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"If your local Leaders criticizes a local "believer" because they don't give a lot in abundant sharing by saying "I'm glad I don't have to try and live off what they give!" and you don't take the opportunity to tell them what an .... they really are... You just might be brainwashed. " Well, maybe if their believing was in shape, that would be MORE than they needed. It's only a failure of their OWN believing that made it necessary to try to make a living off someone's giving. How about making saddles for a living? I know it's still a current job on the market.

There's a number of prolific actors in Hollywood. (Not only that, but some have been in a lot of movies.) One of them retired within the last decade, and this question is about him. One actor has spoken of how he got his stage name. He had the first name, but the last name he wanted was taken. He went for a walk, and saw a movie markee with a current movie's title displayed. He used part of that title for his last name. He's said it was a good thing he walked in that direction. If he'd walked in the other direction, his stage last name would have been '101 Dalmatians.' In either event, he definitely changed his first name, since his legal first name is "Maurice". As of the time of this question (I won't update if this changes), he was currently alive.

Oh! How about "SOAP DISH", then?

"Sunset Blvd."

OK, found it this time. "Truth, justice and a better tomorrow." https://edition.cnn.com/2021/10/16/entertainment/superman-new-motto-dc-fandome-cec/index.html "Truth, justice and a better world" was said by Clark and Lois' son, a different Superman (the bisexual one.) Of the "better tomorrow" motto, Jim Lee said the following: "To better reflect the storylines that we are telling across DC and to honor Superman’s incredible legacy of over 80 years of building a better world, Superman’s motto is evolving.” Apparently, that's not all they're changing.

I don't have a reference handy, but the last time the phrase came up in the comics (within the last few years, so, the current of the many continuities), he said he fought for truth and justice, but some other phrase replaced "the American Way" as the third point, something global or world or something.

I MIGHT recognize it by the melody (a la "Beat Shazam") but I don't really know the lyrics.

There had been Superman reels in the cinema before, but this was a full-length movie. In this one, we got 48 minutes of origin and backstory before we saw the costume, and it was even later when he was called "Superman" (named that by his interviewer when she wrote up her story.) We saw him faster than a speeding bullet (he caught one), more powerful than a locomotive (he outran one train and held up another), and he cleared the Daily Planet building in one move (he was also "able to fly higher than any plane" when he sent the missile into space.) Kirk Allyn returned for a cameo, and Noel Neill (who played Lois Lane on TV) played Lois' mother (Lois was the girl that saw a young Clark outrun a train.)

Yes.

Some ridiculous comedy. Possibly "Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Sex (but were afraid to ask)."

*checks* Sorry. I've heard this song before, but I'd never recognize it, even if you posted the whole thing, unless I had to name it from an audio clip. I'm not sure why I'm so clueless on it.

One actor has spoken of how he got his stage name. He had the first name, but the last name he wanted was taken. He went for a walk, and saw a movie markee with a current movie's title displayed. He used part of that title for his last name. He's said it was a good thing he walked in that direction. If he'd walked in the other direction, his stage last name would have been '101 Dalmatians.'

Is this "Twisting"?????

I forget that. The early success of "the Green Hornet" prompted copycats. One, apparently, was the Crimson Avenger's original outfit. The Sandman (Wesley Dodds) probably qualifies too- with his gas gun and hat trench coat. I saw something on TV where someone said he was told to make the first version of "the Blue Beetle" as an attempt to cash in on this. Green Hornet... Blue Beetle.... in hindsight it's more obvious. Except they didn't give him the trench coat and hat. Both the Sandman and Crimson Avenger, IIRC, both ended up with more standard spandex after that. That's the costume I remember for the CA, the one Wing's yellow costume resembled.

This movie featured a return of the title character to the big screen (but was not a sequel.) The title character appears 48 minutes into the film. The title is first heard 1 hour, 33 minutes into the film. The title character's tagline (an alternate version) is illustrated, in parts, across the movie. The actor who portrayed the title character the previous time he was in cinema had a cameo in this movie. An actress who had played one role previously now played her mother.

He's not human. He's like a piece of iron.

It ain't Zed. Ok, let's see.....

I was partway there, because I was remembering "Wing" and trying to remember who made up the Seven Soldiers of Victory. Wing was the sidekick, but who was the hero? If you remember Wing's costume (yellow with the red sunburst), you can remember whose costume was reversed. This is The Crimson Avenger.

*thinks* Maybe he was in Law's Legionaires, or the Seven Soldiers of Victory. The problem with some of that is retconning over the decades, so characters who once were in one group were remembered as never having been there, and others replaced them. Let's try this one. I remember Seven Soldiers of Victory including "the Spider/alias the Spider" to retcon out Green Arrow being one of the Seven Soldiers. Was this THE GREEN ARROW?

"On the day that I was born the nurses all gathered 'round"

I keep picturing that animated donkey. Is this "HEE HAW??????"

I remember other stations following suit- often badly. MTV tried to put on a "Beavis and Butthead" halftime show- and didn't bother to sync up with the halftime.

I don't know if he's remembered more as "Butch", or as "Punchy" or "Palooka" based on some insults. (BTW, the fans think Butch keyed Vega's car after those insults, since it was after that when the marks showed up in the same parking lot after Butch passed through it.) All of this is from "PULP FICTION." I think you and I might be the only ones of us 4 who remember that movie- or possible SAW that movie.

Your turn- all of those were correct. Once one light bulb went on, all of them went on for you. Interesting note- when Tom Petty was recording "Even the Losers", he didn't have the chorus written. He didn't tell the band, he just got the recording session going. When it came time for the chorus, inspiration kicked in at the moment. "Even the losers get lucky sometimes." He'd been thinking about songs where the little guy managed to get ahead and so on, in general. The other parts of the song were inspired by his adolescence (specific incidents.) It was hard to post lyrics for "Don't Come Around Here No More" without the title, since it appears so often in the song. If you haven't seen the video, but have read some Lewis Carroll, go watch it. It has a lot of references to "Alice in Wonderland", and Tom Petty himself is dressed as the Mad Hatter. I think the rest of the band played the rest of the people, other than Alice. (She was hired based on her ability to open wide for a big scream, which matched the song and the video.) As for "Free Falling", I think the song is pretty recognizable (and likeable.) I'm glad it was recognized.