Is there anybody out there?

Now, don't you worry. The saucers are up there. The graveyard is out there. But I'll be locked up safely in there.

good night every one

Yeah, just trying to figure out the dialogue though. Must be a guy sort of thing.

Greetings, my friend. We are all interested in the future, for that is where you and I are going to spend the rest of our lives. And remember my friend, future events such as these will affect you in the future. You are interested in the unknown... the mysterious. The unexplainable. That is why you are here. And now, for the first time, we are bringing to you, the full story of what happened on that fateful day. We are bringing you all the evidence, based only on the secret testimony, of the miserable souls, who survived this terrifying ordeal. The incidents, the places. My friend, we cannot keep this a secret any longer. Let us punish the guilty. Let us reward the innocent. My friend, can your heart stand the shocking facts of grave robbers from outer space?

From the tail-end of the previous thread- Not sure if this was posted here, but BOzo's kids will be attending Chelsea Clinton's old school, Sidwell Friends. The previous thread had said they would attending a fundamentalist school.

Back from a dinner of a 10 oz. Sirloin Steak and Potatoes, just in time for a new open thread and a new episode of Numb3rs!

I'm muzzled by army brass!

Obama's selections are interesting. Reveal incredible inadequacy and a tendency for mistake. He has no confidence in himself and well he should not. it is not clear that he is very knowledgeable.

re: #3 winston06

good night every one

You always come on a fresh thread to say goodnight. This is old Persian custom?

I don't remember this at all

Outer Limits, yeah

Twilight Zone, sure (Marcia, Marcia, Marcia)

The Day The Earth Stood Still, yup

Plan 9 from Outer Space does not ring a bell

I can't figure if that movie was intentionally stupid or just accidentally so.

You see? You see? Your stupid minds! Stupid! Stupid!

My connection is a bit awkward. Slow and and tangled.

re: #5 Salem

Greetings, my friend. We are all interested in the future, for that is where you and I are going to spend the rest of our lives. And remember my friend, future events such as these will affect you in the future. You are interested in the unknown... the mysterious. The unexplainable. That is why you are here. And now, for the first time, we are bringing to you, the full story of what happened on that fateful day. We are bringing you all the evidence, based only on the secret testimony, of the miserable souls, who survived this terrifying ordeal. The incidents, the places. My friend, we cannot keep this a secret any longer. Let us punish the guilty. Let us reward the innocent. My friend, can your heart stand the shocking facts of grave robbers from outer space?

I'm here to chew bubblegum and kick ass, and I'm all out of bubblegum.

re: #11 Adrenalyn

I don't remember this at all

Outer Limits, yeah

Twilight Zone, sure (Marcia, Marcia, Marcia)

The Day The Earth Stood Still, yup

Plan 9 from Outer Space does not ring a bell

Be glad.

Evolution!

ID!

Evolution!

ID!

Evolution!

ID!

re: #16 gmsc

Be glad.

and I never got into the Star Wars and 2001 and Close Encounters fads either

even as a teenager, I was quite the contrarian

Now toddle off and fly your flying machine. . .

And what's even stranger is that a remake is the works!

I can just imagine where this tread will go. Have fun lizards. Gotta go see what that bright light is outside! Good Night.

re: #9 pat

Obama's selections are interesting. Reveal incredible inadequacy and a tendency for mistake. He has no confidence in himself and well he should not. it is not clear that he is very knowledgeable.

Honestly, I find it reassuring. He just wants to quarterback a seasoned team.

Hugh Hewitt just said "laxadaisically"...UGGHHH!

re: #26 Hobbes

I can just imagine where this tread will go. Have fun lizards. Gotta go see what that bright light is outside! Good Night.

Do you turn into a stuffed tiger now?

re: #9 pat

Obama's selections are interesting. Reveal incredible inadequacy and a tendency for mistake. He has no confidence in himself and well he should not. it is not clear that he is very knowledgeable.

Woah - you must of missed the interview when asked if he ever had any doubts - "Never" was his response ...

re: #25 stuiec

And what's even stranger is that a remake is the works!

I am still waiting for a remake/movie version
of F Troop

Gilbert Gottfried could be Corporal Agarn

Jenna Jameson could be wranger Jane

re: #11 Adrenalyn

I don't remember this at all

Outer Limits, yeah

Twilight Zone, sure (Marcia, Marcia, Marcia)

The Day The Earth Stood Still, yup

Plan 9 from Outer Space does not ring a bell

When I lived in Northern California, there used to be a channel that would show Brady Bunch re-runs at 10 and 10:30, followed by Twilight Zone re-runs at 11 and 11:30. They had one ad advertising their late night line-up that ended, "...that's the Brady Bunch at 10 and 10:30" and you hear Jan saying "Marcia, Marcia, Marcia!", followed by, "...and the Twilight Zone at 10 and 10:30", and you'd hear the mannequins saying "Marcia. Marcia! Marcia."

I always thought it was funny.

re: #4 Irene NYC

Yeah, just trying to figure out the dialogue though. Must be a guy sort of thing.

Do not attempt to figure out any aspect of Plan 9 from Outer Space. You run the risk of permanent mental damage -- the kind that Ed Wood suffered and that resulted in Plan 9 in the first place.

re: #28 Ozark Mountain Daredevil

Hugh Hewitt just said "laxadaisically"...UGGHHH!

He said what laxadaisically?

My nomination for the most non-PC line in the movie:

In my land, women are for advancing the race, not for fighting man's battles.

re: #31 Adrenalyn

I am still waiting for a remake/movie version
of F Troop

Gilbert Gottfried could be Corporal Agarn

Jenna Jameson could be wranger Jane

You are either a very sick person or a Hollywood studio executive.

Either way, I like you.

re: #27 Moe Katz

Honestly, I find it reassuring. He just wants to quarterback a seasoned team.

