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Title: BAG O' STUFF
Post by: bk on May 02, 2005, 11:57:57 PM
Well, you've read the notes, you've delved into the haineshisway.com bag o' stuff, and now it is time for you to post until the cows come home, which will be as soon as they finish delving into their bag o' stuff.
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Post by: bk on May 03, 2005, 12:04:18 AM
And the word of the day is: RECIPROCITY!
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Post by: bk on May 03, 2005, 12:04:41 AM
I suppose I shall toddle off to the bedroom environment for my beauty rest.
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Post by: George on May 03, 2005, 12:08:40 AM
I was going to post this in last night's postings, but the day was locked.  Fortunately, when I hit the "back" button on my browser, the paragraph was still there!  I was able to copy it and here it is:

I'd probably post more but I'm copying some CDs for a co-worker...this wouldn't be so bad on its own but I've got a purring cat in my arms and she won't go away.  I set her down and just a few moments later she's crawling on me again.  Probably the worst part is having to type with only one finger at a time.

Wasn't that an interesting paragraph?? ;)  She finally has gotten off me and hasn't come back, so I can type with both hands and all my fingers now. ;D
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Post by: George on May 03, 2005, 12:13:05 AM
BK, I hope that both you and Guy Haines both get all the beauty rest that you need for the recording!
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Post by: Joey on May 03, 2005, 12:41:44 AM
Hello all!

My exciting news of the day is yesterday I signed up to support a foundation that raises money for Neurofibromatosis (which is a genetic disease I have) through running my marathon. I am using justgiving.com and so far I have raised $65. I am excited and I am hoping to reach at least $250.

May also happens to be Neurofibromatosis Awareness Month so it seems fitting that I am raising money for it through a a marathon in May. I know three weeks isn't much time to raise money, but I figure whatever I can raise is going to do good somehow. I did my last long run before the marathon (18 miles) today so now I get to take it easier these next three weeks before the marathon. I am probably going to try to raise money for them again with another marathon. If you raise $3500 they will pay your airfare to and from any marathon you choose. So I am hoping to exceed that goal next school year.
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Post by: Joey on May 03, 2005, 12:55:22 AM
After reading today's column all I have to say is...
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Post by: Charles Pogue on May 03, 2005, 01:20:10 AM
Well...The Colossus of Rhodes was tacky fun.  Though Rory's vaseline pompadour and white Nancy Sinatra go-go boots were not very Grecian.  I also liked the way they kept calling him "young Greek"...He did not look all that young.  His character is a rather stupid hero who makes lots of mistakes, like telling his allies, "I'm going to find the daughter of the architect of the Colossus to see about how to get into the Colossus."  A little oversight that costs his allies many casualties...especially when the daughter turns out to be a traitor...which I saw coming a mile off, but our intrepid hero didn't.  And then he's tied up in the climax of the movie.  His allies can't get the door open and they both have to wait for the deus ex machina of all time...an earthquake...to bail them out.  Rory doesn't even get to dispatch the villain in a climatic duel...It goes to like a second level sidekick.
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Post by: Charles Pogue on May 03, 2005, 01:20:59 AM
Play I liked to see revived is ROYAL HUNT OF THE SUN.  Don't know who I'd like to see do it.
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Post by: Sandra on May 03, 2005, 01:57:10 AM
My kingdom for a visual aid!
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Post by: Jrand73 on May 03, 2005, 01:59:19 AM
Well, DR CP, is correct in that COLOSSUS OF RHODES had all those and OTHER problems, but it sure was BIG.  And we never did see Rory get out of the Colossus, all of sudden he was running around the city.  Would have been nice to have a shot of him running down the stairs and out the door, at least.

And I liked the guy who went inside the Colossus with him, but I can't find him in the credits, so there you are.

And I did like the dying line of the traitor/girlfriend:  "Funny.  I wanted so much.  And I die with.....nothing."  Nice dress, though.
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Post by: Jrand73 on May 03, 2005, 01:59:47 AM
Congratulations to DRJOEY on his news.  Best money-raising vibes to you.
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Post by: Jrand73 on May 03, 2005, 02:10:37 AM
I would like to see a revival of Design for Living (NOT an updating!) with Robert Sean Leonard, Rupert Graves, and Tami Blanchard.
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Post by: Jrand73 on May 03, 2005, 02:15:28 AM
Yes - don't forget YOUR camera today.  I am surprised that Guy Haines didn't have his with him!
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Post by: Jrand73 on May 03, 2005, 02:25:50 AM
DR MBARNUM - please give us the highlights of this month's Classic Images!
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Post by: Danise on May 03, 2005, 03:39:03 AM
Good morning all!

Just a quick wish that everyone had a good nights rest and will have a wonderful day!

Larry!  We've GOT to stop meeting every morning like this, people will talk!   ;)   :D  

Hope your feeling much better.

Good voice vibes to our very Dear BK as well!

Gotta scoot--I owe, I owe, so off to work I go!
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Post by: elmore3003 on May 03, 2005, 04:16:31 AM
Good morning, all!  This could be a testy day:  I'm off to Tams-Witmark to begin new work on THE GOLDEN APPLE, which gets a concert performance(s?) this summer at Bard College.  I'm helping Jonathan Tunick with the music prep, and I have to commence corrections on the concert parts.  It's been about two years since I worked on a new GOLDEN APPLE vocal score, and I need to get inside the piece again.  It gives me a chance to put a final polish on a work I'm very fond of, and I suspect this will occupy a bit of my summer months as well.

TOD:  Five-ten years ago, when Robert Sean Leonard was younger, LOOK HOMEWARD, ANGEL would have been my proposed revival.  He would have been the perfect Eugene Gant.

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Post by: Ben on May 03, 2005, 04:34:06 AM
Welcome back to all our returnees.

I am ticketed for Anthony's show this Saturday, May 7th and I hope I will be attending with the suave and debonair Mr. Larry Moore.

I am also ticketed for Anthony's show next Saturday, May 14th and I should be attending with the lovely and sparkling Deb Vixmom and her hubby Mr. Vixmom and daughter Vixter.

Spelling Bee re-opened last night to the same good reviews it got Off-Broadway. I hope to see it in the next week. I haven't been able to score a ticket yet.

I must wash my oatmeal bowl and begin the day.

Hello to Larry and Ginny (who isn't usually here this early in the morning)
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Post by: Ginny on May 03, 2005, 04:38:50 AM
Hello to Larry and Ginny (who isn't usually here this early in the morning)

Hi, Ben.  You're right, I'm here earlier than usual today.  Before I go to work (at noon), I have to go vote in our special election.  There's a very critical local school levy on the ballot, which we hope passes for the sake of my husband's retirement job and the value of our house.  School funding in Ohio is such a mess that there are more than 200 levies being voted on today.  Vibes would be appreciated.
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Post by: Ginny on May 03, 2005, 04:40:10 AM
DR Cillaliz - Nice to have you back.  Sorry I was a wuss last night and missed your return online.  I like your new photo.

Welcome back to DR Rodzinski, too.  You got away the other night before I had a chance to say "Good-bye."
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Post by: Cillaliz on May 03, 2005, 04:46:28 AM
DR Cillaliz - Nice to have you back.  Sorry I was a wuss last night and missed your return online.  I like your new photo.

Welcome back to DR Rodzinski, too.  You got away the other night before I had a chance to say "Good-bye."

Thanks DR Ginny, good to be back. The photo didn't reduce too well, but I decided to use it anyway. It was taken on the Brooklyn Bridge a couple weeks ago
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Post by: elmore3003 on May 03, 2005, 05:00:47 AM
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~GOOD VIBES TO DRGINNY FOR THE LEVY VOTE!!!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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                                                  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~EXCELLENT VIBES & XYLOPHONES TO DEAR FRIEND BK AND MR HAINES ON ANOTHER FINE DAY IN THE STUDIO!!!!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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DR Ben, the good news is that our DRRodzinski will also be attending Mr Morelli's performance of ballads and ditties.

DRDanise, we're just ships that pass.  I was here when you were not, you were here when I was not.
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Post by: Ginny on May 03, 2005, 05:09:52 AM
'morning, DR elmore!  The other thing I'm trying to do this morning is get a little package ready to mail to you!  Thanks for the election vibes.

2 things I forgot to mention earlier:

1)  The recording updates from BK are very illuminating to a humble listener like myself.  I had no idea how the process worked.  Continued good vibes for Guy Haines and the others.

2)  Anthony's show sounds like something I'd like very much.  I wish I could help Ben come up with a reason to see it yet another time!

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Post by: Dan (the Man) on May 03, 2005, 05:29:19 AM
[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]@ @ @ @ @  CONTINUED SMOOTH VOCALIZATION VIBES FOR KIMMEL & HAINES  @ @ @ @ @[/move]

Kimmel & Haines---didn't they once open for Totie Fields?  I could swear I remember catching them at the Latin Casino in Cherry Hill, NJ in '74.
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Post by: Michael on May 03, 2005, 05:42:30 AM
Happy Days
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Post by: Michael on May 03, 2005, 05:42:51 AM
Happy Days
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Post by: Michael on May 03, 2005, 05:43:13 AM
Happy Days
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Post by: Kerry on May 03, 2005, 05:51:48 AM
I hope Vinnie continues to be in good voice.  Tell him to not talk too much until the recording is over.  You know that Vinnie.


