08/12/2006 Entry: "August Megaparty #12: Great White Ice Pops!"

I've only seen a few ice cream trucks all summer. I have no idea why, but the lack of trucks has forced my hand: If I want cold treats sure to induce brainfreezes, I must consult my local grocer's freezer section. I wish it didn't have to be that way, but at least the grocer supplies me with ice pops named after sharks.

From Popsicle, it's "Great White," a brand of ice pops that challenges us to find any real connection to sharks outside of the box art. They're just white ice pops, plain-shaped, and they have nothing to do with sharks unless you really use your imagination to give them a gray/white gradient, fins, eyes, gills, a tail, jaws and a bad attitude. Whatever, the box says they're sharks, and I'm more than happy to suspend disbelief if it's going to let me think I'm sucking on sharks.

The box says they're colorless, but they're not so much colorless as they are "not-dyed." Being not-dyed means that Popsicle can promote them as a "no mess" affair, much in the same way later incarnations of Hi-C Ecto-Cooler did away with our holy green in favor of a fruit juice that wouldn't stain the rug. I'm okay with the lack of color in this case; for one, a shark-inspired ice pop feels on-brand in white, and for two, at least I can eat the things without looking like a prison bitch afterwards. That shit stops being cute when you're too old to skirt the swift hand of justice with a Juvie sentence.

Aside from the usual collection of fun fruity flavors, some of the Great White pops are "mystery flavors." I'm all about mystery flavors, even when they suck. The gimmick was taught to me by Dum-Dum lollipops, and I've loved it ever since. Sometimes, "mystery flavors" are scams -- they're just the normally included flavors under a different label. Here, they're more special. The normal Great White flavors are cherry and orange, but the mystery flavor can be green apple, pineapple, watermelon or lemonade. There's more mystery flavors than regular flavors! I LOVE SHARKS!

Score one point for Popsicle and two points for sharks at large. I'm proud of my Great White ice pops and I can't wait to buy them birthday presents.

Oh, and this doubles as the Saturday Night Thread. For those new to the site, or to those who haven't been paying close attention, the "SNT" is essentially a directionless babble lounge for all of us stuck indoors on Saturday nights. Don't be scared to participate if you're not a "regular," because nobody here has a complex about their tenure, and everyone is totally welcoming of new faces (or names, I guess). I look at it like this: If you're just mindlessly browsing various sites for hours, the SNT makes a great pit stop throughout the day/night for those small bits of INTERACTIVE FUN that will help keep you sane.

Chestnuts roasted by Johnny Bluejeans @ 08/12/2006 04:16 PM EST

I don't know if I like the whole "no mess" thing. I keep picturing some poor kid who's world is all colorless because everything from his Hi-C to his popsicles and crayola color magic stuff is clear. Poor kid.

Those do look good though.

Also just tried Pepsi Jazz Black Cherry and French Vanilla, tastes a lot like Vanilla Coke to me.

Thanks again Matt, keep up the awesomeness.

Chestnuts roasted by Fox @ 08/12/2006 04:20 PM EST

Bluejeans: No, you are not the only one. I was up till 7am this morning on Wiki. Somehow I ended up going through a good portion of the DCU last night. It all started with me looking up a voice-over actor. He worked on Teen Titans, and boom, there I was reading about a gazillion DC Superheros I had never heard of.

Chestnuts roasted by MissJess @ 08/12/2006 04:27 PM EST

Thanks for the invitation, Matt... I've been a reader for quite a long time, but actually participating never occured to me... Call it lazyness... but I guess we all know about that...

Chestnuts roasted by Trike123 @ 08/12/2006 04:32 PM EST

The ice cream man just passed by! Missed him though.
So what did you think of Shark Week? Jobs That Bite was the most entertaining for me. The Giant Squid: Caught on Camera was neat as well but I think that technically wasn't Shark Week. I've only just now cleared my recorder of the last sharky programs.
Happy Saturday ever'body!

Chestnuts roasted by squee4242 @ 08/12/2006 04:40 PM EST

I haven't posted here since the madness that was the Nathan Bitner Blog a few years ago...Does anyone still remember that?? Anyway, Matts invitation was too much to resist, so here I am. Great White Sharks are vicious AND delicious.

Chestnuts roasted by RandomHero @ 08/12/2006 04:44 PM EST

See? It's not so hard. Of course, now the rest of us have to figure out some way to entertain you. Uh, how about dem Yanks?

Chestnuts roasted by Matt @ 08/12/2006 04:45 PM EST

Ah yes, Shark week, everyone's favorite time of the year. Shouldn't this be made a national holiday with all federal buildings taking monday off for "Great White Day." But then I think, hmmmm, that might get us into the whole, Racist white person holiday that some redneck made up, and thats no good for anyone.

Chestnuts roasted by Master3004 @ 08/12/2006 04:47 PM EST

those look good... reminds me of the "white mystery" flavor that AIRHEADS offers.

Chestnuts roasted by andrew @ 08/12/2006 04:52 PM EST

I used to work at a place at the beach that sold those pseudo ice cream kinds of things. The second least popular (and one of the best) of which were Great Whites.

They only came in "lemon ice" (so that's probably your mystery flavor) but they were shaped like a shark. Or a space shuttle. Something with a fin.

Chestnuts roasted by Katherine @ 08/12/2006 05:00 PM EST

Long time reader (I remember being sad when Liquorhead left!), first time blog commenter.

I absolutely adore those Great White pops. Granted, I'm incredibly partial to anything with a shark on the box regardless of whether the shark has a damn thing to do with the product itself, but Great Whites are pretty swell on their own. Not only do you escape the prison-bitch look Matt described, but I swear to God they're less syrup-y gooey than the dyed pops.

The only problem is they still have the generic wooden popsicle sticks! Those things make me gag, and call me OCD, but I don't even like the feel of them on my hands. I end up having to cut my pop off into a bowl to avoid the nasty dry wood in wet mouth experience, and that's not nearly as much fun as eating something with a handle.

Chestnuts roasted by monochrome @ 08/12/2006 05:28 PM EST

Is there a limit to how many URLs one can post? I dug up a bunch of links in an attempt to entertain, but I'm getting spam blocked. I'll try to get some through:

MST3K: The Movie on YouTube

Sinfest comic (links to a Transformers parody, but check out the archives)

Snakes On A Plane: Send a Message from Samuel L. Jackson (This has been posted already, but if you haven't done it yet you gotta do it now)

Info about seeing tonight's meteor shower

Ricky Gervais as David Brent in a Microsoft training video

If any of those are interesting, let me know, I'll try to dig up more like it.

