WordWolf

Ok, next show. In its time, this show was very well-known. In fact, it inspired one episode of "the Avengers" (Steed and Peel) and one episode of "The A-Team." It had its own spin-off. When it aired, several episodes were taken, with additional scenes either restored or added, and then released with new names as theatrical releases- but not in the US. Later, there was an entirely new story that was made into a completely new theatrical release (but not with the original actors.) Supposedly, there was a rival group. According to a novel, it was founded by Col. Sebastian Moran after the death of Professor Moriarty at the Reichenbach Falls in the Sherlock Holmes story, "The Final Problem". (This despite no obvious connection between Sherlock Holmes or Arthur Conan Doyle and this show.) In an episode of the show, a character claims she founded the organization. Oh, and the name of the rival group was changed in the last theatrical release (the one with different actors.)

"Sator Square," by the Pegasus Group.

Laura Nelson Molly Pruitt Grace MacLean Kathy Caldwell Rachel "Birdy" Abundas Ashley Parker Rebecca Doppelmeyer Suzanne Sandor Meg Windermere Alex Foreman Nola Rice Sondra Pransky

I'm currently blanking on a show. If anyone has one, they can take this as a FREE POST. If not, I'll post something as soon as I think of something.

Ok, next one. Laura Nelson Molly Pruitt Grace MacLean Kathy Caldwell Rachel "Birdy" Abundas Ashley Parker

Just to make it official, CORRECT. But you knew that already.

In fairness, George's misses helped me get in the groove for working this out. :)

Um, let's see.......I THINK "Free Enterprise" was something about the Star Trek fandom. With that in mind, the melodramatic pauses probably aren't for, say, Adam West, but rather for............. WILLIAM SHATNER.

*checks* No, and this movie is from 1986. He died in 1985. Depending on when they filmed the scenes, he may have been dead or too ill to act when they were filming.

Taking that as a clue that supposedly gives away the movie if you saw it, I'm thinking this might be "THE INVENTION OF LYING."

I know EMILIO ESTEVEZ was in "Loaded Weapon 1". Any chance this is he?

Vicomte de Valvert: Monsieur, your nose... your nose is rather large. Cyrano de Bergerac: Rather? Vicomte de Valvert: Oh, well... Cyrano de Bergerac: Is that all? Vicomte de Valvert: Well of course... Cyrano de Bergerac: Oh, no, young sir. You are too simple. Why, you might have said a great many things. Why waste your opportunity? For example, thus: AGGRESSIVE: I, sir, if that nose were mine, I'd have it amputated on the spot. PRACTICAL: How do you drink with such a nose? You must have had a cup made especially. DESCRIPTIVE: 'Tis a rock, a crag, a cape! A cape? Say rather, a peninsula! INQUISITIVE: What is that receptacle? A razor case or a portfolio? KINDLY: Ah, do you love the little birds so much that when they come to see you, you give them this to perch on. CAUTIOUS: Take care! A weight like that might make you top-heavy. ELOQUENT: When it blows, the typhoon howls, and the clouds darken! DRAMATIC: When it bleeds, the Red Sea. SIMPLE: When do they unveil the monument? MILITARY: Beware, a secret weapon. ENTERPRISING: What a sign for some perfumer! RESPECTFUL: Sir, I recognize in you a man of parts. A man of... prominence! Or, LITERARY: Was this the nose that launched a thousand ships? These, my dear sir, are things you might have said, had you some tinge of letters or of wit to color your discourse. But wit? Not so, you never had an atom. And of letters, you need but three to write you down: A, S, S. foot! Vicomte de Valvert: Insolent puppy, dolt, bumpkin, fool! Cyrano de Bergerac: How do you do? And I, Cyrano Savinien Hercule de Bergerac.

The failed CA series was, IIRC, end of the 70s, possibly early 80s. (IIRC, motorcycles were in style in the 70s.) This show has title characterS. This show had 2 antagonists for the title characters. The people who wrote the fan mail KNEW the addressee was unable to read fan mail, but sent it anyway. One lead faked a southern accent and said he was 24 when he was 18. Why could the character not read the mail, and people knew that but mailed him anyway? (Not a cartoon.) "He/she" was not a person. So, one character was an "it". like Mr Ed or KITT. So, late 70s/early 80s. Southern accent. 2 antagonists, title characters. A character who wasn't a person- but was really popular- but NOT a title character (the clues were phrased to avoid that.) Based on all that- and what it eliminates- I'm going to say that all that fan mail was for "THE GENERAL LEE" and the show was "THE DUKES OF HAZZARD." Boss Hogg and Sheriff Roscoe P. Coltrane were in almost every (or every) episode for something like 10 seasons.

