Haines His Way
Archives => Archive 1 => Topic started by: bk on April 19, 2004, 12:01:01 AM
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Well, you've read the damn notes, you're notes perfect, you can quote the notes verbatim, you can sing the notes in any key, and now you are ready to post until the cows come home. To it, I say.
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I am not sure if there are really any stars out there today. They make a name for themselves with one show and then they disappear from the broadway scene. More to do with economics than anything. Also you don;t have composers who write shows for stars like Porter did for Merman. Actors today do no have the discipline like stars of yesterday. They will miss performances. Leave shows to do movies or tv pilots. Stars like Channing, Merman, Martin, Bacall were (in)famous for never missing a performance. Harvey Fierstein took to taks many of his fellow performers from the original cast of Hairspray for missing too many shows.
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Well, DR Michael, I have to agree with you! A great deal of the current "stars" seem to be critics' darlings that I find either overindulgent or guilty of too much believing in their press. I question a lot of their vocalizing as well as a lot of their acting choices. There are some wonderful performers out and about, but the last person I thought gave a star performance, besides Patti Lupone in CAN-CAN, was Reba McEntire in ANNIE GET YOUR GUN.
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There are some wonderful performances in the Toronto production of The Producers. Michel Therriault, with Stratford credentials, is perfect as Leo. He has charisma, comic timing, and a good Broadway voice.
Yesterday's chat was lively as always, and it was particularly nice to schmooze with DRs Laura and Elmore as the evening wound down.
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Here's a salute to two Broadway hunks I wish would get more work in starring roles: Marc Kudisch and Christopher Sieber.
Of course, Kudisch has rarely been idle in the last couple of years with MILLIE, MEN, and now ASSASSINS, and Sieber went into a television series this season which doesn't look like it's going to be renewed, so we should see him back on Broadway (other than his current CHICAGO fill-in) in something next season hopefully.
I also think Brian D'Arcy James could elevate to star roles if the right shows could come along for him.
Of the ladies, I have to mention the stunning Idina Menzel who rocks the CD of WICKED. And congratulations to her, Kristin, Joel, and Carole Shelley for all scoring Outer Critics Circle nominations this morning.
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There are a hell of a lot of talented people doing leads on Broadway (and also doing supporting roles) but they will never be stars to the general public unless they do film or television. Back in the 50s and 60s there many variety shows broadcast from New York and people could tape these shows during the day and appear on Broadway at night. Ed Sullivan even featured complete numbers from Broadway shows with the current cast. His presentation of scenes from CAMELOT is credited with turning the show into a hit. Until "The Birdcage" nobody but true theater fans knew Nathan Lane. Fans of "Cheers" were surprised when Bebe Neuwirth showed her ability to sing and dance in CHICAGO, not realizing that she was also a Tony winning musical actress before she ever did television. More people saw Patti LuPone in one episode pf "Life Goes On" than saw her in the entire run of EVITA. And Brent Barrett is much better known for a soap role he played in the mid-80s than for any of his Broadway credits. Talented performers like Karen Ziemba, Melissa Errico, and so many others will never become the stars they deserve to be (ie: stars whose names will initially sell tickets to mediocre shows like Merman in HAPPY HUNTING or Martin in JEANNIE) unless they first make a name for themself in one of the electronic media.
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I think Bernadette Peters is a star.
I'm very fond of a lot of the 30 somethings: Kristin Chenoweth, Alice Ripley, Ruthie Henshall.
One actress who I think is fabulous and who could become a big star with a leading role on Broadway is Julia Murney. Total powerhouse.
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Re: last night's alias
I will be very vague so that those who have not seen it will not know what I'm talking about.
But WOW, the identity of the "passenger" totally surprised me.
However, I knew what happened to Sloane was not real.
Great episode.
(btw, DR Emily, if your sis wants to know what happened at the end, email me).
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Carolee Carmello impressed me greatly in A Class Act and Parade
Alison Frazer is excellent
Liz Callaway's voice can't be beat
La Chanze knocked me out as The Bubbly Black Girl, and on the CD of Once On This Island
Mary Testa and Mary Stout always make me laugh
Judy Kuhn was riveting in Chess
Odd that no men are coming to mind right now, ain't it?
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Brian Stokes Mitchell is a bona fide star - but first he made his name on a TV series, as that somewhat ethnic guy, whatshisname.
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And George Hearn is still a star.
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Good morning. I know very little of the crop of new Broadway performers, so there isn't much I can add to the topic. I'll name our own Juliana A. Hansen as someone on the brink of stardom.
I agree in part with WEL's thought that in order to become a star you need to work in other media. But if a performer is truly great - I mean GREAT - on Broadway, he or she will be featured in magazines, get on the talk shows, etc. and could make a name that way. It doesn't happen often, but it's possible. BUT, not every stage performer is a good screen performer. A TV-movie I wrote years ago had as its female lead Kim Crosby who was at the time one of the stars of INTO THE WOODS. She looked cute on screen and did a competent job, but did not have that certain elusive quality an actor needs to pop off the screen and into the audience's heart. (Terry Hatcher, BTW, (pre-Superman) had auditioned for the same role and was nixed.)
