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Comments on MetaFilter post Dora HallSun, 17 Jul 2011 16:51:58 -0800Sun, 17 Jul 2011 16:51:58 -0800en-ushttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss60Dora Hall
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<a href="http://www.everythingisterrible.com/2011/06/neil-hamburger-dora-hall-101.html">A tribute to Dora Hall was recently presented at Everything is Festival by Mr. Neil Hamburger.</a> <a href="http://www.dorahall.tvheaven.com">"DORA HALL</a> was the undisputed queen of vanity entertainment. Dora's husband was Leo Hulseman, the founder of the immensely successful Solo Cup Company, and a man who was <a href="http://www.dorahall.tvheaven.com/custom.html">quite happy to delve into Solo's apparently bottomless coffers</a> to finance dozens of record releases by his wife, all of which were given away free of charge with packages of plastic cups and plates during the 1960's. Not content with her 'success' in the record business, in the 1970's and 1980's Dora branched out with several full-blown Solo-financed TV specials designed to make her a star--despite the fact that she was an elderly grandmother with limited show business experience." -- TV Heaven (as quoted by Everything is Terrible, <i>supra.</i>) <br /><br />On Youtube, you may see excerpts from Dora's TV variety special <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivtnni9OsfE">Once Upon</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KGL6gbhlD0">a Tour.</a> It is, in fairness, no worse than many variety shows of the period, but few things are. You may also see songs like <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ccEV4nsPsM">"Doctor Sniffle-Swiper"</a> from Dora's children's special <i>Imagine That!</i>post:www.metafilter.com,2011:site.105628Sun, 17 Jul 2011 16:35:59 -0800Countess ElenadorahallvarietyshowwailingofthedamnedBy: NoMich
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Wow, $400k. How much is that in today's dollars? I would've given the entirety of that cash to Oliver just for the sideways microphone singing.comment:www.metafilter.com,2011:site.105628-3818664Sun, 17 Jul 2011 16:51:58 -0800NoMichBy: filthy light thief
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Did they fade to the back-up dancers when Frank Sinatra Jr came on to fool audiences into thinking it might be Frank Sr? Weird.comment:www.metafilter.com,2011:site.105628-3818678Sun, 17 Jul 2011 17:05:01 -0800filthy light thiefBy: dunkadunc
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Wait- is that really Dora Hall? Or was that Neil Hamburger in drag? I honestly can't tell.comment:www.metafilter.com,2011:site.105628-3818682Sun, 17 Jul 2011 17:07:46 -0800dunkaduncBy: AJaffe
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I own "Once Upon a Tour" -- it's just... wow...comment:www.metafilter.com,2011:site.105628-3818697Sun, 17 Jul 2011 17:21:04 -0800AJaffeBy: Xoebe
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You know, Dora isn't really bad. She has a good stage presence and a charming smile.comment:www.metafilter.com,2011:site.105628-3818743Sun, 17 Jul 2011 18:05:10 -0800XoebeBy: Patapsco Mike
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<a href="http://www.abc2news.com/dpp/news/region/baltimore_county/solo-cup-to-close-owings-mills-plant">Maybe they should not have spent all that money...</a>comment:www.metafilter.com,2011:site.105628-3818862Sun, 17 Jul 2011 19:21:37 -0800Patapsco MikeBy: NorthernLite
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She is no <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MM6qntPpyZ0">Florence Foster Jenkins.</a>comment:www.metafilter.com,2011:site.105628-3818915Sun, 17 Jul 2011 20:02:42 -0800NorthernLiteBy: louche mustachio
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Just when I thought the Dr. Sniffle-Swiper clip couldn't get any stranger and wronger, enter THE BOOGER.
GLORIOUS.comment:www.metafilter.com,2011:site.105628-3819022Sun, 17 Jul 2011 21:31:11 -0800louche mustachioBy: Kid Charlemagne
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It's a pity the glamor of show business is gone. Today Dora would be in the House of Representatives.comment:www.metafilter.com,2011:site.105628-3819195Mon, 18 Jul 2011 04:37:22 -0800Kid CharlemagneBy: y2karl
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Her uxorious svengali.comment:www.metafilter.com,2011:site.105628-3819231Mon, 18 Jul 2011 05:44:57 -0800y2karl
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