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Title: WHAT I MISS
Post by: bk on April 20, 2009, 12:07:43 AM: Well, you've read the notes, you're in the know as regards what I miss, and now it is time for you to post until the missed cows come home.
Title: Re: WHAT I MISS
Post by: bk on April 20, 2009, 12:08:39 AM: And the word of the day is: CUNCTATION!
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Post by: Druxy on April 20, 2009, 03:33:09 AM: My favorite childhood TV shows were THE LONE RANGER, SUPERMAN, CHEYENNE & HIGHWAY PATROL, which was produced by my cousin, Fred Ziv.

Unfortunately, by the time that I was ready to journey to Los Angeles (from Seattle), he had retired, so I no longer had a show business "in".

:-\
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Post by: Druxy on April 20, 2009, 03:35:08 AM: More box unpacking today.
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Post by: FJL on April 20, 2009, 04:23:13 AM: Does THE MAGIC GARDEN count for the topic of the day? I didn't watch the show that often, but I loved loved loved the theme song.
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Post by: Michael on April 20, 2009, 04:29:23 AM: Locally produced shows that I remember were

Magistrate's Court
Family Court

These were scripted shows as opposed to shows like Judge Judy

People in Conflict (A group of people sitting around a table with a moderator trying to work out problems)

Also scripted show years ahead of shows like Intervention.

They were fun to watch because you would see people that you would know. I auditioned for Family Court. They promised me a run of 5 shows but the story was never produced. However my Mother was hired playing a mother of a girl who was caught shop lifting. "I can't believe Sissy would do such a thing" was one of her lines. Don't know why I am remember that!
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Post by: Jrand73 on April 20, 2009, 05:53:12 AM: DR DRUXY's cousin was Fred Ziv? Oh my, Ms Allison Hayes made guest appearances on several ZIV production during the 1950's.
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Post by: Jrand73 on April 20, 2009, 05:54:03 AM: I liked the local movie programs especially Frances Farmer Presents and Sammy Terry (the Saturday night horror movie) and Selwyn who dressed up in safari attire and introduced Tarzan and Bomba movies.
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Post by: elmore3003 on April 20, 2009, 06:15:56 AM: Good morning, all! I had a quiet day puttering about the apartment ysterday after the recital. I believe the only thing I watched of note was the current episode of Masterpiece Theatre LITTLE DORRIT, which was very moving last night with the reappearance of John Chivery, the jailer's son who loves Amy Dorrit, and Mr Dorrit's approaching dementia. I do love the Circumlocution Office and its governmental ineptitude.

This morning, I have a date with Jim Morgan of the York Theatre to discuss a project, and after that, more work on THE MOST HAPPY FELLA.

TOD: Outside of Ruth Lyons' 50-50 CLUB at noon daily, I have little memory of local programming in Cincinnati. I rememebr sone country-western Grand Ole Opry ripoff on Saturday nights, but that's about it. DR Charles Pogue will remember programs I've totally forgotten!
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Post by: Charles Pogue on April 20, 2009, 06:27:36 AM: I, too, BK, miss the local programming. The last two years of high school I probably did on five hours asleep at night, because I was up watching the late show movie that usually ran till one or one-thirty. But then I had to stay up for the sign-off and the HIGH FLIGHT poem.

My favourite local character (and Ginny and elmore might also remember him) was Bob Shreve, who hosted on the weekends, Schoenling All-Nite Theatre...Schoenling was a beer company. He was kind of a Soupy Sales character with a raft of silly characters and catch-phrases. The movies were always kind of tatty, so you waited for the commercial breaks where Bob would cut up and do his schtick. I think there is a website devoted to him. A legend in Cincy.

We also had a local talent show on either Saturday or Sunday afternoon hosted by Len Goorian who had started as a ballroom dancer, I believe, before he went into broadcasting. He still has a radio show on WMKV where he plays Latin music (apparently he worked a lot of cruise ships down South American way and has a collection of Latin Music).

Cincinnati was the home of Taft Broadcasting and a lot of local television was produced that also went out regionally. An icon was Ruth Lyons...who hosted a midday talk and variety show with a live band (my guitar teacher at Wurlitzer music used to occasionally play on her show), with a funny band director, and several singers (Bob Braun was one...who later had his own talk show...he may have taken over hers after she died...and had a record that once got him on American Bandstand). There is a book out now on Ruth called BEFORE OPRAH...and it's kind of true, she doing Oprah before Oprah. Tickets for the studio audience sold out months in advance and it was broadcast all over Ohio, Indiana, and Kentucky.

We also had a horror movie host, The Cool Ghoul.

http://poguespages.blogspot.com
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Post by: Charles Pogue on April 20, 2009, 06:32:48 AM: elmore, I see we both remember Ruth Lyons' 50-50 club! Why was it called that anyway? I remember she used to always have the manager of the Cincinnati Reds baseball team on and give him advice on how to run the club.

The Grand Ole Opry rip-off was also a WLW, Taft show...Midwestern Hayride with Bonnie Lou, sort of Dolly Parton without the boobs, if memory serves. Kenny Price was a local fixture on it who later appeared on Hee-Haw as a regular.

http://poguespages.blogspot.com
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Post by: Dan (the Man) on April 20, 2009, 06:40:16 AM: TOD:

I'm mot sure if local Philadelphia station KYW was the home or the original EVENING MAGAZINE or not, but I did the show when it first began. The stories were strictly local to the Philly region. And they twice covered theatre productions done at my college, Rutgers/Camden. Eventually, as the show began being produced in other markets, someone decided that it would be cheaper to homoginize the features across the board, so the show slowly lost its local flavor.
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Post by: Ginny on April 20, 2009, 06:57:09 AM: Monday morning greetings! It's a rainy day here in SW Ohio. This afternoon Richard and I will drive to the Indianapolis airport to pick up our pastor's wife who's returning from a week in California. Those 3 little girls sure will be glad to see her!
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Post by: Dan (the Man) on April 20, 2009, 06:58:28 AM: You know what I miss? I miss New York channel 9 WOR. Even in the days before cable, channel 9's broadcast signal would sometimes reach South Jersey and I felt like it was a magic window to the goings-on in NYC. When we finally got cable, Channel 9 was part of the package (we also got NY Channel 11, but WOR always felt much more part of the street action of NYC.) Eventually, Channel 9 WOR became SuperStation 9 or something like that and lost a lot of its flavor, and has long since been dropped altogether from Comcast. It's too bad--I miss the annual KING KONG broadcast every Thanksgiving...
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Post by: DAW on April 20, 2009, 07:04:16 AM: So I psyched myself up and suited myself up, and got myself down to the local school track to begin... a JOGGING program. :D

And once I got there, discovered that there is no "trespassing" allowed on school property from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM. Duh! I should have known that.

I know that I can probably jog anywhere, but I figured the softer track would be good [and more forgiving] for a beginner. So now I just have to maintain my willpower for another few hours, and try again.
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Post by: Matt H. on April 20, 2009, 07:14:34 AM: Good morning!

We had rain during the night, but it's clearing up at the moment and looks pretty nice. The forecast said we were going to have rain on and off all day. Doesn't look that way right now, but certainly that could change.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on April 20, 2009, 07:16:19 AM: Good Morning!

I'm up, I'm up... And it's Monday. And I don't have to do anything today. And I may just do that. :)
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Post by: Matt H. on April 20, 2009, 07:18:55 AM: Favorite syndicated shows:

THE ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN unquestionably my favorite. I also remember HIGHWAY PATROL and BOSTON BLACKIE and THE LONE RANGER.

Locally, there were kiddie shows in the afternoons on both local stations. One showed "The Little Rascals" while the other showed cartoons.

There was a Friday night horror show that ran for years. When it eventually went off the air, it was replaced by the station playing old serials like FLASH GORDON and CAPTAIN AMERICA. After those were played out, they used to program old black and white series. In a typical evening we'd have, say, BURNS AND ALLEN, OUR MISS BROOKS, and PRIVATE SECRETARY.
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Post by: Matt H. on April 20, 2009, 07:21:04 AM: Sunday afternoons there was JUNGLE THEATER which would show the TARZAN movies. When those were repeated over and over, they switched to JUNGLE JIM and then BOMBA. This is how I saw all of the Weismeuller and Lex Barker Tarzan movies.

After the TARZAN and other safari movies had run for years, they were replaced by DETECTIVE THEATER which is where I saw all of the Basil Rathbone/Sherlock Holmes movies.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on April 20, 2009, 07:22:03 AM: Quote from: DAW on April 20, 2009, 07:04:16 AM
So I psyched myself up and suited myself up, and got myself down to the local school track to begin... a JOGGING program. :D

And once I got there, discovered that there is no "trespassing" allowed on school property from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM. Duh! I should have known that.

I know that I can probably jog anywhere, but I figured the softer track would be good [and more forgiving] for a beginner. So now I just have to maintain my willpower for another few hours, and try again.

DR DAW - I remember driving around Richmond a few times trying to find an open running track during the day. Eventually, I found that the tracks at the University of Richmond were accessible. -At least when their track team was not training. However, when they were training, I would just watch. ;)

I did try to some of the high school tracks, but they were usually in use during the day for gym class. *You may want to see if they restrict use of the track if school activities are going on. In the meantime, see if you can find a park in your area that has a fitness track - one of those routes with the various "stations" (pull-ups, sit-ups, stretching, etc.). You don't have to do the stops, but those tracks are usually one mile or one-and-a-half miles long. Makes it much easier to keep track of your distance.
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Post by: Matt H. on April 20, 2009, 07:23:48 AM: On TV Tonight!™

NBC - CHUCK, HEROES, MEDIUM (Part 1 of a two part story)
ABC - DANCING WITH THE STARS, SURVIVING SUBURBIA, CASTLE
CBS - RULES OF ENGAGEMENT
FOX - BONES (new episode), '24'
CW - GOSSIP GIRL, ONE TREE HILL
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Post by: Matt H. on April 20, 2009, 07:25:20 AM: Unless something more pressing arrives today, my work project for the day will be the horror thriller THE UNINVITED which was released earlier in the year. I know nothing about this other than it didn't do very well at the box-office.

I'm hoping it's more thrills and not a lot of gore.
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Post by: Ginny on April 20, 2009, 07:25:23 AM: TOD - Having grown up in Detroit, my memories are of Soupy Sales, the George Pierrot travel programs, and a local weatherman named Sonny Elliott.

DR Charles Pogue - that new book about Ruth Lyons is getting major coverage here in the Cincinnati area. I'm hoping to go next week to Joseph-Beth Booksellers to see Shelley Bamberger do her portrayal of Ruth at a book event. My friend Becky and I used to see Shelley in musicals on the Showboat Majestic.

Even though we didn't get broadcasts of Ruth Lyons' show in Detroit, I knew about her from my grandmother and aunt, who lived in Indianapolis and were great fans.
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Post by: Matt H. on April 20, 2009, 07:27:13 AM: The CBS comedy line-up tonight is all repeats excluding RULES OF ENGAGEMENT, and THE MENTALIST that is being shown at 10 is not a new episode.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on April 20, 2009, 07:39:33 AM: As for the Topic of the Day...

The only shows that comes to mind are a series of various programs and briefs spots that featured Dick Dyszel, otherwise known as "Captain 20". They ran on Channel 20, WDCA in Washington, DC. It was sort of like a version of Bozo the Clown but for a slightly older audience. Captain 20 would host the afternoon block of programming which was "dominated" by "Star Blazerrs" (http://www.starblazers.com/home.php) for the longest time.

There was also the "Captain 20 Show" which had an in-studio office. -My friend, Chris, actually appeared on the show once, and ended up pissing off "Captain 20" since he knew the answer to a "Star Trek" trivia question - thus ruining the set-up to a particular segment. He didn't like being upstage by a nine-year old. ;)

OH! Lo and behold, he even has a website: Captain 20 (http://captain20.com/)
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Post by: JoseSPiano on April 20, 2009, 07:43:33 AM: And here's a funny story about a PSA Captain 20 had put together that just kept running and running and running even after Captain 20 was no longer an official part of the station.

