Just FYI...I was watching the Daily Show last evening....they are playing from Ohio this week...and who was the special guest but...John Mueller! He was there...
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Nov 1, 2006 3:56 pm
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I'm listening to Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour on XM, and he just played Fred's Verve recording of "I Won't Dance" with the Oscar Peterson group. (This...
Simon's two autobiographies are quite good. Neil's second one is a continuation of the first, not just a rehash of an earlier book, as is occasionally done...
Dear John, C'est la vie! I welcome the difference in pronunciations and languages so I would love Australia. For the record, my father, a tough New Yorker...
Being a Fred fan, I should already know this. But, during his single life, was he ever licked romantically to any celebrities, or starlets? Any scandals in...
debster13@...
Nov 1, 2006 5:51 pm
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My recollection is that Fred Allen used the pronunciation VODE-ville. I'd use that pronunciation myself, but I'd only have people trying to correct me. Orson...
I don't know whether Fred was "licked romantically" (ahem), but I assume you meant "linked." He dated Tina Sinatra and Carol Lynley, but I think his...
RussellMA@...
Nov 1, 2006 7:35 pm
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Just for the record, and before we all move on to those "romantic ties," could we clarify which two autobiographies Kurt and Jay are talking about? "Rewrites:...
Folks, please remember to trim down the post to which you are replying before you hit send rather than just hitting the reply button. That Neil Simon topic is...
According to Adele's diary, Marilyn Miller ("that publicity hound") put it out around town that she and Fred were on the verge of being engaged at the time...
From: astaire@yahoogroups.com [mailto:astaire@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of grace_remembers Just for the record, and before we all move on to those "romantic ...
I, too, have heard voh-deh-ville; usually spoken by an "old timer" (someone who was actually there). I also get a kick out of the pronunciation in old movies...
... Behalf ... Memoir" ... 23rd ... I taped Laughter on the 23rd Floor when HBO broadcast it several years ago. I suspect that you can find it on DVD today. It...
... Don't they say "oil" for "earl" in Brooklyn? John F [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
John Funnell
johnfunnell@...
Nov 1, 2006 11:23 pm
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A few years ago I happened upon an obit for an English dancer/actress named Renee Gadd. She appeared with Astaire in his London shows, and was described in the...
And let's not forget arthur-itis; hear that one a lot in my area among the older seniors. Once, my brother-in-law told me that his mom used to say that she...
... This reminds me of a bit of a personal hobbyhorse - why do so many people, here in Australia as well as in the USA - pronounce the "Las" in Las Vegas as...
John Funnell
johnfunnell@...
Nov 2, 2006 1:13 am
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It's tough to find anything of substance and the few who were linked to him (Sinatra, Lynley, Altemus) have denied they were ever lovers. According to...
Would tend to disregard claims like that as not only would it have been improper Fred-wise, but would have been scandalous in Hollywood town. Probably would...
... Sinatra, etc. When Astaire told Cavett that "Tina Sinatra's a cute gal," I took it as an avuncular remark. My goodness gracious. I wonder where that might...
I noticed, upon enjoying the interesting BBC Radio piece on vaudeville again, that the narrator pronounces Astaire's surname as "A-staire," similarly to David...
Hi, If Fred has love children, he must have some scandal somewhere. Darn there goes my imiage !!!!!! Rose Mary ... been ... So ... once ... that way. ... ...
... linked ... lovers. ... Astaire, ... Fred ... this. ... I'm not to sure I want to know what kind of "highland flings" he had. I kind of like the admiration...
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