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Re: FEBRUARY WITH AN R
« Reply #30 on: February 01, 2009, 05:58:28 AM »

But duck when Kathryn faces forward!  ;D ;D

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« Reply #31 on: February 01, 2009, 05:58:47 AM »

Above Page Two Kathryn Grayson expansion dance.
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Re: FEBRUARY WITH AN R
« Reply #32 on: February 01, 2009, 06:10:14 AM »

Happy Birthday to DR Kerry.

Happy Birthday to Donald!
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Re: FEBRUARY WITH AN R
« Reply #33 on: February 01, 2009, 06:12:05 AM »

I don't think i will be back to post today. My niece is upstairs watching a dora movie. And i have 20 minutes to read my email, take a shower, get dressed and prepare my dish for tonight's Super Bowl party!

My brother-in-law is a huge steelers fan. So i will probably cheer for them. Although we do a football pool. So i'd like to win that (won't know the numbers i get till tonight).

Happy Super Bowl day!
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Re: FEBRUARY WITH AN R
« Reply #34 on: February 01, 2009, 06:46:45 AM »

Happiest of Birthdays to my almost birthday buddy, Kerry!

And the same to the best radio host in the world, Donald F!
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Re: FEBRUARY WITH AN R
« Reply #35 on: February 01, 2009, 06:53:16 AM »

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO DONALD FELTHAM

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO KERRY
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Re: FEBRUARY WITH AN R
« Reply #36 on: February 01, 2009, 06:54:15 AM »

And a very very very
Happy birthday to dear Kerry

(OK, it's not great, but it rhymes)


Maybe you colud work in a variation of Mary, merry and marry. . . .
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« Reply #37 on: February 01, 2009, 06:55:30 AM »

HAPPY NATAL DAY YOU DR KERRY, YOU!
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« Reply #38 on: February 01, 2009, 07:00:53 AM »

Happy Birthday to the Donald. Well, maybe not "The" Donald. But a Donald.

Happy Birthday to a Donald!!!!!!!!!!!!
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« Reply #39 on: February 01, 2009, 07:09:48 AM »

I would think that I would Kerry's Birthday off from work....but no such luck.
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« Reply #40 on: February 01, 2009, 07:13:32 AM »

Good morning, all! Today is the 150th birthday of Victor Herbert, America's great Irish-American composer, and one of the creators of our musical theatre heritage. While some of his short pieces remain in the concert repertoire, larger works like the wonderful cello concertos and the tone poem "Hero and Leander" get only sporadic performances. Like Sir Arthur Sullivan, he was born in Ireland, trained in Germany, and moved to a large metropolis to achieve fame. In Herbert's case, it was a ticket to New York to play cello - like Jacques Offenbach he was a virtuoso cellist - in the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. He was conductor for several years of the Pittsburgh Symphony, a Victor recording artist with the Victor Herbert Orchestra, and a mostly-forgotten musical theatre composer who wrote for all forms of turn-of-the-century musical theatre from opera to revue:
     MADELEINE and NATOMA (opera)
     THE MAGIC KNIGHT (parody opera)
     EILEEN, NAUGHTY MARIETTA, THE MADCAP DUCHESS, SWEETHEARTS (romantic operetta)
     THE RED MILL, MLLE MODISTE. THE LADY OF THE SLIPPER, IT HAPPENED IN NORDLAND (musical comedy)
      BABES IN TOYLAND, WONDERLAND (extravaganza)

I think he was, unlike Arthur Sullivan, looking for a WS Gilbert who never arrived, but he worked with the best of the Broadway set, who turn worked with other greats from Oscar Hammerstein II to Jerome Kern.  While not all of his shows would play well today and the quality of their scores can be inconsistent, second-rate Herbert is often better than some of the first-rate folk writing today.  Take 5 minutes out of your tme today and listen to something Victor Herbert wrote, from the sentimental nostalgia of "Toyland" to the piquant quaintness of the "March of the Toys," from the grandiose flights of "The Italian Street Song" to the Vaudeville knockabout of "The Streets of New York."

My favorite Victor Herbert number is "Barney O'Flynn" from BABES IN TOYLAND, an "Irish" song with a great swing and yearning subtext, but I'm partial to his two "Mignonette" songs, one cut from BABES and another in THE RED MILL, a very funny musical for two comedians. Happy birthday, Victor!
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« Reply #41 on: February 01, 2009, 07:15:15 AM »

The squirrels came back to the Sunflower Seeds today.

