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contrary to the rumors, i am not replacing charlie sheen on two and half men. however, martin sheen has asked me to be his son" �John Stamos -- nm - Remlik Feb 25, 15:18 1
- oh wow. nice. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 25, 15:19
After a long work week (despite getting ready to head out for the day), I needed this laugh: We got back to the boss' car after lunch and he found - Stephen, Enemy of the RNC Feb 25, 15:17
here's a good book if you're in the market for a gift to someone: Images You Should Not Masturbate To -- (link) - moles Feb 25, 15:02 2
- you have strange gift giving ideas -- nm - crash davis Feb 25, 15:05 1
  - i would send you a copy but why bother - moles Feb 25, 15:12
�Tokyo Compression,� photo series of the insanity of a Tokyo commute -- (link) - con_carne Feb 25, 15:01
overheard in this bar: "....blah blah....librarian......blah blah...... ron jeremy......." -- nm - mara Feb 25, 14:56 1
- "Your turn. What sort of things turn *you* on?" -- nm - con_carne Feb 25, 15:13
Canada has really polite police officers. Videos of a stoner getting pulled over and then lecturing the cop. -- (link) - TWuG Feb 25, 14:45 4
- "Uh-huh. Uh-huh. Yes, sir. Yes, sir." *tazer to the neck* "I'm really sorry about that, sorry." -- nm - Mop (212 lbs) Feb 25, 14:47
- Presuming you don't live in Kelowna. -- (link) - Reagen Feb 25, 14:47 [youtube] 2
  - By US standards that's pretty polite. After all, they didn't beat the people filming them. -- nm - TWuG Feb 25, 14:50
  - Or Victoria. -- (link) - Beryllium Feb 25, 14:48 [youtube]
You could gauge success in hollywood by box office, by awards, by paycheque, or by Sheen Units -- nm - Beryllium Feb 25, 14:43 4
- In Hollywood, only one thing matters. -- nm - Mop (212 lbs) Feb 25, 15:03
- 5 SNL alum nominees for a Lifetime Achievement/Contribution to Film Oscar; fewest things thrown at the screen for the announced winner. -- nm - Max Feb 25, 14:48 1
  - Bill, Dan, Billy, Will, Mike -- nm - Dr.Vermin Feb 25, 14:52
- (positive Sheen Units trend toward Martin, negative Sheen Units trend toward Charlie) -- nm - Beryllium Feb 25, 14:44
Dano - how is the Charles location-wise? Easy to get to? I'm not much of a city driver, but I'm guessing I'd have to drive if I wanted to get there - kelly Feb 25, 14:38 3
- aww those caws aww scaaaawy! -- nm - kelly si Feb 25, 14:42
- i'm not dano but it's pretty easy - moles Feb 25, 14:41 1
  - also: they have a fantastic tapas restaurant and Sofi's Crepes right next door - moles Feb 25, 14:42
311 *festival* in north florida? 4 sets over 2 days? - TFox Feb 25, 14:36
"The right and the left agree we should tax consumption more and income less, but neither is willing to make any kind of meaningful move towards a - Loyola Feb 25, 14:35 2
- My concern is that we wouldn't see a change in payroll, income or sales taxes, just an addition of a VAT. - TWuG Feb 25, 14:43 1
  - I think I agree with your im in an abstract sense; also if companies are now people in the eyes of the law, either corporations should be paying - Loyola Feb 25, 15:06
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I thought I'd take the 5:38 home after all. -- nm - amanda "bus misser" jones Feb 25, 14:28 1
- That's gnarly for ya -- nm - OAE Feb 25, 14:43
My SIL has been in labour since 8 o'clock.........YESTERDAY MORNING! Almost 36 hours. Poor her. -- nm - Beaker Feb 25, 14:23 2
- this will make an argument that the kid will hear every time he/she does something bad .. -- nm - marcel Feb 25, 14:45
- ouch -- nm - crash davis Feb 25, 14:38
You too can own a 4 bed, 3 bath 3155 square foot home for only $49,900...... - Walt_Disney Feb 25, 14:23 1
- Mad. Buy it. -- nm - Loyola Feb 25, 15:19
NPR did kind of a fun story today about location scouting -- (link) - con_carne Feb 25, 14:12
Most successful post-SNL career? Discuss. -- nm - Mop (212 lbs) Feb 25, 14:11 77
- worldwide gross Adam Sandler 2.979 billion, Dan Aykroyd 3.548 billion Eddie Murphy 6.996 billion -- (link) - crash davis Feb 25, 14:24 26
  - (just by way of comparison: Clint Howard: $3.27 billion) -- nm - Reagen Feb 25, 14:53 4
    - I understood your point before you iterated it :) - crash davis Feb 25, 14:56 3
      - I get that you know, I just thought it's a fun data point. -- nm - Reagen Feb 25, 14:56 2
        
        it is fun, but even more fun to me is by this chart Kathy Bates is a bigger movie star than Julia Roberts -- (link) - crash davis Feb 25, 14:58 1
        
        heh...that Titantic box office really throws it for her. -- nm - Remlik Feb 25, 15:16
  - I'm surprised no one mentioned Aykroyd until this. The guy's got volume if not quality. -- nm - Mop (212 lbs) Feb 25, 14:33 3
    - He's still in the ST doghouse for Blues Brothers 2000 -- nm - con_carne Feb 25, 14:35 2
      - Indeed. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Feb 25, 14:38
      - But... Crystal Skull Vodka! -- nm - Mop (212 lbs) Feb 25, 14:36
  - to do this properly, you would have to a) adjust for inflation b) include DVD sales and the like - Reagen Feb 25, 14:29 15
    - Plus, you'd have to factor in the bedget of the movie. - the wrong element, bad guy Feb 25, 15:13 1
      - Pluto Nash is the all time "It shouldn't be possible for this to happen" movie. -- nm - Reagen Feb 25, 15:14
    - or just ask executive producers what they're willing to pay the actor before they see a return. -- nm - Max Feb 25, 14:43
    - It's not like Bill Murray didn't also do bit parts and cameos. He's measured on the same scale as the others. -- nm - Mop (212 lbs) Feb 25, 14:38 3
      - To be clear, we're not debating strictly box office, right? nm - Dignan Feb 25, 14:44 2
        
        "What's the bigger number, 6 or 8?" -- nm - Reagen Feb 25, 14:44 1
        
        8 (to be fair, I saw the answer on celebrity Jeopardy). nm - Dignan Feb 25, 14:46
    - sure, and I believe John Ratzenberger is the 4th most successful actor in history -- (link) - crash davis Feb 25, 14:35
    - It's more like... no one's willing to tell him he's not. -- nm - con_carne Feb 25, 14:32 1
      - Not even chuck norris. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 25, 14:32
    - I'm just pointing stuff out to the people who automatically assume Sandler leads at the box office -- nm - crash davis Feb 25, 14:30
    - if you include DVD sales Murphy crushes even more thanks to the Shreks I bet -- nm - Beaker Feb 25, 14:29 3
      - Mike Myers likes this. -- nm - Mop (212 lbs) Feb 25, 14:34 2
        
        yeah, but Eddie has the Shreks, Doolittle, the Professor stuff, his old stuff... -- nm - Beaker Feb 25, 14:34 1
        
        Beverly Hills Cop trumps almost everything, but Myers killed with the Austin Powers DVD sales. -- nm - Mop (212 lbs) Feb 25, 14:35
  - RDJ 3.381 billion Bill Murray 2.856 billion Mike Myers 4.408 billion -- nm - crash davis Feb 25, 14:27
- Poor Joe Piscopo -- nm - Dano Feb 25, 14:19 1
  - was he in Dead Heat? -- nm - Beryllium Feb 25, 14:19
- Eddie Murphy has been huge for 25 years from BHC to Doolittle to the animateds -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 25, 14:18 3
  - I think he's the overall Box Office winner. Remember he shares all the Shrek money too. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Feb 25, 14:23
  - This. -- nm - Beaker Feb 25, 14:21 1
    - right, he also has shrek on his resume -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 25, 14:23
- Robert Downey Jr. -- nm - pmb Feb 25, 14:13 2
  - I know he was on, but wouldn't have if not for lists of people you'd never believe was on the show -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 25, 14:18 1
    - he did a season. So did Gary Kroger. -- nm - Remlik Feb 25, 15:13
- Sandler, Murphy and Downey for Box Office. -- nm - Remlik Feb 25, 14:13 5
  - no Myers? -- nm - loosilu Feb 25, 14:17 4
    - oh sure! I got blinded by the disaster of Love Guru. -- nm - Remlik Feb 25, 15:13
    - The Cat in the Hat, Austin Powers ... Wayne's World ... there's some big bucks there, I would think -- nm - Beryllium Feb 25, 14:17 2
      - shrek -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 25, 14:20
      - (And yes, I really did forget about Shrek) -- nm - Beryllium Feb 25, 14:20
- I'm sure Sandler has the top grosses. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Feb 25, 14:13 6
  - I think Myers is still in the lead. nm - Dignan Feb 25, 14:17 4
    - voicing characters in an animated movie shouldn't count -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 25, 14:19 3
      - Frank Welker! -- nm - Remlik Feb 25, 15:16 1
        
        I feel confident in saying that the world's most successful actor should be a title held by someone more than 10% of the public has heard of. - Reagen Feb 25, 15:19
      - why not? It's still a paycheque. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 25, 14:20
  - Though maybe RDJ could surpass him before too long. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Feb 25, 14:15
- I don't know the numbers, but maybe it would be a toss-up between Adam Sandler and Mike Myers -- nm - Beryllium Feb 25, 14:13 1
  - myers had the most success with SNL type comedies -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 25, 14:16
- eddie murphy -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 25, 14:13 1
  - This -- nm - con_carne Feb 25, 14:13
- Bill Murray. Discussion over. -- nm - Reagen Feb 25, 14:12 23
  - Yeah, or Sandler. nm - Dignan Feb 25, 14:13 22
    - he's the only one you could really make a case for. -- nm - Reagen Feb 25, 14:16 21
      - Joan Cusack even out-grosses him. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Feb 25, 14:26 18
        
        which tells you what you need to know about this measuring stick. - Reagen Feb 25, 14:28 17
        
        Sure it does. "Reagen doesn't like it." - Dr.Vermin Feb 25, 14:32 16
        
        C'mon. nm - Dignan Feb 25, 14:37 7
        
        "Joan Cusack is a more succesful actor than Bill Murray." It doesn't pass the laugh test. -- nm - Reagen Feb 25, 14:39 6
        
        She's had a more successful career. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Feb 25, 14:39 5
        
        You're disqualified from all future discourse. nm - Dignan Feb 25, 14:42 1
        
        30% of them would go, "Don't mean John Cusack?" -- nm - David Feb 25, 14:47
        
        No one would agree with that. -- nm - Reagen Feb 25, 14:40 2
        
        You're starting to get more of The Crazy Stuff arguments than me. -- nm - David Feb 25, 14:46 1
        
        By gar, it's been awhile! -- nm - Reagen Feb 25, 14:52
        
        Actually, even better example: Philip Rivers is the best QB in the NFL - he had the most passing yards! -- nm - Reagen Feb 25, 14:36
        
        "I've proven that the best hitter in baseball is JD Drew! What? You can't argue with science!" -- nm - Reagen Feb 25, 14:35 6
        
        "successful" =/ "best" - Dr.Vermin Feb 25, 14:38 5
        
        We're discussing evaluation systems here. Try to keep up. -- nm - Reagen Feb 25, 14:39 4
        
        No, we're discussing careers. Try to read. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Feb 25, 14:40 3
        
        if the answer is based on box office, there's zero point in having a discussion. Therefore, there must be other ways of evaluating it. - Reagen Feb 25, 14:42 2
        
        Joan's gross is due to 2 things - Jessie the cowgirl and her brother -- nm - crash davis Feb 25, 14:44
        
        (Clint Howard) -- nm - Reagen Feb 25, 14:42
      - He's remained surprisingly popular. nm - Dignan Feb 25, 14:20
      - It's crushed. Shrek just sat on it. -- nm - con_carne Feb 25, 14:20
Maureen O'Hara was just on tv being interviewed on a chatshow. She's a young 90 year old. - Loyola Feb 25, 14:09
The new transfer of Memento on Blu-ray is apparently a marked improvement over the previous release. -- (link) - Mop (212 lbs) Feb 25, 14:09
whoever Alex Pettyfer is, he met with producers of The Hunger Games movie -- (link) - crash davis Feb 25, 14:08 4
- ugh. hailee steinfeld as katniss? no way. -- nm - amanda jones Feb 25, 14:13
- Robert Pattinson's Mexican non-union equivalent. -- nm - Reagen Feb 25, 14:11
- he is number four -- nm - moles Feb 25, 14:10 1
  - I love this imdb review snippet - Dignan Feb 25, 14:12
Kelsey Grammer got married today -- (link) - crash davis Feb 25, 14:05 6
- I bet he had a prenup this time -- nm - Remlik Feb 25, 14:12 4
  - he is dumb enough not to -- nm - crash davis Feb 25, 14:13 3
    - "Now, call me a prude if you want, but I don't think it's good policy for the Navy to hand over a billion-dollar piece of equipment to a man who has - Reagen Feb 25, 14:15 2
      - heh. I like that movie -- nm - Remlik Feb 25, 14:16 1
        
        ditto -- nm - Beaker Feb 25, 14:21
- I didn't realize that same-ego marriage was legal now -- nm - Beryllium Feb 25, 14:06
For Mop, unless he already posted it...Local man depicts the Oscar nominees with Legos -- (link) - MojaveMeg Feb 25, 14:02 1
- He and sycor get the Lego brick "signal" -- nm - con_carne Feb 25, 14:05
I'm not near my computer, so I won't be able to set it up... -- nm - znufrii Feb 25, 14:00 2
- yeah, I can't get it up if I'mnot near my computer anymore, either -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 25, 14:07
- (the poker game, that is) -- nm - znufrii Feb 25, 14:02
Ke$ha's "Blow" is a really great floor filler. -- nm - Qale Feb 25, 13:58 2
- Sadly, I tend to enjoy songs that are more of a room clearer -- nm - con_carne Feb 25, 13:59 1
  - Oh me too. Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites by Skrillex is probably my #1 song right now. -- (link) - Qale Feb 25, 14:02 [youtube]
since I can't get video, can someone please summarize the boob apron? -- nm - loosilu Feb 25, 13:56 10
- Well - con_carne Feb 25, 13:58 3
  - wha? that's not what I was thinking at all. -- nm - loosilu Feb 25, 14:16 2
    - It's supposed to look like you're wearing an undershirt -- nm - con_carne Feb 25, 14:27 1
      - I know what they are now. Yeah, those suck. -- nm - loosilu Feb 25, 14:28
- (it's about the shelf bra inside camis, right? -- nm - loosilu Feb 25, 13:57 5
  - yes. worst invention ever. -- nm - Remlik Feb 25, 14:01 4
    - yeah, I really hate them. -- nm - loosilu Feb 25, 14:15
    - whatsa matter? not enough hand strength to maneuver them? -- nm - Max Feb 25, 14:03 2
      - oh my hand strength is just fine thank you. -- nm - Remlik Feb 25, 14:06 1
        
        No doubt -- nm - Spawn's Penis Feb 25, 14:10
Nice white wine, dick. -- nm - Spawn Feb 25, 13:55
NSFW -- nm - Spawn Feb 25, 13:53 2
- No Situation For old Women, featuring Betty White as a stone cold killer. -- nm - Max Feb 25, 13:55 1
  - Tagline: "She made his motto his last words." -- nm - Beryllium Feb 25, 13:57

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