I'd like to see a revival of "Inherit the Wind."  It's  quite entertaining and amazingly still relevant.  I'm not sure who I'd cast.  
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Post by: JoseSPiano on May 03, 2005, 06:43:16 AM
Good Morning!

Well, after the last couple of days of packing and packing and packing... I have a few Bags O' Stuff myself.  Well, some of them are more like Bags O' Crap - meaning bags of DETRITUS (a former Word of the Day) - I am not a COCROPHILIAC (is that the way to spell that?)  -Well, maybe we'll have the jokes again - it's been awhile.  In any case...

I slept very well, and I'm up.  I've already had my breakfast, and in a few I shall head back over to my old place for the final bit of packing and sorting.  I also have to make a run to my storage place as well as Diversity Thrift (again).  Then sound check at 4:00...

So...
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Post by: JoseSPiano on May 03, 2005, 06:48:04 AM
As for shows that I'd like to see revived...  Even though there have been some "major" concert versions in recent years, I would still like to see a full-scale revival of Pippin.  As for casting, hmm... I shall have to think on that one...

As for a play, it's been a while for Deathtrap.  For something more "vintage"  - The Teahouse of the August Moon - I just remember reading it in high school - along with Mr. Roberts (I really wanted to see the recent production at the Kennedy Center.)

OK...
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Post by: JoseSPiano on May 03, 2005, 06:49:34 AM
Oh, and Look Back in Anger has always appealed to me.


OH! OH! OH!  - Thornton Wilder's The Skin of Our Teeth - Although the production from the Old Globe about 15-20(?) years ago had a great cast - and it's available on DVD!  :)
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Post by: MBarnum on May 03, 2005, 06:53:37 AM
DR MBARNUM - please give us the highlights of this month's Classic Images!

No interviews, but there is a story on Teresa Wright and a story on a couple of others whose names escape me so early in the morning.
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Post by: Rodzinski on May 03, 2005, 06:53:41 AM

Kimmel & Haines---didn't they once open for Totie Fields?  I could swear I remember catching them at the Latin Casino in Cherry Hill, NJ in '74.


I don't know about that, but I know that
Mary Hill used to hang out in Cherry Hill Park
The game she played lasted all day till way after dark
All the girls they criticized her
But all the guys just idolized her
Cause Mary Hill was such a thrill after dark
In Cherry Hill Park
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Post by: JoseSPiano on May 03, 2005, 06:54:31 AM
YEAH!!!  PAGE TWO!!!!

In honor of my return to the Greek Islands this afternoon... ;)

Let's all do the Malevyziotikos!!!

-Who's got the ouzo?
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Post by: Rodzinski on May 03, 2005, 06:55:31 AM
That's right DR Ben, I shall be at Anthony's show next Saturday. This may reduce the suave and debonair quotient by a bit though...
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Post by: JoseSPiano on May 03, 2005, 06:55:47 AM
OK - I have to get my day in gear...  I'll bring my laptop with me, and I'll see if I can post from theatre later on...

Laters...
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Post by: MBarnum on May 03, 2005, 07:26:32 AM
DR Rodzinski, I remember DONDI, the movie, only from that Golden Turkey Awards book...I would be very afraid!
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Post by: William F. Orr on May 03, 2005, 07:37:43 AM
I just got the following e-mail from our Fuel Oil Hunk Man:
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Hey all,
I have my 5 mins of fame coming up. I volunteered to work at the House in St James for the TV show extreme Makeover back in March. I don't know how much of me they'll show but i put the cesspools in and had Ty hanging off my machine.I am running the excavator(looks like a really big backhoe with tracks) It is supposed to air May 8th Sunday night at 8 PM. It should be interseting. It was quite an experience, but it was for good cause. Hope you can watch.
Kenny

We, of course, will be watching and taping.

For those of you who need further motivation to watch, here is Kenny moonlighting in a rock band:


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Post by: William F. Orr on May 03, 2005, 07:39:11 AM
Kenny is an admirer of female pulchridude:
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Post by: MBarnum on May 03, 2005, 07:42:29 AM
It might be fun to see Ty hanging off of his machine. I will watch.
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Post by: Matt H. on May 03, 2005, 08:01:47 AM
THE MIRACLE WORKER would be the play I'd revive, but not with 2 time Oscar winner Hiliary Swank as was in the plans a couple of seasons ago. Maybe the lady she defeated for the Oscar - Annette Bening would make a good Annie Sullivan.
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Post by: Matt H. on May 03, 2005, 08:04:04 AM
Have last night's MEDIUM on the DVR to watch today along with Sunday's DEADWOOD. So much quality TV, so little time.
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Post by: Matt H. on May 03, 2005, 08:04:42 AM
More good wishes and broken limbs as NEW GUY IN TOWN heads into Day 2 of production.
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Post by: Matt H. on May 03, 2005, 08:06:21 AM
Oops, I forgot that I also recorded last night's '24' which I also haven't seen yet. Well, at least I have tomorrow night off and with a clean slate for a full day, should be able to clear off the DVR by tomorrow night.

Alas, EYES doesn't come on this week, replaced by that ABC expose on AMERICAN IDOL.
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Post by: Jrand73 on May 03, 2005, 08:17:22 AM
Kenny's got Devil Eyes in that picture....is his mother named Rosemary?
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Post by: Jrand73 on May 03, 2005, 08:19:15 AM
Here is your Allison Hayes Picture of the Week!  ;D
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Post by: Jrand73 on May 03, 2005, 08:36:18 AM
DR CP - after THE COLOSSUS OF RHODES this morning, Mr Robert Osborne mentioned that the movie had started filming with John Derek in the leading role, but that Mr Sergio Leone thought Mr Derek was a bit too free with his directing advice.  Derek was canned, and Calhoun who happened to be in the area on vacation was at work the next day.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on May 03, 2005, 08:37:25 AM
The latest edition of "The Cue Sheet", published quarterly by the Film Music Society, is devoted to Harold Arlen and is a gem!  Articles by Arlen's son, granddaughter, John Fricke and Marilee Bradford bring Arlen's career, both in Hollywood and on Broadway, into focus.  
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Post by: George on May 03, 2005, 08:40:23 AM
~~~Money Raising Vibes to DR Joey!!~~~

