Topic: PROMISES, PROMISES (Read 22309 times)

Jane · « **Reply #150 on:** January 22, 2004, 01:54:19 PM »

[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]CONTINUED GOOD VIBES JASON![/move]

Panni you should be proud of yourself.

William E. Lurie · « **Reply #151 on:** January 22, 2004, 01:56:01 PM »

As soon as I get home I'll play Annie Miller's recording of "I'm Still Here" even though she isn't any more. I'll try to watch one of her films over the weekend, but I will definitely take out the VHS that comes with the Stan Freeberg CD retrospective and watch her dancing on a can of Great American Soup. Another one of the greats from the golden age of the MGMusical is gone! Leo the lion is weeping.

The taps are silenced. Annie, rest in peace.

Matt H. · « **Reply #152 on:** January 22, 2004, 01:59:02 PM »

So sorry to read about Ann Miller. Glad I got to see her in MAME and SUGAR BABIES as well as many of her MGM and RKO films. (Her Columbia B-movies are MIA.)

Joy · « **Reply #153 on:** January 22, 2004, 02:16:06 PM »

God must need more angels for this year's Musical Spectacular Easter Pageant. It's really going to be something with Ann Miller, Uta Hagen, Isabelle Stevenson, Earl Hindman, Dorothy Loudon, Art Carney, John Ritter, Gregory Hines...I wonder who will be cast as Jesus?

Goodbye, Ann.

Joy · « **Reply #154 on:** January 22, 2004, 02:22:02 PM »

That song is still in my head.

Actually I have a friend who REALLY needs to listen to it, at least the Liz version:
"Promises, their kind of promises can just destroy your life...
Go while the going is good.
Knowing when to leave may be the smartest thing that anyone can learn
Go
I'm afraid my heart isn't very smart

But I keep hoping day after day as I wait for the man I need
Night after night as I wish
For a love that can't be
Though I'm sure that no one can tell where their
Wishes and hopes will lead, somehow I feel
There is happiness waiting for me

When someone walks in your life
You just better be sure it's right
'Cause if he's wrong, there's are heartaches and tears you must pay
Keep both of your eyes on the door
Never let it get out of sight
Just be prepared when the time has come for you to run away
Sail when the wind starts to blow
Bul like a fool I don't know when to leave

Promises, promises
I'm all through with promises, promises now
I don't know how I got the nerve to walk out
If I shout, remember I feel free
Now I can look at myself and be proud
I'm laughing out loud

Oh, promises, promises
This is where those promises, promises end
I don't pretend that what was wrong can be right
Every night I sleep now, no more lies
Things that I promised myself fell apart
But I found my heart"

Probably WAY out of order, but...well...
Yeah, you know who you are.

TCB · « **Reply #155 on:** January 22, 2004, 02:25:16 PM »

Quote from: Jane on January 22, 2004, 12:29:16 PM

When I was young we had a gas stove. I can recall many a time the broiler bursting into flames. I think it had something to do with dripping fat juices. That sounds so gross, no wonder I don’t eat meat anymore.

There was the day I turned on the gas for the fireplace and the whole thing lit up in my face. I had the reflexes of youth and only singed the front of my hair. I have had numerous close calls with fires and, as much as possible, Keith doesn’t allow to do more than light a candle.

Good lord, Jane, it sounds like you should give up fire, not meat.

bk · « **Reply #156 on:** January 22, 2004, 02:27:56 PM »

Sorry to hear about Miss Ann Miller, but can't be too sad - at eighty-plus she had a pretty fabulous life and that's what should be celebrated, not mourned. It was a very special day indeed when Miss Ann Miller came to Varese Sarabande to meet with me about doing an album. I was all for it, but, of course, the powers-that-be thought it wouldn't sell and that was that. We sat in my office for a couple of hours and had a blast. Adorable, fresh, funny and so energetic (in her late seventies at the time) that she made the rest of us look like zombies.

TCB · « **Reply #157 on:** January 22, 2004, 02:27:58 PM »

That is very sad news about Ann Miller. She was not a favorite (I gave away Sugar Babies tickets three different times), but you had to admire her talent and her energy.

Jrand73 · « **Reply #158 on:** January 22, 2004, 02:40:41 PM »

TCB - As I posted recently.....Ann Miller was a fine MAME....more a pal for Patrick than a guardian....but a lot of fun to watch.

bk · « **Reply #159 on:** January 22, 2004, 02:42:48 PM »

Oh, and PennyO, I have a name if Jay's doesn't work out.

bk · « **Reply #160 on:** January 22, 2004, 02:43:30 PM »

And with that I have achieved two thousand count them two thousand posts. Mind-boggling.

PennyO · « **Reply #161 on:** January 22, 2004, 02:44:49 PM »

Rest in Peace, Ann. When I grow up, I wanna be you...

Thanks, Jay, for the pianist recommendation. And keepin' the good vibes happenin' for Jason... you never know.

PennyO · « **Reply #162 on:** January 22, 2004, 02:45:51 PM »

Hey, Bruce - who is it??? I'd love to have another name to call... PS - wanna go to Taylor's for a big fat steak? And I LOVE Todai - hope ya had a nice lunch there.

