Topic: THE CROWING OF THE COCK (Read 88177 times)

bk · « **on:** June 10, 2007, 12:10:36 AM »

Well, you've read the notes, you know that soon the cock or the clock will be crowing and now it is time for you to post until the crowing cows come home - they don't know from crowing cocks or busy beavers, frankly.

bk · « **Reply #1 on:** June 10, 2007, 12:11:50 AM »

And the word of the day is: HYPOCORISM!

Tomovoz · « **Reply #2 on:** June 10, 2007, 12:20:14 AM »

A wonderful birthday full of good things is wished for Baxter the Clown.

DERBRUCER · « **Reply #3 on:** June 10, 2007, 12:40:32 AM »

TONY BALLOT

der Brucer

DERBRUCER · « **Reply #4 on:** June 10, 2007, 01:13:31 AM »

PUNDIT PREDICTIONS

Best Play - The Coast of Utopia

Best Musical - Spring Awakening

Best Revival of a Play - Jouney's End

Best Revival of a Musical - Company

Best Performance By a Leading Actor in a Play
Frank Langella, Frost/Nixon

Best Performance By a Leading Actress in a Play
Eve Best, A Moon for the Misbegotten 5 votes
Angela Lansbury, Deuce - 4 votes
Julie White, The Little Dog Laughed - 4 votes

Best Performance By a Leading Actor in a Musical
Raúl Esparza, Company

Best Performance By a Leading Actress in a Musical
Christine Ebersole, Grey Gardens

Best Performance By a Featured Actor in a Play
Anthony Chisholm, Radio Golf - 5 votes
Billy Crudup, The Coast of Utopia - 6 votes

Best Performance By a Featured Actress in a Play
Martha Plimpton, The Coast of Utopia -

Best Performance By a Featured Actor in a Musical
John Gallagher, Jr., Spring Awakening -

Best Performance By a Featured Actress in a Musical
Mary Louise Wilson, Grey Gardens

Best Direction of a Play
Jack O'Brien, The Coast of Utopia

Best Direction of a Musical
Michael Mayer, Spring Awakening -

Best Book of a Musical
Grey Gardens, Doug Wright

Best Original Score
Spring Awakening -

Best Choreography
Bill T. Jones, Spring Awakening

der Brucer

Edisaurus · « **Reply #5 on:** June 10, 2007, 01:18:50 AM »

[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]Happy Birthday to Baxter the Clown!!!
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Have some champagne!

Edisaurus · « **Reply #6 on:** June 10, 2007, 01:24:23 AM »

The pundits apparently did not like CURTAINS!

George · « **Reply #7 on:** June 10, 2007, 01:28:32 AM »

A Very Happy Birthday to Baxter the Clown!!

DERBRUCER · « **Reply #8 on:** June 10, 2007, 01:32:08 AM »

Quote from: Edisaurus on June 10, 2007, 01:24:23 AM

The pundits apparently did not like CURTAINS!

And that's probably curtains for CURTAINS.

der Brucer

DERBRUCER · « **Reply #9 on:** June 10, 2007, 01:39:07 AM »

Does Baxter get maid service for the day?

der Brucer

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #10 on:** June 10, 2007, 01:49:46 AM »

Hainsies and Kimlets -- hypocorisms ALL!

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #11 on:** June 10, 2007, 01:52:06 AM »

My Saturday DVD viewing (on my HD DVD player) is finally done:

I watched "Gypsy". Incroyable The color has never looked as spectacular. Sharp, focused, dazzling to the eyes and ears. Wonderful.

Then I watched "Oh! What A Lovely War! -- and this film looks as if it were made last month -- the damned thing is PERFECT in every visual/aural detail. And the crispness -- the detail, the depth, the color saturation -- ALL were Magnifique

The final scene has always been superb, but today I was sobbing....the young soldier, walking past the ladies in white sitting on the grass, and then lying down in a thick patch of rich, green grass, luxuriating in it along with his buddies who seemed to be enjoying a nice day in the outdoors...and then to have the camera move back to the ladies standing up and walking toward them and...

-- SPOILER --

...walking past white crosses where the men had been, and on through a massive cemetery complex with thousands of white crosses, was nearly too much to take. It didn't help to have the Jerome Kern "They Won't Believe Me" being sung, with special lyrics, by that male choir. That's proably the most stunning finale I've seen in a movie of any kind.

To lighten my heart, I put "Hello, Dolly!" on. This was a pure-tee pleasure to watch on a regular DVD player. On the Toshiba HD DVD player, the movie took on a depth and a color palette I could NEVER have imagined. Colors "pop" in every scene. "The Waiter's Galop" remains one of the most incredible tour-de-force dance numbers ever filmed, but the spectacular reds of the waiters' jackets have never before been so deep, sharp and perfectly focused. No color bleeds of any kind...no artifacts...no fuzziness. This movie is a freaking miracle to watch!

