The fall of MST3K
Matt Thiel
Hodgson, Frank Coniff, and Trace Beaulieu. There were also some puppets
controlled by Beaulieu and Kevin Murphy. It was a pretty funny show. In
fact, you can't find a better show to watch. Everything was going just
great...
...until Joel Hodgson decided to leave the show, and he was replaced by
head writer Michael J. Nelson. Not only did Mike's acting (dis)abilities
ruin the show, the writing of MST wasn't as fun as when Joel was on.
Sure, sometimes the show was funny, but it wasn't the same.
Then Frank Coniff decided to leave, and Mary Jo Phel joined the cast as
Beaulieu's mother. The loss of Frank made the writing of the show even
worse than when Joel left. To make it worse, the SOUND is different.
Sure, you can understand the commentary better, but it 'feels' different.
So, when Comedy Central refused to re-sign MST for an 8th season,
EVERYBODY started to flame CC and planned boycotts of all non-MST shows on
Comedy Central to protest the move and force CC to re-sign MST. CC said
that because of low ratings, they had to cancel MST to save money.
MiSTies from coast to coast were outraged, saying CC kept moving MST's
time slot which caused the loss of viewers. With the evidence I have
provided above, can you really blame Comedy Central?
So, why the hell did a great show like MST3K suffer a decline in quality
like that? Is it a big conspiracy to take a something that is really good
& popular and f*** with it until nobody will watch it anymore? Is it the
same conspiracy that caused FOX to cancel 'The Critic'? The same one that
makes Newt Gingrich the most overrated man in America? The same one that
makes 'Friends' the most overrated and overexposed show in TV history?
The same one that caused 'Calvin & Hobbes' to be cancelled? The same one
that causes sequels to good movies to really suck (like 'Predator 2')?
The same one that caused Apple computers to go into financial ruin, even
though Macs are better than Wintels? The same one that prevents the U.S.
government from bombing every drug cartel in the world, thus elimating
many of the problems we face today?
Just my 2 cents...
--
Death to Microsoft! Life to MST3K! Go Bulls!
http://users.aol.com/mattno1/home.html
Matt Thiel
to really suck". I have seen 'The Empire Strikes Back' (greatest sequel ever made) and
'Wrath of Khan' (best of the Star Trek movies), so I aplogize. (I never did see 'Road
Warrior', but since it was made by George Miller I don't have high hopes for that one.
I'm surprised you didn't mention 'Superman II' (second greatest sequel ever made).
King Dice wrote:
> Matt Thiel wrote:
> >
> >The same one that causes sequels to good movies to really suck (like
> >'Predator 2')?
>
> You didn't like "The Empire Strikes Back"? You didn't like "Wrath of Khan"?
> You didn't like "The Road Warrior"?
origami_duck
<snip troll header>
>...until Joel Hodgson decided to leave the show, and he was replaced by
>head writer Michael J. Nelson. Not only did Mike's acting (dis)abilities
Gee, I've NEVER heard this argument before. I think I can say the
general consensus of this newsgroup on this subject is:
"We don't care" and
"Deal with it pinkboy!"
>Then Frank Coniff decided to leave, and Mary Jo Phel joined the cast as
>Beaulieu's mother. The loss of Frank made the writing of the show even
>worse than when Joel left.
See above response
<snip Mark Hamill-esque whiney troll>
>With the evidence I have provided above,
You learned how to collect opinion... oops, evidence from the L.A.P.D.
didn't you?
> can you really blame Comedy Central?
Yes
>So, why the hell did a great show like MST3K suffer a decline in quality
>like that?
Let me guess, Its all your fault.
> Is it a big conspiracy to take a something that is really good
>& popular and f*** with it until nobody will watch it anymore?
Why, yes there is...
(Matt Theil: self-censoring)
>Is it the same conspiracy that caused FOX to cancel 'The Critic'?
Whadda ya know, same one.
>The same one that makes Newt Gingrich the most overrated man in America?
So the lizard didn't like "the Critic", that makes it a conspiracy?
>The same one that makes 'Friends' the most overrated and overexposed show in TV history?
Listen, we're all haveing a hard time with the cancellation of Full
House, but there is no need to rant and rave like this. What would the
Olsen twins think of you acting this way?
>The same one that caused 'Calvin & Hobbes' to be cancelled?
Yes, Bill Waterson was forced into cancellation by Oliver Stone.
(Wisconsin voice on) He's the head of the conspiracy, you know...
(Wisconsin voice off)
>The same one that causes sequels to good movies to really suck (like 'Predator 2')?
Predator (one) was _good_? I thought it was you average Ahnuld flic
(read: middeling quality)
And you're right, Empire sucked hard versus New Hope, who wants all
that character development anyway...
>The same one that caused Apple computers to go into financial ruin, even
>though Macs are better than Wintels?
Everyone knows Apple supports Beta.
>The same one that prevents the U.S. government from bombing every drug cartel in the world, thus elimating
>many of the problems we face today?
You are so right! Why didn't I see this before?! Its all so clear to
me now! Thanks! Poverty, ignorance and greed are insignificant versus
those Evil Columbian Drug Cartels. Let the call go out in the streets
"Who needs to feed, clothe and teach our children, just bomb the hell
out of those commie-pagan-left-wing-overweight-cannabalistic-drug-
dealing-coumbian cartels and everything will be hunky-dory!"
>Just my 2 cents...
Hey, wait pal, you got change comin'
>Death to Microsoft! Life to MST3K! Go Bulls!
In your troll you are stating that MST3K is basically not worth
saving, yet down here, in your cute little .sig is "Life to MST3K".
Do you realize what kind of idiot this makes you look like?
(You mean that you didn't realizes that there are _classes_of idiots?)
>http://users.aol.com/mattno1/home.html
AOL
You know I could say that I am not suprised (and I'm not) but I won't.
Origami
Ps. Yes I answered this troll. I admit it. I don't know why I did it.
Yes I do, its because this Matt guy just walked right into it.
uiowa.edu
have to say. of course, i'm the most cynical person i know. i think even
the best of programs should quit while on top and not settle for a steady,
mediocre deline. i admire some popular british shows, the kids in the
hall, and the comic strip bloom county for taking this, often times, risky
move. i would rather remember MST as a fresh program with new ideas than
a tired, overdone concept. i love the show, but it has suffered season to
season renewal troubles and major cast changes. these, to me, are signs
that it might be better to end on a high note (i.e., the movie, revival in
sydication) than fade off into cancellation and obscurity. this is just an
opinion and you don't have to agree with it.
oh, and i hate "friends" too.
M Sampo
AAAAAHHHOOOOOGA!! AAAHHHHOOOOOGA!!!
DIVE!!! DIVE!!!!
Sampo
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I've undergone a complex personal evolution wherein painful confusion has
given way to what I like to think of as some degree of wisdom, culminating
in my current Zarathustrian sense of self. Is that it?
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Andrew S. Wheat
<stupid flamebait clipped.>
Damn, and I thought it was going to be something about a new fall season.
--
-Silverblade the Grey Wanderer (39 Jaguar games and counting,
MST3K # 65531, Founding member: Gonzo for Frankenfurter movement)
"I don't think, boy; I decree!"
Mike Barklage
Okay, I know this is just another troll/flame-bait, but I wanted to
respond anyway.
>...until Joel Hodgson decided to leave the show, and he was replaced by
>head writer Michael J. Nelson. Not only did Mike's acting (dis)abilities
>ruin the show, the writing of MST wasn't as fun as when Joel was on.
I don't know where this idea that Joel is a better actor than Mike comes
from. IMO, Mike is about 1000 times more versatile a performer than Joel.
Think of all the various roles Mike has played through the years. Joel
had one role: that of sleepy-eyed, kinda-weird Joel Robinson. Yes, it was
a terrific character, but it was only ONE role. In fact, it was EXACTLY
the same role he used in his old stand-up comedy days.
Now, I miss Joel, too, but for different reasons. I miss the abstract
creativity he brought to MST, and I definitely miss the Invention
Exchanges. But I can't imagine Joel in any role other than Joel, while
Mike has continually impressed me with his versatility as an actor. (Can
you see Joel playing Jack Perkins? Torgo? or even doing Mikey from "Teenage
Strangler" during a skit? Neither can I.)
So if you're gonna pick on Mike, find a different way to do it.
>Sure, sometimes the show was funny, but it wasn't the same.
>Then Frank Coniff decided to leave, and Mary Jo Phel joined the cast as
>Beaulieu's mother. The loss of Frank made the writing of the show even
>worse than when Joel left.
I'm not gonna comment on this, since there have only been *three* episodes
aired sans Frank so far. It's too early to tell. Please bear this in mind
when you start flaming us and BBI.
>To make it worse, the SOUND is different.
>Sure, you can understand the commentary better, but it 'feels' different.
Huh? I'm not sure I understand this part.
Besides, if MST weren't different from the Joel/Frank era, you would be
complaining that BBI was just ripping off Joel/Frank and couldn't come up
with anything new itself.
>So, when Comedy Central refused to re-sign MST for an 8th season,
>EVERYBODY started to flame CC and planned boycotts of all non-MST shows on
>Comedy Central to protest the move and force CC to re-sign MST. CC said
>that because of low ratings, they had to cancel MST to save money.
>MiSTies from coast to coast were outraged, saying CC kept moving MST's
>time slot which caused the loss of viewers. With the evidence I have
>provided above, can you really blame Comedy Central?
Certainly.
Maybe MST doesn't bring in the ratings (according to the wildly-inaccurate
Nielsen Rating standard, anyhow), but in terms of quality, it is still
better than anything Comedy Central can air in its place.
What would you rather see in MST's place? More T&A Matinee? More Benny Hill?
Mike Barklage... how about more SNL: The Awful Years?
bark...@ucsu.colorado.edu -- MSTie #19634 -- For Ed Wood items, MSTings, and
the ST:Voyager MSTing archive, http://rtt.colorado.edu/~barklage/home.html
"May the forces of evil become confused on the way to your house." - G. Carlin
Noah Singman
1) The problem with the folks at Comedy Central is that, like any other
station, they are ratings driven and short-sighted. I think that MST3K,
at its best, is about the best television I've ever seen. At its worst,
it's still better than Dr. Katz, or most of the retreads on CC. In all
fairness, CC's commercials are usually much better than their programs.
2) There is no accounting for taste. Those of us who love MST3K may be
ferociously devoted to the show, but we are outnumbered by the benighted.
I'm showing my age here (what the hell - I'm 35), but I hated Laverne &
Shirley when it first came out, and was amazed that it had so many years
on the tube. I felt the same way about the airheaded Charlie's Angels,
the disgustingly PC Cosby Show, the lowlife trash Roseanne, the vacuous
Seinfeld, and now the useless friends. Before you lob those tactical
nukes, however, those are just my tastes. Yours may differ.
3) We can debate politely, at length, our Joel/Mike or Frank/No Frank
preferences. But my guess is that the problems of 65000+ MSTies don't
amount to a hill of beans in this crazy world. I will continue to
support MST3K by purchasing ridiculous amounts of merchandise, attending
conventions, and doing anything else I can, within reason.
Noah
"I'm bitter"
Steven M. Kiefer
>Maybe MST doesn't bring in the ratings (according to the wildly-inaccurate
>Nielsen Rating standard, anyhow), but in terms of quality, it is still
>better than anything Comedy Central can air in its place.
