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« Reply #30 on: January 13, 2009, 07:10:24 AM »

Page Two--this will do.

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« Reply #31 on: January 13, 2009, 07:10:43 AM »

PAGE TWO TINA FEY DANCE:

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« Reply #32 on: January 13, 2009, 07:16:02 AM »

I hear that sometimes, Dan-the-Man.
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« Reply #33 on: January 13, 2009, 07:19:11 AM »

Tuesday morning greetings!  I just saw Richard off to London (Ohio) for church business and I'm trying to figure out how to spend my day.

The title of today's notes reminds me of the only community theater show I did after DR Elmore (my favorite director) left town - Company.  I played Sarah and the oaf who played Harry was absolutely certain that "a piece of Mahler's" referred to candy.
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« Reply #34 on: January 13, 2009, 07:21:55 AM »

Happiest of birthdays to DR TPunk!
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« Reply #35 on: January 13, 2009, 07:26:05 AM »

Good morning!

Colder this morning but we should have about the same high temps today as yesterdya - 50. Then, we get colder for a couple of days. It's brightly overcast right now, a curious phenomenon.
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« Reply #36 on: January 13, 2009, 07:28:26 AM »

On TV Tonight!™

CBS - NCIS, THE MENTALIST, WITHOUT A TRACE
NBC - THE BIGGEST LOSER, LAW & ORDER: SVU
ABC - HOMELAND SECURITY USA, SCRUBS, PRIMETIME
FOX - AMERICAN IDOL (two hours)
CW  - 90210, PRIVILEGED
FX   - NIP/TUCK
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« Reply #37 on: January 13, 2009, 07:31:44 AM »

No AMERICAN IDOL for me at least until the Hollywood rounds. This is exactly how I did it last year (though I did watch the audition round held in Charleston, SC since I'm a native of SC and have been to Charleston many times). I'm going to be curious to see how Paula reacts to another female on the panel over the course of the season.
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« Reply #38 on: January 13, 2009, 07:34:06 AM »

Happy Happy Birthday to DR TPunk!!
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« Reply #39 on: January 13, 2009, 07:35:05 AM »

Much as I dread it, I'll be working on NATIONAL LAMPOON'S STONED AGE today, and frankly will be glad to get it out of the way. Sad to say, 2008 was not a kind year for live action Paramount comedies. I've had to suffer this year through STRANGE WILDERNESS, DRILLBIT TAYLOR, and THE LOVE GURU plus the direct-to-video WITHOUT A PADDLE: NATURE'S CALLING and from other studios DISASTER MOVIE, COLLEGE ROAD TRIP, and THE WOMEN, and not a half dozen funny jokes among the lot of them.
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« Reply #40 on: January 13, 2009, 08:11:08 AM »

Happy Birthday DR TPUNK!
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« Reply #41 on: January 13, 2009, 08:12:12 AM »

Edmund Purdom was also in TITANIC with Barbara Stanwyck and Clifton Webb, playing Herbert Lightoller, who was played by Kenneth More in A NIGHT TO REMEMBER.
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« Reply #42 on: January 13, 2009, 08:29:55 AM »

I had read about Edmond Purdom's passing and while he was never a great actor or a great star, it's still sad to be losing all of these famous names from their 1950s heydays.
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« Reply #43 on: January 13, 2009, 08:30:30 AM »

I'm heading down now to check the mail and then get lunch started.

WBBL.
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« Reply #44 on: January 13, 2009, 08:36:17 AM »

Good morning, all! The things I miss when I sign off: I see that DR FJL is heading into a recording studio to skewer Mr Piven and DR cillaliz has joined the anti-Tina Fey groupies for her dead-center brilliant twist on a Baked Alaskan, now that the object of my scorn has denounced Ms Fey to the press for doing her job too well. The coven is in an uproar, I guess, and good for Ms Fey to fight back. What a busy night!

That sets me wondering: have any other nominees in the past pissed and moaned publicly about how comic.

I love it that Fey reads the internet.  I think her identifying certain internet flamers by name was brilliant.  I think some folks need to be acknowledged for the ugly things they write on the internet. 

