Sad news: Leslie Nielsen died today in Fort Lauderdale at the age of 84.
Mention Leslie Nielsen and most people think of Airplane and Naked Gun, but for me his most memorable role will always be Commander John J. Adams in one of the greatest science fiction films of the 50s, Forbidden Planet.
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deranged cat Sun, Nov 28, 2010 7:49:26pm |
Surely you can't be serious!
I am serious... and don't call me Shirley.
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jamesfirecat Sun, Nov 28, 2010 7:51:48pm |
The man was also Dracula, though as I mentioned before bringing that up is a bit of "sticky wicket" at the moment...
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MittDoesNotCompute Sun, Nov 28, 2010 7:53:58pm |
re: #2 jamesfirecat
The man was also Dracula, though as I mentioned before bringing that up is a bit of "sticky wicket" at the moment...
Zombie Leslie Nielsen would still kick ass ;-P
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laZardo Sun, Nov 28, 2010 7:54:06pm |
re: #2 jamesfirecat
The man was also Dracula, though as I mentioned before bringing that up is a bit of "sticky wicket" at the moment...
So is Nielsen loving it now?
/IT'S A TITLE PUN, SHEESH.
//also, his most famous movie series opening scene:
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jamesfirecat Sun, Nov 28, 2010 7:54:18pm |
re: #4 talon_262
Zombie Leslie Nielsen would still kick ass ;-P
Maybe he could co-star with Zombie Reagan?
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MittDoesNotCompute Sun, Nov 28, 2010 7:54:41pm |
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Our Precious Bodily Fluids Sun, Nov 28, 2010 7:55:18pm |
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Mocking Jay Sun, Nov 28, 2010 7:57:25pm |
Captain, how soon can you land?
I can't tell.
You can tell me, I'm a doctor.
No, I mean I'm' not sure.
Well, can't you take a guess?
Well, not for another two hours.
You can't take a guess for another two hours?
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brookly red Sun, Nov 28, 2010 8:00:39pm |
re: #10 prairiefire
I liked the twinkle in his eye.
Yeah, I can respect a man who does not fear the judgement of his pears
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jamesfirecat Sun, Nov 28, 2010 8:01:58pm |
Okay lets do this, Youtube had one of my favorite segments, especially cause we get to see him and Mel Brooks playing off each other...
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Walter L. Newton Sun, Nov 28, 2010 8:02:19pm |
Forbidden Planet is a 1956 science fiction film[2][3] directed by Fred M. Wilcox, with a screenplay by Cyril Hume. It starred Leslie Nielsen, Walter Pidgeon, and Anne Francis. The characters and its setting were inspired by those in William Shakespeare's The Tempest,[4] and its plot has many similarities.
[Link: en.wikipedia.org...]
And a fact that some may not know...
"The biography of Gene Roddenberry, Star Trek Creator, notes that Forbidden Planet was one of the inspirations for Star Trek.[12]"
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NJDhockeyfan Sun, Nov 28, 2010 8:05:02pm |
re: #13 Walter L. Newton
"The biography of Gene Roddenberry, Star Trek Creator, notes that Forbidden Planet was one of the inspirations for Star Trek."
Awesome! How cool is that?
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Eclectic Infidel Sun, Nov 28, 2010 8:06:03pm |
Peace, brother. Thank you for the laughs, such shall not be forgotten in my lifetime.
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Dark_Falcon Sun, Nov 28, 2010 8:09:40pm |
Rest In Peace, Leslie. Thank you for all the good times and the great memories.
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lawhawk Sun, Nov 28, 2010 8:12:46pm |
His deadpan delivery was pitch perfect in the comedy roles, and yet he had the gravitas to carry leading man status in dramas.
He will be missed. And I'm serious.
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jamesfirecat Sun, Nov 28, 2010 8:14:30pm |
re: #17 lawhawk
His deadpan delivery was pitch perfect in the comedy roles, and yet he had the gravitas to carry leading man status in dramas.
He will be missed. And I'm serious.
Isn't that what made Airplane such a good movie, that the jokes were delivered dead pan?
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Fenris Sun, Nov 28, 2010 8:14:44pm |
Forbidden Planet is one of my favorite movies. He's the reason I don't believe it could ever be remade properly.
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NJDhockeyfan Sun, Nov 28, 2010 8:15:27pm |
One of his most famous lines..."Nice beaver!"
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Walter L. Newton Sun, Nov 28, 2010 8:15:55pm |
re: #19 fenrisdesigns
Forbidden Planet is one of my favorite movies. He's the reason I don't believe it could ever be remade properly.
New Line Cinema had developed a remake with James Cameron, Nelson Gidding and Stirling Silliphant involved at different points. In 2007, DreamWorks set up the project with David Twohy set to direct. Warner Bros. reacquired the rights the following year and on October 31, 2008, J. Michael Straczynski was announced as writing a remake. Joel Silver will produce.[16] Straczynski explained that the original had been his favorite science fiction film, and it gave Silver an idea for the new film that makes it "not a remake", "not a reimagining", and "not exactly a prequel". His vision for the film will not be retro, because when the original was made it was meant to be futuristic. Straczynski met with people working in astrophysics, planetary geology and artificial intelligence to reinterpret the Krell back-story.[17]
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Fenris Sun, Nov 28, 2010 8:18:50pm |
re: #22 Walter L. Newton
New Line Cinema had developed a remake with James Cameron, Nelson Gidding and Stirling Silliphant involved at different points. In 2007, DreamWorks set up the project with David Twohy set to direct. Warner Bros. reacquired the rights the following year and on October 31, 2008, J. Michael Straczynski was announced as writing a remake. Joel Silver will produce.[16] Straczynski explained that the original had been his favorite science fiction film, and it gave Silver an idea for the new film that makes it "not a remake", "not a reimagining", and "not exactly a prequel". His vision for the film will not be retro, because when the original was made it was meant to be futuristic. Straczynski met with people working in astrophysics, planetary geology and artificial intelligence to reinterpret the Krell back-story.[17]
I'll be watching that. I'm skeptical, but I still hope it works out well enough.
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celticdragon Sun, Nov 28, 2010 8:19:05pm |
but for me his most memorable role will always be Commander John J. Adams in one of the greatest science fiction films of the 50s, Forbidden Planet.
Agreed.
RIP, Leslie.
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celticdragon Sun, Nov 28, 2010 8:20:54pm |
re: #22 Walter L. Newton
New Line Cinema had developed a remake with James Cameron, Nelson Gidding and Stirling Silliphant involved at different points. In 2007, DreamWorks set up the project with David Twohy set to direct. Warner Bros. reacquired the rights the following year and on October 31, 2008, J. Michael Straczynski was announced as writing a remake. Joel Silver will produce.[16] Straczynski explained that the original had been his favorite science fiction film, and it gave Silver an idea for the new film that makes it "not a remake", "not a reimagining", and "not exactly a prequel". His vision for the film will not be retro, because when the original was made it was meant to be futuristic. Straczynski met with people working in astrophysics, planetary geology and artificial intelligence to reinterpret the Krell back-story.[17]
I haven't heard from J. Michael Straczynski since Babylon 5.
