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chat was on clippings from Oz due to GarlandGrl's blunders and took
place on December 9, 2002. You have just entered room "NelsonAndJeanette." MamaLion27 has entered the room. GarlandGrl: Hi Dorothy :-) KathrynGraysonFn has entered the room. GarlandGrl: Hi Kayla :0) KathrynGraysonFn: Aloha MamaLion27: Hi, Ginny. I am here at least for the moment. GarlandGrl: Okie dokie :-) KathrynGraysonFn: What's the topic? GarlandGrl: Collectibles GarlandGrl: :-D KathrynGraysonFn: Good, not Australia again. No offense to Australia or anything GarlandGrl: Awww ;-) MamaLion27: A subject i am sorely short of..but I do have Nelson's records..Bea Musick's entire collection! KathrynGraysonFn: At least a lot of us know what to bring up when talking about collectibles! GarlandGrl: Oh my goodness! Kayla just added the concert favorites 78's to my collection *grins* KathrynGraysonFn: Did you get to listen to them yet? GarlandGrl: Yup :-D KathrynGraysonFn: The condition looked REALLY good to me, but how did they sound? GarlandGrl: Really good :-) GarlandGrl: LOL KathrynGraysonFn: yay! GarlandGrl: You're a good judge! GarlandGrl: ;-) MamaLion27: I haven't gotten to listen to any of these. I have 33 1/3, 45's and 78's...but no turntable! GarlandGrl: Awwwwww KathrynGraysonFn: You should see my Meet Me In St Louis 78's... they look like oversized coasters... GarlandGrl: LOL :-) MamaLion27: Here's hoping Santa got my message! GarlandGrl: Alas and alack... you need a turn table... so we can see you on the flip side. GarlandGrl: :-D KathrynGraysonFn: I begged my mom for a record player eons ago when she brought home a Lovely To Look At soundtrack... KathrynGraysonFn: "You know who that is?! You know what I don't have?!" GarlandGrl: Awww... I got another one recently, my old one's needle had problems. DIXC has entered the room. GarlandGrl: Hi Dick! :-D KathrynGraysonFn: My first Jeanette thing was a set of 45's. MamaLion27: I am hoping for that Crosley model that plays all 3 speeds. KathrynGraysonFn: And that was before I was a fan. I was so glad that I had them when I fully discovered her. DIXC: Hi! Thanks for the invite.:-) MamaLion27: Yes, Jeanette is included in this collection, too. KathrynGraysonFn: Mine only plays 2 speeds... :-( GarlandGrl: Ahhhh, yeah! That would be great! I need to figure out a better way to get them onto my computer. I have cables, but it didn't work with my other computer, I haven't tried it with my new laptop yet. GarlandGrl: You're quite welcome, Dick! ;-) KathrynGraysonFn: I need to find cables... KathrynGraysonFn: I wonder how Sally does the cd's. Dugan EK has entered the room. DIXC: ;-) GarlandGrl: You should ask ;-) ;-) KathrynGraysonFn: I should... GarlandGrl: Hello Eleanor :-D MamaLion27: Hi, Eleanor. Dugan EK: Hell0 -- my computer says I've performed an illegal operation -- I hope I'm not thrown off line -- GarlandGrl: (Sally Sherman, Kathryn Grayson's secretary, for those who have no clue who we're talking about) GarlandGrl: Awww GarlandGrl: :-D DIXC: Good your here Eleanor:-) GarlandGrl: But you're hear now! KathrynGraysonFn: here? KathrynGraysonFn: hehe GarlandGrl: Oops GarlandGrl: My bad... GarlandGrl: I'm old remember........ KathrynGraysonFn: Haha MamaLion27: Never let age get you down!:-P GarlandGrl: So Eleanor, what special collectibles do you have? Dugan EK: My daughter just walked in the door from Washington D.C. -- EARLY!! (Last Christmas she was 40 hours late due to storms.) Dugan EK: Well, my favorite collectible is -- GarlandGrl: I'm going to be 21 tomorrow and I'm rebelling.. I refuse. I'm going to be 99 all my life. GarlandGrl: Awww GarlandGrl: 8-) Dugan EK: My copy of "Jeanette MacDonald?" -- the 1931 French scandal book about her affair with the Belgian prince. GarlandGrl: It's been fairly beautiful here... considering all the rain we've been having. KathrynGraysonFn: Oooooh! I'd love to see that. Just for curiosity's sake GarlandGrl: LOL MamaLion27: HAPPY BIRTHDAY, GINNY!O:-) GarlandGrl: Thanks!! GarlandGrl: *still in denial* KathrynGraysonFn: I'm not going to acknowledge Ginny's birthday. GarlandGrl: Thanks :-D