Small Talk: Chili's

[Kalliste]

I don't know @King of Birds we went out today and there were so many people out doing the same thing. 

[Pixel]

10 hours ago, Kalliste said:

we have 3 pokestops on our street and a gym. It was so weird to see people out on Friday night, with rain looming, lurking in the park defending the gym. It went from red to blue while we were there. What team did you side with?

I picked Team Yellow, which was obviously a mistake because I have yet to find a yellow dominated gym. 

[Setlist]

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I've  been out catching Pokemon for two days now. The bowling alley by my office is a Pokestop!

Mine all seem to be on a semi-major highway. Guhhhhh.

By the way, I have like, no clue what I'm doing in this game, despite the fact that my go-to throwaway email (that I made in high school 14 years ago) is a Pokemon reference. 

[King of Birds]

On 7/6/2016 at 8:20 AM, sacrebleu said:

sounds like a poll question--  or several-- best theme song. You could choose songs for the actual quality of the song (Mission Impossible theme, Movin' On Up from The Jeffersons) or relevance to the actual show (Sit right back and you'll hear a tale...)

or general ear-wormy-ness (I Dream of Genie? Facts of Life?)-- or best tone setting theme (X-Files, The Sopranos)

Man, we could do brackets and everything, I've put too much thought into this.

Well, it's ALL @sacrebleu's fault as you can see in the quoted post above. That, plus I've been on vacation/ stay-cation, and I do have a propensity for puzzles and figuring out things.

Now, my thinking went BIG. I mean, the link below is a 64 field bracket, but I actually wanted to do 128!  I couldn't find a site that would let me do 128.  You may not find your favorite and others discussed in Chili's in this bracket because ... it will be in the NEXT bracket. (I'm hoping the next one is easier since I won't make as many mistakes)

I tried to embed a YT link in here so you could click and then go watch the theme clip, but that didn't work out. If you want to find clips to watch- well, google or search on youtube, OR PM me because I have a helluva list.

So with too much preamble behind us... get thee to the TV THEME SHOW-DOWN.

Also- there are MANY ROUNDS of voting that will need to happen. I have a schedule and will come back and post that tomorrow, what days you will be voting on the next rounds.

As David Letterman always would remind us, "Ladies and gentlemen, this is an exhibition. This is not a competition. Please, no wagering."

[Kalliste]

Ooh so we're going to do rounds until 1 show is victorious @King of Birds? Also, in my experience playlists and the like don't embed too well but you can always just add in the link if you want to.

So I've never seen Outlander or heard the theme song before now and I sort of want to watch the show. Also how could you put That 70's Show and BBT against each other? They both have good themes but I think BBT is probably better.

I hope we don't have to logon, or vote for every show. Otherwise mine might not have counted.

 

5 hours ago, Setlist said:

Mine all seem to be on a semi-major highway. Guhhhhh.

By the way, I have like, no clue what I'm doing in this game, despite the fact that my go-to throwaway email (that I made in high school 14 years ago) is a Pokemon reference. 

Funnily enough I never played/watched Pokemon (well a little of the show but Team Rocket just really pissed me off) but I do like the idea of catching them and I like how they look.

At the moment the best thing seems to be to just collect what you can and level them up/evolve them. The gyms (at least here anyway) are glitchy and mostly not really worth the effort.

[Babalu]

This is going to be fun! I'm planning on taking this seriously and listening to the theme songs I'm not familiar with and probably snippets of the ones I think I know just to make sure I'm giving all of them a fair shake. I'll set aside some time tomorrow. Thanks so much, @King of Birds!

[Pixel]

4 hours ago, Kalliste said:

Funnily enough I never played/watched Pokemon (well a little of the show but Team Rocket just really pissed me off) but I do like the idea of catching them and I like how they look.

At the moment the best thing seems to be to just collect what you can and level them up/evolve them. The gyms (at least here anyway) are glitchy and mostly not really worth the effort.