Here's hoping he pulls it off.
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Artist Sun, Nov 28, 2010 8:25:27pm |
re: #25 celticdragon
He had a hit and miss run on Amazing Spider-Man if I recall.
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freetoken Sun, Nov 28, 2010 8:34:31pm |
... for me his most memorable role will always be Commander John J. Adams in one of the greatest science fiction films of the 50s, Forbidden Planet.
Neat movie in several ways.
Will miss Nielsen. Hollywood needs more of the lead-man/comedian actors. Jack Lemmon could do it, too.
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Eclectic Infidel Sun, Nov 28, 2010 8:49:43pm |
Ciao for now, lizards. I might be back later. Gator.
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austin_blue Sun, Nov 28, 2010 9:06:36pm |
Adios, my friends. Sleep well. Sweet reptilian dreams.
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Dancing along the light of day Sun, Nov 28, 2010 9:24:19pm |
Gosh, I love bad 50's Sci-Fi movies.
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Dark_Falcon Sun, Nov 28, 2010 9:26:33pm |
re: #32 Floral Giraffe
Gosh, I love bad 50's Sci-Fi movies.
Never understood the appeal, myself. But I think its just my nature to not be able to enjoy something being done badly. I'm a perfectionist.
[waves]
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Dancing along the light of day Sun, Nov 28, 2010 9:32:29pm |
re: #33 Dark_Falcon
The worse the better!
LOL!
Planet 9 from outer space, Godzilla, Mothra in Japanese, I could stay up all night, enthralled! Elvira played them all! The later in the night, the better!
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Walter L. Newton Sun, Nov 28, 2010 9:38:29pm |
re: #33 Dark_Falcon
Never understood the appeal, myself. But I think its just my nature to not be able to enjoy something being done badly. I'm a perfectionist.
[waves]
You probably miss the point. "Forbidden Planet" was extremely innovative for 1956. It was the first sci-fi movie in color, it had an unheard of budget of 1.9 million dollars, the Robby the Robot costume alone cost 50,000 dollars to construct, it was the first movie to use a totally electronic synthesized music and sound track.
If you hold it up to it's respective era, it was almost perfect.
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Transfromnation Sun, Nov 28, 2010 9:38:33pm |
My favorite line of his, from 'Wrongfully Accused':
"Don't move. I've got a gun. Not here, but I got one....."
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Tigger2005 Sun, Nov 28, 2010 9:39:04pm |
re: #32 Floral Giraffe
Gosh, I love bad 50's Sci-Fi movies.
Forbidden Planet is generally not considered one of the bad ones though.
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Walter L. Newton Sun, Nov 28, 2010 9:41:59pm |
re: #37 Tigger2005
Forbidden Planet is generally not considered one of the bad ones though.
My point exactly in #35.
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Dark_Falcon Sun, Nov 28, 2010 9:42:37pm |
re: #35 Walter L. Newton
You probably miss the point. "Forbidden Planet" was extremely innovative for 1956. It was the first sci-fi movie in color, it had an unheard of budget of 1.9 million dollars, the Robby the Robot costume alone cost 50,000 dollars to construct, it was the first movie to use a totally electronic synthesized music and sound track.
If you hold it up to it's respective era, it was almost perfect.
Cool. But then it would not have been a bad movie at all, in which case I'd likely enjoy it.
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laZardo Sun, Nov 28, 2010 9:44:16pm |
re: #36 Transfromnation
My favorite line of his, from 'Wrongfully Accused':
"Don't move. I've got a gun. Not here, but I got one..."
"Leslie?"
"No. You must be referring to some woman."
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Charles Johnson Sun, Nov 28, 2010 9:45:37pm |
The trailer for Forbidden Planet:
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NJDhockeyfan Sun, Nov 28, 2010 9:49:05pm |
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Mr Pancakes Sun, Nov 28, 2010 9:50:25pm |
re: #44 NJDhockeyfan
Robbie the Robot was super cool.
He was recycled in a lot of old TV shows also.
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Walter L. Newton Sun, Nov 28, 2010 9:52:58pm |
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Kronocide Sun, Nov 28, 2010 9:58:56pm |
Once I finish my home theater changeout I think I'll watch Forbidden Planet. Just the monster scene looked fantastic.
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HypnoToad Sun, Nov 28, 2010 9:59:27pm |
"Forbidden Planet" is one of my all time faves, although I still cringe during the voice over at the beginning. The narration has us making it to the Moon at the end of the twenty-first century. We actually did it thirteen years after the movie was made. Sometimes the future gets here a lot faster than we expect. Perhaps that's why some have trouble accepting the things that science and technology have shown and given to us.
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Walter L. Newton Sun, Nov 28, 2010 10:00:54pm |
re: #45 Mr Pancakes
He was recycled in a lot of old TV shows also.
Here's some more on Robby...
[Link: en.wikipedia.org...]
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Mr Pancakes Sun, Nov 28, 2010 10:02:31pm |
re: #49 Walter L. Newton
Here's some more on Robby...
[Link: en.wikipedia.org...]
Wow.... he was in Dobie Gillis.
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Walter L. Newton Sun, Nov 28, 2010 10:05:37pm |
Off to work... got an inch and a half of new snow on the road... I'm only 4 miles from work, but it's mountain road, so, leave early, take my time, grab some coffee at the store before I take over the next shift...
See some of you in the AM.
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Mr Pancakes Sun, Nov 28, 2010 10:06:42pm |
re: #51 Walter L. Newton
Off to work... got an inch and a half of new snow on the road... I'm only 4 miles from work, but it's mountain road, so, leave early, take my time, grab some coffee at the store before I take over the next shift...
See some of you in the AM.
Drive safely Walter.
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Daniel Ballard Sun, Nov 28, 2010 10:09:02pm |
OT, but gotta logoff soon-
I wound up with crisp video frame captures of a hummingbird from my Canon. A hundred frames. I dropped a few frames into a Page and the slideshow feature has an unexpected look. Stop-motion. Kinda cool.
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Mr Pancakes Sun, Nov 28, 2010 10:12:02pm |
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Sun, Nov 28, 2010 10:12:37pm |
I'm of the generation that were kids when Airplane and Naked Gun came out, so I know him from that, but I'm totslly going to go revisit Forbidden Planet
You'll be missed, Dr. Rumack! This beer's for you!
(also, he was in Creepshow and kentucky Fried Movie, which are things I recommend)
I just want you to know, good luck. We're all counting on you
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Sun, Nov 28, 2010 10:13:32pm |
re: #51 Walter L. Newton
Off to work... got an inch and a half of new snow on the road... I'm only 4 miles from work, but it's mountain road, so, leave early, take my time, grab some coffee at the store before I take over the next shift...
See some of you in the AM.
if you have FWD, you'll probably be in okay shape, if you're RWD, good luck dude o_o
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Sun, Nov 28, 2010 10:14:34pm |
re: #9 JasonA
Captain, how soon can you land?
I can't tell.
You can tell me, I'm a doctor.
No, I mean I'm' not sure.
Well, can't you take a guess?
Well, not for another two hours.
