Our watch-along begins at 8 PM sharp, Central Standard Time! I will be making the comments public and unmoderated at about 7:45 CST... hopefully no spam will creep in, haha. Please try and be here 15 minutes ahead of time so that we can all get set up and ready together. Also, please get your video ready and playing (and then pause it right at the beginning) so that when we start at 8:00, we won't be wading through ads or previews, but can all just start at the exact same point.
This will be the big Discussion Post, so I won't say much more, only direct you to the comment box. Oh, and please vote in the little poll I've got going over on the sidebar!
Oh, and when you do get on here, folks, don't forget to refresh this page every so often so you can see all the comments. ;)
ReplyDeleteI'm So Excited!!!!!!! Miss Dashwood, Melody you two are fantastic!
ReplyDeleteHow am I supposed to pick a favorite song???
ReplyDeleteI have no idea what I just did but now my movie has spanish subtitles???
ReplyDeleteWeeeeeird, Hayden. o.O Well... you'll learn some Spanish tonight, I guess. :P
ReplyDeletehaha. I already figured out how to take them off :)
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ReplyDeleteUnfortunately I do have to get off the computer now, though. Thanks for hosting, Amy! :D
ReplyDeleteAaaaand comments are open. We start in just 15 minutes!
ReplyDeleteAwww, bye Hayden! If you can come back tomorrow night maybe we'll see you then!
I've never done one of these before Miss Dashwood, do we introduce ourselves?
ReplyDeleteYay!! Thanks for hosting this!! You guys are awesome!!! Have you heard Julie Andrews medley of all the My Fair Lady songs? It's amazing!!!
ReplyDeleteGreat idea, Evelyn, let's introduce ourselves! I'm Amy. Hi.
ReplyDeleteAshley, I LOVE Julie Andrews' rendition!
Hey! I'm Ashley! I'm 16 and I don't need a governess. I live in Phoenix and this is my second time watching this! Also, I am thankful for Google's new robot test!!
ReplyDeleteBy the way, what literary transmedia characters did you invite?
ReplyDeleteKudos for a Sound of Music reference! :D I tried to turn off word verification but apparently it's not working... it's making me type in numbers and I stinkin' OWN this blog. Um.
ReplyDeleteIt's not making me type in numbers. I just have to check a box?
ReplyDeleteCecily Cardew and Algernon Moncrieff of In Earnest... they both favorited the tweets so perhaps they'll show up tonight. :D
ReplyDeleteAnd I'm Melody. Hello, all. Yes, I am here too. Haha.
ReplyDeleteHello, Melody, nice to meet you. :D
ReplyDeleteAnyone else out there? Remember, even if you don't have a blogger account, you can comment under the "anonymous" option!
5 MINUTES. I'M GETTING SQUEEPISH.
ReplyDeleteNice to meet you too, Miss Dashwood! I'm a big fan of yours. :P
ReplyDeleteWell, ain't that a fine howdy-do. We should be friends, Miss Melody. :D THREE MINUTES FOLKS.
ReplyDeleteThanks ever so much Miss Dashwood! I'm Evelyn a seventeen year old with a great fondness to reading, long walks in the countryside, music (both singing and the viola) and history.
ReplyDeleteMy brother read over my shoulder and insists I add "Biggest Musical Nerd and Whovian"
Ash! You're hear too! :D
and oooooh exciting, that sounds fun Miss Dashwood (would you mind if I called you Amy :)? It is a little easier to type)
oh and Good Evening Melody :) It's 11.58 am here in Aus
ReplyDeleteIt's 6:58 P.M. here. Are we listening/watching the overture? (I think there's one?)
ReplyDeleteYes, please call me Amy! Much faster to type. And less formal, hahaha. Do you prefer to be called Evelyn?
ReplyDeleteI'm starting...btw I'm Alexandra and I used to blog a lot but now I don't have a life so I do theatre instead. Hello. :D
ReplyDeleteYep, we're starting right at the beginning, overture and all... now!!
ReplyDeleteStarted!
ReplyDeleteOh Thank You Amy and yes of course! :-) Erm.. I tend to be called Evie. Likewise it's easier to type.
