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[John G.]

Two!

[Jane]

Thank you DR Rodzinski.

[Jane]

From Bruce:

The most maddening thing to correct is her habit of suddenly writing about the past in the present tense, where it makes no sense, and doesn't mesh with other sections of the book. That takes forever to fix. But I mush on because I musht.

Oh my.  I'm relieved you will soon be done.

[Jrand75]

Thursday.

[Jrand75]

DR CHAS SMITH nice photos.

[Jrand75]

I checked out ORPHAN but it would cost me $12.99 to watch it.  I may just see if there is a DVD on Ebay.

[Jane]

DR George have a fun day.  It sounds like it will also be a long day.

[Jrand75]

Very cloudy today. But that's okay.

[Jane]

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Very good.

[Jane]

You might remember several days ago I posted about a restaurant in June 1972 called Munch Box which had formerly been a Du-Par's. The web is full of postcards and photos showing the Du-Par's, but I'd never found anything on its Munch Box incarnation until I remembered to check Ed Ruscha's "Then and Now" book of Hollywood Blvd. photos. In his April 1973 photo strip, THERE IT IS. So I know it was Munch Box for at least a year.

But wait, there's more! BK had posted this incredible 1971 film strip taken around Hollywood & Highland which I've been poring over. And now there's another one of Hollywood & Vine. So in 1971, in between being a Du-Par's and Munch Box, the name of the jernt was Jim Collins' Restaurant, something I'd never heard of. A quick search on the name Jim Collins returns James A. Collins who was pretty big in the food biz - he was a franchisee of Kentucky Fried Chicken, and he bought the Sizzler chain! I haven't determined that was his place on Vine, but I'm betting it was.

Here follows the photographic evidence. First the pre-1970s Du-Par's:

Thanks for the photo.

[Jane]

You might remember several days ago I posted about a restaurant in June 1972 called Munch Box which had formerly been a Du-Par's. The web is full of postcards and photos showing the Du-Par's, but I'd never found anything on its Munch Box incarnation until I remembered to check Ed Ruscha's "Then and Now" book of Hollywood Blvd. photos. In his April 1973 photo strip, THERE IT IS. So I know it was Munch Box for at least a year.

But wait, there's more! BK had posted this incredible 1971 film strip taken around Hollywood & Highland which I've been poring over. And now there's another one of Hollywood & Vine. So in 1971, in between being a Du-Par's and Munch Box, the name of the jernt was Jim Collins' Restaurant, something I'd never heard of. A quick search on the name Jim Collins returns James A. Collins who was pretty big in the food biz - he was a franchisee of Kentucky Fried Chicken, and he bought the Sizzler chain! I haven't determined that was his place on Vine, but I'm betting it was.

Here follows the photographic evidence. First the pre-1970s Du-Par's:

That sign is so beautiful.

It is a nice sign.

[Jane]

DR Chas, I enjoyed the other two photos as well.

[Jrand75]

HA! I found ORPHAN on DVD (no case disc only) for $3.50.

So i should have it some time next week.

[elmore3003]

I've had a nice bath and accomplished some of the work I wanted to do today. I think I can fiinish up by next Tuesday.

[Freddie]

This is almost a "No groaning allowed" kind of wordplay -

but an old clip is going viral where Carly Simon explains that as a kid, she thought her dad owned a shoe store -  and someone pointed out to her "No, your dad doesn't own a shoe store, he's Simon of Simon and Schuster."   

[Freddie]

I got a lovely note from an old friend who's a greatly respected professor to whom I'd sent my new book.  (He and his wife were so instrumental in helping me navigate the world of publishing many years ago.) I don't dare ask him to write an Amazon review, but if I ever do go on to do a hardcover edition of this new book, I might feel comfortable asking him to do a blurb.

"First, thanks you SO much for sending us your delightful, smart, funny, wise and politically necessary book. I’ve always admired your smarts, your comic flair and your deft skill with lyrics and this collection is a real feast of all of those things combined/  A  treasure. Again, thank you SO much for thinking of us and all of our love to you and Skip"

[Freddie]

I'm feeling if I'm going to trust the good "reviews," I have to trust the one with reservations, even when they're not five stars.  I'm guessing it's a blind spot in my part to have thought "The Little Things You Do Together" from COMPANY was a generally well-known song, except to people who know the Sondheim catalog reasonably well.

I'd guess in thinking over Sondheim sings, "Send in the Clowns" is a famous song, "Good Thing Going" and "The Ladies Who Lunch" and "I'm Still Here" are generally known, but "The Little Things You Do Together" is not.

[Jane]

This is almost a "No groaning allowed" kind of wordplay -

but an old clip is going viral where Carly Simon explains that as a kid, she thought her dad owned a shoe store -  and someone pointed out to her "No, your dad doesn't own a shoe store, he's Simon of Simon and Schuster."   

[Jane]

I got a lovely note from an old friend who's a greatly respected professor to whom I'd sent my new book.  (He and his wife were so instrumental in helping me navigate the world of publishing many years ago.) I don't dare ask him to write an Amazon review, but if I ever do go on to do a hardcover edition of this new book, I might feel comfortable asking him to do a blurb.

"First, thanks you SO much for sending us your delightful, smart, funny, wise and politically necessary book. I’ve always admired your smarts, your comic flair and your deft skill with lyrics and this collection is a real feast of all of those things combined/  A  treasure. Again, thank you SO much for thinking of us and all of our love to you and Skip"

Nice note indeed

[Freddie]

And I guess regarding June Styne songs, on balance "I'm Going Back" from BELLS ARE RINGING is indeed on the obscure side to the general public, while "The Party's Over" and "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend" are famous songs.

[Freddie]

I got a lovely note from an old friend who's a greatly respected professor to whom I'd sent my new book.  (He and his wife were so instrumental in helping me navigate the world of publishing many years ago.) I don't dare ask him to write an Amazon review, but if I ever do go on to do a hardcover edition of this new book, I might feel comfortable asking him to do a blurb.

"First, thanks you SO much for sending us your delightful, smart, funny, wise and politically necessary book. I’ve always admired your smarts, your comic flair and your deft skill with lyrics and this collection is a real feast of all of those things combined/  A  treasure. Again, thank you SO much for thinking of us and all of our love to you and Skip"

Nice note indeed

Thanks, Jane!

[Freddie]

I feel like I'm doing something wrong, writing long posts on slow-posting days,

[Freddie]

and wonder if I should be doing my part and spreading out those long posts vixmom-style.

[Freddie]

Even those two posts could have been four posts, if I'm being honest.

[Jrand75]

Nice note DR FREDDIE

[Freddie]

I was supposed to do a Zoom interview this morning for a "public access" theater show which also has a good internet presence,

[Freddie]

the type of show where if I'd bombed as an interviewee, no one would have noticed, bit if it turned out well, I could have spread around the link to the interview.

[Freddie]

 But their Zoom capability faltered today.  They said they'll reschedule me for a later show, which is fine because there's nothing time sensitive about this book, but being about 2001 to 2025, the book should feel "current" until the end of the year. 

[Freddie]

I intentionally cut the book down from 180 pages to a manageable under-100 pages, to be a book people can actually hold in their hands if they choose to sing along - and 100 pages would be a limit. 

[Freddie]

It ended up at 94 pages.  So there are over 80 pages I'd cut out if I were of a mind to do a follow up book on "2001 to 2025."