Rita's XIV: The Last DJ

[jessecuster3]

What's a boomwhacker ?

[Joe Rice]

http://www.boomwhacker.com/

Instruments for morons.

[Michael P]

Home sick today. Trying to write this stupid goddam 1st grade play. See, I got approached by ourlameass music teacher. He's doing a winter show and wants me to write skits for my two first grade glasses to go in between his songs.

His songs are retarded. He's not having the kids sing, even, they're hitting fucking "boomwhackers" against the ground . . .AND NOT EVEN IN THE MELODIC SEQUENCE! He dumbed down the dumbest thing he could do! The principal and I were kvetching about it, but he's dead set on it. Problem is, how the FUCK do I write a goddam series of sketches or a play to go along with five songs that are unrelated-other-than-they-all-involved-the-goddam-boomwhackers?

I've thought about UberCheesy, Anti-Commercialist, and, of course, the "Fuck You, Music Teacher," which would involve the kids talking about how awesome hitting sticks on the ground is.
That sounds like hell. My condolences.

[Ed Cunard]

Wait. Miller actually did that? That is simultaneously sad and hilarious.

Click here (http://www.silverbulletcomicbooks.com/rage/113211991654130.htm), scan down to the "Alter Ego" item.

[Matt Algren]

...and, of course, the "Fuck You, Music Teacher," which would involve the kids talking about how awesome hitting sticks on the ground is.I will pay you ten dollars American for a videotape of that.

"Hey Mike, you're awesome at hitting the ground with that stick!"

"I know! Hey, let's do it some more, but this time we'll sing 'Jimmy Crack Corn'!"

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I know I've posted this article (http://www.theonion.com/content/node/44683) before, but I just can't help myself.

[Tadhg]

I know I've posted this article (http://www.theonion.com/content/node/44683) before, but I just can't help myself.

Apparently, the Onion is banned at work. You learn something new everyday.

[jessecuster3]

http://www.boomwhacker.com/

Instruments for morons.


Oh my god, at least they tried to teach us Recorder at that age....

[Michael P]

Wow. Curefreak's a plucky little fella, ain't he?

[Joe Rice]

Wow. Curefreak's a plucky little fella, ain't he?

He's back?

[Ed Cunard]

But I think that is just sad and lame of Miller himself. Sorta like how I don't think all of Byrne's crazy statements impact upon his professional work.


See, I don't think Miller's or Byrne's respective crazy statements impact their work as artists at all. However, when it gets into the marketing/publishing side of the profession, it's a different story.

Without seeing the Hudlin stuff, I'd say it's less unprofessional than what Miller did, as his responsibilities went beyond drawing pictures or writing words. If it had to do with his BET stuff, it'd be more unprofessional than his BLACK PANTHER stuff, depending on how he did it and what he was saying--using it to talk about stuff anonymously is one thing, and understandable, but doing it to defend his own work is less so.

[Tadhg]

He's back?

Briefly. He's one of the guys that keeps coming back because of the "unfairness" of the banning. You'd think he of all people would've learned life's not fair; what with the retardation and all.

[Michael P]

He's back?
Very briefly. (http://forums.comicbookresources.com/showpost.php?p=3970950&postcount=66)

[Ed Cunard]

Very briefly. (http://forums.comicbookresources.com/showpost.php?p=3970950&postcount=66)

I thought he might have been the other banned guy, but I don't remember the other banned guy calling someone a skank.

Then again, all stupid people look alike to me. I'm prejudiced that way.

[Gilda Dent]

Not bad. Hereby approved and adopted.

Of course, her b.s.-detector will shoot from Burt to Elmo upon reading.

http://alouest.hautetfort.com/images/medium_terroralert.jpg

My first couple of years teaching, I was so anal about stuff like this that I'd use blue (rather than green) as the base color in my discipline system, progressing through green, yellow, orange, then red as students got in more trouble. Because that was, in my mind, more logical.

The last couple of years, just to be different, I made red my color for good behavior, and went the opposite direction with blue meaning big trouble. My VP nearly had a heart attack when he walked in the room and say the whole class on red the first week of school. It was suggested that I change it to a more traditional method because the students might get confused. That they weren't confused didn't matter.

The second semester I switched to pastel pink, hot pink, lavendar, purple, and maroon, the last to different shades of blue and green because it was spring. The VP didn't seem to like any of them. It might confuse the kids. It didn't, but that didn't matter, because it might.

I think about stuff like this way too much.

But blue should be the lowest level if you're going to go cool to warm.

[jessecuster3]

That was so awesome, he didn't even tried to hide it !

[Brian Cronin]

The amusing thing is that I actually banned the account AS they were posting that, so they posted it AFTER they were banned.

And yeah, it's Slade, not curefreak.

-Brian

[Dreadstar]

Then again, all stupid people look alike to me.

If you're saying that I look like Joe Rice, I *will* have to hunt you down and kill you.

[Ed Cunard]

"They."

You're way more honorable than I am.

EDIT: OK, no, you aren't. Awesome.

[jessecuster3]

The amusing thing is that I actually banned the account AS they were posting that, so they posted it AFTER they were banned.

And yeah, it's Slade, not curefreak.

-Brian


Slade.


get it right man !

:)

[Gilda Dent]

I get that it is not a criticism, but let me just note that both significant posters I banned yesterday had received a plethora of warnings and each received significant temporary bannings in the recent past by other moderators, so there was a long road to each of their bannings.

-Brian

Darn. And here I was thinking I had super post reporting powers. I report a post, and two minutes later, the poster is banned. I was like, "Now that's a quick response!"

[Ed Cunard]

If you're saying that I look like Joe Rice, I *will* have to hunt you down and kill you.

I just hate passing anything reflective, because the SAME STUPID GUY is always standing near where I am standing, but when I spin around to catch him...

*BAMF*

Hate that fucking guy.

[Brian Cronin]

And in fact, that post by Slade. there perfectly encapsulates why I'm glad to be rid of the guy, because of his position that it is absurd for us to have a problem with him calling people skanks or fags.

The idea that it is unreasonable of US to have a problem with such statements.

I mean, there are plenty of places where that WOULD fly, so just go there, ya know?

-Brian

[StarsAndGarters]

Nothing good can come from the West Coast.I say good day, sir!

If nothing else, you have Howy to prove you wrong.

But yeah, there is a lot of crap out here.

[Joe Rice]

As I'm writing this, here's some Joe Rice Trivia.

In high school, we had a nationally-bought calendar in our front lobby. It listed the seven days of Kwanzaa as a holiday. Ashland wasn't exactly a hotbed of black culture at the time, so my friends and I (arguably the most worldly kids in school) were completely without a clue as to what it was.

So we decided it was the festival where all the people named Brian or Bryan get together and make more Brians and Bryans. It was to be presided over by long haired band geek Jason Gullet.

[Brian Cronin]

Darn. And here I was thinking I had super post reporting powers. I report a post, and two minutes later, the poster is banned. I was like, "Now that's a quick response!"

Well, that WAS the proverbial final straw, if that makes you feel more special. :)

-Brian

[Tadhg]

But blue should be the lowest level if you're going to go cool to warm.

I'd start with Purple but then I'd just do the whole colors of the rainbow thing.

[Dreadstar]

...because of his position that it is absurd for us to have a problem with him calling people skanks or fags..

"Dorks" is still fair game though, right?

[Joe Rice]

If you're saying that I look like Joe Rice, I *will* have to hunt you down and kill you.

But I will raise you from the dead!

[Dreadstar]

It was to be presided over by long haired band geek Jason Gullet.


Dreadstar trivia:

I can honestly ask if he's related to Don Gullett and expect a positive answer in return.

[Ed Cunard]

I mean, there are plenty of places where that WOULD fly, so just go there, ya know?

Alright, skanky fag (faggy skank?), I can take a hint.

LATERZ UNTL I POSST AS ED BANNARD>

[Joe Rice]

That Slade dude had been an idiot and a jackass for a long time. curefreak seemed more harmless, but more annoying. Glad to be rid of both.

[Dr. Hfuhruhurr]

"Dorks" is still fair game though, right?

Yes it is. Dork.

[Joe Rice]

Dreadstar trivia:

I can honestly ask if he's related to Don Gullett and expect a positive answer in return.

As little as I actually knew him, I think so!

[StarsAndGarters]

I prefer to think of us as CBR Counterculture. :cool:Quite right. If Rita's is a bar, X-Cres is a mosh pit.

[Joe Rice]

Skit number one draft number one! (Going for "way too complicated for the stupid music" with this one.)

Child one: Since the dawn of humanity, man has taken note of the changing of seasons and celebrated them in various ways.

Child two: Wintertime has been the home of many of these seasonal holidays,

Child three: The Hebrew people celebrate Hanukkah, an eight day festival commemorating the miracle of the oil after the desecration of the Temple by Antiochus IV Epiphanes and his defeat in 165 BCE.

Child four: The pagans throughout time commemorated the Winter Solstice in various and sundry ways.

Child five: The Buddhists celebrate the enlightenment of Buddha during Rohatsu.

Child six: Christians celebrate the Birth of Jesus at Christmas.

Child seven: And certain people of African descent celebrate a week of Kwanzaa.

Child eight: Whatever the culture or reason, people all over the world seem to huddle together during winter, think about the good things in life, and try to make life better.

Child nine: Your optimism should be framed.

[jessecuster3]

"Dorks" is still fair game though, right?

As long as Methuselah still is, I guess.










Not saying you are as old as him, of course.

[Ed Cunard]

Will Child Nine be staying in?

If so, Joe Rice gets my OBJECTIVELY CONCRETELY PROVEN BEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHER THAT I LIKE IN THE WORLD Award.