You can't take a guess for another two hours?
fucking righteous
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Mr Pancakes Sun, Nov 28, 2010 10:14:38pm |
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Sun, Nov 28, 2010 10:16:11pm |
re: #59 Mr Pancakes
This is not a chawade! We need total concentwation!"
CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS IN TROUBLE
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Sun, Nov 28, 2010 10:16:54pm |
re: #60 WindUpBird
god dammit google video, must be the boobs
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Sun, Nov 28, 2010 10:18:20pm |
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Mr Pancakes Sun, Nov 28, 2010 10:19:16pm |
re: #60 WindUpBird
CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS IN TROUBLE
[Video]
I didn't need to watch........ big boobs squishing on the shower door.
The popcorn you're eating has been pissed in..... film at 11:00.
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Killgore Trout Sun, Nov 28, 2010 10:20:21pm |
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Sun, Nov 28, 2010 10:22:25pm |
re: #63 Mr Pancakes
hahahahahahaha yay :D
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Sun, Nov 28, 2010 10:22:58pm |
re: #64 Killgore Trout
o_o
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Mr Pancakes Sun, Nov 28, 2010 10:24:19pm |
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Varek Raith Sun, Nov 28, 2010 10:24:43pm |
Seems the Comcast East Coast outage is fixed.
At least for me.
---
RIP, Leslie.
:(
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Yukon Digger Sun, Nov 28, 2010 10:29:08pm |
Leslie and Erik Nielsen laugh it up -
[Link: archives.cbc.ca...]
Here's a 1991 radio interview with the two brothers. Leslie's brother Erik was a Canadian conservative politician from the Yukon Territory.
Perhaps I just want to make up for all the embarrassment that the half-governor has caused the North and show that there has been a few good people up here who have are/were conservative.
The half-governor is a big city girl. Any rural woman from the lower 48 would blow her away in the Alaska wilderness within 10 minutes of stepping off the plane up there.
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ProGunLiberal Sun, Nov 28, 2010 10:38:58pm |
From Wikipedia in the recent leaks. This pertains to Saudi Arabia's opinion of Pakistan's president.
Saudi King Abdullah called President Asif Ali Zardari of Pakistan the greatest obstacle to the country's progress. "When the head is rotten," he said, "it affects the whole body."
Considering this is Saudi Arabia, I want to think the exact opposite, as their interest is in spreading the virulent Wahhabi form of Islam. But I do not know enough about Asif Ali Zardari.
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Dancing along the light of day Sun, Nov 28, 2010 11:11:43pm |
re: #64 Killgore Trout
The newest movie, comes highly recomended by friends...
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SteveMcG Sun, Nov 28, 2010 11:14:17pm |
re: #59 Mr Pancakes
This is not a chawade! We need total concentwation!"
BTW has anybody noticed that Wachel Maddow has a wittle Baba Wawa thing going on?
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Dancing along the light of day Sun, Nov 28, 2010 11:19:04pm |
Goodnight, Lizards!
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Dancing along the light of day Sun, Nov 28, 2010 11:20:20pm |
re: #37 Tigger2005
Forbidden Planet is generally not considered one of the bad ones though.
They're ALL bad, given their production date.
LOL!
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engineer cat Sun, Nov 28, 2010 11:30:09pm |
"monsters from the Id"
- fobidden planet
these days we find the monsters from teh id all over the internetz...
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Obdicut Mon, Nov 29, 2010 3:50:35am |
Zen image for the day:
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Obdicut Mon, Nov 29, 2010 4:04:00am |
I finally found someone at a Nazi rally that I like.
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jamesfirecat Mon, Nov 29, 2010 4:07:39am |
re: #34 Floral Giraffe
The worse the better!
LOL!
Planet 9 from outer space, Godzilla, Mothra in Japanese, I could stay up all night, enthralled! Elvira played them all! The later in the night, the better!
Speaking of which....
Saw this a few weeks ago, though somebody might enjoy it....
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Sheila Broflovski Mon, Nov 29, 2010 4:15:17am |
Hey honcos. Got a few minutes before the second "first day" of my new job.
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researchok Mon, Nov 29, 2010 4:21:15am |
re: #83 Alouette
Hey honcos. Got a few minutes before the second "first day" of my new job.
I hope it goes well.
After the past week, a bit of normal is just what the doctor ordered.
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Obdicut Mon, Nov 29, 2010 4:30:16am |
re: #83 Alouette
Best of luck, and hoping your coworkers are cool.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Mon, Nov 29, 2010 4:35:32am |
re: #83 Alouette
If I wasn't able to say so before, my sincere condolences.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Mon, Nov 29, 2010 4:41:37am |
Oh I can hold my breath for a long, long time!
-Richard Vickers
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Mon, Nov 29, 2010 5:12:38am |
re: #87 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
A really long time.
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Eventual Carrion Mon, Nov 29, 2010 5:19:48am |
RIP Leslie.
I hope you have a fine eternal slumber. But if the god bothers are right and you end up down below, just take the advice you gave your police squad:
"Like a midget at a urinal, stay on your toes!"
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Shropshire_Slasher Mon, Nov 29, 2010 5:29:27am |
re: #20 NJDhockeyfan
"Thanks I just had it stuffed"
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Mon, Nov 29, 2010 5:41:01am |
Leslie Nielson lines have burned up quite a bit of bandwidth on LGF over the years.
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McSpiff Mon, Nov 29, 2010 5:43:05am |
I love how the moonbats are freaking out that cablegate doesn't show the US as being totally evil. I'm reading everything from "WL was duped!" to "WL is a gov't op!" What fairweather friends Julian has.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Mon, Nov 29, 2010 5:44:39am |
re: #94 McSpiff
I'm still hoping that Hillary referred to some (ahem) world leaders with pejoratives. 'Lil Kim, DinnerJacket, etc...
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laZardo Mon, Nov 29, 2010 5:45:16am |
re: #94 McSpiff
I love how the moonbats are freaking out that cablegate doesn't show the US as being totally evil. I'm reading everything from "WL was duped!" to "WL is a gov't op!" What fairweather friends Julian has.
From 4chan's "WikiLeaks Prediction Thread":
*Porn
*Aliuns[sic]
*More porn
*A Transcription of Decision Points
*Porn of 'the chick in OP's pic' i.e. Assange
*Holocaust denial
/because on 4chan, you can't even take their anti-Semitism seriously.
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McSpiff Mon, Nov 29, 2010 5:46:09am |
re: #95 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
I'm still hoping that Hillary referred to some (ahem) world leaders with pejoratives. 'Lil Kim, DinnerJacket, etc...
I do know dinnerjacket was compared to Hitler in at least one of the cables. And there's some hilarious stuff about Muammar.
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Varek Raith Mon, Nov 29, 2010 5:49:00am |
re: #94 McSpiff
I love how the moonbats are freaking out that cablegate doesn't show the US as being totally evil. I'm reading everything from "WL was duped!" to "WL is a gov't op!" What fairweather friends Julian has.
They were rather mundane and nothing I didn't really expect.
Snooze.
