WordWolf

I think I've got it. None of the words of the post have appeared 5 times, unless it's "THE" or something. "THE" may matter to GSC regulars, but won't change meanings for anyone else. It was a COMMERCIAL, which means it was almost certainly to sell a product. (Unless it's a PSA or a commercial for a program.) Funny thing about commercials, they have to fit the sensibilities of the people who watch television- or, more to the point, the people who monitor what airs. Sometimes something isn't done on TV, sometimes an analogy is used, sometimes a product is advertised and they can't say what it does. One commercial for maxi-pads or something used blue water to illustrate how effective their product was, without explaining why you'd want that much blue water caught. More often, it's the phrasing that's crafted to avoid saying things. "What's 'feminine protection', anyway? A chartreuse flame-thrower?" Commercials get squeamish about any product that has anything to do with private parts, especially women's private parts. So, I'm thinking the word that was first actually mentioned in the 80s was "PERIOD." There had been periods in history, in sports matches, in punctuation, but none in women's health. At least, that's my guess. Raf's normal use of punctuation meant that multiple periods appeared in his post.

I'm assuming this is "Outlander."

When the first of the protagonists is introduced, a close look will show references to at least 2 other movies- one where he stands, one when his hands are shown. When another protagonist is introduced, the familiar sound of an instrument he's known for is heard playing. When another protagonist is introduced, a reference to the town where he's from is made. That's not the line "I told you not to eat on an empty stomach", although both lines appear in the same scene. I don't know about anyone else, but I lost track of which of them owned the car early in the movie.

For those who've never heard of it, "Hunt Close" is a book written about raising hunting dogs. It espouses a POV that's rejected by modern dog trainers, which is to reward the dog when he does well and punish him thoroughly any time he does poorly. The result, according to modern trainers, is a dog that does what the trainer wants WHEN THE TRAINER IS WATCHING, but otherwise not. vpw recommended this book for training dogs and for raising children. That vpw didn't really raise children OR train dogs while giving advice on both is a point that was lost early on.

Right, of course. I was thinking of the chick flick.

I was hoping for Colonel "Buzz" Brighton to appear. This is LESLIE NIELSEN.

*looks it up* I've never heard this song. I've heard of this band, but I'm only familiar with one of their songs.

Or, you know, you could have looked it up here, since we discussed it before..... https://www.greasespotcafe.com/ipb/topic/3271-twimusicway-prod-early-daysthe-beat-goes-onetc/page/23/#comment-22361 https://www.greasespotcafe.com/ipb/topic/3271-twimusicway-prod-early-daysthe-beat-goes-onetc/page/23/#comment-22276 https://www.greasespotcafe.com/ipb/topic/3271-twimusicway-prod-early-daysthe-beat-goes-onetc/#comment-18338 https://www.greasespotcafe.com/ipb/topic/3471-1978-the-current-phsychological-hoax/#comment-1895 https://www.greasespotcafe.com/ipb/topic/1996-words-of-wisdom/#comment-23214 https://www.greasespotcafe.com/ipb/topic/4246-twis-obsession-with-secular-music/#comment-68114 https://www.greasespotcafe.com/ipb/topic/4389-morewhat-you-gave-up-music/#comment-83343 https://www.greasespotcafe.com/ipb/topic/2436-the-intermediate-class-more-leaven-added/#comment-123911 https://www.greasespotcafe.com/ipb/topic/8019-vp-and-me-in-wonderland/#comment-193126 https://www.greasespotcafe.com/ipb/topic/8336-eyewitnessestwi-from-1966-1975your-stories/#comment-199151 https://www.greasespotcafe.com/ipb/topic/39-the-nostalgia-thread/page/219/#comment-258460 https://www.greasespotcafe.com/ipb/topic/16921-30-years-ago/#comment-406998 https://www.greasespotcafe.com/ipb/topic/15765-liverpool-legends/#comment-378371

Got too bored waiting for someone to catch up? Yes, we're talking "the Traveling Wilburys." Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Jeff Lynn, Roy Orbison, Tom Petty. For "Volume 1", they made up a family- the Wilburys- and dad- Charlie T. Wilbury Sr- and made up names of his kids for the artists on the album. Otis Wilbury was Jeff Lynne (of ELO) Lefty Wilbury was Roy Orbison Charlie T Wilbury Jr was Tom Petty Lucky Wilbury was Bob Dylan Nelson Wilbury was George Harrison. For their next album- "Volume 3"- Roy Orbison was already dead, so it was just 4 brothers. Clayton Wilbury was Jeff Lynne. Muddy Wilbury was Tom Petty. Boo Wilbury was Bob Dylan. Spike Wilbury was George Harrison.