I'm not a Pokemon person either.  I've never played or given a crap about it, and my daughter has been way into it since she was little. However, I'm hooked on this. It's just so fun walking around and trying to catch what pops up around you. I have fought in a gym, because yesterday we happened to go to lunch at a place that was a gym. It was random - we'd made the plans before I'd even heard of or downloaded the game, but I don't really care about the gym and the fights. I just like finding them and catching them.

 

ETA: I can't seem to make that theme song game work and accept my votes. Do we really have to sign up for something with our email?

Edited July 11, 2016 by Pixel

[Glory]

I have voted! Ahh! That is amazing!

@Pixel I am team Yellow as well! We'll have to go claim some gyms! 

[possibilities]

Thanks, KoB! This is going to be fun.

I have to wait til later to vote, after I figure out how to create whatever account is needed to login, and when I can listen to theme songs without my assistant around. Finally a group activity that's not about a sport I know nothing about!

ETA: I find it somewhat hilarious that some of the head to heads are between such disparate entities as Magnum and Twin Peaks, Roseanne and Dallas, Welcome Back Kotter and Dr Who.

Edited July 11, 2016 by possibilities

[King of Birds]

I don't think you have to log in. Just click on one of the icons for the theme and you can start. Try that before logging in.

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ETA: I find it somewhat hilarious that some of the head to heads are between such disparate entities as Magnum and Twin Peaks, Roseanne and Dallas, Welcome Back Kotter and Dr Who.

At first I tried to separate into lyric vs non-lyric themes but that was unbalanced. So then I was "lets mix it up, make 'em think about it"

Gonna try to attach a word document that has all the YT links for your listening pleasure. 

--->  well that didn't work.  PM me if you want the list.

As for the schedule, you can see on top of the page the days/ hours/ minutes for each round so just pay attention to that. Basically we vote today (7/11)  then again on Wednesday (7/13) round 3 starts on Saturday (7/16) but since it's a weekend that's open til Tuesday. Round 4 starts next Tuesday (7/19) then Semifinals on Thursday (7/21) and final round on 7/24 so it'll be here on Monday 7/25. I am unsure if people check only when they're at work so that's why I try to make this a weekday thing.

Have fun!

Edited July 11, 2016 by King of Birds

[MichelleAK]

I was able to vote without signing in.  The pop up screen generally moved through the choices, but a couple of times I did have to hit the arrow to move to the next one.  No issues otherwise.  I enjoyed the little comments on each of the screens, KOB.

[sacrebleu]

Kudos to @King of Birds for all the work he put into this. I had a half-assed idea, and he truly made it a complete ass.

 

I will warn anyone who falls down the YouTube rabbit hole of TV themes-- that Sanford and Son will stick with you for a while. (Ba-Ba-Bwah-dah! Ba-Ba-Ba-Buh-Dah-da-dah)

[King of Birds]

48 minutes ago, sacrebleu said:

Kudos to @King of Birds for all the work he put into this. I had a half-assed idea, and he truly made it a complete ass.

Wait, what???? 

Well just for THAT

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WqazleR3FE

[possibilities]

I have the "Sanford and Sons" theme in my head from Scrubs.

Which Charlie's Angels version are you thinking of, KoB? I can't find any with the title(s) you listed. And I never watched any of the versions, but I know the sound of the 1970s show version's Henry Mancini instrumental version-- but I'm pretty sure that's not the one you mean, and I don't know if there were any lyrics.

There were girls in my 5th and 6th grade classes at school who were obsessed with that show and carried pictures around of Kate Jackson, Farrah Fawcett, and Jacklyn Smith, and were continually debating which of them was which Angel.

[King of Birds]

[possibilities]

Wow. It's even more sexist than I had imagined.

[possibilities]

That was fun. Unlike in political elections, where I usually either hate both candidates or like one and despise the other, I often liked both choices and had trouble picking between them. However, similar to allegations about the current political season, the system may be rigged! For three of the options, I could not get the system to accept my choice, no matter how many times I tried.

I noticed that old theme songs tended to be WAAAAY longer than current ones. Also, I never noticed that Brooklyn Nine-Nine has a similar sound to Batman! Likewise, Law and Order may have stolen it's Dun Dun from Perry Mason.

