Haines His Way
Archives => Archive 3 => Topic started by: bk on August 24, 2005, 12:14:19 AM
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Well, you've read the notes, you've learned of the strange adventures, the strange adventures have learned of you, and now it is time for you to post until the cows come home - they're having some extremely strange adventures of their own.
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And the word of the day is: HOROLOGE!
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Has Ann caught up?
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BK, my question: Heard anything from Gary Owens re: New Guy In Town?
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Hope you feel better this morning, DR TCB.
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DR MBarnum mentioned yesterday;
As for Robert Redford, I prefer his television guest spots on Perry Mason THE CASE OF THE TREACHEROUS TOUPEE and on the episode of TWILIGHT ZONE “NOTHING IN THE DARK”. I understand he is very good in the film WAR HUNT co-starring Mr. John Saxon, but I have yet to see that film.
I remember an episode of Twilight Zone with Robert Redford, but I don’t recall the title. Is that you mentioned the one in which he performed a messenger from the heaven who took an old woman to the heaven?
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Congratulations on your GOD status, DR Matthew! :D
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It's "Ask BK day" - but doesn't it feel like every day is "Ask BK Day" - kind of like Mother's Day - you should respect your mother every day, and you can ask BK questions every day, can't you?
Here's a question - how does the electronic hat work for picking out the winner of the sparkling prize from among the trivia winners? Is it a whole ceremony audited by a CPA firm, and should a live feed be considered?
Well, it's early. Skip is off to California (San Francisco, then Sacramento) for a few days, and he has an insanely early flight. So the dogs got an early breakfast, and I get to impress the office that I'll actually have a memo written before 8 on a hot tax topic.
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BK, my question: Heard anything from Gary Owens re: New Guy In Town?
Heard nothin' from no one.
Here's another question that I shall ask myself:
What in tarnation am I doing up at three o'clock in the morning? Answer: Not feeling well - queasy.
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It's "Ask BK day" - but doesn't it feel like every day is "Ask BK Day" - kind of like Mother's Day - you should respect your mother every day, and you can ask BK questions every day, can't you?
Here's a question - how does the electronic hat work for picking out the winner of the sparkling prize from among the trivia winners? Is it a whole ceremony audited by a CPA firm, and should a live feed be considered?
Our Electronic Hat (patented) was invented for me by a computer expert. I share no information about it. It is hush-hush and on the QT.
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What is the QT, anyway?
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And what in tarnation am I doing up at three o'clock in the morning. My tummy feels REALLY queasy and I REALLY hate it.
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Queeeeeeeezzzzzzzzy. Nauseous. Blechhhh.
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Good morning, all! The ghost walked through this place earlier. Around 5:20, I awoke to the sound of objects falling. Since falling objects - usually books - in my apartment can be lethal, I got up and checked out the room. I don't seen any debris or items on the floor, so I'm quite perplexed. About once a month, the ghost puts in an appearance. Usually, it's the feeling that someone's walked past me or that I'm not alone in the apartment, but I guess he (In the past 24 years here, I've seen the ghost twice; he wears a blue shirt) felt I'm not frightened enough of him or not paying him enough attention. I need a ghostbuster to kick some butt.
So, I'm now ready to face the day, hear Act One of THE GOLDEN APPLE with DRJose, work a bit on the cruise show, and see what fresh hell turns up. Yesterday Alex Rybeck called me about some work for Faith Prince, but it might conflict with my trip to see family in Ohio. Yes, it's booked: Sept 21-28.
Dear Friend BK, I have no questions yet, but maybe later!
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Why don't they do one DVD transfer of movies for all the regions?
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I think DRMBARNUM saw TEAM AMERICA at the actual Movie Thee-Yater and enjoyed it. I haven't seen it, yet.
Good news about the Mini LP packaging. AND I still say, MR BK, isn't there a program that will print labels when you do some type of data entry....and a two letter or number code added to the top or bottom left of the label would tell you which CD to put in the envelope: NG = New Guy in Town, ST = STAGES, ATB = AFTER THE BALL, etc.
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My copy of ADAM-12 has shipped from Amazon.com!
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Good morning, all! The ghost walked through this place earlier...I guess he (In the past 24 years here, I've seen the ghost twice; he wears a blue shirt) felt I'm not frightened enough of him or not paying him enough attention.
I am sure some people on HHW would want to know if he's cute.
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My first question for ASK BK day:
What was the title of the opening number that your friend remembered, and what was it's most memorable lyric?
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Good Morning to the early morning crew!
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What kind of pants does the ghost wear?
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I think a ghost would wear see-no's, which are a ghostly variation on chinos. Or maybe Berrmuda triangle shorts.
Sorry. it's early.
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What kind of pants does the ghost wear?
I believe the ghost is the man in the apartment below me who hanged himself in 1981 (I swear I didn't drive him to it!). I've seen the ghost twice, and it's been peripheral both times: all I remember is the bright blue shirt. The first time I saw him I was kneeling on the floor sorting dirty laundry when I became aware pf someone in a blue shirt standing above me and when I looked up he was gone; the second time, I was waiting for the elevator, and in my peripheral vision I saw someone in a bright blue shirt walk across the hall and through my door!
If it is the suicide, he was a handsome young man, probably in his late 20s. His girlfriend hadn't heard from him in several days, so she came to the apartment, opened the door and found him hanging. The super's wife identified the body for the police. He was very quiet, and I believe we only spoke once in the first year I lived in the building.
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I think a ghost would wear see-no's, which are a ghostly variation on chinos. Or maybe Berrmuda triangle shorts.
Sorry. it's early.
;D ;D
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Good Morning to the early morning crew!
Hello, DRBen!
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Congratulations on your GOD status, DR Matthew! :D
You're welcome, DR Hisaka, very cool to hear from you!!!!
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'morning! Even though I don't go to work until noon today, I was up before 7am, thinking about all the things that need to be done. So far, I've gotten two packages ready to mail (clothing returns) and caught up with last night's and this morning's posts.
BK's comments about amazon.com in today's notes explain why my New Guy in Town has not yet arrived. I ordered it on July 24, along with After the Ball and Carly Simon's Moonlight Serenade, both of which I received long ago. Think I'll just wait out amazon, to see just how long it takes. If I don't have it by the NY trip, I'll join Danise at Tower Records and purchase it there.
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Good Morning!
Well, I hope BK eventually got to sleep despite your queasy stomach. What did you eat for dinner? Not Jerry's again? ;)
In any case, I hope you slept well.
Did you sleep well?
-Well, that's an Ask BK Question if I ever saw one!
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I have a question for BK - How were your sessions with Helen Reddy? I've recently revisited "Center Stage" and still enjoy it immensley. Also, how did it work for the CD single of "Surrender", was that a VS release and what input did you have on that single. I won't even ask about the single's cover art! :)
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Why don't they do one DVD transfer of movies for all the regions?
When other regions are doing US titles, the studios don't really care what they give them - and then they end up doing better transfers here - happens in almost every single case.
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BK - Shipping - Are you able to use the postage/label feature on usps.com? Yes, you do have to type all the info in, but then it just prints out a label for you and you stick it on the packages. You can even have the tracking portion printed with it. However, it's usually the size of a half-sheet of 8.5x11 paper, so.. But, still.. ???
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I have been up since three. Watched a movie. Not quite as queasy now (ate a meat ball sub at seven last night - it was good, at a good restaurant, but maybe it's just not agreeing with me - I hate when things or people don't agree with me). I may try to go back to bed soon, but I've got someone coming over at nine-thirty to pick up the Aron's reorder.
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DR Jose - have you done "I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change"? I've been wanting to ask you for a while, (even though it's ask bk day) what did you think of the arrangements? I really like the score, I think it lays under the fingers well and it feels like it was written by a real pianist, not an arranger.
