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Title: SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: bk on February 05, 2006, 12:56:09 AM: Well, you've read the notes, the notes were Super, the notes really did Bowl you over on this particular Sunday, so now it is time for you to post until the cows come home - they went Bowling on this fine Sunday and are feeling Super.
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: bk on February 05, 2006, 01:01:10 AM: And the word of the day is: XEROPHILOUS!

Smoke on your pipe and put that in.
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: bk on February 05, 2006, 01:04:15 AM: Has Ann caught up?

Jose/Jrand: Nope, made up my mind not to attend the matinee - many reasons, some of which Jose would probably understand.
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: Tomovoz on February 05, 2006, 01:07:43 AM: When she considered leaving him in "Follies", Ben would have been contemplating the joys of having Xerophilous.
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Post by: Tomovoz on February 05, 2006, 01:10:27 AM: I shall be truant for the day . I'm attending a funeral some three hours or more drive away. ( a family friend for 55 years who would have been 80 in a couple of weeks time).
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: elmore3003 on February 05, 2006, 04:58:35 AM: Good morning, all! I really like quiet Sunday mornings; Mozart's Great Mass in C-minor is playing, the coffee's on the stove, and 82nd Street this morning seems very subdued, which isn't always the case among the homeless waiting for food from Holy Trinity Church across the street.

I'm back to Toyland for a few hours this morning, then I've got an arrangement to work on here. Tonight, I need to finish getting my tax receipts in order for Thursday's visit to the accountant, and I'm looking forward to the next instalment of BLEAK HOUSE.

Yesterday's topic was lines from plays and musicals, so I'll start a topic; since a lot of operas are also based on plays, do our DRs have any favorite arias, duets, or ensembles from the opera world? To make it a bit easier, I've included favorites from CANDIDE, since in 1956 it was billed as "a comic operetta" and a lot of these moronic current productions like Trevor Nunn's miss the fact the score is an operatic one, but I also believe PORGY AND BESS amd SWEENEY TODD are operas.

I'm partial to these:
ARIAS
O Mio Babbino Caro (Gianni Schicchi)
Visi d'Arte (Tosca)
Glitter and Be Gay (Candide)
Lucy's Aria from "The Telephone"
Steal Me, Sweet Thief (The Old Maid and the Thief)
Ann's Cavatina and Cabaletta from "The Rakes's Progress"
Song to the Moon (Rusalka)
Mi Tradi (Don Giovanni)
Lonely House (Street Scene)
Tarquinius' Ride to Rome (The Rape of Lucretia)
My Man's Gone Now (Porgy & Bess)
DUETS
Tenor/Baritone Duet (The Pearl Fishers)
Seguidille (Carmen)
In the Dooryard (Street Scene)
Concerto Duet (Orphee aux Enfers)
Black Swan (The Medium)
ENSEMBLES
Act One Trio (Cosi Fan Tutte)
Septet (La Vie Parisienne)
Make Our Garden Grow (Candide)
I Am So Proud (The Mikado)
We'll Walk to the Spiiney (Albert Herring)
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: Jrand73 on February 05, 2006, 05:55:00 AM: Good morning, DR ELMORE.
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: Jrand73 on February 05, 2006, 05:56:50 AM: Un Bel Di....

I am from Indianer so's I doan know the titles of sum of them opry's ur parts of 'em Ah laks....hmmmm....

The Merry Widow has some wonderful scenes and music.

Carmen, of course, with its stepsister Carmen Jones!
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: Jrand73 on February 05, 2006, 05:58:00 AM: Hmmmm....and of course we have more snow - and so far this year I Never Has Seen Snow - except ONCE in December....no I am surrounded. And today is a work day....I love retail!

Glad the cows are bowling.
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: Jrand73 on February 05, 2006, 05:58:21 AM: Vibes to DR TOMovOZ on his sad journey today.
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Post by: Jrand73 on February 05, 2006, 06:06:03 AM: MR BK will they know you aren't coming? Or will you just be MIA?
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: elmore3003 on February 05, 2006, 06:06:20 AM: Quote from: JRand55 on February 05, 2006, 05:56:50 AM
Un Bel Di....

The Merry Widow has some wonderful scenes and music.

Carmen, of course, with its stepsister Carmen Jones!

Good morning, DRJRand55! Why do I suspect that cornfield innocence is all a put on to hide some glorious light? I agree with you about the Widow, one of the great musical theatre scores, and "Un Bel Di"! With Puccini you can hardly ever go wrong: Sir Andrew thought enough of the duet in FANCIULLA DEL WEST to steal it for POTO!
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: Jrand73 on February 05, 2006, 06:50:40 AM: LOL...DRELMORE... quien sabe?

I was off checking emails and missed you!

Anyway - yesterday I also forgot one of my favorite lines from a play:

"Come on over and have a drink. I'm all by myself and I'm up to my ass in French Provincial."
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: Jrand73 on February 05, 2006, 07:11:02 AM: Off to work!
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: Matt H. on February 05, 2006, 08:13:37 AM: Good morning!

Beautiful day here but cold and not expected to get out of the 40s. And the next few days are also to be in the 40s with varying amounts of clouds/rain and sunshine.
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: Matt H. on February 05, 2006, 08:17:13 AM: The first aria that instantly pops in my mind as my favorite is "Nessun Dorma" from TURANDOT. I love to hear Pavarotti's renditions of it, but even Deanna Durbin did an English version of it to brilliant effect in FIRST LOVE.
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: Matt H. on February 05, 2006, 08:19:08 AM: Reading over that list of upcoming Warner DVDs was very exciting seeing the classics that are on their way to us, but I'm VERY disappointed to see that THE PIRATE wasn't one of the listed titles. I will do my best to ask about it at the forum conference on February 21st if my dial-up connection can log on. Last time they did this, I wouldn't gain entry and had to read the transcript the next day.
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: Matt H. on February 05, 2006, 08:22:34 AM: Reading bk's talk about the Super Bowl reminds me that I have never watched an entire Super Bowl in the previous 39 that they've had. In fact, I could count the total minutes I've watched them combined on the fingers of my two hands. Just not at all interested in them, but I'm sure today is a highly anticipated day to a great many folks. I'm glad for them, and I hope the game turns out to be an exciting one for them.
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: Matt H. on February 05, 2006, 08:23:08 AM: My goodness, not a soul in the place!
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: Matt H. on February 05, 2006, 08:24:27 AM: I still have Friday night's MONK to watch and Thursday's THE OFFICE, both of which I'll try to get to before heading off to the Super Bowl bash in the later afternoon.
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: Matt H. on February 05, 2006, 08:25:29 AM: Still no one here, and I guess I should head downstairs and get the laundry out of the dryer and folded. That should be LOADS of fun! NOT!

