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saleintothe90s · 2 years

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443. Daily Press, December 1, 1985

I was so disappointed by this month’s newspaper. It’s 500 and something pages of mostly very dark microfilm scans of salespapers.

(source, L.A. Beast)

Teddy Ruxpin was the big toy that year. Also, Herman’s screwed up.

Does anybody know the episode of The Purple Stuff Podcast where Matt & Jay discuss a Teddy Ruxpin commercial where the boy has a very Staten Island accent?

“He tawks...”

Here are more details from the L.A. Times about the Foxes struggle living in the Elmwood neighborhood:

A black couple, Marietta Bloxom, a 25-year-old department store supervisor, and Charles Williams, a 23-year-old worker at a fast-food hamburger chain, learned this the hard way when they moved to Elmwood from an apartment in a black neighborhood Oct. 31.

So, too, did Gerald and Carol Fox, a black man and a white woman who moved in 2 1/2 weeks later and three blocks away. Bloxom said she was unprepared for the hostility that greeted them: windows shattered by BBs, bottles tossed at the house, a demonstration by 400 whites outside the house Nov. 20.At the Fox house, where 200 whites milled about and chanted the following night, vandals had by then already axed kitchen cabinets, destroyed a lamp, a clock radio and the water and oil heaters, and left behind a broken bottle stuffed with a rag soaked in gasoline. The night of the demonstration, reporters watched deli workers pass out free coffee to protesters. Bloxom and Williams’ home was later gutted by fire from an arsonist, even they were packing to leave Elmwood. The Foxes, however, say they are staying. 1

Someone get Malloy and Reed on the case! I love that silly show so much, Adam-12. I watch it every day after work on metv.

OH, YOU DON’T SAY.

I included that Canon ad because I love that building. I think this was around the area where I went to that ripoff for profit school after high school.

Guess what, chicken butts. From here on out, its just gonna be salespapers.

My parents have those marble top tables, and who knew they came from People’s Drug?!

Mmm, I don’t like the name of those lights.

I had a tiny chuckle when I saw that Sherwin Williams the paint store at one time had a drugstore. Then, I got bored to death reading about the history of the store.

Remember when Rob from Theadbanger on YouTube had a robot? I think he’s the $50 one, modified:

(Montgomery Ward)

I had NO clue that Furskins were THIS expensive. I feel like I had a little one from Shoneys? I want to say? It was Wendys!

I love the ripoff that is the Cabbage Patch Twins. You’re getting two of the same doll for $70. This had to be around the time that the Cabbage Patch craze was dying down, too.

I was wondering why these were NINETY DOLLARS. Then I saw the little girl! Don’t you want that giant Garfield?! I know I do!

The PEN-GUIN bathroom.

DUCK bathroom.

I said this a few years ago, but back then we flew too close to the sun with the microwave back then.

I love that a fancy store like Thalhimers sold bag clips. I’m fascinated by the potato baker. Also, I didn’t know salad spinners existed back then!

Aaaaghg I want to see this in color so bad! (Murphy’s Mart)

omg I want her, she’s so adorable!

More crap that didn't work for the microwave.

We all know that this is just the “do not eat” packets that come with shoes.

Things that wouldn’t fly in 2021.

This looks ingenious, but I feel like with today’s packaging, you couldn’t use it.

Years ago, I posted a similar ad on my Flickr, and I though the idea was gross, reusing your teabags. I got attacked so bad! I can’t be the only one who doesn’t reuse their tea bags, because they get weak, you know?

(Herman’s)

I’ll be back ... next month with another newspaper.

1. “Racial Protest Splits Urban Neighborhood : Philadelphia Black Couple Forced to Move; Interracial Pair Plans to Stay Despite Threats.” Los Angeles Times, December 29, 1985. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-12-29-mn-25919-story.html. https://archive.md/giPIO

#1985 #old newspapers #nike #thalhimers #daily press #Hampton Roads #children's palace #garfield #penguins #murphy's mart #L.A. Beast #threadbanger #Adam-12 #big bird #Hampton coliseum #gilette #drugfair #teddy ruxpin #Philadelphia

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nakedpersimmon · 5 years

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I thought rewatching the old episodes would make me sad. But I'm watching Art For Monkees Sake and the nostalgia is quite honestly healing. It's part of their enduring magic, and Peter was such a huge part of that. Connecticut Counterspy, bless you 💛

Aww. Absolutely agreeing with you there, about the Monkees’ enduring magic. Last weekend, MeTV did a little tribute to Peter with two episodes (”One Man Shy” and “The Devil and Peter Tork”), and that seemed like something that could be sad…but it was indeed healing. “Art for Monkees Sake” is a good one, too…that actually inspired a shot created in Peter’s memory, the Connecticut Counterspy (whiskey + maple syrup, because Peter lived on a maple syrup farm. Here’s to you, Torkmeister.).

