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[dherblay]

Last night, I went downtown to see North By Northwest, preceeded by two of Chuck Jones's Merrie Melodies, at Cinema At The Square. I knew that the people behind me were trouble when, during "Little Beau Pepé," one of them loudly exclaimed "Oh my God!" when the black and white cat rubbed up against the freshly-painted ladder and ended up with a

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[lynnmonster]

I was tickled to read today's New York Times Magazine and find that it contains an "On Language" column by William Grimes which mentions Chez Panisse but not Alice Waters and a Food column which mentions Alice Waters but not Chez Panisse. I don't imagine that the Times is running some sort of hidden contest where you're supposed to match obvious pairs ... and then counting the pages in between the references for some sort of Kabbalistic frisson. Perhaps it should.

OK, not only is this completely and utterly *you*, but it almost made me snort Diet Coke out my nose.

[dherblay]

I apologize for whatever damage I have done to your mucus membranes.

[cactuswatcher]

"colossal embarrassment" with "U.S. Men's Basketball Olympic team,".

Not to be confused with "major embarrassment" for all the empty seats in the venues I see every time I flip through the Olympics on TV. The Olympic committee was so worried the physical plant wouldn't be finished on time. Now it looks like lousy attendance is going to be a much worse problem. If things don't pick up, the Greek Government is going to lose its shirt on these games. With the US doing rather poorly over all, NBC could also be "hugely embarrassed" over the ratings before it's ended.

Ah, North by Northwest. You gotta love the proximity between Falling Waters and Mt Rushmore.

[dherblay]

Well, it's not quite Fallingwater -- for one thing, normal-sized people can stand up straight inside -- but it's definitely Frank Lloyd Wright and it's just as definitely not there.

[cactuswatcher]

Well, the stone faces weren't quite right in all the shots either. I figure it's as close to Frank Lloyd Wright as Hollywood of that era was ever going to get. ;o)

[dherblay]

Well, Rapid City is a lot closer to the prairies than most examples of Prairie School architecture.

I always wanted the house from NxNW (it's a shame they didn't have the abbreviation-happy marketers in 1959 we have now), and must say that I was disappointed when I actually got to Fallingwater and got a crick in my neck. But though I don't suppose it's that close to a Borders or a P.F. Chang's, you have to admire the location, location, location of the fake Frank Lloyd Wright-designed fake house in the movie.

[timian]

<--snorts Fresca

I love you. And your posts. lol

[dherblay]

<--snorts Fresca
I think you and lynnmonster may end up in the same clinic.I love you. And your posts. lol
But do I get a song? Where's my song?

[timian]

Aaand your song is up. Hopefully you'll like it.

[graffitiandsara]

Cary Grant and Pepe LePeu - I'd call it a little piece of heaven. Ahhh, the romance...

[dherblay]

Between them???

[graffitiandsara]

You know you're far too interested in slash when...

[ponygirl2000]

North By Northwest is a seriously weird movie. If you watch it with the sound off you get this fever-dream romance with lovers in the forest and a gray on gray on gray (even the phone) room with Eva Marie in red like a blood drop; but then the dialogue is quippy and breezy and makes it something else all together.