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Archives => Archive 3 => Topic started by: bk on September 11, 2005, 12:31:14 AM
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Well, you've read the notes, you are jiggy with the notes, the notes are jiggy with you, and now it is time for you to post until the wonderful, wonderful cows come home.
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And the word of the day is: HUMDINGER!
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And now - Dino at the piano.
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For those who need to know (and who doesn't?) "Humdinger" was chart record for Freddy Cannon in 1960.
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"Wonderful Wonderful" was was of my favourite hits of the 1950's.
Favourite Johnny Mathis songs perhaps!!
For me - difficult to choose but "Misty is right up there.
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DR MATTH's post from yesterday;
After that finished, I just kept that DVD in the player and began watching the Katharine Hepburn autobiographical documentary "All About Me." I've always loved this feature, and watched about half of it before turning off everything and getting on-line for my last surf before bedtime
DR MATTH,
Did you finish and enjoy the Katharine Hepburn autobiographical documentary "All About Me”? It must be great and I’d like to see it and give it to my mother, but I couldn’t find a DVD/VHS named “All About Me”(for Katharine Hepburn) on amazon.jp., however, have found the VHS on amazon.com. Is that the one you have?
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Glad you had a wonderful, wonderful day (included a great successful party)! Look forward to seeing photos from the party.
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Good morning DR Elmore. My thoughts to New York and to your whole country on this day.
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Good morning, all! The Henry Willson bio is quite dishy, but not so scandalous as I thought it might be. Of course, it'sd early yet.
Dear Friend BK, I think you had one humdinger of a day! I look forward to the photos.
I heard from the lovely Miss Susan Egan last night. I had emailed her to tell her how much I've been enjoying her new recording "Coffee House." She was so wonderful in TRIUMPH OF LOVE, another flop that deserved much better.
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Good morning DR Elmore. My thoughts to New York and to your whole country on this day.
Hello, DRTomovoz! Yes, the 9/11 portions I saw on the 11:00 pm news last night had me weeping so badly I had to turn off the television. I still cry whenever I walk past a firehouse. The last girlfriend of my best friend from college was on the first plane to hit the World Trade Center, and one of my colleagues on the recording project lost a friend who lived across from the Trade Center. We think he walked out to see what was going on and the building collapsed on him. I will never understand such hatred.
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I recently read two ographies recently. One bi and the other auto.
The bi one was Paul Lynde (who wasn't). A sad story of a talented man. Who destroyed many personal and professional relationships through drink. Not very well written, but does give some insight to the man that I did not know before.
I had an advance reader's copy so I don't know if that means that this was the final version or there were more changes to come.
The auto one was by Craig Chester an actor who has appeared in many indie films and the one that most people might know him from was Kiss Me Guido. Some interesting stories about growing up and then trying to make it as an openly gay actor.
My favorite story was a trip to the zoo, monkeys and sh*t gernades.
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Oh my. I forgot today was that awful day. I remember we had the tv on at work so everyone, including customers could see what was going on. No one could believe it.
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I had jury duty that day. We watched the whole thing from the jury assembly room.
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Another bored meeting today.
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I'm up, I'm up.
Shortly I will be on my way to the Burbank Airport.
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Last night, DR Jose wrote: "Well, then that would mean that most of the shows that have opened and closed during the past ten to fifteen years - or might even still be running - would be a flop.
And that would include a bunch of Sondheim. I don't think the original production of Into the Woods made back it's investment in NYC. And if it did, it was not exactly a sizable return. And I know the revival of Woods closed in the red. Passion ran just about a year, and won the Tony - flop? Sunday in the Park with George? The Forum revival?
Even ALW's Sunset Blvd...
Etc., etc., etc."
Absolutely true, DR Jose. SOndheim hasn't had a show pay off in its original production since A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC, and since BK didn't define what he meant by "flop," I assumed we could use our own discretion about choosing how to determine how we viewed the works under consideration.
As for the productions you mentioned, I have made no secret here that even though I'm a passionate Sondheim-head, I had NO passion for PASSION. I didn't see the INTO THE WOODS revival so I couldn't pick that. I did not like SUNSET BLVD. nuch at all.
SUNDAY, the original WOODS, SWEENEY: yep, I could have chosen any of them, but they did run over a year each, so I picked a show that didn't run even a year. Posters' choice, don't ya know. . . .
:)
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And the word of the day is: HUMDINGER!
A male hummingbird.
As in "The Randy Vicar and the Humdinger."
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Sixteen postings? I do hope upon my return from the airport that that situation is rectified, oh, yes, that that situation is rectified.
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DR MATTH's post from yesterday;DR MATTH,
Did you finish and enjoy the Katharine Hepburn autobiographical documentary "All About Me”? It must be great and I’d like to see it and give it to my mother, but I couldn’t find a DVD/VHS named “All About Me”(for Katharine Hepburn) on amazon.jp., however, have found the VHS on amazon.com. Is that the one you have?
I have seen this documentary many, many times. When it first premiered on TCM, I videotaped it and watched that copy for years.
But the DVD version of this documentary is included as a bonus feature on THE PHILADELPHIA STORY 2-disc DVD set if you're interested in getting it.
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I happened to be on-line when the planes went into the Twin Towers, and the fellow I was chatting with told me to run to the TV and turn it on. I sat in a stupor for three days basically. COuldn't stop crying, every mention of it would set off a new round of tears. And now, when I see footage of that tragedy even now, I get so sad. I doubt I will ever really recover from that shock.
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And a good morning to everyone!
I finally got a decent night of sleep uninterrupted with thoughts of having to perform with no preparation, etc.
I took my morning walk and then did my usual Sunday morning chores of gooing to the ATM to get spending money for the week and going to the grocery store to beat the weekend shopping crowd.
Now, all I have left is to do laundry (later this morning) and clean the downstairs bathrooms (household chore of the day) and the rest of the day is free.
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I'm going to watch RETURN TO PEYTON PLACE today. After seeing all those Astaire-Shearer-Garbo black and white movies, I kind of long for some color now. I'll go back to the classics later in the week.
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The next Astaire-Rogers will more than likely be SHALL WE DANCE?
The next Shearer will definitely be ROMEO AND JULIET.
The next Garbo will probably be QUEEN CHRISTINA or MATA HARI.
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If QUEEN CHRISTINA looks as grainy as ANNA KARENINA, I will take out the laserdisc of it and compare the two. I didn't have either CAMILLE or KARENINA on laser to do any comparisons, but I do have QUEEN CHRISTINA.
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I aldo DVRed THE PIRATE again over the weekend, and I will watch that again today, too: another colorful eyeful in contrast to all the black and white I've been viewing during the last week.
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Sixteen postings? I do hope upon my return from the airport that that situation is rectified, oh, yes, that that situation is rectified.
