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[Ron Pulliam]

It's Thurs(Fri)day!

For work purposes, that is....it's my last workday of the week.

Good news:  My intermediate boss (deputy director of the agency who is between my actual boss and my current boss -- Agency Assistant Director) informed me last night that I am returning to my regular channel next week.  A temp is being hired to cover the desk I've covered the past month.  Hooray, huzzah, hip-hip-yap-hank!

[Ron Pulliam]

I have all sorts of ambitions for tomorrow, condo-wise, but the truth is I'll probably sleep in until 9:30 or 10 a.m.  Then I'll have coffee.  Then I'll putz around and then have lunch.  Then it will be naptime.  I will get up in time for supper.  A few hours of TV will follow and the day will be done.

Sigh.

[Ron Pulliam]

Did I start Page 2?


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[MBarnum]

I think a Weiner Wednesday should be started here in Salem.

[Ginny]

Enjoy your decompression day, DR Ron!

[MBarnum]

That was quite a day you had, DR Cillaliz!

Glad you were able to help out the bunnies!!

[MBarnum]

I calibrated my new television last night...boy, am I glad I did. Superior picture quality, now! Both for new and old stuff.

It was easy to do, once I found instructions on-line on how to set each of the 12 gazillion settings, written up by a guy who purchased the same/similar tv.

[ChasSmith]

What make/model/size of TV is it?

[MBarnum]

TOD:

[MBarnum]

I think that may be the only Roy Scheider film I have seen.

[MBarnum]

DR ChasSmith, it is a 55 inch Samsung smart TV.

[Laura]

Good morning. Two hours of hiking done.

[ChasSmith]

I was just about to say the same thing! -- but then I remembered that what I've actually gotten done is drinking more coffee and eating a piece of cake.

[Kate]

Good Morning All:


TOD:


JAWS,
JAWS 2

[Kate]

DR Ben:


That's so cool who were in the Movie, STILL OF THE NIGHT!

I will try to get it at the library and watch for you in the auction Scene!

[Kate]

DR Ben:


That's so cool you were in STILL OF THE NIGHT!

I will try to get it at my local library and watch for you in the AUCTION SCENE!

[Kate]

Goodbye for Now!

[Ginny]

DR Cillaliz, your visit from the fire department reminded me of the time the heating element in our oven ignited while I was pre-heating it for dinner.  We had a ladder truck, a pumper, and a couple of administrative vehicles here and one of the firefighters said, "Wow, I've never seen an oven do that!"  No fire, no damage, no home-cooked dinner that night.

I hope all is well at your house...

[ChasSmith]

I've enjoyed two illustrious appearances in crowd scenes, for neither of which the slightest evidence exists:

1.  We had just recently moved to Fort Lauderdale when they opened the then-new winter home stadium for the NY Yankees.  My parents heard that there was a movie (Safe at Home) being filmed there and whoever showed up could sit in the bleachers and be part of the crowd scene.  So we went, and I do remember seeing William Frawley out on the field, and being told when to cheer, etc.  As I recall, it was a distant shot and no one was identifiable.

2.  In L.A. I was handed a flyer inviting people to show up at MGM in Culver City for a crowd scene.  It turned out to be for the 1976 King Kong.  I think it was a crowd reaction to Kong on the World Trade Center!

Whew!  What a career!  I think I need to take a rest.

[bk]

Was up at five this morning, finally fell back asleep at seven-thirty, only to be awakened by my oh so lovely and thoughtful neighbors, who decided today was tree and bush trimming day - unbelievable. 

[Ron Pulliam]

I was just about to say the same thing! -- but then I remembered that what I've actually gotten done is drinking more coffee and eating a piece of cake.

Hiking vs. having coffee and a piece of cake = same thing.

[Michael]

This came up as a recommended video on Youtube

A TV series about a Non-Jewish Bear. (The animal and not a man)

Gentile Ben (in the Everglades) TV Show...a new way to say adventure (CBS commerical, 1967)

http://youtu.be/CaJsDNPZwX4

[Michael]

I did background work in a Roy Scheider/Meryl Streep movie in 1981. It's not very good (the movie) but you can clearly see me sitting on the aisle during the scene filmed in the "auction hall". The movie was

Still of the Night

That particular scene was filmed at

International House on the campus of Columbia University.

One of the things I most remember about the movie is that, without the lifts in his shoes, Mr. Scheider is not much taller than me and I'm just 5'3"!

I remember seeing that movie in Burlington Vermont while killing time before a bus would take me back to Montreal. Not the best way to see a movie. Chose a movie before the bus leaves.

[Ben]

DR Ben:


That's so cool who were in the Movie, STILL OF THE NIGHT!

I will try to get it at the library and watch for you in the auction Scene!

I don't know that it was ever officially released on DVD. Amazon lists this on their site:

DVD-R Note: This product is manufactured on demand when ordered from Amazon.com

People are selling VHS copies on Amazon and eBay but I doubt your library will have it. If you do get a copy, don't blink, or you'll miss me. The do a shot up the aisle (I think Roy S. is walking up the aisle) and the camera makes a quick pass at me. If you know what I look like you will recognize me.

That one week of filming made me realize how UN-GLAMOROUS background/extra work was. I was non-union at the time and we got paid a grand total of $50 a day and lunch. It was a mix of SAG (Screen Actors Guild) and non-SAG extras. That scene took five full days to film and then I think there were problems with the movie because the movie was filmed in the early spring of 1981 (I remember walking every morning from 92nd Street and West End Avenue up to 122nd Street and Riverside Drive in the chilly spring air). The movie wasn't released until November of 1982.

[elmore3003]

I am up. I used the rain as an excuse to sleep late.

I have nothing to report.

For now.

[Ben]

Tomorrow is the 70th Anniversary of the D-Day Landings. The BBC has many programs about it.

[bk]

And we have the soundtrack to Overlord, which, of course, was the code name for D-Day.

[bk]

Thanks to those who watched and enjoyed the videos.

[elmore3003]

Wow, DR Cillaliz! You had a night that DR MBarnum will regret missing for years to come.

I hope the bunnies are all right. When my brothers and I were small we had pet chickens and bunnies at Easter for several years. My memory is that the chickens all ended up on an Appalachian farm, and we probably had them for dinner on a trip to my grandmother's. God knows what became of the rabbits. For years they were in a cage at the back of our garage.  That's something I hadn't thought about for 50 years.

[Ron Pulliam]

In the Fall of 1977, Sylvester Stallone was in Washington DC shooting "F.I.S.T."   A call went out to all military in the area that they were looking for male extras for a scene outside the Senate Office Building.  They wanted guys in jeans, overhauls, working clothes, etc.

I showed up and was given general directions about finding a truck upon which I would climb and await further instructions.  I picked a big red trailer with a white-topped cab.  Stallone ran out of the Senate building, down the steps, jumped up on a taxi and turned toward the cameras.  I was directly behind him on that truck.  This still is from the movie...and I am the man behind his right upraised fist (it looks like he might just be chucking me under my chin).   I still have that shirt.