appeared on TDF so I got a ticket.
Again, I feel like an old curmudgeon but it's a Hallmark Channel movie for the most part. Tovah Feldshuh is excellent in the role but it's not the emotional, powerful story I thought it would be. The play is almost a one-woman show but not quite. Those pesky other characters keep bumping into the story. They are, for the most part, underdeveloped. I wanted to see more of them, both character-wise and number wise. She saved 13 Jews but we only saw 3. The potential for storytelling and powerful emotional moments is there but it never really happens (at least for me).
Again, I will say the audience around me loved the show and many were crying at the end. For me, the most interesting part of the show was at the end after the Curtain Call when the daughter of Irena Gut Opdyke came out and answered questions about her mother. At first I thought (and they made it seem) that it was a one-time appearance but apparently she will be at every performance through the end of April to speak to the audience after the show.
And now I'll move on to the Valero Energy Foundation, a meeting at 11am and other work in the RH.
I also have to rest up for my marathon theatre weekend.
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Ben, I am sorry that you didn't enjoy HAIR. I was reading the Entertainment Weekly review last evening before bed, and I was wishing that I could be there to see the show.
We had a Seattle company of HAIR, back in 1989 or 70. It played there for over a year. I enjoyed it. Of course, the OBC recording was required listening at every college cast party.
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TCB, it's 5am! I hope you're OK.
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Yes, the cast recording of Hair was high on the list of albums to be played at parties in the late 60s and early 70s, especially Sodomy.
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DR Ben, thanks for sharing your theatre-going thoughts with us. :)
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And good morning to you all, gentlemen!
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And others.
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To paraphrase Anna Russell. :)
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TCB, it's 5am! I hope you're OK.
I am just heading off to work.
I hate my job I hate my job I hate my job I hate my job I hate my job I hate my job I hate my job I hate my job.......................
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And others.
Hey!
I'd resent that remark is it weren't so true.
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I'd resent that remark if it weren't so true.
Nah.
You're good people. ;D
and that includes all the various voices in your head...
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I hate my job I hate my job I hate my job I hate my job I hate my job I hate my job I hate my job I hate my job.......................
But how else will you support us in the style to which we've become accustomed?? :)
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Well they changed the label name for ILLYA DARLING to Kritzerland even though other incorrect info is still in the listing. And I put a post in some message board where people were talking about the "planned" CD that it was NOW available at Kritzerland.....so orders may come in today.
For some reason, now when I come back to the posts and press NEW, I am still taken to the first page of the notes and not where I left off.....
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Interesting and melancholy notes today.
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Tonight on our Seder plate, instead of a lamb shank, I think we'll have this Lamb's Head cake, instead.
Yeah, that's the ticket! :)
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wGr8njEWjtI/SclK6L-GhHI/AAAAAAAACRg/SoQ27pAt8-8/s320/Eva+G+.+lw+.+creature.jpg)
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Everyone please listen and tell me what Orson sings in GOLDEN LAND after:
"....trace the Achilles heel of ------------ far away......"
Thank you.
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That looks like my 4th grade teacher.
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For some reason, now when I come back to the posts and press NEW, I am still taken to the first page of the notes and not where I left off.....
Funny, I've never used the "NEW" button because I never trusted it. And I would be bereft if I missed a single precious HHW post.
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Off to the grocery store.
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Everyone please listen and tell me what Orson sings in GOLDEN LAND after:
"....trace the Achilles heel of ------------ far away......"
Thank you.
If I ever get my copies, I will definitely do that. :)
but I'm not bitter!
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Everyone please listen and tell me what Orson sings in GOLDEN LAND after:
"....trace the Achilles heel of ------------ far away......"
Thank you.
I tried, DR Jrand. I get something like "...the best ____..."
I'll give it another shot in a while since I plan on listening to it again this morning.
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Right now I'm about to give the vocal stylings of Marrianne Faithful a spin.
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And the word of the day is: WITHY!
And The Song Of The Day Is: WILLOW WEEP FOR ME
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BK, great notes today! The last few weeks has been like reading another Krtizer novel!
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I have to get up at six to drive my wife to the airport.
Is she tired of your new location already? ;)
Actually, she's flying back to handle the physical part of our move with the moving company, while I stay here to coordinate the stuff with our new house.
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In a few weeks Bruce will be in New York on 24th Street between 6th Avenue and Broadway.
And which corner will you be working, DR Ben?? ;)
The one you're not?
Good morning, all!
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BK, the notes hit too close to home this morning. I had a dream about my parents several days ago, which for me is unusual: I haven't dreamed about my mother since the Sally Mayes album time frame. I still miss my dad enormously. but I'm surprised that he comes back so often in my dreams. I don't know what it means.
Today, I think I will walk down to Patelson's and see what stock is left. After that, a walk to the NYPL at Lincoln Center.
Then back to the BABES libretto.
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Everyone please listen and tell me what Orson sings in GOLDEN LAND after:
"....trace the Achilles heel of ------------ far away......"
Thank you.
I can't because I don't have my copy yet!!!
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My question for Ask BK Day:
Dear BK,
When duets are recorded in the studio, do the people appear in the studio and sing together? Or do they do them one at a time? If so, does the second singer hear the first singer through the headphones?
And when there are backup singers, do they record first or last?
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DR MattH, that was crazy how far over AMERICAN IDOL went last night (i think 8 minutes).
But you should try to watch Adam Lambert. He was really good. The judges didn't even really get to comment (only simon). But simon actually gave him a standing ovation.
I was totally blown away by him.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ydH-Kmhk98
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I can't believe we have LOST, LIFE finale, IDOL results all on at the same time!
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re: AMERICAN IDOL last night
After last night's show it seems like they've put adam in his own category.
They also seem crazy about allison (who i think is good, but she just doesn't have the emotion for me). They still like danny gokey. But not as much as they did.
And poor Lil.I feel bad for her. She probably has the best voice. But she is not creative like adam. And she doesn't know how to change up songs. I wish they could have someone help her. ANd i wonder if she was in the bottom if the judges would save her or feel like they gave her enough chances.
To me adam, lil, allison and danny are in the top category. So that leaves anoop, scott, kris and matt. I think any of them could go.
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Wow another doozy of a story in today's notes!
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I am watching episodes from the FIRST SEASON of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea - which are most entertaining. I watched the ABC Presentation film - and producer Irwin Allen was telling all about the series and what excitement there would be and included clips from the original VOYAGE film, and his films THE LOST WORLD (here guest star Jill St John and star David Hedison meet up with giant lizards on a mysterious island) and FIVE WEEKS IN A BALLOON (here guest star Red Buttons finds himself in hot water) - I don't know if they made these episodes, but I think a couple of them are later in Season One.
I especially like the tail fins on the Seaview that look like a '59 Cadillac, tail lights and all!
The episode I watched last yesterday was called "The Price of Doom" about plankton runamuck on the Seaview and some Russian spies.....written by Cord Wainer Bird....a name DR CP will be familiar with.
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TOD - Ask bk:
If YOU were giving Queen Elizabeth an iPod, what songs and/or albums would you pre-load on it?
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DR JENNIFER thanks for the link - I started to watch it, then I remembered why I don't watch AMERICAN IDOL....the ridiculous audience response.
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That's ONE of the reasons.
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BK, I try not to read others' reviews before I write my own. I read MattH's this morning--I think Matt probably likes the film more than I do, but we more or less agree on the transfer, if that was the gist of your question last night.
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I agree with you completely, DR Ben, about HAIR. I saw a national tour of the show in the mid-80s AFTER I had seen the movie, and for once the movie got the best things from the stage show and increased their effectveness with stunning, haunting visuals.
The stage show seems scattershot and unsatisfying; the movie deeply affecting.
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For the first time in years, we are going to someone else's house for the Seder tonight. Of course, Betsy and I were joking about being home in time for LOST. I asked her, "What's more important--the freedom of the Jews, or Jack and Kate? I think it might be Jack and Kate!!" ;)
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Good morning!
Another beautiful but chilly day here. It did barely scrape up to 50 yesterday and is supposed to be mid-50s today.
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My LP copy of ON THE FLIP SIDE arrived today.
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....the ridiculous audience response.
Oh heck, if you can put up with it on HHW, you can put up with it on Idol... ;)
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Good Morning!
I'm up, I'm up... And my "ride" will be arriving in about 20 minutes to pick me up and bring me to the theatre. -And, hopefully, stop at a Starbucks on the way.
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"What's more important--the freedom of the Jews, or Jack and Kate? I think it might be Jack and Kate!!"
;D
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Since most of us are of a certain age...I will ask:
What is your favorite TELEVISION musical (not episode, but one off) that you remember?
I remember an Armstrong Carpet version of KISS ME KATE with Robert Goulet and Carol Lawrence....it was very funny....and colorful! Although I didn't realize it then, they cut most of Bianca/Lois' part.
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LOL DR DAW....the audience response here is much more sophisticated.
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***RENTAL CAR VIBES***
for DR JoseSPiano!!!
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As for Adam Lambert's performance last night - which I have yet to see - actually, I haven't seen any "Idol" clips for the past two weeks. Ah, well. In any case...
I just read that since the show went so far over last night, they posted the full clip on Idol's own website.
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I tried to watch Adam's performance at YouTube this morning, and once again got that weird Adobe Flash Player message saying I needed to upgrade my player to version 10. (I think I had version 8.) Anyway, I did that and shut down the computer. I'll reboot this afternoon and see if I can watch it.
The problem with the show running over is that there are four judges now, and they're all talking LONGER than ever after each performance.
BTW, I went to the IDOL website thinking I could watch it there, and all they have there is a compendium of the JUDGES' comments! What a joke!
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As for Adam Lambert's performance last night - which I have yet to see - actually, I haven't seen any "Idol" clips for the past two weeks. Ah, well. In any case...
