Topic: THE ABBREVIATED NOTES (Read 33795 times)

Dan (the Man) · « **Reply #30 on:** August 20, 2004, 06:40:52 AM »

The Check of Media:

CD Player (at home): Bonnie Raitt (not sure of the title--it's the one that won her all the Grammys)

CD Player (at work): Lorelei cast recording

DVD Player: Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore

VHS: nothing

William E. Lurie · « **Reply #31 on:** August 20, 2004, 06:42:42 AM »

Jubilant Sykes (no relation to Bill Sykes from OLIVER!) was in BLOOMER GIRL at Encores a couple of years ago and was quite impressive. I'm surprised we haven't heard more from him.

CD - Several months ago, Donald played a couple of selections from GRIND that I really enjoyed and I realized I didn't have that CD. I came across it recently and just got around to playing it. It has instantly become one of my favorite scores, though from reading the plot summary in the booklet I can see why it flopped. But you can say that about most Larry Grossman scores. Maybe someday he will write a score to a good book and finally have the hit he deserves. Also listening to JOHNNY GUITAR. Since the show's main problem was that the score and book were totally different in tone (serious score, camp book) the CD is quite enjoyable.

DVD - Several 20th Century Fox comedies from the very late 40s and early 50s that all feature Marilyn Monroe in a 4th or 5th billed supporting role. In all cases, Marilyn is a delight, and each of these films --- MONKEY BUSINESS, WE'RE NOT MARRIED, YOU'RE NEVER TOO YOUNG, etc. --- is a well cast, highly entertaining example of the kind of light comedy that is not made today.

VHS - An ABC special with clips of unsold pilots. While it is obvious why these pilots were never sold, they are no worse than most of the ones that do end up on network television, one reason I am thankful for cable and DVD.

td · « **Reply #32 on:** August 20, 2004, 06:46:48 AM »

In a couple of strange twists of fate, Renee Geyer has done a lot of back up for Bonnie Raitt; Jennifer Warnes has done back up work for Jubilant Sykes.

Just thought you'd like to know.

Dan (the Man) · « **Reply #33 on:** August 20, 2004, 06:47:43 AM »

A gentle Page Two Frolic on this hot and humid Friday morning:

Stuart · « **Reply #34 on:** August 20, 2004, 07:10:53 AM »

Quote from: Dan (the Man) on August 20, 2004, 06:47:43 AM

A gentle Page Two Frolic on this hot and humid Friday morning:

...in this congressional incubator. Is the temperature hot enough to hatch a stone, let alone an egg?

(And send some of that warmth this way, DTM, would you?)

Stuart · « **Reply #35 on:** August 20, 2004, 07:18:02 AM »

Quote from: JoseSPiano on August 20, 2004, 02:21:47 AM

But before I go to bed, I do have to say that my current host certainly has been a most gracious host. A very nice house - which is "located" a very comfortable walk to and from the Metro station - as well as some decent stores and restaurants (and I just spotted the Old Navy today!). My own very tastefully appointed and decorated bedroom and bathroom. A second phone line for those times when I need to get on-line whenever he is on-line himself. Two wonderful dogs who have been fun to take care of when their master is away during the day. And he's also very good company too - and keeps some pretty decent bagels in the freezer!

How nice for you....

Quote from Jay:
The friend who is staying with me should win the World's Greatest Houseguest award. He's got an interim job here in L.A. that keeps him busy in the evening several nights a week so we're not constantly underfoot with each other, he keeps the guestroom neat (he makes his bed every day!), he's quiet, he helps me look after Roller and Blackjack, he does his laundry when I'm not around so there's no conflict over the washer/dryer and--though he probably thinks I haven't noticed--he waits for me to be done on the computer before he hooks into the second phone line in the house. All that and he's really pleasant company, too!

And how nice for you too.

How nice for you.....
How nice for Eve.....
How nice for EVERYBODY!

Stuart · « **Reply #36 on:** August 20, 2004, 07:21:27 AM »

Quote from: JRand53 on August 20, 2004, 04:05:54 AM

VHS - BACK STREET with Susan Hayward, John Gavin, and Vera Miles! (again)

I know, I know.....you just couldn't resist that shot of Miles' french-heeled pump gunning the gas pedal that I mentioned last week, could you?

MBarnum · « **Reply #37 on:** August 20, 2004, 07:25:14 AM »

DVD player: The second DVD set of Abbott and Costello movies. So far this week I have watched HIT THE ICE, IN SOCIETY, and HERE COME THE CO-EDS.

VHS: I don't think I taped a darn thing this week!

CD: Nothing new $:-\$ Guess I need to get to the store and buy something!

Jennifer · « **Reply #38 on:** August 20, 2004, 07:25:56 AM »

Wow, reading the end of yesterday's posts turned out to be quite depressing. I am so sorry for DRs Der Brucer and S. Woody White.

Jennifer · « **Reply #39 on:** August 20, 2004, 07:27:27 AM »

Hey for all you BB fans, you can vote as many times as you want (voting is bottom right corner).

http://www.cbs.com/primetime/bigbrother5/

Not happy about new HOH.

