What's Up, Doc? opens Wednesday!

The Way We Were

The Way We Were at your local "twin cinema".

The Way We Were vs. A Touch of Class

Too bad they didn't make it a double feature of The Way We Were and A Touch of Class. The audience could compare performances side by side and decide for themselves who the best actress is. It's still hard to believe Glenda Jackson won over Barbra.

Barbra on Broadway - Sorta

Student Movie Poll - 1979

Our New Braunfels High School newspaper, The Horn and Hoof, did a student survey back in January 1979 on movie favorites. The survey was hardly scientific, especially when you consider Barbra Streisand was THIRD favorite actress! Sally Field must have been still riding on the popularity of Smokey and The Bandit from 2 years earlier and Olivia Newton-John from Grease the previous year. (of course, Barbra was still riding on the popularity of A Star is Born from 3 years prior).

Barbra in the comics

What's Up, Doc? - A Lettering Exercise

Back in my college years at Texas A&M, in one of my manual drafting classes we had an exercise practicing hand lettering! This particular skill became useless a few years later when computer drafting became the new standard. Anyway, we could write about anything we wanted using an "architectural style" with all the lettering consistant. Well I whipped out my Barbra: The First Decade book and wrote out the film synoposis of What's Up, Doc?

Barbra in Concert 2006 - Philadelphia Part 8

Barbra in Concert 2006 - Philadelphia Part 7

Barbra in Concert 2006 - Philadelphia - Part 6

Barbra in Concert 2006 - Philadelphia - Part 5

Barbra in Concert 2006 - Philadelphia - Part 4

Barbra in Concert 2006 - Philadelphia - Part 3

Barbra in Concert 2006 - Philadelphia - Part 2

Barbra in Concert 2006 - Philadelphia

I had the good fortune of seeing Barbra a number of times during the 2006 tour. However, I haven't done a very good job of keeping my photos from the different concerts straight. (and I don't think I've published these photos yet). If I'm not mistaken, these are from the Philadelphia concert.

Movies on TV - Preface

The book Movies on TV (1978-79 Revised Edition) has an amusing, dated preface. They talk about today's college students having grown up with TV, the ever growing development of pay and cable TV and the bland, violent offerings on network television. But fear not, you can also watch a Barbra movie on TV.

Movies on TV - A Star is Born

So far the reviews of Barbra's movies in the book Movies on TV have been quite positive (more positive than I would have given some). And then there's A Star is Born, one of my top 5 favorites. Clearly, it's not one of theirs. Quite nasty review.

Movies on TV - Funny Lady

Another positive review.

Movies on TV - For Pete's Sake

Movies on TV - The Way We Were

A classic. One of my top 5.

Movies on TV - Up the Sandbox

One of the best Barbra reviews from the book Movies on TV. I'm not as enthusiastic about the film.

Movies on TV - What's Up, Doc?

An excellent review for an excellent movie. One of my top five Barbra favorites.

Movies on TV - The Owl and the Pussycat

Another positive Barbra review. It hasn't aged well compared to her other movies. Not one of my favorites.