Haines His Way
Archives => Archive 2 => Topic started by: bk on October 26, 2004, 11:58:59 PM
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Well, you've read the notes, you have not waned on the notes nor have you waned on a pawade, and now it is time for you to post until the waning cows come home.
P.S. A happy birthday to occasional poster wlajb.
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And I spy a Jed! Welcome back Jed.
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Dang it, just missed posting to the end of yesterday's posts, so...
Thank you so very much one and all, all and one, for the loverly birthday wishes! I have been incredibly errant and truant the past couple months, but I assure you all that I shall return on a regular basis one of these days. I miss all y'all, and when things get rolling for me again and I feel I can be as lively and sparkling as this ever-so-ginchy place deserves, I very much look forward to rejoining this merry troupe.
...I'll be back!
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Welcome back, Jed!
As bk said, it's waning. Hawd. There's a pool outside my front door. And I'm not talking about the swimming pool. I think I'll be up all night taking care of paper work. My aim is not to stay up all night tomorrow (tonight) - the night before my trip.
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For the women (and the men) around here -- take a look at this...
http://www.saveroe.com/americanidle/
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Running though a dusty field, he cries "Come back, Jed, come back!"
Hey, a Brandon deWilde reference, or close to! (And to a film that's four months older than I am!)
memo to self: double=-check all late-nite posts for typos.
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Tom - I've been meaning to tell you - the photos are wonderful!
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DR Panni: Thank you. Selective of course!! Have so many from the old style camera that have yet to be developed!
I hope your trip is interesting, enjoyable and most of all, SAFE. I am sure we all look forward to your safe return. - and to a new address.
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Thank you, Tom.
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ASK BK
Since it has been "waning" so much lately here in L.A. (and it is only October!), what are your favorite "wany" day activites? Or rainy day...whichever you prefer!
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Tom, the pics are gorgeous and whet my appetite for a return trip. That being said, I have a question for you (Tom). You posted a picture yesterday of a Norman style cottage and a winding road. Where in France is that? Of course it could be anywhere in any small village but it looks familiar. You weren't in Honfleur this trip, were you?
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Rodney Dangerfield one-liners:
I was so poor growing up ... If I wasn't born a boy ... I'd have nothing to play with.
A girl phoned me the other day and said "Come on over, there's nobody home." I went over. Nobody was home.
One day as I came home early from work ... I saw a guy jogging naked. I said to the guy... "Hey buddy, why are you doing that?" He said, "Because you came home early."
It's been a rough day. I got up this morning ... put on a shirt and a button fell off. I picked up my briefcase, and the handle came off. I'm afraid to go to the bathroom.
I was such an ugly kid ... When I played in the sandbox the cat kept covering me up.
I could tell that my parents hated me. My bath toys were a toaster and a radio.
I'm so ugly... My mother had morning sickness... AFTER I was born.
I remember the time I was kidnapped and they sent a piece of my finger to my father. He said he wanted more proof.
I went to see my doctor. "Doctor, every morning when I get up and look in the mirror... I feel like throwing up; What's wrong with me?" He said "I don't know but your eyesight is perfect."
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What time are the cows expected home?
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DR Tom, the pictrues are excellent quality, and I enjoyed looking at them. You have a wonderful eye for photographs.
Glad to see DR Jed back, even fleetingly.
Nice to hear from DR Jose last night.
Really hope all who are in physical distress start to feel better soon. Having been a bit under the weather a couple of weeks ago (but had to keep pushing myself since SOMETHING'S AFOOT was afooting), I know how miserable it is to not feel your best (and my ailment was minor compared to what's going on with some DRs). Get better soon!
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I have a question for the single DRs out there, especially those who live by themselves:
How often do you cook for yourself during a typical week and how often do you go out for meals?
For me, I go out for about three meals a week and cook for myself all the other times.
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Rolling-again-soon vibes to DR Jed.
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We have an afternoon rehearsal of NUNCRACKERS today, so I'll be back later.
BTW, thanks to DR George for the info on accordian playing. That relieved my mind completely that I wouldn't have to fiddle with the buttons to get sound of out the instrument.
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ASK BK
Since it has been "waning" so much lately here in L.A. (and it is only October!), what are your favorite "wany" day activites? Or rainy day...whichever you prefer!
When I was a kid I used to love to walk in the rain (see all three Kritzer books) - I also love to sit by a window and read, I like to drive in the rain (with hopefully no other drivers around), and I like to lie in bed and be cozy whilst listening to the rain.
That said, it has been very hard to write this beach party movie in the rain - I need sunshine to be in the proper mood.
It does seem as if the sun is trying its hardes to make an appearance this fine morning.
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I have a question for the single DRs out there, especially those who live by themselves:
How often do you cook for yourself during a typical week and how often do you go out for meals?
For me, I go out for about three meals a week and cook for myself all the other times.
I go out quite a bit, but I also bring stuff in a lot, too. I haven't cooked all that much in the new home environment, but I've made a few meals here, along with smaller snacks.
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Now, might I just as where in tarnation IS everyone?
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Hello, all! I'm back and feeling not too bad, just a bit uncomfortable. I'm on Tylenol with codeine right now, but I'm switching to Vicodin this afternoon. The surgery went well, I hope. I see the surgeon tomorrow afternoon, but so far things seem good, if uncomfortable, at times.
Thank you all for the kind words, thoughts and vibes. You're all quite dear to me, but I think you already know it, I hope you do.
DRJed, welcome back!
DRMattH, I cook about 3 times a week, but one of the advantages of New York is that every deli and lots of restaurants deliver. The decision for me is always what do I want and whom do I call.
I bought a new keyboard for my eMac this morning. I spilled a glass of water on it Monday night, and nothing I did to dry it out and get it back in shape worked. I suspect one of the reasonsd is it was filled with plaster dust from the bookcase debacle in late August and the water mixed with the dust inside the keyboard and turned it all to glue.
I enjoyed yesterday's posts, and out comes the old Fogey in me. All you youngsters newed to broaden your horizons more. There are a million wonderful and little known plays and musicals waiting to be discovered/acted/sung/whatever.
