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Title: SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: bk on November 13, 2003, 12:16:09 AM
You see, if you skip the notes you don't know what the hell the title means.  So, post away, my pretties, about any and all, and also the topic of the day.  I'll be back in a bit, oh, yes, I'll be back in a bit.

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Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Sigerson Holmes on November 13, 2003, 12:38:53 AM
Today's notes remind me of something I've been meaning to, but never got around to, looking up.  I'm therefore taking this opportunity to ask the resident HHW Streisand experts:

Has Babs ever recorded any of the actual songs that the real Fanny Brice made famous?


Also, inspired by a reader's response to the HHW Halloween "scariest album" topic, I recently won on eBay the Diana Ross and the Supremes "Funny Girl" album.

So for now, my dream cast includes Diana as Fanny and the Supremes as the Ziegfeld Girls.  Maybe if I knew the show well enough I could fill out the rest of the cast with other Motown stars.  Would Berry Gordy be the appropriate Flo Ziegfeld?

(I may feel differently about all this after I receive the album, though.  I'll let you know.)
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Tomovoz on November 13, 2003, 12:52:20 AM
As our two leading players Fannie & Nick: Mr & Mrs Matthew Broderick. Jason Alexander as MR Z and for Fannie's Mother Rosie O'Donnell.
I have not checked but I thought that "My Man" was a Fanny Brice number. "Second Hand Rose" may have been too. I don't think Babs has recorded "Rose Of Washington Square" (same writer)which I suspect Fannie sang as well. No doubt some one will set us straight by the time I get back to these notes in about 12 hours time.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: George on November 13, 2003, 02:13:33 AM
How about the (predominantly) American Idol cast of Funny Girl:

Fanny:  Kelly Clarkson
Nick Arnstein:  Justin Guarini
Rose Brice (Fanny's mother):  Paula Abdul
Florenz Ziegfeld:  Simon Callow
Georgia James (the Anne Francis part):  Celine Dion
Ziegfeld Girls:  Mariah Carey, Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Beyonce Knowles

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Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Jrand73 on November 13, 2003, 02:54:20 AM
I remember Sally of the Circus and Sally Go Round the Roses and Mustang Sally....hey, whatever happened to Sally?  ???

Hmmmmmmmmmmm......

Funny Girl:

Fanny - Kirstie Alley
Nick - Kevin James
Fanny's Mother - Estelle Getty
Mr Z - Carson Daly
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Michael on November 13, 2003, 04:03:17 AM
How about

Pia Zadora as Fanny and Adrian Zmed as Nick?


No wait that really did happen!!!

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Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Jrand73 on November 13, 2003, 04:23:22 AM
I agree with Mr BK that the sound on the Gypsy cd does leave a lot to be desired.  At first I thought it was my system, so I switched, and it was the same.   :(

As to Ms Rosalind Russell - as he wrote, these are work tracks and have not been manipulated at all.  I have to say that Ms Lisa Kirk did a great job matching her voice, and I agree that some of the keys are troublesome.  I do like the movie and I like the soundtrack CD.  It is nice to hear what RR was trying to do, and she is an actress NOT a singer.  I am still a bit surprised at some of the notes.  I am not convinced that you hear Natalie Wood singing on the soundtrack.   ;)
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Michael on November 13, 2003, 04:26:10 AM
Regarding yesterday's posting about sleeping your way through a show. It never happened in a musical but it did happen in two plays noth in NYC: Hurlyburry and Good. Walked out on a musical called Street Heat with Glen "whatever happen to" Scarpelli and Vicki Lewis at intermission and I very rarely leave a show even if I have to sleep through it.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Jrand73 on November 13, 2003, 04:26:15 AM
Here is your Allison Hayes picture of the day.  She is posing with Mr Scott Brady, her co-star in 1956's Mohawk.

 ;D
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Ben on November 13, 2003, 04:34:55 AM
Worst Cast Scenario for Funny Girl

Well, she probably would have been mentioned at some point so I'll do it early

Fanny: Lea Delaria
Nick: Sean Hayes
Flo Ziegfeld: Gary Coleman
Rose Brice: Cher
Georgia James: Jenna Elfman

and I like George's picks for the Ziegfeld Girls so I'll keep them.

Ziegfeld Girls:  Mariah Carey, Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Beyonce Knowles

BTW, Kerry and/or MG, (I know you're on the road to Erie PA). How is Sugar doing? Any peeing on the rug or did she come house trained?

Back later.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Danise on November 13, 2003, 04:57:56 AM
A quick Good Morning before I have to zoom off to what should be another very enjoyable day at class.  This day will fly by!  It was noon before I blinked yesterday.

Laura II --I'm so very sorry to hear of you and your friends  loss.  

BK--I know you won't get it but some lurkers will--did you say SHRILL???(http://www.click-smilie.de/sammlung0903/lachen/laughing-smiley-014.gif)

Be safe and have a good day all!

D
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Jrand73 on November 13, 2003, 05:12:25 AM
Well I looked at All That Chat and Broadway World.com.  Where are they talking about HHW?  I need a url please.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Ben on November 13, 2003, 05:33:18 AM
Hey, folks, after you listen to Donald's show, if you want to surf over to BBC Radio 3 Stage and Screen, Edward Seckerson has an interesting interview with Adam Guettel (Floyd Collins, Myths and Hymns and The Light in the Piazza).

Here's the link

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/classical/stagescreen.shtml?focuswin (http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/classical/stagescreen.shtml?focuswin)
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: William E. Lurie on November 13, 2003, 06:16:38 AM
In honor of tonight's Broadway opening how about Boy George as Fanny and Rosie O'Donnell as Nick?

"My Man" was originally a French song but the real Francis Borach (Fanny's real name although I may have spelled it wrong) introduced the English adaptation in an edition of the Follies.  Since people knew that Nick Arnstein was in jail at the time they assumed that was who she was singing about.  Two other songs that Fanny sang and Babs recorded were "Second Hand Rose" (as mentioned above) and "Sam, You Made The Pants Too Long".

By the way, in real life Nick Arnstein was Fanny's second husband, not her first.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Jrand73 on November 13, 2003, 06:21:55 AM
Nice new photos Tom from Oz & DR TCB.

Hey, TCB, looks like you opened your closet door and got your ascot.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Craig on November 13, 2003, 06:56:21 AM
What a day yesterday!  Oh yes.. a lovely lunch date with a friend and chinese food. Then a few hours running errands. I then had a lovely dinner with Ms. Kerry Butler (who ordered a Frittata and I made her say it over a few times because it's just one of those words that sounds so fun.) We were joined by the very lovely jazz vocalist Michelle Pirret who is hard at work on her second album. Her first, as I mentioned yesterday, had liner notes written by Bruce Kimmel!

After Kerry and I walked to the Virginia Theatre, I had an impromptu meeting with Adam Epstein who was one of the producers of Hairspray and is currently working on bringing Cry-Baby to the stage.

Then it was time for Taboo.  Out of professional courtesy (since I was on press comps) I shall not give my review until the curtain goes up this evening. I will say that I sat two rows in front of Rosie and also Madonna...
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Jason on November 13, 2003, 06:56:43 AM
I should be arriving at work in exactly 9 minutes. Ain't gonna happen, and I don't really care.

Dream cast for FUNNY GIRL? Let's have a very Sondheim-esque group, shall we?

Fanny: Donna Murphy
Mrs. Brice: Angela Lansbury
Georgia: Bernadette
Nick Arnstein: Mandy Patinkin
Flo Ziegfeld: Len Cariou to be replaced by Geo. Hearn

All of the songs could be changed to minor keys, or even some obscure modal tonality. It would be swellegant...:\
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Jrand73 on November 13, 2003, 06:57:33 AM
Actually DR Craig, Madonna and Rosie sat two rows BEHIND you!
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Craig on November 13, 2003, 07:06:30 AM
I fixed my typo.. sat, not saw.  Was typing fast....
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Matt H. on November 13, 2003, 07:36:53 AM
Yep, WEL is absolutely correct about Fanny Brice's numbers and Barbra's singing of them, and let's not forget "I'd Rather Be Blue" from the FUNNY GIRL film which was also a Brice standard. Weren't some of the standards in FUNNY LADY like "Great Day" and "I Found a Million Dollar Baby" also Brice standards?

Speaking of Brice, I've never seen MY MAN (I think it's a lost film) or BE YOURSELF,  early talkies that Fanny made, but her wonderful recording of "Cookin' Breakfast for the One I Love" from the latter film that I have on an old RCA LP of songs from the early talkies, is priceless.

Have any of the record companies made any compilations of those early talkie songs for CD release? I love to have them if they're available. That LP of mine is pretty worn out.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Jennifer on November 13, 2003, 07:42:50 AM
Um DR Ben can't they lock you up till at least noon! :)
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Matt H. on November 13, 2003, 07:44:23 AM
I forgot to list my FUNNY GIRL cast:

Fanny - Doris Day
Nick - Omar Sharif (wait; he's done it; how about Mickey Rooney)
Mama Brice - Brittney Spears
Eddie - Russell Crowe
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Jrand73 on November 13, 2003, 07:48:47 AM
DR MATT - a quick search shows NO Fanny Brice on CD.  She is on some OCR cd's of a couple of the FOLLIES editions and her Baby Snooks is on some Old Time Radio collections, but with the exception of "My Man", no one has bothered.  But this was done quickly....so she may be out there somewhere....
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: bk on November 13, 2003, 07:51:50 AM
I got it, Danise, oh, yes, I got it quick.

They don't mention us by name any more - too clever for that, although occasionally my first name gets mentioned or they'll say "initials".  Or they'll say "the guy with the fractured psyche who writes at a certain website" or something like that.  They (well, it's down to one, really) think they are being too too clever and I say let them think that because it probably brightens their day to do so and anything that makes a brighter day is fine by me.

Excellent casting suggestions so far.  I'd at least have Roseanne Barr audition for Fanny, along with her ex, Tom Arnold as Nicky.  
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Matt H. on November 13, 2003, 07:58:19 AM
Thank you, DR JRand. Just like with DVDs, the companies aren't much interested in what's old but rather with what's new. [sigh]  

:(
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: TCB on November 13, 2003, 08:00:28 AM
You see, if you skip the notes you don't know what the hell the title means.  So, post away, my pretties, about any and all, and also the topic of the day.  I'll be back in a bit, oh, yes, I'll be back in a bit.

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Thank you for the reminder, BK about reading your notes which I always enjoy.  Maybe I am extra tired this morning.  I caught up on the end of last nights posts, and then for reasons known only to Sally of the Tropics or is it Sally Go Round the Mountain I flipped directly over to this morning's post instead of your notes (actually written yesterday).  Fortunately, your first post saved me from a life of crime, which might have netted me ten to twenty in Leavenworth, or five to ten in Woolworth.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Kerry on November 13, 2003, 08:01:29 AM
Fanny:  Mary Hart
Nick:  John Tesch
Mrs. Brice: Julie Andrews
Flo:  Buddy Hackett


And yes, Ben, Sugar came housetrained.  We've had one or two casualties, and we are all still adjusting to everything.   I cannot expect her to do the things Mazal did automatically through her her 14 years.  Sugar is very smart ---sometimes too smart.  But she is very sweet, and I think we are all very lucky to have each other.


Sally of the Tropics sounds fine to me.  I think that was one of the nicknames of a friend of mine, come to think of it.  We called him many things:  "Tongue of the Ocean,"  "Welcome Wagon," and many more.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Jrand73 on November 13, 2003, 08:19:17 AM
Ain't it the truth, DR Matt?  ::)

Hey what's with all these members who have Zero posts?

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Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Emily on November 13, 2003, 08:23:13 AM
Good Morning HHW! :)

I have finished my Provinical Politics AND Arab-Israeli Conflict Papers.  Survivor is on tonight.  I might go see a play tomorrow.  My sister is making me fondue chinois tonight for dinner.

In other words... life is good!

I am going to rush home after my next class to work on some journals for Women and the Christian Tradition and a presentation for Conflict, Crisis and War and then I am done done done done done done done for the week. :)

I have little to no knowledge of funny girl, other than Barbara Steisand was in it, so I'm going to have to pass on the topic of the day.  

Laura II - I am so sorry to hear the news about the young man who committed suicide.  My thoughts are with you and his family and friends.

Craig - how was dinner with Ms. Butler and associates?  Have I mentioned recently that I hate you and you wonderful life? ;)


Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: JMK on November 13, 2003, 08:24:18 AM
Question:  does this new "official" release of Gypsy differ from the excellent "bootleg" version offered on eBay about two years ago with great regularity?  That one has several bonus tracks of Ros (and Karl and Natalie) doing scratch takes.  That same seller also offered an excellent bootleg of Finian's Rainbow with a bunch of bonus tracks.  IIRC, BK at some point mentioned he knew this seller, so maybe BK can let me know if these two CDs differ markedly.

I forgot to mention--we finally had to euthanize our sweet collie Ethel last week when her cancer had spread too far to be treated.  We are dogless for the first time in our marriage, and it is very strange, very strange indeed.

And, re:  Doris of the Thousand Days--if we get another female dog, we had, by mere coincidence, decided to name her Doris (we like "old lady" names for our dogs).
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: William E. Lurie on November 13, 2003, 08:26:09 AM
The "standards" in FUNNY LADY (ie: songs not by Kander & Ebb) were not songs that Fanny sang (or if she did they were not songs she was associated with) but were all songs where Billy Rose (the 3rd Mr. Brice in real life, 2nd per the films and play) had credit as co-writter.  This usually meant that he told the actual songwritters that he wouldn't use the song in one of his shows without credit (Jolson did this too).

Meanwhile I wonder how many DRs know that Babs was the third choice for the original Broadway production after Mary Martin and Anne Bancroft turned it down.  And a performer who so desperately wanted the role that she recorded an LP of Brice songs as an audition was Kaye Ballard.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Matt H. on November 13, 2003, 08:27:10 AM
Addressing something that was brought uyp last night. I haven't seen the Hugh Jackman OKLAHOMA! and haven't seriously considered buying it (supposedly going to be shown on PBS during Thanksgiving week). I really am about OKLAHOMA-ed out. A professional group did it here about 5 or 6 years ago with Rue McClanahan as Aunt Eller. Then three years later, the semi-professional summer theater here in town did it with local talent. And this video version coming on the heels of the less than successful Broadway mounting of that London revival. So, I thouht, that's all, brother. No more OKLAHOMA.

Yesterday, my friend who is the costume designer for a group that I did SCROOGE and THE SOUND OF MUSIC with told me that group's first choice for a spring musical is probably going to be OKLAHOMA. Now, I've never done Will Parker in the show, and I'd love to try for it (the mustache will have to go), but I REALLY am tired of this show.

Is it possible to declare a moratorium on OKLAHOMA?
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Jrand73 on November 13, 2003, 08:27:24 AM
Hey!  Watch who you are calling a old lady, bub!
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Matt H. on November 13, 2003, 08:34:31 AM
Love that Doris! When is the Motion Picture Academy going to wake up, smell the coffee (or milk shake in her case), and award her an honorary Oscar for her dazzling versatility in a host of musicals, comedies, and dramas in a twenty-year film career?
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Jane on November 13, 2003, 08:35:19 AM
Matt H said “Robert Evans is such an egotistical boor that I couldn't stomach KID NOTORIOUS either.”

We watched the DVD, “The Kid Stays in the Picture” last night—a documentary based on the autobiography of ex-Paramount Studio head Robert Evans.  Visually, the film is a remarkable amalgam of dream-like editing and film-noir-type narration.  Together, the combination is so infectious you can’t help but be sucked into his story.
 
The way Evans narrates the film is entertaining though, at times, I wanted to grab him by his celluloid collar and make him enunciate his words more clearly.  The handling of still pictures (remember it’s a documentary) was masterful, because the foreground parts of the pictures were made to seem to float in a three-dimensional way above the backgrounds, making them far more alive and interesting than they could have been.
 
One evening last year, while traveling, we saw Robert Evans signing copies of his autobiography.  I didn’t know who he was so I picked up the book.  “Soon to be a major motion picture” was highlighted on the dust jacket.  It seemed interesting enough so we added the upcoming film to our NetFlix queue when we got home.  
 
In his heyday, I never knew who Evans was—but I certainly paid to see “his” films: Rosemary's Baby, Love Story, The Godfather, and Chinatown, to name a few.  And to hear him tell it, they were HIS films.  Somehow he manages to weave enough self-deprecating words into the narration to make you like him AND believe him.

Well as Evans says in the opening sequence: “"Every story has three sides: Your side, my side and the truth."  He may be an “egotistical boor” as Matt says but “The Kid Stays in the Picture” provides some insights into “his side” of the story.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: TCB on November 13, 2003, 08:36:39 AM
JMK:  My deepest sympathies on the loss of your beloved Ethel.

I mentioned last night, but I would like to acknowledge again, that my new and improved photo is thanks to the efforts of DR MattH.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Jrand73 on November 13, 2003, 08:37:29 AM
DR JMK - not sure if this is the same "bootleg", Natalie is on only one work track "Together Wherever We Go" -and even though I bid on the CD when it was offered, I never won.    Condolences on your loss of Ethel.....  :'(

DR WEL - I saw that Kaye Ballard LP when I was searching for Fanny Cd's.  I like to listen to the score of Funny Girl - but I don't like the movie much....moments here and there, but what was it Pauline Kael called it (I think it was her) - "...a gilded broccoli..."  And William Wyler said that any shortcomings should be excused because after all...."it is the first movie Barbra Streisand ever directed...."

I think I mentioned the Academy oversight here once, MATT, and Mr BK said that they (and others) had approached Doris about appearing and/or receiving such recognition, and that she had firmly turned them down....she is not interested.  

Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on November 13, 2003, 08:39:05 AM
Hey!  I read the notes!  And I still don't know what the frell the title of today's posts means!

I once walked through a sally port!  

And I have sallied forth, on occasion.

But never in the tropics.

JRand53:  What's all this fuss from people with zero posts?

Bad Casting drill:  

Fanny:  Janeane Garofalo
Nick:  Pauly Shore
Flo Ziegfeld: "Joey Pants" (Joe Pantoliano)
Eddie: Jason Alexander
Mrs. Brice: Doris Roberts (at least one cast member needs to be interesting and fun).
Georgia: Kelly Ripa

Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Matt H. on November 13, 2003, 08:42:12 AM
I agree with much of what you say about Evans' professional expertise, Jane, but THE KID STAYS IN THE PICTURE is pretty white-washed if you read other people's perceptions of Robert Evans. His drug use was much more pronounced than he makes it out to be, and if you saw him accept his Golden Globe for Best Drama Film for CHINATOWN, you'd know what I mean by ego. I'm surprised anyone else could fit on that stage with his big-headed acceptance speech that night (barely glimpsed in THE KID STAYS IN THE PICTURE). I'm fully convinced his obnoxious speech helped cost CHINATOWN the Best Picture Oscar that year (though I think GODFATHER II is an unquestionale masterpiece that might have won anyway.)
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Jrand73 on November 13, 2003, 08:42:51 AM
DR RON - yea!  How could you be a member and read and NOT want to post?

DR TCB - you never did tell us how you got your ascot!
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on November 13, 2003, 08:44:47 AM
Love that Doris! When is the Motion Picture Academy going to wake up, smell the coffee (or milk shake in her case), and award her an honorary Oscar for her dazzling versatility in a host of musicals, comedies, and dramas in a twenty-year film career?

