In Movie Maker I finished editing and published my photo-video of the parody by Serge Gainsbourg of “Que je t’aime” (That I Love You). Tomorrow I’ll upload it to YouTube and hopefully there won’t be any copyright issues. If YouTube accepts it then I’ll post the video with my Christian’s Translations publication of the song.
I weighed 90.05 kilos before breakfast.
I played my Kramer during song practice and it stayed in tune most of the time.
Around midday I finished painting the first coat of the “crazy in love” pink hue on the four floral reliefs on my future bathroom mirror frame. Tomorrow I’ll apply the second coat.
I washed some socks and a pair of shorts then put them out on the roof in the sun to dry.
Yesterday I’d applied Proofide to the Brooks leather saddle of my vintage Raleigh and left it on over night. Today I buffed it. I still need to do the same to the Brooks seat on my Surly.
I weighed 90.55 kilos before lunch.
In the afternoon I took a bike ride downtown and back. I wore my sandals for the first time this year.
I weighed 89.9 kilos at 17:50, which is the lightest I’ve been in the evening since June 5.
I was caught up in my journal at 20:03.
I recorded from cassette tape through audio interface to Audacity then extracted to my hard drive side one of another recording session of my song “Instructions for Electroshock Therapy” at Mike’s Place with Mike on drums. This is the third tape of that song that I’ve digitized and coincidentally it worked out that the first was the earliest, the second was chronologically next and this one seems to be after that because the song is improving with each session. It took a while to teach Mike what I wanted from the drums. Side 2 seems to be more of the same song.
I felt it was too hot to use the oven and the top of the stove tonight so I just had two cold chicken drumsticks with potato chips, salsa and skyr. I had it with a glass of Creemore lager while watching season 9, episode 22 of The Carol Burnett Show.
During the audience warmup Carol announces that Tim Conway is on holiday with his wife.
Someone asks Carol what she thinks of what happened on her favourite soap opera All My Children today. Carol tells the audience that Ann told her mother Phoebe that she was pregnant and that it was Paul’s child. Then Phoebe told Margo and in Carol’s opinion Margo is going to get a gun to go after Ann. Because Margo had been pretending that she was going to have Paul’s baby and was planning on buying one. She says they are all bananas on that show. Carol announces that she is going to do a walk-on for All My Children and she’s thinking about going as her old lady character Stella Toddler.
Someone asks Carol if she always wanted to be a star. Carol says at first she wanted to be a cartoonist and have her own comic strip. She started getting the entertainment bug when she was 18.
Carol recounts how someone asked for her autograph but then came back and asked her to write her name more legibly so people would recognize it. So she printed her name.
Carol and Harvey play a married couple having a major fight. She throws breakables at him as he swears his going to get even with her as he opens the door to leave. She locks herself in the bedroom. Just then an encyclopaedia salesman named Smiley Rogers (played by Dick Van Dyke) walks in the open door and starts making his pitch to Harvey. Harvey gets the brainstorm that imposing an encyclopaedia salesman on his wife will be the perfect revenge so he tells Smiley to not take no for an answer and then he leaves. Carol comes out swinging with a lamp until she realizes it’s not Harvey and she asks who he is. he says he’s here to enrich her life and she hits him with the lamp. Then she calms down and asks what she can do for him. He blows up a balloon that is a world globe and says “I can give you the world”. She says, “That’s what Arnold said when he proposed!” and she knocks him over the sofa. He’s on his way out when she begs him not to leave her alone. She listens to his pitch but then starts crying and he starts crying too. She says she’s going to kill herself and goes out on the balcony. He runs to stop her and flips over the railing, almost falling himself before he catches hold. He keeps getting knocked off as he tries to reason with her. He tells her they have saying at his company, “If you don’t like sore knuckles don’t knock on the door”. She thinks that’s profound. Then Arnold returns and says he was a fool. Carol says Smiley helped her realize how much she loves him so they decide to buy Smiley’s most expensive set. But then they argue over who’s going to pay the $8 down payment. Smiley gets away just as they start trading punches.
Tony Randall recites the lyrics to the song, “Have Some Madeira M’Dear?” by Michael Flanders and Donald Swann.
Dick and Tony play two friends on a Hawaiian vacation. Tony has lost $10 and can’t get over it. Dick tries to reason with him that he shouldn’t ruin his holiday over $10. Tony tells him he’d feel the same if he’d lost $10. Dick takes $10 from his pocket and sets it on fire. Tony is impressed and it changes his mood but then he finds the $10 that he’d thought he’d lost. Now though, Dick tells Tony that he owes him $10 because he burned his for him. Tony says he’ll give him $5 and Dick agrees to that. Tony hands the bartender his $10 and asks him to break it into fives. The bartender makes a mistake and gives him change for a $20. Tony gives Dick $5. Dick insists that he owes him another $5. Tony finally gives in and puts another $5 on top of the one he put on the bar beside Dick. But then the bartender realizes his mistake and takes Dick’s $10. Now Dick wants his $5 again. Then an elderly flower lady comes in played by Vicki and asks them to help the poor. Dick and Tony agree to just give the $10 to her. Dick gives her the money and she gives him a hug then leaves. Dick is about to buy Tony a drink when he realizes that Vicki lifted his wallet and his watch so he runs after her. The bartender brings the two drinks Dick ordered and then says, “You got a double star on your receipt so both drinks are on the house!” Tony pours Dick’s drink into his glass.
