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Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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tragabigzanda wrote:
doug rr wrote:
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tragabigzanda wrote:Every episode of The Wonder Years
God, I love that show.
one of the best ever..
Indeed. Freaks & Geeks and Pen15 are sort of descendent I think, but TWY is really one of a kind.
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doug rr wrote:
wease wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:Every episode of The Wonder Years
God, I love that show.
one of the best ever..maybe a wonder years thread will bring back thodoks...he had a soft spot as well for it
we watched a ton of the wonder years and played a ton of sega genesis (madden and nhl) my freshman year of college. 10 years later my old roommate was working on a senator's staff and got to escort winnie cooper around d.c. when she was in town to testify about math and science (i think she went to stanford or something).
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i was more of a becky slater guy myself though
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Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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remember when kevin painted his teachers house? we've all been there..
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tragabigzanda wrote:When Carlton got stopped for driving while black
It even faded to black to cement its specialness...baller move.
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JFC trag, they were caffeine pills
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doug rr wrote:when fonzie went water skiing
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Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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durdencommatyler wrote:
doug rr wrote:when fonzie went water skiing
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While very funny, one could argue it was a special episode as it coined a phrase now used in showbiz.
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E.H. Ruddock wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
doug rr wrote:when fonzie went water skiing
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While very funny, one could argue it was a special episode as it coined a phrase now used in showbiz.
That's what I loved about the post. It worked on both levels: it made a joke AND answered the thread question.
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When Scott shot and killed himself
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Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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tragabigzanda wrote:
gardenparty wrote:When Scott shot and killed himself
Yeah then later we found out his uncle was molesting his sister
What show is this?
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When Dee Dee was raped on Hunter.
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When Maude had an abortion.
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Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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wease wrote:Or when Alex P Keaton’s friend died.
Michael J Fox won his first Emmy for that episode.
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