And The Winners Are...

The American Film Institute has released is list of the 25 greatest movie musicals of all time. I was shocked, perplexed, happy and oddly confused as I read the list. Many of the musicals on the list definitely belong there. I thought it odd that some of the honorees were considered movie musicals, namely Beauty and the Beast? Don't get me wrong, I liked it, but I don't know that I consider it a movie musical. If we are going to include this type of production in the genre, then what about including The Lion King or Aladdin?

There were also a few entries that I felt we conspicuously absent from the list. The Music Man, Hello Dolly, Victor/Victoria, The Blues Brothers, Fiddler on the Roof nor Oklahoma! made the cut.

The ballot included 180 entries for the voters to choose from. Phantom of the Opera and Rent were the only two musicals that I could think of that were not on the ballot but should have been. If you would like to see the ballot, here is a link.

And the winners are....

RANK		FILM TITLE	YEAR	MEMORABLE SONGS
1		SINGIN' IN THE RAIN	1952	"Singin' in the Rain" "Make 'Em Laugh" "Good Morning"
2		WEST SIDE STORY	1961	"America" "Tonight" "Somewhere"
3		THE WIZARD OF OZ	1939	"Over the Rainbow" "Ding Dong the Witch Is Dead" "If I Only Had a Brain/a Heart/the Nerve"
4		THE SOUND OF MUSIC	1965	"The Sound of Music" "My Favorite Things" "Do Re Mi"
5		CABARET	1972	"Cabaret" "Wilkommen" "Tomorrow Belongs to Me"
6		MARY POPPINS	1964	"A Spoonful of Sugar" "Chim Chim Cher-ee" "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious"
7		A STAR IS BORN	1954	"The Man that Got Away" "Lose that Long Face" "My Melancholy Baby"
8		MY FAIR LADY	1964	"The Rain in Spain" "I Could Have Danced All Night" "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face"
9		AMERICAN IN PARIS, AN	1951	"I Got Rhythm" "I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise" "Our Love Is Here to Stay"
10		MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS	1944	"The Boy Next Door" "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" "The Trolley Song"
11		THE KING AND I	1956	"Getting to Know You" "Shall We Dance" "Whistle a Happy Tune"
12		CHICAGO	2002	"And All That Jazz" "Cell Block Tango" "Razzle Dazzle"
13		42ND STREET	1933	"42nd Street" "Shuffle Off to Buffalo" "It Must Be June"
14		ALL THAT JAZZ	1979	"On Broadway" "Everything Old Is New Again" "Take Off With Us"
15		TOP HAT	1935	"Top Hat, White Tie and Tails" "Cheek to Cheek" "No Strings"
16		FUNNY GIRL	1968	"People" "Don't Rain on My Parade" "My Man"
17		THE BAND WAGON	1953	"By Myself" "That's Entertainment" "Dancing In The Dark"
18		YANKEE DOODLE DANDY	1942	"The Yankee Doodle Boy" "Give My Regards to Broadway" "You're a Grand Ol' Flag"
19		ON THE TOWN	1949	"New York, New York" "Count on Me" "On the Town"
20		GREASE	1978	"Hopelessly Devoted to You" "Summer Nights" "You're the One that I Want"
21		SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS	1954	"June Bride" "Spring, Spring, Spring" "Wonderful, Wonderful Day"
22		BEAUTY AND THE BEAST	1991	"Beauty and the Beast" "Be Our Guest" "Something There"
23		GUYS AND DOLLS	1955	"Guys and Dolls" "Luck Be a Lady" "Sit Down, You're Rockin' the Boat"
24		SHOW BOAT	1936	"Ol' Man River" "Make Believe" "Why Do I Love You?"
25		MOULIN ROUGE!	2001	"Come What May" "Your Song" "Roxanne"

Getting Mooned in OKC

Can't sleep? It must be the moonlight. Tonight's full Moon is the biggest and brightest of 2006. What makes it big? Answer: The Moon's lopsided orbit. One side of the Moon's orbit is 50,000 km closer to Earth than the other side. The two sides are called, respectively, perigee, from Greek, meaning "close to Earth," and apogee, meaning "far from Earth." Tonight's Moon is at perigee.

To illustrate the difference, apogee vs. perigee, Anthony Ayiomamitis of Athens, Greece, took these two pictures when the Moon was at opposite ends of its elliptical orbit. The perigee Moon is about 12% larger.

EXTRA! Tonight's wide Moon is going to glide through Earth's shadow, producing a 90-minute partial lunar eclipse visible from eastern Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia. Only 19% of the Moon will be in deep shadow, but that's enough for a pretty display. Maximum eclipse takes place at 1851 UT on Sept. 7th: animation.

Once again, content borrowed from www.SpaceWeather.com :)

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It's the End of the Summer as We Know it and I Feel Fine

OR NOT!

Over the last few days, I have had several people ask me “What are you doing for Labor Day weekend?” My general reply is “Not much.” I usually get an astonished look followed by “But why not, it’s the end of summer?” It makes me want to scream! Labor Day weekend is NOT the end of summer.

Summer ends on the autumnal equinox. The season changes when the center of the Sun crosses the celestial equator. This is near September 22. This year it is Sept. 23, 2006 at 4:02 UT which for us in Oklahoma is 10:02pm Sept. 22, 2006.

Here is a chart showing the time summer ends for 1980 to 2009. In Oklahoma, our time is UT -6, so subtract 6 hours from the time listed.

Date	UT	Date	UT	Date	UT
09-22-1980	21:01	09-23-1990	07:06	09-22-2000	17:11
09-23-1981	02:50	09-23-1991	12:54	09-22-2001	23:00
09-23-1982	08:38	09-22-1992	18:43	09-23-2002	04:48
09-23-1983	14:27	09-23-1993	00:32	09-23-2003	10:37
09-22-1984	20:15	09-23-1994	06:20	09-22-2004	16:25
09-23-1985	02:04	09-23-1995	12:09	09-22-2005	22:14
09-23-1986	07:52	09-22-1996	17:57	09-23-2006	04:02
09-23-1987	13:41	09-22-1997	23:46	09-23-2007	09:51
09-22-1988	19:29	09-23-1998	05:34	09-22-2008	15:39
09-23-1989	01:18	09-23-1999	11:23	09-22-2009	21:28

Here is a link that shows a QuickTime move illustrating the tilt of the Earth’s equatorial plane relative to the Sun which is responsible for the seasons. The dates of maximum tilt of the Earth’s equator correspond to the summer and winter solstices and the dates of zero tilt are the vernal and autumnal equinoxes.