I have vague memories of falling off the couch laughing at "Mr. Bunny" on The Goodies, back when I was in junior high. Channel 11 (PBS) here in Chicago had a good late-night Sunday programming block, with Monty Python alternating with The Goodies at 10:00, Fawlty Towers/Two Ronnies/Dave Allen at Large at 10:30, then Doctor Who from 11:00 to 12:30. Until I graduated from junior high, I was sent to bed at 11:00, but once I was old enough, I became a Doctor Who fan.
These are stone killers, little man. They ain't cuddly like me.
Jayne ,'The Train Job'
Firefly 4: Also, we can kill you with our brains
Discussion of the Mutant Enemy series, Firefly, the ensuing movie Serenity, and other projects in that universe. Like the other show threads, anything broadcast in the US is fine; spoilers are verboten and will be deleted if found.
Kathy A - Jan 05, 2005 7:54:04 am PST #232 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Frankenbuddha - Jan 05, 2005 8:09:46 am PST #233 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
The Goodies that vividly sticks in my memory is the one where they emigrate to South Africa, all the black people leave the country, so the rest of the South Africans, including the rest of the Goodies, start opressing short people, including Bill (I think), who leads a revolt. And at the end, they get back to England and all South African immigrants are in charge now.
I also remember the image of a battlefield of soldier babies crawling in formation that was one of the funniest things I've ever seen in my life, but can't remember the context (I don't THINK it was the same episode). Sadly, I only got to catch a few episodes before it moved to too late at night for me to be able to stay up.
Allyson - Jan 05, 2005 8:20:33 am PST #234 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
OMG. I just added another $100 to my Amazon shopping cart of the cutest kids books. Two of them about stinky dogs, a couple about monsters, and one or two about being grumpy.
CUTE CUTE CUTE!!!!!
Thanks all for the recommendations.
Frankenbuddha - Jan 05, 2005 8:58:01 am PST #235 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Uh oh. If Allyson's been possessed by cuteness, none of us are safe then.
We're all doomed. Doooomed, I tell you!
Astarte - Jan 05, 2005 9:11:23 am PST #236 of 10001
Not having has never been the thing I've regretted most in my life. Not trying is.
That happens when the magic escapes the spleen.
DavidS - Jan 05, 2005 9:21:21 am PST #237 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
That happens when the magic escapes the spleen.
I thought that was bile.
Am-Chau Yarkona - Jan 05, 2005 9:57:52 am PST #238 of 10001
I bop to Wittgenstein. -- Nutty
Sadly, I only got to catch a few episodes before it moved to too late at night for me to be able to stay up.
Different forces, same effect: me, too. I missed them the first time round (by the simple device of being born too late) and am so far failing to catch them in repeats, mainly because they aren't repeated very often. Unlike Python.
I thought that was bile.
Some children's books have exactly that effect on me, actually.
Astarte - Jan 05, 2005 10:05:08 am PST #239 of 10001
Not having has never been the thing I've regretted most in my life. Not trying is.
I thought that was bile.
A not uncommon misconception.
In certain lights they ARE hard to tell apart.
dcp - Jan 05, 2005 1:18:47 pm PST #240 of 10001
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
Frankenbuddha, I have the Yes, Minister and Yes, Prime Minister DVDs, if you want to borrow them.
Frankenbuddha - Jan 05, 2005 4:20:06 pm PST #241 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Frankenbuddha, I have the Yes, Minister and Yes, Prime Minister DVDs, if you want to borrow them.
dcp, Thank You! That's a generous offer, but I was sorta joking/sorta wistful. The sad truth is I've got too much stuff on DVD I haven't gotten to yet that I own as it is. If I borrower them, they'd just sit around. I really long for the days when I seemed to have enough time to go see three movies and watch 7 episodes of good television. Which I probably never did as much as I thought I did (if at all), but it's a good memory, so I'll keep it.
But, seriously, thank you.