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11/12/2005: Splaturday.

It’s Saturday night. And the mood is right.

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Discussion Thread: 123 comments

HA! First post!

Chestnuts roasted by ROBRAM89 @ 11/12/2005 9:11 PM EST

Wee! I finally get to participate in the infamous Sat. night chat’s I’ve been reading about for a week now! (I’m up to the time machine survey blog now.)

Hiya Matt! So, what’s up, lovely X-E’rs?

Chestnuts roasted by Nicole @ 11/12/2005 9:14 PM EST

As I was reading an article on how Kids TV actually does little to educate a child, I’ve thought about all of the shows I’ve watched recently and began to wonder about their underlying themes.

Let’s start with the Teletubbies. These 4 retarded blow-up dolls from england seem to do absolutely nothing all day but squeal in childish delight and worship that creepy Baby Sun Thing. Their names alone give the intention that something is up: Laa Laa, Po, Tinky Winky, and Dispy. Laa Laa is the one that seems to have the most normal name, if not named for a nonsense happiness sound one makes after drinking a can of paint thinner. Po, which actually sounds more normal, but I, for one think it’s named after its hero, Roman Polanski, which would explain its love towards children and that Baby Sun. Dispy…Total Drunk, let’s move on. Tinky Winky…I’ve seen him, and that’s the biggest lie I’ve ever heard for a name since the Neverending Story. He’s also the token gay gay…with his Avon Purse filled with goodies and god knows what kind of perverted toys s/he’s got in there. I can see why Jerry Falwell was so adamant on calling him out. I bet inside that bio-dome they live in, they hold orgies involving lots of Tomato Soup and Extension Cords and all the other stuff from Tinky-Winky’s "Bag," which would help explain the use of those antennae on top of their heads.

And then there’s their follow-up series: Boo-Bah. 3 words: Total Acid Trip. When I first came across these guys in a flash game online, I thought it was the funniest yet bizarre thing I’ve seen on the internet, and couldn’t think they’d get any creepier than that…until I saw their tv show about a year later. The only thing that all 5 of those…things do all day is run around in their rainbow world and Fart and listen to Iron Butterfly-esque music ’cause PBS doesn’t like paying licensing fees on a 17 minute song from the 60s. Those things look like walking, farting blotches of Cotton Candy, yet if you would ingest them, they would probably taste like stale marshmallows, but you would probably get chloride poisoning and die of cottonmouth.

Here’s a good one: Lazytown. It’s this show on Nickelodeon that is about a town caled…Lazytown that is protected by a Superhero named Sportacus who’s superpowers include physical fitness, good hygiene, and a handlebar mustache that rivals one of those film villains from those old timey 20’s era silent movies. The message that you shouldn’t sit around all day and go outside and live your life isn’t what bothers me; it’s those muppets that are used in the show, which takes up all but 3 members of the cast. I know I’m 18 years old and familiar with just about ever muppet ever made, but THOSE certain puppets are so freaking life-like, they are the only ones of their kind to actually scare the hell out of me. Maybe it’s because they seem to be made out of foam rubber rather than hard plastic and felt, or maybe its because one of them jumped out of my tv one day and stabbed my cat. It’s probably the material they’re made of.

I nearly forgot one of the biggest current tokers: The Wiggles. These 4 ugly bastards are obviously crackheads, how else do they drive a "Big Red Car" and sing all those idiotic songs and do those "dances," which really aren’t dances, they’re only fidgeting because they’re going through withdrawls while the guy in the Octopus suit is singing about Tuna Suitcases or something. But the gayest one out of all of them is Captain Feathersword. I really don’t need to explain that guy, except he is a "pirate," has a feather for a sword, and tickles his enemies with it while asking for a date to the Ice Capades, or whatever Australia has down there, and if he ever saw someone with a real sword, he’d be dead in 2 seconds flat.

And then I got around to thinking of the stuff I watched when I was younger.

Like Blue’s Clues. That guy, Steve: Pothead. He’s so high, he looks around his house for "blue pawprints" and doesn’t even have a sense of direction, and those offscreen kids need to yell at him to do anything worthwhile. How else can you explain his freakish looking dog? Or the fact that she makes him solves mysteries for him for no reason at all. They’re not even good mysteries, like "Who murdered Mr Boddy?" or "How did bananas get on the ceiling?" It’s always something like "I’m hungry, feed me this" or "I wanna know who the Dish ran away with…that cheating hussy." And what about the fact that Steve thinks he can talk to inanimate objects, like the salt & pepper shaker, who can somehow reproduce Paprika and Cinnamon. Now THERE’S a good example of proof of evolution if I ever saw one. I’ve tried talking to my salt shaker once, and it didn’t tell me a good recipe for French Peach Cobbler, no sir! All it did was make this liquid in my throat taste salty…

How about another Classic Nick Jr. Show like Eureka’s Castle? There was Magellan the Dragon, who was doin’ some "Puff The Magic Him" if ya catch my drift…he always thought that the dots on his blanket moved around and formed shapes whenever they feel like it and sometimes played connect-the-dots with them wile they were moving. Once again, I speak from experience and have never seen this kind of thing happen. Then there were the moat dwellers Bog & Quagmire, who were addicted to peanut butter sandwiches. I think they lusted after them because Eureka put some sweet, sweet angel dust in her Jif once and they took it for a picnic and couldn’t kick it from there.

Then there’s the perennial misery that is Barney. Those kids are obviously forced to be locked inside that school while mind-numbing nitrous is fed through the air vents, which causes the hallucinations. They actually think their stuffed Dinosaurs come to life and teach them cleaning habits and how to share, and are able to transmogrify their playground into Israel (I’m actually serious about that last tidbit, it actually happened). I’m getting the jibblies just thinking about this…let’s move on.

