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[singdaw]

DR Ben, that clip was wonderful and DP Ant comes off really really well!!!    
It sounds like they brought along their whole pit band with them to the studio - did they?

[Matt H.]

Tomorrow I'll be back to regular DVD movies for awhile (unless the Blu-ray of GREY'S ANATOMY is somehow magically received). I'll begin with Criterion's THE EARRINGS OF MADAME DE.... and follow that up with the recent "classic" THE LOVE GURU.

That should span the gamut from classic to bomb pretty neatly.

[George]

It may be quite a while before I get to see cyber grandbaby, Toby.  It appears that the MRSA may have returned.  This time in my eye.

~~~Vibes for DR TCB!!~~~

[Matt H.]

Now, I'll head down and start on ENTOURAGE.

WBBL.

[bk]

Just reading reviews of the new editions of GIGI and AN AMERICAN IN PARIS. I'm sure bk will be pleased to learn that among the participants on the "making of" documentaries on both discs is everyone's favorite [TM] Dr. Drew Casper.

Excellent news - now I don't have to watch those features!

[bk]

H.M.  H.M.  Hermes Man?  Hermoine Maddely?  

[JMK]

And I got a notice today that my new Blu-ray redition of HOW THE WEST WAS WON has shipped. I should have it on Thursday.

I got this one to review, too.  I'm really excited.

[JMK]

Tomorrow I'll be back to regular DVD movies for awhile (unless the Blu-ray of GREY'S ANATOMY is somehow magically received). I'll begin with Criterion's THE EARRINGS OF MADAME DE.... and follow that up with the recent "classic" THE LOVE GURU.

That should span the gamut from classic to bomb pretty neatly.

There's a Blu-Ray of Season 4 of Grey's Anatomy that's been sitting in the screener pool for at least two weeks--maybe it's yours.  

[JMK]

Ho (Chi) Minh

[JMK]

I da ho?

YOU da ho!

[JMK]

In news for those of you strangely actually remembering my posts, they have finally today begun construction on the houses next door to us on the beautiful farm lot that was subdivided literally years ago.  I talked with a construction guy (actually nice and quite civil for a change)--they're grading the lots today (I give them an F-, but I don't think that's what he meant), pouring the foundations tomorrow, and then we're in for about 6 weeks of a lot of noise.  Oy.

[Ben]

DR Ben, that clip was wonderful and DP Ant comes off really really well!!!    
It sounds like they brought along their whole pit band with them to the studio - did they?

No pit band. The theatre is very small. There is no room for an orchestra so Fireside uses a track. The orchestra was recorded in early August (30 piece if I recall correctly) in Milwaukee. The cast all went to the recording so they could hear the orchestra and see what was going on. Then the tape was sent to the theatre and they rehearsed with the track for two weeks. That's what they perform with also. It actually sounds good. You wouldn't know (alright some people might know) that there is no orchestra hidden away in a room off stage.

[td]

Herman Mudgett - the Devil in the White City from Erik Larson's book of the same title

Great book.  Fascinating man.  Maybe even a Sondheim musical.

[S. Woody White]

Of course bk is free to do anything with his Initials Game he wants since it is trademarked ( ).

But I don't think switching initials in the middle of the day is a great idea. You're using up initials that would make interesting rounds for the future (there are not an infinite number of combinations). It stymies thinking on the original initials. For example, no one had mentioned actress Heather Matarazzo yet, and I'm sure there are others. But folks get sidetracked when new initials are suggested.

Just my two cents and probably worth less than that.

Oh, we can do both sets of initials.  It's a pain in the ass, working on the list, but it can be done.

But, while we're at it, I find it hy-larious that our own BK mentioned Mercy Humppe, while her titular co-star Hieranymous Merkin still hadn't made the HM list.

Hmmmmmmm......

[DearReaderLaura]

(((((TCB)))))

[singdaw]

YOU da ho!

Who you callin' a ho?    

[JoseSPiano]

...And I'm on the M60 back into Manhattan.

[S. Woody White]

The HM list:

Maalem, Heddy - choreographer (P 4)
Maan, Harbajan - singer/actor (P 6)
Macdonald, Hettie - director   (P 3)
Mack, Helen - actress (P 4)
