Official Gramps' Memorial Eternal OT Thread

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C-south said:
I need to find a copy of blazing saddles before the libs have it banned. It comes on tv on occasion but it isn’t the same when they water it down.
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Yep. I've got it on VHS, DVD, and blu-ray. Come and take it, libs!

I don't know what the future holds but I don't want to live in a world without Blazing Saddles. 😂
 
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McDad said:
You talking about Lou Ferrigno as The Hulk?
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Lmao. Yes. I got the 2 of them mixed up. Good catch. The OTHER huge italian looking guy that was roided out through the 1980s. Neither of them were like 5ft6 or 5ft7 either like Stallone. Actual huge dudes.

Remember what the WWF guys looked like back then? Ultimate Warrior etc? Those guys were ripped to shreds back in the heavy steroid era.

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Went to a few wrestling events as a kid because we got free tickets. Fwiw, the biggest guy I have ever seen in person that was still ripped was VFL Charles McRae. He and Antone Davis were both all SEC guards that played together in the 90s before going to the NFL. We were in Neyland before kickoff when the whole team is out there stretching out etc, and Charles took his pads and shirt off for whatever reason...he had a 6pack. Listed at 6ft7in and 295 lbs . No body fat. He was a monster. He ended up being a top 10 draft pick in the 1st round in 91 or 92. Wish we had him and Antone last week vs UGA...we would have run the ball right down their damn throats all game and made em put 8 men in the box. We outrushed them bigtime anyway, just couldnt do it in the 2nd half.
 
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marcusluvsvols said:
Somewhat funny story about the classic American epic we know as "Airplane!" .

I have seen the movie dozens of times growing up, as I bet many of you have. Know most of the bits in it verbatim, yet still laugh every time.

So...I sit down to watch it with my 13yo daughter for her 1st time. For the first time I can remember, didn't bother to look it up on IMDB and check the parents guide...we ALWAYS do before watching a movie with the kids. It tells you about any nudity, sexual innuendo, which 4 letter words and how many times etc. This determines whether or not a movie gets watched in our household. Not this time though...Airplane is rated PG...and i have seen it dozens of times and nearly know it by memory, right?

Apparently I had only ever seen the movie on network TV...and apparently PG ratings circa 1980 were WAY DIFFERENT than PG in the 2000s. So we start watching it....profanity...ouch, but OK...sexual references throughout including the blowjob in the pilots seat which is apparently cut way shorter on TV too...and BIG BARE TITS about halfway thru the movie, which I had obviously never seen before. LMAO. We laughed and laughed about it...but theres at least 5 mins of that movie not seen on cable TV that is actually in the movie if you stream it. Also, I couldn't believe that a dead-on full frontal shot of some big DD boobs was rated PG back in the 80s. It wasnt a quick glance, or "side boob" or a partial view etc...it was gratuitous BIG knockers bouncing up and down while the airplane is in turbulence. For like 3 seconds lmao. Theres other sexual references, people making out, profanity etc throughout. This was not the same movie that I have watched and laughed at as a kid with my parents and grandparents. It was hilarious. So...fair warning. You probably do NOT want to stream Airplane and watch it with children. Better to wait til next time the safer TV version comes on. 😃
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I did the same thing at my house when my sons were in middle school. "Hey boys. Let's watch Airplane! This is one of daddy's favorites". Oops. I couldn't get to the remote fast enough. The boys were giggling and I was red faced. My wife said "I can see why you like this one so much".



*I started using Common sense media after that incident but they limit how many movies you can look up. I've switched over to IMBD's parents guide and use it all the time. It's very informative and helpful for parents trying to do the right thing.
 
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VolunteerVFL said:
Must have
Tennessee over UTEP
Tennessee over Vanderbilt
Texas over A&M

Need 1
Florida over Ole Miss
Miss State over Ole Miss
Army over ND
USC over ND
Kentucky over Texas
Georgia Tech over Georgia
Oklahoma over Alabama
Auburn over Alabama

May be enough (50/50)
Ohio State 20+ over Indiana


Feel free to add any if I missed them, but I think this would put Tennessee into the playoffs safely.
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^^^FWIW, this sums up our playoff scenarios well.

HOWEVER...if UGA vaults back up into the top 5 or 6 it helps us being 1 of our 2 losses. Every Arkansas win does also and they will be a bowl team.

My contention would be this:

Even if we win out, but NONE of the things in the 2nd group happen, UT should STILL get in the playoffs over Ole Miss for 2 reasons.