Scooby-Doo. Potheads, all 5 of them. They all wear the same clothes every day, they drive around in that green van with the flowers on it, looking for haunted houses, on a Saturday morning. And they were able to talk to dogs, which didn’t speak good english to begin with. And Shaggy…his freakin’ name is Shaggy for crying out loud! He & Scooby always had the munchies, and didn’t care where their food came from, as long as they ate, whether it was from a Malt Shop or a haunted rotting fridge in an abandoned Six Flags Fun House. And it took them exactly 22 minutes to solve the mystery, usually the villain being some guy in a costume, who was usually the only other person seen in the show besides the core 5.

H.R. Pufnstuff: Don’t need to say any more, but I will. "Can’t Do a little ’cause he can’t do enough," what the hell does that mean? That some the stuff on Living Island were a little more "alive" than others??

Not to mention any of the other Sid & Marty Krofft shows, like Buggaloos, Electra Woman & Dyna-Girl, Sigmund & The Seamonsters, Banana Splits, all conceived due to the Brothers Krofft’s manic LSD habits.

And then there’s the biggest culprit of all: Sesame Street. Come on, you HAVE to wonder what the hell Jim Henson was on when he thought up most of these concepts, like 2-headed monsters teaching the letters of the alphabet and such. I’ll list off some admirable druggies:

Big Bird: Steroids. He’s only 6 years old and is 7 feet tall and likes to ride his unicycle…what the hell? Not to mention the side effects that caused him to imagine up Snuffleupagus, and he became real once he was taken off of them.

Oscar The Grouch: Heroin. He’s always grouchy cause he needs his fix and he’s so poor from his habit that he lives in a trash can. His worm Slimey is actually more successful than him, as he got shot up into space about 10 years ago along with some other NASA worms! What has Oscar done lately? Made that horrific Elmo In Grouchland movie just to feed his needles.

Cookie Monster: PCP. Its put into the sugar that makes his cookies. And he always eats everything that appears in front of him, yet never swallows anything…

Snuffleupagus (aka Snuffy): Pothead. He has that mammoth nose and glazed over eyes, and he’s always so sluggish and depressed and gets distracted easily. You just know his fur smells like popcorn shrimp and bong water. Appearing imaginary to Big Bird doesn’t hurt either.

Ernie: Rubber fetish. He sings that song about his Rubber Ducky, and even got a song against him called "Put Down The Ducky" as well. This also explains why he always wants to be around Bert and that they share the same bedroom. He seems to be obessed with big round yellow things that can float on top of him in the tub.

Elmo: Crackhead. Jeez, I can go on and on about this guy. He just doesn’t know when to quit. He has all those annoying songs, and his Scarface-like tyranny is the reason why the show has been going downhill since the mid-90s. It’s bascially called The Elmo Show now and his little world is full of nothing but erratic scribbles and the candy made of the stuff that goes into Cookie Monster’s cookies.

And that’s something I’ve been wanting to get off my cheast for some time now. Thank you.

Chestnuts roasted by Invader Norbert @ 11/12/2005 9:24 PM EST

You know, the mood really is right.

Bust it.

Chestnuts roasted by gramsci @ 11/12/2005 9:25 PM EST

Well its SAturday night and I ain’t got nobody,
I got money cuz i just got paid,
I just wish I had someone to talk to,
(can’t remember the exact lyrics so I’ll substitute with a paranthesized sentence).
Long live the saturday night thread. Shit I bet this blog gets better ratings than Saturday Night Live, though that wouldn’t be to hard to do nowadays…

Chestnuts roasted by phunqsauce @ 11/12/2005 9:33 PM EST

Hmm, why do I get the feeling that Invader Norbert has been waiting all week for the Saturday Night Thread?

Chestnuts roasted by el chupacabra, mang @ 11/12/2005 9:33 PM EST

Norbert: seek professional help.

Chestnuts roasted by Jedoc @ 11/12/2005 9:33 PM EST

Hey, I was just informed that 50 years ago today was the famous Hill Valley lightning storm that stopped the clock in the clock tower.

Happy 50th Birthday, Lightning! Now I really want to bust out the DVD trilogy…damn me not having a DVD player in my room anymore.

Chestnuts roasted by Nicole @ 11/12/2005 9:33 PM EST

And yet I STILL don’t have a hover-board. What an outrage.
On the other hand, I never took my mom to the prom either, so I’m still one up on poor McFly.

Chestnuts roasted by Jedoc @ 11/12/2005 9:36 PM EST

I’ve been on such a back to the future kick lately. Tonight certainly is the 50th anniversary of Marty’s return to 1985. Saturday Nov. 12 at precisely 10:04 pm Hill Valley California time. Those DVDs are the best.

I always feel like such a loser when I’m home on Saturday night reading the X-E blogs, but then I see everyone else here is a loser, and somehow all is right with the world.

Chestnuts roasted by Bob Abooey @ 11/12/2005 9:44 PM EST

Help! I can’t find this xmas song I heard on the radio…

It’s a "mexican" singing about how his sombrero/hat is too big.

I don’t see it on the Christmas Jukebox.

Chestnuts roasted by Jackie @ 11/12/2005 9:46 PM EST

Nevermind! It IS on here. Yay!

Chestnuts roasted by Jackie @ 11/12/2005 9:47 PM EST

I prefer to be called a dork…loser has too much of a negative conotation to it…

Chestnuts roasted by phunqsauce @ 11/12/2005 9:48 PM EST

"Differently social."

Chestnuts roasted by Jedoc @ 11/12/2005 9:49 PM EST

Darth, don’t feel bad. I didn’t get mine either.

