'Twas the Day After Christmas Cafe

8 Boxed and salted penguins were once an inexpensive Boxing Day gift. The tradition only lasted a few years though, as the market became saturated with regifted boxed and salted penguins.

Posted by: Penguin Facts at December 26, 2025 07:25 PM (vFG9F)

9 hola chamucos y chamucas

Posted by: alpine_beer at December 26, 2025 07:29 PM (van9r)

10
Anyone remember Elke Sommer?

She was "famous" when we were kids, but none of us knew why. Was she on Love Boat?

Posted by: ...Soothsayer... at December 26, 2025 07:29 PM (CvEXk)

11 Trump is down in Florida. Good choice. DC is such a hellhole.

Posted by: Case at December 26, 2025 07:29 PM (G1OIb)

12 Someone thought it would be funny to give a Willie Nelson chia head this year. I'm not going to find out what plants would grow on that.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at December 26, 2025 07:29 PM (lUFok)

13 Odd how some became so locked into the Penguin schtick.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 26, 2025 07:30 PM (bss/y)

14 "Odd how some became so locked into the Penguin schtick"

It was a living. Wah wah wah.

Posted by: zombie Burgess Meredith at December 26, 2025 07:32 PM (vFG9F)

15 Thank you, Ace, for the gifts of non-mephitic Cafés the last three nights!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 26, 2025 07:33 PM (0sNs1)

16 It was a living. Wah wah wah.
Posted by: zombie Burgess Meredith at December 26, 2025 07:32 PM (vFG9F)

You and Danny Devito.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 26, 2025 07:33 PM (bss/y)

17
51 years ago today...

Jack Benny died.

21 years ago today, Reggie White went to Mortsville.

19 years ago today...unelected 38th President Gerald Ford shed his mortal coil

Posted by: ...Soothsayer... at December 26, 2025 07:34 PM (CvEXk)

18
What's an Anglican?

Are they Catholic-adjacent, but less gay?

Posted by: ...Soothsayer... at December 26, 2025 07:34 PM (CvEXk)

19 51 years ago today...

Jack Benny died.

21 years ago today, Reggie White went to Mortsville.

19 years ago today...unelected 38th President Gerald Ford shed his mortal coil

So, it's a good day to die?

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at December 26, 2025 07:35 PM (lUFok)

20 Odd how some became so locked into the Penguin schtick.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 26, 2025 07:30 PM

Thank you for your effort. We've exceeded our influencer budget for the week, but we'll see about getting a tin of sardines to you next week.

Posted by: Big Penguin at December 26, 2025 07:35 PM (jhJkx)

21 Reggie White died young.

Posted by: Accomack at December 26, 2025 07:36 PM (GbONR)

22 18
What's an Anglican?

Are they Catholic-adjacent, but less gay?
----

yes, no (more).

Posted by: clarence at December 26, 2025 07:36 PM (MXMX4)

23
Anyone remember Elke Sommer?

She was "famous" when we were kids, but none of us knew why. Was she on Love Boat?
Posted by: ...Soothsayer...

www.imdb.com/name/nm0813961

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 26, 2025 07:37 PM (pkeXY)

24 Evening all

Posted by: rickb223 at December 26, 2025 07:37 PM (c115l)

25 I was expecting to see a clip of Sydney Sweeney dressed up like Mrs. Clause and I was bringing her milk and cookies.

50 deg. last couple of days, the warmest Christmas I have ever seen here.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at December 26, 2025 07:38 PM (nljXp)

26
Hello again, all. I love kittens.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at December 26, 2025 07:40 PM (n7rxJ)

27 Anyone remember Elke Sommer?

She was "famous" when we were kids, but none of us knew why. Was she on Love Boat?
Posted by: ...Soothsayer... at December 26, 2025 07:29 PM

Doooood ...

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 26, 2025 07:40 PM (0sNs1)

28 Good evening good people.

The coffee carafe is in the DW (don't ask) so I'm using my Bialetti to fire up some expresso.

It was misting slightly all day here but shorts and tee-shirt weather.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 26, 2025 07:41 PM (cYBz/)

29 Ok DT, had to look up "mephitic"

Spoiler alert: it doesn't refer to something or someone from Memphis.

"Long distance information..."

Posted by: Cheerful Reprobate at December 26, 2025 07:45 PM (0yLoC)

30 Burgess Meredith had several memorable Twilight Zone appearances: Time Enough at Last, where he learns the importance of keeping a spare pair of glasses; Mr. Dingle the Strong, where he gets repeatedly beaten up by Don Rickles, and Printers Devil, where he plays..a Printer's Devil...

Good stuff.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, they're not signatories to the Geneva Convention at December 26, 2025 07:48 PM (w4TlK)

31 Today was my mother’s birthday. I always made sure I wrapped her birthday present in the most birthdayish wrapping paper I could find so it stood out from the Christmas gifts. When she grew up, she got a lot of left over Christmas wrapping paper or double duty presents.

Posted by: Piper at December 26, 2025 07:48 PM (u/mEj)

32
John Astin was on a Twilight Zone.

I usually consider anyone in a TZ episode to be a legit actor.

Posted by: ...Soothsayer... at December 26, 2025 07:49 PM (CvEXk)

33 Babies of different species getting to know each other"

Ok. Am I the only one who expected a baby to crawl out?

Posted by: man at December 26, 2025 07:49 PM (XuXeR)

34
Astin is still not mort, btw.

Posted by: ...Soothsayer... at December 26, 2025 07:49 PM (CvEXk)

35
So for New Years Eve,

do you marathon-watch Twilight Zone...

or do you marathon-watch Three Stooges?

Posted by: ...Soothsayer... at December 26, 2025 07:51 PM (CvEXk)

36 Kittens are awesome.

Even better is when older kitties, over 12 or so, pounce and jump amd zoomie like kittens.

Goofy silly buggers.

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 26, 2025 07:51 PM (IhIKR)

37 So for New Years Eve,

do you marathon-watch Twilight Zone...

or do you marathon-watch Three Stooges?

Posted by: ...Soothsayer... at December 26, 2025 07:51 PM (CvEXk)
---
Is there an option for an unholy union of the two?

The Three Twilight Stooges Zone

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 26, 2025 07:52 PM (ESVrU)

38 29 Ok DT, had to look up "mephitic"

I think the first time I read that word it was in some MST3K article where the writer referred to Josh's Weinstein's mephitic-smelling sneakers...

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, they're not signatories to the Geneva Convention at December 26, 2025 07:52 PM (w4TlK)

39 I usually consider anyone in a TZ episode to be a legit actor.
Posted by: ...Soothsayer... at December 26, 2025 07:49 PM (CvEXk
==================
Heh. Shatner showed up in at least one.

