DR elmore3003:
I have received FIVE books from DR FREDDIE and one still on the way.
George, did the book I sent you reach you yet?
Yesterday DR Jrand74 inspired me to look through my Disney movie shelves (yes, shelves - plural) which I've been remiss in doing for the last few years except for pulling out The Parent Trap because of BK's book. I loved that so much, and of course now must see Summer Magic. But there's so much more to revisit. It's a part of the overall "collection" that I've given short shrift to, mainly because there's hardly anything I need to add to it now. Which, believe me, is fine. It's a wealth of stuff.The "Treasures" tins take up one whole shelf (I think it's 3 feet long?), the animated films on Blu-ray and DVD take up another, and there's at least half of another shelf with the live action and spillover from the rest. And that's just the movies and features I personally cared about. There's plenty over the years I haven't bothered with even seeing, let alone acquiring. Oh yeah, I still have all the deluxe laserdisc Disney releases, those huge box sets and plenty of singles. It's amazing what I amassed in those getting days.
Hope it's OK to post this here. This was an Amazon review for my book from someone who's always been supportive of my videos all the years, who goes by the name PlayWiz on ATC. (BK, PlayWiz is the fellow who had put up the information you'd asked to have him put up quoting you about Drat! The Cat!, which had been a good while before your production was announced.)"PlayWizMeVery funny book of song parodies full of biting wit, perfect for these trying times!Fred Landau’s song parodies are back and even better, with now more pointed-arrow lyrics befitting an environment that could use much more wit and wisdom and hilarious humor to rattle and/or tickle some brains. Plus they serve to relieve some pent-up tension by addressing humorously how things now are, how things have changed, and hopefully how they might get better again. Landau is here doing the nimble crafty wordsmith work to protest and point out the craziness, inequities and looniness in today’s society that Lorenz Hart, Ira Gershwin and E. Y. Harburg would be doing if they were alive today. And he’s up to their standards and really funny doing it, covering a whole bunch of songs over a wide variety of genres and time periods. I highly recommend this book!"
Barstools assembled and I'm sitting on the new one and it's much more comfy. I have to get used to it, as it's quite a different sitting experience and the back is much lower. But it feels MUCH sturdier than the other, whose screws kept coming loose three times a week, making that chair VERY wobbly and weird.
I'm thinking my new book is at least partially launched, because the New York Times reader comment moderators decided to put up my comment linking the new book on Amazon. I wasn't sure whether they'd include it as a reader comment, and there was a bit of a delay between my submitting the comment and their putting it up - but it turned out their comment moderators decided it was OK.Here's the comment: (as of now, second comment down under this https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/13/nyregion/hybrid-ferry-governors-island.html#commentsContainer )From the Metropolitan Diary story: " I gave him a gift, a Mad magazine that he tucked under his other arm."Berlin v. E.C. Publications, Inc. was the 1963 case where Irving Berlin sued the publisher of Mad magazine over song parody lyrics in their publications. Mad Magazine won. The "Sing Along With Mad" concept became an inspiration for parodists like me.As it happens (I had no idea Mad magazine would be mentioned in the Diary), I just last week published my new book on "21st Century Oldies, The First Quarter Century: What a One-Percent World!" - my 6th book in my 21st Century Oldies series.The Amazon page is here to see a sample https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FLPRB2Z7?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title BUT anyone reading this comment can get a free PDF from me of the parodies in the book by sending your email address to me - my AOL address is FJL1960. No strings attached - I promise, I won't put you on any mailing lists, I won't try to make Kickstarter requests - just hope you'll find a few lyrics that make you sing along, maybe out loud or maybe even just in your head.21st Century Oldies, The First Quarter Century: What a One-Percent World!Sing-along parody lyrics by Fred Landau, 21st century events sung to the tune of musical favoritesTOPICS INCLUDED:SKYROCKETING COST OF ENTERTAINMENTCLIMATE AND GLOBAL WARMINGECONOMIC CRASH & BAILOUT OF 2008PANDEMIC & SOCIAL DISTANCINGPOLITICAL TURNING POINT: THE 2016 ELECTIONFred Landau
Nice photos of the show, DR George!
As for me, Wordle: 5/6
Nancy LaMott has some new albums out. Well, mostly stuff that was released before, but with a few new added tracks.
