I thought it be the video of Shatner singing Metallica.

BILLL!

Shatner got red-shirted!

Issues

Dammit Jim! I'm a doctor not a wedding planner!

re: #1 Ozark Mountain Daredevil

I thought it be the video of Shatner singing Metallica.

PIMF- *thought it would be

Denny Crane!

Three and a half minutes of Shatner ranting and the interviewer says "It's possible that he just wanted to invite the intimate people in his life" to the wedding. HAH!

Shatner even thinks somebody else's wedding is about HIM! Who's demented now?

Sulu needs to get over himself.

Did the groom wear white or would that just be takei?

/This thread is just too target rich.

Shatner's "tensions aboard the USS Enterprise" were nothing compared to the tensions the sailors, including John McCain, faced on the real Enterprise during the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Get a grip, Shatner.

All I know is it sucks to be security on Capt. Kirks away team.

High turn over position.

Not invited to a wedding? My friends know better than to ask me to attend weddings. I just won't do it and consider it an act of kindness when they don't bother me with it.

The little fruit should move to my country or better yet Fidel's paradise and see what we do with such a little marisca.

It's illogical.

Denny Crane

re: #13 Killgore Trout

Not invited to a wedding? My friends know better than to ask me to attend weddings. I just won't do it and consider it an act of kindness when they don't bother me with it.

I hate weddings too. They always, always play Proud Mary.

"I never read his book."

You obviously never read David Gerrold's book, The World of Star Trek, either, Bill.

/Published in 1977, and covered quite a bit of this ground, sparing no one, including Gerrold himself

cheers

eon

re: #12 JCM

Kirk, Spock , McCoy and ensign Horowitz beam down to a hostile planet. Guess who dies.

re: #13 Killgore Trout

Not invited to a wedding? My friends know better than to ask me to attend weddings. I just won't do it and consider it an act of kindness when they don't bother me with it.

I feel the same way, but I just love wedding cake. I mentioned to my brother that I was craving wedding cake. He said I should get married!
But, I just want the cake!

The intense dislike of William Shatner the actor by his fellow cast members is not anything that is new. This has been a well documented fact almost since the moment the show originally went on the air. Shatner was just too much of a pushy "star" that was always willing to grab the scene at the expense of anyone else that had the unfortunate duty of having to act with him.

HAS ANYONE ELSE SEEN THIS!?

I was in another room while my two girls were getting ready to watch Dora on the Nickelodeon channel...the only TV show they're aloud to watch. Suddenly my oldest starts to yell out, "I'm not voting for you," and I think I hear Obama's voice. I run into the TV room and see Obama as he finishing speaking directly to the kids! This was not a generic political commercial this was a commercial directly toward the kids but I have no idea what was said. Does anyone know? Is it just me or is that not over the line and newsworthy?

Ha take that Shatner no chicken dance and tricorder shaped cake for you

re: #17 opnion

...and that stupid chicken dance song. The awkward attempts to set me up with the fattest bridesmaid. I just refuse to go anymore.

Sulu responds.

re: #17 opnion

I hate weddings too. They always, always play Proud Mary.

Any band I used to play in would charge extra for Proud Mary, Mustang Sally, I Will Survive, and YMCA.

re: #25 Charles

photon torpedos engaged, fire at will...

"It's possible he just wanted his intimate friends."

Uh, he made it a fabulous media extravaganza! Intimate and cozy are not words that come to mind.

Who knows who the villian is, but with the way Shatner mocks himself in the Priceline ads, he seems fairly well adjusted and not a big ego. Eh, in the end, why do I care.

Just pass the fruit cup.

Shatner, just send a card and wish them well. Be above it, ok.

re: #24 Killgore Trout

...and that stupid chicken dance song. The awkward attempts to set me up with the fattest bridesmaid. I just refuse to go anymore.

Well, you make a strong point.

No offense to either of the two drama queens in question, but I think both of them are a little past their expiration date.

re: #28 Silhouette

Just pass the fruit cup.

i dunno... were you tardy?

Fred Thompson RNC ad for McCain

re: #17 opnion

I hate weddings too. They always, always play Proud Mary.

I thought they always played "Another One Bites The Dust"?

re: #26 rawmuse

Any band I used to play in would charge extra for Proud Mary, Mustang Sally, I Will Survive, and YMCA.

I remember wanting to learn Proud Mary, because everytime I snuck into somewhere to see a band, they would play it.

After playing it a thousand times, I still think the chords I play are worng.

re: #27 Querent

photon torpedos engaged, fire at will...

Poor Will.

Since we are sharing - I used to own a Science Fiction collectibles store in 92-94ish. I was a Star Wars freak during this period. What would crack me up, though, is the Trekkies would come in all decked out in Uniform and had business cards from this local club where someone was Captain (insert their last name), etc. They called each other this and would even hit their fake communicators IN THE STORE to talk to each other. Super bizarre.

The Star Wars people, however, just like the cool toys and movie props. They would occasionally dress for Halloween or what not. SW people were cool - they didn't have to act like they really were on the way to Tatooine! Then the new SW movies came out and what did I see? Star Wars people going to the movie dressed like Luke and Darth! Oh it was awful. Then the Cons - storm troopers all over the flippin' place. It was really a psychologically damaging moment for me.

Ok - carry on with your conversations.

He just wasn't that into you. lol

re: #32 Querent

i dunno... were you tardy?

I don't feel tardy.

re: #17 opnion

I hate weddings too. They always, always play Proud Mary.

And "Celebrate" by Kool and the Gang. I detest that song!

re: #19 Killgore Trout

Kirk, Spock , McCoy and ensign Horowitz beam down to a hostile planet. Guess who dies.

I always wondered about that. Who explores the new planet with unknown dangers? The top three officers on the ship.

re: #34 rightymouse

I thought they always played "Another One Bites The Dust"?

Yeah, that too. Back in the day, you had to listen to "Feelings"

re: #36 Silhouette

yes, poor Will Wheaton indeed. Wesley Crusher was not his fault.

re: #35 spirochete

Of course, everyone knows the real name for Proud Mary is "Left A Good Job".

I don't like the passive aggressive thing. They should just both just beam down to the "Arena" and duke it out.