There's always someone looking for someone/something to vilify, and that sometimes makes the internet a very pissy place.

I think Alec Baldwin should just laugh and laugh every time he wins an award for "30 Rock" or makes a TV appearance and thank Bill O'Reilly for declaring his career "dead."

Sean Penn was one of those O'Reilly condemned to a career death, too...before he won his Oscar!

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Re: A PIECE OF MAHLER'S
« Reply #45 on: January 13, 2009, 08:38:01 AM »

Today will be another warm, warm day in the Bay Area.  Blue skies, temps in the mid 70s, and no rain in sight until, possibly, late in the month.
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« Reply #46 on: January 13, 2009, 08:39:27 AM »

My local PBS station (KQED) has been airing "The Story of India"  -- showing two parts on Monday evenings the past two weeks.  It's a six-part series and it's spectacular in high def.

I pre-ordered the BD version on Amazon this morning.
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« Reply #47 on: January 13, 2009, 08:42:09 AM »

My local PBS station (KQED) has been airing "The Story of India"  -- showing two parts on Monday evenings the past two weeks.  It's a six-part series and it's spectacular in high def.

I pre-ordered the BD version on Amazon this morning.

I mentioned this last week--it is beautiful.  MBarnum should be watching.
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« Reply #48 on: January 13, 2009, 08:43:14 AM »

My local PBS station (KQED) has been airing "The Story of India"  -- showing two parts on Monday evenings the past two weeks.  It's a six-part series and it's spectacular in high def.

I pre-ordered the BD version on Amazon this morning.

I mentioned this last week--it is beautiful.  MBarnum should be watching.

I, mentioned the term "moksha" last week, but never referenced where I'd heard it.  One of the episodes went into great detail about Buddha and wheels and paths and such esoteric stuff as that.

It's a really good series.
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« Reply #49 on: January 13, 2009, 09:09:11 AM »

I think I pretty much knew what Sondheim meant when I first heard "a piece of Mahler's" but I took it to heart that it was how then-trendy (early 70's) chic New Yorkers talked.  And while I don't think I ever actually used the phrase myself, I'm sure in the back of my mind I thought I was taking in "a piece of Beethoven's" or "a piece of Tchiakovsky's" everytime I attended an orchestra concert.
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« Reply #50 on: January 13, 2009, 09:15:04 AM »

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« Reply #51 on: January 13, 2009, 09:15:58 AM »

Or a piece of Berlin.
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« Reply #52 on: January 13, 2009, 09:20:38 AM »

~~~Vibes for DR vixmom...'just because'~~~
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« Reply #53 on: January 13, 2009, 09:22:54 AM »

I'm guessing Missy Karen will return to post when she starts experiencing snark withdrawal!  ;)
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« Reply #54 on: January 13, 2009, 09:23:30 AM »

I hope TPunk's birthday is joyous and that she is in good health.
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« Reply #55 on: January 13, 2009, 09:27:43 AM »

I'm up, I'm up.  Looks like another warm and pretty day outside, therefore I'll try to be jogging in about thirty minutes.
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Re: A PIECE OF MAHLER'S
« Reply #56 on: January 13, 2009, 09:39:27 AM »

I'm guessing Missy Karen will return to post when she starts experiencing snark withdrawal!  ;)

Or maybe she's busy reading this:

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« Reply #57 on: January 13, 2009, 09:47:07 AM »

Der B is busy watching as many extra goodies as he can find on the Dark Knight BD.  There are plenty of them.

I was hoping to take a jaunt into town today, just because we haven't been in to town for a while.  Dang.
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« Reply #58 on: January 13, 2009, 09:51:58 AM »

BK, yesterday, I received the original cast recording to Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up?  Thanks!
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« Reply #59 on: January 13, 2009, 09:54:09 AM »

Anthony will be leaving for a journey back to Wisconsin on about February 5th or 6th to do The Fantasticks at Fireside Dinner Theatre. He will be there until April 20th.

I will be heading out to Fort Atkinson, via Madison on March 27th to see said Anthony in said production. I will return to New York on March 31. I am officially booked with a very good ticket price and a nonstop flight. Let's hope the weather holds out until March 27.

What part is he playing?
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