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Hmm... Page Two!
DANCE, DANCE, DANCE!
And in honor of "So You Think You Can Dance?", I'm gonna have to say we have to pair up and do..
A LYRIC DANCE
-Whatever the heck that is. :P
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I think DRMBARNUM saw TEAM AMERICA at the actual Movie Thee-Yater and enjoyed it. I haven't seen it, yet.
Good news about the Mini LP packaging. AND I still say, MR BK, isn't there a program that will print labels when you do some type of data entry....and a two letter or number code added to the top or bottom left of the label would tell you which CD to put in the envelope: NG = New Guy in Town, ST = STAGES, ATB = AFTER THE BALL, etc.
I've got our Kritzerland labels on rolls, so I have to hand print. However, the code thing is a good idea, and I think I'll hand write what will go into each envelope right on the top of the label.
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My first question for ASK BK day:
What was the title of the opening number that your friend remembered, and what was it's most memorable lyric?
The only thing I remembered prior to asking her the question, was part of the tune, and the following opening lyric:
Look at the people
Walk down the street
People you meet...
We both remembered finally that the song was called That's The Way The World Is Made. What it had to do with Ring Lardner, I have no idea. I don't think any of the songs had much to do with Mr. Lardner - all the spoken material was his. For whatever reasons, the spirit of the revue worked, though, and seemed of a piece, and the audiences ate it up. When I went to live in NY in 1969, I went to visit Ring Lardner, Jr. and I played him the songs. He was very taken with them, and then said just what I've said - "They're really charming - don't know what they have to do with my father or his work, but they're good."
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I have a question for BK - How were your sessions with Helen Reddy? I've recently revisited "Center Stage" and still enjoy it immensley. Also, how did it work for the CD single of "Surrender", was that a VS release and what input did you have on that single. I won't even ask about the single's cover art! :)
I really like Miss Reddy, and we made a good album. I would have to say that she wasn't my favorite person to work with - I found her very strange. She was always telling us of the previous night's sexual escapades with her very young Brazilian lover. TOO MUCH INFORMATION, that's all I can tell you. I told Petula Clark the story, and her reaction to it was priceless.
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I guess I'll have to get by with my two hours of sleep.
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DR Jose - have you done "I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change"? I've been wanting to ask you for a while, (even though it's ask bk day) what did you think of the arrangements? I really like the score, I think it lays under the fingers well and it feels like it was written by a real pianist, not an arranger.
Hey there! Yes, I have done the show before, and, yes, the piano part is a true piano part. *Although it did take me a few tries to find a good fingering for that one jazz lick in "Waiting".
When I did it, it was just me and a violinist. Are you adding the optional bass? *During the entr'acte, we went ahead and expanded the quasi-cadenza section, made it sort of like a challenge/Dueling Banjos sort of thing. *Ooops... R&H please ignore that previous statement. ;)
It's a fun show, and there are some funny songs, "A Stud and A Babe" had me laughing every night. And then there are some surprisingly touching moments, "Shouldn't I Be Less In Love With You"... Great song. I had a great cast, and the show is written in such a way to insure that each person gets their moment in the spotlight. Just enjoy the ride down "The Highway of Love".
:)
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DR Jose, thanks for the comments. We are adding the bass as we are in a medium size space, it will help make the sound fuller. If we were in a smaller space it wouldn't need it. I love my cast, they are the best ever, they've taken some pretty elementary staging (more about that LATER!) and made it their own. We had a run-through for the designers the other night and it's in great shape and we open in 4 weeks or so, so that's really exciting!!! One thing I've noticed with the score is that almost every number seems "ripped off" from other Broadway show song in terms of style and sometimes composer. Eventually I'll start writting those thoughts down, but it's been fun discovering those things!
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DR Matthew - What are you doing up so early?
*Remember, anything before 10:00am is early for me. ;)
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OK - Time to head out to meet up with DR elmore...
Laters...
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In today's notes, our esteemed BK wrote:
Cynthia understudied Glenn Close on Broadway in The Crucifer of Blood, which I believe our very own Pogue did here in Los Angeles, California, USA.
I'm having a little trouble visualizing this. Ms. Close is a very small woman, and Mr. Pogue is not a very small man. How did he ever fit in the costume?
Still, it's good to know he is so versatile!
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DR Matthew - What are you doing up so early?
*Remember, anything before 10:00am is early for me. ;)
The DP leaves for the bakery at 4:45, this morning I just didn't go back to sleep. I'm lovin' the early mornings, it's really quiet, except for Ella! It sorta keeps me on his schedule, sleep-wise - it's a good thing.
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I really like Miss Reddy, and we made a good album. I would have to say that she wasn't my favorite person to work with - I found her very strange. She was always telling us of the previous night's sexual escapades with her very young Brazilian lover. TOO MUCH INFORMATION, that's all I can tell you. I told Petula Clark the story, and her reaction to it was priceless.
Yes, I've heard that about Miss Reddy, a man in every port. That would explain the cover art for the "Surrender" single!!
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And what WAS Miss Petula Clark's priceless reaction to Miss Helen Reddy's disclosures?
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Greetings all.
My question for "Ask BK Day" is: How am I going to find the time to catch up on all the posts I missed over the past 4 or 5 days?? Have I missed anything exciting?
Congrats DR Matthew on your ascension to the heavens.
For BB6 fans:
I despise that entire team. You know which one I mean.
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DR MBarnum mentioned yesterday;I remember an episode of Twilight Zone with Robert Redford, but I don’t recall the title. Is that you mentioned the one in which he performed a messenger from the heaven who took an old woman to the heaven?
Yes, DR Hisaka, that is the one. I think he was disguised as a police officer.
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I think DRMBARNUM saw TEAM AMERICA at the actual Movie Thee-Yater and enjoyed it. I haven't seen it, yet.
No, not me! I have not yet seen it.
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My copy of ADAM-12 has shipped from Amazon.com!
Woohoo! I am glad that you bought it JRand!
I watched 3 episodes last night!
My all time favorite episode is on this set...the one where a widow lady's car is stolen, along with her children's Christmas gift (a tv) which was in the trunk.
And of course, watch for Dorothy Neumann to pop in as assorted old lady characters in various and sundried episodes.
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For BB6 fans:
I despise that entire team. You know which one I mean.
You mean the Fiendsheep? :)
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DR Elmoore: I find your ghost story fascinating..... Spooky, but fascinating.
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I am displeased with both BB6 teams, actually. Well, mostly I was surprised at Rachel's reactions....it just didn't seem like her.
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DR MBarnum mentioned yesterday;I remember an episode of Twilight Zone with Robert Redford, but I don’t recall the title. Is that you mentioned the one in which he performed a messenger from the heaven who took an old woman to the heaven?
I'm not DR MBarnum, but I can answer. The episode you're referring to, where Redford played Mr. Death as a policeman, is entitled "Nothing in the Dark."
For some reason, I thought he was in another TZ episode, but I can't find it right now. Unbelievably, THE TWILIGHT ZONE COMPANION has no actor index, a major flaw in the book's construction.
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DR Matthew - What are you doing up so early?
*Remember, anything before 10:00am is early for me. ;)
Ah, for the days of my youth. I used to be able to sleep until 10 or later, but now, if I sleep past 8, I find that a major miracle.
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I, too, quite enjoyed DR Elmore's ghost stories. That makes city living SUCH an adventure!
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For a change, we have an overcast, relatively cool day (temp right now is 74). We had 2 1/2 inches of rain yesterday and maybe that helped cool things off, but the forecast suggests that heat is back on its way tomorrow wigh highs in the high 80s. Argh!
