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amplifyme · 2 years
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It’s amazing the perspective you gain over the years. Kaddish aired one week after Momento Mori and many fans were upset because it didn’t seem to address the issue of Scully’s cancer diagnosis. But you know what? It did. Not a word was spoken about the cancer, but this episode is all about love and loss. The power of love and of facing the possibility of losing it through untimely death. There is a moment in the scene depicted in the 4th photo where Arial is talking to Mulder and Scully about this very thing and Mulder is so focused on Scully. The whole atmosphere of this ep is drenched in love and loss and despair. It’s pretty damn perfect in light of the MSR.
Thanks to the gift of time, I’ve really come to appreciate this episode in a way I couldn’t 25 years ago. That’s good storytelling. Or maybe it's just wisdom that comes with age.
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littleoddwriter · 7 months
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I'm a hobby writer and mostly write (x Reader) FanFictions and Headcanons. But I am also working on my original story whenever I can, so that I’ll hopefully publish it as an actual book someday. My Ao3.
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Dead Poets Society
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Doctor Otto Octavius/Doctor Octopus
DAVID DASTMALCHIAN characters:
Abner Krill/Polka-Dot Man
Bob Taylor
Denham
James Lewis
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Murdoc
Philippe/Abra Kadabra
Simon Lynch
Thomas Schiff
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Arthur Harrow
Ellison Oswalt
Goodnight Robicheaux
James Sandin
EWAN MCGREGOR characters:
Alex Law
Catcher Block
Christopher Robin
Curt Wild
Dan Torrance
John Bishop
Mark Renton
Obi-Wan Kenobi 
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Cal Roberts
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Black Hat
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Maxwell Lord
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brookstonalmanac · 3 months
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Birthdays 2.27
Beer Birthdays
Albert Braun (1863)
Five Favorite Birthdays
Howard Hesseman; actor (1940)
Donal Logue; actor (1966)
Ralph Nader; lawyer, activist (1934)
John Steinbeck; writer (1902)
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow; poet, writer (1807)
Famous Birthdays
Marian Anderson singer (1897)
Adam Baldwin; actor (1962)
Joan Bennett; actor (1910)
Ray Berry; Baltimore Colts WR (1933)
Hugo Black; U.S. Supreme Court justice (1886)
Constantine; emperor of Rome (280 C.E.)
William Demarest; actor (1892)
Peter de Vries; writer (1910)
Lawrence Durrell; writer (1912)
James T. Farrell; writer (1904)
Irving Fisher; economist (1867)
Tony Gonzalez; Kansas City Chiefs TE (1976)
Dexter Gordon; jazz saxophonist (1923)
Alice Hamilton; toxicologist, doctor (1869)
Ted Horn; auto racer (1910)
Clarence "Kelly" Johnson; airplane engineer (1910)
Wendy Liebman; comedian (1961)
Ralph Linton; cultural anthropologist (1893)
Guy Mitchell; singer (1927)
Gene Sarazen; golfer (1902)
David Sarnoff; inventor (1891)
Neil Schon; rock guitarist (1954)
Grant Shaud; actor (1961)
Irwin Shaw; writer (1913)
Grant Show; actor (1962)
Nancy Spungen; Sid Vicious' murdered girlfriend (1958)
Peter Stone; writer (1930)
Elizabeth Taylor; actor (1932)
Johnny Van Zant; rock singer (1959)
Van Williams; actor (1934)
Joanne Woodward; actor (1930)
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javaelemental · 11 months
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The White House Plumbers on HBO HBO MAX MAX
Have you seen this? You should give it a go, especially if you're any sort of history buff. It was pretty funny, and everyone did a great job (particularly Lena Headey, who was absolutely spectacular as Dorothy Hunt, Howard Hunt's wife).
It was a little bit surreal to watch. The show plays G. Gordon Liddy and Howard Hunt as a couple of buffoons and Watergate as a black comedy, but at least once an episode you'll be like, "No, that actually totally happened. They actually did that." So it absolutely works as two idiots and a black comedy, but also there's this wild edge of reality, and the combination makes your head spin a little bit. It doesn't help any that the writers toss in a few conspiracy theories while they're at it.
(Howard Hunt didn't kill JFK. Dorothy Hunt wasn't killed by the Nixon Administration. Probably. 😉)
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brokehorrorfan · 1 year
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The Dentist and The Dentist 2 will be released on Blu-ray together on January 24 via Lionsgate. The Dentist Collection is the 29th installment in the Vestron Video Collector’s Series. 
The Dentist is a 1996 slasher directed by Brian Yuzna (Return of the Living Dead III) and written by Dennis Paoli (Re-Animator), Stuart Gordon (Re-Animator), and Charles Finch. Corbin Bernsen, Linda Hoffman, Ken Foree, and Mark Ruffalo star.
The Dentist 2 is its 1998 sequel directed by Yuzna and written by Richard Dana Smith (The Stepdaughter). Corbin Bernsen, Jillian McWhirter, Jeff Doucette, Susanne Wright, Clint Howard, Linda Hoffman star.
Both films are presented in high definition with English 2.0 DTS-HD Master Audio. Devon Whitehead designed the cover art. Special features for the two-disc set are listed below.
The Dentist special features:
Audio commentary by director Brian Yuzna and special effects supervisor Anthony C. Ferrante
Isolated score selections & audio interviews with composer Alan Howarth and director of photography Levie Isaacks
Interview with actor Corbin Bernsen
Interview with co-writer Dennis Paoli
Interviews with special effects supervisor Anthony C. Ferrante and makeup effects artist J.M. Logan
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Beverly Hills dentist Dr. Alan Feinstone (Corbin Bernsen) seems to have the perfect, ordered life — until the discovery of his wife’s affair with the pool boy sends him off the deep end, unlocking the killer inside.
