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Well, you've read the notes, you know that this is the week that is, you've marveled at the depth of the notes (three leagues), and now it is time for you to post until the cows come home - they're trying to get some moxie before they do.
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And the word of the day is: VITUPERATE!
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And now - Dino at the piano.
1 Adam 12, see the man.
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I remember watching "Adam 12," but I don't remember much except that my sister and I liked it. We also watched the re-runs of "Dragnet"...or we might have watched "Dragnet 1967," but I don't remember that as a title.
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I know not Adam 12. Now on the other hand, Eve (Arden).... a favourite of my childhood viewing.
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TOTD. Maybe San Francisco at the height of Flower Power. Maybe 1900s New York - I'm very influenced by Doctorow's pen pictures of the time. The entertainments of the day would be my interest.
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A post before work as I sit here alone.
We made a mistake last night and decided to watch the film version of The Fantastiks. I don't know if anyone else here has seen it and if you like well more power to you and that's what makes horse races. I thought it was embarrasing. To quote a line from Grease "Whatta hunk a junk" or something to that effect. It was dreadful across the board. Bad acting, bad singing, bad adaptation of what was a lovely score, bad everything. I can't think of a good thing to say about it except that it was less than two hours long. I know that Mr Schmidt is a close personal friend of BK's but WHAT WERE THEY THINKING??? Rant over.
I live in NY now but I would love to have been here during the 40s and 50s for more than just the theatre. I love NY (hey, maybe they could use that for an ad campaign ;-) and it would be great to see it during that "golden age".
Back to work.
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I know not Adam 12. Now on the other hand, Eve (Arden).... a favourite of my childhood viewing.
DR Tomovoz, have you ever seen any episodes of Eve's sitcom, The Mothers-In-Law (co-starring Kaye Ballard?) I'll add that one to my DVD wish list.
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Good morning, all! I slept late today, and I'm pondering what I need to do, what I can postpone, and how to play instead.
DRLaura, my goddaughter's school did MARVIN'S ROOM last year (why, god, why?). It has light moments, a few funny ones, but I would call it a drama. I've never seen the film so I know not how it compares to the play.
DRBen, I like THE FANTASTICKS film more than you and I like the look of the film a lot. Barney Hughes gives my favorite performance, and I like Joel Gray as well. Jonathan Tunick, DRJose, and I talked about it at lunch last week. I had been asked to submit a demo to the producer for the orchestration job, but I think they went with the right guy in Jonathan whose orchestrations are really beautiful. I'm not sure I could get the harp and piano out of my ears.
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TOTD. Maybe San Francisco at the height of Flower Power.
That one is my second choice (maybe on a night when Big Brother and the Holding Company were playing at the Fillmore.)
My first choice would be NYC, sometime during the mid 50s. I would do the Village during the day, and take in The Pajama Game at night. And then I'd head right back to the Village.
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TOD:
I think, I'd go to New York in the 40's, Los Angeles in the 20's, Los Angeles in the 40's-- and I'd stay.
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I don't know if anyone else here has seen it and if you like well more power to you and that's what makes horse races.
Odd that you should mention a dvd I watched a couple of weeks ago and made this comment about:
Did a faux original cut of Michael Ritchie's THE FANTASTICKS tonight by viewing the deleted and/or extended songs and scenes in their proper chronological placement in the script (included the 1960 version of "The Rape Song"). Still stunned at how wonderful this particular film WOULD HAVE been, had it not been neglected by the studio for several years awaiting its contractual release. . .Francis Ford Coppola did the editing, and YEESH! the first thing he cuts is "Try to Remember!"
Someone should do a version with an option to watch the film as originally conceived, rather than the theatrical version, which, quite frankly, only deserves 2 and a half stars. . .
Very nice to hear the score augmented with an orchestra, and see the charismatic performances of all of the leads: Joel Grey, Barnard Hughes, Jean Louisa Kelly, Joe McIntyre, Jonathon Morris, Brad Sullivan and Teller.
Schmidt and Jones did a fine job with the screenplay, and the setting echoes Rodgers & Hammerstein's OKLAHOMA! having been filmed in the same area. . .Anyway, the film (as is stands on dvd) often works very well - "Soon It's Gonna Rain," "Much More," "Round and Round" and "This Plum is Too Ripe" - followed by Brad Sullivan's line, "I don't like people walking through my cornfields singing" - are all beautifully shot, sung and edited.
Decidely, a mixed bag.
When THE FANTASTICKS first arrived on dvd, I also reviewed it for dvdlaunch online . . .
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I guess I'm in the minority. I remember now your comments TD. We did watch some of the special features and I admit Anthony liked it more than I. Oh, well. I'm used to loathing many things while others around me are entertained. I remember when that stupid thing from South Africa about the coke bottle falling out of the airplane (can't remember the name of the movie) played for months and years at a theatre on the Upper East Side here in New York. Everyone raved about it and we went with friends. There were four of us. Three laughed and laughed and had wonderful things to say. Guess who didn't laugh and laugh. I couldn't wait for it to be over so I could flee the theatre. I also loathe, despise and abominate The Thief, The Cook, His Wife and the Lover (or whatever the movie is called). I find it to be an overated, overblown pretentious waste of celluloid but I, again, went with a group who loved it. Perhaps I am a curmudgeon after all. Oh, well. I can live with that. I've been called worse ;-) I guess I'm not getting enough sleep.
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Good Morning!
...And this is the morning that is... Where I myself might be heading back to bed in a few to grab an extra wink or two. I heard a noise outside my window - I'm on the ground floor - around 5:00am. I thought someone was trying to break in, but then realized it was someone digging through the recycling bins - I have bars on my windows. I could hear the clinking and clanking on glass bottles, as well as the swoosh of cardboard boxes being dragged across the cement. It took me about an hour to fall back asleep, so... I'm a bit groggy right now.
Ah, well...
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Perhaps I am a curmudgeon after all. Oh, well. I can live with that. I've been called worse ;-) I guess I'm not getting enough sleep.
DR Ben - Do you need a CPAP too?
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It's raining in the SuperDome right now... :(
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On a related note...
Do any DRs happen to know if newscasters have to sign some sort of release and/or if the news organizations (parent companies) have special insurance policies for their employees who are sent out into the field during storms and other natural disasters?
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And have any DRs ever had MOXIE?
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I guess I'm in the minority. I remember now your comments TD. We did watch some of the special features and I admit Anthony liked it more than I. Oh, well. I'm used to loathing many things while others around me are entertained. I remember when that stupid thing from South Africa about the coke bottle falling out of the airplane (can't remember the name of the movie) played for months and years at a theatre on the Upper East Side here in New York. Everyone raved about it and we went with friends. There were four of us. Three laughed and laughed and had wonderful things to say. Guess who didn't laugh and laugh. I couldn't wait for it to be over so I could flee the theatre. I also loathe, despise and abominate The Thief, The Cook, His Wife and the Lover (or whatever the movie is called). I find it to be an overated, overblown pretentious waste of celluloid but I, again, went with a group who loved it. Perhaps I am a curmudgeon after all. Oh, well. I can live with that. I've been called worse ;-) I guess I'm not getting enough sleep.
Always boasting! ;D
Actually, DRBen, I'm ambivalent about Peter Greenaway; I find his images and ideas provoking, but he can certainly be pretentious: THE DRAUGHTSMAN'S CONTRACT (what the hell is going on?) and THE BELLY OF AN ARCHITECT are truly strange, and THE BABY OF MACON is quite cruel and disturbing. However, THE COOK, THE THIEF . . . made me laugh, and it's truly grotesque. But speaking of pretentious, I have no room to throw rocks.
When we recorded COLETTE COLLAGE, Harvey and Tom were working on the screenplay for THE FANTASTICKS and when I did MIRETTE with them at Goodspeed in 1999, they had just finished shotting it. The film is not nearly so good as it could have been, but I do love the Boys, and perhaps it's my affection for Harvey and Tom that colors my enjoyment of the film, which I saw with them on the opening performance.
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...I know I had a bottle a few years ago. I was on tour and noticed it in the fridge case of a store. Unfortunately, I don't remember anything specific about the taste of it. Hmm... I bet there's a store somewhere in NYC that carries Moxie.
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And I'm not sure I've seen the word VITUPERATE... However, I have seen VITUPERATive in print many a times.
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And now I need to get some breakfast.... or head back to bed... Hmm...
DR elmore - Are you really in the mood for playing hookie today? I don't think I'll be heading down to DC until tomorrow morning now.
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I seem to remember that Moxie is similar to Doctor Pepper but I could be wrong. And isn't it also mostly a Southern Beverage? Why do I think that? Perhaps I saw it when I was touring the south with Sesame Street.
