Topic: A TALE OF TWO MOVIES (Read 7162 times)

Jrand74 · « **Reply #30 on:** September 17, 2023, 06:49:21 AM »

I have never seen Heartburn OR When Harry Met Sally OR Sleepless In Seattle -

I have however seen The Goodbye Girl - the first time on network television. I loved the movie - Quinn Cummings not so much - but all of the scenes that MR BK wrote about in the notes were so good....and the early scene when our leading lady is accosted by muggers and loses her purse and groceries was so realistically done - it was frightening. And the visit to the dressing room was EVERYTHING.

As was the clueless director yelling: "My mother LOVED it!"

Jrand74 · « **Reply #31 on:** September 17, 2023, 06:49:30 AM »

Page Two.

George · « **Reply #32 on:** September 17, 2023, 06:50:27 AM »

Quote from: singdaw on September 17, 2023, 04:23:27 AM

Glad you had a good opening night, DR George.

Thanks, Singdaw!

George · « **Reply #33 on:** September 17, 2023, 06:50:54 AM »

Quote from: singdaw on September 17, 2023, 04:23:41 AM

Nice work on the posts, too.

It was my pleasure.

Jrand74 · « **Reply #34 on:** September 17, 2023, 06:51:46 AM »

I was leary of the musical version of The Goodbye Girl because - get the firing squad ready - I hate the performances of both Bernadette Peters AND Martin Short.....they set my tith on etch, as Ricky Ricardo would say.

I did buy the Cast CD - but I do not think I have ever played it all the way through....

ChasSmith · « **Reply #35 on:** September 17, 2023, 06:57:29 AM »

Good morning, all.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #36 on:** September 17, 2023, 06:59:32 AM »

I only vaguely remember seeing The Goodbye Girl in a movie theater, and I remember virtually nothing of it. Isn't that awful? I'd say it's time to check that one out again. And I know nothing of the musical.

As for those other movies? Not a one! I've certainly seen clips, but I was never drawn to see any of them.

George · « **Reply #37 on:** September 17, 2023, 07:00:38 AM »

Quote from: elmore3003 on September 17, 2023, 04:33:12 AM

Sounds like a successful opening, DR George! How many performances are there?

Just last night and this afternoon's matinee.

George · « **Reply #38 on:** September 17, 2023, 07:00:58 AM »

It's actually a fund raiser for Zonta Club of Olympia, one of the two local chapters of Zonta International.

George · « **Reply #39 on:** September 17, 2023, 07:02:14 AM »

And when trying to find their website URLs, I came across this one-minute introduction to the evening that I didn't know about:

Zonta Club of Olympia Gala 2023

George · « **Reply #40 on:** September 17, 2023, 07:07:25 AM »

Quote from: Jrand73 on September 17, 2023, 06:44:32 AM

I enjoyed being serenaded by DR GEORGE and his cast mates.

And we enjoyed serenading you, Jrand!

George · « **Reply #41 on:** September 17, 2023, 07:13:12 AM »

Quote from: Jrand73 on September 17, 2023, 06:51:46 AM

I was leary of the musical version of The Goodbye Girl because - get the firing squad ready - I hate the performances of both Bernadette Peters AND Martin Short.....they set my tith on etch, as Ricky Ricardo would say.

I did buy the Cast CD - but I do not think I have ever played it all the way through....

I enjoyed the original Broadway cast recording, but then, I've never seen the show.

George · « **Reply #42 on:** September 17, 2023, 07:13:40 AM »

But if you think that's bad, the London cast recording is MUCH worse.

George · « **Reply #43 on:** September 17, 2023, 07:13:52 AM »

Marvin Hamlisch wrote a whole new score (except I think they kept one and a half songs) with a new lyricist and none of the new score was better...in my humble opinion (IMHO in Internet lingo).

elmore3003 · « **Reply #44 on:** September 17, 2023, 07:35:35 AM »

Quote from: Jrand73 on September 17, 2023, 06:51:46 AM

I was leary of the musical version of The Goodbye Girl because - get the firing squad ready - I hate the performances of both Bernadette Peters AND Martin Short.....they set my tith on etch, as Ricky Ricardo would say.

I did buy the Cast CD - but I do not think I have ever played it all the way through....