Screening Room (http://www.captain20.com/screening.htm)

*Alas, the embedded video clip does not seem to work any longer. -Time to track it down on YouTube.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on April 20, 2009, 07:45:58 AM: OMG!!!!

I think I just rediscovered one of my original sources for my foodie inclinations!

Chef Combo (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMs8eEgfTb4&feature=related)
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Post by: elmore3003 on April 20, 2009, 07:46:13 AM: Quote from: Charles Pogue on April 20, 2009, 06:32:48 AM
elmore, I see we both remember Ruth Lyons' 50-50 club! Why was it called that anyway? I remember she used to always have the manager of the Cincinnati Reds baseball team on and give him advice on how to run the club.

The Grand Ole Opry rip-off was also a WLW, Taft show...Midwestern Hayride with Bonnie Lou, sort of Dolly Parton without the boobs, if memory serves. Kenny Price was a local fixture on it who later appeared on Hee-Haw as a regular.

http://poguespages.blogspot.com

Ruth Lyons was very bossy; she gave advice to the weather man! I never knew why it was called the 50-50 club, perhaps because it was at noon? Tickets were sold out years in advance; when my mother and her sisters were on the show, it's my memory that they waited 2-3 years before the tickets arrived.

Her band leader was a very gay man named Cliff Lash, and I used to hear bits of gossip about him in the 1970s. There was a gay weather man on one of the Dayton stations who got mugged cruising the levee and he wasn't waiting for the Robert E Lee. People I worked with in a dinner theatre outside Dayton called him the Weather Witch.

For the life of me I have no memory of Bob Shreve at all, or the Cool Ghoul.
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Post by: elmore3003 on April 20, 2009, 07:50:25 AM: Midwestern Hayride! I hated that show and I vaguely remember Bonnie Lou. I also remember something dreadful called "Pantomime Hit Parade," in which people lipsynched to current Top 40 numbers. Oy! Scraping the bottom of the barrel to entertain. It was like a bad drag act without the drag or intentional humor.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on April 20, 2009, 07:53:03 AM: Dick Dyszel also hosted Channel 20's late-night "Creature Feature" in the persona of "Count Gore De Vol". And he still continues that tradition with a weekly web-based show:

Creature Feature The Weekly Web Program (http://countgore.com/gore/)

(http://countgore.com/gore/images/GDVnew.jpg)
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Post by: ArnoldMBrockman on April 20, 2009, 08:00:04 AM: Quote from: bk on April 20, 2009, 12:08:39 AM
And the word of the day is: CUNCTATION!

And The Song Of The Day Is: T'MORRA',T'MORRA'
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Post by: ArnoldMBrockman on April 20, 2009, 08:01:09 AM: AS IF BY WIZARDRY PAGE 2
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Post by: ArnoldMBrockman on April 20, 2009, 08:02:18 AM: Quote from: Druxy on April 20, 2009, 03:35:08 AM
More box unpacking today.

AND CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR MOVE
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on April 20, 2009, 08:03:43 AM: Quote from: Matt H. on April 20, 2009, 07:18:55 AM

Locally, there were kiddie shows in the afternoons on both local stations. One showed "The Little Rascals" while the other showed cartoons.

There was a Friday night horror show that ran for years. When it eventually went off the air, it was replaced by the station playing old serials like FLASH GORDON and CAPTAIN AMERICA. After those were played out, they used to program old black and white series. In a typical evening we'd have, say, BURNS AND ALLEN, OUR MISS BROOKS, and PRIVATE SECRETARY.

In the first instance, are you referring to WLOS' "Shock Theater"? Many a Friday night I would be allowed to stay up to watch "Shock Theater" with the understanding that I'd still get up at my regular time and any nightmares I might have because of the movies I watched would be my personal responsibility.

WFBC had afternoon show called "Monty's Rascals" with host Monty Dupuy and his sidekick Mr. Doohickey, played by Stowe Hoyle. Dupuy was the station's meteorologist and Hoyle was also a weather man. This show gave me my "Little Rascals" fix during my teenage years.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on April 20, 2009, 08:05:46 AM: Other shows I enjoyed as a kid:

Howdy Doody
The Pinky Lee Show
My Little Margie
I Married Joan
Burns and Allen
Ozzie and Harriet
Beulah
Amos and Andy
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Post by: FJL on April 20, 2009, 08:07:51 AM: No-hassle move vibes to druxy
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Post by: ArnoldMBrockman on April 20, 2009, 08:14:38 AM: KUKLA,FRAN AND OLLIE
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Post by: Matt H. on April 20, 2009, 08:21:55 AM: No, DR Ron, we didn't get WLOS when I was a kid (only later with a rotor antenna in the mid-60s). Our Shock Theater came on Channel 3 (WBTV). There was a semi-campy ghoul host for awhile, but I don't recall him lasting all that long. The station usually just ran the movies at 11:30. I was always planning to stay up to see them, but most of the time, I'd fall asleep before 11:30 arrived. Or if I made it, I'd fall asleep during the movie.
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Post by: Matt H. on April 20, 2009, 08:23:29 AM: Oh, yes, AMOS AND ANDY. Long before political correctness, AMOS AND ANDY was a great favorite at our house.
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Post by: Matt H. on April 20, 2009, 08:24:04 AM: I guess I need to head downstairs now to get cleaned up for lunch out with best friend John.

WBBL.
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Post by: Dan (the Man) on April 20, 2009, 08:31:10 AM: Quote from: elmore3003 on April 20, 2009, 07:46:13 AM
Quote from: Charles Pogue on April 20, 2009, 06:32:48 AM
elmore, I see we both remember Ruth Lyons' 50-50 club! Why was it called that anyway? I remember she used to always have the manager of the Cincinnati Reds baseball team on and give him advice on how to run the club.

The Grand Ole Opry rip-off was also a WLW, Taft show...Midwestern Hayride with Bonnie Lou, sort of Dolly Parton without the boobs, if memory serves. Kenny Price was a local fixture on it who later appeared on Hee-Haw as a regular.

http://poguespages.blogspot.com

Ruth Lyons was very bossy; she gave advice to the weather man! I never knew why it was called the 50-50 club, perhaps because it was at noon? Tickets were sold out years in advance; when my mother and her sisters were on the show, it's my memory that they waited 2-3 years before the tickets arrived.

Her band leader was a very gay man named Cliff Lash, and I used to hear bits of gossip about him in the 1970s. There was a gay weather man on one of the Dayton stations who got mugged cruising the levee and he wasn't waiting for the Robert E Lee. People I worked with in a dinner theatre outside Dayton called him the Weather Witch.

For the life of me I have no memory of Bob Shreve at all, or the Cool Ghoul.

This all reminds me of a local urban rumor story that very strongly made the rounds in Philly during the late 80s about then-local KWY weatherman Jerry Penacoli (the guy who is currently working on Extra.) It was the same story that was attached to Richerd Gere, but in this case it was a gerbil. Of course, everyone knew a nurse that was actually in the emergency room the night Jerry was brought in. To KYW's credit, they rode out the storm with him and he stayed with them for quite a few years after the whole thing blew over.
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Post by: JMK on April 20, 2009, 08:32:29 AM: I am swamped with Producers pre-production stuff. Spent most of the weekend getting stuff input and recorded for the choreographer, who is very young and very anal. ;) Now I am making up the supplementary Keyboard I book, filling in measures here and there where she'll have to play as I manically switch synths and patches.
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Post by: ArnoldMBrockman on April 20, 2009, 08:37:28 AM: Quote from: JMK on April 20, 2009, 08:32:29 AM
I am swamped with Producers pre-production stuff. Spent most of the weekend getting stuff input and recorded for the choreographer, who is very young and very anal. ;) Now I am making up the supplementary Keyboard I book, filling in measures here and there where she'll have to play as I manically switch synths and patches.

A WANDERING MINSTRAL I
A THING OF SYNTHS AND PATCHES
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Post by: ArnoldMBrockman on April 20, 2009, 08:43:44 AM: BK-

I suppose that you are not ready to reveal the Movie Score that you are working on.?????????
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Post by: ArnoldMBrockman on April 20, 2009, 08:48:24 AM: MILLION DOLLAR MOVIE On Channel 9 WOR

WONDERAMA with BOB McALLISTER
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Post by: ArnoldMBrockman on April 20, 2009, 08:55:59 AM: THE ERNIE KOVACS SHOW
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Post by: JMK on April 20, 2009, 08:57:31 AM: Quote from: ArnoldMBrockman on April 20, 2009, 08:43:44 AM
BK-

I suppose that you are not ready to reveal the Movie Score that you are working on.?????????

It occurred to me the other night that since BK has cracked the MGM/UA vaults, perhaps we're finally going to get UP THE DOWN STAIRCASE, something I've been pestering BK to try to release for years.
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Post by: elmore3003 on April 20, 2009, 09:02:55 AM: I was stood up. I waited at the French Roast from 10:55 to 11:35 and Mr Morgan didn't show. Either he forgot or i really screwed up the date, time and place.

And on the way back, I passed Debra Monk and Andrea Martin.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on April 20, 2009, 09:08:58 AM: Quote from: elmore3003 on April 20, 2009, 09:02:55 AM
I was stood up. I waited at the French Roast from 10:55 to 11:35 and Mr Morgan didn't show. Either he forgot or i really screwed up the date, time and place.

And on the way back, I passed Debra Monk and Andrea Martin.

Did you forget to bring your book and a rose?

;)

*Or is it possible that Mr. Morgan wanted to meet at the French Roast down in Chelsea?
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Post by: JoseSPiano on April 20, 2009, 09:16:36 AM: Good Afternoon!

Oh! It looks like the storms won't be moving until around 6:00 now. Hmmm... -In fact, the sun has come back out, and the skies are blue. Hmm...
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Post by: bk on April 20, 2009, 09:18:56 AM: I've asked about Up The Down Staircase and they can't license it because they have no paperwork on it - too bad. Not quite ready to reveal the soundtrack title, but will reveal the show title tomorrow.
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Post by: elmore3003 on April 20, 2009, 09:19:54 AM: I spoke to Jim just now and he totally forgot. We're now set for Wednesday at 10 am. i think I will email him tomorrow to remind him.

And now, a trip to the library.
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Post by: Jeanne on April 20, 2009, 09:21:19 AM: Good morning, everyone.

Another hot day. I'm one who does not like the heat, but I must say that yesterday's heat here in LA was sooo much more bearable than East Coast humidity!
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Post by: bk on April 20, 2009, 09:21:26 AM: I'm up, it's pretty out, and I'd better jog before it gets to be 100 degrees.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on April 20, 2009, 09:23:17 AM: Quote from: bk on April 20, 2009, 09:18:56 AM
I've asked about Up The Down Staircase and they can't license it because they have no paperwork on it - too bad. Not quite ready to reveal the soundtrack title, but will reveal the show title tomorrow.

MGM/UA wouldn't have rights to "Up the Down Staircase", would they? That's a Warner Brothers title.
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Post by: elmore3003 on April 20, 2009, 09:23:54 AM: The tv news gossip concerns that skank Madonna and her fall off the horse this weekend. How did she ever get it into the sling is my question?
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Post by: Jeanne on April 20, 2009, 09:28:48 AM: Druxy, I sympathize with your moving and unpacking. As for the broken lamp, isn't it great when the damage is to something you no longer wanted or needed? I hope that was the case here.

I, too, have been unpacking. I do have lots here now. Why so much? I really don't know how long it'll take me to find a place of my own and I felt I'd better be prepared.