The Dentist 2 special features:
Audio commentary by director Brian Yuzna and special effects supervisor Anthony C. Ferrante
Isolated score selections & audio interviews with composer Alan Howarth and editor Christopher Roth
Interview with actress Jillian McWhirter
Interview with producer Pierre David
Interviews with special effects supervisor Anthony C. Ferrante and makeup effects artist J.M. Logan
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The evil Dr. Feinstone (Corbin Bernsen) is in a maximum-security mental hospital... but not for long, as he escapes to a small town and turns his attentions to a new love interest and new victims.
Pre-order The Dentist Collection.
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smacksmash · 1 year
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Fox has renewed its dramas “Accused” and “Alert: Missing Persons Unit” for sophomore seasons, to air in 2023-24, Fox Entertainment’s president of scripted programming, Michael Thorn announced on Thursday.
Hailing from Howard Gordon, “Accused” opened on a season high note as television’s highest-rated drama debut in two years. In its Jan. 22 premiere, the show registered a 2.5 Live + 35 Day rating and 14.6 multi-platform viewers. To date, the show averages 7.5 million multi-platform viewers, up +126% from its Live + Same Day delivery. “Accused” is based on the BBC’s BAFTA-winning series of the same name.
“With ‘Accused,’ Howard Gordon has taken the crime anthology to new heights and acclaim, featuring an all-star roster of directors and talent headlining gripping episodes that entertain viewers with a provocative, fresh take on many of the most relevant, timely issues of our day,” said Thorn in a statement.
In its Jan. 8 debut, “Alert” recorded 8.5 million multi-platform viewers, a lift of 112% from Live +Same Day figures. Its 6.7 million multi-platform first season average also represents an increase of 154% from Live + Same day numbers. Scott Caan, Dania Ramirez, Adeola Role and Ryan Broussard star in the series, which comes from co-creators and executive producers John Eisendrath and Jamie Foxx.
“Scott, Dania, John and Jamie have done an incredible job launching Alert and bringing its story into heart-pounding focus, giving us an emotionally intense procedural drama that’s primed for even more success as Carla takes the day-to-day reins, continuing the great work we’ve seen this season.”
In addition to the news, Carla Kettner (“The Blacklist,” “Bones”) will join the series for Season 2 and serve as showrunner. Both “Accused” and “Alert” are co-produced by Sony Pictures Television and Fox Entertainment. Their pick-ups follow Fox’s recent renewal of “The Cleaning Lady” for a third season.
“We are excited to continue our long partnership with Fox to bring more Accused and Alert to audiences around the world,” said Katherine Pope, president of Sony Pictures Television. “It’s wonderful to see these timely, poignant stories resonating with viewers, and we want to congratulate the writers, producers, cast and crew on their success. We are incredibly proud of their collective work and look forward to seeing where these series go next!”
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comicbooksaregood · 9 months
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Heroes for Hope Starring the X-Men
Volume: 1
Issue: 1
Heroes for Hope
Writer: Chris Claremont, Ann Nocenti, Jim Starlin, Jim Shooter, Stan Lee, Ed Bryant, Louise Simonson, Stephen King, Bill Mantlo, Alan Moore, Harlan Ellison, Jo Duffy, Mike Baron, Denny O'Neil, George R.R. Martin, Bruce Jones, Steve Englehart, Mike Grell, Archie Goodwin, Bernie Wrightson
Penciler: John Romita Jr, John Buscema, Brent Anderson, John Byrne, Bernie Wrightson, Charles Vess, Richard Corben, Mike Kaluta, Frank Miller, Brian Bolland, John Bolton, Steve Rude, Bret Blevins, Herb Trimpe, Gray Morrow, Paul Gulacy, Alan Weiss, Jackson Guice, Howard Chaykin
Inker: Al Gordon, Klaus Janson, Joe Sinnott, Terry Austin, Dan Green, Jeff Jones, Jon J. Muth, Tom Palmer, Richard Corben, Al Milgrom, Bill Sienkiewicz, P. Craig Russell, John Bolton, Carl Potts, Al Williamson, Sal Buscema, Gray Morrow, Bob Layton, Joe Rubinstein, Steve Leialoha, Walter Simonson
Colourist: Daina Graziunas, Marie Severin, Bob Sharen, Petra Scotese, Christie Scheele, Michelle Wrightson, Glynis Oliver, John Bolton, Ann Nocenti, George Roussos, Leslie Zahler
Cover: Arthur Adams
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claudia1829things · 11 months
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Ranking of “WHITE HOUSE PLUMBERS” (2023) Episodes
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Below is my ranking of the episodes from “WHITE HOUSE PLUMBERS”, the HBO adaptation of “Integrity”, Egil Krogh and Matthew Krogh’s 2007 book about Watergate.  Directed by David Mandel, the limited series starred Woody Harrelson and Justin Theroux:
RANKING OF “WHITE HOUSE PLUMBERS” (2023) EPISODES
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1.  (1.03) “Don’t Drink the Whiskey at the Watergate” - Nixon Administration “plumbers” led by E. Howard Hunt and G. Gordon Liddy attempt to break into the Democratic National Committee offices at the Watergate Hotel to plant listening devices for the White House.
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2.  (1.04) “The Writer’s Wife” - Reeling from the arrests at the Watergate, Hunt enlists his son Saint John's help to dispose of evidence, while Liddy warns the acting Attorney General that the burglaries can be tied back to President Nixon. Later, after returning from Paris, a livid Dorothy Hunt must take control to protect her family and the Liddys.
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3.  (1.02) “Please Destroy This, Huh?” - While Hunt and Dorothy entertain Liddy and his wife Fran at their exclusive country club, their kids Lisa and Saint John paint a less-than-perfect portrait of the family.  On the outs with Nixon's Attorney General John Mitchell, Hunt and Liddy get a chance to redeem themselves when a leaked memo from Dita Beard puts Mitchell and the administration in legal jeopardy.