She must either be diagnosed with an inoperable fatal disease or she must be considered "past it" before they drag her out and give her the honor they so easily bestow in acting categories, on less worthy individuals, annually
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Matt H. on November 13, 2003, 08:48:54 AM
I can't believe she wouldn't accept the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award for her work with animal rights, and she did accept the Cecil B. DeMille Award for lifetime achievement from the Golden Globe folks (Hollywood Foreign Press) some years ago. Maybe that experience was so unpleasant that she is loathe to go through it again, but it's just not RIGHT that she not have an Oscar when, as DR Ron said, others far less worthy have one (or two).
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Jrand73 on November 13, 2003, 08:50:46 AM
MATT H - I remember when she was on the Golden Globes.  She looked so good and she said something like:  "I had forgotten what it was like....I miss this..." or something like that.

She's also a pretty determined Midwestern girl, so if she says no....she means it.  We can just hope she will change her mind.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on November 13, 2003, 08:58:22 AM
Meanwhile I wonder how many DRs know that Babs was the third choice for the original Broadway production after Mary Martin and Anne Bancroft turned it down.

And also Carol Burnett, making Streisand fourth choice, at least.

Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Kerry on November 13, 2003, 09:04:27 AM
JMK:  I am truly sorry about Ethel.  When DRMusicGuy and I lost Mazal last June, that was the first time in almost 30 years of marriage that we were dogless.  It's been a rough road.  We were just waiting for the right dog to enter our lives (whether or not I thought I was ready), and Sugar walked in.  The right dog will enter your lives too when the time is right.

And we had a Basset Hound named Doris.  Her full name was Wee Baby Doris (which I thought sounded like a child star at Paramount), so I think Doris is a great name for a dog.


On a lighter note, another casting choice for Funny Lady might be:

Fanny:  Annette Funicello
Nick:  Frankie Avalon
Flo Ziegfeld:  Harvey Lembeck
Rose Brice:  Joan Collins
Georgia: Candy Johnson
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Matt H. on November 13, 2003, 09:05:09 AM
Isn't it amazing how WRONG Martin, Bancroft, and Burnett would have been for the role? I know the producers were thinking only of a name, but when it's a BIOGRAPHY, one would think a LITTLE common sense would come into play. Maybe not.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Jrand73 on November 13, 2003, 09:12:42 AM
"You said it, Matt" signed Carroll Baker.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Craig on November 13, 2003, 09:36:12 AM
Emily...

Don't hate me because I sup with the beautiful and famous. One day I will sup with you too ;)
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Matt H. on November 13, 2003, 09:36:47 AM
LOL, JRand, and Carol Lynley could also sign her name!
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Andrea on November 13, 2003, 09:41:18 AM
Emily...

Don't hate me because I sup with the beautiful and famous. One day I will sup with you too ;)


Craig...

You can't afford to eat with Emily... no one can afford to eat with emily!

Speaking of whom... if you're going to see Black Comedy with bad british accents, I might want to join in.
Jennifer: So what was the final verdict on the general Tao? And is there a polite way to ask discretely for a copy of the recipe?

Back to my last two papers of the week!

Kisses and all!
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Maya on November 13, 2003, 09:42:27 AM
Helloooo!

Great nightmare Funny Girl casting!  How about the teenybopper cast?

Fanny--Hillary Duff
Nicky--Ashton Kutcher
Rose Brice--Demi Moore  ;)
Flo Ziegfeld---Colin Farrell
Georgia--J Ho.
Ziegfeld Girls--the Hilton sisters, plus all the ones George thought of!

Jane--Great review of the Kid Stays in the Picture!  You've actually made me want to see it now!

BK--No one is a bigger Merman fan than I am, but I do partially agree with what you said.  Maybe she was simply too big for the screen.  Although there are moments in TNBLSB that I found genuinely affecting and I STILL wish she had done the screen version of Gypsy if only to preserve that legendary performance on film!!

Ron--I knew about Mary Martin and Anne Bancroft, but I had no idea Carol Burnett had been in the running!  Wow...what an..uh, interesting performance that would have been!

JMK--I'm so sorry to hear about Ethel!  My heart and thoughts go out to you.

Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: William E. Lurie on November 13, 2003, 09:43:38 AM
Can one of you DRs tell me just who Paris Hilton is, what she has done in her career and why has she replaced "Beniffer" as the most over-exposed celebrity du jour.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Maya on November 13, 2003, 09:45:06 AM
Andrea--BLACK COMEDY???  If you do go, one of the parts is a frustrated spinster with a fondness for the bottle.  That was me 2 semesters agp...bad British accent included!  ;)

Maugham rules, btw!  Have you ever read the Moon and Sixpence?

Craig Brockman...supper-boy to the stars!!  : ;)
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Jay on November 13, 2003, 09:51:25 AM
Can one of you DRs tell me just who Paris Hilton is, what she has done in her career and why has she replaced "Beniffer" as the most over-exposed celebrity du jour.

The Hilton sisters, Nicky and Paris, redefine the concept of being famous for being famous.  Or, actually, being famous for being famous heiresses (of the Hilton Hotel fortune.)  Even Zsa-Zsa Gabor, famously known for being famous for being famous, did do a little work now and then by appearing in films.

How "hot" a party is in L.A. is defined by how long these two brats socialites stay at the affair.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: William E. Lurie on November 13, 2003, 10:01:55 AM
Jay ---
Since Zsa Zsa (Susan Gordon's co-star in "Picture Mommy Dead") was once married to one of the Hiltons is she any relation to Paris?  Also Liz Taylor's first husband was a Hilton.  Is she related to them?

* * * * * * * * * *

Letter to the Editor in today's NY Daily News:
"What kind of country is this where Rosie O'Donnell and Boy George are opening a show on Broadway, and Farrah Fawcett closes in previews?"
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: bk on November 13, 2003, 10:09:26 AM
It's bagel day here at work and I've had mine.  My editor is once again doing "emergency" crap to another show, although we're in pretty good shape on this stuff we're doing.  Monday, my two regular editors start and they cannot be pulled away to do anything but our show.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Maya on November 13, 2003, 10:09:49 AM
WEL--LOL at that letter!

I think Jay explained it pretty well!  I guess they are the modern day equivalents of women like Barbara Hutton and Doris Duke...only the latter two had class and style.  Nicky is generally seen as the tamer one.  She only dances topless on tables once a week.  ;)
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Lulu on November 13, 2003, 10:10:33 AM
I don't know if I can beat Pia and Adrian.

But I'll try.

How 'bout...


Fanny:     Reese Witherspoon
Nicky:       Frankie Muniz
Rose:       Marlon Brando (in drag)
Georgia:   Queen Latifah
Ziegfeld:  Mr. T.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Jennifer on November 13, 2003, 10:11:54 AM

Andrea wrote:
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Craig...

You can't afford to eat with Emily... no one can afford to eat with emily!

Why, what does she like to eat?

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Jennifer: So what was the final verdict on the general Tao? And is there a polite way to ask discretely for a copy of the recipe?

Oh you can ask, don't be shy.  It was good. But it really wasn't too much like General Taos. There were gooey sticky breadcrumbs (that didn't stick as well as i would have liked). And it was very sweet. Like I said I baked it. And I'm pretty sure that frying it is the only way it will be like what we are used to.

If you still want it, ask and I will post it. I have another few recipes where you fry the chicken. I will eventually try those and hopefully it will be more like what I am used to eating. Or I can just get some from my local Chinse restaurant!
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on November 13, 2003, 10:12:59 AM
* * * * * * * * * *

Letter to the Editor in today's NY Daily News:
"What kind of country is this where Rosie O'Donnell and Boy George are opening a show on Broadway, and Farrah Fawcett closes in previews?"

W-o-n-d-e-r-f-u-l comment! Makes me grin, ear-to-ear!

(Although I have serious reservations about anyone finding Farah Fawcett remotely Broadway-worthy over Rosie and Boy).
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: bk on November 13, 2003, 10:13:06 AM
I would actually pay good money to see some of these casts - it also might be fun to mix and match from our lists.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Jason on November 13, 2003, 10:21:55 AM
Fanny: Ellen DeGeneres
Rose: Rosie O'Donnell
Georgia: Tommy Tune
Nicky: Lea DeLaria
Flo Ziegfeld: Dame Edna
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Ben on November 13, 2003, 10:30:01 AM
How about

Fanny: Raven Symone (from Disney Channel's That's So Raven)

Nick: Shia Leboeuf (sp) (also from Disney Channel on Even Stevens)

Rose B.: Zsa Zsa Gabor

Ziegfeld Girls: The four sisters from the old Cosby show in the 80s (can't remember all their names)
Georgia: Mariah Carey

Flo Z.: Jerry Stiller

Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Ben on November 13, 2003, 10:31:27 AM
What is the character's name, the piano player from Mr. Keany's who helps Fanny in the beginning. We need to come up with someone to play him.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Jay on November 13, 2003, 10:31:32 AM
DR WEL--I honestly don't know.  Those potential familial relationships hadn't even occurred to me, but now that you mention them, their prospect is delicious!

DR Jason--Did you line up your cast for an HRC benefit?
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Ben on November 13, 2003, 10:34:11 AM
We should include the person in Jason's photo who is dressed as Wonder Woman. She could be a specialty act in the Follies number.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: S. Woody White on November 13, 2003, 10:35:09 AM
Good news: I'm at long last back on-line!

Not so good news: I've got too many chores that need my attention right now (like job hunting), so catching up with all of BK's notes and the oompityfratz posts from the last two weeks will have to wait until tonight.

Good news: I've started writing the story of the trip.  Hope at least some of you enjoy it.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Jennifer on November 13, 2003, 10:35:41 AM
Fellow Survivor addicts should check out this in depth coverage for tonight's show:

http://rapids.canoe.ca/cgi-bin/NewChat/NC-transcript.pl?CHAT_NAME=SurvivorPearlIslands7&WATCHER_ID=814402&ACTION=TRANSCRIPT&LAST=999999 (http://rapids.canoe.ca/cgi-bin/NewChat/NC-transcript.pl?CHAT_NAME=SurvivorPearlIslands7&WATCHER_ID=814402&ACTION=TRANSCRIPT&LAST=999999)


http://jam.canoe.ca/JamSurvivorPearl/bootpicks.html (http://jam.canoe.ca/JamSurvivorPearl/bootpicks.html)
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Ben on November 13, 2003, 10:37:39 AM
Welcome back Woody. Look forward to trip reports.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Jason on November 13, 2003, 10:37:54 AM
Fanny: Jennifer Holliday
Rose: Sheryl Lee Ralph
Nicky: Norm Lewis
Georgia: Loretta Divine
Flo Ziegfeld: Billy Porter

Ben: I agree...Wonder Woman should definitely be in one of the follies numbers. I'm sure she'd be flattered to know that you want to cast her in a show!
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Jennifer on November 13, 2003, 10:38:13 AM

Okay this Survivor news probably won't make anyone happy but me and DR Emily. But this is the rumor about the All Star Survivor filming now in Panama.
As long as Colby is there. I am in.

It is rumoured that there are THREE tribes. Tribe One: Ethan Zohn, Rudy Boesch, Rupert Boneham, Jenna Lewis, Jerri Manthey, Tina Wesson. Tribe Two: Richard Hatch, Colby Donaldson, Lex Van den Berghe, Jenna Morasca, Shii Ann Huang, Kathy OBrien. Tribe Three: Rob Mariano, Rob Cesternino, Tom Buchanan, Alicia Calaway, Amber Brkich, Susan Hawk.

Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Jason on November 13, 2003, 10:38:47 AM
Oooh! I'm so close to becoming a Senior Member!
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Ben on November 13, 2003, 10:39:27 AM
The piano player I mentioned earlier. He could be played by Rod Stewart or Keith Richards.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Ben on November 13, 2003, 10:41:16 AM
Actually Jason, you'll be a full member. The push to become a Senior Member at 250 posts will then take over your life. I hope you have as good a posting partner as I have had in Jennifer, racing as we did to the finish.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Jason on November 13, 2003, 10:42:44 AM
Details, details...I just want another star.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Lulu on November 13, 2003, 10:43:55 AM
Geez, I FINALLY got a picture to work!!!

That was grueling...I need to go and have a lie-down.

Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: S. Woody White on November 13, 2003, 10:44:12 AM
DRIVING TOWARDS ORION

Chapter One: Thursday, October 30th

I would have expected moving day to be more traumatic.  That is what I’ve always heard it would be, traumatic, but I truthfully cannot think of a word less applicable.  Think of the synonyms the word traumatic brings to mind, words like shocking, or disturbing, or hurtful.  Shocking makes me think of R-rated films, the sort of movies that kids aren’t supposed to watch and are therefore marketed towards them.  A movie of the moving day I went through would resemble an episode of The Care Bears, it was so lacking in shocks and excitement.  The MPAA would have to invent a new rating, for things too bland to earn a G.  I didn’t so much as stub a toe, so the word hurtful doesn’t apply, and no one we knew was disturbed by the move.  We’d said good-bye to most of our friends earlier in the week, but since they’d all been hearing about our leaving for too long, the general reaction was more “At last!” than “Ohmygawd, I’ll never see you guys again!”  I actually had to follow Tedbear, our favorite bartender, into the men’s room at the Crest, to repeat the news that this was indeed farewell.  That I wasn’t kidding this time finally struck him as he was standing at the urinal, the realization hitting him with enough force that he spun around, missing me by inches.  Still, there was a solidity to the farewell hug he gave me that was gratifying.

I don’t mean to imply that there wasn’t plenty to do.  Der Brucer, my life-partner of nearly eighteen years, had decided to break the move into two parts.  First he was going to drive the five dogs and me, with all the really necessary earthly belongings, cross-country to Rehoboth Beach, Delaware.  Then, after a week of getting us settled, he would fly back to Long Beach, California, and get a different moving company than the one we had originally contacted to move all the rest of our belongings eastward.  We’d stalled enough, he reasoned, what with getting our new house built taking two and a half years when it should only have taken one.  Heck, I’d taken early retirement at forty-eight in anticipation of the move, and I was now a couple of months into fifty!  Besides, we were scheduled to join a group of friends from the Internet at the Kennedy Center for a matinee of Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman’s Bounce two Saturdays hence, and if we didn’t get going those tickets would go to waste.  There are priorities in life, after all.

That final Thursday, my priority was to get my room cleaned out.  That way, it could be used as a staging area for the rest of the items in the house that were to be moved upon der Brucer’s return.  Out went the old box springs and mattress, no longer needed.  A new bed was waiting for me in our new home.  Out went piles of papers and now unwanted magazines into the trash or recycling bins.  The cooking magazines, still useful for their recipes, all went into moving boxes to be shipped later.  What clothes I’d need during and after the trip fit easily into one large duffle, the rest into a large box, the hanging shirts and suits into a second box made for those kinds of items.  The empty bookcases lined one wall, along with my desk and a couch der Brucer had decided belonged in the new home’s basement.  My old desk chair, which I’d had since my days at John Muir Junior High, followed the old bed into the driveway to be trashed, no longer useful or repairable.  There was no trauma, or even remorse.

The dogs watched all this with a certain amount of curiosity, but except for an occasional poking about, inspecting things with their noses, they stayed out of the way.  Marty, the big black lab, and Buster, the golden pup, were at last getting along, although Marty left the roughhousing to Buster and his sister, Bonnie, and to Mikey, the terrier who was no longer our youngest.  Kelsey, the old daschund, stayed on his pillows and simply watched.  A friend of der Brucer’s, experienced in real estate, dropped by at one point to discuss der Brucer’s plans for selling the old house and declared that Bonnie and Buster must have some Basingi in them, because of their markings and builds.  I didn’t have time to go on-line to check her opinion, so I simply agreed.

It was finally time to pack the car.  The back seat was to be the dog’s lair, with blankets laid over the upholstery for their comfort.  The trunk was jammed with suitcases, boxes, and the main ice chest.  The laptop computer was to be at der Brucer’s feet, a smaller chest for colas at mine.  I’d already picked out close to fifty CDs to be played during our journey, but had worked out a system where I’d move the discs I’d play each day into a smaller traveling case that I’d keep up front, swapping them every night or morning with fresh discs from the main box in the trunk.  For the most part we’d be listening to show tunes, consistent for two men timing their move to a November matinee at the Kennedy Center.  Dog leashes were to be kept near my feet, each day’s maps by my side.  The sun was already setting by the time we were ready to move the dogs from the house into the car; first Kelsey, who needed to be carried, and then the other four, who only knew that something exciting was happening.  Der Brucer went back inside for one last phone call, and I looked at the house we had shared for nearly eighteen years for one last time.

I felt nothing at all resembling trauma.  It had been a good house that we were leaving, one that der Brucer already owned when we met, and though not large it had contained us well.  I wouldn’t miss the kitchen, too cramped with barely a square foot of useable counter workspace and an oven that wasn’t useable at all.  The back yard had been a place where the dogs could romp, the living room a place where I could watch DVDs.  But looking at the house elicited no sad emotions.  I’ve never been unable to let go when it was time to do so.

Der Brucer finally dashed from the house.  “Are you ready?” he asked.  “Is everything locked up?” I asked in return.  He nodded, and we stared at each other for a moment.  If there was a reason I wasn’t regretting the move, that reason was standing in front of me.  I momentarily thought of giving him a big, wet kiss right there, in front of the house, but he was already opening the door on the driver’s side of the car and getting in.  What the heck, I thought, the neighbors aren’t around to be shocked, and wouldn’t be shocked after all these years anyway.  I opened the passenger door, and looked up.  It was dusk, and the stars would be out soon.

To Be Continued...
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Ben on November 13, 2003, 10:46:42 AM
Lulu, you look loverly or luverly (ahh, alliteration)
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: bk on November 13, 2003, 10:47:23 AM
One better thing about this here way of posting - the Woody stories look better and are easier to read.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: bk on November 13, 2003, 10:48:44 AM
Good photo, Lulu.

Oh, and I found out that there's something around called Anna in the Tropics, so that must be what I had in my head.  But if it's Anna in the Tropics what's Sally's deal?
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: S. Woody White on November 13, 2003, 10:49:46 AM
DRIVING TOWARDS ORION

Chapter One: Thursday, October 30th (part two)

A few days earlier, der Brucer had picked up a supply of books and maps from AAA.  In particular, he had ordered a special book from them, a sequence of maps spiral-bound together that they call “TripTix.”  The maps themselves are generic, covering major routes, but taken in order, page to page, the entire trip from coast to coast was outlined for us.  Each page was a fold-over sheet, with the suggested route for that part of the trip marked with a highlighter on the top of each page.  Opening each page revealed all the alternate routes and side trips available for that particular leg of the journey, and on the back was information about the sites and towns, along with maps of some of the cities.  All in all, it was a handy little gadget, well worth the extra price it cost for its assembly by the people at AAA.  For this particular leg of the journey, however, der Brucer was ignoring the TripTix.  He knew well enough how to get us out of Long Beach and on the road to our first stop in Needles, by way of Barstow.  

Traffic on the 91 Freeway was predictably heavy.  “This will all clear out before too long,” he told me.  I was more concerned with how the dogs were settling down.  Kelsey hadn’t budged from his pillows, and as far as I could tell he was quite content, although I couldn’t see him as he was laying right behind me.  Marty, meanwhile, had declared most of the back seat behind der Brucer as his territory.  There was a contented look on his face, a smile matched with half-shut eyes.  Mikey had found a spot alongside Marty, and Bonnie was watching everything that was happening from a spot in the middle, half on and half off the console dividing der Brucer and myself.  Buster was the problem.  He either could not or would not find a spot in the back, and if I tried to push him back he would push himself forward again, either through the middle over Bonnie or going around and over the back of my seat or der Brucer’s.  Having him climb over me was bad enough; climbing over der Brucer was downright dangerous, so I relented and let him settle in on my lap.  I was certain that he would get tired and agree to sleep in the back eventually.

