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Archives => Archive 3 => Topic started by: bk on June 14, 2005, 11:58:42 PM
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Well, you've read the notes, you are now in the know and you are know in the now, and now it is time for you to post until the swimming cows come home.
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Ummm...notes?? ::)
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And the word of the day is: DYSPEPSIA!
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Ahhh...notes!! ;D
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;)
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Topic of the Day: I don't think it's really horrible, but the movie to "A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to the Forum" was not as good when I saw it as an adult than when I used to watch it as a kid. "Silent Running" was another. Again, not really horrible, but I couldn't finish it when I bought the DVD.
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I prefer Dyscocacolia.
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Then there's Dynotopia. ;)
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Ooops, sorry. That's Dinotopia. My bad. ;D
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"Mayerling" does not stand up well. I think I liked the romanticism of it when I first saw it.
"Moulin Rouge" = visuals are wonderful but the dialogue!!!. Of course the "New" Moulin Rouge did not stand up well with first viewing!! (Hello RLP).
Reverse mode: I now like "Hello Dolly" much more than I did when it was released.
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I thought High Time was one of the funniest films ever made when I saw it at 12 years of age. I watched it on FMC the other day - not too funny.
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I think I shall have a nice hot shower, then I'll be back to post more before toddling off to the bedroom environment.
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Confirmed, BK!
TRAIN ROBBERS...Oh PEEE-huw! Once was enough for me. Think I saw it in a drive-in on a double bill. Duke, poor Rod Taylor, and Anne-Margaret...pretty to look at, but not much else. And where was the usual Burt Kennedy wit and panache...this is the man who wrote all those great Boetticher/Scott westerns and directed Support Your Local Sheriff. How was Bobby Vinton? I forgot entirely he was in the movie.
The Lovely Wife and I thought Where's Poppa was a screamingly funny, brilliant comedy when we first saw it in college. We thought it so funny, we went and dragged my parents to it the following night. They must have thought we were insane. Years later we're sitting here and it crops up on one of the movie channels. Man. were we disappointed. Spectacularly unfunny. So laboured and forced.
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I'm off to bed. Goodnight, Tomovoz! Have a good afternoon...or evening...or whatever time it is for you now! ;D
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Goodnight DR George. It's nearly 6.00pm Wednesday.
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Bobby Vinton made Ricky Nelson look like Olivier.
I agree about Where's Poppa. Back then it was THE funny movie of the year. Now, it's unwatchable.
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Well it is 5:41 am EST I awoke for no good reason , (well actually it might have something to do with the mocking bird outside the window singing ing his heart out), about forty minutes ago and have been trying ti get on the site ... I could sign on and I could access my mailbox but fr soem reason everytime I tried to get into the forum I would geta little pop up saying website not responding...hmmmm
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I cannot thnk of anythning of rthe TOD now... I'm not really awake enough. I guess I'll check out last nights notes
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I got home a early yesterday and by 4:40 the Vixter and I were flaoting in the pool...lovely until about 7. Then we up and showered and started the grill and had hamburgers and corn on the cob and potatoes ( I wrapped thiose little white canned potatoes in a heavy duty aluminum foil witha little bit of butter and made it into a little sealed package and then threw it on the grill and kept lipping it.. the potates were nice and goldeen brown and crispy on the outsoide and soft in the middle... very nice.
Then we watched some CSI reruns, the Vixter and her dad are very fiond of those
The the Vixter went off to bed... and Mr. Softee came around and was sitting at my corner, so out I went a bought a vanilla cone with sprinkles for the Mr and a double cone, chocolate and vanilla for me...but it didn't taste the way Iam used to Mr. Softee tasting... i wonder if they changed the recipe....
The we watched Reno 911 and I fell asleep on the couch shortly after that... out like a light before 11 unusual for me...
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Yes it is me. Yes, I am still among the living. Nearly rained out, a drowned cat in the vernacular of the animal kingdom, but still able to meow now and then.
Read all the lovely posts from yesterday! :)
Will have to get to the theatre early again today, and I am afraid PIPPIN is having its first cast meeting tonight, which means the animals will be running wild while I am trying to rehearse.
And of course there is the costume director who is telling me that my dances don't fit his idea of the outfits for the numbers....my reply went unrecorded.
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I will start out the TOD for myself by mentioning THE STRAWBERRY STATEMENT, which I thought was the last word in protest movies. With Kim Darby and Bruce Davison, and Bud Cort and Bob Balaban, it is pretty wretched now.
BUT - it has a most beautiful theme song in THE CIRCLE GAME written and sung by Joni Mitchell. I still have the 2-disk LP set around someplace.
The ending is brutal and shocking.
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I will start out the TOD for myself by mentioning THE STRAWBERRY STATEMENT, which I thought was the last word in protest movies. With Kim Darby and Bruce Davison, and Bud Cort and Bob Balaban, it is pretty wretched now.
BUT - it has a most beautiful theme song in THE CIRCLE GAME written and sung by Joni Mitchell. I still have the 2-disk LP set around someplace.
The ending is brutal and shocking.
I never heard of this movie, and the only thing I remerb ever seeing Bud Cort in was Harold and Maude... now that was an odd little movie that I once thought was wonderful... I haven't seen it in several years i wonder how I would like it now....
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Good Morning Jack I am sorry that you are getting rained on
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And of course there is the costume director who is telling me that my dances don't fit his idea of the outfits for the numbers....my reply went unrecorded.
I am confused, the costume director wants you to change the choreography to better fit the costumes?
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Speaking of community theatre, we just found out that the summer "review" program they have planned at James Street and which the Vixyer desperately wants to be in has only two show dates and one of them interferes with the Battle of the Books competition.
She is very bummed out . She has already commited to the BOTB and the fall show at JSP (which is Hello Dolly) is not casting anyone under 16 so she REALLY wants to be in the summer review... The big summer production is West Side Story, which she knows and loves and which she couldn't go out for because they weren't casting anyone under 15
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All by myself.....