I just read that since the show went so far over last night, they posted the full clip on Idol's own website.
I went there this morning, and I didn't see it.
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DR JOSE don't trust that man who told you your car was safe to drive.
With the problem you noted - your steering wheel would suddenly become completely useless while you car drove where it wanted....DO NOT DRIVE THAT CAR UNTIL IT IS FIXED.
It would not surprise me to learn it is a Pontiac of some kind.
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What is your favorite TELEVISION musical (not episode, but one off) that you remember?
Once Upon a Mattress.... the first one....
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It is at DR JENNIFER's link....if you want to torture yourself. :P
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***RENTAL CAR VIBES***
for DR JoseSPiano!!!
Well, thankfully(?), since I have to get a lot of pre-tech work done, not having a car is a good thing in a way. However, if I can't make it down to FIG on Friday evening for my post-first-tech meal and glass of wine, well... ;)
*And, apparently, FIG does(?) a full absinthe service. Hmmm....
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Good choice.....but I remember that was in B/W and we loved our COLOR!!!!
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On TV TOnight!
NBC - LIFE (season and likely series finale)
CBS - comedies, CRIMINAL MINDS, CSI: NY
ABC - comedies, LOST, THE UNUSUALS (season premiere)
FOX - LIE TO ME, AMERICAN IDOL results
CW - AMERICA'S NEXT TOP MODEL (two hours)
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As for Adam Lambert's performance last night - which I have yet to see - actually, I haven't seen any "Idol" clips for the past two weeks. Ah, well. In any case...
I just read that since the show went so far over last night, they posted the full clip on Idol's own website.
I went there this morning, and I didn't see it.
SPOO! Just checked the link myself... I didn't realize Ryan Seacrest - or one of his assistants - posted it on Ryan Seacrest's blog/site. -And it's an embedded YouTube clip.
Your TiVos Don't Love You But We Do (http://www.ryanseacrest.com/blog/whats-happening/your-tivos-dont-love-you-but-we-do/)
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First musical on TV I remember - CINDERELLA with Lesley Ann Warren.
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a full absinthe service
I've heard it makes the heart grow fonder.
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DR JOSE don't trust that man who told you your car was safe to drive.
With the problem you noted - your steering wheel would suddenly become completely useless while you car drove where it wanted....DO NOT DRIVE THAT CAR UNTIL IT IS FIXED.
It would not surprise me to learn it is a Pontiac of some kind.
It's a Mazda.
And, yes, I felt much better - and safer(!) - when the director suggested that we go ahead and drop the car off last night instead of me driving home.
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a full absinthe service
I've heard it makes the heart grow fonder.
Well... Then Andrew, my bartender, better look out!
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WOW!
Over the past 10 minutes, I've received 20(!!!) pieces of SPAM email. -I wonder which link or site is resonsible for that?!?!?!?
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I need to pack up my laptop. I shall re-commence reading and posting once I'm at the office.
Laters...
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Make a sandwich.
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I bet it's TWITTER related.
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Over the past 10 minutes, I've received 20(!!!) pieces of SPAM
Wow! I didn't realize we were posting that quickly! ;)
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Today I'll be working on the Blu-ray version of Criterion's THE WAGES OF FEAR. I didn't buy Criterion's updated version of the film that came out a couple of years ago. I had the original and while possessing some dirt and other anomolies, it was good enough for the infrequency with which I watch the movie.
So, now I'm going to see the new transfer for the first time and now in high definition, too.
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Page Four Dance!!!
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DR MattH sorry your computer is not letting you watch Adam's IDOL performance. I'm sure they will show some of it again on tonight's show.
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I'm doing lunch today with friends rather than tomorrow. It's Spring Break week here, and some of them are not going in to work tomorrow.
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DR MattH sorry your computer is not letting you watch Adam's IDOL performance. I'm sure they will show some of it again on tonight's show.
Yes, the gods seem to be against me on this particular performance. I just tried to boot up my office computer and it locked up tight. (I'm on a laptop right now.) So, it may be tonight's results show before I get a chance to see it. I'm having no luck with YouTube at all.
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Jon Stewart had one of his most hilarious riffs in a long time last night on the Faux News attempts to state we're becoming a nation led by a "tyrant."
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And I'm sure that DAW is now scrambling to find a photo of Russ Tamblyn. ;)
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Since most of us are of a certain age...I will ask:
What is your favorite TELEVISION musical (not episode, but one off) that you remember?
...
Mary Martin's Peter Pan.
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some dirt and other anomolies
A great title for DR elmore3003's forthcoming memoir... :)
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And I'm sure that DAW is now scrambling to find a photo of Russ Tamblyn.
I guess I shall have to become more wily yet... :)
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Well, I need to head downstairs now and get cleaned up for my lunch out later. It'll definitely be long-sleeved shirt and jacket time today. It's still quite chilly out. My heat has been popping on regularly this morning, and I only have it set to 60!
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Since most of us are of a certain age...I will ask:
What is your favorite TELEVISION musical (not episode, but one off) that you remember?
I remember an Armstrong Carpet version of KISS ME KATE with Robert Goulet and Carol Lawrence....it was very funny....and colorful! Although I didn't realize it then, they cut most of Bianca/Lois' part.
I remember really, really liking MARY'S INCREDIBLE DREAM, a Mary Tyler Moore CBS special that told the story of mankind through song, dance and fiddle playing (Doug Kershaw was a guest.)
I would love to see THE FLIP SIDE.
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Spoo!
WBBL.
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Wbbls wbbl but they don't fall down.
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WEEBALOT: There's not a more congenial spot!
(http://z.about.com/d/toys/1/0/h/7/Weebles-Weebalot-Castle.jpg)
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I had the terrific Aurora plastic model of the Seaview sub. I remember putting off building it up until I found the perfect shade of blue/gray paint for it (I didn't care for the Testor's paint color that was recommended in the instructions.)
I also had the strange toy version that was put out by Remco. It was bigger than the Aurora model, but it was BRIGHT YELLOW and had a huge rubber-band powered propeller in the front--very un-Seaview-like. Still, it was sturdier than the model and could withstand any giant undersea creature attack I could perpetuate in our swimming pool.
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Good Morning, once again!
I am at now at the office.
And the car is now undergoing the first of two - possibly three - repairs. Methinks I will be driving a new rental car sometime in the next 24 hours.
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Methinks I will be driving a new rental car sometime in the next 24 hours.
Well, I don't know for sure, but I'm guessing...
Henry VI, Part 3? ;)
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Methinks I will be driving a new rental car sometime in the next 24 hours.
Well, I don't know for sure, but I'm guessing...
Henry VI, Part 3? ;)
Maybe. Maybe DR Pogue can confirm this.
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And I finally read today's Notes - just didn't have the time earlier before I left the apartment...
Thank You, Bruce.
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some dirt and other anomolies
A great title for DR elmore3003's forthcoming memoir... :)
Alas, the title has always been Slouching Toward Immorality! I've been listening to a Metropolitan Opera broadcast from 1957 of Offenbach's LA PERICHOLE with its original Met cast this morning, and enjoying it immensely. My request yesterday on the operetta chat site brought me three broadcast performances from 1957, 1965 and the final one in 1971. I would swear there was at least one more from the 1960s with Anna Moffo playing Perichole, but i'm grateful for what I've obtained.
I'm off to Patelson's and then NYPL.
I remember distinctly four musicals from tv:
Peter Pan with Mary Martin in 1954 and the second broadast in 1955
Cinderella with Julie Andrews
Annie Get Your Gun with Mary Martn and John Raitt
Kiss Me Kate with Patricia Morrison and Alfred Drake with Bill Hayes and Julie Wilson
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Wow Bruce! Such a story about your parents! That would have most definitely changed the tone of the Kritzer books! I have to admit, though, that the incident after your father's death of you and your brother going from bank to bank and stuffing cash in your pocekts would be a great scene in a movie!
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...I'm off to Patelson's and then NYPL.
...
Want some company? I'd love to be in NYC right now...
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Trivia question for the various and sundried:
What play was being performed at the original Globe Theatre when it burned to the ground from an errant cannon shot effect?
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My business dinner last night was most delightful. Here's the menu (http://www.thecapitalgrille.com/Locations/Stamford/menus/D25_Dinner.pdf).
I had the spinach salad, followed by the Kona Crusted Dry Aged Sirloin with mashed potatoes, followed by NO dessert. :)
OOoohhh, I love the Capital Grill! It's been ages since I've been to one!
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Trivia question for the various and sundried:
What play was being performed at the original Globe Theatre when it burned to the ground from an errant cannon shot effect?
Our American Cousin?
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You make me giggle like a schoolgirl, DR elmore3003! ;D
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OOoohhh, I love the Capital Grill! It's been ages since I've been to one!
And, considering the price list, it will be ages before I return! [Unless someone else is paying again] :P
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And the word of the day is: WITHY!
And The Song Of The Day Is: WILLOW WEEP FOR ME
I feel prithy and withy and gay!
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Trivia question for the various and sundried:
What play was being performed at the original Globe Theatre when it burned to the ground from an errant cannon shot effect?
Was Carol Channing in it?
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I would love to see THE FLIP SIDE.
YES! Me too!
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WOW!
Over the past 10 minutes, I've received 20(!!!) pieces of SPAM email. -I wonder which link or site is resonsible for that?!?!?!?
The same thing has been happening to me the last few days. Facebook maybe?
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PAGE 5 !!!!!!!
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DR DtM - It took me a moment, but I just got it. ;D
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DR JoseSPiano - will you also be playing one of the keyboard books during the performances, or just conducting?
DR JMK - any conducting duties for you, as well?
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Everyone please listen and tell me what Orson sings in GOLDEN LAND after:
"....trace the Achilles heel of ------------ far away......"
