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Michael Odom wrote:

> Noises of happiness that appear uncaused by the circumstances.
> Forced. Canned. Synthetic. Affected. Reminding one of situations
> that involve cocktails with the boss. Unpleasantly unrealistic.
> Redolent of an out-take from a John Candy movie. Free of
> authenticity. Given to contextually inappropriate expressions of
> mirth. Risibility with no clear reason. Ejaculations of joy in the
> face of an ordinary omelette.


(laughing!!!) Are you talking about barefoot contessa?

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Michael Odom wrote:

> Noises of happiness that appear uncaused by the circumstances.
> Forced. Canned. Synthetic. Affected. Reminding one of situations
> that involve cocktails with the boss. Unpleasantly unrealistic.
> Redolent of an out-take from a John Candy movie. Free of
> authenticity. Given to contextually inappropriate expressions of
> mirth. Risibility with no clear reason. Ejaculations of joy in the
> face of an ordinary omelette.


(laughing!!!) Are you talking about barefoot contessa?

nancy
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Michael Odom wrote:

> Noises of happiness that appear uncaused by the circumstances.
> Forced. Canned. Synthetic. Affected. Reminding one of situations
> that involve cocktails with the boss. Unpleasantly unrealistic.
> Redolent of an out-take from a John Candy movie. Free of
> authenticity. Given to contextually inappropriate expressions of
> mirth. Risibility with no clear reason. Ejaculations of joy in the
> face of an ordinary omelette.


(laughing!!!) Are you talking about barefoot contessa?

nancy
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On 14 Sep 2004 21:53:29 GMT, Michel Boucher >
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>As long as it's yellow...the one in the picture was a bit "jaune caca
>d'oie" (goose shit yellow), a favourite colour, as Jacques Brel put it,
>of the patronizing ladies' charitable clothing donations to the
>desperate poor...no connection to the stove, just to the expression.


That would explain much of the wardrobe here in Cow Hill. I'd often
wondered.

OBBrel: D got a CD from Philippe, our local francophone friend (okay,
he speaks English, Italian, Spanish and German as well). I like it.

OBFood: Today's lunch was a sandwich of jamon serrano and avocado on
crusty Italian bread. An apple, too. Not bad, all in all.


modom

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On 14 Sep 2004 21:53:29 GMT, Michel Boucher >
wrote:

>As long as it's yellow...the one in the picture was a bit "jaune caca
>d'oie" (goose shit yellow), a favourite colour, as Jacques Brel put it,
>of the patronizing ladies' charitable clothing donations to the
>desperate poor...no connection to the stove, just to the expression.


That would explain much of the wardrobe here in Cow Hill. I'd often
wondered.

OBBrel: D got a CD from Philippe, our local francophone friend (okay,
he speaks English, Italian, Spanish and German as well). I like it.

OBFood: Today's lunch was a sandwich of jamon serrano and avocado on
crusty Italian bread. An apple, too. Not bad, all in all.


modom

"Dallas is a rich man with a death wish in his eyes."
-- Jimmie Dale Gilmore


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Nancy Young wrote:

> (laughing!!!) Are you talking about barefoot contessa?
>
> nancy


Oh yeah.. she is annoying, but I can't put my finger on what
it is about her that bothers me so. Her recipes are good,
but...????
Now another *truly* irritating TV chef is Paula Deen. Isn't
it you that likes her a lot Nancy? I know someone here
really does? Her accent and laugh grate on me, and I'm right
here in the south. Her recipes don't impress me (too much
sugar for one thing) but I'll still watch these hosts on the
shows that everyone complains about occasionally.
Goomba

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Nancy Young wrote:

> (laughing!!!) Are you talking about barefoot contessa?
>
> nancy


Oh yeah.. she is annoying, but I can't put my finger on what
it is about her that bothers me so. Her recipes are good,
but...????
Now another *truly* irritating TV chef is Paula Deen. Isn't
it you that likes her a lot Nancy? I know someone here
really does? Her accent and laugh grate on me, and I'm right
here in the south. Her recipes don't impress me (too much
sugar for one thing) but I'll still watch these hosts on the
shows that everyone complains about occasionally.
Goomba

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Michael Odom > wrote in
:

> Noises of happiness that appear uncaused by the circumstances.
> Forced. Canned. Synthetic. Affected. Reminding one of situations
> that involve cocktails with the boss. Unpleasantly unrealistic.
> Redolent of an out-take from a John Candy movie. Free of
> authenticity. Given to contextually inappropriate expressions of
> mirth. Risibility with no clear reason. Ejaculations of joy in the
> face of an ordinary omelette. Chuckling excessively over the meal's
> tab. Smacking of obsequious attempts at ingratiation. You know,
> artificial.
>
> But she really looks good in jeans and a tee shirt. Really.
>


Excuse me? I do most of those things and not artifically. I do feel joy
about cooking a good omlete. Hell, I've phoned people and bragged! I have
chuckled about a bill for days. Sometimes stuff just strikes me as funny
and I laff outloud, and my laff isn't your standard run of the mill tee-
hee. But I don't look so good in jeans though. Maybe it is that you see way
to many type A personalities.

But I don't think she is or has a good TV persona. I think it's her garbage
bowl style ideas.

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Michael Odom > wrote in
:

> Noises of happiness that appear uncaused by the circumstances.
> Forced. Canned. Synthetic. Affected. Reminding one of situations
> that involve cocktails with the boss. Unpleasantly unrealistic.
> Redolent of an out-take from a John Candy movie. Free of
> authenticity. Given to contextually inappropriate expressions of
> mirth. Risibility with no clear reason. Ejaculations of joy in the
> face of an ordinary omelette. Chuckling excessively over the meal's
> tab. Smacking of obsequious attempts at ingratiation. You know,
> artificial.
>
> But she really looks good in jeans and a tee shirt. Really.
>


Excuse me? I do most of those things and not artifically. I do feel joy
about cooking a good omlete. Hell, I've phoned people and bragged! I have
chuckled about a bill for days. Sometimes stuff just strikes me as funny
and I laff outloud, and my laff isn't your standard run of the mill tee-
hee. But I don't look so good in jeans though. Maybe it is that you see way
to many type A personalities.

But I don't think she is or has a good TV persona. I think it's her garbage
bowl style ideas.

--
Last year's nuts must go.
- Michael Odom
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Michael Odom > wrote in
:

> OBBrel: D got a CD from Philippe, our local francophone friend
> (okay, he speaks English, Italian, Spanish and German as well). I
> like it.


Brel had a magnificent voice, even on his final album when he was dying
of throat cancer.

> OBFood: Today's lunch was a sandwich of jamon serrano and avocado
> on crusty Italian bread.


I would gladly settle for a sliver of serrano. It's been nearly 40
years since I had some.

One of my ancestors (1650's) is named Serran and said to come from
Valladolid. Obviously, his name must have been Serrano.

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Picasso to German in front of Guernica: No, it was you.


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Michael Odom > wrote in
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> OBBrel: D got a CD from Philippe, our local francophone friend
> (okay, he speaks English, Italian, Spanish and German as well). I
> like it.


Brel had a magnificent voice, even on his final album when he was dying
of throat cancer.

> OBFood: Today's lunch was a sandwich of jamon serrano and avocado
> on crusty Italian bread.


I would gladly settle for a sliver of serrano. It's been nearly 40
years since I had some.

One of my ancestors (1650's) is named Serran and said to come from
Valladolid. Obviously, his name must have been Serrano.

--

German to Picasso in front of Guernica: Did you do this?
Picasso to German in front of Guernica: No, it was you.
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In article >, Vox Humana
> wrote:


> I'm really impressed with the fact that everything she needs, no matter what
> she is making, is always in that small cabinet. She should write a book on
> organizing your kitchen!
>


J E E Z !
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In article >, Vox Humana
> wrote:


> I'm really impressed with the fact that everything she needs, no matter what
> she is making, is always in that small cabinet. She should write a book on
> organizing your kitchen!
>


J E E Z !
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Goomba38 wrote:
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> Nancy Young wrote:
>
> > (laughing!!!) Are you talking about barefoot contessa?
> >
> > nancy

>
> Oh yeah.. she is annoying, but I can't put my finger on what
> it is about her that bothers me so. Her recipes are good,
> but...????


I like her well enough, but then she'll say, we're having pork chops,
then break out into laughter. Weirds me out a little.

> Now another *truly* irritating TV chef is Paula Deen. Isn't
> it you that likes her a lot Nancy?


Yeah, I do like her. She's just got that sunny personality. Who
knows why you like someone and another person will find them
annoying. For instance, I have to turn the channel when Sara Moulton
comes on.