In the DVD commentary, didn’t they say that hover boards actually existed but that Mattel couldn’t sell them because they couldn’t pass safety tests or something? You’d think they’d have figured it out in the past 20 years. Well, we may not have gotten hoverboards, but at least some of us were lucky enough to get the movie’s stylin’ shades. Thanks, Pizza Hut.

Chestnuts roasted by Lori @ 11/12/2005 9:49 PM EST

I know, Jedoc…if we don’t have flying cars by 2015, I’m going to seriously beat someone up.

And gramsci, thanks so much for the rockin’ tune that I totally forgot existed! I am remembering it from a movie scene, but I can’t place the movie or even anything about the damn movie other than the song. Darnit.

Chestnuts roasted by Nicole @ 11/12/2005 9:50 PM EST

phunqsauce- I heard that Dork is the scientific name for a whales penis. Of course that was in fifth grade and everyone is an idiot in fifth grade. Everyone who is anyone knows that all penis’ are called penis’. Wooo! Penis! I’m living on the edge folks!

Chestnuts roasted by Darth Poop @ 11/12/2005 9:53 PM EST

Jackie, that song is one of my favorite gems from the Xmas jukebox playlist.

Chestnuts roasted by squee4242 @ 11/12/2005 9:54 PM EST

The Christmas Jukebox was so big it made my computer physically crash, now its on the ground in a flaming heap. Just kidding?

Chestnuts roasted by Warx @ 11/12/2005 9:57 PM EST

My radio station is already playing xmas songs 24/7. I’ve only heard it once while at work.

The worst xmas song I heard is by Barbara Streisand, I think its "Jingle Bells" it’s fucking awful! Makes me want to smash shit or yank my hair really hard.

Chestnuts roasted by Jackie @ 11/12/2005 10:01 PM EST

I was able to listen to the Jukebox the other day at work, and I had to be the only whale penis in Syracuse who was willingly listening to Christmas music in early November.

I love you, Matt. Have I said that creepily-enough yet lately?

I’ve had the Back to the Future trilogy DVD thing I think since my birthday in August and still haven’t gotten to watch with commentary yet. That is a crime against nature right there.

Chestnuts roasted by Nicole @ 11/12/2005 10:02 PM EST

Bah. Worst Christmas season ever was senior year in high school, when I was working at the grocery store. Nothing like a six-hour shift with constant Christmas music to bring out the Scrooge inside. Humbug.

Chestnuts roasted by Jedoc @ 11/12/2005 10:03 PM EST

When I worked at Best Buy for a brief time during the Christmas season (the holiday shopping season did me in and I quit in early December) they had "Best Buy Radio", which is a program they put together to help promote certain artists and make you want to buy them. Well, it was about 45 minutes long and looped all day long, so you can imagine hearing the same 10 or so Christmas songs over and over again, day after day…

Chestnuts roasted by Lori @ 11/12/2005 10:07 PM EST

Hey Darth, i remember hearing that the word "dude" meant "gay cowboy". Kids are absolutely stupid….

Chestnuts roasted by phunqsauce @ 11/12/2005 10:08 PM EST

Somebody’s a cranky pants…

Chestnuts roasted by Jackie @ 11/12/2005 10:08 PM EST

Tummi has already started revamping the Christmas Jukebox for this year. We’re arguing over what goes and what stays.

Chestnuts roasted by Matt @ 11/12/2005 10:10 PM EST

Nah, not since I started working in a library instead. Not only is there no crappy music piped in, but there’s very little actual noise allowed at all! I’m a big fan of Christmas in general. Just as long as I can control the duration and composition of my Christmas carols.

Chestnuts roasted by Jedoc @ 11/12/2005 10:10 PM EST

May I just say that I do find myself missing last year’s Christmas layout?

*ducks*

And Matt…unless you’re going to keep up the Jukebox from this year too somehow, please don’t get rid of anything and just add! Of course, that would probably be completely impractical, so yeah, don’t listen to the crazy chick.

Chestnuts roasted by Nicole @ 11/12/2005 10:13 PM EST

Oh yeah, I remember looking up the word "punk" in the dictionary and one of the definitions was a "a catamite." And for those who don’t know what a catamite is it was a young boy used solely for sexual purposes back in ancient Greece. Not exactly what i had in mind…..

Chestnuts roasted by phunqsauce @ 11/12/2005 10:14 PM EST

There’s only like 3-4 songs that felt really out of place. (In this case, "out of place" meaning the only songs on the Jukebox that would bring me to maximize the window to get to the next song as soon as they came on.)

Phung: That blows. "Catamite" sounds like it’d mean something cool.

Chestnuts roasted by Matt @ 11/12/2005 10:16 PM EST

Nicole: Fortunately, nostalgia is still just pennies a glass.

Chestnuts roasted by Jedoc @ 11/12/2005 10:18 PM EST

i was thinking maybe some cat-like superhero or something…?

Chestnuts roasted by phunqsauce @ 11/12/2005 10:19 PM EST

Like Vegemite, only made of tabbies.

Chestnuts roasted by Lori @ 11/12/2005 10:21 PM EST

A convenient, pocket-sized catapult.

Chestnuts roasted by Jedoc @ 11/12/2005 10:23 PM EST

I was just thinking to myself "Hmm, this night really sucks. I wonder if Matt put up the Saturday Night Thread?" and here it is. I don’t feel so hot tonight. Eh.

By the way:

Another Saturday night and I ain’t got nobody, I’ve got some money ’cause I just got paid. Now how i wish i had someone to talk to, I’m in an awful way.

Chestnuts roasted by Matt(#2?) @ 11/12/2005 10:24 PM EST

A nome who is in a catatonic state.

