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Frayed Knot
Oct 08 2012 06:29 PM

Introducing the CPF-REDs - the Crane Pool Forum Ratings of Esoteric Distinction - the thread where you make a list of items on topics either general or obscure and rank those entries based solely on your personal preferences (hence the ‘esoteric distinction’ part).
In other words: it’s the latest in a long line of time-wasting threads for the off-season here at the CPF

If this idea sounds familiar to some of you it’s because I totally stole it from former Newsday sportswriter Stan Isaacs. Isaacs, who was the first guy I remember to cover the sports beat strictly from the TV angle, came up with the idea in 1960 as a kind of spoof on Ring Magazine’s boxing rankings and thereafter penned an annual column which he dubbed the IRED awards (Isaac’s Ratings of Esoteric Distinction). Topics in Stan’s column varied from year to year although he would sometimes revisit and review older ones and he always, ALWAYS included his ranking of best chocolate ice creams. After he retired from the paper he continued to guest-column his IREDs once a year before moving the column on-line starting in 2001 where it’s still ongoing 50+ years after its creation.

Here is Stan’s most recent entry: http://www.thecolumnists.com/isaacs/isaacs478.html

Not surprisingly then, the CPF-REDs are your chance to concoct ratings of esoteric distinction on any topic(s) you choose. A list can be of any length as the subject or preference dictates and there are no right or wrong choices here because they are, by definition, your choices. Naturally that doesn’t mean others give up the chance to question or ridicule your entry, it just means you retain the right to say; “Fuck off, go make your own list then” if you don’t feel that your opinion on that particular category is subject to dissent.

I put it here in the Non-baseball forum because I don’t want it to be limited to just baseball lists, although if you want to rank all-time NYM 2nd basemen, 1970s National League uniforms, or the top Pittsburgh Pirates of Hispanic descent then, by all means, those are welcome too.


I’ll kick it off with: Sports-themed movies set in Indiana
1) Breaking Away
2) Hoosiers
3) Rudy

And let me just take this opportunity to say “Fuck off” in advance if anyone here wants me to change my order on this one.

Ceetar
Oct 08 2012 06:34 PM
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Because I did this anyway..

The 6 Munich breweries' Oktoberfests

1. Augustinerbräu
2. Hacker-Pschorr
3. Löwenbräu
4. Hofbräu
5. Paulaner

unranked: Spaten. (I didn't actually have Spaten while I was there. oops)

HahnSolo
Oct 09 2012 08:24 AM
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Top peanut butter-chocolate candy bars for use as a long-drive energy boost:

1. Reese's Nutrageous
2. Snickers Peanut Butter
3. Reese's Crispy Crunchy Bar
4. Fiber One 90 Calorie Chocolate Peanut Butter bar
5. Peanut Butter Twix

In general, the original Reese's peanut butter cup trumps all, however, while behind the wheel, I prefer bars.

themetfairy
Oct 09 2012 08:32 AM
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What about Reese's Pieces?

Swan Swan H
Oct 09 2012 09:12 AM
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Citi Field French Fries:

1. Catch of the Day Bayside Fries with cheese sauce
2. Box Frites w/bacon aioli
3. Shake Shack crinkle-cut fries
4. Box Frites garlic-parmesan
5. Blue Smoke
6. Nathan's

MFS62
Oct 09 2012 09:16 AM
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Die Hard movies:

Die Hard
Die Hard II
Die Hard IV
Die Hard V (not yet released)
All future Die Hard movies not yet planned
Die Hard III


Yippee Ki-yay

Later

metsmarathon
Oct 09 2012 09:20 AM
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wow, really? why no love? i rather liked die hard with a vengeance, much moreso than die harder. though the death by icicle is surely something to reccomend it. one day, i may see all of live free or die hard, but so far, the stars have no appropriately aligned.

Mets – Willets Point
Oct 09 2012 09:54 AM
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Animals that would make awesome nicknames for a sports team that too my knowledge have not yet been used:

1. River Otters
2. Hissing Cockroach
3. Naked Mole Rat
4. Honey Badger
5. Dung Beetle
6. Howler Monkey

Gwreck
Oct 09 2012 10:03 AM
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New York Rule of 8 - the 8 real bagel types and 8 real pizza toppings (reject all others as unacceptable imitations)

1. Plain
2. Poppy
3. Sesame
4. Onion
5. Salt
6. Garlic
7. Everything
8. Egg

1. Pepperoni
2. Sausage
3. Meatball
4. Peppers
5. Onions
6. Mushrooms
7. Anchovies
8. Extra Cheese

Swan Swan H
Oct 09 2012 10:06 AM
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What, no bialy?

Edgy MD
Oct 09 2012 10:13 AM
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Bialy is a type of bagel like a motorcycle is a type of car.

seawolf17
Oct 09 2012 10:26 AM
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Could you open a bagel store/florist and call it Bialystock & Bloom? You'd probably get sued, I guess.

Edgy MD
Oct 09 2012 10:31 AM
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We had a B&B in my home town.

Swan Swan H
Oct 09 2012 10:52 AM
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Edgy DC wrote:
Bialy is a type of bagel like a motorcycle is a type of car.


Bialy is a type of bagel like Ferrari is a type of car.

Edgy MD
Oct 09 2012 11:12 AM
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Worst Official Presidential Portraits in the National Portrait Gallery

10) Warren G. Harding

Stiff. Uncomfortable. Somebody else dressed him and forced him into this president thing and he's not sure he's pulling it off.

9) Andrew Johnson

Just speaks to me of moral disapproval. He disapproves of every. American. Ever.

8) George H.W. Bush

Unsure of what to do with hands, he grabs the back of his chair, but leaves them way to close to Johnny, speaking to Bush's rep of false potency. Give the man a book or a baseball glove or something.

7) James Madison

If he had just stopped trying so hard to look like Washington, he'd have been one of the greats!

6) Andrew Jackson

By all accounts, Jackson was a holy badass, so why commission a portrait that makes him look like a foppish and useless second son of a Brit aristocrat sent to sea to man himself up?

5) Chester Alan Arthur

For a guy with three first names, he sure seems like he intends to cancel fun for the next four years. Seriously, would you trust this man? With anything?

4) FDR

Wasn't this a scene in Labyrinth?

3) Woodrow Wilson

We're going through hard times, my friends. We are all orphans, supplies are thin, and Uncle Crackenbottom is over-seeing the orphanage.

2) Jimmy Carter

Ugly seventies tan is everywhere. Also lacks the still-wet patina that a serious presidential portrait should have. Did they use acrylics instead of oil here?

1) Lyndon Johnson

I like the outdoorsy "I own this town" idea behind this, and the Capitol dome speaks of his legendary career before ever becoming president. But then the lavender horizon kills it all. Why not add a few unicorns and a sparkly rainbow?

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr
Oct 09 2012 11:17 AM
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Gwreck wrote:
New York Rule of 8 - the 8 real bagel types and 8 real pizza toppings (reject all others as unacceptable imitations)

1. Plain
2. Poppy
3. Sesame
4. Onion
5. Salt
6. Garlic
7. Everything
8. Egg


This man is a genius.

1. Pepperoni
2. Sausage
3. Meatball
4. Peppers
5. Onions
6. Mushrooms
7. Anchovies
8. Extra Cheese


This man has his head up his ass.

1. Sausage
2. Fresh basil
3. Meatball
4. Onions
5. Mushrooms
6. Pepperoni
7. Anchovies
8. Peppers

Extra cheese isn't a topping; it's a preference, most usually held by someone with no sense of proportion and balance and/or Chicagoans.

Gwreck
Oct 09 2012 11:21 AM
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"Fresh basil" isn't a topping; it's a spice. Note the omission of garlic, too. A proper sauce should include both of these things but they're not toppings by themselves.

Swan Swan H
Oct 09 2012 11:26 AM
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My favorite current pizza is from a place called San Marzano - the Caprino. Thin brick oven crust topped with fontina, goat cheese, caramelized onions, shitake and button mushrooms, roasted garlic, thyme and white truffle oil.

Ceetar
Oct 09 2012 11:31 AM
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Swan Swan H wrote:
My favorite current pizza is from a place called San Marzano - the Caprino. Thin brick oven crust topped with fontina, goat cheese, caramelized onions, shitake and button mushrooms, roasted garlic, thyme and white truffle oil.


I've been craving Oregenata pizza lately. (Sicilian with the breadcrumb toppings they often use for baked clams)

Also amazing, penne alla vodka pizza, or ziti pie (as long as they don't burn the pasta)

Can't ignore Buffalo chicken pizza either, although I admit that's probably just an awesome outlier.

Vic Sage
Oct 09 2012 11:37 AM
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top 10 comicbook superhero movies:

1) THE CROW
2) THE ROCKETEER
3) BATMAN: DARK KNIGHT 1
4) SUPERMAN
5) X-MEN 2
6) SPIDERMAN 2
7) THE AVENGERS
8) THE WATCHMEN
9) V FOR VENDETTA
10) HELLBOY

Benjamin Grimm
Oct 09 2012 11:44 AM
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I've seen all of those except The Crow. I'll have to keep an eye out for that one.

I didn't even know it was based on a comic book.

And what, no Howard the Duck?

Fman99
Oct 09 2012 08:07 PM
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metsmarathon wrote:
wow, really? why no love? i rather liked die hard with a vengeance, much moreso than die harder. though the death by icicle is surely something to reccomend it. one day, i may see all of live free or die hard, but so far, the stars have no appropriately aligned.


