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[John G.]

Three!

[John G.]

I searched the files. Five years, Jane mentioned The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry. I started it this morning and am really enjoying it. Jane, did you ever read it?

[George]

Good answer!

[George]

I made it to rehearsal in time.

Great!  I made it to today's performance on time.

[George]

Sadly, the toilet tank fix has been declared a fail. The gaskets or whatever simply wouldn't work on this old toilet. We couldn't make them watertight - which is kind of their only job, right? We'll replace the whole thing.

At least, you won't have to worry about it again for many years!

[George]

In other news, Almost Famous was quite wonderful. The staging is stupendous, but even more important, I found most of the music to be good. Especially the second act songs, for whatever reason. And I'm grateful that the venue mercifully did not blow out our eardrums as could have happened in a typical Broadway production of this sort today. I have no idea how similar this incarnation is to what was on Broadway, but the creatives retooled it, and they announced that this will be the version that's eventually licensed. Not that I can imagine an amateur group pulling it off to any decent degree. But this was a treat.

Very cool!

[George]

Does anyone know a British film called The Cool Mikado?

Not I.  But I have heard of a version called The Hot Mikado.

[Jane]

I searched the files. Five years, Jane mentioned The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry. I started it this morning and am really enjoying it. Jane, did you ever read it?

My book group read it in 2014.  Overall I did.  I remember it made for a good discussion.

[Jane]

I made it to rehearsal in time.

Great!  I made it to today's performance on time.

[Jane]

John, I'm wondering why I mentioned the book five years ago

[George]

Wordle 1,590 6/6

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Whew!

Yup...yet again!

[George]

I am trying to get motivated to fill out my ballot so I can mail it in tomorrow.

I need to, too!  There's a drop box just a block from my house, so that's a convenience for me.

[George]

Free for all day:

Did your mom watch a particular soap opera back in the day?

Were/are you a fan of a particular soap drama?

My mom always watched As The World Turns.

I was a fan of The Young and the Restless and of course Dark Shadows.

As time went on I liked The Edge of Night.

Yes, but I don't know which one.

No.

[John G.]

John, I'm wondering why I mentioned the book five years ago

You mentioned you were waiting for it while I was talking about two other books.

[John G.]

Trying to finish the movie The Girl in the Cafe. It’s sweet.

[George]

DR Jrand75:

I can think of two.

The first one I remember my mom watching was Young Doctor Malone. I got into it too, for a while, so I guess that would have been during the summer when I was home. I'm pretty sure that was in 1960.

In the 1970s she was fanatical about General Hospital. Prior to one of the times she and my dad came to visit me in L.A., she wrote to them. They responded and invited us all to the studio to watch an episode being taped and to meet the cast. That was December 1975, and it was undoubtedly the highlight of that trip for her. They were all very friendly and gracious hosts. That was at KABC on Prospect Ave.

That's very cool, ChasSmith!

[George]

Blueberry pie with a crumble topping.

I want that!

[George]

I've been watching The Barber of Seville on PBS "Great Performances from the Met." I'm not crazy about Bartlet Sher's direction - he has an ugly set and doe the score enough - but the musioc is wonderful and funny. The three leads - Aigul Akhmetshina (Russian) as Rosina, Jack Swanson as Almaviva, and Andrey Zhilikhovsky (Russian) as Figaro - are quite wonderful and very funny.  Jack Swanson is very funny in his disguises. The mezzo-soprano, attractive but no beauty, has an amazingly flexible voice for the coloratura role, and the two men are also quite good looking.

'Ve never seen the whole opera, but there are a few numbers that I've enjoyed.

[George]

I now have a second British arranging student. We meet on Facetime this Thursday.

Congrats, Larry!

[Jane]

I am trying to get motivated to fill out my ballot so I can mail it in tomorrow.

I need to, too!  There's a drop box just a block from my house, so that's a convenience for me.

Still, best to do it before the 4th.

[Jane]

John, I'm wondering why I mentioned the book five years ago

You mentioned you were waiting for it while I was talking about two other books.

Thanks, still doesn't fit my time frame, or my memory is off which is possible.

[bk]

I'm up, I'm up - nine hours of sleep.

[bk]

In the midst of eating a Chinese chicken salad from Stanley's.

[bk]

Very good.

[bk]

One item posted so far - a Holy Grail for Sam Peckinpah collectors - a one-sheet from The Getaway. Yes, there are zillions for sale on eBay but only ONE like mine - the film originally had a score by Jerry Fielding (The Wild Bunch) but Peckinpah didn't like it and it was replaced by one fro Quincy Jones. Warners had sent out advance one-sheets with Fielding as composer, recalled them and destroyed them. Only a handful have survived - I've only seen two in all these years.

[Jane]

After seeing a few sixes, Keith was pleased to get Wordle in three.

[Freddie]

It's after 6 Eastern time already

[Freddie]

We really need to get to page 4

[Freddie]

It should be somewhere around here

[Freddie]

Maybe right after this page turn?