Topic: THE CEREAL KILLER (Read 15222 times)

bk · « **on:** August 18, 2004, 12:02:22 AM »

Well, you've read the notes, you've fruit looped the notes, you've sugar popped the notes, and now it is time for you to post until the cereal cows come home. To it, I say.

bk · « **Reply #1 on:** August 18, 2004, 12:13:52 AM »

Welcome ten GUESTS. We're talkin' about cereal.

Noel · « **Reply #2 on:** August 18, 2004, 12:14:36 AM »

I love many a cereal, but will buy whatever's on sale. Often, that's Raisin Bran, which is made by multiple companies (how'd that happen?).
It's been a long time since I've been the first post.

Over on r.a.t.m. - something of a Kimmel love-fest, for a change

beckon · « **Reply #3 on:** August 18, 2004, 12:32:19 AM »

Once again, thanks to all DRs for your warm welcomes! I am....overwhelmed.

I noticed on yesterday's thread that some people were wondering who Jason & deMarco are. They are a gay, christian pop duo who have been featured on the cover of the Advocate. They did a benefit concert for the Trevor Project at the Ford Amphitheatre in Los Angeles tonight. How do I know this? Well, I actually attended the concert. I had never heard of them, but I got free tickets from a friend of mine. They were fine, though their drummer was a bit loud at times. This is not really my style or genre of music. The closest mix to religion and music I had gotten to before was "Nunsense'!

But, the show was fine, it was for a wonderful cause, and the audience seemed to enjoy it.

bk · « **Reply #4 on:** August 18, 2004, 12:44:23 AM »

I was invited to their opening but had to do the radio show.

A love-fest on ratm? This I've got to see.

Panni · « **Reply #5 on:** August 18, 2004, 12:57:20 AM »

What's ratm? I'd check out a love-fest any old time. Tell me where.

As for cereal. I go on cereal kicks. Recently I've been on a Cheerios with blueberries kick. Eventually I'll get bored of it. But if it weren't for the "eat more" police, I could live on it.

Panni · « **Reply #6 on:** August 18, 2004, 01:02:12 AM »

Let me rephrase my question - I know that ratm is some kind of a broadway related website. How do I find it? What does the acronym stand for?

Panni · « **Reply #7 on:** August 18, 2004, 01:18:35 AM »

I guess I'll have to go to bed wondering...

bk · « **Reply #8 on:** August 18, 2004, 01:19:16 AM »

rec.arts.theatre.musicals. It's a usenet newsgroup. You can access it via google or via AOL "newsgroups" doing an expert add. The thread is one about saving Broadway cast recordings, and I have responded and thanked those who had nice words to say about me. ONE person, of course, was conspicuous by his silence, one Stephen Newport, the newsgroup's despot.

Panni · « **Reply #9 on:** August 18, 2004, 01:19:57 AM »

Merci bien.

Danise · « **Reply #10 on:** August 18, 2004, 03:48:08 AM »

Morning all! One thing I forgot to tell you all about yesterday was that I got the summons for JURY DUTY! I wouldn't mind but they want me to report the last week of September and that's Thelmas last week before she retires. I want to be there for her retirement party! Agh!

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Shenanigans! Does anyone remember that game show for kids that used to be on Saturday mornings?

Shenanigans!
Come on along and play Shenanigans!
My name is Stubby Kaye
And I would like
To meet you--
Howdy-doo!
Welcome to
Shenanigans!

My sister and I watched this every week. We had the Milton Bradley board game, too, but it wasn't as fun as the show.

I'm glad I'm not the only one who remembers that! I've mentioned it over the years to other and NO ONE knew anything about it! I was starting to doubt my memory!

Gotta run--but Jrand, I see you. What are you doing up so early? You need to go get some sleep!

Have a good day all!

Jrand74 · « **Reply #11 on:** August 18, 2004, 03:57:14 AM »

I can get there sometimes, DRPANNI...but usually not - you have to subscribe, I think, and it has something to do with some account in your email....grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Lovely posts yesterday.