Here's Charles offering Shatner a few pointers during a prior "Arena" kerfuffle.

re: #39 Silhouette

I don't feel tardy.

Gimme sumthing to write on, man!

No matter what you say about Shatner...this is still a classic.

Not that it matters, but I'm with Shatner on this one. Apparently they weren't ever friends, and Takei made it a point to say in TV interviews I'm not inviting Captian Kirk, his ego, blah blah blah. Takei sounded like he's still all sour grapes over it.

It's been 40+ years, get over it, George. LOL

Trivia fact; Walter Koenig (Chekov) was brought in in the second season (1967-68) as a "pinch-hitter" for Takei at the helm, because George was off the show for almost the entire first half of the shooting schedule filming The Green Berets at Ft. Bragg with John Wayne's Batjac company.

cheers

eon

re: #46 spirochete

i brought my pencil...

and of course "We Are Family", can't forget that one.

I don't understand the chicken dance remarks.
I thought the only place they did the chicken dance was in between innings at minor league ball games.
Do they really do that at weddings? (Serious question.)

re: #40 Ozark Mountain Daredevil

And "Celebrate" by Kool and the Gang. I detest that song!

Thats it! Thats the one I couldn't think of.

Sulu should have learned that you never leave your buddies behind.

/ what? oh, never mind

I'm Bob Weir, bitch!

re: #50 Querent

i brought my pencil...

Class dismissed!

LOL - I like Shatner. Denny Crane's a hoot. Seems the perfect character for him.

re: #51 rawmuse

and of course "We Are Family", can't forget that one.

That's required at all sorority dances too. "I got all my sisters with me."

re: #56 spirochete

okay, this is the friday night drinking thread!

re: #52 wolfie

I don't understand the chicken dance remarks.
I thought the only place they did the chicken dance was in between innings at minor league ball games.
Do they really do that at weddings? (Serious question.)

Yes

re: #50 Querent

i brought my pencil...

We were supposed to bring pencils?

I am so screwed............

OT: I AM BILL

Every time I turn on the internet these days, it seems like another right wing blogger is digging up more baloney on Professor Bill Ayers. Apparently these people would rather talk about Bill Ayers' passionate youthful rambunctiousness than the issues that really matter to us, like Sarah Palin's shoe bill. Well, I've got a message for you, Mister Google cache McCarthy fascist: I'm mad as H-E-double sippy straws, and I'm not going to take it any more. No longer will not remain silent while you smear and slur this great America-hating American with his own quotes. Hear me now: when you mess with Bill Ayers, you're messing with me.

Because I AM BILL.

I AM BILL. I am the everyday forgotten little guy in your neighborhood, the quiet anarcho-syndicalist family man who gets up early and punches the clock at the local state university, writing the manifestos and polemics and grant proposals that keep America humming.

re: #52 wolfie

I don't understand the chicken dance remarks.
I thought the only place they did the chicken dance was in between innings at minor league ball games.
Do they really do that at weddings? (Serious question.)

Well, I demanded that the Hokey Pokey be played at the wedding, but you know why.

;-)

re: #42 opnion

Yeah, that too. Back in the day, you had to listen to "Feelings"

"Feelings"?

Gahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! I would rather have ten root canals! Seriously!

re: #37 ArmyWife

Since we are sharing - I used to own a Science Fiction collectibles store in 92-94ish. I was a Star Wars freak during this period. What would crack me up, though, is the Trekkies would come in all decked out in Uniform and had business cards from this local club where someone was Captain (insert their last name), etc. They called each other this and would even hit their fake communicators IN THE STORE to talk to each other. Super bizarre.

The Star Wars people, however, just like the cool toys and movie props. They would occasionally dress for Halloween or what not. SW people were cool - they didn't have to act like they really were on the way to Tatooine! Then the new SW movies came out and what did I see? Star Wars people going to the movie dressed like Luke and Darth! Oh it was awful. Then the Cons - storm troopers all over the flippin' place. It was really a psychologically damaging moment for me.

Ok - carry on with your conversations.

When I went the first showing of Star Trek: The Motion Picture at my local theater I was the only person standing in line that was not wearing a ST costume. Some geekoid started laughing at me about my costume and I replied I as from the Evil Klingon Accounting Firm.

re: #61 JCM

yep, 'cause with all the grammar police in the last thread, you know there's gonna be a quiz

re: #37 ArmyWife

Since we are sharing - I used to own a Science Fiction collectibles store in 92-94ish. I was a Star Wars freak during this period. What would crack me up, though, is the Trekkies would come in all decked out in Uniform and had business cards from this local club where someone was Captain (insert their last name), etc. They called each other this and would even hit their fake communicators IN THE STORE to talk to each other. Super bizarre.

The Star Wars people, however, just like the cool toys and movie props. They would occasionally dress for Halloween or what not. SW people were cool - they didn't have to act like they really were on the way to Tatooine! Then the new SW movies came out and what did I see? Star Wars people going to the movie dressed like Luke and Darth! Oh it was awful. Then the Cons - storm troopers all over the flippin' place. It was really a psychologically damaging moment for me.

Ok - carry on with your conversations.

I used to work security at Trek cons in central OH in the 70s. I resolutely refused to wear a red shirt.

/did attend a few dead-dog parties, though. Interesting conversations on subjects far removed from Trek.

cheers

eon

re: #64 rightymouse

"Feelings"?

Gahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! I would rather have ten root canals! Seriously!

Sunrise, Sunset..........

Okay, so I never saw Fannie and Freddie beginning to crash the world's markets, and I never foesaw the confiscation of 401ks. What else is coming that I just cannot predict?

re: #63 Silhouette

:D

You had a good excuse!

Like Star Trek would have been a hit show followed by hit movies without Shatner. George Takei made a good living (when Asian Americans were not getting all that much work in the industry) thanks to Star Trek and whoever was in the cast and behind the scenes. Let's try to be a little grateful for the blessings G-d bestows, pal.

When I lived in Los Angeles, a good friend of mine rode horses at the same place Shatner rode his horses. My friend, who never minced his words, told me that Shatner was an a$$hole.