ReplyDeleteI skipped the overture...oops. :D
ReplyDeleteAmy...I want to hear Someone We Both Know do On The Street Where You Live...no?
Evie then! :D Gahhhhh I love this overture... and all the flowers. I read that you can hear the melody of "London Bridge" (the "my fair lady" part) in the overture somewhere but I've never been able to spot it... has anyone?
ReplyDeleteSo I paused it so I'll be where you're at...someone tell me when Eliza bumps into Freddie. :D
ReplyDeleteAlly, don't skip the overture. If you do, you won't recognize the musical themes when they come back later. :P
ReplyDeleteYUSSSS ME TOOOOOO.
I really like medleys so I like most overtures! And this music is awesome!!
ReplyDeleteOh the overture's SO lovely! I might be playing it in strings.. (I'm a violist) :D
ReplyDeleteWhat else did George Cukor direct?
ReplyDeleteALL THE DRESSESSSSSSSSS
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ReplyDeleteTHE FASHIONS SO PREETY (just a warning I type in caps locks when I am fangirling.. like NOW! :D. Appologies in advance people :))
ReplyDeleteRAIN!!!!
ReplyDeleteI'm always amused by the fact that she calls him dear, hahahaha.
ReplyDeleteCan someone please bring back cloaks!!! And they've bumped!
ReplyDeleteAhhh, it's pronounced haepence, not happence!!!
ReplyDeleteI'm reminded once again why Eliza is a dream role of mine. And also that my cockney sucks so that will never happen. Sigh.
ReplyDeleteYou need a reverse Henry Higgins to teach you to speak improperly, Ally. Like Julie Andrews had. :P
ReplyDeleteDid Rex Harrison play on Broadway too?
ReplyDeleteSo apparently detectives weren't gentlemen...
ReplyDeleteBring back cloaks, top hats and cravats yes please! :D
ReplyDeleteBit off topic but..
We should start a movement that has supports when we get to 2020 to bring back swing dancing, the charlston and things like that... good idea?
Blimey cow!!
ReplyDeleteYes, Rex Harrison originated the role on Broadway.
ReplyDeleteAnd the Charleston is a blast. :D
He did indeed play on Broadway as well!
ReplyDeleteHaha, that sounds like fun Evie!
Garrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrn!
ReplyDeleteYOUNG WOMAN! CEASE THIS DETESTABLE BOO HOOING!
ReplyDelete...Higgins is a real jerk.
Oh yes!! It would be! and My nanna tried to teach me how to do the Charlston which she learnt from her mum.. I don't know how they did it.
ReplyDeleteYou can hear the melody behind him but he just talks :D
ReplyDeleteI would LOVE so much to see this live on stage!
ReplyDeleteTell me I'm not the only one
I need to hear someone sing this, not say it!
ReplyDeleteWhy Can't The English Learn TO
ReplyDeleteSet a good example..
I always giggle at that bit
I want to be able to buy tea in a nice cup like that from a streetside thingy.
ReplyDelete"In America ..." No! 'MURICA!! Boo Higgins, boo!!
ReplyDeleteThis play is fantastic onstage. It's almost exactly like the movie. Or rather, the movie's almost exactly like the musical.
ReplyDelete"I AM Colonel Pickering!' Love that bit.
Um, of course I'd love to see this live. LIKE REALLY REALLY BADLY.
ReplyDeleteShe punted the basket!!
ReplyDeleteDitto, Tween. Wonder if they really do have tea vendors like that in London? Nowadays, I mean?
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipQmU4WjQ9o
ReplyDeleteAsh your wish has been granted by my brother.. although he talk sings a bit he sings a little :D
Watch when you have free time
Oh and It's Jeremy Irons too so that's a plus
I just found out from my mum she and Dad saw it live... and they have the program..... my jaw has hit the floor
To see this live!!! Yes!!!
ReplyDeleteWhere's Capri anyway?
These guys have really good harmony!
Also, is that Audrey Hepburn's voice or is she dubbed?
Love this song.
ReplyDeleteAudrey was dubbed by Marni Nixon, who also dubbed Natalie Wood in West Side Story, Deborah Kerr in The King and I, and who played one of the nuns in Sound of Music. :)
ReplyDeleteI think that this song is the one where it's easiest to tell that the singing doesn't quite match the video...