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I seem to remember that Moxie is similar to Doctor Pepper but I could be wrong. And isn't it also mostly a Southern Beverage? Why do I think that? Perhaps I saw it when I was touring the south with Sesame Street.
Yep and Nope- It's actually a New England creation. And like Dr. Pepper - and a lot of other carbonated beverages - it was originally formulated as a medicinal aid and not really a soft drink.
(http://www.xensei.com/users/iraseski/MoxieBoy.GIF)
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And now I need to get some breakfast.... or head back to bed... Hmm...
DR elmore - Are you really in the mood for playing hookie today? I don't think I'll be heading down to DC until tomorrow morning now.
DRJose, I'm dying to play hooky, but I have one number to finish for the cruise ship singer today so I can clear my desk for Faith Prince's arrangements. Call me later.
I also need to finish up my work on the GOLDEN APPLE score to send it back to the copyist this week.
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Good morning! Humidity is creeping back to the Southland, and I don't like it.
However, I can only tarry here a little it since I'm having lunch with a couple of friends and need to get ready soon.
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I thought the music was handled very well in the film of THE FANTASTICKS. I thought all the singing was above average actually. (Of course, "Try to Remember" could have been handled much better as far as its use in the movie, but I was really speaking of the voices.)
The film didn't work for me, though, as it just didn't have the magic of that small, slight stage show. I suppose if I had never seen it onstage, I might have liked it more. For me, though, I did have only an average experience with it.
I think I probably should watch it again, however. Maybe I can fit it in sometime this week.
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I think I'd probably go back to Hollywood of the early teens seeing the fledgling movie companies get started with their open air sets and hand cranked cameras.
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The new TV season gets underway tonight with Fox's two hour premiere of PRISON BREAK, a serialized drama on the order of '24.' I am not planning on watching it, but just a reminder for those who might have been interested.
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I read the VARIETY review of the touring company of DR. DOLITTLE. It was decidedly mixed-to-negative.
The critic didn't like the book at all, didn't like the characterization of Emma Farifax as cold and aloof for much too long in the show (and thought the actress and Tom Hewitt had no chemistry together), and didn't feel there was any humor or anything particularly appealing for children (and the show is being hyped as a family musical.)
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Reading that mostly negative review made me wonder if any DRs saw DR. DOLITTLE when it played in London some years ago?
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[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]Page *2* Dance!!!![/move]
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DR Tomovoz, have you ever seen any episodes of Eve's sitcom, The Mothers-In-Law (co-starring Kaye Ballard?) I'll add that one to my DVD wish list.
"In the Mirror, ov'r the mantle. I can see you, Mrs. Hubbel"
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All right. I need to hurry off to shower and shave. Will be back later.
More good wishes for Gulf Coast residents, too.
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Well, Skip made it back from his San Francisco/Sacramento travels, the only problem being a delay on the second leg of the trip from Houston to Newark.
As to the time machine, I would travel back to anywhere Ethel Merman was doing GYPSY, whether on Broadway or on tour, assuming I could get a ticket. That's been the theatrical experience that I've most wished I could have seen. I guess it would be nice to see it in New York on a Wednesday or Saturday, so that i could catch another show, but if I could see Merman in GYPSY I wouldn't be picky about the other trappings.
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BTW (internet lingo for Bite The Whale), I had a marvelous week at the shores of Jersey with family and then with friends. The weather couldn't have been more gorgeous! The ocean water was bathtub warm and the waves were just perfect for boogie boarding and/or jumping upon. The only bad time I had was a few hours at a waterpark where my sunblock began burning my eyes and I started suffering from Screechy Little Girls Syndrome. But I did manage conquer my fear of a couple of amusement pier rides that I never thought I'd be able to go on. Ah, I had meself a time...
Now I'm back in my office, and I'm thinking of this evening when I will be going through withdrawal from Kohr Bros softserv ice cream cones and Johnson's carmel popcorn. Luckily, I've brought home enough fudge and saltwater taffy to get me through.
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Danise
Your Mailbox is full!!!
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Every time I try to check an outstanding order from Amazon.com, I'm told that my accouont has no orders or transactions. This crap happens daily with this company, even though I have emails confirming all orders. I received the WUTHERING HEIGHTS CD last week, but I cannot find the order in my account page, much less any other orders in the past six months! Is anyone else having this problem or is it my ineptitude with a computer?
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TOD
I'd like to see what Long Island and Manhattan looked like in the early 1600's
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I'm up, I'm up.
I'm no fan of the film of The Fantasticks, but that's just me. I have the original cut, which Harvey sent me when the film was first finished. I do prefer it to the Coppola recut, but for me Ritchie (the director) has no grace musically. I think Tunick's orchestrations are okay, but I probably would have preferred elmore's.
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Every time I try to check an outstanding order from Amazon.com, I'm told that my accouont has no orders or transactions. This crap happens daily with this company, even though I have emails confirming all orders. I received the WUTHERING HEIGHTS CD last week, but I cannot find the order in my account page, much less any other orders in the past six months! Is anyone else having this problem or is it my ineptitude with a computer?
By any chance do you have two accounts with Amazon? I accidently did this by signing up twice with two different email addresses and two different passwords...
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elmore, amazon is several notches down of late, in my estimation. Exactly how are you looking for your orders?
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DR MattH, I do not think Prison Break will be my cup of tea. But I do plan on watching the first episode since I am dying to have something new to watch.
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BIG BROTHER live feed comments.
I have not yet read what happened last night. But let me just say that april is pathetic. Now they are whining that America could not possibly like janelle (she won america's choice) and that BB must have fixed the contest to have her win. OMG, get a clue, you have a 22% popularity rating, janelle has 80+%. It was so obvious that she was going to win.
However, I am annoyed that Big Brother announced the winner BEFORE the veto ceremony. Not too nice of them.
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I read the VARIETY review of the touring company of DR. DOLITTLE. It was decidedly mixed-to-negative.
The critic didn't like the book at all, didn't like the characterization of Emma Farifax as cold and aloof for much too long in the show (and thought the actress and Tom Hewitt had no chemistry together), and didn't feel there was any humor or anything particularly appealing for children (and the show is being hyped as a family musical.)
I'm going to see it in Des Moines on October 20 while I'm there on a business trip
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Why is everyone just sitting there like so much fish? Where is the MOXIE? Show me the MOXIE!
VITUPERATIVE, baby, VITUPERATIVE!
That is a hard word to type.
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elmore, amazon is several notches down of late, in my estimation. Exactly how are you looking for your orders?
I log into my account, then I go to outstanding or recently shipped orders, and the site tells me there are no transactions or recent orders!
If I go to my email and click on the order number Amazon.com gives me, it takles me to my account and tells me I have no outstanding orderes or transactions! Total crap.
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There are so many places and times in history I'd love to visit for a day. Actually Sioux City in the 1880s was quite a place - or in the days when there were 500 bars here and there was live jazz in most of them. SC was supposed to be bigger than Chicago, but the depression of the 1890s really hurt that.
I'd love to have been at the Chicago 8 trial in 1969, I would have loved to have been with Lewis and Clark when they first saw the Great Falls of the Missouri in Montana. There are several World's Fairs that would have been cool to see. I would have loved to dine with Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin. Hmmm I could go on and on
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I am working on a program for an evening with B. Stokes Mitchell and the National Symphony Pops at the Kennedy Center.
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elmore, try going to the bottom of the amazon home page and clicking on "show all transactions" down there. That's how I always do it, and I've never had a prob.
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Oh, they don't seem to have that at the bottom anymore - just the where's my stuff icon and track recent orders. If your order isn't recent, then, when you get to the page that says you have no orders, there's a pull down menu at the bottom - maybe that will help find them.
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I would, of course, like to take the haineshisway.com Time Machine and go back to the late '50s in Los Angeles. That way I could visit all my old haunts and see if they are as I remember them.
I would also like to go back to late '50s Times Square, so I could attend some movie theaters I never got to attend and see some B'way shows.
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I log into my account, then I go to outstanding or recently shipped orders, and the site tells me there are no transactions or recent orders!
If I go to my email and click on the order number Amazon.com gives me, it takles me to my account and tells me I have no outstanding orderes or transactions! Total crap.
DR Elmore, I might be wrong, but I could swear I read in last week's posts (I've been trying to catsup) that you said that you bought the Wuthering Heights on eBay, not Amazon.
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DR Elmore, I might be wrong, but I could swear I read in last week's posts (I've been trying to catsup) that you said that you bought the Wuthering Heights on eBay, not Amazon.
DRDan(TheMan), you scare me! You're absolutely right. The shipment I got from Amazon.com last week was the new Paul Lynde bio.
