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You mean my wish for a subversive holiday programming debacle - bringing naughty Grease joy to children everywhere - wouldn't come true? Editing, you say? Gosh, this changes everything... Fine, let's have The Threepenny Opera. Light fun for all ages. (it's a shame the new production of Hansel and Gretel is disqualified; and I'm sure everyone is tired of Oliver)

Speaking of which... was the music box mystery solved? I mean are we (please please) done with it and I've already forgotten or is that sl still lurking in the shadows? I live in fear.

Right!!! And the kids would be in an uproar trying to keep their parents from turning it off. I am having way too much fun dreaming about this...

double post - sorry

That was delightful! Had to rewind and watch it twice. :) More of this, dear writers, please. More. Every time Adam/Gabriel's weird pretend grandmother wheels onto the set I think of this:

To the first point: He's running a business right now. Whether he's doing a great job of it will remain to be seen. As for me, I saw enough pluses and minuses on both sides that I think it was a wash in terms of skills, based on this show. (Sorry, Rebecca. I do hope you find something better.) But I'm always interested in what other people see. To the second point: Rebecca said in her own posts here that she signed it over and he fired her. Fingers crossed the lawyers can work it out. Messy.

I had no idea. :D No seriously, I construct narratives in my own line of work (which is not reality shows, thank god). There is inevitably someone who says "why did you pick that one quote and not everything else I said?". Because I pick what's representative - and pertinent - and distills the overall, and I don't typically need to show five people saying the same thing. I believe the plates clip showed us the deal. Like I said, any actual work. Having said that... there is a weird discrepancy between how he spoke and bumbled around on the Profit and how he conducts himself when, say, appearing live on a NFL broadcast, or promoting a local seafood festival, etc. etc. Some of it's online. He can take over an announcer's booth and wing it, but he gets stuttering and stupid on camera with Marcus? Nah. Something's fishy (hee hee). And I don't think it's in the editing... *sigh* Oh, Marcus.

We read this and Santa Claustrophobia every Xmas eve. It's loopy and irreverent. I hope they don't cutesy it up.

The Walmart commercials. Or maybe Peter Pan was just a commercial for Walmart.... I almost died (twice) when he said "Tinkerbell is a FAIRY (who can fly)." It came out - unintentionally I'm sure - almost like a pejorative, which was hilarious to me. He said something else that sounded disapproving. Walmart commercials aren't his strong suit. Or flying fairies. WRT to Walken and why he would take this role, I recall reading an interview with him in Script (?) in which he indicated that he's up for different roles. He'd love to be offered a job playing a nice suburban father (or something along those lines) because it would be fun to play against type. He's also happy to take roles for lesser pay in indie projects, again if it looks fun for him. The offer to play Captain Hook may have fallen into one or both categories. A lot of actors pay lip service to those ideas but in his case I do believe it's sincere. Gingerormaryann, That's exactly why - in my twisted world - a revival of Grease would be fun. :) Just thinking about the faces of all those crazy helicopter parents when they see what they let their kids stay up late to watch...

Mr. Cameron is very, very busy hyping his latest persecution complex project oh sorry I mean Christmas movie... it backfired spectacularly on Rotten Tomatoes. I'm sad to hear the Charlie Brown Christmas special has been edited like that. :( Lifetime has A Christmas Wish available on demand. Debbie Reynolds, Neil Patrick Harris and Naomi Watts, classin' up the Lifetime joint! This would never win any awards but it's got a lovely story to it with a message, albeit shmaltzy and melodramatic. But what's Christmas without shmaltz? (Katherine Chancellor's widower makes an appearance, for any Y&R fans.)

