setting: an elite university. a pair of dog mascots named Damon and Naomi flee to freedom after being mistreated by the cruel canine-hating head of school, Dean Wareham, who subsequently pursues them across the country in his Galaxie 500.
― omar little, Thursday, 17 May 2018 20:28 (six years ago) link
Could work.
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Friday, 18 May 2018 13:37 (six years ago) link
Though I don't like to think of DW as a dog hater :(.
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Friday, 18 May 2018 13:38 (six years ago) link
that crusty old Dean
― Neil S, Friday, 18 May 2018 13:40 (six years ago) link
a subtle audio recut of Homeward Bound that adds little grunts, "fucks", and "shits" to the soundtrack during moments when the dogs and cat are shown moving through difficult terrain to music.
― Tapes 'n Tapes of Osho (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 18 May 2018 16:21 (six years ago) link
a 6-season HBO series about Gideon’s convoluted plans to smuggle bibles into hotel dresser drawers
― obviously DLC (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 23 May 2018 00:20 (six years ago) link
Lolling hard @ Homeward Bound remix rn.
― I cop this squat in the name of slack (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 23 May 2018 01:16 (six years ago) link
A version of Nethack called netflick, or some such, in which all enemies are characters from Netflix shows. I told you it was terrible.
― Leaghaidh am brón an t-anam bochd (dowd), Saturday, 26 May 2018 14:19 (six years ago) link
Just heard 'Spoonman' (love Soundgarden but always thought this song was super dorky) and very vividly pictured an opening credits montage for a syndicated '90s action-thriller tv series with Lorenzo Lamas as the titular Spoonman, a vigilante ex-cop on the edge who employs spoons in a number of crime-fighting capabilities (as a projectile, to pick locks, maybe distracting hoodlums by tapping them against things, definitely MacGyver-ing various intricate spoon-based traps and bombs), and also he plays them and occasionally uses them as an eating utensil. Kind of like the Spoon from Mystery Men but with much more 'tude and a luxurious ponytail that the babes can't resist.
― I really like the acting, dialogue and especially the scenes (Old Lunch), Monday, 28 May 2018 18:57 (six years ago) link
Does he carry them in a case or inside of his jacket
― valorous wokelord (silby), Monday, 28 May 2018 19:06 (six years ago) link
I think the best way to handle it would be for him to always raise a fistful of spoons into the frame with no clear indication of where they even came from. Particularly in situations where he obviously has no spoons or any way to have accessed spoons. Like there's a medium shot where he's running on a beach in a speedo, being chased by goons on dune buggies. He stops, cut to a close-up, fistful of spoons.
― I really like the acting, dialogue and especially the scenes (Old Lunch), Monday, 28 May 2018 19:28 (six years ago) link
I think I might quit my job tomorrow so I can focus all of my energy on shaping the Spoonman pitch.
― I really like the acting, dialogue and especially the scenes (Old Lunch), Monday, 28 May 2018 19:29 (six years ago) link
Who's the ex-cop with a spoon who makes all the ladies swoon? SPOONMAN
He's a bad mother spoone- SHUT YO MOUTH
I'm talkin' bout Spoonman!
― and she could see an earmuff factory (Ye Mad Puffin), Monday, 28 May 2018 20:11 (six years ago) link
Vinnie Spoonmanski. He owns and lives above a diner. Because what's another name for a diner.
― I really like the acting, dialogue and especially the scenes (Old Lunch), Monday, 28 May 2018 21:30 (six years ago) link
He dishes out spoonfuls... of justice.
He's measured out his life in spoons... of whoopass.
Revenge. A dish best served... with a spoon.
― and she could see an earmuff factory (Ye Mad Puffin), Tuesday, 29 May 2018 08:36 (six years ago) link
He only uses a pair of spoons to eat with. He shaves with a sharpened spoon. The ignition of his Harley has been modified to fit a spoon rather than a standard ignition key. Anyone who comments on his troubling monomania gets a spoon right in the throat.
― I really like the acting, dialogue and especially the scenes (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 29 May 2018 10:15 (six years ago) link
Does he investigate crimes on Native American reservations?
