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cherelann · 07-05-2012, 10:21 PM,

How the Earth Was Made is another series definitely worth watching. How much of it is true is up for speculation, but they seem to have done their homework & they cover the entire earth. This is on Netflix watch instantly.

My Alter Ego, I don't think you are being too fatalistic at all. That is why I am interested in other planes of existence & the science behind it. Like you, I am appalled by humanity's lack of compassion for their fellow men & women. The most important thing, I think, is to not live your life in a state of fear. Death is inevitable for us mortals but what if our mortality is just an illusion and we really have the ability to soar with angels...the only reason to go on is to take this quantum leap and explore the possibilities.

Tusk · (This post was last modified: 07-06-2012, 12:44 AM by Tusk.)

RE: Douglas Adams/ Monty Python et al.

What I appreciated about their humor was, most of the time, it required a modicum of thought and a wider perspective than the societal morays of the States would allow. Their humor went beyond, set-up then punch line (and maybe a prat fall and a pie in the face). George Carlin and Richard Pryor come to mind as exceptions to that though....

Of Course the Brits had Benny Hill too, so were not beyond pratfalls and pretty girls for a laugh

I actually 'discovered' Douglas Adams, originally, by listening to the BBC radio Broadcast (I found out these were done, BEFORE, the book was published, and the original BBC TV Show). We were not well off and this was free entertainment.

Adams later published the story, and there have been different iterations of the original story performed on radio. (He also wrote episodes for Doctor Who, which, as a kid in the UK, I was a HUGE fan of)

(Trivia...the Muppet Show actually started in England, Jim Henson's Idea for the show was rejected by the TV producers in the States, so he went to the British and they accepted him...I believe it was ITV and not BBC....We had 3 stations then, BBC 1, BBC 2 and ITV.)...That means The Muppet shows I was watching were the original airings Big Grin

...that's why I said I'm not sure this was the version I listened to years ago. I haven't listened to the whole thing, though so the list may be incomplete

Another piece of trivia: The music Adams chose, and has now become synonymous with the Hitchhiker's series, was a composition by the American group, The Eagles..."Journey of the Sorcerer" .

So typical that Adams would use an instrumental banjo composition by an American rock/country group as the theme song for his story about Hitchhiking Englishmen in Space Big Grin

Incidentally, I also found a full version of the recent movie version of HHGTTG on youtube

A piece of Trivia about the movie: In the original tracking, "Deep Thought" reveals the answer to the question of "Life the Universe and Everything" at the 42 minute mark of the movie...clever Wink

(It's a few seconds off in this youtube). The movie obviously had to be compressed and cut a lot out of the story. It's a little too Americanized for me, and not enough British, nevertheless, a valiant effort.

Big Grin

LovinDaHaley · 07-06-2012, 01:55 AM,

(07-05-2012, 09:16 PM)My Alter Ego Wrote: But for those Haliens who are younger, you might want to take such information into consideration when making plans for your futures (as in where to live). (On the other hand, LovinDa, your current Nevada premise may fairly soon, be close to waterfront property??)

For sure, sooner or later!

I've been trying to keep up with this thread but the sparks and smoke from my ears makes it hard to read the screen. So thank you MAE for something that makes sense to me, a town full of Haliens!

Calling all Haliens! Come and get your Beachfront Property before the prices go up!

Whilst yawl been going over that meaning of life thing I've been studying for my Real Estate License Tongue

(between my pole dancing gigs).

I like Haliens, they're more compassionate than my mom. Here's her email reply the last time I cried on her shoulder:

"The Pity Train has just derailed at the intersection of Suck-It-Up and Move-On, and crashed into We-All-Have-Problems, before coming to a complete stop at Get-the-Hell-Over-It.

If you like this news, great; if you don't, suck it up Buttercup--life doesn't revolve around you...!!

