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Well, you've read the notes, the notes answered questions and solved mysteries, and now it is time for you to post until the mysterious cows come home.
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And the word of the day is: PHLEGMATIC!
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A Very Happy Birthday to DR Jeanne!! ;D
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The alternate endings shown on the Jimmy Kimmel show were pretty funny.
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Happy happy day, Dear Jeanne!!!
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Happy, happy, DR Jeanne.
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TOD: Favorite final episodes include "St. Elsewhere," "Six Feet Under" and "Arrested Development."
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That is all. Off to work.
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Happy Birthday Jeanne!
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Well, you've read the notes, the notes answered questions and solved mysteries, and now it is time for you to post until the mysterious cows come home.
SPOILER:
Because I had nothing better to do and was waiting to fall asleep, I tuned into the show's last 15+ minutes. [I hadn't watched LOST since the first season]
Questions:
1. Was everybody dead from the beginning of the series?
Or,
2. Was this reunion in the church supposed to be taking place years after the island...when everybody had died by natural/unnatural causes?
Or,
3. Was this church reunion all in Matthew Fox's imaginaton?
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Happy birthday, Jeanne!
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Good morning, all! I'm off to Toyland this morning. I have a lot of things to accoplish, some menial like photocopying a number of full scores of THE LADY OF THE SLIPPER to be attached to the last edits and some more complex, like perusing the BABES IN TOYLAND scores, checking harp parts and spot checking beaming of the notes. This reformatting has led to hell and confusion and I'm rather bent out of shape over it all.
Hopefully, Mr Anthony Morelli will stop by to visit and drop off a job I asked him to do for me, and it will be nice to see him.
As to the rest of my day, I have very few plans. Our DR KevinH is in Manhattan, and it would be nice to visit with him. I'll give him a call and see what he's up to.
My jerk neighbor was up stomping around sometime between 6 and 6:30 with two different door slams, both exits from the stomping going on, so I don't know if the current lady on the squeaky bed left, or the dog has learned to use the door. If that were so, I'd think the damned barking would stop.
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Happy Birthday, DR Jeanne !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My favorite part of the LOST finale? When Jerry, George, Cramer and Elaine bust out of jail.
Actually, it was the relief that people would stop fretting over a lot of pretentious twaddle.
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Monday morning greetings! Today's a "pay attention to Mom" day - first we'll make our 3rd trip to the BMV to try to get her non-driver state ID renewed. Then lunch and grocery shopping.
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Happiest of birthdays to DR Jeanne!
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Good Morning!
I'm up, I'm up... And thus begins my day.
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DR Druxy - You may want to put a SPOILER warning before your "Lost" questions.
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Happy Happy Birthday, Jeanne!
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Hmmmmmmmmmm....
Happy Birthday DR JEANNE.
Can't get the picture to load.
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;D ;D ;D ;D
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Success!!
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Just as DR CILLA LIZ wrote - I didn't want LOST in the past couple of season either - so the commercial laden preview was a great help to me.....the SHOW part...NOT the commercials part....
I enjoyed the last episode although it shore wuz my-tee long!
And the difference between Matthew Fox'x speaking voice and his "Jack" voice was interesting.
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Otherwise...
I liked the Finale of "Lost".
However, bk, I do know some "Lost-ies" who were not at all happy with the way the series ended.
And as for other people's - both DRs and non-DRs - musings concerning the whole "Lost Phenomenon", well... We all invest our time - and emotions(?) - in different things. For some people it's a TV show. For others it's a book. A favorite movie or series of movies. Doesn't really make one form better than the other. Just different.
As for myself, I did watch the entire series over the past six years. However, it was not my life for the past six years. And I don't think it was anyone else's LIFE for the past six years. For an hour, sometimes two hours each week - it was something to watch, to enjoy and to puzzle over for a couple of weeks at a time. -Just like any other TV show. It's been fun reading some of the "naysayer" posts on Facebook and Twitter from people who had never watched an episode of "Lost". To me, it makes me think that they think that we spent every minute of every day of the past six years watching, living and breathing "Lost". Basically, the people who hadn't watched "Lost" were getting caught up in all of the hype too.
You either watched it, or you didn't. -Just like "Seinfeld". Just like "M*A*S*H*". Just like "Newhart", "Will and Grace", "Friends", "Doctor Who", etc., etc., etc.
Just my $.02.
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Thanks for the NIGHTMARE ALLEY report, MR BK.....well too bad.....
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DR JEANNE!!!!!
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And the promo showed Matthew Fox and Jimmy Kimmel in the shower, but that sketch never showed up on that show....must have been from a previous show....
I like Jimmy Kimmel - ever seen BEN STEIN'S MONEY.....but I don't watch late evening talk shows since they turned into PROMO fests for the guests, not really a chance to see them talk. They seem almost as scripted as other shows....not much spontaneous happens.....you can tell that the guests know exactly (for the most part) what questions the host is going to ask. Everyone has an agenda.....
Late night TV Talk Shows are now ALL the Mike Douglas Show - which was pretty bad.....even with good guests.
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DR td - and of course Mr Sonnett always said: "No brag. Just fact."
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As for the Topic of the Day...
"Six Feet Under"
*And why do I feel that we've covered this Topic in the not so recent past? Hmmm... Vu-jade?.. ???
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DR Druxy - You may want to put a SPOILER warning before your "Lost" questions.
Sorry about that, but I figured that, since it was over, all secrets had been revealed.
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And the promo showed Matthew Fox and Jimmy Kimmel in the shower, but that sketch never showed up on that show....must have been from a previous show....
DR JRand - If you go to Jimmy Kimmel's YouTube Channel, you can pull up all of his "Lost"-related featurettes. -And, yes, the one with Matthew Fox in the shower is there. ;)
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TOD:
The Mary Tyler Moore Show......
All In the Family - which lead to Archie's Place...which I didn't like much
"All That Glitters" - the final Superman episode in which Jimmy & Lois got super powers and got to fly!
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DR Druxy - You may want to put a SPOILER warning before your "Lost" questions.
Sorry about that, but I figured that, since it was over, all secrets had been revealed.
The secrets may have been revealed, but that doesn't mean that ALL DRs have watched the Finale yet. I believe DR Michael Shayne would appreciate a SPOILER warning.
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Not from that episode.
Page Two Superman, Lois, and Jimmy Dance
(http://mortystv.com/showcards/superman_1.jpg)
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DR Druxy - You may want to put a SPOILER warning before your "Lost" questions.
Sorry about that, but I figured that, since it was over, all secrets had been revealed.
Oh, and I watched the Finale last night. So there was no need to apologize to me. ;)
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Off to check out the table & chair selection at Goodwill....we shall see what we shall see.
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And...
Congratulations to Christopher Fitzgerald for his Drama Desk Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical! -That musical being DR elmore's beloved Finian's Rainbow!
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And as for other people's - both DRs and non-DRs - musings concerning the whole "Lost Phenomenon", well... We all invest our time - and emotions(?) - in different things. For some people it's a TV show. For others it's a book. A favorite movie or series of movies. Doesn't really make one form better than the other. Just different.
And here's my 2 cents: for a novel, a film, a play to work for me, whether it's a fantasy or a kitchen sink drama or something in between, there's a logic and sense, perhaps, that everything's heading to its logical conclusion that, if not inevitable, at least is satisfying. I don't always think the continual red herring approach to your story necessarily leads to anything beyond a lot of sloppiness - David Lynch's work is is an example, especially in the ridiculously overrated TWIN PEAKS (I am abig fan of BLUE VELVET and ERASERHEAD) - and in the case of LOST, when you throw into the mix a tv series that can be canceled on the whim of its network, a writers' strike, a change in producer, network executive requests, or a bored cast member wanting out, a lot of good intentions get brushed aside to create a number of episodes to fill a season. Then, along, comes the finale, and someone has to reconcile this stew. Good luck covering all of the territory, the red herrings, the moments of "symbolism" or whatever.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JEANNE!!!!! Here's to a year of good health and great teeth!!!
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DR Druxy - And to answer your questions....