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Oh... As for the Topic of the Day...
New York City anytime between 1890 and 1955. *And maybe I could finally and truly resolve the mystery surrounding the couple featured in that famous photo taken in Times Square at the end of World War II.
Seattle to see what the "underground" looked like when it was above ground.
Boston during the Revolutionary War period. Just always been fascinated with that city during that time in history. -And I'd be sure to pick up a few things from Paul Revere's shop too!
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DR elmore - I'm finally getting ready to head out. To where is still to be decided. I'll call you later.
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Hmm... Maybe I'll head down to the Tarzan open call and check out the mad house it surely is... Hmmm... In any case...
Laters...
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DR Elmore, re: amazon. I think you should email their customer service with your order numbers and ask them what is up. They normally reply with crap form letters. But if you keep at them you should get an answer to your question.
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Every time I try to check an outstanding order from Amazon.com, I'm told that my accouont has no orders or transactions. This crap happens daily with this company, even though I have emails confirming all orders. I received the WUTHERING HEIGHTS CD last week, but I cannot find the order in my account page, much less any other orders in the past six months! Is anyone else having this problem or is it my ineptitude with a computer?
I know for a fact that I pre-ordered the new "Cinderella" coming out in the Platinum Edition from Disney. Yet, it appears nowhere in my account information.
So, I ordered it again, hoping that the system would "remind me" that I had already pre-ordered it. Nothing happened.
If I get two copies, I'm sending one back on their dime.
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Hmm... Maybe I'll head down to the Tarzan open call and check out the mad house it surely is... Hmmm... In any case...
Laters...
Perhaps they'll need a gofer to hold the auditioners' shirts while they're checking out physiques?
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More BIG BROTHER LIVE FEED COMMENTS:
And why is april telling mags that the Diary room keep telling her to vote out Janelle and not james. Not liking that either. And I have no doubt that it is true.
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Big Brother 6 Spoilage:
BIG BROTHER live feed comments.
I have not yet read what happened last night. But let me just say that april is pathetic. Now they are whining that America could not possibly like janelle (she won america's choice) and that BB must have fixed the contest to have her win. OMG, get a clue, you have a 22% popularity rating, janelle has 80+%. It was so obvious that she was going to win.
However, I am annoyed that Big Brother announced the winner BEFORE the veto ceremony. Not too nice of them.
April has let slip that BB has tried to urge her to backdoor Janelle rather than James. This time, the BB interference/manipulation (and that's what "Big Brother" is really all about...spinning propaganda and trying to get folks to do what BB wants...) may backfire unless the "fiendsheep" get all worked up again.
Ivette's pathetic poor sportsmanship should see her popularity rating drop a few more points. The very idea that she believes she's "owed" something when she's been unable to win anything, hasn't solved any puzzles, or done anything to merit anyone's respect/admiration speaks volumes about her unrealistic, feverishly juvenile sense of "entitlement."
April, who has won HOH, the Veto and $3,000 is certainly NO ONE to talk about anyone else being UNdeserving. She is the worst of the bunch, IMO. She thinks she deserved the reward because she's the only one who is married. Is that pathetic or what?
I sincerely hope they backdoor James...and then find that they "rue" the day they did it. If only Howie and Janelle can control HOH the next few weeks, then and only then will JUSTICE be done in that sick, sick, sick BB house.
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Hmm... Maybe I'll head down to the Tarzan open call and check out the mad house it surely is... Hmmm... In any case...
Laters...
Be very careful. Don't eat a banana before going. If they smell banana on your breath, it may cause a riot among the actors applying for roles as apes.
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BB 6:
James probably guessed right when he remarked that BB producers probably told Eric he was wildly popular and that his group has "fed" on that notion ever since he left the house.
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DRDan(TheMan), you scare me!
That's what I'm here for!
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More BIG BROTHER LIVE FEEDS SPOILAGE.
DR RonP, looks like we were commenting on the same thing at the same time. I find it really wrong if Big Brother is telling april to vote out janelle (instead of backdooring james). IT was sort of funny when april told maggie that is what BB wanted (and maggie was like "well we're not gonna do it".) Hmm, could it be reverse psychology on BB's part? I doubt it.
The thing i don't get is why they would rather have james stay, when they know janelle is more popular with the fans.
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Thank you, MattH and Elmore, for your responses about Marvin's Room. I found a review for a local production online last night, and one of Sandra's high school buddies she was hoping to find is in it.
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Reading that mostly negative review made me wonder if any DRs saw DR. DOLITTLE when it played in London some years ago?
I bought the London cast recording last year at a dollar store...for only a dollar! I bought three copies. ;) I was thinking about selling the other two on eBay, but I saw that a friend of mine here in Olympia also bought it because she was selling it on eBay. It didn't sell. :-\
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This morning I went for a walk, and I found this yellow-headed blackbird in a flock with some red-winged blackbirds:
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Another time-machine trip for me would be to my hometown of Camden, NJ during the late 50s when it was still a thriving city and was Philly's sassy little sister. There were two major department stores (Lit Brothers and Woolworths), a convention hall which housed both basketball and roller derby, and what I believe was a road-show movie house.
I went to college at Rutgers in Camden, but by that time you didn't want to stray too far from campus. Even these days, with the Tweeter Center, the waterfront Aquarium, the Campbell's Baseball Stadium and the RCA Towers Condos, it's still not the kind of place one would want to take a night time stroll.
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Perhaps they'll need a gofer to hold the auditioners' shirts while they're checking out physiques?
Gotta run... heading out to the Tarzan open call now!!! ;D
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TOD: I would also like to checkout the "colonies" in the 1770's I would probably have to disguise myself as a man tho' , women probably cpouldn't get into any of the really interesting places back then...
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Why is everyone just sitting there like so much fish? Where is the MOXIE? Show me the MOXIE!
OK! (http://www.xensei.com/users/iraseski/WhatIs.html)
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I'm surprised no one has come up with this idea yet:
Dallas, Texas, November 22nd, 1963. Buy myself a really good camera. Position myself on the now-famous grassy knoll. Take pictures.
Kick myself for forgetting to take off the lens cap. ::)
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Ben, I share your antipathy for the film version of THE FANTASTIKS. It has none of the simple magic that the stage version has. I think there are some pieces that are so intrinsically theatrical that any attempt to realize them in some sort of realistic, representational context destroys them. I feel the same way about the films of MAN OF LA MANCHA and THE ROYAL HUNT OF THE SUN.
It was said that Gene Kelly had wanted to shoot BRIGADOON on location in Scotland. I think it would have destroyed the fantasy of the piece and I'm glad it has the unreality and better-than-real-life illusion the sound-stage provides.
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The new TV season gets underway tonight with Fox's two hour premiere of PRISON BREAK, a serialized drama on the order of '24.' I am not planning on watching it, but just a reminder for those who might have been interested.
Do you have a link, not just for Fox, for the new season? I’m curious if I should set TIVO for any news shows that might begin while we are away.
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TOD:
June 28/29, 1969. 53 Christopher Street. Greenwich Village. New York, NY.
June 22, 1815. Kingdom of the United Netherlands.
October 16, 1793. Paris. France.
November 22, 1963. Dealy Plaza. Dallas. Texas.
November 24, 1963. Dallas. Texas.
March 24, 1964. Winter Garden Theater. New York, NY.
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I only have six days left to prepare for the kitchen remodel and our trip. The good news is the house sitters will pack up everything I don’t get to.
At the moment my adrenaline is rushing so I opted not to walk this morning and am busy setting up two mini kitchens, one in the laundry room and a second one in our guest bathroom. We need two for the days we don’t have access to the laundry room. There isn’t room for everything in our guest bathroom, plus the laundry room is more convenient with the large sink and it’s location to the refrigerator in the garage.
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DR Laura, lovely photo.
Back to work before I loose my momentum.
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And just where in tarnation IS dear reader Sandra. I believe she will be in for quite a bitch-slapping for her errant and truantness.
Back in the early 70s, Gower Champion was going to direct a film version of The Fantasticks - I know this because I auditioned for The Boy. I would love to see what he would have done with it.
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DR Jose stole mine: I'd like to be in Times Square when the picture of 'the kiss' was taken.
I'd like to spend a day on the Titanic, but I'd want my 24 hours to end just before the ship went down.
I'd like to be a clandestant observer of Mr. Cristobal Colombo and his cronies when they "discovered" North America.
I'd be fascinated to observe the Salem witch trials.
I'd love to go back and see a performance of HAMLET or ROMEO AND JULIET in the original Globe Theatre, perhaps sitting next to Mr. Shakespeare himself.
I'd like to teach the world to sing in perfect harmony. I'd like to buy the world a Coke and keep it company.
