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Archives => Archive 18 => Topic started by: bk on February 22, 2010, 12:07:04 AM
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Well, you've read the notes, the notes got thee to a nunnery, and now it is time for you to post until the cows come home - they're currently visiting a nunnery.
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And the word of the day is: THAUMATURGY!
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I haven't read the notes because I was reading about bk's big package.
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And the new notes aren't up yet.
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I'm watching a PBS series on transplants. Really entertaining. But hope I don't have bad dreams...
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Now, a new episode about the history of cosmetic surgery. They used to inject paraffin, probably like collagen now, and would mold the hot wax into the new shape for your nose, or other part. It was a bad idea!
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I have actually been to a nunnery...my aunt is an actual nun. :)
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Morning all.
That is all.
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If you make HHW a Facebook only page you may gain posters but you'll lose me.
I'm not joining Facebook just to post. Sorry.
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I have actually been to a nunnery...my aunt is an actual nun. :)
"My mother was a nun"
Norma Cassidy
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I've been in the foyer of a nunnery but that's as far as I ever got.
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Good Morning on this Doris Day Day!
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Monday morning greetings! It's a rainy day here in SW Ohio - at least we don't have to shovel the rain.
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TOD:
THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH
LOVE ME OR LEAVE ME
LOVER COME BACK
IT'S A GREAT FEELING
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There is a chapter in my upcoming book of Hollywood memoirs the deals with lyricist Paul Francis Webster.
Among other tales Webster told me is that:
1. Doris Day tried to have "Secret Love" cut from CALAMITY JANE.
2. She succeeded in having another Webster song cut from her movie, JULIE. That song was "The Twelfth of Never".
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And man JULIE could have used that song.......
We saw it at the drive-in, and my mother made me stop singing the song:
JU_LEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE .... it's the voice of my own true love
And it promises........EGG-STACEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
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I post on Facebook - but I would NOT like an HWW Facebook page. I like posting here in the living room of our own house, not at Grand Central Station.
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I find Miss Doris Day infinitely watchable....except in her first few Warner Bros. movies where she has horrible hairstyles and makeup in the style of - in her words, the embalmers in the Warner's Makeup Department.
Hard to choose a favorite but I will start:
PILLOW TALK
THAT TOUCH OF MINK - for her pairing with Cary Grant and Gig Young as second banana
TEACHER'S PET - with Clark Gable and Gig again as second banana
THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH
MOVE OVER, DARLING
Well....JUST about everything until she started her let the wig do the acting-yapping thing as in GLASS BOTTOM BOAT and DO NOT DISTURB.
Favorite songs....again what's NOT to like....but
Do Not Disturb - the song was the best part of the movie
Twinkle Lullaby
Everybody Loves a Lover
Pillow Talk
Secret Love
Yikes - I better leave some for other posters!
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The only "secret" story about Doris Day I know was told to me by a friend who works for an airline.
I guess sometime in the 1970's Miss Doris had begun a rather torrid affair with a Texas oilman/millionaire and was convinced the she and the man were going to marry. Doris traveled to Texas with a rather large amount of luggage and was met at the front door of the man's palatial home by his wife brandishing a gun who had some choice words for America's sweetheart. Doris returned to California on the next plane.
Which reminds of the story of Patty Andrews and the baseball bat on Doris' front porch!
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Sexy Doris straight from the embalming room at Warners.
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MGM Doris
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It always bothered me about THE DORIS DAY SHOW that she moved herself to San Francisco and abandoned her three children and elderly father to fend for themselves on the farm. Pretty much the same way that Lucy Carmichael dropped her kid off at military school and went to live in sunny California without ever bothering to check in on him again.
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Good morning, all! I have a day at Lincoln Center with a dress rehearsal for this Broadway Cares benefit. Before I go, I need to call for refills on several prescriptions, and I may do another 2009 receipt tally. When I get back, I'll continue the tax tallies.
I have little else to report, but I wil certainly be ecstatic when I'm through my taxes on Thursday. As to Miss Day, my favorite film is THE PAJAMA GAME, and I always liked these recordings:
Secret Love
Everybody Loves A Lover
Que Sera Sera
Sentimental Journey
Perhaps perhaps perhaps
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And man JULIE could have used that song.......
We saw it at the drive-in, and my mother made me stop singing the song:
JU_LEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE .... it's the voice of my own true love
And it promises........EGG-STACEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
As it turned out, another of my publicity clients (Leith Stevens) wrote the music for that one.
;)
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I'm up and the only one on HHW at the moment. BK, I love the Go-Between. Great script by Pinter and terrific ensemble acting by Margaret Leighton, Alan Bates, Julie Christie, Edward Fox, et al. It was my choice the year it came out for Best Picture. I can't remember what else was up or what actually one that year, but this was the one I was rooting for.
I like Doris Day, but can't remember any specific songs that stand out for me. I'm kinda partial to her early movies with Gordon McRae.
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I just learned that tonight's benefit is sold out. Very good news!
Here's the link:
http://broadwayworld.com/article/Broadway_Backwards_5_Announces_Full_Participant_List_20100221
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Good morning!
It began raining THE SECOND I stepped outside to get the newspaper prior to my walk. [sigh] If only it had held off for 20 minutes (or if I had gotten up 20 minutes sooner). So, I'm treadmilling it today.
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TOD:
Doris Day is one of my all-time favorites.
My favorite films of hers are LOVE ME OR LEAVE ME and PILLOW TALK. I also think she was perfect casting for THE PAJAMA GAME, and her versions of Babe's songs are the definitive ones (Hard to listen to Janis Paige's offkey warbling on the cast recording.
