[paula_w]

I'm sitting here checking out a new series on TNT called Saving Grace, which has helped to solidify my opinion that Holly Hunter is one of the funniest, most brilliant comedic actors - what a sense of humor, and many means she has at her fingertips for expressing it.

So here are a few mindless questions , be honest. ..

1.your favorite comedic actresses? actors?

2.do you have a favorite decade of oldies? do you listen to them frequently?

3. What are you hearing or listening to as you type this?

4. Four favorite movies [doesn't have to be the top 4]

5. Are you reading a book now? if so and wish to, please name it.



paula
To all brains, "at ease."
ha ha



1. Holly Hunter; Sandra Bullock

Hugh Grant; Dave Chapelle (guilty fun - he's hilarious)

2. 60s, 70s - rock, pop - very frequently

3. Heat Wave - it's on a TV show

4. The Departed, Everything is Illuminated, Boondock Saints, Both Miss Congenialities

5. While I Was Gone, by Sue Miller

[Jaye]

1.your favorite comedic actresses? actors?
Jayne Meadows, Gilda Radner, Steve Martin, Robin Williams

2.do you have a favorite decade of oldies? do you listen to them frequently?
Hard to choose between the 70s and 80s, though some say Mozart wasn't really jivin' till he reached greater maturity. What? Oh, the 1770s and 1780s.
Then there's the 20s through 60s, of the 20th century, when Mother Maybelle Carter was performing a lot. Hard to believe she's been gone nearly 30 years, but I still love all the old-time country and gospel music.
Frequently? No, but more than other kinds of music.

3. What are you hearing or listening to as you type this?
Nothing. Silence so quiet I can hear my nervous system's high-pitched hum. Peace.

4. Four favorite movies [doesn't have to be the top 4]
Midnight Cowboy, Everything is Illuminated (thank you for the recommendation, Paula), Easy Rider, Lord of the Rings

5. Are you reading a book now? if so and wish to, please name it.
Beyond Words: 15 Ways of Doing Prayer, by Kristen Johnson Ingram (this is more fun than it sounds like at first).

[Suffolkchris]

Originally Posted by paula_w

I'm sitting here checking out a new series on TNT called Saving Grace, which has helped to solidify my opinion that Holly Hunter is one of the funniest, most brilliant comedic actors - what a sense of humor, and many means she has at her fingertips for expressing it.

So here are a few mindless questions , be honest. ..

1.your favorite comedic actresses? actors?

2.do you have a favorite decade of oldies? do you listen to them frequently?

3. What are you hearing or listening to as you type this?

4. Four favorite movies [doesn't have to be the top 4]

5. Are you reading a book now? if so and wish to, please name it.

Paula

1.

Guy who plays Carlos in Desperate housewives (wonderful comic timing)

John Cleese (particularly Monty Python and Faulty Towers stuff).

Steve Martin (when he was still funny, eg. Man with two brains, House sitter, Roxanne, Father of the bride)

Peter Sellers (again early stuff when he was still funny like Lady Killers, first two Pink Panther fims, Dr Strangelove etc).

2.

Late sixties stuff like Crosbie, Stills, Nash and Young (particularly Judy Blue Eyes).
My ipod has all my favourite stuff on, would listen all day if i could.

3.

Sound of computer humming lol

4.

English Patient
Blade Runner
Deliverance
Dr Zhivago (not sure of spelling lol)

All films I could watch again and again.


5.

Something by Bill Bryson


Enjoyed that Paula, thankyou.

My last day at work today so needed a distraction.

Chris

[michael7733]

No? Oh okay.

Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan together are magic. The very thought of them together create a smile on my face.

1950's, 1960's, early 1970's music in the light rock, easy listening categories, along with the gospel music of the same time periods are my favorites, I suppose. It is difficult to say, however. I like Nat King Cole, Johnny Mathis, the Beach Boys, The Lettermen, The BeeGees, The Righteous Brothers, Simon and Garfunkel, etc., but I seldom listened to them in the past, and I rarely listen to hem now. However, if I were to sing karaoke, I am sure that I would choose a song from that era to sing. I was sitting in silence until I started trying to answer these "mindless questions," but now I am listening to myself sing Mona Lisa

http://www.braincrumbs.org/checkerboard/monalisa.html

I have actually seen way too many movies to choose 4 favorites, but for sure two of them are Sleepless in Seattle and You've Got Mail, both starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan.

Now I'm listening to mysdelf sing Dream.

http://www.braincrumbs.org/checkerboard/dream2.html

I am not currently reading any books. I am ashamed to admit it, but I still have not read more than a dozen or so books in my lifetime. I don't know why, except that I was dyslexic as a child and young adult. Reading was very difficult for me.

Noww I'm listening to myself sing Smile.

http://www.braincrumbs.org/checkerboard/smile2mix.html

Thanks, Paula, for allowing me to be mindless for a while.

michael b.

[lou_lou]

hey - dear paula,
I'm hijackin' your threads! do you mind?
first of all -this is a rare occasion anymore - I peek in at 3:30 am sumthin'...
but I love the same two funny actresses paula likes!
and I find some common funny people I love on Jaye's op/ed -and of course chris's too!! because after awhile all parkies start thinkin' alike?
LOL?
Also Micheaal -you sing very well, dream song is a good oldie!
you sing that one soooo well!!
we had a weekend of fun -my neice was married on saturday,
a peekture for u - ya-sure! -the boy my niece married is from minnesota:
they all say that phrase -ya'sure!
goodnight yall.

