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[Jane]

DR George I like your new avatar very much.

[Jane]

And I say, keep the beard.

[Dan (the Man)]

A ninety-three year old man's death would be shocking if he were found wearing an Esther Williams bathing suit.

[JMK]

A ninety-three year old man's death would be shocking if he were found wearing an Esther Williams bathing suit.

Albert Dekker wasn't 93.   

[JMK]

That, DRs, is a joke perhaps only for JR and myself.

[Jane]

And so it goes

Sada Thompson Emmy (Family) and Tony (Twigs)  winning actress passes

RIP

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/06/arts/sada-thompson-actress-known-for-maternal-roles-dies-at-83.html

Oh dear --- I loved her in Family when I was a kid

She was the heart of the show.

[JMK]

And maybe not even for JR.

[MBarnum]

William Campbell, Jackie Cooper and Sada Thompson:

I guess it does come in threes, doesn't it?

Fours, actually, since Yvette Vickers was in the mix as well.

[JMK]

How soon they forget:  what about bin Laden?  

[Druxy]

In any event, where can one find your reviews?

http://pw1.netcom.com/~druxy/bestbets/Best_Bets_on_Laser/The_Kings_Speech.html

Among other places...

[MBarnum]

TOD: Media check:

DVD:
Hopefully I can get to THE JAPANESE WIFE which Netflix sent me a few weeks back

CD:
Assorted latest Arabic pop music that arrived in the mail last week.

DVR:
Last night's OUTSOURCED and THE OFFICE

[John G.]

Okay, I got it!  Who else can guess the name of the song?

The Boy From ....

[George]

I like the new avatar, George.

Thanks, John.

[George]

DR George, I like the new avatar.

Thanks, Larry.

[George]

George

I Like Your New Avatar

Thanks, Arnold.

[George]

!  !  !  !  !  HAPPY  BELATED  BIRTHDAY  DR  GEORGE  !  !  !  !  !

Thanks, Dan!

[George]

And while I enjoyed Arthur Laurents' work, I know of a particularly cruel casting couch episode that never made me fond of the man.

Do tell!

[George]

DR George I like your new avatar very much.

Thanks, Jane.

[George]

And I say, keep the beard.

I'm thinking about it.  I need to get it cleaned up around the edges (professionally) so that I know what to do on my own (a Les Miz reference ).

[Dan (the Man)]

Okay, I got it!  Who else can guess the name of the song?

The Boy From ....

Bingollian!

[Ginny]

I'm back from Dayton, having opted out of the optional lunch after the seminar.  They were going to BW3 and I decided that sounded like someplace I didn't need to eat.  I did an errand and came on home to eat a heart-healthy lunch.

[John G.]

And while I enjoyed Arthur Laurents' work, I know of a particularly cruel casting couch episode that never made me fond of the man.

Do tell!

Exactly.

[John G.]

Okay, I got it!  Who else can guess the name of the song?

The Boy From ....

Bingollian!

Lovely Linda Lavin

[elmore3003]

And while I enjoyed Arthur Laurents' work, I know of a particularly cruel casting couch episode that never made me fond of the man.

Laurents was on the original board of directors for the New York City Gay Men's Chorus, and he was a total horror. I think the only good thng he did - and I believe he was the source - was to involve Steve Sondheim to the Chorus. He got his nose bent out of joint over a medley of songs from "La Cage aux Folles" that I had arranged, sent the Chorus MD a nasty note condemning the medley and me, and resigned. As Mary Rodgers Guettel said about him a couple of years ago, "Call me when he's dead."

I love his play "Invitation to a March," which is essentially "The Sleeping Beauty" set in the Hamptons.

[George]

And while I enjoyed Arthur Laurents' work, I know of a particularly cruel casting couch episode that never made me fond of the man.

Laurents was on the original board of directors for the New York City Gay Men's Chorus, and he was a total horror. I think the only good thng he did - and I believe he was the source - was to involve Steve Sondheim to the Chorus. He got his nose bent out of joint over a medley of songs from "La Cage aux Folles" that I had arranged, sent the Chorus MD a nasty note condemning the medley and me, and resigned. As Mary Rodgers Guettel said about him a couple of years ago, "Call me when he's dead."

Did the chorus perform the medley anyway?

[elmore3003]

And while I enjoyed Arthur Laurents' work, I know of a particularly cruel casting couch episode that never made me fond of the man.

Laurents was on the original board of directors for the New York City Gay Men's Chorus, and he was a total horror. I think the only good thng he did - and I believe he was the source - was to involve Steve Sondheim to the Chorus. He got his nose bent out of joint over a medley of songs from "La Cage aux Folles" that I had arranged, sent the Chorus MD a nasty note condemning the medley and me, and resigned. As Mary Rodgers Guettel said about him a couple of years ago, "Call me when he's dead."

Did the chorus perform the medley anyway?

He heard it in performance. I didn't hear the story until long after, but I don't think anyone on the board was sorry to see him leave. I didn't care one way or the other since I never met Evil Arthur. I think "La Cage Aux Folles" would have become a better musical if every gay man in the opening night Boston audience hadn't kvelled and stood up at the end. Maybe Arthur and Harvey would have fixed the show and given us a better score instead of relaxing with "we're a hit!"

[John G.]

Found out today that I have to start taking insulin. A whole new world awaits.

[Ginny]

I think I need a nap...

[FJL]

It's cool and refreshing, isn't it, debris?

Caressed debris, tenderly

[FJL]

Or did someone do that one already?