"I will not do this number until these damn dildos know their steps."
Chooster's return was a nice surprise. Hope to see him pop up again from time to time.
Hi, DR DAN(the man)! Looking forward to your “my boom”.
A question of the day.
Who are some of your favorite comedy duos?
For me:
Nichols and May
Bob and Ray
Wayne andChoosterShuster
A question of the day.
Who are some of your favorite comedy duos?
Peter Cook and Dudley Moore
As we move to Page 3 I report that we will not be seeing After the Ball. He who hesitates is lost and we lost. The rest of the run is sold out. We may be able to get cancellations but at this point there are not even any house seats left.
Damn, them. Damn them all to hell.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6870439/
WASHINGTON - Calling this weekend’s national election in Iraq “a grand moment in Iraqi” history, President Bush on Wednesday urged the populace to “defy these terrorists” waging an unrelenting campaign of violence by casting their ballots.
Despite the continuing violence, the president predicted that millions of Iraqis would “show bravery” by voting in Sunday’s national election, but he conceded that some potential voters would be intimidated by insurgents’ threats to target voters and polling stations.
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Surprised he didn't tell them all to just go shopping and everything would be all right.
Hello DRJOEY did you survive the snow last weekend?
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Chooster is back! All is well with the world!
"Chooster is back! All is well with the world. "
Ron, you're not the only one who doesn't get the Chooster vibe. It's hardly a rara avis if they're discounting them in bins at Pier One. It's not an object d'art. It's a knick-knack. A rather tacky one at that.
Did you read last nights posts between Panni and BK?
And I know I'll just HATE myself for asking this:
Where the frell is chooster back FROM? Was he at a ceramic fowl spa?
Was he in for repairs?
WHAT?
movie\ play line "No, the world must be peopled!"
Leading me right into:
"Soylent Green is people! Soylent Green is people!!"
My Ask bk question is Why, oh, why do they no longer make movies that the whole family can enjoy?
Movies like ":The Russians Are Coming" or "Support Your Local Sheriff" or "Support Your Local Gunfighter" Why do they have to always add "language" or unnecessary (to the storyline) sex scenes??????
And (Part II)
Why, oh , why do current filmmakers feel the need to put some disgusting "sight gag" in kids' movies? Can't they make an amusing kids' movie without having some one vomit all over the car or have a bird leave droppings on someone's head?
"People,
People who need people..."
Hmmmmmm.....my question for ASK BK day....what is your favorite Oscar Wilde short story, play, or novel. And is there a film adaptation of a Wilde piece that you think was well done?
Kids movies is an interesting topic. Because yes, there used to be lots of movies that were not made for kids but which kids could go to and enjoy. As for movies targeted to children, like The Court Jester - that was still just as enjoyable to adults, probably even more so because of the brilliant wordplay. And it didn't PANDER. Disney movies didn't PANDER. There were no focus groups, every film didn't have to be an "event" and it was a different world. Today, movies targeted to kids are always filled with fart jokes or vomit jokes and are made for what they presume are children with ADD, who can't sit still for two minutes without some loud distraction.
If you simply thumb through the Kritzer books (especially the two early ones) you will see mention after mention of movies I loved as a KID, none of which were "kids movies".
Chooster is back! All is right with the world!!
I now have two tickets to DR Penny's show on Saturday, March 19th at 8pm. We are in Row D. I think they are seats 5 and 6. Hoo and Ray!
I don't remember any acrimonious exchange between Panni and I last night. I know I did make some disparaging remark about this thing called the Chooster. And I am firmly siding with Mr. Pulliam and Mr. Pogue on this issue and have since that fershluganah running gag first began. No one loves a running gag more than I (this site is BASED on the running gag in more ways than you can imagine) but this thing is so monumentally unfunny to me that I just want to vomit on the ground every time the name is mentioned. Frankly, if I am ever in the home environment of dear reader Panni I will probably find a way to off the little sucker. I will snuff it, throw it from the highest turret. And THEN all will be right with the world.
...and congrats on your new rack...I understand those are very popular in L.A.
I was doin' some Googling and stumbled upon something I just HAD to share (wtih love and affection, of course):
"Writers would be warm, loyal, and otherwise terrific people--if only they'd stop writing."
--Laura Miller from a salon.com review of the movie Finding Forrester
After a very painful silence between early arrivals and myself (preparing for a presentation last week), I decided that, from then on, I'd have music playing in the room while setting up for a program and again as people are leaving. One of the ladies, who leads a lot of book discussion groups, said she was going to start using music herself.
But I won't be posting pictures of him anymore.
"My name is Maximus Decimus Meridius, Commander of the Armies of the North, General of the Felix Legions, loyal servant to the true emperor, Marcus Aurelius. Father to a murdered son, husband to a murdered wife. And I will have my vengeance, in this life or the next."
-- "Gladiator_
The Swedish Hat thing was an original and funny running joke. Chooster's just ripping it off, neither as original nor as funny.
What is the most embarrassing, worst, or silliest knick-knack you have around your house that for reasons...either sentimental or family obligated or whatever...you don't get rid of...
