Aw, Sophia. That's so sweet/sad.
'A Hole in the World'
Natter 75: More Than a Million Natters Served
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
My strongest memory of Robert Guillaume is from the Christmas episode of Benson when he sang "O Holy Night," and breaking out in goosebumps at the sheer swoony richness of his voice. And of course that episode is up on YouTube, so I just listened again, and... exact same thing. Utterly, viscerally, heart-rattlingly thrilling.
I remember seeing him play the Phantom in Phantom of the Opera at the Ahmanson here in Los Angeles. He was amazing, his voice in that role is my benchmark for how the Phantom should sound.
I've heard so many people say that today. I need to look it up online.
In high school, I saw him in an all-black production of "Guys and Dolls." Which was on its way to Broadway. He played Nathan Detroit and was incredible.im so glad my parents took us to cool stuff.
Weirdly, I always think of Robert Guillaume when I am filing my taxes because of an episode of Benson where he was audited and one of his deductions is the suit he is wearing to the audit. I don't know why that particular scene lodged in my head so securely, but it certainly did.
Today was very long. Tomorrow will also be long, but with fewer exciting new experiences. At least that's the plan.
I'm sure they let you pet the cheetahs, right?
This is what Archer has led me to believe. Or am I thinking of ocelots?
At the San Diego Zoo, I think you can have an up close encounter at the cheetah run with an ocelot. I don't know that you can pet it. Or maybe the animal they offered the day we were there was an ocelot.
Ooh.
I tried to make getting to rehearsal after work easier by parking at a different bus stop this morning, only to be told by NextBus once I got there that the schedule has changed and if I waited for the bus I would be late to work. So I drove in and am an hour early instead. Yay?
I need to go scan 124 invoices now. I may be some time.
The Antarctic cold is not your friend, -t. Remember to come back.