POSSIBLE SPOILER WARNING
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1-Yes. And No. 2-Yes. Or No. 3-No. And Yes. relut rayece ilov uso moheha. Tis otav bisode nic iporasa! Nife tebiv ha relaf lasoka mifiri nanidat. Ice ha rar eva tos; te saho lawise hodat. Ro ge yin mal idey otoloh befomi upititi anewi. De biy pasoti guteyi. Pepi ra ced no oti terep fir cicasor ferasic hacecat. Pa eregero neven. Bev cerises linieri: Ce rihuna car iyolu tatosan ra pite emecerur ehin. Losesu sit ni
END OF POSSIBLE SPOILER
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DR Druxy - You may want to put a SPOILER warning before your "Lost" questions.
Sorry about that, but I figured that, since it was over, all secrets had been revealed.
Oh, you do want to get DR Michael Shayne's panties in a bunch, don't you?
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And the word of the moment is: MODIFY
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DR Druxy - You may want to put a SPOILER warning before your "Lost" questions.
Sorry about that, but I figured that, since it was over, all secrets had been revealed.
The secrets may have been revealed, but that doesn't mean that ALL DRs have watched the Finale yet. I believe DR Michael Shayne would appreciate a SPOILER warning.
But he wants it for the next six months!
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And now to begin the rest of my very long Monday.
Laters...
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Doesn't anything spoil in six months?
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Doesn't anything spoil in six months?
Guests.
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They still have not found the lone thief who stole the five paintings from the Paris Museum of Modern Art....and the paintings may NOT have been insured.....
I suspect le travail intérieur.
http://blogs.discovery.com/criminal_report/2010/05/perpetrator-behind-french-art-theft-hardly-sophisticated.html (http://blogs.discovery.com/criminal_report/2010/05/perpetrator-behind-french-art-theft-hardly-sophisticated.html)
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And...
Congratulations to Christopher Fitzgerald for his Drama Desk Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical! -That musical being DR elmore's beloved Finian's Rainbow!
And his calves!
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Off to the Goodwill to check out the chairs.
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We've not been a LOST household, but DS Rob went to Cincinnati last night for a Last Episode Luau with his friends. I'll be interested to hear his reactions.
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And the word of the day is: PHLEGMATIC!
I always hated the daily dull drudgery of phlegging, but now it's quick, simple and fun--thanks to my new Phlegmatic™!
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! ! ! ! ! HAPPY BIRTHDAY DR JEANNE ! ! ! ! !
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Otherwise...
I liked the Finale of "Lost".
However, bk, I do know some "Lost-ies" who were not at all happy with the way the series ended.
And as for other people's - both DRs and non-DRs - musings concerning the whole "Lost Phenomenon", well... We all invest our time - and emotions(?) - in different things. For some people it's a TV show. For others it's a book. A favorite movie or series of movies. Doesn't really make one form better than the other. Just different.
As for myself, I did watch the entire series over the past six years. However, it was not my life for the past six years. And I don't think it was anyone else's LIFE for the past six years. For an hour, sometimes two hours each week - it was something to watch, to enjoy and to puzzle over for a couple of weeks at a time. -Just like any other TV show. It's been fun reading some of the "naysayer" posts on Facebook and Twitter from people who had never watched an episode of "Lost". To me, it makes me think that they think that we spent every minute of every day of the past six years watching, living and breathing "Lost". Basically, the people who hadn't watched "Lost" were getting caught up in all of the hype too.
You either watched it, or you didn't. -Just like "Seinfeld". Just like "M*A*S*H*". Just like "Newhart", "Will and Grace", "Friends", "Doctor Who", etc., etc., etc.
Just my $.02.
Here, here, DR Jose! Well said!
I enjoyed the LOST finale very much. I was a bit hesitant to completely embrace everything that happened, but it was such an emotional rollercoaster for me otherwise--I think I started bawling out loud three or four times.
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They still have not found the lone thief who stole the five paintings from the Paris Museum of Modern Art....and the paintings may NOT have been insured.....
I suspect le travail intérieur.
http://blogs.discovery.com/criminal_report/2010/05/perpetrator-behind-french-art-theft-hardly-sophisticated.html (http://blogs.discovery.com/criminal_report/2010/05/perpetrator-behind-french-art-theft-hardly-sophisticated.html)
I've heard that the French police are on the lookout for Peter O'Toole and Audrey Hepburn.
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TOD:
The Mary Tyler Moore Show......
All In the Family - which lead to Archie's Place...which I didn't like much
"All That Glitters" - the final Superman episode in which Jimmy & Lois got super powers and got to fly!
ALL IN THE FAMILY's "finale" was so emotionally downbeat and completely unexpected for a network TV show. That final image of Archie and Edith just sitting in their separate chairs and experiencing their sadness over Mike and Gloria's departure and not consoling each other--it was stunning. They would never do anything like that on TV today...
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And...
Congratulations to Christopher Fitzgerald for his Drama Desk Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical! -That musical being DR elmore's beloved Finian's Rainbow!
I hope this is the first of a lot of Finian awards in the next few months. I am very happy for Chris; he is one of the best.
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And greetings from Toyland! The cleaning man has been here and now I cannot find the carton of scores for THE ROSE OF ALGERIA. He is a constant annoyance.
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Congratulations to Christopher Fitzgerald, whom I enjoy on the Finian's Rainbow CD.
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Add my congrats for Christopher Fitzgerald - I will listen to the CD today in his honor!
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Greetings from NYC! I arrived yesterday, met my friend from Florida and went immediately to Brooklyn. He's working on a project where he takes photos of locations where certain movies were filmed.
Afterwards I went to see A Little Night Music--it was very enjoyable. Angela Lansbury is one of a kind. The entire cast was great, though I'm not sure Catherine Zeta-Jones deserved the ovation she got for Send in the Clowns (all I could compare her to was Barbra).
I also saw our own Kevin Spirtas in a show called Mother Tongue. I said hello after the show,but he apologized for not being able to chat since he was on his way to the Drama Desk Awards. I just found out (here) that Christopher Fitzgerald won one-that's great-he's so deserving.
Today my friend and I have to pick up our tickets for tomorrow's Book Expo--the main attraction is Ms. Streisand herself,promoting her book called "My Passion for Design," which comes out in the fall.
Hope to see DR elmore if possible.
That's it from 8th Avenue!
Kevin
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Greetings from NYC! I arrived yesterday, met my friend from Florida and went immediately to Brooklyn. He's working on a project where he takes photos of locations where certain movies were filmed.
Afterwards I went to see A Little Night Music--it was very enjoyable. Angela Lansbury is one of a kind. The entire cast was great, though I'm not sure Catherine Zeta-Jones deserved the ovation she got for Send in the Clowns (all I could compare her to was Barbra).
DR KevinH, if all you've heard of "Send in the Clows" is this production's and Streisand's, get your butt to a CD location and lay hands on the original Broadway cast recording. Glynis Johns is, for me, the best Desiree Armfeldt ever, and the original production was one of the most gloriousthings I've ever seen on a stage. My second best version of "Send In The Clowns"? Cleo Laine on her Carnegie Hall album, which seems to be sadly out of print. She was one of the most amazing performers I ever saw live.
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Oooo, DR KevinH, you're in NYC for BookExpo America! I've always wanted to go to that event - ALA comes close, but I hear there's more glitz for the booksellers. Have fun and say HI to Barbra for me. Also to DR Elmore!
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HAPPY NATAL DAY DR JEANNE!
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And the word of the day is: PHLEGMATIC!
And the Song Of The Day Is: I'M OLD FASHIONED
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HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY JEANNE
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Happy Birthday to DR Jeanne! Have a wonderful day!
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TOD: NORTHERN EXPOSURE
THE PRISONER
6 FEET UNDER
I'm loading the final episode of Saving Grace right now. I'm sure I'd get a lot more out of it if I'd watched the show...
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Regarding LOST, DR Jose has made a statement which cannot possibly be bettered.
I came to LOST late. I watched the first season once it came out on dvd, the main reason for that being the first season's scheduling was all awry, with World Series, pre-emptions, repeats et al.
I was impressed with the pilot episode and found the characters to be a group of people I wouldn't mind spending time with on a island frought with mystery, danger and many elements of the unknown and UNKNOWABLE.