MacMillain, Harold - British PM (P 2)
MacRae, Heather -  (P 1)
Majeski, Hank - baseball (P 3)
Majesty, Her - DearReaderLaura (P 4)
Mancini, Henry -  (P 1)
Mandel, Howie -  (P 1)
Manfredi, Harry - film composer (P 3)
Mankiewicz, Herman - screenwriter (P 3)
Mann, Herbie - jazz musician (P 4)
Mann, Horace - 19th Century education reformer (P 3)
Mann, Hummie - film composer (P 4)
Manush, Heinie - outfielder (P 3)
March, Hal -  (P 1)
Marks, Hilliard - producer (P 2)
Marlowe, Hugh - actor (P 2)
Marshall, Herbert -  (P 1)
Martin, Harvey - football (P 4)
Martin, Hugh - songwriter (P 1)
Martins, Holly - character (P 4)
Marx, Harpo -  (P 1)
Masakela, Hugh - jazz trumpeter (P 2)
Mastrogeorge, Harry - director & teacher (P 3)
Matarazzo, Heather - actress (P 9)
Matisse, Henri - artist (P 1)
Mattingley, Hedley - actor (P 3)
McAfee, Harry - character (P 4)
McCoy, Horace - author (P 1)
McCulloch, Horatio - painter (P 4)
McDaniel, Hattie -  (P 1)
McGee, Harold - food science writer (P 3)
McGillin, Howard - photogenic person (P 1)
McGraw III, Harold - c.e.o. (P 3)
McIllhenny, Henry - philanthropist (P 6)
McKusik, Hal - jazz trumpeter (P 4)
McMahon, Horace - actor (P 1)
McNally, Horace - actor (P 3)
McNear, Howard - actor (P 4)
McRae, Hal - outfielder (P 3)
Medin, Harriet White - actress (P 4)
Medlinsky, Harvey - stage manager (P 4)
Meltz, Hinky - immortal songwriter (P 4)
Melville, Herman -  (P 1)
Mencken, H. L. -  (P 2)
Menken, Helen - actress (P 2)
Merkin, Hieronymous - title character (P 11)
Merrill, Helen - Jazz Singer (P 2)
Merrill, Howard - comedy writer (P 2)
Metzenbaum, Howard - Senator (P 5)
meurkens, Hendrik - jass marmonica (P 4)
Middleman, Harvey - title character (P 6)
Miers, Harriet - Supreme Court nominee (P 3)
Miller, Hannah - character (P 5)
Miller, Harvey - comedy writer (P 2)
Miller, Helen - composer (P 3)
Miller, Henry - author (P 2)
Miller, Henry - B'way producer (P 2)
Miller, Herman - furniture manufacturer (P 5)
Miller, Husky - character (P 2)
Mills, Harry - singer (P 4)
Mills, Hayley -  (P 1)
Mills, Heather -  (P 1)
Mills, Herbert - singer (P 4)
Minh, Ho Chi - dictator (P 11)
Mirisch, Harold - producer (P 4)
Mirren, Helen -  (P 1)
Mitchell, Henry - character (P 2)
Mohr, Hal - cinematographer (P 3)
Montana, Hannah - character (P 1)
Montenegro, Hugo - film composer (P 2)
Moody, Helen Wills - tennis champ (P 3)
Mooney, Hal - bandleader (P 1)
Moonjean, Hank - director/producer (P 4)
Morgan, Harry - actor (P 1)
Morgan, Helen -  (P 1)
Morgan, Henry - comedian (and former Harry) (P 1)
Morgan, Henry - pirate (P 2)
Morgentaler, Henry - activiat (P 4)
Morris, Howard - actor/director (P 1)
Morrison, Herb - radio reporter (P 3)
Morton, Harry - character (P 2)
Morton, Harry - restaurateur (P 2)
Mudgett, Herman - character (P 5)
Munro, H. H.  - author (P 2)
Munster, Herman - big cheese? (P 1)
Murphy, Heidi Grant - singer (P 1)
Murphy, Hugh - story writer (P 2)

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[Jane]

In news for those of you strangely actually remembering my posts, they have finally today begun construction on the houses next door to us on the beautiful farm lot that was subdivided literally years ago.  I talked with a construction guy (actually nice and quite civil for a change)--they're grading the lots today (I give them an F-, but I don't think that's what he meant), pouring the foundations tomorrow, and then we're in for about 6 weeks of a lot of noise.  Oy.

I thought they had given up on them since it has been soooo long.

Vibes the houses are lovely & your new neighbors (if they can sell the homes) are very nice.

[S. Woody White]

The MH list:

Haas, Moose - pitcher (P 9)
Haddon, Mark - author (P 8)
Haggard, Merle -  (P 7)
Hall, Monty - host (P 8)
Halperin, Mark - political analyst (P 7)
Hamill, Mark -  (P 8)
Hamilton, Margaret - witch (among other roles) (P 9)
Hamlisch, Marvin -  (P 7)
Hammer, Mike - detective (P 9)
Hanold, Marilyn - actress (P 9)
Harder, Mel - pitcher (P 9)
Hargitay, Mariska - actress and daughter (P 8)
Hargitay, Mickey - dad (P 6)
Hargrove, Mike - baseball player/manager (P 9)
Hari, Mata -  (P 7)
Harmon, Mark -  (P 7)
Harris, Mark - author (P 9)
Hart, Margie - stripper (P 9)
Hart, Mary -  (P 6)
Hart, Mickey - Grateful Dead (P 8)
Hartley, Mariette -  (P 7)
Hartman, Mary - twice named (P 6)
Hawkins, Michael G. - reads Druxy (P 6)
