Blergh
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Wendy,
I stand corrected but I guess since Lucy was saying it so sarcastically, it didn't register as being her actually calling him his 'real' name-ddd as that sounds. I have to admire Sparky for insisting on prominent characters with extra long names (e.g. Peppermint Patty)being used in full despite the very limited spaces dialogue and thought bubbles had in comic strips.
Back to this particular special, I wonder if Snoopy might have been more apt to have dressed up as a Massachussets Native American instead of a Pilgrim at the end tag.
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The Thanksgiving special isn't my favorite either. It doesn't have enough humor or sweetness to counteract the meanness shown to Charlie Brown. Peppermint Patty didn't even apologize directly! And Lucy disappeared after the football incident so she didn't have a redeeming moment either. Plus, how odd that Linus would go off with the Brown family for Thanksgiving dinner. Although I do like Charlie Brown's lament that his grandmother lives in a condominium rather than a house over the river and through the woods.
I'm definitely looking forward to the Christmas special.
Ironic that this was virtually the only special in which Franklin was in. Evidently, he was introed to show 'diversity' but once he'd been the conduit to present his friends Peppermint Patty and Marcie, he seemed to quietly make his exit. I agree that Peppermint Patty was at her worst here (and, ironically, she and Marcie were usually the most likable girl characters to Charlie Brown). At least Marcie stood up to Peppermint Patty and called her out on her rudeness after Peppermint Patty dissed Snoopy's attempt to put together a fake turkey with virtually no warning from popcorn and toast. However; why Marcie (and Franklin) went over to Charlie Brown's house for Thanksgiving instead of telling Peppermint Patty it was a bad idea and going to their own families' homes for Thanksgiving is unclear.
Also, in addition to Charlie Brown's lament that his (unseen) grandmother lived in a condo, I always thought it funny how he referred to himself as 'Charlie Brown' and not 'Charlie' to his own grandmother but maybe the woman had more than one grandson named Charlie via different offspring. But, then again, NO ONE called him just 'Charlie'- not even his spacey sister Sally (where was she on Thanksgiving?).
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Not a bad spot with Carly Simon. Interesting that she admit writing her autobio brought back her childhood stuttering and I could tell that she is STILL somewhat a shy person. Ironic, though, that her impromptu(?) duet with Colbert doing "Mockingbird" highlighted a much wider range of vocalization for her than the latter song she did with her grown kids which seemed rather narrow in scope and one could barely hear her daughter's contributions. While Colbert did a fairly good job with "Mockingbird", he was far from James Taylor and IMO it would have been better had her son Ben (who most folks would agree sounds a great deal like his father) had participated in that instead of the closing number.
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I never thought I'd miss hearing the sound of rakes scraping against sidewalks- but that sound would be music to my ears compared to LEAF BLOWERS! Yet another reason why I'd like to apply for a transfer back to the previous millennium.
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In those Geico commercials with Peter Pan, I keep hoping Joann will say "Peter, guess who's here? Your old pal, Captain Hook!"
That would just be perfect!!
Or even better 'your old pal, Principal Hook!'
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I wonder what marketing geniuses at Emirate Air actually thought that NOT being able to shower on a plane (and therefore not bumping into Miss Aniston) is the ONLY reason viewers at home were reluctant to spend zillions of bucks for first class trips to Dubai JUST so they shower on a plane and therefore would only take buses if they couldn't find flights to Peoria served by Emirate Air. Talk about living in bubbles (and that goes for Miss Aniston unless she REALLY was willing to hold her nose just to supplement those "Friends" residuals).
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I'll dissent and say (as a one-time straight C math student) I LIKED the Math Cooking Prof and found her far more entertaining than Margaret Cho. Maybe the resulting pastries were more palatable than head lice. Dunno. Perhaps, I needed a perky skit with good food to pick me up after the rough off 'Net day I'd had. Anyway, I actually learned more in that skit than in decades of droning math teachers' courses so I won't be unhappy if she returns.
Also, I had fun with Daniel Craig's James Bond Car Rental Skit with Mr. Colbert in the cheesy stache and Mr. Craig cracking up with pulling Mr. Colbert over the counter!
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Not a bad show last night,IMO [though by no means the caliber of Vice- President Biden's appearance]. And just when I thought Margaret Cho might pleasantly surprise me with a fairly good singing voice in a country /folk vein, she showed her tacky via that head lice#. Oh well.
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Would it be considered horrible for me to be saddened re Senator Thompson's agonizing death yet relieved in the knowledge that he will be making no more reverse mortgage commercials? Sorry but I hate ads that encourage the elderly and others to risk homelessness in their waning years for fast cash .
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The ad for some skin clearing medication makes me want to throw things at my TV. It starts out with a man jumping into a pool. And says "Your whatever is showing" Then two women are walking and decide to take a pic of one. She sticks her tongue out like she's so damn cute. And then the last woman who gives a dorky looking confused stranger a weed flower and it's supposed to be cute. No. They're not cute. Their stupid and idiotic childishness is showing. Gah.
