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Title: SOMETHING TO WRITE HOME ABOUT
Post by: bk on October 16, 2004, 11:59:06 PM: Well, you've read the notes, you can now write home about the notes, the notes can now write home about you, and now it is time to post until the write-home-about cows come home (a letter awaits them).
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Post by: Jay on October 17, 2004, 12:06:43 AM: [move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHEER TO OUR VERY OWN DAN-IN-TORONTO!!![/move]
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Post by: George on October 17, 2004, 12:25:36 AM: [move=right,scroll,6,transparent,100%]AN ALL TEMPA-CHEER TO DAN-IN-TORONTO FOR HIS BIRTHDAY!![/move]
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Post by: Joey on October 17, 2004, 02:03:33 AM: [move=up,scroll,6,transparent,100%]
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAN-IN-TORONTO!!!!!!!![/glow]

May all your wishes come true.

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Post by: Joey on October 17, 2004, 02:08:36 AM: I do have a question for bk (and the board) though I am not sure anyone will be able to answer it. I was wondering if anyone knew why in tarnation there has not been a cd recording released of Irving Berlin's White Christmas. I love the movie and would love to have a cd of it for the christmas season. Heck I'd listen to it year round. Is there some snafu regarding rights, is there not enough of a demand, or am I just whistling dixie?
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Post by: Panni on October 17, 2004, 04:33:42 AM: HAPPIEST OF BIRTHDAYS TO DAN-IN-TO, LOTTERY PARTNER AND
MATCHLESS MENSCH!!!

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Post by: SwishySarah on October 17, 2004, 05:22:46 AM: To have to wake up on a Sunday morning to be at work by 9 is pure evil.

Happy Birthday, D-I-T!

A celebratory hora for you :).
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Post by: Jrand73 on October 17, 2004, 06:16:03 AM: Happy Birthday DiT!
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Post by: Jrand73 on October 17, 2004, 06:17:47 AM: What is the FSM site, I want to read the Peyton Place thread!

I agree with DRPANNI that the Paramount Music Man (as opposed to the Warner Bros Music Man) sounds like a perfect tenant. Except isn't Paramount quite a drive from Studio City?

Did we get a picture of the new patio furniture from Mr BK? I can't quite remember if it was in place when we got a picture of the jacuzzi? AND, Mr BK have you as yet met Mr Cyclops, your landlord?
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Post by: Jrand73 on October 17, 2004, 06:20:29 AM: Okay.....I have finally reached a decision. I am going to buy some Jerry Lewis movies on DVD. ;D

So far I have chosen THE NUTTY PROFESSOR (Special Edition), THE BELLBOY, THE ERRAND BOY, and THE PATSY - which are my favorites.

Has any DR bought any of these and are they okay? How are the extras. Are there any additional ones I should purchase? :D

Also has any DR seen the Carol Lynley version of HARLOW? I think I saw about 10 minutes of it once, BEFORE I had a VCR - that long ago - and I would like to see it. I have some lobby cards from the thing and some photos. So any opinions would be appreciated.
:P
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Post by: Jrand73 on October 17, 2004, 06:24:23 AM: (http://a248.e.akamai.net/f/248/5462/2h/aceautographs.safeshopper.com/images/a09o16s.jpg)

DRMBARNUM got me an autographed photo like this at a Collectors Show! 8)
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Post by: DearReaderLaura on October 17, 2004, 06:33:49 AM: Happy Birthday to our very own Dan-in-Toronto!!!

May all your birthday wishes come true!
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Post by: Matt H. on October 17, 2004, 06:40:47 AM: Back in the 1950's, Decca released a "soundtrack" recording of WHITE CHRISTMAS which really wasn't the soundtrack at all. Rosemary Clooney was under contract to Columbia who would not allow her to be on the recording, so Peggy Lee was hired to re-sing all of Clooney's numbers. As for the numbers without her, many of them didn't sound much like the soundtrack renditions but rather studio re-recordings of the numbers with dance sections cut out. I believe Decca did have a limited release of this album on CD a few years ago, but I didn't get it because it wasn't the soundtrack.

I don't know if the Rosemary Clooney recording contracts from back then are still valid or not, but I think a soundtrack of probably the biggest grossing film musical of the 1950s is a wonderful idea.
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Post by: elmore3003 on October 17, 2004, 06:40:50 AM: DR Dan-in-Toronto, I hope today is special and your coming years festive, healthy, wealthy and filled with anything you might wish!

I'm still rattled by FAHRENHEIT 9/11, so I'm going to check out info on the film Francois mentioned later in the day. This morning is housecleaning, this afternoon is RUSALKA; I checked the full orchestral score out of the NYPL, and I want to follow the music.

I may be E&T from Chat tonight; I've promised a friend to trek to the East Village for a reading of his new musical.

DRTomovoz, are you home? Welcome back!
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Post by: Jennifer on October 17, 2004, 06:41:43 AM: Happy Birthday DIT!!!!
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Post by: Matt H. on October 17, 2004, 06:42:26 AM: Happy Birthday, DR Dan-in-Toronto!!!!
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Post by: Matt H. on October 17, 2004, 06:44:02 AM: I can't promise to be at chat tonight. Today is the opening of SOMETHING'S AFOOT, but we're opening with a Sunday matinee!! This is a new one on me! I've never had the Sunday matinee as the opening performance.

I have no idea what kind of celebrating we'll do after the show, but I'll attend chat if I'm back in time.
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Post by: Jrand73 on October 17, 2004, 08:21:54 AM: Break an afternoon leg DRMATTH.

