And, the first review for “Little Shop of Horrors” is in.
Author: Chas.
A Wednesday Afternoon List
Hmmmm. Can you tell from what’s coming to me next from Netflix that I am a sci-fi/horror film nerd? Nah. You can’t tell that at all …
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
Nosferatu (1929)
Doctor Who: Earthshock
Doctor Who: The Pirate Planet
Doctor Who: The Ribos Operation
Doctor Who: The Stones of Blood
Doctor Who: The Androids of Tara
Doctor Who: The Power of Kroll
Doctor Who: The Armageddon Factor
Doctor Who: Pyramids of Mars
The Lost Boys: Special Edition
Lost Boys: Special Edition (Bonus Material)
Phone Booth
Nightwatch (1994)
Diabolique (1955)
Dario Argento Collection: Vol. 3: Deep Red
The Bird with the Crystal Plumage
Night and Fog (1955)
In the Mood for Love
The Honeymoon Killers
Statement of the Day:
Happiness is a sturdy and reliable (as in doesn’t start falling apart after one washing) Duke Pro Athletic Supporter.
Get Arrested!
Yes!!! The funniest show on television (sorry “The Simpsons,” that used to be you) hits stores today with its complete second season. I am so excited! Not having television means that I have to wait for some shows to hit disc before seeing them. When “Arrested Development” first started, I saw a few episodes of the first season while house-sitting and such. When that season got a dvd release, I immediately snapped it up and loved every minute of it.
It’s too bad the threat of cancellation looms over this show even though it’s won a bunch of Emmys and has a pretty rabid (though small) fan base. It would be nice if crap like (and here’s where you all are gonna hate me) “Family Guy” would go away and shows like “Arrested Development” would hang around. Join me in pledging your support for the funniest show on television. And if you have missed out on all the fun, there are dvd’s to be watched.
Go. Buy. Now!!!
On My Mind …
[Please Note: Neither one of these pictures is of your humble host.]
Statement of the Day:
Jockstraps are the greatest! I think I might just have to start wearing them all the time.
The Verdict
The first weekend of “Little Shop of Horrors” is now history. Went pretty well with the show tightening up each performance. Yesterday was probably the most solid the show was all weekend. I have been a bit disappointed that it’s not selling like hotcakes. Don’t get me wrong. It’s selling pretty well … I just figured it would do better what with that popular movie version out there and all. Or maybe I am just over-estimating the appeal of the show. We had two reviewers there this weekend as well. We’ll find out what they have to say later in the week. Oh, the excitement of it all!!!
Opening Tonight!
So, here a few photos from the excellent new production of “Little Shop of Horrors” directed by your humble host.
Clickity-Clickity to get to a few more pictures … Continue reading “Opening Tonight!”
No Worries
Thanks for the comments, fellas. Yesterday was one of those “felt like everytime I turned around someone was saying ‘hey, you did this wrong/screwed this up'” kinda days.
We had our final dress rehearsal for the show last night and it went really well. The invited audience seemed to enjoy it. The sound that’s being pumped in for Audrey II’s voice is still not quite good enough … and I have decided to ditch fogging the stage at the start of the show ’cause it just isn’t looking the way I want it to. That makes me sad. Sucks when you have this image in your mind and you just can’t make it happen.
A few show photos will pop up later today.
Statement of the Day
I am the biggest fuck-up on the planet.
One To Grow
Some pre-opening press has been hitting in the local papers this week. Most notably the two pieces in the Smoky Mountain News. One is about the show. The other discusses horror films and their social/political subtexts.
I love being quoted. I always sound like the biggest dumbass/looser.
On My Mind …
For some damn reason, I have had Al Parker on my mind all day.
The Next “Complete”
For you Peanuts fans, don’t forget that “The Complete Peanuts: 1957 -1958” will be out this month.
As the 1950s close down, Peanuts definitively enters its golden age. Linus, who had just learned to speak in the previous volume, becomes downright eloquent and even begins to fend off Lucy’s bullying; even so, his security neurosis becomes more pronounced, including a harrowing two-week “Lost Weekend” sequence of blanketlessness. Charlie Brown cascades further down the hill to loserdom, with spectacularly lost kites, humiliating baseball losses (including one where he becomes “the Goat” and is driven from the field in a chorus of BAAAAHs); at least his newly acquired “pencil pal” affords him some comfort. Pig-Pen, Shermy, Violet, and Patty are also around, as is an increasingly Beethoven-fixated Schroeder. But the rising star is undoubtedly Snoopy. He’s at the center of the most graphically dynamic and action-packed episodes (the ones in which he attempts to grab Linus’s blanket at a dead run). He even tentatively tries to sleep on the crest of his doghouse roof once or twice, with mixed results. And his imitations continue apace, including penguins, anteaters, sea monsters, vultures and (much to her chagrin) Lucy. No wonder the beagle is the cover star not only of this volume, but of the collector’s slipcase.
Let’s see … that means there are only 21 more books and 10-1/2 years until the “Complete Peanuts” is all published.