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Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade - Random Topics
It's been years since I've bothered with it mainly because it stops about every two minutes to have some Broadway celeb/soap star do a song+dance in front of the Sidewalk Red Star for the NBC cameras. Sorry, but when I watch a parade I want to see it MOVE! Anyway, while that's a personal preference, what REALLY caused it to bone as far as I'm concerned is when just DAYS after all the allegations came out that prompted Kevin Clash to abruptly retire for 'personal reasons', they had the ELMO FLOAT! Did the Macy's organizers truly believe that anyone would have been upset had they just 'retired' the character? There are no words. -- Submitted By: (Pelirojo) on November 24, 2012, 2:36 pm

Isley Brothers, The - Music Groups
They stood up to Michael Bolton and WON! Need I say more? Automatic permanent boneproof! -- Submitted By: (Pelirojo) on November 19, 2012, 10:37 am

Jonathan Winters - Celebrities
I have to agree that he's funny but a little of him goes a VERY long way IMO! -- Submitted By: (Pelirojo) on November 19, 2012, 10:33 am

Christmas - Random Topics
Walgreen's in my city stripped down the Halloween stuff November 1st and put the Christmas stuff up THAT day without even a second to consider Thanksgiving! I like the day itself and, as a Christian, I like take the time to reflect on His Birth and Life on that day but how greedy can retailer's be? Oh, and I could only find frankincense there- NO gold or myrrh at Walgreens! -- Submitted By: (Pelirojo) on November 19, 2012, 10:31 am

Ted Nugent - Music Groups
Robert, I just thought of something that really bothered me about him that's even worse than him dissing us men who opt to not hunt. On the VH1 'Behind the Music' deal with him which did its best to celebrate him, they touched upon the fact that his first wife OD'd after losing a custody battle -and he GLOATED that it just showed she was weak and he was strong! No, I certainly didn't expect 'The Nuge' to be 'Mr. Sensitive' even in a case like this but would it have killed him to have said something along the lines of' Things ended bad between us and I don't pretend we were friends but she didn't deserve that and my kids sure didn't deserve to lose their mother'?! Even a blanket 'No comment' would have at least given the viewer the idea that possibly he might have had SOME compassion in private for his kids having had their mother die that way. His poor daughter was interviewed about this on the 'BTM' and she was STILL shaken about it years after the fact [who wouldn't be] but did he say or do more than gloat in front of her? Yeah, he played some good guitar but that went beyond the pale of all decency regardless of any political views and, yes, I'd say that if he'd been the one who'd died and she'd been the one who outlived him and gloated. -- Submitted By: (Pelirojo) on November 19, 2012, 10:23 am

Monkees, The - TV Shows
I wish I could agree with you, gagedesoto, but decades after the fact, I FINALLY saw [bits] of the movie "Head" and their '33 and 1/3 Revolutions per Monkee' TV specials. What a depressing,humorless,disturbing and pointless one-two punch those two proved to be re the band and the show! If one wants to see the bounty of the excesses of the 1960's shadowside, those two productions are IT! Ironically, for the determined forensic Monkee maniacs, there ARE a few scattered entertaining moments even in the latter production [e.g. Peter Tork playing Beethoven on the harpsicord, the band jamming to Nesmith's 'Listen to the Band' before being overwhelmed by needless additions] but it's no wonder Tork was burned out by this that he quit the group right after the latter even though he had to cough up over $100 thousand to do so. Nesmith hung on for a few more albums and some commercials before a final one for Nerf balls in which he sincerely declared 'E-Nerf's e-Nerf' while being pummelled by them. However; all was not lost for the group in that the three sans Nesmith rejoined in the 80's . And for the TV fans, Nesmith scripted a reasonably entertaining 1997 'update' 'Hey Hey We're the Monkees' in which all four characters were still at that Malibu pad, being friends, having adventures and making music [of course this contrasted with the performers actual lives in which the four had had varied careers, about a dozen wives and sixteen kids]. Thankfully, that special pretended "Head" and '33 and 1/3 Revolutions' had NEVER happened which is best for all concerned, IMO. Now of course, Mr. Jones is no longer with us and the three remaining ones including Nesmith are touring as of November, 2012. Considering the number of times they've been declared dissolved, I can't help but think it's likely they'll find ways to tour together off and on until the last survivor. -- Submitted By: (Pelirojo) on November 3, 2012, 4:38 pm

TLC (The Learning Channel) - Random Topics
Excellently put, cartooner! -- Submitted By: (Pelirojo) on November 3, 2012, 4:17 pm

Disney - Random Topics
Truth be told, I'd feel more optimistic re the news of the purchase of Lucasfilm were Uncle Walt still at the helm inasmuch as HE would have done his derndest to have steered the 'Star Wars' enterprise away from the pointless track of cynicism,evil celebrated and sadism that's pervaded it ever since Lucas gave the EU writers free rein after 'ROJ' 's original release.Under Uncle Walt the original themes of good triumphing over evil, redemption and mercy would have been brought back but with whoever's running Disney these days, I'm not so sure! -- Submitted By: (Pelirojo) on November 3, 2012, 4:15 pm