I'm trying, I'm trying . . . .
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Good morning all!
I was up late again watching BB6 live feeds. I have to get my fix as I'm leaving town for my nephew's wedding Thursday and will be staying where there until Sunday with only dial-up internet and festivities planned during BB6. I'm almost embarassed to admit how I've become addicted to it! I can TIVO it, so all will not be lost.
LIVE FEED FROM LAST NIGHT
It was actually pretty interesting. April knows she's going home. She has been talking to Janelle a lot. She had a long talk with Maggie and said she feels like she has been manipulated the entire game by Ivette and that she thinks Ivette's influence has made her say and do things she wouldn't have normally done. She said BB told them there was a reason that America keeps picking Janelle and now she thinks it's because Ivette has made them all look bad.
Interesting. Maggie is now worried about the same thing. If they stick with this, the only way Ivette will make the final two is if she wins HOH.
I really wouldn't mind a Maggie/Janelle final two. Maggie would probably win. If it's Ivette/Janelle, Janelle may have a chance. April said she would not vote for Ivette to win the money and if she can convince the others, Janelle could pull it off.
If it's Maggie/Ivette, my guess is Maggie will win.
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It's going to be hot again here today. Temps in the 90s are usually July weather and we've had a week of it. I'm really sick of it! I'm a little concerned that there are possible thunderstorms predicted for net Saturday. My nephew's wedding is a garden wedding, it would be so sad if it rained.
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Hi all.
I was at work when the planes hit the towers. We all went into the conference room to watch the news.
I couldn't believe it. Still can't believe that anyone could do something so horrible. I can't watch any more stories about what happened because it upsets me so much.
The same about the hurricane. I was so upset when I heard about the 30 people left in the rest home. Outraged is more like it.
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BK you are lucky to have friends from when you went to school. I could fall over someone from mine (and I mean from 1-12) and I wouldn't know them.
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I'm back, and to prove it, I'm here.
I'm charging the camera battery (I didn't even know I could), and then I shall post photographs of last night.
There is some triathalon madness happening today - just about all of Hollywood is blocked off and even some streets near my house. I just don't like these events. I asked someone why they did them, and they said because people like to do these events. Well, there are events I like to do, yet I don't have to make traffic miserable for half the city.
My friend has been deposited at the airport and things are back to normal here. It was nice to see her after all these years, but there is a weird negative energy that emanates from her and I am very sensitive to that stuff and just can't be around it for long periods. And she's a smoker, so every hour she was outside puffing away, and then would reek of it.
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A male hummingbird.
As in "The Randy Vicar and the Humdinger."
And why does a hummingbird hum?????
Wait for it........
Because he doesn't know the words! ;D
No groaning on HHW!
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Gotta run. Target has the time cards for my cell phone on sale.
2 $20.00 cards for $30.00. If I buy four I'll get one for free and that will give me more then enough for the trip.
Laters!
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BK you are lucky to have friends from when you went to school. I could fall over someone from mine (and I mean from 1-12) and I wouldn't know them.
Same here, DR Danise. Three or four of my classmates in the sixth grade ended up in high school classes because we were in the college prep classes; everyone else from sixth grade went their separate ways in high school.
After high school, no one went to the same college I went to, so that ended our association then, ad I've never seen them since.
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The Charlotte marathon route goes right in front of my house, so twice a year, the street is blocked off an entire Saturday morning so those runners have a clear path. Thankfully, there are other ways out of my neighborhood in the event I'd have to leave.
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Boy, the place sure cleared out fast!
:D
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OK, now I'm going to fixmyself some lunch and settle in to some DVD/TV watching.
WBBL.
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A friend just called to offer me a free ticket to the Carolina Panthers/New Orleans Saints football game this afternoon.
No thanks, I told him. I just have NO interest in actually watching a pro football game, though I'm sure there are plenty of folks who would have killed for this ticket.
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I'm ready, willing, and able to post photos, but the upload folder is once again full, because you nutty people have been so photo crazy of late. So, we'll have to wait for Mr. Mark Bakalor to awaken and do a purge. Hopefully soon, but you never know.
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Watched ALL THAT JAZZ last night. TPunk had never seen it. It's a great movie on many levels.
Wonder if anyone on here knows who the John Lithgow character is supposed to be in real life, if anyone?
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Imdb says Michael Bennett.
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BK, interesting that you talk about a smoking old schoolmate with a negative energy. Skip recently flew out to California with a friend for his high school's centennial, and since they were flying together, we were able to upgrade both Skip's and the friend's plane tickets (on our account), and the whole trip, this friend was apparently full of negativity and smelled of smoke. One fun example was, after the trouble we went to to upgrade her to first class, this friend said during the trip "I'd give you maybe 5 bucks extra for this seat over coach."
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I don't think it was supposed to be Michael Bennett - I can't remember who it was supposed to be, though - maybe I'll ask T. Walton.
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I need a topic of the day. How about stupid misheard song lyrics. :)
Seeing TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA got me thinking of FOLLIES. I could have sworn the lyric in "Who's That Woman?" was "Hi there! Kiss me, Tarzan" instead of "Hi there, kiss me, Bye there." I also thought Yvonne de Carlo was singing "Pedicures, religion and pills" instead of "rest cures." (What can I say? I had a cheap hi-fi with tinny speakers.)
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So happy that the LAUNCHING party was a great success.
I haven't mentioned it yet, but I think the STAGES cd cover is one of the cleverest I have ever seen. Was this the original LP cover as well?
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I need a topic of the day. How about stupid misheard song lyrics. :)
DR FJL - quite coincidentally in the course of my library work this week, I ran across a series of books by Gavin Edwards:
'Scuse Me While I Kiss this Guy, and Other Misheard Lyrics
He's Got the Whole World in his Pants: More Misheard Lyrics
When a Man Loves a Walnut: Even More Misheard Lyrics
Deck the Halls with Buddy Holly: And Other Misheard Christmas Lyrics
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Johnny Mathis? Oh my....I don't think he recorded many songs I didn't like - BUT special favorites in addition to Wonderful, Wonderful:
Chances Are
Small World
Namely You
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What are everyone's favorite LP covers?
Valley of the Dolls is nice.
DR MATTH - If only Lana Turner had had Robert Sterling as HER Mike Rossi instead of Lee Philips, then PEYTON PLACE would have been a much more believable movie! Eleanor Parker is okay as Connie, but Carol Lynley is inadequate as Allison, and Tuesday Weld....WELL!!! Mary Astor and Lucianna Pallucci are the BEST performers in the movie!
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With the New York mayoral primaries coming this Tuesday, there's that famous misheard lyric from the movie of GREASE: "Hope the city voted for you." (that is, the misheard version of Hopelessly Devoted to You)
And in honor of Rupert Holmes' blurb about BK's REWIND, there's the person who claimed to have heard "If you like pina coladas" as "If you like bean enchiladas."