Disagree Moe, Hillary as SoS? What foreign policy experience does she have? He has none, and neither does she.

re: #31 Adrenalyn

I am still waiting for a remake/movie version
of F Troop

Gilbert Gottfried could be Corporal Agarn

Jenna Jameson could be wranger Jane

Wrangler Jane was my first crush.

re: #811 Cognito

I have not read the past 4 or 5 threads so I did not see that you are back...is that you? And if it is I welcome you. (From Previous thread)

- so let me say again welcome back! There is a merciful G-d at LGF!

Ma always said, don't play ball in the house.

re: #32 gmsc

When I lived in Northern California, there used to be a channel that would show Brady Bunch re-runs at 10 and 10:30, followed by Twilight Zone re-runs at 11 and 11:30. They had one ad advertising their late night line-up that ended, "...that's the Brady Bunch at 10 and 10:30" and you hear Jan saying "Marcia, Marcia, Marcia!", followed by, "...and the Twilight Zone at 10 and 10:30", and you'd hear the mannequins saying "Marcia. Marcia! Marcia."

I always thought it was funny.

kudos for you for
A) living in Norcal
B) remembering the dept store marcia episode

re: #39 wright1

'tis me, thanks.

re: #32 gmsc

One of the all time best Twilight Zones, with the exceptions of the Robert Redford episode or the William Shatner one - both beyond excellent!

re: #37 Ozark Mountain Daredevil

Disagree Moe, Hillary as SoS? What foreign policy experience does she have? He has none, and neither does she.

I just think she's smart enough and politically sophisticated enough to get the hang of it quickly. What experience did Colon Bowell have?

Get out of here Finchley.

Dash cam video of the police shooting of Bill Gwatney's murderer.

*you don't see him get shot, he is out of view*

re: #34 Walter L. Newton

He said what laxadaisically?

Sounds like being lackadaisical after taking laxatives. Bad idea.

re: #42 Cognito

Cool - I put in a good word for you - don't know how much clout I have but I always liked you comments - albeit, cantankerous and caustic but from the heart (in my view)...

re: #9 pat

Obama's selections are interesting. Reveal incredible inadequacy and a tendency for mistake. He has no confidence in himself and well he should not. it is not clear that he is very knowledgeable.

Considering that these are the same Clintonites that he was so snarky about during the primaries...

Kinda makes me think Bubba sold him a bridge.

The Kos Kidz and DUmmies, not to mention Firedoglake, are seething.

Heh.

re: #36 stuiec

You are either a very sick person or a Hollywood studio executive.

Either way, I like you.

I think the sick person fits me more
I earned the nic that I use, from childhood friends
for my erratic nature and predilection towards extreme behavior
and fast pace I keep upon myself

but I had dreams of entertainment work until I started working with musicians and the criminals who abuse them

re: #41 Adrenalyn

kudos for you for
A) living in Norcal
B) remembering the dept store marcia episode

When it comes to Twilight Zone, I seem to remember things that no one else does.

During a recent trivia night, the host asked how many people from the regular cast of the original Star Trek appeared in the original Twilight Zone. Even a few hardened Twilight Zone fans looked at me funny when I mentioned George Takei. He was on a controversial episode that was never included in the syndication packages.

re: #38 little boomer

Wrangler Jane was my first crush.

what, no Ellie Mae ?

re: #43 wright1

One of the all time best Twilight Zones, with the exceptions of the Robert Redford episode or the William Shatner one - both beyond excellent!

Which William Shatner one? I assume you're talking about "Nightmare at 30,000 Feet", with the gremlin on the wing, but he was also in "Nick of Time".

re: #52 Adrenalyn

What about the Petticoat Junction girls?

re: #51 gmsc

When it comes to Twilight Zone, I seem to remember things that no one else does.

During a recent trivia night, the host asked how many people from the regular cast of the original Star Trek appeared in the original Twilight Zone. Even a few hardened Twilight Zone fans looked at me funny when I mentioned George Takei. He was on a controversial episode that was never included in the syndication packages.

you are indeed sick as me
that is about the first name that comes to mind
but even Nimoy appeared on it
and a ton of other soon-to-be-stars

even I had a bit part once on Captain Satellite

re: #54 Tarkus289

What about the Petticoat Junction girls?

oh shoot...talk about hot
you win
they were the hottest

re: #52 Adrenalyn

Only in retrospect.

Evening, lizards. I see I made it in time for the overnight thread (not sure I posted on much else this week).

re: #54 Tarkus289

What about the Petticoat Junction girls?

There's also Bobby Sherman's love interest on "Here Come the Brides."

re: #48 wright1

I don't think Cog liked my welcome back gift.

re: #53 gmsc

Which William Shatner one? I assume you're talking about "Nightmare at 30,000 Feet", with the gremlin on the wing, but he was also in "Nick of Time".

On the wing of course! BTW, The Robert Redford one, Redford is DEATH, trying to get in the door on a cold winter night of an old woman - I cannot exclaim how piniest it was enough - I am not a fan of RR on his politics, but he can act!

Does anyone remember Greg Brady's girlfriend Rachel?

re: #44 Moe Katz

I just think she's smart enough and politically sophisticated enough to get the hang of it quickly. What experience did Colon Bowell have?

He served under Cheney when Cheney was SecDef under Bush 41, during the start-up to Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm, going around the world building the coalition to remove Saddam from Kuwait, and then was Bush 41's National Security Advisor.

Soros-Funded Democratic Idea Factory Becomes Obama Policy Font

Thanks in part to funding from benefactors such as billionaire George Soros, the Center for American Progress has become in just five years an intellectual wellspring for Democratic policy proposals, including many that are shaping the agenda of the new Obama administration.

...

CAP's president and founder, John Podesta, 59, former chief of staff to President Bill Clinton, is one of three people running the transition team for president-elect Barack Obama, 47. A squadron of CAP experts is working with them.

Scared yet? Get a load of this.

Clinton aide slams Pentagon's UFO secrecy

Podesta was one of numerous political and media heavyweights on hand in Washington, D.C., to announce a new group to gain access to secret government records about UFOs.

