Can the adults please smoke?- Page 79

[NYadgal]

Posted: 8/3/04 at 6:56pm

...I just had to pop back in, because a friend (who I been talking to about this thread) emailed me the following...
I guess with my addiction to BWW and this thread, in particular, I wouldn't be very good in the Finnish military, either! LOL!


Some Finnish conscripts have been excused from their full term of military service because they are addicted to the Internet, the Finnish Defense Forces said Tuesday.

Doctors have found the young men miss their computers too much to cope with their compulsory six months in the forces.

“For people who play (Internet) games all night and don’t have any friends, don’t have any hobbies, to come into the army is a very big shock,” said Cmdr.-Capt. Jyrki Kivela at the military conscription unit.



ok, now I'm really out of here. 'later!

Updated On: 8/3/04 at 06:56 PM

[Broadwayboobs]

Posted: 8/3/04 at 7:40pm

So do you think we can get together a BWW game night Bobby??? Do they have any bars where we can have it in the City??? Play games and drink and have snacks???

[Bobby457]

Posted: 8/3/04 at 7:45pm

Thats a good question....would have to think about that one

[Broadwayboobs]

Posted: 8/3/04 at 7:46pm

Sorry to interrupt this thread, but TB was asking about this...thought more of you might be intested too:

PBS Will Air Broadway's Lost Treasures II in August
By: Matthew Murray


PBS's Great Performances series will offer another installment of Broadway's Lost Treasures this August. Like its predecessor, the show will feature musical performances from the Tony Awards telecasts that were produced by Alexander H. Cohen; it will premiere on New York's WNET on Monday, August 9 at 8pm and will air on PBS stations around the country as part of their August pledge drive programming. Tony winners Lauren Bacall, Bebe Neuwirth, Jerry Orbach, and Brian Stokes Mitchell will host the program.
Among the musical numbers scheduled to be included are:

The title song of Anything Goes, performed by Patti LuPone and company
A medley from Sweet Charity, performed by Juliet Prowse and Chita Rivera
"Bosom Buddies" from Mame, performed by Angela Lansbury and Bea Arthur
"I Believe in You" from How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, performed by Robert Morse
"The Impossible Dream" from Man of La Mancha, performed by Richard Kiley
"We Are What We Are" and "I Am What I Am" from La Cage aux Folles, performed by George Hearn and Les Cagelles
"At the End of the Day" and "One Day More" from Les Misérables, performed by Colm Wilkinson and company
"You'll Never Walk Alone" from Carousel, performed by Shirley Verrett and company
"All I Care About is Love" from Chicago, performed by Jerry Orbach and company
"The Ladies Who Sing" from Ain't Misbehavin', performed by Nell Carter and company
"We'll Take a Glass Together" from Grand Hotel, performed by Michael Jeter and Brent Barrett
"That's How You Jam" from Jelly's Last Jam, performed by Gregory Hines and company
"Sit Down, You're Rockin' the Boat" from Guys and Dolls, performed by Walter Bobbie and company

[Bobby457]

Posted: 8/3/04 at 7:53pm

That sounds great....love the first one

Posted: 8/3/04 at 7:58pm

I still haven't gotten over the fact that they pulled Jennifer Holliday's "And I am Telling You" from the first one!

[bdwaygirl]

Posted: 8/3/04 at 8:01pm

Didn't they also pull Richard Kiley from the first one? I was looking forward to that and then nothing!

Posted: 8/3/04 at 8:03pm

Not sure about that one, bwaygirl - I assume it would be him doing "Impossible Dream"?

[Bobby457]

Posted: 8/3/04 at 8:06pm

HEy DG....nice to see you....Richard Kiley's is good....saw that on an Ed Sullivan Special once....Also John Raitts Soliloquy from Carousel is amazing!

Posted: 8/3/04 at 8:09pm

hey Bobby I LOVE the footage of Julie Andrews and Richard Burton doing the songs from CAMELOT.

