Topic: BRAGGADOCIO (Read 36463 times)

elmore3003 · « **Reply #330 on:** March 06, 2006, 08:17:07 PM »

Quote from: Danise on March 06, 2006, 08:16:10 PM

Did you ever go to the DS cons? I met Jonathan Frid at one of them.

DR Danise, you're just a vagabond adventuress!

elmore3003 · « **Reply #331 on:** March 06, 2006, 08:18:18 PM »

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Danise · « **Reply #332 on:** March 06, 2006, 08:19:16 PM »

Quote from: elmore3003 on March 06, 2006, 08:17:07 PM

DR Danise, you're just a vagabond adventuress!

And I speak a little Klingon too!

Just so happens, I have the photo of JF and me.

Matt H. · « **Reply #333 on:** March 06, 2006, 08:19:35 PM »

Thanks for correcting the link to the Turan article, DRs Ron Pulliam and Jose.

I don't know why I coulodn't cut and paste it correctly. Weird.

Jrand73 · « **Reply #334 on:** March 06, 2006, 08:20:55 PM »

Quote from: Matt H. on March 06, 2006, 08:09:35 PM

Refresh my memory please, DR JRand. How and when did she die?

Thank you for asking, DRMATTH.

Miss Allison (Mary Jane) Hayes was enjoying a prolific if ordinary career in Hollywood in the early 1960's - many B movies and lots of episodic television. She wasn't a smoker or a drinker, but had some "female" complaints. Her mother's friend Gloria Swanson suggested that Allison see her own doctor, Henry Bieler. Dr. Bieler gave Allison a prescription for a calcium supplement and suggested she take it several times a week.

Not only didn't the original complaint get better - Allison began to exhibit MANY strange symptoms. Dr. Bieler suggested she double her dose of the supplement - and against the advice of her friend actress Sara Shane (friend of MBARNUM), Allison did just that.

She took the supplement regularly for about four years - in the meantime she eventually lost the use of her right hand, had to walk with a cane, and several other strange maladies. She underwent over 300 X Rays and went from one specialist to another - many of whom told her that her symptoms were psycho-somatic or worse - psychotic.

Eventually she began studying on her own, and discovered that she had lead poisoning. A technician asked for a sample of all medications she had taken and let her know that the supplement (not regulated by the FDA and imported from England) had nearly 1000 times the safe limit of lead in it.

It was a slow death sentence, and there was nothing she could do. Allison lived about four years longer after the diagnosis, and pleaded with the FDA to start regulating supplements - they said they were studying it...but it remains a gray area today....ask Sara Shane!

She died On February 27, 1977, a few days shy of her 47th birthday.

You can read my two-part bio of her here: (this is part two, with a link to part one).

http://www.horror-wood.com/allison.htm

Now, aren't you glad you asked?

DakotaCelt · « **Reply #335 on:** March 06, 2006, 08:21:58 PM »

Quote from: Danise on March 06, 2006, 08:16:10 PM

Did you ever go to the DS cons? I met Jonathan Frid at one of them.

No.... I did go to a Doctor Who on in MPLS and I got to meet Tom Baker

DakotaCelt · « **Reply #336 on:** March 06, 2006, 08:22:46 PM »

Quote from: Danise on March 06, 2006, 08:19:16 PM

And I speak a little Klingon too!

Just so happens, I have the photo of JF and me.

Too Cool...

I used to have a picture of dressed up as Romana

Jrand73 · « **Reply #337 on:** March 06, 2006, 08:22:52 PM »

Yes, DRELMORE - part of the culture now....Frances would be pleased to be mentioned in the same sentence as Mozart, I am sure.

Jrand73 · « **Reply #338 on:** March 06, 2006, 08:23:09 PM »

DRDANISE - I am green with envy....GREEN!!!!

