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Title: WE HAD US A TIME
Post by: bk on October 04, 2004, 12:00:30 AM: Well, you've read the notes, you've been imbued with their special meaning, you've had you a time with the notes and now it is time to post all the livelong day and night.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on October 04, 2004, 12:06:14 AM: Remember:

Serutan is Natures, spelled backwards!
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Post by: Panni on October 04, 2004, 12:08:48 AM: What happened to the cows, bk??? Today of all days -- when ANIMALS are the TOD. They're so hurt they're running away and will NEVER come home.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on October 04, 2004, 12:11:51 AM: My favorite animal stars:

Asta in "The Thin Man" movies.

Lassie

Cleo the Bassett Hound in "People's Choice"

Mr. Ed

Arnold the Pig

Babe the pig

Francis the talking mule
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Post by: Panni on October 04, 2004, 12:13:44 AM: The first movie animal that popped into my head was Matisse in DOWN AND OUT IN BEVERLY HILLS.
Of course, there's Lassie in LASSIE COME HOME with Roddy and the beautiful young Elizabeth.
And that incredible horse in THE BLACK STALLION.
And Babe.
And Cheetah, natch. I worked with one of the many Cheetahs in my Tarzan opus. He (and his doubles) were a hoot.
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Post by: Panni on October 04, 2004, 12:16:27 AM: Oh- How could I forget Toto?
And Old Yeller!
And Trigger.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on October 04, 2004, 12:18:00 AM: Good Evening! Good Morning!

I read the rest of yesterday's posts, and I read today's notes and posts posted thus far...

It's 3:15am here on the east coast... I must get to bed...

As for animals... Hmmm... BK - Was today's topic inpsired by your viewing of "Orca, The Killer Whale"? ;)

*Actually, "Orca" was one of the first movies I remember seeing as a child. And at a drive-in too. Most of it went over my head. Maybe I should rent it now... Hmm...

Off to Wussburgerville...

Goodnight.
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Post by: Panni on October 04, 2004, 12:18:41 AM: Just one more. The dog in UMBERTO D. Oh how I cried!
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Post by: JoseSPiano on October 04, 2004, 12:19:54 AM: Quote from: Panni on October 04, 2004, 12:16:27 AM
Oh- How could I forget Toto?
And Old Yeller!
And Trigger.

"Old Yeller" - I remember reading the book many times when I was in grade school... That and "Sounder" too. -Or maybe I'm just thinking of "Sounder"... Hmmm...

Wasn't I saying, "Goodnight"?

Goodnight.
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Post by: Jrand73 on October 04, 2004, 12:48:27 AM: Animals....well of course my favorite movie animal is Miss June Wilkinson (who now has a copy of KRITZERLAND) - but I think we are talking about another kind....of animal....

So....hmmmm....Old Yeller, of course.

There is a movie called THREE WISHES with Mr Patrick Swayze wherein he has a dog named Betty who is remarkable...in many ways...and is in fact probably enchanted. See the movie....

Like RLP I enjoyed Cleo the basset hound (voiced by Mary Jane Croft).

Thomasina the cat is also pretty special.
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Post by: Jrand73 on October 04, 2004, 12:49:00 AM: Oh, and the dog in a movie called The Biscuit Eater. That movie was nearly as sad as Old Yeller!
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Post by: PennyO on October 04, 2004, 03:53:16 AM: I love Milo in Jim Carrey's The Mask!!! What a great little actor! (Yup, up for hours already!) Maybe I'll try a little nap, now that the morning rush is starting... more later, gang.
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Post by: Ben on October 04, 2004, 04:17:56 AM: Don't mean to start the day with sad news but I just heard that Janet Leigh died. Here is a link to an obit.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&e=9&u=/ap/20041004/ap_on_en_mo/obit_leigh (http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&e=9&u=/ap/20041004/ap_on_en_mo/obit_leigh)
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Post by: Ben on October 04, 2004, 04:21:19 AM: One last picture from our vacation.

We visited my 21 year old niece, living on her own for the first time. She was very excited that her uncle(s) came to visit that she bought a cake, which in her excitement, she dropped (if you look closely, you can see it's a bit lopsided). Oh, well. It tasted good anyway.
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Post by: Ben on October 04, 2004, 04:26:17 AM: We spent much of yesterday out and about. It was, as PennyO said, a lovely NYC fall day. We ended our day at Footlight, always a dangerous area for a CD addict but I did come away with two purchases I wasn't expecting, Dance a Little Closer and Romance, Romance. They have been scarce as the proverbial hen's teeth and I was quite pleasantly surprised to see them in the used bin. Hoo and Ray. We then proceeded home where we had a lovely dinner of chicken stew and a green salad, finished by chocolate pudding. I then rode the exercise bike and we then watched the pentultimate episode of Two's Company. According to the listing at WLIW Channel 21, next Thursday is the last episode. They will begin running the program again from the beginning on October 14.
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Post by: Dan-in-Toronto on October 04, 2004, 04:33:37 AM: Some favorites have already been mentioned (Babe, Toto, Old Yeller). Also on my list is A DOG OF FLANDERS, which starred OLD YELLER'S Spike.

Though he's a TV dog, Eddie from FRASIER has to be included.
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Post by: Dan-in-Toronto on October 04, 2004, 05:13:41 AM: (http://www.paramount.com/television/frasier/_content/frasier-moose_b.jpg)

Moose (Eddie)
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Post by: Noel on October 04, 2004, 05:50:26 AM: I'm not much for animals in film, but that Seabiscuit did a reasonably good acting job.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on October 04, 2004, 06:02:14 AM: Good Morning! (again)

I finally got up early enough - well, more like I finally got up early and stayed(!) up - in order to drop my car off at the service station to get the state inspection done. It was supposed to be done in "8", but since I was in L.A. in "8", I was not able to get the car inspected during "8". -And now that it is "10"... I know I have one taillight out - it just blew last week - and I'm hoping that's the worst of it. <knock wood>

*And, boy, did I get nervous each time a cop car was in sight while I was driving around this past weekend. The ticket for having an expired inspection sticker is not high, but it's a ticket nonetheless.