Chestnuts roasted by squee4242 @ 08/12/2006 05:28 PM EST

AMC seems to be having a horror movie festival tonight of Nightmare on Elm Street and Halloween Resserection.

Fox Movie Channel is showing "Shock Treatment" tonight. I love the original Rocky Horror and never seen the sequel.

Got back from seeing Barnyard. It's pretty good, but not as good as Cars or Over the Hedge.

I got nothing to say about sharks, popsicles, or mystery flavors.

Chestnuts roasted by JLAJRC @ 08/12/2006 05:32 PM EST

Hmm, maybe the limit is 5? The last link was Overheard in the Office

Chestnuts roasted by squee4242 @ 08/12/2006 05:34 PM EST

What AMC's doing is as close to Shocktober as I've seen lately. They've even got funky montage promos and everything.

JLA: Shock Treatment is a real confusing movie and it takes several viewings to make sense of it. Great songs, though, and lots of repeat actors from RHPS.

Chestnuts roasted by Matt @ 08/12/2006 05:36 PM EST

Happy SNT!

Chestnuts roasted by Joker @ 08/12/2006 05:46 PM EST

And my boss just walked by and said "What the hell are you looking at."

Chestnuts roasted by Master3004 @ 08/12/2006 06:04 PM EST

RandomHero

Of COURSE I remember the Bitner blog and how we let him disappear into the depths of the internet and our memories.

I post every so often when something catches my attention. I love this place because it isn't snobby and has some of the best topics.

Chestnuts roasted by Denise @ 08/12/2006 06:07 PM EST

I'm not liking this whole "5 link limit" as I just spent eleven hours finding and compiling 6 of them... Oh well, I shall struggle

This will be a slightly long post and possibly, due to forces beyond my control, all my careful structuring and layering and usage of the "enter" key to separate things will be for naught and it will all be crunched together. Regardless, this is a great way to kill an afternoon X-E style, with a great sextology or something... what do you call a trilogy plus three?

The Quest For Bulbasaur

http://www.x-entertainment.com/messages/267.html

The Quest For Ivysaur

http://www.x-entertainment.com/messages/312.html

The Quest For Chinese Bulbasaur

http://www.x-entertainment.com/messages/365.html

The Quest For Remote-Controlled Ivysaur

http://www.x-entertainment.com/messages/522.html

The Quest For Giant Bulbasaur!

http://www.x-entertainment.com/messages/597.html

The Quest For Venusaur

http://www.x-entertainment.com/venusaur/trip.html

By the way, this has the single greatest ending to any story ever told!

Chestnuts roasted by Johnny Bluejeans @ 08/12/2006 06:15 PM EST

Welcome new comers, and those returning. Yay.

"Whatever, the box says they're sharks, and I'm more than happy to suspend disbelief if it's going to let me think I'm sucking on sharks.

I'm okay with the lack of color in this case; for one, a shark-inspired ice pop feels on-brand in white, and for two, at least I can eat the things without looking like a prison bitch afterwards."

After reading that stuff I feel dirty... I like it.

Chestnuts roasted by Darth Poop @ 08/12/2006 06:50 PM EST

Happy SNT, everyone. Hope your weeks went well.

Matt, I thought your stated purpose of the August Blogathon (or whatever you're calling it) was to clear out old stuff, and I can't help but notice that something like 40% of the posts are about new purchases. I love it anyway.

Chestnuts roasted by Kyle @ 08/12/2006 06:52 PM EST

Has anyone got one of those Atari Flashback 2 consoles? I saw one at Wal-mart and that gave me an Atari itch, that I just may need to scratch.

Chestnuts roasted by T-Hohs @ 08/12/2006 07:09 PM EST

I bought the Atari Flashback 2 for my girlfriend at Christmas. I think we've played it less than 5 times. Kind of blah...

Chestnuts roasted by Kyle @ 08/12/2006 07:10 PM EST

I have. To be honest, most of the games are best left as memories.

Chestnuts roasted by Matt @ 08/12/2006 07:10 PM EST

Man, it's nice to be at an SNT again- it's been awhile. I really am living out of my car, spending every night at a different friend's house. It is awesome- we have a cooler in the trunk with food and drinks, plus a tent, sleeping bag, camping chairs, radio, etc etc. Anything you can think of really- we got it. I am loving this eternal road tripping, rent-free summer. I do miss the internet though.

Thanks Matt- I want a great white popsicle very very badly now. Any popsicle would do, I suppose- but I like that 'no mess' idea myself.

Squee- thanks for the info on the meteor shower! I hope I get some action ;0)

I went to Toys R Us today...I barely escaped without blowing a hundred bucks. My friend dragged me out. Thank god for him. Although, the 'build your own lightsaber' kit was on SALE dammit!

Chestnuts roasted by Muppet Baby @ 08/12/2006 07:11 PM EST

Whatever happened to Bitner anyway? Did we ever find him? I lost track somewhere along the way..

So here's a question: Who would win in a fight, a shark or a lion? Say they're in space or some shit and the odds are even, who takes it?

Chestnuts roasted by RandomHero @ 08/12/2006 07:14 PM EST

I'm watching Poltergeist III on AMC, and I'm remembering why I loved these movies when I saw them in high school. I should actually be writing my sermon for tomorrow morning, but since it's aout the destructive power of evil, the movie is giving me something to think about. How's that for justifed procrastination?

Chestnuts roasted by Josh @ 08/12/2006 07:16 PM EST

I'm just digging that Kenan and Kel have a almost complete leech page. I finally will be able to see the movie.

Chestnuts roasted by Ranger Joe @ 08/12/2006 07:21 PM EST

I'm going to go with shark purely because the idea of a gang of intergalactic crime-fighting space sharks in astro-suits is so much more appealing then the same scenario with lions.

Chestnuts roasted by Cap'n B @ 08/12/2006 07:22 PM EST

I'm watching Poltergeist III on AMC, and I'm remembering why I loved these movies when I saw them in high school. I should actually be writing my sermon for tomorrow morning, but since it's aout the destructive power of evil, the movie is giving me something to think about. How's that for justifed procrastination?

