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Title: LET ME COUNT THE WAYS
Post by: bk on April 20, 2004, 12:00:56 AM: Well, you've read the notes, you know how many ways there are, and therefore you are now ready to post on a variety and also a hollywood reporter of topics. :P
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Post by: Panni on April 20, 2004, 12:17:00 AM: Maybe today I get the frist post? No Jed around to steal it from me. (He didn't show up for our dawn Samurai duel at Hollywood and Vine.)
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Post by: bk on April 20, 2004, 12:24:08 AM: The nefarious Jed didn't even post. C list, I'm afraid.
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Post by: Panni on April 20, 2004, 12:32:40 AM: Favorite "epic" films: Ben-Hur, West Side Story, Sound of Music, Cleopatra (I loved it at the time!), Lawrence of Arabia, Abel Gance's Napoleon with a live symphony orchestra conducted by Carmine Coppola which I saw in Toronto at the O'Keefe Center.
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Post by: Tomovoz on April 20, 2004, 12:59:44 AM: Epics: the David Leans - Kwaii, Zhivago, Ryan's Daughter, Passage and Lawrence. I guess Kubrick's 2001 was an epic of sorts too. (all those actors!). Barry Lyndon had some terrific cinematography but was too looooong. I can do without seeing most of the Biblical epics but do like "The Robe".
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Post by: Tomovoz on April 20, 2004, 01:08:36 AM: I will add a personal favourite "The Legend Of 1900" to my list. Far more interesting than that ship hitting the icecube epic of a few years ago.
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Post by: Jed on April 20, 2004, 01:24:31 AM: C-list??? No!!!!!!!! Say it ain't so, BK!

Was rather E&T yesterday doing more car shopping, and actually buying one by the end of the afternoon. Nothing fancy, just a very simple 1990 Toyota Corolla, but a step up from my 1984 Honda, and I don't have to worry about my bad brakes sending me into a ditch now. :D Then I had to hurry off to rehearsal for Children of Eden... oy, this show is not gonna be good. Perhaps these kids can pull off some miracle in the next week, but I'm not holding my breath. Returned home late, and had to deal with transferring my insurance over to my new car and upping my coverage a bit (as my financing mandates), so that I can actually take the car into my possession in the morning.

So, while I didn't manage to squeeze in a Samurai showdown, it was still a rather productive day.

Ahh, I hear rain on my window... always nice to fall asleep to.
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Post by: Tomovoz on April 20, 2004, 01:34:53 AM: Congratulations on your "new" wheels Jed.
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Post by: Michael on April 20, 2004, 04:17:22 AM: Jay: Thanks for the good laugh from yesterday's posting
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Post by: Michael on April 20, 2004, 04:22:54 AM: The last show to be at the Playhouse Theater where The Miracle Worker played was the famous/infamous Springtime For Hitler by Franz Liebkind and staged by Roger DeBris. Lorenzo St. DuBois played Adolph Hitler. The producers planned to close it on openning night, but it turned out to be a hit. So they blew up the theater.
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Post by: Michael on April 20, 2004, 04:27:19 AM: Epics:
Around the World in 80 Days
Ben-Hur
10 Commandments
The Sound of Music
West Side Story
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Post by: Dan-in-Toronto on April 20, 2004, 05:03:24 AM: Roadshow extravaganzas of the fifties and sixties? Spartacus is at the top of my list. Also: Around The World In Eighty Days, Dr. Zhivago, Oliver, Goodbye Mr. Chips.
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Post by: elmore3003 on April 20, 2004, 05:09:40 AM: Good morning, all! I've got the SHERRY! CDs in my bag and I'm off to edit some Eubie Blake and Victor Herbert. Strange double bill, n'est-ce pas?

TOD: Epic films, overtures, entr'actes, reserved seating, scheduled showings, the whole shebang:
CAMELOT
OLIVER!
FINIAN'S RAINBOW (I'm vague on this one now, but I swear there was an intermission!)
MY FAIR LADY
KING OF KINGS
CINERAMA 7 WONDERS OF THE WORLD (thought it was really hot in 1956 or so!)
BEN-HUR
AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS
IT'S A MAD, MAD WORLD
CLEOPATRA
SLEEPING BEAUTY (in Technirama 70! original showing in Dayton, OH, in reserved seating and showtimes)
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Post by: elmore3003 on April 20, 2004, 05:10:27 AM: How could I forget WEST SIDE STORY!
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Post by: Dan-in-Toronto on April 20, 2004, 05:26:12 AM: While The Alamo was not a favorite, the evening surrounding it was pretty epic. Bobby Fischman's parents always threw him an amazing party. That year it was dinner in his apartment (chili, I seem to recall), then on to see The Alamo. Each kid was given spending money for popcorn, drinks and candy. And after the party a chartered bus took each of us home.

(By the way, I wasn't on Bobby's A-list, or probably even his B-list. I was invited to three Bobby parties, but always by last-minute invitation. (I think it was because Bobby's mother put the pressure on.) "Sorrry, Bobby, I'm busy that night." Yeah, right.)
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Post by: td on April 20, 2004, 06:14:07 AM: Oh, yes, DR Elmore, FINIAN'S RAINBOW did indeed have an intermission! It followed, not the rainbow, but "That Great Come and Get it Day." I hope that when WB gets around to releasing the dvd that there are some extras, such as the recorded but not in the film, "Necessity."
As for TOD, the big event films of my childhood would be:
HOW THE WEST WAS WON
THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF THE BROTHERS GRIMM
IT'S A MAD, MAD, MAD, MAD WORLD
MARY POPPINS
MY FAIR LADY
THE SOUND OF MUSIC
THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE
HAWAII
FIDDLER ON THE ROOF
SWEET CHARITY
DOCTOR DOLITTLE
OLIVER!
FUNNY GIRL
HELLO, DOLLY!

And for epics:
HOW THE WEST WAS WON
GONE WITH THE WIND
CLEOPATRA
BEN-HUR
KING OF KINGS
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
CIRCUS WORLD
55 DAYS AT PEKING
EXODUS
THE FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE
DOCTOR ZHIVAGO
RYAN'S DAUGHTER
A PASSAGE TO INDIA
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Post by: William E. Lurie on April 20, 2004, 06:21:45 AM: I know it is not considered very good by today's standards, but I loved AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS and I am looking forward to its release on DVD next month. I also really enjoyed the eight hour, two part Russian film of WAR AND PEACE.

***

Last night was BROADWAY BY THE YEAR 1949, another excellent entry in the series which again presented both the familiar (songs from SOUTH PACIFIC) to the obscure ("The Humphrey Bogart Rhumba"). As the series contunues, more and more numbers are presented without amplification, and when you have singers like Martin Vidnovek who did the two Emile solos from SOUTH PACIFIC, you really get to hear the glory of the human voice. Karen Ziemba was a delight as always, and her version of "Carefully Taught" was the best I'd ever heard outside the context of the show. Cady Huffman showed she could do a lot more than look sexy like in THE PRODUCERS or WILL RODGERS FOLLIES... she sang a variety of numbers including some of Loreli's solos from GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES. I had never seen Marla Schefler before, but she was wonderful, especially in MISS LIBERTY's cut "Mr. Monotony". Except for Vidnovek, the male cast was less impressive. However on the whole this was on a par with the best of the series. Next and last for the season: 1963 with Raul Esparza and Julia Murney.
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Post by: Matt H. on April 20, 2004, 06:41:21 AM: DR S. Woody, Whoopi Goldberg's sitcom is taped with a live audience in NYC. I assumed Kelly Ripa's HOPE AND FAITH is also taped in NYC. I don't see how she can do her show with Regis every morning if her sitcom is done in LA, but there may be some allowances being made for her that allow the time away to be on the West Coast. To be honest, I've never watched an entire episode, so I've never seen the credits to see where it's being produced.
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Post by: Ben on April 20, 2004, 07:13:16 AM: DRs Matt H. & Woody, Hope and Faith is taped in NY. It was part of Ripa's contract and her agreeing to do the show that it tape here in NYC. I don't know which studios they use (Astoria out in Queens or the 23rd Street Studios on the Hudson River) but it is shot here.
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Post by: Ben on April 20, 2004, 07:21:57 AM: Posted my review of Kritzer Time at Amazon. Don't know if it's up yet, but it's there.
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Post by: MBarnum on April 20, 2004, 07:39:40 AM: Golly, I just cannot keep my eyes open this morning! And I even went to be early last night. Need more coffee.

