In the Spotlight with.. Toni

[Toni]

Hi @Toni I hope you will enjoy your week in the spotlight!

I see you've tagged me twice already. As for Mirande, I am also sorry we missed each other when we were there. I think you must have been there on another day judging from your photos as they had different clothes on the day I met them. I remember Linda was wearing white.

Yes we do share the same birthday and yes Elizabeth Taylor was a Pisces too. Actually I was going to ask you.

1) When and how did you become a fan of Elizabeth Taylor?
2) What are your interests?
3)How long does it take you to make the promos for your fanfics?

They are very creative.

Thanks Karin! So far so good! Yes, I went there on Saturday and I think you went on a workday (though it was summer).

1. I don´t remember how I became Elizabeth´s fan, only that "Little Women" was on TV every Christmas! I loved her character there and she was very beautiful (all four sisters were, each in their own style). I probably watched that movie by first time when I was a little child. However, I´ve seen few movies of hers in a cinema, probably only "The Mirror Crack´d", which is one of my favorite Agatha Christie adaptations. Soon I discovered her "dark side" through "Who´s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?", very dark and "stormy" for a teenager, but also very addictive until the very end. In Spain the same actors who dubbed J.R. and Sue Ellen into Catalan, also dubbed Liz and Dick in that film. It was a funny coincidence...

I also read Liz´s biography in a collection of movie books I had, and became very interested in her work and also in her private life. She and Richard appeared very often in the tabloids here (in Spain we have "pink press", magazines that only talk about celebrities). Of course, she was the most famous face in the world in the 80s. Some people say she was "the last Hollywood star" (not Bette Davis, who said "we shall see..." when asked about it!), but I think that title belong to the late Natalie Wood. Elizabeth went on to do bigger things with her life and raised funds for Aids research, and comforted a lot of her gay friends, Rock Hudson the best-known of them. I guess that might be another reason I rooted for her: in such hard times as that decade, she was outspoken and opinionated about what made that pandemic so deadly. She was there for gay people, but not like today, when it seems fashionable to join the "gay trend".

2. I´m interested in a lot of things, though I keep a low profile about some of them because I consider them private. As you must know, I´m a big fan of the supersoaps, especially "Dallas". I just want to be told a good story. The show did that since Day One. The image of Bobby and Pam parking their car at the gas station haunted me for years, because the first two seasons were only aired once in Spain, and never re-run. I couldn´t re-watch them until a friend gave me tapes from SoapNet, I think. Such a fine ensemble cast was what drew me in. Seeing good performances is one of my hobbies, in a movie, a TV show or a play. I love theater though I can´t go often. Musicals are my favorite genre. I have seen the Spanish versions of "Hello, Dolly", "Rent", "My Fair Lady", "Sister Act", and a few others. They never disappoint me, it´s a close contact with the actors and, if they are good, the experience is great.

Aside of that, I also love music, though lately not as frequently as I used to. I like musicians and composers of all kind, from soundtracks (John Williams, Lee Holdridge, Alexandre Desplat, Georges Delerue, Michael Giacchino et al) to bands and solo singers of all eras, from the Carpenters, Ella Fitzgerald, and Chicago, to Kate Bush, Queen, and Barbra Streisand. I also listen to classical music, and many times what I want to hear is relaxing music, and choose film scores or specific classical pieces. I love traveling, but I haven´t done it in a while, and there are still a lot of countries I want to visit, especially U.K., USA, and France and Italy (again). When I was younger, I also liked to draw comic-books and portraits, but only with pencils because I was too bad with tint.

3. About my videos, thanks a lot for your words, Karin. The ones who are trailers for my fanfic "Ewing Empire" are terribly edited, because I made them over 5 years ago. I don´t remember how long the editing took but it was longer than now. Later on, I did do a few more with a better image quality and catching music themes. A couple of years ago, I thought that it would be fun to create videos exclusively for my site, and started my series of Top Ten videos. I also like to make tributes to actors who passed away, like Larry Hagman, Ken Kercheval and Jared Martin. My next video is an homage to Kevin Dobson, by the way.

Currently, I follow this process to make my videos: I spend one or two weeks "thinking" about the theme and writing down the clips I want. Once I start to edit, things get quicker than before, because I use a better editing program. I put in them more details, more trivia, try to make them more dynamic and visually attractive, and in some cases, I try my best to "restore" them, because the clips from "Knots Landing" and "Falcon Crest" look really blurry. It´s a shame that nobody seems to care about releasing the complete shows, because otherwise we will never watch them properly.