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Well it is time to shower and start my day anyway 6;27 three minutes to the alarm.....
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Good morning all!
I had to work OT on Monday and I finished mowing the back yard last night so I didn’t make it online.
I have a feeling that I will be very tired tonight. I should have let the grass wait until the weekend but I hate to leave things half done.
It was the back yard but still.....
Hope to see you all tonight. Have a wonderful day! :)
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Good morning DR ELmore. I hope all is going well with your recovery process.
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Good morning DR ELmore. I hope all is going well with your recovery process.
Good morning, DRTomovoz, I'm listening to I Can't Do the Sum" and thinking of you. Tomorrow I see the surgeon again, but I have to say thjat I think this round of surgery may prove to be a dud, which is not the bolstering news I hoped to report. However, I'm aware it may be my indisposition over the heat and I look forward to Dr Bernstein's answers to my questions. I feel great, however.
TOD: THE GIRL IN THE GLASS BOTTOM BOAT; I love Doris Day and I thought this film was quite funny when I saw it eons ago. Forced, cutesy, moronic, and the De Vol score is the nadir.
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I am sure there are lots of films that would fall into this category of the TOD, but one that comes to mind is the movie ARNOLD.
It still has a great title song, an interesting premise (a young woman marries an older man who happens to be dead and then people around her start to die in stange ways.) A reasonable good cast, Stella Stevens, Roddy McDowall, Elsa Lancaster, Shani Wallis, Victor Buono, John McGiver, Farley Granger, Bernard Foz, Jamie Farr. BUT it just didn't work for me. It was a major diappointment for me.
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Um...er...ah...er...DYSPEPSIA--it ain't diet.
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Just read that actors Lon McCallister and Robert Clarke both passed away June 11.
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I heard on NPR this morning that composer David Diamond passed away yesterday
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dear elmore! I hope thatyour surgey was NOT a dud!!
~~~VIBES ~~~~~
for good news at the surgeons tomorrow!!!
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~~~~CONTINUED VIBES FOR DR JED LIBRARIAN JOB WISE~~~~
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I just heard that there was Tsaumi warning for the whole west coast yesterday... YIKES!!! Fortunately it was a false alarm.....
Did any of our west coast Kimlets get all shook up yesterday?
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Yesterday I bought my Daddy center orchestra tickets for Dirty Rotten Scoundrels for the July 27 matinee performance, as a Father's Day present.... and I got them at a discount... does that mean that all the "A list" players are going to be in the Hamptons instead of on the stage?
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A frenzy unto myself again.....
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No wonder I am nearly up to 2300 posts!!
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I have to shame-facedly admit that I LOVED VALLEY OF THE DOLLS when it first came out and not because of its camp value. I knew it wasn't the book (which I had read and re-read and knew by heart), but I thought it was a wonderful drama with terrific songs and memorable performances.
Years later, I looked at the lousy art direction, the terrible acting (either overbaked ham or non-existant), and the shoddy way it was all put together and wonder why I ever paid to see it so many times.
I can enjoy it now as a campy comedy (still like some of the songs), but boy is it a lousy film.
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When I read about bk's busy days, I am so very grateful to have the show behind me and have some leisurely days to sit, read, and relax.
If ONLY it wasn't so bloomin' hot. We've had four straight days of 90+ degree weather. Last year, I didn't even turn on my central air conditioning until July 8th. This year, it came on near the end of May!
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Today, viewing-wise, I'm looking forward to
1. NIGHTMARE ALLEY
2. RENO 911! season premiere (on the DVR)
3. some STAR TREK episodes on DVD.
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I also have the last disc in the ANGEL Season 2 set to finish. These are the episodes that bring the memorable character of Fred into the story, so I'm anxious to see how she's worked into the mix.
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No shaking here, but they did evacuate some of the Oregon coastal towns yesterday...a brief panic.
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BK, I checked out that CLASSIC MUSICALS dvd pack...some fun titles! When you said Martha Tilton, I knew I needed to take a look-see.
Here is a list of the films in this pack (which you can get as low as $19.00!)