Hope you're soon getting settled and more comfortable.
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Post by: Jeanne on April 20, 2009, 09:32:15 AM: TOD:
I remember
SKY KING
THE LONE RANGER
SOUPY SALES
OUR MISS BROOKS
MY LITTLE MARGIE
OH SUSANAH!
LASSIE
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on April 20, 2009, 09:34:21 AM: Movies watched over the weekend:

From TCM on my DVR: Bombshell with Jean Harlow and Lee Tracy; The Star of Midnight with William Powell and Ginger Rogers.

On BD: From Russia With Love and Goldfinger. Both look stunning in Blu-ray. Sound on the latter film was incredible.
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Post by: Jeanne on April 20, 2009, 09:36:15 AM: Sometime in high school Bruce introduced me to TV wrestling and I became quite addicted to it. Now THAT was a favorite!
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Post by: Charles Pogue on April 20, 2009, 09:38:36 AM: elmore, I remember PANTOMIME HIT PARADE. Yeah, it was a pretty silly affair.

http://poguespages.blogspot.com
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Post by: JoseSPiano on April 20, 2009, 09:40:27 AM: Well, since it looks like there's a few hours of rain-free weather right now, I think I'm going to head out for a bit. I'm not sure where I'm going to go - I really just want to go to Target ??? - but I also may finally check out Folly Island/Beach - which is where George Gershwin "immersed" himself in the Gullah culture while he was writing "Porgy & Bess".

Laters...
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Post by: Ginny on April 20, 2009, 09:41:47 AM: Our friend's plane has left the gate at LAX, but has not yet taken off. As soon as we know she's in the air, we're going to leave to get some lunch and head for IND.

Bye for now!
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Post by: Jane on April 20, 2009, 09:49:48 AM: Quote from: Druxy on April 20, 2009, 03:33:09 AM
My favorite childhood TV shows were THE LONE RANGER, SUPERMAN, CHEYENNE & HIGHWAY PATROL, which was produced by my cousin, Fred Ziv.

We are currently watching season 1, disc 3 of CHEYENNE. I'm really enjoying Clint Walker. He is beautiful to listen to and watch.
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Post by: Jane on April 20, 2009, 09:52:48 AM: Quote from: Matt H. on April 20, 2009, 07:25:20 AM
Unless something more pressing arrives today, my work project for the day will be the horror thriller THE UNINVITED which was released earlier in the year. I know nothing about this other than it didn't do very well at the box-office.

I'm hoping it's more thrills and not a lot of gore.

I read a few good reviews and am looking forward to reading your opinion.
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Post by: Jane on April 20, 2009, 09:55:22 AM: DR Jeane we didn’t go to Farmer’s Market very often unless we had out of town company. We usually had DuPars boysenberry syrup in the house. It is still my favorite, unfortunately they don’t bottle it anymore. My brother said he has eaten at Talpa a few times. There are other Mexican restaurants he prefers. Keith & my favorite is El Cholo’s.

There is a pretty good Falafel place in Westwood. We go there on nice evenings (you don’ want to eat inside) & sit outside. Since the outside eating area isn’t enclosed Sherlock can sit with us.
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Post by: JMK on April 20, 2009, 10:00:57 AM: Quote from: Ron Pulliam on April 20, 2009, 09:23:17 AM
Quote from: bk on April 20, 2009, 09:18:56 AM
I've asked about Up The Down Staircase and they can't license it because they have no paperwork on it - too bad. Not quite ready to reveal the soundtrack title, but will reveal the show title tomorrow.

MGM/UA wouldn't have rights to "Up the Down Staircase", would they? That's a Warner Brothers title.

Well my soundtrack LP is on UA.
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Post by: Jane on April 20, 2009, 10:01:52 AM: Quote from: Matt H. on April 20, 2009, 08:23:29 AM
Oh, yes, AMOS AND ANDY. Long before political correctness, AMOS AND ANDY was a great favorite at our house.

I've said this before, it was a great show & it should be politically correct to watch it. After watching a special on the show a few years back, which included most of the episodes. While many of the characters were lacking in a certain amount of intelligence (sound like many shows today), Amos was rather the opposite. There were blacks represented in numerous fields as lawyers, nurses & I believe doctors.
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Post by: JMK on April 20, 2009, 10:02:09 AM: Quote from: Charles Pogue on April 20, 2009, 09:38:36 AM
elmore, I remember PANTOMIME HIT PARADE. Yeah, it was a pretty silly affair.

http://poguespages.blogspot.com

Speaking of pantomime, or at least mime, we are preparing for Betsy's cousin Daniel Stein coming to PDX to do his off Broadway hit "Timepiece," and then stay for a Master Class, like the ones he teaches at Juilliard.

www.DanielStein.org
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Post by: ArnoldMBrockman on April 20, 2009, 10:05:19 AM: THE LATE SHOW(Movies On CBS) with LeRoy Anderson's Syncopated Clock as Theme Music
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Post by: Jane on April 20, 2009, 10:07:41 AM: Look what I found on NetFlix :)

The Amos 'n Andy Show (9-Disc Series) (1952)

"Adapted from a popular radio minstrel comedy serial, this influential sitcom centers on Amos Jones (Alvin Childress) and Andy Brown (Spencer Williams), two ex-farmhands trying to make their way in the hustle and bustle of big-city Chicago. One of the earliest television shows to feature African-American actors, this landmark comedy series sparked a wave of controversy due to what many saw as its unflattering depiction of black characters."
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on April 20, 2009, 10:13:47 AM: Quote from: JMK on April 20, 2009, 10:00:57 AM
Quote from: Ron Pulliam on April 20, 2009, 09:23:17 AM
Quote from: bk on April 20, 2009, 09:18:56 AM
I've asked about Up The Down Staircase and they can't license it because they have no paperwork on it - too bad. Not quite ready to reveal the soundtrack title, but will reveal the show title tomorrow.

MGM/UA wouldn't have rights to "Up the Down Staircase", would they? That's a Warner Brothers title.

Well my soundtrack LP is on UA.

Well that would certainly fit within the MGM/UA purview. But...very curious that a WB film soundtrack would be issued on a UA LP.
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Post by: JMK on April 20, 2009, 10:24:09 AM: Quote from: Ron Pulliam on April 20, 2009, 10:13:47 AM
Quote from: JMK on April 20, 2009, 10:00:57 AM
Quote from: Ron Pulliam on April 20, 2009, 09:23:17 AM
Quote from: bk on April 20, 2009, 09:18:56 AM
I've asked about Up The Down Staircase and they can't license it because they have no paperwork on it - too bad. Not quite ready to reveal the soundtrack title, but will reveal the show title tomorrow.

MGM/UA wouldn't have rights to "Up the Down Staircase", would they? That's a Warner Brothers title.

Well my soundtrack LP is on UA.

Well that would certainly fit within the MGM/UA purview. But...very curious that a WB film soundtrack would be issued on a UA LP.

I must have a collector's item. Ebay, here I come. Move over, "RARE!!! SOUND OF MUSIC SOUNDTRACK LP" auctions. ;D
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on April 20, 2009, 10:26:30 AM: Quote from: JMK on April 20, 2009, 10:24:09 AM
Quote from: Ron Pulliam on April 20, 2009, 10:13:47 AM
Quote from: JMK on April 20, 2009, 10:00:57 AM
Quote from: Ron Pulliam on April 20, 2009, 09:23:17 AM
Quote from: bk on April 20, 2009, 09:18:56 AM
I've asked about Up The Down Staircase and they can't license it because they have no paperwork on it - too bad. Not quite ready to reveal the soundtrack title, but will reveal the show title tomorrow.

MGM/UA wouldn't have rights to "Up the Down Staircase", would they? That's a Warner Brothers title.

Well my soundtrack LP is on UA.

Well that would certainly fit within the MGM/UA purview. But...very curious that a WB film soundtrack would be issued on a UA LP.

I must have a collector's item. Ebay, here I come. Move over, "RARE!!! SOUND OF MUSIC SOUNDTRACK LP" auctions. ;D

Karlin was probably under contract to UA records or something.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on April 20, 2009, 10:28:36 AM: This is probably NOT news to a bunch of you, but:

'Consider Yourself' BUSTED, Lionel Bart! (http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/news/bart-paid-off-the-real-author-of-oliver-musical-1671047.html)
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on April 20, 2009, 10:30:15 AM: Quote from: Jane on April 20, 2009, 09:49:48 AM
Quote from: Druxy on April 20, 2009, 03:33:09 AM
My favorite childhood TV shows were THE LONE RANGER, SUPERMAN, CHEYENNE & HIGHWAY PATROL, which was produced by my cousin, Fred Ziv.

We are currently watching season 1, disc 3 of CHEYENNE. I'm really enjoying Clint Walker. He is beautiful to listen to and watch.

Why, Miss JANE! :o
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Post by: JoseSPiano on April 20, 2009, 10:37:05 AM: R.I.P. Tharon Musser (http://www.playbill.com/news/article/128437.html)
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Post by: JoseSPiano on April 20, 2009, 10:41:11 AM: Quote from: Ron Pulliam on April 20, 2009, 10:28:36 AM
This is probably NOT news to a bunch of you, but:

'Consider Yourself' BUSTED, Lionel Bart! (http://www.facebook.com/ext/share.php?sid=71840618467&h=LoKRI&u=dGoeG&ref=nf)

DR Ron Pulliam - You may - or may not - want to edit out the Facebook Redirect/Frame from that link.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on April 20, 2009, 10:43:51 AM: In other news...

Now that I'm finally ready to head out - and somewhat publicly presentable - I believe I'm going to head over to the Tanger Outlet Mall. I need some new walking and running shoes.

Laters...
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Post by: vixmom on April 20, 2009, 10:46:10 AM: Good afternoon

Sorry to have been E & T but as I believe you've heard something unexpected came up
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Post by: vixmom on April 20, 2009, 10:47:12 AM: The Vixter was greatly comforted by you all while I was in the hospital and I thnak you all for being so wonderful to her and to me!
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Post by: ArnoldMBrockman on April 20, 2009, 10:51:12 AM: VIXMOM-

GREAT TO HAVE YOU BACK
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Post by: vixmom on April 20, 2009, 10:52:24 AM: I was taken entirely uanawares - I went to bed- quite late as matter of fact on Tuesday feeling fine. Actually it was technically Wednesday morning when I went to bed as TCM was showing Gone With The Wind and I stayed up and watched the whole thing

When it ended at Midnight I saw the Singing in the Rain was coming on next and stayed up long enough to wacth Donald O'Connor's Make 'Em Laugh number so it was probably clsoe to 1 AM before I snuggled down in bed feeling fine

I awoke at 2 AM feeling as if I was being stabbed in the stomach and with an immediate need to void the contents of that organ

This continued until 6 AM when the Vixter got up for breakfast and to ready herself for school
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Post by: bk on April 20, 2009, 10:54:04 AM: Back from the long jog - really hot out.
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Post by: bk on April 20, 2009, 10:55:09 AM: As stated, Up The Down Staircase was a UA album even though it was a Warners film. Just as John Morris's Silent Movie was a Fox film but a UA album.
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Post by: vixmom on April 20, 2009, 10:56:34 AM: Vixdad was awakened and informed he would be doing the school driving duties and when he saw me he decided he would be stayinng home to take care of me

(GOOD DECISION VIXDAD!)

I was adamant that I was not to be brought to the ER because it was proabably just the bits of burritto I had stolen from Vixdad's Tax Bell order ( I had a couple of forkfuls of the filling) and assumed food poisoning Te local ER is famous for leaving you on hard plastic seats in the waiting room for hours and I was sure that once my stomach was completely voided things would get better
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Post by: vixmom on April 20, 2009, 10:58:56 AM: Around midday I conceded that things were defintily going from bad to worse and that Action Must Be Taken

We called the GP who to her credit immediately came to the phone and suggested it could be related to an infection in my feeding tube and suggested rather than wasting time with her that I should go right the GI Dr -
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Post by: DERBRUCER on April 20, 2009, 11:05:25 AM: Quote from: vixmom on April 20, 2009, 10:46:10 AM
Good afternoon

GREAT TO HAVE YOU BACK!

der Brucer
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Post by: vixmom on April 20, 2009, 11:07:29 AM: The GI DR , to his credit, said come right down, whisked me past a full waiting room and saw me immediately and said "The feeding tube is fine but you need an immediate CAT Scan, its either gallstones or a perforation"

My money wason tehperforation since I had never had gallstone issues before andit came on so suddenly.

