BRIGADOON!
Jeff is one of my all-time favs for humorous sidekick, and Van Johnson is perfect for the part. The scene in the NY bar after they come back from Scotland is a stitch:
Bartender: Your tab, sir, is very high.
Jeff: So am I!!
Ben: I didn't ask for any of this. I just want to be normal. Gronx: I wanted to be an underwear model. We play the hand we're dealt.
'Touched'
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Kathy A - May 09, 2005 12:55:56 pm PDT #2629 of 10002
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Sean K - May 09, 2005 1:02:26 pm PDT #2630 of 10002
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Loved Van Johnson. Great actor.
Sophia Brooks - May 09, 2005 3:15:07 pm PDT #2631 of 10002
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I always felt sorry for poor Jeff, all left out when Brigadoon "closed"...
Fred Pete - May 09, 2005 4:27:08 pm PDT #2632 of 10002
Ann, that's a ferret.
BRIGADOON!
Seconding the above, but for my money, "Almost Like Being in Love" will always be Gene Kelly's finest hour.
I realize this makes me a heretic.
Steph L. - May 09, 2005 5:13:18 pm PDT #2633 of 10002
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Seconding the above, but for my money, "Almost Like Being in Love" will always be Gene Kelly's finest hour.
It really is fabulous.
We did "Brigadoon" in high school, lo these 16 years ago, and I think I still know a lot of words to most of the songs. The orch. conductor would routinely bastardize the song titles, so "Almost Like Being In Love" became "Almost Like Wearing A Glove," for instance, and he would then cue the orch. with those bastardized titles, as in "Coming up....'Wearing A Glove'...."
Good times.
Polter-Cow - May 09, 2005 5:35:09 pm PDT #2634 of 10002
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Heh. That's kind of like our band director always calling "Rice's Honor" "Rice's Lobster."
JohnSweden - May 09, 2005 7:59:07 pm PDT #2635 of 10002
I can't even.
Finally saw G2H2. Loved it. A gentle and caring homage to Adams and to his time. Really Python-like feel to it. Lots of Gilliam moments in it for me. Now back to read the whitefont at last.
sumi - May 10, 2005 6:51:48 am PDT #2636 of 10002
Art Crawl!!!
Last time I was at Curves (i.e., yesterday) they played versions of songs from musicals with a disco beat underneath them.
It was weird.
DawnK - May 10, 2005 6:54:25 am PDT #2637 of 10002
giraffe mode
We finally saw Hitchhiker's this weekend. One of the people in our group hadn't read the book so it was interesting to see what they thought was funny/odd/hard to follow vs what those of us who'd read the book thought. Overall the verdict was "darn fun". Plus we got the Serenity trailer -- damn does it look good on the big screen whee!
ETA: Oh and I can't get "So Long and Thanks for All the Fish" outta my head!
Kalshane - May 10, 2005 7:00:16 am PDT #2638 of 10002
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
When I called my mother Sunday, she told me my father was forcing her to read the book before they went out to see the movie. He told her it was required reading, movie or not, and hadn't realized she was the only one in the family who hadn't read it yet.