― nickalicious (nickalicious), Friday, 8 April 2005 19:19 (twenty years ago)
― nickalicious (nickalicious), Friday, 8 April 2005 19:20 (twenty years ago)
― nickalicious (nickalicious), Friday, 8 April 2005 19:21 (twenty years ago)
― charleston charge (chaki), Friday, 8 April 2005 19:24 (twenty years ago)
― cutty (mcutt), Friday, 8 April 2005 19:26 (twenty years ago)
― nickalicious (nickalicious), Friday, 8 April 2005 19:28 (twenty years ago)
― nickalicious (nickalicious), Friday, 8 April 2005 19:29 (twenty years ago)
― @@r0n h. z@nd3r$ (AaronHz), Friday, 8 April 2005 19:33 (twenty years ago)
― ddb (ddb), Friday, 8 April 2005 19:34 (twenty years ago)
roxymuzakgearchaki nickalishjon usuallypossibly drew
― @@r0n h. z@nd3r$ (AaronHz), Friday, 8 April 2005 19:35 (twenty years ago)
― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Friday, 8 April 2005 19:35 (twenty years ago)
YAY!!!!!!!!!
― ddb (ddb), Friday, 8 April 2005 19:36 (twenty years ago)
― charleston charge (chaki), Friday, 8 April 2005 19:36 (twenty years ago)
YOUR PARENTS WERE COUSINS, NO?
― ddb (ddb), Friday, 8 April 2005 19:38 (twenty years ago)
― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 8 April 2005 19:39 (twenty years ago)
― Gear! (can Jung shill it, Mu?) (Gear!), Friday, 8 April 2005 19:39 (twenty years ago)
i so totally love andy kaufman ;)
― @@r0n h. z@nd3r$ (AaronHz), Friday, 8 April 2005 19:40 (twenty years ago)
― ddb (ddb), Friday, 8 April 2005 19:41 (twenty years ago)
― @@r0n h. z@nd3r$ (AaronHz), Friday, 8 April 2005 19:45 (twenty years ago)
― charleston charge (chaki), Friday, 8 April 2005 19:48 (twenty years ago)
― @@r0n h. z@nd3r$ (AaronHz), Friday, 8 April 2005 19:59 (twenty years ago)
I wish.
Why aren't I on that funny list? With all my funny Ukiah jokes?
― Jeromathan Millions (nordicskilla), Friday, 8 April 2005 20:20 (twenty years ago)
― Jeromathan Millions (nordicskilla), Friday, 8 April 2005 20:22 (twenty years ago)
― @@r0n h. z@nd3r$ (AaronHz), Friday, 8 April 2005 20:23 (twenty years ago)
xp-I don't know prog, I grew on a mix of Mudhoney and 2 Unlimited.
― Jeromathan Millions (nordicskilla), Friday, 8 April 2005 20:24 (twenty years ago)
― Gear! (can Jung shill it, Mu?) (Gear!), Friday, 8 April 2005 20:28 (twenty years ago)
― Jeromathan Millions (nordicskilla), Friday, 8 April 2005 20:29 (twenty years ago)
― charleston charge (chaki), Friday, 8 April 2005 20:30 (twenty years ago)
― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 8 April 2005 20:32 (twenty years ago)
― Jeromathan Millions (nordicskilla), Friday, 8 April 2005 20:32 (twenty years ago)
Some of the allusions the film toys with have become rather obscure over the last quarter-century or so; just about anyone under 35 will be mystified by many of the references to TV shows and commercials that have been lost to history. THE GROOVE TUBE also betrays a juvenile fascination with T&A. When the film was produced in the early '70s, the naughty thrill of actually seeing and hearing this stuff on the big screen hadn't yet worn off--but nowadays it all smacks of fraternity humor. Still, the film gets off some decent gags, like the running bit about a corporation called Uranus ("You can put your faith in Uranus") (robble) and the one about a TV kiddie show hosted by a clown who reads aloud from Sade after asking the adults watching at home to leave the room.
But a lot of the skits just run on too long, partly out of a misguided attempt to wring humor out of redundancy. In a couple segments, the humor depends on your finding it hilarious that events keep going on and on well after you've gotten the point. The strategy doesn't pay off. A movie that lasts barely 72 minutes shouldn't have this many soft spots.
It was Chevy Chase's feature film debut. His most notable bit is one where he sings "Four Leaf Clover" while a guy stands behind him playing drums on his, Chevy's, head. Which is the level of humor that the film operates on for most of its running time.
― Gear! (can Jung shill it, Mu?) (Gear!), Friday, 8 April 2005 20:33 (twenty years ago)
xpostyah its a good movie!
― charleston charge (chaki), Friday, 8 April 2005 20:37 (twenty years ago)
― mark p (Mark P), Friday, 8 April 2005 21:07 (twenty years ago)
― charleston charge (chaki), Friday, 8 April 2005 21:10 (twenty years ago)
― @@r0n h. z@nd3r$ (AaronHz), Friday, 8 April 2005 21:12 (twenty years ago)
― mark p (Mark P), Friday, 8 April 2005 21:17 (twenty years ago)
― cutty (mcutt), Friday, 8 April 2005 21:29 (twenty years ago)
― cutty (mcutt), Friday, 8 April 2005 21:34 (twenty years ago)
― Ian Johansen (nordicskilla), Friday, 8 April 2005 21:35 (twenty years ago)
― cutty (mcutt), Friday, 8 April 2005 21:37 (twenty years ago)
― Ian Johansen (nordicskilla), Friday, 8 April 2005 21:37 (twenty years ago)
― cutty (mcutt), Friday, 8 April 2005 21:38 (twenty years ago)
― cozen (Cozen), Friday, 8 April 2005 21:58 (twenty years ago)
roxymuzakgearchaki nickalishjon usuallypossibly drew -- @@r0n h. z@nd3r$ (aaronhz@gmail.com), April 8th, 2005. (AaronHz) (later)
-- @@r0n h. z
hey!! i thought we were ghey 2gether!!