If not... ok, he still gets it. Only elementary school teacher I know.

[Tadhg]

Skit number one draft number one! (Going for "way too complicated for the stupid music" with this one.)


Hopefully the adults in the audience will get it. Because then it's precociously precious.

[Typo Lad]

You left out 3 Kings Day.

[Matt Algren]

Will Child Nine be staying in?

If so, Joe Rice gets my OBJECTIVELY CONCRETELY PROVEN BEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHER THAT I LIKE IN THE WORLD Award.

If not... ok, he still gets it. Only elementary school teacher I know.
Reminds me of the one and only funny thing they did on Rosanne, when DJ's class did a play about the founding of Lanford. It consisted entirely of little boys in suits signing paperwork.

[Dreadstar]

You left out 3 Kings Day.

Hah. I have a straight to the Jack.

[jessecuster3]

If so, Joe Rice gets my OBJECTIVELY CONCRETELY PROVEN BEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHER THAT I LIKE IN THE WORLD Award.



Dammit ! I was so hoping for that one.






As soon as I go back to school, get a degree in teaching, and then get a job teaching, an dthen start posting stories on the internets.

[Joe Rice]

Will Child Nine be staying in?

If so, Joe Rice gets my OBJECTIVELY CONCRETELY PROVEN BEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHER THAT I LIKE IN THE WORLD Award.

If not... ok, he still gets it. Only elementary school teacher I know.

Child nine is almost the whole point. The first song is a direct "Linus and Lucy" ripoff.

Hopefully the adults in the audience will get it. Because then it's precociously precious.

I'm not counting on it. Most likely they'll just see their kids and go "awww."

You left out 3 Kings Day.

I left out a lot. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_winter_holidays)

[Dom]

I think that was hilarious.

And even if the adults don't get it, at least you can laugh.

[Typo Lad]

I think you should laugh if you get away with it.

Five bucks says that even if it gets approved, someone's gonna complain.

[jessecuster3]

Hah. I have a straight to the Jack.

I only have these three little 2's. Oh yeah, and this pair of Aces also.

[Tadhg]

The lights in my office just went off leaving me in total blackness save for my monitor light. I think this may be a sign for me to go home.

[Joe Rice]

I think you should laugh if you get away with it.

Five bucks says that even if it gets approved, someone's gonna complain.

Approved, schmapproved. It'll get done.

Halfway done with skit two: commercialism.

[Matt Algren]

Apparently, the Onion is banned at work. You learn something new everyday.
Second-Graders Wow Audience With School Production Of Equus

January 25, 2006 | Issue 42•04

NEWPORT NEWS, VA—Second-grade students at Franklin Elementary School impressed parents, teachers, and fellow students with their recent production of Peter Shaffer's Equus Friday.
Second-Graders Wow Audience With School Production Of Equus

The avant-garde play, described by audience members as "adorable," was originally produced in London in 1973. The story revolves around troubled 17-year-old Alan Strang, played by Kyle Keever, 7, and his encounters with his psychiatrist after he blinds six horses with a metal spike. The play focuses on the causes underlying a seemingly senseless act of violence, and forces characters and audience members alike to confront questions of responsibility and ultimate meaning.

"The kids loved it," teacher and director Michael Komarek said. "Once they stopped screaming about horses getting their eyes gouged out and realized that it was just a launching point for more complex ideas about alienation from the modern world, they rolled up their sleeves and dug right in."

Despite its truncated 30-minute length and shoestring budget, the production—which received a standing ovation from a sold-out crowd of 65 in the school cafeteria—attested to the resonant themes of Shaffer's play.

"They really made it work," said proud parent Melanie Keever. "The producers achieved a very convincing effect of real blood spewing from the agonized animals' eye sockets using Karo syrup and red paper streamers."

"It tasted good, too!" said Kyle Keever, who was unable to resist licking some Karo syrup off of his hands during the eye-gouging scene.

With only nine speaking roles, there was some concern that the children wouldn't all get parts. However, the dream sequence—in which therapist Martin Dysart appears as a gold-masked pagan priest ritualistically cutting children's hearts from their chests—enabled every member of the class to get some stage time.

There were several moments of unexpected levity, such as 7-year-old Cheyenne Behling's inability to pronounce "Agamemnon."

"I had fun," said Behling. "I got to wear a fake beard."

Calling the show a "real hoot," the audience cheered the players on as the psycho-sexual nightmare unfolded. Many said they were pleasantly surprised by the deft execution of several more mature scenes, such as Jill and Alan's abortive sexual encounter in the stable.

"I am so proud of Bailey," said Roy DeForest, referring to his 8-year-old daughter, who played Jill. "She saw me with my video camera while she was doing the scene, and she smiled like she was the happiest girl on earth. But then she hopped right back into character."

DeForest added: "She's a little Julia Roberts!"

The performance was not without glitches. Early on, during a scene in which Alan is simultaneously in Dysart's office and surrounded by horses in the stable, a child portraying a horse lost his mask. In the ensuing confusion and giggling, Keever forgot his lines and fled from the stage weeping. Luckily, Komarek was able to coax Keever back onstage, and the re-entrance was greeted with thunderous applause.

"When Kyle screamed, 'Kill me! Kill me!' there wasn't a man, woman, or child unmoved," Komarek said.

During the cookie-and-Kool-Aid reception following the play, many agreed that Gina Helms, 7, was adorable with baby-powdered "gray" hair. Others reflected on whether Behling's stumble was a Method-derived interpretation of Dysart's internal struggle, or merely a happy accident.

Proud grandfather Jeremy Friedman said the fluorescent lighting of the cafeteria and the construction-paper set honored the play's original minimalist staging.

"I had the pleasure of seeing Equus on Broadway in the mid-'70s, and was struck by the lack of props and the portrayal of the horses by human actors," Friedman said. "I felt that the freshness of those innovations was honored tonight—and the kids looked cute in their little outfits."

Friedman added that the way the cast sat Indian-style around the periphery of the makeshift stage was "exactly the way it was done in the Hopkins-Firth staging."

Komarek, however, had his thoughts on the upcoming spring play.

"I love awakening the passion for drama and storytelling in the children," Komarek said. "Nothing's been finalized, but I'm eyeing Aristophanes' Frogs. I love the dislocation of verse in the play's stichic passages, and the kids love animals."

[i_mmmchocolate]

Four and a half hours to go...

[Joe Rice]

UBER PREACHY:


Two people are standing around, looking at things. A third person runs in frantically.

Person three: ARRRRRRRRRRGHGHGHGHGG!!!!

One: What?!?

Two: Are you OK?

Three: IT’S THE HOLIDAY SEASON!!!!

One: Yeah, I know.

Two: It’s a happy time.

Three: HAPPY!?!? HOW CAN YOU BE HAPPY AT A TIME LIKE THIS?!? Didn’t you see the advertisements and the news programs? Everyone has to get the new Ultra-Awesome Super Thing 5000!!!! It’s the greatest thing ever!!!! And you have to buy it before they run out!

One: Why?

Three: Because . . .because . . .BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO! Don’t you watch TV?!? Everyone who’s anyone is getting it and I have to get it NOW! And I have to get it for my friends or they will never love me again!

Two: What does it do?

Three: I DON’T KNOW BUT IT MUST BE GREAT!!! I MUST BUY IT! MUST BUY! MUST BUY! ARRRRRGHGHGHGHGH!!!!!

Person three runs of in a frenzy. A fourth person, poor and cold, walks by begging for change in a cup.

Four: Change . . .change . . .

Person one and person two look at each other. They each give person four some money.

One: Why do some people think that things matter?

Two: I like people more than things.

[Tadhg]

Beautiful. Imagine if 4 years ago I'd said "Joe Rice will be instilling morals into little tykes."

Scary.

[StarsAndGarters]

UBER PREACHY:


Two people are standing around, looking at things. A third person runs in frantically.

Person three: ARRRRRRRRRRGHGHGHGHGG!!!!

One: What?!?

Two: Are you OK?

Three: IT’S THE HOLIDAY SEASON!!!!

One: Yeah, I know.

Two: It’s a happy time.

Three: HAPPY!?!? HOW CAN YOU BE HAPPY AT A TIME LIKE THIS?!? Didn’t you see the advertisements and the news programs? Everyone has to get the new Ultra-Awesome Super Thing 5000!!!! It’s the greatest thing ever!!!! And you have to buy it before they run out!

One: Why?

Three: Because . . .because . . .BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO! Don’t you watch TV?!? Everyone who’s anyone is getting it and I have to get it NOW! And I have to get it for my friends or they will never love me again!

Two: What does it do?

Three: I DON’T KNOW BUT IT MUST BE GREAT!!! I MUST BUY IT! MUST BUY! MUST BUY! ARRRRRGHGHGHGHGH!!!!!

Person three runs of in a frenzy. A fourth person, poor and cold, walks by begging for change in a cup.

Four: Change . . .change . . .

Person one and person two look at each other. They each give person four some money.

One: Why do some people think that things matter?

Two: I like people more than things.Hehe, I like it. And I can totally imagine your average grade schoolers acting it out.

[Jack Zodiac]

Hahaha I thought you'd be excited about that one. Hopefully it makes up for the Winnick stuff.

The Black Marvel Family in 52 makes up for the Winick stuff. This will make up for the past decade and a half of writers not knowing what to do with Captain Marvel.

[Joe Rice]

Oh, man. The third song is just the kids (or the recording) talking about how cold it is. "Brrr brrrr brrrr brrrr/ snow whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa shiver shiver" etc. Maybe I can try to frame it with the homeless person being cold.