ReplyDelete*looking up capri*
ReplyDeleteFrom what I know Audrey was dubbed by Marni Nixon who also dubbed West Side Story. However Audrey's real voice was used in one song and that's "Just you wait 'enry 'iggins"
Audrey Hepburn was dubbed by Marni Nixon, who also dubbed Anna in The King and I, Maria in West Side Story, and appeared as a nun in Sound of Music.
ReplyDeleteI am a fount of information. :P
That guy with glasses creeps me out!
ReplyDeleteAnd yes, this song is loverly!
Alexandra.. we think alike! :D
ReplyDeleteand Amy too! Wow! :D
ReplyDeleteAmy-- if they do, we shall track them down.
ReplyDelete75 comments already and we are only just into teh film.. wow!
ReplyDeleteBOO HERE COMES MR ANNOYING.
ReplyDeleteThanks guys! Marni Nixon, yes, I've heard of her! She dubbed Maria!! Oh well, my favorite song in that movie doesn't even involve Maria :D (It's "America")
ReplyDeleteThey're tap dancing!!
It kind of looks like the London of Mary Poppins!
ReplyDeleteWhat's on his head? It looks like what some construction workers wear in summer here!
ReplyDeleteAnd why is that guy sleeping in the wagon?
I love the little violin solo in WIBL :D
ReplyDeleteMr. Annoying, hahahahahahhaha. Ugh. Him and his backwards baseball cap.
ReplyDeleteHey guys just made via iPad! And YouTube yaaay
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HAHAHA to everybody providing information about the dubbing... but there are a few bits in here actually sung by Audrey Hepburn. Like the beginning of Just You Wait, and random bits of Without You, I think.
ReplyDeleteThis part of the movie always seems a bit weird and why-is-it-in-there-ish to me. With all the pausing and everything, you know.
well it's soli... :P so the whole section
ReplyDeleteit IS the London of Mary Poppins! Mary Poppins is set in 1910 and this is in 1912.
ReplyDelete"Hop along, Charlie, you'er too ooooold for me!" --my sister's favorite part of the whole movie. :P
ReplyDelete*you're
ReplyDeleteFun fact, this whole flowermarket scene is leftover from the stage play-- all the pausing and freezing is part of how they set the stage for these scenes. It's really cool when you see it live.
ReplyDeleteAhhh, that makes sense! Did he just think his own daughter was someone else?! :D
ReplyDeleteUGH I HATE ELIZA'S FATHER
ReplyDelete"Hop along Charlie, you're too old for me!" LOVE that bit.
ReplyDeleteWell, they can get away with more when it's live, haha. You're not expecting it to be realistic, y'know?
ReplyDeleteLet's form a We Hate Halfred P. Dooli'le Fan Club. :P
ReplyDeleteHAHaHA the version I'm watching is in Spanish. Non comprendo.
ReplyDeleteThat tuning fork thing is cool!
ReplyDeleteHAHA ELIZA'S HEAD
ReplyDelete"My name is of NO concern to you whatsoever." HAHAHA.
That hat :D
ReplyDeleteHey Jess!!!! :D
ReplyDeleteOoooh if only I was a Soprano I could be Eliza.. #altoproblems
I meant to say Eliza's hat.
ReplyDeleteI'm not good at multi-thinking. :P
It's literally a pitch fork. Hahahahhahahahahahhaa.
ReplyDeleteI LOVE the line about her name. :D
He's wearing a Mr. Rogers cardigan :D
ReplyDelete"BUSINESS? MANKIND WAS MY BUSINESS!"
ReplyDeleteno wait wrong movie
Hi Evie! I am not going to get far with the Spanish version.....MUST FIND ENGLISH VERSIoN.
ReplyDeleteHAHAHAHA about the Mr Rogers cardigan. It isn't red, though.
ReplyDeleteSIT DOWWWWWWN!
Higgins is so rude and I hate him and I love him. :P
ReplyDeleteGod made dirt and dirt don't hurt!
ReplyDeleteI hate Higgins and I think he's funny. I don't think I love him though. Hahahaha.
