Topic: THE BLEARY-EYED ME (Read 35860 times)

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #120 on:** November 14, 2005, 10:28:55 AM »

The S.F. Chronicle TV booklet in each Sunday's paper has been my guide of choice the past 12 years.

However....yesterday, it was MUCH CHANGED...and they've gone to one weekly daytime listing (i.e. Monday -Friday morning and afternoon).

The type faces are different, the advertising has increased.

It's more difficult to use, naturally, and one cannot see individual program listings (like movie titles) on a daily basis. One now has to wade through an alphabetical listing to see what the movies are.

The more I pay for stuff, the shoddier the service gets.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #121 on:** November 14, 2005, 10:32:16 AM »

Is anyone finding this here site a bit sluggish to access/post to today?

I'm having some problems. But maybe it's just me.

Dan (the Man) · « **Reply #122 on:** November 14, 2005, 10:33:50 AM »

Here's what's on tonight:

Charles Pogue · « **Reply #123 on:** November 14, 2005, 10:47:47 AM »

First Apartments:

My first apartment was in college a little a 3-room flat in a converted house on Aylesford Place about three short blocks from the campus and the Fine Arts Building where the Theatre was. we have a living-room with a little gas heater, a kitchen with a bad roof, and a bedroom that got very cold in winter. I slept on the couch in the living-room most nights. The bathroom was in a hallway outside the apartment and we shared it with two other apartments. I roomed with a friend from High School. I inherited the apartment from another theatre arts student. I've been back several times. The house has been razed and a regulation apartment building put up in its place.

Many a good time was had there and it was the home of many a fine theatre department parties, most notably The Super Fantastic Original Corn-Eating Elimination Contest And Light Show Plus Selected Short Subjects.

td · « **Reply #124 on:** November 14, 2005, 10:48:05 AM »

Quote from: Matt H. on November 14, 2005, 09:24:34 AM

I haven't read a single decent review of the new OKLAHOMA! set. Mine should be here in a day or two. How very, very disappointing. Thankfully, my laserdisc still plays just fine.

I've kept my non-16 x 9 dvd, which is fine; still, I'm looking forward to the 'scope presentation and the bonus features.
(Not getting rid of my original 5 STar Sound of Music, either, for the new issue doesn't repeat all of the special features on THAT disc)!

Ginny · « **Reply #125 on:** November 14, 2005, 10:51:51 AM »

Quote from: Jason on November 14, 2005, 09:13:44 AM

All the cool kids were conceived on Valentine's Day. Well, Skip and I were, at least.

Also, my DH Richard (Nov. 13) and, four years prior, his brother (Nov. 15).

Jrand73 · « **Reply #126 on:** November 14, 2005, 10:54:15 AM »

So true DR WFO - an earthshaking event: The Birth of Son of Babalu!

Jrand73 · « **Reply #127 on:** November 14, 2005, 10:55:01 AM »

Fame is fleeting....there are three people I don't recognize. The girl in the lower left picture - the man in the glasses and the man directly below him. Big stars all, I am sure.

Jrand73 · « **Reply #128 on:** November 14, 2005, 10:55:44 AM »

You can learn to play Folk Guitar by watching TV!!!

Jrand73 · « **Reply #129 on:** November 14, 2005, 10:56:03 AM »

Russ Tamblyn is on IRON HORSE tonight!!

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #130 on:** November 14, 2005, 11:12:33 AM »

Quote from: JRand55 on November 14, 2005, 10:56:03 AM

Russ Tamblyn is on IRON HORSE tonight!!

But Sammy Davis Jr. is on "I Dream of Jeannie"!!!

td · « **Reply #131 on:** November 14, 2005, 11:12:45 AM »

Quote from: JRand55 on November 14, 2005, 10:55:01 AM

Fame is fleeting....

...and stars they keep fallin', and stayin' right up there, well, that's the business of art.
And luck kisses some and she passes by others,
Disappointment and bourbon are hard on the heart. . .

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #132 on:** November 14, 2005, 11:14:43 AM »

Quote from: William F. Orr on November 14, 2005, 10:07:12 AM

I recognize Uncle Milty, Imogene Coca, Ed Sullivan, Arthur Godfrey, and Howdy Doody. Is that Gertrude Berg above Howdy?

Who are the rest?

bk · « **Reply #133 on:** November 14, 2005, 11:16:04 AM »

The Oklahoma Todd-AO transfer is indeed problematic. It's just soft - verging on out of focus, when it should be razor sharp. I gather this has something to do with the way the film is scanned for transfer. The colors are actually accurate and better than the scope version. The scope version is sharper (some say artificially done) but I don't like the color and I don't like the alternate takes.

