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[Ginny]

Today is Disney Day in our Audio-Visual Department.  Here are the trivia questions:

DISNEY TRIVIA

 1.      Released on November 18, 1928, the third animated cartoon to feature Mickey Mouse, was the one that made him famous. Its title is

 
2.  On what date did Disneyland open in Anaheim, California?  

 
3.  On the opening day of Disneyland, Walt Disney had the event televised for one hour – a big deal back then. Besides Walt, 3 well-known TV personalities of the day served as hosts of this show. Can you name at least one?

 
4.  What is Donald Duck’s middle name?

 
5.  When Goofy first appeared in the cartoons in the early 1930’s, he was not called Goofy. What was his original name?

 
6.  In which Disney animated movie do you find the character Maleficent?

 
7.  What movie was Disney’s first completely live-action film?

 
8.  Name Cinderella’s two ugly step-sisters.

 
9.  Name the 11 countries in EPCOT’s World Showcase.

 
10.  What Disney Pixar film has the song “You’ve Got a Friend in Me”?

 
11.  Who provided the voice of Sulley in Monsters, Inc.?

 
12.  Name 2 Disney movies starring Hayley Mills.

 

BONUS: The Sherman Brothers wrote music for many Disney films and TV productions. Walt Disney developed the tradition of having the brothers come to his office every Friday afternoon and play songs for him. He always requested one song in particular. It was:

 

 
They also distributed Mouseketeers and Disney Movies/Characters Word Search Puzzles, stickers (I'm wearing Minnie Mouse with a hair bow that matches my jacket perfectly!), and Finding Nemo Fruit Snacks.
 

[DERBRUCER]

Florrie and Dorrie, the Lone Star Ladies, were two dance hall girls, in love with a couple of singing cowboys... (it's why everyone was always bursting into song...) The boys played poker with the Sheriff, Big Al; one time he made them a bet that if they pretended to ride off to war, their gals would fall for the next two hombres who walked into the saloon... boys pretended to ride off to fight at the Alamo, came back disguised as Mexican mariachis - who didn't speak Spanish.

Sounds like a great companion to "Das Barbecu".

der Brucer

[Ginny]

Page 2 Minnie Dance:

[George]

I'll send you the libretto! It was one of my more successful decompositions... had two productions.

Florrie and Dorrie, the Lone Star Ladies, were two dance hall girls, in love with a couple of singing cowboys... (it's why everyone was always bursting into song...) The boys played poker with the Sheriff, Big Al; one time he made them a bet that if they pretended to ride off to war, their gals would fall for the next two hombres who walked into the saloon... boys pretended to ride off to fight at the Alamo, came back disguised as Mexican mariachis - who didn't speak Spanish.

Penny, this sound hysterical!

[Ginny]

Penny, this sound hysterical!

I agree!  Why not make it the first production of the Hainsie/Kimlet Virtual Light Opera Company?

[PennyO]

why thank you! It got most of its laughs from folks who already knew the opera...

[PennyO]

I agree!  Why not make it the first production of the Hainsie/Kimlet Virtual Light Opera Company?

Is there a part in it for me? I will stake out the role of Florrie, in case anyone was wondering...

[DERBRUCER]

TOD:

Marcus Didius Falco (Roman Detective) by Lindsay Davis

Then I'll add Gordianus the Finder  (Roman Dectective) by Steven Saylor.  He swashbuckles more than Falco.

der Brucer

[George]

Penny, you just made your "Pennsylvania Avenue" Post!



Get it??

Too obscure?

[Jrand73]

Jack, have you heard of Mabel Maney and her wonderful take offs on the Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys series?

Here are some links

The Ghost in the Closet

Not-So-Nice Nurse

Mabel Maney

Thanks! DRBEN.  Now I have.

[PennyO]

Penny, you just made your "Pennsylvania Avenue" Post!



Get it??

Too obscure?

Huh?

[George]

"1600 Pennsylvania Avenue" is the address of The White House and the name of a four-performance musical by Leonard Bernstein and Alan Jay Lerner.  

