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« Reply #30 on: September 22, 2008, 06:39:12 AM »
It is more fun to talk with someone who doesn't use long, difficult words but rather short, easy words like "What about lunch?"

-also A.A. Milne
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« Reply #31 on: September 22, 2008, 06:40:37 AM »
There is nothing like a good A.A. Milne quote to brighten one's day.

That's not from anything in case you were wondering.
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« Reply #32 on: September 22, 2008, 06:59:40 AM »
Quote from: bk on September 22, 2008, 12:10:16 AM
And the word of the day is: ARCHIPELAGO!

And The Song Of The Day Is: ADVANTAGES OF FLOATING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SEA
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« Reply #33 on: September 22, 2008, 07:12:56 AM »
"BEGIN AT THE BEGINNING",The King Said Gravely,"AND GO ON TILL YOU COME TO THE END:THEN STOP"

"WE CALLED HIM A TORTOISE BECAUSE HE TAUGHT US"

Both From The Wonderful Wonderous

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« Reply #34 on: September 22, 2008, 07:20:53 AM »
Since I missed the festivities named after a former girl friend of mine EMMY(short for Emily) what did Laura Linney say that was so special(By the way,I think that Laura is something Special)
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« Reply #35 on: September 22, 2008, 07:26:13 AM »
A favourite line of mine from Terry Pratchett's novel THUD:

"You can't do bad things and call yourselves the good guys."


BK,  not having TIVO (and not wanting yet another time-wasting machine in my house) I caught HOSTILE WITNESS on TCM the other night after watching half of VICTIM (a really interesting film I'd like to see all of sometime) and stayed up till almost 4:00 in the morning watching it.  Like Bob Osborne, I didn't even know it existed...though I was quite well aware of the play.  HOSTILE WITNESS was the first play that I myself bought a ticket for and didn't see as part of a school outing.  I saw it at the Shubert Theatre (alas, now no more) in Cincinnati in 1967.  Milland was starring; Melville Cooper played the judge (The role in the film played by the undying Felix Aymler).  I even took a date.  I remember liking the play and it had had a successful run on Broadway and the West End.  

The film is a bit hoary.  Ray in a bad toupe and whatever of his real hair is badly dyed.  He looks long-in-the-tooth and tired.  His eyes look like he's still playing in The Man with The X-Ray Eyes.  Unfortunately, the playwright who adapted his play made it a bit flatulent when trying to open it up for film.  The first twenty minutes of the movie where accidents, murders, and koshing happen isn't even in the play which basically starts out with solicitor Milland calling his team together and telling them he's about to be "arrested for murder".  It all worked a little better as a play.  

The play hasn't been much revived; probably because of its large cast, though I do remember a dinner theatre I was playing at advertising it for another of their theatres, starring Craig Stevens.
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« Reply #36 on: September 22, 2008, 07:27:59 AM »
Congrats and Kudos to BK and all you HHW'ers on 500,000 posts!!!
« Last Edit: September 22, 2008, 07:29:49 AM by Dan (the Man) »
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« Reply #37 on: September 22, 2008, 07:29:09 AM »
Unlike The Economy,BK We are indebted to you for HHW
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« Reply #38 on: September 22, 2008, 07:29:23 AM »
TOD:  "The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience." --Harper Lee, TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
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« Reply #39 on: September 22, 2008, 07:30:39 AM »
Howdy, y'all!

So what's new?
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« Reply #40 on: September 22, 2008, 07:35:52 AM »
Hi, DtM--finally, someone who's more E&T than I!
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« Reply #41 on: September 22, 2008, 07:35:53 AM »
Good morning!

Another cool morning, but it's getting up to 81 today. :(
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« Reply #42 on: September 22, 2008, 07:37:29 AM »
It may be cheating but these quotes from SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE

" GIVE US MORE TO SEE"

"SO MANY POSSIBILITIES"
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« Reply #43 on: September 22, 2008, 07:37:41 AM »
Today is the first day in literally weeks (maybe months) that I have not had a pile of review discs to plow through.  I know that probably sounds like whining, but MattH will most likely concur that there's at least a modicum of pressure to watch, reasonably analyze and cogently write about all this stuff, and sometimes it can be a bit of a chore.  So today I am working on charts for various groups and will probably have a nice workout at the gym.

