Did they miss that Rat Race was basically It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World with rocket cars and ballooning heifers?
Giles! I accidentally killed Spike. That's okay, right?
Buffy ,'Never Leave Me'
The Minearverse 5: Closer to the Earth, Further from the Ax
[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls, The Inside and Drive), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 09, 2007 7:46:54 am PST #4545 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Frankenbuddha - Mar 09, 2007 7:47:19 am PST #4546 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
So under that criteria, Paramount has equally "questionable ethics" for lifting RAT RACE pretty much wholesale from IT'S A MAD...MAD WORLD.
Ginger - Mar 09, 2007 7:53:08 am PST #4547 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Which was lifted from Around the World in 80 Days, and so forth back to the Odyssey.
Kevin - Mar 09, 2007 8:29:15 am PST #4548 of 10001
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
Wasn't Seth Green in Rat Race? If Tim and friends cast him in Drive, imagine the outrage on Wikipedia!
Frankenbuddha - Mar 09, 2007 8:39:20 am PST #4549 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Wasn't Seth Green in Rat Race? If Tim and friends cast him in Drive, imagine the outrage on Wikipedia!
Especially if they cast him as the son of the evil mastermind behind the race.
Kevin - Mar 09, 2007 8:48:58 am PST #4550 of 10001
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
Hah.
I still believe the evil mastermind behind the race after glorious 7 seasons will be revealed as Web.
Invisible Green - Mar 09, 2007 9:00:12 am PST #4551 of 10001
That would be awesome!
Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 09, 2007 12:08:15 pm PST #4552 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I'm hoping for a Falcon Crest chair-whips-around-to-reveal-Lana-Turner moment featuring Gretchen Speck.
Jackal - Mar 09, 2007 2:54:31 pm PST #4553 of 10001
It's not that I'm the only one, it's that I'm the honest one.
Zuko won the Fillion book thing. Hope everyone has sufficient closure.
ETA: Zuko was the one in the orange "fighting elves" shirt, if that makes it less vague.
Allyson - Mar 09, 2007 3:26:55 pm PST #4554 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
He sent me an adorable e:
Hey Allyson,
I just checked out your article and thought I’d drop you a line. I was the guy in the orange shirt (as opposed to the creepy guy in the blue shirt that jumped up on stage to get Nathan’s signature on his magazine). Seeing where it all was going I asked “So where’s PJ?” and the rest more or less went like:
Texting everyone I know to go see if they can find PJ while I waited for Nathan to finish the panel and start the contest. Then running off to find PJ to get the book. I had to con the guard of the autograph room to let me in to meet Nathan (didn’t have a silver wristband) and I got to hang out for a bit, chat and get a few items autographed.
All in all it was a really fun day!
Have a good weekend!