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[Jrand74]

That does sound organized DR RLP!  And I am sure everyone appreciated it.

[Ron Pulliam]

TOD:

Well, I'm not sure.   If I had free reign, I think I might look for a way to have a narrator do commentary to the audience in between the "unpleasant" scenes.  Since Dubin, like Larry Hart, was very talented, that talent can be displayed to wonderful effect while the "true-to-life" stuff needs to be lightened with a commentary that suggests various ailments/psychoses that plagued the central character throughout his life.

For pity's sake, though, don't pull the stuffings out of the character.  Look at the botch that MGM perpetrated upon Larry Hart's memory in "Words and Music" by making his angst a love sickness for Betty Garrett's character (and she wasn't buying into Hart in any way).  So faux tragic.

Very much like the whitewash of Cole Porter by the Warner Brothers.  But, I digress...

[Jane]

Most schools in my area ended yesterday so the streets are full of screaming children....and the stores will be full of them as well.

This seems very early to me.  I think of mid-June as the end of school.  Craig's district has a number of snow days to add on  making the year longer.

[Jrand74]

I won $50 on a scratch off lottery ticket that I bought using a $10 winning ticket from last week.

[Ron Pulliam]

Most schools in my area ended yesterday so the streets are full of screaming children....and the stores will be full of them as well.

This seems very early to me.  I think of mid-June as the end of school.  Craig's district has a number of snow days to add on  making the year longer.

Jrand lives in an agricultural state.  Maybe the schools let out early so's the younguns could start plowin' and plantin'?

[Jane]

I saw my super on the street, and he says he has not officially been sacked since there's been no word from the management. What the hell is our building manager doing by telling people in the building before notifying the employee?

Hopefully he won'the be sacked and your letter will make a difference.

[Jane]

DR Ron your place of work really knows how to celebrate.

[Jane]

I won $50 on a scratch off lottery ticket that I bought using a $10 winning ticket from last week.

Congrats.

[Jane]

Most schools in my area ended yesterday so the streets are full of screaming children....and the stores will be full of them as well.

This seems very early to me.  I think of mid-June as the end of school.  Craig's district has a number of snow days to add on  making the year longer.

Jrand lives in an agricultural state.  Maybe the schools let out early so's the younguns could start plowin' and plantin'?

😁

[Jane]

That does sound organized DR RLP!  And I am sure everyone appreciated it.

Will the celebrations be as grand once Ron retires?

[Ron Pulliam]

If a Kabuki restaurant opened in River City, Iowa, and some Jewish folks dined there, would they nickname it JewPoopi?

[Ron Pulliam]

Re: BK's comment:    "I was picked up by the Pearls".


OUCH!

[Ron Pulliam]

That does sound organized DR RLP!  And I am sure everyone appreciated it.

Will the celebrations be as grand once Ron retires?

Ron will slink out undetected!!!

[Ron Pulliam]

I think my job is done here for the nonce!!!

[Druxy]

TOD:

Well, I'm not sure.   If I had free reign, I think I might look for a way to have a narrator do commentary to the audience in between the "unpleasant" scenes.  Since Dubin, like Larry Hart, was very talented, that talent can be displayed to wonderful effect while the "true-to-life" stuff needs to be lightened with a commentary that suggests various ailments/psychoses that plagued the central character throughout his life.

For pity's sake, though, don't pull the stuffings out of the character.  Look at the botch that MGM perpetrated upon Larry Hart's memory in "Words and Music" by making his angst a love sickness for Betty Garrett's character (and she wasn't buying into Hart in any way).  So faux tragic.

Very much like the whitewash of Cole Porter by the Warner Brothers.  But, I digress...

When they made WORDS AND MUSIC, there was no way they could show the "real" Larry Hart.  Same thing with Cole Porter in NIGHT AND DAY.  Of course, years later, Kevin Kline did a more realistic Porter in DE-LOVELY.

[Jrand74]

Thanks DR JANE.

I don't think we had to use any snow days this year....maybe one....so our schools didn't have anything to make up.  Way back when i was in school back in the 20th Century, we were always out by Memorial Day....the Indy 500 meant that our summer vacation had begun.