There is a Rosemary Clooney Cd that was available at www.oldies.com that contains her recordings of her songs from RED GARTERS including some of the soundtrack with Guy Mitchell and Joanne Gilbert and the Paramount Orchestra.

It also includes her Columbia recordings of the WHITE CHRISTMAS songs with Percy Faith and the Mellowmen and Paul Weston. Her sister Betty sings SISTERS with her as she does on the movie soundtrack.

I've always wanted the "real" soundtrack of WHITE CHRISTMAS as well, but passed on the CD with Peggy Lee, too.

Oh well.....maybe someday.
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Post by: Jrand73 on October 17, 2004, 08:52:03 AM: Watching the Biography Channel and saw John Wayne in the audience the night he won the Oscar for TRUE GRIT.

His wife Pilar was on his left......and guess who was on his right?
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Post by: Jrand73 on October 17, 2004, 08:52:28 AM: hi Jay!
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Post by: William E. Lurie on October 17, 2004, 08:57:51 AM: I urge all DRs who are true fans of the Broadway Musical to get the DVD of BROADWAY: THE AMERICAN MUSICAL. The PBS portion is, of course, wonderful, but so are the five hours of DVD "extras" including many rare performances and a lot of "talking heads" that had to be left out of the interviews... and not the "historians" of "theatre writers", but the stars, songwritters and performers who the series is about.
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Post by: Michael on October 17, 2004, 09:02:14 AM: Hello I am writing for DR Michael.

Michael has been under the weather which ended up with a trip to the hospital. He was there for three days. They could not find anything, but he is still in pain. He has appointments with several doctors this coming week to try and see if they can pinpoint the problem. (Severe eck and shoulder pain and headaches)

Once they find out what the problem is and cured. He'' be back.
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Post by: Danise on October 17, 2004, 09:05:22 AM: Hi-whoever you are and thank you for telling us about Michael! Please tell him our very best wishes and vibes are with him and that we hope he comes home in full health soon!
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Post by: Danise on October 17, 2004, 09:13:47 AM: [move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]Happiest of Birthdays to DR Dan-In-Toronto! Many, Many, Many more! :D [/move]

Your Birthday is the same as the lady from work who retired. I shall be giving her a call later on today.

I am also sorry to know there is no “real” soundtrack from “White Christmas”. I suppose you could record from the movie itself and burn it to a CD, if you wanted to make one for yourself.

We were talking about the movie, “The Frisco Kid” with Gene Wilder and Harrison Ford at work just the other day. I decided to buy the DVD and found that there isn’t one!

I have lots and lots to do today. Have a good one and I will try to be a chat tonight!
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Post by: MBarnum on October 17, 2004, 09:15:40 AM: JRand don't keep us in suspenders! Who was next to John Wayne???

Happy Birthday DIT! Have a wonderful Birth Day!

Get well vibes to Michael Shayne!!!!!!!
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Post by: MBarnum on October 17, 2004, 09:18:06 AM: Last night I decided to finally watch my Criterion DVD of THE BLOB. I love that movie and it was so nice to see it in all of it's glory. It is an expensive DVD but has some wonderful commentaries, which I have only listened a bit too so far.

It had been years since I last saw this movie and am happy to report that it is just as much fun as ever!
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Post by: td on October 17, 2004, 09:18:43 AM: HAPPY NATAL DAY, DEAR READER DAN-IN-TORONTO!

ALL THE BEST BETTER HEALTH VIBES TO DEAR READER MICHAEL SHAYNE!

I don't know about you, BK, but I thought that most of TEII! looked pretty crappy! The Fred and Gene intros looked grainy and often unfocused; and some of the clips SHOULD have looked better than they did! From startling 3-D quality of THE BAND WAGON shots as well as the KISS ME KATE number -now those were brilliantly represented. I'm talking about the stug such as Katherine Grayson's "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" with lines and scratches and major wear and tear. That said, it's my least favorite of the three, anyway.
Oh, and one more little thing: do you think that the clips that look as good as they do are representative of the forthcoming dvds of those films? (I've never seen the IT'S ALWAYS FAIR WEATHER clips look as good as they do here).

As for part 3, well, as long as there is the Lena Horne segment, I'm happy! I like her style. I love her honesty. (and there is more of that honesty on the bonus disc,as well as two numbers). I actually missed part 3 in its theatrical run, but later learned to appreciate its wonderful use of onstage footage and alternate footage. I'm exceptionally fond of Debbie Reynolds' I LOVE MELVIN footage.

That said, it's back to Dennis Potter's PENNIES FROM HEAVEN.
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Post by: td on October 17, 2004, 09:19:41 AM: Wasn't Babs next to John Wayne when he won his Oscar?
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Post by: Jennifer on October 17, 2004, 09:25:05 AM: Yes, get well vibes to DR Michael Shayne! ~~~~~~~~~
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Post by: Noel on October 17, 2004, 09:27:29 AM: Quote from: Danise on October 17, 2004, 09:13:47 AM
We were talking about the movie, The Frisco Kid with Gene Wilder and Harrison Ford at work just the other day. I decided to buy the DVD and found that there isn't one!

Amazed you mentioned this movie, Danise. It's a pretty obscure one. Is it available on VHS? Any DRs with memories of The Frisco Kid?

