Topic: TIVO TROUBLE (Read 36554 times)

Robin · « **Reply #150 on:** January 16, 2004, 02:28:50 PM »

Quote from: Matt H. on January 16, 2004, 02:09:05 PM

Our young friends on this forum probably don't have much experience with serials, but they were so much fun growing up waiting for those chapters at the movies every weekend.

When I was a wee lad in the sixties, our local theater had a 35¢ "kiddie matinee", which consisted of a travelogue, a cartoon (usually a Warner Bros. 'toon), a chapter of a serial, and a double feature. Five hours plus of solid entertainment. The tradition contunued into the early seventies.

TCB · « **Reply #151 on:** January 16, 2004, 02:29:36 PM »

Quote from: MBarnum on January 16, 2004, 02:02:49 PM

Thanks Jane, for the info on Mummy's, it sounds like it has a lot of atmosphere!! I like that in an ethnic restaurant (I am alwayys disappointed when I go to a Mexican or Chinese place and they are playing American top 40). My buddy Mark is gritting his teeth at having to eat there. He is a big ol corn fed country boy from Wyoming and not very open minded...he gets all disgusted just seeing some of the kids in Portland with their colored hair and piercings! LOL! And my attempts at trying to broaden his horizens with Thai or Japanese food went awry! He hated both! Don't know why we are friends!

Possibly because he is
......a big ol corn fed country boy from Wyoming?

It works for me.

Matt H. · « **Reply #152 on:** January 16, 2004, 02:30:25 PM »

Quote from: TCB on January 16, 2004, 02:14:50 PM

Just out of curiousity, MattH or Noel how does one know if a tour is a Non-Equity tour?

I read an interview with him in either VARIETY or PLAYBILL where he commented that the only way this tour could be assured of meeting its nut was for it to go out as non-Equity. Certainly, it's not advertised in the newspaper that way, and I'm not sure the general audience would know what that meant anyway.

bk · « **Reply #153 on:** January 16, 2004, 02:30:26 PM »

Ron et al: esnipe is for people who don't want to be tied to their computers - you simply put in your top bid and enipe will automatically place the bid six seconds before the auction. I have never lost an auction unless someone has been really crazy and put in some outrageous top.

Jennifer · « **Reply #154 on:** January 16, 2004, 02:34:03 PM »

Quote from: JRand53 on January 16, 2004, 01:47:32 PM

Yes esnipe will help. DRJENNIFER I can be outbid by someone who wants to pay more for it than I do....LOL.

I thought about esnipe as well - and it sounds like a great service, just never checked it out to any extent!

It sounds like a great service for anyone who buys on ebay a lot. Especially for people who are frustrated by losing out at the last minute. I have lost out once to someone who bid with a few seconds left and it was annoying. But I ended up getting something very similar for much cheaper. Today I had time to bid higher. But I didn't want to bid more than what I had decided (plus I didn't think it was worth it) ... although my highest bid did jack the price up by like 9$. So the person who got it, sort of got screwed.

Noel · « **Reply #155 on:** January 16, 2004, 02:34:14 PM »

Quote from: TCB on January 16, 2004, 02:14:50 PM

Just out of curiousity, MattH or Noel how does one know if a tour is a Non-Equity tour?

Ah, here's the rub: One doesn't.

Equity is understandably up in arms about this, but Equity and non-Equity tours publicize themselves in exactly the same way. Sometimes, you'll see a phrase like "direct from Broadway" but even that doesn't give you a clue. Millie's an Equity tour. The Music Man is not.
What's further distressing for Equity is that the public doesn't seem to notice the difference. Indeed, there are some non-Eq productions that are better than Equity productions. As a result, the union affiliation is no longer equated with quality.

But, come to think of it, I've only seen two tours in my life, so I may not know what I'm talking about.

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Matt H. · « **Reply #156 on:** January 16, 2004, 02:38:06 PM »

Quote from: Robin Anderson on January 16, 2004, 02:28:50 PM

When I was a wee lad in the sixties, our local theater had a 35¢ "kiddie matinee", which consisted of a travelogue, a cartoon (usually a Warner Bros. 'toon), a chapter of a serial, and a double feature. Five hours plus of solid entertainment. The tradition contunued into the early seventies.

