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[ChasSmith]

Let us welcome in the holiday season!
https://soundcloud.com/user5614139/masters-in-this-hall

Love it. I play your CD every year. I'm late in getting out my holiday recordings, so just did that.

[John G.]

Good morning, all.

[John G.]

I slept really well last night.

[John G.]

To answer BK’s question about my missing the zoom: I have a standing engagement on Sunday nights that interfered with the timing. I’m sorry I missed all the fun.

[John G.]

The highlights of 2025:

—Being asked by a publisher to write and research a new book and all of the friends I made on the way
—The chance to get back to Maui for two weeks and having the peace and free time to finish the book
—Beginning to research the next book on Texas pies

[John G.]

I don’t need to dwell on the lows.

[John G.]

Gabriel “Fluffy” Iglesias is giving a free performance on Christmas Day as a fundraiser for the food bank. I’ve signed up to usher. Seems like a great idea. And by evening, I will need to work off all I have eaten.

[Freddie]

I don’t need to dwell on the lows.

I wish I had your strength in that regard. 

I tell myself that any of the "lows" can be valuable learning experiences when you try to understand how they happened.

[Freddie]

As Florence sings in Chess:
"Never take a stranger's advice.
Never let a friend fool you twice."

[Freddie]

I now believe that the song "Nobody's Side" is serving up painful life lessons in perfectly scanned, perfectly rhymed couplets. 

[Freddie]

In terms of writing, highs and lows

I'd include some of the HHW Amazon reviews of my new book as very real highs for the year.

Also, finally having one of my new parody videos go over 3,000 views after none going over 1,000 in a very long time.  Gone are the years of 25,000 to 50,000 views and up, where it felt like it was going somewhere  - but maybe there're just so many more YouTubers pushing parody these days.


Lowest Professional Low:

Finding out that former DR Julie Miller was actively involved since Dec. 2010 in the inheritance scam that my brother and his wife was doing, even while we were writing "Viva Max!" together.

[Freddie]

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[Jrand75]

DEE-simber.

[Jrand75]

The pair of keets are very quiet this morning.

They may be plotting something.

[Jrand75]

I shall have to think about the TOD....

[MichaelG]

Good morning! It was great to see all the folks on Zoom yesterday.

[Laura]

I walked to the grocery store this morning. It was so cold out. I had to put on long pants.

[Jane]

DR MichaelG, it is nice of you to cut your hair to make your father happy.  101, wow!.

[MichaelG]

TOD: High points were

- Getting to sing in three humongous chorus operas this year: La sonnambula, Otello, and Samson et Dalila.
- Finally taking care of 30 years of deferred maintenance and getting our house remodeled.
- Seeing great shows like Love Life, Chess, and Ragtime in New York.

Low points? You can see those in the news every day, alas.

[Jane]

From Bruce,

On our visits to the grandparents from the time I was a really young boy, we passed that cemetery every time. We were told if we held our breath from the time was began passing by to the time we were past it, it would bring good luck. To this day, I always hold my breath until I'm past it.

I like that you still do this.  Once we left California I stopped holding my breath past cemeteries.

[Jane]

Was holding your breath while passing a cemetery an L.A. or California thing, or did everyone do this?

[Jane]

From George,

But what if you have to stop at the cemetery??

[Freddie]

The pair of keets are very quiet this morning.

They may be plotting something.

They're probably deciding what to give you for Christmas.

[Jane]

From Rodzinski,

The reason I tend to be in bed for these zoom things is because it’s where I can escape my kids.

Funny & cute

[Jane]

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[Jane]

Freddie, you were part of HHW when Danise returned for our gathering, and you hosted us at the end of our Jose lead walking tour.

[MichaelG]

Yes, having "Caviar Dreams" be the big song exemplifies what's wrong with Queen of Versailles. Fortunately, the other early release from the cast album is "Pretty Wins." This is by far my favorite song from the score, sung by the most sympathetic character in the show, and the one I've warned DR ChasSmith to be ready for in auditions at some point. It starts off a bit slow but really builds.

https://youtu.be/mdTqIeD0Xdc?si=-Kcbrs9qi5xeWrFf

[Jane]

I walked to the grocery store this morning. It was so cold out. I had to put on long pants.

How cold?

[Freddie]

Freddie, you were part of HHW when Danise returned for our gathering, and you hosted us at the end of our Jose lead walking tour.

Was that the same trip that Elmore was talking about, that had gone so poorly for Danise?

[Freddie]

Scott Rudin is really back in a big way!  He's producing this new revival of DEATH OF A SALESMAN.


https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/theater/death-of-a-salesman-broadway-lane-metcalf.html

"Nathan Lane and Laurie Metcalf to Star in Broadway ‘Salesman’
Joe Mantello will direct the next revival of Arthur Miller’s “Death of a Salesman,” opening in April at the Winter Garden Theater."