My Turkey day got contaminated with some of the kids' entertainment
in the form of the Smurfs Movie. I can't quite put my finger on what
is so horrifying about it but trust me, I'm not kidding, viewer
discretion is advised. My main concern now is how long the adverse
effects will linger, especially from that awful song.

tert in seattle wrote:
>
>My Turkey day got contaminated with some of the kids' entertainment
>in the form of the Smurfs Movie. I can't quite put my finger on what
>is so horrifying about it but trust me, I'm not kidding, viewer
>discretion is advised.

Be thankful it wasn't the Dwarfs movie.

On Sat, 28 Nov 2015 19:22:49 +0000 (UTC), tert in seattle
> wrote:

>My Turkey day got contaminated with some of the kids' entertainment
>in the form of the Smurfs Movie. I can't quite put my finger on what
>is so horrifying about it but trust me, I'm not kidding, viewer
>discretion is advised. My main concern now is how long the adverse
>effects will linger, especially from that awful song.

From an old National Lampoon one-panel cartoon by Rick Meyerowitz
about the Smurfs:

"Sleaze products bought / Sleaze products sold / Sleaze products for
the tot / Nine days old. / Some say "Why not?" / Some give 'em gold. /
Some want 'em stood and shot / I'm enrolled."

--
Bob
The joint that time is out of
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On 28/11/2015 9:33 PM, Opinicus wrote:
> On Sat, 28 Nov 2015 19:22:49 +0000 (UTC), tert in seattle
> > wrote:
>
>> My Turkey day got contaminated with some of the kids' entertainment
>> in the form of the Smurfs Movie. I can't quite put my finger on what
>> is so horrifying about it but trust me, I'm not kidding, viewer
>> discretion is advised. My main concern now is how long the adverse
>> effects will linger, especially from that awful song.
>
> From an old National Lampoon one-panel cartoon by Rick Meyerowitz
> about the Smurfs:
>
> "Sleaze products bought / Sleaze products sold / Sleaze products for
> the tot / Nine days old. / Some say "Why not?" / Some give 'em gold. /
> Some want 'em stood and shot / I'm enrolled."
>
The original rhyme is food related:

Pease pudding hot, Pease pudding cold,
Pease pudding in the pot - nine days old.
Some like it hot, some like it cold,
Some like it in the pot - nine days old.

Graham

Deep within the heart of every evangelist lies the wreck of
a car salesman.
H.L. Mencken

graham wrote:
> Deep within the heart of every evangelist lies the wreck of
> a car salesman.


Deep within the dog heart of every religious bigot lies a wounded child
who received improperly directed parental authority.

On Saturday, November 28, 2015 at 11:07:15 PM UTC-6, Chama wrote:
> graham wrote:
> > Deep within the heart of every evangelist lies the wreck of
> > a car salesman.
>
>
> Deep within the dog heart of every religious bigot lies a wounded child
> who received improperly directed parental authority.

Of course parents should frighten children into believing in the supernatural.
*Santa won't bring you toys and God with burn you with fire if you're naughty*.

--Bryan

On Sat, 28 Nov 2015 22:02:45 -0700, graham > wrote:

>The original rhyme is food related:
>Pease pudding hot, Pease pudding cold,

I remember it as "peas porridge" etc.

Which I always thought was pretty strange but then my only
acquaintance with "porridge" as a kid was in British novels and
suchlike.

Is pease pudding/peas porridge the same thing as "mushy peas"?

--
Bob
The joint that time is out of
www.kanyak.com

In article
ich.is.quite.invalid>,
lid says...
>
> On Sat, 28 Nov 2015 22:02:45 -0700, graham > wrote:
>
> >The original rhyme is food related:
> >Pease pudding hot, Pease pudding cold,
>
> I remember it as "peas porridge" etc.
>
> Which I always thought was pretty strange but then my only
> acquaintance with "porridge" as a kid was in British novels and
> suchlike.
>
> Is pease pudding/peas porridge the same thing as "mushy peas"?