Favorite epics would be THE TEN COMMANDMENTS (both the silent and sound versions).
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Post by: Matt H. on April 20, 2004, 07:43:48 AM: Most fondly remembered epic film of my youth was HOW THE WEST WAS WON just because it was Cinerama in a gorgeous made-for-Cinerama theater, and that Alfred Newman music is, well, one of my favorite scores of all-time.

I, too, prefer KING OF KINGS to BEN-HUR. The latter has never been one of my favorite movies despite its popularity and 11 Oscars.

As for the musicals, well, THE SOUND OF MUSIC would have to rank first. It played a year and a half at one theater here in Charlotte easily breaking the long run record which CLEOPATRA had formerly held. No other movie, including DR. ZHIVAGO or 2001, was ever able to break its long run record here though they both played for several months at one venue.
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Post by: Matt H. on April 20, 2004, 07:46:55 AM: Someone asked last night about Diet Coke with Lime. I absolutely LOVE it. I did not like Diet Coke with Lemon so I was wary of this new contoction, but the lime is much more subtle, and I think makes it just delicious. I have a pantry stocked full of it.
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Post by: Panni on April 20, 2004, 08:37:02 AM: Jed, okay (as long as you get a note for the car dealer to excuse you) I forgive you for not showing up for the Samurai duel. Congrats on the new wheels.

And how could I forget My Fair Lady! University Theater on Bay St. in Toronto (also where I saw Sound of Music and Cleo).

Matt H - Yes "Regis and Kelly" comes out of NY. As does Letterman. Quite a few shows are done in NY - obviously not nearly as many as LA, but still, there are places for Broadway types to appear without leaving town.
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Post by: Matt H. on April 20, 2004, 08:39:42 AM: Well, I don't have a definitive answer to why certain films need more restoration work than others, but it must have something to do with the storage. Maybe MGM had superior storage facilities to Columbia (LAWRENCE) or Universal (SPARTACUS). Remember that MY FAIR LADY (Warners) had also gone pale and needed a major restoration.

I know that in the 1980s and early 1990s when the first glimmerings of trouble with color films fading was beginning to be discussed, FILM COMMENT did a lengthy article with excerpts from Deluxe color films like CLEOPATRA and THERE'S NO BUSINESS LIKE SHOW BUSINESS showing how "pink" they had turned.
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Post by: Panni on April 20, 2004, 08:42:26 AM: Sorry, I meant to address my "what comes out of NY" musings to SWW, not Matt H. ::)
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Post by: Maya on April 20, 2004, 08:45:26 AM: I saw "Jersey Girl" last night!! I liked it MUCH more than I was expecting to, and not just because there was a 7 year old Mrs. Lovett doing "God, That's Good" in her school pageant. It was very sweet, funny and genuinely touching without being too treacly. Well, maybe it WAS a little treacly actually, but it wasn't phony about it. And Ben Affleck was very good, as he can be on occasion. I liked Liv Tyler and George Carlin too, and J. Lo was tolerable since her character died within the first 15 minutes. I hope Kevin Smith will make more films like this.

I went to see it with my mom because it's been sooo long since we've gone to a movie together. We were both in tears at the end, and she kept going on about how the little girl reminded her of me at that age. Both half-Hispanic, into musicals and just a bit precocious, lol.

WEL--I'm so jealous of you, seeing all those Broadway by the Years!

Marla Schaffel is faboo. I was wondering what happened to her after "Jane Eyre." I knew she had done a "Sound of Music" tour, but that's it.

TD--WOW, THANK YOU for listing me as a star-to-be, lol, in yesterday's posts! :-* And I can't believe I forgot to list Donna Lynne Champlin! She's absolutely amazing.

I don't really know too many epic films, but I too shall list "The Sound of Music," "West Side Story" and "My Fair Lady."
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Post by: bk on April 20, 2004, 09:01:36 AM: The Finian's intermission happened directly after the hilarious Al Freeman, Jr. scene of delivering the drinks. I remember it as if it were yesterday.
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Post by: Jennifer on April 20, 2004, 09:08:10 AM: Jason Robert Brown musical based on breakup
Last Five Years opens at CanStage in Toronto:

http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_PrintFriendly&c=Article&cid=1082371887611&call_pageid=968867495754 (http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_PrintFriendly&c=Article&cid=1082371887611&call_pageid=968867495754)
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Post by: Jennifer on April 20, 2004, 09:11:52 AM: Sorry about the temporary widescreen. Sometimes those links do it!

Fixed now.
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Post by: bk on April 20, 2004, 09:12:52 AM: Men with loud machines are outside my window.
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Post by: Jenny on April 20, 2004, 09:32:44 AM: I don’t quite understand what makes a film "epic". I was expecting people to list painfully long movies like "The Ten Commandments"!

Yesterday, SWoodyWhite offered "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."

I’m sad to say that you’re not far off target. Yesterday, the cast was introduced to our beautiful sets: large planks of wood. I assume that they will be painted, but they’ll still be large planks of wood. Also, they’re not on wheels, so in order to move said planks of wood, we have to push them over thin strips of carpeting.

Dolly enters the Harmonia Gardens by way of two stairs. The stairs were once a platform that the school librarian used to access books on the top shelf.

More later, for the bell has rung and chemistry is calling!
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Post by: bk on April 20, 2004, 09:41:43 AM: Now, where in tarnation IS everyone?
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Post by: DearReaderLaura on April 20, 2004, 09:43:12 AM: This morning I went for a walk, and this is what I saw:
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Post by: DearReaderLaura on April 20, 2004, 09:44:17 AM: I don't know from epics, but I suppose I'd like anything with Gregory Peck.
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Post by: ArnoldMBrockman on April 20, 2004, 09:44:46 AM: I'M STILL HERE!!!

BK-

Where is your promised DVD review of SWEENEY TODD??
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Post by: bk on April 20, 2004, 09:46:01 AM: Tomorrow's notes for Sweeney
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Post by: Charles Pogue on April 20, 2004, 09:47:22 AM: BK, there is an advertising supplement for the Festival of Books in today's LA TIMES. Your publisher has taken an ad out for its authors, of which you are one, of course, tagged with a snippet of my blurb for KRITZER TIME.

Favourite roadshow epics: El Cid, Spartacus.

