Haines His Way
Haines His Way => Daily Discussions => Topic started by: bk on May 17, 2020, 12:48:41 AM
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Well, you've read the notes, the notes had a nuked long screed replaced by a non-nuked short screed, and now it is time for you to post until the long and the short cows come home.
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And the word of the day is: DISHABILLE!
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Welcome thirty-five GUESTS!
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I hope you find out what's happening with the hardcover books, BK! They'll probably say that it's related to everything being closed because of the coronavirus, but they should at least be in contact with you. I can only imagine what their other authors may be experiencing.
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Funny, after finding Gerri's real name, I found very old comments from her but nothing new on your timeline. If I remember I will try again from my computer.
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Good morning, all!
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I slept rather well, and to my surprise the cats let me sleep until 6:30 without pestering me.
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Annabelle's acting lethargic and contrary this morning, so I gave her a dose of Lysine. I should do this more regularly than I do.
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DR George, I'm sorry to hear about your VCR issues. I have several movies that have never been released on DVD, like the French Lacenaire AKA The Elegant Criminal that I cannot play because my VCR is dead. I've wanted to purchase a new one.
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DR George, Jeanne Lehman has been a friend since the very early 1980s. She's a beautiful lady, and I am very fond of her. Her husband died several years ago now from heart issues, and he was far too young. She does appear in a nice role of a nasty snob on my Roberta recording, but she doesn't sing a note!
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BK, The Brides of Dracula and the more perverse Vampire Circus are my two favorite Hammer films. I also love Carry On Cleo. I think the Carry On films are hit or miss, but I'd put Carry On Cleo, Carry On Cowboy, and Carry On Screaming as my faves.
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Once I tidy up, I will work on my orchestration a bit, listen to some more Ravel, and finish off the DVD of Middlemarch. I've got too many Netflix discs sitting here to catch up on, so we nmay watch The Ghost and Mrs Muir tonight.
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I had something to rant about. A mutual friend of mine and Dr Ginny had kidney surgery several months ago. When I mentioned my surgery on FB, she offered me some foam suppor pillows that she claimed helped her through her recovery. I appreciated that but I declined the offer for several reasons:
1. I have no idea how my recovery will go or how long it will last.
2. My apartment seemed large in 1980, but that was 40 years ago! I have no idea what these pillows are like or how large. What the hell do I do with them?
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So, the upshot is I got an email last night from her saying that she had ordered me a set from Amazon, only they may not arrive until June 3, which is probably the day I will be released from hospital. It's a kind and generous gesture, but it's one m,ore irritation I really do not need.
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Good morning, all.
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And the word of the day is: DISHABILLE!
I need to DISHABILLE the autocorrect on my Mac.
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DR Elmore: Oy. I learned over the years that when a New Yorker (not necessarily one of Cole Porter’s) says they have no room for something or other ..... they mean it. People who haven’t been around NYC apartments, most of which are much more cramped for space than even supposedly equivalent ones elsewhere, have no idea. It’s a whole different world.
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DR Elmore: Oy. I learned over the years that when a New Yorker (not necessarily one of Cole Porter’s) says they have no room for something or other ..... they mean it. People who haven’t been around NYC apartments, most of which are much more cramped for space than even supposedly equivalent ones elsewhere, have no idea. It’s a whole different world.
I think what really pisses me off is, when I say no - whether I should have or not - I mean NO. I graciously turned down her original; offer, but she kept hounding me about it, and when I didn't respond, just went ahead and ordered the damned items.
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BK, The Brides of Dracula and the more perverse Vampire Circus are my two favorite Hammer films. I also love Carry On Cleo. I think the Carry On films are hit or miss, but I'd put Carry On Cleo, Carry On Cowboy, and Carry On Screaming as my faves.
I love those two Hammers, too, and the color cinematography has a lot to do with it. Brides, especially, is known for its purples and lavenders, deep focus, and overall splendor.
About fifteen years ago I saw Brides at a weekend long horror festival at the wonderful Lafayette Theater in Suffern, NY. They were all film, nothing digital, and as I recall it, Universal sent them a freshly made print of that one. It was expertly projected, as always, by Peter A. whose last name I always have to look up to know I’m spelling it correctly, and the audience ate it up.
Years later, my impression of the Region B Blu-ray was that it faithfully portrays all of that, but it’s unfortunately cropped to an extreme aspect ratio as was done on a few of those films, and it’s totally obvious that the bottom of the frame in particular is chopped off. But I found everything else about the image so good that I’ll still watch that over anything else.
I’m amazed that BK never saw that one! Looking forward to his impressions.