LOST, to me, was, and will be, akin to me a great book, which one can return to time and again, either to re-read (re-watch) a favorite chapter or to delve into in its completeness once again. (I have already watched "The Constant" more times than any other episode of any television series).
As for comparisons to TWIN PEAKS, David Lynch gave us a swell first season, but later seasons showed a true lack of interest from both Lynch and Mark Frost. The one good thing to come out of the latter seasons of TWIN PEAKS was David Duvhovny's Dennis/Denise.
As to other shows, with LOST, I never lost interest in the characters, the themes, the philosophies - and even enjoyed watching the floundering episodes dealing with Niki and Paolo - LOST's writers led me to seek out the writings referenced on the show. With THE X FILES and DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES, I lost all interest, and saw THE X FILES limp through three lackluster seasons before the show was mercifully pulled from the schedule.
Writers may not be at the mercy of network execs ready to pull the plug on their current work, but, Flannery O'Connor and Charles Dickens (to name two), left unfinished works which I still enjoy. Had it not been for LOST, I never would have discovered Flannery O'Connor's writings.
DR Druxy, I am more than willing to embrace your #2 posit as the likeliest; it's the one that I gleaned from the two-character dialog immediately preceding it.
I will be contemplating LOST for a very long time, and am thankful that I found a television show which I felt was worthy of devoting some time to for a few years.
One aside, I got into a very heated discussion last night with a "Skater," who wrote off the entire episode as b.s. because SPOILER ALERT zhad grad flat rested humtp fhol hoijmmm pouteer d,oloug, hooom a certain pairing didn't materialize. Kfgiul ouing ithingmn morerroinjg poitnugke hsa the trungf freak gingouiunh ginger and mary anne grab gilliagan s islaong.
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Welcome Back to NYC, DR KevinH!
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Thank You, DR Dan (the Man).
Thank You, DR td.
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And as for other people's - both DRs and non-DRs - musings concerning the whole "Lost Phenomenon", well... We all invest our time - and emotions(?) - in different things. For some people it's a TV show. For others it's a book. A favorite movie or series of movies. Doesn't really make one form better than the other. Just different.
And here's my 2 cents: for a novel, a film, a play to work for me, whether it's a fantasy or a kitchen sink drama or something in between, there's a logic and sense, perhaps, that everything's heading to its logical conclusion that, if not inevitable, at least is satisfying. I don't always think the continual red herring approach to your story necessarily leads to anything beyond a lot of sloppiness - David Lynch's work is is an example, especially in the ridiculously overrated TWIN PEAKS (I am abig fan of BLUE VELVET and ERASERHEAD) - and in the case of LOST, when you throw into the mix a tv series that can be canceled on the whim of its network, a writers' strike, a change in producer, network executive requests, or a bored cast member wanting out, a lot of good intentions get brushed aside to create a number of episodes to fill a season. Then, along, comes the finale, and someone has to reconcile this stew. Good luck covering all of the territory, the red herrings, the moments of "symbolism" or whatever.
Agreed.
However, I was commenting on the "observations", not what was being observed (the writing, the acting, the show).
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And speaking of series' finales...
Tonight: "Law & Order" (The Mothership)
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Now that Law and Order has been canceled the new resume building show for New York theatre actors is
The Good Wife (http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/20/arts/20wife.html)
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Now that Law and Order has been canceled the new resume building show for New York theatre actors is
The Good Wife (http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/20/arts/20wife.html)
I wonder if Christopher Sieber will get on that one? ;)
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- first we'll make our 3rd trip to the BMV to try to get her non-driver state ID renewed.
GOOD LUCK! I presume you will make sure she has ALL the paperwork this time.
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Such strange weather! It is gloriously cool this morning, so I took a walk to gather some seeds from vines and shrubs that grow nearby. I will share them with my butterfly gardening friends.
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DR Druxy - You may want to put a SPOILER warning before your "Lost" questions.
Sorry about that, but I figured that, since it was over, all secrets had been revealed.
The secrets may have been revealed, but that doesn't mean that ALL DRs have watched the Finale yet. I believe DR Michael Shayne would appreciate a SPOILER warning.
But he wants it for the next six months!
Actually, it's coming out in August...so...three months or so is all we'll be required to wait.
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DR Druxy - You may want to put a SPOILER warning before your "Lost" questions.
Sorry about that, but I figured that, since it was over, all secrets had been revealed.
The secrets may have been revealed, but that doesn't mean that ALL DRs have watched the Finale yet. I believe DR Michael Shayne would appreciate a SPOILER warning.
But he wants it for the next six months!
Actually, it's coming out in August...so...three months or so is all we'll be required to wait.
But he won't watch it until Christmas. ;)
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And...
Laters...
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And the promo showed Matthew Fox and Jimmy Kimmel in the shower, but that sketch never showed up on that show....must have been from a previous show....
DR JRand - If you go to Jimmy Kimmel's YouTube Channel, you can pull up all of his "Lost"-related featurettes. -And, yes, the one with Matthew Fox in the shower is there. ;)
I think it would have been funnier if Matthew Fox had ended up in bed with Bob Newhart.
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LOST Spoilage
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Well, you've read the notes, the notes answered questions and solved mysteries, and now it is time for you to post until the mysterious cows come home.
SPOILER:
Because I had nothing better to do and was waiting to fall asleep, I tuned into the show's last 15+ minutes. [I hadn't watched LOST since the first season]
Questions:
1. Was everybody dead from the beginning of the series?
Or,
2. Was this reunion in the church supposed to be taking place years after the island...when everybody had died by natural/unnatural causes?
Or,
3. Was this church reunion all in Matthew Fox's imaginaton?
1. I think an argument can be made for this...yes...especially given the final image from last night's finale. It was the wreckage of an Oceanic aircraft...and it was all rusted. I think that shot represented "our" reality, although that should not be taken as an indication that none of what we saw was not real. We are in touch with the existence we have...and in the case of "Lost", I think all the characters were in a different, although no less real, existence.
2.I think an argument can be made for this...yes...although we never saw it, the implication is that many years must have elapsed before the meeting in the chapel. Hurley's comment to Ben, who I take it was holding himself back (in a self-imposed purgatory) until he felt worthy, indicates that they protected the island jointly after Jack saved the island. Jack's father, Kristian, also intimated that things went on after Jack died.
3. According to Kristian, they all created that "place" as a meeting point. I presume that they were all ready to go into that light that was consuming the chapel after Kristian opened the doors. Who can say how many lifetimes may have elapsed until they all had those moments of recognition about the island and their connections with the others?
I can't fault anyone not willing to go with what was presented. Not being interested in the show does not make the show "pretentious twaddle" in any respect.
DR Jose, I am intrigued by the notion there is someone out there who wrote off the finale because a pairing didn't take place. Who needed pairing up?
The best moment for me (i.e. the one that had the biggest emotional jolt for me) was Charlie and Claire at the concert. As all those memories rushed at both of them, it reminded me how significant a part of the show Charlie was for three seasons. It was all the more cathartic to realize that even in this "other" reality, each individual had sacrifices to make that brought them redemption.
I am not totally "clear" about what I saw last night. As with all mysteries concerning life and existence, there can be no "clear" answers, but I thought it was very wise of the writers/producers to give viewers images, words and possibilities that can be interpreted based upon their own personal belief systems.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY DR JEANNE!
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Happy Birthday, DR Jeanne!
My birthday wish is that you post with more frequency in the coming year!
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Ron, it was I who mentioned the pairing that didn't take place. It's a pairing that I didn't want to take place, but, one that a lot of others, sometimes called "skaters" wanted to see. For me, it was love versus lust and love won out in the end for all parties. And it was I who got into the heated discussion with the skater who wrote the finale off as b.s.
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Ron, it was I who mentioned the pairing that didn't take place. It's a pairing that I didn't want to take place, but, one that a lot of others, sometimes called "skaters" wanted to see. For me, it was love versus lust and love won out in the end for all parties. And it was I who got into the heated discussion with the skater who wrote the finale off as b.s.
