Topic: THE CHRISTMAS WALTZ (Read 6952 times)

Jane · « **Reply #90 on:** December 25, 2014, 12:20:30 PM »

DR Amy I enjoyed your reporting on the party last night.

Cillaliz · « **Reply #91 on:** December 25, 2014, 01:20:22 PM »

Quote from: Jane on December 25, 2014, 09:44:15 AM

I like the idea of a watch that doesn't need a battery. I have multiple watches that usually sit in a drawer and would lose a charge without light faster than they run out of battery power.

I have two citizen solar watches. One of them has pretty much died - I need a new rechargeable battery, but it was several years before that happened. The other is pretty new, I love them

Cillaliz · « **Reply #92 on:** December 25, 2014, 01:23:10 PM »

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!

bk · « **Reply #93 on:** December 25, 2014, 01:24:26 PM »

Quote from: Jrand64 on December 25, 2014, 10:24:28 AM

MR BK did you read what I posted the other day.....although you may know this already.

When he was vaudeville before he got into the movies, Jack Carson had an act with a partner.....none other than Dave Willock.

Dave had a few vaudeville partners - they have a photo of Dave with Jack Carson.

Cillaliz · « **Reply #94 on:** December 25, 2014, 01:24:38 PM »

I drove to my parents' house yesterday and spent the afternoon with them. We then went to my brother's house were he and his wife had appetizers, munchies and drinks. Sam and her family came over and another couple that are friends of David and Marcia. It was a very pleasant evening.

Cillaliz · « **Reply #95 on:** December 25, 2014, 01:29:27 PM »

After that, we went home (to mom and dad's house) and were tired so we all went to bed. This morning we got up, had cinnamon roles and coffee. Then mom and dad and I had our Christmas and played with the cats. We had a very nice morning together. Around noon, I left and came back to Sioux City and they went on to Sam's for the day. Everyone was fine that I left early as the weather is supposed to turn bad tonight and tomorrow I had a really nice time and spend some good quality time with mom and dad so that was cool

Cillaliz · « **Reply #96 on:** December 25, 2014, 01:29:45 PM »

Congrats on your awards BK!

Cillaliz · « **Reply #97 on:** December 25, 2014, 01:30:13 PM »

The cats wanted food and have pretty much ignored me since I got home. That's good and normal

bk · « **Reply #98 on:** December 25, 2014, 01:30:29 PM »

Quote from: elmore3003 on December 25, 2014, 10:43:29 AM

I am home from INTO THE WOODS, a show I really dislike. I still remember from the original production that stupid moment where the dead giant, looking much like a 20-foot bowling ball in a wig, toppled over and I thought, bad finish to a second-rate Sondheim show. Thanks to the cult, he's believed only to have produced works of monumental genius, but I still think INTO THE WOODS is a second- or third-tier one. I still have no idea what the hell that idiotic number "The Last Midnight" is all about. It's a dud, one of the worst things ever penned by the deified Sondheim. so of course i'm going to hell, but "Giants In The Sky." "The steps of the Palace," "Agony," and other numbers in the show are quite wonderful.

That said, I loved the movie, which is a big improvement over the stage show; it's not nearly as noisy, and the second act body count is lower. To me, the two halves still mesh badly, but the cast is really fine, and James Corden, whom I loved in ONE MAN, TWO GUV'NORS, is really wonderful. I never felt that Chip Zien and Joanna Gleason felt part of the Grimm locale; they were far too urban New York Jew; it was hard to believe he's Rapunzel's brother. Corden and Emily Blunt seem to be living in the same vicinity as Cinderella, Red Riding Hood, and the others. Speaking of the rest of the cast, I loved the boy who played Jack, Traacey Ulman as his mother, and the Red Riding Hood. I'm on the fence about Anna Kendrick, but I thought the princes were both great, and came off nicer than they did in the stage show. It's not a pleasant show; the authors are very mean to their characters in Act Two

"Agony" got a big round of applause from the audience. I liked the costume and set design very much, and the musical adaptation is quite wonderful. i think giving Tunick more than 12-15 instruments to write for gave the score a lot of enchantment missing from the stage show, and I was moved at the end.

I still think "The Last Midnight" is complete dreck.

I'm glad you liked it - better than I did, although I completely agree about the cast, which is really excellent - one can pick nits with Anna Kendrick's nasal voice, but I liked her in the part. And the music does sound great. As all of you will recall, I said all of the early moviegoers who are Sondheads and Woodsheads and musical theater heads would lead the applause and I've been told that that is indeed happening at the early screenings. At my industry screening, filled with people who were there to love it, there was absolutely not one clap for any number and very few laughs - a couple of chuckles, and then polite applause at the end. I just think that regular audiences are not going to like the last third of the film, no matter how much slack they cut the first two thirds. They're not Into the Woods lovers and the way the film was sold they're probably thinking it's going to be like Maleficent. I'm sure they will exaggerate the grosses as they did with Nine, but in the end only time will tell. My friends are split right down the middle - no one really hates it, but half my friends really liked it a lot, and half felt pretty much as I did.

bk · « **Reply #99 on:** December 25, 2014, 01:31:09 PM »

Funnily, with the Eddon Awards that Don bestows, you don't even get a piece of paper.