Jokes aside, with today/tomorrow being the anniversary of Davy’s death, and Peter’s passing still so fresh, this moment in Devil+PT almost did send the waterworks running:

This was Monkee magic. This was the love and friendship that made them so special. It almost feels like it’s best to focus not on the individual passing of Davy or Peter, but on the Monkees as a unit. As a band, a television show, an overall collective, the Monkees have given us all so much joy and happiness, and in watching the episodes, that’s still what comes across.

We know now more than ever that we can’t hold on to the Monkees themselves forever, that they are all too frail and human and will continue on their journey past the point that we can see. But this television show–this so-called “kids’ show”–is a living and unending testament to who the Monkees were and are. The music the Monkees made is a living and unending testament to who they were and are. So even as we grieve and feel that fresh hurt still running through our veins, it is wonderful and a miracle to still have those things to help us remember. That healing salve that is nostalgia.

Thank you to the universe for giving the world the Monkees, and for making sure they live on in us.

#her-imperius-condessy #reply post #the monkees #peter tork #davy jones #monkees television show #micky dolenz #mike nesmith #<3

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citizenscreen · 5 years

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The latest visit with my favorite TV detective presented Eddie Albert as Major General Martin Hollister, also known as the murderer and Columbo’s adversary. Since today would have been Albert’s birthday (April 22, 1906 – May 26, 2005), I figure it’s a good time to share a few words about Dead Weight, the 1971 Columbo episode in which Albert starred.

Dead Weight, the third episode of the first season, was directed by Jack Smight and although it is not a standout episode in the Columbo series it has some interesting aspects to it. The story begins when a Colonel Roger Dutton (John Kerr) visits Major General Hollister in his beautiful seafront house. The retired General is packing things for an upcoming exhibit celebrating his many years of service when the young man bursts his bubble. As it turns out the two have been defrauding the government out of millions and Dutton is there to tell the General that an investigation is about to be launched. What’s a retired military man to do but shoot his co-conspirator?

Dutton tells Hollister about the upcoming investigation

While the murder is taking place two women, Helen Stewart (Suzanne Pleshette) and her mother Mrs. Walters (Kate Reid) are in a sail-boat parallel to the General’s house. Mrs. Stewart happens to see one man in a blue robe shoot another man in a uniform and hurries back to land to call the police. Enter Lt. Columbo to a tricky set of circumstances. You have a highly decorated General, a witness with severe self-esteem issues, no body, and no weapon. Needless to say, Columbo forges on because he feels there’s something wrong here. Honestly, when has he ever been wrong?

Columbo visits Hollister to take a look around his house

Columbo and his witness, Mrs. Stewart

A pretty thorough search of Hollister’s house yields no evidence for the Lt. In fact, Hollister could not have been nicer even offering a possible explanation of what the witness might have seen. Columbo leaves the house a bit stumped, but soon his mood changes when he learns General Hollister not only seeks out the witness, but starts romancing her. It doesn’t take long for the insecure Mrs. Stewart to forget every detail of the shooting. This actually leads to a terrifically interesting Columbo moment when our favorite Lieutenant takes on the role of psychiatrist telling Mrs. Stewart, “One evening out with Hollister and you doubt yourself.” What was left unspoken, “You’re pathetic, stop blaming your mother for your troubles,” as the woman is prone to do – sometimes with good reason.

Much of what I’ve mentioned is fairly bland, but a gruesome scene surfaces after General Hollister returns home after a dinner in his honor held at his alma mater. It’s the middle of the night. The General changes his clothes to comfortable wear and presses a button that opens a secret door behind a bookcase in his room. As the bookcase swings around we see the dead body of Colonel Dutton swing along with it. The body is covered in plastic and tied with rope and hanging from the wall. It’s a disturbing sight to say the least. Although we knew General Hollister was a murderer, we are just now made privy to the extent of his cold-heartedness. Cool as a cucumber the General lifts the body off the wall and takes it out to his boat to dispose of it. We must figure now that this will be his downfall and we’re proven correct the next morning when we see Columbo feigning a fishing trip at the marina just where the General parks his boat.

