@avclub-a6fdefb2b99177b152b2392b43097665:disqus I'm trying desperately to find a way to private message you, but no dice. I'm bartending over at The Lobster Roll in Baiting Hollow. Feel free to (and any AVClubber should) come visit me. I could use the bar crowd and it'd be fun to run into someone from here.
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@avclub-a6fdefb2b99177b152b2392b43097665:disqus I'm on the North Fork. But most of the "dude Billy Joel stole my truck." And "Billy Joel offered to pay for my kid's cancer treatments, then moved to a different state for 3 years and refused to accept my calls" stories I've heard have come out of the Hamptons or Port…
Think we're looking at a generation gap sort of thing. I'm about 10 years younger. And haven't gotten totally sick of it yet. But having lived with Jersey kids for a number of years I was actively shouted down when I argued Bruce was their true master. It was 100% Journey 100% of the time.
Its probably the only Joel song I don't have a knee jerk reaction against. Probably because it name checks a lot of spots and nautical crap I'm familiar with and my father was actually a bayman at the time the song was released.
Not sure what part of Long Island you live on. But where I was raised and currently reside we've got a long history of running into the guy. He's supposed to be a world class asshole and a legendary drunk. Demanding, sloppy, arrogant, and a shitty tipper.
As with Let's make a deal I'm assuming diliberate changes have been made to make it more of a sure thing on the networks part.Maybe the focus on human misery.
Amit Gupta might want to look up what India's most popular sport is.
The number of cameras isn't really the issue. The multi-camera sitcom format more refers to writing editing structure and and associated set of tropes and techniques. These are largely determined/influenced by the use of limited fixed sets, and shooting largely live to tape in front of (or as if in front of) a live in…
Right individual cable network institute their own standards and practices guidelines. Those are determined by advertisers and target demographics for the most part. But also by cable and satellite providers. Basic cable channels need to have guidelines similar to broadcast, if they push it too far they may get…
I don't think the number of rape threats is the issue. Its more that there really wasn't anything else to the guy. He didn't bring any thing else to the table, and it wasn't done int he context of anything else. Compare it to the negotiation with the slave master guy. He's got a couple of things to react to, a couple…
Because in practice an erect penis is used as the cut off line for pornography. Flaccid dong = tasteful nudity, erect dong = no different than showing penetration. Don't ask me why, but its laid out in most ratings systems , FCC rules and a hell of a lot of Standards and Practices guidelines. HBO like any cable…
With Hatred the problem isn't necessarily the pedophilia. It was introduced with the character from the start and had to be dealt with. It was also pretty ballsy to wade into the whole how to deal with/what its like for non-offending pedophiles controversy as a serious part of the character. But that approach just…
Typically only The Lion The Witch and The Wardrobe. In a lot of places (as in my case) it was limited to one of the older TV adaptations. And for reference I was in elementary/middle school through the 90's. Seems like the book was part of the general curriculum so only certain teachers used it in certain classes,…
Lewis's connection to Tolkien has kept them going as well. The 3 groups I see who are vocal about them are people who read them as kids and never realized how Christian they were. Tolkien Fans who initially got into them out of curiosity about the author's friendship and collaboration (this would be why I considered…
That one of the few things that frustrates me with the show. They seem to deliberately avoid fleshing certain things out or providing resolution on certain topics they bring to the fore. Or stall out the character development at points. I can see why they might be doing it, but it can be fairly frustrating as a viewer.
I guess I dodged the Narnia bullet. Had very little interest in it when it was being taught at school, and was required the read The Hobbit instead. By the time I was old enough to consider reading it on my own I was also old enough to be put off by its popularity among the creepier evangelical kids. Who would loudly…
@avclub-f730967b3505a7080b83c53ebc565f3f:disqus The paintings look like paintings of New York. I didn't see anything specific and obvious but there were several paintings that are dead ringers for certain areas. Including one that dead on for the view of Williamsburg/Bushwick as your crossing the Williamsburg Bridge.
The Roman tendency to adopt local deities went a bit further than just relabeling. To use your example they wouldn't (always) move in and say "oh hey Odin is Mercury". Odin would be come "Mercury Odin" a distinct version of Mercury that often existed as a distinct cult. Under the auspices of Mercury but with a…
Right, but even if Don wasn't aware that Chevy had just a couple years earlier made that exact move it seems like some one else might have protested. Its possible he was just talking about the ad world. Whoever wins the account needs to beat Mustang's material. But it just seems like the writers…