One of the local TV stations here got the bright idea in the early to mid 1970s to beging showing serials on Friday nights after the late news. The ratings went through the roof and for three or four years, they'd program old black and white episodes of Jack Benny or Burns and Allen along with a serial chapter, and an old 30 minute western episode of something like GUNSMOKE or YANCY DERRINGER, something for everyone. They went through all three Flash Gordan serials and Captain America and some Zorros, too. I kept waiting for SUPERMAN and BATMAN but they never did those. I had to buy them myself. AMC used to show serials in big blocks occasionally, but I'm sure those days are gone forever.

Michael · « **Reply #157 on:** January 16, 2004, 02:38:38 PM »

Quote from: Jennifer on January 16, 2004, 06:17:12 AM

DR Jose wrote this yesterday:

Unfortunately it's still -40C with windchill here (which I know sounds completely awful). I guess that must be at least -30F.

I know we live in Canada. But i truly don't ever remember having temperatures like this.

And can someone please tell me how it is able to snow at this temp. I really thought it was too cold for snow to come down.

Actually -40C is the same as -40F!!!!

Michael · « **Reply #158 on:** January 16, 2004, 02:39:41 PM »

Quote from: Jennifer on January 16, 2004, 06:35:25 AM

Norm Lewis Joins Chicago As Billy Flynn Feb. 2 :

http://www.broadway.com/template_1.asp?CI=33471&CT=38

OMG, someone just shoot me now.

is that good or bad???

Jay · « **Reply #159 on:** January 16, 2004, 02:41:43 PM »

I saw the touring Oliver when it stopped here in L.A. in December. It was OK. Not very good, but not very bad, either.

I went because I had never seen the show on stage before.

I did not report on it in December for a number of reasons: 1.) I thought some Dear Readers might have been offended, believing that by my purchasing tickets for the show I was de facto supporting non-Equity productions of Equity-deserving magnitude. 2.) It's a lot harder to write a review of something that's just OK than it is for something that's really good or really bad. 3.) The show was at the Kodak Theatre, a cavern totally inappropriate even for large-scale Broadway productions.

Jennifer · « **Reply #160 on:** January 16, 2004, 02:42:28 PM »

S Woody had a Norm Lewis story. Here is mine.

Norm sang on Bruce's Sondheim album. I went to NYC to watch and to interview. Anyhow I was "in love" with Norm (ask Bruce, I think I was making gaga faces all day

. Anyhow I got to speak to him for a while afterwards (not sure maybe 1/2 an hour, time flew by). He was so nice, so easy to talk to, so sweet. I already loved him for his work. But he was such a flirt and so unbelievably kind to me, it made me smile.

I think he will be wonderful as Billy Flynn.

Jennifer · « **Reply #161 on:** January 16, 2004, 02:45:53 PM »

Quote from: Jennifer on Today at 06:35:25am

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Norm Lewis Joins Chicago As Billy Flynn Feb. 2 :

www.broadway.com/template_1.as...33471&CT=38

OMG, someone just shoot me now.

Quote from: Michael Shayne on January 16, 2004, 02:39:41 PM

is that good or bad???

Read my misunderstood comments in a later message. Jason thought it meant I hated Norm. Not true, I love him!

Btw, is it cold inside the house when your tv is frozen?

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #162 on:** January 16, 2004, 02:47:33 PM »

Quote from: S. Woody White on January 16, 2004, 01:52:59 PM

Some are. They have outies.

So what are you saying, SWoody? Lint won't catch on an outie?

S. Woody White · « **Reply #163 on:** January 16, 2004, 02:47:51 PM »

Der Brucer and I saw a non-Eq touring production of City of Angels in Cerritos. There was nothing about the staging that was sub-standard, and the only comments I can make about the performers is that they were all unknowns and relatively young. Other than that, there wasn't a performance in the show that wasn't highly professional and attractive. On the other hand, there was no one in the cast who could claim to be "known" on a national basis, as they all came from regional theaters. That didn't hurt the show one bit.