Der Brucer had the news on the radio, which was fine for the start of the trip.  Think of that as one of his character traits, that he always has the news playing, be it on the television at home or on the radio in the car.  I’ve mostly gotten used to it, although the repetitiveness of what the newscasters report gets on my nerves after a while.  I wouldn’t mind if whoever was programming the news would broadcast more in-depth stories about interesting things, but instead they keep to the main story of the day, interrupted only by occasional bursts of traffic or weather.  After ten minutes, the cycle repeats itself, over and over.  I was relieved, therefore, when he agreed to my taking over the car’s sound system when we got to the San Bernardino Freeway.  I’d already decided the right song to start the trip: “It’s Not Where You Start,” as sung by Barbara Cook on her Dorothy Field’s album, Close as Pages In a Book.  Fields has long been a favorite lyricist of mine, with a career that literally spanned decades, from the twenties through to the seventies.  How many other lyricists are there who can claim that they worked with Jimmy McHugh, Sigmund Romberg, Jerome Kern, and Cy Coleman?  I’m not sure I like the use her song “The Way You Look Tonight” is getting in commercials these days, but it did earn her the first songwriting Oscar given to a woman.  Der Brucer quietly sang along to “Don’t Blame Me,” something I’ve rarely caught him doing before.

By the time we got to Barstow, his tune was changing.  He was getting hungry, but the signage for restaurants wasn’t too good; by the time he could figure out what places were open, he’d already driven past the off ramp.  “That might have been the last In-N-Out we just passed,” he told me.  I wasn’t too bothered, as I’ve never been much of a burger person, but In-N-Out is a California institution, and it was slipping away in my rear view mirror.  A young co-worker who hailed from Chicago before I retired had demanded of the rest of us “What’s so great about the hamburgers at In-N-Out?”  Some things either cannot or should not be explained, so we didn’t even try at the time.  Part of the problem with his question was the implication that if one thing is great, other things in the same category cannot be great at the same time, or for different reasons.  In-N-Out is simply what a burger should taste like…in Southern California.  
I’ve been to Chicago, and I’m not sure I’d want to eat an In-N-Out burger there, because it wouldn’t taste the same.  By the same token, I recall quite some time ago White Castle trying to establish themselves in SoCal, and not being able to pull it off.  The statement, that “location is everything,” is true in a multitude of ways.

We were already past Barstow when der Brucer decided we really needed to add some gas to the tank.  The Olds he’d been driving in SoCal was one of the things he’d chosen to discard, too tired to be able to withstand the journey.  What we were driving was a rental car, a full-sized model chosen for the extra room, but this meant that der Brucer had no idea how long he could go without refueling.  It also meant that the dogs could take a rest stop of their own.  Somehow, I ended up walking the four, while der Brucer tried to coax Kelsey into doing his old man maneuvers.  Two dogs together aren’t too much of a problem when they’re leashed together, but four dogs together is something else again, an immediate tangle that gets worse with every step.  Again, when everyone was reloaded into the car, Kelsey and Marty found their places immediately, with Bonnie taking the center in case she wanted to watch.  Once again, however, Buster refused to get find a spot in back; only my lap was good enough for him.  This time, however, Mikey decided that he, too, deserved my lap, and the two dogs were soon fast asleep, as were my legs.

By this time, we were heading eastward on the Interstate 40, the road we would be following for most of our journey.  It was pitch black outside, with very little moon to light the high desert.  All that could be seen were the trucks and cars on the road ahead of us, and the stars above.  “At what point do all these trucks start to clear out?” I asked.  Der Brucer shook his head.  Thirty years had passed since the last time he had driven cross-country, and some things, like the number of trucks we were seeing, had changed.  Directly above the road we could see Orion, the most prominent constellation in the eastern sky.  His head and arms lay to the north, his feet to the south, but his belt seemed to draw an extending line straight upwards from the road ahead, perpendicular to where the horizon would have been if we could have seen it.  The music shifted, through Gilbert and Sullivan’s Mikado into Sting’s score for the IMax film The Living Sea, followed by Rebecca Luker singing Cole Porter on her solo CD, Anything Goes.  Der Brucer sang along again to “True Love,” and looked at me with surprise when she started to sing “Don’t Fence Me In.”  “Cole Porter wrote this?” he asked, long familiar with the song but not with it’s origins.  “Ah-yup!” I replied, keeping things in the vernacular.  

This was the short leg of our journey, by der Brucer’s plan and we pulled into Needles sometime after midnight.  There wasn’t a problem with our motel reservations, since der Brucer had made the arrangements over the Internet and we were guaranteed a room with a late arrival.  There was a problem with the number of dogs we had in tow, since the motel would only accept two per room, so we smuggled the pack in with us, and avoided the manager’s office when we took them out for walks in pairs.  Sandwiches were prepared from lunchmeats I’d stowed in the big cooler.  The only ruckus came when Buster discovered that there was another dog in the room, hiding in the mirror, but that interloper disappeared quickly enough when the lights were turned out.


MUSIC STACK:

Close as Pages in a Book, Barbara Cook, DRG Records Incorporated, 1993.  
Topsy-Turvy, Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, Sony Classical, 1999.
The Living Sea, Original Motion Picture Soundtrack featuring the music of Sting, A&M Records, 1995.
Anything Goes, Rebecca Luker sings Cole Porter, Varese Sarabande, 1996
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Ben on November 13, 2003, 10:50:22 AM
Anna in the Tropics is this year's Pulitzer Prize winning play. It had a production in NJ and it's either now in previews or just about to start previews on Broadway. Jimmy Smits is in it and it involves a Cuban cigar maker. That's all I remember. People thought Take Me Out would win the Pulitzer but AITT did.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Ben on November 13, 2003, 10:51:57 AM
Close as Pages in a Book, oh, I do like that one. Good choice.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Jason on November 13, 2003, 10:52:47 AM
I'm actually seeing ANNA IN THE TROPICS tonight. I have a spare ticket if anyone is interested.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: S. Woody White on November 13, 2003, 10:53:37 AM
One better thing about this here way of posting - the Woody stories look better and are easier to read.
Thank-you!  Just so everyone will know, there is a limit to how long a post can be, which is why I had to go back and split this chapter into two parts.  (I write the original in Word, then cut and paste.  I've a hunch the limit to post length will come to about two pages in Word.  That's for those of us who have a lot to say at one time.)
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Craig on November 13, 2003, 10:54:10 AM
Jason - you'll always be OUR biggest star :)
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Jrand73 on November 13, 2003, 10:55:26 AM
Welcome home, SWW.  Fun to read!  ;D

LULU LULU LULU - what a great picture!

(http://www.click-smilie.de/sammlung0903/spezial/Fool/lam.gif)
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Maya on November 13, 2003, 10:55:27 AM
Speaking of Barbara Cook....

How did she ever get cast as Fanny Brice???  I mean, I love the woman, but that is miscasting on an epic level.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Jason on November 13, 2003, 10:56:09 AM
Wow...talk about some Velveeta. Craig--that was about the cheesiest post yet. Thanks for the compliment, though. ;)
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Maya on November 13, 2003, 10:56:28 AM
Lulu--is that you in the pic?  You are bee-yu-tee-ful!
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Craig on November 13, 2003, 10:57:14 AM
Just wait until my review of Taboo :)
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: bk on November 13, 2003, 10:59:52 AM
Just a thought, S. Woody - you might want to consider having the entries be a bit shorter as you post them (not content-wise, just shorter increments) because I find them less daunting that way.  Splitting the first chapter into two posts was good, I think, and it probably could have even gone in three - you know, like a serial.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: bk on November 13, 2003, 11:01:31 AM
Well, your review of Taboo better appear here, buddy-boy, or you will be bitch-slapped by every person on this board.  No links to other sites which no one here cares about - you just post it right here buddy-boy.  We're all looking forward to your thoughts.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Jason on November 13, 2003, 11:01:36 AM
Speaking of serials...I'd like some Corn Pops right now.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Jay on November 13, 2003, 11:11:12 AM
Wow.  I'm gone for half an hour and both DRs SWW and Lulu make their returns.  It's great to have both of you back where you belong.  (Oh, a Jerry Herman reference.)

Anna in the Tropics just closed a run at the South Coast Repertory Theatre in Costa Mesa.  It got very good reviews, but I did not catch it, unfortunately.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Andrea on November 13, 2003, 11:11:37 AM
Can one of you DRs tell me just who Paris Hilton is, what she has done in her career and why has she replaced "Beniffer" as the most over-exposed celebrity du jour.

Karma just for that!

The hilton sisters apparently model, go to the hamptons and the last rumour I heard, design purses.

I dont' know-- I don't mind rich people, but haven't they ever heard of charity to occupy their time?
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Jason on November 13, 2003, 11:11:46 AM
Only six to go!!
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Craig on November 13, 2003, 11:14:40 AM
Just for that Bruce.. I think I shall post links all the live-long-day. Links to sites all over the internet that no one cares about. Oh yes. Let's all go visit a site that no one cares about right now.

http://www.nine-music.com/No_One_Cares_B00005UMTA.html (http://www.nine-music.com/No_One_Cares_B00005UMTA.html)
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Andrea on November 13, 2003, 11:15:32 AM

Andrea wrote:
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Craig...

You can't afford to eat with Emily... no one can afford to eat with emily!

Why, what does she like to eat?


If you still want it, ask and I will post it. I have another few recipes where you fry the chicken. I will eventually try those and hopefully it will be more like what I am used to eating. Or I can just get some from my local Chinse restaurant!


Well, Jennifer... chicken is still chicken:) And I loooove chicken! So if it's avaliable, I'll take it!

Emily likes racking up food bills at resturants. I don't really know exactly what she eats-- I just know she put the children of the owners at Masion de Nouilles through college:) (Not that I didn't help....)
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on November 13, 2003, 11:20:25 AM
Speaking of Barbara Cook....

How did she ever get cast as Fanny Brice???  I mean, I love the woman, but that is miscasting on an epic level.

NOW I understand (I'm editing my confusing comments out).

It's a stretch for the imagination today, but I'm fairly certain Barbara was lithe enough to tour in "Funny Girl" in the 70s.  She has the pipes for it...if not the "look"!
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Jrand73 on November 13, 2003, 11:21:49 AM
Hedy Lamarr was Lady of the Tropics in a movie a couple of years before she played Tondelayo - a real topical tropical!
 :o
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: TCB on November 13, 2003, 11:23:24 AM
DR RON - yea!  How could you be a member and read and NOT want to post?

DR TCB - you never did tell us how you got your ascot!

Well, as you said, Jrand, I came out of the closet and there it was.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on November 13, 2003, 11:25:12 AM
JRand53:  That Hedy Lamarr photo -- from "Samson and Delilah," yes???
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Jane on November 13, 2003, 11:26:04 AM
JMK I don’t believe you mentioned Ethel.  How old was she?  I know only too well how difficult this has been for you.  My condolences on the loss of your sweet Ethel.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Jrand73 on November 13, 2003, 11:28:55 AM
I believe so, DR Ron....the world's prettiest barber, and inventor of the automatic garage door opener and the cell phone....ladies and gentlemen, Hedy Lamarr!
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Emily on November 13, 2003, 11:30:19 AM
Emily likes racking up food bills at resturants. I don't really know exactly what she eats-- I just know she put the children of the owners at Masion de Nouilles through college:) (Not that I didn't help....)

My problem is that it's less that I like eating out at expensive restaurants then it is about my frequency of saying "chuck it all... I'm hungry and tired and don't want to cook food that I probably won't want to eat by the time I'm done"

I come from a family where restaurants are a way of life.  My mother doesn't cook a lot beyond her "standards" and my father, who works as an enginering consultant, is away from home for two weeks straight out of every month. He is the "chef" of the family and transferred his love of food to all of us.  Unfortunately, when he's away, we eat out pretty much every second day.

On $144 a week, it's hard to stay within your means.  $10 here and $15 there add up.  Sigh.

Craig: I'll live within my means, though, if it means dining out with you one day!  Oh and to rip off a judge from Canadian Idol (bet you never thought you'd hear those words)"if you are cheese, you are the finest camembert!"   :-*

(http://images.google.ca/images?q=tbn:YjIlb_1ly8MC:www.french-property.com/vialexguyenne/images/camembert.jpg)

Andrea: I was thinking about BLACK COMEDY (especially so we can tell Maya about it) but only if you'll join me for dinner before it ;)
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: TCB on November 13, 2003, 11:31:40 AM
Helloooo!

Great nightmare Funny Girl casting!  How about the teenybopper cast?

Fanny--Hillary Duff
Nicky--Ashton Kutcher
Rose Brice--Demi Moore  ;)
Flo Ziegfeld---Colin Farrell
Georgia--J Ho.
Ziegfeld Girls--the Hilton sisters, plus all the ones George thought of!

Great choices, Maya, then Nicky could sleep with Fanny AND Rose.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Jane on November 13, 2003, 11:33:30 AM
Love that Doris! When is the Motion Picture Academy going to wake up, smell the coffee (or milk shake in her case), and award her an honorary Oscar for her dazzling versatility in a host of musicals, comedies, and dramas in a twenty-year film career?
[/qote]


  I will second that!
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Emily on November 13, 2003, 11:34:24 AM
Oh... I received the new Zagat Broadway and Off-Broadway Theatre Guide today in the mail free-of-charge because according to them I "added my reviews to their database".

For the life of me, I do not think I have ever even LOOKED at their Theatre Guide, nonetheless submitted anything to them.  

Weird.  Zagat has powers beyond comprehension.  

The Guide itself looks very interesting although slightly skewed towards the well-known shows that have received lots of good press like "The Producers" and "The Lion King".

I'm not complaining! :)
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: TCB on November 13, 2003, 11:34:52 AM
Andrea--BLACK COMEDY???  If you do go, one of the parts is a frustrated spinster with a fondness for the bottle.  That was me 2 semesters agp...bad British accent included!  ;)

And that's me, as Harold Gourange, but I think it may have been more than two semesters ago.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Craig on November 13, 2003, 11:35:18 AM
Emily..

How sweet... question for you..

Just how the heck is your day going?
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on November 13, 2003, 11:35:35 AM
Hedy Lamarr:  Never lovelier than she was in "Ziegfeld Girl" (IMO).  Here she is with Judy Garland (l) and Lana Turner (r):

         (http://www.jgdb.com/ziggrl27b.jpg)
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Jennifer on November 13, 2003, 11:40:43 AM

DR Andrea wrote:
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Well, Jennifer... chicken is still chicken:) And I loooove chicken! So if it's avaliable, I'll take it!

Okay I'll post the link (it will take up less room than posting the whole recipe.

This one is Candied Chicken Breasts.  People said it tasted like General Taos. I sort of adjusted a few things (didn't actually measure most stuff, used italian bread crumbs, no mustard or onions or oregano. And used some honey). There was a lot of sauce and it was a bit too sweet. Plus I need to learn to make the bread crumbs stick when you eat it. I think you might have to fry it for that.
http://chicken.allrecipes.com/az/candiedchickenbreasts.asp (http://chicken.allrecipes.com/az/candiedchickenbreasts.asp)


Here is another one that is probably better. And no bread crumbs. It's for carmelized baked chicken. This one was also sweet. But i liked it better the second day.

http://chicken.allrecipes.com/az/caramelizedbakedchicken.asp (http://chicken.allrecipes.com/az/caramelizedbakedchicken.asp)

I only take recipes that have 4 or 5 stars.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Emily on November 13, 2003, 11:41:03 AM
Craig,

Is my happiness that un-subtle? :)
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on November 13, 2003, 11:41:50 AM
NOT to be confused, of course, with Hedley Lamarr:

        (http://tomsquotes.amhosting.net/movies/saddles/fondle_th.jpg)
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Jane on November 13, 2003, 11:43:28 AM
Helloooo!


Jane--Great review of the Kid Stays in the Picture!  You've actually made me want to see it now!

Thank you.  Now I have to admit, I had Keith write it.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Emily on November 13, 2003, 11:45:15 AM
Jennifer I googled for a recipe for General Tao and guess where the first one I saw came from? Le Piment Rouge on Peel Street!  Talk about coincidences...

General Tao's Chicken (Le Piment Rouge)  
Categories:  Poultry  
Average Rating:     (15 votes)  

Yield: 4 Servings

Ingredients
10  oz  Chicken Legs, deboned  
2  c  Soya Oil  
1  tb  Ginger Root, minced  
2  ea  Scallions, chopped  
1  tb  Garlic, minced  
2  tb  Dry Chili Pepper  
2  tb  Sugar  
2  tb  Soy Sauce  
1 1/2  ts  Vinegar  
2  tb  Cornstarch  
1/4  c  Chicken Stock  
1  ts  Sesame Oil  


MARINADE:
 
1  ea  Egg White  
1  tb  Cornstarch  
1  tb  Soy Sauce
 
For the best results use skinned deboned legs of capon.
 
1.  Cut the chicken into pieces no larger than 1 inch square. Prepare marinade by combining egg white, cornstarch and 1 tablespoon soy sauce in a large bowl. Add chicken pieces and set aside for two hours. In a deep pot, heat the oil until it reaches 350 degrees. In a basket, or with a slotted spoon, lower several marinated chicken pieces into the fat. Fry about one or two minutes or until the chicken becomes crisp; test for doneness before completing the batch. Continue until all pieces have been fried. Set oil and cooked chicken pieces aside. In a wok, on high heat, reheat two tablespoons of the reserved oil. Add prepared ginger, scallions, garlic and chili peppers. Stir to prevent burning. Add the fried chicken and stir quickly. Add sugar, soy sauce, vinegar and cornstarch mixed with chicken stock. Remove from the heat and stir sesame oil into the sauce. Spoon the mixture on to a hot platter and serve immediately with steamed rice. Serves 4. Hazel Mah who owns Le Piment Rouge Windsor (translation: Red Pepper) and Le Piment Rouge Laurier graciously agreed to share the recipe for the popular dish. This dish dates back to the Chin Dynasty and is named for General Tao, a governor of the northern Chinese province of Hunan. According to legend, the old general ate nothing but poultry and this dish was his favorite.
 
Le Piment Rouge Windsor, 1170 Peel in Montreal. From The Gazette, 91/02/27.

 

Oh and if you make the recipe you probably don't want to use Italian Bread Crumbs because I believe those are seasoned with herbs and such to make them more appropriate for Italian cooking than Asian-style dishes.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Jane on November 13, 2003, 11:49:25 AM
I need to go and have a lie-down.

That sounds very English to me. ;)
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Jrand73 on November 13, 2003, 11:52:40 AM
BLACK COMEDY....lots of fun for the actors....as an audience member I was very bored.
Of course the production I saw didn't feature any of the DR from HHW!
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Craig on November 13, 2003, 11:54:13 AM
Here's another link to a site no one cares about

http://www.this-page-intentionally-left-blank.org/
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Tomovoz on November 13, 2003, 11:54:35 AM
The Hilton sisters arrived in Melbourne OZ last week to attend the Melbourne Cup (our biggest horse race - no they did not enter).
Question: Does "Sally Go 'Round the Roses"(1963) the song by the Jaynetts have any hidden meaning? I was asked a few years ago but the expression means nothing to us in OZ.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Jrand73 on November 13, 2003, 12:08:14 PM
Don't forget this link!

http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/6315/gore.html
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Jennifer on November 13, 2003, 12:09:21 PM
Deboned chicken legs? :)
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: bk on November 13, 2003, 12:21:44 PM
Craig Brockman - don't be flirting with the women on this site unless you post a LINK.  After all, we do think of you as the missing link or, at the very least, the cuff link.