George · « **Reply #163 on:** January 22, 2004, 02:47:23 PM »

Very sad about Ann Miller.

I really do like the Sugar Babies recording. I'll bring it to work tomorrow and listen to it.

George · « **Reply #164 on:** January 22, 2004, 02:48:33 PM »

Quote from: Jason on January 22, 2004, 01:25:18 PM

Back from the audition. I think it went very well. I sang beautifully, if I do say so myself, and I read pretty well. The casting director gave me some notes for the cold read and then told me that he thinks that I may be too--are you ready for this?--SMALL for the part! I've been told many things in my life, but I've NEVER been told I was too small for anything....

Better a casting director telling you this than...um...well...nevermind.

bk · « **Reply #165 on:** January 22, 2004, 02:48:47 PM »

PennyO, just call me and I'll give you his e-mail address. And yes, to any meal anyplace, including Taylor's.

George · « **Reply #166 on:** January 22, 2004, 02:51:20 PM »

Oh Happy News Indeed (a Sweeney Todd reference):

Bennifer Breakup! Affleck and Lopez Decide to Call It Quits

Click HERE to read the article!

Matt H. · « **Reply #167 on:** January 22, 2004, 02:54:45 PM »

Forgive the pun.

It's Annie Mame! (the famous lounging pajamas in her first scene.)

Jrand73 · « **Reply #168 on:** January 22, 2004, 02:56:53 PM »

Awwwwwwwwwwww....thanks DR MattH.....!

TCB · « **Reply #169 on:** January 22, 2004, 02:57:00 PM »

Quote from: JRand53 on January 22, 2004, 02:40:41 PM

TCB - As I posted recently.....Ann Miller was a fine MAME....more a pal for Patrick than a guardian....but a lot of fun to watch.

Now, I would have enjoyed seeing her in Mame. I love a lot of her movies, it was more the idea of sitting through Sugar Babies that I wasn't interested in doing. Actually, when I lived in Jersey, it seemed like they played TV commericals for Sugar Babies and Velveita almost non-stop.

Jrand73 · « **Reply #170 on:** January 22, 2004, 03:02:32 PM »

LOL!!

Charles Pogue · « **Reply #171 on:** January 22, 2004, 03:02:45 PM »

JRand53, THE DAY THE EARTH CAUGHT FIRE is a very good movie. Shortly after THE FLY, I had some serious discussions about remaking the movie with director Randall Kleiser who really want to do it. It never really got off the ground. Ed Judd played Barrymore the butler in my version of HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES.

My friend Larry Drake was once snow-bound in a dinner theatre in Columbus, Ohio with Ann Miller for about three days when they were doing CACTUS FLOWER. He said after about the second day, he felt like "breaking her hair".

He also has a note she gave him during the show. In a niteclub scene in the play, Ann had worked out a big dance routine (after all, it's what the folks expected). All the other cast members just sit at their tables and watch her. Larry's character at this point is drunk. Ann sent Larry the following note: "Larry, please do not make funnies during my dance." But he wasn't. He was just sitting at his table in character, watching her dance. I know. I saw the show. But even Larry doing nothing, being drunk in character is pretty damned funny, so people were laughing at him. But he really wasn't in any way trying to upstage her. Oh...and she could still lay down a pretty mean tap.

Matt H. · « **Reply #172 on:** January 22, 2004, 03:07:32 PM »

I have to say, Ann handled those MAME songs as if they had been written for her. She had the perfect voice for those songs. I wish someone had done a cast album of her version of the show.

bk · « **Reply #173 on:** January 22, 2004, 03:08:06 PM »

I saw Sugar Babies on Broadway and loved it - I was sort of dreading it, but it was really fun and just great vaudeville.

Andrea · « **Reply #174 on:** January 22, 2004, 03:17:48 PM »

Quote from: George on January 22, 2004, 02:51:20 PM

Oh Happy News Indeed (a Sweeney Todd reference):

Bennifer Breakup!

Well with all those pictures of Anthony being posted, can you really blame DR Jennifer?

MBarnum · « **Reply #175 on:** January 22, 2004, 03:23:19 PM »

What a vivacious gal, that Ann Miller. Sunday night I was flipping the channels before going off to bed and there she was dancing up a storm with Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Betty Garrett, and Vera-Ellen in ON THE TOWN...wished I would have stayed up and watched the whole thing...used to love it when I was a kid.

Jane · « **Reply #176 on:** January 22, 2004, 03:30:03 PM »

Quote from: TCB on January 22, 2004, 02:25:16 PM

Good lord, Jane, it sounds like you should give up fire, not meat.

LOL I gave them both up. Now I am much healthier.

Tomovoz · « **Reply #177 on:** January 22, 2004, 04:20:47 PM »

Where did everyone go Jane? I don't think they will be where I am off to - buying meat for my dogs.

Wasn't that an interesting and informative post?

Tomovoz · « **Reply #178 on:** January 22, 2004, 04:21:41 PM »

Good to see you here George. I didn't like to leave Jane all alone.

bk · « **Reply #179 on:** January 22, 2004, 04:36:37 PM »

My goodness, it must be the dinner hour. Hopefully, we can all reconvene because these are most excellent postings and I want MORE to read.

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