Oh--that kind of "Skater"... I think that pairing came to a distinct dead-end in the third episode of this season, if not at the end of last season.
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Enjoying all the posts about Lost. I understand everything in Jose's post. I was a MASH fan but I certainly missed about half the episodes during its run. That finale was pretty terrific. Same with All In The Family and others. In fact, I cannot think of a TV show outside of The Twilight Zone where I never missed an episode during its actual run.
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Oh, and I'm up and helper should be here momentarily so I guess I'd better get dressed.
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Ron, it was I who mentioned the pairing that didn't take place. It's a pairing that I didn't want to take place, but, one that a lot of others, sometimes called "skaters" wanted to see. For me, it was love versus lust and love won out in the end for all parties. And it was I who got into the heated discussion with the skater who wrote the finale off as b.s.
Oh--that kind of "Skater"... I think that pairing came to a distinct dead-end in the third episode of this season, if not at the end of last season.
After Googling it....I see. What the writers presented last night was the PERFECT pairings-up!
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For those dunderheaded amongst us (and I know who I am), could you please clarify "skaters" and the unconsummated pairing? ;)
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Ron, it was I who mentioned the pairing that didn't take place. It's a pairing that I didn't want to take place, but, one that a lot of others, sometimes called "skaters" wanted to see. For me, it was love versus lust and love won out in the end for all parties. And it was I who got into the heated discussion with the skater who wrote the finale off as b.s.
Oh--that kind of "Skater"... I think that pairing came to a distinct dead-end in the third episode of this season, if not at the end of last season.
Can someone s-p-e-l-l- this out for me? I'm not getting it.
Hee, hee, hee. ;D
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HAPPIEST OF BIRTHDAYS TO JEANNE!!!
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There was THE most glorious rainbow arcing in the valley that our house has the lovely view of. It lasted for hours yesterday. I am taking it as an omen. :)
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And on the Broadway front. I find this (http://www.playbill.com/news/article/139779-Sean-Hayes-to-Host-Tony-Awards-) just a little annoying. One Broadway show and he gets to host? I loved the character of Jack in "Will and Grace", but will that carry an awards show? Or is this just a settlement for the comment about "gay actors trying to play straight" comment?
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Happy Birthday DR Jeanne!!!
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Ron, it was I who mentioned the pairing that didn't take place. It's a pairing that I didn't want to take place, but, one that a lot of others, sometimes called "skaters" wanted to see. For me, it was love versus lust and love won out in the end for all parties. And it was I who got into the heated discussion with the skater who wrote the finale off as b.s.
Oh--that kind of "Skater"... I think that pairing came to a distinct dead-end in the third episode of this season, if not at the end of last season.
Can someone s-p-e-l-l- this out for me? I'm not getting it.
Hee, hee, hee. ;D
Frankly, I'm really not into the name game -- Brangelina, for instance is STOOPID. Now that I get "skater", it's another reason I hate fan sites for shows.
For you, though, DR JMK.....think Sawyer....think Kate.... skate.... get it? Was there a huge [g-r-o-a-n]? ;)
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And the promo showed Matthew Fox and Jimmy Kimmel in the shower, but that sketch never showed up on that show....must have been from a previous show....
DR JRand - If you go to Jimmy Kimmel's YouTube Channel, you can pull up all of his "Lost"-related featurettes. -And, yes, the one with Matthew Fox in the shower is there. ;)
I think it would have been funnier if Matthew Fox had ended up in bed with Bob Newhart.
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I think I'm very glad we stopped watching LOST after the first season.
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And on the Broadway front. I find this (http://www.playbill.com/news/article/139779-Sean-Hayes-to-Host-Tony-Awards-) just a little annoying. One Broadway show and he gets to host? I loved the character of Jack in "Will and Grace", but will that carry an awards show? Or is this just a settlement for the comment about "gay actors trying to play straight" comment?
My thoughts eggsacklee.....he is going to follow NPH and Hugh Jackman?
Would appreciate any DR who has seen PROMISES PROMISES to weigh in on this decision.
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I think website hackers should suffer the Death Penalty. thank you.
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I also found some interesting LOST slash fiction on line, coupling Jack with Sawyer.
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And on the Broadway front. I find this (http://www.playbill.com/news/article/139779-Sean-Hayes-to-Host-Tony-Awards-) just a little annoying. One Broadway show and he gets to host? I loved the character of Jack in "Will and Grace", but will that carry an awards show? Or is this just a settlement for the comment about "gay actors trying to play straight" comment?
My thoughts eggsacklee.....he is going to follow NPH and Hugh Jackman?
Would appreciate any DR who has seen PROMISES PROMISES to weigh in on this decision.
I've given up on the Tonys. The producers continue to cater to an audience that will never watch and ignore the tastes of the fans who do.
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We have a new president, those of us who are in Actors Equity Association do anyway.
Nick Wyman (http://www.playbill.com/news/article/139782-Nick-Wyman-Elected-President-of-Actors-Equity-Association)
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Equity Member Candidate Program here....not sure how many hours I need.....
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I have mixed thoughts about Sean Hayes and the Tonys. I sincerely enjoyed him in a rather tepid revival. He was a bright spot in the show, IMHO, but hosting the Awards in a 6,000 seat theatre doesn't seem to be the best use of his talents. Although over the years (with some exceptions) the host doesn't do a hell of a lot anyway. It seems to be more a name thing nowadays.
And as much as I love the Tonys, I too, feel like Dan. They don't give a rat's ass about the core supporters of the Tonys anymore. It's all about ratings and appealing to people who don't go to Broadway shows anyway.
I'm glad I went to the Tonys last year and not this year. Not because SH is the host but because the list of nominees is so crazy and, in some ways, just plain stupid.
Oh, well. Back to the Carnegie Corporation.
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Just a brief note while I have access to the computer here in occupational therapy.
DR vixmom stopped by with a heavy tome by Jimmy Vilanch or Benjamin Kimmel or someone, for which I am truly grateful. It is brightening my days in rehab.
Thank you, BK.
Thank you, vixmom.
Thank you, other DRs.
(wfo now vanishes)
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Helper is, once again, late. We'll have to have a serious talk - at the beginning she was the most on-time person ever. But the last few times - very very late.
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Vibes for DR WFO & CO.
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Continued vibes to DR WFO and his ever-lovin' Joe.
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Act One Scene One tonight, DR TCB.....I am working to make it interesting.
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Still no helper.
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guess I'll just start doing the work myself. But this is not good and I may have to look for a new helper soon.
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New Helper - just mix with your own hamburger and you have a meal!
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very intrigued by the mystery BIG title that has been discussed in The Notes.
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While I could think of lots of sit-com series finales I've seen and enjoyed, I really had a hard time coming up with a one-hour drama finale I've seen. I know Bruce didn't include that criteria, but in the spirit of "Lost," I thought I should try to stick with that format. I liked the finale of "Queer as Folk" although I didn't understand why not one word was mentioned of the idea that Brian could rebuild Babylon and bring it back to its old glory.
I'm sorry I disappeared for so long, but the company I work for installed software to block everyone's access to any web site that's considered "enterainment" or "social networking". But then a co-worker told me if I just keep trying the same address over and over again, I could eventually gain access...that worked...very strange.
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I hate work places the stop people from getting on haineshisway.com :)
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I still haven't heard from the helper - I hope she's all right - maybe she lost her cell phone or forgot it or something. Whatever it is, I'm on the prowl for a new helper.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gikQ_4vbFd4
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DR jane re: the ice cream sandwiches you posted yesterday. Mine are like the first. The rectangle ones you get at the grocery store.
And re: what time i bake at in the mornings. i meant like 8am.
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I watched part of the LOST recap show. And i must say i loved how they showed scenes and had the actors/writers commenting on it. Very good idea.
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Happy Birthday to DR Jeanne.
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I have to say i loved the entire episode. But hated hated hated the ending. I also wished we could have had one more scene between Libby and hurley, and especially penny and desmond. I found the island ending satisfying. But really disliked the sideways ending. How on earth could they say that fans would be happy???
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From one Jeanne to another:
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4064/4636321239_38d940886b.jpg)
Happy Birthday!