S. Woody White · « **Reply #164 on:** January 16, 2004, 02:50:53 PM »

Quote from: Ron Pulliam on January 16, 2004, 02:47:33 PM

So what are you saying, SWoody? Lint won't catch on an outie?

Actually, I haven't had enough practice cleaning them.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #165 on:** January 16, 2004, 02:54:03 PM »

Quote from: S. Woody White on January 16, 2004, 01:42:55 PM

And Christopher Judge is what, unworthy? He's much higher on my woofometer than Shanks.

You should, then, worship professional wrestling! All that bulk, little of it derived from all-natural body building.

Judge is great as Tealc. I just find him overexaggerated, aesthetically.

Matt H. · « **Reply #166 on:** January 16, 2004, 02:58:22 PM »

The reviews here were not very positive for the show, though the actress playing Nancy and the young actor playing Dodger got some praise.

I understand there are plenty of tickets available. Children's Theater of Charlotte (semi professional with professional adults and amateur children) just mounted the show a year ago to great acclaim.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #167 on:** January 16, 2004, 02:59:51 PM »

Many thanks, BK, for the info about esnipe.com.

My M.O. has been to "watch" items I'm interested in and to check on them once or twice a day to ensure (1) I still think I want them and (2) they haven't been bid up beyond my interest level.

I keep them in "watch" until I'm ready to bid, and then I do one of those last-minute pounces that drives sane people crazy.

Trouble is, I have lost too many very desirable items because I totally forgot the deadline was coming up. I can sit and see a closing time is less than one hour away and can be frothing at the bit to bid, but I bide my time and wait. Something distracts me, and the next thing I know the auction is over and way below the price I was willing to bid. Sigh.

esnipe.com sounds like my kind of service!

Michael · « **Reply #168 on:** January 16, 2004, 03:01:21 PM »

I think I saw ony one non-equity tour and that was Grand Hotel. I had seen it on Broadway and wanted to see it again. The sets and the costumes were from Broadway and although the direction and the choreography were credited to someone else they were a direct steal from Tommy Tune. I wonder how they got away with it.

Michael · « **Reply #169 on:** January 16, 2004, 03:11:07 PM »

Okay. My Quintet stories.

The majority of the film was shot in Montreal. Well not really, but on Ile St. Helaine where Expo 67 was built. They continued to have fairs each year as Man and His World which was the theme of Expo 67. There were two huge pavillions (one on Ile St. Helaine and one on the other island where the fair was housed) that showcase the theme. The pavillions for Expo for the most part where not built to last past the exhibition and therefore not winterized. The pavillion where Quintet was filmed was made of steal and cement and very cold in the winter.

My father's law firm at the time was involved in the filming. So I got to visit the frigid set once. But other stories were related to me that the drugs (mainly dope) were smoked by the actors (not saying Paul Newman did) and the creative personal behind the camera. So it may had to do with the confusing storyline.

Also Nina Van Palladant (sp?) character was murdered by driving a spike through her cheeks. So what did Altman have the cook make for dinner that night??? Shish Kabob!!

And those are my Quintet Stories.

bk · « **Reply #170 on:** January 16, 2004, 03:13:38 PM »

Jay, you can always post a review of something. I doesn't mean anything "de-facto" becasue defacto is that you saw a show and had thoughts about it, which you are free to share. I, for one, would have loved to have heard about the production AND the theater.

Panni · « **Reply #171 on:** January 16, 2004, 03:14:11 PM »

Thank you for the birthday wishes, Tomovoz. And thank you anything else anybody wrote to me... My mind is muddled, have too much to do. Still haven't cleared my desk, but just finished an (pardon me for the overuse of the word - you know who you are) extraordinary book having to do with grief, love, AIDS, what a teacher gives to a student and vice versa, and many other things -- which I would love to adapt - and adopt.

TCB · « **Reply #172 on:** January 16, 2004, 03:17:55 PM »

Quote from: Matt H. on January 16, 2004, 02:58:22 PM

The reviews here were not very positive for the show, though the actress playing Nancy and the young actor playing Dodger got some praise.

