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The Best Show on WFMU => Show Discussion => Topic started by: Spike on May 19, 2008, 12:38:32 PM
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I think it's time that the opening is updated. I should be included in the clips of the callers.;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Buuuut there are no more supercallers. Supercallers have been stripped of their supercaller status.
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That and you got banned, Spike, remember?
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That and you got banned invited to host The Best Show, Spike, remember?
Fixed!
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I'm officially throwing my hat into the race! I'm offering my services to rearrange Spike's hectic Tuesday night schedule. Hopefully this arrangement is suitable to you Spike, let me know.
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I hope there are no major changes to the intro. I hope it stays sort of a mini-collage of the show's entire history - there may be no more supercallers, but there's no more Purple Shirt either, and it would be a shame to loose his bit in the intro.
I'm with Omar, though. If Spike is going to start making demands, he needs to bite the bullet and host an episode. What happened to "Judge Spike"? That could be a good segment.
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I hope there are no major changes to the intro. I hope it stays sort of a mini-collage of the show's entire history - there may be no more supercallers, but there's no more Purple Shirt either, and it would be a shame to loose his bit in the intro.
I'm with Omar, though. If Spike is going to start making demands, he needs to bite the bullet and host an episode. What happened to "Judge Spike"? That could be a good segment.
Yes! I want "JUDGE SPIKE" too. Step up to the plate, Spike. We're all waiting.
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I hope there are no major changes to the intro. I hope it stays sort of a mini-collage of the show's entire history.
i don't think that's what it is. because the clips for the intro were only taken from 2 or 3 shows, there are people in that intro who only ever called once or twice.
there are many current or recent regulars who i wish were in the intro, but i agree with you that the ideal intro would reflect the entire history of the show and include callers that were regulars once upon a time (purple shirt, officer tom) who maybe don't call anymore.
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I hope there are no major changes to the intro. I hope it stays sort of a mini-collage of the show's entire history.
i don't think that's what it is. because the clips for the intro were only taken from 2 or 3 shows, there are people in that intro who only ever called once or twice.
there are many current or recent regulars who i wish were in the intro, but i agree with you that the ideal intro would reflect the entire history of the show and include callers that were regulars once upon a time (purple shirt, officer tom) who maybe don't call anymore.
Right. I guess "Gingivitis" and "This is Petey from the future" were non-regulars. You need a cool sounding quote to get on the intro. Just any old "Hello Tom" wont cut it.
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I think it would be great if there was an alternate theme with nothing but villains.
"James James James James."
"It's the God of Thunder."
"Hi Tom. It's Julie from Cincinnati."
"...and Richard Kind said 'don't do it'."
"I pity the fool."
"Hellllooooo Tooom."
etc.
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I hope there are no major changes to the intro. I hope it stays sort of a mini-collage of the show's entire history.
i don't think that's what it is. because the clips for the intro were only taken from 2 or 3 shows, there are people in that intro who only ever called once or twice.
there are many current or recent regulars who i wish were in the intro, but i agree with you that the ideal intro would reflect the entire history of the show and include callers that were regulars once upon a time (purple shirt, officer tom) who maybe don't call anymore.
Right. I guess "Gingivitis" and "This is Petey from the future" were non-regulars.
i was thinking of michelle. and tom riley. and a couple others. not wurster characters.
please don't get me wrong, i love the intro and frequently will talk along with my favorite parts ("fire, why?" is a winner!) but i would love to see something more reflective of the longtime and regular callers. that's all i'm sayin!
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I think it would be great if there was an alternate theme with nothing but villains.
"James James James James."
"It's the God of Thunder."
"Hi Tom. It's Julie from Cincinnati."
"...and Richard Kind said 'don't do it'."
"I pity the fool."
"Hellllooooo Tooom."
etc.
Remember that Frederick Douglas guy from last summer?
I want his call to just be the intro.
"Biggie cucumbers...biggie tomatoes...biggie peppers..."
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Right. I guess "Gingivitis" and "This is Petey from the future" were non-regulars. You need a cool sounding quote to get on the intro. Just any old "Hello Tom" wont cut it.
Nooo! Petey from the Future = one of my all time favourite calls.
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Remember that Frederick Douglas guy from last summer?
I want his call to just be the intro.
"Biggie cucumbers...biggie tomatoes...biggie peppers..."
i think it's pretty obvious who that was....
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i think it's pretty obvious who that was....
Well excuuuuuuuse me.
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Remember what happened recently when 'the Board' started making format demands?
Plus: Spike, you've dropped the ball on so many chances to be a bigger part of the show (Judge Spike, Marathons, Hosting!!).
You've crawled your way off of your orange crate considerably since the days of, "Where's Sexy Sadie? *click* " but drop the demands and take the Kid up on one of his invites.
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I hope there are no major changes to the intro. I hope it stays sort of a mini-collage of the show's entire history.
i don't think that's what it is. because the clips for the intro were only taken from 2 or 3 shows, there are people in that intro who only ever called once or twice.
there are many current or recent regulars who i wish were in the intro, but i agree with you that the ideal intro would reflect the entire history of the show and include callers that were regulars once upon a time (purple shirt, officer tom) who maybe don't call anymore.
