WordWolf

I was just telling Mrs Wolf that I was thinking of answering "Disney's Aladdin" later today...

It's incredibly obvious in hindsight, but.... If someone starts a program, 12 people enter it, and 1 person washes out, we figure the problem was with the 1 person. If someone starts a program, 12 people enter it, and 12 people wash out, we figure the problem obviously is with the program. That means it goes back to who planned the program and who executed the program. With the so-called zero corps, those are both the same person-wierwille. He came up with a concept and executed it, then later discovered he had no idea what he was doing and it was blowing up in his face. So he blamed everyone else and closed it up for the moment. He had much more success with the wow program because so little was expected of wierwille, and all the hard work was isolated away from him. People busted their tails all over the US after a few pep talks from him, and locals were there to help them when there were problems. That's why the wow program worked when the corps program imploded the first time around.

"Begin the day with a friendly voice A companion unobtrusive. Plays that song that's so elusive And the magic music makes your morning mood"

"I do not, for one, think that the problem was that the band was down. I think that the problem *may* have been, that there was a Stonehenge monument on the stage that was in danger of being crushed by a dwarf. Alright? That tended to understate the hugeness of the object." "I really think you're just making much too big a thing out of it." "Making a big thing out of it would have been a good idea." " In ancient times, hundreds of years before the dawn of history, an ancient race of people... the Druids. No one knows who they were or what they were doing..." "He died in a bizarre gardening accident..." "Authorities said... best leave it... unsolved." "Now, during the Flower People period, who was your drummer?" "Stumpy's replacement, Peter James Bond. He also died in mysterious circumstances. We were playing a, uh..." "...Festival." "Jazz blues festival. Where was that?" "Blues jazz, really." "Blues jazz festival. Misnamed." "It was in the Isle of, uh..." "Isle of Lucy. The Isle of Lucy jazz and blues festival." "And, uh, it was tragic, really. He exploded on stage." "Just like that." "He just went up." "He just was like a flash of green light... And that was it. Nothing was left." "Look at his face." "Well, there was..." "It's true, this really did happen." "It's true. There was a little green globule on his drum seat." "Like a stain, really." "It was more of a stain than a globule, actually." "You know, several, you know, dozens of people spontaneously combust each year. It's just not really widely reported."

Counting Crows, "Mr Jones and Me"?

"I do not, for one, think that the problem was that the band was down. I think that the problem *may* have been, that there was a Stonehenge monument on the stage that was in danger of being crushed by a dwarf. Alright? That tended to understate the hugeness of the object." "I really think you're just making much too big a thing out of it." "Making a big thing out of it would have been a good idea."

Ok, you want to diversify the cast? Let's diversify the cast, then- we'll add an African-American, a Mexican, a Native American, and a Japanese.

You're kidding. Ok, hang on.... EDIT: deleted a clue to something that wasn't a movie. I should type a LOT slower...

I had a fuzzy memory that there was a show with that narration, and a fuzzier memory of the name of the show. I'm surprised I got it.

vpw had no experience whatsoever with leadership programs, whether in-residence or not. vpw had no experience whatsoever with the military, not even ROTC, Reserves, nor the National Guard. vpw claimed he wanted to base it on the US Marines. But vpw had no idea what the actual Marine experience was like. So, on what did he base his expectations? The movies. vpw had seen Marines be loyal and just follow orders. Whether or not that matched reality, that was what he wanted from his program- he wanted people who would jump off a cliff if ordered by him. Naturally, he never told any candidates that's what he wanted. He gave all sorts of stories about it, which never matched reality. He claimed it was based on something in Acts, but the entire experience was the opposite of the experiences of Acts. So, he was deceiving the candidates and lying to them. To him, that's fine because the candidates didn't matter- except when they were carrying out his orders.

This isn't family fare like "Mary Poppins", is it?

I knew the album because I either have or had that album. I still think this thread should be folded into the other thread until and unless more posters show up and play again.

If that's not it, how about "Naked City"?

"Say 'hello' to my leetle friend!"

Robert Palmer, "Addicted to Love," off the Heavy Nova album.

