Saturday Evening Movie Thread 09-15-2018 [Hosted By: Moviegique]

Movie Review: Won't You Be My Neighbor?

I was never a fan of "Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood" (though now more than ever I appreciate the proper use of the possessive apostrophe), a sleepy little TV show that seemed impossibly gentle for its time (from 1968 till August 31, 2001). But over the years, I began to respect Fred Rogers as a genuine man because you only ever heard one thing about him: That he was exactly who he seemed to be on the show.

That, and he was a crack sniper in 'nam. (He wasn't.)

89 confirmed kills.

But beyond celebrity gossip (Johnny Carson used to marvel how genuine Mr. Rogers was) which is, of course, subject to PR agencies and just run-of-the-mill slander and hagiography, you would also hear over the years from individuals who had run into him with the common theme of: He stopped everything he was doing (including trying to catch a plane) to talk to someone in need. In other words, beyond cultivating a persona of "grownup you can trust and confide in", he actually lived that life.

There aren't nearly enough of those stories in this otherwise fine documentary, which traces his beginnings as a minister and his concern over television as a babysitter. I'm phrasing things a lot more harshly than he did: He never says "TV is a babysitter and you all should be ashamed of yourself". He simply observed that children were being exposed to a lot of television, and that television was very unfriendly toward them.

The only solution: Creepy puppets!

He never says, "The news media promotes chaos and fear because that's what gives it power." No, he talks about words children surely heard a lot of, like "assassination" in one of the earliest shows of 1968, and then he repeats his message about the goodness in people, and the trustworthiness.

I found myself objecting to the reality that Mr. Rogers lived in: One where children were set in front of a TV and had to be shown a safe, fake neighborhood with simple rules, basic manners, and small-C christian values; A world where public monies had to be spent to create even that fake neighborhood—and Mr. Rogers, per this documentary, was pivotal to PBS continuing at a time when the Nixon administration might have killed it; A world where his attempts to translate his success with children to success with adults was amazingly unsuccessful; In the end, a world where he was brought out of his retirement to try to address 9/11—something not suited to his overall message.

But I can't object to how he navigated that world: With sincere and at least locally successfully attempts to make it better.

I, for one, could not have resisted (for 40 years!) marching
Godzilla through this neighborhood.

Beyond the stage persona, the documentary shows us the charming behind-the-scenes aspects of his personality. There's humor (not all of it appropriate for children) and struggle, and a little undercurrent of darkness—though thankfully nothing of the squalor which is de rigueur in these sorts of docs. The closest to anything of that sort is a little vignette of Francois (Officer) Clemmons.

Officer Clemmons is central to the movie's premise of Mr. Rogers' significance: In 1968, Mr. Rogers coaxed Clemmons into playing a police officer. In 1968, police officers were not considered too groovy in the black community...which is doubtless why Rogers wanted him to play that role. In 1969, on a hot day in the neighborhood, he invites Clemmons to splash his feet in a kiddie pool with him. These were pretty edgy things for a kid show.

A fabulous singer, Francois Clemmons is also a homosexual, which Mr. Rogers found out about due to certain indiscretions. Obviously, Mr. Rogers couldn't have an "out" homosexual on the show, so Clemmons stayed in the closet and even had a sham marriage. I couldn't quite piece this part together, since Clemmons has apparently been "out" since his divorce 1974, and was on the show until 1983 and then re-appeared in 1993.

Recreating the scene 25 years later.

I consider three main points when rating documentaries: (1) Is the subject matter worthy or interesting; (2) Was the presentation worthy of the material; (3) What's the slant? So, on that scale:

Subject matter: Mr. Rogers is a cultural icon to a lot of people. Despite having been in the target audience, I never made it 5 minutes into one of his shows, yet I knew quite a bit about him and the tropes of The Neighborhood. But beyond that, Rogers would've been interesting (though much different) if he had been a late night horror host.

Presentation: Fairly minimal. This isn't a big, stylized production. That's fine for this topic.

Slant: The movie begins with the irascible King Friday trying to build a big wall to keep all the strangers and modernity out. At the end of the movie, they have a clip of Brian Kilmeade on "The Five" talking about how Mr. Rogers is the problem with society (because he told everyone they were special)! The wall bit is kind of funny. The Fox bit is gross, because in the movie chronology, Mr. Rogers had just died and the Kilmeade quote had to be well over 10 years later. Kilmeade is wrong, of course: When Mr. Rogers said "you are special", he meant to him and (probably, though the movie doesn't say this) to God. The overriding message of the show is service (you to others and others to you), and the relatively mild slant isn't enough to drag that into mere politics. Still, I would've preferred less of this stuff and Clemmons and more of things like Jeff Erlanger, a five-year-old who asked to meet Mr. Rogers before undergoing spinal surgery, and who ended up being on the show a few years later.

And who grew up to be Steven Hawking.

Still, I liked it despite not being a fan of the show, kiddie shows, public television or TV generally. My companions ranged from maybe-saw-a-show-once to born-after-Rogers-died, but they also found it worthy.

Posted by: OregonMuse at 07:15 PM

Comments

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1 Yo Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at September 15, 2018 07:15 PM (obpfe)

2 We have film sign.

*adjusts monocle*

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at September 15, 2018 07:15 PM (kQs4Y)

3 !

Posted by: JT at September 15, 2018 07:15 PM (XSPsI)

4 Have fun, Horde!!

Posted by: SteveOReno , I proudly self-identify as a Moron at September 15, 2018 07:16 PM (2sCft)

5 Speaking of Tom Selleck. I watched Runaway last night. Gawd what a horrible movie but yeah, Selleck was classic Selleck.

Posted by: Diogenes at September 15, 2018 07:17 PM (0tfLf)

6 THAT'S five year old Stephen Hawking ?

He looks like a midget.

Posted by: JT at September 15, 2018 07:19 PM (XSPsI)

7 Enjoy your time with your mom SteveOReno!

Posted by: Jewells45 at September 15, 2018 07:19 PM (dUJdY)

8 One of the funniest things I ever saw on TV was Mr. Rogers boxing Julia Child on SCTV's Battle of the Network Stars.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0Pfj4MVUZE

Posted by: tu3031 at September 15, 2018 07:19 PM (jDF8P)

9 Mr. Rogers was a sniper in 'Nam??? Next thing you're gonna tell me is that Chuck Barris was an assassin for the CIA.

Posted by: Hands at September 15, 2018 07:20 PM (786Ro)

10 I never watched any of Mr Rodgers shows. By the time they came out I was already all growed up and haired over.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at September 15, 2018 07:20 PM (mpXpK)

11 Mr. Rogers was a bit somnambulent for me as a kid, but the man himself always seemed nice.

I much preferred The Friendly Giant:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Vm2-JUldNw

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at September 15, 2018 07:20 PM (kQs4Y)

12 Speaking of film, I finally finished "Hence." Link below.
I understand if you don't want to see it--
1. It's 6 minutes and 40 seconds long, which is long.
2. It's Part Four (although it's also the conclusion). When has a part four been any good?
Anyway, if you do decide to watch, thank you very much.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at September 15, 2018 07:21 PM (l9m7l)

13 I had a pedophile on my paper routre

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at September 15, 2018 07:21 PM (2scGe)

14 We have film sign.

*adjusts monocle*
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at September 15, 2018 07:15 PM

monocles required, but not pants

Posted by: Hands at September 15, 2018 07:21 PM (786Ro)

15 never watched Mr Rogers Neighborhood
not sure I'd connect with this movie

Posted by: votermom pimping NEW Moron-authored books! at September 15, 2018 07:21 PM (CE6iV)

16 Link below, as in here:
https://tinyurl.com/y8nmsw3n

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at September 15, 2018 07:21 PM (l9m7l)

17 The puppets again. Always with the puppets.

Posted by: El Gobernador Jeb Bush at September 15, 2018 07:21 PM (ZX8Kg)

18 Mr. Rogers was a Pittsburgh boy! Well, Latrobe actually, but close enough. Not too interested in the doc though.

Posted by: Puddleglum, undisclosed location at September 15, 2018 07:21 PM (JdrZO)

19 THAT'S five year old Stephen Hawking ?

He looks like a midget.
Posted by: JT at September 15, 2018 07:19 PM (XSPsI)

On the left, in the picture? Dude, that's Henrietta Pussycat.

*scrolls down*

Oh.

Posted by: hogmartin at September 15, 2018 07:21 PM (y87Qq)

20 Fred Rogers was also a Christian minister (I think Pres).

Posted by: logprof at September 15, 2018 07:22 PM (e7oj4)

21 I would easily take Mr. Rodgers' Neighborhood over Hillary's Village.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 15, 2018 07:22 PM (c1sSU)

22 20 Fred Rogers was also a Christian minister (I think Pres).
Posted by: logprof at September 15, 2018 07:22 PM (e7oj4)

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If he spoke in tongues it would be slowly and reassuringly.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at September 15, 2018 07:23 PM (ZX8Kg)

23 Nothin' wrong with Mr. Rogers hot tubbin' it with a gay black man.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at September 15, 2018 07:23 PM (kQs4Y)

24 >>> Mr. Rogers was a Pittsburgh boy! Well, Latrobe actually, but close enough.

Home of Annie Palmer and Rolling Rock?

Posted by: fluffy at September 15, 2018 07:23 PM (obpfe)

25 10 I never watched any of Mr Rodgers shows. By the time they came out I was already all growed up and haired over.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at September 15, 2018 07:20 PM (mpXpK)

--Vic was too old for the McGuffy Readers.

Posted by: logprof at September 15, 2018 07:23 PM (e7oj4)

26 I would easily take Mr. Rodgers' Neighborhood
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 15, 2018 07:22 PM (c1sSU)

It's not very well-defended.

Posted by: hogmartin at September 15, 2018 07:23 PM (y87Qq)

27 Speaking of reviews.. Rex Reed hates White Boy Rick. Looks like a shitty movie to me.

Posted by: Jewells45 at September 15, 2018 07:24 PM (dUJdY)

28 Arnie Palmer, stupid autocucumber.

Posted by: fluffy at September 15, 2018 07:24 PM (obpfe)

29 Mr Rodgers would have been a priest, but he got a TV show.

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at September 15, 2018 07:25 PM (2scGe)

30 Looks like a shitty movie to me.
Posted by: Jewells45 at September 15, 2018 07:24 PM (dUJdY)

Please don't swear in the Mister Rogers thread, Jewells.

Posted by: hogmartin at September 15, 2018 07:25 PM (y87Qq)

31 Dude had no edge to him, knowuttahmean?

Posted by: Pee Wee Herman at September 15, 2018 07:25 PM (ZX8Kg)

32 Eris, you would enjoy this book:

https://www.amazon.co.uk

/Bert-Feggs-Nasty-Book-Girls/dp/041332740X

(remove line feed after "uk"

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 15, 2018 07:26 PM (iwUO9)

33 Mr.Rogers sucked ass.

The man had good intentions, but he was so lame and tame and the sweater thing was too much.

Who wears a sweater when they get home from a hard day's work? No one that's who.

Give me Captain Kangaroo any day over spineless Mr. Rogers.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at September 15, 2018 07:26 PM (EoRCO)

34 24 >>> Mr. Rogers was a Pittsburgh boy! Well, Latrobe actually, but close enough.

Home of Annie Palmer and Rolling Rock?
Posted by: fluffy

Yep. Albeit, Rolling Rock is made in St Louis now.

Posted by: Puddleglum, undisclosed location at September 15, 2018 07:26 PM (JdrZO)

35 I always liked Eddie Murphy's Mister Robinson's Neighborhood. That was when he and SNL was funny.

Posted by: Jake Holenhead at September 15, 2018 07:27 PM (5jAa5)

36 >>> Dude had no edge to him, knowuttahmean?

Was also smart enough to sit at the back row of the balcony in movie theaters.

Posted by: fluffy at September 15, 2018 07:27 PM (obpfe)

37 Why must we always be informed of another's sexuality?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 15, 2018 07:27 PM (IqV8l)

38 Give me Captain Kangaroo any day over spineless Mr. Rogers.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at September 15, 2018 07:26 PM (EoRCO)

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You'll have to fight me for him.

Posted by: Mr. Green Jeans at September 15, 2018 07:27 PM (ZX8Kg)

39 As opposed to all you 29 year old, this show was after me.
But watched Sally Star ( who packed a real Colt Peacemaker 45cal) and Gene London .

Posted by: Skip at September 15, 2018 07:28 PM (T4oHT)

40 I wasn't a huge fan of the television show, but I liked Mr. Rogers the character. I liked how he spoke to the child who was watching the show, like it was just the two of them. Like a very involved grandfather. Now that I have a grandson, I understand that. He had a very gentle voice.

Posted by: Mrs. Leggy at September 15, 2018 07:28 PM (WY9Hg)

41 Rogers would've been interesting (though much different) if he had been a late night horror host.

That would've been a cool SCTV skit. Fred taking over Count Floyd's show.

Posted by: Hands at September 15, 2018 07:28 PM (786Ro)

42 "A world where public monies had to be spent to create even that fake neighborhood - and Mr. Rogers, per this documentary, was pivotal to PBS continuing at a time when the Nixon administration might have killed it; "

This did happen - here's his Senate testimony fwiw:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKy7ljRr0AA

Posted by: hogmartin at September 15, 2018 07:28 PM (y87Qq)

43 Looks like a shitty movie to me.
Posted by: Jewells45 at September 15, 2018 07:24 PM (dUJdY)

Please don't swear in the Mister Rogers thread, Jewells.
Posted by: hogmartin

Stop your Tourette's shaming!

Posted by: weft cut-loop at September 15, 2018 07:29 PM (c07y/)

44
Mr. Rogers fights dirty

https://youtu.be/q-2JsACs1pw

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 15, 2018 07:29 PM (IqV8l)

45 I am really enjoying "Island of Dogs" and wish I'd seen it on the big screen. It's got a great taiko drum soundtrack.

20 years in the future, the city of Megasaki (under the leadership of feline-friendly hardliner Kobiyashi) has decided to ship all dogs to Trash Island in order to cut down on disease and vermin.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at September 15, 2018 07:29 PM (kQs4Y)

46 Captain Kangaroo seemed ok, Mr green jeans seemed like the creepy guy who handed out towels in Jr high.

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at September 15, 2018 07:29 PM (2scGe)

47 Mr. Rogers drove me crazy. The slowww pace, the snoozy dialogue, the low-tech puppetry. Heck, he barely pretended to disguise his voice when doing the puppet thing.

But then I became a grandma. And I watched the wee ones watching him. They became calm, like him. They seemed to enjoy it, as if they were being gently rocked.

In stark contrast, Sesame Street drove them whacky and made them hit each other. It's lunacy to show that to pre-school children. Their PBS license should be yanked. Horrid show.

Posted by: grammie winger at September 15, 2018 07:29 PM (lwiT4)

48 I much preferred The Friendly Giant:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Vm2-JUldNw
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at September 15, 2018 07:20 PM (kQs4Y)

"Look up. Waaaaaay up."

That was before PBS. Back when it was called NET - National Education(al) Television.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader & Contributing Editor, Vanity Fair Magazine at September 15, 2018 07:30 PM (Y4xYR)

49 If Mr. Rogers was a Presbyterian minister, it was Presbyterian Church in U.S., not PCA. Still, I have nothing against him personally.

Posted by: Eromero at September 15, 2018 07:30 PM (zLDYs)

50 True story: Francois Clemmons was the artist in residence at my college

Posted by: In Exile at September 15, 2018 07:30 PM (SDmIR)

51 47. One! One disgruntled granny! Ah-hah-ah!

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, GECSPLAN, SMR and Ancient Slavonaut Newsletters at September 15, 2018 07:30 PM (fA1SL)

52 Eris, my kid insisted we rent Isle of Dogs and I'm glad she did. Quite a good movie.

Posted by: votermom pimping NEW Moron-authored books! at September 15, 2018 07:30 PM (CE6iV)

53 Mr. Rodgers traded Olivia Munn for Danica Patrick.

Some Morons have questioned his heterosexuality, and now I join them.

Posted by: logprof at September 15, 2018 07:31 PM (e7oj4)

54 Oh! And how could I forget Capt Noah and his magical Ark

Posted by: Skip at September 15, 2018 07:31 PM (T4oHT)

55 You'll have to fight me for him.
Posted by: Mr. Green Jeans at September 15, 2018 07:27 PM (ZX8Kg)

Ok but Mr. Bunny Rabbit is dying to put a paw up someone's ass.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at September 15, 2018 07:31 PM (EoRCO)

56 This did happen - here's his Senate testimony fwiw:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKy7ljRr0AA
Posted by: hogmartin at September 15, 2018 07:28 PM (y87Qq)

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Money Quote: "Yeah, Senator. King Friday XIII's got a lotta buffers."

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at September 15, 2018 07:31 PM (ZX8Kg)

57 Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 15, 2018 07:26 PM (iwUO9)

Dude, I think I had Dr. Fegg's Nasty Book of Knowledge!

I wonder what happened to it.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at September 15, 2018 07:31 PM (kQs4Y)

58 True story: Francois Clemmons was the artist in residence at my college

Posted by: In Exile at September 15, 2018 07:30 PM (SDmIR)

Any relation to Clarence Clemmons, who played sax for Springsteen's E Street band? (which was a damned good band, whatever you think of Springsteen)

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 15, 2018 07:32 PM (iwUO9)

59 There were no televisions in the mine when I was a kid.

Posted by: Weasel at September 15, 2018 07:32 PM (MVjcR)

60 This thread is basically a clock counting down to someone bringing up that Candle Cove show.

Posted by: hogmartin at September 15, 2018 07:32 PM (y87Qq)

61 That was before PBS. Back when it was called NET - National Education(al) Television.
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader & Contributing Editor, Vanity Fair Magazine
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I watched it on the CBC channel out of Windsor.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at September 15, 2018 07:32 PM (kQs4Y)

62 I never watched any of those shows. Were they not on during the late 50s and early 60s. I know my family didn't tv'd up as early as some.

Posted by: Northernlurker, but call me Teem at September 15, 2018 07:33 PM (nBr1j)

63 Ok but Mr. Bunny Rabbit is dying to put a paw up someone's ass.

Bunny Rabbit belongs to me. Mr. Moose out front shoulda told ya.

Posted by: grammie winger at September 15, 2018 07:33 PM (lwiT4)

64 Dude, I think I had Dr. Fegg's Nasty Book of Knowledge!

I wonder what happened to it.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at September 15, 2018 07:31 PM (kQs4Y)

See? I knew you'd like it.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 15, 2018 07:33 PM (iwUO9)

65 55.
SUNDAY! SUNDAY! SUNDAY!
Children's TV hosts all-in, free-for-all, cage match!

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, GECSPLAN, SMR and Ancient Slavonaut Newsletters at September 15, 2018 07:33 PM (fA1SL)

66 And a lifelong Republican, according to the movie.

The movie was OK. It seems he had a very sickly childhood including (if I remember) scarlet fever and a whole bunch of other stuff. I always though his show was too cloying to watch - being a Rocky and Bullwinkle fan myself - but the movie is worth seeing.