1. Our best win is arguably better than theirs...since Bama BEAT UGA...and

2. Ole Miss has 2 losses to unranked teams. UK and LSU. We only have losses to a playoff team in UGA on the road, and 1 unranked team on the road.

Also...should aTm beat Texas for their 2nd loss, a strong case can be made for us over texas as well because the ONLY ranked team Texas has played is UGA and they got BLOWN OUT at HOME. For whatever reason the polls love Texas now though. That all changes with another loss however. We still largely control our own destiny. Need to throttle UTEP and beat Vandy by a TD and we are in the playoffs as an 11 seed IMO.
 
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TN-POSSUM said:
I don't think Airwolf has that "triggering" effect as the other shows I listed. I tried to cover all the bases..... the Rebel flag, nazis, church going Southern white people, and Veterans with guns.


I would like to add a monthly marathon day of Blazing Saddles, Smokey and the Bandit, and old Clint Eastwood movies.


That actually sounds like an awesome channel. MSNBC ratings would go through the roof.
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I'm about to quit watching anything on Hulu. Seems like all the commercials you have to sit through are DEI oriented - like a liberal reeducation camp of some sort. It's like total immersion rather than just the run of the mill commercials that can't operate without families composed of every race and ethnicity. At some point, enough agenda pushing is enough.
 
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marcusluvsvols said:
^^^FWIW, this sums up our playoff scenarios well.

HOWEVER...if UGA vaults back up into the top 5 or 6 it helps us being 1 of our 2 losses. Every Arkansas win does also and they will be a bowl team.

My contention would be this:

Even if we win out, but NONE of the things in the 2nd group happen, UT should STILL get in the playoffs over Ole Miss for 2 reasons.

1. Our best win is arguably better than theirs...since Bama BEAT UGA...and

2. Ole Miss has 2 losses to unranked teams. UK and LSU. We only have losses to a playoff team in UGA on the road, and 1 unranked team on the road.

Also...should aTm beat Texas for their 2nd loss, a strong case can be made for us over texas as well because the ONLY ranked team Texas has played is UGA and they got BLOWN OUT at HOME. For whatever reason the polls love Texas now though. That all changes with another loss however. We still largely control our own destiny. Need to throttle UTEP and beat Vandy by a TD and we are in the playoffs as an 11 seed IMO.
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We really need some trashing of non SEC teams with winning seasons and loser schedules - like IN getting blown away by OH St. Indiana is the poster child for teams in the top 10 without having played a real game throughout the season. In fact, when you look at it, none of the top four big10 teams has a solid resume. OR has one "credible" win - 1 point over OH St who has one "credible" win over PN St; otherwise PN St would be like IN, having played nobody of note at all. Any of those teams may be solid, but it's unproven and the season is nearing an end. The ACC and other dwarf conferences are as bad or worse than the big10.
 
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AM64 said:
I'm about to quit watching anything on Hulu. Seems like all the commercials you have to sit through are DEI oriented - like a liberal reeducation camp of some sort. It's like total immersion rather than just the run of the mill commercials that can't operate without families composed of every race and ethnicity. At some point, enough agenda pushing is enough.
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Of course...it's Disney.
 
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On the topic of funny air travel. Did you know that for many years on Friday the 13th, you could fly Finnair flight AY666 from Copenhagen to HEL (Helsinki). They don't do that flight number now, but if you find yourself in Singapore, you can fly from SIN to HEL.
 
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AM64 said:
We really need some trashing of non SEC teams with winning seasons and loser schedules - like IN getting blown away by OH St. Indiana is the poster child for teams in the top 10 without having played a real game throughout the season. In fact, when you look at it, none of the top four big10 teams has a solid resume. OR has one "credible" win - 1 point over OH St who has one "credible" win over PN St; otherwise PN St would be like IN, having played nobody of note at all. Any of those teams may be solid, but it's unproven and the season is nearing an end. The ACC and other dwarf conferences are as bad or worse than the big10.
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Oregon also beat Boise State, whose only loss is Oregon. It aint much, but in the Big 10 it makes them the tallest midget.
 
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AM64 said:
I'm about to quit watching anything on Hulu. Seems like all the commercials you have to sit through are DEI oriented - like a liberal reeducation camp of some sort. It's like total immersion rather than just the run of the mill commercials that can't operate without families composed of every race and ethnicity. At some point, enough agenda pushing is enough.
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Commercials in no way reflect the actual demographics of our country, and apparently are not going to. Its just weird. Big shift happened with the BLM riots/grift and apparently its gonna stay that way.

