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i found the song on a music website

one of my obsessions is peoples obsessions with former partners, i don't get why people can't just move on, so this song and it's subject matter was interesting to me

Great, Diane.

and in response, listeners:



I Taste A Liquor Never Brewed
by Emily Dickinson.

I taste a liquor never brewed,
From tankards scooped in pearl;
Not all the vats upon the Rhine
Yield such an alcohol!

Inebriate of air am I,
And debauchee of dew,
Reeling, through endless summer days,
From inns of molten blue.

When the landlord turn the drunken bee
Out of the foxglove's door,
When butterflies renounce their drams,
I shall but drink the more!

Till seraphs swing their snowy hats,
And saints to windows run,
To see the little tippler
Leaning against the sun

My apology for interrupting the music portion of the program, but I thought that all the working people should give special thanks to Peter J. McGuire.
While googling for a word for the NYT crossword puzzle (I cheat), I saw "Labor Day Word Origins" on the dictionary page and out of curiosity clicked:

In 1882, Peter J. McGuire, a leader of the labor union the Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners (joiner being "a craftsman who constructs things by joining pieces of wood" or "a worker in wood who does more ornamental work than a carpenter") proposed a day to honor laborers. Laborers were considered a new class that worked in the factories and plants created by the Industrial Revolution. Labor Day became a national holiday on which workers in the 1890s and early 20th century used to call attention to their grievances. There were often parades, political speeches, fireworks, and a picnic. Today, Labor Day, celebrated on the first Monday in September (as of 1894, by law), simply honors anyone who works. The date has no traditional or historic significance but was picked because it filled a gap in the schedule of legal holidays. Canada also celebrates Labor Day on the first Monday in September; many other countries observe this on May 1. The word labor comes from Latin laborem, "distress, toil trouble; drudgery, labor," and first referred to work that was compulsory or painful. The meaning changed with the advent of the Industrial Revolution. The first labor unions or trade unions came with the Industrial Revolution in Great Britain in the 18th century.

(hmm, I see it took approximately 12 years for Mr. McGuire's proposal to go through. Typical.

Letty: You may have been thinking about "The Turning Point" when you mentioned Anne Bancroft's role as a diva. "The Turning Point" was about two ballerinas, one retired, who did indeed literally come to blows, ending in a bout of laughter, however. Bancroft was also in "Point of No Return" (which was a Hollywoodization of "La Femme Nikita") as Brigitte Fonda's instructor. Interestingly "Point of No Return" featured several Nina Simone songs, one being "Wild is the Wind" which I love.

Raggedy, You are one fantastic blood hound. <smile>, and to think that you learned it all through The NYT's puzzle.

(I'm still working on The French Connection )

Now, folks, I'm a wee bit confused about the books and the movies, but that's par for the course.

"and to think that I learned it on Mulberry Street."

Guess who, no not Horton. <smile>

Well, I must retire for the evening, so I will simply say goodnight to all of you here on our radio.

Blowing you all kisses,

From Letty with love

comparison copy and paste and write....

The preacher talked to me and he smiled,
Said, come and walk with me, come and walk one more mile.
Now for once in your life you're alone,
But you ain't got a dime, there's no time for the phone.

I've just got to get a message to you, hold on, hold on.
One more hour and my life will be through, hold on, hold on.

I told him I'm in no hurry,
But if I broke her heart, won't you tell her I'm sorry.
And for once in my life I'm alone,
And I've got to let her know just in time before I go.

I've just go to get a message to you, hold on, hold on.
One more hour and my life will be through, hold on, hold on.

Well I laughed but that didn't hurt,
And it's only her love that keeps me wearing this dirt.
Now I'm crying but deep down inside,
Well I did it to him, now it's my turn to die.

I've just got to get a message to you, hold on, hold on.
One more hour and my life will be through, hold on, hold on.
Bee Gees

Touched

Locked away in your world
So no one can touch
That the way to your heart
Can mean so much
A thousand lifetimes could never hold
A moment with you
A moment untold
Can hardly express
Can hardly contain
Transcend pain
I am chained
The unexplained
Changing dimensions shifting phase
Volumes of books but contained in a phrase...


Eric Pedersen
1999

What to do with one's self?

No new Dylans' or cows or pigs eyes

Darryl F. Zanuck
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Darryl Francis Zanuck (September 5, 1902 - December 22, 1979) was a producer, writer, actor and director who played a major part in the Hollywood studio system as its longest survivor.