Jay · « **Reply #40 on:** August 20, 2004, 07:27:39 AM »

Quote from: Dan (the Man) on August 20, 2004, 06:02:40 AM

Jay, have you ever heard any of the Bernstein/Sondheim A Pray By Blecht (aka The Race To Urga aka The Exception and The Rule)?

I cannot say I have.

I will say that there were sections of music I heard last night that had to have been cut from Candide and West Side Story that Lenny pulled out of his trunk and dropped into Mass.

Jay · « **Reply #41 on:** August 20, 2004, 07:29:19 AM »

Quote from: Ben on August 20, 2004, 06:03:25 AM

D-I-T LOL, it's not a nickle. Just add pp after the i and before the l and you'll have the word (this is a family site after all ;-)

Dammit! Now visions of Janet Jackson are running through my head.

Jennifer · « **Reply #42 on:** August 20, 2004, 07:30:00 AM »

Re: that disqualification yesterday at the Olympics

Do any of you who follow the Olympics think that the athlete being American had anything to do with the DQ being reversed?

Noel · « **Reply #43 on:** August 20, 2004, 07:35:44 AM »

The invidious annoyance of a sticking piano key can not be overstated. It becomes a lightning rod of concentration; one can think of little else. While I don't know the degree of difficulty of the What If score, I can say that Jose must be one amazing pianist if he can get through an entire show (of whatever difficulty) with a sticking key. Or two!

Other instrumentalists are responsible for the conditions of their instruments. A pianist is at the mercy of the hall in which he plays. I know all the What If-ers have survived the trauma of a malfunctioning speaker. Attend to this problem forthwith! It's worse.

Now there are two sentences I wouldn't want to say three times fast.

Ben's pretty much on-the-mark about the musical that opened on Broadway last night. Devoid of sensuality - true! (and an angle I hadn't thought of) - also devoid of any human (or inhuman) emotion and not a shred of wit. Don Stephenson does pull some flies out of the air and eat them, which, I guess, is to be counted as the comic relief.

Media: A Class Act, Closer That Ever

Jay · « **Reply #44 on:** August 20, 2004, 07:42:02 AM »

In the CD player:

Maria Callas La Divina, La Divina 2, La Divina 3

A Jimmy Durante song collection (don't knock it 'til you've heard it)

A Della Reese 2-albums-on-one-CD collection, which includes a series of songs set to classical musical themes. "Don't You Know," set to Musetta's arietta from La Boheme, is one of them.

Something else, but I cannot remember what.

I've been through all six discs over the course of this past week, so it's time to change them out with six new ones.

Matt H. · « **Reply #45 on:** August 20, 2004, 08:06:31 AM »

The VARIETY review of DRACULA was a deep, dark pan, and Charles Isherwood was particularly nasty to both Wildhorn and Don Black (especially understandable in the latter case based on past work). He had nice things to say about Melissa Errico and Tom Hewitt's talents, but as DR Ben noted above, they are just wasted in this endeavor. He particularly lamented Melissa Errico long string of Broadway appearances in flops when she has so much to offer.

Wonder how long the producers will keep this running? Six months? A year?

Matt H. · « **Reply #46 on:** August 20, 2004, 08:10:08 AM »

Quote from: Jennifer on August 20, 2004, 07:30:00 AM

Re: that disqualification yesterday at the Olympics

Do any of you who follow the Olympics think that the athlete being American had anything to do with the DQ being reversed?

The article I read in the newspaper this morning said that the swimmer felt the Japanese judge was the one who had disqualified him after the swimmer had said some tacky things about the Japanese swimers a day or two ago. He believed the disqualification was completely nationalistic and not based on any evidence. Seemingly, the judge who lodges the protest remains anonymous.

Matt H. · « **Reply #47 on:** August 20, 2004, 08:13:56 AM »

Friday Media Check:

LP - TOGETHER WITH MUSIC (Noel Coward/Mary Martin) soundtrack

CD - Brent Barrett - THE KANDER & EBB ALBUM

laserdisc - THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER (have about 20 minutes left on it)

DVD - NIGHT & DAY (Cole Porter faux-bio I)
KING SOLOMON'S MINES (Richard Chamberlain version)

Yep, a day of DVD artistic bombs at my house!

Matt H. · « **Reply #48 on:** August 20, 2004, 08:15:59 AM »

Coming up later today - another fetching George Eads picture for those here who are fans.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #49 on:** August 20, 2004, 08:19:35 AM »

Quote from: Jennifer on August 20, 2004, 07:27:27 AM

Hey for all you BB fans, you can vote as many times as you want (voting is bottom right corner).

http://www.cbs.com/primetime/bigbrother5/

Not happy about new HOH.

Really? I'm totally stoked.

I hope she puts up Adria and Natalie.

Jennifer is out to kick some bigoted/racist butt, and I'm behind her 100%.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #50 on:** August 20, 2004, 08:22:23 AM »

Quote from: Jennifer on August 20, 2004, 07:30:00 AM

Re: that disqualification yesterday at the Olympics

Do any of you who follow the Olympics think that the athlete being American had anything to do with the DQ being reversed?