Hayden, Michael - actor (P 9)
Headroom, Max - character (P 8)
Hedberg, Mitch - comedian (P 9)
Hegan, Mike - baseball player/broadcaster (P 9)
Helgenberger, Mary Marg - actress (P 7)
Helper, Millie - neighbor (P 10)
Helprin, Mark - author (P 8)
Henke, Melissa - bandleader (P 7)
Higgins, Mike (Pinky) - Red Sox manager (P 10)
Higgins Clark, Mary - author (P 8)
Hillenbrand, Martinus - farmer (P 8)
Hines, Mimi -  (P 9)
Hingis, Martina - tennis player (P 8)
Hoeven, Mikey - ND first lady (P 8)
Hofstetter, Margaret - mom (P 7)
Holmes, Mike - from Holmes on Homes (P 8)
Holovak, Mike - Patriots coach (P 9)
Hooper, Matt - character (P 7)
Hordern, Michael - actor (P 9)
Horne, Marilyn -  (P 8)
Horner, Mike - adult actor (P 8)
Horton, Maggie - character (P 7)
Horton, Marie - character (P 7)
Horton, Melissa - character (P 7)
Horton, Mike - character (P 7)
Hough, Matt - reviewer (P 7)
Howard, Moe - stooge (P 10)
Howells, Michael - inspirational son (P 7)
Huckabee, Mike - former candidate (P 8)
Hudson, Michael - character (P 7)
Hughes, Mary Beth - actress (P 9)
Humppe, Mercy - character (P 7)
Hunt, Hartita -  (P 7)
Huxtable, Millicent - One Tree Hill (P 8)
Hyman, Mac - author (P 7)

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[George]

Michael Haboush, actor/director

[Michael]

We interrupt this Word Game to bring you a clip of a certain performer hiding out in Wisconsin. Some of the cast were on morning television today. They got up at 6:30am to be in Milwaukee for The Morning Blend. They did a portion of Brotherhood of Man and we have evidence. The link below should take you to the site. There is an interview with the director who explains the show and then we get the number. You may get asked a security question (or maybe not, it depends on your computer) about installing an Active X control which will allow you to view the clip. Answer yes and the clip(s) will load. There is a 12 second intro by the hosts and then the 6 minute interview and performance. Those of you who know Anthony will certainly recognize him. He's the Brooklyn boy on the right (when you're looking at the computer) and he has a big white flower in his lapel. I don't know how long this clip will be up but it's there now for your viewing enjoyment.

P.S. some of you may get a repeat announcement. When I get home I'll send out another e-mail to other people on my lists who want to see the clip. I don't have their e-mail addresses here.

How to Succeed

Thanks for the postings.
I gather they used the original broadway orchestrations as opposed to the revival with Broderick.

The Ant was fun to watch.

[bk]

Man, I'm tired of the telephonic device and my eyes are bleary from e-mail sending.

[S. Woody White]

I should note, here and now, that the MH list is entirely my compiling.  Der B was not at all happy with the initials switch, and made his opinion very clear when he picked me up after work.  He was not at all happy the last time this happened, either.

For today, I would say that we've got both lists going, so let's continue with both initial pairs.

However, for the future, let's stick to one pair, without switiching.  Among other reasons: It's bad enough when I come home from work in a foul mood and acting like a bitch.  It's way too much when der B is also in a foul mood and acting like a bitch, because of the switch.  It confuses the dogs.

[S. Woody White]

Malcolm Hulke wrote many Doctor Who scripts back in the days of Patrick Troughton and Jon Pertwee.

[bk]

Prolific TV actor Howard Morton.  Many, many sitcoms.

[bk]

I knew there were more H.M.s left - too bad Rothman got bored - I'll have to wipe up the room with him:

Heather Menzies - actress - The Sound Of Music and many others.

[bk]

I ain't down yet.

[bk]

If only the bloody Internet was not so damnably slow.

[S. Woody White]

I will admit to being distracted right now.

A new box of books has arrived from Jessica's Biscuit.

The Cuisines of Hidden Mexico, by Bruce Kraig & Ducley Nieto

At the Japanese Table, by Lesley Downer

Strictly Shrimp, by A. D. Livingston.

and La Bonne Cuisine de Madame E. Saint-Ange, the book Julia Child initially learned from.

Plus Anne Mendelson's Stand Facing the Stove, about the women who wrote The Joy of Cooking.

The Tenth Muse, by Judith Jones, is on backorder.

I am, for the moment, happy.