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My father had the original cast album & would play it occasionally when I was a kid. I still have it somewhere. When answering machines were in vogue (I still use one on my landline ), I used it several holiday seasons in a row to record a clever message using the opening of TRADITION. I never knew any whole songs as a kid, but remember singing the most famous part of one: If I were a rich man, Yabba Dabba Dabba, Yabba Dabba, Yabba Dabba Doo. All day long I'd Yabba Dabba Doo, If I were a wealthy man. I wouldn't have to work hard. Yabba Dabba Dabba, Yabba Dabba, Yabba Dabba Doo. That's as far as I got... If I were a rich man, Ya ha deedle deedle, bubba bubba deedle deedle dum. All day long I'd biddy biddy bum. If I were a wealthy man. I wouldn't have to work hard. Ya ha deedle deedle, bubba bubba deedle deedle dum.

My former roommate liked, but didn't love GG. She was in the hospital after a very serious accident when the songwriting episode aired (its summer rerun on NBC). She & her nurse were watching and she got a very big (and very needed) laugh at the intrauterine line. To this day, if one of us sings "Miami... you're cuter than..." the other will answer "An intrauterine..."

May I steal your pooch? :oops: A New Jersey family is desperately searching for their puppy — after it was stolen at gunpoint while out on a walk. Melanie Costa, 22, of Newark, said her father Luis was walking their teacup yorkie Munchkin Friday night when three armed men demanded he fork over his cash. When he told them he didn’t have his wallet, they snagged the dog instead, Costa wrote in a Facebook post. Tiny Yorkshire terriers can fetch anywhere from $800 to upwards of thousands of dollars,according to Yorkiemag.com, but Munchkin is chipped and will register if purchased. “I walked in my house the other day and felt empty,” Costa told local channel News 12. “I kept looking in each room for him.” The heartbroken Caldwell University grad said the family reported the theft to police and are hopeful their three year old pup will be returned home. Newark police did not respond to a request for comment.

NY POST: A few Broadway misfires, as Ken Mandelbaum called them in “Not Since Carrie: 40 Years of Broadway Musical Flops,” are “heartbreakers and cream”: These are shows that, while fatally flawed, had big ideas, sensational casts and gorgeous scores. At the top of my list is “Rags,” writer Joe Stein’s follow-up to “Fiddler on the Roof.” I saw “Rags” in the summer of 1986, a day before its sudden demise after just 22 performances at the Mark Hellinger Theatre. Two things stood above the chaos of failure: its leading lady, opera’s Teresa Stratas, and the soaring, operatic score by Charles Strouse and Stephen Schwartz. Thirty-one years later, Strouse and Schwartz have returned to “Rags.” (Stein died in 2010.) Their revised version, with a new book by David Thompson, opened in October to terrific reviews at Connecticut’s Goodspeed Opera House, where it’s set to run through Dec. 10. Several New York producers have seen the show, including Joey Parnes, who’s flush with the box-office success of “Meteor Shower,” starring Amy Schumer. Parnes has a personal connection to “Rags”: An assistant general manager on the ’86 production, he was there when it fell apart, devastating its creators. “I was heartbroken,” Strouse tells me. “I just gave up.” Schwartz vowed never to work in the commercial theater again, although he changed his mind several years later and wrote “Wicked” — pretty good commercial theater. Both are delighted that “Rags” has a new life. “The show never really worked before,” Schwartz e-mailed me. “So for this production, we went back to the drawing board. Charles and I have done several new and greatly revised songs … It’s enormously gratifying to feel we now have a show that works.” “Rags” tells the story of Rebecca Hershkowitz, a Russian refugee who arrives on Ellis Island in 1910 with her son. Her husband, who got there a few years before, is now an up-and-coming Tammany Hall politician. He’s turned his back on his Jewish roots, and the marriage is strained. Rebecca gets caught up in the radical politics of the Lower East Side, eventually leading a strike at a sweatshop. Audiences expecting a musical with the lightness of “Fiddler on the Roof” stayed away. “Rags” arrived in New York after a rocky tryout in Boston. Its original director, Joan Micklin Silver (“Hester Street”), was fired. To make matters worse, Stratas missed a week of performances due to vocal problems. Director Gene Saks took over, and the New York opening was postponed two weeks, adding $200,000 to a show that already cost $5.25 million. ‘For this production, we went back to the drawing board. … It’s enormously gratifying to feel we now have a show that works.’ Money was so tight that the producers eschewed the traditional Sardi’s opening-night bash, throwing a small cast party at a chain hotel in Times Square. Stratas didn’t attend. Schwartz chose to “hide out” at an amusement park in New Jersey. Stratas got raves, as did the score. But critics complained about the convoluted script and characters that were more symbols than people. In a desperate attempt to keep the show going, Stratas led a parade of cast members from the Hellinger to the TKTS booth, urging people to buy tickets. Alas, nothing could save “Rags,” one of the most expensive flops of the 1980s. But the score endures, and these days, its immigration theme has “a relevance it didn’t really have before,” says Strouse. “I love the show. It sums up my feelings about America, now more than ever.”