I'll stop soon if this doesn't catch on. :)
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Oh and Jeff Chandler and his Imperial convertible. And Rosemary Clooney singing the title song.
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Hmmm....I thought that the John Lithgow character was supposed to be Mike Nichols, but I'm from Indiana.
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Last night Joseph sold a coat for 27 centimeters....47 centimeters....27...47.... And so I just said: "A bargain at ANY price!"
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DR Ginny - Four books of misheard lyrics? Very exciting. Thanks for the info.
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Not exactly a misheard lyric, but certainly misinterpreted: My last community theatre appearance was as Sarah in Company. The jerk playing my husband thought "a piece of Mahler's" referred to...candy ::)
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Reportedly, Elaine Stritch originally thought "a piece of Mahler's" was a piece of cake from a bakery called Mahler's. I think she mentioned this in her one-woman show.
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Today is DS Rob's last day home before heading back to the University of Cincinnati for his sophomore year. We're about to go shopping...
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Did someone say shopping?
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And of course Jerome Robbins' famous question: A piece of Mahler's what?
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Does anyone know how to resolve an IP to find the email address of the sender?
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Does anyone know how to resolve an IP to find the email address of the sender?
JRand, my computer guru (DS Rob) wants to know what email client you're using? Eudora? Outlook?
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Lithgow's character was supposed to be Hal Prince - complete with glasses on the top of his head.
I'm off to do laundry...
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Outlook.
It isn't an email I received, it is an entry in the Guestbook at my Theatre site. Anonymous of course.
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Lithgow's character was supposed to be Hal Prince - complete with glasses on the top of his head.
I'm off to do laundry...
Oh, well....Hal Prince always thought he was Mike Nichols! :P
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I need a topic of the day. How about stupid misheard song lyrics. :)
Seeing TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA got me thinking of FOLLIES. I could have sworn the lyric in "Who's That Woman?" was "Hi there! Kiss me, Tarzan" instead of "Hi there, kiss me, Bye there." I also thought Yvonne de Carlo was singing "Pedicures, religion and pills" instead of "rest cures." (What can I say? I had a cheap hi-fi with tinny speakers.)
For years, I thought both Yvonne and Carol were singing "Rescuers, religion and pills!"
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Yesterday, Rodzinski wrote:
I have AT LONG LAST LOVE on vinyl. That's a flop that I find pretty enjoyable, mainly because of Ms. Kahn. I'm not saying it's a lost classic, but hardly worth the Golden Turkey kind of stuff it got.
I taped this off of a digital cable channel a couple of years ago (when I had digital cable at a reduced rate for a very short, introductory period of time) and there were two songs in the movie that aren't on the album. "Down In the Depths (On the Ninetieth Floor)" by Madeline Kahn and "Tomorrow" by Duilio Del Prete. They were right after the overture and BEFORE Cybill and Burt's introductory songs. I was able to tape them and add them to a CD that I made of the album. There is a difference in sound quality, but at least I got 'em. I always wondered why they got the first solo songs in the movie and not Cybill and Burt, who were the "stars."
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Off to my cousin's for dinner. I hope it's on the grilll!
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There is some triathalon madness happening today - just about all of Hollywood is blocked off and even some streets near my house. I just don't like these events. I asked someone why they did them, and they said because people like to do these events. Well, there are events I like to do, yet I don't have to make traffic miserable for half the city.
I'm surprised by your attitude, dear BK. These events bring people into the city, not only as participants but as spectators. That generates tourist money, as they spend their greenbacks on hotels, restaurants, and all sorts of other things. This money, in turn, gets recycled into the community again as the profits get spent by the local employees on what they want to buy. Not to mention the tax revenue.
Every year, der B and I could count on not heading into Downtown Long Beach, because of the Long Beach Grand Prix. In fact, most of Long Beach could count on being caught in a log-jam, as the residents would either be caught within the city street loop of the race course, or in all the traffic surrounding the event. (Every year, while I was involved in the gay softball league, we'd simply plan on holding the after-game beer bust that day at Mike's Corral, which was located in north Long Beach and therefor well out of the Grand Prix traffic.) The Grand Prix is one of the city's biggest money-makers. It was worth it.
Events like this are usually advertised well in advance, so the locals can plan in advance how to live around them. Relax, kick back with a beverage of choice, and be glad people like to celebrate living. These days, that's important.
Well, that and the tax revenue.
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I believe the John Lithgow character was supposed to be Hal Prince.
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Oops (Spoo), didn't mean to echo other posters, but I posted before I got to page three.
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I do think Mary Astor is the CLASS ACT of RETURN TO PEYTON PLACE. And Jeff Chandler is wonderful to look at and playing what's written. But I can't stand the other "replacements," and unlike DR JRand, I don't think Lucianna is particularly good, but the writing is so bad that it's hard to know who to blame.
The DVD certainly looks wonderful, though. I know the Fox executives have no shame in calling this a "Studio Classic." They know it's junk, but they were hoping a famous name in the title might sell some DVDs, but to put this and THE SONG OF BERNADETTE in the same category of "Studio Classic" is pretty ludicrous.
I have to admit, I like VALLEY OF THE DOLLS a lot more than this. I'd rather IT have been deemed a "Studio Classic."
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I've always wondered why Peter Bogdanovich cast Duilio Del Prete in this film. Was he trying to be a starmaker or something, hoping he could lay claim to finding another personality and make him a star like he had done for Cybil Shepherd? Because neither his singing nor his acting is especially wonderful, and he's not even that great to look at.
I do count AT LONG LAST LOVE as a guilty pleasure, but Duilio Del Prete's participation is to me the least enjoyable aspect of the film.
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A friend just called to offer me a free ticket to the Carolina Panthers/New Orleans Saints football game this afternoon.
No thanks, I told him. I just have NO interest in actually watching a pro football game, though I'm sure there are plenty of folks who would have killed for this ticket.
Football holds no interest for me. Football players, on the other hand...
:D
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My favorite misheard lyric is "There's a bathroom on the right" instead of "There's a bad moon on the rise" the good old Creedence Clearwater Revival song.
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I watching the rest of the Katharine Hepburn documentary, it reminded me that I need to go back and watch WOMAN OF THE YEAR, THE AFRICAN QUEEN, SUMMERTIME (especially), THE LION IN WINTER, and ON GOLDEN POND again.
I seem to watch the other Tracy-Hepburn pictures on DVD (like DESK SET, PAT AND MIKE, ADAM'S RIB) quite a bit, but WOMAN OF THE YEAR gets pushed to the back all the time, and I need to watch it again.