I think it was perhaps @Ray's Lady, you met in France, as I have never been out of this country, but she is a longtime friend of, so I knew who you were talking
about
. I love your videos, of the stories and characters from the various shows, aside from being Pam's twin, who was your other favorite character on Dallas?

Yes, it was her, sorry for the mistake.

My other favorite character from "Dallas" is Miss Ellie. I already loved BBG from her movies, but I think she was born to play the Ewing matriarch. I have seen few actresses "inhabit" a character as she did with Ellie. It was painful to me see what they did with her, re. the Donna Reed fiasco first, and then with all her storylines post-Dream. She didn´t deserve that crappy writing, even the Parmalee story was something she seemed to play more aloof than previously. She knew it was garbage, as were the next years. Once in awhile they wrote for her a good scene, but not often. Though it probably had to be difficult to maintain the same quality they had in the beginning.

Wonder-Barb.​

 

[Ray&Donna]

Thanks Karin! So far so good! Yes, I went there on Saturday and I think you went on a workday (though it was summer).

1. I don´t remember how I became Elizabeth´s fan, only that "Little Women" was on TV every Christmas! I loved her character there and she was very beautiful (all four sisters were, each in their own style). I probably watched that movie by first time when I was a little child. However, I´ve seen few movies of hers in a cinema, probably only "The Mirror Crack´d", which is one of my favorite Agatha Christie adaptations. Soon I discovered her "dark side" through "Who´s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?", very dark and "stormy" for a teenager, but also very addictive until the very end. In Spain the same actors who dubbed J.R. and Sue Ellen into Catalan, also dubbed Liz and Dick in that film. It was a funny coincidence...

I also read Liz´s biography in a collection of movie books I had, and became very interested in her work and also in her private life. She and Richard appeared very often in the tabloids here (in Spain we have "pink press", magazines that only talk about celebrities). Of course, she was the most famous face in the world in the 80s. Some people say she was "the last Hollywood star" (not Bette Davis, who said "we shall see..." when asked about it!), but I think that title belong to the late Natalie Wood. Elizabeth went on to do bigger things with her life and raised funds for Aids research, and comforted a lot of her gay friends, Rock Hudson the best-known of them. I guess that might be another reason I rooted for her: in such hard times as that decade, she was outspoken and opinionated about

2. I´m interested in a lot of things, though I keep a low profile about some of them because I consider them private. As you must know, I´m a big fan of the supersoaps, especially "Dallas". I just want to be told a good story. The show did that since Day One. The image of Bobby and Pam parking their car at aired once me tapes from SoapNet, I think. Such a fine ensemble cast was what drew me in. Seeing good performances show or a play. I love theater though I can´t go often. Musicals are my favorite genre. I have seen the Spanish versions of "Hello, Dolly", "Rent", "My Fair Lady", "Sister Act", and a few others. They never disappoint me, it´s a close contact with the actors and, if they are good, the experience is great.

Aside of that, I also love music, though lately not as frequently as I used to. I like musicians and composers of all kind, from soundtracks (John Williams, Lee Holdridge, Alexandre Desplat, Georges Delerue, Michael Giacchino et al) to bands and solo singers of all eras, from the Carpenters, Ella Fitzgerald, and Chicago, to Kate Bush, Queen, and Barbra Streisand. I also listen to classical music, and many times what I want to hear is relaxing music, and choose film scores or specific classical pieces. I love traveling, but I haven´t done it in a while, and there are still a lot of countries I want to visit, especially U.K., USA, and France and Italy (again). When I was younger, I also liked to draw comic-books and portraits, but only with pencils because I was too bad with tint.

3. About my videos, thanks a lot for

My other favorite character from "Dallas" is Miss Ellie. I already loved BBG from her movies, but I think she was born to play the Ewing matriarch. I have seen few actresses "inhabit" a character as she did with Ellie. It was painful to me see what they did with her, re. the Donna Reed fiasco first, and then with all her storylines post-Dream. She didn´t deserve that crappy writing, even the Parmalee story was something she seemed to play more aloof than previously. She knew it was garbage, as were the next years. Once in awhile they wrote for her a good scene, but not often. Though it probably had to be difficult to maintain the same quality they had in the beginning.