Posted by: Skookumchuk at September 15, 2018 07:33 PM (CeJUf)

67 Soupy Sales was more my speed,

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at September 15, 2018 07:33 PM (2scGe)

68 9 Mr. Rogers was a sniper in 'Nam??? Next thing you're gonna tell me is that Chuck Barris was an assassin for the CIA.
Posted by: Hands at September 15, 2018 07:20 PM (786Ro)

True dat.

Posted by: Chuck Barris at September 15, 2018 07:34 PM (QMwOT)

69 Any relation to Clarence Clemmons, who played sax for Springsteen's E Street band? (which was a damned good band, whatever you think of Springsteen)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 15, 2018 07:32 PM (iwUO9)

--CC was from the Tidewater area.

Posted by: logprof at September 15, 2018 07:34 PM (e7oj4)

70 There were no televisions in the mine when I was a kid.
Posted by: Weasel at September 15, 2018 07:32 PM (MVjcR)

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Was there at least a radio in the break room?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at September 15, 2018 07:34 PM (ZX8Kg)

71 60 This thread is basically a clock counting down to someone bringing up that Candle Cove show.
Posted by: hogmartin at September 15, 2018 07:32 PM (y87Qq)

Those damn pirate puppets gave me the willies!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at September 15, 2018 07:34 PM (kQs4Y)

72 49 If Mr. Rogers was a Presbyterian minister, it was Presbyterian Church in U.S., not PCA. Still, I have nothing against him personally.
Posted by: Eromero at September 15, 2018 07:30 PM (zLDYs)

Yes, but back then, the PCUSA was a serious denomination, not a random collection of left-wing weenies, shrill feminist harpies, and better-smelling hippies.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader & Contributing Editor, Vanity Fair Magazine at September 15, 2018 07:34 PM (Y4xYR)

73 Recently got the discs for Twin Peaks season 3 and am currently half way through them. Wow, Lynch really knows how to pad his story. Was he getting paid for by the minute?

Posted by: Darth Randall at September 15, 2018 07:35 PM (p0nVR)

74 I liked how he spoke to the child who was watching the show, like it was just the two of them. Like a very involved grandfather. Now that I have a grandson, I understand that. He had a very gentle voice.
Posted by: Mrs. Leggy at September 15, 2018 07:28 PM

I'm in the generation that "grew up with" Mr. Rogers, but I never watched his show, never was a fan either. I would've been watching Star Trek or Lost In Space reruns, or Godzilla movies, instead.

Years later, however, Bob Ross had that same sort of soothing effect on adult me, lol.

Posted by: Hands at September 15, 2018 07:35 PM (786Ro)

75 All I ever remember watching was the Warner Brothers cartoons.

Posted by: Northernlurker, but call me Teem at September 15, 2018 07:35 PM (nBr1j)

76 SEAL, and 213 confirmed kills, I understand. 15 of them were at > 1 mile.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 15, 2018 07:35 PM (YgbOr)

77 I am so glad my kids are past the kids tv show stage.

Posted by: votermom pimping NEW Moron-authored books! at September 15, 2018 07:35 PM (CE6iV)

78 67 Soupy Sales was more my speed,
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at September 15, 2018 07:33 PM (2scGe)

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Soupy Sales was a deceiver of kids. He constantly referred to an aluminum tin full of whipped cream as a "pie."

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at September 15, 2018 07:36 PM (ZX8Kg)

79 Bunny Rabbit belongs to me. Mr. Moose out front shoulda told ya.
Posted by: grammie winger at September 15, 2018 07:33 PM (lwiT4)

Ok, you can have him. I get Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel.

Look out Bunny Rabbit, we got a big hole coming your way!

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at September 15, 2018 07:36 PM (EoRCO)

80 Well, time to go back outside, and make little sticks out of big ones.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 15, 2018 07:36 PM (iwUO9)

81 sorry, my bad

Oh, and fuck you lol!

Posted by: Jewells45 at September 15, 2018 07:36 PM (dUJdY)

82 I mentioned Ghost Story once before, but I'll put in one more recommendation of it. The most painfully slow movie I have ever seen. The first 20 minutes are agony. But it gets better. And then it gets better, and then it's gets better again. Now it's a top 10 film of mine. Beautiful and eerie. A must watch for film fans, but not a fun film to watch if that makes any sense. A great film.

Posted by: Max Power at September 15, 2018 07:36 PM (QCc6B)

83 SEAL, and 213 confirmed kills, I understand. 15 of them were at > 1 mile.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 15, 2018 07:35 PM (YgbOr)

The rest were up close and personal, the way he liked it.

Posted by: hogmartin at September 15, 2018 07:36 PM (y87Qq)

84 I only saw the Eddie Murphy SNL skits.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 15, 2018 07:37 PM (YgbOr)

85 Was there at least a radio in the break room?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at September 15, 2018 07:34 PM (ZX8Kg)
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Only some rocks to sit on midway down shaft 12. And then only if you were injured.

Posted by: Weasel at September 15, 2018 07:37 PM (MVjcR)

86 I hated Soupy Sales. He was vile.

Posted by: grammie winger at September 15, 2018 07:37 PM (lwiT4)

87 This is an extremely funny, witty and on point review of a show I never watched (despite being born in 1963 - I was addicted to reading by age two and never gave muxh of a crap about TV - at least until Monty Python's Flying Circus started being shown in the US) and I thank you for it.

If only more people really could be inherently good as Mr. Rogers clearly was. I try to be every day, but fail just as often.

RIP Fred Rogers. Well done.

Posted by: Sharkman at September 15, 2018 07:37 PM (fRQju)

88
Someone was talking about the Chinese flick "Animal World" 2(?) weeks ago.

i read Netflix bought it so it should be appearing on your TV and/or computer soon.

I 'm watching "Kaiji", the anime inspiration for the movie on Crunchyroll. It's pretty good and easy to see why they make a movie from it.

Reminds me a bit on the "hour" movie "13: Game of Death" that came out of Thailand maybe several years ago.

That was pretty good for a micro budget thriller.

Posted by: naturalfake at September 15, 2018 07:37 PM (CRRq9)

89 I remember watching Tom and Jerry.. some Roadrunner and Foghorn Leghorn who still makes me laugh every time I hear him. Who did the voice, does anyone know?

Posted by: Jewells45 at September 15, 2018 07:37 PM (dUJdY)

90 Dare I dream of a Cubs-Red Sox World Series?

Hell, a Cubs-Astros WS would be epic enough.

Posted by: logprof at September 15, 2018 07:37 PM (e7oj4)

91 The rest were up close and personal, the way he liked it.
Posted by: hogmartin
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Ah, yes. The disembowelment.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 15, 2018 07:38 PM (YgbOr)

92 Who was that gal? Hobo Kelly? She played good cartoons

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at September 15, 2018 07:38 PM (2scGe)

93 Mr. Rogers was a sniper in 'Nam??? Next thing you're gonna tell me is that Chuck Barris was an assassin for the CIA.
Posted by: Hands at September 15, 2018 07:20 PM (786Ro)

Wasn't that Chuck Berry?

Posted by: Burnt Toast at September 15, 2018 07:38 PM (1g7ch)

94 89 I remember watching Tom and Jerry.. some Roadrunner and Foghorn Leghorn who still makes me laugh every time I hear him. Who did the voice, does anyone know?

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Didn't Mel Blanc do essentially all those voices?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at September 15, 2018 07:38 PM (ZX8Kg)

95 Who did the voice, does anyone know?

Posted by: Jewells45 at September 15, 2018 07:37 PM (dUJdY)

I think Mel Blanc did most of the voices on the Bugs Bunny/Warner Bros cartoons.

Posted by: grammie winger at September 15, 2018 07:39 PM (lwiT4)

96 Ghost Story (1981)?

Posted by: votermom pimping NEW Moron-authored books! at September 15, 2018 07:39 PM (CE6iV)

97 Cut King Friday XIII some slack - you'd be confused too if Mr Rogers had shoved his hand up your hoo-ha that many times.

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 15, 2018 07:39 PM (V2Yro)

98 Anyone remember Fritz Hollings, the senator? I think he did Foghorn Leghorns voice.

Posted by: Jewells45 at September 15, 2018 07:39 PM (dUJdY)

99 Speaking of Tom Selleck. I watched Runaway last night. Gawd what a horrible movie but yeah, Selleck was classic Selleck.

Posted by: Diogenes

I love that movie. His female cop partner was absolutely stunning and Gene Simmons was Evil Incarnate.

Posted by: Sharkman at September 15, 2018 07:39 PM (fRQju)

100 Soupy Sales was a deceiver of kids. He constantly referred to an aluminum tin full of whipped cream as a "pie."
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at September 15, 2018 07:36 PM (ZX8Kg)

Speaking as an emotionally underdeveloped adult, an aluminum tin full of whipped cream is "pie", and what's left in the can is "brain dessert".

Posted by: hogmartin at September 15, 2018 07:39 PM (y87Qq)

101 89.confirmed kills! Wow!

Posted by: Niki Haley at September 15, 2018 07:39 PM (SNXkD)

102 I think Mel Blanc did most of the voices on the Bugs Bunny/Warner Bros cartoons.

ahh.. of course. Good Lord the man was talented.

Posted by: Jewells45 at September 15, 2018 07:40 PM (dUJdY)

103 I hated Soupy Sales. He was vile.

Posted by: grammie winger at September 15, 2018 07:37 PM (lwiT4)

Whaaaaaaat?

I loved Soupy Sales. I thought he was the funniest thing evah when I was a wee tad.

Him and White Fang and all the crew.

Years later when I saw videos of Ernie Kovaks, I realized Sale was basically doing an Ernie Kovacs type show for kids.

Posted by: naturalfake at September 15, 2018 07:40 PM (CRRq9)

104 Nominate someone like him to the Supreme Court and watch the left turn him into Satan. Never watched his show, but he seemed genuinely nice. I could see him and Bob Ross getting along quite well.

Posted by: windbag at September 15, 2018 07:41 PM (m26tZ)

105

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foghorn_Leghorn

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 15, 2018 07:41 PM (IqV8l)

106 Yes, he was an ordained Presbyterian minister.
Watched it occasionally; Moose and Squirrel were more to my tastes back then, and still are. I do so miss Under Dog.

However my son loves the episodes we have on DVD.
He treated all on his show with grace and dignity and it shows. He was given an Oscar back in the 80's/90's.
Watch his acceptance speech.

Posted by: The Man from Athens at September 15, 2018 07:41 PM (QMwOT)

107 Actually, I think Vic was pressed into service to help David haul Goliath's headless corpse to the funeral pyre.

*meant in the best possible way, of course.

Posted by: Sharkman at September 15, 2018 07:42 PM (fRQju)

108 Soupy Sales sons grew up to be the rhythm section for David Bowie's Tin Machine.

Posted by: fluffy at September 15, 2018 07:42 PM (obpfe)

109 June Foray died a few weeks ago, she was the voice of Rocky the Flying Squirrel, and dozens of other characters you'd recognize. She was often referred to as the "female Mel Blanc." Don't know if they ever worked together, that would have been a sight.

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 15, 2018 07:42 PM (V2Yro)

110 76 SEAL, and 213 confirmed kills, I understand. 15 of them were at > 1 mile.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 15, 2018 07:35 PM (YgbOr)

Interesting how detailed these urban myths become over time.

No, Fred Rogers was never any sort of bad-ass military guy. He was a Presbyterian minister, that's all.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader & Contributing Editor, Vanity Fair Magazine at September 15, 2018 07:42 PM (Y4xYR)

111 Recently got the discs for Twin Peaks season 3 and am currently half way through them. Wow, Lynch really knows how to pad his story. Was he getting paid for by the minute?

Posted by: Darth Randall at September 15, 2018 07:35 PM (p0nVR)

Yeah, I wish he'd re-edit that whole damn thing down to 4-5 hrs of greatness.

Posted by: naturalfake at September 15, 2018 07:43 PM (CRRq9)

112 I hated Soupy Sales. He was vile.
Posted by: grammie winger
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Yeah, I never got it, or Milton Berle.

Some sort of vulgarish NE 'humor'.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 15, 2018 07:43 PM (YgbOr)

113 The classic movie 'Rodan' is on MeTv in about 20 minutes. My favorite Japanese nuclear fed monster movie, and I hate the ending.

Posted by: Jake Holenhead at September 15, 2018 07:43 PM (5jAa5)

114 37 Why must we always be informed of another's sexuality?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.

To signal one's virtue, silly.

Posted by: Puddleglum, undisclosed location at September 15, 2018 07:43 PM (JdrZO)

115 Ok.. gonna go get caught up on Ozark. Later dudes and dudettes.

Posted by: Jewells45 at September 15, 2018 07:43 PM (dUJdY)

116 I never finished Twin Peaks - quit after mid season 2.

Season 1 was great though.

Posted by: votermom pimping NEW Moron-authored books! at September 15, 2018 07:44 PM (CE6iV)

117 Bye Jewells. Congratulations on your show.

Posted by: hogmartin at September 15, 2018 07:44 PM (y87Qq)

118 "I loved Soupy Sales. I thought he was the funniest thing evah when I was a wee tad."

Soupy Sales was sooooooo bad. He has to be the worst comic to ever walk the earth.

How he ever got on TV is beyond me.

He must have had pictures of people doing things.....Soupy Sales things. Or relatives.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at September 15, 2018 07:44 PM (EoRCO)

119 Rolling Rock and Latrobe was one and the same growing up. Then when they got bought out and moved away, that was the end. Just last week we were talking about Budweiser, and InBev who owns them. I still drink Bud lite sometimes. Did another brewery ever take over the Rolling Rock plant?

Posted by: colin at September 15, 2018 07:44 PM (4fInU)

120 113 The classic movie 'Rodan' is on MeTv in about 20 minutes. My favorite Japanese nuclear fed monster movie, and I hate the ending."

But with Mothra you get Magic Tiny Singing Faerie Princesses!

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 15, 2018 07:45 PM (V2Yro)

121 Interesting how detailed these urban myths become over time.

No, Fred Rogers was never any sort of bad-ass military guy. He was a Presbyterian minister, that's all.
Posted by: OregonMuse
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I haven't even started. Wait until I talk about his R&R time in Thailand.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 15, 2018 07:45 PM (YgbOr)

122 Did another brewery ever take over the Rolling Rock plant?
Posted by: colin at September 15, 2018 07:44 PM (4fInU)

More importantly, who ended up with the fabled glass lined tanks?

Posted by: hogmartin at September 15, 2018 07:45 PM (y87Qq)

123 Was kinda happy no movie interested me tonight, been up since 3am and have no plans to see the ONT until tomorrow

Posted by: Skip at September 15, 2018 07:46 PM (T4oHT)

124 In SoCal we had The Pancake Man. He introed cartoons and shilled for IHOP.

The great thing was that he was actually Otis Campbell the town drunk from The Andy Griffith Show.

I guess the suits nixed a kids concept based on The Bourbon Man.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at September 15, 2018 07:46 PM (ZX8Kg)

125 Comet TV is going to start showing "Space: 1999" on the weekends. I approve of this.

Posted by: Hands at September 15, 2018 07:46 PM (786Ro)

126 120. Yup. AtC's Japanese avatars.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, GECSPLAN, SMR and Ancient Slavonaut Newsletters at September 15, 2018 07:46 PM (fA1SL)

127 Soupy Sales once said on TV that all the children should go to their father's wallets, take out all the green paper in it, seal it in an envelope, stamp it and mail it to the address on the screen.

Think he went back to doing stand up after that.

Course he couldn't hold a candle to Storch, the dude who played Corporal Agarn in F Troop.

Posted by: The Man from Athens at September 15, 2018 07:46 PM (QMwOT)

128 No, Fred Rogers was never any sort of bad-ass military guy. He was a Presbyterian minister, that's all.
Posted by: OregonMuse
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I haven't even started. Wait until I talk about his R&R time in Thailand.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 15, 2018 07:45 PM (YgbOr)

Plus, have you heard some of the stories about what they make you do in Presbyterian minister training? Something like 60% wash out.

Posted by: hogmartin at September 15, 2018 07:46 PM (y87Qq)

129 I haven't even started. Wait until I talk about his RR time in Thailand.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 15, 2018 07:45 PM (YgbOr)

Right, he picked up 8 incurable diseases that the CDC never could identify.

Dammit, I hate it when I fall for obvious trolling.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader & Contributing Editor, Vanity Fair Magazine at September 15, 2018 07:47 PM (Y4xYR)

130 More importantly, who ended up with the fabled glass lined tanks?
Posted by: hogmartin
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And '33'?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 15, 2018 07:47 PM (YgbOr)

131 Give me Captain Kangaroo any day over spineless Mr. Rogers.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy

I was a Sheri Lewis man, myself. She was hot. And don't try telling me there was nothing between her and Lambchop.

Posted by: pep at September 15, 2018 07:48 PM (T6t7i)

132 I guess the suits nixed a kids concept based on The Bourbon Man.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at September 15, 2018 07:46 PM (ZX8Kg)

No, but Cigarette Man was a go.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader & Contributing Editor, Vanity Fair Magazine at September 15, 2018 07:48 PM (Y4xYR)

133 Back to death-wishing the Brewers. See ya's all later.

Posted by: grammie winger at September 15, 2018 07:48 PM (lwiT4)

134 Bye, grammie. Have a lovely time wishing death.

Posted by: hogmartin at September 15, 2018 07:49 PM (y87Qq)

135
Some sort of vulgarish NE 'humor'.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 15, 2018 07:43 PM

I think you're right. We're too "up tight" to appreciate it.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 15, 2018 07:49 PM (IqV8l)

136 Something like 60% wash out.
Posted by: hogmartin
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Well, it's predestined, so...

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 15, 2018 07:49 PM (YgbOr)

137 Plus, have you heard some of the stories about what they make you do in Presbyterian minister training? Something like 60% wash out.
Posted by: hogmartin at September 15, 2018 07:46 PM (y87Qq)

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Meh. You pussies haven't truly been tested until you've passed the Fartbox Confessional exercise in Roman Catholic Boot Camp.

Posted by: Father O'Hara at September 15, 2018 07:49 PM (ZX8Kg)

138 OT: I guess it was determined that tge cause of Dolores O'Riordan's (The Cranberries' insanely talented and beautiful singer) death was . . . alcohol intoxication leading to drowning in her tub.

How sad. G-d gives us such a tiny, fleeting window of consciousness in the vast stretches of space and time and it ends so frivolously.

Also, thank the Lord I finally stopped drinking completely, before something equally stupid befell me.

Sorry for the thread-jack.

Posted by: Sharkman at September 15, 2018 07:49 PM (fRQju)

139 In SoCal we had The Pancake Man. He introed cartoons and shilled for IHOP.

We had Captain Tug. Seems less innocent than it did back thenn.

