Hi! I'm Marc--welcome to my MySpace page! I live in Chicago with my partner and our cats, Shubert and Mr. Grant. I enjoy writing queer novels (see right side of this page) and a kitschy blog at marcharshbarger.blogspot.com (see widget below)!
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A few of my favorite tunes!
A few of my favorite things! A
Abba, Woody Allen, Herb Alpert, Robert Altman, Paolo Andino, Julie Andrews, Annie Hall, Arco de Cuchilleros, Eve Arden, Arrested Development, Bea Arthur, Asta, Auntie Mame, The Awful Truth
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Lauren Bacall, Lucille Ball, Kaye Ballard, Anne Bancroft, Christine Baranski, Barefoot in the Park, John Barrowman, The Beach Boys, The Beatles, Warren Beatty, Alison Bechdel, Candice Bergen, Beyond the Valley of the Dolls, Karen Black, board games, Hart Bochner, Donna Brazile, Eileen Brennan, Bringing Up Baby, Brothers & Sisters, Paul & Jamie Buchman, Bullets Over Broadway, Carol Burnett, Eunice Burns, Ellen Burstyn, Ruth Buzzi
C
Canoeing, Truman Capote, Captain & Tennille, Karen & Richard Carpenter, Mary Chapin Carpenter, The Carrie Nations, Alexis Carrington, Maxwell Caulfield, Michael Chabon, Kyle Chandler, Carol Channing, Margo Channing, Stockard Channing, Nick & Nora Charles, Vera Charles, Charo, Chicago Cubs, China Beach, Julie Christie, Eddie Cibrian, Candy Clark, Petula Clark, Jill Clayburgh, Bernice Clifton, George Clooney, Cold Turkey, Cy Coleman, Barnabas Collins, Company, Robert Conrad, Anderson Cooper, Joan Crawford, Xavier Cugat
D
Dallas, Lt. Jim Dangle, Blythe Danner, Dame Edna, Dark Shadows, Dawn Davenport, Bette Davis, Doris Day, The Days & Nights of Molly Dodd, Laverne DeFazio, Dana Delany, Democrats, Sandy Dennis, Designing Women, Neil Diamond, Dingley Falls, disco, Divine, Casey Donovan, Doonesbury, Christopher Durang, Duluth, Dynasty
E
Christine Ebersole, Miss Ellie, Mama Cass (Elliot), ELO, Entertainment Weekly, Raul Esparza, Abby Ewing, eye candy
F
Shelley Fabares, Nanette Fabray, Morgan Fairchild, Falcon Crest, Dusty Farlow, Shirley Feeney, Sally Field, Maude Findlay, Albert Finney, Francine Fishpaw, The 5th Dimension, Fannie Flagg, Flamingo Road, Wayland Flowers & Madame, Jane Fonda, fondue, French & Saunders
G
Judy Garland, James Garner, Teri Garr, gay marriage, Judy Geeson, Gilmore Girls, The Golddiggers, Holly Golightly, Googie Gomez, good vibrations, Dody Goodman, Ruth Gordon, Cary Grant, The Great Pumpkin, Grey Gardens, Kathy Griffin, Christopher Guest, Nathan Gunn, Jake Gyllenhaal
H
Loretta Haggers, Hannah and Her Sisters, The Happy Homemaker, Harold and Maude, Gregory Harrison, Bob & Emily Hartley, Mary Hartman, Goldie Hawn, Lola Heatherton, Eileen Heckart, Tippi Hedren, Audrey Hepburn, Katharine Hepburn, Jerry Herman, Muriel Heslop, Eunice Harper Higgins, Alfred Hitchcock, Jackie Hoffman, Homefront, Lena Horne, Rock Hudson, Bonnie Hunt, Tab Hunter
I
John Irving
J
Cheyenne Jackson, Dean Jones, Tom Jones, Josie & The Pussycats
K
Madeline Kahn, Kander & Ebb, Diane Keaton, Caroline Kennedy, Kiki & Herb, Knots Landing, Swoosie Kurtz
L
The L Word, Nathan Lane, Adam Langer, Angela Lansbury, Norman Lear, Michele Lee, Roy Lichtenstein, Phyllis Lindstrom, Emily Litella, The Log Lady, Myrna Loy, Lulu, Lulu's Dim Sum & Then Sum, Patti LuPone, David Lynch
M
