This info has been sent to me by Mike.
“DORIS DAY IS BACK ON THE RADIO AGAIN….THE INTERNET RADIO.
HER MUSIC IS PLAYED AT LEAST ONCE AN HOUR 24/7 AND SOMETIMES MORE.
THERE IS ALSO A DORIS DAY HOUR EVERY SUNDAY AT 3 PM , EST, AND WEDNESDAY
NIGHTS AT 8 PM.
TUNE IN TO WWW.FREDNETRADIO.COM AND PRESS “LISTEN RIGHT HERE”. THEN ENJOY!”
Thanks Mike. I heard some of the excerpts on You Tube. Sounds great.
As the dear reader can see , I haven’t made an entry since April of this year.
Seeing that the year is literally coming to a close, I’ve decided to do an end of
year review of all things Doris.
In April we celebrated Doris’ Birthday in Carmel in grand style with a whole bunch of Doris Day friends and fans. We had a great time.
In June I went to Oxford and had a chance , thanks to a a very special person, to talk to Doris. Doris sounded wonderful, as though she was there with us in the living room. She was having a great time and so were we.
I got a lovely letter from Doris that I will cherish forever.
In an interview, Diane Keaton stated that Doris inspired her to become an actress.
Keith Urban listens to Doris Day songs before he performs. He says that it centers him.
Nellie McKay made a Doris Day tribute album. She has appeared on several radio shows and always speaks glowingly about Doris.
Several tribute shows have been dedicated to Doris, both in the US and the UK.
Anne Murray, in her new book, “All of Me”, writes about her visit with her idol, Doris, in Carmel, and how she finds Doris to be one of the greatest singers of all times. We,the fans, agree.
Pillow Talk was selected for the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress (Washington DC), along with the THriller, The Muppet Movie, Dog Day Afternoon and other selections. Pillow Talk is considered the role model for other romantic comedies. Doris Day was described as effervescent and one of the best light comediennes of cinema.
You Tube is full of Doris Day videos. Some of the best ones are from Dayniac.
My movie is coming along well. Still tweaking it. If all goes well, I’ll be showing it in Carmel. Doris is my muse.
So this is it. The highlights of the year. If you have any Doris Day memories to share, be my guest.
Happy New Year to Everybody! Much Health and Happiness to Doris Day for being herself, a great person, an animal activist and a role model. Same to all my Doris Day Friends and to All who stumble upon this site.
See you All in 2010.
Velda
What a pleasant surprise to see Doris Day blogging on the CNN blog. It certainly is a quick and effective way to send her message of animal welfare to the whole world. Doris got over 380 responses , so, a lot of people listen when Doris writes.
Hopefully, Doris will continue blogging. Her message is very important. How we treat the vulnerable in our society,domestic animals are totally dependent on us for their well being, is a reflection of our true humanity. It is a reflection of the mental health of our society. Let’s all be good citizens and look out for the animals as we should also look out for the children, the handicapped and other vulnerable members of our society.
DDAF http://www.ddaf.org/
One woman Doris Day Tribute
http://www.vindy.com/news/2009/mar/29/actress-to-dramatize-life-of-doris-day/
Actress to dramatize life of Doris Day
WARREN —Damaris Peters Pike, an actress and impersonator noted for her Women of Note performances, will speak at 10:30 a.m. April 15 at Packard Music Hall as the final lecturer in the Trumbull Town Hall series.
Pike launched Women of Note in 1988, using her knowledge of music history to dramatize the life of women in the music field. She founded the Opera Workshop at Hiram College, where she teaches and directs the women’s chorus. For her Packard appearance, she will perform “Que Sera, Sera — Remembering Doris Day.”
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I sent Joe to check out this show as he lives close by. According to him, there were at least 500 people at the Packard Music Hall, mostly women. The entrance was $25.00 , but Joe was lucky as one woman offered him a free ticket.
Ms.Pike told the Doris Day story in the first person and even sang some songs. According to Joe, she didn’t sound at all like Doris, but otherwise the performance was entertaining. Ms. Pike got a standing ovation for her performance.
It’s great to see that Doris Day is still very appreciated in her birth State of Ohio.