Lt. Columbo zeroes in on his man without much effort even though this is a difficult-to-prove case without a body. When Colonel Dutton’s body floats up in the marina, however, our Lt. just needs to come up with the GOTCHA! plan, which he does by helping Mrs. Stewart remember. She and Columbo attend the General’s exhibit where the murder weapon, a vintage gun of some kind that the General had used in combat, is on display. Columbo figures it out because he knew a gun like that would mean too much to Hollister to simply get rid of. And, of course, he’s right. The Major General doesn’t even argue during the less than dramatic GOTCHA! before he’s walked out of the exhibit to meet his fate.

As I said, Dead Weight is not one of the most memorable Columbo outings, but it’s a worthy watch nonetheless. To start, we see the Lt. eating his favorite food, chili, in what may be the first iteration of the menu in the series. I can’t say for sure. Also, as many note when discussing this episode, we get a chance to see Lt. Columbo’s first name here as the full name is clearly visible when he shows his badge.

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One last thing – finally – what makes Dead Weight a worthy watch are the performances. Of course, Peter Falk kills it as our Lt. although the story is bland, which is ultimately the greatest fault here. Suzanne Pleshette is believable as the anxious witness who is also a bit annoying for her desperation and Eddie Albert is fantastic as the villain here. I’m a big fan of Robert Aldrich‘s The Longest Yard (1974) in which Albert also plays a despicable character with flare. The bottom line with his turn in this Columbo episode is that if you want calm, cool, collected, and menacing they don’t come better equipped for murder than Eddie Albert’s Major General Hollister.

Columbo: Dead Weight The latest visit with my favorite TV detective presented Eddie Albert as Major General Martin Hollister, also known as the murderer and Columbo's adversary.

#Columbo #Columbo: Dead Weight #Dead Weight #Eddie Albert #Jack Smight #John Kerr #Kate Reid #Suzanne Pleshette

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swordsandrayguns · 4 years

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(QuaranTV 4) Animaniacs: Reboot, Revival or Ruined?

If you are like me (and heaven help you if you are), one of the few bright spots on the news in 2020 was the announcement Animaniacs would be returning with new episodes on Hulu. Being a college student in the early ‘90s (and studying art to boot), those were prime cartoon years for me. And there were great shows being tossed out in the after-school hours, too! Tiny Toon Adventures, Batman: The Animated Series, Superman: The Animated Series and, of course, Animaniacs. In recent years it has completely baffled me how, despite the influx of kids related networks spread across cable/satellite providers and the post-HD boom of low powered digital sub channels chocked full of retro programming, there is no longer a real after school or Saturday morning power block of cartoons anymore. So when I heard Animaniacs was returning I was hit with a wave of hope, nostalgia and even a little fear they would screw it up or it would turn into a one off deal that ultimately disappoints (Teen Titans, I am looking at you).

Before I get into Animaniacs, let me mention one of the bigger retro-programming centered low power digital sub channel networks, METV, has announced they are bringing back Saturday morning cartoons starting January 2, 2021 so check your local listings.

Let me start by mentioning I have not watched all of the new Animaniacs yet; I’m about half a dozen episodes in and kind of avoiding binge watching the whole series. You know, trying to savor it. All in all, I am really enjoying the Animaniacs revival. It is a revival, by the way, as the Warners are the same Warners and the new series is basically a continuation of the original. It is worth watching, and it will make you laugh. Remember that while I commence to bitch about it!

One of my big disappointments with the new series is so far it is basically the Warners and Pinky and the Brain show. The new opening sequence mentions there are new characters (which played well to the focus groups) but with the exception of the new, female, studio president none have surfaced and she has not been much of a presence on the show. None of the other old characters have popped up either, with the exception of Ralph the security guard. Don’t get me wrong, I like Pinky and the Brain but they could have just revived either Pinky and The Brain or Pinky and The Brain and Elmyra (‘member that?).

The fifth episode, which features Pinky and Brain being chased by “every Yakuza and their mothers” and meeting Edward Snowden, kind of addresses the lack of supporting characters but really does not introduce anyone new to replace Slappy Squirrel, the Hip Hippoes, Slappy Squirrel, Dr. Scratchansniff or any of my other old favorites. Perhaps that will change in episode six. I hope so! Animaniacs needs more than just the Warners and a couple of gene-spliced rodents to keep the show moving.