WBBL.
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: TCB on February 05, 2006, 09:24:42 AM: HELLO????????

Hmm, it can't be something I said, because I hadn't said anything yet.

............just me and my ....(nope he's gone too)
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: bk on February 05, 2006, 09:40:00 AM: Is this a slow news day here at haineshisway.com? You'd think it was Super Bowl Sunday or something, when in fact it is Super Non-Bowl Sunday.

Jrand: The only one who knows I won't be there is our associate producer. Whether she tells others is something I don't know, but it shouldn't be newsworthy, really.
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: TCB on February 05, 2006, 09:44:36 AM: BK, I think it would be wonderful if you extended the run, and you took over the role.
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: JoseSPiano on February 05, 2006, 10:16:41 AM: Good Morning! Good Afternoon!

I let myself stay in bed until Noon. -Of course, since I didn't really end up falling asleep until around 4:00am... -Was just sort of restless last night... My mind is just starting to get in gear for my return back to NYC later this week... And all the stuff I would like to get done before heading back up... I have a feeling I'll be making lots of lists over the next few days, and I'll have a lot of prioritizing to get done. -But that's a good thing.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on February 05, 2006, 10:32:30 AM: As for DR elmore's Topic of the Day...

I would basically duplicate your list, DR elmore. -However, I do have to say that G&S still is not my cup of tea - even as casual listening. -I think I'm still scarred from playing rehearsals for the Washington Savoyards a couple of years ago... Some of those dyed-in-the-wool G&Sers are, well, sort of scary.

;)

Otherwise...

"Steal Me, Sweet Thief" was one of the first arias I ever accompanied. Beautiful, emotional. I also like the baritone aria from The Old Maid and the Thief, "When the air sings of summer" - at least I think that's what the title is. Isn't it?

"Ebben? Ne andro lontano" from La Wally - Yes, I first heard this in the movie Diva.

"Elle a fui" from Les Contes d'Hoffmann

"Deh vieni non tardar", "Dove sono", "Porgi amor", - Mozart, Le Nozze di Figaro

"The Embroidery Aria" - Britten, Peter Grimes - Truly a haunting piece of music.

"To this we've come", Madga's Aria - Menotti, The Consul - Another haunting aria.

"What a movie!" - Bernstein, Trouble in Tahiti - And this one is hoot to play too! Fun!

...And that's about all that comes to mind for now, although I know I have many, many more operatic favorites.
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: JoseSPiano on February 05, 2006, 10:34:40 AM: BK - Yes, I think I know what you mean. I do understand.

Enjoy your day off.

*And I'm sure your actors will enjoy "your day off" too. What's that they say about a watched pot?

;)
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: JoseSPiano on February 05, 2006, 10:37:19 AM: Quote from: Matt H. on February 05, 2006, 08:25:29 AM
Still no one here, and I guess I should head downstairs and get the laundry out of the dryer and folded. That should be LOADS of fun! NOT!

WBBL.

Must be in the air... I finally folded some laundry this morning that I did two days ago. And I also tidied up a bit of stuff in my room here too. It's amazing just how "good" a floor looks when you can actually see it!

;D
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: MBarnum on February 05, 2006, 10:42:19 AM: Wow, it is a bit slow here isn't it!

My buddy Ron and I are going to see KING KONG at 12:30 today.
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: JoseSPiano on February 05, 2006, 10:45:05 AM: ...And I also have to say that it's been very nice not having a 2:00 matinee today... Just been a nice leisurely morning/afternoon... Well, since I didn't get out bed until about an hour and a half ago... ;)

I'll head in for the show around 4:30. We have the kids pre-show rehearsal at 5:15, then the show at 6:00. And we should be done by 8:23... Then since they will start some of the strike tonight, I have to clear my area of the pit. Thankfully, I just have to make sure to take my keyboard pedals and chair with me, so I should be out the pit in no time, but I'll probably help things along by dressing my cables and such. And then the party in the lobby...

It's been a good run. Good people. Good process. Yes, there were some "issues" for me during the rehearsal process, but the show must go on, and it has. I really have had a wonderful time, and the past couple of weeks have been a great warm-up for Lestat in NYC. On Broadway.

I just feel a little weird right now in that I'm not really feeling sad about the show closing. And I even know, sense, that this will be my last show at Arena for a while - regardless of the success or failure of Lestat. It's just time to move on.

...Of course, I'll probably be blubbering like an idiot come the final downbeat... We'll see...

::)
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: JoseSPiano on February 05, 2006, 10:46:03 AM: And, now, Page 2!
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Post by: JoseSPiano on February 05, 2006, 10:46:31 AM: Good Morning, DR MBarnum!

-Are you lounging in your kurta this morning?
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: JoseSPiano on February 05, 2006, 10:52:02 AM: Oh... And as a sort of opposite of DR elmore's Topic of the Day...

If you happen to dialing/flipping/scrolling through the radio stations (AM/FM/Internet), what song(s) will keep you dialing/flipping/scrolling through the stations?

"Oh, NO! Not that one again?!?!?"
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: FJL on February 05, 2006, 10:54:16 AM: Some people are coming over to watch the game tonight, which means lots of noise and hoopla which I just don't understand, so I'll eat with them to be social and then just get myself out of here to see a show or something, anything. :)
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: JoseSPiano on February 05, 2006, 10:55:18 AM: OH... Since I spy me a DR FJL...

DR FJL - Kay, Matt, Bill Parry and John Leslie Wolfe send their best right back to you and Skip.
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: JoseSPiano on February 05, 2006, 10:56:26 AM: OK - I have to tend to some papers, mails, newspapers and other detritus (I believe that was a Word of the Day from way back) here on my desk... -And I also need to get something to eat too now that I think of it.

Laters...
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: FJL on February 05, 2006, 10:58:48 AM: To pick some by performers I normall love to listen to:

Van Halen's "Jump" gets me turning to another station pretty quickly. Also, Springsteen's "Dancing in the Dark" for some reason. And to be honest, there are times when I just don't have the patience for the whole 8 minutes of "American Pie."
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: FJL on February 05, 2006, 11:01:49 AM: Jose - Thanks for the good wishes emanating from DC.
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: elmore3003 on February 05, 2006, 11:04:00 AM: DR Jose, don't get too weepy when it's over. But do have a good time today.

I never play anything on the radio but classical, so I can't respond to your question.