Posted by: pep at September 15, 2018 07:49 PM (T6t7i)

140 125 Comet TV is going to start showing "Space: 1999" on the weekends. I approve of this.
Posted by: Hands at September 15, 2018 07:46 PM (786Ro)
---

We used to call it "Space: $19.95".

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at September 15, 2018 07:50 PM (kQs4Y)

141 I was a Sheri Lewis man, myself. She was hot. And don't try telling me there was nothing between her and Lambchop.
Posted by: pep at September 15, 2018 07:48 PM (T6t7i)

Read an interview of her a while back and she said that every time she'd go to a restaurant, she would order whatever lamb item was on the menu. Just to see the looks on the waiters' faces.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader & Contributing Editor, Vanity Fair Magazine at September 15, 2018 07:51 PM (Y4xYR)

142 Some sort of vulgarish NE 'humor'.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 15, 2018 07:43 PM

Is this some kind of slam on the Joos?

Posted by: pep at September 15, 2018 07:51 PM (T6t7i)

143 I am rewatching Dickensian.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 15, 2018 07:51 PM (ts4Lw)

144 So, the elegant and delightful Mrs. naturalfake called in her marker for me taking her to a "girly" movie and we went to see-

"Crazy Rich Asians"

I was probably the only guy there but no matter...

I have to say that it was a perfectly enjoyable rom-com. In fact, basically it was the same plot line as "Arthur" (except for the constant drunkeness) told from the girl's point of view.

One thing I liked about it is that no one apologized for their extreme wealth as you would usually see in a movie.

Anywho, all you gals who need a rom-com fix go and indulge!

Posted by: naturalfake at September 15, 2018 07:51 PM (CRRq9)

145 Read an interview of her a while back and she said that every time she'd go to a restaurant, she would order whatever lamb item was on the menu. Just to see the looks on the waiters' faces.
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader & Contributing Editor, Vanity Fair Magazine at September 15, 2018 07:51 PM (Y4xYR)

That. Is. Awesome. She may have been a proto-moronette.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gentleman Moron at September 15, 2018 07:52 PM (ISGB5)

146 I was a Sheri Lewis man, myself. She was hot. And don't try telling me there was nothing between her and Lambchop.
Posted by: pep at September 15, 2018 07:48 PM (T6t7i)

Everything leftists touch must be made to Serve The Narrative.

"When asked about Lamb Chop's values, Lewis described her as a 'liberal Jewish Democrat. Without a doubt,'"

https://tinyurl.com/yce8sl7h

Posted by: hogmartin at September 15, 2018 07:52 PM (y87Qq)

147 Took out a NVA general with one shot to the head in the middle of a monsoon, at night, no moon, from the deck of a Swift-boat at over 1.5 miles.

Before that I was Lt. Kangaroo.

Posted by: Captain Kangaroo at September 15, 2018 07:52 PM (QMwOT)

148 How sad. G-d gives us such a tiny, fleeting window
of consciousness in the vast stretches of space and time and it ends so
frivolously.
Posted by: Sharkman
Nice.

Posted by: pep at September 15, 2018 07:53 PM (T6t7i)

149
s this some kind of slam on the Joos?
Posted by: pep at September 15, 2018 07:51 PM

I get a channel on cable called Jewish Life TV. They have reruns of Soupy Sales.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 15, 2018 07:53 PM (IqV8l)

150 No way, a rock star died of drugs or alcohol, the hell you say

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at September 15, 2018 07:53 PM (2scGe)

151 Well, it's predestined, so...
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 15, 2018 07:49 PM (YgbOr)

HEY-YOOOOOO

Posted by: hogmartin at September 15, 2018 07:53 PM (y87Qq)

152 My little bro watched this pretty faithfully. He didn't like when I mocked the creepy puppets.

Posted by: kallisto at September 15, 2018 07:54 PM (YtZB9)

153 28-7 Bama with 4:40 left in the first.

Ole Miss' Defense is ... questionable.

Posted by: Grump928(C) Native Texan and Alabama Alumn, Twice as Smug as You at September 15, 2018 07:54 PM (yQpMk)

154 We had Captain Tug. Seems less innocent than it did back thenn.
Posted by: pep at September 15, 2018 07:49 PM (T6t7i)

You think that's bad? In San Franciso where I grew up, we had Captain Pants. Man, you did *not* want to watch that show: "Hey kids, come on in my pants!" He had a sidekick, Mr. Healthy Penis. I'll just leave it at that.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader & Contributing Editor, Vanity Fair Magazine at September 15, 2018 07:54 PM (Y4xYR)

155 119 Rolling Rock and Latrobe was one and the same growing up. Then when they got bought out and moved away, that was the end. Just last week we were talking about Budweiser, and InBev who owns them. I still drink Bud lite sometimes. Did another brewery ever take over the Rolling Rock plant?

The plant is still there and it still brews beer. Not too sure who. Guinness Blonde Lager is brewed there. Iron City too. I've lost track on who actually owns that plant.

Posted by: Puddleglum, undisclosed location at September 15, 2018 07:54 PM (JdrZO)

156 Comet TV is going to start showing "Space: 1999" on the weekends. I approve of this.

Filmed as Science Fiction, it's now Alternate History.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - It's OK, I'm with the banned at September 15, 2018 07:55 PM (hDh8z)

157 Cut King Friday XIII some slack - you'd be confused too if Mr Rogers had shoved his hand up your hoo-ha that many times.
Posted by: Tom Servo

If the "King" has a hoo-ha, xe's definitely confused.

Posted by: mikeski at September 15, 2018 07:55 PM (P1f+c)

158 You think that's bad? In San Franciso where I grew up, we had Captain Pants. Man, you did *not* want to watch that show: "Hey kids, come on in my pants!" He had a sidekick, Mr. Healthy Penis. I'll just leave it at that.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader & Contributing Editor, Vanity Fair Magazine at September 15, 2018 07:54 PM

zombie, is that you socking OM?

Posted by: Hands at September 15, 2018 07:55 PM (786Ro)

159 Was Major Kangaroo but she never told me she was the Admiral's daughter.

Posted by: Captain Kangaroo at September 15, 2018 07:55 PM (QMwOT)

160 What I am watching ATM: Rifftrax Mesa of Lost Women

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 15, 2018 07:56 PM (V2Yro)

161 Worst thing ever. Grounded. Mr Rogers on tv.

Posted by: PhilDirt at September 15, 2018 07:56 PM (0Dzkw)

162 zombie, is that you socking OM?
Posted by: Hands at September 15, 2018 07:55 PM (786Ro)

I hope not. It's bad form to sock the cobs.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader & Contributing Editor, Vanity Fair Magazine at September 15, 2018 07:56 PM (Y4xYR)

163 Sally Starr and Chief Halftown!
Sherri Lewis and Lamb Chop!!!
Woody Woodpecker and Bugs Bunny!!
Fractured Fairytales!

Posted by: Good old TV at September 15, 2018 07:57 PM (hSkdO)

164 Shari Lewis co-wrote "The Lights of Zetar."

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at September 15, 2018 07:57 PM (l9m7l)

165 Tom Servo, email me, so I can send directions.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 15, 2018 07:58 PM (ts4Lw)

166 Was Major Kangaroo but she never told me she was the Admiral's daughter.
Posted by: Captain Kangaroo at September 15, 2018 07:55 PM (QMwOT)

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You're lucky Mrs. Kangaroo didn't hop out on you after that scandal.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at September 15, 2018 07:58 PM (ZX8Kg)

167 I hope not. It's bad form to sock the cobs.
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader & Contributing Editor, Vanity Fair Magazine at September 15, 2018 07:56 PM

Well, it was a weird Bay Area childhood story, so, ya know...?

Posted by: Hands at September 15, 2018 07:58 PM (786Ro)

168 Fractured Fairytales!
Posted by: Good old TV at September 15, 2018 07:57 PM (hSkdO)

Edward Everett Horton FTW!

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader & Contributing Editor, Vanity Fair Magazine at September 15, 2018 07:58 PM (Y4xYR)

169 In the PNW we had J.P. Patches and his girlfriend, Gertrude. Stuff was live.

Posted by: Sleepy in Seattle at September 15, 2018 07:59 PM (QMwOT)

170 Edward Everett Horton FTW!

That dude was awesome.

Posted by: pep at September 15, 2018 07:59 PM (T6t7i)

171 Fred was a Presbyterian Minister, he was so mean he once shot a man for snorin' in church.

Posted by: klaftern at September 15, 2018 07:59 PM (RuIsu)

172 Socking cobs is illegal in some states.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gentleman Moron at September 15, 2018 07:59 PM (ISGB5)

173 Adam Carolla isn't paranoid. They will not show his movies on TV. Both of them I think were very good. The Hammer and Road Hard.

It can't just be his leaning right. He must have pissed off other people and n power.

Posted by: Lancelot Link Secret Agent Chimp at September 15, 2018 07:59 PM (p2jI/)

174 Imma gonna be watching this tonight-

A Nicholas Cage horror movie!!!

"Mandy"

Here's a trailer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rI054ow6KJk

It's getting pretty much universally good reviews, which concerns me a bit...if you know what I mean.

And it was directed by an artsy-type director, which concerns me even more.

But...trailer looks interesting, so I will watch.

Available in theaters and on VOD concurrently.

Posted by: naturalfake at September 15, 2018 08:00 PM (CRRq9)

175 Sorry for the thread-jack.
Posted by: Sharkman

You can't thread jack here.

Just no hand-jackin' it, ok?

Posted by: weft cut-loop at September 15, 2018 08:00 PM (c07y/)

176 47 ..........

But then I became a grandma. And I watched the wee ones watching him. They became calm, like him. They seemed to enjoy it, as if they were being gently rocked.

In stark contrast, Sesame Street drove them whacky and made them hit each other. It's lunacy to show that to pre-school children. Their PBS license should be yanked. Horrid show.
Posted by: grammie winger at September 15, 2018 07:29 PM (lwiT4)
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There is a fascinating book --- Endangered Minds by Jane Healy --- reviewing all of the many studies on this exact topic.

Neurologists' have a lot to say about subjecting unformed brains to rapid electronic stimuli, such as you get with Sesame Street. "Horrid" is indeed the word for it.

And indeed there have been studies comparing Mr. R's show to S St.
Rogers slows down life, insists on focus, gives time for processing --- all optimal for brain development.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at September 15, 2018 08:00 PM (0jtPF)

177 Texas Tech 63 Houston 49

It's just a video game.

Posted by: logprof at September 15, 2018 08:01 PM (e7oj4)

178 It can't just be his leaning right. He must have pissed off other people and n power.
Posted by: Lancelot Link Secret Agent Chimp at September 15, 2018 07:59 PM (p2jI/)

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In Hollywood, when Harvey Weinstein tells you to clean the ficus, you clean the ficus.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at September 15, 2018 08:01 PM (ZX8Kg)

179 Slavs are great at broadcasting free live sports. And for that, I'm greatful.

Posted by: Niki Haley at September 15, 2018 08:01 PM (SNXkD)

180 Edward Everett Horton FTW!]

He was in Holiday with Hepburn and Cary Grant. It's hard to imagine actors of that caliber in today's dreck.

Posted by: pep at September 15, 2018 08:01 PM (T6t7i)

181 glad to, didn't see any link to one in your sig

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 15, 2018 08:01 PM (V2Yro)

182 "Isle of Dogs" is genius. I don't think it did boffo box office. Pity.

I remember Wes Anderson getting flack for "cultural appropriation".

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at September 15, 2018 08:01 PM (kQs4Y)

183 Thread jacking is also illegal in those selfsame states.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gentleman Moron at September 15, 2018 08:01 PM (ISGB5)

184 The best part of Rodan is the first half hour/45 minutes with the giant slug/maggot things chasing the miners.

Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living at September 15, 2018 08:01 PM (3DZIZ)

185 179. We also share music, films, all manner of 'intellectual property,' freely and without reservation.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, GECSPLAN, SMR and Ancient Slavonaut Newsletters at September 15, 2018 08:02 PM (fA1SL)

186 171 Fred was a Presbyterian Minister, he was so mean he once shot a man for snorin' in church.
Posted by: klaftern at September 15, 2018 07:59 PM (RuIsu)

He shot a man in Reno.
Just to watch him die.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader & Contributing Editor, Vanity Fair Magazine at September 15, 2018 08:02 PM (Y4xYR)

187 That's actually not the proper form for the apostrophe. When there's an 's' at the end of a name, the proper form is to add 's to the end, e.g. "Mr. Rogers's Neighborhood". The hanging apostrophe is reserved for plural nouns.

Posted by: KGB at September 15, 2018 08:03 PM (dJOVY)

188 Tom Servo, did the left sidebar link not work?

Posted by: Ben Had at September 15, 2018 08:03 PM (ts4Lw)

189 Ole Miss sucks.

Posted by: Niki Haley at September 15, 2018 08:03 PM (SNXkD)

190 Vince Offer, besides doing the Shamwow! thing and getting beat up by hookers, had his opus "The Underground Comedy Movie".

An American Classic.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at September 15, 2018 08:03 PM (EoRCO)

191
I never watched any of Mr Rodgers shows. By the time they came out I was already all growed up and haired over.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at September 15, 2018 07:20 PM (mpXpK)

--Vic was too old for the McGuffy Readers.
Posted by: logprof at September 15, 2018 07:23 PM (e7oj4)

When he was a teenager, Vic carved obscene hieroglyphic graffiti into the Rosetta Stone, changing "The Ptolemys Rule Egypt" into "Ptolemy is the biggest tool in Egypt".

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at September 15, 2018 08:03 PM (eXA4G)

192 The Slavs announcing are the only folks who can pronounce Tia's last name correctly.

Posted by: Niki Haley at September 15, 2018 08:04 PM (SNXkD)

193 I have been forever grateful to Mr. Rogers.

When my son was three we traveled to a wedding, and stayed at hotel. My husband and his brother took our son to the pool, and when he didn't want to get out they told him that not only were there sharks in that pool but that he would go down the drain. Think they may have told him that wrinkled fingers meant he was starting to dissolve...

Anyway--once we were back home he refused to take a bath, he was afraid he would go down the drain in the tub. By absolute sheer coincidence Mr. Rogers had an episode running about that very thing.

Problem solved.

Posted by: Lirio100 at September 15, 2018 08:04 PM (JK7Jw)

194 184 The best part of Rodan is the first half hour/45 minutes with the giant slug/maggot things chasing the miners.
Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living at September 15, 2018 08:01 PM (3DZIZ)

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It's pretty much a sure thing that when a giant slug/maggot shows up, it isn't coming in peace.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at September 15, 2018 08:04 PM (ZX8Kg)

195 Took out a NVA general with one shot to the head in the middle of a monsoon, at night, no moon, from the deck of a Swift-boat at over 1.5 miles.

Before that I was Lt. Kangaroo.
Posted by: Captain Kangaroo

Oh my, the legendary two white feathers

Posted by: Jean at September 15, 2018 08:04 PM (j0Mw7)

196 Ole Miss sucks.

They have great receivers, and no defense.

Posted by: Grump928(C) Native Texan and Alabama Alumn, Twice as Smug as You at September 15, 2018 08:04 PM (yQpMk)

197 oh you mean THAT left side bar, not the left side bar that's on the other side. Ok I get it.

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 15, 2018 08:04 PM (V2Yro)

198 That's actually not the proper form for the apostrophe. When there's an 's' at the end of a name, the proper form is to add 's to the end, e.g. "Mr. Rogers's Neighborhood". The hanging apostrophe is reserved for plural nouns.
Posted by: KGB at September 15, 2018 08:03 PM (dJOVY)

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You damn Russians never give up, do you?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at September 15, 2018 08:05 PM (ZX8Kg)

199 Mr Rogers-es sounds terrible. Possible unpronouncable.

Posted by: Grump928(C) Native Texan and Alabama Alumn, Twice as Smug as You at September 15, 2018 08:06 PM (yQpMk)

200 If it sounds wrong, it is wrong. That's my motto.

Posted by: Grump928(C) Native Texan and Alabama Alumn, Twice as Smug as You at September 15, 2018 08:06 PM (yQpMk)

201 Adam Carolla isn't paranoid. They will not show his movies on TV. Both of them I think were very good. The Hammer and Road Hard.

It can't just be his leaning right. He must have pissed off other people and n power.

Posted by: Lancelot Link Secret Agent Chimp at September 15, 2018 07:59 PM (p2jI/)

The Hammer was in rotation about a year or two ago - which is when I saw it. I really liked it but I don't think it was the sort of movie that gets lots of eyes.

There are a lot of really good movies that don't seem to be able to make their way back into rotation. Not sure why that is since there seems to be unending mounds of shit movies that are on all the time, but there are more than a few great movies I have been waiting to come on for a long time. Some I can download but others seem to have just disappeared ... or they are on demand for $27 a night ...

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at September 15, 2018 08:07 PM (RU6DO)

202 196 Ole Miss sucks.

They have great receivers, and no defense.
Posted by: Grump928(C) Native Texan and Alabama Alumn, Twice as Smug as You at September 15, 2018 08:04 PM (yQpMk)

That don't matter if your OLine is weak and small, and theirs sucks.

Posted by: Niki Haley at September 15, 2018 08:07 PM (SNXkD)

203 That's actually not the proper form for the apostrophe. When there's an 's' at the end of a name, the proper form is to add 's to the end, e.g. "Mr. Rogers's Neighborhood". The hanging apostrophe is reserved for plural nouns.

Posted by: KGB at September 15, 2018 08:03 PM (dJOVY)

Incorrect.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at September 15, 2018 08:08 PM (RU6DO)

204 A Nicholas Cage horror movie!!!

"Mandy"

Here's a trailer:

The woman in the trailer is really reminiscent of a 70s actress whose name I can't recall, but I think of as a peer of Sissy Spacek's. Not attractive, brunet, thin. Damn, this is going to bug me now.

Posted by: pep at September 15, 2018 08:09 PM (T6t7i)

205 200 If it sounds wrong, it is wrong. That's my motto."

Even if your first cousin really REALLY likes you???

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 15, 2018 08:09 PM (V2Yro)

206 i'll give Runaway a thumb up. Bonus points for Kirsty Alley in a tight leather skirt.

Posted by: Gooshy at September 15, 2018 08:09 PM (voyA0)

207 That don't matter if your OLine is weak and small, and theirs sucks.

True so far. They are having to go max-protect just to not get sacked.

Posted by: Grump928(C) Native Texan and Alabama Alumn, Twice as Smug as You at September 15, 2018 08:10 PM (yQpMk)

208 There are a lot of really good movies that don't seem to be able to make
their way back into rotation. Not sure why that is since there seems
to be unending mounds of shit movies that are on all the time

Would someone please enlighten me as to why The Shawshank Redemption will no go the f*** away? Seriously, it's on all the time. Why?

Posted by: pep at September 15, 2018 08:10 PM (T6t7i)

209 Anyone else remember the CBS Children's Film Festival in the 60'sand 70's with Kukla, Fran and Ollie? I have vague memories of it. Weird little films too as I remember.