Look closely if you dare — these males are being hunted by Australian cops for their naked display. Police in Newcastle — a coastal city 90 miles northeast of Sydney — are hunting five young men who brazenly ran through a local McDonald’s almost completely naked. Two of the males used a large object to obscure their manhood — but police aren’t lovin’ it. The nude run was captured on CCTV entering the Kings Street McDonalds on Friday, November 10, and officers from Newcastle City Local Area Command have released the images in an attempt to identify them. Detective Chief Inspector Peter Mahon said that while the incident may appear amusing there were several families with small children in the restaurant at the time. A young child is visible on the footage just a few feet away from the naked five as they walked into the fast food joint. “Police are investigating this display of offensive behavior and are seeking assistance from the public to identify the males.”

Like with a certain person's casinos?

It does, but purplekow's point was that today's kids, even if they know the expression, don't realize it means dropping a dime (or 2 nickles) into a pay phone to make the call to rat somebody out. I remember when the charge went from 10 cents to 25. Then again, I remember wooden phone booths (with seats) that had a light turn on when you closed the door, and a fan you could on or off via a switch above the phone.

Bravo’s favorite real estate agent is a father. “Million Dollar Listing New York” star Fredrik Eklund announced on Tuesday that he and husband Derek Kaplan welcomed twins via surrogate. “Happiest moment of my life. Welcome Fredrick and Milla to the world,” Eklund, 40, captioned the Instagram announcement, complete with a picture of the happy couple smooching while holding the baby boy and girl. A rep confirmed to Page Six that the twins arrived on Tuesday. The new development has been a long time coming for the couple, whose struggle to become parents has been captured on the luxury real estate show. Their surrogate’s miscarriage of twins in 2015 was talked about on the series, and in happier times Eklund later revealed that the couple of four years were expecting on the most recent season finale. Kaplan, an artist, has one child from a previous relationship. On Thanksgiving, Eklund described their excitement, expressing gratitude for their surrogate. “So thankful… most of all to our surrogate, she’s become family through this,” he wrotelast week. “At night I put my hand on her stomach and feel Milla and Fredrick kicking & we can’t wait to finally welcome them home….” I'll bet he used a surrogate just because he didn't want to ruin his figure.

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My favorite episode is Girls Just Wanna Have Fun... Before They Die, in which Blanche gives sex advice to Rose & Sophia. Watch the 5 1/2 minutes of rapid-fire punchlines from 7:15-12:46. Note how Blanche's voice quivers when she's supposed to sit down on the couch whilst saying her line, but hits the wicker armrest on the way down (at the 11:26 mark). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNv1ddJccJw

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Lead singer: Cuba Gooding Sr.

One of the things that annoyed a little me about GG is that, as the show went on, Bea Arthur seemed to adopt Benny's mannerism of putting her hand to her cheek and looking aloof or disinterested when something offputting was said. BTW, was anybody else annoyed at the way the ladies' kids' names & ages always seemed to change? Dorthy's daughter was played by 30 year old Lisa Jane Persky in the first season (2nd episode), & by 31 year old Deena Freeman in Season 2 (episode 23). So who was Dorothy pregnant with when she had to get married, considering the show began 2 years after the end of her 38 year marriage? Surely not her son Michael, who was 29 in the first season, 23 in the second when he married Rosalind Cash (who was preggers) and 30 in the third season, when he mentioned splitting up with her, but said nothing about the child. Then again, how could I expect Dorothy to be able to keep up with her kids' ages when she didn't even notice that her son had a nose job between his first and second appearance? http://media.gettyimages.com/photos/family-affair-episode-7-pictured-marilyn-jones-as-bridget-nylund-as-picture-id138386895 http://media.gettyimages.com/photos/mixed-blessings-episode-23-pictured-rosalind-cash-as-lorraine-scott-picture-id138357062 BTW... Some Scott Jacoby trivia... he has a piece of LGBTQ history... he played Hal Hobrook's son in the groundbreaking TV movie THAT CERTAIN SUMMER which portrayed Holbrook's relationship with Martin Sheen. Also, his half-brother Billy played Blanche's grandson in the first season's 6th episode. (So Blanche & Dorothy were kinda related!) He was billed as Billy Jacoby, since Scott was well-established in show biz & Billy's mother thought that would help him. He later changed his show biz moniker back to its original Billy Jayne.

LOVE that moment, too!