Favorite little known plays:
LOOK HOMEWARD ANGEL: why this never became a film still eludes me.
TEIBELE AND HER DEMON: I saw this opening night and it closed around three days later.
THE RELAPSE: the first Restoration play with a definitely gay character, Coupler the matchmaker, but I love the character of Hoyden Tunbelly, the gauche country heiress. This was made into a British musical after the success of LOCK UP YOUR DAUGHTERS (a musical based on Fielding's funny RAPE UPON RAPE) and it had a song I loved "I'm in Love With Her Husband."
INVITATION TO A MARCH: Arthur Laurents' version of "Sleeping Beauty" set in the Hamptons.
THE CAT AND THE CANARY: a funny 1920s thriller, one of first and best of the mad-killer-on-the-loose-drive-the-heroine-mad melodramas.
THE KITTY (La Cagnotte): funny French farce about provincial Frenchmen going to Paris and making total fools of themselves.
Musicals:
SITTING PRETTY: a great Jerome Kern score
SWEET ADELINE: another great Kern score
BIRDS OF PARADISE: David Evans and Winnie Holzman of the tv series MY SO CALLED LIFE made an intelligent, sly musical of Chekhov's THE SEAGULL; favorite lyric: "Chekhov wrote in Russian which is Greek to me."
BLESS THE BRIDE: British postwar valentine/satire of Victorian morals and the British abroad.
KNICKERBOCKER HOLIDAY: great political satire about fascist dictators set to Kurt Weill score and still relevant today; favorite lyric: "the honest men sit in the jails; the robbers, they are out."
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Well - how thrilled Miss Allison would be that her photo caused so much comment. I usually post one that I have saved from the WWW - but perhaps I will begin scanning a few more of my Unusual photographs. And yes, DRJANE - you would look lovely in the outfit. It is from - of course -Frederick's of Hollywood!
No I am not going at Allison for Halloween, MR BK - although it is a thought - I have decided this year to go as Lucy as Superman - two costumes in one!
And if you don't find the Broadway DVD - try www.deepdiscountdvd.com where it is only about $36 and you can get SLOW free shipping for faster regular shipping if you prefer!
Over the piano is a great place for the painting, properly illuminated.
Thanks MATTH - yes DRCP "The Little Princess" was all in color....but MATTH I had forgotten about the last few minutes of "The Little Colonel" - I have only seen that color sequence once, and it wasn't even very good shape wherever it was on....maybe Fox Movie Channel.....hmmmmmmm
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My question for ASK BK day:
What was your favorite Shirley Temple film when you were growing up?
What is your favorite Shirley Temple film now?
And why?
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DR Elmore,
So glad you're back and that the procedure went well. It must be a huge relief.
I'd love to see a production of just about any Kurt Weill work, particularly Knickerbocker Holiday.
(Has anyone seen Weill's Down In The Valley? I'm quite fond of the LP, but wonder how it would play on stage.)
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My question for ASK BK day:
What was your favorite Shirley Temple film when you were growing up?
What is your favorite Shirley Temple film now?
And why?
I never really was into Shirley when I was younger. My grandfather (Grandpa Gelfinbaum in the Kritzer books) LOVED her and all those movies. Maybe that's why I didn't care for them. I like them now and have the few that were released on DVD. I like the one where she sings Animal Crackers and the one with On the Good Ship Lollipop.
I tried deepdiscount for the Broadway set - great price and all but they list it twice - once it says "out of stock" the other it says nothing about stock. I don't want to order it if they don't have it.
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Greetings, Hainsies and Kimlets.
I do not have any specific questions for BK today. At least none that I can think of right now.
As I mentioned yesterday, last night the Dear Partner and I went to see Sandy Duncan in THE KING AND EYE (think about it, dear readers.....).
In a nutshell, the production was lovely. Not spectacular, but certainly not as chintzy looking as some tours can be. The physical production seemed to have been cobbled together from the Donna Murphy revival (costumes), and other K&I's (sets).
As K&I is my favorite R&H show, I have always held it close to my heart. And I am not afraid to say in these environs that I was not thrilled with the Donna Murphy production. But this was a lovely production, overall. Did I say that already?
Miss Duncan brings her usual perkiness to the role, as well as her dancer's background. She positively flitted about her bedroom during "Shall I Tell You What I Think of You?," which might not have seemed proper, but it was animated. However, her readings of some of the lines during that scene/song were also the way I had always imagined them being said/sung, but never have heard them done that way. Her voice is also much lower than I am used to hearing for Mrs. Anna's songs.
The King was essayed by Mr. Martin Vidnovic (estranged father of Laura Benanti), who I saw as Lun Tha almost 30 years ago (!). For one, Mr. Vidnovic should find a better agent. Not only is he billed below the title (a rare occurrence for a King these days), but his billing size was the same as the rest of the ensemble's, though at least on his own line. Having worked with Mr. Yul Brynner as much as he had (he was also in HOME SWEET HOMER), there are defnitely Brynner-like nuances to his performance. And to say that Mr. Vidnovic has too much voice for "A Puzzlement" would be an understatement.
The Tuptim was fine, though her performance of "My Lord and Master" was only serviceable, IMHO (in my humble opinion, in internet parlance). Her sections of her duets made me think that she might be better suited for Kim than Tuptim.
The Lun Tha was in fine voice, and in fine chest. If you know what I mean. And I think you do.
I am happy to say that the polka brought down the house. As well it should.
I should also add, however, that some misdirection by Miss Baayork Lee (the once and future director of A CHORUS LINE, including DR Jose's current assignment) made a mish-mash of the final deathbed scene, especially after the King actually passes.
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Good afternoon (or good morning all!)
Today coming into the main school gates I was bombarded by several rather well-toned young men and women in bathing suits asking for money. In the COLD. Sigh... the varsity swim team gets crazier and crazier ever year (yet luckily remain still as visual appealing as always)! Needless to say they got my loonie :)
Happy belated birthday Jed!