Originally Posted by michael7733

No? Oh okay.

Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan together are magic. The very thought of them together create a smile on my face.

1950's, 1960's, early 1970's music in the light rock, easy listening categories, along with the gospel music of the same time periods are my favorites, I suppose. It is difficult to say, however. I like Nat King Cole, Johnny Mathis, the Beach Boys, The Lettermen, The BeeGees, The Righteous Brothers, Simon and Garfunkel, etc., but I seldom listened to them in the past, and I rarely listen to hem now. However, if I were to sing karaoke, I am sure that I would choose a song from that era to sing. I was sitting in silence until I started trying to answer these "mindless questions," but now I am listening to myself sing Mona Lisa

http://www.braincrumbs.org/checkerboard/monalisa.html

I have actually seen way too many movies to choose 4 favorites, but for sure two of them are Sleepless in Seattle and You've Got Mail, both starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan.

Now I'm listening to mysdelf sing Dream.

http://www.braincrumbs.org/checkerboard/dream2.html

I am not currently reading any books. I am ashamed to admit it, but I still have not read more than a dozen or so books in my lifetime. I don't know why, except that I was dyslexic as a child and young adult. Reading was very difficult for me.

Noww I'm listening to myself sing Smile.

http://www.braincrumbs.org/checkerboard/smile2mix.html

Thanks, Paula, for allowing me to be mindless for a while.

michael b.

[michael7733]

Now I'm lisening to myself sing When I Fall in Love. I think I'll sing myself to sleep. http://www.braincrumbs.org/checkerbo...allinlove.html

michael b.

[paula_w]

What nice responses. Michael, you have found so many creative ways to spend your time in "retirement". 'Mindless' may be the wrong word to describe these questions. 'Relaxed' might be more what I was thinking.

Jaye, your response was entertaining itself. It's about time you popped in. Tena, the Lucille Ball picture is perfect for this forum. You find all the right 'ingredients' in that picture.

Chris...saved you for last...did you say last day of work? ever? You are starting a new phase in life; I wish you many pleasant days of relaxing and doing some things you always wished you had time for. Is the name of your book, "A Short History of Everything?"

I love my IPOD.

paula

[olsen]

favorite comics: Carol Burnett, Bob Newhart, Steven Wright, goldie Hawn, gene Wilder and chris rock

favorite music: mid 60's to early 70's

listening to at present: Tim O'Brien's album "red on blonde" (song at present: "lay down your weary tune"...album of bob dylan songs)

favorite movies: Lives of Others, Constant gardener, After the wedding, almost anything produced/directed by Mel Brooks

book: just began Per Petterson's "Out Stealing Horses"

thanks for the fun! madelyn

[Stitcher]

1.your favorite comedic actresses? actors?

Kyra Sedgwick, Steve Carell, Jim Carrey, Robin Williams, John Stewart

2.do you have a favorite decade of oldies? do you listen to them frequently?

40s...and No

3. What are you hearing or listening to as you type this?

NO

4. Four favorite movies [doesn't have to be the top 4]

Sorry, I went through my Excel list of favs...116. Can't decide on a few. Several are saved to my DVR so I can watch them whenever:

• Lilies of the Field (1963)
• 20 Million Miles To Earth
• Citizen Kane
• Elephant Walk
• Forbidden Planet
• Gaslight
• Hocus Pocus
• House On Haunted Hill (1959)
• Imitation Of Life (1959)
• Jane Eyre (1944)
• Laura
• Lilies Of The Field
• Mildred Pierce
• Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
• Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939 always brings me to tears when he is holding the Floor with his filiguster; between 1939 and now, nothing has changed in government)
• Now, Voyager
• Out Of Africa
• Outrageous Fortune
• Phone Call From A Stranger (If all of us had this passion, the world might be a better place)
• Rebecca
• Rope (Did you know this was made as a single scene)
• Something Wicked This Way Comes
• Strangers On A Train (1951)
• The Bishop’s Wife (1947)
• The Fog (1980)
• The Forgotten
• The Letter
• The Magnificent Ambersons
• The Martian Chronicles
• The Mosquito Coast
• The Picture Of Dorian Gray
• The Stranger
• The Uninvited
• Empire of the Sun (1987)
• Double Indemnity
• Black Narcissus (Beautiful movie)
• How Green Was My Valley
• Hotel Rwanda
• Beyond Rangoon
• What Lies Beneath
• Dragonfly
• A Time to Kill

5. Are you reading a book now? if so and wish to, please name it.

The Grays (Whitley Strieber), The Island of the Day Before (Umberto Eco), Mental Floss (magazine)

[boomer]

Comics..........Bruce Forsyth, Billy Connoly.

Music..........The King "Elvis"..........enough said!

Listening too............. Sponge Bob Square Pants

Movies........ Pulp Fiction, Meet the Fockers, Lock Stock and two Smoking barrels and any Western, particuarly the Spaghetti Westerns of Sergio Leone

Book..........Online reading, Wikipedia is awesome.....any topic it's there

Have a Entertainment filled day y'all !!!!!!!