I love this silly film
And you may ask yourself, “Well, how did I get here?” Just a girldad & husband working in public health. Love a good musical, Boston sports, progressive politics, classic film, etymological tidbits, new wave music, & obsolete technology. Also pretty gay.
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I love this silly film
Soon to be a state of Dipshits and Diphtheria.
Perhaps WaPo suspects their remaining readership consists of those who pushed the q-tip too far?
On the exact same page
Inside me there are two wolves
He’s going to be in the new Chess production on Broadway and taking over the role of Florence. He’s also seizing back “Someone Else’s Story” as a Florence solo.
I struggle with the film on multiple levels. Like, how do you expect me to sustain my suspension of disbelief when someone is explaining baseball to Katharine f*cking Hepburn??
Really wish the media would speak with the same clarity as judges - absent a rebellion on U.S. soil, the President cannot deploy the National Guard to act as a police force under his control. I know the rule of law is not click bait, but it undergirds the functioning of society.
The taste here! The Awful Truth is always my number one, but these are also my top three. Her acting feels more modern and has aged better than many of her contemporaries imho
By the way Have you read War and Peace?
It’s a watching young Florence Henderson on Ed Sullivan kind of night.
Oof. This hurts.
Just saw someone refer to Cheryl Hines as The Marvelous Mrs. Measles and 💀💀💀💀💀💀
Thought bubbles
My favorite story on how foolish the libertarian bend can become is in the article below. The one thing I will give my home state - I grew up in small town NH, and in my experience there are worse places to live/visit as a gay man. Also, the north is very pretty.
Having grown up there… sighhh… yeah that about sums it up. With the one advantage of fewer poisonous snakes.
I love the Northeast, but for the love of god NH get your shit together.
Uh oh. Is that the hope in me rising?
What?! That is quite a switcheroo!
Yesss we stan physical media!!
Another runner up: “Life is often so unpleasant - You must know that, as a peasant”
A close second here as well! (Impressive lungs btw!)
Tag yourself! I am Joanna Gleason saying “What was that??” at the top of “Moments in the Woods.”
Ah! The one I’m always shouting at my TV when Jeopardy has a SCOTUS category!
The calculus changes entirely if we were to include cast albums. Just with “debut album” and “discography,” I tend to veer more toward a pop catalogue.
Eek. Prince Britney Spears Talking Heads The Beach Boys Simon & Garfunkel
At the risk of upsetting any Brits, my preference is for my name not to rhyme with the likes of “plague” or “vague.” I’d never correct anyone who pronounces it with a long “A” but, not being how my family and friends always pronounced it, it’s always a bit jarring to me.
As someone rather close to the situation, this Veep discussion about how to pronounce “Craig” had me rolling.
In a functional government, this would be a five alarm fire where Congress calls in Kennedy and asks him what the fuck is going on
Now I’d just like to know which restaurants he’s eating at now where he’s found peace. I have a few yelp reviews to write…
Once again, hats off to New Yorkers
We start each family road trip with the best laid playlists and podcasts, but invariably my husband or I (whoever is in the passenger seat) end up reading aloud from Wikipedia pages while the driver says “Huh! Interesting!”
Making them wear high-visibility vests over camo is such a good joke you couldn’t write it
Happy to report that the way our daughter says “six” is the absolute cutest.
Same. We’ve had many painful trades throughout my life as a Sox fan, but none hurt as much as losing Orsillo. When they talk about fans who still haven’t forgiven, they’re talking about me. I still have my Don/Jerry bobble desk.
“But have you seen the rehearsal video? The one where she has the ponytail instead of the bad weave? No?” *pulls out phone* “Well are you in for a treat! I know this really great edit, too.” *Party ends early*
Kind of incredible that on top of everything Shirley Jones could also SING sing #TheMusicMan #TCMParty
Six thousand for me. But I’ve started eating more veggies so we’ll see what happens 🤞🏼💁🏻♂️
No new pictures. Where are you at mentally.
Illinois Gov. Pritzker vows to pursue Trump officials who participate in an illegal National Guard deployment to Chicago: "If you hurt my people, nothing will stop me - not time or political circumstance - from making sure that you face justice under our constitutional rule of law."
My dentist asked me after a long pause if I believed in love at first sight.
Lesbians existing is very inconvenient for Snoop.