I also bits of KING OF KINGS last night. It's quite well done in the way they have integrated all the disparate stories of John the Baptist, Herod, Pilate, Salome, Judas, Barabas, the Centurion, etc. And what a wonderfully strong and odd cast, featuring two of my favourite quirky actors..Hurd Hatfield as Pilate and Frank Thring as Herod...three, if you count Rip Torn as Judas.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on April 20, 2004, 09:47:25 AM: Major film fare for me in my early years included "Old Yeller" (which was a major box-office hit) and "Sleeping Beauty" (which Disney set high hopes upon, only to be disappointed by its reception). I loved both those films.

My mother took me to see "Exodus", which was overwhelming to me, and "King of Kings", which was, again overwhelming. I never saw "Ben-Hur" or "El Cid" or "Spartacus" in their first releases.

Two epics captured my attention, though, through magazine articles and newspaper stories: "Mutiny on the Bounty" and "Cleopatra."

Brando in Tahiti and Liz in, first, London, and later, Rome, were the primary "movie stars" of the early 1960s. Both were given extraordinary salaries for these movies and both wielded enormous influence over how the productions were being handled.

I wasn't able to see "Mutiny on the Bounty" until early in 1963, but meanwhile:

A huge event for me came in the summer of 1962 when I was visiting an aunt and uncle in Asheville NC and my aunt took me to see "The Music Man." The theater was decked out in all kinds of National Theater Service regalia...lots of posters and huge banners and tons of lobby cards and stills all over the entry and in the lobby. And what a great movie!!!!

Later that summer, I discovered "Gypsy" (which I thought merited as much fuss as "The Music Man," but didn't get any of it).

It was in the fall of 1962 that I encountered one of the most remarkable films I'd ever seen (and it's true to this day): "To Kill A Mockingbird."

When "...Bounty" opened, it was clear across town and my mother and I went to see it. I was mesmerized and thoroughly delighted with it. One of my Christmas presents had been the boxed deluxe edition of the soundtrack with the souvenir book and it was well-played for years and years.

After the Oscar show that year, one which delighted me for Gregory Peck's acting Oscar and Ray Heindorf's music adaptation Oscar for "The Music Man," I was pretty much bummed that "...Bounty" hadn't won anything and more than a little curious about this film called "Lawrence of Arabia." It was several months before "Lawrence..." came to town, too, but when it did, I had my first major dose of David Lean and the power of a great vision. As overwhelming a visual masterpiece as I think this film is, it still doesn't hold a higher place in my esteem than "TKAM," but being from the South and understanding what that meant in Harper Lee's story, I connected more readily to it. I still do.

In the spring of that year, I saw a rerelease showing of "The Robe". It was the most amazing display of CinemaScope I'd ever seen...the Carolina Theater in Greenville had the state's first and largest CinemaScope screen but I'd never seen the screen filled up, with the curtains all the way open before. It was electrifying for me. I still hold a special place in my heart for this film, especially for its astounding music score.

The first true roadshow to hit Greenville, SC (where I grew up) that I recall, where you had to reserve seats, was "Cleopatra." This was in 1963, several months after its big city engagements had begun. It seemed fitting, somehow, because it was the most-talked about, most-reported on, and easily the most-hyped film ever made up to that time (and possibly since). Infamous is also what it was, but it was an international cause de celebre. Fox had spent more money on that film than any other and it nearly bankrupted them. What we saw in Greenville was a cut version of the film that opened in New York. It played two performances a day, though and was well over 3 hours long. I remember being in awe of its production design, its spectacle, but a little less impressed with Taylor and Burton than I thought I'd be.
The next roadshow film to hit Greenville was "The Sound of Music" in May 1965. "Lawrence..." and "...Bounty" had certainly been roadshows in major cities, but were in continuous runs and popular prices by the time they hit Greenville. I'm not sure why Fox didn't put "Cleopatra" into popular prices earlier than it did, but they handled "The Sound of Music" much differently than any other film. This was an extraordinary event. 20th-Fox cannily saw early on that this film resonated with audiences more than anything they'd ever experienced. They made more prints for "roadshow" performances than they'd ever done with any movie and got this movie out into circulation very quickly. We had to reserve seats to see "SOM" in Greenville and that made it very special to us. I was in the first night audience, dead center, and I was enthralled. I saw the film again and again and again over the three-plus months it played to packed houses in Greenville. The film was a phenomenon wherever it played, which included four years in London.

In early 1966, "Doctor Zhivago" opened as a roadshow. I carted my mom off to see that and it remains her favorite film, although I'm not "that" fond of it.

Other films would play as roadshows in future years, too, like "Oliver!" and "Funny Girl" and "Camelot." while "The Fall of the Roman Empire" and "Finian's Rainbow" would weigh in at popular prices.

None were as satisfying to me as "TKAM", but they were "events".

Those were staggeringly difficult years for me, too: My teens, high school, assassinations of John Kennedy, Robert Kennedy and, when I was in college, Martin Luther King Jr., plus we were experiencing the cold war, and we had problems in Cuba, including the Bay of Pigs -- all this going on while I was trying to cope with growing up and dealing with my peers. The horors of Viet Nam were their own worst nightmares and they got worse and worse throughout the decade. Guys I went to high school with and to college died in Viet Nam before I graduated from college. So it was, in some cases, the movies -- special movies -- that made a huge impact on a lot of people during those times.

I know that we are still in trying times and I'm sure some movies resonate with young people more than they do for those of us who have our own special memories.
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Post by: MBarnum on April 20, 2004, 09:49:30 AM: I want a job where I can sleep in as long as I like and I can surf the internet, take naps, and shop. Is there such a job availalbe that I can apply for?
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Post by: bk on April 20, 2004, 09:51:35 AM: My reaction to seeing the roadshow of Exodus is in Kritzer Time.

I've been championing Frank Thring since I first saw King of Kings at the Egyptian back in '61. "Dansssssssssssssse, Sssssssssalome." Love Frank. And WEHT Bridget Bazlen?
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Post by: Ann on April 20, 2004, 10:03:52 AM: Quote from: MBarnum on April 20, 2004, 09:49:30 AM
I want a job where I can sleep in as long as I like and I can surf the internet, take naps, and shop. Is there such a job availalbe that I can apply for?

If you find one, I'll be your competition for it!!
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Post by: Panni on April 20, 2004, 10:12:17 AM: RLP - Enjoyed reading your memories around the various films.

The one roadshow film experience that I have the strongest memories around is THE SOUND OF MUSIC. My mother, stepfather and I were all set to go - reserved seats, a very special treat for me. I'd been looking forward to it for weeks. Some friends of theirs were also coming. But about an hour before we were to leave, my stepfather found out that my mother had bought me a new winter coat -- and a huge fight errupted. Not only a coat, but expensive movie tickets! (BTW - I needed the coat and it was my mother's money, earned from her work.)
My mother decided that to keep the peace she would stay home with my father and I would go with their friends, use my ticket and sell the other two. So I wound up going to the film with people I barely knew. I was really upset -- but once the movie started with that glorious shot, I forgot everything and was transported to another world - where I was VERY glad to be (and would have preferred to stay rather than go home). That's what movies are all about.
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Post by: Jennifer on April 20, 2004, 10:18:46 AM: It looks like that squirrel stopped to pose for you!

How did you get it to do that?
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Post by: Jennifer on April 20, 2004, 10:21:51 AM: Btw, if anyone has any Atkins friendly recipes, please share them. So many things I want to make have sauces full of flour/corn starch.

I tried something quite interesting last night. It was stuffed zucchinis (sp?). The recipe said to half them and core them. And stuff them with ground meat, feta. And I also used onions, mushrooms and tomatoes. It was quite good.

