Haines His Way
Haines His Way => Daily Discussions => Topic started by: bk on May 08, 2025, 12:27:08 AM
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Well, you've read the notes, the notes shouted Mayday! Mayday!, and now it is time for you to post until the mayday cows come home.
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And the word of the day is: RELIEF!
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Good morning, friends.
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And others.
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MAYDAY sounds like a real winner. Fun to read about.
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~~~CONTINUED MULTIPLE MODERN MAJOR MIRACLE VIBES~~~ for the likes o' BK!!!
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My! There are a LOT of titles with Mayday on Amazon Prime. But I think I've found the right one.
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When I think of stage or screen disasters, I love to remember Frank Rich's New York Times review of the rock musical Marlowe, from 1981. His review begins:
WHEN everything goes right in a musical, the audience feels a rush of exhilaration that is the quintessence of Broadway. And what happens when everything goes wrong? Well, when everything goes wrong, another kind of giddiness sets in - that same slaphappy feeling that comes when Laurel and Hardy send a grand piano crashing down a flight of stairs.
Such is the perverse pleasure offered by ''Marlowe,'' a wholly ridiculous show that is much more fun to sit through than many merely mediocre musicals.
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Just search Mayday and Michael Pare or Mayday and the year. Anxious for comments.
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Guess I should get to bed.
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And it continues:
Like such famous Broadway fiascos as ''Kelly,'' ''Rachel Lily Rosenbloom'' and ''Rockabye Hamlet,'' this one has the courage to meet vulgarity far more than halfway. If ''Marlowe'' isn't quite a classic of its kind, that's a matter of size, not content. Tacky-looking and sparsely populated, this show lacks the Titaniclike splendor and expenditure of Broadway's all-time fabulous wrecks.
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There's more, but here's another choice excerpt:
The scraggly chorus of Elizabethan ''chroniclers,'' wearing Day-Glo tights, performs dance routines that might be ragged run-throughs for a Jordache jeans commercial. They inhabit a balconied set that suggests just how 16th-century England might have looked had cellophane, aluminum foil and Con-Tac paper only been invented back then. The sound-alike ''rock'' songs recall high-school band improvisations, circa 1965. Because of the acoustical feedback, static and rumbles, the lyrics are often garbled. The few that do surface - ''Good guys and bad guys couldn't deny / Marlowe was king of the gadflies'' - make one regret the loss of even a single verse.
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:D
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I think he didn't like it.
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Good morning, all!
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Oh, what the heck. One more excerpt:
Don Price, the director, has assembled the very cast the material demands. With his open shirt, glittery vest and leopard boots, the pelvis-thrusting Mr. Jude would be the toast of any small-town shopping-center disco. The rumpled, miniskirted Miss Mordente has two expressions to go with Mr. Jude's one, and she reacts to her lover's death with all the sorrow of a 16-year-old who's discovered a small run in her stocking.
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I guess the Amazon Fresh fiasco was a ported for the remainder of my day. The only bright spot was the arrival of Vegas Can Be Murder. The day lurched along quietly until I fed the cats around 2:30. Shortly after that, my stomach did a somersault that said, Head for the bathroom.
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I made it in time, which surprised me because my left leg, which might have a bit of tendonitis in the ankle, made walking painful when I put pressure on it. When I thought everything was okay, I went back to the living area to finish the printing I had begun before I was sick. Shortly after that, ,y stopmach made another turn, and I almost made it to the bathroom before I was sick again.
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So, I had to remove my clothing and clean up the mess, which thankfully wasn't much since I'd already had my big moment. I just kept thinking, Let me get through the cats' treat and lie down. I also kept thinking, If I'm dying, make it quick.
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I fed the cats their treat, just around 5:00 and went to bed, where I lay wondering if I would habve one more crawl to the bathroom. I sorta watched MSNBC, which I do not recommend when one is sick because the Trump news only makes me more sick and angrier. At 8:00 I went to bed. I slept well until 11:30 and then spent the rest of the night dozing and cuddling with Thatch.
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I remember the Marlowe artwork outside the Rialto Theatre, which was just north of the 42nd Street subway station. I think I saw the mediocre revival of The Canterbury Tales there.
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I am taking it very easy today. I have no intentions of leaving the apartment.
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DR John G, thanks for the update on Patricia Sinnott. I did a quick check on Google yesterday for an obituary and found nothing, but I sure worry about her.
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Mayday: https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B0CVVD1LT1/ref=atv_hm_hom_c_GGK4dC_16_2?jic=8%7CEgNhbGw%3D
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Good morning, all.
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Congratulations, singdaw, on your brand new millstone!