Vibes to Elmore and Michael Shayne! I'm glad to hear you are both doing better. ~~~
I'd like to make a vibe request of my own for a midterm I have this afternoon at 4:30. Family and Modern Society. I might just die of boredom while writing it. Vibe-ify me please! :)
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Ah - try www.dvdplanet.com MRBK - it is in stock but a bit more about $46! Also check out their Broadway archive DVD's if you don't have them. Just search under title Broadway....the DVD set is the almost the last DVD listed, but there are some nice ones along the way.
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DRD-I-T, I saw DOWN IN THE VALLEY in grad school. It plays quite well, but I find its naivete, deliberate or not, a bit cloying, and I prefer it as a listening piece. A radio opera I love, which I believe has a theme stolen (no!!) by Lloyd Webber in POT, is Menotti's THE OLD MAID AND THE THIEF, and I'm surprised that isn't performed more often. There was a lovely performance on cassette with Judith Blegen and John Reardon and I wish they'd issue it on CD.
Since I've not been a fan of Miss Duncan since she was impossibly miscast in the 1998 Carnegie Hall JUBILEE, wherein she screwed up every song lyric she had, I'm sorry to hear she's not so bad as Mrs Anna. I also thought the fierce Donna Murphy was miscast in THE KING AND I, as was the director of that production, lovely as it was to view. Martin Vidnovic was a Cincinnati Conservatory opera student: I remember his Don Giovanni, in which hew was a very handsome seducer.
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Good vibes for DR Emily's midterm.
DR Laura II please come back!
Welcome DRs Kerry and Jed.
Glad you're feeling a bitbetter DR Elmore.
DR Jose, glad you came out of the pit.
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Favorite Shirley Temple growing up:
THE LITTLEST REBEL: I am not really sure if I had a "favorite" Shirley Temple movie when I was a kid...I just liked them all...but this film stands out as one that I watched a lot.
Favorite now:
STAND UP AND CHEER: Not much Shirley in this film but her BABY TAKE A BOW number is great...plus so many other wonderful singers and performers in this movie.
BABY TAKE A BOW: I guess I just love this song! and this is a particularly cute movie.
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A very cute Shirley Temple movie, MB!
Where else can you go on the internet and go to France AND Houston in the space of a few posts?!
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BRIGHT EYES is my favorite - with James Dunn and Jane Withers AND "Good Ship Lollipop."
"You mean.....you mean....my momma cracked up?"
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WB DR Jed, good to see you again, even if it's just for a post or two. We look forward to your return! It's indeed Wednesday, and it is finally feeling like fall here in the greater bay area! The weather is cool and feels like it will rain, gotta love the rain! (or wane)
Sometime yesterday, I was conjuring up my question for the usual Ask BK wedenesday topic, and for the life of me, can't come up with it. Perhaps later.
Glad to hear you are doing well, DR Elmore.
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Shirley Temple Page Two Dance! ;D
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Glad to see DR Elmore here today. Onward and upward healthwise, my man!
Also nice to see other e&t's poppin' their heads in, if at least to say howdy.
My favorite Shirley Temple movie as a kid had to be Heidi. Well, maybe not exactly my favorite, but the one that most stood out in my mind back then. It had to do with the film's climax. It seemed to me that Shirley Temple was always in danger in all of her movies of being sold to the Gypsys. But in Heidi, she was being sold on Christmas Eve! That struck me as the most awful of awful! It's mostly because of that hair-raising ending that that movie so reverberated with me.
My favorite Temple movie nowadays is The Bachelor and The Bobbysoxer. She holds her own with a good performance in a very funny movie. I would love to see outtakes from the filming--I read somewhere once that Cary Grant and Myrna Loy were always trying to get Shirley to break up during her scenes.
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Oh, Stuart, you nasty man! God will punish you for making naughty Sandy Duncan affliction puns!
Favourite Shirley Temple movie when she was a diabolical youngster is THE LITTLE PRINCESS.
Favourite Shirley Temple movie she was an older diabolical teen is THE BACHELOR & THE BOBBY-SOXER.
Favourite Shirley Temple movie these days, FORT APACHE, not that she has anything to do with it being a favourite.
Tewkes went into a sudden orgy of play last night for the first time. The Lovely Wife, Julieanne, was rolling him on his back and cooing at him, when he suddenly leaped up and attacked a plastic flower on the floor. We played tug-of-war with him, would fling it away and he'd go and fetch it and growl and gnaw on it. I then got an old stuffed toy of Cully's and went through the same routine with Tewkes on that. Good thing. We were about to change his name to Ennui. In truth, he's becoming a great dog and hit of the neighbourhood.
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Did you ever have days where you do something really stupid and can't undo it?
I just decided to hit eBay for a DVD of Danny Kaye's HANS ANDERSEN, so I did a search "hans christian andersen DVD kaye." I found a good price, bought it now, and paid by Paypal. Well, I just just bought a VHS copy! I clearly disregarded the VHS in the title listing. So, why the hell did a search for DVD bring up a VHS? I'm more pissed because I have eat the damned thing! Blame it on the drugs (now or then)!
DRDTM, I always liked HEIDI, too, and my only memory is the escape in the sleigh, or am I making this up? I also liked Shirley in KISS AND TELL, and my favorite song she did is "I Love to Walk in the Rain."
Speaking of Miss T, I wish the videos of her Storybook series were available. I remember a pretty frightening one of a Jules Verne story "The Clockman," or something like that, a "Land of Oz," and something about Green Ginger.
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Can't you undo an ebay bid if you do it right away?
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My goodness, it's a bit slow around these here parts today. I will soon be on my way to lunch with Marcy, the Marketing Lady. Let's have some questions. Let's have some answers.
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Let's have some cake.
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Carrot please (cake, that is). With a fresh cup of coffee.
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Can't you undo an ebay bid if you do it right away?
DRJennifer, if you're quick enough. I emailed the vendor but I didin't receive an offer from him to refund my Paypal payment.
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Thanks, DR Elmore, for the info. It's been good catching up!
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Carrot please (cake, that is). With a fresh cup of coffee.
DRBen, it sounds like a great idea! Does it count as roughage?
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I guess it depends on how many pounds of carrots are in the cake (if it's got coarsely chopped nuts also then we have even more fiber).
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In my best BK impression
"Hey, seven guests, come on in, we're talkin' about carrot cake and coffee!"
