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Re:AT LAST, MY ARM IS COMPLETE AGAIN!
« Reply #90 on: April 21, 2004, 11:59:25 AM »

I'll push us to Page 4 with post 90 and then a little song, a little dance, a little selzter down your pants
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« Reply #91 on: April 21, 2004, 11:59:55 AM »

LOL - but Jennifer those moves DO catch the eye.

And yes DRJANE - it is a goal.
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« Reply #92 on: April 21, 2004, 12:00:15 PM »

Woohoo Page Four!
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« Reply #93 on: April 21, 2004, 12:01:58 PM »

LOL - but Jennifer those moves DO catch the eye.


Yah I like the pony. :)
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« Reply #94 on: April 21, 2004, 12:05:44 PM »

I'll push us to Page 3 with post 90 and then a little song, a little dance, a little selzter down your pants

We've had the little dance (several of them, in fact.)  I'll put in for the little song...

Sweeney Todd as written by Charles Stouse & Lee Adams

Opening number:

Lights up on Mrs. Lovette's Parlor.  Todd and Lovette are sitting side by side at the harmonium.

Boy, the way Pirelli bled,
Pies I made from his fat head,
Guys like him I soon shaved dead,
Those were the days!

And you slew who no one knew,
Everyone went down with brew,
Mister, we could use a man
Like Beadle Bamford to chew.

Offered shaves at a cut rate,
More hot pies they ate and ate,
Gee, our barber chair worked great.
Those were the days!
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« Reply #95 on: April 21, 2004, 12:11:28 PM »

Jennifer, I expect they chose someone like Manilow because at least he's lasted and has had some staying power (I'm not a huge fan of his music).  Most of the pop stars of your generation are here today and gone tomorrow.  And, as is apparent from this board, much of the audience is not under 25.  Heck, last year they had Neil Sedeka on.  He goes back to when I was about 12.

In fact, I was just reading recently...in AARP... that all the TV marketing and TV programming geared to the 18 to 35 demographic is based on an utterly false premise (something I already knew...but it's nice to have it confirmed by facts and figures).  Two thirds of the money is held by the over-35 groups and this group has more disposable income for the big ticket items.  So when Mercedes or Jaguar make a hip, trendy ad to entice the under-35's, they're pissing their advertising budget away since most under 35's don't have the money to buy this kind of car.

Same with TV shows, one of the reasons the Networks are sinking faster than an anvil tied to an anchor is they are marketing to a group that doesn't really watch all that much network TV or TV at all.  They have other amusements...DVDs, videos, cable, computers, gameboys, etc. Meanwhile there is a whole group of stay-at-home older folk they are completely ignoring.
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« Reply #96 on: April 21, 2004, 12:13:14 PM »

DR Dan-the-Man:  Just wonderful!  I LOL'd when I read your last post.

My goodness, Page 4 and it's only 3:14 pm Eastern!
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« Reply #97 on: April 21, 2004, 12:14:17 PM »

And now a word from the Frank Thring fan-club:

"Dansssse, Sssssalome!"
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« Reply #98 on: April 21, 2004, 12:14:35 PM »

I especially like the cat's head moving in the "Elaine ripped me off" dance.
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« Reply #99 on: April 21, 2004, 12:17:25 PM »

Dan-the-Man, great Strouse & Adams take-off

Also, not to slight BK, the Sweeney by Cole Porter was great!
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« Reply #100 on: April 21, 2004, 12:23:26 PM »

Here's to M Barnum, our latest Deus de Deux Dude!

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« Reply #101 on: April 21, 2004, 12:23:33 PM »

Jennifer, I expect they chose someone like Manilow because at least he's lasted and has had some staying power (I'm not a huge fan of his music).  Most of the pop stars of your generation are here today and gone tomorrow.  And, as is apparent from this board, much of the audience is not under 25.  Heck, last year they had Neil Sedeka on.  He goes back to when I was about 12.

Same with TV shows, one of the reasons the Networks are sinking faster than an anvil tied to an anchor is they are marketing to a group that doesn't really watch all that much network TV or TV at all.  They have other amusements...DVDs, videos, cable, computers, gameboys, etc. Meanwhile there is a whole group of stay-at-home older folk they are completely ignoring.

I know AI has many 25yr old+ viewers.  But I do think that it is one show that people under 25 watch with a passion.

And I still wonder why they would choose Barry Manilow.  

Anyhow most of the songs chosen were not his popular ones.  So what's the use?
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« Reply #102 on: April 21, 2004, 12:27:19 PM »

Here is my BK question for the day (for all HHWers to answer)...what are some recurring dreams that you have or used to have.
I keep dreaming about being back at my old workplace.  It seems that, even though they know I've retired, they've still got just a little more that they need me to do.

Which wouldn't be so bad, but the job usually entails pushing a mail cart around.  BORING!
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« Reply #103 on: April 21, 2004, 12:27:51 PM »

BK, care to comment on the just-received CASTRECL message from you-know-who about you-know-what?  Enquiring minds yadda yadda.
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« Reply #104 on: April 21, 2004, 12:36:21 PM »

I Don't Know My Lines!!! -- very much like MBarnum's dream.