So speaking of the Warners... there is my other big disappointment. Don’t get me wrong, they are still funny and I still laugh at the show. But the new <i>Animaniacs</i> is different and the Warners are at the heart of it because they are the core of the show and, honestly, Pinky and the Brain are pretty much exactly the same as they have been in every show featuring them. I first noticed it in the new opening song, which has understandably been updated. With most of the old cast gone it does not makes sense to mention Goodfeathers, Buttons and Mindy or Slappy Squirrel in the lyrics. With the passage of time it makes sense Wakko no longer packs away the snacks while Bill Clinton plays the sax; the show needs to be timely to keep its edge. What I noticed, though, was that it used to be “Dot is cute and Yakko yacks” but that has been changed to “Dot has wit and Yakko yacks.” The lyrics also take a swipe at modern political correctness by pointing out the new (as of yet unseen) cast is “gender balanced, pronoun neutral and ethnically diverse.” So what to make of the change in Dot’s line?

The Warners are more politically correct now... “Helloooooo, nurse!” was basically their catchphrase. Hell, I think I still have an Animaniacs paperweight somewhere (with my Animaniacs snow globe) that says “Helloooooo, nurse!” and a few other phrases when you move it. But they have yet to udder those words in the new series and Dr. Scratchansniff’s nurse is among the casualties of the cast change. There has also barely been a reference to the fact nobody seems to know what the Warners are (I believe the good doctor referred to them as “puppy-children”). Also gone seems to be the original show’s taking old fashioned cartoon formats and tropes and applying them to today’s pop culture (like a trip to the Hollywood Canteen or Brown Derby as an excuse to introduce a bunch of parody versions of contemporary movie stars). Animaniacs was a new cartoon back in 1993 but it broke away form the Scooby Doo 30 minute single story mold and went back to the Merry Melodies and Looney Toons style plots and formats even more than its cousin Tiny Toon Adventures did.

The problem I see with the new Animaniacs is they are modernizing a ‘90s cartoon so the Warners can provide commentary and satire on today’s issues, pop culture and society but missing some important character traits of their main cast. What seems to be forgotten is the fact the Warner Brothers (and the Warner Sister) might have been actually created in the early ‘90s but they were not supposed to be from the 1990s... they were supposed to be uncontrollable characters from 1930s black and white cartoons. Although they were good sorts deep down, they were not politically correct and they were not grown ups. I am afraid the new Animaniacs, despite the fact it has jumped from after school broadcast TV aimed at kids to streaming media aimed at adults, has actually become in some ways more restrained and self censored. A rather weak segment on gun control using multiplying bunnies instead of guns (or “buns,” which kind of illustrates how thin the writing was on that) which missed plenty of opportunities for non-political humor (the multiplying rabbits screamed for a Star Trek Tribble reference and an irreverent portrayal of William Shatner) and chose to be preachy instead kind of bolsters my fears.

So is Animaniacs worth watching? Yes, for sure if you were a fan of the original or even want a cartoon you can watch with your kids. Just be warned: they seem to be streamlining the cast to cash in of the best remembered characters and the show has lost a little of the wit, charm and edge that made the original so damn good. If you missed Animaniacs the first time around and want to figure out what made it so special and beloved, you ain’t going to find it here. The old show had a fearlessness to it, something that in a really weird way I can only liken to almost a kid’s version of the fearlessness found in Chappelle’s Show. Unfortunately that fearlessness seems to be gone now.

#TV review indie author Animaniacs

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systemadministratorclu · 5 years

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So, according to an episode I saw on MeTV today, the whole 'getting stuck on a desert island' thing happened because a weather guy gave them the weather forecast from the previous day, which didn't include the storm they got caught in.

Dammit, weather guy, you had ONE JOB.

#not tron #random shit

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funface2 · 5 years

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M*A*S*H: 10 Hilarious Memes Only True Fans Will Understand – Screen Rant

Despite being over 40 years old, M*A*S*H is still considered to be one of most popular television shows out there. With memorable characters and surprisingly serious moments amidst the comedy. Though the comedic elements weren’t always great by today’s standards, it was a unique show that hasn’t truly been replicated since.

RELATED: 10 Quotes from M*A*S*H That Are Still Hilarious Today

One particular sign of this show’s timelessness is the fact that there are memes based on the show. While most of them are geared toward fans of show, who either grew up with it or saw reruns on MeTV, they will certainly find these memes hilarious.