[Babalu]

Wow, that was fun! I may never forgive @King of Birds for making me vote against the Masterpiece Theatre theme. And I forgot that the Twin Peaks theme is really my favorite.

[Kalliste]

It snowed today, SNOWED! I took this on my way to the bus stop. At the time it was 1.4°C/34°F with a 'feels like' of -7.5°C/18°F, so cold! I stood at the bus stop with snow falling on my coat wondering what was life.

 

It didn't get much warmer throughout the day with a top of 6.8/44

[King of Birds]

Pfft. See?  And they call it global warming.

 

Hey so a reminder- in the middle of the night the bracket moved into Round 2. Here's the link again - TV Theme Show-down - it doesn't show numbers or percentages. I thought I'd fill you in:

Jeffersons won 27 -14 over Scooby

One Day at a time won 24-11 over Charlie's Angels

Batman 27-9 over Wonder Woman

L&O 24-11 over Wire

Kotter 22-13 over Dr Who

Brooklyn Nine Nine 18-14 over Barney

Magnum  17-14  over Twin Peaks

MTM 24-9 over Charles in Charge

Frsh Prince 22-11 over Fame

Dallas 18-14 over Roseanne

Partridge Family 22-11 over Match game

Simpsons 19-15 over Mission Impossible

Gilligan 24-11 over Outlander

Jeannie 23-11over Taxi

Laverne 22-12 over Spiderman

Brady's over saved by the bell 22-12

Cheers 28-5 over Three's company

Hawaii 5-0  25-6 over What's Happening

Greatest Am Hero 20-15 over Animaniacs

Bugs Bunny 19-15 over Different Strokes

Monkees 27-7 over Full house

Xfiles 21-13 over Odd couple

Hill Street 23-8 over Little House

All in the family 27-7 over Family guy

Muppets 28-6 over Mr Ed

Facts of Life 21-12 over Carol Burnett

Pinky & the brain tied with Sandford and Son 17-17 but the bracket moved P&TB on I think because of the placement when I did the matchups. Hmm.

Soap over Perry Mason 20-12

Lucy over Tonight Show 19-15

Addam's Family 25-8 over Andy Griffith

Twilight Zone over Masterpiece 24-10

70s Show 17-16 over Big Bang

[possibilities]

I'm suffering in the heat, but I'm not ready for winter again yet, either. Still, if it's not enough to requiring plowing, I think it's more dust than snow.

Thanks for letting us know it's time for round 2. I had no idea what the schedule was.

[Glory]

YOU PICKED THE BRADY'S OVER SAVED BY THE BELL?! 

SAVAGES. 

[King of Birds]

Since I'm doing the bracket for "free"  I can't do anything about the Pinky & The Brain/ Sandford & Son "tie"  going to Pinky.  Its just that when I set up the matchups one of the shows has a better rank/ number and tie goes to the better rank.  So make sure there are no ties!

Well, since I'm top of the page

Are you ready for  TV THEME SHOW-DOWN ... PART TWO???

Yes! Another 64 looking to claim the top prize.  Link should start working at 516pm Eastern/ 216pm Pacific. -- soon.

Edited July 13, 2016 by King of Birds

[Kalliste]

Huzzuh, Daria!

You all better vote for Veronica Mars... or else :D

[smrou]

Pinky & the brain tied with Sandford and Son 17-17 but the bracket moved P&TB on I think because of the placement when I did the matchups. Hmm.

Sanford and Son knocked out in round 1?! Wow. I mean, I do love the Pinky and the Brain theme, but Sanford and Son is just so classic. 

[MichelleAK]

Round 3 of Part 1 is now open for voting! Same link as upthread.

ETA: And Round 3 of Part 2 is now open for voting.

Edited July 16, 2016 by MichelleAK

[possibilities]

When I went to the link for Round 2, it's showing everything already voted for, even though I haven't voted. Did I miss the beginning, or am I seeing someone else's votes?

[King of Birds]

6 hours ago, MichelleAK said:

Round 3 of Part 1 is now open for voting! Same link as upthread.