So, now I'm just waiting for the mechanic to call in a few hours...

<knock wood>
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Post by: Dan (the Man) on October 04, 2004, 06:08:54 AM: Dan-In-T has mentioned my favorite performer, Eddie the dog from Fraiser. Actually, there were two Eddies; first there was the dog named Moose, who was the better actor. Moose retired and was replaced at some point during the run by one of his offspring, whose name escapes me at the mo'. While the second Eddie was more adept at tricks, he was not the accomplished actor his father was.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on October 04, 2004, 06:14:00 AM: Well, since I was up and about, I went ahead and walked over to Carytown to do some early morning window shopping and grab some breakfast at Ukrop's. Today's breakfast selection was "S.O.B.". I would have had "S.O.S.", but since they didn't have any "S"s, I got the "S" on a "B"(iscuit). -Which is what I prefer anyway if given the choice.

Then I headed over to Starbuck's to get some coffee - I'm using up a Gift Card. And then it was a walk up to the Jean-Jacques where I picked up a croissant au chocolat and a croissant d'almonde (???) for consumption later today.

And now I'm here watching the Today show and posting here on HHW.

In a little bit - maybe after a nap - I will be cleaning out one of my bedroom closets. I'm not looking forward to it. But it's something I need to do after finding the mice - well the "evidence" of mice last week. I noticed some more droppings last night when I got in from Norfolk, so... At least most of my stuff on the floor in that closet is in big plastic bins. -My other closet has me music which is stored in sturdy (I hope) cardboard boxes. I'll find what I find... or don't find.

Then tomorrow I will hit the other closet... Then under the bed... Etc., etc., etc... I really want to get a good cleaning done before I leave for Houston next Monday (for four weeks).

A bit of my sadistic side has been coming out when thinking about how to deal with the mice. Should I use the poisonous bait? The old-fashioned snap traps? The new-fangled "clip" traps? Glue traps? The electronic things? Or a combination of the above?

What I'm hoping is that now that the rains and storms have died down for the season, is that the mice have returned to their "space" under and outside the house... or wherever they live. Again, we shall see...
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Post by: Dan-in-Toronto on October 04, 2004, 06:25:34 AM: A few years ago Moose/Eddie made an appearance at the Canadian National Exhibition. My friend Nancy and Dwight, her beau at the time, gave a contribution to the Humane Society in return for the privilege of posing with Eddie. For several years you'd walk into Nancy's apartment and be greeted by a framed portrait of her, Dwight, and Eddie. Dwight has since been X-acto-ed out of the photo - now it's just Nancy and Eddie. They make a cute couple.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on October 04, 2004, 06:32:32 AM: OHH!!!!...

While having dinner yesterday between shows at Harry's BBQ with the other two keyboard players, I noticed a poster in the window of the restaurant. While reading it "backwards", I thought it was for a production of ANNIE - at least from the look of the logo. But what I was reading backwards was definitely not ANNIE.

Once outside, I noticed the poster said ANDREW. And then in smaller print underneath the title, it said "Based on the musical ANNIE". WHAT!?!??! And the picture of Miss(?) Hannigan, Daddy Warbucks and the orphans is... well, I guess priceless. It was apparently produced by some independent youth group theatre in Norfolk. The name of the group is actually the first name of the producer/director.

Well, after all three of us had a good laugh at the poster - too bad we had just missed the final matinee! - I mentioned that I would love to have that poster. Jokingly. Well, one of the other pianists went back inside the restaurant to ask the manager if he could take the poster out of the window, and a few minutes later he handed it to me.

It is just sooooo wrong. I'm hoping to scan at least the picture so that I can post it here. Truly, it is just sooooo wrong.

*Of course, no where on the poster was there a mention of MTI, Martin Charnin nor Charles Strouse. Hmmm... ;)
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Post by: JoseSPiano on October 04, 2004, 06:38:49 AM: Ooohh.... There's showing some cats on the Today show from the cat show. They just showed a black and silver tabby with the most beautiful markings I've ever seen. -And I'm not even really a cat person.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on October 04, 2004, 07:04:26 AM: UGH! -Just saw the local news round up... Apparently on Saturday night, there was a man holding people up at gun point - with a machine gun! - just three blocks from my apartment! And it's a very heavy trafficked intersection - both with foot and car traffic!?!?

I guess I might not be walking to and from rehearsal tonight.
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Post by: Stuart on October 04, 2004, 07:09:04 AM: My favorite has been mentioned: "Eddie" from Frasier. I was also quite fond of "Max" (I think it was Max) from Mad About You.

I also have to chime in (as did last night's west coast denizens) about how much I enjoyed Desperate Housewives. I always enjoy Felicity Huffman, and have been a Nicolette Sheridan fan since "Knots Landing." But I enjoyed not only them, but their castmates, the direction, the writing, it's campiness, and its ability to laugh at itself to some degree. Though I was not anticipating any sort of a "mystery" aspect to it, I enjoyed that as well.....

And it just goes to prove something I have said for years: Men are pigs.
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Post by: MBarnum on October 04, 2004, 07:21:34 AM: I love animal movies...and TV shows! I will add the lions from BORN FREE and Daisy in the Blondie movies...but the one animal that gets me teary eyed almost everytime is Lassie in her many TV series....of and of course there is Flipper too!!!
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Post by: MBarnum on October 04, 2004, 07:23:30 AM: I had almost forgotten that Denny Miller was a big reason that I wanted to go to the Hollywood show this time around. I planned on picking up myself an autographed copy of his book! Well, I think he has a website doesn't he? If not I know I have his address and will write to him and find out how much monies to send.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on October 04, 2004, 07:35:19 AM: Just a reminder... Today is the last day in most states to register to vote on November 2.
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Post by: Donna on October 04, 2004, 07:35:56 AM: [move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]Good Morning Everybody![/move][/color]

Terribly errant and truant Donna of Cabaret West here! Just dropping by to tell you about a SPECIAL EVENT sponsored by Cabaret West on Saturday, October 9th at 8 p.m.