Has anyone suggested J Lo and Ben as Fanny and Nick.  Wouldn't THAT be special.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: William E. Lurie on November 13, 2003, 12:23:12 PM
Speaking of miscast Fanny Brices, I saw a stock production with Carol Lawrence.  Now I like Ms. Lawrence a lot, but Jewish she is not.  Her mother was played by the late Sylvia Sims.

I also saw a high school production where the leading lady mispronounced the word bagel.  She said bag (as in shopping bag).
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Jane on November 13, 2003, 12:23:42 PM
Welcome back Woody.  Good luck with the job hunting.

I don’t have anything new to offer to today’s subject though I had loads of fun reading them.  WEL, I especially enjoyed your interesting facts.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: bk on November 13, 2003, 12:31:58 PM
We're bringing in lunch from P.F. Chang's - I'm having their yummy Won Ton Soup and some egg rolls.

Deboned chicken legs - is this a non-sequitur or just a plain old sequitur?
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Andrea on November 13, 2003, 12:33:49 PM
Jennifer I googled for a recipe for General Tao and guess where the first one I saw came from? Le Piment Rouge on Peel Street!  Talk about coincidences...
legend, the old general ate nothing but poultry and this dish was his favorite.
 

My dad tried this one... didn't turn out too well.

Thanks for the recipes Jennifer.

Sure emily, I'll eat out--- if you pay:)

Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Tomovoz on November 13, 2003, 12:33:53 PM
Good morning (Oz time) François. Good luck with all that reading from the last five days.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Craig on November 13, 2003, 12:34:44 PM
I think I would like to see Harvey Fierstein as Fanny and Don Knotts as Nicky
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Craig on November 13, 2003, 12:37:19 PM
We're bringing in lunch from P.F. Chang's

Back on the Chang Gang I see!

Personally I love their lettuce wraps (although they do not keep your shoulders very warm)

and also their combo fried rice
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Tomovoz on November 13, 2003, 12:40:27 PM
Has anyone heard from Jose or is he still languishing in Camelot?
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Jane on November 13, 2003, 12:41:52 PM
We're bringing in lunch from P.F. Chang's

Back on the Chang Gang I see!

Personally I love their lettuce wraps (although they do not keep your shoulders very warm)

and also their combo fried rice

I want Chinese food now.  We don't have a decent Chinese restaurant here.  :(
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Craig on November 13, 2003, 12:41:57 PM
Well Tom, if that is where he is.. I hope it's not something we forgot!
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: TCB on November 13, 2003, 12:44:10 PM
BLACK COMEDY....lots of fun for the actors....as an audience member I was very bored.
Of course the production I saw didn't feature any of the DR from HHW!

Ann and Jed, you will understand this story

When I first went to Central Washington State University, back in the Middle Ages, the Theater Department was into producing a lot of rather dry, rather boring drama classics.  As a result we didn't exactly draw crowds of students or town's people to our productions.  My freshman year we did Juno and the Paycock and Brecht's Galileo.  I think our largest audience was about 75, in an auditorium that seats about 600.  It was really dismal.

My second year, one of the drama professor’s directed Black Comedy, and since she was kind of a dirty old lady, she put every suggestive and bawdy thing she could into the show.  I got to play the flaming queen in the production.  On opening night we had our usual 50 people in the audience, but still ended up getting a standing ovation.  The second night we doubled the crowd to 100, and by the second weekend we were playing to sold out houses.  Some students came back to see the show three and four times; and evrey night was another standing O.  I don't think they ever went back to "just" doing the classics again.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on November 13, 2003, 12:45:05 PM
If it's jeudi, can François come out and play???
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Tomovoz on November 13, 2003, 12:56:07 PM
Maybe he is doing something (any enjoying) something truly bizarre Craig.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Craig on November 13, 2003, 01:02:11 PM
Maybe he is wondering what the simple folk do....
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Charles Pogue on November 13, 2003, 01:03:27 PM
TCB, JUNO & THE PAYCOCK & GALLIELO boring?!  No, no,no.  Though BLACK COMEDY or anything by Shaffer is great!

Anyone remember Robert Evans in THE FIEND WHO WALKED THE WEST?  KISS OF DEATH transposed to a western setting.

Wasn't there a famous George Jean Nathan review of Hedy Lamarr in WHITE CARGO that went something like: "After Hedy Lamarr said: 'Me, Tondelayo.  Me stay!'  I replied: ' Me, George Jean Nathan.  Me, go!' "

Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Tomovoz on November 13, 2003, 01:03:45 PM
This is where he can find out Craig.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on November 13, 2003, 01:07:01 PM
Maybe he's suddenly gone gay.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on November 13, 2003, 01:07:12 PM
Or, maybe he's simply fey!
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on November 13, 2003, 01:07:28 PM
Maybe Guinevere took him to the fair!
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on November 13, 2003, 01:07:39 PM
Maybe Morgana trapped him in her lair!
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Jane on November 13, 2003, 01:08:03 PM
Welcome back Woody.  Good luck with the job hunting.

I don’t have anything new to offer to today’s subject though I had loads of fun reading them.  WEL, I especially enjoyed your interesting facts.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on November 13, 2003, 01:08:17 PM
He could be lusting over the merry month of May!
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on November 13, 2003, 01:08:40 PM
But, maybe, he'll post again one day!
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Tomovoz on November 13, 2003, 01:11:48 PM
Fie on your virtue and goodness Ron.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Tomovoz on November 13, 2003, 01:17:19 PM
Wasn't that from the new version of the book "The Once and Future Queen"?
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Craig on November 13, 2003, 01:19:47 PM
The Once And Future Queen - isn't that the biography of the unknown theater poster?
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Tomovoz on November 13, 2003, 01:27:35 PM
Questions from Dear non Reader Colin: Doesn't anyone work? How do all those people have the time to post. Is it their lunchbreak? I think the question is really, "OK You are retired but you could be working around the house or in the garden and not spending so much time at HHW?"
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: bk on November 13, 2003, 01:31:20 PM
There is no such thing as spending too much time at HHW.  
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: William E. Lurie on November 13, 2003, 01:32:30 PM
Thanks, Jane.

Tom - Some of us post to avoid the monotony work.  The busier the day, the less often I check in and/or post.  
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Tomovoz on November 13, 2003, 01:33:27 PM
I shall indeed pass that message on BK. Is it a coincidence that we have not heard from Jose since I posted his photo and we have not heard form François since I posted mine?
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on November 13, 2003, 01:37:52 PM
I have a question for DnR Colin:  What are the truly important things you do during the day, other than not post at HHW?

What are your pleasures?

 :D

Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Emily on November 13, 2003, 01:40:06 PM
HHW has become part of my daily routine.

I check it whenever I log on to the internet.

If I'm bored (or am writing a very broing essay) I check in more frequently than if I am stuck at work with a gazillion things to do.

Although if everyone of my posts has taken an average of 3 minutes to write, then I have spent... hmm... 411 minutes (6 hr 51 min) posting since the board made the big switch.

That of course doesn't take into consideration the amount of time to takes to READ everyone else's posts... or BK's notes for that matter...

Wow. That's a lot of time here guys.  :)
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Craig on November 13, 2003, 01:40:55 PM
I have a VERY important question Mr. BK.  What has happened to your darling daughter Jennifer (DDJ).  One would think she has fallen off the earth.. or at least this message board!
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on November 13, 2003, 01:41:25 PM
DR Tom from Oz:  In some cultures, there are NO coincidences.

There are, or may be, consequences, however....
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on November 13, 2003, 01:43:20 PM
Why is it that every time I post and see that huge "Sally of the Tropics" thread title, I feel like I'm in some Ann Sothern B movie?
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Tomovoz on November 13, 2003, 01:43:56 PM
DR NON Reader Colin is walking  Fosca & Magnus (who are quite capable of doing it themselves). He seems to think that golf, gardening and painting are important. Poor misguided man. He had never seen a musical until I introduced hime to the supreme entertainment and weened him off his Australian Rules football addiction. He still thinks sport is important!
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on November 13, 2003, 01:44:33 PM
Non-sequitur:  Erin, go bra-less!
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: bk on November 13, 2003, 01:45:05 PM
The DD is settling in in her new digs in Carson City.  I'm not even sure they have a home computer, so until she goes back to work I doubt she'll be around.

Did you know that it is more difficult to write the About the Book copy for Kritzer Time than it was to write the book?
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on November 13, 2003, 01:46:14 PM
It has to be an adjustment for him, since you guys got a high-speed service.

You are online more...yes?  

Not as readily at his side, shall we say?

Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on November 13, 2003, 01:47:40 PM
I'm just taking a wild stab at it, but "the DD" is "the dear daughter" and not "Doris Day" or "Doris Duke", both of whom have been discussed here today?

:)
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Emily on November 13, 2003, 01:48:07 PM
Tom:

"Australian Rules Football: The Musical"

your relationship will never be better...
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on November 13, 2003, 01:49:43 PM
And speaking of folks who must be working, where the frell is Ben today????

And MBarnum?

On the other hand, let me just say how grand I think it is that DR Craig is posting more frequently.

Folks can make strangers of themselves from time to time.

I do think it should be an HHW.com RULE that Brother Mark Bakalor post here at least once a day, preferably with something censorious to say.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Emily on November 13, 2003, 01:49:57 PM
can't you just imagine a raucaus rock-tinged opening number?

oh and those funny little referees need a dance sequence...
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Craig on November 13, 2003, 01:50:54 PM
Bruce-

That is because your well crafted third book is a meal on every page and you are trying to cram all those meals into an appetizer...

THAT is why you are having such tsuris (sp?).

How do you sum up years in someone life with a paragraph?
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Jason on November 13, 2003, 01:52:06 PM
Can I just say, I hate stuffing envelopes and filing? More specifically, my cuticles hate it. I'm bleeding, Dear Readers, as I write this and it's all MTI's fault.

I only have time to post at work when I'm working the phones up front. Otherwise, I have no access to a computer.  And even then, if the phones are busy, fugheddaboutit.

I'm still trying to find someone to go with me to see ANNA IN THE TROPICS tonight. The show starts at 8:00 at the Royale...
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Jason on November 13, 2003, 01:53:34 PM
How do you measure...measure a year?

Measure in love...Seasons of love.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on November 13, 2003, 01:55:43 PM
DR Craig:  How does one sum up a lifetime in one paragraph?

"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.  And most of it was deliriously cinema-centric!"
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: JMK on November 13, 2003, 01:58:27 PM
Thanks to all for the kind comments about our dear departed Ethel.  Ethel was a little over 10 years old, not that old, really, but starting to show her age.  She developed cancer almost a year ago and underwent a very major surgery which we didn't think she'd pull through, but she did.  Then she had four or five really good months (after a slow recovery), but then unfortunately relapsed.

To whomever posted about bassets--I grew up with bassets.  Ours were named Happy and, later, Hattie (AKA Harriet).  Happy was my real childhood dog--we had her from when I was about 3 or 4 until the day after Christmas 1969, which will forever be burned into my memory.  She had been sick for a long time, too, and my Dad finally took her to the vet that day.  My sister took me to see Butch Cassidy that night to get my mind off of missing Happy.  Funny how you never forget little moments like that, eh?
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Jrand73 on November 13, 2003, 01:58:35 PM
My GYPSY cd review is up at Amazon!
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Maya on November 13, 2003, 01:58:54 PM
Wow...I had no idea that Black Comedy was such a popular play!  I hadn't even heard of it until last year when we put it on.  It was great fun though.  I loved playing drunk as Miss Furnival...uhh...of course I was only working from imagination here!

TCB--What a great story!  I had no idea that pic was of you playing Gorringe...it must have been a blast for you!  And LOL about Demi/Ashton...that was what I was going for.  

Maybe they should do some weird conglomeration of Ashton's and Demi's names, along the lines of Bennifer.  Dashton, anyone?

Ron--You know, it's funny...sometimes when I hear Barbara Cook singing I think she sounds like the other Babs, only as a lyric soprano.  But she just strikes me as too....hmmm....legit (never mind the goyishness, that isn't a big deal)....to play Fanny Brice very well.  Does that make any sense at all?

Good vibes to Jason's cuticles! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: TCB on November 13, 2003, 02:01:24 PM
Tom:

"Australian Rules Football: The Musical"

your relationship will never be better...

No, no, my dear Emily:

Austalian Rules Football: The 2nd Nudie Musical
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Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Tomovoz on November 13, 2003, 02:04:02 PM
You wish TCB. Back in a few hours everyone. Enjoy your afternoon.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: bk on November 13, 2003, 02:04:36 PM
You can't sum it up - you just have to use shorthand to make it sound appealing and give readers a hint of what they're in for, along with introducing any major new characters.  It's really hard, as it was on the first two books.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Jay on November 13, 2003, 02:09:40 PM
Here it is, world:  Funny Girl--The Nanny Reunion:

Fannie--Fran Drescher
Rose--Renee Taylor
Nick--Charles Shaughnessy
Flo Ziegfeld--Daniel Davis
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Jason on November 13, 2003, 02:10:49 PM
Ethnic jokes may be uncouthe
But'cha laugh because they're based on truth...
If everyone would stop being P.C.
Maybe we could live in
Harmony....

(Ev'lyone's a rittle bit lacist!)

--excerpt from "Everyone's a Little Bit Racist" from AVENUE Q
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Matt H. on November 13, 2003, 02:15:05 PM
I would think expert direction to be the key to a successful BLACK COMEDY. I saw a local production that was hilarious, but I could see that in the wrong hands, it could be a disaster.

On the same day in 1938, Judy Garland and Hedy Lammar were elevated to star status at MGM and presented with their own separate star makeup and costume trailers.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: TCB on November 13, 2003, 02:15:15 PM
No, Maya, the picture is of Horace Vandergelder at the Harmonia Gardens scene of Hello, Dolly!

When I played Harold, I was about thirty years younger and about one hundred pounds lighter.

The photo below, with me on the left, is closer to what I looked like when I was Harold.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Maya on November 13, 2003, 02:20:29 PM
Hmmm....Okay, TCB...that's why I got confused.  The only pic that is showing up for me is the one with you as Horace.  I wonder if it's just the computer I'm on right now.  

I would loved though to have seen you onstage as a cranky-but-loveable old codger.  Just cause you're so easy-going here, you know!

Matt H.--I think you're right about Black Comedy.  As much as Noises Off even, this play is based on split second timing.  It's hard not to get laughs for it though....so witty!

Jay--the scary thing is that Nanny casting makes perfect sense!

I'm sad I'm probably not going to get to see Mr. Sheffield play Mr. Cladwell.  :(
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Maya on November 13, 2003, 02:22:53 PM
Ok, the pic showed up now!

It looks great!  TCB, I love how your moustache hasn't changed all that much, hehe!   :P
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on November 13, 2003, 02:25:33 PM

Ron--You know, it's funny...sometimes when I hear Barbara Cook singing I think she sounds like the other Babs, only as a lyric soprano.  But she just strikes me as too....hmmm....legit (never mind the goyishness, that isn't a big deal)....to play Fanny Brice very well.  Does that make any sense at all?

Maya:  Did you know that one of Barbara Cook's most celebrated roles -- that of Cunegonde in "Candide" -- was a prostitute?  Of course, she was a high-born lady sold into prostitution, but when Candide freed her, she remained a slut with pretentiousness!

Nothing prissy about Barbara Cook!  Did you mean Streisand was somehow "not" legit?  Or did you mean low-brow?
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Maya on November 13, 2003, 02:28:23 PM
LOL, Ron, good point.  I do adore Babs Cook, and I'm sure that if I had seen her she would have totally won me over.

I wish I had more familiarity with the Candide score.  As it were, all I really know is that remarkable overture and "Glitter and Be Gay."  Something tells me the "Queen of the Night" aria is easier to sing!
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: bk on November 13, 2003, 02:29:26 PM
Good review by Jrand of the Gypsy CD.  But the best review is the one two below it - wherein the reviewer basically just cadges Ken Mandelbaum's entire review.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Matt H. on November 13, 2003, 02:30:48 PM
Great photo, TCB. We know what bk looked like in days gone by (a SHE LOVES ME reference). Some of the rest of us should scan some photos and post with us in previous incarnations.  :)
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Jason on November 13, 2003, 02:32:23 PM
I'm soooo very close. Pardon the vanity posts.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Jason on November 13, 2003, 02:32:33 PM
PPPPPPPUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUSH!
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Jason on November 13, 2003, 02:32:49 PM
*Plop!*
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on November 13, 2003, 02:33:10 PM
TCB:  You were a child of the 70s!  Did you ever wear flowers in your hair?  Did you go to San Francisco?

Did you ever protest anything and get arrested?

I see that photo and I think "Hair" and "Jesus Christ Superstar" and "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds" and "Someday, We'll Be Together" and "Bennie and the Jets"!

If you'd been around in the 20s, you'd have been a Jazz Baby, wouldn't you!!!
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Emily on November 13, 2003, 02:40:58 PM
awww... oh cute...

Jason has give birth to... to... A 500 LB WOMAN DRESSED UP LIKE WONDER WOMAN WITH FULL MEMBERSHIP?!?  Oh the humanity! ;)
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Maya on November 13, 2003, 02:45:20 PM
Quote
Jason has give birth to... to... A 500 LB WOMAN DRESSED UP LIKE WONDER WOMAN WITH FULL MEMBERSHIP?!?  Oh the humanity!

Hahaha!  Poor Jason....I wouldn't wish that fate on anyone!  OW!
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Maya on November 13, 2003, 02:46:36 PM
One more post...

Macbeth is opening at 7:30....please send me happy vibes!  
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Matt H. on November 13, 2003, 02:47:23 PM
OK, let's see: jug ears, huge forehead. Yep, that's me in first grade.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Jay on November 13, 2003, 02:48:33 PM
Too cute for words!
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: George on November 13, 2003, 02:49:05 PM
DR NON Reader Colin is walking  Fosca & Magnus (who are quite capable of doing it themselves). He seems to think that golf, gardening and painting are important. Poor misguided man. He had never seen a musical until I introduced hime to the supreme entertainment and weened him off his Australian Rules football addiction. He still thinks sport is important!

Tom, have either of you heard (or even heard of) Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical, "The Beautiful Game"?  It's about football (soccer) in Ireland in the 1960s.  There are some things that I like about it, but it's certainly not ALW's best work.  It's the closest thing to Emily's "Australian Rules Football: The Musical" that you're probably going to be able to get.   :-\
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on November 13, 2003, 02:53:49 PM
BK:  Where (or for whom) was Ken Mandelbaum's review of "Gypsy" located?  I saw the review you meant...the one from a person in Thousand Oaks...I knew it because I'd read it before, elsewhere.

I'd like to find Mandelbaum's and call Amazon's attention to it....they won't tolerate plagiarism if they know it's there.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: SwishySarah on November 13, 2003, 02:55:28 PM
Can't stay for long because my room is a HUGE mess and has to be perfectly clean by tomorrow, as well as my bathroom, and I still have to do my homework. Three comments:

I don't know the Funny Girl characters well enough to post them, but I LOVE the ones that you all have created!

BK: Unfortunately, you CAN spend too much time here at HHW. It affects your Algebra grades, doncha know?

