Topic: THE CEREAL KILLER (Read 16325 times)

Jrand74 · « **Reply #90 on:** August 18, 2004, 02:09:45 PM »

My favorite cereal when I was growing up was KIX! they were round corn crunchy things.

Hmmmmmmm yes DRMATTH and I have talked about CAREERS before, and I bought the game on Ebay last year. I also liked RISK and CLUE of course and STRATEGO!

Jrand74 · « **Reply #91 on:** August 18, 2004, 02:16:26 PM »

Oh I wanted one of those dashboards by Remco, Mr BK - but didn't get it.

And DRNOEL - we know how much Minnie suffered and Benjamin cajoled before he EVER got anything...LOL.

bk · « **Reply #92 on:** August 18, 2004, 02:21:14 PM »

Quote from: divarobbie on August 18, 2004, 12:33:44 PM

My Ask BK Question:

Since most people don't like to see or hear thier own work, is there a cd that you produced that you return to with any regularity? Any that you don't think you would touch again?

I occasionally go back and listen to the stuff I've done for various reasons - not all that much, though. Usually I've spent so much time in the creation of them, and then the endless listenings when we're mixing and mastering, that I tend to just put them on the shelf. So, sometimes I'll be going through stuff and I'll take one or two out and give them a spin. The ones I've listened to more than others would have to be Prime Time Musicals (which I really like), Unsung Irving Berlin (most of which I really like) and The Burt Bacharach Album. I tend not to listen to the vocalist discs - don't know why really, although I recently revisited Brent Barret's Lerner album (the final album I completely finished before my ousting from you-know-where). I really like it - he's wonderful, the sound is fine as is the mix. However, it's a textbook example, at least to me, in how not to sequence an album. They took that on themselves even though I told them I'd do it. I also find it vastly amusing that my producer credit is buried within the booklet and that someone actually had the temerity to put their name above mine. Of course, that someone recently got a taste of his own medicine. It would be one thing if that someone had had ANYTHING to do with the album and it would be one thing if he'd just stuck his name somewhere in the booklet, but it's rather crass if you ask me, not that anyone did.

There are a small handful of albums I've done that I would never feel the need to listen to again, but it really is a small handful.

Jane · « **Reply #93 on:** August 18, 2004, 02:23:11 PM »

Thank you Panni. I'm going to call soon and hope he is out of surgery. It shouldn't have taken too long-I hope.

Jane · « **Reply #94 on:** August 18, 2004, 02:26:48 PM »

I wanted a canapy bed. In order to have it my sister & I would had to have shared the bed, when she was home. Later my mother apologized for not getting it for me. That shocked me and I thought it was nice of her to say something. I really wanted that bed and begged and begged for it. I survived without it.

Jennifer · « **Reply #95 on:** August 18, 2004, 02:32:48 PM »

More good vibes to Bogie!

And DTM, I also enjoyed your story.

Jrand74 · « **Reply #96 on:** August 18, 2004, 02:34:53 PM »

Is that like a canape' bed? Most uncomfortable, I say.

Hi JMK! As to the Northwest HHW gathering, include me out.

MBarnum · « **Reply #97 on:** August 18, 2004, 02:36:09 PM »

Quote from: JRand53 on August 18, 2004, 02:34:53 PM

Hi JMK! As to the Northwest HHW gathering, include me out.

Did you forget to buy your plane ticket??!!

JMK · « **Reply #98 on:** August 18, 2004, 02:43:52 PM »

But JR, you and I were going to dress in drag and perform all the duets from "Starcrossed." I am crushed....absolutely crushed.