GarlandGrl: LOL KathrynGraysonFn: We shall celebrate someone else's birthday, like I celebrae Van Johnson's rather than mine. KathrynGraysonFn: But- Back to the subject at hand... Dugan EK: Cheers, Ginny -- GarlandGrl: 8-) DIXC: Happy Birthday.:-) GarlandGrl: Thanks, Dick! GarlandGrl: Anyway... I dunno... I think my favorite possessions now are the films and recordings and then after that are the autographs. GarlandGrl: Just because..... I'm silly :-D KathrynGraysonFn: Autographs schmautographs. Give me records! MamaLion27: Oh, I also have two editions of Radio Guide from 1936 with interviews of Nelson. KathrynGraysonFn: hehe GarlandGrl: I said films and recordings first ;-) GarlandGrl: Awwww... do you have that one with the really cute picture on the front of Nelson? GarlandGrl: LOL GarlandGrl: Like none of them are cute....... KathrynGraysonFn has left the room. GarlandGrl: I can't remember which year it's from, which is a first... because I've been looking for it. MamaLion27: Nope. Missed that one but I have the interview where he says "goodbye to romance"! GarlandGrl: Awww MamaLion27: He was sick of all the gossip linking him to starlets. GarlandGrl: Articles are fun to read... :-D KathrynGraysonFn has entered the room. Dugan EK: Besides videos and audios, I LOVE my movie stills -- one gets to study the costumes, which are my passion. KathrynGraysonFn: AOL is quite possibly the devil. DIXC: One of my favorites is the LIFE Magazine with the front cover from 9/27/37 of Nelson Eddy. FRONT COVER of the biggest magazine of that time. GarlandGrl: Awww :-D I got that recently, too Dick! KathrynGraysonFn: I had a chance to get it, but I opted for Judy instead... sorry Nelson! MamaLion27: Oh, how I wish I was collecting for much longer. I have missed so much. GarlandGrl: The first thing I ever got was the still from Maytime, that I use as the backgrounds for my site. KathrynGraysonFn: The first picture I got was one from Bittersweet. DIXC: My most unusual is a 4 hour radio show about Nelson MamaLion27: However, I have had so many stills, tapes and CDs sent to me I am eternally grateful. GarlandGrl: It was the only picture in the folder *gasp* And now I've banned myself from collecting pictures for a while because Miss Eleanor and Anita McCreery have added to my collection so much. :-D I'm amazed how fast my collection has GarlandGrl: grown in four years. KathrynGraysonFn: I don't think I have anything unusual... unless you call farewell to dreams unusual. KathrynGraysonFn: 4 years? I went from 1 picture of Kathryn Grayson to over 50 in a few months! KathrynGraysonFn: *not addicted* MamaLion27: The song? or that book, Kayla? GarlandGrl: HA HA HA HA HA :-D I know... I was with you when you bought most of it. Dugan EK: My daughter Jill says "hello" -- KathrynGraysonFn: The book, Dorothy KathrynGraysonFn: Hello, Jill GarlandGrl: Hello Jill! :o) DIXC: Chuck Scaden "Those were the days" on Radio WNIB on April 3, 1993. It is two cassetts of one hour each side of a very fine progam about Nelson. GarlandGrl: Awww KathrynGraysonFn: I love the radio shows I have. The old Lux Theatre GarlandGrl: That sounds neat, Dick. :o) GarlandGrl: Oh yeah! I've got Smilin Through and Bittersweet on record... KathrynGraysonFn: Lux flakes prevent sloppy runs! GarlandGrl: And I was able to download a lot of them... MamaLion27: I am so envious of all of you. KathrynGraysonFn: I've got Irene, Maytime, and Smilin Through. KathrynGraysonFn: Awww Dugan EK: I thought it was both sad and funny that Archipenko in the wartime Lux Radio show became an Italian -- GarlandGrl: I know it!! LOL KathrynGraysonFn: I never understood turning him Italian. There's Mussolini! MamaLion27: Oh. I have those on record, too. I have just received this record collection and I am apt to forget some of them. Dugan EK: Somehow it wasn't as horrible being Italian -- KathrynGraysonFn: Fair enough DIXC: My first collection was from an estate of a big dead fan of Nelson, with many pictures and info about Nelson KathrynGraysonFn: Let's see... Oh! Sheet Music is a big thing with me KathrynGraysonFn: Even though I can't read it, or carry a tune in a bucket