ETA: And Round 3 of Part 2 is now open for voting.

Thanks MichelleAK!  Yes, voting is still on-going and the links still work - keep voting!

@possibilities  Can you check again and let me know?  Not sure if you got the links and rounds mixed up, but here they are again:

TV Theme Show-down Pt 1

TV Theme Show-down Pt 2

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So here's some info on the latest voting

Pt 1 round 2

Jeffersons over One Day at a Time 16-4  

Batman over L&O 13-7

Kotter over Brooklyn Nine Nine 13-6

MTM over Magnum 17-2!

Fresh Prince over Dallas 12-7

Simpsons over Partridges 11-8  (you collectively did not "get happy")

Gilligan over Jeannie 16-3

Brady's over Laverne&Shirley 15-6

Cheers over Hawaii five-oh 14-7

Bugs over GAHero 15-5

Xfiles over Monkees 11-9

All in the Family over Hill Street 14-5

Muppets over Facts of Life 13-7

Pinky over Soap  10-9!  close one

Addam's Family over Lucy 15-6

Twilight Zone over 70s Show 15-5

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TV showdown pt 2 round 1

Sesame St over Love Boat 14-7

Dick van Dyke ove Mad men 14-7

P&R over Banana splits 16-6

Good Times! over South Park 14-6

Family Ties over My three sons 12-8

A-Team over Walking Dead 15-5

Wonder Years over Married w Children 16-5

MASH over CHIPs 16-4

Green Acres over Growing Pains 13-7

Miami Vice over Family Feud 12-8

Crazy Ex GF over Whoda boss? 15-5

Rockford over Beverly Hillbillies 11-10 !  A close one

Eight is enough over Hart to Hart 14-4

King of the hill over Orphan Black 11-8.  I am not smiles times

Happy Days over Mickey Mouse!  11-10  Another close one.

Friends killed iCarly 20-2

Flintstones over OITNB  17-5

Benny Hill over SWAT  11-9

SpongeBob over Silver spoons 14-7

TPIR over Dukes 14-7

Veronica Mars JUST over Golden Girls 11-10

Jetsons over Seinfeld 15-6

Mr Roger's over Malcolm 14-7   :-(

30 Rock over Bob Newhart 14-6

Perfect Strangers over Fall Guy 12-6

Office over Electric Company 12-9

Bonanza over Justified 12-7

Kimmy Schmidt over Dragnet 15-4

Y&R over Daria  11-7 

Get Smart over GoT 11-7.

Buffy over Doc McStuffins  14-3

Patty Duke over Sopranos  10-6

[Kalliste]

Y&R won over Daria, who are you people?

And now the Muppets and Pinky and the Brain are up against each other.. hard choice.

I have now taken time out of my Pokemon Go schedule to vote on both :D

[possibilities]

I like seeing the stats. It's interesting how few were close.

[Pixel]

I saw Ghostbusters today and really enjoyed it. Kate McKinnon gets the sort of badass action scene you usually only see guys get, and lots of fun cameos from original cast members. I recommend it!

[King of Birds]

On 7/16/2016 at 6:23 PM, Kalliste said:

I have now taken time out of my Pokemon Go schedule to vote on both :D

Well let me congratulate you on your keen scheduling decisions!  Voting for TV themes  >  PokemonGo!  Whodathunkit?

I, too, saw Ghostbusters today and enjoyed it. Not the greatest, but not terrible. The haters will still hate. Since SPY and The Heat have been on HBO/FX recently, I really was taken with how much weight McCarthy has lost. She looked good.

[King of Birds]

PS- If this helps you figure out when to come back and check for the links to vote, etc.

Basically I made all the start/ stop voting times consistent for both brackets.  EXCEPT - Bracket 1 had a head start so Bracket 2 has extra time at the end.

Current rounds for both started July 16, and ends July 19 at 3am Pacific (that's where I live, that's the time zone)

Next rounds for both starts EXACTLY when the current ends  - July 19 and goes until July 21

BRACKET 1

BRACKET 2

Just looked at the current round of voting- lets hope people remember to come back and vote on Monday, the numbers are very low so far.