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Got another running-around hell day, with an afternoon rehearsal in Norwalk and a long evening sitzprobe in Fairfield.
A four-hour sitz on a weekday evening is unusual in my experience, so this will be interesting.
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No-being-sick vibes for DR Elmore!
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I had to look up Michael Paré. The name is so familiar, but I thought I must be conflating him with someone else. Sure enough, I was. Even though I didn't know the other actor's name, I kept thinking he might have been in Hitchcock's Topaz, which made no sense either. The young guy in that movie was Michel Subor and there's no Paré. So that name is still bugging me, but no matter. I quickly skimmed over MP's credits, and while there there are a few familiar titles near the beginning of his career, I believe the only movie I would have seen him in is John Carpenter's Village of the Damned. And what stands out, which BK alluded to, is how the great majority of his films, even back in his earlier days, are ones with low ratings. Incredible, no?
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Got another running-around hell day, with an afternoon rehearsal in Norwalk and a long evening sitzprobe in Fairfield.
A four-hour sitz on a weekday evening is unusual in my experience, so this will be interesting.
Calmness vibes for Chas!
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Prayers for a modern major miracle for BK!
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From wikipedia, following up on what BK said:
"[Michael] Paré has had a very busy workload in recent years, with 114 credits from 2015-24 (mostly in low-budget films and TV movies), including twenty roles in 2022 alone and another 19 in 2024."
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I had to look up Michael Paré. The name is so familiar, but I thought I must be conflating him with someone else. Sure enough, I was. Even though I didn't know the other actor's name, I kept thinking he might have been in Hitchcock's Topaz, which made no sense either. The young guy in that movie was Michel Subor and there's no Paré. So that name is still bugging me, but no matter. I quickly skimmed over MP's credits, and while there there are a few familiar titles near the beginning of his career, I believe the only movie I would have seen him in is John Carpenter's Village of the Damned. And what stands out, which BK alluded to, is how the great majority of his films, even back in his earlier days, are ones with low ratings. Incredible, no?
I saw Michael Pare and his co-star Liz Callway in the dreadful, truly horrifying Three Musketeers on Broadway. The two things I remember are Pare embracing Callaway and their mics collided, resulting in a loud crash on the sound system followed by a whispered "Sorry," and the horse shitting in the theatre aisle.
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Here are two of Doctor Matt McGlasson's latest videos. Turn on the sound:
https://www.facebook.com/reel/989892132921250
https://www.facebook.com/reel/1201615244744664
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Congrats to DR singdaw on his new millstone and the new carpet.
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DR ELMORE take care today - hoping you feel better.
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Wow DR CHAS SMITH - four hours is a lot sitzing.
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I am going to go to lunch with my cousin Carol,...but first she is going to stop by and look at some of the pictures I have from our late Aunt Martha.
Not many interesting things - but some are fun.
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I do not have Amazon Prime so i cannot participate in the Pare bashing....but I may look to see if something else is available to me.
And I shall have contemplate on the TOD.
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and the horse shitting in the theatre aisle.
Everyone's a critic!
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Mr. Pare should get a job as the ambassador for the Pear Growers association.
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Dr ChasSmith: have you ever played ASSassins?
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TOD:
THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT stands out as meeting those criteria for my taste, but so many people seemed to really like it.
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One of the reasons I wondered about the wisdom of the title of the recent Jen Tepper show THE JONATHAN LARSON PROJECT was that the title reminded me of THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT.
I couldn't think of any other titles of an entertainment like it except BLAIR WITCH PROJECT.
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Not quite what was asked for in the TOD, but the movie I liked that hardly anybody else did was Toys with Robin Williams.
Film class tonight will be Taxi Driver.
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Thanks Singdaw, Freddie, & George.
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Congrats DR Singdaw!
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I've had maybe three hours of sleep and have learned the lesson that it is not a good idea to eat guacamole and chips before bed.
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Got another running-around hell day, with an afternoon rehearsal in Norwalk and a long evening sitzprobe in Fairfield.
A four-hour sitz on a weekday evening is unusual in my experience, so this will be interesting.
I hope your day goes well.
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And I am now officially hopping mad at the Levin estate - I knew what was going on, but got the proof of it with a photo on Facebook and the fifth email from J2 Spotlight about their Drat - apparently, tickets are available for tonight in a 99-seat theater in NEW YORK. That certainly wasn't the case with Smile, but I think WAS the case with Zorba. In today's e-mail "limited tickets available" they included the history of the show but purposely kept it NY-centric so they didn't have to - wait for it - mention the successful production that just closed in LA. Well, I certainly knew they would not do that. But they did mention the bootleg record and my studio cast recording - those were certainly not NY-centric. But it's the rewriting history in this paragraph that has got me hopping mad - to wit:
"A third came nearly a decade later when a pirated recording of the original Broadway production, lifted from the theater’s sound system, appeared on the shelves at Tower Records. In 1997, a studio recording was made with both Milton Schafer and Ira Levin’s permission and cooperation, giving the show a fourth life. The recording featured the talents of Susan Egan, Judy Kaye, and Elaine Stritch.”