No. Different colour, different kind of pea.Mushy peas are green
marrowfat peas, sold either dried or canned.

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

"Pease pudding, also known as pease pottage or pease porridge, is a
savoury pudding dish made of boiled legumes, typically split yellow or
Carlin peas, with water, salt, and spices, and often cooked with a bacon
or ham joint. A common dish in the north east of England, it is consumed
to a lesser extent in the rest of Britain, as well as in Newfoundland,
Canada".

I often use yellow split peas in ham soup.

pic of yellow split peas (always sold dry)

http://www.tesco.com/groceries/produ.../?id=256533772



Janet UK

On 2015-11-29, Janet > wrote:

> "Pease pudding, also known as pease pottage or pease porridge, is a
> savoury pudding dish made of boiled legumes, typically split yellow or
> Carlin peas, with water, salt, and spices, and often cooked with a bacon
> or ham joint.

Sounds like split pea soup, to me. Jes diff colored peas, like
different colored lentils.

nb

On 2015-11-29, Opinicus > wrote:

> "Sleaze products bought / Sleaze products sold / Sleaze products for
> the tot / Nine days old. / Some say "Why not?" / Some give 'em gold. /
> Some want 'em stood and shot / I'm enrolled."

LOL!....


Nat Lamp could be really funny, at times. Unfortunately, it was too
much like SNL, in that it suffered more misses than hits.

I was not surprised to see my fave NL mag cover --which snagged my
attention on a newstand, back in '73-- being posed as the most
memorable. Best magazine cover ever. Laughed my ass off (but still
didn't buy it).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nation...poon_(magazine)

nb

In article >,
notbob > wrote:

> On 2015-11-29, Opinicus > wrote:
>
> > "Sleaze products bought / Sleaze products sold / Sleaze products for
> > the tot / Nine days old. / Some say "Why not?" / Some give 'em gold. /
> > Some want 'em stood and shot / I'm enrolled."
>
> LOL!....
>
>
> Nat Lamp could be really funny, at times. Unfortunately, it was too
> much like SNL, in that it suffered more misses than hits.
>
> I was not surprised to see my fave NL mag cover --which snagged my
> attention on a newstand, back in '73-- being posed as the most
> memorable. Best magazine cover ever. Laughed my ass off (but still
> didn't buy it).
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nation...poon_(magazine)
>
> nb

Like this? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Natlamp73.jpg

notbob > wrote in
:

> Nat Lamp could be really funny, at times. Unfortunately, it
> was too much like SNL, in that it suffered more misses than
> hits.

Before NL, there was The Times Square Two, which I saw on stage
at Le Hibou in the mid- to late 1960s. One of the two was Michel
Choquette (the son of Robert Choquette...google it) who, as the
Wikipedia article puts it "went on to work for The National
Lampoon...Choquette [now]teaches screen-writing and comedy
writing at McGill University and Concordia University in
Montreal."

Wikipedia says this about NatLampCo: "The magazine was a
springboard to Hollywood for a generation of comedy writers,
directors, and performers. Various alumni went on to create and
write for Saturday Night Live, The David Letterman Show, SCTV,
The Simpsons, Married... with Children, Night Court, and various
films including National Lampoon's Animal House, Caddyshack,
National Lampoon's Vacation, and Ghostbusters."

So, in my mind, The Times Square Two set the stage for the
creation of National Lampoon which spawned SNL.

Interesting that Canadians (Choquette, Ackroyd, Lorne Michaels)
were present at those seminal moments.