<made some stuffed peppers too.>
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Post by: MBarnum on April 20, 2004, 10:43:56 AM: Jennifer, that zucchini recipe sounds tasty. I might have to try that one!

Elmore3003 and Tomovoz, watch for the mailman this week!
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Post by: Jrand73 on April 20, 2004, 10:59:11 AM: Oh my - roadshow and epic movies.

I would scan the newspapers waiting for these movies to come to town.

Among my favorites (most already listed):

The Ten Commandments - the modified Paramount Logo and the Elmer Bernstein music just sent you off on a wild ride.

The Sound of Music - played for YEARS at the Lyric Theatre in Indy...saw it three times and loved it each time.

Ice Station Zebra & Where Eagles Dare - big "war" pictures that played the big house with souvenir books and EVERYTHING.

Cleopatra - to be sure. Seemed like a mixed up mess to me.

King of Kings - Jeffrey Hunter and EVERYONE except Royal Dano, who gets on my last nerve!

West Side Story - the stereo was fantastic!

I loved it when people got dressed up to go to the movies, and were quiet and watched the film, and you had a good time!
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Post by: William E. Lurie on April 20, 2004, 11:00:54 AM: BK---
I think that hilarious scene in FINIAN'S RAINBOW --- the non-musical highlight of most productions --- is cut from the revival (which keeps getting more raves). I saw the one-night benefit that this production is based on and it was out then. People don't realize that this scene is not making fun of Black stereotypes... it is the college grad Blackman who sticks it to his White boss.
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Post by: Jrand73 on April 20, 2004, 11:01:23 AM: Oh - and a film that RLP mentioned in his great post:

Mutiny on the Bounty with Marlon Brando. I love this movie as well. The music is wonderful.

And I am not sure if it was a roadshow engagement, but I saw a movie at a BIG house in Indy

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse with Glenn Ford that I also loved. Again great music...Andre Previn...and I think it came out on CD last year!
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Post by: Jennifer on April 20, 2004, 11:05:18 AM: Quote from: MBarnum on April 20, 2004, 10:43:56 AM
Jennifer, that zucchini recipe sounds tasty. I might have to try that one!

I boiled them first cause I wanted them softer. But the recipe just said to bake it at 350F for about 20 minutes. I baked it longer. But I think it depends if you like your veggies firm.
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Post by: Jennifer on April 20, 2004, 11:06:59 AM: Wow not much action here today!
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Post by: Panni on April 20, 2004, 11:12:53 AM: Quote from: Charles Pogue on April 20, 2004, 09:47:22 AM
BK, there is an advertising supplement for the Festival of Books in today's LA TIMES. Your publisher has taken an ad out for its authors, of which you are one, of course, tagged with a snippet of my blurb for KRITZER TIME.

I'm confused. ??? Either one of us is Time Traveling or I missed something in today's Times. The supplement you describe was one I saw in Sunday's paper (bk posted about it, as well).
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Post by: Dan (the Man) on April 20, 2004, 11:15:01 AM: Quote from: Matt H. on April 20, 2004, 07:46:55 AM
Someone asked last night about Diet Coke with Lime. I absolutely LOVE it. I did not like Diet Coke with Lemon so I was wary of this new contoction, but the lime is much more subtle, and I think makes it just delicious. I have a pantry stocked full of it.

I loved Diet Coke with Lime when it first came out but it seems to me that subsequent shipments of it are indistinguishable in taste from Diet Coke with Lemon.
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Post by: elmore3003 on April 20, 2004, 11:17:54 AM: Quote from: Matt H. on April 20, 2004, 06:41:21 AM
DR S. Woody, Whoopi Goldberg's sitcom is taped with a live audience in NYC. I assumed Kelly Ripa's HOPE AND FAITH is also taped in NYC. I don't see how she can do her show with Regis every morning if her sitcom is done in LA, but there may be some allowances being made for her that allow the time away to be on the West Coast. To be honest, I've never watched an entire episode, so I've never seen the credits to see where it's being produced.

I have a friend who works occasionally on HOPE AND FAITH, and I believe she told me it's shot in Queens.
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Post by: bk on April 20, 2004, 11:20:05 AM: WEL: If they cut that scene they are beyond stupid. It's the whole point of the scene - that that character is getting the white idiot back in a way that the white idiot will understand. How dumb can you get?
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Post by: elmore3003 on April 20, 2004, 11:27:41 AM: Quote from: MBarnum on April 20, 2004, 09:49:30 AM
I want a job where I can sleep in as long as I like and I can surf the internet, take naps, and shop. Is there such a job availalbe that I can apply for?

Yes, DR MBarnum, there is: I believe they're called kept men,
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Post by: elmore3003 on April 20, 2004, 11:30:57 AM: Quote from: elmore3003 on April 20, 2004, 11:27:41 AM
Yes, DR MBarnum, there is: I believe they're called kept men,

But remember: it stops being fun when it starts being work
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Post by: George on April 20, 2004, 11:35:57 AM: I’ve never seen a "road show" presentation of a movie...they were before my time. As for my favorite "epic" films (the official Topic of the Day), here are most of my favorites:

10 Commandments
Around the World in 80 Days
Gone With the Wind
It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Sound of Music
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
Star Wars (a.k.a. "Star Wars IV: A New Hope")
West Side Story
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on April 20, 2004, 11:47:58 AM: Panni: How awful parental fights can be. And over something like a coat?

If you had been a spoiled princess getting a coat you did not need, there might be cause for words, but to ruin a family evening over what you described.

I can tell you this, in commiseration: The dinner table is where all my parents' gripes and grievances were aired. I remember many meals being virtually unswallowable. To this day, if someone starts chastising someone at a table where I'm dining, I get up and leave.
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Post by: Jrand73 on April 20, 2004, 11:57:21 AM: Danton story gets even stranger! :-\

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040420/ap_on_sp_ho_ne/hkn_blues_danton_2 (http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040420/ap_on_sp_ho_ne/hkn_blues_danton_2)
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Post by: S. Woody White on April 20, 2004, 11:59:45 AM: Quote from: Matt H. on April 20, 2004, 06:41:21 AM
DR S. Woody, Whoopi Goldberg's sitcom is taped with a live audience in NYC. I assumed Kelly Ripa's HOPE AND FAITH is also taped in NYC.
Hey, I said that as far as I know there isn't much entertainment production going on in NYC.

And besides, Whoopi is just boarderline when it comes to being entertainment. ::) So there! ;D
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Post by: Jane on April 20, 2004, 12:00:29 PM: Jed, congratulations on you new Toyata.

RLP I too enjoyed reading your memories and feelings of those years. I was lucky as I knew very few people, and no one close to me, who went to Viet Nam. I became friends with people who had been there after their return, but I wasn’t personally worried about anyone while they were there.

Panni your SOUND OF MUSIC experience was different from my family stories, yet it had a similar feel to it. It could have been worse had they gone to the movie and argued the entire time.

Charles Pogue, where were you Sunday when I was talking about you?

By the way, Sunday I forgot to mention the “sure to miss” movie, ELLA ENCHANTED. :-[
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Post by: S. Woody White on April 20, 2004, 12:01:42 PM: page three dance!

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;D :D ;D :D ;D
::) :o ::)
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Post by: Jennifer on April 20, 2004, 12:04:50 PM: Woohoo we're moving to Page Three.
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Post by: Panni on April 20, 2004, 12:10:22 PM: Quote from: RLP on April 20, 2004, 11:47:58 AM
...but to ruin a family evening over what you described.