― Leaghaidh am brón an t-anam bochd (dowd), Tuesday, 29 May 2018 11:59 (six years ago) link
the ladies crave his...
lovin' spoonful
― and she could see an earmuff factory (Ye Mad Puffin), Tuesday, 29 May 2018 12:55 (six years ago) link
I don't know if he's too manly for catchphrases, but does he maybe have a comic-relief sidekick who could say it for him?
Like "You been SERVED."
Or "Howzabout two teaspoons of JUSTICE, punk?"
― and she could see an earmuff factory (Ye Mad Puffin), Tuesday, 29 May 2018 12:58 (six years ago) link
'That was wonderful, Spoonman, but I should go.''Hey, why don't you stay the night?''Are you sure?''Sure I'm sure. If there's anything I love more than making love to a beautiful woman...it's spooning.'(sax solo)
Please do not underestimate how far down the rabbit whole of irredeemable awfulness I'm willing to go wit this thing.
― I really like the acting, dialogue and especially the scenes (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 29 May 2018 13:05 (six years ago) link
'rabbit whole'
― I really like the acting, dialogue and especially the scenes (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 29 May 2018 13:11 (six years ago) link
Sorry, that dumb typo was making me laugh harder than it ever should have.
― I really like the acting, dialogue and especially the scenes (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 29 May 2018 13:12 (six years ago) link
a whole skinned rabbit slaps spoonman in the face, disorienting him to the point of almost terminal confusion
he thrashes on the ground, rabbit meat stuck across his eyes and mouth
a cloaked figure appears at the edge of a nearby apartment block and a jeering voice sounds across the alley where spoonman lies
'good luck cutting your way free from my rabbit whole with your pathetic spoons, spoonman! maybe you need... a SPORK!'
the figure steps into the light, revealing spoonman's arch-enemy, sporkman, laughing maniacally
*ad break*
― i am fast and full of teeth. i willl die in a barn fire (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 29 May 2018 13:17 (six years ago) link
Many of his nemeses (see also: The Wired Jaw, Reinhold Von Tarnish) have, per tradition, adopted personae in direct response to Spoonman's whole steeze but, even despite numerous comments from his sidekicks and compatriots alluding to the various dark mirrors in his rogues gallery, Spoonman totally doesn't understand and thinks they're all completely ridiculous. 'What idiot would think to commit crimes with a ladle? I mean, is it just me or is that the stupidest thing you've ever heard, Bergeron?'
― I really like the acting, dialogue and especially the scenes (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 29 May 2018 13:33 (six years ago) link
'Eh...oui, Monsieur Spoonman. Is, 'ow you say, tres ridicule.' (glares pityingly at Spoonman)
― I really like the acting, dialogue and especially the scenes (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 29 May 2018 13:35 (six years ago) link
Dr. Tong, Count Spatula, Forkenstein...
― and she could see an earmuff factory (Ye Mad Puffin), Tuesday, 29 May 2018 13:36 (six years ago) link
Uri Geller
― I really like the acting, dialogue and especially the scenes (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 29 May 2018 13:41 (six years ago) link
This thing just fuckin' writes itself, man.
― I really like the acting, dialogue and especially the scenes (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 29 May 2018 13:42 (six years ago) link
dowd’s joke went right over my head
― El Tomboto, Tuesday, 29 May 2018 14:26 (six years ago) link
adopted personae in direct response to Spoonman's whole steeze Busted a gut at this, loool
― obviously DLC (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 29 May 2018 14:30 (six years ago) link
maybe not the exact right thread, but I was thinking a good name for a twee indie band album would be "Au Contraire, Au Pair"
― Fedora Dostoyevsky (man alive), Tuesday, 29 May 2018 17:48 (six years ago) link
No, you're definitely in the right thread for that one.
― pplains, Tuesday, 29 May 2018 17:50 (six years ago) link
:)
― Fedora Dostoyevsky (man alive), Tuesday, 29 May 2018 17:56 (six years ago) link
A productivity book/system that basically just recommends writing reminders on your hand in pen.
― Fedora Dostoyevsky (man alive), Tuesday, 29 May 2018 18:11 (six years ago) link
Don't have a catchy name for it yet.