That doesn't give Sulu a pass. I suspect that egos clashed mightily on the set of Star Trek.

re: #62 abolitionist

Sounds like someone buys into the spin that Ayers is just your average ex-Vietnam war protester, who may have burned a flag or two, but it was all about ending killing, denouncing racism, and wanting more social programs. And what's so wrong with that?

/please to ignore the rapes, murders, attempted mass murders, approval of the Manson murders, props to Sirhan Sirhan, and an open textbook on taking out the USA.

Looks like the cast from the "Trouble with Tribbles"

Infantile. Don't they have better things to do with their time?

re: #66 Querent

yep, 'cause with all the grammar police in the last thread, you know there's gonna be a quiz

*whimper*

re: #73 Silhouette

That was from Iowahawk. :)

re: #73 Silhouette

Sounds like someone buys into the spin that Ayers is just your average ex-Vietnam war protester, who may have burned a flag or two, but it was all about ending killing, denouncing racism, and wanting more social programs. And what's so wrong with that?

/please to ignore the rapes, murders, attempted mass murders, approval of the Manson murders, props to Sirhan Sirhan, and an open textbook on taking out the USA.

Oh, I didnt' think he was SERIOUS! I thought he was being sarcastic, especially when he mentioned Sarah Palin's shoes....

Totally dating myself here:

"We've Only Just Begun" by the Carpenters.

re: #22 new hampshire dad

That doesn't surprise me at all. Call me tinfoil, but Mr. Obama is aiming for something higher than POTUS. He wil be the New Age World Teacher. It's about more than votes.

re: #79 Rose Parade

Totally dating myself here:

"We've Only Just Begun" by the Carpenters.

**GROAN**

re: #71 jemima

Like Star Trek would have been a hit show followed by hit movies without Shatner. George Takei made a good living (when Asian Americans were not getting all that much work in the industry) thanks to Star Trek and whoever was in the cast and behind the scenes. Let's try to be a little grateful for the blessings G-d bestows, pal.

Agreed. Takei wasn't exactly Bruce Lee (my favorite 70's iconic Oriental dude.)

I've never even seen a Star Trek episode.
I don't like the costumes.

Hi Everyone: Just want to let you know that PBS is replaying an episode of Frontline called "The Choice" this evening. This is a two-hour presentation about the candidates.

I know many lizards are skeptical of PBS, but this is, I believe, a fair-minded portrayal of both candidates. Also available online.

(Posted earlier on a thread that died soon after, so am reposting here.)

re: #64 rightymouse

"Feelings"?

Gahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! I would rather have ten root canals! Seriously!

A widely held attitude.

re: #40 Ozark Mountain Daredevil

And "Celebrate" by Kool and the Gang. I detest that song!

Or "Cocaine" be Eric Clapton.

Shatner was in a cop TV drama too, wasn't he? He is the brand naame here. I would have invited him just so my guests could torture him with attention.

re: #77 gop_patriot

That was from Iowahawk. :)

Arrrrgh. That'll teach me not to click a link.

Must. Resist. Urge. to cover for own my blunder by casting blame on idiot leftists being so nuts that one can't tell reality from parody.

two things i need more of, cowbell and Shatner.
the drama, the ego. the guy is a trip.

does it get any better than this?

re: #52 wolfie

I don't understand the chicken dance remarks.
I thought the only place they did the chicken dance was in between innings at minor league ball games.
Do they really do that at weddings? (Serious question.)

Yeah... and the Macarana, and the Walk like and Egyptian.
At my wedding, we only had the couple dance + parents. Stipulation of the church. Fine by me, I always try to stay out of the dance circles.

re: #20 Cast Iron Magnolia

I feel the same way, but I just love wedding cake. I mentioned to my brother that I was craving wedding cake. He said I should get married!
But, I just want the cake!

I'd like to be married. I'd also like one of those big Kitchenaid stand mixers with all the goodies.

If I hit 40 and haven't closed the deal, I may have to jump off my wallet and buy one (a mixer, not a husband).

re: #86 Soona'

Or "Cocaine" be Eric Clapton.

Gotta admit Shout stills works, really like the Fat guy on his ass when he goes too low, (That would be me BTW)

re: #84 JustMyView

I have no illusions about "Frontline". They lost me long ago.
They are just more leftist twits. I have enough of that without piping it directly in to my living room.

re: #91 nikis-knight

"no, thank you, I don't conga"

re: #62 abolitionist

I AM BILL. I'm still married my to my college sweetheart, and we believe in family values. Especially Manson Family values. After all these years she still hands me my lunchbox at the door every morning, which she has packed with a chocolate kiss and a tiny pinch of Semtex from her hope chest. I can't imagine where I'd be without this woman and her law school salary. Because no matter what I accomplish in this world, this beautiful, insane bitch will always be the real psychopath in the house.

Iowahawk rocks.

re: #90 ploome hineni

pee pull

pee pull hoo lik pee pull

Gak, urk..... brain short circuiting..... arrrgghhhhhh.

If that tune is not out of my head in 5 minutes you are sooooo on my list!

Shatner does SEVEN

George Takei responds!

[Link: blog.wired.com...]

"It is absolutely baffling to us, because, in fact, we did invite Bill, and we didn't hear from him," Takei told Entertainment Tonight.

Shatner claimed in his homemade video that Takei (pictured) and his longtime partner had failed to invite him to their wedding. Shatner also theorized that Takei is suffering from some kind of "psychosis" (but in a nice way).

Takei, who portrayed Sulu in the '60s television series as well as several Trek movies, said Shatner, who played Captain James T. Kirk, avoided many opportunities to get together with former inhabitants of the Enterprise bridge, even skipping the funeral of series creator Gene Roddenberry.

Chalk it up to Shatner's egomania and questionable stability, said Takei.

"Bill is the star of the show, and he likes to be the star of the show," Takei said. "He likes the attention.... It's a big, shining, demanding ego.... It's all typical of Bill. You have to consider the source."

re: #92 Palandine

I'd like to be married. I'd also like one of those big Kitchenaid stand mixers with all the goodies.

If I hit 40 and haven't closed the deal, I may have to jump off my wallet and buy one (a mixer, not a husband).