Shirley MacLaine, Mad Men, Rachel Maddow, Anna Madrigal, Michael Malone, The Mamas & the Papas, Manhattan, Manhattan Murder Mystery, James Marsden, Armistead Maupin, Ally McBeal, Rue McClanahan, Ewan McGregor, Donna McKechnie, Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66, Ethel Merman, Grace Metalious, Bette Midler, Barney Miller, miniature golf, Liza Minnelli, The Minor Accomplishments of Jackie Woodman, Debra Monk, The Monkees, Mary Tyler Moore, Rhoda Morgenstern, Amy Morton, Movie Nights with friends, Bill Murray, musical theatre
N
Nashville, Mildred Natwick, Paul Newman, Olivia Newton-John, The Not Ready For Prime Time Players, Number 96
O
Barack Obama, Catherine O'Hara, Neely O'Hara, Keith Olbermann, Michael Ontkean
P
Laura Palmer, Dolly Parton, Peppermint Patty, Valerie Perrine, Rob & Laura Petrie, Peyton Place, Mary Kay Place, Suzanne Pleshette, The Poseidon Adventure, Parker Posey, Paula Prentiss
Q
Queen Latifah
R
Gilda Radner, Robert Redford, Charles Nelson Reilly, Debbie Reynolds, Mary Richards, Chita Rivera, Betty Rizzo, Roseanne Roseannadanna, Barbara Rush, Rushmore, Rosalind Russell
Favorite Mary Tyler Moore Show episodes: "Edie Gets Married" (the gang sings in a bar at the end), "Happy Birthday, Lou" (Mary throws a surprise party for Lou); "The Dinner Party" (Veal Prince Orloff); "Put On a Happy Face" (Mary is sick); and, of course, "Chuckles Bites The Dust".
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Susan Saint James, Scooby Doo, Debralee Scott, Amy Sedaris, David Sedaris, David Selby, Shampoo, show tunes, Wilhelmina Slater, sleeping in, Maggie Smith, Soap, Brett Somers, Stephen Sondheim, Sonny & Cher, Dusty Springfield, spring rolls, Bruce Springsteen, Starting Over, staying up late, The Stepford Wives (1975), Steve & Eydie, Barbra Streisand, Meryl Streep, Elaine Stritch, Suzanne Sugarbaker, The Supremes, Jacqueline Susann, Donald Sutherland, Julia Sweeney, Liz & Candy Sweeney, Sweet Charity
T
Tales of the City, tapas, Julie Taymor, That Girl, thirtysomething, Michael Tolliver, Lily Tomlin, Garry Trudeau, Twin Peaks, Twister (game)
U
Ugly Betty, Robert Urich
V
Valley of the Dolls, Gore Vidal
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Waiting for Guffman, Nancy Walker, Marcia Wallace, Andy Warhol, John Waters, Sigourney Weaver, A Wedding, Tuesday Weld, What's Up Doc?, Betty White, Tennessee Williams, Nancy Wilson, Shelley Winters, The Women, Natalie Wood, Joanne Woodward, The World According to Garp, Wrigley Field
X
Xanadu
Y
Y.M.C.A.
Z
Grace Zabriskie
I'd like to meet:
You . . . and maybe that guy over there.
Music:
The soundtrack to deep dish (my favorite songs of 1975)!
Movies:
Are we movie
compatible? My Flixster
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Annie Hall: Woody Allen and Diane Keaton are wonderful!The Awful Truth: My favorite screwball comedy w/Cary Grant and Irene Dunne!
Breakfast at Tiffany's: Audrey Hepburn singing "Moon River"!
Cactus Flower: Goldie Hawn and Ingrid Bergman are delightful!Lord Love A Duck: You gotta love a movie with such a weird title! Plus Tuesday Weld and Ruth Gordon--it's wild!
Manhattan: more wonderful Woody!
Starting Over: Jill Clayburgh is wonderful! And Candice Bergen sings so bad!
To Sir, With Love: when Sidney Poitier dances with Judy Geeson--I could watch that scene over and over--and Lulu! She rocks!
A Wedding: my favorite Robert Altman film! Carol Burnett is wonderful!What's Up, Doc?: Madeline Kahn screaming "Howard Bannister!"
