Topic: MY VERY OWN ACTUAL BIRTHDAY AND OTHER HAPPENINGS (Read 6795 times)

John G. · « **Reply #30 on:** December 08, 2016, 06:40:11 AM »

TOD:

I came to know Bruce Kimmel in several different ways and I don't know that I put them together until much later.

The first was likely on The Partridge Family and other shows.

Then there was a Mike Douglas episode on The First Nudie Musical.

I remember buying the album of Stages. So that was a third BK.

I didn't put them all together until after someone gave me a copy of A Broadway Christmas, which I have to admit was more important at the time because my friend Larry Moore did the orchestrations. And I had interviewed Liz Larsen. But I played that album for an entire year and wanted to know more about everyone on there.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #31 on:** December 08, 2016, 06:41:49 AM »

Happy Birthday, BK!

Jennifer · « **Reply #32 on:** December 08, 2016, 06:50:02 AM »

Happy Birthday BK!

Hope you have a terrific day!

elmore3003 · « **Reply #33 on:** December 08, 2016, 06:54:24 AM »

Quote from: John G. on December 08, 2016, 06:40:11 AM

TOD:

I didn't put them all together until after someone gave me a copy of A Broadway Christmas, which I have to admit was more important at the time because my friend Larry Moore did the orchestrations. And I had interviewed Liz Larsen. But I played that album for an entire year and wanted to know more about everyone on there.

Actually, I worked on A Broadway Christmas, but that was Lanny Meyer's recording. Because of the tight schedule he asked me to write three charts, and I wrote them in June 1994, in a Dayton Ohio hospital where my mother was dying.

Every morning, I would drive to the hospital, check in with my dad and brothers, visit a bit with my mother who didn't know who any of us were; she spent most of her time talking to dead relatives and complaining about being tethered. After seeing that all was status quo, I would go to the hospital cafeteria, commandeer a table, and spend the day writing. I would take breaks and visit my mother's room, then head back to the cafeteria. The next morning, on my way to hospital, I would Fed Ex to Manhattan the work I'd done the day before. On the day we buried my mother, I began "Fireworks/Together" for Sally Mayes' Comden and Green album.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #34 on:** December 08, 2016, 06:56:17 AM »

Happy Birthday to our very own Bruce!!!

bk · « **Reply #35 on:** December 08, 2016, 07:00:51 AM »

Quote from: elmore3003 on December 08, 2016, 06:38:21 AM

In spring 1980, the Thalia - a revival house I still miss after 30 years! - showed The First Nudie Musical. I didn't know the film, but I was selling occasional copies of the recording at The Drama Book Shop. My composer friend Thom Heinrichs, who worked in the store's receiving dept., and I went to a showing around 6:30. The movie was part of a double feature, and I no longer remember the other film because we didn't stay to watch it.

Since the Thalia was only a block away from my old apartment on West 94th Street, I got home around 8:30, laughed about the movie, and went back to the final 10:00 show. The next day I raved about the film to everyone I encountered in the Book Shop. A young actress named Lila told me she'd gone to college with Bruce Kimmel, and I said something like "I want to work with him."

Fouteen years later, I did.

I'd never heard the part about Lila before - that would be Lila Davis, who I really liked.

bk · « **Reply #36 on:** December 08, 2016, 07:01:50 AM »

Thank you all for the wonderful birthday wishes.

bk · « **Reply #37 on:** December 08, 2016, 07:02:22 AM »

I think I got five hours of sleep - just couldn't stay asleep, which is fine on this day.

bk · « **Reply #38 on:** December 08, 2016, 07:02:55 AM »

I am determined to "like" every Facebook birthday wish, as I did last year.

John G. · « **Reply #39 on:** December 08, 2016, 07:08:42 AM »

Elmore, it was your name on the album that initially made it, no matter how many songs you did.

John G. · « **Reply #40 on:** December 08, 2016, 07:09:40 AM »

Quote from: bk on December 08, 2016, 07:02:55 AM

I am determined to "like" every Facebook birthday wish, as I did last year.

Sounds sorta like a BK lyric.

"... and I like every post I see."

elmore3003 · « **Reply #41 on:** December 08, 2016, 07:13:35 AM »

Quote from: bk on December 08, 2016, 07:00:51 AM

Quote from: elmore3003 on December 08, 2016, 06:38:21 AM
In spring 1980, the Thalia - a revival house I still miss after 30 years! - showed The First Nudie Musical. I didn't know the film, but I was selling occasional copies of the recording at The Drama Book Shop. My composer friend Thom Heinrichs, who worked in the store's receiving dept., and I went to a showing around 6:30. The movie was part of a double feature, and I no longer remember the other film because we didn't stay to watch it.

Since the Thalia was only a block away from my old apartment on West 94th Street, I got home around 8:30, laughed about the movie, and went back to the final 10:00 show. The next day I raved about the film to everyone I encountered in the Book Shop. A young actress named Lila told me she'd gone to college with Bruce Kimmel, and I said something like "I want to work with him."