I thought of another favorite line from a play: "the goddam sonofabitch stole my watch."
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: DERBRUCER on February 05, 2006, 11:04:25 AM: Quote from: TCB on February 05, 2006, 09:24:42 AM
HELLO????????

............just me and my ....(nope he's gone too)

Poor TCB, lost his shadow, just like Peter Pan!

der Brucer

Will anyone other than Tomovoz get The "Inks Spots" reference?
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: FJL on February 05, 2006, 11:10:51 AM: Favorite lines by audience members:

At HAPGOOD (to the ticket-taker): "Sir, that sign says gunshots will be heard at this performance. Why only THIS performance?"

At THE HEIRESS, about twenty minutes into the second act, an elderly woman was heard explaining helpfully to her friend: "You see, Mildred, she's an heiress."
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: DERBRUCER on February 05, 2006, 11:11:43 AM: Quote from: elmore3003 on February 05, 2006, 04:58:35 AM
... but I also believe PORGY AND BESS amd SWEENEY TODD are operas.

Overlooking your possible distain for Sir Andrew, if the above are operas, why not "Evita"; and Cameron notwithstaning, it would seem "Miss Saigon" should also qualify.

der Brucer (not pushing his luck by nominating "Chess")
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: Matt H. on February 05, 2006, 11:11:50 AM: I used to get choked up during the last performance or two of a show I had grown to love. Blubbered like a baby during the entire final week of '1776,' and that was the second time I had done a run in the show (though playing different characters).
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Post by: Matt H. on February 05, 2006, 11:17:45 AM: Watched more MARY TYLER MOORE episodes. The utter brilliance of that show still amazes me.

The last episode I watched was positively inspired in the plotting of the show and totally unhackneyed. Started off as a show about Lou not getting to go to Las Vegas because of a snowed-in airport. A poker game is begun. The show segues into a Murray-story about his compulsive gambling habit before ending with a capper where Murray, in debt to Ted, bets him double or nothing about his ability not to screw up the pronunciation of a certain Japanese official while on the air. Each of those three supporting actors were given juicy scenes they could act to the skies.

All of this in 26 minutes of show (and gaining HUGE laughs at the same time). Genius.
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: elmore3003 on February 05, 2006, 11:20:16 AM: Quote from: DERBRUCER on February 05, 2006, 11:11:43 AM
Overlooking your possible distain for Sir Andrew, if the above are operas, why not "Evita"; and Cameron notwithstaning, it would seem "Miss Saigon" should also qualify.

der Brucer (not pushing his luck by nominating "Chess")

To my way of thinking, the ambition of the score and the compositional worth. Since neither Sir Andrew nor the Frenchmen seem to know what to do in terms of dramatic and compositional development of their tunes, I don't consider either worthy of being considered operatic writers. Perhaps soap operatic writers.
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: Matt H. on February 05, 2006, 11:23:59 AM: I've a question for Super Bowl fans. Am I wrong or didn't the Super Bowl always used to be held in a city with a temperate climate? When did that change? Does Detroit have an enclosed stadium or are they risking the possibility of bad weather?
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: George on February 05, 2006, 11:51:01 AM: Quote from: elmore3003 on February 05, 2006, 04:58:35 AM
Yesterday's topic was lines from plays and musicals, so I'll start a topic; since a lot of operas are also based on plays, do our DRs have any favorite arias, duets, or ensembles from the opera world? To make it a bit easier, I've included favorites from CANDIDE, since in 1956 it was billed as "a comic operetta" and a lot of these moronic current productions like Trevor Nunn's miss the fact the score is an operatic one, but I also believe PORGY AND BESS amd SWEENEY TODD are operas.

I don't know the name of it, but it's the women's duet that everyone knows (or should) from "Lakmé."
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: Matt H. on February 05, 2006, 11:53:02 AM: Heading out now for my Super Bowl party (an hour's drive to get there). Hope everyone enjoys the rest of the afternoon.

WBBL.
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: JoseSPiano on February 05, 2006, 12:14:59 PM: Quote from: Matt H. on February 05, 2006, 11:23:59 AM
I've a question for Super Bowl fans. Am I wrong or didn't the Super Bowl always used to be held in a city with a temperate climate? When did that change? Does Detroit have an enclosed stadium or are they risking the possibility of bad weather?

There was actually a story about this on NPR I believe the other morning.... Or it might have been on the local news-radio station...

Detroit does have an enclosed station. The NFL does favor stadiums in more temperate climes - the Superbowl is back in Miami next year. They would like to have more "northern" Superbowls, but weather is a major consideration considering the economics of the venture.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on February 05, 2006, 12:20:58 PM: And one story I did hear on NPR yesterday morning was one about how small record labels are "saving" the Original Cast Recording. It was a tie-in with a report about the Grammy nominees for Best Original Cast Recording (or however that's worded). They had interviews with people from Ghostlight and PS Classics, and I'm sure Kritzerland will be included in next year's round-up.

:)

Indie Labels Take a Risk, and Win, with Musicals (http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5187068)

*And the feature was produced by BK alum, Jeff Lunden.
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: JoseSPiano on February 05, 2006, 12:23:20 PM: Quote from: George on February 05, 2006, 11:51:01 AM
I don't know the name of it, but it's the women's duet that everyone knows (or should) from "Lakmé."

"Sous le dome epais" (The Flower Duet)

British Airways used it in their commercials for a while.
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: JoseSPiano on February 05, 2006, 12:24:49 PM: OK... Time to get ready to head in... And I do believe I will go ahead and head down to Richmond tonight after the party... Until then...

Laters...
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: elmore3003 on February 05, 2006, 12:24:51 PM: Quote from: George on February 05, 2006, 11:51:01 AM
I don't know the name of it, but it's the women's duet that everyone knows (or should) from "Lakmé."

DR George, the first line of the recitative that begins it is "Viens, Malika," and it's usually referred to as the Flower Duet or Barcarolle from LAKME, as opposed to the Flower Duet from MADAMA BUTTERFLY or the famouse barcarolle from TALES OF HOFFMANN. And I agree, it's a beautiful duet.
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Post by: elmore3003 on February 05, 2006, 12:25:52 PM: Quote from: JoseSPiano on February 05, 2006, 12:23:20 PM
"Sous le dome epais" (The Flower Duet)

British Airways used it in their commercials for a while.

