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Post by Aredhel on Jan 5, 2008 10:53:17 GMT -4
bones, you are really a lucky person! To have such a close connection...that's wonderful!  Unfortunately, i have no idea how i can connect myself to Michael  There is only one way of connection - through my monitor screen  But this connection is far away from being personal. Michael is so far, therefore there is no chance of personal connection But being an optimist i believe that everything can happen in our world and also in my life, even such incredible thing as meeting with Michael. Maybe i'm just a dreamer? |
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Post by bones on Jan 5, 2008 14:01:07 GMT -4
Thanks guys. I guess for me its was a normal thing...no biggie really. He's like the other fellows I knew in the theatre scene in Jax. I guess because I knew him and he was Mike to me, its kinda...weird (I mean no offense by this)...to find folks that are really huge fans and want to meet him really badly. I can understand it though. I'm glad his work is appreciated and that he has a fan base that respects him and enjoys his work. He really deserves that!
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Post by snivellusfriend on Jan 5, 2008 14:26:48 GMT -4
The only way I could connect myself to Michael is if my cousins, who work in NYC, have ever walked by him; Too bad I've never spoken to them. I shan't say what model of car he drove then. I will say it was a ford..... . His friend, Jimmy, said that he used to drive a truck, and I imagined it was old, and beat-up. Thanks for your story! I love hearing people talk about his past; It makes him seem more real to me and I'm glad to know that he's a nice guy (I thought that because he's older, that he'd be the type of actor who takes his work very seriously and doesn't like goofing off.) Imagine what he looked like in the early 90s... We don't have to imagine.   |
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Post by bones on Jan 5, 2008 14:49:29 GMT -4
OMG I knew Jimmy (he was the bomb at stage combat!)! Let's see he left Jax in....was it 92 or 93? Struck out to NYC... Ha! that's the Mike I knew right there. I knew the fellow on the far end holding up his brew too! I worked with him on A Comedy of Errors! Fun times...I miss those days...long before grad school...fieldwork..bones...*wistfully looks for a time machine* Glad to share my story ! Wait...I think I remember Mike having a coupe...A ford they don't make anymore...and was it...blue? It's been more than what...eep...15 years... |
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Post by Edith S. Baker on Jan 5, 2008 14:52:13 GMT -4
OMG I knew Jimmy (he was the bomb at stage combat!)! Let's see he left Jax in....was it 92 or 93? Struck out to NYC... Ha! that's the Mike I knew right there. I knew the fellow on the far end holding up his brew too! I worked with him on A Comedy of Errors! Fun times...I miss those days...long before grad school...fieldwork..bones...*wistfully looks for a time machine* Glad to share my story ! Wait...I think I remember Mike having a coupe...A ford they don't make anymore...and was it...blue? It's been more than what...eep...15 years... What do you mean about Jimmy being a bomb at stage combat? How involved were you with them? Weren't you a teenager back then? Did they have parts that you could play? |
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Post by snivellusfriend on Jan 5, 2008 14:56:20 GMT -4
I think, "the bomb" means Jimmy was really good. Michael looked so young, as though he were in his 20's! I wonder whether people mistakenly thought he was younger than he really was (and whether this was a problem at bars). |
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Post by bones on Jan 5, 2008 15:03:54 GMT -4
Slang...the bomb! He was awesome at stage combat! Not meant as a bad thing, but a good thing. He was the one that directed the stage combat for many of the plays when I was there.
I was indeed a teenager. The stage, stage, wasn't for me..I was a techie and helped out around the theatre during productions. I spent...let's see here...about a good three solid years volunteering there throughout a series of productions as well as ushering, lighting, props, etc. I also worked at the summer camp as a counselor.
I did prefer the backstage to the onstage...I really didn't feel comfortable being the center of attention (not meant in a bad way) until I started teaching at the university level recently.
The theatre itself was a community theatre. We all volunteered. I have many fond memories of being there and being apart of something unique. I suppose my years in dealing with the dead have forced me to look back on those times as neat ones.
My drama teacher at the time was Donna Zell and I knew the then Executive Director of the theatre well (he lived a skip away). Donna had worked with Mike...She would later direct him and Ian in "Parts Unknown."
As I said...Mike's popularity came as a surprise to me, but I'm all the happier for him!