Thank you.
JR, are you talking about circa 2:33 into the tune? I don't hear "trace the Achilles heel" all, but something like
"seek the Achilles heel of the very thoughts of far away"
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DR JoseSPiano - will you also be playing one of the keyboard books during the performances, or just conducting?
I shall be conducting from the keyboard and console. -Thus the source of last night's technical agita during rehearsal.
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I would love to see THE FLIP SIDE.
His right profile, or his left??
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Trivia question for the various and sundried:
What play was being performed at the original Globe Theatre when it burned to the ground from an errant cannon shot effect?
Henry VIII
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My question for Ask BK Day:
Dear BK,
When duets are recorded in the studio, do the people appear in the studio and sing together? Or do they do them one at a time? If so, does the second singer hear the first singer through the headphones?
And when there are backup singers, do they record first or last?
Most of the duets I've recorded have been with both people in the room - it's a much better vibe to do it that way. The only real time I haven't done it that way are for a couple of the Guy Haines duets, which Guy recorded here in LA at his leisure.
Backup singers are always done after.
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TOD - Ask bk:
If YOU were giving Queen Elizabeth an iPod, what songs and/or albums would you pre-load on it?
I would give her all songs by Queen and the cast album of The King And I.
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seek the Achilles heel
And yet his heel is his least flattering attribute.
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...And San Diego's Old Globe Theatre was destroyed by a fire in 1978. -And I still remember footage of that being shown during the PBS/American Playhouse presentation of The Skin of Our Teeth. However, no errant cannon fire was involved. It was, sadly, a case of arson.
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Trivia question for the various and sundried:
What play was being performed at the original Globe Theatre when it burned to the ground from an errant cannon shot effect?
Henry VIII
You are correct, sir! :)
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DR JoseSPiano - will you also be playing one of the keyboard books during the performances, or just conducting?
I shall be conducting from the keyboard and console. -Thus the source of last night's technical agita during rehearsal.
Console?
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I'm up. I have to stop making eleven o'clock appointments because getting the long jog in is just impossible if I don't get up at eight. So, I'll come back at twelve-thirty and, weather-permitting, I'll do it then.
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I bet it's TWITTER related.
With the number of "Fail Whales" I've been seeing over the past week, I don't think that would be possible. ;)
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Trivia question for the various and sundried:
What play was being performed at the original Globe Theatre when it burned to the ground from an errant cannon shot effect?
Henry VIII
You are correct, sir! :)
Is my prize a dinner at The Capital Grille?
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DEFYING GRAVITAS:
(http://www.popstarsplus.com/images/CarolBurnettPicture.jpg)
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a full absinthe service
I've heard it makes the heart grow fonder.
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Which, once again, reminds me of one of my favorite drag names:
Fonda Dix
;D
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Of course, that was(?) not my drag name. Not that I ever had one to begin with.
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Is my prize a dinner at The Capital Grille?
Well...at least you get to pick over the leftovers. I don't imagine too many people finish the 22 oz. Delmonico... :)
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Re today's notes - they were interesting to write - I just realized I've never really talked about it very much, if at all. They weren't hard to write because I'm at peace with all that stuff, but writing them actually made me think about that time, which I rarely do. The two incidents that I absolutely cannot go back and read without becoming extremely emotional (like a slobbering idiot) are the last thirty pages or so of Kritzer Time, and, in Benjamin Kritzer, everything that begins with Benjamin finding out that Susan Pomeroy is leaving. I was a slobbering idiot when I wrote them, and the few times I've reread them it's the same story.
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Daw, I'm concerned that your CDs haven't gotten to yet. If they're not there by Saturday, I'll send replacements.
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Console?
O Divine Master,
grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console.
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Daw, I'm concerned that your CDs haven't gotten to yet. If they're not there by Saturday, I'll send replacements.
Thanks! But I'm not too worried. DR Ben's copy has not yet arrived, either.
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OOoohhh, I love the Capital Grill! It's been ages since I've been to one!
And, considering the price list, it will be ages before I return! [Unless someone else is paying again] :P
I got a hold of the Charleston City Paper's Dining Guide, DISH (http://www.charlestoncitypaper.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A63652) yesterday afternoon, and went through the listings last night. I thought it was very interesting how they broke down the "moderately priced" restaurants from the "expensive" and "very expensive". It seems the categories were based on the most expensive item on the menus, instead of an average price of an entree. And there were a few places on the "cheap eats" listing which only seemed to take into consideration the pricing of the appetizers and not the entrees.
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DR DtM - It took me a moment, but I just got it. ;D
It only takes a moment.
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Since most of us are of a certain age...I will ask:
What is your favorite TELEVISION musical (not episode, but one off) that you remember?
I remember an Armstrong Carpet version of KISS ME KATE with Robert Goulet and Carol Lawrence....it was very funny....and colorful! Although I didn't realize it then, they cut most of Bianca/Lois' part.
The only one that I can recall seeing, back when I was a kid, was a version of Cinderella...I think it was a musical.
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First musical on TV I remember - CINDERELLA with Lesley Ann Warren.
I guess that must be the one!
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a full absinthe service
I've heard it makes the heart grow fonder.
Well... Then Andrew, my bartender, better look out!
You have your own bartender? Next thing we know you will have your own pool boy.
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a full absinthe service
I've heard it makes the heart grow fonder.
Well... Then Andrew, my bartender, better look out!
You have your own bartender? Next thing we know you will have your own pool boy.
Or, better yet, he will BECOME a pool boy ;D
Oh, my, did I just say that? Mr. Winkworth is having a deleterious effect on me ;)
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a full absinthe service
I've heard it makes the heart grow fonder.
Well... Then Andrew, my bartender, better look out!
You have your own bartender? Next thing we know you will have your own pool boy.
Well, Andrew has been "my" bartender at FIG during my past two visit. However, there's also Sam(amanth) and Mark - who usually works in tandem with Andrew.
And as for the "pool boy", well, there is a pool at the apartment complex. Hmm....
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BK, I also much enjoyed the notes today, particularly because I have always wondered what became of your parents.
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A Fig, A Pool, and a Bartender...
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Everyone please listen and tell me what Orson sings in GOLDEN LAND after:
"....trace the Achilles heel of ------------ far away......"
Thank you.
JR, are you talking about circa 2:33 into the tune? I don't hear "trace the Achilles heel" all, but something like
"seek the Achilles heel of the very thoughts of far away"
Now I am hearing:
"He will seek the Achilles heel
The very thought should bar the way"
Perhaps he just went up on the line during the recordng and no one noticed or they decided that it was too far into the song to start over.
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A Fig, A Pool, and a Bartender...
...are sitting next to each other on a plane bound for Rio when...
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a full absinthe service
I've heard it makes the heart grow fonder.
Well... Then Andrew, my bartender, better look out!
You have your own bartender? Next thing we know you will have your own pool boy.
LOL! And his own ice cream cone boy, and his own latte boy, etc., etc., etc. !!!!!!!!!!!
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Bruce, I believe I asked this at the time the first book came out, but do you and your brother still speak, and what did he think of the books?
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Add Desire Under the Elms (with Brian Dennehy) to my list of theatre adventures. Next Wednesday at 8pm.
TCB, it's not that I didn't enjoy Hair, I just was not as taken with it as everyone around me.
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Good Afternoon!
Back from Chick-fil-A! :)
*And that was most definitely my "splurge" meal for the week.
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And now back to the salt mines for a few hours.
Laters...
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WOW! Even the elephants are participating in the seder - feasting(?) on matzoh and veggies.
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I believe Patelson's will be a fond memory of mine by the ed of the week since I think they will officially close doors on either Friday or Saturday.
I did buy three orchestra scores: Handel's oratorios SAUL and ISRAEL IN EGYPT and Haydn's THERIESSENMESSE. The three scores came to around $100 and I got a 40% discount so I'm very happy. It was sure slim pickings in terms of stock I'd be interested in, and I'm very sad to see a store, like the now-defunct Librarie de France at Rockefeller Center, that I've loved to visit biting the dust. I remember applying for work at Patelson's in 1979, and again in 1983, and Mr and Mrs Patelson were lovely, kind people. I liked them very much and I'm sorry to see the store and their building, in which they lived on the third floor, become a memory.
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...I also saw Hair. God, I feel old! While I didn't dislike the production I do find the drooling over Hair as a groundbreaking, vital and important piece of musical theatre to be a bit much. ...
I'm pretty much on the same page as you on Hair. I absolutely loved the albums, both the Off- and On-Broadway, when they came out. I bought the paperback of the script and could not make much out of it. Where were the characters? The only relationship cues were in the stage directions. When I went from Madison to Chicago to see the production that had my old friend André DeShiels as Hud, it bore no relationship to what was in the script. As a show? Not much. Even the much-vaunted nudity was so dimly lit that you would have needed a night scope to see the naughty bits.
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DR Matth, is it viewing any video on the internet that is giving you trouble?
The simon cowell standing O/Adam Lambert getting cut off people's TIVO's is sure making the news today. It is the lead story on yahoo.ca.
If it was just youtube, i'm sure you could find the video elsewhere. But i would be very frustrated not being able to watch any video ever.
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Oh and that song adam lambert sings is addictive. I keep playing it over and over.
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Thank you for a wonderful set of notes and thank you for sharing.
My parents have been very supportive of me over the years and I know one day they won't be around anymore.
Ditto and ditto. I haven't lost anyone that was really close to me...yet. My niece lost her grandfather and they lived next door to each other, so they were physically close as well as emotionally close.
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For some reason, now when I come back to the posts and press NEW, I am still taken to the first page of the notes and not where I left off.....
Funny, I've never used the "NEW" button because I never trusted it. And I would be bereft if I missed a single precious HHW post.