DR Jose, you impressed me! I only know the first line of the recit.
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: elmore3003 on February 05, 2006, 12:28:25 PM: And I forgot two ensembles I love from CARMEN:
The Quintet in Act Two
The Card Trio in Act Three

I wish I had the compositional chops to have written something as wonderful as either of them.
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: S. Woody White on February 05, 2006, 12:31:37 PM: Quote from: George on February 05, 2006, 11:51:01 AM
I don't know the name of it, but it's the women's duet that everyone knows (or should) from "Lakmé."
The "Flower Duet". Also known as the "British Airways Advertising Chant."
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: S. Woody White on February 05, 2006, 12:34:34 PM: OK, DR Jose beat me to it.

Something else I can blame on him.
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Post by: S. Woody White on February 05, 2006, 12:39:01 PM: I'm pulling a late shift at work tonight. Just three of us on the front end at the store while that game is on. The prediction is that it will be "very very quiet", to put an Elmer Fudd spin on things.
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: bk on February 05, 2006, 01:00:37 PM: Very warm here in the City of Studio. Had a little breakfast with Tammy and her mother, and am back home, ready to start doing a little writing.
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Post by: S. Woody White on February 05, 2006, 01:10:15 PM: And with that, I must be off to work once more! (Super-late dinner tonight!)
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Post by: S. Woody White on February 05, 2006, 01:11:41 PM: Aren't we supposed to get to page three sometime around now?
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Post by: S. Woody White on February 05, 2006, 01:12:08 PM: Ah, there we are!
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Post by: Jed on February 05, 2006, 01:36:17 PM: Unlike the majority of folks here, I am a big football fan and never miss the Super Bowl. I've seen all of every game for the past 20 years, except for a couple times during college when I had to leave for work at halftime. Oh yeah, and it just so happens that the team I've been a diehard fan of all those years (and that included some truly ugly years) is playing today, so there's no way I'll miss a single play this afternoon!
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: DearReaderLaura on February 05, 2006, 01:38:53 PM: Quote from: Matt H. on February 05, 2006, 11:23:59 AM
I've a question for Super Bowl fans. Am I wrong or didn't the Super Bowl always used to be held in a city with a temperate climate? When did that change? Does Detroit have an enclosed stadium or are they risking the possibility of bad weather?

Wouldn't you think that Phoenix would get a Super Bowl often? It is perfect spring weather here in February. We were told we couldn't have a Super Bowl until we passed the Martin Luther King holiday. We did that and got one Super Bowl. Then they told us that we have to build a NEW stadium before we get another. Said stadium is under construction.
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Post by: DearReaderLaura on February 05, 2006, 01:39:38 PM: We will be going to our annual Super Bowl party this afternoon. DR Sandra's second favorite day of the year.
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Post by: Ginny on February 05, 2006, 02:48:55 PM: Super Bowl Sunday greetings! DH Richard and I have had a delightful day - church in Cincinnati, a brief visit with our son, lunch at the Cheesecake Factory, shopping at Williams-Sonoma (thanks, DR Jose!) and the Apple Store (astronomy software for Richard). Now we're home in time to watch the Super Bowl.

Having grown up in Detroit, it's been interesting to me to see all the press the Motor City has received.

I'm for Seattle, because I don't like what Pittsburgh did to the Cincinnati Bengals in the playoffs. And, yes, even though we watch for the commercials, we also pay attention to the game. Go, 'hawks!
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: Ginny on February 05, 2006, 02:51:38 PM: My University of Michigan alumni e-newsletter included this list of former Wolverines involved in today's game:

For the Seattle Seahawks:
Steve Hutchinson, '96-'00, left guard
Jeremy LeSueur, '03, cornerback (practice squad)
Alain Kashama, '00-'03, defensive end (injured reserve)
Teryl Austin, defensive backs coach (former assistant coach at U-M)

For the Pittsburgh Steelers:
Larry Foote, '98-'01, inside linebacker
Jerame Tuman, '94-'98, tight end
Grant Bowman, '03, defensive tackle (practice squad)
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: bk on February 05, 2006, 02:53:48 PM: I'll bet some of you thought I'd changed my mind and gone to the matinee. But, here I am, planning the musical theater workshop, and writing my short story (just did four really good pages - somehow I've done sixteen pages of this thing over the last week-and-a-half, and it's only going to be a twenty page story). It's been quite warm here today, and cloudy but lovely.

Now, might I just ask where in tarnation IS everyone? 65 posts at 3:00??? This will NOT do, oh, no, this will NOT do. I see people but I don't see posts. I'd like to see people AND posts. Why if everyone here suddenly made fifty posts in a row, we'd set a new Sunday record.
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: bk on February 05, 2006, 03:42:11 PM: Oh, I see how it's going to be - no posts in an hour, sixty-six posts and a new all-time low. So be it, baby, so be it. And all because of football - if there's anything more rectal than that I haven't seen it yet. Even last year's Super Stupid Bowl Sunday wasn't like this!
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: bk on February 05, 2006, 03:42:37 PM: I'm going in the hot tub now and shall enjoy the late afternoon.
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: FJL on February 05, 2006, 03:47:20 PM: Super Bowl watching is in full force in the other room. I tried to watch for a while but just don't get it. The musical comedy Burger King commercial was sort of interesting, though.
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: bk on February 05, 2006, 03:48:06 PM: FJL and elmore sitting in a tree
NOT p-o-s-t-i-n-g
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: FJL on February 05, 2006, 03:51:42 PM: Now off to where all the real men in New York will be this evening. In other words, celebrating this once a year day by seeing Mr. Harry Connick Jr. in PAJAMA GAME.
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: FJL on February 05, 2006, 03:53:14 PM: I'm assuming people don't take off from shows in previews because of the Super Bowl.
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: FJL on February 05, 2006, 03:55:51 PM: Loud cheers from the other room. Someone must have run ten feet. :)

Oh, a defensive person was tackled in the end zone, or something important like that.

Anyway, off to the theater.
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: elmore3003 on February 05, 2006, 04:11:16 PM: Quote from: bk on February 05, 2006, 03:48:06 PM
FJL and elmore sitting in a tree
NOT p-o-s-t-i-n-g
Sorry. I have nothing to say. ;D
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: JoseSPiano on February 05, 2006, 04:35:02 PM: Good Evening!

...One more act to go...

Laters...
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: MBarnum on February 05, 2006, 04:36:06 PM: I am back from seeing KING KONG.

I am posting this as a spoiler, although I don't think this post will reveal much if you are even remotely familiar with the story...here goes...

Right now I HATE myself for even going to this movie...it was the most rancid waste of cellulloid I have ever sat through...and I have sat through some real stinkers in my time.