Hopefully I will get to come home and my regular time today, since I don't have rehearsal. AND my Here's Lucy box set has been shipped, so it may come today or tomorrow. I have also pre-ordered the I Love Lucy Complete Second Season! It is to be released on 8/31! Thanks to the DR who gave me this advance information last month! You know who you ARE!

Okay....hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.....CRISS CROSS also had a very young Tony Curtis, I think.

Oh and dRMATTH didn't BB OF 1938 also feature Leif Erickson? Married at that time of course to Frances Farmer....

Jrand74 · « **Reply #12 on:** August 18, 2004, 03:58:06 AM »

My question for ASK BK day, was there a toy that you truly, truly wanted when you were a lad, but never received....or one that you got and truly, truly became your favorite....even when you think about it today?

Jrand74 · « **Reply #13 on:** August 18, 2004, 03:58:42 AM »

I wish DRDANISE - on my way to work in a bit!

Shenanigans - I'm going to go get my broom!!

Jrand74 · « **Reply #14 on:** August 18, 2004, 04:06:06 AM »

Frosted Mini Wheats Must Die!!

beckon · « **Reply #15 on:** August 18, 2004, 05:15:40 AM »

DR SANDRA- Cherry Coke? I've never tried it, but I like Coke and cherries are my favorite fruit.

DR RLP- You always say "The More The Merrier"? I always say "I think I am going to like it here"! (an Annie reference)

Jennifer · « **Reply #16 on:** August 18, 2004, 05:27:24 AM »

You can also get to RATM through google.com (just click on groups).

Jennifer · « **Reply #17 on:** August 18, 2004, 05:30:29 AM »

DR Jose of What If fame, I also wonder about the differences in the Olympics telecast. I'd bet that NBC night coverage (on tape delay) is the exact same for east coast and west coast.

I wonder if it is the same during the day.

For CBC (canada), I'd bet that night time is tape delayed to the west coast (since it's taped anyhow). But daytime is probably all live where ever you are.

Anybody know for sure?

beckon · « **Reply #18 on:** August 18, 2004, 05:34:05 AM »

Question For BK- I saw "What If?" last week on Monday. I found it very funny, but I was also greatly touched by two of the ballads. One was "Millions Of Men" sung by Paul Haber and the other was "Simply" performed by Tammy Minoff. Since it was your very first public performance, understandably there were no programs. My question is who wrote these beautiful songs and how/where did you find them?

William E. Lurie · « **Reply #19 on:** August 18, 2004, 06:10:54 AM »

Did anyone notice that yesterday was the 300th day of the re-formatted notes?

My favorite cereal is "Flash Gordon" with Buster Crabb.

Dan (the Man) · « **Reply #20 on:** August 18, 2004, 06:46:08 AM »

Quote from: Jennifer on August 18, 2004, 05:27:24 AM

You can also get to RATM through google.com (just click on groups).

A bit of a warning about newsgroups, and accessing them through Google in partic: Spammers regularly mine newsgroups for e-mail addresses which are used both to send spam to and from. So if you ever want to post to any newsgroup, and you want to give other people in the newsgroup the option to privately e-mail you, you must either use a spare e-mail address (one which you wouldn't mind getting tons of spam) or you need to spoof your actual address in such a way that it will fool the spammer "bots" but will allow someone to figure out how to send e-mail to you. Something along the lines of blueskyfox@REM00VE4SPAMMcomcast.net (don't simply use words like REMOVE or SPAM--the bots can detect these and scrub them out.)

The particular problem with Google is that it requires a real, working e-mail address in order to register--they send you a link to a page to confirm your registration. But if you simply want to read the posts, there is no problem with that.

Dan (the Man) · « **Reply #21 on:** August 18, 2004, 06:52:04 AM »

Quote from: JRand53 on August 18, 2004, 03:58:06 AM

My question for ASK BK day, was there a toy that you truly, truly wanted when you were a lad, but never received....or one that you got and truly, truly became your favorite....even when you think about it today?

I have a similar question, what are your favorite board games, both now and as a child?

When I was little, I always wanted Mattel's Vac-U-Form, but never got one. I had the Thingmaker and the Strange Change machine, but never the Vac-U-Form.