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Wonder-Barb.​

I have a particular fondness for Miss Ellie as well, my grandmother was named Barbara, and she usually wore the same type of house coat as the Ewing matriarch

 

[Angela Channing]

@Toni, thanks for answering my previous questions. You touched on how Covid-19 has hit Spain in an earlier answer but I would like to ask about it's impact on you personally:

1. What have been the main ways that living in the Covid-19 era has changed your life?
2. What has been the most positive things that you will take from living through the coronavirus crisis?
3. What are you looking forward to doing most when things get back to normal?

 

[Toni]

I have a particular fondness for Miss Ellie as well, my grandmother was named Barbara, and she usually wore the same type of house coat as the Ewing matriarch

The same with me with my grandma, though her name wasn´t Barbara. She died just before "Dallas" premiered in Spain, which must mean something on why I loved Miss Ellie so much!

 

[Toni]

That's very cool of him.

1. Have you ever bought a Maquina Total CD (or cassette/LP)?
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2. Who was your Spanish teen idol, was it Miguel Bosé?
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3. What was the best Spanish language hit ever, in your opinion? Or do a top 10, if you want! (excluding translated versions e.g. ABBA en Espagnol)

4a. Can you play the castanets?
4b. If the answer is "no", then: why not?


Very important questions, so...take your time, darling.

(oddly enough, this showed up in my "Morgan Fairchild GIF" search)

Thanks for your questions @Willie Oleson !

1. Have you ever bought a Maquina Total CD (or cassette/LP)?

No, I haven´t. If that is cringeworthy disco music, it´s not something I would even give a try at. Aside from the 70s disco music, which I can enjoy, and some Madonna or Whitney mixes, I haven´t liked anything else.

2. Who was your Spanish teen idol, was it Miguel Bosé?

When I was a teenager, the "heaviest" music I listened to was ABBA. I preferred melodic music, even old-fashioned, and I could love musicians like Phil Collins, and some Spanish female singers, but not teen idols. In a way I was too "adult" for that, and especially Mr. Bosé was too "everything" for me to like him. Neither his music, nor his looks nor his attitude. Not to mention that, in an era full of "soft" singers, he was (is) the most flamboyant of all (check out one of his early videos on You Tube...). Besides, he also pretended to be an actor, and starred in a few films, including the infamous "High Heels" of Almodóvar, in a dual role which "straight" persona he couldn´t pull off. About the crossdressing persona...

3. What was the best Spanish language hit ever, in your opinion? Or do a top 10, if you want! (excluding translated versions e.g. ABBA en Espagnol)

l couldn´t say one song only, so I will post a top 10 later. I have a soft spot for this song played by a Spanish singer called Luz Casal (the one who was actually singing in the Miguel Bosé clip above). It´s called "Entre mis recuerdos" (Among my memories). Usually I don´t like what is commercial, or I didn´t. I was quite a rebel regarding that, but I´ve mellowed with the years, lol!

4a. Can you play the castanets?
4b. If the answer is "no", then: why not?

Sure I can play them! They teach us in school how to, and also how to wear a flamenco dancer dress properly, to both boys and girls... Of course not (I think you already knew!). I´m an urban geek and not to keen on any kind of dance.

Can you dance this Dutch folk dance? (In Catalonia we have a type of dance called "Sardanas" which is not too different from that!):

​

Thanks a lot for your questions again, I had fun!

 

[Emelee]

Hola Toni!

1) Since you're obviously a creative guy, what else are you good at aside from videos?

2) Who are some of your favourite guests on The Muppets?

3) Which soap do you think Piggy would fit best on and why? What would she do on it?

4) How would you describe your clothing style?

5) Which historic period would you want to experience for a week?

 

[bmasters9]

Do you have any favorite crime dramas/police procedurals in your country?

 

[pete lashmar]

@Toni - loving all your answers. I didn't realise you lived in Spain, I'm over the border in The Algarve (originally from the UK though).

A few more questions for you.

1. Who was your first celebrity crush - and why?
2. Have you ever fancied a cartoon character.
3. If you has a TARDIS (Time machine), at which point in time would you return to, to find out what really happened?

 

[Toni]

Hola Toni!

1) Since you're obviously a creative guy, what else are you good at aside from videos?

