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« Reply #180 on: September 13, 2005, 06:13:16 PM »

There was one "incident" in the men's bathroom at the Charlotte airport that brought a smile to my face...

-How's that for a "teaser"!  ;)

-But it was something truly cute and innocent...

As I walked into the bathroom, there was a father and his young son at the urinals.  The young boy was probably around two or three years old.  As I was walking by, I heard the little boy say...

"Let's race, Daddy!"

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« Reply #181 on: September 13, 2005, 06:21:22 PM »

As for yesterday's Topic of the Day...

Mayo - Duke's.  I used to like Miracle Whip, but I can't stomach the stuff anymore.  I can taste the "processing".  Blech.

Mustard - Yellow, Brown, Dijon, etc.. French's, Gulden's, Grey Poupon, etc.  It's all good.

Ketchup - Heinz 57

Hot sauces of all sorts.  Gravies of all sorts - and sometimes those powdered mixes actually do taste "good".   ;)
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« Reply #182 on: September 13, 2005, 06:28:16 PM »

Today's Topic of the Day...

Various prizes from call-in radio contests: t-shirts, movie tickets, concert tickets, theatre tickets, carnival tickets, etc.  Nothing ever "major", but to a ten year old, just winning was "major".

Lottery - Scratcher and numbers - prizes from a free ticket/play to $500.

I won a songwriting contest when I was in the 4th grade.

I was Safety Patrol of the Year - well, second place - when I was in eighth grade.  I won a $100 Savings Bond which I had cashed in a few years ago.

Various honors, ribbons and certificates at Piano "festivals".

That's all that comes to mind right now.
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« Reply #183 on: September 13, 2005, 06:33:36 PM »

OH!

And like DR Jason, I, too, won that MTI "Who Am I?" contest a few times.  In fact, I was the Grand Prize winner one year.  Over the course of the year, I won a bunch of CDs.  Most of the time, they were new to me, but sometimes I ended up winning another copy of a CD I had already won.  -Did I really need two copies of "Secrets Every Smart Traveler Should Know"?  Did I really need ONE?  ;)

However, my favorite prize CD was the Jay studio recording of Most Happy Fella.

And the Grand Prize was a signed copy of one of Steven Suskin's books.

*And I just remembered that there was one time where I would have received a CD of something I already owned, and when I contacted "Bob at MTI", he was more than happy to ship me something else.

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« Reply #184 on: September 13, 2005, 06:40:18 PM »

The Evita auditions today went very well.  We were just hearing Eva's and Magaldi's.  It was a very cool way to spend the day.  Playing for (and hearing) potential Eva's sing "A New Argentina", "Don't Cry for Me Argentina", and "Rainbow High" was quite thrilling at times.  And playing for (and hearing... and "looking at") potential Magaldi's was lots of fun too.  -Especially when they started unbuttoning their shirts!

*One young gentleman "apologized" for just shaving his chest, and another one "suggested" that he'll probably do some push-ups out in the hall next time before coming in.

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« Reply #185 on: September 13, 2005, 06:44:33 PM »

...And Larry Fuller paid me a very nice compliment today too.

:)

*Oh, and Hal Prince was not in attendance today.  He was actually at Ripley-Grier today too, but he was sitting in on the reading of the Vegas version of Phantom of the Opera.  -But he will be at the final callbacks on Thursday.
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« Reply #186 on: September 13, 2005, 06:45:55 PM »

OH!

And I happened to meet former DR Joy.  She's working for Dave Clemmons now, so she was helping out with the auditions today.  Always very nice to meet another DR in person.  *And she "enjoyed" some of the Magaldi's today too.

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« Reply #187 on: September 13, 2005, 06:50:48 PM »

BK- Didn't you win a trip to the TV studio to see a live taping of a Sherriff show, or was that mythical?
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« Reply #188 on: September 13, 2005, 06:51:29 PM »

I wonder if Dan (the Man)'s Mountain Dew is still sitting somewhere just waiting for him to claim it.
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« Reply #189 on: September 13, 2005, 06:51:55 PM »

What about Craigslist, Jason?
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« Reply #190 on: September 13, 2005, 06:52:47 PM »

And Ripley-Grier was just plain buzzing today with activity.  On my way back from lunch, I happened to run into director, Eric Schaeffer, in the lobby.  Eric's rehearsing the new Kathie Lee Gifford show, Hurricane Amy based on the life of Amy Semple McPherson (sp?).   Consequently, Carolee Carmello was also there.  The whole Sweeney Todd gang  was also there again - Michael Cerveris, Patti LuPone, etc.  -Then the aforementioned Phantom gang - Hal Prince, Gillian Lynne, etc.  Oh, and Megan Lawrence - who I had just seen as Lucetta in Two Gentlemen of Verona was also having lunch down in the lobby.

Only in New York.
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« Reply #191 on: September 13, 2005, 06:56:08 PM »

DR vixmom - Ah, it didn't register to me that you saw a matinee of Phantom.  A lot of times, Hugh does stay in between shows.  Although, he's managed to streamline his make-up process, so he does head out between shows sometimes.  In any case...  Do you think the vixter would like a phone call from Mr. Panaro?

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« Reply #192 on: September 13, 2005, 06:58:52 PM »

My winnings:
I won a third of thousand bucks (aka $333.33) in a team trivia contest in Atlanta several years ago.

I won two tickets to a Mel Torme show in Toledo. The funny thing is I was just thinking about that show today before I even knew what the TOD was.