Seriously. Die Hard 2 is a real turd. I only saw the first three in this series.

Fman99
Oct 09 2012 08:12 PM
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Top Four Studio Albums by Canadian power trio Triumph:

1. Thunder Seven
2. Allied Forces
3. Rock & Roll Machine
4. Just A Game

Edgy MD
Oct 09 2012 08:38 PM
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The covers of the top four albums by Canadian power trio Triumph:

[list=1][*]Allied Forces:
[/*:m]
[*]Rock and Roll Machine
[/*:m]
[*]Just a Game
[/*:m]
[*]Thunder Seven:
[/*:m][/list:o]

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr
Oct 09 2012 08:41 PM
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Gwreck wrote:
"Fresh basil" isn't a topping; it's a spice. Note the omission of garlic, too. A proper sauce should include both of these things but they're not toppings by themselves.


Fresh basil clipped atop a just-out-of-the-oven pizza-- DiFara's, e.g.-- sure as hell is a topping, just as sure as garlic is (when properly caramelized), and just as sure as pepperoni is an oversalted meat that washes out any subtleties in the sauce or the crust and is only worthwhile in a calzone or atop a pizza you'd eat with a banana pepper and some packaged "garlic" dippin' sauce.

Ceetar wrote:
I've been craving Oregenata pizza lately. (Sicilian with the breadcrumb toppings they often use for baked clams)

Also amazing, penne alla vodka pizza, or ziti pie (as long as they don't burn the pasta)

Can't ignore Buffalo chicken pizza either, although I admit that's probably just an awesome outlier.


LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr
Oct 09 2012 09:17 PM
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Edited 2 time(s), most recently on Oct 09 2012 10:00 PM

Worst Train lyrics:

10. Upside of a downward spiral
My love for you went viral
-"Drive-By"

9. [Every other lyric of "Hey, Soul Sister" not mentioned below]
-"Hey Soul Sister"

8. [TIE]
Smokes a pack a day, but wait,
That's me, but anyway
AND
She never compromises,
Loves babies and surprises,
wears high heels when
she exercises
Ain't it beautiful
-"Meet Virginia"

7. Well you can cut a rug
Watching you is the only drug
I need
So gangster, I'm so thug
You're the only one I'm dreaming of
You see I can be myself now finally
In fact there's nothing I cant be
I want the world to see you'll be with me.
-"Hey, Soul Sister"

6. Now that she's back from that soul vacation
Tracing her way through the constellation, hey, hey
She checks out Mozart while she does tae-bo
Reminds me that there's room to grow, hey, hey
-"Drops Of Jupiter"

5. Can you imagine no first dance, freeze dried romance five-hour phone
Conversation
The best soy latte that you ever had . . . and me
-"Drops Of Jupiter"

4. Your lipstick stains
On the front lobe of my left side brains
-"Hey, Soul Sister"

3. Just a shy guy looking for a two ply
Hefty bag to hold my love
-"Drive-By"

2. While everybody else is getting out of bed, I'm usually getting in it
I'm not in it to win it
And there's a thousand ways you can skin it
-"If It's Love"

1. My heart is bound to beat right out my untrimmed chest
I believe in you, like a virgin, you're Madonna
And I'm always gonna wanna
Blow your...
Mind
-"Hey, Soul Sister"

John Cougar Lunchbucket
Oct 09 2012 09:22 PM
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I can't believe he gets away with that 'Drive-By' crap.

Edgy MD
Oct 09 2012 09:25 PM
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That's a lot of ugh.

The best/worst part is that the references are all so bald-facedly aimed at mommies. (Much love to the mommies in the house.)

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr
Oct 09 2012 09:36 PM
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Exactly. And if that's the case, what the hell does that say about what he thinks about them?

If, instead of the lead dude singing and smirking on some yuppie corner, the video for "Hey, Soul Sister" was just a video of said lead dude masturbating in slow-motion/extreme close-up, I think I'd find it less offensive... as long as it were music-free.

metsmarathon
Oct 10 2012 07:33 AM
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Fman99 wrote:
metsmarathon wrote:
wow, really? why no love? i rather liked die hard with a vengeance, much moreso than die harder. though the death by icicle is surely something to reccomend it. one day, i may see all of live free or die hard, but so far, the stars have no appropriately aligned.


Seriously. Die Hard 2 is a real turd. I only saw the first three in this series.


yeah, i think the only thing die hard 2 has going for it, besides the afore-mentioned icicle-to-the-eye, is the way cool, but totally unpossible way that bruce willis blew up the bad guys' airplane at the end. i mean, c'mon, the flame followed the trail of fuel all the way from the runway to catch the plane in flight (going, what, 150 miles per hour, or whatever the takeoff speed is of his plane) like some wile.e.coyote gunpowder fuze in a roadrunner cartoon. what no acme anvil?

wicked cool scene and all, much like bruce trying to wave off the crashing jetliner, but the rest of the movie was so much awful that i was shocked at how good and improved die hard 3 was, let alone that anyone thought the series had enough life left in it to make another.

i will say that die hard 2 gets a pass on being a complete turd for one reason. it was 1990. there really arent too many movies from 1990 that aged well.

metirish
Oct 10 2012 07:41 AM
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That's gold from LWFS......and the guy from Train has to know it's pure shite but of course doesn't care.

metsmarathon
Oct 10 2012 07:47 AM
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movies from 1990 that may have aged well (if only because i can't recall them not having aged well)

5. memphis belle

4. quigley down under

3. the hunt for red october

2. back to the future part 3

1. goodfellas

sure, it's possible that other movies from teh time period aged well, but either i didn't see them, don't remember them at all, or they just don't resonate with me.

Frayed Knot
Oct 10 2012 07:51 AM
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Somewhat to my surprise at the time - as 'Guys gettin kicked and shit blowin up' flicks usually aren't my cuppa - I liked the first Die Hard movie.
The 2nd one not only sucked BHMC but was probably the final straw that turned me off entirely to sequels. I was most likely already leaning that way at the time, but that one certainly reinforced the idea that the only reason most tack-on movies get made is that the first one made too damn much money for a 2nd one not to be made, and whether someone actually has a good idea or not is totally incidental if not accidental.
And, btw, come up with a better idea than just naming movies 'II' - although I guess the Batman and Bourne series have done just that without it necessarily making the follow-ups any better.

Needless to say I stopped watching the 'DH' series at that point.

Edgy MD
Oct 10 2012 08:06 AM
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My top five comments on previous posts.

1. Quigley Down Under is part of a genre of movies I'd like to explore: "Movies that seem like sequels but have no pilot film." What happened to Meet Quigley ?

2. The people making Train music know what they're doing. Mommies are, by and large, the only demographic actively paying for their music anymore. It's a big part of why Adele is everywhere. Others have bigger hits, but she's making far more money for herself and her label. Mommies buy her music.

3. Die Hard 2: Why are those planes circling and running out of fuel while there are dozens of airports they can diverted to? Why is the seizure of a DC-area airport such a passing concern that the feds send in a half-dozen commandos and a wake-me-when-it's-over instruction? How does the airport get so easily evacuated? That movie strains credulity around every corner.

4. Buffalo wing pizza? BUFFALO WING PIZZA?!

5. The presidential portrait post was a bigger turd than Die Hard 2. Yippee kay yay motherfucker."

Edgy MD
Oct 10 2012 08:11 AM
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And, btw, come up with a better idea than just naming movies 'II' - although I guess the Batman and Bourne series have done just that without it necessarily making the follow-ups any better.

Wait a minute: The Die Hard series totally did this.

Die Hard (1988)
Die Hard 2: Die Harder (1990)
Die Hard: With a Vengeance (1995)
Live Free or Die Hard (2007)
A Good Day to Die Hard (2013)

HahnSolo
Oct 10 2012 08:21 AM
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Edgy DC wrote:

2. The people making Train music know what they're doing. Mommies are, by and large, the only demographic actively paying for their music anymore. It's a big part of why Adele is everywhere. Others have bigger hits, but she's making far more money for herself and her label. Mommies buy her music.


Tweens and Teens and pre-tweens are all buying Train's stuff. Sadly, the little Solos are both guilty of this.

Ceetar
Oct 10 2012 08:28 AM
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Edgy DC wrote:


4. Buffalo wing pizza? BUFFALO WING PIZZA?!



IT IS AWESOME. Buffalo sauce is awesome on everything. everything I tell you. Without the sauce Buffalo is a bland boring black and white city that erupts in vibrant spicy color when you add Buffalo sauce.

Mets – Willets Point
Oct 10 2012 08:31 AM
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HahnSolo wrote:
Edgy DC wrote:

2. The people making Train music know what they're doing. Mommies are, by and large, the only demographic actively paying for their music anymore. It's a big part of why Adele is everywhere. Others have bigger hits, but she's making far more money for herself and her label. Mommies buy her music.


Tweens and Teens and pre-tweens are all buying Train's stuff. Sadly, the little Solos are both guilty of this.


I like Adele.

Ceetar
Oct 10 2012 08:32 AM
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from Just Pizza.

BUFFALO STYLE CHICKEN PIZZA
Tender pieces of all white Chicken Breast, our Special Buffalo Wing Sauce, Bleu Cheese Dressing & Mozzarella topped with crisp diced celery after baking. Mild, Medium, or Hot.