Dugan EK: I can't either, but I love the covers. KathrynGraysonFn: Oh yes GarlandGrl: Awww :-) It's amazing how many things fans collect... seeing other collections as well. GarlandGrl: Kayla, you can sing........... I think you can. :-P KathrynGraysonFn: And I have my girl Of The Golden West poster. KathrynGraysonFn: *Girl KathrynGraysonFn: Does anyone else have posters? GarlandGrl: I've got lots of sheet music, too. My lastest addition is At The Balalaika. Dugan EK: I have posters that have been waiting 30 years until I can afford toi have them framed. About $250 each was the original estimate because they need special glass, being so big. KathrynGraysonFn: As you can see, I have this problem with buying too much on ebay DIXC: I have a nice collection of all the songs he ever sang in a beautiful notebook. GarlandGrl: I'm afraid I don't, we have expensive posters... the one I saw for San Francisco was over $200. KathrynGraysonFn: Wow! I have 27x41 whih i put in a $30 frame KathrynGraysonFn: Well, I got a reprint from 1963, but that's still almost 40 years old! MamaLion27: I made a solemn promise to my family to keep away from E-Bay but I think such promises must have limits. KathrynGraysonFn: I kept my ebay under control for about a month before going to Hollywood... GarlandGrl: LOL... I bid against Kayla once... ;-) She ended up sending me The Nelson pictures in the collection for Jeanette tapes. KathrynGraysonFn: and for a couple of months after, but now I'm spending moneylike Ive got it KathrynGraysonFn: I remember that! All I wanted was one picture GarlandGrl: HA HA HA :-D GarlandGrl: Yup KathrynGraysonFn: It's on my wall... my ever disappearing wall MamaLion27: Diane has made some great finds on ebay. Dugan EK: Happily, I've never bought anything on ebay -- I go look at the lists and want to bid on almost everything -- it's so fortunately that I'm beautiful instead of rich! (As my daughter jokes.) MamaLion27: That bust in particular! GarlandGrl: I've been trying to get everything from collectibles shows... just because it's cheaper - you don't have to worry about shipping or the bidding frenzy. KathrynGraysonFn: Collectibles Shows... *sigh* GarlandGrl: Awww ;-) Yeah! And... and... the make-up case!! GarlandGrl: We're going to clone Nelson some day... it'll be fun... KathrynGraysonFn: Didn't it end up having a dead bug in it? KathrynGraysonFn: Free stuff! GarlandGrl: I didn't see that... but I have seen it :-D MamaLion27: I was even looking in old shops in Ireland for Nelson..but no luck! Dugan EK: At 5:30 I'm going to say adieu and Merry Christmas. My daughter is still on east coast time and starving, so I need to start dinner. GarlandGrl: Awwww GarlandGrl: Okie dokie... we'll miss you! KathrynGraysonFn: I'm afraid I've milked this town of everything Jeanette and Kathryn Grayson related DIXC: Give her some shortning bread Dugan EK: I have friends in France who occasionally find a Jeanette item in shops there -- because of her films with Chevalier. GarlandGrl: Good one, Dick! :-D MamaLion27: Good thinking, Dick! DIXC: ;-) MamaLion27: I will have to take more trips over there and see if I can find some. Dugan EK: I THINK shortning bread was made with lard and she is a vegetarian. KathrynGraysonFn: Thanks, because now that song will be in my head for a few days Dugan EK: Just think of the Mexican Hat Dance -- that will drive it out of your mind. GarlandGrl: LOL KathrynGraysonFn: haha GarlandGrl: Or The Kerry Dance... that drives everything out of my mind. GarlandGrl: :-D KathrynGraysonFn: Haha, I usually use The Jewel Song. KathrynGraysonFn: It's sad that I've listened to it so many times that I can lip sync and make it look like I know the words... KathrynGraysonFn: Because I know the "sounds that she makes" GarlandGrl: LOL KathrynGraysonFn: Let's see here... GarlandGrl: I ordered the Nelson/Gale CD from Diane and recieved it last week... Nelson was hillarious at mocking other singers. The man was just brilliant. GarlandGrl: I never would have expected him to sing "Dayo" or "Come-on-a-my House" KathrynGraysonFn: Come On-A My House? I love that song! KathrynGraysonFn: Even "sang" it to