You've inspired me to force my parents to go to Changs tonight. Yum :)

Be back later to babble about my day! Small tidbit: Watched "A Knights Tale" with Heath Ledger. HE IS SO BEAUTIFUL! "Why God, did you curse me with this face?" HAH! Loving it.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: bk on November 13, 2003, 02:56:30 PM
I THINK it was Mandelbaum - it was at one of the Internet sites I know that - if it WAS Mandelbaum you'll find it at broadway.com
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on November 13, 2003, 02:57:35 PM
DR Emily:  You have great eyes!  That Wonder Woman photo is so small, I thought it was Jason in Halloween costume.  When I looked closer and closer, I realized that Wonder Woman has enormous thighs and a considerable tummy.

LOL!
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: TCB on November 13, 2003, 03:01:10 PM
TCB:  You were a child of the 70s!  Did you ever wear flowers in your hair?  Did you go to San Francisco?

Did you ever protest anything and get arrested?

I see that photo and I think "Hair" and "Jesus Christ Superstar" and "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds" and "Someday, We'll Be Together" and "Bennie and the Jets"!

If you'd been around in the 20s, you'd have been a Jazz Baby, wouldn't you!!!

The answers are yes, yes, and No - never arrested.

As for the 20s, absolutely a flapper.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: TCB on November 13, 2003, 03:02:39 PM
Jason -- I hope all that noise was in regards to your post count, and not to anything else.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: TCB on November 13, 2003, 03:04:29 PM
One more post...

Macbeth is opening at 7:30....please send me happy vibes!  

Break a leg, Maya, and try not to cheer when they behead Macbeth.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Matt H. on November 13, 2003, 03:04:45 PM
Nice GYPSY review, JRand. Just came from Amazon. Well put! I was a fan of the GYPSY film seemingly alone in the groups I've traveled with down through the years. The only critic I had ever read who liked GYPSY on film as much as I was Douglas McVay in a little British-published volume called MUSICALS ON FILM.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: bk on November 13, 2003, 03:05:23 PM
Ron - I couldn't find it at broadway.com but I'm not adept at searching their site - however, didn't someone print the comments here earlier in the week?  Perhaps if someone checked Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday's posts, you'll find it.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: TCB on November 13, 2003, 03:08:28 PM
Aaahhhh, MattH. you were cute, even then!
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: TCB on November 13, 2003, 03:12:19 PM
As I approach that magic mark of 251, I don't want any of you to think that I will waste your time with meaningless posts about nothing.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: TCB on November 13, 2003, 03:13:41 PM
Did I remember to tell Maya to break a leg?
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Jrand73 on November 13, 2003, 03:14:59 PM
That's the one I saw MATT
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Jrand73 on November 13, 2003, 03:18:32 PM
Oh....well.....thanks....but I did take a couple of phrases from BK's notes!  LOL.....once someone says something well....it has been said.  RE: Merman and the camera and the tweaking of the sound both statements I agreed with heartily.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: bk on November 13, 2003, 03:20:23 PM
Hmmm.  Ron, I found the post wherein Jrand quoted the Gypsy CD review, but it appears that without attributing where the review came from he may have been quoting the amazon review.  If so, then that fellow wasn't stealing - Jrand, can you shed some light?
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Tomovoz on November 13, 2003, 03:23:13 PM
You meaningless TCB. NEVER.
George. I saw "The Beautiful Game" in London. if you think ALW could not get worse - he did. Ben Elton's contribution helped ALW hit an all time low.
I may be there TCB but I am not doing what you think. I am baby sitting the DOG for a half hour.
Were we supposed to post recent photos for our profiles?
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Jrand73 on November 13, 2003, 03:23:31 PM
Whut?
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Ben on November 13, 2003, 03:27:55 PM
Here I am Ron. I have had a difficult afternoon job-wise, not in danger of losing it or anything quite so dramatic, just difficulties with a higher up regarding a presentation that she should have stayed out of. My ability to present myself well in front of people has come back to haunt me in that this presentation that I'm working on needs structure and an agenda and she thinks because I know my job so well, I can just stand up for an hour and talk about what I do with humor and flair and not put people to sleep. I'm not an improvisational actor and the fact that I've done my current job for twelve years and know it inside out, does not mean I can turn it into a stand-up comedy routine. I will spend tomorrow and Saturday and Sunday working like a dog to try and save this presentation from her. If I could only go ahead in time to exactly this time next Thursday. I would be on a plane flying home from Cleveland and this mishugas (is that spelled correctly?) would be over. AAARRRGGGHHH!!!
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: bk on November 13, 2003, 03:29:19 PM
In a post on Tuesday, before any of us had heard the CD, you quoted a "review" which commented on Russell's singing.  I assumed, for some reason, that it was from an online site like Mandelbaum's.  Then, when I read the review on amazon and it said the same thing I assumed that guy had just stolen from whatever site had the review.  But in looking at your post you don't say where it came from and I'm thinking you quoted that fellow's amazon review, in which case he wasn't stealing from anywhere.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Jrand73 on November 13, 2003, 03:29:53 PM
Let me look at what I wrote on Tuesday....brb
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Ben on November 13, 2003, 03:30:59 PM
Ron, you are going for your 500 as soon as possible. When you post next it will be 390! 111 after that and at this rate, you'll do it next week.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Jane on November 13, 2003, 03:32:27 PM
Maya-good vibes.

TCB-great photo.

Matt H-how cute.

Short, but I hope sweet, post.  I must go eat something.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Ben on November 13, 2003, 03:35:14 PM
Me with my grandfather at about 4 years old
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Jrand73 on November 13, 2003, 03:35:34 PM
Yes you are correct - I had gone there to get the link to order the CD to post and also said something like "here is a partial review" but you are correct I didn't attribute it to the Amazon site.  I guess I assumed since I had posted the link just a bit earlier everyone would know.  But yes it is from the review in question.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Ben on November 13, 2003, 03:38:05 PM
We have 220 posts at 6:35 in the evening. We may raise a roofbeam carpenter (a Salinger reference)
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Jay on November 13, 2003, 03:40:35 PM
mishugas, meshugas = crazy people (m.)

mishuganas, meshuganas = crazy people (f.)

mishegoss = distasteful situation

I think, DR Ben, you meant the third one.  It rhymes with "fish a lots."
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Matt H. on November 13, 2003, 03:41:19 PM
Ben, that is a darling photo.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Ben on November 13, 2003, 03:42:40 PM
Yes, Jay, that's exactly what it is. I didn't realize there were male and female distinctions and the different meaings. Thanks.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Danise on November 13, 2003, 03:43:05 PM
Well to be honest,  BK,, I kinda bring that one on myself.  I don’t know why I type shrill instead of shill (and I know you won’t believe me but I just had to correct it . I honestly tried to type it correctly).  My fingers are firmly of the opinion that shrill not shill is the correct spelling. You used it in the correct context but it made  me laugh to see that word.  

It took me awhile to get the hang of this board thing.  I think I learned my lesson about taking things to much to heart.  Someone on the other board just did me a very, very, very great kindness despite my nastiness to him.   It’s a very humbling experience.

JMK–I’m so sorry to hear about your doggie.  Nothing can replace her but there are many, many deserving dog waiting for a good home at your local shelter.  I lost my dog, Solo, 7 years ago.  Bear came into my life less than 2 weeks later and Brandi a year after that.  I will always love Solo (and all the animals before him) but B & B are the joys of my life.  Should they pass, I know that another doggie and I will become fast friends.  B & B, Solo and all the other animals I've known will be happy for him/her.

I had another wonderful day at class. We were allowed to try several different very expensive programs, Corel PhotoPaint 11 & Adobe Photo Shop 7.0  and some not so expensive, Adobe Photo Shop Elements 2.0 and Image Blender.   I have decided that I want Adobe PhotoPaint .  Not sure I can afford the full blown program but I will at least get PhotoPaint Elements.  

It’s a good thing it’s Thursday because my inner child is wringing her hands like Golem right now.  “I wants it and I wants it NOW!.” she’s saying.  I know how I’ll be spending the weekend. I promise to come up for air every once in awhile and go online.

Sorry but I never sign on line when I’m at work.  They track that kind of thing and the local news would love nothing more than catching a government worker surfing the web. I like you all but I need my job.  Call me weird but I have this thing about eating regular meals and having a roof over my head.  Not to mention I have 2 dogs to support.  They would NOT be happy if they didn’t have their treats.  And food.   So it’s nose to grindstone from 8-5. M-F.  Life is tough in the salt mines.

D





Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: François on November 13, 2003, 03:44:10 PM
Hello, everybody!

You sure must have had a BLAST this past sunday!

I've checked the fridge; NO LEFTOVERS! Nothing!
Not even a tiny slice of cake!

MattH;

You haven't changed: I've drawn a mustache on your teen pic and you still look the same!

Now,
Mary Hart was born in 1950 and Julie Andrews in 1935; Dame Julie is too young to play mother to Mary...-- and could not sing "If A Girl Is Not Pretty", since Mary Hart IS pretty and Dame Julie can not sing anymore! -- even though I know all this is done in good clean fun....

Do you know what one thing in common Dame Julie and Madonna have? -- pardon me if I'm repeating myself here... old age you know!

Well, they both write children books!

Some guests have left a recent US Weekly issue here; my, oh my; there sure are some trash publications over there!

-- at least it sports a gorgeous pic of Miss Reese Witherspoon on the cover!

I'm sure we do have the same here....
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on November 13, 2003, 03:44:55 PM
Ben:  It's not that I'm trying to get to 500 in a hurry!
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on November 13, 2003, 03:45:18 PM
I mean, if I were anxious about it, I'd have to post a series of one-sentence posts.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on November 13, 2003, 03:45:44 PM
And I know how much that would be frowned on by others striving for the same goals as I.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Ben on November 13, 2003, 03:45:55 PM
Thanks, Matt H. My grandfather was in the Navy and he wanted one of his sons to do that also but but none of them did. They were Marines and Army. My grandmother said that's probably as close as he would get. That's as far as I got also, except for the Halloween Cracker Jack man. I was in one of the last years of the draft after the lottery was instituted and I remember listening to the radio to hear my number and the great sigh of relief after hearing it was something like 267.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: François on November 13, 2003, 03:47:42 PM
Ben,

Your grandfather was "about 4 years old" on that picture???

Sorry, but he looked older than that!!

--- i know, i know it's bad!... and I have NO excuses!
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Matt H. on November 13, 2003, 03:48:48 PM
I think my GYPSY should come tomorrow (I ordered ERNEST IN LOVE at the same time). I am really anxious to get GYPSY and will post thoughts once I have listened to it. That's one CD that will not sit on a shelf for weeks waiting to get played.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Jrand73 on November 13, 2003, 03:48:59 PM
Okay!  If we are attaching baby pictures:

My brother Mike on the right and me.
I still have the same amount of hair, I just have more head!  ;D
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on November 13, 2003, 03:49:48 PM

You haven't changed: I've drawn a mustache on your teen pic and you still look the same!

That's funny, François!  I've drawn a picture in the space where your photo should be, and you look like Jason's photo!

How do you say "Wonder Woman" en français?

 ;D
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Ben on November 13, 2003, 03:50:06 PM
Sentence structure is everything.

At least tomorrow I will put aside my work woes for a while. We are have a late birthday celebration for a friend. We're going to see a campy cabaret piece called "Reddy to Go" a tribute to Helen Reddy. Sounds like a lot of fun.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Matt H. on November 13, 2003, 03:53:00 PM
Oh, I was in some of those last groups of draft eligible folks, too. Only my number was 49. The night it was announced, I didn't get a wink of sleep the entire night. I was in college and had a student deferrment until I graduated, but that was like the sword of Damocles hanging over my head for four LONG years.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on November 13, 2003, 03:53:33 PM
Thanks, BK, for finding where you'd seen the quote, and JRand for remembering where you'd seen it.

No plagiarism there!

Mandelbaum can breathe easy, too!
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Ben on November 13, 2003, 03:54:20 PM
BK: I know that we can't see them and they can't see some things about us without registering, but since you're a Global Administrator (did you ever think you would have such an Information Technology title?) can you see the 4 "Guests" who lurk along with the 12 users?
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on November 13, 2003, 03:55:47 PM
Well, DR Matt, don't leave us hanging!

What happened when you graduated????


My draft number was 91.  I had to get two senatorial interventions to keep the draft board from coming after me before I completed my senior year of college.

I enlisted in the Navy and then flunked the Army physical.  But the Navy didn't care.  After my first year in the Navy, I didn't care, either.  I was having fun!
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Matt H. on November 13, 2003, 03:56:30 PM
I'm lovin' these pictures. You guys are the cutest both in pictures and in your words. :D
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on November 13, 2003, 03:57:29 PM
François!  What? No saucy combeback?

No sharp retort?

What's the matter?  Are we not speaking?
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Ben on November 13, 2003, 03:58:03 PM
Oh, you youngsters, wondering what these old timers are talkin' about, the draft, flower power, long hair. The good old days. Actually, except for Jason and some others, most of the young uns' are of the female persuasion, correct?
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Matt H. on November 13, 2003, 03:59:09 PM
What happened when I graduated? It's a LONG story. Remind me to tell you sometime. Suffice to say, I didn't go in the service, but I was one lucky son of a gun.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on November 13, 2003, 03:59:50 PM
We are on page 9 and it is not 4 p.m., PST, yet.  This MAY be a big, big day, statistically.

For me, it's Thursday, and the middle of a three-day work week.  TGTIF!!

Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on November 13, 2003, 04:00:45 PM
But, but...but...BEN!  Hasn't everyone here seen at least ONE production of "Hair"????

:)
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Matt H. on November 13, 2003, 04:01:02 PM
Some of us are young at heart. Does that count?  ;)

Actually, in many ways, I still feel inside like that little boy pictured a couple of pages back.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Ben on November 13, 2003, 04:02:22 PM
Yep, it will be another morning tomorrow of reading the New York Times (the review of Taboo will probably be on late tonight) and then getting through another 2 or 3 pages of late night posts. Not that I'm complaining. It's a nice way to wake up with coffee and oatmeal and a high speed connection to HHW.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on November 13, 2003, 04:02:42 PM
I know y'all will all hate me, but I have to do this!
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on November 13, 2003, 04:03:15 PM
Ahhhhhh!  My 400th post!

I'm going to sing and dance and do a little commercial for myself!
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on November 13, 2003, 04:03:35 PM
And "1" to grow on....
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Ben on November 13, 2003, 04:03:42 PM
Well, I must go. At least for a while. I will eat and relax and watch Will and Grace and then sign on one more time before bed.

Jennifer, get in here and post, girl!
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: François on November 13, 2003, 04:04:38 PM
DR Ron,

What on earth makes you think that I might look like that lady on Jason's picture?

Wonder Woman IS Wonder Woman in French since it's so.... American.

They should have choosen Merveilleuse Madame but then us dumb French might have thought it was about some wonderful prostitute from.... Candide!
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Matt H. on November 13, 2003, 04:05:12 PM
It's OK, Ron. I'll be doing similar things when I get closer to 250. I still have a ways to go.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: François on November 13, 2003, 04:06:20 PM
DR Ron,

We don't have time to "hate" you! ;)
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Jrand73 on November 13, 2003, 04:06:39 PM
Draft number 245 kept me alive!  Remember the night they drew the numbers on tv.  They drew a birthdate and then a cue number!  Our lives totally depended upon the draw!
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Matt H. on November 13, 2003, 04:08:53 PM
My college roommate was born the day before I was. I got 49 and he got 223 or something in the 200's. I was SO pissed off.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Jay on November 13, 2003, 04:09:53 PM

I enlisted in the Navy and then flunked the Army physical.  But the Navy didn't care.  After my first year in the Navy, I didn't care, either.  I was having fun!

According to the Village People, you weren't the only one!
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Jrand73 on November 13, 2003, 04:13:22 PM
LOL DR Jay.  DR MATT you still have the same smile!  DR Jay where is your baby picture?
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Jennifer on November 13, 2003, 04:16:01 PM
DR Ben wrote:
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Well, I must go. At least for a while. I will eat and relax and watch Will and Grace and then sign on one more time before bed.

Jennifer, get in here and post, girl!

Okay I'm here. But I must go, as Friends starts at 7:28pm (don't ask - it's on the same Canadian station as Survivor, so they show it early).
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Jennifer on November 13, 2003, 04:18:43 PM
Btw, how come it's been 2 weeks since the last Juliana's journal? :(

Oh and if anyone has trouble navigating broadway.com, you can always find whatever article you want at broadwaystars.com. I never go to broadaway.com directly anymore. I just choose the articles I want to read from broadwaystars.

PS-Good luck to DR Maya!

PS2-DR Emily how come you didn't comment on my Survivor news? :(
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on November 13, 2003, 04:21:47 PM
DR Ron,

What on earth makes you think that I might look like that lady on Jason's picture?

Wonder Woman IS Wonder Woman in French since it's so.... American.

They should have choosen Merveilleuse Madame but then us dumb French might have thought it was about some wonderful prostitute from.... Candide!

I'm goading you so you'll post something, dude!

I don't think you look like Wonder Woman...I was just having some fun.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: bk on November 13, 2003, 04:26:57 PM
Craig assures me there will be a new JJ up tonight or soon thereafter.

I have no way of knowing who the guests are - I don't think Mark knows either.  I do know that guests can't really do anything but read the posts and then, if they so choose, make snarky comments about them elsewhere.

Do you realize it isn't even the shank of the evening yet and we're about to surpass all of yesterday?  Good work, chaps, and let's keep them posts coming on strong.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on November 13, 2003, 04:38:04 PM
This is the time of day we seem to lapse into a lull.  Prime time is about to start up on the east coast (and parts of Canada, so it seems, is already affected) and we left coasters are getting off work and stopping off at the cleaners and the market, etc., and then have to feed the cat or kiddies or spouses/significant others before stealing a few minutes at the 'pooter to see what has been said in our absences.

Or not.  
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on November 13, 2003, 04:39:28 PM
Fair warning to Tom, and JRand and Ben and Jenn...I may use lull time to race toward 500.  I'm not kidding.  I only need 96 more posts.

:D
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Jrand73 on November 13, 2003, 04:51:13 PM
Go for it DR Ron
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Ben on November 13, 2003, 04:53:55 PM
From 5pm to 8pm could you do 96 posts? What am I saying? You would at least try. You watch Survivor, I think and that's on at 8pm left coast time so you would stop for at least an hour unless you also watched Will and Grace. By then it's midnight here and Jen and I are long gone.

This one might make 265 which was yesterdays end number, unless the Ron sneaks in and beats me to it.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Ben on November 13, 2003, 04:54:50 PM
Well, it wasn't Ron who snuck in, it was that Indiana boy. We have now broken yesterday's mark at 7'53pm EST.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Jrand73 on November 13, 2003, 04:55:16 PM
Eeeps sorry, Ben! C'est moi!
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Jrand73 on November 13, 2003, 04:56:07 PM
DR Ron - this time tomorrow evening you could be watching some really RETRO TV!
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Jay on November 13, 2003, 04:57:01 PM
DR Jrand:  That is my baby picture you see.  I was one of those people born looking forty.  If I posted a current pic you'd think Methuselah was on the board.

DR Ron:  Did you say"'pooter" or "poofter?"
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Ben on November 13, 2003, 05:01:48 PM
Hey, Canadians

Do you know anything about this show.

It's from a Headline I saw on line.

