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Kevin Daly @kevinddaly.bsky.social · 25m

She stepped into Nanette for Ruby's vacation while Follies was on.

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Kevin Daly @kevinddaly.bsky.social · 32m

She had a sweet voice. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbs5...

'Blondie' Actress Penny Singleton Sings For Us!

YouTube video by You Asked For It

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Kevin Daly @kevinddaly.bsky.social · 38m

He played the role opposite Merman, Stritch, Joan Blondell, Penny Singleton, and then Merman again in stock in 1968.

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Kevin Daly @kevinddaly.bsky.social · 45m

Well. Wouldn't you?

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Kevin Daly @kevinddaly.bsky.social · 52m

By a strange quirk of contractual fate, Ethel Merman isn't on the RCA original cast album, and Russell Nype isn't on the studio album Merman made for Decca, so there is no official recording of their showstopping eleven o'clock duet.

Thank God for radio and TV. www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9du...

Ethel Merman Russell Nype "You're Just in Love" Berlin Live Complete "Call Me Madam"

YouTube video by jonthesYT

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Kevin Daly @kevinddaly.bsky.social · 1h

I think about Mary getting a Tony for touring Annie Get Your Gun a lot.

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Jill Twiss @jilltwiss.bsky.social · 1h

oh one really fun idea i have is that the Supreme Court should resolve the issue before they go around making the whole country do what they say

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Amy Coney Barrett defends heavy use of the shadow docket: "If we wrote a long opinion, it might give the impression that we have finally resolved the issue, and in none of these cases have we finally resolved the issue."

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Kevin Daly @kevinddaly.bsky.social · 1h

Call Me Madam opened at the Imperial Theatre in NYC on this date 75 years ago.

Here's Ethel Merman, who won the Tony, wearing Mainbocher, while the rest of the cast wears Raoul Pène Du Bois (who also designed that fabulous set)

Ethel Merman, center, in the 1950 Broadway production of Call Me Madam.

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Kevin Daly @kevinddaly.bsky.social · 2h

👀👀👀👀

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 9h

“Who was president in 2020?” remains one of the most pertinent questions in American politics—absurd, yes, but here we are—and that extends to “who was president January 1 - 19, 2021?”

Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 9h

That’s a nice trick, since Biden wasn’t the president on Jan 6.

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Kevin Daly @kevinddaly.bsky.social · 9h

And I have the height of Wilt Chamberlain.

Reuters @reuters.com · 1d

Trump, 79, has "cardiac age" of 65-year-old, doctor says reut.rs/4mZNZbu

Trump, 79, has "cardiac age" of 65-year-old, doctor says

Donald Trump was found to be in "exceptional health" in a medical evaluation, the U.S. president's doctor said in a memo released by the White House on Friday, with his "cardiac age" 14 years younger than in "chronological age."

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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · 1d

It seems they also got rid of the organization that monitors how many Americans die, when, and of what. Convenient.

Pam Herd @pamherd.bsky.social · 1d

RFK fired the CDC official (w/decades of experience) leading the measles outbreak response. It's been decades since we've had such a large outbreak. And just to ensure they they can spread the measles outbreak even farther, they also fired the leadership for the center focused on immunization.

Figure showing the largest measles outbreak in the US in decades. There are over 1500 cases as of October 7 2025

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Kevin Daly @kevinddaly.bsky.social · 1d

I just said to my brother that we are going to spend the next few years being knocked for a loop over the greats we’re going to lose.

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Kevin Daly @kevinddaly.bsky.social · 1d

I also love that the night Diane Keaton won the Best Actress Oscar for Annie Hall, she showed up to the ceremony dressed like an eccentric second grade teacher.

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 1d

There are so many Diane Keaton performances to remember, but a lot of people haven't seen Reds, and A) my God, see it, it is a masterpiece and B) her performance as Louise Bryant is one of the bravest, toughest, least sympathy-courting pieces of work by an American actress in the last 50 years.

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Kevin Daly @kevinddaly.bsky.social · 1d

The Godfather, The Godfather Part II, Annie Hall, Reds, Baby Boom, The First Wives Club, etc. etc. etc.

Diane Keaton's range was astonishing.

(Reds is perhaps my favorite of her performances)

Diane Keaton in her Oscar-nominated role as Louise Bryant in the 1981 film Reds.

