Pasablanca in the fall …

Posted on September 11, 2007 by Larry Wilson

It’s all, you know, a terrifically big secret, and cast members are never supposed to spill the beans about the plot of, or the local celebrities in, the Pasadena Senior Center’s annual fund-raising Pasadena Follies parody musical extravaganza. But Ann Erdman can’t actually have us killed, can she? Powerful as she is in City Hall, we won’t get tossed into the base isolators during a quake — will we?
Well, you already know it’s called “Pasablanca.” Script is by Ann and Barry Gordon . Lyrics by Jerram “Ira Gershwin Ain’t Got Nothin’ on Me” Swartz, who returns to directing duties this year as well. Curtain goes up sometime after 5:30 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 21. Tickets still widely available.
And you know the mayor’s in it, because the mayor’s always in it. Mmm — “Pasablanca.” Wonder what part the mayor might play?

But someone slipped me a draft script and I see here that a certain local newspaper editor, in an incredibly self-referential bit of schtick calling back to a skit last year, has the following line: “Oh, the bovinity!” And that a certain city-side reporter for a competing rag — OK, it’s Andre Coleman — replies, “Holy cow!”
Yes, it goes on like that, and yet you wouldn’t miss it.
Others in greasepaint? I don’t know, but I heard a rumor that there’s a once and future mayoral candidate who managed to poll 26 percent fewer votes than the last guy who became an also-ran …

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120 Responses to Pasablanca in the fall …

  1. Ann Erdman says:
    September 11, 2007 at 6:45 pm

    Keep one eye open tonight, buddy.

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  2. Aaron Proctor says:
    September 11, 2007 at 7:37 pm

    Wait..Guido Mendl is in the Pasadena Follies? :-)

    I kid, I kid.

    You know I only pick on you Larry cause I like you so much.

    Reply
  3. Anonymous says:
    September 12, 2007 at 11:15 am

    I’m betting Bogaard gets typecast in the Peter Lorre role. Or would playing a backroom dealing manipulator be too close to the real thing?

    Reply
  4. Ann Erdman says:
    September 12, 2007 at 3:27 pm

    It’s easy to post biting, bitter, bogus comments anonymously. Requires no guts but certainly reveals the character of the poster. I’m just sayin’.

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  5. Anonymous says:
    September 12, 2007 at 4:47 pm

    Whenever (not this one) the author is Anonymous, means it was written by Martin Truitt. Whenever it says it was written by Martin Truitt, means him trying to appear as if normal person.

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  6. Paul (that talker guy) says:
    September 12, 2007 at 11:33 pm

    Martin would be good for the Louie role. He’s always blaming the usual suspects.

    Always nice to see the official apologist at work. (Tweak. Tweak) How’s everything Ann?

    Paul (the real one, not the pretender)

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  7. Paul (that talker guy) says:
    September 12, 2007 at 11:38 pm

    I’m guessing Bill will play Ilsa (the Ingrid Bergman role) in drag a la Monty Python.

    Martin’s much more clever than the anonymous poster, btw. If he wrote that it would be funny.

    Paul (the real one, not the pretender)

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  8. Aaron Proctor says:
    September 13, 2007 at 10:05 am

    Why not – instead of Ilsa from Casablanca – “Ilsa: She-Wolf Of The S.S.”?

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  9. Paul (that talker guy) says:
    September 13, 2007 at 2:04 pm

    Because I’d much rather see Bill gaze longingly into Sid Tyler’s eyes as (s)he listens to Sid deliver that amazing, “hill of beans” monologue on the airport tarmac. (With Martin standing in the background smoking a cigarette and Tom Coston (in the Paul Henreid role – think about it) waiting on the ramp for Bill. of course, Tom would have to be carrying his accordian instead of a suitcase.

    Paul (the real one, not the pretender)

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  10. Aaron Proctor says:
    September 13, 2007 at 3:13 pm

    That’s almost as homoerotic as my crush on Steve Had.

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  11. Tom says:
    September 13, 2007 at 6:27 pm

    Don’t you people realize you are being used by Ann? The truth is they don’t have a script and are in a panic. Another day of these posts and the entire script will have been written by you! Ann did this once before, right after FAX machines had come into style. All of those silly chain FAXes were an elaborate scheme to have a script created by the unknowing public.

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  12. Ann Erdman says:
    September 13, 2007 at 9:52 pm

    Nope, we had the read-through last Saturday and all (well, almost all) is well. Each skit is bound to offend somebody in the audience, which means my work is done.

    Reply
  13. Ann Erdman says:
    September 13, 2007 at 9:54 pm

    Oh, and hi, Paul. Drop by and see us sometime here in the hallowed halls of local government.

    Reply
  14. Paul (that talker guy) says:
    September 14, 2007 at 1:27 pm

    Aaron, you need to distinguish between homo-erotic and absurdist. (Yes, there is a difference, Tom.)

    Hi Ann, I know Tom’s right about the script because Tom’s always right (if he’s the right Tom, that is).

    I don’t know if I’d recognize those new, spruced up, hallowed halls anymore, but I will try to come by one day soon and say, “Hi.”

    Paul (the real one, not the pretender)

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  15. Ann Erdman says:
    September 14, 2007 at 6:04 pm

    I don’t think it’s the same Tom. He would have called me to say he had posted that.

    Reply
  17. Aaron Proctor says:
    September 15, 2007 at 9:46 pm

    Paul -

    A little bit from column A, a little bit from column B.

    Reply
  18. Paul (that talker guy) says:
    September 17, 2007 at 9:57 am

    That’s a little too wild for me, I’m afraid.

    Paul (the real one, not the pretender)

    Reply
  19. Aaron Proctor says:
    September 17, 2007 at 3:14 pm

    Don’t sell yourself short.

    Reply
  20. Tom (not bringing light) says:
    September 17, 2007 at 5:40 pm

    Ann. How soon you forget. Don’t you remember those foggy evenings in Morro Bay or the romantic lunch on the beach in Santa Barbara?

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  21. Ann Erdman says:
    September 17, 2007 at 10:00 pm

    Oh, THAT Tom! Yes, of course. And I recall a lovely meal near the beach at Goleta. And visiting a kid with horses. Seems like only yesterday.

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