Topic: HIGH SPIRITS (Read 8706 times)

bk · « **on:** July 22, 2022, 12:10:10 AM »

Well, you've read the notes, the notes had high spirits, and now it is time for you to post until the high spirited cows come home.

bk · « **Reply #1 on:** July 22, 2022, 12:10:22 AM »

And the word of the day is: PEPPY!

bk · « **Reply #2 on:** July 22, 2022, 12:11:02 AM »

Welcome fifty-nine GUESTS!

George · « **Reply #3 on:** July 22, 2022, 12:22:25 AM »

Great newspaper clippings, BK!

elmore3003 · « **Reply #4 on:** July 22, 2022, 03:40:09 AM »

Good morning, all!

elmore3003 · « **Reply #5 on:** July 22, 2022, 03:42:22 AM »

Well, those were fun notes!

BK, did your Bluth shows have a band or orchestra?

elmore3003 · « **Reply #6 on:** July 22, 2022, 03:48:52 AM »

In the 1970s, I first encountered the name of Toby Bluth as an illustrator of erotic images for several adult magazines. I have a very vague memory that I read an interview with him.

Then, in the 1980s, I discoverred that he, like me, had a fascnation with Babes in Toyland. In 1989 or 1990, I orchestrated the Gershwin musical Strike Up the Band for California Music Theatre, either before or after they produced Bluth's adaptation of Babes in Toyland with Robert Morse as the Toymaker.

Bluth also worked on a rather horrid animated film of Babes in Toyland as well as this illustrated book of his adaptation.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #7 on:** July 22, 2022, 03:52:13 AM »

After being up until nearly 11:00p.m. last night, I set the alarm for 6:00. At 5:00, three cays decided I wasa not going to sleep in, and I struggled out of bed around 5:30. I had one dream I no longer remember, but it seems to be nudging my brain cells to remember it, and I keep getting brief flashes of something I am unable at the moment to reconstruct.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #8 on:** July 22, 2022, 03:53:31 AM »

So, on monday I got this orchestration job for my friend Martin, and I will spend much of my day doing some research and listening.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #9 on:** July 22, 2022, 03:57:01 AM »

I think I've passed the point where any more information on Trump Treason will work me into a rage, although I wish there had been more footage of his attempts to film a message on Jan. 7; that was my favorite part of the hearings.

I just want the powers-that-be to remember the penalty for treason is execution. I want to see every person involved with Trump's attempted coup to be lined up and executed. These bastards deserve no less.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #10 on:** July 22, 2022, 04:38:05 AM »

Good morning, all.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #11 on:** July 22, 2022, 04:39:34 AM »

Interesting, that Bluth-Toyland connection.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #12 on:** July 22, 2022, 04:44:32 AM »

It is Friday -- a fact that may have been mentioned once or twice already, but it bears repeating.

John G. · « **Reply #13 on:** July 22, 2022, 04:53:09 AM »

Good morning, all.

John G. · « **Reply #14 on:** July 22, 2022, 04:53:50 AM »

Really tired.

John G. · « **Reply #15 on:** July 22, 2022, 04:54:31 AM »

I wish I had another hour to sleep away.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #16 on:** July 22, 2022, 05:01:24 AM »

Earlier this past week something got me revved up to pull out a movie I've loved the few times I'd seen it before -- TOPSY-TURVY, about Gilbert and Sullivan and the creation of The Mikado. It had been several years since my last look at it, and I had always intended to dive into director Mike Leigh's commentary.

So I watched it one evening and rewatched with the commentary the next evening, and that has cemented my love and admiration for this film for all time -- and for The Mikado itself, more than ever before, since being introduced to it in my early teens.

And that's my contribution to the TOD. I must run off and do some things, but I will try to expound on this later.

vixmom · « **Reply #17 on:** July 22, 2022, 05:10:32 AM »

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vixmom · « **Reply #18 on:** July 22, 2022, 05:17:27 AM »

I have now been wondering if the character Toby Bluth in Arrested Development was named for “the” Toby Bluth.

vixmom · « **Reply #19 on:** July 22, 2022, 05:17:49 AM »

If so, I would wonder why.

vixmom · « **Reply #20 on:** July 22, 2022, 05:18:22 AM »

Elmore I am so pleased about the orchestration job!

vixmom · « **Reply #21 on:** July 22, 2022, 05:19:01 AM »

Chas, I too love Topsy Turkey, although I do not think my version of the dvd has commentary.

vixmom · « **Reply #22 on:** July 22, 2022, 05:19:11 AM »

I must pull it out and see

vixmom · « **Reply #23 on:** July 22, 2022, 05:20:14 AM »

I was introduced to the Mikado as a teenager too, and it was my introduction to the wonderful world of Gilbert and Sullivan.

vixmom · « **Reply #24 on:** July 22, 2022, 05:20:42 AM »

A lot of introductions in that last sentence

ChasSmith · « **Reply #25 on:** July 22, 2022, 05:30:44 AM »

Quote from: vixmom on July 22, 2022, 05:19:01 AM

Chas, I too love Topsy Turkey, although I do not think my version of the dvd has commentary.

Quoted for posterity.

As to how much posterity will appreciate the gesture ... well, who among us can say?

Jrand74 · « **Reply #26 on:** July 22, 2022, 05:37:40 AM »

What did Topsy do at the end of UNCLE TOM'S CABIN?

Jrand74 · « **Reply #27 on:** July 22, 2022, 05:37:53 AM »

She took off her makeup and went back to the hotel.

Jrand74 · « **Reply #28 on:** July 22, 2022, 05:38:21 AM »

It is 8:37 a.m. I am waiting for my 8 a.m. doctor call......

Jrand74 · « **Reply #29 on:** July 22, 2022, 05:38:33 AM »

I enjoyed the notes and the clippings.

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