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Well, you've read the notes, you've done the Spit Take whilst reading the notes, and now it is time for you to post until the Danny Thomas Cows come home. To it, I say.
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While I can access the site via AOL, let me amend that by saying that AOL is acting completely retarded vis a vis haineshisway.com.
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Safari is working fast, speedily, and easily.
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Good Morning!
I'm ba-ack...
I got up to my bedroom, and all I can hear is the wind howling and blowing... and the roof and walls of the house responding accordingly. It really is gusty out there, and I can even see some snowdrifts forming out in the back yard. It's gonna be quite interesting in the morning.
At least the lawn service that services my parents pseudo-subdivision, also does snow removal. They did a rather thorough job of removing the snow earlier. They even had two men with shovels clearing away the areas in front of the driveways and sewer drains that were blocked by the snow being pushed to the side by the snowplow. Now that's service!
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I am hoping that we can all spend some late-night quality time together this evening.
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After all, we're an interesting crowd.
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As for AOL being retarded... Like, duh!!
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I always views web pages outside of AOL. Mainly so that I can take advantage of viewing pages in full-screen on my laptop screen. Love that F11 Key!
And even though I've never had any major issues with AOL - knock maple/pine/teak/mahogany/etc. - I still remember those reports back when AOL started about AOL keeping track of the sites you visit in some semi-secret history file. And since AOL's embedded IE browser does keep a history trail of it's own...
Me, paranoid?
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But, again, AOL has been good to me, and it's come in handy when travelling both here in the States and abroad - well, at least in Australia.
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OH... And AOL's rate under it's "Bring Your Own Access" plan is pretty reasonable.
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Now for the fine print:
JoseSPiano is not affiliated with Time Warner nor America Online nor it's affiliated companies; and he has not been compensated monetarily for these comments.*
Although monetary compensation would not be refused. ;)
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And speaking of spit takes... If I had had water in my mouth, I would have done one a couple of minutes ago when I "lightly dropped" my laptop on the stairs. YIKES!!
Thankfully, all is well. In fact, I think I even fixed my cooling fan in the process!
:D
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I use AOL for one reason and one reason only - it's inexpensive (under the plan the Haitian cited), and because it would just be too compicated to change the e-mail addresses I use. I may do it someday, but I just don't have the patience for it right now. I must say, Safari seems to work very well.
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Are you snow bunny BK? If not now, were you at one time?
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Remember, BK - Haitians have connections...
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-Whatever that means.. or doesn't mean...
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OK... I shall try to let sound of the wind and house creaking be my lullaby tonight... Maybe I'll put on a CD... Hmmm...
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Okay, AOL is now giving me the error message all the time. I'm also getting the same error message when I try to access our host's website, so there may be some glitch happening. I've alerted them. I'm still having no prob via Safari, so it's definitely something AOL-related, although I'm not having any problems accessing any other sites via AOL. As I said, seems like some kind of glitch going on.
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OH! Before I forget again - and before I go to bed...
A Topic:
If you could have been born in a different country, in a different culture, speaking a different language, which one and why?
I'm still a Francophile, and would have loved to grow up on the outskirts of Paris. And I just "j'adore" the French language. However, I will say, as I'm getting older, I do wonder what it would have been like to have been born and to grow up in the Philippines. "It" really is still so foreign to me, much more than it should be. I was there when I was six-years old, and that's been it. And, strangely enough, now that I think about it, my parents have never really talked to any of us (the four boys) about their childhood in the Islands. That should be remedied sooner rather than later too.
...OK.. Enough musing for now before my mind starts really musing...
Once again... Goodnight.
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Okay, AOL is now giving me the error message all the time. I'm also getting the same error message when I try to access our host's website, so there may be some glitch happening. I've alerted them. I'm still having no prob via Safari, so it's definitely something AOL-related, although I'm not having any problems accessing any other sites via AOL. As I said, seems like some kind of glitch going on.
Could be a glitch with Adelphia's "socket" for AOL. Comcast has issues like that too - even when dealing with other clients like Yahoo and MSN.
Could be... Who knows?
-I don't.
Wasn't I going to bed?
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Well.. Curiosity killing the cat... For what it's worth..
I just tried accessing HHW through AOL, and it worked fine. No error message.
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Spritzzzz! My spit take for the night.
We were BK's neck of the woods most of the night with The Ellisons and Mark and Dave, two amusing and bright TV critics. We started out at 6:00 at a little Thai restaurant on that little off-shoot of Ventura right before Laurel Blvd (Laurel Terrace?), then we went across the street to Du-Par's for pie and coffee. We kept Harlan way up past his bedtime, rolling out of Du-par's near 11:00. We laughed and laughed and when we thought we could not wring one more chuckle out, we laughed some more.
Bright, witty, intelligent repartee and conversation. We were a mini-Algonquin Roundtable. Stories, anecdotes, jokes, and barbs abounded. Harlan also gave me a wonderful array of CDs...Stan Getz, Duke Ellington, Charlie Barnett, Jimmy Dorsey, and a Porgy and Bess with Mel Torme,Frances Fay, Johnny Hartman, & Bob Dorough and a few other goodies. A swell time was had by all.
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And as you were doing that, I was listening to his commentary track on the new Twilight Zone DVD (the 1985 version) - it was pretty hilarious - he spares no one, in the same way we did on the Nudie commentaries.
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In fact, I wonder if anyone has played the commentary for poor Gil Cates (credited as Alan Smithee on that particular episode).
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Was there an interesting crowd at Du-Par's?
I may have to go to Du-Par's at some point tomorrow to have their deilciously delicious Cream of Chicken Soup.
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Harlan spares no one. In our wide-ranging conversation tonight, the original Twilight Zone came up and Harlan said all the great episodes were written by guys like Mathieson and Charlie Beaumont and some others, "Rod's were the worst scripts in the bunch and then he said a phrase that, God forgive me, I can't remember; but it summed up that Serling serious intensity and while he said it, he assumed this posture of false profoundity that had us all on the floor.
It was a great night and everyone had their moments and got in their shots. Both critics were escaping a Warners Brothers do tonight and they told some great stories about stars and executives.
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Sounds like a grand time was had by all.
Nobody here but us chickens.
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I wonder if any late-night denizens will show up or if everyone has WUSSBURGERED.
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The interesting crowd at Du-par's was at our table. I couldn't say about anyone else. Didn't really care. The folks I was with were more than engaging. I didn't need to look over their shoulder to see who's else was coming into the room.
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I had an interesting crowd here at the home environment. Me, myself, and I. I sure did love that Belmondo and Delon movie.
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I see a whole pack o' people just showed up. Come say hello, y'all.
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I've got the iPod on and we'll stay all night and sing 'em all. And now -
SPIT TAKE
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I'm about to watch the final episode (first series) of "Carnivale". A rewarding few weeks viewing. the show was shown here without commercials in nearly 2 hour episodes. Was it shown that way in the USA. Wonderful cinematography and interesting people - quality time for me.
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BK, have you got a hold of RIDICULE yet?
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I've given up on AOL for the evening.
I'll be picking up Ridicule this week, along with Leconte's The Widow of St. Pierre - those are the only other two US dvds of his films that are available.
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Most of our dear readers who are now here at haineshisway.com haven't caught up yet.
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The noise of the howling wind woke me up. I see blowing snow.
This is ridiculous, what am I doing here, I'm in the wrong city.......
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I've quit out of AOL because I was about to put my fist through the monitor screen.
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I have to get used to Safari - things are in slightly different places on the screen. But, boy, is it fast.
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And now -
SPIT TAKE
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I have caught up, and therefore, Ann has caught up, as she's been lying in bed asking me "What's going on at HHW?"
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There is a grand version of Frenesi sung by Mel Torme being played right now on the Standards Music Cable Channel (stealing a bit of Artie Shaw's orchestration). Mel can sometimes can get a bit too Vegasy or Jazzy for me, but when he sings 'em straight and simple, he's smooth.
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Ann's meds seem to finally be lulling her into sleep, so I will amscray outta the room to allow her to do so. See all y'all tomorrow.
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Please tell her we're all with her in spirit.
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BK, did we tell you that we were in the elegant Du-Par's ce soir? Swelligant food, remarkable milieu, unbelievably astute, lucid,hilarious conversation. Our waitress gave us free refills on the joe! Guess they'll never forget our swell time...la, how we laughed! Split our proverbial guts, then brought it down a bit to reflect upon the economics of war and the meaning of life. We were as one. Then we smoked a cigarette and parted, never again to know such a magic moment, no doubt.
God, I love my life!
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In six minutes I shall toddle off to the bedroom environment.
Now on the iPod - Elmer Bernstein's gloriously glorious Far From Heaven.
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Oh, did I mention there were spit takes all 'round?
And that all of us were gay and smart and witty and lovely?
Like so few? Like none other?
I feel so Full and yet so light and airy that I simply must share all these details....with all of you in BKland.
Fish to all! LJF
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Gilbert O'Sullivan is Alone Again, Naturally.
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Oh, Jose, the Haitian's topic:
I can't think of anywhere I'd rather have been born than right here in Los Angeles, California, USA.
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I must eat something wildly interesting this Sunday. Not sure what that will be, but I'm bored of eating silly food. I shall ponder this question whilst laying in bed, hugging my pillow.
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Well, good and night, you dear, dear people out there in the dark. But, before I go:
SPIT TAKE
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I've enjoyed spending this quality time with everyone. ;D :D :P ::) :o 8) :-*
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Whew!
New car for DR DANISE....Chooster in a Swedish Chef's Hat! Love songs, Harryhausen, French films AND "A Letter to Three Wives" (there were four in the original story and one was dropped)! Ann Southern and Thelma Ritter - you are always in good hands with these actresses.
DR CP - next time you see Mr Harlan Ellison - please ask him his opinion of BRACKEN'S WORLD - in the collections of his column he keeps writing that he will let this series "fester" for awhile before going after it, and I can't find a specific column where he gives us his views. As a "fan" of the show, sort of - or maybe just the "idea" of the show rather than its "execution" - I am still after more than 35 years awaiting his words on the matter.
LOL Danny Thomas Spit Take!! "Are you out of your Mesopotamian minds?" I love the MAKE ROOM FOR DADDY dvd set, even though they episodes are the syndicated ones with truncated credits (shown only once on each DVD - and the credits are the Syndicated Titles as well)!
Speaking of which. I hate the A Story and B Story sitcom writing that goes on today. About a week ago I watched The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour that featured a cross over with the Williams family from Make Room for Daddy. And there was ONE storyline for the entire hour. The Williams family rents the Ricardo's house - the Ricardo's trip to California is cancelled - so they move into the little house with the Mertzes - chaos ensues and ends up in a snowball fight and a lovely courtroom scene with Gale Gordon as the judge - a Lucy with "yaringitis" giving her testi-munney in charades! Doesn't reach the delirous heights of the Tallulah Bankhead episode, but it has a better ending!
Can anyone else remember who played Marjorie Lord's father in the series?
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DRPANNI congratulations on 6000 posts!