Right. I guess "Gingivitis" and "This is Petey from the future" were non-regulars. You need a cool sounding quote to get on the intro. Just any old "Hello Tom" wont cut it.
I'm pretty sure "Gingivitis" is Petey.
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"This is Petey from the future" was a regular, too, once upon a time.
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"This is Petey from the future" was a regular, too, once upon a time.
I think that the Wurster calls have been getting more frequent. His MySpace shows him as touring with various bands all this year, including Rob Mold from Husker Dude, so I imagine it must be kind of tough.
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"This is Petey from the future" was a regular, too, once upon a time.
Really? I haven't heard everything in the archives, but the only one I've come across was the one from Petey's 2004 birthday show. I just assumed it was a one-off.
I really like Petey 4.0, but I'm pretty sure that wasn't JW.
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i think it's pretty obvious who that was....
Well excuuuuuuuse me.
but maybe it was only obvious to me since i actually noticed when Petey's name on myspace was Frederick Douglass....
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"This is Petey from the future" was a regular, too, once upon a time.
That's awesome. I've always thought that was a great concept. I've never heard the archive of gingivitis either. I've gotta step it up.
Petey 4.0 was classic: "Tommy, this guy's not bwingin' it..."
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Remember what happened recently when 'the Board' started making format demands?
Yeah, because talking about new ideas for themes is the same as insulting the two main forces behind the show.
Don't let the New Regime's culture of fear silence you!
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Remember that Frederick Douglas guy from last summer?
I want his call to just be the intro.
"Biggie cucumbers...biggie tomatoes...biggie peppers..."
And lets not forget Mr. Douglass' stirring rendition of "I'm In Love With a Girl."
I think if "Judge Spike" happened, I could die a happy man. Unless it blew. It could go either way.
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No, no, I wasn't saying that Petey from the future was a regular caller. It's the person behind the character who was. So, by the same reasoning that Gingivitis can be justified as a regular because Petey made the call, so can Petey from the future.
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Clarification:
- Petey from the Future was a one-off JW call
- Petey 4.0 was NOT JW and I believe he called a few times. I have no idea whether he was a regular caller in other guises.
In a quick spin through the Newbridgctionary, it looks like JW calls are up over the last three years or so, and holding steady during that period.
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I think it would be great if there was an alternate theme with nothing but villains.
"James James James James."
"It's the God of Thunder."
"Hi Tom. It's Julie from Cincinnati."
"...and Richard Kind said 'don't do it'."
"I pity the fool."
"Hellllooooo Tooom."
etc.
I think any inclusion of James in the intro should be limited to the clip from the April Fools show of Tom bellowing "I JAMESED JAMES!!!!" at mic-damaging volume.
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I think it would be great if there was an alternate theme with nothing but villains.
"James James James James."
"It's the God of Thunder."
"Hi Tom. It's Julie from Cincinnati."
"...and Richard Kind said 'don't do it'."
"I pity the fool."
"Hellllooooo Tooom."
etc.
it NEEDS the "sittin' in my bedroom, drinking a cold beer" guy
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I think it would be great if there was an alternate theme with nothing but villains.
"James James James James."
"It's the God of Thunder."
"Hi Tom. It's Julie from Cincinnati."
"...and Richard Kind said 'don't do it'."
"I pity the fool."
"Hellllooooo Tooom."
etc.
it NEEDS the "sittin' in my bedroom, drinking a cold beer" guy
Good one, Turf. I have no idea how I overlooked that guy.
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I hope there are no major changes to the intro. I hope it stays sort of a mini-collage of the show's entire history - there may be no more supercallers, but there's no more Purple Shirt either, and it would be a shame to loose his bit in the intro.
..yeah sure...it'd be really sad if that guy from crust wasn't in the intro anymore....
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"This is Petey from the future" was a regular, too, once upon a time.
I think that the Wurster calls have been getting more frequent. His MySpace shows him as touring with various bands all this year, including Rob Mold from Husker Dude, so I imagine it must be kind of tough.
Bob MOULD from Husker DU. Also, couldn't Wurster's calls just be pretaped?
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The show's opening is very perfect. What is the bed music though? It haunts me now.
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"This is Petey from the future" was a regular, too, once upon a time.
I think that the Wurster calls have been getting more frequent. His MySpace shows him as touring with various bands all this year, including Rob Mold from Husker Dude, so I imagine it must be kind of tough.
Bob MOULD from Husker DU. Also, couldn't Wurster's calls just be pretaped?
Is this some kind of reverse irony? Or sub-ironic sarcasm? In any case, way over my head.
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"This is Petey from the future" was a regular, too, once upon a time.
I think that the Wurster calls have been getting more frequent. His MySpace shows him as touring with various bands all this year, including Rob Mold from Husker Dude, so I imagine it must be kind of tough.
Bob MOULD from Husker DU. Also, couldn't Wurster's calls just be pretaped?