Other film favorites:
CALAMITY JANE
THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH
MIDNIGHT LACE
THAT TOUCH OF MINK
BY THE LIGHT OF THE SILVERY MOON
THE THRILL OF IT ALL
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Favorite Doris Day songs:
"It's Magic"
"Secret Love"
"Pillow Talk"
"Possess Me"
"Hey, There"
"I'll Never Stop Loving You"
"I'm Gonna Ring the Bell Tonight"
"Shakin' the Blues Away"
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And the word of the day is: THAUMATURGY!
And The Song Of The DAY Is: IT'S MAGIC
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Once again I am at the mercy of the studios and mailmen. If PONYO comes today before 1 p.m., I'll work on it.
If it doesn't I'll have the day off.
Since I spent so much time watching DVR movies this weekend, I'd like to make a dent in that Blu-ray stack.
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I Was Not Here Yesterday-Soooooooooooo
HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY MATTHEW
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As If By Wizardry---PAGE 2
It's Magic!!!!!!
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A few new broadcasts tonight for me including DAMAGES and '24.' CASTLE is a rerun, and the episode was just repeated a few weeks ago on Saturday night, so I've seen it very recently and won't be recording it again.
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TOD:
Movies: The Man Who Knew Too Much; Love Me or Leave Me; Teacher's Pet; Calamity Jane; The Thrill of It All
Songs: Secret Love; Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered: Por Favor; I'll Never Stop Loving You; Blame My Absent-Minded Heart and many more!
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I'm heading down to check the mail and then I'll get cleaned up for lunch out today with best friend John. After I clean up, I'll likely watch last night's BROTHERS & SISTERS.
WBBL.
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Good Morning!
I'm up, I'm up... And about eat my oatmeal.
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It is raining.
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re: last night's ice dancing competition
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Wow! What an exciting original dance for the ice dancers. The announcers here went on and on about the russians costumes. Apparently they had to sit down with Canadian Aboriginal leaders. The commentators (one was canadian ice dancing olympic medalist victor kraatz) were actually appalled by the outfits. And victor kraatz was extremely unimpressed with their lack of skill (a lot of 2 foot skating and apparently a much less difficult program). I didn't care for them either. I actually loved the americans. I thought they were wonderful. And i was so happy for the canadians. What a difficult and thrilling program. Tonight's free dance program is gonna be really exciting. Canada has never won gold in ice dance. I remember when it used to not even be possible to go above your ranking (when victor and his amazing partner shae lynn bourne danced in the 90s).
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Quote from: JoseSPiano on February 21, 2010, 07:59:06 PM
From the New York Times' "Inside The Rings" series...
Glint of Gold Never Left Orser’s Eyes
Thank you. I found it very interesting & had no idea Brian Orser was a coach. It was hard reading his disappointment in not winning the Gold. I would not be surprised if many of the competitors have similar difficulties dealing with the loss.
I don't understand why his performance is used to instruct judges. Was it that he was judged too high? I wonder what other well known skate performances are also used.
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And now that my oatmeal has been consumed...
And now that I've started another load of laundry...
And now that I've finished washing the dishes...
Well... It feels like the cold I've been fighting the past few days has decided to fight back. I'm just a little bit sniffly right now, but since there seems to be another round of the "crud" making the rounds, well... I think I'm going to take a nap.
Laters...
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But...
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DR Jane - You're welcome.
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And I believe some Ginger Hot Chocolate could only "help" my cold... After I attend a taping of the "The Daily Show", of course. ;)
And, once again....
Laters...
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Damn....I just came from BookFace and was looking for the LIKE button here at HHW to click on for DR JOSE's post.
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DR DtM - Doris Martin only had TWO children on the farm, unless I missed an episode.
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Congrats to DR ELMORE on the selling out!
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I love Doris singing DR ARNOLDMBROCKMAN's Song of the Day......but now the one I hear in my head first is the version by the inimitable Darlene Edwards...............
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To help you get around the Nunnery.
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DR DtM - Doris Martin only had TWO children on the farm, unless I missed an episode.
I thought she had two boys and a daughter. I must be confusing her with another widow who abandoned her children...
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I have loved Doris Day since I was a small child!
My all time favorite Doris Day film is STORM WARNING. I first saw it when I w as in 2nd or 3rd grade. I thought it was going to be a musical. I was in for quite a surprise.
My other faves or BY THE LIGHT OF THE SILVERY MOON and ON MOONLIGHT BAY.
Of her movie songs, my favorite is "I'm Gonna Ring the Bell Tonight."
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Possible TAR spoilage ahead.............................
TAR was wonderful last night, although I was sad to see that one team leave. But probably just as well, as I would have been very nervous watching the one teammate do some of the rougher competitions.
The cowboys and Jeff and Jordan are my top two favorites. I think the Cowboys should be given their own show. They are adorable.
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Drunk Duane has called, texted, and left a voice mail again.
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DR Elmore, I loved seeing that snapshot of you as a youngin'! You haven't changed a bit!
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I'm up, I'm up. No clouds today, just blue skies and wind. Blue Skies and Wind - that's the title of my next novel.
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One of my favorite Doris Day songs is the title song from Send Me No Flowers by Bacharach and David.
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I wasn't serious about making a haineshisway Facebook page. In fact, Facebook can kiss haineshisway's ASS.
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I'm up, I'm up. No clouds today, just blue skies and wind. Blue Skies and Wind - that's the title of my next novel.
Your wind blew all the clouds and rain to Arizona. And we like it!
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Thanks to everyone for the birthday wishes. It was a lovely day.
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Damn....I just came from BookFace and was looking for the LIKE button here at HHW to click on for DR JOSE's post.
;D
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And here is the new Kritzerland advance announcement - you know the routine - it's 19.98 plus 3.75 shipping payable directly via paypal to kritzerland at adelphia.net. We're very pleased to be able to release this never before available score.
