"Carl's Lounge" (Off-Topic Discussion, Traditional Knife "Tales & Vignettes")

r8shell said:
Blackadder!
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"His pot is blacker than his kettle."
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huntnfishin said:
Yeah I suppose that show wasn’t very politically polite…sexist etc. They would never air that stuff now. Look at older shows like all in the family with Archie bunker no way that stuff would air today. I think Monty python humor has stood up to that however some probably find it dated a bit today. I still twinge if I recall a scene in life of brian where a centurion is giving Brian a Latin lesson twisting his ear until he conjugated a verb correctly. Reminds me of the codger Jesuit priest who would grab my ear in Latin class if I goofed up…he did care about us though I believe even if it was painful to learn Latin.
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Yes, a lot of people take satire literally unfortunately (not that Benny Hill was satire!). Life of Brian was pretty controversial here when it first came out. I remember laughing so much, I went to see it the next night too! :D I don't think the films have aged too badly, but the TV shows have, in a way we didn't understand they would at the time. I think my favourite TV shows are Porridge and Dad's Army. They are set in situations, which to some extent, are rather timeless, with great casts, and good writing. Steptoe & Son is another British classic, but it has dated more, and can actually be a little depressing! :D :thumbsup:
 
meako said:
Love Thy Neighbour
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Were hilarious in their day BECAUSE they were so "politically incorrect"....It doesn't actually replace wit though....a particularly obnoxious racist Britcom was Mind Your Language.....appalling.
Having said that...I strongly believe that racist humour defeats racism....as long as you don't take yourself too seriously...and it's humour not just insult....
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Humor does have a powerful disarming effect when used well—both in turning opponents into friends and undercutting opponents’ attacks. A person who is not easily provoked to wrath is harder to manipulate.
 
Headwinds said:
Actually, I’m still using my old 13” CRT TV. I bought a digital convertor when the change took effect, and it and the old TV are still working fine. What bugs me is that with digital you have either a great picture or no picture at all. I live in a fringe reception area and don’t use cable, and sometimes the picture and sound just disappear. In the old days you might have snow, but you could still keep up with what was going on.
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Cell phones have the same, frustrating problem. Instead of a moment or two of static, the call is dropped completely.
Jack Black said:
Yes, a lot of people take satire literally unfortunately (not that Benny Hill was satire!). Life of Brian was pretty controversial here when it first came out. I remember laughing so much, I went to see it the next night too! :D I don't think the films have aged too badly, but the TV shows have, in a way we didn't understand they would at the time. I think my favourite TV shows are Porridge and Dad's Army. They are set in situations, which to some extent, are rather timeless, with great casts, and good writing. Steptoe & Son is another British classic, but it has dated more, and can actually be a little depressing! :D :thumbsup:
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Satire can be tricky. Are you familiar with "Poe's Law"?

I know someone who still refuses to go see Life of Brian. His loss, I suppose.
 
r8shell said:
Cell phones have the same, frustrating problem. Instead of a moment or two of static, the call is dropped completely.

Satire can be tricky. Are you familiar with "Poe's Law"?

I know someone who still refuses to go see Life of Brian. His loss, I suppose.
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Thanks for the link Rachel, the way the world is, it gets harder and harder to parody things :rolleyes:

Even in the past, there have always been stupid people of course! :D The UK equivalent of Archie Bunker was called Alf Garnett , and while he was supposed to be a ridiculous character, when the show still aired, you would regularly hear people championing him and his views. Likewise, a decade or two later, a British comedian named Harry Enfield invented a character called 'Loadsamoney', but he was championed by just the sort of people Enfield was parodying, and he eventually dropped the character as a result. Unfortunately, even the most brazen satire can misfire :rolleyes:
 
I remember passing out a copy of swift’s satire a modest proposal to an English class I was teaching back in 99 or 2000 and the kids reading it looking at me like what is this sick guy thinking…I learned real quick I had to prep them on what satire was first! Had them write their own satires afterwards and some were hilarious on things like how the cafeteria food was meant to kill you or the school dress code was a form of brainwashing etc. That Poe’s law…very cool…learn something new every day!
 
It works!
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meako meako , the only arguably not quite safe thing I've done with it is to lean deep into the brush, reach the hook as deep as I could, and jerk the blade back toward my face.
It chops very well for its unimpressive weight and length. The saw is slower than a bow saw, being thicker and shorter, but the teeth are well flared from the flats, and it worked quite well on a thick piece of cherry at an awkward angle. The hook works like magic.
I think Fiskars may know something about blade geometry.
 
(In)Accuweather says we have a 23% chance of rain tonight.
Yes, a thunder storm with heavy rain is taking place at this moment.
 
Headwinds said:
I read years ago that Bonanza was designed specifically to sell color TV sets. In those days RCA owned NBC, and the story was that RCA ordered NBC to produce a show which would make everyone dissatisfied with their black and white sets. Westerns were very popular at the time and were all in black and white, so NBC came up with the first western broadcast in color, with lots of outdoor vistas with lots of color. Bonanza was a hit, and RCA sold a lot of color TV's.
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The Cisco Kid was the first television show fimed in colour, and it was a western in the early and mid 1950's. Also, The Lone Ranger was filmed in colour (after starting in black and white). So Bonanza was not the first. I love those old westerns!
 
JohnDF said:
I remember the Lone Ranger switch to color... I thought the light blue color of his outfit didn't look quite right. 🤪
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I moved out of my parents house in 1969, several years before they got a color TV. And I didn't have a color TV myself until the early 1980s. So I had never watched the Lone Ranger in color, and was amazed by the blue outfit when I saw a color photo somewhere. I had always thought his clothing was buckskin-color, or tan. o_O

- GT
 
5K Qs said:
I moved out of my parents house in 1969, several years before they got a color TV. And I didn't have a color TV myself until the early 1980s. So I had never watched the Lone Ranger in color, and was amazed by the blue outfit when I saw a color photo somewhere. I had always thought his clothing was buckskin-color, or tan. o_O

- GT
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Yep, I know where you’re coming from. My dad refused to get a color TV until the mid seventies. He only did that because it became very difficult to find tubes for our B&W console TV. Used to be able to go to the local market that had a tube tester and figure out which tube was shot and get a new one. I’ve asked my students over the years what they think is the reason sports teams wear light or dark jerseys and they never thought it was due to the fact that TV broadcasts black and white and that made it easier tell them apart. 🤷😃
 
Prester John said:
The Cisco Kid was the first television show fimed in colour, and it was a western in the early and mid 1950's. Also, The Lone Ranger was filmed in colour (after starting in black and white). So Bonanza was not the first. I love those old westerns!
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You’re right about Cisco, of course. I should have said the first network western which was broadcast in color. The Cisco Kid was syndicated and wasn’t actually broadcast in color until years after it was originally filmed. The last year of The Lone Ranger was filmed in color but also wasn’t broadcast in color at the time, since ABC didn’t broadcast in color at all until the 60’s. (And I agree with John about the blue suit.)
 
Headwinds said:
You’re right about Cisco, of course. I should have said the first network western which was broadcast in color. The Cisco Kid was syndicated and wasn’t actually broadcast in color until years after it was originally filmed. The last year of The Lone Ranger was filmed in color but also wasn’t broadcast in color at the time, since ABC didn’t broadcast in color at all until the 60’s. (And I agree with John about the blue suit.)
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I can still hear the voice on the television (around 1966, I think): "Now in living color!"
 
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