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« Reply #150 on: May 22, 2004, 07:53:59 PM »
François French wine is so good.  I'm sure much better than what I had tonight.

Matt H-I'm shocked.  Our son, at the age of 11, named his gerbil Frisco in honor of the song.  I believe we had just watched the movie.  He named the second gerbil Ditto.
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« Reply #151 on: May 22, 2004, 07:56:30 PM »
SWW I don't believe you mentioned the name of the store you will be working at.  Does it just have the one theme?

I'm so happy my mouse is working again. :)
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« Reply #152 on: May 22, 2004, 07:57:48 PM »
Boy, I'm glad he did not choose Alice and Faye!!!
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« Reply #153 on: May 22, 2004, 07:58:07 PM »
Alice had such a mellow croon. She was the female Perry Como.
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« Reply #154 on: May 22, 2004, 07:59:36 PM »
Quote from: Jane on May 22, 2004, 07:56:30 PM


I'm so happy my mouse is working again. :)

Of course! You were using one of the gerbils before!! The wine, you know, the wine!! :D
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« Reply #155 on: May 22, 2004, 08:00:21 PM »
I just read that President Bush sustained minor cuts, scrapes, and bruises by falling off of his bicycle on his ranch today.

Another reporter quoted opponent Kerry as saying that the President must have taken off the training wheels.
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« Reply #156 on: May 22, 2004, 08:01:54 PM »
Quote from: Matt H. on May 22, 2004, 07:58:07 PM
Alice had such a mellow croon. She was the female Perry Como.

Perry who??????

Como was the one who introduced Caterina Valente to American audiences on his show!

She's also very famous for FRENEZY, VOLARE and PIGALLE!
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« Reply #157 on: May 22, 2004, 08:02:19 PM »
Maybe he fell off the bike when he heard Michael Moore had won the top prize at Cannes for his anti-Bush film.

Just thinking aloud here.  :D
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« Reply #158 on: May 22, 2004, 08:03:48 PM »
Quote from: Matt H. on May 22, 2004, 08:00:21 PM
I just read that President Bush sustained minor cuts, scrapes, and bruises by falling off of his bicycle on his ranch today.

Another reporter quoted opponent Kerry as saying that the President must have taken off the training wheels.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Must have been when he was told that MM's film won the Palme d'Or in Cannes! No doubt!! ;D
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« Reply #159 on: May 22, 2004, 08:06:35 PM »
Goodnight, off to watch ?
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« Reply #160 on: May 22, 2004, 08:06:39 PM »
My!!!

Great Kimlet minds think alike!!!
Wow!
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« Reply #161 on: May 22, 2004, 08:08:45 PM »
Good night Jane!
Good night, Keith!
Good night, Frisco!
Good night, Ditto!
Good night, Echo!

Say good night, Gracie!
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« Reply #162 on: May 22, 2004, 08:30:06 PM »
Speaking of Mr. Perry Como - I love him.  What a crooner.  I can listen to him for hours and hours.  I'm watching a spiffy war movie entitled Morituri with Marlon Brando and Yul Brynner.  
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« Reply #163 on: May 22, 2004, 08:39:54 PM »
Welcome seven GUESTS.  We are havin' a partay.
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« Reply #164 on: May 22, 2004, 08:43:51 PM »
My error - welcome ten GUESTS.

Pogue: I totally forgot about the book fair - I would have shown up today.  Tomorrow I won't be able to as I'm seeing Urinetown at one.
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« Reply #165 on: May 22, 2004, 08:45:04 PM »
I like Como and I'm crazy about Vic Damone!
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« Reply #166 on: May 22, 2004, 08:47:38 PM »
Quote from: Jane on May 22, 2004, 07:56:30 PM
SWW I don't believe you mentioned the name of the store you will be working at.  Does it just have the one theme?

I'm so happy my mouse is working again. :)
I'll be at Kitchen Collection.  It's a national chain that sells smaller kitchen tools and appliances, mostly located at outlet malls.  Rehoboth, having three malls, has two KC branches; I'll be at the "smaller" one.  