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls - Outrageous! Bizarre! Crazy, man! This one will blow your mind!Change of Habit - Elvis and Mary! And that last scene in the church with him singing and her looking at him and all the religious statues--Let Us Pray indeed! I love it!
Television:
My favorite show as a teenager!
I LOVE "Ugly Betty"! She's beautiful!My favorite TV shows:Childhood (1964-1976): Wonderful World of Disney, The Monkees, Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, H.R. Pufnstuf, Scooby-Doo, The Banana Splits, The Brady Bunch, Josie and the Pussycats, Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp, Nanny and the Professor, Partridge Family, Family Affair, Lidsville, Here's Lucy, Doris Day Show, McMillan and Wife, Room 222, The Odd Couple, Love, American Style, Sonny & Cher, All in the Family, Mary Tyler Moore Show, Bob Newhart Show, Carol Burnett Show, Maude, Rhoda, Happy Days, Land of the Lost, Phyllis, Welcome Back, Kotter, Tony Orlando & Dawn, The Jeffersons, Match GameJunior High (1976-78):American Bandstand, Laverne & Shirley, Rich Man, Poor Man (Books 1 & 2), Family, Saturday Night Live, One Day at a Time, Alice, Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries, Three's Company, Soap, Eight is Enough, The Love BoatHigh School (1978-82):
WKRP in Cincinnati, Fantasy Island, Dallas, Knots Landing, Flamingo Road, Falcon Crest, SCTVCollege (1982-86):All My Children, Hill Street Blues, Dynasty, St. Elsewheretwentysomething (1986-93):Cheers, Moonlighting, Designing Women, The Colbys, thirtysomething, A Year in the Life, Roseanne, The Wonder Years, China Beach, Murphy Brown, Twin Peaks, Northern Exposure, Homefront, Sisters, Picket Fences, The Buildingthirtysomething (1994-2003):
Seinfeld, Melrose Place, Mad About You, Frasier, Friends, ER, Chicago Hope, Ellen, Bonnie Hunt Show, George & Leo, Will & Grace, Felicity,
The West Wing, Grosse Pointe, Pasadena, Sex and the City, Six Feet Under, Oz, The Sopranos, Carnivale, Tales of the City, Queer As Folkfortysomething (2004-Present)Desperate Housewives, Lost, Ugly Betty, Brothers & Sisters, Sons & Daughters (a short-lived ABC sitcom), Rome, Big Love, Book of Daniel, Grey's Anatomy, The Office and, of course, Arrested DevelopmentOther Shows I've Discovered Over The Years (but didn't watch when originally broadcast):Peyton Place, Dark Shadows, I Love Lucy, That Girl, Days and Nights of Molly Dodd, Weeds (on DVD), Sports Night, The Forsyte Saga (the original), Newsradio, The L Word (on DVD), Coupling (British), The Lakes, At Home with the Braithwaites, French & Saunders, Larry Sanders, Popular, Footballers' Wives, Freaks and Geeks, Beggars & Choosers, Coronation Street, Number 96, Worst Week of My Life, Tanner '88, This Life, Bad Girls, Dick Van Dyke Show, Keeping Up Appearances, Dante's Cove, Mary Hartman, MH
Books:
This is the copy of "Tales" that I bought years ago and still own!
Armistead Maupin's "Tales of the City" seriesJohn Irving's "World According to Garp"
Crossing California; The Washington Story by Adam Langer
Candyfreak by Steve Almond
Two for the Road by Jane & Michael SternSellevision; Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs
Lives of the Circus Animals by Christopher Bram
Case Histories by Kate Atkinson
Tab Hunter Confidential by Mr. Hunter (dreamy)
How Long Has This Been Going On? by Ethan Mordden
The Dreyfus Affair by Peter LefcourtDiary of a Mad Playwright by James Kirkwood
Not Since Carrie by Ken MandelbaumThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
White Teeth by Zadie Smith
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon
Duluth by Gore Vidal
Dingley Falls by Michael Malone (ranks in my top 5 books - I've read it more than once - he once wrote for "One Life to Live" when Ryan Philippe played a gay character--I watched it back then)
Moo by Jane Smiley
Heroes:
Armistead Maupin for his wonderful books that helped me figure out who I am
Woody Allen and Robert Altman for their films
