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Carroll Baker - Baby Doll and a tie between Something Wild and The Carpetbaggers.

[George]

David Carroll recorded this demo audio here in our apartment.

Skip Kennon's song TIME & TIME AGAIN - sung by David Carroll & Janie Smulyan, book by Jack Viertel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p28LS2ztGQo

Very nice, Freddie...and Skip!

[George]

Feel better vibes for DR GEORGE.

Thanks, Jrand!  Slowly, but surely.

[George]

~~~CONTINUED FEEL BETTER VIBES~~~ for DR George!!

Thanks, Singdaw!

[George]

Feel better soon, George!

Thanks, Laura!

[ChasSmith]

Had to say no to jumping into an emergency name-your-price gig which I would have greatly enjoyed but it conflicts with my own show.

A theater arts school's director is in a panic because the student he lined up to play The Addams Family is crashing and burning. Well, that is no show for an inexperienced player. I have no idea whether they have a full band and the kid was trying to play Keyboard 1, Keyboard 2 (both very heavily programmed on MainStage), or whether they were just playing the vocal score on piano. But of all the shows that will kill a student player, Addams would be near the top of the list.

Too bad, because I love playing it. I even did it on piano once, with just bass and drums, for a small school. But that was possible because I'd just played the Keyboard 1 book a few months prior, so the notes on the page still made sense. That was fun. Then again -- all of this having been said, if what these folks need was to be Keyboard 2, I probably would NOT have time to get it into my fingers and brain. I'll have to follow up and see who took it and what was involved.

[George]

From DR John:

I reported about the great time I had at the theater’s big fundraiser with Nile Rodgers and Chic. Well, apparently there was a lot of tsuris behind the scenes. Entitled ushers, who are all volunteers, were upset they couldn’t have the dinner that patrons paid hundreds of dollars for. Pizza was provided, and those folks not only criticized it, but they treated it shabbily in front of the people who went out of their way to provide it. We all got a lengthy email about the behavior of those people and how poorly it played out on our most important night of the year. I felt very embarrassed.

What a shame.  It was nice that pizza was provided since they were working.

I know that most of the volunteers that I have worked with would've been very happy to have the free pizza.  And to assume that any volunteer would be entitled to the patrons' is extremely rude!

[Jane]

So Dear Readers are there any new Oscar Bait movies that you are interested in seeing?

I think Nuremburg might be something I am interested in.

Wicked 2 not so much.

What are some others since I am hopelessly behind.

I have no idea.  I'll browse what is out there.

[Jane]

I suppose maybe Nuremburg.  I see once it is released.

[Jane]

Since the weather is so lovely, I spent awhile sitting on the front porch in my rocking chair and watching the clouds and the airplanes go by.

Nice.

[Jane]

As I was changing to go for a walk it began to rain.  It is now wet and windy so we didn't go.

[Jane]

JRand, be a nerd and open flightradar24.com and see where the planes are going.

Keith did that when we first moved here.

[Jane]

So Dear Readers are there any new Oscar Bait movies that you are interested in seeing?

I think Nuremburg might be something I am interested in.

Wicked 2 not so much.

What are some others since I am hopelessly behind.

The Choral looks good to me. I want to see the Springsteen biopic, hopefully this week.

The Choral looks good.

[Jane]

I am getting ready to go to the conference tomorrow. I have 221 songs on my Spotify playlist. Quite a diverse mixture of things.

Have a nice, and safe, drive.

[Jane]

Well, this is an interesting take on the government shutdown:

https://youtube.com/shorts/IpA3lOYDcnM

I must remember not to open these-lol

[Jane]

Whew. It's been a couple of days.

Actually, it's been one HELL of a week.

Tomorrow the laundry room and my closet get their new flooring. It's taken a good four days, all told, to get those two rooms completely cleared out. I should actually take a picture of how I got so much of the stuff into my bedroom, bathroom, and other areas. It's a damn work of art if I say so myself. A DAMN work of art.

Have "fun" getting it all back where it came from. 

[Ginny]

Wednesday afternoon greetings!  I slept until almost 9 this morning, which is very late for me. 

I'm guessing you went to bed late watching the election results.  At least you posted late for you.

There’s that, DR Jane, plus I’m still making up for sleeping poorly while we were away.

[Jane]

From DR John:

I reported about the great time I had at the theater’s big fundraiser with Nile Rodgers and Chic. Well, apparently there was a lot of tsuris behind the scenes. Entitled ushers, who are all volunteers, were upset they couldn’t have the dinner that patrons paid hundreds of dollars for. Pizza was provided, and those folks not only criticized it, but they treated it shabbily in front of the people who went out of their way to provide it. We all got a lengthy email about the behavior of those people and how poorly it played out on our most important night of the year. I felt very embarrassed.

What a shame.  It was nice that pizza was provided since they were working.

I know that most of the volunteers that I have worked with would've been very happy to have the free pizza.  And to assume that any volunteer would be entitled to the patrons' is extremely rude!

I'm sure you would have reacted correctly.  I wonder if all the volunteers complaining expected a fancy dinner or if a few got the others worked up about it.

[Jane]

Wednesday afternoon greetings!  I slept until almost 9 this morning, which is very late for me. 

I'm guessing you went to bed late watching the election results.  At least you posted late for you.

There’s that, DR Jane, plus I’m still making up for sleeping poorly while we were away.

Sleep well tonight.

[ChasSmith]

That's horrendous behavior, DR John G.

I would have been absolutely grateful for the pizza.
How could they ever have thought they were entitled to that dinner?

[George]

Sending more get well vibes for DR George.

Thanks, Jane!

[George]

George, will you wear a mask around your mother?

I hadn't thought about it, but I'm sure that I'm over the worst of it and no longer contagious.  Shelly (my housemate) hasn't had even a sniffle.

[George]

Wordle 1,600 4/6

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Very good.

Thanks, again, Jane!

[Freddie]

So Dear Readers are there any new Oscar Bait movies that you are interested in seeing?

I think Nuremburg might be something I am interested in.

Wicked 2 not so much.

What are some others since I am hopelessly behind.

The Choral looks good to me. I want to see the Springsteen biopic, hopefully this week.

The Choral looks good.

 Besides the ones mentioned, I'm looking forward to Song Sung Blue, though I'll wait until it's streaming.  Wikipedia says: it stars Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson as Mike and Claire Sardina, who performed as the Neil Diamond tribute band Lightning & Thunder.

[Jane]

I just watched the trailer for it.

[Jane]

I just had to decline an invite for Thanksgiving.  I'm not ready to sit with a group of people eating and talking until I get my prednisone dose down much lower.

[George]

We are having beautiful weather today.

It is 58 degrees with a clear beautiful sky....and a nice breeze to tinkle the wind chimes.

Good for you, Jrand!  It's raining cats and dogs around here...which I like.

[George]

Belated congratulations, George, on your milestone.

Thanks, John!

[Jane]

Bruce, I do hope you have had your pneumonia vaccinations.

[George]

Not getting enough news out of Louisville.

Oh, no.