I'm not feeling great this morning - had a lousy night's sleep, among other things - so am going for a brisk walk now and intend to return feeling superb. (It's all in the INTENTION, according to Dr. Wayne Dyer, a motivational guru I unfortunately heard during the PBS begging marathon last night. You intend to get sick and you intend to get well. Same for being successful, etc. So - I also intend to become wealthy beyond my wildest dreams today - just thought I'd let you all know. I also intended to post this ten minutes ago and was thrown off the site. Obviously my intentions were not honorable.)
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Penny you still here?
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I think REAL "intention" is living with awareness, consciously choosing, owning one's choices, and accepting responsibility for the consequences of those choices. There is the real power we have. Then, if our own actions bring a good result, we know how to repeat it. If the result is something we don't like, we can change the recipe. Worked for Edison on his lightbulb experiments. Weeding out what doesn't work and concentrating on what does work in our lives takes just the smallest shift of attention - and it does give one a feeling of having some say over the quality of our lives.
I guess the trick is awareness - we, ourselves, do or do not make choices in small and large ways, all day long. Living consciously, striving for awareness RIGHT NOW gives us more options. Too early for this blather, huh? Ah, well, I'm about to get into the car for a two day drive...
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yup - still here. Yes, let's go to that restaurant again.
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Okay. Call from the road so we know when to meet you. :D
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I haven't seen ALIAS yet as I was not home when it was on last night. I recorded it, and will see it at some point today. Looking forward to it, naturally. Also recorded '24' and quite a few other shows last night due to being away for much of the day.
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Penny get moving or we won't be able to hold out for dinner at the restaurant. :)
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Bogie is doing his morning exercise routine-chasing his very long tail. :D He is so cute.
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It is a quiet morning. I shall follow Bogie's example & go exercise.
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MattH, if all goes well with the postal service you should have Jeff Richards in your mailbox today!
I don't know from Broadway performer's so I will have to skip today's topic. But I do enjoy reading others picks and seeing if I recognize any of the names.
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I haven't seen ALIAS yet as I was not home when it was on last night. I recorded it, and will see it at some point today. Looking forward to it, naturally. Also recorded '24' and quite a few other shows last night due to being away for much of the day.
I really hope what I wrote didn't spoil anything for you. If it did, I am sincerely sorry. I thought you would have watched it live. The vagueness would really only be vague for someone like BK, who hasn't watched any of this season yet.
The show was really good though. And they advertised I believe that there are only 3 new episodes until the finale.
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Where is everybody today?
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When I saw you were writing about ALIAS, Jennifer, I skipped right over what you wrote, so it didn't spoil anything. There were also guarded hints about the show and the season finale in this week's ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY, and I skipped those, too.
Will write you in private, DR MBarnum, but the package did come today.
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There are five count them five new entries up in Juliana's Journal, so check 'em out.
Just a note that we have crossed the 38,000 posts line - not our next landmark, but pretty close.
Now, where in tarnation IS everyone?
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Ooh great about the journals. Will check those out soon. So were they hard to post?
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Saying hello before breakfast and work just to inch us closer to page two.
I feel much better after my walk.
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Such great photos yesterday DR MICHAEL SHAYNE. ;D Thanks for sharing them! Looks like you had great weather.
Sparkling chat last night - eclectic, yes. 8)
Hmmmmmmm.....there are a couple of guys I have seen in touring productions that I think might make the leap if they get THE ROLE:
Thomas James O'Leary who did a really terrific YOUNG Phantom. I like him a lot! ;)
And Jeremy Kushnier who has been on Broadway, but who I saw as Rademes in "Aida" and was very good! :P
Although as other dear readers have already said, I am not sure we will have Broadway Stars like we used to. The medium has changed - it's more about content now, I guess, and the SHOW is the star.
Oh, and Craig Bierko should get another defining role if possible!
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Dan-in-Toronto's review is finally up at amazon. Hoo and ray.
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Beth Fowler, who was in the original Little Night Music and played Mrs. Lovett in the revival of Sweeney Todd, was vocally outstanding in The Boy From Oz. And her scenes with Hugh Jackman were extremely moving. I'd love to see her get another major role.
And let's not forget that Rosie O'Donnell, along with Ed Sullivan, helped give Broadway a shot in the arm.
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Thomas James O'Leary was a terrific Phantom and he was so young, it was very interesting to see the role played by a man in his 20's. Of course he sang well, but his movements, and acting even under that makeup was very touching. :'(
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I feel much better after my walk.
Glad it worked. It’s amazing how much better a walk can make you feel. I was dragging this morning but after exercising I’m ready to take Echo for her walk. If only it weren’t damp & windy out.