Now, keep in mind I was very much looking forward to seeing this movie...I figured it would be quite entertaining...but it was 3 hours of pure torture for me. It was one of those "lets see how many action scenes with special effects we can throw into this movie and then when we get to the kitchen sink we will through that in as well...several times over...and over...and over!"

Now, I never thought Fay Wray was all that particularly great in the original...she was ok, but not great...as an actress she had her limitations...as Ann Darrow her character screamed way too much and she didn't seem to have a lot of personality...but at least she reacted to the situation that she was in as any normal human being would...she was terrified of this huge, hairy beast...in the remake the herione is appropriately horrified at first, but by the end of the movie she seems to have fallen in love with the creature...despite the fact that he has killed, on purpose, several hundred people...not including those that he accidently killed. There is just no way this gal would do the things she does in this movie...the brontosaurus stampede was the silliest and most unrealistic thing I have ever come across. GODZILLA VS THE SMOG MONSTER was more believable! Here you have a dozen dinosaurs running for the hills along with another dozen tiny human beings, some of whom are overweight, elderly, and out of shape...and yet the humans are running just as fast, if not faster, then the stampeding dinos!

People fall thousands of feet into a ravine....and live! Only to be attacked by tswarms of giant, killer, flesh eating bugs...which they use their machine guns to get rid off. Uhg, it was awful!

And then there were all of these extra characters who really had no purpose in the film.

And the "great wall" that the natives had built hundreds of years ago to keep Kong out of the village...well, the way Kong could climb and jump around he could easily have climbed right over that wall without hesitation!

And there was so much more that was wrong with this movie....I can't even begin to tally them all.

I had not problem with them remaking KING KONG, I thought it was a wonderful idea...I loved the original, even with its many faults... but this new one was just too putrid...and that is the kindest thing I can think to say about it.

My buddy Ron hated it just as much as I did...and we are both very, very sorry that we went to see it. We were both ready to walk out of the theater half way through the film.

Just my opinion of course...you mileage may vary.
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: JoseSPiano on February 05, 2006, 04:36:28 PM: OH! And pianist, Christopher O'Riley, plays and "wrote" a wonderful piano transcription of the "Flower Duet".
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: MBarnum on February 05, 2006, 04:37:22 PM: Now for the good things...the costumes were great, very authentic...the first part of the movie, before they landed on the island, was atmospheric and not at all bad.
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: MBarnum on February 05, 2006, 04:39:34 PM: Now that I have that out of my system I will drink some coffee and catch up on the posts.

Oy.
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: MBarnum on February 05, 2006, 04:45:18 PM: Well, there just weren't many posts to catch up on, were there.
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: Danise on February 05, 2006, 04:45:28 PM: Hi all!

I had a pretty good scare this week because my Mom fell while I was at work. Long story short—she’s ok. Thank Goodness!

I have only watched one Super Bowl game from start to finish in my life. That is not to say that I understood anything that went on during said game except that the Bucs won.

I can’t say much for this game except that Mom wants Pittsburgh to win because she’s from there. It’s all the same to me.

I have no plans on seeing Kong. Mostly because I consider the film a tear jerker (for me at least) and I hate to cry in public.
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: Danise on February 05, 2006, 04:53:14 PM: I heard that WIW is closing soon. That's really too bad. I never did think that fat suit was a good thing for whatever actor was inside it but it's really sad about all the other illnesses the cast has had.
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: Danise on February 05, 2006, 05:00:08 PM: Super Bowl Sunday is good for one thing. If you want to go to Disney/Bush Garden/etc today is the day to do it.

Most of the parks are fairly empty and have very small lines. ;) :D
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: Ginny on February 05, 2006, 05:00:15 PM: Halftime - Time to make some nachos!
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: Danise on February 05, 2006, 05:01:48 PM: Quote from: Tomovoz on February 05, 2006, 01:10:27 AM
I shall be truant for the day . I'm attending a funeral some three hours or more drive away. ( a family friend for 55 years who would have been 80 in a couple of weeks time).

Dear Tomovoz, I am most sorry to hear of your loss. My most sincere condolances.
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: TCB on February 05, 2006, 05:08:29 PM: Quote from: elmore3003 on February 05, 2006, 12:28:25 PM
And I forgot two ensembles I love from CARMEN:
The Quintet in Act Two
The Card Trio in Act Three

Amen to both of those ensembles.
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: George on February 05, 2006, 05:43:58 PM: I'm not watching the Stuporbowl ;) (Jed and anyone else, I really am happy that you love football). I've been watching tapes of shows from Friday night and am about to watch "Battlestar Galactica." I've pretty much watched everything else: "Ghost Whisperer," "In Justice," "Living With Fran," Reba" and "Twins" (those last three, I also watched episodes from two weeks ago). I also have to watch Friday's Oprah with Dave Chappelle, then I'm all caught up. And I only caught about two minutes of the half-time show. The Rolling Stones = :P (just my opinion). I do need to pay attention when it's over because "Grey's Anatomy" (what does "Code Black" mean!?!?) is supposed to be on right afterwards...or maybe it'll be on at its regular time at 10:00. I've read conflicting reports.

I also have a tape set to tape tonight's "Inside the Actor's Studio" with guest, Liza. I am looking forward to this. :)
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: DakotaCelt on February 05, 2006, 05:52:32 PM: Been busy all day long....

Very quiet at work and I thought I would drop in and say hello and I hope all is well.....

Enjoy the hot tub bk!
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: George on February 05, 2006, 06:22:20 PM: Finally!!
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: George on February 05, 2006, 06:22:37 PM: Page Four Dance!!

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Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: Jane on February 05, 2006, 06:27:16 PM: Quote
From DakotaCelt:
I have added HOODWINKED to my list of movies to see...

Me too.

I think everyone should rush out and see MRS. HENDERSON PRESENTS.
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: bk on February 05, 2006, 06:33:54 PM: Soup? I'll give you soup!

Mrs. Henderson Presents is the ONLY movie I have ANY interest in at the moment.
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: bk on February 05, 2006, 06:35:15 PM: New all-time low? I mean, I should think the football game is over by now. And they'll all be back tomorrow, saying the usual "oh, I was busy, oh I was this, oh I was that" and we shall laugh and laugh and just when we think we can laugh no more, we shall laugh again.
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: Jane on February 05, 2006, 06:38:19 PM: From JMK:
Quote
Yes, you did forget to mention that. Especially to some of us in Portland.

