tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455126179375366490.post3040257541581688856..comments2023-12-20T11:32:15.997-05:00Comments on Billevesées: Progress Report 17: Madeline at 70William V. Madisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18120331095634473021noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455126179375366490.post-54960371389769103732013-06-10T16:34:50.217-04:002013-06-10T16:34:50.217-04:00Thanks, Zoe!Thanks, Zoe!William V. Madisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18120331095634473021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455126179375366490.post-22472009689139693942013-06-10T16:15:42.962-04:002013-06-10T16:15:42.962-04:00Yay, I am so thrilled to hear that! I liked the pa...Yay, I am so thrilled to hear that! I liked the page on Facebook and shared it on my own! Congrats on the publisher by the way! <br /><br />ZoeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455126179375366490.post-89879487811231778172013-06-03T15:58:55.671-04:002013-06-03T15:58:55.671-04:00Thanks, Zoe! I'm pleased to say that Universit...Thanks, Zoe! I'm pleased to say that University Press of Mississippi will publish the biography; they do beautiful work with books like mine, and we're aiming for the fall 2014 list. Believe me, I <i>will</i> keep everyone updated here -- and you can also follow The Authorized Biography of Madeline Kahn page on Facebook.William V. Madisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18120331095634473021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455126179375366490.post-43966559081941049452013-06-03T15:53:16.039-04:002013-06-03T15:53:16.039-04:00I am so glad you've updated us! I love this bl...I am so glad you've updated us! I love this blog about Madeline and the process of writing the book. I've been following the Madeline Kahn portion of your blog since 2008 (under Zo Bell). If my memory is correct, several posts ago you said you were having trouble finding a publisher, how is that coming along? I know nothing about publishing or writing books so this maybe a stupid question, but I have purchased books online from authors who were unable to publish the books in hard copy or paper back, is that at all an option for this book or something you may eventually consider? <br /><br />In the pervious blog you said you found something in Madeline's books written to "Bill" with the Dan Rather sayings. That gave me chills! I to believe that was a sign. I think we are drawn and connected to people for reasons we don't understand. I think that message was to you though I am sure she didn't realize it at the time of her writing it. Thanks again, so much for your blog and writing this book! ~ ZoeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455126179375366490.post-42892690674086515462012-11-11T17:42:51.508-05:002012-11-11T17:42:51.508-05:00French reader here (forgive my english) : I hope y...French reader here (forgive my english) : I hope you will publish your work , kahn is best known in france for the mel brooks movies but people liked her also very much in her last "judy berlin/babylon usa"; at first glance they don't make the connection between the frankenstein junior character and her last one but when they know who is the lady who plays the mother in the film they say "ohhh that's her! I love her! what's her name? " they are full of respect because she had this sense so great of rythm in her performancesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455126179375366490.post-36094880095945760282012-09-29T19:00:32.795-04:002012-09-29T19:00:32.795-04:00What a beautiful tribute to Madeline on her birthd...What a beautiful tribute to Madeline on her birthday, thank you Bill, I was deeply touched reading it, and, of course,look forward to your book.Jef Kahnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455126179375366490.post-72057387567648313992012-09-29T11:29:03.286-04:002012-09-29T11:29:03.286-04:00Thanks so much! I agree that Madeline would have m...Thanks so much! I agree that Madeline would have made a stunning Begbick, acting the hell out of the part, though some of Begbick's music lies very low for her voice, as it was when last we heard it.<br /><br />Of course nothing would prevent Madeline from portraying Clytaemnestra or Herodias in the Euripides and Wilde originals. As an actress she always found music in the text, and I can imagine she'd come up with something <i>very</i> impressive in these roles. William V. Madisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18120331095634473021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455126179375366490.post-71642766697375566322012-09-29T11:18:13.697-04:002012-09-29T11:18:13.697-04:00In 1974 I sat with my wife in a theater in Bingham...In 1974 I sat with my wife in a theater in Binghamton, NY watching Blazing Saddles. When Kahn starting singing "I'm Tiiiiiired," my wife got up and moved a few seats away. I was laughing so hard I was out of control. I've always been a sucker for vocal parody, and Kahn was the best I've ever heard. <br /><br />If she'd lived, and with that remarkable voice?...I'd like to have heard her do Leocadia Begbick in Mahagonny; or if she had the bottom for it, Clytaemnestra in Elektra or Herodias in Salome. The last two could be labeled impossible dreams, but I can write them anyway.<br /><br />Seventy is too young to die. I'm 68. Very few days go by when I don't think of Kahn and continue to miss her.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08291399951320320249noreply@blogger.com