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Yes, I got that Amazon form letter about NEW GUY IN TOWN. It's slated to be shipped September 6th, I think the note said.
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I have lunch plans today, but I will be breaking open THE BARKLEYS OF BROADWAY for viewing this afternoon.
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I have also agreed to go over tonight to help my friend Jeff move some cumbersome furniture around his new condo. I'l have to put watching RENO 911! and VERONICA MARS (to be DVRed tonight) on hold until I return.
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And now I have to get up from here and get cleaned up. Lunch today is going to be considerably earlier than it was on Monday afternoon.
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[move=right,scroll,6,transparent,100%]Page 3 Dance!!!!!!!![/move]
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What is the QT, anyway?
It stands for the "Queen Tiffany", an unregistered luxury liner with a near-mythological reputation.
Very many things are said to have happened "on the QT" and have been "kept" on the QT. I suspect there's a very small international cabal of very powerful people who run it all "on the QT."
So in this case, the winning name is drawn from an electronic hat, by BK in the safe home environment, but the electronic programming is based on the Queen Tiffany ("on the QT").
But, ssssshhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...it's not for public discussion, being "on the QT", as it were.
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DR Jason - I have an MTI rant, I hope you don't mind... BUT
The theatre company that I'm quite involved with put an application into MTI in March for "Urinetown" - we were told that it was a new property and we needed to wait to see if any of the regional/pro theatres in the area wanted the show first. Turned out, in May, we finally got approved, which was exciting. As far as we knew, we were the first people in the area to grab the show.
Turns out, a local community college theatre, who draws from the same audience and talent pool as us, ALSO got the show and announced their season after we did. Their show is end of Feb/March, AND then we found out that a company about 20 minutes south of us open the show 2 weeks after we close... same talent pool there, too.
Let's not mention that a CHILDREN'S theatre in the same city as we are got the show for this summer (Palo Alto Children's Theatre)
I know MTI can't micro-manage their clients, but it just doesn't seem right is all.
Thanks for listening!
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It stands for the "Queen Tiffany", an unregistered luxury liner with a near-mythological reputation.
Very many things are said to have happened "on the QT" and have been "kept" on the QT. I suspect there's a very small international cabal of very powerful people who run it all "on the QT."
So in this case, the winning name is drawn from an electronic hat, by BK in the safe home environment, but the electronic programming is based on the Queen Tiffany ("on the QT").
But, ssssshhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...it's not for public discussion, being "on the QT", as it were.
Where did you get this answer? I looked around myself, and all I could find was that QT simply stood for the first and last letters of "quiet." I admit, your version is more interesting...but where did you find it?
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Where did you get this answer? I looked around myself, and all I could find was that QT simply stood for the first and last letters of "quiet." I admit, your version is more interesting...but where did you find it?
"There is no life I know to compare with pure imagination..."
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I am displeased with both BB6 teams, actually. Well, mostly I was surprised at Rachel's reactions....it just didn't seem like her.
Sometimes I wonder if people are manipulated by watching the show. I know Ivette was whining about rachel's reaction. But i didn't see it at all. In fact Ivette was driving me crazy. She is such a hyprocrite and i want to strangle her.
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I didn't even think to watch BIG BROTHER last night. I was so involved with THE RAZOR'S EDGE that it totally slipped my mind.
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Just sitting here waiting for my lunch companion to arrive. I have no idea where we'll go, but I'm guessing junk food like Taco Bell. That's just a guess, mind you.
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DR Jason - I have an MTI rant, I hope you don't mind... BUT
The theatre company that I'm quite involved with put an application into MTI in March for "Urinetown" - we were told that it was a new property and we needed to wait to see if any of the regional/pro theatres in the area wanted the show first. Turned out, in May, we finally got approved, which was exciting. As far as we knew, we were the first people in the area to grab the show.
Turns out, a local community college theatre, who draws from the same audience and talent pool as us, ALSO got the show and announced their season after we did. Their show is end of Feb/March, AND then we found out that a company about 20 minutes south of us open the show 2 weeks after we close... same talent pool there, too.
Let's not mention that a CHILDREN'S theatre in the same city as we are got the show for this summer (Palo Alto Children's Theatre)
I know MTI can't micro-manage their clients, but it just doesn't seem right is all.
Thanks for listening!
DR Matthew: I explain this to my customers all the time, many of whom are confused and angry by our amateur licensing policies. The fact is, there is no statute of limitations in regard to the number or location of amateur productions of any title in any given city or state. In other words, Community Theatre A and Community Theatre B could perform URINETOWN on the same night in the same building with the same curtain time without violating any contractual agreements. The only groups who are granted exclusivity on any titles are the large, professional regional theatres and in a few rare cases, very large community theatres that pay their actors a certain level of salary.
Since announcing URINETOWN as an available title, we have received hundreds of applications for that show. Some of them were approved - others were not because a professional group declined their request. Once an offer is approved, a contract is sent out listing the fees and terms. Whether a group chooses to sign and return that contract once they've received it is up to them. We don't know who will choose to proceed with the show, so we can't say, "We can't send you a contract until Community Theatre C tells us if they're going to do the show."
Like I said, I had a woman apply for 10 titles yesterday - obviously she isn't going to do all of them, but I have to send her contracts if she asks for them. If she signs a contract for TOMMY and returns it with some money, the show is hers. If the high school down the street decides they want to do TOMMY, too, it's between those two schools to hash out who gets to do the show or just go ahead and do it at both venues.
For your community's sake, I'm sorry to hear that there are so many productions of the same show booked for what sounds like a small region, but MTI, as representatives of the authors, is here to make money for those authors and get their shows produced as much as we can. With over 60,000 customers in the amateur department alone, it would be quite impossible for us to micro-manage to such an extent that we could avoid double-bookings of a title in any given community. It is ultimately the responsibility of the theatres in any community to communicate with one another and discuss their proposed seasons before signing any contracts or making any announcements, which we assume that they do.
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DR JRand -- are you familiar with a production of "Plain and Fancy" being done in or near Nappanee?
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DR Jason - you're a doll :)
Thanks for your response.
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In fact Ivette was driving me crazy. She is such a hyprocrite and i want to strangle her.
Ditto, dearie. Ditto.
What really bugged me was the "old wench" comment. Just wait till she's there in a couple of years, and we can all throw that comment back in her face.
It's that entitlement that a certain younger generation feels they deserve that drives me bananas.
And "Cappy Days?" Oh please.
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Ditto, dearie. Ditto.
What really bugged me was the "old wench" comment. Just wait till she's there in a couple of years, and we can all throw that comment back in her face.
It's that entitlement that a certain younger generation feels they deserve that drives me bananas.
And "Cappy Days?" Oh please.
I think they are misrepresenting Ivette. The producer of the show was on House Calls last week and he said they could not air many of her comments because they were too inappropriate or racist.
And as for her comments to rachel, how old is rachel anyways? She looks great to me. And i seriously doubt she is that much older than ivette.
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my my, slow day here at HHW!
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And of course Adair, who costarred in the BK-directed Bacharach thingy (technical term) up here, starred in what is evidently the longest running regional production of ILY,YP,NC--over 3 years here in the Land of Port.
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I think they are misrepresenting Ivette. The producer of the show was on House Calls last week and he said they could not air many of her comments because they were too inappropriate or racist.
And as for her comments to rachel, how old is rachel anyways? She looks great to me. And i seriously doubt she is that much older than ivette.
I think Rachel is 34.
Ivette is a pig.
She also made some racist remark about Rachel being "an asian...." something or other. That aired last night.
Ivette's "last nerve" doesn't interest me in the slightest.
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I very nearly threw up last night during BB6 as Beau showed America the "Cappy" shrine they set up every time they win HOH....
These people are too stupid to live.