Broadway Star SUSAN EGAN
(Beauty and the Beast, Cabaret, Thoroughly Modern Millie)
will open the 2004-2005 Cabaret Series at the
Ruth B. Shannon Center for the Performing Arts
at Whittier College
Tickets are $32 general admission ($27 seniors) and parking is free. There will be a gala opening with celebrities and local dignitaries in attendance. The theatre is an intimate, "jewel box" space with a 400-seat capacity that can be arranged into different seating and stage configurations. There are some great restaurants within walking distance (including The California Grill right across the street). Whittier is an easy 30-minute (or less) drive from downtown Los Angeles

Hope you can make it. Susan is a phenomenal entertainer! If you come, drop by and say hello to me at the Cabaret West table in the lobby. Click these for more info: http://www.shannoncenter.org/ and http://www.susanegan.net/.
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Post by: Panni on October 04, 2004, 07:49:18 AM: I also had a celebrity encounter with Eddie/Moose some years ago when he was making a personal ("doggienal?") appearance in Boulder. DD, a child at the time, was very excited about meeting her favorite TV dog. He was indeed cute and DD scored a pawtographed 8x10. I remember he did one trick which really impressed me. He "fake-peed" on command -- lifted his leg and went thourgh all the motions without actually doing the deed.
(http://www.click-smilies.de/sammlung0304/tiere/animal-smiley-037.gif)(http://www.click-smilies.de/sammlung0304/tiere/animal-smiley-037.gif)
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Post by: Panni on October 04, 2004, 07:52:47 AM: Sad about Janet Leigh. She was, I think, an underrated actress. She had a wonderful natural quality -- and was, of course, lovely to look at and quite sexy in a very "wholesome" way. And she was certainly in some great movies. PSYCHO, TOUCH OF EVIL, MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE. Not too shabby. Plus, I've never heard anyone say a bad word about her personally -- which is an achievement in this crazy business.
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Post by: Matt H. on October 04, 2004, 08:00:03 AM: SInce I love THE THIN MAN movies, I'd have to pick Asta as my favorite movie animal even though he made oter movies than those (BRINGING UP BABY, for example).

Toto in THE WIZARD OF OZ was also very memorable.
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Post by: Matt H. on October 04, 2004, 08:01:28 AM: Yes, I read about janet Leigh this morning and was very surprised. Sorry to read that. She made a reasonably OK Rosie in BYE BYE BIRDIE, but I'd still rather have had Chita Rivera's version on film.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on October 04, 2004, 08:34:36 AM: Quote from: Stuart on October 04, 2004, 07:09:04 AM
My favorite has been mentioned: "Eddie" from Frasier. I was also quite fond of "Max" (I think it was Max) from Mad About You.

The dog's name in the show was "Murray". I really enjoyed the relationship between Murray and their dogwalker played by Hank Azaria.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on October 04, 2004, 08:36:57 AM: As for "Bye Bye, Birdie", I think everyone suffered in the film of that one. Leigh might have been brilliant if Rosie hadn't been so severely rewritten. Even Van Dyke's Albert lost most of his luster in deference to Ann-Margret's "Kim."

Maybe, some day, we'll get a legitimate film of this great show.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on October 04, 2004, 08:38:49 AM: I think "Eddie" on "Frasier" probably had the best run of any animal star since Lassie. Eddie was always hilarious and appropriate to the goings-on in every episdoe.

Toto, of course, is an icon. But when I really look at him in the film, he looks like an unkempt, ratty little dog.
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Post by: elmore3003 on October 04, 2004, 08:53:00 AM: Good morning, all! I'm moving rather slowly this morning, I'm embarassed to say, but I notice it didn't stop me from saying it.

I thought "Desperate Housewives" was a hoot. It brought back so many memories of the suburbia of my 50s childhood:

Connie & Donnie's alcoholic mother and her numerous one-night boyfriends.
The mysterious suicide of the mother of one of my friends in 5th grade; my memory is that he found her hanging in the garage on returning from school.
The hot married bodybuilder across the street who moved away after his affair with either the neighbor lady or my mother (the gossip on this is too indefinite but highly fascinating) came to light.
The day Chris Rothermel, my brother Tom, and I discovered the half-burnt pornographic polaroids of Mr & Mrs Hardy in their back yard barbecue pit.

Some day I'll write a book, but Dear Friend BK's are a tough act to follow!

Everyone's scored high on the animal star listings before me, and I'd forgotten some I loved, like Asta and Cleo. I guess my favorite has to be Old Yeller, because the trauma of his death still prevents me from watching the film again. I feel the same about the moving AU REVOIR LES ENFANTS.
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Post by: Matt H. on October 04, 2004, 08:59:03 AM: Speaking of decent versions of BYE BYE BIRDIE, the Jason Alexander-Vanessa Williams version came out on DVD a couple of weeks ago, and I ordered it. I think it must have been out of print the day it was released because they had to back order it!

Nope, not a great version marred by the miscasting of Jason Alexander and substandard work by Chyna Phillips, but so much of it is right, and it's certainly more faithful to the original than the 1963 film version, so that's why I wanted it.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on October 04, 2004, 09:03:00 AM: OK... I'm off to NapLand...

Laters...
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Post by: Jennifer on October 04, 2004, 09:24:07 AM: I also saw Desperate Housewives last night. My fav was definitely Teri Hatcher. Marcia Cross was a nut job! (although I also like her a lot, and enjoyed her very much last season on Everwood).

I'm not sure if I loved the show as much as the others who posted about it. But we shall see. It sometimes takes me a bit of time to get into new shows.
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Post by: bk on October 04, 2004, 09:32:56 AM: I loved the dog on Topper, who was either "Neil" played by Buck, or Buck, played by Neil. I think the former. I loved Francis, the Talking Mule. Lassie was an excellent actor. Have we mentioned Ben the Rat?
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Post by: Dan-in-Toronto on October 04, 2004, 09:45:48 AM: Quote from: bk on October 04, 2004, 09:32:56 AM
Have we mentioned Ben the Rat?