It was not an evening performance, but an early afternoon matinee and part of the fun was to be a Hungarian restaurant for dinner after the show. Going out to eat was a huge treat for me, too. And I had it all planned - Wiener Schnitzel and maybe walnut "palacsinta" for dessert. Instead, after the movie I was dropped off at home to a silent, angry house. I went to my room, shut the door and pretended I was Maria and the Captain was going to come and rescue me from this place.
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Post by: Jennifer on April 20, 2004, 12:12:03 PM: We'll there were a lot of posts at the same time, so I'll make that "we've moved to Page Three".

And Woody did the dance!

The dances actually make me happy. :)
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Post by: DearReaderLaura on April 20, 2004, 12:12:45 PM: Jennifer: I bribed him -- and I took LOTS of shots to get a good one.

And your stuffed zucchini sounds wonderful. I do that sometimes. No one else here eats it but me.
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Post by: Panni on April 20, 2004, 12:15:44 PM: "...I went to my room, shut the door and pretended I was Maria and the Captain was going to come and rescue me from this place." ...which is why I became a writer (well, first an actor) - so it's a good thing that this (and there's a whole lot more where this came from, folks) happened.
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Post by: Jed on April 20, 2004, 12:16:43 PM: Quote from: DearReaderLaura on April 20, 2004, 12:12:45 PM
And your stuffed zucchini sounds wonderful. I do that sometimes. No one else here eats it but me.

What a silly bunch you live with, Laura. Sounds delish to me!
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on April 20, 2004, 12:19:12 PM: JRand53: Ah, yes, SOUVENIR BOOKS, PROGRAMS. I bought them all as I could find them. Sometimes, they were given away free while they lasted! (I got a free hardbacked "The Big Fisherman" souvenir book at a rerelease showing of that film).

I've since attempted to find as many souvenir books as I can. I have a nice collection, but there are holes, oh! yes!, there are holes.

Anyone got a souvenir program for "All About Eve" that they don't have any use for????

: )
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Post by: William E. Lurie on April 20, 2004, 12:23:02 PM: BK---
I'm seeing the new production 5/1 and will let you know if the scene is in or out. However since it was out of the benefit, it's probably out here too.

Did any DR see the version of FINIAN'S RAINBOW that toured a few years ago but could not get the financing to come to NY? Was the infamous Bromo Seltzer scene in that production?
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Post by: S. Woody White on April 20, 2004, 12:23:02 PM: Strange, every squirrel I've ever met has been a total ham!

TOD: We didn't go to many movies when I was growing up. My parents were basically skinflints. The only two movies we saw in roadshow screenings were Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines and Sound of Music.

Usually, when we went to see a film, we saw it at a drive-in. Thus, How the West Was Won ended up as an early version of pan and scan. Sound quality was awful, every time, of course.

The last film we saw in a drive-in was 2001. Unfortunately, a supermarket had planted a set of gigantic floodlights over their parking lot, which was located directly behind the drive-in, and the spillover hit the screen. Kubrick's film became a masterpiece in whites and half-tone greys.

*sigh*
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Post by: Jennifer on April 20, 2004, 12:28:28 PM: What did you bribe the little squirrel with?

Just wondering what squirrels like.
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Post by: Jay on April 20, 2004, 12:39:01 PM: Quote from: Panni on April 20, 2004, 12:10:22 PM
I went to my room, shut the door and pretended I was Maria and the Captain was going to come and rescue me from this place.

Would a convent take a Jewish girl?
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Post by: td on April 20, 2004, 12:46:30 PM: May I say that reading RLP's Reply #38 has been one of the best reading experiences I've had on the internet! Wow. I'm totally beside myself. What a great post!
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Post by: Stuart on April 20, 2004, 12:50:09 PM: Quote from: RLP on April 20, 2004, 12:19:12 PM
Anyone got a souvenir program for "All About Eve" that they don't have any use for????

DR RLP: Even if I did have one, I wouldn't give it up. After all, what do you take me for? (I know, I know: I don't know that you'd take me for anything....)

Sorry all for being E&T over the last few days. Been quite busy here at work.

I am especially sorry that I missed yesterday, as it would have been such a fun topic for me to chime in on. Alas and alack, that is what being E&T gets me....

I also have to admit that I am just a smidge too young to remember true roadshow engagements of movies. Though I do recall an intermission in the middle of THE TOWERING INFERNO. (For a short while there, disaster pictures were my favorite genre.)

DR Jennifer, I too enjoy stuffed zucchini once in a while. Yours sounded truly divoon.
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Post by: Jrand73 on April 20, 2004, 01:08:12 PM: Although she never appeared in either a Roadshow or Epic film, here is your Allison Hayes photo of the week.

Another from Hong Kong Confidential co-starring with Mr Gene Barry. Notice the red toreador pants with black embroidered trim, hoop earrings, and heart-shaped ring - on Miss Hayes, of course.

The ring was her personal jewelry and she often wore it in films and on television. 8)
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Post by: Panni on April 20, 2004, 01:13:27 PM: Quote from: JRand53 on April 20, 2004, 01:08:12 PM
Notice the red toreador pants with black embroidered trim, hoop earrings, and heart-shaped ring - on Miss Hayes, of course.

..."on Miss Hayes, of course" made me laugh out loud, JRand 53. :D
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Post by: Stuart on April 20, 2004, 01:18:15 PM: Quote from: JRand53 on April 20, 2004, 01:08:12 PM
Notice the red toreador pants with black embroidered trim, hoop earrings, and heart-shaped ring

What, pray tell, is the difference between a toreador pant, a capri pant, and a pair of clamdiggers?

Inquiring minds want to know, DR JRand.
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Post by: Matt H. on April 20, 2004, 01:23:11 PM: I don't know if anyone else here is a fan of "24,' but I just this afternoon got around to watching the episode from last week that was shown on Sunday night due to President Bush's address.

I say at the beginning of this that I do get VERY involved with films, plays, and TV. I sit there and believe every word and believe every sight I see. At any rate, I was in tears for most of the hour telecast with THE most dramatically upsetting plot I think I've ever seen on TV. A deadly virus loose in a hotel where people are given the option of dying agonizing deaths or taking suicide pills; the terrorist who placed the virus demanding the execution of one of the series' main characters or he would release more virus to more areas of the country: and the main character having to perform the execution. AND IT HAPPENED, no last minute reprieve.

Very, very upsetting.
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Post by: Ann on April 20, 2004, 01:25:28 PM: Oh joy!! My employers have finally bought a new computer! It's a brand spanking new Dell with all the trimmings...this makes my life at work so much better! :)
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Post by: Matt H. on April 20, 2004, 01:25:47 PM: Quote from: RLP on April 20, 2004, 12:19:12 PM
JRand53: Ah, yes, SOUVENIR BOOKS, PROGRAMS. I bought them all as I could find them. Sometimes, they were given away free while they lasted! (I got a free hardbacked "The Big Fisherman" souvenir book at a rerelease showing of that film).

I've since attempted to find as many souvenir books as I can. I have a nice collection, but there are holes, oh! yes!, there are holes.

Anyone got a souvenir program for "All About Eve" that they don't have any use for????

: )

No, but I have one for STAR! that I'm sure BK doesn't want. ;D
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Post by: Matt H. on April 20, 2004, 01:29:54 PM: I also enjoyed DR RLP's walk down a memorable memory lane with films that meant t a great deal to him. Thanks for sharing such personal memories.
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Post by: Panni on April 20, 2004, 01:48:33 PM: Quote from: Matt H. on April 20, 2004, 01:23:11 PM
I say at the beginning of this that I do get VERY involved with films, plays, and TV. I sit there and believe every word and believe every sight I see.