[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]May DIT Birthday be a fun one! [/move]
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Post by: td on October 17, 2004, 09:31:52 AM: I have an ancient copy of THE FRISCO KID around here somewhere. . .i'll check. If DR Danise, or anyone, wants it, let me know . . .I'll either send it or make a c*** for you ;)
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Post by: td on October 17, 2004, 09:34:23 AM: (http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/database/images/kelly_02.jpg)

[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]! PAGE TWO DANCE ![/move]
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Post by: TCB on October 17, 2004, 09:39:28 AM: My goodness! 9:30 a.m. on the left coast and we have just barely made it to Page 2.

I am shocked, I tell you, shocked!
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Post by: Jrand73 on October 17, 2004, 09:45:11 AM: Ms Barbra Streisand announced the winner of Best Actor that year and presented Mr Wayne with his Oscar.....but sitting on his right was Mr. Warren Berlinger! How or why....well that is a question for the ages.
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Post by: Jay on October 17, 2004, 09:46:28 AM: Quote from: JRand54 on October 17, 2004, 08:52:28 AM
hi Jay!

Well, hello! (Oh. A Sunset Boulevard reference.)
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Post by: Noel on October 17, 2004, 09:49:30 AM: Quote from: td on October 17, 2004, 09:31:52 AM
I have an ancient copy of THE FRISCO KID around here somewhere. . .i'll check. If DR Danise, or anyone, wants it, let me know . . .I'll either send it or make a c*** for you ;)

When I read c*** I could only think of naughty bits . . . of both genders! If c*** stands for something else, something that's not sexy, than, yes, I'd love one.

But don't be mailing me no naughty bits! The government's cracking down on that!
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Post by: TCB on October 17, 2004, 09:52:13 AM: Hi, Ann! How is your cyber brother???
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Post by: Dan-in-Toronto on October 17, 2004, 09:53:55 AM: Wow!

Thank you BK, Jay, George, Joey, Panni, Sarah, JRand, DR Laura, Matt H, Elmore, Jennifer, Danise, MBarnum, td and Noel for those great birthday wishes.

No hora or ham hunks. But at the moment I'm having a delicious Hungarian Trappist cheese sandwich.
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Post by: MBarnum on October 17, 2004, 09:54:59 AM: TCB, it is a happy day now that you are back to posting normally! Yahoo!

And thanks for the nice e-mail the other day!!
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Post by: Ann on October 17, 2004, 09:56:34 AM: Hi TCB! So glad to see you back here!!

Jed is holding on, for now. I posted a few days ago that he has found a terrific job opportunity working in the Music Library at UW. He applied two weeks ago and the job closed Friday. So this week or next we're REALLY hoping he gets a call for an interview...which would ideally lead to getting the job. It's the best option for him that's come up in many a month, and he's so perfectly qualified for it...I'm desperately hoping he gets it.

I worked my first gig as a transporter yesterday, taking two girls to visit their parents...an interesting job, to say the least.
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Post by: td on October 17, 2004, 10:13:50 AM: Quote from: Noel on October 17, 2004, 09:49:30 AM
When I read c*** I could only think of naughty bits . . . of both genders! If c*** stands for something else, something that's not sexy, than, yes, I'd love one.

But don't be mailing me no naughty bits! The government's cracking down on that!

Noel, that is so SPIT-TAKE worthy! Now my sides ache from laughter!

What happens when I write B*****g?
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Post by: td on October 17, 2004, 10:14:52 AM: I simply adore having DR TCB posting. . . Keep it up, TCB ;)
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Post by: td on October 17, 2004, 10:15:40 AM: When I see Trappist Cheese, I think of those mice in BABE. ;)
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Post by: td on October 17, 2004, 10:16:30 AM: I wonder what would happen if you did feed Trappist Cheese to mice. . .could they sing "Do-Re-Mi?"
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Post by: td on October 17, 2004, 10:17:06 AM: I just had a mind image of mice climbing every mountain. . . .
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Post by: td on October 17, 2004, 10:18:42 AM: (http://www.raleighrodentrescue.org/archives/IMG_1468s1.JPG)

A celebratory mouse for DiT's birthday.
(I didn't say "celibate" mouse!)
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Post by: bk on October 17, 2004, 10:20:30 AM: The Frisco Kid also stars our very own Miss Penny Peyser as the intended of Mr. Wilder.

As was so frequent in the fifties, there was no "soundtrack" to White Christmas, because Rosemary Clooney was under contract to Columbia Records and wouldn't allow her voice. And since it's a Paramount film, and they have no interest in releasing their soundtracks, it is doubtful we'll have have one.
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Post by: Dan-in-Toronto on October 17, 2004, 10:22:29 AM: td,

Plus equal parts Butterscotch Schnapps and Bailey's Irish Creme?

I'll drink to that. (AOFM)
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Post by: td on October 17, 2004, 10:25:52 AM: Yippee-kay-aye, buckeroo!
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Post by: elmore3003 on October 17, 2004, 10:30:30 AM: Quote from: Danise on October 17, 2004, 09:05:22 AM
Hi-whoever you are and thank you for telling us about Michael! Please tell him our very best wishes and vibes are with him and that we hope he comes home in full health soon!

DRDanise, great new photo!
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Post by: Dan-in-Toronto on October 17, 2004, 10:40:26 AM: Best-of-health vibes to Dr Michael.
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Post by: Joey on October 17, 2004, 10:49:30 AM: Thanks for the information all! I have a friend who lives in New York. She had been looking for it on cd also but couldn't find it anywhere. Her uncle owns an old record shop and he actually had the record. He had a machine that let him burn it to a cd and she shared that with me. I love it but it is different from the movie. DR Danise, I told her if she wanted I could pull it from the DVD and send her a recording. I would love to be able to pull the dialogue from some of the instrumental stuff but the software I have is not that advanced. Beggars can't be choosers I suppose!
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Post by: Jrand73 on October 17, 2004, 11:46:16 AM: Oh yes I meant to say nice photo DRDANISE!
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Post by: Tomovoz on October 17, 2004, 11:50:43 AM: Very happy birthday to DiT and indeed good health vibes to Michael Shayne. I won't be awake for a week but I'm back.
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Post by: TCB on October 17, 2004, 12:02:08 PM: Quote from: td on October 17, 2004, 10:14:52 AM
I simply adore having DR TCB posting. . . Keep it up, TCB ;)

Interesting choice of words, td!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, D - I - T!!