Posted by: SteveOReno, I self-identify as a Moron at September 15, 2018 08:10 PM (T+Eka)

210 Even if your first cousin really REALLY likes you???

I'm in Alabama. That's totally pronounceable.

Posted by: Grump928(C) Native Texan and Alabama Alumn, Twice as Smug as You at September 15, 2018 08:10 PM (yQpMk)

211 Mr Rogers's-es? Rogerses? Like Bagginses, yesss? Filthy thieveses!

Posted by: Gollum at September 15, 2018 08:11 PM (786Ro)

212 Posted by: logprof at September 15, 2018 07:31 PM (e7oj4)

Munn is certifiable.

Posted by: clutch at September 15, 2018 08:11 PM (kiSdp)

213 Would someone please enlighten me as to why The Shawshank Redemption will no go the f*** away? Seriously, it's on all the time. Why?

Posted by: pep at September 15, 2018 08:10 PM (T6t7i)

LOL.

Yeah, that movie sucked. I saw it once. It was more than enough.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at September 15, 2018 08:11 PM (RU6DO)

214 177 Texas Tech 63 Houston 49

Posted by: logprof at September 15, 2018 08:01 PM (e7oj4)
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Basketball!

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at September 15, 2018 08:12 PM (0jtPF)

215 Munn is certifiable.

And also not nearly as hot as her rep.

Posted by: pep at September 15, 2018 08:12 PM (T6t7i)

216 Would someone please enlighten me as to why The Shawshank Redemption will no go the f*** away? Seriously, it's on all the time. Why?"

because that one scene has buttfuckery in it. And that whole crawling through the long dark dirty tunnel to joyous freedom is obviously a metaphor for, well you know, but I think it's mostly the buttfuckery.

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 15, 2018 08:12 PM (V2Yro)

217 MY KINGDOM FOR A RELIABLE KICKER!

Posted by: Grump928(C) Native Texan and Alabama Alumn, Twice as Smug as You at September 15, 2018 08:13 PM (yQpMk)

218 I was a little too old for Mr. Rogers, by the time I first saw the show.

I heard a story once that his car was stolen out of his driveway in suburban Pittsburgh. It made the local news, and a couple days later it reappeared with an anonymous note of apology from the thief.

Posted by: rickl at September 15, 2018 08:13 PM (sdi6R)

219 pep, are you thinking of Sondra Locke?

Posted by: Hands at September 15, 2018 08:13 PM (786Ro)

220 219
pep, are you thinking of Sondra Locke?

No, she was close to an albino. This woman was brunet. She was in, IIRC, movies by the guy who made MASH.

Posted by: pep at September 15, 2018 08:14 PM (T6t7i)

221 Lets go Horny Frogs!!

Posted by: Niki Haley at September 15, 2018 08:14 PM (SNXkD)

222 Why do all these OTHER teams have kickers to never miss inside the 35 and kick 50 yard game winners, but Darth Saban can't get one?::

Posted by: Grump928(C) Native Texan and Alabama Alumn, Twice as Smug as You at September 15, 2018 08:15 PM (yQpMk)

223 Mr Rogers-es sounds terrible. Possible unpronouncable.

Posted by: Grump928(C)

It's still just "Rogers"; no glottal stop and second "S".

We used to tease the prim-n-proper teacher's pet in our science and math classes by pronouncing both "S" sounds in things like "Lentz's Law" and "Charles's Law". Somehow, she never got tired of correcting us...

Posted by: mikeski at September 15, 2018 08:15 PM (P1f+c)

224 >>>When he was a teenager, Vic carved obscene hieroglyphic graffiti into
the Rosetta Stone, changing "The Ptolemys Rule Egypt" into "Ptolemy is
the biggest tool in Egypt".<<<<<

Awhile back I watched a documentary about the New Kingdom and they got into the ostraka (little bits of broken pottery the workers would scratch notes to each other on) that archeologists had found in the area where the workers lived that built and decorated the tombs in the Valley of the Kings.
Apparently there was a foreman whose name crops up on many of these shards called Pneb. Pneb was a real bastard. He would make the other workers pay rent on the tools, he got caught sleeping with some other dude's wife, and her daughter. They even found one that was a note from Pneb's son denouncing his father for his various indiscretions.
So the point of all this is that one of our Moron author types needs to study up on this guy and write a series of Flashmanesque adventures about him. You could spoof the old Mummy movie titles;
The ShitbagThe Shitbag LivesValley of the ShitbagCurse of the ShitbagThe Shitbag's Handetc., etc....

Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living at September 15, 2018 08:15 PM (3DZIZ)

225 Shelley Duvall. That's the woman.

Posted by: pep at September 15, 2018 08:15 PM (T6t7i)

226 Since we're on the movie thread, I think it's important that someone should set ace straight on what a character actor is. He seems to think that a type actor is a character actor. I tried to explain to him that a character actor is an actor that disappears into a character (you usually don't know the names of great character actors but you recognize them) but he is toiling under some wiki definition that is totally incorrect.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at September 15, 2018 08:15 PM (RU6DO)

227 I would watch this documentary. Is it on Netflix?

Posted by: kallisto at September 15, 2018 08:15 PM (YtZB9)

228 Holy shite, "Mandy". I will have to see that.

"Taking place in 1983, Red is a lumberjack who lives in a secluded cabin in the woods. His artist girlfriend Mandy spends her days reading fantasy paperbacks. Then one day, she catches the eye of a crazed cult leader, who conjures a group of motorcycle-riding demons to kidnap her. Red, armed with a chainsaw and other weapons, stops at nothing to get her back, leaving a bloody, brutal pile of bodies in his wake."

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at September 15, 2018 08:16 PM (kQs4Y)

229 187 That's actually not the proper form for the apostrophe. When there's an 's' at the end of a name, the proper form is to add 's to the end, e.g. "Mr. Rogers's Neighborhood". The hanging apostrophe is reserved for plural nouns.
Posted by: KGB at September 15, 2018 08:03 PM (dJOVY)

--No

If it's a z sound, the apostrophe at the end is warranted. (Mr. Rogers')

If it's an s sound, another s after the apostrophe is necessary (Congress's)

It's mostly about euphony going along with the writing.

Posted by: logprof at September 15, 2018 08:16 PM (e7oj4)

230 It's still just "Rogers"; no glottal stop and second "S".

So, adding a silent ess just to make a rule? What are we, French?

Posted by: Grump928(C) Native Texan and Alabama Alumn, Twice as Smug as You at September 15, 2018 08:17 PM (yQpMk)

231 The woman in the trailer is really reminiscent of a 70s actress whose name I can't recall, but I think of as a peer of Sissy Spacek's. Not attractive, brunet, thin. Damn, this is going to bug me now.
Posted by: pep at September 15, 2018 08:09 PM (T6t7i)

She reminds me vaguely of Shelley Duvall. Is that who you're thinking of?

Posted by: naturalfake at September 15, 2018 08:17 PM (CRRq9)

232 I'm watching The Hunt For Red October again.

I'm half an hour in, and the business hasn't gotten out of control yet.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at September 15, 2018 08:17 PM (rnAwa)

233 It's mostly about euphony going along with the writing.

Who are you calling a phony, you hoser.

Posted by: pep at September 15, 2018 08:17 PM (T6t7i)

234 Shelley Duvall. That's the woman.

Posted by: pep at September 15, 2018 08:15 PM (T6t7i)

When the roll calls for "ugly", she's your girl.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at September 15, 2018 08:17 PM (RU6DO)

235 Formatting is for platinum members I guess....

Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living at September 15, 2018 08:18 PM (3DZIZ)

236 She reminds me vaguely of Shelley Duvall. Is that who you're thinking of?

Posted by: naturalfake

That's the one.

Posted by: pep at September 15, 2018 08:18 PM (T6t7i)

237
In SoCal we had The Pancake Man. He introed cartoons and shilled for IHOP.

We had Captain Tug. Seems less innocent than it did back thenn.
Posted by: pep at September 15, 2018 07:49 PM (T6t7i)

In Hawaii in the 70s, we had Checkers and Pogo. Seriously creepy when I watch clips on youtube but lots of fun when you're 6 years old.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at September 15, 2018 08:18 PM (eXA4G)

238 Anyone else remember the CBS Children's Film Festival in the 60'sand 70's with Kukla, Fran and Ollie? I have vague memories of it. Weird little films too as I remember.
Posted by: SteveOReno, I self-identify as a Moron at September 15, 2018 08:10 PM (T+Eka)
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I remember them. They would show Cecil and Beanie.

Posted by: Darth Randall at September 15, 2018 08:18 PM (p0nVR)

239 Why do all these OTHER teams have kickers to never miss inside the 35 and kick 50 yard game winners, but Darth Saban can't get one?::

Posted by: Grump928(C) Native Texan and Alabama Alumn, Twice as Smug as You

Because they usually beat all the cupcakes on their schedule by 50 points and the ranked teams by 20?

They'll recruit a good kicker in a decade or so, when perhaps they finally need one.

Posted by: Sharkman at September 15, 2018 08:18 PM (fRQju)

240
Shelley Duvall is dead?

Posted by: Soothsayer SLX Pro Series II Platinum Turbo at September 15, 2018 08:19 PM (QuTMi)

241 215 Munn is certifiable.

And also not nearly as hot as her rep.
Posted by: pep at September 15, 2018 08:12 PM (T6t7i)

--The issue at hand I raised is . . . Munn vs. DP.

Posted by: logprof at September 15, 2018 08:19 PM (e7oj4)

242 She will be missed.

Posted by: Grump928(C) Native Texan and Alabama Alumn, Twice as Smug as You at September 15, 2018 08:19 PM (yQpMk)

243 Callin Baton Rouge!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Blacksheep at September 15, 2018 08:19 PM (6mvRv)

244 Shawshank. I was hoping Mr. Sarandon got stuck in that pipe. Maybe he did, come to think of it.

Posted by: klaftern at September 15, 2018 08:19 PM (RuIsu)

245 232 I'm watching "The Hunt For Red October Again".

So was that what they named the Sequel?

Maybe Sean Connery and Burt Reynolds took it out for a late night spin after a round of Jeopardy.

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 15, 2018 08:20 PM (V2Yro)

246 Yes, please Horny Toads, beat Urb and the Suckeyes.

Posted by: logprof at September 15, 2018 08:20 PM (e7oj4)

247 Ugh. I'm about to watch my Horns get their butts kicked.

They lost to Kansas last week, so.....yeah, that.

In other news, a Manhattan made with Cherry Bitters and a dash of Luxardo Maraschino is a thing of beauty.

The Vya's Sweet Vermouth doesn't hurt either.

Posted by: naturalfake at September 15, 2018 08:20 PM (CRRq9)

248 So, adding a silent ess just to make a rule? What are we, French?

Posted by: Grump928(C)

Semi-french. If it was French, "Rogers's" would just be pronounced like "rawzh", I think.

Posted by: mikeski at September 15, 2018 08:20 PM (P1f+c)

249 If Mr. Rogers was a flavor, he would be vanilla.

Bo-ring.

Posted by: ALH at September 15, 2018 08:21 PM (6Zmow)

250 I'm watching "The Hunt For Red October Again".

So was that what they named the Sequel?

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 15, 2018 08:20 PM (V2Yro)

It starts out with:

"You lost another sub?"

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at September 15, 2018 08:21 PM (RU6DO)

251 It was on Netflix. It was called Egypt's Golden Empire, I think. It used to be on the instant watch but I think they took it down. You can still probably get the discs.
It was narrated by Keith David.

Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living at September 15, 2018 08:21 PM (3DZIZ)

252 I love "The Hunt for Red October" . It puts me to sleep faster than any other movie, And this is not a slam.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 15, 2018 08:21 PM (ts4Lw)

253 240
Shelley Duvall is dead?"

Nah, only her career. Unless a call goes out for someone who could pass for Nancy the Salt Sucker on a good day.

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 15, 2018 08:22 PM (V2Yro)

254 Hmm. Munn v. DP? Are there any other options?

Posted by: SteveOReno, I self-identify as a Moron at September 15, 2018 08:22 PM (T+Eka)

255 It was narrated by Keith David.

Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living at September 15, 2018 08:21 PM (3DZIZ)

Which one is that, the black guy or the white guy?

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at September 15, 2018 08:22 PM (RU6DO)

256 I am sorry but Shelley Duvall is the stuff of nightmares.

Posted by: Sharkman at September 15, 2018 08:22 PM (fRQju)

257 --The issue at hand I raised is . . . Munn vs. DP.

Posted by: logprof
I dunno. I think DP is fairly smokin'. She's no Sophie Marceau, but who is?

Posted by: pep at September 15, 2018 08:23 PM (T6t7i)

258 Latest meme on Facebook is "Share if you ugly".

Real beauty is found on the inside of an individual.

Posted by: ALH at September 15, 2018 08:23 PM (6Zmow)

259 169 In the PNW we had J.P. Patches and his girlfriend, Gertrude. Stuff was live.

Posted by: Sleepy in Seattle at September 15, 2018 07:59 PM (QMwOT)

I remember that show.

They gave him a statue in Fremont, next to "Waiting for the Interurban." Which (Interurban) has a story about its distinctive oddity.

Posted by: Jeff Weimer at September 15, 2018 08:23 PM (AEeCX)

260 You can't imagine how disappointed I was when I found out Mr. Rogers wasn't a crack sniper in 'Nam. Can you visualize the Psychological Fitness Reports?
"Has been heard to sing 'Would you be my friend? Could you be my friend?' to the VC right before he kills them. Recommend sending him into Hanoi ahead of troops."

Posted by: Anonymous White Male at September 15, 2018 08:24 PM (9BLnV)

261 BT Sport and Roku cast app for IPad so Suck it ESPN and Disney!

Posted by: Niki Haley at September 15, 2018 08:24 PM (SNXkD)

262
I started watching HANGMAN last Saturday; I'll finish it tonight and let you all know what I think.

It stars Tony Montana and Dr McCoy.

Posted by: Soothsayer SLX Pro Series II Platinum Turbo at September 15, 2018 08:24 PM (QuTMi)

263 The black one. I get the names confused, too.

Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living at September 15, 2018 08:24 PM (3DZIZ)

264 Shelley Duvall was actually pretty good as Olive Oyl in Popeye. So was Ray Walston. Otherwise it stunk.

Posted by: Hands at September 15, 2018 08:24 PM (786Ro)

265 254 Hmm. Munn v. DP? Are there any other options?
Posted by: SteveOReno, I self-identify as a Moron at September 15, 2018 08:22 PM (T+Eka)

Yeah, dudes

Posted by: Aaron Rodgers at September 15, 2018 08:24 PM (e7oj4)

266
Keith David?

The dad on Family Affair?

Posted by: Soothsayer SLX Pro Series II Platinum Turbo at September 15, 2018 08:25 PM (QuTMi)

267 Real beauty is found on the inside of an individual.
Posted by: ALH at September 15, 2018 08:23 PM (6Zmow)

After you've gutted them and removed the entrails.

Posted by: Anonymous White Male at September 15, 2018 08:25 PM (9BLnV)

268 Shelley Duvall was actually pretty good as Olive Oyl in Popeye. So was Ray Walston.

Ray Walston was good in everything he ever did. Including MFM.

Posted by: pep at September 15, 2018 08:25 PM (T6t7i)

269 Shelley Duvall was actually pretty good as Olive Oyl in Popeye. So was Ray Walston. Otherwise it stunk.

Heretic! Robin Williams was born to be Popeye.

Posted by: Grump928(C) Native Texan and Alabama Alumn, Twice as Smug as You at September 15, 2018 08:25 PM (yQpMk)

270 DP?

Dolly Parton?

An unspeakable sex act?

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gentleman Moron at September 15, 2018 08:26 PM (ISGB5)

271 255 It was narrated by Keith David.

Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living at September 15, 2018 08:21 PM (3DZIZ)

Which one is that, the black guy or the white guy?
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at September 15, 2018 08:22 PM (RU6DO)

--Keith David does those Navy ads.

Played Childs in the Carpenter version of The Thing.

Also narrated The Bible, which featured a Satan who uncannily resembled the JEF.

Posted by: Aaron Rodgers at September 15, 2018 08:26 PM (e7oj4)

272 Olivia Munn vs Olivia Wilde vs Olivia Cooke

Posted by: Hands at September 15, 2018 08:26 PM (786Ro)

273 Dolly Parton?

An unspeakable sex act?

Damn, she's turned into a clown show. Too much plastic surgery. Please, please, please, age with dignity.

Posted by: pep at September 15, 2018 08:27 PM (T6t7i)

274 Shelley Duvall was actually pretty good as Olive Oyl in Popeye. So was Ray Walston.

Ray Walston as Olive Oyl? I can't see that...

Posted by: mikeski at September 15, 2018 08:27 PM (P1f+c)

275 Olivia Wilde v. Oscar Wilde?

Posted by: SteveOReno, I self-identify as a Moron at September 15, 2018 08:27 PM (T+Eka)

276 Olivia Munn vs Olivia Wilde vs Olivia Cooke

Posted by: Hands at September 15, 2018 08:26 PM (786Ro)

Olivia Newton-John for the win!

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at September 15, 2018 08:27 PM (RU6DO)

277
--Keith David does those Navy ads.

Played Childs in the Carpenter version of The Thing.

Also narrated The Bible, which featured a Satan who uncannily resembled the JEF.
Posted by: Aaron Rodgers at September 15, 2018 08:26 PM (e7oj4)
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He was also in "Range 15"!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at September 15, 2018 08:27 PM (kQs4Y)

278 Keith David?

The dad on Family Affair?

Nooo, that was Brian Dennehy.

Posted by: Hands at September 15, 2018 08:27 PM (786Ro)

279 In other news, bloated hefty bag full of mashed potatoes Micheal Moore is "Taking Action."

Whatever the fuck that means.

I'm pretty sure it involves a Golden Corral somewhere.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gentleman Moron at September 15, 2018 08:27 PM (ISGB5)

280 Damn, she's turned into a clown show. Too much plastic surgery. Please, please, please, age with dignity.

In fairness, she's like a hundred and twenty.

Posted by: Grump928(C) Native Texan and Alabama Alumn, Twice as Smug as You at September 15, 2018 08:28 PM (yQpMk)

281 Keith David does those Navy ads.

Played Childs in the Carpenter version of The Thing.

Also narrated The Bible, which featured a Satan who uncannily resembled the JEF.
Posted by: Aaron Rodgers

And he played the looney supervisor in Men At Work, a highly underrated comedy starring Charlie Sheen and Emilio Estavez.

Posted by: Prince Ludwig the Deplorable at September 15, 2018 08:28 PM (xEuHL)

282 Despite having been in the target audience, I never made it 5 minutes into one of his shows, yet I knew quite a bit about him and the tropes of The Neighborhood.