Any complaints can be forwarded to 1-800-waa-wah.
Best Regards from Dr. Sniffle Reporting LIVE from Quitchur Bitchin."

buzzenator · 07-06-2012, 08:47 AM,

(07-06-2012, 01:55 AM)LovinDaHaley Wrote:

(07-05-2012, 09:16 PM)My Alter Ego Wrote: But for those Haliens who are younger, you might want to take such information into consideration when making plans for your futures (as in where to live). (On the other hand, LovinDa, your current Nevada premise may fairly soon, be close to waterfront property??)
For sure, sooner or later!

I've been trying to keep up with this thread but the sparks and smoke from my ears makes it hard to read the screen. So thank you MAE for something that makes sense to me, a town full of Haliens!

Calling all Haliens! Come and get your Beachfront Property before the prices go up!

Whilst yawl been going over that meaning of life thing I've been studying for my Real Estate License (between my pole dancing gigs).

I like Haliens, they're more compassionate than my mom. Here's her email reply the last time I cried on her shoulder:

"The Pity Train has just derailed at the intersection of Suck-It-Up and Move-On, and crashed into We-All-Have-Problems, before coming to a complete stop at Get-the-Hell-Over-It.

If you like this news, great; if you don't, suck it up Buttercup--life doesn't revolve around you...!!

Any complaints can be forwarded to 1-800-waa-wah.
Best Regards from Dr. Sniffle Reporting LIVE from Quitchur Bitchin."

It's Dr. Phil's Psycho Sister...Phyllis

(so that means Dr. Phil is your uncle...you and your mom could be on the show Tongue

)

LovinDaHaley · 07-06-2012, 07:03 PM,

(07-06-2012, 08:47 AM)buzzenator Wrote: It's Dr. Phil's Psycho Sister...Phyllis (so that means Dr. Phil is your uncle...you and your mom could be on the show )

^ lol buzz, but Uncle Phil hasn't been the same since all that phony hoopla about Oprah's firing him. He needs the love of his fans more now than ever, so please show your support and go buy his new book, “More Useless Advice I Pulled Out of My Ass”.

OK, sorry, back to topic… Did you hear about the dyslexic agnostic schizophrenic? She was in two minds as to whether there's a dog.

ba dump dump chshshshshshshsh

buzzenator · 07-06-2012, 11:12 PM,

(07-06-2012, 07:03 PM)LovinDaHaley Wrote:
(07-06-2012, 08:47 AM)buzzenator Wrote: It's Dr. Phil's Psycho Sister...Phyllis (so that means Dr. Phil is your uncle...you and your mom could be on the show )

^ lol buzz, but Uncle Phil hasn't been the same since all that phony hoopla about Oprah's firing him. He needs the love of his fans more now than ever, so please show your support and go buy his new book, “More Useless Advice I Pulled Out of My Ass”.

OK, sorry, back to topic… Did you hear about the dyslexic agnostic schizophrenic? She was in two minds as to whether there's a dog.

ba dump dump chshshshshshshsh

...you slay me LovinDa, not quite like Haley does...I'd say about halfaHaley Cool

My Alter Ego · (This post was last modified: 07-07-2012, 01:56 PM by My Alter Ego.)

(07-06-2012, 01:55 AM)LovinDaHaley Wrote:

(07-05-2012, 09:16 PM)My Alter Ego Wrote: But for those Haliens who are younger, you might want to take such information into consideration when making plans for your futures (as in where to live). (On the other hand, LovinDa, your current Nevada premise may fairly soon, be close to waterfront property??)
For sure, sooner or later!

I've been trying to keep up with this thread but the sparks and smoke from my ears makes it hard to read the screen. So thank you MAE for something that makes sense to me, a town full of Haliens!

Calling all Haliens! Come and get your Beachfront Property before the prices go up!

Whilst yawl been going over that meaning of life thing I've been studying for my Real Estate License (between my pole dancing gigs).

Ha! Well, LovinDa, I'm not sure what caused the sparks and smoke, but since we (the Haliens on this site) know that you are one bright, young woman, I will assume/hope that you're not happy about injustice (in general) and inaction regarding the environment -- whenever or wherever it takes place. (I could be completely wrong about that.)