Chestnuts roasted by Darth Poop @ 11/12/2005 10:25 PM EST

A feline version of legendary blaxploitation character Dolemite.

Chestnuts roasted by phunqsauce @ 11/12/2005 10:25 PM EST

A cat with dynamite shoved up its ass.

Chestnuts roasted by Darth Poop @ 11/12/2005 10:29 PM EST

Thanks, Jedoc…I totally forgot about being able to do that. Now when I want to recall the gloriousness that lasted till what, June? it’s a simple mouseyclick away.

And good, Matt, I’m glad it’s only a few songs you’re considering changing…you almost gave me a heart attack there. After all, the Jukebox is a large part of what keeps my new(ish)found Christmas Spirit alive.

Catamite to me sounds like some scary version of a mite that like, swallows your soul or something. Or glares at you evilly while you try to frame it for pissing on the floor with ages-old Hi-C.

Chestnuts roasted by Nicole @ 11/12/2005 10:29 PM EST

No more calls. We have a winner.

Chestnuts roasted by Lori @ 11/12/2005 10:29 PM EST

Sitting at the computer, posting on the blog, eating minty christmas m&ms, listening to the x-mas juke box, thinking about all the gifts that I’m going to get from my parents and all the gifts that I have already gotten for myself and put away until December 25. This, my freinds, is heaven. Thank you Matt. Thank you for letting us laugh at love, again.

Chestnuts roasted by Darth Poop @ 11/12/2005 10:35 PM EST

No "Hooray for Santy Claus" on the jukebox?

Anybody else seen Santa Claus Conquers The Martians? One of my fav MST movies.

Chestnuts roasted by Jackie @ 11/12/2005 10:36 PM EST

Hmm…Catamite…

a Catamite might make eat a mouse and leave its remains at my door or a Catamite not.

Anyways, who else watches Bo-bobobo Bo-bobo on cartoon network? One of the freakiest anime shows (or any kind of show) that I’ve ever seen, and it’s hilarious as hell!

Chestnuts roasted by Invader Norbert @ 11/12/2005 10:38 PM EST

Oh yeah. It’s one of my favorites too. I remember the Christmas Eve when it premiered. Good times.

Chestnuts roasted by Lori @ 11/12/2005 10:40 PM EST

Here here, Darth Poop!

Wow, taken out of context, that sentence is damn hilarious.

Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim has started to freak me out. There’s some hillbilly squid show on there now…let that sink in for just a minute.

Chestnuts roasted by Nicole @ 11/12/2005 10:41 PM EST

Yes, Adult Swim really has taken a most bizarre twist (see 12 ounce mouse) but it still makes me chuckle…I still haven’t seen Boondocks (which I heard is hilarious) or Minoriteam. Prehaps tomorrow i will make a date with the TV…i know, that sounds sad

Chestnuts roasted by phunqsauce @ 11/12/2005 10:51 PM EST

In fifth grade, we used to say that a "dude" was an elephant’s butt hair, and a "dork" was a whale’s penis.

I’m guessing these definitions are passed down through generations by stupid 5th graders telling them to the 4th graders, and so on each year.

I actually did look them up in the dictionary once, but did not find any evidence of these definitions being based in fact. I did look up "frig" and "frick" once. I think "frig" is actually in there.

The dictionary can be so enlightening.

Also, is the "It’s Saturday night. And the mood is right." supposed to be sung to the tune of the TGIF song? I always thought it was "It’s Friday night, and the moon is bright." lol, oh well.

Chestnuts roasted by LuLu @ 11/12/2005 10:52 PM EST

Anyone want to talk about ninja turtles maybe not.

Ok this site has the low down on black friday deals http://blackfriday.gottadeal.com/

Chestnuts roasted by Losdad @ 11/12/2005 10:52 PM EST

So I’m here tonight because my plans got cancelled again. My best friend and I were going to go see Zathura tonight, but her boyfriend is lame and wanted to go see something else. Again. Poop. Oh well, it’s not high on my priority list, so no big deal.

Chestnuts roasted by Rainbowfeet @ 11/12/2005 10:54 PM EST

Oh…I thought it was a reference to the song "Ladies Night".

Chestnuts roasted by Lori @ 11/12/2005 10:56 PM EST

Also, it’s cracking me up to see the ghosts, Jason faces, and Chucky faces with the words "chestnuts roasted by" next to the posts. Hee!

Chestnuts roasted by Rainbowfeet @ 11/12/2005 10:57 PM EST

One thing I never got was the stupid "gulible" jokes. Like "There’s gulible written on the ceiling". Mostly because I’d look, see it wasn’t there, and then say "No it’s not." There wasn’t much of a joke after that.

"Did you know gulible isn’t in the dictionary?" ::takes out dictionary, looks it up:: "Yea it is, it’s right there, dumbass".

Never saw the appeal of those jokes.

Chestnuts roasted by Jono @ 11/12/2005 10:57 PM EST

Zathura actually royally aggrevates me. See, the preview that I saw in theaters made NO mention of the sister, nor did they show her on the screen, nothing nada zip. Then I see the TV previews and she’s in it more than the brothers…yet she does not appear in the longer theater preview?! It’s just one of those stupid, stupid things that I shouldn’t care about but that really, really irritates me because I have no life (hence why I am here tonight).

And phunqsauce, yes Boondocks is funny…I saw it last week, I think. I’d blocked the 12 ounce mouse commercials from my mind, actually. Because if they have a cartoon, I should too, since that’s about my artistic skill level.

Chestnuts roasted by Nicole @ 11/12/2005 11:01 PM EST

Anybody watching the doc on HBO about kids with Tourette’s? Real heartstringer, and informative for those who aren’t familiar with the symptoms.
Whoa, I just found out my buddy and I won passes for the Xbox 360 Zero Hour launch event. Cool!