New Gay Dating TV Show on in Canada

here's the link to the story

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=529&e=2&u=/ap/20031113/ap_en_tv/ap_on_tv_fairy_tale (http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=529&e=2&u=/ap/20031113/ap_en_tv/ap_on_tv_fairy_tale)
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: bk on November 13, 2003, 05:08:37 PM
I think that unless something untoward happens we will most certainly break three hundred posts this fine evening.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Jrand73 on November 13, 2003, 05:13:04 PM
Mr BK is that your new GYPSY CD review at Amazon?  Sorry my post Tuesday made you think someone was a KopyKat!
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Andrea on November 13, 2003, 05:24:15 PM
Hey, Canadians

Do you know anything about this show.



No... but it's yet another reason to love canada.

Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Andrea on November 13, 2003, 05:25:49 PM
Vanity post feature an emily inspired vanity dance:

twirl- spin- curtsey- vanity!- fling- stare at my beautiful self in the mirror(hehe)- prance- jump- spin- spin-pas de bas- salsa!
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Andrea on November 13, 2003, 05:27:03 PM
And yet another vanity post....


www.lewindsor.com

This is where McGill is having its arts and science graduation ball this year, unfortunately sans musical theatre
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Andrea on November 13, 2003, 05:29:38 PM
And one more for the gold star: damn reward system:

Hillel has been frantically organizing bake sales across campus in order to fund their next several thousand dollar musical: Evita

At this rate of a musical a year, we may see the day when Hillel, in an effort not to repeat itself puts on Jesus Christ, Superstar and Godspell.

tee hee!
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Andrea on November 13, 2003, 05:29:58 PM
Yeah!!!!!!

Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Ben on November 13, 2003, 05:33:14 PM
Well, if we're going to vanity posts again, here is number 290 pour moi.

I will not be doing the video viewing I thought I would this weekend due to the work influx. Oh, well. During my time off before we go away perhaps we can catch up.

François, the library has Relative Values. Never saw it so we will take it out and watch it over Thanksgiving.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Ben on November 13, 2003, 05:36:12 PM
I'm so glad we have the edit function. I saw that François was on, I went up and copied his name and was able to replace it with the correct look. It was Francois but I changed it to François. What fun we have when we are looking about for other things to do.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Jrand73 on November 13, 2003, 05:40:54 PM
Idle hands are the devil's playthings.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Jrand73 on November 13, 2003, 05:51:23 PM
Please wait to download a beefcake pic of Mr Brent Barrett....

(http://www.click-smilie.de/sammlung0903/teufel/devil-smiley-020.gif)
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Jrand73 on November 13, 2003, 05:53:39 PM
DR Jay - your Mum dressed you a lot better when you was a baby than mine did.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: François on November 13, 2003, 05:57:40 PM
Ben,

I'm glad my "name" can provide so much fun; it usually rarely does that!

Boy, I'm short of "interesting" things to say tonight!

I've listened again to the original London cast recording of SHE LOVES ME: it's NOT the OBC but Anne Rogers, though not as thrilling as Barbara Cook, and a little oarse on the day of the recording, is quite efficient. I did het to see her in My Fair Lady, in Montréal in the early seventies -- yesterday!! --

Rita Moreno, not known for her singing, is quite wonderful here!

I hope I haven't said too many stupid things....

Oh, I'm still grateful for Rhino for issuing such great soundtracks which, usually, are terrifically remastered... i guess they missed with GYPSY!

Has anybody noticed the nasty comments by some reviewer on Amazon.com regarding the talents of Marni Nixon, along with the GYPSY reviews?
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: François on November 13, 2003, 05:59:22 PM
Grateful to Rhino!!... dumb me!
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Craig on November 13, 2003, 06:03:18 PM
Ok.. so here is MY review of Taboo... as disjointed as it is...

The music and lyrics are interesting, but many of the songs sound very similar.

Raul Esparza, Euan (as Boy George) and the woman playing Big Sue all give great performances.

The costumes are fun and the set design - while sparse is very effective and not overbearing.

George O'Dowd (the real Boy George) is NO actor. He leans in to speak his lines to whoever he is addressing as if to say "I'm making eye contact with you.. I'm connecting with you".  His stand out number he sells well - but the rest of the show he's rather pedestrial and uninteresting - aside from his costumes and makeup

The book. This is where the show falls apart.  One really walks away from this show wondering what the show was really about.  It wasn't really Boy George's story.. it really wasn't Leigh Bowery's story.  It was more or less just about a group of people in 1980s london.

The book also shuffles history around for it's own amusement.

The most jarring thing is Leigh and Boy George were both born in 1961 - yet in TABOO, Leigh is played by a 40+ year old and Boy George is played by a 20 year old.

The premise/setup - that the show is a flashback works fine up until an extremely contrived ending that clearly is orchestrated to get everyone back on the stage.

More later (still at work)
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on November 13, 2003, 06:04:20 PM
Jay:  I said 'pooter

Ben:  I "could" post 95 more posts between now and 8 p.m.  It's only two hours away.  Mind you, you'd truly all hate me for it...95 one-word posts wouldn't be the most pleasant thing in the world.

And I don't think anything is really worth that!  

I don't care who gets to 500 posts first.  But it will be fun trying, so long as the trying is mostly legitimate and not totally stupid.  (Two or three short posts to get there don't count.)

JRand53:  Not funny.  The Brent Barrett tease is NOT funny.  ;)

Ben: In case you forgot, or never knew, you can create the "ç" by holding down the Alt key and then keying 0-2-3-1.

I see MattH isn't among us right now.  I hope he got to do what he'd hoped he could do this evening...it involved going to a theater, so get your minds out of the gutter!

I'm gonna have Rice-A-Roni Spanish Rice for din-din.  Oh, that and something else...a bit of meat loaf or something.  I'm really looking forward to whipping up that Rice-A-Roni, though!
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Danise on November 13, 2003, 06:05:53 PM
Just came back one last time after my software search.

In the words of ET:  Adobe PhotoShop 7.0 --- Ouch.  

Methinks my inner child will have to content herself with Photoshop Elements.  Such is life.

Can you believe we're going to be in the upper 40's tomorrow morning?!  Ugh!  I hate the cold.  That does it.  I'm moving to someplace warm--like Florida!  :D

Have a good evening all.  Until the morrow.  

Thank you, Karma Fairy!  :)

D
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: bk on November 13, 2003, 06:10:03 PM
Jrand, who knows who that review is by - if I'd written it today I don't see how it could be up already.  But the guy is probably a copycat anyway, and he's wrong to boot.  I like your review much better.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on November 13, 2003, 06:12:06 PM
François:  Do you have the Ruthie Hentshall "She Loves Me"???

I think she's rather very good as Amalia -- I'd never have known she had the range had I not heard it.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: François on November 13, 2003, 06:18:15 PM
DR Ron,

No I don't... yet!

I have her -- with Ute Lemper -- in CABARET and that recording is out-of-this-world, imho, MUCH better than the last OBC!

She's also very good in DIVORCE ME, DARLING.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: François on November 13, 2003, 06:20:00 PM
OOps, boo-boo AGAIN!

Not CABARET but CHICAGO.
I think they've made a film out of this one! Recently, that is! -- don't you love my humour?
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Emily on November 13, 2003, 06:25:10 PM
Argh!  It's 9:22 and I still have three BS-full journals and a presentation to write/prepare for tomorrow!  

Argh!!!  I WILL not post here until I am done.  I WILL not post here until I am done.  I WILL not post here until I am done.

Now this is going to be hard! :)
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: SwishySarah on November 13, 2003, 06:26:48 PM
SUPER GOOD VIBEAGE TO MAYA!

My room is on it's way to looking nice enough. We're having an appraiser (spelling?) come through tomorrow so we can refinance, and my room must "look like it did on the day we bought it, Sarah." I asked if they wanted me too take the furniture out and repaint the walls, just to be sarcastic, and do you know what my mother said? She told me to go play in traffic. Isn't she lovely? She and Minnie Kritzer would get along just swell.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Jrand73 on November 13, 2003, 06:28:10 PM
LOL.....I thought since it was from Studio City it was you....and thanks for the compliment.  I need to edit a bit, but that'll do, pig.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: SwishySarah on November 13, 2003, 06:28:31 PM
Oh, and Wilson Pickett told me that he really liked my skirt today. Pervert!
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: bk on November 13, 2003, 06:31:10 PM
I'm beginning to have a feeling that if there were to be an incredibly incredible volley we might just break a new record, oh, yes, we might just break a new record.  Now, all this talk of Gypsy has made me want to watch the movie again, so I think I shall.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: td on November 13, 2003, 06:38:38 PM
(http://www.ultimatetaxi.com/gfx/mull.jpg)

Q:  Is it me or is it Martin?
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Jennifer on November 13, 2003, 06:41:09 PM
DR Ben, how did you get to 20 posts ahead of me? <sob>
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: SwishySarah on November 13, 2003, 06:41:11 PM
I got a 1200 on my SAT's...I could have done better. Eh.

-I'm trying to get to more than a Newbie...but you guys are so far ahead of me I've forgotten that number...-
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Jennifer on November 13, 2003, 06:47:21 PM
DR Andrea wrote:
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Hillel has been frantically organizing bake sales across campus in order to fund their next several thousand dollar musical: Evita

Are they actually going to do a production of Evita? This is one of my favorite musicals. So if they do, you must tell me when and where.

Montreal is so pathetic for musicals. Do you or Emily know if anything new/big/ and French is coming here anytime soon. I am craving musical theatre!

DR Ben wrote:
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Hey, Canadians

Do you know anything about this show.

It's from a Headline I saw on line.

New Gay Dating TV Show on in Canada

here's the link to the story

story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl...n_tv_fairy_tale (http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl...n_tv_fairy_tale)

Never heard of this show. And trust me if it was news I would have heard about it. I don't even know what pride vision channel is. I am pretty sure I don't get it. Anyone know?
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Ben on November 13, 2003, 06:48:52 PM
Oh, just luck I guess. Also, I didn't watch much of Friends. I think it was not very good. And you probably watched all of Survivor. I did sit through Will and Grace. Next week is a "very special" Will and Grace and what will happen was what I predicted would happen last season when the other thing happened. It's all so predictable. And I had a posting frenzy after returning home from work when I was in a foul mood and needed some release. And now I'm part of the posting frenzy which has broken yesterday's number and since it's only 6:45 on the left coast I'm sure we will break Tuesday's number. Tom and TCB and Jed and Ann and other left coasters chime in while others sleep and they help to keep this board the jiggiest on the Internet.

I will coast over to the NY Times to see if the Taboo review is up yet.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Ben on November 13, 2003, 06:50:14 PM
Jennifer, did the link not work? I tried it and got to the site.

Never mind. When I posted this your post had not fully posted yet. When my screen refreshed I saw your completed post.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Jennifer on November 13, 2003, 06:51:55 PM
DR Ben wrote:
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I did sit through Will and Grace. Next week is a "very special" Will and Grace and what will happen was what I predicted would happen last season when the other thing happened. It's all so predictable.

I watched W&G tonight too. But have not seen that many episodes. Why is next week "special". And what did you predict would happen last season?
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Ben on November 13, 2003, 06:53:51 PM
No review of Taboo yet. It will probably be up after 11 and I will be in bed by then.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Ben on November 13, 2003, 06:55:19 PM
The teaser at the end called it a "must see" Will and Grace. I'll IM you with what I thought in case other DRs don't want to know.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Jennifer on November 13, 2003, 06:55:42 PM

DR Ben wrote:
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Jennifer, did the link not work? I tried it and got to the site.

Never mind. When I posted this your post had not fully posted yet. When my screen refreshed I saw your completed post.

Sorry, I'm just lazy. Sometimes I find it quicker to copy whatever I want to quote in quick reply and then modify my post (since sometimes I want to copy text from more than one post on an earlier page).
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Jennifer on November 13, 2003, 06:57:32 PM

DR Ben who is still 20 posts ahead of me wrote:
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The teaser at the end called it a "must see" Will and Grace. I'll IM you with what I thought in case other DRs don't want to know.


I didn't see the preview for next week, which might explain why I have no clue what you are talking about.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Jennifer on November 13, 2003, 06:59:30 PM

The NY Times review of Taboo is up.  I of course am too lazy to check out  that site myself. But someone at Talkinbroadway posted the link.

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/14/arts/theater/14TABO.html (http://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/14/arts/theater/14TABO.html)
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Jennifer on November 13, 2003, 07:05:04 PM
DR Ron wrote:
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François:  Do you have the Ruthie Hentshall "She Loves Me"???

I think she's rather very good as Amalia -- I'd never have known she had the range had I not heard it.

I love, love love that cd. It is one of my favorites. Ruthie is my absolute favorite musical theatre performer.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Ben on November 13, 2003, 07:06:04 PM
Not surprised by the review. It actually wasn't a complete pan. Brantley had some nice things to say about the show. Still not sure I want to see it, though.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Ben on November 13, 2003, 07:08:09 PM
I never was much of a Boy George fan anyway. I was not part of club life in NY in the 80s (I know, it takes place in London in the 80s) and never much cared for his music.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Ben on November 13, 2003, 07:10:36 PM
I still love the OBC of She Loves Me w/Cook and Massey but the Roundabout production was quite good. Not a Ruthie Henshall show but a BK produced CD.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Jennifer on November 13, 2003, 07:13:37 PM
Okay I'm going to bed now. I'm not sure what the record is. But we must be close. All you West Coasters can pick up the slack.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Michael on November 13, 2003, 07:16:29 PM
(http://www.ultimatetaxi.com/gfx/mull.jpg)

Q:  Is it me or is it Martin?

Now I have seen pictires of both TD and MM are it is so hard to tell. Instead of Beatlemania TD should do

[size=9]MULLAMANIA[/size]
It's Not Martin Mull But An Incredible Simulation
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Ben on November 13, 2003, 07:17:20 PM
The New York Post review  of Taboo is in. Better than the times but still not a good review and he didn't like Raul which is the opposite of what most others are saying. Daily News isn't on line yet.

http://breakingnews.nypost.com/dynamic/stories/T/THEATER_TABOO?SITE=NYNYP&SECTION=ENTERTAINMENT (http://breakingnews.nypost.com/dynamic/stories/T/THEATER_TABOO?SITE=NYNYP&SECTION=ENTERTAINMENT)
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Emily on November 13, 2003, 07:23:38 PM
I'm breaking my own no post rule to give Jennifer a warning.

DO NOT GO SEE EVITA AS PUT ON BY MCGILL HILLEL!

YOU WILL BE SEVERELY DISAPPOINTED!

Raymond Zilberberg, who "happens" to be vice-president of Montreal Hillel and who "happens" to have an interest in directing "happens" to have convinced Hillel to give an outrageous amount of money each year (TOMMY last winter went to $28000) to stage a musical that his so-called production company just "happens" to want to put on.

The final result is always a really really really bad production - complete with off key male choruses, bad sound and the worst acting this side of Urban Cowboy.

I helped the lighting designer on their last project and was completely and utterly disgusted.  

It's a guy with too much power and money putting on a show that most CAMP PRODUCTIONS would best in quality.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Ben on November 13, 2003, 07:23:44 PM
The NY Post review link that I posted is actually not the NY Post review. It turns out it's Associated Press critic MICHAEL KUCHWARA. The Post links to his review which is also in Newsday. Sorry for the confusion. I assume Clive Barnes will review it tomorrow in the Post.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Emily on November 13, 2003, 07:24:58 PM
And no... I am not just bitter because Raymond Zilberberg has resources to do what he wants.

Most of the students in the English/Theatre department boycott his productions because he's that well known for bad shows.  
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Ben on November 13, 2003, 07:25:09 PM
Now it is time to go to bed. 10:30 (almost) and a not so pleasant day at work tomorrow.

Night all. I look forward to the record breaker tomorrow morning.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: MBarnum on November 13, 2003, 07:31:02 PM

Quote
FROM Jane

I want Chinese food now.  We don't have a decent Chinese restaurant here.  :(
Quote

But Jane, you are only minuted from my total favorite Chinese place KIM'S!!!
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Charles Pogue on November 13, 2003, 07:33:33 PM
Re: The Ruthie Henshall SHE LOVES ME.  I saw this show in London and liked it very much.  Partly because it was quite well performed and partly because it is one of my favourite musicals.  But one thing I did not understand.  Everyone in the musical...all British performers as far as I know used American accents.  Now the damned story takes place in Hungary...why the necessity of using American accents as opposed to their natural British accents?
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Michael on November 13, 2003, 07:42:14 PM
 and who can forget Pia Zadora in the classic children's Christmas movie

(http://www.horror-wood.com/Santmar2.jpg)

(Pia is the second child from the left)
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Emily on November 13, 2003, 07:52:33 PM
Have we broken the record yet?
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on November 13, 2003, 07:58:22 PM
It's almost time for "Friends" and "Survivor" and "Will and Grace."

I've just finished my delicious dinner -- meat loaf, mashed potatoes and Rice-A-Roni Spanish Rice and it was YUMMY!

See y'all later!

And to the person who took a karma point away from me, that's okay!  May it bestow upon you good karma and warm you on the cold days!   :D
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Laura II on November 13, 2003, 08:01:06 PM
DRs Danise and Emily, thank you for your kind words.

Belated good vibes to Maya! ~~~~~~~~

I loved all of the "baby" pics!

Sarah: A 1200 is pretty good! That's usually what you need to get into a decent college. The good thing is, they combine your best math and verbal scores for your final score, so if you retake the test, that could be helpful.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Andrea on November 13, 2003, 08:02:27 PM
I'm breaking my own no post rule to give Jennifer a warning.

DO NOT GO SEE EVITA AS PUT ON BY MCGILL HILLEL!

YOU WILL BE SEVERELY DISAPPOINTED!



But a musical is a musical and a cheap musical is better. Come now Emily, we must support Hillel so they will help me when I convert:)
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Andrea on November 13, 2003, 08:04:31 PM


-I'm trying to get to more than a Newbie...but you guys are so far ahead of me I've forgotten that number...-

Welcome to Junior member land, dearie
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Charles Pogue on November 13, 2003, 08:06:32 PM
Ron...mashed potatoes AND Rice a Roni?
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Emily on November 13, 2003, 08:07:45 PM
Ron obviously likes his starches!
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: François on November 13, 2003, 08:09:18 PM
DR Ron,

A karma... taken from you?

Are you sure?

Too much Rice-A-Roni!
Roni...as  in Ron?
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on November 13, 2003, 08:09:42 PM
Well, Charles, the Rice-A-Roni was mostly tomatoes...which, as you know, is a FRUIT and a VEGETABLE!

:)
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Laura II on November 13, 2003, 08:10:52 PM
There are 16 people here!
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on November 13, 2003, 08:12:18 PM
Ummm...all the karma fairies/elves who visited me...thanks.  

I didn't expect such generosity of spirit, although it doesn't surprise me to find it here.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on November 13, 2003, 08:13:05 PM
MattH:  Did you take in the "preview"?????
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: François on November 13, 2003, 08:15:44 PM
oh, oh!

Something's happened!

We had 11 pages and we're down to 7!