You could have linked to Ah-nuld, Scatman, Richard, Vincent, Cloris, and you linked through a guy with about 3 cinema release roles, to a guy with 8 (which, admittedly, is a lot more than Willie or Tawny from the other week.) Oddly enough, we could have seen a recursive link- to Phoebe Cates or a lateral one- since Scatman was also in Zapped! But let's work with what we have. Star Trek II-the Wrath of Khan Ricardo Montalban Cannonball Run 2 Probably a lot more stars to choose from than "Scavenger Hunt", which is saying something. SH is probably barely known, except to fans of that type of farce, but had a lot of name-talent. (BTW, did you know they supposedly made a THIRD Cannonball Run movie, starring nearly nobody from the previous 2?)

It's got the A-Team's Templeton Peck/ the original BG Starbuck, the voice actor for Hong Kong Phooey/Chico and the Man's garbageman, the captain of an interstellar garbage ship (clones not in this movie), the voiceover artist for the end of the "Thriller" song, a famous horror movie actor, a now-older frau who did "Dancing for the Stars" (or whatever it's called), Charles in Charge's Buddy, aka Bibleman, and some people I'd only know from movies. (That would hand over an entire answer, and I know you're not lazy.) Edit: Oh, and a musician named for a beef dish (Jim Steinman's partner.) And a big dude who's the Governor of California, last I checked. You've got to know SOME movies off SOME of those.

Gremlins 2: the Next Batch Tony Randall Scavenger Hunt For those of you who remember your late 70s/early 80s action comedies, that gives you a LOT of famous actors to link from...

The purported magician (practitioner of magic) attempts to change reality to conform to his wishes and will. He believes he can change reality to match what he wants by performing something or other. vpw's "Word of Faith" doctrinal system was/is MAGICAL. If one BELIEVES, then one WILL receive no matter if one's belief is faulty. Think it works? Any Christian would appreciate being rich. How many practitioners of vpw's magical "believing equals receiving" doctrine have hit the Lottery? There's big, multistate Powerball and similar jackpots every week. By now, that could have meant tens of thousands (at least) of jackpots for thousands of people who CLAIM it should work. vpw's system reduced God to a Divine Genie who was FORCED to fulfill the believing of practitioners as well as FORCED to fulfill their fears. I'm pleased to say that we don't receive all our fears just as we don't receive all that we "believe for" no matter how much willpower we put into our believing. Miraculous healings? Absolutely! I'm confident they happen. I'm confident I've been around for them happening. They didn't happen because vpw's magical formulae were applied. People trusted God and prayed. Then GOD'S Will came to pass, not the believer's will.

This was worth repeating. It sums up vpw's attitude problems nicely. vpw only thought of vpw as human, and other people didn't count, so they only mattered in relation to what he could get from them. So, there was nothing wrong with telling them all the things from Scripture while violating all the things from Scripture in what he did to them.... when he wasn't telling them the opposite of Scripture because that suited him better. He also knew to keep that last part a secret and continue to tell MOST people Scripture and teach a handful to lie, cheat and exploit instead- because he KNEW he was teaching 2 different, contradictory things and thought that was ok as long as he got what he wanted- even though Scripture said the opposite. He had given his heart exactly what it needed to hear to tell him what he was doing wasn't wrong- then he went to his grave unable to find where he'd gone wrong. The supposed "man of God for our day and time", "THE Teacher" who taught the Bible "like it hadn't been known since the First Century" spent more than a decade deceiving, plagiarizing, drugging and raping, and at the end, looked back and said "What could I have done that displeased God Almighty? I can't find anything." He deceived his heart, his heart deceived him back.

That's it.

"Some people say a man is made outta mud"

In Season 1, we had 2 more Doctors, Spearchucker Jones and Ugly John. Ugly John was an Aussie played by John Orchard, who returned later as the MP Muldoon. He figures heavily in the episode where the Doctors tend to Rosie's Bar when she can't. Why was coffee in his coffee mug? Harry Morgan was featured heavily in the episode, "The General Flipped at Dawn." He played the crazy general " Major General Bartford Hamilton Steele." Steele: You're insubordinate! Hawkeye: Right! Steele: You're insolent! Hawkeye: Right! And you're nuts!!

Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring Christopher Lee Star Wars Episode 3: Revenge of the Sith (I was trying to wait and let someone else get it.)

Oops, hadn't seen the thread. Obviously, this is Warren Zevon's "Werewolves of London." He's known for his gloomy songs, so it's understandable but still a bad gaffe when one reads a description of "Johnny Strikes Up the Band" as gloomy despite it having a merry tune and upbeat lyrics.