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http://www.saveroe.com/americanidle/
I had a rather strange reaction to this: I burst out in tears.
My feelings about American Idol are well known to you all. To think that more people care to state their preference between Clay and Ruben than between Bush and Kerry - well, that just breaks my heart. Because AI, you know, is a game show, singers competing for cash, prizes and fame. And who runs the country effects everybody's life. Three years ago, America had the world's symapthy. Now, we're as loathed as we've ever been. Actions have consequences. Who wins Idol - has no consequences. Get off your butts and vote Tuesday.
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In my best BK impression
"Hey, seven guests, come on in, we're talkin' about carrot cake and coffee!"
You'd sound more like him, DRBen, if you added "Get your buttcheeks in here."
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Carrot cake is my favorite flavor of cake, and I'm no health nut.
I very much enjoyed Down in the Valley on stage. I rank it as one of Weill's most successful works.
Ask BK - there was something in Kritzer Time I'd experienced as well, those Southern California high school drama competitions. It was at those I met Kevin Spacey (then named Fowler), Mare Winningham and Val Kilmer. Did you get the chance to meet anyone from other high schools at those competitions?
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My feelings about American Idol are well known to you all. To think that more people care to state their preference between Clay and Ruben than between Bush and Kerry - well, that just breaks my heart. Because AI, you know, is a game show, singers competing for cash, prizes and fame. And who runs the country effects everybody's life. Three years ago, America had the world's symapthy. Now, we're as loathed as we've ever been. Actions have consequences. Who wins Idol - has no consequences. Get off your butts and vote Tuesday.
Since I detest the "pop" style of singing exemplified by American Idol, I don't care who prefers Clay to Rubin. However, I do care that we live in a country so large and so full of morons that the election is so closely tied. If the people with braces on their brains (an AUNTIE MAME reference) would expand their narrow little minds, perhaps our puppet president and his puppetmasters, warmongers, and liars would be left in the dust.
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Ask BK - there was something in Kritzer Time I'd experienced as well, those Southern California high school drama competitions. It was at those I met Kevin Spacey (then named Fowler), Mare Winningham and Val Kilmer. Did you get the chance to meet anyone from other high schools at those competitions?
And did Kevin Fowler claim to be straight?
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And did Kevin Fowler claim to be straight?
All I can tell you is that I had multiple female friends who slept with him back then.
Whether Mr. Spacey made some other changes along with his name, I leave to the gossips.
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DR JRand wrote: "but MATTH I had forgotten about the last few minutes of "The Little Colonel" - I have only seen that color sequence once, and it wasn't even very good shape wherever it was on....maybe Fox Movie Channel.....hmmmmmmm"
I bought the commercial videotape of THE LITTLE COLONEL specifically because the final Technicolor sequence had been restored to it, and I hadn't seen it before. It's not much: basically to show Shirley in, as I recall, a frilly blue hoop dress. Lionel Barrymore and Shirley fight to a draw for the most scenes stolen.
When I was growing up I liked HEIDI the best. Now, I think I like CAPTAIN JANUARY the best.
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Can someone validate my suspicion about THE BLUE BIRD. If you watch it now, the first scenes (until the children are awakened by Berrylou) are in sepia, but is this because Fox had earlier deleted those sequences and can't find the Technicolor masters for them and all they're left with are these black and white scenes that they've tinted? (Everyone looks like they're made up in Technicolor make-up in those scenes even though we only see them in sepia.)
Surely Fox wouldn't have so blatently copied the sepia/Technicolor look of THE WIZARD OF OZ, especially since it never goes back to sepia once the chilren wake up.
(And don't call me surely!)
Really, does anyone know about this?
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HEIDI - yes it always scared me that Fraulein Rottenmeier tried to sell Shirley....and of course she BROKE Shirley's snow globe! YIKES!!
DR ELMORE sometimes a person doing a listing puts "not available on DVD" or "Not a DVD" in his title or description so adding DVD to your search brings it up!
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Did you ever have days where you do something really stupid and can't undo it?
I just decided to hit eBay for a DVD of Danny Kaye's HANS ANDERSEN, so I did a search "hans christian andersen DVD kaye." I found a good price, bought it now, and paid by Paypal. Well, I just just bought a VHS copy! I clearly disregarded the VHS in the title listing. So, why the hell did a search for DVD bring up a VHS? I'm more pissed because I have eat the damned thing! Blame it on the drugs (now or then)!
I did almost the same thing exept that I bought a vinyl record of the London cast of Where's Charley (http://www.castalbumdb.com/rec.cfm?RNumber=1250) from eBay (also used "Buy It Now" option) and I had totally forgotten that I already owned the CD! I hate it when that happens!
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Ask BK - there was something in Kritzer Time I'd experienced as well, those Southern California high school drama competitions. It was at those I met Kevin Spacey (then named Fowler), Mare Winningham and Val Kilmer. Did you get the chance to meet anyone from other high schools at those competitions?
I have a friend, Deanna Moon Walker Barrett (yes, with her first husband, she became a Moon Walker!). Anyway, she went to high school with Kevin and Mare. Deanna told the story that Kevin was the first person to get her to say the "f" word...just for the sake of saying it! He even wrote in her year book that he couldn't believe that he got her to say it! Deanna never mentioned anything about Kevin's "preferences" ... but he was in drama! ::)
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Carrot Cake: Very high in fat content! May as well have something that looks better and looks better IMHO.
(I'm a Baker's son). Of course some one may whip you to have the forced cream.
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DR Tom, the pictrues are excellent quality, and I enjoyed looking at them. You have a wonderful eye for photographs.
Thank you Matt. The pics are brought to you by the talented DR Nurse Jane.
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Jane's favourite!!
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Good Afternoon!
I made it up in time to get to the Alley Theater to catch this morning's student matinee performance of Ken Ludwig's latest play, Leading Ladies.
What a wonderful show! -I'm so glad I got my butt-cheeks out of bed in time to make it to the early show. It's a great farce filled with the usual farcical elements: cross-dressing men, mistaken identities, backstage intrigues, etc. Despite the very "old-fasioned" devices, the laughs ring true and fresh. -And I have to commend the cast for being at the their best for a 10:00AM(!) performance. The plot centers around two actors trying to bilk a elderly woman of her considerable fortune. One of them find himself falling in love with the niece, one of them finds himself falling in love with the friend... hilarity ensues.
