"America may have some problems, but it's our home. Our team. And if you don't wanna root for your team...then you should get the hell out of the stadium. Go America."--Stan Marsh, South Park
Originally posted by VanillaSky
BTW, if we're going to discuss State skits, here's my top 5:
5)"What's this blue spongey meat?" "Well, it's muppet!" 4)"Dear Lord, please kill my brother Tim" 3)"My hormones? What about your hormones?" 2)"Whatta we gonna do...the Popa's gonna be here soon!"
and #1:
Porcupine Racetrack
No, no, no. The $240 worth of pudding is the end-all, be-all. Hell, that's why the back of my A2NWO shirt says "Cook...and chill."
Yes, it's still a current catchphrase with an indy wrestling video crew. God help us all.
Star wipe, and...we're out. Thrillin' ain't easy. . . THE THRILL ACW-NWA Wisconsin Home Video Technical Director...& A2NWO 4 Life!
Originally posted by The ThrillNo, no, no. The $240 worth of pudding is the end-all, be-all. Hell, that's why the back of my A2NWO shirt says "Cook...and chill."
Yes, it's still a current catchphrase with an indy wrestling video crew. God help us all.
Originally posted by EnderI've looked through the list pretty carefully, and I didn't see my top show (other than WCW) anywhere.
Babylon 5: Crusade
I watched the 13 episodes of that a couple times, and it looked to have just as much potential as the original did. But, after reading the reason as to why it was cancelled, I'm damned glad JMS didn't sell out and turn it into a show like, say, Enterprise.
I was pretty lukewarm on the show during its TNT run but with repeated viewings I grew to appreciate it enough to seek out the scripts for the last 3 episodes they never filmed.
Had TNT given it a LITTLE more time . . .Crusade would have had a bang-up half-season with a serious "Holy shit" cliffhanger, something JMS couldn't manage in B5's Season 5 to any degree or "Legend of the Rangers" at all.
And Gary Cole kicked ass as the captain. Kinda scary how he went from that to "Harvey Birdman."
-LS "ahhh...vague, mandatory knee-jerk cynicism. God Bless Internet Forums.."
Originally posted by Ubermonkeys Parker Lewis sunk in a little too deep with me, as I started making my own sound effects in 5th grade anytime I made a quick or sudden movement.
That show got me to walk around making mental notes to myself. . . out loud.
On topic, it would have been nice to see Firefly in order and in its entirety (and in a better timeslot...)
I remember seeing the promos for this show when it was debuting and saying "Ferris Beuller knock-off, no chance," plus an actual "Ferris Beuller" show (w/o Matthew Broderick) was going to be on, so I didn't check it out until FOX put on new episodes of it that next summer.
Why isn't there a channel for shit like this?? Trio is showing "Brilliant, but cancelled" but so far, it's been a little high-brow for my low-brow tastes.
Another show I remembered that I haven't seen mentioned was "Friday the 13th - The Series." It actually had nothing to do with Jason Voorhees, but was about some paranormal investigators. That red-haried chick was way hot!
"You have the right to suffer. You have the right to feel pain. If you wish to have an attorney present, I'll hurt him too!" - The Big Bossman
Why isn't there a channel for shit like this?? Trio is showing "Brilliant, but cancelled" but so far, it's been a little high-brow for my low-brow tastes.
I watched a bit of Trio a while back when they were showing the original Degrassi, and it seemed like an ok network... kind of an alternative A&E, but they switched our cable package and instead of Trio and Sundance we got... Discovery Kids. Yeah.
When I think of unfairly canceled, the first show that leaps to mind is Profit. Great, deeply weird show, and the critics were lining up to give it blowjobs -- and Fox killed it after a measly four episodes. Even Andy Richter Controls the Universe got a better shot than that.
"next to of course god america i love you land of the pilgrims' and so forth oh say can you see by the dawn's early my country tis of centuries come and go and are no more what of it we should worry in every language even deafanddumb thy sons acclaim your glorious name by gorry by jingo by gee by gosh by gum why talk of beauty what could be more beaut- iful than these heroic happy dead who rushed like lions to the roaring slaughter they did not stop to think they died instead then shall the voice of liberty be mute?"
Originally posted by UbermonkeysWhy isn't there a channel for shit like this?? Trio is showing "Brilliant, but cancelled" but so far, it's been a little high-brow for my low-brow tastes.
I watched a bit of Trio a while back when they were showing the original Degrassi, and it seemed like an ok network... kind of an alternative A&E, but they switched our cable package and instead of Trio and Sundance we got... Discovery Kids. Yeah.
