Topic: WHAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY (Read 5511 times)

Jane · « **Reply #30 on:** December 20, 2017, 06:35:03 AM »

I continue to enjoy reading about the antics of Annabelle and Thatch.

Jrand74 · « **Reply #31 on:** December 20, 2017, 06:50:18 AM »

I am sad I do not have Reel Imagination......maybe I will purchase it....

Jrand74 · « **Reply #32 on:** December 20, 2017, 07:05:41 AM »

My question for ASK BK DAY - I recently watched the Albert Brooks movie MODERN ROMANCE from 1981. He played a film editor. In one scene, he left work (doing some foley work) and had a conversation in front of the building. The building had American International Studios on it.....I couldn't see the name of the cross street.

I didn't know AIP had its name on a building then....was it real or was Brooks making a fun statement since he was working on a Roger Corman-like sci fi film?

Druxy · « **Reply #33 on:** December 20, 2017, 07:11:16 AM »

So sick of "slice of life" movies.

When I watch a film, I want to be entertained...not depressed.

Druxy · « **Reply #34 on:** December 20, 2017, 07:13:04 AM »

Disappointed to read the bad reviews this morning of THE GREATEST SHOWMAN.

I guess Hollywood has forgotten how to make a good musical.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #35 on:** December 20, 2017, 07:14:08 AM »

Good morning, all.

John G. · « **Reply #36 on:** December 20, 2017, 07:14:17 AM »

Good morning, all.

John G. · « **Reply #37 on:** December 20, 2017, 07:15:18 AM »

Hollywood never knew how to make a great musical, but a few directors did.

Hollywood has ruined more musicals than helped them.

Druxy · « **Reply #38 on:** December 20, 2017, 07:16:39 AM »

I wish Hollywood would film the stage musicals:

RAGTIME
THE HAPPY TIME

John G. · « **Reply #39 on:** December 20, 2017, 07:16:54 AM »

I don’t know if I have Reel Imagination. I looked this morning and found Toonful, but not the sequel or On My Own.

John G. · « **Reply #40 on:** December 20, 2017, 07:17:14 AM »

Quote from: Druxy on December 20, 2017, 07:16:39 AM

I wish Hollywood would film the stage musicals:

RAGTIME
THE HAPPY TIME

Yes and yes.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #41 on:** December 20, 2017, 07:17:41 AM »

Got another list of things to accomplish today.

Must replenish the prescription cat food, for one thing.

Tonight I'm attending the annual holiday show I'd played in for the last decade or so at the high school. It'll be damned nice to be in casual clothes and sitting back and enjoying it in all of its goodness and badness and everything in between.

Druxy · « **Reply #42 on:** December 20, 2017, 07:18:23 AM »

The sad thing about musicals today is there are no songs that you leave the theater humming.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #43 on:** December 20, 2017, 07:23:53 AM »

DR Elmore will probably be interested to know that this is also the day I'm loading the car back up and meeting someone with the Friends of the Danbury Library, to whom I will be handing over all the boxes of donated goods. They ordinarily don't begin taking donations from the public till mid-February, but I'd contacted them and for moi they're making an exception. They were delighted to hear about the books, CDs, and DVDs.

John G. · « **Reply #44 on:** December 20, 2017, 07:27:36 AM »

Read a charming short story last night called Christmas at Cold Comfort Farm. Stella Hibbons takes us back to the farm a few years before Cousin Poste reforms the Starkadders. There’s nothing nasty in the woodshed, but it is hilarious.

Jrand74 · « **Reply #45 on:** December 20, 2017, 08:22:43 AM »

This time of the year I am always reminded of the Christmas Pageant in A SHORT HISTORY OF A SMALL PLACE - one of the funniest books I have ever read in my life, and I'm old.

The town recluse, who is very rich, comes to the pageant with her pet monkey - who of course gets loose during the Nativity portion of the pageant.....chaos ensues.

Of course the same monkey climbed up the water tower later that summer, and the entire town had to be rousted to get him down.

It's a funny book....although I still like the Lake Woebegone story about the man who wanted to make a living flag with people wearing baseball caps......

Ginny · « **Reply #46 on:** December 20, 2017, 08:28:08 AM »

Wednesday morning greetings! The Christmas decor chaos in our home is coming under control. Yesterday I got the family room tree completed and the boxes removed to the basement. Last evening Rob and Mary Linda did the same thing with the living room tree and this morning I cleaned up the dining room table and set up the centerpiece.

Now I can think about food for the holiday weekend, do some more baking, and wrap presents.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #47 on:** December 20, 2017, 10:23:58 AM »

Quote from: John G. on December 20, 2017, 07:27:36 AM

Read a charming short story last night called Christmas at Cold Comfort Farm. Stella Hibbons takes us back to the farm a few years before Cousin Poste reforms the Starkadders. There’s nothing nasty in the woodshed, but it is hilarious.