Specifically, the Coalition for Freedom of Information (CFI) is pressing the Air Force for documents involving Project Moon Dust and Operation Blue Fly, clandestine operations reported to have existed decades ago to investigate UFOs and retrieve objects of unknown origins.

Coalition for Freedom of Information

/yes folks, be afraid, be very afraid, Coast to Coast has now penetrated the inner circle of the White House

re: #45 Tarkus289

Get out of here Finchley.

That electric razor scene has to be among the most memorable scenes in Twilight Zone history!

Does anyone else remember the episode with the guy who make anything or any kind of person appear just by talking into his tape recorder, and could get rid of them by burning the segment of tape they were described on?

I love the ending, where Rod Serling makes his first on-camera appearance and says, "We hope you enjoyed tonight's presentation. At the same time, we want you to realize that such ridiculous nonsense..."

At that point, the character interrupts Rod, saying, "Rod, you shouldn't say such things as 'ridiculous' and 'nonsense'." He then grabs an envelope full of recording tape marked "Rod Serling", throws it into the fire. Just before fading into nothing, Rod looks into the camera and says, "Oh, well, that's the way it goes."

re: #61 wright1

On the wing of course! BTW, The Robert Redford one, Redford is DEATH, trying to get in the door on a cold winter night of an old woman - I cannot exclaim how piniest it was enough - I am not a fan of RR on his politics, but he can act!

I have to agree. His politics suck and give change, but he was brilliant in "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" and "Three Days of the Condor." I don't recall seeing many of his other films.

re: #60 Sharmuta

Nice sense of humor though, a bit harsh though - I suspect some penance is in order but I think some act of humility might suffice...

As for The Twilight Zone, give me the one with Burgess Meredith with all those books to read, or the one with Peter Fonda as the barber.

re: #62 Tarkus289

Does anyone remember Greg Brady's girlfriend Rachel?

See now we know you had way too much time on your hands growing up.

re: #62 Tarkus289

Does anyone remember Greg Brady's girlfriend Rachel?

Isn't she the one played by Sherwood Schwarz's daughter?

re: #62 Tarkus289

Does anyone remember Greg Brady's girlfriend Rachel?

Yeah but he dumped Rachel when he stole their rival school's goat and hid it in his bedroom.

re: #65 gmsc

Very cool.

Open threads rule.

Not gonna blink, not gonna raise your taxes, just gonna think
about hairy backass

Anyone want an orange?

re: #48 wright1

Cool - I put in a good word for you - don't know how much clout I have but I always liked you comments - albeit, cantankerous and caustic but from the heart (in my view)...

I realized recently that my biggest mistake here is viewing the whole blog and its comments as one voice. It's not. There are a few truculent characters among a larger number of regular, nice folks. In response to the nastier comments I've tended to puff up like a porcupine, instead of just letting them go.

All that to say: I'm really not that caustic. I'm just... puffy.

Good night y'all.

Plan 9 from Outer Space, I actually have that on DVD. Came with Destroy All Humans!, IIRC.

re: #68 Emperor Norton

As for The Twilight Zone, give me the one with Burgess Meredith with all those books to read, or the one with Peter Fonda as the barber.

A classic! How about the giant with the little people who were living in a world of their own in a land the size of a a tiny speck of earth?

Crush Kill Destroy

re: #78 wright1

Or the figurines in the Salvation Army kettle.

I hope my #79 did not kill the thread.

re: #68 Emperor Norton

As for The Twilight Zone, give me the one with Burgess Meredith with all those books to read, or the one with Peter Fonda as the barber.

Ever see the Futurama parody, as a "Scary Door" episode?

Announcer: You are entering the vicinity of an area adjacent to a location. The kind of place where there might be a monster, or some kind of weird mirror. These are just examples; it could also be something much better. Prepare to enter: The Scary Door.

[Scene: In a desolated world, a man with glasses walks through a library that was somehow spared from destruction.]

Announcer: As per your request, please find enclosed the last man on Earth.

Man: Finally, solitude. I can read books for all eternity!

[He drops his glasses]

Man: It's not fair... [panicked] it's not fair! [calmer] Wait, my eyes aren't that bad; I can still read the large-print books.

[As he reaches for a book, his eyes fall out]

Man: [hysterical] It's not f-... [calmer] Well, lucky I know how to read Braille.

[His hands fall off. He screams, and then his tongue falls out. Then his head falls off.]

Man: Hey, look at that weird mirror...

re: #75 Cognito

I realized recently that my biggest mistake here is viewing the whole blog and its comments as one voice. It's not. There are a few truculent characters among a larger number of regular, nice folks. In response to the nastier comments I've tended to puff up like a porcupine, instead of just letting them go.

All that to say: I'm really not that caustic. I'm just... puffy.

I went through that phase too.

Maybe, I am in the Twilight Zone, "The Empty Thread"

re: #67 wright1

Nice sense of humor though, a bit harsh though - I suspect some penance is in order but I think some act of humility might suffice...

On who's side?

My fave TZ has to be the old lady being called over and over on the stormy night. Finally turns out the phone line was knocked down on her husband's grave. Saw this at age 12 and scared the living bejeezus out of me.

re: #63 Ozark Mountain Daredevil

He served under Cheney when Cheney was SecDef under Bush 41, during the start-up to Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm, going around the world building the coalition to remove Saddam from Kuwait, and then was Bush 41's National Security Advisor.

Oh, right. You have a point. But I think she'll be okay, just based on being Billy Jeff's better half for the 8 years of his presidensity.

re: #60 Sharmuta

Hey, what is your field of employ without details, (please)?
Are u a tech-y? What or who pays you to stay up so late posting?
Bored mines want to know... oh I ment minds...sorry..."STINKY I MENT MINDS!"