1947 Fabulous Dorseys, The Tommy Dorsey Jimmy Dorsey Paul Whiteman
1947 Calendar Girl Jane Frazee William Marshall Victor McLaglen
1941 Sunny Anna Neagle Ray Bolger Edward Everett Horton
1944 Swing Hostess Martha Tilton Iris Adrian Charles Collins
1930 Dixiana Bebe Daniels Bert Wheeler Robert Wolsey
1934 Palooka Jimmy Durante Lupe Velez Stuart Erwin
1929 Glorifying the American Girl Eddie Cantor Rudy Vallee Noah Beery Jr.
1933 Check and Double Check Duke Ellington Freeman F Gosden Charles J Correll
1939 Paradise in Harlem Mamie Smith Frank L Wilson Norman Astwood
1946 Duke is Tops, The Lena Horne Ralph Cooper Laurence Criney
1947 Reet, Petite and Gone Louis Jordan June Richmond Milton Wood
1948 Killer Diller Nat King Cole Johnny Miller Oscar Moore
1945 Delightfully Dangerous Jane Powell Ralph Bellamy Arthur Treacher
1942 Private Buckaroo Andrews Sisters Shemp Howard Donald O'Connor
1943 Stage Door Canteen Kenny Baker Tallulah Bankhead Edgar Bergen
1943 Career Girl Frances Langford Edward Norris Iris Adrian
1941 Second Chorus Fred Astaire Paulette Goddard Artie Shaw
1944 Trocadero Rosemary Lane Johnny Downs Ralph Morgan
1946 People Are Funny Jack Haley Rudy Valee Art Linkletter
1946 Doll Face Dennis O'Keefe Perry Como Vivian Blaine
1929 Great Gabbo, The Eric Von Stroheim Betty Compson Donald Douglas
1936 Dancing Pirate, The Frank Morgan Charles Collins Steffi Duna
1941 Road Show Adolph Menjou Carole Landis John Hubbard
1943 Hi Diddle Diddle Adolphe Menjou Martha Scott Dennis O'Keefe
1956 Rock, Rock, Rock Tuesday Weld Chuck Berry Valerie Harper
1934 King Kelly of the USA Edgar Kennedy Guy Robertson Irene Ware
1955 Rock N' Roll Revue Duke Ellington Nat King Cole Lionel Hampton
1955 Rhythm and Blues Revue Nat King Cole Sarah Vaughn Count Basie
1946 Till the Clouds Roll By Judy Garland Frank Sinatra Dinah Shore
1941 All-American Co-Ed Johnny Downs Frances Langford Noah Beery Jr.
1947 Hi Di Ho Cab Calloway Ida James Jeni Le Gon
1946 Breakfast in Hollywood Bonita Granville Beulah Bondi Zasu Pitts
Soundies Festival Ethel Waters Eddy Green Dusty Fletcher
Soundies Cavalcade Lena Horne Teddy Wilson Dusty Fletcher
1930 Reaching For The Moon Douglas Fairbanks Bebe Daniels Edward Everett Horton
1951 Mr Imperium Lana Turner Ezio Pinza Debbie Reynolds
1951 Royal Wedding Fred Astaire Jane Powell Peter Lawford
1957 Pied Piper of Hamelin, The Van Johnson Jim Backus Claude Rains
1962 Wild Guitar Arch Hall Jr. Nancy Czar Arch Hall Sr.
1941 Murder With Music Nellie Hill Alston Bob Dillard
1952 Jack And The Beanstalk Bud Abbott Lou Costello Buddy Baer
1946 Road To Hollywood, The Bing Crosby Bud Pollard Marion Sayers
1936 Big Show, The Gene Autry Smiley Burnette Kay Hughes
1962 Black Tights Cyd Charisse Maurice Chevalier Moira Shearer
1941 Fiesta Anne Ayars Jorge Negrete Armida
1941 Let's Go Collegiate Gale Storm Frankie Darro Marcia Mae Jones
1940 Up in the Air Frankie Darro Marjorie Reynolds Mantan Moreland
1944 Minstrel Man Gladys George Benny Fields Alan Dinehart
1937 Rhythm in the Clouds Patricia Ellis Warren Hull William Newell
1936 Sitting on the Moon Grace Bradley Roger Pryor William Newell
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No wonder I am nearly up to 2300 posts!!
Nothing exceeds like excess.
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Jane Frazee?
Did someone mention "Jane Frazee"?
My!
Why I haven't heard Jane Frazee's name in many, many moons.....
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Thanks for the list, DR MBarnum. I was surprised to see MR. IMPERIUM there. I had no idea it was public domain.
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A question for you musical theater fans out there:
Wasn't there a cast album for the off-Broadway musical version of JOHNNY GUITAR? I just checked on Amazon, and they don't list it, but I could have sworn there was one at some point. I know the show had a disappointing run, but from what I understood, the score was pretty good (though not campy at all like the book scenes).
Does anyone know about the show or have the cast recording?
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Yes, there was a cast recording of Johnny Guitar. I don't have it, but I do have the 4 (I believe) song CD that was made before the full cast recording. Perhaps it didn't sell well and was shelved (the full recording). I know that it was available at Footlight and I saw it at a couple of other stores but that was a while ago.
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DR Matt, you can order the CD at the website (http://www.johnnyguitarthemusical.com/).
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Matt H: yes, and yes re: Johnny Guitar. It's got some cute stuff in it; great country western band. Depends on your tolerance for arch, campy wit.
Why I believe I may have just finished charting Burt Bacharach's Theme to The Blob for the Bacharach rarities (AKA flop) medley. ;)
TOD: Well I absolutely fell in love with the film version of Sweet Charity when I was a kid, and, like BK with Modesty Blaise (which, strangely, I remember my sisters taking me to at a drive-in), I followed around not only from theater to theater but city to city (I got my parents to drive me as it went into second run distribution). I don't think it's in any way the disaster that some people claim it is, and the Fosse filming of the Fosse choreography is amazing (IMHO), but it's still not the masterpiece I claimed it was 35 years ago. :'(
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Good Morning! Well, it's just past Morning here on the East Coast now, so... Well.. Good Morning!
Topic of the Day: The only movies that comes to mind are the "classic" horror movies from my adolescent years, namely "Halloween" and "Friday the 13th".
Actually, now that I think of it, "Halloween" holds up much better than "Friday the 13th". Of course, once you start hitting the sequels, well, that's a totally different story. And the "funny" thing is, I still remember how "scary" it was watching Jamie Lee Curtis get a shot. Just seeing someone get a hypodermic needle stuck into their skin on the big screen... ewww....
Now as for "Friday the 13th".... I have to admit, I was a bit titillated - or should that be "telellated" - by all the sex stuff. Oh, just so very naughty. And, of course, all those gruesome killings. But a few years and a few viewings later, it's all just so amazingly laughable.
*However, it was nice to see that Mark Nelson - who was the first guy killed in the movie - ended up with quite a nice stage career.
BUT... That "surprise" ending can still be a surprise at times. -And, that, of course, set up the premise and the expectation for the sequels to do the same.
...Of course, one of the original scary surprise endings was in "Carrie", so...
OK - I'm rambling. Post over.
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I'm up, I'm up. Feeling quite groggy, because I decided to watch some more of Swing Hostess with Martha Tilton, and I ended up watching forty-five minutes of it. Now I am groogy and also groggy.
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JRand, I think there is a whole spate of films from the sixties era of love, peace, and protest that have just not aged well at all...things like the Strawberry Statement, Getting Straight, etc...because they make the mistake of being political.
