WordWolf

"The two of us need look no more. We both found what we were looking for"

For those who'd want to read it with less discussion, HCW redid the account in "MyStory", with the same name for the new thread.

They banned all posts from people not currently twi members. Presuming there's anyone IN twi who want to post, all people who DO post have all their posts SCRUTINIZED by twi staff. Any wonder why there's lack of activity?

His last one was "West Side Story", which made it my turn. So I posted a clue.

Obviously Bob Dylan on "Highway 61."

A boss settles an old grudge with an old enemy- and starts by going after his kids. Good thing the other guy has friends. This results in a day of victory for the little guy!

This show's first and last episodes book-ended the series nicely- one scene in the finale mirrored one in the pilot. The final episode also featured a lot of characters who had been introduced throughout the series. Including Johnny Cochran playing himself.

That's it. Your turn.

==================== Ok, next song. "I'm so hot for her, I'm so hot for her..."

Ok, the story.... I was taking a plane somewhere, for the first time in memory. (I'd traveled by plane as a VERY small child, but had no memory of it.) I was a touch nervous and traveling alone. While I sat in the plane, we had a slight delay before takeoff. I had a Walkman on and was listening to NYC's rock station, 102.7, WNEW. (It existed at the time.) They announced they were going to premiere the new Pink Floyd album soon. I figured I'd miss it and be out of broadcast range soon. As it turns out, just as we were beginning to taxi out, the DJ announced they were now playing the world premiere of the first single, "Learning To Fly." As I watched us approach the clouds and pass through them, I was listening to the lyrics for the first time. =========================================================== Into the distance, a ribbon of black Stretched to the point of no turning back. A flight of fancy on a windswept field Standing alone my senses reeled. A fatal attraction is holding me fast- How can I escape this irresistible grasp? Can't keep my eyes from the circling skies. Tongue-tied and twisted, just an earth-bound misfit, I Ice is forming on the tips of my wings. Unheeded warnings- I thought I'd thought of everything. No navigator to find my way home. Unladened, empty and turned to stone. A soul in tension that's learning to fly. Condition grounded- but determined to try. Can't keep my eyes from the circling skies Tongue-tied and twisted just an earth-bound misfit, I Above the planet on a wing and a prayer, My grubby halo, a vapor trail in the empty air, Across the clouds I see my shadow fly Out of the corner of my watering eye. A dream unthreatened by the morning light Could blow this soul right through the roof of the night There's no sensation to compare with this Suspended animation, a state of bliss Can't keep my mind from the circling skies Tongue-tied and twisted just an earth-bound misfit, I

Probably "West Side Story".

I'll take a guess. "American Bandstand"?

"Learning To Fly", by Pink Floyd. (Off of "A Momentary Lapse of Reason".) I have a most remarkable personal story about when that song premiered.

Got it in one! I was thinking the Molly Shannon and Chris Rock mentions would steer people over to SNL, but you caught the other references and didn't take the bait.

It came up here, primarily on the thread of the same name, "Hunt Close."

The book came up again...

twi's had nothing of substance to offer for decades. This "Monday Morning Quarterback" routine is particularly sad. "Gee- if it had been us, we'd have seen the trouble coming. Too bad you didn't have us there." As other posters have made obvious, those same twi'ers were unable to identify the trouble that was before their noses when they had the chance. So, their claims of being able to head off trouble is an especially empty claim. Then again, empty claims-and empty chairs- seem to be the order of the day for twi nowadays.

Ok, next one. Among the directors of this series was Rosie Perez. Among the staff were Carrie Ann Inaba and Jennifer Lopez. Among those who appeared on it were Molly Shannon and Chris Rock. Among the regulars was Jim Carrey.

I'll go with "Bablyon 5." I was kind-of hoping for "Quark",but that was between the ST shows, AFAIK.

It was OBVIOUSLY "Romeo And Juliet".... until the Romeo character killed the Juliet's BROTHER. In R&J, Tybalt is Juliet's COUSIN. Raf isn't going to make a mistake that big when he can catch it so easily. So, it's a Romeo & Juliet TYPE story where the Romeo kills the BROTHER of the Juliet.

Obviously, it REFERENCES Twilight. So, it can't BE any Twilight movie. It sounds like a vampire flick. It has to have come out in the last decade because it presumes the public knows what Twilight is. It sounds serious, otherwise I'd guess "Vampires Suck" (a spoof of the genre.) I'll need to think about what movies this COULD be.

vpw's greatest successes always happened overseas with no way to confirm them. For example, the miraculous arm healing that even Mrs W said NOTHING about in her account of events. (Her silence on what was supposedly an incredibly dramatic miracle that shaped his ministry says quite a bit even if she never came out and said "It never happened." In her account, it never DID happen because she wrote about what DID and that wasn't there.) So, twi has LOTS of faithful followers in Africa who we NEVER hear from and who NEVER videotape themselves in action or even send a group photo. You KNOW twi would make a major deal of ANY evidence they had of growing influence anywhere. If they're CLAIMING that much to this day, I am confident it's all bull.

For the other people who may not know, twi's undereducated staff made up the redundant term "international countries." Any time you're talking 2 or more countries (nations), you're talking "internationally." It's sometimes amazing what impact twi's poor practices have had on all of us. It can take decades to catch it all.

The ones I remembered that weren't mentioned were: Kindred:the Embraced (I was a White Wolf Publishing reader, so that was an obvious show for me) Right now, more or less, is a show called "the Gates", about a gated community with supernaturals. I imagine it's interesting. Then there's "Being Human", in UK and US flavors, with a vampire, a werewolf, and a ghost. There was briefly "Moonlight", which looked like a cross between Forever Knight and Highlander. Would you believe Count Duckula was the SECOND one of his type? Filmation made up "Quackula" in 1979. There's quite a few shows that had a vampire at some point- like Tales from the Crypt and so on. =========== I'll think up another question unless you want to take it.

I know "Drac Pack" was a bit too late for you, but you don't remember "the Groovy Goolies?" I'm thinking you at least HEARD of Count Duckula at some point. With the movie, I thought "Dark Shadows" would have come up fast. Any others spring to mind before we move on?