~~~Levy Vibes to DR Ginny!!~~~

~~~Voice In Good Health Vibes to Mr. Guy Haines & BK!!~~~

Play that I'd like revived:  Noises Off!  I played Tim Allgood in a local production about 12 years ago.  I'd love to play the role again. ;D I would, of course, be part of a production that played on Broadway...making my Broadway debut! ;)
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Post by: bk on May 03, 2005, 08:46:18 AM
I'm up, I'm up.  I should have just watched The Colossus of Rhodes, because we had the Mormon Tabernacle Bird Choir outside last night and I didn't fall asleep until after two.  These birds sing beautifully but they seem to be very stupid and can't tell night from day.  As soon as daylight hit they all went to sleep and there wasn't a peep outside the bedroom windows.

Robert Osborne is alarming-looking these days.  First, he ballooned up to about three hundred pounds.  Now, he's lost fifty or sixty pounds but still seems to be wearing his old sportcoats.  He's also had hideous work done on his face, especially his eyes - does he think that we don't remember what he looked like one year ago?  Ah, vanity.
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Post by: bk on May 03, 2005, 08:47:58 AM
I have morning voice, but I feel pretty good - a bit tired, of course, but I don't feel vocally weak.  Just send your vibes and xylophones come noon and keep 'em coming until four.
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Post by: George on May 03, 2005, 08:49:31 AM
Kenny is an admirer of female pulchridude:

(http://www.haineshisway.com/community/attachments/kennyboobs.jpg)


I was seen on last night's "Antiques Roadshow" from Portland!!  There was a woman who had a "blue bowl" (that's how I described it and it turns out that that's how it was described when she found it at an estate auction) and you can see me in the background at the beginning of the segment.  It's about 14 minutes into the episode.  The reason that I'm quoting the message and the picture above, is that I own the same green Hawaiian-type shirt that the guy's wearing (different size, I'm sure ;)) and I was wearing it on "Antiques Roadshow!"  What a co-inky-dink!!
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Post by: Ginny on May 03, 2005, 08:55:36 AM
Play that I'd like revived:  Noises Off!  I played Tim Allgood in a local production about 12 years ago.  I'd love to play the role again. ;D I would, of course, be part of a production that played on Broadway...making my Broadway debut! ;)

Well, if we're playing by THESE rules, I'd go with elmore's earlier suggestion of Look Homeward, Angel so I could reprise the role of Helen Gant.  The only casting I can think of is Meryl Streep as the mother.

Other plays:  A Thousand Clowns and Two for the Seesaw.
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Post by: MBarnum on May 03, 2005, 09:01:13 AM
Various Trial Court Administrators are making my life cranky this morning...I don't know how some of them ever mangaged to get the jobs that they are in!

Anyway, The Modernaires with Paula Kelly are singing and it is putting me into a more blissful state.

In fact they are now singing Zip-A-Dee Doo-Dah right now.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on May 03, 2005, 09:20:12 AM
[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]To all teachers -- past, present & future -- Happy National Teachers' Day![/move]
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on May 03, 2005, 09:25:26 AM
Here's that Kevin Kenny photo re-sized:
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Post by: bk on May 03, 2005, 09:28:03 AM
I'm sipping the first of the day's three EmergenC drinks (actually, maybe only two, since the session will be over prior to drinking the third in the evening.

Had a lovely conversation with Mr. Tony Walton just now.  No more phone calls until I get home.
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Post by: bk on May 03, 2005, 09:29:03 AM
Hey, Ron, have you seen The Bride Wore Black thread at the FSM board?  I'm SO close.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on May 03, 2005, 09:36:27 AM
Hey, Ron, have you seen The Bride Wore Black thread at the FSM board?  I'm SO close.

Yep.  

I'm there.

I have your back, too.
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Post by: Jennifer on May 03, 2005, 09:41:07 AM
DR Rodzinski, where in Montreal were you?  Unless you were very far east most people should have been bilingual.

Cool pics DR MichaelShayne.

Btw, tonight is the second to last episode of Amazing Race.  Cannot wait to see who gets eliminated tonight (as long as it's not romber. :) )
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Post by: bk on May 03, 2005, 09:43:36 AM
And one for Mahler.
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Post by: bk on May 03, 2005, 09:43:55 AM
And now - Dino at the piano.
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Post by: William F. Orr on May 03, 2005, 09:47:29 AM
Kenny's got Devil Eyes in that picture....is his mother named Rosemary?

Actually, I've been meaning to Photoshop that picture and get the red out for two years, so I could frame a print and give it to Kenny.  Unfortunately, in January he moved in with his girlfriend--not the girl in the picture--so perhaps it might not be the best idea now.
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Post by: William F. Orr on May 03, 2005, 09:48:53 AM
[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]To all teachers -- past, present & future -- Happy National Teachers' Day![/move][/b]

I thank you.  Now if only my students had noticed.
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Post by: William F. Orr on May 03, 2005, 09:50:30 AM
Here's that Kevin photo re-sized:


Well, thanks again.  I meant to resize a couple of them this morning, but I was having trouble with Photoshop here at work and had only a few minutes before class.

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Post by: William F. Orr on May 03, 2005, 09:51:20 AM
Oh, and it's Kenny, not Kevin.  
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Post by: William F. Orr on May 03, 2005, 09:52:41 AM
It might be fun to see Ty hanging off of his machine. I will watch.

The double entendre, of course, never occurred to Joe and me.
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Post by: William F. Orr on May 03, 2005, 09:55:51 AM
[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~VOICE VIBES TO BK & THAT GUY~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~[/move]
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Post by: S. Woody White on May 03, 2005, 09:56:11 AM
YEAH!!!  PAGE TWO!!!!

In honor of my return to the Greek Islands this afternoon... ;)

Let's all do the Malevyziotikos!!!

-Who's got the ouzo?
I'm listening to a cd by Mario Frangoulis right now, some of it sung in Greek.  Does that count?

(Nights in White Satin in Italian is a hoot!)
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Post by: William F. Orr on May 03, 2005, 10:03:47 AM
And here's one more I finally managed to resize.
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Post by: Rodzinski on May 03, 2005, 10:03:57 AM
MBarnum- Yeah, that book is the only place I've ever heard about the DONDI movie. I'm sure it's bad, but I like the idea of D Janssen acting alongside a moppet who says thing like "Me sad buddy."


Jennifer: Most folks in Montreal that I ran into or asked directions seemed to handle English okay. Not at that gas station for some reason.
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Post by: Rodzinski on May 03, 2005, 10:04:43 AM
Vibes o' the vox for bk!!
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Post by: William F. Orr on May 03, 2005, 10:04:49 AM
And my Joe was wearing exactly the same "camouflage" pants yesterday, talk about co-inky-dink.  But he wasn't on television.
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Post by: MBarnum on May 03, 2005, 10:05:48 AM
Btw, tonight is the second to last episode of Amazing Race.  Cannot wait to see who gets eliminated tonight (as long as it's not romber. :) )

You mean, as long as it's not Meredith/Gretchen! LOL!
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Post by: Dan (the Man) on May 03, 2005, 10:08:21 AM
TOD:

There's a couple of plays I'd like to see revived

Harvey (w/John Lithgow)
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (w/ Meryl Streep)
Black Comedy (I've never seen this done on stage.)
Stage Door (but only if it plays better than it reads)

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Post by: S. Woody White on May 03, 2005, 10:09:21 AM
ENTRY IN CAPTION CONTEST:

Kenny, an amateur astronomer, is thrilled to see two moons at once.
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Post by: Ginny on May 03, 2005, 10:09:27 AM
[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]To all teachers -- past, present & future -- Happy National Teachers' Day![/move][/b]

Isn't ironic that more than 200 Ohio school districts are at the voters' mercy on National Teachers' Day?
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Post by: bk on May 03, 2005, 10:17:53 AM
Of course, as we all know many producers read this here website (we like to call them GUESTS), so I just thought we'd help them out with our revival suggestions.
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Post by: bk on May 03, 2005, 10:18:56 AM
In fact, there are seven GUESTS here now.
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Post by: bk on May 03, 2005, 10:19:52 AM
RECIPROCITY, baby, RECIPROCITY!

I'll be Ron can guess who one of those GUESTS is.
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Post by: S. Woody White on May 03, 2005, 10:20:21 AM
The ending to yesterday's Dalmatian story.

A little more than an hour after we'd returned home, our doorbell rang.  It was the Dalmatian's owner, glad to know his dog was OK.  His name, by the way, is Domino.  The Dalmantian's, not the owner's.  We didn't find out what his name is.

The particularly good new is that Domino was very glad to be reunited with his master.  

