On Friday, March 21, 2003, the Associated Press news wire featured an article about the upcoming world premiere of David Selby's play, Final Assault. I've added a link to this article to my David Selby web site.

Criseyde

And if I may steer off-topic for a moment....

Congratulations to you, Criseyde, on your nomination for a departmental teaching award, woo hoo!

I realize I'm a bit late with this because I've been busy beating my computer into submission, but thanks for the attention. 

The nomination itself merits a line on my c.v. If I win the final award, I get $1,000. I also get to tell my undergrad prof who told me I'd never make it as a teacher to stick it where the sun doesn't shine because I received a teaching award at a Big 10 school. 

Turns out BBC Radio 4 aired On the Waterfront last Saturday, and it's available in Real Audio format on their web site. I suspect this will be replaced by whatever play they air this weekend, so I'd check it out ASAP.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/arts/ram/saturday_play.ram

If that URL doesn't work, use the one below and scroll down to Saturday play:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/progs/listenagain.shtml

David's character has his first lines about 25 minutes into the play. He has an Irish brogue. 

I find the whole Viagra ad campaign very amusing, primarily because the NASCAR driver I root for drives the Viagra car,  though initially they sponsored another driver.

This is SO off-topic, but it's too funny not to tell. The driver that Viagra first sponsored was named, I kid you not, Mike Bliss. Adding to the fun, his car was owned by Eel River Racing. (Use your imagination . . .) So when Viagra first started sponsoring his car, some of the announcers just plain refused to refer to "the Viagra car." They called it "the Eel River Racing Pontiac," which just called even more attention to it.

When Viagra began sponsoring Mark Martin, they used to show only the car and a helmeted driver. He wouldn't do the ads, and he absolutely refuses to get on television and say he uses Viagra. I can see the man's point. He fathered 5 kids prior to the little blue pill going on the market, so things seem to be working fine.

The latest commercial has him saying that he knows a few things about making good moves because he makes them on the race track. Personally, I think he should say he knows a few things about making good moves because he has 5 kids. 

And whenever that commercial Ringo was referring to comes on, I always feel compelled to fill in the blank. "Did you get a new haircut?" No, you loser, I got lucky last night.

Actually, I know there are several sites on the web that feature photos from the HODS and NODS screenings. One of those is Bob's. He has photos from the NODS event, including some shots inside the theatre.

http://bobubas.topcities.com

I'm just bummed that they didn't use any of the exteriors from original show that are located on the Warner Brothers back lot since I took the tour over the summer, and the rumors that I practically threw myself from the tram to take a photo of Commissioner Gordon's office are entirely true. 

I've added screen grabs from David Selby's October 2002 appearance on The Mind of the Married Man to my site, which you can access via the link banner below. Here's a peek at what you'll find there:

Still, the other answers were quite interesting, and has me wondering if there are even more connections to be made.

If we were talking about the Broadway version rather than the film version, then I could toss in a story David Selby once told Merv Griffin. Seems that the first time David Selby hopped a train to New York from West Virginia he saw Mary Martin in The Sound of Music. He told Merv that he cried (probably because of how much he paid for the tickets).

Meanwhile, I watch the film and just remark on how hot Christopher Plummer looks. Edelweiss, indeed!

According to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation:
"David Selby told police that flashing gave him an adrenalin rush."

Ok. So actually this is about a 19 yr old flasher in Australia named David Selby, but I have to admit it looked kind of funny when that phrase popped up on a news search.

Here's the full story for anyone interested:
http://abc.net.au/news/australia/act/metact-27feb2003-2.htm