Category Archives: Stage, Film, and Television

… and anything inspired by them

“Curtains” or: “7 Little Von Trapps and Then There Were None.”

Posted on May 27, 2015 by Michael Procopio

How do you solve a problem like Maria? In the United States, the answer would probably be “by lethal injection”. Continue reading →

Posted in Stage, Film, and Television, Sweets and the Like | Tagged Austrian dessert, Curtains, Maria von Trapp, murder, Salzburg Nockerl, The Sound of Music | 30 Comments

Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore.

Posted on June 3, 2014 by Michael Procopio

Foul play is not suspected. Though in excellent health for a woman of her age, her ratings had been in decline for some time. She was 88. Continue reading →

Posted in Celebrities, Savories, Stage, Film, and Television | Tagged Alice Nelson, Ann B. Davis, applesauce, obituary, Pork Chops, The Brady Bunch | 12 Comments

I Killed Audrey Hepburn

Posted on April 10, 2014 by Michael Procopio

It’s true that travel can broaden the mind but, in rare cases, it can also lead to an international celebrity killing spree. Continue reading →

Posted in Celebrities, Liquids, Rants and Stories, Stage, Film, and Television | Tagged airplanes, arsenic poisoning, Audrey Hepburn, Cary Grant, Charade, death, old fashioned cocktail | 31 Comments

A La Recherche du Pain Perdu.

Posted on November 26, 2013 by Michael Procopio

There was nothing especially sweet about it, but then I thought, there rarely is with pain, whether it’s of the French or English variety. Continue reading →

Posted in Breakfast Time, Holidays, Rants and Stories, Stage, Film, and Television, Sweets and the Like | Tagged break ups, flâneurs, kindness, love, pain perdu, paris | 26 Comments

The Potion of Oblivion

Posted on June 11, 2013 by Michael Procopio

I can drink sangria and watch Il Maesto’s films without tiring of either until death overtakes me. Or oblivion. Whichever one comes first. Continue reading →

Posted in Liquids, Rants and Stories, Stage, Film, and Television | Tagged cocktails, fellini, juliet of the spirits, sangria, thirst, wine | 15 Comments

Iles Flottantes: A Titanic Dessert Disaster

Posted on April 12, 2012 by Michael Procopio

My original line of thinking was that I would make my 1/2 Titanic garnish thick enough to stand up by itself on the plate, but my engineering skills fall into a distant second place to my own imagination and the poor little boats kept falling over and sinking into the murky blue. Continue reading →

Posted in Stage, Film, and Television, Sweets and the Like | Tagged 100th anniversary of the Titanic, creme anglaise, dessert, disaster, floating islands, ile flottante, meringue, The Poseidon Adventure, Titanic | 25 Comments

Turner & Hooch

Posted on January 30, 2012 by Michael Procopio

If I had to think about Turner and Hooch, it was going to be on my terms. And my terms generally involve cocktails. Continue reading →

Posted in Celebrities, Liquids, Stage, Film, and Television | Tagged Cheryl Crane, cocktails, Hollywood, Johnny Stompanato, Lana Turner, murder, Stompanato cocktail, Turner and Hooch | 12 Comments

Rosemary’s Baby Food

Posted on October 27, 2011 by Michael Procopio

The great 20th century poet/philosopher Pat Benatar once remarked that “hell is for children.” Jean-Paul Sartre, a lesser-known thinker from the same century, wrote that “hell is other people.” I would like to take these ideas to the next, logical … Continue reading →

Posted in Holidays, Stage, Film, and Television | Tagged baby food, evil, Halloween, Rosemary's Baby, satan | 24 Comments

Die, Vampire, Die.

Posted on August 16, 2011 by Michael Procopio

We all have our demons– ghosts that haunt us, ogres who hide under our beds, vampires that swarm around our heads. I know I’ve got them and, if you’re the least bit introspective, I know you’ve got them, too.

Or, if you happen to be one of those people completely untroubled by the monsters of self-doubt, I’d love to know how you’ve managed it, though I probably won’t believe you. Continue reading →

Posted in Meatness, Savories, Stage, Film, and Television | Tagged chicken, chicken with 40 cloves of garlic, demons, Garlic, Title of Show, vampires, writing | 33 Comments

The Critic’s Choice

Posted on June 2, 2011 by Michael Procopio

I’d like to think that the man I am today is much more diplomatic and secure than the man-boy I was back then. Though I’ll never totally rid myself of my Statleresque/Waldorfian nature, I have high hopes of greening myself with a dash of Kermit. Or maybe I could add a whiff of Animal, just to keep things exciting.

Just never, ever refer to me as The Swedish Chef or I will rip you to shreds.
Continue reading →

Posted in Celebrities, Salad, Stage, Film, and Television | Tagged criticism, Edward Albee, muppets, Statler and Waldorf, The Muppet Show, Waldorf Salad | 30 Comments