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Re:THE SWING OF THINGS
« Reply #60 on: October 03, 2006, 09:07:50 AM »

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« Reply #61 on: October 03, 2006, 09:08:37 AM »

I don't need to eat in Earl's Court.  I can find plenty of good restaurants in the area where I stay (The place we stayed in for about a dozen years, we could walk out our back door and The Ivy, the primo show biz restaurant was right there...Joe Allen's and Orso were in nearby Covent Garden, five minutes away.)

There's a Joe Allen's in London? Who knew?

Well...I guess you did!
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« Reply #62 on: October 03, 2006, 09:13:22 AM »

There used to be a Joe Allen in Los Angeles - it didn't catch on because in LA everyone goes to sleep at ten and at that point (late 70s, I believe) it wasn't the sort of place people went, and waiver theater hadn't really reached epidemic proportions yet - I think it would do just fine today.
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Re:THE SWING OF THINGS
« Reply #63 on: October 03, 2006, 09:13:58 AM »

I will say that prices have gone up at Joe Allen, which is a shame.
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« Reply #64 on: October 03, 2006, 09:14:44 AM »

I will also say that I knew no one at the front desk and only one server is left from the last time I was there.
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Re:THE SWING OF THINGS
« Reply #65 on: October 03, 2006, 09:16:02 AM »

Favorite Night Gallery: The one with Roddy McDowell, from the pilot, where the butler, Osmond Portifoy, keeps changing the pictures on the stairs.

Favorite Outer Limits: Don't Open Until Doomsday

Favorite Alfred Hitchcok presents: The one with the guy who buys the mystery jar at the carnival, with the stuff floating around in it that turns out to be : Fadie Sue!
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« Reply #66 on: October 03, 2006, 09:22:00 AM »

Yikes, I still get the creeps thinking about how Roddy McDowall cried out "Portifoy!" in that NIGHT GALLERY segment.
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« Reply #67 on: October 03, 2006, 09:22:49 AM »

NIGHT CALORIE - that's the name of my new series about late-night dining at Joe Allen's
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« Reply #68 on: October 03, 2006, 09:26:05 AM »

Wsa "The Messiah of Mott street" a NIGHT GALLERY segment?  I believe some people are writing a musical version of that one.
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« Reply #69 on: October 03, 2006, 09:28:43 AM »

NIGHT CALORIE - that's the name of my new series about late-night dining at Joe Allen's
LOL! Good one!
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« Reply #70 on: October 03, 2006, 09:30:24 AM »

BK - Your package is on its way to you; should arrive by Thursday.
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« Reply #71 on: October 03, 2006, 09:30:29 AM »

and waiver theater hadn't really reached epidemic proportions yet
¿Que es "waiver theatre"?
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« Reply #72 on: October 03, 2006, 09:35:48 AM »

Should you like your horror "live":

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« Reply #73 on: October 03, 2006, 09:40:10 AM »

I mourned the passing of Joe Allen's in LA. Great coconut cream pie!  Didn't that Joe Allen's become an Orso's?  And aren't they owned by the same people?
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« Reply #74 on: October 03, 2006, 09:49:51 AM »

Favorite Night Gallery: The one with Roddy McDowell, from the pilot, where the butler, Osmond Portifoy, keeps changing the pictures on the stairs.

Favorite Outer Limits: Don't Open Until Doomsday

Favorite Alfred Hitchcok presents: The one with the guy who buys the mystery jar at the carnival, with the stuff floating around in it that turns out to be : Fadie Sue!

Thedy Sue.  It's called The Jar and it's brilliant.  Colin Wilcox is the star.  I own a very rare original 16mm print of the film, which I had transfered to DVD.  They did a little tribute to Hictchcock Presents at some film school - Pat Hitchcock was there - they ended up showing my print of The Jar.  The other great hour-long Hitch episode is An Unlocked Window, which is incredible, and which I also have on some home-grown DVD.
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« Reply #75 on: October 03, 2006, 09:50:38 AM »

I mourned the passing of Joe Allen's in LA. Great coconut cream pie!  Didn't that Joe Allen's become an Orso's?  And aren't they owned by the same people?

