February 13, 2008


A Valentine for the Boys in the Back Room (Andrew, Chris, and Patrick)

Thanks, fellas. Here’s a little valentine from me — on behalf of ‘flockers and friends — from Destry Rides Again. (Is it quittin’ time yet?)

posted by Sheila Ryan in movies, video 

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9 Responses to “A Valentine for the Boys in the Back Room (Andrew, Chris, and Patrick)”

  1. Deron Bauman on February 13th, 2008 at 10:21 pm

    cheers!

  2. Elizabeth Perry on February 14th, 2008 at 12:16 am

    I second Sheila’s valentine, and add another version.

    (This version also goes on to explain in a further song why I didn’t jump in and help with the great migration to WordPress.)

  3. Rick Neece on February 14th, 2008 at 7:49 am

    Allow me to chime in, too! Congrats, thanks and whoopee! Fun videos: love the cowboy boots in Sheila’s selection, the fur coat in Elizabeth’s.

  4. Chris Glass on February 14th, 2008 at 8:10 am

    Now I see where Madeline Kahn got her inspiration:

    http://youtube.com/watch?v=au5f6pMgN2s

  5. Patrick Burleson on February 14th, 2008 at 8:25 am

    <blush>
    Aw thanks Sheila. It was nothing.

  6. Cindy Scroggins on February 14th, 2008 at 10:52 am

    I wish I had a clip of the time a librarian who used to work for me translated “Wild Thing” into German and serenaded me with it in her perfect Marlene Dietrich voice. She was drunk, of course. I only hire good people.

  7. Andrew Simone on February 14th, 2008 at 11:39 am

    Don’t sell yourself short, Patrick. You and Chris did the serious leg work. I just mopped up.

  8. Andrew Simone on February 14th, 2008 at 11:41 am

    …and thanks a bunch, Sheila. You’ll be drinking neat bourbon, I’ll have you know.

  9. Sheila Ryan on February 14th, 2008 at 2:28 pm

    I am reminded by Elizabeth’s post of a fun fact to know and tell: I actually saw Marlene Dietrich in performance in Dallas, Texas! 1973, or more likely 1974 it was — in a theater/nightclub/cocktail lounge at the Fairmont Hotel. It must have been her last performance tour; she moved scarcely at all, having recently tumbled off a stage somewhere and broken a leg. But she was wonderful — displayed a deliciously dry wit.

    Have any of y’all seen Maximillian Schell’s wonderful documentary Marlene? It’s a splendid example of how an artist (director Schell) can deal with limitations — at the eleventh hour, Dietrich refused to be filmed!

    Oh . . . and for the record, I want an outfit like Dietrich’s Destry get-up in the worst possible way.

    Anyways, meet you down at the end of the bar, boys (and all of y’all). And neat bourbon will be just dandy, Andrew.

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