Hmm...I've never had any trouble with the "New" button.
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Since most of us are of a certain age...I will ask:
What is your favorite TELEVISION musical (not episode, but one off) that you remember?
I remember an Armstrong Carpet version of KISS ME KATE with Robert Goulet and Carol Lawrence....it was very funny....and colorful! Although I didn't realize it then, they cut most of Bianca/Lois' part.
I remember really, really liking MARY'S INCREDIBLE DREAM, a Mary Tyler Moore CBS special that told the story of mankind through song, dance and fiddle playing (Doug Kershaw was a guest.)
I bought a copy of a copy of a copy, etc., of "Mary's Incredible Dream" on eBay years ago. It's in a box somewhere. I never watched the whole thing, though.
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Just a beautiful day here. Not too cold and not too warm. I would like to have spent more time outdoors, but my film was 2 1/2 hours and I needed the entire afternoon to watch it.
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DR Matth, is it viewing any video on the internet that is giving you trouble?
The simon cowell standing O/Adam Lambert getting cut off people's TIVO's is sure making the news today. It is the lead story on yahoo.ca.
If it was just youtube, i'm sure you could find the video elsewhere. But i would be very frustrated not being able to watch any video ever.
No, that's the weird thing. At the IDOL website, I could watch the video of the judges' opinions of the eight performers (though why ANYONE would want to watch just that and not the perforamnces themselves makes no sense to me whatsoever.) I haven't tried other videos elsewhere though I may try something this afternoon just to see if anything is working.
I' still using the laptop right now. It takes forever for my desktop computer to boot up and load everything and get ready to go. The laptop is so much quicker.
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For some reason, now when I come back to the posts and press NEW, I am still taken to the first page of the notes and not where I left off.....
Funny, I've never used the "NEW" button because I never trusted it. And I would be bereft if I missed a single precious HHW post.
Hmm...I've never had any trouble with the "New" button.
I've never had the slightest trouble with the "new" button. Works like a charm always.
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Anyway, this afternoon I spent 2 1/2 hours watching the masterpiece thriller THE WAGES OF FEAR. What a triumph for all concerned! Every time I watch it, it gains in power, and the tension just never lets up. And then when you think all is well, there goes that director's pessimistic irony to teach the viewer not to get too complacent. Just amazing.
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I only had time to watch the first six minutes of the first bonus feature, an interview with assistant director Michel Romanoff. It's half an hour long, so I still have a good bit to go on it, and then there are five other special features I'll have to get through today. No question that I won't have time to watch any other DVDs or Blu-rays for fun tonight. I should be able to get to LOST, LIFE, and the IDOL results before I come back upstairs.
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I just returned from Conn's in Austin, where I purchased a 52" LCD Samsung TV, Blu-Ray Player Surround System for my new media room.
Great price.
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This morning I went for a walk, and this is what I saw:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIZ9PYs-lsg
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Well, finally I was able to view "Mad World." I still get that error message at YouTube, but at the Fox.com, I had no problem at all viewing it. I thought I detected a little slip in his falsetto right at the end, but otherwise it was a controlled and rather haunting performance. Easily the best of the night.
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I just returned from Conn's in Austin, where I purchased a 52" LCD Samsung TV, Blu-Ray Player Surround System for my new media room.
Great price.
Those Samsung LCDs have gotten very good reviews.
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First musical on TV I remember - CINDERELLA with Lesley Ann Warren.
Not the Julie Andrews version?
Not "Peter Pan" w/Mary Martin?
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This morning I went for a walk, and this is what I saw:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIZ9PYs-lsg
YIKES, DR Laura :o !!!
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Hey, Ron Pulliam! Welcome back.
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Hello, everyone. I've been very busy preparing for the next leg of my relocation. And did I ever mention that I HATE packing??
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Well, my aunt now has distance glasses, reading glasses, and sunglasses - it only took 7 trips to the optometrist's office.
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Re today's Notes: I was VERY surprised to see Bruce write about this. I knew part of the story already; Bruce called me when his dad left and told me. He sounded VERY unBK-like. I don't think I'll ever forget that call.
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First musical on TV I remember - CINDERELLA with Lesley Ann Warren.
Not the Julie Andrews version?
Not "Peter Pan" w/Mary Martin?
I probably saw it, but I don't remember the Julie version until I saw it at the Museum of TV and Radio years later.
Can't remember the chronology of the color Martin PETER PAN. I know it was made and broadcast in 1960 (with the previous two versions being live performances), but I don't have a memory of them, and I remember seeing the Martin version on our color TV after I saw the Warren CINDERELLA.
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I must start writing up THE WAGES OF FEAR.
WBBL.
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Trivia question for the various and sundried:
What play was being performed at the original Globe Theatre when it burned to the ground from an errant cannon shot effect?
Our American Cousin?
Rats! You beat me to it!
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I would love to see THE FLIP SIDE.
His right profile, or his left??
(http://tbn2.google.com/images?q=tbn:p5TiaYmwJLrp9M:http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/W/htmlW/wilsonflip/wilsonflipIMAGE/wilsonflip.jpg)
..and full face.
So pin it up with tacks,
And fill it out with wax.
Oh, what an actor!
Long live Max Factor!
And this face!
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My question for Ask BK Day:
Dear BK,
When duets are recorded in the studio, do the people appear in the studio and sing together? Or do they do them one at a time? If so, does the second singer hear the first singer through the headphones?
And when there are backup singers, do they record first or last?
Most of the duets I've recorded have been with both people in the room - it's a much better vibe to do it that way. The only real time I haven't done it that way are for a couple of the Guy Haines duets, which Guy recorded here in LA at his leisure.
Backup singers are always done after.
I remember that I've Written A Letter to Daddy & Whatever Happened To Baby Jane was also bicostal. Remy Zeken (?) was in NYC and Katherine Helmond was in LA.
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Hello, everyone. I've been very busy preparing for the next leg of my relocation. And did I ever mention that I HATE packing??
I moved to where I plan to stay for the rest of my life...unless I win the lottery...but of course, I don't buy lottery tickets. ;) I have no intentions of ever moving or packing AGAIN. :D
~~~Vibes for a Quick and EASY Rest of Your Relocation!!~~~
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Here is my review of Sunsrise, Sunset: The Songs of Sheldon Harnick.
I really wanted to like this. (I'm friendly with the producer), but it needs work.
ACT ONE
Last night I went to see "Sunrise Sunset: The songs of Sheldon Harnick.
DR Arnold Brockman saw this same show on Monday. I think I am agreement with him. The show wasn't very good.
All I could think during the show was how would Bruce Kimmel directed this show.
The direction was basically walking back and forth and choreography was a lot of arms in the year and set kick, kick step and falling down on the floor. The falling down on the floor is okay once but they did it three or four times!
The show is sadly without any kind of narration and at times, I didn't even know what the songs were or what the show were. What they should have instead of the two easels with signs made at Kinko's that told us the era and the shows was projections. The projections could have the original show poster, brief information about the show, the name of the song that they were singing and the name of the composer.
The show begins with In My Own Lifetime from The Rothschilds and many of the lyrics were spoken rather sung.
It then went into the nightclub years supposedly all at the Upstairs at The Downstairs. This is incorrect. He also worked with Ben Bagley in The Shoestring Revues, The Littlest Revue and he wrote the music to several of his early songs. Other shows were New Faces of 1952, and Two’s Company. The songs were not identified
The section was Broadway with Jerry Bock. The show omitted their first show, The Body Beautiful and started with Fiorello! Next, they did Tenderloin, She Loves Me, and The Apple Tree. They also ignored their contributions to Baker Street, Man In the Moon, and Never Too Late.
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SUNRISE SUNSET: THE SONGS OF SHELDON HARNICK
ACT TWO (REVIEW CONTINUED)
Act two started with Fiddler on the Roof. The first song was spoken instead of singing and the rest of the segment seemed rushed. Perhaps they could have started the segment with pop version of the Fiddler’s Theme called Fiddler On the Roof. Perhaps they could have sung one of the cut songs from the song like “When Messiah Comes” or “Dear Sweet Sewing Machine” or “We Haven’t Missed A Sabbath Yet”.
Moreover, most surprisingly they omitted The Rothschilds, which was Bock and Harnick’s last show. They are other worthy songs other than “In My Own Lifetime” including the cut song “Just a Map”
From Fiddler on the Roof they went into Rex. This section was called the 70’s and beyond. I knew that Richard Rodgers was the composer, but there was no mention of it. They sang one song, which was duet instead of the best song from the show “Away From You”,
They then went into It’s A Wonderful Life (Joe Raposo. No mention of him) and sang one song. Then a show called Dragons, which I never heard of, and two songs from that show were sung. They were sandwiched in-between a movie theme song medley and once again- - -Which movie? What are the names of the songs? They omitted several other shows during this period: Captain Jinks of the Horse Marines, A Christmas Carol, Cyrano: The Musical, Coyote Tales, and The Umbrellas of Cherbourg.
The two performers were Maureen Brennan who came to some prominence in the early 70’s with Harold Prince’s first production of Candide. Her performance was more of a “Hey Look At Me I Am On Stage Performing” than something more subtle was needed for many of the songs. She was joined by Edward Juvier a pleasant singer and showed a lot of stage presence by infusing many of his songs with characterizations. A note about his appearance; He needed a shave and the clothes that he was wearing did not compliment his physique. (Also, his headshot in the program was at least 10 years out of date. He no longer looks like his photo)
They were joined by Timothy Evans at the piano and an unnamed person on the drums. Mr. Evans also contributed singing to several songs. He has a nice voice and it complimented the other singers, but I think it would have been better if there was a third singer and Mr. Evans just played the piano.