[bdwaygirl]

Posted: 8/3/04 at 8:15pm

Just checked Playbill and here is an excerpt from an article from last July:

Leading Men:
Zero Mostel singing Fiddler on the Roof's "If I Were A Rich Man"
Yul Brynner and Patricia Morison singing The King and I's "Shall We Dance"
John Raitt singing The Pajama Game's "Hey There"
Robert Preston singing The Music Man's "Trouble"
Richard Kiley singing Man of La Mancha's "The Impossible Dream"

Full article at:

http://www.playbill.com/news/article/80941.html

Just checked my DVD and it looks like he was replaced by Paul Lynde - BYE BYE BIRDIE.

Posted: 8/3/04 at 8:17pm

I know the Jennifer Holliday one was dropped because of a pending upcoming revival - they didn't want 'competition', so to speak - so maybe that was the case with Kiley's, because of the Stokes-Mitchell revival.

[bdwaygirl]

Posted: 8/3/04 at 8:30pm

Probably. I'm looking forward to it again, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

[Broadwayboobs]

Posted: 8/3/04 at 8:34pm

Thought you guys might appreciate this. I just saw a saying on a Tee shirt that I wish we could use on some posts we read on this site...it said..."Good Point...NOW SHUT UP!". LOL !!!

Posted: 8/3/04 at 8:39pm

haha, Boobs - that reminds me of a response I saw from a parent to a child on some TV show (who knows what) - "Yes, yes dear, you're very smart - now shut up." My sister started saying that to her kids immediately

I was looking through my videos, and saw "Ordinary People" - that flick hit me like a ton of bricks when it came out.

[Broadwayboobs]

Posted: 8/3/04 at 8:43pm

Here's more great sayings on Tee shirts:

On Your Mark...Get set...GO AWAY.
Since you're ugly, Shouldn't you be Smart?
You're an inspiration to Idiots everywhere.
I am infantile, you Stinkybutt Poophead.
You're giving me a Rash.
Just build a bridge and get over it !
People like you are the reason People like me need medication.

[Broadwayboobs]

Posted: 8/3/04 at 8:44pm

I saw "Ordinary People" in the movies and boy did that hit me. I think we all went straight home after it.

[NYadgal]

Posted: 8/3/04 at 11:03pm

...she comes straight home from the theatre...pours herself a nightcap...and turns on her computer to see what memorable topics she missed while she was out...

Ok, T-Shirt sayings:
(special nod to those that could be used on some of these threads...)

Always remember you're unique... Just like everyone else.
I'm not getting smaller I'm backing away from you.
I don't know what makes you dumb But it really works.
Rehab Is for Quitters
Out of my mind... Back in five minutes.
People like you are the reason people like me need medication.
Oh crap! You're going to try and cheer me up, aren't you?
and my favorite...
Smile, it's the second best thing you can do with your lips.


and on that note - I go back to my Playbill...

Posted: 8/3/04 at 11:06pm

My favorite t-shirt saying of late is: 'It takes a village idiot'

[NYadgal]

Posted: 8/3/04 at 11:07pm

I like that T-shirt saying...

and I like your new 'icon'.

[NYadgal]

Posted: 8/3/04 at 11:10pm

Bboobs - thanks for the PBS info.

note to self - buy new tape for VCR.

Posted: 8/3/04 at 11:10pm

NYadgal - it's the only picture of me I could find that I could somehow manipulate to use here. I wanted one of me, so this is what you get

[NYadgal]

Posted: 8/3/04 at 11:15pm

Oh!! It's nice to see you!!

...maybe one of these days I'll replace Hippie Barbie...

and Bboobs - I meant to tell you - I watched '50 First Dates' again after you told me that your Icon is Lusia Strus... It was a little weird seeing her...thinking of 'you'/your icon...my brain going back and forth between the movie and this thread...LOL!
(She was great in the movie! Such physical humor and great timing!)

Posted: 8/3/04 at 11:19pm

NYadgal - That's exactly the reason I wanted to use a picture of myself! There was a thread not too long ago about confusing people with their icons - and I realized I completely fell into that trap. It's almost impossible for me to read Dame's posts and not here Maggie's voice

How was Q this evening? I really did love that show - so much fun - especially if you loved Sesame Street 'way back when.'

[Nina]

Posted: 8/3/04 at 11:27pm

Don't take this as an insult DG but, when I first saw your new icon, I thought it was a young Truman Capote.