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Re: THINGS THAT GO BUMP IN THE NIGHT
« Reply #90 on: October 31, 2008, 11:42:33 AM »
Quote from: Dan (the Man) on October 31, 2008, 11:36:21 AM
I came back to the office to fine the strangest of all Amazon packages.  In the first one I opened, there was the Truman Capote's A CHRISTMAS MEMORY DVD I mentioned the other day.  But it looks like a bootleg that you would buy at a flea market--plain see-through case with no artwork--just a plain printed label with a barcode.  The DVD is the same with a very generically printed label.  I take more time making labels on my home-made DVDs.  I'm not holding out much hope for the overall viewing quality of this DVD.

I was puzzled by the size of the other package--I was expecting it to hold just a CD but it was large enough for a calander.  I ordered what I thought was a special edition of Janelle Monae's METROPOLIS but it turned out to be an LP.  Two LPs actually--somehow I must have ordered two copies.  Oy!  It's no fun going senile...

Perhaps you got someone else's order?
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Re: THINGS THAT GO BUMP IN THE NIGHT
« Reply #91 on: October 31, 2008, 11:42:41 AM »
Quote from: Laura on October 31, 2008, 05:50:18 AM
I have a question about Happy Days the Musical:

Is it going to appear on Broadway?



It would be so typical if it did, but maybe a real show will take its place!
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Re: THINGS THAT GO BUMP IN THE NIGHT
« Reply #92 on: October 31, 2008, 11:44:04 AM »
Quote from: singdaw on October 31, 2008, 07:09:23 AM
Quote from: JRand58 on October 31, 2008, 04:48:11 AM
Tonight is the night of the year when the veil between the physical and the spiritual worlds is the thinnest


Didn't you wear someting like this at YOUR wedding  (not pure white, of course)?
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« Reply #93 on: October 31, 2008, 11:47:21 AM »
Quote from: Dan (the Man) on October 31, 2008, 11:36:21 AM
I came back to the office to fine the strangest of all Amazon packages.  In the first one I opened, there was the Truman Capote's A CHRISTMAS MEMORY DVD I mentioned the other day.  But it looks like a bootleg that you would buy at a flea market--plain see-through case with no artwork--just a plain printed label with a barcode.  The DVD is the same with a very generically printed label.  I take more time making labels on my home-made DVDs.  I'm not holding out much hope for the overall viewing quality of this DVD.

This DVD is in black-and-white, yes?  I'd read that ABC could not locate a color master print and that all they had was a black-and-white.  I could have sworn I had this in color on VHS tape at some point, but I may very well be mistaken.
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Re: THINGS THAT GO BUMP IN THE NIGHT
« Reply #94 on: October 31, 2008, 11:56:40 AM »
DR DanTMan,
I did that not long ago, thought i was ordering a CD but it was a cassatte tape! Ugh.
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Re: THINGS THAT GO BUMP IN THE NIGHT
« Reply #95 on: October 31, 2008, 11:59:31 AM »
Quote from: elmore3003 on October 31, 2008, 11:42:33 AM
Quote from: Dan (the Man) on October 31, 2008, 11:36:21 AM
I came back to the office to fine the strangest of all Amazon packages.  In the first one I opened, there was the Truman Capote's A CHRISTMAS MEMORY DVD I mentioned the other day.  But it looks like a bootleg that you would buy at a flea market--plain see-through case with no artwork--just a plain printed label with a barcode.  The DVD is the same with a very generically printed label.  I take more time making labels on my home-made DVDs.  I'm not holding out much hope for the overall viewing quality of this DVD.

I was puzzled by the size of the other package--I was expecting it to hold just a CD but it was large enough for a calander.  I ordered what I thought was a special edition of Janelle Monae's METROPOLIS but it turned out to be an LP.  Two LPs actually--somehow I must have ordered two copies.  Oy!  It's no fun going senile...

Perhaps you got someone else's order?

No, I just checked.  The METROPOLIS Special Edition recording does say that it is an LP--that little detail somehow escaped my notice.  And because I had been doing a number of different orders to Amazon these past few weeks, I had been adding and dropping and re-adding this from my shopping cart.  It must have been already in there when I added it again.  D'oh!

Fortunately I didn't destroy the box when I opened it.  The two LPs will be easy to ship back (though I'll be out of the shipping cost however much that will come to be.)
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Re: THINGS THAT GO BUMP IN THE NIGHT
« Reply #96 on: October 31, 2008, 12:01:48 PM »
Quote from: MBarnum on October 31, 2008, 11:56:40 AM
DR DanTMan,
I did that not long ago, thought i was ordering a CD but it was a cassatte tape! Ugh.

