Damn You, PalJoey! (More Freakin' Follies Blather)

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 1/9/09 at 6:19pm

The poster, not the show. All of your gushing over Follies inspired me to buy a copy of Everything Was Possible and now I'm hooked. Fie and curses!

[PalJoey]

Posted: 1/9/09 at 6:52pm

Curse me now, thank me forever.

[ljay889]

Posted: 1/9/09 at 6:54pm

^ Exactly. Once you get hooked, it's forever.

[jv92]

Posted: 1/10/09 at 3:41pm

Isn't it the best book ever though? Mister Matt, just wait till you write BIBLE on the cover with white-out.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 1/10/09 at 4:07pm

One of us. One of us!

[Mamie]

Posted: 1/10/09 at 5:11pm

another frenetic Follies fanatic here. My copy (the second) of Everything Was Possible is now all dog eared and the cover is half off.... Time for a third.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 1/10/09 at 6:54pm

Guard it like you didn't want to lose it or guard it like you'd be stingy about who you'd let see it?

[PalJoey]

Posted: 1/10/09 at 7:11pm

Guard it like it was the Holy Grail.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 1/10/09 at 7:21pm

The information age has really changed the way "personal collections" (as Ken Mandelbaum might call them) work.

[B3TA07]

Posted: 1/10/09 at 7:22pm

He's a jerk. Fie!

[jv92]

Posted: 1/10/09 at 9:05pm

But why must Mr. Mandelbaum guard his collection? Wouldn't it be more fun to share the thrill of the great shows of years gone by as our own Pal Joey has done with his extensive Follies collection?
I'm a collector of audios and demos and I have absolutely no problem sharing them to interested individuals because I like to hear other people's reactions and see if they get as excited as I do when I come across something great. I wish more people felt the same way.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 1/10/09 at 9:16pm

Another great theater book - Before The Parade Passes By about Gower Champion or The Abominible Showman about David Merrick

If you like the Follies book, you will enjoy these

Another one, long out of print, "The Season" by William Goldman.

[jv92]

Posted: 1/10/09 at 11:23pm

The Season is still in print.