Chestnuts roasted by Josh @ 08/12/2006 07:25 PM EST

I haven't seen those Shark pops up here in Canada yet, but here's hoping. I will buy anything shark related. Hungover today Matt?

Chestnuts roasted by Kris @ 08/12/2006 07:27 PM EST

Last I think we heard of Bitner, he was making comments about some chick in an indie band.

Chestnuts roasted by Mystie @ 08/12/2006 07:35 PM EST

I'm definately waiting for the Atari Flashback 2 to hit clearence. However,I do know it uses the real ROMS,unlike other Plugn'play items. So they're definately accurate versions of the originals. Of course,like Matt said,a lot of them aren't the best games. Still,though,Asteroids and Centipede!

Chestnuts roasted by Kid Nicky @ 08/12/2006 07:41 PM EST

Hey, look. It's our American friend, Johnny Bluejeans.

Master3004: Yeah, we've all been there. My first experience with this site involved explaining to a housemate why I was reading a website called "x-entertainment.com" with a picture of Helen Slater's spandex-covered bosom on the front page. Good times.

Well, I'll check in later to see if the Curse has taken hold. For now, my copy of Warlords is here, and those cursed Ottomans aren't going to put their own empire to the torch.

Chestnuts roasted by Jedoc @ 08/12/2006 07:45 PM EST

I've seen all but one frozen treat delivery man in the past five years. We only have snow cone trucks out here, and I swear he saw me waving money at him and turned around to not have to sell me one. I guess if I had to listen to that continuous loop of "She'll Be Comin Round The Mountain" I'd be a dick too.

Chestnuts roasted by TheChad2000 @ 08/12/2006 07:50 PM EST

Ah yes, I've seen those shark pops in several stores in the South Jersey area, though I'm not sure if them have them at the one I currently work at. I'm not a huge popsickle fan, anyway. I like my frozen bars with cream or ice cream or fruit; something a bit more substancial.

Chestnuts roasted by starwenn @ 08/12/2006 08:01 PM EST

Matt, I've been a follower of the site for a while now but never posted. I know you live in Jersey, and I was wondering exactly where? I think you're close to me,

Anyway, as for the lack of ice cream trucks? Not possible. Why? Because I drive one. Little Jimmy's it a distributor of ices and ice cream, with Weaser's and Good Humor as our competition. So when I'm on the road, I see many, many ice cream/ices trucks.

As for these sharks, we get asked for them all the time but never have them I guess their the latest craze in kinder-dining.

Chestnuts roasted by Ice Cream Man TT @ 08/12/2006 08:08 PM EST

Josh: You're a preacher? I don't know why, but that's one profession I never thought anyone here would be.

I shouldn't be surprised though, I've heard of courses that take The Simpsons and South Park and shows us the morality in them.

Chestnuts roasted by JLAJRC @ 08/12/2006 08:13 PM EST

You know, I remember buying Great Whites off Ice Cream trucks and they were shaped like a shark's head and tasted of lemonade.

Chestnuts roasted by Maxx @ 08/12/2006 08:15 PM EST

Yep. I'm a student pastor in the United Methodist Church. Just cause I'm religious don't mean I don't love pop culture. In fact, I'm planning a Buffy the Vampire Slayer sermon series.

Chestnuts roasted by Josh @ 08/12/2006 08:18 PM EST

You know what? That might be what all the kids have been raving about. Those, Dora the explorers, and Shots. I dunno what those are, but every time a little kids goes "You got shots?" I think, "Man, this is what our world is coming to."

Chestnuts roasted by ICMANTT @ 08/12/2006 08:26 PM EST

I don't have an Atari Flashback 2 but I have a intellivision type one. See I have every single Intellevision game ever made but no intellevision. So I bought this and I played it all of twice. Now I remember why I have the games, to remind me of how cool they were and why I don't have the system, to keep me from playing them.

Chestnuts roasted by dohopoki @ 08/12/2006 08:30 PM EST

Hey, everyone! I came home from work for my half-hour break, and have to go back to work in a few minutes. I am seeing a number of unfamiliar faces, so welcome to all newcomers! Enjoy the nonsensical fun, and blog responsibly. I am quite anticipating the release of "Darkwing Duck: vol 1" on DVD. I have been thinking up some new story and title ideas for the event that the show should be revived, a la Family Guy. Here's some of what I came up with: the Pimple Life, From Here to Infermity, Sole Mates, Save the Rest for Last. I G2G; i'll be back in 6 hours. Thank you!

Chestnuts roasted by Hoverbored @ 08/12/2006 08:34 PM EST

We actually have TWO ice cream trucks that come around here, but they can be hard to catch. We have Mr. Softee and Angels on Wheels which I think is really really local.

But I have an interesting story that's worthy of SNT. There's this girl named Sarah I work with that's over on the other side of the call center. One time I was in the bathroom taking a piss and she's in the handicap stall next to me doing her business and talking on her cel phone and oohing and ahhing over some friend of hers. Strange girl. Anyway, I've recently come to find out that this girl was actually one of the winners from The Biggest Loser.

Kinda weird, huh?

Chestnuts roasted by Mystie @ 08/12/2006 08:43 PM EST

I'm stuck indoors tonight. But I'm selling merch for a band from DC, called Army of Me. We're on tour this week, so I'll be frequenting this here August Mega-party thing.

We were cracking up at the great white sharks popsicles.

My girlfriend just started working at a tattoo parlor as a receptionist. and she gets free ink. so i think i may actually go get my first tattoo. the one i've wanted since i was nine years old: charmander.

Chestnuts roasted by brianfax @ 08/12/2006 08:47 PM EST

One of the local ice cream trucks plays Tetris music. It's like double nostalgia.

Welcome all newcomers!

Chestnuts roasted by Jessica Marie @ 08/12/2006 08:54 PM EST

Ahhhh, the Bitner saga- that one kept me glued to my seat until 4 AM, and then I was an XE-er for life.

Yeah, I haven't seen any shark related popsicles in my area of Canada either- here's hoping.

I am off to a Texas Hold Em game, and then to play pool. Here's hoping there's no curse tonight!