And what a cast! The "Leading Ladies" are played to the hilt by Brent Barrett and Christopher Duva. The sight of Mr. Barrett in a Cleopatra dress with a sheer mid-drift made for a most memorable entrance. Mr. Duva's various costumes and wigs also provided their moments of genuine laughs.
Erin Dilly plays Meg who soon becomes the object of affection of Mr. Barrett's Leo/Maxine. I've worked with Erin before, and I've always loved her on stage, but I have to say I fell in love with her again while watching her this morning. Her slightly daffy ingenue is a wonder. So effortlessly carried off. And she also gets to show off some of her physical comedy skills - the way she descends the staircase is priceless. She's supposed to be in the upcoming Broadway bow of Chitty-Chitty Bang-Bang, but I hope her performance in this show gets to be seen by a New York audience. -And I was glad I hung out after the show to catch up with here too.
Jane Powell - who one local reviewer noted "seems to get smaller and spunkier each times she comes to town" (she was on the The Full Monty Tour) - can deliver one-liners with the best of them. And her physical performance is also a joy to watch. -And it was her birthday today too!
Rounding out the cast are Mark Jacoby as Duncan, Meg's fiance; Lacey Kohl as Audrey the roller-skating waitress and Meg's best friend; Dan Lauria as Doc - who knows how to work a cod-piece(!); and Tim McGeever as Butch, Audrey's somewhat dim-witted but lovable boyfriend.
All in all, a very enjoyable morning.
And it's was very nice to see some very established musical theatre performers - Ms. Dilly, Ms. Kohl, Mr. Barrett and Mr. Jacoby - proving that singers can be - and ARE - actors too! *Oh, and there's a nice dance/costume parade sequence at the top of the final scene too!
-And the audience was very well-behaved too, for the most part. Most of the audience was comprised to middle-school and high school students. It was a joy and inspiration to notice that most of them were actually listening to the words coming from the stage, and that they actually got the laughs as well as most of the theatrical and Shakespearean references that appear throughout the play. However, the two older ladies who were sitting next to me obviously paid no attention to the pre-show announcements regarding unwrapping their candies and cough drops... I was literally about to reach over and help the woman open her package of cough drops! -And, of course, she held the bits of cellophane in her hand throughout the rest of the first act, and would occasionally crinkle them from time to time.. to time... UGH!
But, again, I had a wonderful time. I hope the play has a future beyond Houston.
*BK - I tried to pass on greetings to Brent on your behalf, but I seemed to have missed him at the stage door.
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Whether Mr. Spacey made some other changes along with his name, I leave to the gossips.
Well, I'll never tell what I know.
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Of course, thanks for reminding me DR Tom. Yes, DR Jane, superb!
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So what's this news item about 58,000 missing absentee ballots in Florida?
In Bette Midler's phraseology, are a bunch of scared rats trying to save a sinking ship?
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I had my hair cut earlier today. The place where I go is run by a nice husband and wife from Ukraine. They told me that their four-and-a-half-year-old son is a huge fan of Sarah Brightman. He "discovered" her when he saw LAND BEFORE TIME, and now he fast forwards the video just so he can hear her sing over the credits. Sarah Brightman will be performing in Toronto on Monday night, and they bought him a ticket - he'll be going with his mom. The kid can barely sleep, he's so excited.
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After the show, I headed into the Tunnels that run under most of Houston. From what I gather and from what some locals have told me, the Tunnels started as a result of a bomb shelter being built under the Foley's department store many years ago. The more that downtown got built up, the more the tunnel system expanded. It's possible to walk from one end of the downtown area to the other without ever having to go outside - and in inclement weather that comes in handy. It also helps during the hot summers here too. There is also a system of skyways connecting many of the building above street level.
Basically, the tunnels are like one large underground food court and shopping center while providing a convenient way for city workers to walk from one building to another. They looked very clean with a nice variety of shops and restaurants. -I ended up trying some pretty good Mexican today.
OH! And now I know where all the Starbucks are in downtown Houston! They're all underground!
I also found out today why most of Houston seems to be under construction right now. It's all part of the Allison Iniative. In order to prevent the loss of lives and money due to Hurricane Allison a few years ago, the city of Houston is totally revamping their infrastructure. Streets are being regraded. New sewage and drainage systems are being put in. Basically, the whole city is being re-developed in order to provide three main "drainage areas" should another hurricane hit them again. Sounds good to me.
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So what's this news item about 58,000 missing absentee ballots in Florida?
In Bette Midler's phraseology, are a bunch of scared rats trying to save a sinking ship?
And what about the mess in Ohio?!?! Apparently, there is one whole county - at least a block of 17,000 votes - that could end up - and probably will - being challenged due some mix up in the registrar's office. The registrar's office has already put in place a plan to use one of the convention centers in order to process the in-question ballots and voters.
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DR elmoore - I haven't caught up on all the posts from the past week, but I'm guessing that you've had some type of surgery and that you're now back at home recovering and recuperating. Glad to know your health is on the mend.
You mentioned Sweet Adeline in one of your posts today. Did you work on the Encores' presentation a few years ago?
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The more that downtown got built up, the more the tunnel system expanded. It's possible to walk from one end of the downtown area to the other without ever having to go outside - and in inclement weather that comes in handy. It also helps during the hot summers here too. There is also a system of skyways connecting many of the building above street level.
DRJose, you're in Houston about a month earlier than I was during the six weeks I was there with BABES IN TOYLAND, and it was warm through Thanksgiving, which is - I recall - the week before we opened. We were there for production meetings during the summer, including a readthrough of a dreadful new book that necessitated a change in book writer, and it was only bearable to head for the nearest tunnel. It's unbearable in Houston in the suimmer!
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DRElmore...Your DVD/videotape story reminded me of the time our son, Rob, went online (with my credit card)to order his dad a copy of a family-favorite movie for Christmas - Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. He had missed the one little detail that he was ordering the Spanish version and was most upset when it arrived. The irony was that he HATED his Spanish classes in high school.