Zanuck was born in Wahoo, Nebraska, the son of a hotelier of Dutch descent. He was abandoned by his parents at the age of thirteen. In 1917 he joined the United States Army and served with the Nebraska National Guard in France. Returning to the US he worked in many part-time jobs while he tried to find work as a writer. He managed to find work producing movie plots, selling his first story in 1922 to William Russell and his second to Irving Thalberg. He then worked for Mack Sennett and took that experience to Warner Brothers where he wrote stories for Rin Tin Tin and under a number of pseudonyms wrote over forty scripts from 1924-1929. He moved into management in 1929 and became head of production in 1931.

In 1933 he left Warners to found Twentieth Century Films with Joseph Schenck and William Goetz, releasing their material through United Artists. In 1935 they bought out Fox studios to become Twentieth Century-Fox. Zanuck was vice-president of this new studio and took an interventionist approach, closely involved in editing and producing. During the war he worked for the army. In the 1950s he withdrew from the studio to concentrate on independent producing in Europe. He left his wife, Virginia Fox Zanuck, in 1956 and the later films which he came to produce often featured his girlfriend of that day. Despite this he was largely responsible for The Longest Day (1962) being made.

He returned to control of Fox in 1962 following the studio's disastrous Cleopatra (1962), replacing Spyros Skouras. He made his son Richard D. Zanuck head of production. He became involved in a power struggle with the board and his son from around 1969. In May 1971 Zanuck was finally forced from 'his' studio.

He died in Palm Springs, California at the age of 77, and was interred in the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in the Westwood Village section of Los Angeles, California.

For his contribution to the motion picture industry, Darryl F. Zanuck has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6336 Hollywood Blvd and he has won 3 The Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Awards of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darryl_F._Zanuck

Carol Lawrence
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Carol Lawrence (born September 5, 1932 in Melrose Park, Illinois) is a musical theater actress, who has also made numerous appearances in film and television.

Born Carol Maria Laraia, Lawrence made her Broadway debut in 1952, and achieved outstanding success when she created the role of Maria in the original Broadway producion of West Side Story in 1957. She received a Tony Award nomination for Best Leading Actress in a Musical for his role. She played the role for two years, and after an appearance in the show Saratoga returned to West Side Story for its 1960 season. Among her other Broadway successes was Kiss of the Spider Woman from 1993 until 1995.

Her film appearances were infrequent, however she played a regular role on the soap opera General Hospital in 1991, and has played guest roles on series such as Toast of the Town, Wagon Train, The Danny Kaye Show, The Dean Martin Show, The Bob Hope Hour, Rawhide, Combat!, Mannix, Fantasy Island, The Love Boat, Murder, She Wrote, The Commish, Murder One, Touched by an Angel and Sex and the City.

Lawrence won the Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year Award in 1960.

She was married to the actor Robert Goulet from 1963 until 1981.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carol_Lawrence

"I Feel Pretty"

I feel pretty
Oh so pretty
I feel pretty and witty and gay
And I pity
Any girl who isn't me today

I feel charming
Oh so charming
It's alarming how charming I feel
And so pretty
That I hardly can believe I'm real

See the pretty girl in that mirror there?
Who can that attractive girl be?
Such a pretty face
Such a pretty dress
Such a pretty smile
Such a pretty me!

I feel stunning
And entrancing
Feel like running
And dancing for joy
For I'm loved
By a pretty wonderful boy

I feel pretty
Oh so pretty
That the city should give me its key
A committee
Should be organized to honor me

I feel dizzy
I feel sunny
I feel fizzy and funny and fine
And so pretty
Miss America can just resign See the pretty girl in that mirror there
Who can that attractive girl be?
Such a pretty face
Such a pretty dress
Such a pretty smile
Such a pretty me!

I feel stunning
And entrancing
Feel like running and dancing for joy
For I'm loved
By a pretty wonderful boy

Good day to all.