I was married. Still don't have the big KitchenAid mixer. (Don't have the husband, either.) As much as I like wedding cake, I think I'll just order one for myself!

Koskidz (via TPM)......

McCain's PA Comm Director Pushed False Mugging Story

John McCain's Pennsylvania communications director told reporters in the state an incendiary version of the hoax story about the attack on a McCain volunteer well before the facts of the case were known or established -- and even told reporters outright that the "B" carved into the victim's cheek stood for "Barack," according to multiple sources familiar with the discussions.

John Verrilli, the news director for KDKA in Pittsburgh, told TPM Election Central that McCain's Pennsylvania campaign communications director gave one of his reporters a detailed version of the attack that included a claim that the alleged attacker said, "You're with the McCain campaign? I'm going to teach you a lesson."

Verrilli also told TPM that the McCain spokesperson had claimed that the "B" stood for Barack. According to Verrilli, the spokesperson also told KDKA that Sarah Palin had called the victim of the alleged attack, who has since admitted the story was a hoax.

TPM has been offline since this story popped up so I can't verify but this story could go from bad to worse.

re: #79 Rose Parade

Totally dating myself here:

"We've Only Just Begun" by the Carpenters.

"Hotel California" by The Eagles.

"Dust in the Wind" by Kansas.

Heck, the first time I heard the original radio version of The Hitch-Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy on NPR, I immediately recognized the theme as "Journey of the Sorcerer", the last track on side 2 of the Eagles' One of these Nights album (which I still have, BTW).
You're not any more ancient than I.

cheers

eon

re: #66 Querent

yep, 'cause with all the grammar police in the last thread, you know there's gonna be a quiz

Just to be clear: I NEVER correct another adult unless asked for my opinion.

A tempestette in an intrastellar teapot.

What about the YMCA song. That is the worst. All the old people and drunks making letters .....I eloped. True.

re: #88 Silhouette

Arrrrgh. That'll teach me not to click a link.

Must. Resist. Urge. to cover for own my blunder by casting blame on idiot leftists being so nuts that one can't tell reality from parody.

(((Silhouette)))

Who could blame you if you did that? It's perfectly reasonable.

;)

My family is more interesting than the Star Trek cast any day. Still, I will always love the series and movies.

re: #103 goddessoftheclassroom

no, you don't -- i was thinking of that other guy.

Another recent Great Shatner clip... IMHO :)

I'm melding some fear-pandering on CA's Prop 8? Any CA lizards want to weigh in?

re: #81 rightymouse

**GROAN**

Totally dating myself: "Can't Get No Satisfaction". (Especially when it was played every ten minutes.)

re: #92 Palandine

I'd like to be married. I'd also like one of those big Kitchenaid stand mixers with all the goodies.

If I hit 40 and haven't closed the deal, I may have to jump off my wallet and buy one (a mixer, not a husband).

Worst case scenario: The mixer disappoints. Return it under warranty. Spouses....not so much.

I listened to the whole thing and Takei's version sounded much more coherent, Shatner sounded like the one with the psychosis.

re: #103 goddessoftheclassroom

Just to be clear: I NEVER correct another adult unless asked for my opinion.

Last thread got a bit, ahh, testy.

re: #90 ploome hineni

pee pull

pee pull hoo lik pee pull

AAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

Schtop it allreddys!

*thump*

re: #65 FurryOldGuyJeans

When I went the first showing of Star Trek: The Motion Picture at my local theater I was the only person standing in line that was not wearing a ST costume. Some geekoid started laughing at me about my costume and I replied I as from the Evil Klingon Accounting Firm.

What's the most popular line spoken at any Star Trek movie showing?

"Ticket for one, please".

I like Shatner's schtick, but it gets old, and I turn it off. Whatever.

re: #110 Sol Roth

Already voted on it.

Another great Captain of the Enterprise.

re: #90 ploome hineni

pee pull

pee pull hoo lik pee pull

lolololol!

Hi, Ploome.
I was just talking about you on the previous thread.

Some grammar police over there for awhile.

i poiNted ouT that you liKe to put CapitaL letTers in odD plaCes.

re: #110 Sol Roth

that depends on how you view marriage as an institution.

Who do you want to institutionalize?

re: #92 Palandine

I'd like to be married. I'd also like one of those big Kitchenaid stand mixers with all the goodies.

If I hit 40 and haven't closed the deal, I may have to jump off my wallet and buy one (a mixer, not a husband).

Being married is like being single, with less freedom & more bills,

re: #100 Cast Iron Magnolia

I'm married. Been married since I was 19 (18 years!). No KitchenAid but I want one. My husband (still very much in love with him) bought me a cheapo mixer thinking it would be a fine substitute. Its not.

Of course, all the best wedding bands today play "Dancing Queen".

The tiff has something to do with "The Captain's Log". That's all I have to say.

re: #96 gop_patriot

ROFLMAO

Iowahawk is the shizzle.

Gotta run folks, foster kid has a visit with siblings.

Be back with the Iron Fist rule is in shreds.

I have a 5 quart Kitchen-Aid mixer and used it today to make chocolate cupcakes. Two days ago I made semolina bread with it. I have the ice cream attachment and the food mill/pasta maker. It's about 25 years old and trouble-free. You never go wrong with this one, built like a tank.

re: #111 Soona'

Totally dating myself: "Can't Get No Satisfaction". (Especially when it was played every ten minutes.)

There I must dissent, great song!

&#9834 &#9836 It's a Small World After All ... &#9836 &#9834

*snicker* :P

re: #130 Miss Trixie

aaggghh... it burns, it burns...

re: #77 gop_patriot

That was from Iowahawk. :)

It's rich in links, this one is.

re: #120 reine.de.tout

I alWays LikEd thaT. MakEs reAdiNg LikE a CaRNivAL, or something.

re: #105 snowcrash

What about the YMCA song. That is the worst. All the old people and drunks making letters .....I eloped. True.

The Village People. My least favorite Seventies "group", with the possible exception of every other bunch of disco duds, notably the Bee Gees.

Well, I'm outta here. Got a bake sale to do transport duty for tomorrow. A movie, and then bed.