Topics....glad I was born in Indiana...but mostly glad I guess I was Born in the USA! 'Cos I can't speak French!
TOD - well sequels are on the rage so is there any classic movie that you wish there had been a sequel to, with the original cast and done as well as the original (this is a fantasy topic, so might as well go all the way).
Of course in most classic movies "the story is told" and the plot is "finished" - but in our imaginary world.....
I would like to have seen another "Valley of the Dolls" with the same cast, continuing the story - or at least incorporating parts of the book that were left out the first time around.
And, I would like to have seen "Auntie Mame" as a grandmother taking her grandson for a camel ride and returning on Labor Day...."that's sometime in November, isn't it?"
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It's NOT a spit take - but it IS Danny Thomas! ;D
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DR JMK that is one of my favorities episodes of TNG. I didn't guess the ending, but it was wonderful as were both Patty (Tell 'Em Groucho Sent You) Duke and Miss Virginia Mayo!
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Fundraiser was a GREAT $ucce$$ - more later.
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DR TCB: Your Baby is so beautiful with snow white hair.
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DR PNNI: Congratulations on 6,000 posts. Your beautifull DD is beautiful, always.
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Harlan spares no one. In our wide-ranging conversation tonight, the original Twilight Zone came up and Harlan said all the great episodes were written by guys like Mathieson and Charlie Beaumont and some others, "Rod's were the worst scripts in the bunch and then he said a phrase that, God forgive me, I can't remember; but it summed up that Serling serious intensity and while he said it, he assumed this posture of false profoundity that had us all on the floor.
It was a great night and everyone had their moments and got in their shots. Both critics were escaping a Warners Brothers do tonight and they told some great stories about stars and executives.
And what were the stories from the critics?
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dr Pogue
I enjoy Mr. Ellison's work and his out spokeness (Is there such a word?)
I always wonder what a conceptual consultant is. It was a position (credited) Mr. Ellison held on the Babylon 5 series
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DR GINNY: Didn’t know your cousin is in Mie. I’ve never been there before but it’s nice place and has usually a mild climate. There is a beautiful National Park and Mikimoto (pearl maker) has a big nursery in the waters around as well. I like pearls.
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I see that BUNNY LAKE IS MISSING is being released on DVD on Tuesday. I was wondering if anyone who has seen this movie can compare it to The Forgotten which is also out on DVD. Both films deal with missing children that are said to never have existed. I saw Bunny Lake years ago, but have to recollection of it at all.
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“ A Letter to Three Wives” is one of my favorite films. Probably, it’s awarded two Oscars ( as far as I remember, these were Director and Screenplay).
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Good morning everyone! Not too much snow here. Probably only about 1 cm.
Re: DR Jose's comments last night. He said something that I think most people fail to realize. The "bad" performers are misled. They make it through round after round on American Idol. And they think that they are good.
On one of the entertainment shows Simon said that they show some bad, some average and some good - to represent the same amount that they see in those categories. That seems fair. However, I sincerely hope that the other judges (in the first few rounds) are not telling the bad ones they are terrific. Maybe they are just saying things like, "wow" (making them think they are good). But if they are misleading them, telling them they are terrific, then I think that is horrible.
Going to eat breakfast now. I am starving!
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DR MBarnum: Yes, roses are very delicate. I spray herbal medicine(I don’t like to use chemical one) every two weeks all through the year and more friquently in spring and in summer. Beautiful roses demand a lot of you, your Love and your Time are demanded.
I hope you’ll have the new nice neighbors for you and for your (not yours any more?) roses.
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I don't watch American Idol, but found this editorial (today's NY Times) interesting:
American Awful
Published: January 23, 2005
At a time when the self-appointed guardians of family values have been denouncing television programming for everything from wardrobe malfunctions to SpongeBob's squishiness on gay tolerance, it's interesting that "American Idol" seems to be getting a pass. Fox's hugely popular search for the next singing sensation started its fourth season last week with a series of vicious encounters between hopeful but pathetically untalented young people and celebrity judges being paid to make fun of them. While the contests do not feature bare breasts or four-letter words, they send a truly dreadful message to millions of young viewers about the proper way to treat fellow human beings.
The high points of the early episodes of the show are the moments in which desperately clueless singers deliver unbearable versions of pop standards in front of judges who either burst into derisive laughter or helpfully advise the would-be idols that they are way too fat, badly dressed, funny looking or simply "honestly, excruciatingly awful." While some of the contestants have the sort of impenetrable self-obsession that seems to invite that kind of treatment, others react in ways that make it clear they are simply weak and vulnerable. The producers seem to feel it's funny to watch a trio of wealthy and famous adults making fun of a simple 16-year-old girl whose only sin was being "pretty sure I have a good voice" when she didn't.
About 100,000 contestants, all in their teens or 20's, auditioned for "American Idol," and the ones who wound up on national television survived at least two elimination rounds. While Fox said the survivors were chosen to be a good cross section, it is hard to imagine that any of the extremely naïve contestants understood that they were being moved along only because they showed promise for being ridiculous. In the ensuing battle for the "tickets to Hollywood," the viewers are invited to roar while young people who in many cases appear to be poor, of low intelligence or even mildly disturbed, sing enthusiastically and then stand gape-mouthed with shock while their heroes insult them on national television.
One of the points of any reality show is to allow the audience to watch as contestants humiliate themselves by screeching at their spouses on a race around the world, by being voted off the island first, or by failing to get a rose from the bachelor or bachelorette whom they have been desperately and publicly wooing. But there is a very wide gap between demonstrating that life is full of hard knocks and embarrassment, and glorying in the abasement of the utterly defenseless.
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There's a reason I call the show American Yodel. Enough said.
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Snow condidions: Everything is pretty here in Rehoboth. We've had snow, but not in the amounts the rest of the northeast has been complaining about. Yesterday, der B and I headed up to Dover, where it was coming down heavily, but by the time we got back home what had been snow had turned into rain. We're just in a more temperate microclimate.
E & T: Yes, we have been. And I am not going to appologize, as it has been time well spent with the grandlads. Their daycaregiver has been sick lately, so we've been stepping up to the plate; we'll be back up there (and thus not here) for the next couple of days, as well.
Which means, of course, that we are NOT wussburgers. If sleep didn't matter, than staying up late in the night would be what I'd like to do. But taking care of the lads is a priority, and that means getting my proper beauty sleep. In my case, that takes a lot of sleeping.
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I'm not sure about other cultures/languages/etc. Can I try for Ancient Greece? ;)
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And now I must catch up on the last couple of day's posts! I've been keeping up with the notes, but the posts have been fast and flurrious (as in snow flurries), and there are pages and pages for me to read.
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It's not well known, but the reason the group's name is writen Bra[size=20]s[/size]il 66 is because of censorship. The real name was going to be Bras il 66, but it was feared that American audiences would get prudish about listening to a group named after an undergarment. Thus, the run-togethering of the first two words, which made the name appear to refer to the country.
But we all know better, don't we! 8)
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I'm about to watch the final episode (first series) of "Carnivale". A rewarding few weeks viewing. the show was shown here without commercials in nearly 2 hour episodes. Was it shown that way in the USA. Wonderful cinematography and interesting people - quality time for me.
DR Tom: CARNIVALE was an HBO series so naturally it was shown commercial free, but only in one hour (or a little less) chunks per episode. The second season is now three episodes old as of tonight's installment, but I haven't watched the second season. I noticed that HBO is showing all three episodes on Friday night to allow those of us who had other things on Sunday nights to watch a chance to et caught up. Since TV is mostly lame on Friday night, I may getg back into it. But it's pretty heavy going.
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I had not trouble accessing the HHW site last night on AOL nor any trouble this morning, but things can change rapidly via AOL. Sometimes (but not very often), it can be ornery to the point of making you suicidal. Most of the time, even with plain old dial-up service that I have, I have no complaints.
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Remember, BK - Haitians have connections...
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-Whatever that means.. or doesn't mean...
Do do that vood doo that you do so well!
Good morning, all! I slept VERY late.
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I have the greatest admiration for Harlan Ellison, but he's not thinking clearly if he underrates some of Rod Serling's contributions to his own series. Yes, I agree that Rod could get self-important and too grand, especially in the later years of the show, but look at some of the famous episodes that Rod either penned originally or adapted for the series:
"Time ENough at Last" (the Burgess Meredith bookworm episode)
"The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street" (which has been anthologized more than any other episode of the show; I taught it from three different textbooks during my teaching years)
"The Lonely"
"Escape Clause"
"Walking Distance"
"The Hitch-hiker"
"The Sixteen Millimeter Shrine"
"Mirror Image"
"The Big Tall Wish"
"A Stop at Willoughby"
"The After Hours"
That's just from the first season. He also wrote the classic one that most people seem to remember, "Eye of the Beholder" in the second season.
Certainly Beaumont, Matheson, and others wrote some classic episodes, too, but Rod provided more than his share.
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I still remember those reports back when AOL started about AOL keeping track of the sites you visit in some semi-secret history file. And since AOL's embedded IE browser does keep a history trail of it's own...
Me, paranoid?
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No, you're not being paranoid. AOL is quick to turn over info on members when the feds want it....just in case someone wants to make a federal case out of it
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It is COLD here. 25 right now and not expected to get above freezing today. Bright blue sky but a bitter wind that cuts right through you. Just going into and out of the grocery store this morning was more than I wanted to handle.
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Yes, I also love A LETTER TO THREE WIVES. So glad Fox has put it out on DVD. And I'm looking forward to their other Studio Classics (upcoming - LIFEBOAT, LAURA, IN OLD CHICAGO, the questionable as a classic but still entertaining RETURN TO PEYTON PLACE), but we're still missing most of the classics from Temple and Grable.
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There's a reason I call the show American Yodel. Enough said.
DRSWW, I loathe AMERICAN IDOL, for so many reasons, from the three hosts setting themselves up as the pontiffs of popular music to the promotion of a style of performance I find neither musical nor involving. However, with the current popular song writing trend of minimal melody perhaps this combination of gospel wailing and melisma is the only means of giving a melody some interest. Since there seems to be next to no interest in serving the text, finding the meaning of a popular song in its compositional elements or its lyric, I find AI's intent is to glory in the shallowness and slickness of its performers' as a kind of "pop" muzak game show contestant.
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I've never seen "American Idol." From what I had heard/read previously, I thought it was something like Ted Mack's (or Major Bowles') "Amateur Hour." Reading the New York Times editorial today(thanks to Dear Reader Dan-In-Toronto), I now realize it is merely an updated version of "The Gong Show."
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Well, the showing of ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK/DON'T KNOCK THE ROCK was cancelled last night...unfortunately, I did not discover this until I had made the hour long drive to Portland, paid for parking downtown, and walked to the theater! LOL!
Evidently, the prints did not arrive... so they were substituting some other film which I did not have an interest in seeing.
So, to drown my sorrows I went to Borders and bought a whole bunch of CDs! One of which I am listening to right now!