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DR Elmore: Oy. I learned over the years that when a New Yorker (not necessarily one of Cole Porter’s) says they have no room for something or other ..... they mean it. People who haven’t been around NYC apartments, most of which are much more cramped for space than even supposedly equivalent ones elsewhere, have no idea. It’s a whole different world.
I think what really pisses me off is, when I say no - whether I should have or not - I mean NO. I graciously turned down her original; offer, but she kept hounding me about it, and when I didn't respond, just went ahead and ordered the damned items.
Yep. Totally understood.
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I have only seen Carry On Screaming, and it was so long ago I barely remember anything about it. Would love to see that again sometime, and see Cleo which sounds like great fun.
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I have only seen Carry On Screaming, and it was so long ago I barely remember anything about it. Would love to see that again sometime, and see Cleo which sounds like great fun.
Carry On Cowboy is really a hoot!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaBjFj6MK5Q
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXtRyfLJ2gE
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I also love BRIDES OF DRACULA except for the hammy maid.....
Hammer films are the very definition of DISHABILLE.
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DR GEORGE sometimes when a tape got stuck in my VCR....when I unplugged it and plugged it back in, the tape came out......
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DR ELMORE my father used a surgery pillow after his heart surgery and it was most helpful.....of course we have a closet to keep it in.... I used it for a bit myself.
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Good morning,all.
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Attended morning service online. Ready for a nap.
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DR ELMORE my father used a surgery pillow after his heart surgery and it was most helpful.....of course we have a closet to keep it in.... I used it for a bit myself.
I have no idea what she's even ordered!
https://smile.amazon.com/s?k=foam+surgery+pillow&ref=nb_sb_noss_1
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I appreciate her advice and offer - she's been through kidney surgery - and I am grateful for her generosity. I would prefer the advice rsather more than the expenditure.
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I would ask how she used them. You might just have to leave them on your bed all the time until you are healed, and that might be her plan.
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I understand.
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Page Two.
I bet MR BK reaches his millstone today.
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On another note, I am listening at the moment to one of my favorite recordings of English folk songs arranged by Sir Charles Mackerras and Ernest Tomlinson. It just purs a huge smile on my face. I like the two soloists and cgoral work very much, but the orchestrations are such a delight!
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I have a question for the class.
What are these emoji avatar things that suddenly this weekend everyone I know is posting on Facebook? What’s up with that? Why is this suddenly a thing? Will I be offending anyone here when I say this is possibly the stupidest, most juvenile (and I don’t mean that in a good way) thing I’ve seen on that site yet? Seriously, WTF?
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And another:
Am I hearing right about this awful planned substitution for the Tony awards broadcast? Is it, please God, someone’s brilliant idea for some fake news? Must I believe my lying eyes?
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That album looks mighty good, DR Elmore.
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Jeanne is a delight. I was so glad not long ago to see her on a commercial which kept airing and airing - but then I heard it was one of those deals where there's a one-time payment. IIRC, when Jeanne played Anna in "King and I" in Georgia, Larry played Edward in that production. - which must have saved money for the theater in lodging, and that was so great that he was able to go with her!
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And another:
Am I hearing right about this awful planned substitution for the Tony awards broadcast? Is it, please God, someone’s brilliant idea for some fake news? Must I believe my lying eyes?
Grease is the word, is the word that you heard...
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Those were the days when we didn't mind that Stockard Channing was 25 and played 18. It was a musical, dammit.
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Sunday morning greetings! It's been a frustrating morning here. Seems there's a Zoom update that's wreaking havoc with all the churches that have been using it for services. Fr. Richard is all dressed up with nowhere to go...
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DR ELMORE my father used a surgery pillow after his heart surgery and it was most helpful.....of course we have a closet to keep it in.... I used it for a bit myself.
I have no idea what she's even ordered!
https://smile.amazon.com/s?k=foam+surgery+pillow&ref=nb_sb_noss_1
DR Elmore, maybe you'll get something the cats will like...
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Good morning.
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Elmore, as Ginny says, maybe the cats will like the pillows. I bought a shaped foam pillow, and I had to keep moving Rex off of it. I finally just let him have it.
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In any event, use the pillows after the surgery, then toss them if the cats don't want them.
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To answer a question asked yesterday:
I saw THE INCIDENT when it was first released in the late 1960s.
Yesterday, was the first time I'd seen it since.
My wife didn't care for it, but I still found it interesting.
Martin Sheen would later play "John Dillinger" in a film I wrote the original screenplay for, DILLINGER AND CAPONE.
And, I knew Brock Peters.
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Last night, we watched DEVOTION, about the Bronte sisters.
I knew both Ida Lupino and Paul Henreid, which is why we watched it.
It was well acted, but slow moving a kind of dull.