===

Me too. I couldn't understand why anyone would be interested in such a wimp. His "neighborhood" was the polar opposite of mine and seemed ridiculously saccharine, even to a six year old franpsycho.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 15, 2018 08:28 PM (EZebt)

283 /Fudge Packer sock

Posted by: logprof at September 15, 2018 08:28 PM (e7oj4)

284 He was also in "Range 15"!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at September 15, 2018 08:27 PM (kQs4Y)

He was the stepfather in "Something About Mary".

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at September 15, 2018 08:28 PM (RU6DO)

285 bloated hefty bag full of mashed potatoes
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Poetry.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at September 15, 2018 08:28 PM (kQs4Y)

286
Sorry, I'm gonna have to pick Olivia Munn, mainly because of the vid that one of you degenerates linked a few days ago.

Olivia Munn

French Maid's outfit

Jumping into an enormous cream pie.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at September 15, 2018 08:28 PM (eXA4G)

287 He was also in "Range 15"!

Oh? I have that movie in queue.

Posted by: Grump928(C) Native Texan and Alabama Alumn, Twice as Smug as You at September 15, 2018 08:28 PM (yQpMk)

288 [i272
Olivia Munn vs Olivia Wilde vs Olivia Cooke

Please.

Posted by: Olivia Hussey at September 15, 2018 08:29 PM (T6t7i)

289 Keith David?

The dad on Family Affair?

Nooo, that was Brian Dennehy.
Posted by: Hands at September 15, 2018 08:27 PM (786Ro)

He would be in the remake, which would be the second remake. But he already did that role, but he was Markie Post's husband in that one Mary movie.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gentleman Moron at September 15, 2018 08:29 PM (ISGB5)

290 If Mr. Rogers was a flavor, he would be vanilla.

Bo-ring.
Posted by: ALH at September 15, 2018 08:21 PM (6Zmow)

His show could never be made today because he wasn't a drag queen that likes to play 'Find the lizard" with the children.

Posted by: Anonymous White Male at September 15, 2018 08:29 PM (9BLnV)

291 268 Hear, Hear!

Posted by: Skip at September 15, 2018 08:29 PM (T4oHT)

292 Keith David vs Rowdy Roddy Piper in They Live !

( I think this gets mentioned in nearly every movie thread )

Posted by: Hands at September 15, 2018 08:29 PM (786Ro)

293 In fairness, she's like a hundred and twenty.
Posted by: Grump928(C) Native Texan and Alabama Alumn, Twice as Smug as You at September 15, 2018 08:28 PM (yQpMk)

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Nope. She is 72.

Posted by: Calm Mentor at September 15, 2018 08:29 PM (I16G8)

294
Each day I'm more convinced leftists such as micheel moore are Agitators and Provocateurs like islamist imams.

They say the things they do for one reason: to plant hate and crazy ideas into mentally ill people to do evil on their ideological enemies.

Posted by: Soothsayer SLX Pro Series II Platinum Turbo at September 15, 2018 08:30 PM (QuTMi)

295 35-7 Bama halfway through the 2nd.

Posted by: Grump928(C) Native Texan and Alabama Alumn, Twice as Smug as You at September 15, 2018 08:30 PM (yQpMk)

296 Please.
Posted by: Olivia Hussey at September 15, 2018 08:29 PM (T6t7i)

This. Made me a Shakespeare fan.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gentleman Moron at September 15, 2018 08:30 PM (ISGB5)

297 I must warn you, Grump928(C), that movie is quite salty.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at September 15, 2018 08:30 PM (kQs4Y)

298 266

Keith David?

The dad on Family Affair?

Posted by: Soothsayer SLX Pro Series II Platinum Turbo at September 15, 2018 08:25 PM (QuTMi)

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Cameron
Diaz's dad in "There's Something About Mary" and voiced Shadowman in The
Princess and the Frog (very underrated Disney movie IMO). I think he
mostly does stage work.

Posted by: Hoplite Housewife at September 15, 2018 08:30 PM (SORXN)

299 Fred Rogers was hated and because of that mocked because he said that people can be really good and honorable, and they don't have to be mean.
He also said that kids aren't enlightened by this progressive scary crap, they are frightened by it, and it is adults' job to keep them safe and let them know that the world is scary but we care for them.

He never lorded over anyone.

I heard an interview, he said all those cardigans he wore were made by his Mom. She made them with zippers because he like them that way. That is one of the sweetest things I have ever heard

Posted by: Kindltot at September 15, 2018 08:31 PM (2K6fY)

300 I must warn you, Grump928(C), that movie is quite salty.

I have nothing against our oldest service.

Posted by: Grump928(C) Native Texan and Alabama Alumn, Twice as Smug as You at September 15, 2018 08:31 PM (yQpMk)

301 Olivia Wilde looks mannish now. She was smoking hot in The Black Donnelleys. A underrated show that was cancelled.

Posted by: Niki Haley at September 15, 2018 08:31 PM (SNXkD)

302
On Comet right now is some weird movie about a "ghostlike" crime fighter. Sam Jackson is in it, too, acting stupid.

Posted by: Soothsayer SLX Pro Series II Platinum Turbo at September 15, 2018 08:32 PM (QuTMi)

303 Olivia Hussey's young boobehs made me a Shakespeare fan.

Posted by: SteveOReno, I self-identify as a Moron at September 15, 2018 08:32 PM (T+Eka)

304 Olivia Munn

French Maid's outfit

Jumping into an enormous cream pie.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at September 15, 2018 08:28 PM

Sounds like something she would've done on Attack of the Show

**checks yootoob**

Yep, Attack of the Show

Posted by: Hands at September 15, 2018 08:32 PM (786Ro)

305 Olivia Wilde looks mannish now. She was smoking hot in The Black Donnelleys. A underrated show that was cancelled.

Posted by: Niki Haley at September 15, 2018 08:31 PM (SNXkD)

She was super-hot in Cowboys and Aliens, which was a fun movie.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at September 15, 2018 08:32 PM (RU6DO)

306

Lawnmower parents

https://www.weareteachers.com/lawnmower-parents/

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 15, 2018 08:32 PM (IqV8l)

307 Diaz's dad in "There's Something About Mary" and voiced Shadowman in The
Princess and the Frog (very underrated Disney movie IMO). I think he
mostly does stage work.
Posted by: Hoplite Housewife at September 15, 2018 08:30 PM (SORXN)

He played the short time brother in "Platoon" if I remember right.

Solid actor.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at September 15, 2018 08:33 PM (EoRCO)

308 His show could never be made today because

...Eddie Murphy already did it.

Posted by: t-bird at September 15, 2018 08:33 PM (dVAq+)

309 Olivia Wilde and Kira Knightly both have a serious case of man-jaw.
Would still hit though.

Posted by: Prince Ludwig the Deplorable at September 15, 2018 08:34 PM (xEuHL)

310
Happy Birthday, Tommy Lee Jones, 72 today.
FU, Oliver Stone, 72 today.

Posted by: Hands at September 15, 2018 08:34 PM (786Ro)

311 He was the stepfather in "Something About Mary".

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at September 15, 2018 08:28 PM

He was also in Pitch Black.

Posted by: otho at September 15, 2018 08:34 PM (LkFnL)

312 Tommy Lee Jones, 72 today

Despite his politics, one of my favorite actors.

Posted by: pep at September 15, 2018 08:35 PM (T6t7i)

313 She was super-hot in Cowboys and Aliens, which was a fun movie.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at September 15, 2018 08:32 PM (RU6DO)
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I thought I was the only one who liked that movie!

Tho for James Bond in leather chaps.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at September 15, 2018 08:35 PM (kQs4Y)

314 I watched Mr. Rodgers growing up.
I liked the idea of the 'land of make believe'. I pretty much prefer it, even today, to the really real world.

Haven't seen the documentary, though I'd heard of it.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at September 15, 2018 08:36 PM (xJa6I)

315 Gotta go. I got brisket,

Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living at September 15, 2018 08:36 PM (3DZIZ)

316 'Won't You Be My Neighbor?'

Hell no go away neighbors suck.

Posted by: freaked at September 15, 2018 08:37 PM (UdKB7)

317 David Keith has the best villain Disney song.

https://youtu.be/yZAY-78zhmw

Posted by: BourbonChicken at September 15, 2018 08:37 PM (rnAwa)

318 Olivia Wilde and Kira Knightly both have a serious case of man-jaw.

As does Daisy Ridley (Rey). Still quite a thermal excursion.

Posted by: pep at September 15, 2018 08:37 PM (T6t7i)

319 Shelley Duvall is dead?"

Nah, only her career. Unless a call goes out for someone who could pass for Nancy the Salt Sucker on a good day.

Last I heard, she had some serious, serious mental problems.

Posted by: tu3031 at September 15, 2018 08:37 PM (jDF8P)

320 ...50 yard game winners, but Darth Saban can't get one?

You'd never show the NFL scouts anything. 120 extra points a season and ONCE in your entire career do you get a meaningful field goal attempt, and it decides a national championship. In other words, your life.

Nah, I'd pass if I were a good kicker.

Posted by: t-bird at September 15, 2018 08:37 PM (oTMWb)

321 Mr. Ludwig's Neighborhood will have Blackjack and hookers.

Posted by: Prince Ludwig the Deplorable at September 15, 2018 08:38 PM (xEuHL)

322 I get Olivia Wilde and Olivia Munn mixed up all the time.

Complicates my fapping not at all.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at September 15, 2018 08:38 PM (xJa6I)

323 Fred Phelps picketed his funeral, asserting that he was in Hell, preaching grotesque sermons to that effect. That was one of the early signs there was something wrong with him.

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at September 15, 2018 08:38 PM (/qEW2)

324 I don't know if the movie thread is also an open thread like the chess thread is, but I just watched this new Pat Condell video at Instapundit.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9T4dGAxtO0

It's about 10 minutes long but worth watching the whole thing. It seems that the British people who voted for Brexit are being treated exactly the same as Trump voters in America: openly derided by the intelligentsia and the media as ignorant bigoted haters whose opinions shouldn't be counted.

The parallels are quite striking. I guess it's the same globalist elite, after all.

Posted by: rickl at September 15, 2018 08:39 PM (sdi6R)

325 Currently watching a documentary on Go on Netflix.

Still sorta thinking I'm not going to watch any more Marvel movies and just let Infinity War be the end.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at September 15, 2018 08:39 PM (xJa6I)

326 Posted by: Grump928(C) Native Texan and Alabama Alumn, Twice as Smug as You at September 15, 2018 08:15 PM (yQpMk)

Satan does not deserve a good kicker.

Posted by: clutch at September 15, 2018 08:39 PM (kiSdp)

327 I was raised on Officer Joe Bolton & the 3 Stooges. Mr Rogers? Feh

Posted by: BluesFish at September 15, 2018 08:40 PM (WQZ1O)

328 know why Estevez used that name?

he felt "Emelio Sheen" sounded too much like an hispanic hair-care product!

Posted by: Gooshy at September 15, 2018 08:40 PM (1pHfP)

329 I heard a story once that his car was stolen out of his driveway in suburban Pittsburgh. It made the local news, and a couple days later it reappeared with an anonymous note of apology from the thief.
Posted by: rickl at September 15, 2018 08:13 PM (sdi6R)

I remember hearing that as well.

I quickly outgrew the kiddie shows. The only thing I liked about Mr. Rogers was the train.

And I'm still mad at my sister that I missed the Tholian web episode of Star Trek because my sister wanted to watch Sesame Street.

Posted by: WOPR - Nationalist at September 15, 2018 08:40 PM (J70i0)

330 312 Tommy Lee Jones, 72 today

Despite his politics, one of my favorite actors.
Posted by: pep at September 15, 2018 08:35 PM (T6t7i)

--Anyone who was Al Gore's college roommate deserves some slack.

Posted by: logprof at September 15, 2018 08:40 PM (e7oj4)

331 Olivia Hussey's young boobehs made me a Shakespeare fan.

I'm surprised that movie hasn't been scrubbed from the face of the Earth, given Hussey was 15 when she played Juliet.

I saw it in the 8th or 9th grade, so I'm sure I'll never be a Supreme Court justice.

Posted by: mikeski at September 15, 2018 08:41 PM (P1f+c)

332 Olivia Wilde and Kira Knightly both have a serious case of man-jaw.
Would still hit though.
Posted by: Prince Ludwig the Deplorable at September 15, 2018 08:34 PM (xEuHL)

If what Kira Knightly has is a man-jaw I might not mind being gay. But, have you ever noticed her smile? Really weird.

Posted by: Anonymous White Male at September 15, 2018 08:41 PM (9BLnV)

333 But, have you ever noticed her smile? Really weird.

Posted by: Anonymous White Male at September 15, 2018 08:41 PM (9BLnV)

That's because she's got 347 teeth.

Still a very good looking girl. No chest, though.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at September 15, 2018 08:42 PM (RU6DO)

334 317
David Keith has the best villain Disney song.

I see your villain, and raise you the best Disney song of all time.https://tinyurl.com/ycycbppt

Posted by: pep at September 15, 2018 08:43 PM (T6t7i)

335
Last I heard, she had some serious, serious mental problems.

Posted by: tu3031 at September 15, 2018 08:37 PM (jDF8P)

--Probably not as bad as Margot Kidder, though.

Posted by: logprof at September 15, 2018 08:43 PM (e7oj4)

336 he felt "Emelio Sheen" sounded too much like an hispanic hair-care product

Can you imagine "Carlos Sheen"? That would have been worth an SNL skit.

Posted by: t-bird at September 15, 2018 08:43 PM (TQyCa)

337
Shelley went mad?

They should make a bio-pic about her. Starring Diane Chambers as Shelley Duvall.

Posted by: Soothsayer SLX Pro Series II Platinum Turbo at September 15, 2018 08:44 PM (QuTMi)

338 Still sorta thinking I'm not going to watch any more Marvel movies and just let Infinity War be the end.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at September 15, 2018 08:39 PM (xJa6I)

I think a lot of people are going to call it quits after the conclusion of Avengers 4. All things come to an end and I think we're at peak comic book movie.

Posted by: WOPR - Nationalist at September 15, 2018 08:45 PM (J70i0)

339 Soupy Sales kicked both their asses.

Posted by: Richard McEnroe at September 15, 2018 08:46 PM (R1c/N)

340 Can you imagine "Carlos Sheen"? That would have been worth an SNL skit.
Posted by: t-bird

La sangra del tigre

Posted by: Prince Ludwig the Deplorable at September 15, 2018 08:46 PM (xEuHL)

341 The parallels are quite striking. I guess it's the same globalist elite, after all.
Posted by: rickl at September 15, 2018 08:39 PM (sdi6R)

--That's why ethnic homogeneity is a plus.

Viktor Orban is seen as a hero by his people, no pushback except for outsiders like Shithead Soros.

European peeps, time to stop Nice.

Posted by: logprof at September 15, 2018 08:46 PM (e7oj4)

342 lol. "Tonight, Carlos Sheen in....
TAQUITO OF DOOM!!"

Posted by: Gooshy at September 15, 2018 08:46 PM (1pHfP)

343 62 I never watched any of those shows. Were they not on during the late 50s and early 60s. I know my family didn't tv'd up as early as some.
Posted by: Northernlurker, but call me Teem at September 15, 2018 07:33 PM (nBr1j)

We watched Disney's Wonderful World of Color in B&W for several years.

Posted by: Iron Mike Golf at September 15, 2018 08:47 PM (di1hb)

344 Woo hoo!!!!

TD TCU!!!

Posted by: logprof at September 15, 2018 08:47 PM (e7oj4)

345 Each day I'm more convinced leftists such as micheel moore are Agitators and Provocateurs like islamist imams.

Michael Moore is trying to remain relevant.

It's tough going through life fat, drunk, and stupid.

Posted by: ALH at September 15, 2018 08:47 PM (6Zmow)

346 338 Still sorta thinking I'm not going to watch any more Marvel movies and just let Infinity War be the end.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at September 15, 2018 08:39 PM (xJa6I)

I think a lot of people are going to call it quits after the conclusion of Avengers 4. All things come to an end and I think we're at peak comic book movie.
Posted by: WOPR - Nationalist at September 15, 2018 08:45 PM (J70i0)

Jah, nothing to base that on for me.
But I'm feeling a turn in the Marvel movies. SJW-ism is bubbling. And if they use time travel to 'undo' Thanos's snap, I'll lose it.

I'd be pleased to be wrong, though.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at September 15, 2018 08:47 PM (xJa6I)

347 Speaking of Esteveses and Sheens, one of my favorite lines from any MST was from Werewolf, where Joe Estevez is yelling about something, and Mike Nelson says in a mystified voice, "He looks like Winnie the Pooh!"

Because he totally. Before being absent from the rest of the movie.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gentleman Moron at September 15, 2018 08:48 PM (ISGB5)

348 341. Visegrad Group, ftw!

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, GECSPLAN, SMR and Ancient Slavonaut Newsletters at September 15, 2018 08:48 PM (fA1SL)

349 Great Quotes From Jack Handy:

"I think one story that has to be almost universal, one that has recurred in ancient times in every culture, all across the earth, has got to be the Story of Popeye."

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 15, 2018 08:48 PM (V2Yro)

350 And he played the looney supervisor in Men At Work, a highly underrated comedy starring Charlie Sheen and Emilio Estavez.

Posted by: Prince Ludwig

" NO COPS !

I HATE COPS ! "

Posted by: JT at September 15, 2018 08:48 PM (XSPsI)

351 If I were Queen of the World, I am not sure I would allow an actor to be called Keith David when there is already one called David Keith.

Well, okay, when I'm a young queen, I would allow it.
But when the mind starts to go,........nope.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at September 15, 2018 08:49 PM (0jtPF)

352 Shelley went mad?

She thinks Robin Williams isn't dead he's a shape shifter, that the Sheriff of Nottingham is stalking her, and that she has a disc implanted in her.
So...yeah.

Posted by: tu3031 at September 15, 2018 08:49 PM (jDF8P)

353 Incorrect.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at September 15, 2018 08:08 PM (RU6D

The Chicago Manual of Style says otherwise.

Posted by: KGB at September 15, 2018 08:50 PM (dJOVY)

354 Fred Rogers was a decent man in an era when decency was in rapidly waning supply. I miss the days when that was more the norm than the exception.

Who am I kidding. I NEVER lived in those days, did I?

Posted by: Brother Cavil, this space for rent! Call 1-800-MORON-AD for details! at September 15, 2018 08:50 PM (lLeln)

355 348 341. Visegrad Group, ftw!
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, GECSPLAN, SMR and Ancient Slavonaut Newsletters at September 15, 2018 08:48 PM (fA1SL)

--Austria and Slovenia need to apply.

Posted by: logprof at September 15, 2018 08:50 PM (e7oj4)

356 Last I heard, she had some serious, serious mental problems.

Posted by: tu3031 at September 15, 2018 08:37 PM

That might me my doing

Posted by: Zombie Stanley Kubrick at September 15, 2018 08:50 PM (786Ro)

357 355. At that point, isn't it pretty much the Austro-Hungarian Empire?

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, GECSPLAN, SMR and Ancient Slavonaut Newsletters at September 15, 2018 08:51 PM (fA1SL)

358 " NO COPS !