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Also last night I watched a Mexican film from 1967 called OPERACION 67...starring Santo the masked wrestler and hunky Jorge Rivero (DR Elmore3003 knows who he is. LOL!) as James Bond like superspys...fun film...no subtitles, and I don't know a lick of Spanish...but oddly enough I had no problem at all following the movie! In fact, after awhile I had totally forgotten that I didn't even understand what anyone was saying!
(of course most of the time I was simply mesmerized by Jorge in his speedos!)
(http://www.grouchoyyo.net/guias/operacion67.jpg)
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I wish I could say I've never watched American Yodel. Sadly, der B is hooked on it, so I have to hear that infernal noise whether I want to or not.
I'd much rather be watching Emeril Live. :P
Heck, I'd even put up with Bill O'Reilly! :P :P ::)
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I could love a woman who isn't afraid of fixing her own toilet.
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Good Afternoon!
Still cold here too. Thankfully, the wind gusts have died down. I'm just trying to figure out if I want to drive back down to Ricmond tonight and/or wait until Wednesday night since we're off on Thursday. I'll probably go ahead and pack up my laptop and take it to the theatre with me just in case. We shall see...
A good morning for me. I actually worked out! -Boy are my arms really weak now. And don't get me started on my flexibility - or my lack thereof. But I worked out!
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OK - Time to putter around the house for a bit...
Laters...
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Sorry about your wasted trip MBARNUM - and yes I would have gladly accompanied you to the festivities! The prints didn't arrive? I guess too many theatres were showing them this weekend. LOL
Hmmmmmmmmm.....either no one wants to play the sequel game, or no one reads my posts. Either way....hmmmmmmmmmmm.
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Jed I was so relieve to read you were heading over to Ann’s. :D
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Well, I could NOT access our lovely site via AOL this morning, and given the number of times I could not access it last night, there is something awry somewhere. I haven't had any response from our host, so I may call them today. The fact that I can access it easily from Safari, and the fact that others are not having problems via AOL may mean it's some local LA thing. Who knows.
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The Shadow knows. Or, at the very least, The Shadow nose.
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DR Jay American Idol is made up of different parts. Right now we have the auditions, featuring some good and some bad singers. But after next week we will have the Hollywood portion of the show, where all the good singers are widdled down. And then we have the call-in shows (where they show approx 8 and the public votes for 2).
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Oh, and I'm up.
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Jose you have some excellent tips on baking a cheesecake. I must say my crust is so buttery I have never had to use a knife around the rim of the pan before removing the ring. I also just wait until I’m ready to serve it before doing that.
I don’t use plastic wrap at all-honestly I would be a bit afraid the cake would absorb the flavor of the plastic (okay I’m sensitive to that). What I do is place a large plate on top of the springform pan. Since condensation does occur, especially the first day, I either change the plate or dry it every so often until I no longer need to.
All that flipping-LOL. Most of the time I leave the cake on the plate of the springform pan and place it on a serving plate. These days I make a small cake with only half a recipe, but my larger springform pan has a glass plate which is more attractive than the usual silver plate.
One tip I didn’t notice, make sure the two parts of your springform pan are securely together to prevent leaking when baking the cake. There are new styles out now with a lip around the bottom edge to catch any leaks. I have never tried one as they don’t come in glass and I haven’t found a half size pan yet.
And a water bath-I thought putting a pan of water in the oven was a nuisance-double LOL.
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Sorry about your wasted trip MBARNUM - and yes I would have gladly accompanied you to the festivities! The prints didn't arrive? I guess too many theatres were showing them this weekend. LOL
Hmmmmmmmmm.....either no one wants to play the sequel game, or no one reads my posts. Either way....hmmmmmmmmmmm.
Actually, DRJRand54, I'm lousy at such games. The only film I could think of, since there was a legit sequel to the novel, would be AROUND THE WORLD WITH AUNTIE MAME, with Rosalind Russell, Roger Smith, Coral Browne, Pippa Scott, and whatever characters reappeared in Patrick Dennis' sequel. Forrest Tucker could come have come back and played his loutish cousin in Venice.
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At least the lawn service that services my parents pseudo-subdivision, also does snow removal. They did a rather thorough job of removing the snow earlier. They even had two men with shovels clearing away the areas in front of the driveways and sewer drains that were blocked by the snow being pushed to the side by the snowplow. Now that's service!
I’m very impressed. When we live in Massachusetts the snow plow would come down the hill and around the corner of our house, on occasion, leaving four feet of snow in front of our driveway.
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As long as we're talking cheesecake, I just finished a slice of mine. IMHO - delish.
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"All that Flipping" That shall be the title of my new novel.
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"All that Flipping" That shall be the title of my new novel.
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I'll thank you in the acknowledgments.
There is no one working today at the hosting company, so one presumes they'll at least look into the problem tomorrow.
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Thanks DRELMORE.
I am sorry to report that Mr Johnny Carson has passed away.
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Speaking of "flipping"...
Steve's mother could never say "Filipino". She would tell her friends that her son was seeing a...
Flappino
-I think I'll take Haitian over that... Hmmm... I dunno...
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I am pondering food, oh, yes, I am pondering food. Food is what I am pondering.
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A Topic:
If you could have been born in a different country, in a different culture, speaking a different language, which one and why?
I'm still a Francophile, and would have loved to grow up on the outskirts of Paris. And I just "j'adore" the French language. However, I will say, as I'm getting older, I do wonder what it would have been like to have been born and to grow up in the Philippines. "It" really is still so foreign to me, much more than it should be. I was there when I was six-years old, and that's been it. And, strangely enough, now that I think about it, my parents have never really talked to any of us (the four boys) about their childhood in the Islands. That should be remedied sooner rather than later too.
...OK.. Enough musing for now before my mind starts really musing...
Once again... Goodnight.
I love the Italian language, food and the country, but I would not want to have grown up as an Italian woman-all that pinching those men did-ouch!
French woman always seemed so charming and the country is beautiful, maybe France would be the country to be born in if not America.
I will have to choose England, my mother’s home. It too is a beautiful country and I feel a strong family connection with it.
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How old was Johnny? I'm never really shocked when I hear of people's passing when their old, but isn't it funny that Johnny is one man whose passing does shock me even though he must have been close to eighty. He just always seemed like a boy, so filled with energy and charm and, of course, he was with us on television every single night for so many years.
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JRand sad news. I didn't know he had been ill.
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It is now 11:01 and I am still pondering food.
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DR Tom: CARNIVALE was an HBO series so naturally it was shown commercial free, but only in one hour (or a little less) chunks per episode. The second season is now three episodes old as of tonight's installment, but I haven't watched the second season. I noticed that HBO is showing all three episodes on Friday night to allow those of us who had other things on Sunday nights to watch a chance to et caught up. Since TV is mostly lame on Friday night, I may getg back into it. But it's pretty heavy going.
Thank you Matt. The only TV programe, other than "Six Feet Under", I have enjoyed and looked forward to each week, for a good many years.
HBO means nothing to me. Out "free to air" National broadcaster had the rights here. Usually they would be showing a UK/BBC historical drama series in this time slot.
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There isn't much information on him:
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/entertainment/10715623.htm
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I'm here on Safari (not a shooting one - just photos). AOL does not seem to be able to access the site.
Walked down to the Farmers Market this morning to spend some quality time with the interesting crowd there. Bought a lovely bunch of tulips (but no coconuts).
Forgot to mention that the other day at Tower Records I picked up (for $9.99) a 2 DVD TV Classics - 17 shows - The Jack Benny Show and You Bet Your Life. Should be fun.
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***Good Vibes to those DRs in the storm area!****
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Thank You, Mr. Carson, for introducing me to late night TV. To up and coming comics. To actors past and present. To pop music. To jazz. To classical music. To true humor and comedy. A true class act. Thank you.
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I finally accessed via AOL for the first time today. I'm sure they'll all figure it out tomorrow. Sometimes in the past they get some server in China who "jams" certain of our hosts sites with millions of spam and it mucks up their works - could have something to do with why it's glitching through only AOL. It will probably be intermittant today and non-existant tomorrow (the glitching).
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Johnny was never supposed to die. I like the fact that he pulled a minor Greta Garbo in that he rarely appeared in public (for the press, anyway) once he retired. I like to remember him as the "Heeeeere's Johnny!" of old.
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It is 11:09 and, for a change of pace, I am pondering food.
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Mr Johnny Carson was 79 - and yes it is shocking to think he is gone even though he hasn't been on television regularly for many years.
Mr Jack Paar, Mr Steve Allen, and Mr Johnny Carson will always be my favorite "late night" talk show hosts. They were guests in our home and they were always welcome.
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I just returned from Panera where I had a wonderful Bistro Steak Salad with crumbled blue cheese and walnuts and a cup of cream of chicken wild rice soup. It was delicious. Unfortunatly they didn't have cheesecake.
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***Best of vibes to DR Ann and her continued and quick recovery***
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The Shadow knows. Or, at the very least, The Shadow nose.
I've seen the Shadow's nose. No, no, no!
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DR JRand54, as you might guess I would love for there to have been a sequel to ATTACK OF THE PUPPET PEOPLE...in fact a whole series of sequels would have made my life a happy one..and given Ms. June Kenney a few extra paychecks!
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Johnny was never supposed to die. I like the fact that he pulled a minor Greta Garbo in that he rarely appeared in public (for the press, anyway) once he retired. I like to remember him as the "Heeeeere's Johnny!" of old.
There was story on tv the other night that it was confirmend he has been providing jokes to David Letterman. He still came up with a lot of jokes from the news and no outlet for them, so he gave them to Letterman
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I just returned from Panera where I had a wonderful Bistro Steak Salad with crumbled blue cheese and walnuts and a cup of cream of chicken wild rice soup. It was delicious. Unfortunatly they didn't have cheesecake.
A Panera recently opened just up the street. They serve a huge hot chocolate. Not the greatest hot chocolate - but lovely to look at.
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I have never seen AMERICAN IDOL, so I have no opinion about it...I did not need another show to get hook on! LOL!
If they let the singers be all ages instead of just youngsters I would more then likely have given it a look-see...you know me, I am always rooting for the over 70 crowd! LOL!
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Actually, DRJRand54, I'm lousy at such games. The only film I could think of, since there was a legit sequel to the novel, would be AROUND THE WORLD WITH AUNTIE MAME, with Rosalind Russell, Roger Smith, Coral Browne, Pippa Scott, and whatever characters reappeared in Patrick Dennis' sequel. Forrest Tucker could come have come back and played his loutish cousin in Venice.
With a special guest appearance by David Niven, of course.
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End Credits from Around the World in 80 Days Dance!
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A Panera recently opened just up the street. They serve a huge hot chocolate. Not the greatest hot chocolate - but lovely to look at.
Their bagels are sour dough bagels. Asiago Cheese is good. Yes I know it isn't a "real" bagel
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Best wishes and vibes to DR Ann!
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It's so peaceful in New York today. Last night, after dropping Charlotte home and visiting for a bit, I walked down Broadway in the falling snow. There was little traffic, you could walk in the streets with no fear of being hit, and the city lights, the falling snow and the quiet were total enchantment. There was an occasional faraway scrape of a snow shovel and that was all. This morning was more of the same. There are few cars out, and I saw an occasional bus and taxi. I am amazed by how quiet my block is, no sounds from the mass in Holy Trinity across the street, no yelling children, and strangely no noise in the halls. Perhaps everyone's hibernating till Spring?