Posted by: Cheerful Reprobate at December 26, 2025 07:52 PM (0yLoC)

40 Shemp battles tiny aliens in his soup?

Posted by: zombie Burgess Meredith at December 26, 2025 07:53 PM (vFG9F)

41 I was expecting to see a clip of Sydney Sweeney dressed up like Mrs. Clause and I was bringing her milk and cookies.

50 deg. last couple of days, the warmest Christmas I have ever seen here.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone

83 today. 78 yesterday. 81 tomorrow and 75 on Sunday and falls off a cliff Sunday night. 26 overnight low.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 26, 2025 07:53 PM (c115l)

42 Burgess Meredith was in the movie In Harm’s Way with John Wayne. I think.

Posted by: Eromero at December 26, 2025 07:53 PM (LHPAg)

43 Burgess Meredith had several memorable Twilight Zone appearances: Time Enough at Last, where he learns the importance of keeping a spare pair of glasses; Mr. Dingle the Strong, where he gets repeatedly beaten up by Don Rickles, and Printers Devil, where he plays..a Printer's Devil...

Good stuff.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes
---
My favorite TZ features Burgess Meredith - The Obsolete Man

Posted by: screaming in digital at December 26, 2025 07:53 PM (iMJgc)

44 My favorite TZ features Burgess Meredith - The Obsolete Man
Posted by: screaming in digital at December 26, 2025 07:53 PM (iMJgc)

Oooh, good one.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, they're not signatories to the Geneva Convention at December 26, 2025 07:55 PM (w4TlK)

45 Cur!y Joe discovers that by spinning in circles on the floor he can travel forward and backward in time.

Posted by: fd at December 26, 2025 07:56 PM (vFG9F)

46
In Harms Way is a great movie.

Posted by: ...Soothsayer... at December 26, 2025 07:56 PM (CvEXk)

47 Mo wishes everyone into the cornfield.

Posted by: fd at December 26, 2025 07:57 PM (vFG9F)

48 Wasn't The Shat a legit Shakespearean?

Posted by: gKWVE at December 26, 2025 07:57 PM (3/aAB)

49 The answer is to marathon watch Tales From The Crypt

Posted by: gKWVE at December 26, 2025 07:58 PM (3/aAB)

50 "Wasn't The Shat a legit Shakespearean?
Posted by: gKWVE"

He could a be a bit of a Hamlet.

Posted by: fd at December 26, 2025 07:58 PM (vFG9F)

51
Shatner is probably best suited for the stage -- with his exaggerated, stilted acting.

Posted by: ...Soothsayer... at December 26, 2025 07:59 PM (CvEXk)

52 47 Mo wishes everyone into the cornfield.
================
Anybody have a vote for creepiest TZ episode ever? Cause that would definitely be mine. Friggin thing gave me nightmares for months..

Posted by: Cheerful Reprobate at December 26, 2025 07:59 PM (0yLoC)

53 Larry sees something on the airplane wing and Mo pokes him in the eyes with his fingers.

Posted by: fd at December 26, 2025 08:00 PM (vFG9F)

54 Wasn't The Shat a legit Shakespearean?
Posted by: gKWVE

"To be.

Or

Not, to be"

Posted by: Tonypete at December 26, 2025 08:00 PM (cYBz/)

55 Repost: Anyone know of a decent graphical calculator app for Apple?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 26, 2025 08:00 PM (dK+Kv)

56 Heard what Sean Austin said about John Astin makes believe that John must have been one of the finest men ever to have worked in Hollywood, John married Patty Duke when she was sliding into alcoholism and mental illness and pregnant; John took charge of the boy and raised him as his own even he knew that he wasn’t.
Sean credits John with having been a better father to him than most children ever know.
(He didn’t speak of his mother like that)

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 26, 2025 08:00 PM (xTuYU)

57 Anybody have a vote for creepiest TZ episode ever? Cause that would definitely be mine. Friggin thing gave me nightmares for months..
Posted by: Cheerful Reprobate

Oh yeah, that's mine also.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 26, 2025 08:01 PM (cYBz/)

58 42 Burgess Meredith was in the movie In Harm’s Way with John Wayne. I think.
Posted by: Eromero at December 26, 2025 07:53 PM (LHPAg)

Yeah... with Kirk Douglas as well?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 26, 2025 08:01 PM (bss/y)

59 TZ episode with the old woman being attacked by alien forces.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 26, 2025 08:01 PM (sDNVV)

60 Yay, many kittehs!

Thank you, Ace. Don't know how you do it, day after day...

Hope you had a wonderful Christmas!

Posted by: JQ at December 26, 2025 08:02 PM (rdVOm)

61 One reason ST6 was so great was that it set Kirk against Christopher Plummer. A feast of ham like few have ever seen.

Posted by: gKWVE at December 26, 2025 08:02 PM (3/aAB)

62 "TZ episode with the old woman being attacked by alien forces.

Posted by: Ben Had "

That's one of my favorites. I wish I could see it for the first time again.

Posted by: fd at December 26, 2025 08:02 PM (vFG9F)

63 Good evening everyone
Well haven't done in in a long time we had family game night
But truck is iced over so waiting for it to defrost

Posted by: Skip at December 26, 2025 08:03 PM (1v+yC)

64 ... with Kirk Douglas as well"

Yes. And Paula Prentiss

Posted by: man at December 26, 2025 08:04 PM (XuXeR)

65 8
'Boxed and salted penguins were once an inexpensive Boxing Day gift.'

Good bait for fishing for orcas.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 26, 2025 08:05 PM (fd80v)

66 Somewhere in the MIRROR universe they get to watch SHATNER v Brian BLESSED

Posted by: gKWVE plover at December 26, 2025 08:05 PM (3/aAB)

67 >>>83 today. 78 yesterday. 81 tomorrow and 75 on Sunday and falls off a cliff Sunday night. 26 overnight low.

Posted by: rickb223

>Yep. Sometime early in January thru March, the -20 deg winter will roll in like a Snowcat on Jeremy Renner.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at December 26, 2025 08:05 PM (nljXp)

68 fd, me too. That episode is the reason I bought the DVD box set.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 26, 2025 08:06 PM (sDNVV)

69 I am not looking forward to the arctic vortex reaching across the border

Posted by: gKWVE fears the Others at December 26, 2025 08:07 PM (3/aAB)

70 One of my favorite Three Stooges bits:

Moe ( to Curly ) : "Remind me to kill you later."
Curly: "I'll make a note of it."

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at December 26, 2025 08:07 PM (w4TlK)

71 Thanks, Ace! Happy Weekend!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at December 26, 2025 08:09 PM (Cjt/F)

72 How do y’all stand not ever having winter? Rain, wind, gray, cold, snow, dark.

I’d go nuts! Winter makes summer much more tolerable.

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 26, 2025 08:10 PM (IhIKR)

73 62 "TZ episode with the old woman being attacked by alien forces.
----

"The Invaders" starring Agnes Moorhead, before Bewitched.

Posted by: clarence at December 26, 2025 08:10 PM (MXMX4)

74 nurse, having to be outside in it all day. I detest chipping ice out of water troughs.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 26, 2025 08:11 PM (sDNVV)

75 My favorite Twilight Zone is “The Passerby”, set at the end of the civil war, a widow is sitting in her run down house watching a long line of wounded soldiers found down a road, both federal and rebel. James Gregory is a sergeant who stops to get a drink and talk with her a while.
Turns out that they don’t really know where that road is headed, but they know they got to go down it.
They start to realize these are the dead, especially when her husband who she knows is dead comes by. She begs him to stay, but he says he can’t, and then tells her that she knows she can’t stay, either.
She doesn’t accept it until Lincoln comes down the road and talks to her, and says “I guess you could call me the last casualty of that war.” Finally she accepts that she’s dead too, and runs down the road to catch up to her husband.

