Posts by Danielle
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You are so witty, so intelligent, so interesting, and I respect your opinions on so many things. Why can't you be a lefty?
If there is one thing I have learned from being blood-related to diehard Republicans and National/New Zealand First voters, it is that no good can come from this question, Jackie. :)
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<in awe at the legendariness of this thread>
I don't even care if 'legendariness' isn't a real word, at this point.
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I like Samantha Bee. She does a great line in fake self-importance. I think I actually find her funnier than the studio audience does, a lot of the time - something about her line readings that doesn't quite carry over? Not sure.
They've both gone on to greater things, of course, but Steve Carell and Stephen Colbert were pretty consistently great as Daily Show correspondents. (Which reminds me, I haven't done my semi-regular whine about not seeing The Colbert Report recently...)
I think Demitri Martin is in an episode of the Conchords. When worlds collide!
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even though it 'bombed in New Zealand
Yes, because showing three episodes of a show and then abruptly yanking it is 'bombing'. Not 'completely cocking up by not letting it build a decent audience', or anything. (See also: Arrested Development, which I finally just borrowed on DVD instead of searching fruitlessly for it on TV3.) Bah to you, TV3! BAH!
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__The Dirt__ is like the greatest book ever written
Word. That section in which Tommy Lee describes the birthday party Pamela throws for him is forever etched upon my memory. 'Dude, and then there were a bunch of midgets...'
This thread has been very informative! Jordan Luck has an amazing memory for names and faces, as well as a steely resolve; 'Dance All Around the World' should have been called Plagiarisy McPlagiarism; and I was inspired to dig out one of my favourite Dance Exponents songs, 'Your Best Friend Loves Me Too'. Hooray.
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If anyone thinks these facts are just some Women's Refuge conspiracy to 'guilt trip' men, then we are in trouble.
Tangentially, it really is amazing - and frightening - how many blog and website commenters in NZ and overseas actually think that these kinds of statistics are just dreamed up by a rabid feminist cabal in order to make men look bad. Maybe it's a whole lot of the same people repeating themselves in various places, and I don't need to worry about it as much as I do... but wowee. The letters threads in any gender-based story in Salon, for example, are just nightmarish. Teh Feminists, they are not out to get you, guys. I promise.
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Well, the reviews I've seen have been pretty mixed.
Metacritic gives it a 68 - 'generally favorable reviews'.
I've asked some American fans about all the NZ in-jokes - mostly, they just fly right over their heads, but they still like the show.
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Kathy Griffin is so great. I used to love watching her smart-arsery when I lived in the USA. I must contact my Friends in America for My Life on the D-List.
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Me three on the uninterested/disinterested thing. Ack!
Uninterested: not interested
Disinterested: unbiasedHow hard is that to remember? Seriously!
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We were also accosted in les Halles by Romanians purporting to be mute and deaf and raising money for their school.
Ah! They were in Barcelona in April. They get around!