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Brock Peters was in that misbegotten film version of Lost in the Stars that I would still like to see again.
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i have to get up now.
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That album looks mighty good, DR Elmore.
It just perks me up and makes me smile with pleasure.
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Brock Peters was in that misbegotten film version of Lost in the Stars that I would still like to see again.
I for one would not, and I like the show a lot. My only memory ofd the film is Melba Moore hanging onto a washline and shaking while she sang "Trouble Man!"
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I have a question for the class.
What are these emoji avatar things that suddenly this weekend everyone I know is posting on Facebook? What’s up with that? Why is this suddenly a thing? Will I be offending anyone here when I say this is possibly the stupidest, most juvenile (and I don’t mean that in a good way) thing I’ve seen on that site yet? Seriously, WTF?
I don't know how it's being done, DR ChasSmith, but I suspect it requires a level of access to your photos that I'm not willing to give.
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Sunday morning greetings! It's been a frustrating morning here. Seems there's a Zoom update that's wreaking havoc with all the churches that have been using it for services. Fr. Richard is all dressed up with nowhere to go...
I am sorry. A Sunday morning seems like an odd time for an update.
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In any event, use the pillows after the surgery, then toss them if the cats don't want them.
DITTO!
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To answer a question asked yesterday:
I saw THE INCIDENT when it was first released in the late 1960s.
Yesterday, was the first time I'd seen it since.
My wife didn't care for it, but I still found it interesting.
Martin Sheen would later play "John Dillinger" in a film I wrote the original screenplay for, DILLINGER AND CAPONE.
And, I knew Brock Peters.
I think it was more powerful the first time around. I know after watching it I never wanted to ride in the subway.
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I have a question for the class.
What are these emoji avatar things that suddenly this weekend everyone I know is posting on Facebook? What’s up with that? Why is this suddenly a thing? Will I be offending anyone here when I say this is possibly the stupidest, most juvenile (and I don’t mean that in a good way) thing I’ve seen on that site yet? Seriously, WTF?
I don't know how it's being done, DR ChasSmith, but I suspect it requires a level of access to your photos that I'm not willing to give.
I don't even know what you are talking about. I don't see any new avatars. I only know of the new hug emoji, which I like, which has nothing to do with the avatars that I know of.
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I have a question for the class.
What are these emoji avatar things that suddenly this weekend everyone I know is posting on Facebook? What’s up with that? Why is this suddenly a thing? Will I be offending anyone here when I say this is possibly the stupidest, most juvenile (and I don’t mean that in a good way) thing I’ve seen on that site yet? Seriously, WTF?
I don't know how it's being done, DR ChasSmith, but I suspect it requires a level of access to your photos that I'm not willing to give.
I don't even know what you are talking about. I don't see any new avatars. I only know of the new hug emoji, which I like, which has nothing to do with the avatars that I know of.
The avatars aren't actually being used as such. People are simply posting what their new "temporary" made up one would look like, usually without any comment. Some say "temporary", others don't. One person does it, others react to it, sometimes they post their own new made up one in response.
And I don't care how it's done. Last thing I need to know. I'm just wondering at the silly nature of it all.
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I haven't noticed anything like that on Facebook, but I'm not very observant.....
I think I head something about GREASE and The Tony Awards.....I kind of blocked it out of my mind.
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Since I haven't gone anywhere in my car for more than a week, I thought I would take a page from MR BK's book and drive around the neighborhood.
The battery did drag a BIT, but the engine started right up. I drove past each of my brothers' and sisters' houses - well the five of them that live in town - and past the schools and into downtown to see how the tornado damage recovery is going.....
All is well.....
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Brock Peters was in that misbegotten film version of Lost in the Stars that I would still like to see again.
I have the entire AMERICAN FILM THEATRE collection on DVD, including LOST IN THE STARS. Haven't watched any of them for ages.
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To answer a question asked yesterday:
I saw THE INCIDENT when it was first released in the late 1960s.
Yesterday, was the first time I'd seen it since.
My wife didn't care for it, but I still found it interesting.
Martin Sheen would later play "John Dillinger" in a film I wrote the original screenplay for, DILLINGER AND CAPONE.
And, I knew Brock Peters.
I think it was more powerful the first time around. I know after watching it I never wanted to ride in the subway.
It IS a bit dated.
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I have a question for the class.
What are these emoji avatar things that suddenly this weekend everyone I know is posting on Facebook? What’s up with that? Why is this suddenly a thing? Will I be offending anyone here when I say this is possibly the stupidest, most juvenile (and I don’t mean that in a good way) thing I’ve seen on that site yet? Seriously, WTF?