Chestnuts roasted by squee4242 @ 11/12/2005 11:01 PM EST

And what celebs might be on hand for that event, Squee?

PS: Rome still rocks. I would’ve liked to see a less brisk pace, but then, that’s been my only complaint about the series from Day Uno. A lot of the times, it isn’t until the episode ends that I figure out if it’s a Rome ep set across a day or three years.

Chestnuts roasted by Matt @ 11/12/2005 11:05 PM EST

This is one of the BEST DAYS EVER!!!!

My sister, who was admitted to the hospital for problems in her pregnancy, is doing like 100% better and (my soon to be) TWIN nieces are doing GREAT! On top of that, on my way home from the hospital I found the Jonas Soda Regional Holiday Pack.

Life just doesn’t get better than this!

Chestnuts roasted by Jeff @ 11/12/2005 11:14 PM EST

Booh-Bah is CRAZY!!

I used to watch the intro to that show stoned, all the way from the title sequence to the booh bahs dancing, wow i can only imagine that experience on some extacy

Chestnuts roasted by diamondzdigidul @ 11/12/2005 11:23 PM EST

Jeff, you are a lucky man. I’ve been in and out of countless grocery stores all week looking for that thing.
In other news, I tried the Target Holiday pack with my friends tonight (during my Charlie Brown Thanksgiving dinner recreation - which kicked ass) and BrusselS Sprouts is the *worst*. That Wild Herb Stuffing doesn’t really taste like… anything.. it just fizzled away in my mouth like it was evaporating.

Chestnuts roasted by Jessica Marie @ 11/12/2005 11:24 PM EST

I bought the holiday pack. I decided to start myself somewhere in the middle of the best and worst, so I picked Pumpkin Pie. If pure evil had a taste, that was it. (I say that, but my husband drank half the bottle.) We haven’t gotten up the nerve to move on to any of the other flavors yet.

Chestnuts roasted by Lori @ 11/12/2005 11:34 PM EST

Gonna have some fun! Show you how it’s done! TGIF!

Chestnuts roasted by Luap (followed by Step by Step and Dinosaurs) @ 11/12/2005 11:37 PM EST

My favorite line-up (short-lived though it may have been):
Full House
Family Matters
Perfect Strangers
Going Places (I actually liked that show. Of course, I was probably 11 or so.)

Chestnuts roasted by Lori @ 11/12/2005 11:39 PM EST

I always liked Step by Step and Boy Meets World best. My dad is a big Green Bay Packers fan, so we’d get a kick out of the Packers merchandise they’d sneak in on Step by Step.

Yes, we are easily amused around here.

Chestnuts roasted by Nicole @ 11/12/2005 11:57 PM EST

Norbert: Steve was just humoring those kids and helping them build their deductive powers.

You seem to be extremely hung up on drugs. Just saying.

Has anyone seen Christmas Oreos yet? I really enjoy them, moreso than any of the other multicolored Oreos, really.

Chestnuts roasted by elliot.t @ 11/13/2005 1:21 AM EST

Last weekend my friends and I were debating whether Dana or Karen was hottest on Step By Step. The answer is, of course, Dana. And don’t anybody say Carol - she doesn’t count - she’s too old.

Chestnuts roasted by Gozer @ 11/13/2005 1:59 AM EST

Gozer

I kinda liked Al myself.

Chestnuts roasted by Mike F @ 11/13/2005 2:02 AM EST

How about a song?

Feel free to sing along….

Row, row, row your boat
Gently down the stream
Throw the teacher overboard
Then we’ll hear her scream

YAY!

Chestnuts roasted by Mike the Great @ 11/13/2005 2:04 AM EST

I guess, at 2 AM, anything passes.

Chestnuts roasted by Matt @ 11/13/2005 2:05 AM EST

Last Christmas, I gave you my heart. But the very next day, you gave it away. This year, to save me from tears, i’ll give it to someone special…. like X-E.

Chestnuts roasted by Rock Lobster @ 11/13/2005 2:12 AM EST

Awwww….u sooo cute, mr. Rocky Rock Rock….;) but u speak words of wisdom.

Chestnuts roasted by Mike the Great @ 11/13/2005 2:15 AM EST

It’s only 11 here on the west coast. Muawhahahaha!

Chestnuts roasted by Rock Lobster @ 11/13/2005 2:22 AM EST

Norbert: It’s not that what you wrote isn’t entertaining (although, in all honesty I never actually read the whole thing), it’s just that when you look at that tiny ‘Comments’ box at the bottom of the blog and then when you consider how big your post is…

Maybe it’s time to start thinking about getting your own blog is all I’m sayin…

Chestnuts roasted by Amanda Hugginkiss @ 11/13/2005 2:28 AM EST

Figures I would miss the biggest SNT in weeks.

Chestnuts roasted by dohopoki @ 11/13/2005 5:05 AM EST

are the saturday threads always this weird?

Chestnuts roasted by diamondzdigidul @ 11/13/2005 5:06 AM EST

Amanda Hugginkiss: I was just thinking the same thing.

Chestnuts roasted by Leonard 6 @ 11/13/2005 5:13 AM EST

Only if we’re all very lucky. And half of us are intoxicated.

Chestnuts roasted by Jedoc @ 11/13/2005 6:50 AM EST

Lori: You’re right. TGIF was best when it had Full House. Once they started including teenage witches, angels, and aliens, it was over.

I always loved when they had their Saturday Morning Cartoon preview on during TGIF. They showed off all of their new cartoons, as well as some of their old ones. I remember one that was hosted by the ReBoot guy. It was the best of both worlds–TGIF and Saturday morning cartoons. Pure heaven.