I won this week's football pool at the PLAYBILL office. ($60 or so)

I won a DVD player at a company picnic.

Plus a couple sparkling prizes.
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« Reply #193 on: September 13, 2005, 07:01:49 PM »

My fame sighting: Yesterday walking to the Y to play racquetball, SCTV's Joe Flaherty was out on the street having some laughs.
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« Reply #194 on: September 13, 2005, 07:02:47 PM »

Not too long ago, BK had several impromptu trivia contests and I won a copy of Rupert Holmes' "Widescreen" CD!  I just remembered that. :)
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« Reply #195 on: September 13, 2005, 07:12:33 PM »

Yes, I won a contest as a child and got to visit the set of a sci-fi TV show, got a year's supply of Oscar Mayer products, and a pair of shoes.
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« Reply #196 on: September 13, 2005, 07:13:44 PM »

Did you sing "Oh I wish I was an Oscar Meyer weiner"?
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« Reply #197 on: September 13, 2005, 07:15:13 PM »

RE: The Sparkling Prizes for the Trivia Contests...

Would it be too much to ask that those who submit correct answers to the trivia contest to post every now and then?  -At least the winners.

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« Reply #198 on: September 13, 2005, 07:20:34 PM »

I used to win a lot of trivia contests on my radio station whenever they were giving away tickets to a touring company that was coming to Seattle.  They always asked a question about Broadway, and at 6:30 in the morning,  I was apparently the only one who have ever heard of Broadway

A few years ago, they had an online game that you had to play for, I believe, three months.  You had to become a movie mogul and decide which ones of the new summer releasaes would become a hit and which would tank.  I have no idea how, but I won second prize in the damn thing.

And I have won four acting awards, which sounds pretty impressive until you realize that I have been acting for 50 years and have done over 200 productions.
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« Reply #199 on: September 13, 2005, 07:28:24 PM »

You're over 50? You must have had work done or led a pure life.
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« Reply #200 on: September 13, 2005, 07:33:14 PM »

You're over 50? You must have had work done or led a pure life.

It's the pure life.
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« Reply #201 on: September 13, 2005, 07:36:35 PM »

I assumed as much - from all that injury inducing praying.
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« Reply #202 on: September 13, 2005, 08:13:25 PM »

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« Reply #203 on: September 13, 2005, 08:25:22 PM »

DR Jose reminded me of another prize I won--when I was in sixth grade, I won the "Boy of the Month" award.  One of the privileges of the award was that I got to wear the official "Boy of the Month" pin every day.  I liked the pin so much that I kept it and told Sister Rosaria that I lost it.

Ha!  She bought that story lock, stock and barrel!  And Freddie Trotz, who was "Boy of the Month" the next month (for the third time that year) and who I couldn't stand because of his goody-two-shoes ways, had to go pinless.  Hee!  Hee!
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« Reply #204 on: September 13, 2005, 08:27:01 PM »

Finished LADY JANE and thoroughly enjoyed it. Poor girl was a pawn for the machinations of others (according to the film). She seemed to be one of the innocent bystanders in the Catholic-Protestant war for power.

Besides, Cary Elwes was walking perfection as her husband.
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« Reply #205 on: September 13, 2005, 08:32:35 PM »

I just remembered another prize I won. The TCM website used to have a monthly contest called The Writer's Hat where you submitted one or more reviews for that month's scheduled films, and the one they judged the winner received a lot of TCM merchandise. I won it once and was given honorable mention twice more.

I rarely go to the website any more, so I don't know if they still do this or not.

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« Reply #206 on: September 13, 2005, 08:35:27 PM »

Not terrifically impressed with the first episode of BONES. Oh, it was OK, but the leading lady, a forensic bone specialist, had a very off-putting personality, and I didn't find myself pulling for her, something I'd think is essential in a crime procedural such as this.
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« Reply #207 on: September 13, 2005, 08:35:31 PM »

Hmm... Internet connections again tonight...

In any case... I've been "fighting" a dull headache for the past couple of hours, and I think it's just from my schedule over the past few days.  I mean, it can't possibly be a sinus thing coming on.  Nah! Pshaw!  So...

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« Reply #208 on: September 13, 2005, 08:36:08 PM »

DRs TPunk and Rodzinski: Thanks for the suggestions on re-selling the LION KING ticket. I honestly hadn't even thought of those options - and I used to be a Craiglist junkie!

As I said, I have to be the one to pick up the ticket (with photo ID and Mastercard in hand), so I told my friend I wouldn't be able to make the trip to PA. I felt so bad and I tried to apologize over and over again, but I think he's still a little hurt/upset. I really do feel awful about it... But he dragged me to that TRAILER PARK thing last night, so he owes me. ;)

DR Jose: I'll take that call from Mr. Panaro! Haha!! (I'm joking. If he calls me, I'll bitch-slap you from here to Magnolia Bakery!)

I would like to announce to the board that tonight was my fourth night doing a workout with my new Pilates ball. This is no lie - I can already tell a difference in the way I'm carrying myself and the flattening of my abs. It's slight, but I definitely look different in my clothes already. That's what happens when you don't slouch.

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« Reply #209 on: September 13, 2005, 08:37:55 PM »

HOUSE wasn't at its best tonight either. There were some good lines and funny patter, but LL Cool J as the death row inmate with the mysterious illness didn't grab me much.

More interesting was the patient Dr. Cameron had diagnosed with terminal cancer but was postponing telling the woman. Sadly, that storyline onloy popped up a little during the hour.
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