What do they call it – Murphy’s Law – “If anything *can* go wrong it *will* go wrong – and at the worst possible moment!
How many times do I *think* I’m experiencing it again. It’s like a BBC program that’s written a little joke into the lines of one of their main characters in a series – It’s called “Lark Rise at Candleford” (I think – my sieve-se-ford memory again.) The writer(s) on this series has the main lead character excuse herself from banality by saying: “That’s’ my one weakness.” Except every time she says it – it’s a different ‘weakness.’ Very cute – always gets a laugh -- from us at least.
Another striking difference between British and American actors that I’ve picked up (at least I think I have) as a former actor – I know I have a terrible time remembering lines -- British theater etiquette (I guess) *requires* all actors to know their lines at the first rehearsal. Wow… in trying to memorize stage production lines I’m terrible. I am given to hiding little notes to myself in the wings on if we’re doing a film .. on the set somewhere – so I can sneak a peek at them between takes and refresh my sieve-se-ford model memory. That’s one reason I love radio so much. You *always* (in radio drama anyway) have a script in hand and don’t have to worry about memory blank spots. It must have formed a permanent weakness in my brain because throughout my whole experience of radio etc. I’ve depended upon scripts… Teleprompters are *wonderful* in my book. I’m envious of the soap opera characters who have to – and can – memorize great gobs of dialogue and perform it on cue. Ah well… thank the Lord for writers – and scripts!
We are trying to repair or reconstruct or whatever my writing/editing bench where I work on scripts and stuff. It’s fun when it goes well… and terrible when it doesn’t. This week has been an *it doesn’t* do right. So I have to stop and try to fix it. In the student days…. I’d just xxx it out and go on… and punctuation? Do it to communicate… don’t worry about the reading. Oh well… we all take short cuts.
Gotta quit – rambling here takes (make that “robs”) lots of time to go back and make the stuff readable… still at my age…I’m not sure I have that much time. (L)
Look for you tomorrow and we’ll examine some of the results – please (I’m fussing at the keyboard) you’d be surprised or amused at the time it takes me to straighten out the stuff. See you tomorrow.
Cordially, IN HIM
Jack
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“JUST A MINUTE”
NC VOTES ON AMENDMENT + CHINESE ACTIVIST
Homer: Jist a Minit: Mr. Jack – They’s a-votin’ on a
marriage amendment in
Jack: Right Homer, and we don’t have news yet.
BB: The polls don’t close till late do they?
Jack: When we lived there it was seven I think.
Homer: But they can come up with exit polls –rite?
MizP: Thass rite, but we won’t know fer a while.
BB: Well we do know Billy Graham an Bill Clinton
Come out on different sides – Mr Clinton again
MizP: An Rev. Graham fer hit – rite?
BB: At’s rite – enny news ‘bout th’ Chinese feller?
Jack: Well he still doesn’t have a passport.
MizP: Is him an his fambly gitting ta come heah?
Jack: Complications Miz Pearlie. Didn’t know yet.
BB: Do they thank he’s gittin’ out?
Jack: These cases involve a lot of government
People and move slowly.
MizP: But they’s a beatin’ up on his relatives rite.
Jack: Well we think it likely and his leg is in a cast.
BB: Did they break his leg?
Jack: I understand he was hurt when making his
MizP: … his escapt – Oh, Me – tha-ut souns bad.
Jack: We have to go slow and trust the truth Miz…
BB: An th’ truf is hard ta git to sum time.
Jack: Quite right Mr. Billy. So let’s don’t speculate.
BB: They needs ta treat they people better.
Homer: Ah second tha-ut motion.
Jack: We try to help but sometimes it’s easy…
MizP: … easy to push th’ wrong button.
Jack: Right Miz Pearl… best intentions but …
Easy to rush in where fools are quick …
Homer: Quick on th’ draw.
BB: … an sometime hit th wrong target.
MizP: Ah jist hope
Jack: That’s right and we’re at a distance so let’s
Mainly pray. That’ll do the most Good.
MizP: You’s sho rite ther-uh.
Jack: Let’s continue to pray and come back next week.
<> I’m Jack Buttram (End) Jebco Editorial Service
E-mail n4zhk@arrl.net
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