I'd like to be at the opening night of OKLAHOMA!
That's a lot of wishful thinking...
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Greetings all.
First day of school on this campus. Much buzzing about by new students, and much training to do for my new student box office employees.
Oy.
TOD:
Late 50s NYC. Not only to see the shows, but to shop! Altmans and Bonwits, which I caught on their tail ends (moreso with Bonwits), would have been in full bloom, not to mention all the other by-gone charmers of that era.
And maybe after the theatre, catching the wonderful Dolores Grey at the Persian Room, or someone else in some other boite.
'Twas all formal dress, martinis and Chrysler New Yorkers (or Imperials) then, wasn't it?
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I was sent this by a couple of different people , thought I'd share this with you HHW'ers
IT HAS BEEN CALCULATED THAT IF EVERYONE IN THE UNITED STATES DID NOT PURCHASE A DROP OF GASOLINE FOR ONE DAY AND ALL AT THE SAME TIME, THE OIL COMPANIES WOULD CHOKE ON THEIR STOCKPILES.
AT THE SAME TIME IT WOULD HIT THE ENTIRE INDUSTRY WITH A NET LOSS OF OVER 4.6 BILLION DOLLARS WHICH AFFECTS THE BOTTOM LINES OF THE OIL COMPANIES.
THEREFORE SEPTEMBER 1ST HAS BEEN FORMALLY DECLARED "STICK IT UP THEIR @$$ " DAY AND THE PEOPLE OF THIS NATION SHOULD NOT BUY A SINGLE DROP OF GASOLINE THAT DAY.
THE ONLY WAY THIS CAN BE DONE IS IF YOU FORWARD THIS E-MAIL TO AS MANY PEOPLE AS YOU CAN AND AS QUICKLY AS YOU CAN TO GET THE WORD OUT.
WAITING ON THIS ADMIINSTRATION TO STEP IN AND CONTROL THE PRICES IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. WHAT HAPPENED TO THE REDUCTION AND CONTROL IN PRICES THAT THE ARAB NATIONS PROMISED WEEKS AGO?
REMEMBER ONE THING, NOT ONLY IS THE PRICE OF GASOLINE GOING UP BUT AT THE SAME TIME AIRLINES ARE FORCED TO RAISE THEIR PRICES, TRUCKING COMPANIES ARE FORCED TO RAISE THEIR PRICES WHICH EFFECTS PRICES ON EVERYTHING THAT IS SHIPPED. THINGS LIKE FOOD, CLOTHING, BUILDING MATERIALS, MEDICAL SUPPLIES ETC. WHO PAYS IN THE END? WE DO!
WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. IF THEY DON'T GET THE MESSAGE AFTER ONE DAY, WE WILL DO IT AGAIN AND AGAIN.
SO DO YOUR PART AND SPREAD THE WORD. FORWARD THIS EMAIL TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW. MARK YOUR CALENDARS AND MAKE SEPTEMBER 1ST A DAY THAT THE CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES SAY "ENOUGH IS ENOUGH"
I am not really sure how this is supposed to hurt the oil industry, people will just get their gas the day before or the day after. Now if people would all sell their SUV's and HumVees and buy fuel efficient vehicles and carpool more and use public transportation more I can see the oil companies feeling a drop in their profits...opinions? comments?
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DR Jane, go to http://www.tvrules.net
Just scroll down till you see it.
They have every major station's listings for the Fall Season (abc, nbc, cbs, fox, wb, upn). It show all the premiere dates.
Only problem for me re: any shows is that I haven't read about most of them yet (the Tv Guide and US Weekly fall previews aren't out yet).
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Vixmom, the e-mail you received has been floating around the internet for a LONG time, it's a variant of one from as recent as May 2004. Here is a link to the letter and corresponding deconstruction of the argument from About.com, which has a reputable site on urban legends and the like. BTW (or Bite the Whale as DtM said earlier), the man at About says it's not a feasible idea.
http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_no_gas_may_19th.htm
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BK, I am glad you started in on the ADAM-12 dvd...I knew you would enjoy all the location filming.
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The HHW time machine would plop me right down in Los Angeles circa 1955. I would first go and visit Universal studios where I would hope to spot Allison Hayes on her way to the set of SIGN OF THE PAGAN, and see Rex Reason, Lori Nelson, and any number of other Universal contract players.
Then I would rent a convertable and drive to the coast and take a stroll around Muscle Beach to see some of my interviewees as they looked in their prime (beef). ;D
OH, and I would probably have to stop off at Bob Mizer's home 8) DR Elmore and DR JRand55 know the reason why! LOL!
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OH, and I would probably have to stop off at Bob Mizer's home 8) DR Elmore and DR JRand55 know the reason why! LOL!
DRMBarnum, the whole world knows why: you're looking for a date (an archaic term in several of the DRs' dictionaries).
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I was sent this by a couple of different people , thought I'd share this with you HHW'ers...I am not really sure how this is supposed to hurt the oil industry, people will just get their gas the day before or the day after. Now if people would all sell their SUV's and HumVees and buy fuel efficient vehicles and carpool more and use public transportation more I can see the oil companies feeling a drop in their profits...opinions? comments?
People use the vehicles they feel comfortable with. You're not going to get them to change their behaviors as easily as that.
For that matter, using public transportation is not an option in many areas, nor is carpooling. (And I've been a long-term user of both, in the past.)
We need to restructure our priorities, sure, but this includes several measures, not one rather silly protest (which will never happen, because not everyone will take part). We need to have alternative ways of getting from one place to another. We need to have alternate fuels. And we need more refineries. A large part of the reason gas costs so much is because we have a very limited ability to produce the gas in a usable form; the lack of refineries has created the bottleneck. If we had more refineries, that bottleneck would be reduced (widened?), and the economic laws of supply and demand would kick in. But the very people who are squawking the most about our current gas prices are also the people who have refused to allow newer, more cost efficient refineries to be built.
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Today is St. Sabina's Day, patron of housewives.
In honor of St. Sabina, I suggest that we all dust.
Sure, most dusting really means that you're throwing the dust into the air again, so that it settles on some other piece of furniture, but it will look so festive!
;D
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I'm going to see it in Des Moines on October 20 while I'm there on a business trip
That national tour comes through here in mid-November, but I don't think I'm going to see it. A gut feeling tells me I would be very disappointed.
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People use the vehicles they feel comfortable with. You're not going to get them to change their behaviors as easily as that.
For that matter, using public transportation is not an option in many areas, nor is carpooling. (And I've been a long-term user of both, in the past.)
We need to restructure our priorities, sure, but this includes several measures, not one rather silly protest (which will never happen, because not everyone will take part). We need to have alternative ways of getting from one place to another. We need to have alternate fuels. And we need more refineries. A large part of the reason gas costs so much is because we have a very limited ability to produce the gas in a usable form; the lack of refineries has created the bottleneck. If we had more refineries, that bottleneck would be reduced (widened?), and the economic laws of supply and demand would kick in. But the very people who are squawking the most about our current gas prices are also the people who have refused to allow newer, more cost efficient refineries to be built.
Oh I agree. I am not an SUV driver but I am driving a Ford stationwagon that only gets about 20 MPG, I cannot possibly carpool or use public transportation with my job as I am constantly driving from place to palce to conduct closings
I have no objection to building new refineries just NIMB ;D
Ah yes Hypocristy thy name is vixmom
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bad spelling and bad typing thy names are also vixmom
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Page 4 Dance!!!
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I blame Jose
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I will cast the sole positive note, apparently, on the film of "The Fantasticks."
I think El Gallo should have been a true singer, but beyond that, I find the film fanciful, gloriously musical with orchestrations of incredible beauty and sensitivity.
I've certainly not heard their equal in film musicals or on any CD recordings of the past 30-plus years.
I really like Joey McIntire's "Matt" and the locations are stunningly used.
The "Soon It's Gonna Rain" number is sheer heaven to me.
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And the word of the day is: VITUPERATE!
Those who vituperate are eruptive at the slightest whim.
Aren't anagrams fun? ;D
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I had a terrific lunch with two friends that I've done lots of shows with. The funny thing is that the three of us have only appeared in one show together: WEST SIDE STORY, but between all of our experiences, we laughed and reminisced about shows and actors and directors we've known and loved/hated. A two hour lunch seemed like ten minutes.
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With all this talk of THE FANTASTICKS, I might have to put THE ADDAMS FAMILY aside tonight and watch it instead.
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I am sure there are websites that detail the new TV season, but I'll have to leave here and go exploring. If I find a good one, I'll post it.
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All that rain we were supposed to get today is NOWHERE in sight! I haven't checked an updated forecast, however, so perhaps the weather folks have pushed its arrival forward.