And then you, the viewer, realize that the entire story has been about the dead, not the living. Most know they can’t stay; a few get confused and try to.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 26, 2025 08:11 PM (xTuYU)

76 How do y’all stand not ever having winter"

Christmas eve boat drinks.

Posted by: man at December 26, 2025 08:12 PM (XuXeR)

77 the episode with the recently-dead man, and his dog, in the afterlife ...

okay, oops, not creepy, but my favorite.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at December 26, 2025 08:13 PM (Cjt/F)

78 Rod Serling taught a class and gave some talks at a very nearby university back in the day. I didn't catch any of it.

He was a paratrooper in WWII in the Pacific. Leyte invasion.

Posted by: rhomboid at December 26, 2025 08:14 PM (U/Byj)

79 The Passersby sounds like Nicole Kidman's The Others

Posted by: gKWVE at December 26, 2025 08:14 PM (3/aAB)

80 Ben Had!

I get it. But sweating 10 months out of the year is not appealing.

Sweater weather is the best weather!

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 26, 2025 08:15 PM (IhIKR)

81 Rod Serling created sex robots before they were a synapse in a 21 century fantasy.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 26, 2025 08:15 PM (sDNVV)

82 52 47 Mo wishes everyone into the cornfield.
================
Anybody have a vote for creepiest TZ episode ever? Cause that would definitely be mine. Friggin thing gave me nightmares for months..
Posted by: Cheerful Reprobate at December 26, 2025 07:59 PM (0yLoC)

The Masks episode ... where the family members had to wear masks until midnight in order to receive their inheritance ... only to find that the masks disfigured them.

Posted by: browndog head cocked to the side at December 26, 2025 08:15 PM (3sXRv)

83 “5 characters in search of an exit” is probably the saddest Christmas story ever made; but it ends on a hopeful note, even though the characters don’t realize it yet.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 26, 2025 08:16 PM (xTuYU)

84 The story is that William Shatner used those overly-dramatic pauses because... he was... struggling to remember...his lines.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at December 26, 2025 08:17 PM (2XHCB)

85
I was so mad when Jack Warden let them Dismantle his robot-girlfriend on the Prison Planet.

He was living his best life with her.

Posted by: ...Soothsayer... at December 26, 2025 08:17 PM (CvEXk)

86 How do y’all stand not ever having winter? Rain, wind, gray, cold, snow, dark.

I’d go nuts! Winter makes summer much more tolerable.
Posted by: nurse ratched at December 26, 2025 08:10 PM (IhIKR)

Shorts and t-shirt weather in December! What's not to like?

Posted by: Count de Monet at December 26, 2025 08:17 PM (wVcYX)

87
Was that Lily Munster?
It is her, ya?

Posted by: ...Soothsayer... at December 26, 2025 08:17 PM (CvEXk)

88 I love winter sports and used to travel a lot to partake of them, plan to again soon. Have never lived in a place with real winter.

No problem with a perfect mild climate like the one I grew up with and have again. Outdoor activities year round are nice.

Posted by: rhomboid at December 26, 2025 08:17 PM (U/Byj)

89 Thank you, Ace.

Posted by: Bulg at December 26, 2025 08:17 PM (77rzZ)

90 nurse, that is why you love your place and I love mine .

Posted by: Ben Had at December 26, 2025 08:18 PM (sDNVV)

91 78 Rod Serling taught a class and gave some talks at a very nearby university back in the day. I didn't catch any of it.

He was a paratrooper in WWII in the Pacific. Leyte invasion.
Posted by: rhomboid at December 26, 2025 08:14 PM (U/Byj)

Rod lived in Binghamton NY as a youth.

My mom knew him.

Posted by: browndog head cocked to the side at December 26, 2025 08:18 PM (3sXRv)

92 Winter weather has a way of overstaying it's welcome.
Plus, I hate it.

Posted by: Case at December 26, 2025 08:19 PM (G1OIb)

93 My favorite Twilight Zone is “The Passerby”, set at the end of the civil war

That sounds excellent. I'm going to have to look that one up, I've never seen it.

Another nightmare inducing one for me, was "the Monsters are Due on Maple Street " (shudders).

And for the record, Shat was in two episodes. "Nightmare", of course,, and a more understated and positive episode called "Nick of Time", which is one of my faves.

Posted by: Cheerful Reprobate at December 26, 2025 08:19 PM (0yLoC)

94
What I love most of TZ is usually, not always, but usually everyone at the end gets their just desserts -- good or bad. Almost every episode has satisfying, just resolution.

Posted by: ...Soothsayer... at December 26, 2025 08:19 PM (CvEXk)

95
fair ending, I should say

Posted by: ...Soothsayer... at December 26, 2025 08:19 PM (CvEXk)

96 browndog, a belated Merry Christmas but no less heartfelt.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 26, 2025 08:20 PM (sDNVV)

97 Snowing for three hours. Already over six inches. Shoveled once , probably wait till tomorrow. Hardest I've seen it snow in a while

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 26, 2025 08:20 PM (2vrAX)

98 This should be near the top of your favorite Stooges list.

https://tinyurl.com/43zakaur

Posted by: JackStraw at December 26, 2025 08:20 PM (viF8m)

99 86, Nurse, I think that winter is wonderful.

A Merry Christmastide to you.

Posted by: Bulg at December 26, 2025 08:20 PM (77rzZ)

100 21 years ago today, Reggie White went to Mortsville.

19 years ago today...unelected 38th President Gerald Ford shed his mortal coil
Posted by: ...Soothsayer... at December 26, 2025 07:34 PM (CvEXk)

Truman also won the death pool on the 26th of December, 1972.

Posted by: Cow Demon at December 26, 2025 08:21 PM (muXU/)

101 And then you, the viewer, realize that the entire story has been about the dead, not the living. Most know they can’t stay; a few get confused and try to.
Posted by: Tom Servo

James Gregory played the dead husband. Great episode.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 26, 2025 08:21 PM (cYBz/)

102
Shoveled once , probably wait till tomorrow. Hardest I've seen it snow in a while
Posted by: Smell the Glove

How's yer tickah, old man?
Sounds like one of those heart attack storms.

Posted by: ...Soothsayer... at December 26, 2025 08:21 PM (CvEXk)

103 One of my favorite TZ episodes was where a light tank crew end up at the Little Big Horn battle and their names end up on the memorial monument that sits on top of the mass grave of the fallen 7th cavalry troopers.

Posted by: Beartooth at December 26, 2025 08:21 PM (GGatE)

104 The best TZ to me is DEATH’S HEAD REVISITED.

YMMV.

Posted by: Cow Demon at December 26, 2025 08:22 PM (muXU/)

105
My favorite TZ episode is the hillbilly mountain man and his dog. The dog makes sure he gets to heaven.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 26, 2025 08:22 PM (w6EFb)

106 Twilight Zone.
The episode where the petty burglar dies and thinks he's gone to heaven but instead it's hell where they've ruined his vision of heaven.
It ends with Mr. French from Family Affair announcing that fact with a leer ("This is the other place!") and then laughing maniacally.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 26, 2025 08:22 PM (fd80v)

107 21 years ago today, Reggie White went to Mortsville.