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10 Checked By Radar

At a glance, what the road-sign in this meme claims sounds ridiculous and even creepy. But it’s made funny by the superimposed presence of Corporal “Radar” O’Reilly from M*A*S*H peeking out from behind the bushes near the road, making a pun out of the sign as a result. Though in reality, speed checks using radar scans aren’t entirely far-fetched.

According to Mental Floss, police officers will fly over stretches of highway in small aircraft and either “Use VASCAR systems” which are basically radar guns or stopwatches to clock a vehicle’s speed before radioing a ground officer to pull the vehicle over if it goes over the speed limit. Nevertheless, that hasn’t stopped the Internet from turning this concept into a hilarious meme.

9 Trying To Sleep

Being the company clerk for the fictional 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital stationed in South Korea during the Korean War, Radar had to keep track of a lot of things (which is another reason why the previous meme is funny). So naturally, he got easily worried and because he wasn’t the most self-confident character in the cast of M*A*S*H that made him susceptible to suggestions from more charismatic characters like Captain “Hawkeye” Pierce.

RELATED: 10 Jokes From M*A*S*H That Have Already Aged Poorly

Hence, this meme is appropriately funny by having Radar personify a person trying to go to bed while Hawkeye is whispering something to him as the personification of the person’s inner fears about how everything can possibly go wrong. It’s not only fitting of their characters but their facial expressions fit the meme’s subtitles quite well.

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8 Closed The Garage

In keeping with the theme of hilariously appropriate facial expressions, we’ve got Major Margaret Houlihan making this face which can only be described as being mildly confused yet clearly preoccupied about something. Hence, we have a tagline that seems like the most specific yet relatable scenario that would lead her to make this kind of expression thus making it funny.

Then like the previous meme, this one also fits Margaret’s character as she was arguably one of the most well-organized officers in M*A*S*H. This is despite the fact that she was constantly flirted with by the guys and actively had an affair with a married man.

7 Let’s See

Aside from his charisma and tendency to make witty remarks, Hawkeye didn’t usually play by the rules at the 4077th MASH camp. In fact, he was even downright lazy at times as his facial expression in this meme indicates.

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This notion is further assisted by the meme’s funny tagline which lists various chores that have to be done with an abrupt stop by the ‘Or’ part of the sentence. While it’s not explicitly implied what’s going to happen instead, it probably has to do with drinking since we see Hawkeye holding a full martini glass which makes sense as he had alcoholic tendencies in M*A*S*H.

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6 Surgery Is Finally Over

Since Hawkeye was the 4077th MASH camp’s chief surgeon, he was almost always involved in most of the surgeries that happened when wounded and/or dying soldiers were flown in. Because surgery is an intensive and delicate process, it’s not only stressful but also exhausting.

So the joke in this M*A*S*H meme is that after Hawkeye performs surgery, he falls into a deep sleep. Then what makes the meme funnier is that the person featured in this meme is “Dan” Avidan from the two-man music group Ninja Sex Party and the increasingly popular YouTube video gaming channel Game Grumps, who was either sleepy or on the verge of sleep in several videos of Game Grumps.

5 Reposting

By its definition, a meme is an image that is repeated over and over again regardless of its original context. However, in an age where people’s attention spans are growing increasingly shorter a meme can become ‘old’ by Internet standards pretty quickly.

RELATED: M*A*S*H: The 10 Saddest Moments, Ranked

That concept in turn serves as the basis for the humor in this meme, which uses a notably hilarious still-frame from the third season M*A*S*H episode “Adam’s Ribs”. In it, Hawkeye gets fed up with the food served at the camp and starts chanting “We want something else!” making it the perfect metaphor for this meme’s tagline about what it feels like to see the same thing reposted multiple times.

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4 Beaver Biscuits

Though Hawkeye was known to make sarcastic remarks that ultimately came off as hilariously witty in relation to the situation at hand, Colonel Sherman T. Potter often made exclamations that were funny in of themselves. An example is the one this meme uses, which sounds so strange on its own that it becomes funny in combination with Potter’s angry face.

Of course, this was just one of many hilarious exclamations that Potter used in duration of his time on M*A*S*H. After he replaced Lieutenant Colonel Henry Blake as the 4077th MASH camp’s commanding officer, he quickly became one of the most popular characters on the show and his strangely funny exclamations may have had something to do with it.