After that, der B and I headed out for a little, then came back home and had breakfast for dinner.

CINNAMON APPLES:

Melt some butter in a saucepan over med-low heat.  Peel and slice an apple or two (or more, depending on how hungry everyone is and how many everyone is), add to apples and stir to coat.  Add some cinnamon, a pinch of salt, some brown sugar, stir again.  Fret because the dish needs something extra.  Add a splash of cherry brandy, and let simmer, partially covered.  When apples are nicely soft and glazed, serve warm.

 :D
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on May 03, 2005, 10:24:35 AM
RECIPROCITY, baby, RECIPROCITY!

I'll be Ron can guess who one of those GUESTS is.

Is there a prize?

A capuccino (sp?), perhaps?
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Post by: bk on May 03, 2005, 10:28:19 AM
Perhaps.
Title: Re:BAG O' STUFF
Post by: bk on May 03, 2005, 10:28:51 AM
RECIPROCITY, that's me byword
RECIPROCITY me twinkle in the eye word
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Post by: bk on May 03, 2005, 10:29:19 AM
Having shaved I do believe I shall now shower and coif my coif.
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Post by: MBarnum on May 03, 2005, 10:32:17 AM
Dave "Baby" Cortez is now playing The Happy Organ...next up will be Rinky Dink.
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Post by: Jrand73 on May 03, 2005, 10:32:53 AM
Good recording vibes heading out!
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Post by: Jennifer on May 03, 2005, 10:37:28 AM
You mean, as long as it's not Meredith/Gretchen! LOL!

Sure, what you said. :)

Well the preview does show Uchenna carrying a boat for Meredith and Gretchen (cause he didn't want them to hurt themselves).  I'm not sure yet if that shows true class or true stupidity.  One would think G/M should get the boot this week.  But i suppose it depends how far ahead they were, if there is any bunching, and if Uchenna's help really pays off.  We shall see.  But personally I would like to see them go since they are the weakest link.
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Post by: S. Woody White on May 03, 2005, 10:50:59 AM
Dave "Baby" Cortez is now playing The Happy Organ...next up will be Rinky Dink.
Where oh where is TCB???

 :o 8) ::)
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Post by: bk on May 03, 2005, 11:01:15 AM
The Happy Organ - that's the title of my next novel.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on May 03, 2005, 11:09:48 AM
One play I've always wanted to see:

"The Beauty Part", which starred Bert Lahr when it opened on Broadway.
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Post by: bk on May 03, 2005, 11:11:18 AM
Well, I guess I shall mosey on over to the recording studio.  Send excellent vibes and xylophones from noon to four, please.  

Keep the home fries burning until my returning.  

I must rustle up a dinner partner for a celebratory dinner.  Perhaps Miss Tammy Minoff will be availably available.
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Post by: Jrand73 on May 03, 2005, 11:12:10 AM
I don't know from Robert Osborne's eyes and weight - although he certainly looks different from month to month, and anything is possible.  

I only know that back in 1959 when he was one of the Desilu Workshop Players, he was a safe enough date to escort the still married Mrs Desi Arnaz to a musical at the Huntington Hartford.  8)
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Post by: Stuart on May 03, 2005, 11:20:22 AM
A play I have always somehow wanted to see was AUNTIE MAME, with Miss Joan Collins.  Of course, I thought of this casting 10 years ago, when she was still a viable actress.  Well, at least as viable as she ever was.
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Post by: George on May 03, 2005, 11:24:33 AM
I'm off to lunch, so here are my

[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]~~~Vibes and Xylophones for BK and Guy Haines~~~[/move]

a little early! ;D
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on May 03, 2005, 11:24:56 AM
I'll bet Michelle Lee would be a decent Mame Dennis.
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Post by: Rodzinski on May 03, 2005, 11:34:03 AM
RECIPROCITY, that's me byword
RECIPROCITY me twinkle in the eye word


RECIPROCITY, lucky chances
RECIPRICIOUS little happy HAPPENSTANCES...
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Post by: Jrand73 on May 03, 2005, 11:34:10 AM
Rose - marrrrrrrrrrrrrryyyyyyyyyyy!!!!
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Post by: Rodzinski on May 03, 2005, 12:14:31 PM
I would like to do MEASURE FOR MEASURE

or, an updated LOVERS AND OTHER STRANGERS.
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Post by: Ben on May 03, 2005, 12:20:07 PM
Yes, Stuart, I would also like to see a production of Auntie Mame. Don't know who to star in it though.

And I would like to see a  production of Light Up the Sky. Again, I don't know who should star.
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Post by: Ben on May 03, 2005, 12:21:29 PM
A production of The Ruling Class, (it was a play before it was a film) though who could top Peter O'Toole?
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Post by: William F. Orr on May 03, 2005, 12:25:51 PM
Well, we all know that Majel Barrett has always wanted to play Auntie Mame.  I don't know why no one has mounted a production around her.
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Post by: William F. Orr on May 03, 2005, 12:28:30 PM
As I stated last week, I would like to have seen Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf with Joseph Cotton and Bette Davis.

But who as Nick and Honey?  Perhaps a young Jimmy Stewart and Judy Holliday.
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Post by: William F. Orr on May 03, 2005, 12:30:48 PM
And then there was the production that was planned in the 70's but never produced:  Shaw's Caesar and Cleopatra with Quentin Crisp and Holly Woodlawn.  Now that would have been, if not something to see, at least something to be able to say you had seen.
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Post by: Ben on May 03, 2005, 12:31:31 PM
Until I checked I thought perhaps that Majel Barrett was Brent Barrett's drag name. I had no idea who she is. Now I know.
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Post by: William F. Orr on May 03, 2005, 12:31:59 PM
Posting in the dark,
The afternoon ends,
I'm posting in the dark
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Post by: William F. Orr on May 03, 2005, 12:34:07 PM
Until I checked I thought perhaps that Majel Barrett was Brent Barrett's drag name. I had no idea who she is. Now I know.

That come under "fun couples"  Brent and Majel Barrett; Richard and Marni Nixon...
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Post by: William F. Orr on May 03, 2005, 12:35:25 PM
Oh, I'd go to see Brent playing Auntie Mame.  Just to hear him sing, "If He Walked into my Life".
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Post by: William F. Orr on May 03, 2005, 12:46:49 PM
So lonely.  Just Ben and me.

Hey, there's a title for a children's book!
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Post by: Matt H. on May 03, 2005, 12:57:35 PM
'24' managed another riveting hour of television last night. An absolutely amazing show with non-stop suspense and situations that make one ponder what he would do if faced with such earth-shaking and life-shattering decisions.
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Post by: William F. Orr on May 03, 2005, 01:01:08 PM
Me and Ben,
We'd wait around till ten.
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Post by: Matt H. on May 03, 2005, 01:01:18 PM
I've read that Bette Davis was devastated when Mike Nichols didn't offer her Martha in the film version of WHO"S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF. But honestly, as much as I love much of her work, I can't picture her in the part. Oh, the act I braying would be right up her alley, but by act III, I can't see her pulling off Martha's collapse.

Maybe I've just seen Liz and the film too many times to consider it anything but perfect the way it is.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on May 03, 2005, 01:02:15 PM
I remember someone doing "drag names" here a couple of years back...something about the name of your first pet matched with the name of the first street you lived on.

Mine was:  Dinky-Boo Young!
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Post by: Jrand73 on May 03, 2005, 01:04:29 PM
DR BEN - I saw a production of Moss Hart's LIGHT UP THE SKY many years ago at the sad and pathetic (still) Indiana Repertory Theatre....and I laughed so hard, I had tears in my eyes.  That play is hilarious....and gave me one of my favorite lines I still use today:

ACTRESS:  And suddenly in my dream, I wouldn't let anyone else speak. I was doing everyone's lines.  The play was entirely about me!

DIRECTOR:  That Freud was a great doctor, wasn't he?

And of course the mother's great curtain line:  "Gin.  Goddammit!"
Title: Re:BAG O' STUFF
Post by: Jrand73 on May 03, 2005, 01:04:54 PM
Hi, Dinky.

Say hello to Ricky St. Clair!
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Post by: Jrand73 on May 03, 2005, 01:06:20 PM
Couldn't agree more DRMATTH.  Ever since we "sneaked" into the drive in to see it, I have thought Taylor, Burton, Dennis, and Segal were wonderful....Taylor especially was a surprise.  And it was SHOCKING to hear the things that were said!
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Post by: MBarnum on May 03, 2005, 01:08:14 PM
Just call me Pepper Barnes
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Post by: Jennifer on May 03, 2005, 01:12:20 PM
More vibes for Guy Haines. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 

                            ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Title: Re:BAG O' STUFF
Post by: Jrand73 on May 03, 2005, 01:13:43 PM
Hi, Pepper, is your day going better now?