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As today is an "off" day for me (i.e., "day off"), I've been out and done some chores, and I have also re-watched the "The End" episode of "Lost".
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lama lamalamalamalamala lamalama dkdjkfkj l;kjd. gamal abdul anwar sadat. It's quite a different experience the second time through!! Third time, too!!! Nice to zip past the commercials and stick with the overall drama as it develops. I have some thoughts to share that are a bit different than my response to Mr. Druxman's earlier post. After careful assessment of Jack's meeting with his father, it seems clear that everything that happened when Oceanic 815 crashed was real, after all. Everything that happened on the island was real. This final season's "flash sideways" was, in my opinion, a purgatorial construct "made" by them all until they could be reunited. As Kristian told Jack, all those people in the chapel "made" that place so that they could all come together...some who died before Jack did and some who died long after. And when the time was right, they began "remembering", mostly instigated by Desmond who apparently had first insight into what was going on. I am going to (conveniently??) discount that last, pre-credits scene of the beach with the wreckage of the plane. It was not a part of the story before it ended...before Jack closed his eyes, or before the light enveloped all the cast in the chapel. Each episdoe of "Lost" has always ended with "Lost"in white letters on a black background, and the beach scenes came after that. An oddity about that wreckage is that it was all rusted as though it had been there for years, but the clothing strewn around was all brightly colored...something that would have been impossible in the climate, especially getting drenched in the constant rains and then baking in the brightness and heat of the sun for six years. My discounting it is, possibly, a "convenient" means of making the rest make more sense, but everything Kristian told his son says that what they all experienced on the island was real, that the experiences he had on that island were the most important ones he had in his life and that the people waiting for him in the chapel with the most important people of his life. I didn't find anything "too gooey", but we all have our levels of tolerance for sentimentality, and I do think there was a bit much of it in the chapel at the end. I felt very sorry for John Locke sitting not only unpaired, but alone in the pew on his side of the chapel. I suppose Ben would have sat with him had Ben forgiven himself enough. Boone might also have sat with Locke since they shared the most time together on the island. The scenes of Jack painfully making his way through the bamboo forest were gut-wrenching, especially as he passed a tree with a very weathered tennis shoe caught on it. When he collapsed and lay on his back in the same position he took in the first scene of the first episode, it seemed to me that the entire series was ready to "just let go", just as all the survivors were ready to do in the chapel.
I paid more attention to the scene between Desmond and Mrs. Widmore at the concert. She seemed to know exactly what was going on and was distraught that Desmond might take Daniel with him. But he assured her it wouldn't be him. I suppose Daniel and Charlotte were meant to find a different path to the light.
The scoring of this TV episode was nothing short of magnificent. There have been CD releases of music from each of the previous five seasons, and I'm hoping the sixth season CD will be issued this year. I'd prefer a 2-CD release, with one release a complete soundtrack of the final episode. Xkdklk f lkjafkjl lkjfl;kj;l kjf;jklfdjkla;lkfj kjfjka;lkj jf;lkj adfjad;kfj ;lkjaf;l k Dudeyou'vegotsomeArnztonyou jkldj;lj ;l kj;lkj jka;ldkfj;lkj;lk jadsfl;kj.
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Act One Scene One tonight, DR TCB.....I am working to make it interesting.
I am afraid there is just too damn much exposition in that scene to ever make it intesting.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gikQ_4vbFd4
That was adorable, Laura!
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I have to say i loved the entire episode. But hated hated hated the ending. I also wished we could have had one more scene between Libby and hurley, and especially penny and desmond. I found the island ending satisfying. But really disliked the sideways ending. How on earth could they say that fans would be happy???
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Once again dear friends into the breach. Now is the hour of our discontent. sljkl;jklk ;j;lkja;lkjdf;lkjasd;lfkj ;lkjasdfThey gave "fans" more than enough material to sort it all out. Resolution was attained (although "why" it was what it was and what happened after Jack died will forever be a mystery, I guess). The sideways ending wasn't an alternate to Jack's death...it answered everything about why there was a "sideways"...it wasn't an alternate anything...it was all the characters living the lives they might have lived had they not crashed in the plane...but it wasn't "reality"...it was a waiting room, of sorts, until all had played their parts in the drama. I now know that Desmond knew this when he arrived on the island as Charles Widmore's "prisoner". Desmond's attitude toward SmokeMonster/John Locke was of a man who was certain that Monster/Locke had no power over him. He knew exactly why he was there and what he must do. Desmond seemed to have had a "flashforward" vision into what would happen. As for the "unhappy fans", I'm very leery of those who put too much energy into "willing" things to happen that the creators never intended to happen. It's like saying certain "fans" ought to be dictating the outcome of the show. It comes from a desire to have things one's own way and not being open to the alternatives that may be equally (or infinitely more) viable. D jlkj ;lkjfjkl ;;lkjasfdlk;j ;lkja;lksdjf;l kj;lkj
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- first we'll make our 3rd trip to the BMV to try to get her non-driver state ID renewed.
GOOD LUCK! I presume you will make sure she has ALL the paperwork this time.
And then some, DR Jane! Mission accomplished and the photo on her ID is a great picture of her - wish I could get a copy of it!
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gikQ_4vbFd4
Love the kitty vid, Laura!
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And...
Congratulations to Christopher Fitzgerald for his Drama Desk Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical! -That musical being DR elmore's beloved Finian's Rainbow!
I hope this is the first of a lot of Finian awards in the next few months. I am very happy for Chris; he is one of the best.
He was fabulous in Young Frankenstein!
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Thanks for the very entertaining video, DR Laura! And gosh, isn't cat Jeanne so very beautiful!
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TOD:
I don't know that I ever stuck with any long runniung show long enough to see the finale, except maybe NEWHART, which I did think was funny at the time, but I remember very little about.
Most other shows I liked simply got cancelled and never had an official "finale" or the "finale" was nothing special, it was just like any other show.
I have seen the finales of SEINFELD and PERRY MASON, but don't remember much about them either.
So, I guess I have no favorite as of yet.
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TOD:
I don't know that I ever stuck with any long runniung show long enough to see the finale, except maybe NEWHART, which I did think was funny at the time, but I remember very little about.
Most other shows I liked simply got cancelled and never had an official "finale" or the "finale" was nothing special, it was just like any other show.
I have seen the finales of SEINFELD and PERRY MASON, but don't remember much about them either.
So, I guess I have no favorite as of yet.
You are correct, Mike; neither IT'S ABOUT TIME or MY MOTHER THE CAR really had a good finale.
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For those still interested in "Lost", check out this excellent (IMO) ' tvsquad' overview (http://www.tvsquad.com/2010/05/24/lost-finale-theories-explanations/) of what happened last night!
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T.O.D.
Most of my life, I have been either rehearing a show or appearing in a show; so i missed most of the final shows. I did watch the M*A*S*H finale, but I don't remember much about it. I suppose I would have to give the prize to ST. ELSEWHERE, just because it was so far out of left field.
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I had to step out to the corner market and my apartment lobby smelled strongly of fried potatoes. It was absolutely heavenly and now i want some hash browns.
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I've been dealing with yet more trouble caused by a certain individual - every time I think he can't go further with his lunacy, he goes further. Today, I finally responded to him, and it was a doozy - very calm, well thought out - I copied my MGM lady on it and she said it was perfect. I told this guy that any further correspondence from him personally would go unread - and that if he wanted to contact me from here on in he should do it through an attorney. Another label's response wasn't quite that nice :) And that took up more time than it should and now I have to have a work session with David, which I'm going to cut short to an hour.
Also finally heard from the helper - she JUST woke up. She had to go to the emergency room last night (abdominal pain) and they gave her pills that knocked her out. She's sorry and says it won't ever happen again (she could have just written me an e-mail before she went to bed or left a text on my cell) - she can come on Wednesday, but she's got another job and she always seems to have to leave by two - and on Wednesday I have a work session for the long musical in the morning and I couldn't start before twelve-thirty. I asked her to do what she needed to do to spend at least three hours here - if she can't, I have to have someone else do it.
