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Ewww. Funny, though!

Hmm, the Monster Mash... :halo: For some reason, when you brought that up, I couldn't help thinking about the whole genre of Christmas novelty songs. I love singing "I Want A Hippopotamus for Christmas," but that song does NOT go away once you start singing it. I have to be careful with...

Yeah, that takes a lot of work, but it's really rewarding too. I've been in choir since birth--(okay, since kindergarten)--and I've gotten to sing selections from the Messiah a few times. A year or so ago, actually, we did the whole Christmas half, and we ended with that chorus (which comes...

Yes, indeed it does--that's actually a little unpleasant, if you try to picture it... :eek:

Ahh, a pie of love. :flirt: That sounds delicious!!

Glad to hear it. Now I'M sick, though, with a cough and other fancy stuff... :(

Last week's Newsweek (with Aragorn on the cover) said that they never filmed it, so I was just going by that. I also remember reading online, back when the first film came out, that they weren't going to do that scene, but that they intentionally hinted at it when Sam looks into Galadriel's...

That's a great quote, and something I certainly agree with. I believe human beings are intrinsically good, though they can bury that part of themselves pretty deep due to innumerable other factors. I'd still like to believe, though, that the little spark of goodness is never gone. Off topic...

Well put. I couldn't agree more. I've always felt that even the cruellest of people must have some redeeming quality. It doesn't negate the evil that they do in any way, but there has to still be something good in every person. Maybe that's a little too "redemption of Darth Vader"ish or...

What I've heard about that is that they never filmed the "Scouring of the Shire" chapter anyway, so they had a different finale for Saruman's story. Then it made the second film too long, and in the third film it never felt right. Apparently it felt like "old business" and they wanted to get...

Well, I hope you and your brother feel better! There's nothing like singing at the holidays. Especially on the road--sometimes on long road trips our ferrets get to hear us sing in the car for hours at a time. They seem relatively unmoved by the experience, but it's fun for us!! :)

Have you seen the extended version of the second film? There's some nice extra stuff with Faramir (and Boromir and Denethor) that really helps the development of the character. As for Sam, I've liked him throughout, but that's probably because it's Sean Astin. I have very fond memories of The...

Yeah, or from a talk-show monologue. There was a time when I got my news from Leno, Conan, or Jon Stewart. Anyway, I'm always wary of "celebrating" this kind of thing too much, I don't know why. I'm aware that he was a "terrbile dictator," and that most likely the accounts of his violence...

I have so many favorite Christmas songs! To be fair, I'll limit it to non-Muppety ones. I'd have to say that of more sacred songs, "O Holy Night" just gets me every time. What a perfect Christmas song! Of more secular Christmas songs, I really love "The Christmas Song"--especially when sung...

A lot of the online ROTK reviews I've read (or skimmed, since I want to avoid knowing too much) have been praising the character scenes even higher than the battles, which has me really excited. If they stick to the book, there's bound to be some really powerfully emotional stuff in there...

Yeah, it's very visible, and encouraging. I think there was a review of one of the Columbia dvds a week or two ago, similarly positive. I was glad to see that as well. :)

Hi everyone, There's a nifty little Muppet reference in this week's Entertainment Weekly (with Nicole Kidman, Renée Zellweger, and Jude Law on the cover). On page 49, the "Best of the Muppet Show" DVDs rank as the number one item on this week's "Must List." The caption under the nice group...

Yeah, I'd recommend local comic shops as well. I've seen Kermit locally, and he's still close to regular price...

We just watched this again the other night, (the more-or-less unedited verson from Nickelodeon a few years back), and we've been quoting from it ever since. This special is one of my favorite Muppet projects of all time. Everything about is it so perfect--hilarious and heartwarming! I...

Seriously, each wave just gets better and better. These figures from Palisades have made me so happy this year! :D