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QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Apr 15, 2008 -> 09:38 AM) Oh come on, I am sure you could make a living studying some sort of rare creatures in Berserkerstan or somewhere like that. I'd probably live in a place called Berzerkestan just because of the name.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Apr 15, 2008 -> 09:30 AM) Actually, I would bet there are indeed many other countries who would do or are doing just that. Then they are definitely not high on the list of places I plan on moving to.

And many times more countries that wouldn't spend 60% of my tax money funding an endless war that doesn't make us safer.

QUOTE (knightni @ Apr 14, 2008 -> 07:29 PM) Like Idiocracy, it'll just fade away. Unlike Idocracy, this is an agenda-driven propagandist piece that has resorted to enlisting the same PR company that brought the Jeezo crowd out by the busload to put Passion of the Christ on the map. And that is exactly the crowd that I care about having an understanding of the origins of life on earth. And no, there's not enough green on the Internet to convey the level of sarcasm intended in that last line.

Like the narrator said, i've had poor results doing that on the mac, so instead I just download the flash media files and convert them to Quicktime or Mpg4. Don't have to have internat access that way either.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Apr 14, 2008 -> 06:06 PM) So, Goose Island - Chicago's largest brewery and the nation's 25th largest brewery - is closing down its flagship and original brewpub on Clybourn. The owners asked for a large rent increase that they couldn't afford. I am not happy. The good news is, the brewery itself will live on, as well the second pub location in Wrigleyville (blah). Article from The Trib. :crying :crying :crying :crying That completely sucks. QUOTE (RockRaines @ Apr 14, 2008 -> 06:28 PM) Damn, I was hoping maybe it would make them change the awfulness that is honkers ale. I quite enjoy the Honkers, especially when it's the only decent thing on draft at some places. I like a lot of their other offerings a lot better (they made a saison a couple of years ago that is one of the best American interpretations I've ever had.

QUOTE (Flash Tizzle @ Apr 14, 2008 -> 03:21 AM) Has anyone else aside from myself never sneezed more than one time in a row? It's always one and done with me. This is something I first noticed a long time ago, but it wasn't until today that I was reminded. That may be the oddest personal observation I have ever encountered. Snuff some pepper and report back to see if one and done still holds true.

QUOTE (knightni @ Apr 13, 2008 -> 04:56 PM) What's wrong with sitting on the toilet to pee when you're drunk? Well, for one thing, there's always the chance that Jordan4life used the toilet just before you did.

QUOTE (santo=dorf @ Apr 13, 2008 -> 12:23 PM) I thought Stranglove was one of the unfunniest movies I've ever seen which makes it one of the worst movies I've ever seen. Maybe one day I'll give it another chance, but I'm not going to go out of my way to see it. Well, it's not a top that automatically pops up in conversation as particularly funny, no. But the Cold War doctrine of mutual assured destruction remains one of humanity's most absurdly illogical positions to have gotten ourselves into, and an exploration of that absurdity makes for very good black comedy. From the get-go, General Ripper's launch of the nuclear strike against Russia because of his deluded belief that his impotence was caused bu the Russians sets the tone of the movie. As absurd as any of it is, it pales next to the absurdity of nuclear-armed superpowers with the ability to blow each other to bits on a whim. Mandrake's interaction with Ripper is great, and the scenes with him and Colonel Guano ('What kind of deviant pre-vert are you?') are really good. George C. Scott as Buck Turgidson is great as he tries to convince President Merkin Muffley (and any character named after a medieval genital toupee is just plain funny, btw) to launch a full-scale attack because 10-20 million Americans killed tops is clearly a victory – nevermind that the original attack order was unwarranted. His bug-eyed reaction when Mufffley calles the Soviet Premier to tell him what happened and telling him how to shoot down Kong's B-53 is classic. And the secret existence of an already activated Soviet Doomsday Device that was supposed to be the ultimate deterrent is darkly funny. Seller's Strangelove character is just great. His gloved hand alternately flashing sieg heils and trying to strangle its owner, the way he gleefully plans the post-Doomsday American race and their relocation into a deep mine shaft, etc., are excellent. Turgidson continuing to worry about the Russians even after the apocalypse and how America can't allow a "mine shaft gap" with the Soviets, and the Soviet ambassador clandestinely taking photos of the War Room even as all of this is happening is darkly humorous as well. There' too much I like about the film to include here, from the sexual inuendo of all the names to the selection of Vera Lynn's "We'll Meet Again" as the outro music even as all the bombs are going off, to the iconic image of Slim Pickens rodeo-riding the bomb, I think it's one of the best films ever made. There are a ton of films other people love that I've never been too jazzed about though, so it really is a matter of personal taste.

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Apr 12, 2008 -> 10:33 PM) I understood the comedic aspect of Dr. Strangelove. Don't get me wrong. It's just not the type of movie that makes me actually laugh. When I look at the lists of the greatest comedies on AFI and the like, I feel the same way about most of the movies they have on their lists (of the ones I've seen). I'm not too familiar with the Marx Brothers, but the Stooges are hilarious to this very day. I can't imagine how good they were back in their prime. What's your take? . I'm a big Stooges fan as well, and also one of those rare fans who thought Shemp was pretty funny in his own right. Their best stuff by far were the shorts, and by the time they had started doing full length stuff they had worn pretty thin.