>What would you rather see in MST's place? More T&A Matinee? More Benny Hill?
>Mike Barklage... how about more SNL: The Awful Years?
Since when has CC been able to show the current season of SNL? :)
-Kiefer
"The whole world has been going to hell in a handbasket since Miller left
Weekend Update" -me
Melissa Diane Lupton
On 19 Feb 1996, Mike Barklage wrote:
> Think of all the various roles Mike has played through the years. Joel
> had one role: that of sleepy-eyed, kinda-weird Joel Robinson. Yes, it was
> a terrific character, but it was only ONE role. In fact, it was EXACTLY
> the same role he used in his old stand-up comedy days.
Well, it wasn't EXACTLY the same - to be fair, Joel Robinson was a
little more alert than dear old Agent J, but they are still pretty much
different shades of the same character. (I'd say Agent J would be Joel
Robinson on very heavy medication).
> Now, I miss Joel, too, but for different reasons. I miss the abstract
> creativity he brought to MST, and I definitely miss the Invention
> Exchanges. But I can't imagine Joel in any role other than Joel, while
> Mike has continually impressed me with his versatility as an actor. (Can
> you see Joel playing Jack Perkins? Torgo? or even doing Mikey from "Teenage
> Strangler" during a skit? Neither can I.)
I can't even imagine *Mike* doing "Mikey" from TS - I haven't seen
it yet and CC lost the rights! (*sniff*!)
> >time slot which caused the loss of viewers. With the evidence I have
> >provided above, can you really blame Comedy Central?
>
> Certainly.
What he said!
Q at USC
who can't believe she just responded to a Joel vs Mike thread
"Oh, sirs - when are you both gonna realize that when you kill each other
you're only hurting yourselves?"
Tskwm
Jake
>From: mth...@tsrcom.com (Matt Thiel)
>Subject: The fall of MST3K
>Date: 18 Feb 1996 21:41:02 GMT
>Once upon a time there was a show called 'MST3K'. It starred Joel
>Hodgson, Frank Coniff, and Trace Beaulieu. There were also some puppets
>controlled by Beaulieu and Kevin Murphy. It was a pretty funny show. In
>fact, you can't find a better show to watch.
of course i know that it is bad form to point out grammatical errors, so i wont
> Everything was going just great...
everything was swell, everything had the whole world on a plate . . .
>...until Joel Hodgson decided to leave the show, and he was replaced by
>head writer Michael J. Nelson. Not only did Mike's acting (dis)abilities
>ruin the show, the writing of MST wasn't as fun as when Joel was on.
<insert cb voice>
uh, headquarters, this is car 59. ive got an unsupported opinion,
accompanied by a dangled preposition, im going in, over.
>Sure, sometimes the show was funny, but it wasn't the same.
IN THE NAME OF GOD AND ALL THINGS HOLY WOULD YOU PLEASE CHOOSE A TENSE AND
STICK WITH IT?
>Then Frank Coniff decided to leave, and Mary Jo Phel joined the cast as
>Beaulieu's mother. The loss of Frank made the writing of
>the show even worse than when Joel left. To make it worse, the SOUND is
>different. Sure, you can understand the commentary better, but it 'feels'
>different. So, when Comedy Central refused to re-sign MST for an 8th season,
>EVERYBODY started to flame CC and planned boycotts of all non-MST shows on
>Comedy Central to protest the move and force CC to re-sign MST. CC said
>that because of low ratings, they had to cancel MST to save money.
>MiSTies from coast to coast were outraged, saying CC kept moving MST's
>time slot which caused the loss of viewers. With the evidence I have
>provided above, can you really blame Comedy Central?
comment strickened from the reocrd by court order
>So, why the hell did a great show like MST3K suffer a decline in quality
>like that? Is it a big conspiracy to take a something that is really good
>& popular and f*** with it until nobody will watch it anymore? Is it the
>same conspiracy that caused FOX to cancel 'The Critic'?
no, that was a crappy show, not a conspiracy
>The same one that makes Newt Gingrich the most overrated man in America?
it was a bout this time that i completely ran out of relevant material . . .
>The same one that makes 'Friends' the most overrated and overexposed show in
>TV history?
network television is not a conspiracy, it is a business. they give the
people what they want, which should scare you a hell of a lot more than
the idea of a conspiracy
>The same one that caused 'Calvin & Hobbes' to be cancelled?
ahem. last time i checked, there was a difference between retirement, and
rich white guys telling you that you can no longer work
>The same one that causes sequels to good movies to really suck (like
>'Predator 2')?
funny, i was unaware that the original predator was quality
>The same one that caused Apple computers to go into financial ruin, even
>though Macs are better than Wintels?
by all means, lets try and get this thread started in yet ANOTHER newsgroup.
by the way, i 4m el33t d00dz, giv3 m3 war3z
>The same one that prevents the U.S. government from bombing every drug cartel
>in the world, thus elimating many of the problems we face today?
a really really good way to piss off a whole bunch of people, is to randomly
bomb the richest men in foreign countries.
>Just my 2 cents...
i feel cheated
>--
>Death to Microsoft! Life to MST3K! Go Bulls!
>http://users.aol.com/mattno1/home.html
Brian MacDonald
>...I'm sorry, what was your point?
Don't worry, Kev. Matt's just exhbiting a common phenomena for
MSTies of old....Servo envy.
;-)
K!z!K
"You're ridiculous." -- amyzzz
Suzanne Schroeder
read something like a letter from Melody Maker:
"You people are the biggest c****s for watching this show! You
people are f***ing stupid!"
But, there is no threatening language like that. It's
just a dissenting opinion.
In article <mthiel-1902...@smallmouth.tsrcom.com> Matt Thiel,
mth...@tsrcom.com writes:
>So, why the hell did a great show like MST3K suffer a decline in quality
>like that? Is it a big conspiracy to take a something that is really good
>& popular and f*** with it until nobody will watch it anymore? Is it the
>same conspiracy that caused FOX to cancel 'The Critic'?
Well, you see, in most shows, everyone has their say. You have obnoxious
producers who are trying to target the lowest common denominator. Matter
of fact, a screenwriter told our class the other day that networks are
now looking for shows centered around everyday events and with everyday
people. They're looking for the mundane. They want Seinfeld with boring
characters (although I still don't like that show) essentially. I don't
know what in the hell CC wants, but if they're following the trend, then
this could be it. Well now that I think of it....
Politically Incorrect-a show that deals with the topics of the day
and made more digestible for the viewing audience with laughs.
Dr. Katz-Show centered around a shrink who seems to be battling
everyday battles such as getting his son out of the house and
odd patients.
So, what's the conclusion? Even if MST3K were the same show, it
still might be off-ed because 85% of it deals with people watching
a movie. Yeah, I know people will tell me that the Mike/Joel
character is supposed to be your average person off the street,
but hell, this isn't the mundane. How often do you hear of people
being shot into space to watch bad movies as part of a weird experiment
in everyday life? What does this say "to the common person?" Also,
even without ratings issues, this show also takes up two hours of space
that could potentially go to this new pack of mundane shows.
BTW, I also hate Friends. Not only does it have a stupid genero-title
and a dorky triple A theme tune, the cast looks like the squeeky clean
rejects from Melrose Place. They belong in Stridex commercials.
____________________________
Suzanne Schroeder
lisa carole hansen
Doug Elrod
mth...@tsrcom.com (Matt Thiel) wrote:
<*opinions* deleted here>
With the evidence I have
> provided above, can you really blame Comedy Central?
> So, why the hell did a great show like MST3K suffer a decline in quality
like that? Is it a big conspiracy to take a something that is really good
> & popular and f*** with it until nobody will watch it anymore? Is it the
makes Newt Gingrich the most overrated man in America? The same one that
> makes 'Friends' the most overrated and overexposed show in TV history?
that causes sequels to good movies to really suck (like 'Predator 2')?
government from bombing every drug cartel in the world, thus elimating
> many of the problems we face today?
Could you open the cooler and show us what else you have? :-)
-Doug Elrod (dr...@cornell.edu)
"Now is the Fall of our MST3K
made glorious Spring,
by the hope of Renewal"
T-Bone
>...I'm sorry, what was your point?
I fink it wuz on his wittwe head.
--
T-Bone, tbo...@io.com (on the web at http://www.io.com/~tbone1/)
"You've got to inspect your horn, boy."
'And wash it every day.'
- Crow, MST3K ("Mr. B. Natural")
Mike Czaplinski
>
> ....I'm sorry, what was your point?
Maybe it's a vague 'Cream' ref?
You know: Sunshine of your Love? Fall of MST3K?
Mike "But, in all probability, his point is
that first cousins really shouldn't marry" Czaplinski
mike.cz...@washingtondc.attgis.com
Christian Feuerstein
: TROLL ALERT!! TROLL ALERT!!!
: AAAAAHHHOOOOOGA!! AAAHHHHOOOOOGA!!!
: DIVE!!! DIVE!!!!
By this time, my lungs were aching for air....
Sorry. Had to be said.
--
Chr...@college.antioch.edu Christian Feuerstein
"Don't mess with the Messiah!" Irish Jewish female with wacko name
Melissa Diane Lupton
On 22 Feb 1996, Eric Wilson wrote:
> Eric W. (Coming Soon: The Lives of Joel Hodgson by Albert
> Goldman)
AAAaack! Don't wish that on him, karma-boy!! For one thing he'd have
to be dead first before Albert Goldman could work up the cahoonies to
write a book about him, and Joel is just not allowed to die for several
eons yet.
Q at USC
still pissed at Jim Henson for breaking that particular rule
Eric Wilson
>...I'm sorry, what was your point?
It's the next Oliver Stone movie. Or maybe something by
Michael Moore.
Eric W. (Coming Soon: The Lives of Joel Hodgson by Albert
Goldman)
--
Eric Wilson :"The rumors of MST3K's death are
ewi...@nr.infi.net:greatly exaggerated."--Comedy Central
Occupation-Foole :"Allow me to knee you in the groin,
MST # 43,934 :Bob."--Tom Servo, "Fire Maidens From
:Outer Space"
TomServo48
>
> By this time, my lungs were aching for air....
> Sorry. Had to be said.
>--
....and there, on the doorknob....was a HOOK!!!
Chip Salzenberg
>>M Sampo wrote:
>>
>> By this time, my lungs were aching for air....
>> Sorry. Had to be said.
>
I killed that fat barkeep!
--
Chip Salzenberg a.k.a. <ch...@atlantic.net>
"Men of lofty genius are most active
when they are doing the least work."
-- Leonardo da Vinci
Stephan A. Manchir
they have a newton or other pen based computer, but that's not
important right now, oh, or voice recognition):
>In article <mthiel-1902...@smallmouth.tsrcom.com>,
>mth...@tsrcom.com (Matt Thiel) wrote:
><*opinions* deleted here>
>With the evidence I have
>> provided above, can you really blame Comedy Central?
>Uh, YES!, I mean NO! What was the question again?
>> So, why the hell did a great show like MST3K suffer a decline in quality
> like that? Is it a big conspiracy to take a something that is really good
>> & popular and f*** with it until nobody will watch it anymore? Is it the
>> same conspiracy that caused FOX to cancel 'The Critic'? The same one that
> makes Newt Gingrich the most overrated man in America? The same one that
>> makes 'Friends' the most overrated and overexposed show in TV history?
