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« Reply #90 on: February 05, 2010, 11:55:44 AM »

Topic of the Day:

On my DVR:  TV shows that I haven't watched:  Fringe, Human Target, The Bonnie Hunt Show and a few other things that I can't remember

In my DVD player:  Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny from Netflix

In my CD player now:  the original Broadway cast recordings of Candide, Chicago, Company, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Follies and Grease
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« Reply #91 on: February 05, 2010, 11:56:44 AM »

Is anybody else going to a Super Bowl party and what are you making?

I'm not watching the Super Bowl, nor going to a party nor making party food.  I'll probably watching TV shows that I've recorded and not yet watched.  Or I may watch episodes of the Futurama Complete Collection that I just got. :)

Otherwise, PAGE FOUR FUTURAMA DANCE!!

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« Reply #92 on: February 05, 2010, 12:01:32 PM »

Here's "Evaline McCook" first line of lyric:

Second line:



Larry, I personally think it's definitely "her switch was" for the first three words, which, per my post yesterday, makes sense for a farmgirl.  I need to really look at that fourth word, though.

The fourth word, I'm convinced is "so," but then what the hell does "her switch was so full of hay" mean? What's a switch?
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« Reply #93 on: February 05, 2010, 12:05:07 PM »

Wow, I looked at it and I'm surprised you got that much. It's almost indecipherable to me and that's with zooming in!
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« Reply #94 on: February 05, 2010, 12:11:18 PM »

Here's "Evaline McCook" first line of lyric:

Second line:



Larry, I personally think it's definitely "her switch was" for the first three words, which, per my post yesterday, makes sense for a farmgirl.  I need to really look at that fourth word, though.

The fourth word, I'm convinced is "so," but then what the hell does "her switch was so full of hay" mean? What's a switch?

I think I half jokingly guessed yesterday that that fourth word might be "so."  A switch is another word for a whip, which she would have had for her horse (or husband, lol).
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« Reply #95 on: February 05, 2010, 12:19:53 PM »

Wow, I looked at it and I'm surprised you got that much. It's almost indecipherable to me and that's with zooming in!

;D  I too am amazed.
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« Reply #96 on: February 05, 2010, 12:20:28 PM »

Keith has read worse doing his genealogy research.
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« Reply #97 on: February 05, 2010, 12:23:46 PM »

Wow, I looked at it and I'm surprised you got that much. It's almost indecipherable to me and that's with zooming in!

I'm pretty used to Herbert's writing by now. The word I thought looked like "en" is definitely so: he writes his o's with wings and it can lok like an n. The big word definitely ends in "ch" and it's just lke the "ch" on the end of "catch" earler in the verse.
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« Reply #98 on: February 05, 2010, 12:24:37 PM »

Funny, I thought a switch referred to her hair, but then what is a farm girl doing wearing a hair piece?
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« Reply #99 on: February 05, 2010, 12:26:22 PM »

A switch:

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« Reply #100 on: February 05, 2010, 12:29:11 PM »

Here's "Evaline McCook" first line of lyric:

Second line:



Larry, I personally think it's definitely "her switch was" for the first three words, which, per my post yesterday, makes sense for a farmgirl.  I need to really look at that fourth word, though.

The Oxford American Dictionary gives as one definition of "Switch": a tress of real or false hair.

That would make sense for a country hick, I guess.
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« Reply #101 on: February 05, 2010, 12:30:27 PM »

Funny, I thought a switch referred to her hair, but then what is a farm girl doing wearing a hair piece?

I just posted about that. In 1900, every woman had switches and pads of rags under their hair to achieve those big do's.
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« Reply #102 on: February 05, 2010, 12:30:38 PM »

I don't think I knew about that usage.  Either way, it works.  :)
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« Reply #103 on: February 05, 2010, 12:34:17 PM »

Keith just came home & took a quick glance & immediately read switch.  now he is doing his own stuff.

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« Reply #104 on: February 05, 2010, 12:41:23 PM »

So, I have a new "Evaline McCook" game Here's the final verse that scans the music, if we assume that "switch" is the correct word:

       When Miss Evaline McCook at the city took a look
       There on her a very pleasant lady smiled
       And she said to her, "My dear, will you hold this infant here
       Till I go and buy a biscuit for this child?"
       But Eva answered "Nix! Though such amateurish tricks
       Often catch the country bumpkin and beguile 'em,
       Your child I will not mind so run along and find
       Somebody else to act as an asylum!

       Oh, she was a country girl
       Her switch was so full of hay
       But when she did not know the street, she always knew the way!
       Oh, she was a country girl
       But well did she know her book
       If in search of a jay you had best stay away from Evaline McCook!

Here's the original lyric Herbert was given before he requested alterations to fit his tune:

     When Miss Evaline McCook at the city took a look, 
      A pocket book upon the street she spied;   
      The people passed it by: for ‘twas April fool, that's why   
      To take that pocket book nobody tried.   
      “Ah, an ancient trick like that,”   They remarked. “is quite too flat;   
      That purse is filled with nothing else but hay.”   
      Then up from the cold cold ground   Eva plucked the purse and found   
      The sum of twenty thousand dollars in it.

          Oh, little Eva, nothing could deceive her!   
          Though she was a country girl she knew her little book   
          Oh, little Eva, alone they’d better leave her   
          When into town to spend the day comes Evaline McCook.


Here's the game: how would you rewrite this lyric - you can ignore the refrain since it would stay the same - so the first eight lines scanned like the final version we've been trying to decipher?