I don't know who owns the rights to STATE OF THE UNION, but someone ought to come out with that on DVD.
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And I'm looking forward to watching the next installment of ROME tonight, too. Tonight Pompey leaves Rome as Julius Caesar approaches.
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I need a topic of the day. How about stupid misheard song lyrics. :)
Seeing TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA got me thinking of FOLLIES. I could have sworn the lyric in "Who's That Woman?" was "Hi there! Kiss me, Tarzan" instead of "Hi there, kiss me, Bye there." I also thought Yvonne de Carlo was singing "Pedicures, religion and pills" instead of "rest cures." (What can I say? I had a cheap hi-fi with tinny speakers.)
Again from Follies, but from "Broadway Baby," I heard it as "Plus a tube of greasepaint on a fallow spot." Why I thought someone was trying to plow Ethyl Shutta's face, I have no idea. (Actual lyric: "Plus a tube of greasepaint and a follow spot."
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...there were two songs in the movie that aren't on the album. "Down In the Depths (On the Ninetieth Floor)" by Madeline Kahn and "Tomorrow" by Duilio Del Prete. They were right after the overture and BEFORE Cybill and Burt's introductory songs. ...I always wondered why they got the first solo songs in the movie and not Cybill and Burt, who were the "stars."
Better singers, perhaps?
;D
(Sorry, hadn't read DR Matt's comments, above.)
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I also watched THE PIRATE for the umpteenth time recorded off TCM early this morning. I never tire of watching this movie, and am anxiously awaiting Warners issuing a DVD of it. I believe I did read that it's going to be included in their next box of musicals along with THREE LITTLE WORDS, IT'S ALWAYS FAIR WEATHER, SUMMER STOCK, and ZIEGFELD FOLLIES.
I HOPE that's what I read. All of those are essential! :)
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Well, off to get today's cleaning chore done and then to settle in to finish RETURN TO PEYTON PLACE and then ROME.
WBBL.
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I'm back - Pogue and I went to the Book Fair. Today I bought two items that I'm VERY pleased with.
Jrand: The Stages logo is by Nancy Lee and was indeed the LP cover, but the LP cover was gray and purple and I hated it. I asked my designer to spruce it up and to put some spotlights in it and different color, and he did a great, great job.
And now for some photographs.
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First up, Miss Tammy Minoff, Pogue, and Tammy's mum Susan.
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Next, we have Barbara Deutsch and Marsha Kramer, who was in the second production of Together Again (and who's on the album).
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Here is Rob Bowers (musical director of TA), Michael Byers (Stages), Linden Waddell and Armando di Lorenzo (Stages).
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Here's my friend Christi and Debbie Tilton (Together Again).
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Here's M'Lisa MacLaren's daughter Caitlin (who sings Opposites with Jessica Rush), and her adorable sister.
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Here's Sam Lembeck, his gf Natalie, and the legendary Buddy Bregman.
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Here are the Geissmans - Grant, Greer, and Lydia.
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Here are Mr. Nick Redman and film scholar Mr. David del Valle.
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Here's Pogue and Debbie Tilton's husband Michael, who just finished directing the new Stephen Seagall movie.
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Michael looks all in because he literally had just flown in from Roumania.
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And one for Mahler.
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I love the Verve "modern art" jazz covers of the 60s. I also love the Astrud Gilberto cover for Windy, for which I own the original painting by Howard Terpning.
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My only purchase at the book fair was a new book on artist Joseph Clement Coll.
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Johnny Mathis? Oh my....I don't think he recorded many songs I didn't like - BUT special favorites in addition to Wonderful, Wonderful:
Chances Are
Small World
Namely You
His albums got rather bland in the mid 60's but those fifties/early 60's tracks stand up so well.
"A Certain Smile" was big seller here in OZ.
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I don't get much in the way of spam/spoof mail. The Bank account details (All rather silly as they are all USA banks)have stopped arriving. Now I am getting ebay (Which I've never used) and Amazon emails (which are more of a worry!) asking for updates!!
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What are everyone's favorite LP covers?
Valley of the Dolls is nice.
First one to come to mind was "Sgt Peppers". "Revolver" was great. "Dark Side Of The Moon" is another.
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What are everyone's favorite LP covers?
I love The Manhattan Transfer's "The Best of" album:
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Is this a slow news day here at haineshisway.com?
My two purchases were a very rare Evan Hunter book - his first - a sci-fi novel totally unrelated to the work he's known for (as both Evan Hunter and Ed McBain). Best of all, Gavin Lambert's Inside Daisy Clover, a first edition in jacket. I have been searching for thirty years for a copy of the jacket that does not have a faded spine, which is virtually impossible for this book. My most recent copy, a really excellent jacket with just a tiny bit of the pink left on the spine was the closest. Today, I found a great copy of the book, and, as usual the jacket spine had no pink left at all. But, when I opened the book, the dealer had written "includes TWO dust jackets". This happens from time to time, a book is accidentally packaged with two dust jackets. I removed the first spine-faded jacket to find a completely unfaded spine on the second jacket - pink as can be. I may have the only copy of the book with an unfaded spine. The only reason it hadn't faded was because it was kept under the first jacket and never saw sunlight. I got really good deals on both books.
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Sondheim flops: Well I once again quote my late Uncle, who invested in many a Sondheim show: "You can always count on Steve for a nice tax write-off."
Johnny Mathis: Johnny did a few sessions with Sergio Mendes, with whom he did not get along (a fate shared by Sarah Vaughan, evidently, when she worked with Sergio). Some nice stuff, available on his boxed set (I don't think the singles were ever officially released).
Which brings me to favorite album cover: Sergio's Fool on the Hill, which was quite the scandal back in 1968 (several major retailers such as Sears insisted a red sticker be strategically placed before they would sell the album). Of course if you open the gatefold you realize that poor woman is anatomically a disaster. ;)
And may I just say that with names like Janice Verity and Freddy Fate I fear we have wandered into a British film from the late 30s, redolent of fluff strands.
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I've been sitting here like so much fish, watching a bit of TV over my shoulder and burning a double-CD of the L.A. Theatre Works' broadcast of Falsettos with members of the original Broadway cast. Now, however, I must take a shower (finally) and get some gas at Costco. I also need to do some other shopping at Costco, so that's what I'll be doing.
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And congratulations on the book purchases, BK!
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I'll be making der Brucer soup for dinner tonight. His request. He's bogged with the cold I had last week.
"Bleh!" (A Year with Frog and Toad reference.)
I'll be starting with chicken thighs, chopped up, and adding some carrots and rice. I'm thinking of adding some ginger, for flavor, along with some cilantro, ditto, and some water chestnuts for texture.
Of course, I could make it even more interesting with some shrimp. But something tells me he wants comfort food more than anything else, so the shrimp will be staying in the freezer for the time being.