GOOD JOB VIBES TO JED!
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(I don't have the website address for all those smileys anymore. Anyone?)

Had to modify. DIT just didn't look right!
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Post by: Tomovoz on October 17, 2004, 12:05:26 PM: Thank you for the welcomes - I just checked the late edition from yesterday! No coincidence that TCB returned at the same time of course!!! Hope that means that your computer is now in operation TCB. I look forward to much fun. Meeting DR François was a high point of our trip. Also met ex Hainsie Allan who is terrific guy too.
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Post by: Dan-in-Toronto on October 17, 2004, 12:06:53 PM: Tom of Oz and TCB, thanks for the good wishes. Wonderful seeing the both of you again.
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Post by: Tomovoz on October 17, 2004, 12:07:52 PM: I've just realised it is Sunday. (Well it is Monday here!).
If TCB is posting on A Sunday it must be good news.
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Post by: Dan-in-Toronto on October 17, 2004, 12:08:00 PM: Quote from: td on October 17, 2004, 10:18:42 AM
(http://www.raleighrodentrescue.org/archives/IMG_1468s1.JPG)

A celebratory mouse for DiT's birthday.
(I didn't say "celibate" mouse!)

Is that a ditmouse?
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Post by: TCB on October 17, 2004, 12:09:56 PM: GOOD HEALTH VIBES TO MICHAEL SHAYNE!

I must leave now for the afternoon to be SCROOGED. Not sure if I will be back in time for chat.

Thanks all, for the Welcome Backs.
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Post by: td on October 17, 2004, 12:40:19 PM: DR Tomovoz! !

thank you for keeping me posted while you were away!
I shall try to do the same for you when I am away!

DR TCB - with you, I guess I'll have to watch my phraseology! ;)

I dunno if that's a ditmouse, but, is it tufted?
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on October 17, 2004, 12:41:45 PM: Quote from: td on October 17, 2004, 10:13:50 AM
Noel, that is so SPIT-TAKE worthy! Now my sides ache from laughter!

What happens when I write B*****g?

I think of a lousy movie called "Boeing, Boeing"!
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Post by: td on October 17, 2004, 12:41:57 PM: Page Three Dance:

(http://www.classicmoviemusicals.com/words5a.jpg)
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Post by: td on October 17, 2004, 12:42:35 PM: Quote from: RLP on October 17, 2004, 12:41:45 PM
I think of a lousy movie called "Boeing, Boeing"!

NOT starring Gerald McBoing, I take it. . . .
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on October 17, 2004, 12:45:30 PM: [move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]Happy Day of Your Birth, Toronto Dan![/move]

[move=right,scroll,6,transparent,100%]Happy Day of Your Birth, Toronto Dan![/move]

Happy Day of Your Birth, Toronto Dan!

[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]Happy Day of Your Birth, Toronto Dan![/move]

[move=right,scroll,6,transparent,100%]Happy Day of Your Birth, Toronto Dan![/move]
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Post by: Noel on October 17, 2004, 12:56:14 PM: Quote from: Tomovoz on October 17, 2004, 11:50:43 AM
I won't be awake for a week but I'm back.

I've heard of sleepwalking. Here's an admission that someone is posting while sleeping. Where else on the internet? I ask you.
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Post by: Jane on October 17, 2004, 01:11:39 PM: Danise congratulations on winning the t-shirt design. I signed off last night before reading all of your post-sorry.

I’m so excited, TCB has a working computer and Tomovoz is home from his vacation.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAN-IN-TORONTO!!
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Post by: Panni on October 17, 2004, 01:36:21 PM: It took me a while to read the posts just now, as I keep having to leave the place with Abie while people traipse through.
This morning I had an interesting experience at the Gap. I went to buy an umbrella because when I opened my old one earlier in the day it died. So I'm standing there selecting an umbrella when Eric Benet walks in. He's quite gorgeous and he knows it. I go to pay as does he (he bought some skull cap type hats.) A man in his 60's, also waiting to pay, strikes up a conversation with Mr. Benet. Tells him he's a fan -- then asks him how come he two-timed the beauteous Halle Berry!
Now do you think Mr. Benet punches him out? Or at least tells him to mind his own business. No. He actually gives him an answer. Quite a personal one. Then they shake hands and part.
Go figure.
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Post by: Panni on October 17, 2004, 01:37:03 PM: ****Healing vibes to DR Michael Shayne.****
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Post by: bk on October 17, 2004, 01:41:41 PM: Who is Eric Benet, and if he's so gorgeous why didn't YOU strike up a conversation with him.
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Post by: bk on October 17, 2004, 01:42:08 PM: Have done a spot of writing, may do a bit more in a while, but am now making some wacky noodles.
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Post by: Dan-in-Toronto on October 17, 2004, 02:27:29 PM: Quote from: Panni on October 17, 2004, 01:36:21 PM
A man in his 60's, also waiting to pay, strikes up a conversation with Mr. Benet. Tells him he's a fan -- then asks him how come he two-timed the beauteous Halle Berry!