My favorite kind of audience member!
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Post by: Robin on April 20, 2004, 01:50:00 PM: Quote from: George on April 20, 2004, 11:35:57 AM
I’ve never seen a "road show" presentation of a movie...they were before my time. As for my favorite "epic" films (the official Topic of the Day), here are most of my favorites:

10 Commandments
Around the World in 80 Days
Gone With the Wind
It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Sound of Music
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
Star Wars (a.k.a. "Star Wars IV: A New Hope")
West Side Story

I'm so glad someone has mentioned Star Trek: The Motion Picture; I admit it has it's faults, but it's still the only one of the movies that is actually epic in scope, and it's undoubtably one of my favorite SF pictures.

And I simply love It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, and it's epic approach to comedy. Famous face after famous face; the approach was so successful, it was re-used to lesser effect in The Greatest Story Ever Told, which was one of the first movies I clearly remember seeing in the theater. It obviously wasn't the first movie I'd ever seen, though, since I thought John Wayne's appearance as the Roman centurion was hilarious even then.

By the way, I was actually at the Washington DC premiere of Star Trek: The Motion Picture, with a bunch of fellow Trekkies that had done some promotional work for the movie. A few of my buddies actually are in the big "Captain Kirk shows what we're up against" scene. And yes, William Shatner did fall asleep...even though we all in the nosebleed seats, we could see that very clearly.
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Post by: Panni on April 20, 2004, 01:52:32 PM: Went to the post office earlier today to mail some packages. Got the new Henry Mancini stamp. Nice to see him honored in this way.
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Post by: Matt H. on April 20, 2004, 02:05:42 PM: I agree about Henry Mancini. His music has resonated with the world for many, many decades, and this is a fitting tribute.
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Post by: Noel on April 20, 2004, 02:07:19 PM: The song "Hey There" as originally performed in The Pajama Game, involves the John Raitt character singing into a tape recorder, playing the tape back, which means he can go on and sing a duet with himself.

Easier said than done!

Our methodology was this: I made a tape of the accompaniment. The singer recorded, on to CD, his vocal line while listening to my accompaniment played into his earphone. Now, when we get to the point where he starts the tape, we're briefly silent. The tape begins, and then I begin live accompaniment. Made my head spin.
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Post by: bk on April 20, 2004, 02:08:03 PM: RE programs - I still have quite a few of my movie programs, including two copies of the rarest of them all: Scent of Mystery in Smell-o-Vision. They both have the little 45rpm insert of Eddie Fisher singing the title song.

Must get something to eat and then I'll return to our little zoo. Finished doing my set of fixes and will now read it start to finish once again to make sure I'm happy with them.
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Post by: Jrand73 on April 20, 2004, 02:13:58 PM: Wonderful DRPANNI...it's the reaction I live for.

Well DRSTUART - I am shocked that you are so uninformed BUT:

Toreador pants are tight-fitting with a close fitting leg somewhat above the ankle.

The capri pants are tight fitting but come below the ankle, and might even include bootstraps (think Laura Petrie).

The clam digger of course is more full fitting and while its length is similar to the toreador pant - its leg opening is a regular pant width and might even include a cuff.
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Post by: S. Woody White on April 20, 2004, 02:33:35 PM: Quote from: JRand53 on April 20, 2004, 01:08:12 PM
Another from Hong Kong Confidential co-starring with Mr Gene Barry. Notice the red toreador pants with black embroidered trim, hoop earrings, and heart-shaped ring - on Miss Hayes, of course.
Mr. Barry getting his chance with La Cage aux Folles (but, gentleman that he is, letting Mr. Hearn have the honors instead).
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Post by: Panni on April 20, 2004, 02:41:04 PM: JRand53 - RE toreador/capri/clamdigger: Surely no one can say that this is not THE most educational site on the internet.
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Post by: Jrand73 on April 20, 2004, 02:49:52 PM: Just realized - wasn't Ron Randell from KING OF KINGS the actor who played Cole Porter in KISS ME KATE?
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Post by: Jrand73 on April 20, 2004, 02:50:51 PM: Ain't it the truth DRPANNI?
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Post by: MBarnum on April 20, 2004, 02:59:30 PM: Wow, and what about Peddle Pushers?
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on April 20, 2004, 03:00:05 PM: Or culottes.

And poodle skirts?
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Post by: Jay on April 20, 2004, 03:06:15 PM: Did any Dear Reader experience shock, as I did, upon discovering that the melody for "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" is the same as that of "The Alphabet Song?" And that of "Baa-baa Black Sheep?" And that of "Ah! Vous Dirais-je Maman?"

(Well, truth be told, my discovery of the latter came long after the others.)
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Post by: MBarnum on April 20, 2004, 03:07:50 PM: Speaking of culottes, has anyone ever noticed that in SILK STOCKINGS Cyd Charisse is wearing a brown skirt during one of the dance numbers and that brown skirt turns into culottes in a couple of the shots? This has disturbed me since I was a child.
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Post by: bk on April 20, 2004, 03:20:18 PM: Yes, Ron Randell played Cole. When I did Forget-Me-Not Lane at the Mark Taper Forum, I showed up at rehearsal one day to find Mr. Randell there - he understudied John McMartin. He never got to go on, which is too bad. Terrific actor, and he was thrilled that I remembered him right away from King of Kings and some sci fi movie I can't think of the name of right now.
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Post by: MBarnum on April 20, 2004, 03:34:06 PM: I do believe Ron Randall was in THE SHE CREATURE (1956).
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Post by: Jennifer on April 20, 2004, 04:04:44 PM: Hey nobody did the Page Four dance.

Almost time for American Idol!

Barry Manilow night.
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Post by: Charles Pogue on April 20, 2004, 04:11:04 PM: Panni, my bad it was the Sunday supplement, somehow it was cluttered in with today's paper.

Jane, What were you saying about me? I've been up to my ass in pre-production notes. I've spent the last two days responsing to the directors' notes which he sends at 11:00 on Sunday evening. Do I have to go back and check Sunday's posts?
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Post by: Jrand73 on April 20, 2004, 04:11:32 PM: Yes MBARNUM that CydCharisse costume change has bothered me, too, nearly as much as Ann Miller's change from heels to flats in the middle of the scene in EASTER PARADE.
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Post by: Charles Pogue on April 20, 2004, 04:12:46 PM: Was Randall the one who played the Centurion? Nice role, good job.
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Post by: Robin on April 20, 2004, 04:12:54 PM: Quote from: Panni on April 20, 2004, 01:52:32 PM
Went to the post office earlier today to mail some packages. Got the new Henry Mancini stamp. Nice to see him honored in this way.

I simply must get me some of the Mancini stamps.

One of my (many!) quirks is that I am incapable of using those generic "American Flag" stamps...I always buy something colorful and fun. Like the "Famous Movie Monsters" or "Hollywood Film Composers" stamps, which I bought lots and lots of. And I still have sets of them, secreted away...
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Post by: Panni on April 20, 2004, 04:19:02 PM: I think I may rename my dog "Wussburger"... I'm sitting at my desk working away and suddenly he gallumphs over and lies down as close as he can possibly get to me. ...Why? Because under the open window a cat is meowing.
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Post by: Panni on April 20, 2004, 04:21:17 PM: Quote from: Robin on April 20, 2004, 04:12:54 PM
I simply must get me some of the Mancini stamps.
One of my (many!) quirks is that I am incapable of using those generic "American Flag" stamps...I always buy something colorful and fun.