Chestnuts roasted by Muppet Baby @ 08/12/2006 08:54 PM EST

On the topic of Mystery Flavors, I too love the Airheads variety of it. It's practically my favorite one, aside from the Limited flavor of Cotton Candy, which was truly the greatest Airhead flavor ever.

And on the Wiki topic, I've been doing that today too. Ever since around 3 this afternoon, my adventure actually started at Television Without Pity's message board, and I went to the Wikipedia article to The Fuehrer's Face (the Donald Duck cartoon I linked to yesterday), and then I went to Academy Award Winners (it got the Oscar in 1943), then to Cecil B. DeMille's page, then to Alfalfa's page (they died on the same day), then went to the page of the cemetary where Alfalfa's buried. And then I went to the list of famous cemetaries in the US, then finally went to the page for Captree State park here on LI.

I went to that page around 8:30pm.

Here's a topic: In Wikipedia searching, what was the most random article you found while looking at the page you originally searching for by only clicking the links in the page? And did you ever do it enough times and wind up at the original article you started at?

Chestnuts roasted by Invader_Norbert @ 08/12/2006 08:58 PM EST

Well, this is fun. I'm a newbie, and indeed, this directionless babble is a better way of spending my night then, say....wallowing in the misery of my singleness? Yay for SNT.

Chestnuts roasted by Talia @ 08/12/2006 09:00 PM EST

I haven't seen an Ice Cream truck in years. It's sad, really. I miss the days of running around the house digging up whatever change I could in the hope that the ice cream guy wouldn't be gone by the time I finally got my shit together...There was no worse feeling than the one you got when you finally realized the ice cream man had slipped through your fingers yet again...Damn that ice cream man

Chestnuts roasted by RandomHero @ 08/12/2006 09:05 PM EST

dohopoki-
Those Intellivision things are crap. The reason you're thinking that Intellivision games aren't as good as you remember is that the plug and play unit is really a plug and play NES,just like they all (except Atari FB2 and the Genesis ones) are. The games are just sloppy half-assed remakes of the originals. Grant you most Intellivision titles do suck,but Space Armada and Astrosmash FTW!

Chestnuts roasted by Kid Nicky @ 08/12/2006 09:16 PM EST

Hey Josh- good to see the clergy represent. JLALRC or however thats spelled, in addition to having terrifying claws, I am in seminary and studying to be a pastor. So SNT is kinda the last bit o' recreation before "that busy day" as I call our day of rest. Irony!

Chestnuts roasted by Terror Claws Cole @ 08/12/2006 09:24 PM EST

Hello all from Jax, FL.
I was in a wedding today and had to come back to the hometown sans wife and baby. It's been about 10 years since I have seen some of this people. Even stopped by the old high school and told them I was a teacher. There's more I could say but I will summarize with this:
I will be watching GROSS POINTE BLANK when I get home.

Chestnuts roasted by The Manimal @ 08/12/2006 09:26 PM EST

I haven't tried Great White popsicles,but I do like those Fantastic Four ones Popsicle makes that has been out since last summer. Four flavors on one popsicle-a taste treat!

Chestnuts roasted by Overlord @ 08/12/2006 09:34 PM EST

God damn I wish I had a TV in here to catch this AMC stuff. Welcome to all the new faces.

Speaking of ice cream things, I just found Sopranos brand ice cream chocolate chip sandwiches. And, when the time is right, I will write about Sopranos brand ice cream chocolate chip sandwiches.

Chestnuts roasted by Matt @ 08/12/2006 09:40 PM EST

Yay! It's Saturday night, my friends aren't speaking to me, my teeth hurt 'cause I can't afford to get them fixed, and I have nothing else to do but stare at my computer screen. Oh wait, I think I just made myself sad.

Chestnuts roasted by Astro Zombie @ 08/12/2006 09:41 PM EST

Halloween is just 2 1/2 months away...I just can't wait for your super galactic mondo happy fun time super monkey power hour month long tribute! OOOO...I can't wait! I'm so excited I almost peepee'd on my self...oops...too late...gotta go!!!!!

Chestnuts roasted by neo @ 08/12/2006 09:47 PM EST

Multiple mystery flavors? That's too bitchin' not to try.

Unfortunately my grocers don't seem to carry these yet--I know this because I spent a long time this afternoon staring at the popsicle section deciding if I wanted any.

Chestnuts roasted by Spoodles @ 08/12/2006 09:47 PM EST

I should have gotten shark popsicles instead of lame caramel cone ice cream. [hits head] Stupid.

Chestnuts roasted by Hey I'm Jeff @ 08/12/2006 09:49 PM EST

You know, I just realized why there's so many new people posting these days. The subliminal messages in Matt's commercials are finally starting to sink into the brains of the viewing public.

SMOKE.

Chestnuts roasted by Jedoc @ 08/12/2006 09:52 PM EST

Between this site, others like it ( I-Mockery, Seanbaby, and the Scary Crayon), Fanfiction.net and of course Wikipedia (I do what Johnny Bluejeans does) I'm online until 5:00 am every freaking day!

Chestnuts roasted by Tetsu Deinonychus @ 08/12/2006 09:54 PM EST

Hey, I love stuff! My roommate thinks my dog is a bad dog, but it's only because she doesn't know anything AT ALL about dogs. It's megga pissing me off.

Chestnuts roasted by Brilliantpants @ 08/12/2006 09:55 PM EST

I have a good friend from seminary, and my wife and I went to dinner at his house to meet his new baby. While we were there, we saw their neighborhood's ice cream man. He was in a van with the side door cut out. No kidding. No signs, no music, just a blue van with the side cut out. They had decided that their baby would not be buying ice cream from him. He did sort of resemble the comic book guy from "The Simpsons", and not in a good way.

Chestnuts roasted by Josh @ 08/12/2006 09:57 PM EST

TCC--where are you going to seminary?

Chestnuts roasted by Josh @ 08/12/2006 09:59 PM EST

Josh and Terror Claws: That's awesome.

Anyway, I just got done watching "Shock Treatment." It's an interesting movie, but it does lack the charm and memorable songs of RHPS. I will admit I was fooled both Farley Flavors and Brad were both played by the same actor. Plus, the movie's ending felt rushed, like it was like "It's been 90 minutes, let's wrap it up quickly."

