Haines His Way

If anyone is interested, click HERE to read what audience members are saying about the Seattle (prior to Broadway) production pf Young Frankenstein.  The newest ones are at the top.  Both positive and negative opinions have been posted.

DR George, is the show happening anywhere near you?  Are you going to be able to see it?

One for Der Brucer -

http://washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070823/NATION/108230096/1001

Bush hit over jobs for illegal workers

If President Bush is serious about getting tough on U.S. employers who hire illegal aliens, he can start with his own administration, which employs thousands of unauthorized workers, says the top Republican on the House immigration subcommittee.

A 2006 audit showed federal, state and local governments are among the biggest employers of the half-million persons in the U.S. illegally using "non-work" Social Security numbers — numbers issued legally, but with specific instructions that the holders are not authorized to work in the U.S.

DR George, is the show happening anywhere near you?  Are you going to be able to see it?

It's playing in Seattle and I live in Olympia, about 60 miles south.  I did see the show last Tuesday, the 14th.  I thought that it was very good. Check out my last 500 posts and between 100-110, you'll see what I wrote.

"non-work" Social Security numbers — numbers issued legally, but with specific instructions that the holders are not authorized to work in the U.S.

Interesting...  I did not know about these!

Oh I remember what I was going to post...did anyone record the half dozen or so 1940s Columbia B musicals starring Ann Miller that played yesterday? My DVR picked up about 3 or 4 of them...they look like a lot of fun...lots of big band like Jan Garber, Kay Kyser, and the like are in them, also.

I thought about recording the ones I had never seen, but knowing the number of TV box sets that are going to be coming in during the coming weeks, I knew I'd have no time to watch any of them. So, I'll just have to wait for them to come around again.

RE: big brotherWhy do you say she has tried to get on the show more than once? I have not read anything like that. In fact she said that she was asked to be on the show.

Actually, several of them were finalists in previous seasons.  Dick has flat-out stated that he and Danielle were finalists for BB6.  Someone else also admitted to having been in the final group of contestants for previous seaons.

Susan's courtship by both Ian and Mike probably turned out to be my favorite storyline of the season. It certainly gave Teri Hatcher something to play other than her usual klutz.

The story of the woman with her dead husband in the freezer was also interesting. All of these stories contributed to these last three episodes being among the best during the third season.

It's playing in Seattle and I live in Olympia, about 60 miles south.  I did see the show last Tuesday, the 14th.  I thought that it was very good. Check out my last 500 posts and between 100-110, you'll see what I wrote.

Or, you can go to the "Daily Discussions" for August 15.  George's observations start with the 194th post of the day:

Reply #194 on: August 15, 2007, 03:10:26 PM »

I think Dick would be fine if he had a "match" in the house for his mouth and nasty demeanor.

For me one bully does not entertainment make...especially when the house is full of wusses like Amber and Jameka and ERIC and Jessica and Zach.

Dick has fully supported getting rid of all the guys that have left.  He got rid of Dustin by blaming him for Nick's ouster, which was his (Dick's own) doing.  Mike was blamed by Dick for being the rogue vote for Kail when that was a lie...Dick always has to blame somebody else for something he has no business knowing.  It was Eric, of course, who voted to keep Kail...America's choice and all that lame business.

But Eric, as a player, repulses me as much as anyone who has ever been in the game.  I wanted to like him, but his personality makes my skin crawl.

Yet, there really isn't anyone in the game I care one whit about.  There are just varying degrees of loath.

I think Dick believe he can "rule" a house if only women are left.

Sad thing is, the women in the house would probably let him.

I think the whole lot is a sorry bunch this time around.

Going through files and pitching a lot of stuff has demonstrated to me how much my job has changed in the 10 years I've worked at this particular library.  And how much libraries and information-seeking have changed overall.

Ginny, congrats on "Movin' On Up". I empathize, too. Going through all the stuff at the house----floppy discs, zip drives, audio cassettes and lps...technology of the past---but will I need it tomorrow?

Good Afternoon!

Whew!

It's been a long(!) time since I've actually worked a full day for Disney. A long time.  However, the callback process went well, and, as always, it's always better to have people to callback than not.  Options are always a good thing.

Back from a very long day, but a fun one, save for the fact that we are still sans leading man - a new offer is out, this time to someone who I've seen perform and who I think would be fine - he isn't back until September 1, but at this point the wait won't kill us.

Oh, and it turns out I've met our Joyce before - in LA during the run of Ragtime (she covered Evelyn Nesbitt) - I used to go out with the cast quite often.  She's a doll and I think she'll be very good in our little show.  Her name is Amy Bodnar.  

After that, I had a little meeting with our general manager, then I auditioned two more actors, who unfortunately just weren't right for the role.  Interestingly, The Last Starfighter was just wrapping up their auditions, so we shared the room and they saw the two actors for their show, too.  So nice to see Skip, and I met their director, and, of course, the lovely Julie was there, too.