Drama is about people. When it remains about the human condition as opposed to a transitory political condition, it can transcend time and its issues remain resonant, relevant, and pertinent.
Nothing ages faster than a movie that puts its issue of the moment before its people in the drama.
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I want to interview Martha Tilton.
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For your consideration
AMHERST, Mass. - Two eighth-graders who spent months working on a science project to prove how dangerous BB guns can be were disqualified from the state middle school science fair. The reason for the dismissal: BB guns are too dangerous.
Nathan C. Woodard and Nathaniel A. Gorlin-Crenshaw spent seven months researching and testing their hypothesis that BB guns can be deadly and should not be used by children.
The students spent about $200 on ballistics gelatin, which has the same density and consistency as human flesh, to use during their tests.
‘We had a good point to prove’
Nancy G. Degon, vice president of Massachusetts State Science Fair Inc. and co-chair of the middle-school fair, said fair rules prohibit hazardous substances and devices.
“The scientific review committee does not consider science projects involving firearms to be safe for middle school students,” Degon said.
The boys were invited to present their findings to some judges and receive a certificate of accomplishment, but they rejected the offer because they were not allowed to compete.
“I was really disappointed,” Woodard said. “We had a good point to prove.”
Don't the science projects have to be approve by the studen't the before the project is started? I understand why they might not be allowed to demonstrate the effects of a bb gun hitting the ballistics gelatin in the fair but surely, after allowing the kids to work 7 months and spend a couple of hundred dollars on the project they should be allowed to present their results.
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I want to interview Martha Tilton.
She seems excited about the idea
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Wow, Martha was quite limber!
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And one for Martha.
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Yesterday DR Jose wrote about MAMMA MIA:
They're spiffing things up for the Canadian leg of the tour in a few weeks.
Yep, they will be here from July 12-24. And I will be seeing it on the 23rd!
Do you know if it will be the same cast (and who that is?)
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The Tree People are back. It's about to get noisy. I just got back from Kinko's, where I had to return the job I picked up yesterday. They have an approval system now, where they print out a copy and you sign off on it. I did so the other day, "with changes" and wrote the three things that needed to be fixed (I brought them a CD with a word document, and their computers did something weird to the spacing at three different spots). It was a simple job of using the space bar to move three header titles that had somehow moved to the bottom of pages (they were at the top in my word doc), to the top of the next page. Unfortunately, they did that but went one space too many, so that the header was not exactly at the top of the page - so, in those three spots it screwed up things on those pages, space-wise. They're redoing it for free right now and I'll pick it up at two. However, this time I brought them a PDF so they can't screw anything up.
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Re: the new Light In the Piazza cd.
Does anybody else here dislike when cds come in boxes? I don't hate it, but I really am not too fond of it.
And what was with them not even putting the name of the cd on the cd cover. Only a pic with nothing else written. Considering I'm sure many people keep only the cd case, I cannot believe they did that.
The booklet is quite nice and easy to read. But with all those pages you'd think they could have put a synopsis. I think that would be very important for this story. I found it especially necessary because there is no explanation about Clara's problems (which to me is an extremely relevant and important part of the story).
I've only listened to it once. But so far my fav is track 2 (what they sang on the Tonys). Love that song.
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BK, have you seen Martha Tilton in the 1945 crime-drame (with music) CRIME, INC?
I have it on DVD but have not watched it yet. It also stars Mr. Tom Neal of DETOUR fame.
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Yesterday DR Jose wrote about MAMMA MIA:Yep, they will be here from July 12-24. And I will be seeing it on the 23rd!
Do you know if it will be the same cast (and who that is?)
Yes, it will be the same company - Tour 1 closed last year. They will be working their way across Canada in about 12 weeks - ending in Vancouver. -Boy, would I love to be in Vancouver in the fall! ;)
In any case...
If you go to:
http://www.mamma-mia.com
And click on North America - US Tour... there will be links to the cast list and bios.
OH! - and it looks like they've updated the site too.
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I am sure there are lots of films that would fall into this category of the TOD, but one that comes to mind is the movie ARNOLD.
It still has a great title song, an interesting premise (a young woman marries an older man who happens to be dead and then people around her start to die in stange ways.) A reasonable good cast, Stella Stevens, Roddy McDowall, Elsa Lancaster, Shani Wallis, Victor Buono, John McGiver, Farley Granger, Bernard Foz, Jamie Farr. BUT it just didn't work for me. It was a major diappointment for me.
Oh my good, good-ness! (an Ain't Misbehavin' reference!) My sister and I saw this when we were kids! I thought that it was so scary! I haven't thought about this movie in years! (Can I write another sentence with an exclamation point?) Yes! I can! ;D
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Kraft Canada has this cool magazine that they send out free. But most of the recipes seem to be on the website.
http://www.kraftcanada.com/summer
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I remember the coming attraction for ARNOLD that played on TV and it scared the heck out of me!
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Thanks DR jose. That is weird none of the Montreal dates are listed. :(
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Re: the new Light In the Piazza cd.
Does anybody else here dislike when cds come in boxes? I don't hate it, but I really am not too fond of it.
And what was with them not even putting the name of the cd on the cd cover. Only a pic with nothing else written. Considering I'm sure many people keep only the cd case, I cannot believe they did that.
The booklet is quite nice and easy to read. But with all those pages you'd think they could have put a synopsis. I think that would be very important for this story. I found it especially necessary because there is no explanation about Clara's problems (which to me is an extremely relevant and important part of the story).
I've only listened to it once. But so far my fav is track 2 (what they sang on the Tonys). Love that song.
I agree with you on this. It also seems like wasted resources. Too much extra stuff when a simple booklet that has the lyrics and a synopsis would be fine. And they can use a smaller font size to save a little more paper. ::)
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Haven't seen Crime, Inc. but am really enjoying her in Swing Hostess.