Saw the "House of Wax" remake last night on HBO. If you can get past the first incredibly slow 45 minutes, it's actually a fun little horror flick. The deaths were inventive, Paris Hilton was adequate as the sexy shrieking blonde, and the ending was incredibly cool with the melting house.

Chestnuts roasted by JLAJRC @ 08/12/2006 10:04 PM EST

I remember buying a Rocky Horror box set many, many years ago. In fact, it was a congratulations present from my parents when I auditioned for Teen Jeopardy. (I lost in the first round of auditions.) It had the Shock Treatment soundtrack, or at least parts of it, and I've been wanting to see it ever since. Please, tell me it's awesome. I drooled through the S*P storyline where Davan was directing a stage version.

Chestnuts roasted by Josh @ 08/12/2006 10:08 PM EST

*yawn* Hey, folks. SNT is SMT for me (Sunday Morning Thread). I can assure you it's a grim, dystopian future.

Chestnuts roasted by Daniel85 @ 08/12/2006 10:09 PM EST

As long as you don't hold out on us for as long as HBO loves to. I know that the Sopranoness can't go very deep, but I'd love it if they had, like, Artie's face screened onto them, like the wrestler ice cream.
Earlier I clicked the link and reread the Venusaur quest and just about lost it at the Corey/Jessica Biel line. Just now I was flipping through Vanity Fair and came across some photos of her...She's still looking damn good, I must say.
Muppet Baby, that sounds like really amazing fun. Hope you get a good look at the meteor shower!
Welcome in everybody!

Chestnuts roasted by squee4242 @ 08/12/2006 10:12 PM EST

Here's how lame I am:
I bought a used X-Box today. I've never owned an X-Box before, and Halo 2 is pretty much the only game from its library I've ever played. I purchased the machine itself, 3 controllers, and 4 shitty games for $100. My plan is to spend the next two years or so perusing all the good shit that Microsoft's antiquated wonder-machine has to offer, and hopefully by the time I've exhausted all the X-Box's playability, the PS3's astronomical launch-price will have diminished somewhat. Hmmm...I guess all that doesn't really make me lame. It makes me a smart shopper.

Chestnuts roasted by The Yeti @ 08/12/2006 10:17 PM EST

I've never seen those popsicles, and now I want one, even though I know they would screw with my tastebuds. Kinda like Crystal Pepsi and those color changing Kool Aids.

Ohh, whoever was talking about the giant Squid thing, that was pretty cool. I'm surprised I actually remembered to watch it.

My buddy list is completely empty :'( so, I'll probably be hanging around until the wee morning hours, if not later. I need to stay up as late as possible so I can not be totally f'ed up when I go back to work Monday night at 9pm-6am. But I just got home, so that calls for a shower.

Chestnuts roasted by Ryane @ 08/12/2006 10:17 PM EST

I think it's a testament to how awesome sharks are that Popsicle makes two kinds of shark-related pops. But I've always wondered why they didn't make the ones in the box shark-shaped when they obviously have the technology and are using it to make the single serves. Then again, the boxed ones got the cooler package art. I guess it's a trade-off.
Speaking of wikipedia, I was reading about great whites a few months ago and found my new favorite term - Apex predator. Ever since, I've been dreaming of buying and eating a great white pop and calling myself an apex predator while I'm at it. So lame and attainable, yet I'm too lazy to bother.

Chestnuts roasted by dylan @ 08/12/2006 10:17 PM EST

I hate mystery flavors. They were cool when I was younger. But know whenever I have a mystery flavor, or more particularly a myster flavor that's just an undyed regular flavor, I have no clue what I'm tasting and it ruins the entire experience for me, because I"m more concerned about figuring out what flavor it is then actually enjoying it.

Chestnuts roasted by Brett @ 08/12/2006 10:22 PM EST

Just tried both kinds of Pepsi Jazz.
They're good... But I think the most appealing part of them is the word "Jazz."

Chestnuts roasted by Somethin' Funny @ 08/12/2006 10:46 PM EST

I was reading about XE on Wiki a few minutes ago. It's pretty in-depth and even talks about Bitner.

Chestnuts roasted by JLAJRC @ 08/12/2006 10:59 PM EST

I've been glued to the AMC marathon pretty much all night. Last night they aired House I & II. Haven't viewed Elm Street in a while. Nancy's rigging the house now.

Most of all, I had to tune in because Charlie and the Chocolate Factory also came on tonight and I couldn't pass up seeing Wonka's blood hit the ceiling.

Charlie's a good movie, but Wilder is forever Wonka!

Chestnuts roasted by ColonelCatsup @ 08/12/2006 11:13 PM EST

Caught some of House II last night. God, what a great, stupid movie.

Chestnuts roasted by Matt @ 08/12/2006 11:14 PM EST

Did someone mention Monopoly? It just occurred to me that I've been day dreaming about playing monopoly with people I don't even know, teaching them all my dirty trade secrets to win the game that most actually already know, for about 2 hours now.

Chestnuts roasted by dohopoki @ 08/12/2006 11:30 PM EST

Josh- disturbing about the ice cream dude. And to answer the second question, Nazarene Theological. Represent! LOL...And Matt, I remember my Mom and I renting House 1 & 2 when I was a kid...that was a terrible idea..but it was a ton of fun to watch. I'll tell the story about us watching Alien when I was 5 later....hahaha!

Chestnuts roasted by Terror Claws Cole @ 08/12/2006 11:38 PM EST

Argh, Halloween: Resurrection. I watched it once just because you kinda have to, but that was enough. Tyra and Busta are on their own tonight. SNL it be.

House II IS a beautiful puddle of bile. Who knew Arye Gross and Aztec skulls could be so much fun?

Chestnuts roasted by ColonelCatsup @ 08/12/2006 11:38 PM EST

Terror Claws, my Wesleyan brother. Attend to the Ordinances of God, fool!

Chestnuts roasted by Josh @ 08/12/2006 11:41 PM EST

Oh God I loved House. I don't know if I ever saw the 2nd one, but I remember the first one. I was in love with The Greatest American Hero.

Did you guys see the new Monopoly that's coming out? :\ They don't have money - they have credit cards. It'd be cool to try, but NEVER will it take the place of having 4 billion $500's piled up while the rest of the players write up IOU's.

Chestnuts roasted by Ryane @ 08/12/2006 11:43 PM EST

House 2 is NOTHING like the first one. It takes some patience, but it's really good in its own special way, and the cast of characters includes a zombie grandfather and a caterpillar/dog hybrid.