MANCINI MAGIC
Kritzerland is proud to present a new limited edition CD soundtrack, a world premiere release:
MARRIED TO IT
Music Composed and Conducted by Henry Mancini
Three married couples with nothing in common… and everything to share. That was the poster tag line and it pretty well sums up this comedy/drama from director Arthur Hiller. Even though it came out in 1991, Married To It was very much a 1980s film in its attitudes and style. The movie is about three New York married couples who become friends (their children’s school being the unifying factor for two of the couples – the third couple’s wife is a teacher there). Each couple goes through trials and tribulations, which are handled dramatically and with humor, all leading up to a school pageant, where all plot strands are neatly tied up, while the students sing Joni Mitchell’s “The Circle Game.” The movie had a stellar cast, including Cybill Shepherd, Beau Bridges, Stockard Channing, Robert Sean Leonard, Ron Silver, and Mary Stuart Masterson.
For the score, director Hiller turned to the marvelous Henry Mancini. By this point in his career, Mancini was a legend, having scored an amazing number of great films, films to which his music added immeasurably – Breakfast At Tiffany’s, Touch Of Evil, Charade, Hatari, Arabesque, Two For The Road, Experiment In Terror, Days Of Wine and Roses, the Pink Panther series, The Great Race, Soldier In The Rain, Wait Until Dark, Victor/Victoria, and on and on.
For Married To It, which was one of his last films, Mancini was most likely asked to use Mitchell’s “The Circle Game” as the main and end title, given the importance Hiller places on it in the film. But the rest of the score is pure Mancini, but a Mancini with a good deal more synth work than was usual for him, although he still employs a full orchestra for several of the cues. Still, the melodies are glorious and the dramatic cues work beautifully – plus Mancini’s gorgeous orchestration and arrangement of “The Circle Game” is wonderful. Hiller would end up not using a lot of score – the cues in the film itself are quite short, but hearing them in their entirety is a joy and a delight.
For this CD, we used Mancini’s master mixes and we present every note he wrote for the film. For the CD’s end title, we used an alternate arrangement of “The Circle Game” since the film simply replays the main title. We also include several bonus tracks, which include yet another arrangement of “The Circle Game,” an alternate main title with music by Mancini, and two source cues that play under party scenes – both are classic Mancini tunes – “(I Love You And) Don’t You Forget It” and “Mr. Lucky.”
This release is limited to 1000 copies only. The price is $19.98 plus shipping.
CD will ship by the first week of April – however, preorders placed directly through Kritzerland usually ship one to five weeks earlier (we’ve been averaging four weeks early).
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I'm a big ole Doris Day fan. . .and as I was just called into work early. . .where to begin? ? ? ?
I love the themes from her latter day Universal pictures, Move Over Darling, Send Me No Flowers, Do Not Disturb, Pillow Talk.
I like the Caprice theme.
I like The Glass Bottom Boat song.
Early Doris I love Sentimental Journey.
Early film songs It's Magic and Put 'Em in a Box.
Doris Flicks:
THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH
PILLOW TALK
ROMANCE ON THE HIGH SEAS
IT'S A GREAT FEELING
PILLOW TALK
THE THRILL OF IT ALL
IT HAPPENED TO JANE
LOVE ME OR LEAVE ME
CALAMITY JANE
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. . .and after much finagling. . .i have recently acquired the complete Bear Family set of Doris' recordings.
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Bruce, congratulations on your new release.
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! ! ! ! ! HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY TO DR MATTHEW ! ! ! ! !
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Oh....it's KMA Day at HHW!
Where else on the inter net?
I say - Evgeny Plushenko....KMA!!!!
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Miss Wyckoff arrived in my mailbox today.
And a NEW release tonight! Wonderful!
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Good Afternoon!
Well... No nap, but some good, brainless couch time. :)
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Damn....I just came from BookFace and was looking for the LIKE button here at HHW to click on for DR JOSE's post.
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So... You "Like" that fact that I'm coming down with a cold?
;)
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Hmmmmmmmmmm.....I have Ms Patti LuPone and Mr Davis Gaines in SWEENEY TODD IN CONCERT.....this might be an entertaining DVD.....I think I will watch it, and take snapshots of the screen when Miss LuPone is on.
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In other news...
After reading the WHOLE confirmation email sent to me from the folks at "The Daily Show", it looks like I'll have to head down to City Bakery before I go to the taping, since I won't get out of the taping until 7:15 (City Bakery closes at 7:00).
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Jrand scroll back to page two - I announced the new title there.
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Wow....DR DtM - I can't think of any old TV family with two boys and one girl in the mix.....
2 girls and 1 boy - Father Knows Best
2 boys - Leave It to Beaver
2 girls and 1 boy - Make Room for Daddy
2 girls and 1 boy - Family Affair
3 boys - My Three Sons
3 girls - To Rome With Love
4 boys - Please Don't Eat the Daisies
2 Girls 2 Boys - The Partridge Family
I know I am leaving out LOTS of shows.....but I can't think of any shows with the 2 boys, 1 girl equation.
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Jrand scroll back to page two - I announced the new title there.
Nice.....missed it in the page change.
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Ordered - but forgot to send a message with it......money for MARRIED TO IT......just put me in the right pile.
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And...
I'm off.
-But most of you already knew that. ::)
Laters...
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I don't understand why his performance is used to instruct judges. Was it that he was judged too high? I wonder what other well known skate performances are also used.
DR MattH would probably be able to answer this better. But I don't think it was because he was judged too high. This was the 1988 Calgary olympics. And basically Canada's hopes of winning a gold medal (it would have been the first ever at an olympics in canada) rested on brian orser.
There was a huge battle of the brians between US Brian Boitano and Canadian Orser.
I think that Brian Orser did skate amazingly and he thought he skated well enough to win. But he didn't (the judging was different then). Remember each country would rate each skater and it used to be out of 6.0. I remember it was very close.
Now there is a whole new system for ranking. I'd be curious if under this new system if brian orser would have won. Since they judge a lot on how many jumps you do and of what variety with each one having a predetermined value).