When you look at the Asians, the Asian is very gifted in creation, creativity and inventions. If you go to Japan or any Asian country, they can turn a television into a watch. They're very creative.

Posted by: Zombie Reggie White at December 26, 2025 08:23 PM (R/m4+)

108 87
Was that Lily Munster?
It is her, ya?
Posted by: ...Soothsayer... at December 26, 2025 08:17 PM (CvEXk)

Lilly Munster = Yvonne De Carlo
Jack Warden's Robot Girlfriend = Jean Marsh

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at December 26, 2025 08:23 PM (w4TlK)

109 96 browndog, a belated Merry Christmas but no less heartfelt.
Posted by: Ben Had at December 26, 2025 08:20 PM (sDNVV)

And a Happy New Year to come, to you Ben

Just hunkered in up here ... it windy, wet, raw, and not at all what Christmas weather should be here in WNY.

Posted by: browndog head cocked to the side at December 26, 2025 08:24 PM (3sXRv)

110 Well, after having it on my wishlist for literally years, I finally got around to watching Mel Gibson's "Fatman". It didn't hurt that it's free on Prime for another five days.

The reviewers were generally right. It moves slowly and only really starts to pick up the pace in the final third. And at the very end, when I expected Chris Cringle to go full Krampus, it was a wet squib. 5.9/10 on IMDB and I'd say that rating is accurate.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at December 26, 2025 08:24 PM (/HDaX)

111
Lilly Munster = Yvonne De Carlo
Jack Warden's Robot Girlfriend = Jean Marsh
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes

Ah, yes, you're right, of course, ol' chum.

Are we sure they're not the same person?

Posted by: ...Soothsayer... at December 26, 2025 08:24 PM (CvEXk)

112
Another great TZ actor is...damn, I just forgot his name...

Posted by: ...Soothsayer... at December 26, 2025 08:25 PM (CvEXk)

113 John Wayne
Kirk Douglas
Burgess Merideth

Who was the biggest hound dog of them all?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 26, 2025 08:26 PM (WtQV9)

114 Iam the Shadout Mapes, Marsh of "Upsairs Downstairs" fame.

Happy New Year to you.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 26, 2025 08:27 PM (sDNVV)

115 113 John Wayne
Kirk Douglas
Burgess Merideth

Who was the biggest hound dog of them all?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 26, 2025 08:26 PM (WtQV9)

Mickey Rooney?

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at December 26, 2025 08:27 PM (w4TlK)

116 3 ‘‘Twas Boxing Day…
Posted by: Cow Demon

Burned a bunch of boxes today. And pine straw, pine cones. And assorted paper waste.

Posted by: A Regular Firebug at December 26, 2025 08:27 PM (oftw2)

117 Of course, by March even the toughest of northwesterners are weak and we escape to sunny, southern climes for relief.

I was fortunate to take my boys to Maui several times. Tickets weren’t stupid and we had a friend who rented us their condo for a reasonable price. It was right on the water. We shopped at the grocery store and did 90% of our meal prep and loved every minute.

The return to the cold grey rain was just fine.

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 26, 2025 08:27 PM (IhIKR)

118 114 Iam the Shadout Mapes, Marsh of "Upsairs Downstairs" fame.

Happy New Year to you.
Posted by: Ben Had at December 26, 2025 08:27 PM (sDNVV)

The same to you and yours!

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at December 26, 2025 08:28 PM (w4TlK)

119 @102 actually I have cardiomyopathy. Pace myself. The snow thankfully is light not dense. My buddy across the street does the heavy stuff with a large snow blower.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 26, 2025 08:28 PM (2vrAX)

120 Yeah, Fatman is... ok. You expect him to go Shane/Audie Murphy/Unforgiven in the last few mins, but he is 'saved' by his black wife.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 26, 2025 08:29 PM (bss/y)

121 John Wayne had one line in " The Greatest Story Ever Told"

Posted by: Ben Had at December 26, 2025 08:29 PM (sDNVV)

122
How about the TZ episode with Keenan Wynn as the Writer who conjures up a women? What a great ending.

Posted by: ...Soothsayer... at December 26, 2025 08:30 PM (CvEXk)

123 Burned a bunch of boxes today. And pine straw, pine cones. And assorted paper waste.
Posted by: A Regular Firebug at December 26, 2025 08:27 PM (oftw2)

I also burned old lady Semple’s pension check.

Posted by: Trashcan Man at December 26, 2025 08:30 PM (muXU/)

124 Who was the biggest hound dog of them all?

Don't look at me.

Posted by: Wm. J. "Bubba" Clinton at December 26, 2025 08:30 PM (0sNs1)

125 115 113 John Wayne
Kirk Douglas
Burgess Merideth

Who was the biggest hound dog of them all?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 26, 2025 08:26 PM (WtQV9)

Mickey Rooney?
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at December 26, 2025 08:27 PM (w4TlK)

Bob Hope?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 26, 2025 08:31 PM (bss/y)

126
Burned a bunch of boxes today. And pine straw, pine cones. And assorted paper waste.
Posted by: A Regular Firebug at December 26, 2025 08:27 PM (oftw2)

Pyro.

Posted by: Cow Demon at December 26, 2025 08:31 PM (muXU/)

127 “The Passerby"

Hey - corporal Klinger!

Posted by: man at December 26, 2025 08:33 PM (XuXeR)

128
Albert Salmi -- that's who I was trying to remember.

He's great in everything.

Not a happy man, off-screen, tho.

Posted by: ...Soothsayer... at December 26, 2025 08:34 PM (CvEXk)

129 Not a happy man, off-screen, tho.

Well, the murder/suicide thing was definitely a bit of a downer.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at December 26, 2025 08:36 PM (/HDaX)

130 Who was the biggest hound dog of them all?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 26, 2025 08:26 PM (WtQV9)

Liberace.

Posted by: Lindsey Graham, Closeted Homosexual at December 26, 2025 08:36 PM (R/m4+)

131
Albert Salmi -- that's who I was trying to remember.

He's the one the Professor grabbed with his time machine.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 26, 2025 08:37 PM (pkeXY)

132 130 Who was the biggest hound dog of them all?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 26, 2025 08:26 PM (WtQV9)

Liberace.
Posted by: Lindsey Graham, Closeted Homosexual at December 26, 2025 08:36 PM (R/m4+)

Women LOVED him!
-Austin Powers

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 26, 2025 08:37 PM (bss/y)

133 I remember my Norwegian cousins having bikini photos of Elke Sommer in the barn and garage. She was a much bigger star in Europe than USA.

Posted by: Nordic Interiors at December 26, 2025 08:37 PM (oftw2)

134 Made it, should have been 25 minutes trip

Posted by: Skip at December 26, 2025 08:38 PM (Ia/+0)

135 One of Robert Redford’s first TV appearances was in a TZ episode where the main character is an elderly lady who spends every hour hiding from Death, because she believes if he sees her, she’ll die. Redford is a young cop who asks to come into her apartment because he’s been hurt. Well of course by the end she realizes that yes, he is Death, and she asks “why did you talk to me so long? Why didn’t you just take me then?”
And Redford, who is Death, replies “because I wanted you to see that I’m nothing to fear; I’m not evil; I take away pain and suffering, I don’t cause it. I’m just part of the natural order of things.”