[Michael P]

Oh, man. The third song is just the kids (or the recording) talking about how cold it is. "Brrr brrrr brrrr brrrr/ snow whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa shiver shiver" etc. Maybe I can try to frame it with the homeless person being cold.
Or maybe you can kill the music teacher by shoving one of those retarded sticks through his chest and make it look like suicide.

[Joe Rice]

Or maybe you can kill the music teacher by shoving one of those retarded sticks through his chest and make it look like suicide.

That would solve several problems.

He found out on his first day that I read comics.

So does he.

To say that our tastes diverge is to say that the desert is kind of undamp. But he corners me whenever possible to gab my ear off about whatever crap he read at the store (his wife won't let him buy new comics so he steals reads).

[Brian Cronin]

Good stuff so far, Joe!

-Brian

[Jack Zodiac]

He is capable of writing awesome dialogue. Read 'Barry Ween'. Seriously.
He just doesn't get the character. AT ALL.

But then again, he's not alone there. Seems like very few people do these days.

I don't know what happened to Winick. Barry Ween was great. His run on Green Lantern was alright until he made a ridiculous mess of Terry's character and forced the end of his run like a turd. His Exiles run is still the best to date, and for what it's worth, if you'd replaced Red Hood with anybody but Jason Todd, his run on Batman would've been A-OK. But Jesus Christ, does his Green Arrow and Outsiders suck.

As for Captain Marvel, Ordway's series wasn't bad. He was doing the best he could with the situation DC gave him. Morrison used him well in his run on JLA, clocking Superman and blurting "holy moley!" And Johns tried to make Billy a more likeable character in JSA, which is admirable, but he completely stopped trying at some point. In the end, he had more people admiring Black Adam, and that just ain't right! Hell, I'm starting to like Black Adam more than Captain Marvel. I really believe Jeff can do great things with the character, though. He's a wonderful artist and a great storyteller.

[StarsAndGarters]

Oh, man. The third song is just the kids (or the recording) talking about how cold it is. "Brrr brrrr brrrr brrrr/ snow whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa shiver shiver" etc. Maybe I can try to frame it with the homeless person being cold.Are you framing your entire program in a socially relevant light?

[Michael P]

I don't know what happened to Winick. Barry Ween was great. His run on Green Lantern was alright until he made a ridiculous mess of Terry's character and forced the end of his run like a turd. His Exiles run is still the best to date, and for what it's worth, if you'd replaced Red Hood with anybody but Jason Todd, his run on Batman would've been A-OK. But Jesus Christ, does his Green Arrow and Outsiders suck.

As for Captain Marvel, Ordway's series wasn't bad. He was doing the best he could with the situation DC gave him. Morrison used him well in his run on JLA, clocking Superman and blurting "holy moley!" And Johns tried to make Billy a more likeable character in JSA, which is admirable, but he completely stopped trying at some point. In the end, he had more people admiring Black Adam, and that just ain't right! Hell, I'm starting to like Black Adam more than Captain Marvel. I really believe Jeff can do great things with the character, though. He's a wonderful artist and a great storyteller.
I firmly believe that there's nothing wrong with Winick's current output that a year of doing Barry Ween couldn't fix.

[Gilda Dent]

Well, that WAS the proverbial final straw, if that makes you feel more special. :)

-Brian

My inner tattletale feels fulfilled.

Good stuff so far, Joe. Add a fictional celebration like Festivus and see if anybody notices.

[Stellar]

You watch a lot of South Park, don't you, Joe.

[Joe Rice]

Child 1: Ladies and gentlemen of the audience, we hope you are enjoying our musical extravaganza today.

Child 2: Just as humans have always celebrated winter, they have also always used music.

Child 3: Thousands upon thousands of years ago, the first human to use music probably did so by hitting a stick on the ground.

(Thus Spake Zarathustra begins, cave child begins hitting things with sticks)

Child 4: Throughout the centuries, man invented a host of other instruments, from the accordion to the xylophone, from a wailing electric guitar to the high and lonesome sound of a banjo.

Child 5: But tonight we’re going to keep it simple. Just like our theoretical ancient human—let’s call him Grak—we, too, have been hitting things with sticks tonight.

Child 6: We hope you enjoy the pleasant sounds of Boomwhackers—copywrite trademarked by Lennart Hallström tonight. We know we did!!

All six children laugh uproariously.

[Brian Cronin]

It's so irritating to have to defend the reasoning behind banning such a lameozoid.

I really could do without the drama.

Ah well, alas, alack, right?

-Brian

[Jack Zodiac]

I firmly believe that there's nothing wrong with Winick's current output that a year of doing Barry Week couldn't fix.

Or fuck, another volume of Frumpy the Clown. Get back to roots, then try again, y'know?

[Joe Rice]

My inner tattletale feels fulfilled.

Good stuff so far, Joe. Add a fictional celebration like Festivus and see if anybody notices.

I thought about completely making up a festival and culture. I may still.

[Joe Rice]

You watch a lot of South Park, don't you, Joe.

I used to . . .too late for my old self.

[Smoogis]

It's so irritating to have to defend the reasoning behind banning such a lameozoid.

I really could do without the drama.

Ah well, alas, alack, right?

-Brian

You BANNED them from a TINY PART of the INTERNET you BASTARD! WHY! WHY! WHYYYYYYYYYY!

[Stellar]

It's so irritating to have to defend the reasoning behind banning such a lameozoid.

I really could do without the drama.

Ah well, alas, alack, right?

-Brian

You mean you actually had to explain why you banned curefreak? Obviously to people who never really came across curefreak.

[Joe Rice]

Captain Marvel is fucking dead to me.

[Ed Cunard]

The stuff sounds awesome, Joe.

Captain Marvel is fucking dead to me.

Say it ain't so, Joe--especially when Jeff Smith's book actually looks like it'll get published!

[Joe Rice]

The stuff sounds awesome, Joe.



Say it ain't so, Joe--especially when Jeff Smith's book actually looks like it'll get published!

Hey, it's comics. Things can always come back from the dead.

[Ed Cunard]

Hey, it's comics. Things can always come back from the dead.

You = dork.

[Joe Rice]

Possible gag entries in the festival list:

The people of Qwghlm (Taggum) celebrate Sheering Day Heights.

The Irish celebrate winter by eating their filthy young and creating carbombs

Vegans do not celebrate a winter holiday because they are undernourished for cold weather.

Tamossians have a grand time around the Toktoe Bush telling stories of Great Sir Happenstotch and his heroic escapades.

Any preferences?

[Dr. Hfuhruhurr]

You know, there's probably something Chappellian that could be done with the "Black Marvel Family" that would be very wrong, but very funny.

[Royal]

Jesus. the kids did Equus and all you can say is "adorable"!?!

YOU UPRIGHT SIMIANS IN YOUR PAINTED BANANA LEAVES DON'T DESERVE A PRODUCTION LIKE THIS!!!!!!

Now y'all know why I hated high school play audiances.

Fuckin' simians.

[Tadhg]

The people of Qwghlm (Taggum) celebrate Sheering Day Heights.

You are such a nerd. Thank god you finally listened to Alex.

[jessecuster3]

Jesus. the kids did Equus and all you can say is "adorable"!?!

YOU UPRIGHT SIMIANS IN YOUR PAINTED BANANA LEAVES DON'T DESERVE A PRODUCTION LIKE THIS!!!!!!

Now y'all know why I hated high school play audiances.

Fuckin' simians.

Dude that article is from the Onion

[Joe Rice]

You are such a nerd. Thank god you finally listened to Alex.

Until then I was supercool.

[Dreadstar]

Possible gag entries in the festival list:

Any preferences?

Go with the Dr. Seuss reference. The Whos in Whoville etc.

[jessecuster3]

Brian, all the Dylan talk has me wondering. I have discovered a few non-overplayed Dylan songs due to all of the Bluegrass I have been listening to, I really love "It Takes a Lot To Laugh, It Takes a Train To Cry". Which album would you recommend first for me then ?

[Smoogis]

Dude that article is from the Onion
I get the suspicion he knew.

[Michael P]

Oh, I had occasion to read Brubaker's first Daredevil trade the other day.

Pretty f-in' sweet.

[Brian Cronin]

Brian, all the Dylan talk has me wondering. I have discovered a few non-overplayed Dylan songs due to all of the Bluegrass I have been listening to, I really love "It Takes a Lot To Laugh, It Takes a Train To Cry". Which album would you recommend first for me then ?

The best part about Dylan is that quite often, his BEST work is the stuff that HASN'T been overplayed.

Except for Like a Rolling Stone.

That is awesome and it gets played a lot.

So basically, if you check out Highway 61 Revisited, Blonde on Blonde and Blood on the Tracks, you'll find a number of songs that are total classics, but don't make "Best Ofs"

Particularly Dylan favorites like Desolation Row, Visions of Johanna, (Most Likely) You'll Go Your Way and I'll Go Mine, Queen Jane Approximately and Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts.

-Brian

[Dreadstar]

Brian, all the Dylan talk has me wondering. I have discovered a few non-overplayed Dylan songs due to all of the Bluegrass I have been listening to, I really love "It Takes a Lot To Laugh, It Takes a Train To Cry". Which album would you recommend first for me then ?

Not even one of his best, but one of the more fun:

Nashville Skyline.

[Joe Rice]

Oh, I had occasion to read Brubaker's first Daredevil trade the other day.

Pretty f-in' sweet.

It's consistently good comics.

Good call, Dread.

[Royal]

I get the suspicion he knew.

Hence the "simian" comments.

I do stand by my hate for high school play audiances though.