With all the Todd-AO transfer problems, there is a depth to the image that is like you're almost there. That's why the abnormalities are so annoying - if the transfer had been sharper and brighter, it would have been amazing.

The scope transfer is also too dark, at least from where I sit.

Charles Pogue · « **Reply #134 on:** November 14, 2005, 11:20:56 AM »

a young Dennis James? , Kay Kyser?, Gertrude Berg...not sure about the lady and gent in the bottom row with Howdy.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #135 on:** November 14, 2005, 11:24:11 AM »

Yes...definitely Dennis James. Familiar face, but name eluded me.

Kay Kyser...seems familiar.

William F. Orr · « **Reply #136 on:** November 14, 2005, 11:24:16 AM »

Golly, I feel really dumb here, considering I date from that era:

Imogene Coca Ed Sullivan Arthur Godfrey

Herb Shriner? Dave Garroway?

Dorothy Collins?

Howdy Doody
Doesn't look like her

vixmom · « **Reply #137 on:** November 14, 2005, 11:27:59 AM »

And if I may paraphase (or plagarize):

"An Ode ......to My Dear Friend DR Dr. William F. Orr"

Hello, Billy,
Well, hello, Billy
It's so nice to have you back where you belong
You're postin' swell, Billy
I can tell, Billy
You're still jokin', you're still smokin'
You're still goin' strong!'

Billy don't ever go away, Billy don't ever go away,
Billy, don't ever go away again!!!!!!

And if you think that was easy to sing with the laryngnitis bug all up an' in ya you got a other think comin'!

vixmom · « **Reply #138 on:** November 14, 2005, 11:29:06 AM »

Quote from: bk on November 14, 2005, 11:16:04 AM

The scope transfer is also too dark, at least from where I sit.

Well come sit over here by me, the light is better

William F. Orr · « **Reply #139 on:** November 14, 2005, 11:29:07 AM »

Well, this is Gertrude Berg:

William F. Orr · « **Reply #140 on:** November 14, 2005, 11:31:23 AM »

Here's Kay Kyser:

vixmom · « **Reply #141 on:** November 14, 2005, 11:33:22 AM »

Jane would be pleased to know I am eating mashed potatoes and carrots for lunch

Charles Pogue · « **Reply #142 on:** November 14, 2005, 11:34:08 AM »

It doesn't look anything like Dave Garroway to me; it really does look like a older Kay Kyser...especially the hairstyle, glasses, and nose. He just looks a little fuller-faced than I remember him from the forties. I have no memory of him being a big TV star, however.

vixmom · « **Reply #143 on:** November 14, 2005, 11:35:10 AM »

She'd proabably be less pleased about the two broiled chicken breasts but really they're just there as a garnish!

vixmom · « **Reply #144 on:** November 14, 2005, 11:36:26 AM »

Actually that's probably true as my throat is feeling so sore and closed up I doubt I'll be able to swallow them... They will be packed up and saved for another day.

Charles Pogue · « **Reply #145 on:** November 14, 2005, 11:37:56 AM »

Well, now that you've printed the earlier pic of Kay Kyser, I'm more confused. It still looks like it could be him...just, as I said, fleshed out a bit. The nose isn't as sharp, but the smile with the thin upper lip is very similar. Hairstyle remains close.

William F. Orr · « **Reply #146 on:** November 14, 2005, 11:42:15 AM »

Quote from: vixmom on November 14, 2005, 11:27:59 AM

...you're still smokin'...

Alas!

William F. Orr · « **Reply #147 on:** November 14, 2005, 11:42:48 AM »

Is this the Dennis James you meant?

Jrand73 · « **Reply #148 on:** November 14, 2005, 11:43:49 AM »

Dennis James, yes. Kay Kyser certainly a possibility there.

As you surmised, that's not My Fat Lady....er, I mean Dorothy Collins. So that young lady and the gentleman to the right have eluded us. I can't believe it! Someone has to know!

vixmom · « **Reply #149 on:** November 14, 2005, 11:45:15 AM »

Quote from: JRand55 on November 14, 2005, 10:55:01 AM

Fame is fleeting....there are three people I don't recognize. The girl in the lower left picture - the man in the glasses and the man directly below him. Big stars all, I am sure.

and all the stars that never were are parking cars and pumping gas......

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