Cillaliz · « **Reply #100 on:** December 25, 2014, 01:31:31 PM »

I decided to make a Christmas dinner for myself, so there is a Jennie O Turkey roast in the oven. I've got potatoes and stove top stuffing mix and will get some veges out of the freezer. Tomorrow I'm going to pick up some oysters to make my other favorite...scalloped oysters.

bk · « **Reply #101 on:** December 25, 2014, 01:32:10 PM »

Oh, and I'm up. I had a really rough night. Perhaps it was the extra POUND of food I ate before going to bed. I didn't fall asleep till three, was up at five or so, fell back asleep at about seven and was up at ten. I still feel kind of yucky, but hopefully that will pass.

bk · « **Reply #102 on:** December 25, 2014, 01:34:19 PM »

I didn't get out of bed till eleven-thirty, and then I spent ninety minutes cleaning up - I did all the pots and pans and also the pans and pots, and everything is back as it should be. I threw a lot of sauce away and I STILL have a huge amount in the refrigerator so that the Darling Daughter can have some when she comes to visit - which isn't going to be today. She'll be here tomorrow. I really don't like when her mother does that - guilt trips her into staying for Christmas Day. The long standing deal has always been mother gets Eve and I get Day, but she's done this three or four times and it always irks me.

bk · « **Reply #103 on:** December 25, 2014, 01:34:32 PM »

Color me irked. Irked in color.

Cillaliz · « **Reply #104 on:** December 25, 2014, 01:34:52 PM »

I am so happy to be home. The dinner at Sam's was planned for 1:00 and they were just getting ready to sit down to eat when I called around 3:00 to tell them I was home. It's not a big deal, but would have put me home long after dark, and I don't like to drive at night. So, it worked out very well

Jrand74 · « **Reply #105 on:** December 25, 2014, 01:46:36 PM »

Thanks to DR ELMORE for the Inter the Woods report.

Thanks to DR AMY for continued coverage of the 'do.'

Jrand74 · « **Reply #106 on:** December 25, 2014, 01:47:35 PM »

Irk Be Gone vibes for MR BK.

I would think that Carson & Willock would have been a good team. Looking on IMDB today, it seems that Dave played Carson's son on his radio show for many years....

The things one learns on the net.

Jrand74 · « **Reply #107 on:** December 25, 2014, 01:59:06 PM »

The Olympic Drive In......Lucy and Bob Hope just went there in THE FACTS OF LIFE on MGM HD....

I am assuming it was a real place.

Jane · « **Reply #108 on:** December 25, 2014, 02:02:39 PM »

Quote from: bk on December 25, 2014, 01:32:10 PM

Oh, and I'm up. I had a really rough night. Perhaps it was the extra POUND of food I ate before going to bed. I didn't fall asleep till three, was up at five or so, fell back asleep at about seven and was up at ten. I still feel kind of yucky, but hopefully that will pass.

I normally eat dinner very early because I feel better. When we have company or travel the later meals can keep me up at night.

Jane · « **Reply #109 on:** December 25, 2014, 02:04:25 PM »

We went for a very nice walk. We would have walked longer but it was a bit cold and beginning to rain.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #110 on:** December 25, 2014, 02:05:52 PM »

Quote from: bk on December 25, 2014, 01:34:32 PM

Color me irked. Irked in color.

I completely understand. I would be irked, too!

singdaw · « **Reply #111 on:** December 25, 2014, 02:09:21 PM »

Michael · « **Reply #112 on:** December 25, 2014, 02:17:16 PM »

Good Pre-Evening to all

FJL · « **Reply #113 on:** December 25, 2014, 02:17:38 PM »

Really enjoyed the details on the Do last night.

Michael · « **Reply #114 on:** December 25, 2014, 02:17:38 PM »

Hope everyone has had a great day so far

Michael · « **Reply #115 on:** December 25, 2014, 02:18:06 PM »

Hope everyone got what they wanted as gifts.

Michael · « **Reply #116 on:** December 25, 2014, 02:19:13 PM »

And a most happy birthday to Jrand's mom.

Michael · « **Reply #117 on:** December 25, 2014, 02:20:59 PM »

An of course an epic happy birthday song is needed

http://youtu.be/wGZeIJzzRcQ

bk · « **Reply #118 on:** December 25, 2014, 02:28:14 PM »

Quote from: Jrand64 on December 25, 2014, 01:59:06 PM

The Olympic Drive In......Lucy and Bob Hope just went there in THE FACTS OF LIFE on MGM HD....

I am assuming it was a real place.

On the corner of Olympic and Bundy, long gone. You'll find a long chapter in Benjamin Kritzer about Susan Pomeroy and Benjamin going to the Olympic.

Jrand74 · « **Reply #119 on:** December 25, 2014, 02:44:32 PM »

LOL.....yes I remember reading that.

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