Topic: DULLSVILLE (Read 4609 times)

bk · « **on:** March 30, 2019, 12:38:01 AM »

Well, you've read the notes, the notes were dullsville, and now it is time for you to post until the dullsville cows come home.

bk · « **Reply #1 on:** March 30, 2019, 12:38:52 AM »

And the word of the day is: SCRUMPTIOUS!

bk · « **Reply #2 on:** March 30, 2019, 12:44:54 AM »

Just watched the DVD - two commercials, one of which I have absolutely no memory of doing. That one is for Aqua Chem, some pool cleaner thing. The final shot is me on a raft in the pool - I am so skinny.

The other commercial is one of my best - one of the airline commercials. I talk about it in the first memoir - where poor F. William Parker, my co-star, had to do almost 100 takes.

George · « **Reply #3 on:** March 30, 2019, 12:56:32 AM »

First post after BK!

George · « **Reply #4 on:** March 30, 2019, 12:59:27 AM »

I'm going to usher again for Young Frankenstein on Sunday night.

George · « **Reply #5 on:** March 30, 2019, 01:09:27 AM »

That's pretty cool about the DVD of your commercials, BK!

George · « **Reply #6 on:** March 30, 2019, 01:09:56 AM »

Today, the family is getting together for our weekly family dinner. Tonight, the cast of Bunbury is getting together again for a cast party. It'll be a late night, but I have no plans on Sunday except for the aforementioned ushering in the evening.

George · « **Reply #7 on:** March 30, 2019, 01:10:18 AM »

But first, sleep.

Have a good day, all!

Jane · « **Reply #8 on:** March 30, 2019, 03:54:05 AM »

Quote from: George on March 30, 2019, 01:09:27 AM

That's pretty cool about the DVD of your commercials, BK!

It is.

Jane · « **Reply #9 on:** March 30, 2019, 04:03:01 AM »

DR TCB, basically I do not eat crustaceans or shell fish. I will eat clam chowder or clam dip and on the extremely rare occasion have had a bite of crab cake.

Druxy · « **Reply #10 on:** March 30, 2019, 05:19:09 AM »

T.O.D.

"Where's the beef?"

ChasSmith · « **Reply #11 on:** March 30, 2019, 05:41:43 AM »

Good morning, all.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #12 on:** March 30, 2019, 05:43:19 AM »

Good morning, all!

ChasSmith · « **Reply #13 on:** March 30, 2019, 05:44:19 AM »

And here we are with another op'nin' tonight.

Again! Step, kick, kick, leap, kick, touch. Again!

Pray for that baby.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #14 on:** March 30, 2019, 05:45:10 AM »

(The theaters in that region of CT do not open on Fridays. Only place I've known that to be the case, but it's been the case there for the couple of decades I've known them.)

elmore3003 · « **Reply #15 on:** March 30, 2019, 05:45:57 AM »

After I've fed the cats and gone back to bed, the little devils won't let me sleep! They climb all over me. I know Annabelle does it because she wants me up patrolling with her. Thatch likes to play and explore.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #16 on:** March 30, 2019, 05:47:36 AM »

I've got to finish this choral piece and get back to How To Succeed . . .

John G. · « **Reply #17 on:** March 30, 2019, 05:57:22 AM »

Good morning, all.

John G. · « **Reply #18 on:** March 30, 2019, 05:57:30 AM »

Tax vibes for Jan.

John G. · « **Reply #19 on:** March 30, 2019, 05:57:48 AM »

Fun news about the commercials, BK.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #20 on:** March 30, 2019, 06:04:38 AM »

I think a complete set of commercials done by one person over however many years would be an amazingly fun thing to see.

John G. · « **Reply #21 on:** March 30, 2019, 06:05:13 AM »

Favorite commercials:

The Indian crying over America's litter
Alka Selzer's spicy meatball
Wendy's Where's the beef
Ethel Merman selling dishwashing liquid -- was it Vel?
Mickey for Life Cereal
The Cincinnati theme park, Kings Island, used "Comedy Tonight" for their theme song, which I loved before I knew it was Sondheim.
The anti-smoking commercial that used The Best Is Yet to Come
The Publix grocery ad that used The Christmas Waltz

KevinH · « **Reply #22 on:** March 30, 2019, 06:23:13 AM »

Good morning!

elmore3003 · « **Reply #23 on:** March 30, 2019, 06:56:51 AM »

We've made our patrol. As soon as that recording money comes in, I'm buying a new vacuum, and that cannot happen soon enough!

John G. · « **Reply #24 on:** March 30, 2019, 06:57:09 AM »

Just got word that my early dance lesson has been canceled. I could have slept an extra hour. Maybe I'll head back to bed.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #25 on:** March 30, 2019, 07:00:19 AM »

My favorite commercials are the Alka-Selzer with Alice Playten and the State Farm with Jake ("she sounds hideous." "Yeah, well, she's a guy").

The commercial I currently detest is the Volvo, using a dreadful - is that a real voice? - soprano singing the Queen of the Bight's second aria. And weren't they the same car company that had last year a dreadful commercial singer doing a lousy rendition of "My Favorite Things"?

elmore3003 · « **Reply #26 on:** March 30, 2019, 07:01:07 AM »

DR Jan, sorry to hear about your taxes. Thank the GOP for the gift that keeps giving to them.

John G. · « **Reply #27 on:** March 30, 2019, 07:01:13 AM »

Planning to make a galette with plums mixed with loquats from the tree out back. What I can't figure out is how much seasoning it needs. I found a recipe that only uses sugar. No lemon juice, no cinnamon. Have to think about what to use.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #28 on:** March 30, 2019, 07:06:00 AM »

I'm not sure I can name many absolutely favorite commercials from the past, though "Where's the beef!" is certainly a contender.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #29 on:** March 30, 2019, 07:09:08 AM »

Quote from: elmore3003 on March 30, 2019, 07:00:19 AM

My favorite commercials are the Alka-Selzer with Alice Playten and the State Farm with Jake ("she sounds hideous." "Yeah, well, she's a guy").

The commercial I currently detest is the Volvo, using a dreadful - is that a real voice? - soprano singing the Queen of the Bight's second aria. And weren't they the same car company that had last year a dreadful commercial singer doing a lousy rendition of "My Favorite Things"?

Yes! Horrible. I generally dislike the use of any existing music. Opera or musical or pop song, anything at all. It cheapens the music horribly. Who was it that used "Bushel and a Peck" so badly last year or the year before? The way they truncate and end them is sometimes the worst offense, even if it sounds like they're being "authentic" at the start of it.

But favorites of right now? GEICO, hands down. And I historically never liked them. But this new crop are damned entertaining. I think the camel one (hump day) is the winner of all time.

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