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Gimmicky but I liked Jethro Tull's "Thick As A Brick" cover.
The Carole King albums of the early 70's have good covers too.
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I've been informed by der B that we'll be grandladsitting again tomorrow.
I'd rather be free to be on-call for work tomorrow, but I got out-voted.
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Johnny Mathis did a duet with Jane Olivor and Jane Olivor had a duet with Gene Pitney. Gene Pitney had duets with George Jones who no doubt had a duet with Willie Nelson who had a duet with everyone including Ray Charles which could lead us even further... k d lang, Roy Orbison ,Emmy Lou Harris to Linda Ronstadt to James Ingram .....
I'm not sure even where I wanted to end up with all that.. singing to myself I guess.
It's a quiet Sunday at HHW and a very quiet Monday morning in Oz.
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Well I'm trying to keep the ship afloat.
More album covers: Dire Straits "Love Over Gold" Bob Seger "Against The Wind"
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OBC of "A Little Night Music" is still one of my favourites but I think we covered that in theatre art.
The soundtrack album ruined it!
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Magnus and Fosca think it is time for the morning ride in the car to the Post Office. I know who is in charge.
Back later.
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DR MattH, I would have killed for that NFL football ticket. I have only been to one NFL game live. But I totally loved it. I do not watch games every week. But if i have a team to cheer for, I enjoy the sport a lot.
Oh I meant to comment on this week's next to last episode of Veronica Mars (i won't get to watch the finale till next weekend so don't spoil it).
But I really enjoyed this show. And I got to watch it on UPN (since my sis taped it), so i also got to see the preview for next season.
One thing I was wondering about, was why Veronica was so freaked when she found the cameras. Does she think Logan was going to tape them? I really don't understand why she didn't confront him. Or maybe that would have told us why she was mad. Or maybe it's supposed to be obvious.
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I always wondered why they got the first solo songs in the movie and not Cybill and Burt, who were the "stars."
In case it hasn't been answered. . .
Those two songs were added to the ABC television premiere of AT LONG LAST LOVE, and are in every cable version since run.
I find it fascinating to introduce the second romantic leads first.
IIRC, "I Love Him," though it appears on the soundtrack, was also cut from initial runs but re-instated for television. . .I could be wrong.
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DR Cillaliz, RE: the big brother live feeds.
I am so happy that April has finally seen the light. I think this is one reason why the Friendship are hated, because they are hypocrites. I am glad that April realizes that she has said some horrible things in the Diary room. And that Janelle has never done that. I think I am starting to like Yapril a bit more.
I despise Maggie the most. I really want to hurt her. While she has listened to april, and is worried about how she is being portrayed, I think she needs to realize 1) how she's manipulated Iv/Ap, and 2) how much garbage has come out of her mouth.
I am sickened by how Maggie has threatened the other women. She basically said that if they take Janelle to F2, then they lose all the Friendship votes. So basically Ivette would have no choice but to take MAggie. To me, if Ivette wins HOH then she should be allowed to do what is best for her to win. Not what is best for maggie.
I think BB wants an Ivette/Janelle final. My only hope is that either America gets to vote somehow, or that April votes for Janelle.
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Favorite Album Covers:
(http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00005V3WZ.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg)
(http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00000252W.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg)
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And I have mail from somewhere called "Kritzerland".
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Is there a fenzy out there somewhere?
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My paper is due tomorrow, so I've just finished the procrastinating stage and am moving into the shutting-up-and-actually-doing-it stage.
Then I get to start all over again with a research paper, and then a critical analysis, and then another essay. Is it just me, or have my teachers started burying me under paper assignments early this semester?
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When I hd a quick look at album art before, I remembered "Blood Sweat & Tears". It was one of those albums that really hit me for six when I bought it. I think I had only heard "You've Made Me So Very Happy" and "Spinning Wheel". "And When I Die" was a sensation. I quite like the cover of the album that preceded it. "Child Is Father To the Man" which included Mr Randy Newman's "Just One Smile". Always thought it should have been a hit for Gene Pitney.
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I remain hopeful that one day BK will produce an album of Randy Newman songs.
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Just remember DR Sandra that if you are buried, dig your way out by following the fluff strands.
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Tomovoz: Have you heard Sergio's most excellent arrangement of "Sometimes in Winter"? One of his most haunting from the late Brasil '66 period, featuring a classic Lani performance.
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No JMK. Sounds like a great combination. Beautiful song and you know how I feel about the voice of Mrs Alpert.
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DR Cillaliz, RE: the big brother live feeds.
I despise Maggie the most. I really want to hurt her. While she has listened to april, and is worried about how she is being portrayed, I think she needs to realize 1) how she's manipulated Iv/Ap, and 2) how much garbage has come out of her mouth.
I am sickened by how Maggie has threatened the other women. She basically said that if they take Janelle to F2, then they lose all the Friendship votes. So basically Ivette would have no choice but to take MAggie. To me, if Ivette wins HOH then she should be allowed to do what is best for her to win. Not what is best for maggie.
Interesting. You are right about Maggie, though, any time anyone tries to think for themselves she has always said "That is not even an option" and threatens them. Now she keeps saying she doesn't want to watch the DVDs of the show (which I assume they are given as soon as the show is over). I'm sure it's because she knows what she has done and said.
Tuesday is an eviction this week, it should be interesting. I am glad that April can't win, but am also glad she is being human to Janelle.
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cool! I started a page!
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A Riddle - On BB they asked Janelle and April this riddle and there is no answer yet. Does anyone here know the answer?
What is Greater than God, the poor have it, the rich dont want it, and if you eat it, you would die?
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A Riddle - On BB they asked Janelle and April this riddle and there is no answer yet. Does anyone here know the answer?
What is Greater than God, the poor have it, the rich dont want it, and if you eat it, you would die?
Nothing. (Literally--"nothing" is the answer. ;) ).
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Nothing. (Literally--"nothing" is the answer. ;) ).
Of Course! Thanks
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Hi Everyone, had a lovely day in Brooklyn with Rodzinski. It started off a bit rough, we had heard that Coney Island had "cleaned up" and since we hadn't been in years, we thought we would make a trip down for some fun and to check out the aquarium.
Well the subway station has been redone and is great, but that's about it. And try as we might to sample exciting fried food, it all tasted blech. But then I got a truly satisfying rootbeer float and we made our way to the aquarium and all was well.
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The walruses were swimming all the way up to the glass and bumping their enormous stomachs up against it. It was very cool and as Rodzinski said, totally worth the cost of admission just to see them.
We only had an hour before closing but managed to see all of the exhibits. The beluga whales pulled a no show, but we saw many different varieties of seahorses. I learned that they are not good pets for folks to keep in aquariums because due to the fact that they have no stomachs, they have to eat live food constantly. It just passes right through them, basically through a tube. Hmm..
