Topic: THOSE THRILLING DAYS OF YESTERYEAR (Read 9101 times)

bk · « **on:** August 07, 2023, 12:10:49 AM »

Well, you've read the notes, the notes returned to those thrilling days of yesteryear, and now it is time for you to post until the returning to yesteryear cows come home.

bk · « **Reply #1 on:** August 07, 2023, 12:11:51 AM »

And the word of the day is: CLOUT!

George · « **Reply #2 on:** August 07, 2023, 12:37:51 AM »

So, last week I received in the mail a vinyl album soundtrack reissue that I had actually ordered. I got it for two reasons: 1, Rupert Holmes wrote or co-wrote several tracks, and 2, it's autographed by Rupert Holmes!

George · « **Reply #3 on:** August 07, 2023, 12:38:12 AM »

The album is actually the soundtrack to a porno movie called, "The Flasher."

George · « **Reply #4 on:** August 07, 2023, 12:39:10 AM »

Only the first 50 albums were signed, and I got one of them (the unsigned album is otherwise still available). The autograph is on a second cover, and the album itself is still sealed. Here's the still sealed and unsigned album:

George · « **Reply #5 on:** August 07, 2023, 12:40:11 AM »

Yes, it's a nude cover, but you can't really see anything.

George · « **Reply #6 on:** August 07, 2023, 12:41:21 AM »

Here's the unsealed and signed album cover:

George · « **Reply #7 on:** August 07, 2023, 12:42:35 AM »

I hope no one is offended. I'll delete the images if BK requests me to.

George · « **Reply #8 on:** August 07, 2023, 12:44:05 AM »

Anyway, I haven't opened and listened to the album, so I have no idea what any of it sounds like.

George · « **Reply #9 on:** August 07, 2023, 12:56:42 AM »

Actually, it's on YouTube!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZ3cXZsJ9jE

elmore3003 · « **Reply #10 on:** August 07, 2023, 03:44:31 AM »

Good morning, all!

elmore3003 · « **Reply #11 on:** August 07, 2023, 03:45:50 AM »

I'm finally getting the hang of this new computer. There are still popups and gizmos I do not understand, but it is so much faster than my trusty and now dead 9-year-old.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #12 on:** August 07, 2023, 03:53:54 AM »

I slept well. Annabelle, Thatch, and I watched Episodes 3 and 4 of the 1993 miniseries, Tales of the City. I really want to dig those books out of the quagmire and read them again now. I met Marcus D'Amico, who played Michael, at the Drama Book Shop when he was in the US for publicity on the series. He's so perfect as Michael, I always wondered why he did not do More Tales and Further Tales of the City. He had just done Angels in America at the National Theatre of Great Britain, and we talked about that. He was very charming and friendly.

I also knew briefly Thomas Gibson, who played the all-round pig Beauchamp. We had two close encounters, one at the Drama Book Shop and one backstage after the Shakespeare Festival's Twelfth Night. I don't think playing Beauchamp was a stretch at all. I didn't like him. Billy Campbell, who played Dr. Jon Fielding, was cast in John McGlinn's Show Boat recording, but dropped out, to be replaced by Steve Barton. I've always suspected it had to do with McGlinn's proclivity for sexual harassment.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #13 on:** August 07, 2023, 03:56:28 AM »

DR John G, I saw The Grass is Greener when it was released. It was so boring, I couldn't tell you a thing about it now.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #14 on:** August 07, 2023, 04:00:29 AM »

I was really devastated by the death of Walter Charles. I adored him. In 1991, he auditioned for the Houston Grand Opera's Babes in Toyland, singing "The Olive Tree" from Kismet. It was glorious. We cast him as the villainous Uncle Barnaby, and I got to spend six weeks in Houston with him and the rest of the wonderful cast. On the night of the dress rehearsal, Walter had his first scene, skipped offstage, slipped, and broke his ankle. His replacement was a fast learner and did a fine job, but he wasn't Walter.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #15 on:** August 07, 2023, 04:01:15 AM »

Today is laundry day, so I have things to do.

John G. · « **Reply #16 on:** August 07, 2023, 04:57:14 AM »

Good morning, all.

John G. · « **Reply #17 on:** August 07, 2023, 04:58:03 AM »

Great story about Walter Charles, Elmore. Thanks for sharing.

John G. · « **Reply #18 on:** August 07, 2023, 04:58:47 AM »

Thanks for sharing the cast of Follies, George. Who played Buddy?

John G. · « **Reply #19 on:** August 07, 2023, 04:59:03 AM »

Wordle and Phoodle 3

singdaw · « **Reply #20 on:** August 07, 2023, 04:59:05 AM »

Good morning, friends.

singdaw · « **Reply #21 on:** August 07, 2023, 04:59:17 AM »

A good night of sleep.

John G. · « **Reply #22 on:** August 07, 2023, 04:59:21 AM »

Must stir.

singdaw · « **Reply #23 on:** August 07, 2023, 04:59:37 AM »

And it's Monday. Back to the salt mines.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #24 on:** August 07, 2023, 05:06:53 AM »

DR Elmore: I think you are correct in your assessment of Thomas Gibson. Stories from guests on the show "Dharma and Greg" were flying around that Gibson was a prima donna on that show, and he did not let anyone forget that it was HIS show, even though he was second-billed to Jenna Elfman.

He also got fired from "Criminal Minds". Threw some sort of hissy fit and kicked a writer. KICKED a writer!

He is a good actor, but no one needs the attitude on a set.

I thought Marcus D'Amico was a perfect "Mouse", as well. He has, sadly, passed away. I think his reasons for not doing the followups were that he didn't want to leave the U.K., and that he didn't want folks to think of him as only one character. Too bad, because it's the best thing he ever did that I have seen, although I saw him in only one other show. Not one of the succeeding "Michaels" measured up one bit.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_D%27Amico

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #25 on:** August 07, 2023, 05:20:17 AM »

A gracious good Monday morning to ye!

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #26 on:** August 07, 2023, 05:21:18 AM »

I slept, I dreamed, I remember nothing.

I am awake, I am congested, what meds must I take?

Ah, me.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #27 on:** August 07, 2023, 05:21:45 AM »

Quote from: John G. on August 07, 2023, 04:59:21 AM

Must stir.

Try counter-clockwise for a challenge.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #28 on:** August 07, 2023, 05:32:38 AM »

What is this, a monologue?

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #29 on:** August 07, 2023, 05:32:46 AM »

Oh, well!

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