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And here is how he looks - well in a touched up photo! LOL ;D
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And here is Jeremy who was in Saturday Night Fever on Broadway and was a wonderful Radames....funny, serious, sexy, and fine singer! ;D
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I agree with Dear Readers William E. Lurie and Dan-in-Toronto and others this morning that without TV shows like those of Ed Sullivan, Rosie O'Donnell, Mike Douglas and Merv Griffin and game shows that regularly featured Broadway types (such as "What's My Line"), no Broadway star, as talented and as charming and as charismatic as he or she may be, will ever be recognized nationally as a "Star" without television and movie exposure.
Imagine. The Lunts would be overlooked today.
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Page Two Dance! 8)
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Well, Fred Phelps and his Topeka Kanasas krazies came and went this morning. I didn't see any of them but did hear lots of sirens...so don't know what was occurring. Traffic backups I think. Anyhow, they were protesting that we have a gay judge on our Oregon Supreme Court.
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I'm glad we finally made it to Page Two.
Just read Juliana's Journal. I'm so glad to see it again. And hopefully we will get up to date soon. It really make a difference.
Great entries.
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The Journal will be updated and we will have a spectacular end to it when Juliana leaves the show. We're planning some very fun things.
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If you think your boyfriend has been killed in the war, and you are a pianist, then you need to get hooked up with a famous composer and have him buy you clothes and a huge New York apartment.
Then when it turns out that your boyfriend was only slightly killed and he comes back, marry him, and then shoot the composer.
At least that's what Bette Davis did today in Deception.
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Rosie didn't give Broadway in general a boost. She gave shows she liked a boost. I remember the day that she had a number on from PARADE. She was not a fan of this show, so merely presented the number with no comment and no interviews. She merely introduced it and mispronounced Carolee Carmello's name. On the other hand she plugged TITANIC alomos daily, and presented numbrs from the show on a regular basis. The FORBIDDEN BROADWAY spoof of TITANIC featured Rosie as saving the show.
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Oh MR BK - sorry I forgot to tell you, deleting my temporary internet files made it possible for me to hear the Broadway Radio Show. I thought it was probably something on my end - so to speak.
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After you have listened to our own Donald Feltham's sparkling new radio show (he has a new photo up, at least go and look at that if you can't listen to the show), hie yourselves over to BBC Radio 3 and listen to Stage and Screen. They are doing a two week retrospective of Lerner and Loewe. There are some nice sequences with the Sexiest Man Alive (or the Sexiest Man in the World, I forget) Brent Barrett. The presenter plays a sequence between Barrett and Rebecca Luker with There But for You Go I. It's wonderful.
I agree, Miss Beth Fowler is wonderful and should be bigger. She was excellent in the 1989 Sweeney at Circle in the Square (Mrs. Lovett against Bob Gunton as Sweeney) and she was (as DIT said) very moving in Boy from Oz as Peter Allen's mother.
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Will we ever reach Page Three?
Btw, does the journal end when Juliana finishes with Millie?
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After this post we need 16 posts to get to page 3.
I'm listening to Donald's show right now and hearing John Cullum in On the 20th Century just makes me realize how much better that musical was than this current revival of the play 20th Century on Broadway now w/Baldwin & Heche. Cullum is magnificent
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Yah I remember your page count theory. Funny how we all love getting to the next page. :)
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If you think your boyfriend has been killed in the war, and you are a pianist, then you need to get hooked up with a famous composer and have him buy you clothes and a huge New York apartment.
Then when it turns out that your boyfriend was only slightly killed and he comes back, marry him, and then shoot the composer.
At least that's what Bette Davis did today in Deception.
Hmmm. It sounds to me that Bette's intentions did not coincide with the emanations from her truth of being. At least, that's what Wayne Dwyer stated in his fourth book, When Good Girls Go Bad (Bad! Bad! Bad!).
And yes, I was completely errant and truant this weekend, so go ahead with your laughing and jeering and finger-pointing as I sew scarlet e's and t's on my shirt collars (and ya know, you can buy scarlet e's and t's at A.C. Moore craft shops.)
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elmoore my Scarlet Street arrived today...so if you haven't mailed the other copy, you don't have to.
If you did, I owe you something!
WEL - there is a package on its way to you....mailed it this morning. Get your turntable warmed up!
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I have been sending emails & talking to Keith instead of walking Echo. Guess I can do my part to get us closer to page three since I'm still here.
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I have been sending emails & talking to Keith instead of walking Echo. Guess I can do my part to get us closer to page three since I'm still here.
Oh. A Follies reference.
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Dan (the Man)-LOL. You didn't really read that book ::)
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When Merman and Martin were at their peaks, cast albums were among the top selling records in the nation. That's how someone like Mary Martin could become a household name, even before she appeared on TV as Peter Pan. (Once she did that, of course, she was forever a national celebrity.)