[Brian Cronin]

Nashville Skyline has probably one of the best Dylan songs to get almost zero attention (it DID make Volume 2 of his greatest hits, but that was a double album that came out in 1971, so a lot of songs made it then that would never make one now), which is "Tonight I'm Staying Here With You."

One of few good Dylan romance songs.

-Brian

[Joe Rice]

Too much?:

One: Winter holidays started off pretty simply. Over time they got more complicated.

Two: This holiday season, maybe it is time to forget some of the extras and accoutrements that modern society has added.

Three: What’s more important? Receiving that perfect gift we won’t use in a few months? Or showing someone just how important they are to you.

Four: The important part of our holidays aren’t the specific things we do.

Five: The important part is what they show about what we believe.

Six: So whatever it is you believe, remember it this holiday season.

Seven: Also, remember to give me candy. Lots and lots of candy.

The others give him a dirty look.

Seven: OK, fine, forget about the candy. Sheesh. Listen to the rest of them. Happy holidays!

[jessecuster3]

Oh, I had occasion to read Brubaker's first Daredevil trade the other day.

Pretty f-in' sweet.


I just did the same thing a few days ago and I agree !

[Dreadstar]

"Accoutrements?"


No.

Maybe "Bells and whistles?"

[jessecuster3]

Nashville Skyline has probably one of the best Dylan songs to get almost zero attention (it DID make Volume 2 of his greatest hits, but that was a double album that came out in 1971, so a lot of songs made it then that would never make one now), which is "Tonight I'm Staying Here With You."

One of few good Dylan romance songs.

-Brian

And after some investigation, it appears he did that song with Earl Scruggs so it has excellent pedigree as well, I must find it.

[Dreadstar]

And after some investigation, it appears he did that song with Earl Scruggs so it has excellent pedigree as well, I must find it.

Further plus: Johnny Cash.

[jessecuster3]

Further plus: Johnny Cash.


Now you are just turning me on.

[jessecuster3]

Oh and as an aside, I am going to see Peter Rowan and Tony Rice this weekend !

[Michael P]

Well, I'll be watching this (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3598739031869420005&q)for the next hour or so.

[Brian Cronin]

Oh yeah, Johnny Cash and Dylan dueting on "Girl From the North Country" on Nashville Skyline rocks, as well.

And, of course, that album has one of Dylan's biggest hits, "Lay Lady Lay."

-Brian

[Brian Cronin]

"His clothes are dirty, but his hands are clean/
And she's the best thing that he's ever seen./
Lay, Lady, lay - lay across my big brass bed."

Dylan doing the sexy stuff - crazy, huh?

-Brian

[Tadhg]

Information wants to be free, yo. (http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20061114-8218.html)

[Michael P]

Information wants to be free, yo. (http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20061114-8218.html)
Oh, give me a fucking break.

[Jack Zodiac]

Well, I'll be watching this (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3598739031869420005&q)for the next hour or so.


Doogie Howser! Sold!

[Gilda Dent]

Information wants to be free, yo. (http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20061114-8218.html)

Wait, why would retailers not want these sites to list their sales? It looks like free advertising to me.

[Ray R.]

Information wants to be free, yo. (http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20061114-8218.html)

Sales prices are facts. They're not proprietary. You can't trademark or copyright a price, so that's free information as long as you disclaimer their authenticity or availability.

That's just out-and-out strong-arming.

Get used to it. It'll be the rule, not the exception, as long as ISPs crumple like rag dolls at the merest hint of litigation.....

[Ray R.]

Wait, why would retailers not want these sites to list their sales? It looks like free advertising to me.

Comparison shopping.

Say you want a copy of "Nip/Tuck" the Second Season or something. Here, you can comparison shop until you find the place doing the biggest loss-leader on it to get you to buy other stuff while you're there.

Best Buy wants you to show up and be shocked, I say shocked, by their low prices. Keep your comparison of every other electronics firm's pricing at home, please.

[Matt Algren]

Too much?:

One: Winter holidays started off pretty simply. Over time they got more complicated.

Two: This holiday season, maybe it is time to forget some of the extras and accouterments that modern society has added.

Three: What’s more important? Receiving that perfect gift we won’t use in a few months? Or showing someone just how important they are to you.

Four: The important part of our holidays aren’t the specific things we do.

Five: The important part is what they show about what we believe.

Six: So whatever it is you believe, remember it this holiday season.

Seven: Also, remember to give me candy. Lots and lots of candy.

The others give him a dirty look.

Seven: OK, fine, forget about the candy. Sheesh. Listen to the rest of them. Happy holidays!
Funny stuff. I'm curious which of the kids is going to say accouterments. Junk or shit works, though you'd probably get complaints about a kid talking about forgetting some of the extras and shit. Damn New Yorkers.

How about Seven bringing up candy more than once? Like after 2 she interrupts with "But don't forget the candy!" Then after 4 "...but it's important that someone get me candy!"

Repetition = funny, especially with little kids and candy.

[Gilda Dent]

Comparison shopping.

Say you want a copy of "Nip/Tuck" the Second Season or something. Here, you can comparison shop until you find the place doing the biggest loss-leader on it to get you to buy other stuff while you're there.

Best Buy wants you to show up and be shocked, I say shocked, by their low prices. Keep your comparison of every other electronics firm's pricing at home, please.

Ah. At the same time, they're losing all those customers comparison shopping using one of these sites. I wonder if that turns into a net loss or gain for them.

[Joe Rice]

Funny stuff. I'm curious which of the kids is going to say accouterments. Junk or shit works, though you'd probably get complaints about a kid talking about forgetting some of the extras and shit. Damn New Yorkers.

How about Seven bringing up candy more than once? Like after 2 she interrupts with "But don't forget the candy!" Then after 4 "...but it's important that someone get me candy!"

Repetition = funny, especially with little kids and candy.

Good ideas, thanks!

[Ray R.]

Ah. At the same time, they're losing all those customers comparison shopping using one of these sites. I wonder if that turns into a net loss or gain for them.

I'd imagine they treat them like the airlines treat the people who fly to Hawaii for $250 round trip.

As an occasional evil that shows up to bargain basement shop specific items.

From what I know of Best Buy, their corporate policy is to get the people in the doors with the $14.99 brand-new DVDs, and then work overtime to upsell them on the laptop, plasma screen, and stereo equipment while they're there.

The less sophisticated shopper, the better.

[Merey]

UBER PREACHY:


Two people are standing around, looking at things. A third person runs in frantically.

Person three: ARRRRRRRRRRGHGHGHGHGG!!!!

One: What?!?

Two: Are you OK?

Three: IT’S THE HOLIDAY SEASON!!!!

One: Yeah, I know.

Two: It’s a happy time.

Three: HAPPY!?!? HOW CAN YOU BE HAPPY AT A TIME LIKE THIS?!? Didn’t you see the advertisements and the news programs? Everyone has to get the new Ultra-Awesome Super Thing 5000!!!! It’s the greatest thing ever!!!! And you have to buy it before they run out!

One: Why?

Three: Because . . .because . . .BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO! Don’t you watch TV?!? Everyone who’s anyone is getting it and I have to get it NOW! And I have to get it for my friends or they will never love me again!

Two: What does it do?

Three: I DON’T KNOW BUT IT MUST BE GREAT!!! I MUST BUY IT! MUST BUY! MUST BUY! ARRRRRGHGHGHGHGH!!!!!

Person three runs of in a frenzy. A fourth person, poor and cold, walks by begging for change in a cup.

Four: Change . . .change . . .

Person one and person two look at each other. They each give person four some money.

One: Why do some people think that things matter?

Two: I like people more than things.

You make Reverend Billy (http://www.revbilly.com/) proud.

[Brian Cronin]

What TV series limped into its finale the worst?

Married with Children?

Mad About You?

X-Files?

Roseanne?

Cosby Show?

I'm leaning between Roseanne and X-Files.

How about you folks?

-Brian

[Michael P]

I really don't think you can top the X-Files.

[Brian Cronin]

Roseanne was pretty goofy towards the end!

-Brian

[Gene M.]

Married...With Children was pretty damn groan inducing near the end. It almost hurt to watch.

[Royal]

What TV series limped into its finale the worst?

Married with Children?

Mad About You?

X-Files?

Roseanne?

Cosby Show?

I'm leaning between Roseanne and X-Files.

How about you folks?

-Brian

Can we count canceled series too?

If not, put me down for Full House. That dog needed to be put down months ahead of time.

[Brian Cronin]

Why I don't give Married With Children as much of a rank is because I think it was dreadful for probably three-four years BEFORE it ended, while the other shows got bad towards the end - which caused fans to still have hope in the show turning around.

To wit, I'm sure there were X-File fans who, up until the last episode, thought the show could pull it off.

-Brian

[Merey]

What TV series limped into its finale the worst?

Married with Children?

Mad About You?

X-Files?

Roseanne?

Cosby Show?

I'm leaning between Roseanne and X-Files.

How about you folks?

-Brian

Oh, X-Files by far. X-Files resurrected or, at least, popularized the notion of "jumping the shark".

[Dr. Hfuhruhurr]

X-Files is definitely up there.

How about Seinfeld? That last show was painful.

And any of the Star Trek series. Well, TNG's "All Good Things" wasn't too bad, but the rest of them were dreadful.

[Brian Cronin]

Oh, X-Files by far. X-Files resurrected or, at least, popularized the notion of "jumping the shark".

I dunno, Roseanne's last season involved her winning the lottery!

Talk about jumping the shark!

-Brian

[howyadoin]

I'm leaning between Roseanne and X-Files.