Funny, I don't see the name of the man who not only produced the album, but said yes to making it happen. And this, "a studio recording was made with both Milton Schafer and Ira Levin's permission and cooperation." I guarantee you, that wording came directly from the Levin Estate and they know very well that is NOT what happened. I never even met Milt Schafer until six months after we made the album. And unfortunately for the Levin Estate and the son who is in charge, I have the letter Ira sent me telling me how much he LOVED the recording of She's Roses on Unsung Musicals, and would there be ANY way I would do a studio cast recording of the entire score. He was desperate for me to do it - we didn't do it with their permission and cooperation, which makes it sound like I was desperate to do it and came to them. Of course, the son of Rosemary's Baby did not respond to the missive I sent him the other day.
And today, on the director of Drat's Facebook page there's a photo of the Drat team - with the son, looking JUST like his father, is right there, sitting in the middle of it. Ding, ding, ding. And they're doing the show with SIX actors playing, I suppose, all the roles. I'm not sure what I want to do about the rewriting history part - they carefully did NOT put that paragraph on Facebook because they KNEW I would immediately respond. But I think they must not realize I'm on their email list.
And then, they've printed the letter that Sondheim sent Ira about his lyrics. Know why Sondheim sent it? Because I asked him to, that's why - I even gave him the address.
What would YOU do?
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I've had maybe three hours of sleep and have learned the lesson that it is not a good idea to eat guacamole and chips before bed.
It is not a good idea to eat anything before going to bed ;D
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Also, I would love to know what kind of contract J2 Spotlight is on - they "say" they get three weeks of rehearsals for their eight shows. What exactly does that pay the actors, I wonder.
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I've had maybe three hours of sleep and have learned the lesson that it is not a good idea to eat guacamole and chips before bed.
It is not a good idea to eat anything before going to bed ;D
I know this. I've learned this. And yet, I do it.
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I need an intervention.
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And I am now officially hopping mad at the Levin estate -
I'm sorry.
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HOPPING mad.
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Good morning.
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Back to my daily walk. It's been a while.
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HOPPING mad.
Understandably :(
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Good morning, all.
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THREE!
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You should be hopping mad, BK. Hop away.
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Good morning DR Laura.
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Back to my daily walk. It's been a while.
We will return to the gym this morning and our afternoon walks. I need them both.
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Had a good night of sleep. But I forgot to set the alarm clock. I made it to the food pantry just in time.
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Good morning, all.
Good morning.
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We had a rush today.
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Had a good night of sleep. But I forgot to set the alarm clock. I made it to the food pantry just in time.
Then it was good you got the extra sleep. I sure would like some.
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I'm now on my grounding mat, which helps with the nerve pain.
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BK, I don't see the Facebook photo you're taking about.
Which son is it? Is it Nicholas?
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I guess I will be at the gym when they announce the new pope.
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TOD:
If you love them, can they be bad? Some of these are now highly regarded in some circles.
At Long Last Love
The Wiz
Megalopolis
One from the Heart
Family Plot
The Green Room
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Suggested TOD: Plays or musicals that made you mad that you spent the money on tickets.
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I'm not Catholic, but I am happy to see how excited the people are outside the Sistine Chapel.
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DR JANE I am glad your hearing aids work so well with your new TV machine.
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MR BK as Mrs. Shinn would say: I am appalled!
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The new pope is an American. But it's NOT DR Jrand74. I think something shifty must have happened.
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BK - sorry about the Levin mishigas.
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TOD:
If you love them, can they be bad? Some of these are now highly regarded in some circles.
At Long Last Love
The Wiz
Metropolis
One from the Heart
Family Plot
The Green Room
I would never put Family Plot, one of my favorite Hitchcock movies, in this class.
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And we have a new pope, Pope Leo XIV. I am not Catholic, but I got a little teary over his introduction. Maybe it was just relief that the first American Pope wasn't that smarmy jerk Cardinal Dolan.
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TOD:
If you love them, can they be bad? Some of these are now highly regarded in some circles.
At Long Last Love
The Wiz
Metropolis
One from the Heart
Family Plot
The Green Room
I would never put Family Plot, one of my favorite Hitchcock movies, in this class.