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Post by: MBarnum on May 03, 2005, 01:20:41 PM
LOL! Yes. I was just a big grumpy this morning...we have no air conditioning today and it is hot and humid...plus I left my lunch on the kitchen counter  >:(

But I ordered some DVDs from Oldies.com (including 2 new discs of Private Secretary!!) and now I am feeling quite contented.
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Post by: elmore3003 on May 03, 2005, 01:22:53 PM
Reciprocity is one of my favorite songs from SEVENTEEN.
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Post by: Jrand73 on May 03, 2005, 01:23:02 PM
Tell Olive to get someone on the phone for you.....that will make you feel better.
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Post by: Jrand73 on May 03, 2005, 01:23:24 PM
Reciprocity, goddammit!  ;D
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on May 03, 2005, 01:27:39 PM
Reciprocity, goddammit!  ;D

Now, now...Ricky!


I have a cousin whose drag name would be Rebel McQueen, were he so inclined.
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Post by: Dan (the Man) on May 03, 2005, 01:27:44 PM
Of course, as we all know many producers read this here website (we like to call them GUESTS), so I just thought we'd help them out with our revival suggestions.

Hey, Mr. Producer...

...I'm talking to you, sir!
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Post by: Matt H. on May 03, 2005, 01:29:30 PM
With all this great TV on right now, I miss DVDs. I can't see putting one in until Friday or the weekend. Great stuff tonight and tomorrow night and the one-two punch of CSI and WITHOUT A TRACE on Thursday night is unmissable for me, too.
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Post by: Sandra on May 03, 2005, 01:34:09 PM
Voice vibes to BK and Guy Haines! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I have to give a ten-minute presentation today in my Rhetoric class. I'm not quite sure what it's going to be about, but I have an hour and forty minutes to put something together. That should be plenty of time. Just as long as I get a Cherry Coke, I should be fine.

I'm going to go get a Cherry Coke now. Bye!
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Post by: William F. Orr on May 03, 2005, 01:48:23 PM
More vibes for Guy Haines. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 

                            ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

And one to grow on:

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Post by: William F. Orr on May 03, 2005, 01:55:07 PM
Monday night we watched Helsing.  Too much CGI, too much disconnected plot, too little attention to the script.  Some cute ideas, like Q as a Friar.  Thank God for Hugh Jackman, who at least gave some punch to his lines, but Richard Roxburg chewed up every possible piece of digital scenery as Dracula.

My favorit part was the big production number at the end, where Jackman sang,

When my baby,
When my baby smiles at me, I to to Transyl-
Transylvania!

(Just kidding.)
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Post by: Jane on May 03, 2005, 01:56:14 PM
Quote
From Cillaliz:

Oh, but you need the full effect of watching the whole show while enjoying the peace and quiet of an evening home alone

OOPS! I quoted the wrong post! I meant to quote Jane about Supernanny. Guess I've been gone too long


LOL, much funnier when referring to Suppernanny and not Rory Calhoun  ;D
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Post by: Jane on May 03, 2005, 01:59:55 PM


Alas, EYES doesn't come on this week, replaced by that ABC expose on AMERICAN IDOL.

Darn!  

Last night we watched GREY'S ANATOMY  :-\  What did you think of that episode compared to the rest of the show?
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Post by: S. Woody White on May 03, 2005, 02:01:12 PM
The Happy Organ - that's the title of my next novel.
Sounds like a partial title.

The Randy Vicar and the Happy Organ.

That sounds better.
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Post by: Jane on May 03, 2005, 02:06:20 PM
Ginny GOOD ELECTION VIBES!

Jrand I enjoyed the THE COLOSSUS OF RHODES and John Derek story-thanks.

George, how nice you were able to see yourself on TV :D.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on May 03, 2005, 02:08:00 PM
This was SUPPOSED to be a major week of spring weather...clear skies and fresh breezes.

It is now OVERCAST and rain is predicted tonight and tomorrow.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on May 03, 2005, 02:08:33 PM
Not that I'm complaining, mind you, but I'm ready to put up my awning on my balcony and to keep my windows open all day.
Title: Re:BAG O' STUFF
Post by: Ron Pulliam on May 03, 2005, 02:10:11 PM
Interesting things are developing here, BK...yesirreebob...interesting things.  All pertinent to what went before.

Promises broken may be on the way to being promises kept.  We shall see.

As ever.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on May 03, 2005, 02:11:38 PM
I had baked Alaskan cod with herbed rice and some scrumptious sauteed veggies for lunch.

But now...my throat is sore, my tummy hurts and I'm getting a bit achy.

I don't blame the food....I blame the air.
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Post by: Jane on May 03, 2005, 02:21:55 PM
Actually, I've been meaning to Photoshop that picture and get the red out for two years, so I could frame a print and give it to Kenny.  Unfortunately, in January he moved in with his girlfriend--not the girl in the picture--so perhaps it might not be the best idea now.

LOL-I think not.
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Post by: Jrand73 on May 03, 2005, 02:23:16 PM
I really liked the movie COLOSSUS OF RHODES, had wanted to see it since I saw it advertised when I was a kid....first time to see it.

SUPPERNANNY - that is the name of my new play.
Title: Re:BAG O' STUFF
Post by: Jrand73 on May 03, 2005, 02:23:49 PM
Interesting things are developing here, BK...yesirreebob...interesting things.  All pertinent to what went before.

Promises broken may be on the way to being promises kept.  We shall see.

As ever.

Cue Mysterious Music.  :D
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Post by: S. Woody White on May 03, 2005, 02:25:28 PM
As I stated last week, I would like to have seen Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf with Joseph Cotton and Bette Davis.

But who as Nick and Honey?  Perhaps a young Jimmy Stewart and Judy Holliday.
Have I got a Nick and Honey for you!!!

Cotton, born in 1905.  Davis born 1908.

Say we want Davis to be 50, that would be right, making Cotton 53.

So we want a Nick that would be, say, 28 would be right.

Steve McQueen, born in 1930.

And for his Honey, let's make her five years younger.

Barbara Harris, born in 1935.
Title: Re:BAG O' STUFF
Post by: Jane on May 03, 2005, 02:25:45 PM
Joey is the $3500 you want to raise an accumulative amount beginning with this marathon?  Is there a link to make a donation for you?  I think it is great you plan to run so many marathons.
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Post by: DearReaderLaura on May 03, 2005, 02:26:45 PM
Vibes to DR Sandra for her presentation in Rhetoric class!!  I'm sure you'll come up with something!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Title: Re:BAG O' STUFF
Post by: Jane on May 03, 2005, 02:27:55 PM
I don't know from Robert Osborne's eyes and weight - although he certainly looks different from month to month, and anything is possible.  

I only know that back in 1959 when he was one of the Desilu Workshop Players, he was a safe enough date to escort the still married Mrs Desi Arnaz to a musical at the Huntington Hartford.  8)

That is a picture of Robert Osborne!!! :o :o :o
Title: Re:BAG O' STUFF
Post by: S. Woody White on May 03, 2005, 02:37:00 PM
I remember someone doing "drag names" here a couple of years back...something about the name of your first pet matched with the name of the first street you lived on.

Mine was:  Dinky-Boo Young!
I'd be Shortz Andover.

It's my sister's fault, of course, she named the daschund.  Figures she'd ruin my drag name.

On the other hand, if it's the first pet I had as an adult, with der Brucer, which I named, I'd be Peter Andover.

Sounds more like a porn actor's name, and a dang good one, at that.
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Post by: Jane on May 03, 2005, 02:38:33 PM
SWW I bet cinnamon apples are good served over vanilla ice cream.

Ben, no one can top Peter O’Toole in THE RULING CLASS.

Sandra did you have a brilliant idea just in the nick of time?
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on May 03, 2005, 02:42:45 PM
I remember an episode of "Will and Grace" in which the topic of drag names was introduced.

Karen's was "Shoo-Shoo Fontana"!
Title: Re:BAG O' STUFF
Post by: S. Woody White on May 03, 2005, 02:48:44 PM
The cinnamon apples would go well with ice cream.  They went great with the late-nite breakfast, too!
Title: Re:BAG O' STUFF
Post by: S. Woody White on May 03, 2005, 02:49:19 PM
I remember an episode of "Will and Grace" in which the topic of drag names was introduced.

Karen's was "Shoo-Shoo Fontana"!
Are you sure that wasn't her birth name?
Title: Re:BAG O' STUFF
Post by: S. Woody White on May 03, 2005, 02:53:56 PM
Der Brucer will be hogging the television sets tonight.

On one set he will be taping two hours of shows, ditto on set two.  He'll be watching set three.

Two hours of Law and Order.  

House.

Veronica Mars.

Blind Justice.

Judging Amy.

Of all of this, the only show I care for at all is House.  After that, I'll be in my room, reading.

Danged TV hog.

And one of the sets he'll be taping on is MY set in MY KITCHEN!!!  Bleh!
Title: Re:BAG O' STUFF
Post by: George on May 03, 2005, 02:56:18 PM
Darn!  

Last night we watched GREY'S ANATOMY  :-\  What did you think of that episode compared to the rest of the show?