The show was rather short. Act 1 was 45 minutes and Act 2 was slightly shorter. In addition, for cabaret there was no encore. They sang their final song bowed and left the stage. People were waiting for them to come back, but they didn’t.
The show needs to be rethought, restaged and perhaps Michael Alloso, who was the director and choreographer, and Maureen Brennan should leave the writing to someone else. In order for this show to succeed, it needs a major overhaul.
I enjoy hearing the songs of Sheldon Harnick, but the performances were nothing special and I left the show less than satisfied.
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Well, here's a Scientology Horror Show: Travolta and Cruise are remaking "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid." Another Must-Miss Movie!
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Why don't they title it "When Aging Queens Collide"?
Redford was 33 when the original was made and Newman was 44; the Scientology boys are both at least 10 years older than either Newman or Redford.
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I just returned from Conn's in Austin, where I purchased a 52" LCD Samsung TV, Blu-Ray Player Surround System for my new media room.
Great price.
Those Samsung LCDs have gotten very good reviews.
That's why I bought it.
;)
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Well, here's a Scientology Horror Show: Travolta and Cruise are remaking "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid." Another Must-Miss Movie!
Why do people do this?? Why remake classics?? Why not remake a movie that originally bombed and make it better??
Ugh. :P
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DR LAURA - wow!!!
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Thanks to DRJMK and DR DtM - either one of those could be right.....I don't know....but at least I can sing something when I sing along instead of "wheelbarrow."
And yes DR JMK - I typed trace but meant seek.
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So nobody else is bothered by the squealing screaming woo-hooing audience during American Idol?
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Well, here's a Scientology Horror Show: Travolta and Cruise are remaking "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid." Another Must-Miss Movie!
Why do people do this?? Why remake classics?? Why not remake a movie that originally bombed and make it better??
Ugh. :P
That's what I always tell our program committee....let's do a show that didn't turn out quite right....not a show we sold out seven nights in a row!
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Here's a question - do you support the man-to-man or the zone defense?
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DR MATTH thanks for the information about KINGS being moved to Saturday night. Now I can see it and not miss any of the sports delayed AMAZING RACE or ANY DREAM WILL DO on BBC!
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Oh never mind it's on at 8 pm on Saturdays.....and that's COPS time!
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PETER PAN with Mary Martin.
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Dear Esteemed BK, your notes today brought tears to my eyes.
(Not that there's anything wrong with that).
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So nobody else is bothered by the squealing screaming woo-hooing audience during American Idol?
Not at all, but then I don't watch the show :D
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DR LAURA - wow!!!
Yes. I'm glad my DH was in front.
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Here's a question - do you support the man-to-man or the zone defense?
I have no idea which sport you are refering to.
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Here is my review of Sunsrise, Sunset: The Songs of Sheldon Harnick.
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No Medea in Disneyland?
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Well, I'm leaving work for the day...very early for me. I have an appointment at 4:00 to have my taxes done and then I'm usher for the tour of Altar Boyz (http://www.washingtoncenter.org/season/season_detail.asp?event_id=1003). It should be a fun show! ;D
Have a good rest of the evening, all!
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Well, here's a Scientology Horror Show: Travolta and Cruise are remaking "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid." Another Must-Miss Movie!
Why do people do this?? Why remake classics?? Why not remake a movie that originally bombed and make it better??
Ugh. :P
That's what Lehman always advised us about musical adaptations: if you cant improve it, don't do it.
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You make me giggle like a schoolgirl, DR elmore3003! ;D
Doesn't everybody?
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Well, here's a Scientology Horror Show: Travolta and Cruise are remaking "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid." Another Must-Miss Movie!
Why do people do this?? Why remake classics?? Why not remake a movie that originally bombed and make it better??
Ugh. :P
That's what Lehman always advised us about musical adaptations: if you cant improve it, don't do it.
They should remake "Ishtar".
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Since most of us are of a certain age...I will ask:
What is your favorite TELEVISION musical (not episode, but one off) that you remember?
I remember an Armstrong Carpet version of KISS ME KATE with Robert Goulet and Carol Lawrence....it was very funny....and colorful! Although I didn't realize it then, they cut most of Bianca/Lois' part.
I remember really, really liking MARY'S INCREDIBLE DREAM, a Mary Tyler Moore CBS special that told the story of mankind through song, dance and fiddle playing (Doug Kershaw was a guest.)
I bought a copy of a copy of a copy, etc., of "Mary's Incredible Dream" on eBay years ago. It's in a box somewhere. I never watched the whole thing, though.
DR George, IF you ever dig it out and IF you decide to make a DVD of it for yourself... :)
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Hey, Ron Pulliam! Welcome back.
Ummm...thanks.
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TOD - Ask bk:
If YOU were giving Queen Elizabeth an iPod, what songs and/or albums would you pre-load on it?
"I'm Henery the Eighth, I am".....
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PETER PAN with Mary Martin.
I'm surprised you didn't mention Maude Adams!
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Well, finally I was able to view "Mad World." I still get that error message at YouTube, but at the Fox.com, I had no problem at all viewing it. I thought I detected a little slip in his falsetto right at the end, but otherwise it was a controlled and rather haunting performance. Easily the best of the night.
DR Matt, do you have Vista? I had a problem with the Adobe Flash Player updating. After searching for a fix, I found that the solution was to completely uninstall the player then go to the Adobe site and intall the latest version.
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I remember distinctly four musicals from tv:
Peter Pan with Mary Martin in 1954 and the second broadast in 1955
Cinderella with Julie Andrews
Annie Get Your Gun with Mary Martn and John Raitt
Kiss Me Kate with Patricia Morrison and Alfred Drake with Bill Hayes and Julie Wilson
Wasn't ANNIE GET YOUR GUN shown on Easter Sunday? Before you ask, elmore, no that was not the production in which I played Buffalo Bill.
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Well, here's a Scientology Horror Show: Travolta and Cruise are remaking "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid." Another Must-Miss Movie!
Why do people do this?? Why remake classics?? Why not remake a movie that originally bombed and make it better??
Ugh. :P
Vanity...all is vanity...
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Trivia question for the various and sundried:
What play was being performed at the original Globe Theatre when it burned to the ground from an errant cannon shot effect?
elmore starring in LADY WINDERMERE'S FAN
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Trivia question for the various and sundried:
What play was being performed at the original Globe Theatre when it burned to the ground from an errant cannon shot effect?
Was Carol Channing in it?
;D
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Hmmm... Okay, so how do I convert my white fat into brown fat?
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DR LAURA - wow!!!
Yes. I'm glad my DH was in front.
I think you'd better let the game warden lead next time!
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I would love to see THE FLIP SIDE.
YES! Me too!
It was great. I loved Ricky Nelson.
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Hmmm... Okay, so how do I convert my white fat into brown fat?
Rit dye?
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Of course, that was(?) not my drag name. Not that I ever had one to begin with.
Really? Jose seems a strange name for a drag queen.
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Trivia question for the various and sundried:
What play was being performed at the original Globe Theatre when it burned to the ground from an errant cannon shot effect?
Henry VIII
You are correct, sir! :)
Huh?
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Hmmm... Okay, so how do I convert my white fat into brown fat?
;D I get cold & shiver a lot. I think this means I use less of my brown fat, darn.
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DR Druxy I hope the hotel removes the charges for one night.
MOVING VIBES TO YOUR DEAR WIFE!!!
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DR Jennifer, thanks for the link. Even though I don’t watch the show I have enjoyed watching a few of the contestants.
DR Laura, it sounds as if you had a windy day. Do you know what kind of snake it was? It was difficult to tell.
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What a crazy day. I had a very nice breakfast meeting with an actor/singer named Ted Detweiler - he's asked me to create an act for him, and since I like him a lot, we're proceeding. He's also coming in to read for the lead in Nudie Musical next week. I then hurried home, put the Seesaw and Illya tapes in the car and drove them back to the MGM vaults, and picked up a ton more for potential projects. One of the potential film releases looks incredibly interesting and I'm VERY anxious to hear it - I'd seen the film a couple of months ago, and rewatched it quickly last night on DVD - there is almost no music in the film other than "source" music, i.e. music coming from the radio. I think there were two score cues lasting maybe five minutes, for chase sequences, with the music dialed so low that they may as well have left it out. At the time of the film, an album was prepared, and it's running time was just under forty minutes. Which leads me to believe there was a lot of music written for but not used in the film. The tape box says "not to be released - legal problems" but since they are willing to license to me, whatever those were (probably the fact that little or none of the music is in the film) have long since disappeared, since the film didn't exactly set the world on fire. IF it's a real score, then this could be a really cool release - it involves a favorite composer of mine. If it's just long versions of source music (really doubtful) then that's another story.
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Since most of us are of a certain age...I will ask:
What is your favorite TELEVISION musical (not episode, but one off) that you remember?
I remember an Armstrong Carpet version of KISS ME KATE with Robert Goulet and Carol Lawrence....it was very funny....and colorful! Although I didn't realize it then, they cut most of Bianca/Lois' part.
The only one that I can recall seeing, back when I was a kid, was a version of Cinderella...I think it was a musical.
Yes Mike, but I don't think the version with Brandy counts.
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Then Cason came over and we had a nice heart-to-heart chat at Jerry's Deli - I had a BLT and a few of his fries.
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I'm now home for a little while then at seven am going to my designer's house, where I'll be working for at least two hours. Then back home.
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Amazingly, we'll have Two For The Seesaw CDs in tomorrow. If anyone here missed their chance to order, I will have a few "overs" - they invariably print a handful of extra CDs on every run, so drop me an e-mail if you want one. Those who haven't ordered really have no clew as to what they're missing - and I'm jiggy with that.
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SAUL and ISRAEL IN EGYPT
Was that the movie with Warren Beatty and Dustin Hoffman?