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4.  (1.05) “True Believers” - Amid rumors of the White House's involvement, Liddy shares his concerns about Hunt's stability with White House Counsel John Dean and tries to make a deal. Hunt's daughter Kevan leverages a secret notebook to convince her father to come clean in his testimony to the U.S. Senate.
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5.  (1.01) “The Beverly Hills Burglary” - A year before the infamous Watergate break-in, Hunt and Liddy are tasked with investigating the Pentagon Papers leak, gathering a team of Cubans - all Bay of Pigs veterans - to infiltrate whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg's psychiatrist's office. Meanwhile, the Hunts get to know the Liddys.
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dinoalexander · 1 year
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YOUR MOMENT OF ZEN: THE WORLD FAMOUS SEMI-QUOTABLE 2022 QUOTEDOWN QUOTETACULAR
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With that said, the World-Famous Get Down Like a Hound Party ‘til You Puke Semi-Quotable 2022 Quotedown Quotetacular is live in 5… 4… 3… 2… 1… BEGUN!
“I’m not people, I’m your brother!” -C
“Now that Jeff Bezos owns Whole Foods, it’s more like two cans.” -Klauss
“F 2021 in its poop chute.” -Carl
“Kim, if I ever go into that drawer, always assume it’s for a fork.” -C, on a coworker’s junk drawer with plastic cutlery and… feminine hygiene products on full display.
“The 2020s need to go into time out and think about what they did.” -Q
“Chose the right week to choose my wife over trivia.” -Dave
“A bemusing coincidence that we lose Howard Hesseman on the same day the football team from Cincinnati does their best impression of a flock of turkeys being dropped from a helicopter...” -Justin
“… come on, girl. You saw ‘Set It Off’.” -C
“The groundhog saw his shadow, meaning six more weeks until the Times puts Wordle behind a paywall.” -Justin
“It Was a Thing a YouTube Dipshit Did With Too Much Money.” -Klauss
“I’M A BAAAAAAAAD MAAAAAAAAN!” -C on a Big Brain 12K
He's a D*ck - Gordon
You know I don't use that language - Bonnie
P*nis? - Gordon
No - Bonnie
Flapping piece of soft cartilage? - Gordon
.....- Bonnie
"Hey, didn't you used to be Antonio Brown?" -Justin
“Remember if you’re not having fun while you’re cooking, you’re just making food.” -Alvin Zhou
“The more I thought about swinging by Food Lion, grabbing a steak and a pack of risotto, the more I thought… I don’t want to cook, and even if I did, the kitchen is in no condition to be trifled with.” -C
“It’s not fitting in the hole” -Ken
“That’s what she said.” -Dan
“The group had a six-titty tour.” -Jonathan Oakes
“I’m stuck between namaste and kiss my ass.” -Craig Shoemaker
“The word of the day...is Thwomphammer.” -G
“They are trying to get Alabama in SO BAD. if Alabama gets in it's megacans.fuckyou.wav.” -J
“Y’all re-awoke a fire in me that will only make me stronger and I’m beyond excited to unleash that demon again to exponential levels on any OPP that lines up across from me next season.” -Eli Apple
“Hold on. Gordon’s plant is being naughty again.” -C
“Typed a 2,000 word reply to an email. Edited it down to 1,000 words. Edited it down to 500 words. Edited it down to 12 words. Hit send. Felt really good to type the 2,000 words, though.” -Kevin
“I’ve lost my appetite… and perhaps my will to live.” -C, on Q’s textcapades
“If it’s Beverly Crusher, we’re in trouble. If it’s Wesley Crusher, we may be okay.” -Benny
“When I am rich… you’re getting therapy, you’re getting therapy, you’re getting DOUBLE therapy. EVERYBODY’S HEALING.” -Deborah’s reel
“Man this is a Howie Mandel-hosted show on Netflix!” -Jay
“Before you guys put me in a chat, can you solve this problem by looking at policy?” -C
“Today I learned Måneskin isn’t the porn version of the 1980s classic Mannequin.” -Klauss
“Walk into the club like whaddup I got a oh god oh no wrong building I’m so sorry continue with your funeral god bless.” -TJ’s shirt
“I’ll try being nicer when you try being smarter.” -Tara
“Ta-DOW! … did that word just come out of my mouth?” -C
“We’re not going to beat Abraham Lincoln’s poop today.” -Megan
“I’m the blue one.” -Benny
“You don’ look like David Yost to me!” -C
“I’m gonna feed you. I don’t know you but I’m gonna feed you.” -?.. somebody
“Interesting fact: The world population will pass 8 billion sometime in the next few hours.” -Bruce
“Nick Cannon at it again?” -Jenny M
“Not gonna make it this year because I haven’t said anything particularly funny. My writers are on strike for better living conditions and improved food in the commissary. I told them they’d still have to share a room and they were gonna eat whatever their mother cooked.” -Daniel
“Uber driver:”I was a contestant on The Price is Right four years ago!”
Me: “Yeah? How’d you do?”
(Surprisingly long, uncomfortable silence)
Uber driver: “Bitch bid a dollar more.”” -Adam
“Irish nachos… 0/10. Would not recommend. I don’t think the cheese was even cheese. Might’ve been something from Flippy’s Gas ‘N Gulp.” -C
“And last night he was all “no I haven’t decided yet.” Even Brett Favre was like “this goddamned prick.”” -Greg, on Tom Brady’s retirement.