Ceetar
Oct 10 2012 08:35 AM
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Best things to eat in Buffalo:

1. Wings. (Duff's or Anchor Bar usually top the list)
2. Chicken Finger Subs.
3. Buffalo Chicken Pizza
4. Anything with Buffalo sauce.
5. Assorted regional chains, Tim Hortons, Mighty Taco, etc.

* Loganberry seems to go really well with the spice.

Fman99
Oct 10 2012 08:35 AM
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My top five comments on previous posts.

1. Quigley Down Under is part of a genre of movies I'd like to explore: "Movies that seem like sequels but have no pilot film." What happened to Meet Quigley ?



I've actually what happened in the first five Leonard movies that Bill Cosby should have done.

HahnSolo
Oct 10 2012 08:49 AM
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Mets – Willets Point wrote:
HahnSolo wrote:
Edgy DC wrote:

2. The people making Train music know what they're doing. Mommies are, by and large, the only demographic actively paying for their music anymore. It's a big part of why Adele is everywhere. Others have bigger hits, but she's making far more money for herself and her label. Mommies buy her music.


Tweens and Teens and pre-tweens are all buying Train's stuff. Sadly, the little Solos are both guilty of this.


I like Adele.


Me too (though I'm not sure how I feel about the new Bond song). It's my kids' like for the recent Train stuff that saddens me.

Benjamin Grimm
Oct 10 2012 08:54 AM
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I liked the Presidential portrait post.

seawolf17
Oct 10 2012 08:58 AM
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Best Pat Monahan (Train frontman) solo song lyrics:

1. She's old enough to know, and young enough not to say no
To any chance that she gets for home plate tickets to see the Mets.
(from "Her Eyes")

2. [All other lyrics]

metsmarathon
Oct 10 2012 08:59 AM
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i knodof liked train's earliest offerings. at the time.

the lbj portrait is like an early, bad thomas kinkaid. your comment on the jimmy carter protrait is solid gold. acrylics. ha!

leonard part 6. wow. i'm proud to say i never, ever watched that. and i think i've watched (and liked) some bad movies in my day.

Edgy MD
Oct 10 2012 09:08 AM
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Mets – Willets Point wrote:
HahnSolo wrote:
Edgy DC wrote:

2. The people making Train music know what they're doing. Mommies are, by and large, the only demographic actively paying for their music anymore. It's a big part of why Adele is everywhere. Others have bigger hits, but she's making far more money for herself and her label. Mommies buy her music.


Tweens and Teens and pre-tweens are all buying Train's stuff. Sadly, the little Solos are both guilty of this.


I like Adele.

Please note that I'm not pointing out any necessary qualitative failing with regards to these artists. Only marketing commentary here. Some music (Train, certainly) is double-demographically developed to be shared between parents and youth, though perhaps ignored or reviled by pickier young adults who would frequently be loathe to share any tastes with parents, or to pay for music.

It's akin to the Twilight strategy.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr
Oct 10 2012 01:00 PM
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-- Monahan does NOT get a pass for the Mets lyric, which no doubt came out of a brainstorming session cocktail-napkin; in case the examples I provided didn't make it abundantly clear, he's less sincere than a politician trying to sell life insurance on a first date, and lazier than a stoned Garfield on Thanksgiving night. Half his couplets don't come home to roost/they make hashtag rap... Dylan... Proust.

-- The whole reason for the Train thing? Last weekend, when I stepped out for mall-clothing-return duty, BetterHalfer introduced her to "Hey, Soul Sister" and a few others, and so I'm stuck playing them on Youtube for YoungerPooper before bedtime. I'm having trouble thinking of a way to thank her. Maybe some buffalo sauce in her drawers while she sleeps-- I hear it's great on everything.

-- I liked the presidential-portrait post; I just find myself with precious little to contribute to the discussion.

-- Apart from a plot that, hole-wise, is less like fabric and more like a macrame bikini... Die Hard 2 is one of the continuity-error-iest movies ever made.

Vic Sage
Oct 10 2012 01:08 PM
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Top 10 best acting careers by football stars in movies:

1) Woodie Strode - one of the 1st players to integrate pro football, went on to have a significant career in John Ford's westerns before earning a golden globe nomination for SPARTACUS; also, 10 COMMANDMENTS, SGT RUTLEDGE, MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE, ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST, THE PROFESSIONALS
2) Jim Brown - DIRTY DOZEN, 100 RIFLES, SLAUGHTER, BLACK GUNN, MARS ATTACKS
3) Carl Weathers - ROCKY I-IV, PREDATOR, HAPPY GILMORE
4) Fred Williamson - MASH, BLACK CAESAR, INGLORIOUS BASTARDS, FROM DUSK TIL DAWN
5) Bernie Casey - BRIAN'S SONG, CLEOPATRA JONES, MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH, REVENGE OF THE NERDS, BILL & TED'S EXCELLENT ADVENTURE, UNDER SIEGE
6) Alex Carras - BLAZING SADDLES, VICTOR/VICTORIA, "WEBSTER"
7) Terry Crews - IDIOCRACY, GET SMART, TERMINATOR 4, EXPENDABLES I-II
8) OJ Simpson - TOWERING INFERNO, CAPRICORN ONE, NAKED GUN I-III
9) Bubba Smith - POLICE ACADEMY I-VI
10) Terry Bradshaw - HOOPER, CANNONBALL RUN, FAILURE TO LAUNCH

and actors like fred dryer, ed marinaro and merlin olson had significant careers on TV series.
and Rosie Grier gets a special mention for singing "its alright to cry" on FREE TO BE, YOU AND ME

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr
Oct 10 2012 01:15 PM
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Judging from Idiocracy, Expendables, and his work on "Everybody Loves Chris," Terry Crews may arguably be the most talented actor on the list, should probably be a little higher, and will likely climb into the top 2 before he's done.

Vic Sage
Oct 10 2012 01:18 PM
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i don't disagree; i look at 2-7 on the list as being roughly interchangeable depending on your criteria.

Edgy MD
Oct 10 2012 01:21 PM
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Careers is one way to look at it. I take it one character at a time.

Top Performances by Pro* Football Players in Dramatic Films

1) Alex Karras, Mongo, Blazing Saddles
2) Brian Bosworth, Joe Huff / John Stone, Stone Cold
3) OJ Simpson, Nordberg, The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad, The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear, Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult.
4) Carl Weathers, Apollo Creed, Rocky, Rocky II, Rocky III.
5) Jim Brown, R.T. Jefferson, The Dirty Dozen
6) Brett Favre, Himself, There's Something About Mary
7) Dan Marino, Himself, Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
8) Howie Long, Kelly, Broken Arrow
9) Rosey Grier, Jack Moss, The Man with Two Heads
10) John Matuszak, Sloth, Goonies

*Sorry, The Rock

Swan Swan H
Oct 10 2012 01:32 PM
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Ray Nitschke was good in The Longest Yard.

Bogdanski: What the hell was that?
Crewe: That was a dropkick.
Bogdanski: Dropkick?
Crewe: Dropkick.
Bogdanski: How much is that worth?
Crewe: Three points.
Bogdanski: Three points?
Crewe: Three points.
Bogdanski: For that? Bullshit!

Mets – Willets Point
Oct 10 2012 01:39 PM
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I only knew Carl Weathers and Bubba Smith from their acting roles and didn't know that they had been pro football players.

Brett Favre had a good cameo in There's Something About Mary, not that it would help him crack the top ten. On edit: must've missed the third page when I first posted this and missed that Edgy already gives credit to Favre.

I remember seeing Joe Namath in a awful movie called Chattanooga Choo Choo that should earn him acting demerits.

Vic Sage
Oct 10 2012 01:46 PM
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i saw Namath in DAMN YANKEES once, at Jones Beach. It was one of the most excruciating evenings of theater i can recall.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr
Oct 10 2012 01:54 PM
Re: CPF-REDs

Matuszak in North Dallas Forty?

metirish
Oct 10 2012 01:55 PM
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Worst Irish accents by American actors in movies

Tom Cruise - Far & Away - but not the worst

Tommy Lee Jones - Blown Away , Jones in fine form hamming it up with delight , cringe inducing

Brad Pitt - The Devils Own - to be sure

Julia Roberts - Michael Collins, the big fells was rolling in his grave


for me the worst , so bad it is funny

Richard Gere - The Jackal......

Mets – Willets Point
Oct 10 2012 02:05 PM
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metirish wrote:

Julia Roberts - Michael Collins, the big fells was rolling in his grave


Good God was she bad. She'd go from Oirish to American back to Oirish in one sentence. Luckily she had a relatively small part in what was otherwise a pretty good movie.

Edgy MD
Oct 10 2012 02:21 PM
Re: CPF-REDs

Michael Collins is, of course, best known for my brief but excellently accented star turn as "Man in Crowd with Long Coat and Hat at Massacre."

The Big Fella approved.

Swan Swan H
Oct 10 2012 02:25 PM
Re: CPF-REDs

It was only a small part but Sarah Holcomb, who played Maggie the waitress in Caddyshack, was pretty bad as well.

Frayed Knot
Oct 10 2012 06:37 PM
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Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

1) Young
2) Nash
3) Stills
4) Crosby

metirish
Oct 10 2012 06:40 PM
Re: CPF-REDs

Edgy DC wrote:
Michael Collins is, of course, best known for my brief but excellently accented star turn as "Man in Crowd with Long Coat and Hat at Massacre."

The Big Fella approved.