a waiter as a joke once... but that a whole other story Dugan EK: Well, I'm off to fix lemon-rice and green beans -- take care everyone!! Happy, happy!! Talk to you next week. GarlandGrl: Me too! O:-) Even though Rosemary Clooney thought it was evil... KathrynGraysonFn: Bye! GarlandGrl: You too!! :o) Byeeee! KathrynGraysonFn: It is evil! DIXC: If you don't tell anyone else; I have that paper doll set for Nelson and J where you can change their clothes.; ha ha. KathrynGraysonFn: It's so evil its funny! Dugan EK has left the room. KathrynGraysonFn: I have the paper dolls! GarlandGrl: Awww... I only have the Judy book one ;-) GarlandGrl: But I have seen them :-) KathrynGraysonFn: Even with my prudish-ish nature, I can claim to have Nelson and Jeanette in their underwear MamaLion27: Sorry, group. I will have to catch up. The take-out dinners arrived and I had to get Jan something to eat. GarlandGrl: Kayla, you silly ;-) GarlandGrl: Aww :0) Okie KathrynGraysonFn: Just as long as I don't aquire any more pictures resembling fishies and affectionate puppies, I'll be fine. GarlandGrl: :-) MamaLion27: I know there are many more lovely treasures out there in someone's dusty attic. KathrynGraysonFn: Yeah, I really shouldn't bring up inside jokes and assume that everyone won't think I'm crazy GarlandGrl: Yeah! Maybe some more Nelson paintings... anyone who has one of those or a sculpture is quite lucky! GarlandGrl: :-D KathrynGraysonFn: *sigh* The only places where Nelson or Jeanette appeared in this town have been demolished GarlandGrl: Awww MamaLion27: Oh, I would love to have the time to wander around flea markets and old shops. All I need are wheels..with a car on top! KathrynGraysonFn: haha GarlandGrl: I go to places all the time and don't realize they've been there... like Stanford... took me a while to figure out that one. GarlandGrl: I want to go to the SF opera house ::sigh:: Some day... KathrynGraysonFn: I stood on the corner where the theatre was that Jeanette was at KathrynGraysonFn: And yelled at the bank that's there now... MamaLion27: Please don't tell me my trip to SF and LA will be in vain? GarlandGrl: Awww GarlandGrl: Nope ;-) GarlandGrl: You'll see a lot, Dorothy! :-) MamaLion27: By the time I get there I may need a seeing eye dog! KathrynGraysonFn: A trip to those areas is never a disappointment... even if the vacant lot down the street from the hotel DOES smell of urine GarlandGrl: Especially if you contact Helen Crawford and go to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.......... and, and... USC... :-D GarlandGrl: LOL......... yeah GarlandGrl: Hollywood isn't all glamour... GarlandGrl: But... it's coming back ;-) KathrynGraysonFn: A-yep KathrynGraysonFn: I do hope that the horrible picture of marilyn stays. KathrynGraysonFn: that was priceless MamaLion27: Well, I am hoping to make it over there in the spring. I will be in Seattle and hop down from there. GarlandGrl: Do pictures of places count? I have a picture of myself at Nelson's grave for the first time all melancholy... I really did shed a few tears. GarlandGrl: Placing a flower too.... while my Mother and my cousin laughed at me!! KathrynGraysonFn: Pictures of places should count. GarlandGrl: Okie MamaLion27: I'll bring a camera! KathrynGraysonFn: Jeanette's prints and I are hanging up at work GarlandGrl: And... and... I've seen most of Nelson's homes... and Kayla and I saw the roof of Twin Gables. GarlandGrl: Awww KathrynGraysonFn: *I* saw more of the roof than Ginny GarlandGrl: Everytime I go to Grauman's I have to take another picture... GarlandGrl: That's true :-P MamaLion27: Who lives there now? KathrynGraysonFn: *puts hands in pockets and whistles* DIXC: Pictures should count. After all HE was in PICTRESO:-) KathrynGraysonFn: Someone who doesnt like Jeanette fans hounding them GarlandGrl: LOL GarlandGrl: Yeah, they built a really large fence... KathrynGraysonFn: I think the fence has always been there, but they put tarps around the iron gate entrance so people can't see in GarlandGrl: And you can only see the roof well when climbing a certain fence *watches kayla put hands in her pockets and whistles with