I HATE COPS ! "
Posted by: JT

"RENT-A-COPS
I HATE RENT-A-COPS TOO!"

Posted by: Prince Ludwig the Deplorable at September 15, 2018 08:51 PM (xEuHL)

359 Do modern toddlers react in the same way to Mr Rogers?
Will they sit and watch it?

There are so many things kids can watch nowadays Mr R is probably pretty far down the list. Back then though there weren't that many choices.

Posted by: freaked at September 15, 2018 08:51 PM (UdKB7)

360 344 Woo hoo!!!!

TD TCU!!!
Posted by: logprof at September 15, 2018 08:47 PM (e7oj4)
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Ribbet!

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at September 15, 2018 08:52 PM (0jtPF)

361 And he played the looney supervisor in Men At Work, a highly underrated comedy starring Charlie Sheen and Emilio Estavez.

Posted by: Prince Ludwig

" NO COPS !

I HATE COPS ! "
Posted by: JT at September 15, 2018 08:48 PM (XSPsI)

You never touch another man's fries.

BTW, that film is on Amazon Prime.

Posted by: WOPR - Nationalist at September 15, 2018 08:52 PM (J70i0)

362 what was that pop and son Sheen movie set in an Army stockade?

Posted by: Gooshy at September 15, 2018 08:52 PM (1pHfP)

363 The Chicago Manual of Style says otherwise.
Posted by: KGB at September 15, 2018 08:50 PM (dJOVY)

--I still Ms. Turabian's book from my college days.

Posted by: logprof at September 15, 2018 08:52 PM (e7oj4)

364 Not sure but Shelley Duvall's first movie may have been-

"Brewster McCloud"

It's the first movie Robert Altman made after MASH about a guy who wants to fly away from everything. And builds a giant bird wing gizmo that he tests in the Astrodome. (If I'm remembering correctly.

Very much a movie of its time. Strange comedy.

Fun though.

but, a YUGE commercial disappointment.

So, you may never get the chance to see it.

Check it out if you can.

Posted by: naturalfake at September 15, 2018 08:53 PM (CRRq9)

365 I grew up in South Louisiana.

Polycarp was the kid show dude.

Posted by: Lancelot Link Secret Agent Chimp at September 15, 2018 08:53 PM (2DOZq)

366 At that point, isn't it pretty much the Austro-Hungarian Empire?
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, GECSPLAN, SMR and Ancient Slavonaut Newsletters at September 15, 2018 08:51 PM (fA1SL)

Yes, but more ethnically homogeneous.

Posted by: WOPR - Nationalist at September 15, 2018 08:54 PM (J70i0)

367
The Chicago Manual of Style says otherwise.

Posted by: KGB at September 15, 2018 08:50 PM (dJOVY)

Dictionaries and grammar books have tons of mistakes and erroneous information in them.

It's "Rogers'".

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at September 15, 2018 08:54 PM (RU6DO)

368 Pronounced pole-ly carp.

Posted by: Lancelot Link Secret Agent Chimp at September 15, 2018 08:54 PM (2DOZq)

369 Gary Paterson is a damn good coach. I don't care if he does advertise on Craig's List looking for missed connections with furries.

Posted by: Niki Haley at September 15, 2018 08:55 PM (3zt5o)

370 Soupy Sales kicked both their asses.
----------

Diane Chambers and Shelley Duval?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 15, 2018 08:55 PM (YgbOr)

371 366. It would be glorious. Can ya imagine the REMOVE that bloc could accomplish?

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, GECSPLAN, SMR and Ancient Slavonaut Newsletters at September 15, 2018 08:55 PM (fA1SL)

372 357 355. At that point, isn't it pretty much the Austro-Hungarian Empire?
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, GECSPLAN, SMR and Ancient Slavonaut Newsletters at September 15, 2018 08:51 PM (fA1SL)

--Except with an outlet on the Baltic Sea.

Kurtz and Orban would be a kick-ass duo.

Posted by: logprof at September 15, 2018 08:55 PM (e7oj4)

373 369. Kanal-zek, is he?

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, GECSPLAN, SMR and Ancient Slavonaut Newsletters at September 15, 2018 08:55 PM (fA1SL)

374 And I'm still mad at my sister that I missed the Tholian web episode of Star Trek because my sister wanted to watch Sesame Street.
Posted by: WOPR - Nationalist at September 15, 2018 08:40 PM (J70i0)
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Some wounds never really heal, do they?

I remember being deliciously freaked out by "Tholian Web" as a kid, with Kirk winking in and out of their dimension. As an adult I appreciated how the pressure of finding Kirk was causing friction between McCoy and Spock, who didn't have him around to mediate their squabbles.

Did you ever see the Mirror Universe episode in "ST: Enterprise"? A Tholian was in the clutches of the good doctor, who was a torture artist.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at September 15, 2018 08:56 PM (kQs4Y)

375 Anyone who was Al Gore's college roommate deserves some slack.
Posted by: logprof at September 15, 2018 08:40 PM

Anyone who was Algore's roommate and didn't beat him within an inch of his sorry life deserves no slack.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 15, 2018 08:57 PM (LvUOD)

376 I've noticed a trend so far this season, the refs are calling defensive pass interference much more aggressively, which was a move that was long overdue.

That LSU at Auburn game was one of the best officiating games in a long time.

Posted by: Niki Haley at September 15, 2018 08:57 PM (3zt5o)

377 Did you ever see the Mirror Universe episode in "ST: Enterprise"? A Tholian was in the clutches of the good doctor, who was a torture artist.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage

Inventor of the agonizer, he was.

Posted by: Prince Ludwig the Deplorable at September 15, 2018 08:58 PM (xEuHL)

378 Posted by: logprof at September 15, 2018 08:55 PM (e7oj4)

Wait, who in that group has access to the Baltic Sea?

Posted by: clutch at September 15, 2018 08:59 PM (kiSdp)

379 It would be glorious. Can ya imagine the REMOVE that bloc could accomplish?
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, GECSPLAN, SMR and Ancient Slavonaut Newsletters at September 15, 2018 08:55 PM (fA1SL)

They would be far more dynamic than the collapsing EU countries. It would be interesting to watch. Of course having the new AH empire freeing Germany from the Muslim scourge would be glorious.

Posted by: WOPR - Nationalist at September 15, 2018 08:59 PM (J70i0)

380 374 And I'm still mad at my sister that I missed the Tholian web episode of Star Trek because my sister wanted to watch Sesame Street.
Posted by: WOPR - Nationalist at September 15, 2018 08:40 PM (J70i0)
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Some wounds never really heal, do they?

I remember being deliciously freaked out by "Tholian Web" as a kid, with Kirk winking in and out of their dimension. As an adult I appreciated how the pressure of finding Kirk was causing friction between McCoy and Spock, who didn't have him around to mediate their squabbles.

Did you ever see the Mirror Universe episode in "ST: Enterprise"? A Tholian was in the clutches of the good doctor, who was a torture artist.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at September 15, 2018 08:56 PM (kQs4Y)

Did not see and ST: Enterprise, so I gotta ask...

Did the Good Dr rend their flesh like garments while totally not OD'ed on wackadoodle meds?

Posted by: Iron Mike Golf at September 15, 2018 09:00 PM (di1hb)

381 "The Life and Time of Judge Roy Bean", really enjoyed it years ago. Today, Rodan is more enjoyable.

Posted by: Braenyard at September 15, 2018 09:00 PM (c4059)

382 378 Posted by: logprof at September 15, 2018 08:55 PM (e7oj4)

Wait, who in that group has access to the Baltic Sea?
Posted by: clutch at September 15, 2018 08:59 PM (kiSdp)

--Poland.

Danzig.

Posted by: logprof at September 15, 2018 09:00 PM (e7oj4)

383 338 Still sorta thinking I'm not going to watch any more Marvel movies and just let Infinity War be the end.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at September 15, 2018 08:39 PM (xJa6I)

I think a lot of people are going to call it quits after the conclusion of Avengers 4. All things come to an end and I think we're at peak comic book movie.

Posted by: WOPR - Nationalist at September 15, 2018 08:45 PM (J70i0)

The Marvel movies prove that "Star Wars Fatigue" being why Solo flopped was a bunch of bullshit. If anything we should have seen "Marvel Fatigue" by Captain America Civil War or sooner. Of course if Disney decides to go down the SJW route with Marvel like they have Star Wars they will see that cash cow crash and burn too.

Oh and watched the DC animated movie "The Death of Superman." Infinitely better than Batman vs. Superman. Better action, and more emotion in animated characters than Zack Snyder could ever hope to pull out of real people.

Posted by: buzzion at September 15, 2018 09:00 PM (cAnNx)

384

Posted by: Kindltot at September 15, 2018 09:01 PM (2K6fY)

385 Of course having the new AH empire freeing Germany from the Muslim scourge would be glorious.

pfffft.

Posted by: Jan Sobieski at September 15, 2018 09:01 PM (T6t7i)

386 Did the Good Dr rend their flesh like garments while totally not OD'ed on wackadoodle meds?
Posted by: Iron Mike Golf at September 15, 2018 09:00 PM (di1hb)
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Yes, and with a smile.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at September 15, 2018 09:01 PM (kQs4Y)

387 --That's why ethnic homogeneity is a plus.

Viktor Orban is seen as a hero by his people, no pushback except for outsiders like Shithead Soros.

European peeps, time to stop Nice.
Posted by: logprof at September 15, 2018 08:46 PM (e7oj4)

There was a podcast by Steyn about a conversation Abdul Rahman Tunku (first prime minister of Malaysia) had with his friend, the Australian prime minister. The Australian prime minister was agonizing over multiculturalism in Australia and how to increase it. Tunku said something to the effect that it can't ever work. We have it in Malaysia and it's a curse. Why would you ever want to introduce it into your land?

I think he's right. Leftist white people who crave exotic experiences should move to exotic lands. They should not attempt to bring shit cultures here and game the system to allow them to predominate.

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at September 15, 2018 09:01 PM (/qEW2)

388 Did you ever see the Mirror Universe episode in "ST: Enterprise"? A Tholian was in the clutches of the good doctor, who was a torture artist.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at September 15, 2018 08:56 PM (kQs4Y)

Yes. That was when Enterprise was actually churning out some good episodes that matched the premise of the series. A prequel was still the wrong choice though.

Posted by: WOPR - Nationalist at September 15, 2018 09:01 PM (J70i0)

389 379. Heh. Poland has no intention of 'liberating' Fritz. No, something else entirely.
'Germany, you will pay for your crimes./ Prepare for Slavic sword! '

https://youtu.be/NxdDHu30SSg

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, GECSPLAN, SMR and Ancient Slavonaut Newsletters at September 15, 2018 09:01 PM (fA1SL)

390 Danzig.

Gdansk.

Posted by: JT at September 15, 2018 09:03 PM (XSPsI)

391 Movie thread! A little Hollywood glamour in the mundane HQ.

(Yeah, I'm totally sucking up because I'm late).

No. 1 Son told me the Mister Rogers doc is good. I'll take his word for it. Fred always gave me the creeps.

I'm surprised to see that it began its run in 1968. I was eight then, and the show had the mothballs odor of something that had been bad since the fifties.

Captain Kangaroo was hipper.

And now I'm not casting aspersions, I've never heard of any allegations against him nor whiff of a rumor, but Mister Rogers is the guy I'm Most Surprised Wasn't a Pedo.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at September 15, 2018 09:03 PM (fuK7c)

392 Sorry, but the correct use of the apostrophe is <Mr. Rogers's Neighborhood>. Mr. Rogers is a singular noun, so you form the singular possessive by adding <'s>. Adding just an apostrophe would be correct if one were forming the plural possessive. Example: <Mr. and Mrs. Rogers' garage>.
Straight out of Strunk and White.

Posted by: MEO at September 15, 2018 09:03 PM (kKL2m)

393 Star Trek is better today than it was then.
DesiLu was promoting America and its values to the hilt.

Posted by: Braenyard at September 15, 2018 09:04 PM (c4059)

394 OT but Kerry is my most hated politician. The competition is stiff but he wins in a landslide.

Posted by: Lancelot Link Secret Agent Chimp at September 15, 2018 09:04 PM (2DOZq)

395 In the 50s, we had 3D Danny in OKC. Cheesy sci-fi sets.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at September 15, 2018 09:05 PM (Lqy/e)

396 Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at September 15, 2018 09:01 PM (/qEW2)

--He was correct. I think it was the PM of Singapore, though, not Malaysia.

Posted by: logprof at September 15, 2018 09:05 PM (e7oj4)

397 Annnndd, the surname possessive wars have begun.

Posted by: Hands at September 15, 2018 09:06 PM (786Ro)

398 Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, GECSPLAN, SMR and Ancient Slavonaut Newsletters at September 15, 2018 09:01 PM

That was disturbingly awesome.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 15, 2018 09:06 PM (LvUOD)

399
And if they use time travel to 'undo' Thanos's snap, I'll lose it.

I'd be pleased to be wrong, though.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at September 15, 2018 08:47 PM (xJa6I)

Naw, they pretty much telegraphed it. Virtually certain to use the Be-Kind-Rewind Stone from Dr Strange to bring everyone back.

Which would be a totally chickenshit move. If you're going to be a total fucking asshole and make the villain win via the single largest genocide in intergalactic history (not to mention, killing off virtually all of your hero characters), then don't puss out and have a do-over. Own that shit.

Yeah, a fucking HATE Infinity War. Awful film, on multiple levels.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at September 15, 2018 09:06 PM (eXA4G)

400 390 Danzig.

Gdansk.
Posted by: JT at September 15, 2018 09:03 PM (XSPsI)

You didn't build that!!!

Posted by: Prussia at September 15, 2018 09:06 PM (e7oj4)

401 OT but Kerry is my most hated politician. The competition is stiff but he wins in a landslide.

Posted by: Lancelot Link

Technically, is he still a politician ?

When was the last time he ran for office ?

Not disputing that he's a butthead.

Posted by: JT at September 15, 2018 09:07 PM (XSPsI)

402
A Pole has a gun with two bullets and is in a dark alley with a German and a Russian. Who does he shoot first?

The German. Twice.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 15, 2018 09:07 PM (LsBY9)

403 --He was correct. I think it was the PM of Singapore, though, not Malaysia.

Mr. Rogers ?

Posted by: JT at September 15, 2018 09:08 PM (XSPsI)

404 In West Texas, every afternoon we had Admiral Foghorn. If it was your birthday, you go on the boat and ring the bell. How cool.

Other than that it's all Warner Bros cartoons and Three Stooges for me.

Also, Shelly Duval was badly miscast in The Shining.

Posted by: Blutarski at September 15, 2018 09:08 PM (+Tibp)

405 Adding just an apostrophe would be correct if one were forming the plural possessive. Example: .

Bite me, Strunk, that's Mr and Mrs Rogers's's garage!

Posted by: t-bird at September 15, 2018 09:08 PM (n/eZB)

406 Posted by: JT at September 15, 2018 09:07 PM (XSPsI)

That's the only job he's ever had so yeah I'd say he is a politician.

Posted by: Lancelot Link Secret Agent Chimp at September 15, 2018 09:08 PM (2DOZq)

407 LMAO, the play card behind Peterson had a Cards (stickball, not pigskin) player and the Alamo.

Although it's a symptom of the dumbing down of college ball, it still cracvks me up.

Posted by: logprof at September 15, 2018 09:08 PM (e7oj4)

408 379. Heh. Poland has no intention of 'liberating' Fritz. No, something else entirely.

'Germany, you will pay for your crimes./ Prepare for Slavic sword! '

Notice who figures prominently as Poland's friend. Hint: it ain't Obama.

Posted by: pep at September 15, 2018 09:09 PM (T6t7i)

409 Also, Shelly Duval was badly miscast in The Shining.
Posted by: Blutarski at September 15, 2018 09:08 PM

Seriously. Wendy was supposed to be an attractive blonde. Shelley Duval?! WTAF?!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 15, 2018 09:09 PM (LvUOD)

410 The Marvel movies prove that "Star Wars Fatigue" being why Solo flopped was a bunch of bullshit. If anything we should have seen "Marvel Fatigue" by Captain America Civil War or sooner. Of course if Disney decides to go down the SJW route with Marvel like they have Star Wars they will see that cash cow crash and burn too.

Posted by: buzzion at September 15, 2018 09:00 PM (cAnNx)

Hard to get fatigued when you've only had four films. Marvel has been on a run for a decade. Very few trends last much longer than that. Especially when you consider the number of films and that the main actors (Evans, Hemsworth, Downey due to age) are done, it's going to start to decline.

Posted by: WOPR - Nationalist at September 15, 2018 09:10 PM (J70i0)

411
Which would be a totally chickenshit move. If you're going to be a total fucking asshole and make the villain win via the single largest genocide in intergalactic history (not to mention, killing off virtually all of your hero characters), then don't puss out and have a do-over. Own that shit.

Welcome to comics. Where the only people that stay dead are Bruce Wayne's parents, Superman's Parents, ~~Bucky~~ and ~~Gwen Stacy.~~

Posted by: buzzion at September 15, 2018 09:10 PM (cAnNx)

412 Also, Shelly Duval was badly miscast in The Shining.

What was Duval ever properly cast in?

Posted by: bear with assymetrical balls at September 15, 2018 09:10 PM (H5knJ)

413 TCU is playing great defense against OSU.

Posted by: logprof at September 15, 2018 09:10 PM (e7oj4)

414 Technically, is he still a politician ?

He hasn't been sentenced yet, so yes.

Posted by: t-bird at September 15, 2018 09:10 PM (8ruUE)

415 What was Duval ever properly cast in?
Posted by: bear with assymetrical balls at September 15, 2018 09:10 PM

Popeye.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 15, 2018 09:11 PM (LvUOD)

416 "
I quickly outgrew the kiddie shows. The only thing I liked about Mr. Rogers was the train."

I remember my Dad saying something about Lady Aberlin and a train but I was too young to understand.

Posted by: ogmrobvious at September 15, 2018 09:11 PM (TZhVH)

417 Technically, is he still a politician ?

He hasn't been sentenced yet, so yes.

Posted by: t-bird

LOL

Posted by: JT at September 15, 2018 09:11 PM (XSPsI)

418 Oh and Ben Parker stays dead. Forgot about him.

Posted by: buzzion at September 15, 2018 09:11 PM (cAnNx)

419 In the 50s, we had 3D Danny in OKC. Cheesy sci-fi sets.
Posted by: Notsothoreau

And Foreman Scotty. And Count Gregore.

Posted by: Blutarski at September 15, 2018 09:11 PM (+Tibp)

420 398. Kelthuz specializes in such music. Here - Start Up the Rotors, his tribute to Pinochet.

https://youtu.be/w4MxFm6eZS8

He also did 'Physical Removal,' but YT won't allow sharing. It's on the Radio Zelaza vid list, tho. Worth a watch.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, GECSPLAN, SMR and Ancient Slavonaut Newsletters at September 15, 2018 09:12 PM (fA1SL)

421 390 Danzig.