I'm really looking forward to the debate this Friday!
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« Reply #44 on: September 22, 2008, 07:37:45 AM »
Nice to see DR Dan (the Man) back among us. Welcome!
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« Reply #45 on: September 22, 2008, 07:38:31 AM »
We had an absolutely torrential downpour for about 5 minutes yesterday--the first sizable rain we've had here in months!  A friend of ours was driving on the freeway when it happened and she said traffic pretty much stopped because visibility was so poor.
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« Reply #46 on: September 22, 2008, 07:39:44 AM »
Quote from: JMK on September 22, 2008, 07:37:41 AM
Today is the first day in literally weeks (maybe months) that I have not had a pile of review discs to plow through.  I know that probably sounds like whining, but MattH will most likely concur that there's at least a modicum of pressure to watch, reasonably analyze and cogently write about all this stuff, and sometimes it can be a bit of a chore.  So today I am working on charts for various groups and will probably have a nice workout at the gym.

I'm really looking forward to the debate this Friday!

More than a little pressure when the box sets build up. September and November are my heavy months for TV box sets, so I run myself ragged trying to get to everything. This deluge will let up in a couple of weeks when I've gotten through all of last season's releases. I still have FIRDAY THE 13th and NUMBERS to go.
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« Reply #47 on: September 22, 2008, 07:40:33 AM »
Re:  The End.  I've always thought it strange that movies seemingly needed to advertise their completion.  Wouldn't the audience pretty much figure it out once the screen went black and the house lights came up?  ;)
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« Reply #48 on: September 22, 2008, 07:41:19 AM »
Yes, boxed sets are the worst, and that seems to be pretty much all I get.  ;)  Of course, I choose a lot of them, so I can't blame Jose, as much as I'd like to.
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« Reply #49 on: September 22, 2008, 07:41:46 AM »
DR Dan(the Man) - Welcome back!!!  You've been missed around here!
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« Reply #50 on: September 22, 2008, 07:42:54 AM »
For some reason, The Other Boleyn Girl is showing up on my review queue, which means it will be mailed today.  Hasn't that been out for a long time?  I'm wondering if maybe it's a new Blu-Ray version--sometimes the database guy forgets to notate if it's HD or not.
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« Reply #51 on: September 22, 2008, 07:43:09 AM »
Hey, DR DtM!!!   Your humor is sorely missed around these parts.  Good to see ya!  :)
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« Reply #52 on: September 22, 2008, 07:43:28 AM »
And in case I've missed anyone's birthday:

You're young, you're in love and you kill people.
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« Reply #53 on: September 22, 2008, 07:46:21 AM »
The only way to watch the Emmys when they don't choose a decent host (as in the last two years) is to speed through them as I did last night. I watch tons of TV so unlike bk I knew everyone there, but the winners are what's important to me: not the clothes, the dates with the celebrities, or the (lack of) production.

I was disappointed in a few of the winners. I think 30 ROCK is overpraised. At its best, it's very funny, but it wasn't at its best last season certainly not near the end when they came back from the strike. THE OFFICE is much more consistently hilarious to me.

I was pleased that new shows like MAD MEN, PUSHING DAISIES, DAMAGES, BREAKING BAD at least went home with something.

But another Emmy for Jeremy Piven in ENTOURAGE? Nope, not deserved.

At least James Spader wasn't given another Emmy for BOSTON LEGAL. I'd rather have seen Michael C. Hall win for DEXTER, but Brian Cranston's surprise win (the biggest surprise of the night) wasn't a bad choice at all.
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« Reply #54 on: September 22, 2008, 07:47:36 AM »
Quote from: JMK on September 22, 2008, 07:42:54 AM
For some reason, The Other Boleyn Girl is showing up on my review queue, which means it will be mailed today.  Hasn't that been out for a long time?  I'm wondering if maybe it's a new Blu-Ray version--sometimes the database guy forgets to notate if it's HD or not.

Yes, it's been out for months, both the DVD and Blu-ray.
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« Reply #55 on: September 22, 2008, 07:48:11 AM »
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Yes, it's been out for months, both the DVD and Blu-ray.

Weird.
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« Reply #56 on: September 22, 2008, 07:50:19 AM »
On TV Tonight:

Season premieres on the three major networks:

CBS - their comedy block and CSI: MIAMI

NBC - a night of HEROES: an one hour recap and a two hour premiere

ABC - DANCING WITH THE STARS, BOSTON LEGAL
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« Reply #57 on: September 22, 2008, 07:50:46 AM »
I am listening to Hildegard von Bingen (AKA Hildegard von Bingy Wingy), which of course raises the question, how in $(*& did they record her close to a millenium ago?
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« Reply #58 on: September 22, 2008, 07:50:55 AM »
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Weird.

I can't quite place that quote...but I know I've heard it somewhere before.  ;)
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« Reply #59 on: September 22, 2008, 07:53:03 AM »
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I am listening to Hildegard von Bingen (AKA Hildegard von Bingy Wingy), which of course raises the question, how in $(*& did they record her close to a millenium ago?

And the corollary: What is she doing with all of those royalties now?
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