Before introducing Dick, Carol announces that he’s getting his own variety show. It only lasted three months but it did win an Emmy.
Dick sings and tap dances (while wearing flippers) to the 1913 song “Ballin the Jack” by Chris Smith and Jim Burris. Considering that he didn’t start dancing until he was 34, his moves are pretty impressive.
Carol and Tony play a couple who have just said goodnight to their party guests. Carol is commenting on what a great party it was but Tony is giving her the evil eye. He confronts her on not having read the signals he gave her during the party of which they have a large vocabulary. But she hadn’t noticed when he signaled for her to change the subject. He was trying to stop her from telling a woman about a tramp who’s having an affair with the doctor, because she was talking to the tramp. When he puts his hand to his forehead it is supposed to mean for her to turn on the radio but he was doing it because he had a headache. She puts her head in her hands in frustration but he says, “Don’t tell me to shut up!” They begin to insult each other but only with weird gestures. They finally decide to talk instead of gesture and they embrace. She suggests they go to bed but he gestures that he has a headache.
They finish with a mini-musical featuring the lyrics of Ira Gershwin. It takes place on a movie set with Harvey as his German director character. Dick plays the clapper loader. Carol is in charge of wardrobe.
Tony sings “Girl of the Moment” with music by Kurt Weill from the 1941 musical Lady in the Dark.
Carol sews up Vicki’s dress and in her mind she is singing “Looking for a Boy” with music by George Gershwin from the 1925 musical Tip-Toes.
In Dick’s head he sings “Somebody Somewhere” with music by George Gershwin from the 1931 film Delicious.
The director fired all his stand-ins yesterday so he picks Carol and Dick to stage a scene for him. Dick reads from the script the lyrics to “Love Walked In” from the 1938 musical The Goldwyn Follies. The director tells Carol to stand close to Dick and read the lyrics as well. Then he gets them to put their cheeks together. Then Tony and Vicki sing the song for the cameras with music by George Gershwin.
Then Harvey gets Carol and Dick to sit on a bench together to rehearse another scene. Dick reads the lyrics for “I’ve Got A Crush On You” from the 1928 musical Treasure Girl. Carol joins in with their cheeks together. Harvey has Carol sit on Dick’s lap and rub noses with him. Then he tells them to kiss and they linger. Carol and Dick are making notes on the script while in their heads they are singing a duet of “How Long Has This Been Going On” with music by George Gershwin from the 1927 musical Funny Face. Dick sings “Isn’t It Pity?” with music by George Gershwin from the 1933 musical Pardon My English then Carol joins in. Then they get up and start dancing together as they sing, “S’Wonderful” with music by George Gershwin from Funny Face. Then they sing the 1927 song “Soon” with music by George Gershwin. Then they perform the opening song “Love Walked In”. Tony is listening and then tries to seduce Carol as he sings the 1928 song “Embraceable You” with music by George Gershwin. Then Carol sings, “Long Ago and Far Away” with music by Jerome Kern from the 1944 film Cover Girl. Then she turns to Dick to sing the lyric, “All I long for is you”. Then Carol and Dick sing, “I Got Plenty of Nothin” with music by George Gershwin from the 1935 opera Porgy and Bess. Then they sing the 1936 song “For You For Me Forever More” with music by George. Then Tony and Vicki sing ““I’ve Got A Crush On You” while Carol and Dick kiss.
Tony Randall studied at New York City’s Neighbourhood Playhouse School of the Theatre. During the 1940s he mostly appeared in supporting roles in Broadway plays. One of his first acting jobs was as Reggie York on the radio series I Love a Mystery. He made his uncredited film debut in Saboteur in 1942. He had his first leading role on Broadway in Inherit the Wind in 1955 in which he originated the role of E.K. Hornbeck. He was nominated for a Tony Award for his starring role in Oh Captain in 1958. He made his feature film debut in Oh Men Oh Women in 1957. He starred in Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?, 7 Faces of Dr. Lao, Fluffy, Our Man in Marrakesh, The Alphabet Murders, The Brass Bottle, Hello Down There, Scavenger Hunt, He co-starred in No Down Payment, The Mating Game, Pillow Talk, Lover Come Back, Send Me No Flowers, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Let’s Make Love, Boys’ Night Out, Island of Love, He co-starred in the sitcoms Mister Peepers, The Odd Couple, He starred in the sitcoms The Tony Randall Show, Love Sidney, He appeared on The Late Show with David Letterman a record 70 times and 105 times on The Tonight Show. He was one of the first guests on Late Night with Conan O’Brien. He founded with $1 million of his own money and was artistic director of The National Actors Theatre.
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