That's really cool

Mets – Willets Point
Oct 11 2012 10:43 AM
Re: CPF-REDs

Toy Story movies (keeping in mind that they're all very good)"

1. Toy Story
2. Toy Story 3
3. Toy Story 2

Edgy MD
Oct 11 2012 10:53 AM
Re: CPF-REDs

Another way to do this is in answer/ask form --- to come up with a category of esoteric distinction and challenge the next poster to rank the winners in this category before coming up with their own category.

Like... what are the top ten Pixar shorts?

Frayed Knot
Oct 11 2012 10:18 PM
Re: CPF-REDs

1980s WNEW-FM Disc Jockeys

1) Pete Fornatale
2) Scott Muni
3) Richard Neer
4) Dave Herman
6) Meg Griffin
7) Dennis Elsas
8) Carol Miller

John Cougar Lunchbucket
Oct 11 2012 10:32 PM
Re: CPF-REDs

Carol Miller is still working. She is battling a cold tonight and is xtra sexy as a result.

Neer pisses me off. I used to think he was okay but have changed my tune. He doesn;t know enough.

Edgy MD
Oct 12 2012 04:25 AM
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I associate Meg Giriffin with WNEW, and Carol Miller with whoever their rival-of-the-day was.

OE: Wait a minute... how do you leave Vin Scelsa (1973-1982) off such a list?

Frayed Knot
Oct 12 2012 07:29 AM
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Unlike a lot of male radio listeners, I never had a thing for Carol Miller, Her supposedly sexy voice was a put-on which she'd accidently slip out of every once in a while to reveal her standard-issue Jewish/NYer accent. Allison 'The Night Bird' Steele played that sexy role much better than Miller ever hoped to but she was too early for this survey.
But mainly I'm rating these folks on how I liked them as DJs during the last era when they actually had some influence on which records they spun. True free-form was already long gone by then but there were at least still individual variations amongst the jocks to where some fit (or didn't) your tastes a bit better. Miller though had the annoying habit of acting as if the world's biggest [fill in the blank] fan depending on who was "in" that year and it ruined any aura of authenticity to which that era of DJs were still clinging. In an era when Beatles nostalgia was a thing she was suddenly your Beatles authority. Later on it was Bruuuce after he broke big. And then as the 'classic' era started to creep in it became all Zepplin all the time with her. "Ooooh, it's only four days until 'Zep-tember!!" Oh shut up!
She's recently penned a book in which she apparently talks about all the rock stars she was bagging in those years.


Remember also that I'm talking about FM Richard Neer here, not the WFAN version (although I happen to like him there too).
He was the morning man for the middle part of the '80s and that was one of the few times I was regularly listening to that station in the mornings. He was paired with then part-time stand-up guy Mark McEwen, who later went on to fame and fortune as the designated friendly black chubby weatherman on one of the many iterations of CBS's constantly-doomed attempts at morning TV, and the seemingly always present Lisa Glasburg playing the role of news/traffic babe and designated butt-of-jokes. But the show had a decent mix of music and usual morning stuff without becoming a "zoo" and Neer was a big Mets fan in those days so followed those '84-'86 teams regularly. In fact that show got canned during the '86 NLCS as I remember reading about it in the Saturday papers on Lenny/Game 3 day*. Neer hung around in other roles for a time but that was probably his last regular gig on the station.


I purposely left Scelsa out. I became a regular listener to Vin in later years after he found other outlets for his eclectic tastes and style but he was at NEW for only part of the era I'm designating here and was always on the late-night and even over-night shifts when he was there so I rarely heard him in those days anyway.
There were other short-timers and part-timers who got left out here too (Richard's brother Dan for one) because I wanted to hold this to the most known voices during that time span. Jim Monaghan was a particular favorite for his Sunday morning shows where the odd time-slot gave him almost total freedom (and almost no advertising) to do whatever he wanted at a time when that freedom was slipping away from every other jock (except for Scelsa) but, again, he never had a regular enough gig to rate with this bunch.





* 26 years ago yesterday

Centerfield
Oct 12 2012 07:52 AM
Re: CPF-REDs

Greatest things in the world:

1. Boobies
2. Scotch
3. Kit Kats

John Cougar Lunchbucket
Oct 12 2012 08:12 AM
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Tony Pigg rapping and vintage WPLJ excerpts, (edit, would be fall 1978 given commercial for new Billy Joel album & NYC marathon mention)

[url]http://airchexx.com/ram/archives/wplj-pigg.ram

Mets – Willets Point
Oct 12 2012 08:57 AM
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Frayed Knot wrote:
1980s WNEW-FM Disc Jockeys

1) Pete Fornatale
2) Scott Muni
3) Richard Neer
4) Dave Herman
6) Meg Griffin
7) Dennis Elsas
8) Carol Miller


Funny, I listened to WNEW often in the 1980s but never made any associations with any particular DJs with the exception of Scott Muni due to his distinctive voice and predilection for long-winded anecdotes about his personal relationship with Paul McCartney.

seawolf17
Oct 12 2012 09:40 AM
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Centerfield wrote:
Greatest things in the world:

1. Boobies
2. Scotch
3. Kit Kats

[youtube]wmnxF_WTOgg[/youtube]

NSFW, but damn funny.

Edgy MD
Oct 12 2012 09:58 AM
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Most Misspelled Countries

[list=1:dsofk6tl][*:dsofk6tl]Kyrgyzstan (if the first Y doesn't get them, the second one does. The ZST construction kills any lucky survivors.)[/*:m:dsofk6tl]
[*:dsofk6tl]Brunei Darussalam (One R, two S's, and one L.)[/*:m:dsofk6tl]
[*:dsofk6tl]Sri Lanka (Always gets turned into "Sir Lanka" by Spellcheck and accepted as such.)[/*:m:dsofk6tl]
[*:dsofk6tl]Australia (No I before the L. Took me years to learn this.)[/*:m:dsofk6tl]
[*:dsofk6tl]Kazakhstan (Why's that H after the K?)[/*:m:dsofk6tl]
[*:dsofk6tl]Eritria (It's spelled like it sounds but folks juxtapose the I and the T.)[/*:m:dsofk6tl]
[*:dsofk6tl]Chechnya (It's spelled like it sounds but folks juxtapose the N and the Y.)[/*:m:dsofk6tl]
[*:dsofk6tl]Liechtenstein (It's I-E, then E-I.)[/*:m:dsofk6tl]
[*:dsofk6tl]The Czech Republic (Not as intimidating as Czechoslovakia was.)[/*:m:dsofk6tl]
[*:dsofk6tl] Afghanistan. (It's on the news every night, but it's still a challenge whether that H goes before or after the A.)[/*:m:dsofk6tl][/list:o:dsofk6tl]

Ceetar
Oct 12 2012 10:06 AM
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Edgy DC wrote:
Most Misspelled Countries

[list=1][*]Kyrgyzstan (if the first Y doesn't get them, the second one does. The ZST construction kills any lucky survivors.)[/*:m]
[*]Brunei Darussalam (One R, two S's, and one L.)[/*:m]
[*]Sri Lanka (Always gets turned into "Sir Lanka" by Spellcheck and accepted as such.)[/*:m]
[*]Australia (No I before the L. Took me years to learn this.)[/*:m]
[*]Kazakhstan (Why's that H after the K?)[/*:m]
[*]Eritria (It's spelled like it sounds but folks juxtapose the I and the T.)[/*:m]
[*]Chechnya (It's spelled like it sounds but folks juxtapose the N and the Y.)[/*:m]
[*]Liechtenstein (It's I-E, then E-I.)[/*:m]
[*]The Czech Republic (Not as intimidating as Czechoslovakia was.)[/*:m]
[*] Afghanistan. (It's on the news every night, but it's still a challenge whether that H goes before or after the A.)[/*:m][/list:o]


observation: "The Czech Republic" just doesn't roll of the tongue well. It's been 20 years and I kept wanting to call it Czechoslovakia. And I caught other tourists doing the same.

seawolf17
Oct 12 2012 10:09 AM
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Most Misspelled Countries

[list=1][*]Eritria (It's spelled like it sounds but folks juxtapose the I and the T.)
[/*:m][/list:o]


Or they put a second I where there's supposed to be a second E.

Frayed Knot
Oct 12 2012 10:18 AM
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Mets – Willets Point wrote:
Funny, I listened to WNEW often in the 1980s but never made any associations with any particular DJs with the exception of Scott Muni due to his distinctive voice and predilection for long-winded anecdotes about his personal relationship with Paul McCartney.


Yeah, like I said, true individualism was dying out by that point so the differences were more like 90% personality and maybe 10% actual musical choices.
Muni's voice, the result of both his age and the bottle constantly residing in his desk drawer, was certainly the most distinctive one in the group.
It was the NY-living Lennon that I remember him most talking about, two stories in particular:
- running into John in a NY hospital when Scott's son and John's (Sean) were being born at the same time & place
- John dropping in the the radio station with one a new album to be debuted on Scott's show.

Edgy MD
Oct 12 2012 12:03 PM
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Most Misspelled Countries

[list=1][*]Eritria (It's spelled like it sounds but folks juxtapose the I and the T.)
[/*:m][/list:o]


Or they put a second I where there's supposed to be a second E.


There you go. It's not on this list for no reason.

Frayed Knot
Oct 12 2012 12:24 PM
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Centerfield wrote:
Greatest things in the world:

1. Boobies
2. Scotch
3. Kit Kats


Perhaps a bit of a more general topic than I envisioned for this exercise, but always good of you to share.