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« Reply #105 on: February 05, 2010, 12:44:42 PM »

Thank you all who helped decipher the lyrics. It's greatly appreciated. The winner of the new lyrics for "Evaline McCook" will get a sparkling prize.
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« Reply #106 on: February 05, 2010, 01:06:55 PM »

Thank you all who helped decipher the lyrics. It's greatly appreciated. The winner of the new lyrics for "Evaline McCook" will get a sparkling prize.

Darn...I wish I could've helped. ;)

I saw what others had seen and couldn't think of anything different.
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« Reply #107 on: February 05, 2010, 01:17:48 PM »

Here's "Evaline McCook" first line of lyric:

Second line:



Larry, I personally think it's definitely "her switch was" for the first three words, which, per my post yesterday, makes sense for a farmgirl.  I need to really look at that fourth word, though.

The fourth word, I'm convinced is "so," but then what the hell does "her switch was so full of hay" mean? What's a switch?

Could that second word be "mouth"?
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« Reply #108 on: February 05, 2010, 01:20:40 PM »

I also adored that Barbara Cook-John Raitt SHOW BOAT, and imagine my glee when I got to see her play the part at Lincoln Center. Alas, that was the last time I ever saw Barbara Cook on stage.
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« Reply #109 on: February 05, 2010, 01:20:41 PM »

No snow yet here in Philly.  Not even a flurry...
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« Reply #110 on: February 05, 2010, 01:24:25 PM »

I managed to get three shows watched before I started on my afternoon work project. I began with PROJECT RUNWAY.

Yep, no surprises with the one who was sent home.

As for the three top dresses, I hated the two that didn't win. I would have put BOTH of those in the bottom three rather than the top.

I thought a couple of the safe dresses were actually much more attractive on those ladies than the winner's dress was. But it was definitely the best of the three deemed the top three by the judges.
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« Reply #111 on: February 05, 2010, 01:25:13 PM »

Here's "Evaline McCook" first line of lyric:

Second line:



Larry, I personally think it's definitely "her switch was" for the first three words, which, per my post yesterday, makes sense for a farmgirl.  I need to really look at that fourth word, though.

The fourth word, I'm convinced is "so," but then what the hell does "her switch was so full of hay" mean? What's a switch?

Could that second word be "mouth"?

No, I think DR JMK is correct about "switch," but I think hair being full of hay makes more sense than his whip being full of hay. If it weren't for his suggestion, I never would have gone to the disctionary since I was still trying to fnd an alternative word. I think we can close the first half of the game and proceed to the ;yrics about a purse on the sidewalk.
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« Reply #112 on: February 05, 2010, 01:25:19 PM »

Next I watched LEVERAGE. A great caper involving a fake psychic (played by Luke Perry). Really enjoyed this week's episode.
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« Reply #113 on: February 05, 2010, 01:27:29 PM »

After that I watched THE MENTALIST while I ate lunch. Very enjoyable episode, and I guessed the murderer easily. I did like how well they laid out the clues this week to solving the mystery. You had to look close and pay attention to moments the actors were throwing away (and then later turned out to be important), but that adds to the fun.
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« Reply #114 on: February 05, 2010, 01:28:54 PM »

Next I watched my work project for the day: WALK THE LINE on Blu-ray. A wonderful transfer with superb sound.

Also made me cry on a couple of occasions. I liked this better than RAY in terms of a show biz biography during the first decade of the century.
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« Reply #115 on: February 05, 2010, 01:29:39 PM »

I sampled about 30 minutes of the commentary. Very well done and most interesting. I hope to go back and listen to the whole thing soon since I like the movie so much.
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« Reply #116 on: February 05, 2010, 01:30:51 PM »

Then I began on the other bonus features. 10 deleted scenes, 3 extended versions of songs, a discussion of Johnny Cash's comeback at Folsom, and a making of documentary filmed for TV (with commercial breaks). There are still some additional bonus features I'll get to when I go back down.
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« Reply #117 on: February 05, 2010, 01:41:59 PM »

Sorry, I've been under the weather the last couple of days with allergies. But the doctor has promised his magical shots will do the job and his pills are the panacea I need.

Congrats BK on finishing the book. Wish I had been around for the lyric game. It looked like fun.

TOD:

DVD player: Last two episodes of "Foyle's War."

CD player in the car: Still listening to "Swimming" by Nicola Keegan

CD at home: "Breakfast at Tiffany's" (I've got to hear that "clam dip/damn dip" rhyme in time for Super Bowl Sunday) and "Hannah" because I just haven't heard any Bob Merrill in a while.

All of this is, of course, punctuated by sneezes and coughs.
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« Reply #118 on: February 05, 2010, 01:45:33 PM »

DIVA TALK: Chatting with She Loves Me Tony Nominee and Good Ol' Girls Star Sally Mayes

From the second page:

Question: Any chance of another CD?
Mayes: Well, we've been talking about it a little bit. I have to find a label that wants to do it, because all of my labels seem to be kaput. I want to do a Christmas album before I hang up my vocal chords. [Laughs.] I think that would be really, really fun. Patrick Brady is my genius arranger and partner in all of the stuff we've done all of these years. We have so much fun. We're always coming up with ideas for Christmas stuff and going, "When we do the Christmas album…" [Laughs.]


And then she goes on from there.
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« Reply #119 on: February 05, 2010, 01:56:06 PM »

Jeanne Crain was lovely  but not a compelling actress even in films she received good reviews or, in this case, an Oscar-nomination for.

I enjoyed her best when she was a calming influence in a sea of frantic activity - like Cheaper By the Dozen.

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