Shirley Jones: A Memoir- Page 2
Shirley Jones: A Memoir
#25Shirley Jones: A Memoir
Posted: 6/24/13 at 2:41pmSAXY LOOTELLAN!
"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian
#26Shirley Jones: A Memoir
Posted: 6/24/13 at 2:46pm
... which is appropriate, because Shirley's first Broadway gig was a replacement ensign in the original run of "South Pacific."
"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."
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#27Shirley Jones: A Memoir
Posted: 6/24/13 at 8:39pm
I didn't leak anything.
Sorry, Carlos. I used the wrong word. But none of the revelations seem so awful to me.
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FWIW, I worked with Shirley decades ago. She was a lovely lady and obviously devoted mother (the younger boys were on tour with her).
Updated On: 6/24/13 at 08:39 PM
#28Shirley Jones: A Memoir
Posted: 6/24/13 at 8:52pmHey, Ol' Shirley loves to get it in the back seat. Ain't nothin' wrong with that.
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#29Shirley Jones: A Memoir
Posted: 8/2/13 at 1:35pm
Shirley Jones' 4-Way Porn Story Bogus; Publisher Cutting it From Book
#30Shirley Jones: A Memoir
Posted: 8/2/13 at 1:39pmLovely.
"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."
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#31Shirley Jones: A Memoir
Posted: 8/2/13 at 1:43pm
Aw, man.
I really wanted Shirley to be the Emmanuelle of 50's-70's Hollywood.
"Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.”
~ Muhammad Ali
DAME
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#32Shirley Jones: A Memoir
Posted: 8/2/13 at 2:10pm
I will be reading the book soon. Her Marty is such a weird and yet uninteresting dude. When he shows up a D level Hollywood events without her...it is embarrassing. He becomes persona non grata. I've seen them refuse admission to him at the Pantages.
Maybe we can have a BWW cyber book reading club for this? P.J. would be the perfect and most informed moderator.
HUSSY POWER!
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Updated On: 8/2/13 at 02:10 PM
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#33Shirley Jones: A Memoir
Posted: 8/2/13 at 5:27pm
"Joan tells us, "We all make mistakes. I've made a few myself, but not with Mrs. Jones. I'm a serial monogamist."
Wouldn't that be Miss Jones or Ms. Jones? I think Joan is thinking of the song "Me and Mrs. Jones".
And I bet it did too happen and Joan is trying to pretend she's too classy to have done it with a couple of Americans.
If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.
#34Shirley Jones: A Memoir
Posted: 8/2/13 at 6:14pm
Joan probably thinks Shirley is the head cook or housekeeper.
... hence the "Mrs."
"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."
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Gothampc
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#35Shirley Jones: A Memoir
Posted: 8/2/13 at 6:16pmLike Mrs. Garrett on Facts of Life?
If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.
DAME
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TheatreDiva90016
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#37Shirley Jones: A Memoir
Posted: 8/6/13 at 10:21pmJoan should be happy for the publicity.
"TheatreDiva90016 - another good reason to frequent these boards less."<<>>
“I hesitate to give this line of discussion the validation it so desperately craves by perpetuating it, but the light from logic is getting further and further away with your every successive post.” <<>>
-whatever2
#38Shirley Jones: A Memoir
Posted: 8/7/13 at 9:46pmThanks to Joan, Shirley's book shot up to #8 on the NY Times bestseller list.
TheatreDiva90016
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#39Shirley Jones: A Memoir
Posted: 8/7/13 at 10:30pmToo bad no one will be reading about Joan!
"TheatreDiva90016 - another good reason to frequent these boards less."<<>>
“I hesitate to give this line of discussion the validation it so desperately craves by perpetuating it, but the light from logic is getting further and further away with your every successive post.” <<>>
-whatever2
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#40Shirley Jones: A Memoir
Posted: 8/8/13 at 12:40pm
So did anyone read the book yet? Any thoughts? I downloaded it a few days after it was released. I thought it was an entertaining, quick read. I enjoyed the parts about her career and I found that towards the end, after Jack's death, the book is not as interesting. (Poor Marty!)
** SPOILER ALERT**
The sex bits are okay, but none of it is all that surprising - her first time with Jack, a threesome here, an affair there. The last chapter she talks about how she still enjoys pleasuring herself. That's about it.
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