(Phlebotomist brings in labs when it’s time for us to go)
“… WHAT, YOU THINK YOU’RE BETTER THAN ME?!” -C
“Yay Albania!” -Tommy
“Use the toilet now or forever hold your pee.” -Frontier stewardess
“NERD SHIT!” -C & Phillip
“Tom Brady is the human version of Herpes.” -Blaze
“Oh CURSE WORD!” -C
“We have standards.” -Ken
“Finally!” -Benny
“I'm going to fail 30 times. It sounds like my dating life." -Klauss
“Rename the Washington Football Team the Gotham Rogues, because our stadium looks like Bane just left.” -Mark Ellis
“Give a man glitter, he glitters for a lifetime. Teach a man to glitter, he ALSO glitters for a lifetime. That's just how glitter works.” -Heather
“Shut the fuck up, Fay Vincent.” -Greg
“My computer locked up in computer jail. Come save a biiiiiiitch!” -Gena
“The big 69 ROFLMAO - Gordon Pepper Commissioner. Every game is nice.” -J
“Normal Québécois is dirty French. BOOK SAY SO.” -C
“You know what, sure the Vols lost this week...but you know who I feel bad for? America's fairweather college football fans...every one of them has had the staggering realization that, sadly, they are going to have to start rooting for Georgia...again.” -Brian
13: “Time loop.”
Yaz: “Time loop.”
Dan: “Groundhog Day.”
-from “Eve of the Daleks”
Paul Heyman: “Ladies and Gentlemen… my name is Paul Heyman, and I am the #Advocate for the…”
VRM: “QUARTERBACK FOR THE SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS…”
Paul Heyman: “… BRRRROCK…”
VRM: “PURDY!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
“Carmelo Anthony… going from missing the lay-in to missing the play-in.” -Shaq
“You’re in their DMs. We’re in them. We are not the same.” -Tampax
“You’ve been hanging out with us too much.” -C
“Or not enough!” -Brian
“My next door neighbor told me her dogs Zeus and Xena had an “accidental breeding” and Xena is going to have puppies at the end of April. I’m thinking, you can’t name a dog Zeus and NOT expect him to impregnate all the bitches!” -Megan
“In case you're wondering if the automatic closed captioning on YouTube is good enough, please remember that it once thought I said, "I'm going to Popeyes while I pick up some great sex on the internet."
Obviously that's ridiculous. It was Raising Cane's.” -Wingo
“Charlie Cox plays Daredevil, you idiot!” -C to Jay as James May
“I laughed. LORD, HOW I LAUGHED.” -Liz
“First progress report (too tired to do anything last night) One hour in and three cars prime gives me a nice $120 profit. Now to run to the boys room and figure out what my next move is.” -C
“Royal flush.” -Carl
“Do you care to udder that again?” -Austin Rogers #callback
“I don’t drink Pumpkin Spice Latte before October 1. I don’t do my holiday shopping before Thanksgiving. I’m an American, dammit!” -Jay
“Autocorrect can be a real piece of shut.” -Doug
“Carl has the football.” -C
“Let us know when Carl has the sporting goods store.” -Jay
“Quisla what’s wrong? Do you have hemorrhoids? Do I have to pray for your ass?” -Adam
“Isn’t That Girl Lay Lay just That’s So Raven with artificial intelligence instead of magic psychic powers?” -C
“We are stumbling through this class like a flock of angry, feral geese, and that's ok!”
-TJ, describing how we're going to think about queer theory and that it's tough and scary and uncomfortable.
““Doc, I can't stop singing 'The Green, Green Grass of Home.'” “That sounds like Tom Jones Syndrome.'” “Is it common?”“Well, It's Not Unusual.”” -Brian
“Q: What has 27 actors, three settings, two writers, and one plot? A: 671 Hallmark movies.” -Lollie
“I’m firing up my 43-inch…. TV.” -Jay, on 4/20
“Southwest is the worst of the American air carriers, except for all of the others.” -Scott
“So @Chico I have beef with Duke now.” -Kim
“‘On a scale of 1 to 10, what is your pain level?’ MOTHERFUCKING 15!” -Q
“Ummmm the United States also has a big glass pyramid... with a Bass Pro Shops in it.” -Danielle
“I don’t want to feel like king shit while washing my undies.” -C, pondering the cost of a new washer/dryer
“What the colonized Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon did I just watch?!” -Kim
“The league controls the narrative. NFL Network (Will Forte) is the cuck in the buttfucking between Roger Goodell (Laurence Fishburne) and Tom Brady (Kristin Wiig).” -Klauss
“TOILET OF HOLDING!” -Chico
“I remember this thing being a thing.” -Austin Rogers
TIM: "Well, the big sports news today is that Russell Wilson has been traded."
ME: "Is he the guy that they named the footballs after?"
TIM: "....No."
ME: "Then he must not have been that good."
And that's today in "Talking with Adam about Sports."
“First pregnancy: I’ve never felt more beautiful, thinking about the little miracle growing inside of me. It’s such a blessing! Second pregnancy: … never doing this again.” -Manuela Arbeláez
“My in-house normal is borderline illegal.” -C
“Lionel Goldbart and Barbara Lowe in one room. No wonder nobody had a tape of it, everyone’s TV exploded.” -Ben
“Scott Hanson is definitely the Ryan Seacrest to Andrew Siciliano’s Brian Dunkleman.” -Awful Announcing comment
“I expected to be disappointed. I was indeed disappointed.” -D
“This came up today. Sympathy is personally having experienced similar sucktitude such that you can have an emotional memory when someone else's circumstances suck. Empathy is recognizing that some else is going through something sucky. Compassion is one of the above PLUS feeling a desire to solve the suck for that other person. I have heard a few people say they have lost their empathy. I guarantee you haven't. You have just stopped trying to solve other people's lives; that is a growth step not a failure.” -Jenni
“My deep and abiding knowledge of pantyhose comes in handy again.” -Jay
“I’m not a fan of this lineup. It’s not great. Not great at all.” -C
“NOT GREAT, BOB!” -Benny
“Congratulations to Jimmy Garoppolo on replacing Dr Fauci as Aaron Rodgers’ least favorite Italian” - Richard Staff
Dave Pasch: "Is he aware that you played for the Boston Celtics?"
