Topic: I WAS A TEENAGE JEW (Read 830 times)

bk · « **on:** August 30, 2025, 12:03:21 AM »

Well, you've read the notes, the notes had a Jewish teenage flavor, like borscht, and now it is time for you to post until the teenage Jew cows come home.

bk · « **Reply #1 on:** August 30, 2025, 12:04:54 AM »

And the word of the day is: SPIRITED!

George · « **Reply #2 on:** August 30, 2025, 12:41:04 AM »

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George · « **Reply #3 on:** August 30, 2025, 12:42:09 AM »

From yesterday:

Thanks, Singdaw, for the Feel Better Vibes for my mom. She went to urgent care and got a diagnosis and medication. Hopefully, it'll be effective quickly!

George · « **Reply #4 on:** August 30, 2025, 12:43:22 AM »

And speaking of Charlie Brown, I found my CD! And here it is:

George · « **Reply #5 on:** August 30, 2025, 02:46:56 AM »

From the "Who knew?" department, who knew that:

'Who Framed Roger Rabbit' is based on a true story...AND was supposed to be a sequel to Chinatown...yes, THAT Chinatown!

Freddie · « **Reply #6 on:** August 30, 2025, 02:59:31 AM »

Quote from: George on August 30, 2025, 02:46:56 AM

From the "Who knew?" department, who knew that:

'Who Framed Roger Rabbit' is based on a true story...AND was supposed to be a sequel to Chinatown...yes, THAT Chinatown!

That's fascinating, George! Thanks for posting that.

Freddie · « **Reply #7 on:** August 30, 2025, 03:06:33 AM »

TOD:

Bye Bye Birdie as a movie seems like it qualifies as a teen movie, and that's a favorite.

To Sir, With Love feels like a teen movie even though the teacher is the leading actor.

Were Tony, Maria, Riff, Bernardo, Anita and the gangs teenagers in West Side Story?

Freddie · « **Reply #8 on:** August 30, 2025, 03:08:51 AM »

I guess the gang members in West Side Story must be in high school if they dance at the Gym. (I don't think colleges have gyms like that.)

Freddie · « **Reply #9 on:** August 30, 2025, 03:18:09 AM »

"Someone" on google says Baby John in West Side Story may have been as young as 12.

There seems to be some discussion that Anita must be late twenties.

But if West Side Story does qualify as a teen movie of the 1960s, that's one of my favorites.

Freddie · « **Reply #10 on:** August 30, 2025, 03:40:41 AM »

This is a bit concerning for people in, or traveling in and out of, New York City.

"N.Y.C. Covid Cases Appear to Be Rising. So Are Inquiries on Vaccines.
Patients are flooding medical practices with reports of the telltale signs of Covid and questions about whether they will be able to get vaccinated."
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/nyregion/covid-cases-rising-new-york.html

elmore3003 · « **Reply #11 on:** August 30, 2025, 04:10:12 AM »

Good morning, all!

elmore3003 · « **Reply #12 on:** August 30, 2025, 04:10:42 AM »

Quote from: George on August 30, 2025, 12:42:09 AM

From yesterday:

Thanks, Singdaw, for the Feel Better Vibes for my mom. She went to urgent care and got a diagnosis and medication. Hopefully, it'll be effective quickly!

DR George, I'm happy to hear your Ma is okay.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #13 on:** August 30, 2025, 04:11:54 AM »

Yesterday afternoon, Ann emailed me that she has Covid again! I think this may be her fthird or fourth time in the past four years.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #14 on:** August 30, 2025, 04:12:20 AM »

I wonder if she caught it at the Minnesota State Fair.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #15 on:** August 30, 2025, 04:16:14 AM »

As for me, I'm feeling puny, and I'm hoping I do not have Covid. I'm very lethargic and trying to get my energy up to do the laundry this morning. My body aches, and my right shoulder really hurts. I'll be 79 in three weeks; maybe my time is running out? I hope not, but DR ChasSmith, you may be summoned to fetch three cats.

