Topic: THE READERS DIGEST ABRIDGED NOTES (Read 25758 times)

bk · « **on:** February 09, 2005, 11:59:30 PM »

Well, you've read the notes, you've digested the notes, you feel abridged and tabbed, and now it is time for you to post until the Readers Digest version of the cows come home.

Ann · « **Reply #1 on:** February 10, 2005, 12:05:14 AM »

goodness, it is a slow night. I just took a bit of a nap, for some reason...dozed whilst listening to Harry Potter audio book. I am now up and ready to have the honor of the first post.

bk · « **Reply #2 on:** February 10, 2005, 12:08:48 AM »

Ann, it's so nice that you've caught up and that you're HERE!

And the word of the day is: BONGO!

bk · « **Reply #3 on:** February 10, 2005, 12:09:06 AM »

Now, why doesn't George get off his butt cheeks and post?

bk · « **Reply #4 on:** February 10, 2005, 12:09:56 AM »

And a happy haineshisway.com birthday to babyfatso, whomever they may be.

bk · « **Reply #5 on:** February 10, 2005, 12:14:22 AM »

The iPod is on playing soothing soundtrack music.

bk · « **Reply #6 on:** February 10, 2005, 12:15:01 AM »

And might I just add one thing - BONGO! I am doing the MAMBO ITALIANO whilst playing the BONGO.

bk · « **Reply #7 on:** February 10, 2005, 12:21:41 AM »

Welcome five GUESTS. We're talkin' about wrong casting for Bye Bye Birdie.

Will George ever get off his butt cheeks.

Ann has left the room.

It's the ATTACK OF THE WUSSBURGERS.

George · « **Reply #8 on:** February 10, 2005, 12:23:09 AM »

Quote from: bk on February 10, 2005, 12:09:06 AM

Now, why doesn't George get off his butt cheeks and post?

Here's my post:

I was supposed to see a local production of Closer Than Ever last night (Wednesday), but I got a call from the theater with the message that they were cancelling the performance that night. It turns out that one of the actors had died. My dear friend Nona Holm (and her husband Dan) were found yesterday morning, apparently dead from carbon monoxide poisoning. They were in their 60s and very active people. Kris, the box office manager at the theater and also a friend of mine, told me that at first they were going to cancel the rest of the run (it was supposed to end this Saturday), but Dan and Nona's children said that they should perform and have some sort of tribute to Nona. So that's what they're going to do. They'll have the last three shows starting tonight (Thursday) and I'm going to go on Friday. That's my post. It's been quite a day.

George · « **Reply #9 on:** February 10, 2005, 12:26:58 AM »

All of the Seattle TV stations have had short reports on their deaths. Here's an article in the on-line version of The Olympian newspaper:

Death of couple near Black Lake attributed to carbon monoxide

A couple was found dead in their residence at 6315 Glen Annie Court this morning.

Neighbors identified the couple as Dan and Nona Holm, who were in their 60s.

Thurston County Sheriff’s Chief Criminal Deputy Dan Kimball said it appears the poisoning was accidental.

Black Lake Fire Department Chief Bob Lord said carbon monoxide was detected in the home at 2-3 times the level considered safe.

Lord said the couple’s daughter-in-law went to the house this morning to drop off her son for babysitting and was unable to get into the home. A neighbor assisted and they found the couple unconscious in their bedroom. They were dressed in their night clothes.

Their van was running inside the adjoining garage. It was unclear how long the van was running, according to Kimball.

The street is a cul de sac near Delphi Country Club.

A small dog was also found dead in the residence.

George · « **Reply #10 on:** February 10, 2005, 12:29:18 AM »

One of the TV reports said that it looked like one of them was trying to get the other out of the house.

bk · « **Reply #11 on:** February 10, 2005, 12:33:33 AM »

Sorry to hear about it. What a weird story.

bk · « **Reply #12 on:** February 10, 2005, 12:35:11 AM »

Nobody here but us chickens - that would be me and five GUESTS. First GUEST to post gets a sparkling prize delivered to their home environment. BONGO!

George · « **Reply #13 on:** February 10, 2005, 12:37:25 AM »

Quote from: bk on February 10, 2005, 12:33:33 AM

Sorry to hear about it. What a weird story.

Very. Nobody thinks that there was any foul play or a suicide. It was just one of those very strange accidents.

bk · « **Reply #14 on:** February 10, 2005, 12:40:16 AM »

I suppose I shall toddle off to the bedroom environment in a few moments.

Not even the offer of a sparkling prize can get our GUESTS to post.

George · « **Reply #15 on:** February 10, 2005, 12:41:54 AM »

I'll be going to sleep, also. Good night, all.

bk · « **Reply #16 on:** February 10, 2005, 12:46:35 AM »

I'm still here waiting to award a sparkling prize to the first GUEST who comes out and posts. Why are they all so damnably shy?