>> The same one that caused 'Calvin & Hobbes' to be cancelled? The same one
> that causes sequels to good movies to really suck (like 'Predator 2')?
>> The same one that caused Apple computers to go into financial ruin, even
>> though Macs are better than Wintels? The same one that prevents the U.S.
> government from bombing every drug cartel in the world, thus elimating
>> many of the problems we face today?
> I'm sorry, but I think you're over the limit on rhetorical questions.
But wouldn't life be different if there were no rhetorical questions?
>Could you open the cooler and show us what else you have? :-)
>-Doug Elrod (dr...@cornell.edu)
> "Now is the Fall of our MST3K
> made glorious Spring,
> by the hope of Renewal"
"There is an art, or rather, a knack, to flying. The knack lies in
learning to throw yourself at the ground and miss."
- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Stephan Manchir; http://b61548.CWRU.edu MSTie #55712 aka Xxyl
Melissa Diane Lupton
On 23 Feb 1996, Eric Wilson wrote:
> >> Goldman)
> >
> >to be dead first before Albert Goldman could work up the cahoonies to
> >write a book about him, and Joel is just not allowed to die for several
> >eons yet.
>
> supposedly natural causes, although I think it was a hit
> squad from rec.music.beatles.
Albert Goldman's *dead*? :) WHOOHOOO! (Q does backflip of joy) I'm
having all sorts of warm fuzzy images of John Lennon and Elvis making up
for a few years' worth of butt-kicking right about now...when did this
happen that I missed it?
BTW, "natural causes" my pasty white bottom - his adenoids finally
grew out of control and overtook the rest of his body.
> Eric W. ("Karma Boy"...I wonder how she found out my
> secret identity...)
Oops - sorry. I'll try to be more discreet from now on.
Q at USC
just glad nobody's discovered *hers*
nicklby
>On 22 Feb 1996, Eric Wilson wrote:
>> Eric W. (Coming Soon: The Lives of Joel Hodgson by Albert
>> Goldman)
> AAAaack! Don't wish that on him, karma-boy!! For one thing he'd have
>to be dead first before Albert Goldman could work up the cahoonies to
>write a book about him, and Joel is just not allowed to die for several
>eons yet.
Relax. Goldman is dead. Oh, if Chapman had only shot him instead of
JL.
>Q at USC
>still pissed at Jim Henson for breaking that particular rule
You and me both, Q.
nicklby
At least we know Jimmy Stewart is immortal
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"They can't censor the gleam in my eye."
-- Charles Laughton
Bill Livingston
>According to tomse...@aol.com (TomServo48):
>>>M Sampo wrote:
>>> By this time, my lungs were aching for air....
>>> Sorry. Had to be said.
>>
>> ....and there, on the doorknob....was a HOOK!!!
>
>I killed that fat barkeep!
And I sisn't steal no bike, neither!
Bill L.
Shamelessly contributing to yet another cascade
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
bi...@Traveller.COM http://www.Traveller.COM/~bill
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Eric Wilson
>
>On 22 Feb 1996, Eric Wilson wrote:
>
>> Eric W. (Coming Soon: The Lives of Joel Hodgson by Albert
>> Goldman)
>
>
> AAAaack! Don't wish that on him, karma-boy!! For one thing he'd have
>to be dead first before Albert Goldman could work up the cahoonies to
>write a book about him, and Joel is just not allowed to die for several
>eons yet.
Don't panic...Albert Goldman's dead himself. It was
supposedly natural causes, although I think it was a hit
squad from rec.music.beatles. Anyway, at least I didn't
say Kitty Kelly, who never had any qualms about taking the
live ones.
>
>Q at USC
>still pissed at Jim Henson for breaking that particular rule
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And Jack Benny...dead at 39. (SNIFF)...another one of
the good dead ones.
Eric W. ("Karma Boy"...I wonder how she found out my
secret identity...)
--
jnevins
>On 23 Feb 1996, Eric Wilson wrote:
>> Melissa Diane Lupton <lup...@castor.usc.edu> wrote:
>> >On 22 Feb 1996, Eric Wilson wrote:
>> Eric W. ("Karma Boy"...I wonder how she found out my
>> secret identity...)
> Oops - sorry. I'll try to be more discreet from now on.
>Q at USC
>just glad nobody's discovered *hers*
You can't fool me, "Q" - you're actually Brigit Nelson, aren't you?
jess
Stephen P. Clouse
> Eric W. (Coming Soon: The Lives of Joel Hodgson by Albert
>Goldman)
Also coming soon: "This is MST3K" by Ken Burns.
Steve "Let's be daring! Let's rent "The Civil War" AND "Baseball"!
And watch them in ONE month!!!" Clouse
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Melissa Diane Lupton
Uh - *sure*! (hey, if it means I get to be married to Mike Nelson
I'll pretend to be the pope!)
Q at USC
"look at this right here, a beautiful robot net...holy *shit* is this
thing stuck on here..."
Roger M. Wilcox
Stephen P. Clouse <scl...@sky.net> wrote:
>
>Also coming soon: "This is MST3K" by Ken Burns.
>
>Steve "Let's be daring! Let's rent "The Civil War" AND "Baseball"!
>And watch them in ONE month!!!" Clouse
For some bizarre reason, I actually bought the entire 10-disc laserdisc
edition of _Baseball_.
And, unlike my purchase of the _It's Pat: The Movie_ laserdisc, I have
no idea why I did such a thing.
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>provided above, can you really blame Comedy Central?
I can! Anyone else?
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Eric Wilson <ewi...@nr.infi.net> wrote:
>> Eric W. (Coming Soon: The Lives of Joel Hodgson by Albert
>>Goldman)
Sorry Eric, the king of tabloid pop died last year, our gain, hells
loss.
Andy
Save MST Cabal
> Melissa Diane Lupton <lup...@castor.usc.edu> writes:
>
> >On 23 Feb 1996, Eric Wilson wrote:
>
> >> Eric W. ("Karma Boy"...I wonder how she found out my
> >> secret identity...)
>
> > Oops - sorry. I'll try to be more discreet from now on.
>
> >Q at USC
> >just glad nobody's discovered *hers*
>
> You can't fool me, "Q" - you're actually Brigit Nelson, aren't you?
No, Carrot Top.
Jay Middleton
That joke works on three different levels, each one unfunny. Maybe I
should get some sleep.
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Melissa Diane Lupton
On Sat, 24 Feb 1996, Save MST Cabal wrote:
> On 23 Feb 1996, jnevins wrote:
>
> > You can't fool me, "Q" - you're actually Brigit Nelson, aren't you?
>
> No, Carrot Top.
AAck! You are *very* near bodily injury - that or being transported
to Sherword Forest with the Star Trek cast...or anything else I think I
can get away with while the others aren't looking...
Q at USC
relieved that no one's still guessed, though
gregg
>Maybe MST doesn't bring in the ratings (according to the wildly-inaccurate
>Nielsen Rating standard, anyhow), but in terms of quality, it is still
>better than anything Comedy Central can air in its place.
I did some research (such as it was, there's just not much info out
there that I could find) and determined that NO COMEDY CENTRAL SHOW
RATES HIGHER THAN THE NIELSEN MARGIN OF ERROR! It's just not carried
by enough cable companies to even make a blip on the Nielsen charts.
Ok, maybe the generally crappy programming has something to do with
that, too.
-Greg "It's just a fantasy" G
Save MST Cabal
> On Sat, 24 Feb 1996, Save MST Cabal wrote:
>
> > On 23 Feb 1996, jnevins wrote:
> >
> > > You can't fool me, "Q" - you're actually Brigit Nelson, aren't you?
> >
> > No, Carrot Top.
>
> AAck! You are *very* near bodily injury - that or being transported
> to Sherword Forest with the Star Trek cast...
Huzzah!
> or anything else I think I
> can get away with while the others aren't looking...
Oh yeah, they'll have to find someone else to be their file clerk!
<mumbles> sure, i'l answer the mail....what the hell was I thinking?!
> Q at USC
> relieved that no one's still guessed, though
Oh, okay. Jennifer Aniston.
Jay Middleton
BTWm if you are her, nice hinder!
Bill Livingston
>In article <Pine.SOL.3.91.960224...@mekab.usc.edu>,
>Melissa Diane Lupton <lup...@mekab.usc.edu> wrote:
>>
> [ re: Q's secret identity ]
>>
>>Q at USC
>>relieved that no one's still guessed, though
>
>You're ... you're ... you're ... MELISSA DIANE LUPTON!!!!
[Bill looks significantly at the audiance]
Or so the Germans would have us believe!
Actually, we all know that Q is really Desmond Llewelyn
Bill L.
Right, Moneypenny?
Roger M. Wilcox
Melissa Diane Lupton <lup...@mekab.usc.edu> wrote:
>
[ re: Q's secret identity ]
>
>Q at USC
>relieved that no one's still guessed, though
I've got it!
You're ... you're ... you're ... MELISSA DIANE LUPTON!!!!
Roger M. Wilcox
>
>King Dice wrote:
>> >
>> >The same one that causes sequels to good movies to really suck (like
>> >'Predator 2')?
>>
>> You didn't like "The Road Warrior"?
>
>I'm surprised you didn't mention 'Superman II' (second greatest sequel ever
>made).
_Superman II_ was still at least an order of magnitude below the first
_Superman_ movie in terms of good-movieness.
Roger M. Wilcox, worrying that somebody might get it in his/her head to
make _Lois and Clark: The Movie_.
Tammy Stephanie Davis
Roger M. Wilcox <rog...@tera.eng.sc.rolm.com> wrote:
:In article <312830...@tsrcom.com>, Matt Thiel <mth...@tsrcom.com> wrote:
:>
:>King Dice wrote:
:>> >
:>> >The same one that causes sequels to good movies to really suck (like
:>> >'Predator 2')?
:>>
:>> You didn't like "The Empire Strikes Back"? You didn't like "Wrath of Khan"?
:>> You didn't like "The Road Warrior"?
:>
:>I'm surprised you didn't mention 'Superman II' (second greatest sequel ever
:>made).
Ummm. Well I did like Superman II when I first saw it, but its one
of those movies that hasn't age very well (at least to me it hasn't.)
Specifically, there's something about a storyline that has the whole
world falling under global enslavement by three aliens because
Superman decides to get laid that kinda loses its appeal over time.
:_Superman II_ was still at least an order of magnitude below the first
:_Superman_ movie in terms of good-movieness.
Now yaw talkin'! Superman the movie on a big screen in a theatre was
fabulous! One of my top ten favorite movies.
--TSD(Christopher Reeve is still the *only* Superman.)
Mike Barklage
>Specifically, there's something about a storyline that has the whole
>world falling under global enslavement by three aliens because
>Superman decides to get laid that kinda loses its appeal over time.
It's still better than "Lois and Clark."
Mike Barklage... and of course "Superman III" and "IV"...
bark...@ucsu.colorado.edu -- MSTie #19634 -- For Ed Wood items, MSTings, and
the ST:Voyager MSTing archive, http://rtt.colorado.edu/~barklage/home.html
"May the forces of evil become confused on the way to your house." - G. Carlin
Ryan Wise
: >
: >I'm surprised you didn't mention 'Superman II' (second greatest sequel ever
: >made).
