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[Freddie]

PAGE FIVE!

[KevinH]

Good evening!

[KevinH]

Wordle 1,620 4/6

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Nice, DR George!

[KevinH]

Keith got Wordle in three.

Great!

[KevinH]

I got Wordle in 4 also, DR George.

[KevinH]

I'm going to my friends Dennis and Carol's for Thanksgiving.  I've known Dennis since 7th Grade.

[KevinH]

Thanks, DRs Jane and George, for the Wordle words!

[KevinH]

Lin-Manuel Miranda is a really generous person, and will even give a nod to lesser-known writers, in much the same way that Stephen Sondheim did. 

Even in responding to online comments in the Times!  This happened ten years ago (Nov. 24 2015).

In my case, I've never met him, but Mr. Miranda saw some of my comments in parody lyric form in the Times reader comments section and encouragingly tweeted
"Freddie the NYTimes commenter is a local treasure."
https://twitter.com/lin_manuel/status/669222699361771520

One of my all-time favorite "reviews" - that tweet even wound up on my parents' fridge in Florida.  My parents weren't all that familiar with Sondheim's work specifically, but they and their friends and neighbors in Florida knew who Mr. Miranda is, and this - along with several books I'd written of my lyrics - added validation with them, and their encouragement  that came from that. 

Writers need encouragement and Mr.Miranda went out of his way to do that.  And in what might be called a meta moment, the New York Times itself even reprinted online Mr. Miranda's generous tweet about my New York Times comments -
towards the bottom of this article https://archive.nytimes.com/artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/06/01/service-advisory-artsbeat-is-finished/index.html

Ten years later, I'm still looking for a breakthrough.  But ten years ago, that generous tweet meant so much!

That's great, DR Freddie!

[KevinH]

Speaking of Anyone  Can Whsitle -

Does anyone here have any knowledge on this?

This is the whistling-for-a-cab moment from "Breakfast at Tiffany's."
https://youtu.be/VQpkCVeQVas

The way Audrey Hepburn says "It's easy" right after whistling loudly for the cab -
could that be where the lyric "Anyone can whistle, that's what they say - Easy" by Sondheim comes from.

I cannot whistle

Neither can I, DR Jane!

[ChasSmith]

Looks like it's Doris Day & Co. night on TCM tonight.

[Freddie]

That's great, DR Freddie!

Thanks, Kevin!

[Jane]

Keith got Wordle in three.

Great!

Thank you.

[Jane]

I got Wordle in 4 also, DR George.

Good for you.

[Jane]

I'm going to my friends Dennis and Carol's for Thanksgiving.  I've known Dennis since 7th Grade.

That's nice.

[Jane]

Thanks, DRs Jane and George, for the Wordle words!

You are welcome.

[Jane]

Speaking of Anyone  Can Whsitle -

Does anyone here have any knowledge on this?

This is the whistling-for-a-cab moment from "Breakfast at Tiffany's."
https://youtu.be/VQpkCVeQVas

The way Audrey Hepburn says "It's easy" right after whistling loudly for the cab -
could that be where the lyric "Anyone can whistle, that's what they say - Easy" by Sondheim comes from.

I cannot whistle

Neither can I, DR Jane!

You have my sympathy. 

[John G.]

Watching an odd Clarence Brown movie called Of Human Hearts. Walter Huston is an unforgiving preacher whose son grows up to be James Stewart.

[Freddie]

DR John G, your lovely Amazon review has just landed!

Glad you liked it.

Really beautiful review!

[singdaw]

  Facing the Music: a Broadway Memoir by David Loud
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1682452131/?coliid=I3OKMM8U571MU1&colid=1ODPI28W0DUNW&psc=1&ref_=list_c_wl_lv_ov_lig_dp_it

Recording Broadway: A Life in Cast Albums by Thomas Z. Shepard
https://www.amazon.com/dp/149308125X/?coliid=I18Q2JIJPCSN7J&colid=1ODPI28W0DUNW&psc=1&ref_=list_c_wl_lv_ov_lig_dp_it

Mr, Shepard is a bit obnoxiously full of himself, but I enjoyed reading about all the recordings.

I liked David Loud's book, but I enjoy anything that draws back the curtain on the business of Broadway music.

[John G.]

Watching The Burmese Harp. There’s a really powerful scene after a battle. The camera surveys the dead while the German folk song that became Stricken, Smitten and Afflicted plays. Really powerful.

[John G.]

DR John G, your lovely Amazon review has just landed!

Glad you liked it.

Really beautiful review!

Thank you. It’s Larry’s book that deserves the praise.

[singdaw]

I just have to get through a half day of work tomorrow and a Thanksgiving Eve church service tomorrow night (assuming I can get there after the snowstorm), and then FOUR FREE DAYS OFF.

[John G.]

The Burmese Harp is a great big Japanese post-war musical. Who knew?

[John G.]

I just have to get through a half day of work tomorrow and a Thanksgiving Eve church service tomorrow night (assuming I can get there after the snowstorm), and then FOUR FREE DAYS OFF.

Enjoy every moment, even the shift tomorrow.

[singdaw]

Yes. I should absolutely be thankful.

[John G.]

Scallops apparently cost too much for hot pot. So, it’ll be a scallop-free Thanksgiving.

[John G.]

They’re around $40 a pound.

[John G.]

But, hey, there’s no inflation.

[John G.]

Going to a Brazilian steakhouse tomorrow.

[John G.]

But I will stick to the salad bar.