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Don Francks is in MARRIED TO IT......Cybill Shepherd, Stockard Channing, and Robert Sean Leonard are all SO good - but everybody shines.....and Mancini does a sweet score.
And of course it's ALWAYS nice to hear "The Circle Game" - although Buffy Sainte-Marie's version in STRAWBERRY STATEMENT will always be my favorite. ;D
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DR Cillaliz re: that short track speed skating event of saturday night (when your power was out). Since you are cheering for a different country maybe you would enjoy the race.
Although i was reading an article online that said that apolo anton ohno is the most despised man in south korea. Ouch! I really like him and find that the koreans race extremely aggressively. One of them actually tried to pull the canadian favorite back at the finish line!
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DR CILLA LIZ - if Debbie had 6-week old triplets, we would probably be doing a waltz instead of a disco number!
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I just looked at the startlist for the ice dancing tonight. The americans skate first, then the canadians (3rd to last), with the russian going last. Not too happy about this. Although i think it's worse for the US than for canada. But great for the russians.
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TOD:
Teacher's Pet
Please Don't Eat the Daisies
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I just looked at the startlist for the ice dancing tonight. The americans skate first, then the canadians (3rd to last), with the russian going last. Not too happy about this. Although i think it's worse for the US than for canada. But great for the russians.
It didn't help Plushenko any. I think the Russians are done. You can stick a fork in 'em.
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Quote from: JoseSPiano on February 21, 2010, 07:59:06 PM
From the New York Times' "Inside The Rings" series...
Glint of Gold Never Left Orser’s Eyes
Thank you. I found it very interesting & had no idea Brian Orser was a coach. It was hard reading his disappointment in not winning the Gold. I would not be surprised if many of the competitors have similar difficulties dealing with the loss.
I don't understand why his performance is used to instruct judges. Was it that he was judged too high? I wonder what other well known skate performances are also used.
Orser won the free skate at Sarajevo in 1984, but lost the gold to Scott Hamilton who won the short program. Hamilton must have outscored Orser in figures as well, but I believe a French skater actually won the figures portion.
Orser was tied with Boitano after the free skate in 1988. The tie-breaker was the artistic marks, and Boitano had the edge there...so the gold went to Boitano.
Orser was an ideal skater. That is why a video of him skating might be among several used to instruct judges.
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JR, I forgot to tell you yesterday, and I'm sure you'll want to get your own souvenir copy. Yesterday's Sunday Oregonian featured a lovely, full color photo of Ms. Libby Appel, accompanying an article extolling her virtues during her tenure at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival.
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BK, this package...you're sure...VERY big?
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Hello, everyone.
I, too, am under the weather today. When it hits my sinuses, as it's now doing, I find it hard to think. Oy.
Vibes to all who are not feeling their best.
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Belated birthday wishes to DR MATTHEW and any others I missed.
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I've always ADORED the song SECRET LOVE. The LA FOUR used to do it in concert and on vinyl, and I simply couldn't get enough of it.
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Frances could have sung SECRET LOVE as Calamity Jane in BADLANDS OF DAKOTA. If the song had been about vodka, of course. ;)
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Wow....DR DtM - I can't think of any old TV family with two boys and one girl in the mix.....
2 girls and 1 boy - Father Knows Best
2 boys - Leave It to Beaver
2 girls and 1 boy - Make Room for Daddy
2 girls and 1 boy - Family Affair
3 boys - My Three Sons
3 girls - To Rome With Love
4 boys - Please Don't Eat the Daisies
2 Girls 2 Boys - The Partridge Family
I know I am leaving out LOTS of shows.....but I can't think of any shows with the 2 boys, 1 girl equation.
I can think of one, though the girl wasn't a teen-ager: NANNY AND THE PROFESSOR. And it was 2 boys, 1 girl on EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND, though both parents were living.
And THE PARTIDGE FAMILY was 2 girls, 3 boys, but then everyone always forgot about what's-his-name...
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Does anybody know the whereabouts of actress Taylor Leigh?
Back in the early 1990's, she played Carole Lombard in my 1-woman play.
I tried SAG, but the number they have for her is disconnected.
Help!
Thanks.
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JR, I forgot to tell you yesterday, and I'm sure you'll want to get your own souvenir copy. Yesterday's Sunday Oregonian featured a lovely, full color photo of Ms. Libby Appel, accompanying an article extolling her virtues during her tenure at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival.
The next sound you hear will be my head exploding.
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Thanks DR DtM - some of those shows I didn't watch.
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Thanks DR DtM - some of those shows I didn't watch.
Another 2 boys, 1 girl, single parent show neither one of us probably watched: DIFFERENT STROKES.
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Pogue - a very big package, perhaps the biggest.
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Trying to get the Married to It package approved and to the printers - we had to make a couple of little changes - copyright and such. It should be done now.
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An acquired taste maybe.....or a throwback to my "hippie" days......but I still love Buffy St. Marie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5R9XPIvZC0s&feature=related
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Ordered! ;D
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I'm a big ole Doris Day fan. . .and as I was just called into work early. . .where to begin? ? ? ?
I love the themes from her latter day Universal pictures, Move Over Darling, Send Me No Flowers, Do Not Disturb, Pillow Talk.
FWIW, "Move Over, Darling" was a Fox film.
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I wasn't serious about making a haineshisway Facebook page. In fact, Facebook can kiss haineshisway's ASS.
Well, I'm glad about that because I had no interest in joining any other on-line community. I already have far more to keep up with than I have time now.
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In line for "The Daily Show"...
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There was NO daughter during the first two seasons of THE DORIS DAY SHOW. She had two boys.
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I did indeed forget to include "Put 'Em in a Box" among my favorite Doris Day tunes. I LOVE that song.
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I also gives me an ache in my heart that Doris has turned down the honor of an honorary Academy Award. I don't know if she still holds a grudge for not ever winning in competition (only got nominated once) or if she just doesn't want to appear in public any longer, but she really deserves this recognition as one of the real Hollywood greats and an underrated performer her entire career.
