Topic: IF I KNEW YOU WERE COMING I'D HAVE BAKED A TAPE (Read 34090 times)

George · « **Reply #180 on:** July 28, 2005, 07:19:27 PM »

When my parents bought their used RV, it came with a DVD player, but it didn't have a remote and even if it did, it didn't work, anyway! My parents gave it to me and three weeks ago, I took it to be fixed. Finally, the repair shop called this morning and said that it was done (it just needed a simple belt replaced but they didn't have it in stock...it took that long for them to get some in) and I picked it up at lunchtime. This means that I can bring this DVD player with me to the house being house-sat and watch DVDs because they don't have a DVD player! And I can test some DVDs. I got this one 8-hour(!) DVD that won't play in the player in my bedroom. If it and other discs that don't play in my bedroom player (like DVD-Rs and DVD-RWs) work in this repaired player, I'll swap it out. Now I have three DVD players!

Jane · « **Reply #181 on:** July 28, 2005, 07:22:03 PM »

Cotton Candy was always a must eat at carnivals and amusement parks. I can’t remember the first time I rode a roller coaster, the kiddy cars, the ponies, or any of the various rides available in the LA area. Since my father worked on Saturdays he, supposedly, only worked half days on Wednesday. In the summer he would take me to a little amusement “park” near us. He never rode the rides with me but was always watching and smiling when I looked at him.

The Santa Monica Pier had the beautiful, now restored, carousel built in 1916. On and off over the years various rides and games have been part of the pier.

Jane · « **Reply #182 on:** July 28, 2005, 07:23:50 PM »

As for a major amusement park we were very fortunate to have two in the area.

Pacific Ocean Park (1958-1967)
http://naid.sppsr.ucla.edu/venice/articles/pop.htm

It was a sad day for me when this park closed.

Disneyland
Opening Day
July 17, 1955

I had to look up the opening dates for these. I spent so much time at both parks, POP more so in my younger years, I couldn’t remember which I had been to first. Looks like Disneyland wins.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #183 on:** July 28, 2005, 07:38:16 PM »

Quote from: Jed on July 28, 2005, 04:54:40 PM

The very thought of a string of 9-year-old girls trying to audition with "The Wizard and I"... my skin is crawling, I tell ya!

Yeah...they should all be singing Britney Spears songs!

Rodzinski · « **Reply #184 on:** July 28, 2005, 07:46:40 PM »

Cool link, Jane. According to that site, the place closed mainly because nearby construction made it impossible for people to get to it.

bk · « **Reply #185 on:** July 28, 2005, 07:57:15 PM »

All you had to do, darling Jane, is open Kritzerland and that would tell you all about the POP opening.

Matt H. · « **Reply #186 on:** July 28, 2005, 08:13:46 PM »

At auditions the other afternoon, I heard a woman use "Love Story" to audition for the role of Nancy. She didn't last long.

Michael · « **Reply #187 on:** July 28, 2005, 08:19:07 PM »

October 25, 2005 will be an expensive day. This is what's coming out on DVD/cd

Darling Lili
(Paramount - new on DVD)
1970 musical film starring Julie Andrews, Rock Hudson. Henry Mancini score. Blake Edwards directed. Director's cut version, with deleted scenes.

Sondheim Sings (Volume II: 1946-60)
(PS Classics - new on CD)
To include material Sondheim wrote in college, songs from his earliest (and often unproduced) professional productions, and tunes he wrote for the enjoyment of friends and colleagues in the '50s.

The Wizard of Oz - Collector's Edition
(Warner Home Video - on 3 DVDs)
New digital transfer using Warner's "Ultra-Resolution" technology, plus a newly remastered soundtrack. Includes two discs from Special Edition plus an additional disc of special content, featuring a new documentary about L. Frank Baum; a newly restored transfer of the 1925 feature-length silent version of The Wizard of Oz starring Oliver Hardy and Larry Semon with a fresh score by Robert Israel; several additional rare Oz film features and shorts, originally produced between 1910 and 1933. Also included are reproductions of the original eight-page Grauman's Chinese Theatre Oz souvenir program from August 15, 1939, and the invitation to that premiere; the sixteen-page Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio News magazine from August 14, 1939, "Celebrating The Wizard of Oz"; nine beautifully restored natural color Kodachrome portraits and publicity photos from the film, and more.

and

Doris Day Show Season 2
(MPI Home Video - new on 4 DVDs)
Pre-order at CD Universe
All 26 episodes from the second season.. McLean Stevenson and Rose Marie join the cast. 12 hours total. Bloopers, bonus footage, interviews, screen test, TV spots, theatrical trailer, more.

Matt H. · « **Reply #188 on:** July 28, 2005, 08:19:29 PM »

I saw WICKED last summer three days after Randy Harrison had joined the cast. I was pleasantly surprised by his performance. Yes, toward the end of the second act when he had some major singing to do, the upper note showed real strain (but he did get it; it just wasn't especially pretty).

