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Did anyone else start watching that new show Fred Savage has on Fox? -- nm - oblique Aug 2, 10:21 3
- I miss The Grinder, dammit -- nm - prayformojo Aug 2, 10:27
- Did anyone know Fred Savage has a new show on Fox? -- nm - decline Aug 2, 10:22 1
  - Yeah. It's basically an after show (like talking dead) about a fake show but they bring on real guests (Rob Lowe, Kevin Smith) and talk about both - oblique Aug 2, 10:23
So, in June, 20 tons of cocaine worth $1.3B was seized at the Philadelphia port. Now 5 tons, worth $1.11B were seized in Germany. My question is - decline Aug 2, 10:19
For folks with kids, if you were ever curious... here's how those "I Spy" books are made. -- (link) - Mop Aug 2, 10:18 [youtube]
Wow. Did ST see this?? -- (link) - Jovian Aug 2, 10:15 6
- What the hell do you do with your plane after that? Do you have to take the wings off and put it on a truck? -- nm - Ender Aug 2, 10:30 1
  - Iirc, they just pulled it up on a flat bed tow truck, drove it s few miles to the field with a wide load escort -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 2, 13:13
- wow, that's pretty incredible.....especially since (sp) - prayformojo Aug 2, 10:20 1
  - I really thought he was going to continue and make the left there -- nm - decline Aug 2, 10:21
- The way he was weaving between lanes... that's a ticket. -- nm - Mop Aug 2, 10:17 1
  - I love how some people drive by slow down but just keep going like oh nothing to see here. -- nm - Jovian Aug 2, 10:20
Apparently you can map Spotify songs to the economy. -- (link) - Mop Aug 2, 10:09 [youtube]
Newshour had a great interview with Tamar Manasseh of the mothers group who were targets of gun violence on the Chicago street corner last weekend7min -- (link) - con_carne Aug 2, 09:56 [youtube]
The Founder works as a wonderful companion piece to The Social Network. -- nm - David, Earth’s Mightiest Hero Aug 2, 09:52 3
- I thought it was interesting, but not "two hour feature film" interesting -- nm - con_carne Aug 2, 10:02 1
  - That's interesting. It's the rare 2-hour film that I thought could have easily added another half-hour. -- nm - David Aug 2, 10:22
- yes. Big Short and Enron: Smart Guys in the Room for added Flavor. -- nm - budice Aug 2, 09:59
Happy Descendants 3 Day, everyone! What are you doing to celebrate? -- nm - prayformojo Aug 2, 09:43 1
- I will celebrate by continuing to not know anything about it. -- nm - Super Daddy Princess Aug 2, 09:48
So now that new Tool album damn well better come out. Cause if not, it's gonna be like "Dude, WTAF" -- nm - con_carne Aug 2, 09:31
Someone created a font based on gerrymandered districts -- (link) - Roger More Aug 2, 09:22
TV PSA: SHIELD, A Black Lady Sketch Show, She-Ra And The Princesses Of Power (Netflix), Love Island, American Masters, Shangri-La, Live PD, Killjoys, -- nm - Beaker Aug 2, 09:21 11
- UK gets Mortimer & Whitehouse Go Fishing (to make us feel better about life), Fosse/Verdon and other stuff -- nm - LMS Aug 2, 10:05
- Season finale of SHIELD -- nm - Mop Aug 2, 09:31 8
  - and it's a double! -- nm - mud Aug 2, 09:33 7
    - To be fair, I hate-watch this show. It makes me angry. Yo-yo has super speed. It's one of the best super powers around. - Mop Aug 2, 10:04 6
      - er... - Reagen Aug 2, 10:06 5
        
        is that why her name is yo-yo? -- nm - decline Aug 2, 10:12 3
        
        basically yes -- nm - Reagen Aug 2, 10:13 2
        
        her mama sure got lucky picking her name then -- nm - decline Aug 2, 10:14 1
        
