Top Chef Shocker!
That is if you watch the show.
Cause if you do then there's no way you would have predicted the outcome of Finale Part 1 last night.
No there wasn't a kitchen shooting, but the two favorites (at least my two picks) to win were eliminated last night.
Top Chef is good television. If you aren't watching you should. And if you did watch, what do you think?
Besides that the missus and I are 4 for 4 this season with American Idol (new record).
There will be a grand celebration when we abandon the rest of America and escape it's clutches.
This season of Real World has had some decent moments but the sprained ankle girl made me turn it off last night.
Was anything else on?
Tonight my DVR will be tuned to Smallville (Starring Mid-Michigan's own Tommy Welling), then there's a new documentary called "Friends of God: A Road Trip" on HBO by Speaker Pelosi's daughter that we'll be watching (or at least dvr-ing). Then we have the Road Rules/Real World Challenge reunion show set to tape (I may take that one off).
The Thursday NBC shows are all reruns so I will try to watch some stuff backlogged on DVR,
perhaps some episodes of Dirt?
What will you be watching tonight?
posted by Josephus @ 9:00 AM
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Last night was another relatively unexciting TV night for me. I caught the Daily Show and Colbert Report from the previous night and the new Myth Busters.
The Daily Show was good as always, and I realized something while watching it...Jon Stewart is one of my best friends now! He made a side comment about eating sausage wrapped pancakes and also one about the internet being a series of tubes. Anyone can appreciate the ridiculousness of that kind of food and of Senator Ted Stevens' comments about the internet but I found both especially humorous because Jon has talked about them before. Now we share inside jokes! It's really quite scary, but all he has to say is a small phrase that refers to any of his shows in the last year and I usually know exactly what he's talking about....I think I need help....
what, you didn't want to mention that we watched "Armed and Famous"? Reality TV at its best. Paunch ends up on the front page of the paper for cursing out a suspect (because in saying "MFer" said suspect was apparently insulting his mother), LaToya responds to a Church breakin, gun in hand and jack osborne laughes at a bloodstained woman in the back of a squad car.
mmmm
what's on tonight?
This blog which is now only like what... a week old, has already changed my awareness of TV viewing. It hasn't changed my habits or patterns, but it has begun to impact me by making me aware that I now have a responsibility to see and report and discuss.
I also saw some of the new Mythbusters, but I was late. What was the myth with giant helium raft they so poorly made?
I saw Futureweapons which me and the roomies have already deconstructed the formula for. Dumbass host over-hypes some killing mechanism, stock footage is cycled through no less than 4 times, after commercial break he takes 4 minutes to summarize the last 5 minutes of the show, the same explosion is showed 3 to 4 times, then the next device is plugged into the formula.
Isn't tonight Scrubs, Earl, office, gray's anatomy, men in trees, 30 rock? What else is there?
I had to run some errands so I only caught hour 2 of American Idol. So I'm like 2.5 for 4 this season. But I do have the others on tape & will watch accordingly.
I will not be watching any tv tonight as my brother's only tv is a crappy green one in the basement.
Crap - conference call. Will babble more later...
helio, the giant helium raft was just "can you fill a raft with helium and float in it?" they tried filling all kinds of rafts with helium before they went on to that ridiculous one at the end. that was actually an older episode of mythbusters that i had not seen before and did watch most of last night.
they also showed "underwater car" which was decent and the brand new one on last night. they actually put adam in a car that got dumped into a pool and let him try to escape before he ran out of air. the other myth was trying to prove you could really fold a piece of paper more than 7 times.
as for tonight, yes it's the awesome NBC night, but they're all repeats. i haven't gotten to see all the 30 rock episodes, so i'm hoping this one will be new to me. also i'm planning on some Wii and some season 1 episodes of How I Met Your Mother that m so kindly bought for my birthday.
(and m, i have no idea what you are talking about...i would never watch a show called "Armed and Famous"....)
Ah, conference call is over. I'm taping all the Offices b/c they's from that sad period in my life when I had no DVR. What a dark time that was.
I am also taping Ugly Betty b/c it's from that same time period & I only caught drips & drabs of that episode. I think I'm taping something else, but I can't remember what it is.
Hey, what was up with that last chick on AI? Of course, they edited it to make it sound like she was faking O before commercials. What a let down! And I love the people who go in all "I'm going to suck the big one!" but they're really thinking "Maybe I have some undiscovered talent" so when they get criticized for sucking, they're all "But I am completely malleable. Make me in the image of the star you want!" Nothing like a good old manufactured 'star'.