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For tv fans of: PUSHING DAISIES, ELI STONE AND/OR DIRTY SEXY MONEY:
I have good news. ABC is airing all the remaining episodes on Saturdays starting the end of May.
Yeah! I would thank ABC except that it's ridiculous that 2 of these 3 were cancelled at all!
http://ausiellofiles.ew.com/2009/04/finally-abc-to.html#comments
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First musical on TV I remember - CINDERELLA with Lesley Ann Warren.
Not the Julie Andrews version?
Not "Peter Pan" w/Mary Martin?
Ron! Are you okay?
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Is anyone watching any of the new shows tonight and tomorrow.
I think they are Southland (or something like that with the kid from the OC), Harper's Island (a 13 week murder mystery with harry hamlin) and the unusuals.
Right now i have no plans to watch any of them.
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For some reason, now when I come back to the posts and press NEW, I am still taken to the first page of the notes and not where I left off.....
Funny, I've never used the "NEW" button because I never trusted it. And I would be bereft if I missed a single precious HHW post.
Hmm...I've never had any trouble with the "New" button.
I've never had the slightest trouble with the "new" button. Works like a charm always.
Where the Heck is the "New" button?
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DR LAURA - wow!!!
Yes. I'm glad my DH was in front.
I think you'd better let the game warden lead next time!
Apparently The Game Warden has abandoned me.
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Well, my aunt now has distance glasses, reading glasses, and sunglasses - it only took 7 trips to the optometrist's office.
I get to go back to my eye doctor on Friday to find out if I am going blind.
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SAUL and ISRAEL IN EGYPT
Was that the movie with Warren Beatty and Dustin Hoffman?
I think it's the new title for the remake of Butch Cassidy.
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Well, my aunt now has distance glasses, reading glasses, and sunglasses - it only took 7 trips to the optometrist's office.
I get to go back to my eye doctor on Friday to find out if I am going blind.
We all told you to stop or you'd go blind, but do you listen?
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Why don't they title it "When Aging Queens Collide"?
Redford was 33 when the original was made and Newman was 44; the Scientology boys are both at least 10 years older than either Newman or Redford.
Tom Cruise is only 46. Mr Revolta is, however, 55.
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Well, here's a Scientology Horror Show: Travolta and Cruise are remaking "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid." Another Must-Miss Movie!
Why do people do this?? Why remake classics?? Why not remake a movie that originally bombed and make it better??
Ugh. :P
I am sure there were people who said that when Judy Garland remade A STAR IS BORN.
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Jane, I'm thinking a mojave -- but I'm not sure.
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Yikes, TCB! Here's vibes for you!
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Yikes, TCB! Here's vibes for you!
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Thanks, Laura.
And elmore, I notice you are wearing glasses.
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Hmmm... Okay, so how do I convert my white fat into brown fat?
Take a featured role as "Senator Rawkins" in FINIAN'S RAINBOW?
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TCB here are some vibes and a hug for you.
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Well, my aunt now has distance glasses, reading glasses, and sunglasses - it only took 7 trips to the optometrist's office.
I get to go back to my eye doctor on Friday to find out if I am going blind.
VIBES!!!
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It looks like ryanseacrest.com and youtube had to take down all the adam lambert videos.
I guess american idol decided they didn't want people to watch it anywhere but on their site!
Personally this bugs me. I think they should be happy to have all this exposure!
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I'm glad I watched before it was removed. Thanks for the link.
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Why don't they title it "When Aging Queens Collide"?
Redford was 33 when the original was made and Newman was 44; the Scientology boys are both at least 10 years older than either Newman or Redford.
Tom Cruise is only 46. Mr Revolta is, however, 55.
Paul Newman looked younger.
The Sundance Kid was supposedly around 42 when he died and Butch Cassidy 41.
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Yikes, TCB! Here's vibes for you!
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Thanks, Laura.
And elmore, I notice you are wearing glasses.
I have diabetes, you old coot!
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You realize, DR TCB, that if we ever met in person, the room would clear very quickly?
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A Fig, A Pool, and a Bartender...
a fig and a bartender walk into a pool....a pool and a fig walk into a bar...
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This morning I went for a walk, and this is what I saw:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIZ9PYs-lsg
YIKES, DR Laura :o !!!
That's why I didn't go for walks when I lived in Phoenix!
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from elmore « Reply #210 on: Monday 04/06/09 16:04:39 »
Quote from: Michael S on Monday 04/06/09 15:04:25
And I hate to say it but I just caught a typo.
On the cast list Orson Bean is credited as Home Thrace instead of Homer
Home Thrace seems more right for a musical set in Athens than, say, Home Jeeves.
Or Home, Sweet Homer!
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Before I try to catch up, this in on the Doctor Who front:
In a radio interview, David Tennant has confirmed that Catherine Tate will, indeed, be appearing in his final two episodes of the series.
(Which sorta kinda explains why he said he was in tears reading the scripts for the shows. I mean, I can just imagine what was going through his mind: "Oh, Gawd, she's going to upstage me in every scene we've got together, I just know it!"
;D ;))
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The dog upstairs has been barking for an hour.
I'm very happy, I just finished my first draft of the "scandalous" part of the report on BABES IN TOYLAND. Here's the draft which I just sent to my editor:
On 10 November 1900, a British musical by Leslie Stuart and Owen Hall, Florodora, opened at New York's Casino Theatre and ran there for eleven months before transferring to the New York Theatre. In the second act, six young men sang to six beautiful young ladies, "Tell me, pretty maiden, are there any more at home like you?" This double sextet became the rage and the chief reason to see the show. Gentlemen lined the streets outside the stage door to shower the beautiful chorus girls, especially the six young ladies in "the number," with expensive dinners, exquisite jewelry, yachts, and automobiles. At a time when a chorus girl's salary, according to a [i[New York Times[/i] article of 8 March 1903, was between $15 and $20 a week, accepting a gentleman's gifts and protection could mean for a young lady financial security, a move from a flophouse to a nice flat with a maid, and other luxuries. The fact that the six young ladies in the Florodora "Sextet" all married millionaires added to the myth of the "cult of the chorus girl," a cult that Julian Mitchell, Florenz Ziegfeld, and other producers were more than eager to cater to.
The second scandal to confront the Babes In Toyland company occurred on 21 July 1903, when the Chicago Board of Review asked ten ladies in the cast, Georgia Baron, Aline Boley, Gladys Earlcott, Grace Field, Virginia Foltz, Mabel Frenyear, Lesbia Grallis, Helen Hilton, Ethel Pennington, and leading lady Mabel Barrison, to provide reasons for not paying taxes on their automobiles and jewelry. Carefully skirting the issue of prostitution, which would have been disastrous publicity for a "family entertainment," the Board of Review ignored the economic realities of a show girl's ability to purchase thousands of dollars worth of jewelry and baubles. While the subject of chorus girls and their beaus certainly gave rise to much speculation, from Dreiser's novel Sister Carrie to Irving Berlin's 1911 song "How Do You Do It, Mabel, On Twenty Dollars A Week?," the press reporting the news on the ladies and their tax problems turned a blind eye as well to the offstage socializing of the young ladies.
Six of the them, including Miss Barrison, claimed they were New York residents and therefore not subject to Chicago taxation. Virginia Foltz claimed her jewels and automobile were "costly gifts from a birthday party," and on 28 July, Grace Fields, one of the four ladies who ended up paying taxes, was forced to pay taxes on $9,900 in personal property. While Miss Barrison's salary as a principal player in Babes In Toyland may have been several hundred dollars a week, in her previous year's Wizard Of Oz experience her salary had fallen from a principal's to a Weber-Fields chorus girl's. Her affectionate notes to Townsend Walsh imply that Miss Barrison may have been faithful to Julian Mitchell in her fashion, but she was keeping her romantic and financial options open to any suitors.
Townsend Walsh, business manager and press agent for Hamlin and Mitchell, arrived in Chicago late in the run to initiate publicity for the tour to New York. Walsh, whose 1902 correspondence with a friend on the Chicago Grand Opera House staff shows the two of them had been competing for the favors of available actresses and chorus girls passing through Chicago, had been very busy in New York preparing the autumn 1903 tours for The Wizard Of Oz, which would vacate New York's Majestic Theatre shortly before Babes In Toyland moved in.
I already see several rewrites that can be done, but I'm happy with the overall text.
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DR Druxy I hope the hotel removes the charges for one night.
MOVING VIBES TO YOUR DEAR WIFE!!!
They have.
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from elmore « Reply #210 on: Monday 04/06/09 16:04:39 »
Quote from: Michael S on Monday 04/06/09 15:04:25
And I hate to say it but I just caught a typo.
On the cast list Orson Bean is credited as Home Thrace instead of Homer
Home Thrace seems more right for a musical set in Athens than, say, Home Jeeves.
Or Home, Sweet Homer!
I still wish I'd seen it.
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Ok, caught up....I'm off to Barnes and Noble. I wasn't sure if I'd go tonight because it's way on the other side of town and I don't feel like driving over there, but I need to get another present for my mom's birthday on saturday so....
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Well, here's a Scientology Horror Show: Travolta and Cruise are remaking "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid." Another Must-Miss Movie!
Why do people do this?? Why remake classics?? Why not remake a movie that originally bombed and make it better??
Ugh. :P
I am sure there were people who said that when Judy Garland remade A STAR IS BORN.
And when Keanu Reeves remade The Day the Earth stood Still. I haven't seen it, but I am sure it is a gem. Not.
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Instead of taking a nap, I think I shall read today's posts.
Be back in a few.
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...I also saw Hair. God, I feel old!
That's because there isn't that much there any more. ;) ;D (meow!)
...I then saw the movie and, from what I gather, I'm in the minority but I think the movie made sense of the stage show and is a much, much, much better production. I loved the movie!...