Nope.

(http://www.geocities.com/natejaws/Shark.jpg)

Nor Bruce the Shark.
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Post by: Jay on October 04, 2004, 09:53:54 AM: My favorite animals in cinema are the dancing hippos in Fantasia.
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Post by: Ben on October 04, 2004, 09:55:20 AM: BK said

"Have we mentioned Ben the Rat?"

Who you callin' a RAT, Willis??? ;)

Nor do I want to hear anything about a certain "loveable furball dog" whose name is a shortened child like version of my full name. Capice???

Did I spell that correctly? Capice, that is. Or is it Capish? Or Capeesh?
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Post by: Dan-in-Toronto on October 04, 2004, 10:06:34 AM: Quote from: Ben on October 04, 2004, 09:55:20 AM
BK said

Nor do I want to hear anything about a certain "loveable furball dog" whose name is a shortened child like version of my full name.

Non, capisco

(A Do I Hear A Waltz Reference)

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Post by: JoseSPiano on October 04, 2004, 10:07:43 AM: Well... I was going to take a nap, then my cell phone rang... The number came up "Private"...

"Hey, what's up?..."

-Hello?

"Hullo..."

-I'm afraid you have the wrong number.

"Um.. No I don't. This is the <derogatory term> isn't it?"

-Silence...

-Hang up

Nothing like a rude and cruel "prank" phone call to upset one's day.

At least CBS went back to the soaps... Did we really need to see footage of Mt. Saint Helen's steam eruption? -At least it gave Dan Rather something concrete to report. ;)
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Post by: JoseSPiano on October 04, 2004, 10:09:51 AM: Quote from: Ben on October 04, 2004, 09:55:20 AM
BK said

"Have we mentioned Ben the Rat?"

Who you callin' a RAT, Willis??? ;)

Nor do I want to hear anything about a certain "loveable furball dog" whose name is a shortened child like version of my full name. Capice???

Did I spell that correctly? Capice, that is. Or is it Capish? Or Capeesh?

Capisco!
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Post by: JoseSPiano on October 04, 2004, 10:12:19 AM: And to add insult to injury, the "croissants" I bought this morning turned out to be more bread than pastry. Eh! They almost tasted like they took standard bread dough and treated it like croissant dough - rolling butter between the layers. They tasted OK, but definitely not a flaky, layered, croissant. Maybe they just needed to rise some more. I'm tempted to go back there and complain.. or at least ask what the problem was/is.
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Post by: Ben on October 04, 2004, 10:13:31 AM: We also should refrain from mentioning a certain large "Gentle" creature often found living in the woods.
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Post by: Charles Pogue on October 04, 2004, 10:34:18 AM: For a guy who loves critters, I've never much loved critter movies. Probably because I a secret softie and would find myself weeping uncontrollably when Old Yeller (a movie I've never seen) got shot or something. There is still a convention in movies where if you want to make the villain really despicable..it doesn't matter how many humans he kills, have him kill a dog.

That said. I remember being very touched by GREYFRIARS BOBBY ( a true story...it was on the bottom half of a double bill I saw as a kid). SEABISCUIT was pretty effective. I've always been amazed at how Johnny Weissmuller rode Rhinos and Hippos (As chimps get older, they get ornery...Story has it that Johnny had a pair of brass knuckles to rap the Cheeta up the side of the head when he got out of line. Maureen O' Sullivan also said the chimp adored Johnny and was very jealous of Maureen.) Bruce already mentioned the martini-swilling Neil from Topper. I was always fond of Bugs Bunny & Daffy Duck.

Denny Miller does have a website and is hawking his book on it.
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Post by: Jay on October 04, 2004, 10:39:39 AM: Quote from: Charles Pogue on October 04, 2004, 10:34:18 AM
There is still a convention in movies where if you want to make the villain really despicable..it doesn't matter how many humans he kills, have him kill a dog.

With Atticus Finch a very notable exception to this rule.
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Post by: Charles Pogue on October 04, 2004, 10:57:42 AM: If memory serves, he's shooting a vicious, rabid dog. We don't like bad dogs.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on October 04, 2004, 11:00:01 AM: ...And nothing like a postcard from our DR Down Under, Tomovoz, from France to brighten up one's day!

-And now I'm off to clean out the closet. Excited and scared.

-Oh, and the cloud cover finally went away. Quite a beautiful afternoon outside.
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Post by: bk on October 04, 2004, 11:16:45 AM: We hate bad dogs. Of course, those who've read Kritzerland know why it took me years to get over my fear of dogs. Those who haven't - skammen, baby, skammen.
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Post by: S. Woody White on October 04, 2004, 11:19:17 AM: Quote from: JoseSPiano on October 04, 2004, 06:32:32 AM
OHH!!!!...

While having dinner yesterday between shows at Harry's BBQ with the other two keyboard players, I noticed a poster in the window of the restaurant. While reading it "backwards", I thought it was for a production of ANNIE - at least from the look of the logo. But what I was reading backwards was definitely not ANNIE.

Once outside, I noticed the poster said ANDREW. And then in smaller print underneath the title, it said "Based on the musical ANNIE". WHAT!?!??! And the picture of Miss(?) Hannigan, Daddy Warbucks and the orphans is... well, I guess priceless. It was apparently produced by some independent youth group theatre in Norfolk. The name of the group is actually the first name of the producer/director.

Well, after all three of us had a good laugh at the poster - too bad we had just missed the final matinee! - I mentioned that I would love to have that poster. Jokingly. Well, one of the other pianists went back inside the restaurant to ask the manager if he could take the poster out of the window, and a few minutes later he handed it to me.

It is just sooooo wrong. I'm hoping to scan at least the picture so that I can post it here. Truly, it is just sooooo wrong.

*Of course, no where on the poster was there a mention of MTI, Martin Charnin nor Charles Strouse. Hmmm... ;)
"My voice will change
Tomorrow
Betcha bottom dollar
That tomorrow
I'll be bass."
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Post by: S. Woody White on October 04, 2004, 11:26:12 AM: Dreyfuss, as played by Bear, was really the only reason to watch Empty Nest.
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Post by: S. Woody White on October 04, 2004, 11:34:02 AM: No one at the food site I regularly visit has come up with any suggestions for finding Beef Wellington in Los Angeles.