Currently, the store's objective is to improve customer service.  On the national level (and this is where the homework pays off, or I wouldn't have known this) there are worries that the gas price increase will cut into sales.  If people aren't willing to drive to the store destinations, they can't buy what we have to offer.  This puts even more pressure on knowing the product, so that the customer can have confidence in what they're buying.  We're likely to have only one chance to work with the customer and help them make a purchase they're satisfied with.

I've already discussed with my new boss ways to increase sales with local customers.  It turns out that while Rehoboth is known for it's restaurants, the closest restaurant equipment store is an hour drive away.  If we can get the chefs to think of us first when they need "stuff", it'll be better for both them and for us.

And so on, and the rest is just business.
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« Reply #167 on: May 22, 2004, 09:14:52 PM »
Quote from: bk on May 22, 2004, 07:29:26 PM
I thought we HAD this conversation already, S. Woody, about it being der Brucer's copy.  In fact, I know we did.  My question remains simple - why even buy the book if you don't care to read it?  I really do find it irksome, which probably delights you, so go ahead and be delighted.  My memory is that you enjoyed the first two, so I just guess I'm at a loss.  I understand your prepping for your job, but that is new and I do believe you've had the book for quite some time.  Ultimately, it matters not whether you read it or you don't read it - I just find it extremely peculiar that you pay money for something and then it just sits there like so much fish.  I'll tell you what -you can even return it and I'll refund your money - that way, neither you nor I ever have to think about it again.  How's that?
With the first two books, I had a lot more time for reading.  Four hours on public transportation to and from work can make for a LOT of time.

No, we're not going to return the book.  That would also entail returning the CD, and I happen to like Guy Haines' voice too much to do that.  I like the news songs, too.

Now, back to the question: Which shows did you see when you were a teenager?  No, really!  I'm sure there are a lot of lurkers out there who haven't read Kritzertime, either, so a list from you would be a good idea, regardless of my reading habits.  If we have such a list to work from, maybe we can figure out what those shows don't have in common with the current "obsession" shows.

For example, you've already mentioned Stop the World, I Want to Get Off.  In a lot of ways, this show is almost anti-romantic.  Littlechap gets trapped in marriage, cheats on his wife (several times), is generally not a likable character, and dies.  Nope, this is not something young women are going to identify with.  Nor are young men.  Aside from the hit songs, it doesn't have that "obsession" quality that could make teenagers say "Oh, that was so wonderful!" and squeal with delight.

So, what other examples can you give us?
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« Reply #168 on: May 22, 2004, 09:37:15 PM »
They're filming scenes for a movie down the street. I read the parking notices...apparently it's the new Sidney Pollack movie "The Enterpreter" starring Ms. Nicole Kidman and Mr. Sean Penn. Isn't that exciting? Isn't it too too?
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« Reply #169 on: May 22, 2004, 09:39:43 PM »
That's the only show I saw multiple times.  Other favorites of the era - Unsinkable Molly Brown, a couple of Billy Barnes revues, A Family Affair, A Thurber Carnival, The Tenth Man, Under the Yum Yum Tree (I actually saw that show about six times), Virginia Woolf, Oh, Dad, Poor Dad, etc.
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« Reply #170 on: May 22, 2004, 10:18:20 PM »
Chill, BK, the book fair is next weekend in Pasadena...unless there was one this week somewhere I don't know about.

We listened to BOUNCE tonight.  The lovely wife Julieanne's reaction was almost dead-on to yours, BK.  After she'd made her comments, I gave her your critique from the site.  She now loves you all the more.

Me, I just wish there was like one song you could hear on the radio out of context from the show.
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« Reply #171 on: May 22, 2004, 10:22:22 PM »
Whew, I thought I'd missed it.  Nothing will keep me from going next week.