HahnSolo
Oct 14 2012 08:02 PM
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Top 3 most annoying postseason baseball commercials:

3. Tiger Mom uses newfangled gadgets to allow Dad and grandparents watch son blow horn badly.
2. Hipster douchebags become amazed at the Samsung phone and its magic powers.
1. Some chick chef (am I supposed to know who the bleep Lorena Garcia is?) makes non-tacos for Taco Bell.

TheOldMole
Oct 15 2012 10:47 AM
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Football player/actors:

Elroy "Crazy Legs" Hirsch in "Crazylegs, All-American," and in "Unchained." You don't remember the movie, but you remember its theme song.

metirish
Oct 15 2012 10:51 AM
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HahnSolo wrote:
Top 3 most annoying postseason baseball commercials:

3. Tiger Mom uses newfangled gadgets to allow Dad and grandparents watch son blow horn badly.
2. Hipster douchebags become amazed at the Samsung phone and its magic powers.
1. Some chick chef (am I supposed to know who the bleep Lorena Garcia is?) makes non-tacos for Taco Bell.



Nice list, I laugh at the chef, "get riiiiiiiiiiid of the taco I say", she sounds like your one form Modern Family.

Frayed Knot
Oct 15 2012 01:40 PM
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The Genre-spoofing Movies of Mel Brooks

1) Young Frankenstein
2) Blazing Saddles
3) High Anxiety
4) Space Balls
5) Robin Hood: Men in Tights

Benjamin Grimm
Oct 15 2012 02:54 PM
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I agree with the first four. (Never saw Men in Tights.) I'd slot Silent Movie just below High Anxiety. (And way ahead of Spaceballs, which was awful.)

Frayed Knot
Oct 15 2012 03:19 PM
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I left 'Silent Movie' out because I think of it more as just an off-beat film on its own more than the type of satire where Mel was skewering a whole genre of film and I was trying to limit this list to just those flicks. If I were to include it then, yeah, I'd slot it in at position 3-A.
I suppose 'Men in Tights' was an iffy inclusion as well as it seemed to have been made for the sole purpose of making fun of Kevin Costner's then-recent RH film rather than a type of film in general, but it was so bad that I can't resist putting it at the bottom of any list.

Mel also directed; Dracula: Dead and Loving It which sounds like it was also a genre satire but I never saw it.

Edgy MD
Oct 15 2012 04:04 PM
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History of the World can also largely be categorized as spoof of the historical epic.

Frayed Knot
Oct 15 2012 07:22 PM
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I think of HotW-P1 as more just a series of skits rather than a satire movie. Also considered but ultimately rejected for inclusion in this list.

Mets – Willets Point
Oct 15 2012 08:17 PM
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Edgy DC wrote:
History of the World can also largely be categorized as spoof of the historical epic.


Are you writing this from Africa?

Edgy MD
Oct 18 2012 05:58 PM
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Late nights still mentally on East Coast time.

Edgy MD
Oct 29 2012 04:46 PM
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Really Boring Latter-Day Singles by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.

[list=1][*]"Peace in LA"[/*:m]
[*]"Mary Jane's Last Dance"[/*:m]
[*]"Into the Great Wide Open"[/*:m]
[*]"You Don't Know How It Feels"[/*:m]
[*]"A Face in the Crowd"[/*:m][/list:o]

Mets – Willets Point
Oct 29 2012 05:09 PM
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Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Oct 29 2012 06:59 PM

Edgy DC wrote:



[list=1]
[*]"Mary Jane's Last Dance"
[*]"Into the Great Wide Open"


These are the songs that people I know (outside the CPF) who listen to Tom Petty listen to often.

Edgy MD
Oct 29 2012 06:46 PM
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Five Former-Day Not-Boring Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Singles They Could Be Listening To Instead

[list=1][*]"Listen to Her Heart"[/*:m]
[*]"A Woman in Love (It's Not Me)"[/*:m]
[*]"I Need to Know"[/*:m]
[*]"Don't Do Me Like That"[/*:m]
[*]"You Wreck Me"[/*:m][/list:o]

Frayed Knot
Nov 26 2012 10:02 AM
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Movie epics starring Omar Sharif

1 - Lawrence of Arabia
2 - Doctor Zhivago

Benjamin Grimm
Nov 26 2012 12:37 PM
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What, Funny Girl doesn't count?

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr
Nov 26 2012 02:24 PM
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Top Traditional Thanksgiving Sides:

1) Stuffing
2) Sweet Potatoes/Sweet Potato Casserole (w/o marshmallows)
3) Mashed Potatoes
4) Potato Salad (if German)
5) Macaroni and Cheese
6) Cranberry
7) Green Beans or Other Greens (w/bacon)
8) Green Bean Casserole
9) Buttered Rolls
10) Potato Salad (Non-German)

Vic Sage
Nov 26 2012 02:28 PM
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Benjamin Grimm wrote:
What, Funny Girl doesn't count?


The size of Barbra's nose isn't quite enough to make it an epic, but its close. Lets just say she missed it by a ...

metsmarathon
Nov 26 2012 02:40 PM
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LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote:
Top Traditional Thanksgiving Sides:

1) Stuffing
2) Sweet Potatoes/Sweet Potato Casserole (w/o marshmallows)
3) Mashed Potatoes
4) Potato Salad (if German)
5) Macaroni and Cheese
6) Cranberry
7) Green Beans or Other Greens (w/bacon)
8) Green Bean Casserole
9) Buttered Rolls
10) Potato Salad (Non-German)


what kind of savage doesnt put marshmallows atop their sweet potatoes?

wait... mac n cheese? ...?

Edgy MD
Nov 26 2012 02:47 PM
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Yeah, get real. That's recreational food. If we really need a seventh plate of starch on the table, it ain't gonna be something from Kraft, I tell you what, boy howdy.

Mashed turnips in, noodles OUT.

Ceetar
Nov 26 2012 02:48 PM
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metsmarathon wrote:
Top Traditional Thanksgiving Sides:

1) Stuffing
2) Sweet Potatoes/Sweet Potato Casserole (w/o marshmallows)
3) Mashed Potatoes
4) Potato Salad (if German)
5) Macaroni and Cheese
6) Cranberry
7) Green Beans or Other Greens (w/bacon)
8) Green Bean Casserole
9) Buttered Rolls
10) Potato Salad (Non-German)


what kind of savage doesnt put marshmallows atop their sweet potatoes?

wait... mac n cheese? ...?


only if it's deep-fried with the Turkey.

I wanted to put peeps on the sweet potatoes, but I couldn't find any peep turkeys so we went with half marshmallow, half crumbly nut mixture thingy that was very yummy.

metsmarathon
Nov 26 2012 02:52 PM
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mashed turnips, eh?

fried cabbage. the wifey's specialty.

mine was the brussels sprouts slathered in bacony heaven.

Ceetar
Nov 26 2012 02:54 PM
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The best side is bacon you've draped on top of the cooking turkey and regularly basted with maple syrup.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr
Nov 26 2012 03:04 PM
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Well, yeah, if we were including "shit I made," chipotle-and-poblano spiked sweet-potatoes from two years ago would be tops.

Turnip mash intrigues. But if you're slagging macaroni and cheese as "something from a box," you don't know real mac-and-chee (which has been on virtually every non-family Thanksgiving table I've ever attended), and so I weep for you.

Edgy MD
Nov 26 2012 03:08 PM
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Mac and cheese is great. But Thanksgiving is 'Merican. Noodles are Chinese things with Italian names. That is all there is to it! It is a dish for another day. If somebody put a macaroni dish between the pilgrims and the Pequot all those years ago, it would have been a disaster.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr
Nov 26 2012 03:18 PM
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If authenticity is of the essence, where are the mussels and lobster? The spit-roasted bird? The eels?

I'm just saying, mac and cheese is on a LOT of Thanksgiving tables; when people do it well, it's superlative.

Ceetar
Nov 26 2012 03:35 PM
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I'm in favor of more Lasagna and less Turkey to be honest.

Edgy MD
Nov 26 2012 06:52 PM
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LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote:
If authenticity is of the essence, where are the mussels and lobster? The spit-roasted bird? The eels?

I'm just saying, mac and cheese is on a LOT of Thanksgiving tables; when people do it well, it's superlative.


No doubt. I ate a bucketfull at my cousin Gwynn's on Friday. I just have a lot more turnips and creamed onions in my backstory.

metsmarathon
Nov 27 2012 06:52 AM
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LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote:
If authenticity is of the essence, where are the mussels and lobster? The spit-roasted bird? The eels?


no doubt, bring on the lobster and mussels. i'd be all over that in a heartbeat!

I'm just saying, mac and cheese is on a LOT of Thanksgiving tables; when people do it well, it's superlative.


i love me some mac and cheese. slather it up with the fancy schmancy cheese and i'm good to go. it just doesn't belong on my thanksgiving table. certainly not if hte alternatives are mussels and lobster!

Swan Swan H
Nov 27 2012 06:58 AM
Re: CPF-REDs

Creamed onions are a staple for us.

Edgy MD
Nov 27 2012 09:10 AM
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Hey, alright!

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote:
If authenticity is of the essence, where are the mussels and lobster? The spit-roasted bird? The eels?


Its more about continental plausibility than authenticity, I think. What's wrong with you people? Are we going to have tamales and baingan bharta next? AM I THE LAST HATEFUL XENOPHOBE IN THE COUNTRY?!