I think it's obvious, for anyone who has seen the tape of the turn, that there was nothing amiss with Pierson's swim.

In the past, the USA has protested some horrifically bad calls in various sports -- most notably an atrociously badly refereed basketball game against the USSR back in the early 80s -- and nothing was overturned.

In this instance, I'm confident justice was served. The man who won the meet took the Gold.

Even the man who finished second to Pierson says the call was bogus, and he's also said he's not sure he could have accepted the gold if the call had not been overturned.

At least the competitors have a rational perspective on these things.

bk · « **Reply #51 on:** August 20, 2004, 08:44:01 AM »

I didn't pick up either Laverne and Shirley or Happy Days because I couldn't remember if I was in the first season or not - I suspect I might be on Happy Days, but I guess it's season two for the first of my three or four Laverne and Shirley's.

MBarnum · « **Reply #52 on:** August 20, 2004, 08:59:45 AM »

DR Jennifer, I am actually quite happy, also, about the new HOH! And I am hoping the twins go up, too!

I have to disagree, however, with RLP's assesment that the previous HOH was bigoted or racist. I really do not thing anything of that sort was going on....I just think Adria really thought of those two as being threats (and they definately were).

Of course I could be wrong!

MBarnum · « **Reply #53 on:** August 20, 2004, 09:01:09 AM »

PS: Jay, you should have a nifty Bollywood movie arriving for your temp. roomie anytime now...you may enjoy it as well as I know you like foriegn type entertainments!

George · « **Reply #54 on:** August 20, 2004, 09:01:23 AM »

In my CD player: the three Benjamin Kritzer CDs that came with my three Benjamin Kritzer books. (and thanks, BK!)

And today, August 20, is my dad's birthday! He's 66 today. I don't know what we're going to do tonight...probably take him out to Applebee's (he likes that place a lot). For his present, I bought him the three Benjamin Kritzer books and BK autographed them for him! My dad grew up in southern California and will probably recognize a lot from the books, although he's about 10 years older than both BKs. I really think that he'll enjoy them.

Panni · « **Reply #55 on:** August 20, 2004, 09:04:27 AM »

Quote from: JoseSPiano on August 20, 2004, 02:10:55 AM

Well, since it was still about two hours before I had to be at the theatre, I decided to walk down Sunset Blvd to check out that part of it. A few doors down was the Samuel French Bookstore which I avoided since I knew that if I went in there I would have dropped some cash on scripts that most likely would gather dust for a few weeks - if not months.

Had you gone in, DR Jose, you would have seen the Benjamin Kritzer books prominently displayed near the front cash register!

Matt H. · « **Reply #56 on:** August 20, 2004, 09:04:57 AM »

Off to another pool outing this afternoon. Looking forward to a little sun and fun. Be back later this afternoon. The George Eads picture may have to wait until later tonight.

Jay · « **Reply #57 on:** August 20, 2004, 09:07:24 AM »

Quote from: MBarnum on August 20, 2004, 09:01:09 AM

PS: Jay, you should have a nifty Bollywood movie arriving for your temp. roomie anytime now...you may enjoy it as well as I know you like foreign type entertainments!

I said exotic entertainments. Exotic.

MBarnum · « **Reply #58 on:** August 20, 2004, 09:13:42 AM »

Quote from: Jay on August 20, 2004, 09:07:24 AM

I said exotic entertainments. Exotic.

Well, when you see the front cover of the DVD case, you will see that it is quite "exotic"!

(that is if you consider handsome foreign men in skimpy swimwear, exotic).

Or maybe that is the other "E" word?

Jennifer · « **Reply #59 on:** August 20, 2004, 09:20:45 AM »

Quote from: RLP on August 20, 2004, 08:22:23 AM

I think it's obvious, for anyone who has seen the tape of the turn, that there was nothing amiss with Pierson's swim.

In the past, the USA has protested some horrifically bad calls in various sports -- most notably an atrociously badly refereed basketball game against the USSR back in the early 80s -- and nothing was overturned.

In this instance, I'm confident justice was served. The man who won the meet took the Gold.

Even the man who finished second to Pierson says the call was bogus, and he's also said he's not sure he could have accepted the gold if the call had not been overturned.

At least the competitors have a rational perspective on these things.

I agree that he should not have been disqualified since he was definitely the best swimmer by far. Even if he did what the official said, he still would have won the race.

I don't know that the 2nd place finisher had actually seen a replay of the race when he made those comments. I heard him say though (right after the race) that he knew the USA swimmer was the best, and that he did not want to win a gold that way. Plus they are really close friends.

I will disagree a bit though that there was nothing wrong with USA swimmers turn. I don't know what qualifies as too much on a turn. But he clearly was on his stomach for a very long time (maybe more than he should have been - this was backstroke). But the Canadian announcer who calls the race (and who is very knowledgeable) said that even though he did that, he (the announcer) had never seen anyone disqualified for that.

The thing I found totally odd was how quickly the decision was overturned. I have never seen something happen so quickly.

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