I just hope he was a little more delicate than Uncle ("Did you shtup her") Morty in My Favorite Year.
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Post by: Emily on October 17, 2004, 03:00:58 PM: Happy Birthday Dan in Trawna!!!!!

As an e-present I typed in "Dan + Toronto" in Google's image search and came up with quite a few... um... "interesting" finds:

(http://images.google.ca/images?q=tbn:V2er2vOZ5U4J:quazynet.no-ip.org/gerry/images_atomic_travel/toronto-brian-dan.jpg)

(http://images.google.ca/images?q=tbn:sR5c74GN32gJ:www.angelfire.com/tv2/littlemen)

(http://www.fipresci.org/festivals/archive/2003/toronto_2003/photos/merry.jpg)

Now we have to figure out how you are related to these images! :D
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Post by: td on October 17, 2004, 03:11:54 PM: Well, DR Emily (and everyone else), I also did the Google on Dan, the man, in Toronto:

(http://www.gobad.com/photogallery/ghoul_meet_03/Dan%20the%20Man%202.jpg)
They say a picture is worth a thousand words.

(http://images.toronto.com/feature/7493/Dan301_400.jpg)
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Post by: td on October 17, 2004, 03:17:48 PM: I dunno, I'm still partial to mice today:

(http://www.forthenewmom.com/Farmbud%20mice.JPG)
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Post by: bk on October 17, 2004, 03:59:13 PM: Chat in a mere two hours. I got very tired from eating pasta.
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Post by: Dan-in-Toronto on October 17, 2004, 03:59:45 PM: RLP, Jane and Emily - thanks for the wishes. As for those pictures, Emily and td, Not A Clue.
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Post by: td on October 17, 2004, 04:07:18 PM: Quote from: bk on October 17, 2004, 03:59:13 PM
Chat in a mere two hours. I got very tired from eating pasta.

Ooooh! Pasta! I made Cincinnati Chili for dinner tonight. Loads of spaghetti, topped with chili, chopped onions, kidney beans and grated cheddar & monterey jack cheeses.

Now I am tired.
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Post by: Panni on October 17, 2004, 04:49:50 PM: Quote from: bk on October 17, 2004, 01:41:41 PM
Who is Eric Benet, and if he's so gorgeous why didn't YOU strike up a conversation with him.
Eric Benet is an R&B singer and a well-known sex addict. (He's had treatment. Didn't work.) He was married to Halle Berry until he strayed once too often. He's also around 30-something. Yeah, my type. Darn i shudda talked to him.
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Post by: elmore3003 on October 17, 2004, 04:50:23 PM: Quote from: td on October 17, 2004, 04:07:18 PM
Ooooh! Pasta! I made Cincinnati Chili for dinner tonight. Loads of spaghetti, topped with chili, chopped onions, kidney beans and grated cheddar & monterey jack cheeses.

And you didn't invite me?
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Post by: Panni on October 17, 2004, 04:55:18 PM: Somebody please post a picture of Mr. Benet.
I have to take Abie for a walk and get ready. Am taking my landlady and her husband out to dinner and a show. For those of you (and I know there are hundreds among you) who are Jimmy Kimmel (no relation) fans... We are picking up "Uncle Frank" from his show. He's a friend of the performer we are seeing and needed a ride.
I hope I can make it through the show. I made the mistake of eating a bag of dried fruit on an empty stomach at the Farmers Market and am now feeling the effects.
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Post by: Jane on October 17, 2004, 05:09:51 PM: Panni, feel better quickly.
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Post by: Jane on October 17, 2004, 05:10:28 PM: GOOD HEALTH VIBES TO MICHAEL SHAYNE!

And thank you Michael’s friend who let us know where he has been. I was about to send him a concerned email.
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Post by: Jay on October 17, 2004, 05:12:27 PM: I guess a seat near the restrooms can sometimes be a good thing. (Oh. A Martha Stewart reference.)
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Post by: Jane on October 17, 2004, 05:17:57 PM: Now I know why I have never found the soundtrack to WHITE CHRISTMAS. ;D :(

Noel I recall very little about the FRISCO KID, just that I enjoyed it.

CONTINUED GOOD JOB VIBES TO JED!

Ann I'm pleased your are finding your job interesting.
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Post by: bk on October 17, 2004, 05:22:58 PM: Chat in a mere thirty-five minutes.
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Post by: td on October 17, 2004, 05:23:11 PM: Quote from: elmore3003 on October 17, 2004, 04:50:23 PM
And you didn't invite me?

I could sworn you had a standing invitation. . . . ::)
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Post by: td on October 17, 2004, 05:26:43 PM: Quote from: Panni on October 17, 2004, 04:55:18 PM
Somebody please post a picture of Mr. Benet.

(http://content.clearchannel.com/Photos/musicians/eric_benet_Promo.jpg)
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Post by: Panni on October 17, 2004, 05:32:51 PM: He looks much better in person!
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Post by: Dan (the Man) on October 17, 2004, 05:43:18 PM: [move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]! ! ! ! ! VIBES OF HEALTH TO DR MICHAEL SHAYNE ! ! ! ! ! [/move]
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Post by: Dan (the Man) on October 17, 2004, 05:45:27 PM: [move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]! ! ! ! ! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO DR DAN-IN-TORONTO ! ! ! ! ![/move]
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Post by: Sandra on October 17, 2004, 05:49:16 PM: Happy birthday Dear Reader Dan-in-Toronto!!