Edited July 18, 2016 by King of Birds

[Kalliste]

12 hours ago, Pixel said:

I saw Ghostbusters today and really enjoyed it. Kate McKinnon gets the sort of badass action scene you usually only see guys get, and lots of fun cameos from original cast members. I recommend it!

Yeah but Chris Hemsworth's character is just so thinly written and basically there for eye candy. This is BULLSHIT! Who are young boys meant to use as a role model*

 

* is what I read from a reviewer today and laughed my arse off :D I myself have not seen it yet because it will obviously ruin my childhood.

[frenchtoast]

I saw a similar remark, about how the men characters are all not well developed. And I may have laughed and turned to my husband and said, "Awww, is the reviewers widdle fweewings hurt that a man is depicted unfaiwy? Awwww, my heart bweaks, poor widdle thing. Let's go gang up on those mean wadies for making you sad." Which then turned into, "Yeah, they can go fuck right off. Because I don't have any eye rolls left for that shit."

We've got plans to see it this coming Saturday and I'm looking forward to some laughs and some fun. 

This article has an interesting point about those dumb male characters, but...yeah. They just don't get it.

[sacrebleu]

On 7/16/2016 at 9:23 PM, Kalliste said:

And now the Muppets and Pinky and the Brain are up against each other.. hard choice.

Hard choice!!! It's like I don't even know you. It's the most sensational, inspirational, celebrational, muppetational.. theme of all times!

[Pixel]

10 hours ago, frenchtoast said:

I saw a similar remark, about how the men characters are all not well developed. And I may have laughed and turned to my husband and said, "Awww, is the reviewers widdle fweewings hurt that a man is depicted unfaiwy? Awwww, my heart bweaks, poor widdle thing. Let's go gang up on those mean wadies for making you sad." Which then turned into, "Yeah, they can go fuck right off. Because I don't have any eye rolls left for that shit."

We've got plans to see it this coming Saturday and I'm looking forward to some laughs and some fun. 

This article has an interesting point about those dumb male characters, but...yeah. They just don't get it.

I don't have enough middle fingers to flip off anyone who has the nerve to complain about men being portrayed as beautiful idiots. Oh, but it's ok for women to be vapid sluts in films? Ok!

[King of Birds]

A*W*E*S*O*M*E*S*A*U*C*E

Hey thanks @stewedsquash !  

[possibilities]

I love how one of the selling points on the "Bubba Jetpack" is that you don't have to ride with the jerk who talks about his score.

RE the Ghostbusters detractors: It's amazing how thin-skinned and whiny some men are.

I am loving the interviews Leslie J and Kate M have been giving on their press tour (are MM and KW also making the rounds? If so, I haven't seen them). Kate is Kate and I always love her, but I had never seen leslie in interviews before, and she's super-endearing. Really looking forward to seeing the movie. I've seen so many clips, I'm a little worried I will feel like I've already seen it, but I'm looking forward to it anyway.

Bitch magazine's review of GB really has those "woe is me the males are poorly represented" losers pegged.

[King of Birds]

Lost a lot of the people who initially voted ...

Bracket 1 - Round 3

Jeffersons 8-7 over Batman

MTM 13-2 over Kotter

Fresh Prince 11-5 over Simpsons

Gilligan 9-6 over Brady's

Cheers 13-2 over Bugs Bunny

All in the family 8-7 over Xfiles

Muppets 10-5 over Pinky

Addam's family 13-2 over Twilight Zone

Bracket 2 - round 2

Sesame St  9-5 over Dick Van Dyke

P&R 9-6 over Good Times

Family Times 7-6 over A-Team

MASH 8-6 over Wonder Years

Green Acres 8-6 over Miami Vice

Rockford 7-6 over Crazy ex-GF

King of the HIll 7-6 over Eight is enough

Happy Days 8-6 over Friends  (!!!!)