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...And CBS had just released the news last week that Johnny Carson has been writing and sending in jokes to David Letterman, and David Letterman has been incorporating them into his monologue over the past few years.
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Unless the stars were on NBC - sometimes the first time we EVER saw them IN COLOR was on the Tonight Show. Everyone dressed up and it was like a party. :'(
I always loved it when Lucy was on with him.
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It's so peaceful in New York today. Last night, after dropping Charlotte home and visiting for a bit, I walked down Broadway in the falling snow. There was little traffic, you could walk in the streets with no fear of being hit, and the city lights, the falling snow and the quiet were total enchantment. There was an occasional faraway scrape of a snow shovel and that was all. This morning was more of the same. There are few cars out, and I saw an occasional bus and taxi. I am amazed by how quiet my block is, no sounds from the mass in Holy Trinity across the street, no yelling children, and strangely no noise in the halls. Perhaps everyone's hibernating till Spring?
Sounds delightful, and delovely
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DR Cillaliz.... Great minds...
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DR Cillaliz.... Great minds...
DR Jose, my thoughts exactly!
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I love NYC in the snow too. When Steve and I were up there a year ago - actually a year ago last week - it snowed the first night we were up there. It had started snowing when we left Joe Allen, and by the time we came out of URINETOWN, there was a nice blanket of snow on the ground. And the way all the neon lights reflected off the snowflakes... magical!
-Of course, we could have done without the near record low temps they had the rest of the week... But that night and next morning were so nice. Welcome to the Big Apple!
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Just made some cornbread!
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DR ELMORE in the movie STAGESTRUCK with Miss Susan Strasberg and Mr Christopher Plummer there are some lovely on-location scenes filmed in the New York snow.....what a lovely picture you paint.
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just tasted it. Delish.
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Lovely description of NY in the snow, DR Elmore.
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Johhn Carson sent most of his memorabelia (including his Emmys and other awards) to the Elkhorn Valley Museum in his hometown of Norfolk, NE (pronounced Norfork - I've never figured that out, but we are talking Nebraska here) It's not far from here, I may have to pay a visit.
Here's the website http://www.elkhornvalleymuseum.org/johnny-carson.htm
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Re: the new show Numb3rs (is that how it's spelled?), in my tv guide it is marked for this friday. So i'm not sure if that is a repeat of tonight's show, or if it's the first friday that new shows will be seen.
I will probably tape it. But for those watching I would suspect it won't start till around 11pm, although I suppose it could start a bit earlier.
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Johnny Carson's death is a shocking blow. I go back watching and enjoying him when he was doing WHO DO YOU TRUST? American Icon.
Michael Shayne: Ellison is a god to Joe Strazynksi (I know that's not spelt right), creator of Babylon Five, and Joe is one of his closest friends. Harlan's title stems from the fact that he creatively consulted on Joe's show.
MattH: The Burgess Meredith episode actually came up at dinner last night. Several of us wondered why this guy who now had the run of the city just didn't go find a magnifying glass somewhere and/ or an optical shop and find the proper lenses or one that will do. Also he could grope around and find some broken pieces of his glasses to peer through until he could find the aforementioned devices.
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Didn't realize he gave them all his awards.
Artifacts on
display throughout the exhibit will include 17
TV Guide covers and 12 other magazine covers,
The Eleanor Roosevelt Award given to
Mr. Carson by Mrs. Roosevelt, 6 Emmy
Awards, the 1993 Kennedy Center Honors
Award, the Television Hall of Fame Award,
the Peabody Award, numerous other photos,
cartoons and many other awards and items.
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I just ate copious amounts (make that disgusting amounts) of the cornbread I baked. Blame it on bk - he's the one who originally made this stuff, gave me some and hooked me. Like giving free weed to a kid in the schoolyard, if you ask me.
The rest of the delish decadent delight will be given to DD and DBF for their drive to San Francisco.
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Elmore, beautiful descriptions-I can picture your street and wish I was there with you.
Jose, simple but very touching tribute of Johnny Carson.
Jennifer I show NUMBER3RS should begin at 7:00, east and west coast. My local station (which we don’t get) has it listed at 8:00. Why do you say 11:00?
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AOL continues to be sporadic in terms of haineshisway.com. One minute you can get on, the next minute not. Dumb.
It is 12:06 and I am pondering food.
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Just purchased my ticket to NY. Next I should get a ticket to the show. Haven't booked a hotel yet.
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AOL continues to be sporadic in terms of haineshisway.com. One minute you can get on, the next minute not. Dumb.
It is 12:06 and I am pondering food.
I don't use AOL all that often, but checked this morning and had the same problem getting on HHW from here in Iowa.
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DR TCB: Your Baby is so beautiful with snow white hair.
Thank you Hisaka, I have passed on your compliments to Angel.
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Just purchased my ticket to NY. Next I should get a ticket to the show. Haven't booked a hotel yet.
Wish I could go to NY that weekend to meet all you wonderful people and see the show, but on March 19th I will be at Say Goodnight Gracie in St Paul in house seats from Rupe. (I saw it on Broadway, but will enjoy seeing it again with some friends)
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OK.. I'm gonna run some errands before heading into the show... I'm also just gonna stay put tonight since it's supposed to get down to the teens, and I don't feel like driving back to Richmond in that cold. And that will also give me a chance to sort through some boxes in the basement that my father has been bugging me about. For the past couple of years. ;)
Laters.
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Jose I think it is a good idea you are staying put tonight.
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Got on through AOL just now. Go figure.
Just booked my seat for Jewish Thighs. All I need now is the hotel. (An almost Gypsy reference). Last time I was in NY - for the Emmies? - I stayed at the W - on Showtime's dime. It was too too too trendy.
The Paramount has some good deals. I've stayed there on some network's dime, as well. The rooms are INCREDIBLY tiny, but sort of fun and INTERESTING. What's also interesting, if I may use the dreaded word, are the winos and semi-street people who still live there (or did when I was there) because they couldn't be legally evicted. They walk around the lobby populated by models and actors and the innest of the in. As I said, interesting.
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If they let the singers be all ages instead of just youngsters I would more then likely have given it a look-see...you know me, I am always rooting for the over 70 crowd! LOL!
The things you'll do for a date!
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I am able to access HHW today through AOL, which I was unable to do last night. Last night was teribly frustrating for me. I had so many witty, yet profound, comments that I knew would brighten your otherwise dull lives. Sadly, today I am back to my usual rather drab posts. But, boy, you should have read them last night!
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Lovely description of NY in the snow, DR Elmore.
Thanks for your kind words, DRs Panni and JRand54. I wish both of you were here to visit and enjoy my happy day with me.
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Just heard from a friend that Ray Harryhausen has his dog and pony at Dark Delicacies today at 2pm in Burbank. DD is a horror book shop.
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Elmore, beautiful descriptions-I can picture your street and wish I was there with you.
DRJane, we'd go to Central Park and make snow angels! Then we'd go to Artie's for some hot chocolate and potato pancakes with applesauce, except the applesauce at the 2nd Avenue Deli is better! Or cheesecake and hot chocolate.
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I am able to access HHW today through AOL, which I was unable to do last night. Last night was teribly frustrating for me. I had so many witty, yet profound, comments that I knew would brighten your otherwise dull lives. Sadly, today I am back to my usual rather drab posts. But, boy, you should have read them last night!
DRTCB, I don't think at your lowest state you could ever be drab!
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In reference to something DRTCB posted yesterday, I found this link! (http://www.stanboreson.com/)
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Arnold, Mr. Harryhausen's "man" probably booked him everywhere, to maximize the trip.
It is 12:46 and I am pondering food.
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I have taken a lovely shower, during which I got several lovely ideas, and now, for a change of pace, I am pondering food.
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Very shocking news about Johnny Carson. I am seldom surprised or shocked when I hear that an older "star" has passed away. But with Johnny (it just seems right to call him that), he walked off of our televison screens almost 13 years ago, and since he was so sledom seen after that, he became almost ageless. Unlike so many comedians, he was always able to poke fun without seeming to be mean-spirited.
To Johnny, here's one for the road.
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TCB, I'm with Elmore...you are the sparkle in BK's champagne...the cream in his coffee....the salt of the earth...but NEVER the fly in his ointment.
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DRTCB, I don't think at your lowest state you could ever be drab!
Thank you, DR Larry, I feel the very same about you.
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Now I'm on through AOL. Of course, first I had to force quite AOL, since it was frozen. Apparently it had been frozen since eleven-thirty, since I had two e-mails waiting for me from that time that JUST showed up.
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What I love about people like Johnny Carson and Cary Grant was that they made graceful exits at the top of their game and then never looked back. None of this hanging around long after their star had faded going "Hey, remember who I used to be?" And in this way, their mystique always lasted undiminiished. We remember them at their pinnacle. Class acts.
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most of America grew up with Johnny. He was like an old pal...and a sweet one at that. He leaves shoes that cannot be filled. I wish him the fondest of adieux.
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In reference to something DRTCB posted yesterday, I found this link! (http://www.stanboreson.com/)
LOL. At first SWW, due to my aging eyesight, I thought you had forgotten to add any link. How do you manage to do that?
By the way (BTW in internet lingo), Stan Boreson is still drawing crowds wherever he appears.
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TCB, I'm with Elmore...you are the sparkle in BK's champagne...the cream in his coffee....the salt of the earth...but NEVER the fly in his ointment.
Thank you, I mean, Merci, DR La Jolie Femme. I appreciate your kind words. Hopefully, someday I can actually meet both you and DR CP in the flesh.
Did that sound kinky?
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I can only assume that my AOL e-mail account is not frozen. Although I had no personal e-mails waiting, I had about a dozen exciting new cruise specials waiting for my perusal.
(Don't go there, SWW[/b]!)
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LOL. At first SWW, due to my aging eyesight, I thought you had forgotten to add any link. How do you manage to do that?
By the way (BTW in internet lingo), Stan Boreson is still drawing crowds wherever he appears.
I've worked with people who only draw flies.
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I can only assume that my AOL e-mail account is not frozen. Although I had no personal e-mails waiting, I had about a dozen exciting new cruise specials waiting for my perusal.
(Don't go there, SWW[/b]!)
All I get are offers for viagra, cialis, other drugs and approvals for my mortgage. And rolexes!
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Hello DR's all. I was not wussburgering I was digging out
Here is a view from our back door
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One of the things I'm in the midst of doing right now is pondering food.
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The view from your door is VERY white - can't see a thing. You must REALLY be snowed in.
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All right, perhaps I'll journey forth into the good day to see about food. It looks quite lovely out.
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LOL. At first SWW, due to my aging eyesight, I thought you had forgotten to add any link. How do you manage to do that?
I'm sure I have nothing to do with your aging eyesight. ::)
I usually highlight the section of what I've typed, and click on the hyperlink icon. Then I put an = after the first bracketed "url" and insert the link.
