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[Jrand74]

Torando warning.....

[Jrand74]

And you know how bad a torando in Indiana can be.

[Jennifer]

I can already pretty much say what i got for my birthday, since i mostly end up always picking my own gifts.

I love what my aunt and uncle got me.  It's a purse. Well i don't know exactly what you call those money packs that go around your waist. But this one is Guess (i love that brand).  It's sort of a taupe color.  And it is so beautiful!  It was way too expensive (i'm more of a sale kind of person). But i really wanted to get one of those for the summer, and they really wanted me to have the one i wanted.

[Jennifer]

I also already know what i am eating. Bbq babyback ribs.  I always go to my favorite restaurant, baton rouge. But this past year they opened a similar style restaurant (same kind of food). But they also have steak, roast beef... and it is fancier (the bathrooms have glass doors with fancy sinks) and has really great service.

Except for the cake development.

[Ron Pulliam]

I found this interesting statement over at zabasearch.com :

"Phil, LaKisha and Chris are bottom three, Period!  
 
"This is the accurate outcome of votes cast. American Idol's network and call capture systems not capable of accurately counting votes in this volume. Accurate voting results can only be achieved by vote samplings. Phil, LaKisha and Chris received the fewest votes this week, Period.

"No one is going home because American Idol does not know the accurate vote count. Domestic phone network trunks not able to handle the volume of calls accurately. Traffic congestion shuts down and overruns switches resulting in wildly inaccurate voting counts.

"Sooner or later, this truth will surface in the media. This is not American Idol's fault or their intention. Local exchange carrier phone networks simply not able to handle the volume of calls accurately. The show has become more popular than U.S. phone systems can handle.

"*Sanjaya did not get the fewest votes last week. He may have gotten the least votes counted, but not the least votes cast."

[Ron Pulliam]

And you know how bad a torando in Indiana can be.

I do.  I survived several torando warnings during my five years in Indianoplace.

[elmore3003]

I am all caught up and now I am off to a dance recital.  It's a long trek up to the Bronx.

[FJL]

Jose - Re Legally Blonde - I'm wondering whether, as the audience gets to be more and more pre-teen and teenage girls and their moms, the laughs that were so strong during the first week of previews were not getting the expected reactions by the third and fourth weeks, so the actors and directors have compensated by rushing the set-ups a little.  I didn't notice the rushing, but I did notice that great lines were not getting laughs, though, while they did during the first preview week.

[Jrand74]

Applaud regularly, DR ELMORE.

And yes DR RP - I would guess in five years, you survived SEVERAL.....

[Jrand74]

I am less optimistic than MR BK that I could separate the David lyrics from the Bacharach music....whew!

DRMBARNUM saw Ogg AND Todd yesterday!  One more sighting will make it a trifecta...and I am guessing that MR BK really does count....so he can start on a new trinity of sightings today.

BUT even though Ms Todd was in FRANKENSTEIN'S DAUGHTER, DR JOSE's Paul Newman meeting trumps it.

[Jrand74]

Quiet day at World of Wisdom except for the weather.

[Jrand74]

Lucille Ball.

Just thought I would say that to make everyone smile.

Because you KNOW if I was there with DRMBARNUM in Hollywood, John Wayne's footprints would be gone from the forecourt at Grauman's Chinese Theater!

[FJL]

In any event, I'm glad I saw Legally Blonde twice before the family audience discovered it.  Some of the humor is just not necessarily family-friendly.  I was sure that the lawyer/MBA/investment banker crowd would catch on to it, since it's so up and positive about being in professions where you can potentially make a difference, and the charcatres are 22-25, not teens - that may yet happen, but it seems the pre-teen and teen girls have gottne there first.  But I wish them well with the reviews no matter what.

[Ron Pulliam]

Because you KNOW if I was there with DRMBARNUM in Hollywood, John Wayne's footprints would be gone from the forecourt at Grauman's Chinese Theater!

Ewww-w-w-w-w-w-w

[Dan (the Man)]

Lucille Ball.

Just thought I would say that to make everyone smile.

Because you KNOW if I was there with DRMBARNUM in Hollywood, John Wayne's footprints would be gone from the forecourt at Grauman's Chinese Theater!

Today is the anniversary of her death.  I forget the year.

[singdaw]

By the way, if anyone wants to come up and visit me in Westchester County, we can go to visit Judy Garland's final resting place in Hartsdale.
We could pack a picnic lunch.  Well, actually, she's inside.  But anyway...

I'm just sayin'.

