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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: JB88 on March 19, 2008, 12:38:56 AM
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genius.
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No. Just a wild and crazy guy + genius.
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I love Steve Martin but lately he has flopped quite much. Especially in the Pink Panther he can't hold a candle to the original Clouseau by Peter Sellers.
It was a sad sad day when Sellers passed away.
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In his defense, name one actor that has tried to follow Sellers in a role and pulled it off.
Steve Martin is a genius. His early work is his best, but he's still got game.
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Steve Martin is a genius. His early work is his best, but he's still got game.
He really is... he's also quite versatile.
Good point about Sellers... tough act to follow.. literally.
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How To Fold Soup
We middle-class folks are now all pretty much aware that the lunchpail is strictly a boorish accoutrement. It's just about impossible to maintain an air of dignity when you're carting around a clumsy tin box with a bologna sandwich in it. Yet it is certainly stylish to bring one's own lunch to work. Many people who sought the chic of a brought-from-home lunch weren't about to tote that bulky lunchpail, and the answer for most citizens was to hide food on their body, then at lunchtime produce it from various pockets and hidden belts. This is a wonderful solution and can even give the most dreary office building a certain outdoorsy feel.
However, with all the ingenuity involved in hiding various delicacies on the body, this process automatically excludes certain foods. For example, a turkey sandwich is welcome, but the cumbersome cantaloupe is not (science has provided some relief, of course, like the pecan-sized watermelon ready to be popped into the mouth). One person lined a pocket with vinyl so he could carry around dip and munch all day, dipping the chips into his vest pocket and having them emerge fully doused with onion spread. Another acquaintance had a sport coat equipped with a banana loader, arranged so that by lowering his arm a banana would secretly drop into his hand. This proved ideal for long meetings that continued through lunch, as the drop was made so discreetly that others would naturally think you had been eating a banana all along.
These "tricks" may seem too elaborate for the average unique person desiring to bring their lunch from home, yet still insisting on a fully-balanced meal. The answer is soup. Soup is a robust addition to any meal and just about everyone has a favorite. But the primary concern is "how can you carry soup on your body without appearing ridiculous?" When you ask yourself this question, you are ready for soup folding.
Soup Folding.
First prepare the soup of your choice and pour it into a bowl. Then, take the bowl and quickly turn it upside down on a cookie tray. Lift the bowl ever so gently so that the soup retains the shape of the bowl. Gently is the key word here. Then, with a knife cut the soup down the middle into halves, then quarters, and gently reassemble the soup into a cube. Some of the soup will have run off onto the cookie tray. Lift this soup up by the corners and fold slowly into a cylindrical soup staff. Square off the cube by stuffing the cracks with this cylindrical soup staff. Place the little packet in your purse or inside coat pocket, and pack off to work. When that lunch bell chimes, impress your friends by former the soup back into a bowl shape, and enjoy! Enjoy it until the day when the lunchpail comes back into vogue and we won't need soup folding or cornstalks up the leg.
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Are you small?
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i know what you're thinking.
you're calling me...a rubberhead.
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Were considering comics geniuses these days?
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Were considering comics geniuses these days?
:rofl
I guess our standards have declined :lol
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We're considering comics geniuses these days?
A thing worth having is thing worth cheating for --- WC Fields
"..." --- Charilie Chaplin
even Shakespeare told jokes
Seems we have been elevating funny people for quite some time...
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genius.
yep he is. he is almost up there with Earl Scruggs with his banjo playing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrlqQ1_vZVE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixaOZ11b4W4
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Steve Martin's book on humor is fascinating, especially his analysis of it. Specifically, he describes jokes as being the creation of tension, then the sudden release of tension. He cites examples of old television comics that would tell a joke, and the punchline could be as little as them slapping their side loudly, causing people to laugh. He goes on to describe how when he got started, it was by basing his jokes on the creation of tension.... without the release. The tension gets higher and higher, and people end up spontaneously laughing as a survival mechanism once they get to a certain point. I may be butchering the synopsis, but it's a fascinating analysis of the nature of humor and is a good explanation for why what he does is different.
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I don't need anything at all. Well maybe this paddle ball game.......
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I don't need anything at all. Well maybe this paddle ball game.......
And that's it and that's the only thing I need, is this. I don't need this or this. Just this ashtray. And this paddle game, the ashtray and the paddle game and that's all I need. And this remote control. The ashtray, the paddle game, and the remote control, and that's all I need. And these matches. The ashtray, and these matches, and the remote control and the paddle ball. And this lamp. The ashtray, this paddle game and the remote control and the lamp and that's all I need. And that's all I need too. I don't need one other thing, not one - I need this. The paddle game, and the chair, and the remote control, and the matches, for sure. And this. And that's all I need. The ashtray, the remote control, the paddle game, this magazine and the chair.