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Proof that it's a slow news day:
Fox News has told it's viewers that Mr. Carson death was related to emphysema. They have followed this report with another report about emphysema.
:P
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We're enjoying an afternoon of sunshine, which is quite pretty on the snow.
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Dear TCB - my email was not offering a cruise!!
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I'm sure I have nothing to do with your aging eyesight. ::)
I usually highlight the section of what I've typed, and click on the hyperlink icon. Then I put an = after the first bracketed "url" and insert the link.
Thank you.
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Dear TCB - my email was not offering a cruise!!
Yes, I know, but that e-mail was sent last night, not this morning.
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OH! Before I forget again - and before I go to bed...
A Topic:
If you could have been born in a different country, in a different culture, speaking a different language, which one and why?
I'd want to be from Germany. My dad's mother is of German descent and my mom was born and raised in Germany. Growing up, my sister and I never learned the language and we only lived there when my dad was in the army. We moved when I was six and I haven't been back since. One of my mom's brothers and her sister (and their spouses) have visited, but I haven't gone there. Maybe someday I'll learn the language and go, but it won't be any time soon. :-\
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I'm watching two people...one a newscasters, the other editor of In Touch magazine (whatever that is), probably in their thirties, analyzing Johnny Carson's career...badly...Just making some of the most asinine comments....wondering if his career has the impact of Jay Leno's...
They are showing a scene of him doing an exercise demonstration with Debby Drake and calling it a "skit". Granted, Carson's milking it for humour but it's not a skit. And the newscaster is going, "Is that, so and so (I didn't hear the name but I'm sure it was some well-known star)...not having a clue as to who it really was.
All these people who don't have clue about the legacy of the business they're in or reporting on and not doing their homework. Sloppy, sloppy stuff.
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After all, we're an interesting crowd.
Gee, BK!
And I tought YOU did NOT like that word: INTERESTING!?!
Right, Panni? ;)
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it would just be too compicated to change the e-mail addresses I use.
Compicated... as in compluter?? :D
No, this is me François, not DR SWW!! ;) ;D 8)
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Debbie Drake - who was based in Indianapolis and had a morning exercise show on WISH-TV - blonde in a leotard which was rather risque for those days - now and then she also demonstrated the latest dances including The Twist!
I agree with DR CP - earlier I saw someone say the the greatest guest EVER on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson was Robin Williams. I think there were others....if I am not mistaken.
Pondering Food? Does food like to be pondered? Can you ponder food in a wok or on a walk? What does this all mean?
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Compicated? Try eating more fibre.
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Very sorry to read about Johnny Carson when I logged on AOL (which has performed just perfectly for me all weekend). Yep, an icon and the last of the classy men who used to host late night TV.
I know he was a heavy smoker so the emphysema isn't that surprising.
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Finished TERMINATOR 3 this afternoon. Unlike its overlong predecessor, this one didn't wear out its welcome and was lots of fun. Of course, for sheer thrills, the first one can't be beat.
Then put in a couple of STAR TREK episodes from season 3. Next up, SILVERADO.
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I think the episode of NUMBERS on Friday is a new episode, but I can't be certain. TV GUIDE has no program description for it on Friday. Since that's its regular time slot, it wouldn't make sense to rerun the pilot in the regular slot the same week, but I've long since stopped trying to figure out the way programmers operate at the networks.
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Jennifer I show NUMBER3RS should begin at 7:00, east and west coast. My local station (which we don’t get) has it listed at 8:00. Why do you say 11:00?
On the east coastNUMB3Rs (or however it is spelled) is supposed to be on CBS AFTER the NFL game. It is listed as 10pm Eastern. But the games always go long. So i'm guessing it will be closer to 11pm.
On the west coast it is supposed to be on at 7pm PT (but also AFTER the football game). So i'd guess it will be closer to 8pm.
Not sure how it works for time zones in between. But my best guess is it will always be after the football ends.
Hope that helped.
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I am going to eat Chinese food. And then I may drop by my sister's football party since she lives 2 minutes away from the restaurant. Although it depends on whether she is at the party, or sick in bed. I doubt I will go watch if it's just my brother-in-law and his psycho football friends.
To give you an idea, they get extreme pleasure from rooting AGAINST each other. So one guy who loves Philly (Eagles) could not go watch the first game there, because he needed to watch in peace. And he is only showing up for game 2 if his team wins.
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Btw, for anybody who likes Trading Spaces, during last night's Trading Castles there was a promo for a new show with Doug Wilson on next sat at 8pm (right before TS). Something about a couple moving out of there house, a new couple moving in and redoing a room. And then the original couple gets to come back horrified to see the changes.
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I'm back from a pleasnt drive in my motor car. My favorite sight was a young pretty girl dressed in pants so low (her top, of course not covering her mid-riff) you could see her ass, and her idiotic-looking, porcupine hair-cutted boyfriend. His pants were lower than hers, belted just above you-know-where, so that his au courant boxer shorts were entirely visible to one and all and also all and one. The crotch are of his pants was literally at his knees. They've had some ugly fasion trends over the years, but none as ugly as today's fashion trends. I hope someday they grow and look at themselves in these clothes and get a good laugh - I certainly am getting a good laugh now, and it's not laughing WITH them, of that I can assure you.
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I refuse to watch the news or any entertainment news show for exactly the reasons stated above.
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I was watching "Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid" on AMC today. When the credits began rolling, they did one of their artsy-fartsy graphic things and made the credits really small while they promoed a lot of asinine stuff.
Meanwhile, Hollywood greats of the 30s and 40s were being shown and identified by the films from which scenes were used in the farce...but unless you knew who the stars were and the films that had been used, you'd not have been able to make it all out.
Huge mistake, IMO.
DR Jose: I'm much better, thanks for asking. I'm still having sinus troubles but I'm thinking now that I'm being affected by allergies....and I'm having myself a "cleaning weekend," taking down blinds and stuff and washing them.
During my viewing of "What A Way to Go" last night, I noted with a giggle that during the early scene of the sale at Hopper's (Dick Van Dyke's store), there was a bin set up with records for 88 cents. The display album was the back cover of the "Cleopatra" LP.
At the time, you could find "Cleopatra" for under a dollar in most discount stores. But it seems this was an inside joke for the filmmakers (or, intentional on "someone's" part and either not noticed or discovered too late) as 20th Century-Fox made both "Cleopatra" and "What A Way to Go"and both films were released within a couple of years of one another.
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French woman always seemed so charming and the country is beautiful, maybe France would be the country to be born in if not America.
OH, YEAH????
What about French men???
People like Patrice Lecomte, hey???
Or Jean- Paul Belmondo or Alain Delon or Vanessa Depp... Hmmm, sorry!
(I know,I know! You can 't say.... Keith might be reading this! ;))
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Compicated... as in compluter?? :D
No, this is me François, not DR SWW!! ;) ;D 8)
I think the word you're searching for is spelled "complooter." This is someone who steals information from your computer via an Internet connection. Definitely not the sort of person anyone would want to deal with.
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I just typed a very long post, and it got lost in the ether when I attempted to post it. Not good.
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DD is a horror book shop.
How rude to say that of Panni's daughter!! :o ;)
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The worst thing about the bad analysis of Carson was it was on MSNBC....NBC being Carson's home for so long, you think they'd know better...you also think that they would research any clip they aired. I don't mind someone not knowing; I do mind someone not finding something out when it should be their job.
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I picked up a fair number of soundtrack albums in the cutout bins back in the 1960s. Rarely did Broadway show albums end up there, but soundtracks were there routinely.
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One of the things I had fun with concerning DEAD MEN DON'T WEAR PLAID was trying to identify the film clips as they came up. Some like Stanwyck in DOUBLE INDEMNITY and SORRY WRONG NUMBER were very easy. Others, I had to ponder for awhile.
I wonder how much Universal had to pay a studio like Warners to use their Bogart and Bette Davis clips?
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Dear TCB - my email was not offering a cruise!!
Tom,
What TCB needs is a Tom....Cruise! :)
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Compicated? Try eating more fibre.
I beg you pardon?
I was quoting, yes, quoting! LOL!
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I think the word you're searching for is spelled "complooter." This is someone who steals information from your computer via an Internet connection. Definately not the sort of person anyone would want to deal with.
Sorry SWW; it's "definitely"! Ain't that neat?! ;)
Sorry DRCP; it was Cary Grant! Gary stayed in the shadows!
Cary Grant and Gary Gooper... err.... Cooper!
Signed:
The rude French poster of this site!
(rude French... being redundant, as we all know!)
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It I said Gary Grant it was a typo. I know who Cary Grant is...I was thumbing through his Films of...book the other and realized I've probably seen more or his films than any other actor from the 30's or 40's and enjoyed more of them. Gary Cooper probably came in second. But they are my two favourite movie stars from the era.
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Very, very sad about Johnny Carson.
I'm back from a pleasnt drive in my motor car. My favorite sight was a young pretty girl dressed in pants so low (her top, of course not covering her mid-riff) you could see her ass, and her idiotic-looking, porcupine hair-cutted boyfriend. His pants were lower than hers, belted just above you-know-where, so that his au courant boxer shorts were entirely visible to one and all and also all and one. The crotch are of his pants was literally at his knees. They've had some ugly fasion trends over the years, but none as ugly as today's fashion trends. I hope someday they grow and look at themselves in these clothes and get a good laugh - I certainly am getting a good laugh now, and it's not laughing WITH them, of that I can assure you.
Actually, the fashion sported by the young man in question is not a current fashion trend at all. It's quite...1996? Well, it's about ten years old. Unfortunately, I believe that we'll be seeing less and less pants and more and more midriff and ass from young ladies in the future.
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Francois, I believed BK only objected to the word, "interesting" in the context which it was used. Saying that a restaurant is filled with "interesting" diners when one, not knowing the other diners, couldn't possibly really know whether they were interesting or not. They may be the dullest folk on earth. Now they might be, say "interesting-looking".
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In England (and I would gather Europe), the midriff look has been quite the vogu for sometime and in the extremest of weather. It can be freezing outside, yet you'll see these young things parading about with huge quantities of their flesh between their boobs and their tighs exposed.
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Thank you for clarifying my running riff on "interesting".
I have seen quite a few young men with this fashion trend of late - so if it's an old own, it's coming back.
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Dear Reader Charles Pogue:
I was being facetious both times!
No doubt you do know Cary Grant.The typo made me laugh because I find it often in magazines and (some people read HHW and remember) you gave Mr Grant that same first name not too long ago!
Quote:
"I enjoyed the one Panni mentioned last night IN GOOD COMPANY. I very much want to see SIDEAYS. Watched the new DVD of Gunga Din yesterday which looks great and am about halfway through Rudy Behlmer's interesting commentary. Could you've have seen Jack Oakie in the Gary Grant role? I couldn't have."
As for "interesting", so many people around me, when I lived in Florida, used and abused it so often that I thought it was quite funny!
When they don't really know what to say, they anwser
"Hmmm, that's interesting!"
which I used to take for "Ask me if I care!"
