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WHAT IN THE WIDE WORLD OF SPORTS IS GOING ON HERE?Hansontoons wrote:As one who Brooks movies with Wilder action, this one was mostly Slim Pickens.Dave wrote:Just a Little good luck, I imagine.Hansontoons wrote:How did Sheriff Bart get involved?
WowHansontoons wrote:As one who Brooks movies with Wilder action, this one was mostly Slim Pickens.Dave wrote:Just a Little good luck, I imagine.Hansontoons wrote:How did Sheriff Bart get involved?
I'm overwhelmed... that was an amazingly good comeback!Blazing Saddles is the reference. Dave started it yesterday with "a laurel and heart handshake". I took it rapidly downhill from thereAlkarii wrote:Unfortunately, you'll just have to walk it off.
What's irritating is that I only got parts of the comeback, and I have a feeling that I would have gotten the other reference, but I have a bad memory for things like that, so I might be mistaken. Unless I'm mistaken.
Maybe I can use this thing's camera to post a picture. It seems to be what this thread is about. (I would check, but I'm out of time. On break at work, so...)
Also, I have no pictures on this thing yet.
There were references to other stuff? Until the "Slim Pickens" one (which I have no idea what it refers to), I never realized there might have been...Alkarii wrote:What's irritating is that I only got parts of the comeback, and I have a feeling that I would have gotten the other reference, but I have a bad memory for things like that, so I might be mistaken. Unless I'm mistaken.
This is not a photo thread, by any means, that I know of. It just happens that Fairportfan (sorry, AnotherFairportfantAlkarii wrote:Maybe I can use this thing's camera to post a picture. It seems to be what this thread is about. (I would check, but I'm out of time. On break at work, so...)
Also, I have no pictures on this thing yet.
) is rather proud to show us his photos for various reasons, lately... but if I'm not mistaken, this thread is mostly to put stuff that will be talked about for a few posts at most, and should not get their own thread because of the ephemeral nature of said posts. They can be odd news items, random thoughts, whatever...Slim Pickens was the actor who played the "lead henchman"... the head of the gang of toughs who worked for Hedley LaMarr. Didn't care for baked beans... and wasn't above winning a fight by pulling rank ("Screw you, mister... I work for Mel Brooks" or something like that).lake_wrangler wrote:There were references to other stuff? Until the "Slim Pickens" one (which I have no idea what it refers to), I never realized there might have been...Alkarii wrote:What's irritating is that I only got parts of the comeback, and I have a feeling that I would have gotten the other reference, but I have a bad memory for things like that, so I might be mistaken. Unless I'm mistaken.
The only reason Wilder did it was as a favour for Brooks in return for Brooks directing Young Frankenstein, which was basically Wilder's project. (Which, i assume, is why Brooks does not - in the flesh - appear in the film. He is, however, i am informed, there as a gargoyle somewhere on the castle wall.)Dave wrote:Gene Wilder did a great job... but it would have been glorious if John Wayne hadn't turned down the role of the Waco Kid.
^^ That!Alkarii wrote:Okay, so I have seen that one. But it's been a while, so I couldn't remember names.
Lewis Black wrote:CONGRATULATIONS SAN FRANSISCO, YOU'VE RUINED PIZZA!
Yahoo wrote: An Arizona Cardinals player committed a hit-and-run of a new sort on Monday, when he knocked down a drunk man while sprinting through a crosswalk and then continued running to evade police.
You read that right.
Most hit-and-runs involve motorized vehicles, but in linebacker Alex Okafor's case he's just a very large man recklessly bulldozing pedestrians in his path. According to the police report, Okafor was running through a crosswalk in Austin, Texas, when he ran into a drunk man, who fell to the ground.
Police witnessed the collision and only responded when Okafor continued running instead of stopping to help the man up. In fact, Okafor came face-to-face with one of the police officers.
Instead of stopping, he executed a football move: "faked left and then darted right proceeding to run southbound across the intersection," according to the report.
Okafor refused to respond to police commands for him to stop, for which he can now be charged with evading police.
Eventually, the police caught up to Okafor, although it required three of them to tackle the former Longhorns player and get the situation under control. The linebacker said he running through the crosswalk and didn't stop because he was in a rush to get to an aquarium-themed bar in the city.
Fortunately, the man struck by Okafor will not be pressing charges, which saves him a lot of legal trouble. Unfortunately, the police arrested him on grounds of evading arrest, as well as for an outstanding warrant.
The warrant, for what it's worth, relates to a past pedestrian violation.
It sounds weird to say this, but the next time Okafor hits the bars in downtown Austin, maybe he should drive
I have to tip my (metaphorical) hat to someone who goes out with a pun.James D. French was the last person to be executed under Oklahoma's death penalty laws in 1966 before the death penalty suspension. It was said that French wanted to commit suicide, but was too afraid. Instead, he murdered his cellmate to compel the state to execute him. French was executed via electric chair. Making light of the situation, his last words were: "How's this for a headline? 'French Fries.'"
