Topic: HOW NOT TO DO AN AUDIO COMMENTARY (Read 4473 times)

elmore3003 · « **Reply #30 on:** July 14, 2021, 09:29:07 AM »

Fed Ex just picked up the two cartons.

Yesterday, I called Fed Ex to tell them to have the pickup bring a dolly since one carton was 21x27x6 and the pther was 15x12x10. So the driver got here, rang my buzzer over and over and over till I got to it. When I got to the buzzer - I move very slowly at the best of times - there was no one there.

Then my phone rang while I was at the door checking to see if anyone was coming up on the elevator. The answering machine picked up by the time I got to the phone and the caller hung up and I'm thinking WTF?

elmore3003 · « **Reply #31 on:** July 14, 2021, 09:32:26 AM »

So he calls back and asks where the packages are. I tell him they're on three. I ask, did you bring a dolly?

He rides up to three and steps off the elevator. He's like 6'5" tall and looks about 20 and he has no dolly. He's not wearing Fed Ex clothes and tells me it's his first week. I ask where his dolly is and he tells me it's downstairs. My first reaction is football brain injury.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #32 on:** July 14, 2021, 09:34:43 AM »

Then I ask him, you're not dressed like a Fed Ex so how do I know you are? and he shows me his Fed Ex device and I show him where on the instructions it says "bring a dolly!" I also told him he needs to wait until someone old who can't can get to a buzzer. I wished him luck on the job and went back inside.

John G. · « **Reply #33 on:** July 14, 2021, 10:22:43 AM »

Good afternoon, all.

John G. · « **Reply #34 on:** July 14, 2021, 10:23:01 AM »

Crazy busy day so far.

John G. · « **Reply #35 on:** July 14, 2021, 10:26:59 AM »

I don’t listen to audio commentaries while watching a movie. I don’t mind separate interviews, but I don’t like voices overlapping the dialogue on screen. I really have only listened to a few of Robert Altman’s commentaries. I especially don’t like critics or people unassociated with the movie blathering on. The worst have been the audios on film noir.

John G. · « **Reply #36 on:** July 14, 2021, 10:28:10 AM »

Elmore, good thinking on asking the Fed Ex guy for ID.

George · « **Reply #37 on:** July 14, 2021, 11:06:23 AM »

Quote from: John G. on July 14, 2021, 10:28:10 AM

Elmore, good thinking on asking the Fed Ex guy for ID.

Exactly!

George · « **Reply #38 on:** July 14, 2021, 11:06:54 AM »

Well, the office move is happening.

George · « **Reply #39 on:** July 14, 2021, 11:07:33 AM »

I keep telling myself that it'll be fine...and it will!

George · « **Reply #40 on:** July 14, 2021, 11:07:48 AM »

Eventually. $:-\$

George · « **Reply #41 on:** July 14, 2021, 11:08:43 AM »

But as Violet said in the movie 9 to 5, "I'm a tree. I can bend."

Jrand74 · « **Reply #42 on:** July 14, 2021, 12:10:48 PM »

I hope when the FedEx man came back upstairs that DR ELMORE said:

Jrand74 · « **Reply #43 on:** July 14, 2021, 12:11:04 PM »

Hello, Dolly!

ChasSmith · « **Reply #44 on:** July 14, 2021, 12:34:27 PM »

OMG, DR Elmore.

Good for you for putting him through his paces. Maybe he learned a little bit today.

Holy moley.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #45 on:** July 14, 2021, 01:10:28 PM »

Vixmom, excellent jokes.

I will be SURE to tip my waiter!

ChasSmith · « **Reply #46 on:** July 14, 2021, 01:16:47 PM »

Ridgefield Theater Barn, one of our 100- (give or take) seat houses, has a very active kids' training program. Local resident Harvey Fierstein came by to run their Broadway classroom today, armed with video clips and great stories.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #47 on:** July 14, 2021, 01:21:42 PM »

That's Anya over on the left, a wonderful singer/actress who was our Fräulein Kost in Cabaret and a member of the Smorgasbord! quartet. (This is where we played the latter.) She'll also be returning in this year's Wreck the Halls.

vixmom · « **Reply #48 on:** July 14, 2021, 01:34:57 PM »

Quote from: ChasSmith on July 14, 2021, 01:16:47 PM

Ridgefield Theater Barn, one of our 100- (give or take) seat houses, has a very active kids' training program. Local resident Harvey Fierstein came by to run their Broadway classroom today, armed with video clips and great stories.

