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radical_rhino posted...

Still waiting on a sequel.

Funny thing about that, I was reading up on it and nph once made a joke years ago about how maybe if there's another strike they'll finally be able to do a sequel.

Then lo and behold another strike did happen.

TomClark posted...

"Send To All" on his Saturday night show is pretty funny.

https://youtu.be/nrp-MOCbdeM?feature=shared

He seems like a sport, I'd like to find more of him

I can't find the rest of his stuff on netflix or disney plus or starz or even prime. I don't even know how many specials he has.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUwqV2KxEec

I related to this on a fundamental level.

Asherlee10 posted...

I feel like this exert from The Salmon of Doubt by Douglas Adams, albeit one of the best Brits to grace the Earth, is relevant.

This actually did happen to a real person, and the real person was me. I had gone to catch a train. This was April 1976, in Cambridge, U.K. I was a bit early for the train. Id gotten the time of the train wrong.

I went to get myself a newspaper to do the crossword, and a cup of coffee and a packet of cookies. I went and sat at a table.

I want you to picture the scene. Its very important that you get this very clear in your mind. Heres the table, newspaper, cup of coffee, packet of cookies. Theres a guy sitting opposite me, perfectly ordinary-looking guy wearing a business suit, carrying a briefcase.

It didnt look like he was going to do anything weird. What he did was this: he suddenly leaned across, picked up the packet of cookies, tore it open, took one out, and ate it.

Now this, I have to say, is the sort of thing the British are very bad at dealing with. Theres nothing in our background, upbringing, or education that teaches you how to deal with someone who in broad daylight has just stolen your cookies.

You know what would happen if this had been South Central Los Angeles. There would have very quickly been gunfire, helicopters coming in, CNN, you know. . . But in the end, I did what any red-blooded Englishman would do: I ignored it. And I stared at the newspaper, took a sip of coffee, tried to do a clue in the newspaper, couldnt do anything, and thought, what am I going to do?

In the end I thought, nothing for it, Ill just have to go for it, and I tried very hard not to notice the fact that the packet was already mysteriously opened. I took out a cookie for myself. I thought, that settled him. But it hadnt because a moment or two later he did it again. He took another cookie.

Having not mentioned it the first time, it was somehow even harder to raise the subject the second time around. Excuse me, I couldnt help but notice . . . I mean, it doesnt really work.

We went through the whole packet like this. When I say the whole packet, I mean there were only about eight cookies, but it felt like a lifetime. He took one, I took one, he took one, I took one. Finally, when we got to the end, he stood up and walked away.

Well, we exchanged meaningful looks, then he walked away, and I breathed a sigh of relief and sat back. A moment or two later the train was coming in, so I tossed back the rest of my coffee, stood up, picked up the newspaper, and underneath the newspaper were my cookies.

The thing I like particularly about this story is the sensation that somewhere in England there has been wandering around for the last quarter-century a perfectly ordinary guy whos had the same exact story, only he doesnt have the punch line.

I'm so glad I decided to actually skim through this topic. Thank you so much for this.

St0rmFury posted...

I lost interest in the show after they introduced Connor, not sure why.

I was a teenager so I'll embarrassingly admit I was super into Connor and "you're not my dad!" type of teen angst. I didn't understand any of the plot at the time (Darla being pregnant, Connor being... half human? Full human?) but I was there for it.

But when they did the Cordelia and Connor thing... :| . It took nearly 15 years from when I watched Angel to finally get some modicum of closure explaining what the fuck was going on with that. Back then even with dialup internet you just... didn't know. Just had to live with not knowing.

I'd be lying if I didn't admit that I would have been initially hesitant to believe the newstory that broke which revealed Joss Whedon's true nature, if it weren't Cordelia/Angel. As soon as I read the controversy, it immediately clicked and I was like "omg coincidence or could this finally explain why the hell they did Cordelia dirty in Angel" and when I went on reddit it turned out to be true, that was the very reason why they did that to her character, but that was only the surface of what Whedon did to her as a person.

Reminds me of the Ted Lasso quip about endless optimism in the face of the highly cynical British population.

As someone who mostly watched Angel since it aired at the right time in which I could watch it unlike Buffy, I knew the characters on Angel first. So I was completely shocked at characters like Cordelia and Wesley being wildly different on Buffy. Cordelia was a bully and Wesley was portrayed as an unlikable tool. In Angel he was the anchor we rooted for... what Xander failed to be, and a non-creator insert who's actually likable and not awful.

Beany posted...

If anyones looking for a spiritual successor to Columbo I wholeheartedly recommend Poker Face with Natasha Lyonne.

But I still haven't watched the other Natasha Lyonne show people swear is good, Russian Doll.

Don't think I've heard this before, that sounded pretty good

darkace77450 posted...

Hooters waitresses are legally classified as entertainers and are thus subject to different rules.

It's a clever way to circumvent some laws, and as to the other post, Disney are unfortunately pretty shrewd at finding loopholes. Hell I recently discovered what was Disney's whole 65-episode season thing about.

It is kinda wild. I only recently found out about the story behind this movie, if only vaguely: apparently this was Coppola's passion project that he spent his life trying to make, like george lucas with those star wars prequels, and like those star wars movies, it will be similarly received with negative reactions.

TheLiarParadox posted...

As a kid, my first experience with those was unsuspectingly reaching into a bag of Lay's that my uncle had and shoving a handful in my mouth. He laughed at my reaction and from that moment on, I was traumatized away from that aquamarine (or whatever shade that was) bag for about 20 years. I tried them again in my late 20s now and fell in love with them. At one point, I ate so many of them that my tongue developed blisters.

