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  1. newsmanfan

    MSTies unite!

    ------------- Sweet! The only thing I ever read was an old Info Club bulletin bit where Perkins was allegedly miffed when told Mike was impersonating him. Good to know he had a sense of humor about it after all. -------------
  2. newsmanfan

    Aging Characters: Good or Bad?

    Used to be a daily strip. Didn't know he'd cut back to only Sundays. I know a lot of papers ran the daily on the Editorial page of all places...wusses. ----------
  3. newsmanfan

    MSTies unite!

    ----------- Er...where did you hear Perkins was a fan? The word I heard, back when Mike started doing Perkins, was that Perkins was annoyed as heck! Check out the Turkey Day Marathon segements for especially hilarious Perkins stuff. As well as Dr F sabotaging the Macy's parade one year! "Die...
  4. newsmanfan

    Aging Characters: Good or Bad?

    ------------ Doonesbury has done so effectively; characters who started as college kids now have kids and grandkids, characters have gone through life-altering times, etc... Trudeau has made them real, living in an only slightly off-color version of our world. I respect that. This is in fact the...
  5. newsmanfan

    Questions about anything

    ------------ All of which is rather silly, considering the human body's response to extreme trauma is sometimes to expel whatever's in it. We do at death, anyway. That whole "cleanin' up the departed" thing is not a pleasant-sounding task in ANY regard. -----------
  6. newsmanfan

    MSTies unite!

    ------------- Yes he does! He once sang the Info Club Address to the tune of the opening of the overture from Mozart's "Marriage of Figaro." And check out "Clown in the Sky" or some of his bits in Rifftrax: Manos! And I'm fairly sure you can put dang near anything on an iPod. My buddy Marty...
  7. newsmanfan

    Questions about anything

    Supposedly, so the emergency room docs won't think you're a disgusting piece of filth who never puts on clean underwear. That's an old cultural stereotype particular to WASPs... -----------------
  8. newsmanfan

    The Official Top 10 Anything...

    ------------ John Williams Score Generator: Type in what action's happening on the screen, and you get a piece of music that sounds pretty much the same as all his other work. Weird Al: I thought about doing a John Williams parody once...but then I realized he's been parodying himself for...
  9. newsmanfan

    The Official Top 10 Anything...

    ------------- Snowth. I do not see Randy Newman OR Danny Elfman OR Ennio Morricone on your score-composer list. SHAME! SHAME! SHAME! *reluctantly putting away Big Foam Finger Of Waggling Shame, 'cos it's so much fun to use...* TOP TEN FUNNIEST WEBSITES in No Particular Order: Ask a...
  10. newsmanfan

    The "Have You Ever Wondered..." Thread

    That'd be because you haven't synced them. *pointedly refraining from Mac comment to mollify Sarge* ---------------
  11. newsmanfan

    A Nest Divided: A Sam the Eagle Story

    ---------- UT actually has a kickbutt performing arts program (well, the one at UT-Knoxville does...they used to beat us every year at SETC. *insert unprintable word*) This is perfect comedy, perfect characters. Keep at it is all I ask! :) ----------
  12. newsmanfan

    So We'll Go No More A-Roving, for Fear of Furry Monsters

    ----------- Finished in Oct? *crosses fingers* Yeah. Absolutely... --------------
  13. newsmanfan

    What made you roll your eyes today thread?

    -------------- Frog help me. I actually am starting to like this fad.
  14. newsmanfan

    A Nest Divided: A Sam the Eagle Story

    ------------ LOLOLOL Some people like opiates! It was a Vespa! Yanni groupies! LOLOLOLOL Honestly I can't do a real critique for this now. I'm still laughing. ----------------
  15. newsmanfan

    Hensonville City 2011

    ------------- *peering around the empty halls* Where the hey IS everybody? This is starting to feel like Si-- Rhonda and :news:: DON'T SAY IT! Whoops. Sorry. :news: It DOES seem eerily dormant lately. *shivers, pulls plaid tighter around self* Rhonda: They're... probably all out getting...
  16. newsmanfan

    So We'll Go No More A-Roving, for Fear of Furry Monsters

    (Auth. note: I know I promised a big chapter, but decided not to make everyone wait more while I slowly chug along. So, here's the first treat of the evening...) Part Forty-Nine The brown-scaled Frackle plunked the takeout bag on the steamer trunk between Gonzo and Rosie. “There ya go. Eat...
  17. newsmanfan

    BOO! The "What Scared You Today?" Thread

    Consider the source. Texas. Bats are useful and graceful creatures. Love watching the little brown bats come out at dusk here. Not scary at all, and they swoop AWAY from people if they encounter them. Cute bat: ----------------
  18. newsmanfan

    What's Worse?

    -------------- I have become passe' about ghosts. Too many incidents. Now they just annoy me. Grumble frumble rhubarb poltergeists always makin' a racket when I'm tryin' ta work... -------------
  19. newsmanfan

    Questions about anything

    Plenty of drinking-age folks here. Nothing wrong with appreciating a good brew. Just don't go all public-drunk and you're fine. :) -------------
  20. newsmanfan

    MSTies unite!

    -------------- Finally saw "Laserblast" a few nights ago. Just...wow. I think the part I laughed the hardest at was Crow exclaiming, "Coleman Francis Mountain!" This one felt so much like a KTMA ep. Talk about astoundingly awful and pointless...I felt horrible for Roddy McDowell! (He was...
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