I have always thought of this as one of the best written episodes of any series; writers should study it. The entire show is just two characters sitting in a dingy room, talking; and yet it is riveting because the dialogue is so good.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 26, 2025 08:38 PM (xTuYU)

136 Star Trek is on. It's the one with the submarines.

Posted by: fd at December 26, 2025 08:38 PM (vFG9F)

137 So, it's a good day to die?
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at December 26, 2025 07:35 PM (lUFok)

Lots of celebs die between Christmas and New Years, so if you got a drug addict kid... watch out.

Posted by: Hugger at December 26, 2025 08:40 PM (LPgB/)

138 Who was the biggest hound dog of them all?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 26, 2025 08:26 PM (WtQV9)

Liberace.
Posted by: Lindsey Graham, Closeted Homosexual at December 26, 2025 08:36 PM (R/m4+)

I was gonna say Rock Hudson.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 26, 2025 08:41 PM (LPgB/)

139 Anyone remember Elke Sommer? She was "famous" when we were kids, but none of us knew why.…
Posted by: ...Soothsayer

Yeah, it's puzzler why.
https://bit.ly/elke-s

Posted by: mindful webworker - two Galapagous tortoises and a Partridge Family tree at December 26, 2025 08:41 PM (uPdbI)

140 136 Star Trek is on. It's the one with the submarines.
Posted by: fd

I used to take dates over to Shore Road in Brooklyn to watch the submarine races.

Posted by: Riveting Conversationalist at December 26, 2025 08:42 PM (oftw2)

141 Burned a bunch of boxes today. And pine straw, pine cones. And assorted paper waste.
Posted by: A Regular Firebug at December 26, 2025 08:27 PM (oftw2)

How's your girlfriend? Ready for Kwanzaa?

Posted by: Ron Karenga at December 26, 2025 08:42 PM (fhCge)

142 Its quite nasty out there, more sleet than snow

Posted by: Skip at December 26, 2025 08:43 PM (Ia/+0)

143
How about the episode with Nazi submarine?

Or the one with Col. Klink being haunted he was gonna be sunk?

Posted by: ...Soothsayer... at December 26, 2025 08:43 PM (CvEXk)

144 nurse, having to be outside in it all day. I detest chipping ice out of water troughs.
Posted by: Ben Had at December 26, 2025 08:11 PM (sDNVV)

Bartender, my drink needs more ice please.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 26, 2025 08:44 PM (2WIwB)

145 Having a cognac

Posted by: Skip at December 26, 2025 08:45 PM (Ia/+0)

146 143
'How about the episode with Nazi submarine?

Or the one with Col. Klink being haunted he was gonna be sunk?'

Nehemiah Persoff.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 26, 2025 08:45 PM (fd80v)

147 135
Yes...this....

Posted by: COMountainMarie at December 26, 2025 08:45 PM (LNeRu)

148 Lots of celebs die between Christmas and New Years, so if you got a drug addict kid... watch out.
Posted by: Hugger at December 26, 2025 08:40 PM (LPgB/)

Whew! Glad...wait...what?

Posted by: Zombie Rob Reiner at December 26, 2025 08:45 PM (R/m4+)

149 How about the episode with Nazi submarine?

Or the one with Col. Klink being haunted he was gonna be sunk?
Posted by: ...Soothsayer.

Little known fact: Zeiss Optical had to create a special periscope so that Klink could wear his monocle.

Posted by: General Burkhalter at December 26, 2025 08:45 PM (oftw2)

150
Serling sure hated the Krauts. They were all nazis to him.

Remember the old nazi who ended up on the same passenger ship he sunk? Was that Col Klink?

Posted by: ...Soothsayer... at December 26, 2025 08:45 PM (CvEXk)

151 Serling sure hated the Krauts. They were all nazis to him.

Remember the old nazi who ended up on the same passenger ship he sunk? Was that Col Klink?
Posted by: ...Soothsayer... at December 26, 2025 08:45 PM (CvEXk)

I don't think so. I recall a character with a full head of dark hair.

Posted by: Count de Monet at December 26, 2025 08:48 PM (wVcYX)

152 Bird in fountain was crazy

Posted by: Skip at December 26, 2025 08:48 PM (Ia/+0)

153 I have always thought of this as one of the best written episodes of any series; writers should study it

Someone else up thread mentioned this, but I think one of the best things about TZ was that beyond all the creepiness and weirdness, there was a very powerful underlying message in most of the episodes. Serling was a genius.

Posted by: Cheerful Reprobate at December 26, 2025 08:48 PM (0yLoC)

154 Anyone remember Elke Sommer? She was "famous" when we were kids, but none of us knew why.…
Posted by: ...Soothsayer

Yeah, it's puzzler why.
https://bit.ly/elke-s
Posted by: mindful webworker - two Galapagous tortoises and a Partridge Family tree at December 26,
***

She lived with her mom in a very fine house in Erlangen Germany in the 70's. Every Christmas they would host American soldiers from the nearby posts for dinner. No fanfare, no media. She was terrific.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 26, 2025 08:49 PM (2WIwB)

155 In “A shot in the dark” Elke Sommer ended up in the Nudist Colony with Clouseau.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 26, 2025 08:49 PM (xTuYU)

156 I knew I hadn't been putting many miles on my pickup truck, but when I went to fill it today because it was down to half a tank, I was surprised to find my last fill up was, per my mileage log book, in May.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at December 26, 2025 08:50 PM (2XHCB)

157 I have always thought of this as one of the best written episodes of any series; writers should study it. The entire show is just two characters sitting in a dingy room, talking; and yet it is riveting because the dialogue is so good.
Posted by: Tom Servo

Ha! I wrote a whole play like that.

Posted by: Waiting For Godot-Sam Beckett at December 26, 2025 08:50 PM (oftw2)

158 Cognac warms the body and soul

Posted by: Skip at December 26, 2025 08:50 PM (Ia/+0)

159 I watched "Final Reckoning " thinking this is a TZ and MI collaboration.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 26, 2025 08:50 PM (sDNVV)

160
Elke Sommer vs Ursula Andress vs Ursula on the George of the Jungle cartoon?

Posted by: ...Soothsayer... at December 26, 2025 08:51 PM (CvEXk)

161 Im watching the Star Trek episode "Balance of Terror". One of the best

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 26, 2025 08:51 PM (2vrAX)

162 Rod Serling graduated from Antioch, when it was famous for its pay-as-you-go Work-Study program and not as a Little Red Schoolhouse.

He was an early owner of the Studebaker Avanti.
Interesting Owners Club, they have.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at December 26, 2025 08:52 PM (zdLoL)

163 Bartender, my drink needs more ice please.
Posted by: Diogenes
---------

*adds ice to Diogenes' drink*

At your service!