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And as far as "misrepresenting Ivette"...the producers are very much aware of the overhwhelming "dislike" America has for the "fiendsheep". To show any of them as they truly are would upset too many viewers. Ivette is called "Evilette" in many chat rooms. Maggie is "Maggot" and April is "Yapril," (as DR Jennifer has indicated in past posts).
One of the callers to House Calls yesterday revealed a new medical term -- O.C.D....."Obsessive Cappy Disorder".
Marcellas howled and hooted....
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I very nearly threw up last night during BB6 as Beau showed America the "Cappy" shrine they set up every time they win HOH....
These people are too stupid to live.
That scene made me laugh so hard.
Have you been reading that Kaysar was able to give Janelle some info on the outside world's view of the hamsters. He spoke to some people at the hotel. And he knows that the public HATES the friendship.
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Or April is just Yap for short. :)
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And of course Adair, who costarred in the BK-directed Bacharach thingy (technical term) up here, starred in what is evidently the longest running regional production of ILY,YP,NC--over 3 years here in the Land of Port.
Sorry, DR JMK. It's been 5 years, and still running, up here in the Chester of Ro.
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These people are too stupid to live.
My customers are on Big Brother?
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Well, it's running for 3 weekends in Palo Alto beginning Sept 17 - and there ain't no room for an extension!!!!
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Or April is just Yap for short. :)
Was it too funny or what when Ivette was remarking last night about Rachel's completely understandable reaction to Beau's nomination comments.
Like...he speaks in, like..highly affected bitchy gay slang...like...well, umm....like...and he's going....like..."You've been on both sides and are very shady...and white...and pitch black...and..like...that's..like..my reason.
We all knew Rachel expected to be nominated and was not shocked in the least. But her quizzical reaction...and the faces she made...were totally how I was reacting myself.
But ever-hypercritical Ivette asked, "Will she be able to get rehired for her job after reacting so stupidly?"
My question is: Would anyone in his right mind EVER hire Beau or Ivette again?
Like...I mean...d'uh...!
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And what WAS Miss Petula Clark's priceless reaction to Miss Helen Reddy's disclosures?
Well, it was really the line she was responding to, one of Helen's many shockers. That I can't repeat on a family site - but Miss Clark simply said, "Well, dear, anyone who has to talk about it that much isn't getting anything."
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Stuart, the posts of the last few days have been cherce. I'd advise reading them all.
I got up at nine, having managed to get two more hours of sleep for a total of four. I STILL feel queasy.
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BIG BROTHER.
DR RonP, what did you think of watching April compete in the veto challenge. Now THAT was too funny! :)
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OH, my gosh, April couldn't win a challenge to save her life!
The reaction I was referring to from Rachel, was her reaction to being nominated. I just thought it seemed undignified, and Rachel has always been rather dignified and adult about everything.
As for Beau...you know I hadn't really developed any kind of an opinion of him, until now...and now I know that he drives me crazy. I find that bitchy diva act very annoying.
I still think that Janelle and Howie's mean spirited outbursts recently were childish and out of line...however, I am still rooting for them over the "friendship" group. Although, maybe I am really rooting for James now! LOL! He is playing good!
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Sorry, DR JMK. It's been 5 years, and still running, up here in the Chester of Ro.
Don't tell that to whoever devised the ad campaign for the Portland production. :o
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I'm sooooo tired.
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VERY HINKY GOINGS-ON!
I just came back to the site and it had logged me off.
I had to think really hard to remember my password.
And now I have a headache.
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I know!
I'll go to lunch now.
Eating always makes me feel better.
Today...szechuan chicken and rice, braised green beans and hand-made dumplings!
Ahhh...I'm feeling better already!
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From the WHEN WILL THEY EVER LEARN Department:
Competing DVD Formats at Impasse as Deadline Nears
By Alex Pham
Times Staff Writer
August 24, 2005
A fight over the next generation of DVDs appears inevitable as manufacturers of rival technologies near a self-imposed deadline without agreeing on how to merge their designs into a single standard.
Although some executives hold out hope that a last-minute compromise can be reached, many analysts are skeptical that the two camps — led by Sony Corp. and Toshiba Corp. — can reach a deal that would allow them to jointly roll out new, high-definition DVD players and movies by Christmas.
The impasse recalls the battle 20 years ago between VHS and Betamax for dominance in the fledgling home video market.
Toshiba backs a format called HD DVD, while Sony is behind the Blu-ray format. Both promise ultra-crisp pictures and crystal-clear sound using high-capacity discs the size of current DVDs. Sony and Toshiba want to avoid a format war because consumers are likely to hold off on buying either technology until a winner is established.
"Late August is the practical time limit" to reach an accord, Yoshihide Fujii, Toshiba corporate senior vice president, told the Yomiuri newspaper in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Executives from Sony and the Blu-ray Disc Assn. acknowledged Tuesday that time was running out, but that a deal was still possible.
"We are still optimistic that we can still craft an 11th-hour solution," said Andy Parsons, a spokesman for the Blu-ray association.
Toshiba and Sony plan to launch devices in the coming months. Toshiba has said it will ship an HD DVD player for about $1,000 by Christmas. Sony plans to incorporate a Blu-ray player in its PlayStation 3 game console, set for release in spring 2006; the company also will sell stand-alone Blu-ray DVD players.
Because the underlying technologies are so different, it would take six to nine months for the companies to modify the design and manufacturing of their products to accommodate a unified format once executives agree to a deal, said P.J. McNealy, an analyst at American Technology Research.
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Movie studios also are backing off plans for a big debut this holiday. Paramount Pictures, which said in January that it would release 20 films on HD DVD, recently said it would not release any this year. And NBC Universal, which had pledged to release 16 titles on HD DVD, said Tuesday that it was unclear whether those movies would be out by the end of this year.
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(The above excepted from LA TIMES (http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-dvd24aug24,0,4493071.story?coll=la-home-business))
der Brucer
Whatever will Matt H do?
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BIG BROTHER.
DR RonP, what did you think of watching April compete in the veto challenge. Now THAT was too funny! :)
I felt sorry for her for the first time. Truly, she was pitiful.
At least she didn't try to B.S. the Diary Room about her inability to perform physical tasks.
But how surprising was Janelle? If she hadn't had trouble with that last rope, she'd have won without any trouble at all.
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DR Elmoore: I find your ghost story fascinating..... Spooky, but fascinating.
Both my mother's and father's families have many accounts, some funny and some terrfifying, of paranormal activity.
I'm just back from an orchestra rehearsal of Act One of THE GOLDEN APPLE, which so needs a complete recording, if only for an appreciation of its compositional brilliance. Every scene seems to be variations on two or three themes and its truly boggling. Some of it sounds like Moross' BIG COUNTRY score, some parts remind me of Respighi's "Ancient Airs and Dances," and then there are "Windflowers" and "Lazy Afternoon," two examples of perfection in songwriting.
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Both my mother's and father's families have many accounts, some funny and some terrfifying, of paranormal activity.
I'm just back from an orchestra rehearsal of Act One of THE GOLDEN APPLE, which so needs a complete recording, if only for an appreciation of its compositional brilliance. Every scene seems to be variations on two or three themes and its truly boggling. Some of it sounds like Moross' BIG COUNTRY score, some parts remind me of Respighi's "Ancient Airs and Dances," and then there are "Windflowers" and "Lazy Afternoon," two examples of perfection in songwriting.
The only ghost I have ever seen (and both Vixdad and I have seen it although he poopoos the idea of it being anything but a trick of the light) is the ghost of our late lamented pussycat Bandit who I occassionally see napping in the window or walking under the coffeetable.
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Here is my ask BK question
Can you ewxplain to me the process by which a story goes from book to the screen.
