The Television Show Test Thread

[Reply #400 on:]

Anybody catch Letterman the other night? Dave had a severe bout of Laryngitis or something and sounded like a frog. A lesser man would have taken the night off and had someone fill in for him. By lesser, I mean less stubborn.
It was quite amusing though, halfway through the monologue he switched places with the cue-card guy, and later had Paul come over and do the Top Ten list.
Jennifer Garner was nice and brought him a cup of honeyed tea, and in return he rubbed ointment on some wounds that she'd suffered recently, which was kind of icky.

[Reply #401 on:]

Anybody catch Letterman the other night? Dave had a severe bout of Laryngitis or something and sounded like a frog.

YES! I totally saw that last night too and wanted to know the same thing!! Thanks for reminding me of my curiosity. What the hell happened to him? He sounded like a 13 year old school boy getting excited for the first time.

[Reply #402 on:]

Dave's been appearing sick on the show more and more frequently for the past few years. Just a month or two ago he went for about two weeks with a chronic cough. He's an old guy. I hate to think of television without him, but maybe some time soon he'll start thinking about throwing in the towel. Having had a kid at such an advanced age he may not have a lot of time left to be a father to Harry.

In fifteen minutes or so I'll see if his throat is any better tonight.

[Reply #403 on:]

Daves back!? Yeah I never get the TV Guide anymore, makes life hard.

Not only the kid but hasn't he also had a quadruple bypass or something on his heart?

Started watching the The Tremors TV series again. I totally forgot Christopher Lloyd was in this short lived western sci fi horror comedy. Great.

[Reply #404 on:]

He never left.

The bypass was about eight years ago, before he and Regina had Harry, and it was quintuple!

Jeez... why do I know these things? How did I become a Letterman nerd? Insomnia, I suppose...

[Reply #405 on:]

Hey Faze, Cha, I really do reccomend Generation Kill to you both since the guys who did The Wire also wrote for it. It even has some of the same actors.

[Reply #406 on:]

I have 2 eps downloaded, gonna watch em any day now.

[Reply #407 on:]

^
In advance to that, lol at Captain America.

[Reply #408 on:]

Hahaha, Captain America is insane. So is Encino Man, but his antics are kind of less funny. And a little more sad. Not that they aren't all sad as a whole, but... you know.

How far in are you now, Nurdbot?

[Reply #409 on:]

Just finished watching Combat Jerk (<3 Military slang) and jesus that ending was depressing.

Well, except when the Marines started to sing. And Captain America is Rimmer-esqe.

[Reply #410 on:]

I'm assuming you haven't read the book the miniseries was based on. The ending to Combat Jack is even more depressing when you find out in greater detail what happened... (quoting the book in spoiler brackets just in case):

Show spoiler

Up the road from where we are laughing, the men in Charlie Company watch as two men run from a car the Marines have just riddled with dozens of rounds. It's a four-door sedan. Doors are open, lights are on despite the heavy-weapons fire it took from a platoon of Marines. It's a miracle that these two men, including the driver, have stepped out alive.
The Marines hold their fire as the men, dressed in robes, throw their hands up. They are unarmed. As Marines shout at them, they drop obediently to the side of the road.
Graves, whose team beautifully destroyed the building that shielded the enemy gunmen during the assault through Al Hayy, approaches the car with another Marine. Graves sees a little girl curled up in the backseat. She looks to be about three, the same age as his daughter at home in California. There's a small amount of blood on the upholstery, but the girl's eyes are open. She seems to be cowering. Graves reaches in to pick her up--thinking about what medical supplies he might need to treat her, he later says--when the top of her head slides off and her brains fall out. When Graves steps back, he nearly falls over when his boot slips in the girl's brains. It takes a full minute before Graves can actually talk. The situation is one he can only describe in elemental terms. "I could see her throat from the top of her skull," he says.
No weapons are found in the car. Meesh asks the father, sitting by the side of the road, why he didn't heed the warning shots and stop. The father simply repeats, "I'm sorry," then meekly asks permission to pick up his daughter's body. The last the Marines see of him, he is walking down the road, carrying her corpse in his arms.

That ending really helps, yeah. I watched the miniseries with my dad when it was first airing back last July/August - I think he's still a little obsessed with Teenage Dirtbag.

[Reply #411 on:]

Marines view Charms as almost infernal talismans. A few days earlier, in the Humvee, Garza saw me pull Charms out of my MRE pack. His eyes lighted up and he offered me a highly prized bag of cheese pretzels for my candies. He didn't explain why. I thought he just really liked Charms until he threw the pack he'd just traded me out the window. "We don't allow Charms anywhere in our Humvee," Person said, in a rare show of absolute seriousness. "That's right," Colbert said, cinching it. "They're fucking bad luck."

I still haven't a clue about the charms thing. Haha, fuck yeah! real life Iceman sounds awesome!