Panni · « **Reply #99 on:** August 18, 2004, 03:17:50 PM »

The toy question... Well, believe it or not, I wasn't really into toys as a kid (I am NOW -- I love toys). I don't remember having too many toys before we left Hungary. I had the usual things - some dolls and my beloved puppet theater. it wasn't because we were poor, we weren't. But I actually preferred books to toys from a very young age.
Once we left Hungary, my life changed very abruptly. Almost all my toys were from the Salvation Army or the Hadassah Bazaar. I had a great doll house from the bazaar and I would add furniture and figures to it for years. My huge tricycle was from the Salvation Army and I would ride around on it all day sometimes (back in an era when you weren't considered kidnapped if you did.) I'd collect bottles in the park, put them in a shopping bag hungs on my tricycle and return them to get the deposit money. The one toy I really wanted and got was a stuffed monkey which I saw on the plane on the way to Canada. I still have it. My absolute favorite toys were cut-out dolls. I would make up stories and play with them for hours and hours. I had many movie star cut-out dolls: Debbie Reynolds and Elizabeth Taylor are two that I remember vividly.
My favorite board game was monopoly.

Panni · « **Reply #100 on:** August 18, 2004, 03:22:03 PM »

My Internet seems to be working well at last. And the new AC system not only works beautifully, but it makes no noise. The old one sounded like the Prussian army was doing maneuvers over my head

Tomovoz · « **Reply #101 on:** August 18, 2004, 03:36:17 PM »

JMK: If my bus from here is late, start without me.

Have a great day.

Maybe next year.

Tomovoz · « **Reply #102 on:** August 18, 2004, 03:43:18 PM »

Cereals: I think DR Jose was in shock when he stayed here - most Australian cereals do not have much of a sugar content. We have variations of the usual Kellogs products but without the sugar! My usual cereal is almost entirely free of sugar and no way would I add it. I leave sugar to the important things of life - ice-cream and chocolate. Even then I don't like either if they are too sweet.

Sandra · « **Reply #103 on:** August 18, 2004, 03:58:37 PM »

My dad adds sugar to Frosted Flakes.

I've spent the last couple hours playing my new Harry Potter computer game, and now I am off to watch Arthur. Am I living it up or what?

Panni · « **Reply #104 on:** August 18, 2004, 05:06:06 PM »

No posts in over an hour. Skammen.

George · « **Reply #105 on:** August 18, 2004, 05:08:51 PM »

Quote from: JMK on August 18, 2004, 02:43:52 PM

But JR, you and I were going to dress in drag and perform all the duets from "Starcrossed." I am crushed....absolutely crushed.

I've performed in drag before! Can I be Jack's understudy??

Anyway, speaking of cut-out dolls and doing drag:

Quote from: Panni on August 18, 2004, 03:17:50 PM

My absolute favorite toys were cut-out dolls. I would make up stories and play with them for hours and hours. I had many movie star cut-out dolls: Debbie Reynolds and Elizabeth Taylor are two that I remember vividly.

About six years ago, I did a show where gangsters had taken over a nightclub and at the end of the first act, I had to distract everyone. I came out...umm, made my entrance in full Carmen Miranda drag! I had a tutti-fruitti had (actually a helmet with plastic fruit hot glued to it) and huge, gigantic ruffles on the sleeves and all over the skirt. It was a hoot and totally surprised everyone in the audience. They loved it! Anyway, right after that, some people I knew gave me the book, Carmen Miranda Paper Dolls in Full Color! I still have it and I've never cut out any of the dolls or dresses!

Panni · « **Reply #106 on:** August 18, 2004, 05:28:37 PM »

Quote from: George on August 18, 2004, 05:08:51 PM

Anyway, right after that, some people I knew gave me the book, Carmen Miranda Paper Dolls in Full Color! I still have it and I've never cut out any of the dolls or dresses!

But you should! You'll be surprised at how much fun it is.

Dan-in-Toronto · « **Reply #107 on:** August 18, 2004, 05:34:09 PM »

Quote from: George on August 18, 2004, 05:08:51 PM

I still have it and I've never cut out any of the dolls or dresses!

Now that's a librarian.

