Various
:: George Carlin offered the “Seven Words You Can Never Say on TV” on his 1972 album, Class Clown, which caused more than a few legal problems for broadcasters at the time. Read: Appendix to Opinion of Court, to see the words. (NOTE: Appendix is NOT for the faint of heart.)
Anyway, the US House of Representatives recently passed an amendment to a section of the US Code “to provide for the punishment of certain profane broadcasts, and for other purposes.” What the punishment might be is not clear. But six of the seven words made it into the amendment – only the word that rhymes with “sits”, and refers to a part of the female anatomy, was left out. Lewis Black, rapidly becoming one of my favorite comedians, delivered a scathingly funny take on the new amendment on his most recent Back in Black segment on The Daily Show. It’s not available yet, but when it’s uploaded, I’ll link to it. In the meantime, check out “Back in Black – Series Finales“, to learn why he didn’t give two shakes about the end of Sex and the City. I’m looking forward to watching his HBO special, Black on Broadway, when it airs – wait a minute – oh yeah, we DON’T GET HBO in Canada. I forgot.
:: Tonya has a new Challenge of the Week. I may try to meet 10% of it.
:: Jerry Orbach may be leaving Law & Order to join – wait for it – the 3rd spinoff series, Law & Order: Trial by Jury. When will Law & Order: Library Fines, go into production?
:: I’ve received links to a few interested videos lately. Check out the History of the BBC News site, choose 1950s, and click on “Panorama.” You’ll watch a short documentary on the annual spaghetti harvest in Switzerland, broadcast on April 1, 1957. The BBC switchboard was lit up with callers wanting to know where they could buy spaghetti trees. (via Robert.)
Another message led me to this “index of videos” page. If your vehicle has ever been stuck in snow, and another vehicle tried to tow it out of the drift, this video will make you laugh and cringe (takes a while to load – forget it if you have dialup). Some of the videos are rude, some hilarious, some offensive – you’ve been warned.
:: Robert also sent a note about this: a non-English language site (appears to be Scandinavian) for the upcoming Thunderbirds movie. (Click on the viewer to see the trailer in Quick Time.) Yep, a live action version of the 1960s Supermarionation hit by Gerry Anderson, who also created Space: 1999.
:: From Jena’s site, a link to The Crimson Room. The English translation may remind you of “All your base are belong to us.” If you solve this, let me know before I commit suicide by beating myself to death with a wet sock. So far I’ve found only 10 of the items in the room. Jena, what did I do to you to deserve this?
:: I’m not much older than the Fender Stratocaster.
March 28th, 2004 at 08:50
Geez, Randy, wait till you try your hand at “Mystery of Time and Space.” You’ll discover that getting out of the Crimson Room is a breeze.
All I can say is keep clicking (and double-clicking, which might shake some things loose) and keep going back over the same places. Look at the foot of the bed, under the pillow…
No more. Figure it out by yourself — that’s the fun part. Ha.
March 28th, 2004 at 08:54
Got the battery from the end of the bed, got the key from the pillow…double-clicked the door a zillion times.
OK, I’ll keep trying. 🙂
April 1st, 2004 at 12:15
You know, the seven words are a sure way to enliven the gov pubs section of your basic library instruction class.
So glad that our legislators are still doing such important work. At the very least, it seems completely misguided to limit the words that one can say, when it’s still possible to see someone murdering her own husband with a gunshot to the head. (ABC, Sunday, 9:00 – 10:00 p.m.)
Thanks, randy, for posting some much-needed U2 content!! 🙂