My absolute worse case of mis-ordering was bidding and winning on what I thought was the OCR of JENNIE on eBay and it turned out to be a Playbill.  D'oi!
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Re: THINGS THAT GO BUMP IN THE NIGHT
« Reply #97 on: October 31, 2008, 12:15:13 PM »
Quote from: Ron Pulliam on October 31, 2008, 11:47:21 AM
Quote from: Dan (the Man) on October 31, 2008, 11:36:21 AM
I came back to the office to fine the strangest of all Amazon packages.  In the first one I opened, there was the Truman Capote's A CHRISTMAS MEMORY DVD I mentioned the other day.  But it looks like a bootleg that you would buy at a flea market--plain see-through case with no artwork--just a plain printed label with a barcode.  The DVD is the same with a very generically printed label.  I take more time making labels on my home-made DVDs.  I'm not holding out much hope for the overall viewing quality of this DVD.

This DVD is in black-and-white, yes?  I'd read that ABC could not locate a color master print and that all they had was a black-and-white.  I could have sworn I had this in color on VHS tape at some point, but I may very well be mistaken.

Oh, man--yeah, I just watched the beginning--it's in black and white and it's full of spots and scratches.  It's worse that my home made copy!

Can this order get any worse?  I'm afraid to open the Dave Brubeck CD that was the third item in it.  I wonder what can be wrong with that?

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Re: THINGS THAT GO BUMP IN THE NIGHT
« Reply #98 on: October 31, 2008, 12:29:58 PM »
Quote from: DakotaCelt on October 31, 2008, 09:32:01 AM
If i remember correctly Suzy Quatro played Leather Tuscadero  and Roz Kelly played Pinky Tuscadero.

According to IMDB... Roz has not done a lot since the 1980s.  they were biker girls...

I have the London cast recording of Annie Get Your Gun with Suzi Quatro.



Just had to share. :)
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« Reply #99 on: October 31, 2008, 12:30:17 PM »
A Very Happy Birthday to DR Jose's DB Mike!! ;D
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« Reply #100 on: October 31, 2008, 12:30:33 PM »
GRATUITOUS POST #100!

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Re: THINGS THAT GO BUMP IN THE NIGHT
« Reply #101 on: October 31, 2008, 12:31:08 PM »

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Re: THINGS THAT GO BUMP IN THE NIGHT
« Reply #102 on: October 31, 2008, 12:35:54 PM »
MEdia Check (slightly revised...)

iPod:  ROBERTA (1952 Studio Cast) and Leonard Berstein's MASS

Tivo:  WHITE ZOMBIE (1932)--Looks scarrrry!

DVD:  a couple of episodes of THE DAYS AND NIGHTS OF MOLLY DODD
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Re: THINGS THAT GO BUMP IN THE NIGHT
« Reply #103 on: October 31, 2008, 12:38:11 PM »
Quote from: elmore3003 on October 31, 2008, 06:26:35 AM
...edits on the Appendix numbers...

They're preparing "ER - The Musical"?

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Re: THINGS THAT GO BUMP IN THE NIGHT
« Reply #104 on: October 31, 2008, 12:44:30 PM »
Quote from: Ron Pulliam on October 31, 2008, 10:35:57 AM

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Re: THINGS THAT GO BUMP IN THE NIGHT
« Reply #105 on: October 31, 2008, 12:58:02 PM »
Quote from: George on October 31, 2008, 12:29:58 PM

I have the London cast recording of Annie Get Your Gun with Suzi Quatro

George, I am sure your have the [name of city] cast recording of [name of show] with [name of star].

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« Reply #106 on: October 31, 2008, 12:58:35 PM »
Quote from: DERBRUCER on October 31, 2008, 12:58:02 PM
Quote from: George on October 31, 2008, 12:29:58 PM

I have the London cast recording of Annie Get Your Gun with Suzi Quatro

George, I am sure your have the [name of city] cast recording of [name of show] with [name of star].

der Brucer

Why, yes I do! ;D
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Re: THINGS THAT GO BUMP IN THE NIGHT
« Reply #107 on: October 31, 2008, 01:00:15 PM »
Quote from: Dan (the Man) on October 31, 2008, 11:03:20 AM
Finally back from the Phillies Victory Parade.  The crowd was HUGE and we were packed like sardines on the sidewalk. But it was a very cool crowd and we all had a great time!

GO PHILLIES!



I will have to ask Craig if they went.  I suspect Yogi would not have liked the crowds so they passed.

GO PHILLIES!!! :)
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Re: THINGS THAT GO BUMP IN THE NIGHT
« Reply #108 on: October 31, 2008, 01:00:31 PM »
CRITTER WATCHING TIME

Buster - keeping a lookout


Buster - taking a break



Buster- windering what's next



Mikey - just being Mikey





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Re: THINGS THAT GO BUMP IN THE NIGHT
« Reply #109 on: October 31, 2008, 01:01:51 PM »
A man was walking home alone late one foggy night when, from  behind him,  he heard:


BUMP...