[bk]

No sleep for me - just can't fall asleep and I'm bored of just laying or lying there like so much fish.

[FJL]

More vibes for vixmom's friend Alexa.

[Jane]

That does sound organized DR RLP!  And I am sure everyone appreciated it.

Will the celebrations be as grand once Ron retires?

Ron will slink out undetected!!!

[Jane]

Thanks DR JANE.

I don't think we had to use any snow days this year....maybe one....so our schools didn't have anything to make up.  Way back when i was in school back in the 20th Century, we were always out by Memorial Day....the Indy 500 meant that our summer vacation had begun.

Out by Memorial day-fun.

[elmore3003]

This day has a real Friday aspect: little traffic on the Upper West Side, so I'm guessing people are making a really long weekend out of Memorial Day.

[elmore3003]

The laundry is finished and the bed made.

[Jennifer]

Most schools in my area ended yesterday so the streets are full of screaming children....and the stores will be full of them as well.

This seems very early to me.  I think of mid-June as the end of school.  Craig's district has a number of snow days to add on  making the year longer.

It seems crazy to me too. But lots of places seem to have schools that end in May. Here it is the end of June.

[John G.]

TOD:

Well, I'm not sure.   If I had free reign, I think I might look for a way to have a narrator do commentary to the audience in between the "unpleasant" scenes.  Since Dubin, like Larry Hart, was very talented, that talent can be displayed to wonderful effect while the "true-to-life" stuff needs to be lightened with a commentary that suggests various ailments/psychoses that plagued the central character throughout his life.

For pity's sake, though, don't pull the stuffings out of the character.  Look at the botch that MGM perpetrated upon Larry Hart's memory in "Words and Music" by making his angst a love sickness for Betty Garrett's character (and she wasn't buying into Hart in any way).  So faux tragic.

Very much like the whitewash of Cole Porter by the Warner Brothers.  But, I digress...

When they made WORDS AND MUSIC, there was no way they could show the "real" Larry Hart.  Same thing with Cole Porter in NIGHT AND DAY.  Of course, years later, Kevin Kline did a more realistic Porter in DE-LOVELY.

Except De-Lovely was as fictional as Night and Day. Linda Lee, for example, was much older than Cole and there was never an issue of her having a child.

[elmore3003]

Today is the 78th birthday of the great opera star Teresa Stratas!

She played Offenbach's La Perichole several times for the Metropolitan Opera.  Here's the 1971 broadcast of Perichole's Act One "Letter song":
https://soundcloud.com/user5614139/la-perichole-letter-song-1971

[ChasSmith]

Today is the 78th birthday of the great opera star Teresa Stratas!

She played Offenbach's La Perichole several times for the Metropolitan Opera.  Here's the 1971 broadcast of Perichole's Act One "Letter song":
https://soundcloud.com/user5614139/la-perichole-letter-song-1971

And an incredible Jenny in Mahagonny!

[elmore3003]

Today is the 78th birthday of the great opera star Teresa Stratas!

She played Offenbach's La Perichole several times for the Metropolitan Opera.  Here's the 1971 broadcast of Perichole's Act One "Letter song":
https://soundcloud.com/user5614139/la-perichole-letter-song-1971

And an incredible Jenny in Mahagonny!

She was fantastic in RAGS on Broadway, and her Julie on John McGlinn's SHOW BOAT recording makes me cry.

[Jane]

Our neighbor just returned from Toronto where she was told the second t is silent.  Is this true?

[George]

Today is the 78th birthday of the great opera star Teresa Stratas!

She played Offenbach's La Perichole several times for the Metropolitan Opera.  Here's the 1971 broadcast of Perichole's Act One "Letter song":
https://soundcloud.com/user5614139/la-perichole-letter-song-1971

And an incredible Jenny in Mahagonny!

She was fantastic in RAGS on Broadway, and her Julie on John McGlinn's SHOW BOAT recording makes me cry.

I love the RAGS recording with Julia Migenes, but I wish Teresa could've been on the recording.

[George]

And since we're so close...