: _Superman II_ was still at least an order of magnitude below the first
: _Superman_ movie in terms of good-movieness.
: Roger M. Wilcox, worrying that somebody might get it in his/her head to
: make _Lois and Clark: The Movie_.
: --
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(And don't anybody say anything about another Star Trek movie involving
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nicklby
>On 27 Feb 1996, Bill Livingston wrote:
>> Previously on "MAD TV", rog...@tera.eng.sc.rolm.com (Roger M. Wilcox) wrote:
>> >In article <Pine.SOL.3.91.960224...@mekab.usc.edu>,
>> >Melissa Diane Lupton <lup...@mekab.usc.edu> wrote:
>> > [ re: Q's secret identity ]
>> >>
>> >>Q at USC
>> >>relieved that no one's still guessed, though
>> >
>> >I've got it!
>> >You're ... you're ... you're ... MELISSA DIANE LUPTON!!!!
>>
>> [Bill looks significantly at the audiance]
>> Or so the Germans would have us believe!
> Heh heh. *Sure* I'm Melissa Diane Lupton - and if you want to keep
>this newsgroup free from unsuspected attacks of Neil Diamond, you'll keep
>right on believing it... (you never had a dog, honey - never was a dog...)
Neil ... Dia ... mond. What's happening? The rooms ... spin .. ning
...
(A strange transformation takes place. nicklby's hair poofs up half a
foot. His shirt sprouts rhinestones. His pants get tighter. He
converts to Judaism)
Love on the rocks, ain't no big surprise
Pour me a drink, and I'll tell you some lies
Yesterday's gone
Now all I want is a smile ...
(just as suddenly, nicklby returns to normal)
Sorry about that.
>>
>> Actually, we all know that Q is really Desmond Llewelyn
> *WHAT*?!?! Well, I *never*! I will have you know, Mister, that you
>are talking to the Continuum's one and only member of the Info Club
>(well, aside from Juliewa, but that's supposed to be a secret) and
>accusing one of us of *ever* talking in a nasally monotone and kissing up
>to Judge Wapner can get you into *very* serious - what, Crow?! I'm busy
>right now!! - can get you into very serious trouble! We haven't used the
>orange marmalade and tickle bazooka in - Crow, for god's sake what?!?!?
>(Crow whispers something in Q's ear)
> Oh. *ahem* Never mind.
I've got it. You're Gilda Radner.
nicklby
Damn clever of you, faking your death like that, Gilda.
Does Gene know?
-------------------------------------------
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-- Charles Laughton
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T-Bone
>Neil ... Dia ... mond. What's happening? The rooms ... spin .. ning
>...
>
>(A strange transformation takes place. nicklby's hair poofs up half a
>foot. His shirt sprouts rhinestones. His pants get tighter. He
>converts to Judaism)
>
>Love on the rocks, ain't no big surprise
>Pour me a drink, and I'll tell you some lies
>Yesterday's gone
>Now all I want is a smile ...
>
>(just as suddenly, nicklby returns to normal)
>
>Sorry about that.
You know, I remember watching some bad tv show, and seeing a GOOD version
of this song, preformed by ... [wait for it] ... Robert Guillaime. You
know, the guy from _Benson_. Yeah, surprised me, too.
--
T-Bone, tbo...@io.com (on the web at http://www.io.com/~tbone1/)
"You've got to inspect your horn, boy."
'And wash it every day.'
- Crow, MST3K ("Mr. B. Natural")
nicklby
>On 28 Feb 1996, nicklby wrote:
>> Melissa Lupton <lup...@castor.usc.edu> wrote:
>> > Heh heh. *Sure* I'm Melissa Diane Lupton - and if you want to keep
>> >this newsgroup free from unsuspected attacks of Neil Diamond, you'll keep
>> >right on believing it... (you never had a dog, honey - never was a dog...)
>>
>> Neil ... Dia ... mond. What's happening? The rooms ... spin .. ning
>> ...
>>
>> (A strange transformation takes place. nicklby's hair poofs up half a
>> foot. His shirt sprouts rhinestones. His pants get tighter. He
>> converts to Judaism)
>>
>> Love on the rocks, ain't no big surprise
>> Pour me a drink, and I'll tell you some lies
>> Yesterday's gone
>> Now all I want is a smile ...
>>
>> (just as suddenly, nicklby returns to normal)
>>
>> Sorry about that.
> Oh nicklby, darling, Dr F got you too?! Dammit, I *told* you to run
>and save yourself!! Oh, *why* did you have to be so brave??? WHY?????
(nicklby grabs Q passionately. Music swells in the background)
Because, my dear, I couldn't let you suffer alone. Because the
problems of two little people don't amount to a hill of beans in this
crazy, mixed-up world. Because, well, dammit, I lo ...
(suddenly the two are surrounded by ninjas)
Hold that thought.
nicklby
oh, if real life were only this way
Melissa Lupton
On Wed, 28 Feb 1996, Save MST Cabal wrote:
> On 28 Feb 1996, Melissa Lupton wrote:
> > close but still no cigar
>
> Notice how she smoothly ducks the Jennifer Aniston (who has a newsgroup
> named after her, BTW) charge. It's her, I tell you.
I ducked it 'cause I was in the lengthy process of trying to
formulate a clever response without knowing who Jennifer Aniston is!
(okay, the Q are allowed *one* thing they don't have to know in the
universe so their brains don't explode). I will now go away and cower in
my own ignorance.
Q at USC
if she has a nice hinder, though, I s'pose I could be her...
Roger M. Wilcox
>
>> (A strange transformation takes place. nicklby's hair poofs up half a
>> foot. His shirt sprouts rhinestones. His pants get tighter. He
>> converts to Judaism)
>>
>> Love on the rocks, ain't no big surprise
>> Pour me a drink, and I'll tell you some lies
>> Yesterday's gone
>> Now all I want is a smile ...
... So you looked for the only friend you can fi-ind,
There in your mind...
Shiloh, when I was young,
I used to call your name;
When no one else would come,
Shiloh, you always came,
And we'd play.
Roger M. "And I only mention it because *I* was the social outcast when
I was that age" Wilcox
Melissa Lupton
On 29 Feb 1996, nicklby wrote:
> Melissa Lupton <lup...@castor.usc.edu> wrote:
> >On 28 Feb 1996, nicklby wrote:
> >> Neil ... Dia ... mond. What's happening? The rooms ... spin .. ning
> >> ...
> >> (A strange transformation takes place. nicklby's hair poofs up half a
> >> foot. His shirt sprouts rhinestones. His pants get tighter. He
> >> converts to Judaism)
> >>
> >> Love on the rocks, ain't no big surprise
> >> Pour me a drink, and I'll tell you some lies
> >> Yesterday's gone
> >> Now all I want is a smile ...
> >>
> >> (just as suddenly, nicklby returns to normal)
> >>
> >> Sorry about that.
>
>
> > Oh nicklby, darling, Dr F got you too?! Dammit, I *told* you to run
> >and save yourself!! Oh, *why* did you have to be so brave??? WHY?????
>
> (nicklby grabs Q passionately. Music swells in the background)
>
> Because, my dear, I couldn't let you suffer alone. Because the
> problems of two little people don't amount to a hill of beans in this
> crazy, mixed-up world. Because, well, dammit, I lo ...
>
> (suddenly the two are surrounded by ninjas)
>
> Hold that thought.
>
> nicklby
> oh, if real life were only this way
It's not???
Q at USC
ducking as a big ol' ninja sword goes flying and sticks into her computer
screen, and hoping to god none of them start singing the chorus to "Morning
Train" or we're both pretty well screwed...
Chrislark
decided that any garbage that they would put on would be fine with the
"fans". Why would they have this idea? Because of the reception that
they received at the MST3K convention. And it was after this that all of
the "writers" decided that they too must appear on MST.
How else could you explain that pathetic "infomercial" for the MST tapes
on the "streamlined" turkey day?? This is the kind of thing that they
should be spoofing, not doing!!
nicklby
>>On 28 Feb 1996, nicklby wrote:
>>
>>> (A strange transformation takes place. nicklby's hair poofs up half a
>>> foot. His shirt sprouts rhinestones. His pants get tighter. He
>>> converts to Judaism)
>>>
>>> Love on the rocks, ain't no big surprise
>>> Pour me a drink, and I'll tell you some lies
>>> Yesterday's gone
>>> Now all I want is a smile ...
>... So you looked for the only friend you can fi-ind,
>There in your mind...
>Shiloh, when I was young,
>I used to call your name;
>When no one else would come,
>Shiloh, you always came,
>And we'd play.
I gained a new appreciation of this song when someone suggested to me
it might be about self-abuse.
nicklby
SEINFELD MODE ON:
Why do they call it self-abuse? It's not painful, it's not an
unpleasant thing to do. So why call it abuse? It seems to me
you're doing yourself a favor! So why don't we call it
"self-service"?
SEINFELD MODE OFF
Christine Malcom
Only one of the most sought after in America in this degenerate age
Christine Malcom-Department of Anthropology (cm...@midway.uchicago.edu)
Indestructible Gouda Llama Woman...psst...Q! She plays Rachel on Friends
"I didn't mean it when I said I hope the cable in the elevator snaps when you
step on board. And I was joking when I said I hope you crack your head and
get mangled by the downstairs revolving door. And I was kidding when I said I
hope the #103 bus hits and makes a pancake out of you. I'm sorry, I'm sorry,
isn't it amazing what a woman in love will do?" Christine Lavin
--
T-Bone
>> > close but still no cigar
>>
>> Notice how she smoothly ducks the Jennifer Aniston (who has a newsgroup
>> named after her, BTW) charge. It's her, I tell you.
>
> I ducked it 'cause I was in the lengthy process of trying to
>formulate a clever response without knowing who Jennifer Aniston is!
>(okay, the Q are allowed *one* thing they don't have to know in the
>universe so their brains don't explode). I will now go away and cower in
>my own ignorance.
She is an overrated cast member of _Friends_, if you'll pardon the
redundancy.
Save MST Cabal
> > > close but still no cigar
> >
> > Notice how she smoothly ducks the Jennifer Aniston (who has a newsgroup
> > named after her, BTW) charge. It's her, I tell you.
>
> I ducked it 'cause I was in the lengthy process of trying to
> formulate a clever response without knowing who Jennifer Aniston is!
> (okay, the Q are allowed *one* thing they don't have to know in the
> universe so their brains don't explode). I will now go away and cower in
> my own ignorance.
>
> Q at USC
> if she has a nice hinder, though, I s'pose I could be her...
Check out the current issue of Rolling Stone. She's hinderiffic!
Jay Middleton
I can't believe I just posted that.
Mike Czaplinski
This piece of flame bait is too pathetic to <*PLONK!*>
Andrew J. 'Neuracnu' Chinnici
> I never quite got the "Superman erases Lois's memory by kissing her"
> thing they used in both "II" and "IV." I think they're okay movies, but
> come on!
MSTing Superman, ehhhh... not a very good idea. Far too touchy of a subject
these days.
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>> I never quite got the "Superman erases Lois's memory by kissing her"
>> thing they used in both "II" and "IV." I think they're okay movies, but
>> come on!