But even Merman, Martin, Julie Andrews, and Barbara Cook (to name a few) made regular visits to TV on variety shows, specials, and spectaculars.
The world has changed too much. Now, the biggest star names for the stage are people like Hugh Jackman who achieved their greatest fame elsewhere and can use it to bring people to their first love.
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MBarnum I have a couple of pictures taken at the top of Lower Table Rock. Sorry, I keep forgetting to ask Keith to jpg them for me. Remind me if I forget.
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I have no comment on new Broadway Stars, since I never see them.
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There is a traffic jam in downtown Tarnation.
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I fell off the face of earth, but I clawed my way back to the surface with my bare hands. Hoo and ray.
I have just entered a particularly hellish hell week for my school’s production of "Hello, Dolly!". The set has yet to be constructed and the Waiter’s Gallop has yet to be blocked, but the show must go on, and it will be going on on Friday, Waiter’s Gallop or not.
Some terrific stars/potential stars are Raul Esparza, Mary Testa, the young woman who plays Caroline’s daughter in "Caroline, or Change", and Mark Kudisch, among many others.
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Jenny, sure glad you have strong hands. Good vibes all is done by Friday.
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Hey we're almost on Page Three.
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two more
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one more
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and here we are
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If you think your boyfriend has been killed in the war, and you are a pianist, then you need to get hooked up with a famous composer and have him buy you clothes and a huge New York apartment.
Then when it turns out that your boyfriend was only slightly killed and he comes back, marry him, and then shoot the composer.
At least that's what Bette Davis did today in Deception.
Works for me!
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So here's a little dance
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elmoore my Scarlet Street arrived today...so if you haven't mailed the other copy, you don't have to.
If you did, I owe you something!
WEL - there is a package on its way to you....mailed it this morning. Get your turntable warmed up!
DR JRand, I have to find it in this dump I inhabit! I'll offer it to another. If anyone would like a copy of the new SCARLET STREET, I've got a copy to give away. My subscription copy arrived after (1) I bought a newsstand copy and (2) I buigged their office so much they sent me one, which I did try to stop after the subscription copy came in, I swear I did!
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Good to have you back, dear Jenny. No set? No Waiter's Gallop? Opens Friday?
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[quote author=Matt H. link=board=4;threadid=245;start=msg38801#msg38801 date=108
But even Merman, Martin, Julie Andrews, and Barbara Cook (to name a few) made regular visits to TV on variety shows, specials, and spectaculars.
Live television drama from New York helped, too. I remember seeing Barbara Cook in a tv drama in the early 1960s. My first memory of the Lunts is Lynn Fontanne's narrating Mary Martin's PETER PAN broadcast in 1954 or so. I still remember how much I loved them in THE MAGNIFICENT YANKEE broadcast, and my first memory of seeing Gretchen Wyler, whom I met when I moved to New York, was the Gary Moore show.
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Good to have you back, dear Jenny. No set? No Waiter's Gallop? Opens Friday?
Dear Friend BK, if she'd said half a cast, no orchestrations, records Friday, she'd be describing some of the sessions we've been through!
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Rosie didn't give Broadway in general a boost. She gave shows she liked a boost. I remember the day that she had a number on from PARADE. She was not a fan of this show, so merely presented the number with no comment and no interviews. She merely introduced it and mispronounced Carolee Carmello's name. On the other hand she plugged TITANIC alomos daily, and presented numbrs from the show on a regular basis. The FORBIDDEN BROADWAY spoof of TITANIC featured Rosie as saving the show.
WEL - SO glad you said this. Saved me the trouble!
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We're moving through page three faster.
I used to love when Rosie featured Broadway shows.
I think that she did help all of Broadway. And no she didn't promote every show equally. But she did invite most shows to appear.
Yes there were a few shows that she loved (Titanic, Lion King ...) that she promoted more. But wouldn't anyone talk about something they love more than something they didn't care for?
It happens on every talk show.
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I first saw numbers from AIDA on Rosie....and numbers from TITANIC. She pushed certain shows - but I couldn't have seen numbers from a LOT of shows if she hadn't had them on. And of course, after seeing some of them, I was certain I didn't want to see the shows!
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Dan (the Man)-LOL. You didn't really read that book ::)
No, I didn't, actually. 'Cause I like it when girls are bad! (Bad! Bad! Bad!)
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Have just come back from coffee with a dear friend who's visiting LA and happens to be staying 5 minutes from my place. We went to Aroma, a fave coffe shop/book store on Tujunga. He's left me the galleys of his huge new book. I'm looking forward to reading it - and have to carve out time - in the middle fo the night probably - to read.
Back to work...
