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Category Archives: Stage, Film, and Television
“Curtains” or: “7 Little Von Trapps and Then There Were None.”
How do you solve a problem like Maria? In the United States, the answer would probably be “by lethal injection”. Continue reading
Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore.
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
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Iles Flottantes: A Titanic Dessert Disaster
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
Turner & Hooch
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
Rosemary’s Baby Food
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
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Die, Vampire, Die.
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
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The Critic’s Choice
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.
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Posted in Celebrities, Salad, Stage, Film, and Television
Tagged criticism, Edward Albee, muppets, Statler and Waldorf, The Muppet Show, Waldorf Salad
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