Notice when he kisses her, he ALSO sticks his fingers on her face in an
odd pattern.
He's using the Vulcan "forget!" touch we first saw used in the original
_Star Trek_ episode "Who Mourns for Adonis?".
Roger M. "And I wouldn'ta noticed that if not for Mad magazine" Wilcox
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Noah Singman
>
>As one who has, for the most part, ignored religion for most of his life,
I often find
>it odd that the only biblical references I know and use on a regular
basis are
>parting the Red Sea, Job, and Onan.
>
In honor of the great Biblical scholar, Thomas of Servo, of the SOL
monastery, may I point out that Onan's sin was not masturbation, but
coitus interruptus. In Judaism, there is something known as Levirate
marriage. Specifically, if your married brother dies childless, you are
obligated to impregnate his wife, and the child will be considered your
brother's. Onan refused to do this, and the Big Guy smote him, but good.
Nowadays (and for the last couple of millenia), a ceremony is carried out
in which the surviving brother formally refuses.
Noah MST#59539
P.S. - I'm an atheist, but when you can't get to sleep, you can't beat
Leviticus.
Christine Malcom
>We now return to our regularly scheduled program already in progress
[all sorts of brilliant Q stuff snipped not because I don't love her, but
because I'm in personal crisis as you'll soon see]
>Undercover angel, midnight fantasy
WHAT? WHAT? Midnight *fantasy*???? Until this absolute moment, I have always
believed the line to be "Midnight Tennessee." Suddenly, I'm painfully aware
that this makes no sense, has never made any sense, and that I'm a big big
doofus.
>I never had a dream that made sweet love to me (ooo!)
>Undercover angel, answer to my prayers
>You let me know that there's a love for me out there
Christine Malcom-Department of Anthropology (cm...@midway.uchicago.edu)
Indestructible Gouda Llama Woman flipping frantically through the yellow
pages in search of a therapist
Andrew S. Wheat
: nicklby <nic...@primenet.com> wrote:
: >We now return to our regularly scheduled program already in progress
: [all sorts of brilliant Q stuff snipped not because I don't love her, but
: because I'm in personal crisis as you'll soon see]
: >Undercover angel, midnight fantasy
: WHAT? WHAT? Midnight *fantasy*???? Until this absolute moment, I have always
: believed the line to be "Midnight Tennessee." Suddenly, I'm painfully aware
: that this makes no sense, has never made any sense, and that I'm a big big
: doofus.
I still think I amd the king of misinterpreted lyrics. You know in "Myth
of Fingerprints" Paul sings "Ever since the wattermellon?" Well, I had
my own kind of strange translation of that line. I still think to this
day that my translation makes at least as much sense, if not more.
Elvis IS the watermellon.
--
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MST3K # 65531, Founding member: Gonzo for Intestinal Ringworm
movement) "You're in the AV crew! Come and join our groovy
gang. We'll watch Dr. Who!"
Amy Ashton
Nicklby said:
>Who am I? What is this place? Why is everyone singing bad music? Who
>is that woman who looks like a Muppet? Is she my ...
This is not my beautiful wife!
Amy
--
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and eat lots of fresh vegetables." -- The Tick
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Bob Church
cm...@midway.uchicago.edu (Christine Malcom) writes:
>
>
> WHAT? WHAT? Midnight *fantasy*???? Until this absolute moment, I have always
> believed the line to be "Midnight Tennessee." Suddenly, I'm painfully aware
> that this makes no sense, has never made any sense, and that I'm a big big
> doofus.
If failing to understand music from the early 80's makes you a doofus,
then relax. You're in a very, very big crowd.
Bob (wrapped up like a douche, you know the leader of the night) Church
John Crowe
>I still think I am the king of misinterpreted lyrics. You know in "Myth
>of Fingerprints" Paul sings "Ever since the wattermellon?" Well, I had
>my own kind of strange translation of that line. I still think to this
>day that my translation makes at least as much sense, if not more.
>Elvis IS the watermellon.
How about "Bingo Jet had a light on!" (instead of "Big ol' Jet
Airliner"), "I'll never be your pizza burning" (instead of "I'll Never
be Your Beast of Burden"), and "who read the book and laughed"
(instead of "Who wrote the book of Love")....
....all of these from one woman I know!
Brock LaReau:CapitAlizing AT raNdom
Amy Ashton
Silverblade said:
>I still think I amd the king of misinterpreted lyrics. You know in "Myth
>of Fingerprints" Paul sings "Ever since the wattermellon?" Well, I had
>my own kind of strange translation of that line. I still think to this
>day that my translation makes at least as much sense, if not more.
>
>Elvis IS the watermellon.
Two of my personal favorites:
The famous "there's a bathroom on the right" ("there's a bad moon
on the rise"), and my personal interpretation of the Rolling Stones'
Beat of Burden...
I never see your pizza burnin'.
Amy
... "Myth of the Fingerprints" is a great song, btw. Didja know
they're coming out with a movie by that title later this year?
David Kaleida
>
>Richard S Johnson <rsjo...@naz.edu> writes:
>
>>On Tue, 12 Mar 1996, Andrew S. Wheat wrote:
>
>>> I still think I amd the king of misinterpreted lyrics. You know in "Myth
>>> of Fingerprints" Paul sings "Ever since the wattermellon?" Well, I had
>>> my own kind of strange translation of that line. I still think to this
>>> day that my translation makes at least as much sense, if not more.
>>>
>>> Elvis IS the watermellon.
>
>>(Just to cross this thread with the "Naughty word warning" one..)
>
>>That Elvis was one BAAAAD melonfarmer--
>
>
>Shut Yo Mouth!
>
He's jus' talkin' 'bout Elvis.
David
Bill Livingston
wrote:
We can dig it!!
Bill L.
Theme from
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
bi...@Traveller.COM http://www.Traveller.COM/~bill
Best if Used by Date on Label
Christine Malcom
>Previously on "Don Kirchner's Rock Concert", cm...@midway.uchicago.edu (Christine
>>
>>[all sorts of brilliant Q stuff snipped not because I don't love her, but
>>because I'm in personal crisis as you'll soon see]
>>
>>>Undercover angel, midnight fantasy
>>
>>believed the line to be "Midnight Tennessee." Suddenly, I'm painfully aware
>>that this makes no sense, has never made any sense, and that I'm a big big
>>doofus.
>
>MEET John Forsythe and Bosworth. TALK to Cheryl Ladd and Jaclyn Smith. TOUCH
Um...it's Bosley..not Bosworth...I'm horrified to know that.
>
>Midnight, Tennessee: If you've been here, you're no doofus!
>Preceding a paid advertisement by the Tennessee Dept. of Tourism
I smell a plot...and I can tell you precisely *why* and *how* I smell a plot,
right down to the olfactory bulb...but you'd better act quick because I'm
draining my brain tonight
Christine Malcom-Department of Anthropology (cm...@midway.uchicago.edu)
Indestructible Gouda Llama Woman is tired and therefore stupider than usual
nicklby
Aside from "Miss Saigon," that is.
Melissa Lupton <lup...@castor.usc.edu> wrote:
>On 11 Mar 1996, nicklby wrote:
>> We now return to our regularly scheduled program already in progress
>> ...
>> (Nearby, nicklby is fighting off three ninjas with a breadstick.)
>>
>> Wow, I never knew I knew so much about martial arts. In fact,
>> (song cue)
>> I think I'm turning Japanese
>> I think I'm turning Japanese
>> I really think so
>> (Suddenly, the breadstick breaks. He calls out to Q for help)
>>
>> If you're near me darling, can't you hear me
>> SOS
>> And the love you gave me, nothing else can save me
>> SOS
> Hey nicklby, hon - just reach out, yeah, just reach out...
> *HUH! I'll be there.....*
> >(Q spins around Tasmanian-devil style and begins to sprout sideburns and
> >evil seventies clothes)
> > *SWEEEEEEEEEET Car-O-LIIIIIIIINNNNE*...
> >(adds a huge cowboy hat)
> > *Lahke uh Rhahnstone COW-boy!!!*
> >(and for the dazzling finale sprouts a shaggy blonde Jesus-perm while her
> >face elongates about a foot)
> > *oh LUUUUUUUVV, ya know it's just been a little, LOVE'S BEEN A LITTLE
> >BIT HARD ON ME*!!
> >(Q stops spinning, sits up and cautiously removes cowboy hat)
> > Ugh...*whimper* No fair, Freddie's making the ninjas trigger my
> >conditioned responses again! MOOOOOOOOOMMMMM!!!!!!!
> > !!!!! Nicklby! Nicklby, darling, are you alright? Speak to me!!!
> (nicklby, stunned by the amazing transformations of Q, staggers
> backward, trips over a dead ninja and bumps his head on a jukebox. He
> lies unconscious for minutes. He finally stirs)
>> Who am I? What is this place? Why is everyone singing bad music? Who
>> is that woman who looks like a Muppet? Is she my ...
>> (song cue)
>>
>> Undercover angel, midnight fantasy
>> I never had a dream that made sweet love to me (ooo!)
>> Undercover angel, answer to my prayers
>> You let me know that there's a love for me out there
> (Q sprouts offensive blonde wig as a choir of Australian children
>pops up out of nowhere behind her)
> *I believe in angels, (twong-wong-twang-daddle-ang!!) something good
>in everything I see...(sorry; I had to get you back for putting that
>other evil Abba song in my head!)
> Nicklby, darling!! It's me, your one and only intended Muppet!!
>We're getting married at the Con, remember? (along with about half the
>newsgroup, but anyway.....)
Married? You mean to say ...
(song cue)
We're goin' to the MST Con and we're gonna get married
Goin to the MST Con and we're gonna get married
Gee, we're gonna meet Crow and we're gonna get married
Married on the Sat'lite of Love
But I don't remember who you are. Are you ...
Mandy? No, she came and she gave without taking, but I sent her away.
Shannon? No, Shannon is gone, I heard. She's drifting out to sea.
Windy? No, Windy has stormy eyes that flash at the sound of lies.
Lola? No, she was a showgirl. With yellow feathers in her hair and a
dress cut down to there.
Sweet Gypsy Rose? No, she's got rings on her fingers and bells on her
toes.
I'm sorry, lady. I'm drawing a blank. Who are you?
>Q at USC
>ready with the honkin' big clown hammer just in case this doesn't jog his
>memory.
Hey, is that a present for me? I love presents!
(nicklby closes his eyes tight in anticipation)
Let me have it!
nicklby
I don't know about you, but the suspense is killing me.
nicklby
>Richard S Johnson <rsjo...@naz.edu> writes:
>>On Tue, 12 Mar 1996, Andrew S. Wheat wrote:
>>> I still think I amd the king of misinterpreted lyrics. You know in "Myth
>>> of Fingerprints" Paul sings "Ever since the wattermellon?" Well, I had
>>> my own kind of strange translation of that line. I still think to this
>>> day that my translation makes at least as much sense, if not more.
>>>
>>> Elvis IS the watermellon.
>>(Just to cross this thread with the "Naughty word warning" one..)
>>That Elvis was one BAAAAD melonfarmer--
>Shut Yo Mouth!