;D

We had dinner at THE FARM. Have you eaten there? The service is slow but the vegetarian selection is rather nice and we had a delicious meal.
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: Jane on February 05, 2006, 06:43:39 PM: DakotCelt congratulations and welcome to the clouds.
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: Jane on February 05, 2006, 06:44:31 PM: Bruce I hope you enjoy the film as much as I think you will.
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: MBarnum on February 05, 2006, 06:44:46 PM: Mrs. Henderson Presents sounds like a fun movie.

Did I mention that I hated the new KING KONG? Oh, yes I did.

I am now going to watch SON OF KONG and maybe the Japanese KING KONG ESCAPES so that I can wipe away the horrid memories of that Peter Jackson version of KING KONG out of my brain.
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: Jane on February 05, 2006, 06:45:15 PM: From JRand:
Quote
DR MBARNUM.....I recommend Ms Durbin's FIRST LOVE....the movie, that is.

I suggest SPRING PARADE, also with Robert Cummings
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: MBarnum on February 05, 2006, 06:45:41 PM: Add my congrats Dakotacelt for becoming an HHW Goddess! Glad to have you up here!!
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: MBarnum on February 05, 2006, 06:46:57 PM: Quote from: Jane on February 05, 2006, 06:45:15 PM
From JRand:I suggest SPRING PARADE, also with Robert Cummings

Is that one on DVD? I did notice that the U.K. has a few more of Deanna Durbin's films on DVD then the U.S. does.
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: Jane on February 05, 2006, 06:50:12 PM: Keith has been trashing food in bags, that hadn’t been transferred to plastic containers, and spraying our pantry with bleach. We have had some kind of little bugs in there we were told like moisture and mold. Then we had a moisture and mold expert come out and he didn’t find a problem there, under the house yes, but not inside the house. The bug guy said the bugs shouldn’t be in the food and spraying the area shouldn’t make a difference. We have to try something.

The bleach is making me rather ill so I’m off to wash the rest of the dinner dishes and get out of this part of the house.
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: elmore3003 on February 05, 2006, 06:58:24 PM: Quote from: Jane on February 05, 2006, 06:27:16 PM
Me too.

I think everyone should rush out and see MRS. HENDERSON PRESENTS.

I said that on January 1! I saw it on New Year's Eve. I play the soundtrack over and over. I love the song "The Girl in the Little Green Hat."
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: Jane on February 05, 2006, 06:59:08 PM: NetFlix only has a few Deanna Durbin DVD’s. FIRST LOVE is one of them. The other two are combinations of THREE SMART GIRLS and SOMETHING IN THE WIND, IT STARTED WITH EVE and CAN’T HELP SINGING.

MBarnum parts of your spoiler of KING KONG were a riot,

‘night.
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: Jane on February 05, 2006, 07:00:43 PM: elmore, I didn't know what the film was back then. It just came to Ashland and I had only seen a couple of previews for it. The music is wonderful.
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: George on February 05, 2006, 07:06:02 PM: Well...it's over...the Super Bowl, I mean. :-\
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: Jane on February 05, 2006, 07:07:32 PM: MBarnum good news, I was confusing SPRING PARADE with IT STARTED WITH EVE, both with Bob Cummings. CAN’T HELP SINGING is fun, giving you a good double bill.
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: Jane on February 05, 2006, 07:09:31 PM: Craig would have loved to watch the Super Bowl. I think it is best they didn't broadcast it in Romania this year. Now that he is working he needs to sleep-they are ten hours ahead of us.
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: Jane on February 05, 2006, 07:10:17 PM: I'm really leaving now. I was just letting the kitchen air out a bit before doing the dishes.
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: elmore3003 on February 05, 2006, 07:17:00 PM: Quote from: Jane on February 05, 2006, 07:00:43 PM
elmore, I didn't know what the film was back then. It just came to Ashland and I had only seen a couple of previews for it. The music is wonderful.

I really want to see it again. Tony Walton told me that besides having the sign you see in the film "We never close" the Windmill also had a sign "We never clothe."
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: Jennifer on February 05, 2006, 07:48:53 PM: Back from watching the Super Bowl. The first half wasn't too exciting. But the 3rd quarter was quite something. And that Steelers touchdown with the guy who used to be a quarterback was outstanding.

It's funny I don't really have a favorite between the two teams. But my brother-in-law is a huge Steelers fan. And I just found myself subconsciously cheering with him. It was so funny. At one point he was holding my niece. And his team was scoring. So he was calling her the lucky baby and would not let her go. And everybody wanted to touch the lucky baby. So cute!
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: bk on February 05, 2006, 07:51:47 PM: Soup? I'll give you soup! In a bowl. For those who partake it will be a SOUPER BOWL.
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: Jennifer on February 05, 2006, 07:52:02 PM: DR Jose already answered your question (DR MattH). It does seem like almost every Super Bowl is held in a warm climate. I cannot remember the last time it was up north. But Detroit does have an enclosed stadium, so weather was not a factor.
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: DakotaCelt on February 05, 2006, 08:00:43 PM: Quote from: Jane on February 05, 2006, 06:43:39 PM
DakotCelt congratulations and welcome to the clouds.

THank you DR Jane!!
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: DakotaCelt on February 05, 2006, 08:01:12 PM: Quote from: bk on February 05, 2006, 07:51:47 PM
Soup? I'll give you soup! In a bowl. For those who partake it will be a SOUPER BOWL.

Make mine wild rice ;D
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: Cillaliz on February 05, 2006, 08:10:49 PM: Hello! Good heavens only 115 posts so far!!
Well, I wasn't watching football I was working on the new house....again or still....they finished ripping out carpet and all the tacks and nails and made a new door for the storm shelter (yes, a real storm shelter) I stripped wallpaper, patched a couple places and painted the bottom half of the kitchen (the top half is a slightly different color). I also moved about 35-40 boxes of dishes and books. I now have floor space in the old house to keep packing.
Tonight I watched THE CONSTANT GARDENER. It was ok, but I saw CAPOTE last night and liked it much better.

I would love to see MRS HENDERSON PRESENTS, it just isn't anywhere around here.
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: Cillaliz on February 05, 2006, 08:12:13 PM: Now I need to get some sleep. The plumber will be at the other house at 8:15 AM and I need to get up in time to load the car full of stuff and get there before he does.

Night
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: MBarnum on February 05, 2006, 08:16:50 PM: I watched SON OF KONG and I now feel much better. It is such a cute movie...but silly. I really like Helen Mack, maybe even more then Fay Wray, and Robert Armstrong is so good as Carl Denham.
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: Jrand73 on February 05, 2006, 08:25:02 PM: Welcome to newest HHW Goddess - DR DAKOTACELT!
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: Jrand73 on February 05, 2006, 08:26:02 PM: I had a good day - commission wise - so I ordered THE RAT PATROL first season DVD Box Set!! Next on ABC in COLOR!

