Topic: MY COMELY FEET (Read 38039 times)

bk · « **Reply #90 on:** November 20, 2006, 11:38:11 AM »

I think you sent one to our publicist, but in case you didn't, it's moyerpr@earthlink.net with a copy to fate.fred@gmail.com

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #91 on:** November 20, 2006, 11:38:19 AM »

Quote from: Michael S on November 20, 2006, 04:01:55 AM

I see a Republican congressman is going to introduce a bill to start up the draft again. Another congressman (Republican) who won't be re-elected in 2 years,

Also Henry Kissinger says that a military victory in Iraq is not possible. Interesting. Very Interesting. We will see what the outcome will be in 2 years.

As S. Woody has pointed out, it's a Democratic congressman -- Rep. Charles Rangel of New York.

I wouldn't worry about it. The Democrats are more interested in bringing the troops home than they are in sending in replacements -- which, in truth, is the main reason a draft should be considered.

Not having a draft to replenish/refresh/make fair the troop rotations in Iraq is a major contribution to the dissatisfaction with this so=called "war" and the way the administration has handled it.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #92 on:** November 20, 2006, 11:48:21 AM »

Re: last night's "Brothers and Sisters"

SPOILER

I, too, love this show. I am totally involved in the characters and their relationships which totally ring true, are engaging and interesting and presents a family unit I've always longed for but will never have.

However...despite the show's timely handling of the problem of discharged soldiers being recalled and sent back...there are a couple of things that are so offputting to me that I can't just say nothing.

First, anyone who wants to write any fiction involving military ANYTHING needs to know what they're talking about.

That said (second), in the flashback at the dinner table, Justin announced that he had bought his ticket to Fort Bragg and would be leaving in two weeks. Well and good the reporting date....BUT...no way did he BUY a ticket. Recruits don't buy tickets to boot camp. They report to the Armed Forces Entrance Examination Station where they took their physicals and they are then transported at military cost by military transportation. Los Angeles has such a station...so Justin would NOT HAVE EVER bought a ticket to report anywhere just after enlisting. (This might work, however, had it been what he was planning to do after being recalled. He won't need retraining like a raw recruit, so they might just have him report directly to an Army post in which case he'd buy his ticket and get reimbursed after arrival).

Third...Justin is an addict. Drug addict. He has just been admitted to a hospital from a drug overdose. That hospital is obliged to report this to some authority...possibly the police. Before Justin is readmitted to the military, a background check must be done to insure he has not had any run-ins with the law or had any red flags raised by his behavior such as drug ODs documented in hospital records.

The Army WILL NOT WANT a drug abuser. EVEN IF he rehabilitated, the Army WILL NOT TAKE him. They don't do that any more. They tolerate substance abuse at ZERO LEVEL. Get caught and you're gone. No treatment for purpose of retention. PERIOD.

That said (fourth), this dramatic invention's lack of veracity has me truly steamed at the writers' inability to present a realistic situation.

Jrand74 · « **Reply #93 on:** November 20, 2006, 11:48:22 AM »

No warlock duel, DR RLP.....

Not until the planets are more favorable.

Jrand74 · « **Reply #94 on:** November 20, 2006, 11:48:39 AM »

Should everyone at HHW send a bio?

FJL · « **Reply #95 on:** November 20, 2006, 11:54:43 AM »

Watching MATLOCK and hoping the gay "confidant" didn't do it.

Rodzinski · « **Reply #96 on:** November 20, 2006, 11:56:46 AM »

I thought this Michael Richards thing might have been a misunderstanding. But I've seen the tape. It looks like career suicide.

Jrand74 · « **Reply #97 on:** November 20, 2006, 12:00:48 PM »

Quote from: Rodzinski on November 20, 2006, 11:56:46 AM

I thought this Michael Richards thing might have been a misunderstanding. But I've seen the tape. It looks like career suicide.

Shocking!

Jrand74 · « **Reply #98 on:** November 20, 2006, 12:01:15 PM »

Quote from: FJL on November 20, 2006, 11:54:43 AM

Watching MATLOCK and hoping the gay "confidant" didn't do it.

Eve Arden is on MATLOCK?

Rodzinski · « **Reply #99 on:** November 20, 2006, 12:03:12 PM »

First pro show I saw was maybe "You're a good man, Charlie Brown" at the (then) Holiday Star Theater in Merrillville, Ind.

George · « **Reply #100 on:** November 20, 2006, 12:04:09 PM »

Quote from: JRand56 on November 20, 2006, 12:00:48 PM

Shocking!

You got that right!