But he was just talking 'bout my man Elvis ...
nicklby
Giving the Internet the Shaft for more than 1/200th of a century
jnevins
>On Tue, 12 Mar 1996, Andrew S. Wheat wrote:
>> I still think I amd the king of misinterpreted lyrics. You know in "Myth
>> of Fingerprints" Paul sings "Ever since the wattermellon?" Well, I had
>> my own kind of strange translation of that line. I still think to this
>> day that my translation makes at least as much sense, if not more.
>>
>> Elvis IS the watermellon.
>(Just to cross this thread with the "Naughty word warning" one..)
>That Elvis was one BAAAAD melonfarmer--
Shut Yo Mouth!
jess
Blair Dillman
>Silverblade said:
>>I still think I amd the king of misinterpreted lyrics. You know in "Myth
>>of Fingerprints" Paul sings "Ever since the wattermellon?" Well, I had
>>my own kind of strange translation of that line. I still think to this
>>day that my translation makes at least as much sense, if not more.
>>
>>Elvis IS the watermellon.
>Two of my personal favorites:
>The famous "there's a bathroom on the right" ("there's a bad moon
>on the rise"), and my personal interpretation of the Rolling Stones'
>Beat of Burden...
>I never see your pizza burnin'.
Jimi Hendrix, "Excuse Me While I Kiss This Guy."
-Blair Dillman
br...@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (probably not for long)
Christine Malcom
>cm...@midway.uchicago.edu (Christine Malcom) writes:
>> WHAT? WHAT? Midnight *fantasy*???? Until this absolute moment, I have always
>> believed the line to be "Midnight Tennessee." Suddenly, I'm painfully aware
>> that this makes no sense, has never made any sense, and that I'm a big big
>> doofus.
>
>then relax. You're in a very, very big crowd.
filled with fabulous prizes, just waiting to be won!
>Bob (wrapped up like a douche, you know the leader of the night) Church
That is one of my personal favorites.
Christine Malcom-Department of Anthropology (cm...@midway.uchicago.edu)
Indestructible Gouda Llama Woman who thinks that's the great thing about 80's
music, you don't have to play things backwards to hear the secret messages
Bill Livingston
>Bill Livingston <bi...@Traveller.COM> wrote:
>>Midnight, Tennessee: If you've been here, you're no doofus!
>>Preceding a paid advertisement by the Tennessee Dept. of Tourism
>
>I smell a plot...and I can tell you precisely *why* and *how* I smell a plot,
>right down to the olfactory bulb...but you'd better act quick because I'm
>draining my brain tonight
Quickly, then, woman, which ploto smellest thou? (I have so many)
Bill L.
Trying to learn much
Jeff Swanson
John Crowe <jcro...@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>tana...@netcom.com (Andrew S. Wheat) wrote:
>
>>I still think I am the king of misinterpreted lyrics. You know in "Myth
>>my own kind of strange translation of that line. I still think to this
>>day that my translation makes at least as much sense, if not more.
>
>>Elvis IS the watermellon.
>
>
>Airliner"), "I'll never be your pizza burning" (instead of "I'll Never
>be Your Beast of Burden"), and "who read the book and laughed"
>(instead of "Who wrote the book of Love")....
>
>....all of these from one woman I know!
>
>Brock LaReau:CapitAlizing AT raNdom
>
My personal favorite is "Oh no there's a bathroom on the right" as opposed
to bad moon on the rise.
Kathy
spi...@mcs.com
Melissa Lupton
On 13 Mar 1996, nicklby wrote:
> Before we begin, I dare anybody else to name another ninja pop opera.
> Aside from "Miss Saigon," that is.
> >On 11 Mar 1996, nicklby wrote:
(major snippage here - when we last left our heroes they were fighting
off hoardes of Sandy Frank ninjas when nicklby tripped like a klutz over
one of them, conked his noggin on a jukebox and lost all memory of Q his
intended muppet and his former identity)
> But I don't remember who you are. Are you ...
> Mandy? No, she came and she gave without taking, but I sent her away.
> Shannon? No, Shannon is gone, I heard. She's drifting out to sea.
> Windy? No, Windy has stormy eyes that flash at the sound of lies.
> Lola? No, she was a showgirl. With yellow feathers in her hair and a
> dress cut down to there.
> Sweet Gypsy Rose? No, she's got rings on her fingers and bells on her
> toes.
>
> I'm sorry, lady. I'm drawing a blank. Who are you?
My pride is really beginning to hurt now - do the words
"chocolate-covered chicken suit" mean absolutely *nothing* to you???
> >Q at USC
> >ready with the honkin' big clown hammer just in case this doesn't jog his
> >memory.
>
> Hey, is that a present for me? I love presents!
> (nicklby closes his eyes tight in anticipation)
> Let me have it!
Well, okay - ( !! Q suddenly remembers what started this whole
amnesia thing, drops the clown hammer, runs over and grabs the jukebox
and drags it - *urk*!!! I said, DRAGS IT over to nickbly...)
Indy, I love you!! Wake up!!
*WHAPPO*!!!!!
There. If that doesn't do it, nothing will, eh nicklby? Nicklby...?
Q at USC
well, at least the noise the jukebox made smacking into your noggin
wasn't your last name
J. Walker
>Servotron, Destroyer of Worlds <bryan....@co.hennepin.mn.us> wrote:
>>
>>As one who has, for the most part, ignored religion for most of his life,
> I often find
>>it odd that the only biblical references I know and use on a regular
>basis are
>>parting the Red Sea, Job, and Onan.
>>
>In honor of the great Biblical scholar, Thomas of Servo, of the SOL
>monastery, may I point out that Onan's sin was not masturbation, but
>coitus interruptus. In Judaism, there is something known as Levirate
>marriage. Specifically, if your married brother dies childless, you are
>obligated to impregnate his wife, and the child will be considered your
>brother's. Onan refused to do this, and the Big Guy smote him, but good.
YEOWZA! I hate when that happens.
(the smote thang, *not* the client-server thang w/childless sister
in-law)
>><SNIP><<
Roger M. Wilcox
>Nicklby said:
>
>>Who am I? What is this place? Why is everyone singing bad music? Who
>>is that woman who looks like a Muppet? Is she my ...
>
Sometimes I tell myself, this is not my beautiful stapler!
Sometimes I tell myself, this is not my beautiful chair!
Roger M. "Watch out, it's Dog Eat Dog" Wilcox
Soundwave [Chad Gould]
: >>Who am I? What is this place? Why is everyone singing bad music? Who
: >>is that woman who looks like a Muppet? Is she my ...
: >This is not my beautiful wife!
: laughter he has experienced in far too long. )
Why am I getting images of Nicklby standing in the middle of a white
room, bonking his head around a bit singing "As the days go by..."?
: (He struggles and
: eventually makes it back to the keyboard.)
: You know, I ... uh. Um. Er.
: Darn, I forgot what I was going to say.
That's it! Nicklby's secret identity is one of the members of the
Talking Heads!
--
Chad Gould aka Soundwave (not Gently) |--X5/D50/DX27/1202/Juno106/GUS--|
internet: cgo...@gate.net (ISDN #1134) |"Dirty pool old man, I like it!"|
Scanning and web author services avail. |Make Happy the Harmonica Happy!!|
http://www.webcom.com/~cgould/ - MST3K,MIDI,pinball,ambient/emusic,andmore
SAVE MST3K!! - http://fermi.clas.virginia.edu/~jcp9j/canceled.html forinfo
Christine Malcom
>Previously on "Blanksy's Beauties", Christine Malcom (cm...@midway.uchicago.edu) says...
>>Bill Livingston <bi...@Traveller.COM> wrote:
>>>Midnight, Tennessee: If you've been here, you're no doofus!
>>>Preceding a paid advertisement by the Tennessee Dept. of Tourism
>>
>>I smell a plot...and I can tell you precisely *why* and *how* I smell a plot,
>>right down to the olfactory bulb...but you'd better act quick because I'm
>>draining my brain tonight
>
>Quickly, then, woman, which ploto smellest thou? (I have so many)
Umm...let me think *sniffs the air* *circles Bill* *sniffs behind his ears*
YOU'RE planning to take over the K-Mart Corporation! You fiend!
>Bill L.
>Trying to learn much
I'm a bimbo...you're barking up the wrong tree.
Christine Malcom-Department of Anthropology (cm...@midway.uchicago.edu)
Indestructible Gouda Llama Woman: Committed to committing customers
Bill Livingston
>Bill Livingston <bi...@Traveller.COM> wrote:
>>Previously on "Blanksy's Beauties", Christine Malcom (cm...@midway.uchicago.edu)
> says...
>>>Bill Livingston <bi...@Traveller.COM> wrote:
>>>>Midnight, Tennessee: If you've been here, you're no doofus!
>>>>Preceding a paid advertisement by the Tennessee Dept. of Tourism
>>>
>>>I smell a plot...and I can tell you precisely *why* and *how* I smell a plot,
>>>right down to the olfactory bulb...but you'd better act quick because I'm
>>>draining my brain tonight
>>
>>Quickly, then, woman, which ploto smellest thou? (I have so many)
>
>Umm...let me think *sniffs the air* *circles Bill* *sniffs behind his ears*
heheheHAHAHAH - you *kno* that tickles!
>YOU'RE planning to take over the K-Mart Corporation! You fiend!
Sorry - that's next week's plot (can't do it until I get their new credit
card!).
This week's plot - Darrin upsets Endora, who casts an embaressing spell
on him. Hilarity ensues.
>>Bill L.
>>Trying to learn much
>I'm a bimbo...you're barking up the wrong tree.
"Barking up th Bimbo Tree" - that's *almost* a country song title!
Bill L.
All it needs is a train
Bill Livingston
>Bill Livingston <bi...@Traveller.COM> wrote:
>>Previously on "The X-Files", Christine Malcom (cm...@midway.uchicago.edu)
says...
>>>>>>Midnight, Tennessee: If you've been here, you're no doofus!
>>>>>>Preceding a paid advertisement by the Tennessee Dept. of Tourism
>>>>>I smell a plot...and I can tell you precisely *why* and *how* I smell a
>>>>Quickly, then, woman, which ploto smellest thou? (I have so many)
>>>Umm...let me think *sniffs the air* *circles Bill* *sniffs behind his ears*
>>heheheHAHAHAH - you *kno* that tickles!
Fortunately I'm a master of reflexology!
>>>YOU'RE planning to take over the K-Mart Corporation! You fiend!
>>Sorry - that's next week's plot (can't do it until I get their new credit
>>card!).
>They have a credit card now? The horror! That's so...so...imitation
>department store-ish
I wondered who the marketing genius was who came up with this while they're
starting tht long slide down the old dumper. This is the kind of thing that put
WT Grant's out of business.
>>This week's plot - Darrin upsets Endora, who casts an embaressing spell
>>on him. Hilarity ensues.
>Oh puleez! Not the incontinence episode again! They just *showed* that
>one on Nick at Night!
No, it's the flatulence episode (I love where Larry Tate brings the disposable
lighter king into his office for a story session and...)
>>>>Bill L.
>>>>Trying to learn much
>>>I'm a bimbo...you're barking up the wrong tree.
>>"Barking up th Bimbo Tree" - that's *almost* a country song title!
>>All it needs is a train
>I'm taking a train to Buffalo Grove tonight...does this help?
It certainly helps Buffalo Grove!