I don't know how it's being done, DR ChasSmith, but I suspect it requires a level of access to your photos that I'm not willing to give.
I don't even know what you are talking about. I don't see any new avatars. I only know of the new hug emoji, which I like, which has nothing to do with the avatars that I know of.
The avatars aren't actually being used as such. People are simply posting what their new "temporary" made up one would look like, usually without any comment. Some say "temporary", others don't. One person does it, others react to it, sometimes they post their own new made up one in response.
And I don't care how it's done. Last thing I need to know. I'm just wondering at the silly nature of it all.
So far I haven't seen those. Unless you are talking about the cartoon, or drawing of them. I haven't actually seen anyone change their avatar. Yes, I agree it is silly and there are so many of them-lol
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Since I haven't gone anywhere in my car for more than a week, I thought I would take a page from MR BK's book and drive around the neighborhood.
The battery did drag a BIT, but the engine started right up. I drove past each of my brothers' and sisters' houses - well the five of them that live in town - and past the schools and into downtown to see how the tornado damage recovery is going.....
All is well.....
We need to drive our car today to fill the gas tank.
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Brent Barrett alert.
https://www.playbill.com/article/watch-the-cast-of-grand-hotel-reunite-in-a-25th-anniversary-concert-may-17
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Brock Peters was in that misbegotten film version of Lost in the Stars that I would still like to see again.
I for one would not, and I like the show a lot. My only memory ofd the film is Melba Moore hanging onto a washline and shaking while she sang "Trouble Man!"
I remember hating most everything about the movie, but is it really that bad with the likes of Brock Peters and Melba Moore in it? Probably, which is a real shame.
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I have been reading the two original versions of Tristan and the ending is finally in sight. I'm going to go try to finish it off.
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I'm up, I'm up - just about eight hours of sleep.
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Have done the fixes on the track and am awaiting its arrival so I can double check then send to the singer.
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From what I understand, the Blu of Brides is in fact in its correct ratio of 2.1 if I'm reading correctly but I'm still researching.
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Don't know what the emoji thing is but if it's on Facebook I'm sure there is no doubt that everyone is overusing it, much like the word "droplets."
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Here's an example of what I'm seeing.
Note that the person hasn't actually changed their avatar. They're just going somewhere and making one of these images that SUPPOSEDLY looks like them (none of them do, trust me), and posting it. Because everyone else is doing it. And isn't that fun?
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I'd never seen Robert Altman's BREWSTER McCLOUD before, so when it was on cable the other night, I recorded it.
I just watched it.
Actually, I only watched the first half, then turned it off.
I know that a lot of people love Altman and his films, and I certainly like M.A.S.H., NASHVILLE, THE PLAYER and others.
But, this one in a mess. Maybe everything makes sense at the end, but that was too long to wait.
From what I've read, they didn't have a decent script when filming began, so they pretty much worked off-the-cuff.
Big Mistake!
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Hello!
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Brent Barrett alert.
https://www.playbill.com/article/watch-the-cast-of-grand-hotel-reunite-in-a-25th-anniversary-concert-may-17
Yes, I'll be watching! I was in the audience for the show and really enjoyed it.
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Good afternoon. It was a rainy cold morning so I didn't think the guys would come to fix the flashing around a window on my roof. So I went to the grocery store and before I got home they were calling me. So, they got that fixed and fixes and down spout that wasn't working right. They were going to replace some shakes that are around my windows, but if I start that we need to replace them all and I just don't want to do that right now. I paid them a little extra because they anticipated a bigger job that I didn't change until they got here. and they were fine with that. They did good work and with the tip I'm sure they'll come back if I need more done. They were very nice
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Wearing a mask makes me dizzy.
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While the guys were working outside i started scraping the gazebo. I'm going to paint it over the next couple weeks and do some other painting and repair work around the house.
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I have been reading the two original versions of Tristan and the ending is finally in sight. I'm going to go try to finish it off.
What is Tristan?
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Here's an example of what I'm seeing.
Note that the person hasn't actually changed their avatar. They're just going somewhere and making one of these images that SUPPOSEDLY looks like them (none of them do, trust me), and posting it. Because everyone else is doing it. And isn't that fun?
Dreadful. i'm too tasteful for that.
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I have a neighbor who does carpentry. (he's also a biology teacher). Anyway, he said he'd take a look at my basement room. Years ago I started redoing it and a former client did part of the drywall then never came back....well he came back about a year later and said he'd been in an accident. Anyway, the job was never todally done. I finished mudding and sanding the drywall and painted, but I never got the trim done. Then I had water and had to cut up about 6 inches because the dry wall was wet. So, my bright idea is to put beadboard up maybe 3 feet or whatever looks good with a chair rail. Ken said that sounded like a good idea. The water issue was fixed, I just haven't fixed the wall. It's the cat room. I'm planning to get a new sliding glass door for that room this summer. I told the window guy to wait a while to do the estimate so I know I can afford it.