Matt H. · « **Reply #339 on:** March 06, 2006, 08:23:27 PM »

Watched another MURDER SHE WROTE episode tonight from the Biography Channel. You can tell it was near the end of the show's run because people are using cell phones and while the phones aren't as big as a barn, they're bigger than the miniature ones folks have today.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #340 on:** March 06, 2006, 08:24:00 PM »

Quote from: Matt H. on March 06, 2006, 08:19:35 PM

Thanks for correcting the link to the Turan article, DRs Ron Pulliam and Jose.

I don't know why I coulodn't cut and paste it correctly. Weird.

Long URLs can't be cut and pasted. If it's longer than ## characters long, the end of the URL goes into plain text (as opposed to hypertext).

Just use the [url] formatting tag for long(er) URLs in the future.

Danise · « **Reply #341 on:** March 06, 2006, 08:24:13 PM »

Quote from: JRand55 on March 06, 2006, 08:20:55 PM

Thank you for asking, DRMATTH.

Miss Allison (Mary Jane) Hayes was enjoying a prolific if ordinary career in Hollywood in the early 1960's - many B movies and lots of episodic television. She wasn't a smoker or a drinker, but had some "female" complaints. Her mother's friend Gloria Swanson suggested that Allison see her own doctor, Henry Bieler. Dr. Bieler gave Allison a prescription for a calcium supplement and suggested she take it several times a week.

Not only didn't the original complaint get better - Allison began to exhibit MANY strange symptoms. Dr. Bieler suggested she double her dose of the supplement - and against the advice of her friend actress Sara Shane (friend of MBARNUM), Allison did just that.

She took the supplement regularly for about four years - in the meantime she eventually lost the use of her right hand, had to walk with a cane, and several other strange maladies. She underwent over 300 X Rays and went from one specialist to another - many of whom told her that her symptoms were psycho-somatic or worse - psychotic.

Eventually she began studying on her own, and discovered that she had lead poisoning. A technician asked for a sample of all medications she had taken and let her know that the supplement (not regulated by the FDA and imported from England) had nearly 1000 times the safe limit of lead in it.

It was a slow death sentence, and there was nothing she could do. Allison lived about four years longer after the diagnosis, and pleaded with the FDA to start regulating supplements - they said they were studying it...but it remains a gray area today....ask Sara Shane!

She died On February 27, 1977, a few days shy of her 47th birthday.

You can read my two-part bio of her here: (this is part two, with a link to part one).

http://www.horror-wood.com/allison.htm

Now, aren't you glad you asked?

Wow. What a shame and it really makes you think about some of the things we trust to make us feel better and/or keep us healthy.

Jrand73 · « **Reply #342 on:** March 06, 2006, 08:25:28 PM »

Exactly, DRDANISE....maybe DR MBARNUM can post the link the Sara Shane's site....she lives in Australia now and fights against the medical establishment....

elmore3003 · « **Reply #343 on:** March 06, 2006, 08:25:55 PM »

Quote from: JRand55 on March 06, 2006, 08:22:52 PM

Yes, DRELMORE - part of the culture now....Frances would be pleased to be mentioned in the same sentence as Mozart, I am sure.

I just never want to hear her sing Mozart! I'm sure Wolfgang would have liked her acting; he appreciated talent in the theatre.

Matt H. · « **Reply #344 on:** March 06, 2006, 08:25:57 PM »

Yes, DR JRand, I AM glad I asked about Allison Hayes. I had no idea she died so young. What a tragedy to die so horribly.

FJL · « **Reply #345 on:** March 06, 2006, 08:26:58 PM »

Thanks for that, Elmore. The Kerr analogy is quite appropriate. Skip's real first name is Walter, and I can often be heard calling out to friends saying "Oh, Mary, Mary!"

There's a joke in there somewhere, if anyone has time to go on an expedition looking for it.

Matt H. · « **Reply #346 on:** March 06, 2006, 08:27:39 PM »

'24' had a two hour episode tonight that contained shocks and surprises galore.

spoiler - - - - -

and the death of one of the show's most beloved characters.