The ER happens to be right across the street for the GI Dr, he called and told them to expect me and Vixdad dropped me off at the door and went to park the car .

There were two ladies ahead on me in line, both there to see patients and they were chatting away with each other and the receptionist until I though t I would faint and I finally said Excuse me I am going to fall down - I don;t know what I looked like suddenly out a nowhere a wheelchair was under me and they started asking me questions like "Can you hear me?" "Do you know where you are?" and then Vixdad was there and I was taken immediatley into the inner santum where my blood pressure and temp were taken I don't know what they were but I was moved into the inner inner sanctum wjhere the doctors are and within a half hour I was being taken for a CAT Scan and immediiately after that for a Sonogram
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Post by: vixmom on April 20, 2009, 11:13:02 AM: The next several hours is hazy I know they gave me morphine and it didn't stop the pain so they gave me somthing else that deadend it somewhat until someone came along and touched my abdoment at which point I would scream like a stuck pig.

Now you must understand I am not a screamer. I may moan quietly during some real bad things such as labor and some bits of chemo but for me to issue a full throated scream is unheard of so poor Vixdad was frightened to death... I am SO glad that the Vixter was not there

They announced to my surprise that I had an acute inflamed and infected gallbladder and it needed to come out immediately. At that point I would have forfeited a limb to make the pain stop so to lose an organ I never see nor think was an easy decsion
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Post by: vixmom on April 20, 2009, 11:16:17 AM: They were trying to get me in to an OR that night but since they were concerned that teh feeding tube might cause a complication and force a full entry rather than lathroscopic (sp?) they wanted to have two surgeons on hand and couldn't manage that until around one the next day.

(Thankfully they were able to do the less invasive procedure)

Somebody put something wonderful in my IV they put me a hospital room and I blessedly fell asleep
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Post by: Charles Pogue on April 20, 2009, 11:17:07 AM: Quote from: Jane on April 20, 2009, 09:49:48 AM
Quote from: Druxy on April 20, 2009, 03:33:09 AM
My favorite childhood TV shows were THE LONE RANGER, SUPERMAN, CHEYENNE & HIGHWAY PATROL, which was produced by my cousin, Fred Ziv.

We are currently watching season 1, disc 3 of CHEYENNE. I'm really enjoying Clint Walker. He is beautiful to listen to and watch.

I've been watching CHEYENNE every night on the Encore Westerns channel. This was my favourite show as a youth.

http://poguespages.blogspot.com
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Post by: vixmom on April 20, 2009, 11:18:54 AM: I was released on Saturday but sitting up straight has been a bit of an effort so I have not made it to the computer until today and teh Vixter has been waiting on me hand and foot all weekend.

So I understand I in for another "vacation" of 2 weeks or so. I see the surgeon on Thursday and will know more then
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Post by: vixmom on April 20, 2009, 11:20:18 AM: So enough about ME ME ME

how are youse guyz?
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Post by: elmore3003 on April 20, 2009, 11:27:52 AM: Quote from: Jane on April 20, 2009, 09:49:48 AM
Quote from: Druxy on April 20, 2009, 03:33:09 AM
My favorite childhood TV shows were THE LONE RANGER, SUPERMAN, CHEYENNE & HIGHWAY PATROL, which was produced by my cousin, Fred Ziv.

We are currently watching season 1, disc 3 of CHEYENNE. I'm really enjoying Clint Walker. He is beautiful to listen to and watch.

DR MBarnum, what have you done to the Lassners?
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Post by: George on April 20, 2009, 11:41:19 AM: Quote from: Dan (the Man) on April 20, 2009, 06:40:16 AM
TOD:

I'm mot sure if local Philadelphia station KYW was the home or the original EVENING MAGAZINE or not, but I did the show when it first began. The stories were strictly local to the Philly region. And they twice covered theatre productions done at my college, Rutgers/Camden. Eventually, as the show began being produced in other markets, someone decided that it would be cheaper to homoginize the features across the board, so the show slowly lost its local flavor.

There's a Seattle version of "Evening Magazine." I had no idea that it wasn't original to Seattle.
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Post by: vixmom on April 20, 2009, 11:52:26 AM: Well I am getting sleepy _ have caught up a little here and there

Thank you to WFO for keeping everyone Informed - I love you Billy!
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Post by: vixmom on April 20, 2009, 11:52:56 AM: Thank you all for the Vibes and Prayers
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Post by: vixmom on April 20, 2009, 11:53:22 AM: JOB VIBES FOR DAW
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Post by: vixmom on April 20, 2009, 11:53:47 AM: MEDICAL VIBES FOR CILLA'S NEPHEW
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Post by: vixmom on April 20, 2009, 11:54:12 AM: HOUSE AND JOB VIBES FOR DANISE
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Post by: vixmom on April 20, 2009, 11:54:44 AM: MOVING VIBES FOR DRUXY AND JEANNE
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Post by: vixmom on April 20, 2009, 11:55:45 AM: HEALTH VIBES FOR WFO"S JOE
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Post by: vixmom on April 20, 2009, 11:56:00 AM: VIBES FOR HEALTH, JOY AND LOVE FOR ALL AND ONE AND ALSO ONE AND ALL
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Post by: Jeanne on April 20, 2009, 12:18:27 PM: WELCOME BACK, VIXMOM!

And thank you for telling the tale. My, what a time you've had. I hope it's all SMOOTH SAILING from here.
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Post by: Jeanne on April 20, 2009, 12:23:32 PM: Re: Amos 'n' Andy:
I remember that series well. It was a real favorite in my family. I concur with Jane. Although it would be politically incorrect now, I do feel that it gave many whites a sense of black family life--and rather affectionately.
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Post by: Jeanne on April 20, 2009, 12:30:25 PM: Jane, thanks for the restaurant recommendations. El Cholo is a name I haven't heard in a great many years. I recall going there once; a friend loved it and took me there. I'd forgotten all about it.

Thanks to Jose, too. I'll look for the falafel place on Santa Monica. It shouldn't be far.
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Post by: FJL on April 20, 2009, 12:40:23 PM: Much love to vixmom
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Post by: Matt H. on April 20, 2009, 01:14:37 PM: For some reason, I thought the soundtrack album for UP THE DOWN STAIRCASE was on United Artists even though the film was Warners. My memory could easily be playing tricks on me, however. I have the LP downstairs.
Title: Re: WHAT I MISS
Post by: Matt H. on April 20, 2009, 01:17:50 PM: Quote from: Jane on April 20, 2009, 09:49:48 AM
Quote from: Druxy on April 20, 2009, 03:33:09 AM
My favorite childhood TV shows were THE LONE RANGER, SUPERMAN, CHEYENNE & HIGHWAY PATROL, which was produced by my cousin, Fred Ziv.

We are currently watching season 1, disc 3 of CHEYENNE. I'm really enjoying Clint Walker. He is beautiful to listen to and watch.

I thought the same thing about him when I watched THE DIRTY DOZEN on Blu-ray a couple of weeks ago. The man was some kind of gorgeous and that voice was unmistakable.
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Post by: Matt H. on April 20, 2009, 01:19:24 PM: Lunch was late and ran long. I didn't have nearly enough time to get everything watched this afternoon that I wanted to.
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Post by: Matt H. on April 20, 2009, 01:23:18 PM: I did get my work project finished. I watched THE UNINVITED, a horror thriller from earlier in the year.

No wonder it wasn't more successful; it's a derivative of about every horror thriller for the last 30 years but especially Tom Tryon's THE OTHER. I understand it was actually something of an Americanized remake of a Korean film but with a fair amount of rewriting to smooth over patches in the Korean movie that the producers, directors, and screenwriter didn't feel worked right. They needed to keep writing. Parts of it still cheated with the story and were irritating. Other parts were just dull. It was only 87 minutes long, but it felt longer than that to me.
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Post by: George on April 20, 2009, 01:24:14 PM: Quote from: JoseSPiano on April 20, 2009, 07:39:33 AM
As for the Topic of the Day...

The only shows that comes to mind are a series of various programs and briefs spots that featured Dick Dyszel, otherwise known as "Captain 20". They ran on Channel 20, WDCA in Washington, DC. It was sort of like a version of Bozo the Clown but for a slightly older audience. Captain 20 would host the afternoon block of programming which was "dominated" by "Star Blazerrs" (http://www.starblazers.com/home.php) for the longest time.

I loved "Star Blazers!" I used to watch this in the morning before I went to middle school. A few years ago, I bought the complete imported DVD sets. They included the original Japanese audio tracks and no English tracks at all, but they did include English subtitles. It's very interesting to see how the broadcast English language version was edited. The original Japanese version was much racier. ;) Here's picture of the version that I got:

(http://www.offworldtoys.com/files/items/000/000/000/026/32/Yamato_dvd.JPG)
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Post by: Matt H. on April 20, 2009, 01:24:53 PM: I also had time to watch the three bonus features on the disc: a behind-the-scenes documentary, some deleted scenes, and an alternate ending (which didn't work nearly as well as the one in the final film).
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Post by: Matt H. on April 20, 2009, 01:25:51 PM: I had about six minutes left in the afternoon and started AS THE WORLD TURNS thinking I'd just skim through it to the previews, but there were the boys, so I had to stop it and will pick it up when I go back down later.
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Post by: Matt H. on April 20, 2009, 01:26:42 PM: I'll probably spend the evening before BONES watching the things I recorded last night and didn't get to: THE TUDORS and LAW & ORDER: CRIMINAL INTENT.
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Post by: George on April 20, 2009, 01:32:21 PM: Quote from: bk on April 20, 2009, 09:18:56 AM
I've asked about Up The Down Staircase and they can't license it because they have no paperwork on it - too bad. Not quite ready to reveal the soundtrack title, but will reveal the show title tomorrow.

Hoo and Ray!! ;D
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Post by: DERBRUCER on April 20, 2009, 01:32:35 PM: TOD

No TV then folks, radio!

Favorite local show was the Magic Lady Supper Club - whose frequent guest singer was a local Jewish boy named Eddie Fisher.

When local TV finally make its debut, one channel did stay on past the 11 o'clock news to show a late night movie; to pay the bills they had a young man hawking dinnerware - his name was Dick Ckark. That local channel also hosted an Afternoon show called "Bandstand".

To help us all keep track of TV shows, the local paper (The Philadelphia Inquirer) put out a local Sunday supplement called TV GUIDE.

der Brucer
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Post by: elmore3003 on April 20, 2009, 01:32:38 PM: Quote from: vixmom on April 20, 2009, 10:46:10 AM
Good afternoon

Sorry to have been E & T but as I believe you've heard something unexpected came up

what gall!
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Post by: Jane on April 20, 2009, 01:35:22 PM: Quote from: elmore3003 on April 20, 2009, 11:27:52 AM
Quote from: Jane on April 20, 2009, 09:49:48 AM
Quote from: Druxy on April 20, 2009, 03:33:09 AM
My favorite childhood TV shows were THE LONE RANGER, SUPERMAN, CHEYENNE & HIGHWAY PATROL, which was produced by my cousin, Fred Ziv.

We are currently watching season 1, disc 3 of CHEYENNE. I'm really enjoying Clint Walker. He is beautiful to listen to and watch.

DR MBarnum, what have you done to the Lassners?

;D He didn't do it to us, we have watched a number of the old shows. C. Pogue is lucky to get all the episodes of Cheyenne. NetfFlix only has the first season.
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Post by: elmore3003 on April 20, 2009, 01:36:37 PM: Quote from: Matt H. on April 20, 2009, 01:25:51 PM
I had about six minutes left in the afternoon and started AS THE WORLD TURNS thinking I'd just skim through it to the previews, but there were the boys, so I had to stop it and will pick it up when I go back down later.