It really was just the shock of it and expecting a regular potato chip. I would have otherwise liked them because I ate pickles, Lucas candy, and all kinds of sour stuff fairly often as a kid.

Anyway, I'm one of the guys in the middle back.

I'm confused by what your reaction entailed, and also what is a "regular" potato chip. Salt and vinegar is the regular, they're the vanilla and chocolate swirl ice cream of the potato chips world aren't they.

Are those... are those the United Colors of Benetton kids, 30 years later?

It's crazy how good izombie was considering the network it was on, those first 2 seasons were fantastic and the subsequent seasons were good too. I don't even like zombie related media, that's how great of a show it was. Rose mciver is fantastic. Wish more people would watch it.

Jane the virgin was the show that got me to finally get a netflix account, really funny show.

And crazy ex-girlfriend was great too. It's weird how all 3 shows have a terrible title that initially put me off watching them especially the latter 2, and yet they're easily the best thing from CW.

And another thing. How can you be a billionaire in GTA 5 by playing the stock market?

At the time Neil Patrick Harris was well into HIMYM and gaining huge popularity for his character, so him doing this for free was especially something.

https://youtu.be/aHaBH4LqGsI

This is his only Netflix special and how did I not know about him before then when people would list the carlins, louis cks, and even dave chappelles of the comedy scene

I was not expecting a tragedy

Felt like it was initially what inspired Megamind but then it goes in another direction.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Of9kHpCv1ts

Heard about this for years when I was on my nathan filion and joss whedon and neil patrick harris kick a decade ago.

MTRodaba2468 posted...

The only thing I'd really agree with him on is Joker being the killer of Batman's parents. I disagree on everything else.

why do you think people disliked that?

Guns_of_Verdun posted...

https://youtube.com/shorts/16CKjELxHhg?si=WVRrohtY6QkNJtxw

I like this one too

Hah, I chuckled at that one.

Why would Columbo be able to see a shinigami?

Guns_of_Verdun posted...

https://youtu.be/NnDe2u5M7e8?si=hd_84LvgDudP2EKA

This is great, AI voice though?

I thought coven of chaos was pretty funny.

Lol disney, they really decided to make an entire series around a character in a one-off show because she happened to be really popular with the fans and audience. So they decided that was enough to make center an entire show on.

I'll be buying all the suggestions itt since better safe than sorry and it's good to have several options.

Especially since I won't be able to really test it out to know they work until I end up unlucky again and have another big thorn lodged in my shoe.

Also am I suffering from same face syndrome right now or do they look related/really similar to each other.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVvVSAn_g2E

A) This is a really toxic way of looking at relationships

B) Dude looks like discount Tom Holland

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0y9PJrQ4Wg

Peter Falk's health would start to deteriorate after this (and he was already 76 when this aired) so it pretty much served as the series finale. But honestly I agree with the sentiment that it kinda works as a finale. Instead of some big larger than life final case, it's just Columbo as he always was, steadily working case by case, bit by bit at cracking said case.

Lucky. Based on the pic I can only imagine how much more beautiful they look actually seeing them in person. Pretty damn cool

boomgetchopped3 posted...

Funny that she had to specify that work was performed by young men instead of just men

Also just how internalized the sexism was.

https://i.redd.it/3funahptw7ec1.png

This is an interesting relic to see just how accepted and widespread sexism was.

Reminds me of this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VB-BNlauWUs

FolkenRawr posted...

Caddyshack

Ah thanks, I knew it was golf related but had happy gilmore in my head.

Well those screenshots were hilarious, take my upvote and stay.

Ah 2011, when Family guy would be called funny and amusing.

I know that " Well? We're waiting! " scene from somewhere but can't quite remember which movie?

Kai_Laguna posted...

Might want to try a craft store. Some of the ones intended for jewelry work can be surprisingly rugged.

A craft store? You mean like Michaels? Or Claire's?

Paragon21XX posted...

What about using forceps?

Those also sound like a good idea if strong enough while being slim enough

So that's why I literally never heard of the sega saturn until I joined the internet... I just read up on that "$299" PS1 announcement and it's crazy that sega even recovered from that enough to make the dreamcast before bowing out of the video game console industry. I thought they went from Genesis to Dreamcast because that's what people around me had

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExaAYIKsDBI

The first one in the polls seems the most historic.

But boy does Nintendo's hate of piracy drive them to make some weird decisions, like the ugly gamecube mini-disc. It still drives them to this day. And I get it, video games are literally their livelihood they're not quite the conglomerate that Microsoft is with several divisions and money out the wazoo.

Ps3's infamous price point basically cost Sony not just 1st place but 2nd, yet it also forced them to reevaluate so that's good. Like Nintendo, if Sony goes unchecked they'll do even more anti-consumer things.

The "ps3 as bluray player" is funny to me because it was true, the console came out right when bluray won over HD DVD and it was the reason that the higher hardware sales were at odds with the lower software sales. But it's extra funny because while bluray did effectively replace DVDs, the move to digital in the 2010s has made it so that most people just stream movies in the 2020s, and bluray is mostly for diehard fans of whatever media it's holding. I've noticed it's mostly the older generation still buy physical media, while the new generation just watch on their phones, for better or worse.

Wish Microsoft was self-owned in raising the game price point, introducing online, and basically all of DLC... but nope all 3 things especially the last 2 succeeded beyond imagination, much to the detriment of gaming as a whole.

Whiterun_Guard_ posted...

*needle nose pliers

So that's what they're called thanks!

eggcorn posted...

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/9/9a76d289.jpg

These look perfect! Have to test them out

Kai_Laguna posted...

They do, they're called pliers.

Need to find a pair with small enough endpoints to be able to latch onto a thorn, but strong enough base to pull it out. Gonna check ace hardware and see if they have what I'm looking for