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laZardo Mon, Nov 29, 2010 5:50:48am |
re: #97 McSpiff
I read the one from 1966 and was expecting a "THIS IS SOME REAL CALL OF DUTY BLACK OPS NUMBERS STATION SHIT" moment.
Imagine my disappointment when it was just some pondering about international sea boundaries. q;
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McSpiff Mon, Nov 29, 2010 5:51:00am |
re: #98 Varek Raith
They were rather mundane and nothing I didn't really expect.
Snooze.
Agreed, but I wouldn't say snooze. I would say its more interesting to a non-American audience however, because many of the really juicy revelations concern foreign officials.
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Our Precious Bodily Fluids Mon, Nov 29, 2010 5:51:11am |
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Crimsonfisted Mon, Nov 29, 2010 5:53:06am |
I didn't want to see this news first thing in the morning.
God bless Mr Nielsen. You brought many people happiness.
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Our Precious Bodily Fluids Mon, Nov 29, 2010 5:54:58am |
re: #99 laZardo
I read the one from 1966 and was expecting a "THIS IS SOME REAL CALL OF DUTY BLACK OPS NUMBERS STATION SHIT" moment.
A million years ago, I used to be a shortwave radio-listening fiend. I heard numbers stations ALL THE TIME, in a variety of languages, and didn't have the slightest clue what I was hearing until recently. There was all kinds of weird, enigmatic stuff on shortwave. Gonna have to get another radio, I think.
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laZardo Mon, Nov 29, 2010 5:55:47am |
re: #100 McSpiff
Agreed, but I wouldn't say snooze. I would say its more interesting to a non-American audience however, because many of the really juicy revelations concern foreign officials.
Still none from "Embassy Manila." :(
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wiffersnapper Mon, Nov 29, 2010 6:00:24am |
"I just want to tell you both good luck. We're all counting on you."
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McSpiff Mon, Nov 29, 2010 6:01:13am |
re: #105 laZardo
Still none from "Embassy Manila." :(
Very little from Ottawa. So far... the US appreciated Canada taking a hardline approach to Libya. Which I'm fairly sure was said publicly at the time. Seems like a lot of the juicy bits so far concern Europe and the ME. I wouldn't be surprised to see a cabinet shake up in Germany, at least for the Defense Minister.
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Darth Vader Gargoyle Mon, Nov 29, 2010 6:02:30am |
Good Morning Lizards!
Rumack: What was it we had for dinner tonight?
Elaine Dickinson: Well, we had a choice of steak or fish.
Rumack: Yes, yes, I remember, I had lasagna.
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Crimsonfisted Mon, Nov 29, 2010 6:03:13am |
What? No mentions The Reluctant Astronaut?
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laZardo Mon, Nov 29, 2010 6:03:57am |
re: #104 negativ
A million years ago, I used to be a shortwave radio-listening fiend. I heard numbers stations ALL THE TIME, in a variety of languages, and didn't have the slightest clue what I was hearing until recently. There was all kinds of weird, enigmatic stuff on shortwave. Gonna have to get another radio, I think.
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McSpiff Mon, Nov 29, 2010 6:04:09am |
On topic, Leslie Nielsen is the only celeb I've actually met. Filmed a scene at a friend's dad's office. Nice guy, hilarious in person, very sad to see him pass.
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Darth Vader Gargoyle Mon, Nov 29, 2010 6:04:13am |
I just want to tell you both good luck. We're all counting on you.
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Jadespring Mon, Nov 29, 2010 6:05:01am |
Yesterday a cool thing happened.
I watch a show yesterday called Ancestors in the Attic which got me thinking about my own. Tons and tons of work has been done on my Mom's side of the family, we even have a couple of books but not so much on my Dad's. We have some info back to great-grandparent era and some pictures but the info was in bits and pieces. So I called my sister because I remembered that she had done a bit of looking a few years back. My grandma had sent her some rememberances, names and locations etc as well as a few stories. The best one is this, "Your fathers great-great grandfather on his Moms side came from a well to do family and grew up in a castle in Germany. He fell in love with a servant girl and his parents said no way and sent him to America to get him away from her. He ended up in Wisconsin. The women saved her money for three years and when she got to Ellis Island she asked where all the Germans settled, they told her Wisconsin so she went there. When she arrived on the train her lost lover was on the platform and they reunited and had 13 kids one of which was your great grandma."
:D Great story that's quite obviously romanticize quite a bit. So I started looking. Long story short I found them and found the name of the supposed lost lover. No signs that he ever was in a Castle or being rich. He came as a farmer. Interestingly I found some info from who I guess would be cousins (still living in Wisconsin) they heard the story differently. He was a chaffeur for a well to do family and fell in love with the daughter. They ended up getting married much to her families chagrin.
So anyways I have the names and now have found relatives.
Extra cool is that the farm that was originally settled in Wisconsin is still there and being run as a B&B. The house is the original house that my GG grandfather built. I think I'm going to go a road trip next summer. How cool would it be to stay in that house! I also found a book of biographical sketches of people in the country written in 1895 which has a whole thing on him including more names and locations of his family and his wifes family back in Germany so suddenly we have a whole other generation added to tree and really good leads if I ever want to explore the German side of the family more!
Then I started looking at my Dad's grandfathers side. Grandma had given us some names and where they came from but ends up she got it wrong and missed some generations and his family has been in the US longer. My Dad also knew that one of grandfathers had served in the civil war. We have a couple of pics, one of him older with a medal and one of him young in what looks like a uniform. So through the power of google I found exactly when they came 1826. I have the passenger list of the boat and found the roster records of his regiment. (9th Ny Cavalry). The problem was though the picture of the young him just doesn't fit as he was 40 when he was in the War. Ends up through piecing some of bits of info together that there is a very good chance that the 'young' picture has been mislabeled and is actually his son. That or he was in something else 'military' long before the civil war. I found roster records from another NY regiments with a name and age that matches his son. So now it looks like I have two civil war ancestors and a family line that goes back in the US a lot longer then we thought. So much to research there!
I also found out that another branch of my Dad's family goes back way further in Canada then he thought and I have another Scottish clan to add to my heritage. It looks one of my great, great, great grandmothers came here as a during one of the highland clearances in 1824. It's a whole other area to look into.
Anyways the whole thing is really cool and it's amazing how much I found out with just a few hours of sifting through info on the net. And though I always knew I had some American ancestors I never felt that close to that part and that particular history.
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Our Precious Bodily Fluids Mon, Nov 29, 2010 6:06:01am |
re: #96 laZardo
In a way, 4chan is a metaphor for all of humanity.
* It is an enormous, open-ended joke that most people will never "get".
* Many, possibly most, of the people "telling" the joke don't realize that it's a joke, nor that they are participating in the telling of it.
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laZardo Mon, Nov 29, 2010 6:06:55am |
re: #114 negativ
In a way, 4chan is a metaphor for all of humanity.
* It is an enormous, open-ended joke that most people will never "get".
* Many, possibly most, of the people "telling" the joke don't realize that it's a joke, nor that they are participating in the telling of it.
And death is just the laugh.
/*whistle refrain*
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garhighway Mon, Nov 29, 2010 6:07:52am |
Morning all.
