Topic: MERRILY WE WRIG ALONG (Read 78891 times)

Stuart · « **Reply #180 on:** January 05, 2005, 12:40:02 PM »

And might I say, aren't we a chatty bunch today, as we arrive on.....

Stuart · « **Reply #181 on:** January 05, 2005, 12:40:32 PM »

Page 7, and it's not even 4 pm EST.

Jrand73 · « **Reply #182 on:** January 05, 2005, 12:43:36 PM »

Time for dinner....meat loaf and potatoes!

Jrand73 · « **Reply #183 on:** January 05, 2005, 12:47:47 PM »

Ohhhhhhhh....remember:

"I'm Talking Tina....and I'm going to KILLLLLLLLL youuuuu!!!"

Stuart · « **Reply #184 on:** January 05, 2005, 12:49:05 PM »

And for our Page 7 Dance:

bk · « **Reply #185 on:** January 05, 2005, 12:51:27 PM »

Most mugs are dishwasher safe, although I know a few mugs who aren't dishwater safe or safe in any other way.

bk · « **Reply #186 on:** January 05, 2005, 12:51:45 PM »

I must run out and do some stuff now - back in a bit.

Dan (the Man) · « **Reply #187 on:** January 05, 2005, 12:56:00 PM »

Oh, oh, oh...

Four o'clock and the Master not yet home...

Dan (the Man) · « **Reply #188 on:** January 05, 2005, 12:58:13 PM »

As for Miss Davis, there is no contest for me: All About Eve. Every she did beforehand led up to it, everything she did after didn't touch it.

Matt H. · « **Reply #189 on:** January 05, 2005, 12:58:53 PM »

The soundtrack LP of LI'L ABNER has different orchestrations from the film, too.

Matt H. · « **Reply #190 on:** January 05, 2005, 01:04:48 PM »

DR Jose is perfectly correct. PCs can go into sleep mode as well. All of my computer sleep each night and are awakened at the touch of a button each morning. Once every two weeks or so, I do power down, but otherwise they're in sleep mode.

Panni · « **Reply #191 on:** January 05, 2005, 01:05:50 PM »

DR Stuart - If Abie and Morgan LeFay Brittany Fairchild are related, would that make us (this includes DB Jay) in-laws? Does that mean that I have to visit Dear Mother in OC?
While we ponder that... here are more of Chooster's adventures in the home environment.
Here he is visiting the sheep and the robots in the living room...

Matt H. · « **Reply #192 on:** January 05, 2005, 01:06:41 PM »

My favorite Joan is FLAMINGO ROAD. I think I read it's being readied for DVD release. Now, for camp value, I think TORCH SONG and FEMALE ON THE BEACH are miles ahead of everything, but I think her performance in FLAMINGO ROAD is earnest and spot-on (even if she's about 15 years too old for it.)

Matt H. · « **Reply #193 on:** January 05, 2005, 01:07:51 PM »

Forgot Gene Tierney: un questionably LAURA with THE GHOST AND MRS. MUIR a distant second.

Panni · « **Reply #194 on:** January 05, 2005, 01:10:01 PM »

Chooster relaxing in the boudoir...

elmore3003 · « **Reply #195 on:** January 05, 2005, 01:10:21 PM »

Quote from: bk on January 05, 2005, 09:03:58 AM

I'm proud of all my children. I don't know if it's the ONE I'm most proud of, but, as I've said before, Unsung Irving Berlin was an amazing experience (going through Mr. Berlin's trunk songs) and the album turned out just the way I wanted it to. l'm also very proud of Unsung Sondheim (ther first of its kind - oft imitated) and Liz Callaway's Frank Loesser album - just because they were the first two we did and because, despite the fact that none of us knew what we were doing, they still came out really well.

On Unsung Sondheim and Liz' recording, I kept thinking, perhaps we can fix it in the mix! Oy! You did something really great when we finished them both (besides not firing me): you came up, gave me a hug, and told me to be sure to register for frequent flyer miles! I knew I had some work for a while.

Panni · « **Reply #196 on:** January 05, 2005, 01:11:27 PM »

More later...

Sandra · « **Reply #197 on:** January 05, 2005, 01:22:40 PM »

Jane and Keith, I am so sorry about Echo.

Welcome, new Dear Reader OzDerek. Do you like Cherry Coke?

Nice pictures, Dear Reader Panni. All Chooster needs is a mini-Swedish Chef hat and he's all ready to go.

I'm almost out of this fudge. What will I do then?

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #198 on:** January 05, 2005, 01:22:44 PM »

Quote from: JRand54 on January 05, 2005, 12:27:07 PM

Watch out next time you put your fingers in the Holy Water, DRJOSE.

Soups On!

<waiting for the lightning and thunder again...>

Whew!

Remember, no groaning...

