Awesome, awesome to the max!
was a good episode, thoughts?
Futurestock
S04E09 FuturestockliveMar 31, 2002, 9:12 AM ET13 hours before it aired42 posts by 20 posters
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Awesome, awesome to the max!
was a good episode, thoughts?
"Hundsfurtz" wrote in message news:[email]...
Very good ep- "National pornographic" and the fox stock going down twice (-60 then -80) were only 2 of the good moments-nice to see MOM again too.
On Mon, 01 Apr 2002 01:44:18 GMT, Hundsfurtz wrote:
Freeze Frame Fun: The upside down writing on the Apple 1984 commercial: William Howard Taft Grover Cleveland (bottom) Taft Cleve Land Grover (in boxes)
On the big stock ticker on the Galactic Stock Exchange: top: RUN dn .47 DMC up .04 FOX dn 61
OSX up .39 WIN dn 50 KIRK dn 1.25 GORN up 2
The Hebrew banner at the "bot-mitzvah": Home (?) Etch (????) Robot (pretty sure) (man, you don't practice something for 25 years and you get rusty. Someone here must be able to pronounce it properly)
Overall, I really liked this episode. The Pat Buchanan joke was brilliant. I was in college in the early 80's and I saw more than my share of aspiring 80's guys.
--Larry
=v= Hey! I thought Matt Groening said Microsoft was dead and gone in the 30th and 31st Centuries!
=v= (Yeah, I know we've seen indications of Microsoft before on the show. I'm just bitter about it.)
=v= Also, wasn't there a BYOB stock?
=v= Agreed. I laughed so hard, LaRouche actually stopped telling knock-knock jokes. <_Jym_>
=v= I think MG was there too, though I didn't catch the number. Still, it's pretty good that he's not delisted, considering he's just a head in a jar who's being cleared from the Head Museum's shelves for only $1.98!
=v= Answering my own question, yes, a BYOB and a SLRM. <_Jym_>
On Mon, 01 Apr 2002 10:11:13 GMT, Hundsfurtz wrote:
It was very similar. It's a variation of the basic wheel shaped space station, which has been around for a long time. If I recall correctly, it was first suggested by Von Baun.
--Larry
In article , [email] says...
I thought the 'pun' was funny:
"Help Prevent Stock Market Crashes by driving safely"
And who else is gonna by 'Soylent Beans'?
I also liked the scene where Fry mooned Mom cause it reminds me of some of my favourite taunt macros I was using in Descent 1 multiplayer (gosh, the memories). I planned to use a phrase similar to 'you just got vaporized' and used 'you just got Mooned' simply because this happened to by my nick. Took some time till someone actually let me in on what the phrase really ment... but as a taunt it really work like a charm ;)
BTW, DYN that the version of Men Without Hats' "The Safety Dance" hummed by the 80's guy actually did not appear to be the original version? Instead it sounded very much like intro of the 'original aussie version' which is more like a dance remix of the original pop song.
Curiously enough a lot of 80's compilations I've seen only do have the remix so maybe it was kinda popular and you in the US might not have heard the other version at all.
Another thing: what does the shape of the Momcorp ship remind you of? It kinda rings the bell but I just don't get it...
-< Moon >-
"Moon" schrieb
Reminds me of some design i've seen in Star Trek TNG mixed with Moms hairstyle.
=v= I remember when that song was released in the U.S., and it was always a version with that particular melodic hook. I don't think I've ever heard the original Aussie version! Presumably, neither did Fry nor That Guy.
=v= It reminds me of Mom more than anything else! <_Jym_>
In article , [email] says...
You bet!
I temporarily uploaded the two versions on crappy but still audible 64 kbit to my subdomain on nncyonline.de:
http://moon.nnyconline.de/stuff/men_without_hats-the_safety_dance.mp3
1.2 MB, this is the Album version that was popular in Germany.
http://moon.nnyconline.de/stuff/men_without_hats-the_safety_dance_ (original_aussie_version).mp3
2.5 MB, this is the other version which also was released as the 12" version in Germany. And only this version has that particular melodic hook the 80's guy was humming, it starts at 23 seconds into the song.
They are totally different and guess which I like more ;) Check it out.
-< Moon >-
In article , Moon wrote:
I like neither. ;)
Glad the 80s are gone! :P
In article , [email] says...
MMh, guess you would think differently if you've experienced them having just become a teenager like me...
-< Moon >-
Or if you just don't happen to like today's mostly crap music.
I personally like the first version more, not the "aussie" one.
In article , Moon wrote:
Well, I'm 27 now. So I didn't miss the 80s, I lived through them consciously. ;)
On 5 Apr 2002 06:25:08 -0600, [email] (JvG) wrote:
I like the Brady Bunch version by Weird Al.
If you've seen "That 70's Show" they have a sequel called "That 80's show".
If you get the chance, tape it. Then erase the tape, tape something else over it and throw it away. It's not funny because the 80's weren't funny.
That 70's Show is pretty good though.
