Topic: THE DAY THAT WASN'T MUCH OF A DAY (Read 3008 times)

bk · « **on:** October 20, 2024, 12:13:28 AM »

Well, you've read the notes, the notes weren't much, and now it is time for you to post until the not much cows come home.

bk · « **Reply #1 on:** October 20, 2024, 12:15:13 AM »

And the word of the day is: SUBLIME!

George · « **Reply #2 on:** October 20, 2024, 01:06:26 AM »

Wordle 1,219 5/6

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Freddie · « **Reply #3 on:** October 20, 2024, 04:13:07 AM »

First post in the morning!

That hasn't happened in years, IIRC.

Freddie · « **Reply #4 on:** October 20, 2024, 04:37:55 AM »

40 Guests already - and at 7:30 a.m. (Eastern time) on a Sunday!

John G. · « **Reply #5 on:** October 20, 2024, 04:44:37 AM »

Good morning, all.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #6 on:** October 20, 2024, 04:57:07 AM »

Good morning, all!

elmore3003 · « **Reply #7 on:** October 20, 2024, 04:58:06 AM »

DR Iris has returned! That's cause for a celebration. Welcome back. You've been missed.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #8 on:** October 20, 2024, 05:03:19 AM »

Yesterday, Joshie came by, picked up "Baby June and her Newsboys" and left me the Act Two Strip Sequence, which went through a million changes and alterations, including the loss of a song, "Three wishes for Christmas." The piano-vocal score goes its own way, so that further complicates the issue.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #9 on:** October 20, 2024, 05:28:11 AM »

Good morning, all.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #10 on:** October 20, 2024, 05:29:14 AM »

I am still amazed -- flabbergasted, even -- at the scope of the GYPSY restoration.

Freddie · « **Reply #11 on:** October 20, 2024, 05:42:48 AM »

Interesting interview with Mitzi Gaynor.

At around 0:22, she addresses why she quit movies

"Mitzi Gaynor: 'I quit film because I was ordinary in them.'"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOKvYCoDqqM

Freddie · « **Reply #12 on:** October 20, 2024, 05:45:33 AM »

Quote from: ChasSmith on October 20, 2024, 05:29:14 AM

I am still amazed -- flabbergasted, even -- at the scope of the GYPSY restoration.

Same here. But hoping the restoration makes it easier for the score to be played as originally intended?

Laura · « **Reply #13 on:** October 20, 2024, 05:47:31 AM »

Good morning.

Laura · « **Reply #14 on:** October 20, 2024, 05:48:29 AM »

Yesterday we saw the tour of Funny Girl. Loved it. It was great to see a good old-fashioned musical again. The last couple of seasons have been mostly disappointing.

Laura · « **Reply #15 on:** October 20, 2024, 06:01:07 AM »

When Nicky Arnstein walked onstage (looking like Brent Barrett), my first thought was that he looks just like Gaylord Ravenal and I knew he was going to be trouble.

Jrand74 · « **Reply #16 on:** October 20, 2024, 06:37:09 AM »

Gaylords always are DR LAURA.

Jrand74 · « **Reply #17 on:** October 20, 2024, 06:37:36 AM »

I did not have a fun day yesterday.
I am hoping I feel better today.

Jrand74 · « **Reply #18 on:** October 20, 2024, 06:38:37 AM »

I and Velma ain't dumb.

Have a good time at the movie MR BK.

Jrand74 · « **Reply #19 on:** October 20, 2024, 06:39:03 AM »

I downloaded the clip that DR GEORGE posted last night.

Jrand74 · « **Reply #20 on:** October 20, 2024, 06:39:31 AM »

It is 43 degrees here now headed for 72 degrees.....

Freddie · « **Reply #21 on:** October 20, 2024, 06:43:39 AM »

Quote from: Jrand74 on October 20, 2024, 06:37:36 AM

I did not have a fun day yesterday.
I am hoping I feel better today.

Sending you vibes for a better day today.

singdaw · « **Reply #22 on:** October 20, 2024, 06:52:01 AM »

Good morning, friends.

singdaw · « **Reply #23 on:** October 20, 2024, 06:52:13 AM »

And others.

singdaw · « **Reply #24 on:** October 20, 2024, 06:52:38 AM »

singdaw · « **Reply #25 on:** October 20, 2024, 06:52:55 AM »

Who decides these things?

singdaw · « **Reply #26 on:** October 20, 2024, 07:01:02 AM »

Dr John G., I was reading The New York Times Book Review this morning. Having just finished a complete Hitchcock traversal, it seems you might enjoy "The Hitchcock Hotel" by Stephanie Wrobel.

Freddie · « **Reply #27 on:** October 20, 2024, 07:04:22 AM »

John Kenrick did a pretty detailed analysis of fact vs. fiction in FUNNY GIRL.
https://www.musicals101.com/brice.htm

Among the many interesting bits about Nick Arnstein.

"Both the play and movie were produced by Fanny Brice's son in law, Ray Stark, who had the unenviable task of appeasing Fanny's surviving family and associates -- including Nick Arnstein. With Nick only too eager to initiate a lawsuit, Stark had to reshape history. And as Nick's character was fictionalized, other aspects of the story had to change too."

"Nick Arnstein "gorgeous"? Oy vey! Compared to who William Howard Taft? He may have been sophisticated, and at 6'6" he towered over most men, but he was not a beauty."

"Funny Girl depicts Arnstein as a classy gambler who turned to crime because he didn't want to live on Fanny's money. Not so! Nick was a common criminal and had no qualms about sponging off Fanny for their entire marriage. Before meeting her, he had already been arrested for swindling in three European countries. Shortly after they met (and before their marriage), he was jailed for wiretapping. The lovesick Fanny visited him weekly in Sing Sing, so she knew what he was long before they exchanged vows."

John G. · « **Reply #28 on:** October 20, 2024, 07:31:50 AM »

Quote from: singdaw on October 20, 2024, 07:01:02 AM

Dr John G., I was reading The New York Times Book Review this morning. Having just finished a complete Hitchcock traversal, it seems you might enjoy "The Hitchcock Hotel" by Stephanie Wrobel.

I have debated that one. I may try it. But first up is the new Michael Connelly.

John G. · « **Reply #29 on:** October 20, 2024, 07:32:11 AM »

Onward!

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