BUMP...


BUMP...

Walking faster, he looked back and through the fog he made out the image of an upright casket banging its way down the middle of the street toward him.


BUMP...


BUMP...


BUMP...


Terrified, the man began running toward his home, the casket bouncing quickly behind him


FASTER...


FASTER...


BUMP...


BUMP...


BUMP...


He ran to his door, fumbled with his keys, opened the door, rushed in and slammed and locked the door behind him.


Nevetheless, the casket crashed through his door, with the lid of the casket clapping


Clappity-BUMP...


Clappity-BUMP...


Clappity-BUMP...


The terrified man rushed upstairs to the bathroom and locked himself in.  His heart was pounding; his head was reeling; his breathing was reduced to sobbing gasps.


With a loud CRASH the casket broke through the door.


It BUMPED and Clapped toward him.


The man screamed and reached for something........anything......but all he could grab was a bottle of cough syrup!


Desperate, he threw the cough syrup at the casket...


and, to his ultimate disbelief...











The coffin stopped!

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Re: THINGS THAT GO BUMP IN THE NIGHT
« Reply #110 on: October 31, 2008, 01:03:40 PM »
Quote from: DERBRUCER on October 31, 2008, 12:44:30 PM
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President, Congress people, local judges, city council, city measures, and a slew of propositions including the hateful hate-sponsored Proposition 8.
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« Reply #111 on: October 31, 2008, 01:03:41 PM »
And where is the rest of the tribe, you ask:

Fletcher - all abrim with excitement:




Bonnie - supervising the back yard



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Re: THINGS THAT GO BUMP IN THE NIGHT
« Reply #112 on: October 31, 2008, 01:10:56 PM »
Quote from: Dan (the Man) on October 31, 2008, 11:36:21 AM
I came back to the office to find the strangest of all Amazon packages.  In the first one I opened, there was the Truman Capote's A CHRISTMAS MEMORY DVD I mentioned the other day.  But it looks like a bootleg that you would buy at a flea market--plain see-through case with no artwork--just a plain printed label with a barcode.  The DVD is the same with a very generically printed label.  I take more time making labels on my home-made DVDs.  I'm not holding out much hope for the overall viewing quality of this DVD.

I was puzzled by the size of the other package--I was expecting it to hold just a CD but it was large enough for a calander.  I ordered what I thought was a special edition of Janelle Monae's METROPOLIS but it turned out to be an LP.  Two LPs actually--somehow I must have ordered two copies.  Oy!  It's no fun going senile...

It may indeed be a bootleg, but the real McCoy is available on DVD.
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« Reply #113 on: October 31, 2008, 01:13:47 PM »
ABC may not be able to locate the coilor master, but I taped it off some cable channel eons ago and showed it to my 9th graders for many years, and the recording I had was in color.
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« Reply #114 on: October 31, 2008, 01:14:52 PM »
It warmed up a bit outside, but I can't get the house warm for some reason by keeping windows and doors opened, so I closed everything. I'll turn up the heat if I need to later tonight.
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« Reply #115 on: October 31, 2008, 01:16:10 PM »
I began by watching last night's THE OFFICE. Some funny stuff indeed, and looks like it was Amy Ryan's last episode. So sad to see her go because she and Steve Carrell made a daffy pair, perfect for each other.
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« Reply #116 on: October 31, 2008, 01:17:40 PM »
30 ROCK had Megan Mullally as a guest star, and there were a couple of laughs (Will Arnet was also guest starring), but as usual, the show for me just can't match the droll humor of THE OFFICE.
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« Reply #117 on: October 31, 2008, 01:23:53 PM »
I spent a majority of my afternoon watching NOELLE, a CHristmas-themed crisis of faith movie that was completely mediocre. Written, produced, directed, and starring David Wall and featuring his entire family: wife playing an unwed pregnant woman, daughter playing the title character, and another child or two in other roles along with other people named Wall in the credits. My gosh was it poorly put together. A bunch of plots barely held together by some thread about a Catholic church putting on a live nativity play.

Luckily, it was just the movie, no bonus features.
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« Reply #118 on: October 31, 2008, 01:26:04 PM »
When it was done, I began watching the Blu-ray of LIVE AND LET DIE. Never one of my favorite Bonds with bad acting and makeup effects that are so terrible the BIG REVEAL isn't the least bit surprising.

The Blu-ray looks excellent, and the DTS-HD Master Audio is the best the film has ever sounded. I only got 14 chapters in so I'll pick up with Chapter 15 at some point.
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« Reply #119 on: October 31, 2008, 01:26:51 PM »
I ended my afternoon skimming through today's AS THE WORLD TURNS. Nothing, but Luke and Noah were in the previews for next week.
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