Sorry, BK, but it seems you're stuck with McD's.

And it just isn't the same. The pastry for a Beef Wellington isn't supposed to be dotted with sesame seeds.

:(
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Post by: DearReaderLaura on October 04, 2004, 11:42:06 AM: This morning I went for a walk, and this is what I saw:
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Post by: bk on October 04, 2004, 11:50:23 AM: I didn't go for a walk this morning so I didn't see anything. I've been doing book stuff this morning, including getting Mr. Mark Bakalor going on the website for the book.
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Post by: Ben on October 04, 2004, 11:51:20 AM: Mush, mush, mush to Page 3
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Post by: JoseSPiano on October 04, 2004, 12:14:00 PM: See... Now that wasn't that bad was it?

One closet down, one more to go.

Not too bad. There were actually a lot less droppings than I was expecting. A lot less. :) And I also found the mouse hole in the inside corner of the closet. I shall be heading to the hardware store to pick up some of that expanding foam stuff so that I can fill the hole in and block the access. Hopefully, that's the only access to my room.

Right now, I'm just waiting for the floor to dry. I went ahead and Mr. Clean'd the floor in the closet and the surrounding area just to be efficient and hygienic. It is sort of amazing looking at all the stuff sitting on the floor in front of me. Who knew that that closet was so big and could hold so much stuff? ;)

I've also called over to my mechanic. Car should be ready by 5:00 - and I didn't detect any "gloom and doom" in his voice. :)

<knock wood>

-Sorry DR SWW.
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Post by: Ben on October 04, 2004, 12:35:39 PM: DR Jane will probably not see this since she's in transit, but the NY Wednesday Fun Club (also known as the HHW East Coast Gang) has been confirmed for Wednesday, October 6th at 5pm at Barrymore's, 267 W 45th St. (212-391-8400) near the corner of 8th Avenue. The reservation is for 6 people (DRs Jane, Larry, PennyO, Noel, me and our DR in absentia, Anthony) and it's in my name (McLaughlin). See ya there!
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Post by: bk on October 04, 2004, 12:37:40 PM: And we must wish our very own Tammy Minoff a very happy birthday.
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Post by: Ben on October 04, 2004, 12:39:01 PM: Happy Birthday to Miss Tammy Minoff!!!
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Post by: Maya on October 04, 2004, 01:12:39 PM: Got to run off and read about 25 pages of boring theatre history stuff (French baroque, yippee), but I wanted to respond to a few things from yesterday.

Thanks for the compliment, François! I've never broken anyone's legs though, and I don't think I've broken any hearts--maybe just a hairpin crack here and there. ;)

Elmore--I thought about you when I was reading the Where's Charley? Goodspeed reviews! How did the production go for you?? I read that Noah Racey was very charming.

I guess my favorite animal performance was from Toto, in The Wizard of Oz.

Speaking of animals, I saw something that made me cry today. There was a cat lying next to the sidewalk. It looked like it was sleeping or in repose, but it's eyes were open and it was dead. Things like that just break my heart.
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Post by: Matt H. on October 04, 2004, 01:14:01 PM: Didn't get to continue with RICHARD III as I had hoped. Had a late lunch and was watching some TV recorded last night so I could clear it off the DVR's hard drive. Maybe tomorrow.
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Post by: Emily on October 04, 2004, 01:23:22 PM: I am here.

And now I'm gone - to buy chocloate before class because that is necessary in these days of paper writing.

BK - do you find you eat more while you are working on a book than otherwise? Something about writing makes me monstrously H-U-N-G-R-Y! :)

Maya - glad to see the HHW skankette is back! (I'm kidding! I'm kidding!) :D
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Post by: Panni on October 04, 2004, 01:29:41 PM: I saw another place this morning. The woman renting it was called Cricket and she sounded very perky on the phone. I half expected Connie Stevens to show up. But she didn't. And the place was a sh-thole. Anyone under 18 can fill in the blank with an "o"... The rest of us know whereof I speak.
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Post by: Panni on October 04, 2004, 01:33:44 PM: Speaking of Gregory Peck... Have we mentioned the fawn in THE YEARLING?
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Post by: Panni on October 04, 2004, 01:36:31 PM: I wish I hadn't read Maya's post... Now I'll have that image in my head for the rest of the day.
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Post by: Panni on October 04, 2004, 01:37:09 PM: That's nothing against YOU, Maya. Just the fact that it happened.
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Post by: Matt H. on October 04, 2004, 01:37:15 PM: My lower achieving seventh graders read OLD YELLER and always loved it. Then we'd watch the movie and take notes on changes from book to film. Then, they'd write a report on the changes they liked or didn't like from book to film.
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Post by: Dan-in-Toronto on October 04, 2004, 01:56:22 PM: Also memorable is Pyewacket the cat in Bell, Book and Candle.
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Post by: elmore3003 on October 04, 2004, 02:05:39 PM: Quote from: Maya on October 04, 2004, 01:12:39 PM

Elmore--I thought about you when I was reading the Where's Charley? Goodspeed reviews! How did the production go for you?? I read that Noah Racey was very charming.

DR Maya, I didn't see Noah in NEVER GONNA DANCE, and I didn't know a thing about him, but he is a real star, charming, great comedy timing, and one helluva dancer. It was great seeing him blow away the audiences, who adored him, for a run of sold-out houses. I think he's brilliant.
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Post by: Michael on October 04, 2004, 02:33:59 PM: Quote from: S. Woody White on October 04, 2004, 11:26:12 AM
Dreyfuss, as played by Bear, was really the only reason to watch Empty Nest.