I love Jon Stewart. I saw him at Merriwether Post last summer & my friend has tix to the Daily Show next month! So psyched!
So JO, I know that you have some sort of sporting background. You're somewhat of an enthusiast, if I'm not mistaken. Yet there has been no mention of sportscenter at all this week. If the over the air ABC station didn't interrupt the cable feed of ESPN on channel 9 at the Newton House, I'd watch that at least once a day, and I'm not much of an enthusiast. It's such a good broadcast because it shows all the best and worst parts of all the sports for the day, it's like visual poetry of people in motion.
And yet, the TV Czar hasn't even hinted to watching it. What up with that? Do you watch it when it's on and dvr everything else, or is it a concession to your roommate that you don't watch it.
Please help me understand.
helio, I'm only a regular daily sportscenter watcher during baseball season. Otherwise I catch it late on Saturday and Sunday nights during football season but that's it. I used to watch PTI fairly regularly when I got home earlier but I haven't even seen that in awhile.
LT, wait when are you going to the Daily Show?? I have tickets for February 14th...I'm VERY excited as well.
Oooooooooh, VD day! I am jealous. I would like Jon Stewart to be my Valentine. We're not going until 2/26. Dangit! At least, I'm assuming we'll still be able to go. There was all that crap in the email about "this does not guarantee you a ticket, you must email in & then you're still not guaranteed a ticket, you have to show up early, blah blah blah." So when I say I'm going, I mean I hope I'm going.
Have you guys ever been to a live taping of a TV show before?
As a younger man I remember going with friends to a taping of "Kate & Allie" once. I think my riend's step-mom worked at CBS and thought we would love the experience.
The darkhaired daughter was hot. The light haired daughter would eventually star in a movie about a date rape on a college campus and later would be a recurring guest star on The West Wing as Leo McGarry's daughter.
Oh, and I totally forgot about 2 huge moments in my tv watching last night!
1. I have discovered a new (for me, at least) show on TVLand called something like "Myths & Legends". And they confirmed last night that Greg Brady was high in that one episode! And Julia Child never dropped a chicken on air. And that is not a little person committing suicide in the background of the Wizard of Oz.
2. I watched the Jeffersons right after Myths & Legends. And they (George Jefferson, specifically) said the N word 3 times!! And it was a flashback episode, and they were from 2 different scenes, so there were at least 2 other episodes with him saying the N word!! That blew my mind. I guess it was from that period when people were trying to make it not such a bad word. Isn't it funny how while the use of profanities has increased & profilerated, that one word that people actually tried to un-slur is actually even more verboten in polite company today? Discuss.
So Jo, did you love the experience?
My first live taping experience will be the Daily Show on 2/26.
I truly enjoyed my kate & Allie experience.
LT, I used to watch The Jeffersons very regularly Iand I can't remember them using the "N-word" except when they were doing some sort of racial tension episode. Are you saying they were using it for humor? The only time I remember old timey TV (1970's) using the word for humor is on that famous Chevy Chase/Richard Pryor sketch about a job interview.
And in which episode was Greg high?
Yeah, I didn't remember the use of the N word either! This episode of the Jefferson's was part 1 of 3 where a robber breaks in & ties them up in the kitchen. So the first flashback with the N word was some guy was trying to blackmail George over something for furniture or something & George goes "You're sitting on the most valuable thing" & the guy jumps up & looks under the couch, conveniently sticking his butt in kicking range for George. So George kicks his ass literally & says "Get outta here, you crazy N!" and there's some back & forth & George tells him that he already told his family whatever he was being blackmailed for & in there somewhere again calls him a crazy N.
The second flashback had George talking to Weezy's dad & it wasn't really funny. Like I guess George had called Weezy's dad an Uncle Tom & they were sort of discussing it & I think George called him an N in sort of 'hey man' kind of way-?? I can't quite remember now.
Oh, and Archie Bunker was in another flashback & referred to George's mom as "Your Mammy". Wah! That crazy bigot!
And Greg wasn't supposed to be on set, so he got high with some of the 'bad kids' (as he put it - this was him confirming it!) & they called him in & it was an episode where Mr. Brady brought home some boat some friend of theirs was going to junk. It was funny to see the scene b/c his eyes were all slitty & he had this huge grin the whole time. Oh, and he tripped on the tire inflator he was using on his bike. Hee hee!