Then we ventured into Park Slope in Brooklyn, Rodzinski's old neighborhood for some mexican food and italian ices before heading home. And now, I must read several chapters in preparation for school on Tuesday!
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The walruses were swimming all the way up to the glass and bumping their enormous stomachs up against it.
Wow!! I do that all the time to. ;D
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Here's another clue for you all:
The Walrus was Paul
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DR Cillaliz, yes i was going to post the answer to the riddle. Not because I knew it but because I read it somewhere.
Live Feed spoilers.
I am actually starting to respect april. I really did not want her to win before. But now I sort of want her to stay. I really want to see maggie go. I wish there was a way.
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I need a topic of the day. How about stupid misheard song lyrics. :)
Seeing TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA got me thinking of FOLLIES. I could have sworn the lyric in "Who's That Woman?" was "Hi there! Kiss me, Tarzan" instead of "Hi there, kiss me, Bye there." I also thought Yvonne de Carlo was singing "Pedicures, religion and pills" instead of "rest cures." (What can I say? I had a cheap hi-fi with tinny speakers.)
DR FJL, my misconstrued FOLLIES lyric was "Who's the fairy who let her down?" in "Who's That Woman". It made sense to me.
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Good Evening!
Whew! Back from auditions. It was a weird day for a couple of reasons.
First of all, we only had about 150 people registered. We normally have about 200 to 225. So, after crunching the numbers, we decided just to go straight the morning and finish "early" instead of taking a lunch break. -Which was OK. So, we ended up finishing up around 1:30.
Secondly, we usually figure on about a five percent no-show ratio. Well, out of the 150 people we had registered, we had almost 50 no shows. That was LOT of no shows. After checking in with some people, we realized that a bunch of people stayed home - or wherever they are - since they drive in. And with the cost of gas right now... It was easier to sacrifice a $25 registration fee for the prospect of spending about $70-100 on gasoline for a round-trip trip.
And, yes, unfortunately, there were some called-in cancellations from people who were directly affected by Hurricane Katrina. -Put it all in perspective.
But, all in all, a good day.
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You never let me down for a giggle DR DtM.
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However...
The theatre was FREEZING! The A/C was turned up high - or low if you prefer to look at it that way. I started getting the sniffles as the day went on. And to top it all off, the blowers happened to be positioned right above the piano, so I had this "breeze" blowing on my hands the whole time. I had to sit on my hands between people to keep them warm. Even the auditionees were complaining it was so cold - I even wore my fleece later on and I was still cold. We've asked to have the A/C turned off tomorrow morning before things get going. We have a shorter day tomorrow, so it should not get heat up too much - if at all - by the time we are done.
*It was so cold, that after one group finished, I asked if I could replay one of the auditions for a young gentleman. My hands were just so cold at the time, that I couldn't play his piece properly. -That's how cold it was! -And the second time through went a lot better.
:)
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Today's bored meeting set a record for length and boredom.
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I have the second book in that series of misheard lyrics, or "mondegreens". -Which I believe is derived from one of the earliest misheard lyrics, a Renaissance song. The original lyric was something along the line of "laid him on the green", but was heard as "laid him mondegreen".
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You never let me down for a giggle DR DtM.
:D
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Today's bored meeting set a record for length and boredom.
Did you call Guiness?
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Here's Pogue and Debbie Tilton's husband Michael, who just finished directing the new Stephen Seagall movie.
And they're very color-coordinated too!
:D
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Having a few pints of Guiness might have helped.
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Of course my body shape is already politely referred to as "Stout" so I would not partake.
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I'll be making der Brucer soup for dinner tonight.
Catcging up catching up and when I read this I had to read it twice. For4 a moment I thought you wre making der Brucer into soup, rather than soup for him!! That's what i get for trying to cruise through 72 hours of posts in an hour
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So yesterday was our NYC day. We decided to take the train in and ended up in Penn Station around 1PM. What an absolutely lovely day. We decided to wander up to 49th & 5th to The American Girl Place but were somewhat delayed getting there becasue of a parade on 5th Avenue. We are not sure exactly what the parade was for but
Garbage Trucks Sanitation Vehicles were traveling down the road as well as various pieces of large yellow machinery all with pretty young ladies draped on them waving to the crowds.
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"I'll never dance with your mother, when your father's standing there"
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I saw her standing there.
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My goodness, we need a pick me up today, don't we? We need some oomph, some zip, some zest, some pep, some snazz.
To it, quick!
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We ended up having only about 20 minutes at AGP but they were debuting a new doll, a character in the upcoming Felicity TV movie, screenwritten by former DR Panni. They had all sorts of events for the day including having the actress playing Felicity there in the store. signing autographs and having her picture taken with happy little girl. We didn;t have time to wait so the Vixter just waved at the young actress and we headed out to the Majestic Theatre
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Well, today was a long day - and sitting underneath very bright stage lights for eight hours really took it's toll... So... And tomorrow will be another long day too... So...
Goodnight.
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My next door neighbour's kids used to sing "almost heaven, west of Ginger". Grade school kids here would not have heard of West Virginia.
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I have a lot of LPs and someday I need to take digital pix of some of my covers, as I have been known to buy albums that have bizarre covers or gorgeous covers.
The AUDIO FIDELITY label is outstanding for covers.
Before I met TPunk, I was quite in love with this woman on the cover of Wayne King's "Isle of Gold Dreams" LP.
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I had read that Duilio DelPrete was awful, but when I finally saw AT LONG LAST... I thought he had some charm. "Little Annie Orphan no home yet, eh?"
The problem is he is somewhat difficult to understand with his heavy accent.
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6 Pages, yeah!!!!!!
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TPunk, the day at the aquarium sounds like fun! I love sea horses...they are fascinating.
And PS: I am really happy you were excited about seeing Moscow Cats! Thanks for arranging the tickets! That is going to be such a fun show.
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Football season is underway, as noted. I just enjoyed watching the Colts dominate the thug team from Baltimore. So I am in a happy mood.
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We hada wonderful time at POTO although vxdad and I spent nearly as much time watching the Vixter as we did the stage. If the theatres knew what a great audience she is they woukld put her front and center at every show! A couple of times I had to put my hands her her shoulders as the tension was getting so great a could see she was about to jump from her seat in excitement (which I suspect the gentleman behind her would have, quite rightly, had some objections to)
When it was over she said "That was WAY better than Little Women!!! When can we see it again?"
Then she insisted we wait by the stage door so that she could meet Hugh Panaro (The Phantom). We waited nearly an hour and he never did come out gut she did get to meet Rebecca Pitcher who palyed Christine Daae at this performance and Richard Warren Pugh who joked that he would just sign Jeff Keller as he was to be covering that role in the evening performance.