For example, say I thought one of your books would make a great movie... what steps would I have to take to get it to the screen?
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JMK I suggest you walk through house #2 with two more contractors.
Pogue I remember the accident with Brock Peters. He was always a pleasure to watch.
Matthew congratulations on your new status.
Elmore your ghost story is very sad. Has anyone else in the building seen him?
Jason one of my Wednesday hiking group members was explaining the benefits of his CPAP and trying to convince me to go to the sleep clinic here.
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I'm just back from an orchestra rehearsal of Act One of THE GOLDEN APPLE, which so needs a complete recording, if only for an appreciation of its compositional brilliance. .
Your comments on the RCA OBC, please.
der Brucer
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Elmore your ghost story is very sad. Has anyone else in the building seen him?
We've never discussed it, but I suspect there are several ghosts in the building: the lesbians on the fourth floor swear they have a ghost who takes towels off the shelves and leaves them folded on the floor. The Ansonia on 73rd and Broadway has a little girl's ghost who haunts one of the towers. My friend Bill Tynes claimed to have seen her.
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Your comments on the RCA OBC, please.
der Brucer
The OBC recording is pathetically short, and I wish the RCA producer had the foresight/clout of Goddard Lieberson to record the complete show on 3 LPs with that fantastic cast. The show is thorough-composed, and the album can give you a section of, say, "Helen Is Always Willin'" but it cannot show you how brilliantly the melodies in that song are developed in a 10-minute scene.
The entire opening "Nothing Ever Happens In Angel's Roost," takes the harmonies and melody and runs rampant through a number of moods: Helen's boredom, the three townsladies' chauvinism, Mother Hare's mysticism and cynicism, and Penelope's elation that the Spanish-American War is over and the boys are coming home, at which point "My Love Is On the Way" ends the sequence, which is about 7-8 minutes long.
The only spot on the OBC that shows how some of the piece is composed is truncated "Judgment of Paris." The theme is on the sax, Mrs Juniper's Angel food sequence is a variation on the theme, and it's about 75% recorded from the entrance of Paris to the can-can off. Unfortunately, the opening agitato sequence with the balloon is gone (very BIG COUNTRY), as is the ladies' first appearance with their baked goods and the introduction of the theme. I think the bits and pieces on the OBC arewell-performed and I'm grateful we have what we have. Alas, it's about one-third of the score.
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Both my mother's and father's families have many accounts, some funny and some terrfifying, of paranormal activity.
Wow! It must be a genetic thing.
Spooky!
In fact, I'm going to probably very nearly almost always be thinking of you as "Spooky Elmore" from now on!
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I know!
I'll go to lunch now.
Eating always makes me feel better.
Today...szechuan chicken and rice, braised green beans and hand-made dumplings!
Ahhh...I'm feeling better already!
Had all but the dumplings. There were only three of us, and the dumpling plate holds 10 dumplings. I can't eat 3 of them AND the chicken and green beans...so.
But it was soooo gooood!
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DR Ron - Now you've made me hungry.
Some blintzes and cocoa would hit the spot for some reason, but my dinner guests tonight are lactose intolerant. :(
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Thanks for your comments, DR elmore, I'm going to get out my cast CD and listen to it. Right now, I'm on a "Mack and Mabel" kick. Gotta love it!
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I am sad to report that an ATTACK OF THE PUPPET PEOPLE actor has passed away (which is big news to the likes of me!!). Jack Kossly, who played Sgt. Patterson died of a stroke way back in June! But I only now learned of it....I guess that is why he never answered my inquiry for an interview :'(
He also was in THE MAGIC SWORD, WAR OF THE COLASSAL BEAST, THE AMAZING COLOSSAL MAN, and EARTH VS THE SPIDER and worked as an acting coach for several decades.
I recall that his mother was a survivor of the famous Triangle Shirt Factory fire.
(http://www.spookytoms.com/TL-JackKosslyn1.JPG)
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I think the bits and pieces on the OBC arewell-performed and I'm grateful we have what we have. Alas, it's about one-third of the score.
Like getting one of those "Highlights" albums of a Puccini opera.
der Brucer
PS Thank you
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Here is my ask BK question
Can you ewxplain to me the process by which a story goes from book to the screen.
For example, say I thought one of your books would make a great movie... what steps would I have to take to get it to the screen?
You'd have to find a producer or studio who liked the book enough to want to option it or have it adapted into a screenplay. Producers, as a lot, are mostly ignorant people who place far too much reliance on what their teenage "readers" coverage is. I happen to think the Kritzer books would make three beautiful films, or they could all be rolled into one mini-series or much longer film. They're soft, but soft in a good way and a way that movies need to get back to. People are so ready for a film with characters and heart and simplicity and no bombast and I think a look back at a much simpler and better time would be just what the doctor ordered.
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You'd have to find a producer or studio who liked the book enough to want to option it or have it adapted into a screenplay. Producers, as a lot, are mostly ignorant people who place far too much reliance on what their teenage "readers" coverage is. I happen to think the Kritzer books would make three beautiful films, or they could all be rolled into one mini-series or much longer film. They're soft, but soft in a good way and a way that movies need to get back to. People are so ready for a film with characters and heart and simplicity and no bombast and I think a look back at a much simpler and better time would be just what the doctor ordered.
So, BK, is this something that you might actively pursue, or would you just wait until someone else comes to you wanting to do it?
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I got to watch about 45 minutes of THE BARKLEYS OF BROADWAY. The Technicolor is richer than richer - really, it looks like they're used Ultra-Resolution on this (though they haven't) because the color is so deep. The film looks a tad dark to me, though. Maybe that's one reason to color looks so overly saturated.
Anyway, a robe Fred wears used to look like dark purple or navy. Now, it's easy to see that its purple with red and blue piping running through it. Amazing color and detail which DVD affords us.
I have noticed a few spots of color print damage and one long shot where the color is obviously out of registration.
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Yes, we did do junk food for lunch - Burger King. If I'm going to have a burger, I like the taste of theirs, so it was fine.
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Well, it was really the line she was responding to, one of Helen's many shockers. That I can't repeat on a family site - but Miss Clark simply said, "Well, dear, anyone who has to talk about it that much isn't getting anything."
Imagining the response is Miss Petula Clark's voice makes me laugh! ;D
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Imagining the response is Miss Petula Clark's voice makes me laugh! ;D
Me TOO!!!!!
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Back to THE BARKLEYS OF BROADWAY again. It's easy to see that this was a follow-up to the successful Garland-Astaire teaming of EASTER PARADE. "My One and Only Highland Fling" is such a rip-off of "A Couple of Swells."
I don't think Judy Garland lasted long enough during the production process to have filmed anything for the film proper, but her costumes were made and fitted, and I wonder if any of her wardrobe tests (stills or footage) still exist? That would have made a much more interesting special feature than some of what is offered on the disc.
And did Irene design Ginger's dresses totally differently from the designs for Judy, or were Judy's designs simply rebuilt for Ginger? There is that one famous photo in the Freed Unit book that shows Judy visiting the set in one of her BARKLEYS costumes after she had been replaced while Oscar Levant looks on.
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Next week, Fox issues that Shirley Temple boxed set with LITTLE MISS BROADWAY, CURLY TOP, and HEIDI in it. Interestingly, you can buy LITTLE MISS BROADWAY and CURLY TOP separately but not HEIDI (it was released in a separate DVD a few years ago which I have, but it seems to be out of print now). The price of the two separate discs is about the same price as the boxed set of three films.
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DR JRand -- are you familiar with a production of "Plain and Fancy" being done in or near Nappanee?
Why yes I am, DRRLP. It is at Amish Acres, in Nappanee at the Round Barn Theatre (as opposed to my Hazel Day Longden Theatre on Round Barn Road in Greencastle).