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Before I headed out to lunch, I had time to watch last night's BROTHERS & SISTERS. Boy, you can't say they don't move these many plots along! Major events last night with Rebecca and Sarah and Holly.
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Lunch ran long, so I didn't have time for THE DA VINCI CODE on Blu-ray this afternoon. I'll watch that when I go back down.
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Since I didn't get any UPS packages of review material, I had the day off, so I went back to THE ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN and watched some episodes.
I began with "The Stolen Costume," the one episode from season one that looks simply awful, like they found it on the floor of a vault somewhere and stomped on it a few hours before running it through a telecine machine to make a copy for the DVD set. But it's such a fun episode.
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I am back from Kenwood Towne Center where I went to the Vera Bradley store to meet my Facebook friends Cathy and Patty (weren't those the twins in the old Patty Duke Show?). Anyway, it was the first time we'd met face to face and we had fun helping each other pick out bags for ourselves and others. On the way home I did my Mom's grocery shopping and my own and am now about to prepare a taco supper for Richard and Rob and watch the Olympics.
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Next came "Mystery in Wax," another all-time favorite with batty Myra McKinney fashioning wax figure as portents of death. I remember as a little kid seeing this for the first time, and it scared me to death.
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Next I watched "Double Trouble" with a female impersonator fooling Jimmy into dooing him/her a favor. Pretty bold for 1951.
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Then I skimmed through today's AS THE WORLD TURNS. Yep, the boys were there going through their usual bitch session. No sign of Dr. Pill.
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In line for "The Daily Show"...
Have a great time, Jose!!
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ONE LIFE TO LIVE had a good show, though, as Oliver REALLY doesn't want anything to do with this baby. He's in complete denial, so it's no surprise Kyle is doing what he's doing.
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Great news for Kindle owners - the Kritzer books and the Hofstetter books will all be available on Kindle in six weeks, and so will the new book when that comes out. VERY happy.
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I began last Friday's episode of SPARTACUS. Stayed with it long enough to see the male-male kiss this week, but I ran out of time so I'll try to finish it later tonight.
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TOD - I don't have anything to list that hasn't already been mentioned, but thought y'all would be interested in this story that we heard on NPR last weekend:
Attention Oscar: Why Doris Day Should Get Her Due (http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=123710238)
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I'm back from the rehearsal, which - as is often the case with benefits - was tentative at times, but i think it will go really well tonight. My number was rehearsed before noon, so I stayed till Joshie's orchestration for Aaron Lazar, who has a wonderful voice, was played down.
I got back to find a weird invoice from my health insurance company that looked like no other invoice I'd ever received from them and it's $300 less than my last quarterly premium, which cannot be correct. I'm completely puzzled. I've called and made the inquiry. I have to call back on Friday for answers.
and on the fallout front, I got a sickeningly sweet letter that had a cordial cover to a veiled threat.
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TOD - I don't have anything to list that hasn't already been mentioned, but thought y'all would be interested in this story that we heard on NPR last weekend:
Attention Oscar: Why Doris Day Should Get Her Due (http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=123710238)
From what I understand, the Academy has been offering her an honorary award for the last several years, and she's turned it down every time.
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I guess I'll finish my stuff up here and then head back down to get to some Blu-ray goodness.
WBBL.
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It is raining really hard. It's great!
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Have any of you had both COMCAST and DIRECTV at various times? I have a choice of providers at the new house. It's already evidently pre-wired for COMCAST, but doing DIRECTV wouldn't be hard. We have DIRECTV currently. I'd love to hear reviews of COMCAST especially, but if you've had both, which you prefer and why. Thanks.
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I've heard a lot of people complain about Comcast. It's not in our area here, but many internet friends don't seem to be happy.
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So, I'm really not any help.
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I don't understand why his performance is used to instruct judges. Was it that he was judged too high? I wonder what other well known skate performances are also used.
DR MattH would probably be able to answer this better. But I don't think it was because he was judged too high. This was the 1988 Calgary olympics. And basically Canada's hopes of winning a gold medal (it would have been the first ever at an olympics in canada) rested on brian orser.
There was a huge battle of the brians between US Brian Boitano and Canadian Orser.
I think that Brian Orser did skate amazingly and he thought he skated well enough to win. But he didn't (the judging was different then). Remember each country would rate each skater and it used to be out of 6.0. I remember it was very close.
Now there is a whole new system for ranking. I'd be curious if under this new system if brian orser would have won. Since they judge a lot on how many jumps you do and of what variety with each one having a predetermined value).
I would have to watch side by side again to confirm the fact I still believe Brian Boitano would have, should have won. I was in complete rapture during his skate.
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Quote from: JoseSPiano on February 21, 2010, 07:59:06 PM
From the New York Times' "Inside The Rings" series...
Glint of Gold Never Left Orser’s Eyes
Thank you. I found it very interesting & had no idea Brian Orser was a coach. It was hard reading his disappointment in not winning the Gold. I would not be surprised if many of the competitors have similar difficulties dealing with the loss.
I don't understand why his performance is used to instruct judges. Was it that he was judged too high? I wonder what other well known skate performances are also used.
Orser won the free skate at Sarajevo in 1984, but lost the gold to Scott Hamilton who won the short program. Hamilton must have outscored Orser in figures as well, but I believe a French skater actually won the figures portion.
Orser was tied with Boitano after the free skate in 1988. The tie-breaker was the artistic marks, and Boitano had the edge there...so the gold went to Boitano.
Orser was an ideal skater. That is why a video of him skating might be among several used to instruct judges.
Then it doesn't have anything to do with is losing to Boitano, or that someone felt it was judged incorrectly. That I can understand.
I don't remember the 84 men's competition all the well, except maybe I was surprised Hamilton won.