What is the most embarrassing, worst, or silliest knick-knack you have around your house that for reasons...either sentimental or family obligated or whatever...you don't get rid of...
Not getting the Chooster "vibe." It's apiece of potterychunk of wood (probably pressed).
My world wouldn't rattle if a quake knocked it off its perch.
Sorry, but...it's an object...not a living being.
All will be right in the world, or a part of it, when the President stops the loss of lives of American troops in Iraq.
Forgive me if I'm unable to be silly....
Ron, you're not the only one who doesn't get the Chooster vibe. It's hardly a rara avis if they're discounting them in bins at Pier One. It's not an object d'art. It's a knick-knack. A rather tacky one at that.
Well, DRRonPulliam, since I was on the bandwagon for the Chooster Theatre Festival, I have to cheerfully disagree with you! One man's whimsy is another man's poison, but if you don't want to join in the fun, that's fine. You don't have to rain on the parade either.
The Importance of Being Ernest. I like the Brit film version from the forties, I think.
I can see posting pictures of our shows, our home enivronment, our dinners, our favourite movie stars, art objects we're particularly proud of, even our favourite beefcake/cheesecake photos (to some extent), and, yes, even our latest acquisitions (even Choosters), ...but once we've seen one or two pictures of said acquisition from various angles, once we've gotten the idea, do we really need an unending series of poses of the same thing?
Well...not this lad...Nor do I need wasted pages of running commentary on it...nor giving it "vibes"...And my tongue isn't in my cheek...My time can be better spent here than reveling in the so-called joys of Chooster. It's not why I come here. I come here for the wit, the repartee, discussions of the arts. When the site becomes overwhelmed with banalities like Chooster -- a remaindered Pier One knick-knack, that's when I make my exit.
Maybe Panni should set up a Chooster Website! And really, this is my final word about that boring bird.
My question for anyone today (Jose, I know you're a keyboard player and not reeds or brass, but...) Does anyone around here know how to spell Ombishure (ambishure?) correctly? I know what it means, but I don't know how to spell it and can't find it in the dictionary (EVEN UNDER THE WHACKIEST OF SPELLINGS).
DR Kerry - The correct spelling is:
embouchure
oops! looks like you are right. I ggogled what I thought was right and must have come up with others who misspell as well as I do!
Is there some sort of agenda going on with these evil and constant posts?
and quote as well as I do
Jose, I am sure your emboushure made you very popular!
And than you Jose. I had not thought of starting it with an "e" I just knew that the way I was spelling it was wrong. Whacky!!
Ron & Charles just didn't get the joke....
"Can't we all just get along?" :D
ASK BK:
What is the current status of:
The movie you acted in?
The movie you wrote?
The return engagement of What If?
The stage version of The First Nudie Musical>
The documentary of Meltz and Ernest?
Your lastest book?
The cabaret show you're directing
and for that DR how is Paul Haber doing?
I saw a garden sized Buddah at Target this weekend...I was thinking about getting it for my garden..I liked it's aura but was afraid to touch it for fear of being kicked out of the store.If the Buddah is garden sized (a vague descriptor, as I've seen gardens as small as a square yard and as large as an estate), wouldn't it crush all the plants if you put it in said garden?
Does anyone around here know how to spell Ombishure (ambishure?) correctly?Embouchure
Embouchure
DR SWW - So.. Making anything special for dinner tonight? ;)I'm not sure. Maybe tonkatsu. And I'll make sure he knows about the well-wishings and vibes.
Glad to know that DerB is doing well. Losing one's footing on a set of stairs... yikes!
O fellow monster Ron, I too am a bit mystified by the hysterical rhetoric with which we are being castigated..."Evil"..."Mean-spirited"...what's fanning that flame I wonder?
Freakies?
DR Jane, please don't be upset.
My question for anyone today (Jose, I know you're a keyboard player and not reeds or brass, but...) Does anyone around here know how to spell Ombishure (ambishure?) correctly? I know what it means, but I don't know how to spell it and can't find it in the dictionary (EVEN UNDER THE WHACKIEST OF SPELLINGS).
*sigh*Having a leek in the kitchen is good. Having a leak in the kitchen is not.
We are having our house re-roofed. Yesterday they took off the old roof. Today it poured. And I now have a leak in my kitchen. And water coming in under the patio door onto the wood floor.
Having a leek in the kitchen is good. Having a leak in the kitchen is not.
Vibes.
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Lori Nelson married and divorced Johnny Mann of The Johnny Mann Singers.
Leigh Snowden married and widowed Dick Contino who played a mean accordion.
Julie Adams married and divorced Ray Danton.
And that's what I know about them. My favorite is Lori Nelson!
Having a leek in the kitchen is good. Having a leak in the kitchen is not.
Vibes.
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Well, I guess one could say it's better to have one then to take one. Did I say that??? :o :D:o :o :D :D
with that.
The reason I started posting pictures of it in the first place was because one of the DRs suggested it would be funny to see it in different locations around the house. I
Here is what I received in the mail today, after waiting many, many moons!! Woohoo! Fans of Desperate Housewives will know!!