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I've been spending some quality time writing, but I just did a couple of pages - I wasn't going to write at all today, but I felt like it, so I did it.
Trying to decide on this evening's DVD. I've started watching the new Collector's Edition of Season One The Twilight Zone. A big deal has been made that these are the first transfers off the camera negatives. I'm here to tell you that while they look fine, they are not THAT much better or different than the previous transfers. I mean, they're better, but not to the dramatic degree I'd been led to believe they were. I watched neighbor Earl Holliman in Where is Everybody? I don't know that I totally agree with Harlan Ellison about Rod Serling. One must give Serling props because it's his concept and baby and no other writers would have gotten to do their good work if it weren't for him. I also find several of his episodes to be amongst the best teleplays ever written, most especially Walking Distance, one of the great half-hours of television. Serling did tend to preachiness, but he was a fine writer - I love Requiem for a Heavyweight and Patterns.
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I ended up eating a Togo's Pastrami Sandwich, not what I had in mind at all. It was quite tasty though, but now I'm feeling quite logey. The word for the day is "hooey" - I just wrote it about ten times in a row.
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Dateline is a Johnny Carson tribute. Just starting here.
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I was watching SINGIN' IN THE RAIN on TCM - and I decided to concentrate on the faces during the "Good Morning" number. I realized that I have only watched the feet! And how charming Debbie and Donald and, yes, even greedyguts Gene Kelly all are!
DR CP have you seen Mr Cary Grant in TOAST OF NEW YORK - with Mr Edward Arnold and Miss Frances Farmer? Nice period picture - a bit overlong - but everybody is very good. It seems Mr Grant was a bit put out that Miss Farmer had to shoot her scenes at RKO at night because she was filming at Paramount during the day. T
And that's the end of the Film Personality History Lesson for today.
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I would do a spit take, but that would be a waste of this Cherry Coke. My brother's coffee maker did a spit take this morning, though. All over the counter.
I have been very busy today putting off my Rhetoric homework. Oy vey. I don't know what rhetoric is, but I don't like it.
I ate a really big pita sandwich today.
Hey Kerry, have you had any good chocolate lately?
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DRJane, we'd go to Central Park and make snow angels! Then we'd go to Artie's for some hot chocolate and potato pancakes with applesauce, except the applesauce at the 2nd Avenue Deli is better! Or cheesecake and hot chocolate.
If you saw what I wear to play in the snow (layers of ugly unflattering clothes) you might not wish to be seen in a restaurant with me. I know I wouldn’t. ;D Of course we would go anyway and have a grand time. :D
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If you saw what I wear to play in the snow (layers of ugly unflattering clothes) you might not wish to be seen in a restaurant with me. I know I wouldn’t. ;D Of course we would go anyway and have a grand time. :D
I would happily be seen anywhere with you, no matter how embarassingly you might be attired. ;D
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JRand54, I have indeed seen TOAST OF NEW YORK, more than once...I like all three performers in it (and Jack Oakie, who I believe is also in it). I also think it's a fascinating story...that of big Jim Fiske. I think I should re-do it for my pal, Larry Drake. Interesting aside, I have an autobio of Edward Arnold signed by him. First book I bought in SoCal when I was performing with Maggie Raye in San Clemente when I first came out.
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Proof that it's a slow news day:
Fox News has told it's viewers that Mr. Carson death was related to emphysema. They have followed this report with another report about emphysema.
:P
If it was an insiteful report than I'm all for it. I hope a few people watched and gave up smoking.
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George where in Germany is your mother from?
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On the east coastNUMB3Rs (or however it is spelled) is supposed to be on CBS AFTER the NFL game. It is listed as 10pm Eastern. But the games always go long. So i'm guessing it will be closer to 11pm.
I was converting EST to PST. It is on both coasts at the same time, after the game, making it very difficult for me to TIVO it. Seems they are trying to pull in the football fans but what about the rest of us?
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Well, I am here and to prove it I'm posting. More tomorrow.
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OH, YEAH????
What about French men???
People like Patrice Lecomte, hey???
Or Jean- Paul Belmondo or Alain Delon or Vanessa Depp... Hmmm, sorry!
(I know,I know! You can 't say.... Keith might be reading this! ;))
LOL I was only thinking I might like to be one of those charming French woman. At least I didnt insult the men. ;D
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Evening all.
Sad, sad news about Johnny Carson. Funny, I remember as a younger person that staying up to see his show was a treat. I had to go to bed early because of school but I wanted to stay up all night. Now, as an older person, I can barely stay awake past ten o’clock. I haven’t seen the Tonight show in ages.
Still pinching myself with the excitement of getting the new SUV. I keep thinking that something has to be wrong. I always told myself that some day I would drive something very nice but it always seemed so out of reach. Now that it’s finely here I feel so over whelmed. It won’t be real until Wednesday and I have the keys firmly in my hand.
I was looking at the weather and I hope all of you in the blizzard States are warm and safe. I can’t imagine what it must be like. I guess that will be the next thing I will have experience in my life if only once.
We’re going to get really cold tonight. Down to freezing with a wind chill factor that could be in the twentys. I put all of the plants that were in pots into the van to try to save them. I don’t know if my four o’clocks that are in the ground will survive or not. I certainly hope so.
I feel so silly about my NYC cheesecake question! Duh! I guess I just had something else on my mind and wasn’t thinking.
I’ve been meaning to ask, DR Jose, how is that thing you had on your foot? Did it get any better?
Glad to see DR Ann posting. Wishing you strength and health.
Glad to know that DR Panni is a fellow toilet fighter. I’ve had my hand in the toilet many a time. It sure beats the plummers bill Funny, I’m not afraid to change out the pipes or the faucets or work on the toilet but I’m scared to try anything that has to do with electricity. That’s where I draw the line.
I don't really know what other country I would like to be from. I never gave it much thought. I'm German, Irish & French so I guess it would have to be one of those. Of course, I have the look of all three--French (I'm short), Irish (the blue eyes and temper) and German (I'm....well, errr,----- big hearted. Yeah, that's it.) ;D :D
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Bruce it could have been worse-he might not have been wearing the boxers.
As of this afternoon count us in as recommending the feel good movie, IN GOOD COMPANY. IMHO Dennis Quaid was perfect.
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Wish I could go to NY that weekend to meet all you wonderful people and see the show, but on March 19th I will be at Say Goodnight Gracie in St Paul in house seats from Rupe. (I saw it on Broadway, but will enjoy seeing it again with some friends)
Well, DR Cillaliz, how 'bout Clowes Hall in Indianapolis on April 10 for the matinee of Mamma Mia, for which DR Jose will be playing the piano?
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DR elmore - love your description of NYC in the snow. Wish I were there...
Spent the afternoon with my mom, watching skating (which they interrupted with the sad news about Johnny Carson), going to Borders, and having dinner at McAlister's Deli. She ordered a HUGE piece of cheesecake - ate some, gave me a few bites, and took most of it home for later.
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BTW, did you know that it is the year of the Rooster? I read that someplace today and thought about Chooster.
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Danise can you cover the four o'clocks with something?
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If it freezes, nothing will help. Or so I've been told.
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I got so logey I fell asleep whilst trying to watch A New Kind Of Love with Mr. Paul Newman and Miss Joanne Woodward. It didn't help that the movie is a leaden mackeral.
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Well, DR Cillaliz, how 'bout Clowes Hall in Indianapolis on April 10 for the matinee of Mamma Mia, for which DR Jose will be playing the piano?
Actually, I'm leaving from Omaha very early on April 11 to spend a week in NYC! 3 days to do whatever I want to do. I'm staying at the Algonquin, something I've always wanted to do-(the government rate is a nice fringe benefit of my job) and the rest of the time will be at the Marriott Financial Center for the National Assn of Criminal Defense Lawyers meeting. I'm on the board. I don't have to be there all the time, but will have a number of meetings I can't miss.
I haven't decided what shows I'm going to see yet, but several will definitley be a part of my plans.
I would love to meet some of the NYC people then, if possible. We could eat cheesecake in a restaurant with an interesting crowd.
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Evening all.
SAD, sad news about Johnny Carson. FUNNY, I remember as a younger person that staying up to see his show was a treat.
You're taking us on an emotional roller-coaster ride, dear reader Danise! ;)
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For fellow Dark Shadows fan JRand. Look what I found in todays paper! None other than Roger Collins! I only watch the one soap so I had no idea Louis Edmonds was on All My Children.
François de Paris ;D I don't even try to do these things on purpose. It's just what comes out of my, well I can't say mouth, fingers at the time.
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I would love to meet some of the NYC people then, if possible. We could eat cheesecake in a restaurant with an interesting crowd.
Elmore and I have eaten cheesecake at Barrymore's once or twice!
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Glad to know that DR Panni is a fellow toilet fighter. I’ve had my hand in the toilet many a time. It sure beats the plummers bill.
Danise,
NO, You Can't Get A Man With A... Plunger! ;)
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He didn't insist I try it. We did all share a yummy apple something Penny ordered.
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Danise,
NO, You Can't Get A Man With A... Plunger! ;)
I'm not sure I WANT one! :D
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A NEW KIND OF LOVE for me, is a guilty pleasure.
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George where in Germany is your mother from?
In the southern part of Germany...the Bavarian area. "Schteinabrickle" (I have no idea of the correct spelling) is one of the towns that she lived in. I think that that's where one of her brothers live and mother lived (her mother died last year).
I haven't been doing much of anything today. I watched last Wednesday's episode of Lost. So, what's with the boy? And I never understood why NOBODY really tried to look for Claire (the pregnant girl that was kidnapped). They just let her go. What about "there's safety in numbers?" (a The Boy Friend reference) They could've gotten a BUNCH of people to go get her. Things like that are frustrating. I like the show, but I'm frustrated by it...at times.
I made fudge today. The Jet-Puffed marshmallow cream recipe. It's the best. Of course, the only other recipe that I've used was the Eagle Brand sweetened condensed milk recipe, which isn't as good...in my humble opinion (IMHO, in Internet lingo). I'm still debating if I want to make a second batch. I'll decide after I see how long it takes to cut all of it into pieces and wrap it. It may not be worth it. ::)
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Ah DR DANISE thanks for the photo....haven't thought of Louis in many years.
DR CP - Edward Arnold was so very good. And I think he is on the A STAR IS BORN DVD attending the premiere with his wife! I didn't know he wrote an autobiography. Did he have anything to say about Frances (he starred with her twice, and there are several complimentary comments he made at the time).
A NEW KIND OF LOVE.....I really thought that I didn't like Joanne Woodward when she played young and dowdy....until I saw her play a "beautiful" fashion designer all dressed up....and playing comedy....which she really can't do - IMO - whew.....I have always thought, that except for Eva Gabor....it should have been called A PHEW KIND OF LOVE.
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I made fudge today. The Jet-Puffed marshmallow cream recipe. It's the best. I'm still debating if I want to make a second batch. I'll decide after I see how long it takes to cut all of it into pieces and wrap it. It may not be worth it. ::)
I agree that's the best recipe. However, when I make a batch it doesn't last long enough to cut into pieces and wrap!
