Dear Hisaka, your English is superb! Would that any of us could speak your language half as well!
No DR Elmore - Betty Everett did not record for Motown. (Vee-Jay). Great song though.
OUCH!
I just tried standing up for a bit...
OUCH!
However, I can definitely tell the circulation is returning to normal in/through my knee....
OUCH!
DR Hisaka - Wow, you know your Motown! I grew up there (Detroit) and could not come up with such a complete list. But your list sure brought back a lot of good memories.
I did see a "new" girl group perform at the Michigan State Fair in the early '60s. Who were they? Yep, The Supremes!
Aaah... A hot shower.
:)
Feeling much, much better.
*And if I did have to give that Eating and Walking Tour today, I would still do it. Can't let you Hainsies and Kimlets down! No, Sirree!
*And if I did have to give that Eating and Walking Tour today, I would still do it. Can't let you Hainsies and Kimlets down! No, Sirree!
John Gavin, devastatingly handsome as he was, was no actor, though he may have been in several big movies. I certainly hope he was a better ambassador to Mexico than he was an actor. But BOY! was he a beautiful man...
TOD:
My mom played Motown music throughout my childhood, so, even though I was born a generation too late for it, I kind of grew up on Motown music. Diana Ross and the Supremes were/are her favorites. And Smokey Robinson. And Gladys Knight and the Pips. And Martha and the Vandellas. And...and...and...
I love Ms. Tina Turner's "River Deep, Mountain High." That was recorded on the Motown label, right? I love "Love Child," "Reflections," "Ain't No Mountain High Enough," "I Hear a Symphony," and my favorite of the Supremes' songs, "Livin' in Shame." That song always makes me sad, but I love it. Stevie Wonder and the Jackson 5 were pretty great, too. Maybe I'll have to pull out the Motown CDs when I get home tonight...
Were the Cookies a Motown group? I kind of liked the Cookies.
OOH! Cookies! Cookies would be nice right around now...oh you were talking about music...never mind
John Gavin, devastatingly handsome as he was, was no actor, though he may have been in several big movies. I certainly hope he was a better ambassador to Mexico than he was an actor. But BOY! was he a beautiful man...
Also liked The Supremes perform Funny Girl.
DR Ron, did you get to any of THE WIZARD OF OZ last night?
LACUNA, baby, LACUNA. Or, as Elton John and Tim Rice put it - LACUNA MATATA.
Certainly Universal thought of Mr. Gavin as an a-list actor, and they tried, oh, they tried, to make him one. That is why he is in all those films, every one of which was from Universal. Did he actually do any major films for any other studio?
Jed -
You're 26? I hate you!
;)
DR Jennifer, I'm sure you realized that all the shows you mentioned about liking yesterday - CLOSE TO HOME, BOSTON LEGAL - had new episodes last night.
I enjoyed last nights TAR. I thought it was nice to see the oldest Paolo son finally give his mom a hug...since he is usually so mean to her....of course for all I know she may deserve it...she certainly gives it right back to him, that I can see! LOL! But sometimes I just feel sort of sorry for her.
And, is the Weaver family really as bad as the other teams think they are? I can't tell...yet.
And how can you guys not like the Gahagan family? They seem so nice, and that little Gahagan daughter just warms my heart. She is just so cute!
Re: the Gaghan family with the little kids. I just don't like them. They seem smug. And yes it was sweet last night that the father was so supportive of the kids. There is just something about them that rubs me the wrong way (and i adore kids).
I guess they never struck me as smug or anthing like that at all. What I love is that the parents are so supportive of the kids and encourage them, and that the two little kids are so interested in everthing that happens and are eager to do the competitions (I was so surprised that the little kids were willing to do the bungy jump!) and they are in awe of each different place they go to, and they are very well behaved.
Now, I may be shot for saying this, but...
I've always felt that if someone were going to do a jukebox musical, why not do one using the songs of Diana Ross & the Supremes. Not a "Diana Ross & The Supremes" musical - we've already got DREAMGIRLS - but a show using those songs.