Bill Walton: "I have no idea. Did I?"
Pasch: "You did win Sixth Man of the Year."
Walton: "Which means I was Larry Bird's valet. Which means my job was to tell Larry what time the game started."
“I worked with Howard Hesseman a bit in the early 70s. I’m paraphrasing: “I bought a set of leather luggage today. It looks new now, but 25 years from now I’ll have a set of groovy luggage.” - Steve Martin
“Odell Beckham now has as many Super Bowl touchdowns as respected former NFL tight end Aaron Hernandez.
A great honor.” - Barry McCockiner
“Hey Shohei Ohtani is doing these amazing things.....and the Angels are losing again" - Gary Cohen
“Late night television is still selling nonstick cookware as if it’s 1975 and this is somehow a new invention.” - Tom Nichols
“Every G-D website I go to I click “Accept Cookies”-- and how many cookies have I actually received? Zero. Zero cookies.” - Rainn Wilson
"Tom Stone who looks an awful lot like Mike Scott of the Houston Astros. Maybe if he was scuffing the ring, he would have a better chance in some of these matches." - Peter Winston
“Recently heard a newscaster say, “Today is National Bring Your Dog to Work Day. Which is, of course, a made-up holiday.” And I thought, “Aren’t all holidays made-up?” - Gerard Mulligan
“My arts & entertainment Spidey-sense is going mad! But I swear I thought it was Phantom.” -Q
“Yeah I’m that bitch that cut you off. Fuck you and your mama.” -Mary on her personalized license plate
“I believe it was Gonzaga who said… “(makes gagging, gasping, and choking noises)”” -C
“That would be my fat ass.” -… somebody on TikTok
“If I haven't made the wall yet, I'm not going too, so I'm going to just spew unintelligible gibberish for the remainder of the day. This is no different than my regular programming.” -Erskine
"He should be Admiral Crunch by now. He's been delivering deliciousness for quite some time and surely is due for a promotion." -Howard
“Tent poles, everywhere. Tent poles.” -Shannon
“Turducken for everyone!” -Carl
“You’re too concentrated on listicle! Just answer the question!” -C
“It's more difficult to give away a couch than I remember!” -J. Keith
“Congratulations to Dusty Baker. His team can kiss my Halo fan rectum.” -JVG
“Challenging me for money in bowling is a good way for me to have all my food and gas paid for for my trip to Virginia.” -Gordon
“Behold, our all-purpose emergency preparedness medical contingency chest. Or as I like to call it… The doomsday box.” -C
“Or as I like to call it… The Oh-Shit Kit.” -Q
“Briar patch, me, some assembly required.” -David
“Why does every NFT look like a Digimon villain?” -Trevor Williams
“So when is the series finale of Twitter?” -BFG
“If people ask me why there was a strike that led to no postseason in 1994, I simply answer that with the same answer I have to “How did the Twins and Braves make the World Series in 1991?” “How and why did the Marlins beat the Indians in the 1997 World Series?” “How and why did Florida and Arizona get baseball teams while Washington didn’t?” and other logic-defying baseball questions from that decade, and that answer is simply… “Because it was the ’90s.”” -Ian
“The best worst team name of the night… “The Odds of Chico Showing Up for Trivia Again Are 3720 to 1”.” -Richard
“(running into the pub) Never tell me the odds!” -Chico
(Someone has a problem with Mayim Bialik referring to the Jeopardy! Round as “Single Jeopardy!”)
“As a great American would ask, “Why the BLEEP is this news?”” -Doug
“"We Paid A Freelancer To Say A Thing You Like ls Bad Because The Google/Facebook Duopoly Ate The Whole Digital Ad Market And Now Harvesting Hate Clicks Is The Only Viable Business Model For Online Media" That’s why.” -C
“"It's good it's good it's good that was good I just wanna do it one more time..." -The Andrew Garfield story, I love him so much
The milkshake take was our last of the day, btw, costume and hair depts were ready :)” -LMM
“Rorrie Travis. Beast Morphers Red Ranger. It’s funny you said you got replaced… by Barack Obama… because, uh… you kinda were.” -Russell Curry, Dino Fury Red and Obama lookalike.
