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Blossom - TV Shows
John, It sounds as though both Mr. Hanks and Ms. Biaylik should have been insulted but it's hard to tell which of them should have been MORE insulted here! -- Submitted By: (Pelirojo) on December 3, 2011, 4:33 pm

Twilight - Movie Series
Robert, Oh, that's whacked! Whom do we make out the Reality Checks to- and is there any chance they'll cash them? Hello, folks, it's JUST a movie depicting fictional characters and the folks onscreen are performers NOT documentary participants! Maybe someone should tell them not to wait by their furnaces Christmas Eve with milk and cookies for Santa Claus. . . -- Submitted By: (Pelirojo) on December 3, 2011, 4:31 pm

Voyagers! - TV Shows
Geez, this show made the CARTOON version of "Back to the Future" seem like a documentary! Lame. -- Submitted By: (Pelirojo) on November 30, 2011, 7:12 pm

Microwave ovens - Random Topics
Works great on popcorn and hot water but fair to middling at best on other foods. Too bad I can't live on popcorn and hot water! LOL -- Submitted By: (Pelirojo) on November 30, 2011, 7:03 pm

Growing Pains - TV Shows
John, I'm not sure how you get these confused. I mean, Michael J. Fox became a much bigger star than did Kirk Cameron. Also, Alex Keaton was likable but covered it up by pretending to be obnoxious whereas it was vice versa with Mike Seaver. -- Submitted By: (Pelirojo) on November 30, 2011, 7:01 pm

Daniel Stern_(actor) - Celebrities
Maybe one day I'll forgive TPTB of "Wonder Years" for overwhelming the rest of the show with Stern's relentless narration. Aside from that, I have no real objections to him. -- Submitted By: (Pelirojo) on November 30, 2011, 6:55 pm

Black Friday - Random Topics
Good question, DolFan. I remember going to a science museum back in the mid 1970's that predicted that folks would never have to leave their homes once this technology happened. I guess folks got tired of staring at their terminals all day and decided being in a mob scene was less tedious. Me, I'll do what I always do- wait until I get an offday in the middle of the week when there are fewer shoppers and go to local stores instead of chains when possible. -- Submitted By: (Pelirojo) on November 30, 2011, 9:35 am

"A Christmas Story" Series - Movie Series
Jp, I agree- and I hated that Ralphie framed a friend by wrongly accusing him of dropping an 'f-bomb' and as an adult STILL didn't regret it but kept trying to justify his cowardice. -- Submitted By: (Pelirojo) on November 30, 2011, 9:29 am

Detroit, Michigan - Random Topics
Inasmuch as I have a couple of good friends from there [who prefer living in my Southeastern city], I don't want to dump on it too badly. However; I'll always think of the lamest hijacker when I think of Detroit. In 1976, this man evidently pulled a weapon on a flight attendent and yelled 'Take this plane to Detroit!'. She replied 'This plane's already GOING to Detroit!' to which he meekly replied 'Oh, good.' and sat down. So many levels of lame to choose from here. LOL -- Submitted By: (Pelirojo) on November 30, 2011, 9:27 am

TBS (TV channel) - Random Topics
Anyone else here old enough to remember the black marble background for the logo and when it was one of the very few non-local cable channels that could be picked up when ordering cable for those of us in the Southeast? Yep, I'm old enough to remember how this station was considered by many to be a flop ready to happen to Ted Turner but, whatever else one can say about him, one has to give him credit for being able to use this to launch an empire that no one else could have predicted! -- Submitted By: (Pelirojo) on November 28, 2011, 8:14 am

Fatal Attractions (Animal Planet) - TV Shows
I don't know [nor care] about the owners' anatomy, Stephanie, but I think they definitely have small BRAINS [and this would cover the women owners of such dangerous pets best left in the wild]. -- Submitted By: (Pelirojo) on November 28, 2011, 8:09 am

