Topic: IMPLODING/EXPLODING (Read 28555 times)

bk · « **Reply #150 on:** May 19, 2006, 12:54:28 PM »

Just lost one of my leading players - strep throat, or so I'm told. I don't really know what to do about it (I don't even know if I already posted about this) - this guy is in three major numbers, so even if I replace him, and even if I "sing" his role, the replacement would still have to learn everything in two days.

François de Paris · « **Reply #151 on:** May 19, 2006, 12:59:55 PM »

Quote from: FJL on May 19, 2006, 09:00:09 AM

Ron - My point being that, just like the ER emergency room, being around Jessica Fletcher made a person (fictional or otherwise) about 1,000,000 times more likely to get killed or accused of killing someone.

(I do agree with Elmore about Lansbury on that TV show vs. Lansbury on the stage, but that's a different point.)

Yeah, but how many of us were lucky enough to see Angela live unless we traveled to the States or England!
That Fletcher character was not that bad after all!

François de Paris · « **Reply #152 on:** May 19, 2006, 01:01:19 PM »

Quote from: Ron Pulliam on May 19, 2006, 09:02:44 AM

Ohhhhhhhhh....now I'm starting to wake up. I wasn't quite there.

Thanks for the push.

Many of us have never have had an opportunity to see Lansbury on stage. "Murder, She Wrote" (plus a few mostly forgettable movies) are the only means we had of enjoying her.

But I take your word for it...I'm certain her stage appearances beat the socks off her TV work.

Oh, I hadn't read your post yet, Ron and I second that, of course!

François de Paris · « **Reply #153 on:** May 19, 2006, 01:08:49 PM »

Quote from: elmore3003 on May 19, 2006, 10:32:37 AM

Paris Hilton is unique: she's a celebutramp.

And Ivanka is a celebuTrump!

François de Paris · « **Reply #154 on:** May 19, 2006, 01:10:33 PM »

Quote from: Dan (the Man) on May 19, 2006, 10:56:36 AM

So which one plays Tarzan and which one plays Jane?

ME is tarzan and YOU is Jane!

Matt H. · « **Reply #155 on:** May 19, 2006, 01:16:10 PM »

Sensational Lansbury film performances not yet mentioned:

STATE OF THE UNION

DARK AT THE TOP OF THE STAIRS

THE COURT JESTER

ALL FALL DOWN

THE LONG HOT SUMMER

Dan (the Man) · « **Reply #156 on:** May 19, 2006, 01:20:04 PM »

Hey--if you go to the Tony Awards website, they have a very nice wallpaper that features the posters of all the Best Play and Best Musical winners during the past 60 years of the awards.

Dan (the Man) · « **Reply #157 on:** May 19, 2006, 01:26:03 PM »

Quote from: François on May 19, 2006, 01:10:33 PM

ME is tarzan and YOU is Jane!

He's got a girl named Jane with no last name,
Kinda homely and plain but he loves her just the same,
Cuz she kindles a flame and it drives him insane,
When he hears her sing, she really does her thing,
It's her claim to fame, come on, sing one Jane!

Baby!
Baby!
Ow, baby!
Ba-doo-ba-doo-ba-doo-ba-doo-ba-baby!
Baby!
Baby!

Matt H. · « **Reply #158 on:** May 19, 2006, 01:26:03 PM »

Well, I've made no secret here of loving MURDER SHE WROTE. The last few years were lame and repetitive (after over 200+ episodes, most shows are), but she did excellent work in those first few years.

I think she gave her most touching performance as Jessica in "The Last Flight of the Dixie Damsel." Her late husband's downed plane from the Korean War is discovered in Alaska with a dead body on board. Evidence seems to point to husband Frank as the killer, and Jessica must move heaven and earth to prove he wasn't the murderer with no help at all from either former or current Air Force brass. She gets to be tender, angry, and extremely emotional in defending her husband's honor. She should have won one of those 12 Emmys she was nominated for this series for this performance.

TPunk · « **Reply #159 on:** May 19, 2006, 01:26:38 PM »

Quote from: François on May 19, 2006, 01:10:33 PM

ME is tarzan and YOU is Jane!

I believe that Me Tarzan, You Lame was the headline from one of the reviews.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #160 on:** May 19, 2006, 01:29:01 PM »

It's a most unusual day.

TPunk · « **Reply #161 on:** May 19, 2006, 01:29:22 PM »

Quote from: Matt H. on May 19, 2006, 01:26:03 PM

Well, I've made no secret here of loving MURDER SHE WROTE. The last few years were lame and repetitive (after over 200+ episodes, most shows are), but she did excellent work in those first few years.

