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Now that you mention it, their voices aren't that far apart. It's sorta like Maw from the Hillbilly Bears and Wilma Flintstone. (Same voice actor and same voice.)
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We know the exact brand of nicotine products he smoked. We know the exact type of alcohol he drank. How many churches do you think have that as common knowledge among the rank-and-file? Right- most ministers don't smoke and many or most don't drink. BTW, he often chided people for lack of self-discipline. This was from a man notorious for angry fits without explanation or warning, whose addiction to tobacco killed him, and who was a chronic alcoholic. Don't believe me that he was a "chronic alcoholic"? We know what he drank. When he was away from the office for a few days, people were assigned to buy some for him. He couldn't manage a weekend without it? We also know that he carried a coffee mug around a lot- which didn't have coffee in it. When he was expected to speak, he had a system in place to cover alcohol breath. He had as a requirement that a bowl of mints be provided right where he was supposed to speak. When he would show up, he would put a mint in his mouth, break it in half- to release the most effective breath coverage all at once, then start speaking. We know that because he was once misunderstood. He explained to someone that he broke the mints in half- but didn't explain about covering alcohol breath. They went off thinking he likes mints broken in half. So, the bowls started to have mints pre-broken in half. That lasted until he finally complained, they explained, and he clarified that he broke them in his mouth (without explaining it covered alcohol breath.) So, he had procedures in place to help cover his chronic drinking. His chronic smoking is what gave him the cancer that killed him. We had long arguments about this. vpw insisted that the cancer was caused by the bright studio lights he used for 2 weeks while recording pfal. Ask any actor- bright studio lights do not cause cancer. If they did, Broadway and London's West End would be full of horror stories of great actors and actresses who got cancer when they did a 3-month run of a show. We're supposed to believe 2 weeks of those lights would give cancer. The only evidence of bright lights causing cancer came up when looking at professional WELDERS who didn't wear a welding mask. So, if you're teaching by the light of an OXY-ACETYLENE TORCH, you might be at risk for cancer, but even then, not so likely if you only do it for 2 weeks. We do know that chronic alcohol consumption weakens the immune system, making it easier to die from cancer, since your immune system is being beaten up when it's needed most. We also know that tobacco smoke exposure to eyes is a risk factor for getting eye cancer. So, vpw smoked a lot, and delivered a lot of smoke to his eyes, over decades. He got eye cancer, which spread and killed him, and his immune system was not able to fight it off. Which makes more sense? A) His chronic smoking started the cancer, and his chronic drinking multiplied the cancer's effectiveness in killing him. or B) 2 weeks of exposure to lights that don't cause cancer mysteriously caused him to get cancer over a decade later. To quote vpw himself, "You would have to be stupider than stupid" to think it was the bright lights. The only reason to even consider the lights is because vpw said it. Big surprise... the man was a liar, and he lied often, to everyone. His saying something is true is proof of nothing. The man lied all the time, without guilt and without hesitation.
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songs remembered from just one line
WordWolf replied to bulwinkl's topic in Movies, Music, Books, Art
"I walk along the city streets you used to walk along with me." -
songs remembered from just one line
WordWolf replied to bulwinkl's topic in Movies, Music, Books, Art
I was stuck trying to place this one. It seemed familiar. Then I heard a radio station play "Do You Love Me", off the "Dirty Dancing" soundtrack. Your song is Eric Carmen's "Hungry Eyes." -
There are a number of possible correct answers. That is one of them. So, CORRECT. YOUR TURN!
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The car was a ripoff from 'The Great Race." The Ant Hill Mob couldn't possibly be from WW I. The earliest they could be is the decade after. The Army Surplus Special is WW II surplus. A lot of the others, an argument can be made for different times due to advanced technology. I'm sure the series I mentioned is on YT.
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And yet, I noticed you didn't actually post the name of any of those...... so with no actual guess, I can't call that one in your favor....yet.
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"Be vewwy, vewwy quiet. I'm hunting wabbits. Heh-eh-eh-eh-eh."
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Nicolas Cage Lord of War Ethan Hawke
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My reference to JoJo Krako in Star Trek's original series must have gotten you thinking. This one is "STAR TREK-THE NEXT GENERATION."
