Topic: THE HURRIED AND CURRIED NOTES (Read 27265 times)

Jane · « **Reply #90 on:** June 10, 2004, 12:57:30 PM »

Dave in the Valley, Cedar Point-the best roller coaster park I have ever been to.

Tomovoz, Space Mountain is my all time favorite ride. The last time we went to Disneyland it was closed for renovations.

Jason I’m not a fan of the Six Flag Parks I have been to. Have you gone to Hersey Park? That isn’t as far from you as Cedar Point. It was there that I went on my first “loop” style roller coaster. I couldn’t let the boys go alone as they were too young. The first time we began the drop to go into the loop I yelled, “oh shit”. The next time our five year old said I wasn’t aloud to swear if I went with him. By the tenth time I had my arms over my head and was addicted to the ride.

I have always loved fast spinning rides. Gosh, I took our two year old on rides when I was pregnant. I went with my children, while Keith waited, on the corkscrew roller coasters. But alas, I don’t enjoy the parks anymore since I hurt my neck. The last time I went on the big roller coaster at Cedar Point I, am not exaggerating here, thought my neck was going to fall off. We have a photo of me and I do look terrified. I kept it sitting out for years to remind me not to go on the rides again. A couple of years ago I did go on some of the rides at Disneyland and did okay and would have gone on Space Mountain. I even went on Big Thunder Mountain.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #91 on:** June 10, 2004, 01:00:05 PM »

Quote from: JRand53 on June 10, 2004, 11:23:40 AM

There is NO - I repeat NO - such thing as Dress Jeans!!! If I hear one more person in Indiana talk about wearing his dress jeans to a funeral, wedding, or graduation...I SHALL SCREAM (a Lionel Bart reference)!

Whatever are you raving about? Of COURSE there are "dress jeans."

They're the ones with creases down the legs.

Jennifer · « **Reply #92 on:** June 10, 2004, 01:00:35 PM »

Ah now I'm feeling guilty. I don't want BK to come back from his movie acting and find no posts.

So here are some!

Btw, like DR Jane, I am anxious to hear about your movie adventures.

Jrand74 · « **Reply #93 on:** June 10, 2004, 01:01:15 PM »

LOL LOL LOL....RLP....I have no response to that.

William E. Lurie · « **Reply #94 on:** June 10, 2004, 01:03:00 PM »

Quote from: JRand53 on June 10, 2004, 10:42:46 AM

I saw it....such a waste of material and performers.

THE MOST POPULAR RIDE IN AMERICA TODAY:

Wear your shorts and t-shirt, and sneakers. No need to wear socks. Guys wear a baseball cap, ladies put your sunglasses on top of your head and bring the kiddies in their didies....yes it's the Ronald Reagan viewing at the Rotunda. See ya there!!!!

Is there a parking lot for the trailers?

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #95 on:** June 10, 2004, 01:03:02 PM »

Quote from: JRand53 on June 10, 2004, 12:16:28 PM

I thought GYPSY was directed by Rosalind Russell....she says so in her book.

Just like she says it's "her" vocals on the soundtrack?

Jason · « **Reply #96 on:** June 10, 2004, 01:04:08 PM »

DR Jane: I have not been to Hershey Park, though a good friend of mine from undergrad school worked there last Christmas. He said it was great.

I can't do spinny rides. They make me vomit on the ground. I puked all over King's Island after riding the spinning barrels. And I do mean ALL OVER King's Island.

I want to go to the Six Flags in New Jersey because they have a new coaster--Superman. You strap yourself in while standing up, and then the car tips until you are lying on your stomach and you ride the coaster as if you were flying like Superman. Looks like a hell of a ride!

Now I want cotton candy...

TCB · « **Reply #97 on:** June 10, 2004, 01:05:46 PM »

Quote from: Jay on June 10, 2004, 10:46:48 AM

Most people do not know this about me, but I love roller coasters, especially the old-fashioned wooden kind.

My favorite is the one in the amusement park on the beach in Santa Cruz, California. It's a great ride and as you are pulled up toward the first drop, you get a tremendous view of the beach and the ocean. The amusement park there is smaller than the Disney and Universal and 6 Flags parks and has none of the commercialism that one finds at those other venues.

In close second place is the Cyclone in Coney Island, Brooklyn, U.S.A. The added bonus there is that the original Nathan's hot dog stand is close by. (It is recommended that one ride the Cyclone first, and eat at Nathan's second, rather than vice versa.)

Ah, Jay, you have discovered my weakness. Nathan's Hot Dogs with chilli and cheese.

Sheer Heaven!

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Jason · « **Reply #98 on:** June 10, 2004, 01:07:59 PM »

Get out your other pair of dress jeans...Ray Charles has passed away. He was 73.

TCB · « **Reply #99 on:** June 10, 2004, 01:09:34 PM »

Quote from: Jay on June 10, 2004, 10:56:35 AM

Has anyone heard anything about a theatrical event called Alma--Widow of the 4 Arts?

The flyer for it says "Embark on an exciting theatrical journey which is enacted as a unique piece of synchronous theatre in all the rooms and floors of [the venue.]"

The subject is Alma Mahler-Werfel and her loves and relationships with Gustav Mahler, Walter Gropius and Franz Werfel.

A dinner party occurs during the interval, attended by, in addition to the aforementioned, amongst others, Sigmund Freud, Gustav Klimt, Arnold Schonberg, Errol Flynn, Thomas Mann.

The flyer goes on to mention that this "play" has run successfully in Vienna, Venice and Lisbon.

Anybody know anything about this?

Actually, it is two pieces of theater. The first is the one described in the flyer. The second, is...........................

........................... one for Mahler!