Maybe I have different standards than others but, apart from the man jumping in the pool and squirting water at the younger woman poolside, I find nothing that I'd consider potentially offensive or upsetting re what was depicted .Moreover, the ONLY reason I'd consider the first man jumping in the pool and squirting water at the younger woman to be obnoxious if the younger woman herself been upset or annoyed by the pool man. Since she seemed to laugh at these antics and happily joined him in the pool afterwards, I think that she was amused instead of annoyed.
However; I DO find the commercial annoying for the sole reason of it being one of the zillions of commercials that pitch the idea that ALL it takes to have a happy, successful life is to bug your doctor to become a licensed Pez dispenser of a 'magic 'pill that will instantly transform your miserable existence - and,of course, be willing to buck the odds of all the bad stuff (which is often worse than what it's supposed to 'cure') happening that the disclaimers mention to cover themselves but that that they hope you'll ignore.
As to who names their car? I had an older relative who named her white VW Beetle 'Pearl' and I thought it was apt . Otherwise, I think that's just flaky for no good reason.
As for the GEICO Peter Pan? Yes, I think it would have been better had he not been just rubbing everyone's face in his youth (and their mortality) - perhaps having him be more sympathetic re having him recall being dissed for being too short and slight to make the football team but now was the class's best football player. At least they didn't have a middle aged woman in a pixie wig and pointed ears play the part. I NEVER thought that was a good plan. Can we hope the GEICO Peter Pan flies directly back to Neverland- taking Progressive's Flo with him and we never have to see either of them again?
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"Nike" -Snow Day!
OK, just because these mega- athletes CAN destroy their own homes and cars JUST to get to a vacant lot to play tackle football on a snowday doesn't mean that that's the BEST option for them and others should be shamed for preferring to stay inside their own warm homes instead.
And what does any of this have to do with the shoes they're wearing?
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I'm curious how you feel about TMZ. Yes, it's a tabloid show whose journalists chase the sensational and capitalize on others' tragedies. But what I do like about the show is that TMZ is usually accurate with its "breaking stories." I don't know if it's because Harvey is a lawyer who fact checks before broadcasting. Or it's because horrible people sell their stories and unauthorized photos and videos to TMZ. But in any event, TMZ has become culturally relevant (which is a sad commentary about our culture, I know). TMZ broke the stories about Michael Jackson's death, Rihanna's abuse, and Ray Rice's memorable date with his fiancee in a New Jersey elevator.
Fair enough question. OK, I also dislike TMZ and have no use for it. However; IMO, it's marginally better than "ET" in that it never attempts to fake liking any of its targets or having any respect for its audience. IMO, both are toxic but at least TMZ doesn't try to saccharine-coat its toxic core.
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Never saw the Brian and Sylvia episode until just now. I can't believe Richard Dean Anderson had two series. He and the woman who played Sylvia were totally mugging -- overacting, biting off every word. It was so unreal; more so when Tootie and Natalie were in the scene with them.
What made it even more unreal was the fact that nwhen the audience first sees Aunt Sylvia in their apartment, she is chatting up with an older woman named Ethel whom she identifies as her mother (and Ethel was played by Ja'net Dubois -Willona of "Good Times") . Anyway, after making a few wisecracks at her son-in-law's expense, Ethel literally laughs herself out the door just seconds before Tootie and Natalie arrive- and none of them mention Ethel having missed her granddaughter's visit or Tootie bumping into her on their way in. What kind of grandmother wouldn't hang around even for a few more seconds to see their grandkid? Just unreal.
edited due to server going berserk during my first attempt to post
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I hate tabloid shows in general but I thoroughly detest "Entertainment Tonight" and am puzzled and very disappointed that they never seemed to have been called on by their targets or held accountable for the havoc they've wreaked. Case in point - the birth of Angelina Jolie's and Brad Pitts's twins. For weeks on end, not only did the media frenzy force this couple to have to stay holed up in their home with their already large number of offspring while awaiting the birth, but this entity led the pack in spreading the claim that the birth had ALREADY happened. Long-short is that when the dust finally settled and it was proven they "ET" had LIED about the birth date, I was hoping that Miss Jolie and/or Mr. Pitt would have REALLY called them out and forced "ET" to make an abject and consequential apology, but ALL that happened was that "ET" just shrugged their shoulders and said that they'd ' resolved their issues' with the couple. Although I admire Mr. Pitts and Miss Jolie's humanitarian ventures, I'm by no means a fan of their acting or even really like them as people. However; I don't think they or anyone else deserves being besieged this way and having a life-and-death milestone LIED about and I REALLY wish one or both of them would have done their best to make Mary Hart, etc. cry live on camera after being eviscerated by them - regardless of whether they worked for a Paramount related production again.
reason for edit- spelling correction
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Has anyone told JM how much of a class act she's proving herself to be? Talk about playing opposite one's personality. ..
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Phht. The "toughen up your man with nasty flavored frozen pizza" commercial would have been better served by giving him the spicy pizza in response to him drinking air during the tea party, then having the girls enjoy watching sports with him at the end (as a lifelong female, I can faithfully say that it's possible to enjoy both frilly things and contact sports). No need to link his manhood to his willingness to be an engaged parent to his daughters.