It gets more and more idiotic; the incestuous twins were so demented before their crime spree that "the boys" must be complete retards, and where the hell are all their other friends? Like the "huge" crowd that came to the Big Gay Rally? To what common low level of audience IQ do these writers aim? Or stoop?
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Post by: elmore3003 on April 20, 2009, 01:38:14 PM: DR vixmom, we love you and you have to stop all these attention-getting tactics. You will hurt yourself.

I am so happy to see you online today.
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Post by: Jane on April 20, 2009, 01:45:52 PM: DR Vixmom, what a story, thank you for sharing. I'm sorry you had to go through all of this. I'm extremely impressed with the quick care you received from the doctors.

Rest well during then next couple of weeks while you recover. What are you permitted to eat? Are you back on the cans?
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Post by: Matt H. on April 20, 2009, 01:52:44 PM: I see that my prediction has come true about UGLY BETTY coming back a week earlier than planned. Due to the unacceptably low ratings of IN THE MOTHERHOOD and SAMANTHA WHO?, ABC is taking them off a week earlier and BETTY will be back on a week before it was scheduled to rejoin the line-up.
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Post by: Matt H. on April 20, 2009, 01:54:31 PM: Quote from: elmore3003 on April 20, 2009, 01:36:37 PM
Quote from: Matt H. on April 20, 2009, 01:25:51 PM
I had about six minutes left in the afternoon and started AS THE WORLD TURNS thinking I'd just skim through it to the previews, but there were the boys, so I had to stop it and will pick it up when I go back down later.

It gets more and more idiotic; the incestuous twins were so demented before their crime spree that "the boys" must be complete retards, and where the hell are all their other friends? Like the "huge" crowd that came to the Big Gay Rally? To what common low level of audience IQ do these writers aim? Or stoop?

I think the plots for the boys stopped making sense the last time Col. Mayer was on, and their plots have never really recovered.

I read that THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS is adding a gay male character to its show soon. I may switch to it once he's in place.
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Post by: Matt H. on April 20, 2009, 01:54:56 PM: Now I must hop off-line and do some writing.

WBBL.
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Post by: td on April 20, 2009, 02:06:45 PM: Quote from: vixmom on April 20, 2009, 11:20:18 AM
So enough about ME ME ME

how are youse guyz?

We want the complete Vixmom!

It's so nice to have you back where you belong!
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Post by: Jane on April 20, 2009, 02:11:31 PM: DR Matt H, thank you for the review. Unfortunately, for me, Keith still wants to watch The Uninvited. It could be worse, at least it isn't a remake of the Ray Milland film.
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Post by: Michael on April 20, 2009, 02:22:34 PM: Welcome Home VIXMOM

A fast recovery to you.

Thoughts of healing light entering the body and healing what needs to be healed.
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Post by: Michael on April 20, 2009, 02:24:15 PM: Now I must have misunderstood the TOD

I thought it was local programing. TV show produced in ones local market and not reruns of established shows.

If that was the case then it was the usual rerun suspects the were on in the 60's & 70's would have to be on my list.

Surprisingly not all of the hold up as well today.
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Post by: Jane on April 20, 2009, 02:31:41 PM: "Amos 'n Andy, The Anatomy of a Controversy"

http://www.truveo.com/Amos-n-Andy-Anatomy-Of-A-Controversy/id/827580881
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Post by: JMK on April 20, 2009, 03:02:34 PM: Here are the new releases from the Warner Archive series:

QUALITY STREET (1937, d. George Stevens) - A woman can change a lot in 10 years. Or, in the case of Phoebe, change even more in a day. After her beau Dr. Gray returns home from a decade in the Napoleonic Wars, he’s disappointed that faithful Phoebe appears worn and unattractive. So Phoebe transforms her looks and poses as carefree, younger Livvy. Dr. Gray, unaware of the ruse, is smitten. And about to discover that the person he truly loves is Phoebe. Katharine Hepburn, her voice a youthful flutter and her hair a mass of ringlets, teams with her Alice Adams director George Stevens for this droll screen version of James M. Barrie’s play. Also among the denizens of Quality Street: Franchot Tone, Fay Bainter, Eric Blore and unbilled Joan Fontaine.

SPITFIRE (1934, d. John Cromwell) - Katharine Hepburn portrayed everything from queens to a Chinese peasant in her splendid career, but her most unusual role may just be Trigger Hicks in Spitfire. The elegant, cultured Hepburn plays an ornery, rock-chuckin’ mountain gal who finds God – and a knack for faith healing – in a pack of stolen Bible cards. But when she exercises her self-declared miraculous powers on a sick baby, the local folks figure Trigger is a force of supernatural evil. Two fine leading men, Robert Young and Ralph Bellamy, lend skilled support in a picture that’s Hepburn’s all the way: “After the story of Spitfire is forgotten, memories of Miss Hepburn’s performance will remain” (The Times (London)).

CHRISTOPHER STRONG (1933, d. Dorothy Arzner) - Katharine Hepburn made her stunning screen debut as John Barrymore’s daughter in 1932’s A Bill of Divorcement. In Christopher Strong, Hepburn’s second film and first star vehicle, the intelligent, liberated and unconventionally beautiful actress chose to play an intelligent, liberated and unconventionally beautiful aviatrix who soars into a torrid affair (with Colin Clive as a fellow aristocrat)…and crashes into unendurable heartbreak. The melodramatic story is as much keen-edged steel as tears, thanks to Hepburn’s gutsy performance and to the taut direction of Dorothy Arzner, classic Hollywood’s only major female director. Among the film’s highlights: Hepburn simply astonishing in silvery lamé heading to a costume ball as the world’s most glamorous moth.

BREAK OF HEARTS (1935, d. Philip Moeller) - Aspiring composer Constance Dane never imagined she would someday meet celebrated New York conductor Franz Roberti. Yet a love of music brings them together, and romantic love soon follows. So, too, do jealousies, human misunderstandings and artistic flareups that will test their devotion. Break of Hearts is a triple-hankie romance to swoon by, swelling with music by Bach, Brahms and other immortals and featuring two box-office legends at their most luminous. Charles Boyer essays the man-of-the-world role of Franz. And Katharine Hepburn, the camera framing and adoring her as only classic Hollywood can, offers a much-acclaimed performance that captures Constance’s freshness and fire.

A WOMAN REBELS (1936, d. Mark Sandrich) - As women, the first thing of importance is to be content to be inferior to men. Rubbish, young Pamela Thistlewaite (Katharine Hepburn) thinks, embarking on an independent life no proper Victorian would approve of, a life that includes love affairs, a child born out of wedlock, a career and national fame. An enthralling personal drama and a forceful plea for women’s rights, A Woman Rebels showcases a Hepburn radiant with beauty and youth, as natural with battle-of-the-sexes banter as with courage in the face of heartbreak.

THE LITTLE MINISTER (1934, d. Richard Wallace) - In 1840, young Gavin Dishart (John Beal) is welcomed to a Scottish village as the new minister. Eager to be a proper shepherd to his flock, Gavin cuts a stern, stiff-necked figure. Then he meets Babbie (Katharine Hepburn), a gypsy girl who champions the poor. Soon Gavin is hopelessly in love with the headstrong, flirtatious lass who, unknown to him, is really a grand lady betrothed to an aristocrat she does not love. Based on a novel and play by James M. Barrie (Peter Pan), this endearing film showcases Hepburn’s irresistible femininity as she conquers the heart of the little minister. “Can a man like a woman against his will?” he asks. “Of course he can,” Babbie replies. “That’s the very nicest way to be liked.”

TRAIL STREET (1947, d. Ray Enright) - Billy Burns (George “Gabby” Hayes) is prone to tall tales. He can tell you about the sprawling ranch of Brandyhead Jones. Or about grasshoppers so big and tough they pick their teeth with barbed wire. But one thing Billy can never overstate is his friendship with Bat Masterson – and how he’s sure Bat will honor his request to come to Liberal, Kansas, and stop the festering range war between wheat farmers and cattlemen.

RETURN OF THE BAD MEN (1948, d. Ray Enright) - The Oklahoma Land Rush means free land – and a cadre of outlaws amassed to prey on the newly prosperous territory. Perhaps the vilest of these lurking bad men is the shoot-first Sundance Kid (Robert Ryan). Vance knows there’s no room in the wide-open spaces for cold-blooded killers like the Kid, and he’ll shoot holes in any contrary notion. He’ll bring peace and justice to the prairie.

CARSON CITY (1952, d. Andre De Toth) - Randolph Scott is a man with a mission in this classic tale, as he endeavors to build a railroad through the lawless land between Carson City and Virginia City, Nevada. It won’t be easy. It might be deadly. Citizens are riled over this new era of steel-and-steam progress. And the man goading the populace just happens to be a furtive thief who knows stagecoach lines are easy targets. Andre Detoth ("House of Wax") directs.

THE MAD MISS MANTON (1938, d. Leigh Jason) - Dizzy heiress Melsa Manton and her manicured band of Park Avenue pranksters think Manhattan is an amusement park built just for them. So when Melsa stumbles across a murder victim, the pranksters decide to play detective. The only trouble is that the murderer is playing too – for keeps.

JOY OF LIVING (1938, d. Tay Garnett) - Broadway star Maggie Garret sings for her supper. And for everybody else’s. She’s the meal ticket for relatives who sap her of money and time, rob her of the joy of living. But Maggie’s workaday world changes when she meets a carefree millionaire who thinks Maggie is a peach. And her family is the pits.

HAVING WONDERFUL TIME (1938, Alfred Santell) - Ginger Rogers also stars alongside Douglas Fairbanks Jr. in this screen adaptation of the Broadway play about young Romeos and Juliets who escape the grit and grind of Depression-era New York City for the canoeing and canoodling of Camp Kare-Free. The stars shine brightly at the resort: Lucille Ball, Eve Arden, Grady Sutton and Jack Carson among them. And Red Skelton makes his film debut, dunking donuts and pratfalling down stairs as the camp social director.

LUXURY LINER (1948, d. Richard Whorf) - Perky Jane Powell (Seven Brides for Seven Brothers) plays the golden-voiced teen daughter of an ocean liner captain (George Brent) who stows away on dad’s ship in hopes of showcasing her singing skills to a voyaging opera star (played by real-life Wagnerian Lauritz Melchior). Many more musical talents set sail too: Xavier Cugat swings with Con Maracas, the Pied Pipers add silken harmonies and operatic soprano Marina Koshetz trills and spoofs the Cole Porter standard I’ve Got You Under My Skin. Bon voyage!

MEET THE PEOPLE (1944, d. Charles Reisner) - Julie Hampton (Lucille Ball) can tote a lunch pail and carry a tune. She’s a Broadway star who’s joined the Rosie the Riveters at Morgan Shipyards. Working with her is aspiring playwright “Swanee” Swanson, who insists Julie toil among the yard workers before she stars in the play he’s written about them.

THOUSANDS CHEER (1943, d. George Sidney) - The story concerns aerialist-turned-G.I. Gene Kelly (mopping up the dance floor with a mop for a partner) romancing colonel’s daughter Kathryn Grayson. But the real story is the most spectacular camp show in military history, featuring skits and songs with Judy Garland, Mickey Rooney, Red Skelton, Lucille Ball, Lena Horne, Eleanor Powell, José Iturbi and just about everybody else in Hollywood. Start cheering!!
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Post by: vixmom on April 20, 2009, 03:21:57 PM: Quote from: elmore3003 on April 20, 2009, 01:32:38 PM
Quote from: vixmom on April 20, 2009, 10:46:10 AM
Good afternoon

Sorry to have been E & T but as I believe you've heard something unexpected came up

what gall!