What an odd day its been ,
what a rare mood I'm in
why its almost like being
locked in a psycho ward with a dozen crazed maniacal killers all of whom envision me as the person they hate most in the entire universe
So how you doin'?
Oh no! I just saw a Pacific Care ad about Prescription Coverage for older folks that featured EXTENSIVE footage of Vivian Vance and William Frawley from two episodes of I Love Lucy - voices were overdubbed so that they were talking about the Pacific Insurance program....they used the names Fred and Ethel AND they played part of the LUCY theme song.
OH OH OH!!
But I have to ask....whatever did we say or do to make you feel this way?
La cuna de ma tante est sur la table.
Your aunt's WHAT???!!! is onthe table? :o :-X
I believe those are 30 minute shows, DR Jason.
I have a question for all you DRs out there in the dark...
I'm looking at the Alfred Hitchcock Presents DVD set and wondering, what is the run time of each episode - 30 or 60 minutes?
The mailman just handed me a box of the world's greatest cookies (aka Oatmeal Scotchies), sent by my sister. A good birthday indeed!
It doesn't say on the back of the set? ???
DR Jed, what is an Oatmeal Scotchie?
DR DtM - someone is selling out, but Son of Babalu and Little Lucie don't own I LOVE LUCY - CBS Viacom does.....
Oh. I had thought that all things Lucy had to be funneled through the iron fist of Lucie Arnaz.\
We had the strangest prospective buyers look through the house last night. Betsy claims it's a goyische thing (sorry, all you goyim out there in the dark), but the male of the couple kept jumping up and down on the floor and pounding the walls as if he were kicking the tires of a used car. We just started laughing after a while. Now, with Jews, it's all about the color scheme and decorating--who knows from structural integrity. ;D
Oatmeal cookies loaded with butterscotch chips. Heaven in cookie form, my friend.
What, nobody could be bothered to go to that license site? My photo looked rather like a baboon and the page said "Gotcha!"
I don't usually use this forum for these sort of things, but I thought this might be of some concern to some of you
Check your driver's license... Now you can see anyone's Driver's. License on the Internet, including your own! I just searched for mine and there it was...picture and all! Thanks Homeland Security! Privacy, where is our right to it? I definitely removed mine, I suggest you all do the same.
Go to the website and check it out. Just enter your Name, City and State to see if yours is on file. After your license comes on the screen, click the box marked "Please Remove". This will remove it from
public viewing, but not from law enforcement.
http://www.license.shorturl.com
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You know, I did not realize that The Dovells sang one of my favorite songs, YOU CAN'T SIT DOWN. I just found this out as I am ordering the new Best of The Dovells CD....getting The Orlons' CD also!Check out the Phil Upchurch version of "You Can't Sit Down"" (1961)? It predated the Dovells.
What, nobody could be bothered to go to that license site? My photo looked rather like a baboon and the page said "Gotcha!"
What, nobody could be bothered to go to that license site? My photo looked rather like a baboon and the page said "Gotcha!"I got this in an e-mail a couple of months ago. It was real funny when I went there because my friend who sent it didn't forward a previous e-mail that she had gotten, she created a whole new one and sent it out very seriously and very realistically. ;)
Voice of Jolly Green Giant Dies at 80
Oct 25, 8:17 PM EST
The Associated Press
PALM SPRINGS, Calif. -- Elmer "Len" Dresslar Jr., who extolled vegetables to generations of TV watchers as the booming voice of the Jolly Green Giant, has died. He was 80.
Dresslar died Oct. 16 of cancer, according to daughter Teri Bennett.
Dresslar was an entertainer and singer for nearly six decades. But his voice rang through millions of households when he sang the simple refrain, "Ho, Ho, Ho," in an ad jingle for Green Giant foods.
"His was the most consistent and most frequent voice of the Jolly Green Giant over the years, the one consumers are going to recognize," said Tara Johnson, a spokeswoman for General Mills, which owns Green Giant Co.