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City Nolan @ndhapple.bsky.social · 1d

MMWR was the early alert system that told doctors to be on the lookout for Gay-Related Immune Deficiency (and just about every other pandemic/epidemic since the 70s

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 2d

Lord give us the Democrats that Republicans warn us about.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Thune: "If the Democrats had won the majority, they probably would've tried to nuke the filibuster. And then you'd have four new senators from Puerto Rico and DC, you'd have a packed Supreme Court, you'd have abortion on demand ... "

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Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 2d

what

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Melania Trump: "President Putin and I have had an open channel of communication."

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2d

“I’ve never seen anything like this before,” Matthew Wasserbach, brokerage manager of Express Customs Clearance, said of the UPS backlog. “It’s totally unprecedented.”

@cnbc.com $UPS
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UPS is 'disposing of' U.S.-bound packages over customs paperwork problems

Shifting Trump tariffs have created a nightmare for UPS, as thousands of packages from overseas pile up at its hubs while they await customs clearance.

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 3d

The prosecutor put in office after the president who wants vengeance against his enemies told his AG that a WH lawyer was the person for the job — despite no prosecution experience — successfully sought an indictment against one of the named enemies, the second such indictment.

And you push this?

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Federal grand jury in Virginia charges Letitia James, the New York attorney general who investigated Trump's business practices, with bank fraud

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Dan Hassler-Forest @danhf.bsky.social · 3d

Samuel Beckett is *cackling* in his grave. 😈

Lux "Nightmare" Alptraum @luxalptraum.com · 3d

TFW you paid $1400 to see Beckett’s most famous work without knowing anything about it

One Star Review of Waiting for Godot on Broadway
I recently attended Waiting for Godot on Broadway and spent over $1,400 for two Row C seats (103 and 104). I'm a longtime admirer of Broadway productions and even hold a season pass for Shea's Performing Arts Theatre, so I came in with genuine enthusiasm and high expectations. Unfortunately, this show was unlike anything ! have ever experienced —and not in a good way.
What I encountered was not the artistry, music, or emotional storytelling I usually associate with Broadway, but instead what felt like an endless cycle of nonsensical conversation between characters who seemed trapped in their own madness. I tried-truly tried-to find meaning, symbolism, or even a thread of emotional resonance. I stayed through the first half hoping the second would offer clarity. But by intermission, it was clear: this was a waste of both time and money.
Keanu Reeves is an actor I respect greatly, but I cannot fathom why he would agree to participate in such a disjointed, inaccessible production. His talent was lost in a performance that defied reason rather than provoked insight.
To anyone considering attending: unless you are drawn to highly abstract, nearly incomprehensible theater, I strongly caution you against this show. For the average, educated, thoughtful theatergoer, it is far more frustrating than fulfilling. In my opinion, this was the single most disappointing Broadway experience I've ever had - an unfortunate waste of money and, more importantly, of time.

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Cari Barcas @caribarcas.bsky.social · 3d

Simultaneously heartbroken and inspired to witness what's unfolding in my former hometown this week. On one side are the horrific accounts of abductions and abuse amid this unconstitutional invasion and occupation, and on the other are incredible stories of community solidarity. Bear down, Chicago.

Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 3d

Michigan Avenue right now.

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Cooger & Dark’s Pandemonium Shadow Podcast @gonebabygone.bsky.social · 3d

If I was told I couldn’t do a job Meghan McCain did I think I’d become a monk

Raw Story @rawstory.com · 4d

Bari Weiss, the incoming editor in chief of CBS News, once auditioned for a role on the hit daytime television show "The View," but tested so poorly with audiences that she "wasn't invited back," according to a new report.

CBS News' new boss once auditioned for 'The View' — and 'wasn't invited back': report

Bari Weiss, the incoming editor in chief of CBS News, once auditioned for a role on the hit daytime television show "The View," but tested so poorly with audiences that she "wasn't invited back," according to a new report. Variety reported on Tuesday that Weiss auditioned for "The View" when host Me...

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 4d

JUST IN: The Republican Mayor of Fairbanks, Alaska’s second biggest city, lost re-election last night to a Democrat.

Mayor David Pruhs is a conservative who fought protections for LGBTQ+ residents; he made comments this year drew condemnation this year from Alaska Natives. He lost to Mindy O'Neall.

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