Topic: QUESTION ME AN ANSWER (Read 18424 times)

ChasSmith · « **Reply #30 on:** November 14, 2012, 08:15:58 AM »

PAGE TWO.

Jrand73 · « **Reply #31 on:** November 14, 2012, 08:33:25 AM »

Nice photo DR CHAS SMITH.....what is MR BK holding in his hand?

ChasSmith · « **Reply #32 on:** November 14, 2012, 08:37:53 AM »

Looks like the program book for "Son of Monsterpalooza", and, I believe, the test discs for BONJOUR TRISTESSE and THE RAINS OF RANCHIPUR which we had just sampled at the HTF Twilight Time event.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #33 on:** November 14, 2012, 08:46:04 AM »

Good morning, all! I debated staying in bed all day, and around 11am I decided to get out of bed, bathe and dress. Now that I am moving, I'll have some eggs and take my meds, work on the computer for a bit, and see what fresh hell arrives.

Speaking of debating, I'm still debating the purchase of a blu-ray non-region DVD player. I'm also debating Thanksgiving - I wsh I'd booked a ticket for Ohio when I got back from Dublin - since I find I have no plans this year.

Druxy · « **Reply #34 on:** November 14, 2012, 08:47:05 AM »

Quote from: Jrand62 on November 14, 2012, 07:38:59 AM

Well DR DRUXY - The Girl is on its way to you....you may experience this again.

Thank you.

Actually, the trade reviews were pretty good; better than HITCHCOCK, so you never know.

Druxy · « **Reply #35 on:** November 14, 2012, 08:48:26 AM »

Quote from: ChasSmith on November 14, 2012, 08:12:59 AM

For your viewing pleasure...

Sorry for out-of-focus shot, and that I didn't take more.
DR Druxy and BK, October 2012.

We look like a couple of old farts.

Druxy · « **Reply #36 on:** November 14, 2012, 08:59:12 AM »

BK,

We should do THE SUNSHINE BOYS together.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #37 on:** November 14, 2012, 09:18:18 AM »

Quote from: MBarnum on November 14, 2012, 08:00:30 AM

DR JRand and DR Ron Pulliam, you both made me laugh this morning, quite heartily!

ChasSmith · « **Reply #38 on:** November 14, 2012, 09:42:56 AM »

More old farts to follow.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #39 on:** November 14, 2012, 09:44:04 AM »

Nick Redman, Brian Jamieson, BK

ChasSmith · « **Reply #40 on:** November 14, 2012, 09:54:33 AM »

Nick Redman and Julie Kirgo

ChasSmith · « **Reply #41 on:** November 14, 2012, 09:55:45 AM »

BK and Nick Redman

ChasSmith · « **Reply #42 on:** November 14, 2012, 09:57:25 AM »

That was a nice evening. Frankly, I wish we'd had more of those through the week, and less of other stuff which isn't nearly so memorable.

bk · « **Reply #43 on:** November 14, 2012, 09:58:34 AM »

I can't even LOOK at these awful photos of me. Except the one of me and Nick. I must NEVER be photographed in profile, at least until thirty pounds is shed.

bk · « **Reply #44 on:** November 14, 2012, 09:59:07 AM »

Had an interesting telephonic meeting - lots to ponder and I'll probably solicit advice from you dear readers - having to do with Outside the Box.

bk · « **Reply #45 on:** November 14, 2012, 09:59:41 AM »

Then I walked to the bank, and now I'm here and answering e-mails and then the singer and the pianist will arrive at eleven and I've already decided we're eating then.

John G. · « **Reply #46 on:** November 14, 2012, 10:04:56 AM »

Interesting reviews of the "Drood" revival. I have always loved the show, which I saw in previews, but there had been some critical backlash within the last few years. Glad these largely wonderful pieces have gone back to the opinion that the show is as much fun as ever.

Dan (the Man) · « **Reply #47 on:** November 14, 2012, 10:05:49 AM »

Was LOST HORIZON ever shown on commercial television? I don't recall ever seeing it televised.