Continued recovery vibes...
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DR elmoore - I haven't caught up on all the posts from the past week, but I'm guessing that you've had some type of surgery and that you're now back at home recovering and recuperating. Glad to know your health is on the mend.
You mentioned Sweet Adeline in one of your posts today. Did you work on the Encores' presentation a few years ago?
DRJose, three things:
1. I believe I sent you an email about the "procedure" yesterday; I hope I did!
2. No, I did see Eric Shaefer (sp) at the orchestra readthrough for SWEET ADELINE, but after doing THE BOYS FROM SYRACUSE for them for little, as well as CALL ME MADAM and PAL JOEY, Rob Fisher only calls me when he has a budget of less than $100 or he needs a freebie. Now that Encores! is rich, they call the boys with Tony Awards or nominations. Color me bitter.
3. Did you hear about the breakin at the Toledo, OH, Democratic headquarters? Only the computers with information were stolen.
I have a fantasatic tape of the New Amsterdam Theatre performances from 1985 with Judy Kaye, Ivy Austin, Richard Muenz, Paula Laurence, and Carlton Carpenter.
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DRElmore...Your DVD/videotape story reminded me of the time our son, Rob, went online (with my credit card)to order his dad a copy of a family-favorite movie for Christmas - Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. He had missed the one little detail that he was ordering the Spanish version and was most upset when it arrived. The irony was that he HATED his Spanish classes in high school.
Continued recovery vibes...
Thank you, DRGinny!
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RE: Single DRs and Eating Out vs. Eating In...
I go through phases. Sometimes I find mysef eating out almost each day of the week in some for or another. Other times, I end up giving my cookware and stove and oven a good workout for days at a time. No ryhme or reason to it.
-On a related note, while packing up for Houston, I ended putting some of the various cookware I own that happen to still be in boxes in the kitchen on top of the new refrigerator. Boy, was that a wake up call of sorts. By the time I had placed everything on top of the fridge, it was like I had stocked a small housewares department. A large non-stick griddle, a grill pan, a stainless steel covered saute pan, a set of All-Clad gratin dishes, various specialtly bake/cake pans, a small cast-iron wok (Le Creuset - heck, it was on sale!), a heavy-duty broiler pan, a 5 quart sauce pan, etc. -And, again, all were still in boxes - meaning, not used. Yet. And, yes, some of those boxes were bought two or three years ago... Hmmm... No more Williams-Sonoma or Sur La Table for me for a while. :-X
-And then there was the collection of serving spoons, silicon spatulas and spoonulas, pastry brushes, chef's knives, splatter guards, etc...
Maybe I should just have a yard sale when I get back...
Hmmm....
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DRJose, three things:
1. I believe I sent you an email about the "procedure" yesterday; I hope I did!
2. No, I did see Eric Shaefer (sp) at the orchestra readthrough for SWEET ADELINE, but after doing THE BOYS FROM SYRACUSE for them for little, as well as CALL ME MADAM and PAL JOEY, Rob Fisher only calls me when he has a budget of less than $100 or he needs a freebie. Now that Encores! is rich, they call the boys with Tony Awards or nominations. Color me bitter.
3. Did you hear about the breakin at the Toledo, OH, Democratic headquarters? Only the computers with information were stolen.
I have a fantasatic tape of the New Amsterdam Theatre performances from 1985 with Judy Kaye, Ivy Austin, Richard Muenz, Paula Laurence, and Carlton Carpenter.
1) Hmm... No e-mail from you... Hmmm... Could be AOL's Auto-Spam filters working in overdrive again. I'll check.
2) OK - I just wanted to get your impressions of Mr. Schaeffer. -And any other "stuff" from that presentation. I've just happened to work with a couple of people recently who were a part of that show, and they've all had very interesting things to say about the process. Nothing bad per se, nothing really good per se. Just interesting.
3) Yes, I heard about the break in. -Oh, and the county in question in my previous post happens to include most of Cleveland. The registrar was semi-joking that he would need a place the size of the Browns football stadium in order to process the likely number of challenged/questionable voters/votes.
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As I mentioned yesterday, last night the Dear Partner and I went to see Sandy Duncan in THE KING AND EYE (think about it, dear readers.....).
...The biggest "puzzlement" for me with this current touring production is the fact the Mr. Vidnovic is playing the King. I'm sure he makes a fine King, but after all the brou-ha-ha over Jonathan Pryce's performance in Miss Saigon, and the recent push for color-blind, multi-racial casting... Well, I guess casting Mr. Vidnovic as a the King could be considered color-blind casting in a way... Well.. -I'm starting to babble, but I think you know what I'm getting at.
I meant to ask Baayork about it when she was here, but A CHORUS LINE kept us busy. -Just wondering...
-I do have to wonder about Stephanie Powers... Hmmm... When was the last time she was on stage? When was the last time she sang on stage?
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Noel: I don't remember meeting anyone that interesting from other schools.
Back from meeting Marcy the Marketing Person and we'll be working together on Writer's Block. I am very hopeful that she'll be an excellent asset, and that she'll be able to get all the mystery and theater bookshops to order the book, and that she'll be able to book some interesting signings around the country.
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London from Greenwich Hill
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Amazing - a photo without the help of Jane and Keith!!
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OK - Time to head to the theatre...
Laters...
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DR Emily: Did you know that MAMMA MIA will be playing here this summer? As will NOTRE DAME DE PARIS (which I really want to see, but it's probably sold out already).
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Of course, thanks for reminding me DR Tom. Yes, DR Jane, superb!
;D I didn’t photograph them, just downsized them which didn’t take too much talent.
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My questoin is this:
The song Roadside from the musical Roadside recorderd on Unsung Musicals II sounds as if the music was lifted from Sweetriver (or another song) from 110 in the Shade? I just realized this on a recent listen. Never noticed it before.
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There is no real musical notes similarity between Sweet River and Roadside - maybe it's the harmonica and the feel.
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Laura II welcome back. I was so happy when your avatar appeared. Pop anytime and let us know how you are doing.
Jose I have a recipe for delicious Mexican Wedding Cakes.