;D :-* :-*
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Post by: JMK on April 20, 2009, 03:25:40 PM: LOST IN AUSTEN evidently has a very rabid fanbase and they are not happy about the changes made in this DVD version I reviewed a few weeks ago. Oy. Like somehow it's my fault.
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Post by: vixmom on April 20, 2009, 03:27:58 PM: Quote from: elmore3003 on April 20, 2009, 01:38:14 PM
DR vixmom, we love you and you have to stop all these attention-getting tactics. You will hurt yourself.

I am so happy to see you online today.

As I told my brothers - I had to do SOMETHING, Dad was grabbing all the attentionand sympathy with his darn leg!

Update on that - we have not heard any biopsy results - but my Dad of course doesn't want to inconvenience anyone by calling to see if they have come in, he is content to wait until his appointment this Friday to get his staples out

(Although I am annoyed we do not have a definitive answer, I am somewhat relieved that we have heard nothing - I had my biopsy late on a Friday afternoon and by Tuesday I was getting the Bad News - I suspect if the news were bad we would have heard immediately)
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Post by: vixmom on April 20, 2009, 03:35:06 PM: Quote from: Jane on April 20, 2009, 01:45:52 PM
DR Vixmom, what a story, thank you for sharing. I'm sorry you had to go through all of this. I'm extremely impressed with the quick care you received from the doctors.

Rest well during then next couple of weeks while you recover. What are you permitted to eat? Are you back on the cans?

It seems that to get Fast Tracked it helps to collapse at the reception desk and have your spouse mention possible perforation of the stomach due to the feeding tube put in for recent chemo/radiation treatments.

Also, apparently my GI, who is well known in the hospital was actually on the phone with one of the ER nurses or nurse assistants or whatever they are, as I was busy fainting in the corrider, saying he had just sent over a patient for an immediate emergency CAT scan\

I am afraid I have been backon the cans as I was unable to eat again due the tubes hurting tehinside of my throat during the operation. Also for some reason everything tastes terribly bitter - I have to make an effort to eat by mouth though this is getting ridiculous
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Post by: vixmom on April 20, 2009, 03:39:38 PM: One thing that does annoy me about the hospitals today is that you cannot tell who anyone is by how they dress. When I was 10 and had my appendix out, Doctor's wore white coats, nurses had white dresses and caps, janitors dreeses in overalls...

Now everyone wears the same scrubs - you cannot tell a nurse from a doctor from a Physicain assistant from a receptionist, from a nurse practioner rom teh cleaning lady they all wear the same scrubs.

I am sure they are all more comfortable but I would be much happier if they had their title emblazoned on their uniform so the average person would know to whom they are speaking
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Post by: vixmom on April 20, 2009, 03:41:23 PM: Quote from: td on April 20, 2009, 02:06:45 PM
Quote from: vixmom on April 20, 2009, 11:20:18 AM
So enough about ME ME ME

how are youse guyz?

We want the complete Vixmom!

It's so nice to have you back where you belong!

Thanks TD! I am afraid I willnever be complete again I keep leaving bits of me around!

Appendix, Thyroid, gallbadder, brain cells.....
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Post by: vixmom on April 20, 2009, 03:42:17 PM: Quote from: Michael S on April 20, 2009, 02:22:34 PM
Welcome Home VIXMOM

A fast recovery to you.

Thoughts of healing light entering the body and healing what needs to be healed.

Thank you Michael!
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Post by: elmore3003 on April 20, 2009, 03:48:19 PM: Quote from: JMK on April 20, 2009, 03:25:40 PM
LOST IN AUSTEN evidently has a very rabid fanbase and they are not happy about the changes made in this DVD version I reviewed a few weeks ago. Oy. Like somehow it's my fault.

I have the Region-2 DvD; how could they redo what was already set for the Region-1?
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Post by: vixmom on April 20, 2009, 03:49:31 PM: Quote from: FJL on April 20, 2009, 12:40:23 PM
Much love to vixmom

:-* :-*

Thank you!

And thank you to you and Skip for the egg recipe - I may have to wait a couple of weeks to try it out but I am so excited to do so!
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Post by: Jane on April 20, 2009, 03:51:01 PM: I agree, it is annoying when you can't tell who/what anyone at the hospital is. DR Vixmom you really must stop leaving bits of you all over, time to keep what belongs to you.;)

Super vibes the bitter taste goes away soon & you can get off the cans.
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Post by: vixmom on April 20, 2009, 03:51:28 PM: Oh and before I jump off - Elmore - Martin Chuzzlewhitt was delivered to my mailbox today!

