Saltpeter, John

I guess I'm giving King of the Hill a shot? I read through the episode caps and Good Hank is mentioned. That's something?

He's trying so hard to give you the cerulean speech from The Devil Wears Prada.

This photo of Cynthia Erivo with Jesus Christ Superstar movie stars Ted Neely and Yvonne Elliman makes my heart happy. (Also: Ted Neely looks incredible for 81, no?)

"From now on this lump of flesh'll / Be considered something pretty special"

"Look What Happened to Mabel" is such a fantastic lyric

I saw a girl sing "Everything I Do" to Jesus. I mean, it was Bible camp so it was situation appreciate

This is the movie where I really started to dislike Vince Vaughan. Unless he's not in this movie

One Way Passage is a shipboard romance with Powell and Francis that I love. One of the few romances that gets the romance right

Well now that's all I can think of!

No complaints

She nailed both titles

Ryne Sandberg was my baseball hero when I was a kid. Unlike a lot of the people I admired growing up, he never let me down later in life by being a jerk or constantly being on the wrong side of things. 65 is too young. Fuck cancer.

RIP Ryno. You're still the best second baseman I've ever seen.

Aw damn.

I have seen/heard a lot of musicals based on a lot of questionable ideas. Sometimes they end up with gold (Evita, Pacific Overtures), sometimes not (that Donner Party musical). But the one I find most upsetting is Lolita, My Love. Several good songs, but Creep City

Consider my thirst trapped

Something something Offside Man?

I apologize for nothing.

Hey, if it can happen in suburban Chicago dinner theater, it can happen anywhere! (One MAME, two Mames)

Anyone: Hey, do you remember what they did to Damn Yankees in 1994?
Arena Stage: Hold my beer...

But if I can't do it my way, what's the point?

Stepping my way among the clutter (I was mid re-org when I broken mein hippen) to get to the movies was probably needlessly dangerous. But it was so worth it.

The big parade goes on for years
Naughty, gaudy, bawdy, sporty
42nd Street

Any clue as to why they'd cut Paul's monologue?

One my favorite rhymes ever:
"There the guy who's got religion'll
Tell you if your sin's original"

- Tom Lehrer 1928-2025

Screenshot from the movie 42nd Street. Picture is of a sign that reads "Stage Entrance 42nd Street Theatre"

Finally healed enough to reach movies.

Currently reading Bradford Ropes's original novel. May do a post on how different they are.

A 5, 6, 7, 8… 50!

Fair

If the ads aren't calling it "Bill & Ted's Existential Adventure," I quit.

Nobody:
Me: Howard Ashman is just sitting there in the afterlife, wondering how "I need! Six eggs!" became his best known work

He also names Brando in Streetcar and Hartnett in H2O and Pearl Harbor.

Are you ever humming "The Other Generation" and realize you've segued to "O Sacred Head Now Wounded?"

Are we guessing? Cause I'm thinking Mamet

Amen!

Joey singing "Feels So Good" with the guy across the alley every morning is one of my favorite Friends moments