Posted by: JQ at December 26, 2025 08:52 PM (rdVOm)

164 "Any more ice than you can fit into a glass, is too damned much!"
-- USN CPO wisdom

Posted by: JQ at December 26, 2025 08:53 PM (rdVOm)

165 Obviously Diogenes is not drinking scotch tonight.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 26, 2025 08:53 PM (sDNVV)

166 128 Albert Salmi -- that's who I was trying to remember.

He's great in everything.

Not a happy man, off-screen, tho.
Posted by: ...Soothsayer... at December 26, 2025 08:34 PM (CvEXk)

I remember him as the pirate in a first season Lost in Space episode.

Posted by: Joemarine at December 26, 2025 08:54 PM (y171U)

167 Bartender, my drink needs more ice please.
Posted by: Diogenes
---------

*adds ice to Diogenes' drink*

At your service!
Posted by: JQ at December 26, 2025 08:52 PM (rdVOm)

***

Why thank you.
*slips a five spot under the coaster*

Posted by: Diogenes at December 26, 2025 08:54 PM (2WIwB)

168 Per TZ....
With
Arthur Hunicutt...'The Hunt'...sweetest Twilight Zone😊

Posted by: COMountainMarie at December 26, 2025 08:54 PM (LNeRu)

169 "Im watching the Star Trek episode "Balance of Terror". One of the best
Posted by: Smell the Glove "

It's the one where we learn that Romulan ships have plaster ceilings.

Posted by: fd at December 26, 2025 08:54 PM (vFG9F)

170 165 Obviously Diogenes is not drinking scotch tonight.
Posted by: Ben Had at December 26, 2025 08:53 PM (sDNVV)

Buffalo Trace

Posted by: Diogenes at December 26, 2025 08:55 PM (2WIwB)

171
Reminds me...

Quantum Leap was kinda a good show.

Posted by: ...Soothsayer... at December 26, 2025 08:56 PM (CvEXk)

172 The thing about TZ was the scripting and direction. Give an actor both and they shine. If either or both are not there, the best actor in the world is in trouble. You then only see "the best actor in the world" and not the performance.

Posted by: clarence at December 26, 2025 08:56 PM (MXMX4)

173
161 Im watching the Star Trek episode "Balance of Terror". One of the best
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 26, 2025 08:51 PM (2vrAX)

Draws heavily on what I think is one of the best WW2 movies; “The Enemy Below “ with Robert Mitchum.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 26, 2025 08:56 PM (xTuYU)

174 Diogenes, I hope to introduce you to Watershed.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 26, 2025 08:57 PM (sDNVV)

175
Wait, I take that back.

Quantum Leap had several dumb bleedin' heart liberal episodes that were not necessary.

Posted by: ...Soothsayer... at December 26, 2025 08:57 PM (CvEXk)

176 107 21 years ago today, Reggie White went to Mortsville.

When you look at the Asians, the Asian is very gifted in creation, creativity and inventions. If you go to Japan or any Asian country, they can turn a television into a watch. They're very creative.
Posted by: Zombie Reggie White at December 26, 2025 08:23 PM (R/m4+)

Reggie got a lot of grief for that, almost 30 years ago.

Posted by: Joemarine at December 26, 2025 08:58 PM (y171U)

177
The episode when Sam went back as Al was really good, though.

Posted by: ...Soothsayer... at December 26, 2025 08:58 PM (CvEXk)

178 @173 yup. In one attack Kirk says " they'll try to go below us"

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 26, 2025 08:58 PM (2vrAX)

179 Diogenes, I hope to introduce you to Watershed.
Posted by: Ben Had at December 26, 2025 08:57 PM (sDNVV)

I'm game.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 26, 2025 08:58 PM (2WIwB)

180 Why thank you.
*slips a five spot under the coaster*
Posted by: Diogenes
--------

*nods and brings bottle of B.T. to the bar*

Posted by: JQ at December 26, 2025 09:00 PM (rdVOm)

181 What I love most of TZ is usually, not always, but usually everyone at the end gets their just desserts -- good or bad. Almost every episode has satisfying, just resolution.
Posted by: ...Soothsayer... at December 26, 2025 08:19 PM (CvEXk)

We think so.

Urp... excuse us.

Posted by: The Kanamits at December 26, 2025 09:02 PM (uQesX)

182 Never mess with a guy who owns a magic dictaphone.

Posted by: Mr. Gregory West at December 26, 2025 09:04 PM (uQesX)

183 It's the one where we learn that Romulan ships have plaster ceilings.
Posted by: fd at December 26, 2025 08:54 PM (vFG9F)
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Poorly constructed plaster ceilings.

The irony is that Spock is accused of being a Romulan sympathizer and then the actor who played the Romulan comes back as HIS DAD!!!

Posted by: Federation Conspiracy Theorist at December 26, 2025 09:05 PM (ZOv7s)

184 And what was Kirk doing on that airliner with the creature?

Was he time traveling *before* Star Trek aired?!

Posted by: Federation Conspiracy Theorist at December 26, 2025 09:06 PM (ZOv7s)

185 Who cast an Englishman as a Sikh? Benedict Cumberbatch as Khan Noonien Singh?

RRRAAACCCIIISSST

Posted by: Federation Conspiracy Theorist at December 26, 2025 09:07 PM (ZOv7s)

186 I am disappointed in you all not acknowledging the to serve man episode. But

Posted by: Ben Had at December 26, 2025 09:08 PM (sDNVV)

187 One of the creepiest TZ's is "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge", about the execution of a Southern plantation owner during the Civil War.

Serling showed it as an edited TZ episode in 1964.

Posted by: Joemarine at December 26, 2025 09:10 PM (y171U)

188 I am disappointed in you all not acknowledging the to serve man episode. But
Posted by: Ben Had at December 26, 2025 09:08 PM (sDNVV)

Er, 181.

Posted by: The Kanamits at December 26, 2025 09:12 PM (uQesX)

189
Lurch is in that episode, yes?

Posted by: ...Soothsayer... at December 26, 2025 09:14 PM (CvEXk)

190
Ted Cassidy

He was in lots of the old great cartoons.

Posted by: ...Soothsayer... at December 26, 2025 09:15 PM (CvEXk)

191 >> and then the actor who played the Romulan comes back as HIS DAD!!!

The great Mark Lenard. He's the only actor to play a Vulcan, Klingon, and Romulan throughout the franchise. The trifecta of ST aliens.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 26, 2025 09:15 PM (w6EFb)

192 Lurch is in that episode, yes?
Posted by: ...Soothsayer... at December 26, 2025 09:14 PM (CvEXk)
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You rang?

Posted by: Lurch at December 26, 2025 09:15 PM (ZOv7s)

193 The great Mark Lenard. He's the only actor to play a Vulcan, Klingon, and Romulan throughout the franchise. The trifecta of ST aliens.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 26, 2025 09:15 PM (w6EFb)
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He could have played the Horta. Anyone could have been under that blanket. Who knows?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 26, 2025 09:16 PM (ZOv7s)

194 @169 yup plaster and a large piece of Styrofoam which killed the Romulan Captain's friend Centurion.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 26, 2025 09:18 PM (2vrAX)

195
The great Mark Lenard. He's the only actor to play a Vulcan, Klingon, and Romulan throughout the franchise. The trifecta of ST aliens.
Posted by: publius

and which actor played a Ferenghi, an Andorian, and...I forget what else?

