Topic: CURIOSITY KILLED THE CAT (Read 17904 times)

William F. Orr · « **Reply #60 on:** May 17, 2005, 09:32:00 AM »

Here is Jason Graae of Tulsa, Oklahoma:

William F. Orr · « **Reply #61 on:** May 17, 2005, 09:36:05 AM »

Jason bares it all for BK.

Jennifer · « **Reply #62 on:** May 17, 2005, 09:39:07 AM »

For DR Danise, more confirmation that Michael Ball is indeed performing in NYCO production:

http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/6034

William F. Orr · « **Reply #63 on:** May 17, 2005, 09:41:06 AM »

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Jrand74 · « **Reply #64 on:** May 17, 2005, 09:44:42 AM »

DR WFO for some reason that movie looks very scary.

GREAT story DRVIXMOM! Your grandfather was Jay Gatsby!

William F. Orr · « **Reply #65 on:** May 17, 2005, 09:48:53 AM »

Quote from: JRand54 on May 17, 2005, 09:30:49 AM

DR WFO....I might even get a SMALL mention in said book as well!

Indeed, I should hope so. You were one of the sources I put him onto, of course.

And do your friends really all call you Speedo?

William F. Orr · « **Reply #66 on:** May 17, 2005, 09:49:39 AM »

Gatsby was Hungarian?

vixmom · « **Reply #67 on:** May 17, 2005, 09:50:21 AM »

Quote from: William F. Orr on May 17, 2005, 09:23:58 AM

Sort of on the TOD, I had my meeting a couple of weeks ago with the editor of a major magazine who is writing a biography of a deceased friend of mine--and this friend, although a bit of a celebrity, was certainly not a star on the Frances Farmer level.

Quite an experience, as it set me digging through boxes for any possible memorabilia and trying to remember every word of every conversation we had ever had. I became overwhelmed with seventies nostalgia.

The biographer came out to the Island of Long, we went out for lunch, and he set his recorder going while we talked. Surprisingly, he had only spoken with "coworkers" [that's co-workers, not cow-orkers] up to this point and not with "friends", which means that I was the first person to give him some insight into any personal aspect of the biographee, although we were not the closest of friends, and our friendship spanned only seven years.

I was, I hope, helpful in pointing toward other people who might prove better sources--I myself had tried to no avail to track down one of the biographees closest (yes, intimate) friends, but during the interview I happened to remember that that missing person was quite thick with another in the profession who is readily available, so maybe she can provide some clues.

I expect a big acknowledgement in the eventual book nonetheless.

I meant to ask you how this was going. Very Interesting!!!

vixmom · « **Reply #68 on:** May 17, 2005, 09:53:39 AM »

Quote from: William F. Orr on May 17, 2005, 09:30:35 AM

SYCOPHANT, Baby, SYCOPHANT!

Or was that ACOLYTE, Baby, ACOLYTE?

I was an acolyte in Grace Lutheran Church in Tulsa [a slut spelled backwards--oh! a Jason ~~Grae~~ Graae reference!], Oklahoma when I was a wee sprig of a twig of a thing.

I was an acolyte at Ascension Lutheran Church in Deer Park, New York when I wasyoung, slim and trim and had long blonde hair that reached my pert bottom

Ah to be able to wear those long vestments today, they would cover a multitude of sins!!!

vixmom · « **Reply #69 on:** May 17, 2005, 09:54:25 AM »

Quote from: William F. Orr on May 17, 2005, 09:49:39 AM

Gatsby was Hungarian?

Aren't all the best people, dahling?

vixmom · « **Reply #70 on:** May 17, 2005, 09:57:30 AM »

Quote from: JRand54 on May 17, 2005, 09:44:42 AM

DR WFO for some reason that movie looks very scary.

GREAT story DRVIXMOM! Your grandfather was Jay Gatsby!

Doncha think it would be interesting, even if he never was famous? Maybe I should try and research it and then write it as novel!!!

(of couresei would need someone else to tpye it

)

I proabably should obaytin some talent as wrtier as well that mught help..

and sis I menyion the professional typiost? One who knows whewr the keys are actually locat5ed aont he jkeybprrad and abole toaccess them in the right order?

bk · « **Reply #71 on:** May 17, 2005, 10:09:03 AM »

Quote from: JRand54 on May 17, 2005, 09:30:49 AM

Last night....last night I almost saw LeeLee Sobieski's teles.

Almost. And if that isn't proof of bad direction I don't know what is.

bk · « **Reply #72 on:** May 17, 2005, 10:10:32 AM »

I'm up, I'm up, and must now begin the phone calling for the day.

Good news about our very own Tomovoz. Excellent vibes and xylophones for elmore's good news.

Dan (the Man) · « **Reply #73 on:** May 17, 2005, 10:13:33 AM »

SYCOPHANT brings up some very creepy Google images.

William F. Orr · « **Reply #74 on:** May 17, 2005, 10:14:15 AM »

Want to see something really scary?