> I know someone here
> really does? Her accent and laugh grate on me, and I'm right
> here in the south. Her recipes don't impress me (too much
> sugar for one thing)


She occasionally comes through, but I agree her sweet tooth is
out of control. But she enjoys her food so much.

> but I'll still watch these hosts on the
> shows that everyone complains about occasionally.


I complain about Rachael, but notice I still watch, although my
idea of watching is usually reading the paper with the tv on.
Bad habit.

nancy
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Goomba38 wrote:
>
> Nancy Young wrote:
>
> > (laughing!!!) Are you talking about barefoot contessa?
> >
> > nancy

>
> Oh yeah.. she is annoying, but I can't put my finger on what
> it is about her that bothers me so. Her recipes are good,
> but...????


I like her well enough, but then she'll say, we're having pork chops,
then break out into laughter. Weirds me out a little.

> Now another *truly* irritating TV chef is Paula Deen. Isn't
> it you that likes her a lot Nancy?


Yeah, I do like her. She's just got that sunny personality. Who
knows why you like someone and another person will find them
annoying. For instance, I have to turn the channel when Sara Moulton
comes on.

> I know someone here
> really does? Her accent and laugh grate on me, and I'm right
> here in the south. Her recipes don't impress me (too much
> sugar for one thing)


She occasionally comes through, but I agree her sweet tooth is
out of control. But she enjoys her food so much.

> but I'll still watch these hosts on the
> shows that everyone complains about occasionally.


I complain about Rachael, but notice I still watch, although my
idea of watching is usually reading the paper with the tv on.
Bad habit.

nancy


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Nancy Young wrote:


> Yeah, I do like her. She's just got that sunny personality. Who
> knows why you like someone and another person will find them
> annoying. For instance, I have to turn the channel when Sara Moulton
> comes on.
>

mmm hmmmm, well, mmm hmmmm I know mmm hmmmm what you mean...

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Nancy Young wrote:


> Yeah, I do like her. She's just got that sunny personality. Who
> knows why you like someone and another person will find them
> annoying. For instance, I have to turn the channel when Sara Moulton
> comes on.
>

mmm hmmmm, well, mmm hmmmm I know mmm hmmmm what you mean...

--
Steve

Why don't they make mouse flavored cat food?


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On Wed, 15 Sep 2004 10:48:45 GMT, "Alan_B" > wrote:

>Michael Odom > wrote in
:
>
>> Noises of happiness that appear uncaused by the circumstances.
>> Forced. Canned. Synthetic. Affected. Reminding one of situations
>> that involve cocktails with the boss. Unpleasantly unrealistic.
>> Redolent of an out-take from a John Candy movie. Free of
>> authenticity. Given to contextually inappropriate expressions of
>> mirth. Risibility with no clear reason. Ejaculations of joy in the
>> face of an ordinary omelette. Chuckling excessively over the meal's
>> tab. Smacking of obsequious attempts at ingratiation. You know,
>> artificial.
>>
>> But she really looks good in jeans and a tee shirt. Really.
>>

>
>Excuse me? I do most of those things and not artifically. I do feel joy
>about cooking a good omlete. Hell, I've phoned people and bragged! I have
>chuckled about a bill for days. Sometimes stuff just strikes me as funny
>and I laff outloud, and my laff isn't your standard run of the mill tee-
>hee. But I don't look so good in jeans though. Maybe it is that you see way
>to many type A personalities.


Could be. Could also be that I didn't choose my words carefully
enough. It happens. You're right to take joy in cooking a good
omelette, of course. But an ordinary one? And can you really act in
a way that's "redolent of an out-take from a John Candy movie" and do
it without artificiality?
>
>But I don't think she is or has a good TV persona. I think it's her garbage
>bowl style ideas.


I use a grocery bag on the counter for the trash, myself. Why on the
counter? Can't be on the floor. Dogs.

OBFood: Leftovers for dinner tonight.


modom

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On Wed, 15 Sep 2004 10:48:45 GMT, "Alan_B" > wrote:

>Michael Odom > wrote in
:
>
>> Noises of happiness that appear uncaused by the circumstances.
>> Forced. Canned. Synthetic. Affected. Reminding one of situations
>> that involve cocktails with the boss. Unpleasantly unrealistic.
>> Redolent of an out-take from a John Candy movie. Free of
>> authenticity. Given to contextually inappropriate expressions of
>> mirth. Risibility with no clear reason. Ejaculations of joy in the
>> face of an ordinary omelette. Chuckling excessively over the meal's
>> tab. Smacking of obsequious attempts at ingratiation. You know,
>> artificial.
>>
>> But she really looks good in jeans and a tee shirt. Really.
>>

>
>Excuse me? I do most of those things and not artifically. I do feel joy
>about cooking a good omlete. Hell, I've phoned people and bragged! I have
>chuckled about a bill for days. Sometimes stuff just strikes me as funny
>and I laff outloud, and my laff isn't your standard run of the mill tee-
>hee. But I don't look so good in jeans though. Maybe it is that you see way
>to many type A personalities.