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Hi Amy, nice to see you :)
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gikQ_4vbFd4
Thank you for the video & the smile I'm wearing. :)
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Most other shows I liked simply got cancelled and never had an official "finale" or the "finale" was nothing special, it was just like any other show.
I was disappointed that there wasn't a finale episode of "Thirty Something" and I read an article that quoted one of the writers saying that they would have liked very much to write a finale episode, but they weren't given any forewarning.
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Hello, everyone.
Thank you, thank you for the multitude of birthday wishes--even from Jeanne the Momcat! I do appreciate them all!
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DR jane re: the ice cream sandwiches you posted yesterday. Mine are like the first. The rectangle ones you get at the grocery store.
And re: what time i bake at in the mornings. i meant like 8am.
Usually I see the top sandwich in vanilla & it is my preference. When I do see a gourmet one like the bottom photo vanilla or chocolate is good.
I suppose 8:00AM isn't too late, depending how hot the day will be.
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I'm in the camp with DRs Ben and Kerry (and others); I have never seen LOST. But the group at the table next to mine at lunch had. Not only that--they were discussing the TOD! Funny, they didn't look like DRs...
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From one Jeanne to another:
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4064/4636321239_38d940886b.jpg)
Happy Birthday!
She is as special as her namesake.
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I'll see what I can do about DR Ron's birthday wish to me. For now, though, I'm taking lots of "me" time, which I really do need.
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- first we'll make our 3rd trip to the BMV to try to get her non-driver state ID renewed.
GOOD LUCK! I presume you will make sure she has ALL the paperwork this time.
And then some, DR Jane! Mission accomplished and the photo on her ID is a great picture of her - wish I could get a copy of it!
Finally!! :D Try scanning the photo. I bet DS Rob can copy it for you.
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I have never seen LOST...
It was always on when I worked.
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Greetings one and alll.. .Was able to sneak on here at work...
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DH has a knack of finding old and forgotten telly shows...
He found Bruce.. on Tabatha...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsKTgt_NqpQ&feature=related
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Thank you, Jane. DC Jeanne is indeed quite regal.
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Happy Birthday Jeanne... I hope you have a FANTASTIC day!
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Favorite series finale...
Newhart and MASH
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I also found some interesting LOST slash fiction on line, coupling Jack with Sawyer.
I have seen some bizarre slash fiction on fanfiction.net and not only on LOST....
I am not surprised to see that on Lost but it is unusual for soaps to slash fiction...
However, with that being said, I have seen some very graphic fanfictions relating to the some of the soaps that would qualify for porn
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I don't know that I ever stuck with any long running show long enough to see the finale, except maybe NEWHART, which I did think was funny at the time, but I remember very little about.
Is that because you didn't watch the original Bog Newhart show? I think that was the best & funniest ending of any series.
Most other shows I liked simply got canceled and never had an official "finale" or the "finale" was nothing special, it was just like any other show.
I married Dora had a funny ending to the abruptly canceled show while informing the audience they were canceled.
I did not like the last episode of Seinfeld.
THE FUGITIVE was great, and possibly the first series to wrap up the storyline.
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Just as DR CILLA LIZ wrote - I didn't want LOST in the past couple of season either - so the commercial laden preview was a great help to me.....the SHOW part...NOT the commercials part....
I enjoyed the last episode although it shore wuz my-tee long!
And the difference between Matthew Fox'x speaking voice and his "Jack" voice was interesting.
I record shows like the LOST stuff last night and start watching about 30 min to 1 hour into it...then I can zip past all the commercials. Whenever it was all commercials, I switched to my recording of Celebrity Apprentice. Sounds goofy but it worked
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY DR JEANNE!!!!!
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It is also the birthday of HWHC. Meow!
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Thank you, Dakota. Nice to see you here.
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Thank you, Cilla. It is also the Queen's birthday. I believe that actually refers to the late Queen Mother, but someone correct me if I'm wrong.
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Doesn't anything spoil in six months?
My Juusto Cheese says it will keep in the refrigerator for 9 months
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TTFN.
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DR Jeanne, have a fantastical birthday!
(http://imgs.inkfrog.com/pix/katydidscards/Boots_a.jpg)
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DR Jane, I remember what happens in the NEWHART finale, it is just that I don't recall what I thought of it at the time. I am not sure if it was a total surprise to me, or if I already know what was going to happen when I saw it (had read as spoiler or first saw it as a rerun, or something).
I do think it was a wonderful finale idea and since I don't really have a favorite finale, that should be the one.
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DH has a knack of finding old and forgotten telly shows...
He found Bruce.. on Tabatha...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsKTgt_NqpQ&feature=related
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Bruce, why didn't Tabatha twitch her nose like she did when she was a little girl?
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Favorite series finale...
Newhart and MASH
Mash was good, sad but good.
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It was sad but well written.
There have been some series finales that have been real clunkers
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It is also the birthday of HWHC. Meow!
Happy birthday to HWHC as well. I think he needs a kitten.
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DR Jane, I remember what happens in the NEWHART finale, it is just that I don't recall what I thought of it at the time. I am not sure if it was a total surprise to me, or if I already know what was going to happen when I saw it (had read as spoiler or first saw it as a rerun, or something).
I do think it was a wonderful finale idea and since I don't really have a favorite finale, that should be the one.
I still laugh when I see it. I began laughing as soon as I saw the sheets. Keith needed Bob's wife to look up before he began laughing. It's a shame if you had read a spoiler.
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It is also the birthday of HWHC. Meow!
Happy birthday to HWHC as well. I think he needs a kitten.
LOL!! No, I wouldn't do that to the kitten.
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I suspect we are about to have a wild night weather wise... Grand Forks 69 degreess and FArgo 90 degrees...
Distance between the two... 75 miles...
Needless to say the front is coming our way... Oh Joy!
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It's 93 degrees here, but not that much cooler anywhere near by. It's VERY windy here, 40-50 mph again
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It is also the birthday of HWHC. Meow!
Happy birthday to HWHC as well. I think he needs a kitten.
LOL!! No, I wouldn't do that to the kitten.
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DR Cillaliz, I do sort of what you do re: the DVR. I never watch the commercials. Even if it is a show i am watching "live" i will start 15 minutes later, which is what i did last night.
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Hello all and a very special and Happy, Happy, Happy Birthday to DR DR Jeanne!
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re: DR Druxy's spoiler LOST post from last night. I'm not saying that it was done intentionally. And DR Michael Shayne's request was probably missed, but I don't think it's right to put the main LOST finale spoiler in a post without any spoiler space given (this was fixed after DR Jose mentioned it).
The show ended at 11:30pm with work for many the next morning. So many people record things. I appreciate that the post was modified, but that is just my 2 cents.
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DR Cillaliz who are you cheering for on DANCING WITH THE STARS?
And who do you think will win?
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I have to say that I enjoyed LOST and am very sorry to see it go.
I kinda got "Lost" in the 5th season because I wasn't able to watch the show because of other matters that were going on in my life at the time. ::)
I felt the same way with UGLY BETTY, which I also missed, but thank goodness for DVD's and Netfilx! I will just catch up on what I missed and rewatch the last seasons so I'll be able to understand things a bit better.
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I think one of my all time favorites will always be BABYLON 5. Watching it the first time was a joy but going back and watching the whole thing all over again, knowing how it ended was even better because I was able to see the clues I missed along the way. Things that made no sense to me the first time around took on new meanings and I could have kicked myself for not picking up on them.
I think LOST will prove to be the same way.
And I don't look at it as time lost (no pun intended) but I also feel like watching them again will be like going back and rereading a beloved book. Lord knows, I've read DUNE many times and manage to pull something new out of it each time while I enjoy "visiting" with Paul and all my old friends again.
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I have to say i loved the entire episode. But hated hated hated the ending. I also wished we could have had one more scene between Libby and hurley, and especially penny and desmond. I found the island ending satisfying. But really disliked the sideways ending. How on earth could they say that fans would be happy???