At Napannee they do shows nine months out of the year and PLAIN AND FANCY runs in repertory with the others in the season. When a new show is rehearsing, P/F is up. You can see it from May to October on different dates and weekends. 8)
http://www.amishacres.com/aa_musical_theatre/musical_theatre.htm (http://www.amishacres.com/aa_musical_theatre/musical_theatre.htm)
It's a great space. I have only been there once, to see something OTHER than P/F....but if you're traveling back through Indiana, it might be a fun place to visit! 8)
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My roommate spent last year at Round Barn in Nappannee...and DR Jose spent a summer there a few years back. Oh, the stories they have to tell. I actually visited Jenn when she was up there last August. It's beautiful, but I can't imagine living there year-round.
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Other than the Temple films, I didn't see much of interest being released on DVD next week. Well, I liked HOUSE very much during the season, but I haven't been watching the reruns, and I don't think they are episodes I will want to revisit. HOUSE is available next week. Ditto NIP/TUCK.
I didn't see SAHARA at the movies (can't stand Penelope Cruz), but it's coming out next week also.
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I am finally going to get to see TWO WOMEN. It's coming on TCM at some point tonight/early morning tomorrow, and I have the DVR set to record it.
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My guess, DRMATTH, is that since Ginger stepped in on such short notice, that her costumes were designed "on the fly" - but I doubt that she wore anything designed for Judy since they were such different body types. Ginger wrote in her book that when she reported to MGM, the first thing she did was go to Irene's workshop to look at sketches, so Judy and her clothes were OUT and Ginger and her NEW clothes were IN.
I can't imagine Judy in the gold lame dress Ginger wears under the opening credits....although the pajamas and casual slacks might be Judy items.
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I think tomorrow, I'll make a CD from the video of the workshop of Sunset Blvd. The video quality isn't good, but the sound is from the soundboard, so that quality is good. It's one of my favorite "recordings" of the show and has the original London cast
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I meant to say that today is Sophia Loren day on TCM, so I'm sure fans of hers are looking forward to catching some of her films.
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Operation Crossbow tonight at 12:15 EST!
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My guess, DRMATTH, is that since Ginger stepped in on such short notice, that her costumes were designed "on the fly" - but I doubt that she wore anything designed for Judy since they were such different body types. Ginger wrote in her book that when she reported to MGM, the first thing she did was go to Irene's workshop to look at sketches, so Judy and her clothes were OUT and Ginger and her NEW clothes were IN.
I can't imagine Judy in the gold lame dress Ginger wears under the opening credits....although the pajamas and casual slacks might be Judy items.
Yes, and Ginger was such a stickler about her clothes in films that I suspect she would have been insulted if the costumes weren't designed specifically for her.
Thanks.
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Why yes I am, DRRLP. It is at Amish Acres, in Nappanee at the Round Barn Theatre (as opposed to my Hazel Day Longden Theatre on Round Barn Road in Greencastle).
At Napannee they do shows nine months out of the year and PLAIN AND FANCY runs in repertory with the others in the season. When a new show is rehearsing, P/F is up. You can see it from May to October on different dates and weekends. 8)
http://www.amishacres.com/aa_musical_theatre/musical_theatre.htm (http://www.amishacres.com/aa_musical_theatre/musical_theatre.htm)
It's a great space. I have only been there once, to see something OTHER than P/F....but if you're traveling back through Indiana, it might be a fun place to visit! 8)
Thanks for the background.
Oh! Funny thing!
My mother is going to be "mingling" with the cast on Friday evening.
She and my aunt are on an excursion done for folks who put trips together. Today they arrive in Covington KY and have a buffet dinner on the Belle of Cincinnati (a riverboat). Tomorrow, they go to Nappannee and will do the local sights...like a Dutch village and shops/crafts/antiques, etc. Friday they tour the Amish countryside and hit all the "shops", the Ruthmere Mansion, Midwest Museum of American Art for the Rockwell exhibit, and the evening is nearly capped off by a family style "Threshers Dinner" at Amish Acres' Restaurant Barn where they will take in a performance of Elton John/Tim Rice's "Aida". Then it's back to the hotel and a "mingle" with the cast of "Plain and Fancy." More touring on Saturday and a drive to Louisville. Touring there on Sunday and a return home to SC in the evening. (I can just hear my mother now: "My son majored in drama in college and I know he's done little theater, but not for a long time now.")
It's free and it's something she would not otherwise ever have considered doing.
So...ain't retired life grand? Simply GRAND?!!!??!
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Well the mail brought an exciting pre-birthday surprise from DRMBARNUM. What treasure there were:
Two gladiator movies on DVD featuring Mr Richard Harrison.
The script for ATTACK OF THE PUPPET PEOPLE.
A photo of Mr John Gavin.
A production still from LOVE IS A MANY SPLENDORED THING.
A CD from the New York tryout production of INSOMNIA.
A very funny card.
And something else that will get its own post below.
Thanks, DRMBARNUM!!
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It's kind of like A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM...
2 pm - PLAIN AND FANCY
8 pm - AIDA
Whew! Hope nobody gets mixed up!
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I've eaten dinner at Thresher's. Tell her to eat light for lunch, 'cause they really pile on the food, and it's all that rich, hearty Amish stuff. Very tasty. And tell her to at least sample the horseradish cheese at the Cheese Shop and the fudge at the Sweets Shop - FANTASTIC!
And tell her to send my love to my hometown of Louisville. I won't get back there until Christmas...
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DR Ron, but is she seeing "Plain and Fancy"?
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Oh! And the apple butter is really good, so she should send you some....
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And now I'm off to my home environment.... Ciao for niao!
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Best birthday present EVER:
:o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o
Imagine it in its 8x10 glory! That is an actual policeman from San Juan, Puerto Rico - taking a photo op with the American star of the United Artists Production COUNTERPLOT, Allison Hayes. Miss Hayes enjoyed her stay on the island, including accomodations at the brand new CARIBE HILTON (the first Hilton Hotel built outside the contiguous United States). As you can tell, production photographer Bill Crespinal enjoyed photographing the local architecture of the city.
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Off to rehearsal!
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I confess I'd rather my mother would get to see "Plain and Fancy"...more her "type" of musical.
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Allison who???
;D
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OK, off to help my friend move some furniture around his condo. Should be back later, hopefully without a strained back muscle.
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DR Ron, but is she seeing "Plain and Fancy"?
No. She's seeing "Aida." She's only "mingling" with the cast of "Plain and Fancy."
I don't know why.
Jason: She's on a bus somewhere in Kentucky right now. Or, she's about to embark on the Belle of Cincinnati for dinner.
There will be no opportunity to recommend anything.
I'll get a full report from her Sunday evening.
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Oh! And the apple butter is really good, so she should send you some....
Ciao-ders!
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That's no mere policeman, JR--it's obviously Barney Miller when he was a flatfoot. ;D
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May I mention I too recieved a marvelous package of goodies from that Santa of the West, MBarnum.
CD copies of Lulu's Greatest hits, Miss Toni Fisher, Japanese horror girls "Peanuts" an Indian cd (of course), and 7 episodes of STINGRAY, the puppet show. SO COOL!!!
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Not to scare anyone, but I was just checking a PM on HHW and as I was browsing back and forward through my inbox and outbox, the word "Hacker?" appeared, as a question just like that. Has anyone else ever seen that? Hopefully nobody is trying to hack this site.
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Today they arrive in Covington KY and have a buffet dinner on the Belle of Cincinnati (a riverboat).
Did you have to add the parenthetical thus depriving those of us with adventurous minds a delighful fanatsy!
