I’m So Confused
Mom: I have the matzoh, gefilte fish and afikomen gifts for the seder. When you know, please let me know what else I need to bring. Charoses? Matzoh balls? Parsley? Cake (fruit or crumb?)*
Me: Charoses & matzoh balls, please. Also, please help me remember to put out the cranberry sauce. Oh, wait, that’s Thanksgiving.
Mom: Are you planning to set the cranberry sauce on fire? No, wait, that’s a birthday!
Me: I thought setting the cranberry sauce on fire was Chanukah. Oh, wait, that’s setting potato pancakes on fire.
Actually, I did once set the kitchen on fire while making potato pancakes at Chanukah.
*Mom is playing Belle May Steinberg Carroca in Footlite Musicals’ current production of My Favorite Year. And for the record, the correct answer is “fruit.”
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March 24th, 2007 at 12:21 pm
Hmm - that link takes me someplace that needs a password. Probably not what you intended.
March 24th, 2007 at 3:26 pm
As long as you don’t have to put the cat out!
March 25th, 2007 at 12:09 pm
See post title.
Link should be fixed now, and I have never set a cat on fire. One of the neighbor’s cats accidentally set itself on fire on one of my Halloween decorations a few years ago, but a) that was NOT my fault, and b) the cat was fine except for a some slightly singed fur.
March 28th, 2007 at 6:26 pm
See ya’ Monday …
March 29th, 2007 at 2:30 am
I love the movie My Favourite Year…how does the musical stack up? I’ve been tempted to buy the cast recording on faith, but it is expensive at my musical theatre store.
March 29th, 2007 at 8:09 am
Never seen the movie, so I can’t compare. The show is very good, although for reasons that nobody can figure out, it didn’t do well on Broadway.
March 31st, 2007 at 12:37 am
One theory as to why it didn’t do well on Broadway is that there isn’t any song that you leave the theater humming, although I and other cast members found ourselves singing other people’s songs all day.
Some of the songs are so well integrated into the plot, with lines in the middle of them (somethimes in rhythm) that if you hadn’t seen the show it might be hard to appreciate the songs fully.