Now nothing really seems good on Saturday mornings. I want to think it’s just me growing up, but something tells me the quality really is slipping.

And Cartoon Network doesn’t play old Loony Tunes or Merry Melodies anymore. Looks like it’s time for me to invest in some real, classic TV DVDs for Saturday mornings.

Chestnuts roasted by mtrox @ 11/13/2005 7:56 AM EST

Amanda Hugginkiss? Amanda Hugginkiss? I’m looking for Amanda Hugginkiss. What’s that? Oh, Mike Rotch? Mike Rotch? I’m looking for Mike Rotch. Has anyone seen Mike Rotch?

Chestnuts roasted by Darth Poop @ 11/13/2005 8:30 AM EST

I always miss Saturday night. Stupid work…

Chestnuts roasted by Ryane @ 11/13/2005 9:02 AM EST

Same here, Ryane. You can join me for the Sunday Morning Leftovers though.

Chestnuts roasted by mtrox @ 11/13/2005 9:17 AM EST

I agree with dohopoki’s sentiment of I missed one of the better SNT’s although a lot of it was from INVADER NORBERT or comments about INVADER NORBERT.
FINALLY packed up the last of the Halloween stuff and got down the Christmas decorations for the classroom. The real decorating isn’t until the day after T-giving.
I did waste away the weekend with DUEL and REVENGE OF THE CREATURE and THE CREATURE WALKS AMONG US .
Lastly, next History Club meeting is the history of video games. Should be a total treat.

Chestnuts roasted by The Manimal @ 11/13/2005 10:52 AM EST

Spot on about Rome, Matt. I don’t even hate the skips and spurts in time so very much, though I wish we’d spend more time on certain things. What really gets me is having to play detective to figure out how much time is passing. I’m guessing these last few eps will be set over shorter timespans, since there’s a lot going on.

Chestnuts roasted by squee4242 @ 11/13/2005 11:01 AM EST

I just went into my room to get my minty x-mas m&ms and when I picked up the bag underneath was the last thing of candy corn. Halloween was pretty non-existant were I lived and the only real Halloween I experianced was here on X-e. Man, I hope Christmas, the best day of the year, is more eventful. Maybe I’ll get another scar opening packages again this year.

Chestnuts roasted by Darth Poop @ 11/13/2005 11:16 AM EST

I miss ReBoot. God I loved that show. I remember that my little brother randomly found the Season 3 episodes on Cartoon Network back when they were new, and we were both like HOLY CRAP IT’S REBOOT! That was one of the best moments of our lives. Realizing a show you loved as a kid and thought was over forever has come back and is still damn cool is one of the best feelings there is.

And mtrox…do you get the Boomerang channel? Because they show Looney Tunes all the time, along with a lot of other awesome older cartoons.

Chestnuts roasted by Nicole @ 11/13/2005 11:42 AM EST

Click my name for the greatest thing ever. I’m serious people. I’m still in shock that humanity could create such a wonderful thing. Make shure that your speakers are all the way up!

Chestnuts roasted by Darth Poop @ 11/13/2005 11:50 AM EST

it was all about saturday morning for me the show i wanna see is rude dog, anybody remember that

Chestnuts roasted by diamondzdigidul @ 11/13/2005 12:14 PM EST

I miss "Eek the Cat".
"Hello. My name is Steven, and I am a squirrel. Would you like to come inside for a pretzel? These are my kids Holly. And Acorn. And Gunter. And Steven Jr. And my lovely wife Suuuuuuusan."

Chestnuts roasted by The Yeti @ 11/13/2005 12:24 PM EST

By the way, the reason I was able to write that huge rant in about 20 minutes was…I wrote it about 4 days earlier for this message board I go to. And it took my 2 hours to do so. And that was all stuff I really thought about those shows.

I’m gonna search for the Regional Pack on Monday, because I got paid on firday and the banks weren’t open or else I would;’ve done it yesterday. (I’ve seen Targets near me that have the National Pack, so I can easily pick it up)

Chestnuts roasted by Invader Norbert @ 11/13/2005 12:28 PM EST

Gah, I always miss the Saturday night threads. Boo.

And Nicole, are you the Nicole I know? Because I think you are. Possibly. Heheh.

Chestnuts roasted by Beth @ 11/13/2005 12:56 PM EST

Darth, that flash thing is hilarious…I’ve seen it before, but it was worth another watch.

And yes Beth, I am the Nicole you know, from HS. God it’s a small world.

Chestnuts roasted by Nicole @ 11/13/2005 1:13 PM EST

dogs are cool

Chestnuts roasted by Eddie Lightning Frog @ 11/13/2005 2:42 PM EST

Wow…it must be cosmic or something. Yesterday I watched the entire ‘Back to the Future’ trilogy. Today I hop on the blog and am reminded that yesterday was the 50th anniversary of the famous Hill Valley lightning storm! What a coincidence! Cool.

Chestnuts roasted by Muppet Baby @ 11/13/2005 2:57 PM EST

Nicole - Reboot was awesome. I have a Dot Matrix action figure on my desk. It would be so sweet to have it on DVD.

Chestnuts roasted by Jessica Marie @ 11/13/2005 3:00 PM EST

I loved reboot. I have a little hover tank from the show. It came with a little cube guy officer. It’s one of the tanks that the main villain used. Megabite? His name was something like that. Haven’t seen the show in years.

Chestnuts roasted by Darth Poop @ 11/13/2005 3:38 PM EST

Well, ReBoot fans…ReBoot is kinda on DVD. You can get the 4th season, which was really just 2 made-for-tv movies, on DVD. And the 3rd season is out on 4 DVDs, but they were discontinued, so they’re hard to find. And neither of those seasons is what we remember of ReBoot from Saturday morning on ABC, but they’re good just the same. The 3rd season was quite the departure from what we were used to, but it managed to hold onto the show’s charm.