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I also went for a walk today. Here's what I saw:
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elmoore: too true
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everyone else: too too
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I finished watching ALIAS this afternoon, and there were certainly some nice surprises. Can't say I was all that surprised about the identity of "The Passenger" since the wonderful national media had been blasting for a couple of weeks about this person. (To say more would give away certain crucial information. Those who watch the show know what I'm talking about.) But I love the set-ups with Sydney, Vaughn, Lauren, Sark, and Sloane to play out over the next three episodes.
COLD CASE also had a wonderfully affecting hour of drama last night. Though my family's never been involved in a murder, there were certain elements of last night's show with a mother and son that hit very close to home.
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Dan (the Man) :D
Dear Reader Laura do you usually walk with your camera? I always forget mine, or I’m just lazy.
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Hello!
Well, "Where's Charley?" is done, over, fini. It was a good run, and the second weekend went remarkably well. The cast party was fun too!
After this post we need 16 posts to get to page 3.
I'm listening to Donald's show right now and hearing John Cullum in On the 20th Century just makes me realize how much better that musical was than this current revival of the play 20th Century on Broadway now w/Baldwin & Heche. Cullum is magnificent
"On the Twentieth Century" really should have been revived. I've been listening to it a great deal lately, and the score is phenomenal.
There are a lot of Broadway stars who I love and think SHOULD be huge stars.
Women--
Bernadette Peters
Patti LuPone
Donna Murphy
Carolee Carmello
Kristin Chenoweth
Audra McDonald
Marin Mazzie
Rachel York (who I think is extremely underrated, and I hope Sly Fox helps to change that)
Emily Skinner
Julia Murney
Sutton Foster (amazing voice, but needs to work a little harder at being natural, as oxymoronic as that sounds).
Men--
Brian Stokes Mitchell
Brent Barrett
Brian D'Arcy James
Patrick Wilson (who seems to be heading for stardom very rapidly)
Norbert Leo Butz
Marc Kudisch
I think of the current crop of Broadway stars, Melissa Errico has the best chance of mainstream success. Not only does she have the looks, but she seems to have a very good idea of how to market herself, and she's already made forays into other media.
Good vibes to Jennygarde!
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This should be of interest to Kevin Spacey fans...and fans of odd behavior:
http://www.eonline.com/News/Items/0,1,13923,00.html?tnews
(You'll need the whole link to see it....it may not all take here as the complete link)
At 4 a.m., huh?
In a London park?
Because the doggy had to go?
Hmmmmmmmmm!
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Interesting that in the UK there are still "stars". Michael Ball, Michael Crawford, Elaine Page, Ruthie Henshall and probably now, Maria Freidman would be known nationally. (Crawford was known to older generations for his TV series "Some Mothers Do Have Them"). Maybe it's just the size of the country.
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This should be of interest to Kevin Spacey fans...and fans of odd behavior:
http://www.eonline.com/News/Items/0,1,13923,00.html?tnews
(You'll need the whole link to see it....it may not all take here as the complete link)
At 4 a.m., huh?
In a London park?
Because the doggy had to go?
Hmmmmmmmmm!
To paraphrase James Thurber, she can call it sleepwalking, but I think she's promiscuous!
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LOL elmore3003
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I took a walk this afternoon.....along the landscape of my mind. :P
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Interesting mind. :-\
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This should be of interest to Kevin Spacey fans...and fans of odd behavior:
http://www.eonline.com/News/Items/0,1,13923,00.html?tnews
(You'll need the whole link to see it....it may not all take here as the complete link)
At 4 a.m., huh?
In a London park?
Because the doggy had to go?
Hmmmmmmmmm!
Well, now I've read the post, it's not James Thurber, it's Cole Porter:
As it was dark, I suggested we walk about
Before he returned to his post
Once in the park, I convinced him to talk about
The thing I wanted the most
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After you have listened to our own Donald Feltham's sparkling new radio show (he has a new photo up, at least go and look at that if you can't listen to the show), hie yourselves over to BBC Radio 3 and listen to Stage and Screen. They are doing a two week retrospective of Lerner and Loewe. There are some nice sequences with the Sexiest Man Alive (or the Sexiest Man in the World, I forget) Brent Barrett. The presenter plays a sequence between Barrett and Rebecca Luker with There But for You Go I. It's wonderful.
His official HHW title is "WSMA," which is "World's Sexiest Man Alive."
THE TOPIC OF THE DAY:
Who are my favorite Broadway performers of the day? I think that just about everybody who as already been mentioned is pretty darned fabulous. I'd add Betty Buckley and Alice Ripley to the collective list.
As for who I feel is "poised for real stardom," probably Kristin Chenoweth has the best shot. Even though her TV show tanked (I liked it) the show was built around her and she played a character named Kristin. Also, since she’s so small and has that incredible voice, I think that people will want to know more about her.
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Several actresses once poised for real stardom have shown up as Martin (Frasier) Crane's girlfriends:
Alice Playten (small and incredible voice)
Anita (Mr. President and All American; and cut from The Gay Life) Gillette
Emily (lovely in Hello Dolly) Yancy (playing Brian Stokes Mitchell's mother).