I also want to see MRS HENDERSON....LOL... We Never Clothe....
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: Jrand73 on February 05, 2006, 08:26:50 PM: Well DRMBARNUM - There's not much I can add to your KING KONG precis, except to say, you forgot to mention the music!
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: Matt H. on February 05, 2006, 08:27:50 PM: Good evening!

spoiler (in case someone Tivoed the game and won't watch until later tonight or tomorrow)- - - -

I actually stayed for the first half of the Super Bowl. Not that I watched that much of it, but the hosts did have a high definition TV, so we saw it optimally. The Sprint commercial was very funny. Otherwise, the first half was kind of a bore even with the Steelers' controversial touchdown.

Saw the final score after I finished watching the shows I wanted to watch when I got home, and I'm so sorry for the Seahawks fans here on the board. When the Panthers lost in their first Super Bowl appearance two years ago, I'm sure their fans felt the same way you do tonight. Be proud that your team was the NFC champions. No other team this year has that honor.
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: Jrand73 on February 05, 2006, 08:28:06 PM: DR CILLA LIZ - if your plumber says 8:15....you can bet on 8:30....even if you're his first call of the day. Someone always has an emergency.

I love the Flower Duet...it was also used to good advantage in TRUE ROMANCE, and that is the soundtrack where I found it, at last!
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: Jrand73 on February 05, 2006, 08:29:41 PM: DRJOSE is closing his baseball bag for the last time! Don't put the old horse before the cart....ya gotta have HEART!!!

MR BK - I understand why you didn't go, but for me, it always feels a bit like playing hookey!
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: Jrand73 on February 05, 2006, 08:30:12 PM: So who won the SuperBowl? Or was it the Punch Bowl? The cut glass punch bowl!!
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: Matt H. on February 05, 2006, 08:30:17 PM: Quote from: Jane on February 05, 2006, 06:45:15 PM
From JRand:I suggest SPRING PARADE, also with Robert Cummings

It's a lovely musical, and Deanna is probably at her prettiest in it, but I don't think it's available on DVD (at least not yet). It probably was issued on tape but I suspect it's out of print, too.
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: Jrand73 on February 05, 2006, 08:30:53 PM: Thanks DRMATTH - your post appeared in the middle of my frenzy and answered my question!
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Post by: George on February 05, 2006, 08:31:08 PM: [move=up,scroll,6,transparent,100%]
WELCOME TO THE HEAVENS, DR DAKOTACELT!!
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Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: Jrand73 on February 05, 2006, 08:33:01 PM: What did I watch tonight? I'll tell you what I watched.

I finished Disk One of the ADAM-12 First Season Box Set. These have been discussed here before, so I will only say that I enjoyed them VERY MUCH. Lots of fun actors (Foster Brooks plays "Man" in several episodes). DRMBARNUM I saw Miss Dorothy Neumann and she was very good as a snoopy neighbor. And of ALL people to show up...Miss Luana Anders as a hippy dippy space case whose 1958 Ford convertible was stolen...and who just happened to have an 8 foot boa constrictor in the trunk!
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: Matt H. on February 05, 2006, 08:33:05 PM: When I got home, I put in last Friday's MONK. Not the greatest mystery in the world, but a funny episode. I enjoyed it.
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: Jrand73 on February 05, 2006, 08:34:05 PM: And Karen Black as the victim of a Peeping Tom putting HEAVY HEAVY moves on Officer Pete Malloy, who lost all the color in his face and his freckles stood out even more!
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: Jrand73 on February 05, 2006, 08:34:56 PM: We use 'em around here for women.
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: Matt H. on February 05, 2006, 08:35:35 PM: Next up was the hilarious OFFICE with another funny, acrebic episode. Love this show!
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: Matt H. on February 05, 2006, 08:36:59 PM: FInished up the evening with the first episode from the fifth season of CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION. Lots of cases (three which was one too many), but the quality of the DVD transfer was stunning.
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: Matt H. on February 05, 2006, 08:39:13 PM: Quote from: JRand55 on February 05, 2006, 08:30:53 PM
Thanks DRMATTH - your post appeared in the middle of my frenzy and answered my question!

spoiler - - - -

I believe the final score was Pittsburgh 21 and Seattle 10.
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: Matt H. on February 05, 2006, 08:43:03 PM: On the way to and from the Super Bowl party, I listened to FORBIDDEN BROADWAY: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT. I had had the CD for many months but just now got around to it.

The WICKED parody was hysterical, and I liked the Jerry Orbach impersonator (haven't read the liner notes; will do that in bed tonight).

Overall, the lyrics were pretty clever, but I don't think the impersonations as a whole were as inspired or as spot on as on other discs in the series (where the Gwen Verdon, Liza, and others were astonishing).
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: Matt H. on February 05, 2006, 08:44:38 PM: Well, I guess it's time for me to head downstairs and get ready for bed.

Hope everyone enjoys the rest of this Sunday.

Good night!
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: Jrand73 on February 05, 2006, 08:58:31 PM: Verboten!!
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: DearReaderLaura on February 05, 2006, 09:00:26 PM: Good evening, fellow Dear Readers. A good time was had by all at our Super Bowl party. We played games and ate way too much food.
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: Jrand73 on February 05, 2006, 09:01:07 PM: In honor of DR JOSE and those DAMN YANKEES

A delayed Seventh Inning....I mean Page Seven Dance! 8)
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: Jrand73 on February 05, 2006, 09:01:44 PM: Sounds like DRS LAURA & GINNY and Co. had some splendid parties!
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: Jrand73 on February 05, 2006, 09:02:15 PM: Vibes for DR JANE & KEITH to get rid of the bugs....did you try playing Slim Whitman really LOUD!!??
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: Jrand73 on February 05, 2006, 09:02:55 PM: Glad the scanner is working again, DR GEORGE. You just had to show it who IS boss, I guess!
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: MBarnum on February 05, 2006, 09:03:39 PM: Quote from: JRand55 on February 05, 2006, 08:26:50 PM
Well DRMBARNUM - There's not much I can add to your KING KONG precis, except to say, you forgot to mention the music!

LOL! There was a lot of it!
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: Jrand73 on February 05, 2006, 09:03:50 PM: Congratulations on ALL the writing that is getting done, MR BK. Do the stories have a theme?

