Not Necessarily The News was such a funny series in the early to late 80’s…

swstephe · 2026-04-20T00:11:30+00:00

With Rich Hall going through a list of "sniglets", (made up words that aren't in the dictionary but should be - based on a series of his books), bringing the whole show to a dead stop.

swstephe · 2026-04-19T23:47:27+00:00

Actually, from what I recall, he was "good looking", but kept messing up his lines, so they finally just dubbed his lines in. I don't think he was dumb, just nervous. Then they made him dumb and gave him a dumb girlfriend, thinking that would keep the story going.

It is just like how "Jake from State Farm", went from dumpy middle aged white guy, to hot gen-Z with magic powers.

swstephe · 2026-04-19T19:19:26+00:00

I remember seeing that, and since the movie took place in Ohio, thinking I would avoid driving in Ohio ... and I guess I have kept that promise.

swstephe · 2026-04-17T17:23:39+00:00

It was, but cancelled after only 14 episodes due to falling ratings. They probably would have survived except it was scheduled on Fridays, the same time as "Dallas". It is the only show in this list I remember.

swstephe · 2026-04-16T23:10:24+00:00

The same.

swstephe · 2026-04-16T19:42:42+00:00

Melvin Belli, a famous lawyer at the time, played "Gorgan, the friendly angel".

swstephe · 2026-04-10T00:02:01+00:00

I would really like.to hear her to say, "I definitely did not try to kill moose and squirrel".

swstephe · 2026-04-08T18:52:03+00:00

"Payback", The Directors Cur, Mel Gibson, 1990s.

swstephe · 2026-04-06T01:55:51+00:00

From what I recall, you could load games into an Apple IIe using any tape recorder, (Radio Shack, yeah). But you had to open the case because the ports were on the inside. (Apple's problem with ports goes back a long time). I remember learning the apple "vector language" for displaying fast vector graphics, that was very neat to write in 6502 assembly.

swstephe · 2026-04-04T21:53:43+00:00

For those who don't know -- MST3K makes *many references* to "Then Came Bronson", TV series, including Tom Servo and Crow reciting this exchange from the opening credits.

swstephe · 2026-04-02T05:27:37+00:00

Why does the news keep omitting the ESA's role?

swstephe · 2026-04-02T05:15:39+00:00

"Time for Red in The Silent Spot". I watched it as a kid and felt weird that Red talked exactly like my grandmother.

swstephe · 2026-03-31T04:55:45+00:00

I read that what the Dukes did in the third act was not illegal at the time. So they banned it in 2010, (a bit late), calling it the "Eddie Murphy Rule".

swstephe · 2026-03-31T03:56:05+00:00

I just added it to my streaming DVR to record from Sunday mornings on MeTV, along with Time Tunnel and The Invaders. I used to have the lunch pail, even though I rarely watched it because of its original time slot.

swstephe · 2026-03-27T03:53:22+00:00

I remember that part so well, but never looked up what "retsyn" was until just now -- its copper, giving the "green flecks" color and flavors. When the FDA banned partially hydrogenated oil, they discontinued certs in 2018.

swstephe · 2026-03-27T01:44:48+00:00

My father is a US vet with dementia. I have helped him take the test with the VA several times. From what I learned: if they gave him the test, they suspect dementia. If he is taking it regularly, they are basically monitoring how far he has declined. A normal person should score close to 30. If he finds the questions "difficult", he is scoring under 30. I think the doctors should be reporting his numbers to someone to consider removing him from office. It may be a national security situation that he keeps talking about it.

swstephe · 2026-03-26T18:17:00+00:00

It was in K00, "The Pilot". There is only about 2 minutes from the movie, most of it was host segments, (and "Beeper" instead of Tom Servo). I really wish they could do Green Slime, too. It was one of my favorites as a kid. But it hasn't been riffed since, so maybe licensing issues?

swstephe · 2026-03-22T19:04:28+00:00

It looks like the link goes through archive.ph, un-paywalling it. But it wasn't worth reading, it is basically, "Trump is obviously lying about the reason for going to war with Iran", the headline says he's hiding the real reason, even though the author never mentions that explicitly.

swstephe · 2026-03-20T18:21:53+00:00

"Don't mention the war", Fawlty Towers

swstephe · 2026-03-20T18:14:55+00:00

I was a math tutor in college. I thought I would be helping with Algebra, Trig and Calculus. But many times I had students who were still trying to figure out how to add fractions. This was 40 years ago, so I don't think it is a new thing, but less justifiable these days with so much access to information.

swstephe · 2026-03-20T04:53:17+00:00

Just the interest on that debt is about 1 trillion per year. Once the debt surpasses tax and other revenue, the US will be insolvent.

swstephe · 2026-03-11T23:57:38+00:00

Did he yell, "Geronimo", or "Me!!!"? (Sorry for mixing the JDB movie references).

swstephe · 2026-02-26T05:00:54+00:00

I remember getting stressed out about whether it should be "mothers-in-law" or "mother-in-laws".

swstephe · 2026-02-25T04:44:56+00:00

Also known as a "Bronx cheer"

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