Want an orange Shamu?

re: #75 Cognito

I realized recently that my biggest mistake here is viewing the whole blog and its comments as one voice. It's not. There are a few truculent characters among a larger number of regular, nice folks. In response to the nastier comments I've tended to puff up like a porcupine, instead of just letting them go.

All that to say: I'm really not that caustic. I'm just... puffy.

In that case you need a new avatar...

re: #63 Ozark Mountain Daredevil

He served under Cheney when Cheney was SecDef under Bush 41, during the start-up to Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm, going around the world building the coalition to remove Saddam from Kuwait, and then was Bush 41's National Security Advisor.

He was chairman of the JCS and retired from the military either later that year or early the next. His retirement ceremony was televised. The one thing I remember from it is the band playing "Scotland the Brave" without bagpipes.

I was of the opinion at the time that Schwartzkopf should have gotten a fifth star... after all, his troops steamrolled the fourth largest army in the world in about three days. I think the last American general to win so decisively in such a short time before that was one Robert Edward Lee at a place called Chancellorsville.

I seriously wish that the political end of DS hadn't fallen apart.

re: #75 Cognito

I realized recently that my biggest mistake here is viewing the whole blog and its comments as one voice. It's not. There are a few truculent characters among a larger number of regular, nice folks. In response to the nastier comments I've tended to puff up like a porcupine, instead of just letting them go.

re: #83 Moe Katz

I went through that phase too.

Oh yea?!? You can BOTH FOAD then...(JUST KIDDING!)

re: #83 Moe Katz

I went through that phase too.

It's an odd thing. I tend to view the whole thing as a conversation, like we might all have sitting around in my living room. So when someone pops up with "Go #&%$@ a wallaby, you #%$#," it leaves me off balance. Best to just move on, I guess.

re: #75 Cognito

I realized recently that my biggest mistake here is viewing the whole blog and its comments as one voice. It's not. There are a few truculent characters among a larger number of regular, nice folks. In response to the nastier comments I've tended to puff up like a porcupine, instead of just letting them go.

All that to say: I'm really not that caustic. I'm just... puffy.

Listen, I get my share of grief, I am a pretty far-right conservative who is loyal to my Faith; I have had my bouts with Sal & others who are not believers and I have tried to stand toe to toe on traditional values issues and culture of life issues, because it is what I truly believe. I have found that the key is to make a cogent, reasoned argument for your position. I may get dinged down, much to my chagrin, but there is tolerance for my views. As a devout Catholic, I hope I add something here worthwhile. But the key is being sincere and genuine in your arguments. I happen to like your posts because you are a contrarian. But even a contrarian can lose efficacy if he is going through the motions to be contrary - arguments obviously need to be substantive...

re: #86 esch

My fave TZ has to be the old lady being called over and over on the stormy night. Finally turns out the phone line was knocked down on her husband's grave. Saw this at age 12 and scared the living bejeezus out of me.

My all time favorite is "Five Characters In Search of an Exit", the one where the army major, the bagpiper, the clown, the hobo and the ballerina are all in a doorless, circular room together, with no knowledge of who they are or how they got there.

/Full free Twilight Zone episodes

re: #86 esch

I used to watch scary stuff late at night in the TV room, which was in the front corner of a big dark house, and when I was done, I would run, in the dark for the stairs, One night I tripped and hit my knee on the bottom step,
it was the first time I saw stars.

re: #94 gmsc

My all time favorite is "Five Characters In Search of an Exit", the one where the army major, the bagpiper, the clown, the hobo and the ballerina are all in a doorless, circular room together, with no knowledge of who they are or how they got there.

/Full free Twilight Zone episodes

To Serve Man was a great one too!

re: #55 Adrenalyn

you are indeed sick as me
that is about the first name that comes to mind
but even Nimoy appeared on it
and a ton of other soon-to-be-stars

even I had a bit part once on Captain Satellite

Captain Satellite!

Next you'll be telling us about The Charlie and Humphrey Goodtime Hour!

Oooh - here's the TZ episode "The Hunt" - where an old country man and his dog die while chasing a raccoon, and journey to heaven together.

Good dog!
;)

re: #68 Emperor Norton

As for The Twilight Zone, give me the one with Burgess Meredith with all those books to read, or the one with Peter Fonda as the barber.

The Burgess Meredith episode, "Time Enough At Last," was voted the freakiest episode of TZ a couple years ago. And I agree.

"Night of the Meek" brings me to tears every time I watch it.

I've never seen "The Encounter".

re: #38 little boomer

Wrangler Jane was my first crush.

Sky King's niece, Penny.

Anybody every used to watch Tales from the Darkside?

Some were quite lame...but others...kee ripes.

re: #87 Moe Katz

You've been a naughty boy.

/it's not nice to make fun of Salmantis, who doesn't have anything remotely resembling a degree in anything resembling science

re: #96 Desert Dog

To Serve Man was a great one too!

"'To Serve Man' . . . It's a cookbook!"

Futurama likes to parody the Twilight Zone a lot, and not just with their "Scary Door" parodies. There's one episode in which Bender (the robot) is preparing dinner for everyone else, and his apron reads, "To Serve Man".

re: #75 Cognito

All that to say: I'm really not that caustic. I'm just... puffy.

Don't forget vapid and self-absorbed.

re: #101 Oh no...Sand People!

They were great...the Crypt Keeper was the best!

re: #95 Tarkus289

The first time I saw Night of the Living Dead as a kid, my uncle (only a couple years older) was watching me, so it was only me and him out in this big house in the country.

We ended up on the roof.

re: #92 Cognito

It's an odd thing. I tend to view the whole thing as a conversation, like we might all have sitting around in my living room. So when someone pops up with "Go #&%$@ a wallaby, you #%$#," it leaves me off balance. Best to just move on, I guess.

It helped me to study the actual dynamics, like a microsociologist would.

I think we are it. Everything else in space is a desert.
Just my 2c.

re: #96 Desert Dog

To Serve Man was a great one too!

It's futile to pick the best Twilight Zone episode -- too many superlative entries.