[George]

It was re-worked and recorded as "The White House Cantata."  The basic premise is that it told the story of The White House through its presidents and first ladies and servants and slaves.  All of the presidents were played by the same actor and all of the first ladies were played by the same actress.  Patricia Routledge played the first ladies in the original production.

[PennyO]

Is there a part in it for me?

[George]

I just checked Amazon.com and evidently, it's out of print!  The cheapest that a Amazon Marketplace seller has it is for $55.43!  I better hold on to my copy!

[George]

Click HERE for the listing and for clips.

[George]

Is there a part in it for me?

Yes!!  ALL of the first wives!

[George]

Since they're all different ages, there's no reason that you can't play them.

[Ginny]

Is there a part in it for me? I will stake out the role of Florrie, in case anyone was wondering...

I'll be the Director's Assistant - DR Elmore could give me a letter of recommendation.

[Ginny]

Anybody in NYC planning to see this?  Anybody know anything about the production?  About a year ago I developed quite a fascination with Dawn Powell.  That was what prompted me to go to the Mint Theatre last October to see the world premier of her play Walking Down Broadway.

[George]

Yikes!  I just realized what time it is!  I still have to take a shower and get to work!

Later!!

Penny, my copy was packed into storage just this past weekend, but the library where I work has three copies circulating in various branches.  If you want, I could make you a copy.  Let me know.

[Rodzinski]

TOD: Boston Blackie

[Ron Pulliam]

Today is Disney Day in our Audio-Visual Department.  Here are the trivia questions:

DISNEY TRIVIA

 1.      Released on November 18, 1928, the third animated cartoon to feature Mickey Mouse, was the one that made him famous. Its title is

 
2.  On what date did Disneyland open in Anaheim, California?  

 
3.  On the opening day of Disneyland, Walt Disney had the event televised for one hour – a big deal back then. Besides Walt, 3 well-known TV personalities of the day served as hosts of this show. Can you name at least one?

 
4.  What is Donald Duck’s middle name?

 
5.  When Goofy first appeared in the cartoons in the early 1930’s, he was not called Goofy. What was his original name?

 
6.  In which Disney animated movie do you find the character Maleficent?

 
7.  What movie was Disney’s first completely live-action film?

 
8.  Name Cinderella’s two ugly step-sisters.

 
9.  Name the 11 countries in EPCOT’s World Showcase.

 
10.  What Disney Pixar film has the song “You’ve Got a Friend in Me”?

 
11.  Who provided the voice of Sulley in Monsters, Inc.?

 
12.  Name 2 Disney movies starring Hayley Mills.

 

BONUS: The Sherman Brothers wrote music for many Disney films and TV productions. Walt Disney developed the tradition of having the brothers come to his office every Friday afternoon and play songs for him. He always requested one song in particular. It was:

 

 
They also distributed Mouseketeers and Disney Movies/Characters Word Search Puzzles, stickers (I'm wearing Minnie Mouse with a hair bow that matches my jacket perfectly!), and Finding Nemo Fruit Snacks.
 

1. "Steamboat Willie"
4. Fauntleroy
5. Dippy Dawg
6. "Sleeping Beauty"
8. Anastasia, Drizella
10. "Toy Story"
11. Dan Connor...er...umm...John Goodman
12. "Pollyanna" and "The Parent Trap"

[DERBRUCER]

GINNY'S QUIZ:

DISNEY TRIVIA

1.      Released on November 18, 1928, the third animated cartoon to feature Mickey Mouse, was the one that made him famous. Its title is

STEAMBOAT WILLIE

2.  On what date did Disneyland open in Anaheim, California?  

JULY 17, 1955

3.  On the opening day of Disneyland, Walt Disney had the event televised for one hour – a big deal back then. Besides Walt, 3 well-known TV personalities of the day served as hosts of this show. Can you name at least one?

