IJBFC Chat - March 8, 2020
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tkonek 4:58
PM
Hi
Folks!
Tom
V. 5:00 PM
Good
Evening, folks!
roger 5:00
PM
HEllo!
kathy_fuller_seeley 5:00
PM
Jello,
everybody!
5:01
I
hope that everyone is doing well. I teach at UT in Austin, Texas and everyone is
worried about spreading corona virus germs
Laura
Leibowitz 5:02 PM
Hi
folks!
kathy_fuller_seeley 5:02
PM
Hey
Laura!
Laura
Leibowitz 5:03 PM
The
Coronavirus can't stop the Benny chat!!!
garth_johnson 5:03
PM
Here
we are again
Happy
as can be
All
good pals and j-e-l-l-oy good company
Tom
V. 5:03 PM
Hi
Laura!
Laura
Leibowitz 5:03 PM
Hi
Tom! Hi Kathy!
kathy_fuller_seeley 5:03
PM
howdy
Laura
Leibowitz 5:03 PM
Hey,
since it was a topic on the week I had no power, I have a question for you
Kathy.
kathy_fuller_seeley 5:03
PM
yessssss?
Laura
Leibowitz 5:03 PM
I
know you put out a call for people to contribute letters to motivate Joan to
republish her book
5:04
So
a combination of my own usual business, procrastination, and conscious decision,
I held off on forwarding to her in case you ended up with a larger cachet of
voices.
kathy_fuller_seeley 5:04
PM
would
to have as many people as possible plead to Joan to be willing to republish the
book! Donating all my efforts for free
5:04
well,
we can always use more!
5:05
(I
have one so far....)
Laura
Leibowitz 5:05 PM
OK,
just wanted to know from you when you felt it was "enough" for me to
package it all off to her.
5:05
You
can answer that offline.
kathy_fuller_seeley 5:05
PM
I
welcome ALL MEMBERS of the chat to chime in! Wouldn't you love to see Joan
Benny's Sunday Nights at Seven republished?
5:06
I
can also put it out on the interwebs....
roger 5:06
PM
Yes
I would
Tom
V. 5:06 PM
Yes
indeed!
Laura
Leibowitz 5:07 PM
OK,
just let me know when it's the official "green light" and I'll put it
at the top of my list, just below paying work.
Neil
Ottenstein 5:07 PM
Good
evening
Laura
Leibowitz 5:07 PM
Hi
Neil!
Neil
Ottenstein 5:07 PM
Sunday
Nights at Seven sounds good
kathy_fuller_seeley 5:08
PM
yay,
Laura, let me put it out on FB this week to see how many fervent pleas we might
get, better than Laurels and Hardy handshakes?
Laura
Leibowitz 5:08 PM
Did
they bump elbows?
5:09
OK,
I've got something special for you tonight. Hope you don't have plans in
an hour or so...
5:09
When
we're done watching this, we'll come back here to discuss.
Neil
Ottenstein 5:10 PM
Amazon
Marketplace has a ton of used copies available.
Laura
Leibowitz 5:10 PM
If
you join during the video, please join us at the link above!
kathy_fuller_seeley 5:10
PM
You
are right, Neil, MAYBE we could add parts of the unpublished autobiography....
Neil
Ottenstein 5:11 PM
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College_Holiday
Wikipedia
College
Holiday
College
Holiday is a 1936 Paramount comedy. The film stars Jack Benny, George Burns,
Gracie Allen, and Martha Raye. It was directed by Frank Tuttle.(39 kB)
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d0/College-Holiday-1936.jpg
kathy_fuller_seeley 5:16
PM
its
a beautiful print! looks like it was new
garth_johnson 5:41
PM
michael_amowitz 6:16
PM
Hi
everybody, sorry I'm a little late
6:17
And
missed everyone
Rodrigo
Araya 6:38 PM
The
gang's all here!
Laura
Leibowitz 6:38 PM
Hi
Mike - Did you join the movie?
6:38
Welcome
Rodrigo!
Neil
Ottenstein 6:38 PM
That
was fun. Quite different.
Rodrigo
Araya 6:39 PM
You
said it!
Laura
Leibowitz 6:39 PM
So
thoughts?
Rodrigo
Araya 6:39 PM
Here
we go again...
I
hear those trumpets blow again...
Laura
Leibowitz 6:39 PM
And
was that Jack in blackface really briefly?
Tom
V. 6:39 PM
That
was a lot of fun!
Laura
Leibowitz 6:39 PM
Leading
the band when the minuet went jazzy?
6:40
I
tried hard to get Hollywood Revue for this month, but they kept blocking it when
I uploaded it.