Freddie · « **Reply #16 on:** August 30, 2025, 04:26:49 AM »

Quote from: elmore3003 on August 30, 2025, 04:12:20 AM

I wonder if she caught it at the Minnesota State Fair.

I don't know if you missed my previous post, Larry.

This seems to be happening in New York City, in particular:

This is a bit concerning for people in, or traveling in and out of, New York City.
"N.Y.C. Covid Cases Appear to Be Rising. So Are Inquiries on Vaccines.
Patients are flooding medical practices with reports of the telltale signs of Covid and questions about whether they will be able to get vaccinated."
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/nyregion/covid-cases-rising-new-york.html

Freddie · « **Reply #17 on:** August 30, 2025, 04:28:39 AM »

Quote from: elmore3003 on August 30, 2025, 04:16:14 AM

I'll be 79 in three weeks; maybe my time is running out? I hope not, but DR ChasSmith, you may be summoned to fetch three cats.

Aren't your brothers older than you, Larry? That might tell you about longevity in your family.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #18 on:** August 30, 2025, 04:38:39 AM »

TOD
I loved horror movies, so I was crazy about I Was a Teenage Werewolf. I don't recall I Was a Teenage Frankenstein ever playing in Middletown, or I would have seen it.

I loved Where the Boys Are, but my favorite of the "beach party" movies was Ski Party; years later I realized it was a teen version of Some Like It Hot.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #19 on:** August 30, 2025, 05:19:47 AM »

Good morning, all.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #20 on:** August 30, 2025, 05:23:43 AM »

Well, here we are at the last of the three (3) summer holiday weekends.

We have been blessed with perfect weather these last several days, and that's supposed to continue for another week. That's rather extraordinary when it comes to the holidays.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #21 on:** August 30, 2025, 05:29:48 AM »

Continuing the Friday TOD:

Last night I finished watching the various supplements on the Day for Night discs. "Discs" is plural because I have the Criterion Blu-ray, and when I opened the case I found it was one of those for which I'd saved a previous disc for whatever reason. It was an old Warner Bros. DVD that has an additional couple of interview features that are nice remembrances of Truffaut and the making of this film and others. I watched those and returned the whole thing to the shelf, taking out Shoot the Piano Player for whenever I'm ready to start that one. Now that, I believe, I have never seen. I'm just so glad I stockpiled a few of these things when I was buying a lot of Criterions at some point.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #22 on:** August 30, 2025, 05:38:00 AM »

After watching all of that, I have no idea what led me to this but I took out State and Main, a David Mamet film with a dynamite cast including Patti LuPone whose role I wish had been more lengthy with a little more scene-chewing, but everyone is great and the dark comedic storyline is delightfully excruciating.

I'm thinking of planning another such double feature this evening. I like the idea of one foreign followed by one domestic. I pay close attention to the former, what with subtitles and all, and can relax over the latter.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #23 on:** August 30, 2025, 05:47:50 AM »

And for today's TOD:

It's been a few years since I last dug into the teenage movie vault, and that sounds pretty good right about now. I think I last watched Where the Boys Are a couple of years ago, but I haven't seen the Beach Party movies in quite a while. I could get into any of those, but I also look forward to hearing others' lists.

The two I Was a Teenage ones, to my knowledge, have been held hostage and not released on anything post-VHS. Or were they even released in that format? I *might* still have them on an old off-the-air tape I made ... probably 25 or more years ago.

singdaw · « **Reply #24 on:** August 30, 2025, 06:34:15 AM »

Good morning, friends.

singdaw · « **Reply #25 on:** August 30, 2025, 06:34:24 AM »

And others.

singdaw · « **Reply #26 on:** August 30, 2025, 06:35:00 AM »

The Powerball drawing tonight is over $1 Billion. That would buy a few cans of cat food.

singdaw · « **Reply #27 on:** August 30, 2025, 06:36:30 AM »

singdaw · « **Reply #28 on:** August 30, 2025, 06:36:50 AM »

We're close...

singdaw · « **Reply #29 on:** August 30, 2025, 06:36:57 AM »

One more.

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