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And one for Mahler....as DRPANNI says!
Page Nine!
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Watching Martha Raye and Charles Chaplin in M. VERDOUX.....how is it possible for one person to be broad AND subtle at the same time? Martha is a master!
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I haven't been doing much of anything today. I watched last Wednesday's episode of Lost. So, what's with the boy? And I never understood why NOBODY really tried to look for Claire (the pregnant girl that was kidnapped). They just let her go. What about "there's safety in numbers?" (a The Boy Friend reference) They could've gotten a BUNCH of people to go get her. Things like that are frustrating. I like the show, but I'm frustrated by it...at times.
Didn't the guy that took her say he would kill her if anyone tried to find them?
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I'm not sure I WANT one! :D
Oooh :o
Two or MORE then!!
It still does not work! ;)
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Drat! Foiled again!
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Elmore and I have eaten cheesecake at Barrymore's once or twice!
Well, wait until The National Enquirer hears about this!! ;)
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Oh, now dear reader Panni is being credited for the use of And one for Mahler on this here site???
I think a simple perusal of our posting archives will allow credit to be given to the proper individual. I am shocked, do you hear, shocked.
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I am still quite logey. What channel is Dateline on, and was the Carson tribute worth watching?
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Didn't the guy that took her say he would kill her if anyone tried to find them?
Yes, they could easily have organized an ambush and surprised him. Some of the others could have rescued Claire. It could've happened. ::)
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And that's what I'm afraid will happen if I fool with the electricity--I'll be SHOCKED, I tell you shocked! ;)
Hate to say it but it's wussburger time.
Have a good evening all!
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Good Evening!
Back from the show. Ah... A day off.
And, man-o-man-o-man is it cold outside. The air temp is 18, and the windchill is -5!. Cold!
And now I'm going to warm up a little bit with a post-show snack. I stopped by the Korean market on the way in, and I finally found where they keeped their "stewed tofu". It's pieces of tofu that have been briefly fried, and then covered in red chili paste (hot) - almost like the seasoning for kimchi. It's prepared fresh in their store. They used to have a sort of salad bar where I would grab a few pieces, but they got rid of that a year or so ago, and just started to pre-wrap portions of the various things and put them in the refrigerator case. Well, I found them again today! ;)
Laters...
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Welcome eleven GUESTS. Perhaps one of you can let jrand know who instigated the use of And one for Mahler on this here site.
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I am still quite logey. What channel is Dateline on, and was the Carson tribute worth watching?
Dateline is NBC. I thought it was a good tribute. Lots of very funny clips and a couple interviews with no analysis by talking heads, ending with the complete Bette Midler One For My Baby and One More for the Road from the last Carson show. Other tributes are just showing a little clip of the song
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Yes, they could easily have organized an ambush and surprised him. Some of the others could have rescued Claire. It could've happened. ::)
Humm, maybe but we don't know how many people we are dealing with. There are OTHERS. Or so we have been led to believe.
I'm ticked at Walmart. Once again I bought something and it is not in my bag. This time it was a chain necklace that I bought for my gargolye charm. Hump.
On that note, I bid you a good evening.
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Skammen, do you hear? Or will someone else be credited with "skammen" too? Other than Ingmar Bergman, of course.
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I'm presuming Dateline goes on at seven here in CA?
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I'm presuming Dateline goes on at seven here in CA?
It was on at six here, not sure about CA
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Mention eleven GUESTS and watch four disappear within seconds.
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NUMBERS just started.
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I haven't been doing much of anything today. I watched last Wednesday's episode of Lost. So, what's with the boy? And I never understood why NOBODY really tried to look for Claire (the pregnant girl that was kidnapped). They just let her go. What about "there's safety in numbers?" (a The Boy Friend reference) They could've gotten a BUNCH of people to go get her. Things like that are frustrating. I like the show, but I'm frustrated by it...at times.
I have only watched LOST for the past two weeks to try and figure out what everyone thinks is so great about the show (I am still trying to figure it out!).
What about the boy? As I said, I have only seen the show twice, however, from an outsider's perspective, I would say that they are developing the story to indicate that the boy may be telekinetic. In the back story (is that what they call them?) when he was with his mother and adoptive father, they wouldn't pay any attention to him he managed to make the bird he was looking at in his book fly into the window of the house. So, maybe he brought the polar bear from the comic book to the island with his mind?
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Hmm... Spicy tofu! And it's also topped with scallions and sesame seeds too. And just enough heat from the red chili peppers, not too hot, not too mild.
DR Jane - Would you like "stewed tofu"?
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Watching Dateline - other than the young lady who is hosting the show, and who is obviously just playing to the camera and reading the prompter, it's a reasonably nice tribute. I could live without the dramatic underscore
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In the southern part of Germany...the Bavarian area. "Schteinabrickle" (I have no idea of the correct spelling) is one of the towns that she lived in. I think that that's where one of her brothers live and mother lived (her mother died last year).
I haven't been doing much of anything today. I watched last Wednesday's episode of Lost. So, what's with the boy? And I never understood why NOBODY really tried to look for Claire (the pregnant girl that was kidnapped). They just let her go. What about "there's safety in numbers?" (a The Boy Friend reference) They could've gotten a BUNCH of people to go get her. Things like that are frustrating. I like the show, but I'm frustrated by it...at times.
I made fudge today. The Jet-Puffed marshmallow cream recipe. It's the best. Of course, the only other recipe that I've used was the Eagle Brand sweetened condensed milk recipe, which isn't as good...in my humble opinion (IMHO, in Internet lingo). I'm still debating if I want to make a second batch. I'll decide after I see how long it takes to cut all of it into pieces and wrap it. It may not be worth it. ::)
I believe that part of Germany is beautiful and hope you can visit one day.
I completely agree with your comments on LOST.
I do not agree with you regarding the fudge. The Bordon's recipe is the one I use, adding toasted slivered almonds and dried cherries. I personally don't care for the marshmallow recipe.
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DR Danise - Thanks for asking about the thing on my foot. It did heal up after about a week. I'm still not exactly sure what it was. However, it was neat trying out those new Advanced Healing Band-Aids. There's some "stuff" - yes, that's the technical term - in the band aid that forms a scab over the cut. This way you can leave the band-aid on for days in a row. And I did. About four. Waterproof and dirt proof. Very "kewl". When I took it off, the spot was all healed. Now I'm just waiting to see if the scar is something temporary or not.
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I have only watched LOST for the past two weeks to try and figure out what everyone thinks is so great
What about the boy? As I said, I have only seen the show twice, however, from an outsider's perspective, I would say that they are developing the story to indicate that the boy may be telekinetic. In the back story (is that what they call them?) when he was with his mother and adoptive father, they wouldn't pay any attention to him he managed to make the bird he was looking at in his book fly into the window of the house. So, maybe he brought the polar bear from the comic book to the island with his mind?
I feel like an idiot-thank you for explaining it to me. :-[
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I can only assume that my AOL e-mail account is not frozen. Although I had no personal e-mails waiting, I had about a dozen exciting new cruise specials waiting for my perusal.
(Don't go there, SWW[/b]!)
May I go there then?
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Jose can you tone down the hot seasoning? Aside from setting my mouth on fire the tofu sounds great.
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Just finished watching "Women in Love" -- still scintillating and gorgeously photographed. I saw this in Jacksonville Fl in 1971 (it was released in 1970) and it was up for a few Oscars. Glenda Jackson was beyond superb, and I thought Alan Bates her equal. Eleanor Bron, though, was simply sensational in her wonderful supporting role. Oliver Reed and Jenny Lind were totally solid.
Re: "A New Kind of Love." Joanne Woodward is a magnificent actress, and I've loved her work in a number of films. However, had her first film been "A New Kind of Love," she'd never have worked again. The film labors under her misguided performance...woefully neglected by the director who apparently phoned it in. I've often pondered just who it is she based her character upon, and I think part of it was based upon Edith Head. Since one never reads that Head had a comical bent, that must by why the character failed.
Woodward, IMO, is brilliant in "The Long Hot Summer," "Three Faces of Eve" and "From the Terrace." I very much like her in "Winning" (along with Newman, Wagner and Richard Thomas, who played her son). She hit her peak with "Rachel, Rachel," I felt, and "The Effect of Gamma Rays...Marigolds" was a wonderful film that keyed on the performance of Woodward and daughter Nell Potts (what in the HELL ever happened to Roberta Wallach...and why the FRELL do I seem to care?????).
My cleaning has continued. Mattresses have been turned, fresh linens now covering them, and stale linens have been washed and are in the dryer.
I'm pooped.
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Eleanor Bron was in my HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES, playing Mrs. Barrymore. We loved her so much we gave her a speech that had actually been for Barrymore, played by Edward Judd.
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Eleanor Bron - splendid actress.
Johnny Carson did the greatest takes.
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I'm pondering a snack.
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May I go there then?
;)
Please, Jose, be my guest!
(a BEAUTY AND THE BEAST reference)
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Alan Bates in WOMEN IN LOVE, need I say more.
TCB Keith also appreciates your insight on LOST.
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Alan Bates in WOMEN IN LOVE, need I say more.
TCB Keith also appreciates your insight on LOST.
You are both very welcome. That was just my impression.
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I am afraid I am going to have to be a wussburger tonight. I am right in the middle of reading this really good mystery, and I want to see what is going to happen.
Feel better soon, DCD Ann.
Good night, everyone!
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Well, let us all know how you like the mystery.
I'm watching the fairly dreadful Return to Peyton Place.
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I am pondering a snack. In order to actually HAVE said snack would require me to get in my motor car and go somewhere. Perhaps I'll just do that now, oh, yes, perhaps I'll just do that now.
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AND ONE FOR MAHLER ::) :P ;D >:(
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Well, let us all know how you like the mystery.
I'm watching the fairly dreadful Return to Peyton Place.
Oh, wow! Did you get you DVD of it already!!
Fairly dreadfull...my golly I love that movie! More so then then PEYTON PLACE...I guess because RETURN is more like a B-rate sequel! LOL!
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I watched WOMEN IN LOVE a few months ago and was bowled over by it much more so than when I saw it the first time or two. It now is extremely affecting to me. I've always worshipped Glenda Jackson, but I agree that Alan Bates is also fantastic, and I think it's Oliver Reed's best performance.
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NUMBERS was pretty entertaining, but I don't see how they can reuse the concept on a weekly basis without it becoming terribly repetitive. But, like MEDIUM, the writers of these shows obviously have a lot more creativity than I do. I'll certainly watch another episode to more fully gauge how it's going to work.
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Francois, I believed BK only objected to the word, "interesting" in the context which it was used. Saying that a restaurant is filled with "interesting" diners when one, not knowing the other diners, couldn't possibly really know whether they were interesting or not. They may be the dullest folk on earth. Now they might be, say "interesting-looking".
Perhaps I'm mistaken, DR Pogue, as English is my second language, but when I said that it was an interesting crowd, (and NEVER did I say that the "restaurant was filled with interesting diners") I do believe that anyone reading the statement wouldn't assume I meant each and every person in the restaurant was fascinating. The word "looking" is implied.