I don't care that the tunes are repeated over and over if you want a musical spectacular The Phantom still delivers!
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Just as I admired its poster, I always loved the first soundtrack album cover to MY FAIR LADY.
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I have been trying all day to think of a favorite album cover and the only one that comes to mind (although I know I have seen some nifty ones in my time) is one of my favorite LPs from my childhood.
Levant Plays Gershwin:
(http://i18.ebayimg.com/02/i/04/43/43/12_1_b.JPG)
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While at Coney Island, we were indeed having a devil of a time finding passable food to eat. I can usually eat any manner of deep fried stuff, but I ordered some chicken and ended up dumping it because it had a distinct freezer flavor to it.
THEN, I see a decent-looking pizza at one of these joints, right out of the oven and I order a slice, so the guy takes an old slice off a pile of old slices and puts it in a toaster oven then hands this dried up pizza husk to me. "Why can't I have a slice of that good-looking pizza?" I ask. "That's our display pizza," he replies!!!
Pizza bait and switch! I demanded a slice of the display pizza.
The moral: Reports of Coney Island's rebirth are greatly exaggerated. The beach is okay, but bring your own food.
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I was a bit disappointed in ROME tonight. It was a less than 40 minute episode once you subtract last week's highlights and the credits, and there was only a slight amount of story divided into bothersome little snippets so that one would forget who people were because you'd only spend seconds with them before we'd have a cut to another scene.
I didn't read anything about last week's (the second episode's) ratings, so I'm gathering the viewer totals declined. It wouldn't surprise me that people are losing patience when they're given so little to chew on and digest each week.
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DR Rodzinski, according to my Playbill, the Playbill yearbook is $29.95 however if you are in it, it is only $19.95. Perhaps TPunk will need to get copies for her family for Christmas presents!
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Seems like several folks mentioned WHIPPED CREAM & OTHER DELIGHTS the last time this subject came up.
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A fantastic site for interesting and bizarre album covers (some will absolutely blow your mind) can be found at one of my favorite sites on the net:
showandtellmusic.com
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Vixmom, that is so cool that Vixter had so much fun at the show!
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THEN, I see a decent-looking pizza at one of these joints, right out of the oven and I order a slice, so the guy takes an old slice off a pile of old slices and puts it in a toaster oven then hands this dried up pizza husk to me. "Why can't I have a slice of that good-looking pizza?" I ask. "That's our display pizza," he replies!!!
Pizza bait and switch! I demanded a slice of the display pizza.
This makes me thisnk of that "Jamaica" commercial "That melon is for display purposes only"
Did he relent and give you the new pizza?
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"When We Were Young" by the Voices of Walter Schumann
"Don't Take Your Love From Me" by Bobby Hackett
"Without You" by Robert Goulet
Those came to mind.
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After I finished RETURN TO PEYTON PLACE, I picked and oldie but goodie from the shelf to enjoy: EVIL UNDER THE SUN with that wonderful all star cast, Cole Porter music, and a cracking good mystery that I always enjoy watching proceed even though I know it almost by heart.
Didn't quite finish it tonight, so I'll get to enjoy the last 1/4 of it tomorrow.
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My mom is watching the 1966 version of STAGECOACH on the western channel. We have watched a LOT of westerns since yesterday. I had to have a break and we watched some Adam-12 during dinner.
We have also done a lot of shopping, just so you don't think I have plopped her down in front of the TV for the whole weekend! LOL!
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Thanks for the pics, MR BK. Looks like everyone is having a great time - and congrats on scoring that book!
Dinner with my cousin and her husband and children was GREAT....chicken on the grill then rolled into some delicious pasta with lots of great cheeses and green onions from the garden and fresh tomatoes, etc etc etc. YES I did get off my diet for today! But I didn't eat bread.
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Yeah, Vixmom, when I cancelled demanded my money back, another guy just told him to let me have the "display" slice. It should go without saying that that slice worth writing home about either.
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Well DRMATTH - I keep thinking that Lucianna does a nice job in MUSCLE BEACH PARTY too as the Countess with designs on Frankie. So maybe it's not so much her acting as it is her.....well HER!!!
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Why did Johnny Mathis leave Columbia and go to Mercury in the 60's?
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Vixmom, that is so cool that Vixter had so much fun at the show!
I have to say one of the things I love so much about her is her capacity for enjoyment. So many kids these days are so blase about everything... she is willing to entirely throw herself into totally into the experience. And she thinks about it afterwards
This afternoon she asked me whY I thought Christine wasn't in the opening scene, had she died? had she never married Raul? had she run off with the Phantom?
Oh I love that child!!
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Speaking of Jamaica commercials, there is a horrible series of commercials for Red Stripe Beer that I find utterly annoying.
Just had to get that off my chest.
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That's great that the Vixter enjoyed the show.
This is shaping up to be a really great all-nighter. It's still early, but I don't think I'm gong to have this paper any time soon.
Right now, I'm listening to my mom "discussing" the six and a half hour board meeting she just got out of.
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Why did Johnny Mathis leave Columbia and go to Mercury in the 60's?
Is this a riddle?
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I had thought last night I wanted to watch a gay themed movie sometime soon, and was going to settle with IT'S MY PARTY, but then I stumbled across MY BEAUTIFUL LAUNDRETTE on the to-watch shelf tonight, and that will be the movie I'll watch tomorrow.
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Yeah, Vixmom, when I cancelled demanded my money back, another guy just told him to let me have the "display" slice. It should go without saying that that slice worth writing home about either.
I have never been to Coney Island. I have never been to the Brooklyn Aquarium. I have been to the Statue of Liberty only once in my life.
Can you tell I'm a native New Yorker? :D
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My mom is watching the 1966 version of STAGECOACH on the western channel. We have watched a LOT of westerns since yesterday. I had to have a break and we watched some Adam-12 during dinner.
I caught the last fifteen minutes or so of this the other day myself. I'm not sre I've ever seen this remake all the way through.
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Well DRMATTH - I keep thinking that Lucianna does a nice job in MUSCLE BEACH PARTY too as the Countess with designs on Frankie. So maybe it's not so much her acting as it is her.....well HER!!!
I recognize that she's a beautiful woman, but her charms totally escape me. I am not a fan.
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Speaking of Jamaica commercials, there is a horrible series of commercials for Red Stripe Beer that I find utterly annoying.
Just had to get that off my chest.
I know exactly what you mean. I had never heard if that beer but now I am determined never to drink it. The first few times the commericals came on we watched perplexed sure we were missingsomething, now we hit the remote as soon as it pops up . Very annoying
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That's great that the Vixter enjoyed the show.