(points and laughs, until realizing he's never HAD Trio)
Hey, there's always Trading Spaces: Boys vs. Girls.
Originally posted by Shem the PenmanWhen I think of unfairly canceled, the first show that leaps to mind is Profit. Great, deeply weird show, and the critics were lining up to give it blowjobs -- and Fox killed it after a measly four episodes. Even Andy Richter Controls the Universe got a better shot than that.
I believe that was one of the shows Trio, uh showed.
Me am no wordsmith.
"You have the right to suffer. You have the right to feel pain. If you wish to have an attorney present, I'll hurt him too!" - The Big Bossman
ALRIGHT PEOPLE, LISTEN UP!
I guess I am the only one who liked "that '80's Show." I also liked Dark Angel. We don't get it up here, but when I'm in San Diego, I watch Young Hercules on Movieplex (i think that'sthe channels name.)
was it the State that had the "i wanna dip my balls in it" guy? the best one ever was the one with the Romans Chasing Jesus " Romans: Have you seen a guy named jesus? Jesus: Yeah, he ran that way. he's wearing a tie and saying something about his balls."
Originally posted by OndaGrande I guess I am the only one who liked "that '80's Show." I also liked Dark Angel. We don't get it up here, but when I'm in San Diego, I watch Young Hercules on Movieplex (i think that'sthe channels name.)
was it the State that had the "i wanna dip my balls in it" guy? the best one ever was the one with the Romans Chasing Jesus " Romans: Have you seen a guy named jesus? Jesus: Yeah, he ran that way. he's wearing a tie and saying something about his balls."
I think it might have been the Upright Citizens Brigade. I forget which ep, but I'll have to find the CD's.
I just thought of another one that deserves mention. Does anybody else remember a show called "Davis Rules" which starred Jonathan Winters and Randy Quaid (I think it was very early 90's)? That show was hilarious in its first season on ABC, most notably because of Winters and his tendency to go off-script and totally ad-lib scenes.
It was cancelled from ABC after its first year, but then picked up by CBS. Of course, CBS "retooled" the show, and thus ruined it, and it was promptly cancelled off that network, too.
Everything that is wrong in this world can be blamed on Freddie Prinze Jr.
Originally posted by DrewDewceWhich brings to mind "The Ben Stiller Show" and it's Sunday night partner, "Flying Blind" (Tea Leoni was so hot on that show!).
If we are going to mention Tea Leoni, I got to mention The Naked Truth, I actually thought that was a pretty solid show about a tabloid newspaper.. Oh and Drew, I did mention Friday the 13th the Series. That show was solid and interesting on a weekly bases.
Did (watching) Ellie get cancelled? I think I'm the only person who actually thought this show didn't suck. But then again I'm a huge Julia Louis-Dreyfus.
Grande, I thought the 80s show was awful. I love the 80s and find it funny. But they made it unfunny. From the pilot episode I knew they were in trouble. They had all the stereotypes down but had no heart behind.
cause there's limits to our liberties. 'Least I hope and pray that there are, cause those liberal freaks go too far.
I'll crush all opposition to me And I'll make Ted Kennedy pay If he fights back, I'll say that he's gay
Much thanks to DJ Ran for mentioning one of my favorite shows, the all-too-often maligned Charles In Charge.
Terrible show, but the one daughter was pretty hot and the guy that played the immortal Buddy Lembeck was so bad he was hilarious.
I love this new network trend of canceling shows after 1-2 episodes. Cheers was DEAD LAST in the primetime ratings after its first season, but NBC ended up pretty well off for sticking with it.
Over 1450 posts and still never a Wiener of the Day!
Oliva: You are the weakest link! Goodbye!
Stewie: Ahahaha. Oh God, that's funny. That's really funny. You write your own material? Do you? Because that is so fresh. 'You are the weakest link. Goodbye!' You know I've never heard anyone make that joke before. You're the first. I've never heard anyone reference that outside program before. Because that's what she says on the show, right? Hmmm? 'You are the weakest link. Goodbye!' And ye...ye..yet you've taken it and....and used it out of context to insult me in this everyday situation. What a clever, smart girl you must be. To come up with a joke like that all by yourself. Mmmmm...that's so fresh too. Any Titanic jokes you want to throw at me as long as we're hitting these phenomena at the height of their popularity. Mmmm? Cuz i'm here God you're so funny!
Haven't seen the movie, but I know the comic-book character by heart: Colossus (Piotr "Peter" Rasputin) was a Russian mutant who was a simple farmboy before Xavier found him.