The Dank Memes

[gruagach]

 

[pawsplay]

 

[chuckdee]

 

[TristramEvans]

 

[Rich H]

 

[rumble]

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Up in the sky...it's a bird! It's a plane!

No! Shit! It's Shartman!

 

[TristramEvans]

 

[Afterburner]

 

[Acmegamer]

 

[Fenris-77]

 

[thebigh]

 

[Lofgeornost]

I guess I'm not in the audience

"Ah, I'm among the heathen"--Sean Connery in The Untouchables.

For the youngsters and non-Yanks among us, behold the majesty that is the opening credits of Petticoat Junction (in reference to this post and later replies):

 

[Fenris-77]

 

[chuckdee]

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I don't get it?

 

[chuckdee]

"Ah, I'm among the heathen"--Sean Connery in The Untouchables.

For the youngsters and non-Yanks among us, behold the majesty that is the opening credits of Petticoat Junction (in reference to this post and later replies):

Is that the same place as Green Acres?

 

[Lofgeornost]

Is that the same place as Green Acres?

Yeah. Petticoat Junction was a spin-off of The Beverly Hillbillies, and Green Acres was a spin-off of Petticoat Junction. There were a fair number of cross-over episodes among the various series.

 

[Fenris-77]

I don't get it?

Fig. 1 (short for figure 1) is the appellation for pictures in a text of some kind. In this case they are actual pictures of figs.

 

[gruagach]

 

[Acmegamer]

 

[Godfather Punk]

 

[Acmegamer]

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Hey now! It was cold outside! I'm a grower not a shower! Sheesh! Take a cheap shot below the belt why dontcha!

 

[Fenris-77]

 

[Afterburner]

Yeah. Petticoat Junction was a spin-off of The Beverly Hillbillies, and Green Acres was a spin-off of Petticoat Junction. There were a fair number of cross-over episodes among the various series.

All of which were cancelled during the "Rural Purge" of the 1970-71 season despite being highly successful, because they catered to an older demographic (45+) and the advertisers wanted to capture the youth market.

Rural purge - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[StubbornMule]

All of which were cancelled during the "Rural Purge" of the 1970-71 season despite being highly successful, because they catered to an older demographic (45+) and the advertisers wanted to capture the youth market.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rural_purge

And it worked like gangbusters for CBS, as they captured and have held the youth and young adult demographics ever since!

 

[Fenris-77]

 

[Nobby-W]

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Nonetheless, Kiki's Delivery Service is still a pretty neat film, as are most of Ghibli's other efforts.

 

[gruagach]

 

[Nobby-W]

 

[Afterburner]

 

[chuckdee]

 

[David Johansen]

Perhaps the issue isn't with Monarchism but with the quality of the kings we're purchasing? We need to stop buying the generic discount kings and get one we'd be happy to follow through the gates of Mordor.

 

[Self Saboteur]

 

[Fenris-77]

 

[Godfather Punk]

 

[PolarBlues]

That conversation sounds like something straight out of Veronica Mars.

 

[deflagratio]

Perhaps the issue isn't with Monarchism but with the quality of the kings we're purchasing? We need to stop buying the generic discount kings and get one we'd be happy to follow through the gates of Mordor.

I thought we voted for the king to act as a sort of executive of the week?

 

[David Johansen]

I thought we voted for the king to act as a sort of executive of the week?

Nah, the lady of the lake, her hands clad in glittering samite holds forth excaliber signifying the new king, then there's a test on basic aeronautical physics.

 

[thebigh]

 

[TristramEvans]

 

[TristramEvans]