I turned to black-and-white, watching "To Kill A Mockingbird" (the most recent incarnation with anamorphic widescreen). I love this movie more than anything, but I was very surprised to see a graininess that I don't think should have been there. The previous non-anamorphic TKAM has a better "picture" quality, IMO.

I ended the evening with the unbelievably glorious "The Searchers." A color masterpiece, this standard DVD looks amazing on an HD-DVD player. I understand its Blu-Ray counterpart is stunning, and I have to say what I saw was so amazing that I don't believe I'll need to have a high-def version of the movie.

I didn't get anything else done. Somehow, though, the day doesn't seem to have been "wasted."

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #12 on:** June 10, 2007, 02:03:08 AM »

DR Elmore wrote:

Speaking of POPULAR, how did a show this demented, surreal, and brilliant last two seasons? I can't believe the dimwits who schedule most viewing didn't freak out out after two episodes and shut it down. I mean, BEVERLY HILLS 90210 it ain't, and that nonsense ran forever.

Well, it was on UPN (or the WB, one of the two) and they obviously didn't KNOW it was brilliant and surreal until folks started writing about it on the internet. After they realized it had more to it than dumb blondes and sexy talk they shut it down pronto!

How could any show with characters like "Sugar" and "Precious Woo" NOT be renewed?

I often need a Mary Cherry fix....or a Cherry Cherry fix...or a Nicole Julian bitch-slap.

The show is a TOTAL WALLOW!

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #13 on:** June 10, 2007, 02:04:26 AM »

It's nearly 2 a.m.

No one in the place but....me.

And I'm not talkin'!

G'night!

George · « **Reply #14 on:** June 10, 2007, 02:14:48 AM »

Actually, I'm here.

George · « **Reply #15 on:** June 10, 2007, 02:17:09 AM »

Last night, my friend Margo and I went to the Seattle Storm women's basketball game (my niece, who actually has the tickets wasn't feeling well, so she didn't go) They won! 90-76!! AND afterwards, Margo and I got to go to a question/ answer/ autograph session with two Storm players, Lauren Jackson and Tanisha Wright. It was a lot of fun! About three years ago, I took a picture of four Storm players. I had gotten two autographs before and last night, I got Lauren's, for a third autograph. Now I only need one more and it'll be complete.

George · « **Reply #16 on:** June 10, 2007, 02:20:16 AM »

I'll post just a couple pictures. This is one from the game. I just think it's a neat action picture...if I do say so myself.

George · « **Reply #17 on:** June 10, 2007, 02:21:10 AM »

Here's another action shot...Lauren in motion:

Tomovoz · « **Reply #18 on:** June 10, 2007, 02:21:57 AM »

Still associating with those from the land of OZ DR George.

George · « **Reply #19 on:** June 10, 2007, 02:24:42 AM »

Okay, last picture. This is during the question session after the game...we were right in front!

George · « **Reply #20 on:** June 10, 2007, 02:25:42 AM »

Quote from: Tomovoz on June 10, 2007, 02:21:57 AM

Still associating with those from the land of OZ DR George.

I was COMMANDED to get autographs.

Tomovoz · « **Reply #21 on:** June 10, 2007, 02:34:09 AM »

Goodnight DR George.

George · « **Reply #22 on:** June 10, 2007, 02:36:21 AM »

Well, I must (finally) get to bed, too. Today at noon, we have rehearsal...and it'll be a long one. $:-\$ We moved into the space on Friday and there is a LOT more room on the real set than where any place that we've rehearsed.

I will definitly be home LONG before the Tony Awards® start!! AND I've confirmed that my new DVR has been set to record it AND the show after that (local news). I think I'm all set.

Good night, Tomovoz.

singdaw · « **Reply #23 on:** June 10, 2007, 03:15:04 AM »

Quote from: bk on June 10, 2007, 12:11:50 AM

And the word of the day is: HYPOCORISM!

Watching Coram Boy one too many times?

Tomovoz · « **Reply #24 on:** June 10, 2007, 05:00:56 AM »

Good morning DR JRand

Tomovoz · « **Reply #25 on:** June 10, 2007, 05:02:21 AM »

And the Tony Award for best cleaned oatmeal bowl in an orgiinal musical production goes to .........

Tomovoz · « **Reply #26 on:** June 10, 2007, 05:03:39 AM »

The Award for most useful interpretation of Dreams in a Revised play goes to ........

Jrand73 · « **Reply #27 on:** June 10, 2007, 05:04:56 AM »

Thanks to DR FRANCOIS yesterday for th article about Walt Disney, Ocean Park, and the submarine ride. Very interesting.

Thanks to DR derBRUCER for the Tony Ballot!

Tomovoz · « **Reply #28 on:** June 10, 2007, 05:05:11 AM »

The award for the most creative use of language including the applications of puns to almost any situation - musical and not - goes to ...

Jrand73 · « **Reply #29 on:** June 10, 2007, 05:05:21 AM »

Is this indeed the last year the Tony Awards Show will be broadcast on network television?

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