Rodzinski · « **Reply #189 on:** July 28, 2005, 08:19:55 PM »

It's interesting that a lot of folks I'm sure lament the loss of POP, and yet, as we learn in your book, BK, it was a place that wiped out a different kind of place, a different way of life.

Matt H. · « **Reply #190 on:** July 28, 2005, 08:20:27 PM »

And I actually found the musical book for WICKED more to my liking that the WICKED novel. The novel depressed me utterly.

Michael · « **Reply #191 on:** July 28, 2005, 08:20:39 PM »

Also coming in October with no street date

Broadway's Lost Treasures III
(Acorn Media - new on DVD)
Third PBS special. To feature 23 performances: the company of David Merrick's 42nd Street ["We're In the Money"], Gwen Verdon performing "Whatever Lola Wants" from Damn Yankees, an eight minute tribute to Ethel Merman, a Julie Andrews medley and numbers from Fosse, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, How Now Dow Jones, Into the Woods, Kiss Me Kate, Peter Pan, Ragtime and West Side Story

Michael · « **Reply #192 on:** July 28, 2005, 08:21:48 PM »

and in November

Sound of Music film with 5.1 Dolby Digital, and 4.0 Dolby Surround Sound, with special "Sing-Along" features. The new DVD will be hosted by Julie Andrews, joined by Christopher Plummer and Charmian Carr, with reminiscences from director Robert Wise, screenwriter Ernest Lehman and co-choreographer Dee Dee Wood, amother others; directing the all-new documentary bonus material will be Michael Kantor.

Michael · « **Reply #193 on:** July 28, 2005, 08:22:58 PM »

Interesting Book coming out too

Flower Drum Songs: The Story Of Two Musicals
(McFarland & Co. - Paperback Book)
David H. Lewis draws upon fresh interviews with members of both the original and 2002 revival casts to chart in detail the difficult production history of Flower Drum Song. He explores the forces that turned against the original show; the movie version; rising criticism from within the Asian American community; and the indifference of the Rodgers and Hammerstein Organization. Photographs

Matt H. · « **Reply #194 on:** July 28, 2005, 08:24:10 PM »

Cotton candy and red candy apples (sometimes with nuts sprinkled on top, sometimes without) were always purchased at fairs and carnivals.

I tried making the red syrup for candy apples once, and my mother had to throw the pan away.

Michael · « **Reply #195 on:** July 28, 2005, 08:24:18 PM »

Coming next January

Second Act Trouble: Behind the Scenes at Broadway's Big Musical Bombs
(Applause - Paperback Book)
Steven Suskin has compiled and annotated long-forgotten, first-person accounts of 25 Broadway musicals that stubbornly went awry. Contributions come from such respected writers as Patricia Bosworth, Mel Gussow, Lehman Engel, William Gibson, Lewis H. Lapham, and John Gruen. Caught in the stranglehold of tryout turmoil are Richard Rodgers, Jule Styne, Jerry Herman, Cy Coleman, Charles Strouse, John Kander, Mel Brooks, and even Edward Albee. The infamous shows featured include Mack and Mabel; Breakfast at Tiffany's; The Act; Dude; Golden Boy; Hellzapoppin'; Nick and Nora; Seesaw; Kelly; and How Now, Dow Jones.

Matt H. · « **Reply #196 on:** July 28, 2005, 08:26:18 PM »

Quote from: Michael Shayne on July 28, 2005, 08:22:58 PM

Interesting Book coming out too

Flower Drum Songs: The Story Of Two Musicals
(McFarland & Co. - Paperback Book)
David H. Lewis draws upon fresh interviews with members of both the original and 2002 revival casts to chart in detail the difficult production history of Flower Drum Song. He explores the forces that turned against the original show; the movie version; rising criticism from within the Asian American community; and the indifference of the Rodgers and Hammerstein Organization. Photographs

Sounds wonderful, but McFarland's bopoks, even in paperback, are always expensive.

What is the release date for this?

Michael · « **Reply #197 on:** July 28, 2005, 08:27:33 PM »

I need a new avitar

Matt H. · « **Reply #198 on:** July 28, 2005, 08:28:43 PM »

Quote from: Michael Shayne on July 28, 2005, 08:21:48 PM

and in November

Sound of Music film with 5.1 Dolby Digital, and 4.0 Dolby Surround Sound, with special "Sing-Along" features. The new DVD will be hosted by Julie Andrews, joined by Christopher Plummer and Charmian Carr, with reminiscences from director Robert Wise, screenwriter Ernest Lehman and co-choreographer Dee Dee Wood, amother others; directing the all-new documentary bonus material will be Michael Kantor.