But it wasn't well liked when released
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BK, I don't see the Facebook photo you're taking about.
Which son is it? Is it Nicholas?
It's on Robert Schneider's page. And yes, Nick. Trying to look just like daddy.
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I made a little enigmatic post on Facebook. :) And instantly, one of my cast members posted "Is this about Drat! The Cat! in NY?" I said that I might say what it's about in a week or so.
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I love when the kids feel entitled to the glory as if they had anything to do with what their talented parent achieved.
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Mr. Pare should get a job as the ambassador for the Pear Growers association.
Not saying he wouldn’t take that gig, but it’s pronounced like “pear-AY.”
His main role that people still know him for is the lead in Eddie & the Cruisers.
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Yes, Eddie and the Crusers and Streets of Fire are his biggies.
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But you MUST watch the movie.
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You simply must.
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Greetings from the place formerly known as (something) Bottom.
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Just saw BK’s li’l post on Facebook. Looking forward to a humdinger of one when the time comes.
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Dr ChasSmith: have you ever played ASSassins?
Wouldn’t that more appropriately be ASSASSins?
But (see what I did there?) yes. Twice for the same theeder company. I have a fun story with a good punch line about that second time, which I’ll have to tell tomorrow when I’m on the computer with access to my visual aids.
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Wasn’t that the one the master himself attended?
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I just made something I haven’t had in years. Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.
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I had four slices of bread I needed to clear out. And the jar of peanut butter called my name.
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I just made something I haven’t had in years. Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.
I really liked Smuckers Peanut Butter and Jelly Uncrustables for quite a while. IIRC, I think it was when I was working in an office. Very convenient, and you didn't need to take lunch hour to have a tasty lunch. And the nutrition info looked pretty good, too.
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DR JANE I am glad your hearing aids work so well with your new TV machine.
Thank you. It could still be better. When we move back into our bedroom we will replace the old tv (one of the woman took it away) and get one with a better sound system.
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I just made something I haven’t had in years. Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.
I really liked Smuckers Peanut Butter and Jelly Uncrustables for quite a while. IIRC, I think it was when I was working in an office. Very convenient, and you didn't need to take lunch hour to have a tasty lunch. And the nutrition info looked pretty good, too.
I would have to be extremely hungry to try one of those ;D
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DR JANE I am glad your hearing aids work so well with your new TV machine.
Thank you. It could still be better. When we move back into our bedroom we will replace the old tv (one of the woman took it away) and get one with a better sound system.
I missed something. Who is the woman who took away your old TV?
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Once in awhile I have a chunky peanut butter sandwich on bread or matzo with apricot preserve.
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DR JANE I am glad your hearing aids work so well with your new TV machine.
Thank you. It could still be better. When we move back into our bedroom we will replace the old tv (one of the woman took it away) and get one with a better sound system.
I missed something. Who is the woman who took away your old TV?
I typed workman, not sure how I ended up with woman :))
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I just made something I haven’t had in years. Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.
I really liked Smuckers Peanut Butter and Jelly Uncrustables for quite a while. IIRC, I think it was when I was working in an office. Very convenient, and you didn't need to take lunch hour to have a tasty lunch. And the nutrition info looked pretty good, too.
I would have to be extremely hungry to try one of those ;D
:) They look better in person than in the online photos.
When I realized they held me through dinner without snacking, I became a fan.
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DR JANE I am glad your hearing aids work so well with your new TV machine.
Thank you. It could still be better. When we move back into our bedroom we will replace the old tv (one of the woman took it away) and get one with a better sound system.
I missed something. Who is the woman who took away your old TV?
I typed workman, not sure how I ended up with woman :))
LOL!
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Good afternoon!
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Wordle: 4/6
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I just made something I haven’t had in years. Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.
I really liked Smuckers Peanut Butter and Jelly Uncrustables for quite a while. IIRC, I think it was when I was working in an office. Very convenient, and you didn't need to take lunch hour to have a tasty lunch. And the nutrition info looked pretty good, too.
I would have to be extremely hungry to try one of those ;D
:) They look better in person than in the online photos.
When I realized they held me through dinner without snacking, I became a fan.
Creamy vs chunky? I'm guessing creamy.
Jelly vs jam or preserves- no thanks.
Strawberry vs almost any other berry-no thanks.
;D
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I used wild blueberry preserves. It was open and within reach.
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Those sound good.
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My favorite is plum but I haven't found a good plum preserve in years. For years The Republic of Tea sold a Cinnamon Plum jam that I loved. I still miss it.
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I like a good Huckleberry jam.
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Oregon Grower's sells a good marionberry preserve. They just don't seem to sell it at my local markets anymore.