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DR MattH: I had not heard any buzz about the identity of the "passenger". So I was totally surprised.
It just doesn't make complete sense to me, given what Sloane told the shrink. Very confusing show!
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Checking in to say hello. I first typed "jello." - I could say "Jello, all!" ...But then you'd all go out and make Jello and what a waste of time that would be when instead of making Jello you could be posting, so I wouldn't have to ask...Where in tarnation is everyone? :o
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Are we close to Page Four?
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Will this post get us to Four?
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I was asked to watch and give thoughts on a new A&E reality show premiering tonight - Family Plots, about a real Poway family-owned mortuary business. And hilarity ensues. My thoughts are over at The DVD Place. I couldn't for the life of me understand why they'd want my thoughts, but the person who contacted me likes my DVD ramblings. Of course, this is a TV show not a DVD, but I'm happy to oblige.
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DR Panni: DR Ben told us page 2 is after post 29, then 59, 89 ...
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Evening all! I am very sorry to be so E & T. It's getting close to trip(s) time so I have a million things to do. Just a little over 2 weeks but I'm not counting!
I'll have to tell you which Broadway actor/actress I like when I get back from there.
I hope that all are doing well and are happy and safe. :)
Good vibes to everyone!
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I've missed you all. I don't know if chat is tonight or if it was last night but I'm sorry if I missed it (again).
I did something very bad yesterday. I was carrying a bag of dog food on my shoulder and trying to get though the gate with it. I didn't look at the top. There was a lizard there and when I pulled the gate open, I killed him. God, I can't even begin to tell you how bad I feel about that. I didn't mean to do it.
I am now officially 8 pounds away from my goal!
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Chat was last evening. Next week it will be on Monday.
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I was afraid of that. Sigh. I saw or heard something about that show your going to watch, BK. Another in the "must miss" series of TV shows for me, I'm afraid.
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I'm passing on FAMILY PLOTS. I'm in the middle of a soap opera called INFIDELITY; my goddaughter's godmother Celia Weston is playing Kim Delaney's mother, and Celia's always fun to watch.
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I always thought that Jim Stanek would hit the big time before Patrick Wilson, but, it seems that Patrick is poised on the steps right now with THE ALAMO in theaters and THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA lensing.
I'd add:
Emily Skinner
Alice Ripley
Matthew Stokey
Christian Borle
Donna Lynn Champlin
Maya Cantu
David Pittu
Andrea Burns
Susan Egan
Marin Mazzie
Don Stephenson
Judith Blazer
Victoria Clark
Bob Cuccioli
Michelle Pawk
Martin Moran
and, as Patti LuPone, EvilTwin Janet Fanale herself:
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Yes DRJANE....some mind indeed! ::)
td for some strange reason that photograph scares me.
Read the last line on this sign carefully!!! 8)
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Scary, huh? Imagine the audience at The Duplex on Saturday night as these divas vied for the role of Rose in GYPSY!
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Is that a REAL sign?
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I'm off shortly to sup with my pal David. Keep the home fries burning so I have lots of fun stuff to read upon my return. Almost through implementing changes to the book. Hoo and ray. Then I shall read it again and see if I like what I've done.
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I am watching FAMILY PLOTS right now. I like it. I will read Mr BK's musings afterwards.
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Of course it's real DRDANISE - I found it on the internet!
td - it boggles the mind....even my mind. "Never mind my mind... if I could get a call through now and then my life wouldn't be so drab!"
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This is keeping the home fries burning? Let's have more home fries, please. I'll be back by nine, kids. Don't do anything I wouldn't do.
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And now....
For something completely different:
http://www.funsnap.com/1/bushgirl.swf (http://www.funsnap.com/1/bushgirl.swf)
(The download takes a while, but it definitely is worth the wait.)
Trust me on this one, Dear Readers.
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Oh, my DR Jay. The J-Lo dress was scary!
Thanks for the link. It made me laugh.
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I was going to post something, but my high-speed internet box (whatever that's called) is making the strangest noise. I think I'll sign off and investigate.
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And now....
For something completely different:
OMG, DR Jay, I almost wet myself!!!
And now for something else that's funny in a disturbing way (and disturbing in a funny way): subserviantchicken (http://www.subserviantchicken.com)
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DR Jay, thank you! I loved the Bush girl site!
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Wanted to post a public thank you to the ever beautiful and ever generous MBarnum for the fantastic Jeff Richards DVD he sent me today. The movie may have been a Warners B-picture, but Jeff was Prime Grade A #1 beef. Wow! He looked great!
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Weird. I just realized what I wrote this morning about TOD didn't post, but then I was doing a lot of strange things on my PC in work today, so I probably neglected a little detail like clicking the "Post" button".