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JR, I forgot to tell you yesterday, and I'm sure you'll want to get your own souvenir copy. Yesterday's Sunday Oregonian featured a lovely, full color photo of Ms. Libby Appel, accompanying an article extolling her virtues during her tenure at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival.
;D
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I also gives me an ache in my heart that Doris has turned down the honor of an honorary Academy Award. I don't know if she still holds a grudge for not ever winning in competition (only got nominated once) or if she just doesn't want to appear in public any longer, but she really deserves this recognition as one of the real Hollywood greats and an underrated performer her entire career.
I agree she deserves the award. I suspect she didn't want to collect it in person & since the loss of her son prefers to live a simple life with her pets.
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Wow....DR DtM - I can't think of any old TV family with two boys and one girl in the mix.....
2 girls and 1 boy - Father Knows Best
2 boys - Leave It to Beaver
2 girls and 1 boy - Make Room for Daddy
2 girls and 1 boy - Family Affair
3 boys - My Three Sons
3 girls - To Rome With Love
4 boys - Please Don't Eat the Daisies
2 Girls 2 Boys - The Partridge Family
I know I am leaving out LOTS of shows.....but I can't think of any shows with the 2 boys, 1 girl equation.
I can think of one, though the girl wasn't a teen-ager: NANNY AND THE PROFESSOR. And it was 2 boys, 1 girl on
I completely forgot about the boys. I only remember the DARLING Kim Richards.
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I was a good friend of Nunnally Johnson's granddaughter. Her parents were Gene and Marjorie Fowler.
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I had a real treat today. Keith dropped me off in town for a walk in the park before meeting a friend for lunch. I haven't eaten out since before my accident. We went to a Japanese restaurant & I forgot about chopsticks. Watching me struggle the waiter showed up with a fork. I'm pleased to say I used the chopsticks with my right hand. I'm sure I couldn't have done it left handed. I was able to get the food up to my mouth without spilling it. I'm progressing. :)
I had a glass of wine which was very interesting, in a good way, during PT after lunch.
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Get thee to a Nunnally.
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I had DIRECT TV for a few years - many interruption problems.
Now that Comcast has all of their cables and optics installed in my area, I can't say I can complain about much. The bill is weird and you have to make sure you aren't being charged for something you didn't get.....and they don't upgrade your boxes or modems until there is a breakdown....OR you asked them to....even if there is an upgrade.....but Comcast is fine with me....their HD TV is great....although there are a few channels I would like to get.
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DR JOSE is spending the afternoon with Jon Stewart, I guess.
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Have any of you had both COMCAST and DIRECTV at various times? I have a choice of providers at the new house. It's already evidently pre-wired for COMCAST, but doing DIRECTV wouldn't be hard. We have DIRECTV currently. I'd love to hear reviews of COMCAST especially, but if you've had both, which you prefer and why. Thanks.
I've never had DirectTV, but a couple of friends who've had it have had some problems, but some other people have not had any trouble. No help there.
I have only had Comcast and other than the price (what else is new?), I'm really satisfied with the service. Their 24-hour customer service has always been quite helpful. :)
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Great news for Kindle owners - the Kritzer books and the Hofstetter books will all be available on Kindle in six weeks, and so will the new book when that comes out. VERY happy.
Congratulations, BK! I don't have a Kindle, but Congrats!
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I had a real treat today. Keith dropped me off in town for a walk in the park before meeting a friend for lunch. I haven't eaten out since before my accident. We went to a Japanese restaurant & I forgot about chopsticks. Watching me struggle the waiter showed up with a fork. I'm pleased to say I used the chopsticks with my right hand. I'm sure I couldn't have done it left handed. I was able to get the food up to my mouth without spilling it. I'm progressing. :)
I had a glass of wine which was very interesting, in a good way, during PT after lunch.
Congrats on the improvements, Jane!!
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I feel like the day is going in reverse. This should be morning and I should be making oatmeal about right now. Anyway, great news on the "Married to It" CD. Thought that movie was a charmer when it came out, which was not a time for too many charmers at the movie theater.
TOD:
Movies -- The Pajama Game, The Man Who Knew Too Much
Recordings: The Vincent Youmans songs in "Lullaby of Broadway" (but not the movie itself), "Shaking the Blues Away," "Secret Love" and "It's Magic."
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Wow....DR DtM - I can't think of any old TV family with two boys and one girl in the mix.....
2 girls and 1 boy - Father Knows Best
2 boys - Leave It to Beaver
2 girls and 1 boy - Make Room for Daddy
2 girls and 1 boy - Family Affair
3 boys - My Three Sons
3 girls - To Rome With Love
4 boys - Please Don't Eat the Daisies
2 Girls 2 Boys - The Partridge Family
I know I am leaving out LOTS of shows.....but I can't think of any shows with the 2 boys, 1 girl equation.
I can think of one, though the girl wasn't a teen-ager: NANNY AND THE PROFESSOR. And it was 2 boys, 1 girl on EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND, though both parents were living.
And THE PARTIDGE FAMILY was 2 girls, 3 boys, but then everyone always forgot about what's-his-name...
David Cassidy? ;)
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I have only had Comcast, and it has worked just fine for me, and their customer service has always been helpful, as well.
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Thanks DR DtM - some of those shows I didn't watch.
Another 2 boys, 1 girl, single parent show neither one of us probably watched: DIFFERENT STROKES.
I thought that was a father and three drug addicts?
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Back from a nice lunch. I got two overseas boxes back because darling Cason forgot to sign and date the customs forms - hope that's all that's coming back. Those will go back out tonight.
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Thanks George. In my more relaxed state he got through my stretches faster & more easily than my last few visits. I don't think he went farther.:( Last visit I had one stretch that would not happen & he decided to give up. I insisted he try again & we succeeded. He laughed & said I'm the rare person who insists on more. Most people want him to stop. I naturally was very pleased with myself.