First of all, I would like to apologize for my drunken rampage. Here's where I eat crow ( ha ha gotta crow!!): Allison Williams was not nearly as bad as I expected and she got through it like a trouper. BUT her interpretation was really bland and flat, which was an odd choice for Peter bloody Pan, of all characters, and i wonder if all the energy was spent in teaching her how to dangle from a harness rather than, you know, acting. Or movement. Dear god she's all shoulders and elbows. Seeing Walken like that broke my heart. He can be such a dynamic stage presence. I hope he's not ill. I liked Taylor Louderman's performance okay and Borle stole the show. Still, I agree with the opinion upthread that this was a nice opportunity for children (and adults!) to experience a musical. Next time why not really do a live show in a theatre (pack the seats with celebrities if necessary) with the whole nation tuning in. The performers would have the benefit of a live audience's energy to draw from and project to, and the t.v. audience would be spared all the weird claustrophobic swoopy camera work of these enclosed sets. It would have been a lot more fun to clap for Tinker Bell. Also it wouldn't have felt so weird when Allison Williams stared into the camera. She honestly scared the shit out of me. Over all it was just really boring, even with a bottomless wine glass, and I'm a sucker for musicals and children's stories - usually I'm all smiles and singing along. In conclusion: they really needed an animatronic crocodile. :) eta: Whimsey thank you for the link to the article about Bowdie and his trainer!!

Whoever played wee Jane... I'm rooting for that girl!

Grease would be everything! Grease is the word that you heard it's got groove it's got MEANING! So long as they cast it properly. Would they?

Yes!!!! Yes please! p.s. I will cry at anything with a horse in it so in addition to fuck you Peter Pan fuck you too Wells Fargo

Yes Mary Martin is the way to go. Melissa Joan Whoever's husband seems like a judgemental asshole. Is this part of the show? oh my god there's an ad for Night At The Museum with Robin Williams. Fuck you Peter Pan now I'm sad. :(

Okay I;m scared of Allison Williams. And the mermaids. That's a plastic comb from the dollar store, Wendy.

Also watching the west coast broadcast because my life sucks and you guys I am totally worreid about Walken. I've seen him do live theatre and never has he been so wan and frail. :( i want him to have all the pink parasols. Are we allowed to have funny feelings about some of the pirates and indians or is that frowned upon in this establishment? I am drunk off my face sorry.

Alas, I have but one "like" to give... or else I'd give you a million for this. :)

Jesus goddamn it I'm going to miss the live broadcast. Is anyone blogging in real time? eta: never mind I found a gawker thread... why does real life keep happening to me when I have t.v. train wrecks to watch!!!

FOR THE LOVE OF GOD WON'T SOMEONE PLEASE THINK OF LITTLE JOHNNY? The Newmans can stuff it - Little Johnny is GC royalty to me. (at least we won't have any more paternity conversations for a couple of months... until we learn there was a switcheroo with the dna swabs because Y&R is shameless like that)

You might like some of the suggestions here: http://www.booktrust.org.uk/books/children/booklists/243/ If you think he's reading below grade then you can also select the 6-8 age range. Hope you find something! It's terrific that he asked for books, :)

Hey UM fans, thought I'd start a thread where we can share the UM mysteries we can't forget, drive us crazy, or would love to see solved. One of mine is Crystal Spencer. Muffled screams, a mystery illness, wild rumors, mishandled evidence, and a questionable autopsy report: http://unsolvedmysteries.wikia.com/wiki/Crystal_Spencer http://articles.latimes.com/1992-02-24/news/mn-2042_1_spencer-case

Oh! For some reason I've pictured it as a scary animatronic beast, but that just may be my wishful thinking since they didn't cast a real live crocodile, which was a disappointment. Didn't see the special because I want to be thrilled and surprised tonight. lol Ooooo the anticipation...

Thank you for the welcome! Yeah, I know all about the holiday shopping expenses. Yeesh. Hopefully you'll be able to bend that dent out of your wallet and see some more of the things you're looking forward to. I, too, am looking forward to The Merry Widow in HD and am hoping to see Iolanta/Bluebeard's castle in person. Les Contes d'Hoffman looks like a riot - have you seen previous productions? Oooo, Glyndebourne. Lucky duck! I've never been. Thank you for the recommendations re: video and DVD, will check them out if for some reason I can't make it next week.

Sourdough flavor Stove Top Stuffing. Yes, I know it's junk. But I adored it.