        I mean her actual name is Elena - Reagen Aug 2, 10:16
        
        WTF? -- nm - Mop Aug 2, 10:11
- MotherFatherSon, Bill Maher, Racing Wives, UnXplained, Shark Week, Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders, other stuff -- nm - Beaker Aug 2, 09:22
Remlik: Word here is that the AEW Wrestling debut event in DC sold out in less than 10 minutes. WWE moved to smaller venues in DC due to low sales -- nm - MDH Aug 2, 09:16
Bacon, were you in on Aphria? Up 35% today. -- nm - Reagen Aug 2, 09:15 2
- BYND is 54 points off it's high -- nm - decline Aug 2, 09:17 1
  - deliberately - they put out a second offering. -- nm - Reagen Aug 2, 09:18
Trump, I don't think KJU is that into you. You are about to be dumped - amoxy Aug 2, 09:13
Well, that was a big nothingburger. -- nm - Super Daddy Princess Aug 2, 09:10 3
- no icecream ? -- nm - decline Aug 2, 09:14 2
  - Nope. -- nm - Super Daddy Princess Aug 2, 09:23 1
    - bastards -- nm - decline Aug 2, 09:35
Nikki Haley FTW -- (link) - budice Aug 2, 09:06 2
- But from two days ago... -- (link) - Roger More Aug 2, 10:05
- A wiggle of the finger and a "tsk tsk" would show more displeasure -- nm - amoxy Aug 2, 09:14
bummer news this morning: I went to get some more Wilson Wheaties and found they had been replaced by Williams Wheaties - crash davis Aug 2, 08:50 4
- Still better than Woodrow Wilson Wheaties, right? -- nm - ReluctantCynic Aug 2, 10:23
- on the bright side, it could have been Wil Wheaton Wheaties. -- nm - groiny Aug 2, 08:51 1
  - That is what you eat when you're headed to a sci fi/comic con -- nm - crash davis Aug 2, 09:00
- They don't carry the same pep. -- nm - Mop Aug 2, 08:51
. -- (link) - ty97 Aug 2, 08:43 26
- The beatles movie, a hard day's night, reboot with female cast cause that's what they do now, right -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 2, 13:11
- No Country For Old Men -- nm - TWuG Aug 2, 10:35
- Riptide -- nm - Jovian Aug 2, 09:49
- Sex and The City 2019 (nm) - howie Aug 2, 09:23
- The Untouchables -- nm - peglegpete Aug 2, 09:20
- The A Team -- nm - Spawn Aug 2, 09:17 1
  - Underrated action flick. -- nm - Shaun Aug 2, 09:21
- Facts of Life -- nm - groiny Aug 2, 09:11
- I still don't quite see the appeal of this game, but.. Agents of SHIELD. (NM) - Marlowe Aug 2, 09:06 2
  - you get it. your answer is as funny as all the rest. zero funny -- nm - mud Aug 2, 09:34
  - I don't either...none of them are funny? -- nm - MDH Aug 2, 09:11
- Six Feet Under -- nm - mara Aug 2, 09:06
- Teen Titans - The Elder Years -- nm - amoxy Aug 2, 09:04
- Bosom Buddies -- nm - Roger More Aug 2, 09:02
- Tales from the Crypt. -- nm - Shaun Aug 2, 08:59
- Alf -- nm - con_carne Aug 2, 08:52
- Warren 2028 -- nm - budice Aug 2, 08:51
- 2 Guys, A Girl, and A Pizza Shop -- nm - Hooplehead Aug 2, 08:51 2
  - I can only assume that Blanche is the pizza shop. -- nm - Qale Aug 2, 10:24 1
    - she cooks the pizza in her hot box. -- nm - groiny Aug 2, 10:25
- Charlie's Angels -- nm - Mop Aug 2, 08:50
- Loose Women -- nm - LMS Aug 2, 08:50
- The Sorpanos -- nm - Beaker Aug 2, 08:49 1
  - LOL! Although Bea Arthur was practically a baritone. -- nm - mara Aug 2, 09:07
- Designing Women -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 2, 08:47
- Beverly Hills, 90210 -- nm - Mop Aug 2, 08:45
Astronaut Aptitude Test -- (link) - JD Aug 2, 08:37 2
- 70% -- nm - decline Aug 2, 08:59
- 71% -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 2, 08:47
Wow. One of our newer contractors was in to pick up a check. He had a Trump shirt on. - Spawn Aug 2, 08:35 19
- What would donny di, refuse to pay him, make him sue, and just as he's about to lose his house, offer him pennies to the dollar -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 2, 13:17
- no in the least. -- nm - Jovian Aug 2, 09:49
- Let him go. Was he a nice guy? -- nm - amoxy Aug 2, 09:05
- Go ahead and erase his contact info from your life forever. (NM) - Marlowe Aug 2, 09:05
- Nope. -- nm - Diva Aug 2, 08:59
- did you put him out of his misery? -- nm - groiny Aug 2, 08:53
- Similar, a local church had construction being done, and neighbors noticed the equipment had various confederate flag bumper stickers -- (edited) - MDH Aug 2, 08:53
- Nope. There should be consequences to support of hate. -- nm - TWuG Aug 2, 08:50
- Nope, not wrong. But you should gently enlighten him as to why. - landbeck Aug 2, 08:40 9
  - I'd argue that if you draw attention to his shirt at all, it's going to invite hostility on his part. - Mop Aug 2, 08:45 7
    - And he's probably hoping someone calls him out about the shirt. IMO, he wants that fight. -- nm - Inigo Aug 2, 08:54 2
      - Last time I was in Portland, I saw a pack of "Proud Boys" parading down the sidewalk looking for someone to protest them. - Mop Aug 2, 09:01
      - It is hilarious that they are everything they claim to hate. - Reagen Aug 2, 08:57
    - Agreed. Don't mention it at all. -- nm - MDH Aug 2, 08:52
    - Agreed. Just debating on if I will talk to him about it or simply phase him out. -- nm - Spawn Aug 2, 08:49 1
      - Just phase him out. Little chance the conversation will have any results, to be honest. (NM) - Marlowe Aug 2, 09:18
    - this. -- nm - Beaker Aug 2, 08:48
  - Thank you both. -- nm - Spawn Aug 2, 08:41
- IM: no -- nm - mud Aug 2, 08:36
If you are in NYC tonight, go to this. "One Night. One Chance. One Liza (With a ‘Z’)." -- (link) - MDH Aug 2, 08:33 7
- I can't imagine Liza as young -- nm - ty97 Aug 2, 08:56 2
  - She was fierce as hell. -- nm - Diva Aug 2, 09:05 1
    - That 1972/early 70s for her was something. Liza with a Z is pure star talent. -- nm - MDH Aug 2, 09:06
- Or pound tack nails into my hand. Either one. -- nm - Reagen Aug 2, 08:34 3
  - You'll forget the misery of the tack nails sooner. -- nm - David Aug 2, 08:43
  - Actually watch it, and see if that stands. Was up for 9 Emmys, won 4. Won the Peabody. It is a stunning performance piece, and masterful film. -- nm - MDH Aug 2, 08:38 1
    - There's not a cabaret or Broadway style singing performance created that doesn't have me searching for the ejection button 20 minutes in. -- nm - Reagen Aug 2, 08:56
I watched Endgame again last night. Still A+. That's twice in 5 days! -- nm - Shaun Aug 2, 08:32 13
- I need to get it (and Infinity War) and do my mini marathon. I did like that I saw an article that had "things we learned from commentary", and I had - Spawn Aug 2, 08:37 10
  - random thought, I have never watched a DVD with Commentary -- nm - groiny Aug 2, 08:39 8
    - Austin Powers had some good commentary -- nm - Amoxy Aug 2, 10:05
    - Very few are good. Deep Blue Sea was funny. (Spoils) - Will Hunting Aug 2, 09:44 2
      - I would say since they demystify so much they kinda take the fun out of movies - con_carne Aug 2, 10:01
      - The Limey is a work of art. -- nm - Reagen Aug 2, 09:45
    - They only had a brief window of relevance. But Spinal Tap's commentary (in character!) is like a whole second movie. -- nm - Reagen Aug 2, 08:58
    - I saw Hot Fuzz with a live progressively drunken commentary from the cast. It was a great evening. -- nm - LMS Aug 2, 08:49
    - Jackass: The Movie has some golden commentary. -- nm - Shaun Aug 2, 08:40
    - not even w/ Scorsese? -- nm - mud Aug 2, 08:40
  - Wait. You don't already own it?!?!!? - Shaun Aug 2, 08:38
- yeah, it's probly time for a rewatch (1st) -- nm - mud Aug 2, 08:34
- yeah, I watched it again 2 nights ago, and I still get choked up -- nm - groiny Aug 2, 08:34
w/ this chart it looks like the 10 faces are set for the next Dem. debate, with Steyer & Gabbard as possible 11th & 12th .. - mud Aug 2, 08:32
This is very cool: "Detailed Maps of the Donors Powering the 2020 Democratic Campaigns" -- (link) - MDH Aug 2, 08:30 1
- Heh: Outside of IN, Mayor Pete's biggest are: Northwest DC, Palm Springs, Provincetown, Downtown San Francisco, NYC, North Atlanta, Fort Lauderdale, Chicago. -- nm* - MDH Aug 2, 08:31
Google Play is having one of those sales you wait a long ass time for, a bunch of films for under $5: - con_carne Aug 2, 08:25 8
- Binge TV Hannibal S1-3 $19. Bates Motel S1-5 $25. 30 Rock S1-7 $30. Chappelle's Show complete $10. Mad Men complete $25. -- nm* - con_carne Aug 2, 08:31
- Here's a link to their "$5 and Under" page. Anything with an "MA" badge should migrate, through, MoviesAnywhere, to Vudu. -- (link) - Mop Aug 2, 08:31 6
  - Here's a list of the MA movies I found on that list. - Mop Aug 2, 08:43 1
    - And some are D2D eligible so even at $4 or $5, they're not a bargain. -- nm - Mop Aug 2, 08:50
  - Aloha, Jack and Jill, some real winners in there! -- nm - groiny Aug 2, 08:36 2
    - Welcome to our post-UV hellscape -- nm - oblique Aug 2, 08:41
    - Some would say Green Inferno is a stinker, but I loooved it - con_carne Aug 2, 08:41
  - Thanks! -- nm - con_carne Aug 2, 08:33
so, i've given bits and pieces of my co-workers dramatic love life - here is a recap and the newest... - Andie Aug 2, 08:22 16
- the bedroom chemistry must be ... *fans self* -- nm - Hooplehead Aug 2, 08:44
- I can't decide if those two are meant for each other or should never see each other again -- nm - ty97 Aug 2, 08:34 1
  - Nothing like being associated with it -- nm - budice Aug 2, 08:37
- lyc: My sis is getting married for a 3rd time in Sept. I just emailed to check if it was still on. -- nm - budice Aug 2, 08:32 1
  - is it? -- nm - Andie Aug 2, 08:53
- Well, in those 3 hours she had time to melt the ring to buy her ticket back home AND fall in love again as he drops her at the airport. (NM) - Marlowe Aug 2, 08:31
- She hasn't responded in those 3 hours because the wedding is back on again. -- nm - Inigo Aug 2, 08:30 2
  - They’re actually doing the ceremony at the current time. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 2, 08:58
  - oh shit. -- nm - Diva Aug 2, 08:57
- wow -- nm - decline Aug 2, 08:29
- Oy. Wookin da nub in all the wrong places. Wookin da nub. -- nm* - budice Aug 2, 08:29 1
  - hmm. -- (pic) - Shaun Aug 2, 08:31 [Attachment]
- This week's finale of 'The Bachelorette' thinks *that* woman's life is messy. -- nm - Diva Aug 2, 08:25 2
  - Like I know there's a category of people that just "love drama", but what, seriously, is wrong with some folks? -- nm - Reagen Aug 2, 08:59 1
    - chawl... -- nm - Diva Aug 2, 09:19
- lol -- nm - Spawn Aug 2, 08:24
What is Sidney Poitier's signature role? - amoxy Aug 2, 08:11 4
- Agree. (NM) - Marlowe Aug 2, 08:25
- Whichever one he says "They call me...MISTER Tibbs." - JaxSean Aug 2, 08:13
- A Raisin in the Sun -- nm - mud Aug 2, 08:13
- In the Heat of the Night -- nm - Spawn Aug 2, 08:13

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