Vibes for Dear Reader Michael. ~~~~~~~~~~~

I have to do a presentation in my first class tomorrow. All I need to do is figure out what my presentation is going to be about, and I'm all set.
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Post by: bk on October 17, 2004, 05:52:21 PM: That's "gorgeous"? To each his own, dear woman. Of course, you used the word "fan" and Jimmy Kimmel (no relation) in the same sentence, so there you are.
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Post by: Dan (the Man) on October 17, 2004, 05:52:30 PM: (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v130/WandaDuck/bananas.jpg)
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Post by: bk on October 17, 2004, 05:53:31 PM: Chat in a mere seven minutes. It's going to be wild and wooly, that's all I can tell you. It's going to be no holds barred, that's all I can tell you. The fur is going to fly, that's all I can tell you. Nothing will be held back, that's all I can tell you.
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Post by: Danise on October 17, 2004, 05:54:19 PM: I’m tired tonight but I got a lot done. Not everything but most of it.

After calling around about having the tree in the back yard taken down (and almost passing out at prices I was quoted) I decided to hire the company, Bear & Danise’s Tree Service. It was explained to me that Danise doesn’t do anything without her supervisor, Bear, there to oversee her work.

They arrived promptly and Bear dug himself a hole to supervise from. He also grabbed some of the branches and ran with them, then also tried to provide the chipper/shredder by chewing on them.

Not everything was done but one whole limb is down and cut into lengths that the garbage men will take. I will take pity on them and buy a chain saw to use next weekend to finish everything up. Trying to everything with a hand saw is rough work.

I'm a Harrison Ford fan, so of course I know and liked The Frisco Kid. I understand that John Wayne turned the part down. Hanover Street is another one of Mr. Fords movies that I think is underrated.

The only movie he made that I can't stand is The Mosquito Coast. I read the book as well but really had to force myself to finish it.

Thank you for the offer of the video tape, TD, but I think I have it someplace. Taped from the TV of course but I was hoping for a DVD. I went to E-bay and saw one. Not sure how legal of a copy it is.

Glad you like the photo, DR Elmore and DR Jrand. It’s the one from the Empire State Building cropped down. I have some ideas to dress it up but am to tired right now to do anything with it.

I made a new recipe for dinner tonight. Mom really liked it.

Harvest Pork Roast with Gravy

3 lb pork boneless shoulder roast
1 Pkg (8 ounces) fresh mushrooms, cut in half
1 jar (12 oz) home-style pork gravy
1 can (6 oz) tomato paste with Italian seasonings

1. Spray 12 inch nonstick skillet with cooking spray. If pork roast comes in netting or is tied, do not remove. Cook pork in skillet over medium-high heat 5 to 6 minutes, turning occasionally, until brown on all sides.

2. Spray 5 to 6 quart slow cooker with cooking spray. Place pork in cooker. Arrange mushrooms and onion around pork. Mix gravy and tomato past in small bowl; pour over pork and vegetables.

3. Cover and cook on low heat setting 8 to 10 hours.

4. Place pork on cutting board, remove netting or strings. Stir gravy in cooker, serve with pork.

Now I didn’t do a lot of the above. First, I salted and peppered my pork roast. I did not put it in the skillet; I just put it in the cooker. I also put 2 sweet potatoes in with it so they would cook in the gravy juice. I also put it in at about 250 degrees from about 11:00 AM. By the time we ate it at about 5, it was so tender, I could “cut” it off the bone with a spoon.

Thanks for the congrats on the T-Shirt, Jane. I don’t think the design is that great but it did fit in with events around the walk.

Hope you feel better, Panni. I’m saving my pomegranate for next Friday night because I know how I’ll feel the next day. Can’t help it. I love’em.

TCB! I’m so glad to see you have returned to us. I wish could have looked at your computer for you. I’m somewhat good with them. I spent all of last Sunday at my friends house helping her with hers. She likes to cook and has a program that she has put hundreds (no joke) of recipes in. She bought a new computer but couldn’t figure out how to get it to accept what she had backed up. She had the same problem with Quicken.

She hired a guy to come out (and he had the nerve to charge her forty dollars an hour!) but he couldn’t get either program to work. Not to brag but I got both up and running WITH all of the old data from the old computer. I also got her printer to work (the guy downloaded the wrong driver).

Tom, so glad to see your back as well! A report, we want a DETAILED report! I heard you walked out on Woman in White!

Ann, tell Jed to hang in there! He WILL get the job.

Joey, I’m sure it is possible to cut out the dialogue but it would take the right software program to do it. I've never tried to do that but I think Easy CD Creator might be able to help.
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Post by: Jane on October 17, 2004, 05:54:38 PM: Our beautiful weather is gone and we have had rain. I did get a break in the rain during my morning walk with Echo, the sun was shining and there was a beautiful rainbow. There is even a little snow on the mountains, contrasting the autumn colors-very pretty.

As we drove down our one way road this afternoon we were surprised to find our neighbor using his power saw on a tree that had fallen in the road. Another lucky break for us he had found it before us. Keith helped him move the broken limbs off the road and we were just in time to see GARDEN STATE.
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Post by: bk on October 17, 2004, 05:56:11 PM: Chat in a mere three minutes. It's going to be raucous and rowdy, that's all I can tell you.
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Post by: bk on October 17, 2004, 05:57:26 PM: Chat in a mere two minutes - it's going to be randy and ribald, that's all I can tell you. Spades will be called spades, that's all I can tell you. Clubs may even be called clubs, that's all I can tell you.
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Post by: bk on October 17, 2004, 05:58:37 PM: Chat in a mere minute - in fact, chat now, the fershluganah room is OPEN.
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Post by: bk on October 17, 2004, 06:02:12 PM: People, the room is open. Noel and I are there. The fur is flying.
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Post by: MBarnum on October 17, 2004, 06:06:16 PM: This might be a bit closer to the Eric Benet "hunk" that Panni saw today at the GAP.