[JoseSPiano]

Good Afternoon!

Well, since it's still a nice sunny day outside, I think I'm gonna head to midtown for a bit of walking around and window shopping, and then grab the train back up to Westport at Grand Central a little after 5:00.  So...

Laters...

[Ron Pulliam]

By the way, if anyone wants to come up and visit me in Westchester County, we can go to visit Judy Garland's final resting place in Hartsdale.
We could pack a picnic lunch.  Well, actually, she's inside.  But anyway...

I'm just sayin'.

I've always thought she and Mickey should be buried in adjoining plots.

I don't suppose Mr. Rooney plans on being buried in Hartsdale?

[FJL]

RODGERS AND HARTSDALE - my new film about something or other

[bk]

But who would we have cast in Lost Horizon back when it was made?  And who SHOULD have directed it?

Here's some choices:

Director: Robert Wise  

Choreographer: Michael Bennett or Ron Field

Writer: Ernest Lehman

Score: Burt Bacharach with some new lyrics by Mr. David

Cast:

In the Peter Finch role: Richard Burton
In the Liv Ullman role: Julie Andrews
In the Bobby Van role: Tommy Rall, Bob Fosse, or Bobby Van
In the Sally Kellerman role: Jill Clayburgh or Michelle Lee or Diane Keaton
In the George Kennedy role: George Kennedy
In the Olivia Hussey role:  ?
Chang: John Gielgud
High Lama: Charles Boyer or Sam Jaffe

[Matt H.]

Good up to there....who is doing the music, Mr Producer?

BK already established in the notes that the score would remain intact.

[bk]

I ate a Subway club and did have a couple of the Subway's very tasty cookies, but that's it for me - so it's definitely under 1500 calories, plus I jogged.

[Matt H.]

The thing that bothers me most about not eliminating someone last night or letting us see who was in danger was that often, people get complacent if they think their favorite is safe and either don't vote or vote for someone else who seems to be unsafe. Once it becomes known that the person is in danger often gets those fans to really pump up their voting. How many times have we seen someone in the bottom group jump back up to the top once their fans were made aware they weren't immune to being eliminated.

Remember that Fantasia was next to the bottom the week that Jennifer Hudson was eliminated three years ago. After that, Fantasia was never in the bottom again.

What if Melinda's fans have no idea that she's really in danger of being eliminated. They might be voting for others or simply not voting for Melinda.

Making the bottom three known is the LEAST they could have done.

[Ron Pulliam]

But who would we have cast in Lost Horizon back when it was made?  And who SHOULD have directed it?

Here's some choices:

In the Olivia Hussey role:  ?

High Lama: Charles Boyer or Sam Jaffe

For the Hussey character, I think Barbara Hershey might have brought some depth to the role.

What a treat it might have been for Jaffe to repeat as the High Lama!

[Matt H.]

Lunch ran long again today, so I didn't get as much viewing accomplished that I was expecting to.

I did begin with MEDIUM, and it was a good episode. I pretty much figured it out before the resolution, but that was a great moment in the apartment when Allison was taking to the "ghost."

And Ariel's anger about the summer camp seemed very real to me. Funny, though. As a kid, I had a savings account and a small stock portfolio given to me by my uncle, but I knew that was money not to be touched, and it wasn't until I needed a down payment when I bought my home.

[Matt H.]

CSI: NY had two interesting cases: a dead girl whose eylids had been cut off and a man poisoned on the boardwalk at Coney Island (and not by eating anything). Very interesting cases, and it featured a great guest performance by Joey Lawrence as a serial killer.

[Matt H.]

I had about fifteen minutes left (afternoon interrupted by some phone calls), so I continued with A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS. Still not quite an hour into the movie, so I have about 80 minutes to go.

[DearReaderLaura]

Re American Idol: Now that my beloved Sanjaya is out, I am rooting for Jordin. I have never seen nor heard her, but she's a local gal.

I'm just sayin'.

[bk]

Things have slowed to a crawl.  Is everyone taking a siesta?

[Matt H.]

Re American Idol: Now that my beloved Sanjaya is out, I am rooting for Jordin. I have never seen nor heard her, but she's a local gal.

I'm just sayin'.

I'm surprised you're not even curious to hear what she sounds like. She's a very talented singer and seems to be a super sweet girl. I watch the show anyway, but when Fantasia (who's from here) or Kellie Pickler (who's from a town about 25 miles away) were contestants, I would have watched just to see who the local folks were who everyone was talking about.