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The cats will have a tizzy when we do it as that is their room. But it will be a lot nicer when it's done
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I played around with the avatar thing, but didn't like the way it looked so I didn't post it
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I finished Middlemarch. My, but that last episode worked hard to tie up all the plot! And there was a helluca lot to tie up. I enjoyed it. I just realized I have The Real Housewives of Atlanta Reunion to watch. The Ghost and Mrs Muir wait for tomorrow.
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Better go, the cats were pretty excited about men working outside on the house. They are telling me all about it and I think they have decided they need a treat for putting up with pounding and sawing and seeing men on ladders
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And I am going to make the BLT with the heirloom tomato bought at the market and the bacon and lettuce I just got at the store.
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I have been reading the two original versions of Tristan and the ending is finally in sight. I'm going to go try to finish it off.
What is Tristan?
A 13th century German epic from Gottfried von Strassburg. I had been reading it for the past week or two.
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I finished Middlemarch. My, but that last episode worked hard to tie up all the plot! And there was a helluca lot to tie up. I enjoyed it. I just realized I have The Real Housewives of Atlanta Reunion to watch. The Ghost and Mrs Muir wait for tomorrow.
From the sublime to the whatever.
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Watching an early Rene Clair musical called Le Million. Just light and charming. Just what the doctor ordered.
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Good afternoon everyone
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I have always been a fan of the Carry On movies, The first one I saw was Carry On Again Doctor
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My favorite line from Carry On Cleo.
Julius Caesar: Infamy, infamy. They've all got it in for me.
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BK, The Brides of Dracula and the more perverse Vampire Circus are my two favorite Hammer films. I also love Carry On Cleo. I think the Carry On films are hit or miss, but I'd put Carry On Cleo, Carry On Cowboy, and Carry On Screaming as my faves.
I love those two Hammers, too, and the color cinematography has a lot to do with it. Brides, especially, is known for its purples and lavenders, deep focus, and overall splendor.
About fifteen years ago I saw Brides at a weekend long horror festival at the wonderful Lafayette Theater in Suffern, NY. They were all film, nothing digital, and as I recall it, Universal sent them a freshly made print of that one. It was expertly projected, as always, by Peter A. whose last name I always have to look up to know I’m spelling it correctly, and the audience ate it up.
I read the gentleman's name as Peter A. Whore.
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I like beadboard.....I had never really heard of it before until the set designer used it for ON GOLDEN POND a few seasons ago.....it was great!
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I finished Middlemarch. My, but that last episode worked hard to tie up all the plot! And there was a helluca lot to tie up. I enjoyed it. I just realized I have The Real Housewives of Atlanta Reunion to watch. The Ghost and Mrs Muir wait for tomorrow.
From the sublime to the whatever.
Definitely ridiculous, but I love The Real Housewives of Atlanta! Even though my bitch niece is on The Real Housewives of Orange County, I'll never watch it because of all her bullshit and lies to give heraelf something for the publicity. Her latest photos appear to show a boob job (very common on The Real Housewives franchise), liposuction or a severe diet, and face work.
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And they filmed it on the sets of Taylor-Burton Cleopatra when it originally started filming in England
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Had Stanley's Chinese chicken salad - excellent.
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DR ELMORE my father used a surgery pillow after his heart surgery and it was most helpful.....of course we have a closet to keep it in.... I used it for a bit myself.
I have no idea what she's even ordered!
https://smile.amazon.com/s?k=foam+surgery+pillow&ref=nb_sb_noss_1
Does she ever visit you at the apartment? If not, say thank you, and give them away.
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Ooh, hope George will be around later for the big event as we achieve a new thing.
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That's just thirteen postings from now.
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DR ELMORE my father used a surgery pillow after his heart surgery and it was most helpful.....of course we have a closet to keep it in.... I used it for a bit myself.
I have no idea what she's even ordered!
https://smile.amazon.com/s?k=foam+surgery+pillow&ref=nb_sb_noss_1
Does she ever visit you at the apartment? If not, say thank you, and give them away.
No. She's a retired teacher in Ohio.
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Some people just don't understand space limitations. Crazy Aunt Bertha sent me a housewarming gift, but I just had to say no.
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My play was supposed to have been performed on Tuesday. It is now delayed until September
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Ugh I just saw about ten of those avatars DR CHAS SMITH was talking about.
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I remember I saw That's Carry On in a little town in Portugal in 1980. It was in English with Portuguese subtitles. I was basically the only one in the cinema who was laughing. Comedy really does lose something in translation.