Wow!

bk · « **Reply #49 on:** July 14, 2021, 01:43:56 PM »

I'm up, I'm up - eight hours of sleep, e-mails answered, and stuff done. I did a little B'way World interview: https://www.broadwayworld.com/los-angeles/article/BWW-Interview-Kritzerlands-Multi-Talented-Bruce-Kimmel-A-Man-Wearing-Many-Hats-20210714

John G. · « **Reply #50 on:** July 14, 2021, 01:53:27 PM »

Quote from: ChasSmith on July 14, 2021, 01:16:47 PM

Ridgefield Theater Barn, one of our 100- (give or take) seat houses, has a very active kids' training program. Local resident Harvey Fierstein came by to run their Broadway classroom today, armed with video clips and great stories.

Wonderful.

John G. · « **Reply #51 on:** July 14, 2021, 02:02:06 PM »

Quote from: bk on July 14, 2021, 01:43:56 PM

I'm up, I'm up - eight hours of sleep, e-mails answered, and stuff done. I did a little B'way World interview: https://www.broadwayworld.com/los-angeles/article/BWW-Interview-Kritzerlands-Multi-Talented-Bruce-Kimmel-A-Man-Wearing-Many-Hats-20210714

Very ice! (A Sondheim reference)

George · « **Reply #52 on:** July 14, 2021, 02:26:08 PM »

Quote from: ChasSmith on July 14, 2021, 01:16:47 PM

Ridgefield Theater Barn, one of our 100- (give or take) seat houses, has a very active kids' training program. Local resident Harvey Fierstein came by to run their Broadway classroom today, armed with video clips and great stories.

That's so cool, ChasSmith!

elmore3003 · « **Reply #53 on:** July 14, 2021, 02:33:05 PM »

Wonderful photo, DR ChasSmith!

elmore3003 · « **Reply #54 on:** July 14, 2021, 02:40:55 PM »

Some time ago, the romping kitties lost a Netflix DVD. I took the place apart looking for it, and I finally told Netflix I'd lost it. They charged my account for the lost item. About six months later, I found it lying on the floor one morning, returned it, and they refunded my charge.

Well, this morning two Netflix DVDs and a few other discs were lying on the floor, but I cannot find the third Netflix disc that came in Monday's mail that was sitting with the other two.

George · « **Reply #55 on:** July 14, 2021, 02:41:10 PM »

Quote from: bk on July 14, 2021, 01:43:56 PM

I'm up, I'm up - eight hours of sleep, e-mails answered, and stuff done. I did a little B'way World interview: https://www.broadwayworld.com/los-angeles/article/BWW-Interview-Kritzerlands-Multi-Talented-Bruce-Kimmel-A-Man-Wearing-Many-Hats-20210714

That was great, BK! Not much new info for us Hainsies and Kimlets, but it's always nice to see that we're not your only fans.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #56 on:** July 14, 2021, 02:41:17 PM »

That is indeed a great photo. Not mine, though, I wasn't there - I'm sad to say!

George · « **Reply #57 on:** July 14, 2021, 02:42:12 PM »

Quote from: elmore3003 on July 14, 2021, 02:40:55 PM

Some time ago, the romping kitties lost a Netflix DVD. I took the place apart looking for it, and I finally told Netflix I'd lost it. They charged my account for the lost item. About six months later, I found it lying on the floor one morning, returned it, and they refunded my charge.

Well, this morning two Netflix DVDs and a few other discs were lying on the floor, but I cannot find the third Netflix disc that came in Monday's mail that was sitting with the other two.

Don't you HATE it when that happens??

ChasSmith · « **Reply #58 on:** July 14, 2021, 02:43:13 PM »

Interview read and enjoyed!

When I read the date of July 28th for the upcoming show, I started to reach for my calendar -- then remembered. Sad, very sad.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #59 on:** July 14, 2021, 02:46:19 PM »

It's the OLD normal.

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