Posted by: ...Soothsayer... at December 26, 2025 09:18 PM (CvEXk)

196
Oh, one of the Dominion cucks

Posted by: ...Soothsayer... at December 26, 2025 09:19 PM (CvEXk)

197 >> Oh, one of the Dominion cucks

I can see him in my mind, let me look him up.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 26, 2025 09:20 PM (w6EFb)

198 @193 the Horta was played by actor and stuntman Janos Prohaska. He played a lot of animals on TV in 60s

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 26, 2025 09:20 PM (2vrAX)

199 @195 Jeffrey Combs?

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 26, 2025 09:21 PM (2vrAX)

200 >> Oh, one of the Dominion cucks

Jeffrey Combs. Played a total of nine different characters in the ST universe.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 26, 2025 09:22 PM (w6EFb)

201 Who cast an Englishman as a Sikh? Benedict Cumberbatch as Khan Noonien Singh?

RRRAAACCCIIISSST
Posted by: Federation Conspiracy Theorist at December 26, 2025 09:07 PM (ZOv7s)

Ha. I'm currently watching "The Blood of Fu Manchu." 1968. Gloriously politically incorrect Eurotrash film, with lots of chained up maidens, greasily corrupt Latin American policemen, greasier-looking Italian, excuse me, Mexican, bandits, and Christopher Lee (!) in yellowface as Fu Manchu.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at December 26, 2025 09:23 PM (A62KL)

202 >> Oh, one of the Dominion cucks

Jeffrey Combs. Played a total of nine different characters in the ST universe.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 26, 2025 09:22 PM (w6EFb)

The Reanimator guy? Dr. Herbert West?

Posted by: Count de Monet at December 26, 2025 09:27 PM (wVcYX)

203 Ha. I'm currently watching "The Blood of Fu Manchu." 1968. Gloriously politically incorrect Eurotrash film, with lots of chained up maidens, greasily corrupt Latin American policemen, greasier-looking Italian, excuse me, Mexican, bandits, and Christopher Lee (!) in yellowface as Fu Manchu.

What I think was a parody of that genre is "The Fiendish Plot of Dr Fu Manchu." Peter Sellers' final movie, and he plays multiple roles.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at December 26, 2025 09:29 PM (lUFok)

204
I watched a podcast with Jeffrey Combs. He's very forthright in his disappointment with Paramount for not making him a regular cast member of Enterprise. In his view, he "earned" it, and he expected a full co-starring role on Enterprise.

Posted by: ...Soothsayer... at December 26, 2025 09:31 PM (CvEXk)

205 Silver spot at $79.59 per oz. Gold at $4549.88 per oz. Silver to Gold ratio at 57:1. Starting to approach the historical ratio of around 40:1. (Silver - historically comes out of the ground at a ratio of 16:1 with Gold. Silver supplies in the ground right now are being produced at about a 7:1 ratio with Gold, as Silver supplies are thinning out. From a fundamental status - given the wide spread electrical and electronic uses of Silver, this indicates that even at the current high price, Silver is under priced.)

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at December 26, 2025 09:33 PM (Da7Vv)

206 *snaps pencil*

Posted by: Jeffrey Combs at December 26, 2025 09:35 PM (Q+gd/)

207 Jeffrey Combs. Played a total of nine different characters in the ST universe.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 26, 2025 09:22 PM (w6EFb)
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I think Marshall Teague had multiple rules in Babylon 5. A bunch of their cast played various races, hiding behind Minbari and Narn makeup.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 26, 2025 09:35 PM (ZOv7s)

208 >> The Reanimator guy? Dr. Herbert West?

Yep. Check out his IMDB page.

I loved the Weyoun character(s) in DS9. Well, loved to hate. Perfect political toady sleazebag type. And Shran as well.

He was Brunt, the Ferengi "Liquidator" as well.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 26, 2025 09:36 PM (w6EFb)

209
Well, I'll be. Combs auditioned for the role of Riker in TNG, but of course didn't get it.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 26, 2025 09:37 PM (w6EFb)

210
What's really amazing to imagine is Rodenberry considered Jack Lord for Capt. Kirk. Also Martin Landau for Spock.

It's fun to imagine what that would've been like. Book 'em, Scotty, or Beam me up, Dano.

Jack Lord's hair being Star Trek cannon. The mind boggles.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 26, 2025 09:39 PM (w6EFb)

211
The Star Wars DS9 episode when Quark had to rescue his mother is hilarious.

The Magnificent Ferenghi, I think.

Posted by: ...Soothsayer... at December 26, 2025 09:40 PM (CvEXk)

212
"They irradiate their own planet?"

That was another good episode.

Posted by: ...Soothsayer... at December 26, 2025 09:40 PM (CvEXk)

213 . From a fundamental status - given the wide spread electrical and electronic uses of Silver, this indicates that even at the current high price, Silver is under priced.)
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at December 26, 2025 09:33 PM (Da7Vv)
=================
If you're purchasing assets that aren't producing earnings or other measures of value, you're not investing. You're speculating.

Fight me.

Posted by: Cheerful Reprobate at December 26, 2025 09:43 PM (0yLoC)

214
All in all, my favorite ST characters were The Doctor from Voyager and Elim Garak from DS9.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 26, 2025 09:44 PM (w6EFb)

215 Garak was a great character.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at December 26, 2025 09:45 PM (rghSL)

216 It was suggested to me that I should sell my silver and put it in the market.

??

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 26, 2025 09:46 PM (WtQV9)

217
205

From a fundamental status - given the wide spread electrical and electronic uses of Silver, this indicates that even at the current high price, Silver is under priced.)
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at December 26, 2025 09:33 PM

--------

So we should buy silver. As you already have.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at December 26, 2025 09:48 PM (azNOR)

218 DataRepublican (small r) reposted

Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh

Every single media network should be covering Nick Shirley's exposé on Somali fraud in Minnesota.

He did more work than all of them, with a tiny fraction of the budget. Just a camera, a microphone and asking basic questions.

This is why citizens are becoming the media.

Nick shirley @nickshirleyy

Here is the full 42 minutes of my crew and I exposing Minnesota fraud, this might be my most important work yet. We uncovered over $110,000,000 in ONE day. Like it and share it around like wildfire! It's time to hold these corrupt politicians and fraudsters accountable

We ALL work way too hard and pay too much in taxes for this to be happening, the fraud must be stopped.

X video: https://bit.ly/3YalZrF

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 26, 2025 09:48 PM (P5BPp)

219 =================
If you're purchasing assets that aren't producing earnings or other measures of value, you're not investing. You're speculating.

Fight me.
Posted by: Cheerful Reprobate
--------

Call it what you like. Is the theory on the increase in the value of silver credible?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 26, 2025 09:48 PM (WtQV9)

220 It was suggested to me that I should sell my silver and put it in the market.

It hit $79/oz today. I'm holding out for $100/oz. I figure my fillings ought to net me about 7 bucks.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at December 26, 2025 09:49 PM (lUFok)

221
Spielberg made a new space alien movie?
Comes out this Summer.

Will it revive the dead theaters?
Maybe...for just that movie.