If you weren't impressed with that episode (aside from all the missing "backstory"), then you might not be impressed with the series as a whole.  It does seem that a patient has died on every episode, but then they're all still learning.  It's their first time out of school and in a real hospital (as real as TV can be ;)).  You might want to give it a couple more episodes...just to be sure.  I'm enjoying it, but I started watching it mainly because of the timeslot (right after "Desperate Housewives"), it's set and bits were filmed in Seattle...and Patrick Dempsey.  He's nice to look at. ;D
Title: Re:BAG O' STUFF
Post by: Sandra on May 03, 2005, 03:06:36 PM
Rhetoric will be starting in a bit, and I'm still waiting for that brilliant idea. But I have a Cherry Coke and I'm wearing my lucky Harry Potter shirt, so what can go wrong?

That extra essay my one teacher sprung on us this morning isn't making things very easy. I had everything all planned out with lists and schedules and everything. And now this teacher has thrown a big fat smegging wrench into the whole operation.

Isn't this Teacher Appreciation Day or something? He's not making it very easy to appreciate him.
Title: Re:BAG O' STUFF
Post by: Jrand73 on May 03, 2005, 03:11:49 PM
YEs, DRJANE - that is Mr Robert Osborne.....now of TCM.
Title: Re:BAG O' STUFF
Post by: Sandra on May 03, 2005, 03:13:44 PM
P.S. My drag name would be Sandra Parkview. Yes, my first pet was named Sandra. Sandra, Jr., actually. That's not weird, is it?
Title: Re:BAG O' STUFF
Post by: Ron Pulliam on May 03, 2005, 03:23:44 PM
P.S. My drag name would be Sandra Parkview. Yes, my first pet was named Sandra. Sandra, Jr., actually. That's not weird, is it?

Depends on what your pet was.....

:)
Title: Re:BAG O' STUFF
Post by: Ron Pulliam on May 03, 2005, 03:24:04 PM
A vulture boards an airplane, carrying two dead raccoons. The stewardess looks at him and says, "I'm sorry, sir, only one Carrion allowed per passenger."
Title: Re:BAG O' STUFF
Post by: Ron Pulliam on May 03, 2005, 03:24:45 PM
Where is Aussie Tom when you've had a pun attack?
Title: Re:BAG O' STUFF
Post by: Ron Pulliam on May 03, 2005, 03:25:53 PM
I'm fixin' to call it a day.

That's what I'm doin'....I'm fixin' to.

Most of y'all prob'ly don't understand what means "fixin' to"...but southerners know.

And some Texans, too, I reckon.
Title: Re:BAG O' STUFF
Post by: Cillaliz on May 03, 2005, 04:04:37 PM
Hi all, Sugar Westwood here
Title: Re:BAG O' STUFF
Post by: TCB on May 03, 2005, 04:05:07 PM
DR Rodzinski, where in Montreal were you?  Unless you were very far east most people should have been bilingual.




Damn!  I'm going to Montreal!


Oh.  Bilingual.






Title: Re:BAG O' STUFF
Post by: Jrand73 on May 03, 2005, 04:05:31 PM
"Watch it, Sugar!" said Christie Love.
Title: Re:BAG O' STUFF
Post by: Jrand73 on May 03, 2005, 04:06:04 PM
Either that or a biped.
Title: Re:BAG O' STUFF
Post by: TCB on May 03, 2005, 04:08:00 PM
And my Joe was wearing exactly the same "camouflage" pants yesterday, talk about co-inky-dink.  But he wasn't on television.


But was Ty hanging off of his machine?
Title: Re:BAG O' STUFF
Post by: Ginny on May 03, 2005, 04:15:42 PM
Well, here's Horus Halsey at the Information Services Desk until 9pm EDT and I decided the only way I'd survive it is in the company of all you lovely people out there in the dark.
Title: Re:BAG O' STUFF
Post by: Jrand73 on May 03, 2005, 04:17:14 PM
Horace:

how many times was Irene Dunne nominated for an Academy award?
Title: Re:BAG O' STUFF
Post by: Ginny on May 03, 2005, 04:20:20 PM
Horace:

how many times was Irene Dunne nominated for an Academy award?

Irene Dunne was nominated 5 times, but never won.

And, it's HORUS (the Egyptian falcon god), a very ferocious name for a very sweet parakeet.
Title: Re:BAG O' STUFF
Post by: TCB on May 03, 2005, 04:23:24 PM

Greetings

from


Blackie Proctor
Title: Re:BAG O' STUFF
Post by: TCB on May 03, 2005, 04:27:01 PM
Unless it is the street you currently live on , then it would be:



Blackie Pearl


Title: Re:BAG O' STUFF
Post by: Ginny on May 03, 2005, 04:32:49 PM
DR JRand, I liked your question better than the ones I'm being asked in person.  Keep 'em coming!
Title: Re:BAG O' STUFF
Post by: Ron Pulliam on May 03, 2005, 04:38:05 PM
Unless it is the street you currently live on , then it would be:



Blackie Pearl


Don't you wish your first pet had been named Tiffy or Fluffy?
Title: Re:BAG O' STUFF
Post by: Ron Pulliam on May 03, 2005, 04:39:38 PM
Hi all, Sugar Westwood here

That would be a great name for a stripper!
Title: Re:BAG O' STUFF
Post by: Cillaliz on May 03, 2005, 04:44:44 PM
That would be a great name for a stripper!

"Let me entertain you...."
Title: Re:BAG O' STUFF
Post by: Dan (the Man) on May 03, 2005, 04:50:19 PM
I remember someone doing "drag names" here a couple of years back...something about the name of your first pet matched with the name of the first street you lived on.

Mine was:  Dinky-Boo Young!

I think that's how you create your porn name.  Mine is Casey Jackson, which actually sounds like a porn actor name.

I don't how one creates a drag name.
Title: Re:BAG O' STUFF
Post by: George on May 03, 2005, 04:50:46 PM
Frisky Husky Way...doesn't quite have a ring to it. :P Actually, Husky Way is where my parents live now, where we moved when I was 10 years old.  I don't remember any street names before that.

Or currently, housemate's pet and street:  Ebonie 68th Ct.

No, that doesn't work, either! ::)
Title: Re:BAG O' STUFF
Post by: George on May 03, 2005, 04:52:17 PM
Or my housemate's cat and my sister's dog would be Ebonie Murphy...that might work.
Title: Re:BAG O' STUFF
Post by: George on May 03, 2005, 04:54:20 PM
Or is that too much like Brittany Murphy, the actress in such movies as "Sin City," "Riding in Cars With Boys" and "Girl, Interrupted."
Title: Re:BAG O' STUFF
Post by: Jrand73 on May 03, 2005, 05:05:08 PM
Well RIGHT NOW, I would be Hollywood Fairlane.
Title: Re:BAG O' STUFF
Post by: Ginny on May 03, 2005, 05:08:33 PM
Well RIGHT NOW, I would be Hollywood Fairlane.

Any more questions, Hollywood?
Title: Re:BAG O' STUFF
Post by: Jrand73 on May 03, 2005, 05:09:36 PM
DR GEORGE we get to see Antiques Roadshow on Sunday, so I will watch for you.

Sorry Horus, I apologize.  Thanks for the Dunne info.

What can you tell me about Henry the Black, Duke of Bavaria, my esteemed ancestor.
Title: Re:BAG O' STUFF
Post by: Ginny on May 03, 2005, 05:13:24 PM
What can you tell me about Henry the Black, Duke of Bavaria, my esteemed ancestor.

Henry the Black, duke of Bavaria from 1120-1126, was the first of the three Henries of the Welf dynasty.
Title: Re:BAG O' STUFF
Post by: Jrand73 on May 03, 2005, 05:18:14 PM
So where is my Dukedom?
Title: Re:BAG O' STUFF
Post by: Danise on May 03, 2005, 05:19:15 PM
Hi folks!

I had a pretty busy day and can't stay for long but wanted to show you the lovely card I received from our own Very Dear Readers, Jane and Keith.  

DR Elmore, ICU every morning but can never stay long enough to wait for a reply.   :)

I hope the recording is going very well for BK and Mr Haines.  I would like to say hello to Mr Haines someday.  

Producers read this site and that means others read it as well?  Yikes!  How unseemly!   :D ;)
Title: Re:BAG O' STUFF
Post by: Ginny on May 03, 2005, 05:19:55 PM
So where is my Dukedom?

Believe it or not, that's the kind of thing genealogy researchers ask us all the time!
Title: Re:BAG O' STUFF
Post by: Danise on May 03, 2005, 05:23:10 PM
And I should have said, "Thank you!" To DR's Jane and Keith as well.
Title: Re:BAG O' STUFF
Post by: Ginny on May 03, 2005, 05:26:07 PM
What a cute card, Danise!

Thanks for being worried that I was working overtime.  I'm looking forward to a 4-day weekend coming up, so I should be able to regroup a little.
Title: Re:BAG O' STUFF
Post by: Jane on May 03, 2005, 05:28:10 PM
Der Brucer will be hogging the television sets tonight.

On one set he will be taping two hours of shows, ditto on set two.  He'll be watching set three.

Two hours of Law and Order.  

House.

Veronica Mars.

Blind Justice.

Judging Amy.

Of all of this, the only show I care for at all is House.  After that, I'll be in my room, reading.

Danged TV hog.

And one of the sets he'll be taping on is MY set in MY KITCHEN!!!  Bleh!

 ;D

Has anyone been watching Veronica Mars?  I planned on giving it a try until I discovered we don't get the station it's on.
Title: Re:BAG O' STUFF
Post by: Danise on May 03, 2005, 05:28:30 PM
Sleep, DR Ginny.  I highly recommend it!  LOL!  I feel so much better since I slept so much this past weekend.
Title: Re:BAG O' STUFF
Post by: Ginny on May 03, 2005, 05:32:03 PM
Hi all, Sugar Westwood here

This name made me think of the Anne Francis detective series, Honey West.
Title: Re:BAG O' STUFF
Post by: Danise on May 03, 2005, 05:32:51 PM
;D

Has anyone been watching Veronica Mars?  I planned on giving it a try until I discovered we don't get the station it's on.

Sorry, DR Jane.  I don't even know what a Veronica Mars is.  
Title: Re:BAG O' STUFF
Post by: Danise on May 03, 2005, 05:35:58 PM
My name would be Sunday Brooks.  Sunday was our first dog (bet ya can't guess what day we got her on, huh?)  And Brooks Street was where we lived.

My dad was really into using the day/month when an animal was bought.  We had June Baby (one of my ponies), Nova, Fri, etc.
Title: Re:BAG O' STUFF
Post by: elmore3003 on May 03, 2005, 05:36:52 PM
Damn!  I'm going to Montreal!


Oh.  Bilingual.


ROTFLMAO!!!!

I guess we're even! :-*
Title: Re:BAG O' STUFF
Post by: Jrand73 on May 03, 2005, 05:40:11 PM
DR GINNY - I bet you do.

My favorite question I used to get at the DEPT OF LABOR - even though they had called the wrong division:

"My boss fired me.  Can he do that?"  :P
Title: Re:BAG O' STUFF
Post by: Ginny on May 03, 2005, 05:41:45 PM
Getting close to closing time, so I have to go.

When I get home, DS Rob will be there, having come home from college this evening to vote.  We'll probably visit for a while and listen for election results, so I most likely won't be back online tonight.  See y'all tomorrow - with good levy news, I hope!
Title: Re:BAG O' STUFF
Post by: Jrand73 on May 03, 2005, 05:42:24 PM