....Marines call exaggerated displays of enthusiasm — from shouting "Get some!" to waving American flags to covering their bodies with Marine Corps tattoos — "moto." You won't ever catch Sgt. Brad Colbert, one of the most respected Marines in First Recon and the team leader I would spend the war with, engaging in any moto displays. They call Colbert the Iceman. Wiry and fair-haired, he makes sarcastic pronouncements in a nasal whine that sounds a lot like David Spade. Though he considers himself a "Marine Corps killer," he's also a nerd who listens to Barry Manilow, Air Supply and practically all the music of the 1980s except rap. He is passionate about gadgets — he collects vintage video-game consoles and wears a massive wristwatch that can only properly be "configured" by plugging it into his PC. He is the last guy you would picture at the tip of the spear of the invasion of Iraq.

[Reply #412 on:]

Just watched Combat Jack, it's like Band Of Brothers Iraqi style, great stuff.
Captain America is David Schwimmer!

I liked the mention of Baltimore by the former shipping guy in The Wire, Ray, he's still crazy, heh.

[Reply #413 on:]

Fruity Rudy is kinda hot in the non gay way.

[Reply #414 on:]

I've heard good things about The Wire. Watch?

[Reply #415 on:]

We talked about The Wire quite a bit when Chay was watching it.

YES, WATCH. It's phenomenal and probably the best thing out there.

And while we're at it, everyone here should just watch whatever David Simon has had any hand in whatsoever. He didn't do much in Homicide, but it was still a great show for the first five seasons at least (I'm currently remarathoning it). The Corner completely shattered me emotionally, it was fantastic. And, of course, The Wire and Generation Kill are both all kinds of outstanding.

[Reply #416 on:]

Finished Generation Kill, excellent stuff. Best thing about it? no goddamn politics at all. It was brilliantly written explaining both sides of the coin.

Final episode had a Cash song at the end!

[Reply #417 on:]

I've heard good things about The Wire. Watch?

YEEEEEESSSSS! WATCH! WAAAAAAAAAATCH! I've still not finished season 4, and season 5 isn't out here yet. Also, i've downloaded Generation Kill, but not watched any of it.

[Reply #418 on:]

It's only 7 episodes long, I thought it was going to be a long series, ah well.

Also, Rudy Reyes played himself, Ssssupergay Marinessss attaaack! *limp wrists*

[Reply #419 on:]

I watched all of The Wire in about 2 weeks.  I'd watch at least 1 whole DVD every night and be fucking miserable in the morning, but it was so worth it. Yes, watch.

[Reply #420 on:]

Hmm, I think I'll pass on the Wire.

I mean..no...*goes to ninjavideo*

[Reply #421 on:]

Hello Books, are you still up?

I'm currently hooked on How I Met Your Mother. I watched all the series twice in the last month

[Reply #422 on:]

Yes I am
I'm not tired yet but very hungry. I downloaded the first episode. I will watch it...soon.

[Reply #423 on:]

I lie here quite mellow listening to Neutral Milk Hotel. I'm looking forward to going outside and watch the sunrise.

Edit: My frammer and spelling will deteriorate.

[Reply #424 on:]

the first episode is very good. did you watch fight club? isn't it boring here in the morning?

[Reply #425 on:]

It's only 7 episodes long, I thought it was going to be a long series, ah well.

Also, Rudy Reyes played himself, Ssssupergay Marinessss attaaack! *limp wrists*

Rudy was so gay, even the Iraqi conscripts and Feyadeen fell for him.

[Reply #426 on:]

First season of the Wire finished downloading.

[Reply #427 on:]

Yay! Let us all know what you think!

(Also, about a third the way through the road. Intense! )

[Reply #428 on:]

Heh, Gay cosplaying Doctor Who fans, Vicar Fistwick and Silicon Valets have gotten even weirder. Ideals new series is still proper quality.

[Reply #429 on:]

Nine days until Conan takes over the Tonight Show!

Yippie!

[Reply #430 on:]

So Dollhouse will be shown in the Uk Sci Fi Channelevery soon and I am going to find out what is the fuss about. 

[Reply #431 on:]

Give it a few eps, Juliet... it definitely gets better as it goes on... and towards the end of the season it really gets good.

[Reply #432 on:]

ok cool

[Reply #433 on:]

They're remaking V!

Morena Baccarin, Laura Vandervort, Elizabeth Mitchell, iiinteresting...

[Reply #434 on:]

ooh, it's got that guy, from taken

[Reply #435 on:]

Wow, I barely remember this show, and I stress barely. Looks interesting though.

[Reply #436 on:]

I remember that it creeped me the hell out when I was a kid, it was released the year I was born but I guess Ireland got it a few years later.

"OH JESUS FUCK, LIZARD PEOPLE!!"

[Reply #437 on:]

The Chaser's War On Everything starts in... About an hour and a half

* Jezzem wets his pants.

[Reply #438 on:]

Ok, just watched the chaser.

I am a chasers fan, and I do think they are funny, so I did find it funny and it was classic chaser.

[Reply #439 on:]

Recently on Deal or no Deal one guy bagged 20000 bucks, but you know how after a deal they keep going to see what would have happened? He would have got the 100,000! So unlucky.