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Thanks DR jose. That is weird none of the Montreal dates are listed. :(
There always seem to be some cities and dates left off the "upcoming cities" list. Even major venues.
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Re: Light in the Piazza
I heard Barbara Walters discuss seeing this show the other day. And sadly I learned more from her discussion, then I did from the entire booklet that came with the cd.
She (Barbara) had mentioned that the show had touched her because she also had grown up with a sister who was mentally challenged (like Clara was).
Now listening to the cd, it is clear that Victoria Clark (Clara's mom) does not want to leave her alone. And it's clear that Clara has problems (she freaks out).
Does anybody have any idea why they chose not to include a synopsis, or at least disclose key aspects of the story?
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There always seem to be some cities and dates left off the "upcoming cities" list. Even major venues.
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Well as long as they are still coming here!
It just seems so odd to have some cities and not others.
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I think I will perhaps pick up that Musical Classics set tonight, if Best Buy has it in stock.
Martha is doing one of those western memorabilia shows back east and I will see if they would kindly put me in touch with her. Then I shall interview her and all the world will know the Liltin' Martha Tilton story!
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Where is Jack Randall Earles today?! I think he must be at the thee-ator!
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Re: the new Light In the Piazza cd.
Does anybody else here dislike when cds come in boxes? I don't hate it, but I really am not too fond of it.
And what was with them not even putting the name of the cd on the cd cover. Only a pic with nothing else written. Considering I'm sure many people keep only the cd case, I cannot believe they did that.
The booklet is quite nice and easy to read. But with all those pages you'd think they could have put a synopsis. I think that would be very important for this story. I found it especially necessary because there is no explanation about Clara's problems (which to me is an extremely relevant and important part of the story).
I've only listened to it once. But so far my fav is track 2 (what they sang on the Tonys). Love that song.
Nonesuch did the same with the previous two Guettel projects. Don't like it too much, but no real biggie. I do, however, think the lack of Piazza synopsis a bit odd. If I hadn't seen the show, I would have been a bit confused.
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That Musicals Box is worth it just to have THE GREAT GABBO, which is one of the more hilariously bad films you'll ever see. Erich von Stroheim as a very angry ventriloquist. His dummy is qute comical and sings a couple very catchy tunes. There are some truly bizarre musical numbers.
I've seen boxed sets like that with horror films and crime films and "family" films too, but I feared the quality would be prohibitive.
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Re: the new Light In the Piazza cd.
Does anybody else here dislike when cds come in boxes? I don't hate it, but I really am not too fond of it.
And what was with them not even putting the name of the cd on the cd cover. Only a pic with nothing else written. Considering I'm sure many people keep only the cd case, I cannot believe they did that.
The booklet is quite nice and easy to read. But with all those pages you'd think they could have put a synopsis. I think that would be very important for this story. I found it especially necessary because there is no explanation about Clara's problems (which to me is an extremely relevant and important part of the story).
I've only listened to it once. But so far my fav is track 2 (what they sang on the Tonys). Love that song.
Jen, I'm not crazy about the packaging on this CD either. If you look on the last page of the booklet, it tells you to go to the nonesuch website to read the synopsis. Trouble is, it is so horribly written that it makes the story of the show sound like a complete mess. Ugh!
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That Musicals Box is worth it just to have THE GREAT GABBO, which is one of the more hilariously bad films you'll ever see. Erich von Stroheim as a very angry ventriloquist. His dummy is qute comical and sings a couple very catchy tunes. There are some truly bizarre musical numbers.
I've seen boxed sets like that with horror films and crime films and "family" films too, but I feared the quality would be prohibitive.
DR Rodzinski, I have the Sci-Fi box and it is not too bad....I liked it as there were several titles that I didn't really want to spring good money for, and yet I was curious about them...and since each movie comes out to be like 60 cents a piece..well! The pic quality varied, but if you can find a good price on the set I would go for it.
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At Fred Meyers this last weekend I picked up a box set of 30 "Mobster" films for $10.00! Some wonderful titles...most from the 1930 and 40s...a couple from 1929, and a couple from the 1950s...all crime-drama stuff I had never seen before, and most I had never even heard of...rather obscure titles.
I watched one film from it already and enjoyed it quite a lot...it starred Anne Nagel, Ward Bond, and Steffi Dunn....the picture quality was really very nice.
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And the word of the day is: DYSPEPSIA!
Dyspepsia only one calorie. Coke Zero has no calories, but tastes like it, too.
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Re: Light in the Piazza
I heard Barbara Walters discuss seeing this show the other day. And sadly I learned more from her discussion, then I did from the entire booklet that came with the cd.
She (Barbara) had mentioned that the show had touched her because she also had grown up with a sister who was mentally challenged (like Clara was).
Now listening to the cd, it is clear that Victoria Clark (Clara's mom) does not want to leave her alone. And it's clear that Clara has problems (she freaks out).
Does anybody have any idea why they chose not to include a synopsis, or at least disclose key aspects of the story?
I don't think that it's a big secret (the show is based on a novel and movie). I read an interview with Victoria Clark and she openly talked about when they were developing the show, they were deciding where to put the "reveal" of Clara's problem. They tried different places in the first act and the second act and finally settled on where it is now (I forget...I've only listened to it twice). Anyway, it doesn't have any big surprises like Wicked does. I can understand why they didn't put a synopsis (which I got from a fellow HHWer :)) in the CD for that show.
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On my way to pick up packages, including the newly released DVDs of Danger: Diabolik (very excited about that one), The Reviers, and Prime Cut.
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Thanks for the info on JOHNNY GUITAR. I will check it out momentarily.
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New DVDs in the mail (somebody STOP me):
Nightmare Alley
The Razor's Edge
Whatever Happened to Baby Jane
New CD in the mail:
Sondheim Sings Vol. 1
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I still think the movie of SWEET CHARITY is mostly marvelous. Fosse got carried away with his big, new toy and went crazy with too many zooms, but I still find it an immeasurably more entertaining and faithful version of a Broadway musical than HELLO, DOLLY or MAME ended up being. And Shirley macLaine has never been given the credit she deserved for making Charity the ultimate lovable loser.