I do want to amend my earlier statement, just in case some took it too literally. And the way that I want to amend is too make it clear that if the "current rate of melt off" continues as has been recorded, what I posted earlier would likely occur.

Scientists/researchers are smart, and have learned (probably the hard way) to be careful about the way they phrase their results. They make their "forecasts" based on the results of the dataa they've gathered --data of the past. They project ("extrapolate" is probably the term you would see if you read a "peer reviewed" published article) what might happen given the data they've collected.

Across the globe and for quite some time, we've been experiencing a warming trend that is certainly melting the ice cap in the Northern Hemisphere at a fairly (if not alarmingly) quick rate. And, thus, the sea level will rise. Just how high will depend on a number of things. One of those things - perhaps the most important aspect -- is weather.

And, weather, as we all know, tends to be rather unpredictable.

(07-05-2012, 11:49 PM)Tusk Wrote: RE: Douglas Adams/ Monty Python et al.

What I appreciated about their humor was, most of the time, it required a modicum of thought and a wider perspective than the societal morays of the States would allow. Their humor went beyond, set-up then punch line (and maybe a prat fall and a pie in the face). George Carlin and Richard Pryor come to mind as exceptions to that though....

Of Course the Brits had Benny Hill too, so were not beyond pratfalls and pretty girls for a laugh

I actually 'discovered' Douglas Adams, originally, by listening to the BBC radio Broadcast (I found out these were done, BEFORE, the book was published, and the original BBC TV Show). We were not well off and this was free entertainment.

Adams later published the story, and there have been different iterations of the original story performed on radio. (He also wrote episodes for Doctor Who, which, as a kid in the UK, I was a HUGE fan of)

(Trivia...the Muppet Show actually started in England, Jim Henson's Idea for the show was rejected by the TV producers in the States, so he went to the British and they accepted him...I believe it was ITV and not BBC....We had 3 stations then, BBC 1, BBC 2 and ITV.)...That means The Muppet shows I was watching were the original airings .

I actually found the radio show posted on youtube (although I suspect it's not the 'original' broadcast because it sounds like they use different 'actors' than I remember). I was going to post them, but figured most would find them uninteresting or too 'different' aka boring. As you say, an 'acquired' taste for anglophiles. Also, the days of listening to 'radio shows' have long passed and 'boring' for most nowadays.

If you're interested, and a fan of Adams, it's a fun listen (I'll post them in order, the uploader has them listed out of order on his channel) Adams does some of the intro narration.

Part 1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjMqoLBIaek&feature=plcp

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGLFweev_iI&feature=plcp

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kzrqfF4wEc&feature=plcp

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XtOfCFS8Lk&feature=plcp

Part 2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvQvsWXNouk&feature=plcp

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvQvsWXNouk&feature=plcp

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glgh9smNAmA&feature=plcp

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YetOltoX7rQ&feature=plcp

Part 3

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YetOltoX7rQ&feature=plcp

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YetOltoX7rQ&feature=plcp

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YetOltoX7rQ&feature=plcp

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YetOltoX7rQ&feature=plcp

Part 4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YetOltoX7rQ&feature=plcp

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YetOltoX7rQ&feature=plcp

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdmq23M9cpM&feature=plcp

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zCCpeGjAJw&feature=plcp

Part 5

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7U0XvQmJmI&feature=plcp

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WXHoF9--as&feature=plcp

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pa-AZBK0mM&feature=plcp

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVuMarAB95c&feature=plcp

Part 6

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_6-8BDm3-g&feature=plcp

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sorl5jhBNNk&feature=plcp

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32FCR7esarM&feature=plcp

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLeBn2_W42U&feature=plcp

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Me670UQ5QQ&feature=plcp

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Me670UQ5QQ&feature=plcp

The actor playing Zaphod is terrible...I think he's trying to affect an American accent (He overdoes his '....errrrs") ...that's why I said I'm not sure this was the version I listened to years ago. I haven't listened to the whole thing, though so the list may be incomplete

Another piece of trivia: The music Adams chose, and has now become synonymous with the Hitchhiker's series, was a composition by the American group, The Eagles..."Journey of the Sorcerer" .