It seems that we occasionally get posters who think they have some sort of inalienable rights to things they don't. Here's some friendly reminders. 1) The GSC is a private messageboard that is open to the public. The Admins and Mods determine the rules, and have final say on all disagreements. 2) You don't have any authority to overturn their decisions. You can make a logical case for something. If they disagree, you can either drop it or refuse. 3) Picking fights with staff results in warnings, deleted posts, deleted threads, and temporary or permanent bans. 4) If you don't like the way ANY board is run, you can just go elsewhere. There's other boards, and there's always the option to make your own. All of that is not unique to the GSC. All of that is pretty much standard and generally common sense. Remember that some speech anywhere will not be allowed, for any of a number of reasons. Some speech anywhere will be unpopular and the other posters will disagree and say so. You don't have any kind of "right" to have people agree with you. If you don't make your case, don't be surprised if you're alone on a position. ======================= "I can't remember where I heard this, but someone once said that defending a position by citing free speech is sort-of the ultimate concession; you're saying that the most compelling thing you can say for your position is that it's not literally illegal to express." - xkcd

Usually, when any one of us can say "I do not really care much at all" about a subject, we post zero posts on the thread. It's rather obvious that Allan's got a reason to post on this thread that he really DOES care about- and it's an odious enough reason that he won't come clean and say what it is. We're getting posts by insinuation, by "innocent questions", cheap shots and other things that are used to distract from a thread's topic or change the subject.

"you been having a bad week/month Raf? you've gotten a bit prickly there Rafael lol..." WordWolf: You lashed out with an insult, and he lashed back. If he'd just swung out like that first, I'd have said something. Allan: " I don't care one bit whether you stopped believing in the Saviour of mankind and now brush off s.i.t. as 'glossolia'.." WordWolf: Actually, your posts indicated otherwise, and you're more dismissive of him now as a result- as if, when he posts facts, they don't count now because you and he disagree on religion and that changes the facts. BTW, "glossolia" isn't something any of us said, so you may have made that term up. Allan: ."what I DO care about is yourself and Rocky ATTACKING a poster (moi) in a very personal way !! please desist or I will ask the mods to step in " WordWolf: He hit me first- after I hit him back! Your insult was first, he insulted back. Other than that, he didn't "attack" you, and neither did Rocky. If you were consistent, you would just respond to Raf's shot as if it was nothing- since you think yours was nothing. Thinking your insult of him was fine but his insult of you wasn't isn't internally consistent, and there's terms for people who have one set of rules for themselves and a different, stricter set of rules for others.

It's been referred to as the "baby bust" generation (post-boomer), as well as Generation X. That was coined by advertisers who were unable, at first, to figure out how to market to them, so they said this generation had no distinguishing mark, thus an anonymous "X". Later advertisers figured it out, after the name was already stuck. It became better known after someone wrote a book with that name. Someone also wrote a book calling them Generation 13, saying it was the 13th generation in this country since something. Both the names "Generation X" and "Gen 13" were used as names for comic book teams, each also from that generation.

Ok, looked it up, that was correct. Next one: "All the people we used to know They're an illusion to me now. Some are mathematicians. Some are carpenter's wives. Don't know how it all got started. I don't know what they do with their lives."

Tom Hanks Joe Versus the Volcano Abe Vigoda

Oh! I may not have thought it was the same "Nicky", but the Zohan to not mess with was ADAM SANDLER. (The other names weren't ringing any kind of bell for me.)

I kinda miss the old filter, where that word was rendered "wimp" and the feces swear-word was rendered "upset." I just remember some speculation as to whether or not lcm was gay (with that being the reason he lashed out at them so much), where someone disagreed because he "liked wimp too much." Time for another wild swing...... was this the remake of "THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL? " This moment has the feel of a global announcement, at any rate.

This was ESPECIALLY useful because Rocky posted a link to a free download of the book, meaning it was instantly available for us to read.

If Allan's question was really as innocent as he claimed, he would have just stopped here, when T-Bpne answered him. Allan's question was- where did 6 million Jews come from if there were less than a million in Nazi Germany? T-Bone quoted Wikipedia- ALL OVER EUROPE. Germany rolled into Austria, Poland, France...... Seriously, it's EASY to study history online, if one actually cares.

We know a loaded question from an "innocent" one.