OT bit of leftover electoral weirdness: Norm Coleman tells Joe Miller to call it a day and concede.
[Link: www.politico.com...]
Feel free to write your own punch line.
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Our Precious Bodily Fluids Mon, Nov 29, 2010 6:11:52am |
re: #110 laZardo
lol yes. That's so cool. One that I sometimes heard was the tones, a string of numbers, and then simple phrases like "Mother went to market to buy some fruit" first in English, then in some other language.
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Our Precious Bodily Fluids Mon, Nov 29, 2010 6:12:31am |
re: #115 laZardo
And death is just the laugh.
/*whistle refrain*
Always look on the bright side of death, just before you draw your terminal breath.
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laZardo Mon, Nov 29, 2010 6:13:36am |
re: #117 negativ
lol yes. That's so cool. One that I sometimes heard was the tones, a string of numbers, and then simple phrases like "Mother went to market to buy some fruit" first in English, then in some other language.
And that's when you assassinated that visiting diplomat.
/DUN DUN DUNNN
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garhighway Mon, Nov 29, 2010 6:18:47am |
Further OT:
This sentence, from a piece about proposed gun legislation in Texas, just reminds me of how difficult it is for me to understand that state:
A bill filed by Rep. Sid Miller, R-Stephenville, would add handguns, rifles, shotguns and ammunition to the list of back-to-school items that can be bought tax-free during the tax-free weekend.
WTF!? Guns as back-to-school items? Really, Texas?
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McSpiff Mon, Nov 29, 2010 6:20:15am |
re: #120 garhighway
Further OT:
This sentence, from a piece about proposed gun legislation in Texas, just reminds me of how difficult it is for me to understand that state:
A bill filed by Rep. Sid Miller, R-Stephenville, would add handguns, rifles, shotguns and ammunition to the list of back-to-school items that can be bought tax-free during the tax-free weekend.WTF!? Guns as back-to-school items? Really, Texas?
Do any schools still have gun ranges?
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laZardo Mon, Nov 29, 2010 6:20:39am |
re: #120 garhighway
Further OT:
This sentence, from a piece about proposed gun legislation in Texas, just reminds me of how difficult it is for me to understand that state:
A bill filed by Rep. Sid Miller, R-Stephenville, would add handguns, rifles, shotguns and ammunition to the list of back-to-school items that can be bought tax-free during the tax-free weekend.WTF!? Guns as back-to-school items? Really, Texas?
In America, Texas mess with YOU!
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lawhawk Mon, Nov 29, 2010 6:25:24am |
re: #59 Mr Pancakes
And here now is the news. And I'm not wearing any pants. Film at 11.
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reloadingisnotahobby Mon, Nov 29, 2010 6:27:00am |
LOL!
Evey one around our Little town got SLAMMED with snow!!!
I can't find any to shovel!!!
I am so disappointed!!
NOT!!
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Varek Raith Mon, Nov 29, 2010 6:28:32am |
re: #121 McSpiff
Do any schools still have gun ranges?
My high school has a driving range...
Can I get a tax free car?
:P
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Our Precious Bodily Fluids Mon, Nov 29, 2010 6:34:03am |
re: #113 Jadespring
Genealogy is fascinating, but the people in my family who were into it weren't especially rigorous in their research, and were a bit too enthusiastic about finding out whether they were related to the king of this or the princess of that, and they always seemed to be satisfied in only tracing back to the first ancestors to live in the New World. About the only reliable information I was able to glean was that my earliest immigrant ancestor was a Czech dude who built pipe organs.
Genealogical research done properly would be almost impossible, not only because of the generally terrible manner in which records were kept before about 150 years ago, but also because each of your two parents also had two parents, who themselves had two parents, and so on ad infinitum. Each generation farther back you go, your number of ancestors doubles. Mathematically, if you could trace back to about 1000 AD, it's theoretically possible that you could have more than a trillion ancestors. That's quite more than all the people who have ever lived at all, never mind since that time, which should give a slight indication about how many inter-familial marriages (or at least impregnations) have taken place. Fact is, we are all related in some way. We're all Africans, too.
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Our Precious Bodily Fluids Mon, Nov 29, 2010 6:34:32am |
re: #119 laZardo
And that's when you assassinated that visiting diplomat.
/DUN DUN DUNNN
He parked in my spot.
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lawhawk Mon, Nov 29, 2010 6:36:12am |
I think that this is huge news this morning. Two Iranian nuclear scientists were hit in coordinated attacks. One was killed, one was seriously wounded.
Iran reflexively blames the US or Israel for the attacks, but the number of responsible parties is far greater than that as the just released wikileaks show - Saudi Arabia and Jordan were both pressuring the US to take action, and they too could have carried out the intel op to take out nuclear scientists.
Destroying the physical infrastructure may delay the Iranian nuclear effort, but killing the brain trust could put a permanent damper on their efforts.
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Varek Raith Mon, Nov 29, 2010 6:37:45am |
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lawhawk Mon, Nov 29, 2010 6:42:57am |
Gah... the director of the best Star Wars movie ever made has died.... Irvin Kershner directed Empire Strikes Back. He was 87.
Spike has been playing the Star Wars movies all weekend long, and ran the original trilogy all night last night. Damn... just damn....
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Our Precious Bodily Fluids Mon, Nov 29, 2010 6:43:45am |
re: #132 Varek Raith
Video creator is yet another idiot who doesn't understand that you DON'T PUT THE F@#$%^&*()-ING PUNCHLINE IN THE TITLE.
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Varek Raith Mon, Nov 29, 2010 6:43:50am |
re: #134 lawhawk
Gah... the director of the best Star Wars movie ever made has died... Irvin Kershner directed Empire Strikes Back. He was 87.
Spike has been playing the Star Wars movies all weekend long, and ran the original trilogy all night last night. Damn... just damn...
Damn.
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Wozza Matter? Mon, Nov 29, 2010 6:43:51am |
just emailed in a job application for an admin post (the one i started last night).
hoping to at least get an interview, but not likely to be able to take it if it's offered (too far to travel/impossible transit link).
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Varek Raith Mon, Nov 29, 2010 6:44:04am |
re: #135 negativ
Video creator is yet another idiot who doesn't understand that you DON'T PUT THE F@#$%^&*()-ING PUNCHLINE IN THE TITLE.
Yeah, I know.
:)
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gamark Mon, Nov 29, 2010 6:44:47am |
re: #124 SteelPH
I'd guess the reason is to spur some retail sales.
But this reminds me of an incident in middle school (around mid 70s) when our science teacher took the class out for a walk in the woods to identify flora and fauna. This was a rural community with forest all around the school. This was the first class of the morning and when we were heading back we came across one of the kids from our class who had decided to skip school that day and go hunting instead. The teacher convinced him to come on back to school with us which he did. The teacher told him to leave his rifle and knife in the office and pick them up after school. I don't recall anyone freaking out. No one gave it much thought at all. It was not at all uncommon to see a 12yo walking around armed during hunting season and it was no big deal.
