So this monumental moment is brought to you by Post No. 1953, the year in which I was born.Which makes you about six months older than I.
I agree with DR Laura. I don't understand why people think using obscenities is funny. I'm not saying I would throw Lenny Bruce in jail, but it seems much more intelligent to make your point, and get a laugh, without foul language.Maybe someone could come up with a good routine out of using all the curse-word euphemisms in place of the curse-words themselves! Fudge, it could be funnier than heck!
After the train ride, we went to Fry's Electronics, which is this HUGE, GIGANTIC electronics store not too far from the dinner train station.
Maybe someone could come up with a good routine out of using all the curse-word euphemisms in place of the curse-words themselves! Fudge, it could be funnier than heck!
Which makes you about six months older than I.
:-*
Hi, all, from the beautiful Oregon coast.How are things there in "Self-Serve-Is-Verbotten" Land?
We watched (or attempted to watch, anyway) the new Marple last night on the tv here in our timeshare. Was it insane nationally or just here? It started with the picture coming and going whilst the sound continued unabated, then that reversed--picture was fine, no sound. Then things got really crazy--a timecode caption appeared at the upper right corner and some other broadcast was subimposed (so to speak--it was "underneath" the Marple broadcast). Then things went to a "color negative," prompting me to say "It's Miss Marple on acid!!" The punch line was the little notice "video difficulties" after about 20 minutes of this stuff.Der Brucer noticed some sound difficulties.
The only exceptions have been to see either Reno or Wanda Sykes. Both of these ladies can make me laugh so hard my stomach hurts and I have tears running from my eyes. Reno is hard to catch anywhere except NYC, but Wanda often tours (she also all over the place on Fox, the Comedy Channel and Leno.)
I also like this Hungarian female stand-up who did a show on the Comedy Channel, but I don't recall her name. She did this bit about coming out as a lesbian to her mother that was side-splitting.
Everyone is reading, but few are posting. Exactly why is that?
BARRATRY, baby BARRATRY!
Very nice little segment on Caitlynne!
Rosie O'Donnell was also a part of Star Search that same year that John Kassir won (and was beaten by Sinbad in the semifinals).
I have received notification that "Li'l Abner" has shipped. UPS should deliver tomorrow!
Keith took this one of Bogie with his cell phone.
Early Joan Rivers - I think the decline of her comedic routines is inversely proportionate to her plastic surgery procedures.That's stretching it.
I liked the Smothers Brothers enormously as a comedy/music act. I have several of the albums they made in the 1960s, and they are still hilarious. They were also singers with nice voices and wonderful blend.
Enjoyed DEADWOOD quite a bit today. ...Maybe she's been busy rehearsing "Secret Love"?
Calamity Jane has certainly been given short shrift this season.
And the sense that I'm really leaving this city started to sink in. Not really a good thing, not really a bad thing. Just not a thing I had felt up until now.I still miss the jacaranda trees. But I've discovered forsythia. That's what moving is like.
And the sense that I'm really leaving this city started to sink in. Not really a good thing, not really a bad thing. Just not a thing I had felt up until now.
"Start spreading the news..."
The floor guys are here again and smell of the stain is burning my eyes and nose. This is the third attempt to match the existing floor with the new one.
I still miss the jacaranda trees. But I've discovered forsythia. That's what moving is like.
Yep, I had the Aesop Fable/Smothers LP and enjoyed it even as a teenager. I still have it and several other Smothers LPs here. Makes me want to break one of them out and have a few laughs. Maybe I will at some point this week."
Wanda Sykes is one of those people that I just find monumentally unfunny. America seems to agree...every show they give her seems to quickly die.
Wanda Sykes is one of those people that I just find monumentally unfunny. America seems to agree...every show they give her seems to quickly die.
barratryWhich doesn't explain why I regularly see lawyers advertising on television, trying to dredge up this kind of business. The Worker Compensation industry is plagued with this kind of lawsuit...and too many WS insurance companies are buckling into, and therefor under, the trumped up claims.
n. creating legal business by stirring up disputes and quarrels, generally for the benefit of the lawyer who sees fees in the matter. Barratry is illegal in all states and subject to criminal punishment and/or discipline by the state bar, but there must be a showing that the resulting lawsuit was totally groundless. There is a lot of border-line barratry in which attorneys, in the name of being tough or protecting the client, fail to seek avenues for settlement of disputes or will not tell the client he/she has no legitimate claim.
LOL...DRs GINNY, JOEY, and JOSE can attest to my knowledge of Annette music. They are quickly becoming experts as well. :)
George, darn the "Antiques Roadshow” is only on PBS. Unfortunately we don’t get a decent picture on our station. :(
Camarata invented the "Annette" sound that was used for many vocalists afterwards.