I have been to a taping of the Daily Show before (it was a lot of fun)...but not since they've started this "you're not guaranteed a ticket" nonsense. I'm hoping to find someone who goes with this new deal so I can figure out how early you really have to get there. LT, I'll be sure to let you know what the deal is after I go!
Wow Kate & Allie...I haven't thought about that show in YEARS...I didn't even realize shows back then had audiences...I thought it was all taped w/ a laugh track. Very cool.
And the N word, huh? That is pretty insane. I would be completely blown away if I heard that on TV like that.
LT I don't remember the episode but I can see it playing out in my head. Crazy that it seems so strange now when all of those old shows really breaking new ground.
They must have done 17 episodes when Lionel ends up in tears because of something racist that happened and George is embracing him in his serious "I've been there" mode. I loved that show.
I used to take kids to watch live broadcast's of CNN's Crossfire with Tucker Carlson, Paul Begalla, James Carville and Robert Novak. It was a lot of fun. One show I saw had a segment talking about the proposed beverly hillbillies reality show and how insulting it was to the people who were to be involved... Hillbillys. The special guest was the fellow who was both Cooter on the Dukes of Hazzard and a US congressman. He was great.
The N word on TV? Shit, has anybody ever seen the Chappell show? It's not that shocking any more.
If I were an actor between the ages of 18 & 28, I'd be high on the set all the time, so Mad props Greg. Why don't you sex up the Mrs. Brady while you're at it?
I loved the Jeffersons growing up because it was one of the only TV shows that came on in English in Mexico City. Love Boat and Fantasy Island also came on in English, but I couldn't watch them. Ma & Pa wouldn't us watch that crap, they thought it would dumb us down.
I remember Wonder Woman was also on, but that could have been dubbed into spanish. Oh yeah, I also remember the Greatest Amreican Hero, definitely in english.
All my cartoons were in spanish.
helio I have actually heard of this "Chappelle Show" of which you speak. I think LT and I were both surprised by it's use on a network show back in the old days more than anything else.
And even today outside of cable shows (The Chappelle show having been a cable show) it's not like you hear the word bandied about on the big 4 or 5 (including UPN/WB/CW) networks.
You're right Jo, you're right. What with cable and all, I don't recognize the difference between broadcast and cable and rarely think about how they differ anymore.
But back in the day, and on broadcast, I agree the shock value is way higher... kind of like seeing Janet's boobie on the superb bowl. Boobies are always on TV, but not like that.
No worries helio.
I keep thinking about your big screen...are you guys hosting any superbowl festivities?
oh.. and that reminds me.. in "Armed and Famous" LaToya Jackson and this wrestling chick participated in a prostitution sting.. as hookers.
ugh.
i've never been to a tvshow taping although if you watch the Kevin Smith DVD you'll see me a half dozen times (i was so hot). i always wanted to go to the Daily Show taping and apparently i am one of the only people who haven't
especially not with my girlfriend
ESPECIALLY not on Valentines day.
...
grr
What Jo said.
It's the same thing with Blazing Saddles. With all those N-bombs flying around, I have a hard time seeing that movie get made today. Ah, Blazing Saddles. I love that movie.
This episode is the one that actually has him doing that weird dancing thing in the credits!! He was imitating the male ballet dancers! I remember how excited I used to get when you'd actually see the scene that was used in the credits!! The interesting thing was that the audience didn't really react to the word - they laughed at the joke itself, but not at the word. The only thing I can figure is that a) (this applies to me) I didn't know what that word meant back then so I wasn't shocked by it or b) (this maybe applies to Jo) it actually was used more back then so it didn't seem as shocking. Thoughts, Jo? Or anyone else for that matter?
Oh man, M you just made me crack up! Latoya as a hooker? I would think most johns would run away screaming at the sight!!
Good points LT.
I hadn't even thought about Blazing Saddles (one of my faves). But on the strictly TV fron I guess I do remember several uses of the "N word" and "polack" (the P word?) on All in the Family. As well as the occasional anti-semitic remark, so it shouldn't be that shocking to me that they were used on the spin=off The Jeffersons. I guess I remember them being used as "look how ignort Archie is" joke on All In the Family. for some reason I forget that George was supposed to be the black Archie for a long time so I shouldn't be shocked.
In my memory though I just remember so many of the "black shows" of the era , Jeffersons, Good Timesetc., trying to "teach with laughter" (more so on good times). I thought everytime they used the words they would be connected to some issue that would be talked out and explained.
Oh well.
At sime point in the late 80's those network sitcoms with messages disappeared. So now it seems extremely foreign.