3 I Am Hawkeye

Because Hawkeye is such a distinct name, it’s hard to forget. Yet who people associate it with has changed across several generations, as various characters in movies and TV shows of varying genres have been called Hawkeye. This meme highlights a few examples with Hawkeye from the 1992 remake of The Last of the Mohicans at the top, followed by the superhero Hawkeye from The Avengers, and then ending at Hawkeye from M*A*S*H.

RELATED: 10 Things That Make No Sense About M*A*S*H

The main humor of this meme comes from the subtitles, as each guy claims to be the ‘true’ Hawkeye with M*A*S*H’s Hawkeye pointing at himself and implying he’s the one the others got their name from. While this is true time-wise as M*A*S*H predates The Last of the Mohicans 1992 movie, let alone The Avengers, the book The Last of the Mohicans was based on was written in the 1800s making its protagonist Hawkeye technically older than the others. Still, this meme is funny for its references and truthfulness to an extent.

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2 Ermahgerd

One of the Internet’s most popular memes, “Ermahgerd” is an exaggerated misspelling of the phrase “Oh my god” to coincide with the girl in the photo’s excited expression which is so cringe-worthy that it’s funny to look at. Now in the original meme, the girl was holding up books from the horror series Goosebumps with the tagline “Gersberms / Mah fravrit berks” according to Know Your Meme.

In this meme, though, the book covers have been replaced with M*A*S*H DVD covers. Yet the effect is the same as this meme’s tagline has the same exaggerated misspelled words as the original meme, and the girl’s face makes it all the more funny.

1 Scared, Potter?

Much like Hawkeye, the name Potter has changed in terms of association with different fictional characters among various generations of people. While most people today associate it with the titular protagonist in the Harry Potter franchise, Sherman T. Potter from M*A*S*H predates the former by at least two decades.

So the humor of the above meme comes from mixing the association of these two different characters by having a still-frame of the Dueling Club scene from Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets intercut by M*A*S*H’s Potter making one of his weirdly funny exclamations. This in turn makes it hilarious for older and younger generations of M*A*S*H fans.

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8/29: first day back, long ass personal journal entry

my first day back at school has been amazing. i procrasstinated packing (of course:P) so i was up all night stuffing suitcases and at some point, i put on a channel called METV cause it was playing an episode of alfred hitchcocks show and ended up losing the remote and spent several hours in a sleep deprived, early AM twilight zone of packing while weird old sitcoms kept playing?? like the facts of life, and this weird show about a teacher and the donna reed show and one show about a train?? a family who runs a hotel near a train? then at like 5 am i love lucy came on, by that point, i was practically delirious. but i went shopping with my mom and got shoes and wine and hair stuff and then came home, my brother made eggs and my sister made sausage and we just ate breakfast and i said bye to everyone and left with my dad. i was feeling a liiiittle sentimental and eating my leftover frozen cookie dough custard in the car but then i knocked out while we were in NYC and woke up in CT. getting to hartford and getting back to campus was actually so nice.

unloading the first bags, i saw the CUTEST, TINIEST LITTLE CORGI PUPPY!!!! SHE WAS SO SMALL!! the guy walking her was a fuking angel or smthn idk and i was so happy to just pet her!! two of my roommates (the two im closest friends with sarah and matt) were home when i got there and we said hi and my dad helped me unpack. then my dad took me to walgreens to pick up some stuff (i realized i forgot my toothbrush and showercap while we were ten minutes away from home) and he gave me some money and left. its always a little sad, initially, being left without all of ur family?? like you know? even if they bug you, like, you spend so much time with them thats its a little disconcerting to suddenly be 2.5 hours away in another state without any of them. and im very attached to familiarity (taurus rising, cap moon!!!) so being at home where i spent 16 years of my life is very natural and comforting to me, idk. im trying to get over it a little, bc its limiting to me, i wish i felt as comfortable in new places as i do at home, anywayyy

i really love the apartment. we only have two folding chairs for living room furniture lol but we’re going shopping soon. the kitchen is full of food and appliances already cause everyone else moved in before me. theres two full bathrooms, the upstairs on has a tub! we have SO MUCH fucking closet space its amazing. im rooming with sarah and the room has 3 decent sized windows, plus one full floor to ceiling one near my bed! its cozy and it lets in a lot of light. we’re close to the campus market and subway and not at all far from the academic buildings, its like, perfect. i half-assed unpacked a little, my other roommates, ryan and chris came back and everything was just really chill.