How about you folks?I lean more towards Roseanne, 'cause I liked the new cast members towards the end of X-Files. The actual final episode, though, was like a giant "fuck you" to the people who watched the show to the bitter end.

[Jack Zodiac]

I'm leaning between Roseanne and X-Files.

The last season of "Roseanne" sucked, even before you realized it was all a big "Dallas." That one definitely takes it, even over "X-Files," which sucked for a good while before it finally ended. So yeah, I'm gonna' go with "Roseanne." "Married... With Children" didn't try to be anything other than absurdly crass, so it couldn't even ruin itself towards the end, "The Cosby Show" was boring from episode one, and I never watched "Mad About You" often, but the few episodes I did see were crap. Who in their right mind would give Paul Reiser a show? I wouldn't watch it if every episode starred Helen Hunt completely naked.

[Merey]

To wit, I'm sure there were X-File fans who, up until the last episode, thought the show could pull it off.

-Brian


Yeah, I'll admit it, I was one of those. But hey, at least we got Mulder and Scully making-out in a dimly/badly lite prison.

[jessecuster3]

What TV series limped into its finale the worst?

Married with Children?

Mad About You?

X-Files?

Roseanne?

Cosby Show?

I'm leaning between Roseanne and X-Files.

How about you folks?

-Brian


I am nominating The Sopranos and it ain't even over yet but they are dragging a bloody stump across the line.

[Pól Rua]

Hence, we should question why you even did it once.

I liked kids at that stage.
This was before I taught high school.

[Merey]

I dunno, Roseanne's last season involved her winning the lottery!

Talk about jumping the shark!

-Brian


Yeah, but it was just a situational comedy. Dumb shit happens all the time on those shows.

[Brian Cronin]

Yeah, I'll admit it, I was one of those. But hey, at least we got Mulder and Scully making-out in a dimly/badly lite prison.

That's right, they didn't even give those two a proper ending! Man, that finale really WAS bad!

-Brian, who once went to an X-Files convention in high school, even though he didn't watch the show at the time (a friend was a huge fan)...

[jessecuster3]

Here's a side game, I am making a cd of Poker songs for my weekly game so far I have:

Frank Sinatra - Luck Be A lady
Kenny Rogers - The Gambler
Carly Simon - Riverboat Gambler
Eric Clapton or Ray Charles - Losing Hand
Grateful Dead - Deal
Uncle Kracker - Aces and Eights
Juice Newton - Queen of Hearts
Hank Snow - Form a Jack To A King
O.A.R. - That Was A Crazy Game of Poker
Old Crow Medicine Show - Wagon Wheel (for an off hand poker reference in one verse)

Who has some others ?


I will cross post this in Music as well.

[ragnarok_2012]

I think I gave up on the X-Files around the time the movie came out.

[Pól Rua]

A Guy Took His Blonde Girlfriend To Her First Football Game. They Had Great Seats Right Behind Their Team's Bench. After The Game, He Asked Her
How She Liked The Experience.
"oh, I Really Liked It," She Replied, "especially The Tight Pants And All The Big Muscles. But I Just Couldn't Understand Why They Were Killing
Each Other Over 25 Cents"!
Dumbfounded, Her Date Asked, "what Do You Mean?"
"well, At The Beginning Of The Game, They Flipped A Coin, And One Team Got It. Then For The Rest Of The Game, All They Kept Screaming Was:
"get The Quarterback!", "get The Quarterback!" I'm Like..............helloooooooooo!!! Its Only 25 Cents! ! !

...and now I can understand your weird-ass American football.

[Brian Cronin]

Here's a side game, I am making a cd of Poker songs for my weekly game so far I have:

Frank Sinatra - Luck Be A lady
Kenny Rogers - The Gambler
Carly Simon - Riverboat Gambler
Eric Clapton or Ray Charles - Losing Hand
Grateful Dead - Deal
Uncle Kracker - Aces and Eights
Juice Newton - Queen of Hearts
Hank Snow - Form a Jack To A King
O.A.R. - That Was A Crazy Game of Poker
Old Crow Medicine Show - Wagon Wheel (for an off hand poker reference in one verse)

Who has some others ?


I will cross post this in Music as well.

Amusingly, enough, one of the Dylan songs I mentioned before totally fits. :)

"Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts."

Dylan has another good one called "Rambling Gambling Willie."

Perhaps with ' instead of g's...I am unsure. :)

-Brian

[jessecuster3]

Amusingly, enough, one of the Dylan songs I mentioned before totally fits. :)

"Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts."

Dylan has another good one called "Rambling Gambling Willie."

Perhaps with ' instead of g's...I am unsure. :)

-Brian


Sweet ! I think i am going to go with the first one, as I can't have 2 songs by anyone.

[Jack Zodiac]

I lean more towards Roseanne, 'cause I liked the new cast members towards the end of X-Files. The actual final episode, though, was like a giant "fuck you" to the people who watched the show to the bitter end.

The only reason I hated "Roseanne" towards the end was because of the everything's coming up daisies crap right before the "shocking" twist. The show was still funny, just not as funny. Oh, and Becky 2, the chick who plays Elliot on "Scrubs," is fuckin' hot.

[Joe Rice]

How DID the X-Files end?

[Merey]

I think I gave up on the X-Files around the time the movie came out.


Smart man. Although, you missed out on a few pretty awesome episodes. I liked the whole "Sixth Extinction" arc. Also, my favorite ep. is from season 7, "All Things..." It's shipperiffic! Yes, I'm a girl.

[Brian Cronin]

You don't hear shipperiffic enough in conversations.

-Brian

[Ed Cunard]

Who has some others ?


Leonard Cohen, "The Stranger Song."

It's true that all the men you knew were dealers
who said they were through with dealing
Every time you gave them shelter
I know that kind of man
It's hard to hold the hand of anyone
who is reaching for the sky just to surrender,
who is reaching for the sky just to surrender.
And then sweeping up the jokers that he left behind
you find he did not leave you very much
not even laughter
Like any dealer he was watching for the card
that is so high and wild
he'll never need to deal another
He was just some Joseph looking for a manger
He was just some Joseph looking for a manger

And then leaning on your window sill
he'll say one day you caused his will
to weaken with your love and warmth and shelter
And then taking from his wallet
an old schedule of trains, he'll say
I told you when I came I was a stranger
I told you when I came I was a stranger.

But now another stranger seems
to want you to ignore his dreams
as though they were the burden of some other
O you've seen that man before
his golden arm dispatching cards
but now it's rusted from the elbows to the finger
And he wants to trade the game he plays for shelter
Yes he wants to trade the game he knows for shelter.

Ah you hate to see another tired man
lay down his hand
like he was giving up the holy game of poker
And while he talks his dreams to sleep
you notice there's a highway
that is curling up like smoke above his shoulder.
It is curling just like smoke above his shoulder.

You tell him to come in sit down
but something makes you turn around
The door is open you can't close your shelter
You try the handle of the road
It opens do not be afraid
It's you my love, you who are the stranger
It's you my love, you who are the stranger.

Well, I've been waiting, I was sure
we'd meet between the trains we're waiting for
I think it's time to board another
Please understand, I never had a secret chart
to get me to the heart of this
or any other matter
When he talks like this
you don't know what he's after
When he speaks like this,
you don't know what he's after.

Let's meet tomorrow if you choose
upon the shore, beneath the bridge
that they are building on some endless river
Then he leaves the platform
for the sleeping car that's warm
You realize, he's only advertising one more shelter
And it comes to you, he never was a stranger
And you say ok the bridge or someplace later.

And then sweeping up the jokers that he left behind ...

And leaning on your window sill ...

I told you when I came I was a stranger.

[Jared_Humpherys]

X-Files is definitely up there.

How about Seinfeld? That last show was painful.

And any of the Star Trek series. Well, TNG's "All Good Things" wasn't too bad, but the rest of them were dreadful.


Huh? My fiance and I actually liked DS9's finale, "What You Leave Behind."

Admittedly, we liked what came before it a heck of a lot more...


Edit: btw, I seem to recall my friend Wes telling me the whole alien thing was wrapped up like 2 seasons before the show ended. Is this true?

[Ed Cunard]

How DID the X-Files end?

"The world is fucked!"

"Let's ride it out. We can fuck in the meantime."

[Brian Cronin]

It IS funny how it seems like the Lost creators are petrified at the notion of Lost ending up like X-Files.

They have repeatedly mentioned not wanting to go past a fifth season.

-Brian

[K'Nort]

I've never seen pre-boozed egg nog. Where did you get it? And...MMmmmm egg nog!

$10/bottle so don't get your hopes up on the quality.

Still tastier than that low-fat crap, however.

http://www.ncabc.com/uploads/packages/3402.jpg

[Brian Cronin]

Is anything "low-fat" not crap?

-Brian

[Chris Nowlin]

I love egg nog season! Already have my brandy and nutmeg ready. And going to San Francisco next week... so I can get egg nog from Mitchell's ice cream. Soooo good and creamy.

[Chris Nowlin]

Is anything "low-fat" not crap?

-Brian

Girls.


....

[Tadhg]

Is anything "low-fat" not crap?

-Brian

Jack Daniels.

[Chris Nowlin]

Jack Daniels.

I hope you meant Single Barrel.

[TheTen-EyedMan]

"The world is fucked!"

"Let's ride it out. We can fuck in the meantime."

In defense of David Duchovney, Gillian Anderson hadn't turned into Sarah Ferguson by then so she was still worthy of a throwdown.

[jessecuster3]

Nice one Ed thats being added to the list !

