Logan D. Hurricanes Posted February 8, 2022 Report Share Posted February 8, 2022 Fox Acquires Rights to Gumby, Plans to “Reimagine” Character Cygnia 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinecone Posted February 8, 2022 Report Share Posted February 8, 2022 So...hear me out...now he can streach the Truth, just like his limbs!...??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted February 8, 2022 Report Share Posted February 8, 2022 This amuses me only because of an amusing essay in the campus paper by a guy who professed to having watched a collection of old Gumby TV episodes, followed by some porn, all while being seriously stoned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted February 8, 2022 Report Share Posted February 8, 2022 The only character named Gumby I knew of was the one from Monty Python. Without much charity I feel that that character has more in common with the average Fox News viewer than that Play-Doh spokesperson (or whatever it's supposed to be). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archer Posted February 8, 2022 Report Share Posted February 8, 2022 13 minutes ago, L. Marcus said: The only character named Gumby I knew of was the one from Monty Python. Without much charity I feel that that character has more in common with the average Fox News viewer than that Play-Doh spokesperson (or whatever it's supposed to be). Gumby was much better on Saturday Night Live than when on his own show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ternaugh Posted February 9, 2022 Report Share Posted February 9, 2022 1 hour ago, archer said: Gumby was much better on Saturday Night Live than when on his own show. Yup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan D. Hurricanes Posted February 9, 2022 Report Share Posted February 9, 2022 Amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted February 9, 2022 Report Share Posted February 9, 2022 Bored people do truly insipid things. Done...well, not anything THAT egregious, but pretty stupid. And I can see it, sort of...the "what is this, no one cares about it!!!" Yes, well... Also reminds me of the horror stories from the auto industry, and the...oh, let's just say, stunts...that bored assembly line workers did from time to time. The guard's just lucky he can't get anything more...but, that said, he'll never get a meaningful job again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan D. Hurricanes Posted February 10, 2022 Report Share Posted February 10, 2022 On 1/10/2022 at 11:20 AM, Duke Bushido said: Anybody find a CoD on Saget? UPDATE: Authorities are saying head trauma. Duke Bushido 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted February 11, 2022 Report Share Posted February 11, 2022 23 hours ago, Logan.1179 said: UPDATE: Authorities are saying head trauma. Of the seemingly-incidental kind. Had to have some decent force, but still.... I have a really terrible habit of smacking my shin against the (short) bedpost...much too often. Hard, at times. Makes ya go "oh u @*(#%&$@# #$(&@#$ B*@#$@#$ IDIOT!!!" But ignore after the pain reduces to a gentle throb. Bruise lasts a long time. But there's spots...I think particularly on the back of the head...where the bleeding would be similar...but doesn't have anywhere to go.... Ouch. Sometimes the littlest things..... Meanwhile TMZ and the NY Post are reporting that Jeremy Giambi's death is suspected to be suicide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted February 11, 2022 Report Share Posted February 11, 2022 I'm pretty happy about this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starlord Posted February 11, 2022 Report Share Posted February 11, 2022 Uncomfortable moment of the day: The last 2 sentences I read in this thread are: Jeremy Giambi's death is suspected to be suicide. I'm pretty happy about this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted February 11, 2022 Report Share Posted February 11, 2022 Hm, yeah, that's an unfortunate juxtaposition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan D. Hurricanes Posted February 11, 2022 Report Share Posted February 11, 2022 18 hours ago, unclevlad said: Meanwhile TMZ and the NY Post are reporting that Jeremy Giambi's death is suspected to be suicide. Suicide confirmed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted February 11, 2022 Report Share Posted February 11, 2022 Yeah, just saw that on ESPN bottom line too. That always sucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke Bushido Posted February 11, 2022 Report Share Posted February 11, 2022 5 hours ago, Cancer said: I'm pretty happy about this. Since we have decided that billionaire rockets in absolutely no way contribute to pollution or other environmental concerns, can someone who is good with this sort of thing figure out the net thermal gain to our atmosphere from the resultant man-made comets? I am sure that people will _still_ not care, but it would be kind of nice just to have that data to point at. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted February 11, 2022 Report Share Posted February 11, 2022 My bias here is entirely personal. As an astronomer ... well ... Remember the old theme song from Joss Whedon's 2002 TV series, Firefly? "You can't take the sky from me"? Well, actually, yes they can, and satellite constellations are how they do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke Bushido Posted February 12, 2022 Report Share Posted February 12, 2022 https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/bendergate-john-dimaggio-futurama Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archer Posted February 12, 2022 Report Share Posted February 12, 2022 22 minutes ago, Duke Bushido said: https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/bendergate-john-dimaggio-futurama I'm sympathetic to voice actors to some extent. But Futurama wouldn't keep getting canceled if it were making its network huge money and drawing huge weekly audiences. So there's limits on pay even if it's not clear what those limits might be. There's a lot more expense to animating a sitcom than there is to have a coffeeshop set and film actors sitting on a sofa. So whatever Futurama might make, more of it's earnings is going to be chewed up in production costs than in a normal sitcom. And honestly, they could likely find a voice actor who could do a very good Bender for half of whatever they initially offered DiMaggio. So trying to bring him back at all was a sop to fans rather than a strictly cost-effective business decision. Are voice actors underpaid as a general rule? Yes? Are they infinitely replaceable compared to normal actors? Yes. Did they make DiMaggio an unfair offer? Completely unknown, from the information in the article. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke Bushido Posted February 12, 2022 Report Share Posted February 12, 2022 To be completely honest with you, my takeaway from the entire article was "someone is trying to bring Futurama back!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted February 13, 2022 Report Share Posted February 13, 2022 Rumor has it that the invasion of Ukraine is set for Wednesday. In case anyone wanted to adjust their travel plans or set their DVRs. pinecone 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted February 13, 2022 Report Share Posted February 13, 2022 Man accused of blasphemy killed by mob in Pakistan https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-60368498 pinecone 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
assault Posted February 14, 2022 Report Share Posted February 14, 2022 'It's just extraordinary': Ancient crocodile's last meal may have been a dinosaur Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted February 14, 2022 Report Share Posted February 14, 2022 Deadly Champagne Laced With Drugs Strikes Down 8 at Valentine’s Party Logan D. Hurricanes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted February 14, 2022 Report Share Posted February 14, 2022 A third planet candidate in orbit around Proxima Centauri DShomshak, tkdguy and Old Man 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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