(http://www.postersultan.com/posters/benet_eric%2Bbenet%2B1_18x24_7.99_7-31-03.jpg)
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Post by: bk on October 17, 2004, 06:13:58 PM: I'll say it again - if that's "gorgeous" then I don't know what. Cary Grant is gorgeous. This guy skeeves me. Chat is wild and wooly, that's all I can tell you.
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Post by: bk on October 17, 2004, 06:25:20 PM: We have a small but ribald group in what may be our final Unseemly Live Chat for a few months.
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Post by: bk on October 17, 2004, 06:42:36 PM: Welcome eight GUESTS. We're chatting and it's all quite ribald and randy. I've left, but the room is still open for a while longer.
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Post by: Danise on October 17, 2004, 06:45:28 PM: Quote from: bk on October 17, 2004, 06:25:20 PM
We have a small but ribald group in what may be our final Unseemly Live Chat for a few months.

Why? The holidays?
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Post by: Jane on October 17, 2004, 06:46:54 PM: Danise-LOL regarding your tree service. I do admire you for doing the work yourself. To bad you don’t live closer to us, our neighbors are always looking for firewood.

I’m guessing Eric Benet looks better in person. :-\
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Post by: Noel on October 17, 2004, 06:50:12 PM: Quote from: Dan (the Man) on October 17, 2004, 05:52:30 PM
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v130/WandaDuck/bananas.jpg)

DW Joy would only eat the pair on the left. Any amount of brown spots make a banana "overripe" to her.

Please keep me updated on the progress of the Benet/Panni romance
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Post by: Jane on October 17, 2004, 06:53:58 PM: I agree with Joy. :)

I'm tired. It took me three times to get this little post correct. ;D Goodnight.
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Post by: elmore3003 on October 17, 2004, 07:03:43 PM: Thank you, DRMBarnum for the phone call. I remember saying this morning I would be E&T from Chat tonight because of a reading, but I'm starting to feel no one's taking my comments seriously.

As far as Chat goes, I really love it, and I'm ecstatic to be back on the site, but I wish Chat would go to Monday at 6 because Monday is a television wasteland, but 6 pm Chat on Sunday interferes with the East coast DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES, and I'm not certain I want to give it up for Chat.
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Post by: S. Woody White on October 17, 2004, 07:55:27 PM: Something very quick:

It looks like we've found Zeus, our foster-puppy, a home.

We'll confirm tomorrow.

But der Brucer and I ahve ahd a coup-le foo many drinks in the process, so I'm not positn g any more tn oite.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on October 17, 2004, 08:21:01 PM: I agree with BK...Benet doesn't make it as "gorgeous" to me.

Now BK's landlord...James Marsden...THAT'S GORGEOUS!

It must gall a lot of other "pretty" faces that he has talent, too....acting, and singing.
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Post by: Matt H. on October 17, 2004, 08:22:11 PM: Wasn't Eric Benet arrested for beating Halle Berry at one point?
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Post by: Matt H. on October 17, 2004, 08:25:12 PM: Earlier today, bk wrote:

"And since it's a Paramount film, and they have no interest in releasing their soundtracks, it is doubtful we'll have have one."

Of course, there was a soundtrack to Paramount's FUNNY FACE (it was on Verve; I have it, and I'm sure other DRs do also), and, of course, LI'L ABNER on Columbia.
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Post by: bk on October 17, 2004, 08:26:17 PM: We'll have to wait for Eric Benet's new squeeze, Panni, to tell us all about it when she gets home from Jimmy Kimmel (no relation) or whomever she went to see with Jimmy's sidekick.
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Post by: Matt H. on October 17, 2004, 08:26:58 PM: SOMETHING'S AFOOT opened much better than it had any right to do. After the most chaotic and disorganized rehearsal period I have ever encountered in over forty years of appearing on stage, somehow people got their acts together, and we had a show. Not great but nevertheless a show.
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Post by: Matt H. on October 17, 2004, 08:27:25 PM: I, too, send best wishes to DR Michael Shayne for a speedy recovery.
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Post by: Charles Pogue on October 17, 2004, 08:33:54 PM: Atalnta baseball player David Justice, Berry's first hubby, I think, was the one who supposedly beat her.
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Post by: bk on October 17, 2004, 08:34:34 PM: Glad the show was okay, which is more than I can say for the DVD I'm watching (I should have known better): Mulholland Falls. I saw it when it came out and hated every minute of it, but I thought I'd give it another chance. Aside from the decors of Richard Sylbert (who also plays a small role!) and the wonderful Dave Grusin score, it's as bad as I remembered. No sympathetic characters, Jennifer Connoly's ridiculously overripe bosoms (she clearly had a boob job before this film, and sometime soon thereafter, she undid it), Melanie Griffith's overripe bosoms and lips (all fake - too bad -she was so cute before all the work) and a story that just sits there like so much fish.
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Post by: bk on October 17, 2004, 08:35:07 PM: Was David Justice brought to justice?
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Post by: TCB on October 17, 2004, 08:40:12 PM: James Marsden is BK's landlord........

and

Panni is marrying Eric Benet?????

I have been gone a loooonnngggg time.
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Post by: TCB on October 17, 2004, 08:44:12 PM: MattH, I am sorry that I missed the fact that today was the opening of SOMETHING'S AFOOT.