Could be. Could also be that I didn't choose my words carefully
enough. It happens. You're right to take joy in cooking a good
omelette, of course. But an ordinary one? And can you really act in
a way that's "redolent of an out-take from a John Candy movie" and do
it without artificiality?
>
>But I don't think she is or has a good TV persona. I think it's her garbage
>bowl style ideas.


I use a grocery bag on the counter for the trash, myself. Why on the
counter? Can't be on the floor. Dogs.

OBFood: Leftovers for dinner tonight.


modom

"Dallas is a rich man with a death wish in his eyes."
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On 15 Sep 2004 11:36:24 GMT, Michel Boucher >
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>I would gladly settle for a sliver of serrano. It's been nearly 40
>years since I had some.


These guys might ship to Canada: http://tienda.com/ Check out the
smoked paprika if you decide to buy from them. Now, can you direct me
to a joint that'll ship jambon cru to Cow Hill?


modom

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On 15 Sep 2004 11:36:24 GMT, Michel Boucher >
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>I would gladly settle for a sliver of serrano. It's been nearly 40
>years since I had some.


These guys might ship to Canada: http://tienda.com/ Check out the
smoked paprika if you decide to buy from them. Now, can you direct me
to a joint that'll ship jambon cru to Cow Hill?


modom

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Michael Odom > wrote in
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> On 15 Sep 2004 11:36:24 GMT, Michel Boucher >
> wrote:
>
>>I would gladly settle for a sliver of serrano. It's been nearly
>>40 years since I had some.

>
> These guys might ship to Canada: http://tienda.com/ Check out the
> smoked paprika if you decide to buy from them. Now, can you
> direct me to a joint that'll ship jambon cru to Cow Hill?


I'll see what I can find out. Are you trying to make a raclette? It
seems that jambon cru is fairly popular as a replacemet for viande de
grisons. But we have a swiss raclette restaurant in the area that
serves viande de grisons. Still, I'll look around.

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Michael Odom > wrote in
:

> On 15 Sep 2004 11:36:24 GMT, Michel Boucher >
> wrote:
>
>>I would gladly settle for a sliver of serrano. It's been nearly
>>40 years since I had some.

>
> These guys might ship to Canada: http://tienda.com/ Check out the
> smoked paprika if you decide to buy from them. Now, can you
> direct me to a joint that'll ship jambon cru to Cow Hill?


I'll see what I can find out. Are you trying to make a raclette? It
seems that jambon cru is fairly popular as a replacemet for viande de
grisons. But we have a swiss raclette restaurant in the area that
serves viande de grisons. Still, I'll look around.

--

German to Picasso in front of Guernica: Did you do this?
Picasso to German in front of Guernica: No, it was you.
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Michael Odom > wrote in
:

> But an ordinary one? And can you really act in
> a way that's "redolent of an out-take from a John Candy movie" and do
> it without artificiality?
>


Yes, Life's joys are usually found in the simpler things; a good omlete a
nice sunset, the laughter of children on the wind. And somedays I think my
life is a out-take from a John Candy movie, ironic things are forever
occuring to or happening to me. Life is kinda bitter ...it is laughter that
makes it bittersweet. But as of up to today my laughing indoscriminatley
hasn't caused too many to get off the bus, as it were in life.

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Michael Odom > wrote in
:

> But an ordinary one? And can you really act in
> a way that's "redolent of an out-take from a John Candy movie" and do
> it without artificiality?
>


Yes, Life's joys are usually found in the simpler things; a good omlete a
nice sunset, the laughter of children on the wind. And somedays I think my
life is a out-take from a John Candy movie, ironic things are forever
occuring to or happening to me. Life is kinda bitter ...it is laughter that
makes it bittersweet. But as of up to today my laughing indoscriminatley
hasn't caused too many to get off the bus, as it were in life.

