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[elmore3003]

From DR TCB:

It would be one of the poker players, whichever the director happens to see me.  I am just not sure I want to do another show.

Your last show seemed like a perfect one to end your career, if that is what you decide to do. 

It was, but I hope he doesn't.

I'm not letting him retire.

[elmore3003]

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[elmore3003]

I am so sleepy! And I need to go to the corner bodega.

[Jane]

For tonight's viewing we stopped at Redbox and rented RIDDICK. 

[Jane]

Last night we watched the third SHERLOCK episode, The Sign of Three, of the season.  It was terrific I had to applaud at the end.

[KevinH]

Back from a very good breakfast meeting - about the possibility of bringing Pure Imagination to NY this summer.  Fingers crossed.

That would be great!

[Matthew]

I'm going to see a production of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof roof this eve.  My first time viewing this play.  I hope it's good.  My friend is in it, which is why I'm going.  Cuz I think I'd rather stay in tonight.... but I'll go.

[George]

Time to head for the theater.  I'm sure the crowd will be lively...it's a cruizin' Friday night, ya know.

Be back later!

[Jennifer]

I strongly believe that if you have trained for an event, skate to qualify for that event and then you QUALIFY, then it should be YOU going to the event and not someone who was incapable of qualifying, either from injury or from having a bad day.

So are you saying that Pleshenko should not even have had a spot at the Olympics?

[elmore3003]

I'm going to see a production of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof roof this eve.  My first time viewing this play.  I hope it's good.  My friend is in it, which is why I'm going.  Cuz I think I'd rather stay in tonight.... but I'll go.

It is a good play.  Very good.

[Jennifer]

It's crazy to see how fast some people drive even with all the snow we had today. Oy!

I hate driving in snow. And am very cautious. But do you need to drive right up behind someone when the conditions are not optimal?

Some roads were cleared quite well. Some less so. I guess it's sort of amazing how fast they can clear the snow. But still I can't believe people drive so fast.

[Ginny]

We're getting a LOT more snow than they were predicting last night.  And there's a possibility that there may be more tomorrow night into Sunday.  Do you suppose we'll ever get to Lima again?

[Cillaliz]

We got no snow again. 

[Jennifer]

There is a big controversy on the CBC Olympics facebook page.

Today Canada's men's hockey team was playing and they were winning by a lot (i think it was 6-0).  The CBC which is the main channel was showing the entire game.  A sister station (which not everybody gets) was showing figure skating in its entirety.

Patrick Chan was going for a gold medal in figure skating (Canada has never won a gold in men's figure skating).

So what should CBC do?  Show Chan skate? Or keep with the hockey?

I understand that hockey is very important here.  But this was a meaningless game that Team Canada was winning.  Patrick Chan was skating for a gold medal. I honestly do not see the POV of hockey fans at all. Even if they could care less about figure skating.  It makes no sense to me why  CBC would not cut away for 5 minutes. There are so many sports. I feel like it's crazy enough to devote 3 hours to games (i feel like all games should be on sister stations).

Anyhow what they ended up doing was a split screen. But no sound on Patrick Chan. So the skating fans were outraged that the CBC did not respect one of our most prestigious athletes. But the hockey fans were going ballistic that their game was put on split screen.  So they ended up making everyone mad. I agree they should have either kept the hockey or cut to Chan not split screen. But I am floored at the reaction of the hockey fans.

I was talking about this with my brother-in-law and he could not believe that they would have cut into the hockey game. But then when i mentioned it to my sister she could not believe that they did not show Patrick Chan.

[Jane]

That is kind of funny.  Of course I agree they could have cut the hockey game for 5 minutes and re-played any exciting action that was missed.

[John G.]

DR Elmore:  What (and when) was the Danbury concert?  And the Book of the Month Club?

The Danbury Concert was a Rodgers & Hart, Gershwin concert with Meg Bussert, and a couple of other singers I no longer remember from about 1987; John and I rode to and from Danbury with the bass player whose name i forget, and it was a good concert, and it was one of the few times that I ever saw John relax or put on airs. I think that's the concert for which I orchestrated the verse to "You're Nearer" that ended up on the vonStade recording "My Funny Valentine.