Minorites (notice the name, opposite of majority) are way overrepresented. Way. In some cases, by orders of magnitude. Look up the % makeup of the US per our last census. The people depicted in commercials are not even close to what our country actually is. There is a concerted effort to reflect woke BS, also an effort to normalize or popularize Leftist ideals. They also rarely even try to market things to the people who are actually going to be buying them...if they did so, the vast majority of their products and services would be marketed towards wives/moms. They are the ones who purchase the majority of things that come into households. White suburban moms to be more specific. They are the ones who actually purchase the overwhelming majority of food, clothing, gifts including Christmas and birthdays etc, school supplies, toys, etc etc. By far the biggest consumers of goods and services, and in most cases who runs the households in America on a day to day basis. Plenty of single moms sadly that do the exact same. Watch commercials though and see who is actually depicted in them. Its not a bunch of white chicks in SUVs and minivans. If moms are shown, they are likely to be black or brown, and if they are white it will be with a black or brown husband. As if 75% of people are in interracial marriages. They are in commercials... in reality not so much. Its just weird. As someone who has 2/3 sisters that are black...I promise you mixed race families simply are not commonplace. You get funny looks when you introduce your family members if they are black and you're white. Its funny to me, and not a big deal. Its not super rare or anything in 2024...but it is far from the norm. If I was a foreigner though in the US on vacation, based on commercials I would think the US was a giant Leftist melting pot where most families were biracial and about 10-20% of folks were gay/lesbian. If anyone has any idea why this might be, or how this is a good marketing strategy, I am all ears.
 
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TN-POSSUM said:
I don't think Airwolf has that "triggering" effect as the other shows I listed. I tried to cover all the bases..... the Rebel flag, nazis, church going Southern white people, and Veterans with guns.


I would like to add a monthly marathon day of Blazing Saddles, Smokey and the Bandit, and old Clint Eastwood movies.


That actually sounds like an awesome channel. MSNBC ratings would go through the roof.
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History of the World Part 1. Was hilarious as well. Couldn't be made in today's environment.
 
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UT_Dutchman said:
I understand, but I find it easy to look over it if it is just a few posts.
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It's usually only a few posts because someone comes in and squelches it.

Bringing up Blazing Saddles with any dude over 40 will always devolve into a circle lamentation of the good ole days that will go on until a reasonable person comes in, pinches their cheeks, and tells them that everything is okay before pointing them to modern masterpieces like Sausage Party (which is filled to the brim with enough racial/cultural stereotypes and sexual innuendo to get their wet noodle stiff as it was when TVs still had antennae).
 
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DinkinFlicka said:
It's usually only a few posts because someone comes in and squelches it.

Bringing up Blazing Saddles with any dude over 40 will always devolve into a circle lamentation of the good ole days that will go on until a reasonable person comes in, pinches their cheeks, and tells them that everything is okay before pointing them to modern masterpieces like Sausage Party.
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Haha
 
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LouderVol said:
lets tone it back gentlemen. we have a couple threads for that talk.
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DinkinFlicka said:
It's usually only a few posts because someone comes in and squelches it.

Bringing up Blazing Saddles with any dude over 40 will always devolve into a circle lamentation of the good ole days that will go on until a reasonable person comes in, pinches their cheeks, and tells them that everything is okay before pointing them to modern masterpieces like Sausage Party (which is filled to the brim with enough racial/cultural stereotypes and sexual innuendo to get their wet noodle stiff as it was when TVs still had antennae).
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Lmao. Yeah, I certainly wasnt trying to be political in here. On the topic of getting funny looks as previously mentioned....my wife and I are also named Marcus and Sheena. You can be sure that nobody ever when looking at our paperwork say to buy a car, house, kids school stuff...literally anything requiring both of our names, has ever for a moment thought that we are white. We have a last name that is also very common among black folks...all the NBA, NFL and college players that I joke about being my cousins (because they have the same last name) are in fact black.
 
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DinkinFlicka said:
This is a thread to be completely free of any and all partisan nonsense.

Goes for both sides, even if it's almost always only one trying to stink up the place.
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The discussion was basically centered on "societal norms" as the arts have portrayed and drifted into the fact that those "norms" were hijacked and acceptability changed by political parties. The evil discussed is not what norms are correct or what political belief is correct - simply to point out that politics has corrupted/co-opted values and that seemingly non-political facets as simple as a commercial have become highly politicized. If we always shuffle off all that discussion to "relevant" (read: generally polarized) platforms and never discuss it otherwise, then we shouldn't be surprised by outcomes when "we said nothing because it didn't affect us".

We casually talk sports here frequently, too; and there are forums specifically for that.
 
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