Good night, Lizards.

Sleep tight.

/Do not put the phaser 2 under the pillow, it might go overload.

cheers

eon

re: #121 Querent

that depends on how you view marriage as an institution.

Who do you want to institutionalize?

So it IS a Prop 8 surge? Much like my 2nd Amendment brethren gearing up for the Obama grab?

My politics are one man, one woman. HOWEVER, I want to understand the dynamic.

re: #122 opnion

Being married is like being single, with less freedom & more bills,

Being married is like entering into a contract where you automatically forfeit half your net worth, 30% of future earnings and if you try to get out of it, you are tagged an immoral inconsiderate, low down good for nothing...oh wait, no one asked me. *Whistling,he walks away*

re: #103 goddessoftheclassroom

Just to be clear: I NEVER correct another adult unless asked for my opinion.

Thank you Officer Goddess! : )

re: #109 PISSED

Another recent Great Shatner clip... IMHO :)

[Link: www.youtube.com...]

"Sweet Land of Liberty, Valance!"

re: #105 snowcrash

What about the YMCA song. That is the worst. All the old people and drunks making letters .....I eloped. True.

I did the next best thing; got married at my Grandmother's house, had the reception at the in-law's. :) Just family and very close friends, then everyone went their merry way. No dancing, just some classical and Christmas music in the background.

re: #134 godfrey

I alWays LikEd thaT. MakEs reAdiNg LikE a CaRNivAL, or something.

I like it too!
Ploome always spells "ridiculous", as "rediculous".

I was typing an e-mail to someone the other day and wrote "rediculous" LOL.

re: #84 JustMyView

Hi Everyone: Just want to let you know that PBS is replaying an episode of Frontline called "The Choice" this evening. This is a two-hour presentation about the candidates.

I know many lizards are skeptical of PBS, but this is, I believe, a fair-minded portrayal of both candidates. Also available online.

(Posted earlier on a thread that died soon after, so am reposting here.)

PBS - fair-minded. Funny.

re: #137 spirochete

Being married is like entering into a contract where you automatically forfeit half your net worth, 30% of future earnings and if you try to get out of it, you are tagged an immoral inconsiderate, low down good for nothing...oh wait, no one asked me. *Whistling,he walks away*

Your in some serious trouble now,

re: #102 eon

"Hotel California" by The Eagles.

"Dust in the Wind" by Kansas.

Heck, the first time I heard the original radio version of The Hitch-Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy on NPR, I immediately recognized the theme as "Journey of the Sorcerer", the last track on side 2 of the Eagles' One of these Nights album (which I still have, BTW).
You're not any more ancient than I.

cheers

eon

I used to have that album on 8-track tape.

re: #111 Soona'

I enjoy hearing that one every five years or so!

I actually like "Proud Mary" but if ,and only if, CCR does it.

re: #128 jemima
Me too. A 20 year old K5. It is a workhorse in the kitchen. Love it.

re: #123 ArmyWife

I'm married. Been married since I was 19 (18 years!). No KitchenAid but I want one. My husband (still very much in love with him) bought me a cheapo mixer thinking it would be a fine substitute. Its not.

I gave one of my nephews a big KitchenAid stand mixer as a wedding present. He said I won the "wedding present award"! You're right - the cheapo substitute is never good - either in mixers or husbands. Glad you've got a "keeper".

when my son and his bride got married this august--their last (exit) song was the time warp! what a hoot!

re: #141 reine.de.tout

Sure, like ready money, it's ready ridiculousness. Rediculous.

/I'm stretching because I'm a friend

Add briefly-sauteed ham chunks to the halushki.

re: #139 RTLM

Clinging to my guns....... just for that reason.. you . never. know.

re: #143 opnion

Your in some serious trouble now,

Sometimes it's like, "I value your life above mine." Which would you like the State to favor?

re: #111 Soona'

Totally dating myself: "Can't Get No Satisfaction". (Especially when it was played every ten minutes.)

How about "Don't Rock The Boat, Baby"?

re: #130 Miss Trixie

♪ ♬ It's a Small World After All ... ♬ ♪

*snicker* :P

My name is Michael,
I got a nickel,
I got a nickel,
shiny and new...

re: #136 Sol Roth

i can't begin to take a guess at the specific type of FUD you're referring to -- however everything i've received in the mail to date was for a yes vote, and i'm in the Bay Area.

personally, though, having recently done the flowers for two dear friends who just got married, and played not a single one of the songs mentioned in this thread, thus demonstrating their impeccable taste, i voted no on it. It was either that or tell said good friends that some humans are indeed more equal than others.

re: #152 rightymouse

Don't tip the boat ovah

?

I forget the words, but the earworm is firmly in place. I could transcribe the harmonies, it's so ingrained. That, and anything by the guys who sang "Reminiscing." Damn the jingle conspiracy! Damn them!

Playboy’s “20 Questions with William Shatner” July 1989.

Q: Do you ever wish you were a woman?
A: No. I’d miss the sound of my balls clanging together.

re: #152 rightymouse

How about "Don't Rock The Boat, Baby"?

Somewhere in my collection of MP3 files are two songs by the Captain and Tenille.

shatner over acts even when he's not acting.

#156
you get an upding for that one!

re: #130 Miss Trixie

♪ ♬ It's a Small World After All ... ♬ ♪

*snicker* :P

That song is the reason that the bar at DisneyLand does so well.

I'm going to go for a walk now.

re: #153 Ozark Mountain Daredevil

My name is Michael,
I got a nickel,
I got a nickel,
shiny and new...

&#9834 &#9836 WellI got a brand new pair of rollerskates &#9836 &#9834
&#9834 &#9836 You got a brand new key ... &#9836 &#9834

:D

Rock the Boat

re: #157 The Other Les

Somewhere in my collection of MP3 files are two songs by the Captain and Tenille.

Muskrats?

re: #86 Soona'

Or "Cocaine" be Eric Clapton.