Thank you for mentioning it Tuesday I ordered it from Blockbuster.com right away and now I will have it to help my recuperation!
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Post by: George on April 20, 2009, 03:51:40 PM: Great to see you posting again, Vixmom!

~~~Continued Recovery Vibes!!~~~
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Post by: vixmom on April 20, 2009, 03:52:00 PM: Good night all!! I will try to be here tomorrow!
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Post by: TCB on April 20, 2009, 03:53:44 PM: Quote from: DAW on April 20, 2009, 07:04:16 AM
So I psyched myself up and suited myself up, and got myself down to the local school track to begin... a JOGGING program. :D

And once I got there, discovered that there is no "trespassing" allowed on school property from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM. Duh! I should have known that.

I know that I can probably jog anywhere, but I figured the softer track would be good [and more forgiving] for a beginner. So now I just have to maintain my willpower for another few hours, and try again.

DAW, do you have any colleges or community colleges near by? I doubt they would have the same "no trespassing" rules as the public schools.
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Post by: elmore3003 on April 20, 2009, 03:54:27 PM: Quote from: vixmom on April 20, 2009, 03:51:28 PM
Oh and before I jump off - Elmore - Martin Chuzzlewhitt was delivered to my mailbox today!

Thank you for mentioning it Tuesday I ordered it from Blockbuster.com right away and now I will have it to help my recuperation!

It's so good, DR vixmom, that I hope the vixter can watch it with you! After you watch it, rent GREEDY wth Michael J. Fox. It's based on Chuzzlewit.
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Post by: Jane on April 20, 2009, 03:54:59 PM: Vixmom your courage & sense of humor humble me. I'm trying to follow your example and be brave as I watch an alien form take over my body.
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Post by: bk on April 20, 2009, 03:55:35 PM: Back from listening to a lot of tapes - and now I can make decisions on a couple more releases.
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Post by: Jane on April 20, 2009, 03:57:43 PM: (http://www.editorandpublisher.com/editorandpublisher/photos/2009/04/POW041309.jpg)
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Post by: bk on April 20, 2009, 04:06:46 PM: I gotta tell you.
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Post by: bk on April 20, 2009, 04:07:00 PM: Well, no one can say we didn't get to page six.
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Post by: bk on April 20, 2009, 04:07:27 PM: I was trying to decide whether to eat around here or just go to Glendale and eat there, and then hang out at Bookfellows until show time.
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Post by: bk on April 20, 2009, 04:08:07 PM: I just don't know the restaurants around there all that well - and I don't fancy Don Cuco's so I'd be taking a chance. On the other hand, I could get a good parking space.
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Post by: bk on April 20, 2009, 04:08:18 PM: Decisions, decisions.
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Post by: TCB on April 20, 2009, 04:11:54 PM: Quote from: vixmom on April 20, 2009, 10:46:10 AM
Good afternoon

Sorry to have been E & T but as I believe you've heard something unexpected came up

--- and out.
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Post by: TCB on April 20, 2009, 04:23:01 PM: Quote from: Matt H. on April 20, 2009, 01:54:31 PM
Quote from: elmore3003 on April 20, 2009, 01:36:37 PM
Quote from: Matt H. on April 20, 2009, 01:25:51 PM
I had about six minutes left in the afternoon and started AS THE WORLD TURNS thinking I'd just skim through it to the previews, but there were the boys, so I had to stop it and will pick it up when I go back down later.

It gets more and more idiotic; the incestuous twins were so demented before their crime spree that "the boys" must be complete retards, and where the hell are all their other friends? Like the "huge" crowd that came to the Big Gay Rally? To what common low level of audience IQ do these writers aim? Or stoop?

I think the plots for the boys stopped making sense the last time Col. Mayer was on, and their plots have never really recovered.

I read that THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS is adding a gay male character to its show soon. I may switch to it once he's in place.

It seems like it would be a pretty boring story line with only one gay character on the show. Unless he is going to start seducing the "straight" characters.
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Post by: Druxy on April 20, 2009, 04:30:17 PM: We found the missing revolver today, so that's something we don't have to worry about any longer.

The movers had labeled the box wrong.
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Post by: TCB on April 20, 2009, 04:34:31 PM: Great to see vixmom posting today. Continued vibes!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Post by: JoseSPiano on April 20, 2009, 04:35:33 PM: Good Evening!

Well, the sun was out. Then it clouded up. Then it rained. Then it lightning'd and thundered. Then it stopped. The the clouds parted. And now...

Well, now, I'm watching a most beautiful sunset through the living room window while listening to some amazing pianists - amazingly young (12-17 years old) and just plain amazing! - on From The Top (http://fromthetop.org/Programs/RadioShows.cfm?sid=183).
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Post by: JoseSPiano on April 20, 2009, 04:36:02 PM: Oh, and I'm doing some laundry too. -Since we all seem to tell each other when we're doing laundry. ;)
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Post by: George on April 20, 2009, 04:36:15 PM: Quote from: Druxy on April 20, 2009, 04:30:17 PM
We found the missing revolver today, so that's something we don't have to worry about any longer.

The movers had labeled the box wrong.

Very good news!
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Post by: JoseSPiano on April 20, 2009, 04:37:04 PM: DR vixmom - Glad to see that you made it back online. -That's a major sign of recovery right there. Thanks for checking in. Now, go rest and get all better! OK?!?!? :)
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Post by: Cillaliz on April 20, 2009, 04:40:08 PM: Quote from: vixmom on April 20, 2009, 11:53:47 AM
MEDICAL VIBES FOR CILLA'S NEPHEW

Thanks VIXMOM.. So good to have you back where you belong.

My nephew opted for the mechanical valve. The surgery will be sometime in May, don't know when yet
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Post by: JoseSPiano on April 20, 2009, 04:40:14 PM: DR Druxy - Whew!

*Have you found any other items that were damaged in transit?

**As you unpack, are you finding some other items that should have been damaged in transit? ;)
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Post by: JoseSPiano on April 20, 2009, 04:41:46 PM: And speaking of good health and vibes, I received this bit of wonderful news from my roommate, Jim:

"The doctors did a neuro exam and met with Danielle today and said she
will make a full recovery in three months! They said they can't
believe how much she is progressing and we have nothing to worry
about!... they were originally saying up to two years for recovery and
hadn't said it would be a full recovery until today. We are all so
proud of Danielle for fighting so hard and are very thankful for all
the well wishes, support, and positive energy you all have given us.

:)
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Post by: Jane on April 20, 2009, 04:43:36 PM: Quote from: Druxy on April 20, 2009, 04:30:17 PM
We found the missing revolver today, so that's something we don't have to worry about any longer.

The movers had labeled the box wrong.

Thank goodness!
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Post by: TCB on April 20, 2009, 04:45:14 PM: AOL Headlines had a story about An Amazing Sighting in Ohio. The first time in 100 years. I was betting on a virgin, but it turned out to be a mountain bluebird.
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Post by: Jane on April 20, 2009, 04:46:10 PM: DR Jose, WONDERFUL, FANTASTIC, JOYOUS NEWS!
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Post by: Jane on April 20, 2009, 04:48:32 PM: DR Cilla, will the mechanical valve eventually need replacing? He is so young
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Post by: Cillaliz on April 20, 2009, 04:48:57 PM: Vibes to all who need them and so nice to see good news from DR Druxy and DR Jose
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Post by: Cillaliz on April 20, 2009, 04:51:18 PM: Quote from: Jane on April 20, 2009, 04:48:32 PM
DR Cilla, will the mechanical valve eventually need replacing? He is so young

I don't think so. His options were explained to me by my mother who tends to get things confused. So, I can't say with certainty what will happen`
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Post by: JoseSPiano on April 20, 2009, 04:53:43 PM: I did end up heading out the Tanger Outlet Mall earlier. It was a total Meh excursion. I knew I was in "trouble" when I looked at the store directory and didn't see a New Balance store listed. And then I really I knew I was in for a truly underwhelming experience when I peeked into their Food Court, and saw that there were only three options: a Chinese place, Sbarro and Subway.

I did check out a few stores, but I just wasn't in a shopping mode. When I stopped into the Banana Republic Factory Store, I ran into one of the members of the cast of The Producers. -He works there as a sales associate. Well... Even with him offering to extend his discount to me, I still didn't find anything I wanted to buy. And so I left the outlet mall.

-And that's when the skies darkened and the rain started pouring down.

A coincidence?

::)
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Post by: Cillaliz on April 20, 2009, 04:54:51 PM: Quote from: JoseSPiano on April 20, 2009, 04:53:43 PM
I did end up heading out the Tanger Outlet Mall earlier. It was a total Meh excursion. I knew I was in "trouble" when I looked at the store directory and didn't see a New Balance store listed. And then I really I knew I was in for a truly underwhelming experience when I peeked into their Food Court, and saw that there were only three options: a Chinese place, Sbarro and Subway.

I did check out a few stores, but I just wasn't in a shopping mode. When I stopped into the Banana Republic Factory Store, I ran into one of the members of the cast of The Producers. -He works there as a sales associate. Well... Even with him offering to extend his discount to me, I still didn't find anything I wanted to buy. And so I left the outlet mall.

-And that's when the skies darkened and the rain started pouring down.

A coincidence?

::)

I think not. ;)
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Post by: TCB on April 20, 2009, 05:03:03 PM: I just bought myself a new video camcorder and I was looking at it and reading the instructions this weekend. I bought my first video cam fifteen years ago and the thing was about the same size as the old TV station cameras (and probably just as heavy). I remember on my first vacation to Mexico that I almost passed out from heat exhaustion from carrying the damn thing around with me.

My new one fits in the palm of my hand. How amazing is that? And this one allows me to download the videos directly to my computer.
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Post by: DakotaCelt on April 20, 2009, 05:14:15 PM: Good day one and all!!

Positive vibes to one and all!!
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Post by: Jane on April 20, 2009, 05:15:56 PM: Hi Dakota. Are you out of danger yet?
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Post by: DakotaCelt on April 20, 2009, 05:16:06 PM: A slow news day in the Valley despite the goings on in Jamestown and Valley City...

There are beasts running amuck: Cows and Llamas... and a dog!

http://www.inforum.com/event/article/id/237954/group/home/
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Post by: DakotaCelt on April 20, 2009, 05:16:38 PM: They have no idea who the cows are related to...
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Post by: Jane on April 20, 2009, 05:16:46 PM: DR TCB 8)
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Post by: JoseSPiano on April 20, 2009, 05:20:27 PM: Quote from: Jane on April 20, 2009, 04:46:10 PM
DR Jose, WONDERFUL, FANTASTIC, JOYOUS NEWS!

It is. And miraculous too. She really was in grave condition. -One thing I didn't mention initially was that in order to relieve the brain swelling after the accident, they had to remove a part of her skull. (Sorry, if that's TMI.) So, the speed of her recovery is truly, well, truly something wonderful.
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Post by: DakotaCelt on April 20, 2009, 05:21:43 PM: Fargo is getting better but now i am playing catch up to get other things done.
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Post by: DakotaCelt on April 20, 2009, 05:27:52 PM: continued vibes to her Jose...
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Post by: George on April 20, 2009, 05:32:20 PM: Quote from: JoseSPiano on April 20, 2009, 04:41:46 PM
And speaking of good health and vibes, I received this bit of wonderful news from my roommate, Jim:

"The doctors did a neuro exam and met with Danielle today and said she
will make a full recovery in three months! They said they can't
believe how much she is progressing and we have nothing to worry
about!... they were originally saying up to two years for recovery and
hadn't said it would be a full recovery until today. We are all so
proud of Danielle for fighting so hard and are very thankful for all
the well wishes, support, and positive energy you all have given us.

:)

Wonderful news!!
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Post by: JoseSPiano on April 20, 2009, 05:36:13 PM: After leaving the outlet mall, I just decided to drive around a bit since the rain was already starting to stop after just a couple of minutes. I drove here, I drove there.

I finally found where The Citadel is located, along with the neighboring Hampton Park. -And, no, I was not looking for some "Lords of Discipline". ;) I checked out the City Marina - where, apparently, there's a great dive-y place for breakfast, which I believe I'll be trying out later this week. I also serendipitously ended up on the far end of East Bay, and was able to take a nice drive along Charleston Harbor from the residential area into the already familiar (to me) business and restaurant district.
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Post by: DAW on April 20, 2009, 05:46:32 PM: Quote from: TCB on April 20, 2009, 05:03:03 PM
My new one fits in the palm of my hand.

All the easier to conceal it, then. ;)
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Post by: DAW on April 20, 2009, 05:47:03 PM: So happy to see DR vixmom posting! What an ordeal!!! :-\
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Post by: DAW on April 20, 2009, 05:47:39 PM: Glad for the great news from DR Druxy and from DR JoseSPiano for the family of his roommate Jim.
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Post by: DAW on April 20, 2009, 05:48:34 PM: Good to see DR DakotaCelt posting, too! :)
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Post by: Laura on April 20, 2009, 06:01:37 PM: Great news from Vixmom and great news about Jose's roommate's relative.
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Post by: Laura on April 20, 2009, 06:02:14 PM: I am trying to get used to my new computer. The other one was crashing way too much. I was always afraid I wouldn't get it to boot up ever again.
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Post by: Laura on April 20, 2009, 06:03:23 PM: And may I say "Thank goodness for sons."
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Post by: Laura on April 20, 2009, 06:07:41 PM: TOD: I remember Wallace and Ladmo and also Dialing For Dollars with Sandy Gibbons.
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Post by: JMK on April 20, 2009, 06:17:19 PM: Quote from: elmore3003 on April 20, 2009, 03:48:19 PM
Quote from: JMK on April 20, 2009, 03:25:40 PM
LOST IN AUSTEN evidently has a very rabid fanbase and they are not happy about the changes made in this DVD version I reviewed a few weeks ago. Oy. Like somehow it's my fault.

I have the Region-2 DvD; how could they redo what was already set for the Region-1?

They replaced the P&P Theme that's Amanda's ringtone with a generic one, and they also removed the "Downtown" gag.
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Post by: Charles Pogue on April 20, 2009, 06:19:18 PM: Quote from: Jane on April 20, 2009, 01:35:22 PM
Quote from: elmore3003 on April 20, 2009, 11:27:52 AM
Quote from: Jane on April 20, 2009, 09:49:48 AM
Quote from: Druxy on April 20, 2009, 03:33:09 AM
My favorite childhood TV shows were THE LONE RANGER, SUPERMAN, CHEYENNE & HIGHWAY PATROL, which was produced by my cousin, Fred Ziv.

We are currently watching season 1, disc 3 of CHEYENNE. I'm really enjoying Clint Walker. He is beautiful to listen to and watch.

DR MBarnum, what have you done to the Lassners?

;D He didn't do it to us, we have watched a number of the old shows. C. Pogue is lucky to get all the episodes of Cheyenne. NetfFlix only has the first season.

Tonight's Cheyenne featured Cheyenne, Bronco Lane, and Sugarfoot all in one episode!
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Post by: DakotaCelt on April 20, 2009, 06:24:37 PM: Quote from: TCB on April 20, 2009, 04:23:01 PM
Quote from: Matt H. on April 20, 2009, 01:54:31 PM
Quote from: elmore3003 on April 20, 2009, 01:36:37 PM