One of my many favorites was the one with Agnes Moorehead as the lonesome backwoods woman in the cabin beseiged by weird little robots and spacemen. Not a word of dialogue until the end, when the spacemen radio home...

re: #75 Cognito

Try this one, Man walks into triage desk at an E.R and states "I think I'm having a heart attack ." Then drops dead, And even with the best efforts of half the staff on duty at a major Metropolitan E.R he stays dead...what does that say about the current financial market status?

Should I shift my portfolio into Chi-Com yen?

Just asking...

re: #103 gmsc

There's one episode in which Bender (the robot) is preparing dinner for everyone else, and his apron reads, "To Serve Man".

Saw that and almost pissed myself laughing. My wife too.

re: #99 victor_yugo

The Burgess Meredith episode, "Time Enough At Last," was voted the freakiest episode of TZ a couple years ago. And I agree.

"Night of the Meek" brings me to tears every time I watch it.

I've never seen "The Encounter".

That's the one I was talking about earlier with George Takei, that was never included in syndication packages. It also starred Neville Brand, who was a geniune WWII her. Here's the details about "The Encounter".

re: #105 Desert Dog

They were great...the Crypt Keeper was the best!

That was "Tales from the Crypt" from HBO.

re: #106 esch

I would have gone on the roof too, but I would have had to through the attic, no way.

re: #105 Desert Dog

They were great...the Crypt Keeper was the best!

I can't even remember the name of the episode, but this 'thing' that hides in a closet in this girls room... She leans down off her bed and stands up and walks away and this white clawed hand looking thing reaches out and barely misses...I was officially freaked out and made extra large steps from my bed whenever I woke up ever since...

re: #102 Killian Bundy

You've been a naughty boy.

/it's not nice to make fun of Salmantis, who doesn't have anything remotely resembling a degree in anything resembling science

Now, now, he does have an interdisciplinary master's degree in philosophy of science. He talketh the talk yet walketh not the walk.

re: #108 rawmuse

I think we are it. Everything else in space is a desert.
Just my 2c.

If you were a highly advance civilization capable of interstellar travel, and you came across us, would you hang around?

I wouldn't.

re: #112 gmsc

That's the one I was talking about earlier with George Takei, that was never included in syndication packages. It also starred Neville Brand, who was a geniune WWII hero. Here's the details about "The Encounter".

PIMF

re: #105 Desert Dog

They were great...the Crypt Keeper was the best!

Are you sure that wasn't Sandra Bernhardt?

re: #91 Desert Dog

Oh yea?!? You can BOTH FOAD then...(JUST KIDDING!)

I FO'ed but I didn't die. Now what?

re: #117 jcm

If you were a highly advance civilization capable of interstellar travel, and you came across us, would you hang around?

I wouldn't.

"The best proof of extraterrestrial intelligence is that it has not attempted to contact us."

re: #119 Fenway_Nation

Are you sure that wasn't Sandra Bernhardt?

Now, Now, no need to insult the poor guy, after all, he's already dead..

re: #115 Oh no...Sand People!

I can't even remember the name of the episode, but this 'thing' that hides in a closet in this girls room... She leans down off her bed and stands up and walks away and this white clawed hand looking thing reaches out and barely misses...I was officially freaked out and made extra large steps from my bed whenever I woke up ever since...

Heh hear that. Between NOTLD, Ghost Story, and The Fog, I had serious 'issues' when I was younger. Amityville probably scarred me the most, though. Gives me the chills to this day. And I STILL hate big dolls. Creepy.

My fave TZ episodes "One For the Angels" and "To Serve Man".

Twilight Zone: To Serve Man

/Omama foreshadowing

re: #101 Oh no...Sand People!

Anybody every used to watch Tales from the Darkside?

Some were quite lame...but others...kee ripes.

The one with the mischievous little "girl" -- the daughter that they kept out of sight -- scared the hell out of me.

re: #117 jcm

If you were a highly advance civilization capable of interstellar travel, and you came across us, would you hang around?

I wouldn't.

I would probably take some women captives, purely for research purposes, you know. I have a short list...

re: #121 victor_yugo

Bitter you are, so as it is, so has it was. Much work with you, much work.

re: #123 esch

I have some librarians in the family, so it was mostly Stephen King and Dean Koontz books when I was younger.

My favorite episode of the NEW Twilight Zone is "A Matter of Minutes":

Part 1
Part 2
Part 3

My other favorite of the New Twilight Zone is "Monsters!":

Part 1
Part 2
Part 3

re: #123 esch

Heh hear that. Between NOTLD, Ghost Story, and The Fog, I had serious 'issues' when I was younger. Amityville probably scarred me the most, though. Gives me the chills to this day. And I STILL hate big dolls. Creepy.

"My name is Talky Tina... and I don't like you."

I guess we got a lot out of 60s and 70s TV, got aroused by the girls in the daytime, and the shit scared out of us at night. And then Don Kirshners Rock Concert.

Soup to Nuts.

You know you're a Twilight Zone fanboi when you sit at a TZ marathon with your laptop and a cell-phone Internet connection, looking up each episode on Wikipedia as it comes on TV.

/guilty as charged

re: #127 rawmuse

Orange?

re: #129 Fenway_Nation

Some great stuff. I was really surprised by how much I liked 'IT'. I assumed I'd hate it.

"The Last Night of a Jockey" with Mickey Rooney.

That one was like a punch in the gut.

Well, must get to my weekend. Later all.

re: #133 victor_yugo

You know you're a Twilight Zone fanboi when you sit at a TZ marathon with your laptop and a cell-phone Internet connection, looking up each episode on Wikipedia as it comes on TV.

/guilty as charged

Nah - you know when you're a Twilight Zone fanboi when you're watching a TZ marathon and you don't need to look anything up!

re: #135 esch

The Talisman was good too...a long book
The Stand, of course

And, for those of you that have only seen the movie, I recommend reading The Shining...different than the movie

Welll, so much fun as to drain me flame

night to the liz...erds

re: #124 rawmuse

My fave TZ episodes "One For the Angels" and "To Serve Man".