The super bowl will be viewed at the Newton House. The kegerator is full of an Old Dominion Ale, and there is gas in the grill. While there are no specific party plans, all it is going to take is some meat for the grill and a few pople to show up to make it one. Jo, come on over next Sunday. It'll be good. We have 2 Hoosiers in da house and we have 2 bears fans. It'always fun to go to a mixed viewing. Unless its Eagles-Cowboys, or Redskins-Cowboys, or [insert team here]-Cowboys. Does anybody like them fuckers?
I need to tape an episode of Armed & Famous. What night is it on?
Interesting, Jo! I am not sure I ever actually watched All in the Family - although it must have been in syndication a lot longer than the Jefferson's. Hm.
Yeah, the first flashback was definitely not a learning moment, but the second sort of was. Weezy's dad said "So George, I hear you've been calling me an Uncle Tom. Well, do you know who the real Uncle Tom was?"
George: No
Weezy's Dad: He was a slave named {something, I forget} who esecaped with his wife and children to Canada. Have you heard of the Underground Railroad, George?
George: Yeah
Weezy's Dad: Well, he freed a hundred people before there was an underground railroad. He was a wise and brave man. I would never call you an Uncle Tom, George.
George: {embarrassed}
Audience: ooooooooh! burn, George!
So that one was kind of a message thing. I wish I could find that guy's name - Wikipedia just talks about how the term is a pejorative, etc.
I remember a conversation with The Cat In The Hat one time in College. The Cat is actually what he asked you to call him. He was a black vagrant in Gainesville who used to come around to my friend Will's place. I never saw him without one of those 2 ft tall cah in the hat hats on his head. One time we were drinking quarts on the front stoop with him (FL state law does not permit the sale of 40's, so we only had 32 oz bottles of malt liquor)and we talked about the use of the N word. The Cat made a distinction between Nigger and Nigga. He also made the distinction between the word and it's intent. He said that Nigger is a hateful word and is an insult to his people, especially when it is used as a derogatory term intended to hate or belittle a people. He went on to say that Nigga is a familiar term that black folks use to recognize a larger family connection since for all they knew they could be related. It's a shared experience word. But in the end he said it's not the words that have power or meaning without the intent behind them. After drinking all afternoon, I saw him at an acid party that night and he said "sup my nigga" to me.
Before this, that was the only conversation I've had on the subject. As a white guy, I don't use Nigger because I don' thave hate in my heart, but I also don't use Nigga because I don't have the familial connection that The Cat mentioned.
I'm sure it all means something different to everybody and my "expert" was a vagrant, but he made sense to me.
Thinking about that Archie Bunker thing. Do you think tv viewers are stupider or more sensitive these days or something? If you had a similar Archie Bunker type of show where he was spewing slurs, even with the point of 'look what a fool he is', I feel like some self-appointed watchdog group would get so upset just over the use of the terms, as opposed to the lesson behind it, they'd all write the FCC & get fined. As a result, you don't see that kind of thing on network tv b/c they're afraid of the fines. It's all Janet's boob's fault. Kind of like how some people freaked out about the cursing in 'Saving Private Ryan'. There was something in the past couple of years that illustrated this point exactly, but I can't remember what it was, or who was offended (or should have been offended). Argh.
I went to Crossfire once. It was too much for me. I was overcome with Tucker lust.
Last night I got things done to my hair, so by the time I got home, I just watched DVRd Friday Night Lights.
I have no idea how I'm going to catch up with everything I have on there though. There are not enough hours in the day.
Good stuff, Helio. I think I've had a couple of drunken discussions about the word that usually go something like this:
Person #1: Well, why can't white people use that word?
Person #2: You just can't.
Person #1: Oh, ok.
Ha ha! So yeah, I just avoid usage of the word, b/c while I would certainly not use it in a pejorative sense, I wouldn't want anyone to think I was. I have a history of trying to make a funny & insulting people instead - and that's without the use of possibly racist slurs! That is why my mouth is so big - I've had to make room for my size 9s.
Really? The Tucker lust? I think the first couple of times I saw him, I was like "he's cute in that skinny nerdy guy kind of way", but upon closer viewings I decided he's just not. He's got some weird thing going on with his mouth or something. And the boy can't dance. Didn't he just sit there & get a lap dance in Dancing with the Stars? Which apparently are in town this weekend - with Joeys Lawrence and McIntyre!