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My sealed copy of Believe... The Songs of the Sherman Brothers (on the label that shall not be named) finally arrived.I bought it when it was released, but I don't know where that copy is, and it's not on the streaming services.In any case, I notice that nowhere is BK credited for the Shermanized Word Medley. Or anywhere on the album, of course.I take that back. There is a "Conceived By..." credit in the booklet.
To the Guests, may we interest you in a book or two or three or four?BK's "Richard and Me"https://www.amazon.com/Richard-Supercalifragilistic-Friendship-Bruce-Kimmel/dp/B0FKT5VHZQ/ref=sr_1_1?crid=BLPBVCBYKP95&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.fxeNBXPKd_IcH63fifucphEDBzTF6iZOWVTLmzrRkI5V1DQRsvem6cXOFrapKgYF2kyw_CPpWVynGDN4xV1_fv7LY223u3KMjX_Jyj4ThAH1JItzOr7smUX9p-c19S-nFfrCOGNAlRN-OATJPFJJHtpjuihwGgm3pN05GRd5zhgHAe3jXYzAkYXnJKi8TkskxoT8hHAMEHt3egGkpLB0aBq7Z0k3W5MS_fREeWSKtSc.MJhsk0H-_UDYPp8tyfsJsP4rHHKT_lG7hgK_gl6duJ4&dib_tag=se&keywords=bruce+kimmel&qid=1755383030&sprefix=bruce+kimmel%2Caps%2C130&sr=8-1Larry Moore's "Annabelle and Thatch"https://www.amazon.com/Annabelle-Thatch-Tales-West-Street-ebook/dp/B0FK6XT96X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2PHU5ZK2C4VZE&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.iuNQXuZU3kkAezRtAAAVy452T8Z3f_4m1Ifl7xBM4rpDcIaKNpUBzIlBA70leaWzBYMzODik_yJbGMYBrBMrQmo2gxS84TDx4mwpoA3PxezFBISKY-eK-e39LZKql85OhAF14cInH4YhD0qr-ujXRfxfsplccxRUDelgR5k1vrPWVxS3QY_vsbkpAu5iZrltj1FEkVZ3gcyUDfwYui1jhgiCatUZMqKTGySA6oEsTHw.ynF3D1lz3ZpWiY559jjiNeDiSUuGkyx3scudhK6ZrwQ&dib_tag=se&keywords=larry+moore&qid=1755383071&sprefix=larry+moore%2Caps%2C233&sr=8-1John G's "Hill Country Winery Getaways"https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FLPYZBHG/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1XX5BH4EUL9J6&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.S7IlsVaBCN59Lr-6MJRn-W2ypvyV5ZLhNNOda25YO56rlk9Gd59pSiORjcaa3LLDvqUIy3y8zed_TJUgGefe2w.3PRwMlqDPAWh_YDbTA4wVufGwhDQbv7aTuI85VSuc6w&dib_tag=se&keywords=john+griffin+hill+country&qid=1754686072&s=books&sprefix=john+griffin+hill+country%2Cstripbooks%2C125&sr=1-1FJL's "21st Century Oldies" 6th volume new bookhttps://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FLPRB2Z7?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title
HA! DR FREDDIE that is the rocking chair I bought a dozen years ago at the Marsh Supermarket (a chain that no longer exists)....I was visiting a friend in Indy and he had one on his front porch.I asked him where he got - MARSH. The next day I went to the MaRSH store in Mooresville. They had a big stack of the unassembled chairs and one floor model.The manager was standing there and asked if I was interested in a chair. I said yes but I could never put it together. He thought for a moment and said "You can have this one, I'll just put together another one for the floor model."Walla.....a white rocking chair.
I don't know if this is true, but.. intriguing. [click to embiggen]
For the grammar geeks:
This is a fun first dance https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2018/11/gay-couples-mindblowing-first-dance-wedding-shocked-guests/
Finally got the second thing that Heritage Auctions had not listed and never returned. Perhaps I'll tell that little story in the notes. They had two items - the very rare first edition of Badge of Evil (the source for Touch of Evil), which I got back a few weeks ago, and then a beautifully framed one-sheet size poster of Morocco, with Gary Cooper and Marlene Dietrich. Not the actual one-sheet, which has sold for upwards of 100K, but a gorgeous reproduction of it, an original painting by the man who was the greatest poster restoration guy ever - Igor Edelman. I commissioned him to do it back in the 90s, and it really is stunning and I'm glad to have it back. I'll photo it and put it in the notes.