Lance Armstrong - Celebrities
Sad but true point, Robert. However; those of us with faith believe that in the next world, everyone gets EXACTLY what they deserve. Yeah, I tried to give him as much doubt's benefit as possible for the longest time but there simply seems to be too much smoke for there to have been apparently zero ignition on his part. Oh, and now the Tour de France is supposed to from now on have NO 'official' winners re those seven years. What does that say to the fastest NON-chemically altered competitors for each of those years? Talk about a sport imploding. -- Submitted By: (Pelirojo) on October 18, 2012, 7:30 pm

Jeannie (Animated Series) - TV Shows
I saw this but even back then was puzzled at why they bothered to have the character of Baboo. Did the networks think that having a teen boy finding a gorgeous girl djini in a bottle be too provocative for Saturday morning cartoons so was Baboo supposed to be a 'chaperone' along with 'comic relief'? At least the boy knew that Jeannie had absolutely NOTHING going on with Baboo despite having to be cramped up for centuries in the same bottle. -- Submitted By: (Pelirojo) on October 18, 2012, 7:22 pm

Major Dad - TV Shows
Travoltron, I agree with you on both points here! She did an excellent job on "Major Dad" AND it's good to hear that she's evidently still with us at this time! I have to wonder if she had a similar reaction to the evident premature 'Net obits as Mark Twain did ('reports of my death are greatly exaggerated')? Oh, well, hopefully she's gotten to read kudos re how her fans have appreciated her work! -- Submitted By: (Pelirojo) on October 18, 2012, 6:45 pm

PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) - Random Topics
Are you all KIDDING?! These Pokemons are FICTIONAL characters so what's the point of PETA protesting the treatment much less attempting to concoct ersatz versions of them! Besides, kids who are into these things aren't exactly famous for taking care of REAL critters. How many members of 4-H Clubs are Pokemon fans anyway? Talk about bogus timewasting! -- Submitted By: (Pelirojo) on October 18, 2012, 6:22 pm

Motel 6 - Random Topics
True that, jp! Some branches I went to had broken appliances and sticky, smelly carpet while others only had broken appliances! LOL -- Submitted By: (Pelirojo) on October 9, 2012, 9:16 am

Laff-A-Lympics - TV Shows
Robert, That's good news because if the 'heroes' won ALL the time, there'd be no suspense or interest in said race! -- Submitted By: (Pelirojo) on October 8, 2012, 8:22 pm

What's My Line? - TV Shows
A downright cool game show in which the panel would have to pinpoint via yes+ no questions what a contestant's vocation was or, in the case of Mystery Guests the panel would pinpoint who these stars were. What's interesting is that often one see women doing jobs/tasks few viewers would have imagined women doing back in the pre-liberated 1950's and 1960's so this unexpectedly helped broaden horizons. Also, it was interesting to see how contestants and panelists could keep their cool even in rather upsetting situations [e.g. a stage crasher attempted to disrupt the then hot Melina Mercouri's turn by attempting to pitch something on air which prompted a swift removal by the 'second unit'. Anyway, not only did Miss Mercouri keep her cool but NONE of the panelists considered taking off their blindfolds to see what had happened and all continued with the game without any further problems]. -- Submitted By: (Pelirojo) on October 8, 2012, 8:20 pm

Facebook - Websites
Travoltron, Please explain to me [Facebook phobe that I am] how it technically is easier to sign up to Facebook and 'friend' these other folks than to simply type a few e-mail addresses on an address line? And is said 'ease' truly worth the risks of lifelong headaches and problems resulting from getting mixed up with Facebook? -- Submitted By: (Pelirojo) on October 8, 2012, 8:01 pm

Baby, I'm Back - TV Shows
Parker, YES! She was Denise Nicholas whom I can recall helping the relieve the tedium of the otherwise tedious "Room 222" long before [ a rather boring show even back then but oddly enough got referenced by Lisa Douglas on "Green Acres" once]. I don't know what she's doing now but let's just say when Carroll O'Connor hooked up with her on "Heat of the Night" one could definitely say he'd 'moved on up' from Edith [as nice as that character had been]! -- Submitted By: (Pelirojo) on October 8, 2012, 7:57 pm

Josie and the Pussycats - TV Shows
OK, I messed up that credit but the only viddles I'd be feeding Audrey would be Agent Orange!LOL -- Submitted By: (Pelirojo) on October 8, 2012, 7:49 pm

Emperor's New School, The - TV Shows
Fair enough, cartooner. However; even factoring it as a lampoon and taking the aspect of bogus history off the table, IMO it's just downright lame. -- Submitted By: (Pelirojo) on September 28, 2012, 9:38 am

It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia - TV Shows
I can't say the show is appealing but I had fun gallivanting around the Independence Hall and Liberty Bell area picturing life in North American British colonies' most prosperous city before and during the Revolution! -- Submitted By: (Pelirojo) on September 25, 2012, 9:38 am