STRANGE!
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Post by: bk on November 13, 2003, 08:17:24 PM
We have indeed broken the record, although I'm baffled by the page count.  Did something change?  Because my memory is that the day we went to 320 it was 11 pages - but now when I look there it's only seven or so.  Did Mr. Bakalor change something?
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: MrMarkBakalor on November 13, 2003, 08:19:58 PM
For about a minute I had modified the number of posts that appear within each page. To test something I changed it from 30 to 50 per page and that temporarily changed the page count. It didn't remove any posts. It simply displayed the pages differently. I've since changed it back to 30...
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Laura II on November 13, 2003, 08:21:13 PM
I wondered if anyone else had that happen. Ok, now I know I'm not crazy. Btw, thanks, Karma Fairy!
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: François on November 13, 2003, 08:21:46 PM
Oh well... that was Mr Mark playing Gremlin on us!
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Jane on November 13, 2003, 08:21:50 PM

Quote
FROM Jane

I want Chinese food now.  We don't have a decent Chinese restaurant here.  :(
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But Jane, you are only minuted from my total favorite Chinese place KIM'S!!!

Okay I will try it one of these days-It's really 20-30 minutes away.  We rarely go to Medford to eat.  We are just too spoiled here in Ashland and like to stay put.  Sometimes we go to Jacksonville for Mexican food before going to the Britt Festival.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Jane on November 13, 2003, 08:22:43 PM
Ben-oh so cute!!!

Not to leave Jrand out-very cute.

Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Matt H. on November 13, 2003, 08:23:51 PM
Anne Rogers was performing MY FAIR LADY in the 1970s? Wow! She and Brian Aherne were in the first US national company of MFL in the 1950s, so she must have come back to the show over and over.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Emily on November 13, 2003, 08:24:23 PM
Do you guys think we can try for 400 posts today?
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Emily on November 13, 2003, 08:24:35 PM
Cuz I sure do! :D
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Emily on November 13, 2003, 08:25:08 PM
only 55 to go...
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Emily on November 13, 2003, 08:25:23 PM
we can do this guys and gals!
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Matt H. on November 13, 2003, 08:27:23 PM
What DR ROn is referring to was an advanced screening (by one day - lol) of MASTER AND COMMANDER that I went to tonight. It is quite a wonderful film, and if you like the Horatio Hornblower type sea yarn or if you've read the books, you should enjoy this very much. A little over two hours (about 10 or 15 minutes over), so it's not too long. I think it should do very well, especially since the success of PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN seems to suggest that folks aren't turned off by sea stories. Of course, the tone of this is much more serious than the Disney film.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Craig on November 13, 2003, 08:29:08 PM
I'm slightly suprised that not only no one had anything to say about my review of Taboo, but that one of our dear readers went as far as to say that none had appeared yet.

I suppose "my" review just isn't as exciting as Ben Brantleys LOL
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: ArnoldMBrockman on November 13, 2003, 08:30:41 PM
Maybe I can help a little to go over the mark.However,I am getting drowzy(sp).How about Shirley Temple for Fanny and opposite her Mickey Rooney.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Matt H. on November 13, 2003, 08:32:23 PM
Craig, I greatly appreciate your review, and thank you so much for posting it. It's important to keep up with every new musical that opens on Broadway every season. (At least it's important to me.)

I have to be honest, though. If I were in NYC right this minute, I'd be running to get tickets for THE BOY FROM OZ and WICKED, not TABOO. I really have no great interest in it other than the fact that it's a musical.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: ArnoldMBrockman on November 13, 2003, 08:33:01 PM
CRAIG-And how come you shared the TABOO review with everyone before you shared it with me?(tsk,tsk)
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Matt H. on November 13, 2003, 08:34:46 PM
And, of course, I'd also be scrambling to see AVENUE Q and HAIRSPRAY, neither of which I've seen either but only experienced on cast albums and the script of the latter.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Craig on November 13, 2003, 08:35:48 PM
because, dear reader dad ... I was at work and didn't have time to type it all out :)
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: TCB on November 13, 2003, 08:36:53 PM
It's OK, Ron. I'll be doing similar things when I get closer to 250. I still have a ways to go.

Please Matt, don't cheapen yourself with short posts!
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Tomovoz on November 13, 2003, 08:37:42 PM
Where have I been for the past 20 minutes - reading posts. Good to see you made it François. Now to think carefully and not reply to my emails here by mistake. Who did let the dogs out?
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Tomovoz on November 13, 2003, 08:39:02 PM
Size is not everything TCB. Short posts can be just as stimulating I believe.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: ArnoldMBrockman on November 13, 2003, 08:39:18 PM
No excuse dear reader Craig..accept bitch slaps with the utmost of love.....slap,slap ,slap
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: TCB on November 13, 2003, 08:43:02 PM
Hey, Canadians

Do you know anything about this show.

It's from a Headline I saw on line.

New Gay Dating TV Show on in Canada

here's the link to the story

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=529&e=2&u=/ap/20031113/ap_en_tv/ap_on_tv_fairy_tale (http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=529&e=2&u=/ap/20031113/ap_en_tv/ap_on_tv_fairy_tale)

Ben:  Are you suddenly interested in joining the dating pool?
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: François on November 13, 2003, 08:46:26 PM
Ooooh, we're getting a family fight, exclusively here on HHW!

Who would have thought?

Imho, short posts are just to add up without wanting to say much!

Not fair! Not fair!
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Matt H. on November 13, 2003, 08:55:13 PM
The dating pool? Seems I'm usually in over my head in that regard.

Wait, let me rephrase that . . . !  :)
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Craig on November 13, 2003, 08:57:28 PM
::ducks nimbly::

Oh father AMB.... thou should never smack the prodigal son...
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Matt H. on November 13, 2003, 08:59:13 PM
I meant to mention this last night, but on last night's LAW & ORDER, both Sophie Hayden and Michael Rupert, two musical theater favorites, had roles in the show. I hadn't seen Michael in several years. I hardly recognized him.

Ah, how well I remember being so impressed with him in THE HAPPY TIME, a show I've always felt got a bum rap. I found it very entertaining with a glorious score.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: ArnoldMBrockman on November 13, 2003, 08:59:52 PM
But Craig it might stir enough interest to reach 400..The 400 BLOWS now there's a thought
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Emily on November 13, 2003, 09:00:07 PM
Come on guys... PUUUUUUUUUUSSSSSHHHHHH!!! :)
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: ArnoldMBrockman on November 13, 2003, 09:02:05 PM
EMILY-

Up the hill-Up thehill
A little faster
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Emily on November 13, 2003, 09:02:10 PM
Craig, your review was faboo (to quote a certain puppet)...

But the real question is: did you see Madonna at the opening? :)
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Tomovoz on November 13, 2003, 09:02:39 PM
Colin and I have no memory of anyone in "She Loves Me" using an American accent when we saw it. It would have been most off putting. Maybe they used the accents if there were Americans making up the majority of the audience!  Maybe people think Russell Crowe and Nicole Kidman use American accents. They don't to my ear. The lead actor in the show used an American accent when he was on a British sitcom ("As Time Goes By") but certainly not when I saw the Ruthie version.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Emily on November 13, 2003, 09:03:14 PM
Oh and to all you SURVIVOR junkies...

I am SO glad Rupert was not booted today.  He's the only good part of this season...
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: ArnoldMBrockman on November 13, 2003, 09:03:15 PM
From the wonderful Engine that Could and Would and DID!!
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Emily on November 13, 2003, 09:04:29 PM
Am I the only person...

who has noticed that I really like using ellipses (aka the "three dots") in all my posts?

I mean... really... I use them a lot...
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Emily on November 13, 2003, 09:04:56 PM
Am I a naturally elliptical person? :)
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: ArnoldMBrockman on November 13, 2003, 09:05:17 PM
Where is BK NOW when we need him? NAPPING? I doubt it!!
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Tomovoz on November 13, 2003, 09:05:20 PM
More to the last post. I had assumed that John Gordon Sinclair was an American until I heard a decidely British accent in "She Loves Me".
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: TCB on November 13, 2003, 09:06:10 PM
What DR ROn is referring to was an advanced screening (by one day - lol) of MASTER AND COMMANDER that I went to tonight. It is quite a wonderful film, and if you like the Horatio Hornblower type sea yarn or if you've read the books, you should enjoy this very much.

I have always been a Hornblower fan!
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Emily on November 13, 2003, 09:06:32 PM
Arnold... maybe he fell asleep in a bowl of soup again...

(that was his excuse for missing much of chat last Sunday!)
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Laura II on November 13, 2003, 09:06:39 PM
Random story:
At work today, I was talking with Megi, who's 11. Her brother, Jamie, is in our teen class. I mentioned how he's a good actor and that he also has a nice little voice. (I caught him singing on Monday.) I asked Megi if Jamie sings at home. She scrunched up her nose, looked right at me and said, "Yeah, all the time. You should hear him when he's on the toilet." I tried so hard not to crack up! Guess what story I'll be telling to the teen class on Monday night! heeheehee
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Emily on November 13, 2003, 09:08:09 PM
TCB and Matt...

I LOVE the Hornblower books and the movies...

Is there anyone hotter than Ioan Gruffudd?  sigh... Ioan...

(Why is it that I have a thing for men with weird names?  First Norbert Leo Butz and now Ioan Gruffudd.  This is what happens when every second girl newborn is called "Emily"!) :)
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Matt H. on November 13, 2003, 09:11:02 PM
In the BBC version of SHE LOVES ME that I have on videotape (taped on my very first VCR circa 1979), they all use British accents.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: ArnoldMBrockman on November 13, 2003, 09:11:14 PM
Noel-

What is the latest on THE WEDDING CD? S O O N ? ?
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: William E. Lurie on November 13, 2003, 09:12:27 PM
Does anyone find it odd that the TABOO review on Broadway.Com is NOT by Kenmandelbaum who normally reviews all Broadway and most Off-Broadway musicals?  Did he decline or were they afraid of what he would say?

By the way, I would classify the bonus tracks on the GYPSY soundtrack with Florence Foster Jenkins and Mrs. Miller!
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Matt H. on November 13, 2003, 09:13:19 PM
Well, my friends, I'm pushing off to bed. I guess I'll reach Senior Membership status tomorrow. Hope everyone has a good rest of the evening, and keep pushing those totals up, up, up!
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Emily on November 13, 2003, 09:15:02 PM
only 17 more posts until 400!
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: TCB on November 13, 2003, 09:15:19 PM
Matt:  I want to hear more about you...over your head......... and the dating pool.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Emily on November 13, 2003, 09:15:52 PM
Push people!

Don't make me break out the pom-poms!

Or better yet, don't make me get back to my "Conflict Crisis and War" homework! :)
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: MrMarkBakalor on November 13, 2003, 09:15:58 PM
Note to Dear Readers: Please don't spoil plots of shows (i.e. whoever did or didn't get booted off of Survivor) for earlier time zones. Please?
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: ArnoldMBrockman on November 13, 2003, 09:16:34 PM
How about Darlene Edwards??
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: François on November 13, 2003, 09:17:45 PM
Tell me if I'm wrong but.... -- i do it too, Emilie! --

I believe Ruthie Henshaw is married to John Gordon Sinclair....
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Emily on November 13, 2003, 09:17:56 PM
I thought Survivor was aired at 8pm local time in all time zones Mark.. making my post okay (since I made it past 12:00am EST) which would have meant that even those DRs in PST would have had the chance to watch it live.

If I did spoil it for anyone... I'm sorry :(
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: François on November 13, 2003, 09:21:01 PM
Oh, no... I meant to type EmilY....sillie me!
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: ArnoldMBrockman on November 13, 2003, 09:22:12 PM
ONLY 10 more to go, Don't give up hope. This is do-able
Trust me.Let the crowds cheer and there be SRO(probably SLEEPING ROOM ONLY) However,you all know what to do.....
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Laura II on November 13, 2003, 09:22:24 PM
lol my story must not have amused anyone. Ah well, I guess you had to be there. I'm listening to Snoopy! now. Hooray!
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Emily on November 13, 2003, 09:23:37 PM
It was a very funny story laura :)
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Emily on November 13, 2003, 09:23:50 PM
six more to go!
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Laura II on November 13, 2003, 09:26:20 PM
Haha, thanks Emily! :) PUUUUUUUSH!
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Tomovoz on November 13, 2003, 09:26:59 PM
Over your head in a dating pool - sounds like a low dive!
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: François on November 13, 2003, 09:27:01 PM
I guess they were all missled for that production of SHE LOVES ME;
they all thought they were putting on Hungarian accents while they were speaking with American ones!
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Emily on November 13, 2003, 09:27:02 PM
François, I get Emilie a lot so no worries.

My parents were actually going to spell my name like that, but seeing as I was born during a brief stay in Toronto, they decided to go for the anglo spelling and not the French.

While I like both versions, I think having a "y" makes me unique in Quebec.  I am still trying to convince Fed Ex though that it is spelled "Emily" and not "Emilie" "Amelie" "Amely" "Emely" "Emelie" or any other variant except for the correct version. :)
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: ArnoldMBrockman on November 13, 2003, 09:27:36 PM
MR MARK BAKALOR-

What happens when we reach 400? A loud bang or a TS{Mrs Eliot} a whimper?
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Emily on November 13, 2003, 09:28:35 PM
400!
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: ArnoldMBrockman on November 13, 2003, 09:28:43 PM
Is this 400..I certainly hope so!!!
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Emily on November 13, 2003, 09:29:09 PM
phew... I'm exhausted...

to bed with me I say!

Good night one and all! :)
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Emily on November 13, 2003, 09:29:24 PM
beatcha Brockman :)
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: bk on November 13, 2003, 09:29:59 PM
Holy moley on rye, we might just make 400 posts, thereby setting a new record - and I mean for Internet theater groups in general.  I know that a certain site likes to brag that they get 800 posts a day, but I really doubt that they'd even be close to our 400 and therefore I think it's safe for me to say that soon we will be the most popular site on all the Internet.

I've been watching the DVD of Roz Russell in Gypsy and enjoying it thoroughly.

What will truly amaze you is that even with a perfunctory 50 posts or so tomorrow we will pass the 5000 post mark on this new board, and I think we managed to do that in a mere twenty-three or four days.  Pretty amazing.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: François on November 13, 2003, 09:29:59 PM
All that "push" thing makes me believe we're all mothers birthing!!

We sure would go faster by posting one word at a time!
Posh!
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: ArnoldMBrockman on November 13, 2003, 09:31:19 PM
I wouldn't want it to happen to a nicer person-Emily
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: bk on November 13, 2003, 09:31:35 PM
And did I miss Mr. Brockman's review?  On which page does it reside?
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: François on November 13, 2003, 09:33:14 PM
Well?

Is it... a boy... a girl.... both? Or what?
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Tomovoz on November 13, 2003, 09:38:27 PM
I am surprised at how well the "Gypsy" movie has stood up to the passing of time. I still much prefer it to the Midler version which could have been great. if only the Lansbury version had been captured on film - it was on stage around the same time as "Applause" was filmed. Whatever happened to "Applause". It may not have been a brilliant video or film but at least it was there.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: ArnoldMBrockman on November 13, 2003, 09:39:56 PM
FRANCOIS(I don't know how to put that thingie under the C)

We didn't look. You know---These blase(I don't know how to put the thingie over the E either)AMERICANS!!
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Craig on November 13, 2003, 09:41:25 PM
BK.. oh it's there as promised.. and DR Emily.. I also posted that I was 2 rows in front of both Madonna and Rosie :)
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: TCB on November 13, 2003, 09:42:04 PM
Okay here comes the big one....

         (I meant the post number, you perverts!)

 
FUNNY GIRL; The TV Remake
Fanny:  Ruth Buzzi
Nicky:   Alan Sues
Rose:   Jo Anne Worley
Ziegfeld:  Arte Johnson
Eddie:   Henry Gibson
Mrs. Stakosh:  Lily Tomlin

And since this is my 251st post, a photo of Dolly and myself.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: ArnoldMBrockman on November 13, 2003, 09:44:10 PM
TCB-

Who played DOLLY?
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Sigerson Holmes on November 13, 2003, 09:44:51 PM
Hey, this talk of different Mama Roses reminded me of a different Fanny Brice.  Lainie Kazan appeared in "Funny Girl" early in her career, didn't she?  I'll bet she was great!  Has she recorded any of the score?
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: td on November 13, 2003, 09:45:25 PM
Well, allow me to add yet another post to a record breaking day!

I like the London cd of TABOO, and was very surprised by Brantley's opinion.  I've always been a fan of George O'Dowd's VOICE and the fine production values of Culture Club's cds - - has there ever been a back-up singer as wondrous as Helen Terry?  (Rosemary Butler, possibly. . and of course Betty Buckley doing back up work for Roberta Flack).

Tonight, though I would have liked to have taken in GYPSY once again, work beckoned, and I diligently viewed INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE - - and right now am watching the accompanying featurette on the bonus dvd.

Daily, I am reminded (by my customers) of my marked resemblance to Martin Mull - IF ONLY I were the center square!  And following a google image search on Martin. . .well, I just had to share at least one of the results!

I think I'll take DR MDS's advice, find a good producer, and take to the road as Barth and Garth. . .do some Fernwood Tonight. . .maybe hook up with Susan Browning. . .or Roseanne Barr. . .or even REBA ! ! !
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: ArnoldMBrockman on November 13, 2003, 09:45:26 PM
AND THAT CRAVAT OF YOURS LOOKS STARTINGLY FAMILIAR
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: td on November 13, 2003, 09:50:26 PM
FUNNY GIRL funny cast:

J-LO as Fanny
BEN-LO as Nick
Matt Damon as Flo-lo (Ziegfeld, that is)
Steven Brinberg as Mrs. Brice
Harvey Fierstein as Mrs. Strakosh
Destiny's Child, Christina Aguilara, Britney Spears as "The Ziegfeld Girls"
Judy Garland, Virgina O'Brien and Cyd Charisse as "The Harvey Girls"
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Tomovoz on November 13, 2003, 09:50:38 PM
Remind me TCB. Who is playing which role? Red is so your colour (color).
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: ArnoldMBrockman on November 13, 2003, 09:51:07 PM
SALLY OF THE TROPICS

HOT!! HOT!! HOT!!
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: td on November 13, 2003, 09:51:54 PM
AND THAT CRAVAT OF YOURS LOOKS STARTINGLY FAMILIAR

It does? !? ! ? !
Surely you didn't see my Neville Craven by chance?  That's a Craven cravat if I ever did see one. . .
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Tomovoz on November 13, 2003, 09:52:09 PM
Great minds Mr Brockman Snr. Good to know I am not the only one in doubt.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: bk on November 13, 2003, 09:52:25 PM
At this rate, we may pass 5000 posts tonight.  On which page does Mr. Brockman's review appear?
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: TCB on November 13, 2003, 09:53:13 PM
TCB-

Who played DOLLY?

Her name is Sharry O'Hare and she is considered somewhat of a legend in theater here in Northwest.  I am proud to say that she and I have been best friends for almost thirty years.

I did wear other outfits in that show, I know I did.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: td on November 13, 2003, 09:53:39 PM
I think that his review is on either page NINE or TEN.

(oh! a Maury Yeston AND a BLAKE EDWARDS reference in the same post)!
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Craig on November 13, 2003, 09:57:31 PM
It is indeed on page 10...
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Craig on November 13, 2003, 09:57:45 PM
and look at that.. I just broke 100 posts!
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: George on November 13, 2003, 09:57:47 PM
<SNIP>And now I'm part of the posting frenzy which has broken yesterday's number and since it's only 6:45 on the left coast I'm sure we will break Tuesday's number. Tom and TCB and Jed and Ann and other left coasters chime in while others sleep and they help to keep this board the jiggiest on the Internet.

I leave work at about 6:00 pm and by the time I get home (after going to the Y and shopping for chocolate turtle cheesecake ingredients) there are 15 pages and over 400 posts!  I'm posting this at the time I read the quote above, so I still have a lot to read through AND bake a cheesecake tonight!  So, don't post too much more, or else I'll be baking until 3:00 in the morning because I have to read it all!