According to the final episode Dreyfus was really played by an actor in a dog suit.
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Post by: Michael on October 04, 2004, 02:35:55 PM: I loved Mrs. Slowcum's pussy on Are You Being Served?
She was the butt of many jokes.
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Post by: George on October 04, 2004, 02:53:00 PM: Animal performances/performers:

The horse in "Black Beauty" with Mickey Rooney

Benji

Toto

Does anyone remember a movie about a dog that gets very large (because of a growth formula) called "Digby: the Biggest Dog In the World (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069974/)?" It probably wasn't very good, but I saw it as a kid, so it was a lot of fun to me.

definitely Eddie from FRASIER

And ANY movie with The Muppets!! ;) ;D
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on October 04, 2004, 03:26:28 PM: Quote from: Maya on October 04, 2004, 01:12:39 PM
Speaking of animals, I saw something that made me cry today. There was a cat lying next to the sidewalk. It looked like it was sleeping or in repose, but it's eyes were open and it was dead. Things like that just break my heart.

For Maya...and for Panni, and Laura, and Jane, and...all of us who love cats:

CAT HEAVEN

by Cynthia Rylant

The way to Cat Heaven is a field of sweet grass
where crickets and butterflies play.

A cat may be late in getting to Heaven . . .
there's so much fun on the way!
But an angel will wait
at the yellow front door,
wait til a kitty
comes home.

And when she arrives,
he'll give her a kiss
and some milk
in a bowl all her own.

There are trees
in Cat Heaven,
trees made just for cats,
trees growing
so green and so high.

But no one gets stuck in a tree
anymore --
if a cat wants down,
she will fly!

And oh the toys,
kitty toys everywhere,
thousands and thousands
go by.

There are buttons and baubles
and small cotton mice --
there is catnip afloat
in the sky!

There are angels,
of course,
with soft angel laps
where kitties can purr
loud and strong.

The angels will rub
kitties' noses and ears
and sing them
a Cat Heaven song.

And when cats are hungry,
there's God's kitchen counter
all covered with
white kitty dishes,
full of tuna and salmon
and mounds of sardines,
and wonderful little pink fishes.

The cats in Cat Heaven
are so loved and spoiled
God lets them all
lie on his bed . . .
He walks in His garden
with a good black book
and a kitty
asleep on His head.

Then when a cat needs,
she may just simply ponder
and watch the blue world deep and wide . . .

She will watch the old house
where she once lived and wandered,
and the people who loved her inside.

All cats love Heaven,
they know the way there,
they know where
the angel cats fly.

They'll run past the stars
and the moon and the sun . . .
. . . to curl up with God in the sky.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on October 04, 2004, 03:57:42 PM: BK: I think your good friend Joe Caps is losing his mind.
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Post by: George on October 04, 2004, 04:40:14 PM: Quote from: Ben on October 04, 2004, 09:55:20 AM
Nor do I want to hear anything about a certain "loveable furball dog" whose name is a shortened child like version of my full name. Capice???

Umm...if you're referring to what I think you are, I didn't read your post in time to stop my post. Sorry!! :-X
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Post by: George on October 04, 2004, 04:43:45 PM: And then there's Bambi!

And speaking of Bambi (and seeing dead animals on the side of the road while I was driving to work today)...I hope I don't have to say any more. :'(
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Post by: George on October 04, 2004, 04:48:40 PM: I forgot to set my VCR to tape "Desperate Housewives" last night! I went to tvguide.com to see if the pilot episode might be rebroadcast and it will! Next Saturday at 10:00 p.m.!! And I saw that the second episode is called "Ah, But Underneath." Sounds specifically like a Sondheim reference to me!
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Post by: bk on October 04, 2004, 04:53:42 PM: I'm back with some McDonald's, which I shall now eat. Chat in a mere hour.
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Post by: Jrand73 on October 04, 2004, 05:05:45 PM: Very nice, DR RLP.
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Post by: bk on October 04, 2004, 05:09:51 PM: McDonald's was yummilicious. Getting ready for chat. We shall be having a first-time chat visitor with us so be there or be round.
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Post by: Maya on October 04, 2004, 05:14:43 PM: Quote from: Emily on October 04, 2004, 01:23:22 PM

Maya - glad to see the HHW skankette is back! (I'm kidding! I'm kidding!) :D

Thanks, Emily! ;D

Are you telling me that I'm demoted though? You used to call me a full-fledged skank. ;)

Quote from: Panni on October 04, 2004, 01:37:09 PM
That's nothing against YOU, Maya. Just the fact that it happened.

I'm sorry, Panni! I really shouldn't have written anything!

Quote from: elmore3003 on October 04, 2004, 02:05:39 PM
DR Maya, I didn't see Noah in NEVER GONNA DANCE, and I didn't know a thing about him, but he is a real star, charming, great comedy timing, and one helluva dancer. It was great seeing him blow away the audiences, who adored him, for a run of sold-out houses. I think he's brilliant.

I wish I could have seen it!! I'll definitely look out for him in the future.

Quote from: RLP on October 04, 2004, 03:26:28 PM
For Maya...and for Panni, and Laura, and Jane, and...all of us who love cats:

CAT HEAVEN

That was a lovely poem, Ron! Thank you!