Thanks for your words, I myself haven´t felt too creative lately, neither re. my videos nor my fanfics! Quarantine made me lazier.

Not sure if I´m too good at anything else, but I´d like to think that I´m good at writing and doing research on subjects I love. I still have "physical" books though I hardly use them. All the stuff you can read in my sites, except for a few exceptions, has been written and translated by me. Some of them a lot of years ago (in the 90s!) and recycled them for my site, that´s why getting ripped-off is so frustrating.

I also collect a lot of things related to the main stars of "Dallas" and "Knots Landing": I have most of the movies and TVM´s they have done, their biographies, some rarities, I think I could say I´m a investigator of everything "Dallas"! I think that most of their stars were terribly underrated, especially in countries like mine. That specific series genre has always been treated as something that is only watched by "housewives" (I knw it´s a very humiliating term in this context, but that´s what Spanish culture is, still). Like I always say, if only women watched "Dallas", why was everybody talking about it the next day? (In Spain it was aired first on Tuesdays, and then in Catalona, on Sundays).

I think the actors are very important in the genre of supersoaps. They didn´t have to look great (and they did!), they had to take control of their characters as the original cast did (and I´m including Charlene Tilton here too). Once unprofessional actors like Ms. Presley were allowed to come aboard, everything started to tumble (slowly but relentlessly). When half the cast was replaced by newcomers with scarce experience, there went the show... Sorry for going OT!

2) Who are some of your favourite guests on The Muppets?

3) Which soap do you think Piggy would fit best on and why? What would she do on it?

As I said before, "The Muppet Show" was not as big here as in UK or USA, mainly because many actors were not popular (though they were known by cinephiles). I loved the "Star Wars" parody with Miss Piggy as Princess Leia, and to this date, I couldn´t watch any of the TV shows from beginning to end. There a lot of stars that I love, aside from Julie Andrews: Liza Minnelli, Lesley Ann Warren, Cheryl Ladd or Ethel Merman. Though I´ve seen on YouTube some truly remarkable numbers...

(She´s done it again! She´s overshadowed moi!)
​

Miss Piggy only plays role models so she would play the biggest female characters on the supersoaps: Pamela Barn on "Dalliances", Alexis Coldly on "Pignasty", (a younger) Angela Churning on "Frog Crest", and Abby Friedcake on "Knots Pigging". She would wear big hats, would get in and out of rooms, would eat something after every sentence, and would roll into the mud with pleasure..

"Moi had a big pigsty, nine ten beautiful piglets,
as people say it was, perfect. Oh when
it´s snack time here, by the way...?"​

4) How would you describe your clothing style?

I used to wear suit and tie, or uniform, at work, but not anymore. Maybe that´s why I´ve spent the last ten years wearing casual clothes, the classical "jeans and something else". Love striped shirts, even the tackiest Bobby Ewing ever wore. Also polo shirts and T-shirts in summer. And sneakers, always.

5) Which historic period would you want to experience for a week?

To be honest, not even one. I do experience the past and future thanks to the movies and TV series (from "The Flintstones" to "The Jetsons"!), and I´m not especially attached to this era, even less this year with the covid problem.

I´m like her, I´ve experienced all ages.
But I´m younger (so Imdb says...)​

 

[Toni]

Do you have any favorite crime dramas/police procedurals in your country?

I don´t watch Spanish TV, neither live or dvd. Private (digital) TV, aka TDT, is made of re-runs of movies everybody knows by heart and celebrity trash shows. The broadcast news are very sensationalistic too, I get nervous when I watch them use simple people´s tragedies to make their headlines. It´s trash with a big T. And public TV is very politized, though not as bad as private. Anyway, I haven´t had live TV in my set since about 5 years or longer, and I don´t miss it.

The Spanish TV series are copies of what is done in US. They are made with a lesser budget, tend to be overly easy on the eyes (some "actors" are just gym queens), and dialogues are unintelligible. They mumble and have thick regional accents, and don´t try to improve. Actors over forty are put into pasture because allegedly younger audiences don´t want to see "old people" in their screens. So many actors move to places like France (Almodóvar´s muses Carmen Maura and Victoria Abril) or US (Antonio Banderas, Javier Bardem...). But they are the exceptions.