her* MamaLion27: Party-poopers! GarlandGrl: Yeah! KathrynGraysonFn: But Giny's car touched Judy's driveway KathrynGraysonFn: *Ginny GarlandGrl: YEAH!!! :-D KathrynGraysonFn: Those people must be crazy. Don't they know what kind of fans Judy has? GarlandGrl: I know... seriously... GarlandGrl: Well, we didn't knock on doors or anything... KathrynGraysonFn: But some of them would! GarlandGrl: I did, however, go into Nelson's backyard at NETop with fellow Nelson fans... GarlandGrl: That was brave of me :-D KathrynGraysonFn: haha GarlandGrl: And illegal.... GarlandGrl: But you know... I can do one illegal action a year and still be a goody, goody. MamaLion27: Goodness., Kayla. That almost equals my youthful experience of catching Lawrence Welk in his shorts while trying to get Dennis Morgan's autograph. KathrynGraysonFn: haha GarlandGrl: Ha ha ha KathrynGraysonFn: Me? What? I don't climb fences to see people's houses. No... never... MamaLion27: I promised faithfully not to crawl into windows again. GarlandGrl: LOL KathrynGraysonFn: Or crawl under ropes to take pictures... GarlandGrl: Yup... ropes... to "see" Jeanette... GarlandGrl: And Gene GarlandGrl: And Nat King Cole... and... and... who else is right there? GarlandGrl: LOL GarlandGrl: Oh, Alan Ladd... KathrynGraysonFn: I have made it a note never to climb the fence at 2009 La Mesa Drive, however. Vicious dog attacks don't appeal to me. GarlandGrl: LOL KathrynGraysonFn: I rather like not having tooth marks in my posterior, thank you. MamaLion27: I often wondered if anyone ever gave medals for bravery to hard-working fans! GarlandGrl: I think they should give one to Valerie... have you ever heard stories of her Nelson adventures? KathrynGraysonFn: Haha, a former president of Kathryn grayson's fan club wanted to mary her, and he climbed the fence only to be greeted by a bite in the rear by one of her dogs MamaLion27: I haven't heard about Valerie! KathrynGraysonFn: That, my friends, is why I won't be climbing that fence. KathrynGraysonFn: And the whoe tresspassing thing is bad, too GarlandGrl: Oh my goodness! Apparently she basically stalked Nelson... she watched him from the street.. and followed him on all of his tours with other a couple other Nelson fans. KathrynGraysonFn: *whole KathrynGraysonFn: Jeez! GarlandGrl: Someone said that in one of the Australian recordings... he says "Where's Valerie!?" MamaLion27: She must have been a very busy girl..and wealthy! GarlandGrl: I know someone could tell this story better than me!! But it just amazes me so! She got stills that MGM just threw away of Nelson... lucky girl, very lucky girl. KathrynGraysonFn: awww MamaLion27: Tasteless MGM! GarlandGrl: Like there was ever a bad shot of Nelson......... HA! GarlandGrl: :-D KathrynGraysonFn: tee hee MamaLion27: I have been playing Nelson's Christmas songs today (and his other stuff, too) and driving the family mad. GarlandGrl: Awww... :-) KathrynGraysonFn: Well kids, I need to go work on wrapping presents and putting Kathryn in my new scrapbook. MamaLion27: Grandmothers must make a stand now and then GarlandGrl: I do that often... I use The Indian Love Call to my advantage :-D DIXC: What is the topic for next week? KathrynGraysonFn: g'night! GarlandGrl: Not sure yet ;-) Any suggestions? MamaLion27: Your problem is mine in reverse! GarlandGrl: LOL GarlandGrl: Night Kayla :-) MamaLion27: Nite, Kayla. DIXC: Bye:-) MamaLion27: Bye Dick. I guess we will have to put the topic up for discussion. GarlandGrl: Yup ;-) KathrynGraysonFn has left the room. DIXC: How about "Your 3 favorite songs of N & J"?:-\ MamaLion27: Oops, sorry Dick. GarlandGrl: That could work ;-) GarlandGrl: We probably all have different favorites... :o) MamaLion27: I'll buy that. GarlandGrl: Thank goodess we have you here :-) DIXC: But I do :-)have to leave. Happy Holidays to all. See you next week. GarlandGrl: You too! Byeeee! :o) MamaLion27: Merry Christmas, Dick DIXC: Merry Christmas!:-) DIXC has left the room. MamaLion27: I better go, too, The take-out is almost gone and I didn't get mine, yet! GarlandGrl: Awww ;-) Okie! Bye Dorothy! GarlandGrl: Merry Christmas :-D posted May 27, 2003 |