Emily I’m too late for vibes but hope the midterm went well.
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Amazing - a photo without the help of Jane and Keith!!
That is what I was thinking! LOL
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Jose I have a recipe for delicious Mexican Wedding Cakes.
I found your history of the Houston tunnels very interesting.
Emily I’m too late for vibes but hope the midterm went well.
Charles Pogue-darling Tewkes story. I’m glad he has become playful.
DiT it is so cute the little boy wants to see Sarah Brightman. His parents should try and pass along a note and find out if he can meet her.
Ginny, Rob’s story made me laugh.
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My favorite Shirley Temple movie is THE BACHELOR AND THE BOBBYSOXER. One of my favorite fun movies to watch. Dan(the Man) thanks for the fun bit of trivia.
My favorite as a child was THE LITTLE PRINCESS .
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I soon will be heading to a meeting of the Board of Directors of my synagogue. I have every confidence that the excitement of this news will cause each and every reader out there in the dark to plotz like they have never plotzed before.
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I soon will be heading to a meeting of the Board of Directors of my synagogue. I have every confidence that the excitement of this news will cause each and every reader out there in the dark to plotz like they have never plotzed before.
If I weren't so frail, I'd plotz twice! Pray God you return safely from your mission!
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I know these midterm vibes are too late, Emily, but I hope you can do something with them. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Today, I was supposed to write the proposal for a term paper. So far today, all I've accomplished is to serve as a piece of furniture for a fussy cat who wanted to take a very long nap on me. I'll do it tomorrow.
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Omigod, this board is slow today! Where is everybody?
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I soon will be heading to a meeting of the Board of Directors of my synagogue. I have every confidence that the excitement of this news will cause each and every reader out there in the dark to plotz like they have never plotzed before.
http://www.houseofnames.com/xq/asp.familycrest_details/s.Plotz/Plotz_family_Crest/Plotz_coat_of_arms/qx/Plotz.htm
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Omigod, this board is slow today! Where is everybody?
I don't know about anyone else, but I'm going to watch the Total Lunar Eclipse Tonight (http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap041027.html)! Should be fun! :D
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Here's one picture from...somewhere. I forgot where I just downloaded it from! ??? But it's a pretty cool picture.
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I don't know about anyone else, but I'm going to watch the Total Lunar Eclipse Tonight (http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap041027.html)! Should be fun! :D
I'll be long out of it, DRGeorge. Enjoy!
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Here's one picture from...somewhere. I forgot where I just downloaded it from! ??? But it's a pretty cool picture.
Cool? Beautiful, fascinating, hypnotic! I hope it looks like that for you.
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DiT-cute
George, I would watch tonight if I could see the moon through the rain.
Our satellite went down around 6:00 and just returned. I hate when that happens while I’m trying to send email or post.
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'night
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DR elmoore! I'm so glad that you're back online and feeling as well as one possibly can after your hospital visit!
ASK BK QUESTION:
Do you have anecdotes to share about Mr. J K Simmons? (i hadn't realized that aside from OZ, LAW & ORDER and DAS B, he was also in the revival of GUYS AND DOLLS).
Speaking of THE BLUE BIRD, the Russian/USA collaboration is available on dvd. . .just not region one. La Liz, La Ava, La Cicely and La Jane. . . .
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Wasn't Ms. Stephanie Powers onstage recently on the East Coast in APPLAUSE??? (or am i only dreaming?)
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No anecdotes or even mairzy doates about J.K. except he was fun to work with and a very pleasant fellow.
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And might I just echo elmore and say where in tarnation IS everyone? Let's not have a drearly old end to October.
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My aim is not to stay up all night tomorrow (tonight) - the night before my trip.
DR Panni wrote this just after midnight (HHW time). So, if I gather correctly, she's leaving tomorrow? Right? Have a safe and delightful trip, DR Panni! And don't stay up all night tonight (tomorrow).
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I'm here, BK. I just don't have much to say. And procrastinating is such hard work. I'm exhausted.
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Speaking of THE BLUE BIRD, the Russian/USA collaboration is available on dvd. . .just not region one. La Liz, La Ava, La Cicely and La Jane. . . .
Not in Region One in an attempt to protect the guilty?
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Tomorrow is another lad-sitting day. The day care people are all attending a funeral. (Not for one of the kids, thankfully.)
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And might I just echo elmore and say where in tarnation IS everyone? Let's not have a drearly old end to October.
I'm right here.
Watching BROADWAY'S LOST TREASURES 2 when not outside watching the total eclipse of the moon.
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Not in Region One in an attempt to protect the guilty?
I wouldn't be surprised at all to see this appear in region one from FOX; after all, look at the wonderful treatment they gave to CLEOPATRA.
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Wasn't Ms. Stephanie Powers onstage recently on the East Coast in APPLAUSE??? (or am i only dreaming?)
DRtd, I believe she was Margo Channing in the Papermill Playhouse production.
J K Simmons is on the cast recording of BIRDS OF PARADISE. I saw him do Jigger in CAROUSEL for the Houston Grand opera in a fantastic production by Gerald Guttierez.
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I've been out most of the day doing trip or moving errands. Now I must start packing - after cleaning up.
It's been a long day which won't end for some time. Sorry not to post or read. Will try to catch up.
The moon was spectacular tonight.
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Did you ever have days where you do something really stupid and can't undo it?
I just decided to hit eBay for a DVD of Danny Kaye's HANS ANDERSEN, so I did a search "hans christian andersen DVD kaye." I found a good price, bought it now, and paid by Paypal. Well, I just just bought a VHS copy! I clearly disregarded the VHS in the title listing. So, why the hell did a search for DVD bring up a VHS? I'm more pissed because I have eat the damned thing! Blame it on the drugs (now or then)!
Last year I was on an eBay CD buying spree and once or twice I wasn't too careful. I bid on and won a copy of Tovarich even though I already had a copy. Even worse, I bid and won what I thought was a CD of Mary Martin's Jennie. As was my habit, I put in my payment on PayPal as soon as I saw that I had won. It wasn't until it arrived that I realized that the item was actually a Playbill of the show. D'oh!