Jrand74 · « **Reply #108 on:** August 18, 2004, 05:36:07 PM »

Paper dolls were great. I loved my sisters' star dolls:

Joanne Woodward, Giselle MacKenzie, Annette, Lucille Ball, Carol Heiss....Doris Day! Glamourous clothes! Yes we would always put on shows....in fact I think Patty Duke once got Hayley Mills in a headlock!

Jrand74 · « **Reply #109 on:** August 18, 2004, 05:38:16 PM »

Do you love Lucy?

If so, the HERE'S LUCY DVD set that was released yesterday is a MUST HAVE.

Never the BEST of her series, HERE'S LUCY has so many extras and also the extra six minutes edited out of the episodes for sydication. You also get Ann-Margret's Love From Hollywood tv special featuring Lucy & Desi, Jr.

But the out takes, rehearsal footage, and bloopers are what make this set so much fun. Yup, comedy is serious business....and you see Lucy hard at it....along with some guest stars.

HERE'S LUCY!!

Jrand74 · « **Reply #110 on:** August 18, 2004, 05:38:47 PM »

Thanks to DRMBARNUM for my early birthday present. It's Bollywood tonight!

JMK · « **Reply #111 on:** August 18, 2004, 05:40:43 PM »

VERY SAD NEWS FROM THE NW CONTINGENT:

I JUST RECEIVED AN EMAIL THAT DENNIS CLANCY (I LUV NY) DIED OF A HEART ATTACK ON SUNDAY. I HAD JUST SPOKEN WITH DENNIS A FEW DAYS AGO AND HE WAS PLANNING ON COMING SATURDAY TO GET TOGETHER WITH THE REST OF US.

DENNIS WAS A TRUE GENTLEMAN AND A LOVELY, FUNNY GUY. HE'LL BE MISSED.

Tomovoz · « **Reply #112 on:** August 18, 2004, 05:45:56 PM »

Sad news indeed JMK. Everything else is now very much in perspective.

Jane · « **Reply #113 on:** August 18, 2004, 05:46:27 PM »

Thank you Jennifer.

Bogie is home! He isn’t too happy and is a little wobbly. I have some pain medicine to give him. I hope it speeds his recovery.

I still have some of my stuffed animals and dolls and lots of new ones collected over the years to keep them company.

Sandra your father needs to wean himself off the extra sugar in “the way too sweet to begin” with frosted flakes.

Tomovoz · « **Reply #114 on:** August 18, 2004, 05:50:53 PM »

Dennis was only 60.

Tomovoz · « **Reply #115 on:** August 18, 2004, 05:52:22 PM »

Good news Jane to have Bogie home.

Jane · « **Reply #116 on:** August 18, 2004, 05:54:39 PM »

Sad news.

Thanks Tom. I will go hold my Bogie now.

Jrand74 · « **Reply #117 on:** August 18, 2004, 06:04:08 PM »

Oh....

bk · « **Reply #118 on:** August 18, 2004, 06:05:06 PM »

Shocking about Dennis. I got a nice e-mail from him a few months ago because he'd forgotten his password here. I got it from him and hoped he'd post again. But, perhaps he's been sick for a while. A very lovely person.

I hate to carry on this theme - but after Mr. Goldsmith, Mr. Piero Piccioni and Mr. David Raksin, Mr. Elmer Bernstein has just passed away. However, he lived an incredibly long life (he was, I believe, eighty-two). And we will forever have his movie scores to listen to - my favorites being To Kill a Mockingbird (one of the greatest scores ever written), Love with a Proper Stranger, Birdman of Alcatraz, Sweet Smell of Success, The Ten Commandments, The World of Henry Orient, Summer and Smoke and I could go on and on.

Now, enough with the dying already. RIP our very own Dennis Clancy, and RIP Mr. Bernstein.

Jrand74 · « **Reply #119 on:** August 18, 2004, 06:05:21 PM »

BTW, JMK - I don't think we had decided exactly which of us was singing Frances and which of us was singing Judy...so until that is settled - forget it!

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