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DR Druxy, I did some sleuthing but could find nothing on Taylor Leigh. Is that her real name? Does she have a married name?
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Great news for Kindle owners - the Kritzer books and the Hofstetter books will all be available on Kindle in six weeks, and so will the new book when that comes out. VERY happy.
Great news for me!
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"Cross of Iron/Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff" has just arrived!
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Wow....DR DtM - I can't think of any old TV family with two boys and one girl in the mix.....
2 girls and 1 boy - Father Knows Best
2 boys - Leave It to Beaver
2 girls and 1 boy - Make Room for Daddy
2 girls and 1 boy - Family Affair
3 boys - My Three Sons
3 girls - To Rome With Love
4 boys - Please Don't Eat the Daisies
2 Girls 2 Boys - The Partridge Family
I know I am leaving out LOTS of shows.....but I can't think of any shows with the 2 boys, 1 girl equation.
I can think of one, though the girl wasn't a teen-ager: NANNY AND THE PROFESSOR. And it was 2 boys, 1 girl on EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND, though both parents were living.
And THE PARTIDGE FAMILY was 2 girls, 3 boys, but then everyone always forgot about what's-his-name...
David Cassidy? ;)
Actually My Three Sons added a daughter to the lineup late in the show. Can't think of any though with two boys and one girl.
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Wow....DR DtM - I can't think of any old TV family with two boys and one girl in the mix.....
2 girls and 1 boy - Father Knows Best
2 boys - Leave It to Beaver
2 girls and 1 boy - Make Room for Daddy
2 girls and 1 boy - Family Affair
3 boys - My Three Sons
3 girls - To Rome With Love
4 boys - Please Don't Eat the Daisies
2 Girls 2 Boys - The Partridge Family
I know I am leaving out LOTS of shows.....but I can't think of any shows with the 2 boys, 1 girl equation.
I can think of one, though the girl wasn't a teen-ager: NANNY AND THE PROFESSOR. And it was 2 boys, 1 girl on EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND, though both parents were living.
And THE PARTIDGE FAMILY was 2 girls, 3 boys, but then everyone always forgot about what's-his-name...
David Cassidy? ;)
Actually My Three Sons added a daughter to the lineup late in the show. Can't think of any though with two boys and one girl.
Thanks for reminding me, said with a groan. ;D
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I don't know if Happy Days counts. The oldest brother disappears.
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I had a real treat today. Keith dropped me off in town for a walk in the park before meeting a friend for lunch. I haven't eaten out since before my accident. We went to a Japanese restaurant & I forgot about chopsticks. Watching me struggle the waiter showed up with a fork. I'm pleased to say I used the chopsticks with my right hand. I'm sure I couldn't have done it left handed. I was able to get the food up to my mouth without spilling it. I'm progressing. :)
I had a glass of wine which was very interesting, in a good way, during PT after lunch.
A glass of wine is always a good thing. So is a lunch with a friend or friends. Both help the healing process.
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I'm glad you had a good session, Jane.
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These are the cutest Panda Bears. I wish the video were larger. http://i50.tinypic.com/k30phw.gif
I did find it larger only it was blurry.
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Drunk Duane has called, texted, and left a voice mail again.
I had a text and a call from someone in Nebraska. I don't know who it is and will not answer to talk to them
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I had a real treat today. Keith dropped me off in town for a walk in the park before meeting a friend for lunch. I haven't eaten out since before my accident. We went to a Japanese restaurant & I forgot about chopsticks. Watching me struggle the waiter showed up with a fork. I'm pleased to say I used the chopsticks with my right hand. I'm sure I couldn't have done it left handed. I was able to get the food up to my mouth without spilling it. I'm progressing. :)
I had a glass of wine which was very interesting, in a good way, during PT after lunch.
A glass of wine is always a good thing. So is a lunch with a friend or friends. Both help the healing process.
So true John G. I have a very low tolerance for alcohol & drank the first half of the glass slowly as not to embarrass myself. As we got closer to leaving I sped up my drinking, finishing the last of the wine before walking out the door, postponing the giggly stage for our exit. :)
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Thank you Laura.
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DR CILLA LIZ - if Debbie had 6-week old triplets, we would probably be doing a waltz instead of a disco number!
:D
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I finished the motion picture for the evening. I may take a drive.
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I did indeed forget to include "Put 'Em in a Box" among my favorite Doris Day tunes. I LOVE that song.
That song ALWAYS makes me smile. Then again, so does "Tacos, Enchiladas and Beans."
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I love Doris singing DR ARNOLDMBROCKMAN's Song of the Day......but now the one I hear in my head first is the version by the inimitable Darlene Edwards...............
I love Darlene Edwards.
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I had forgotten how long THE DAVINCI CODE is: almost three hours. So I didn't have as much time to watch other things as I would have liked.
But I did watch it. The Blu-ray looks fine usually, but it's weird how shots go from soft to sharp and back again all the time. Distracting when you have this perfect picture and all of a sudden, it's not so perfect. Great color, though, and excellent Dolby TrueHD sound.
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In anticipation of the ladies figure skating coming up, I tok out my 2002 Salt Lake City recording and watched Sarah Hughes masterful gold medal long program. I watched it three times because it was so far superior to ANY of the skating at the 2006 Olympics, in my mind one of the most disappointing final flights of skaters in the last 30 years.
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I watched about 15 more minutes of SPARTACUS, but time had gotten away from me, so I wasn't able to finish the episode tonight. Maybe tomorrow.
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Then I watched tonight's '24' episode. Good, lots of action, people covering their butts and laying the blame on someone else to hide their own ineptitude. Argh!
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DR Druxy, I did some sleuthing but could find nothing on Taylor Leigh. Is that her real name? Does she have a married name?
Thanks for the try.
No idea if she's married on not. Have not been in touch with her for years.
I was hoping that she might have a photo of herself as Carole Lombard that I could use in my book.