Eric Clapton was always my favorite ..... I loved every band he was ever in ... I read the bio of Patty Boyd and then Eric's bio ..... I will never read another bio about a musician again ...... in my mind he was a music G-d .....now I know he is just a man....I read the bios back to back ....it was funny to see the different takes on the same happenings ....I like to think of some people as just whatever I want them to be in my mind ....kinda like I hated it when music videos came out ...

re: #154 Querent

i can't begin to take a guess at the specific type of FUD you're referring to -- however everything i've received in the mail to date was for a yes vote, and i'm in the Bay Area.

personally, though, having recently done the flowers for two dear friends who just got married, and played not a single one of the songs mentioned in this thread, thus demonstrating their impeccable taste, i voted no on it. It was either that or tell said good friends that some humans are indeed more equal than others.

I don't live in CA. Can you give us a clear, one sentence definition of Prop 8 and it's current status? What's a FUD?

re: #134 godfrey

I alWays LikEd thaT. MakEs reAdiNg LikE a CaRNivAL, or something.

hahahahhahahaa

re: #155 godfrey

Don't tip the boat ovah

?

I forget the words, but the earworm is firmly in place. I could transcribe the harmonies, it's so ingrained. That, and anything by the guys who sang "Reminiscing." Damn the jingle conspiracy! Damn them!

I found the song at Youtube and it's still as vile today as it was back when. lol!

okay, i was mistaken, this is the friday night karaoke thread!

re: #163 godfrey

i like my boat rocked--very gently-

re: #157 The Other Les

Muskrat and ...

...

...

this one.

You were warned.

re: #163 godfrey

Rock the Boat

I'll see that & raise ya Aftternoon Delight!

re: #156 RTLM

Playboy’s “20 Questions with William Shatner” July 1989.

ACK! His mammoth ego has bronzed his boys!

re: #143 opnion

Your in some serious trouble now,

Yup. Like I told a friend today, the government gets half, and my ex and I split the other half.

re: #164 spirochete

Muskrats?

And love. Somehow that visual never did it for me.

re: #49 eon

Trivia fact; Walter Koenig (Chekov) was brought in in the second season (1967-68) as a "pinch-hitter" for Takei at the helm, because George was off the show for almost the entire first half of the shooting schedule filming The Green Berets at Ft. Bragg with John Wayne's Batjac company.

cheers

eon

Well, here's one thing I don't get. Chekov, as you say, didn't come along until the second season... so why is he in the prequel? Come to that, every series-regular, so it seems, is in the prequel. It just seems really unlikely that they ALL just happen to have been there at the beginning like that.

On the other hand, there is NO sign of Gary Mitchell. None! Nada! Zip! Wasn't he supposed to be Kirk's best, closest friend during the academy days? There should at least be SOME sign of him in the cast.

But, then, I suppose we'll all know when the actual movie comes out. Maybe he gets a brief appearance, or at least a brief mention, or something.

The thing that worries me a bit, though is... this is not so much a prequel as it is a reboot. Sorta like the recent movie "Casino Royale" was a reboot of the Bond franchise.

re: #162 Miss Trixie

♪ ♬ WellI got a brand new pair of rollerskates ♬ ♪
♪ ♬ You got a brand new key ... ♬ ♪

:D

{TRIXILICIOUS}

re: #168 rightymouse

The thing is, I like the music of "Reminiscing." Totally hip, the smoove relative of Average White Band.

re: #152 rightymouse

How about "Don't Rock The Boat, Baby"?

I don't think I remember that one. Could you hum a few bars?

re: #174 spirochete

Yup. Like I told a friend today, the government gets half, and my ex and I split the other half.

Doesn't leave much does it?

re: #172 opnion

I'll see that & raise ya Aftternoon Delight!

YER KILLING' ME HERE!

re: #175 rightymouse

Word.

Opnion

I will get you for that! You will pay! lol

re: #178 godfrey

The thing is, I like the music of "Reminiscing." Totally hip, the smoove relative of Average White Band.

My friend, that is Little River Band.

re: #178 godfrey

The thing is, I like the music of "Reminiscing." Totally hip, the smoove relative of Average White Band.

I really liked the 'Average White Band'. Wasn't that an Aussie group?

re: #180 opnion

Doesn't leave much does it?

Percentage-wise, no.

:)

re: #177 rightymouse

{TRIXILICIOUS}

Darling lady! *mwah* :D

I guess the Federation didn't have "Don't ask, don't tell"

re: #166 Sol Roth

I don't live in CA. Can you give us a clear, one sentence definition of Prop 8 and it's current status? What's a FUD?

Prop 8 defines marriage as only between a man and a woman.

re: #164 spirochete

Muskrats?

Rambles?

re: #172 opnion

Alright, I'll see your "Afternoon Afright" and raise you Xanadu.

/looking smug

re: #101 Killgore Trout

Koskidz (via TPM)......

McCain's PA Comm Director Pushed False Mugging Story

TPM has been offline since this story popped up so I can't verify but this story could go from bad to worse.

and if it does you'll no doubt be the first to report it here.

oops - I posted this in the next thread, but it belongs here.

Obama, no, merci beaucoup!

re: #179 Soona'

I don't think I remember that one. Could you hum a few bars?

No, please! Get out the tooth drill and go to work, but please don't make me hum that song!

Sol Roth et al:

Prop 8 wants to stick its tongue out at SF and enshrine marriage in the state constitution as exclusively heterosexual.

No idea what this does to my two pals who just got hitched.

However the ads for it that i've seen have more strawmen than a cornfield in Nebraska. For example one trades on saying that all 'cops know that kids thrive best when they have both a father and a mother' -- as opposed to two fathers or two mothers, presumably.

Your mileage may vary, but i think it's the wrong approach for "protecting" marriage.

FUD = Fear, Uncertainty, & Doubt -- like a lot of the stuff that Charles won't get into, because, like he said before, it's classic Sun-Tzu. A scary distraction.

After actually watching the Olivia Newton John and ELO video, I now have to subject myself to 90 minutes of pure atonal serialism.

Doan worry, bee happy now ...

&#9834 &#9836 Ooo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo &9836 &#9834

re: #165 JacksonTn

Eric Clapton was always my favorite ..... I loved every band he was ever in ... I read the bio of Patty Boyd and then Eric's bio ..... I will never read another bio about a musician again ...... in my mind he was a music G-d .....now I know he is just a man....I read the bios back to back ....it was funny to see the different takes on the same happenings ....I like to think of some people as just whatever I want them to be in my mind ....kinda like I hated it when music videos came out ...