“It’s so cold outside, people are going to Five Below just to warm up a bit.” -Matty
“Drinking a pink drink with sugar on the rim. I don’t know if you notice this but… I’m a girl.” -Q
“I know I am not supposed to attribute to malice what can easily be explained by stupidity. But that woman strikes me as the kind of person who is both malicious and stupid!“ -C
“Every time I watch the Winter Olympics, I just think how life used to be so miserable and boring in these cold countries that they invented a bunch of sports that were like "how can we find ways to DIE".” -Lynn
“Every machine is a smoke machine if you operate it wrong enough.” -Ken
“I have half a mind to start casually referring to the first round as Single Jeopardy! Just to trigger a bitch.” -C
“Hard drinks with people who want to get drunk!” -Megan quoting “Its a Wonderful Life”
“I’m gonna have to start drinking at 11.” -Jamie C. - talking about WrestleMania Day 1
“Somewhere Brett Favre is watching Aaron Rodgers and saying “This jackass…”” -C
“I've said it before and I'll say it again: DHL could fuck up the delivery of a shit from an asshole to the toilet bowl...” -Justin
“BE BETTER NOT BITTER YOU DUMB SON OF A BITCH.” -Sheiky
“Give me five. I have to pee.” -G
“To the white cat who decided to tear ass down the cross street leading to my home as my bumper moved menacingly close: 1) This is not "The Cube." Dwyane Wade is not going to give you nine lives to fritter away. Clearly a human is concerned about you. 2) Go home. You were lucky.” -Evil Travis
“I’ve done everything I could possibly do. WAIT! (Does some extra stuff) There. NOW I’ve done everything I could possibly do.” -C
“Rebuke them in the name of Black Jesus.” -Tricia, re: her travel tech agency
“If you still simp for that manchild (ed: you know the one. -C) please feel free to find some 4 letter words and go do them to yourself.” -Chelsea
“Whoa! Where in the world did that come from, Carmen Sandiego?” -C
“‘Netflix making a sequel to A Christmas Prince saved 2018.’ … well, someone had to.” -Rose McIver
"Those look like uteruses. In fact, that looks like what my uterus does to me every month." -Trina, on Activision Boxing
“Don’t do ho shit during the summer.” -C
“We can afford shit now we adults!” -Melissa
“Hmmm… Hot Pot Spot. Dibs on that for a pop-up restaurant name.” -C
“I was talking to the golf coach. He said they were going to Hawaii, but they couldn’t practice because of all the snow. I told them… ‘Gotta get up to par!’” -Sarah
“INSP goes full cowboy. Here’s the thing that gets me tho… “The textured hat represents salt-of-the-earth people with heart and soul, who have put in a hard day’s work.” You, marketing EVP Hayes Tauber, are full of shit.” -C
“Now is the winter of our discontent, made glorious summer by this Son of York...and now a brief word from Imperial margarine.” -Brian
Sonic Whammy: I have a question on the Covid tests...does it hurt?
Gordon: Well, sometimes, it's a light swab, and sometimes they jam it up your nose and take out a piece of your brain. In either case, for you it will feel exactly the same and you won't feel anything.
Chappy: “Little short until pay day.”
C: “I too am a little short until payday. Once payday hits I’ll still be short, but at least I can foot bills.”
“I learned that with game shows that if you want to get involved, you have to ask.” -TV’s Ryan Vickers
“The Jets will forever be the team that made Antonio Brown quit football.” -@TheJetPress
“It’s either streak or stink.” -C
“Remember, it's, "Goddamnit, JB."” -Ethan
“Remember, if you’re not having fun while playing trivia, you’re just answering questions.” -C, with apologies to Alvin Zhou
“I guess I wasn’t funny this year.” -Ken
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Thank you for being a friend. Travel down the road and back again… your heart is true, you’re a pal and a confidant.
Here’s to 2023. And as always, come together, just think of tomorrow.
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Vince Barnett, Paul Muni, and Karen Morley in Scarface (Howard Hawks, 1932)
Cast: Paul Muni, Ann Dvorak, Karen Morley, George Raft, Vince Barnett, Osgood Perkins, Boris Karloff, C. Henry Gordon, Inez Palange. Screenplay: Ben Hecht, Seton I. Miller, John Lee Mahin, W.R. Burnett, based on a novel by Armitage Trail. Cinematography: Lee Garmes, L. William O'Connell. Set designer: Harry Oliver. Film editing: Edward Curtiss
Like so many early talkies, Scarface feels a little off in its pacing at times, especially in scenes with dialogue, as if the director was uncertain how much of the exposition was getting across to the audience. Which is surprising, considering the director is Howard Hawks, the master of fast-paced repartee. But the real Hawks shows up eventually, especially in the action scenes, and in some brilliant bits, such as the murder of Boris Karloff's Tom Gaffney in the bowling alley. We see Gaffney start to fall after the shot, but the camera follows the track of the ball he has just bowled: It's a strike, but one pin wobbles uncertainly for a second before toppling. François Truffaut commented on the scene, "This isn't literature. It may be dance or poetry. It is certainly cinema." For many, Hawks's Scarface has been overshadowed by Brian De Palma's 1983 version, and its rough contemporaries Little Caesar (Mervyn LeRoy, 1931) and The Public Enemy (William A. Wellman, 1931), the gangster films that set Edward G. Robinson and James Cagney on their road to fame, shadowed the Hawks film at the time, delaying its release as Hawks and producer Howard Hughes wrangled with the Hays Office censors, who were edgy about the plethora of gangster films. In response to their objections, the film has no fewer than three screens full of text before the movie actually starts, proclaiming that it's "an indictment of gang rule in America and the callous indifference of the government to this constantly increasing menace," and exhorting the audience to demand that the government do something about it. Later there are clearly interpolated scenes that suggest some of the things the government can do include gun control and immigration reform or even the imposition of martial law. The film was even released with a subtitle, Scarface: The Shame of a Nation. This heavy-handedness suggests that Hughes had less clout with the Hays Office than did Warner Bros., which didn't jump through quite so many hoops in releasing Little Caesar and The Public Enemy. Nevertheless, Scarface was a box office success, largely because it's a hugely entertaining film, showcasing what may be Paul Muni's best screen performance -- the only other contender would be I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang (Mervyn LeRoy, 1932). Muni has a leering, gleeful quality as Tony Camonte; he's almost sexy, which is something that would never be said of the actor after he began to take himself seriously in William Dieterle's stodgy biopic celebrations of Great Men like The Story of Louis Pasteur (1936) and The Life of Emile Zola (1937). Because Scarface was made before the Production Code clampdown on sex, it's pretty clear what's going on between Tony and Karen Morley's Poppy, but also that Tony's relationship with his sister, Cesca (Ann Dvorak), has a touch of the perverse about it. The film is full of delicious asides, too, like a minor character, a reporter known as "MacArthur from the Journal," a tip of the hat to screenwriter Ben Hecht's former colleague in Chicago journalism, Charles MacArthur, who was also his co-writer on the play The Front Page. The character is played by Hecht and MacArthur's friend John Lee Mahin, one of the screenwriters on Scarface. 