--
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- Michael Odom


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Michael Odom > wrote in
:

> But an ordinary one? And can you really act in
> a way that's "redolent of an out-take from a John Candy movie" and do
> it without artificiality?
>


Yes, Life's joys are usually found in the simpler things; a good omlete a
nice sunset, the laughter of children on the wind. And somedays I think my
life is a out-take from a John Candy movie, ironic things are forever
occuring to or happening to me. Life is kinda bitter ...it is laughter that
makes it bittersweet. But as of up to today my laughing indoscriminatley
hasn't caused too many to get off the bus, as it were in life.

--
Last year's nuts must go.
- Michael Odom
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On 16 Sep 2004 00:27:49 GMT, Michel Boucher >
wrote:

>Michael Odom > wrote in
:
>
>> smoked paprika if you decide to buy from them. Now, can you
>> direct me to a joint that'll ship jambon cru to Cow Hill?

>
>I'll see what I can find out. Are you trying to make a raclette? It
>seems that jambon cru is fairly popular as a replacemet for viande de
>grisons. But we have a swiss raclette restaurant in the area that
>serves viande de grisons. Still, I'll look around.


No real pressure, please. I merely wanted "un sandwich jambon cru"
which was a much favored lunch when I visited France.


modom

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On 16 Sep 2004 00:27:49 GMT, Michel Boucher >
wrote:

>Michael Odom > wrote in
:
>
>> smoked paprika if you decide to buy from them. Now, can you
>> direct me to a joint that'll ship jambon cru to Cow Hill?

>
>I'll see what I can find out. Are you trying to make a raclette? It
>seems that jambon cru is fairly popular as a replacemet for viande de
>grisons. But we have a swiss raclette restaurant in the area that
>serves viande de grisons. Still, I'll look around.


No real pressure, please. I merely wanted "un sandwich jambon cru"
which was a much favored lunch when I visited France.


modom

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Nancy Young wrote:
> Goomba38 wrote:
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>>Nancy Young wrote:
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>>
>>>(laughing!!!) Are you talking about barefoot contessa?
>>>
>>>nancy

>>

Ava Gardner!!
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Nancy Young wrote:
> Goomba38 wrote:
>
>>Nancy Young wrote:
>>
>>
>>>(laughing!!!) Are you talking about barefoot contessa?
>>>
>>>nancy

>>

Ava Gardner!!
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Alan

"I don't think you can win the war on terror."

...George (flip-flop) Bush, 8/30/2004



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On Thu, 16 Sep 2004 01:43:43 GMT, "Alan_B" > wrote:

>Michael Odom > wrote in
:
>
>> But an ordinary one? And can you really act in
>> a way that's "redolent of an out-take from a John Candy movie" and do
>> it without artificiality?
>>

>Yes, Life's joys are usually found in the simpler things; a good omlete a
>nice sunset, the laughter of children on the wind. And somedays I think my
>life is a out-take from a John Candy movie, ironic things are forever
>occuring to or happening to me. Life is kinda bitter ...it is laughter that
>makes it bittersweet. But as of up to today my laughing indoscriminatley
>hasn't caused too many to get off the bus, as it were in life.


I understand. I really do. Such things happen with me, too.
Sometimes even the cracks in the sidewalk offer immense aesthetic
pleasure. I don't oppose laughter.

Note that you returned to a good omelette, though, whereas I
stipulated only that the omelette was ordinary. Around Cow Hill, one
seldom finds good omelettes.

But it's the laugh that I was thinking of. The artificial
(intentionally so) quality of John Candy's stage laugh -- perhaps I
should call it a faux-jolly chuckle -- was my object. He used it to
wonderful comic/dramatic effect, and its very artificiality was the
source of much of his screen presence. There was also something of
the bitterness of life in his forced mirth. It was the chuckle of a
man who'd been persistently humiliated and wanted only to get along
with the world in a harmless way. There was suffering in his forced
mirth. I say this as a fan: he was a master of an artificial laugh.

I also rather like Rachel Ray, and not only because she looks good in
jeans. She's a charming woman and an enthusiastic and accomplished
cook as far as I can tell. I can almost forgive her for her $40
dollar day in Dallas that involved a stay at the $500-a-night Hotel
Zaza, but that's another show, as Alton Brown would say. Yet she
sometimes laughs in what I take to be a silly and inauthentic manner.
Thus the John Candy reference. He did it as a comic act; she appears
to want us to believe her jocularity is genuine. Often it patently is
not.

By the way, why is this discussion transpiring under a headline that
reads "Yes?"


