Anyone watch it? The third season premier was last night and it was funny. Especially when he made fun of Steve Irwin. He also stated a an interesting fact after that. Only white people get killed by animals. Don't know if I should have a spoiler warning or not so this is it if one is needed. My favorite joke was when he was talking about how people don't watch the news because it's too complicated... ... ... I don't understand that. So he came up with Mind Of A Dee Dee Dee (stupid person) and the funniest was the first one. It said the U.S. population is said to reach 9.2 billion by 2050. Dee Dee Dee response: "Oh no! We're going to run out of cookies!" For those of you who don't watch it, it's not as funny because he has a wierd voice for Dee Dee Dee jokes.

Looks good!

http://www.apple.com/trailers/fox_atomic...large.html

Nightworld at Wikipedia

Hurry before someone comes along and fixes it.

Some utter spastic has tried to write a wikipedia article on Nightworld, and does a remarkably bad job of it. I laughed my socks off when I wa reading this babble, but instead of fixing it myself I thought it's be worth a brief, bitter laugh from the group. :mad:

Last night my friends and I went to see “Oliver Twist” off-Broadway, thinking, because it was performed at the John Jay College for Criminal Justice, that it would be a school production. We figured that my friend’s kids would enjoy it.

Well, it turned out to an exceptional version of “Oliver Twist,” adapted and directed by Neill Bartlett who created this sensational show in London and brought it to New York. It is most assuredly Broadway quality.

I’ve never seen “Oliver Twist” done like this. The language is pure Dickens; Bartlett used only Dickens’ own words. The show looked as it might have were it shown in Victorian England. The staging, set design and lighting hark back to an earlier time yet are on the cutting edge of inventive theater.

And the acting! Ned Eisenberg played Fagin, and he was magnificent. I gave him a standing ovation. You all know Ned Eisenberg; he’s a solid character actor who has appeared in lots and lots of movies and television shows, like “Million Dollar Baby,” dozens of episodes of “Law and Order,” and was the photographer who took the famous picture in “Flags of Our Fathers.” I’ve seen him a million times and recognized him, though I did not know his name. The other actors, all part of the American Repertory Theater, were amazing.

Thought not a musical, the play involves music and a cappella singing by the ensemble based on the sort of songs sung in Victorian England. It the antithesis of the movie musical, "Oliver!" They used vintage and unusual instruments, and they also acted as their own stage hands, changing scenery unobtrusively in a marvelously seamless fashion.

The show was riveting, touching, thrilling. It was the freshest rendition of “Oliver Twist” that I’ve ever seen. It made Dickens seem brand new. Should this show ever make it to your town, you’ve got to see it.

That was last night.

Tonight I walked out on “The Number 14.” I NEVER walk out on a show, but this was excruciating. It was at the New Vic Theater, one of the few theaters in NYC that caters to children, a fact that my friend and I forgot, to our detriment. The evening got off to a bad start when 3 senior ladies staggered and limped towards seats around us, talking loudly of abdominal gas and nasal congestion. Emitting a resounding belch, one of the ladies proclaimed her relief, “the gas is gone now; thank God I could burp like that.” Luckily, the hapless trio moved to seats further up front.

And then the play began. As with “Oliver Twist,” we didn’t read much about the play beforehand. I knew it took place on a bus and the actors portrayed about 40 different characters. I envisioned an edgy show where NY bus riders where shown in their true light. When the lights went down and the actors popped up in the bus windows wearing supposedly funny but really scary masks that made them look like the Killer Klowns from Outer Space, I knew we were in trouble. They proceeded to engage in the most awful, unfunny, lame scenarios that were painful to watch. But, and it’s a big but, the audience was laughing, or at least the kids were, and many adults, too. I spent more time looking around the audience because what was happening onstage was unwatchable. I came away fearing for the future of America if so many people in that audience could enjoy that show. They had to have soup for brains.

We left after 15 insufferable minutes. An usher in the lobby asked, “You didn’t like the show?” I said no, it was unbearable. He looked as if he understood but couldn’t say so.

So, as I’ve said many times, Off-Broadway is a crap shoot. Sometimes it’s great, sometimes it’s not, and you never know what you’re gonna get.

...a low budget winner, IMO. Certainly not the greatest movie ever made, but better than average. It is one of 8 Movies To Die For and based upon it, I'll check out some of the others. Info below

http://horrorfestonline.com/film3.html

During the movie game, I used the mini-series Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street as an answer and it got me thinking about mini-series in general. I used to love watching them, but am struggling to remember many. The ones I can think of, and remember liking, are Roots, Shogun(my first decapitation scene), Rich Man, Poor Man & The Thorn Birds. Anyone else care to chime in? Do they still make them? It seems to me they were quite popular during Sweeps Weeks.

Please, I need transcription (not translation) help from any helpful German-speakers out there. In the teaser trailer for Hostel Part II, what is the narrator saying while the titles show "Americans -- they have no imagination"? It sounds to me like "Amerikaner -- hab _____ keine Phantasie". What is he saying in the part I'm missing? Please educate me!

I just got back from vacation in Joshua Tree National Park. Lots of desert hiking. Lots of fun. I was reading Black Wind for the 4-th time. I have a paperback copy that I picked up in a second hand book store. Anyway, everytime I read it I see an error on the back cover that refers to Meiko Satsuma. In the book, of course, her name is Meiko Mazaki. I was wondering if this is just an error, or is there a reason for the discrepancy. I always meant to ask but usually forget by the time I get on-line.

Another doodle from my sketchbook. I drew this in 10 minutes in front of the TV earlier on, and spent the last 2hrs or so painting it. Thought it'd be cool to share it with you and hear your feedback!

Is anything wrong with my depiction of a Rakosh? I know there are some people in this group who have an ecyclopaedic knowledge of Repairman Jack, so if I have made any obvious errors I would love to hear them. I remember that the Rakosh are described as having shark like heads, but I really struggled early on trying to draw a shark-shape head that didnt look like a Teenage Mutant Turtle!

I'd also like to do an illustration of a scene from one of the Repairman Jack books, and at the moment I'm thinking about the rooftop fight in The Tomb. Any suggestions/requests of action packed scenes would be welcomed.

Has anyone else heard that Howard Stern has been telling his fans to vote for the worst singer on "American Idol?"

If that's true, it seems to be working. Sanjaya, THE worst singer in the bunch, has been repeatedly voted in.

Is Howard Stern flexing his powerful media muscle? Can he tip the scales on "Idol?" Is America bored with "Idol?" Will they vote in the worst singer just because they can?

http://www.vh1.com/news/articles/1555113...ndex.jhtml

http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2007/03/19...ard-stern/