A belated Break A Leg, and here's hoping that the show keeps getting better!
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Post by: TCB on October 17, 2004, 08:45:27 PM: How many posts are required to become a frenzy?
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Post by: TCB on October 17, 2004, 08:47:08 PM: Well, at least I am in the company of a couple of handsome gentlemen!
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Post by: Charles Pogue on October 17, 2004, 09:01:02 PM: Don't remember much about the Justice incident.

Listening to Donald's radio show about the musicals done at the Royal National in London. He mentions Olivier Award winner David Healy who won for playing Nicely-Nicely in the '82 production of GUYS & DOLLS. David that same year was cast as Dr. Watson in my two Sherlock Holmes films, SIGN OF FOUR & HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES. Unfortunately, much of HOUND was shot on location in Dartmoor and David couldn't get out of his contract with the National. So after playing Watson in SIGN, we had to replace him with Donald Churchill for HOUND. David was actually an American from Texas who was married to a British woman. I did not see this famed production of G & D, because it being my first time in London, I was going to see typical "British" theatre and didn't want to see American musicals. Donald is wrong about the space between the time the National did A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC & their next musical which he says was OKLAHOMA (I saw both of these by the way, though OKLAHOMA had transferred to the West End by the time I saw. LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC I saw on the Olivier stage with Dench, Philips,and Hodge). In between these musicals, the National did yet another revival of GUYS & DOLLS. This one I did see, with powerhouse Clive Rowe playing Nicely-Nicely. He must have done five or six encores of SIT DOWN YOUR ROCKING THE BOAT, the night we saw it. We actually had a hard time getting seats for it and our pal, actor Jason Isaacs, pulled some strings for us and got us excellent house seats. It was also a huge hit.

I don't remember whether VILLAIN'S OPERA was done before OKLAHOMA or not, but it too was a musical, an updating of BEGGAR'S OPERA about London's East End crime world. I don't think it was a hit, but the lovely wife, Julieanne, and I were mesmerized by it...It also featured the charismatic Mr. Rowe.

Healy, by the by, was a lovely nice man. He passed away a few years back.
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Post by: bk on October 17, 2004, 09:11:43 PM: That's all well and good, but do you find Eric Benet "gorgeous"?
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Post by: MBarnum on October 17, 2004, 09:45:12 PM: Quote from: bk on October 17, 2004, 09:11:43 PM
That's all well and good, but do you find Eric Benet "gorgeous"?

Well, as the saying goes "I wouldn't kick him out of bed"

However, he is no Patrick Warburton.
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Post by: bk on October 17, 2004, 10:03:56 PM: Might I just ask where in tarnation IS everyone?
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Post by: Jrand73 on October 17, 2004, 10:22:21 PM: Back at last. Missed the chat. 8-(
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Post by: Panni on October 17, 2004, 10:33:05 PM: Okay - about my fiance, Mr. Benet... "Gorgeous" for me means sexy, outstanding in the looks department -- which this guy IN PERSON - not in the photos posted - is. For one thing, he no longer has a beard and he has very sexy lips and a sexy swagger. I do not find him terribly attractive for me personally - but I can see why Halle and all the other women he beds do. He is no Cary Grant, true, but who is?

As for using fan and Kimmel (no relation) in the same breath, I was being facetious about the hundreds of Kimmel (no relation) fans on the site. It's not really necessary to explain that, is it?

I had a fabulous evening tonight. My landlady and her husband had a great time and Uncle Frank - who is a 71-year-old retired New York cop who was, among other things, Sinatra's body guard for 4 years - was a true character who told stories non-stop for an hour.
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Post by: Jay on October 17, 2004, 10:50:58 PM: The Dear Father and The Dear Stepmother left late this morning and drove down to Sandy Eggo, from where their Panama Canal cruise was to depart this evening at 8 pm.

I spent the day on a tour of Craftsman houses in two Pasadena neighborhoods and this evening at Take Me Out.

I am, as they say in certain corners, to pooped to pop. I think I shall retire now and check in tomorrow morning when I will be, for certain, in a far more chipper state than I am right now!
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Post by: DearReaderLaura on October 17, 2004, 11:30:33 PM: I was out most of the day. This evening DH and I went for a walk around the ballpark and watched the owls and nighthawks fly and hunt. I live such an exciting life.
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Post by: Tomovoz on October 17, 2004, 11:40:55 PM: I'm still too tired to write much at all - no doubt I will be back to normal !! in a few days and will try and post some of the pictures of "the most beautiful villages in France".
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Post by: Tomovoz on October 17, 2004, 11:43:17 PM: Not sure that I'll be able to concentrate enough to peruse the posts of the past month or so either. I may need a complete refresher course as to the current state of HHW relationships and localities.
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Post by: Tomovoz on October 17, 2004, 11:46:59 PM: I think my "Woman In White" stories made it to the site. It really was the worst professional musical I have ever attended. Nothing to recommend it. IMAX theatre with totally forgettable music and lyrics - the only song I remember is the old Christmas carol "The Holly And The Ivy". This show made "The Beautiful Game" look like a masterpiece of theatre.
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Post by: Tomovoz on October 17, 2004, 11:48:13 PM: At least I can still remember to "mini frenzy".

Happy Birthday to all those DRs who celebrated in the past five weeks.
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Post by: bk on October 17, 2004, 11:48:40 PM: And one for Mahler.
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Post by: bk on October 17, 2004, 11:48:58 PM: New notes up shortly.