Topic: A LOVELY NIGHT (Read 4885 times)

bk · « **on:** June 21, 2018, 01:01:03 AM »

Well, you've read the notes, the notes were lovely and written at night, and now it is time for you to post until the lovely night cows come home.

bk · « **Reply #1 on:** June 21, 2018, 01:01:42 AM »

And the word of the day is: VORACITY!

vixmom · « **Reply #2 on:** June 21, 2018, 03:56:23 AM »

First after BK?

vixmom · « **Reply #3 on:** June 21, 2018, 04:01:16 AM »

TOD

I'm not sure which was first ...but I did ride Its a Small World and Carousel of Progress at the NYC Worlds Fair in 1964...so it must have been Its a Small Workd or Theres a Great big beautiful Tomorrow

vixmom · « **Reply #4 on:** June 21, 2018, 04:01:48 AM »

BK

Why wouldn't you use th drive through at Taco Bell?

vixmom · « **Reply #5 on:** June 21, 2018, 04:18:37 AM »

What songs were sung?

vixmom · « **Reply #6 on:** June 21, 2018, 04:19:17 AM »

I would very much have liked to see Dick Van Dyke performing in person

vixmom · « **Reply #7 on:** June 21, 2018, 04:19:46 AM »

And to have heard the stories told by the various speakers

vixmom · « **Reply #8 on:** June 21, 2018, 04:19:58 AM »

It sounds like a fun night

elmore3003 · « **Reply #9 on:** June 21, 2018, 04:48:39 AM »

Good morning, all!

elmore3003 · « **Reply #10 on:** June 21, 2018, 04:48:57 AM »

Yes, it sounds like a wonderful night.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #11 on:** June 21, 2018, 04:51:34 AM »

I accomplished nothing yesterday. I just wanted to lie around and doze, although I did vacuum. Today I have resolved to accomplish several things: empty the vacuum, wash out the litter box, and make a trip to market.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #12 on:** June 21, 2018, 04:54:48 AM »

I think the first time I thought of the Sherman Brothers as songwriters was after seeing Mary Poppins and playing the recording to death. I had no idea until years later that they were the writers of "Let's Get together" and other songs.

Michael · « **Reply #13 on:** June 21, 2018, 05:07:32 AM »

Good morning to all

Michael · « **Reply #14 on:** June 21, 2018, 05:08:37 AM »

TOD

It would have to be the score to Mary Poppins when I was 5 years. I was taken to see the movie.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #15 on:** June 21, 2018, 05:16:28 AM »

Good morning, all.

Michael · « **Reply #16 on:** June 21, 2018, 05:37:09 AM »

ASK BK (from yesterday

If you have access to all the Bagley recordings have you ever thought of doing the "Best of_______ From Ben Bagley Revisited" like Dorothy Loudon, Bobby Short, or Blossom Dearie

Or some of the more unusual singers like Katharine Hepburn, Laurence Harvey, Joanne Woodward, David Arkin, Lynn Redgtrave

or current fav Ann Campton Callaway who recorded a whole slew of new tracks for the CD reissue

ChasSmith · « **Reply #17 on:** June 21, 2018, 05:37:59 AM »

TOD

First song ever heard would be "Let's Get Together", since we saw The Parent Trap when it was released. But I didn't have any idea who wrote the thing. Likewise, In Search of the Castaways and The Sword in the Stone which followed.

It wasn't until Mary Poppins that my consciousness was, um, expanded and I learned their names. They were plastered on everything, of course, including the LP and the "complete musical score", both of which I immediately bought and treasured. And that was it. Once Mary Poppins exploded on the scene, there was no more "not knowing" the Sherman Brothers.

(Sadly, that book of music went missing along with several other "real" scores, at some point during my college years. I eventually replaced it on eBay, but while it's the "same", I can tell by the look and feel of the paper cover that it's of a later printing. Those first ones are very hard to find.)

ChasSmith · « **Reply #18 on:** June 21, 2018, 05:42:33 AM »

The event last night sounds incredible. And with the likes of Hayley Mills and Dick Van Dyke taking part, if that ain't unforgettable, I don't know what is.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #19 on:** June 21, 2018, 07:08:17 AM »

The litter box is scoured, the litter pads washed, and I'm soaked in sweat. I've ordered an enzyme cleaner to clean the walls around the litter box. I'm blaming the humidity since this is the first time the bathroom smells of cat pee. Not a sniff all winter or spring but today? Mercy!

I'm going to wash my face and head to the market.

Jrand73 · « **Reply #20 on:** June 21, 2018, 07:11:24 AM »

I loved reading about The Evening.....thanks for sharing with us MR BK.

TOD:

TALL PAUL!!!!

What a great little song.....recorded by Annette! It was the first rock n roll single by a female singer to crack the Billboard Hot One Hundred coming in at #7 in 1959!

And brought the Sherman Bros to Walt's attention.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ne2yFQPYYmU

Jrand73 · « **Reply #21 on:** June 21, 2018, 07:12:44 AM »

I hope Miss Annette was mentioned fondly.

Jrand73 · « **Reply #22 on:** June 21, 2018, 07:15:42 AM »

Now I need help that only MR BK can give.

I ordered the new CD's, but in addition to the Leonard Bernstein, I foolishly clicked on the "Gershwin" release instead of the William Grant Still release.

Can you change that order for me, MR BK?

I can only blame the anxiety on my upcoming colonoscopy on what's left of my insides....

Jane · « **Reply #23 on:** June 21, 2018, 07:18:45 AM »

The tribute last night sounds almost perfect. The V.I.P. line and getting through security to the stage worked out well. It especially would have been a shame if you could not have been able to say hello.

Jrand73 · « **Reply #24 on:** June 21, 2018, 07:20:29 AM »

Rain today - which is fine.

Jrand73 · « **Reply #25 on:** June 21, 2018, 07:42:15 AM »

I opened a box of Klondike Bars. I took out one Klondike bar. I put the one Klondike Bar back into the freezer and brought the box of five with me to the computer....

I am distracted this morning.....

Jane · « **Reply #26 on:** June 21, 2018, 07:51:04 AM »

ChasSmith · « **Reply #27 on:** June 21, 2018, 07:59:00 AM »

Somebody's bad scan, but here's the uniquely wondrous (to my 14-year-old self) original music book.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #28 on:** June 21, 2018, 08:37:03 AM »

I owned that book, too!

elmore3003 · « **Reply #29 on:** June 21, 2018, 08:43:57 AM »

Well, it isn't Thatch; it's the building that stinks.

When I moved in, July 1980, the super was an older gentleman, Mr Gonzalez. I was very fond of him and his wife, and he was a very kind animal lover. At that time in the open quad between my building and the ones on the corner of Amsterdam Avenue, there was a colony of feral cats that he fed and looked after. They had access to the building through the basement and I suspect he permitted this for rodent control. That colony has been gone for over 30 years, but the male cats marking their territory left the walls of the basement stained and ingrained with the odor of cat pee. Whenever the humidity goes up, the building reeks. We are due for rain today. When I walked in the front door with my groceries just now, the odor nearly knocked me over.

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