(I desperately need a nap before late rehearsal tonight (10:30-12:30 OUCH), but I'll try my best to check in briefly around 10 or so!)
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Post by: bk on October 04, 2004, 05:35:41 PM: Chat in a mere twenty-five minutes.
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Post by: bk on October 04, 2004, 05:46:29 PM: Chat in a mere twelve minutes.
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Post by: bk on October 04, 2004, 05:52:30 PM: Chat in a mere eight minutes. Why are people just sitting here like so much fish instead of posting like so much fish.
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Post by: bk on October 04, 2004, 05:52:53 PM: And one for Mahler.
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Post by: bk on October 04, 2004, 05:55:09 PM: Chat in a mere five minutes. Be there or be round. Be there to welcome our first-time chat visitor.
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Post by: bk on October 04, 2004, 05:57:22 PM: Chat in a mere two minutes - actually the chat room is open right this very minute so get your butt cheeks in there and let's have a chat fest, shall we?
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Post by: Dan (the Man) on October 04, 2004, 05:57:46 PM: I've been engrossed by That's Entertainment on TCM. It's being shown in this strange ratio. What's up with that?
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Post by: Jrand73 on October 04, 2004, 05:58:34 PM: Happy Birthday TAMMY MINOFF!
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Post by: George on October 04, 2004, 06:03:54 PM: Chat is open and we're having a par-tay!!
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Post by: Panni on October 04, 2004, 06:57:16 PM: RLP - I feel I must tell you that I am NOT a cat lover -- although I'm weirdly fond of the odd cat that lives in my yard. I just feel sorry for any dead animal -- except perhaps a rat (unless it's Ben -- not DR Ben. Not that I wouldn't feel sorry if I saw DR Ben by the side of the... Never Mind!)
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Post by: Panni on October 04, 2004, 06:57:59 PM: HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MS MINOFF!
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Post by: bk on October 04, 2004, 07:15:04 PM: Chat was one of the best ever. Still going strong so stop by. And I'd say we need a frenzy or two right about now.
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Post by: George on October 04, 2004, 07:19:35 PM: It was a very lively and sparkling chat. Even Jenny showed up and experienced her very first chat!
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Post by: George on October 04, 2004, 07:23:42 PM: However, within a span of about a minute, seven people left chat! I have to leave now, too (so that makes eight, including me).

For some reason, I'm craving a Big Mac. ::) Also, I have to let in the cat that's being house-sat.
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Post by: Jane on October 04, 2004, 07:26:00 PM: Hi,

I have the use of a computer at my hotel. I'm off to my room in a few minutes but stopped to say hello.

Jose, last night I had a very enjoyable dinner at Aangan. Tonight I had chinese food with a very nice woman I met today. She is participating in the study with me.

Danise she has a similiar accent to yours. I forget where in Florida she is from.
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Post by: bk on October 04, 2004, 07:30:52 PM: We want to hear ALL about everything, Jane.
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Post by: Jane on October 04, 2004, 07:31:42 PM: Happy Birthday to Miss Tammy Minoff!!!
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Post by: Jane on October 04, 2004, 07:33:05 PM: Maya, I'm sorry you found the cat. I know it must still be upsetting. Were you able to find the owner?

RLP your poem soffened Maya's story and I'm now thinking of all my lost cats having a wonderful time.
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Post by: S. Woody White on October 04, 2004, 07:37:54 PM: Quote from: Michael Shayne on October 04, 2004, 02:33:59 PM
According to the final episode Dreyfus was really played by an actor in a dog suit.
Well, not exactly. The "actor in a dog suit" was a final joke. Through the series, Dreyfuss was played by Bear, a real (and really large) dog trained by Joel Silverman.
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Post by: Jane on October 04, 2004, 07:42:05 PM: Bruce, you don't want to hear about all the tests I had today. They did go well. More to come tomorrow. The people at the study are all very nice.

It was fun making a friend to spend time with this evening. I have yummy leftovers but I don't think there is a frig in my room. I might snack a little bit more before going to bed.

My cold sitting in the lobby at the computer. It is cold in my room. This hotel, which I shall not return to, has central heating. Since the weather is nice during the day the heat is turned off. It might have been nice if I had been told that before booking the room. Even nicer would be if I had been informed not to turn on the heat in my room as it only blows cold air from the pipes. So last night I made the room very chilly and couldn't get to sleep. To make up for my complaints of freezing all night I have been given a complimentary breakfast. Wish I really wanted to eat first thing in the morning before my next test.

The best thing about this hotel is the sncak machine. It sells Austin Zoo Animals which I haven't been able to find for the last four years. I had them for breakfast and lunch today. I shall buy more to snack on during my train trip to NY tomorrow.

Ben I did see your message.
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Post by: Jane on October 04, 2004, 07:43:39 PM: Please make sure Jenny gets this message tomorrow.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JENNY! HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY! :D :D :D
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Post by: Jane on October 04, 2004, 07:45:03 PM: Goodnight.
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Post by: bk on October 04, 2004, 07:46:46 PM: Soon she of the healing hands will arrive and all will be well with the world.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on October 04, 2004, 07:50:30 PM: Back from rehearsal...

Eating dinner - Chinese...

DR Jane - Glad to hear that you enjoyed Aangan. Sorry about your hotel. *I normally stay with my family when I'm in the DC area or I would have given you a hotel recommendation. ;)

DR Maya - Be sure to say HI to Mark K Molineu for me! -I told her to say HI to you! ;) -And I'm sorry I won't be able to play VTAs/SETCs at the end of this month. :(

OK - Let me finish my dinner... I'll be back..

Laters...

OH!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, TAMMY MINOFF!!!
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Post by: Noel on October 04, 2004, 07:51:48 PM: Chat's kinda empty.

We had more people sitting around the piano with Stephen Schwartz this morning.

Oh, well.
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Post by: Matt H. on October 04, 2004, 08:14:55 PM: Sorry I had to miss chat. Rehearsals continue (if that's what you call them. I call them chaos.)
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Post by: bk on October 04, 2004, 08:18:24 PM: Chat was full until about seven fifteen. She of the Healing Hands has arrived and is setting up her table.
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Post by: Jenny on October 04, 2004, 08:18:32 PM: Quote from: Jane on October 04, 2004, 07:43:39 PM
Please make sure Jenny gets this message tomorrow.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JENNY! HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY! :D :D :D

Oh! Why, thank you for the early birthday greeting! ;D :-*
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Post by: Panni on October 04, 2004, 09:12:13 PM: Hey, Jenny - it's after midnight where you are.How does it feel to be 16?
(http://www.click-smilies.de/sammlung0304/party/party-smiley-049.gif)
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Post by: Panni on October 04, 2004, 09:14:45 PM: (If you get the Disney Channel, I think TIGER CRUISE is on at 3 AM or something like that. What better way to celebrate?)
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Post by: S. Woody White on October 04, 2004, 09:19:58 PM: [size=20]Happy Birthday, DR Jenny![/size]
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Post by: bk on October 04, 2004, 10:16:28 PM: Might I just ask where in tarnation IS everyone? Sad to be all alone in the world. I'd say we need us a frenzy or two right about now from some late-night denizen or other.

