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Faking death? Wow.We weren't the sharpest knives in the drawer on RSPW, but the theory I remember making sense at least as much as Vince was DiBiase, as he had money and the history of having been the one to debut Taker initially. I do remember someone writing a full set of Smackdown spoilers for that show that ended with the hood coming off and Owen Hart being underneath. Nobody believed it but you could tell there were a few posters that wanted to believe.

I think basing this show in reality is why I have so much issue with this show now. The one thing I call total bullshit on the "plan" is Saul outing Carrie to the committee. In the real world, the press would be all over that. Granted, her name was never referenced in the hearing, but how many bipolar female CIA agents could there be? The reporter Carrie went to would easily be able to put two and two together. Her name would be made public in a matter of weeks if not days, making her the laughingstock of the nation if not the world, which would ultimately destroy her career (the CIA agent who had sex with the most wanted man in the world.) But that risk is taken just in the hopes that the right people get the right idea and one man comes out of hiding? Total bullshit. That being said, I think the twist could have worked. They just went too far with it for me to buy it. And I realize the endgame is clearing Brody's name, and I'm sure they will, but even that's ridiculous at this stage. He's a man linked with killing 200+ people with a video admitting that he's a terrorist. In the real world that would never go away. There are still people who think Richard Jewell was the Olympic Park Bomber after sixteen years just because of his being there at the wrong time.

I've been on the fence on Hello Ladies, because as much as I like Stephen Merchant, the premise of the show is a little thin, but the most recent episode "The Dinner" really knocked it out of the park. Just a great combination of awkward, sadness, and humor.

I honestly think there's something wrong with Dave Meltzer. Like, mentally, there's something wrong upstairs. I don't know if it's OCD or what but the dude is not normal. Like, so many things just go flying over his head, he takes everything SO literally, he can never tell when someone is joking, he never picks up on sarcasm, etc. I haven't listened to the aforementioned audio, so I can't speak for that, but having read the Observer for almost a decade, Dave has some of the driest wit I've ever seen to the point that sometimes I don't even realize he's making a joke until later. He's well-aware when someone is making a joke, especially a bad one. That's his schtick. When Bryan makes some ridiculous comment and Dave takes it seriously, it makes it all the more humorous. Dave himself has even pointed out that he does that stuff on purpose and gets frustrated that people think he's really that stupid.

I'd assume you'd think that since The Rock openly admitted to stealing some of his schtick for his promos. The 80s were when smaller guys could get more attention because of the abundance of territories and a spread out of talent. By the late 90s Parsons would have been at absolute best a short term WCW TV champ. I thought Iceman was pretty damn big for World Class. He was probably one of the two or three biggest faces who wasn't a Von Erich during their boom period.

I'm not entirely sure if the Homeland writers were just that smart or Dick Cheney's just that dumb.

I work for Sinclair. You are way more optimistic about it than I am.

Okay, if Homeland ends with Saul ending the world with Carrie trying to stop him, but she was too busy to do it because she saw Brody and had to have sex with him, then THAT would make this all worth it. Because literally, that seems to be the only two things this show cares about: destruction and Carrie getting laid. In reverse order. I also want that magic hoodie Brody got that apparently makes him invisible to everybody. He wandered off alone, and there were guns within 50 feet. He popped that hoodie and...."who IS that random stranger?????"

And that adds an extra dimension to the awesomeness of Glengarry Glen Ross. The NAME in the movie and real life gets all the credit despite literally doing the least amount of work. The real actor both in the film and real life only gets it after the fact. And to add to a previous post, Glengarry Glen Ross is also one of the greatest movies ever made. You want to see how the work force is and may someday be for more of us, that is it.

Oh, I forgot my original reason for posting here: Biggest Oscar Mistake: Don Ameche for Cocoon. I have all the respect in the world for Ameche, he was a great actor for decades. But seriously, he does NOTHING in that movie. The entire film could have been made without him and nothing would have changed. He's just an old happy guy. Like the rest of the cast. But he got an Oscar.