So do the pizza makers truly believe there's an untapped market of women who are turned off seeing their husbands share playtime with their daughters? News to me. I wonder if they'll have any future commercials for women turned off seeing their husbands share playtime with their sons- or for that matter commercials for men turned off seeing their wives share playtime with their any of their kids. It sure sounds as though someone's got issues seeing parents actually having fun with their kids. Boo!
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OK, here's my head scratcher re the 'gluten free engineer' one.
He talks about how he's glad they've made the cereal gluten-free so he can have Cheerios with his gluten- sensative daughter-in-law any time. Okay, that's fine and dandy . However; since the commercial seems to also show a small boy playing in the background, and no sign of either the boy's father or any grandmother, does this mean that that these family members have died and this aged engineer is spending his twilight years helping his widowed daughter-in-law raise his late son's child? Yeah, it's none of my business since I don't know any of them but that's what crossed my mind.
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OK, I'll throw this left-fielder out for laughs and giggles but. ..
I like it more when Dr. Ruth talks about topics besides sex! I mean, she gets nice and explicit,etc. but IMO she's led a very interesting life and has had a far wider range of studies and human interactions besides sex alone but very few programs seem interested in hearing any other aspect of her life or POVs and it's too bad. Regardless of anything else, I find it intriguing that despite having had to leave her hometown of Frankfurt when she was only 10, living many places since then, and learning 3 new languages, Dr. Ruth has NEVER lost that German accent and I'm entertained by her giggle even if its not always for the right reasons on her part.
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I know I'm also in the minority but, as far as I'm concerned, a momentary glance at the final game score for virtually any venue is all I need. I don't need to know who contributed to the score or how it happened.
I'll even go so far as to say that I'm the same way re political conventions and elections. I read up on the issues then quietly go to the polls and vote- then just hope the majority follows suit and do my best to avoid media and blabbermouths until the final vote is counted. I see no point in borrowing needless trouble getting all angsty for many hours re each speech, poll and projection instead of just voting, seeing the final result- then learning to accept if not like the outcome once the news has hit.
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Now, obviously I'm not going to recall my MOST embarrassing moment/s on a Forum that could go viral and wind up haunting me forever. However; I think I'll use this one to tell on myself I wouldn't mind getting repeated. Way back in college, I walked across campus around 'stupid o'clock' and chatted with someone for the very first time from 'Obscurity, No State'. The name of the town proved so memorable to me that the next day when I saw someone who said they were from 'Obscurity, No State', I replied ' Oh, do you know Jeb Watchmacallit? He's also from 'Obscurity, No State'. At which point, the person replied 'Blergh, that's ME!'
Thankfully, he proved to be a fairly good college chum despite my initial name amnesia .
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Wal-Mart I love the Star Wars ad where the kid grows up and gives the Lego to his daughter and grandpa is sitting in the chair and the dad and daughter do the Ewok dance he did in the eighties AND James Earl Jones narrates the whole thing.
I hate you for making me love it and feel benevolently towards you, regardless of how short the feeling lasts.
I hate the fact that these commercials not only are doing what Walmart wants [encouraging the kids and parents to needlessly spend money on tie-in toys -which I dislike but I know that where they're wanting their bread to be more buttered ] but gives the impression that the impending movie is going to be every bit as warm, magical, and positive as the original, uncut "Star Wars" movie was back in 1977. However; the spoilers I've had foisted upon me via the media, etc. seem to point that the impending movie will likely be closer to the jaded, cruel,cold and cynical POV latter-day trilogy, novelizations, games, etc. have been and I hate that there's now a younger generation getting all hyped up to anticipate something that may be the opposite of what Walmart, etc. is hyping.
ETA- punctuation correction
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Anyone read Mary McDonough's 'Lessons From the Mountain'? Let me put it this way, I'd like to have read the book Alison Arngrim said in her review had 'no whining here'.
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Without going into detail: GO AWAY, FLO! I'm sick of you and your creepy 'family' & 'friends' and since I use some other insurance company I'm perfectly happy with, your annoying voice and smug tude popping up on my television and 'Net sites is completely USELESS!
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Lana Lang from "Smallville". I mean, the very first episode she brags about wearing some kind of jewel made from the very meteor that had killed her parents in front of her. Were we supposed to be impressed or feel sorry for her? I just thought that was creepy!
I actually disliked her character so much that it was a significant contributing factor re my quitting the show altogether before even the end of the First Season because I never could see how [or why] Clark was supposed to think she was 'all that' instead of just vaguely flirting with her before running off to Metropolis to pine over Lois Lane( as in the comics' storyline).
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Brain Bleed: The Shows We Hate & The Reasons We Hate Them
in Everything Else TV
I cancelled "Lost" after they wasted the whole year on The Hatch and no amount of network hype and pals' pleading could get me back. Was I relieved to find out I had NOT wasted X more years of my life enduring something I had grown to hate when the 'reveal' happened at the very end and everyone else who'd fallen for the hype felt like kicking themselves.