When you go to get the Mancini stamps, make sure to ask if they have any of the recent Dr. Seuss stamps left. They're great fun.
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Post by: Robin on April 20, 2004, 04:23:18 PM: Quote from: Panni on April 20, 2004, 04:21:17 PM
ask if they have any of the recent Dr. Seuss stamps left. They're great fun.

Will do!
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on April 20, 2004, 04:27:28 PM: Quote from: JRand53 on April 20, 2004, 04:11:32 PM
Yes MBARNUM that CydCharisse costume change has bothered me, too, nearly as much as Ann Miller's change from heels to flats in the middle of the scene in EASTER PARADE.

What truly disturbs me is that you guys NOTICE these things!!!

:)
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Post by: Robin on April 20, 2004, 04:32:15 PM: Quote from: JRand53 on April 20, 2004, 04:11:32 PM
Yes MBARNUM that CydCharisse costume change has bothered me, too, nearly as much as Ann Miller's change from heels to flats in the middle of the scene in EASTER PARADE.

In the movie Anatomy of a Murder, Lee Remick changes from slacks to a skirt (or was is a skirt to slacks? It's been years since I've seen the movie...) during the course of a scene.

Dunno what it was about Lee Remick...I could never take my eyes off of her.
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Post by: Jrand73 on April 20, 2004, 04:35:38 PM: Forgot about that one DR ROBIN.

And yes, CP, Randell was the Centurion.

LOL RLP - what bothers me is that YOU don't!
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Post by: Jennifer on April 20, 2004, 04:37:16 PM: I made the most delicious shrimps tonight.

I got them at Club Price. They are shrimps but called scampi shrimps. They are frozen in butter sauce.

You heat it in a pan and watch the butter melt, and the shrimps turn white with orange edges.

I made it with mushy cauliflower and it was like heaven!
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on April 20, 2004, 04:40:03 PM: I notice things like the disappearing/reappearing soda glass and coffee cup in the soda shop scene in "The Natural."

But today is the first time I can remember men discussing capri pants, toreador pants, clamdiggers and peddle pushers outside of an Andy Warhol movie.

:)
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Post by: Panni on April 20, 2004, 04:42:41 PM: I'm sure Stephen Sondheim will be relieved to hear that as of today he is permanently on my A-List. He has tenure, so to speak. The reason is that I'm just now catching up with the Arts&Leisure section of the Sunday NY Times. Among the Letters to the Editor, there is one from him which begins...
"The headline accompanying Zachary Pincus-Roth's article (Apr.11) -- "Murderers' Row: Who Plays Whom in Stephen Sondheim's 'Assassins'" -- should have read "John Weidman and Stephen Sondheim's 'Assassins.'" Book writers rarely receive the credit they deserve for musicals, and this omission was an especailly egregious one." ... and he goes on.
I love you, Steve!
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Post by: S. Woody White on April 20, 2004, 04:46:57 PM: Quote from: RLP on April 20, 2004, 04:40:03 PM
...But today is the first time I can remember men discussing capri pants, toreador pants and peddle pushers outside of an Andy Warhol movie.
Clearly, somebody has never been on a gay motorcycle club run.

::)
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Post by: S. Woody White on April 20, 2004, 05:02:46 PM: Sometimes there are things that I miss out on, having moved from SoCal.

A major example is that a couple of friends of ours in that area, Daniel and James (and yes, I do mean couple), have expanded their family, giving six-year-old Caleb a four-year-old brother named Alfred. These guys are great dads, and I'm so glad to know that their family is now even more complete.

So, the question remains: if this is a family, why can't the parents marry?
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Post by: S. Woody White on April 20, 2004, 05:05:44 PM: Der Brucer has American Yodel on the television. It'll be a great opportunity to hear Barry mangled so.
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Post by: bk on April 20, 2004, 05:11:29 PM: Will someone who is good at this sort of thing tell me what the Thursday date around April 26th in 1969 would have been. Whichever Thursday falls during the third week of April, that's what I need.
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Post by: td on April 20, 2004, 05:28:50 PM: Quote from: bk on April 20, 2004, 05:11:29 PM
Will someone who is good at this sort of thing tell me what the Thursday date around April 26th in 1969 would have been. Whichever Thursday falls during the third week of April, that's what I need.

Thursdays in April 1969 would have been: 3, 10, 17, and 24.
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Post by: Danise on April 20, 2004, 05:39:26 PM: Evening all!

I’m sorry, Jane, I took the old avatar down because it’s no longer Easter but just didn’t get around to posting the new/old one. I’ll work on it.

You guys stole all of my epic choices! I demand you give some back! That’s the trouble when you post so late in the day. All the good stuff is already gone!

As far as the first Star Trek movie, everyone knows it’s REAL title was/is: Star Trek: The Motionless Picture. I love Star Trek but I couldn’t stand it. Talk about “Are we there yet?”. ZZZZZZ. Sorry, Robin.

Jed, congrats on the new (to you) car! I’ve never owned a new car/van/truck of any type so anything I didn’t own before is brand new to me!

Jennifer, are there any kind of recipes you are looking for? I have the South Beach book which has some recipes in it that I’m sure could be used for Adkins.

I'm kinda doing my own thing. A mix of Adkins/South Beach/just cutting back.
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Post by: Jrand73 on April 20, 2004, 05:45:31 PM: Yes DANISE we are anticipating -hmmmmm - perhaps your May Primary Election Avatar!

I didn't get to see the finale of COWBOY U so I am watching it tonight!

LOL RLP.
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Post by: Danise on April 20, 2004, 06:00:06 PM: Oy! I feel pressure to perform..... Hummm but if I dress for that, what will I do for the 4th?
Thinking, thinking..........
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Post by: Jrand73 on April 20, 2004, 06:38:50 PM: LOL......well there is always RACE DAY.....which used to be a big deal in Indianapolis but now is NOTHING.
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Post by: Charles Pogue on April 20, 2004, 06:40:21 PM: BK, on that Thring thing: "Dansssse, Ssssalome!" Oh, it's so true!
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Post by: Jennifer on April 20, 2004, 06:52:02 PM: DR Danise: Not sure exactly what kind of recipe specifically. Just anything good that you've tried.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on April 20, 2004, 07:02:12 PM: Quote from: S. Woody White on April 20, 2004, 04:46:57 PM
Clearly, somebody has never been on a gay motorcycle club run.

::)

Yes, that much is very true! ;)
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on April 20, 2004, 07:06:42 PM: Quote from: bk on April 20, 2004, 05:11:29 PM
Will someone who is good at this sort of thing tell me what the Thursday date around April 26th in 1969 would have been. Whichever Thursday falls during the third week of April, that's what I need.

April 26, 1969 was a Saturday. Thursday was April 24th.

You can find this with "google" by typing in "Calendar, 19XX" and you'll get the complete year's calendar!
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Post by: bk on April 20, 2004, 07:29:21 PM: Thanks for the date info, very helpful!
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Post by: MBarnum on April 20, 2004, 07:55:29 PM: Quote from: Robin on April 20, 2004, 04:12:54 PM
I simply must get me some of the Mancini stamps.

One of my (many!) quirks is that I am incapable of using those generic "American Flag" stamps...I always buy something colorful and fun. Like the "Famous Movie Monsters" or "Hollywood Film Composers" stamps, which I bought lots and lots of. And I still have sets of them, secreted away...

