WordWolf

Since I don't often get the chance to say it, I'll say it now. I agree with Mike on this.

Hello, RD. I got to thinking there was only one way JAL was going to stop shilling his stuff, and that really was what finally stopped him. (That's all I'm going to say on the subject, ask me privately if you want more specifics. Public posting should have a limit of good taste, and there's limits here as well, which make sense and I will respect.) If there's ANYTHING about twi experience you're curious about, it's around here somewhere. If there's ANYTHING about ex-twi experience you're curious about, a lot of it is around here somewhere. You can do a search on something, and some of us know where to find specific stuff. Don't be surprised if you ask, and are directed to multiple links. In addition, there's socializing because most of us have moved on from twi. Most of us no longer post here as a result, and some of us play games in the Game forum, and you're welcome to join in those as well. (Players are generally on the "honor system" and trusted not to cheat.) Feel free to participate in threads, or not, as you see fit. All the freedom twi lacked is available here. BTW, the posters here vary widely in beliefs. There's a few that are close to twi's party line, there's Christians far from that, there's practitioners of all sorts of religions, and atheists and agnostics. We all try to get along, and "disagree without being disagreeable." So, the occasional suggestion that there's a "party line" at the GSC is silly. Other than the most basic "vpw should have been a nicer guy", we probably wouldn't get universal agreement on anything (like "vpw was a horrible fraud and a plagiarizing rapist and simonist.")

In addition, if you're involved in a local church, you're generally not going to be harangued about conforming to the official doctrine and party line of the church. If you're generally polite (don't disrupt a service, stand when everyone stands, etc.), they'll usually leave you alone on the specifics. I grew up thinking the RCC was pretty inflexible (it was where/when I grew up) and was VERY surprised to find out the next parish over was VERY different, and focused on helping people and the community- in ADDITION to Bible meetings and so on (not "in place of", but "in addition to"). I joked with them that they were going to get in trouble if the Pope knew how they ran things, and they laughed along with me. They even held (hold? I don't live nearby anymore) an occasional service with another local church OF ANOTHER DENOMINATION. If someone wants to insist they're pushing conformity after hearing all that, I can't do anything for them.

"I'm saying that if CBS was there, we would have 'made' Sports Spectacular!" "What-you wanna do it again?" "I'll be d*ed-a Kojak with a Kodak!" "Might be easier with your lights on." "Why advertise?" "Why'd he call me 'shorty'?" "Because you're small. Small. S-M-all." "When you don't want him he's around! When you want him he's not around! I'm gonna go get a beer!" "Only in America! Get me 12 suites, better yet, the entire floor!"

"I'm saying that if CBS was there, we would have 'made' Sports Spectacular!" "What-you wanna do it again?" "I'll be d*ed-a Kojak with a Kodak!" "Might be easier with your lights on." "Why advertise?"

BTW, it's a whole other experience if you show up at a big party or something, and this song comes on, and the dancing couples all line up and alternate the lines. Trying to keep from cracking up at the ad lib can be tricky. Women: "Do you love me?" Men: *immediately ad-libbing "HELL NO!" The guys jumped in with that here and there when the women's lines paused briefly. Oh, and those of you who saw Meat Loaf do that song live with another singer got a whole other experience. The music kept playing, and the couple really started up a heck of an argument at the end. Raf's turn, in case anyone's forgotten.

I don't usually post undertones (I did with the Ting Tings) but when songs have lines that are spoken, I'm known to post those. Raf got this one, Meat Loaf's classic "Paradise By the Dashboard Light." Yes, they "park" and do some stuff. We suddenly hear PHIL RIZZUTO doing play-by-play of a baseball game, but if you follow the words, it's indicating how the guy in the car is doing. At the end of the voiceover, Phil was reading that last set, with "Holy cow, I think he's gonna make it...." and the woman's voice interrupts in the song. "STOP RIGHT THERE!" https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/meatloaf/paradisebythedashboardlight.html If you ever see the beginning of the video for "I Would Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)", there's a written note to the effect that sometimes going all the way is only the beginning. That was a reference to this song.

"Ok, here we go, we got a real pressure cooker going here, two down, nobody on, no score, bottom of the ninth, there's the wind-up and there it is, a line shot up the middle, look at him go. This boy can really fly! He's rounding first and really turning it on now, he's not letting up at all, he's gonna try for second; the ball is bobbled out in center, and here comes the throw, and what a throw! He's gonna slide in head first, here he comes, he's out! No, wait, safe--safe at second base, this kid really makes things happen out there. Batter steps up to the plate, here's the pitch--he's going, and what a jump he's got, he's trying for third, here's the throw, it's in the dirt--safe at third! Holy cow, stolen base! He's taking a pretty big lead out there, almost daring him to try and pick him off. The pitcher glances over, winds up, and it's bunted, bunted down the third base line, the suicide squeeze is on! Here he comes, squeeze play, it's gonna be close, here's the throw, there's the play at the plate, holy cow, I think he's gonna make it....."

"EDWARD SCISSORHANDS." I wanted to leave a few hours in case someone else recognized it but hadn't checked in.

I'd guess "Blade Runner", but Phillip K. Dick passed away decades ago.

Yes. Too easy?

This was an ensemble show. In one episode, some characters were challenged on how well they knew another. Among the questions they missed were- -how is his name spelled on his TV Guide subscription (which they stole weekly) -what is his job Among questions they got correct were what he claimed was his biggest phobia and his actual one (the actual one was "Michael Flatley, lord of the dance.")

*checks* I was either misinformed or I misunderstood. Bob Anderson was indeed an Olympic fencer, but he did not win the Gold. He participated in the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland, where he represented Great Britain. He participated in Men's Sabre, and Men's Team Sabre. In Men's Team Sabre, he finished tied for fifth, according to Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Anderson_(fencer)#Biography https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Britain_at_the_1952_Summer_Olympics#Fencing He also fenced in 2 World Championships. Somewhere along the line, I or someone else got confused and thought he'd WON at the Olympics.

That last exchange sounds very familiar and specific for such a short quote....

"MORE THAN I CAN SAY."

So, George's turn. (BTW, I would have accepted Bruce Wayne and Batman equally as the right answer-s.)

The first 2 guys to play him are the first 2 I named. David Mazouz was on Gotham, and played Bruce Wayne (and Batman in the last episode.) As for Alan Napier, he normally played Alfred in the 1966 Batman... who once dressed up in the Bat costume and used a voice scrambler while driving the Batmobile so Bruce Wayne and Batman could be in the same place at the same time.

Correct, of course.

Aidan Quinn Blink Madeline Stowe

Ok, I have the title, but I don't have the artist. Should I post the title anyway?

Lewis Wilson Robert Lowery Will Arnett Val Kilmer David Mazouz Dante Pereira-Olson Mikhail Mudrik Alan Napier Jason O'Mara Roger Craig Smith Bruce Greenwood Troy Baker

George's turn.

We need some more lyrics, I think.

Animal House John Belushi the Blues Brothers

So, George's turn.