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And I got no packages today though I did get the notification from Amazon that the Shirley Temple movies had shipped.
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BB6 Spoilage:
It's good to see that April stuck to her guns about backdooring James.
The way I figure it, Janelle and Maggie will vote for James, and Beau and Ivette will vote for Howie. The vote will then come down to April to break the tie.
We'll have to see how much influence Ivette can muster up to change April's mind about sending James packing.
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Yes, DRMATTH, I remember you writing about doing MY THREE ANGELS. Our production is plagued with non-actors and people who want to be in the play, but have to go to Canada or California or anyplace else....but they don't have time to rehearse. We will be without our JOSEPH and MDE PAROLE all this week while they vacation.... And we open one week from Thursday.
oh well....hopefully I know my lines...we will see in a few hours.
MOXIE.
Darn...the chat room will be open at a surprise time when I am at rehearsal! GRRRRRRRRRRRR
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I would like to spend Saturday, April 13, 1912, on the Titanic (thanks DRJASON) but leave before Sunday evening.
AND I would like to spend 24 hours with the Contract Players at Universal-International in October, 1954, to see them all do their classes and watch some movies being made.
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Hmm... Maybe I'll head down to the Tarzan open call and check out the mad house it surely is... Hmmm... In any case...
Laters...
"Everybody just calm down!! We're only seeing singing Tarzans here today, dancing Tarzans will be seen tomorrow!" ;D
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I rented the DVD of THE FANTASTICKS and don't remember liking it very much, I may not even have watched the whole thing.
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DRELMORE clearing his desk for Faith Prince....I am horrified at the picture!
A person could develop La Grippe.
I forgot to say, MR BK, that January is a perfect time to open a play. People are tired of the holidays and are looking for something NEW and different to do!!
I will be watching a bit of ADAM-12 myself when I return from rehearsal....if I return from rehearsal... if our rehearsal on Monday does NOT run into our rehearsal time on Tuesday.
Studying my lines one last time before heading out!
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But to put it all in perspective, all I have to do is think about Katrina!
I have NO problems or worries...none at all!
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I thought the film of The Fantasticks was much better than everyone else had led me to believe, but that was perhaps the result of having such low expectations. I, like some others here, think the cinematography is grand and I also applaud them for having done a lot (maybe all? I know they talk about it on the commentary) of the singing live--no lip-synchs.
JRand--I must have missed a birthday over the past few days. Belated wishes and Frances has never looked better--that butch hockey look really suits her. Of course architectural photographers may beg to differ. ;)
Time machine: so many choices, but I think I'd like to have been at Warm Springs, Georgia for FDR's last day on the planet.
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And BTW I always have loved Glenn Close's performance of Jack Finney's character Moxie. What's that? Oh, never mind.
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So can we gather that SWoody is volunteering his backyard for a new refinery?
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She was widely admired but could get nasty on the ballroom floor; her specialty was vituperative dance!
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Yes, DRMATTH, I remember you writing about doing MY THREE ANGELS. Our production is plagued with non-actors and people who want to be in the play, but have to go to Canada or California or anyplace else....but they don't have time to rehearse.
Sounds like the cast I suffered with for SOMETHING'S AFOOT. I don't think we ever had everyone there to rehearse until two days before we opened. It was one of the most miserable rehearsal experiences I have ever had.
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So can we gather that SWoody is volunteering his backyard for a new refinery?
No, the lot next door. Anything has to be better than the McGulag that's going up there now.
On a more practical note, lower Delaware is a great place for raising chickens and corn, but since it has no major ports or highways it would be a lousy place for a refinery.
A refinery in northern New Jersey, on the other hand, would be redundant. ::)
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I'm definitely going to re-watch THE FANTASTICKS tonight. I'll have more specific comments when I return later tonight.
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I bought a new recliner for my den, and I just got e-mail notification that it will be delivered this week. However, the day of delivery is as yet undetermined, and I'll be called the day of delivery so they can be sure I'll be home.
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Speaking of today's Topic of the Day, Playbill.com has this article:
Sherman Brothers Working on New Musical Merry-Go-Round (http://www.playbill.com/news/article/94790.html)
Stein [Jack Stein, the show's producer] told Variety the musical would possess elements of "It's a Wonderful Life" and "A Christmas Carol." In the tale, "a father and his grown son get on a merry-go-round that takes them back in time to relive moments from the son's childhood."
It's based on an original story by the composer and will be written directly for the stage...not otherwise based on a movie or a book. Sounds very interesting. :)
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The gas protest day cannot work because few people will actually do it. There is only one clear way to effect mammoth change in this country, only one true way the people can be heard loudly and clearly - and that is for everyone, EVERYONE to simply not pay their income tax next year. Let me tell you how loudly that would be heard. And what are they going to do - throw a billion people in jail? I don't think so. Want Bush out of office, expunged? Want the oil rapers to pay? I'm telling you - if everyone didn't pay their income tax until those punishments were meted out, then those punishments would be meted out. Will it happen? No. Should it happen? Yes, but that would take a country filled with people who were filled with courage, and it would mean that the sheep would have to not be sheep.
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Check out kritzerland.com for Kevin Spirtas' new single. We're now taking preorders, and it should ship prior to September 12.
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Sounds like it is based on a certain Twilight Zone episode, George.
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DR Tomovoz, have you ever seen any episodes of Eve's sitcom, The Mothers-In-Law (co-starring Kaye Ballard?) I'll add that one to my DVD wish list.
Welcome back DR DtM.
Don't know the Mothers-In-Law at all.
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A dance called the Boney Maroni.
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Today, for me, is a horrible allergies day. I've been mouth-breathing since 6 a.m.
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Thanks for letting me share that.
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Welcome back DR DtM.
Don't know the Mothers-In-Law at all.
Great two season show, started out with a bang (huge ratings), faded fast. Desi Arnaz was Exec Producer, IIRC. Eve Arden, Kaye Ballard, Deborah Walley (WEHT?) and George somebody with a handlebar mustache. Who was the other husband? It was a really funny show. Sunday nights at 7, I think (yes, I need a life, desperately. ;) ).
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"Boney Maroni" is what my mom used to call really skinny kids when I was growing up.
Of course, "I" never qualified as a "boney maroni," but some of my cousins did.
Not any more, though.
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Re early posts:
I've never had the opportunity to see the Fantastiks stages and was so disappointed in the film. Ben and I are on the same horse here.
Peter Greenaway and his Cook thief etc. I'm with Ben. Pretentious film - Emperor's New clothes!
OzDerek is a fan of Mr Greenaway's work.
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Great two season show, started out with a bang (huge ratings), faded fast. Desi Arnaz was Exec Producer, IIRC. Eve Arden, Kaye Ballard, Deborah Walley (WEHT?) and George somebody with a handlebar mustache. Who was the other husband? It was a really funny show. Sunday nights at 7, I think (yes, I need a life, desperately. ;) ).
Roger C. Carmel -- Roger Buell (1967-1968)
Richard Deacon -- Roger Buell (1968-1969)
Kaye Ballard -- Kaye Buell
Jerry Fogel -- Jerry Buell
Deborah Walley -- Suzie Hubbard Buell
Herbert Rudley -- Herb Hubbard
Eve Arden -- Eve Hubbard
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Useless trivia about THE MOTHERS-IN-LAW, which became a running joke at my school. Everyone else on the show in its first year played characters with their own real-life first names, so the opening credits listed "Deborah Walley AS SUZIE." So we started to append "AS SUZIE" to everything, as in Greta Garbo as Suzie, Bette Davis as Suzie, Rabbi Katz as Suzie,etc. The Yeshivah of Flatbush was that kind of school. (Well, we also argued over whether the life-size pullout of Donny Osmond in 16 Magazine was really life size, too, so the "as Suzie" thing was keeping in character.)
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Roger C. Carmel, that was it.
I can tell you from first-hand Utahn experience that Donny Osmond is on the petite side. My ex-brother-in-law was speech therapist to his two deaf brothers (no jokes, please--all right, go ahead).
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Thank you DRs for all that information re Mothers-In-Law (mine is great - DP's stepmother). I don't think the series aried here but I was not much of a TV viewer in the late sixties. My favourite years are still those of "77 Sunset Strip", "Adventures in Paradise", and "Ben Casey" etc. I didn't make it to the "Partridge Family", or "The Brady Bunch". I was still with "My Three Sons". The only shows I now watch are "Six Feet Under" (yet to have the new series) and, current viewing, the final series of "Spooks" aka "MI 5".
Video may have killed the radio star but Reality TV certainly buried TV for me.
The Dutch now have a pregnant woman (about to deliver)in their Big Brother show and are setting up a new show with a woman searching for a suitable sperm donor.
