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08/25/2004: some stuff and some other stuff.

Slow week on the site, I know. Don’t worry, bidness will be a’pickin’ up next week — three new articles between this weekend and the next, and absolutely none of them having to do with Italian thumb wrestling or Crayola crayons. Next article’s looking pretty saha-wank so far.

Oh, an early request: I’m gearing up for the coming X-E Halloween season. Had shitloads of fun doing last year’s Halloween Countdown and I can’t wait to get on the ball with that again this year — especially because the length of the daily entries won’t preclude me from actually letting them be “daily.” Loads of fun stuff planned, stay tuned. My request: if anyone out there has any Halloween materials they think I might be able to use on the site, please e-mail me. (feel free to use this link to do so) I don’t have very many specifics on what I’m looking for, but here’s a few: Halloween television specials, Halloween commercials (these can be in file format or on VHS), Halloween-inspired print ads, so on and so on. If it looks like something that would be on X-E during the Halloween season and you’re willing to part with it, lemme know. Oh, please don’t post what you’ve got in the comments section — kinda ruins the surprise for everyone else if I use it. :crazy:

To close things out, another survey topic: name your five favorite television shows ever, in any order. Did we already do this one? Oh well.


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Discussion Thread: 168 comments

The bee (you know, like from Nature) was known as a Do-Bee. ‘Cause all us kids who growed up with Romper Room would rather have been Do-Bees than Don’t-Bees. Romper stomper friggin’ boo! I see you, and you, and especially you! Hmm, you wore that special for me, didn’t ya?

Ghosted by kingklash @ 08/30/2004 11:29 AM EDT


Thanks kinglklash, I was beginning to lose my mind trying to remember his name. Do-Bee, right, like a doobie. Uh, did I say that . . . And I remember how she used to talk to the camera as if she saw us kids watching. Creepy shit, man.

Ghosted by Pedro @ 08/30/2004 12:21 PM EDT


Pedro-

When I lived in South America, there was a weird show called "El Chapulin Colorado" – he was some obscure superhero or something. I SWEAR that is where the bee guy on the Simpsons came from. From the costume, to the "aye yay yaaaayy" business – it is uncanny.
I have no idea if this show is still on or anything, but Google it and check it out!

:o )

Ghosted by Gretchen @ 08/30/2004 12:55 PM EDT


Gretchen:

Which country? I’ve lived in Peru and Argentina and have not seen that one.

Ghosted by Pedro @ 08/30/2004 6:28 PM EDT


Top 5 Shows:
5. Simpsoms
4. Real Ghostbusters
3. Futurama
2. Family Guy
and finally, how can anyone not love…
1. Beakman’s World

Ghosted by DJ Babiuk @ 08/31/2004 3:46 AM EDT


Pedro-

I lived in Venezuela back in the late ’70s, early ’80s… I have no idea how far-reaching that show was, but I remember watching it all the time.

"No contaban con mi astucia!"

haha – we used to say that all the time…

Ghosted by Gretchen @ 08/31/2004 9:33 AM EDT


Gretchen:

Hysterical. I was in Arequipa, Peru in the early 80s and only remember watching Batman in spanish, the Adam West one, but dubbed over. They used to show many episodes per day and TV wasn’t 24/7. Strangely, Batman and RRRobeen essentially taught me Spanish. : )

Ghosted by Pedro @ 08/31/2004 10:14 AM EDT


If you have the Adam West Batman Movie on DVD, it has trailers for the film in Spanish. I like to watch some of my DVDs with alternate language turned on. UHF in French sounds insane!

Ghosted by kingklash @ 08/31/2004 12:15 PM EDT


Pedro-

That’s so cool! How long were you there?
The only other cinematic event I really remember was going to a drive-in almost right after we moved there and crying because Pinnochio was in freakin’ SPANISH and I couldn’t understand a word of it. Gawd, I was annoyed about that. I think I was 8 when that happened… I still get shit for it from my sister.

Ghosted by Gretchen @ 08/31/2004 1:00 PM EDT


Gretchen:

I was in Arequipa 1981, I think, for nearly a year — must’ve been 81 b/c when my parents moved us back to NY, I entered 1st grade. Went back a few times in the summer for 1-2 month stretches. Lived in Buenos Aires for a few months after college, but prefer Peru. I’ve never visited Venezuela, but have always wanted to go. I considered Margarita Island for my last trip, but my travel agent convinced me Aruba is better (only 14 miles away from mainland Venezuela.) Plus, at the time, things w/ Chavez were not going well and there were lots of demonstrations and general political unrest.

I hate to bother the bd, w/ our chatter, so if you want to continue discussion click my name. If not, that’s cool.

Thanks in advance to the gang for not flooding me w/ spam, hate-mail and porno!

Pedro

Ghosted by Pedro @ 08/31/2004 2:00 PM EDT


Aqua Teen Hunger Force (Number one in this hood G)
The Daily Show
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
The Super Mario Bros. Super Show (The one where they showed Mario and Legend of Zelda cartoons)
Family Guy

Ghosted by Sheep @ 08/31/2004 3:06 PM EDT


only 5? I guess it’s a good thing i never had cable until i was 18..

All time:
The Simpsons
Scrubs
e.r.(before Carter was stabbed)
Law & Order
The FOX Kids Spider-Man Cartoon from the 90’s(say it’s a classic all you want but the 60’s show was just too horrible for me…)

Ghosted by selvig @ 08/31/2004 3:16 PM EDT


Cowboy Bebop, Duck Tales, The original Batman, ECW, X-Play (Morgan Webb!!!) all get honorable mention status, but there’s no way I can rank any of them higher than the Ninja Turtles or the Mario Brothers.

Ghosted by Sheep @ 08/31/2004 3:17 PM EDT


Hmm…TV shows..

Simpsons
Survivor
X-Files
Trading Spaces (the first three seasons, now it sucks)
Tie between Futurama, Family Guy and South Park

Ghosted by Happygirl @ 08/31/2004 9:47 PM EDT


Oooooh…

A-Team (def’nitly)
Thundercats when I was a kid (even though v scary when u’re six)
CSI
L&O Criminal in Tent (sorry.)
The Blinkins (anyone else remember that??)
Reboot, especially the later series
Airwolf
Noel’s House Party – an hilarious Brit show I only ever saw one ep of.

GooHa! That’s more than five… and there were so many others, like the Invisible Man. I just can’t decide…

Ghosted by Eternal Back Passage of the Spotless Mind @ 09/03/2004 9:33 AM EDT


Comedy Searchlight (allright, it was only a mini-series, but it was still the funniest thing I’ve seen on comedy central ever)
The Job
Rescue Me
Star Trek: Deep Space 9
Farscape

who here knows the common thread amoung the first three?

Ghosted by Betrayer @ 09/05/2004 12:54 PM EDT


Yay!!!!~“1111 for long-lived threads!

Tv shows as follows:
1.Transformers- though watching the DVD’s now makes me wonder how i swallowed saturday morning tv.
2.Power Rangers-in any of their incarnations.
3.M.A.S.K-it pisses me off that no-one remembers this fucking show. It’s not the Jim Carrey one. Matt, do an article on M.A.S.K.
4.Thundercats-i considered buying one of those TC logo shirts, but instead opted for an original TC toy sword.
5.Voltron-i barely remember watching this show, but i had all 5 cats.

I wish i’d kept my old toys; especially optimus…

Ghosted by mypurposevague @ 09/07/2004 4:05 AM EDT


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