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I don't know about anyone else, but I'm going to watch the Total Lunar Eclipse Tonight (http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap041027.html)! Should be fun! :D
No eclipse for us in Philly tonight. The clouds have decided that the show M'lady Moon was to put on was too indecent. Foo and wee.
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Last year I was on an eBay CD buying spree and once or twice I wasn't too careful. I bid on and won a copy of Tovarich even though I already had a copy. Even worse, I bid and won what I thought was a CD of Mary Martin's Jennie. As was my habit, I put in my payment on PayPal as soon as I saw that I had won. It wasn't until it arrived that I realized that the item was actually a Playbill of the show. D'oh!
At a country auction, the DP asked me to bid on a sugar bowl. I got distracted by a woman who was telling me about her celebrity salt-and-pepper shaker collection (her prize was a Sir John A. Macdonald - Canada's first Prime Minister - salt shaker). Then I turned and saw that the sugar bowl was on the auction block. I bid and won. But it turned out the sugar bowl was the previous item - and I wound up with a baby gate. Try explaining that one!
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Wasn't Ms. Stephanie Powers onstage recently on the East Coast in APPLAUSE??? (or am i only dreaming?)
I think this tour was on the road about eight years ago. Ann Reinking directed and/or choreographed.
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LOST is a magnificent show. I cannot believe they continue to shock and surprise me week after week. Just loved tonight's episode.
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Bon Voyage, DR Panni! Enjoy your trip!
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DR td wrote: "Speaking of THE BLUE BIRD, the Russian/USA collaboration is available on dvd. . .just not region one. La Liz, La Ava, La Cicely and La Jane. . . ."
La bomb.
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Watching the "documentaries" on the new Dr. Strangelove DVD. The only one that's decent had already been available on the last SE Strangelove DVD. The sole reason to get this is the fantastic new transfer, at long last in 1:66 and anamorphically enhanced for widescreen TVs.
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Oh, dear, oh, dear, the posts have waned. Skammen. Perhaps some late-night denizens will show up and get us out of the doldrums.
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Just finished watching a couple of old game shows that I taped off of the GAME SHOW NETWORK last night. The shows were THE NAMES THE SAME and WHAT'S MY LINE. I keep forgetting to watch these shows now that they are on the wee hours of the night (used to be on Sunday evenings and I would watch whilst ironing my clothes for the work week).
You know they had such wonderfully witty and smart panelists on some of these old game shows...and I must say that John Daily, of WHAT'S MY LINE, is my all time favorite host...he amazes me sometimes!
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Simple basting sauce for grilled pork chops (could be used on chicken)
3 parts molasses
3 parts dark mustard
1 part Worcestershire
(3 parts bourbon added would be nice, too!)
(But limit yourself to Tablespoons and teaspoons, because a little goes a long way. And remember, three teaspoons per Tablespoon.)
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You know they had such wonderfully witty and smart panelists on some of these old game shows...and I must say that John Daily, of WHAT'S MY LINE, is my all time favorite host...he amazes me sometimes!
The good old days, when someone could be a panelist on a game show without plugging some product.
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To make life even more interesting, der B has been given an alert: there are a couple of pugs that need rescuing, perhaps in the next couple of days.
That's just what I need: a pair of pop-eyed pug puppies pooping and peeing where I plan on planting my prancing pedicures. :P
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If I weren't so frail, I'd plotz twice! Pray God you return safely from your mission!
The Jews are founding missions these days???
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Thanks to MBarnum for the timely delivery of a needed DVD.
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The good old days, when someone could be a panelist on a game show without plugging some product.
Well, the panelists were regulars on the show, except there was usually one (on What's My Line, anyhow) who was a "guest panelist" for that week...and they usually had a movie or play they were plugging. The contestants were just regular folk...but there was always a celebrity contestant as well on these shows and they normally had a book, movie, show to plug, it seems. So I don't think things have changed much.
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Sad to be all alone in the world.
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Good Evening!
Kind of a rough show tonight for me... I won't go into the specific detail, but I think it can be summed up in the following question:
Why are the keyboards handled by the props department?
-Sorta-vent over...
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Watching the lunar eclipse was pretty cool. I wish I had a very good camera that could've taken pictures of it.
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Tonight's episode of Lost was very good. Our plot doth thicken! :o
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...But I'm much better now... Whew!
In any case... The post-show cabaret was so-so. It was held in the restaurant that is part of the complex, and from what I could tell, the space is not really well-suited to cabaret performers. Well, at least singers. And the pianist - who came with the restaurant so to speak - wasn't really familiar with some of the Broadway repertoire the singers were putting in front of them. -I wanted to jump a few times during various numbers, or at least start clapping out the proper tempo. Ah, well... I'm being over-picky, but...
I stayed for about half an hour and then headed back to the hotel.
I did get to see moon just starting to come out of the full eclipse right after the show, and I checked the sky again on my way to the car. Very neat.
-Oh, and it's another hot and muggy night here in Houston. I think the radio said it was 87 degrees! At 10:30PM!!!! Thankfully, fall is supposed to settle in early next week. Fingers crossed.
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Good Evening!
Kind of a rough show tonight for me... I won't go into the specific detail, but I think it can be summed up in the following question:
Why are the keyboards handled by the props department?
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Because on a show like Chorus Line they don't have anything better to do?
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Wussburger time. Tomorrow at work, we have a staff meeting in the afternoon. Usually we hold it in our large conference room, but it's being used, so we have to hold our meeting in our staff room. Not very conducive for meetings, but it's all we got. Exciting, ain't it?
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Because on a show like Chorus Line they don't have anything better to do?
Well, I wish that was the answer... But the Props Department is technically the department here that is responsible for the storage(!) and upkeep of the keyboards here regardless of the show they are doing. At least that's the impression I'm getting. So... ???
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Whaddup dog? These have been two of the slowest weekdays in our history. Where have all the WUSSBURGERS gone? So many missing in action - Maya, Ann, Jed, Jason, PennyO and more. Oh, well, we shall have to carry on.
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I'm here, BK, busily putting off doing my homework. It's almost midnight and I haven't started yet. I'm very good at putting things off.
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OH!!.....
GO SOX!!!!!
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