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laZardo Mon, Nov 29, 2010 6:45:14am |
re: #135 negativ
Video creator is yet another idiot who doesn't understand that you DON'T PUT THE F@#$%^&*()-ING PUNCHLINE IN THE TITLE.
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Mon, Nov 29, 2010 6:47:31am |
Good old Nina Hagen, "New York, New York".
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Our Precious Bodily Fluids Mon, Nov 29, 2010 6:47:36am |
re: #140 laZardo
Then you get to read the punchline-containing title for 15 seconds while the stupid non-skippable advertisement plays.
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Varek Raith Mon, Nov 29, 2010 6:48:34am |
re: #143 negativ
Then you get to read the punchline-containing title for 15 seconds while the stupid non-skippable advertisement plays.
Youtube is a shell of its former self.
Thanks, Google.
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Our Precious Bodily Fluids Mon, Nov 29, 2010 6:50:09am |
re: #142 Sergey Romanov
No-holds-barred grudge match between Nina Hagen, Siouxsie Sioux, and Dale Bozzio: who wins?
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laZardo Mon, Nov 29, 2010 6:52:04am |
re: #143 negativ
re: #144 Varek Raith
GOOD THING GLORIOUS DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF KOREAR DOES NOT BELIEVE IN ADVERTISEMENTS.
/because once you hear that announcer pronounce it like that, you can never unhear it.
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Mon, Nov 29, 2010 6:53:41am |
re: #145 negativ
Love both Nina and Siouxsie about equally, but never listened to Dale. Gotta correct that, then I'll judge ;-)
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Wozza Matter? Mon, Nov 29, 2010 7:00:34am |
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Our Precious Bodily Fluids Mon, Nov 29, 2010 7:01:19am |
re: #146 laZardo
Image: 1246036703446.jpg
His belly is big because they are prosperous, get it?
Image: Soldiers-Preparing-for-Training-Drill.jpg
North Korea could become the world's richest country overnight if they would give up the insane paranoid necrocratic government and make their main export reality TV shows. "BEST KOREA RETURNS TO EARTH" is a show I would watch, at least after the Kim family and its sycophants are gone.
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Varek Raith Mon, Nov 29, 2010 7:02:53am |
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Wozza Matter? Mon, Nov 29, 2010 7:06:01am |
re: #152 Varek Raith
I cut out the irrelevant bits.
/
"Now that's a wave of destruction that's easy on the eyes......"
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lawhawk Mon, Nov 29, 2010 7:06:21am |
re: #151 negativ
Are those women training to be Rockettes? Because I doubt that they'd measure up height wise - the average height of men and women in North Korea is like 2-3 inches shorter than those in the South because of the persistent starvation and near famine conditions for more than a generation.
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Our Precious Bodily Fluids Mon, Nov 29, 2010 7:06:29am |
re: #147 Sergey Romanov
Love both Nina and Siouxsie about equally, but never listened to Dale. Gotta correct that, then I'll judge ;-)
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lawhawk Mon, Nov 29, 2010 7:09:03am |
If only the North and South settled their differences via the funky rap stylings and break dancing instead of artillery barrages...
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Steve Dutch Mon, Nov 29, 2010 7:09:15am |
I first saw him in the detective series The New Breed (1961-62) and thought he was very good. So far nobody seems to have mentioned that show.
It's interesting how some dramatic actors can export their style to comedy. He was good in dramatic roles but brilliant in comedy.
Roger, Roger. What's our vector, Victor? Do we have clearance, Clarence?
Yeah, I know that was Peter Graves (died March 14, 2010), but everyone's done "Don't call me Shirley." And it's still hilarious.
Dick Steele, Agent WD-40: I'm going in there.
Veronique Ukrinsky, Agent 3.14: That's crazy!
Dick Steele, Agent WD-40: No, crazy is walking down the street with half a cantaloupe on your head, muttering "I'm a hamster, I'm a hamster."
That, on the other hand, was Leslie Nielsen.
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Wozza Matter? Mon, Nov 29, 2010 7:09:45am |
re: #157 lawhawk
If only the North and South settled their differences via the funky rap stylings and break dancing instead of artillery barrages...
[Video]
Nah, there are always too many sequels of movie in that genre........
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Mon, Nov 29, 2010 7:15:23am |
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Obdicut Mon, Nov 29, 2010 7:15:33am |
re: #160 laZardo
For me, the answer to that question is always an emphatic "No."
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Wozza Matter? Mon, Nov 29, 2010 7:22:00am |
laters all.
i leave you with the thought that it's Hug a gamer day....
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laZardo Mon, Nov 29, 2010 7:24:19am |
re: #163 wozzablog
laters all.
i leave you with the thought that it's Hug a gamer day...
OH GOD NOT THE COOTIES
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Our Precious Bodily Fluids Mon, Nov 29, 2010 7:31:05am |
re: #163 wozzablog
laters all.
i leave you with the thought that it's Hug a gamer day...
Invade the personal space of introverts. What could possibly go wrong?
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Varek Raith Mon, Nov 29, 2010 7:31:22am |
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Jadespring Mon, Nov 29, 2010 7:32:14am |
re: #128 negativ
Genealogical research done properly would be almost impossible, not only because of the generally terrible manner in which records were kept before about 150 years ago, but also because each of your two parents also had two parents, who themselves had two parents, and so on ad infinitum. Each generation farther back you go, your number of ancestors doubles. Mathematically, if you could trace back to about 1000 AD, it's theoretically possible that you could have more than a trillion ancestors. That's quite more than all the people who have ever lived at all, never mind since that time, which should give a slight indication about how many inter-familial marriages (or at least impregnations) have taken place. Fact is, we are all related in some way. We're all Africans, too.
It's true and you kind of have to pick a few lines and just work your way back. Usually people just follow father, father, father and so on. (patriachal lines). My sister and I are more interested in the women though and are working on a matriarchal geneolgy. As for the further back you go the more people there are...no kidding. I had a couple of insane geneologists on my Mom's side who spent over 30 years researching here and back in the UK two main family lines. In one family 5 brothers and sisters came to Canada in the 1850s. They put together a book which is basically just lists of names of people descended from those 5. It has thousands of names in it and if it was updated more now. I remember thumbing through it as a kid and being boggled at the sheer number of people.
They went even further and spent several years in Ireland and traced the movement of that family line all the way back to France in the 1100s. Not exact detailed father, father, father but because of the name there is some very specific history of where the name came from originally and where people with the name moved. It's connected with a church reformer who family and followers were exiled on threat of death by the pope. They moved to England to a town which still has that name and eventually a bunch went to Ireland under Queen Liz the First as part of some military thing and were given land by the crown as payment.
We have another similar book done on another branch of the family that came from Scotland. My sister went to Scotland a few years back and went to the town. She found relatives as well as the house that my ancestor that came to Canada grew up in. She also found the condo development which is named after the smithy that that family worked in for who knows how long. It had been there (until the development) for as long as people could remember. Not surprisingly that family was all blacksmiths, named Steele. :
The thing that interests me the most isn't just the names but the actual history and context. What would they have found when they arrived in this location. What was life like? What battles would my grandfathers have likely been in? It's really for me a connection to history which I love and a jumping off point to look at the context of when they lived.
