Donald Trump’s ego bruised after cameo is cut from Home Alone film

[Bod]

Donald Trump has reignited his spat with Justin Trudeau after Canada’s
national broadcaster cut the US President’s cameo out of the movie Home
Alone 2.

The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) recently aired the 1992
Christmas film but viewers noticed that Trump’s scene had been cut out.
CBC said the decision had been made before Trump came to power in a bid
to save a total of eight minutes from the 120-minute movie for commercials.

Trump made a jibe about Canada’s Prime Minister and retweeted an article
which said the move amounted to ‘censorship.’ His son Donald Trump Jr
also branded the edit ‘pathetic.’

https://metro.co.uk/2019/12/27/donald-trumps-ego-bruised-cameo-cut-home-alone-film-11964410/?ito=cbshare

Only Trump & son could make that a massive issue.


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Bod

[Grumpy Old White Guy]

LOL, Canaduh's greedy socialist elite is at it again.

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Get off my lawn!

[Frank]

Only Bod the Clod would think this a "massive issue". It's funny.
Trump was making a funny out of the cut. Clods thought he was serious
the time that he said maybe the Russians could find Hillary's emails.
This was given as an example of his Russian collusion. The left not
only lacks a sense of humor but also intelligence.

Also demonstrates to me why I never watch movies rebroadcast on TV as
too many cuts are made. Saw a couple of minutes of Bad Santa II the
other day. They left in all the "s" words but cut out all the "f"'s.

[Ralph Mowery]

In article <qu569p$9bm$1...@dont-email.me>, "frank "@frank.net says...

>
> Also demonstrates to me why I never watch movies rebroadcast on TV as
> too many cuts are made. Saw a couple of minutes of Bad Santa II the
> other day. They left in all the "s" words but cut out all the "f"'s.
>
>

They do cut too much from some movies. I watched a movie on regular TV
and it did not make much sense. Saw it on HBO and it did. Due to the
cussing and nudity in some major parts that was cut it ruined the movie.
They could have had the same scenes with cloths on for TV and it would
have added very much to the TV version.

They were showing some of the origional Star Trek shows and had to run
them for about an hour and 10 or 20 minuits instead of the origional
hour due to more comercials.

Some of the half hour shows from the 1960's are being reran. Those
shows usually had a 2 or 3 minuit clip after the main show. They seem
to be cutting that out now to get in more commercials.

I find myself recording more and more just to fast forward the
comercials. I find I can watch about 3 of the hour long shows in 2
hours if I skip the commercials.

[trader_4]

On Friday, December 27, 2019 at 10:00:28 AM UTC-5, Frank wrote:
> On 12/27/2019 7:19 AM, Grumpy Old White Guy wrote:
> > On 12/27/2019 4:00 AM, Bod wrote:
> >> Donald Trump has reignited his spat with Justin Trudeau after Canada’s
> >> national broadcaster cut the US President’s cameo out of the movie
> >> Home Alone 2.
> >>
> >>  The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) recently aired the 1992
> >> Christmas film but viewers noticed that Trump’s scene had been cut
> >> out. CBC said the decision had been made before Trump came to power in
> >> a bid to save a total of eight minutes from the 120-minute movie for
> >> commercials.
> >>
> >> Trump made a jibe about Canada’s Prime Minister and retweeted an
> >> article which said the move amounted to ‘censorship.’ His son Donald
> >> Trump Jr also branded the edit ‘pathetic.’
> >>
> >> https://metro.co.uk/2019/12/27/donald-trumps-ego-bruised-cameo-cut-home-alone-film-11964410/?ito=cbshare
> >>
> >>
> >> Only Trump & son could make that a massive issue.
> >>
> >>
> > LOL, Canaduh's greedy socialist elite is at it again.
> >
> Only Bod the Clod would think this a "massive issue". It's funny.
> Trump was making a funny out of the cut. Clods thought he was serious
> the time that he said maybe the Russians could find Hillary's emails.