Gdansk.
Posted by: JT at September 15, 2018 09:03 PM (XSPsI)

Gesundheit.

Posted by: rickl at September 15, 2018 09:12 PM (sdi6R)

422 I used to love watching Sheri Lewis. Suddenly she was off the air.

Now I could be wrong about this, fifty year old memories and all, but as I remember, she went off to England because abortion was not legal here at the time. Might have been just innuendo, but I recall it vividly because I had not ever heard of abortion prior to that. It was considered unacceptable and her show disappeared.

Posted by: cfo mom at September 15, 2018 09:12 PM (RfzVr)

423 Ole Miss scored on the very first play from scrimmage and that's been it for them. 49-7 Bama at the turn.

Posted by: Grump928(C) Native Texan and Alabama Alumn, Twice as Smug as You at September 15, 2018 09:12 PM (yQpMk)

424 Popeye was a stinking pile of excrement beloved by no one ever. No one was well cast in it.

Posted by: bear with assymetrical balls at September 15, 2018 09:12 PM (H5knJ)

425 At a book signing in Denver in the mid-90s, that was supposed to go from 6:00 to 8:00, at about 9:30 I was the very last person in line to have my book signed by Mr. Rogers. I said to him, I'm paraphrasing, you're very patient to have stayed here so long, signing books. He said, paraphrasing again, It's worth it to meet good neighbors such as you.

Anyone who doesn't like Mr. Rogers, I don't like you. You're probably not a good neighbor. Not very "Mr. Rogers" of me to assume, but I'm a bed person. Made better by the influence of good people.

Posted by: The Inexplicable Dr. Julius Strangepork at September 15, 2018 09:13 PM (1VWY5)

426 Gdansk.
Posted by: JT at September 15, 2018 09:03 PM (XSPsI)

Gesundheit.

Posted by: rickl

lol ya got me.

Posted by: JT at September 15, 2018 09:14 PM (XSPsI)

427 420 398. Kelthuz specializes in such music. Here - Start Up the Rotors, his tribute to Pinochet.

https://youtu.be/w4MxFm6eZS8

He also did 'Physical Removal,' but YT won't allow sharing. It's on the Radio Zelaza vid list, tho. Worth a watch.
Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, GECSPLAN, SMR and Ancient Slavonaut Newsletters at September 15, 2018 09:12 PM (fA1SL)

--The first time I watched "Physical Removal," I think I got a woody.

Posted by: logprof at September 15, 2018 09:14 PM (e7oj4)

428 Popeye was a stinking pile of excrement beloved by no one ever. No one was well cast in it.

Popeye was supposed to be the breakout role for Robin Williams so that we could all see that he really could act.

Well, he really could. But Popeye did not prove it.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at September 15, 2018 09:14 PM (fuK7c)

429 Spinach became the strength food because someone moved a decimal point on the amount of iron (?) it had in it.

Posted by: Lancelot Link Secret Agent Chimp at September 15, 2018 09:14 PM (2DOZq)

430 Popeye was a stinking pile of excrement beloved by no one ever. No one was well cast in it.
Posted by: bear with assymetrical balls at September 15, 2018 09:12 PM

True, re the movie. But I think the only one who could have been Olive Oyl was D uval. And I don't mean that as a compliment.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 15, 2018 09:15 PM (LvUOD)

431 429
Spinach became the strength food because someone moved a decimal point on the amount of iron (?) it had in it.

It is also indisputably the best of the leafy greens. Kale can suck it.

Posted by: pep at September 15, 2018 09:15 PM (T6t7i)

432 427. Right-Libertarian EDM has been known to have this effect.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, GECSPLAN, SMR and Ancient Slavonaut Newsletters at September 15, 2018 09:15 PM (fA1SL)

433 I still think Infinity War winds up being Marvel's version of DC's Flashpoint.

Yes, they get to rewind or recreate but they can't do everything the same as it was,

that probably eliminates Evans, Hemsworth, and Downey.

And if Marvel is bold (or stupid) enough, they can introduce their replacements at the same time.

Posted by: naturalfake at September 15, 2018 09:16 PM (CRRq9)

434
A Pole has a gun with two bullets and is in a dark alley with a German and a Russian. Who does he shoot first?

The German. Twice.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 15, 2018 09:07 PM (LsBY9)

If it was a Finn, he'd shoot both of them in the kneecaps and then pull his puukko....

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at September 15, 2018 09:16 PM (eXA4G)

435 416
"

I quickly outgrew the kiddie shows. The only thing I liked about Mr. Rogers was the train."

I remember my Dad saying something about Lady Aberlin and a train but I was too young to understand.

Posted by: ogmrobvious at September 15, 2018 09:11 PM (TZhVH)

Ok, I LOLed.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at September 15, 2018 09:16 PM (E1IuB)

436
I used to love watching Sheri Lewis. Suddenly she was off the air.

A senator revealed a letter from an anonymous puppet saying she locked him in a room.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 15, 2018 09:16 PM (LsBY9)

437 Sabaton: Winged Hussars
https://youtu.be/9mGPnud_IjE

Posted by: Prince Ludwig the Deplorable at September 15, 2018 09:17 PM (xEuHL)

438
I was reading up on the apostrophe with singular nouns ending in 's'.

The style guides vary. Some will demand "Rogers's", even "Socrates's" with no exceptions allowed, and some go with what sounds like the best.

Me, I wouldn't say "Rogers-es" for the possessive. And in thinking about, I doubt I'm really consistent with those rules, it's just based on how I've always heard it, and so what sounds natural.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at September 15, 2018 09:17 PM (8O3HH)

439 The Chicago Manual of Style says otherwise.

Posted by: KGB at September 15, 2018 08:50 PM (dJOVY)

Since when have they spoken English in chicago?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 15, 2018 09:18 PM (iwUO9)

440 Since when have they spoken English in chicago?

Chicago is ground zero for the Great Lakes vowel shift, where you go to work at your jab.

They are disqualified.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at September 15, 2018 09:19 PM (fuK7c)

441 Apparently George Takei dubbed the voice of the nerdy scientist in this Rodan movie.
Oh my!!!!

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at September 15, 2018 09:19 PM (E1IuB)

442 TD TCU!!!!!!

FU Suckeyes

Posted by: logprof at September 15, 2018 09:20 PM (e7oj4)

443 Wow, 93 yards, untouched

Posted by: logprof at September 15, 2018 09:21 PM (e7oj4)

444 And if Marvel is bold (or stupid) enough, they can introduce their replacements at the same time.

Posted by: naturalfake at September 15, 2018 09:16 PM (CRRq9)

I told the wife that most of the ones that survived will be dead at the end of the next film. You can tell based on who has announced or hinted that they are done.

Posted by: WOPR - Nationalist at September 15, 2018 09:22 PM (J70i0)

445 Season 9 of Archer is finally available on Netflix.

Posted by: Northernlurker lurkier than ever at September 15, 2018 09:23 PM (nBr1j)

446 TCU ain't big but they are very quick and very fast.

Posted by: Niki Haley at September 15, 2018 09:24 PM (3zt5o)

447 Speaking of guys who will stay all day at a book signing: George Takei. He has a handler who keeps things moving, because Takei himself would stay and talk till Christ returned. He's remarkably generous with his time and congenial.

Posted by: bear with assymetrical balls at September 15, 2018 09:24 PM (H5knJ)

448 TCU ain't big but they are very quick and very fast.
Posted by: Niki Haley

Is that something you appreciate, Madame Ambassador?

Posted by: Prince Ludwig the Deplorable at September 15, 2018 09:25 PM (xEuHL)

449
SCTV did a spoof of Battle of the Network Stars with Battle of the PBS Stars. Fred Rogers (Martin Short) and Julia Child (John Candy) in a boxing match was one of the funniest bits they did

Posted by: TheQuietMan at September 15, 2018 09:25 PM (SiINZ)

450 422 It was Sherri Finkbine, a local kiddie T. V. Host in Arizona, that had an abortion -- NOT Shari Lewis. IIRC Finkbine flew overseas to England or maybe Sweden for an abortion because she had inadvertently taken thalidomide right after she got pregnant.

Posted by: Secret Square at September 15, 2018 09:25 PM (9WuX0)

451 Pfft to Mr. Rogers...
I'm a Capt Penny, Barnaby/Woodrow the Woodsman guy.
Though Sally Starr started it all for me, all those 29 years ago.

Posted by: browndog at September 15, 2018 09:25 PM (bGMOs)

452 Mr. Rogers' anaconda like ta wanda.
Yeah, that looks right.

Posted by: klaftern at September 15, 2018 09:25 PM (RuIsu)

453 Intermarium was a better idea than anyone gave credit.

Posted by: Brother Cavil, this space for rent! Call 1-800-MORON-AD for details! at September 15, 2018 09:26 PM (lLeln)

454 Posted by: logprof at September 15, 2018 09:00 PM (e7oj4)

Ah, did not realize Poland was in the good gang. Of course, Danzig is on the Baltic. Lithuanian here knows that.

Posted by: clutch at September 15, 2018 09:26 PM (kiSdp)

455 Movieque is obviously referring to Dr. Ruth (Westheimer) who was a trained sniper in Israel.
Actually, Mr, Rogers career began in radio in the early 1950s (I think). He had an unbelievable career. An extraordinary man.

Posted by: Actaully Inside the Beltway at September 15, 2018 09:27 PM (PBhOo)

456 Wow, 93 yards, untouched
Posted by: logprof at September 15, 2018 09:21 PM (e7oj4)

Which one was the Longest?

Posted by: Adam Sandler at September 15, 2018 09:27 PM (hVHEm)

457 409 Also, Shelly Duval was badly miscast in The Shining.
Posted by: Blutarski at September 15, 2018 09:08 PM

Seriously. Wendy was supposed to be an attractive blonde. Shelley Duval?! WTAF?!
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 15, 2018 09:09 PM (LvUOD)
----------------------------
I'll have to say that it was INTERESTING casting.

Movies always have a good-looking woman playing the main target of the psycho villain. Doesn't have to be a gorgeous movie-star. Could be a girl-next-door or June Cleaver type.

But they went with ....creepy.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at September 15, 2018 09:28 PM (0jtPF)

458

Can you say puppet sodomy? I knew you could!

Posted by: Dude! at September 15, 2018 09:30 PM (Kwr2y)

459 Did the thread die, or is it just sleeping?

Posted by: Surfperch at September 15, 2018 09:31 PM (hVHEm)

460 >>>Posted by: Secret Square at September 15, 2018 09:25 PM

Thank you for that. So long ago it is hard to recall the details.

Posted by: cfo mom at September 15, 2018 09:31 PM (RfzVr)

461 Did the thread die before or after the puppet sodomy? I'm not sure.

Posted by: Brother Cavil, this space for rent! Call 1-800-MORON-AD for details! at September 15, 2018 09:31 PM (lLeln)

462 Did the thread die before or after the puppet sodomy? I'm not sure.
Posted by: Brother Cavil, this space for rent! Call 1-800-MORON-AD for details! at September 15, 2018 09:31 PM (lLeln)

Maybe the Puppet Sodomy brought it back to life.

Posted by: Surfperch at September 15, 2018 09:32 PM (hVHEm)

463 Of course, Danzig is on the Baltic. Lithuanian here knows that.

On the Danzig-Gdansk thing, a few years ago I dated a Polish girl. Well, maybe a date and a half. OK, I fucked a Polish girl and it didn't go anywhere.

The point is she refused to believe that Gdansk had been a German city.

I pointed out that Guenter Grass had written the Danzig Trilogy about Danzig. They had a German post office, were subject to the German military draft, and by the way spoke German. Guy won the frickin Nobel Prize writing in German.

She didn't believe a word of it.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at September 15, 2018 09:33 PM (fuK7c)

464 Begun, the Apostrophes War has.

And I see Hands got there before me.
Darn those quick typing fingers!
*shakes molecular model of ⏣ at 397.*

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 15, 2018 09:33 PM (hyuyC)

465 I just got my 23 & Me report.

Pretty conventional, except for the Neanderthal DNA content level.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 15, 2018 09:34 PM (hyuyC)

466 >>>I'm a Capt Penny, Barnaby/Woodrow the Woodsman guy.

Oh yeah, Captain Penny (Ron Penfold). " You can fool some of the people all of the time and all of the people some of the time, but you can't fool mom." He was one of my first crushes as a four year old girl.

Posted by: cfo mom at September 15, 2018 09:34 PM (RfzVr)

467 465 I just got my 23 & Me report.

Pretty conventional, except for the Neanderthal DNA content level.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 15, 2018 09:34 PM (hyuyC)

Surprised at it being under 50%?

Posted by: buzzion at September 15, 2018 09:35 PM (cAnNx)

468 cfo mom

How are you holding up? Is the financial picture getting better?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 15, 2018 09:35 PM (hyuyC)

469 Are we allowed to say TCU or does it have to be T*U these days?

Posted by: t-bird at September 15, 2018 09:35 PM (elfAG)

470 Pretty conventional, except for the Neanderthal DNA content level.

High or low?

The only reason I want one of those tests is to find out I'm about 23% Neanderthal.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at September 15, 2018 09:35 PM (fuK7c)

471 459 Did the thread die, or is it just sleeping?
Posted by: Surfperch at September 15, 2018 09:31 PM (hVHEm)

--Whatever

Football's on.

Posted by: logprof at September 15, 2018 09:36 PM (e7oj4)

472 And Julia Child invented shark repellent for the Navy in WWII.

Believe it... or not?

Posted by: Hands at September 15, 2018 09:36 PM (786Ro)

473 Did the thread die, or is it just sleeping?

Posted by: Surfperch

Who wants a spam Sammy ?

Posted by: JT at September 15, 2018 09:36 PM (XSPsI)

474 Pretty conventional, except for the Neanderthal DNA content level.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 15, 2018 09:34 PM (hyuyC)
---
But the Homo Gigantus and alien DNA numbers were right where you thought they'd be, right?

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at September 15, 2018 09:36 PM (kQs4Y)

475 buzzion

I drag my knuckles a lot. Why do you ask?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 15, 2018 09:37 PM (hyuyC)

476 In a bulletin just handed me: five upstanding citizens arrested for looting a Dollar Store in Wilmington.

Posted by: Bravo Romeo 549 (tactical) at September 15, 2018 09:37 PM (w5+9A)

477 Which one was the Longest?
Posted by: Adam Sandler at September 15, 2018 09:27 PM (hVHEm)

--None of 'em.

OSU got totally pantsed on that play.

Posted by: logprof at September 15, 2018 09:37 PM (e7oj4)

478 five upstanding citizens arrested for looting a Dollar Store in Wilmington.

Crime Surges Under Trump!

Posted by: This...is CNN at September 15, 2018 09:38 PM (elfAG)

479 476. Dey dindu nuffin. Jes gettin dat money for dem programs.

Posted by: Your Decidedly Devious Uncle Palpatine, GECSPLAN, SMR and Ancient Slavonaut Newsletters at September 15, 2018 09:38 PM (fA1SL)

480 wow, that's a hash

Posted by: Barack Hussein Obama at September 15, 2018 09:39 PM (elfAG)

481 The weird part of my 23 and me results was that-

I'm 34% Norse god.

And 54% Piltdown man.

Posted by: naturalfake at September 15, 2018 09:39 PM (CRRq9)

482 She didn't believe a word of it.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at September 15, 2018 09:33 PM (fuK7c)

--Then there's the Koenigsburg/Kaliningrad thing. . . .

Posted by: logprof at September 15, 2018 09:39 PM (e7oj4)

483 The only reason I want one of those tests is to find out I'm about 23% Neanderthal.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at September 15, 2018 09:35 PM (fuK7c)
---
Nobody who is as obsessed by braces, French cuffs, and collar bars as you are could possibly have Neanderthal blood.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at September 15, 2018 09:39 PM (kQs4Y)

484 I'm at the 92% level greater level compared with other 23 & me customers. The really good news is my brother has more Neanderthal variants than I do.

Nothing like sibling rivalry. And I will use it at our next meeting.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 15, 2018 09:40 PM (hyuyC)

485 459 Did the thread die, or is it just sleeping?
Posted by: Surfperch at September 15, 2018 09:31 PM (hVHEm)

It's pining for the fjords.

Posted by: Insomniac at September 15, 2018 09:40 PM (NWiLs)

486 Can you say puppet sodomy? I knew you could!
Posted by: Dude! at September 15, 2018 09:30 PM

But first, you will blow me

Posted by: Spottswoode, head of TEAM AMERICA WORLD POLICE at September 15, 2018 09:40 PM (786Ro)

487 (476) What'd they make off with? Rock Paper Scissors home game?

Posted by: klaftern at September 15, 2018 09:40 PM (RuIsu)

488 Oh and Willard Scott was Bozo here inside the beltway, which was sort of creepy. And we had "Wonderama" which I think was out of NYC. I friend of mine got tickets for that and may have gotten golden bagel, cant recall.

Posted by: Actaully Inside the Beltway at September 15, 2018 09:40 PM (PBhOo)

489 I'm about 23% Neanderthal.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at September 15, 2018 09:35 PM (fuK7c)

We can confirm that without you spending$75.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 15, 2018 09:43 PM (wYseH)

490 All Hail Eris, Literate Savage

0.1% of my DNA is in one tiny part of the world. There is 0.1% that is on a most unexpected continent. This person was likely born between 1680 and 1770.

That ancestor has some explaining to do.

And All Hail Eris, I wear braces, and on formal occasions, French cuffs. Things that make you go hmmmm.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 15, 2018 09:44 PM (hyuyC)

491 How about a 23'n'me on Obama? And his kids.

Posted by: klaftern at September 15, 2018 09:45 PM (RuIsu)

492 482
--Then there's the Koenigsburg/Kaliningrad thing. . . .
Posted by: logprof at September 15, 2018 09:39 PM (e7oj4)
------------------------
Kant was a Russian!!!!!!

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at September 15, 2018 09:45 PM (0jtPF)

493 My 23 & Me had me at 26% Denisovan. Plus 6% Last Known Photo, which is disconcerting.

Posted by: Blutarski at September 15, 2018 09:45 PM (+Tibp)

494 Pick-6. 59-7.

This is just a beating now.

Posted by: Grump928(C) Native Texan and Alabama Alumn, Twice as Smug as You at September 15, 2018 09:45 PM (yQpMk)

495 Wow, the Browns may be about to release Josh Gordon (again). Is he off the wagon already???

Posted by: logprof at September 15, 2018 09:45 PM (e7oj4)

496 All Hail Eris

That should have read 99.9% of my DNA is in one tiny part of the world.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 15, 2018 09:45 PM (hyuyC)

497 0.1% of my DNA is in one tiny part of the world. There is 0.1% that is on a most unexpected continent. This person was likely born between 1680 and 1770.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 15, 2018 09:44 PM (hyuyC)

Antarctica?

Posted by: Surfperch at September 15, 2018 09:46 PM (hVHEm)

498 That should have read 99.9% of my DNA is in one tiny part of the world.

Micronesia?