Jrand74 · « **Reply #101 on:** November 20, 2006, 12:04:59 PM »

I couldn't get to the LP's at the Goodwill store today, some guy had pulled up one of the kitchen chairs for sale and was taking his time looking at every cover! He was there when I got there and he was still there when I left 45 minutes later!

I did get a VHS of THE THREE WORLDS OF GULLIVER for $1.99.

MBarnum · « **Reply #102 on:** November 20, 2006, 12:07:26 PM »

DRs Edisaurus, JRand56, and Jane now have packages coming to them all the way from Salem, Oregon.

MBarnum · « **Reply #103 on:** November 20, 2006, 12:08:11 PM »

I have an hour before I have to be at work today...I think I will watch some MXC!

bk · « **Reply #104 on:** November 20, 2006, 12:15:57 PM »

Where does one see this tape of Michael Richards?

DERBRUCER · « **Reply #105 on:** November 20, 2006, 12:20:17 PM »

Here's a link to the AP Story:

'Kramer' Shocks Los Angeles Comedy Club Audience by Spewing Racial Slurs

der Brucer

Jrand74 · « **Reply #106 on:** November 20, 2006, 12:22:10 PM »

www.tmz.com

but be prepared.....

DERBRUCER · « **Reply #107 on:** November 20, 2006, 12:23:27 PM »

Quote from: bk on November 20, 2006, 12:15:57 PM

Where does one see this tape of Michael Richards?

HERE

der Brucer

Jrand74 · « **Reply #108 on:** November 20, 2006, 12:25:56 PM »

Hollywood "friends" and the "comedy" community are scattering like roaches in the kitchen when the light comes on....I think Mr Richards is over.

Complete miscalculation and offensive.....why didn't the management do something ABOUT the heckler BEFORE it got this far? Why do comedians have to deal with rowdy audiences?

elmore3003 · « **Reply #109 on:** November 20, 2006, 12:26:24 PM »

Last year when DR MBarnum visited, he met Brian D'Arcy James after we saw the play in which Mr James was acting. I see that he will be performing a number from WHITE CHRISTMAS in the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade this week. Set your DVR, Mikey!

Jrand74 · « **Reply #110 on:** November 20, 2006, 12:29:54 PM »

Is is pronounced Dee-Arcy or Darcy?

bk · « **Reply #111 on:** November 20, 2006, 12:36:22 PM »

Darcy

Jrand74 · « **Reply #112 on:** November 20, 2006, 12:38:12 PM »

Quote from: bk on November 20, 2006, 12:36:22 PM

Darcy

Edisaurus · « **Reply #113 on:** November 20, 2006, 12:40:09 PM »

Quote from: MBarnum on November 20, 2006, 12:07:26 PM

DRs Edisaurus, JRand56, and Jane now have packages coming to them all the way from Salem, Oregon.

DR MBarnum, you ROCK! I can't wait!

I have to watch about 40 hours of Comedy Relief behind-the-scenes stuff. Argh! Painful!

DERBRUCER · « **Reply #114 on:** November 20, 2006, 12:44:54 PM »

TOD:

First Musical - Wonderful Town with Roz Russell, closely followed by Can-Can with Gwen Verdon (Both in NYC in 1953)

First Stage Play - Double Bill An American Dream and Death of Bessie Smith -Edward Albee (NYC 1961).

My first Play experience was a little theatre production of The Moon is Blue. I got hooked, and came back to play in Time Out For Ginger

der Brucer

Jrand74 · « **Reply #115 on:** November 20, 2006, 12:49:59 PM »

And TIME OUT FOR GINGER became Patty Duke's movie BILLIE!

Jrand74 · « **Reply #116 on:** November 20, 2006, 12:50:46 PM »

Who played your part in the movie, DR derBRUCER?

I have played more Jack Lemmon parts or rather parts played by Jack Lemmon in the movies!

Jrand74 · « **Reply #117 on:** November 20, 2006, 12:52:00 PM »

Quote from: MBarnum on November 20, 2006, 12:08:11 PM

I have an hour before I have to be at work today...I think I will watch some MXC!

Thanks!!!

Why are you working the night shift?

DERBRUCER · « **Reply #118 on:** November 20, 2006, 12:55:53 PM »

My Question from yesterday for Edisaurus:

Will your Sacco & Vanzetti film cover any new ground as relates to the actual guilt or innocence of the gents?

The little web-searching I've done suggests that Sacco was probably guilty, and Vanzetti probably innocent - and the evidence trail so muddled and compromised that no definitive conclusions are possible.

der Brucer

Ginny · « **Reply #119 on:** November 20, 2006, 12:57:34 PM »

DRs Elmore and MBarnum - thanks for the updates on Joan Weldon. As often happens, BK's topic for today promtped me to think about places and experiences I hadn't thought about for ages.

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