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The Lady Gambles
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The typical film buff gets excited at spotting Tony Curtis in a two-line bit as a bellhop in Michael Gordon’s THE LADY GAMBLES (1949, TCM). I was thrilled to spot Nana Bryant of LADIES OF THE CHORUS (1948) and Preston Sturges regular Esther Howard, who has no lines. But enough about me. Barbara Stanwyck may be the first Hollywood star to play a person whose gambling is treated as an addiction. It’s all handled in Hollywood terms. She has a simple psychological trigger; she blames herself because her mother died in childbirth, a guilt reinforced by her co-dependent sister (the wonderful character actress Edith Barrett). It’s about as convincing as Don Birnam’s writer’s block in THE LOST WEEKEND (1945) or Lillian Roth’s rebellion against her mother in I’LL CRY TOMORROW (1955). And Stanwyck’s descent into addiction, playing first with house chips given her by an amorous casino owner (Stephen McNally) as her nostrils flare and eyes widen, is almost comically quick. But she plays the whole thing in her usual balls-to-the-wall manner and has some great tough dame moments and a very convincing bout with hysteria. There’s also a scene in which ironing her husband’s shirts drives her to hit the gambling tables, thereby proving that housework is, indeed, dangerous to your mental health. It’s fascinating how the film, shot under the Production Code, makes it clear that Stanwyck has descended to prostitution to fuel her addiction without ever actually saying she’s become a prostitute. Robert Preston is pretty good as her husband and has a great voice (who wouldn’t fight any addiction to keep hold of him), and John Hoyt is a doctor with a decidedly chilly bedside manner.
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Books read: April - June 2022
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Mary Queen of Scots – Antonia Fraser
Anne of Green Gables – L.M. Montgomery (comfort reread)
White Tears/Brown Scars: How White Feminism Betrays Women of Colour – Ruby Hamad
I Who Have Never Known Men – Jacqueline Harpman (book club – I think I was the only one in the group who liked this!)
North and South – Elizabeth Gaskell (comfort reread)
One by One – Ruth Ware (I am not immune to thrillers from street libraries)
Klara and the Sun – Kazuo Ishiguro (I am so biased – love everything he does)
Cold Enough For Snow – Jessica Au (BEAUTIFUL)
The Paris Apartment – Lucy Foley (what did I just say about thrillers and street libraries?)
The Ice Palace – Tarjei Vesaas
Bright Dead Things: Poems – Ada Limón (BRILLIANT)
Bunny – Mona Awad (not as bizarre as I was led to anticipate)
The Brothers Karamazov - Fyodor Dostoyevsky (whyyy isn’t there a sequel?)
Scenes of a Graphic Nature – Caroline O’Donoghue
The Tunnel – Ernesto Sabato
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead – Olga Tokarczuk (really enjoyed this but not everyone’s cup of tea)
Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth – Warsan Shire (recommend to everyone)
Howards End – E.M. Forster
A Very Nice Girl – Imogen Crimp
The Sea, the Sea – Iris Murdoch (that’s the last Iris Murdoch book I’ll ever read)
The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating – Elizabeth Tova Bailey (good for your health)
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo – Taylor Jenkins Reid (book club - surprisingly dull given the hype)
Dropbear – Evelyn Araluen (SUPERB)
There’s No Such Thing as an Easy Job – Kikuko Tsumura
Great Circle – Maggie Shipstead (was her editor on hols or...?)
A Head Full of Ghosts – Paul Tremblay
Hare House – Sally Hinchcliffe (book club)
The Virgin Suicides – Jeffrey Eugenides (I think I bought this over ten years ago – finally read it)
Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 – Cho Nam-Joo (infuriating in a good way)
Open Water – Caleb Azumah Nelson ( @a11sha11fade​ !!!!! This was the one I wanted to recommend – it’s absolutely gorgeous and heartbreaking and hopeful and healing)
The Last House of Needless Street – Catriona Ward (from a street library – not what I expected)
My Pen is the Wing of a Bird – Anon (recommend to EVERYONE)
Dream Work – Mary Oliver (comfort reread)
Station Eleven �� Emily St. John Mandel
Slouching Towards Bethlehem – Joan Didion
Sorrow and Bliss – Meg Mason (so worth the hype for me – loved it! But not everyone’s taste!)
The Sunlit Zone – Lisa Jacobson
Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead – Emily Austin
Writers & Lovers – Lily King
Cranford – Elizabeth Gaskell
Three Hours – Rosamund Lupton (street library thriller)
The Vanishing Half – Brit Bennett (I so enjoyed this but also wanted more from it)
Flyaway – Kathleen Jennings (It’s niche but I absolutely adored this)
Currently reading:
The Dance Tree – Kiran Millwood Hargrave (please have a happy ending pleeeease please please)
Scottish Folk and Fairy Tales – Gordon Jarvie (editor) (comfort reread – my absolute favourite book from childhood and it is falling apart. Reading these slowly before bed because some of my novels have been TOO SCARY or too sad ha)
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Batman (vol. 1) #402:There's Nothing So Savage--As a Man Destroying Himself!
Read Date: June 29, 2023 Cover Date: December 1986 ● Writer: Max Allan Collins ● Penciler: Jim Starlin ● Inker: Jim Starlin ● Colorist: Daina Graziunas ● Letterer: John Costanza ● Editor: Dennis O'Neil ●
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**HERE BE SPOILERS: Skip ahead to the fan art/podcast to avoid spoilers
Reactions As I Read: ● o_o …broke his neck?