I have Dot and Bob action figures lying around in a box somewhere…I had them prominently displayed in my dorm room. And Darth, you’re right, the villian was named Megabyte.

Okay, enough about ReBoot…Matt! Why can’t I find the Nerds Christmas Fun Book anywhere? All I keep finding are lame no-name brand candy ones, LifeSavers ones, and today a Double Bubble one. I must have white Nerds, dammit!

Chestnuts roasted by Nicole @ 11/13/2005 4:17 PM EST

Hahah, I figured it was you. I remember reading stuff in your Livejournal about how you loved X-E. It is a small world. We need to talk more!

Chestnuts roasted by Beth @ 11/13/2005 5:16 PM EST

RED ALERT!!! RED ALERT!!!
Grinch That Stole X-mas is on Sunday nite @ 7:30 on TBS

Chestnuts roasted by gerv @ 11/13/2005 6:14 PM EST

I have a confession to make.

ReBoot Sucks.

Chestnuts roasted by dohopoki @ 11/13/2005 6:31 PM EST

dohopoki, that’s not a confession. That’s an opinion. Silly.

gerv, thanks for the news! I’m so glad I came here so I could know it’s on before it’s too late! Though I did miss Home Alone, which is on right now…dammit.

Everyone, go watch the Grinch!

Chestnuts roasted by Nicole @ 11/13/2005 7:10 PM EST

Am I the only one who can’t wait until Matt starts with the Christmas stuff again? It’s been like what…four months? I NEED MORE! I love the advent calendars and the commercials and the long lines at the mall…er…well not that last one. But everything else is great. Grinch time in 15!

Chestnuts roasted by Nate @ 11/13/2005 7:20 PM EST

Wow. I read gerv’s hot Grinchy tip like thirty seconds before the show started. Hooray karma!
Aaaaaaaand it’s a commercial now. Boo capitalism.

Chestnuts roasted by Jedoc @ 11/13/2005 7:31 PM EST

I would enjoy "The Grinch" a lot more if TBS’s obnoxious programming ads weren’t sprinkled throughout. Oh well. I’m as cuddly as a cactus. I’m as charming as an eel.

Chestnuts roasted by The Yeti @ 11/13/2005 7:40 PM EST

I saw Howie Mandell on Friday night, and MAN, was he HYSTERICAL!! This video showed for about 10 minutes before the show (it was a 70s video of an old dude in a banana yellow 3-piece suit singing this song). the song was terrible and the guy could not sing. "Da-da-dum-da-da-da-dum. The sun is shining, oh happy day, come with me darling, oh won’t you stay, say you love me, yesss I do. Da-da-da-dum-da-da-da-da-dum. The moon shining, oh happy night, stay here darling, and hold me tight. Cause I love you, yes yes I do." That was the only lines to the song (the da-da-dum thing was actually the instrumental part).

the video went on for ten minutes (on a continuous loop). the audience was bewildered at first, then there were informal choirs and soloists (my boyfriend and I included) singing along with Mr. Suit, and then everyone was swaying their arms (the old Hip Hop Hooray thing). Eventually, people just were sitting in awe of this guy continuing to sing (no one caught on that it was a loop). Eventually, the mood just became one that was like "stop the music! Make it STOP!" Apparently, Howie was backstage watching the audience on a monitor, laughing at the reactions we were making. He came out and asked if we wanted to see the video again, which received a resounding "NO!!!" His opening act, comedian John Mendoza (also really funny) came out and asked the audience who would like to have sex with the singing guy "Oh baby, I’m cumming. Oh here I cum da-da-da-da-dum."

Howie was completely interactive with the crowd, talking with guests and answering questions and asking them questions. I was in the 2nd row (which I didn’t know about till we got there), and we were talking to him (I told him to do Gizmo, so he did Gizmo/Bobby/Skeeter), and he said girls are turned on by that voice. I couldn’t begin to understand why…he did Gizmo during sex, and Gizmo getting water on him. I love that voice!!!

My boyfriend yelled out, so Howie asked him what his name was, and my boyfriend said Steve (thats his real name, not an alias), and Howie asked him what he does. Steve said he’s a driving instructor, so Howie said "You know, some jokes just write themselves." Much laughs from the crowd. the show was hysterical. I gotta get some videos/DVDs of his work–he’s really good!!!!

Chestnuts roasted by Allison @ 11/13/2005 7:42 PM EST

Speaking of Seuss, have any of you seen the stuff he did during WWII? Some of it is really quite horrifying…and yet so undeniably Seussy.

Chestnuts roasted by Jedoc @ 11/13/2005 7:44 PM EST

Nate- You boob. I and many others have been posting about x-mas for a while. Of course most of us can’t wait for Matt to start with the x-mas stuff! woooooooo X-mas!

Chestnuts roasted by Darth Poop @ 11/13/2005 7:46 PM EST

Did anyone know that the Vanilla Dr. Pepper commercial song "Manamana" was a "Muppet Show" sketch? "Do-de-do-do-de-do-do MANAMANA!" Had to say it.

Went to Target today while mom was at a store meeting in the same shopping center, and spent almost $50 on…(drumroll) mini gingerbread men cookies, a storage bin, batteries, and a pink leather case for my iPod Nano. I love Target, and since I’ve started working again, I can make purchases like this.

I could not find the Peeps Gingerbread Man plush, or "Gingy," as I affectionately called him. I even got my mom to call him Gingy, and we looked all over Target for him (I made two trips there in one day–we went shopping after her meeting). I think I’ll check Rite Aid for Gingy.

