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Re:THE LIVELY AND SPARKLING TEETH
« Reply #30 on: November 08, 2004, 10:08:33 AM »

And one for Mahler.
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« Reply #31 on: November 08, 2004, 10:13:34 AM »

This one's easier for me, seeing as I am still in my youth.  Or what was it that Bruce called me?  A young snot.  Anyhoo, in middle school, they made us read Athol Fugard's Valley Song.  Needless to say, I didn't "get it."  After I arrived at college, I tried reading it again, and was wowed.  But I guess that the middle school/college shift is a cheat.

The other way around:  I am struggling with Into the Woods.

When I was younger (there it is again) I loved the show.  Lots of kids did.  I, of course, prided myself on seeing its inner meaning, or some dreck like that.

Maybe it's the fact that the show is done so often.  Maybe I've seen one too many bad productions...  In any case, I just don't really like the show that much anymore.



By the way, on the subject of Athol Fugard, I saw his new play Exits and Entrances at the Fountain Theatre in Hollywood over the weekend.  I would recommend it strongly to anyone in the LA area.


Now I am off to my Acting class.
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« Reply #32 on: November 08, 2004, 10:16:25 AM »

DRBEN - I read THE FRONTRUNNER as well - and remember Paul Newman and Richard Thomas being two of the names being connected with the project.  I don't think I have re-read it since, and don't think it would hold up....unlike something like Mary Renault's THE CHARIOTEER.
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« Reply #33 on: November 08, 2004, 10:17:42 AM »

Here is an interesting Poll published in July, 1958, TEEN magazine:

Five Top Male Vocalists
Ricky Nelson
Elvis Presley
Pat Boone
Johnny Mathis
Tommy Sands

Five Top Female Vocalists
Patti Page
Debbie Reynolds
Teresa Brewer
Gale Storm
Doris Day

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« Reply #34 on: November 08, 2004, 10:23:45 AM »

Okay, I am now officially on my way to the dentist.  Nice to see the Return of Brandon.
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« Reply #35 on: November 08, 2004, 10:44:04 AM »

I should pick up a copy of THE CHARIOTEER (admitting that I have never read it).
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« Reply #36 on: November 08, 2004, 10:49:55 AM »

Hmmm...thanks for the link JRand54, I might be getting me an Annette Funicello 2005 calendar!
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« Reply #37 on: November 08, 2004, 11:38:54 AM »

36 posts by 2:30 EST?  Shame... SHHHHAAAAMMMMME!!!

Right now I am taking a break from researching (i.e. randomly entering key words in online scholarly-like article databases) for the history paper from hell.  It is indeed that bad and that boring.  Sigh.

As for the TOD, (and strangely enough very relevant given the topics of the last few days) the first time I heard the OBC from RENT I hated it.  Then it started to grow on me and now I can tolerate it despite its many flaws.  Whodathunkit?
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« Reply #38 on: November 08, 2004, 11:40:01 AM »

The other night, a former student of mine presented me a CD of the highlights of a certain long-running musical that will hit the silver screen in December of this year.  While the disc SOUNDS lovely, the singing, while decent, is not musical theatre quality, IMHO.  As I listened to the disc, I eventually bought into the idea that this movie is targeting a different audience than that of the live theatre.  The trailor looks great, and while there is no singing on the trailor, I've been impressed with the physical part of the movie.  I won't say anything else here so not to spoil it for people.  Drop me a line if you want my more detailed opinion!

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« Reply #39 on: November 08, 2004, 11:43:57 AM »

DRMATTHEW I am seeing a tour of said show on Sunday and like you, think the trailer for the Movie Version makes it look very interesting.  Time will tell!  Hopefully it won't be Moulin Rouge'd!
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« Reply #40 on: November 08, 2004, 11:44:24 AM »

Yes MBARNUM the calendars look like fun!
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« Reply #41 on: November 08, 2004, 12:07:00 PM »

Nobody wants to talk soup?  :'(
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« Reply #42 on: November 08, 2004, 12:20:41 PM »

My teeth are lively and sparkling, with no new cavities (I've only had two cavities in the last forty years).  He does, however, have to refill two cavities from my childhood that have gone bad.  Damn them, damn them all to hell.
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« Reply #43 on: November 08, 2004, 12:23:35 PM »

DRJENNIFER I love cream of celery soup!

When I was little Chicken Noodle was my favorite!  I don't like crackers in my soup, and I like to eat it with a BIG spoon!

If you have never tried cream of celery - I recommend you sample it!
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« Reply #44 on: November 08, 2004, 12:24:09 PM »

MR BK your teeth look lively and sparkling!

Oh, I am back in the job market.  YIKES!!
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« Reply #45 on: November 08, 2004, 12:24:52 PM »

Things I once loved and now detest: Martin & Lewis films. I was a big, big fan as a child - mostly because Dean was so handsome, had such a good voice, and was so cool and laid back with all of Jerry's craziness.

Now, Jerry's antics are a total turnoff, and Dean has lost his luster in my eyes.