You are NOT alone in loving the movie. I love how it celebrates the people and the times, but Milos Forman also let the sunshine fall on some of the philosophical hubris that was going on. Amazing film, I think.
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Dear DAW, Everytime I'm near a baby or little kid these days, I always say the same thing "they never had that when my kid was little". Kids have such cool stuff these days.
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I have to get up at six to drive my wife to the airport.
Is she tired of your new location already? ;)
Actually, she's flying back to handle the physical part of our move with the moving company, while I stay here to coordinate the stuff with our new house.
I hope you're not prone to depression, DR Druxy. When der B and I moved here to Delaware, he flew back to Long Beach to take care of moving the furniture et al pretty much like what you're describing, and it all backfired on us. What with my not knowing anyone, being all alone in a strange environment, my depression kicked up and went into overtime. I ended up having to go to the ER, to get meds, and he had to make a special flight back to help me find a doctor. It was the one part of the move that was not at all good.
Take care of yourself!
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Dear George, I'm glad I ordered my copy too. (2)
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Thanks Matt H, Criminal Minds tonight.
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Yes, Happy Passover/Pesach to all.
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I went to see Hair during highschool at the Aquarius Theatre (I was 17? and heard there were naked boys), but to this day I do not remember seeing anything on stage. I love the movie, have it on DVD.
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Elmore, wasn't Miss Evelyn Nesbit a Florodora girl?
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TCB here are some vibes and a hug for you.
Thanks, td.
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Well, my aunt now has distance glasses, reading glasses, and sunglasses - it only took 7 trips to the optometrist's office.
I get to go back to my eye doctor on Friday to find out if I am going blind.
VIBES!!!
Thanks, Jane.
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You realize, DR TCB, that if we ever met in person, the room would clear very quickly?
Yes! Wouldn't that be fun.
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I wish I were at a Seder tonight. It must be why I have been eating matzo all day.
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Elmore, wasn't Miss Evelyn Nesbit a Florodora girl?
She was in the chorus but not one of the sextet.
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I wish I were at a Seder tonight. It must be why I have been eating matzo all day.
I could go for brisket!
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Watched Laura's link. Arizona has a snake, I believe a sidewinder ??, that you can drive over and not really hurt it. Well that's the memory of a l0 or ll year old.
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I wish I were at a Seder tonight. It must be why I have been eating matzo all day.
I wish I was celebrating Passover so I could have some good gefilte fish.
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Scent of Mystery is calling me from the other room.
Have a good evening everyone.
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Scent of Mystery is call me from the other room.
Have a good evening everyone.
Bye, Sam!
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Thanks, Elmore. I thought the name "Florodora" was familiar.
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Thanks, Elmore. I thought the name "Florodora" was familiar.
That was elmore's drag name!
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Bruce, I remember my father explaining to me why your father disappeared so suddenly. He did so with real compassion for your father and the unfortunate situation he found himself in. I liked your father & appreciate reading how the happy ending to the story came about.
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I wish I were at a Seder tonight. It must be why I have been eating matzo all day.
I could go for brisket!
Yuck ;D
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Jane, do you make your own gefilte fish?
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I wish I were at a Seder tonight. It must be why I have been eating matzo all day.
I could go for brisket!
Yuck ;D
Well, I guess a brisket has driven Jane from the site.
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No. Every year in high school I went to my best friend's house for Passover. A couple of years I went the day before to help set up & watched her mother make gefilte fish. I was too young to remember my mother making it before she switched to doctoring the jarred fish. I never ate more than a few bites of it, however it was made.
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;D I was responding to your question.
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My mother did not make chicken soup for her matzo balls. She made turkey soup-oh so delicious. I was rather shocked when I had matzo ball soup out. No one else made soup like my mother's.
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Thanks, Elmore. I thought the name "Florodora" was familiar.
That was elmore's drag name!
You're only jealous because it was classier than your Bertha Venation!
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I wish I was celebrating Passover so I could have some good gefilte fish.
Is there such a thing?
It doesn't look so good in the store.
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Well, here's a Scientology Horror Show: Travolta and Cruise are remaking "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid." Another Must-Miss Movie!
Why do people do this?? Why remake classics?? Why not remake a movie that originally bombed and make it better??
Ugh. :P
Because there are an amazing number of people out there who do not watch old movies.
No, seriously. It just never occurs to them that something that is "classic" might be worth seeing.
I ran across a case of this today. I've been letting the boss know that, if he upgrades to BluRay, der B and I are very willing to loan what we have, so that he and his wife will have something to watch. Well, I ran into said wife today, and she's a bit of a trophy, blonde and pretty, but fairly savvy. But when I told her of the discs that were arriving via post today, and mentioned An American in Paris, she went blank. "Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron." "I've never heard of it." And I have every reason to believe that she was telling me the truth.
I've mentioned big stars from the days of yore to coworkers, and they ask "Who's that?" They haven't a clue. Totally off the radar. It's scary.
This doesn't mean that I think a Cruise/Travolta remake is a good idea. But it goes a long way to explaining the glut of remakes - "no one" remembers the originals!
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I wish I was celebrating Passover so I could have some good gefilte fish.
Is there such a thing?
It doesn't look so good in the store.
My mother recooked it with carrots & I don't know what else. When Keith was young his mother's father made the fish. Later is mother kind of doctored the jar version, a bit like my mother did it.
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It is the Seder I miss most of all. I do not miss the fish.
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That damned dog is still barking.
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I wish I was celebrating Passover so I could have some good gefilte fish.
Is there such a thing?
It doesn't look so good in the store.
When I lived in Seattle, my roommate's mother would move in with us every year for Passover. Her gefilte fish (a combination of salmon and white fish) was incredible.
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DR elmore, if you said before I missed it. Is the owner home during the day with the dog?
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I wish I was celebrating Passover so I could have some good gefilte fish.
Is there such a thing?
It doesn't look so good in the store.
When I lived in Seattle, my roommate's mother would move in with us every year for Passover. Her gefilte fish (a combination of salmon and white fish) was incredible.
This sounds intriguing.
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I have been reading an interesting bit of history.
"Abraham Lincoln Was Assassinated During Passover. According to the American Jewish Historical Society, many Jews were in synagogue for the holiday when the news of Lincoln's assassination broke. Altars in temples "were quickly draped in black and, instead of Passover melodies, the congregations chanted Yom Kippur hymns. Rabbis set aside their sermons and wept openly at their pulpits, as did their congregants." Sadly, a time that was supposed to be full of celebration became one of mourning."
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I wish I was celebrating Passover so I could have some good gefilte fish.
Is there such a thing?
It doesn't look so good in the store.
When I lived in Seattle, my roommate's mother would move in with us every year for Passover. Her gefilte fish (a combination of salmon and white fish) was incredible.
This sounds intriguing.
She said it was salmon, whitefish, onion, and carrots; but she said she couldn't tell me what else was in it, or the Rabbi would have to kill me.
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DR elmore, if you said before I missed it. Is the owner home during the day with the dog?
At times. He's a student. The damned dog has barked steadily for over 2 and a half hours and i am getting quite sick of this crap because it;'s happening more and more often.
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I have been reading an interesting bit of history.
"Abraham Lincoln Was Assassinated During Passover. According to the American Jewish Historical Society, many Jews were in synagogue for the holiday when the news of Lincoln's assassination broke. Altars in temples "were quickly draped in black and, instead of Passover melodies, the congregations chanted Yom Kippur hymns. Rabbis set aside their sermons and wept openly at their pulpits, as did their congregants." Sadly, a time that was supposed to be full of celebration became one of mourning."
That is interesting, I never knew that. Since they were suffering through OUR AMERICAN COUSIN, I always assumed that it was Thanksgiving. :)
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G'night!
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I loved the finale of LIFE! Please, NBC, please, don't kill it!
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DR elmore, if you said before I missed it. Is the owner home during the day with the dog?
At times. He's a student. The damned dog has barked steadily for over 2 and a half hours and i am getting quite sick of this crap because it;'s happening more and more often.
Then he should be home studying. Have you thought about having the dog spend a few hours with you if you are home? You might enjoy it and the dog would stop barking ;)
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I loved the finale of LIFE! Please, NBC, please, don't kill it!
We won't be watching it tonight. Instead we have THE CHANGELING here. Until tonight I didn't realize it is based on a true story.
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DR elmore, if you said before I missed it. Is the owner home during the day with the dog?
At times. He's a student. The damned dog has barked steadily for over 2 and a half hours and i am getting quite sick of this crap because it;'s happening more and more often.
Then he should be home studying. Have you thought about having the dog spend a few hours with you if you are home? You might enjoy it and the dog would stop barking ;)
I don't want the dog. I just want it to be quiet more often than it is.
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It's 11 pm EST and the dog is still barking! This is ridiculous, and I hope it's bothering others in the building besides me because i'm sick of complaining. If others do it as well, maybe something will be done.
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Good Evening!
Well... I guess the car is fixed... Hmmm....
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Time to wussburger. I've promised der B that I'd check, making sure the new BDs run properly (he also picked up Quantum of Slumdog), and then I've got to crash.
Hasta.
(Fun Lost tonight, tho.)
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In other news...
We ran the show tonight. -Our first run-thru of the whole show since last week. It's actually coming together quite nicely. We have one more run in the studio tomorrow night, and then we move into the beautiful Sottile Theatre on Friday. -Of course, since we go into tech, that means we won't the whole show again until Monday.
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ASK BK:
Have you considered using Paul Haber for your Nudie Musical reading?
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DR Laura - Nice video. ::)
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Well, here's a Scientology Horror Show: Travolta and Cruise are remaking "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid." Another Must-Miss Movie!
What a completely horrible, totally worthless idea! Good lord! People are paid to come up with these ideas!