ART LINKLETTER, BOB CUMMINGS, ROBALD REAGAN

4.  What is Donald Duck’s middle name?

FLAUNTLEROY

5.  When Goofy first appeared in the cartoons in the early 1930’s, he was not called Goofy. What was his original name?

CONCEPT NAME:DIPPY DAWG
FIRST SCREEN NAME:GEORGE GEEF (G.G. GEEF)


6.  In which Disney animated movie do you find the character Maleficent?

SLEEPING BEAUTY

7.   What movie was Disney’s first completely live-action film?

TREASURE ISLAND

8.  Name Cinderella’s two ugly step-sisters.

ANASTASIA AND DRIZELLA

9.  Name the 11 countries in EPCOT’s World Showcase.

CANADA
CHINA
FRANCE
GERMANY
ITALY
JAPAN
MEXICO
MOROCCO
NORWAY
USA
UNITED KINGDOM

10.  What Disney Pixar film has the song “You’ve Got a Friend in Me”?

TOY STORY
 

11.  Who provided the voice of Sulley in Monsters, Inc.?

JOHN GOODMAN
12.  Name 2 Disney movies starring Hayley Mills.

POLLYANNA
PARENT TRAP
SEARCH OF THE CASTAWAYS
MOONSPINNERS

BONUS: The Sherman Brothers wrote music for many Disney films and TV productions. Walt Disney developed the tradition of having the brothers come to his office every Friday afternoon and play songs for him. He always requested one song in particular. It was:

FEELINGS? FEED THE BIRDS

der Brucer (with lots of help from Woody)

[Jrand73]

I believe TREASURE ISLAND was Disney's first full length non animated feature.

[Jrand73]

I guess I was right.

As for Walt's most requested song....I would like to think it was TALL PAUL, but I think it was Feed The Birds from Mary Poppins.

[Charles Pogue]

DerBrucer,   but Falco is funnier than Gordianus.

Actually, I was in that production of The Crucifer of Blood that you saw at the Ahmanson.  Heston was a lovely man and a generous actor.  I don't find his Sherlock one of the definitive ones,but I quite enjoyed the play and the production.  Jeremy Brett, who played Watson in that production and who was another lovely gentleman, is, to me, the definitive Holmes, because he was not afraid to make Holmes thoroughly irritable and dislikable as he often was.  He played the detective flaws as well as his virtues. I am, of course, partial to Ian Richardson who played Holmes in the two films I wrote and also found Holmes' humour that was particularly evident in the later stories.

[DERBRUCER]

DerBrucer,   but Falco is funnier than Gordianus.

I agree - but I don't want my grandkids reading him yet - they'll have an excuse for peeing in the washing machine!

[bk]

Already the day is disappearing.  Just got off the phone with David, who indeed is not up to doing the new pages, so I'll do them today and send off the revised script so we can have up to date sides for the auditions next week.  

What's interesting about the notes for one of the scenes I have to redo is that for eight months I've been saying and thinking that the show needed another ballad - there's really only one (plus a torch song, but that's completely a comedy torch song).  I'd started fooling around with a ballad the other day, and the lyric I was coming up with says almost exactly what was in our notes from two weeks ago - so, I think I'll finish the song and we'll have our other ballad - I think we'll put it in for rehearsals and see how it feels, and make sure it doesn't upset the balance of anything.

[DERBRUCER]

... I think it was Feed The Birds from Mary Poppins.

From ANIMATED WORLD MAGAZINE

It was another of the film's songs, "Feed the Birds," however, that proved to be Walt's personal favorite. So enamored of the song was Walt, in fact, that he never tired of hearing it.

"On Friday afternoons, Walt would call us over to his office," recalls Richard. "We would talk about what we were working on. Then, he would look out the north window of his office and just say, 'Play it.' He didn't even have to say which song. We would then play the song and sing it for him. He felt very strongly about the song because it meant a lot more than just buying breadcrumbs and feeding birds. It was really about being kind to your fellow man and the fact that it doesn't take much to do that."

der Brucer