so then, sarah and matt were talking about smoking and our friend liam came through because he happened to see sarah through the window. so the 4 of us grinded up liams weed and made tea and just chilled listening music. theres this big ass bag of mini chocolates that i have eaten like 7 giant handfuls of. i hit up my bud guy, and went over to get a dub (a hugeee dub) and got lost trying to find his apt lol. i stopped to say hi to my drama club friends and find out THEY ALL LIVE 2 APARTMENTS DOWN FROM ME!! its literally 3 apartments in a row thats all my friends!!! i live so close to my favorite people on campus its so cool.

but i got back and matt had gone to bed cause they have an early class. so me sarah and liam smoked in our room. then liam left, and sarah went to bed but my OTHER friend kaia came through! she dropped out to go to a community college but she lives near the school so shes on campus a lot. and ryan and chris were up, so i poured everyone huuuge glasses of the wine i brought and ryan gave me some mac and cheese and we just hung out. i was really obviously high but like it was ok?? theres so much freedom in the village (the dorms where i live) i love it, its amazing. so kaia brought her dog lilli and it was so fun. we ended up going outside to smoke a cig and drink boujie wine spritzers i made with like, 7up and white wine (which were surprisingly good?) and ran into some of my drama friends, (different) chris and katey. so 4 of us just sat outside and chatted then MORE people came by, a DIFFERENT liam who kaia’s good friends with and his gf jackie who i know from a club we have together. and this kid andrew from rugby. so liam invited us over to his to smoke (again!!) and we went and he had flavored papers and we just chilled with his roommates and smoked in his room. so im SLUMPED at this point, remember i only slept for like 2 hrs in the car, so i go back to mine with kaia and we hang out for a bit. she has work at 6am (shes like, the captain of a row team or smthn?? but she gets paid? idek) so its like 12 or 1 and shes gonna sleep for a bit over in our living room until she has to leave. so i went to bed. it was SUCH good first day, i just KNOW its gonna set the tone for the year!

so today is the first official day of classes and i still have to finish/ (start) registering..... i dont have a schedule yet....i figure ill do it today and start tomorrow, which is only one day late, so its not that bad right?? lol. i mean i KNOW its bad, but the consequences aren’t dire, i just have to find classes that are still open, which i registered late last time and it wasnt so hard to find open classes. thats my dirty secret of the moment lol, i have NO CLASS. so today i woke up early a little weed hungover (foggy brained ugh) and its such cool, gray weather. its almost 10 am.

i had a cup of coffee and my adderall and when im done writing this, im gonna shower and wash my hair. then i have to go around to different spots on campus to ask if they’re hiring. hopefully ill get a couple job applications. then/or before that, i have to go to housing and get my apartment keys (they were closed yesterday) then i figure ill probably come back home, hit up some of my friends i havent seen yet, and do some more unpacking/ laundry.

around 4, im gonna take my stuff and go to starbucks for lunch and register for classes. then ill probably do some quick food shopping at the campus store. i have 1000 dining dollars for the semester so thats about $250 food budget per month, which is cool. i also have 100 dining hall swipes, but im probably gonna save those for eating with people. i feel like all the bad things about last year are gone. like, living in an apartment is so much better than a dorm. i just like living with people i actually like, know and can talk to. vs my roommate last year who got really fucking weird like 3 weeks in and we dead just stopped talking at all to each other whateverrr though, its a new year!

after shopping im probably gonna come back, finish unpacking/ decorating/laundry and find out dates and times for club meetings and auditions cause i missed the club fair. kaia’s coming over later bc i left my ipad in her bag, so we’ll probably do something or at least smoke. i have a really fat dub lmaoo. kaia knows so many people she just always has something going on. its gonna be a good day and a good year im optimistic, but realistic!! im gonna MAKE it a good year

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Missing the 60's... Memories of my grandparents...who took my little brother, Doug, and me, to 'POP' for the first time, I am the only one still here to remember all those fun times. The 'house of mirrors' was so much fun to figure out! And the water fueled shooting gallery? I have always loved besting the boys! (Still do.) Go to Amazon

The book is awesome, even if you dont know about the park ... The book is awesome, even if you dont know about the park or never have visited it in its hay days, the book, from its beginning, to its dimise, is a real page turner.Pure Americana. The pictures and illustrations are beautiful. Go to Amazon

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#Brian Wilson: 9781934170526: Amazon.com: Books

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