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Quite enjoyed NIGHTMARE ALLEY today. Hadn't seen it in awhile, and it was grand watching it in an ALMOST pristine print. However, why for the love of pete did they have a transfer missing a couple of frames. When it jumped about halfway through, I thought my DVD player was having a heart attack. Then, I realized it was I having the heart attack. Why would Fox DO that? Surely they could have found that scene intact somewhere in their archives.
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Loving Tyrone Power as much as I do made me put in WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION as soon as NIGHTMARE ALLEY finished. Since it was being discussed the other day here on the forum, I wanted to watch it again. It's been awhile.
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And one for Mahler! I just had to do it. ;)
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TCB, you have not responed to my response to your e-mail. Or do you not know the answer yet...perhaps Jed knows the answer, although he probably does not know the question.
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I haven't gotten all the way through THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA, but Matthew Morrison is the one who has blown me away thus far. After HAIRSPRAY, I had NO idea he could sing like this.
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Off to Pirate game at Yankee Stadium. Should be a swell affair.
Swell-tering, that is!!
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Back from the mail place - only the box of DVDs was there - not the two overnight shipments I was told would be here. e-mails have been written, oh, yes, e-mails have been written.
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The Lovely Wife and I thought Where's Poppa was a screamingly funny, brilliant comedy when we first saw it in college. We thought it so funny, we went and dragged my parents to it the following night. They must have thought we were insane. Years later we're sitting here and it crops up on one of the movie channels. Man. were we disappointed. Spectacularly unfunny. So laboured and forced.
Keith and I found the movie screamingly funny. My father refused to see it. ;D I have been hesitant to watch it again and will heed your advice.
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No shaking here, but they did evacuate some of the Oregon coastal towns yesterday...a brief panic.
Where? I only read about the California coast, in particular along the coast line we drove home on. I’m sure glad we missed it.
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I haven't gotten all the way through THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA, but Matthew Morrison is the one who has blown me away thus far. After HAIRSPRAY, I had NO idea he could sing like this.
I like his voice a lot, but I would have thought that his pronunciations of the Italian would have been more ... correct, I guess. I mean, to me he sounds like an American singing in Italian, not a native Italian singing in his native language. Just my 2˘. But otherwise, I really do like his voice. ;D
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DR Jane, the news mentioned Cannon Beach and Seaside. It showed pictures of people and cars fleeing...looked sort of like one of those 1950s sci-fi films where everyone is fleeing the city.
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Kraft Canada has this cool magazine that they send out free. But most of the recipes seem to be on the website.
http://www.kraftcanada.com/summer
A couple of years ago while traveling in Canada I discovered Christie ginger cookies (not sure of the exact name). I wrote Kraft Canada to find where to purchase them. Kraft Canada said I had to talk to Kraft in the States and passed me along. I emailed Kraft a few more times and the only response I ever received was someone would get in touch with me. I expected more from Kraft.
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MBarnum-LOL. On the pier in Bandon are directions what to do in case of a Tsunami warning. Basically it says to run really fast to high ground. ;D
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Of course, the media panicked everyone yesterday, with their cries of TSUNAMI. How man TSUNAMI's has California had in its history - actual TSUNAMIs, not warnings (there have been four warnings, including yesterday's, in CA's history).
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I shall now be on my way to rehearsal with Mr. Spirtas.
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A couple of fun movies releasing on DVD Sept. 6th...MR HOBBS TAKES A VACATION and GUIDE FOR THE MARRIED MAN.
I know JRand54 will be most pleased with the first title!
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Of course, the media panicked everyone yesterday, with their cries of TSUNAMI. How man TSUNAMI's has California had in its history - actual TSUNAMIs, not warnings (there have been four warnings, including yesterday's, in CA's history).
Well, I don't know how many tsunami California has had in their history, but I remember the tusnami (then called a tidal wave) of 1964, following the Alaska earthquake. The "tsunami" caused damage in Prince William Sound in Alaska, Vancouver Island in Canada, and damage up and down the coast of California. The worst damage was in Crescent City where one wave that struck the city was 21 feet high. I would say that would be something worth warning people about.
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I would prefer warnings be issued and all be well than the reverse.
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Hi all. Sorry to say I won't be here long. I was right. Mowing the lawn on a work night was a BIG mistake. I am so tired right now.
I have to get up early as well because I have a blood draw in the morning.
Jane! I'm so very glad to see you back, safe and sound. I hope you both had a wonderful trip! :)
Did you see the pictures I posted in the tech section of the Muse and the Milford?
I promised BK I would delete the file when you said you had. If you want/need any of them, I will gladly email them to you.
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Well, I don't know how many tsunami California has had in their history, but I remember the tusnami (then called a tidal wave) of 1964, following the Alaska earthquake. The "tsunami" caused damage in Prince William Sound in Alaska, Vancouver Island in Canada, and damage up and down the coast of California. The worst damage was in Crescent City where one wave that struck the city was 21 feet high. I would say that would be something worth warning people about.
It's the same thing with the Hurricanes we have. We have so many warnings that don't come true that people stop listening to them.
Well, you see what that kind of thinking got people last year. I also would prefer to err to side of caution.
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Good Evening!
8:30pm EDT...Hmm.. Guess I should get some dinner...
Laters...
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Danise I did see the photos. :) Thank you.
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Tonight, a local semi-professional theater company (Harlequin Productions (http://harlequinproductions.org/)) is having a volunteer thank you dinner/free final dress performance of their next show, a Motown revue called "Dancin' in the Aisles: a Motor City Rock ’n’ Soul Celebration! (http://harlequinproductions.org/tickets/05Dancin.html)" It should be very good. There is no dialogue, no set ups, no introductions, no "characters," just song after song after song. Last year they put together their own show called "Dancin' in the Street (http://harlequinproductions.org/seasonpages/04DancinStreet.html)" and it was a huge success. There was so much music that they wanted to use last year and couldn't, they decided to have a second version this year.