ReplyDeleteYes, Amy, just like Rhett Butler!!
ReplyDelete"You wouldn't have the face to ask as much for teaching me my OWN language!" I adore this scene.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you Amy!
ReplyDeleteSometimes I think Eliza's a bit dense at the beginning to have such a good grip on everything by the end of the movie. :P
ReplyDeleteI need a two story library with a piano!!!!
ReplyDeleteI know... it's like she underwent an intelligence boost too. Haha.
ReplyDeleteOh! My nephew's coming over soon.... nooooo! :( I'll be back for tomorrow hopefully!
ReplyDelete"I'm a good girl I am!!!!!"
ReplyDeleteLooks like we're betting on friends now :) "Chugga chugga chugga choo choo"
ReplyDelete"Well, put her in the dustbin."
ReplyDelete"AOWWWWWW!"
Higgins has no idea how to recognize his faults. :P
ReplyDeleteI think Higgins is the high-functioning sociopath. Hahaha.
ReplyDeleteGive me that libary any day! :D
ReplyDeleteI must sadly go! I'm so sorry! Lovely "meeting" you all!
See you tomorrow hopefully
So far behind you all, shoopid YouTube.
ReplyDeleteand HAHA great sherlock reference Melody! :D
ReplyDeleteBecause every girl wants the streets filled with young men shooting themselves for her. :P
ReplyDeleteAwww :( See ya tomorrow Evie!
ReplyDeleteBye Evelyn! Nice chatting with you!
ReplyDeleteCHOCOLAAAAAAATE
ReplyDeleteBye Ash and Amy!! and everyone!! :-)
ReplyDeleteLovely chatting! See you soon hopefully!
Mrs. Pearce reminds me of someone, but I don't know who?
ReplyDeleteYeah, that's even worse than having a line of beaux on a string and making them crazy for you. :P
ReplyDeleteThat started to get inspirational!
ReplyDeleteOoh, she starts out a presumptuous flower girl and ends a presumptuous insect. Hmm.
ReplyDeleteThe aaaaaaaaaaangels will WEEP for you!
ReplyDelete(And all the Whovians gasp in horror.)
I WANT THE BEDROOM
ReplyDeleteAmy, remember me reenacting scenes like that one when I came into your room? ;D
Oh my goodness Mrs. Pearce looks so solemn and scary, haha.
I kinda like the wallpaper, but then it gets on my nerves.
ReplyDeleteThat's an awful lot of steam for one bathtub. I hope she doesn't get burnt. :P
ReplyDeleteThat's an awful lot of steam for one bathtub. I hope she doesn't get burnt. :P
ReplyDeleteThat's an awful lot of steam for one bathtub. I hope she doesn't get burnt. :P
ReplyDeleteDump her in fully clothed for goodness' sake!
ReplyDeleteIf I can't be Eliza in this show, I want to be a maid. :D Even THEY have nice dresses.
ReplyDeletehe sounds like my siblings taking a bath, hahahaha.
ReplyDeleteHe's holding half of a head! Henry Hamlet!
ReplyDeleteThat IS a lot of steam. Wow.
ReplyDeleteThis song--er, chant--is annoying. :P
Well... at least Henry Higgins isn't a wife-hunter. Hahahahaha.
ReplyDeleteHe kinda sounds like Mr. Rogers for a second!
ReplyDeleteHAHAHAHAHAHA Ally!!!
ReplyDeleteThis song is exceedingly annoying.
ReplyDeleteBAHAHAHAHAH about Henry Hamlet though. And your siblings, Ally. (My brother loves taking baths. He becomes Aquaman. :P)
How was Rex Harrison on Broadway?
ReplyDeletecoughijustfinallycheckedthisbeforeloggingoffcoughcough
ReplyDeleteThe Angels! *Hides and clutches my TARDIS necklace*
Ok I'm really going now my newphew's arrived
Um, dude, you already swear a lot. :P
ReplyDeleteReal mature Higgins, blame everything on women! How did you get on earth again?
ReplyDeleteOh Henry... shut your ugly dump truck face already. :P (Anybody who didn't get that reference... it was a reference... just so you know.)
