Message Board Celebrity Of The Day (Part II) - Shameless — Page 182

For Phantom2:

Have you ever dressed up like Carol Channing? No

Have you ever had sexual relations with Brendan Stryker? No

Who do you like better...Corine2 or Pati B?
Both ladies have got to learn the depths that they can swim in. They want to be stars of the high dive but would be better off going down the water slide in the intermediate pool.

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From alterego:

"Could you list your favourite Dolly Levi's , those that you have seen, and in the order you rate them please. (No guesses who will top the list!)."

1. Carol Channing
2. Pearl Bailey
3. Phyllis Diller
4. Mary Martin
5. Ginger Rogers
6. Bibi Osterwald (I saw her go on for Bailey!)
7. Martha Raye
8. Ethel Merman
9. Dorothy Lamour (she played it with a brogue that got on my nerves!)
10. Betty Grable (she seemed lost in the production)
11. Jane Morgan (it was a Music Fair tour and she was dreadful)

I think I forgot one but I can always add it when it comes to mind.

The one I forgot was Mimi Hines. It was a summer stock production and she was horrible.

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Updated On: 4/8/06 at 07:46 PM

Congrats Dolly on your big day (or weekend)

So are you having fun yet?

From MEF:

1. What advice would you give to younger teachers who are just entering the field?
Run in the other direction. Teaching today is a disgusting profession. find a job where you'll have a bit of dignity and you won't hate yourself at the end of the day.

2. What was your first Broadway show? Your most recent?
HIGH SPIRITS with Tammy Geimes and Beatrice Lillie.
SPAMALOT was the most recent

3. What are your vices?
I don't smoke, drink or do drugs, so we don't worry about the "serious" vices. I guess my addiction to Christopher Radko ornaments might be construed a "vice". I have enough to put up a third christmas tree if I wanted to.

4. Who are some of your favorite vocalists?
Doris Day

5. If you could live anywhere in the world for a year, where would it be and why?
Lourdes. Scroll back for details. I'm seriously considering retiring there in a very short while.

6. What's your favorite thing to do on a rainy afternoon?
Listening to classical music and writing letters. I have quite a few friends in Europe who don't have computers, so I do a lot of letter-writing.

7. What is your favorite book of all time?
WUTHERING HEIGHTS by Emily Bronte. It's a masterpiece of prose and parallelism.

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Updated On: 4/9/06 at 09:05 PM

congrats, dp.

if you could choose a punishment for posters who consistently defy the guidelines and harrass and annoy the community as a whole here on bww, what would it be?

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From Papalovesmambo:

"if you could choose a punishment for posters who consistently defy the guidelines and harrass and annoy the community as a whole here on bww, what would it be?"

Yup. Strap them into their seats and force them to watch THOU SHALT NOT.

They'll learn to behave.

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For Calvin:

"Do I get two questions? < What's your favorite lesser known Carol Channing performance? (in other words, besides Dolly, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, etc.)"

I enjoyed Carol's work in FOUR ON A GARDEN. The show was lame but Carol sparkled. I must also add that Carol's recent performance at Feinstein's was an incredible evening. Her one-woman show is called THE FIRST 80 YEARS ARE THE HARDEST and it's a sensational evening.

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Updated On: 4/9/06 at 09:41 PM

Happy Saturday Dollypop!

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Just a few more questions.........What was my brother like in your class? He is the typical scientist, so I can't even picture him in an English class. Also, what do you and Elizabeth do together. Do you read to her? Play games? Change her diaper? { Let's face it folks, is DollyPop really the type to change diapers? }

Continuing the party.....

In keeping with your Palm Sunday celebration, what is your favorite church hymn?

For Yenta:

"What was my brother like in your class? He is the typical scientist, so I can't even picture him in an English class. Also, what do you and Elizabeth do together. Do you read to her? Play games? Change her diaper? { Let's face it folks, is DollyPop really the type to change diapers? }".

Steve was a fine English student. I remember him doing a good job reading the part of Dr. Dysart in EQUUS and he played "Cook" in a summer production of THE MATCHMAKER in the school's courtyard. Those were the days when I actually enjoyed teaching!

Elizabeth just turned one, so I haven't gotten out the Monopoly board yet. Yes, I've already changed her diaper--under the careful gaze of her father!

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Updated On: 4/9/06 at 09:18 PM

Bluemoon,

My favorite hymn is Mozart's "Ave Verum Corpus". It never fails to move me. It's Mozart as his best.

I also love what Americans refer to as "Immaculate Mary". It's the "Official" hymn of Lourdes and is heard everywhere in that town--even church bells peal it out. There are times when I have a very early morning assignment and I hear the bells ringing out the tune as I hurry across the Esplanade to meet the bus that will take me and the other Hospitaliers to the train station where we'll help "unload" the handicapped who have journeyed all night to get to Lourdes. It's also sung during the evening torchlight procession and each time the words "Ave Maria" are sung, every candle is raised high. It's truly moving to see thousands of candles being raised aloft in homage to Bernadette's Lady. (I can't wait to get back to Lourdes this summer!)

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RobbO, for the sake of decency, I think I'll pass on answering your question.

Craig:

What is your single favorite moment/scene/line in Hello Dolly?

Can anything compare with the very moment that Dolly appears at the top of the stairs at the harmonia Gardens? I mean, she's led that parade at the end of Act One and has resolved to "re-join the human race". The next time we see her is in Act Two in that dazzling red dress which suggests that her blood is flowing again (figuratively speaking) and she descends to flirt with the waiters, who are probably half her age. It's a goosebump moment for me.

- Aside from Ms. Channing, who would you go pay and see as Dolly now?

We've discussed this several times in various threads. My vote goes to Georgia Engle. Carol Channing has told me (and it's part of the interview that I did with her for BWW) that the key to playing Dolly is that the woman is hilariously funny but doesn't realize it. If anyone can pull that off it's Engle. If you need proof, listen to the radio ads she's doing to THE DROWSY CHAPERONE. I also think Harriet Harris could pull it off.

- If you directed a revival of Hello Dolly and were able to cut any ONE scene or any ONE song - which would you cut and why?

Is this "could" or "had to"?
I wouldn't cut anything from the show. If I was FORCED to cut something it would be "The Motherhood March". Oh yeah, it's funny, but Cornelius and Barnaby wind up in the same spots they started the number in, so what's the purpose? Incidentally, Jerry Herman shares this view. He hated the number so much (he really didn't write it) that he insisted it be cut from the film version.
Actually they should have cut the entire film to shreds and spared the world the agony of watching the finished product.

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Updated On: 4/9/06 at 10:25 PM