Yes I'm one of those "Get a Life" people advisors. The blurred lines between voyeuristic vicariously living and entertainment are a worry. Yeah! I know horses and courses. Today's TV is keeping the DVD industry alive.
I don't rant very often.
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I'm quite proud of myself. My hijacking of Adam 12 references to "Eve", has, thanks to DtM, been taken up and run with quite a way.
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Strange, I never caught the connection between Carmel and Deacon before, playing the same role.
I met each of them, briefly. Deacon was a regular at a bar/restaurant in West Hollywood called The Carriage Trade. He was more than a little thrown by their softball team showing up one Sunday after the game, with the competing team (for which I was scorekeeper) in tow.
Carmel, on the other hand...er, let's just say that when I met him he was wearing a towel. ::)
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DR Tom - And if you'll notice, in my post above, I brought the "Eve" references all the way back to Bette Davis (totally by accident, though). :)
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And Donny Osmond as Suzie!
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Sad to say but the only S & J show I have seen staged is "I Do I Do" (Rock Hudson). I've seen the TV version (Lee Remick).
I would love to see a production of "110".
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DR Tom - And if you'll notice, in my post above, I brought the "Eve" references all the way back to Bette Davis (totally by accident, though). :)
That's even further back than the Garden I think.
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Of course I did make a half-hearted attempt to return to Adam with my earlier mention of "Adventures in Paradise". Also a "garden" reference to include both Adam and Eve. I too need to get a life.
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"Tarzan has an Australian choreography - hired because she knows the ropes.
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Of course I did make a half-hearted attempt to return to Adam with my earlier mention of "Adventures in Paradise". Also a "garden" reference to include both Adam and Eve. I too need to get a life.
Well, wasn't GARDENer McKay the star of Adventures in Paradise?
It's a joke people, I know how to spell. ;)
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These terrible jokes. And to think that all day long, I'd been resisting using the expression "MOXIE-MORON" - using the word of the day - out of respect for the anti-groaning sensitivities of people on this board.
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Well, wasn't GARDENer McKay the star of Adventures in Paradise?
It's a joke people, I know how to spell. ;)
So my previous post was waste of time. Forget subtle and cryptic Tomovoz!!
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Of course I didn't even think of the Paradise connection - Just the Gardener.
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These terrible jokes. And to think that all day long, I'd been resisting using the expression "MOXIE-MORON" - using the word of the day - out of respect for the anti-groaning sensitivities of people on this board.
Terrible jokes here?
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A thought for the day:
Adam Troy's been to Paradise but he's never been to me.
Much laters...
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Greetings, all!
Well, before I left work today I turned over all but a couple of pieces of the grant proposal to our PR guy, who's supposed to take care of the other pieces, make the requisite number of copies, get the appropriate signatures, and FedEx the thing tomorrow.
As JRand would say, "Pray for Rosemary's Baby."
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A thought for the day:
Adam Troy's been to Paradise but he's never been to me.
Much laters...
[g]-[r]-{o}-[a]-[n]
Ciao-ders
P.S. Note the brackets I used above....note that the brackets around the "o" are different from the ones I placed on each side of the other letters. Oddly enough, this forum won't allow those kinds of brackets around the "o"...they don't show up, and they force a "return".
Go figure!
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Evening all!
I know this sounds mussy but if I could go back in time, I would like to take my Mom back so she could meet her Mother and see her Father again. Her Mom passed away when she was about 2 and her Dad when she was about 6.
For myself, there are many points in time I would like to see but I would also like to go the future. I know what HAS happened. Let me see something new. :D
VixMom, I cleaned my mailbox out.
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Quote from: S. Woody White on Today at 03:42:20pm
People use the vehicles they feel comfortable with. You're not going to get them to change their behaviors as easily as that.
For that matter, using public transportation is not an option in many areas, nor is carpooling. (And I've been a long-term user of both, in the past.)
We need to restructure our priorities, sure, but this includes several measures, not one rather silly protest (which will never happen, because not everyone will take part). We need to have alternative ways of getting from one place to another. We need to have alternate fuels. And we need more refineries. A large part of the reason gas costs so much is because we have a very limited ability to produce the gas in a usable form; the lack of refineries has created the bottleneck. If we had more refineries, that bottleneck would be reduced (widened?), and the economic laws of supply and demand would kick in. But the very people who are squawking the most about our current gas prices are also the people who have refused to allow newer, more cost efficient refineries to be built.
Oh I agree. I am not an SUV driver but I am driving a Ford stationwagon that only gets about 20 MPG, I cannot possibly carpool or use public transportation with my job as I am constantly driving from place to palce to conduct closings
I have no objection to building new refineries just NIMB
Ah yes Hypocristy thy name is vixmom
Well, I have to laugh at my fate. The first time I buy a new car and it's in the middle of a gas crunch. Not only that but trade in my electric lawn mower andI buy one that's gas powered as well! :D How's THAT for timing!
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What a busy little day this has been. I feel like I've been here, there, and everywhere. The pressing plant called me and told me there was a problem with the Schmidt master - thank goodness Vinnie was around and he redid it and I got it back to the plant by four.
Just picked up then new special edition of The Fly. Cannot wait. It has many extras, including an interview with our very own Pogue, as well as Pogue's original script and Cronenberg's redo. I hope to watch it this very evening - depends on how late the dinner meeting goes.
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TOD - Like Danise, my responses to the time machine question would be quite personal - 1930's Indianapolis to meet my mother's father, who died when she was a teenager; 1930's Owensboro, KY, to meet my father's mother, who died just before my parents met; and 1840's Reily Twp, OH, to meet my great great great great grandfather, who my sister has recently discovered was an early pioneer in the very county where I've spent my entire adult life.
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My head is swimming. It's out there in the pool right now, my head is, whilst I sit here, headless in Studio City, typing merrily away.
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Well, I have to laugh at my fate. The first time I buy a new car and it's in the middle of a gas crunch. Not only that but trade in my electric lawn mower andI buy one that's gas powered as well! :D How's THAT for timing!
It pleased me very much when I calculated the gas mileage on my new Vibe at 32 miles to the gallon. I may not save any money, but maybe I won't feel the pinch as badly as I would have.
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Hi all, I have been errant and truant for the last few days with no good excuse other than I haven't found time to sit down at the computer until now.
Today turned out to be a very busy day- attended one of two mandatory orientations for my internship at the Jewish Board. This one was a massive new hire orientation that all interns receiving a stipend had to attend. In two weeks I get to attend another one just for interns. Fortunately, I got to meet two new employees that I will be working with on a daily basis and they seem very nice.
Then I swung (Tarzan reference) over to Queens to have lunch with Rodzinski, went home and did two loads of laundry, and then went back downtown to audition for my friend's theater company.
This was the first audition I've been on in over a year and a half, and it was pretty mediocre if I must say so. I didn't really prepare myself very well and I was super nervous. My right leg shook uncontrollably the entire time I was singing... I bet they were super impressed :)
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Great two season show, started out with a bang (huge ratings), faded fast. Desi Arnaz was Exec Producer, IIRC. Eve Arden, Kaye Ballard, Deborah Walley (WEHT?) and George somebody with a handlebar mustache. Who was the other husband? It was a really funny show. Sunday nights at 7, I think (yes, I need a life, desperately. ;) ).
Deborah Walley died of ovarian cancer a few years ago.
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A few days ago after toasting Jose on his birthday, I had the pleasure of seeing the off-Broadway show, The Great American Trailer Park Musical. It was a very cute show, some of the music was so so, but overall, well done and it was one of the campiest and most energizing Act 1 finales I've ever seen.
It starred Orfeh as a stripper on the run from her crazy ex-boyfriend- I've never been a huge Orfe fan (mostly because she seems to show up at EVERY opening night party/theater event in the tri-state area) but she is great in the role and gets to show off her huge voice.
I would recommend it to anyone looking for a fun/campy show. And it's only 2 hours long with intermission.
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Oh! and about that TOD, how about a time machine back twenty-nine years ago last week, so that we could all be there for the birth of DR TCB? ;)
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I would also take the time machine back to Sheffield England so I could meet my grandmother's father who, it turns out, was the property manager with a big theatre company in Sheffield. It seems I come by my theatrical bent naturally.
I would also have to make a trip to Ireland to meet those relatives (from my grandfather's side - my father's father) since I love Ireland almost as much as I love England.
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Well, TPunk, you must always find time to sit in front of your computer, for we miss you when you're not here, and then all we want to do is bitch-slap you from here to eternity and hell and back.
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DR Jane, go to http://www.tvrules.net
Just scroll down till you see it.
