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Mmmm, Burger (C.J.) · 07-09-2003, 01:27 PM

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Click from the beginning to see if it is there. It also could be the person deleted it before you could read it.

I've had this problem because the site doesn't seem to update the cookie to recognize my most recent visit. The little box on the left of the home page will say "you have one new message" until I've hit "mark all forums read." Also true of the "new posts" indicator.

Any idea why the cookie isn't updating?

07-09-2003, 01:29 PM

Pepsi dream come true

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...me/coma_ends_5

Aloha Mr. Learned Hand · 07-09-2003, 01:34 PM

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Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
How great is it going to be for him when he realizes that he went to bed with a green screen Apple IIc computer with which he had to know DOS to use to waking up and having an infinite amount of porn on this wonderful thing called the internet.

"I'll never have to buy another betamax fuck flick tape again!", he screams.

Good times.

Then the good times end when he goes out clubbing in his parachute pants and new "Flock of Seagulls" haircut...

evenodds · 07-09-2003, 01:36 PM

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I was as amazed as Rich Vos about Ralphie's girlfriend.

Given that everyone pretty much likes everyone else, I think the seniority challenge is a good way to go. I liked Rob Cantrell's bit, but Ralphie was clearly funnier. Everyone was very impressed with the way he went out, and I think that once Rob polishes his act a bit, he'll do very well. You could tell that he was fairly nervous, but he did Ok. The godfather thing with Rich at the end was funny.

So, is Ralphie rich or something? His girlfriend was shockingly attractive.

My humor meter must be calibrated differently because the part of Rob's set they showed was really funny, while Ralphie's was not so great.

These are still incredibly unlikable people. It's almost painful to watch their interactions. Once it gets down to the five, it's going to get really ugly. Cory will not know what hit her.

Oliver_Wendell_Ramone · 07-09-2003, 01:39 PM

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I like this show better and better each week, and last night was no exception. I liked the fact that they're giving props to one another, and that they seemed genuinely upset to see someone go.

I can also understand why everyone was so pissed off that Dat won the exemption. I don't think I've seen him say or do anything that was particularly funny. Everyone else is generally pretty funny in situ, but Dat was right to pray for an exemption. I can't believe he waited for nearly an hour during the hide-and-go-seek.

I was as amazed as Rich Vos about Ralphie's girlfriend.

Given that everyone pretty much likes everyone else, I think the seniority challenge is a good way to go. I liked Rob Cantrell's bit, but Ralphie was clearly funnier. Everyone was very impressed with the way he went out, and I think that once Rob polishes his act a bit, he'll do very well. You could tell that he was fairly nervous, but he did Ok. The godfather thing with Rich at the end was funny.

My guess is that Dat will be the next to go, and if he's smart, he'll go head to head with Geoff, who is also on thin ice.

Although Ralphie was much more polished, I thought Rob was pretty funny. I didn't expect the vote to be so one-sided.

Dat's too serious, and I'm sure he is the least funny of the remaining comics in a sitting-around-the-house bullshitting kind of way. His stand-up is funny, though. I think the NY crew could be in for a surprise if they pick him next week (and I think they will).

NotFromHere · 07-09-2003, 01:44 PM

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Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
How great is it going to be for him when he realizes that he went to bed with a green screen Apple IIc computer with which he had to know DOS to use to waking up and having an infinite amount of porn on this wonderful thing called the internet.

"I'll never have to buy another betamax fuck flick tape again!", he screams.

Good times.

And he still thinks Reagan is president. Wait til he figures out that the former VP's kid is running things.

07-09-2003, 01:46 PM

How does this show work exactly? Does the funniest comic win or the most strategically gifted in reality tv skills? Also, is Rob the guy with the cancer? And the standup I saw Dat do was funny- why does everyone hate him?

Replaced_Texan · 07-09-2003, 01:47 PM

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Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
How great is it going to be for him when he realizes that he went to bed with a green screen Apple IIc computer with which he had to know DOS to use to waking up and having an infinite amount of porn on this wonderful thing called the internet.

"I'll never have to buy another betamax fuck flick tape again!", he screams.