Jane · « **Reply #100 on:** June 10, 2004, 01:12:13 PM »

Keith just walked in and told me the sad news of Ray Charles. I see Jason posted already.

William E. Lurie · « **Reply #101 on:** June 10, 2004, 01:12:27 PM »

I just heard there were signs on the doors at Carnegie Hall announcing the cancelation of Audra's concerts this week. Does anyone know what happened? I assume she is doing RAISIN instead, but I wonder what happened to the concerts?

Jennifer · « **Reply #102 on:** June 10, 2004, 01:12:40 PM »

Re: roller coasters, DR Jane reminded me of something.

Do any of the women here find that many of the coasters seem to crush them?

I never feel small until I ride a roller coaster, and find myself banging back and forth since they seem to be made for bigger people.

William E. Lurie · « **Reply #103 on:** June 10, 2004, 01:13:41 PM »

Which Ray Charles... the Blues Singer or the Choral Director (who sometimes billed himself as "the other Ray Charles")?

Jrand74 · « **Reply #104 on:** June 10, 2004, 01:15:18 PM »

Quote from: William E. Lurie on June 10, 2004, 01:03:00 PM

Is there a parking lot for the trailers?

I am sure there is, DRWEL....and hotdog and popsicle vendors as well. Wish I had the Wax Lips concession!

Jason · « **Reply #105 on:** June 10, 2004, 01:15:43 PM »

The singer of blues.

Jrand74 · « **Reply #106 on:** June 10, 2004, 01:17:54 PM »

I'll wear my dress sunglasses, DRJASON.

Ain't it the truth DRRLP....according to her book, RR did everything but crank the camera. And I think it was Morton DaCosta (director of AUNTIE MAME) who refused to do a jacket blurb for the book because of the ...well...inaccuracies contained therein.

Jrand74 · « **Reply #107 on:** June 10, 2004, 01:20:08 PM »

MMMMMMMMMMMM.....

Stuart · « **Reply #108 on:** June 10, 2004, 01:26:05 PM »

Quote from: JRand53 on June 10, 2004, 12:08:59 PM

Hayward was also heart-breaking as Lillian Roth in I'LL CRY TOMORROW.

And of course as murderess Barbara Graham in I WANT TO LIVE! At least I believe that this was a true story, and therefore qualifies under today's TOD.

Jrand74 · « **Reply #109 on:** June 10, 2004, 01:27:02 PM »

As true as many of the others, DRSTUART!

Panni · « **Reply #110 on:** June 10, 2004, 01:27:41 PM »

Came to check out the action while I take a short break. Very sad about Ray Charles. 73 is too young. Especially for a singer of the blues. The blues just get bluer as you age, man. I love the old blues guys and ladies.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #111 on:** June 10, 2004, 01:29:58 PM »

~~Douglas~~ [oops/spoo!] Donald (yes, it's Donald) Trumbull has died. He was 95 (!!!).

http://www.showbizdata.com/contacts/picknews.cfm/35804/SPECIAL_EFFECTS_MASTER_TRUMBULL_DEAD_AT_95

That will teach me to take what someone else said at face value before reading the link.

Panni · « **Reply #112 on:** June 10, 2004, 01:31:14 PM »

...Before I get corrected, I know that RC didn't sing only the blues -- I was just picking up on Jason's description.

Panni · « **Reply #113 on:** June 10, 2004, 01:32:16 PM »

Quote from: RLP on June 10, 2004, 01:29:58 PM

Douglas Trumbull has died. He was 95 (!!!).EFFECTS_MASTER_TRUMBULL_DEAD_AT_95

They're dropping like flies!

William E. Lurie · « **Reply #114 on:** June 10, 2004, 01:34:43 PM »

I killed a fly today.

Jason · « **Reply #115 on:** June 10, 2004, 01:36:03 PM »

They say (whoever 'they' may be) that you hear about deaths in groups of three...first Reagan, then Ray Charles and now Mr. Trumbull.

MBarnum · « **Reply #116 on:** June 10, 2004, 01:38:58 PM »

Actresses Irene Manning and Trudy Marshall also passed away in the last few days...overshadowed somewhat by RR's passing I imagine.

Jason · « **Reply #117 on:** June 10, 2004, 01:41:53 PM »

Shakalaka Barnum: I'm a little embarrassed to ask this, but...who were they?

MBarnum · « **Reply #118 on:** June 10, 2004, 01:47:57 PM »

Quote from: Jason on June 10, 2004, 01:41:53 PM

Shakalaka Barnum: I'm a little embarrassed to ask this, but...who were they?

Both were film actresses during the 1940s. Irene Manning also worked quite a bit on Broadway.

Matt H. · « **Reply #119 on:** June 10, 2004, 01:48:42 PM »

Quote from: RLP on June 10, 2004, 11:36:12 AM

Actually, DRMattH, the movie "There's No Business Like Show Business" offers the variations on the song "Alexander's Ragtime Band," not the title song. First up are Merman and Daily with a German kitsch variation, then comes Donald O'Connor with a Scots-in-kilts-with-pipes-blaring variation, followed by Mitzi Gaynor's French take on it; Johnny Ray does a piano/torch variation and it ends with chorus and a bandleader and band marching on stage as the all-star cast belts out the final verse.

DR RLP, my response was to Jason's comment about "Alexander's Ragtime Band," and the Irving Berlin ditty I'm talking about is that. I would think you'd know me well enough to know that I would know which song was repeated endlessly in that famous musical. Reread what I actually wrote. I said the song was IN the movie THERE'S NO BUSINESS LIKE SHOW BUSINESS, not that it was the title song itself.

And it's Johnnie Ray if we care to pick nits.

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