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I just finished watching THE DAUGHTER OF ROSIE O'GRADY from Warner Archive.
Okay movie. The dance numbers with June Haver and Gene Nelson are great, as is a solo number that James Barton sings in a barroom.
But, the color registration is off in many of the scenes.
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I didn't get anything review-wise in the mail today, so I'm assuming tomorrow will be another day off. Of course, PONYO could arrive, but I'm not really expecting anything else. We'll see.
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Guess I'll finish up my work in the office and head downstairs to bed.
Good night!
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Good Evening!
Hmm... It seems that Time-Warner has gone down. Hmmm...
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Well, at least the cable television part of Time-Warner... At least in my 'hood...
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TOD:
Movie: MIDNIGHT LACE
Song: QUE SERA SERA
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In the meantime...
I had a great time at "The Daily Show". Ricky Gervais was the guest, and let's just say that the interview took quite an unexpected turn and tone. ;) It was also their first show back after being off for a week, so the opening ten minutes of show were used to catch up things. Very funny.
*This was my first time attending a taping of "The Daily Show", and even though I had a good time during the show itself, the whole waiting-to-get-into-the-studio process seems like it could be streamlined - or least made more entertaining. The doors open at 5:15. They encourage people to start lining up between 3:30 and 4:30, although, some people clearly started lining up earlier. Well... At 4:30 is when they started distributing the paper tickets and checking people's name off the various lists. -So, if you were toward the back of the line, you weren't ticketed and checked until sometime around 4:45 - the line is supposed to cut off at 4:30. Then the whole process of getting into the studio starts - metal detectors and bag inspections - they actually do a more thorough than the TSA. Then once we were seated, we waited. And waited. There was no definite start given for when the taping would begin, but I guess it began sometime around 6:30 since we were back out on the street at 7:05. Again, I had a good time, and I'm just thankful that the weather earlier today was not that cold, and that nothing was falling from the sky.
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MEN OF A CERTAIN AGE, whose season's finale was tonight, has a two boy and a girl family, although the girl is a toddler. I love this show and am happy it was renewed.
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In line for "The Daily Show"...
I'm watching it right now!
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Have any of you had both COMCAST and DIRECTV at various times? I have a choice of providers at the new house. It's already evidently pre-wired for COMCAST, but doing DIRECTV wouldn't be hard. We have DIRECTV currently. I'd love to hear reviews of COMCAST especially, but if you've had both, which you prefer and why. Thanks.
Our COMCAST customer service SUCKS. That's the only time I've ever screamed at someone over the phone. (After they came out for the 6th time to hook up the cable and did it wrong or didn't do it at all...after I'd taken off several days to be there.)
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In line for "The Daily Show"...
I'm watching it right now!
Are you the "Daddy" or the "Mommy"? ;D
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In line for "The Daily Show"...
Have a great time, Jose!!
Thanks, George. I did!
*Oh, and, as usual, no cell phones or cameras were allowed in the studio.
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I've heard a lot of people complain about Comcast. It's not in our area here, but many internet friends don't seem to be happy.
Is there any cable and/or internet service provider that actually has "Very Good" customer service?
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Well... I really would like to hang out for a bit, but I think all that standing in the cold for almost two and a half hours today has caught up with me, so...
Goodnight.
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I loved the ice dancing tonight!!! Fabulous skating and wonderful results. I like the ice dancing much better than the pairs figure skating
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I can't remember a competition so full of joy. What a wondeful thing to watch
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I guess it's WUSSBURGER month here at haineshisway.com. Well, March will soon be here.
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I spy a Pogue. Pogue's package is large, as he will soon find out.
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At long last page seven.
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I'm listening to relentless music by David Newman, who scored about twenty pictures with exactly the same sort of music - this one's called Meet The Applegates.
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I hope Jennifer had her fork at the ready tonight!!!!!!!!
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I just finished watching THE DAUGHTER OF ROSIE O'GRADY from Warner Archive.
Okay movie. The dance numbers with June Haver and Gene Nelson are great, as is a solo number that James Barton sings in a barroom.
But, the color registration is off in many of the scenes.
Who are you tonight? Bruce Kimmel?
;)
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Quote from: JoseSPiano on February 21, 2010, 07:59:06 PM
From the New York Times' "Inside The Rings" series...
Glint of Gold Never Left Orser’s Eyes
Thank you. I found it very interesting & had no idea Brian Orser was a coach. It was hard reading his disappointment in not winning the Gold. I would not be surprised if many of the competitors have similar difficulties dealing with the loss.
I don't understand why his performance is used to instruct judges. Was it that he was judged too high? I wonder what other well known skate performances are also used.
Orser won the free skate at Sarajevo in 1984, but lost the gold to Scott Hamilton who won the short program. Hamilton must have outscored Orser in figures as well, but I believe a French skater actually won the figures portion.
Orser was tied with Boitano after the free skate in 1988. The tie-breaker was the artistic marks, and Boitano had the edge there...so the gold went to Boitano.
Orser was an ideal skater. That is why a video of him skating might be among several used to instruct judges.
Then it doesn't have anything to do with is losing to Boitano, or that someone felt it was judged incorrectly. That I can understand.
I don't remember the 84 men's competition all the well, except maybe I was surprised Hamilton won.
Why surprised? Because you thought Orser had a better skate?
Or didn't you know that Hamilton had four national titles and three world titles under his belt going in to the 84 Olympics?
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I, too, got a Cross of Iron in the mail today!
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I am sleepy. Ron...can you send me some stuff for my spice rack?
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And that is why HHW should not be on Facebook
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Facebook can kiss haineshisway.com's ASS.
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Why I oughta...
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I will be up at six in the morning to announce Married To It to the world.
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In line for "The Daily Show"...
I'm watching it right now!
I wasn't able to record it...I set my DVR to record the rebroadcast in the morning. Glad you enjoyed it, Jose!