>Christine Malcom-Department of Anthropology (cm...@midway.uchicago.edu)
>Indestructible Gouda Llama Woman is having problems finding a cat sitter
I would offer, but the last time I cat-sat, - well, let's just say that "sat"
ain't the only word that rhyjes with "cat".
Bill L.
SAMANTHA!!
nicklby
>nicklby (nic...@primenet.com) wrote:
>: >>Who am I? What is this place? Why is everyone singing bad music? Who
>: >>is that woman who looks like a Muppet? Is she my ...
>: >This is not my beautiful wife!
>: (nicklby collapses on the floor in convulsions of the most sincere
>: laughter he has experienced in far too long. )
>Why am I getting images of Nicklby standing in the middle of a white
>room, bonking his head around a bit singing "As the days go by..."?
>: (He struggles and
>: eventually makes it back to the keyboard.)
>: You know, I ... uh. Um. Er.
>: Darn, I forgot what I was going to say.
>That's it! Nicklby's secret identity is one of the members of the
>Talking Heads!
And you may find yourself, living in a one-bedroom apartment
And you may find yourself, watching MST3K
And you may find yourself, posting in a large alien newsgroup
And you may find yourself, being the subject of speculation
And you may say to yourself, well ... beats working.
nicklby
same as it ever was
nicklby
I thought ELO's "Evil Woman" was about a transvestite when it came
out. I thought the chorus was:
"He is a woman!" (descending guitar riff)
nicklby
Scuse me while I kiss this guy
Servotron
> Bob Church <chu...@art.ohiou.edu> wrote:
>
> >Bob (wrapped up like a douche, you know the leader of the night) Church
>
> That is one of my personal favorites.
While we're on the topic of misheard 80's lines, did anyone catch Crow's
misheard 80's line in, I believe, Escape (not by Jeff Minter) 2000? He did
a falsetto "She's so popular", ostensibly doing Peter Gabriel's "Games
Without Frontiers", when the line is actually whatever "Games Without
Frontiers" is in French. I can't remember it exactly, but it sounds a lot
like "She's so popular".
Servotron, Destroyer of Worlds
<bryan....@co.hennepin.mn.us>
. . . who knows, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that way way way way
too many people of my age and vaguely hip persuasion have made, at
one point in their lives, a tape for their current or prospective significant
other that includes Gabriel's "In Your Eyes".
Te Odio, Querida
> spi...@MCS.COM (Jeff Swanson) wrote:
>
[big ol' snip to get rid of previous misinterpreted lyrics]
>>My personal favorite is "Oh no there's a bathroom on the right" as opposed
>>to bad moon on the rise.
>
>
> I thought ELO's "Evil Woman" was about a transvestite when it came
> out. I thought the chorus was:
> "He is a woman!" (descending guitar riff)
>
> nicklby
> Scuse me while I kiss this guy
How about the famous line from "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds":
The girl with collitis goes by...
(actual line: "The girl with kaliedescope eyes...")
Or, more contemporary, the song by the President of the U.S.A. featuring
the chorus "She's lump" can be interpreted much more interestingly as
"Cheese lump." Makes the rest of the chorus _very_ intriguing...:)
--
__________________________________________________________________
"The dumber people think you are, the more surprised they're
going to be when you will them." -- William Clayton
Roger M. Wilcox
cm...@midway.uchicago.edu (Christine Malcom) wrote:
>
>Indestructible Gouda Llama Woman is having problems finding a cat sitter
Ooh! Ooh! I'll sit on your cat for you!
nicklby
>On 13 Mar 1996, nicklby wrote:
>> Before we begin, I dare anybody else to name another ninja pop opera.
>> Aside from "Miss Saigon," that is.
Someone e-mailed at mentioned "Shogun: The Musical" as another ninja
pop opera. OK, granted, but I'd like to add that this thread has had
a much longer run than "Shogun," so nyah.
> > >On 11 Mar 1996, nicklby wrote:
>(major snippage here - when we last left our heroes they were fighting
>off hoardes of Sandy Frank ninjas when nicklby tripped like a klutz over
>one of them, conked his noggin on a jukebox and lost all memory of Q his
>intended muppet and his former identity)
We now rejoin our regularly scheduled program already in progress ...
>> I'm sorry, lady. I'm drawing a blank. Who are you?
> My pride is really beginning to hurt now - do the words
>"chocolate-covered chicken suit" mean absolutely *nothing* to you???
>> >Q at USC
>> >ready with the honkin' big clown hammer just in case this doesn't jog his
>> >memory.
>>
>> Hey, is that a present for me? I love presents!
>> (nicklby closes his eyes tight in anticipation)
>> Let me have it!
> Well, okay - ( !! Q suddenly remembers what started this whole
>amnesia thing, drops the clown hammer, runs over and grabs the jukebox
>and drags it - *urk*!!! I said, DRAGS IT over to nickbly...)
> Indy, I love you!! Wake up!!
> *WHAPPO*!!!!!
> There. If that doesn't do it, nothing will, eh nicklby? Nicklby...?
(nicklby stirs)
OH PRETTY LAAAAAAAAA-DEEE! Why for did you hit me on the head with
that big, heavy jukebox, huh? Froinlaven!
>Q at USC
>well, at least the noise the jukebox made smacking into your noggin
>wasn't your last name
(sheepish grin)
Actually, it was.
nicklby
now, that's a pain that's going to linger.
Russ Cable
>
> In article <4icoct$4...@nnrp1.news.primenet.com>, nic...@primenet.com (nicklby) writes:
> > spi...@MCS.COM (Jeff Swanson) wrote:
> >
>
> [big ol' snip to get rid of previous misinterpreted lyrics]
>
> >>My personal favorite is "Oh no there's a bathroom on the right" as opposed
> >>to bad moon on the rise.
> >
> >
> > I thought ELO's "Evil Woman" was about a transvestite when it came
> > out. I thought the chorus was:
> > "He is a woman!" (descending guitar riff)
> >
> > nicklby
> > Scuse me while I kiss this guy
>
> How about the famous line from "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds":
> The girl with collitis goes by...
>
> (actual line: "The girl with kaliedescope eyes...")
>
> Or, more contemporary, the song by the President of the U.S.A. featuring
> the chorus "She's lump" can be interpreted much more interestingly as
> "Cheese lump." Makes the rest of the chorus _very_ intriguing...:)
> --
>
For those of you who don't keep up with "alternative":
Cheese lump, Cheese lump, Cheese lump
Cheese in my head.
Cheese lump, Cheese lump, Cheese lump
Cheese might be dead.
-- Ransom "Soylent Green is made from cheese" Cable
What were we doing in a nebula?
Let's stop pretending, we're not going home -
we're exploring every cubic millimeter of this quadrant!
- "Star Trek: Voyager" - It's self-MiSTing!
Melissa Lupton
On 19 Mar 1996, nicklby wrote:
> Melissa Lupton <lup...@mekab.usc.edu> wrote:
> >On 13 Mar 1996, nicklby wrote:
(when last we left our heroes, they were playing musical ninjas and
forget-me-not)
> >> Hey, is that a present for me? I love presents!
> >> (nicklby closes his eyes tight in anticipation)
> >> Let me have it!
>
> > Well, okay - ( !! Q suddenly remembers what started this whole
> >amnesia thing, drops the clown hammer, runs over and grabs the jukebox
> >and drags it - *urk*!!! I said, DRAGS IT over to nickbly...)
>
> > Indy, I love you!! Wake up!!
>
> > *WHAPPO*!!!!!
>
> > There. If that doesn't do it, nothing will, eh nicklby? Nicklby...?
>
> (nicklby stirs)
>
> OH PRETTY LAAAAAAAAA-DEEE! Why for did you hit me on the head with
> that big, heavy jukebox, huh? Froinlaven!
Nicklby, sweet, I'm afraid you've hit upon yet another one of my
completely irrational pixellated crushes - the Jerry Lewis character from
Animaniacs. So, if this amnesia must persist, I'll settle for this
incarnation...:)
> >Q at USC
> >well, at least the noise the jukebox made smacking into your noggin
> >wasn't your last name
>
> (sheepish grin)
>
> Actually, it was.
Ooh, naughty naughty, nicklby - you ought to know better than to fib
to a Q! We all know *WHAPPO*!!!!! was the illegitimate love-child of
Zeppo Marx and Wakko Warner who briefly had a career in processed cheese
before going bankrupt and selling his soul to write for "Alf." Let's
see, for fibbing you must be punished...(Q gets dreamy look on her face
as her imagination goes quite haywire...)
>
> nicklby
> now, that's a pain that's going to linger.
:) No comment.
Q at USC
come on BAY-bee make it hurt so good...
Kathleen Tibbetts
>Amy Ashton <bn...@yfn.ysu.edu> wrote:
>>Nicklby said:
>>>Who am I? What is this place? Why is everyone singing bad music? Who
>>>is that woman who looks like a Muppet? Is she my ...
>>This is not my beautiful wife!
>Sometimes I tell myself, this is not my beautiful stapler!
>Sometimes I tell myself, this is not my beautiful chair!
>Roger M. "Watch out, it's Dog Eat Dog" Wilcox
You may not like the things we do,
Only idiots igno-ore the truth!
It's easy to get down and hide,
Where's a warrior without his pride?
-- KT ("bang bang, you're dead!")
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Amy Ashton
Servotron stated:
>While we're on the topic of misheard 80's lines, did anyone catch Crow's
>misheard 80's line in, I believe, Escape (not by Jeff Minter) 2000? He did
>a falsetto "She's so popular", ostensibly doing Peter Gabriel's "Games
>Without Frontiers", when the line is actually whatever "Games Without
>Frontiers" is in French. I can't remember it exactly, but it sounds a lot
>like "She's so popular".
Jeux sans frontieres? (accent grave on the first e in "frontieres")
Which, when pronounced correctly, sounds almost, but not quite,
entirely unlike "She's so popular."
Amy, "Medcins sans frontieres" is one of my favorite names for
a charitable organization
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Christine Malcom
>Previously on "Forever Knight", cm...@midway.uchicago.edu (Christine Malcom)
>wrote:
>>Bill Livingston <bi...@Traveller.COM> wrote:
>>>Previously on "Strange Luck", cm...@midway.uchicago.edu (Christine Malcom)
>wrote:
>>>>Bill Livingston <bi...@Traveller.COM> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>Midnight, Tennessee: If you've been here, you're no doofus!
>>>>>>>>>Preceding a paid advertisement by the Tennessee Dept. of Tourism
>>>>>>>>I smell a plot...and I can tell you precisely *why* and *how* I smell a
>>>>>>>>plot,right down to the olfactory bulb...but you'd better act quick
>>>>>>>>because I'm draining my brain tonight
>>>>>>>Quickly, then, woman, which ploto smellest thou? (I have so many)
>>>>>>Umm...let me think *sniffs the air* *circles Bill* *sniffs behind his ears*
>>>>>heheheHAHAHAH - you *kno* that tickles!
>>>>*evil smile* yep, and I'm not a *bit* ticklish bwa ha ha ha ha
>>>Fortunately I'm a master of reflexology!
>Certainly, just let me get my visual aides.
Nonononono not the PeeWee overhead! *backs away*
>>>>>>YOU'RE planning to take over the K-Mart Corporation! You fiend!
