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Postby mikey » Tue Jul 23, 2019 9:27 am

I don't want to talk in the TV thread because it makes it seem like I have/like TV...so here's this...

What was the first TV show that you can recall using flashbacks and/or cutaways to the joke a la Family Guy, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Scrubs, The Simpsons, etc. ? Possible sidebar, who popularized it?

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Postby Sam's Drunk Dog » Tue Jul 23, 2019 9:28 am

Do it on an island, though, just to be safe.
And to double down on the safety, in extremely unlikely instance that things go tits up on that isle, there should be a second facility - retcon, er, I mean call it 'Site B', to avoid confusion.
Will either facility to be on an island with an active volcano?

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Postby NTP66 » Tue Jul 23, 2019 9:31 am

Do it on an island, though, just to be safe.
And to double down on the safety, in extremely unlikely instance that things go tits up on that isle, there should be a second facility - retcon, er, I mean call it 'Site B', to avoid confusion.
Will either facility to be on an island with an active volcano?
Nope, because there's no active volcano on Kauai Isla Nublar.

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Postby eddy » Tue Jul 23, 2019 9:56 am

I don't want to talk in the TV thread because it makes it seem like I have/like TV...so here's this...

What was the first TV show that you can recall using flashbacks and/or cutaways to the joke a la Family Guy, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Scrubs, The Simpsons, etc. ? Possible sidebar, who popularized it?
That's a tough one. All of those are good. Friends did it. Throw in Arrested Development. While not focused on a joke, Twin Peaks to an extent.

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Postby mikey » Tue Jul 23, 2019 10:06 am

Boy, is the answer Laugh-In? That's not really the intent of my question, but it may kind of qualify, no?

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Postby eddy » Tue Jul 23, 2019 10:18 am

Golden Girls

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Postby Sam's Drunk Dog » Tue Jul 23, 2019 10:28 am


Will either facility to be on an island with an active volcano?
Nope, because there's no active volcano on Kauai Isla Nublar.
But there was one on the Isla Nublar off the coast of Costa Rica. Did you not see Jurassic World Fallen Kingdom?

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Postby tifosi77 » Tue Jul 23, 2019 11:32 am

I don't want to talk in the TV thread because it makes it seem like I have/like TV...so here's this...

What was the first TV show that you can recall using flashbacks and/or cutaways to the joke a la Family Guy, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Scrubs, The Simpsons, etc. ? Possible sidebar, who popularized it?
You could make a compelling case that Monty Python's Flying Circus was nothing but 30 minutes of cut-away gags.

Animaniacs and the HBO show Dream On did this a lot, and that was early 90s.

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Postby mikey » Tue Jul 23, 2019 11:54 am

Yeah, that's why I didn't like my thought on Laugh-In...those are sketch comedies, I don't think that counts...

The Simpsons pre-dates Animaniacs I presume...

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Postby shafnutz05 » Tue Jul 23, 2019 12:07 pm

Golden Girls
Yup, they used the flashbacks a lot. I particularly enjoyed the Rose flashbacks to growing up in St. Olaf.

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Postby tifosi77 » Tue Jul 23, 2019 12:49 pm

Picture it: Sicily, 1922. Or was it, New Jersey?

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Postby NTP66 » Wed Jul 24, 2019 8:19 am

While going through old boxes in my basement, I found my original DOD Death Metal pedal. I haven't picked it up in probably 5 years, but I think I'm going to finally restring my guitar and get back into habit of annoying people in my house by playing Metallica and Slayer at 11.

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Postby MalkinIsMyHomeboy » Wed Jul 24, 2019 1:27 pm

is "plant corn, grow corn" an actual saying or did it originate here?

I used it irl but didn't know if I came off as an idiot

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Postby willeyeam » Wed Jul 24, 2019 1:32 pm

I believe LITT brought it into our lives

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Postby meow » Wed Jul 24, 2019 1:36 pm

I think I've heard it in the real world.

I've moved on from that to "play stupid games, win stupid prizes" in RL

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Postby mikey » Wed Jul 24, 2019 1:47 pm

I use both of them regularly. People seem elated to hear them for whatever reason...

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Postby NTP66 » Wed Jul 24, 2019 1:47 pm

Source of the post I've moved on from that to "play stupid games, win stupid prizes" in RL
This is definitely more common, IME.

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Postby mikey » Wed Jul 24, 2019 1:48 pm

It is.

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Postby AuthorTony » Wed Jul 24, 2019 2:03 pm

In case anyone wonders what life is like in Somerset, PA... This post showed up in my FB feed a few min ago.
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Postby mikey » Wed Jul 24, 2019 2:05 pm

Only one gets a circle and a...cursor...?

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Postby NTP66 » Wed Jul 24, 2019 2:08 pm

:lol:

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Postby NTP66 » Wed Jul 24, 2019 5:10 pm

Claims are now being accepted for the Equifax data breach: For most of us, it means either $125 in cash, or 4 years of credit monitoring through Experian, plus an extra 6 years of monitoring through Equifax if you'd like ( :lol: ). I'll probably opt for the monitoring given the length.

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Postby tifosi77 » Wed Jul 24, 2019 5:16 pm

Thanks for that. The $125 pre-paid card will go straight to my Amazon account.

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Postby NTP66 » Wed Jul 24, 2019 5:23 pm

You can get another $125 if you've spent 10 hours dealing with the issue. I may go that route instead, since I easily surpassed that with simply checking credit card statements every month, running credit reports, etc.

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Postby dodint » Wed Jul 24, 2019 5:26 pm

Oh, cool. A website asking for my PII. A website ran by some folks that already lost it once.

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