"What You Need" - which Stephen King ripped off to create "Needful Things."

Jack Klugman's TZ episodes were also good, "A Passage for Trumpet" and "In Praise of Pip".

"Eye of the Beholder" made me think. A lot.

The Twilight Zone---Nick of Time (P1/3)

/my favorite

re: #77 Slumbering Behemoth

There were two movies on late-night TV that I saw several times... I only want a copy of one of them.

The one I want is "Pop Gear," an early-MTV-style documentary on the 1964 British Invasion, made in 1965. It has the first color footage of the Beatles, plus a number of other bands and singers. The Rocking Berries, the Fourmost, the Honeycombs, the Animals, Herman's Hermits, Sounds Inc., and others played in sometimes surreal studio sets. The MC was a British DJ named Jimmy Seville.

The one I don't want is "Retik the Moon Menace" starring Commando Cody, a guy with a pointy helmet and a rocket pack on his back. I think Clayton Moore played him at one time -- he always wore a Lone Ranger-style black mask when he didn't have the helmet on.

That was the all-night show on KTLA and KTTV in Los Angeles. The main sponsor was Cal Worthington -- I think I saw every "Dog Spot" commercial he ever made (for those not from LA, the schtick was that he accepted the animal as a trade-in for a car. "He told me it was a dog," Cal always said).

The animal was anything but a dog. I think the most popular ones were the tiger and the elephant.

There's a little 'dog' around, go see Cal,
Only weighs five hundred pounds, go see Cal,
If you go out to the lot,
Better watch out for ol' Spot,
If he gets a little hot, go see Cal.

re: #136 victor_yugo

"The Last Night of a Jockey" with Mickey Rooney.

That one was like a punch in the gut.

"Eye of the Beholder" terrified me when I was little.

But "The Lonely" was the real gut-wrencher.

re: #135 esch

The Tommyknockers was a good read- too bad the latter half of the miniseries really butchered it despite showing some promise in the beginning. And WTF was up with filming it in New Zealand? Apparently rural Maine didn't look enough like rural Maine.

I also remember Dennis Miller commenting on former p0rn starlet Traci Lord's role in the miniseries:

'Not surprisingly, this isn't the first movie with 'knockers' in the title that Lords has appeared in'

I found it.
Holy scheiss:

[Link: en.wikipedia.org...]

"Originally scheduled to air on November 22, 1963, it was preempted by the Kennedy assassination."

I'm hiding in the closet.

re: #143 victor_yugo

"Eye of the Beholder" made me think. A lot.

What about "The Rip Van Winkle Caper"?

"Two" with Karolis Bucinskis Charles Bronson and Elizabeth Montgomery. I cheered at the end.

I promised myself I would stay here til #150, so I posted it myself.
Good night all.

re: #148 esch

I found it.
Holy scheiss:

[Link: en.wikipedia.org...]

"Originally scheduled to air on November 22, 1963, it was preempted by the Kennedy assassination."

I'm hiding in the closet.

"Long Distance Call" was also very creepy and yet a heartstring-tugger.

I'm outta here for tonight...

The music for TZ was great also, huge orchestra supplemented by these new instruments of recent invention called electric guitars and vibraphones.

Bernard Hermann.

re: #152 stuiec

Yeah, not quite as scary though.

Night all. I'm going to try to sleep, probably foolish at this point.

speaking of Rod Serling...

... a woman in Texas recently had a parasitic worm removed from her brain.

Anyone remember this?

"... it was a female, and females lay eggs..."

re: #149 stuiec

What about "The Rip Van Winkle Caper"?

Heh. They didn't get what they hoped for... and they wouldn't have gotten it anyway.

The Sci-Fi channel showed "Death's Head Re-visited" during their last marathon. Do you supposed there's any chance we could hack into al-Jazeera's and al-Manar's satellites and show it in the Middle East?

re: #156 stuiec

speaking of Rod Serling...

... a woman in Texas recently had a parasitic worm removed from her brain.

Anyone remember this?

"... it was a female, and females lay eggs..."

From the UL?

re: #158 Salem

From the UL?

?

PIMF: the woman was in Arizona.

And the line of dialogue is from an episode of Rod Serling's Night Gallery... the one starring Laurence Harvey. Talk about scary...!

re: #159 Hateful Hater

You're nuts.

re: #160 stuiec

?

PIMF: the woman was in Arizona.

And the line of dialogue is from an episode of Rod Serling's Night Gallery... the one starring Laurence Harvey. Talk about scary...!

NM

re: #157 victor_yugo

Heh. They didn't get what they hoped for... and they wouldn't have gotten it anyway.

The Sci-Fi channel showed "Death's Head Re-visited" during their last marathon. Do you supposed there's any chance we could hack into al-Jazeera's and al-Manar's satellites and show it in the Middle East?

Unfortunately, if we did, half the viewers would regard it as a comedy, and the other half as a tutorial.

re: #164 Erik The Red

Said pretty much the same thing downstairs.

re: #162 Salem

Why do I feel like I am playing a game of Hangman... and losing?

re: #164 Erik The Red

Either you forgot the / tag or you are smoking some great shit.

Or maybe just watches Stargate: SG-1 a little too obsessively...

re: #143 victor_yugo

"Eye of the Beholder" made me think. A lot.

"Needle please!"

re: #159 Hateful Hater

All that's missing is a cloud of smoke and some ominous music in the background, otherwise #159 could be posted by the Cybernetic Ghost of Christmas Past

re: #159 Hateful Hater

"There is much evidence of Alien control over ancient Earth."

We are all waiting, please go on. We like evidence here.

re: #55 Adrenalyn

Not to mention "Zombies of The Stratosphere"...

re: #171 Hateful Hater

Modgi? Is that you?

Bosnians are on a suicide path...

and Kosovo is free.