That's the primary reason why I can't summon much enthusiasm for bk's Jerry Lewis-a-thon on DVDs. His persona both in tandem with Martin and solo is just of no interest to me at all.
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« Reply #46 on: November 08, 2004, 12:28:29 PM »

I have my semi-annual check-up at the dentist on the 23rd of this month. Rarely is there anything wrong, but I still don't like going.
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« Reply #47 on: November 08, 2004, 12:30:19 PM »

Wish I could offer some opinions of DEAD LIKE ME or HUFF, but I've never seen any episodes of the former and watching promos for the latter didn't spur me enough to want to check it out.
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« Reply #48 on: November 08, 2004, 12:39:38 PM »

Nobody wants to talk soup?  :'(

DR Jennifer, I would recommend that you avoid cream soups of any sort.  In your case this would not be because of the kashruth, but simply because you should avoid all dairy products when troubled with a cold.  Dairy products have a way of increasing the production of phlegm, which I would imagine you would want to avoid.

I myself have never been crazy about soup in general.  However, when I desire soup, I usually desire soup with stuff in it, even if it's just a matzah ball or two.  However, I really do not care for what in my house was called lukshen soup, which is known as chicken noodle soup.  Unless the noodles are wide, but even then I could take it or leave it.  Those noodles that are like chopped spaghetti (aka sketty) are annoying, in my eyes.  Campbell's, take heed!

Chicken rice soup, however, is a favorite, as far as canned soup goes.

And I never liked tomato soup much.  Until the Dear Partner showed me that it is far, far better when made with milk, and with what amounts to practically an entire sleeve of saltines crushed into it, giving it the consistency of bisque.  And accompanied with grilled cheese sandwich(es).

(In my childhood home, if we ever had tomato soup -- which I can't recall ever having -- it was most assuredly made with water, so as not to confuse us as to what dishes to use for dinner.  Unless we were having fish, which was always a dairy meal, and with which we invariably were served canned creamed corn.  I recently read the ingredients of a can of creamed corn, and there is no cream or other dairy product in it.  Therefore, we now let it accompany Thanksgiving turkey -- and other meat meals -- which it always did in the Dear Partner's Roman Catholic childhood home.)
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« Reply #49 on: November 08, 2004, 12:41:22 PM »

HHW's major Wussburger here, delurking for a bit.

DR Elmore:  You mention that you worked on the first recording of Maury Yeston's "New Words".  What recording was that, pray tell?  The first time I heard in on a recording was Andrea Markovici's New Words album.  However, I am proud to say that the first time I actually heard the song it was sung by Maury himself in the Lehman Engel workshop, right after he wrote it.

Also, did you ever get to question André DeShields about his Peter Pan appearance?

TOD?  I must think.
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« Reply #50 on: November 08, 2004, 12:43:54 PM »

Oh DRSTUART I forgot about chicken and rice!  And you are correct about cream ofs and DRJENNIFER'S cold.....

Chicken and rice....now I want some!
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« Reply #51 on: November 08, 2004, 12:58:39 PM »

When I was a kid, tomato soup was the only soup I'd eat. Now, just about any soup is fine with me. As I continue to fight gaining inordinate amounts of weight, I find that a bowl of soup satisfies cravings very well. My local grocery store cans their own brand of soup, and they have one called "Tomato Garden" that I could literally eat gallons of, a rich tomato soup with loads of veggies in it. It's the most delicious canned soup I've ever eaten.
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« Reply #52 on: November 08, 2004, 01:14:57 PM »

In re:  Starve/Feed a Cold/Fever

Well, I always like what Allan Sherman said,  "I could never remember whether it was 'starve a cold and feed a fever' or 'feed a cold and starve a fever'.  So I fed them both."

Also, "My mother always told me to eat up my food, because there were children starving in China.  So I figured the more I ate, the more I could somehow save those starving children."
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« Reply #53 on: November 08, 2004, 01:19:53 PM »

Nobody wants to talk soup?  :'(

If we are talking store-bought soup, I say you can't go wrong with Progresso.  I love just about everything they make with the one small exception of their Italian Wedding soup (it just don't taste like any homemade wedding soup I ever had.)

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« Reply #54 on: November 08, 2004, 01:21:03 PM »

Soup:

Although I was always Mom's boy, and my brother was Dad's boy, my father and I had the same taste in food.  We both did love us our Split Pea Soup, which neither my bro nor Mom could stand.  When Mom was going out, she'd put up a pot for the two of us right before she left so she didn't have to smell it.

Now my Joe likes just about any kind of soup--except split pea.  So he always gets a can of whatever, and I add some ham to the Progresso SP.  But it ain't as good as Mom's, even though she hated disliked it.
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« Reply #55 on: November 08, 2004, 01:21:29 PM »

Has anyone actually eaten animal crackers in their soup?
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« Reply #56 on: November 08, 2004, 01:21:32 PM »

What's wedding soup?
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« Reply #57 on: November 08, 2004, 01:22:03 PM »

Sure.  Shirley Temple.
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« Reply #58 on: November 08, 2004, 01:22:52 PM »

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« Reply #59 on: November 08, 2004, 01:24:30 PM »

We go for Progresso in most.  Exept College Inn Chicken Broth, and Bookbinder's New England Clam Chowder.
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