There is also a trend to copy the British pattern, but unsuccessfully too. Not enough budget, and anachronisms abound. They are soapy and not even good for laughs. It´s not that there are not good actors, but TV producers have a "strange" way to do their casting. However, regional TV does produce good dramas once in awhile, always over-sentimental, but even so they are better. I don´t wanna sound as anti-patriotic, just factual. Though I myself don´t follow those shows, I do read the reviews and listen to my friends´ opinions. I´m glad a lot of posters here are enjoying things like "Elite", "Gran Hotel", or "Cable Girls". But those are not Spanish stories, but shows done by a marketing team to cover TV hours. They don´t show how we are or how we were in the past.

Oh I think I went OT again. The last Spanish series I watched was the original "Mysteries of Laura". And I liked the US remake better!

 

[Toni]

@Toni, thanks for answering my previous questions. You touched on how Covid-19 has hit Spain in an earlier answer but I would like to ask about it's impact on you personally:

1. What have been the main ways that living in the Covid-19 era has changed your life?
2. What has been the most positive things that you will take from living through the coronavirus crisis?
3. What are you looking forward to doing most when things get back to normal?

Essentially, Covid19 has stopped me from seeing my mother, who doesn´t live in my city. She lives in a town about 70 kms away from me. I have to take a train to go there, since I don´t drive. A train that stops every 5 minutes, with more people coming and going. I haven´t taken the chance to go because it would too risky for me, and for my mother too, in case I got the virus on the train. Believe me, nobody can stay 2 meters away from everybody else, not on buses, and much less on a "commuter" train. That is the worst thing, because my mother is not getting any younger. It´s also been a big letdown to see people not giving a damn about the pandemic since early summer. No masks, lots of parties, crowded places. No surprise to anybody what has happened, really. Most of us who saw all this expected the current outcome.

About the rest, well, not that much really has changed. I have been seeing my only friend, I actually spent the first quarantine month at his home. That way it was easier to keep everything under control and do the indispensable things like shopping. I spend a lot of time at home usually, because I´m not working now, and that has not changed. In that sense, that has been a positive thing: I didn´t lose my job for the crisis, nor I get anxious at home because I have my hobbies. But of course, one has to go out to meet his friends, or have a walk, or make some errands, or whatever. This I couldn´t do it as I used to.

When/if this changes, I will hug and kiss my most loved ones. Warmth is sorely missed, and physical contact too. I also want to travel again next year, and meet my mother, brothers and nieces. And, well, throwing away those damn masks and take a deep breath of air every time I get out. (And a bit of sex would be great!)

But not like this, thank you!​

 

[Toni]

@Toni - loving all your answers. I didn't realise you lived in Spain, I'm over the border in The Algarve (originally from the UK though).

A few more questions for you.

1. Who was your first celebrity crush - and why?
2. Have you ever fancied a cartoon character.
3. If you has a TARDIS (Time machine), at which point in time would you return to, to find out what really happened?

Hi @pete lashmar, thanks a lot for your questions!

1. My first celebrity crush probably was...the Bobster, aka Patrick Duffy, because I was 13 when "Dallas" started in Spain (1979). Besides, he was such a nice boy... in those first 2 years, he was my ideal of a loving man. Later on, came others on "Dallas" like Timothy Patrick Murphy, Jared Martin, or Dack Rambo, who were not bad-looking, at least to me. I never liked a teen idol or something like that. I did fancy movie stars like James Dean, Montgomery Clift and Paul Newman, for whom I´ve always felt something special. They were not only good actors, but also beautiful men.

"Oh you look bored sweetie pie... Want me to play my instrument...?"​

2. Oh yeah, very often. For example Peter Perfect from "Wacky Races", he was a hunk though a bit bubble-headed, as usually happens. Also, in a 1976 anime series titled "3000 Leagues in Search of Mother" (aka "Marco"), there was the character of the child protagonist´s brother, called Tonio. He was twenty-something and played guitar and could sing. He was a cutie. I was 10 years old then... I was thinking about some Disney character, but most of them were animals or looked like sissies, like those early princes. Oh and I hated adult Hercules with a passion!!

Left pic: The guy on the left was Marco´s brother, Tonio. A cutie.
Right pic: Peter Perfect from "Wacky Races". In Spanish "Peter Beautiful".
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3. I´m not the type to dig into the past, rather let it go and look into the present. Anyway, if I had to choose, I´d go to an era without viruses! I´d like to go back to 1977, when they did the casting for "Dallas", and be a fly on the wall and look at the auditions for our favorite characters, that would be amazing!! We have heard so many things about them that it would be great to see how it really happened. Though I believe more in alternate realities than in time-traveling (#SaveTheOA!!!).