"Bufet Dinner on the Belle of Cincinnati" - a delightful excursion into Nyotaimori - Naked Sushi. A succulant repast of fried country ham, grits, greens and red-eye gravy served on an appropriately un-adorned belle of the grand old south.
Brings backs visions of A Clockwork Orange:
der Brucer
(Rumor has it there is a male version; usually pronounced nantaimori.")
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My agent doesn't seem motivated to get the book out there (time for a new agent, methinks), but we did send it to Rob Reiner's company, since we are acquainted - that was a year ago, and there the three books sit, unread.
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Good Evening!
What a beautiful day it was here in New York City. Sunny, breezy, not too hot, not too cold... just wonderful.
And I started my day off wonderfully with the first orchestra rehearsal for The Golden Apple. I've never listened closely to the score, although, I know I have the OCR in my collection. The piece is rounding out the Bard Music Festival's summer season which was devoted to Aaron Copland and his circle - and influence. Boy, is there a lot of that in The Golden Apple - especially the "western" sounding material.
I also got to catch up a bit with Nick Archer who is playing piano in the orchestra. Nick was the conductor for A Little Night Music at the Kennedy Center, and he's one helluva pianist. Great chops, as they say.
After rehearsal, I had the honor of lunching with DR elmore and his pal, Jonathan Tunick, who is conducting this performance of The Golden Apple. We ended up in his old stomping grounds - Mr. Tunick is an alumnus of The Juilliard School, and Riverside Church is right around the corner from the "old" Juilliard (now Manhattan School of Music). Stories were told, memories were shared. A very nice way to spend the afternoon. And on the subway ride downtown, Mr. Tunick passed on a bit of "news" to me which brought a smile to my face.
:)
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I spent the rest of the afternoon running around trying to find a Kinko's where the printers for their computer stations actually worked! Good grief! I even volunteered at one place to "fix" it for them since it looked like all that needed to be done was to reboot the network connection - otherwise known as turning the printer off and then back on - but I was told that since I was not an employee... They told me I could just send the page I needed to be printed to the "back", but then that would take at least 10 minutes for them to process and bring to the counter. So...
Since I was about a week overdue for a haircut, I headed down to Chelsea Barber to get my hair cut. And Chris did a fine job. I shall have to ask for him directly next time. It's one of those cuts where it makes me look like I've lost some weight. :)
And then it was over to Kinko's on 24th... The printers worked there.
:)
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And now I'm doing laundry... And I'm thinking that once my laundry is done, I may head down to Therapy... Hmm... We shall see....
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Is this a slow news day here at haineshisway.com? I hadn't intended to be so busy today, what with operating on three hours of sleep, but I really haven't stopped since this morning.
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DR JRand -- are you familiar with a production of "Plain and Fancy" being done in or near Nappanee?
DR Ron Pulliam - As DR Jason stated, I did do my time at the Acres one summer - I believe back in 1997. I did State Fair, The Music Man, Shenandoah and The Baker's Wife. Oh, and Plain and Fancy, of course. It was a "tough" summer, but I made some very dear friends while I was there. You had to have friends while you were there that summer to survive (unfortunately). I admire Richard Pletcher - the owner of the Acres - for his chutzpah, but that triple repertory schedule is a killer.
In fact, that was only the second gig where I ended up taking the "out clause" in my contract. I was offered my first job at Ford's Theatre - All I Really Needed To Know I Learned in Kindergarten (with Bonnie Franklin and James Whitmore, among others) - and I took it, and gave them my notice. Four weeks notice in fact, when all that I was required to give them was two weeks. Well... To put that whole summer in perspective, the "Artistic Director" at the time did not start looking for my replacement until four days before I was leaving. So... I ended up spending my final 36 hours there teaching the new guy the two current shows that were currently running - Shenandoah and Plain and Fancy - as well as bringing him up to speed on The Baker's Wife that was currently in rehearsal. -And then I drove home that Sunday night. Straight home. I left Nappannee around 9:00 that evening, and pulled into Richmond around 9:00 the next morning. 12 hours, and only stopped once for gas.
And 24 hours later, I started at Ford's Theatre.
:)
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OH...
And for a few years after that, my friend, Leigh, and I would respond accordingly when asked:
Where did you work last summer?
The Round Barn Theatre at Amish Acres Never Work There!
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But the summer after I was there, the "old" Artistic Director's karma caught up with him, and he was let go for a myriad of reasons. It's still a crazy schedule there, but, from what I understand, there's no longer a sense of "fear" and "danger" constantly in the air. -And that's enough of that trip down memory lane...
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OH! Page Six!!!
DANCE, DANCE REVOLUTION!
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Ooohh.... And "So You Can Think You Can Dance?" just started. Fun, Fun, Fun!
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Finishing out my work day in the telephone reference center - maybe I can visit here between calls!
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Not to scare anyone, but I was just checking a PM on HHW and as I was browsing back and forward through my inbox and outbox, the word "Hacker?" appeared, as a question just like that. Has anyone else ever seen that? Hopefully nobody is trying to hack this site.
Way too often. ;D
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"Bufet Dinner on the Belle of Cincinnati" - a delightful excursion into Nyotaimori - Naked Sushi. A succulant repast of fried country ham, grits, greens and red-eye gravy served on an appropriately un-adorned belle of the grand old south.
:o Gasp! Not in conservative old Cincinnati!
Speaking of Cincinnati, I don't know what the Enquirer would have printed today if the president of the University of Cincinnati had not issued an ultimatum to the basketball coach. The story filled the better part of 3 of the 4 sections of the morning paper. He (the coach) blinked and will step down. She (the president) appears to be one tough cookie.
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Not to scare anyone, but I was just checking a PM on HHW and as I was browsing back and forward through my inbox and outbox, the word "Hacker?" appeared, as a question just like that. Has anyone else ever seen that? Hopefully nobody is trying to hack this site.
EEKS! This has never happened to me...so far. :-\
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I didn't think someone was hacking. I thought I was being accused of hacking. ;D
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I found the following at World Wide Words: (http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-ont2.htm)
According to Robert Hendrickson, in The Facts on File Encyclopedia of Word and Phrase Origins, the first reference is from a British ballad of 1870, which contained the line “Whatever I tell you is on the QT”. It seems to have been just an abbreviated spelling, using the first and last letters of the word quiet, the mild obfuscation also suggesting a meaning for the expression.
Same source gives the following verse for the song "Ta-Rah-Rah-Boom-Di-Yay:
A sweet Tuxedo girl you see,
Queen of swell society,
Fond of fun as fun can be,
When it's on the strict Q.T.
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Hi folks.
Sorry but we had a bad rain storm. I signed on the computer, answered about 2 emails and had to sign right back off again. Now it’s almost bed time. Oh well.
I jus quickly scanned some of the posts.
Saw the one about ghosts. I’ll swear to my dying day that I saw an Almost in this here very house shortly after we moved in.
I was sitting and reading a book when I saw a man, old fashion clothes, beard, blue eyes, tall watching me from the door frame between the kitchen and the living room. When I turned my full attention to him, he was gone. Of course, if it was an Almost, that’s a good thing because as the tale goes if you ever confront one face to face, you’ll die. :o
In other interesting news, I had someone down at work tell me she had a dream about me. She said I was at Burlington Coat Factory, trying on trench coats with many pockets. She said that I wanted as many pockets as possible so I would have a place for a flash light, an umbrella and a dozen other things that I wanted to carry with me. The odd part is that it sounds just like me. I am a scout, prepared for everything.
