I'm sorry to hear that, Annie!  My mom had Parkinson's (and later had Alzheimer's) so I know what it's like.  But don't worry - the meds they have will do the trick and your dad will be fine.

Gerard  

In my opinion, I think it's wonderfully flattering!  Angelique was going to do what she wanted to do, say what she wanted to say, and not take you-know-what from anybody.  And if she got knocked down, she got right back up and went at it again.  Seems like Bunny does pretty much the same thing.

Gerard

Angelique really loved the acoustics in the tower room because up there she could really belt out "Memories" from Cats and it sounded better than anyone had ever sung it!

Gerard

Well, now we know who gets to play Angelique in Depp's version:  Janet Jackson.

Gerard

This year I had tons of kids ringing that doorbell and went through almost three bags of candy.  Even parents walking with their kids were often in the fun, being dressed up themselves.  What a difference from last year:  not a one, a single one, the whole time.  Probably what made the difference was the trick-or-treat scheduling.  Usually, it's on the Sunday closest to Halloween, from three to five in the afternoon.  This year, they had it (for the first time that I can remember since moving back here) on Halloween itself, from five to seven.  I imagine because the spookfest fell on a Friday this year (and there was no school - teachers' convention, to which no teacher I know has ever gone; which teacher is going to give up a four-day weekend [it starts on Thursday and lasts until Sunday in Madison]?) and the weather was gorgeous:  dry and in the sixties.  So, around here, it's either feast or famine when it comes to Halloween fun.

Gerard

Same to you, Annie, and to everyone else here!

I went to buy trick-or-treat candy yesterday, going to several stores and coming up dry.  In many, not only was there no Halloween candy, there were no Halloween costumes, decorations, etc.  Guess what was up already?  You guessed it!  Ho-ho-ho instead of boo!  I finally got some candy at Walgreens (which still had Halloween stuff around and for sale - they better get with the game like the other stores, or else they won't be able to put up all the Valentine's Day stuff on December 23).

Gerard

I wonder how they worked around that, especially if he did not show up at all?  Considering the way DS was shot - an entire episode virtually from beginning to end, reshooting bloopers only in the most extraordinary of circumstances, even inserting the musical score and commercials - just how was it done?  We know of a few situations in which emergencies did happen to the performers and they had to do quick rewrites removing the missing actor/actress, or the even more rarely utilized having a stand-in (such as "fake Carolyn" when Nancy Stoddard came down with the flu), but how was it accomplished when Mitch Ryan did not show up?  All I can think is that they had to quick episode rewrite after rewrite until he was dismissed from the series and his permanent replacement found.

Gerard