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I started using apricot preserves when I hiked and took a sandwich for a snack. It seemed less messy than something dark. I didn't expect to like it so much.
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Just watched Mayday. I agree that it's pretty bad, BK. The last 20 minutes were hilarious!
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Episode three of Succession season four. It’s fun.
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What Rodzinski said above in a different context - "when the kids feel entitled to the glory as if they had anything to do with what their talented parent achieved" -
is the (for want of a better word) icky feeling I got from Succession season 4, which I didn't feel icky about in the previous seasons.
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I haven't really said much about it, but I've been trying to figure out a company who might be interested in releasing a 50th anniversary edition of Nudie Musical next year. I don't want to do it myself - I want to license it to someone reasonably, and have then do a new 4K transfer to protect the CRI internegative that is all we have.
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So, I called Robert Harris and asked him if he knew anyone at Kino or any other label like that - he said he'd reach out to Don May at Synapse. I'd written Vinegar Syndrome but never even got response. But given the fact that Kino will pretty much put out anything, they seem like a good bet to me and I will ask him to reach out to them.
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He then asked me about the original camera negative. When Paramount gave us back the movie, all the elements with to MGM for storage. We have tried many times over the years to find what MGM labs said they couldn't and just had no luck. Well, Harris picked up the phone and called Paramount. And guess what? They never sent it to MGM, only the CRI and prints went there. So, all this time Paramount has had it in their vault and they told Robert they will happily give it back to me, so I'll be e-mailing them as soon as he sends me that information. This is amazing news and we'll really be able to do a proper 4K now and I have our Blu-ray as reference for the color timing and reframing of certain scenes. I can't pay for the transfer, of course, but that's why I'm hoping to license it to someone - they can do all the work and then all I'll need to do is approve it. And when we have the 4K we can really do a proper screening from that.
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He then asked me about the original camera negative. When Paramount gave us back the movie, all the elements with to MGM for storage. We have tried many times over the years to find what MGM labs said they couldn't and just had no luck. Well, Harris picked up the phone and called Paramount. And guess what? They never sent it to MGM, only the CRI and prints went there. So, all this time Paramount has had it in their vault and they told Robert they will happily give it back to me, so I'll be e-mailing them as soon as he sends me that information. This is amazing news and we'll really be able to do a proper 4K now and I have our Blu-ray as reference for the color timing and reframing of certain scenes. I can't pay for the transfer, of course, but that's why I'm hoping to license it to someone - they can do all the work and then all I'll need to do is approve it. And when we have the 4K we can really do a proper screening from that.
Most excellent news, BK!
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Page Five!
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100 Guests on a late Thursday afternoon!
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Excellent news MR BK!
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I know DR singdaw.....now we have Pope Lay-O XIV.
I was ready to go if called.
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Fantastic and also unbelievable!
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My comment above is about the Nudie being found.
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Good news. The local fellow who answers to the name Stumpy, pumped our septic tank at last and saw no problems. What a relief. I was stressed about this.
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Good news. The local fellow who answers to the name Stumpy, pumped our septic tank at last and saw no problems. What a relief. I was stressed about this.
Very good!
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Wouldn’t that more appropriately be ASSASSins?
;D
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Fantastic news about Nudie, BK. Kind of counter-balances the stink from the Levin estate.
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He then asked me about the original camera negative. When Paramount gave us back the movie, all the elements with to MGM for storage. We have tried many times over the years to find what MGM labs said they couldn't and just had no luck. Well, Harris picked up the phone and called Paramount. And guess what? They never sent it to MGM, only the CRI and prints went there. So, all this time Paramount has had it in their vault and they told Robert they will happily give it back to me, so I'll be e-mailing them as soon as he sends me that information. This is amazing news and we'll really be able to do a proper 4K now and I have our Blu-ray as reference for the color timing and reframing of certain scenes. I can't pay for the transfer, of course, but that's why I'm hoping to license it to someone - they can do all the work and then all I'll need to do is approve it. And when we have the 4K we can really do a proper screening from that.
What wonderful news! I'm looking forward to hearing more about the return of the prodigal negative.
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My comment above is about the Nudie being found.
Yes, grood news indeed.
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Good news. The local fellow who answers to the name Stumpy, pumped our septic tank at last and saw no problems. What a relief. I was stressed about this.
More good news!
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Wordle: 4/6
Very good.
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Keith got Wordle in five.
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Last Costco visit I was attracted to a giant jar of organic peach spread. I don’t know what I was thinking. It will take me two years to finish.
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From wikipedia, following up on what BK said:
"[Michael] Paré has had a very busy workload in recent years, with 114 credits from 2015-24 (mostly in low-budget films and TV movies), including twenty roles in 2022 alone and another 19 in 2024."