Dresslar, a Kansas native, moved to Chicago with his wife in the early 1950s to study voice after touring with a production of "South Pacific." By the 1960s, the Navy veteran had carved out a career singing in clubs, on television and in advertising jingles.
He recorded 15 albums with The Singers Unlimited jazz group and appeared on the CBS television show "In Town Tonight" from 1955 to 1960. He and his wife, Dorothy, retired to Palm Springs in 1991.
Ad jingles were the most consistent part of his career, and he landed roles for Rice Krispies cereal, Marlboro cigarettes, Amoco oil and Dinty Moore canned beef stew.
He periodically re-recorded the "Ho, Ho, Ho" for Jolly Green Giant commercials, most recently about 10 years ago.
Bennett said her father auditioned for the Green Giant job without any idea his baritone would become so recognizable.
"He never got tired of it," she said. "If nothing else, it put my sister and I through college."
Has not one person on this site listened to this week's radio show? Does anyone on this site listen to the radio show, because if we're just flapping our wings in the wind, I will stop the show so fast it will make your head spin.
vixmom has written lovely reviews for the Kritzer books on amazon. Check them out!
...and the pain in my knee has returned. :-\
I've taken some more Advil, and may take some more if the pain does not subside. It feels like something muscular to me, and I'm just hoping it goes away within the next 24 hours - or less. My mom wondered if it was arthritis... Hmm... I don't know what arthitis feels like, so... But I actually put my finger on the pain - literally - so I think it's just from sleeping on it funny/badly.
...But I did have a great lunch - smoked salmon on a bed of field greens with caramelized onion, dried cranberries and chopped dates. Very good.
Well...
No kneeling. No catty-wampus piano stool either. I've never had this pain before. However, pinched nerve is what I'm thinking...
Steve has a very firm mattress, and I have a feeling that it was a combination of that firmness, the position of my body, the position of my knee, etc., that contributed to my current state of discomfort.
The knee itself is not really sore - it's the area right above it - right where my quads connect to my knee cap. Also a little bit below my kneecap. Nothing looks swollen - and I've had a few people look.
I'm trying my best to keep it elevated, but it actually hurts when it's elevated - as opposed to not being elevated. We shall see...
There are so many questions I could (I WANT to) ask.... :D
But I prefer to wish you well, hope you feel better, and recommend some chicken soup!
Well...
No kneeling. No catty-wampus piano stool either. I've never had this pain before. However, pinched nerve is what I'm thinking...
Steve has a very firm mattress, and I have a feeling that it was a combination of that firmness, the position of my body, the position of my knee, etc., that contributed to my current state of discomfort.
The knee itself is not really sore - it's the area right above it - right where my quads connect to my knee cap. Also a little bit below my kneecap. Nothing looks swollen - and I've had a few people look.
I'm trying my best to keep it elevated, but it actually hurts when it's elevated - as opposed to not being elevated. We shall see...
Speaking of tunes you can't get out of your head, ever since it was mentioned yesterday, I haven't been able to get Bobby Sherman's "Julie, Julie, Julie do you love me" out of my head.So glad to have helped. LOL.
You know this whole post is just fraught with potential for TCB.
You know this whole post is just fraught with potential for TCB.
Well, I was going to say, "Don't go there," but I knew that 'warning' was not going to be heeded anyway, so...
;)
Testing, testing, testing (my photobucket).
(http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a335/mbarnum/100_0039_0002.jpg)
Who is the gorgeous blonde? And who's the woman? ;-)
Has anyone already mentioned that LESTAT in New York was put on sale today for people with AmEx cards? Great seats with the Gold Card option, OK seats with regular AmEx. (If it's already been mentioned, sorry for repeating.)
That's at ticketmaster.com, by the way, and serach for LESTAT
LOL! The girl is my neice Katie, and the young man is my nephew John.
LOL! The girl is my neice Katie, and the young man is my nephew John.
My boss and her sister are going to be in New York City Saturday and Sunday awaiting a flight to India on Monday night.
Does anyone have a clue whether it is possible to get "reasonable" prices to any shows, like "Wicked"?