BONGO!

bk · « **Reply #17 on:** February 10, 2005, 12:47:25 AM »

Welcome six GUESTS!

bk · « **Reply #18 on:** February 10, 2005, 12:51:33 AM »

Bye Bye Birdie:

Albert: Mandy Patinkin
Rosie: Dame Edna
Kim: Betty Buckley
Conrad Birdie: Harvey Fierstein
Hugo Peabody: Jeffrey Wright

bk · « **Reply #19 on:** February 10, 2005, 12:53:15 AM »

Well, the WUSSBURGERS have wussed out, and I shall not be staying to do a fershluganah monologue. No, I shall be dancing the MAMBO ITALIANO and playing the BONGO.

Tomovoz · « **Reply #20 on:** February 10, 2005, 01:08:01 AM »

Albert: Michael Crawford
Rose: Bette Midler
Conrad: Justin Timberlake
Kim: Jennifer Lopez

elmore3003 · « **Reply #21 on:** February 10, 2005, 04:12:36 AM »

Good morning, all! I'm on the last refrain of the medley, so an end is in sight. I think it's going rather well, but now I'm too far into the forest to see any trees. When I finish, I'll read back through it for errors on my part: reed changes, really unreadable pages, possible fixes.

DRGeorge, I'm so sorry to hear of your friend's death. In the 1970s I worked for an office supplies company, and one of the furniture delivery men, Ollie Lige, and his wife Minnie were very dear to me. They died of carbon monoxide poisoning a few years after I moved to New York. I still think of them.

I always go for the tabloid casting; always good for the ratings:
ALBERT: David Gest
ROSIE: Pamela Anderson
KIM: Michael Jackson
MAE: Liza Minnelli
HUGO: Tommy Lee

Ginny · « **Reply #22 on:** February 10, 2005, 04:40:33 AM »

DR George - Condolences on the loss of your friends in such a tragic accident.

vixmom · « **Reply #23 on:** February 10, 2005, 05:24:32 AM »

"WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 - In the months before the Sept. 11 attacks, federal aviation officials reviewed dozens of intelligence reports that warned about Osama bin Laden and Al Qaeda, some of which specifically discussed airline hijackings and suicide operations, according to a previously undisclosed report from the 9/11 commission.

The report discloses that the Federal Aviation Administration, despite being focused on risks of hijackings overseas, warned airports in the spring of 2001 that if "the intent of the hijacker is not to exchange hostages for prisoners, but to commit suicide in a spectacular explosion, a domestic hijacking would probably be preferable."

The Bush administration has blocked the public release of the full, classified version of the report for more than five months."

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/10/politics/10terror.html?th

I have one question..WHY would the Bush Admisnistration want to block this report? Can ANYONE think of a legitimate reason? (Other than the obvious, so he would win the election)

vixmom · « **Reply #24 on:** February 10, 2005, 05:28:40 AM »

Oh dear George, I just read the posts, I am so sorry about your friends.

Ben · « **Reply #25 on:** February 10, 2005, 05:33:36 AM »

DR George, my thoughts and condolences are with you on the loss of your friends.

Ben · « **Reply #26 on:** February 10, 2005, 05:50:09 AM »

I have just finished reading all the notes and posts I missed during the month of December. I don't post as often during that time because I'm off from work and I spend about two weeks volunteering for Broadway Cares/EquityFights AIDS. Then we usually go out to Long Island for much of the rest of the holidays. I don't log on much then so the posts pile up. In the first couple of months I take the time to read everything I missed and I am now officially caught up. Whew!

Anyway, I will think about th TOD and perhaps come back with some casting notes.

Tonight, Dame Edna.

Yesterday a rather predictable and boring new play called McReel. An Off-Broadway piece mounted by Roundabout Theatre in their (not so new anymore) 46th Street space, just down the block from Danise's hotel, The Muse, and I believe Ginny's Hotel, the Comfort Inn. Anyway, the show had some good people in it but it just turned out to be a bland evening of theatre.

The night before was a small musical piece called Picon Pie about the life of Molly Picon (pronounced pecan for those of you wondering). June Gable, who played Joey's agent on Friends does an excellent job in an almost one-woman show taking us from Molly's first years in vaudeville through to the end of her life. There are appearences by Stuart Zagnit mostly as her husband of 56 years but also as her father, her other managers and some other minor characters in her life. The music used in the show is almost all from Yiddish theatre and it's done quite well. Having little knowledge of this music, I don't have much basis for judgement but I enjoyed it. Picon lived to be 94 years old and worked for many of her later years, especially after her husband died. She was devestated by his death and took some time off but then began to feel lost and went back to work as a rememdy. The script itself is a bit predictable and even though it's the story of someone's life, you can see some things coming a mile away, but the performances are so genuine and well done that you can get past that easily. It was a pleasant evening in the theatre.

vixmom · « **Reply #27 on:** February 10, 2005, 06:00:34 AM »

DR Ben; Thanks for the great review. I really enjoy when you describe the shows you've seen, you should be a professional reviewer. Ypu are definitely better than those hacks the newspapers currently employ.

vixmom · « **Reply #28 on:** February 10, 2005, 06:04:17 AM »

http://oocom.bongo.at/

vixmom · « **Reply #29 on:** February 10, 2005, 06:05:26 AM »

[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]BONGO[/move]

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