The Globe’s obsession with Doris Day:
Disclaimer: I didn’t buy the Globe, it’s all on the Net.
Now I know for sure that the Globe is lying since I was in Carmel when Doris Day called Magic 63 radio and spoke with the host Ed D. Doris Day is as sharp as a tack and was totally on the ball talking to the host with whom she chatted in a down to earth manner for an hour. Her voice sounded great. Doris said she was hoarse due to the trees around her house. She sounded crystal clear and even sang a few bars from a song.
About her being forgetful: Ed the host wasn’t too clear that he was talking about her radio show and she thought that he was talking about her TV show. That’s all there was to it and she couldn’t remember John Denvers last name, but she knew his real, German, last name. The host didn’t know the name either. Most of us forget things once once in a while. It’s normal.
Doris was renovating her house because the roof leaked. These things happen to famous people , too. The Globe made a pseudo scandal out of nothing. They put everything out of context,.
This is journalism at its lowest. If I were the writer of that article , I would be ashamed.
The Globe has had Doris on 4 covers in the past 2 years. Obviously, Doris sells for them. I suggest no one buy the Globe and then they’ll stop exploiting Doris.
Happy Birthday Doris. I hope you had a great Birthday for we sure had a great time celebrating it. We had a great evening at Harry’s in Stravaganza. We were served all of Doris’ favourite foods, like Salmon Chardonnay. We sang songs from Pillow Talk , danced and had lots of fun. We also managed to do some good for the animals.
Doris, we wish you Health and Happiness and we’ll be back next year.
The fallout of the recent tell all books continue for Doris Day. Instead of being honoured for all her accomplishments in films, music and animal welfare, these books just gave ammunition to those who couldn’t wait to ridicule Doris. Doris Day’s much desired peace in Carmel has been shattered by the paparazzi who stalked her and took a picture of a justifiably annoyed Doris. The picture travels the world and the most ridiculous and uninformed comments, by some columnists, ensue. She is called reclusive and worse.
Reclusive people don’t go out shopping, they don’t answer their fan mail or talk to their fans by phone. Doris Day does all these things. Just a few weeks ago I had an amazing opportunity to talk to Doris and she was gracious, humorous and “sharp as a tack” , as her publicist points out.
It’s totally unacceptable that Doris is not left alone by the media to enjoy her life in Carmel. Unfortunately, Doris is a victim of her continued popularity and a following that is growing, as younger people discover her. It’s ironic, but, we ,the fans, are partly to blame that Doris’ privacy has been breeched. Our need to know all about her gives incentive to some to blatantly stalk her or even invent all kinds of lies about her. This is the horrible price of fame.
Doris Day fans have decided to fight against the lies and misinformation about Ms. Day.
Here is an excerpt of a declaration by the Doris Day Web Forum fans that will be sent to different websites to inform them about the Doris Day we all love and care for.
Doris Day: Misleading and intrusive media reporting: Friends of Hollywood star Doris Day express concern over ‘misleading and intrusive media reporting’ and call for restraint. Friends and fans of Doris Day would like to express concern at the level of negative media coverage of the (ex) actress as a result of recent books about her. Particularly, at the present moment, the taking and publishing of paparazzi-style photographs and the accompanying headlines and comments suggesting she is in distress. We cannot speak for her officially but many of us know her personally and would suggest that any distress she may or may not feel would be solely the result of not being able to go about her business without lurking photographers and imaginative copy writers.
Many friends who know her and are in regular contact with her, know that this type of reporting is completely without foundation. She is a happy, kind and intelligent woman, a recent recipient of The Presidential Medal of Freedom Award, America’s highest honour to a citizen, and a Grammy Award winner, she devotes her life to animal welfare - and to her friends - and she is not a recluse or collector of stray animals.
She is loved and held in high regard the world over and we, as her friends, would ask the media to show her the respect she deserves and to refrain from subjecting her, and us, to further reporting of this nature. We believe that the truth about Doris Day, both her achievements and her life today, are a much more interesting story and we would urge the media to write about that if they must write about her.