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Obdicut Mon, Nov 29, 2010 7:33:36am |
re: #167 Varek Raith
I fully support the right of everyone do do everything consensual, of course.
I actually have a cloth and fur phobia. No, this doesn't mean I go around naked constantly, but I really hate the feeling of cloth or fur on my teeth. So I think my massive shuddering repulsion towards furry stuff is partially sourced in that.
And yes, I know that's a weird phobia. No clue where it comes from.
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Varek Raith Mon, Nov 29, 2010 7:34:32am |
re: #169 Obdicut
I fully support the right of everyone do do everything consensual, of course.
I actually have a cloth and fur phobia. No, this doesn't mean I go around naked constantly, but I really hate the feeling of cloth or fur on my teeth. So I think my massive shuddering repulsion towards furry stuff is partially sourced in that.
And yes, I know that's a weird phobia. No clue where it comes from.
Huh.
I don't like elevators.
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Mocking Jay Mon, Nov 29, 2010 7:36:03am |
re: #170 Varek Raith
Huh.
I don't like elevators.
Neither does this guy:
[Link: www.newyorker.com...]
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reine.de.tout Mon, Nov 29, 2010 7:37:23am |
re: #169 Obdicut
I fully support the right of everyone do do everything consensual, of course.
I actually have a cloth and fur phobia. No, this doesn't mean I go around naked constantly, but I really hate the feeling of cloth or fur on my teeth. So I think my massive shuddering repulsion towards furry stuff is partially sourced in that.
And yes, I know that's a weird phobia. No clue where it comes from.
I don't like terry-cloth (esp towels straight out of the dryer) or cardboard. I hate the way they feel, I get chills all over - cardboard is the worst. When I have to use a tablet with a cardboard back, I'll tape a sheet of paper to the cardboard so I don't have to touch it.
Like you - weird, and no clue where this comes from.
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Our Precious Bodily Fluids Mon, Nov 29, 2010 7:40:03am |
Observation: It is impossible to read anything by Charles Bukowski without hearing it in William S. Burroughs' voice.
Ever see a hot shot hit, kid? I saw the Gimp catch one in Philly. We rigged his room with a one-way whorehouse mirror and charged a sawski to watch it. He never got the needle out of his arm. They don't if the shot is right. That's the way they find them, dropper full of clotted blood hanging out of a blue arm. The look in his eyes when it hit --- Kid, it was tasty.
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Varek Raith Mon, Nov 29, 2010 7:40:51am |
re: #172 reine.de.tout
I don't like terry-cloth (esp towels straight out of the dryer) or cardboard. I hate the way they feel, I get chills all over - cardboard is the worst. When I have to use a tablet with a cardboard back, I'll tape a sheet of paper to the cardboard so I don't have to touch it.
Like you - weird, and no clue where this comes from.
You know what makes my skin crawl?
Sweeping a broom over carpet.
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Mon, Nov 29, 2010 7:41:01am |
re: #172 reine.de.tout
The sound of styrofoam (against styrofoam) as well as the feel does that for me.
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jaunte Mon, Nov 29, 2010 7:42:18am |
re: #175 Sergey Romanov
How about styrofoam rubbing against an inflated balloon?
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Jadespring Mon, Nov 29, 2010 7:44:39am |
re: #128 negativ
Genealogy is fascinating, but the people in my family who were into it weren't especially rigorous in their research, and were a bit too enthusiastic about finding out whether they were related to the king of this or the princess of that, and they always seemed to be satisfied in only tracing back to the first ancestors to live in the New World. About the only reliable information I was able to glean was that my earliest immigrant ancestor was a Czech dude who built pipe organs.
While I supposed discovering that there some sort of direct relation to nobility or someone big historically would be neat I wonder why it's so important to some people. So what if you're related to Princess Peanuckle? What's that doing for you now. :) Through my family research we've discovered that most were just regular working people which now would be considered 'working' class. Thatchers, blacksmiths, farmers and even a line of char women (housekeepers). I'm totally okay with that. Proud of that really. People that actually made what the big hoity historical personages did possible.
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Mon, Nov 29, 2010 7:45:16am |
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Varek Raith Mon, Nov 29, 2010 7:47:21am |
re: #178 Sergey Romanov
Never tried but can imagine. Makes me go
[Video]
How odd that you would step onto conveniently placed rakes like that.
;)
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Mon, Nov 29, 2010 7:48:35am |
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William of Orange Mon, Nov 29, 2010 7:48:54am |
Just this weekend "Spy Hard" was shown on television in the Netherlands. It's difficult to comprehend a world without Leslie Nielsen. A pity that he never entered politics, even though he was Canadian. This is a guy who I will sadly miss.
Rest in peace, Leslie. And make them laugh up there where you are now. I bet he'll ask St. Peter to pull his finger! Hahaha!!
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laZardo Mon, Nov 29, 2010 7:50:25am |
So I'm reading the list of most frequently referenced 'countries' on Cablegate, and #7, between Afghanistan and Russia is...Wrangel Island?!
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Varek Raith Mon, Nov 29, 2010 7:50:32am |
re: #180 Sergey Romanov
In Soviet Russia YOU are conveniently placed on a rake.
/// too much?
I used to hang out on 4chan.
Nothing is too much!
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Mon, Nov 29, 2010 7:52:02am |
re: #183 Varek Raith
A recovering troll? ;-)
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William of Orange Mon, Nov 29, 2010 7:53:13am |
Huff Post has 18 classic lines of him posted.
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Varek Raith Mon, Nov 29, 2010 7:54:58am |
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William of Orange Mon, Nov 29, 2010 7:55:28am |
And who could forget: "Nice beaver".
(Proest!!!)
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Varek Raith Mon, Nov 29, 2010 7:56:13am |
Trolling requires way too much effort.
I don't know how anyone does it.
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Obdicut Mon, Nov 29, 2010 7:59:35am |
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reine.de.tout Mon, Nov 29, 2010 8:02:36am |
re: #176 jaunte
How about styrofoam rubbing against an inflated balloon?
er . . .
Somehow, the image that conjures up in my mind is just wrong.
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jaunte Mon, Nov 29, 2010 8:02:45am |
Obama announces two-year federal pay freeze
[Link: www.nextgov.com...]
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Our Precious Bodily Fluids Mon, Nov 29, 2010 8:03:05am |
re: #188 Varek Raith
Trolling requires way too much effort.
I don't know how anyone does it.
Trolling is a art.
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Varek Raith Mon, Nov 29, 2010 8:03:54am |
re: #190 reine.de.tout
er . . .
Somehow, the image that conjures up in my mind is just wrong.
Tsk tsk.
You've been spending too much time talking with the likes of us.
:)
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reine.de.tout Mon, Nov 29, 2010 8:03:56am |
Pimping my own page, but this is pretty awesome stuff, from the Don't Try This at Home files:
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jaunte Mon, Nov 29, 2010 8:03:59am |
re: #190 reine.de.tout
Must be caused by the r word and the i word.