--Larry
In article , Larry wrote:
Yeah I know, it's not bad at all.
In article , Markus Mehring wrote:
Well, guess I can toss my Futurama DVDs out the window then. ;)
On Sat, 06 Apr 2002 10:24:25 GMT, Hundsfurtz spewed forth:
Wow. That is exactly what I see every time I close my eyes.
"Rev. Bleech_" wrote:
Doesn't that get disturbing after a while?
On Mon, 15 Apr 2002 18:31:57 GMT, Pocketwatch spewed forth:
It's a pain that never ends.
Rev. Bleech_ wrote in news:[email]:
It just goes on and on my friends.
Howard
"Rev. Bleech_" wrote:
Have you tried Maximum Strength Rationalization ?
<< Australian? They were a Canadian group. Did they do a separate Aussie version of the song? >>
They were Canadian? My friend said British. I thought they were Aussies, just like Men at Work.
In article , Larry writes:
On 08 Apr 2002 00:35:45 GMT, [email] (Jeremy B) wrote:
Thanks. I was actually close than I thought. Last time I read Hebrew was 1976. I have fountain pen to prove it.
--Larry
yeah that was awesome, couldnt stop laughing
was the guy in the stock exchange whose head was a holographic image a 1984 thing as well?
"Hundsfurtz" wrote in message news:[email]...
"Ben Stevens" wrote in message news:3ca7ff45$0$17316$[email]...
1984
Think Superman...
- Daniel
And he did say he was Jor El...
In article , "Ben Stevens" wrote:
Definately. One of the things I've always liked is the way Scruffy appears in random episodes and is used to make some crucial decision, then vanishes and isn't mentioned again. IIRC, he also died the way he lived (lying on a cot reading an issue of Gigantic Asses ;)
The Pat Buchannan vote was also one of the highlights, as was the 1984 commercial. And the "last thing a delivery company should be concerned with is deliveries. It's all about the brand." Quite fitting humor for the dot com era we just exited.
=v= And in this episode he's reading _National_Pornographic_. <_Jym_>
Outstanding episode! My favorite quote:
"I'll handle this Fry. You get back to the farm, shift some paradigms, revolutionize outside the box."
Anyone in the technology industry would get a kick out of that...
- Josh
In article , "Joshua" wrote:
No kidding! I rewatched last night. Another thing I Loved:
Farnsworth's Planet Express business plan, which he kept close to his heart. (the organ was in a jar, in a desk drawer, and the plan was an escape plan, not a biz plan. ;) "So long suckers!"
In article , [email] says...
I think this is a pure coincidence but there was an american airline commercial about 10 years ago where some ppl where boarding a plane. On their way to it they met a lot of airline ppl while paying the tickets, checking in the suitcases and stuff. And whenever they turned away the workers laughed their asses off and said "sucker" cause they obviously payed too much since they weren't using that airline that did the commercial.
In the last scene they show one of those guys who put the suitcases into the plane (dunno the correct term) and he ways his hand and shouts "So long suckers!".
It's sometimes weird to see what kind of trivia stuff gets stuck on your mind...
-< Moon >-
On 4 Apr 2002 13:21:12 -0800, [email] (Joshua) wrote:
There's a commercial with a "motivational speaker" does a similar routine.
"You've got to think outside the box. change the 'pair uh dig um' "
When it first aired, his idiotic pronunciation of paradigm reminded me of Zapps 'sham pag in' instead of Champaign.
Then this episode made fun of the same cliche. Incredible.
--Larry
<< When it first aired, his idiotic pronunciation of paradigm reminded me of Zapps 'sham pag in' instead of Champaign. >>
So it is "^Par uh dime"? Anyway, Curley (of the Three Stooges) once said at one of those society balls they seemed to get invited to, "Ooh! Cham ^pag nay!" (the French spelling is "Champagne").
On Fri, 05 Apr 2002 19:51:10 GMT, "Robert J. Muldoon" wrote:
I believe it's "Par uh dim", but I have heard it pronounced "par uh dime" as well. I think they are both correct. The 'g' is definitely silent.
I think it was an episode called "The Hoi Polloi". It was a parody of Pigmallion / My Fair Lady (minus the music).
My spell checker let that slide for some reason. It may have seen that I capitalized it and assumed it was a proper name. Which Champagne is.
--Larry
In article , Larry wrote:
In American English, it is most definitely "pair uh dime."
http://futurama.tktv.net
In article , "Robert J. Muldoon" wrote:
The English (American) spelling is "champagne" also, isn't it?
http://futurama.tktv.net
=v= Dig 'im!
=v= This commercial ran during _Futurestock_ in my area. <_Jym_>
"Larry" wrote in message news:[email]...
It's "champagne." "Champaign" is a city in Illinois. (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.)
On Mon, 8 Apr 2002 23:23:57 -0400, "Fen Phen" wrote:
Yeah, I spelled it wrong, but I can't imagine that I spelled it Champaign. So, I am going to blame the spell checker for that putting in.
--Larry