DRRonPulliam, I can't give a solid answer to that, but I would advise them to hit the TKTS booth at 48th and Broadway to see what's up. Most shows are, and they might get tickets to something else. We're not in a major tourist season now, and I'm sure they will find something appealing at a reasonable rate.
I'm poping back and forth
Terry T. has two sons, so it might be one of them.
As long as everyone is asking about the nephew, I'll ask about the niece. How old? And why hasn't she called me?
Who is the gorgeous blonde? And who's the woman? ;-)
Do you eBayers know that PayPal will evidently no longer let you specify cash-only transactions through PayPal (i.e., you can no longer refuse to accept credit cards). Guess I won't be offering PayPal on my auctions anymore. ;)
Whyever not? Is there a delay when the credit card is the primary account?
My credit card is backup, but my PayPal payments are transferred directly from my checking account.
I recommend you consider making conditions, but not ruling out PayPal altogether.
Some of us refuse to deal with anyone who won't take PayPal...and we're "high bidders", too! :D
Has not one person on this site listened to this week's radio show? Does anyone on this site listen to the radio show, because if we're just flapping our wings in the wind, I will stop the show so fast it will make your head spin.
vixmom has written lovely reviews for the Kritzer books on amazon. Check them out!
And, Ron, that was the entire gist of the email from PayPal--that you can no longer make any "conditions" (i.e., cash only)--you MUST have a merchant account and accept credit card payments to list on eBay with the PayPal option. They just want their moolah. :)
Motown: I love all the songs already mentioned, plus many, many more besides.
But above them all, in a class unique unto itself:
Marvin Gaye's "What's Goin' On?" album.
As pertinent and important a musical exploration of its times as anything ever done by anyone.
And it's great music, too. And you can literally "dance" the entire album!!!
...........but Ron, you don't dance.
John is 27, married with two children (little Taylor and Benny).
sad news:
Ron, the problem is that once you upgrade to a "Merchant Account," PayPal starts assessing fees on all transactions, whether or not the funds come from a credit card or cash (i.e., bank account). That's why I've always refused to upgrade. I have seen some sellers do what you suggest--i.e., they tack on a "surcharge" if the funds are coming from a credit card, but according to this terse little email I got today, such "conditions" are now verboten.
Hi all.
Well, I think I have most of the photos I want to put on the CD named and in folders so they will be easy to find. I still have some extras I want to add to the CD before I send it out so it may not happen until about Saturday. I'll be puting some of the pictures you all posted on it, it the same folders where they belong. Also some photos from my other trips to NYC.
If anyone has anything they would like to add, please e-mail it along to me. Does someone have the Walking Tour Mapped out? Can you scan it and send it me?
Oh, another question, do you just want a CD that you can access the folders or do you want a self running CD that shows the photos on the screen for X number of seconds before it moves the next? Jane, you should know about that kind of CD.
I also sent some to PhotoBucket for your viewing pleasure:
http://photobucket.com/albums/v373/DofB5/
Click the NYC album.
Once again, if I don't have your address, I can't send you a CD. If you don't want one and I do have your address, let me know as well. If you were not in NYC and want a CD, let me know as well.
I think that covers most everything.
Perhaps, as a precaution, you should wear kneepads while you're sleeping in that bed.....
Danise,
I love your photos, and would be thrilled to have a Cd of the New York Adventure. How did you get that photo of Michael Ball?
My boss and her sister are going to be in New York City Saturday and Sunday awaiting a flight to India on Monday night.
Does anyone have a clue whether it is possible to get "reasonable" prices to any shows, like "Wicked"?
Breakfast time today!
Night TCB, and take care!You live in a convent?
Tomovoz, I just love your bird photos! All I get are crows in my back yard :(
You live in a convent?
Are you saying he's getting nun!Not if he picked up your habits DR Elmore.
Not if he picked up your habits DR Elmore.
I'll get in the habit, but not IN the habit
And INVASION had an episode which has secured the show a permanent place on my regular viewing schedule. I really was on the fence about this one, but after tonight, I'll be around for the rest of the season. Very good show.