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reine.de.tout Mon, Nov 29, 2010 8:04:42am |
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Our Precious Bodily Fluids Mon, Nov 29, 2010 8:08:11am |
re: #194 reine.de.tout
Pimping my own page, but this is pretty awesome stuff, from the Don't Try This at Home files:
People are
AwesomeUnconcerned About Permanently Debilitating Spinal Injuries
FTFM.
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reine.de.tout Mon, Nov 29, 2010 8:09:48am |
re: #177 Jadespring
While I supposed discovering that there some sort of direct relation to nobility or someone big historically would be neat I wonder why it's so important to some people. So what if you're related to Princess Peanuckle? What's that doing for you now. :) Through my family research we've discovered that most were just regular working people which now would be considered 'working' class. Thatchers, blacksmiths, farmers and even a line of char women (housekeepers). I'm totally okay with that. Proud of that really. People that actually made what the big hoity historical personages did possible.
The most interesting person I've found thus far is my 4th great grandfather, who was the 11th Lt. Gov of Kentucky and instrumental in the development of the Whig Party in KY. Ojoe would be proud.
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reine.de.tout Mon, Nov 29, 2010 8:10:49am |
re: #199 negativ
FTFM.
I always wonder how they ever managed to do those things for the first time? Do they build up to it? Is it an accident? Are they really that crazy?
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Varek Raith Mon, Nov 29, 2010 8:12:13am |
re: #201 reine.de.tout
I always wonder how they ever managed to do those things for the first time? Do they build up to it? Is it an accident? Are they really that crazy?
Yeah, who decides they want to run at an oncoming car, jump on its hood then do a forward flip off the roof to the street behind it?!?!
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Mon, Nov 29, 2010 8:14:10am |
Some good psychedelic fun by Armenian animator Roberto Saakyants, with subs:
Wow, speaking fish!. Armenfilm, 1983.
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BishopX Mon, Nov 29, 2010 8:15:38am |
re: #201 reine.de.tout
A lot of those big stunts start with very very carefully done math, assuming the stunt man does everything "right" it can be reasonably predicable. Take those shots of people skateboarding/skiing on half pipes, given past videos of their performance, the jump height and the ramp geometry you can nail their highest jump to within 5' or so.
Those street performers are just crazy though.
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Our Precious Bodily Fluids Mon, Nov 29, 2010 8:18:52am |
re: #201 reine.de.tout
I always wonder how they ever managed to do those things for the first time? Do they build up to it? Is it an accident? Are they really that crazy?
See:
Russian Spiderman (takes about 2 minutes to finally get down to business)
Danny MacAskill April 2009
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lawhawk Mon, Nov 29, 2010 8:21:42am |
re: #202 Varek Raith
Someone who wants to spend the rest of their life in traction? Or a career as a stuntman? Or both - not necessarily in that order.
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DaddyG Mon, Nov 29, 2010 8:22:47am |
re: #177 Jadespring
While I supposed discovering that there some sort of direct relation to nobility or someone big historically would be neat I wonder why it's so important to some people. So what if you're related to Princess Peanuckle? What's that doing for you now. :) Through my family research we've discovered that most were just regular working people which now would be considered 'working' class. Thatchers, blacksmiths, farmers and even a line of char women (housekeepers). I'm totally okay with that. Proud of that really. People that actually made what the big hoity historical personages did possible.
I found some family lines that went through the American colonies back to English gentry. The initial thrill of finding royal lineage was soon tempered by their stories as I looked up their history. I decided that the dirt farmers in Indiana who managed to keep their families healthy and happy through depressions and wars were much more noble than the Kings who had their rivals killed so they could hold on to power.
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Mon, Nov 29, 2010 8:22:48am |
re: #206 negativ
Russian spiderman? Yet it's blocked here for copyright reasons. Hmm.
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Mon, Nov 29, 2010 8:23:40am |
re: #209 Sergey Romanov
This video contains content from The Orchard Music and Sony Music Entertainment, one or more of whom have blocked it in your country on copyright grounds.
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laZardo Mon, Nov 29, 2010 8:25:38am |
re: #202 Varek Raith
Yeah, who decides they want to run at an oncoming car, jump on its hood then do a forward flip off the roof to the street behind it?!?!
You mean those kids weren't throwing stones?
/saw the /b/ thread, couldn't stop laughing for several minutes.
//ah, schadenfreude.
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DaddyG Mon, Nov 29, 2010 8:26:08am |
re: #191 jaunte
Obama announces two-year federal pay freeze
[Link: www.nextgov.com...]
We've been doing that on the state level for 4 years already. Plus increases in our portion of the benefits we receive.
As a fiscally responsible taxpayer that is a good thing. As an employee who used to be corporate slime I find it to be a tight fit. At least I'm working!
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Killgore Trout Mon, Nov 29, 2010 8:26:23am |
Drudge and Alex Jones declare victory....
Drudge Fought The TSA….And Drudge Won
Despite the establishment media presiding over another mass hoax in claiming that Americans were completely happy with invasive airport security measures, contrary to polls showing a majority in opposition, and that the national opt out day was a failure, the fact that the TSA was forced to change its policy by mothballing naked body scanners and curtailing aggressive pat downs clearly goes to show that the man who almost single-handedly drove the issue, Matt Drudge, fought the TSA and he won.The big networks and the so-called progressive borg hive, who instantly tried to spin the lack of delays at airports over Thanksgiving as proof that the opt-out protest had failed, conveniently failed to mention the fact that major airports across the country had deliberately mothballed their naked body scanners in a crass PR ploy aimed at deflating the momentum behind the demonstration.
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Our Precious Bodily Fluids Mon, Nov 29, 2010 8:26:50am |
re: #209 Sergey Romanov
Maybe [Link: www.break.com...]
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Mon, Nov 29, 2010 8:28:45am |
re: #214 negativ
Yup, this works.
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Our Precious Bodily Fluids Mon, Nov 29, 2010 8:29:43am |
re: #213 Killgore Trout
Drudge and Alex Jones declare victory...
Drudge Fought The TSA….And Drudge Won
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DaddyG Mon, Nov 29, 2010 8:29:56am |
re: #215 laZardo
You know a clever photo-shop could imply that Charles has a gangrenous foot, or testicles for that matter. /
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Obdicut Mon, Nov 29, 2010 8:30:19am |
re: #213 Killgore Trout
so-called progressive borg hive
Who calls it that? Who calls what that? What?
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Our Precious Bodily Fluids Mon, Nov 29, 2010 8:35:34am |
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reine.de.tout Mon, Nov 29, 2010 8:45:29am |
re: #206 negativ
Heh.
If it can be visualized, someone will try it.
But not me.
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laZardo Mon, Nov 29, 2010 8:45:53am |
Ah, hell. I'm goin to bed. Leaving for school in 6 hrs. 45 minutes.
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sffilk Mon, Nov 29, 2010 9:54:08am |
What is surprising to me is that a lot of people who I would think would know about his non-comedic career (science fiction fans, for instance) seem to be concentrating on his comedic career, forgetting to mention things like "Forbidden Planet" or "The Bold Ones." However, I will admit that I didn't remember that he had been on "Bracken's World," which is about 40 years old now. I had been a fan of that show.
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