ReplyDeleteI wanna see this famous large Wagnerian mother. :P
ReplyDeleteMore booming and boisterous than you? And I always though he said Hungarian barber :) CHIPMUNKS!!
ReplyDeleteI wanna see this famous large Wagnerian mother. :P
ReplyDelete*mute button*
ReplyDeleteSo whaaaat'd you all do today? :P
Wow, Alfie, I've never seen a more iron-y arm than yours! Not...
ReplyDeleteThanks for the warning Melody :)
ReplyDeleteI went to school.. Man, I thought he was going to throw dirt on them!
Purple and green!! Ewww!!
ReplyDelete*unmutes temporarily*
ReplyDeleteIt wasn't necessarily a warning... but I dislike that song. :P
Her own father don't even know her :D
ReplyDelete*mutes again*
ReplyDeleteListen, everybody! General L-- no, wait, wrong musical.
ReplyDeleteUm, Miss Dashwood begs me to inform you all that her internet is being very Mean at the moment and isn't letting her comment/load comments. Hopefully she'll be back soon.
*unmutes*
He looks so different without his hat!!
ReplyDeleteI WANT HIGGINS' LIBRARY. The room, that is, and shelves.
ReplyDeleteEWWWW Alfred is disgusting.
I'm willing to tell ya, I'm wanting to tell ya, I'm waiting to tell ya!
ReplyDeleteBreathy laugh!!! (Studio C reference :)
ReplyDeleteHenry looks so amused. :P
ReplyDeleteAnd Pickering looks shocked and disturbed. :P
ReplyDeleteI don't know why Higgins thinks he can change people's personalities too...
"What are you doing here?" Hey, Amy, it's when I came to see you. hahahaha.
ReplyDeleteThat wink! And I do not like that dress at all!! #sorrynotsorry
ReplyDeleteLEFAVORITEDRESSSSSSSSSS
ReplyDeleteAND JUST YOU WAIT!
Also I'm back, hi peasants. And Melody. :D
NO CHOCOLATES?!??!!
ReplyDeleteThe last straw, haha.
Okay, so THIS right now is Audrey Hepburn, but when she switches to "one day I'll be famous" it'll be Marni Nixon.
ReplyDeleteI really like Julie Andrews version of this song!
ReplyDeleteHi, Majesty. :P
ReplyDeleteYAY DRESS.
Wow, that's a big voice change! And I thought my glasses were dirty :P
ReplyDeleteHaha, I'm so used to listening to this song on the soundtrack that it sounds weird to have the king in there...
ReplyDeleteHAHAHAHA HENRY'S FAAAAAACE
ReplyDelete"What the WHAT is she doing." :P
She just sat in his lap like he was Santa or something!
ReplyDeleteAnd are they shooting him or beheading him?
"Can I have a pair of capris?"
The end of the song is the best part. :D
ReplyDeleteInteresting theology, Higgins...
ReplyDeleteYay! Fun training montage!
ReplyDeleteAmy and Melody in unison: NO ELIZA YOU DIDN'T SY THAT, YOU DIDN'T EVEN SAY THAT.
ReplyDeleteSanta's lap, Ashley... bahahahahahahahaha.
So I read the script for the Broadway recently, and she passes out in this scene? "Hever!"
ReplyDeleteFIRE!!!
ReplyDeleteAnd the harmony nerd in me squees!
ReplyDeleteShe's wearing a tie?!?!
ReplyDeleteI want a cup of tea now.
ReplyDeleteHAHAHAHHA POOR PICKERING.
Did he just say pline caike?
ReplyDeleteBoo Higgins, boo!! Badly done, Emma!
ReplyDeleteWhy is that maid telling the policeman? o.O
ReplyDeleteI want tea too. AND a tart.
ReplyDeleteBecause the policeman is her beauuuuuuuuuuu. :{P
ReplyDeleteCan Higgins even do this?
ReplyDeleteWhy did they sleep with newspapers over their head?
ReplyDeleteSHHHHH EVERYBODY APPRECIATE THE SPEECH
ReplyDeleteAnd his coat is purple...
ReplyDeleteI ADORE THIS SCENE
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