Bitch gets edited out, too. But all the jokes about Blanche's sleeping around are morally okay, I guess. P.S. I loved the A VISIT FROM LITTLE SVEN episode. I had a minor crush on Casey Sander ever since he played a self-defense instructor (whose outfit revealed a hairy chest) on VALERIE, which later became THE HOGAN FAMILY. There was a great moment when Sander (as Vince, the instructor) was instructing Edie McClurg... he grabbed her from behind and put her in a bear hug. Instead of struggling and fighting back, she started cooing with lust. He said to her, "Mrs. Poole, you're not struggling." Her response: "Not directly, no..." Of course, McClurg had a classic moment on GOLDEN GIRLS. She played a nurse who'd worked at Shady Pines when Sophia was 'incarcerated' there. Dorothy hired her to take care of Sophia when she'd hurt her ankles & was confined to a wheelchair. Sophia started teasing Dorothy by calling the nurse 'daughter' and having the nurse call her 'ma.' But it went too far when...

LA Clippers All-Star forward Blake Griffin suffered a sprained MCL in his left knee and could miss two months, the team announced Tuesday. Test results on Tuesday showed no structural damage to the knee, according to the Clippers. Griffin was injured in the final minutes of a Clippers victory over the Los Angeles Lakers at Staples Center on Monday night, when teammateAustin Rivers collided with Griffin in pursuit of a loose ball. Griffin remained in the game on the ensuing Clippers possession, during which he missed a 10-foot hook shot. He ultimately checked out of the game and retreated to the Clippers' locker room following a layup by Lakers forwardBrandon Ingram and a Clippers timeout. Griffin left the locker room without speaking to reporters. Griffin has averaged 23.6 points and 7.9 rebounds a game this season. Griffin, a five-time All-Star, signed a five-year, $173 million maximum contract extension in July to remain with the Clippers. He has sustained several serious injuries through the years, including season-ending toe surgery after Game 3 of the Clippers' first-round loss to Utah in the Western Conference playoffs last season. Griffin had missed 18 regular-season games after knee surgery.

In a social media world, capturing the perfect travel shot can seem like a competition at times. But a popular travel Instagram account has had to be shut down after a photo went too far and deeply offended the locals. The account, @traveling_butts, was started by a couple from California and it followed their adventures across the globe with pictures of their bare bottoms at famous tourist sites around the world. And while many posts were seen as harmless fun, the two men were forced to delete the account after they posted images of their behinds at the prominent temples Wat Arun and Wat Pho in Bangkok, angering locals who saw it as disrespectful to their holy sites. At these religious Thai landmarks, women aren’t even allowed to show bare arms or legs on the premises. The offending images were shared by a local Bangkok woman in the Facebook group Everything Bangkok, where it has been slammed for being culturally insensitive and profoundly disrespectful. “These two person [sic] has had acted lewdly in the grounds of the temple and the ground of the Thais. Thais respects the land of the temple too [sic]. Taking lewd pictures in a temple or on the grounds of temple or anywhere in Thailand is punishable by law,” wrote one Bangkok resident. “We are not haters … but PLEASE respect the cultures and taboos of Thailand. Live with it or just go away.” Another angrily commented: “Disgusting! Jail them!” An Australian man living in Bangkok even reprimanded the photo. “I think they’re asking people to have a sense of humor through irreverence but it’s not really appropriate given the nature of the country, religion and populace. More just inflammatory and silly,” he commented. Before taking the account down, the pair reportedly had 14,400 followers, according to Asian news publication Coconuts. Taking photos of your bare butt, dubbed a “belfie,” has become a recent travel trend on social media. Bums have been Instagrammed at iconic locations as the Grand Canyon, the Eiffel Tower, the Leaning Tower of Pisa and the Amazon River and against the backdrop of the Northern Lights. And so popular is the trend, another Instagram account called @CheekyExploits has more than 277,000 followers so far. The trend has prompted travel experts to warn tourists about how risky the craze is. Travel safety expert Phil Sylvester from Travel Insurance Direct warned that it could land travelers in serious trouble. “We’re all for free expression in the privacy of your own home, or even in the great outdoors when no one else is around, but be aware that many of the cheeky exploits featured in the account might get you into trouble,” he previously told news.com.au. “Although it is great to feel free and liberated when traveling the world, if you get detained or arrested by police for your bottom selfie and miss a flight or a prepaid tour, your insurance will unlikely pay your claim, simply and understandably because the event is a result of illegal behavior.” http://5b0988e595225.cdn.sohucs.com/images/20171125/d08595db24b744eebd7e9c31d2cc4153.jpeg

I want to beep that nose! Never thought I'd say this: May I touch your fish?

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Were crows circling overhead outside, while ominous music was playing?

When you were a kid and wanted to order something your mother knew you couldn't finish, did she ever say Your eyes are bigger than your stomach?

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This is just another example of fake news. The girl's 11, not 10. http://i0.wp.com/blog.zupps.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/kid-driver-wheeleie.gif