Jacarandas are a tree (or bush, sometimes) with emerald green foliage.Indeed he does.. Too cold where we live for them to survive. They do grow successfully in Melbourne but we are "in the hills". Beautiful trees indeed.
I've little doubt that Tomovoz knows about them, as well. (http://www.hellohello.com.au/Jacaranda.html)
Jacarandas are a tree (or bush, sometimes) with emerald green foliage. Twice a year, it blooms with the most gorgeous lilac blue blossoms, which can be quite messy if you park your car underneath one of them. The spring bloom is lovely, before the foliage has grown in, but in the fall it looks like lilac clouds floating in the green, and is spectacular.
Since they are frost sensitive, we won't be seeing them here in Delaware. But when they're in bloom in Los Angeles...WOW!
I've little doubt that Tomovoz knows about them, as well. (http://www.hellohello.com.au/Jacaranda.html)
I plan on taping all three Portland episodes. I could send you a copy...if you're interested. ;)
Paging Jessica Skerritt, paging Jessica Skerritt.
I could be wrong, but the lilac of Jacarandas and the yellow of Forsythia would probably clash. (http://www.paghat.com/forsythia.html) :'(
I got my notification, too. Looking forward to receiving it (and the Errol Flynn box)!
Oh...go ahead.
We know you want to.
Sure, but only the segment you are in. I hope you are in it. :)
Is your sister’s boyfriend going to make you a DVD?
I got my second paper done today, so I only have three more. This semester I am including in each paper a sentence about F. Scott Fitzgerald. None of my classes have anything to do with F. Scott Fitzgerald, so this should be interesting. The paper I wrote today was about seventeenth-century England. And F. Scott Fitzgerald.
Pretty good, huh?
Well isn't life wonderful? Isn't the internet great?
Last night - or rather early this morning - on BEAT THE CLOCK, Bud Collyer happened to mention that his model-hostess Roxanne had recently appeared in the movie THE SEVEN YEAR ITCH. Roxanne said yes, along with another girl named Marilyn Monroe who was also in it.
I thought I would go to IMDB and add that bit of trivia to the SYI listing. While there, I clicked on Roxanne's name. Lo and behold! She was married for about 18 months to Red Buttons. After the divorce, she spent five years on BEAT THE CLOCK. And her most famous movie role would have to be Miss Electra in the film version of GYPSY!
Who would have known?
The Sklar Brothers, who are these identical twins, they were pretty funny, and now they have a show on ESPN where they do commentary over old cheesy sports shows.
Now that DR JoseSPiano is back at home, how long will it be before he's in the kitchen and sharing with us the treats he cooks up??????
But, the project did result in a few memorable quotes from student papers (spelling left as found in the papers)...
"Without plants animals would probibly eat humans."
"That is so sweet how plants decompose!"
"Plants are very colorful, and they don't fly."
"When your plant dies you can burry it, but not out where grandpa is."
"Plants can die just like people can but plants go in the trash."
"And you make it die because if you have the music up loud."
"You can also sing to your plant. They like that."
"I hope to rite mor reports like this in the fucher. I enjoyed riting this report. So I think you will be estounded by my report. Becaus of the extensiv detal."
"Some plants are vicouse cold-blooded predators."
"I'm glad I'm not a plant. I wouldn't want to decompose."
...and the favorite of our group of scorers...
"The lifecycle of a plant has 12 steps, but not like the steps dad has at his meetings."
Anybody else having problems accessing this board? Couldn't through AOL or SAFARI, finally got here via IE.
I have a great-sounding LP called "Winnie the Pooh and Tigger" on Disneyland Records, featuring the stylings of Camarata. Gorgeous music on there.
But, the project did result in a few memorable quotes from student papers (spelling left as found in the papers)...
"Without plants animals would probibly eat humans."
"That is so sweet how plants decompose!"
"Plants are very colorful, and they don't fly."
"When your plant dies you can burry it, but not out where grandpa is."
"Plants can die just like people can but plants go in the trash."
"And you make it die because if you have the music up loud."
"You can also sing to your plant. They like that."
"I hope to rite mor reports like this in the fucher. I enjoyed riting this report. So I think you will be estounded by my report. Becaus of the extensiv detal."
"Some plants are vicouse cold-blooded predators."
"I'm glad I'm not a plant. I wouldn't want to decompose."
...and the favorite of our group of scorers...
"The lifecycle of a plant has 12 steps, but not like the steps dad