I just had me some wonderful C.C. Brown's hot fudge.  Yummilicious.
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« Reply #172 on: May 22, 2004, 10:40:21 PM »
BK, I forgot to mention that The Lovely Wife agreed with on BOUNCE (she kept calling out various deriative sections as "Merrily!", "Assassins!", "Little Night Music!") and she's pretty close to being a bit of a Sondhead. She'd arm-wrestle you over the merits of PASSION, one that has always left me curiously passionless.  I don't have close to the ear either of you have, but, like you, Sweeney is the epitome.
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« Reply #173 on: May 22, 2004, 10:51:42 PM »
Quote from: bk on May 22, 2004, 09:39:43 PM
That's the only show I saw multiple times.  Other favorites of the era - Unsinkable Molly Brown, a couple of Billy Barnes revues, A Family Affair, A Thurber Carnival, The Tenth Man, Under the Yum Yum Tree (I actually saw that show about six times), Virginia Woolf, Oh, Dad, Poor Dad, etc.
Interesting, because the film of Unsinkable Molly Brown was borderline obsession material for young women my sister's age.  Had all the elements: strong heroine to empathize with, who wins the heart of her highly swoonworthy man, then has to win him all over again.  

Maybe young people were just better behaved back then.  Or maybe theater wasn't cool.  Or movie theaters had better air conditioning.

I'm not familiar enough with Yum Yum Tree to comment.  The others don't strike me as shows most young people would want to see, as far as identification purposes go.  Let's face it, you probably were the youngest person in the audience most times.   :-\

The only film I went to see multiple times (stage being out of the question) was Richard Lester's Three Musketeers.  It was basically a guy version of a chick flick.  The plot?  Young man falls in with a group of slightly older fellows, who take him in as a buddy.  He also wins the heart of a lovely woman, and gets to perform feats of daring-do in the process.  Yep, definately a guy version of a chick flick, but we don't have a word for that yet.  And yep, I identified with the young hero.

I also just nutshelled the plot for the originalStar Wars.  No wonder that film became such a hit.
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« Reply #174 on: May 22, 2004, 11:03:02 PM »
Quote from: Charles Pogue on May 22, 2004, 10:18:20 PM
We listened to BOUNCE tonight. ...Me, I just wish there was like one song you could hear on the radio out of context from the show.
Der Brucer and I saw Bounce in DC.  Our reaction was pretty much the same.  But I'll probably get the CD anyway.  (Red cover, to match the programme, t-shirt, and coffee mug.)
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« Reply #175 on: May 22, 2004, 11:11:24 PM »
As I said in an earlier post, I WAS the only young person in the audience at any of the shows I saw.  
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« Reply #176 on: May 22, 2004, 11:36:04 PM »
Quote from: Jane on May 22, 2004, 07:56:30 PM
SWW I don't believe you mentioned the name of the store you will be working at.  Does it just have the one theme?

I'm so happy my mouse is working again. :)

Jane -- Why did you call SWW your mouse?
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« Reply #177 on: May 22, 2004, 11:42:30 PM »
Great, now I'm going to have nightmares about this Adonai-zilla.

I distinctly remember bicycling to the Shubert theatre in Century City to see Grease, alone.  In fact, the lady in the seat next to me commented on how unusual it was to see a 13-year-old (or however old I was) attending a show alone.  But, it would never occur to me to see a show more than once.  Not as a teen, and not now.  Sometimes, I'll see something and think of someone who, I think, would really like the show, so I'll take them and see it again.   Metamorphoses was so romantic, for instance, I had to go back with Joy when she got back from her national tour.

A lot of people at my high school were plenty obsessed with theatre.  One year (freshman, I think) I read virtually every play in the school's library.

We threw a party tonight, and now, 8 hours after the first guest arrived, there are still guests here.  And they're having "girl talk" which means they've closed the door on me.
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« Reply #178 on: May 22, 2004, 11:49:42 PM »
Well, have all the 'girls' come and post when they're through.

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« Reply #179 on: May 22, 2004, 11:50:47 PM »
And welcome to our two newest registered users, nychick and doraemma.  Methinks they're here for the journal.  Still, welcome to our world.
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