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it NEEDS the "sittin' in my bedroom, drinking a cold beer" guy
Good one, Turf. I have no idea how I overlooked that guy.
More importantly, it needs Tom doing his Ted-Levine-as-Buffalo-Bob-esque imitation of that guy.
ETA: oops I meant "Buffalo Bill." I conflated the creepy guys in Silence of the Lambs and Twin Peaks.
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it NEEDS the "sittin' in my bedroom, drinking a cold beer" guy
Good one, Turf. I have no idea how I overlooked that guy.
More importantly, it needs Tom doing his Ted-Levine-as-Buffalo-Bob-esque imitation of that guy.
it's so buffalo-bill-esque. if only we could get tom to say: "oh wait...was she a great big fat person?"
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it's so buffalo-bill-esque. if only we could get tom to say: "oh wait...was she a great big fat person?"
Paul F Tompkins uttered those words at one point, I believe during the movie quote show. My all-time favorite movie quote ever. Perfect opening fodder!
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it NEEDS the "sittin' in my bedroom, drinking a cold beer" guy
Good one, Turf. I have no idea how I overlooked that guy.
More importantly, it needs Tom doing his Ted-Levine-as-Buffalo-Bob-esque imitation of that guy.
it's so buffalo-bill-esque. if only we could get tom to say: "oh wait...was she a great big fat person?"
Buffalo Bill ruined the word "Tuck" for me forever.
Now he's on Monk. Ted Levine: good actor... voice presents a... um... challenge.
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it's so buffalo-bill-esque. if only we could get tom to say: "oh wait...was she a great big fat person?"
Paul F Tompkins uttered those words at one point, I believe during the movie quote show. My all-time favorite movie quote ever. Perfect opening fodder!
one of my favorite moments in best show history!
was it during the movie quote show or was it a week or two later? for some reason, i think it was an afterthought because it didn't make the official list, and i think that tom would have added it. maybe i'm remembering wrong.
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it's so buffalo-bill-esque. if only we could get tom to say: "oh wait...was she a great big fat person?"
Paul F Tompkins uttered those words at one point, I believe during the movie quote show. My all-time favorite movie quote ever. Perfect opening fodder!
one of my favorite moments in best show history!
was it during the movie quote show or was it a week or two later? for some reason, i think it was an afterthought because it didn't make the official list, and i think that tom would have added it. maybe i'm remembering wrong.
It made the official list during the movie quotes show:
"PFT's contribution is one of his all-time favorite movie quotes from the thriller/chiller (it lacks any legit spills) The Silence of the Lambs (1991). Tom asks him if it's the oft-cited Chianti and fava beans line. PFT is disappointed in Tom at how disappointed in him Tom must be to even think that he would suggest that quote. He offers an overlooked quote that he feels is the perfect marriage of writing (Teddy Tally), direction (Johnathan Demme), and performance (Ted Levine). Clarice Starling (Jodie Foster) is questioning Jame Gumb (Levine) about a missing girl who turned up dead. Gumb is stonewalling her, so she gives up and starts to leave. As Gumb is about to close his door, he politely says, "Oh, wait. Was she a great, big, fat girl?" PFT thinks the eccentric adjective trio yields one of the most amazing quotes in film history. Mike denies it, but Tom overrides him. ACCEPTED. PFT doesn't understand why Mike has to be such a TSotL sourpuss. Tom admits that Mike has not denied any quotes tonight. He left the studio 20 minutes ago."
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omar to the rescue!
it wasn't on the list that is on the fotpedia but i don't know how complete that list is, anyway. thanks, omar! now i know which show in the archive to go re-listen to.
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It made the official list during the movie quotes show:
"PFT's contribution is one of his all-time favorite movie quotes from the thriller/chiller (it lacks any legit spills) The Silence of the Lambs (1991). Tom asks him if it's the oft-cited Chianti and fava beans line. PFT is disappointed in Tom at how disappointed in him Tom must be to even think that he would suggest that quote. He offers an overlooked quote that he feels is the perfect marriage of writing (Teddy Tally), direction (Johnathan Demme), and performance (Ted Levine). Clarice Starling (Jodie Foster) is questioning Jame Gumb (Levine) about a missing girl who turned up dead. Gumb is stonewalling her, so she gives up and starts to leave. As Gumb is about to close his door, he politely says, "Oh, wait. Was she a great, big, fat girl?" PFT thinks the eccentric adjective trio yields one of the most amazing quotes in film history. Mike denies it, but Tom overrides him. ACCEPTED. PFT doesn't understand why Mike has to be such a TSotL sourpuss. Tom admits that Mike has not denied any quotes tonight. He left the studio 20 minutes ago."
Not to nitpick, but the quote is: "great big fat person", isnt it?
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Not to nitpick, but the quote is: "great big fat person", isnt it?
It's the "person" that makes the quote. And then Jodie Foster nods and says very businesslike: "She was a big girl, sir." So good:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3I7IdcJDacg
Ok, I'm going to stop obsessing about this on this thread now.