6:40
BRB
Rodrigo
Araya 6:41 PM
Is
the short "Bright Moments" lost, isn't it?
garth_johnson 6:41
PM
I'll
let Fred sit in judgement of this movie --- not my favourite Benny
picture.
Tom
V. 6:42 PM
I
don't understand why some movies or TV shows or songs for that matter are
blocked. Are they copyright holders just greedy?
Laura
Leibowitz 6:42 PM
Rodrigo
- Not quite.
garth_johnson 6:42
PM
All
that visually remains of Bright Moments in the Brooklyn Public Library --
of course the soundtrack is out there on the net
Laura
Leibowitz 6:42 PM
Tom
- There's something programmatic in YouTube that scans it
Tom
V. 6:43 PM
OK.
Thanks Laura.
Laura
Leibowitz 6:43 PM
Yeah,
I'd heard the full soundtrack at one time, but then someone said they were
forced to take it down for copyright
6:44
I
guess wait another 8 years and it will be PD
tkonek 6:44
PM
I
enjoyed the movie. Thank you!
Rodrigo
Araya 6:45 PM
I've
always thought Jack was quite short by Hollywood standards, but he apparently
measured 1.75.
Laura
Leibowitz 6:45 PM
My
pleasure! Confession: I hadn't seen it before.
Rodrigo
Araya 6:45 PM
If
that's short, I don't know what tall is.
Laura
Leibowitz 6:45 PM
Everyone
was shorter in those days
6:45
Except
for Leif Erickson
6:46
You
should see some of the old costumes. Especially those of Mary Pickford,
who was like 4 foot something
Rodrigo
Araya 6:46 PM
That's
probably less than 1.5 mt I suppose.
Laura
Leibowitz 6:47 PM
So
other thoughts on the movie, or did we wear you all out?
garth_johnson 6:47
PM
Gracie
wasn't any amazon either
Laura
Leibowitz 6:47 PM
Nice!
Neil
Ottenstein 6:48 PM
classic
photo there
Laura
Leibowitz 6:48 PM
Requests
for next month?
Rodrigo
Araya 6:48 PM
Maybe
one of Jack's TV specials.
Neil
Ottenstein 6:49 PM
Hope
to be on a cruise next month. Unless it gets cancelled.
Laura
Leibowitz 6:49 PM
Neil
- You sure you want to do that right now?
Tom
V. 6:50 PM
Unless
everybody is tired of it, I love the IRS/Tax show with Jimmy Stewart. It is
April.
Neil
Ottenstein 6:50 PM
Long
paid for. It is the On the Blue Cruise. Lots of bands playing. https://onthebluecruise.com/
onthebluecruise.com
On
The Blue Cruise 2020 | On The Blue Cruise - April 1 - 8, 2020
The
inaugural 2019 On The Blue Cruise, featuring special performances by your host,
Justin Hayward of The Moody Blues, along with one of the finest Classic Rock
lineups in the history of our company. This incredible 5-night Classic Rock
Cruise, sails from Miami, Florida February 10-15, 2019 for five days and nights,
visiting Nassau/Paradise Island, Bahamas and the Private Isle of Labadee!
Laura
Leibowitz 6:50 PM
Wow!
Rodrigo
Araya 6:50 PM
I
think I chose the worst moment to invest on Corona beer and Corona cigars...
Laura
Leibowitz 6:50 PM
I
think we just did the comparison of the radio and TV tax show a few months ago
Rodrigo
Araya 6:50 PM
Good
thing I didn't!
Laura
Leibowitz 6:51 PM
Rodrigo
- Buy low, sell high
6:51
OK,
know we've kept you longer than usual. Appreciate you hanging in there!
Rodrigo
Araya 6:52 PM
I've
lost $25 dollars in all these years of investing on the market
(secretary
closes window)
6:52
I'm
not gonna jump!
6:52
I'm
over it.
Laura
Leibowitz 6:52 PM
Good
for you!
6:52
OK,
thanks for stopping folks, we'll see you in April!
Rodrigo
Araya 6:53 PM
Good
night, folks.
Neil
Ottenstein 6:53 PM
Good
night.
Laura
Leibowitz 6:53 PM
We're
a little late folks
Neil
Ottenstein 6:53 PM
Thanks
again for sharing that movie
Laura
Leibowitz 6:53 PM
Happy
to do it!
Tom
V. 6:53 PM
Good
night folks!
tkonek 6:54
PM
Good
Night
6:57
Good
Night!
michael_amowitz 9:35
PM
I
didn't realize y'all were watching a 1-hour show. LL, I didn't watch it yet,
will try tomorrow. Kathy, message me what you need for Joan. I have the book.