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #199 on:** January 05, 2005, 01:24:27 PM »

Oh, and for Bette Davis - I'd have to say NOW VOYAGER. Which is, strangely enough, the one Bette Davis movie I've watched multiple times - well, maybe just three or four. But that's three or more times than some others.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #200 on:** January 05, 2005, 01:26:05 PM »

OK - Time for me to get ready for the show... I'm meeting a former profe for dinner beforehand, and he's coming to see the show. -Something tells me the post-mortem is going to be particularly delightful and wicked tonight.

Laters...

elmore3003 · « **Reply #201 on:** January 05, 2005, 01:27:23 PM »

Quote from: Dan (the Man) on January 05, 2005, 12:56:00 PM

Oh, oh, oh...

Four o'clock and the Master not yet home...

Pray God nothing's happened to him crossing the Hudson! Here it is the coldest day of the year. The dogs are sticking to the sidewalks. Can anyone explain that?

At least, that's how I remember it!

elmore3003 · « **Reply #202 on:** January 05, 2005, 01:28:49 PM »

Quote from: Matt H. on January 05, 2005, 12:58:53 PM

The soundtrack LP of LI'L ABNER has different orchestrations from the film, too.

Most fim musicals have different orchestrations. They like to take advantage of huge Hollywod orchestras after that piddly 28-player Broadway sound!

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #203 on:** January 05, 2005, 01:34:19 PM »

No one should ever "finger" a "mug" -- for one thing, ya never know where its been...and for another, it probably has no passing acquaintance with any type of cleaning regimen, much less dishwashing.

Matt H. · « **Reply #204 on:** January 05, 2005, 01:35:33 PM »

Quote from: elmore3003 on January 05, 2005, 01:28:49 PM

Most fim musicals have different orchestrations. They like to take advantage of huge Hollywod orchestras after that piddly 28-player Broadway sound!

I think you misunderstood the point I was making. The orchestra backing the singers during the movie sounds different from the commercially released film soundtrack album, at least to my ears. The orchestra on the soundtrack LP sounds like 100 pieces large, and while looking at the actual film, it sounds like about 10 pieces. "Put "Em Back" to me was especially shocking to compare.

I'm not talking about the Broadway album at all.

bk · « **Reply #205 on:** January 05, 2005, 01:45:16 PM »

The Abner soundtrack is very strange - the LP orchestrations ARE different than the film orchestrations even though the vocals remain the same. I don't think the movie orchestrations sound thin, though, although the VHS tape doesn't really present the sound very well. If there's ever a DVD with a 5.1 mix, my guess is it will sound excellent.

Matt H. · « **Reply #206 on:** January 05, 2005, 01:50:20 PM »

I've had the movie COLLATERAL waiting to be watched for days, and I just can't seem to get to it, and with a full evening of TV ahead, I guess it'll be another day before I can even have a chance of getting to it.

Matt H. · « **Reply #207 on:** January 05, 2005, 01:51:17 PM »

Quote from: bk on January 05, 2005, 01:45:16 PM

The Abner soundtrack is very strange - the LP orchestrations ARE different than the film orchestrations even though the vocals remain the same. I don't think the movie orchestrations sound thin, though, although the VHS tape doesn't really present the sound very well. If there's ever a DVD with a 5.1 mix, my guess is it will sound excellent.

Thanks, bk, for validating what I've been hearing all these years. I was starting to think it was in the Twilight Zone or something with no one hearing what I was hearing.

Panni · « **Reply #208 on:** January 05, 2005, 01:51:49 PM »

Next time I do errands I may take Chooster with me. Think of the pic possibilities... Chooster at the bank, Chooster at Trader Joe's, Chooster dining a DuPar's (no Chinese Chicken Salad!)

True, DR Sandra, no Swedish Chef's hat exists for the Choo (his nickname - only the closest friend call him that). I may have to find other clothing for him.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #209 on:** January 05, 2005, 01:54:15 PM »

Quote from: Matt H. on January 05, 2005, 01:35:33 PM

I think you misunderstood the point I was making. The orchestra backing the singers during the movie sounds different from the commercially released film soundtrack album, at least to my ears. The orchestra on the soundtrack LP sounds like 100 pieces large, and while looking at the actual film, it sounds like about 10 pieces. "Put "Em Back" to me was especially shocking to compare.

DRMattH, I probably did! It's been my experience that usually a "soundtrack" recording is the actual track of the film, and that it's usually a new orchestration for the film version. I never owned the LI'L ABNER soundtrack so I've never compared the sound of the videocassette with the LP.

Last week, when I watched the Julie Andrews CINDERELLA on DVD, because the LP recording was done a week earlier, the mixes are different, and often the vocal assignments were changed. I remember thinking as I watched the DVD, I didn't know that part of the Gavotte had dialogue over it.

In Kurt Ganzl's book of musical theatre on record, he comments that the OKLAHOMA! film orchestrations are by Russell Bennett but they don't sound like the originals. Ive seen the scores; it's a whole new megillah.

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