Oh, LT. I LOVE me some Tucker. Seriously, it's not healthy. He's number one on "My List." The Bunkerer was extremely unhappy that given the chance, I'd have extracurricular relations with Tucker, Jonah Goldberg and Conan O'Brien. He felt it reflected poorly on him.
Awesome, I found that guy Weezy's Dad was talking about. His name is Josiah Henson. Interesting!
helio- that story is pretty much the same one that alot of people use as an argument for keeping the word in our lexicon. I try not to ever use it except when quoting something. Even when I am in the company of just other people who look like me it feels wrong when it comes out. I actually hate to see it written. That doesn't stop me from thouroughly enjoying good comedy if the word is used.
LT- I think something happened to broadcast television in the 80's. Political correctness (which I really have no problem with on the whole) and the reemergence of the puritannical right kind of converged to create a very strange and unnecessary "anti-indency" brigade. The whole "Parental Advisory" thing with music and the television ratings system really ended up distilling the message part from situation comedies. Think about how you couldn't watch three episodes of Family Ties even without some sort of political message, or the once a season durg or alcohol abuse story on Growing Pains or Facts of life or whatever.
Now sitcoms are straight laughs. Some of them are very good, but even on Will & Grace which was supposed to be a groundbreaking show there was nary a real discussion about gay civil rights issues or other real world things that could have easily happened to the characters. On the one hand it is nice to not be hit over the head with issues, but on the other hand I think it wasn't a bad thing for us to see Alex's drunk uncle or the molestor on different strokes.
There's a bigger point I'm missing but I think you catch my drift.
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!!!!!!!!! Oh, that is great, HT! I can see how one would think that! Although, if I were him, I'd be more worried b/c you put relatively dorky guys on the list who would probably be more receptive to fan overtures, as opposed to say, a Brad Pitt. Lower chance of rejection!
Sadly all three of those hotties are ostensibly happily married, and Tucker has like a thousand beautiful children. (I think Jonah has 2, and Conan has 1)
And LT your Jeffersons scene was a spot on portrait of exactly what I was thinking of.
I'm with you on the Conan thing, HT.
And I'm sorry if anyone misconstrued my laughter as laughing at Jo's meaningful post, as opposed to HT's bunkerer post.
All good points, Jo. You used to be able to tell when a sitcom was going down the tubes b/c every other week would be 'A Very Special Episode' concerning rape, drugs, the dangers of alcohol, molestation, kidnapping, murder, general mayhem. One thing no sitcom ever touched on though was incest. Could you imagine that! Next week: A Very Special Episode of 'Friends': Ross tries to get with Monica.
At any rate: Word, Jo. There is way too much emphasis on removing surface offensive elements from broadcasts. I'm not saying I want anyone 'cleaning up' my CSIs or my Law & Orders, but seriously - you're worried your kid might overhear the f word, but you have no problem letting them stay up & watch a show about a brutal rape & murder? WTF? It's all upside down. People are assholes. And if those fuckers come back with that plan to let the FCC hold sway over premium cable . . . well, I will be dropping all kinds of expeletives all over the place.
Blossom was notorious for their Very Special Episodes.
"Next Week: A Very Special Episode of Blossom where Blossom lets the football team run train on her while Six discovers that she's a man trapped in a woman's body and Tony hits the bottle again!"
Studio 60 has a censorship/FCC story going.
By the way, I don't watch Grey's Anatomy but what's the deal with the slurs going on with that cast? Is Isaiah Washington's character going to get killed off?
I would've tuned in if it was Six getting the train run on her...
Yeah - I almost quoted that as a real outrage story a few weeks ago - luckily I remembered in time that it was from Studio 60.
I think Isaiah Washington might be trying to get his character killed off! Apparently last fall he got into it with Patrick Dempsey (I think this is the same story) b/c he called the guy who plays George a faggot & then at the Golden Globes he said "I did not call him a faggot" (I think he got that from Clinton . . . and forgot how well it worked for him) & now he's checked himself into rehab (you were really asking what the deal was, right, Jo? Not just being rhetorical?). The best part of that story (if I'm right about this & it's not just b/c I haven't been paying attention)? It's not clear to me that he's in rehab for drugs or alcohol, but just for his head. Do they still call it rehab when you're just kind of an asshole?
He's in racist rehab with Mel and Kramer.
The best thing about the Studio 60 plot (and I've not seen this week's yet) is that Mr. Grant is fighting the FCC. Just think what Ted Knight could add to this storyline!
Why am i not considered a contributor? I contribute!! That's alright though. As long as my entry is read by all.