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● I haven’t read a lot of Jason Todd yet, but I know what becomes of him. I appreciate that there are pretty palpable differences between Dick Grayson, Jason Todd, and Tim Drake. Damian Wayne, too, but I’m not a fan of his. ● sneaky bastard! that disguise of Batman got me good ● wow those bat-ears are LONG ● 👏👏👏
Synopsis: Two muggers named Roach and Spider brutalize a couple named Dick and Jane. Batman arrives and snaps both of their necks, killing them. He rides a motorcycle back to his garage, where it's revealed that this Batman is someone other than Bruce Wayne.
The real Batman responds to the Bat-Signal and swings over to GCPD Headquarters. Deputy Commissioner Barnes is waiting to arrest him for the murders, and the GCPD shoot at him as he escapes. Batman goes to visit the home of Jim Gordon, who explains that Barnes is trying to take over the department. A news report reveals that the two muggers killed were both murderers, previously released on a technicality. Batman tells Gordon to pretend to help with the manhunt so he can keep an eye on Barnes.
The next day, Bruce Wayne eats breakfast at Wayne Manor with Alfred Pennyworth and Jason Todd. Alfred investigates companies that sell Batman costumes, and finds that every one in the area has been stolen. Jason asks Bruce what's so wrong about killing criminals. Bruce tells him murder is a line they must not cross. Jason reminds him that he's killed before, and Bruce says this was in self-defense. "If we're no better than the lice who snuff out human life like it's worth nothing at all, then, well -- then it's time I hung up my cowl." Jason responds that he's still glad the crooks are dead, and Bruce says he is also but he's not proud of that.
Bruce Wayne visits a man named Howard Despond whose wife was killed by the muggers who died fighting Batman. He pretends to be there on Wayne Foundation business. Despond says nobody cared about his wife's death except the detective who took the muggers in.
More criminals are found dead the next night. This time it's an armed robber, who also previously escaped murder charges on a technicality. Batman poses as a reporter named Mr. Davis to ask Gordon questions about the murder right in front of Barnes. Gordon explains that all of the crooks who got off on technicality were arrested by a detective named Tommy Carma. Carma was once the youngest detective in the city, but his constant police brutality allowed many arrested criminals to go free. He snapped after his wife and daughter were killed by a hitman.
Batman goes out to pursue Carma, and tells Robin he must stay at home. He finds Carma's home address and meets his mother. She assumes that Batman is her son because he's wearing the same costume, and it's revealed that Tommy thinks he really is Batman. Tommy's mother tries to convince him that he's not Batman and what he's doing is wrong. Further inside, Batman finds a crime lab and a wall of newspaper clippings about Batman. Some of these clippings are about a man called the "Snuffer" who he believes was responsible for the death of Tommy's family. Gordon tells Batman where to find the Snuffer, who is currently about to go into witness protection.
Tommy Carma finds the Snuffer first and drops him out of a window. Batman arrives just in time to save the Snuffer. When the Snuffer thanks him he says "saving your life is the most disgusting thing I've done in a long time. Tommy hits Batman from behind and insists that the Snuffer does not deserve to live. They fight, and Tommy accuses Batman of being an imposter. Robin arrives and distracts Tommy, allowing Batman to knock Tommy out with a clean punch. Batman says he should be angry at Robin for disobeying orders, but he's glad they stopped Tommy before anyone else got hurt. The police arrive, and Batman decides to stay so he can clear his name. Robin asks why Batman didn't punch the guy out sooner, and Batman replies "It was hard to swing at him. After all, who am I but just another guy who thinks he's the Batman?"
(https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Batman_Vol_1_402)
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Fan Art: Batman on Gargoyle by ardian-syaf
Accompanying Podcast: ● Batman Knightcast - episode 04
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WKRP Turkey Drop Episode: Arthur Carlson: 'As God As My Witness, I Thought Turkey's Could Fly'
. Source:The New Democrat  I don’t believe there has been a funnier episode in TV history and certainly not on WKRP. This is the episode that this show is known for that was a hit for I believe five season. And this show is one of the best sitcoms of all-time as far as being able to make people laugh. And having the writers and cast that can deliver the lines and perform the scenes. So this show…
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Birthdays 2.2
Beer Birthdays
Frank Senn (1838)
Anton Schwarz (1839)
Luke Nicholas (1971)
Jamie Floyd (1972)
Five Favorite Birthdays
Christie Brinkley; model (1954)
Blake Clark; comedian, actor (1946)
Donald Driver; Green Bay Packers WR (1975)
Stan Getz; jazz saxophonist (1927)
James Joyce; Irish writer (1882)
Famous Birthdays
Eva Cassidy; singer (1963)
Data; android on Star Trek: Next Generation (2338)
Andrew Davis; orchestra conductor (1944)
James Dickey; writer, poet (1923)
Barry Diller; television executive (1942)
Havelock Ellis; writer (1859)
Farrah Fawcett; actor (1947)
Pebbles Flintstone; cartoon character (1963)
John Glover; chemist (1817)
Gale Gordon; actor (1906)
Solomon R. Guggenheim; philanthropist (1861)
Nell Gwyn; actor, royal mistress (1650)
George Halas; Chicago Bears founder (1895)
Jascha Heifetz; violinist (1901)
Bo Hopkins; actor (1942)
Holly Hunter; actor (1958)
Howard Johnson; hotelier (1897)
Fritz Kreisler; composer (1875)
Burton Lane; songwriter (1912)
Orlando "Cachaito" Lopez; Cuban bassist (1933)
Arthur Lyman; jazz vibraphonist (1932)
Robert Mandan; actor, "Soap" (1932)
Louis Marchand; composer (1669)
Graham Nash; rock musician (1942)
Ayn Rand; writer (1905)
Shakira; singer (1977)
Liz Smith; gossip columnist (1923)
Tom Smothers; comedian (1937)
Brent Spiner; actor (1955)
Brandy Talore; porn actress (1982)
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