Posted by: naturalfake at September 15, 2018 09:47 PM (CRRq9)

499 C'mon Frogs, tighten up!!

Posted by: logprof at September 15, 2018 09:47 PM (e7oj4)

500 Antarctica?

Posted by: Surfperch at September 15, 2018 09:46 PM (hVHEm)

He's a penguin!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 15, 2018 09:48 PM (wYseH)

501 Surfperch

Yeah! You are unbanned. That time of momentary comments that die is over.

99.9% European. 99.5% Northern European.
Sooo boring.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 15, 2018 09:48 PM (hyuyC)

502 Piconesia

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 15, 2018 09:48 PM (IqV8l)

503 LMAO *THE* Ohio State University misses a gimme figgy.

Posted by: logprof at September 15, 2018 09:49 PM (e7oj4)

504 CharlieBrown'sDildo

Helen Thomas did not go for Penguins, even the Emperor ones.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 15, 2018 09:49 PM (hyuyC)

505 DNA from Bouvet?

Posted by: klaftern at September 15, 2018 09:49 PM (RuIsu)

506 99.9% European. 99.5% Northern European.
Sooo boring.
Posted by: NaCly Dog

So, Cherokee, then?

Posted by: Sen. Warren at September 15, 2018 09:49 PM (+Tibp)

507 0.1% of my DNA is in one tiny part of the world. There is 0.1% that is on a most unexpected continent

Do you have rhythm ?

Posted by: JT at September 15, 2018 09:49 PM (XSPsI)

508 Well, I'm half Texan. That's good enough.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 15, 2018 09:50 PM (hyuyC)

509 NaCly - The financials will be OK but daunting. I'm still pretty angry, but try to not bring that to everyday life. He gave me complete control of everything and is accepting of a monthly "allowance". Some "luxuries" have been given up - but I believe I can dig us out of this in 3 1/2 to 4 years if all goes according to plan. Luckily the house and our cars are paid for.

Truth be told, I'm glad I didn't find out until I got back from Kansas. I would have cancelled the trip. More important that the grandson got to see his other grandparents.

Posted by: cfo mom at September 15, 2018 09:50 PM (RfzVr)

510 Brown getting offers to trade Gordon.

I'd love the Chiefs to get him, but as long as it's not the Cheatriots . . .

Posted by: logprof at September 15, 2018 09:51 PM (e7oj4)

511 Hey everybody, in late for the movie thread.

As usual TJM, bang-up job and great review. Thanks. :-)

And I was thinking, there should be a *new* version of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood... but it should be updated, more modern, and frankly... more conservative. Maybe it could find a home at the One America Network.

"Kids, today we're going to discuss nasty people. Yes as we've said many times, most people are great, but there's always that person from time to time who just refuses to go along to get along, and sometimes you have to tangle with him to get him to behave. That's why it's always great to have around your handy dandy new Glock 19X..."

Posted by: qdpsteve at September 15, 2018 09:51 PM (feaxc)

512 99.9% of my DNA is in one tiny part of the world.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 15, 2018 09:45 PM (hyuyC)

Pretty much 100% of my DNA is in me. Not for lack of trying, mind.

Posted by: hogmartin at September 15, 2018 09:51 PM (y87Qq)

513 ...We regret to inform you that you share 62.5% of your DNA with Gary Busey...

Posted by: klaftern at September 15, 2018 09:52 PM (RuIsu)

514 Sen. Warren

My ancestors, when coming to Texas, turned right at the sign for good land. Your ancestors, being unable to read, settled in Oklahoma and were responsible for despoiling the land crab population of the prairie states.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 15, 2018 09:52 PM (hyuyC)

515 0.1% of my DNA is in one tiny part of the world. There is 0.1% that is on a most unexpected continent. This person was likely born between 1680 and 1770.

That ancestor has some explaining to do.

--Benjamin Franklin?

He got around. . . .

Posted by: logprof at September 15, 2018 09:53 PM (e7oj4)

516 NaCly - I do not, for a moment, believe you are any more than 5% Neanderthal.

Posted by: cfo mom at September 15, 2018 09:53 PM (RfzVr)

517 And I was thinking, there should be a *new* version of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood... but it should be updated, more modern, and frankly... more conservative. Maybe it could find a home at the One America Network.

I really don't think the world is ready for the Ace of Spades Children's Hour...

Posted by: Brother Cavil, this space for rent! Call 1-800-MORON-AD for details! at September 15, 2018 09:53 PM (lLeln)

518 Antarctica?
Posted by: Surfperch at September 15, 2018 09:46 PM (hVHEm)

That was my guess!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at September 15, 2018 09:54 PM (kQs4Y)

519 hogmartin

LOL.

I'll tell my wife that one. Let me put my shoes on so I can chase her around the house.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 15, 2018 09:54 PM (hyuyC)

520 Brother Cavil, maybe not.

"Hey kids! Watch our show or we'll shoot this dog!!"

Posted by: qdpsteve at September 15, 2018 09:54 PM (feaxc)

521
--Benjamin Franklin?

He got around. . . .

Posted by: logprof at September 15, 2018 09:53 PM (e7oj4)

But he went for the older ladies so he wouldn't be populating.

Posted by: buzzion at September 15, 2018 09:55 PM (cAnNx)

522 g'early evenin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at September 15, 2018 09:55 PM (KCxzN)

523 Heya, AltonJackson.

Posted by: hogmartin at September 15, 2018 09:55 PM (y87Qq)

524 Sucks to be a Florida State fan right now . . . but not as bad as being a Nebraska fan, at least.

Posted by: logprof at September 15, 2018 09:56 PM (e7oj4)

525 Posted by: Bandersnatch at September 15, 2018 09:33 PM (fuK7c)

Why the Hell wouldn't she believe Danzig? Was she stupid? Did she have big boobies?

Posted by: clutch at September 15, 2018 09:56 PM (kiSdp)

526 99.9% European. 99.5% Northern European.
Sooo boring.
Posted by: NaCly Dog
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Wait, a tiny spot in Northern Europe...

the Faroe Islands?

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at September 15, 2018 09:56 PM (kQs4Y)

527 cfo mom

I'd never want you mad at me. Glad it is on track and you need no alibis.

Now, I've got some running to do. Oh, honey ...

Have a great night everyone.

Hogmartin, I'd thank you for the suggestion, but that is one area my inner Neanderthal does not need help in.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 15, 2018 09:57 PM (hyuyC)

528 Didn't get PBS when I was a kid. That was for city folk.

Did watch "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" with my kids. I liked the factory clips.

With that out of the way --

I saw a 1940s comedy, "Hellzapoppin," starring a mostly-forgotten duo, Olsen and Johnson. I'd seen one of their other movies years ago, and their antics stuck with me -- can't say the same for that flick's title.

Anyway, I recommend "Hellzapoppin"! Frenetic film, if not the gut-buster I'd heard it was. I like to laugh, but it takes a lot to make me do that. However, I sure was smiling. And Martha Ryan was hot in her younger days.

This is a hard one to find (I used interlibrary loan), but I see that it's on YouTube. Try it!

Posted by: Weak Geek at September 15, 2018 09:57 PM (UG4hQ)

529 Wait, a tiny spot in Northern Europe...

the Faroe Islands?
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at September 15, 2018 09:56 PM (kQs4Y)

Outer Qwghlm.

Posted by: hogmartin at September 15, 2018 09:57 PM (y87Qq)

530 0.1% of my DNA is in one tiny part of the world. There is 0.1% that is on a most unexpected continent. This person was likely born between 1680 and 1770.

That ancestor has some explaining to do.

--Benjamin Franklin?

He got around. . . .
Posted by: logprof at September 15, 2018 09:53 PM (e7oj4)

You know, I'm actually very, very, very, very, very distantly related to Ben Franklin. So I know for a fact that he did get around.

Posted by: Surfperch at September 15, 2018 09:58 PM (hVHEm)

531 Wait, a tiny spot in Northern Europe...

the Faroe Islands?
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at September 15, 2018 09:56 PM (kQs4Y)

--Spitzbergen?

Posted by: logprof at September 15, 2018 09:58 PM (e7oj4)

532 Surfperch, supposedly, the comedian/actor Tom Lennon is very distantly related to... you guessed it... John Lennon.

I'm sure he gets asked about it.

Posted by: qdpsteve at September 15, 2018 09:58 PM (feaxc)

533 532 Surfperch, supposedly, the comedian/actor Tom Lennon is very distantly related to... you guessed it... John Lennon.

I'm sure he gets asked about it.
Posted by: qdpsteve at September 15, 2018 09:58 PM (feaxc)

--My wife is distantly related to Tony Romo (and therefore, so is the littl'un).

Posted by: logprof at September 15, 2018 10:00 PM (e7oj4)

534 99.9% European. 99.5% Northern European.
Sooo boring.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 15, 2018 09:48 PM (hyuyC)

So you aren't Antarctican-American?

Posted by: Surfperch at September 15, 2018 10:00 PM (hVHEm)

535 I think everyone's off refreshing the front page.

Posted by: hogmartin at September 15, 2018 10:00 PM (y87Qq)

536 did you get a picture of the Jiffy Mix plant?

Posted by: AltonJackson at September 15, 2018 10:00 PM (KCxzN)

537 logprof, I admit I'd rather be related to Tony Roma... ;-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at September 15, 2018 10:01 PM (feaxc)

538 https://stoatnet.org/eljiffy.jpg

Posted by: hogmartin at September 15, 2018 10:01 PM (y87Qq)

539 woot woot ONT

Posted by: hogmartin at September 15, 2018 10:02 PM (y87Qq)

540 537 logprof, I admit I'd rather be related to Tony Roma... ;-)
Posted by: qdpsteve at September 15, 2018 10:01 PM (feaxc)

--I gotta say, can't stand the Cowgirlz, but Romo and Witten have both been pretty good calling games so far.

Posted by: logprof at September 15, 2018 10:03 PM (e7oj4)

541 536 did you get a picture of the Jiffy Mix plant?
Posted by: AltonJackson at September 15, 2018 10:00 PM (KCxzN)
--------------------
He did --- and shared it with us on the last thread!

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at September 15, 2018 10:03 PM (0jtPF)

542 It'll be here soon enough...

Posted by: t-bird at September 15, 2018 10:03 PM (dVAq+)

543 I have to say that I LOVE Mr. Rogers. He made me feel special and loved. I wish I could have met him, but I am hopeful that I will one day live in his neighborhood in the Great Hereafter. As a kid, I felt like he was my favorite uncle who would come by every day to take me for a trolley ride to meet interesting characters and people. He was also my introduction to jazz, which my parents couldn't stand.

Posted by: California Girl (not Caligirl) at September 15, 2018 10:04 PM (D2dwy)

544 Fred Rogers was on the take from Big Loafer.

Posted by: Miklos, with the rest of the story at September 15, 2018 10:05 PM (zCyNd)

545 This thread not only murdered English grammar, but also exhumed and defiled its corpse.

Posted by: Sjg at September 15, 2018 10:06 PM (gDSJf)

546 Who's hotter, Lana or Cheryl? Not that it matters?

Posted by: Northernlurker lurkier than ever at September 15, 2018 10:07 PM (nBr1j)

547 @543,

I also LOVED Mr. Rogers. He was kind. My young son wanted to go to Pittsburgh and meet him, and see the neighborhood, so we wrote to him and asked if we could come there when we were in the States.

He sent back to us in Saudi Arabia, a large envelope of special things from his show, a picture of the trolley, and a lovely letter that was clearly written and signed by him, telling our son that he wasn't able to say yes to our request, but that there was a theme park in Pittsburgh that had a Neighborhood in it for people to visit.

I still have the letter.

Children would do well to watch less Disney and more Mr. Rogers.

Posted by: MathMom at September 15, 2018 10:11 PM (lGgl/)

548 Nobody who is as obsessed by braces, French cuffs, and collar bars as you are could possibly have Neanderthal blood.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage

Collar bars are an abomination. How dare you?

Posted by: Bandersnatch at September 15, 2018 10:11 PM (fuK7c)

549 Fred Rogers was on the take from Big Loafer.

Posted by: Miklos, with the rest of the story at September 15, 2018 10:05 PM (zCyNd)

And Big Cardigan.

Posted by: Toothbrush Franklin at September 15, 2018 10:11 PM (sXefu)

550 536 did you get a picture of the Jiffy Mix plant?
Posted by: AltonJackson at September 15, 2018 10:00 PM (KCxzN)
--
Did they show you how they put two scoops of worms in each box?

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at September 15, 2018 10:12 PM (kQs4Y)

551 It's pretty bad when the network cuts away from the #1 team playing in the 4th quarter. I feel insulted.

Posted by: Grump928(C) Native Texan and Alabama Alumn, Twice as Smug as You at September 15, 2018 10:14 PM (yQpMk)

552 Did they show you how they put two scoops of worms in each box?
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Literate Savage at September 15, 2018 10:12 PM (kQs4Y)

They don't run the tours on weekends

https://site.jiffymix.com/tours/?cid=933

Posted by: hogmartin at September 15, 2018 10:15 PM (y87Qq)

553 the MiMoMe site looks great & I think if we get a couple of good rains between now and then most of the goat entrails should be washed away

Posted by: AltonJackson at September 15, 2018 10:20 PM (KCxzN)

554 if we get a couple of good rains between now and then most of the goat entrails should be washed away
Posted by: AltonJackson at September 15, 2018 10:20 PM (KCxzN)

Oh I hope not. It took forever to get them arranged properly.

Posted by: hogmartin at September 15, 2018 10:28 PM (y87Qq)

555 460 >>>Posted by: Secret Square at September 15, 2018 09:25 PM

Secret Square, I can't believe you remembered that name! I had forgotten it completely. A few years after those events, Mr. Finkbine (her ex by then) was my high school English teacher (sophomore) and he was a total middle aged stoner burnout.

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 15, 2018 10:31 PM (V2Yro)

556 Proving that "Targetting" really is such a bull shit penalty.

Posted by: buzzion at September 15, 2018 10:35 PM (cAnNx)

557 Second episode of "Buck Rogers in the 25th Century" on MeTV. He's about to wake up and probably do unspeakable things to Erin Gray.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at September 15, 2018 11:03 PM (E1IuB)

558 Whats weak this week.

Posted by: Headless Body of Agnew at September 15, 2018 11:40 PM (mB4El)

559 I 100% promise you all that in real life I'm still a drunk jack ass who absolutely hates democrats

Posted by: JoshO at September 15, 2018 11:42 PM (Z/ntx)

560 Whats weak this week.
Posted by: Headless Body of Agnew

All of it?

Posted by: weft cut-loop at September 15, 2018 11:56 PM (c07y/)

561 Wow, Michael Moore is an even bigger scumbag than I thought. Check out "The Un-American" a documentary about Moore now showing on Amazon Prime. It's done by a guy who went to high school w/ him.

Mind boggling is all I can say. Lying, cheating SOB would be a compliment to him.

Posted by: Farmer at September 16, 2018 12:04 AM (yJ1e6)

562 Micheal Moore and David Hogg in Canada it looks like the Organ Grinder( Moore)and his dancing monkey(Hogg)are up north trying to stir up trouble i just wish they would stay up there

Posted by: Spurwing Plover at September 16, 2018 01:56 AM (FLiOE)

563 g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at September 16, 2018 05:55 AM (KCxzN)

564 Hope Krak is up and has a cup of coffee already

Posted by: Skip at September 16, 2018 05:59 AM (T4oHT)

565 Mr. Rogers (Martin Short) v Julia Child (John Candy) Battle of the PBS Starshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0Pfj4MVUZE

Posted by: Hammer Dog at September 16, 2018 09:01 AM (7Ayyg)

566 Mr. Rogers (Martin Short) v Julia Child (John Candy) Battle of the PBS Stars
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0Pfj4MVUZE

Posted by: Hammer Dog at September 16, 2018 09:02 AM (7Ayyg)

567 Sign up for fucking Disqus!

Posted by: Hammer Dog at September 16, 2018 09:02 AM (7Ayyg)

568 A young woman I know (we live in Western PA, Mr. Rogers lived near here) said in apparent seriousness, that he swore like a sailor.

Posted by: Baldy at September 16, 2018 09:54 AM (i5a8M)

569 I never hear of Mr Rogers until much later i watched Captain Kangaroo

Posted by: Spurwing Plover at September 16, 2018 11:26 AM (FLiOE)

570 Like grammie, I thought Mr. Rogers was lame when I was a child, but when my kids were young they watched it and it calmed them, especially my autistic son, who of course loved the trolley.

After the kids were school-age I would put it on while I was folding laundry or doing the dishes. Almost like meditation.

Posted by: Gem at September 16, 2018 12:11 PM (XoAz8)

571 One time I tuned into Mr. Rogers. He walks through the front door, puts on a sweater, sits down and changes his shoes, reaches down and lifts up a large heavy metal manhole cover.

"Know what this is? This is a manhole cover. It's not a boy hole cover. And it's not a girl hole cover. This is a man hole cover."

And I'm sitting there thinking, this MUST be parody, but no, it was a real show.

Posted by: boure at September 16, 2018 02:18 PM (KXQr+)

572 MR RAMBO'S NEIGHBORHOOD

Posted by: Spurwing Plover at September 16, 2018 06:19 PM (FLiOE)

573 Finally getting to the movie thread! My thoughts:

I was the era Mr Rogers helped raise. Not quite a TV dad, more like a TV uncle like you said California Girl. Loved the man. He encouraged creativity and decency. I had massive diagnosed ADHD and he was very calming and educational. I still remember how to make cider in a factory because one of the eps took us there. (Maybe that started my fascination with factory lines and how things are made, hmmm.) Excited to see this doc eventually.

Loved Shelley DuVall in that fairy tale show she did with Little Richard. The costumes were insane but as a kid it was great. Also liked her in Roxanne.

Best Disney villain song, anything sung by Vincent Price in Great Mouse Detective, because Vincent Price.

Michael Moore's genius was marrying a clever woman that took his crazy films and tweaked then to make them actually seem smart and important. His secret weapon. They are divorced now though so I don't think we have to worry about his film mojo ever returning; that era is done. See also: George Lucas.

Posted by: LizLem at September 16, 2018 11:53 PM (TnaCl)

574 My family members every time say that I am killing my time here
at web, except I know I am getting familiarity daily by reading
such nice content.

Posted by: pastillas pene at October 04, 2018 05:23 AM (Q4yTD)

575 The Mau Mau freedom fighters made crevices inside the tree's trunk
that they used as a secret mailbox where
they dropped messages through their agents. LIMBO doesn't
tell its story with CGI, voice acting, cutscenes or in-game
cinematics. Although I was a smaller boy, experiencing a hundred utterly alien and weird things on that day over three
decades ago, I was overcome with the unexpected feeling - not of being within an uncomfortable and
unfamiliar place, but for being at home.

Posted by: reduce your handicap at October 13, 2018 09:42 PM (4jrW9)

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