Pass the shit, man, I could use a hit.

re: #174 Sharmuta

Modgi? Is that you?

I dunno- he didn't threaten to shoot any of us if we made our way to post-apocolyptic Las Vegas.

Well, don't go away mad.
/just go away.

I wonder whose sock puppet this is...

I know! Let's play 'Count the posts'! Whichever troll/moby/sock puppet posts in the most theads after promising to leave, wins!

re: #9 pat

Obama's selections are interesting. Reveal incredible inadequacy and a tendency for mistake. He has no confidence in himself and well he should not. it is not clear that he is very knowledgeable.

I'd say his appointments so far are massively unimaginative and uninspiring, but as to why, I'd favor 0bambi's ignorance, more than any issue of confidence. Bunch of retread political hacks, so far. Very Chicago style, I guess.

re: #174 Sharmuta

Until I see a "Fuck You Guys" followed by vague threats and sad assertions of superior combat prowess, I will not be convinced. :)

Savage? Is that you? I used to think you were good people.

re: #178 Hateful Hater

I thought the way to seriously combat jihad was by running a stalker blog. ///

re: #182 Fenway_Nation

I know! Let's play 'Count the posts'! Whichever troll/moby/sock puppet posts in the most theads after promising to leave, wins!

Charles should have a prize for the first person to -100 award.

re: #187 Erik The Red

Charles should have a prize for the first person to -100 award.

The fastest and in the fewest number of posts.

Gen. Decker: Liberals! Intellectuals! Peacemongers! IDIOTS!

MARS ATTACKS...

re: #164 Erik The Red

Either you forgot the / tag or you are smoking some great shit.

Not sure that shit is all that great judging from the comments. Sounds like someone got himself an full body probe one time too many.

re: #186 Sharmuta

No, no, no. The way to do that is by aligning with fascists that pay lip service to your faith and/or ethnicity.

///wait, what?

President Dale: I want the people to know that they still have 2 out of 3 branches of the government working for them, and that ain't bad.

MARS ATTACKS...

Martian Translator Device: We come in peace! We come in peace!

MARS ATTACKS...

re: #192 Dustyvet

President Dale: I want the people to know that they still have 2 out of 3 branches of the government working for them, and that ain't bad.

MARS ATTACKS...

"They blew up Congress!"

re: #193 Dustyvet

Martian Translator Device: We come in peace! We come in peace!

MARS ATTACKS...

Marsian Ambassador: Ack! Ack! Ack!

re: #191 Slumbering Behemoth

If only we combined the ability of both to combat jihad, why we could lick jihad in no time.

///

I have never understood this movie. And by that, I mean I have never understood this movie.

re: #159 Hateful Hater

Here's your sign site.

re: #198 Slumbering Behemoth

Here's your sign site.

Actually I think this is Savage_Nation trying to sneak in again so LGF 2 would be his site

re: #196 Sharmuta

Yeah, we'd be licking something. Not so sure that something would be jihad, though. ;)

(*)

re: #156 stuiec

speaking of Rod Serling...

... a woman in Texas recently had a parasitic worm removed from her brain.

Anyone remember this?

"... it was a female, and females lay eggs..."

Was it the Hippie Hat Brain Parasite?

(A great William Gibson short story from the 1980's about those leather pseudo western hats a lot of hippies in the early 70's wore---think "Freewheelin' Franklin"---that were really a disguise used by a horseshoe crab like alien parasite that bores into people's brains. The story is a great satire of the sort of journalism of the paranormal that gave birth to "Coast To Coast AM".)

Hateful Hater
Karma: -31
Registered since: Nov 17, 2008 at 6:44 pm
(Logged in)

No. of comments posted: 7

Never makes it to ten.

/already successfully called this once tonight on another troll

re: #31 Adrenalyn

I am still waiting for a remake/movie version
of F Troop

Gilbert Gottfried could be Corporal Agarn

Jenna Jameson could be wranger Jane

Who's going to play Corporal Agarn?

re: #25 stuiec

And what's even stranger is that a remake is the works!

starring Keanu Reeves?

re: #203 Hateful Hater

Think about it.

I have.

You're an idiot.

re: #199 Neo Con since 9-11

Could be, I suppose. But with all that alien conspiracy theory stuff I think that Alex Jones' site is the one for HH.

...wait, what?!?

As it turns out, there are other things I do not understand. But it is unlikely I shall move to a socialist country to avoid imagined Marxism.

The remake.

re: #207 Slumbering Behemoth

Could be, I suppose. But with all that alien conspiracy theory stuff I think that Alex Jones' site is the one for HH.

...wait, what?!?

Holy fuck...

re: #31 Adrenalyn

I am still waiting for a remake/movie version
of F Troop

Gilbert Gottfried could be Corporal Agarn

Jenna Jameson could be wranger Jane

Too bad there's no one to play O'Rourke

re: #168 gmsc

"Needle please!"

"No Change. No change at all..."

re: #33 stuiec

Do not attempt to figure out any aspect of Plan 9 from Outer Space. You run the risk of permanent mental damage -- the kind that Ed Wood suffered and that resulted in Plan 9 in the first place.

and the Obama presidency

re: #211 Mr Spiffy

Too bad there's no one to play O'Rourke

Ricardo Montalbán isn't available?

re: #207 Slumbering Behemoth

HH.

Good catch

re: #209 victor_yugo

The remake.

Great. Seems like the only reason for the remake is the release date: 09.09.09.

re: #206 victor_yugo

re: #203 Hateful Hater

Think about it.

I have.

You're an idiot.

I reread the comments.

Hateful Hater-you're still an idiot.

re: #172 ploome hineni

and what did you discover, after studying the dynamics?

Better said privately.

re: #203 Hateful Hater

Christian Mexicans? WTF? I thought you were all about Annunaki. Or was it the Anasazi? Or the Anansie?

Sorry, can't remember, I tend to lose track when folk go into nutter territory.

re: #201 Colonel Panik

Was it the Hippie Hat Brain Parasite?