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Bravo to Dear Reader Ron Pulliam on his domestic accomplishments today.
My mattress life-prolonging routine:
On each of the solstices (or the next proximate housecleaning day), I flip my mattress. On each of the equinoxes (or the next proximate housecleaning day), I turn my mattress. It's a variation on a procedure standard at most hotels.
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I took The Dear Mother to a big-hat luncheon today, after which we went to a presentation of Mr. W.A. Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro at the Orange County Peforming Arts Center. Meal and performance were both quite enjoyable.
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Well I guess I will never know who said it first, since I don't know how to do a search - but One For Mahler! And credit to the first person to say it! Maybe I should say Stephen Sondheim, but something tells me it was actually MR BK.
My memory is short, but again....sorry to offend....
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I went out and got some popcorn as my snack. I microwaved it, buttered it, and have eaten each and every last kernal that was edible.
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If anyone was watching Dateline, did you notice who was playing the piano for Bette Midler?
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You didn't offend, jrand. Like others, my tongue was firmly in cheek. Yes, first Mr. Sondheim, and then, if memory serves, I started doing it as a runner here at haineshisway.com. I feel it is important to remember that many of our posts here at haineshisway.com have tongues firmly in cheeks - I don't think it should always be necessary to put smilies. We leave that to other sites.
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And speaking of short memories - these days I'm lucky if I can remember what I thought of in the den by the time I get to the kitchen ten seconds later. Sometimes I stand in the middle of the floor - oh, a Stephen Sondheim reference - and just scratch my head with no idea what I came into the kitchen for.
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Jay, perhaps you'd like to inform us as to what the meal consisted of.
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If anyone was watching Dateline, did you notice who was playing the piano for Bette Midler?
Is that a question? or a question?
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Well, I know who was playing the piano - does anyone else?
I'll say:
SPOILER ALERT
A piano player named Marc Shaiman.
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Amazing! Jeff Chandler and Carol Lynley just edited and rewrote a five-hundred page manuscript in one night.
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What is it, siesta time all of a sudden?
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Almost wussburger time for me.
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Tomorrow I may get to 100 posts!
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Yes, Cillaliz, I feel tomorrow you will a achieve a new plateau.
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I took The Dear Mother to a big-hat luncheon today, after which we went to a presentation of Mr. W.A. Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro at the Orange County Peforming Arts Center. Meal and performance were both quite enjoyable.
The Marriage of Figaro as dinner theater...interesting concept!
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Is it siesta time?
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Jay, perhaps you'd like to inform us as to what the meal consisted of.
The Dear Mother dined on a roast chicken breast (can one say that under the current administration?) accompanied by grilled mixed vegetables and sauteed wild mushrooms. I had a grilled seafood salad, which was comprised of scallops, shrimp and crabmeat atop mixed greens. I also had a glass of chardonnay, whilst The Dear Mother was content with water. We passed on dessert, though I did have a post-prandial cup of coffee.
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Well, I know who was playing the piano - does anyone else?
I'll say:
SPOILER ALERT
A piano player named Marc Shaiman.
Shaiman included the clip as part of the one-man show der Brucer and I saw him give somewhere in New Jersey. He was joined on-stage by Annie Golden and Christine Ebersole, but since they are women it still counts as a one-man show, right?
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The aforementioned meal was taken at Scott's, a lovely restaurant close by the Orange County Performing Arts Center and across the street from that mecca of mercantilism, South Coast Plaza.
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Well, I know who was playing the piano - does anyone else?
I'll say:
SPOILER ALERT
A piano player named Marc Shaiman.
OK... Well...
That's who I thought played for her on that show.
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The documentary film Get Bruce!, about one-liner writer to the stars and erstwhile Edna Turnblad Bruce Vilanch includes several interesting scenes involving the film's subject, Miss Midler and Mr. Shaiman.
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had a grilled seafood salad, which was comprised of scallops, shrimp and crabmeat atop mixed greens.
Or, to be more specific, "Dungeness crab, dayboat scallops and grilled prawns over baby greens." Says so, on the menu at their website (http://www.scottsseafood.com/southcoast/southcoast_home.).
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Mr. Shaiman also had some
bitchy catty interesting things to say about Ms. Midler hemming and hawing about finding the right song to sing. She drove him to distraction, she did.
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I must wussburger. We have to be up too (expletive deleted) early tomorrow for another day of ladsitting. Tuesday, too.
If I'm E&T, that's why. :-\
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I'm eating popcorn.
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I must return to Peyton Place for a moment. I shall return in a trice.
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I'm eating popcorn.
Buster likes popcorn. If I nuke a bag, he's right there, my popcorn pal.
Buster is my buddy!
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re: "Numbers" -- I am much too pooped to pussyfoot around this (yes, that's right! I'm too pooped to pussyfoot!), so I'll just state outright that I have an aversion to Rob Morrow that borders on pathological disdain.
I watched the show tonight hoping I'd see a Morrow I didn't want to punch in the face and instead found a Morrow I totally detested in a way different from his inane doctor on "Northern Exposure". At that time, he acted with his grin. Now, there doesn't seem to be a move that hasn't been studied and planned and presented -- without an ounce of honesty -- to convey what he perceives to be "acting." He is all tilted head and furrowed brow and his vocal intonations are pure drivel.
Many apologies to the toes of friends and fans I may have trod upon -- I do apologize if I offended you -- but I cringe at Morrow's "acting."
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Pathological Disdain - that is the title of my next novel.
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I will buy the first copy.
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I just half-watched (watched while doing other things) an episode of Boston Legal. William Shatner was REALLY good.
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I just half-watched (watched while doing other things) an episode of Boston Legal. William Shatner was REALLY good.
All together now...
"Lesbian"
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DR Ron Pulliam - I didn't mind Rob Morrow on "Northern Exposure", but his subseqent work.. eh... His portrayal of John Wilkes Booth in "The Day Lincoln Died" - or whatever it was called - had me cringing and laughing and cringing again.
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Hmmm...
I may have to check how my father programmed the heating/cooling system in this house. It was very nice and toasty earlier, and now I'm actually slightly shivering. Time to put on the sweat shirt, I guess.
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I just half-watched (watched while doing other things) an episode of Boston Legal. William Shatner was REALLY good.
Does any DR know if "Boston Legal" is a spin-off of "The Practice"? I only ask because of James Spader.
And I have to sat, it's nice seeing Candace Bergen on TV again. And Betty White still somehow manages to make her "Sue Ellen" routine fresh and funny.
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Welcome twelve GUESTS.
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WOW! I just checked the weather reports for Richmond... And noticed that almost all of the school systems will be closed tomorrow due to the severe cold and the icy road conditions. Guess my instincts were right to stay up in Fairfax tonight.
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I'm not posting because I'm cleaning house. We just installed a small wine cooler in a cabinet under the sink in the rec room where a small fridge used to be. Since the fridge has been gone, it has become a collect-all for a myriad of dog toys, exercise doo-dads, cleansers and misc. what-nots. So since the wine cooler has now displaced all this crap, we'd had to sort through it, throw some out, find places for some of it, which has led to cleaning other knick-knacks drawers, etc. And, of course, that leads to other little cleaning spurts like trying to find a place for all the DVDs that are tumbling over. I'll be up to one or two just dealing with all this stuff. But it's usually a very good sign. When I start cleaning, that means I'm getting ready to go into a heavy jag of writing work. My environment has to be clean for me to write.
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I, too, must have absolute cleanliness.
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All together now...
"Lesbian"
;D
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It's early to bed for me tonight. The word for today on my word-a-day desk calendar was "bouquiniste"... A pretty word. Very musical. (Hello Dolly)
G'night.
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Does any DR know if "Boston Legal" is a spin-off of "The Practice"? I only ask because of James Spader.
Yes, yes it is. They brought Spader in to The Practice last season with the specific intent of giving him this spinoff this season.
All together now...
"Lesbian"
LOL!!! DR Ann trekked out from her bedroom to the couch to watch the show tonight... only downside was that laughs incurred by moments such as that one cause a bit of pain, but still well worth it. :D Boston Legal is far and away my favorite new TV show this season, and quickly becoming my favorite current show, period.
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DR Ann update: She's coming along quite well, visibly feeling a little better every hour. She's already backed off a bit from the max dosage of painkillers, and seems to be handling it all quite well. While she says she has no profound words to share with the populace, she does thank one and all, all and one, for the wonderful vibes. They seem to be working!
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re: "Numbers" -- I am much too pooped to pussyfoot around this (yes, that's right! I'm too pooped to pussyfoot!), so I'll just state outright that I have an aversion to Rob Morrow that borders on pathological disdain.
I watched the show tonight hoping I'd see a Morrow I didn't want to punch in the face and instead found a Morrow I totally detested in a way different from his inane doctor on "Northern Exposure". At that time, he acted with his grin. Now, there doesn't seem to be a move that hasn't been studied and planned and presented -- without an ounce of honesty -- to convey what he perceives to be "acting." He is all tilted head and furrowed brow and his vocal intonations are pure drivel.
Many apologies to the toes of friends and fans I may have trod upon -- I do apologize if I offended you -- but I cringe at Morrow's "acting."
Your disdain for Mr. Morrow is perhaps second only to that held for him by his fellow actors. I have a few friends who worked as extras now and then on Northern Exposure, and all I've ever heard about him is that he's about as arrogant and uncooperative a person as you're likely to come across. It's no small wonder that he hasn't gotten a lot of work in the last 10 years with a reputation like that.
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Glad to hear Ann is feeling better.
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Some more vibes to Ann. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Well, I finally finished that Rhetoric homework. Only took me the whole weekend to write 250 words. (Actually, it took about seven minutes. It took the whole weekend to get myself to START those 250 words. You know how it is.) I don't know if it's what the teacher wants, seeing as how I still don't even know what rhetoric is. But what are you gonna do?
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DR OzDerek is home again. The vibes no doubt helped. Perhaps he will post in the new day.
Good to hear that DR Ann is felling better. Laughter is the best medicine and that's no joke.
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"What are you gonna do?"
Is that a rhetorical question?
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The rhetorical question was brilliant DR Sandra. What else could we expect?
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Page 12 Dance:
The Rhetoric Tango.
(I don't know what that is since, you know, I don't know what rhetoric is.)
Good night, everybody! There's school tomorrow and it's almost one in the morning.
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Laughter IS the best medicine. I take many tablespoons each and every day.
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New notes up in a few minutes.
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"What are you gonna do?"
Is that a rhetorical question?
I'll tell you after I find out what "rhetorical" actually means.
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~~~Recover Quickly Vibes for DR Ann!!~~~
I thoroughly enjoyed Boston Legal tonight. I don't usually go for "lawyer" shows. I liked but eventually got bored with Ally McBeal after a couple of years. I hope that that doesn't happen with Boston Legal..or I hope that it doesn't get so ridiculous to be unwatchable.
I made fudge earlier tonight for an American Cancer Society fund raiser tomorrow and it tastes good, but it got all crumbly. I don't know if it'll sell well, but we'll see. :) It does taste good!