The thing about gypsy curses is they're not just a stereotype but they're also a horror trope. It's all over the Wolfman movies from the 40s. Joss does like to play with the tropes.
Wash: Mal, your dead army buddy's on the bridge! Zoe: He ain't dead. Wash: Oh.
'The Message'
Buffy and Angel 1: BUFFYNANGLE4EVA!!!!!1!
Is it better the second time around? Or the third? Or tenth? This is the place to come when you have a burning desire to talk about an old episode that was just re-run.
DavidS - Jan 19, 2012 2:29:49 pm PST #8437 of 10459
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Polter-Cow - Jan 19, 2012 2:33:29 pm PST #8438 of 10459
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Someone noted that on the commentary, Joss jokes that he went with the gypsy curse because it's a "classic" and "Danish curse" doesn't have the same ring to it.
DavidS - Jan 19, 2012 2:35:34 pm PST #8439 of 10459
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Joss jokes that he went with the gypsy curse because it's a "classic" and "Danish curse" doesn't have the same ring to it.
Plus he gets to make Jenny a "technopagan" to toy with the notion.
"Technopagan": A word which brings up dire memories of living in SF during the 90s. Dag, those were some bad neon-brite extensions.
Cass - Jan 19, 2012 2:44:41 pm PST #8440 of 10459
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
I wonder how they'll react when Xander's penis gets diseases from a Chumash tribe.
That is insanely earwormy. I read it and la la la went about my afternoon. Except I've been humming about Xander's penis for a while now and it's going to get awkward when I have to go interact with other humans.
Frankenbuddha - Jan 19, 2012 3:27:59 pm PST #8441 of 10459
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Except I've been humming about Xander's penis for a while now and it's going to get awkward when I have to go interact with other humans.
Not as awkward as if you were humming on...
Never mind.
erikaj - Jan 19, 2012 3:30:12 pm PST #8442 of 10459
Always Anti-fascist!
I'll never tell.
Sophia Brooks - Jan 19, 2012 3:32:47 pm PST #8443 of 10459
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Hee!
I had to go and rewatch that song and a) that was the moment that I actually believed Xander and Anya as a couple and b) WHY were his pjs sooo big!
sj - Jan 19, 2012 5:16:48 pm PST #8444 of 10459
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Blah. Fixed.
The link only takes me to the beginning of the comments.
Jon B. - Jan 19, 2012 6:03:34 pm PST #8445 of 10459
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Search for the text "summeriirs".
Also, what ita said.
sj - Jan 19, 2012 6:55:11 pm PST #8446 of 10459
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Search for the text "summeriirs".
Thanks, Jon. I'm fairly commenter-phobic, so I didn't feel like reading through to find the comment, but it was worth reading.