Flintstones 10-4 over Benny Hill

SpongeBob 10-4 over Price is Right

Veronice Mars 9-5 over Jetsons

30 Rock 8-7 over Mr Rogers

Office 11-2 over Perfect Strangers

Kimmy Schmidt 11-2 over Bonanza

Get Smart 10-3 over Y&R

Buffy 8-4 over Patty Duke  .... poor Babalu!

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Bracket 1 is down to

Jeffersons vs MTM    Cheers vs All in the Family

Fresh Prince vs Gilligan    Muppet Show vs Addam's Family

[King of Birds]

BTW - it does baffle me how some match-ups have 12 - 13- 14- 15 votes. I mean,  even when I vote, I just go through them and vote either one way or the other. Not sure - do some people skip voting? It's either that or this site not registering the votes, somehow.

PS- @bethbox sent a note that the site wouldn't let her vote. I know @possibilities had issues too.  Sorry if this is happening, I'm not sure why.

[Babalu]

Sometimes it goes automatically to the next match-up and sometimes you have to click on next, so maybe some people are confused by that? Or they just don't have a preference. There were definitely matches where I didn't care about either theme song, but I still voted because I figured the winner would get knocked next round.

[EllieH]

It was squirrelly for me too, not advancing me every time.  I think I voted for all of them though, nothing on that list jumps out at me as one I missed.

[MichelleAK]

I voted for all of them, even if I didn't have a theme preference; I just voted for the show I preferred, instead.

A wildfire is creeping closer to Anchorage; as it spreads southward from its origin (McHugh Creek Park, about 6 miles south of the southern edge of town), it may take out a small subdivision (17 homes), and is creeping up on Potter Marsh as it spreads north. Potter Marsh is a major wetland area, and there are also homes in nearby Potter Valley.  Unfortunately, it doesn't look like we are going to get rain until Thursday, which may be too late.  I think this is as close a large wildfire has gotten to Anchorage that I can remember.

[Kalliste]

I have no voted again, I have a feeling I will not like the ultimate outcome :P

Also, I don't always vote on everything so I'm one of those people

[sacrebleu]

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even though you left off HR Puff In Stuff,

I thought about suggesting several Sid & Marty Kroft themes (Sigmund the Seamonster, Electro Woman & Dyna-Girl, The Bugaloos, HR Puff in Stuff)-- but since they were on a rotating schedule of Kroft weirdness -- instead of on regularly-- I didn't think they would make the cut. 

 

Seriously, what were those Krofft guys on?

[possibilities]

Yikes re the fire, Michelle. I hope the rains come earlier than expected.

[King of Birds]

9 hours ago, Kalliste said:

Also, I don't always vote on everything so I'm one of those people

Well.  I should have figured on this.  Way to go, Kalliste. [/sarcasm font]

And yeah, hoping the fires calm down for Anchorage MichelleAK!  There was a fire in the Hollywood hills  yesterday. From the looks of it, it was near an ex-boss' house. But they knocked that down pretty quickly.

As for @stewedsquash and her HR PuffnStuff lament - hey!  We put in the Banana Splits! Did you vote for that? I was not a big fan of most of the Kroft shows. It may have swayed the choices. But don't get me wrong- sacreblue reviewed the brackets and crossed out some stuff, added in others. Because ya know, this is all her fault.

[Kalliste]

My biggest sadness about the choices is the lack of Gravity Falls. In my opinion one of the best theme songs in forever.

I mean, a theme song must be good if someone made a '10hrs of' video of it, right? Apparently that equates to 920 times. Enjoy :P

And there are neat fan made remixes like this

[King of Birds]

Bracket 1- Wow!  Jeffersons beat MTM  so finals are

Jeffersons vs Fresh Prince    -  and -    Cheers vs Muppets

Bracket 2-

Sesame St over P&R  7-3

MASH over Family Ties 9-1

Green Acres over Rockford [/REALLY??]  5-4

Happy Days over King of the Hill 7-3

Flintstones over Spongebob 8-1

30 Rock over Veronica  6-4

Unbreakable over Office 6-4

Buffy over Get Smart 5-4

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so it's MASH vs Sesame St

Green Acres vs Happy Days

Flintstones vs 30 Rock

Unbreakable Kimmy vs Buffy