So typical that Adams would use an instrumental banjo composition by an American rock/country group as the theme song for his story about Hitchhiking Englishmen in Space

Incidentally, I also found a full version of the recent movie version of HHGTTG on youtube

A piece of Trivia about the movie: In the original tracking, "Deep Thought" reveals the answer to the question of "Life the Universe and Everything" at the 42 minute mark of the movie...clever (It's a few seconds off in this youtube). The movie obviously had to be compressed and cut a lot out of the story. It's a little too Americanized for me, and not enough British, nevertheless, a valiant effort.

Since my computer is being so dodgy, I'm not going to try to watch the movie (but thanks for posting). I might take a listen to the radio shows.

How I came to love HHGTTG was through the BBC television series that was broadcast on PBS. That was so phenomenally good! Loved it. (And, just for extra measure, I'll do it again -- Zaphod Beeblebrock!!)

buzzenator · 07-08-2012, 08:45 AM,

(07-04-2012, 11:51 PM)Tusk Wrote: FAIR WARNING TO THOSE EASILY OFFENDED. DON'T PRESS PLAY.
Silly Englishmen with silly things to say/sing about the nature of existence and the universe

The Python boys with some philosophy and perspective

(I was so lucky to grow up watching the Pythons on TV in the UK )

I still love Monty Python...grew up with The Flying Circus and my all time favorite Monty Python movie is 'MP and the Holy Grail'...John Cleese and Michael Palin in 'A Fish Called Wanda', John Cleese in Fawlty Towers...

Quote:...icky, icky, patang

...a shubbery

...look at the bones

...now go away or I shall taunt you a second time

This could explain what one construction business owner had to say to me one time, "You have a very peculi...particular sense of humor"...still get a laugh out of that one. He wanted to say "peculiar", but caught himself so as not to offend me (which he didn't)...we bought over a 1/2 million dollars of their product every year. Anyway...the Monty Python humor may explain why Buzz is a little left or right (depending on your point of view) of center.

Tusk · (This post was last modified: 07-13-2012, 11:19 AM by Tusk.)

(07-08-2012, 08:45 AM)buzzenator Wrote: I still love Monty Python...grew up with The Flying Circus and my all time favorite Monty Python movie is 'MP and the Holy Grail'...John Cleese and Michael Palin in 'A Fish Called Wanda', John Cleese in Fawlty Towers...

Quote:...icky, icky, patang

...a shubbery

...look at the bones

...now go away or I shall taunt you a second time

This could explain what one construction business owner had to say to me one time, "You have a very peculi...particular sense of humor"...still get a laugh out of that one. He wanted to say "peculiar", but caught himself so as not to offend me (which he didn't)...we bought over a 1/2 million dollars of their product every year. Anyway...the Monty Python humor may explain why Buzz is a little left or right (depending on your point of view) of center.

I think I have to admit that being a Python fan might have 'skewed' my perception of life the universe and everything, too.... in general. Holy Grail is still my favorite, being a fan of the Arthurian legends as well (although I HATED the ending...freaking cop out).

"He has a wife, you know...you know what she's called....?"

Pythons having a little fun with Americans in the Meaning of Life (yes those are supposed to be American 'accents' Big Grin

)

...And now for something completely different....the Lumberjack Song(original version with intro 'barber shop sketch")

LovinDaHaley · 07-13-2012, 11:21 AM,

The humor skit type acting, especially in "Biggus Dickus", is sooooo fricken good! They really are as good as that gets. If people can't laugh at the Monty Python group what can they laugh at? It just seems to me that any funny bone would be susceptible to at least some of their tickling. No?

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