Just because: here’s the opening theme music to The Colbys, the 1985-87 Dynasty spinoff I recently mentioned. Note that the first few seconds are identical to the beginning of the Dynasty theme, but then it goes off in a completely different direction.

I just discovered this, which is being released on December 13: The Fellowship of the Ring: The Complete Recordings. “Released for the first time on CD, the complete score for the first film in the Lord of the Rings trilogy contains more than 180 minutes of music on three CDs plus a DVD-Audio disc of the entire score in Surround Sound.” I am so getting this. I imagine the complete recordings for the other two films are forthcoming.

I took the day off from work yesterday because Matt and I had matinee tickets to The Odd Couple. We ordered the tickets a couple of months ago and sat in the very last row of the balcony (which was fine, because the theater isn’t that big and we were in the center section). It wasn’t an earth-shattering production or anything, but it was cute. Matthew Broderick as Felix was unfortunately the weakest link – he basically reprised his Leopold Bloom shtick from The Producers (affirmed for me when I saw a commercial for the new Producers movie on TV this morning). It was a fun afternoon at the theater, at least.

I love this time of year. The day before Thanksgiving two years ago we saw a matinee of The Boy From Oz, and there’s the whole holiday thing in the air. This is the best part of the holiday season – the beginning.

Maybe it’s because I’m Jewish, but for me, the holiday season isn’t about leading up to Christmas – which, of course, is only a 24-hour holiday. The holiday season for me is about the season itself. We’re not anticipating a holiday – this is the holiday, a month-long holiday.

Soon we’re heading out to New Jersey to have Thanksgiving dinner with my family. Have a good T-day everyone – and a happy holiday season!