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Well, finally I was able to view "Mad World." I still get that error message at YouTube, but at the Fox.com, I had no problem at all viewing it. I thought I detected a little slip in his falsetto right at the end, but otherwise it was a controlled and rather haunting performance. Easily the best of the night.
DR Matt, do you have Vista? I had a problem with the Adobe Flash Player updating. After searching for a fix, I found that the solution was to completely uninstall the player then go to the Adobe site and intall the latest version.
Thank you, DR Dan the Man, for this suggestion. So far, the update seems not to have taken, so I will try this when I get a moment, probably this weekend. I appreciate the help. Oh, yes, I have Vista.
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What a crazy day. I had a very nice breakfast meeting with an actor/singer named Ted Detweiler - he's asked me to create an act for him, and since I like him a lot, we're proceeding. He's also coming in to read for the lead in Nudie Musical next week. I then hurried home, put the Seesaw and Illya tapes in the car and drove them back to the MGM vaults, and picked up a ton more for potential projects. One of the potential film releases looks incredibly interesting and I'm VERY anxious to hear it - I'd seen the film a couple of months ago, and rewatched it quickly last night on DVD - there is almost no music in the film other than "source" music, i.e. music coming from the radio. I think there were two score cues lasting maybe five minutes, for chase sequences, with the music dialed so low that they may as well have left it out. At the time of the film, an album was prepared, and it's running time was just under forty minutes. Which leads me to believe there was a lot of music written for but not used in the film. The tape box says "not to be released - legal problems" but since they are willing to license to me, whatever those were (probably the fact that little or none of the music is in the film) have long since disappeared, since the film didn't exactly set the world on fire. IF it's a real score, then this could be a really cool release - it involves a favorite composer of mine. If it's just long versions of source music (really doubtful) then that's another story.
Is this the same "Ted Detweiler" who's on the TV series of "Sordid Lives"? Or the one who appeared in the Bacharach benefit? -I don't think they are one in the same.
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Well, here's a Scientology Horror Show: Travolta and Cruise are remaking "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid." Another Must-Miss Movie!
Why do people do this?? Why remake classics?? Why not remake a movie that originally bombed and make it better??
Ugh. :P
I am sure there were people who said that when Judy Garland remade A STAR IS BORN.
Possibly, but the best people in the business were doing it and making it into a musical which added another dimension to the oft-told tale, so it's not quite the same thing.
(Remember the Gaynor A STAR IS BORN was a rehash of the earlier WHAT PRICE HOLLYWOOD, too.)
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OK... I'd like to stay for a little while longer, but since I have a 9:00am production meeting... and since I'm already feeling a bit sleepy...
Goodnight.
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DR Jennifer,
I plan to sample both SOUTHLAND and HARPER'S ISLAND. I have no interest in THE UNUSUALS.
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I began my evening with the rest of the bonus features on THE WAGES OF FEAR Blu-ray. There was an hour-long documentary on the life and career of Henri-Georges Clouzot that was very well done and quite interesting as I didn't know some of the facts they had to offer.
All of the bonuses were presented in high definition, another big plus.
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Next, I sped through today's AS THE WORLD TURNS. Nothing to see, but the boys are on tomorrow.
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I finally got around to watching last week's SMALLVILLE. A somewhat tedious group of characters, especially Tess Mercer who I have already tired of. I do like Chloe and Davis together. I hope they will continue to develop this.
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Then I watched tonight's BETTER OFF TED. A funny show about motion sensors that discriminated against black people. The romance thing was not as interesting. Move on, folks.
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Page Twelve Dance!!!
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LOST had a very involving episode which tied up some loose ends to previous events we had seen (but also left us with some more questions.) So wonderful to contemplate everything.
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During the LOST commercials, I managed to flip over and see who was eliminated on tonight's IDOL. Sweet guy but had no chance of winning so the time was right for him to go.
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I finished my evening watching tonight's season finale of LIFE. Like DR Elmore, I really enjoyed it, and with that lengthy story arc now completed, maybe the show could become a quirky, close-ended procedural that could gain a much bigger following. I do wish NBC would give it 13 more episodes to prove itself next season.
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BK thank you for sharing your story in the notes again today.
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I think it's time for me to head downstairs to bed.
Good night!
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We want the Florie Dories - we want the Florie Dories.
Did any of them have a monkey in her bustle the way Spanky did?
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A Box With Legal Problems - that's the name of my new novel.
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I just found out from my buddy Reg Lewis that two acquaintances of mine passed away. Both worked with Reg in Mae West's nighclub act back in the 1950s.
Armand Tanny passed away on Saturday at age 90. He was a super nice guy and we were going to do an interview but he would only do it if I came down in person. Unfortunately that never happened.
(http://images.google.com/url?source=imgres&ct=img&q=http://www.maxximum-portal.com/forum/richedit/upload/2kde7aa78ce5.jpg&usg=AFQjCNHDKSCIGE4LC2ZUBl2EZNMdBF6pog)
Here is his obit: http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-armand-tanny9-2009apr09,0,245042.story (http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-armand-tanny9-2009apr09,0,245042.story)
Also, Irvin "Zabo" Koszewski passed away March 29 at age 84. I believe he was still living in the Santa Monica area. He worked in films from time to time like ATHENA and SPARTACUS and even played one of the apes in PLANET OF THE APES.
Even into his 80s he had better abs then most guys in their 20s!
I never interviewed him, but he was kind enough to autograph a couple of the old Health magazines that he was on the cover of back in the day.
(http://images.google.com/url?source=imgres&ct=img&q=http://www.oldtimestrongman.com/images4/zabo_koszewski.gif&usg=AFQjCNHaCHUlyzJ3k-hLZHPq8p1gZzQ0gw)
What is ironic is that most of the famous bodybuilders of today will likely never reach the age that these old timers did, because for so many of the current crop it isn't about living a healthy lifestyle like it was for the old timers, it is only about winning and being the biggest, by any means possible.
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Elmore, I loved the BABES IN TOYLAND notes! You know I so enjoy stuff like that!
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We want the Florie Dories - we want the Florie Dories.
Did any of them have a monkey in her bustle the way Spanky did?
LOL! I was thinking that same scene!
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Jose, the Ted of Sordid Lives and the Ted in the benefit are indeed one and the same.
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Back from my designers, with a lot of discussion about how the new Kritzerland site will operate. Hopefully, he'll come up with the design choices quickly, because once we settle on one everything flows from there.
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Then I worked with his daughter on the Bacharach benefit editing, smoothing as much out as I could, given the ineptitude with which it was shot - two cameras operated by complete amateurs.
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Since most of us are of a certain age...I will ask:
What is your favorite TELEVISION musical (not episode, but one off) that you remember?
I remember an Armstrong Carpet version of KISS ME KATE with Robert Goulet and Carol Lawrence....it was very funny....and colorful! Although I didn't realize it then, they cut most of Bianca/Lois' part.
I remember really, really liking MARY'S INCREDIBLE DREAM, a Mary Tyler Moore CBS special that told the story of mankind through song, dance and fiddle playing (Doug Kershaw was a guest.)
I bought a copy of a copy of a copy, etc., of "Mary's Incredible Dream" on eBay years ago. It's in a box somewhere. I never watched the whole thing, though.
DR George, IF you ever dig it out and IF you decide to make a DVD of it for yourself... :)
If I can find it... ;)
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Guess I missed the Seasaw bus. I'll be looking for it on eBay, I suppose.
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For tv fans of: PUSHING DAISIES, ELI STONE AND/OR DIRTY SEXY MONEY:
I have good news. ABC is airing all the remaining episodes on Saturdays starting the end of May.
Yeah! I would thank ABC except that it's ridiculous that 2 of these 3 were cancelled at all!
http://ausiellofiles.ew.com/2009/04/finally-abc-to.html#comments
YEA!! ;D ;D ;D
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I ushered for Altar Boyz tonight and it was a very good show. Great energy and very cute guys. ;)
Right now, I'm at home and watching "The Unusuals." I recorded "Lost" and will watch that later. The lead woman in "The Unusuals" has parents and the actors who play her parents are Joanna Gleason and Chris Sarandon, both of whom were in the Broadway flop, Nick & Nora (http://www.ibdb.com/production.php?id=4653). :)
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Well, here's a Scientology Horror Show: Travolta and Cruise are remaking "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid." Another Must-Miss Movie!
What a completely horrible, totally worthless idea! Good lord! People are paid to come up with these ideas!
Well, just coming up with the idea isn't the problem. It's the people who say, "Let's do it!" and pay for it, and cast it. :P
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Trivia question for the various and sundried:
What play was being performed at the original Globe Theatre when it burned to the ground from an errant cannon shot effect?
elmore starring in LADY WINDERMERE'S FAN
Elmore IS Lady Windermere's Fan!!
;D
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Dear Matthew, ask BK if he has one left. (see BK's post #237 today)
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Dear MBarnum, I agree about today's bodybuilders, between the super foods, pills, drinks, (and drugs) their body can not survive to be old.
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Criminal Minds was really good again.
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Dear Matthew, ask BK if he has one left. (see BK's post #237 today)
« Last Edit: Today at 11:31:38 PM by Sam »
I wondered what the original version of your post meant. ;)
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I've been thinking about this since I read today's notes. When my husband's father was in the hospital he wanted to see everyone during the last couple of days. He also was just mean, said really nasty things, and blamed everyone for whatever he was angry about. My husband and I did not go into the room, we were OK with not wanting to hear it, he never had a nice thing to say about his son or me, and would verbally abuse us in front of our daughter (she was just a little kid).
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George, Sorry, I'm old, I get confused.
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Must go.
Goodnight. Happy Thursday everyone.
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Goodnight Sam.
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Yes, Matthew, I will still have a few left over, so e-mail me.