It was horrifyingly bad. After Peters' first number, I said to my friend "I bet she's out for the second act. Her voice is shot." No, she stayed in the whole stinking show.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #45 on:** September 17, 2023, 08:06:15 AM »

Quote from: singdaw on September 17, 2023, 06:43:21 AM

I wonder if anyone has ever done a tour of the towns of Iowa as named in The Music Man?

Do you mean Dubuque, Des Moines, Davenport, Marshalltown, Mason City, Keokuk, Ames and Clear Lake?

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #46 on:** September 17, 2023, 08:15:08 AM »

A good Sunday morning to all of you.

This morning is dark, gray and wet in Johnston SC, part of the CSRA above the "ridge line" of South Carolina.

We used to have a news thing called "The Ridge Citizen"....all the news about folks on the ridge. My PaPa (my mom's dad) used to call it "the Ridge astonisher". Lots of grip-and-grin photos (you know what those are, right? Unnatural handshakes with bodies turned toward camera and big old toothy grins being displayed),

There is now an entity called "The Edgefield Advertiser" published once a week. What sets it apart and makes it readable is its colorful letters to the editor section. We have some remarkably "odd" people here, many of whom would put QAnon to shame and then some.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #47 on:** September 17, 2023, 08:15:39 AM »

All of the preceding, except the greeting, was apropos of absolutely nothing. Just a brain wheeze.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #48 on:** September 17, 2023, 08:18:45 AM »

I slept so very, very well last night. I cannot quite comprehend it. I was in bed before midnight and I arose a mere 30 minutes ago.

Were there dreams? Why, yes. Bless you for asking.

And were they repetitive dreams?

NO! There were plenty of disparate, crazy, non-inimidating dreams, but none repeated. I had a plethora of subject matter, including one seemingly indecent proposal that was really only a bid for companionship and a cuddle.

No, Jack...there will be no elucidation of that dream.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #49 on:** September 17, 2023, 08:20:13 AM »

As I mentioned earlier, it is a gray, dark and wet day...and I could just as easily pop back under the covers and try to snooze some more.

But then I might miss the most important part of this day yet to come. Yes, the weekly Zoom chat looms high on the horizon.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #50 on:** September 17, 2023, 08:22:24 AM »

Oh, yes...still slowly returning are my senses of taste and smell.

Even at low levels, it's overwhelming. And, yes, it's time to deep clean.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #51 on:** September 17, 2023, 08:59:41 AM »

You know what I really hate? It's getting really hot gossip and not being able to say a damned thing about it!

Donald · « **Reply #52 on:** September 17, 2023, 09:13:24 AM »

Hello everyone....we have a very fun new Broadway Radio Show. Douglas J. Cohen joins me to chat about his new book How To Survive A Killer Musical, a behind the scenes look a the making of the musical No Way To Treat A Lady (with a nice shout out to Bruce Kimmel for producing the cast recording, which has given the show an afterlife). Then we move on to his latest work The Big Time, which has just released a cast recording with a wonderful group of performers including Santino Fontana, Debbie Gravitte, Will Swenson and Jackie Hoffman

Check it out

http://www.haineshisway.com/the-broadway-radio-show-2/

Laura · « **Reply #53 on:** September 17, 2023, 09:18:35 AM »

Good morning.

Laura · « **Reply #54 on:** September 17, 2023, 09:19:46 AM »

Quote from: elmore3003 on September 17, 2023, 08:59:41 AM

You know what I really hate? It's getting really hot gossip and not being able to say a damned thing about it!

Right?

Laura · « **Reply #55 on:** September 17, 2023, 09:20:23 AM »

My DH woke me up talking in his sleep at 3 a.m.

Laura · « **Reply #56 on:** September 17, 2023, 09:20:48 AM »

I discovered the mama raccoon has five babies this year.

Laura · « **Reply #57 on:** September 17, 2023, 09:21:48 AM »

The last storm that blew through cooled the temperatures down a bit. The mornings are so much nicer to walk now. So much better than when it was 96 at 6 a.m.

Laura · « **Reply #58 on:** September 17, 2023, 09:22:35 AM »

Yesterday I gave a talk at a library. Out of the 29 people who signed up, only one mother with two bored kids and one teacher showed up.

Laura · « **Reply #59 on:** September 17, 2023, 09:23:09 AM »

The teacher was very interested in what I had to say.

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