Randomly Gleened TV Tidbit:
The Waltons' house is still used as scenery at Warner Brothers. For example, it served as the Dragonfly Inn on Gilmore Girls.
I love hearing about repurposed sets. I know that RKO used the Magnificent Ambersons sets (which almost bankrupted them) for lots of the horror movies that Val Lewton did (which saved RKO).
Also, the original Frankenstein lab props were resused many, many times over the years, well into the 70s. I think they were even used in Young Frankenstein.
Go props and standing sets!
Never read anything to this effect. But I always assumed the original Dr. Who series repurposed sets from other BBC series, and that at least some of the stories were written around sets that were available.
Not sure I believe the Hepburn-Tracy bit. An agent I worked with once dated Sondheim, who lived near them in NYC when he was just coming up. He said Sondheim looked out his window once and was disgusted by seeing Tracy and Hepburn getting frisky on their couch, because they were "too old."
You know what sucks?
Being at work at 6:00am on a Saturday.
Tom, that does indeed Shakira.
Go watch some Shakira hips for 5 minutes, and have some good coffee.
I'm not sure about the factualness of that New York Marriage article, because he says The Waltons was based on Truman Capote's childhood. Wasn't it based on Earl Hamner's childhood?
SOmewhat relatedly, I just read the autobiography of Patricia Neal, who had a long term affair with Gary Cooper. It also seriously made me want to beat Roald Dahl with a stick, even though she was actually very nice about him. She reprinted a letter he wrote to her about their marriage failing because of his affair with their very close friends, which blamed the marriage failing not on his affair, but the fact that she was acting jeolous, and if she would just "act normal" they could get back together and he would have lunch (but ot sex) with the woman every few weeks.
Timelies all!
Gonna head to the Baltimore Book Festival later today.
Joe and I are going to attempt to play racquetball today. This should be very interesting as it's been about 15 years since he's played and I never have.
Michael ran out to get cat food and was gone an hour. I figured he'd stopped for a leisurely coffee or something. Nope - he adopted a cat. Simon is a neutered male, 6 months, black with white feet and whiskers, skinny and explory with a long-furred tail. He seems very friendly and doesn't object to being picked up by the kids.
Advice on how to keep our existing (10 year old female) cat from freaking the fuck out would be appreciated. Right now Simon is living in the playroom.
Wow undiscussed adoption of a new cat. Interesting choice mr. Flea.
It's been raining here since 4am. My rain collection bins are full.
