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Re: THE HUGE GAMBLE PAYS OFF
« Reply #60 on: January 15, 2019, 08:14:26 AM »
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« Reply #61 on: January 15, 2019, 08:14:34 AM »
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« Reply #62 on: January 15, 2019, 08:16:29 AM »
I also saw Carol Channing twice in Hello, Dolly!  The first was at the National Theatre in approximately 1979 and then at the Kennedy Center in the 1990's.   I remember clearly that both times after the show she said something about "Washington, DC and environs."  I guess "environs" is a funny word because it got a laugh both times.
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« Reply #63 on: January 15, 2019, 08:16:47 AM »
Feel better vibes for DR elmore!
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« Reply #64 on: January 15, 2019, 08:16:57 AM »
Feel better vibes for DR Jane!
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« Reply #65 on: January 15, 2019, 08:27:55 AM »
I really enjoyed her co-starring with Robert Morse in the "Sugar Babies" tour, at the Colonial in Boston, which was as wildly entertaining  as the Broadway version.   I wondered if the rare appearance of Mickey Rooney along with Ann Miller on Broadway made people decide to not buy tickets when they were not in it. 

It was such great fun, but just didn't attract buyers, it seems.  Neither Robert Morse nor Carol Channing was carrying the wide-ranging  comedy load that Mickey Rooney had, and while both were really great, at least in Boston they never felt like a team - the material for Mickey Rooney was split up between them.  (I hear the show sold better when Rip Taylor did it at some point, but for me, Channing and Morse were such a memorable experience.)
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« Reply #66 on: January 15, 2019, 08:31:54 AM »
My Dolly program from the original tour is dated December 20, 1966 thru January 1, 1967, so I saw it sometime in that week.

Dade County Auditorium.

I had just seen Ginger Rogers on Broadway the previous summer.
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« Reply #67 on: January 15, 2019, 08:38:39 AM »
KevinH - I can imagine how funny the word "environs" must have been when she said it. 

   
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« Reply #68 on: January 15, 2019, 08:54:47 AM »
I shall now be on my way to this meeting, which I hope is short.
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« Reply #69 on: January 15, 2019, 09:04:19 AM »
I forgot that I also saw Channing with Leslie Uggams, Andrea McArdle and Jerry Herman in Jerry’s Girls on tour.
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« Reply #70 on: January 15, 2019, 09:09:17 AM »
Having never watched the animated ADDAMS FAMILY series, I didn't even know she had voiced Grandma Addams.
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« Reply #71 on: January 15, 2019, 09:15:50 AM »
Wonder of wonders, a little past 11:00, Thatch lowered his guard, I scooped him up in his carrier and hobbled quickly to the bus stop.  A minute later, the bus arrived.  He was terrified. only cried a couple of times about the cold, and the carrier became his safety zone.  He got his booster shot and his claws clipped, was told by several people at City Vet how cute he was, and we were home by noon.  I'm glad that errand is over.
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« Reply #72 on: January 15, 2019, 09:18:25 AM »
I forgot that around 1975 I saw the pre-Broadway tour of Lorelei in Cincinnati.  Channing was fun, but the show was poor, and I kept wishing I were seeing Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. Brandon Maggart has a chapter in his bio on the horrors of the tour and the Broadway run.
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« Reply #73 on: January 15, 2019, 10:27:13 AM »
Quote from: Michael on January 15, 2019, 04:46:05 AM
Just read that Carol Channing has died

I just read that. :'(
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« Reply #74 on: January 15, 2019, 11:34:11 AM »
Quote from: elmore3003 on January 15, 2019, 07:23:45 AM
Quote from: Jane on January 15, 2019, 07:02:48 AM
17 days of this cold is very frustrating.  Just when I thought I was completely over it I get worse.  Please, some vibes that I at least stop coughing.