Well, given that the Russians did hack into the DNC, that his campaign adviser
George the Greek was bragging to the Aussie diplomat about knowing that
Russia had stolen emails months before it was even known the DNC had
been hacked and they were going to release them to help Trump,
knowing that his team, including his son, had a meeting in NYC with a
Russian that was offering dirt on Hillary, knowing that Kushner was
trying to set up a secret back channel to Russia, you'd have to be pretty stupid
to think that was a "joke". And he just did similar again, asking China
to investigate the Bidens. I suppose that's just a joke too? What else
is a joke? I know Trump is a clown, but this is ridiculous.

> This was given as an example of his Russian collusion. The left not
> only lacks a sense of humor but also intelligence.

The trumptards are in total denial and the ones that believe RUSSIAN
lies, spread by Trump. Do you believe the DNC server is in Ukraine?
That Crowdstrike is a Ukranian company? That it's owned by a wealthy
Ukranian? That Ukraine meddled in the 2106 election, not Russia?
There is the lack of intelligence or worse and it's Trump that's
saying it.

[gfre...@aol.com]

On Fri, 27 Dec 2019 10:45:20 -0500, Ralph Mowery
<rmower...@earthlink.net> wrote:

>Some of the half hour shows from the 1960's are being reran. Those
>shows usually had a 2 or 3 minuit clip after the main show. They seem
>to be cutting that out now to get in more commercials.

A common way of doing that is they run the teaser for the next show
while the credits are running from the last one in a PIP. They can
also speed up a show, compressing pauses in the dialog or actually
speeding up the dialog while maintaining the same pitch. and squeeze
in a commercial that way. Ain't technology great ... for advertisers
;-)

[Frank]

I DVR everything to avoid commercials but even then do not watch movies
because of these cuts. TV has ruined pro sports and even college
football. It can take a half hour before a football game finishes after
the 2 minute warning. Even saw prerecorded Olympic boxing where there
were 3 minutes between rounds. When I was a kid, on a Sunday we might
go to church then drive up to Philly to see a double header and be home
in time for dinner. Thanks to TV this is something that cannot happen
today.

Don't think there are laws but standard commercial time appears to be 15
minutes of commercials for each hour view time.

[A noiseless patient Spider]

Yah, democrats are a bunch of snowflake drama queens.

[Ralph Mowery]

In article <qu5jrs$nue$1...@dont-email.me>, "frank "@frank.net says...

>
> Don't think there are laws but standard commercial time appears to be 15
> minutes of commercials for each hour view time.
>
>

Three does not seem to be any FCC rules as to commercial time. Most
shows run between 19 and 22 minutes now.

There is a rule for loudness of commercials, but it is very iffy. They
mention something about the average volume. That is like saying your
average temperature is 70 degrees if your head is in a blast furnace and
your feet are in liquid nitrogen.

[Grumpy Old White Guy]

Yah, "CBS 60 Minutes" is actually "CBS 43 Minutes".

[Frank]

Yup, they talk shit and don't know fuck.

[rbowman]

If only they didn't know how to fuck...

[micky]

In alt.home.repair, on Fri, 27 Dec 2019 12:46:01 -0500,

All that the two of you say is true and it's all bad, but the reruns are
still better than almost all the TV they make new these days.

[Archie Bunker]

Most old TV shows tended to be right of center and never made heroes out
of lazy welfare democrats..

[Frank]

Thankfully they favor abortion.

[Frank]

Kiefer Sutherland a hero of the right on the show 24 got a network show
"Soul Survivor" where he became president. I recall he arrested a
governor for not allowing aircraft full of illegals into his state.
Leftist shift for this actor.

[Cindy Hamilton]

You confuse the characters he plays with the actors. It's a common,
if naive, mistake.

During an interview with Charlie Rose, Sutherland said of his political views:

I believe inherently that we have a responsibility to take care of each other, so when you talk about socialized health care: absolutely, that’s a no-brainer. Free universities: absolutely, that’s a no-brainer. So, in the definition, I guess those are leaning toward socialist politics. To me, it’s common sense.

<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jv9js10Fgug>

Cindy Hamilton

[Clare Snyder]

It's his good Canadian genes showing through. He's not only got
common sense, but he's also something of a pragmatist.

[trader_4]

Which TV shows today make heroes out of lazy, welfare Democrats?

