Recalling days of yore & mine<\/p>\n
To honor our new year, I checked old stuff that should\u2019ve been discarded back when Julius Caesar was around.<\/p>\n
Broadway? \u201cCan-Can\u201d with Gwen Verdon. Comedy? \u201cThe Seven Year Itch\u201d with Eddie Albert. Drama \u2014 Deborah Kerr in \u201cTea and Sympathy\u201d at the Barrymore. Atlantic City round trip: $3.80. The Pennsylvania \u2014 then the Statler \u2014 Tommy Dorsey. B\u2019way and 48th had very in McGinnis restaurant \u2014 dancing and a $3.95 shore dinner.<\/p>\n
Norman Vincent Peale\u2019s Marble Collegiate Church did a special Watch Night Service. Toscanini\u2019s \u201cCarmen.\u201d Capitol Theater? \u201cMiss Sadie Thompson\u201d with Rita Hayworth. TV went big \u2014 Steve Allen and Guy Lombardo at upscale Plaza \u2014 (now with a block full of Citi Bikes fronting it) \u2014 $24.<\/p>\n
Looking back, think. Now, what could be better for New York City other than a return of\u00a0de Blasio.<\/a><\/p>\n Alien book is orbiting<\/p>\n Seems we\u2019re having visitors. Not from across our borders. From across our universe.<\/p>\n UFOs are now called Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena<\/a>. Say that three times.\u00a0New Amazon doc \u201cThe Age of Disclosure\u201d<\/a>\u00a0is unearthing unearthly things. Filmmakers are now talking to\u00a0Sean Hannity,\u00a0Bret Baier,\u00a0Joe Rogan. Producer\u00a0Jay Stratton\u00a0has a new HarperCollins book coming. For him the thing is personal.<\/p>\n Stratton: \u201cWe\u2019re leading this research. We now know more than China and Russia.\u201d<\/p>\n What\u2019s in a name<\/p>\n Some 2026 kvetches, because who cares about these names:<\/p>\n Jake Gyllenhaal: \u201cMy last name gets butchered. In Swedish it means \u2018golden hall.\u2019 Once\u00a0David Letterman\u00a0called me \u2018Jill\u2019 and \u2018Ham\u2019 the whole time. Hollywood mispronounces me like \u2018guile\u2019 or \u2018jilted.\u2019 Neither\u2019s the right way to try and land a part.\u201d<\/p>\n Juliette Binoche: \u201cPeople mangle my last name. Some pronounce it like \u2018Binocue\u2019 \u2014 same as a cue stick. It\u2019s pronounced \u2018Bee-nosh.\u2019 I just smile and try to do my best interview.\u201d<\/p>\n Rachel Weisz: \u201cIrritating when people pronounce my name with a \u2018W.\u2019 It\u2019s like \u2018vice.\u2019 Please!\u201d<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\tGet opinions and commentary from our columnists\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSubscribe to our daily Post Opinion newsletter!\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n Ren\u00e9e Zellweger: \u201cIt\u2019s pronounced phonetically but people mangle it. In America something about a \u2018z\u2019 is intimidating.\u201d<\/p>\n John Leguizamo: \u201cI\u2019ve been called \u2018legs\u2019 and \u2018Amo.\u2019 Also \u2018legs\u2019 and \u2018Gumbo.\u2019 Doesn\u2019t change. So now I go through a whole movie and never hear anyone actually mention my real name.\u201d<\/p>\n Jacqueline Bisset: \u201cI\u2019ve given up trying to tell people it\u2019s not French. Some p.r. person said it rhymes with \u2018kiss it.\u2019 That\u2019s horribly embarrassing. I haven\u2019t been able to shake that embarrassment for years. Tell people the \u2018t\u2019 is pronounced.\u201d<\/p>\n German director\u00a0Wim Wenders: \u201cAt a Yankee game I heard the name broadcast so I rushed over. It was guys selling hot dogs.\u201d<\/p>\n Aida Turturro: \u201cAnyone calls me Ada again I\u2019ll scream. It\u2019s pronounced like the opera. Someone mispronounces it once more I\u2019ll strangle them.\u201d<\/p>\n Neve Campbell: \u201cThe first name\u2019s pronounced \u2018Nehv\u2019 not Nee-vee. I told that to an audience and they roared with approval.\u201d<\/p>\n Today you have to watch out for pickpockets. You know what a pickpocket is? It\u2019s a politician who takes your money without having to get elected.<\/p>\n Lots in NYC, kids, lots in NYC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Recalling days of yore & mine To honor our new year, I checked old stuff that should\u2019ve been…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":90901,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7436,207,43093,9,11,10,299],"class_list":["post-90900","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-aliens","tag-broadway","tag-jake-gyllenhaal","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-opinion"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90900","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90900"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90900\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/90901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}