[tricksterpup]

The only reason I hated "Roseanne" towards the end was because of the everything's coming up daisies crap right before the "shocking" twist. The show was still funny, just not as funny. Oh, and Becky 2, the chick who plays Elliot on "Scrubs," is fuckin' hot.
I actually like the ending for Roseanne. It was a very powerful episode but, yeah that entire last season was just too silly for me. But that last episode just redeemed the season for me.

[Gilda Dent]

Here's a side game, I am making a cd of Poker songs for my weekly game so far I have:

Frank Sinatra - Luck Be A lady
Kenny Rogers - The Gambler
Carly Simon - Riverboat Gambler
Eric Clapton or Ray Charles - Losing Hand
Grateful Dead - Deal
Uncle Kracker - Aces and Eights
Juice Newton - Queen of Hearts
Hank Snow - Form a Jack To A King
O.A.R. - That Was A Crazy Game of Poker
Old Crow Medicine Show - Wagon Wheel (for an off hand poker reference in one verse)

Who has some others ?


I will cross post this in Music as well.

Clint Black--"A Good Run of Bad Luck"

Edit: No good. It's craps, not poker.

Edit: George Strait--"Ace in the Hole"

Merle Haggard--"Kentucky Gambler"

Steve Miller Band--"The Joker"

[TheTen-EyedMan]

The only reason I hated "Roseanne" towards the end was because of the everything's coming up daisies crap right before the "shocking" twist. The show was still funny, just not as funny. Oh, and Becky 2, the chick who plays Elliot on "Scrubs," is fuckin' hot.

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h44/apple_slut/Sarah%20Chalke/SarahChalke08.jpg

I will go to my grave believing she is one of the greatest actresses in history. She was able to fake sexual desire for Zach Braff, Ricky Shroeder and Sean Foley.

That's Meryl Streep territory there.

[Pól Rua]

As for Captain Marvel, Ordway's series wasn't bad. He was doing the best he could with the situation DC gave him.
I kinda dug the Ordway series, but it was very Marvel-esque, in that we had to have all the downtime and backstory and subplots instead of just adventures.

And Johns tried to make Billy a more likeable character in JSA, which is admirable, but he completely stopped trying at some point.
I think the problem most writers have is writing Billy as a dumb 00's slacker kid.

In the end, he had more people admiring Black Adam, and that just ain't right!
It's the same sort of people who prefer the Punisher to Batman.
'Cos Batman's a wuss who doesn't kill people. Put Captain Marvel in a black uniform and have him be a 'badass' and all of a sudden, he's kewl.
These are the people who prefer Venom to Spider-Man.
'Cos he takes no shit, man.

[Pól Rua]

I firmly believe that there's nothing wrong with Winick's current output that a year of doing Barry Ween couldn't fix.
A-fuckin'-men.

[Pól Rua]

Captain Marvel is fucking dead to me.

The Captain Marvel of Earth-Me still rocks.

[TheTen-EyedMan]

It's the same sort of people who prefer the Punisher to Batman.
'Cos Batman's a wuss who doesn't kill people. Put Captain Marvel in a black uniform and have him be a 'badass' and all of a sudden, he's kewl.
These are the people who prefer Venom to Spider-Man.
'Cos he takes no shit, man.

This is the single unifying reason why I read the Phantom and have done for 25 years.

He kills but rarely as hell.

[Pól Rua]

Jesus. the kids did Equus and all you can say is "adorable"!?!

YOU UPRIGHT SIMIANS IN YOUR PAINTED BANANA LEAVES DON'T DESERVE A PRODUCTION LIKE THIS!!!!!!

Now y'all know why I hated high school play audiances.

Fuckin' simians.

Eek eek.
http://www.ridiculopathy.com/stock/monkey_types.jpg

[Pól Rua]

Girls.


....

I disagree.

[Gingold]

Not even one of his best, but one of the more fun:

Nashville Skyline.

Nashville Skyline is my favorite album by anyone, ever. Most of that has to do with memories of my dad playing it over and over again while we drew cartoons together when I was a kid.

Which reminds me that I need to plug my dad's new book (http://www.amazon.com/Where-We-Lived-Discovering-Places/dp/1561588474/sr=8-2/qid=1163550188/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2/103-1648660-3355051?ie=UTF8&s=books).

[Pól Rua]

This is the single unifying reason why I read the Phantom and have done for 25 years.

He kills but rarely as hell.

Besides, the Spider would take the Punisher to school.

[TheTen-EyedMan]

Besides, the Spider would take the Punisher to school.

http://community-2.webtv.net/BaronHermes/spider/scrapbookFiles/importD8.jpg

Who's your Jewish Cuban daddy!!!!

[Paul McEnery]

Nashville Skyline is my favorite album by anyone, ever. Most of that has to do with memories of my dad playing it over and over again while we drew cartoons together when I was a kid.

Which reminds me that I need to plug my dad's new book (http://www.amazon.com/Where-We-Lived-Discovering-Places/dp/1561588474/sr=8-2/qid=1163550188/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2/103-1648660-3355051?ie=UTF8&s=books).
Yup.

Lay Lady Lay was one of the first singles I ever owned. When I was about six. The British DJ Pete Drummond lived in the same building as my Grandad, so we got tons of free singles. Tossed most of them (God, I wonder what they were, and how much they'd be worth now!).

Oh, and I hated it. Which meant I played it a lot so I could understand what was good about it. That one took about ten years.

[jessecuster3]

Clint Black--"A Good Run of Bad Luck"

Edit: No good. It's craps, not poker.

Edit: George Strait--"Ace in the Hole"

Merle Haggard--"Kentucky Gambler"

Steve Miller Band--"The Joker"


Very nice, Country is not a big hit with my group, so I have the Clint Black one and that will probably be it.


I am debating the Steve Miller one, you don't really use Jokers in Poker.
Maybe a cut card but thats it.

[Valmore]

I disagree.

Pol likes big butts and he cannot lie.

[JeffreyWKramer]

What TV series limped into its finale the worst?


X-FILES. The finale managed to be lame, make no sense and totally piss on the charcters and themes developed through the course of the show. It would be hard to top that for crappy finale.

[Jack Zodiac]

It's the same sort of people who prefer the Punisher to Batman.

At first. Now it's because Black Adam is more like Fawcett's Captain Marvel than Captain Marvel's been since DC started using him again. I honestly feel dirty and loathesome for being able to enjoy stories about a morally ambiguous murder machine, but 52 has done some awesome stuff with him.

[Pól Rua]

Pol likes big butts and he cannot lie.

It's true. I loves me the full-figured gals.
*sigh*

[Pól Rua]

At first. Now it's because Black Adam is more like Fawcett's Captain Marvel than Captain Marvel's been since DC started using him again. I honestly feel dirty and loathesome for being able to enjoy stories about a morally ambiguous murder machine, but 52 has done some awesome stuff with him.

He seems more like Claremont's Magneto than Fawcett's anything to me, but I'm just an ol' grumblebum.

[TheTen-EyedMan]

Pol likes big butts and he cannot lie.

Two of the more finer qualities to have.

I'm on a self-imposed moratorium related to certain Texas born singers so you'll have to search for her backside yourselves.

[Jeff Brady]

Two: This holiday season, maybe it is time to forget some of the extras and accoutrements that modern society has added.

If you have kids smart enought to pronounce "accoutrements" in one or two tries, FUCKING GO FOR IT!

[Puma]

Just spent the day replacing our living room windows. Actually, I should say 'window' even though we have two that need to be done. We bought the duo-pane windows are a packaged insert that, had our house actually have been built by a carpenter and not piece-mill by a succession of home owners, would have gone in without a problem. We had a problem that resulted in spending all day working on one window; it's in, and it looks good, but the next one is going to be equally difficult because they used 2x6s for the frame and wedged the original window in.

I'm gonna take a jacuzzi.

[DocAbsurd]

I'm gonna take a jacuzzi.

Just make sure you put it back when you're done. If you keep taking jacuzzis, there won't be enuff for everyone.




Doc 'Always Wanted to Say That' Absurd

[Gilda Dent]

Hint for tv producers:

Clip shows make terrible finales. Parading guest stars through the show makes for a terrible finale, because it's essentially a clip show without the clips.

If you have a long story arc, close off the arc. Clear up the big mystery, give some semblance of closure. Lost and Heroes, I'm looking at you. If it's an episodic show, life goes on, a new beginning, and major life change can all work. A long flash forward works. A episode that has the form of a standard one but offers a thematic closing works.

But for god's sake, find some way to get some sort of closure. Give us something.

The X-Files by far. No closure, just a big clip show and a cliffhanger.

The Cosby Show I didn't even think was bad so much as a little dull. Theo graduates. Yawn. Not very entertaining, but it was in keeping with one of the main arcs of the show. It's not the finale of The Mary Tyler Moore Show, which is a great final episode, and has a pitch perfect ending moment, but it offers some closure, tells a story, and keeps everyone in character.

Roseanne's last season sucked, and the final episode was just bad, not because the big twist was a bad one, but because it was badly executed and had been done a lot better at least twice before.

The X-Files, definitely. I was always more of a monster of the week fan anyway. I generally skip the conspiracy theory episodes when I watch them again because it becomes obvious about midway that this is just being made up as they went along and I could never make head nor tail of it.

[howyadoin]

Here's a side game, I am making a cd of Poker songs for my weekly game so far I have:

Frank Sinatra - Luck Be A lady
Kenny Rogers - The Gambler
Carly Simon - Riverboat Gambler
Eric Clapton or Ray Charles - Losing Hand
Grateful Dead - Deal
Uncle Kracker - Aces and Eights
Juice Newton - Queen of Hearts
Hank Snow - Form a Jack To A King
O.A.R. - That Was A Crazy Game of Poker
Old Crow Medicine Show - Wagon Wheel (for an off hand poker reference in one verse)

Who has some others ?