My massage was lovely, Jacuzzi was lovely, and now I shall sit on the couch for a few minutes then write the notes.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on October 04, 2004, 10:22:15 PM: Good Evening!

Car Update: Well, they found three things that needed to be fixed. Two small things, and one thing that could go either way - financially speaking. I'll know tomorrow what the status is. Thankfully, every place I need to get to tomorrow is in an easy walking distance - as it was today.

And it was a great day to walk. A beautiful late summer/early fall day.

Closet Update: I got it all cleaned out, and I just put everything away. And I even managed to consolidate a few bags and boxes at the same time!

I left the lights off while I was at rehearsal, and I came home to no "evidence" of mice, so... I think sealing up the hole in the corner helped - and will help - to keep the visitors away.

Rehearsal Update: Tonight was the first orchestra rehearsal for The Producers. Tour 1 - The Max Company - is playing here this week in Richmond. Surprisingly, they're only travelling with the drummer and the keyboard player. I thought at least the lead trumpet or the percussionist (since the percussion set-up includes a typewriter) would travel with them too, but not in this case. The orchestra sounds great. A bunch of them had played Tour 2 - The Leo Company (the one with Alet (Oury) Taylor's husband) - earlier this year in Norfolk, and that helped a lot. There's a lot of music in the show, and a lot of notes.

I just audited tonight. Sat back and listened and marked my score up. The part seems a lot less daunting now. Most of it is just rhythm - boom-chick, boom-chick - with some "exposed" licks here and there - mainly sound effects. I have a one-on-one coaching/learning session with the assistant conductor/keyboard player in the morning at 10:00, and we should be able to get through the whole book with no major problems. The rest of the orchestra will also be in rehearsal at that time finishing up the rest of the show - we stopped tonight right before "Springtime for Hitler". Then sound check at 3:00, and then show at 8:00 - which I'm auditing. I won't be playing until the Saturday matinee.

Unfortunately, it looks like Alan Ruck who plays Leo on this tour will be out this week due to illness. Ah, well. I was looking forward to seeing him in the role. I've seen him a few times on Broadway - including his debut in Biloxi Blues with Matthew Broderick. -And he would go on to play the best friend in "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" opposite Broderick again.

Well, I'm tired and I need to get to bed...

Goodnight.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on October 04, 2004, 10:23:51 PM: Is the site running slow tonight, right now? Seems kind of slow on my end. Hmmm...
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Post by: JoseSPiano on October 04, 2004, 10:24:29 PM: -Or maybe not... That post posted in "normal" time... Hmm....
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Post by: bk on October 04, 2004, 11:04:30 PM: The only thing slow about this here site tonight is the preponderence of WUSSBURGERS.
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Post by: Jrand73 on October 04, 2004, 11:06:07 PM: Slow.............slow.................

I'm tired............so tired...............

A Madelaine Khan reference!
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Post by: Maya on October 04, 2004, 11:17:08 PM: Jane--Thank you for your kind words! I never found the owner, but I hope by tomorrow someone will have buried the poor kitty.

Jose--I will definitely say hi to Mary K! She's a very nice lady! I'm actually not going to VTAs/SETCs this year, as I'm already so busy (just finished my "A New Brain" proposal, woohoo), but I definitely want to try next year!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JENNY!!!!

Look what you've accomplished at just 16. Love you lots!
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Post by: S. Woody White on October 04, 2004, 11:25:41 PM: Speaking of cats...

Charles and John, the owners of Cafe Zeus, were telling us that the kittens of Miss Kitty, who were born just below the steps leading from the restaurant to the patio, decided to take their first steps out into the world right before Charles and John had to head off for the Celebrity Chef's Brunch Sunday. Miss Kitty was a little freaked, of course, but the kittens all did fine, and cozied up to John like he was their long lost daddy.

When the kittens are all weaned, Miss Kitty and the kittens are all heading to the vets. While they're a safeguard against vermin (and there are absolutely no mice or roaches at Cafe Zeus), it's the most responsible way to care for the little ones.
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Post by: Panni on October 04, 2004, 11:39:26 PM: I just had a nice shower. No massage, no Jacuzzi, but I got wet. Does that count?
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Post by: Panni on October 04, 2004, 11:42:54 PM: I half-watched some stupid remake of DON'T BOTHER TO KNOCK (I think it was called THE BABYSITTER.)
Now the real thing is playing. MM is so beautiful. And Richard Widmark is great - funny, sexy. Plus Anne Bancroft sings up a storm.
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Post by: bk on October 04, 2004, 11:47:08 PM: Tis a far far better thing... I don't know why I typed that, it just came out as if I were suddenly posessed by Ronald Colman.
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Post by: bk on October 04, 2004, 11:47:30 PM: I think I shall be my own frenzy since everyone else is just sitting there like so much fish.
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Post by: bk on October 04, 2004, 11:47:53 PM: For dessert tonight I had a chocolate chip muffin from Winchell's.
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Post by: bk on October 04, 2004, 11:48:23 PM: Tis a far far better thing I do... Geez, what is this? I'm leading A Double Life.
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Post by: bk on October 04, 2004, 11:49:12 PM: I've begun watching The Empire Strikes Back. Ronald Colman isn't in it. Damn them, damn them all to hell. Looks spiffy, though.
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Post by: bk on October 04, 2004, 11:49:44 PM: I must say that chat was so sparkling it was extra-sparkling
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Post by: bk on October 04, 2004, 11:50:28 PM: Pogue, guess what DVD is winging it's way via amazon France? A region 2 DVD of Gunga Din. I'm so excited.
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Post by: bk on October 04, 2004, 11:51:08 PM: Can you go blind from sitting in a Jacuzzi too much. My vision is always sketchy when I come in after a nice fifteen or twenty minutes submerged in the heated water.
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Post by: bk on October 04, 2004, 11:51:35 PM: Someone else post already, will ya? I'm sick of looking at my mug.