(A great William Gibson short story from the 1980's about those leather pseudo western hats a lot of hippies in the early 70's wore---think "Freewheelin' Franklin"---that were really a disguise used by a horseshoe crab like alien parasite that bores into people's brains. The story is a great satire of the sort of journalism of the paranormal that gave birth to "Coast To Coast AM".)

No, but that sounds like a lot of fun.

It was an episode of Rod Serling's Night Gallery called "The Caterpillar." I highly recommend it.

re: #213 Mr Spiffy

and the Obama presidency

Touché.

re: #221 Hateful Hater

So you support the increased Islamic immigration under Bush?

Depends what kind of bush I would guess? Rhododendrons?

Do you support nuking them all and letting Satan sort them out?

re: #221 Hateful Hater

¿ɥsnq ɹǝpun uoıʇɐɹƃıɯɯı ɔıɯɐןsı pǝsɐǝɹɔuı ǝɥʇ ʇɹoddns noʎ os

Renfield: I think they're from the government.
Count Dracula: How do you know?
Renfield: They're wearing shoes.

LOVE AT FIRST BITE...

re: #210 victor_yugo

re: #215 Neo Con since 9-11

Could just be a coincidence...

Just saw the X-Files episode where Mulder quotes a chunk of that movie (Hollywood AD). Coincidence? I think not!

re: #209 victor_yugo

The remake.

"John Johnson" as Patrolman Kelton?

That couldn't be any relation to Tor Johnson, surely...

re: #230 Slumbering Behemoth

Anyone who believes in coincidence is deluding himself.

OTOH, never assume malice where stupidity explains.

re: #229 Hateful Hater

Look at NY, it's over run with Muslims.

What do you suggest?

/hold my drink, saw this in a movie once, pretty sure it'll work

re: #234 Hateful Hater

Why is the US government giving preferences to Muslims in Immigration?
Why?

/try a linky

Second time I've said this tonight but please don't quote the troll, in this case Heil Hitler Hateful Hater. The boss is just going to have to clean up your comments in the morning. If you must use reply rather than quote.
Maybe I'm being paranoid but this crazy thing sounds like a deranged, paranoid, neo nazi. I don't want to wake up tommorow and see a dozen comments deleted because y'all quoted his bizarre rants.
Good luck and good night

re: #229 Hateful Hater

suɐɔıɹǝɯɐ ʇsoɯ sɐ uoıʇɐzıןıʌıɔ uɐıʇsıɹɥɔ-oǝpnɾ /uɐɯoɹ-oɔǝɹƃ ǝɯɐs ǝɥʇ ɯoɹɟ ǝɯoɔ sqɐɹɐ uɐıʇsıɹɥɔ puɐ sɔıuɐdsıɥ ʇsɐǝן ʇɐ

re: #239 Neo Con since 9-11

Second time I've said this tonight but please don't quote the troll, in this case Heil Hitler Hateful Hater. The boss is just going to have to clean up your comments in the morning. If you must use reply rather than quote.
Maybe I'm being paranoid but this crazy thing sounds like a deranged, paranoid, neo nazi. I don't want to wake up tommorow and see a dozen comments deleted because y'all quoted his bizarre rants.
Good luck and good night

Good point. Noted...too late. ;-)>

Dang it, how can a 4M input file generate a 26M output file?

I'm outta here; web stuff will be insufferably slow now while GROMACS uploads this 26M file. Later, all.

re: #233 victor_yugo

Anyone who believes in coincidence is deluding himself.

No delusion, coincidence is coincidence. Many things happen without rhyme nor reason. Sometimes you have happy coincidences, sometimes unfortunate coincidences, and sometimes the coincidences are just pathetically stupid. Hence the wizened, insightful phrase "Shit happens".

re: #232 Salem

"John Johnson" as Patrolman Kelton?

That couldn't be any relation to Tor Johnson, surely...

And Mr. Lobo as Criswell. That's inspired!

re: #243 Hateful Hater

Nothing to refute. We have immigrants coming into the country. This is new? Some are from the mid-East. These we should stop? You have Lebanese in you? Obviously someone in your ancestry immigrated here.

Mad at you? Damn, could it have anything to do with the absurd, ridiculous, childish posts you have made?

re: #244 ploome hineni

what is he saying that you find objectionable

I don't know, is NY really overrun with Muslims?

/and it's inability to provide a linky or articulate a remedy

I remember a showing of Plan 9 From Outer Space with the sound off and live actors providing the dialog. That was years ago, probably 1979. It was in Santa Monica, I think where they still have Rocky Horror showing at midnight on Saturdays.

My ability to reminisce with the grandkids about the old days is thereby constrained...

re: #251 Hateful Hater

Your solution? Ban any and all Muslims? Is that it? I suppose your grand plan is to evict all those here already? That is the gist I am getting.

re: #256 Hateful Hater
You people? I haven't heard any complaints about Christian Mexicans in here for awhile and for sure not in the context you are using.

Provide a link showing Shia has a preference in immigration. Or the Sunni.

re: #251 Hateful Hater

The truth troofer bothers them.

Fixed, free of charge, for your convenience.

re: #265 ploome hineni

What did we do with communists?

/um, absolutely nothing, witness Obama

re: #248 stuiec

And Mr. Lobo as Criswell. That's inspired!

It's got some dazzling star-power attached, ain't it? Conrad Brooks and over-the-hill scream Queen Brinke Stevens. Aaaand, that's about it.

re: #263 Hateful Hater

Brilliant. You are saying any and all Muslims are enemies and potential terrorists? And should be prohibited from entering the country? Or am I misunderstanding?

re: #98 gmsc

Oooh - here's the TZ episode "The Hunt" - where an old country man and his dog die while chasing a raccoon, and journey to heaven together.

Good dog!
;)

written by Earl-Boy "Simpson"

re: #265 ploome hineni

What did we do with communists?