I'm on my fourth week: 25 days now.

~~~Colds-Be-Gone Vibes for Jane and Larry!!~~~
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« Reply #75 on: January 15, 2019, 11:39:09 AM »
So, apropos of nothing...

BK is always mentioning Jerry's Deli, and I was trying to recall what the place looked like the few times I was there, which would have been in the early 1980s. It's just something I'd been wondering about, because I knew it couldn't have looked the way I see it now online.

Found this, which seems much more likely.

BK, or anyone, do you recall any other earlier design?
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« Reply #76 on: January 15, 2019, 12:33:24 PM »
Quote from: John G. on January 15, 2019, 09:04:19 AM
I forgot that I also saw Channing with Leslie Uggams, Andrea McArdle and Jerry Herman in Jerry’s Girls on tour.

I really like that CD!  My favorite spoken line during We Need a Little Christmas is "I'm your Christmas Carol!" :D
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« Reply #77 on: January 15, 2019, 01:15:53 PM »
I own a pre-broadway program of Hello Dolly with different actors and song line up.
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« Reply #78 on: January 15, 2019, 02:09:09 PM »
I saw Carol Channing "live" twice, neither time in DOLLY.  The first time was in JERRY'S GIRLS, with Andrea McArdle and Leslie Uggams.  The second time, sadly, was with Mary Martin in LEGENDS.
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« Reply #79 on: January 15, 2019, 02:10:44 PM »
Unfortunately, that was the only time I got to see Mary Martin on stage.
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« Reply #80 on: January 15, 2019, 02:20:13 PM »
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« Reply #81 on: January 15, 2019, 02:37:36 PM »
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« Reply #82 on: January 15, 2019, 02:48:45 PM »
Tuesday evening greetings!  Productive day here.  I finished a special birthday card for our niece/goddaughter Lauren, who turns 30 on Friday.  Then I cleaned up the crafter-math, had lunch, and Richard and I hauled all the holiday decor to the basement.  Made a meatloaf, which we’ll have for dinner in about an hour and a half.
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« Reply #83 on: January 15, 2019, 02:52:33 PM »
Quote from: John G. on January 15, 2019, 04:55:59 AM
Sad news about Channing. I saw her twice in Hello, Dolly!

Sad, indeed, but - wow, almost 98.

I also saw her twice as Dolly:  Easter Sunday 1966 at Detroit’s Fisher Theatre with my mom, grandma, sister, and aunt, and again in 1978 at Music Hall in Cincinnati.  DR Elmore, wasn’t Lee Roy Reams in that one?
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« Reply #84 on: January 15, 2019, 02:59:45 PM »
Quote from: elmore3003 on January 15, 2019, 02:20:13 PM
I wish this were on DVD!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-MKEDJUniw&fbclid=IwAR3n4qxtw3ccG4GSkqGdNzZ3CPnbH45kh0AO144zDQ8eQK9JioexfQ6zRV0

If you just want this on a DVD, I can actually do that.  Of course, it would be cheap and dirty and not great resolution because this original wasn't great, but it's pretty easy to make a DVD of this.
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« Reply #85 on: January 15, 2019, 03:04:53 PM »
The other question is, if it wasn't already on DVD or video, where did that YouTube video come from??
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« Reply #86 on: January 15, 2019, 03:07:17 PM »
Quote from: elmore3003 on January 15, 2019, 09:18:25 AM
I forgot that around 1975 I saw the pre-Broadway tour of Lorelei in Cincinnati.  Channing was fun, but the show was poor, and I kept wishing I were seeing Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. Brandon Maggart has a chapter in his bio on the horrors of the tour and the Broadway run.

DR Elmore, I just discovered that I have a LORELEI program from the Fisher and it appears to be from 1972, because there’s a big Chevy ad for the 1973 model year.  I had absolutely no recollection of seeing that show, but it must have been 1972.
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« Reply #87 on: January 15, 2019, 03:12:01 PM »
Quote from: Ginny on January 15, 2019, 02:52:33 PM
Quote from: John G. on January 15, 2019, 04:55:59 AM
Sad news about Channing. I saw her twice in Hello, Dolly!

Sad, indeed, but - wow, almost 98.

I also saw her twice as Dolly:  Easter Sunday 1966 at Detroit’s Fisher Theatre with my mom, sister, and aunt, and again in 1978 at Music Hall in Cincinnati.  DR Elmore, wasn’t Lee Roy Reams in that one?

Yes.  Leroy played Cornelius.
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« Reply #88 on: January 15, 2019, 03:12:58 PM »
Quote from: George on January 15, 2019, 02:59:45 PM
Quote from: elmore3003 on January 15, 2019, 02:20:13 PM
I wish this were on DVD!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-MKEDJUniw&fbclid=IwAR3n4qxtw3ccG4GSkqGdNzZ3CPnbH45kh0AO144zDQ8eQK9JioexfQ6zRV0

If you just want this on a DVD, I can actually do that.  Of course, it would be cheap and dirty and not great resolution because this original wasn't great, but it's pretty easy to make a DVD of this.

Yes, please!
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« Reply #89 on: January 15, 2019, 03:14:28 PM »
Quote from: elmore3003 on January 15, 2019, 03:12:58 PM
Quote from: George on January 15, 2019, 02:59:45 PM
Quote from: elmore3003 on January 15, 2019, 02:20:13 PM
I wish this were on DVD!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-MKEDJUniw&fbclid=IwAR3n4qxtw3ccG4GSkqGdNzZ3CPnbH45kh0AO144zDQ8eQK9JioexfQ6zRV0

If you just want this on a DVD, I can actually do that.  Of course, it would be cheap and dirty and not great resolution because this original wasn't great, but it's pretty easy to make a DVD of this.

Yes, please!

You got it!  Anyone else?
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