Another day when I was on the switchboard, a lady called and wanted to file a complaint against the company where her husband worked because she thought she had been insulted on the telephone.

She was very upset when I told her that one had to work for a company to file a complaint against it as an employee.
Title: Re:BAG O' STUFF
Post by: Jrand73 on May 03, 2005, 05:42:52 PM
LEVY VIBES for DR GINNY.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Title: Re:BAG O' STUFF
Post by: Ginny on May 03, 2005, 05:43:25 PM
DR GINNY - I bet you do.

My favorite question I used to get at the DEPT OF LABOR - even though they had called the wrong division:

"My boss fired me.  Can he do that?"  :P

I'd have been tempted to say, "Yes, it's his job."
Title: Re:BAG O' STUFF
Post by: Jrand73 on May 03, 2005, 05:43:36 PM
MR BK is either singing a LOT or eating a LOT.....he is certainly taking his time about getting back to the home address.
Title: Re:BAG O' STUFF
Post by: Jrand73 on May 03, 2005, 05:44:50 PM
LOL DRGINNY.

I would just say, Yes.  Indiana is an "employment at will" state, so as long as there was no discrimination, he can do that.

And the next sentence would ALWAYS be:  Oh, I was discriminated against.  

Usually because they were ALWAYS late.
Title: Re:BAG O' STUFF
Post by: Jane on May 03, 2005, 05:54:18 PM
Danise the card does look nice.  :) You’re welcome.

Combining the name of my first female cat and the first word of our  street, just call me Gaia Meadow.  Hmmm..that sounds more like a Hippy name.  ;D
Title: Re:BAG O' STUFF
Post by: TCB on May 03, 2005, 05:54:49 PM
Frisky Husky Way...doesn't quite have a ring to it. :P Actually, Husky Way is where my parents live now, where we moved when I was 10 years old.  I don't remember any street names before that.

Or currently, housemate's pet and street:  Ebonie 68th Ct.

No, that doesn't work, either! ::)


I don't know George, I think Husky Way would be a great porn star name.
Title: Re:BAG O' STUFF
Post by: Danise on May 03, 2005, 05:56:25 PM
Florida is a "Right to work" state.  Ugh.  

Title: Re:BAG O' STUFF
Post by: Jane on May 03, 2005, 05:58:20 PM
JRand did you keep a book of those brilliant questions? ;)  ;D
Title: Re:BAG O' STUFF
Post by: Danise on May 03, 2005, 05:58:49 PM
Well, I hate to post and run but I have to go as well.  

Have a GREAT evening all!
Title: Re:BAG O' STUFF
Post by: Jed on May 03, 2005, 06:15:42 PM
Just call me Whitney Water.







Actually, no... don't call me that... really...
Title: Re:BAG O' STUFF
Post by: Charles Pogue on May 03, 2005, 06:41:44 PM
How disillusional was Bette Davis by the time they got ready to do the film of WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?  She was already way past it by then and would have been disastrous.  Personally, Bette is an actress for me who has not aged well.  She just seems so mannered to me and so busy "acting" whenever I happen to  catch her these days.
Title: Re:BAG O' STUFF
Post by: Jane on May 03, 2005, 06:48:57 PM
I know what you mean.  I still think she was wonderful in DARK VICTORY and a few other movies, and then there are those where I just wonder what happened.
Title: Re:BAG O' STUFF
Post by: Ann on May 03, 2005, 07:02:12 PM
Cici Sampson, checking in.  Cici was my first hamster, the first pet I owned all by myself.  The first family pet was a basenji named Twerp...and I flat out refuse to use it :)
Title: Re:BAG O' STUFF
Post by: bk on May 03, 2005, 07:57:36 PM
Eight o'clock and the jernt is empty???  Oh, the skammen.

I'm back (finally) - the session went beautifully.  Guy got today's four songs, plus we went back and did full takes on five of yesterday's songs, just to have them.  He nailed his high note at the end of Born Too Late, and even did one more full take of the difficult Craig Carnelia song.  Juliana did wonderfully on her duet (two takes - in and out) and our chorale did well despite no one having ever heard or seen a piece of music in advance of the session.  More later.

I did have my celebratory dinner - Miss Tammy Minoff and Miss Juliana A. Hansen accompanied me to Musso and Frank.  Unfortunately, it was the worst Musso experience I've ever had - terrible old waiter who was overtaxed (I actually said to him at one point, "Stay at this table until you take our order") and I had to speak to the host twice about it.  That, and the food was just not up to their usual high standards.  Oh, well.
Title: Re:BAG O' STUFF
Post by: bk on May 03, 2005, 07:58:32 PM
It's so nice not to have to worry about the voice box anymore.  I don't have to have EmergenC tonight, I don't have to chew gum and I don't have to suck on a Ricola.  I do have to take a Jacuzzi later and that I will do with some glee.
Title: Re:BAG O' STUFF
Post by: Jrand73 on May 03, 2005, 08:01:41 PM
JRand did you keep a book of those brilliant questions? ;)  ;D

LOL DRJANE....they burned into my memory.  :P
Title: Re:BAG O' STUFF
Post by: Jrand73 on May 03, 2005, 08:03:32 PM
Congratulations to one and all and one on the recording!  It will all be worth it when we have those shiny discs in our hands!
Title: Re:BAG O' STUFF
Post by: Jrand73 on May 03, 2005, 08:13:23 PM
Page 8 spin!  ;D

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Title: Re:BAG O' STUFF
Post by: Jrand73 on May 03, 2005, 08:13:43 PM
I don't know what that says.
Title: Re:BAG O' STUFF
Post by: Jrand73 on May 03, 2005, 08:14:23 PM
Three teams left on The Amazing Race.

Next week - two hour season finale!
Title: Re:BAG O' STUFF
Post by: Charles Pogue on May 03, 2005, 08:17:20 PM
I must be living right!  This afternoon I had a lovely business lunch with my mananger and  a venerable producer (on his dime) at the Polo Lounge in The Beverly Hills Hotel.  I had barely returned from it (with a pit stop at Amoeba), then I got a phone call from BK inviting me to dinner with him, Ms. Minoff, and Ms. Hansen at Musso & Frank's.  Given my ample and recent lunch, I alas had to decline.  A few hours later, Harlan Ellison and his lovely wife, Susan, invited The Lovely Wife and me to a spur-of-the-moment dinner.  Alas again, The Lovely Wife was not home from her business day and I was happily ensconced with the pets in lounging clothes, so I again declined.

Happy successful conclusion to your and Mr. Haines' recording sessions, BK!  Sorry to hear about your negative Musso's experience...I hope this does not bode ill, coming so hard on the heels of the decline of your short-lived, but once beloved Schwab's.  There's always the Cat & The Fiddle and Du-par's!  And The Smokehouse!
Title: Re:BAG O' STUFF
Post by: Jed on May 03, 2005, 08:18:50 PM
From what I recall of our Dear Reader geography, I think I'm safe in saying this...  
After starting this new test scoring project at work today, I am dismayed by the academic level displayed by the 3rd and 4th graders of New Jersey.

(From what I hear from another group of scorers across the room, 10th graders from North Carolina aren't much more impressive at the moment... maybe they need you back, MattH)
Title: Re:BAG O' STUFF
Post by: Jrand73 on May 03, 2005, 08:22:31 PM
The future of our country.
Title: Re:BAG O' STUFF
Post by: Charles Pogue on May 03, 2005, 08:22:56 PM
Jane, I think there are certain roles where Bette's theatricality works...ALL ABOUT EVE, MR. SKEFFINGTON, JEZEBEL...some others, I can't think of...and she's just fine!  Then there are others...I was watching a bit of ELIZABETH & ESSEX the other night and she just seemed over the top...And I'm a guy who likes theatricality and over the top.

My favourite Davis role may be in JUAREZ.  Of course, she is given staunch support from the impeccable Brian Aherne who is warm and brilliant as Maxmillian and could have won the Academy Award for best supporting player that year as far as I was concerned.
Title: Re:BAG O' STUFF
Post by: Jrand73 on May 03, 2005, 08:23:02 PM
LOL DR CP - most people NEVER even receive the type of invitations you turn down.  :)
Title: Re:BAG O' STUFF
Post by: Jrand73 on May 03, 2005, 08:24:16 PM
I am hot and cold on Davis.  But when I like her in something, she is terrific.  And nobody can be bad (or BAD) like Bette can be.
Title: Re:BAG O' STUFF
Post by: MBarnum on May 03, 2005, 08:30:15 PM
Well, I sort of struck out on my DVD buying today...got SNOW WHITE AND THE 3 STOOGES (for $7.99!) and WITH SIX YOU GET EGGROLL...but no one had THE BEST OF EVERYTHING or  HELL'S BLOODY DEVILS! Imagine that!

I am so tired I can't even think of anything else to post about ...so I am gonna grab a snack and flop in front of the TV for awhile then go to bed.
Title: Re:BAG O' STUFF
Post by: Jed on May 03, 2005, 08:34:03 PM
Cici Sampson, checking in.  Cici was my first hamster, the first pet I owned all by myself.  The first family pet was a basenji named Twerp...and I flat out refuse to use it :)

Hmmm... I sense a new nickname around the apartment...  ;D
Title: Re:BAG O' STUFF
Post by: George on May 03, 2005, 08:34:26 PM
A couple of days ago, I ordered the first ever CD release of "Two's Company" with Bette Davis.  I've had the album for a couple of years and even made my own CD of it.  Deepdiscountcd.com had it cheaper than just about anywhere, so I got it.
Title: Re:BAG O' STUFF
Post by: George on May 03, 2005, 08:35:29 PM
My birthday is 05-05-05(!) and I know I'm going to get money.  Why not pre-spend it?? ;D
Title: Re:BAG O' STUFF
Post by: JoseSPiano on May 03, 2005, 08:39:51 PM
Good Evening!

What a lovely number of posts to come home to!

All I have left at/in my old apartment are my clothes.  I need to pack a suitcase for the rest of my week here at Steve's, then put the rest in my storage unit until next Monday when I head up to DC.

Cleaning out my pantry went a lot faster than I thought it would.  Anything that was not opened went into bags designated for the MCC Food Pantry.  Anything that had already been opened went into bags that I will take up to Fairfax next week or into the trash.  *The lady at the MCC seemed very pleased and surprised with my donation.

Then I boxed up the remaining stuff in my bedroom and did a few loads of laundry.  I made a run over to the storage unit to put the new boxes o'stuff in, and then took a brief break for late afternoon lunch.