I knew him mostly from Streets of Fire...I LOVE the songs from that movie.
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Here are two of Doctor Matt McGlasson's latest videos. Turn on the sound:
https://www.facebook.com/reel/989892132921250
https://www.facebook.com/reel/1201615244744664
Very funny!! :))
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Good news DR RODZINSKI.
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And I am now officially hopping mad at the Levin estate - I knew what was going on, but got the proof of it with a photo on Facebook and the fifth email from J2 Spotlight about their Drat - apparently, tickets are available for tonight in a 99-seat theater in NEW YORK. That certainly wasn't the case with Smile, but I think WAS the case with Zorba. In today's e-mail "limited tickets available" they included the history of the show but purposely kept it NY-centric so they didn't have to - wait for it - mention the successful production that just closed in LA. Well, I certainly knew they would not do that. But they did mention the bootleg record and my studio cast recording - those were certainly not NY-centric. But it's the rewriting history in this paragraph that has got me hopping mad - to wit:
"A third came nearly a decade later when a pirated recording of the original Broadway production, lifted from the theater’s sound system, appeared on the shelves at Tower Records. In 1997, a studio recording was made with both Milton Schafer and Ira Levin’s permission and cooperation, giving the show a fourth life. The recording featured the talents of Susan Egan, Judy Kaye, and Elaine Stritch.”
Funny, I don't see the name of the man who not only produced the album, but said yes to making it happen. And this, "a studio recording was made with both Milton Schafer and Ira Levin's permission and cooperation." I guarantee you, that wording came directly from the Levin Estate and they know very well that is NOT what happened. I never even met Milt Schafer until six months after we made the album. And unfortunately for the Levin Estate and the son who is in charge, I have the letter Ira sent me telling me how much he LOVED the recording of She's Roses on Unsung Musicals, and would there be ANY way I would do a studio cast recording of the entire score. He was desperate for me to do it - we didn't do it with their permission and cooperation, which makes it sound like I was desperate to do it and came to them. Of course, the son of Rosemary's Baby did not respond to the missive I sent him the other day.
And today, on the director of Drat's Facebook page there's a photo of the Drat team - with the son, looking JUST like his father, is right there, sitting in the middle of it. Ding, ding, ding. And they're doing the show with SIX actors playing, I suppose, all the roles. I'm not sure what I want to do about the rewriting history part - they carefully did NOT put that paragraph on Facebook because they KNEW I would immediately respond. But I think they must not realize I'm on their email list.
And then, they've printed the letter that Sondheim sent Ira about his lyrics. Know why Sondheim sent it? Because I asked him to, that's why - I even gave him the address.
What would YOU do?
How rude! >:(
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I've had maybe three hours of sleep and have learned the lesson that it is not a good idea to eat guacamole and chips before bed.
It is not a good idea to eat anything before going to bed ;D
But where's the fun in that? ;)
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The Frances play has just been fired off to the Theatre Dept. at dear old DePauw University to see if it's something they would be interested in.
It was also sent to the Producing Director of the American Lives Theatre - one of the groups that performs at the Phoenix Theatre Cultural Center.
Between my reading and former DR JMK's musical and the article that DR RODZINSKI published, Frances has seen more action in the last 8 months than she has since 1983.
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THREE!
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So cute!
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The new pope is an American. But it's NOT DR Jrand74. I think something shifty must have happened.
Hey...at least it's not 47! :P
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Why would he even say that he should be pope?? :o
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And we have a new pope, Pope Leo XIV. I am not Catholic, but I got a little teary over his introduction. Maybe it was just relief that the first American Pope wasn't that smarmy jerk Cardinal Dolan.
Him, too. ::) I've only read a few (not so complimentary) things about him.
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I made a little enigmatic post on Facebook. :) And instantly, one of my cast members posted "Is this about Drat! The Cat! in NY?" I said that I might say what it's about in a week or so.
I'll have to look for it.
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Last Costco visit I was attracted to a giant jar of organic peach spread. I don’t know what I was thinking. It will take me two years to finish.
It can take me that long to use an 12oz jar of marionberry spread. Once in awhile I will find a little jar of huckleberry jam and that is the perfect size.
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The Frances play has just been fired off to the Theatre Dept. at dear old DePauw University to see if it's something they would be interested in.
It was also sent to the Producing Director of the American Lives Theatre - one of the groups that perform at the Phoenix Theatre Cultural Center.
Between my reading and former DR JMK's musical and the article that DR RODZINSKI published, Frances has seen more action in the last 8 months than she has since 1983.
Fingers crossed they want to do it.
