Lubitsch-ish, but Rouben Mamoulian, actually.
The Minearverse 4: Support Group for Clumsy People
[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls and The Inside), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
or leave the house again.
I'll miss you terribly.
ETA: Adorable that Tim got post 9000.
Hey Tim, your name shows up on TiVo's "Wish List" function, under the director category.
Yeah? Well my dream is to win the lottery and never have to write, kill or leave the house again.
Of course, it possible to do the first two without having to resort to the last.
C'mon, you'd miss the writing. All right. The killing. Surely, you'd miss the killing?
He'd miss the murdering of his darlings.
P-C, Hinduism came up in the Sunday School class I'm teaching. I quoted your tagline (sans the "In conclusion,") saying, "My Hindu friend says, 'Hinduism is a famous religion, plus, sexual congress'," but I actually heard it whooshing over everyone's head. Where's the tag from, anyhow?
"Love Me Tonight." Chevalier, MacDonald, Loy, Rodgers and also Hart. Soooo good.
My father-in-law's favorite musical. And I'll take this opportunity to pimp his new book. My favorite illustration of his is one of character actors from the thirties & forties who usually ended up playing the star's wealthy father, including LMT's Charlie Ruggles, Eugene Pallette, Charles Coburn, Edward Arnold, and... someone else. I'll ask him if he did an LMT painting or one of Rodgers & Hart (he's done a lot of songwriters.) Seems like he said he tried a Thin Man series but gave up because he couldn't figure out how to caricature Myrna Loy to his satisfaction. His favorite bit from LMT:
Vicomte Gilbert de Vareze: [after the Princess has fainted] Could you go for a doctor?
Countess Valentine: YES... bring him right in!
I quoted your tagline (sans the "In conclusion,") saying, "My Hindu friend says, 'Hinduism is a famous religion, plus, sexual congress'," but I actually heard it whooshing over everyone's head. Where's the tag from, anyhow?
Haaaa. It's from Dinosaur Comics. And I know it may not have worked in context, but as they say: it's the "In conclusion" that makes it art. Also, I'm more of a Hindu agnostic.
I was looking at my tagline and noting that I hadn't changed it in a long while. Although now I am wanting to change it to the punchline of today's comic: "Am I the only dude who truly wishes it were possible to clean a house with METAPHORS??"
Also, I'm more of a Hindu agnostic.I knew this, but it was easier to stop the explanation with "My friend is a Hindu, and says..."
I was looking at my tagline and noting that I hadn't changed it in a long while. Although now I am wanting to change it to the punchline of today's comic: "Am I the only dude who truly wishes it were possible to clean a house with METAPHORS??"I think you must, or I might steal that.
Done.
And what do you know, my tagline before the Hinduism one was also from T-Rex:
Dude! You're not allowed to lie to your own diary! A— Are you?
Plate of shrimp! (Check out Repo Man if you aren't familiar with that metaphor.) Anyway, maybe it's the zeitgeist, 'cause here's the most recent post in music:
Jon B.: Sparks have a new song called "Metaphor". You will love it. Someone saved me the trouble of posting a mp3: [link]
Chicks dig dig D-I-G dig dig metaphors!