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Too bad this isn't a video chat, Dargs. Just think how you could make Hibi swoon. All the gals, really.

You missed a good one, Rey. I think it was the most popular thread ever created maybe. Like 50 responses in 15 minutes. Complete mystery as to why it was taken away. I'm told someone put bombs in it. That just seems wrong - that a moderator would let a thread be ruined by one person when everyone else was having such a great discussion. If there's any justice, the moderator will remove whatever the offender said and return the thread to activity.

Oh, I get it now. Wow, they must've been some pretty nasty bombs. All I saw in the "What is a troll" thread was lots of people having a highly enjoyable discussion. Were there many bombs - or just one big one?

There was a really popular thread called "What is a troll" that, as far as I could see, was very entertaining and informative - people were posting like mad in it. And then it just disappeared into the cornfield. Did someone post garbage in it to get it shut down?

Civilized! What are you - some college-educated democrat?

The reason bullfighters exlcaim "Toro!" when they're fighting is in honour of Tor. They imagine that he is the bull. It's scarier that way. He is in our lives in more ways than we know.

I'd like to ask - is there any chance that TCM might someday show Antonioni's 'Zabriskie Point'? I know some people think it's a substandard movie, but that's arguable - as most films are. I just think it's unfair that there's been an ongoing disallowance against a movie when there's no true basis for that disallowance.

he's thinking of going out on his own, breaking up the group.....

One of the kazoos says to the bartender.......

Oh - one more I just remembered. I was really young - like 6. They were shooting an episode of 'Last of the Mohicans' locally - in an area called Mimico Creek. I was with my other grandmother (my Dad's mom) and we saw Lon Chaney Jr. dressed up like Chingichcook. Very exciting for Nanny. For the rest of her life she'd tell people about seeing the real live Long Chaney. Yes, she thought his name was "Long".

Two Kazoos and a Zither. Great title.

But it's so serious.

Catholics, ay. Irish on the maternal grandmother's side to boot. She actually had 14 kids but 2 didn't survive birth. My mother was the 3rd born.

My mother's family lived on the wrong side of the tracks. A poor family with 12 kids, living in dilapidated housing that would eventually be condemned by the township and torn down. The youngest child in the family was my youngest aunt - who was less than a year older than I - I being the first grandchild. My next youngest aunt was less than 2 years older than me, another less than 3. We all went to school together and Sharon - who failed once - ended up in the same class with me. My aunt. Anyway, it was a tough family. The seven sons (uncles) were known throughout the town as formidable scrappers. There was some thieving as well. The cops were at the door regularly. One of those uncles - #6 - was not quite all there. A touch of cerebral palsy and severe rage issues if you pushed him. Around the age of 8 or 9, a fellow started coming around my grandparents house - a friend of this uncle. This uncle didn't have a whole lot of friends, but for a while he had this guy named Mike. Mike always kind've looked like there was something a little bit wrong with him too. Weird face on him. I remember hearing his whole name a few times. "Mike Ironside's coming over","Bob - Mike Ironside's here". That sort of thing. Everyone thought he was as big a loser as Bob. Eventually the relationship between Mike and Uncle Bob came to an end. The housing was torn down, we all moved on. Then, in the early 80's, I'm watching a David Cronenberg movie on VHS called 'Scanners'. And there, at the start of the movie, big as life, is that strangely familiar weird face - and he's playing a very scary psychic who causes a man's head to explode into pieces. When I looked at the credits, I got the confirmation. Mike Ironside from the wrong side of the tracks of west end Toronto had become Michael Ironside, actor. And a prolific actor at that - who's been in some pretty major productions. Wonder if he remembers those times in my grandmother's house - me staring at his weird head.

Boy, that would've lent a much different feel to the movie, ay?

And for the heart. I know I'm a very happy camper right now. So many good people with whom to engage on these boards lately.

Sophie's Choice. I curse the day I saw that.

A whirlwind of activity today. These boards are alive with passion.

Best Batman ever.

The chart is showing what percentage each country has of worldwide Tor Johnson fan clubs. Yay, Canada. We love Tor the most.

Not to my knowledge.

Just painted her nails, huh.

It means black. Film noir translates to black film or dark film. Not talking about the colour black - talking about the theme(s) embedded in the film's narrative.

No. Those were freckled.

Oates was such a unique individual - his looks, mannerisms, the way he carried himself, the way he spoke. So, he fit everything he did somehow. I first turned onto him when he was in the Jack Lord series 'Stoney Burke' in the early 60's. The first movie I remember seeing him in was "Hero's Island' shortly after the Stoney Burke series went off the air. Forever after first seeing him, I would immediately know - that's that Warren guy who always seems a little weasley but I like him. He grew out of the weasley image - well, I guess he started getting better parts. Anyway, I love Warren. In everything.