Chestnuts roasted by Matt @ 08/12/2006 11:45 PM EST

Did you guys see the new Monopoly that's coming out? :\ They don't have money - they have credit cards. It'd be cool to try, but NEVER will it take the place of having 4 billion $500's piled up while the rest of the players write up IOU's

So instead of losing a couple pieces of paper 100s every time you drag the game out, you lose a couple of plastic cards and make the game unplayable in 2 weeks?

Chestnuts roasted by dohopoki @ 08/12/2006 11:50 PM EST

I loved House 2 saw it on a late night horror movie show hosted by Svengoolie (Chicago area legend). While it's not your traditional horror movie it's well worth a watch, I couldn't stop laughing at some of the jokes.

Chestnuts roasted by the original JZ @ 08/12/2006 11:53 PM EST

--Charlie's a good movie, but Wilder is forever Wonka!
I love Wilder's Wonka. One thing that always bugged me about that movie is how, in the beginning, the guy at the candy store is literally throwing free candy at everyone, letting the kids take anything, and Charlie's just pressing his face against the glass looking like he'd love to be in there, but he's too poor. Hello, he's giving the stuff away, Charlie! I had to get that off my chest, it's been bothering me for entirely too long.

Chestnuts roasted by dylan @ 08/12/2006 11:55 PM EST

Agreed dylan, I always felt really bad for Charlie in that scene too, glad I'm not the only one.

Chestnuts roasted by the original JZ @ 08/12/2006 11:56 PM EST

"So instead of losing a couple pieces of paper 100s every time you drag the game out, you lose a couple of plastic cards and make the game unplayable in 2 weeks?"

hehe, yes. I think it's only available in the UK for now, but I'm sure we'll get it eventually. They have a little calculator looking thing that keeps track of how much you have or don't have. You stick your card in the side of it and I guess it reads it somehow.

Chestnuts roasted by Ryane @ 08/13/2006 12:02 AM EST

FYI. The guy at the beginning of Willy Wonka, when he opens the bar connector thing(is there a term for that) , he ends up knocking a girl in the jaw. The girl doesn't say anything and they keep on going on like nothing happened.

Chestnuts roasted by Brett @ 08/13/2006 12:06 AM EST

This greymatter shit is getting to be ri-goddamn-diculous.

Thanks to you "Up Against (Blackout)" is now about how I can't post instead of being about a girl, like it should be. Hope you're proud of yourself.

"This is what we're up against and every minute is a minute away"

Chestnuts roasted by Knegative @ 08/13/2006 12:20 AM EST

Knegative: It is getting ridiculous, but fortunately, we're in the home stretch of converting it all. When that's done, we'll never have these problems again.

Chestnuts roasted by Matt @ 08/13/2006 12:22 AM EST

We should have a going away party for Greymatter. Yay I can't wait!

I'm watching the 3rd InuYasha movie on Cartoon Network. I just bought the 4th one the other day, so perfect timing to pop that in afterwards. Yesss.

Chestnuts roasted by Ryane @ 08/13/2006 12:28 AM EST

Wow, other people that like the House Movies! It was strange that they decided to take a more comedic route for the second one, but I did like it a lot. That Gradpa was too much!

Chestnuts roasted by TheChad2000 @ 08/13/2006 12:31 AM EST

I think my favorite part of the movie is when John Ratzenberger is on screen. His character is pure gold in my opinion.

Chestnuts roasted by the original JZ @ 08/13/2006 12:37 AM EST

last night at around 3:00 am i made this:

top 10 non-turtle good guys(in no particular order), in the TNMT world:

casey jones
usagi yojimbo
keno
mondo gecko
the neutrinos
april o'neil (tutles 1 era... (actually any live action incanation))
ace duck
ghengis frog (and the three other frog/toads)
leatherhead (he became good later on)
professor honeycut

Chestnuts roasted by kevin. @ 08/13/2006 12:39 AM EST

Brett- That is awesome. I can't believe I've seen that movie tons of times and never noticed. Thanks for the info

Chestnuts roasted by dylan @ 08/13/2006 12:41 AM EST

Greymatter has only given me crap once. Just like everyone else who has ever given me crap!

Chestnuts roasted by dohopoki @ 08/13/2006 12:42 AM EST

Just a random reply to something a couple of people have commented on during the thread, my current internet addiction is for You Tube.

Hardly unique, I know, but the amount of stuff on there, both popular and obscure, is quite staggering. My evening yesterday was spent watching three hours worth of Pink Floyd clips, all of which started through following a random link...

Chestnuts roasted by Jasper Crank @ 08/13/2006 12:51 AM EST

I am so disappointed... I spent so much time, compiling all those links... sorting them out by date written... spacing them just right to make them pleasing to the eye... opening Notepad just to write it down...

Well I still love you, Toy Bulbasaur and various other Saurs... I STILL LOVE YOU DAMN IT!

Chestnuts roasted by Johnny Bluejeans @ 08/13/2006 01:10 AM EST

Matt, your comment on prison bitches officially disturbs me. And that's hard to do!

Thanks and I'll post more once I recover and finish reading. God, that's harsh. ;-)

Chestnuts roasted by Todd @ 08/13/2006 01:26 AM EST

Obviously, instead of clicking the link I posted to the Snakes On A Plane site, you should look for it to appear as the ad at the top of the page and click that. Click the other ads while you're at it.
Missed it tonight, but I looked and apparently House IV is going to be airing on Thriller Max this week.

Chestnuts roasted by squee4242 @ 08/13/2006 01:30 AM EST

Ah, finally something colorless that dosen't suck. I hate the Crayola color magic junk. It's so hard to find real fingerpaints now days. Anyway, this is my post, because this is my first SNT. Even though it's Sunday morning by now. Woof. I think I should go to bed soon. I'm not sure whether I'm looking forward to school starting or not.

Chestnuts roasted by Hazzard @ 08/13/2006 01:40 AM EST

I watched Final Destination 3 tonight. Pretty good movie but not as good as the first two.

Watching Action Jackson right now. Anybody ever see this cheeseball movie?

Chestnuts roasted by Bob K @ 08/13/2006 01:50 AM EST

Hmm, the ad at the top is now for Disney...coincidence? I sure as hell hope so!