Well, you brought it up... Network is one of my all-time favorite films, literally one of the greatest films ever made. And I'm biased because I work in television and I've seen how the majority of the prophecies then are standard now. That being said, it's an absolute joke that Peter Finch won Best Actor for Network when he's basically the comic relief and isn't even in the majority of the film. He was great, but he was a supporting role. He won because he died. Robert DeNiro as Travis Bickle is one of the greatest performances of anything ever. It is literally THE portrayal of loneliness. And yeah, Rocky beat out two of the greatest movies ever made: Network and Taxi Driver. And I'd argue that All the President's Men was a better film too. On a sidenote, to show you the mindset of the Oscars, Beatrice Straight won Best Supporting Actress also for Network. She was in one scene that lasted five minutes. It was probably shot in an afternoon. Apparently, that was enough. And as far as Heath Ledger goes, look at the list of the other nominees that year and tell me who was legitimately better. I would have freaked out if Robert Downey Jr had won but I'm pretty sure there was no chance in hell of that happening.

I got them way back in the day. They always played fine except in my piece of shit DVD player that was dying anyway. The set DID feel cheaply made though, like it was one step above tape trading.

I would guess that would have to be with lifts, because I'm almost positive he was closer to 5'4". He was easily the smallest guy in the USWA and that was with Bill Dundee around and he was 5'7". If you watch some Memphis tapes from the early 80s or the Night of the Legends DVD, I doubt you'd call Ricky Gibson weak. He comes off much stronger than Robert did when they teamed.

Wait, what? Are you new here?

Seriously, do you guys actually WANT Bryan to try to answer questions in the mailbag or try to talk history with Dave? If you ever listen to him do WWE Classics recaps on the B&V show, it's almost mind boggling how little he knows about anything that happened before 1997. He's doing us all a favor keeping his mouth shut. And the three hour Dave mailbags are far and away the best audio on the site.

Noted. Now THIS guy should have prefaced his work by saying that it sucked.

That's actually pretty good. You probably could legit get an entry job at an average TV.production market with similar skills. Seriously, what is with you guys trashing your work then showing it? "I wrote a RAW review but it sucks but if you want to read it..." "Here's some crude PhotoShop"..." Shit, show pride in your work. It's a message board, we're going to shit on it for whatever reason because most of us are assholes, but deal with it. At least if you're going to post it, be proud of it. If someone posts a link to something they wrote and then adds "eh, it's not that great, read it or whatever" or some similar bullshit, well, guess what? I won't. Because I'll take their word that it sucks.

I only now saw it but Charlie's fantasy on Always Sunny is one of my favorite TV moments ever. There's something so sweet yet so pathetic watching a dream based off of Disney movies as if what happens in Disney films could be based on real life.

WCW is incorrect. We all know the basket case is Jimmy Snuka.

Wow. When you do watch it and get to the Midnight Express vs. Watts/Stagger Lee feud on the extras, pause it after the Watts/Cornette confrontation and YouTube "midnight express attack watts." For whatever reason, they include the entire feud except for the most important part which is where the Midnights and Cornette beat the complete shit out of Watts which pretty much justifies what happens the rest of the way. Without that, Bill Watts kinda comes off like a total dickhead (which may have been the point.)

Thank you. That's probably the one thing (out of many) that is annoying the hell out of me most about this season. Technically since everyone believes Brody did it, Quinn could have prevented everything by killing Brody. Instead it's hardly ever mentioned, and we have him brooding over killing a child and brooding over how unfairly Carrie is being treated. Hey, how about brooding over the fact that most of your co-workers are dead because you thought "Brody was a good guy?" The fact that their number one gun ISN'T on a seek and destroy mission but roaming around the mental hospital because he has nothing better to do is just inane. Honestly, I'm just watching this show now to see how ridiculous it gets. When Dana went through the cabinets in the garage, I half expected Brody to be hiding in one of them.

Why do I have no memory of this? Now, off to scour YouTube My guess is that Williams was probably in some sketch where he beat people up as opposed to literally sitting on the couch having an interview.

The Road Warriors in 1984-1985 were probably THE main attraction in the AWA (Slaughter and Martel would be the only other people close.) Early 1984 in Mid-South was pretty much built around The Midnight Express with the TA/II feud transitioning into the R&Rs and the Watts/Stagger Lee matches which ended up being one of the bigger house show draws in the company's history.

Ha! When Bobby Heenan introduced him as the third member of the Islanders, the crowd went silent and not silent in a good way. Everyone hoped that the third would be Samu or Fatu. I remember that, and I don't recall seeing Avi on TV again after that. I think that was more because Tama quit after the show (Afi lasted a few weeks on the house show circuit.) But the one thing I remember about High Chief Afi was that he forgot he was a heel, and he was slapping fans' hands on the way to the ring.

WWF was actually on TNN by that time, so it seems a little more believable, since TNN didn't have the brand loyalty of RAW. I would think USA would have vetoed that idea in a heartbeat.