MBarnum · « **Reply #48 on:** November 14, 2012, 10:07:39 AM »

Very nice pics, DR ChasSmith!

And BK, don't be so hard on yourself, you look quite nice in those photos! All of them!

MBarnum · « **Reply #49 on:** November 14, 2012, 10:08:38 AM »

I have never seen THE LOST HORIZON....but I love all of the dances from FLOWER DRUM SONG.

So, my ask BK question is: which dances in FLOWER DRUM SONG did you think were not good (as per the BK notes) ?

Dan (the Man) · « **Reply #50 on:** November 14, 2012, 10:13:30 AM »

Quote from: John G. on November 14, 2012, 10:04:56 AM

Interesting reviews of the "Drood" revival. I have always loved the show, which I saw in previews, but there had been some critical backlash within the last few years. Glad these largely wonderful pieces have gone back to the opinion that the show is as much fun as ever.

What strikes me about this revival is that, for a change, director Scott Ellis allowed the material to do it's work and didn't layer the production with some ill-fitting "vision", resulting in a successful show.

Charles Pogue · « **Reply #51 on:** November 14, 2012, 10:28:28 AM »

I have never been a fan of LOST HORIZON, starting with the original novel by Hilton. I can think of nothing more awful than puttering around in a garden of sublime peace cultivating my navel ad nauseam and lving beyond a reasonable life span. I would have been the brother wanting to escape to civilization with all its warts and problems.

bk · « **Reply #52 on:** November 14, 2012, 10:35:19 AM »

I don't like Grant Avenue or I Enjoy Being a Girl - the Love, Look Away ballet is cheesy but okay, and Sunday is fine. Then there are his "dances" in Finian's Rainbow, most of which Coppola tossed out and told his cast to just improvise.

bk · « **Reply #53 on:** November 14, 2012, 10:36:23 AM »

Yes, I'm afraid I would perish in Shangri-La as well. I seemingly need the teeming city with all its horrors.

John G. · « **Reply #54 on:** November 14, 2012, 10:39:49 AM »

Quote from: Dan (the Man) on November 14, 2012, 10:05:49 AM

Was LOST HORIZON ever shown on commercial television? I don't recall ever seeing it televised.

Yes. I saw it on NBC back when I lived in Louisville. I don't think the movie lasted long enough at the theaters back then for me to catch it.

John G. · « **Reply #55 on:** November 14, 2012, 10:41:59 AM »

Quote from: Dan (the Man) on November 14, 2012, 10:13:30 AM

Quote from: John G. on November 14, 2012, 10:04:56 AM
Interesting reviews of the "Drood" revival. I have always loved the show, which I saw in previews, but there had been some critical backlash within the last few years. Glad these largely wonderful pieces have gone back to the opinion that the show is as much fun as ever.

What strikes me about this revival is that, for a change, director Scott Ellis allowed the material to do it's work and didn't layer the production with some ill-fitting "vision", resulting in a successful show.

Yeah, thankfully he saw no need to improve the show with his vision.

Elmore's favorite, S. Suskin, managed to mangle one of the song titles, calling it "Nightfall" instead of "Moonfall."

John G. · « **Reply #56 on:** November 14, 2012, 10:45:56 AM »

I love the soundtrack for "Finian's Rainbow," but watching the movie can hurt the eyes, and it's a combination of the dancing and the then-novel way of taking a dance number and cutting it up into too many takes. The editor, working at Coppola's direction, no doubt, deserves as much credit for the movie's inability to work as the choreographer does. Still, I watch it about once a year or so, if only to listen to Petula Clark, Fred Astaire and Don Francks, or whatever his name is, sing a few of those songs. It was my favorite recording of the score until the recent Broadway revival that Elmore worked on.

Jrand73 · « **Reply #57 on:** November 14, 2012, 10:46:50 AM »

Oh.....okay DR CHAS SMITH - that makes since.

John G. · « **Reply #58 on:** November 14, 2012, 10:55:52 AM »

Thanks for sharing the photos, ChasSmith.

John G. · « **Reply #59 on:** November 14, 2012, 10:55:59 AM »

One more.

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