For and on behalf of the friends and fans of Doris Day,
The Doris Day Web Forum
August 2008
Is a prayer Doris Day must have wished she had made when she was young. Being a movie star, current ( Brad and Angelina), or past one (Doris), makes you a target for people snooping into your life, whether they are ardent fans, paparazzi or authors. In the past few years Doris Day has been the subject of various books, with some touching upon her career and others seriously intruding into her private life. Doris is a very private person and for her to actually make a statement means that some of those books are distressing her. She posted a statement on both Bryan James and Stephen Munns’forums saying, in effect, that those books were not authorized by her and she has no intention of reading them. She encourages her fans to focus on things that are important to her, and that is her animal work.
I was quite surprised that she made the statement figuring that all this was passing under her radar, but, we should never underestimate Doris’ ability to be well informed. Army Archerd also posted Doris’ statement on his Blog.
I’m happy to say that a week and a half ago , I received a lovely letter from Doris thanking me for the gifts I sent her for her Birthday. As she was dictating the letter to me, she was eating and enjoying the chocolate candy I sent her.
She also received the CD of the film music I composed for the Modern Romance movie. She hadn’t listened to it yet, but I hope she likes it. It is, after all, dedicated to her. She signed the letter “your friend Doris”. That touched me. I always felt a special connection to Doris, having been a fan for over forty years, but, for her to consider me a friend makes me realize even more that we have a certain responsibility to friends and that is to treat them respectfully and lovingly.
Since April 3rd at the Cypress Inn where we celebrated Doris’ Birthday, all kinds of Doris Day related news have been popping up. That day Magic 63 broadcast a live Tribute to Doris Day for her Birthday. Dozens of fans from all over the world phoned in to give their Birthday greetings to Doris. Twice that day, at 11:30 AM and 3:30 PM, Doris called in. She sounded great, but also emotional due to the outpouring of love she was receiving from her fans and for the loss of some of her animal companions.
She was touched by the gifts her fans sent her , and ,especially, the quilt stitched together by Barb MacFadden which fans all over the world got the opportunity to participate in. I’m happy to have been one of the people who put my message on that quilt. Thanks Barb. The quilt arrived at the Cypress Inn the night before, but unfortunately, I didn’t get the chance to see it as I was still flying to San Francisco at that time. The people who saw the quilt live said it was spectacular.
The quilt also made it on a documentary that was being shot at the Cypress Inn. This is a German documentary about Doris Day and will be shown on the ARTE network in Germany and presented at the Sundance Film Festival and the Toronto Film Festival. I spoke to the director and hoped that the documentary was going to be positive about Doris. He said that it will be very positive. He said they will refrain from using tired old cliches about Doris and will also talk about her place in the woman’s movement of the time. The director also said he was nervous and excited about having spoken to Doris on the air Some of the fans were interviewed for the documentary.
About 21 ,or so, of us had supper in the little dining area in the back of Terry’s Lounge. We ate well, laughed, watched Please Don’t Eat The Daisies and got invaded by the film crew. LLoyd and Roberta and Dee gave lovely presents to the DD fans. I gave my CD of recorded songs that will be in my movie “Modern Romance” . I also sent this CD to Doris to whom it is also dedicated. There is an Animal Song which I hope she will enjoy.
This was the second annual gathering at the Cypress Inn of Doris Day Fans in order to celebrate her Birthday. In 2007 was the first gathering. This idea came to some of us , Ant, Ro, Dee and me at the Pierre Patrick book launch in 2006, in LA.
Ant, LLoyd, Rennie, Roberta, Dee, Tanja, Kim, David, Zora, Monserrat, Katie, Wanda, Karen, Michael, Mike, Dave, Mark, Sheila , Mary, April, Mark, Danny and me, Velda. Later that evening we were joined by Jeanne Marie, a DD fan who does a Doris tribute. We all went to the salon and did a sing along with her. The film crew followed us. Fun was had by all.
The next morning, April 4, Doris, through her manager Nancy, thanked the fans at the Cypress Inn and treated us to a bottle of champagne. We drank to her good health and to many more get togethers for her Birthday.
That afternoon, we went to Stravaganza one of Doris’ favorite places to eat. We had an opportunity to talk to the friendly owner, Harry, who told us about Doris’ favourite food. I learnt one new thing about Doris. She’s no vegetarian. One of these days I’ll write down her favourite foods. We told Harry that Doris praised his food twice on the radio show. He was beaming. He got great publicity from Doris Day. You can’t pay for that kind of publicity!