The Book of the Month Club recording "Songs of New York" was my fist union jb and McGlinn's first album where he conducted the whole shebang.  He'd conducted a couple of tracks for Ben Bagley's Jerome Kern Revisited.

I moved here in 1989, so at least I didn't miss that concert out of incompetence.  But I'm not sure I would have known the name McGlinn in 1987.  The SHOW BOAT recording was my introduction to him.  When was that released?  It was a big damned deal, I remember that much, and I scarfed up that LP box set.  Which I think I've kept (must check), even though I also got the CD set some years later.

SBOW BOAT was recorded in 1988 to 1987.

Was it recorded in reverse?

I typed "to" and I meant "or."  I don't recall the year of the recording.

I unfortunately failed in my attempt to be cute. Sorry.

[Cillaliz]

Jennifer I'm skipping your post for now, I haven't heard who won anything today and I"m afraid there are spoilers in there

[John G.]

From DR TCB:

It would be one of the poker players, whichever the director happens to see me.  I am just not sure I want to do another show.

Your last show seemed like a perfect one to end your career, if that is what you decide to do. 

It was, but I hope he doesn't.

I'm not letting him retire.

I hope he doesn't retire either. The part wouldn't be big, but it could be a lot of fun.

[Jennifer]

Jennifer I'm skipping your post for now, I haven't heard who won anything today and I"m afraid there are spoilers in there

There are no spoilers in my post. I know the US hasn't aired the figure skating yet. No results are mentioned.
Unless you care about a mid-game score of the Canadian men's hockey team. But i figured NBC would not be showing that for sure.

[Ginny]

DR Cillaliz, I saw the entire men's event today and there are no spoilers in DR Jennifer's post.

[John G.]

Finally found the time to put a big pot of borscht on the stove. Love this soup, probably speaks to that quarter Russian in me.

But it's a funny soup. Every time I've tried a Russian recipe, the emphasis is on the beef broth. American versions seem to be about the beets. I guess it was meant as a way of getting beef, or beef flavor, at least, into one more peasant meal. I love a strong beefy flavor.

Going to let it set overnight before eating it.

[Cillaliz]

Jennifer I'm skipping your post for now, I haven't heard who won anything today and I"m afraid there are spoilers in there

There are no spoilers in my post. I know the US hasn't aired the figure skating yet. No results are mentioned.
Unless you care about a mid-game score of the Canadian men's hockey team. But i figured NBC would not be showing that for sure.

you never know, it could have been on nbcs, or one of the other channels.  They've been showing a lot of hockey

[Ginny]

Have I mentioned how much I love, love, love the blue patchwork "wallpaper" on the boards and in the kiss & cry at the Iceberg?

[Cillaliz]

Thanks for telling me no spoilers.  You'd think they could cover Patrick Chan.....actually right now NBC is doing a feature on him.

[John G.]

I have found that die-hard (insert sport here) fans will suffer no interruptions. Way too limited. 

[Jane]

Thanks for telling me no spoilers.  You'd think they could cover Patrick Chan.....actually right now NBC is doing a feature on him.

Better safe than sorry.  You would think they would cover him.

[Jane]

Keith is popping corn...

'night

[Dan M]

Since my Valentine was a no-show and I'm feeling down about it, I'm watching "Love, American Style" on MeTV with Karen VALENTINE!
(Reading this back to myself, I sound like a sad case, oh well).

[John G.]

Watching Judy Kuhn and Melissa Errico in Passion. Such beautiful voices, the music unfolds as if in a trance and yet for as romantic as it is, it leaves me cold.

[John G.]

Since my Valentine was a no-show and I'm feeling down about it, I'm watching "Love, American Style" on MeTV with Karen VALENTINE!
(Reading this back to myself, I sound like a sad case, oh well).

Sorry about your Valentine. But I would probably enjoy Karen Valentine in an old "Love, American Style" episode.