Matt H. · « **Reply #347 on:** March 06, 2006, 08:28:23 PM »

Look at all these folks. Too bad we don't have the chat room open!

elmore3003 · « **Reply #348 on:** March 06, 2006, 08:30:04 PM »

Quote from: JRand55 on March 06, 2006, 08:25:28 PM

Exactly, DRDANISE....maybe DR MBARNUM can post the link the Sara Shane's site....she lives in Australia now and fights against the medical establishment....

Speaking of DR MBarnum, where is that little devil tonight? I've kicked DR Jose around the block because it's all his fault for leaving New York, but I can't be mean to MBarnum if he's not around. Our DR MBarnum must have heard they're selling DVDs of Grade Z 1930s and 40s films down at the Piggly Wiggly for less than a dollar each.

Matt H. · « **Reply #349 on:** March 06, 2006, 08:30:53 PM »

MEDIUM - - - - - -

spoilers - - - - - - - - -

I was having momentary difficulty with the sound on my system, so I switched over to over-the-air high def as opposed to getting it over cable, and those few seconds I thought were going to hopelessly lose me in the plot. At about the midway point, things started to add up, but I really was afraid I wasn't going to be able to follow the dreams/illusions to make sense of it due to missing those few seconds.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #350 on:** March 06, 2006, 08:31:05 PM »

Quote from: FJL on March 06, 2006, 08:26:58 PM

Thanks for that, Elmore. The Kerr analogy is quite appropriate. Skip's real first name is Walter, and I can often be heard calling out to friends saying "Oh, Mary, Mary!"

There's a joke in there somewhere, if anyone has time to go on an expedition looking for it.

Well, it made me laugh! They wrote GOLDILOCKS together, dontcha know.

FJL · « **Reply #351 on:** March 06, 2006, 08:31:38 PM »

Isn't there a country song called "How do you spell green? I-N-V-U"

Or something like that.

S. Woody White · « **Reply #352 on:** March 06, 2006, 08:31:50 PM »

Quote from: TCB on March 06, 2006, 04:01:19 PM

Didn't you also see OUR AMERICAN COUSIN at Ford's Theatre?

I'm sure I didn't, but that's because I'm from the West Coast. Der Brucer, being from Philly, may have travelled south to see the play, but every time I bring the subject up he acts so traumatized that I've dropped the subject.

Danise · « **Reply #353 on:** March 06, 2006, 08:33:25 PM »

Quote from: DakotaCelt on March 06, 2006, 08:21:58 PM

No.... I did go to a Doctor Who on in MPLS and I got to meet Tom Baker

My favorite Doctor! I never did get to meet him but I did meet a couple of people from the shows--Peter Davidson, Anthony Ainley, Colin Baker, John Nathan Turner, Nicola Boryant. No pictures handy. They might be part of what I lost in the "flood" (long story).

Jrand73 · « **Reply #354 on:** March 06, 2006, 08:33:27 PM »

You people are ALL crazy!!

Tomovoz · « **Reply #355 on:** March 06, 2006, 08:34:48 PM »

I tended to favour the Three Bears for some reason.

Matt H. · « **Reply #356 on:** March 06, 2006, 08:35:26 PM »

It's Post Oscar Shock!

Jrand73 · « **Reply #357 on:** March 06, 2006, 08:36:23 PM »

So true, DRMATTH, so true.

And inspired by DRMBARNUM's earlier photo (and apologies to DR RLP because it will set his teeth on edge) - but here is another photo from the same Wolf Dog session with Allison looking much more natural. She loved animals and children ... was the apple of her father's eye (his only daughter, born when he was 50 years old)... and no one (even in tired old Hollywood) says a mean thing about her (except Beverly Garland)....

FJL · « **Reply #358 on:** March 06, 2006, 08:37:11 PM »

And Jose, er, I mean Stritch, was in Goldilocks.

I love "I Never Know When To Say When" and some othe songs from that show. But I always wondered if Walter Kerr's strangely muted recation in print to musicals that became classics (like WSS and Fiddler) may have stemmed from his trying to actually create musicals, coming so close but not making it.

Tomovoz · « **Reply #359 on:** March 06, 2006, 08:39:37 PM »

and I've never been accused of eating daisies. (which may mean something to someone).

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