And so our happy time came to an end and everybody went back to their everyday lives, filled with great memories of friendships renewed and made, and doggies petted in Doris land.
I was going to write more: the Vanity Fair article, which, by the way, had great pictures of Doris, David Kaufmann’s book etc, but its time tio say goodnight and we’ll leave the controversial stuff for next time.
Sweet dreams.
For the longest time,Doris Day fans, me included, have complained that Doris Day was not given her due, that she was being ignored by the media, authors, award shows etc. And, mostly, the complaints were warranted since this was the case. Tons of books were written about Audrey Hepburn, Marilyn Monroe, Grace Kelly and Elizabeth Taylor, all contemporaries of Ms. Day, but, none about Doris Day. For varied reasons, some already written about here, Doris Day was given the cold shoulder by Hollywood, the media and the Entertainment industry as a whole. This trend slowly started changing as DVD’s of Ms. Day’s old movies came out and they were quite popular with the fans.
One of the biggest moneymakers of the past was again seen as interesting commercially. I guess, money talks.
Recently , it was announced that Ms.Day will be honoured with a life time achievement Grammy. What took them so long, and why is the Academy still holding out with honouring Ms. Day?
Suddenly,Doris Day is interesting again, and not just to her loyal following. This reminds me of the Chinese curse where you wish your enemy an interesting life. And another one: ‘watch what you wish for, for it might come true’.
In the past two years,a series of books poured out, one about her TV career, another one about her film and music career,and, the most recent one, about her private life. Debate ensued about the merits, or lack of. of those books.
In June a new book is coming out. It is written by David Kaufman and it promises to be controversial. Hopefully, it will be respectful of Ms. Day. But, respectful doesn’t usually sell books, unless, you are writing about Audrey Hepburn, who is treated as a saint by the media.
One consolation is that whatever Kaufmann might say about Ms. Day it will be in today’s blase climate where no one is shocked about anything anymore. With the Hollywood crowd pushing the envelope about what is scandalous , nothing is scandalous anymore ,except,an untimely death of a young celebrity, Anna Noicole Smith, or ,just the other day, of Heath Ledger.
Looking into my crystal ball,I predict that Doris Day will be given much more media attention in the next few years and Carmel will be a busier place as people look for Doris Day.
Hopefully, all this will pass under her radar, and, if not, she is wise enough to know that this, too, will pass.
As a longtime fan of Ms Day I don’t wish her an ‘interesting’ time , but a healthy and good time with her human and animal friends.
I will keep on dreaming that a very good and respected author will write the definitive book about Ms, Day’s career ,as well as, her contribution to the the American and world culture. In short, explain the Doris Day phenomenon.
Dear readers you are welcome to share about your “dream book” about Ms. Day.
Happy New Year 2008 to all!
Since I started this Website/Blog in 2006 many wonderful Doris Day moments have transpired. I met and corresponded with many wonderful fans of the divine Ms. Day and I also took a couple of memorable trips to LA and Carmel.
As I have stated in my previous posts, Doris Day inspires many of us to create, whether it be creating Websites like Bryan J. and Stephen M. ( Doris Day Web Forum and PILLOW TALK - The Doris Day Forum , respectively), writing books, magazines, calenders and even a quilt dedicated to Doris and her animal causes.
One person who has been inspired by Doris is Sue Gökgör. I had the pleasure of meeting this dear lady. She heads the F.O.D.D. club. I asked her to present her club:
The Friends of Doris Day (F.O.D.D.) is a not-for-profit club endorsed
by Doris Day, MOF, (Medal of Freedom, the highest honour given to
citizens of the USA in recognition of their work). Started in 1997, The Friends of Doris Day, (F.O.D.D.), is an International Doris Day appreciation club, based in Oxford, UK - and the only Doris Day fan club in the UK. The club publishes three magazines a year, packed full of articles and information you won’t find anywhere else, including memorabilia signed by Doris herself for auction or sale.
Miss Day herself is the President of F.O.D.D.
