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A friend at church lent me a DVD of the Princess Bride (1987) to watch. It is hard to describe it, but it had a lot of really good laughs in it. Billy Crystal made a great magician in it and everyone did a good job of fitting into their often ridiculous roles. If you haven't managed to see it in the seventeen years it has been out, you should rent a copy. Not the best movie I've seen, but it was quite enjoyable and offered an interesting mix of genres.
As I said before, The Music Man at the Muny was really quite a show. The performances given by the actors and actresses were superb and, I would say, flawless. From Harold's singing, conniving and tap dancing to the Board of Education's excellent barbershop quartet — everything was delightful. The sets were also great. I especially liked the neighborhood set with the Paroos' house. It was all painted on, but when the play got to the part where Marion is giving Amaryllis a piano lesson, the set folded open and revealed the living room of the Paroos' house.
Since the Muny is all outdoors (being the largest [big enough for broadway plays] and oldest outdoor theater in the U.S.), it has a unique feature: large trees growing behind the stage. In the outdoor scenes, the bottoms of the trees were allowed to be visible behind the sets, providing the look of a woods behind the town. A nice added touch to the set.
It's a very touching plot, for those who haven't seen any version of the Music Man. I've included a summary below, but realize the summary is a “spoiler,” so if it happens to be coming to your town ignore the rest of this post and go see the real thing.
Jared at Mysterium Tremendum picked out which movies from the top 100 (by gross profits) he had seen and made them bold. I did the same below, although I also italicized the few that I had seen the in theater (most recent being Shrek 2, preceded by The Passion). Feel free to post the ones you've seen in the comments (keep in mind HTML doesn't work in the comments, so you will need to denote the ones you've seen in some other fashion).
Here's something for any and all Mac or Windows users who read this blog (just curious: how many Mac users read this blog anyway — I know there's Kevin…). Anyway, here's what I found: the publisher of Glider, that classic of classic games, has gone out of business. The program's other has decided to give the current versions away.
Glider Pro X is the latest version and works on Mac OS X 10.x. I actually bought a copy of this a few months ago and never got around to installing it (I was planning to do it this weekend). There is also an old copy of Glider 4.0 for Windows and Mac OS available if you don't have OS X.
If you aren't familiar with Glider, it's an amazingly fun little game where you attempt to fly a paper airplane around the dangers of a house. Hazards include paper shredders, flat surfaces and flying thumb tacks. As stupid as that might sound, the game's simple concept makes it very playable and as enjoyable today as it was a decade ago. If you haven't played it before, go download it and give it a try — it's worth a few minutes of time. Now if only there was a GNU/Linux version.
The Thinklings, by way of What in Tarnation!?!?!?!, asks: What are your top five sitcoms?
Well, I'm not a big TV watcher, but I've pondered this and included my picks below. What are yours?
After bringing up the I Dream of Jeannie poll this week, I thought this might be a good thing to note: If you haven't seen I Dream of Jeannie before or would like to see it again, TV Land has gone back to the early episodes of the series.
The first ~ 30 episodes are in Black & White (originally aired in 1965-66), but that hardly damages their light hearted comedy. I Dream of Jeannie airs several times a day, with a primetime slot at 10:30 central time (right after I Love Lucy). If you get a chance, go ahead and blink on your TV set at that time. An “executive Jeannie summary” is below to help you get started.