Quote from: Matt H. on April 20, 2009, 01:25:51 PM
I had about six minutes left in the afternoon and started AS THE WORLD TURNS thinking I'd just skim through it to the previews, but there were the boys, so I had to stop it and will pick it up when I go back down later.

It gets more and more idiotic; the incestuous twins were so demented before their crime spree that "the boys" must be complete retards, and where the hell are all their other friends? Like the "huge" crowd that came to the Big Gay Rally? To what common low level of audience IQ do these writers aim? Or stoop?

I think the plots for the boys stopped making sense the last time Col. Mayer was on, and their plots have never really recovered.

I read that THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS is adding a gay male character to its show soon. I may switch to it once he's in place.

It seems like it would be a pretty boring story line with only one gay character on the show. Unless he is going to start seducing the "straight" characters.

I miss the days when the storylines were well written... Character development on some of the shows is miserable at best
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Post by: Jane on April 20, 2009, 06:26:25 PM: Quote from: Laura on April 20, 2009, 06:03:23 PM
And may I say "Thank goodness for sons."

And husbands.;) I think mine will be wiping the hard drive on my computer in an attempt to fix it. He has transferred some of my personal information, I fear much will not be saved.
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Post by: Jane on April 20, 2009, 06:27:17 PM: Quote from: Charles Pogue on April 20, 2009, 06:19:18 PM
Quote from: Jane on April 20, 2009, 01:35:22 PM
Quote from: elmore3003 on April 20, 2009, 11:27:52 AM
Quote from: Jane on April 20, 2009, 09:49:48 AM
Quote from: Druxy on April 20, 2009, 03:33:09 AM
My favorite childhood TV shows were THE LONE RANGER, SUPERMAN, CHEYENNE & HIGHWAY PATROL, which was produced by my cousin, Fred Ziv.

We are currently watching season 1, disc 3 of CHEYENNE. I'm really enjoying Clint Walker. He is beautiful to listen to and watch.

DR MBarnum, what have you done to the Lassners?

;D He didn't do it to us, we have watched a number of the old shows. C. Pogue is lucky to get all the episodes of Cheyenne. NetfFlix only has the first season.

Tonight's Cheyenne featured Cheyenne, Bronco Lane, and Sugarfoot all in one episode!

Sugarfoot, the other series I have been trying to remember. I wish Bronco were on DVD.
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Post by: George on April 20, 2009, 06:27:53 PM: Hey, all you "Doctor Who" Fans...Doctor Who Voted Top TV Sci-fi Theme (http://www.imdb.com/news/ni0753348/)!

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British TV show Doctor Who has topped a new poll to find the best sci-fi TV theme tune.

The cult programme's famous theme beat out the signature tunes of The X-Files and Star Trek in an online survey conducted by Totalscifionline.com.

The opening music for British comedy Red Dwarf was voted second, while the The X-Files theme came third.

Buffy The Vampire Slayer and Star Trek's title music came in fourth and fifth.

;D
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Post by: Laura on April 20, 2009, 06:28:59 PM: On Saturday evening I went for a walk, and this is what I saw:
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Post by: Jane on April 20, 2009, 06:33:33 PM: Cute :)
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Post by: Ginny on April 20, 2009, 07:00:42 PM: We are back from our errand to the Indianapolis airport. Janice's flight was a little early and we met up as planned at baggage claim. Her bathed and jammied granddaughters were thrilled to see her (and so was her husband, who's been "bachelor grandfather" all week).

I was so pleased to read DR Vixmom's posts and DR Jose's report from his roommate.

Welcome home, DR Vixmom!!!
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Post by: FJL on April 20, 2009, 07:06:09 PM: It was great to hear about Danielle's prognosis!
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Post by: Jane on April 20, 2009, 07:08:37 PM: DR Ginny do the grandchildren live with their grandparents?
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Post by: Ginny on April 20, 2009, 07:13:55 PM: Quote from: Jane on April 20, 2009, 07:08:37 PM
DR Ginny do the grandchildren live with their grandparents?

Yes, DR Jane, as of March 8. It's a long, sad story, but they are thriving now that they're in a more stable environment. Whenever I think I have a lot on my plate, I think of those grandparents.
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Post by: Ginny on April 20, 2009, 07:15:06 PM: As we were driving into Cincinnati, we saw a spectacular double rainbow and guess where it ended - Graeter's!

Yum, toffee chip!
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Post by: Jane on April 20, 2009, 07:16:40 PM: LOL-How lovely to find the pot of gold at the end of the double rainbow. :)
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Post by: Jane on April 20, 2009, 07:17:22 PM: Vibes to the grandparents, may they live long & healthy lives. It is nice the grandchildren are doing well now.
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Post by: Ginny on April 20, 2009, 07:19:56 PM: DR Ben - thank you for the treasure that arrived in the mail today!
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Post by: Jennifer on April 20, 2009, 07:27:16 PM: Great news DR Jose about danielle. Does that mean the baby is doing well as well?
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Post by: Jane on April 20, 2009, 07:29:19 PM: Tomorrow will be very warm again. I should be happy it will be warm except the sun & heat on my arms really hurt today. :(

It has cooled off now & I'm feeling better. If only I didn't have 2 loads left to dry. Every time I stick my arms in the dryer I can feel the heat on the. I used some ice earlier & that helped ease the discomfort & reduce the swelling.

Whine over :)
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Post by: Jennifer on April 20, 2009, 07:29:40 PM: DR MattH, i watch the Young & The Restless. No gay characters yet. Although there are a lot of gay actors on the show, with Cybil Shepherd's daughter (who is gay in real life) just joining. Some people have been speculating that maybe her character could turn up gay. Although i doubt it.
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Post by: Jane on April 20, 2009, 07:30:03 PM: 'night
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Post by: elmore3003 on April 20, 2009, 07:32:25 PM: Quote from: JMK on April 20, 2009, 06:17:19 PM
Quote from: elmore3003 on April 20, 2009, 03:48:19 PM
Quote from: JMK on April 20, 2009, 03:25:40 PM
LOST IN AUSTEN evidently has a very rabid fanbase and they are not happy about the changes made in this DVD version I reviewed a few weeks ago. Oy. Like somehow it's my fault.

I have the Region-2 DvD; how could they redo what was already set for the Region-1?

They replaced the P&P Theme that's Amanda's ringtone with a generic one, and they also removed the "Downtown" gag.

I sure missed the cell phone ring but the "Downtown" moment is priceless!

The Blu-Ray edition of the wonderful Colin Firth version, which is the real raison d'etre for LOST IN AUSTEN, is coming out very soon.
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Post by: Laura on April 20, 2009, 07:50:41 PM: It is expected to be 100 degrees tomorrow for the first time this year.
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Post by: JMK on April 20, 2009, 08:12:37 PM: Quote from: elmore3003 on April 20, 2009, 07:32:25 PM
Quote from: JMK on April 20, 2009, 06:17:19 PM
Quote from: elmore3003 on April 20, 2009, 03:48:19 PM
Quote from: JMK on April 20, 2009, 03:25:40 PM
LOST IN AUSTEN evidently has a very rabid fanbase and they are not happy about the changes made in this DVD version I reviewed a few weeks ago. Oy. Like somehow it's my fault.

I have the Region-2 DvD; how could they redo what was already set for the Region-1?

They replaced the P&P Theme that's Amanda's ringtone with a generic one, and they also removed the "Downtown" gag.

I sure missed the cell phone ring but the "Downtown" moment is priceless!

The Blu-Ray edition of the wonderful Colin Firth version, which is the real raison d'etre for LOST IN AUSTEN, is coming out very soon.

I think the BD is out, Larry--I reviewed it a good two months ago.

Just to clarify, does your R2 release actually have Amanda singing "Downtown"? In the R1 version it just cuts right to Bingley's priceless reaction, which, to me anyway, worked just as well.
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Post by: Matt H. on April 20, 2009, 08:23:56 PM: Quote from: Jane on April 20, 2009, 02:11:31 PM
DR Matt H, thank you for the review. Unfortunately, for me, Keith still wants to watch The Uninvited. It could be worse, at least it isn't a remake of the Ray Milland film.

It's not a dreadful movie, just a thoroughly mediocre one.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on April 20, 2009, 08:24:50 PM: Quote from: Jennifer on April 20, 2009, 07:27:16 PM
Great news DR Jose about danielle. Does that mean the baby is doing well as well?

Yes, the baby is doing well. That was another thing about her injuries - the baby was always fine. Of course, if her condition had worsened, then the baby's health would have been in jeopardy, but, apparently, the baby was not hurt at all during the accident. I also saw some pics of her car today too. The side of the car that got swiped by the hit-and-run driver looks like it's about to fall off, while the other side was unscathed.
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Post by: Matt H. on April 20, 2009, 08:26:48 PM: Simply LOVED the racoon picture!
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Post by: Matt H. on April 20, 2009, 08:28:53 PM: What a full evening of viewing I've had. I had hoped I'd have time for another NCIS episode from the DVD, but no such luck. I was too busy watching stuff on the DVR so I could clear it off. I got it down to 38% full before tonight's recordings started kicking in.
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Post by: Matt H. on April 20, 2009, 08:31:34 PM: I began by watching/skimming AS THE WORLD TURNS. It was, as Larry explained earlier, such a stupid episode. These people have to be BRAIN DEAD before they realize something is off. Of course, we knew it was off the SECOND the Z-twins (lovers) popped onto the scene. Everyone admitted they were weird, but they continued to allow them to hang out with them. And now no one has noticed that Zach hasn't been seen in days?

I ought to drop this show and just read the recaps on-line. Sure would save me time and my poor DVR from the daily recording/erasing.
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Post by: Matt H. on April 20, 2009, 08:32:42 PM: Next, I watched last night's THE TUDORS. Good episode as usual. Nice to see Holbein portrayed. They've talked about him before, but I don't remember seeing him until this particular episode.
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Post by: Matt H. on April 20, 2009, 08:33:38 PM: After that came LAW & ORDER: CRIMINAL INTENT. Cathy Baker had a very good guest star role as the controlling mother of a politician who's a pedophile.
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Post by: Matt H. on April 20, 2009, 08:34:29 PM: Then I watched tonight's BONES episode. This one was decidedly a comedy episode with the mystery almost secondary. Still, I did laugh quite a bit.
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Post by: Matt H. on April 20, 2009, 08:35:26 PM: '24' had its usual riveting hour of thrills and spills. I wish I hadn't seen the previews for next week, though. Gave away some major events. I should have turned it off as soon as the clock ran out on the hour.
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Post by: Matt H. on April 20, 2009, 08:36:07 PM: And MEDIUM had a really good, really different hour tonight, but it's AWFUL to have to wait a week to see the resolution!
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Post by: JoseSPiano on April 20, 2009, 08:45:53 PM: Well.. Paul Potts and Susan Boyle have proven that "Britain's Got Talent". And, now, well, I guess "Sweden's Got Talent" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlDn1auRmy4) too. Or least somewhat lenient censors and strategically placed pieces of crispbread. ;D ::)
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Post by: Dan (the Man) on April 20, 2009, 08:50:00 PM: Good news all around on HHW tonight!

Good to see DR Vixmom recooperatin'...

Good new about DR Jose's roomie's sister-in-law...

Good to see that DR DakotaCelt is posting again...

Good to know that DR TCB will be able to make home movies...

...

Yes, it's all good, good, good...
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Post by: Matt H. on April 20, 2009, 08:56:31 PM: I'm heading downstairs to bed now.

Good night!
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Post by: DakotaCelt on April 20, 2009, 08:57:30 PM: Quote from: George on April 20, 2009, 06:27:53 PM
Hey, all you "Doctor Who" Fans...Doctor Who Voted Top TV Sci-fi Theme (http://www.imdb.com/news/ni0753348/)!

Quote
British TV show Doctor Who has topped a new poll to find the best sci-fi TV theme tune.

The cult programme's famous theme beat out the signature tunes of The X-Files and Star Trek in an online survey conducted by Totalscifionline.com.

The opening music for British comedy Red Dwarf was voted second, while the The X-Files theme came third.

Buffy The Vampire Slayer and Star Trek's title music came in fourth and fifth.

;D

I agree with that assessment...
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Post by: Dan (the Man) on April 20, 2009, 09:01:51 PM: Quote from: JoseSPiano on April 20, 2009, 08:45:53 PM
Well.. Paul Potts and Susan Boyle have proven that "Britain's Got Talent". And, now, well, I guess "Sweden's Got Talent" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlDn1auRmy4) too. Or least somewhat lenient censors and strategically placed pieces of crispbread. ;D ::)

Thank you, DR Jose--that was incredibly beautiful! My soul was touched and I cried. When the four young naked lads with crispbreads danced, it was as if all was right again in the world. I cheered and then I gave them a standing ovation. The four young naked lads with crispbread are living proof that one must never give up on one's dreams.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on April 20, 2009, 09:02:53 PM: Quote from: Dan (the Man) on April 20, 2009, 09:01:51 PM
Quote from: JoseSPiano on April 20, 2009, 08:45:53 PM
Well.. Paul Potts and Susan Boyle have proven that "Britain's Got Talent". And, now, well, I guess "Sweden's Got Talent" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlDn1auRmy4) too. Or least somewhat lenient censors and strategically placed pieces of crispbread. ;D ::)

Thank you, DR Jose--that was incredibly beautiful! My soul was touched and I cried. When the four young naked lads with crispbreads danced, it was as if all was right again in the world. I cheered and then I gave them a standing ovation. The four young naked lads with crispbread are living proof that one must never give up on one's dreams.

...Or modesty.
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Post by: FJL on April 20, 2009, 09:03:10 PM: I was gob-smacked
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Post by: Michael on April 20, 2009, 09:21:40 PM: Quote from: DAW on April 20, 2009, 05:47:39 PM
Glad for the great news from DR Druxy and from DR JoseSPiano for the family of his roommate Jim.

All we need to hear is good news from you now :-)
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Post by: Michael on April 20, 2009, 09:28:35 PM: Quote from: Matt H. on April 20, 2009, 08:33:38 PM
After that came LAW & ORDER: CRIMINAL INTENT. Cathy Baker had a very good guest star role as the controlling mother of a politician who's a pedophile.

Sort of sounds like the role Angela Lansbury did on Law and Order: SVU & Trial By Jury but her son was a rapist played by Alfred Molina. Ms Lansbury received her 18th Emmy Nod for this role
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Post by: JoseSPiano on April 20, 2009, 09:51:35 PM: Hmm... I'm already sleepy. -Which is a good thing since I have to gear for a 7:30AM(!?!?!?!?) presentation for the Rotary Club on Wednesday. So...

Goodnight.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on April 20, 2009, 10:33:06 PM: Quote from: FJL on April 20, 2009, 09:03:10 PM
I was gob-smacked

I can well imagine that. I was pretty gob-smacked, too.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on April 20, 2009, 10:36:32 PM: Quote from: JoseSPiano on April 20, 2009, 10:41:11 AM
Quote from: Ron Pulliam on April 20, 2009, 10:28:36 AM
This is probably NOT news to a bunch of you, but:

DR Ron Pulliam - You may - or may not - want to edit out the Facebook Redirect/Frame from that link.

I did so, thanks. But since you quoted me and carried it into your post, it's still there in your post.
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Post by: bk on April 20, 2009, 11:21:31 PM: Back from Kiss Of The Spiderwoman and shall now write some short notes, I suppose.
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Post by: Sam on April 20, 2009, 11:51:17 PM: Just wanted to say goodnight.

Too hot today, wanted to do nothing but take a nap after work.
Changed all the light bulbs to 40W energy efficient, trying not to run the air conditioner.
At least there always is the ice cold pool. Might just have to put on a bathing suit this summer. ha ha.

To a good Tuesday.
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Post by: Sam on April 20, 2009, 11:51:59 PM: Note to myself: Read today's notes tomarrow after work.

See ya later.