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On Thu, 16 Sep 2004 01:43:43 GMT, "Alan_B" > wrote:

>Michael Odom > wrote in
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>
>> But an ordinary one? And can you really act in
>> a way that's "redolent of an out-take from a John Candy movie" and do
>> it without artificiality?
>>

>Yes, Life's joys are usually found in the simpler things; a good omlete a
>nice sunset, the laughter of children on the wind. And somedays I think my
>life is a out-take from a John Candy movie, ironic things are forever
>occuring to or happening to me. Life is kinda bitter ...it is laughter that
>makes it bittersweet. But as of up to today my laughing indoscriminatley
>hasn't caused too many to get off the bus, as it were in life.


I understand. I really do. Such things happen with me, too.
Sometimes even the cracks in the sidewalk offer immense aesthetic
pleasure. I don't oppose laughter.

Note that you returned to a good omelette, though, whereas I
stipulated only that the omelette was ordinary. Around Cow Hill, one
seldom finds good omelettes.

But it's the laugh that I was thinking of. The artificial
(intentionally so) quality of John Candy's stage laugh -- perhaps I
should call it a faux-jolly chuckle -- was my object. He used it to
wonderful comic/dramatic effect, and its very artificiality was the
source of much of his screen presence. There was also something of
the bitterness of life in his forced mirth. It was the chuckle of a
man who'd been persistently humiliated and wanted only to get along
with the world in a harmless way. There was suffering in his forced
mirth. I say this as a fan: he was a master of an artificial laugh.

I also rather like Rachel Ray, and not only because she looks good in
jeans. She's a charming woman and an enthusiastic and accomplished
cook as far as I can tell. I can almost forgive her for her $40
dollar day in Dallas that involved a stay at the $500-a-night Hotel
Zaza, but that's another show, as Alton Brown would say. Yet she
sometimes laughs in what I take to be a silly and inauthentic manner.
Thus the John Candy reference. He did it as a comic act; she appears
to want us to believe her jocularity is genuine. Often it patently is
not.

By the way, why is this discussion transpiring under a headline that
reads "Yes?"


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Michael Odom > wrote in
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> By the way, why is this discussion transpiring under a headline that
> reads "Yes?"
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So things will take a positive turn...Speaking negatively is
so....negative? That's my guess. Zen Budism and your Frying Pan was
probably already taken.

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Michael Odom > wrote in
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> By the way, why is this discussion transpiring under a headline that
> reads "Yes?"
>


So things will take a positive turn...Speaking negatively is
so....negative? That's my guess. Zen Budism and your Frying Pan was
probably already taken.

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alzelt > wrote in
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> Nancy Young wrote:
>> Goomba38 wrote:
>>
>>>Nancy Young wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>(laughing!!!) Are you talking about barefoot contessa?
>>>>
>>>>nancy
>>>

> Ava Gardner!!


I like her recipes...I haven't cook anything...but they read nice.

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alzelt > wrote in
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> Nancy Young wrote:
>> Goomba38 wrote:
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>>>Nancy Young wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>(laughing!!!) Are you talking about barefoot contessa?
>>>>
>>>>nancy
>>>

> Ava Gardner!!


I like her recipes...I haven't cook anything...but they read nice.

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On Tue, 14 Sep 2004 16:41:25 GMT, "Default User"
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> I think this is the one she has:
>
>
> http://www.antiquestoves.com/chambers.htm


<laugh> Hav you looked at hers with both eyes?

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On Tue, 14 Sep 2004 16:41:25 GMT, "Default User"
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> I think this is the one she has:
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>
> http://www.antiquestoves.com/chambers.htm


<laugh> Hav you looked at hers with both eyes?

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On Tue, 14 Sep 2004 04:41:43 GMT, "Alan_B" > wrote:

>Michael Odom > wrote in
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>> The same stage manager they used on the Honeymooners, I'd hazard. Or
>> am I the only one old enough to remember that drawer in their living
>> room?
>>
>>
>> modom
>>

>
>Yes you are.


nuts. almost all the 39 surviving episodes were gems.

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On Tue, 14 Sep 2004 04:41:43 GMT, "Alan_B" > wrote:

>Michael Odom > wrote in
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>> The same stage manager they used on the Honeymooners, I'd hazard. Or
>> am I the only one old enough to remember that drawer in their living
>> room?
>>
>>
>> modom
>>

>
>Yes you are.


nuts. almost all the 39 surviving episodes were gems.

your pal,
norton


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