Someone over at Oscarwatch just posted this about meeting Jerry Orbach:
I had a chance to meet Jerry Orbach a number of years ago when I worked at an ad agency here in NY. I was speaking with the receptionist, named Juanita, on my floor, when this tall man in a trenchcoat swept in off the elevator. "Juanita, my sweetheart, how the hell are ya?" he called. That was Jerry - he was a fixture at agencies, having done a bunch of voiceovers.
We chatted briefly, and as he was leaving, Juanita whispered to me, "He's on LAW & ORDER, you know." I mentioned to her that he also did a lot of Broadway, and she was surprised to hear he was also the voice of Lumiere in BEAUTY & THE BEAST. Actually, she didn't believe me - until, from a few feet away at the elevator bank, we heard a voice softly start to sing, "Be...Our...Guest..." I thanked him, he bowed and saluted me, and he was gone.
What a great guy.
Sniffling now. I completely forgot he was Lumiere.
I had to image-Google Jerry Orbach, because the name was unfamiliar to me. My first reaction? "It's Dr. Houseman from Dirty Dancing!"
Yeah, when I told DH before he left for work, he pulled a blank on Jerry Orbach. He's never watched L&O, and he's not a B'way fan, either. But "Baby's dad in Dirty Dancing" and "Lumiere" told him exactly who it was. Man. He'll be missed.
Rejuvenation kicks ass
*drools* Pretty lighting... Thanks for the link Plei.
We have no IKEA in my state.
Silly New Englanders complaining... Drive, what, ten minutes and you're in a new one! It's freakish. My city is bigger than most of your states. Such cute wee states.
I don't believe IKEA exists.
100 tealights for $4... It not only exists, it's a miracle. But I have to go at off hours. I loathe the crowds.
What a great guy.
Truly.
I have errands to run. I am not running.
Silly New Englanders complaining... Drive, what, ten minutes and you're in a new one!
A lot of those New Englanders are in Boston, where if you drive ten minutes you end up in the afterlife.
Trump wants to tear it down and put a skyscraper in its place. He probably set it himself.
That would be my guess. I could do without the nasty smoke smell that filled my office and the approximately 800 news choppers flying around my building for a good portion of the morning though.
And this is only a few weeks after the 7/11 across the street went up in enough smoke to nearly get us evacuated and sent home - damn those efficient fire fighters.
See, I told you it was a bad idea to name our soccer team The Chicago Fire.
A lot of those New Englanders are in Boston, where if you drive ten minutes you end up in the afterlife.
Sorry, was meant as tongue in cheek / funny.
[eta: And yours might have been too upon reread. But if I offended, sorry.]
I really was all happy bouncy last summer when we got to the airport early and so we drove another ten minutes. And voila! one more state I had visited.
Question for those familiar with French: In Moliere's play
Les Femmes Savantes,
is the correct spelling "savantes" or "sauvantes"? It's spelled two different ways in the document I'm adapting.