Don't get me wrong. I very much like Eric Clapton's music, but "Cocaine" was played so much by every frikken band out there that I wanted to go screaming into the night every time it was played.

re: #182 godfrey

Word.

Opnion

I will get you for that! You will pay! lol

HAHAHAHA!

re: #195 godfrey

After actually watching the Olivia Newton John and ELO video, I now have to subject myself to 90 minutes of pure atonal serialism.

Bwahahahahahahaha!

re: #190 godfrey

Alright, I'll see your "Afternoon Afright" and raise you Xanadu.

/looking smug

OMG, you are on your game. I am going for it, Seasons in the Sun.

re: #188 rawmuse

Prop 8 defines marriage as only between a man and a woman.

Thanks rawmuse. Can I interpret this to mean that it leaves intact the freedom to contract between any two or more adults?

anybody remember this lost ..ahem.... classic?

re: #186 Miss Trixie

Darling lady! *mwah* :D

Are you getting any of our rain tonight?

Worst song of the 70's bar none...well all others that immediately come to mind, anyway.

Every time it played on the radio, a puppy died.

re: #200 opnion

looks like i'm late to the game : (

re: #198 rightymouse

And now, I'm ashamed to say that I have to give some props to the guys who wrote OLN-J's Magic. For 1980, that is a pretty ambitious arrangement. As I remember it, anyway. Where's rawmuse? He could add some kind of corrective.

re: #190 godfrey

Alright, I'll see your "Afternoon Afright" and raise you Xanadu.

/looking smug

GAK!

Here is Wiki on Prop. 8

Hows about this one?

Starbuck was the band...

Those.

Klingon.

Bastards.

They

Stole

My

Invite.

re: #206 godfrey

And now, I'm ashamed to say that I have to give some props to the guys who wrote OLN-J's Magic. For 1980, that is a pretty ambitious arrangement. As I remember it, anyway. Where's rawmuse? He could add some kind of corrective.

Oh, you just like that one because you think OLV was hot. lol!

re: #206 godfrey

Gotta confess I was not that acquainted with that one. I saw ELO a couple times live.

re: #197 Soona'

Don't get me wrong. I very much like Eric Clapton's music, but "Cocaine" was played so much by every frikken band out there that I wanted to go screaming into the night every time it was played.

Oh, I know what you mean......especially when it is played badly ....I really prefer most of Eric's earlier work ....not so much when he got commercial and spruced up for mtv ....but he is still my fav ....

re: #200 opnion

I feel the blow of "Seasons in the Sun," but I'm going for the TKO with You Light Up My Life not by Ronstadt, who could sing, but ... you guessed it ... DEBBY BOONE.

Look at that. Aching sentiment, right into the camera, before the fuzzy lens filter. You have to love that.

re: #203 rightymouse

Are you getting any of our rain tonight?

It'll be here juuuuuuust in time for the weekend, as usual. Our weather usually follows yours unless we sneakily send northern snowstorms YOUR way in payback ... :P

Shatner could jam kittens through a wood chipper and it still wouldn't matter to me.

I don't need Bill Shatner to be pleasant, I need him to grab a revolver and shoot the gremlin off the wing of the plane in flight. I want him hitting on chicks with green skin. He's not an actor he's a movie star (for 50 points, where's that from?) and I for one sleep soundly knowing those original series TV signals are only now reaching some inhabited world and they're concluding they don't wanna mess with Kirk.

Jim you magnificent bastard, the Prime Directive is for sissies.

Paul Anka's She's Having My Baby--so bad that there isn't even a Youtube version of it.

Thanks be to God.

re: #211 rightymouse

I credit Olivia Newton-John and Dorothy Hamill with my making it through puberty.

re: #214 godfrey

I feel the blow of "Seasons in the Sun," but I'm going for the TKO with You Light Up My Life not by Ronstadt, who could sing, but ... you guessed it ... DEBBY BOONE.

Look at that. Aching sentiment, right into the camera, before the fuzzy lens filter. You have to love that.

Sure beats "I Am Woman" by Helen Reddy. That's for sure.

re: #183 opnion

My friend, that is Little River Band.

Not to be confused with The Alan Parsons Project.

re: #195 godfrey

After actually watching the Olivia Newton John and ELO video, I now have to subject myself to 90 minutes of pure atonal serialism.

Hindemith is 20/20?

re: #215 Miss Trixie

It'll be here juuuuuuust in time for the weekend, as usual. Our weather usually follows yours unless we sneakily send northern snowstorms YOUR way in payback ... :P

Yeah - I remember a couple of snow storms from last winter.

Am going to a clam bake at a friend's house tomorrow. Hope the weather clears up. You can have it. lol!

re: #221 ploome hineni

It was "short shorts," ploome. Call it a weakness. I've never been the same.

Ode to Billy Joe

re: #223 calcajun

Worse: Berg. Even Webern is too sentimental.

God know, I have no claim to street cred, but I have always felt strongly that "disco" is another word for "faking it."

Songs to never play at a wedding
"The Lady is a Tramp"
"Third Rate Romance"
"D-I-V-O-R-C-E"
"Dude Looks Like A Lady"
"Christmas in Jail"
"She's Havin' My Baby"
"Knock Three Times"

re: #218 godfrey

I credit Olivia Newton-John and Dorothy Hamill with my making it through puberty.

I must be older than you because Davy Jones, David Cassidy and Donny Osmond were the heartbreakers of my young teen years. :)

re: #200 opnion

OMG, you are on your game. I am going for it, Seasons in the Sun.

Seasons In The Sun, a number one hit in 1974.

here are some other numbers one hits of 1974:
The Streak - Ray Stevens
You're Having My Baby - Paul Anka
Kung Fu Fighting - Carl Douglas

it was a watershed year for music.

A foreshadow perhaps?

Paper Lace

re: #226 Miss Trixie

Ode to Billy Joe

And They Call It Puppy Love.