As an aside, Dan Ackroyd was hired to help at the door when Muddy
Waters and his band were playing. We chatted a bit during
intermissions about nothing in particular but I remember that he
had purchased a harmonica and was playing it very well for
someone who claimed to not know how to do this.

http://lehibou.ca/muddy-waters

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you have chosen the side of the oppressor " --
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On Sunday, November 29, 2015 at 8:49:11 AM UTC-8, Michel Boucher wrote:
> notbob > wrote in
> :
>
> > Nat Lamp could be really funny, at times. Unfortunately, it
> > was too much like SNL, in that it suffered more misses than
> > hits.
>
> Before NL, there was The Times Square Two, which I saw on stage
> at Le Hibou in the mid- to late 1960s. One of the two was Michel
> Choquette (the son of Robert Choquette...google it) who, as the
> Wikipedia article puts it "went on to work for The National
> Lampoon...Choquette [now]teaches screen-writing and comedy
> writing at McGill University and Concordia University in
> Montreal."
>
> Wikipedia says this about NatLampCo: "The magazine was a
> springboard to Hollywood for a generation of comedy writers,
> directors, and performers. Various alumni went on to create and
> write for Saturday Night Live, The David Letterman Show, SCTV,
> The Simpsons, Married... with Children, Night Court, and various
> films including National Lampoon's Animal House, Caddyshack,
> National Lampoon's Vacation, and Ghostbusters."
>
> So, in my mind, The Times Square Two set the stage for the
> creation of National Lampoon which spawned SNL.

The fact that the core of the National Lampoon writing staff -- including
Michel Choquette -- had written for the HARVARD Lampoon is not
significant to you?

And, a plurality of SNL's first cast had worked for Second City,
either the original Chicago theater, the Toronto offshoot, or both:
John Belushi, Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, and Gilda Radner.

The direct connection between National Lampoon and SNL was
their Radio Hour performers: John Belushi, Chevy Chase, Bill Murray,[2] Gilda Radner, and Brian Doyle-Murray; and writers Michael O'Donoghue and Anne Beatts, Harold Ramis, who was one of the co-writers for the National Lampoon movie Animal House.

>
> Interesting that Canadians (Choquette, Ackroyd, Lorne Michaels)
> were present at those seminal moments.

Canada is America's farm club.

>
> As an aside, Dan Ackroyd was hired to help at the door when Muddy
> Waters and his band were playing.

In those days, Muddy lived in suburban Westmont, Illinois.





>
> http://lehibou.ca/muddy-waters
>

wrote in
:

>> As an aside, Dan Ackroyd was hired to help at the door when
>> Muddy Waters and his band were playing.
>
> In those days, Muddy lived in suburban Westmont, Illinois.

But he played a week at Le Hibou in Ottawa.

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wrote in
:

>> So, in my mind, The Times Square Two set the stage for the
>> creation of National Lampoon which spawned SNL.
>
> The fact that the core of the National Lampoon writing staff
> -- including Michel Choquette -- had written for the HARVARD
> Lampoon is not significant to you?

That's as may be, but I did say "in my mind".

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On Saturday, November 28, 2015 at 11:30:05 AM UTC-8, tert in seattle wrote:
> My Turkey day got contaminated with some of the kids' entertainment
> in the form of the Smurfs Movie. I can't quite put my finger on what
> is so horrifying about it but trust me, I'm not kidding, viewer
> discretion is advised.

Smurfette is the victim of human trafficking, that's why.

> My main concern now is how long the adverse
> effects will linger, especially from that awful song.

Try watching the Lego movie?

On Sunday, November 29, 2015 at 12:39:27 AM UTC-6, wrote:
> On Saturday, November 28, 2015 at 11:30:05 AM UTC-8, tert in seattle wrote:
> > My Turkey day got contaminated with some of the kids' entertainment
> > in the form of the Smurfs Movie. I can't quite put my finger on what
> > is so horrifying about it but trust me, I'm not kidding, viewer
> > discretion is advised.
>
> Smurfette is the victim of human trafficking, that's why.
>
> > My main concern now is how long the adverse
> > effects will linger, especially from that awful song.
>
> Try watching the Lego movie?

For songs that get stuck in my head, I have a treatment. Not a cure,
mind you...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JywK_5bT8z0

--Bryan

Sqwertz wrote:
> You could have made a better impression on your kind-folks.
>
> -sw
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She should call the cops. I've already publicly admitted it is me so
a conviction should be a piece of cake and then forging would stop.
So what's stopping her? I think she suffers from Bovism - she just
loves the attention and drama and screw the rest of the group.

-sw
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