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So that's where I'm going right now. I'll give a report when I get back later tonight. The dinner starts at 6:30 and the show starts at 8:00. It'll probably a couple of hours long...maybe more. And now, off to the theatre! ;D
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It's the same thing with the Hurricanes we have. We have so many warnings that don't come true that people stop listening to them.
Well, you see what that kind of thinking got people last year. I also would prefer to err to side of caution.
The fact that an area or a coastline has no history of tsunami is what makes them even more deadly. If the Indian Ocean countries had ever had a history of these waves, they would have had a warning system set up to protect them, in case of another one. The fact was that they had never had a tsunami in recorded history, so they had never worried about them before. There was a warning issued to those countries by some scientists almost thirty minutes before the waves hit, but there were no sirens or warning bells on any of the beaches to warn the population.
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ENjoyed seeing WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION on DVD again after a too-long absence. Not the greatest transfer in the world, but I certainly appreciate having it full and complete.
(spoilers)
I have done the play twice (once as Carter, once as Vole), and all three of the major surprises at the end of the movie are in the play, too: Vole's guilt, Christine's (Romaine in the play) admission of being the mystery woman, and Vole's murder by his wife. The film is different only in that Sir Wilfred is going to represent Christine in her trial for murdering Leonard.
Can those who were saying the film's ending was so different make it clearer what is different? Of course, the short story that Christie first wrote is vastly different in that the only surprise there is that Leonard is guilty, not innocent, of the crime, but the play greatly expands on that surprise with additional twists.
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Got around to RENO 911! tonight. I didn't think it measured up in any way to the first two seasons without them doing inept things in a parody of COPS. Love the characters but most of the show was bankrupt of ideas.
Trudy's bed and breakfast (where she made her guests do her housework and wait on her) was funny, but I really didn't find anything else very amusing.
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Also watched an original STAR TREK episode. This one was the one where the crew meets Abraham Lincoln in space. No, not one of the better episodes, but I had never seen it. On DVD, these episodes certainly are wonderfully sharp and colorful compared to what I used to watch on NBC.
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Iz you kiddin' me? I leave at four o'clock and come back at eight-thirty, and we're not past page FOUR???
This will NOT do, oh, no, this will NOT do. We're on our way to a new all-time low, and the reason for this is what? Sloth? Lazy butt cheek sitting?
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We're on our way to a new all-time low, and the reason for this is what? Sloth? Lazy butt cheek sitting?
I have spent a fascinating evening at a burglar alarm class at the police department.
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My day has been at war with my tape deck which I suspect needs replacement recording and playing heads. I have won the battle today and actually recorded some tracks on tape and then to CD. Without a doubt I shall lose the war.
Todays' recordings were "The Songs The Beatles Gave Away" to Billy J Kramer, Cilla Black, P J Proby, Badfinger, Mary Hopkin and Peter & Gordon.
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Last night's viewing (thank you to OzDerek) was "Return to Oz" which we found devoid of charm and heart.
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For those old enough to remember - I am about to listen to the Kalin Twins. They had 4 hits in this country.
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Hello MBarnum. I don't think it was Ebb Tide that damaged my tape deck heads - there could have been sand washed up though.
Yesterday's listening was Kander & Ebb's "Zorba" - both versions. We watched the movie the night before.
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At least we're on page 5 now. I'll be back later.
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Good Evening!
Been sort of a blah day for me all around. Not bad, not good. Just blah.
Guess I was due for one.
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However, I did step out earlier to make a grocery store run, and it was/is absolutely gorgeous outside. Humidity died down and in the upper 60s.
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Later has arrived as the Kalin Twins are telling me about their "Three O'clock Thrill".
It's been a bit "blah" here too DR Jose.
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The zebu, man! We are neglecting the zebu!
Had a lovelier than lovely dinner with la Pogues. Stuffed ourselves silly, but the conversation, as always, was sparkling and delightfully delightful.
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I could use a Three O'Clock Thrill. I had a thrill at one-thirty, but not at three. Damn them, damn them all to hell.
Jacuzzi night tonight, in about thirty minutes.
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Painful defeat at Yankee Stadium tonight. Grrrr.
However, it WAS quite cool tonight. And thus a pleasant evening weatherwise.
I returned to read BK speaking out passionately against tsunami warnings.
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DAMN YOU TSUNAMI WARNINGS! DAMN YOU!!
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Tsuna mi than you at the ball game DR Rodzinski.
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I've noticed that when Fox is going to release a DVD, they show the heck out of the movie on Fox Movie Channel. I have been seeing GUIDE FOR THE MARRIED MAN on there a lot lately. When that movie is on, I cannot help but watch it to the end. Funny, funny movie, in my book. Robert Morse, funny. Matthau, brilliant. Joey Bishop: DENY, DENY, DENY. Some of the "skits" miss the mark, but generally a good time.
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Zebu Zebu Bop
Zebu Bop, Zebu Bop...
I ain't got nobody
Nobody, cares for me, nobody, nobody
I'm so sad and lonely
Won't some sweet mama come and take a chance on me? etc.
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A lovely dinner with BK tonight and The Lovely Wife at the Hamburger Hamlet across from the scenic Grauman's Chinese.
BK came with a treasure trove of goodies and my prize for winning the trivia contest which was...wait for it...drum-roll, please!...an early pre-release copy of Guy Haines: New Guy in Town. Despite, all the caveats that this is not quite the finalized version, it is WONDERFUL! WONDERFUL! Let me say that again, WONDERFUL! WONDERFUL!