Posted by: ...Soothsayer... at December 26, 2025 09:49 PM (CvEXk)

222 Actually, I thought I was a geek, but you guys are too much.

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at December 26, 2025 09:49 PM (9ipOP)

223
One of the funniest episodes, of all 'em, was Voyager, last season, I believe. The Doctor has to get transferred to Seven of Nine's "neural node implants" for some reason, and he takes over her body.

You've got Jerry Ryan as Seven channeling the Doctor's character -- it was a hoot, she did a fantastic job.

One of hilarious lines, as she's scolding him for what he did with her body (which included stuffing him/herself with cheesecake), was "You became sexually aroused in my body!"

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 26, 2025 09:50 PM (w6EFb)

224 Andrew Robinson played Garek and he was great. Played Scorpio in Dirty Harry.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 26, 2025 09:50 PM (2vrAX)

225 Saw the movie Marty Supreme Christmas Eve. Both my Brother - who reffed one of his matches - and I knew the real life Marty Reisman - who's life is portrayed in the movie. Very funny movie. The "villain" in the movie is the guy from Shark Tank, Kevin O'Leary. And yes, the real Marty actually toured with the Harlem Globetrotters.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at December 26, 2025 09:50 PM (Da7Vv)

226
Spielberg's movie looks like a combination of Close Encounters meets Signs meets DEI Woke.

Posted by: ...Soothsayer... at December 26, 2025 09:51 PM (CvEXk)

227 I'm in the middle of the DS9 where all the characters play science fiction writers in the 40s.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 26, 2025 09:51 PM (9ipOP)

228 What's really amazing to imagine is Rodenberry considered Jack Lord for Capt. Kirk. Also Martin Landau for Spock.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 26, 2025 09:39 PM (w6EFb)
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Space: 1999 comes to mind.

Landau and his wife (and most of the cast) appear to be sedated during season one. Season 2 was a bit more active and adventurish. That's the one I remember seeing as a kid on Canadian TV.

David Prowse as the "Cloud Creature" was fun.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 26, 2025 09:52 PM (ZOv7s)

229 Andrew Robinson played Garek and he was great. Played Scorpio in Dirty Harry.
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 26, 2025 09:50 PM (2vrAX)
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I'm picking you for my Trivial Pursuit team.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 26, 2025 09:53 PM (9ipOP)

230 216 It was suggested to me that I should sell my silver and put it in the market.

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I told the guy I bought most of my silver from that he probably should sell what he can into this market. Get his money out before the crash. And there will be a big crash.

Posted by: clarence at December 26, 2025 09:53 PM (MXMX4)

231
We ALL work way too hard and pay too much in taxes for this to be happening, the fraud must be stopped.

X video: https://bit.ly/3YalZrF
Posted by: Clyde Shelton
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You don't have to convince us. The quesiton is;
Will DoJ or Homeland Security deport them.
They do a lot of meat and potatoes work that they should have been doing the last fifteen years but
They. aren't. doing. shit. on. the. hard. stuff.
-- > Comey excepted.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 26, 2025 09:53 PM (WtQV9)

232 Someone didn't want to go through discovery...

@rawsalerts 2h
🚨#BREAKING: California Governor Newsom has officially withdrawn the lawsuit against Trump after California loses $4 billion in high-speed rail funding.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 26, 2025 09:56 PM (mlg/3)

233
And it's ironic that Nimoy took over Landau's "master of disguise" character for a season or two in Mission Impossible.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 26, 2025 09:56 PM (w6EFb)

234 Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 26, 2025 09:48 PM (P5BPp)

That video is both outrageous and faulty. He should have shown the date and time he was visiting those day care places. He mentions it is during the week once.

The home healthcare services half is not as strong. He does not seem to understand that they do not have healthcare staff on site. They just coordinate nurses going to houses. I have a few clients that run home healthcare businesses, and they don't have nurses in the office.

I'm not denying that it is all fraudulent. Just pointing out a couple flaws.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at December 26, 2025 09:57 PM (OEaS0)

235 Landau and his wife (and most of the cast) appear to be sedated during season one. Season 2 was a bit more active and adventurish. That's the one I remember seeing as a kid on Canadian TV.
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I tried to watch that SciFi show but I couldn't. Couldn't believe they would even present that crap.
Landau must have needed money bad.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 26, 2025 09:57 PM (WtQV9)

236
Call it what you like. Is the theory on the increase in the value of silver credible?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 26, 2025 09:48 PM (WtQV9)

It very well may be. It certainly sounds plausible..My point wasn't to denigrate speculation, it can lead to very profitable ends. My point was to delineate the difference between speculation and investing..

As my dad said, "that's what makes horse races ".

Posted by: Cheerful Reprobate at December 26, 2025 10:00 PM (0yLoC)

237 Space: 1999 comes to mind.

Landau and his wife (and most of the cast) appear to be sedated during season one. Season 2 was a bit more active and adventurish. That's the one I remember seeing as a kid on Canadian TV.

David Prowse as the "Cloud Creature" was fun.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 26, 2025 09:52 PM (ZOv7s)

Season 1 was brilliant. “Guardian of Piri” featuring Catherine Schell is my fave there. Season 2 was just unwatchable.

Posted by: Cow Demon at December 26, 2025 10:00 PM (muXU/)

238 It must be Doof's night on.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 26, 2025 10:01 PM (WtQV9)

239 Push the button, Max!

Posted by: clarence at December 26, 2025 10:01 PM (MXMX4)

240 I tried to watch that SciFi show but I couldn't. Couldn't believe they would even present that crap.
Landau must have needed money bad.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 26, 2025 09:57 PM (WtQV9)

As a proud owner of a brand new Space:1999 Moonbase Alpha Technical Manual…..

(Bites tongue)

Posted by: Cow Demon at December 26, 2025 10:02 PM (muXU/)

241 Posted by: Joemarine at December 26, 2025 09:10 PM (y171U)

That's a short story by Ambrose Bierce.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 26, 2025 10:03 PM (n9ltV)

242 The home healthcare services half is not as strong. He does not seem to understand that they do not have healthcare staff on site. They just coordinate nurses going to houses. I have a few clients that run home healthcare businesses, and they don't have nurses in the office.

I'm not denying that it is all fraudulent. Just pointing out a couple flaws.
Posted by: Ted Torgerson at December 26, 2025 09:57 PM (OEaS0)

How can I get “home health care” when I have no health for which to care?

Posted by: Cow Demon at December 26, 2025 10:03 PM (muXU/)

243 Yes but the real question is, was Die Hard a Star Trek movie?

Dorks.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at December 26, 2025 10:04 PM (nljXp)

244 Evening.

So in hometown news there was an officer involved shooting...a block from where I live!

Dude took cops on a high speed chase and in the end got shot and killed for his troubles. Fucking wild.

I think my town might be going to pot.

Posted by: Robert, The Love Walrus at December 26, 2025 10:05 PM (1Yy3c)

245 Jared Gutts says Nicholas Cage is the American Shatner but I still think it takes some years of hindsight to consider whether certain male thespian archetypes will remain viable.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at December 26, 2025 10:09 PM (dbvpx)

246 nood,

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at December 26, 2025 10:09 PM (A62KL)

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