>>>>>Sorry - that's next week's plot (can't do it until I get their new credit
>>>>>card!).
>>>>They have a credit card now? The horror! That's so...so...imitation
>>>>department store-ish
>>>I wondered who the marketing genius was who came up with this while they're
>>>starting tht long slide down the old dumper. This is the kind of thing that
>>>put WT Grant's out of business.
>>It's very sad really...I actually had fun working there though...of course,
>>the inter-store softball games were more fun
>Some of it was fun- a lot depended on which assistant manager was closing that
>night.
Very true. I swear I'm not making this up, but one of the most hated AM's when
I was there was named Mr. Frisky
>>>>Christine Malcom-Department of Anthropology (cm...@midway.uchicago.edu)
>>>>Indestructible Gouda Llama Woman is having problems finding a cat sitter
>>>I would offer, but the last time I cat-sat, - well, let's just say that "sat"
>>>ain't the only word that rhyjes with "cat".
>>It isn't? I thought that was the definition of a rhyjes...
>
>There's also ham & Swiss (or Gouda) on rhyjes, a tasty treat for the whole
>family.
Or Zwieeeeeeeeeeeeeeback
Christine Malcom-Department of Anthropology (cm...@midway.uchicago.edu)
Indestructible Gouda Llama Woman who never liked Zwieback
Christine Malcom
>Previously on "Strange Luck", cm...@midway.uchicago.edu (Christine Malcom) wrote:
>>Bill Livingston <bi...@Traveller.COM> wrote:
>>>>>>>Midnight, Tennessee: If you've been here, you're no doofus!
>>>>>>>Preceding a paid advertisement by the Tennessee Dept. of Tourism
>>>>>>I smell a plot...and I can tell you precisely *why* and *how* I smell a
>>>>>>plot,right down to the olfactory bulb...but you'd better act quick because
>>>>>>I'm draining my brain tonight
>>>>>Quickly, then, woman, which ploto smellest thou? (I have so many)
>>>>Umm...let me think *sniffs the air* *circles Bill* *sniffs behind his ears*
>>>heheheHAHAHAH - you *kno* that tickles!
>>*evil smile* yep, and I'm not a *bit* ticklish bwa ha ha ha ha
>Fortunately I'm a master of reflexology!
oooooh...tell it to me SWEET!
>>>>YOU'RE planning to take over the K-Mart Corporation! You fiend!
>>>Sorry - that's next week's plot (can't do it until I get their new credit
>>>card!).
>>They have a credit card now? The horror! That's so...so...imitation
>>department store-ish
>I wondered who the marketing genius was who came up with this while they're
>starting tht long slide down the old dumper. This is the kind of thing that put
>WT Grant's out of business.
It's very sad really...I actually had fun working there though...of course,
the inter-store softball games were more fun
>>>This week's plot - Darrin upsets Endora, who casts an embaressing spell
>>>on him. Hilarity ensues.
>>Oh puleez! Not the incontinence episode again! They just *showed* that
>>one on Nick at Night!
>No, it's the flatulence episode (I love where Larry Tate brings the disposable
>lighter king into his office for a story session and...)
I thought that was a Dick Van Dyke episode?
>>>>>Bill L.
>>>>>Trying to learn much
>>>>I'm a bimbo...you're barking up the wrong tree.
>>>"Barking up th Bimbo Tree" - that's *almost* a country song title!
>>>All it needs is a train
>>I'm taking a train to Buffalo Grove tonight...does this help?
>It certainly helps Buffalo Grove!
Aren't you sweet? *blush*
>>Christine Malcom-Department of Anthropology (cm...@midway.uchicago.edu)
>>Indestructible Gouda Llama Woman is having problems finding a cat sitter
>
>I would offer, but the last time I cat-sat, - well, let's just say that "sat"
>ain't the only word that rhyjes with "cat".
It isn't? I thought that was the definition of a rhyjes...
Christine Malcom-Department of Anthropology (cm...@midway.uchicago.edu)
Indestructible Gouda Llama Woman apologizes for being reduced to irritating
spelling corrections, but it's late
Bill Livingston
>Bill Livingston <bi...@Traveller.COM> wrote:
>>Previously on "Strange Luck", cm...@midway.uchicago.edu (Christine Malcom)
wrote:
>>>Bill Livingston <bi...@Traveller.COM> wrote:
>>>>>>>>Midnight, Tennessee: If you've been here, you're no doofus!
>>>>>>>>Preceding a paid advertisement by the Tennessee Dept. of Tourism
>>>>>>>I smell a plot...and I can tell you precisely *why* and *how* I smell a
>>>>>>>plot,right down to the olfactory bulb...but you'd better act quick
>>>>>>>because I'm draining my brain tonight
>>>>>>Quickly, then, woman, which ploto smellest thou? (I have so many)
>>>>>Umm...let me think *sniffs the air* *circles Bill* *sniffs behind his ears*
>>>>heheheHAHAHAH - you *kno* that tickles!
>>>*evil smile* yep, and I'm not a *bit* ticklish bwa ha ha ha ha
>>Fortunately I'm a master of reflexology!
>oooooh...tell it to me SWEET!
Certainly, just let me get my visual aides.
>>>>>YOU'RE planning to take over the K-Mart Corporation! You fiend!
>>>>Sorry - that's next week's plot (can't do it until I get their new credit
>>>>card!).
>>>They have a credit card now? The horror! That's so...so...imitation
>>>department store-ish
>>I wondered who the marketing genius was who came up with this while they're
>>starting tht long slide down the old dumper. This is the kind of thing that
>>put WT Grant's out of business.
>It's very sad really...I actually had fun working there though...of course,
>the inter-store softball games were more fun
Some of it was fun - a lot depended on which assistant manager was closing that
night.
>>>>>>Bill L.
>>>>>>Trying to learn much
>>>>>I'm a bimbo...you're barking up the wrong tree.
>>>>"Barking up th Bimbo Tree" - that's *almost* a country song title!
>>>>All it needs is a train
>>>I'm taking a train to Buffalo Grove tonight...does this help?
>>It certainly helps Buffalo Grove!
>Aren't you sweet? *blush*
Shucks, ma'am.
>>>Christine Malcom-Department of Anthropology (cm...@midway.uchicago.edu)
>>>Indestructible Gouda Llama Woman is having problems finding a cat sitter
>>I would offer, but the last time I cat-sat, - well, let's just say that "sat"
>>ain't the only word that rhyjes with "cat".
>It isn't? I thought that was the definition of a rhyjes...
There's also ham & Swiss (or Gouda) on rhyjes, a tasty treat for the whole
family.
Bill L.
Waffles! (whee-hoo)
Bill Livingston
>Bill Livingston <bi...@Traveller.COM> wrote:
>>Previously on "Forever Knight", cm...@midway.uchicago.edu (Christine Malcom)
>>wrote:
>>>Bill Livingston <bi...@Traveller.COM> wrote:
>>>>Previously on "Strange Luck", cm...@midway.uchicago.edu (Christine Malcom)
>>wrote:
>>>>>Bill Livingston <bi...@Traveller.COM> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>Midnight, Tennessee: If you've been here, you're no doofus!
>>>>>>>>>>Preceding a paid advertisement by the Tennessee Dept. of Tourism
>>>>>>>>>I smell a plot...and I can tell you precisely *why* and *how* I smell a
>>>>>>>>>plot,right down to the olfactory bulb...but you'd better act quick
>>>>>>>>>because I'm draining my brain tonight
>>>>>>>>Quickly, then, woman, which ploto smellest thou? (I have so many)
>>>>>>>Umm...let me think *sniffs the air* *circles Bill* *sniffs behind his
>>>>>>>ears*
>>>>>>heheheHAHAHAH - you *kno* that tickles!
>>>>>*evil smile* yep, and I'm not a *bit* ticklish bwa ha ha ha ha
>>>>Fortunately I'm a master of reflexology!
>>>oooooh...tell it to me SWEET!
>>Certainly, just let me get my visual aides.
HAHA heheheh. Hey boys & girls - seen any good movies lately?
>>>>>>>YOU'RE planning to take over the K-Mart Corporation! You fiend!
>>>>>>Sorry - that's next week's plot (can't do it until I get their new credit
>>>>>>card!).
>>>>>They have a credit card now? The horror! That's so...so...imitation
>>>>>department store-ish
>>>>I wondered who the marketing genius was who came up with this while they're
>>>>starting tht long slide down the old dumper. This is the kind of thing that
>>>>put WT Grant's out of business.
>>>It's very sad really...I actually had fun working there though...of course,
>>>the inter-store softball games were more fun
>>Some of it was fun- a lot depended on which assistant manager was closing that
>>night.
>Very true. I swear I'm not making this up, but one of the most hated AM's when
>I was there was named Mr. Frisky
BWAH-HAH-HAH-HAH!!!! He sounds like a walking Robin Williams routine. The only
thing I can offer that comes close is an assistant we once had whose nickname
(for some unknown reason) was Papa Smurf!
Bill L.
Who once found out about the "F" word at K-Mart (It's not what you think)
Christine Malcom
The word for the day is...movies
>>>>>>>>YOU'RE planning to take over the K-Mart Corporation! You fiend!
>>>>>>>Sorry - that's next week's plot (can't do it until I get their new credit
>>>>>>>card!).
>>>>>>They have a credit card now? The horror! That's so...so...imitation
>>>>>>department store-ish
>>>>>I wondered who the marketing genius was who came up with this while they're
>>>>>starting tht long slide down the old dumper. This is the kind of thing that
>>>>>put WT Grant's out of business.
>>>>It's very sad really...I actually had fun working there though...of course,
>>>>the inter-store softball games were more fun
>>>Some of it was fun- a lot depended on which assistant manager was closing that
>>>night.
>>Very true. I swear I'm not making this up, but one of the most hated AM's when
>>I was there was named Mr. Frisky
>
>BWAH-HAH-HAH-HAH!!!! He sounds like a walking Robin Williams routine. The only
>thing I can offer that comes close is an assistant we once had whose nickname
>(for some unknown reason) was Papa Smurf!
It gets better...he liked hot dogs cooked a certain way (grilled with cheese
and bacon) which naturally came to be called Frisky dogs.
>Bill L.
>Who once found out about the "F" word at K-Mart (It's not what you think)
>
>++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>bi...@Traveller.COM http://www.Traveller.COM/~bill
>Best if Used by Date on Label
Christine Malcom-Department of Anthropology (cm...@midway.uchicago.edu)
Roger M. Wilcox
Bill Livingston <bi...@Traveller.COM> wrote:
>
>Bill L.
>Who once found out about the "F" word at K-Mart (It's not what you think)
Fortran?
Roger M. "At a K-MART?!?" Wilcox
Soundwave [Chad Gould]
: >Bill L.
: >Who once found out about the "F" word at K-Mart (It's not what you think)
: Fortran?
Fedora? Fermium? Ferredoxin? Futon? Festoon? Ferret? Facsimile? Fatima?
: Roger M. "At a K-MART?!?" Wilcox
Ditto?
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David Rothschild
> Bill Livingston <bi...@Traveller.COM> wrote:
> >
> >Bill L.
> >Who once found out about the "F" word at K-Mart (It's not what you think)
>
> Fortran?
Allen Funt?
David Rothschild
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