I will cross post this in Music as well.AC/DC - "The Jack"

Bob Seger - "Fire Lake"

[howyadoin]

How DID the X-Files end?I can barely remember it, but I think that ex-girlfriend of yours who used to post here said something about it.

[Dr. Hfuhruhurr]

AC/DC - "The Jack"

Bob Seger - "Against the Wind"

Springsteen "Atlantic City"

[howyadoin]

Best series finales, then?

I nominate Newhart and Cheers.

[Jack Zodiac]

Best series finales, then?

I nominate Newhart and Cheers.

Didn't "Newhart" end with a "Dallas" parody, too? Oh, and I nominate "The Prisoner" and "The Odd Couple."

[howyadoin]

Didn't "Newhart" end with a "Dallas" parody, too?You could say that. For me, what made the episode was Daryl and Daryl speaking.

[Jack Zodiac]

You could say that. For me, what made the episode was Daryl and Daryl speaking.

Yeah, that too. And it tied "Newhart" into "The Bob Newhart Show." Yeah, definitely a great series finale.

[Royal]

Don't you hate it when you put a fully thought out answer to a question only to be looked over for something inane?

[Brian Cronin]

I think a better question than best finales is best final SEASON by a show, because those are harder to come up with.

For instance, Newhart had a great finale, but its last season was pretty unmemorable.

Most shows lag dramatically in their final seasons.

Can anyone think of a show that had a very good final season (and it has to have lasted at least six seasons!)?

-Brian

[Jack Zodiac]

I think a better question than best finales is best final SEASON by a show, because those are harder to come up with.

For instance, Newhart had a great finale, but its last season was pretty unmemorable.

Most shows lag dramatically in their final seasons.

Can anyone think of a show that had a very good final season (and it has to have lasted at least six seasons!)?

-Brian

Did "The Wonder Years" last that long? Because the final season was great. After years of "hey, watch this kid grow up pretty well," it was "hey, watch this kid face harsh reality!"

[Clint Barton]

The Jack isn't cured easily by antibiotics, yet it does attack one eyes.

[Gingold]

Interestingly enough, I think Seinfeld was kind of a reverse Newhart, in that it had a pretty strong final season with a terrible final episode.

[howyadoin]

Did "The Wonder Years" last that long? Because the final season was great. After years of "hey, watch this kid grow up pretty well," it was "hey, watch this kid face harsh reality!"Sounds like the final episode of Degrassi.

[Brian Cronin]

Interestingly enough, I think Seinfeld was kind of a reverse Newhart, in that it had a pretty strong final season with a terrible final episode.

I liked its last season, except for a couple of things:

1. The parade of guest stars trying to get in there before the show ended

and

2. A few episodes where they were almost desperately saying, "Look! We're just as good as we used to be!"

-Brian

[Brian Cronin]

The festival was over, the boys were all plannin' for a fall,
The cabaret was quiet except for the drillin' in the wall.
The curfew had been lifted and the gamblin' wheel shut down,
Anyone with any sense had already left town.
He was standin' in the doorway lookin' like the Jack of Hearts.

He moved across the mirrored room, "Set it up for everyone," he said,
Then everyone commenced to do what they were doin' before he turned their heads.
Then he walked up to a stranger and he asked him with a grin,
"Could you kindly tell me, friend, what time the show begins?"
Then he moved into the corner, face down like the Jack of Hearts.

Backstage the girls were playin' five-card stud by the stairs,
Lily had two queens, she was hopin' for a third to match her pair.
Outside the streets were fillin' up, the window was open wide,
A gentle breeze was blowin', you could feel it from inside.
Lily called another bet and drew up the Jack of Hearts.

Big Jim was no one's fool, he owned the town's only diamond mine,
He made his usual entrance lookin' so dandy and so fine.
With his bodyguards and silver cane and every hair in place,
He took whatever he wanted to and he laid it all to waste.
But his bodyguards and silver cane were no match for the Jack of Hearts.

Rosemary combed her hair and took a carriage into town,
She slipped in through the side door lookin' like a queen without a crown.
She fluttered her false eyelashes and whispered in his ear,
"Sorry, darlin', that I'm late," but he didn't seem to hear.
He was starin' into space over at the Jack of Hearts.

"I know I've seen that face before," Big Jim was thinkin' to himself,
"Maybe down in Mexico or a picture up on somebody's shelf."
But then the crowd began to stamp their feet and the house lights did dim
And in the darkness of the room there was only Jim and him,
Starin' at the butterfly who just drew the Jack of Hearts.

Lily was a princess, she was fair-skinned and precious as a child,
She did whatever she had to do, she had that certain flash every time she smiled.
She'd come away from a broken home, had lots of strange affairs
With men in every walk of life which took her everywhere.
But she'd never met anyone quite like the Jack of Hearts.

The hangin' judge came in unnoticed and was being wined and dined,
The drillin' in the wall kept up but no one seemed to pay it any mind.
It was known all around that Lily had Jim's ring
And nothing would ever come between Lily and the king.
No, nothin' ever would except maybe the Jack of Hearts.

Rosemary started drinkin' hard and seein' her reflection in the knife,
She was tired of the attention, tired of playin' the role of Big Jim's wife.
She had done a lot of bad things, even once tried suicide,
Was lookin' to do just one good deed before she died.
She was gazin' to the future, riding on the Jack of Hearts.

Lily washed her face, took her dress off and buried it away.
"Has your luck run out?" she laughed at him, "Well, I guess you must
have known it would someday.
Be careful not to touch the wall, there's a brand-new coat of paint,
I'm glad to see you're still alive, you're lookin' like a saint."
Down the hallway footsteps were comin' for the Jack of Hearts.

The backstage manager was pacing all around by his chair.
"There's something funny going on," he said, "I can just feel it in the air."
He went to get the hangin' judge, but the hangin' judge was drunk,
As the leading actor hurried by in the costume of a monk.
There was no actor anywhere better than the Jack of Hearts.

Lily's arms were locked around the man that she dearly loved to touch,
She forgot all about the man she couldn't stand who hounded her so much.
"I've missed you so," she said to him, and he felt she was sincere,
But just beyond the door he felt jealousy and fear.
Just another night in the life of the Jack of Hearts.

No one knew the circumstance but they say that it happened pretty quick,
The door to the dressing room burst open and a cold revolver clicked.
And Big Jim was standin' there, ya couldn't say surprised,
Rosemary right beside him, steady in her eyes.
She was with Big Jim but she was leanin' to the Jack of Hearts.

Two doors down the boys finally made it through the wall
And cleaned out the bank safe, it's said that they got off with quite a haul.
In the darkness by the riverbed they waited on the ground
For one more member who had business back in town.
But they couldn't go no further without the Jack of Hearts.

The next day was hangin' day, the sky was overcast and black,
Big Jim lay covered up, killed by a penknife in the back.
And Rosemary on the gallows, she didn't even blink,
The hangin' judge was sober, he hadn't had a drink.
The only person on the scene missin' was the Jack of Hearts.

The cabaret was empty now, a sign said, "Closed for repair,"
Lily had already taken all of the dye out of her hair.
She was thinkin' 'bout her father, who she very rarely saw,
Thinkin' 'bout Rosemary and thinkin' about the law.
But, most of all she was thinkin' 'bout the Jack of Hearts.

Such a great song.

-Brian

[Jack Zodiac]

Sounds like the final episode of Degrassi.

Except cooler, 'cause it has a Savage in it!

Also, the final episode of "MST3k" was great. The last season was short, but it had some of the best/worst movies, and going out on the shittiest comic book movie in history is certainly a great way to go.

[Gingold]

I liked its last season, except for a couple of things:

1. The parade of guest stars trying to get in there before the show ended

and

2. A few episodes where they were almost desperately saying, "Look! We're just as good as we used to be!"


I can see that. The backwards episode with the trip to India, which I like for its we're-such-an-institution-we-can-do-whatever-the-heck-we-want experimentalness - can certainly be seen as trying too hard.

[JeffreyWKramer]

Can anyone think of a show that had a very good final season (and it has to have lasted at least six seasons!)?

DS9 had a very good final season, though the finale episode itself was somewhat disappointing.

[Valmore]

A vote for me is a vote for total chaos and for 3+2 possibly equalling 42.

[Brian Cronin]

I can see that. The backwards episode with the trip to India, which I like for its we're-such-an-institution-we-can-do-whatever-the-heck-we-want experimentalness - can certainly be seen as trying too hard.

It was the same thing in the season before the last one, too.

The show was such an institution that they felt they were competing against themselves, basically, so they kept trying to do "new classics."

One of the more desperate ones was "Yada yada" towards the end of the season before the last one (how many seasons did it have, anyways?).

Where catch phrases, etc. seemed to flow naturally in the early days, "Yada yada" symbolized to me an attempt to, essentially, "Work backwards from the catch phrase."

-Brian

[Clint Barton]

Such a great song.

-Brian

Joan Baez did a great cover as well.

[Gilda Dent]

Very nice, Country is not a big hit with my group, so I have the Clint Black one and that will probably be it.

I was debating that one, because the song references craps, but it was used in Maverick over the montage scene of the big poker tournament near the end. Black is even an extra in the montage, a poker player caught cheating who gets thrown overboard.

I am debating the Steve Miller one, you don't really use Jokers in Poker.
Maybe a cut card but thats it.

Doesn't it depend on the game?

[Mike Smash!]

Except cooler, 'cause it has a Savage in it!