Mets – Willets Point
Nov 27 2012 11:18 AM
Re: CPF-REDs

White supremacist Lauraville is rubbing off on Edgy already.

metsmarathon
Nov 27 2012 11:33 AM
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according to wikipedia, mac and cheese cam e to america because thomas jefferson was smitten with it in paris. all you whackadoodles are bringing french food to your thanksgiving table! FRENCH FOOD! with italian roots. ITALIAN! what madness is this?! you should be ashamed of yourselves.

even though thomas jefferson was one of the founding fathers of our great nation and served it at a state dinner in 1802 - he probably put breadcrumbs all over hte top of it, too, the jackal - and it since became a thouroughly american food particularly, but without adequate citation, thorughout the southeast.

but just because a food is american doesn't mean it should be at the thanksgiving table. what next - hamburgers? hot dogs? chili? funnel cake? where will it end?

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr
Nov 27 2012 12:03 PM
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Oh, I'm not really arguing it should be on the table. I'm just saying, it is on the table, and when it is, it kicks the stuffing out of almost everything, short of stuffing.

Frayed Knot
Nov 27 2012 01:08 PM
Re: CPF-REDs

"That's Ity food Evelyn, I don't want Ity food in this house.
I want American food dammit, I want french fries!"

metsmarathon
Nov 27 2012 01:13 PM
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LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote:
Oh, I'm not really arguing it should be on the table. I'm just saying, it is on the table, and when it is, it kicks the stuffing out of almost everything, short of stuffing.


bah, you're bordering on trout if you see mac 'n' cheese at a thanksgiving table and don't immediately demand its hasty removal.

Mets – Willets Point
Nov 27 2012 01:21 PM
Re: CPF-REDs

If I see macaroni & cheese on the table there will be a hasty removal ... into my belly!!!

Edgy MD
Nov 28 2012 08:54 PM
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Twist Songs of Esoteric Distinction
[list=1][*]"Twistin' the Night Away" -- Sam Cooke[/*:m]
[*]"Twist and Shout" -- The Beatles[/*:m]
[*]"The Twist" -- Hank Ballard[/*:m]
[*]"Let's Twist Again" -- Chubby Checker[/*:m]
[*]"The Peppermint Twist" -- Joey Dee and the Starliters[/*:m]
[*]"The Twist" -- Chubby Checker[/*:m]
[*]"Twist and Shout" -- The Isley Brothers[/*:m]
[*]"Twistin' the Night Away" -- Rod Stewart[/*:m]
[*]"Twist, Twist, Senora" -- Gary "U.S." Bonds[/*:m]
[*]"The Twist" -- The Fat Boys with Chubby Checker[/*:m]
[*]"Dear Lady, Twist" -- Gary "U.S." Bonds[/*:m][/list:o]

Also-Rans:
[list][*]“Twisting Bells” – Santo and Johnny[/*:m]
[*]“Kissin’ and Twistin’” – Fabian[/*:m]
[*]“Everybody’s Twistin’” – Frank Sinatra[/*:m]
[*]“The Alvin Twist” – The Chipmunks[/*:m]
[*]“Oliver Twist” – Rod McKuen[/*:m]
[*]“Twistin’ Postman” -- The Marvelettes[/*:m]
[*]“The Basie Twist” – Count Basie[/*:m]
[*]“Tequila Twist” – The Champs[/*:m]
[*]“Twistin’ All Night Long” – Danny and the Juniors[/*:m]
[*]“Twist in My Sobriety” – Tanita Tikaram[/*:m][/list:u]

seawolf17
Nov 29 2012 07:22 AM
Re: CPF-REDs

Odd, because I don't see the Fat Boys anywhere on that list, and it should be right at the top.

[youtube:1mlin7yn]dNT-sc1ymEM[/youtube:1mlin7yn]

Edgy MD
Nov 29 2012 07:25 AM
Re: CPF-REDs

Look again, home slice.

seawolf17
Nov 29 2012 07:48 AM
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Ah, it's there. Glanced quickly at the end of each line looking for "Boys" and didn't see it.

John Cougar Lunchbucket
Dec 03 2012 08:45 AM
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Top 10 Beach Boys LPs
1. PET SOUNDS (1966)
2. SUMMER DAYS (AND SUMMER NIGHTS!!) (1965)
3. BEACH BOYS TODAY! (1965)
4. SUNFLOWER (1970)
5. SURF'S UP (1971)
6. ALL SUMMER LONG (1964)
7. FRIENDS (1968)
8. SHUT DOWN, VOL. 2 (1964)
9. LITTLE DEUCE COUPE (1963)
10. HOLLAND (1973)

Edgy MD
Dec 03 2012 11:27 AM
Re: CPF-REDs

Impressive dip into the seventies catalog.

Interesting to see you stay away from the crude but sweetly naïve rock 'n' roll goofiness of the Surfin' Safari debut.

John Cougar Lunchbucket
Dec 03 2012 12:07 PM
Re: CPF-REDs

Well to be honest there isn't a lot of difference between the first handful of records -- all have their share of filler, so the ones that got on vs. them (Duece Coupe, etc) I felt had the better songwriting achievements I guess. But I wouldn't argue if you put SAFARI as high as 7th probably.

I just completed a 30-album/30-day Beach Boys challenge and what surprised me most was the relative strength of that early 70s period, when the band was more or less run by Carl and manager/sometime collaborator Jack Rielley. They didn't make singles or sell records they way they did in the 60s but I felt they were still evolving artistically. The ENDLESS SUMMER comp that came out in 74 and included all the sunny 60s hits really killed this iteration as it seemed to empower Mike Love's efforts to go cruise-ship retro for the rest of their careers.

Here's a fun fact I didn't know: Mike Love's brother Stan was an NBA forward in the early 70s. Stan Love replaced Rielley as Beach Boys' manager following his pro career.

Mets – Willets Point
Dec 03 2012 12:34 PM
Re: CPF-REDs

When I get excited that there's a new post in the Non-Baseball forum, these are the most common threads that I have no interest that are likely to have been updated causing an immediate feeling of deflation:

1.Running Thread 2012
2. All Purpose Dieting Thread
3. CPF Biggest Victorino Contest
4. Freakin' Rutgers - It's On! College Football 2012
5. Knicks 2012-2013

(No offense to anyone who participates in these threads).

Ceetar
Dec 03 2012 12:37 PM
Re: CPF-REDs

Mets – Willets Point wrote:
When I get excited that there's a new post in the Non-Baseball forum, these are the most common threads that I have no interest that are likely to have been updated causing an immediate feeling of deflation:

1.Running Thread 2012
2. All Purpose Dieting Thread
3. CPF Biggest Victorino Contest
4. Freakin' Rutgers - It's On! College Football 2012
5. Knicks 2012-2013

(No offense to anyone who participates in these threads).


My order?

1. Anything involving music, particularly if it has a misleading name.
2. The obviously about music threads.
3. College sports threads
4. Soccer threads.
5. Threads that aren't about beer.

Frayed Knot
Dec 03 2012 01:18 PM
Re: CPF-REDs

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote:
Here's a fun fact I didn't know: Mike Love's brother Stan was an NBA forward in the early 70s. Stan Love replaced Rielley as Beach Boys' manager following his pro career.


I think Brian claimed in his book that Stan physically intimidated him in doing things he didn't want vis-a-vis band decisions, something which added to Brian's checked-out status.
Stan's son/Mike's nephew is Minnesota Timberwolves All-Star forward Kevin Love. Dude's a monster.

Edgy MD
Dec 03 2012 01:29 PM
Re: CPF-REDs

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote:
The ENDLESS SUMMER comp that came out in 74 and included all the sunny 60s hits really killed this iteration as it seemed to empower Mike Love's efforts to go cruise-ship retro for the rest of their careers.

Good point here.

This 71-75 period also marked the band becoming among the first to make eco-concern part of their explicit orientation.

The management problems are hilarious. Bruce Johnson left over a dispute with Jack Reilly. Blondie Chaplin left over a dispute with Stan Love. It's like the band wanted to become the managerial model for Van Halen.

What's also funny from this period is that there are songs like "Cottonfields" (from #4 Sunflower) that were huge international hits and absolute necessary staples of the band's overseas setlist that would get a shrug and a trip to the concession stand if they were ever played stateside.

Agreed with Willets' list of un-clicked NBF threads.

Benjamin Grimm
Dec 03 2012 01:36 PM
Re: CPF-REDs

I agree with Willets list too, except, like Ceetar, I would add the Music threads too. Music really should have its own forum, I think.

Ceetar
Dec 03 2012 01:42 PM
Re: CPF-REDs

Benjamin Grimm wrote:
I agree with Willets list too, except, like Ceetar, I would add the Music threads too. Music really should have its own forum, I think.


TO THE CORNFIELD WITH ALL THE BANGING ON DRUMS TALK.

John Cougar Lunchbucket
Dec 03 2012 01:44 PM
Re: CPF-REDs

No way, man. This place is a ghost town already!

Meantime I agree with Willets as regards the boringness of of the College Football/Basketball posts, and the running/dieting/weighing ones, and would add you guys jagging off to the latest superhero movies in the Film Review forum to that list, and I still don't what to rent when I go to the movie store.

Ceetar
Dec 03 2012 01:55 PM
Re: CPF-REDs

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote:
No way, man. This place is a ghost town already!

Meantime I agree with Willets as regards the boringness of of the College Football/Basketball posts, and the running/dieting/weighing ones, and would add you guys jagging off to the latest superhero movies in the Film Review forum to that list, and I still don't what to rent when I go to the movie store.