Was digging some racing movies today...Cannonball Run 2, and Gumball Rally. They are on a 2 for 1 disc I got at Hell-Mart. I also got one with Police Academy 2 & 3. I want to get the Neverending Story one, but it prob. won't be as good as when I was a kid.

Never seen Action Jackson, but I LOVE "I'm Gonna Git You Sucka"!! The part with Chris Rock as the crackhead who wants "jus' one rib" cracks me up evvery time!!

Chestnuts roasted by kidneyboy @ 08/13/2006 02:48 AM EST

I just wanna say that those shark pops are the shit!!

Chestnuts roasted by Jericho @ 08/13/2006 03:01 AM EST

Just browed over to XE and realized while reading this post that yes, it is indeed Saturday night (I think I lost count of the days this week) and no, I have not yet participated in a SNT. So here it is, go me!

I noticed some posts above mentioning wikipedia. The Freddy article the other day started me on a long mosey through the slasher side of wikipedia. I leanred so much about NOES and Friday the 13th!

Chestnuts roasted by Ryle @ 08/13/2006 03:20 AM EST

I just came back from work not too long ago. After reading various parts of the wikipedia article for Darkwing Duck, I am struck by what I had found: there were a number of inside jokes and references in various episodes that would've gone over the heads of the target audience. I think those of us who watched it as kids may find a new appreciation for it when it comes to DVD. I can only hope, for now.

Chestnuts roasted by Hoverbored @ 08/13/2006 03:23 AM EST

I have nothing to say, just felt the need to post. I haven't seen an ice cream truck in a long time. But I felt a pang for a tasty treat a couple weeks ago and stopped by the ol' CFM (gas station). It stands for Convenient Food Mart, but my buddy Andy and myself always speak in code making up new names for it every time we plan to stop by. i.e. "Dude, you wanna stop by Crustacean Flap Mortuary?" etc. Anyways, I picked me up an M&M cookie ice cream sandwich thingie...freakin' tasty. Plus, those things are pretty dang big. So, about two days after that I bought a bunch of Kroger brand ones at...uh...Kroger. That's a grocery chain for you folks not in the know. Uh...ok, that's it.

Chestnuts roasted by Justin @ 08/13/2006 03:49 AM EST

We need a personals section here. You people are way cooler than the locals!

Chestnuts roasted by Todd @ 08/13/2006 04:39 AM EST

Awake in the middle of the night... can't fall asleep... gotta hit the SNT and say hi to the other insomniacs out there.

Chestnuts roasted by Mr. Boligarky @ 08/13/2006 04:53 AM EST

Pushing 4 in the morning here. I was supposed to go to some music fest tonight, but I couldn't find it. There were not enough signs, plus it was dark. So I just came back home...maybe I'll make it there tmrw.

Any "Freeway" fans out there? Anyone seen "Freeway 2: Confessions of a Trickbaby"? I just saw the "sequel" last night for the first time. It's completley unrelated to the first one except:

1. Only one actor appeared in both movies, but as two different characters.

2. Same director.

3. At one point, someone watches TV, and the camera shows that "Freeway" is on the screen. Nothing mentioned about it in the plot. So maybe the dir. put it there for shits and giggles.

Chestnuts roasted by kidneyboy @ 08/13/2006 05:06 AM EST

Who's "Keno" in TMNT? I'm not sure if I could come up with 10 of the best non Turtle heroes,but I do know Leatherhead would be my #2 right after Casey. I guess April is number three,but I only really liked her in the comics,around the time Casey accidently killed that kid. It seemed like they were really fleshing out April,but I only really haphazadly followed Turtles around that time,so I don't know how it turned out. Oh,and I liked how her action figure had a realistic .45! That was so cool because the TMNT's world had all these badasses in it,and the girl reporter's the only person with a gun.

MOVIE ALERT:
For all you Megapartiers who have Comcast Digital Cable,one of the FREE On Demand movie choices available right now is "It Came From Beneath the Sea". This is an AWESOME giant octopus movie from the 50's. The special effects are by Ray Harryhausen (Clash of the Titans stop-motion guy) but they look way better than "Clash".

Chestnuts roasted by Kid Nicky @ 08/13/2006 07:32 AM EST

Those "shots" the kids are asking for, i think they mean those quiecscently(thats what the package says) frozen ice pop dots that come in a cup, and you can shake em into your mouth. Btw, i once went to the "Castle Dracula" site and ended up linking to the fan created amusement park sites, and this huge ass Great adventure site about the histoory and rides, all kinds of guide books, photos....stayed up til 4 am doing that.

Chestnuts roasted by mandy_Reeves @ 08/13/2006 11:24 AM EST

I'm not sure whether I'm looking forward to school starting or not.

Hazzard, I've been in school for two weeks already. I started school on July 31. Lmfao, another reason why Florida sucks.

Chestnuts roasted by Brett @ 08/13/2006 12:32 PM EST

does anyone know if the mystery box is still available to buy?

Chestnuts roasted by bren @ 08/13/2006 12:56 PM EST

I was thinking the same thing bren. I remember when Matt first threw out that offer. I came across the page again last week. It does say that he'd never run out of them, but how many years ago was that?

What's the verdict on that, Matt?

Chestnuts roasted by ColonelCatsup @ 08/13/2006 01:36 PM EST

Kid Nicky,
Keno is the ass-kicking pizza delivery boy from "Secret of the Ooze", a thoroughly forgettable character seeing as how he has to vie for screen time alongside Vanilla Ice and ten-foot-tall bipedal wolves.

"Did I mention I study martial arts?"

Chestnuts roasted by The Yeti @ 08/13/2006 01:51 PM EST

I started school on July 31

That's crap. I've never heard of such a thing.

Chestnuts roasted by dohopoki @ 08/13/2006 02:56 PM EST

Well, I had an interesting night- got harassed by some cops. So standing in a circle outdoors with friends automatically gives the cops the right to get out of their car and follow you with flashlights? Jeez.

I loved Keno.

My cousin used to drive and ice cream BIKE. I used to buy the Ninja turtle pops from him- the ones with the gumball eyes that Matt wrote about once. Good stuff.

Chestnuts roasted by Muppet Baby @ 08/13/2006 03:04 PM EST

The actor who played Keno in TMNT 2 is currently hosting some reality show/martial arts competition on MTV2 called "Final Fu."