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"Stop The Pigeon" is an acceptable answer. That was the name of the theme song, and the name of the goal of the characters. They had to stop a patriotic carrier pigeon from delivering messages during World Wat I. Their attempts to stop Yankee Doodle Pigeon was what Vulture Squadron was assigned to, permanently. The official title of the cartoon was "Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines." That was a reference to "Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines." This cartoon took place in Germany in World War I. The planes were of World War I vintage and had German markings appropriate for the time. Dick Dastardly and Muttley were now WW I pilots. Dastardly was in charge of Vulture Squadron. Muttley was actually able to fly a little by spinning his tail like a motorized propellor- something useful every time their planes were destroyed in mid-air. The remaining 2 members of Vulture Squadron were Klunk and Zilly. Klunk was an inventor. He built their planes, and kept trying to design different traps or tricks useful for catching Yankee Doodle Pigeon. He always failed to account for SOMETHING, and they failed when sent up against YDP. Klunk's other problem was he had odd verbal tics and could not be fully understood between his clicks, growls, etc. Zilly was always able to understand Klunk. Zilly's problem was that he was an incredible coward and kept trying to desert. Other regular elements of the stories.... "the General" would phone and chew out DD for failing to stop that pigeon. When DD would free fall, he would call on Muttley to save him. Usually, Muttley would hold out for a medal. Once DD gave him a medal, Muttley would save him (or do some other unpleasant task like bringing Zilly back to their planes.) Occasionally, there would be "Wing Dings" - short gag cartoons, several seconds long. Also, "Magnificent Muttley" cartoons, where Muttley would dream he was some sort of action hero, Walter Mitty style, and wake up as himself at the base or whatever. OF COURSE, Dick Dastardly and Muttley were spun off FROM "the Wacky Races." However, the cartoon in question was not "the Wacky Races" ("Los Autos Locos", "the crazy cars") , but this one.
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That's it. Flo's signature line showed up a lot. Vera claimed Flo said "When donkeys fly" when angry. Mel claimed Vera was a ding-y broad plenty of times. Vic Tayback was Mel Sharples, the diner owner/cook. He was also a mobster in ST TOS' "A Piece of the Action." The Enterprise put the bag on him. :)
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Whenever vpw visited a place, they assigned people to buy his creature comforts out of pocket (like bottles of Drambuie as one poster reported- their first experience buying alcohol.) On top of everything else, they took up collections of nice, untraceable cash which was handed over to vpw in a bag. I'm sure he was happy not to report that to the IRS. He also made no secret that he could-and did- go to the twi treasurer whenever he felt like he needed some cash, and got it. ALSO, a LOT of things owned by twi were reserved for his SOLE use, and he called them "MY STUFF."
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It wasn't just the ROA, either. Whenever vpw made a visit to people "out on the field", it was an experience all around. Sometimes he was put up in someone's house, and we've had a few horror stories about that. One female poster mentioned vpw exposing himself to her and smiling. Whether or not he was put up in someone's house, someone was assigned a little shopping list. People who never smoked were sent to buy Kool Shorties for him, people who didn't drink were trying to figure out where to buy this Drambuie he drank. And every time, there was always a passing of the horn, and he was handed an envelope full of cash. Nice, untraceable cash. I'm sure the IRS never heard about any of that, just as the ROA cash donations would be news to them also, little undocumented, undeclared assets.
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Han Solo, in "the Empire Strikes Back" and "Return of the Jedi", said the first set. "I've got a bad feeling about this" was a running line, as was "It's not my fault!". C3PO also said the former, and Lando Calrissian also said the latter. There was a famous exchange between Han Solo and Princess Leia. In TESB, just before it looks like Han is about to die, Leia says "I love you." His reply? "I know." A movie later, towards the end, they are about to be captured. She's hiding a pistol, hidden by how he is standing. Han, impressed. "I love you." Leia, smugly: "I know." "I didn't kill my wife!" was obviously from "the Fugitive." Indiana Jones, in "Raiders of the Lost Ark," was asked for plans. "I don't know, I'm making this up as I go along." *jumps on a horse and begins riding.* In "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade", he tells his class in an introductory lecture what archeology is and is not. He mentions that X NEVER marks the spot. Naturally, later in the movie, he realizes that X marks the spot. "I knew it!"
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songs remembered from just one line
WordWolf replied to bulwinkl's topic in Movies, Music, Books, Art
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`The usual misnaming might be said to be what the characters were supposed to actually DO, something they never seemed able to manage against their patriotic opponent (who was not a human.) The actual title was a bit lengthy for a cartoon show.
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"EDWARD SCISSORHANDS."
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In hindsight, I wish he'd skipped the movie. He looked as ill as he was, I think.
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"Kiss mah grits!" "When donkeys fly!" "You're a ding-y broad!" Although the first one, I think, is the best-remembered, all 3 are repeated lines.
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I barely remember that show. I almost never watched it.
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Michael Keaton BeetleJuice Jeffrey Jones