The Longhand Planner Spanning Across Your Hand Plan
― I really like the acting, dialogue and especially the scenes (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 29 May 2018 18:23 (six years ago) link
Actually, "The Longhand Solution" might be good
― Fedora Dostoyevsky (man alive), Tuesday, 29 May 2018 18:34 (six years ago) link
Note: I actually do this. When I need to do something in the morning (take out the trash, early kid dr. appointment) I write it on my hand. Usually I understand what the notes mean but sometimes I'm like "why did I write 'BLRVg' on my hand?"
― the lauper curve (Ye Mad Puffin), Tuesday, 29 May 2018 18:39 (six years ago) link
I was just thinking it would be fun if I was walking around my office with like "9:30am interview temp candidate; 11am draft report to David" on my hand
― Fedora Dostoyevsky (man alive), Tuesday, 29 May 2018 19:03 (six years ago) link
burst into this thread a couple months down the line with 'LEW HANH' sock account making a huge fuss about how i finally found the upstart who's irresponsible snooping made them take away my royalties, and how dare you, etc etc
― kinder, gentler (sleepingbag), Tuesday, 29 May 2018 19:06 (six years ago) link
Capitalizing on the popularity of the longhand solution with the iGlove
― Tapes 'n Tapes of Osho (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 29 May 2018 19:46 (six years ago) link
I don't know if this counts as an 'idea' per se, since it autogenerated in my mind fully-formed with no conscious intent, but I just very clearly imagined a commercial with Schwarzenegger as a Lyft pitchman who agrily intones, 'it's not an Uber!'
― On the Wingers of Love: The Kip & Debra Story (Old Lunch), Sunday, 3 June 2018 16:07 (six years ago) link
'angrily' obvs
― On the Wingers of Love: The Kip & Debra Story (Old Lunch), Sunday, 3 June 2018 16:08 (six years ago) link
a version of the UK TV quiz show 'Mastermind' where your opponent gets to choose your specialist subject for you and you then have a month to swot up on that topic before the quiz - the object would be to pick the most tedious possible specialist subject so your competitor would have to make the choice whether they (e.g.) spend a month watching every episode of Midsomer Murders or just wing it and hope to make up points on the general knowledge round
― soref, Saturday, 9 June 2018 19:47 (six years ago) link
"I'm with stupid ->" t-shirts in other languages
я с тупым ->
मैं बेवकूफ के साथ हूँ
Etc
― koogs, Saturday, 9 June 2018 22:12 (six years ago) link
I dunno, man. This one could work to your advantage.
https://i.imgur.com/G4x5hvK.png
― pplains, Saturday, 9 June 2018 22:14 (six years ago) link
Really I just wanted something with text I can't read on it. Even just one, two, three, four done in the style of those John Paul George Ringo t shirts but in Cyrillic, Hindi, Korean, Japanese etc just because they are fascinating.
Or maybe, more politically, just Welcome in a selection of non-English scripts. Syrian, polish, Romanian...
― koogs, Sunday, 10 June 2018 06:16 (six years ago) link
Seems like you could do something with this like this prank against Richard Nixon. Take something like "I'm with stupid" but make it into something even more sinister.
Tuck's most famous prank against Nixon is known as "the Chinatown Caper".[8] During his campaign for Governor of California in 1962, Nixon visited Chinatown in Los Angeles. At the campaign stop, a backdrop of children holding "welcome" signs in English and Chinese was set up. As Nixon spoke, an elder from the community whispered that one of the signs in Chinese said, "What about the Hughes loan?" The sign was a reference to an unsecured $205,000 loan that Howard Hughes had made to Nixon's brother, Donald. Nixon grabbed a sign and, on camera, ripped it up.[8] Later, Tuck learned, to his chagrin, that the Chinese characters actually spelled out "What about the huge loan?"
― pplains, Sunday, 10 June 2018 15:17 (six years ago) link
Cinnamon sugar hash browns
― valorous wokelord (silby), Sunday, 10 June 2018 17:41 (six years ago) link
an all-spanish Parquet Courts cover band called Porque Cortez
― Fedora Dostoyevsky (man alive), Wednesday, 13 June 2018 03:19 (five years ago) link