Afternoon Delight by the Starland Vocal Band. Nothing kept it off the radio. Not even taking hostages.

re: #214 godfrey

I feel the blow of "Seasons in the Sun," but I'm going for the TKO with You Light Up My Life not by Ronstadt, who could sing, but ... you guessed it ... DEBBY BOONE.

Look at that. Aching sentiment, right into the camera, before the fuzzy lens filter. You have to love that.

I'll see you your You Light Up My Life and raise you an Everlasting Love.

re: #228 godfrey

God know, I have no claim to street cred, but I have always felt strongly that "disco" is another word for "faking it."

Awwww...c'mon. Travolta was awesome in "Saturday Night Fever". Really! Truly!

You want Puppy love?

Here ya go!

:D

re: #238 Miss Trixie

You want Puppy love?

Here ya go!

:D

Bwahahahahaha!

Reminds me of some dinner parties I've been to. lol!

re: #214 godfrey

I feel the blow of "Seasons in the Sun," but I'm going for the TKO with You Light Up My Life not by Ronstadt, who could sing, but ... you guessed it ... DEBBY BOONE.

Look at that. Aching sentiment, right into the camera, before the fuzzy lens filter. You have to love that.

When I was in grad school, I went to a National Lampoon show. As part of it, someone in the back started singing "You light up my life" and someone on stage shot her. (With a blank of course, but she went down as per the script)

Can someone tell me what the hay was thrown off the Tallahatchee Bridge?

re: #216 jcbunga

Shatner could jam kittens through a wood chipper and it still wouldn't matter to me.

I don't need Bill Shatner to be pleasant, I need him to grab a revolver and shoot the gremlin off the wing of the plane in flight. I want him hitting on chicks with green skin. He's not an actor he's a movie star (for 50 points, where's that from?) and I for one sleep soundly knowing those original series TV signals are only now reaching some inhabited world and they're concluding they don't wanna mess with Kirk.

Jim you magnificent bastard, the Prime Directive is for sissies.

Cool thought, the notion that our old, classic TV shows live on in deep, deep, distant outer space... Unfortunately, there's one problem with it:

So I gather, a recent scientific study, done as part of SETI, showed that when radio and TV signals get about 2 light years out, they turn into just plain white noise... no discernable information at all.

What a pity. I was hoping that someday, when we developed FTL, it'd be possible to retrieve all those lost DrWho episodes... :-|

re: #239 rightymouse

Bwahahahahaha!

Reminds me of some dinner parties I've been to. lol!

*snort*

It's almost like our Christmas dinners growing up 'cepting there weren't Irish folks and all ... :P

re: #241 Miss Trixie

Can someone tell me what the hay was thrown off the Tallahatchee Bridge?

Bobby Jean Mc Allister?
(humming it in my head)

"Well, I got a brand new pair of roller skates, you got a brand new key.... "

re: #243 Miss Trixie

*snort*

It's almost like our Christmas dinners growing up 'cepting there weren't Irish folks and all ... :P

lol!

re: #216 jcbunga

Shatner could jam kittens through a wood chipper and it still wouldn't matter to me.

I don't need Bill Shatner to be pleasant, I need him to grab a revolver and shoot the gremlin off the wing of the plane in flight. I want him hitting on chicks with green skin. He's not an actor he's a movie star (for 50 points, where's that from?) and I for one sleep soundly knowing those original series TV signals are only now reaching some inhabited world and they're concluding they don't wanna mess with Kirk.

Jim you magnificent bastard, the Prime Directive is for sissies.

That's kind of the premise of the movie "Galaxy Quest". Watch it; very funny.
Tim Allen plays an actor who played the captain of a starship; Alan Rickman, an actor who played his alien exec. Great movie.

I have to say...I'm siding with the sexy captain on this one. =)

1) He may be an egomaniac (I'm sure he is), but he's right: why not get over it, let bygones be bygones, and totally just like invite him to the wedding already.

2) I know Sulu responded that he was invited...but somehow I doubt it because it also states he's avoided any event where Shatner was involved as well, including a funeral.

3) I'm really not a trekkie, but I'd be Kirk's Orion Slave Girl any day. =)

Harper Valley PTA

re: #220 ploome hineni

lolololol

it the type pad

keeps moving

Well, Godfrey & I have decided we like it, for whatever reason.

Also, we like your spelling.

re: #244 summergurl

Bobby Jean Mc Allister?
(humming it in my head)

When I hear the song, I imaging the narrator and Bobby Gene McAllister were involved in killing someone or something. But the movie involved some kind of gay affair, according to Wikipedia. (I never saw the movie)

re: #247 Kosh's Shadow

That's kind of the premise of the movie "Galaxy Quest". Watch it; very funny.
Tim Allen plays an actor who played the captain of a starship; Alan Rickman, an actor who played his alien exec. Great movie.

Some of the funniest scenes in that movie involve a character named... uh... Rock.

re: #242 NomadOfNorad

So I gather, a recent scientific study, done as part of SETI, showed that when radio and TV signals get about 2 light years out, they turn into just plain white noise... no discernable information at all.

Oh sh*t.

Now I won't get ANY sleep. :)

And who can forget Bobby Sherman and David Soul?

re: #255 rightymouse

And who can forget Bobby Sherman and David Soul?

I was trying to forget them! Now you ruined it.

re: #257 Kosh's Shadow

I was trying to forget them! Now you ruined it.

Sowwy.

re: #245 mensamann

"Well, I got a brand new pair of roller skates, you got a brand new key.... "

GMTA, toots, but you missed my #162. :D

Q: How did Captain Kirk run a "tight" ship (snicker, snort)

A: With rum, sodomy, and the lash.

Her name was Lola, she was a showgirl ...

I'm not sure why anybody would have expected Shatner to go.

After all, how many hot female humanoid aliens would there be at an even like that?

Surely not enough to tempt Capt. Kirk.

/sarc off

P.S. If you're about to point out that in that area, plenty of female humanoid aliens would be present, note that I said "hot". Think Code Pink, Breast Not Bombs, Cindy Sheehan. 'Nuff said.

Har!

&#9834 &#9836 Come sit and fart in the duck &#9836 &#9834

"I feel nothing but pity for the man."

That's how I feel about all homosexuals.