In addition to well-researched and presented articles, news, reviews of the latest releases and what’s in the pipeline, the magazine contains many sale items, fun quizzes with prizes, letters from members, and many photos. Also included is a special Christmas message by Doris herself. The magazine is printed on quality paper averaging 36 A4 sized pages. Two of the three issues each year have covers printed in colour
- front and back - and sometimes inside covers as well.
F.O.D.D. celebrates Doris’ birthday each year with a dinner party, an
annual get-together in Oxford in the summer and meet up for a film show
wherever/whenever possible. The club keep in regular touch with Doris,
and she with the club so becoming a member of this unique friendly club
will bring you closer to Doris.
I get a thrill everytime I receive Sue’s magazine. Thanks Sue for your dedication.
To become a memeber of F.O.D.D.you can write to Dr Sue Gökgör, 71 East Avenue, OXFORD OX4 1XR, UK. eMail: suegokgor@aol.com (Check Bryan’s website for more info http://www.dorisday.net/Friends-of-Doris-Day.htm)
I can’t cover the sheer creative activity of Doris’ fans but there are those that make really nice Doris videos on YouTube. Bryan, Tanja and Peter are some of those creative souls.
Other fans, like Roberta, from California, are the great collectors of Doris Day memorabillia. She has a whole room dedicated to Doris’ stuff, but not just any stuff, we’re talking about the creme de la creme stuff, things that could be a start of a Doris Day Museum. I can’t wait to one day visit and see her wonderful collection.
Then there are those people who do wonderful things for Doris , but ,like to remain behind the scenes.
If anybody has been inspired by Doris and her causes and would like to share your project, you’re welcome to present it.
This brings me to the initial purpose of this Website, hence the title of my post. If you read the Introduction , you will remember that my goal was to film a romantic comedy inspired by Doris Day.
Well, the filming which began in March of 2007 is now over and the exciting project of editing is in front of me and my editors. I was also inspired to write 5 songs. One song, which is called Modern Romance, is also the name of the film and references Doris. Another song , which is called the Animal Song, is dedicated to her. This evening we finished recording the songs. It’s a great feeling!
A brief synopsis:
Modern Romance is the story of a Doris Day loving florist who meets a wannabe gangsta rapper on the Internet. She wants to turn him into a romantic leading man. He just wants to bed her. Can these two disparate characters find true love? Find out in this funny, romantic and song-filled film. ( I hope, LOL)
Yes, I read ‘that’ book, Mary Anne’s book. This is not a review of the book, of it’s literary merits or historical value. It’s how the book made me feel and my feelings about the book. This book actually made me somewhat uneasy, the feeling you get when you are in the presence of knowledge that was supposed to and should have have stayed private. It’s not earth shattering revelations, but it touches upon something that is fast eroding in our society and that is privacy.
This book was touted as a loving tribute to a great star by a former personal assisstant and friend. And ,yes, there is mention how nice and kind Doris Day is , but then, in the next breath, details that are very private are revealed. It didn’t feel like a loving tribute, but a blatant invasion of Ms. Day’s privacy.
Health workers, lawyers and other professionals are guided by their code of ethics when dealing with patients or clients, and if they breech these laws they are liable to be sanctioned. Just recently when George Clooney sustained injuries from his motorcycle accident ,several health professionals were suspended for a month for reading his chart. In reality, they invaded his privacy and broke their professional code of ethics.
Priests are expected to keep the revelations in the confessional a secret and private secretaries are also expected to keep their employer’s secrets. The word secret is firmly embedded in the word secretary.
Friends ,also, have the responsibility not to reveal the secrets they have been entrusted with , and , when your friend is a world beloved star, guarding her privacy is even more essential.
A person’s home is their sanctuary from the pressures of life. It’s a place where we should have reasonable expectations of privacy. In essence, it’s a place where we can be ourselves, with all the ups and downs that entails. Doris Day, despite being famous, also has the right to her sanctuary, to her private sphere. This is the only place she can truly be herself. But, ironically the most private of stars lost her privacy in her own home. In writing some of the details in her book, Ms Barothy betrayed a trust that was placed upon her.
Do I recommend the book? No.
End of sermon.