Gregory Maupin

@gjmaupin

Shakespeare actor/dramaturg; audiobook narrator; 1/2 of Rannygazoo (mongers of tinpandemonium) and Wingback Productions (makers of parlor theater ™️); Premature Anti-Fascist; he/him

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Gregory Maupin@gjmaupin· Jul 9

Navin Johnson voice: The Criterion box is here! The Criterion box is here!

50% off blus of Lester's 3/4 Musketeers, Lubitsch's Trouble in Paradise, and Mankiewicz's All About Eve

Gregory Maupin@gjmaupin· Jul 9

I saw one of these Heade magnolias on velvet (I don't think it was this one) not long after, which cemented it. It can barely be processed as painting and not window in person.

Gregory Maupin@gjmaupin· Jul 9

Klimt, Lady with a Fan (1917). One of the first pieces of art I saw in person having seen it in print and when realized that no photo does any painting justice. It glows.

Gregory Maupin@gjmaupin· Jul 8

I come home from playing Speed in Two Gents more or less as Benny Southstreet and what do I come home to but a That Girl with Johnny Silver.

Gregory Maupin@gjmaupin· Jul 5

Gregory Maupin@gjmaupin· Jul 4

Just juvenile goofiness to throw the kid off (or speak his language), I always assumed. #TCMParty #TheMusicMan

"Wait a minute, son!" Harold threw out one arm, then quickly the other, finally having to throw an ankle tackle in
with all his might to get away.
'I'm not your thon! Leave me go!" He fought and struggled
"Not till I talk to you for a minute."
"I won't lithen!" Winthrop cried, still trying his utmost to light loose. "You wouldn't tell the truth anyway."
"I would too."
"Would not."
to know."
"Would tot. Cross my heart. I'll tell you anthing you want
you lead a band?"
Sullenly, Winthrop dropped his arms and held still. "Can
"No."
"Yes.
"Are you a big liar?"
"Yes.'
"Are you a dirty rotten crook?"
"Leave me go, you big liar!" Bursting into tears, kicking and squirming, Winthrop broke loose.
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straightened
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Gregory Maupin@gjmaupin· Jul 4

Cancelled film adaptation
MGM bought the screen rights for the musical in 1967 with plans to make it into a film starring Julie Andrews and to be directed by Harold Prince. After a year of delays, MGM moved forward with the film with a revised production in 1969. Julie Andrews was still set to play Amalia; however Blake Edwards was now set to direct.
Dick Van Dyke was strongly considered for the role of Georg which would have reunited Andrews and Van Dyke for the first time since Mary Poppins in 1964.
Maurice Chevalier was among those considered for the role of Maraczek. Production was well underway when Kirk Kerkorian bought MGM and installed James T.
Aubrey Jr. to run the studio to make sweeping changes.
[citation needed]
With a major company restructuring and focus shifting to more youth oriented films, the musical was among the many projects abruptly dropped. [citation needed]

Gregory Maupin@gjmaupin· Jul 4

More peripheral memorabilia... #TCMParty #TheMusicMan

The Buffalo Bills' Home Is Where the Heart Is LP

Gregory Maupin@gjmaupin· Jul 4

The full count. #TCMParty #TheMusicMan

"Saty, laty, kory, iffry, dik!" chanted the Wa Tan Ye Gins Eulalie continued the count dramatically, relying heavily on her personal idea of how authentic gutteral redskin accents should sound: "Een-dik, teen-dik, tuther-dik, feather tick Een-bumpfrey, teen-bumpfrey, tuther-bumpfrey, bumpfrey. Widget-!"
Tommy Djilas, dark-eyed, black-haired teen-ager-paid
40

Gregory Maupin@gjmaupin· Jul 4

I don't know. I think the book is better. #TheMusicMan #TCMParty

Gregory Maupin@gjmaupin· Jul 3

As we continue our post-performance That Girls (Thats Girl?) I feel the need to note a) the high quality of Lew Marie's oft-seen at-home cardigan and b) that more and more over the years I realize I Married Ann.

(sadly there's no readily available pic with the waistband)

Gregory Maupin@gjmaupin· Jun 26

If you see this, post an archer

Gregory Maupin@gjmaupin· Jun 25

Steve Binder didn't frame this shot of Elvis between the letters of his own name so you could tell me ai is inevitable.

Elvis singing Jerry Reed's "Guitar Man" between the L and the V of ELVIS on the '68 Comeback Special

Gregory Maupin@gjmaupin· Jun 23

To say nothing of Abigail's childhood fixation that inspired this bit of handicraft from me some years ago:

Gregory Maupin@gjmaupin· Jun 20

I guess there could be weirder merch tie-ins from a Kushner show but I'm not sure what they'd be.

Gregory Maupin@gjmaupin· Jun 18

Rannygazoo's Top-Shelf Story Hour would like to clear up any confusion: Brenda Vaccaro will not be appearing with us on Monday, June 22 at 7:30pm at Vines Wine Bar & Spirit Shop, nor will any reference then be made to Midnight Cowboy, to How Now, Dow Jones, or to feminine hygiene ads, probably.

Us with Brenda Vaccaro on a (tempestuous and shaky) cruise ship.

Gregory Maupin@gjmaupin· Jun 15

The Greedy from the nightmare fuel that is Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure

Gregory Maupin@gjmaupin· Jun 13

#TCMParty

Gregory Maupin@gjmaupin· Jun 10

We should note that we (@broccoliserbaby.bsky.social & I) are at it again on Monday, June 22, if a lighthearted evening of song, short stories, and poetry are your idea of It. (If not, we assume you're Elinor Glyn.)

Rannygazoo's Top-Shelf Story Hour
Mon., 6/22, 7:30pm

Gregory Maupin@gjmaupin· Jun 8

I'd like to share this pic of my wife's costume as Duchess Senior in this production of As You Like It we're doing. It's so well designed and I really dig it.

Action shot of my stunning wife in a stunning costume from As You Like It. It's a Elizabethan-esque dress but separated in the front so breeches and tights are exposed because Duchess Senior is exiled to the forest and a dress would not be practical. Also there's a terrific little Robin Hood hat. Also she's gorgeous.

Gregory Maupin@gjmaupin· Jun 3

Gregory Maupin@gjmaupin· Jun 1

Post a poster you used to have in your room, apartment, or house. (I still have it but it isn't hanging up.)

Gregory Maupin@gjmaupin· May 30

Mine Calvinos are all over the place. Thanks again to the professor who created a "The Fantastic in Literature" course, one of the best things to happen to me in college.