 

[Barbara Fan]

Thank you @Toni for your replies, was away for a few days (no where fancy and it rained) so catching up here

Another ? for you

Ive been to Spain - Barcelona, Salou, Torremolinos, Tenerife, Majorca, Menorca - but its always been as a tourist in the days when i was young and daft and i used to fry on a beach for 9 hors a day to get that tan - being chalk white and rarely see the sun.

I havent been to Spain since 1995, if you could recommend 5 cities, what would they be and whats the highlights?
Thanks BF xx

 

[Angela Channing]

Essentially, Covid19 has stopped me from seeing my mother, who doesn´t live in my city. She lives in a town about 70 kms away from me. I have to take a train to go there, since I don´t drive. A train that stops every 5 minutes, with more people coming and going. I haven´t taken the chance to go because it would too risky for me, and for my mother too, in case I got the virus on the train. Believe me, nobody can stay 2 meters away from everybody else, not on buses, and much less on a "commuter" train. That is the worst thing, because my mother is not getting any younger. It´s also been a big letdown to see people not giving a damn about the pandemic since early summer. No masks, lots of parties, crowded places. No surprise to anybody what has happened, really. Most of us who saw all this expected the current outcome.

About the rest, well, not that much really has changed. I have been seeing my only friend, I actually spent the first quarantine month at his home. That way it was easier to keep everything under control and do the indispensable things like shopping. I spend a lot of time at home usually, because I´m not working now, and that has not changed. In that sense, that has been a positive thing: I didn´t lose my job for the crisis, nor I get anxious at home because I have my hobbies. But of course, one has to go out to meet his friends, or have a walk, or make some errands, or whatever. This I couldn´t do it as I used to.

When/if this changes, I will hug and kiss my most loved ones. Warmth is sorely missed, and physical contact too. I also want to travel again next year, and meet my mother, brothers and nieces. And, well, throwing away those damn masks and take a deep breath of air every time I get out. (And a bit of sex would be great!)

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But not like this, thank you!​

It's heart breaking how Covid-19 has kept people from seeing their loved ones. It will be a lovely moment for you and your mum when you can hug each other again.

I completely agree with you about people who selfishly travel on public transport without wearing masks. It's the same in London and I estimate about 20% of people seem to think it's ok not to cover their faces and potentially breathe Covid over their fellow passengers. It really annoys me.

 

[Toni]

It's heart breaking how Covid-19 has kept people from seeing their loved ones. It will be a lovely moment for you and your mum when you can hug each other again.

I completely agree with you about people who selfishly travel on public transport without wearing masks. It's the same in London and I estimate about 20% of people seem to think it's ok not to cover their faces and potentially breathe Covid over their fellow passengers. It really annoys me.

I didn´t express myself well. I meant to say that on the buses, though people are wearing masks (I wear gloves too), they can´t keep distance out of physical space. It´s not up to them , but to organization. It was ok until summer (the middle door had to be used to get into the bus, and there were more cars, they said), but then everyone relaxed, and now taking the bus is just an agony.

It´s different in the Metro though. On the streets at this moment 80% seem to wear masks and there are lines at shops, drugstores, etc, to strictly keep the number of people inside up to a number. In some small shops only one person can get inside. So it´s not as bad as it sounded. Anyway I went downtown last week, and all the bars and restaurants were closed on a Friday afternoon. Sort of depressing...

 

[Long Lashes]

Some great questions have already been asked and I'm enjoying reading your replies Toni.

I think I've already mentioned to you how much I enjoy seeing your avatar, it always makes me smile and I admire all the different outfits Miss Piggy wears, she's always on trend.

So I wondered if she employs a stylist who chooses her outfits for her?

Is she a diva in real life? and who would play her in a film?


Back to you Toni do you enjoy cooking and can you make Spanish Paella?

Thank you.

 

[Toni]

Thank you @Toni for your replies, was away for a few days (no where fancy and it rained) so catching up here

Another ? for you

Ive been to Spain - Barcelona, Salou, Torremolinos, Tenerife, Majorca, Menorca - but its always been as a tourist in the days when i was young and daft and i used to fry on a beach for 9 hors a day to get that tan - being chalk white and rarely see the sun.

