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Re:A MADCAP FERN IN HEAT
« Reply #90 on: September 10, 2004, 04:00:27 PM »
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DONNA!

Jennifer-LOL- I like to read the paper while I eat but Bogie has decided he must stretch out on the paper while I pet him.

WEL, My Little Margie-lucky you.

MBarnum and Matt H, I was an ADAMS FAMILY fan but tired quickly of THE MUNSTERS.

Panni, I never tire of photos of Abie.

I need to switch computers before reading page 2.


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« Reply #91 on: September 10, 2004, 04:01:33 PM »
BK can you explain this picture please?
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« Reply #92 on: September 10, 2004, 04:21:48 PM »
The Boult Enigma Variations is my fave as well.

The pic is from the Mark Taper Forum production of Forget-Me-Not-Lane - that's me and Bud Cort.  We've just been down trying to have sport with some soldiers, with Bud's character trying to fool them.
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« Reply #93 on: September 10, 2004, 04:40:38 PM »
We haz come to a screeching halt.  I'm back from the gym - quite a workout on the bike - forty-five minutes worth.  Thus far, since my gym sojourn began, I have dropped five pounds.
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« Reply #94 on: September 10, 2004, 04:53:16 PM »
Quote from: François de Paris on September 10, 2004, 03:05:38 PM

"The likeness of Abraham Lincoln was created as the first fully functioning audio-animatronic human figure. In a presentation entitled, "Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln", the moving model of Abraham Lincoln stands, speaks, and gestures to the audience.

The figure model of Mr. Lincoln debuted at the State of Illinois Pavillion during the 1964 New York World's Fair, appearing with other Disney-designed attractions like The Carousel of Progress (General Electric), It's a Small World (Pepsi Cola), and The Primeval World (Ford Motor Company)."

Those were the days..... :)

Yes, those were the days.

I can still recall the awe I felt the first time I saw Lincoln, my hero to begin with.  I thought it was wonderful and had to return many times to see it.  

The best part of The Carousel of Progress was the dog-so cute
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« Reply #95 on: September 10, 2004, 04:53:32 PM »
Quote from: bk on September 10, 2004, 04:40:38 PM
Thus far, since my gym sojourn began, I have dropped five pounds.
I hope whoever you may have dropped them on accepted your appology graciously.

Still, it's a good idea to keep in mind, placing those extra pounds gently on a secure resting place is a far more acceptable practice.
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« Reply #96 on: September 10, 2004, 05:11:17 PM »
JRand-great vibes for a great show.

TCB how is the moving going?

Panni I think that is the cutest picture of Pete so far. :)

François, very touching article.  I especially enjoyed the story of John.

Michael Shayne-great picture of Bruce.

Bruce-congrats on the 5 pounds and hoping you hear a peep by the morning.
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« Reply #97 on: September 10, 2004, 05:14:53 PM »
Jane,

Great Moments With Mr Lincoln still plays at Disneyland -- CA -- and is shortened at Walt Disney World where Lincoln gets competition from.... get ready... an Audio Animatronic W Bush!!! YES! "You" President THERE speaks without the help of a .... prompter!
But then, a dummy's still a dummy!
I mean an audio animatronic character!

And Carousel of Progress plays, from time to time, in Florida, as Walt Disney's Carousel of Progress, a version VERY close to what was created when Walt was around, hence 1964 I would say!

There's A Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow
Shining At The End Of Everyday
And Tomorrow's Just A Dream Away....

-- Carousel of Progress theme by the Sherman Brothers!

Disney at its best!
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« Reply #98 on: September 10, 2004, 05:16:16 PM »
Der Brucer is hogging the new DVD stack right now.

He did some on-line ordering, and has been rewarded by two DVDs of Dame Diana Rigg as Mrs. Bradley, who runs around 1920s England solving mysteries and wearing cloche hats.  She is accompanied by her chauffeur, who sometimes doesn't wear his uniform.

He has also received the first two seasons of the Tim Hutton/Maury Chaykin Nero Wolfe mysteries.  He's told me that the two NW boxed sets also entitle him to a Nero Wolfe t-shirt.  This baffles me, as I cannot imagine Nero Wolfe every wearing a t-shirt, and further cannot imagine anyone else being able to wear such a shirt without dissapearing in the folds and folds of cloth.
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« Reply #99 on: September 10, 2004, 05:18:20 PM »
BK,

I do get some people from L.A. at "my" hotel and I do tell them about What If, hoping they'll go and see the show!