I became aware of this several years ago and purchased a copy. I need to read it. Cold Comfort Farm is one of my Ten Favorite Novels.

Jane · « **Reply #48 on:** December 20, 2017, 10:25:59 AM »

I am on a roll today as I also misplaced my sunglasses. While not as serious as losing my tablet, which I am very grateful to have back, most sunglasses are too big and uncomfortable. Mine fit me. I really need sunglasses in South Africa.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #49 on:** December 20, 2017, 10:26:31 AM »

Quote from: Jrand67 on December 20, 2017, 08:22:43 AM

This time of the year I am always reminded of the Christmas Pageant in A SHORT HISTORY OF A SMALL PLACE - one of the funniest books I have ever read in my life, and I'm old.

The town recluse, who is very rich, comes to the pageant with her pet monkey - who of course gets loose during the Nativity portion of the pageant.....chaos ensues.

Of course the same monkey climbed up the water tower later that summer, and the entire town had to be rousted to get him down.

It's a funny book....although I still like the Lake Woebegone story about the man who wanted to make a living flag with people wearing baseball caps......

I do not know this book, but I think I'd like it. That reminds me of the Christmas decor competition in the novel Splendora, another favorite novel.

Jane · « **Reply #50 on:** December 20, 2017, 10:27:27 AM »

Quote from: elmore3003 on December 20, 2017, 10:23:58 AM

Quote from: John G. on December 20, 2017, 07:27:36 AM
Read a charming short story last night called Christmas at Cold Comfort Farm. Stella Hibbons takes us back to the farm a few years before Cousin Poste reforms the Starkadders. There’s nothing nasty in the woodshed, but it is hilarious.

I became aware of this several years ago and purchased a copy. I need to read it. Cold Comfort Farm is one of my Ten Favorite Novels.

It was very good.

Jane · « **Reply #51 on:** December 20, 2017, 10:30:47 AM »

The ship is really rolling tonight.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #52 on:** December 20, 2017, 10:30:59 AM »

Well, the elevator was down at 7:30, but the servicemen had it running by 8:30. When I returned at 12:30, the damned thing was out of service again. God damn!

I have to catch Thatch now.

bk · « **Reply #53 on:** December 20, 2017, 10:35:10 AM »

I'm up, I'm up - barely - rough nite in Jericho - maybe four hours of sleep.

bk · « **Reply #54 on:** December 20, 2017, 10:35:31 AM »

I should text Michael Shayne - like I have his phone number.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #55 on:** December 20, 2017, 10:40:26 AM »

I've caught up on many Varese CDs over the past few years, but not that one.

bk · « **Reply #56 on:** December 20, 2017, 10:43:42 AM »

Quote from: Jrand67 on December 20, 2017, 07:05:41 AM

My question for ASK BK DAY - I recently watched the Albert Brooks movie MODERN ROMANCE from 1981. He played a film editor. In one scene, he left work (doing some foley work) and had a conversation in front of the building. The building had American International Studios on it.....I couldn't see the name of the cross street.

I didn't know AIP had its name on a building then....was it real or was Brooks making a fun statement since he was working on a Roger Corman-like sci fi film?

I believe the original AIP offices were on either Sunset or Wilshire in the 1960s and 70s.

Jane · « **Reply #57 on:** December 20, 2017, 11:00:52 AM »

Quote from: bk on December 20, 2017, 10:35:31 AM

I should text Michael Shayne - like I have his phone number.

If you can't text try messaging him.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #58 on:** December 20, 2017, 11:13:36 AM »

Quote from: bk on December 20, 2017, 10:43:42 AM

Quote from: Jrand67 on December 20, 2017, 07:05:41 AM
My question for ASK BK DAY - I recently watched the Albert Brooks movie MODERN ROMANCE from 1981. He played a film editor. In one scene, he left work (doing some foley work) and had a conversation in front of the building. The building had American International Studios on it.....I couldn't see the name of the cross street.

I didn't know AIP had its name on a building then....was it real or was Brooks making a fun statement since he was working on a Roger Corman-like sci fi film?

I believe the original AIP offices were on either Sunset or Wilshire in the 1960s and 70s.

I have, somewhere, an article published in one of the HORIZON hardcover cultural periodicals from the early 1960s, when AIP was just becoming "known", in which those offices are visited. As I recall, it was stated to be Wilshire.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #59 on:** December 20, 2017, 11:15:57 AM »

Thatch may not be going to the vet. He's determined today that he's going to run from me. Usually at this time of day, he's docile and sleep, but instead he's running around like crazy, and so is Annabelle/ I cannot make the 2:30 appointment, because I cannot catch the little devil. At this moment I'm ready to throw his unmicrochipped ass out into the street.

City Vet told me I could bring him in at 4:00 to see a different vet. Between this and the goddam elevator, what a shitty day.

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