I do the same thing. I prefer to use the fancy stamps! I guess it comes from being a stamp collector when I was a kid. No boring stamps for me, no way!
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Post by: Jane on April 20, 2004, 07:58:53 PM: CP giving you work at 11:00 at night just doesn’t seem right.

Quote from last night.

“Charles Pogue I thought of you today while we were at the movies. During a scene I leaned over to Keith and said that is what you mean by not dumbing down to the audience. After which we were very bad and Keith kept cracking me up with his comments. When I loose control my laugh is very embarrassing. As the movie ended, I couldn’t help myself and applauded. I was then surprised at the number of people who then joined me.”
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Post by: Jane on April 20, 2004, 08:02:08 PM: RLP thanks for the calendar info. I was just thinking I could use an old calendar.

Tomorrow is Keith’s birthday which is also a special day for me for two reasons:
One, he is finally as old as I am. ;)
Two, it is also the anniversary of our first date. :D
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Post by: S. Woody White on April 20, 2004, 08:11:58 PM: Quote from: Jane on April 20, 2004, 08:02:08 PM
One, he is finally as old as I am. ;)
AHA! The truth is out, at last! Jane is a cradle-robber!

;D
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on April 20, 2004, 09:12:58 PM: American Idol:

It was a strange night for me. George was terrible, but I thought John Stevens gave his very best -- in fact, an outstanding -- rendition of "Mandy" given his vocal range. Yet, the judges were not very kind. And John did not once snap his fingers. It was a major breakthrough for him.

Did I mention that George was terrible?

Diana, compared to the others, was all right. It was a good performance by her...much more subdued than most of her performances, but there's room for improvement.

Jasmine was good, too. Very nice, although I thought she abruptly stopped a note while struggling to take the mike off the stand.

Jennifer -- aside from my usual complaint of too much of the song being in the diaphragm and unintelligible in enunciation, plus LaToya and Fantasia were all good, although Fantasia's "version" of "It's A Miracle" was just a vocal exercise resembling not one whit Manilow's song. LaToya always chooses the least interesting songs and then sings them very well. It's great for her voice, but I'm always left wondering what the hell she sang.

I haven't a clue who to vote for...or if I should even vote, since I don't feel strongly about/for any of them.

I think it's moot at this point.
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Post by: Charles Pogue on April 20, 2004, 09:18:34 PM: Jane, work at eleven on a Sunday. The really horrible thing was I spent four hours writing notes on notes and lost them in the computer. Spent all Monday rewriting notes and today polishing. Going right back into this madness with re-writes. Probably be that way until the damned thing shoots in August. I'm gettng too old for this. I must go off and write novels.

And remember all: "Danssse, Sssalome!" (BK, I love this! He is so absolutely weird in that scene!)
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Post by: Matt H. on April 20, 2004, 09:29:45 PM: I enjoyed MOST of the renditions of Manilow songs tonight on AMERICAN IDOL.

Let's start with what I didn't like:

George Huff's first really weak performance. He sounded vocally in great distress, but there was no mention of a sore throat. Not a good song for him, at any rate.

LaToya sang silkily, but again a bad song choice and her top notes weren't great.

Fantasia took Tarantino's advice from last week and funked it up this week to probably my least favorite rendition from her.

Poor John Stevens did beautifully with the first half of the song "Mandy," and then came the key change, and his voice went sharp for almost the rest of the way. What a shame.

Once again, I thought Jennifer Hudson had the best vocal though she, Diana, and Jasmine had either an occasional bad low note or bad transitions in their songs.

As for my phone checking, three people's lines were never busy the entire night: John, Jasmine, and Latoya (!)
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Post by: Sandra on April 20, 2004, 09:49:59 PM: I don't know from epic movies, so I can't add anything to this.
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Post by: S. Woody White on April 20, 2004, 10:04:19 PM: It's time to say bye-bye to John Stevens.

Hmmm...Tarantino loves American Yodel. Tarantino loves Alias. Tarantino has been on both shows.

Conclusion: American Yodel is a subversive plot by the Covenant, which Tarantino runs (on Alias).

;D
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Post by: Panni on April 20, 2004, 10:14:02 PM: A headline from today's Daily Variety:

TARANTINO MOONLIGHTS FOR KIMMEL MAKEOVER

Hmmm... bk as a Samurai warrior?
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Post by: bk on April 20, 2004, 10:15:11 PM: I have such a headache - I've had one on and off for five days - it's basically because of my neck problem and sitting at the computer all day doing these additions and fixes.
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Post by: TCB on April 20, 2004, 11:00:22 PM: Good morning......... Good afternoon.......... Good evening............... one and all!

I apologize for being E & T (and T & E and T & A) for the last several days, but I was stricken by a case of the disease who must not be named (a Harry potter reference), but which requires you to spend many long hours in the bathroom.

In addition, I have been going up to Seattle for training this week for this God-awful new computer program that we have to start using next week.

Epic films (road show and non-road show)

WEST SIDE STORY
THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF THE BROTHERS GRIMM
2001
BEN-HUR
CAMELOT
FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD
MARY POPPINS
LAWRENCE OF ARABIA
MY FAIR LADY
THE WIZARD OF OZ (Yes, I saw it in a theater)
SPARTACUS

Sorry folks! I didn't like the movie version of SOUND OF MUSIC then, and I don't like it any better now.

Congratulations, son, on the new wheels.
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Post by: Jed on April 20, 2004, 11:07:10 PM: Glad to hear you're doing alright now, Dad. Was about to send Ann over to check on ya!
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Post by: TCB on April 20, 2004, 11:19:45 PM: Quote from: Jed on April 20, 2004, 11:07:10 PM
Glad to hear you're doing alright now, Dad. Was about to send Ann over to check on ya!

Thanks, Jed. Do you know when you are moving?
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Post by: Jed on April 20, 2004, 11:23:50 PM: Quote from: TCB on April 20, 2004, 11:19:45 PM
Thanks, Jed. Do you know when you are moving?

Step one is finding a job, so I know where the heck I should be moving to! Just got a couple applications out the last couple days, always looking for new stuff to pop up.
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Post by: Jed on April 20, 2004, 11:25:23 PM: So, TCB, should we credit your recovery to the M's winning streak? :D
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Post by: George on April 20, 2004, 11:39:05 PM: NEW NEWS:

[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]I HAVE A COMPUTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!![/move]

Even though I lost everything that was on my old computer, I now have a new(ish...actually. It's my sister's old computer, but it has 74.5 gigabytes!) computer!!! AND FINALLY INTERNET ACCESS AT HOME AGAIN!!!!!!

So over the next few days, I'll be able to catch up on all of the HHW posts that I've missed (don't worry, I won't comment on everything) and be able to get to my e-mail as well.

Now I must set up my e-mail on this computer and download (and delete most of) the several hundred e-mails that have come in over the last month.

Goodnight all!
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Post by: S. Woody White on April 20, 2004, 11:50:15 PM: I have discovered that I can embarrass the puppies!

'Tis true! I was playing a CD, with the headphones on, and listening to a dancable number, so I figured what the heck and started dancing...sorta. (My dancing is only a little better than my singing, mainly because it isn't as noisy.)

Buster and Bonnie were sitting on the couch, watching me, with the strangest expressions on their faces. They looked exactly like kids do when their parents are acting weird. Their tails were wagging, but their brows were knitted.

At least I didn't pick up Bonnie and insist she dance with me.

::)
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Post by: S. Woody White on April 20, 2004, 11:50:58 PM: Go ahead, George, comment on everything! You deserve to celebrate.