As far as B'way stars are concerned, I am pretty much unimaginatively a fan of the big names like Patti Lapone, Bernadette Peters, Audra McDonald, Nathan Lane, Donna Murphy, Bebe Neuwirth and Kristin Chenoweth (though before Wicked I was most definately not a fan.)
It's difficult to come up with any up-and-comers because, lately, they all seem to make a splash and then make the move to other areas. The only ones I can think of are from relatively recent shows: Marissa Jaret Winokur, Kerry Butler, Jennifer Westfeldt, the cast of Avenue Q.
There's a slew of terrific people who haven't strayed too far away from doing musical theatre and keep coming back to do more: Karen Ziemba, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Alice Ripley, Emily Skinner, Rebecca Luker. But overall, as talented as these people are, they've never clicked for me. I see finely tuned performances from these people, but they lack that big personality that I like to see fill a stage.
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My goodness, all of five or six posts in the entire time I was supping? I'm thinkin' the bitch-slap machine is coming out.
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Good to have you back, dear Jenny. No set? No Waiter's Gallop? Opens Friday?
New concept for Hello, Dolly! Since it's based on a play by Thornton Wilder, who also wrote Our Town, let's merge the two and have a setless HD!
Dolly enters the Harmonia Gardens by way of a step-ladder. Works for me! ;D
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I'm thinkin' the bitch-slap machine is coming out.
Ha! This is probably another empty promise like Mother Superior's spanking machine when I was in Catholic grammar school.
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New concept for Hello, Dolly! Since it's based on a play by Thornton Wilder, who also wrote Our Town, let's merge the two and have a setless HD!
Dolly Town! (Though it doesn't sound far removed from Dollywood.)
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Well, I'm proud of me. I finally got to the end of LOST IN TRANSLATION this afternoon. It took three days to watch that endless non-movie (it didn't move much or move me).
An Oscar for Bill Murray? Maybe for GROUNDHOG DAY where he did show a range of emotions and moods, but for this? It would have been a criminal injustice to have given it to him.
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DR Jane: Yes, my camera goes everywhere with me. You never know what you'll see.
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Howdy, all. It's yer pal, PennyO, posting from DR Jane's house. Keith whipped us up a fine veg dinner, featuring tofu, and some grilled tofu, and a little sauteed tofu. Mmmmm, yummy. For dessert, someone gimme a slab o' beef! They do have ice cream, wads of it, so I got into that. Anyway, crack o' dawn will see me zipping away Nawth. Lovely drive today. More later.
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Dolly Town! (Though it doesn't sound far removed from Dollywood.)
Uh, I've been through Dollywood. It is downright scary how a beautiful part of the country can be razed to build as many theaters and hotels as that area has.
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Page Five Dance!
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Tofu spelled backwards is ufot. Just thought I'd mention it. I'm watching Bachelor in Paradise, a comfy early sixties Bob Hope vehicle. Looks like it was all shot somewhere in Woodland Hills - I got one street sign down but Mapquest says it doesn't exist - so maybe they've nuked that part of suburbia or maybe they changed the name of the street. Weird.
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Dear Friend BK, I just got through the Grammy Awards Guide the new 2-disc SHERRY!, which I will listen to tomorrow. I just finished laughing over James Lipton's notes about "young producer Robert Sher" (to quote PORGY AND BESS, "that gal's forty if she's a day") and I think there could be a parlor game seeing how many times INSIDE THE ACTORS STUDIO is mentioned!
So, I love his comment that this is the first choreographed compact disc; clearly the stardazzled INSIDE THE ACTORS STUDIO Mr Lipton has never heard our recording of the title song "Sherry" on UNSUNG MUSICALS! If he had stopped kissing ass long enough to listen, he might have noticed the wonderful Nikki Harris and her taps on the choreographed "Smile" selection. I'm also agog at all the studios involved: Prague, Bratislava, New York, St Louis! Simply agog.
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Jane, you'll have to have Keith resize that wonderful photo so we're not in ToddAO
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Thanks for the Bush Girl laugh. Sent the link to a friend and his computer crashed! (or at least froze). Bush still hits the innocent.
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Have been listening all day to Miss Leslie Uggams singing A & M Bergman songs. Particular favourite is "Where Do You Start". Naturally I purchased the Cd through a retailer.
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I've just had a very surreal conversation with someone at Adelphia who basically told me that it's not his problem if my modem is buzzing. It's only his problem if I can't surf the net. Does anyone out there who has a high speed internet modem hear a buzzing from the box? I was convinced that this just started today - but now I'm not sure that it hasn't been doing it all the time I've had the thing (about 3 weeks) and for some reason I've just now noticed.
??? :P :-\
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Danise I’m sorry about the lizard and Keith just remembered how you have a fondness for lizards, aside from just your usual kindness. Where is your avatar? I miss it.
JRand53 Keith, Penny and I had a good laugh over the sign.