Good times.

I wonder if he has any precognative abilities.

Did you just call me Coltrane? · 07-09-2003, 01:57 PM

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Originally posted by NotFromHere
And he still thinks Reagan is president. Wait til he figures out that the former VP's kid is running things.

"Damnit man, the Doobie Brothers broke up! Shit! When did that happen?"

Replaced_Texan · 07-09-2003, 01:58 PM

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How does this show work exactly? Does the funniest comic win or the most strategically gifted in reality tv skills? Also, is Rob the guy with the cancer? And the standup I saw Dat do was funny- why does everyone hate him?

I missed the first two weeks. The first half of the show, the comics are working for exemptions. Last week they had to bring their own audience (i.e. recruit random people on the street in Venice Beach) to a comedy show later that day. Apparently this is something very new comics have to do when they're starting out. Tess won that exemption. This week, they had to pitch a sit-com to a focus group, and the focus group got to decide which pitch was the best idea. Dat, the only comic who has admitted to wanting to be on a sit-com, won the exemption. In the second half of the show, the comics challenge (each comic states affirmatively that he or she knows that he or she is funnier than another comic) one another, and the person who gets the most challenges gets to go head to head with any one of the comics that challenged em. The challenger and challengee do their acts in front of a live audience, who votes to decide which one is funnier. The loser goes home.

Dat is funny on stage, and I agree with Ollie that he may prove tougher to oust than the coalition thinks, but he's an unfunny person on his off time. Last week he showed the group his journal, complete with graphics, that noted each routine that he's done over the years, how many laughs each joke got, and how long the audience laughed. He was completely serious.

NotFromHere · 07-09-2003, 02:02 PM

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Originally posted by paigowprincess
How does this show work exactly? Does the funniest comic win or the most strategically gifted in reality tv skills? Also, is Rob the guy with the cancer? And the standup I saw Dat do was funny- why does everyone hate him?

Cancer guy was voted off 2 weeks ago. Dat has funny material and has great delivery but apparently he's annoying to live with. So was Spike. Being funny, and being a good roommate are 2 different things.
The show is a popularity contest amongst the comedians. Whoever is the least popular gets voted off the island (or out of the mansion) but the twist is that you get to "challenge" a person who you think is a weaker competitor to a competition in front of an audience who gets the final vote as to who's funnier.

Try to keep up.

purse junkie · 07-09-2003, 02:02 PM

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"Damnit man, the Doobie Brothers broke up! Shit! When did that happen?"

Hey--I'm still sad about that! And who was it (Atticus?) who said he'd recently seen some kids walking around in parachute pants?

Minis are back, armloads of bangles are back, flats with pointy toes are coming back--holy crap, maybe Reagan still *is* President!

Aloha Mr. Learned Hand · 07-09-2003, 02:10 PM

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Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
"Damnit man, the Doobie Brothers broke up! Shit! When did that happen?"

Actually, they haven't, though maybe they should. According to their website, some incarnation of the band is playing several dates in CA later this month...

http://www.doobiebros.com/

Atticus Grinch · 07-09-2003, 02:16 PM

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Hey--I'm still sad about that! And who was it (Atticus?) who said he'd recently seen some kids walking around in parachute pants?

A seventh-grade teacher tells me they're reappearing. I have no FHK because I don't spend my day with 13 year olds. But if you ask my cranky self, it's not too far a leap from the Avril Lavigne sk8r belly shirt baggy pants look anyway. Personally, I'll just be happy to see flares finally return to the Goodwill racks from whence they came.

Plus, Swatch just opened some glitzy new stores here. Brace yourself. No doubt you'll get premiums for "vintage" on eBay.

As for the coma chameleon, he'll probably lapse back into unconsciousness when he hears about the tragic breakup of Wham!

Aloha Mr. Learned Hand · 07-09-2003, 02:20 PM

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As for the coma chameleon, he'll probably lapse back into unconsciousness when he hears about the tragic breakup of Wham!

To paraphrase the first Austin Powers movie, "I can't believe George Michael is gay. Never saw that one coming. Women loved him..." NTTAWWT