Nah, post as much as you want.  I stay up almost that late all the time, anyway. ;)  But I still have to read it all!
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: ArnoldMBrockman on November 13, 2003, 09:58:08 PM
MAYBE I'ts a Webster definition of the word-SALLY-A SUDDEN RUSHING FORTH!!!
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Michael on November 13, 2003, 10:02:06 PM
I fell asleep and woke and decided to check what was going on WOW!!!!
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: TCB on November 13, 2003, 10:03:05 PM
George:  What time do you think the cheesecake will  be done?

Aha!  sans ascot
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Tomovoz on November 13, 2003, 10:04:11 PM
If we going back to more innocent days - This is about 1950. My sister is the one on the right! Michael Jackson and I have both changed somewhat over the years.  DR Ron did ask about skin cancer and tans in Oz the other day!(http://)

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Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: George on November 13, 2003, 10:06:56 PM
What DR ROn is referring to was an advanced screening (by one day - lol) of MASTER AND COMMANDER that I went to tonight. It is quite a wonderful film, and if you like the Horatio Hornblower type sea yarn or if you've read the books, you should enjoy this very much.

I have always been a Hornblower fan!

TCB, I've never been a fan of horns... ;)
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: TCB on November 13, 2003, 10:07:48 PM
Good God, Ozzie!  Your sister's breast is showing!!!
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Michael on November 13, 2003, 10:09:10 PM
So who is the Dolly with DR TCB?
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Craig on November 13, 2003, 10:10:05 PM
well I am off to bed. to bed I said. And this post isn't just for Jed. For being awake one more minute is what I dread. So off to slumberland by the sandman of whom I am led...
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: George on November 13, 2003, 10:10:13 PM
TCB and Matt...

I LOVE the Hornblower books and the movies...

Is there anyone hotter than Ioan Gruffudd?  sigh... Ioan...

Emily, you ain't kiddin'  :o
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: td on November 13, 2003, 10:10:54 PM
So who is the Dolly with DR TCB?

Her name is Sharry O'Hare and she is considered somewhat of a legend in theater here in Northwest.  I am proud to say that she and I have been best friends for almost thirty years.. . . from TCB's post above.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: ArnoldMBrockman on November 13, 2003, 10:10:57 PM
I Just read a review of MASTER AND COMMANDER in Time Magazine and I don't really know whether it was a good review or a bad review.

I guess TIME will tell?
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Michael on November 13, 2003, 10:13:07 PM
So who is the Dolly with DR TCB?

Her name is Sharry O'Hare and she is considered somewhat of a legend in theater here in Northwest.  I am proud to say that she and I have been best friends for almost thirty years.. . . from TCB's post above.

Have you worked with her? Spill the gossip? Who makes the legend most?  (or whatever those famous furs ads used to say)
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: ArnoldMBrockman on November 13, 2003, 10:16:13 PM
MICHAEL

I believe it was WHATEVER BECOMES A LEGEND MOST
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Michael on November 13, 2003, 10:16:50 PM
TCB and Matt...

I LOVE the Hornblower books and the movies...

Is there anyone hotter than Ioan Gruffudd?  sigh... Ioan...

Emily, you ain't kiddin'  :o  (people, let me know if this picture is too big.  I've made it 25% smaller than the original!)

Now who is this? Am I this out of the loop?
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on November 13, 2003, 10:16:57 PM
Sigerson Holmes:  Lainie Kazan was being prepped to take over "Funny Girl," but for some reason it never happened.  I don't know if she ever did it on tour or in stock or not...but she missed an opportunity to do it on Broadway.  Kazan had a glorious voice back then -- I bought her first album and it was a scorcher!

Don't know if she ever recorded anything from "Funny Girl" or not, though.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Michael on November 13, 2003, 10:22:48 PM
Lainie was fire from Funny Girl after she publicized the fact that she was taking over one of the performances. Not sure if la Streisand was sick or had a prior commitment. But when Streisand heard that their reviews and they were favorable she had her fired (so the story goes)

To see Lainie in all her glory

http://www.prettynakedgirls.com/1-4005/ (http://www.prettynakedgirls.com/1-4005/)
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Laura II on November 13, 2003, 10:23:59 PM
goodnight all!
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: George on November 13, 2003, 10:24:42 PM
TCB and Matt...

I LOVE the Hornblower books and the movies...

Is there anyone hotter than Ioan Gruffudd?  sigh... Ioan...

Emily, you ain't kiddin'  :o  (people, let me know if this picture is too big.  I've made it 25% smaller than the original!)

Now who is this? Am I this out of the loop?

Michael, Ioan Gruffudd was in the Leo/Kate "Titanic" as the sailor in the rowboat rescuing floating popsicles (umm...I mean passengers) near the end of the movie.  He was the one calling out for survivors.  For that small part in the movie (from what I remember), he got a lot of press which led to bigger and better things:

He starred in C.S. Forester's Horatio Hornblower in the A&E six-part series.  There's a four movie set, a two-movie set and the whole series together.  They're all available on VHS & DVD.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on November 13, 2003, 10:29:24 PM
There are eight of us here, it's nearly 10:30 p.m., and we're ONLY 55 posts away from 500.

Anyone feel like pushing harder....?
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: bk on November 13, 2003, 10:30:50 PM
Holy moley on rye, we've passed 5000 posts!  That is cause for us to all get up immediately and dance the hora whilst eating a cheese slice and ham chunk.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Michael on November 13, 2003, 10:31:27 PM
Well it is 1:30am where I am and I really must get back to sleep I have to wake up in six hours.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: ArnoldMBrockman on November 13, 2003, 10:32:15 PM
I'm game...as long as it doesn't extend beyond 2:OO EST.

What say you you mates-Are you up to the challenge?
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on November 13, 2003, 10:33:36 PM
Well, I might could fake the hora, but I could not simultaneously ingest chunks or slices of anything.

Actually, I'm feeling kinda queasy.  Don't know if that means anything in terms of "gettin' somethin'" or not.  But I could get into a good hora.

I've been told I hora with the best of them, although I was younger at the time...
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: George on November 13, 2003, 10:35:42 PM
TCB-

Who played DOLLY?

Her name is Sharry O'Hare and she is considered somewhat of a legend in theater here in Northwest.  I am proud to say that she and I have been best friends for almost thirty years.

TCB, I never met Sharry, but I know people who know her and are great friends with her!  Small world!
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: TCB on November 13, 2003, 10:35:46 PM
Thank you for asking that question, Mr. Shayne, because I had no idea who that was either.

As for my Dolly, Sharry is the legend and it does indeed become her.  She has done most of the great musical roles from Peter Pan to Mama Rose.  We have done about six shows together over the years, four of them totally forgettable.  Lion in Winter was a triumph for both of us, Helly, Dolly! was her triumph alone.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: George on November 13, 2003, 10:38:01 PM
George:  What time do you think the cheesecake will  be done?


It's 10:35 and I haven't even started it yet.  I'm still reading!  (But almost finished.)
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on November 13, 2003, 10:39:38 PM
TCB: I'll bet she was splendid in the "I'd hang you from the nipples, but you'd shock the children" scene!

That's my FAVORITE line from the whole show.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: ArnoldMBrockman on November 13, 2003, 10:40:06 PM
To the Lainie Kazan question-Very recently she recorded a CD with David Benoit called IN THE GROOVE.She sang THE MUSIC THAT MAKES ME DANCE on that recording
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: TCB on November 13, 2003, 10:40:23 PM
TCB-

Who played DOLLY?

Her name is Sharry O'Hare and she is considered somewhat of a legend in theater here in Northwest.  I am proud to say that she and I have been best friends for almost thirty years.

TCB, I never met Sharry, but I know people who know her and are great friends with her!  Small world!

I don't know how many times you can quote a quote within a quote, so I hope this works.

It is indeed a small world George.  I had forgotten how many shows Sharry had done in Olympia, including the previously mentioned Peter Pan.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on November 13, 2003, 10:40:49 PM
Arnold: Re: Lainie Kazan.  How is her voice now?
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Tomovoz on November 13, 2003, 10:42:38 PM
We can't rely on DR Jed for late posts tonight so Mr Hornblower and friends it must be "all hands on deck". And yes I did get the vowel sound right - I am not from New Zealand. I has no idea what an "ascot" was. Here in Oz it is a cravat. I suppose a cravat is a neck tie in North America. Hey. At least I am posting.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Tomovoz on November 13, 2003, 10:45:32 PM
Have not heard the new Lainie but the last one "Body & Soul" is terrific. (1995)
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: George on November 13, 2003, 10:47:12 PM
Arnold: Re: Lainie Kazan.  How is her voice now?


I loved her on the OBC recording of My Favorite Year and I also have her CD called "Body and Soul," recorded in 1995 (according to amazon.com).  Her vibrato is a tad wide (normal for a singer of...a certain age), but she still sounded great!  Check out the picture on the CD...it's total cheesecake (and not the kind I'm supposed to be making).
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: ArnoldMBrockman on November 13, 2003, 10:48:41 PM
Lainie Kazan performed here in Florida in the last two years.She(in my opinion) has lost her voice. Thank God for Sitcoms and Movies.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: ArnoldMBrockman on November 13, 2003, 10:53:28 PM
BK-

Who was the 5000th poster?

Is there a prize?
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: George on November 13, 2003, 10:53:52 PM
I have a cheesecake to make!  I'll stay logged it, but won't be checking back very often.  I do think that we can make it to 500 posts tonight.  It all depends on when Bruce closes the day and starts a new one.  How about this one time, Bruce, wait until the morning?  Or would that be cheating?
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: TCB on November 13, 2003, 10:54:41 PM
460 posts, 16 pages, and another hour to go.

I wish I could stay for the confetti and the..uhm...horn blowing, but I must say good night.

So, I'll leave you with one last Dolly photo (promise!).  Horace and the boys doing It Takes A Woman.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: ArnoldMBrockman on November 13, 2003, 10:57:00 PM
Happy Cheescake George. I wish I could taste a piece.
I am very good at tasting(COSTCO inheritance)
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: ArnoldMBrockman on November 13, 2003, 10:59:43 PM
I wish I could stay beyond 2:00 AM but I promised myself(myself,I promised) to leave the vicinity at that time. Three minutes to go.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on November 13, 2003, 11:00:29 PM
We can't rely on DR Jed for late posts tonight so Mr \I has no idea what an "ascot" was. Here in Oz it is a cravat. I suppose a cravat is a neck tie in North America. Hey. At least I am posting.

I cannot speak for Canada, but in the United States, an ascot is an affectation!!

:)
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: George on November 13, 2003, 11:01:03 PM
I wish I could stay beyond 2:00 AM but I promised myself(myself,I promised) to leave the vicinity at that time. Three minutes to go.

Did you specify 2:00 am in your local time??  If not, you still have another three hours!!
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Tomovoz on November 13, 2003, 11:01:44 PM
All these posts about "She Loves You" tonight Ann. I could not work out if you were going to see it with Jed or were indeed in the show. Whatever - enjoy. Is it on Saturday night?
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on November 13, 2003, 11:02:37 PM
I'm getting very heavy lidded myself.  Must have been all that spanish rice I got so much grief for having with mashed potatoes.

Maybe Tom and a few others can take this another 30 or so posts to the big 5-0-0!
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: ArnoldMBrockman on November 13, 2003, 11:03:34 PM
34 posts to go and I fear that we are losing our prevailing wind. Let me be surprised on the morrow! Good night to all and to all a good night.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on November 13, 2003, 11:04:17 PM
Well, Tom, now that you bring that up, I was under the impression Ann would be in the show.

But that seems a tad presumptuous because surely she'd have alluded to being in something so lovely, wouldn't she?
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Ron Pulliam on November 13, 2003, 11:07:36 PM
All right.  I give up the ghost at this point.

Good night, everyone.

It's been one HECK of a GREAT DAY at HHW.COM!!!
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Ann on November 13, 2003, 11:16:24 PM
Don't give up yet!!  I'm here to post some!
Jed and I are going to see She Loves Me at the University of Washington on Saturday night.  Neither of us are in it, but we both love the show.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Ann on November 13, 2003, 11:17:58 PM
And hopefully I will be taking a good pic of DR Jed with my digital camera so he can have a simply beautiful one posted on this site for all to see
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: bk on November 13, 2003, 11:19:22 PM
Holy moley on rye, on and on she goes and where she stops nobody knows.

It'll be open for at least another forty-five minutes, but at this point who cares - a truly amazing day and I have to believe we would be the envy of one and all and also all and one.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Tomovoz on November 13, 2003, 11:24:19 PM
Thank you Ann. We know you sing so thus the confusion. Have a wonderful night.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: George on November 13, 2003, 11:25:52 PM
Damn, damn, damn, damn, damn!  (a My Fair Lady reference.)  That's 5 damns.  >:(

I have no vanilla!  (extract, that is)  :'(

I was sure that I had vanilla.  I was absolutely convinced that I had vanilla!  I was so deluded into believing that I had vanilla that I didn't buy any when I was at the store this evening!

Damn and quadruple damn!

So, does cheesecake really need it?  I mean, it's only a teaspoon...not even a tablespoon.  Hey, I do have Irish Cream flavoring syrup (for Italian ices and things like that).  That might not be bad.   :-\  It's almost 11:30 and I'm going to experiment.   So there!   ;D
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Tomovoz on November 13, 2003, 11:27:51 PM
I could of course post another 40 one line comments just to annoy Ron but alas it is not my nature. Memory for certain trivia but not one for trivial actions. Another two posts and I would have caught up to BK himself. I shall check back in a short while to see if someone has set the conversation alight again.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Tomovoz on November 13, 2003, 11:30:30 PM
Will playing a "Vanilla Ice" Cd help George? you can probably download one. Then of course "vanilla' is yet another "She Loves Me" reference for the night.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: bk on November 13, 2003, 11:31:44 PM
The conversation never dies here at haineshisway.com.  Besides if we just fall short of five hundred posts it gives us something to strive for.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: bk on November 13, 2003, 11:34:02 PM
I've been watching Gypsy, and one of the things I love about it is that it recreates the original Robbins choreography.  Paul Wallace's All I Need Now is the Girl is brilliant, and Natalie Wood is heartbreaking watching him do it and yearning to be his partner.

Rosalind Russell was a wonderful film actress and her nuances as Rose are fantastic - and she's also very funny (witness her pulling out her hairpin and advancing on the balloon girl in the opening).
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: George on November 13, 2003, 11:41:06 PM
Will playing a "Vanilla Ice" Cd help George? you can probably download one. Then of course "vanilla' is yet another "She Loves Me" reference for the night.

I am not a fan of Vanilla Ice's music.  I do have four (4) recordings of She Loves Me on CD, so that's a possibility.  

The biggest problem with making a cheesecake at 11:30 at night is that I can't use an electric mixer!  I have to mix everything by hand!   :P
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: George on November 13, 2003, 11:41:28 PM
Only 16 more to go!  PPPUUUSSSHHH!!!
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Tomovoz on November 13, 2003, 11:41:44 PM
BK do you know whay happened to (or the rights) to the TV broadcast of "Applause"? Surely it still exists in some format somewhere.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: George on November 13, 2003, 11:44:21 PM
And I have to unwrap 14 ounces of individually wrapped caramels!  Do you know how many there are in 14 ounces?  Well, give me some time and I'll let you know!  I'm making a chocolate turtle cheesecake--chocolate crust and filling with caramel and pecans...MMM!!
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Tomovoz on November 13, 2003, 11:44:36 PM
Mixing by hand is far more therapeutic and rewarding George. I am a baker's son. I don't do much cooking at home (Colin loves to cook) but I still make cookies (biscuits!) and that deligthful English afternoon tea fare: scones.  I certainly would not use a mixer for any of it.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: bk on November 13, 2003, 11:48:18 PM
Applause does exist because I have a tape of it which a friend made me.  It's quite entertaining in its own way.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: bk on November 13, 2003, 11:48:53 PM
There's about fifteen minutes left before I lock these here posts - I think we have a fighting chance.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: George on November 13, 2003, 11:49:57 PM
Mixing by hand is far more therapeutic and rewarding George.


Thanks, but I get enough practice, Tom.   ;)

Anyway, I counted and there are 55 individually wrapped caramels that I have to individually unwrap.  What was I thinking??
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: bk on November 13, 2003, 11:50:58 PM
But I can't do it alone.

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Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: DearReaderLaura on November 13, 2003, 11:51:31 PM
My, it's been very busy here today! Here's my contribution toward 500!
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: George on November 13, 2003, 11:52:23 PM
Okay, this is a vanity post to help get to 500 (and I'm not sure if I posted this before), but on Tuesday I drove a friend to get an MRI on her knees.  She had to take some pills to help her relax because she is extremely claustraphobic.  Anyway, I brought "Benjamin Kritzer" with me (the book, not the boy) and she was MRI'd for 1 and 1/2 hours.  I read to page 120 without stopping!  That's more than half the book!  I just wanted to re-read it.  That's the end of my post.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: George on November 13, 2003, 11:53:07 PM
Now back to unwrapping 55 caramels!  
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: DearReaderLaura on November 13, 2003, 11:54:21 PM
I have no knowledge of whatever the topic of the day was. It was so long ago (490+ posts!) that I don't even remember what show we were miscasting today.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: bk on November 13, 2003, 11:55:14 PM
I'm beginning to think we're going to make it!  C'mon, people now, smile on each other.  Clap hands, here comes 500.

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Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: bk on November 13, 2003, 11:55:46 PM
We were miscasting Funny Girl
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: DearReaderLaura on November 13, 2003, 11:56:00 PM
George, your cheesecake sounds divine.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: George on November 13, 2003, 11:56:35 PM
I'll let you know how it turns out!
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: George on November 13, 2003, 11:56:44 PM
500!!
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: DearReaderLaura on November 13, 2003, 11:56:44 PM
Yes, Funny Girl. Never saw it, so I'm useless there. But I'll always put in a vote for Carol Channing!
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: George on November 13, 2003, 11:57:51 PM
If I were clever enough I'd choreograph (and post) a 500th poster dance!
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: bk on November 13, 2003, 11:58:32 PM
Holy moley on rye we made it and made it with time to spare.

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Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: George on November 13, 2003, 11:58:41 PM
But I'm not (clever enough), so I won't (choreograph a 500th poster dance).  I will now stop posting and actually make my cheesecake.  But I'll stay logged in because I'm still awake!
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Tomovoz on November 14, 2003, 12:00:55 AM
Indeed DR Laura is herself a "Funny Girl".
George: Is there some sort of allowance made in the recipe for the eating of at least half of the caramels as you unwrap them? - Somewhat like wine in recipes - one spoonful for the recipe for each glass drunk by the chef.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: Tomovoz on November 14, 2003, 12:02:53 AM
All that happened whilst I was typing. Congratulations to all and sundried. See you all in the funny papers - No, make that  tomorrow's notes and posts.
Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: bk on November 14, 2003, 12:03:09 AM
Last call, last call.

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Title: Re:SALLY OF THE TROPICS
Post by: George on November 14, 2003, 12:03:30 AM
George: Is there some sort of allowance made in the recipe for the eating of at least half of the caramels as you unwrap them? - Somewhat like wine in recipes - one spoonful for the recipe for each glass drunk by the chef.

Well, I did buy about 18 ounces of caramels and the recipe only calls for 14 ounces, so I do have some extras (on purpose)!