They have every major station's listings for the Fall Season (abc, nbc, cbs, fox, wb, upn). It show all the premiere dates.
Only problem for me re: any shows is that I haven't read about most of them yet (the Tv Guide and US Weekly fall previews aren't out yet).
Thanks. Unfortunately only a few of the new shows had details.
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Well, TPunk, you must always find time to sit in front of your computer, for we miss you when you're not here, and then all we want to do is bitch-slap you from here to eternity and hell and back.
I promise never to let it happen again. ;)
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Wow the first post in over an hour!
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I can't think of any good responses to the TOD, but I like everyone's responses. The only thing that comes to mind now would be to travel back to the first time Walty ever tasted and ate plastic so that I could try to break him of the habit.
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Good Evening!
What a beautiful day it turned out to be here in NYC. None of the predicted storms materialized - although there were a few sprinkles mid-afternoon - and by late afternoon there was a nice breeze breezing up and down Broadway.
I just sort of wandered about today. I ran a few errands, checked on a few things, but otherwise just walked around a lot. I decided to explore Columbus Ave for a bit - just had never walked it from Columbus Circle before. Lots of neat discoveries, and I finally found one of the first Mexican restaurants I remember eating at back in the early 90s, Santa Fe. It was right off Columbus in the low-70s. I may have to revisit it again soon - I seem to remember a really good chicken mole.
Then I treated myself to dessert and coffee at Edgar's Cafe on 84th. The waitress suggested the "Chocolate Madness", so that's what I had - a flourless chocolate creation in three layers: a flourless chocolate cake base, chocolate mousse and a thick layer of chocolate fudge (basically) on top. Quite decadent. And to accompany my Madness, I had a cappuccino affagatto style - with a small scoop of hazelnut gelato.
And, yes, the diet starts tomorrow.
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Good evening! Still in the mid-80s here and it's after 11 p.m. [sigh]
I'm tired of summer. There, I said it, and I'm glad.
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A couple of DVDs were watched tonight.
As promised, I took THE FANTASTICKS off the musical shelf and watched it again after more than a year away from it.
For me, the magic is totally missing. The music is handled well by the two young ones, mediocrely by El Gallo, and just awful by the actor playing Huckabee. Why cast a musical film with a nonsinger? Surely there are plenty of character actors out there who could have sung what needed to be sung. Paired with the very musical Joel Grey, I felt embarrassed for him trying to hold up his end of the singing and dancing paired with someone as gifted as Joel Grey.
And this intimate little show was filmed in P A N A V I S I O N ! ! ! Why? And to fill that wide, wide space, a lot of extras were put in that again for me desroryed the charm and intimacy of the piece.
So mixed to negative from me on THE FANTASTICKS.
(The transfer was very sharp, however, and had terrific Dolby Digital 5.1 sound.)
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And after taking a closer look at the music for the show I was offered, I decided to turn it down. It's just a little too "rock" for me, just a little too far out of my comfort zone. It would be one of those shows that I would enjoy from the audience, but I'd be sitting there the whole time wondering just how they did all that. I don't "talk guitar" all that well. Hedwig and the Angry Inch is another show I like watching and listening to, but I just can't imagine myself rocking out that much.
I happened to be in midtown, so I stopped by the producer's office, and broke the news to her in person. She totally understood. I offered to help out if they got caught in a bind, and something tells me that I'll be getting a call or two (unfortunately, for them - if you get my drift).
And as has been my "luck", I ended up getting booked for a few more days of auditions today, and I might be heading out to do a week of the Little Shop tour. :)
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I should probably check out the TV version of THE FANTASTICKS at the Museum of TV & Radio. I suspect it would have that small feel and intimacy that I so much wanted to see. Susan Watson and John Davidson, right?
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Next came THE ADDAMS FAMILY. Not bad. "Thing" was the best thing about the movie when I saw it in the theater and I was equally impressed with "it" tonight along with Christina Ricci who captured the ghoulish Wednesday so completely that it's frightening.
I grew up with the television version, and I was just so accustomed to THOSE actors playing the roles. The adults were harder to get used to for me.
Again, the Paramount transfer was aces, and I chose the Dolby 5.1 track which had some thundering bass.
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After that I wanted to rewatch portions of GYPSY again (Russell/Wood version). I put in the "All I Need Is a Girl" number and let it run from there. Again, I say that the movie has never, ever looked this good on any other presentation I've sever seen. I keep meaning to see if THE MUSIC MAN looks this razor sharp and spotless, but other films keep interrupting me.
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TOD;
I’d like to go back and see shooting West Side Story in NYC (around the present Lincoln Center and/or somewhere in upper west side? – where the first-twentyfive-minutes sequence of the film had been taken in), in 1960.
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And after taking a closer look at the music for the show I was offered, I decided to turn it down. It's just a little too "rock" for me, just a little too far out of my comfort zone. It would be one of those shows that I would enjoy from the audience, but I'd be sitting there the whole time wondering just how they did all that. I don't "talk guitar" all that well. Hedwig and the Angry Inch is another show I like watching and listening to, but I just can't imagine myself rocking out that much.
I happened to be in midtown, so I stopped by the producer's office, and broke the news to her in person. She totally understood. I offered to help out if they got caught in a bind, and something tells me that I'll be getting a call or two (unfortunately, for them - if you get my drift).
And as has been my "luck", I ended up getting booked for a few more days of auditions today, and I might be heading out to do a week of the Little Shop tour. :)
Rodzinski and I plan on seeing the show from the audience and you are welcome to join us. ;)
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And I've made my DVD selection for tomorrow - A TOUCH OF CLASS which I haven't seen in at least a decade, probably longer.
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I was just reading about THE GREAT AMERICAN TRAILER PARK MUSICAL in Ken Mandelbaum's column today. Sounds like fun.
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My part-time job with GMHC is finally starting. Tomorrow is my first day back! Hmm... I have a feeling that I'm going to miss sleeping in and spending lazy days at home. And what will Killbot and Walty do without me?!
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TOD;
I’d like to go back and see shooting West Side Story in NYC (around the present Lincoln Center and/or somewhere in upper west side? – where the first-twentyfive-minutes sequence of the film had been taken in), in 1960.
What a great choice, and to see Jerome Robbins working with dancers would be a great treat! We could also see Robbins and Wise and see where it started to break down between them in their directing chores.
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I was just reading about THE GREAT AMERICAN TRAILER PARK MUSICAL in Ken Mandelbaum's column today. Sounds like fun.
ooh, I'll have to check that out. The show was really entertaining, it far exceeded my expectations.
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I am really curious to see how ROME did in the ratings last night on HBO. Usually it takes a couple of days to get overnight ratings on pay cable shows. Hopefully, we'll see tomorrow what kind of audience turned out for the show after months of heavy hyping on HBO.
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Rodzinski and I plan on seeing the show from the audience and you are welcome to join us. ;)
:)
Maybe we can grab a couple of 2 for 1 margaritas beforehand.
;)
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Hmmm....
There was this noise... Then a slight dimming of the lights... Then the picture on the TV screen went black... Hmm...
I tried resetting it - the cable box seems to work fine, but the TV appears dead. Guess a fuse or tube blew, or something like that. Hmm...
My roomies are already asleep, so...
Hmm...
Ah, well...
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:)
Maybe we can grab a couple of 2 for 1 margaritas beforehand.
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and some chicken mole :)
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Back from a lovely dinner meeting with a prosepective marketing and publicity person - we all really liked him. He'll read the play, and if he likes it, then we'll talk turkey. After that, we'll eat turkey, and after that we'll have the money discussion.
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We've had our first Kevin Spirtas preorder, so jump right in, the water's fine.
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Greetings from the Big Apple. I'm going to bed in a few minutes because 1) I'm really tired and 2) I have to be in to work half an hour early. After work, the amateur department is going on a "field trip" to Carmine's and the Palace Theatre to see ALL SHOOK UP. This will be my FOURTH time seeing that show, and while I thought it was a lot of fun, I'd rather pass on tomorrow's festivities. I spend enough time with my co-workers, and I don't really like that many of them all that much, so to have to spend the evening with them doesn't sound all too appealing. They're disguising the trip as a "morale booster" to get us into the busy season. Really, it's an opportunity for everyone to see the show so we'll/they'll know what to talk about when people want to license it.
DR Jose: Congrats on the LITTLE SHOP gig - or at least the possiblity of the LITTLE SHOP gig. When would you go out and for how long?
