WordWolf

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"He used to be a caveman, but now he's a lawyer... "Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer"." An amazingly unfunny character that was brought back several times. Mary Catherine Gallagher was far more recognizable, because she got her own movie. It bombed, but she got one, It was one of a number of bombs. After the success of "the Blues Brothers" and "Wayne's World," the Powers-That-Be at SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE thought they could get a successful movie out of ALL their regular characters. So, we had a bomb with "the Coneheads", we had a bomb with "Leon Phelps the Ladies Man", a bomb with Mary Catherine Gallagher ("Superstar"), we had one with Daily Affirmation's Stuart Smalley ("Stuart Saves His Family") and I forget if there were more bombs before they stopped cranking out bomb after bomb. They released more bombs in a row than an Iraqi weapons factory. *checks* I forgot "It's Pat" and "Night at the Roxbury" (with the Butaki brothers.) Supposedly, "Stuart Saves His Family" was pretty good, but it arrived almost at the end of a chain of bombs, all based on SNL sketches. So, the public was already primed to expect it to be just another bomb in a series of bombs. As it was, I thought almost all of them were dreadful ideas for a movie from the first time I heard of each, but back then, they didn't exactly ask the public what they thought before going ahead with a movie.

THE THREE STOOGES.

Any chance this is the Russell Brand remake of "ARTHUR"????

Although this line was spoken in Disney's Aladdin, ("let's see... Caesar Salad...et tu Brute?...") this line is famous because it's from Shakespeare's play, of which there's been movies, "JULIUS CAESAR."

How about M Night Shamalyan's version of "War of the Worlds", which was called...something... wait, I think it was called "SIGNS"????

Sounds vaguely familiar, but it's just not clicking. The "let the children" lines definitely sound familiar.

I think it's copper, but I'm neither sure it is, nor clear why this would matter.

*checks* Yes, there's an obelisk there, and it's inside the city, so that counts. Actually, there's a LOT of obelisks out there, and Cairo and Rome each are cities with several. The ones I was thinking of originally were the ones called "Cleopatra's Needle" (despite having no connection to her), in the Vatican, London, and New York City. I was also thinking of "The Obelisk" (El Obelisco) in downtown Buenos Aires. It's around 1/2 the height of the Washington Monument. As it's in the middle of a city, it looks taller than it might if it was surrounded by empty space like the WM. There's plenty of other obelisks I had no idea existed, but I knew those 4 in particular. (I've seen the ones in DC and BA, Benny Hill sometimes mentioned the one in London, and "Babylon Mystery Religion", IIRC, made a big deal about the one in St Peter's Square. So, having named 2 cities, George had the right answer, and George is up.

Something with a LOT of news broadcasts.... "War of the Worlds"???

"Surely you can't be serious!" "I am serious. And don't call me Shirley!"

There's at least 3 more.

Neat. Because it's on my mind, the next question.... Washington DC (with the Washington Monument) is not the only city that currently has an obelisk. Not counting little statue-sized things of 2 stories or less, name at least TWO cities that currently have obelisks, and name the obelisks, if possible. (I can name 4 off the top of my head.)

War of the Worlds.

Supposing that's one thing, I suspect it's The Washington Monument. (The other obelisks I know are smaller.)

If I know this song from one line, this isn't the line. It reminds me a little of Halestorm's "Love Bites (So Do I)", but this is obviously not it.

"But I'm funny how? I mean, funny like I'm a clown? I amuse you?"

I should put this on my list to see, if I live long enough.

That's it.

Got it in one!

That's it.

-According to this movie, saltpeter is made "by treating sodium nitrate with potassium chloride, of course." However, that's not what those chemicals would have been called, nor was that how saltpeter would have been made. (Soda niter with potash.) -A fist-fight breaks out between 2 characters after a series of insults was exchanged. The one that sparked the first punch was "LAWYER!" Both men were actually lawyers in that exchange. -The big chart that appears so conspicuously was added to help the audience keep track of what was going on. -The theatrical release of this movie left out at least one scene, allegedly at the request of the sitting president who thought it was aimed at him. If that's true, the request wasn't made at the time the film was being prepared for general release. (The current versions include the scene.) -It wasn't frivolous to ask for pins. Since electroplating hadn't been invented, pins at the time wore out a lot, and were used in great numbers. -This movie's depiction of "the committee of five" has influenced how the public has viewed them, down to how they have been depicted to students. -None of the wives shown in the movie were present in the events depicted, but one was shown to be elsewhere, so I think that shouldn't count. -At the time, critics Vincent Canby and Roger Ebert panned this movie. "Oh, Mr. Dickinson, I'm surprised at you. You should know that rebellion is always legal in the first person, such as "our rebellion." It is only in the third person - "their rebellion" - that it is illegal. " "Answer straight: what would be its purpose?" "Yes, well..." "To place before mankind the common sense of the subject, in terms so plain and firm as to command their assent."

Originally, this show began as a drama, with 20-somethings worrying about SATs and so on, but it got more popular once it got a shot of melodrama (and some new actors). After that, it became traditional for someone to get thrown into the pool each season. Thomas Calabro fans might appreciate the episode of Beverly Hills 90210 that introduced this series, which kept him working for several years. They might not appreciate the failed attempt at restarting the series later.