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Once again dear friends into the breach. Now is the hour of our discontent. sljkl;jklk ;j;lkja;lkjdf;lkjasd;lfkj ;lkjasdfThey gave "fans" more than enough material to sort it all out. Resolution was attained (although "why" it was what it was and what happened after Jack died will forever be a mystery, I guess). The sideways ending wasn't an alternate to Jack's death...it answered everything about why there was a "sideways"...it wasn't an alternate anything...it was all the characters living the lives they might have lived had they not crashed in the plane...but it wasn't "reality"...it was a waiting room, of sorts, until all had played their parts in the drama. I now know that Desmond knew this when he arrived on the island as Charles Widmore's "prisoner". Desmond's attitude toward SmokeMonster/John Locke was of a man who was certain that Monster/Locke had no power over him. He knew exactly why he was there and what he must do. Desmond seemed to have had a "flashforward" vision into what would happen. As for the "unhappy fans", I'm very leery of those who put too much energy into "willing" things to happen that the creators never intended to happen. It's like saying certain "fans" ought to be dictating the outcome of the show. It comes from a desire to have things one's own way and not being open to the alternatives that may be equally (or infinitely more) viable. D jlkj ;lkjfjkl ;;lkjasfdlk;j ;lkja;lksdjf;l kj;lkj
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I think the reason why some were disappoinated was that we wanted the sideways world to be real. I don't get how they can say that fans will be happy knowing that all the good stuff that happened there was not real. I wanted all those people to really be reunited, not in heaven but in the real world. I find the last 15 minutes to be a cop out. But that said, i loved the rest of the finale. I loved how they ended the island stuff. It made sense, it was interesting. ANd it worked for me.
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TOD: The finale to "Buffy, the Vampire Slayer" is still my favorite all-time series ender. "Lost" is a close second.
I couldn't stand "Seinfeld," but I watched the finale. I guess it was a great ending for a show I never liked...at least the characters got what I thought they deserved. Hope they're all still in that jail cell...unwashed, unfed and still arguing about stupid stuff.
Loved "Newhart" and "Friends" finales. The "Frasier" finale was good but sad. I don't remember the end of "Cheers" or "Taxi", but I know I watched 'em.
As for "M*A*S*H, I remember being underwhelmed after all the hype. It's a show I couldn't bear to watch in re-runs, though.
"Mary Tyler Moore Show" was my favorite comedy show farewell, bar none.
I've read a lot of reports today about how "Lost" didn't do so well compared to all the "powerhouse" show finales. I think it significant that EVERY finale it was compared to was a half-hour sitcom. Hmmmm...let's see....a 2 1/2-hour fantasy drama didn't do as well in the ratings as a bunchy of half-hour sitcoms? Geez...go figger!
I'd be more interested in how it compared to other "dramatic" shows.
OTOH, it's phenomenal that a show like "Lost" did as well as it did...and always with quality in its writing, acting, production and music..
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I wanted to share this with you all:
https://www.myfloridalicense.com/viewcomplaint.asp?SID=&licid=838649
Case Considered - Awaiting Final Order. That could mean anything. I was told it could take between 3 and 9 months to find out WHAT the Final Order is. Sigh.
Well, Dancing With The Stars awaits.
Laters all!
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Working via iChat - my mind is elsewhere - dealing with the ASS. I'm trying one thing, and if that works we'll put out the CD. If it doesn't, I'm done with it and people won't get the score.
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Welcome seven GUESTS.
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On the subject of Sean Hayes hosting the Tonys: Why have a host? I know, they can be good -- Neil Patrick Harris, Hugh Jackman, Rosie O'Donnell -- but Hayes is a little too light and not as varied as some of his predecessors. I'd rather see more musical numbers than listen to somebody make lame jokes.
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Congrats to Christopher Fitzgerald. I've listened to the new "Finian's" three times now and like it better with each hearing.
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By the way, has anybody read about the proposed revival of "Ballroom"? Marvin Hamlisch has been brought in to augment Billy Goldenberg's original score. I know we talked about Billy recently with the Kritzerland release of his score for "Busting," but I wonder why he's not writing the new music. "Ballroom" has some beautiful songs in it. "I Wish You a Waltz" has been a personal theme song since I started taking ballroom lessons, "Fifty Percent" is spectcular (even when Bea Arthur sang it), and "A Terrific Band ..." is a charater number most any show would kill to have. Sure, one or two of the ballroom songs are dated, but Goldenberg could write new ones as well as Hamlisch.
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I couldn't stand "Seinfeld," but I watched the finale. I guess it was a great ending for a show I never liked...at least the characters go what I thought they deserved. Hope they're all still in that jail cell...unwashed, unfed and still arguing about stupid stuff.
That is what DS Bryan said about it.
Loved "Newhart" and "Friends" finales. The "Frasier" finale was good but sad. I don't remember the end of "Cheers" or "Taxi", but I know I watched 'em.
"Mary Tyler Moore Show" was my favorite comedy show farewell, bar none.
I forgot I liked the Friends final. I don't remember if I watched Frasier, certainly have no recollection of it. I can't remember Taxi & I know I watched it. I remember Cheers & liked much of it.
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DR Danise, VIBES YOU HEAR SOONER THAN LATER & IT IS IN YOUR FAVOR!!!
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I couldn't stand "Seinfeld," but I watched the finale. I guess it was a great ending for a show I never liked...at least the characters go what I thought they deserved. Hope they're all still in that jail cell...unwashed, unfed and still arguing about stupid stuff.
That is what DS Bryan said about it.
I mean about the final episode, he loved the show. We thought it was great in the beginning and tired of it after awhile. These people kept getting worse, not better.
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I couldn't stand "Seinfeld," but I watched the finale. I guess it was a great ending for a show I never liked...at least the characters go what I thought they deserved. Hope they're all still in that jail cell...unwashed, unfed and still arguing about stupid stuff.
I thought it was a great series with the lousiest finale in television history. I still laugh myself silly at the reruns.
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I couldn't stand "Seinfeld," but I watched the finale. I guess it was a great ending for a show I never liked...at least the characters go what I thought they deserved. Hope they're all still in that jail cell...unwashed, unfed and still arguing about stupid stuff.
That is what DS Bryan said about it.
I mean about the final episode, he loved the show. We thought it was great in the beginning and tired of it after awhile. These people kept getting worse, not better.
They weren't supposed to get better. It was a series about selfish, socially unredeemable people and that was its greatest virture: no sentimentality, just obnoxious opportunists making asses of themselves. I still think it's one of the best.
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I watched "Seinfeld" for the first few seasons and I know many of the storylines are now classics, with words like "mansierre" entering the vocabulary and the practice of double dipping disturbing way too many people. (I guess few of those people have ever eaten in Europe where it's fairly commonplace).
Yet I lost interest and didn't care about the finale. Yet I can understand why the letdown of that episode has the show's fans fuming to this day. When something is that personal to you, as that show obviously is, it hurts to see it exit on anything less than a high point.
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True DR elmore except I didn't think they were so bad in the begging, certainly Elaine wasn't.
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True DR elmore except I didn't think they were so bad in the begging, certainly Elaine wasn't.
Maybe that's why I watched in the beginning.
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I watched "Seinfeld" for the first few seasons and I know many of the storylines are now classics, with words like "mansierre" entering the vocabulary and the practice of double dipping disturbing way too many people. (I guess few of those people have ever eaten in Europe where it's fairly commonplace).
"Master of My Domain."
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For those still interested in "Lost", check out this excellent (IMO) ' tvsquad' overview (http://www.tvsquad.com/2010/05/24/lost-finale-theories-explanations/) of what happened last night!
This was very helpful. Thanks for the link. :)
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And on that note (D-flat), I'm off. My parents bought a new DVD/VCR combo and want me to hook it up for them and to teach them how to use it, so I will. At least they don't have shelves that need to be put up.
Until later.
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At least they don't have shelves that need to be put up.
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Ron P - Interesting, my sense of the MARY TYLER MOORE SHOW finale was sort-of similar to what you said about FRASIER. I found the MTM finale very good as a quality piece of work, but very sad for the characters I'd spent the years with - with respect to who got canned from WJM-TV and who got kept, all seemed like it was for shock value, and betrayed the values I had felt about these people all the years. I really had to put that MTM finale out of my mind as I watched the reruns.
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I gotta tell you. Just off the telephonic device with a very nice fellow - if all comes to pass, it will result in several new projects of excellent genre music.