Fouteen years later, I did.

I'd never heard the part about Lila before - that would be Lila Davis, who I really liked.

I liked her, too. I always wondered what became of her.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #42 on:** December 08, 2016, 07:15:06 AM »

Quote from: John G. on December 08, 2016, 07:08:42 AM

Elmore, it was your name on the album that initially made it, no matter how many songs you did.

I do not remember being credited on the recording, DR JohnG. I certainly didn't expect it. I was just helping Lanny out.

Amy · « **Reply #43 on:** December 08, 2016, 07:17:46 AM »

TOD:
I don't exactly remember how, but Mark found you online and made the connection between you and The Partridge Family. We saw you sing "Dance a Little Closer" at S.T.A.G.E. as Guy Haines, and had no idea who Guy Haines was or why he was completely covered up with balloons, but we loved the performance. Then, Mark started buying the Guy Haines CDs and the Benjamin Kritzer books and the rest is history. We first met you in the lobby of some show at intermission (neither of us can remember which one) and spoke to you about how much we loved the Guy Haines CDs and wished you'd record more of them. You said you might, but you never did. We're still waiting!

elmore3003 · « **Reply #44 on:** December 08, 2016, 07:33:54 AM »

So, BK, were there no reviews for the Sterling's show?

Jrand74 · « **Reply #45 on:** December 08, 2016, 07:45:32 AM »

The happiest of birthdays to MR BRUCE KIMMEL - who brightens the days of many and boosts the careers of many.....

Many happy returns of the day.

Jrand74 · « **Reply #46 on:** December 08, 2016, 07:45:59 AM »

I enjoyed reading about the show in the notes, and I loved the photos. I can imagine the fun the audience had!

Jrand74 · « **Reply #47 on:** December 08, 2016, 07:49:20 AM »

TOD:

I was looking at books on Amazon....and I saw the cover of BENJAMIN KRITZER.....it intrigued me, so I bought the book....

Then I realized I had some Bruce Kimmel produced CD's: Not of This Earth, Cut in Boston, and a few others.....

Then former DR JMK began asking me trivia questions. He said they were from this here site and that I should read and join in on the fun, which I did - it was the old board....probably sometime in the late 1990's.

Then I bought MORE BK PRODUCED cd's....and started watching for him on television...I also found THE FIRST NUDIE MUSICAL on VHS. I had read about it in Danny Peary's book about Cult Films....this may have been BEFORE I joined the site...

elmore3003 · « **Reply #48 on:** December 08, 2016, 08:15:04 AM »

Charlotte just called. Her audition plans have fallen through because of a cold, so we're seeing the movie at 2:30. After yesterday, this can only be a better one.

Jrand74 · « **Reply #49 on:** December 08, 2016, 08:33:27 AM »

Good morning, good day vibes for DR ELMORE.

Jrand74 · « **Reply #50 on:** December 08, 2016, 08:35:30 AM »

Someone in my house won't listen to anyone about how the Heat Pump works....so said person keeps pushing all the buttons on the thermostat....now i don't think it's working......at all....

Said person will listen to anyone who comes into the house about it, but will not listen to me.....said person keeps asking the same question over and over.....but will not accept my answer......

Jane · « **Reply #51 on:** December 08, 2016, 08:44:28 AM »

Feel better DR elmore!

Jane · « **Reply #52 on:** December 08, 2016, 08:49:06 AM »

Lol DR Jrand, good luck with "said person" and the heat pump.

Druxy · « **Reply #53 on:** December 08, 2016, 09:03:48 AM »

I am pleased to announce that my book, MISS DINAH SHORE, is now available as an audio download through Amazon, audible.com and, within a day or two via iTunes. Pam Dougherty does a wonderful job narrating the biography.

https://www.amazon.com/Miss-Dinah-Shore-A-Biography/dp/B01N6DWKCA/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1436102515&sr=1-1

elmore3003 · « **Reply #54 on:** December 08, 2016, 09:26:48 AM »

Quote from: Jrand66 on December 08, 2016, 08:33:27 AM

Good morning, good day vibes for DR ELMORE.

Thank you, dear friend!

Ginny · « **Reply #55 on:** December 08, 2016, 09:43:26 AM »

Thursday afternoon greetings! I've been for a lovely early birthday breakfast with my friend Becky.

Ginny · « **Reply #56 on:** December 08, 2016, 09:43:43 AM »

Happiest of birthdays to our very own BK!

Jrand74 · « **Reply #57 on:** December 08, 2016, 09:44:59 AM »

Service man is on the way.

Jrand74 · « **Reply #58 on:** December 08, 2016, 09:45:18 AM »

I hope he is ready to get a lesson in running a heat pump.

Ginny · « **Reply #59 on:** December 08, 2016, 09:49:32 AM »

TOD - I first saw the name Bruce Kimmel on a CD that DR Elmore sent to me, Liz Callaway's Anywhere I Wander, in the early '90s.

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