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Ok, while we wait for Raf..... This US TV sitcom was based on a British TV sitcom. After some successful seasons, the British show ended (British series' often have few episodes compared to the US), and 2 different sitcoms spun off from it. (One with 2 characters, one with another.) After a couple of successful seasons, the US show spun off 2 characters into their own sitcom (the same ones as in the pair from the British series that spun off.) When the main US sitcom ended, the last episode set the stage for the sequel show, which was centered around the same character the British based their other spinoff around.

Frankly, considering the lyrics of the song "Wanna free fall out into nothing, gonna leave this world for a while", in context, strongly suggest the singer is planning to take drugs to escape his nostalgic regrets about mistakes made when he was younger (while observing youngsters in the present), a more interesting comparison emerges from bringing up the song. Many people, looking back, regret involvement with twi while they were younger, and some might even self-medicate (drink, etc) to escape the memory of what they did. I don't think the self-medication is a good idea, since it doesn't address the regrets. Since that relates, at least tangentially, to having gotten involved and committed to twi (by addressing the feelings after leaving), that makes this slightly relevant to the thread instead of wildly off-topic.

Oddly enough, at first glance, I had no idea. Then I read George's comment and started identifying the characters, if not the movies. When I stopped to recall "Tom Hanson", I thought it was the Jump Street character. Ok, let's see... Hopefully, it's not too easy. Jeremy Brett Basil Rathbone Robert Downey Jr

It was "Rise of the Guardians of the Galaxy." You obviously knew the 2nd movie, but not the first. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rise_of_the_Guardians http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1446192/ It's been described as "the Avengers" for kids.

In this fairly recent movie, a dark spirit launches an assault on Earth and the universe. Legends unite to face him locally while criminals and misfits unite to stop him in space. Stars the voice talents of Chris Pine, Alec Baldwin, Hugh Jackman and Isla Fisher, and Zoe Saldana, Vin Diesel, Glenn Close, and Benicio del Toro.

Ok, I HAVE heard "Hang Fire" and could hum a little when I saw the name. (I don't know the lyrics, but I could have known them.) As for the current song, I can clap along....

Taking a swing here.... Johnny Depp?

This is not a reverse. (I tend to make some reference to that, lately, when it is.)

In this fairly recent movie, a dark spirit launches an assault on Earth and the universe. Legends unite to face him locally while criminals and misfits unite to stop him in space.

Not exactly. Since the Politics forum was cancelled due to being a strain on the Admin/site owner, politics are forbidden to discuss. That having been said, some people would take the lyrics you posted and start from there in making some sort of political diatribe. (I.e, characters on the dole/on welfare, etc.) In other news, no idea about the current song.

Cheated also. I've never heard of the first movie, sorry. That Jeff Bridges has sure been in a lot of stuff. I'd never heard of him before "TRON" and he'd been busy by then.

Arlo's most-recognized song is "Alice's Restaurant" in any of its variations. Since it was never released as a single, Billboard doesn't count it. They count "City of New Orleans" as his sole hit single. Wikipedia notes he had some success with "Coming into Los Angeles" and with "the Motorcycle Song." My usual standard for this is AIRPLAY. I've loved a lot of songs that never got airplay, so I consider them unfair to post. I've barely ever heard "City of New Orleans" and couldn't recognize the other 2 songs, and I can probably recite at least 1 version of "Alice's Restaurant." I don't know about anyone else.

Was this "TRON"?

The rest of us are curious. If you don't want us all cheating and disqualifying, we'll need more info.

Hm. Is that why there were procedures for when an indentured servant had completed his term of indenture, and decided to extend his term to the rest of his life, becoming a slave after having spent years working under that person already?

Ok, if nobody's already hit 'add reply' before I do on the last one, we go from Animal House to John Belushi to Blues Brothers Frank Oz Trading Places

Hm, same thing happened to Raf....

Deleted- George beat me by a few minutes. I think the post didn't appear instantly, though...

Which means it's Human's turn.

DING! George was correct!

In this movie, a teenager flunks his driving test and goes out for a wild time anyway- and is sought by another high schooler as a replacement date for her prom. Stars Corey Haim and Corey Feldman, Carol Kane, Heather Graham, Melissa Joan Hart, Stephen Collins, Adrian Grenier, and Ali Larter. Part of the title was changed when a Britney Spears song was added to the soundtrack, and 2 actors (Melissa and Adrian) appeared in the video of the song to cross-promote and increase name recognition for the movie and the song.

In this movie, a teenager flunks his driving test and goes out for a wild time anyway- and is sought by another high schooler as a replacement date for her prom. Stars Corey Haim and Corey Feldman, Carol Kane, Heather Graham, Melissa Joan Hart, Stephen Collins, Adrian Grenier, and Ali Larter.

In the 70s, I read the Mad Magazine spoof of it. A running gag was to rag on how boring it was, or the titular character was. ("The Duke of Nytol"?)

Nowadays, the tickets cost a lot more in the theaters. And that doesn't count DVD sales, Pay-Per-View, and syndication payments for networks to air them. Nor the overseas markets. If a film nowadays makes $15M domestically at the box office, it's a tiny indie film made for reasons other than making money (like impressing judges at Cannes or Sundance and generating buzz for the director.) By contrast, the Blair Witch Project made that in the first 3 weeks only counting the US box office. (And progressively more in the 16 weeks that followed.)

Barney Miller. The show has people, all the time, in the police station. The police have them sit down, fill out reports and papers, and so on. The average day of police work is more of that and less "rescue the hostages", for which I am thankful to [name redacted]. The cryptic comments were a reference to the spinoff- Abe Vigoda as "FISH." More than once, Abe Vigoda's been incorrectly announced as dead. Over the DECADES. Raf's turn!