I think she gave her most touching performance as Jessica in "The Last Flight of the Dixie Damsel." Her late husband's downed plane from the Korean War is discovered in Alaska with a dead body on board. Evidence seems to point to husband Frank as the killer, and Jessica must move heaven and earth to prove he wasn't the murderer with no help at all from either former or current Air Force brass. She gets to be tender, angry, and extremely emotional in defending her husband's honor. She should have won one of those 12 Emmys she was nominated for this series for this performance.

I too love Murder, She Wrote, and grew up watching it every sunday night. When I first started watching it I had a bedtime of 8:30 (I was in grade school) which meant I would become involved in the plot but had to leave before finding out who the murderer was. I would make my mom describe the rest of the episode on my way to school the next day. I wonder if that impacted her decision to make my bedtime later- maybe she was just tired of having to recap each week.

FJL · « **Reply #162 on:** May 19, 2006, 01:29:46 PM »

Francois, your "Virginia" joke reminds me of one of my favorite Johnny Carson jokes, about the starlet who wanted to audition to play Grace in THE SAILOR WHO FELL FROM GRACE.

I'm sure I've mentioned that one before, but still....

Matt H. · « **Reply #163 on:** May 19, 2006, 01:31:32 PM »

I started the afternoon watching the 1955 KISMET from a DVD-R I made from a TCM telecast (the image was sharper than the laserdisc though the color wasn't as saturated). Fordin's book states that Minnelli didn't really want to direct the movie and was itching to get to LUST FOR LIFE and thus did rudimentary work on KISMET, and it shows. This must be his most plodding directorial achievement.

I wonder if Charles Walters or George Sidney could have livened things up a bit. The cast is as perfect as the movies could have given us at the time, and certainly no money was spared to bring it to the screen. A lost opportunity, I guess.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #164 on:** May 19, 2006, 01:32:23 PM »

"The Da Vinci Code" seems to be getting eviscerated by national critics today.

The N.Y. Times, the Washington Post and the San Francisco Chronicle (the three websites I visit daily) all yawned and suggested Ron Howard and Akiva Goldman were too cautious with the material...and took everything out of the story that had grabbed people's interest.

Ian McKellen seems to be getting some acclaim for his role....and one critic said he made the movie worth watching (not that he was recommending anyone go see it). Tom Hanks doesn't seem to be doing so.

Anyone remember "Bonfire of the Vanities"? Hanks should stay away from adaptations of phenomenal best-sellers.

FJL · « **Reply #165 on:** May 19, 2006, 01:34:10 PM »

I know MURDER SHE WROTE entertained many many people and made Angela Lansbury a superstar.

I even enjoyed the MURDER SHE WROTE multi-theater experience at Universal Orlando.

Not sure what my point is, but it's a post.

FJL · « **Reply #166 on:** May 19, 2006, 01:37:01 PM »

Since this is a most controversial day, I will say that when I saw BONFIRE OF THE VANITIES on the small screen, it didn't feel nearly the mess that it seems to have been on the big screen.

Time may end up being good to that legendary disaster. Let's discuss it in 50 years or so.

Matt H. · « **Reply #167 on:** May 19, 2006, 01:37:17 PM »

Then I watched last night's CSI season finale. Two interesting cases: the decapitation of a Civil War enactment soldier and a man found dead in a hotel room with an alcohol level of .28. I enjoyed the cases, especially as the team was also on pins and needles following the shooting of Captain Jim Brass last week.

But that last scene, well, let's just say that I was extremely disgusted, disappointed, and outraged over the writers going against everything the show had built up about one character for the last seven years.

bk · « **Reply #168 on:** May 19, 2006, 01:38:25 PM »

Pogue just called and was available for lunch, which I would love to have done, but, of course, nooooo, I must go down to LACC now and try to find a replacement for the actor.

Matt H. · « **Reply #169 on:** May 19, 2006, 01:39:10 PM »

Quote from: Ron Pulliam on May 19, 2006, 01:32:23 PM

"The Da Vinci Code" seems to be getting eviscerated by national critics today.

And yet not all national critics hate it. The ad in the newspaper today featured a quote from the NY Post critic with a 4 star rating.

Our local newspaper film reviewer gave it 3 1/2 stars out of 4.