Been there, too.  Don't know my lines.  Can't even figure out what the play is, but I'm standing in the wings and folks are telling me "That's your cue" and I walk out and don't have a clue....

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« Reply #105 on: April 21, 2004, 12:44:23 PM »

Here's a question for DR Jane.

BK says "The character of Jeanne is partially based on Jane."

Did you know that BK was using parts of you for Jeanne and did you recognize anything of yourself when you read those portions?
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« Reply #106 on: April 21, 2004, 12:46:34 PM »

NY Post: Monkey Do by Michael Riedel:

On the play Prymate:
"Early preview crashers and Internet gossipmongers are buzzing about a sex scene between a gorilla and a young woman - a scene, one of my spies says, that's "going to make Broadway history." "

:)

http://www.nypost.com/seven/04212004/entertainment/19179.htm
Riedel is quite the terrible writer, and seems proud of the fact.  NAMBLA jokes, IMO, are never appropriate in a family newspaper.  And I thought everyone knew that Joe Allen saves his wallspace for flop musicals.
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« Reply #107 on: April 21, 2004, 12:52:42 PM »

Had one of these a few decades ago.  I was at college, we were rehearsing a play when the word came that nuclear bombs had been exchanged and that fallout was eminent.  We went into the basement of the theater, but I ran to the outside door and looked and saw snow...and realized I'd never see my parents again.

Oy, just reading this made me feel anxious.  I remember in one of my nuclear nightmares (I had most of them during the Reagan years), I was living up in NYC when the mushroom clouds appeared.  And I remember thinking that I had to somehow make my way down to South Jersey to get home to my family and even further fretting that home might no longer exist.  

Ptoo! and Ptoo! on that dream and others like it!
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« Reply #108 on: April 21, 2004, 12:52:54 PM »

Jennifer, maybe they got Barry Manilow for the same reason they got Paula Abdul...neither one has anything else to do right now.
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« Reply #109 on: April 21, 2004, 12:59:28 PM »

Shoes of the Fisherman is on today on TCM

Tomorrow on AMC:  Socks of the Fisherman.
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« Reply #110 on: April 21, 2004, 01:01:30 PM »

For some reason, I never believed Frank really wanted to see Salome dance!
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« Reply #111 on: April 21, 2004, 01:02:52 PM »

What song immediately pops into your head when each of these dear readers is named?

I'm coming up with some blanks, too.  Sorry, but here's what I've got:

JRand - "Babaloo," by Arnaz.
Tomovoz - "Down Under," Men at Work
Matt H. - "American Pop," Manhattan Transfer
Jennifer - blank
Panni - "Lullabye," Chess (Broadway recording)
Jane - "A Spoonful of Sugar," Mary Poppins
TCB - "The Legacy," On the Twentieth Century
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S Woody White - "Sing!" A Chorus Line
Michael Shayne - blank

I may fill in later.
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« Reply #112 on: April 21, 2004, 01:03:06 PM »

Jennifer, maybe they got Barry Manilow for the same reason they got Paula Abdul...neither one has anything else to do right now.

I'm sure they didn't realize when they originally asked Paula, that she would have such chemistry with Simon.

I do like her though, even if she is usually too nice to the contestants.
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« Reply #113 on: April 21, 2004, 01:07:35 PM »

I'm a blank! :(
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« Reply #114 on: April 21, 2004, 01:17:01 PM »

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm...upload folder is full


Try again.

Here is a later picture of Frank Thring.  I wonder if he was the only actor play both Pontius Pilate (Ben Hur) and Herod Antipas (King of Kings) in movies?

Liked him a lot in EL CID too, DRCP!  That was a BIG movie.
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« Reply #115 on: April 21, 2004, 01:19:08 PM »

George did you choose the nifty license plate or just get lucky?  

It was purely coincidental.  I didn't choose it, but it was the best (and easiest to remember) licensce plate I've ever had.
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« Reply #116 on: April 21, 2004, 01:20:31 PM »

I was very impressed that Barry Manilow seemed to take the time to work with each contestant.

But (and this was pointed out by a friend), why would they choose to do songs by somebody like Barry Manilow?

The performers are all under 25 and the viewers are mainly young as well.  Why not cater to their viewership?

Because if they catered to the musical tastes of their prime viewership, would we actually ever hear them sing and real songs? :D
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« Reply #117 on: April 21, 2004, 01:22:04 PM »

Although I don't watch AI, I do know why they chose Barely Manenough... he had a new CD out this week to plug.
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« Reply #118 on: April 21, 2004, 01:23:03 PM »

LOL Thanks SWW...another perfect choice!

Yes DRL - nice cat dance as well!  But Ride the Pony and The Twirl are a couple of my favorite basics.

I like your flying saucer dream, RLP.  Is Allison Hayes in it?
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« Reply #119 on: April 21, 2004, 01:27:55 PM »

Aha!  Jeanne was based on Jane!  I guessed correctly! :D
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