(Hope my enveloppe'll be in the mail soon! Thanks!)
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« Reply #100 on: September 10, 2004, 05:22:21 PM »
Quote from: François de Paris on September 10, 2004, 03:05:38 PM
Wow, may I say I'm impressed by your knowledge of disney and the 1964 World's fair, SWW!...
Hey, I'm a Burbank boy, born and raised.  The two big companies were Disney and Lockheed.  These things come naturally to me.
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« Reply #101 on: September 10, 2004, 05:32:22 PM »
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« Reply #102 on: September 10, 2004, 05:35:53 PM »
Quote from: Tomovoz on September 10, 2004, 01:34:43 PM
Great news BK.
This wonderful piece will now special to DR Jane who watched the river's flow on her journey. A fine evocative composition that will always bring Prague back to me (and thoughts of Benjamin too).


Also one of Keith’s favorites, as he reminded me while we were in Prague.  Currently we are listening to the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra.  It’s coming on the “big city” now.

Keith just found what I had originally been looking for, our album with Herbert Von Karajan conducting the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra.  We will listen to it next. :)
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« Reply #103 on: September 10, 2004, 05:37:17 PM »
Quote from: S. Woody White on September 10, 2004, 05:22:21 PM
Hey, I'm a Burbank boy, born and raised.  The two big companies were Disney and Lockheed.  These things come naturally to me.

Don't look for..... excuses, please! :)

When I was young and got my first encyclopedia.... I checked BURBANK.... and, believe or not, because of the Disney Studios, that name meant magic to me!

Well, my wish got fulfilled because I won a free trip there when I was 21.... Too late to meet Walt though!

If he had not smoked those deathly French cigarettes, most of his life!.......
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Re:A MADCAP FERN IN HEAT
« Reply #104 on: September 10, 2004, 05:40:05 PM »
Quote from: bk on September 10, 2004, 04:21:48 PM
The Boult Enigma Variations is my fave as well.

The pic is from the Mark Taper Forum production of Forget-Me-Not-Lane - that's me and Bud Cort.  We've just been down trying to have sport with some soldiers, with Bud's character trying to fool them.

I thought he looked familar, but couldn't place him. Of course then there was the same scene with Tom Hulce in the TV version.

Who do you think looked better as a woman: Bud or Tom?
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« Reply #105 on: September 10, 2004, 05:42:00 PM »
Quote from: JRand54 on September 10, 2004, 12:10:17 PM
Earthquake WEATHER?

The scientists say there's no correlation, but it seems that when a major earthquake hits in these parts, the weather is extremely hot and extremely still.  Like it's been here for the past few days.
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« Reply #106 on: September 10, 2004, 05:43:29 PM »
Bud was wonderful in the role - and he looked great as a woman because he believed it.  Hulce was still pretty new and while he was more "real" for TV, I didn't think he brought the personality that Bud did to the role.  And Bud and I had great chemistry, as did the girl who played scenes with us, Betsy Slade (also in the TV version).
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« Reply #107 on: September 10, 2004, 05:46:49 PM »
I am on my way to the theater to reset the sound levels as best we can.  We found a sound person to replace ours, and she'll be here tomorrow and Sunday and will actually try to run the show on Sunday with our fellow sitting beside her.  Hopefully it will be a smooth transition.  We also have a stage manager sub, who will be there tonight to watch and then tomorrow to call the show, and the Sunday to run it.  Hopefully, there will be no more of this stuff before we close, because it's truly tiresome.
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« Reply #108 on: September 10, 2004, 05:49:44 PM »
Great news-hope it goes well on Sunday.
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« Reply #109 on: September 10, 2004, 05:55:34 PM »
Quote from: Jay on September 10, 2004, 05:42:00 PM
The scientists say there's no correlation, but it seems that when a major earthquake hits in these parts, the weather is extremely hot and extremely still.  Like it's been here for the past few days.

There you go again, DR Jay! Now spit to ward off the Evil Eye and stop saying those things.
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« Reply #110 on: September 10, 2004, 05:59:19 PM »
Dear Reader Jose and I went to see a motion picture called Testosterone this afternoon, Dear Readers.  No, it is not a documentary about hormones but rather a fictional film that features Mr. David Sutcliffe, Mr. Antonio Sabato, Jr. and, in a supporting role, Miss Sonia Braga.  Mr. Sutcliffe and Mr. Sabato are in love (supposedly), but when Sabato does not return after leaving the house to buy a pack of cigarettes, Sutcliffe flies to Bueno Aires to engage in a wild goose chase as he attempts to track him down.  Though the film opens fairly lightly, it gets continually darker as it unfolds.