Then it was time for sound check.  Easy-peasy.  And it was great seeing everyone again.  *I'll be playing tour-guide later in the week for a couple of people in the company.  :)

Then a break for dinner, and then the evening show.  It went very well, and I was actually surprised at how easy it was to get back into the Keys 4 book.

And now I'm back at Steve's a-reading and a-posting...
Title: Re:BAG O' STUFF
Post by: JoseSPiano on May 03, 2005, 08:41:20 PM
OH, by the way...

Princess Kennedy

:)
Title: Re:BAG O' STUFF
Post by: JoseSPiano on May 03, 2005, 08:41:53 PM
RECIPROCITY!
Title: Re:BAG O' STUFF
Post by: JoseSPiano on May 03, 2005, 08:42:56 PM
DRs JRand and Ginny - FYI - Lauren Mufson (Donna) is on vacation this week.  Her understudy, Anne Tolegpin, is on for her this week.  She's very good too.
Title: Re:BAG O' STUFF
Post by: bk on May 03, 2005, 08:44:24 PM
The Musso experience was very unusual and may have had to do with the earliness of the hour - we were there at five.

I hope that everyone will enjoy the new Haines disc - we've done the best we can do, and then we can only hope it pleases.  Next up - the mix.

I will post some photographs as soon as I get them uploaded into iPhoto.
Title: Re:BAG O' STUFF
Post by: Michael on May 03, 2005, 08:49:07 PM
I had read that Albee wanted Bette Davis and James Mason to do the film version of WAOVW
Title: Re:BAG O' STUFF
Post by: Jrand73 on May 03, 2005, 08:50:09 PM
Lisa Mandel....baby.

As if you needed to do more of it, DRJOSE....get in the Mamma Mia Rag Bag.
Title: Re:BAG O' STUFF
Post by: Jrand73 on May 03, 2005, 08:50:26 PM
We want photos!!!
Title: Re:BAG O' STUFF
Post by: Michael on May 03, 2005, 08:54:37 PM
Question:

Three Haley Mills films were released today by Disney. Summer Magic in widescreen, but That Darn Cat and In Search of the Castaways are full screen. Were they originally released this way?

Also MGM has released Krakatoa East of Java at 131 minutes although the original release was 136. (Those five minutes might be the overture, entr;acte or exit music) It said it is wide screen, but nothing about being formated for widescreen tvs
Title: Re:BAG O' STUFF
Post by: Matt H. on May 03, 2005, 08:56:18 PM
IDOL:

Lieber and Stoller songs for the first half of the show, and Bo Bice tore up "Stand By Me." In fact, he nailed both of his songs tonight, the only one of the five remaining who I felt gave superb performances on both songs.

Anthony's "Poison Ivy" was weak, but he did better with the second song.

Scott did just fine with "On Broadway" and also OK on his second song, but as usual with Scott there were missed notes.

Once again, Randy and Paula propped up Volzell Solomon who I felt had the two shakiest performances of the night. They both deemed both efforts "perfect," but neither one was anywhere close to perfect. Lots of wrong notes and terrible breath control.

Carrie did fine with her first song, but the second one was all over the place with a head note near the end that was painfully off pitch.

I think Anthony will be going home.
Title: Re:BAG O' STUFF
Post by: Matt H. on May 03, 2005, 09:02:16 PM
Neither THAT DARN CAT nor IN SEARCH OF THE CASTAWAYS were Panavision movies, but they probably still should have been letterboxed and enhanced for widescreen TVs.

That's more Disney crap like they've done with a lot of their popcorn pictures from that era. Something like MARY POPPINS, they'll go the extra mile on, but not a pleasant diversion like THAT DARN CAT.
Title: Re:BAG O' STUFF
Post by: Rodzinski on May 03, 2005, 09:07:45 PM
Wrapped up the  Wheeler and Woolsey watching with the final film recorded last week, and the duo's last ever before Woolsey's untimely death: HIGH FLYERS. They left on a high note indeed, and Lupe Velez would have made a great foil for Woolsey in future films, had Woolsey not died when this film was done filming. They do a great dance number together, "The Gaucho".  Margaret Dumont is also on hand and Jack Carson too. Carson later married Lola Albright, which I'll never understand how he pulled that off. Anyways, that wraps the W&W.
RECIPROCITY!
Title: Re:BAG O' STUFF
Post by: Rodzinski on May 03, 2005, 09:08:28 PM
Neither THAT DARN CAT nor IN SEARCH OF THE CASTAWAYS were Panavision movies, but they probably still should have been letterboxed and enhanced for widescreen TVs.

That's more Disney crap like they've done with a lot of their popcorn pictures from that era. Something like MARY POPPINS, they'll go the extra mile on, but not a pleasant diversion like THAT DARN CAT.

This does not bode well for THE BOATNIKS.
Title: Re:BAG O' STUFF
Post by: JoseSPiano on May 03, 2005, 09:10:17 PM
Well, it's been one long, but very good today.  I just have about 30 minutes of stuff to take care of at my old place tomorrow, and then I can actually relax for a couple of hours without a packing box in sight!  Until then, I'm gonna get some more sleep.  Sleep is good.

Goodnight.

*Yes, Yes, Yes - I know... I, WUSSBURGER.

*Yes, y
Title: Re:BAG O' STUFF
Post by: Michael on May 03, 2005, 09:11:14 PM
Neither THAT DARN CAT nor IN SEARCH OF THE CASTAWAYS were Panavision movies, but they probably still should have been letterboxed and enhanced for widescreen TVs.

That's more Disney crap like they've done with a lot of their popcorn pictures from that era. Something like MARY POPPINS, they'll go the extra mile on, but not a pleasant diversion like THAT DARN CAT.

So how were they shown? In the old  academy format? If not are the DVDs Pan and Scan?
Title: Re:BAG O' STUFF
Post by: Matt H. on May 03, 2005, 09:16:03 PM
I think they're open matte, Michael, rather than pan and scan. Disney probably filmed them using the full camera aperture so they could be shown on TV without losing anything. Theater projectionists were probably instructed to matte the film  in the projector to a 1.75:1 or 1.85:1 frame.
Title: Re:BAG O' STUFF
Post by: Jrand73 on May 03, 2005, 09:36:56 PM
DR MS - when I saw a LOT of Disney films at the theatre - even though I didn't know from Widescreen at the time - it was always a disappointment when the logo came up and it was a little square in the middle of the screen.  I think a LOT of Disney films were shown in Academy Ratio....

IN SEARCH OF THE CASTAWAYS was one of those I remember....
Title: Re:BAG O' STUFF
Post by: Sandra on May 03, 2005, 09:37:10 PM
Depends on what your pet was.....

:)

Sandra, Jr. was a hamster.

Supposedly, right now I'm working on that extra essay, although you'd have a hard time proving that.

Congratulations to BK, Guy Haines, and everybody else who worked on the CD!
Title: Re:BAG O' STUFF
Post by: Jrand73 on May 03, 2005, 10:00:46 PM
Time for to go to bed.
Title: Re:BAG O' STUFF
Post by: bk on May 03, 2005, 10:08:18 PM
I think they're open matte, Michael, rather than pan and scan. Disney probably filmed them using the full camera aperture so they could be shown on TV without losing anything. Theater projectionists were probably instructed to matte the film  in the projector to a 1.75:1 or 1.85:1 frame.

For "flat" films, the theatrical ratio in this country has always been 1:85.  In Europe it was 1:66.

While these open matte transfers are not as bad as pan-and-scan, they completely destroy the artistry of the framing by giving you way too much headroom and extraneous information at the bottom of the frame.
Title: Re:BAG O' STUFF
Post by: bk on May 03, 2005, 10:08:49 PM
I'm going out to the Jacuzzi now.  Back in a little while.
Title: Re:BAG O' STUFF
Post by: George on May 03, 2005, 10:14:37 PM
I just saw a commercial for DR Charles Pogue's "Hercules."  I hadn't seen one, yet.  It looks quite exciting!
Title: Re:BAG O' STUFF
Post by: bk on May 03, 2005, 10:18:06 PM
Not quite hot enough yet.  Another ten minutes.

I made a great score today - a complete run of Theater World books, from the beginning through 1996 or so, all with jackets (where appropriate) and all in excellent condition and all for about twenty a volume, which is a GREAT price (some of the early volumes go for hefty money, and even the sixties through the nineties volumes go for forty to fifty a pop if you can find them).  Once I get these, then perhaps our Unseemly Trivia Contest shall return.
Title: Re:BAG O' STUFF
Post by: Joey on May 03, 2005, 10:57:28 PM
Joey is the $3500 you want to raise an accumulative amount beginning with this marathon?  Is there a link to make a donation for you?  I think it is great you plan to run so many marathons.

I believe it is per marathon. I would start much much further in advance if I were to run and try to raise that much. I am going to try to get some other people in on it and hold fundraisers on campus next year. If you want to donate, the link is http://www.justgiving.com/nf1gunn Thanks for asking! :)
Title: Re:BAG O' STUFF
Post by: bk on May 03, 2005, 11:01:21 PM
Back from the splendidly splendid Jacuzzi.  No steaming shower tonight, no EmergenC, just a normal night doing normal things.
Title: Re:BAG O' STUFF
Post by: Charles Pogue on May 03, 2005, 11:44:09 PM
I have most of the Theatre Worlds from the 1944 up to volume 50, which is around '94...though have a few holes here and there.  I'm slowly trying to fill in the holes and know where I can get copies, but I haven't been very ambitious, especially on the ones since 94.  But it's rather amazing to see what was playing in the 50's or the 60's and compare it to the paucity of now.
Title: Re:BAG O' STUFF
Post by: bk on May 03, 2005, 11:46:39 PM
The fifties and the sixties were incredible - fifteen new musicals might open in a single season, along with even more plays.  Theatre World is an invaluable tool for casts, photos, and dates.  I probably have eight volumes, but having a complete collection at twenty a pop and being able to get them all at once, is great.
Title: Re:BAG O' STUFF
Post by: George on May 03, 2005, 11:57:53 PM
Dr. Phil has just arrived to the Tonight Show.  I've never watched his show.  Is it any good?
Title: Re:BAG O' STUFF
Post by: George on May 03, 2005, 11:58:16 PM
Sound bites as therapy.