I watched AI last night and loved it. My theory was proven. The worse you are the crazier you are though I must admit, for some reason I found myself drawn to the young lady who professed herself 'unique'. You know, the one who attempted to console the "DANCING IN THE STREETS" girl with dirty napkins drawn from her warm pocket. Uhhhh yeah...I would have said 'NO' to that offer as well. Does Simon need a bra this season or is it just me? Not that I'm looking. Paula was acting normal though. Who was the other lady though. I tuned in three minutes late and they never said who she was again. I'm assuming a song writer of some sort.
Excuse me, but there is no way that Danny Almonte the adopted Bolivian boy was sixteen years old. Not trying to be a hater but come on now. And Paula, easy on all the sweating over the young man. I thought we had been down this road a couple of seasons ago. Perhaps the medication is repressing memories?
Tonight I'll be watching Smallville. How cool was last weeks episode where we saw the prelude to TEEN TITANS/JUSTICE LEAGUE? Stop living in the past Bunn. It's a new week. OK. I've officially revealed to all of you that I'm a dork, but I'm proud of it. I really don't dig the Lois Lane character though. I'm sure I'm in the minority on that one.
All of the episodes of THE OFFICE, there are three of them, are re-runs.
Did hatertot really say 'Mr. Grant'? That was awesome!!
I watched Smallvile's "Justice" episode last week. I realized that the show's budget must be really tight because they are really skimpy on the actual fight scenes.
Stay tuned to Smallville for the introduction of J'onn J'onz the Martian Manhunter soon (being played by the guy who played the johnnie cochran lawyer type on Seinfeld).
Why yes, I did, Bunn.
I can also turn the world on with my smile.
I just might make it after all.
I like how Simon is so clearly sucking in his gut when he walks across the room. Hee! So, I will see your bra, Bunn, and raise you a girdle.
Racist rehab. Hee! Did Kramer go into any sort of treatment program? I thought he just went all over the place going "I'm not a racist! I swear! I'm sorry!" At least Mel had the liquor he could blame.
I loved Jackie Chiles! "Who told you to put the balm on? I didn't tell you to put the balm on!" Hee!
Wait a minute. The Martian Manhunter? Are you serious? All I can picture now is Marvin Martian being hunted down.
And Bunn, I forgot about your question, but just ran across the answer - I had no idea either, but thought she sort of looked like Joan Collins. Her name is Carole Bayer Singer & she wrote Arthur's Theme, aka 'when you get caught between the moon & nyc'. Huh. I thought that Chris Cross (tha original Chris Cross!) wrote it. I guess he's not a singer/songwriter! My world is collapsing around me.
Why is Rehab the solution to problems that have nothing to do with the problems the sleezbags are going into rehab for?
I mean I get drunk all the time, and bad; just look at the last Happy Hour, but I don't leave a paper trail when I do sexy talk to 16 year old boys... Wait, I mean I don't make sexy talk to 16 year old boys.
I knew Mark Foley and he was a great guy, but he don't have a drinking problem, he have a homosexual pedophelia problem. I'm not sure if Betty Ford had that in mind when she set up her clinic.
LT & Bunn, she didn't "kind of look like Joan Collins" she was a spitting image of Joan Collins, and she knows it.
I'm pretty sure that last Helio comment was the funniest thing he's ever written.
I concur HT.
That'll do helio...that'll do.
You're right, Jo! That's probably why the hair & tinted shades!
Ah, a Puerto Rico comment has reminded of an example of the oversensitivity I was talking about earlier - that Seinfeld episode where Kramer was trampling the Puerto Rican flag that was on fire. That uproar was ridiculous! Talk about missing the point of the whole scene - it's the same damn thing they did all the time on that show - do things that would be offensive or ridiculous, but for some convoluted reason that makes sense in a way. And it's not like he didn't get his comeuppance. Didn't he get beat up or something for it?
Kramer was chased down the street by an angry multicultural mob led by that Puerto Rican "street tough" and his gay lover.
The funniest thing about that episode is if you have ever been caught in traffic by the parade you want to do nothing more then steal one of those flags and burn them. It's infuriating.
Hee hee - that guy was great! "Who?! Who won't wear the rrrribbon?"
I thought the ribbon was for the AIDS walk
Excerpts from Scott Baio's book.
Yes, I said Scott Baio's BOOK.
Yes, it was for the aids walk, but it was the same guy.
Scott Baio?? Might have to read that . . . .
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