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He just got a kennedy center award didn't he? I watched it it was pretty cool. Everyone says he's also one of the nicest guys you'll meet. :aok
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genius who has been resting on his laurels for many years.
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I agree that his last couple of movies have been painful to watch. I am horrified to see that Pink Panther 2 is coming out next year. I guess since Pink Panther made money it was inevitable.
I like now how he will sometimes appear on SNL. It's like he appears only when he has something good and funny. Unlike half the skits on the show. I wish they would let other comedians do that. Once or twice a year let them make an appearance if they have a skit that is truly funny.
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Great guy.
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I agree that his last couple of movies have been painful to watch. I am horrified to see that Pink Panther 2 is coming out next year. I guess since Pink Panther made money it was inevitable.
It was bad idea to try and follow up on Peter Sellers, but he was still pretty funny. Underrated movie IMO. (Besides, Beyonce is hot as hell.)
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Ya Bilko then Pink Panther. Thats whats got me about his career. One bomb then he does almost the same type of movie again and gets the same results. Add that too Blue Heaven and all his Parenthood movies. He often seems like he's just collecting a check. His 1980s movies were great. Maybe not box office great. But entertaining. I don't think he's had a great outting since Roxanne. I still will stop on a Steve Martin movie when channel flipping. SNL great stuff! King Tutt! Had a condo in Arizona! :rock
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Well, as a comedian I've always felt he was only so-so. Just a matter of taste I guess....but I do have a soft spot for "Planes, Trains, and Automobiles."
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the Cruel Shoes......
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His niece and I use to be roommates back in the late 1980's, she was as crazy as he is.
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"The Jerk" was his best piece of comedy IMO.
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bernadette peters is teh hot.
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"It's like those French have a different word for everything!"
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Yes, Lets Get Small like our commander &Theif
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Cat Juggling... :rock
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bernadette peters is teh hot.
Oh Yeah!!!
:aok
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Dirty Rotten Scoundrels one of my all time favorite movies.
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(http://www.gsp.org/SteveHatesCans.jpg)
These cans are defective.
They're springing leaks.
:rofl
A Classic moment.
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Pretty good banjo picker, too.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icMTVV5Lwaw&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jn3KCZEqxc&feature=related
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Ya Bilko then Pink Panther. Thats whats got me about his career. One bomb then he does almost the same type of movie again and gets the same results. Add that too Blue Heaven and all his Parenthood movies. He often seems like he's just collecting a check. His 1980s movies were great. Maybe not box office great. But entertaining. I don't think he's had a great outting since Roxanne. I still will stop on a Steve Martin movie when channel flipping. SNL great stuff! King Tutt! Had a condo in Arizona! :rock
You obviously have no eye for comedy or a special purpose. My Blue Heaven and Parenthood were great movies. Bilko and Panther not so much, but still funny.
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roxanne. all of me. lonely guy.
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“I believe you should place a woman on a pedestal - high enough so you can look up her dress” - Steve Martin
I have this quote memorized since I heard it years ago.
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Yes, Lets Get Small like our commander &Theif
(http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s35/68zoom/bushbong-1.jpg)
For those of who playing Bush Bash Bingo on PM's, this is the equivelent of a "Free Space" on your bingo card. Also, you get an extra space for catching the spelling error. :rock
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"The Jerk" was his best piece of comedy IMO.
Best line from that movie.......I was born a poor black child. hahahaha
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For those of who playing Bush Bash Bingo on PM's, this is the equivelent of a "Free Space" on your bingo card. Also, you get an extra space for catching the spelling error. :rock
Thief... Can I get a copy of the home game? :rock
Bush Bash Bingo sounds like one of the beach party movies....
Hey gang, lets play Bush Bash Bingo
(http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t92/Airscrew/15-beachdvd-inside.jpg)
someone could edit this...
(http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t92/Airscrew/Beach20Blanket20Bingo.jpg)
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Thief... Can I get a copy of the home game? :rock
Bush Bash Bingo sounds like one of the beach party movies....
Hey gang, lets play Bush Bash Bingo
(http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t92/Airscrew/15-beachdvd-inside.jpg)
someone could edit this...
(http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t92/Airscrew/Beach20Blanket20Bingo.jpg)
I'll put you on the PM list for the game.
Remember how it works: How many posts before a moron blames Bush! :rock
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<pokes Culero in the eye>
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Those arent PILLOWS!!!!