I understand there are plenty of tickets available. Children's Theater of Charlotte (semi professional with professional adults and amateur children) just mounted the show a year ago to great acclaim.

Umm, Matt, if you would like to give them my name and e-mail, just in case they ever need another Fagin.

S. Woody White · « **Reply #173 on:** January 16, 2004, 03:24:30 PM »

Thanks to all who sent vibes to der Brucer, because he just called and sounded much better than he had earlier. These things work! Karma!

Particular thanks to my neice, Laura II, for instinctively knowing that his best color is blue! Karma karma karma!

(I just hope he gets to our former neighborhood bar, the Crest, to give our favorite 'tender TedBear a last friendly squeeze and a grope! And it's just as well that der Brucer is delayed by an extra day, because he'd have probably wanted to go to dinner right as Cowboy U was airing! Remember all, 9 tonight, 8 central! Good reason for a lull!)

bk · « **Reply #174 on:** January 16, 2004, 03:28:43 PM »

Well, I wouldn't expect TOO much from Cowboy U. I'm sure there are a couple of moments you'll find particularly me, but other than that - just a job, but a fun one.

Charles Pogue · « **Reply #175 on:** January 16, 2004, 03:36:33 PM »

Re: MattH's comments as to why he won't watch SMALLVILLE; I too resent it when either books or TV shows or movies try and reinvent the wheel and proceed to mess with the mythology of a certain character or franchise. It was why I wouldn't watch the new Tarzan TV series. It's why I hate movies like YOUNG SHERLOCK HOLMES. Conan Doyle is very specific how Holmes and Watson met. I don't mind folks playing a little fast and loose within the bounds of the mythology, but when they try to significantly alter it, it really gets my hackles up. When I wrote PSYCHO III, one of the things I tried to do was restore the original mythology that it was Norman's mother...Not Mrs. Spool from Psycho II...that was the real blight of his life!

Being a member of Equity, I refuse to see non-Equity tours on general principle. And I say shame to stars like John Davidson and Barry Williamson who have headlined such tours. Bad! Bad! Bad!

It's interesting that this topic comes up on the day that Uta Hagen's obit is in all the major papers, who was a devoted practitioner and supporter of the theatre up until her death at eighty-odd years. The title of her most famous book says it all, RESPECT FOR ACTING. To have respect for acting, as a producer, you should want to pay these people a living-wage and health care, etc. Equity has respect for acting and actors. These non-equity tours flying under false colours do not.

Matt H. · « **Reply #176 on:** January 16, 2004, 03:42:04 PM »

Quote from: Charles Pogue on January 16, 2004, 03:36:33 PM

It's why I hate movies like YOUNG SHERLOCK HOLMES. Conan Doyle is very specific how Holmes and Watson met.

Being a member of Equity, I refuse to see non-Equity tours on general principle. And I say shame to stars like John Davidson and Barry Williamson who have headlined such tours. Bad! Bad! Bad!

Yes, I disliked YOUNG SHERLOCK HOLMES for exactly that reason, and also because it just didn't interest me.

I'm sure DR Charles meant Barry Williams.

Jay · « **Reply #177 on:** January 16, 2004, 03:43:19 PM »

You see? I knew someone would be offended.

Jed · « **Reply #178 on:** January 16, 2004, 03:51:23 PM »

DR Jay - Charles Pogue simply said that he refuses to see these non-Equity tours himself, not that he's offended or upset by your viewing of one.

Maya · « **Reply #179 on:** January 16, 2004, 03:52:43 PM »

HAPPY MERMAN BIRTHDAY!!

BK--congrats on the airing on Cowboy U tonight!

Dan--my best wishes and thoughts go out to your Archie! Sorry if they are a bit belated.

I also adore Norm Lewis--he doesn't have a big part on the Amour OCR, but "Painter's Song" is a particular treasure. And he's very cute.

DVD--Happenstance (an Audrey Tautou movie)

VHS--Secretary (good movie with a terrible cop-out of an ending)

CD--A New Brain OCR, Emily Skinner's solo album

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