I am staying in this evening - finishing Varan the Unbelievable, which is just a weak rehash of Godzilla, by the same team. Then maybe I'll watch Dogora, Monster from Space, and then maybe the Japanese film Crazy Fruit. We shall see.
No one mentioned it, I think, but Robert Wright passed away a few days ago. Walter Willison, who was very close to Bob and his partner, Chet Forrest, told me the night he came over. I worked with Bob and Chet when I recorded their Anastasia Affaire. Walter later coerced me into performing in a reading of their musical Betting on Bertie, back in 1992, I think. Bertie was based on the Wodehouse Jeeves stories, and I played someone called Pongo Pilkington. Others in the cast were Christopher Hewitt as Jeeves (Chris and I really got on), Judy Kaye, Loni Ackerman, and a couple of Walter's compatriots from Grand Hotel. The best part of doing the reading was watching Bob and Chet, just beaming, as we'd sing their songs.