Also, the final episode of "MST3k" was great. The last season was short, but it had some of the best/worst movies, and going out on the shittiest comic book movie in history is certainly a great way to go.

MST3K ended on such a perfect note. Upon escaping back to Earth, Mike and the 'bots get an apartment...and sit around and make fun of bad movies on TV.

[Pól Rua]

Interestingly enough, I think Seinfeld was kind of a reverse Newhart, in that it had a pretty strong final season with a terrible final episode.

I lost interest in Seinfeld as soon as all the characters turned into variations on a theme.

[DocAbsurd]

Red Green's final episode was one of those 'flash-forward' finales, and you know I'll never say anything bad about any of his series.

'Made in Canada' only got stronger as the series went on, and left with some of the biggest unexpected twists.

Gotta agree with Howy on 'Newhart' and Jack on 'MST3K'.

The only other shows I ever watched thru to the end were 'Rosanne', 'Home Improvement', 'Night Court' and 'Cheers'. I loved 'Farscape' but the last episode left me screaming at the teevee.




Doc 'Oooooo-kay' Absurd

[Gilda Dent]

How DID the X-Files end?

Mulder breaks into a top-secret military base to break into a computer program. He fights a super soldier, breaks in, and finds out that the date of the imminent invasion is in 2012. It gives the exact date, but I forget what it is. He's captured and brought before a military tribunal. Assistant director Skinner is his defense lawyer. He's tried on charges of treason, which consists of a parade of characters testifying and reciting their character arcs. Imagine Seinfeld, but with X-Files characters doing the same thing. They attempt to recap the conspiracy arc in about an hour. At the end bad guys attack, the two substitute agents help Mulder and Scully break out and escape, and then end up together in a motel together in Roswell, NM. The cigarette guy is killed again.

In short, it was a recap episode that did nothing to move the story along abswer any questions, or provide any indication of what happens next, and ended with nothing really cleared up. Everything important could have been included in five minutes.

The more I think about it, the more similar it seems to the Seinfeld finale.

[Jack Zodiac]

MST3K ended on such a perfect note. Upon escaping back to Earth, Mike and the 'bots get an apartment...and sit around and make fun of bad movies on TV.

Not just any ol' bad movie. "The Crawling Eye," which was the first movie they every watched, not counting the KTMA movies. Perfect. :)

[Gilda Dent]

Red Green's final episode was one of those 'flash-forward' finales, and you know I'll never say anything bad about any of his series.

'Made in Canada' only got stronger as the series went on, and left with some of the biggest unexpected twists.

Gotta agree with Howy on 'Newhart' and Jack on 'MST3K'.

The only other shows I ever watched thru to the end were 'Rosanne', 'Home Improvement', 'Night Court' and 'Cheers'. I loved 'Farscape' but the last episode left me screaming at the teevee.




Doc 'Oooooo-kay' Absurd

Home Improvement wasn't bad. It's a pretty basic "moving on" episode, but it's had to do those really badly.

[Merey]

Quantum Leap had a pretty awesome finale. And I think their last season was pretty strong. It's been a long time since I've seen it, so I may be misremembering.

[Tadhg]

Golden Girls had a good final season.

[Brian Cronin]

Didn't they kill off the Lone Gunmen in the final season of X-Files?

What was up with THAT?

-Brian

[Jack Zodiac]

Didn't they kill off the Lone Gunmen in the final season of X-Files?

What was up with THAT?

-Brian

Their spin-off series didn't even last as long as Strange Luck? :p

[Brian Cronin]

Quantum Leap had a pretty awesome finale. And I think their last season was pretty strong. It's been a long time since I've seen it, so I may be misremembering.

Hehe...the last season of Quantum Leap certainly wasn't BAD (it was Quantum Leap, after all!), but lordy, did it get cheesy!!

Episodes with Lee Harvey Oswald, Marilyn Monroe, Elvis Presley, etc. - it was so sad to watch the show desperately try to stay on the air with stunts, while it was being yanked between time slots.

THE EVIL LEAPER! Bwah ha ha ha.

So sad. Such a great show.

And yeah, the finale was great. Bruce McGill freakin' RULES.

-Brian

[Brian Cronin]

Golden Girls had a good final season.

LIES!

-Brian

[Tadhg]

Barney Miller's final season was probably one of the best seasons of the show.

The Practice had a strong final season, but that's probably cheating.

[DocAbsurd]

I still admire Tim Allen for the most part; and 'Home Improvement' came along just as I was becoming a daddy for the first time, so there was a lot I could identify with. It was a good solid show that managed to poke fun at both genders without emotionally maiming either one.

It was a decent wrap-up to a decent run. I like knowing the characters continued their lives outside of the multi-season 22 minutes; that's what made 'Cheers' such a strong finale. There was growth, there was change, there was humor, but the characters felt 'real' and you knew you could go back in 10 years and catch up over a few pints.

Speaking of great ensemble casts, does anyone remember how 'Taxi' ended? There's one I forgot in my list.




Doc 'Last Call' Absurd

[Jack Zodiac]

So sad. Such a great show.

And yeah, the finale was great. Bruce McGill freakin' RULES.

-Brian

It never really ended, though. Sam's still out there lost in time, only without a guide now.

Also, didn't they do some episodes where he was leaping outside of his lifespan?

[Michael P]

It never really ended, though. Sam's still out there lost in time, only without a guide now.

Also, didn't they do some episodes where he was leaping outside of his lifespan?
One where he leaped into an ancestor who fought in the Civil War. He ended up saving the life of one of MLK's ancestors.

Like Brian said, the last season got kinda cheesy.

[Brian Cronin]

Barney Miller's final season was probably one of the best seasons of the show. True - they finally ditched the wife then, right?

The Practice had a strong final season, but that's probably cheating.Totally cheating. :)

The REAL last season was godawful.

-Brian

[Tadhg]

I like the Final Season of Magnum. Probably the best final season of all the Bellisario shows.

A-team, MacGuyer, and Simon & Simon were all weak.

The Equalizer final season was fantastic but it only went 4 seasons.

[Merey]

Remember that episode where Sam leaps back to his own time and discovers he's married and that Al had to withhold that information from him the whole time because Sam's wife asked him to? Yeah, I cried like a baby during that ep. Scott Bakula just does that to me.

[Valmore]

Golden Girls had a good final season.

Golden Girls HAD a good season?

[Brian Cronin]

Remember that episode where Sam leaps back to his own time and discovers he's married and that Al had to withhold that information from him the whole time because Sam's wife asked him to? Yeah, I cried like a baby during that ep. Scott Bakula just does that to me.

THAT episode rocked.

And the final season DID have some good episodes, it just had lots of stunts.

One stunt I liked was the Trilogy three-parter, where Sam leaps into the lives of a family over a number of years.

The lady in Trilogy (the grown-up little girl from the beginning that Sam ends up impregnating) plays Jan on the Office!!

-Brian

[Brian Cronin]

I like the Final Season of Magnum. Probably the best final season of all the Bellisario shows.

A-team, MacGuyer, and Simon & Simon were all weak.

The Equalizer final season was fantastic but it only went 4 seasons.

Simon & Simon's last season wasn't awful, but it was a clear step down, because no Tim Reid!!

Magnum's last season was so good that it was, "Really? It has to end? Why?!?"

Although, remember how the season BEFORE the last one had a super-duper finale - only to have the show renewed? That was hilarious.

-Brian

[Tadhg]

For the longest time, I thought that WAS the series finale. It really confused me when they started showing reruns a few years ago.

[Brian Cronin]

For the longest time, I thought that WAS the series finale. It really confused me when they started showing reruns a few years ago.

I really don't get how they possibly kept going AFTER that.

They made a point to wrap everyone's plots up - then - whammo - another season!!

The actual finale is good, though.

-Brian

[Merey]

THAT episode rocked.

And the final season DID have some good episodes, it just had lots of stunts.

One stunt I liked was the Trilogy three-parter, where Sam leaps into the lives of a family over a number of years.

The lady in Trilogy (the grown-up little girl from the beginning that Sam ends up impregnating) plays Jan on the Office!!

-Brian

Quantum Leap must be on dvd. I should get them. That and X-files were my favorite shows in high school.

I also love the ep. where Sam leaps into his younger self, and then into a buddy of his brother's while they're over in Vietnam, another tear-jerker.

[Brian Cronin]

Quantum Leap must be on dvd. I should get them. That and X-files were my favorite shows in high school.

I also love the ep. where Sam leaps into his younger self, and then into a buddy of his brother's while they're over in Vietnam, another tear-jerker.

Those three episodes in a row (the season finale of Season 2 where Al tricks Sam into trying to keep Al's wife from leaving him while Al is MIA, and the season premiere of Season 3 with the Leap Home Part 1 and 2) were probably the finest episodes of Quantum Leap.

Although, MY favorite episode is the one where Sam leaps into a guy on his honeymoon, while meanwhile, Al is fighting to keep the government from shutting down funding for Project:Quantum Leap. It was romantic, but not overdone romantic - more cute romantic, which is rarer to see in dramas.

Also, it seemed kinda Capra-esque to me, and I loves me the Capra. :)

-Brian

[Smoogis]

Quantum Leap must be on dvd. I should get them. That and X-files were my favorite shows in high school.

I also love the ep. where Sam leaps into his younger self, and then into a buddy of his brother's while they're over in Vietnam, another tear-jerker.

Not to mention Al's younger self.

[Royal]

And the guy who "inspired" Stephen King.

[Brian Cronin]

Not to mention Al's younger self.

Season 4's premiere! Another classic!! Following the Season 3 finale, where Bakula got to show his acting chops by acting like all the people Sam leaped into in the past.

-Brian