Dan (the Man) · « **Reply #22 on:** August 18, 2004, 06:56:45 AM »

I tried to listen to the radio show last night (in fact, I began recording it.) But right after the clip of Alet's song, my internet connection took a crap and I couldn't reconnect at all.

(makes fists with each hand, palms upward, shaking them slightly)

"I will make Comcast pay for what they've done to me!"

Dan (the Man) · « **Reply #23 on:** August 18, 2004, 07:27:25 AM »

Cereal:

Favorite as a kid: no question--Quisp! Loved those little sugary sweet and crunchy flying saucers! Loved the character and the Jay Ward commercials! Loved the great toys inside (I still have a few!)

Favorite now: Cheerios. Great with blueberries, as Panni said. Also with bananas! Yum!

Favorite cereal names: Ka-Boom and Puffa Puffa Rice (Ay-ah! Ay-ah! Digga digga bowlful!)

Dan (the Man) · « **Reply #24 on:** August 18, 2004, 07:28:15 AM »

Just call me Dan (the Frenzy)!

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #25 on:** August 18, 2004, 07:40:53 AM »

I'm very partial, these days, to Special K with almonds. Yum.

My childhood favorite: Trix!

DR beckon: The "that's what I always say, what do you always say" is a reference to something I cannot quite put my finger on. I know it's been used in film, probably more than once. It's a bit like the line Bette Midler had in "Beaches" -- "Well, enough of me talking about what I think about me, let's talk about what YOU think about me!" (Despite the quotes, it's a paraphrase as best as I can remember).

Stephen Newport seems to be an idiot savant. He has a lot of theatrical trivia at his fingertips. He also seems to have nothing else in life but r.a.t.m. He posts constantly, incessantly and ad nauseum.

He seems to believe r.a.t.m. is his personal playground and comments upon ever single thing anyone says.

He has even been the dominant contributor to a thread -- first posing a thought or question, then answering it, then countering it. It's like he's four or five different personalities totally out of control.

He might seriously benefit from being strongly bitch-slapped every 30 minutes for a month.

Michael · « **Reply #26 on:** August 18, 2004, 07:54:43 AM »

Have you notice has certain cereals have subtlely changed their names over the years. Sugar Frosted Flakes is now Frosted Flakes, Sugar Pops is now Corn Pops, Sugar Crisp is now called Golden Crisp.

Or how about the only cereal that had spinoffs? Cap'n Crunch had three. John LaFoote often attacked the ship for its cargo of Cap'n Crunch and Crunchberry cereals and he had his own cereal that was cinamon flavored. Other characters were the Crunchberry Beast who raised strawberry-flavored crunchberries and Smedley, a friendly elephant who loved peanut butter-flavored Cap'n Crunch.

Then there was the trio of ghostly cereals.

Boo-Berry (Bluebery flavored cereal), Count Choc-ulah (chocalate) and Frankenberry (Berry flavored) A ghost, vampire and the Frankenstein monster were the spokespeople respectively.

Or short lived cereals like Urkel-O cereal named after that annoying tv character?

Matt H. · « **Reply #27 on:** August 18, 2004, 07:57:19 AM »

As a kid, my favorite cereal was Sugar Smacks. I'd even eat them with milk which was RARE for me to do. As I have mentioned several times in the past month or two, I will eat raisin bran and frosted miniwheats right out of the box as a snack now. I never eat cereal with milk.

Jennifer · « **Reply #28 on:** August 18, 2004, 07:57:56 AM »

Thanks DR DTM, I don't use google to read newsgroups. But I was trying to find a way for DR Panni to get there.

I actually used to have a huge spam problem. And realized it was from posting on a newsgroup. Once I started putting in "nospam33" or whatever, my spam reduced by like 90%. Yeah for that trick!

Matt H. · « **Reply #29 on:** August 18, 2004, 07:58:34 AM »

O the DVD front today will be YANKEE DOODLE DANDY. I had it out to watch on the 4th of July, but I got invited to a party and never got around to it and it began to sink to the bottom of my to-watch stack of DVDs. So, I rescued it this morning and will be enjoying it at some point today.

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