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The Frances play has just been fired off to the Theatre Dept. at dear old DePauw University to see if it's something they would be interested in.
It was also sent to the Producing Director of the American Lives Theatre - one of the groups that perform at the Phoenix Theatre Cultural Center.
Between my reading and former DR JMK's musical and the article that DR RODZINSKI published, Frances has seen more action in the last 8 months than she has since 1983.
That's fantastic, Jrand!
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Keep getting that play out into the world!
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Good prospects for Frances and DR Jrand74!
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DR JANE I am glad your hearing aids work so well with your new TV machine.
Thank you. It could still be better. When we move back into our bedroom we will replace the old tv (one of the woman took it away) and get one with a better sound system.
I missed something. Who is the woman who took away your old TV?
I typed workman, not sure how I ended up with woman :))
The Horrors of autocorrect. ::)
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I watched Mayday. What an utterly unmitigated piece of dreck.
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High Point Pictures hit a low point.
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You know it's going to be scary from the opening moments with ominous music and jump cuts.
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Why is the stewardess standing right in the way of all the boarding passengers?
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The ICK factor from the opening lines and the actors is off the scale.
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I haven't really said much about it, but I've been trying to figure out a company who might be interested in releasing a 50th anniversary edition of Nudie Musical next year. I don't want to do it myself - I want to license it to someone reasonably, and have then do a new 4K transfer to protect the CRI internegative that is all we have.
Cool!
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The dialogue is horrible, but somehow the "acting" makes it even worse.
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The "set" looks like it cost about $25.
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There is a four-minute sequence of passengers just buckling their seatbelts.
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He then asked me about the original camera negative. When Paramount gave us back the movie, all the elements with to MGM for storage. We have tried many times over the years to find what MGM labs said they couldn't and just had no luck. Well, Harris picked up the phone and called Paramount. And guess what? They never sent it to MGM, only the CRI and prints went there. So, all this time Paramount has had it in their vault and they told Robert they will happily give it back to me, so I'll be e-mailing them as soon as he sends me that information. This is amazing news and we'll really be able to do a proper 4K now and I have our Blu-ray as reference for the color timing and reframing of certain scenes. I can't pay for the transfer, of course, but that's why I'm hoping to license it to someone - they can do all the work and then all I'll need to do is approve it. And when we have the 4K we can really do a proper screening from that.
Very cool!! :D
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If they cut all the moments of people opening and shutting the curtains between the cabin areas, the film would lose about 20 minutes.
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There is NO logic whatsoever.
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And then - suddenly - it just ends.
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Like they ran out of ideas.
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I would be embarrassed to have any association with this steaming pile.
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Good news. The local fellow who answers to the name Stumpy, pumped our septic tank at last and saw no problems. What a relief. I was stressed about this.
Whew!! Very good news, Rodzinski!
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That's my repor and I'm sticking to it.
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Fantastic news about Nudie, BK. Kind of counter-balances the stink from the Levin estate.
Kind of... ::)
;)
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...in my opinion.
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In related news, good word from DR Rodzinski about his septic.
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Last Costco visit I was attracted to a giant jar of organic peach spread. I don’t know what I was thinking. It will take me two years to finish.
And your point is...??
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His septic smells like a rose compared to that stinker of a movie.
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The Frances play has just been fired off to the Theatre Dept. at dear old DePauw University to see if it's something they would be interested in.
It was also sent to the Producing Director of the American Lives Theatre - one of the groups that perform at the Phoenix Theatre Cultural Center.
Between my reading and former DR JMK's musical and the article that DR RODZINSKI published, Frances has seen more action in the last 8 months than she has since 1983.
Good luck, Jrand!!
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There is a four-minute sequence of passengers just buckling their seatbelts.
???
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If they cut all the moments of people opening and shutting the curtains between the cabin areas, the film would lose about 20 minutes.
;D
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That's my repor and I'm sticking to it.
Thanks for the repor, Singdaw.
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PAGE RUPERT (aka SEVEN) DANCE!!
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DR JANE I am glad your hearing aids work so well with your new TV machine.
Thank you. It could still be better. When we move back into our bedroom we will replace the old tv (one of the woman took it away) and get one with a better sound system.
I missed something. Who is the woman who took away your old TV?
I typed workman, not sure how I ended up with woman :))
The Horrors of autocorrect. ::)
LOL, or I didn't hit the "k" hard enough.
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His septic smells like a rose compared to that stinker of a movie.
;D
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The movie sounds like it would be perfect for one of those bad movie nights where people go to make fun of a film.
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There is a four-minute sequence of passengers just buckling their seatbelts.
