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Raggedy, isn't it odd how things keep cropping up here at WA2K? Don and Darwin--and now the birthday boy appears.

Listeners, one might think it was Halloween in February or June in January.

Just a little mnemonic device to remind us of the days:

Thirty days has September,
April, June, and November,
All the rest have thirty one,
Except that quite contrary,
February who has twenty eight,
Most of the time,
Except in leap year twenty nine?

And for honest Abe, a big salute.

Carl Sandburg wrote a poetic biography of Lincoln, so let's make Sandburg our dispenser of the thought for the day:

these people of the air,
these children of the wind,
had a sense of where to go and how,
how to go north north-by-west north,
till they came to one wooden pole,
till they were home again.
(from The People, Yes, 1936)

In honor of Turner Classic Movie's 31 Days to Oscar
Our fashion icon of the day


Sophia
The Fall of the Roman Empire
Today (right now) on Turner Classic Movies

and an added treat:


Stephen Boyd in full regalia

A note to our Fashion Editor, EOE:

On March 3, TCM will run the Viewer's Choices (the movies the viewers thought should have won an Oscar) all day, but no listing is available yet. I do know The Bad and the Beautiful with Lana Turner (that lady should inspire some fashions) and The Adventures of Robin Hood are two of the viewers', me included, choices.

Got up this morning and felt like having a bit of raw meat, so to speak; watched Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? First time since my brother and I watched it in a small theater in Kansas City (1969). In some respects it held up pretty well, though the hysterics are harder to take once every little punch line is known about in advance. Good performances all around (Taylor, Burton, Segal, Dennis).

WOW! eoe. Great pictures. (I'm trying to learn how to post pictures with Raggedy's help; no luck yet)

Aren't they beautiful, those stars of yesteryear?

My word, edgar. That was one weird movie. I was rather surprised to find out that Virginia Woolf was psychotic.

I got that film in a two-pack. The other was Streetcar Named Desire. I may watch it tonight while Mrs edgarblythe is off with her sister.

That's a fine two-pack, edgar.

thanks for the heads-up, Raggedy.

Here's a beautiful portrait of another of today's birthday icons, Anna Pavlova. She did more to establish the popularity of ballet in America than anyone.

Great picture of Pavlova, Eva.

"What exactly is success? For me it is to be found not in applause, but in the satisfaction of feeling that one is realizing one's ideal." - Anna Pavlova

Thirty days has September,
April, June, and November,
All the rest have thirty one,
Except that quite contrary,
February who has twenty eight,
Most of the time,
Except in leap year twenty nine?

Letty, the mnemonic we learnt for this was a bit different, as

Thirty days hath September
April, June, and November
All the rest have thirty-one
Excepting February alone
Which hath but twenty-eight day clear
And twenty-nine in each leap year.

Diff'rent ships, different long splices.

McTag

Right, McTag. I think we exchanged these little memory devices once before.

You know listeners, I often thought of myself as an apt pupil, but it seems that I do better with divergent thinking as opposed to convergent thinking.

Incidentally, listeners. Has anyone spotted C.I. lately?

Here's tomorrow's lineup, Fred & Ginger, Hitchcock and Babs. A fine day for movies.

Turner Classic Movies 31 Days of Oscar

Sunday, February 13
Best Song

6:00 AM San Antonio (?45)
8:00 AM The Harvey Girls (?46)
10:00 AM The Gay Divorcee ('34)
12:00PM Georgy Girl ('66)
2:00PM The Pink Panther Strikes Again ('76)
4:00PM Buck Privates ('41)
5:30 PM The Man Who Knew Too Much ('56)
8:00 PM The Way We Were ('73)
10:15 PM Foul Play ('78)
12:15 AM Born Free ('66)
2:00 AM Holiday Inn ('42)
4:00 AM What's New, Pussycat? ('65)

I think c.i. has gone away to some far-off land. I kind of remember him mentioning a getaway a week or so ago. Don't hold me to that, tho.

Never forget this song, eoe. Someone who was the manager of an insurance company requested it continually. Can still picture the Town Club where I sang:

Hey there, Georgy girl
Swingin' down the street so fancy-free
Nobody you meet could ever see
The loneliness there inside you
Hey there, Georgy girl
Why do all the boys just pass you by?
Could it be you just don't try
Or is it the clothes you wear?

You're always window shopping
But never stopping to buy
So shed those dowdy feathers
And fly a little bit
Hey there, Georgy girl
There's another Georgy deep inside
Bring out all the love you hide and,
Oh, what a change there'd be
The world would see a new Georgy girl

Hey there, Georgy girl
Dreamin'; of the someone you could be
Life is a reality, you can't always run away
Don't be so scared of changing
And rearranging yourself
It's time for jumping down
From the shelf a little bit

Hey there, Georgy girl
There's another Georgy deep inside
Bring out all the love you hide and,
Oh, what a change there'd be
The world would see a new Georgy girl

At about the same time Georgy Girl was a popular film, there was Poor Cow and the title song by Donovan.

I dwell in the north in the green country,
Far I'm here, far I'm here
And I take to my rest at the end of day,
Whilst o'erhead pretty stars do play.
And then I dream along,
Then I make a song
About everything that I've known and felt,
And it makes my sadness melt
Then I wake up in the funny old kind of day,
The rain has gone away,
Watching the children sing and play
In the garden and the roadway.
Up comes a little one singing a song
About a friend she knows called Rosie.
Off to the greenwood you must go, bring-a me one fine posie.
All of a sudden I'm light as air, I feel sad as a butterfly.
Oh, I dwell with my pride and my songs and things
Wearily, oh so wearily
And I dream of the girl with the sunshine eye
Sundaily, whatever she may be.
And then I dream along
Then I make a song
About everything that I've known and felt
And it makes my sadness melt.
Then I wake up in the funny old kind of day,
The rain has gone away
Watching the children sing and play
In the garden and the roadway
Up comes a little one singing a song
About a friend she knows called Rosie.
Off to the greenwood you must go, bring-a me one fine posie.
All of a sudden I'm light as air, I feel sad as a butterfly.
Oh, I dwell in the north in the green country,
Far I'm here, far I'm here
And I dream of the girl with the sunshine eye
Sundaily, whatever she may be.
And then I dream along,
And then I make a song
About everything that I've known and felt,
And it makes my sadness melt.

"...sad as a butterfly...." Love that, edgar. I need to search out Donovan.

C.I. is a traveling man, isn't he. Reminds me of Ricky Nelson and Hank Snow.

and, of course, as Panz pointed out, Homer and Jethro..

CI spends more time travelling than living at home.

STELLA! HEY STELLA!
Watched it last night. He gave a powerful performance, all right.

A Street Car Named Desire, huh, edgar. Brando did his thing regardless. He's sort of a counterpart to Jean Claude and Cristo.

A rather groggy Letty checking in to report that I stayed up almost all night watching James Belushi and Jerry Lee (German shepherd) catch criminals. That was followed (or perhaps the other way around) by Treat Williams at a military school--Substitute !V....sheeeeeeze.

Listeners, don't you adore the promos for The Westminster Dog Show? The music behind the promo is fabulous and the various breeds are delightful. One little pooch, a Boston terrier, I think, trembles like an Aspen tree.

I have a special fondness for dogs. Love their individual-ness. Keeping one is like raising a child of about three.

You know, edgar. We had two German shepherds. They say that those dogs have the mentality of a twelve year.

Well, listeners, dogs are a lot smarter than Tom Sizemore:


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