Jrand74 · « **Reply #170 on:** May 19, 2006, 01:42:00 PM »

Terrible news
MR BK
I think Adam can sing.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #171 on:** May 19, 2006, 01:42:01 PM »

Quote from: Matt H. on May 19, 2006, 01:37:17 PM

Then I watched last night's CSI season finale. Two interesting cases: the decapitation of a Civil War enactment soldier and a man found dead in a hotel room with an alcohol level of .28. I enjoyed the cases, especially as the team was also on pins and needles following the shooting of Captain Jim Brass last week.

But that last scene, well, let's just say that I was extremely disgusted, disappointed, and outraged over the writers going against everything the show had built up about one character for the last seven years.

I totally forgot about it....missed it.

Matt H. · « **Reply #172 on:** May 19, 2006, 01:42:21 PM »

Finished off the afternoon with Wednesday night's season finale of LAW & ORDER. Another death of a major character in the show and the relentless operation to earn some justice for the deceased. Nice end to the season.

Allegedly there will be some major shake-ups on the show's cast next season, but since that episode won the timeslot for NBC for the first time all season, maybe Dick Wolf won't clean house as thoroughly as he was threatening to do.

MBarnum · « **Reply #173 on:** May 19, 2006, 01:43:41 PM »

Angela Lansbury was quite good in a couple of low budget film noirs that I have seen recently...A LIFE AT STAKE opposite Keith Andes and PLEASE MURDER ME opposite Raymond Burr...both, by the way, are now available on DVD.

PS: Keith Andes thought that A LIFE AT STAKE stunk...but I actually enjoyed it.

FJL · « **Reply #174 on:** May 19, 2006, 01:44:51 PM »

Speaking of Charles Walters, did I hear correctly that Walter Charles will be appearing in HELLO DOLLY at Paper Mill, starring Tovah Feldshuh as Dolly?

I'm really excited about seeing this for some reason. I somehow managed to get 5th row center seats for this, and be it brilliant, adequate, or a train wreck, it'll be one hell of a show (or is that hello of a show).

Danise · « **Reply #175 on:** May 19, 2006, 02:02:40 PM »

Good evening all! It's Friday! And I'm on my way HOME!!!!!

I'm so happy I could just burst into song!

Tarzen swing though the air,
Tarzen lose underwear,
Tarzen say, "Me no care! Tarzen needs no underwear!"

But I am sorry to hear about your actor, BK.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Vibes to find a wonderful replacement in time!

Danise · « **Reply #176 on:** May 19, 2006, 02:05:45 PM »

DR Elmore, I'm just glad that I finely figured out a way to be in touch with everyone. It may not be for as long as I would like but at least I'm here and can read the posts.

Danise · « **Reply #177 on:** May 19, 2006, 02:07:58 PM »

We had a guy bring in something called "Jumping John" (I think--I know it was Jumping some guys name" Anyway, I've never had that before but I thought it was wonderful! If you like I will try to post the receipe--he emailed to me and I forwarded it home.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #178 on:** May 19, 2006, 02:15:51 PM »

Quote from: Danise on May 19, 2006, 02:07:58 PM

We had a guy bring in something called "Jumping John" (I think--I know it was Jumping some guys name" Anyway, I've never had that before but I thought it was wonderful! If you like I will try to post the receipe--he emailed to me and I forwarded it home.

Might that have been "Hoppin' John"? A black-eyed peas & rice dish?

Danise · « **Reply #179 on:** May 19, 2006, 02:16:03 PM »

“Hopping John”

1 pork roast (3# - 5#) in a crock pot covered in
1 tbsp salt or
Seasoning salt with garlic

Set crock pot on high for 8 hours or until pork falls apart.
Remove the meat and let it cool.
Strain the juices into a large pot.
Set on high heat and bring liquid to a boil.

Add:

1 cup water
1 tbsp salt
1 tbsp black pepper
½ tbsp red pepper flakes
1 bunch green onions diced
1 10 oz frozen black eyed peas
1 10 oz frozen sliced carrots
1 ¼ cups of rice (or 1 10 oz package of Vigo® yellow rice)

Reduce heat to low and cover for 20 minutes for rice to cook.
Remove fat and bones from pork roast. Slice or shred pork.

Uncover and slow add a cup at a time on low heat:

8 cups/1 pound or more/one bunch of cleaned and shredded collard greens (USE FRESH ONLY)

Stir until each cup is wilted and well mixed into the vegetable mixture.
Place entire mixture back into the crock pot and place the pork on top.
Cover, warm and serve.

I guess it was hopping not jumping John! LOL!

Gee you guys don't have to be so polite and let me do all the talking.

I'm just about home.

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