I'm seeing Django unchained tomorrow if that helps.

And perhaps Twilight on Saturday.

metsmarathon
Dec 03 2012 02:18 PM
Re: CPF-REDs

Mets – Willets Point wrote:
When I get excited that there's a new post in the Non-Baseball forum, these are the most common threads that I have no interest that are likely to have been updated causing an immediate feeling of deflation:

1.Running Thread 2012


luckily, we'll fix this concern in another month.

Frayed Knot
Dec 03 2012 10:06 PM
Re: CPF-REDs

Mets – Willets Point wrote:
When I get excited that there's a new post in the Non-Baseball forum, these are the most common threads that I have no interest that are likely to have been updated causing an immediate feeling of deflation:

1.Running Thread 2012
2. All Purpose Dieting Thread
3. CPF Biggest Victorino Contest
4. Freakin' Rutgers - It's On! College Football 2012
5. Knicks 2012-2013

(No offense to anyone who participates in these threads).



Threads in the non-baseball forum I regularly avoid

- The All-Purpose Justin Bieber thread
- Coyote recipes for holiday gatherings
- Travel tips to Indiana
- Timothy Geitner: What a Hunk!!
- Jeff Van Gundy: Gym Genius or Evil Anti-Christ?

Edgy MD
Dec 04 2012 07:40 AM
Re: CPF-REDs

You're missing out. marathon has been on fire in the Geitner thread.

Mets – Willets Point
Dec 04 2012 07:45 AM
Re: CPF-REDs

I need to check out "Coyote recipes for holiday gatherings" since my wife invited a pack of coyotes to our Yule Log Party and I have no idea what to feed them.

Swan Swan H
Dec 05 2012 01:40 PM
Re: CPF-REDs

Coreys who were famous in the 1980s:

1. Glover
2. Haim
3. Hart
4. Professor Irwin
5. Feldman

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr
Dec 05 2012 04:53 PM
Re: CPF-REDs

3 1/2. Pavin

Edgy MD
Dec 05 2012 08:33 PM
Re: CPF-REDs

Gayish Game-Show Guest Stars

1. Paul Lynde
2. Charles Nelson-Reilly*
3. Jim Jay Bullock
4. Bruce Vilanch

Match Game, on the whole, was still superior to Hollywood Squares, however.

John Cougar Lunchbucket
Dec 05 2012 09:16 PM
Re: CPF-REDs

Coreys who were famous in the 1980s:

1. Glover
2. Haim
3. Hart
4. Professor Irwin
5. Feldman


Snyder.

HahnSolo
Dec 06 2012 03:36 PM
Re: CPF-REDs

Coreys who were famous in the 1980s:

1. Glover
2. Haim
3. Hart
4. Professor Irwin
5. Feldman


Haim and Feldman can't be 2 and 5...they have to be together somehow. And Corey Glover #1?

Swan Swan H
Dec 06 2012 03:39 PM
Re: CPF-REDs

Coreys who were famous in the 1980s:

1. Glover
2. Haim
3. Hart
4. Professor Irwin
5. Feldman


Haim and Feldman can't be 2 and 5...they have to be together somehow. And Corey Glover #1?


He's the cult of personality.

Swan Swan H
Dec 06 2012 03:41 PM
Re: CPF-REDs

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote:
3 1/2. Pavin


For sure. A definite omission on my part. I'd even kick him up to 2.5

Snyder was a Cory, not a Corey.

seawolf17
Dec 06 2012 06:57 PM
Re: CPF-REDs

Edgy MD wrote:
Gayish Game-Show Guest Stars

1. Paul Lynde
2. Charles Nelson-Reilly*
3. Jim Jay Bullock
4. Bruce Vilanch

Match Game, on the whole, was still superior to Hollywood Squares, however.

Your ranking is correct, your spelling. Frequent "Squares" viewers like myself know it's "Jm J." Bullock. I LOVED the late-80s "Squares." (I loved all the late 80s game shows, really.)

Edgy MD
Dec 06 2012 07:51 PM
Re: CPF-REDs

One big fantastic moment and Terry Ray bumrushes his way onto the list.
[youtube:1idzulqh]JduEOqVqCVM[/youtube:1idzulqh]

That alone gets him past Vilanch, I think.

OE: Fannie Flagg too, I guess.

Frayed Knot
Jan 02 2013 03:34 PM
Re: CPF-REDs

Bio-pics about Steve Prefontaine

1) Without Limits
2) Prefontaine

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr
Jan 02 2013 04:04 PM
Re: CPF-REDs

NYC Local News Anchorladies Who Bring It, Take It Home, Put It In A Frying Pan, And Sizzle The Hell Out Of It:

1) Elizabeth Cho
2) Contessa Brewer
3) Darlene Rodriguez
4) Kristine Johnson
5) Everybody else

Ceetar
Jan 02 2013 04:49 PM
Re: CPF-REDs

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote:
NYC Local News Anchorladies Who Bring It, Take It Home, Put It In A Frying Pan, And Sizzle The Hell Out Of It:

1) Elizabeth Cho
2) Contessa Brewer
3) Darlene Rodriguez
4) Kristine Johnson
5) Everybody else


I know none of these names.

HahnSolo
Jan 03 2013 07:18 AM
Re: CPF-REDs

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote:
NYC Local News Anchorladies Who Bring It, Take It Home, Put It In A Frying Pan, And Sizzle The Hell Out Of It:

1) Elizabeth Cho
2) Contessa Brewer
3) Darlene Rodriguez
4) Kristine Johnson
5) Everybody else


I talked to Darlene Rodriguez briefly last spring at a TGI Fridays in Tarrytown. Very pretty in person, quite nice as well. I used to love Liz Cho, but she's looking unhealthily thin these days.

themetfairy
Jan 03 2013 08:07 AM
Re: CPF-REDs

Liz Cho always dresses like she's on her way to the clubs as soon as the cameras are off.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr
Jan 03 2013 09:06 AM
Re: CPF-REDs

That's kind of what got the list going-- last night's number was apparently leather (or faux-) and quite form-fitting.

HahnSolo wrote:
I talked to Darlene Rodriguez briefly last spring at a TGI Fridays in Tarrytown. Very pretty in person, quite nice as well. I used to love Liz Cho, but she's looking unhealthily thin these days.


I can see that, I suppose. I only really see the evening news when I'm over at the old homestead in Jersey, where my aunt has the aspect ratio tweaked on her TV so she has "no black bars," but a picture that seems to gift everyone an extra 20 pounds, so Ms. Cho looks fine. But...

I met a bunch of the anchors/reporters at my old job; Contessa Brewer makes it in with a healthy boost from the fact that she's like a foxy Disney princess in person-- improbable curves and sparkling blue eyes.

metsmarathon
Jan 03 2013 12:16 PM
Re: CPF-REDs

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote:
...where my aunt has the aspect ratio tweaked on her TV so she has "no black bars," but a picture that seems to gift everyone an extra 20 pounds...


ugh, i hate that. even worse, the in-laws used to have their widescreen tv set to zoom in to fit the standard aspect ratio width-wise, but lopping off hte top and bottom of the screen. i get it, the black bars is stupid. but so is either distorting all of or losing part of the picture!

Benjamin Grimm
Jan 03 2013 12:59 PM
Re: CPF-REDs

I'd much rather have the letterbox than the distortion or the cropping.

metsmarathon
Jan 03 2013 01:25 PM
Re: CPF-REDs

"i paid good money for those pixels, and i'm damned sure gonna light them up!"

The Second Spitter
Jan 12 2013 11:17 PM
Re: CPF-REDs

Top 5 British Sitcoms

5. Red Dwarf -- zany, sci-fi comedy captures the mood and insanity that ensues from isolation in space.
4. The Office - The Undisputed King of Mockumentaries.
3. Blackadder - Highly original premise, off-beat humor with dark undertones.
2. Yes Minister/ Prime Minister - satirical, irreverent look at British politics. What made this series so great was that it was mostly based on, or foreshadowed, real-life events.
1. Fawlty Towers - thinking man's slapstick. Intelligent writing that escalated laughs upon laughs.

Mets – Willets Point
Jan 12 2013 11:21 PM
Re: CPF-REDs

Songs that date themselves (a then-current year/time-period is mentioned in the lyrics):

1. Public Enemy - "Fight the Power" - 1989 the number another summer.
2. Asia - "Heat of the Moment" - And now you find yourself in '82.
3. Escape Club - "Wild Wild West" - Heading for the nineties living in the eighties.

There surely must be others.

John Cougar Lunchbucket
Jan 12 2013 11:32 PM
Re: CPF-REDs

EIGHTIES Killing Joke
GOODBYE 70s Yazoo
INTO THE 80s Nick Gilder

The Second Spitter
Jan 12 2013 11:44 PM
Re: CPF-REDs

"Fight the Power" - Public Enemy

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr
Jan 13 2013 07:13 AM
Re: CPF-REDs

The Second Spitter wrote:
Top 5 British Sitcoms

5. Red Dwarf -- zany, sci-fi comedy captures the mood and insanity that ensues from isolation in space.
4. The Office - The Undisputed King of Mockumentaries.
3. Blackadder - Highly original premise, off-beat humor with dark undertones.
2. Yes Minister/ Prime Minister - satirical, irreverent look at British politics. What made this series so great was that it was mostly based on, or foreshadowed, real-life events.
1. Fawlty Towers - thinking man's slapstick. Intelligent writing that escalated laughs upon laughs.