Here is what you need to know about Testosterone:

1.  As cute as Mr. Sabato may be, he is not the cutest actor in the film.

2.  If you have seen the trailer for Testosterone, you have seen each and every "hot" scene in the film.  In its entirety.

3.  Buenos Aires is quite beautiful, at least as it's been shot for this film.

4.  Miss Braga's role makes Medea look warm and cuddly.

5.  Mr. Sutcliffe's agent utters a line near the end of the film that will now become my standard response when I learn that someone is coming to visit.

6.  The film concludes with a twist that still has me completely puzzled.
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« Reply #111 on: September 10, 2004, 05:59:20 PM »
CD: Dvorak symponies 7, 8 & 9

DCD: Ben Casey
           Barbershop 2

TIVO:  Stargate SG1-any minute now.    :)
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« Reply #112 on: September 10, 2004, 06:01:01 PM »
Quote from: Panni on September 10, 2004, 05:55:34 PM
There you go again, DR Jay! Now spit to ward off the Evil Eye and stop saying those things.

Pttttww!  Pttttww!
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« Reply #113 on: September 10, 2004, 06:06:35 PM »
François I wish you could have heard Keith’s reaction when I told him about the Bush animatronics-LOL.

Oh so sweet to read the words to the song.  Thank you for the information.  I don’t think I shall be going to Florida.  We were at Disneyland with friends a couple of years ago but didn’t have time to visit Lincoln.  
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« Reply #114 on: September 10, 2004, 06:24:29 PM »
I am off to the thea-tuh.  In Boibank.  Report later.
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« Reply #115 on: September 10, 2004, 06:24:57 PM »
Quote from: Jane on September 10, 2004, 06:06:35 PM

 We were at Disneyland with friends a couple of years ago but didn’t have time to visit Lincoln.  


Yes, and he told me that that deeply upset him! :D

Oops... Had forgotten one "that"! >:(
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« Reply #116 on: September 10, 2004, 06:26:13 PM »
I've been signed in all day and I just realized that I haven't posted my requisite Topic of the Day post:

In my CD player at work:  Bloomer Girl, the original Broadway cast recording with Celeste Holm.  After that was a bit of the Andrew Lloyd Webber interview on BBC Radio 2 that I recorded off the Internet broadcast.

In my VCR:  last night's "The Graham Norton Effect" and "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" on Comedy Central.  Neither of Graham's guests Chris Rock nor Marilyn Manson interest me, so I don't think I'll watch TGNE all the way through.  I will watch TDSWJS...unless it's a repeat.

In my DVD player:  three DVDs that I just got from Netflix!  I joined and my first three movies arrived yesterday.  However, I don't remember at all what they are.  I just picked some gay-oriented movies that looked interesting ;)...ones that I'd seen on amazon.com or other places, but didn't want to buy and haven't see on the shelves at video/DVD rental places like Blockbuster.  I also have queued just about every Cirque du Soleil DVD that they have.  I don't know why...just because. ::)
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« Reply #117 on: September 10, 2004, 06:26:19 PM »
Hello, there, Gang!!

Frantically winterizing my garden, moving rocks around, wrestling with the water system, and I will be ready for the big move back to new York on September 29 - got my flight and everything. Got a great sublet - Lincoln Center, 62nd and Columbus, 800 square feet, 31st floor with a view of Manhattan, a doorman, an elevator, 2 grand pianos, and a partridge in a pear tree. Nice elderly lady from PA owns it, teaches piano there on Wednesday afternoons.

Big GREAT news this morning: I'm back in the BMI Musical Theater Workshop after about 25 years! I'll participate in the Advanced group, audit the 2nd year group and the Librettists group. I'm so stoked!!!

So I'll fly to LA next Thursday to have Rosh Hashanah with the family, back to Seattle Friday, head down to LA in the car with all my stuffaround the 20th, hang with the parents, then whoosh! I'm off the NYC Sept. 29!!! Oh, JOY!!!!!

Happy Birthday to DR Donna. And a big mazel tov to BK on the big move. Lots of luck with your new sound person and SM for Sunday, m'dears.

Hi, JanE!!!
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« Reply #118 on: September 10, 2004, 06:28:20 PM »
That's JANE, of course.

Congrats, Brucele, on your loss...
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« Reply #119 on: September 10, 2004, 06:32:15 PM »
Hope you still read us from time to time, Donna Cabaret!

Happy birthday to you!
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