This is shaping up to be a really great all-nighter. It's still early, but I don't think I'm gong to have this paper any time soon.
Right now, I'm listening to my mom "discussing" the six and a half hour board meeting she just got out of.
What is the subject of your paper?
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OOOH! Page seven!!
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Now, I simply must put myself to bed. Despite having a relatively quiet day here, I did get the laundry done and my cleaning chores attending to, and now I'm absolutely exhausted.
Hope everyone has a great evening.
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Yeah, Vixmom, when I cancelled demanded my money back, another guy just told him to let me have the "display" slice. It should go without saying that that slice worth writing home about either.
Well I'm glad he "accomodated" you, I'm sorry it was still dissappointng
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A publicity bio I just found on the net sums it up thus:
"Mathis’s lack of singles’ success led him to leave Columbia briefly for Mercury in 1963."
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I did a little research on the Evan Hunter book - there are two copies in similar condition on the 'net - one is signed and goes for over six hundred bucks more than I paid, and the other copy, like mine, unsigned, goes for almost three hundred over what I paid. In other words, I got a great deal.
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Mitch Miller went to Mercury too JRand.
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Well, the aquarium I definitely recommend.
I've never been to the Statue of Liberty. You can get a good view of her for free from the Staten Island Ferry, and I don't dig heights, so I wouldn't be climbing her anyway.
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I did a little research on the Evan Hunter book - there are two copies in similar condition on the 'net - one is signed and goes for over six hundred bucks more than I paid, and the other copy, like mine, unsigned, goes for almost three hundred over what I paid. In other words, I got a great deal.
Congratulations!!
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Thanks for the info, Jason, on Hal Prince.
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Another album cover I love! Don't know anyone else who would be interested in it! BUT:
Gisele MacKenzie in person at the Empire Room of the Waldorf-Astoria!
Record LIVE at an Actual Performance
Al Pellegrini conducting the Emil Coleman Orchestra.
Everest Stereo SDBR - 1069
Play this record with stereo pickup only...
Everest. A product of Everest Records. Division of Belock Instrument Corporation. 1960.
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I have been ordered to bed. When I was a little girl and would be sent ot bed I used to grumble "When I grow up Ii'm never going to bed if I'm not sleepy and no one is gonna make me!!"
Ah, how wrong I was !
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Well I do have to be up in six hours... so the Mann has a point.....night all!!!
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Is this a riddle?
Maybe the answer is "Nothing." 8)
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That is a good cover JRand55, and Gisele looks quite lovely!
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I recognize that she's a beautiful woman, but her charms totally escape me. I am not a fan.
LOL....I guess considering her career arc more people agree with you than with me... ;D
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That is a cool website DR Rodzinski!
I found the cover an album I do believe I would like to have...I love Russ Garcia!
(http://showandtellmusic.com/images/galleries/gallery%20b/fantasticaNEW.jpg)
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Mitch Miller went to Mercury too JRand.
OMG...DR TovOZ - I keep thinking I know about stuff....and then I come to HHW and get an answer that intrigues me as much as it informs me and is completely NEWS to me! 8)
Thanks! ;D
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Giselle would be pleased that you're pleased.
Off to check out showandtellmusic.
Love the Garcia cover!
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Mitch I and were always close. lol
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Here's a tip
Talk about a funny fuss
Maybe Mitch
Wanna sing along with us!
-Homer and Jethro, "Cornfucius Say" from the LP of the same name
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And I am fully intrigued by these two people...
(http://showandtellmusic.com/images/galleries/gallery%20e/athome.jpg)
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I think Raymond is actually electronic music pioneer Raymond Scott!
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Wish there were more of Homer & Jethro on CD DR Rodzinski. They've only touched the surface. I may have to transfer all my singles. Loved their "He'll Have To Go" and "Please Help Me I'm Falling" etc.
(I'm also a Ben Colder fan).
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You are correct Rodzinski, The above gentleman did turn out to be Raymond Scott, whose CDs I am now putting into my Amazon.com wish list!
JRand55, I think you might enjoy some of his music! It is fun!
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Off to dreamland!!
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Should be some Hugo & Luigi stuff on Cd by now too.
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The lady is Dorothy Collins from YOUR HIT PARADE!
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Should be some Hugo & Luigi stuff on Cd by now too.
AMEN!!
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Not so fast to Dreamland, must reply!
MBarnum, there is a neat collection that features some of Scott's collaborations with Jim Henson back in the early 60s.
Don't I know it, Tomovoz! Certain acts have had their careers really reduced by CD, but Homer and Jethro are so much more than just the parodies. And much of their music was marvelously produced by Chet Atkins. They are at the top of my wish list, currently. Next trip to San Jose, I am buying this one guy out of H&J Lps.
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If I knew how, I would buy the rights to the Voices of Walter Schumann material and release a CD set myself!
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I have ONE H/J Lp....but it makes me laugh.....there's an empty hanger in my closet tonight, since you took the shirt off my back!
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Now, Dreamland!
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Many many CD's, books, and DVD's await me when a Paycheck starts again DRMBARNUM!!
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A Cd of the songs of Marjorie Chandler aka Dorothy Collins aka Mrs Raymond Scott is long overdue. My 45's of Baciare Baciare and Banjo Boy are as far from good condition as I am.
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Waiting for DRELMORE to peruse the index of the Henry Willson book to see if YOU KNOW WHO got a mention, since she was at U-I when Rock started there.
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A Cd of the songs of Marjorie Chandler aka Dorothy Collins aka Mrs Raymond Scott is long overdue. My 45's of Baciare Baciare and Banjo Boy are as far from good condition as I am.
"So round. So firm. So fully packed!" And I thought she was talking about the Lucky Strikes! ;D
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DR Elmore is too busy studying the chapter on Mr Strands
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DR Sandra just read me a section of her book:
"'Oh, my angel-girl! my angel-girl! your patient heroism puts me to the blush, for my heart is crushed in my bosom and my firmness quite gone!' said Traverse, in a broken voice."
She is laughing rather hysterically.
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"So round. So firm. So fully packed!" And I thought she was talking about the Lucky Strikes! ;D
We didn't get past Julie London here. Filter Flavour and Flip top..
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Aha, that Dorothy Collins! I should have known! Well, they make a lovely couple.
Yes, I found several Raymond Scott CDs that I will be buying.
I image once you get going JRand55, there will be a shopping frenzy like never before! LOL!
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Just watched the final scenes of "Oh What a Lovely War". I am always moved by those images.
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:) Indeed!
Hate to leave such pleasant company, but I must get to sleep!
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Nite Jack
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I am so zoned I just hope I can get through writing the notes with a semblance of coherence or, at the very least, a coherence of semblance.
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Argh!
That about sums it up.
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We had quite a rally this fine evening, didn't we? New notes up in a mo.