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BTW, I actually wrote a lengthy breakdown on the Commissioner Gordons, but my GUI ate it when I had to reboot it. In short, Lyle Talbot played him in the old 1940 Batman serial, Pat HIngle played him in the 80s/90s alongside Keaton/Kilmer/Clooney, and the others were lots of voice actors, mostly in chronological order from oldest work (Ted Knight) to newest. J.K. Simmons has already been cast for the upcoming Justice League theatrical film.

(Commissioner) James Gordon.

Ted Knight Danny Dark Lennie Weinrib Bob Hastings Mitch Pileggi Corey Burton Kurtwood Smith Lyle Talbot Steve Buscemi Pat Hingle J.K. Simmons Bryan Cranston

Good guess. Your turn.

Most were voice roles.

Looks familiar to me too, but nothing's clicking yet. I keep coming back and hoping it will come to me.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the Chocolate Room."

Ted Knight Danny Dark Lennie Weinrib Bob Hastings Mitch Pileggi Corey Burton Kurtwood Smith Lyle Talbot Steve Buscemi

If anyone's got one, they can take this turn as a FREE POST.

"I can't get to sleep I think about the implications Of diving in too deep And possibly the complications Especially at night I worry over situations I know will be alright Perhaps it's just imagination." "Alone between the sheets Only brings exasperation. It's time to walk the streets Smell the desperation. "At least there's pretty lights And though there's little variation It nullifies the night"

If you attended ROA 89, I'd love to chat about that. That was an experience-and-a-half. If you're ok with it, either a separate thread (if you're ok with discussing it publickly) or a private message would work (if you prefer more privacy.) AFAIK, almost nobody at the GSC was there for that-me and Raf and that's about it.

You should probably post the next one whenever you're ready.

"HIGHLANDER." And that really SHOULD be remembered for that one line. The Gathering will end with exactly ONE Immortal. And the entire franchise repeated that. "In the end, there can be only one."

I'm curious to see if that happens. Does the current monarch of twi really have that much control over their peons that she can contradict lots of twi history and have them go along with it, or would that be the penultimate straw for the "camel's back" of the remaining followers? Would they consider that irrefutable proof that the twi they hallucinated long ago was stone-cold dead by now? Or can she issue edicts of anything now and they'll all fall in line, obedient drones afraid to question anything? I wonder these things.

That makes the "documentary" show combination: "A Thousand Ways to Die For." I've watched the show a bit. Normally, this would mean T-Bone and I shared the answer, thus sharing the credit. I'm disqualified for looking up "To Die For" before posting, so that means T-Bone should probably go next as having 50% of the answer and not having been disqualified at the time he posted it. Do you agree, H w/o B?

twi is a group with no future. It had a past/present that was based entirely on 3 things, all of which are unavailable now: A) the scarcity of information from obscure Christians (Leonard, Stiles, Bullinger, etc.) presented as proprietary ("only WE have 'The Truth'") B) the conman skills and showmanship of victor paul wierwille (who died decades ago) C) capitalizing on the zeitgeist of the hippie generation, and the Jesus People therein (which stopped decades ago) Its current existence is primarily on nostalgia for those, and on inertia. So, twi has nothing new to offer outsiders, and does not draw significant outsiders. It used to draw lots of people. Many would stay and many would leave soon. twi no longer has a reason for any to stay. So, twi can't add to its members for more than a year, and it loses members from exits and from deaths, since it's a slowly aging subculture of slowly aging people. The group's being kept intact from the top solely because its finances can be exploited if it technically exists as a group. So, they have lots of "creature comforts" and hope enough people are clueless enough to stay and keep the group existing through the top people's retirements. So, Rosa-lie's just buying time and "running out the clock." Donna's strategy has to be different because twi may not last through her retirement. So, she's had twi pay for her kids' full education. Perhaps she's hoping they'll take care of her when there's no twi.

This should be the remake of "Red Dawn." Amazing how many movies are being remade.

If Raf doesn't get it and nobody else chimes in with the full answer, I would recommend T-Bone get it as the closest correct answer achieved without looking it up (and being disqualified like I did.)

You are correct! I had no idea that show was that widely shown. I only saw it broadcast on Spanish TV when I grew up. (I found it recently online.) Can you guess any of the others, while we're on the subject, or do you just want to post the next one?

"Alone between the sheets Only brings exasperation. It's time to walk the streets Smell the desperation."

Ok, here's another multiple-choice round. Answer any to take the round. A) Here was a cartoon for a kid who can't wait for the next Olympics. 3 teams of cartoon characters, competing in challenges with each other all over the world. Next week, they go all over the world to do it again. B) This was a cartoon about a Canadian mountie, and had no connection whatsoever with Dudley-Do-Right. C) De Patie-Freling produced this team of a half-dozen superheroes, who apparently were for hire, even their trainee who rode a flying guitar. D) This Middle Eastern team included a strongman, an acrobat, a disguise expert, and 2 magicians, not counting the cute animal. E) This hero-and-sidekick team had a martial artist sidekick, and a superhero with a themed car. The hero's theme was NOT insect-based.

I'll chime in and say I had no idea about either half. I looked up the Nicole Kidman thing and I've never heard of it other than when I looked it up. I have no idea what it could link up with.

When it comes to figuring out what someone's thinking, 2 completely mundane methods are the COLD READ and the HOT READ. Both are used by so-called psychics all the time. The COLD READ begins with generic messages that could apply to most people, while the mentalist watches all the reactions of the person, and tailors his responses accordingly. "I see him dressed formally.... *person hesitates as if that's incorrect*....which is odd because I sense he normally doesn't dress up." The person gives things away in their reactions, and often in the responses they give. Someone saying that a child is in trouble may get the pigeon to blurt out a name-after which it's incorporated into the reading. The next thing they know, the person's agreeing to pay lots of money because they're convinced the mentalist knew things. A HOT READ is rarer, but more effective, especially when added to a cold-read. In a Hot Read, the mentalist has gotten ahold of information about the other person, like a diary, or an autobiography ("From Birth to the Corps") or someone else hands them a personal history of the pigeon. It's FAR more effective because the person has no clue that the mentalist has a mundane information source so they're more convinced. (Like when someone told cg about some problems at HQ, and the clueless people automatically assumed that God Almighty snitched on their issues because they couldn't imagine a mundane reason he would know-but we had the person who told him speak up to us, and also to them when they started imagining that.) Depending on the specifics, the skill of the mentalist, and the gullability of the audience, a mentalist can develop quite a following. We had a thread where both types were demonstrated (mostly the cold read in its most basic form) in response to the supposed "personal prophecy" nonsense that ces/stfi peddles and refuses to discuss. We saw how easy it is to set up the basics for that and make it look like it's really special knowledge of the pigeon. (Raf also demonstrated the "hot read" at one point, purely as illustration.) "Step Right Up, Get your own Personal Prophecy" was the thread.

Next round. Name the role. Ted Knight Danny Dark Lennie Weinrib