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12537 fritz_1899 <fritz_...
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Jan 7, 2003
9:43 am
Hello, after a long (long long) time I am here again... can someone explain me how Fred choose a recording song in the twenty years? Or better, I can...
12536 fritz_1899 <fritz_...
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Jan 7, 2003
9:23 am
Hi all, here is the lyrics of Bonjour Paris. TOUR PERSON [as they walk by] Would you like to take a guided tour of Paris-? MAGGIE [waving the man off] No, no,...
12535 rbrjknoll@...
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Jan 7, 2003
3:54 am
Thank you, kind sir! I'm not planning to get to NY or LA anytime soon; but I was given the DVD for Christmas. We're planning to watch it this weekend. Another...
12534 bullgirl45 <luann@...
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Jan 7, 2003
2:19 am
... can ??? and jeer" but I was never sure what that other word was. To which I can add - "titter" - the word is "titter." Luann...
12533 Jay Thorndyke-Smythe ...
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Jan 6, 2003
9:07 pm
The information below is courtesy of the Gene Kelly Home Site: Dancing: A Man's Game - aired on NBC, Omnibus, December 21, 1958 In this segment of the Omnibus...
12532 RussellMA@... Send Email Jan 6, 2003
7:44 pm
Has everyone seen the public service announcements on television for Alzheimer's research? The plea for funds is made by the daughter of Rita Hayworth, and...
12531 kscherling@...
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Jan 6, 2003
7:17 pm
I caught a few minutes of a PBS program entitled "Think Tank" last Sunday and the topic was the music of Irving Berlin. The host, Ben Wattenberg, at one point...
12530 Terry Pearson <ter...
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Jan 6, 2003
4:43 pm
... anyone ... ? ... can ??? and ... someone with ... us. - ... ... Yup! That's the one! Great to hear from you, Kimberly - much love to you and George ......
12529 Terry Pearson <ter...
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Jan 6, 2003
3:33 pm
... anyone ... ? ... can ??? and ... someone with ... us. - ... ... Yup! That's the one! Great to hear from you, Kimberly - much love to you and George ......
12528 rbrjknoll@...
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Jan 6, 2003
2:47 pm
Jay, Interesting post. Although I will admit that I do prefer the older musicals, as they were more family-oriented. And the bits that weren't were often ...
12527 kscherling@...
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Jan 6, 2003
2:37 pm
... but just to avoid this message going totally off-topic ... can anyone help me with one line of the lyric in the song 'Bonjour Paris!'? After 'We're simply...
12526 Terry Pearson <ter...
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Jan 6, 2003
2:27 pm
... ... but Topo Gigio is Italian ... which may still be a good reason to move to France ... ... but just to avoid this message going totally off-topic ... can...
12525 Hank Hermosillo
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Jan 5, 2003
11:41 pm
Hi Jay, I didn't mean my copy is in PAL. It's NTSC, but I'm going to look for it in NTSC here in San Jose. Hank ... ADVERTISEMENT ... [Non-text portions of...
12524 Jay Thorndyke-Smythe ...
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Jan 5, 2003
8:59 pm
But Hank, it won't play in the U.S.A., will it? Isn't the VHS also recorded in the PAL system and not NTSC? Another reason to move to France, I guess. That,...
12523 Hank Hermosillo
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Jan 5, 2003
7:43 pm
Hi Gill, Thanks for the info. I haven't run into it here in the U.S. of A. but I'm certainly going to start looking for it. I have an older VHS copy of it...
12522 Jay Hopkins
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Jan 5, 2003
7:10 pm
"When she does that hoochy-coo, she'll tear the balcony in two." - Bing and Fred, July 16, 1975. While I've not seen the new film musical "Chicago" yet, I have...
12521 Gillian Mann <gem@...
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Jan 5, 2003
5:12 pm
Happy New Year, all! Being a dinosaur who does not yet possess a DVD player, the various plaudits for this issue (available in UK) have caused me to agonise ...
12520 Jay Hopkins
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Jan 4, 2003
11:44 pm
Resolved: No conveyor belt used in "A Couple of Swells." (Looks like the start of a William F. Buckley political forum, doesn't it?) I just blew the dust off...
12519 Jay Thorndyke-Smythe ...
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Jan 4, 2003
10:02 pm
... "She had more curves on her than a scenic highway. She was selling hard. But I wasn't buying..." ... loved ... weren't ... glanced ... a ... photo of ... ...
12518 Hank Hermosillo
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Jan 4, 2003
6:12 pm
Hi All, Sharp Curve was a race horse belonging to Fred Astaire. He loved horse races. He owned two others, To Glory and His Money. They weren't Steeplechase...
12517 samiskee@...
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Jan 4, 2003
7:27 am
Friends of Fred: While doing some research yesterday at the Academy Library I glanced over at their Christmas exhibit and was happy to see the card Fred sent...
12516 RussellMA@... Send Email Jan 4, 2003
5:51 am
In 1952 when Hedda Hopper asked Fred if his dancing got in the way or improved his golf game, he answered: "It gets in my way. I'm too loose." Mike (known to...
12515 Jill <jjackson504@...
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Jan 3, 2003
4:32 pm
... Julie, I am curious. Do you remember the names of the celebrities who were mentioned in the article? Was it only about actors from the past, or did it...
12514 cmazz1@...
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Jan 3, 2003
2:04 pm
Hi All, I was watching NBC Nightly News on New Year's Eve. The topic of the segment was New Year's Eve parties of the past (they actually showed a few scenes ...
12513 bullgirl45 <luann@...
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Jan 3, 2003
9:28 am
I read (someplace in the archives at Mugar) a mid-1930's article wherein a golf pro who had played with Fred said that if he put the same energy he used in his...
12512 Chris Bamberger
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Jan 2, 2003
8:03 pm
Dear Julie, He was definitely a better-than-average golfer who loved the game. I think his score was in the 70s. I don't think it took that many takes to film...
12511 Songchimer@... Send Email Jan 2, 2003
6:23 pm
Hello all, I'm sure this has been talked to death previously, perhaps before the advent of moi ici .... Friend Tom was reading new issue of Golf Digest (or...
12510 chrisbamberger <ba...
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Jan 2, 2003
5:34 pm
One of the perks of Rob's status as a radio host is that we are considered celebrities enough that people actually enter contests or fund-raising auctions for...
12509 hersheysauntpam@... Send Email Jan 1, 2003
3:37 pm
I think it was all done with mirrors. The Not-Mechanically Minded Empress [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
12508 Jill <jjackson504@...
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Jan 1, 2003
2:21 pm
... Gosh darn it, you guys are gonna make me break out my copy of "Easter Parade" (If my Dad hasn't already taken it back). Because I, too, think there is a...
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