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Sitcomwriter · 06-19-2002, 12:24 AM

Sorry guys I just wanted to please everybody

Ewan's My Man · 06-19-2002, 12:31 AM

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Originally posted by Sitcomwriter
Sorry guys I just wanted to please everybody

We wanna hear Lizzie's version! She at least has read the book! But, I believe we are covering that in the chat room...whoops...was I s'posed to say I was one of em? *hides*

MrsGarrettRocksMySocks · 06-19-2002, 11:53 AM

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Originally posted by Ewan's My Man

We wanna hear Lizzie's version! She at least has read the book! But, I believe we are covering that in the chat room...whoops...was I s'posed to say I was one of em? *hides*

WHOA!! Where did we get this? Where did we get the idea I
Was gonna do this?! I meant...ya know....someone who actually had the power to make it an actual MOVIE!!!!! HELLO!! I'm totally lost now...

I just...hate it when people talk about things, and other people go and do it before the other person has a chance to do something about it...

Ags2000 · 06-19-2002, 03:03 PM

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Originally posted by Charlotte Rae Fan
now, I realize that they did a Nancy Drew television series...but...anyone think it would be cool if they did Nancy Drew movies?! Has anyone ever read the Nancy Drew books??lol..maybe I shoulda asked that one first...

Anyone who has, knows Charlotte Rae would be perfect to play the housekeeper, Hannah Gruen....and anyone who hasn't...you should!!! THEY are good books...you can never figure out who the villians are...

What's your favorite book? I have a huge collection of Nancy Drew books. I read them when I was younger. I would buy them whenever the new ones would come out.

Did you ever read the cross over books with the Hardy Boys? Those were my favorite. I ALWAYS read the Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys books. I'm sure I have over 200 books for them. They are in storage right now, but I go and get some occassionally so I can read them.

FYI: They have Nancy Drew mystery games out for the computer. The games are REALLY cool. (Yes I have all of them) You can find out more about them here

I bought mine at Wally World, but I guess any game store should carry them.

D

Ags2000 · 06-19-2002, 03:05 PM

Hey, had you heard this? I was looking for that page about the computer game and I found this:

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TOLEDO, Ohio (CNN) -- Millie Benson, the author who captivated generations of young girls with her Nancy Drew mystery books, died Tuesday night. She was 96.

Benson, a newspaper reporter for decades, was at The Toledo Blade writing her weekly column when she became ill and went home.

Late in the afternoon, she was taken by rescue squad to Toledo Hospital, where she died about 8:20 p.m., hospital spokeswoman Colleen Grubb said.

Under the pen name Carolyn Keene, she wrote 23 of the first 30 'Nancy Drew' novels in the 1930s, '40s and '50s, launching a series that is still in print and has sold more than 200 million books in 17 languages.

The character Nancy Drew was an adventurous, outspoken and curious sleuth

"At that time ... girls weren't like that. Girls were dependent," Benson told CNN earlier this year. She admitted she was very much like the character she created.

"I didn't follow the pattern that normally girls followed. I just was myself always, and what I wanted to be or do or think, I did and nobody opposed me on it," she said

When the Nancy Drew series was launched, Benson was required to sign a contract, giving her a flat fee of $125 per book, with no royalties. She also signed away use of the name Carolyn Keene. Before writing each book, she was given a brief outline of each story, along with some of the main characters.

Benson was born and raised in Ladora, Iowa, and began writing as a child. She graduated from high school in three years, and received a master's degree in journalism from the University of Iowa.

Late in life, she earned her pilot's license, and flew alone in the United States and Central America. She was still golfing in her 90s.

Benson worked at The Blade and the former Toledo Times for 58 years. She continued to work despite failing eyesight, hearing and an earlier bout with cancer.

Benson "reported to work every day, and retained a zest for life and her profession long after most of her contemporaries had passed on," said John Robinson Block, publisher and editor-in-chief of The Blade.

"She was gutsy and daring, a living embodiment of her Nancy Drew heroine. She influenced generations of Blade reporters. I will never forget her," Block said.

That is really sad, she was a GREAT author.

D

Ewan's My Man · 06-19-2002, 04:41 PM

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Originally posted by Charlotte Rae Fan

WHOA!! Where did we get this? Where did we get the idea I
Was gonna do this?! I meant...ya know....someone who actually had the power to make it an actual MOVIE!!!!! HELLO!! I'm totally lost now...

O yea, that's true...

Sorry, sorry, I just can't do NEthing rite!

MrsGarrettRocksMySocks · 06-19-2002, 05:23 PM

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Originally posted by Ewan's My Man

O yea, that's true...

Sorry, sorry, I just can't do NEthing rite!

I didn't say that...

I was just...lost...lol...

Dannie,
YEUP! I heard that...my mom told me about it when we were looking for the books, that's why I figured we couldn't find them anywhere!ummm...I dunno what my favorite one is, though....I like the Mystery of the Wooden Lady....prolly the most...but...I haven't read them all yet either...and...no, I never read the Nancy Drew/Hardy Boys books...but my dad likes the Hardy boys ones...lol...maybe I'll check one out from the library...

Ewan's My Man · 06-19-2002, 06:44 PM

Lizzie-
I was in SAM's Club today and they had packs of like 5 or 6 books for like 9.99. And I liked through em and like all the packs were different.

MrsGarrettRocksMySocks · 06-20-2002, 01:18 PM

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Originally posted by Ewan's My Man
Lizzie-
I was in SAM's Club today and they had packs of like 5 or 6 books for like 9.99. And I liked through em and like all the packs were different.

Well turn me upside down and paint me blue! My mommy and daddy are going to old bookstores today...they might look for Nancy Drew books....I'll tell them about that.... and tell them only buy them old if they find a better buy! Thanksies!

Ewan's My Man · 06-20-2002, 04:06 PM

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Originally posted by Charlotte Rae Fan

Well turn me upside down and paint me blue! My mommy and daddy are going to old bookstores today...they might look for Nancy Drew books....I'll tell them about that.... and tell them only buy them old if they find a better buy! Thanksies!

Ok, well, if you want me too...

*makes Lizzie stand on her head and begins to put a coat of blue paint on*

MrsGarrettRocksMySocks · 06-21-2002, 01:42 PM

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Originally posted by Ewan's My Man

Ok, well, if you want me too...

*makes Lizzie stand on her head and begins to put a coat of blue paint on*

Lauren...you're craziful...BUT I GOT THE BOOKS!!! 21-25

06-19-2002, 12:24 AM	#16
Sitcomwriter Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Feb 27, 2001 Posts: 7,356	Sorry guys I just wanted to please everybody

06-19-2002, 06:44 PM	#23
Ewan's My Man I'll Cover You Forum Veteran Join Date: Sep 29, 2001 Location: Beneath the opera house... Posts: 5,682	Lizzie- I was in SAM's Club today and they had packs of like 5 or 6 books for like 9.99. And I liked through em and like all the packs were different.