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DR Cillaliz who are you cheering for on DANCING WITH THE STARS?
And who do you think will win?
Cheering for Derek and Nicole. Not sure who will win
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Welcome ten GUESTS.
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happy BirthDAY sY TOjEANNE!!1
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CRAZY DAY - AND RIGTHH FROMWORK TO THE vIXTERS SCHOOLCONCERT AND TEHN TO HERE
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Thanks fpr tehTabatha link - I nerv saw it befper and it was lovely tp see agfter reading abput it
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I am so tired I cannpt see straight and tomorrow willbe anotherh craxy day fso gppdnigfht
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Happy birthday Jeanne.
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Vibes ;D
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From a friend's facebook status
You know, I'd really appreciate it if the local news would preface their five-day forecast with "WARNING: CONTAINS SPOILERS."
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We should have watched a movie, after MEDIUM we had nothing left to watch. I do, Keith doesn't. I have Bones & Glee. Keith doesn't want to watch either. I kind of sped through Glee on my own. I didn't realize who was the glee teacher at Jesse's school until she began singing, then the light bulb went on in my head. When I saw her live on stage she was green. ;)
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Good Evening!
Well... My day started at 7:30am this morning... And it's now 1:05am... So...
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PAGE EIGHT FINALE DANCE!!!!!!!!
(http://store.youngcomposers.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/5e06319eda06f020e43594a9c230972d/f/i/finale-2010-box.jpg)
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I played auditions today.
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After I was done playing, I happened to run into John Kander. -He was heading into a casting session for Scottsboro Boys. He asked me if I was playing for him today. Alas, no, I wasn't. However, he greeted me a smile, a handshake and a warm hug. Truly made my day.
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And then I made my way down to the West Village to catch up with the Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream Truck (http://www.benjerry.com/flavors/feature/nyc-scoop-truck/index.cfm). Over the course of the next six weeks, they'll be giving away "over 50,000 samples" of their ice cream. I had two today. :)
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And then I went up to Lincoln Center - where the Plaza was being prepared for tonight's "Sex & the City 2" movie premiere party (the premiere was at Radio City) - to attend a program of music by an "up and coming composer". It was a good program filled with good music performed by some wonderful performers. Alas, as what often happens at these type of events, sometimes hearing a series of songs by the same composer back-to-back for 90 minutes straight get a little ear-wearying. -Especially when the singers are mic'd to ear-splitting levels at times. But, again, I had a good time. -And I always get a kick out of the behavior of the "free event regulars" at Lincoln Center. ;)
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And then I met up briefly with my friend, Eric, before I took a stroll up Broadway - it was another nice night out (maybe just a touch too humid). Then my friend, Brendan, called me to tell me that he had brought back an extra cannoli for me from Little Italy, so I headed on back down to his place for dessert.
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And now...
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DR Laura - Thank You for the video of the kittens! :)
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And as for the "Lost" finale...
Even if you didn't watch the series, I think a couple of DRs would find the final seconds, the final image very touching.
NO SPOILER NEEDED
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I am so tired I cannpt see straight and tomorrow willbe anotherh craxy day fso gppdnigfht
DR vixmom - Well, it seems that couldn't even type straight... ;D
Hope you got a good night's sleep.
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As for Sean Hayes hosting The Tony's, well... Let's just say that their first, second and third choices were not available. However, as has been pointed out, the Host really doesn't do much of anything more, so... I wish him well.
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And as for the "Lost" Finale...
SPOILER ALERT??????
etonob regoba dide! Nisoc sagunu open webo; merar bidof codopap irotalah loset; racorud etupi esit ietutiede let damare, nebege enitara dietaseh pe ciropez sosave. Le duman eded riticel hey, ceduto bom gare napu fesewa notieb me van aleloc yatena; zeh noga niepocal penorit harapo, niseroc tiriepiy iciwele fotan omirapet saceri nenel docised dieliso misafat, hicayo maley eyon. Ruhoyi terumo uru tarato orilaran wede rab korohe ret. Batilem ora ego papat tisetu? Gobuy hekayat yu li amopami
The big question posed by last night's finale - and I've seen this posted elsewhere too: What and When is "Now"? etonob regoba dide! Nisoc sagunu open webo; merar bidof codopap irotalah loset; racorud etupi esit ietutiede let damare, nebege enitara dietaseh pe ciropez sosave. Le duman eded riticel hey, ceduto bom gare napu fesewa notieb me van aleloc yatena; zeh noga niepocal penorit harapo, niseroc tiriepiy iciwele fotan omirapet saceri nenel docised dieliso misafat, hicayo maley eyon. Ruhoyi terumo uru tarato orilaran wede rab korohe ret. Batilem ora ego papat tisetu? Gobuy hekayat yu li amopami
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Hello, DR Dakota Celt - Thanks for "sneaking" by.
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After I was done playing, I happened to run into John Kander. -He was heading into a casting session for Scottsboro Boys. He asked me if I was playing for him today. Alas, no, I wasn't. However, he greeted me a smile, a handshake and a warm hug. Truly made my day.
Wow...that's pretty darned cool! :D
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I gotta tell you.
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Welcome eleven GUESTS.
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And since I apparently just nodded off for a bit... Well...
Goodnight.
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I'm watching tonight's 2-hour "Chuck" season finale.
SPOILERS!!
Shaw's not dead and he's not a nice man!
END OF SPOILERS!!
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I gotta tell you. Just off the telephonic device with a very nice fellow - if all comes to pass, it will result in several new projects of excellent genre music.
Very good news!
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And as for the "Lost" Finale...
SPOILER ALERT??????
etonob regoba dide! Nisoc sagunu open webo; merar bidof codopap irotalah loset; racorud etupi esit ietutiede let damare, nebege enitara dietaseh pe ciropez sosave. Le duman eded riticel hey, ceduto bom gare napu fesewa notieb me van aleloc yatena; zeh noga niepocal penorit harapo, niseroc tiriepiy iciwele fotan omirapet saceri nenel docised dieliso misafat, hicayo maley eyon. Ruhoyi terumo uru tarato orilaran wede rab korohe ret. Batilem ora ego papat tisetu? Gobuy hekayat yu li amopami
The big question posed by last night's finale - and I've seen this posted elsewhere too: What and When is "Now"? etonob regoba dide! Nisoc sagunu open webo; merar bidof codopap irotalah loset; racorud etupi esit ietutiede let damare, nebege enitara dietaseh pe ciropez sosave. Le duman eded riticel hey, ceduto bom gare napu fesewa notieb me van aleloc yatena; zeh noga niepocal penorit harapo, niseroc tiriepiy iciwele fotan omirapet saceri nenel docised dieliso misafat, hicayo maley eyon. Ruhoyi terumo uru tarato orilaran wede rab korohe ret. Batilem ora ego papat tisetu? Gobuy hekayat yu li amopami
HickoryDickoryDockamouseofnospecificgenderranupac lock.Theclockstruckoneanddownitrunhickorydickoryd ock.That's not a tough question to answer. There is no answer except for "When time and space stop being relative, nothing else matters." Bit. as Jack's dad told him, there is no "now". And when Jack asked what/where the rooms was, he told him it was a place he and his friends made. Somewhere, apparently, between heaven and earth. HickoryDickoryDockamouseofnospecificgenderranupac lock.Theclockstrucktwoandthemouseturnedtogluehick orydickorydock.
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Ron P - Interesting, my sense of the MARY TYLER MOORE SHOW finale was sort-of similar to what you said about FRASIER. I found the MTM finale very good as a quality piece of work, but very sad for the characters I'd spent the years with - with respect to who got canned from WJM-TV and who got kept, all seemed like it was for shock value, and betrayed the values I had felt about these people all the years. I really had to put that MTM finale out of my mind as I watched the reruns.
No doubts about that, Fred. No doubts. But it had humor, as well. Any finale is sad...some do it with humor...and others do it with somberness. I thought Frasier was a bit too somber for my tastes, but it all hinged on Frasier's hope, at the end, that the character played by Laura Linney would be "the one"...and that she would be glad to see him show up on her doorstep when he was supposed to be taking a job in another city.