Eat your heart out DR Elmore3003! Ha, ha!
Here is what I received in the mail today, after waiting many, many moons!! Woohoo! Fans of Desperate Housewives will know!!
Eat your heart out DR Elmore3003! Ha, ha!
If Elmore's not jealous...I am! ;)
Now, we still have no real animosity toward Panni, other than we find this whole past incident rather silly, irritating , and somewhat desperate. I would never even ask a good friend why I wasn't invited to their party, let alone a stranger. I find that in extraordinary bad taste. But I guess that's my sense of decorum.
There may need to be a roster system here to fill the French Frenzy gap.
I'm listening to the original cast recording of A Fine & Private Place (http://www.afandpp.com/) on my MP3 player watch! Has anyone heard (or heard of) this musical? It's delightful and touching! The first full production was done in 1989 but they never recorded the show. It wasn't until last year that it was recorded. What was truly unique was that they got the entire 1989 original cast (all five of them) back together to record the score.
I was going to freak out until I noticed you said roster.My biggest smile for the day. Thank you JMK.
I was going to freak out until I noticed you said roster.
I actually saw your freak out post with the big red letters, then it disappeared. How did you do that???
It's because he's a lesbian DR CillaLiz.
It's because he's a lesbian DR CillaLiz.
elmore, with all due respect (and I respect you far more than you know),I think I have a perfect right to defend myself against distortion, lies, and calmuny. Panni flung the first accusations. She makes claims but offers no proof. As if her actions were proof in themselves. Granted, it has become the culture we live in...the accusation becomes damning enough.
I think my case was dispassionately and reasonably stated. It was not rife with injured innocence and incensed umbrage as hers have been.
And then she thinks she's taking the high-road but saying she doesn't need to respond. She doesn't respond because she knows her letters to us alone would prove my point.
Michael, I would have loved for it to remained private. I did not come out blowing a string of inaccurate accusations. All this happened way back in mid-December. You didn't see me coming onto the post flinging this crap around then.
Oh, I also make a correction. I did mention Panni in one post today, but it certainly was in no way insulting.
If Panni wishes to blame all sorts of imagined injustices on me and mine, so be it. All I can do is tell the simple truth. And the simple truth is Panni is upset not because we "dislike" her, but rather because we are indifferent to her. And that somehow, inexplicably, gnaws her soul...if it didn't then, how could anything we do or say make this an unsafe haven for her?
Believe it or not...It ain't going to greatly impact my life either.
Yes, George, I got it last year, too, when it was released. I really like it. Don't ask me why (it really makes no sense, and I can't put my finger on it), but it reminds me of Birds of Paradise. Have you heard that one?
DR JMK - George Eells reports in FINAL GIG that Sophie's husband began as a wholesaler of women's hats named Arthur Gage. You might find him in one of your Seattle City Directories of the mid 30's. He of course became a business manager when Frances brought Sophie to Hollywood to prepare an actress for a test and was then hired by the Warner Bros. as an acting coach.
Gage also owned a little theatre in Seattle or West Seattle where Frances did Uncle Vanya, I think.
George, the amateur Freudian in me just burst out laughing that maybe the only reason I think of Birds of Paradise when I listen to FAPP is because of the singing crow, LOL.
No, that's one that I've seen in stores and on-line a lot, but for some reason, I haven't gotten. I'm getting a nice chunk-o-change back from my taxes. So you think that that should be added to the list of things that I'm going to get (after I get the 90,000 mile service for my car)? If you think so, it shall be!
Another Cd I can check off! I know - no groaning.
JMK, Kristor Tabori used to be our neighbour. He was living with Susan George at the time. I love Viveca Lindfors. Brilliant and sexy in the ADVENTURES OF DON JUAN.
Speaking of MusicGuy and Lori Nelson, I have a picture of them together holding Blueboy (the Shaggy Dog in the Disney movies) when they played and hosted a dog show in Southern California. This was when the Disney dog movies were big and Lori Nelson was still a "name." In other words, "Just a few years ago."
The other hippie was Bud Cort.
DtM the young Adolph was played by Skippy Homeier who had done the role on Broadway - and went on to several grown up roles, including, if I am not mistaken, the guy who shoots Gregory Peck in THE GUNFIGHTER and suddenly realizes his own fate as the "man who shot.......the man....."
Five minutes after this scene they are all sitting down to breakfast making plans to go fishing. ;D
If this sends us to WIDESCREEN it will only be momentarily. Near the bottom of the page! ;D
Wow. Over 400. And in Cinemascope.
DRs SWW and DERB - Be afraid... Be very afraid.
(Is that even the correct quote?)
Just remember, if he asks you to pull his lumpia... Just tell him to keep his longanisa in his pancit!
;D
DR Jose how is your weather? The loacl weather forecasters threatened us with another 3 - 6 inches of snow between 1 am and this morning but all we saw was a light dusting, the clouds look omnious however.....
And you told me you didn't speak Tagalog.
Pshaw!
And tomorrow's topic will warm any screenwriter's heart.