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Post by bones on Jan 5, 2008 15:09:22 GMT -4
Wait *shifty eyes* how do ya know I was a teenager back then...I suppose the omnipotent moderating powers allow you to see my age ? *beat* *beat* Perhaps? Pardon my humor..its always been a wee bit pawky.... |
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Post by Edith S. Baker on Jan 5, 2008 15:40:09 GMT -4
Wait *shifty eyes* how do ya know I was a teenager back then...I suppose the omnipotent moderating powers allow you to see my age ? *beat* *beat* Perhaps? Pardon my humor..its always been a wee bit pawky.... Sorry about that, didn't meant to reveal things about your age. I didn't see that your age was hidden. Yes, I get to see the hidden stuff. Let me introduce myself (I often forget that people don't know who I am). I am the owner of the board. I was not originally the owner. It was handed down to me because I am the sole owner of Michael's Web site. It is my goal (and so far, I am achieving) to make his site a complete database of everything he appeared in as a professional actor. There is no gushing about him on the Web site. It is supposed to be a serious site, although I to showcase the talents of his fans by showing off their art work in the photo gallery and some video work on the front page of the site. Gushing is reserved here or on my blog. I am married, have 2 grown children. My daughter is married and is due to give birth to my first grandchild (a girl) in March. My son will be married in July. I dabbled in theatre, both on stage and backstage. It was not the life I wanted to pursue. So I continued doing it as an amateur. I no longer participate, but I do miss it. My career takes me away from the fun of pursuing amateur theatre, but not from attending. I am a writer/editor. I basically work for the US gov't and have a business of the side, wherein I edit textbooks. As my biggest clients are Prentice Hall, McGraw-Hill, and John Willey, chances are I edited your textbook. |
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Post by bones on Jan 5, 2008 16:01:20 GMT -4
No problem about the age and thanks for the welcome! It's nice to virtually meet you! It's nice of ya to set of a board for Mike. I wish I had kept my programs from some of his plays to scan for you, but I've moved about four times in the past ten years and things get lost . If I do find some stuff, I will scan it and send it along... I still find it amusing folks gush over him...right like I should be talking..I gush endless over Jeremy Brett and the man has been dead for over 12 years... Congrats on your children and the soon to be new arrival. I haven't any kids...married...but no kids. I do much traveling for research and kids are a huge responsibility. I admire the folks that have them, but they aren't for me. I've enough nieces and nephews though . Same here with the job...It has taken me away from theatre as well, but doesn't mean I can't enjoy a play. I'm a biological anthropologist. I study health and disease in the human skeleton (and also do forensic work when it appears in my neck of the woods, which is hardly ever). Most of my research focuses on nineteenth century skeletal health disparities and violence. Of course to pay the bills, one must teach, so I do so at the university level. I found when I first started teaching as a grad student that I had to really pull on my theater experience...diction, flare for the dramatic, even humour to keep my students interested. The more I grew comfortable with it, the more I felt easier about being in front of a crowd of folks. I've been fortunately enough to produce a calm and fun learning environment. It's been really rewarding too. I'm actually still in contact with the first group of students I taught in my third year of grad school! We're all really good pals. Ah...a gov't job! Nice. Chances are you have edited my text books. Anything in physical or biological anthropology? Chances are you've probably had to deal with some of my colleagues too (so sorry  ). Nice to meet you again and thanks for this wonderful forum. I'll be pottering about over the course of the week... . |
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Post by Edith S. Baker on Jan 5, 2008 16:19:00 GMT -4
My editing expertise are the sciences. So, yes, I must have edited your texts and more than likely your colleagues. I am used to academic types. My husband is a former professor of philosophy. And he is the typical philosophy professor. My dad used to say that your husband lives between the Earth and sky. LOL.
Good teachers are good actors. I find that acting helped me in so many ways. It's wonderful when I have to make presentations. It helps me during meeting with new authors. I got a lot of confidence working in theatre.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 6, 2008 1:41:30 GMT -4
I shan't say what model of car he drove then. I will say it was a ford..... . I drove a 1965 Ford Fairlane 500, an '82 Escort and '93 Escort. So I can take it! … Imagine what he looked like in the early 90s... Hey, we saw that prison film video. He looked great I thought. Reminded me of a male version of my mom. How's that for a twist on the him having his wife play his mom? Must go lie down. I'm getting dizzy now. |
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Post by bones on Jan 6, 2008 13:46:11 GMT -4
You know, I don't remember a truck (why does a white truck keep seeping into the back of my mind...eep). I really don't. It's been a good 15 years. I do remember a ford coupe....I think it was a Probe. If it wasn't a ford it was a toyota celica. I think it was a Ford though...a Probe, perhaps a late 80s to 92 model. I don't think it would have been a '92 though...that would have meant it was brand new, so I'm inclined to say a late 80s. You think I'd remember since it was always parked in the street right in front of my flat...obscuring the view of the neighbors cats . I guess some things do decline with age..eep! I got nothing against ford. The two cars I've owned in my lifetime have been Fords. I had a 94 Taurus that went for like 170,000 miles. I miss that car...and now I own a 'stang. The next car I buy will probably be from the Ford family as well...provided they don't sell it off... Oh noes...Michael looks really good in the 90s...as you can see in the pic above...er....well um gee...mom version of your mom ...er...brain bleach? |
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Post by snivellusfriend on Jan 6, 2008 15:02:36 GMT -4
I've been wondering whether Michael is an introvert or extrovert; I thought theatre was for extroverts and he seems pretty confident to me in his interviews, although sometimes I thought he seemed less outgoing during others.
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Post by Edith S. Baker on Jan 6, 2008 15:14:19 GMT -4
I've been wondering whether Michael is an introvert or extrovert; I thought theatre was for extroverts and he seems pretty confident to me in his interviews, although sometimes I thought he seemed less outgoing during others. Like everything else in life, theatre has its mixture. There may seem to be more introverts, but I wouldn't really know. There are introverts who shine on stage, there are extroverts who do the same. Look at Robin Williams. That man is always wound up. |
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There is only one way of connection - through my monitor screen 
But this connection is far away from being personal. Michael is so far, therefore there is no chance of personal connection 
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