:-(
― Vic in Becky Lucas (Vic), Friday, 8 April 2005 22:56 (twenty years ago)
― David Svensson (deangulberry), Friday, 8 April 2005 23:20 (twenty years ago)
― cutty (mcutt), Friday, 8 April 2005 23:40 (twenty years ago)
― charleston charge (chaki), Friday, 8 April 2005 23:50 (twenty years ago)
― cutty (mcutt), Saturday, 9 April 2005 00:17 (twenty years ago)
― David Svensson (deangulberry), Saturday, 9 April 2005 00:18 (twenty years ago)
― cutty (mcutt), Saturday, 9 April 2005 00:20 (twenty years ago)
― charleston charge (chaki), Saturday, 9 April 2005 01:20 (twenty years ago)
― hstencil (hstencil), Saturday, 9 April 2005 02:21 (twenty years ago)
― The Snitch (jackcole), Saturday, 9 April 2005 05:10 (twenty years ago)
― hstencil (hstencil), Saturday, 9 April 2005 05:17 (twenty years ago)
― cutty (mcutt), Saturday, 9 April 2005 05:20 (twenty years ago)
― jack cole (jackcole), Saturday, 9 April 2005 05:21 (twenty years ago)
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― jack cole (jackcole), Saturday, 9 April 2005 05:27 (twenty years ago)
― hstencil (hstencil), Saturday, 9 April 2005 05:30 (twenty years ago)
― marmot wolof (marmotwolof), Saturday, 9 April 2005 13:16 (twenty years ago)
― cutty (mcutt), Saturday, 9 April 2005 13:20 (twenty years ago)
― David Svensson (deangulberry), Saturday, 9 April 2005 18:09 (twenty years ago)
― cutty (mcutt), Monday, 11 April 2005 10:35 (twenty years ago)
― David Svensson (deangulberry), Monday, 11 April 2005 13:46 (twenty years ago)
― Remy (x Jeremy), Monday, 11 April 2005 19:03 (twenty years ago)
― Amon (eman), Monday, 11 April 2005 20:13 (twenty years ago)
― cutty (mcutt), Monday, 11 April 2005 20:23 (twenty years ago)
thats offensive.
― Amon (eman), Monday, 11 April 2005 20:28 (twenty years ago)
― jack cole (jackcole), Monday, 11 April 2005 20:56 (twenty years ago)
― ddb (ddb), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 11:42 (twenty years ago)
― THE JAMES DEAN OF THE OLD TESTAMENT (ex machina), Monday, 27 June 2005 20:35 (twenty years ago)
― OLD SPICE® CHEMTRAILS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (ex machina), Wednesday, 20 July 2005 14:40 (twenty years ago)
Steve
― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 12 January 2006 23:32 (nineteen years ago)
― adamrl (nordicskilla), Thursday, 12 January 2006 23:33 (nineteen years ago)
― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 12 January 2006 23:50 (nineteen years ago)
― Ebeanezor C. Thundercheeze, Thursday, 2 February 2006 22:07 (nineteen years ago)
― cutty (mcutt), Thursday, 2 February 2006 22:08 (nineteen years ago)
― ddb (ddb), Thursday, 2 February 2006 22:10 (nineteen years ago)
NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
― Ebeanezor C. Gigglequim, Thursday, 2 February 2006 22:12 (nineteen years ago)
-- For Zealots (fz@), February 2nd, 2006 3:44 PM. (later)
― cutty (mcutt), Thursday, 2 February 2006 22:40 (nineteen years ago)
this board has gotten so "girls' locker room" -- roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Friday, April 8, 2005
haha
― gershy, Monday, 10 March 2008 01:50 (seventeen years ago)
that's over a year before the ZING thread started too
― Curt1s Stephens, Monday, 10 March 2008 02:32 (seventeen years ago)
aaron zanders still posts here, often
-- roxymuzak, Monday, 10 March 2008 14:18
― gershy, Monday, 10 March 2008 14:34 (seventeen years ago)
thats frightening
― chaki, Monday, 10 March 2008 14:53 (seventeen years ago)
I don't know his username
― Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Monday, 10 March 2008 15:48 (seventeen years ago)
I don't remember embedding audio!?
― nickalicious, Monday, 10 March 2008 17:25 (seventeen years ago)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=1XALVTzMOeQ
― Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Monday, 10 March 2008 18:47 (seventeen years ago)
omggggggggg
― am0n, Monday, 10 March 2008 18:51 (seventeen years ago)
holy shit!!!!
― nickalicious, Monday, 10 March 2008 19:04 (seventeen years ago)
srsly?
― latebloomer, Monday, 10 March 2008 19:20 (seventeen years ago)
revive a zappa thread
― Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Monday, 10 March 2008 19:22 (seventeen years ago)
which dude on this thread is aaron? Defend the Indefensible: Frank Zappa, "Sheikh Yerbouti"
― gershy, Tuesday, 11 March 2008 02:44 (seventeen years ago)
don;t think its him but if i had to guess unperson
― Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Tuesday, 11 March 2008 05:22 (seventeen years ago)
unperson is Phil F., right?
― If Timi Yuro would be still alive, most other singers could shut up, Wednesday, 12 March 2008 06:36 (seventeen years ago)
spill the beans, roxy.
― chaki, Wednesday, 12 March 2008 06:39 (seventeen years ago)
yep xp
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 12 March 2008 06:42 (seventeen years ago)