Good list. But I like the odder stuff... would League of Gentlemen or Alan Partridge count? (Also... any love for the late, great Spaced?)

Edgy MD
Jan 30 2013 09:34 AM
Re: CPF-REDs

Burt Reyenolds' Inexplicably Gay Sidekicks

[list=1][*]Dom Deluise[/*:m]
[*]Jim Neighbors[/*:m]
[*]Michael Jeter[/*:m][/list:o]

Mets – Willets Point
Feb 07 2013 07:36 AM
Re: CPF-REDs

5 Beatles songs written from the perspective of a creepy stalker:

1. I'll Get You
2. No Reply
3. Run For Your Life
4. You Can't Do That
5. You Won't See Me

Mets – Willets Point
Feb 12 2013 08:59 PM
Re: CPF-REDs

Songs that date themselves (a then-current year/time-period is mentioned in the lyrics):

1. Public Enemy - "Fight the Power" - 1989 the number another summer.
2. Asia - "Heat of the Moment" - And now you find yourself in '82.
3. Escape Club - "Wild Wild West" - Heading for the nineties living in the eighties.

There surely must be others.


Just remembered a good one:

Falco - "Rock Me Amadeus" - 1985, Austrian rock singer Falco records: Rock Me Amadeus! . It doesn't get any more chronologically self-referential than that.

I guess The Ramones' "Rock and Roll Radio" counts as well with line It's the end, the end of the 70's.

John Cougar Lunchbucket
Feb 12 2013 09:02 PM
Re: CPF-REDs

Lies (all through the 80's) -- Manfred Mann's Earth Band
Into the 80s -- Nick Gilder
Goodbye Seventies -- Yaz

seawolf17
Feb 12 2013 09:11 PM
Re: CPF-REDs

Barenaked Ladies - "Shoe Box" - "You're so 1990, and it's 1994."

Edgy MD
Feb 12 2013 09:19 PM
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Other Turn-of-the-Eighties Songs:

[youtube:2soxwej1]FQGxUGYpAMs[/youtube:2soxwej1]

[youtube:2soxwej1]g4uGkLRjR1I[/youtube:2soxwej1]

Edgy MD
Feb 20 2013 06:18 PM
Re: CPF-REDs

Esoteric Distinction of Mets Catchers with Prefixes in Their Surnames

[list=1][*]Paul Lo Duca[/*:m]
[*]Charlie O'Brien[/*:m]
[*]Mike Fitzgerald ("Fitz" is sort of a prefix)[/*:m]
[*]Mike DiFelice[/*:m]
[*]Jeff McKnight[/*:m]
[*]Joe DePastino
* * *[/*:m]
[*]Hank McGraw[/*:m]
[*]Travis d'Arnaud[/*:m][/list:o]

Edgy MD
Feb 20 2013 07:41 PM
Re: CPF-REDs

Hit Songs from the Early Seventies Crying Out for More Dignified Treatment and Respect for a Poorly Treated Sub-Culture

1. "Indian Reservation" (Cherokees)
2. "Brother Louie" (inter-racial lovers)
3. "Gypsys, Tramps, and Thieves" (itinerant entertainers/carnies)
4. "Half Breed" (semi-Cherokees)

John Cougar Lunchbucket
Mar 01 2013 08:46 AM
Re: CPF-REDs

Songs Tom Cruise Sings in 'Cocktail'
1. Addicted to Love
2. Chantilly Lace
3. Hippy Hippy Shake
4. All Shook Up
5. When Will I Be Loved

Guys Tom Cruise Punches Out in 'Cocktail'
1. Coughlin
2. A sculptor
3. A doorman

The Second Spitter
Mar 06 2013 08:26 PM
Re: CPF-REDs

Esoteric Distinction of Mets Catchers with Prefixes in Their Surnames

[list=1]
[*]Travis d'Arnaud[/*:m][/list:o]

On the subject of Travis d'Arnaud

Top 5 Greatest Contributions of Long Beach California to Humanity

1. The Rib- eye burger at the congregation ale house
2. Long Beach State Women's Water polo team
3. The Macaroni and Cheese dish at the place the Opera Singer waitressed at.
4. ABNS
5. Troy Tulowitski

Honorable Mention: Steve Trachsel and Holey Moleys fish Tacos

The Second Spitter
Mar 19 2013 03:53 AM
Re: CPF-REDs

GROUPIES (or female fans of music artists)
1. Mumford & Sons
2. Mötley Crüe
3. Arcade Fire
4. Bruce Springsteen
5. Bon Jovi, excluding the thirty-something, dog-loving, Phillie-supporting, transplanted from Jersey to the West Coast demographic (not salty!)

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr
Mar 19 2013 11:19 AM
Re: CPF-REDs

The Second Spitter wrote:
GROUPIES (or female fans of music artists)
1. Mumford & Sons
2. Mötley Crüe
3. Arcade Fire
4. Bruce Springsteen
5. Bon Jovi, excluding the thirty-something, dog-loving, Phillie-supporting, transplanted from Jersey to the West Coast demographic (not salty!)


Quantity? Intensity? "Quality?" Amount they give to charitable causes? Amount spent on penicillin?

Fman99
Mar 20 2013 04:33 AM
Re: CPF-REDs

Esoteric Distinction of Mets Catchers with Prefixes in Their Surnames

[list=1]
[*]Travis d'Arnaud[/*:m][/list:o]

On the subject of Travis d'Arnaud

Top 5 Greatest Contributions of Long Beach California to Humanity

1. The Rib- eye burger at the congregation ale house
2. Long Beach State Women's Water polo team
3. The Macaroni and Cheese dish at the place the Opera Singer waitressed at.
4. ABNS
5. Troy Tulowitski

Honorable Mention: Steve Trachsel and Holey Moleys fish Tacos




What, no love?

Edgy MD
Apr 11 2013 09:20 AM
Re: CPF-REDs

Cases of Unrequited Love in Peanuts, Rated by Intensity

[list=1][*]Charlie Brown's love for "The Little Red-Haired Girl" (revealed to be named "Heather" in the animated special "It's Your First Kiss, Charlie Brown," though it's debatable how canonically the specials should be treated).

[/*:m]
[*]Marcie's love for Charlie "Charles" Brown.

[/*:m]
[*]Linus Van Pelt's love for Miss Othmar.

[/*:m]
[*]Sally Brown's love for Linus Van Pelt.

[/*:m]
[*]Snoopy's love for Helen Sweetstory. (Old, minor plot, but good stuff.)

[/*:m]
[*]Patricia "Peppermint Patty" Reichard's love for Charlie "Chuck" Brown.

[/*:m]
[*]Lucy Van Pelt's love for Schroeder.

[/*:m]
[*]Spike's always-weird love for his cactus.

[/*:m]
[*]The love of Cormac (Charlie Brown's swimming buddy) for Sally Brown.

[/*:m]
[*]Snoopy's love for Lucy Van Pelt.[/*:m][/list:o]

Benjamin Grimm
Apr 11 2013 09:27 AM
Re: CPF-REDs

Interesting. I think I'd rank the Lucy-Schroeder thing a lot higher. Maybe as high as number 2.

Heather? I think I'd rather not have known that.

Mets – Willets Point
Apr 11 2013 09:27 AM
Re: CPF-REDs

Oh come on, we all know that Peppermint Patty and Marcie had the love that dare not speak it's name.

Ceetar
Apr 11 2013 09:34 AM
Re: CPF-REDs

Related, I saw this Peanuts 'sequel' off broadway a couple of years back and really enjoyed it

[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog_Sees_God:_Confessions_of_a_Teenage_Blockhead

Edgy MD
Apr 11 2013 10:25 AM
Re: CPF-REDs

Benjamin Grimm wrote:
Interesting. I think I'd rank the Lucy-Schroeder thing a lot higher. Maybe as high as number 2.

Lucy's love is all about her vanity. Her heart never broke. Schroeder frustrated her, sure, but everything he didn't say to her, she was more than happy to say to herself.

That's not real yearning.

Oh come on, we all know that Peppermint Patty and Marcie had the love that dare not speak it's name.

They both loved C.B. deeply --- though both, in their own ways, were unable to clearly express it. Perhaps because of their budding orientation, but that don't mean the feelings weren't there. They totally were. Love is complicated.

If PP and Marcie truly were a nascent lesbian couple, then they were never going to be happy, with Patty being dominant and obnoxious, almost boorish in the way she pushed around her quieter, more virtuous friend. You wouldn't want to hang out with them. It's not hard to see that a lot of the appeal Chuck had for Patty was the open secret that Marcie had feelings for him. She may not have gotten the grades, but no way she was going to let Marcie get her guy... or Chuck get her girl, for that matter.

Benjamin Grimm
Apr 11 2013 10:46 AM
Re: CPF-REDs

Edgy MD wrote:
Benjamin Grimm wrote:
Interesting. I think I'd rank the Lucy-Schroeder thing a lot higher. Maybe as high as number 2.

Lucy's love is all about her vanity. Her heart never broke. Schroeder frustrated her, sure, but everything he didn't say to her, she was more than happy to say to herself.

That's not real yearning.


I guess my criteria is different from yours. I was thinking along the lines of which crushes yielded the largest number of quality gags.

Edgy MD
Apr 11 2013 11:31 AM
Re: CPF-REDs

Swan Swan H
Apr 11 2013 12:53 PM
Re: CPF-REDs

Like every kid, Charlie Brown had his share of celebrity crushes: