Episode 291: Shout-outs, favorite Disney characters, potential names for our cars, movies (Stennie: Withnail and I, Bet: (Finding Nemo 3D), Pet Story, New Favorite, Bet’s Lowlight and Stennie’s Highlight of the Week, Thing That Doesn’t Fit, Tumblr Blog of the Week, Fuck Offs and You Rules, TV Families We Would NOT Want to Be Part of.
“The Hucklebuck,” performed by Sierra Rein, Lee Rocker and Frank Sinatra. “Movies” bumper by Duke, “New Favorite” bumper by Krizzer.
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3D: Major gimmick. The only flicks I’ve thought were enhanced in 3D were documentaries: Werner Herzog’s CAVE OF FORGOTTEN DREAMS and Wim Wenders’ PINA. I’ve seen AVATAR and HUGO in 3D, and while I appreciated the experience, it doesn’t improve the movie. Sometimes a shiny turd is still a turd.
In related news, Bet’s dog poop story worked for me in two ways.
1. Nearly tossed my cookies, so it kept me from snacking.
2. Made my baby poop stories look mild in comparison.
Poor dog. Hope he feels better soon, only partly for my feeble gag reflex.
Bet, just don’t use those 3D Glasses as sunglasses, tempting though it is, as they look ridiculous in the cold light of day. Well, perhaps some can pull it off: http://www.flickr.com/photos/eyemagazine/4109521129/
WITHNAIL: Yeah, I needed to be drunker and 10 years younger when I saw it. I like the comparison to Terry Gilliam’s FEAR/LOATHING, which I dug a bunch. It might just be a matter of cultural differences, as the Brits swear up and down the brilliance of WITHNAIL.
TV family I wouldn’t want to be a part of: Kardashian. Remember when we knew Bruce Jenner as an Olympian?
I’ve been naming my new car as well. It’s a VW, so I’ve been leaning toward the Germanic/Teutonic names: Heinz, Uwe, Klaus. Although since the bumper got scratched not 4 days after I bought it, I’ve been crying “Scheisse!” a lot more.
Didn’t you guys already pick another movie shortly after we did “The Apple”? I thought that was the case, but I can’t remember what the movie was because I hadn’t seen it.
Siskita and I tried to watch the shitty C-grade monster movie with both Tiffany and Debbie Gibson in it and we turned it off. Those films are so bad, it’s a little hard to make fun of them.
Ruby could be a guy. I don’t have such a strict definition of who Ruby is in my mind. I imagine he could be a trucker who blushes easily.
Sorry my car name suggestions were minimal and sucky. Nothing new has come to me in the past week. I do like Norma for Bet’s car but, Sten, what about calling your car “Old Blue”. Or just “Baloo” like from the Jungle Book?
And thanks for the sympathy awwwwws. Definitely appreciated. Still feels weird to think Sierra won’t set foot in our apartment again before June of 2013. The way Global Warming is going we could have waterfront property by then. >__< I did see your video, though–thanks for posting that–I think I thumbed-it-up. 🙂
Dude–I am starting to get really annoyed with all this anti-Obama shit. There are a few things that We The People can be annoyed about regarding Obama–like even potential war crime stuff–but all these asshole conservatives are complaining about is that he's not a fucking economical magician. At this point, I am tempted to just call them all racists and be done with it. I don't do this, however, because I remember how fucking stupid and whiney the GOP was during Monicagate. So, it's not about race, it's just about them being whiney mother fuckers. I'm sorry, but these fuckers need to be, as a party, put down. The GOP is so fucking out of touch with reality, they should not be allowed on TV or the Internet because the falsehoods they spread are toxic. I'm turning against the Daily Show's policy of can't-we-all-get-alongism. N0–we can't get along because the Republicans are fucking petty little shitheads who don't give a fuck about America or American citizens and only care about reinforcing this plutocracy they've created.
SIGH… I should really get a blog, huh? Sorry about the rant…
Awesome stinger! I think that would make a great ringtone. 🙂
Can I tell you how relieved I am that you aren’t crazy about WITHNAIL AND I? We made it through about the first 40 min. or so and threw in the towel.
Much as I like the name Ruby, I can’t help but think of the titular trollop from the Kenny Rogers song who painter up her lips and rolled and curled her tinted hair while her poor, disabled war-vet husband festered and plotted her untimely demise. Probably not what you’re going for, vis-a-vis vehicular personality.
In our family, the man-cub is in charge of vehicle naming. Our Honda Odyssey is “Big Blue,” while he dubbed my 93 Subaru Impreza “Sporty White,” a name I consider rather charitable considering it’s really neither.
Patrick, you’re welcome to use the names Gunther or Lothar for your VW, at least until I get another old BMW, then I’ll need them back.
Sorry I didn’t respond to your copyright question (re: Losing my Religion). It’s such a huge gray area, and I didn’t think I could answer it concisely or adequately. That said, I am dusting the cobwebs off my law blog, Triangle Trademark Law. If you have any ideas for topics (like the LMR question), let me know, and I’ll try to work them in there.
I agree with Patrick on the family I would not want to be a part of, thus reminding me of my favorite quote on Tumblr this week, “I don’t know what a Kardashian is, but it seems to be an exercise machine for basketball players.” ~nevver
And with Pete, partially on car names, how about Su-Baloo? Does your car flip your music to Tandora radio by itself? Bet, I don’t know if you were ever privy to what I did to The Sister when she was driving a Taurus. Yes, I went down ghetto road, went out and purchased the letters c, l, and i. It took her 3 months to figure out why people were driving by and laughing at her. Yes foul, and well worth the cussin’.
RIP Andy Williams. More next week, so far Monday and Tuesday have been lowlights, and Wednesday ain’t looking much better.