Burger Chef - Random Topics
John, I can't say I was ever a fan of the food itself. However; I HAVE used their cartoon ads' sidekick Jeff's catchphrase 'incrediBURGable' decades after the chain itself went out of business! LOL -- Submitted By: (Pelirojo) on November 28, 2011, 8:07 am

Not Necessarily the News - TV Shows
I wish this show was still on! Ironically, it often was closer to the REAL news than current 'legit' news is these days. -- Submitted By: (Pelirojo) on November 27, 2011, 11:56 am

WKRP in Cincinnati - TV Shows
To be fair, John. There were only two episodes which dealt with the Carlsons' change-of-life baby. The first one had the intriguing premise of overwhelming Mama Lillian Carlson reacting to the news of this pregnancy by offering to pay for her daughter-in-law to abort her baby due to Mama Carlson actually CARING about her and not wanting to risk her aging daughter-in-law Carmen's health and life via the pregnancy and childbirth. Rare indeed to see that Mama Carlson had a caring side [and this would save the 'WKRP' format in the show's finale when Johnny Fever threatened to tell 'the Big Guy' that his mother had always wanted the station to fail so she could profit]. Then, there was the childbirth itself which, thankfully, went without problems for Carmen and their newborn daughter. Maybe once of twice in the series and its sequel was this child referred to even though her troublesome older brother Arthur was around. Still, I agree that it was best when they kept the focus on the station itself. -- Submitted By: (Pelirojo) on November 27, 2011, 11:43 am

Black Friday - Random Topics
kingbk,jp and the 2nd(), I TOTALLY agree! In addition to the horrible crowds and petulant behavior exhibited, what made this one REALLY bone was the violence that happened in various locales. Really, PEPPER SPRAY on other shoppers so one could try to get an X-Box game?! If what's alleged is true, that's so WRONG and, in addition to hoping the legal book gets thrown at the alleged perp, I hope her MOTHER bawls her out for shaming their family! -- Submitted By: (Pelirojo) on November 27, 2011, 11:25 am

Bobby Brown - Music Groups
I remember hearing him do the "Ghost Busters II" theme and thinking that he had a spectucular career ahead of him unlike Ray Parker, Jr. who seemed to go into obscurity after "Ghost Busters". Whoops! I guess this goes to show that obscurity is preferable to infamy. -- Submitted By: (Pelirojo) on November 22, 2011, 2:17 pm

What a Country! - TV Shows
And where's the Soviet Jacob Smith these days? -- Submitted By: (Pelirojo) on November 22, 2011, 2:14 pm

Pink Panther - Movie Series
Poor Ted Wass. What's worse- being remembered for being the last ditch replacement for Peter Sellars OR being Blossom's dad? I know he's gone onto better things but those two deals would be hard to live down. Also, that "Curse of the Pink Panther" proved to be David Niven's last movie and he was so badly ailing that his vocal part had to be dubbed by [ no kidding] Rich Little! That was one movie it would have been better simply being dropped after Sellers' death to let both the PP enterprise and David Niven be allowed to have more dignified swan songs. -- Submitted By: (Pelirojo) on November 22, 2011, 2:12 pm

Midnight Special, The - TV Shows
I remember this one! It came on during a unique slot in TV programming- just after the Ed Sullivan Show ended which had one of the few regular venues for rock bands AND before MTV premiered. Flech is right that you REALLY got to see who could perform live here and who was over their heads. It seemed more raw, desperate back then than the conformist and cookie-cutter stuff that came later! -- Submitted By: (Pelirojo) on November 22, 2011, 2:05 pm

Night Stand with Dick Dietrick - TV Shows
Not bad but after a few shows it became evident that the REAL 'talk shows' they were supposed to be satiring were not that different from what they spoofing. In other words, there wasn't much if anything for them left to parody because their targets incriminated themselves quite well! Made it all the easier to avoid ALL of them including this one. -- Submitted By: (Pelirojo) on November 22, 2011, 2:01 pm