Chestnuts roasted by JLAJRC @ 08/13/2006 03:16 PM EST

I didn't know John Cena was Keno!

Chestnuts roasted by Tom @ 08/13/2006 03:25 PM EST

Is Clerks 2 safe to see with my dad? In other words, I watched Clerks 1 with him a few years ago and it was just bordering akward, would Clerks 2 push that?

Chestnuts roasted by dohopoki @ 08/13/2006 03:34 PM EST

I got back from Target a minute ago, has anyone seen those boxes of Count Chocula that have a huge, weird picture of just the Count's face on the front? I'm disturbed by them.

Chestnuts roasted by dylan @ 08/13/2006 04:03 PM EST

In a word Doho: No, no. Not safe. Smith took what is a decent movie and just added a bunch of unnecessary gross out stuff just for the heck of it. How bad you ask? One word for ya buddy: bestiality. Yeah. Nasty stuff. Funny movie, if he'd pulled back a little. This stuff was funnier when I was in high school. Both Smith and I are a lot older now - looks like only one has grown up though.

Chestnuts roasted by Terror Claws Cole @ 08/13/2006 04:14 PM EST

Ok, that's out of the question. So is Superman Returns worth a full extra hour to sit through? I'm not really too interested in seeing it but it's his last night of vacation and I can't find jack shit else on.

Chestnuts roasted by dohopoki @ 08/13/2006 04:28 PM EST

Terror Claws - That was the most perfect summary of my sentiments about Clerks 2. Thank you.

Chestnuts roasted by Jessica Marie @ 08/13/2006 06:35 PM EST

This really interests me cause a long while ago there was a shark based fruitsnack pack with the ultimately amazing mystery great white shark flavor. SHARK BITES! Oh how lucky you were to get the white shark, you'd fend off the impending attacks of sharks or siblings just to get a taste.

Though seemingly unrelated, I cant Shake the feeling of deja vu, or the need to eat both.

Chestnuts roasted by De-Ce @ 08/13/2006 07:13 PM EST

Wow,Keno must be awesome. From the moment I left the theater in 1991 or whenever till right now,I had completely forgotten there was a ninja delivery boy.

Chestnuts roasted by Kid Nicky @ 08/13/2006 07:47 PM EST

Speaking of Keno, I knew this guy a LONG time ago, a few years after TMNT 2 came out who was a belt belt or whatever. He actually did karate touraments with the guy who played Keno, and, according to him, he is the biggest pansy ever. I guess ol' Keno just wasn't that great, and also complained and cried after losing. He apparently thought he was cool because he did movies. I'm pretty sure he was in The Last Dragon as a little kid, so maybe his ego was out of control from that. Still, unless you are SHO' NUFF then you shouldn't be acting all badass. Or Bruce Leroy, because he had "The Glow" and all.

Chestnuts roasted by Rob @ 08/13/2006 08:26 PM EST

Terror Claws, I have to defend Clerks 2. Sure, beastiality is a disgusting crime against nature. But being that it's a movie, and fiction, and being such a ridiculous scene in the first place, is what makes it a joke...

And if you've no problem with the first Clerks, yet such a larger one with 2; yes it has a pretty sick "donkey show gone too far," but the first one has a girl screwing an elderly man's corpse in the back of a seedy convenient store, and then shown the beginnings of the psychological trauma. I've been a Smith fan for years upon years, so I'm bias, of course.

Everyone has their "thing" I guess...

Chestnuts roasted by ColonelCatsup @ 08/13/2006 10:41 PM EST

Well colonel, he was answering the question from my view, going with dad. Like I said the first one really came close to being to much of something we wouldn't want to know each other watched and for 2 I didn't know if it were a "Kevin Smith sold out and tamed it down" or a "Kevin Smith sold out and went too far" type deal. Bestiality was not going to be the discussion on the long trip home.

We didn't go to anything.

Chestnuts roasted by dohopoki @ 08/13/2006 11:02 PM EST

Well that's what I was trying to get around to. And your question was concerned towards the ride home.

How bad you ask? One word for ya buddy: bestiality.

Compared to the first one? That was all my point was. So sure, no better than the first, as far as that goes. But how, may I ask, did Kevin Smith sell out?

Chestnuts roasted by ColonelCatsup @ 08/13/2006 11:14 PM EST

Well the big difference between the two scenes in Clerks is that while we were told about the girl/corpse in Clerks, we never actually saw anything, in Clerks 2 we actually saw the donkey scene. I cringed during the donkey scene, but was ok with everything in Clerks 1.

Chestnuts roasted by JLAJRC @ 08/13/2006 11:21 PM EST

It was a Kevin Smith joke, guy can't win no matter what he does...

Chestnuts roasted by dohopoki @ 08/13/2006 11:24 PM EST

Uh oh, onlt 24 minutes left in Sunday, and no new entry!!

Matbe we'll get two tomorrow. Hell, matt could just put up a funny picture, and I'd be happy.

Chestnuts roasted by Yet Another Matt @ 08/13/2006 11:25 PM EST

I feel sorry for all you suckers out there who don't get the daily joy of the Ice Cream Truck. I'm fortunate to claim that my new street is visited at least 4 times a day by various frozen confection vendors -- the traditional white boxy Good Humor man, Wheezer's Italian Ice, Sunny's Ice Cream Comet (in one of them old-ass station wagons), and Santino's Ices. Ahh, the joys of home ownership!

Chestnuts roasted by LemurCat @ 08/14/2006 09:24 AM EST

they had them years ago, and they used to be shaped like sharks.

Chestnuts roasted by shannon @ 08/14/2006 09:52 AM EST

I found that after bitten into, it looks as if a shark attacked the ice pop. I think Great White is just a play on words, and they came out during all the hype of the Jaws movies. I love anything made by popsicle brand, but enjoy the REAL FRUIT pops most. I am definitely a grape JUICE over grape DRINK guy any day of the week.

Chestnuts roasted by OLD E @ 08/14/2006 03:39 PM EST

So I'm checking out this site again while I am at work, and my boss walks by again. "Bestiality and sex with corpses?" Then he walks away shaking my head. This site is a bad influence to my job, and yet I still love it.

Chestnuts roasted by Master3004 @ 08/15/2006 05:05 PM EST