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I just found a complete video of the 1998 San Jose production of Follies. which, even out of focus, is so much better than the last Broadway revival. Harvey Evans and my friend Walter Charles play Buddy and Ben.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vq9qaMtqkM
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This San Jose company has a lot of complete musicals on video! Their On The Twentieth Century looks great, with my friends Mark Jacoby and Judy Blazer as Oscar and Lily.
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=AMTSJ
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Good afternoon. It was a rainy cold morning so I didn't think the guys would come to fix the flashing around a window on my roof. So I went to the grocery store and before I got home they were calling me. So, they got that fixed and fixes and down spout that wasn't working right. They were going to replace some shakes that are around my windows, but if I start that we need to replace them all and I just don't want to do that right now. I paid them a little extra because they anticipated a bigger job that I didn't change until they got here. and they were fine with that. They did good work and with the tip I'm sure they'll come back if I need more done. They were very nice
I am surprised as it is a Sunday.
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Wearing a mask makes me dizzy.
What kind are you wearing? Do you find you are breathing harder with it on?
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Better go, the cats were pretty excited about men working outside on the house. They are telling me all about it and I think they have decided they need a treat for putting up with pounding and sawing and seeing men on ladders
;D
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Some people just don't understand space limitations. Crazy Aunt Bertha sent me a housewarming gift, but I just had to say no.
Definitively too big-lol
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My play was supposed to have been performed on Tuesday. It is now delayed until September
Vibes you can do it in September.
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Ugh I just saw about ten of those avatars DR CHAS SMITH was talking about.
It was "avatar" that confused me. If wasn't paying enough attention to notice they are often called that.
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I remember I saw That's Carry On in a little town in Portugal in 1980. It was in English with Portuguese subtitles. I was basically the only one in the cinema who was laughing. Comedy really does lose something in translation.
Great story :)
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This San Jose company has a lot of complete musicals on video! Their On The Twentieth Century looks great, with my friends Mark Jacoby and Judy Blazer as Oscar and Lily.
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=AMTSJ
Wonderful. Thanks for both links.
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Norm Lewis is the featured artist of today's Lincoln Center #MemorialforUsAll. It's about 15 minutes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyf0WjYrhRY
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This San Jose company has a lot of complete musicals on video! Their On The Twentieth Century looks great, with my friends Mark Jacoby and Judy Blazer as Oscar and Lily.
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=AMTSJ
Wonderful. Thanks for both links.
Yes, thank you.
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Good afternoon.
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I discovered the San Jose youtube page earlier -- and I enjoyed "A Funny Thing ... Forum."
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I'm thinking I might go to the arboretum next week and take my camera for a walk. I haven't done that in months.
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That sounds nice. Have they been closed an about to reopen?
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Just had a fun conversation with Muse Margaret about the current situation here in LA and what we both think of our governor and mayor, which is not much. You probably don't want to hear the rest of the conversation :)
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A mere fifteen posts and then...
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A new thing.
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Just got off a very short Bible study. The woman who sent out the study guide didn't realize she was sending out the answers with the questions, which sort of kept discussion to a minimum. Plus, we could have done two chapters instead of just one.
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Just got off a very short Bible study. The woman who sent out the study guide didn't realize she was sending out the answers with the questions, which sort of kept discussion to a minimum. Plus, we could have done two chapters instead of just one.
Funny about the answers.
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Keith is on a roll, responding on facebook as if I am making the comments :))
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I only found out as one friend asked if the comment was from Keith.
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Well damn it, I’m sorry I missed the GRAND HOTEL thing this evening. They streamed it, and it’s all gone.
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Yes. All gone.
I’m a half hour into Follies. The buckets haven’t started just yet
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Glad to see the Bolero d’Amour included, even if the dance itself was a tango. It is important.
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I was talking to an actor who does a lot of theatre in Los Angeles.
He says that theatre is "dead" there for the rest of the year, if not longer.
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We watched OPHELIA on cable this evening, which is a different take on HAMLET.
Interesting movie, though it was difficult to understand the dialogue at times. Great scenery.
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Back in 1960, when I was a freshman in the University of Washington Drama Dept, we did a one-hour adaptation of HAMLET for the university's educational television channel.
It was conceived and directed by the late Rod Whitaker, who among other things, wrote THE EIGER SANCTION (1975) with Clint Eastwood. Marian Hailey (LOVERS & OTHER STRANGER, as well as HARVEY with Jimmy Stewart and Helen Hayes) played "Ophelia".
David Seidler, who won an Oscar for writing THE KING'S SPEECH, was "Claudius".
I was "Osric".