So, Human, are you saying that THIS list of names doesn't ring any kind of bell to you? No, they are not "the Heartbreakers."

Some people were probably burning rock and roll records because of the conspiracy theories including "the Marxist Minstrels." vpw promoted that and had the author visit hq.

The name of the book was "HUNT CLOSE." (We've had threads on that one before.)

"You complete me!" (I think that's how it goes.)

He was not referring to any race car drivers.

Well, he's older than Costner, at least.

While I didn't really take Mander's book that seriously, I did take "Babylon Mystery Religion" seriously at the time. I even bought "The Two Babylons", the book that Woodrow adapted to make his own book. Interesting how twi never promoted its sequel, "The Babylon Connection", which largely corrected errors of the previous book and repudiated the previous position. There were a few pages that weren't repudiated, but the book as a whole was. Since that was inconvenient for twi, it was never mentioned- even though it was true. In twi, rhetoric ABOUT the truth was and is always more important than the truth itself.

"Four Arguments" was in my college library, so I did read it when I was in college. Some points were interesting, many were exaggerated, a few were of the tinfoil-hat variety. I also remember vpw flubbed the name when he mentioned it- "Four Arguments for the Elimination of Television ALL OVER THE WORLD." I guess his usual propensity to project his little, local group to "ALL OVER THE WORLD" was showing, there. lcm managed to get the title and author's name correct when speaking off-the-cuff. He may have read it, for that matter. He also knew the author didn't have ant recommendations for HOW to eliminate it. There's a bit or irony that now the number of televisions owned in US households has shrunken somewhat- mainly due to other methods of entertainment that might replace the television. Those of you with "smart televisions" plugged into the internet may already be aware of lots of content options besides the usual ones, some for pay, some for free. Some of you may "watch TV" on a PC or a device rather than an actual television.

"Die Hard", a Christmas film!

Kevin Costner?

Was this "the Spanish Princess"?

And why can't I give you their assumed last names?

Ok, I asked a few other people. Just because I can, I'm adding their lists here. Abby Normal chose the following: Andrea Boccelli and Celine Dion for vocals, Prince on lead guitar, Paul Mc Cartney on Bass. On drums we had Tito Puente and Ringo Starr. On piano were Eddie Palmieri and Charlie Palmieri. Featured soloists were Louis Armstrong on trumpet, Benny Goodman on clarinet, and Desi Arnaz on conga drum. Mrs Wolf chose the following: Sting and David Bowie for vocals, Slash and Keith Richards for lead guitar, Paul Mc Cartney and Roger Waters for bass, And Ringo Starr and Charlie Watts on drums, Piano was Burt Bacharach and Elvis Costello. Deatured soloists were Robert Pettinato on saxophone and George Harrison on sitar. My list was the following: Roger Daltrey and Robert Plant for vocals, Eddie Van Halen and Eric Clapton for lead guitar, Geddy Lee and Donald "Duck" Dunn on bass. On drums we had Ringo Starr and Dave Grohl, and piano was covered by Billy Joel and Warren Zevon. My featured soloists were George Harrison on sitar (Mrs Wolf liked my idea), Charlie Daniels on violin (Wordpup suggested that one), John Popper on harmonica, and Ian Anderson was my floutist. I need to get a copy of Wordpup's list, but it resembles mine more than a little. There were a lot of very talented artist who almost made it. BTW, I just now swapped out Flea for Geddy Lee in the bassist category. In fairness, I know his work better and consider it quality. I know Flea more by reputation.

I considered a number of the same artists, but generally didn't pick them as my finalists.

Somehow, I get the feeling that Human's skipped over this round completely....

There was a countrywide search for the actors who would play the major roles. One was found after extensive searching, while another was found seemingly by accident. Early in the movie, one character utters the now-ominous phrase "Nothing ever happens to me." Naturally, something happened a few seconds later. Don't blink, or you'll miss the references to Buffalo Bill, The Phantom, and "the Avengers" (Steed and King, post Emma Peel.)