Today's birthdays:
1187 - Louis VIII of France (d. 1226)
1568 - Tommaso Campanella, Italian theologian, philosopher, and poet (d. 1639)
1638 - Louis XIV of France (d. 1715)
1667 - Giovanni Gerolamo Saccheri, Italian mathematician (d. 1733)
1695 - Carl Gustaf Tessin, Swedish politician (d. 1770)
1735 - Johann Christian Bach, German composer (d. 1782)
1750 - Robert Fergusson , Scottish poet (d. 1774)
1771 - Archduke Charles, Austrian general (d. 1847)
1774 - Caspar David Friedrich, German artist (d. 1840)
1791 - Giacomo Meyerbeer, German composer (d. 1864)
1807 - Richard Chenevix Trench, Irish Anglican clergyman and philologist (d. 1886)
1827 - Goffredo Mameli, Italian poet and writer
1847 - Jesse James, American outlaw (d. 1882)
1857 - Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, Russian rocket scientist and inventor (d. 1935)
1867 - Amy Beach, American composer and pianist
1874 - Nap Lajoie, baseball player (d. 1959)
1888 - Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, second President of India (d. 1975)
1892 - Joseph Szigeti, Hungarian violinist (d. 1973)
1902 - Darryl F. Zanuck, American film producer and executive (d. 1979)
1905 - Arthur Koestler, Austrian writer (d. 1983)
1912 - John Cage, American composer (d. 1992)
1912 - Kristina Söderbaum, German actress and photographer (d. 2001)
1913 - Frank Thomas, American animator (d. 2004)
1916 - Frank Yerby, American novelist (d. 1991)
1921 - Jack Valenti, American political advisor and film executive
1924 - Paul Volcker, American banker
1929 - Bob Newhart, American actor and comedian
1929 - Andrian Nikolayev, cosmonaut
1934 - Carol Lawrence, American actress and singer
1936 - Bill Mazeroski, baseball player
1939 - George Lazenby, Australian actor
1939 - William Devane, American actor
1940 - Raquel Welch, American actress
1942 - Werner Herzog, German film director
1945 - Al Stewart, Scottish singer and songwriter
1946 - Freddie Mercury, Zanzibar-born singer Queen (d. 1991)
1946 - Loudon Wainwright III, American singer and composer
1946 - Buddy Miles, American musician
1948 - Benita Ferrero-Waldner, Austrian diplomat and politician
1950 - Cathy Guisewite, American cartoonist
1962 - Peter Wingfield, Welsh actor
1963 - Juan Alderete, American bassist (Racer X)
1965 - Chris Morris, British writer
1969 - Dweezil Zappa, American musician
1973 - Rose McGowan, Italian-born actress
1976 - Tatyana Gutsu, Ukrainian gymnast

Good morning, WA2K radio fans and contributors.

Once again, we are in debt to Rex for sharing his original music with us, but a wee bit concerned at the same time. You all right, Maine?

Top o the morning, Bob. We here on the radio are always enlightened by your timely bios and music. Thanks, Boston.

Well, everyone. When we arise in the morning, we expect to stretch, but when our studio monitors stretch with us, we find it a bit twilight zonish. <smile>

After doing a bit of research myself, I found that indeed our Raggedy was correct. The Turning Point with Anne Bancroft was a movie about ballerinas and there was a book called The Turning Point, but I found that I had never read it.

America has always been preoccupied with the villains of the old West, and why that is, is an interesting study in the "bad boys" syndrome.

There is a ballad of Jesse James, listeners, and I vaguely recall some of it, ".....and that dirty little coward, that shot Mr. Howard, and laid poor Jesse in his grave...."

Back later, everyone.

Back later, but not before I recognize our Raggedy with her timely updates on the celebs. Thanks, gal.

Folks, I think that Bob Newhart's deadpan humor is hilarious. Facial expressions say so much, right listeners?

Well, I keep asking questions that no one can answer, but here's another, anyway.

Whose slogan was "good to the last drop", and who coined it?

Maxwell House Coffee. I will take a stab at it being coined by Arthur Godfrey.

Well, good morning, edgar. You are 100% correct about the brand, but a little tilted about the man. <smile>

How about Don McNeal (Breakfast Club)?

Good Morning, Good Morning

Nothing to do to save his life call his wife in
Nothing to say but what a day how's your boy been
Nothing to do it's up to you
I've got nothing to say but it's O.K.
Good morning, good morning, good morning...
Going to work don't want to go feeling loww down
Heading for home you start to roam then you're in town
Everybody knows there's nothing doing
Everything is closed it's like a ruin
Everyone you see is half asleep.
And you're on your own you're in the street.
Good morning, good morning...
After a while you start to smile now you feel cool.
Then you decide to take a walk by the old school.
Nothing had changed it's still the same
I've got nothing to say but it's O.K.
Good morning, good morning, good morning...
People running round it's five o'clock.
Everywhere in town it's getting dark.
Everyone you see is full of life.
It's time for tea and meet the wife.
Somebody needs to know the time, glad that I'm here.
Watching the skirts start to flirt now you're in gear.
Go to a show you hope she goes.
I've got nothing to say but it's O.K.
Good morning, good morning, good morning...