I won't be buying this one again. I am perfectly satisfied with the 5-Star Edition DVD that was released a couple of years ago. I just rewatched it a couple of weeks ago, and it looks and sounds just fine to me.

Michael · « **Reply #199 on:** July 28, 2005, 08:29:16 PM »

Quote from: Matt H. on July 28, 2005, 08:26:18 PM

Sounds wonderful, but McFarland's bopoks, even in paperback, are always expensive.

What is the release date for this?

It says December 31, 2005. But I really doubt they will release a book on that day.

Matt H. · « **Reply #200 on:** July 28, 2005, 08:31:49 PM »

Quote from: Michael Shayne on July 28, 2005, 08:24:18 PM

Coming next January

Second Act Trouble: Behind the Scenes at Broadway's Big Musical Bombs
(Applause - Paperback Book)
Steven Suskin has compiled and annotated long-forgotten, first-person accounts of 25 Broadway musicals that stubbornly went awry. Contributions come from such respected writers as Patricia Bosworth, Mel Gussow, Lehman Engel, William Gibson, Lewis H. Lapham, and John Gruen. Caught in the stranglehold of tryout turmoil are Richard Rodgers, Jule Styne, Jerry Herman, Cy Coleman, Charles Strouse, John Kander, Mel Brooks, and even Edward Albee. The infamous shows featured include Mack and Mabel; Breakfast at Tiffany's; The Act; Dude; Golden Boy; Hellzapoppin'; Nick and Nora; Seesaw; Kelly; and How Now, Dow Jones.

This sounds interesting, and I'm sure I'll buy it, but there was a book similar to this a few years ago (probably more like 10-12 years ago) that interviewed a lot of different people associated with shows that bombed, and the one thing I remember about the book was that NO ONE in the same show ever agreed about who was to blame.

And some of the scapegoats were really ludicrous like someone blaming a show's lack of a run on bad costumes.

Matt H. · « **Reply #201 on:** July 28, 2005, 08:33:30 PM »

Yes, the day that DARLING LILI and OZ come out will find me monetarily poorer for sure.

Matt H. · « **Reply #202 on:** July 28, 2005, 08:36:46 PM »

Quote from: Michael Shayne on July 28, 2005, 08:20:39 PM

Also coming in October with no street date

Broadway's Lost Treasures III
(Acorn Media - new on DVD)
Third PBS special. To feature 23 performances: the company of David Merrick's 42nd Street ["We're In the Money"], Gwen Verdon performing "Whatever Lola Wants" from Damn Yankees, an eight minute tribute to Ethel Merman, a Julie Andrews medley and numbers from Fosse, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, How Now Dow Jones, Into the Woods, Kiss Me Kate, Peter Pan, Ragtime and West Side Story

HOW NOW DOW JONES but no I DO! I DO! Argh! CITY OF ANGELS had a great couple of numbers, too. I have it on videotape, but probably lots of people would like to see it again. The PURLIE numbers were also quite thrilling as I recall. And I've stated so many times about those CHORUS LINE numbers.

Matt H. · « **Reply #203 on:** July 28, 2005, 08:40:09 PM »

I left the TV off but ran the audio commentary for CALL NORTHSIDE 777 through the receiver and listened. The two speakers just winged it resulting in lots of "And"'s and "Again, I repeat"'s. There was some decent information offered amid all the scrambling to keep a commentary going but I much prefer commentators who have a script at least partially written out which aids in preventing repetition and those irritating pregnant pauses.

Jed · « **Reply #204 on:** July 28, 2005, 08:50:42 PM »

Quote from: Ron Pulliam on July 28, 2005, 07:38:16 PM

Yeah...they should all be singing Britney Spears songs!

You are a sick, sick man, Ron!

Matt H. · « **Reply #205 on:** July 28, 2005, 08:51:41 PM »

All right now. Off to bed for some sleep and a busy Friday ahead.

Good night, all.

Matt H. · « **Reply #206 on:** July 28, 2005, 08:53:06 PM »

Oh, I forgot to mention we did have a huge rain storm in the early evening that really did cool things off tremendously. It's like 70 outside right now, a temperature we haven't felt in days and days.

bk · « **Reply #207 on:** July 28, 2005, 09:47:22 PM »

Walter Willison called at five and told me he had something for me, that he wanted to give me before he left town tomorrow. We made arrangements to meet at my home environment at seven-thirty. At eight-thirty he called to say he was running late, and that he'd be here in forty minutes. It is now close to ten and no Walter.

Rodzinski · « **Reply #208 on:** July 28, 2005, 09:55:35 PM »

Wherefore Walter?

Perhaps in the same traffic you earlier negotiated.

Jrand74 · « **Reply #209 on:** July 28, 2005, 10:20:03 PM »

Maybe he is with Carman San Diego!

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