Bruce, Keith is very upset you did that to him. ;D We are using the laptop and he doesn’t have the software to reduce the size.
Keith and Penny are eating frozen non-fat yogurt crap. At least all my good junk food is safe with them in this house. :D
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Goodnight.
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A few years back, der Brucer and I attended a showing of the kinescope of the original Rodgers and Hammerstein Cinderella, starring Julie Andrews. In a discussion before the presentation, it was noted how small the studio space was, and how every inch of the studio had to be used to cram together what looked on the tube as a very spectacular show. The house where Cinderella lived with her stepmother and stepsisters was barely larger than her own little corner. The ballroom had enough space for Cinderella and her prince to turn around in, not much more, everyone else being on stair units (the better to give the illusion of space). It was all done with careful planning and mirrors.
This version of Cinderella was produced in NYC.
If anything, it's the lack of studio space in NYC that has driven television production out of that city. Filming a play, be it musical or not, requires space for sets, cameras, lights, control rooms, and we haven't even brought in a live audience yet. Compare this to the Los Angeles area, where land was still cheap (and horizontal) when the television studios were being built. CBS's Television City sits on acres of land, as do the NBC studios. Go on a tour of either, and I advise wearing good walking shoes, because you're going to need them. Even a three-camera sit-com (with audience) generally uses a stage space that is wider than most live theaters.
Partly for this reason, much of what used to be filmed in NYC has moved west. The opportunites for someone appearing on Broadway to appear on a talk-show have been sliced to ribbons. And, other than Saturday Night Live, I can't think of any entertainment production currently going on in NYC. Maybe a soap or two, but that's mostly west coast these days.
So too has the attention of the audience moved away from NYC. Take Chenoweth, for example. She's on the verge of becoming nationally known and recognized. But she can't do that in NYC alone, not any more. This means appearing in concerts, or on television, places where people nationwide can see her. No wonder she's leaving Wicked when her contract runs out. Life on the Wicked stage can only hold her back.
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Did Panni say "surreal?"
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I will feel full of guilt if I've read all these posts and don't leave one myself.
Yesterday I watched "The Valley of the Dolls" on one of the classic Fox movie channels -in letterbox!- and they had production notes appearing at the bottom of the screen all through the movie. One of the most interesting notes accompanied the scene in which Neely O'Hara is replaced by her understudy right before the curtain rises - it was filmed at the same theatre Patty Duke played in "The Miracle Worker". I'm certain one of the knowledgable Broadway history types out there can identify the theatre.
There. I feel better now.
Dave
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I've just had a very surreal conversation with someone at Adelphia who basically told me that it's not his problem if my modem is buzzing. It's only his problem if I can't surf the net. Does anyone out there who has a high speed internet modem hear a buzzing from the box? I was convinced that this just started today - but now I'm not sure that it hasn't been doing it all the time I've had the thing (about 3 weeks) and for some reason I've just now noticed.
??? :P :-\
It shouldn't be buzzing, not loud buzzing, anyway. It could simply be one of the lights giving out. But other than that, I can't think on why it would buzz.
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My cable modem doesn't seem to be making a buzzing sound. My head is, though.
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I did the same thing MR BK the first time I saw Bachelor In Paradise....I would say the subdivision still exists somewhere....but an internet sweep should give at least one address on the street!
DRLAURA my aunt always said each time you leave your house, you will see 3 funny things before you get back. I have been counting for more than 45 years, and I have never been disappointed!
dRJAY....George Bush looks like Jennifer Anniston!
I couldnt' make the chicken link work.
But in honor of the other links....I hereby re-represent How to Dance Properly!
http://www.zefrank.com/invite/swfs/index2.html (http://www.zefrank.com/invite/swfs/index2.html)
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Dave in the Valley - The Miracle Worker was at the PLAYHOUSE THEATRE that was on 48th street. It was demolished in 1969!
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DRPANNI - try loggin off your computer and unplugging your modem from the power source and plugging it back in.
And say a prayer and cross your fingers.
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My cable modem doesn't seem to be making a buzzing sound. My head is, though.
Dear BK: Those are bees you are hearing. Charge them rent.
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Ouch! JRand - As I was leaning forward to read that sign's pertinent information about the bridge, I accidentally grabbed the edge and cut my hand.
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LOL DRNOEL....oh and please remind DRJOY that the show she was interested in about ShowBiz Parents is on tomorrow night!
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Thanks for the modem advice. I've unplugged, etc.
It's still buzzing - but not as loudly.
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Tony Central? Suddenly all these Broadway types are popping up and saying hello. That and the buzzing are giving my desk quite the party atmosphere.
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Now they're gone. Maybe it was all a hallucination. Obviously, I've been drinking too much Diet Cherry Coke.
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Speaking of Diet Cherry Coke, or at least using it as a seque, has anyone out there tried Diet Lime Coke?
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And Salvadore's pocketwatches need resizing. They are dali-nquent.