[trader_4]

Should have added, interesting name you chose, since All in the Family
showed a bigoted, ignoramus Republican that supported Nixon, even through
his Watergate crimes, while portraying his son and daughter, Democrats
in a favorable way. Most Republicans at the time considered that a
deliberate plot by the left to portray Republicans as uneducated bigots.

[Frank]

No I didn't. I'm pointing out the direction major network shows are
going. I don't care about the actors politics and actually prefer not
to know them as it detracts from their performance.

[Frank]

Sounds like a no-brainer to me. The first law of economics is that
there is no such thing as a free lunch. You have to pay for it one way
or another.

[Cindy Hamilton]

So, we went from West Wing to 24, and that was more leftist? I think
the direction you're seeing is "toward more money for the networks".

Cindy Hamilton

[Frank]

I never watched the Left Wing and seldom watch network TV. I know it is
all about the money but think it is stupid to chase away half your
audience with a strong political stance.

[Cindy Hamilton]

The West Wing managed seven seasons, so it doesn't look as if it was
alienating anyone. We were less politically polarized then, and
the audience comprised both Democrats and Republicans (probably the
moderates of both parties).

I probably should stream 24. We were in a lull of TV-watching when
it was on, and didn't catch it.

Cindy Hamilton

Cindy Hamilton

[Frank]

I knew the West Wing was Left Wing but not the reason I did not watch it
as I do not watch most network shows. I'm more into science, history,
nat geo, outdoor and the like channels and also HBO, Showtime and Starz
as well as Netflix.

[trader_4]

Typical, you don't watch it, but you know what's on there.

[trader_4]

Everyone should watch season 6 and 7 of Homeland from Showtime. It's
the CIA battling Russia as their intelligence service screws America.
The Russians spread lies to disrupt America, our govt and institutions,
using social media, bots, etc and those lies are quickly picked up and used
by stupid politicians, for their own personal agenda. Sadly
we're watching it happen in real time. Russia puts out lies about
the DNC server being in Ukraine, Crowdstrike being a Ukranian company,
claims CS is owned by a wealthy Ukranian and they are the ones that
really hacked DNC and meddled. And who's acting on those lies,
spreading those lies right now? Trump and many Republican leaders.

What's sad is that even a grade school kid could fact check it and
see it's lies. But the Republicans don't care that it's lies, they
don't care that it came from RUSSIA trying to destroy America.
All they care is that they think it can help them politically.

[rbowman]

Quite a few of the TV show I watch on DVD aren't from the US. In fact,
the US writers steal themes like 'The Bridge', 'Homeland', and 'The Killing'

[gfre...@aol.com]

I watched most of the series until it just became a political ad in
the last season. I am still not sure how they wrapped it up. I have
seen the first few seasons more than once. It is on Amazon or Netflix.
(not sure which)
It did seem to get more partisan as it went along but I guess Sorkin
ran out of amusing stories to tell.
That does seem to be true of most of these things tho. MASH became
unwatchable after three or four seasons too. It was just Alda
pontificating about Vietnam, thinly disguised as Korea and doing bad
Groucho Marx shtick. It was over about the time Stevenson left.

[gfre...@aol.com]

Homeland is jumping the shark too.

[rbowman]

On 12/28/2019 08:40 AM, Frank wrote:
> No I didn't. I'm pointing out the direction major network shows are
> going. I don't care about the actors politics and actually prefer not
> to know them as it detracts from their performance.

I enjoyed 'The Last Ship' even if it did include Adam Baldwin. I never
did care much for de Niro and don't plan on watching any of his movies.
Too bad since I understand 'The Irishman' is pretty good.

[Cindy Hamilton]

We never watched more than the first episode, but we still remember the
bit where there was a serviceman in some tropical bar (Diego Garcia?)

He looks out and sees a missile launch and deadpans, "That can't be
good". Still gives me a giggle every time I think about it.

Cindy Hamilton

[rbowman]

After they ran out of the plot of the Israeli TV series they 'borrowed'
they were fresh out of ideas.

[rbowman]

It wasn't great art but is was okay. The only problem was they kept
killing off the good looking chicks. First Rhona Mitra, then Dichen
Lachman. Bridget Regan was the only one with staying power.