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Apr 12, 2008 -> 04:09 PM) So, old people think The Graduate is funny. That's what I've gathered so far. I also didn't find Dr. Strangelove funny. My #1 would probably be Blazing Saddles. I'll try to do a list some time today. And not old people across the board either. My wife can't stand it and she's old as dirt like me. Strangelove is absolutely brilliant, period.

QUOTE (Flash Tizzle @ Apr 12, 2008 -> 05:14 AM) Yesterday when I was browsing several comedy lists I couldn't help notice The Graduate continually mentioned. What exactly makes that movie a comedy? There sure weren't many comedic moments. It made my list. It is a dark comedy with alienation themes fro sure, but it's got some geat comedic moments, most of them relying on Hoffman's gift for deadpan sad-sack understatement. When Ben's dad says, "Benjamin, this plan of yours sounds half-baked," and whenHoffman responds in his deadpan seriousness with, "No, it's completely baked", I think that's great. The concierge asking Ben if he's at the hotel for an affair (i.e., a scheduled event) and it catches him off guard and he starts stammering is great, as is the scene in the hotel when he's with the daughter aand all the employees keep recognizing him but calling him by his affair name is pretty funy. I also get a kick out of the scene where he's walking with his girlfried to her class and they are having a discussion/argument about getting married and there's the cut scene between her walking into class and the door closing and then her walking out an hour or so later and he's there and picks up the discussion without missing a beat. The interplay of the soundtrack with the acoustic Mrs. Robinson outro slowing down and sputtering out just as Ben's car runs out of gas and dies on the road is a classic scene as well. It's understaed humor, certainly, but it's easily a favorite of mine.

QUOTE (knightni @ Apr 11, 2008 -> 02:50 PM) Nope. If you care to know, you can PM me. No, I'm happy to wait until everybody submits a list. Anybody who doesn't agree with my picks is wrong anyway.

QUOTE (knightni @ Apr 11, 2008 -> 03:26 PM) You're both wrong. Although I just got List 9 and 10 today. Gonna do some re-adding. EDIT: Nope, same one still #1. Now I have a bad feeling might be Dumb and Dumber. Not that I don't enjoy that film, just not among my top picks.

QUOTE (BigEdWalsh @ Apr 11, 2008 -> 10:43 AM) Myself, I had the hots for Theda Bara. I know things that Theda Bara's just startin' to learn - make my dresses from asbestos, I'm liable to burn....

QUOTE (knightni @ Apr 11, 2008 -> 01:04 AM) I was reading wikipedia regarding rickrolling earlier. There was actually a poll done where they found that approximately 18 million people have been rickrolled since 2006. Link please.

I'm afraid to even weight in. The kids were gone this week with the grandparents on spring break, so we spent the whole week hitting all the restaurants we can never go to when the kids are around. I probably gained 5 pounds.

QUOTE (southsideirish71 @ Apr 10, 2008 -> 11:15 PM) Dumbest rain out was last year. I had great tickets for the Yanks series, right by 1st base. It had rained at the start of the game, so it was delayed. The rain cuts off and it mists. No rain, just mist. There is no water puddles. And lots of people are sitting in their seats, enjoying a slight misting. Then after 9pm, they tell us that the game is cancelled and you had to be there by 1pm the next day for a split game doubleheader. I wasn't able to go and was livid. The sox made up for it by giving those who had tickets a new game. The only thing was that the game was upper reserved. But hey, it was a sox game. So I didnt care. Now they could of played that game but they cancelled it for no reason. Ha! I was in for that game as well. Went with a high school'college friend who's a doctor now and he was pretty steamed he stayed for a couple of hours before they called the game. I was in for a conference and so I was able to blow off the Wednesday activities and take in the early game with another friend that day (We had lousy UD seats so we got their early and got an outside table at the Bullpen Sports Bar and had a great time and a Sox winner). Then I caught up with some family and friends at a tailgate before watching us lose the nightcap.

QUOTE (knightni @ Apr 10, 2008 -> 11:30 PM) Well, after 2 days we have 8 lists and a strong front runner. Young Frankenstein maybe?

QUOTE (mreye @ Apr 10, 2008 -> 10:01 PM) Opening day against Detroit a few years back. It was about 32.1 degrees, raining and a 30 mph wind. We huddled in the upper deck with strangers to keep warm during the delay. (This was before they enclosed the UD.) If that's the game we lost in extra innings after several hours of rain delays I was right there shivering with you.

QUOTE (kyyle23 @ Apr 10, 2008 -> 09:14 PM) Spit Take!! That's two in two days.

QUOTE (knightni @ Apr 10, 2008 -> 04:30 PM) The first couple of seasons they used Rundgren's original. It's not a Todd song (although one episode focused on them trying and failing to get to a Todd concert). The version of "In the Street" from the first season was sung by Todd Griffin, not Todd Rundgren. Then in the second season, the song was done by Cheap Trick and that's the version they all sing to in the most familiar intro. I get a kick out of the Cheap Trick version because of the self-homage at the end - the "We're all Alright" outro that they lifted from "Surrender". The Big Star original version is a little down-tempo from both of the show versions, and it's classic Alex Chilton and Chris Bell.

QUOTE (Texsox @ Apr 10, 2008 -> 02:21 PM) Sad really, usually a good Stern reference would have this a 50 post thread before lunch. STERNN!!!

I'm still smoking Cohibas and drinking rum, dammit!

The book sounds like it will actually be pretty entartaining. I heard an NPR piece on it yesterday and the author described some pretty humorous research studies covered in the book. One of the studies she includes had an investigator putting tiny polyester pants on lab mice to see what the effects were on reproduction.