August 31, 2007
Where’s Poppa
Carl Reiner directed this wild exercise in bad taste, an explosion of dark comedy starring George Segal and Ruth Gordon. Segal is a beleaguered New York lawyer and mama’s boy who still lives with his senile mother because he promised his late father he’d never put her in a home. So he spends his time alternating between work and trying to give his mother a heart attack so that he’ll be free. That becomes more urgent when he falls for the nurse (Trish Van Devere) he hires to take care of his mother. Reiner and writer Robert Klane are equal-opportunity offenders, with jokes about rape, racism, and caca (yes, caca). But if you’re in the right mood, it can make you howl with laughter. –Marshall Fine
Director:Â Carl Reiner
VHS Tape: Color, NTSC
Company:Â MGM (Video & DVD)Â (1998-09-01)
ISBN:Â 6301976967
List Price:Â $19.98
Amazon Price:Â $18.95
Used Price:Â $0.98
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Haydn’s piano trios deserve far more attention than they receive. As music lovers know, they are every bit as rewarding as his symphonies and string quartets, and also very numerous. They are not, however, true trios as we understand the term now. Essentially, Haydn took the sonata for violin and piano and added a cello part to strengthen the weak bass of contemporary pianos. This doesn’t inhibit the quality of the music in any way, but it has prevented modern piano trios from taking them up since the cellist usually wants something more exciting to do. All praise, then, to the Beaux Arts Trio for understanding that musical quality is more important than instrumental display. –David Hurwitz
265 CFM Squirrel Cage Exhaust Fan. Exhaust fans are the most efficient way to combat both loss of CO2 and high temperatures, two things that can hinder your plants. They are set up to either blow air to another room or down a long tube to the outdoors. How do you know what size you need? Calculate the CFM (Cubic Feet per Minute) by dividing the cubic footage in your grow room by five. The blower you will choose based on this will be large enough to replace all of the air in the room in five minutes.