It’s all Intuition, baby!
Almost as good as the Ruthless replacement cast recording! I stan all Britneys, but I stan Theatreney the most!
If we're listening to Britney's debut, you skip Soda Pop at your own peril.
I once mentioned Brandi Carlile to a friend and he launched into a whole speech about how much he loves the Go-Go’s.
Siri, play “Nature Boy”
And is there a better name for the pianist-in-training caught in the middle than Amaryllis?
Why do all AI-generated images look like they’re trying to replicate the historical art in Pawnee City Hall?
“The Immersive Experience!”
🤣 🤣
“Evita’s Return” omg
Well, Dead Outlaw is in large part about an embalmed corpse, so I feel like Evita part II pretty much writes itself!
Not Dead Outlaw getting me thinking about an Evita sequel
Oh my god finally
More like Ayn Randy, amirite?
May this portion of the dissent by Ketanji Brown Jackson haunt John Roberts forever and be the final word on his tenure as Chief Justice.
And I’m a little mad when it comes to remixes that they didn’t include the Hex Hector mix of Don’t Let Me Be the Last to Know. In the early days of mp3 downloads, that was a particularly cherished discovery.
I wish there were more bonus tracks to unearth, but I get the sense that of all of her albums (including Baby) this was the one with the least material recorded for it. A couple of the tracks feel like rebranded Baby-era songs, so it’s impressive the album still flows so well.
🙃 🙃
Also, if we’re talking Britney writing credits, I’m So Curious (Sometimes b-side) is a bit more interesting to me and more indicative of where her sound was headed at the time.
Dear Diary 🫠 Don’t get me wrong, I love it and 12 year-old me definitely identified with it, but it’s a fairly big sonic detour from the rest of the album. Would be a great bonus track. Also, Oops would benefit from one more uptempo in the 2nd half, like Walk on By.
Those great albums where you would just change that one song…
Sorry to get so political, but slavery was extremely bad.
Sometimes I fall asleep deciding what Emmylou Harris album I want to fall asleep to.
The only place in the world where alligators and crocodiles coexist naturally is in Florida.
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Chris Kratt is the only Chris _ratt I acknowledge.
It’s telling when people thinking a rebrand will solve everything.
Wait until Ms. Mojo catches wind of this!
Quiet! He’s innoventing!!
Some important retainer work happened between these photos, too 🦷😁
I remember thinking my school photo peak was 3rd grade. Wore the same shirt as my 2nd grade photo to really underscore the glow-up!
If you see me at the club this is what you’ll find.
It’d be nice someday to have a government run by people who actually want to make the country and the world a better, safer place.
The runner // the playlist
Happy happy birthday!! I remember 35 fondly! Hope it treats you just as well!
Eek! I did not see it, but heard whispers of Unfortunate Souls alterations…
Lol I can see the tagline now: “First came The Thin Man… now comes The Third Man.” I was going to riff a bit more on the operative verb there, but then thought better of it 😏😂
#LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched
I'm: ⚪ Straight ⚪ Gay ⚪ Bi 🟢
“Come on, they're not all that impressed with conversation True gentlemen avoid it when they can But they dote and swoon and fawn On a lady who's withdrawn It's she who holds her tongue who gets a man” Howard Ashman the king that you are.
I swear by her “Don’t Tell Mama.”
“Blow out the candles, Robert, and make a wish. *Want* something. Want *something*.” Feels like a thesis statement for the show and I maintain no one has delivered the line as well or as effortlessly as Beth Howland on the OBCR.
That moment in “My New Philosophy” when Cheno sings “Mine take a minute!”
Death, taxes, and Taylor Swift albums
If only she held that note for 20 seconds longer…
Also coming this season to the Kennedy Center
Pennyback
There is no wasted word in All About Eve. It’s the perfect script.
Mood
I wonder if the Gilded Age writers had initially planned to kill off a certain robber baron and then changed course when the HBO social team alerted them to the percentage of traffic thirsty gays are responsible for.
reskeet with a tweet you still think about
I am cursed (blessed?) to have “Let My Love Open the Door” stuck in my head in perpetuity.
If you view PBS as something to shield your children from, our paths needn’t ever cross.
I cannot tell you how frequently this little speech plays in my head.
The way this would light up Letterboxd.