As in NY, the LA Joe Allen was next door to Orso's - Orso's is still there today.  And yes, owned by Mr. Allen.
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« Reply #76 on: October 03, 2006, 09:50:42 AM »


A later movie, something with Fred Astaire... I think it was called "Ghost Story" (?) (that may have been later.... 1980's?)

1981


with:

Fred Astaire (his last film)
Melvyn Douglas
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
John Houseman
Patricia Neal
Alice Krige

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« Reply #77 on: October 03, 2006, 09:50:52 AM »

"Studio 60" was wonderful last night.  Despite my misgivings about being made to "think" so late in the evening, I laughed out loud several times during the show.  Wonderful!


Possible SPOILER Material:

"Heroes" was kind of iffy for me last night.  I'm still intrigued, but the story line about the blonde lady whose mirror reflection seems to be a murderess just went on and on with no insights.  I got a chuckle out of the Hiro segment...and I really like the two brothers...both of whom can FLY!   The visionary artist who, I'm guessing, blew his own head off was a very strange segment that doesn't resonate for me, somehow.  I wonder if he has a ringing in his ears.

Oh, well.  I'll continue watching.
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« Reply #78 on: October 03, 2006, 09:51:37 AM »

FJL - thanks for the package news - for those who are interested, the package contains four one pound bags of Twizzlers chocolate licorice, which they don't have here in LA.
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« Reply #79 on: October 03, 2006, 09:58:06 AM »

Wsa "The Messiah of Mott street" a NIGHT GALLERY segment?  I believe some people are writing a musical version of that one.

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"Night Gallery"
The Messiah on Mott Street (1971)
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« Reply #80 on: October 03, 2006, 09:58:21 AM »

Thedy Sue.  It's called The Jar and it's brilliant.  Colin Wilcox is the star.  I own a very rare original 16mm print of the film, which I had transfered to DVD.  

Wow! I knew she was in "Mockingbird", but I didn't know she was in that! I see her occasionally up in NC at her theatre company, which is near my brother's home.

Somehow, in my family, Thedy Sue became Fadey Sue. Whenever my father found something mysterious in a jar, whether in the fridge or in the basement, is was always known as Fadey Sue! I wish they would release that on DVD!

Another great one---the one based on the Roald Dahl story where the woman murders her husband with a frozen leg of lamb, then cooks it and serves it to the police. Brilliant!
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Re:THE SWING OF THINGS
« Reply #81 on: October 03, 2006, 10:00:54 AM »


  The visionary artist who, I'm guessing, blew his own head off was a very strange segment that doesn't resonate for me, somehow.  

I think they are setting up a "brain harvesting" thread.

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« Reply #82 on: October 03, 2006, 10:03:48 AM »

Well I finally heard from the e and t  jhvw.  Whew! He is very excited and is packing like mad.  We have our plan to find each other at La Guardia so all should be well.  

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« Reply #83 on: October 03, 2006, 10:04:27 AM »

DR EDISAURUS - Blair Witch also gave me a headache and motion sickness as well.
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« Reply #84 on: October 03, 2006, 10:04:56 AM »

Swing of Things - well hyer in Indianee - that would be the swang of thangs!
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« Reply #85 on: October 03, 2006, 10:05:32 AM »

I laughed at Blair Witch and wondered what all the todo was about
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« Reply #86 on: October 03, 2006, 10:05:53 AM »

Travel vibes for DRS CILLA LIZ & JHVW.

GREASE vibes for DRJOSE....and continued NYC vibes for DR GINNY and DH RICHARD.
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« Reply #87 on: October 03, 2006, 10:07:04 AM »

So many choices today are also favorites of mine:

AN UNLOCKED WINDOW....wow!

Some TZ and NIGHT GALLERY episodes.....one not already mentioned:

The Diary with Ms Patty Duke and Ms Virginia Mayo
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« Reply #88 on: October 03, 2006, 10:07:55 AM »

The Fly - with Vincent Price
The Tingler - with Vincent Price

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« Reply #89 on: October 03, 2006, 10:14:04 AM »

Waiver Theatre in LA is similar to the Showcase Production Code in NY. In NY Actors are paid transportation (nothing more) and the price of tickets and number of performances are regulated by the Union. There are other regulations as well but I don't recall all of them. I assume that Waiver Theatre in LA operates on much the same principle.
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