What delightful, joyous album and every song on it is a winner! Mr. Haines is in fine vocal fettle! It has made me and The Lovely Wife very, very happy! Some surprises for me were They Don't Give Medals (To Yesterday's Heroes), Cowboy Waltz, and Getting Away With You...a rather brilliant number by a talented songwriter Mr. Johnathan Goldman. When I listened to it in the car on the way back from dinner, my skin tingled and the hairs on my arms stood on end. Mr. Kimmel is represented by his own BORN TOO LATE from the WHAT IF revue. Tons of other great numbers are given great renderings: a longtime favourite of mine , POINT OF NO RETURN, LOVE LOOK AWAY, MILLIONS OF MEN, and, oh, all fifteen are just GREAT! GREAT! Let me say that again! Just GREAT! GREAT!
Mr. Haines' legions of fans will not be disappointed and it will earn him a legion more!
I usually don't answer these trivia questions. Glad I did this one! Oh...and dinner was, as always, rife with lovely and sparkling conversation and wit! We laughed and laughed until we thought we could laugh no more...and then guffawed all over again!
P.S.- The liner notes to the Haines album are a treat too! BK delivers with his usual literary panache!
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The Haines album is still ringing through the house. The Lovely Wife is playing Mr. Goldman's haunting Getting Away With You right now...for the third time!
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Okay, I finally thought of a TOD candidate. I loved ET as a youngster, felt the magic, all that. Then I saw it a few years ago, and man, it just didn't seem that good, with the overly-sinister govt. agents and all that. It didn't hold up for me or even seem that magical.
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When does the Haines album receive its official release??
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I first saw ET this year! One of the most over-rated films of all time. (IMHO).
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As for MODESTY BLAISE, yeah. Also given showings on Fox just before its DVD release. That movie is in a class of its own. So wrongheaded that it almost fun to watch for that reason. And it LOOKS cool. But you watch the last half hour of that thing and you just can't believe it is still going.
HIGH TIME, I saw for the first time a couple years back, and I liked it, though I didn't take it as a total comedy. It isn't really flat-out funny. But there is an emotional truth in that film, I think. In the question of Bing's motives returning to school, seeing his kids for who they are, making friends with a different generation. For those things, I enjoyed it. And the cool screen wipes.
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Add me to the chorus of shrugs about E.T. When I first saw it when it came out, it was Peggy Lee for me, "Is That All There Is?" I thought it nice...enough. But this drooling kowtowing to it? Beats me. I agree: very over-rated.
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All right, Zebu-ites and ET non-acolytes. I am beat and off to the land of nod. I think this page 5 stands as one of the of the great pages in HHW history.
Good night.
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Well...anyway. More rehearsing, more set decorating, more shopping....more directing....more making sound CD's and writing out cue sheets. Whew! Yes, DRMBARNUM - I was at a real live thee-aytur today.
Yes he did, DR VIXMOM....but I think the dancing will be the key to the number, not the costumes.
Hmmmm...yes, DR CHARLES POGUE winner of the Sparkling Prize - it is so true that "up to the minute, on the edge, current movies" age faster than just about anything, except Menudo. DRVIXMOM - if you like Bud you would like Strawberry Statement, just leave everything past 1972 at the door.
Now wait a minute, let me get this straight. Is Martha Tilton a hostess who swings, a hostess at a swing, or a hostess on the night shift, or WHUT? I am so confused.
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DR TCB did you get something in the mail?
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How lovely to read Pogue's comments on the new Guy Haines album. I have passed them along to Mr. Haines and he is very pleased, oh, yes, he is very pleased.
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Dear Kimlets, and dear BK, himself!
I have just finish the m ost ASTONISHING workout! I listened to the preview album twice, then I danced to Born Too Late twice, then Millions of Men, twice, then Getting Away with you 5 TIMES!!!. Once, just to play with it, twice, to get a bit Latin, and two more times pole-dancing. It's THAT sexy! That rhythmic! THAT fabulous!
Ya gotta HEAR this album. Just when you think it can't get better than this, it DOES!!. I'm going to drive my husband NUTS playing this!
And I CRIED to several songs...Love Look Away, Millions of Men, even the Cowboy Song. Go figure!
It's That kind of an album, and now I fear that hordes of disgruntled Kimlets and Brucelings will storm our gates and DEMAND we share!
NO!!!
Thanks, BK, for the best gift since your LAST CD!
You're ACES, kid!
La Jolie Femme
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Has Ann caught up? Will Ann be at the gathering?
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Did you ever get the feeling that Ann does not want to answer the question that I have now posed three times? I'm afraid it's going to be Boot Hill for Ann.
Jed, tell your pal she's RUDE.
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I am no such thing. And Jed says he doesn't take kindly to people calling his girlfriend rude.
Sadly, it doesn't look like I'll be able to make it down on Monday. We're short handed at the center, and I doubt I'll be able to take any hours off. I do wish I could manage to attend...ah well.
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I have returned home from the performance of Dancin' In the Aisles and let me tell you it's fab-you-luss!! They cast six very strong singers (although a couple of them are not very strong dancers...they can move, but they don't have "rhythm" the way Motown dancers need rhythm). Anyway, it's just two hours and 15 minutes or so of Motown songs (including intermission). Totally fun and people really did dance in the aisles! They actually rebuilt their stage so that there is more room between the front row and the stage. I must usher for this several more times! ;D
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Well, third time's the charm. For some reason, I didn't think you'd be able to attend. I wish you would, though, so try really hard, okay?
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And will Jed be there?
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Wow, we made it to page six by the skin of our teeth.
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Sadly, it doesn't look like I'll be able to make it down on Monday. We're short handed at the center, and I doubt I'll be able to take any hours off. I do wish I could manage to attend...ah well.
Is the Sunday get-together a possibility??
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I will try, as I would like to attend.
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We could car-pool. I'm just south of you in Olympia! :)
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We would love Ann and Jed to be there.