I've come to the conclusion that I'm a little bit depressed right now. Is that like being a little bit dead or a little bit pregnant? it just seems like anything and everything that could go wrong or go sour has gone wrong or sour in the last three weeks. The disappointing bonus, the Greek, that play I was supposed to do, my job (which is becoming increasingly unbearable) and every imaginable bill coming due now, including the first of my CPAP payments which was $225 - I think I'm at my limit. I know my problems are NOTHING compared to those of the poor folks on the Delta Coast and I wouldn't dare compare my woes to theirs, but I honestly feel like there's only so much disappointment and so many unpleasant surprises that a person can take before they feel a bit overwhelmed by it all. I don't feel like being around people, I stay shut up in my room when I can and I've been alarmingly angry - at everyone and everything - for the last few weeks. That's not like me.
I realize that many of my recent posts have taken an Eeyore-ish tone and I've done a lot of complaining and whining and ranting and I apologize for it. I'm trying to figure out what I need to do to get myself out of this funk. I just thank you all for putting up with it.
And with that, I'm going to shower and go to bed. Tomorrow is new day, right? As DR Jose pointed out as he so kindly and patiently listened to my breakdown earlier tonight, this onslaught of let-downs and frustrations may just be the setup for something wonderful. From Jose's lips to God's ears...
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Maybe we can grab a couple of 2 for 1 margaritas beforehand.
I had a couple of them myself tonight. ;D
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I've come to the conclusion that I'm a little bit depressed right now. Is that like being a little bit dead or a little bit pregnant?
No, it's not at all like being a little bit dead or a little bit pregnant. Depression can always come in gradations.
You certainly remember what it was like being depressed in the first grade, then in the second grade, then in the third grade...
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Oh, Jason, don't apologize. Everyone goes through period of having the mean reds (ask Holly Golightly), and things will get better. Hard to see that happening right now, but I promise you that things will get better.
Last fall, I was in the midst of that miserable SOMETHING'S AFOOT, and I had auditioned for NUNCRACKERS but had gotten no word after a week and was feeling about as low as I can remember feeling in a long time. A couple of friends told me they had never seen or heard me in such a low state of mind. I got the phone call offering me Father Virgil in NUNCRACKERS, and all of a sudden, my world got a whole lot brighter.
It can happen just like that. Just know that around one of those NYC corners is going to be a NICE surprise for you. Don't know which one or how long it will take to get to it, but trust that it IS there.
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Jason, I think you came up with a pretty good definition off being depressed :) I'm sorry that you've been feeling down lately.
My theory has always been that when you deal with what seems like way more than your share of bullsh*t, it just means that all of the bad stuff that would normally be spread out over a longer period of time has been gotten out of the way and only good things will happen. That theory and a ton of paxil got me through my college years.
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Paxil, that's the name of the little chihuaua that Joan Collins carried in her handbag on that one episode of WILL & GRACE that she guest-starred on.
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And now, past the midnight hour here, I must get to bed. Only got 6 1/2 hours of sleep last night, and, like Oliver Twist, I'd really like some more.
Good night.
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Oh! and about that TOD, how about a time machine back twenty-nine years ago last week, so that we could all be there for the birth of DR TCB? ;)
Ahhhh, bless you, St. Anthony!
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Well, I'm gonna try to read a chapter or two of the book I started while I was in Williamstown... I should have been done by now..
Goodnight.
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Jed! Don't you have work to do???
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Jose, when you mentioned you were doing DAMN YANKEES at the Arena, I didn't realize that Brad Oscar was playing Applegate.
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Jose, when you mentioned you were doing DAMN YANKEES at the Arena, I didn't realize that Brad Oscar was playing Applegate.
Why, yes. Yes he is.
The news was not official until last week, so that's why I didn't mention the casting earlier. It'll be a homecoming for him since he's from right outside of DC, Silver Spring, MD. His sister, Victoria is also an actress. So, we'll have Brad Oscar as Applegate and Matt Bogart as Joe Hardy. And the search for our Lola will continue in a few weeks. Alice Ripley was sort of lined up for it, but she got lured to L.A. for a few months.
I'm very much looking forward to the production. And all those baseball uniforms! And Matt Bogart in a towel! *Although, in that Jockey ad he did, he was in less... and something tells me he may be in "less" again too for the show. One can dream, can't I?
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And before I go - again - I was just reading Heloise... The second part of this made me LOL. Enjoy!
Dear Heloise: Concerning family members missing from wedding (or other) PHOTOS, if the photos are digital, any amateur with photo software can take another photo of the missing individual and insert it, so that it really looks like the person is a part of the picture. You should be able to find someone among your young friends who can do this, or it can be done professionally. -- John Christoffers, via e-mail
We also got an e-mail from Portia Hawley of Orem, Utah. She says: "My daughter Julianne was married last year, and her new husband has two brothers. At the time of the wedding, one of the brothers couldn't attend because he was serving a mission in Australia. My daughter's new mother-in-law works for a local copy store. Before the wedding, she asked her son's mission president to e-mail her a digital photo of her son, which she received and had enlarged, printed 'life-size' and backed on heavy cardboard. When we took photos, we put the 'brother' in them. It felt like he was right there with his family."
...I wonder if they still have the cut out. ;)
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Yes, DRTCB - I Miss Deborah Walley passed away in May, 2003. She is survived by her two sons - children she had when she was married to John Ashley - he had EEEEEEEEE-OOOOOOOOOOO, ya know!
Deborah was in many films in the early 60's, and played the title role in GIDGET GOES HAWAIIAN. But the film I like her best in is SUMMER MAGIC. She plays the stuck-up cousin who eventually turns out to be OKAY, and she is the subject of one of the funniest songs in the movie "She Thinks She's the Pink of Perfection" sung by Hayley Mills and Eddie Hodges.
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LOL DRJOSE - the problem with my family is taking people OUT of the photos!
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Yes, I heard that Brad was looking forward to it as a kind of homecoming. He is a very nice man.
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Person with the MOST Moxie: Betty Hutton.
Television character with the MOST Moxie: Lucy Ricardo
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DRJMK - how did the house drama turn out?
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....................- he had EEEEEEEEE-OOOOOOOOOOO, ya know!
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I just smashed a bug on my monitor screen.
GET RID OF ALLERGIES vibes to DR RLP. Mine were acting up today as well, and I expect more of the same as the rain starts at week's end.
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OMG - DRTCB..... Ya Gotta Have EEE-OOOO was sung by Mr John Ashley in HOW TO MAKE A MONSTER and was also featured on the CD JEEPERS CREEPERS as part of a Monster Medley! ;D
Donchu know nuthin' bout kulture and musik?
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remember DRJASON:
Would you rather be a left-handed flea
Or a crab on a slab at the bottom of the sea
Or a fig on a twig in Gallilee......
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Time for now to go to bed.
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OMG - DRTCB..... Ya Gotta Have EEE-OOOO was sung by Mr John Ashley in HOW TO MAKE A MONSTER and was also featured on the CD JEEPERS CREEPERS as part of a Monster Medley! ;D
Donchu know nuthin' bout kulture and musik?
I think Musik is what I have been eating for breakfast.
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I think I'm at my limit. I know my problems are NOTHING compared to those of the poor folks on the Delta Coast and I wouldn't dare compare my woes to theirs, but I honestly feel like there's only so much disappointment and so many unpleasant surprises that a person can take before they feel a bit overwhelmed by it all. I don't feel like being around people, I stay shut up in my room when I can and I've been alarmingly angry - at everyone and everything - for the last few weeks. That's not like me.
I realize that many of my recent posts have taken an Eeyore-ish tone and I've done a lot of complaining and whining and ranting and I apologize for it. I'm trying to figure out what I need to do to get myself out of this funk. I just thank you all for putting up with it.
Sounds oh so very familiar. Ultimately I found the remedy was to date my roommate. Granted, the results of this method may vary widely, so PLEASE ignore this at your discretion. :D
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Sounds oh so very familiar. My cure ended up being starting to date my roommate, so I have no idea what the hell to say for you! :D
Ahhhh, you started dating your sister!
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Jed! Don't you have work to do???
:P
Rather worthless rehearsal tonight. Nobody seemed to have their head really in the game. Way too much calling for line and such. Lines weren't my problem, they were pretty solid... I just completely forgot how to act!
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Ahhhh, you started dating your sister!
Desperate times...
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Yes, I heard that Brad was looking forward to it as a kind of homecoming. He is a very nice man.
Yes... I'm still awake... Just keep remembering to check on things I meant to check on earlier... In any case...
DR TCB - Do you know Brad Oscar? Have you worked with him before? I've played an audition or two for him over the years - always a great, friendly energy when he walks into a room.
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LOL DRJOSE - the problem with my family is taking people OUT of the photos!
;D
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Desperate times...
Seems an awful waste...
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OK - NOW I'm going to bed.
Goodnight.
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Boy, the late-night WUSSBURGERING both last night and tonight has reached epic proportions. Skammen.