Haines His Way

Next, I watched a MURDER SHE WROTE episode with quite a few guest stars: Kate Mulgrew, Tony Roberts, Kevin McCarthy, and a young Marcia Cross!

I had never seen this episode and really enjoyed it. Also guessed the murderer's identity.

Next, I put in CANNON, Season 1, Volume 1, disc 1. The set starts with the two hour pilot which must have run as a CBS Thursday night movie the season before CANNON joined the network as a regular series. Lots of guest stars in this episode too: Vera Miles, Earl Holliman, J.D. Cannon, Lynda Day, Ellen Corby, Laurence Pressman, Barry Sullivan, Keenan Wynn, John Fiedler.

Not the greatest mystery, kind of a muddle actually, but Cannon was such an interesting character, always making for of himself for being overweight. No wonder it was picked up as a series.

The condition of the print was poor with wildly fluctuating flesh tones (from purple to brown), soft, debris-filled. I hope the series episodes look a little better than this. HAWAII FIVE-O looked brand new compared to the condition of this pilot film.

Later this afternoon, I'm ushering for a tour of Whose Live Anyway?  This is the third (I think) time that the guys have come to Olympia and the place totally sells out!  And they're hysterical!  If you ever get a chance to see them, GO!!

Why are you ushering this afternoon, if the show doesn't start until 7:00?

SPOO!

WBBL.

Why are you ushering this afternoon, if the show doesn't start until 7:00?

We ushers have to be there an hour and a half before the show starts, which is also a half hour before the lobby opens.  There's a lot of pre-show stuff that happens...okay, not really a lot, but they need to make sure that ushers get there and find parking.  Also, if someone doesn't show up, they have time to call someone else.  

"They've cut the fuel expenses way down compared to what they used to could have done"   A quote from a boat dealer on the news tonight.  Good grief.

I do not get the weather here lately!! One minute it's warm happy sunshine, the next it's raining hard enough to make me consider building an ark.

When did you move to Oregon?

 The fuel expenses of what?

It was a story about how people are buying more boats this year, but they are just floating more than running the motor or some such nonsense. I just thought his grammar was atrocious.  

Cilla-

You feel better--and that's an order

Good Evening!

Well... The cast is as ready as they are going to be for tomorrow's presentation for the musical supervisor from the Really Useful Group (a.k.a. The Man from RUG).  More precisely, they as ready as the want to be for tomorrow's presentation.  We ran the whole show today, and a good chunk of them weren't trying their best - or just weren't trying at all in some sections.  Very frustrating.  However, after tomorrow morning, any and all changes will be determined by the Man from RUG.  -And we reminded the cast about that fact.  Time to STEP. IT. UP!!!

Hmm... And I think the dull headache I have right now is from a lack of food.  Suppertime!

Laters...

Uncle Jo Jo-

Where are you located in Fort Lauderdale?

And what is your preference for Dinner on Thursday?

Jose - did the singer find out about the wrong-month booking mistake before she got to the airport?

Cilla-

You feel better--and that's an order

Thanks ArnoldMBrockman. I'm beginning to think I may have your stomach flu...