Several years ago, I tried to get a video of the production, but it no longer exists. :(
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BTW: Rod Whitaker wrote under the name of "Trevanian".
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Here’s a full production of Grand Hotel.
https://youtu.be/EjZaiqRF9PY
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There are so many productions from San Jose I don't know what to watch next. I am listening to the beginning of their Little Night Music.
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But it is bed time. And my three-day weekend comes to a close. Thank goodness there's another one next weekend.
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I was talking to an actor who does a lot of theatre in Los Angeles.
He says that theatre is "dead" there for the rest of the year, if not longer.
:(
We shall see what we shall see. The stories change daily. I think some smaller theaters may be back prior to next year and I refuse to buy into the endless doom and gloom bombardment. It will be what it will be and everyone should really just stop with the predictions and projections because it serves no purpose whatsoever.
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A mere eleven posts to a new thing. Have finished another movie and have done a Gelson's run so that I can make food here for the next three days, which will be a good thing.
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I was talking to an actor who does a lot of theatre in Los Angeles.
He says that theatre is "dead" there for the rest of the year, if not longer.
:(
We shall see what we shall see. The stories change daily. I think some smaller theaters may be back prior to next year and I refuse to buy into the endless doom and gloom bombardment. It will be what it will be and everyone should really just stop with the predictions and projections because it serves no purpose whatsoever.
I totally agree. I was just reporting what this Los Angeles actor told me.
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Hello, everyone.
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It's been a hellish week and I am wiped out.
I concur with BK that it's a bad allergy season.
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Hardly a week goes by that I don't receive a call cancelling another one of my medical appointments, some of which were reschedules of reschedules. Last week I received an email from one of the big mucky-mucks, saying that it's safe to return and Don't neglect your treatments. (Bolding his.) Neglect my treatments? I haven't been permitted any! I understand that Covid has disrupted everything, but I sadly suspect that the people at the top of this prestigious medical institution haven't a clue what's going on down on the ground.
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Loved the SHOWBOAT clip.
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Vibes to all.
Good night.
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DR Jeanne I hope you can get tour treatments soon.
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I postponed my yearly appointment with my endrocinologist and will be seeing someone in Portland. The new doctor got me an appointment for a DEXA. Where I normally go they said it would take a month to get an appointment.
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This new place has parking in front and is not in a hospital building.
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I need to try and sleep tonight.
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'night
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Well, since we're so close...
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PAGE SIX DANCE!!
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DR George, I'm sorry to hear about your VCR issues. I have several movies that have never been released on DVD, like the French Lacenaire AKA The Elegant Criminal that I cannot play because my VCR is dead. I've wanted to purchase a new one.
Thanks, Larry, but there's some great news! Yesterday, I brought home my mom's VCR (she doesn't really use it anymore), and I just now hooked it up to my DVD burner and it works! I found a VHS tape that could be eaten (it was of two concerts that I have on laserdisc, actually) and it played with no trouble! WHEW!! :)
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And then just to try again, I turned on my VCR with the stuck family tape and it popped right out!! Another WHEW!! Then, I put that in my mom's VCR and it works perfectly!!! HALLA-FREAKIN'-LOOYA!! :D
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I'm now recording the tape to my DVD burner, but it's not of my niece. Evidently, it's old (probably 8mm) film from when my dad was growing up! It's just a bunch of random short family films with random music playing.
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I think my aunt probably had these films transfered to VHS tapes and my parents had them hidden away, and now they want to know what's on them.
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And NOW I can do that!
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Now, there is what appears to be newsreel footage. What's that all about? :o
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Now, there's footage of a silent Three Stooges film! And I know it's "silent" because there are the cards with dialogue written them throughout the scene.
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Ooo...now there's film in color of my dad's family at a public swimming pool. That's probably sometime in the 60s.
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And with that, I will now end my silent film commentary. ;)
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DR George, Jeanne Lehman has been a friend since the very early 1980s. She's a beautiful lady, and I am very fond of her. Her husband died several years ago now from heart issues, and he was far too young. She does appear in a nice role of a nasty snob on my Roberta recording, but she doesn't sing a note!
Thanks for the info. I never met her, just knew about her from my late friend, Nona.
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So, the upshot is I got an email last night from her saying that she had ordered me a set from Amazon, only they may not arrive until June 3, which is probably the day I will be released from hospital. It's a kind and generous gesture, but it's one m,ore irritation I really do not need.
Sell 'em on eBay. ;D
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I have only seen Carry On Screaming, and it was so long ago I barely remember anything about it. Would love to see that again sometime, and see Cleo which sounds like great fun.