And so I am off to work.
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« Reply #42 on: February 01, 2009, 07:15:57 AM »

Happy Birthday Victor Herbert!
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« Reply #43 on: February 01, 2009, 07:22:46 AM »

Today, I am working on my income taxes. I slept badly last night and I woke with an achey and stiff neck. I'll spend my day tallying receipts at my desk and lying on a heating pad.

Last night I watched my new DVD of THE BEGGAR'S OPERA and finished the evening by weeping though the beauty of the 1955 broadcast of AMAHL AND THE NIGHT VISITORS.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Birthday Greetings to DR Kerry and Donald Feltham !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And now I have to replace a lightbulb. Oy!
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Re: FEBRUARY WITH AN R
« Reply #44 on: February 01, 2009, 07:27:55 AM »

Thank you all for the birthday wishes; you really are my family of choice!

To celebrate I will totally ignore all football and especially the Superbowl!
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« Reply #45 on: February 01, 2009, 07:29:11 AM »

My mouse is sticky!   OY!
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Re: FEBRUARY WITH AN R
« Reply #46 on: February 01, 2009, 07:31:52 AM »

I would think that I would Kerry's Birthday off from work....but no such luck.
Go ahead. Show them what a sexy and strong man you are!
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Re: FEBRUARY WITH AN R
« Reply #47 on: February 01, 2009, 07:34:37 AM »

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO DONALD FELTHAM



Of course!
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Re: FEBRUARY WITH AN R
« Reply #48 on: February 01, 2009, 07:42:37 AM »

But duck when Kathryn faces forward!  ;D ;D



LOL! Even Ava Gardner conceded that Kathryn had the biggest bust in Hollywood.
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Re: FEBRUARY WITH AN R
« Reply #49 on: February 01, 2009, 07:45:31 AM »

DR Elmore:

I must shame-facedly admit that I didn't realize Victor Herbert wrote my favorite Jeanette MacDonald aria "The Italian Street Song."
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Re: FEBRUARY WITH AN R
« Reply #50 on: February 01, 2009, 07:46:40 AM »

Good morning!

Another beautiful day and supposed to be a tiny bit warmer (though it didn't feel like it when I went outside for the newspaper this morning). Argh! Not a cloud in the sky, but we're supposed to have rain tomorrow.
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« Reply #51 on: February 01, 2009, 07:47:18 AM »

I cannot and will not believe that it is now February! What happened to January? What happened to 2008?

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Re: FEBRUARY WITH AN R
« Reply #52 on: February 01, 2009, 07:50:00 AM »

On TV Tonight!™

NBC - SUPER BOWL XLIII, THE OFFICE (one hour episode)
ABC - WIPEOUT (reruns) followed by WIPEOUT BOWL I
CBS - 60 MINUTES

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« Reply #53 on: February 01, 2009, 07:52:03 AM »

As I mentioned last night, I'll be working today on THE EXTERMINATING ANGEL, a film by Luis Buñuel. I've never seen it, and from what I've read, it's quite surreal, so it should be an interesting afternoon. It's not very long, but it is a two disc set which suggests many extras that will likely take me much of the afternoon and evening.
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« Reply #54 on: February 01, 2009, 07:53:41 AM »

For viewing while I eat my lunch today, I have these options: Wednesday's LIFE ON MARS, Thursday's SMALLVILLE, and Friday's MONK. It'll likely be the latter, and the other two tonight when I've finished my work project.
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« Reply #55 on: February 01, 2009, 07:54:15 AM »

! ! ! ! !  HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO DR KERRY  ! ! ! ! !
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« Reply #56 on: February 01, 2009, 07:54:55 AM »

! ! ! ! !  HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO DONALD FELTHAM  ! ! ! ! !
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« Reply #57 on: February 01, 2009, 07:56:05 AM »

Happy Birthday to Radio Host Donald Feltham!!!
Happy Birthday to DR Kerry!!!
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« Reply #58 on: February 01, 2009, 07:57:17 AM »

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DONALD FELTHAM!
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« Reply #59 on: February 01, 2009, 07:57:54 AM »

My mouse is sticky!   OY!

Speculations are endless . . .
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