The Discovery Channel is doing a show on the Greatest Americans. How to decide? Why run an on-line poll on AOL, of course.

If you had any doubts about the intelligence of the American public, click here for a list of the 100 Greatest Americans.

George · « **Reply #75 on:** May 17, 2005, 10:14:53 AM »

Quote from: JRand54 on May 17, 2005, 09:30:49 AM

Last night....last night I almost saw LeeLee Sobieski's teles.

MY EYES!! MY EYES!!

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #76 on:** May 17, 2005, 10:21:35 AM »

Quote from: bk on May 17, 2005, 10:09:03 AM

Almost. And if that isn't proof of bad direction I don't know what is.

I tried to watch a few scenes...and the acting was horrific.

William F. Orr · « **Reply #77 on:** May 17, 2005, 10:22:07 AM »

For example, if you were to pick the greatest American composer, would it be Charles Ives? George Gershwin? Perhaps Leonard Bernstein or Aaron Copeland?

Sorry, you have only two choices: Madonna or Michael Jackson.

Dan (the Man) · « **Reply #78 on:** May 17, 2005, 10:22:12 AM »

Quote from: William F. Orr on May 17, 2005, 10:14:15 AM

Want to see something really scary?

The Discovery Channel is doing a show on the Greatest Americans. How to decide? Why run an on-line poll on AOL, of course.

If you had any doubts about the intelligence of the American public, click here for a list of the 100 Greatest Americans.

That is one damn sorry list.

William F. Orr · « **Reply #79 on:** May 17, 2005, 10:25:43 AM »

In the sciences we fare a little better: The Wright brothers, Tesla, Einstein (American?), Carl Sagan, Jonas Salk, and... Dr. Phil?

?

William F. Orr · « **Reply #80 on:** May 17, 2005, 10:27:36 AM »

My nominee for the most incredible name on the list, however, is Rush Limbaugh.

William F. Orr · « **Reply #81 on:** May 17, 2005, 10:28:56 AM »

And four members of the Bouche family.

William F. Orr · « **Reply #82 on:** May 17, 2005, 10:36:49 AM »

sycophant \SIK-uh-fuhnt\, noun:
A person who seeks favor by flattering people of wealth or influence; a parasite; a toady.

The praise Oxford received as a poet may simply have issued from the mouths of sycophants hungry for patronage.
--Howard Chua-Eoan and Helen Gibson, "The Bard's Beard?" Time, February 15, 1999

Friendship with the son and daughter-in-law of an imprisoned Supreme Court justice afforded me a special pipeline into high-level Ghanaian gossip about the alarming psychological condition of the head of state, said alternately to be suffering from delusions of grandeur fed by sycophants or to be reduced to quivering agoraphobia after the attempts on his life.
--David Levering Lewis, "Ghana, 1963," The American Scholar, Winter 1999

Sycophant derives from Greek sukophantes, "an accuser (especially a false accuser) or rogue," from sukon, "fig" + phantes, "one who shows," from phainein, "to show."

So here is my offering to BK:

William F. Orr · « **Reply #83 on:** May 17, 2005, 10:39:52 AM »

And here is a toady.

William F. Orr · « **Reply #84 on:** May 17, 2005, 11:02:01 AM »

As an interloper said back in the early days of this site, we're all a bunch of figs.

S. Woody White · « **Reply #85 on:** May 17, 2005, 11:04:47 AM »

Quote from: JRand54 on May 17, 2005, 08:26:06 AM

Your Allison Hayes Picture of the Week.

Allison has two heads. And she's got hairy arms.

MBarnum · « **Reply #86 on:** May 17, 2005, 11:07:46 AM »

As I sit around waiting the man to come and install my new screen door I have been watching a Judy Canova movie called LAY THAT RIFLE DOWN. I had not seen a Judy Canova movie since I was a wee sprig of a twig so I wasn't sure how the comedy would hold up now that I am a mature branch...but I am happy to say that it was quite amusing!

Of course a lot of it is due to the rest of the cast of the film...Jacqueline DeWitt, Richard Deacon, James Bell and little Mimi Gibson (who must be the most adorable child actress ever!)...cute film and I wouldn't mind seeing a few more of Judy's movies.

MBarnum · « **Reply #87 on:** May 17, 2005, 11:08:52 AM »

Quote from: S. Woody White on May 17, 2005, 11:04:47 AM

Allison has two heads. And she's got hairy arms.

Those hairy arms, connected to a very hairy chest, belong to Mr. Race Gentry...Universal-International contract player of the 50s.

Jrand74 · « **Reply #88 on:** May 17, 2005, 11:20:05 AM »

Yes indeed, DRMBARNUM....and I think Allison was a better thespian that Mr Gentry, although he did indeed have the better "made up" name.

S. Woody White · « **Reply #89 on:** May 17, 2005, 11:23:24 AM »

I just finished catching up on the posts, but der Brucer wants to get back on (after spending hours online himself earlier today), so I have to say toodles.

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