I remember my sister and I watching the Carry On movies anytime they came on TV. We always thought that they were hysterical...but I'm sure that most of the jokes just went right over our heads.
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I have no idea which ones we actually watched, though. And I only remember the titles, ...Doctors and ...Up the Khyber.
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George, stand by.
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Because we are very close now.
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Finished the third movie.
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Having a bagel for my evening snack.
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Why I oughta...
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DR GEORGE sometimes when a tape got stuck in my VCR....when I unplugged it and plugged it back in, the tape came out......
I actually tried that after turning off the power a few times. I guess just letting it sit for a while was the trick!
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And then I wrote...
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Closer and closer.
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With every post.
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Almost there now.
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George, stand by.
Let me get on my computer.
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Drum roll...
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105,000 postings.
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And here it is!! :D
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Congrats, BK! That's definitely a milestone/millstone/plateau!!
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And another:
Am I hearing right about this awful planned substitution for the Tony awards broadcast? Is it, please God, someone’s brilliant idea for some fake news? Must I believe my lying eyes?
I'd seen a headline that something was happening, but I didn't read what was being planned.
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7 ! ! ! ! ! ! !
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Jeanne is a delight. I was so glad not long ago to see her on a commercial which kept airing and airing - but then I heard it was one of those deals where there's a one-time payment. IIRC, when Jeanne played Anna in "King and I" in Georgia, Larry played Edward in that production. - which must have saved money for the theater in lodging, and that was so great that he was able to go with her!
That's pretty cool!
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And another:
Am I hearing right about this awful planned substitution for the Tony awards broadcast? Is it, please God, someone’s brilliant idea for some fake news? Must I believe my lying eyes?
Grease is the word, is the word that you heard...
:o
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And another:
Am I hearing right about this awful planned substitution for the Tony awards broadcast? Is it, please God, someone’s brilliant idea for some fake news? Must I believe my lying eyes?
I'd seen a headline that something was happening, but I didn't read what was being planned.
What is being planned?
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My neck is really hurting tonight. Time to drag out the marijuana cream.
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Good night, George.
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And another:
Am I hearing right about this awful planned substitution for the Tony awards broadcast? Is it, please God, someone’s brilliant idea for some fake news? Must I believe my lying eyes?
I'd seen a headline that something was happening, but I didn't read what was being planned.
What is being planned?
Evidently, they're going to broadcast the movie version of Grease instead.
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Good night, Tom.
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Brent Barrett alert.
https://www.playbill.com/article/watch-the-cast-of-grand-hotel-reunite-in-a-25th-anniversary-concert-may-17
Cool! :D
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Here's an example of what I'm seeing.
Note that the person hasn't actually changed their avatar. They're just going somewhere and making one of these images that SUPPOSEDLY looks like them (none of them do, trust me), and posting it. Because everyone else is doing it. And isn't that fun?
No thanks, is what I say. :P
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Ooh, hope George will be around later for the big event as we achieve a new thing.
Yes, I was! ;D
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Some people just don't understand space limitations. Crazy Aunt Bertha sent me a housewarming gift, but I just had to say no.
(http://www.haineshisway.com/smf/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=6136.0;attach=10049)
:))
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My play was supposed to have been performed on Tuesday. It is now delayed until September
That's too bad, Michael. But at least it was only postponed and not outright cancelled.
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I just found a complete video of the 1998 San Jose production of Follies. which, even out of focus, is so much better than the last Broadway revival. Harvey Evans and my friend Walter Charles play Buddy and Ben.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vq9qaMtqkM
I saw Walter Charles as Ben in 1995 in Seattle in the 5th Avenue Theatre/TUTS production with Constance Towers and Judy Kaye and Maxine Andrews.
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Later, I realized that Brian d'Arcy James was Young Ben in that production and Karen Morrow was Carlotta!
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And I just looked it up, and Billy Barnes was Wally Whitman!
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Norm Lewis is the featured artist of today's Lincoln Center #MemorialforUsAll. It's about 15 minutes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyf0WjYrhRY
Nice.
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Well damn it, I’m sorry I missed the GRAND HOTEL thing this evening. They streamed it, and it’s all gone.
Oh, no! :(
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Hardly a week goes by that I don't receive a call cancelling another one of my medical appointments, some of which were reschedules of reschedules. Last week I received an email from one of the big mucky-mucks, saying that it's safe to return and Don't neglect your treatments. (Bolding his.) Neglect my treatments? I haven't been permitted any! I understand that Covid has disrupted everything, but I sadly suspect that the people at the top of this prestigious medical institution haven't a clue what's going on down on the ground.
~~~Treatment Vibes for Jeanne!!~~~
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I have now caught up with all the posts...just had to share.
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Gratuitous Post #200!!