WordWolf

Doctor FRASIER Crane.

It is "the Jazz Singer". The spoken line was the end of "silent" films and the beginning of films with "synchronized sound", aka "the talkies". It is about Al Jolson. FREE POST.

If you're looking for a clue about this movie from me, I am remaining silent.

"Not everyone believes what you believe." "My beliefs do not require them to." "I remember that for 100 years they have sent their armies to destroy us, and after a century of war I remember that which matters most... We are still here!" "There are levels of survival we are prepared to accept." "You!" "Me. Me, me, me." "Me, too." " There is so much in this world that I do not understand. See that machine? It has something to do with recycling our water supply. I have absolutely no idea how it works. But I do understand the reason for it to work." "You always told me to stay off the freeway." "Yes, that's true." "You said it was suicide." "Then let us hope that I was wrong." "Can we move this along?" "You see there is only one constant. One universal. It is the only real truth. Causality. Action, reaction. Cause and effect." "What does he want?" "What do all men with power want? More power."

I guarantee you, this is a famous line in cinema history.

"Wait a minute, wait a minute. You ain't heard nothin' yet!"

"I see trees of green, red roses too"

Yes. Too easy?

The longest-running science fiction television show by far, this show began in black and white, and can be said to have aired/filmed 33 seasons to date.

Was I correct?

I haven't discussed it much, but that came up back then. I had a textbook in high school that included a photo of a movie markee with the name on it, and I remember a daytime game show which had it as a question.

"Not everyone believes what you believe." "My beliefs do not require them to." "I remember that for 100 years they have sent their armies to destroy us, and after a century of war I remember that which matters most... We are still here!" "There are levels of survival we are prepared to accept." "You!" "Me. Me, me, me." "Me, too." " There is so much in this world that I do not understand. See that machine? It has something to do with recycling our water supply. I have absolutely no idea how it works. But I do understand the reason for it to work."

The car is "Greased Lightning." The movie is "Grease." Now known everywhere as "Grease." Formerly known as "Vaselina" in some Spanish-speaking countries when it was released.

That would help you get the actual dates. :) To keep the twi gestapo off your back for it, however, you'd need a procedural pretext, like you weren't dating above your "station." In this case, the sum of your data added up high enough to make dating corps a small hop, not a giant leap.

I'm thinking, George, that had more to do with your status being close to theirs. I've never sat down to see if there was a coherent chart, but you were sort of on a boarder for being a TC and on another for being an AC grad. Put both together and you were within range of corps, but not quite on the same level. There were reverends, corps, staff, regional, limb, territory, branch and twig coordinators. There were wow vets, college division and U of L attendees. There were AC grads. There were Intermediate grads. There were pfal grads. There were FellowLaborer grads. There were a few other things here and there (doulos dudes, etc). All of these meant something to someone. Mixes of them meant something, too. So, a non-corps Regional Coordinator, say, was higher than a corps grad, and a corps grad could equal a BC who was an Advanced Class grad or something. No official chart, but people tried to make the sides balance regardless.

*checks*, Yes he did, no surprises there! At least once, he did a duet with Doris Day on it, in fact. Someone pointed out recently that the song sounds like it might be about date rape, since it sounds like he might have given her a Mickey in the song. Hm. The wikipedia page is fascinating. There's a really long list of artists who did this song (Ricardo Montalban? Red Skelton? Sigorney Weaver?) and some thoughts on the lyrics and the song's history. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baby,_It's_Cold_Outside ======================= "The lyrics in this duet are designed to be heard as a conversation between two people, marked as "mouse" and "wolf" on the printed score. Every line in the song features a statement from the "mouse" followed by a response from the "wolf". Usually the "wolf" part is sung by a male and the "mouse" by a female. Criticisms of the song stem from a reading of the lyrics not as the "mouse" wanting to stay and only putting up a token protest for the sake of appearance as supported by lyrics such as "The neighbors might think...", "My father will be pacing the floor", but instead as the "mouse" genuinely wanting to leave but being stopped by the "wolf" being coercive in his pleading with the mouse. Examples of questionable lyrics in this regard include, "I simply must go", "The answer is no", "I've got to go home". There is also the line "Hey, what's in this drink", which could be taken to sound suspiciously like the "mouse" has been drugged." ========================= Ok, your turn!

That's the song. So many people have covered it (many of them crooners), that if you picked a name at random, you'd probably be correct. So...?

I think you and I are the only Tom Petty fans here. This is "Into the Great Wide Open." IIRC, this is off "Full Moon Fever."

Sure. Since I posted a clue already, guessing it would be "playing".

As we saw in the thread, our favorite plagiarist plagiarized some definitions, then stuffed them full of 10-dollar words to make them sound more important, with no real understanding of them. So, he just paraphrased them more elaborately. If he'd understood them, he would have tried to actually improve on them. cg tried that. I think he succeeded a little and failed a little.

"This evening has been (Been hoping that you'd drop in) So very nice (I'll hold your hands, they're just like ice) My mother will start to worry (Beautiful what's your hurry?) My father will be pacing the floor (Listen to the fireplace roar) So really I'd better scurry (Beautiful please don't hurry) But maybe just a half a drink more (Put some records on while I pour) The neighbors might think (Baby, it's bad out there) Say what's in this drink? (No cabs to be had out there) I wish I knew how (Your eyes are like starlight now) To break this spell (I'll take your hat, your hair looks swell) I ought to say, "No, no, no sir" (Mind if I move in closer?) At least I'm gonna say that I tried (What's the sense in hurtin' my pride?)" "You've really been grand (I thrill when you touch my hand) But don't you see (How can you do this thing to me?) There's bound to be talk tomorrow (Think of my life long sorrow) At least there will be plenty implied (If you caught pneumonia and died)" You old fogies have definitely heard this song before. I'm reasonably sure everybody here's heard it at one time or another.

It's been mentioned by a few people, a few places, almost as a signature line. I still don't know the scene it appears in. ===================== X-Factor (1st series) # 87 Story Title: X-aminations As a result of the recent events surrounding the assassination attempt on Xavier, X-Factor’s government liaison, Val Cooper, has ordered them to attend counseling. The first, Rahne explains her dreams, where she is a character in a cartoon or movie, which the therapist interprets as her mind searching for a personal identity that she feels she does not have herself. And once she fell asleep watching “Rain Man” on HBO, and it was a whole dream of her saying… “I’m an X-cellent mutant X-cellent mutant.” Rain Man was an academy-award winning starring Tom Cruise and Dustin Hoffman, who played an autistic man. One thing Hoffman’s character said repeatedly was “I’m an excellent driver, an excellent driver,” which Rahne’s statement of “I’m an x-cellent mutant” is a takeoff. ===================== "So let it be written; so let it be done!"

I can accept people who have seen us together confusing us, but not online. Really, our families and especially our wives are pretty sure we're different people. For that matter, a few posters have met us both. AFAIK, that's Pawtucket himself, Steve! and DontWorryBeHappy. (I've met Mark Sanguinetti and a few others, but I don't know if they've met Raf.) I wouldn't know, I've never seen most of the movie. But the guy sounds ALMOST correct. What about my up again? Oh, I'm up. Ok, I need another movie....

I preferred advancing to retreating, but I also didn't like the usage of different terms primarily to establish a social boundary between "us" and "them."

*hands George an umbrella* You're kidding, right? You don't recognize RAIN MAN?