Good DOODLEBOPS vibes!
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: Jrand73 on February 05, 2006, 09:05:01 PM: Quote from: MBarnum on February 05, 2006, 09:03:39 PM
LOL! There was a lot of it!

And I didn't like ANY of it....

I just won a 2-CD set of themes from Paramount Movies....some official Paramount release from a few years ago....price ninety nine cents plus 2.50 s/h! ;D
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: Jrand73 on February 05, 2006, 09:06:19 PM: When Luana Anders came on ADAM-12, all I could think of was her yelling at Mark Damon...."Are those my stockings? What are MY STOCKINGS doing here? What did you say about me?" Whew....and then her sister became Miss Indiana!
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: MBarnum on February 05, 2006, 09:07:37 PM: LOL, DR JRand55! Hope there will be an ADAM-12 season 2 someday! I noticed that season 2 of EMERGENCY just came out, so I would think that ADAM12 and DRAGNET'S second seasons ought to show up soon...I hope!

And I LOVED that Luana Anders episode! She just cracks me up!
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: MBarnum on February 05, 2006, 09:08:36 PM: Quote from: JRand55 on February 05, 2006, 09:06:19 PM
When Luana Anders came on ADAM-12, all I could think of was her yelling at Mark Damon...."Are those my stockings? What are MY STOCKINGS doing here? What did you say about me?" Whew....and then her sister became Miss Indiana!

You just totally cracked me up! ;D
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: MBarnum on February 05, 2006, 09:09:57 PM: Uhg, back to work on Monday. So soon. I guess it is time for bed now. The electric blanket is all warmed up!

I wonder if this week will bring a furnace.
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: Jrand73 on February 05, 2006, 09:18:20 PM: Yes, I must go to bed as well.

Maybe I will watch Life Begins at 18.....
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: Jrand73 on February 05, 2006, 09:18:31 PM: It's Monday in Indiana....and VERY cold here!
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: Jrand73 on February 05, 2006, 09:18:44 PM: Where has DR RLP been this weekend? Is he traveling?
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: Ann on February 05, 2006, 09:21:48 PM: To set your minds at ease, I am doing my best to comfort DB Jed at this trying and difficult time.

get it out of the gutter, Tom.... :D
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: bk on February 05, 2006, 10:27:11 PM: Jrand: You know, at the moment the stories are all very different, but I'd be surprised if there wasn't some common thing between them at the end of the day. I did tie one story to another in a very subtle way, if anyone is paying attention. But, my goal was to write interesting stories but have them all be very different in tone. There's one very silly fun story, a couple of moody ones, etc. Oh, I guess there is one thing that runs through all of them - they all take place in LA.
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: bk on February 05, 2006, 10:28:26 PM: The word on the matinee was a third of a house, quiet, but loved the show, with lots of chatter at intermission about which way it could go, and lots of positive buzz at the end.

I did clear the air about one thing that was bothering me, so that's good. I'm sure I'll be back on Thursday with a notepad.
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: bk on February 05, 2006, 10:28:54 PM: Thank heavens we didn't achieve a new all-time low. It certainly looked that way around six o'clock.
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: DakotaCelt on February 05, 2006, 11:18:00 PM: Quote from: bk on February 05, 2006, 10:27:11 PM
Jrand: You know, at the moment the stories are all very different, but I'd be surprised if there wasn't some common thing between them at the end of the day. I did tie one story to another in a very subtle way, if anyone is paying attention. But, my goal was to write interesting stories but have them all be very different in tone. There's one very silly fun story, a couple of moody ones, etc. Oh, I guess there is one thing that runs through all of them - they all take place in LA.

Sounds interesting... I am hoping after some of the dust settles this week to read your Kritzerland books.
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: DakotaCelt on February 05, 2006, 11:19:22 PM: THanks George and Jane for your nice words, Mbarnum and JRand also!!
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: JoseSPiano on February 05, 2006, 11:19:53 PM: Good Evening! Good Morning!

Greeting from Richmond!
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: JoseSPiano on February 05, 2006, 11:26:13 PM: Closing night was, well, closing night.

I could tell that people were starting to get a little emotional early on, but we all pulled it together until the final curtain call. It was a very good performance, and we had another great audience. And, as I've said it before, it's been a great experience all around, from the first set of auditions last summer in New York City and DC to tonight's closing night party.

And the party... Wow! There was so much food! When most of us made it up to the lobby after the show, there was plenty of food on the tables: sandwich platters, lasagna, pasta salad, empanadas, cakes, etc. And then came the pizza. And then more pizza. And then more sandwiches. And then more cake! Yes, we had a big cast and crew for this show, but it really did seem like the production office had over-planned and order-ordered the food for the festivities. I'm not complaining, but it really was sort of funny to see new trays of food and boxes of pizza coming out every ten minutes. *However, we also had the casts of Awake & Sing and The Rainmaker join us after their respective performances and rehearsals. Oh, and Moises Kaufmann was in attendance tonight since they were workshopping a new play of his in the Old Vat.

I took a bunch of pictures, and I'll do my best to get them posted over the next couple of days. In the meantime...
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: JoseSPiano on February 05, 2006, 11:29:08 PM: I did have one "emotional hug", and that came when I said goodbye to our stage manager, Sue. She truly is the best in the business. The perfect balance between friend, confidante, mother and dictator. ;) And as some DRs may recall, she is also a cancer survivor and this was her first show back as a stage manager on a full-time basis. A truly very special lady, special person. God is keeping her on this earth for a reason.
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: JoseSPiano on February 05, 2006, 11:33:37 PM: And the drive back to Richmond was easy. And it was sooooo nice to see the cops on the road tonight pulling over speeders. They seemed to be out in full force - for the first part of my trip, I saw a car pulled over almost every two miles.

And a big grin came over my face when the idiot in the SUV who was pushing me, and eventually made his way around my car got pulled over by an unmarked car. However, this "victory" was even sweeter due to the fact that I had just seen this unmarked car finishing up one previous traffic stop, and re-entering the main flow of traffic. He even had his flashing lights on for a bit. And was driving right next to me. There was a reason I was making sure to drive the speed limit, and I guess the idiot driver of the SUV didn't see it. ;) *And in the dark, you can see the computer screens in the police cars as your drive by them... I guess some people don't pay attention.

:P
Title: Re:SUPER NON-BOWL SUNDAY
Post by: JoseSPiano on February 05, 2006, 11:35:38 PM: Well... It's time for me to get some sleep. I'm hoping to head over to UofR in the morning to get a run in on their track. And then I'll just spend the rest of the day visiting and making the rounds. We shall where the day takes me.

Goodnight.