When I pack for NYC I will have a flashlight and an umbrella so she called it true. I’ve taken them on every trip. :)
To bad she couldn’t have dreamed that win the lotto tonight. It’s up to 35 million. Ahh well. :-\
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I've never seen a ghost, but my dad said that he experienced one. He used to be the night manager at a local restaurant that no longer exists. Strange things would happen when he was there alone. One night, there was some water in a sink that had the stopper in. Bubbles were coming up out of the bottom of the sink and they spelled out the name "Glen." :o Spooooky! He said that he'd say "hi" to Glen all the time after that, since he knew the ghost's name. My dad never did find out if anything had ever happened in that building to anyone named Glen before he worked there.
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Ooohhh... Ghost stories...
Olney Theatre in Olney, MD - The cast house has a ghost or two. Or maybe even three... A frequent sighting is of a mother and daughter (probably around eight years old). They are usually seen sitting at the piano. And sometimes one can hear the mother playing.
In the old theatre - they just got a new theatre - there is a very present presence. I've experienced it a few times. It's actually a friendly feeling - still kind of spooky and creepy - but friendly. And it actually feels like a group of people, in fact, you feel "it" the most at that back of the house along the back row of seats. And it's literally something you feel as soon as they turn the house lights out, and they put the ghost light out on stage.
*And I was always thankful that I never got housed in the rooms "behind" the theatre.
;)
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Ghost Story #2...
When I worked at Circa '21 Dinner Theatre in Rock Island, IL, there was a ghost in that cast house too. Most of the time he appeared to people in a window. My friend, Kelly, saw him a couple of times. She would be looking out the living room window, and he would be outside looking back in, standing in the yard under the tree. Five or six years old, dressed in a suit, blond hair. She thinks he was/is Amish or Quaker from the way he dressed. She was scared the first few times she saw him, but after a while she would try to keep his attention and talk to him.
And I would sometimes feel "something" walking through the second floor hallway on the way up to my room.
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And, of course, there's Lincoln's ghost at Ford's Theatre.
:o
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...And at the Omni Shoreham in DC, there is one room that is "famously" haunted. In fact, there was a news story done on it a few years ago on the local news. Apparently, even the Omni puts it last on their reservations list.
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An eerie coincidence:
It is said that Ford's ghost wanders Lincoln Center!
Of course, Ford is still alive, I believe, so this is quite doubtful.
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A lot of the houses at Goodspeed are haunted. The place I stayed in last year and 1999 has a ghost, which I saw walk across the hall. Harvey Schmidt's room on the second floor had a locked door that led to a small storage space right above the front door. Harvey swore there were nights the door knob turned.
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Just finished a wonderful interview with actress Edith Fellows, whose movie career goes all the way back to the silent days! What a fun lady! She had me in stitches during much of the interview, she is so funny!
Some of you may recall that she appeared in handful of the early Our Gang/Little Rascals short subjects, and she starred with Bing Crosby in BKs favorite 1930 film PENNIES FROM HEAVEN as well as with W.C. Fields in MRS WIGGS OF CABBAGE PATCH.
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An eerie coincidence:
It is said that Ford's ghost wanders Lincoln Center!
Of course, Ford is still alive, I believe, so this is quite doubtful.
I'm sure there's something about it in an old PLAYBILL.
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Another delightful edition of VERONICA MARS.
I also think I've solved the mystery of the killer of her best friend. I suspect there are a few more episodes before the season finale comes around again, but I stayed away from spoilers well enough to not have heard the identity of the murderer. Looking forward to getting to the end to see if I'm right.
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I've never come across that "hacker" message either. I'd be VERY upset if I did.
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I also watched CSI: NY tonight. I didn't watch it during the regular season (watched LAW & ORDER when I was home and DVRed it when I wasn't), so I'm catching up with it now.
I think I can see why it's the least popular of the CSI shows. The cases are as interesting as on the other two. But the actors they have in all the primary roles, excellent as they are, have that New York bluntness and assertive attitude which can be off-putting toviewers who are non-confrontational types.
The CSIs on the other two shows shroud their expertise in politeness, a crisp rather than caustic stance about their work. I'm not saying one is better than the other, just that the more aggressive officers on CSI:NY are not easy to warm to.
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Got my friend Jeff's furniture moved. He was right; it wasn't heavy, just bulky and nearly impossible to move through the house with only one pair of hands.
He has done wonderful things thus far with arranging the new condo and planning for more changes with new paint, mirrors, and decorating touches.
I really envy his taste and style. I somehow missed that taste gene when they were giving them out at gay school.
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Right now, I'm burning a DVD of FLAMINGO ROAD recorded on the DVR off TCM the other day. I haven't read any indication from Warner that they're planning any more Joan Crawford releases any time soon, so I'm keeping my eyes out of GOODBYE MY FANCY, THIS WOMAN IS DANGEROUS, and FEMALE ON THE BEACH to add to my Joan DVD collection.
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Ghost Story #2...
When I worked at Circa '21 Dinner Theatre in Rock Island, IL,
Jose, when did you work at Circa? Did you ever meet Susan, Oh, I can't think of her married name, her maiden name is Lundy. She plays the piano. She played there for a long time
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Great Caesar's Ghost.
I remember writing fondly of Miss Fellows after I'd seen the DVD of Pennies from Heaven, and getting a nice note from someone who knew her.
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I've just been lying on the couch like so much fish, and also laying on the couch like so much fish - soooo tired - hopefully tonight I shall get a nice beauty sleep.
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DR MattH, re: veronica mars, which episode # did you get? I think i have like 6 episodes left. but so far i have no clues to the killer. I didn't even realize that this would be resolved this season. Do you know it is resolved or is it just your guess?
We get 2 more episodes this week (tomorrow and sunday).
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DR MattH, re: veronica mars, which episode # did you get? I think i have like 6 episodes left. but so far i have no clues to the killer. I didn't even realize that this would be resolved this season. Do you know it is resolved or is it just your guess?
We get 2 more episodes this week (tomorrow and sunday).
It is definitely resolved in the season finale. We find out the killer's identity then. I really have no clue which episode this was tonight. It was the one with Veronica discovering the dog kidnapping ring.
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I must now go check on my DVD and then toddle off to bed.
Good night, everyone.
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Jose, when did you work at Circa? Did you ever meet Susan, Oh, I can't think of her married name, her maiden name is Lundy. She plays the piano. She played there for a long time
I've heard her name, but I never met her. I was there about four or five years ago for Have A Nice Day! If I'm remembering correctly, I was brought in since she was taking some time off and/or had another gig. Is she the one married to the sound guy? I think that's who Susan is. Maybe so, maybe not.
Oohhh... Now I have a craving for Whitey's Ice Cream and/or some sweets and ice cream from Largomarcino's.
:)
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WOW! Page Seven Dance!
In honor of tonight's TV programming...
THE TWO-STEP!
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Well, I guess that's sort of a two-step..
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And on that note, a rather weak and wobbly high A, I shall toddle head the Burger of Wuss. I'm playing auditions in the morning, and then recording some demos for Triangle. -Yes, there will be a CD! :) And then, time permitting, I shall head back over to Golden Apple rehearsals in the afternoon.
OH!!!!
And I'm thinking I may just "gather" at La Cocina on Friday since that seems to be a good central meeting place - and it's close to a subway stop too. As the evening progresses, the locale may change, but that sounds like a good place to start. *And if we start before 7:00, then the frozen margaritas are "2 for 1"... But since Golden Apple is scheduled to go till 6:30 that day... Ah, well... ;)
*And I just have to remember that Beard Papa closes at 8:00, but there's also Cafe Lalo around the corner too.
Any other suggestions or ideas? Maybe even a piano bar? Hmm...
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Oh...
Goodnight.
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I'm listening to selections from "Bounce" - all I have to say is WHY?
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All I have to say is where in tarnation IS everyone? All I have to say is I'm sleeeeepy.
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I've been out watching "War Of The Worlds". Not that bad but oh so many plot holes and inconsistencies.
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Off to Wussberger land