Monkey monkey monkey.
I want a monkey,
It's a chimp-an world.
I could squeeze you until you popped like warm champagne, and you'd beg me to hurt you just a little bit more.
Fuffy ,'Storyteller'
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.
DCJensen - Jan 23, 2008 5:09:57 am PST #9648 of 10001
All is well that ends in pizza.
Jon B. - Jan 23, 2008 5:47:37 am PST #9649 of 10001
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
I hate every ape I see,
From Chimp-an-A to chimp-an-zee,
No you'll never make a monkey out of me
...
Oh My God I was wrong, it was earth all along,
You finally made a monkey
(Yes we finally made a monkey)
Oh, you finally made a monkey out of me.
DavidS - Jan 23, 2008 5:59:36 am PST #9650 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
"It's the part I was born to play!"
::cues "Dr. Zaius"::
Frankenbuddha - Jan 23, 2008 6:02:27 am PST #9651 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Well I'm the king of the swingers; the jungle VIP...
victor infante - Jan 23, 2008 6:22:36 am PST #9652 of 10001
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.
I love musical The-ATE-er.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 23, 2008 6:26:32 am PST #9653 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
O'Connell does Cruise
My first thought was "Even the rumors about Charlie were less disturbing."
Kevin - Jan 23, 2008 8:09:06 am PST #9654 of 10001
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
I was speaking to somebody in the office today about monkeys. I was pondering, if I got one and kept it in my apartment, would it sit and watch TV with me?
I wasn't very busy. Obviously.
The BBC has a rehash of the NBC pilot thing: [link]
1 or 2 pilots a year, apparently, to save $50m. Will be interesting to see if anybody else follows.
§ ita § - Jan 23, 2008 8:53:04 am PST #9655 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'm working at reduced capacity here, so bear with me.
Zucker wants to go straight to air without having the period where everyone sits around and watches those tapes. They miss out on the opportunity to get a new Willow and such. Does this constitute a full season pickup? If not, how does the cancellation and replacement process go? Have they also got second tier seasons in the can?
Among the shows dropped by NBC after one series is Journeyman, a time-travel series featuring Scottish star Kevin McKidd.
I'm not sure how to differentiate between the two uses of "series" in that sentence. Not least of all because translating the last one to "season" leaves the sentence inaccurate.
And I'm pissed that Bionic Woman is on the bubble and Journeyman is dead. So not fair.
Dana - Jan 23, 2008 8:55:44 am PST #9656 of 10001
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
I'm not sure how to differentiate between the two uses of "series" in that sentence. Not least of all because translating the last one to "season" leaves the sentence inaccurate.
Other way around. The first use of "series" = "season."
Kevin - Jan 23, 2008 9:05:19 am PST #9657 of 10001
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
We call everything a series here. Including a US 'season'.
As far as I can understand it, if - say - DRIVE had been on NBC, it would have gone out as per the original pilot (Fillionless) with - say - 6 episodes up front.