Chestnuts roasted by Allison @ 11/13/2005 7:48 PM EST

I came on the ribbons.
I came on the tags.
I came in the packages, boxes and bags.

Yeah….that’s nasty.

Chestnuts roasted by The Yeti @ 11/13/2005 7:57 PM EST

Woo! I forgot that this week was the Treehouse of Horror! Everyone shift holiday gears back to Halloween for thirty minutes!

Chestnuts roasted by Jedoc @ 11/13/2005 8:01 PM EST

No, it’s not. You can all get back to your cheer. Nothing to see here.

Chestnuts roasted by Jedoc @ 11/13/2005 8:07 PM EST

Did anyone know that the Vanilla Dr. Pepper commercial song "Manamana" was a "Muppet Show" sketch? "Do-de-do-do-de-do-do MANAMANA!" Had to say it.

A while ago, I posted the entire song in the blog. I forgot when it was, but I did.

And I’m glad to know you loved Howie. Lucky you…seeing all those great comics. I’ve only seen Gallagher, Weird Al and Lewis Black.

Chestnuts roasted by Invader Norbert @ 11/13/2005 8:08 PM EST

Sorry to double post, but Jedoc is 1 week late. It was good, but there’s another new ep on. I could understand getting confused over that sweet couch gag, as that alone would’ve made an awesome THoH segment.

Chestnuts roasted by Invader Norbert @ 11/13/2005 8:11 PM EST

And starring The Yeti, as narrator, the voice, and the sexual innuendo for "The Grinch"!!!!!!

Chestnuts roasted by Allison @ 11/13/2005 8:12 PM EST

Yes. I am so ashamed.

Chestnuts roasted by Jedoc @ 11/13/2005 8:16 PM EST

What do you guys think about "The War at Home", the show on Fox right now? I personally find it damn hilarious, so I’m convinced it’s going to get cancelled, because that’s what happens to all the obscure shows I like.

Family Guy in 15!

Chestnuts roasted by Nicole @ 11/13/2005 8:46 PM EST

re: War at home…

I’m not that impressed. I don’t usually watch it, but I’m hanging out at home tonight, and three episodes of BtVS (on dvd) in a row seemed a little much to my Boy-o. Waitin’ on the FG, though. We just watched the Stewie movie the other night, and I laughed so freakin’ hard.

The Jones Soda Holiday Pack is flying off the shelves here. I still can’t talk myself into buying it…. Boy-o wants to cook some Brussels sprouts now, as he’s never had them. (Blegh.)

Chestnuts roasted by Lisa Marie @ 11/13/2005 8:56 PM EST

Bloody good episode of Rome, that was. I’m sure if I had a better grip on history I’d have some pretty accurate speculations for next week…can’t wait!

Chestnuts roasted by squee4242 @ 11/13/2005 9:59 PM EST

Boris Karloff was the narrator in the Grinch. Just thought you guys would like to know. Any one see Devils Rejects?

Chestnuts roasted by Sonny @ 11/13/2005 10:41 PM EST

War At Home sucked. It’s trying too hard to be All In The Family and the guy who plays the dad is an ass.

Simpsons, Family Guy & American Dad were all awesome tonight.

Chestnuts roasted by Invader Norbert @ 11/13/2005 11:35 PM EST

I’m happy because, thanks to the review of the Halloween’s Special (October 30), I knew Matt’s foot!!!

:D :D

Chestnuts roasted by yelinna @ 11/14/2005 12:04 PM EST

"Saturday Night Live in the 1980s" was on last night. The last 30-45 minutes were the best, because it capitalized on 1985-1990. Great stuff. The pictures were really cool! Thank goodness for the 1986-1990 cast (Dana Carvey, Nora Dunn, Phil Hartman, Jan Hooks, Victoria Jackson, Jon Lovitz, Dennis Miller, and Kevin Nealon)–they saved this show in the ’80s. The transition clips between "eras/acts" with Kevin Nealon pinpointing on a map of New Jersey where he went on vacation during the summer was hysterical! They also showed a great "Weekend Update" clip of Dana Carvey laughing and tossing his wig over his shoulder, and Dennis Miller replying "you know, I’m almost narcissitic enough to love that." Actually, I heard Miller used to cringe at Carvey’s impression–he didn’t realize he was really like that? Jeez, Dennis, what show were you watching? Carvey almost does Miller better than Dennis Miller can do himself. He actually did Carvey’s impression on his HBO show a couple of years back. Pretty funny stuff.

Did anyone watch? Anyone agree that its a miracle this show lasted past 1985? Those seasons were extreme duds, except for anything Eddie Murphy did.

Chestnuts roasted by Allison @ 11/14/2005 5:53 PM EST

I watched the SNL special last night too. It was great! I kind of wish they had showed more clips of the later shows, with Dana Carvey, Kevin Nealon, etc. It seemed like they spent a lot of time on the "bad" years. Even though I am too young to actually remember those years, but I vaguely recall my parents watching. And I love Dana Carvey.

Chestnuts roasted by LuLu @ 11/14/2005 10:20 PM EST

My sentiments exactly, LuLu. I would have loved to see more of 1986 on. You see that messed up pic of Snow White and the 7 Dwarfs? Dana Carvey was Dopey!! That pictre could conjure up alot of giggles–I think all the men on the show were the 7 dwarfs.

Chestnuts roasted by Allison @ 11/15/2005 8:19 PM EST

I love jones lip baum. I played a trick on my boyfriend (yes I’m gay), and put some of the turkey flavored baum on and when he kissed me he made a really weird face!

Chestnuts roasted by gary schwartz @ 12/04/2005 1:13 PM EST

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