At my weight the last time I flew, buckling my seatbelt could be the scariest part of every flight. :)
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Singdaw went into all the detail I didn't. I howled at the seat belt buckling montage, although in the end of the movie the stewardess keeps changing it up on every cut - seat belt/safety belt, seat belt/safety belt.
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And the curtain closing thing. And a movie made in 2018 and everyone can just go in and out of the pilot cabin.
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And yes, the set - which I'm sure is a standing set somewhere. And since when does a flight to London have two stewardesses who, by the way, never walk down the aisle with drinks and snacks.
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And the tub of lard guy with the ponytail and mustache has the cringe-inducing dialogue of all time when he boards the plane.
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And the plot - and how everyone just accepts the first explanation that there's evil on the plane. Oh, okay, how do we fight it. I kid you not.
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The Paramount thing is more complicated than I thought. We'll see how it shakes out.
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DARN it!
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I still hope that it can all be worked out.
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Don't they know who they're dealing with? 8)
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The Paramount thing is more complicated than I thought. We'll see how it shakes out.
Sending vibes!
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BK, you saw on Facebook that Jason Graae said he would totally have dated you in the 1970s?
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What was it that I brought you that was in storage here in Arizona, BK?
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And the curtain closing thing. And a movie made in 2018 and everyone can just go in and out of the pilot cabin.
;D
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The Paramount thing is more complicated than I thought. We'll see how it shakes out.
Good vibes!
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Thanks to DR JANE, DR FREDDIE, DR singdaw, and DR GEORGE.
And of course NYC producer William Berlind has yet to comment on the project.
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Easy NUDIE road vibes for MR BK and the product.
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When you're safe and cozy and warm and full of stolen sausage...
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One for the money
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And two for the show.
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Three to get ready
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And four to go!
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Well, that was four posts, at least.
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Taking us closer to a page turn
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Ever closer
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One more
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PAGINA OCHO!
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Good night, friends.
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And others.
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What Rodzinski said above in a different context - "when the kids feel entitled to the glory as if they had anything to do with what their talented parent achieved" -
is the (for want of a better word) icky feeling I got from Succession season 4, which I didn't feel icky about in the previous seasons.
None of the kids is remotely qualified to take over.
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Excellent Nudie news!
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Halfway through season four of Succession. I don’t need another TV after this.
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Repeat: I don’t need another TV show after this.
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Interesting: https://variety.com/2025/legit/news/concord-buys-broadway-licensing-global-1236390696/
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A good posting day.
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And blocked. Fun to block certain types on Facebook, ain't it?
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"I found a spell I could use to exorcise a house....but I don't know if it will work!"
"You have to try it - maybe it will work on a plane!"
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Well I watched MAYDAY on FreeVee.....I just had to watch 8 minutes of commercials before it began.
It was everything that has been reported in the notes and on the board today.
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I was very distracted by the cheap dentures the actress playing the honeymoon wife was wearing....
Certainly no money was spent on anything for this enterprise.....the shots looking through the windows of the cockpit from the outside were probably the funniest thing....although I certainly agree with MR BK that this must be a standing set someplace.
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Yes, the shots outside the window were right out of Ed Wood territory.
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I have done nothing since three this afternoon other than doze off. Over and over and over again. I'd start watching some YouTube video, go out, wake up to some other YouTube video, go out, etc. etc. etc. Then I tried to start a movie and went out instantly for over an hour. This is what happens when you get three hours of sleep.
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Had carbonara for food, but more about that in the notes.
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Guess I'll start writing them now because I really need to get to bed at a reasonable hour.
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I'll shower before bed, too, so I'm super relaxed.
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Hopefully, George will be along shortly.
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No George in sight.
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Or sound.
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He's neither hither nor thither but clearly yon.
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Pretty sure we can get to page nine, however.
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I cannot imagine that will not happen.
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I'll be back in ten minutes.
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Well, looks like ol' George will be a no-show.
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Not very sporting.
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Still, a lovely day of postings.
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Welcome, 1,018 GUESTS.
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We've got GUESTS but we don't got George.
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Page nine or from here to eternity.
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And yet, page nine.
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We haven't gotten to nine in quite some time.
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Listening to William Walton's first symphony - live performance.
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Live listener.
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Just think, if George had shown up we'd probably be on page ten.
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But noooooo...
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I spy MichaelG, however.
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I have taken a Mellow tone-in.
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Will be in bed by one at the latest but hopefully sooner than that.
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Love William Walton.
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George has some 'splainin' to do.
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And it better be easy to understand.
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Because:
The 'splain that's plain trips lightly on the brain.
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New notes are up.
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Up are new notes.
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I've seen them.
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I've read them.
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I wrote them.