I havent been to Spain since 1995, if you could recommend 5 cities, what would they be and whats the highlights?
Thanks BF xx

As they say, I´m glad you made me that question!

I didn´t know you had been to so many Spanish places! Probably the islands (Tenerife, Mallorca, and Menorca) are the most stunning spots in my country. Barcelona must be seen culturally, but only for a few days. The best continental beaches are, in my opinion, in Girona (Costa Brava), and also in the islands.

Hmm, five cities... not easy. If you know Barcelona already, then you must know also Madrid. It´s bigger than my city and takes longer to see the best places. It´s our New York City, so to say. Though, as a popular song said, "there is no beach here!". I´d also recommend you Seville (Andalusia), Oviedo (Asturias), San Sebastián (Basque Country), Santiago de Compostela (Galicia), and Toledo (Castilla). Don't miss the Catalan Pyrenees either! I was there when I was a child and my memories are great! I have lived in Madrid, Oviedo, and Costa Brava, aside from Barcelona.

By the way, did you know that Larry Hagman sort of "sponsored" a hotel in a multi-themed park in Salou, in 2009?

 

[Toni]

Some great questions have already been asked and I'm enjoying reading your replies Toni.

I think I've already mentioned to you how much I enjoy seeing your avatar, it always makes me smile and I admire all the different outfits Miss Piggy wears, she's always on trend.

So I wondered if she employs a stylist who chooses her outfits for her?

Is she a diva in real life? and who would play her in a film?


Back to you Toni do you enjoy cooking and can you make Spanish Paella?

Thank you.

Thank you so much, it´s your questions what make it enjoyable, I´m a bit of a bore! (Da Pig saves my day most times!)

Miss Piggy asks where to wire you the money she offered you to say those nice things. Of course she agrees with you!
A stylist? She buys her clothes on eBay and Wallapop, all second-hand, and makes the fixing by herself. She also goes to several street markets to buy the accessories. But don´t tell her, she will deny it!

If someone did a biopic of Miss Piggy, she would do the same thing that Sophia Loren did in the 80s: to play herself...and her mother too (true story!). So she could be nominated for two Emmys (or Oscars!) for the price of one. Actually she is not a diva, because she can´t stand labels, like moi. She is herself and proud to be (like moi too!).

I love eating but I´m not too good in the kitchen, sadly. I try my best and right now I´m trying new things. I can´t make paella though I did my best when I started living on my own. I think the rice roasted! The worst part for me is the details: how long it has to be boiling, or whatever; and that sort of things. I don´t make paella but I can make "arroz a la cubana" (Rice Cuban-style), which is just boiled rice with tomato sauce and one fried egg on it. As you can see, it´s gourmet stuff of first rate!

That´s the moment when she decides to call Pizza Hut!​

 

[Toni]

Thank you so much, it´s your questions what make it enjoyable, I´m a bit of a bore! (Da Pig saves my day most times!)

Miss Piggy asks where to wire you the money she offered you to say those nice things. Of course she agrees with you!
A stylist? She buys her clothes on eBay and Wallapop, all second-hand, and makes the fixing by herself. She also goes to several street markets to buy the accessories. But don´t tell her, she will deny it!

If someone did a biopic of Miss Piggy, she would do the same thing that Sophia Loren did in the 80s: to play herself...and her mother too (true story!). So she could be nominated for two Emmys (or Oscars!) for the price of one. Actually she is not a diva, because she can´t stand labels, like moi. She is herself and proud to be (like moi too!).

I love eating but I´m not too good in the kitchen, sadly. I try my best and right now I´m trying new things. I can´t make paella though I did my best when I started living on my own. I think the rice roasted! The worst part for me is the details: how long it has to be boiling, or whatever; and that sort of things. I don´t make paella but I can make "arroz a la cubana" (Rice Cuban-style), which is just boiled rice with tomato sauce and one fried egg on it. As you can see, it´s gourmet stuff of first rate!

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That´s the moment when she decides to call Pizza Hut!​

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[Angela Channing]

@Toni, I have some celebrity based questions for you today:

1. Which celebrity or public figure do you think looks the most like you?
2. Who is the most famous person you have met and what did you think of them?
3. If you were having a dinner party and could invite 5 other famous people from any era, who would you choose?