King Kamala

With Norman Fell as Zeus I used to talk highly of a nonexistant movie called "Sledgehammer", which was from the late 80s and starred Danny DeVito and Chevy Chase as construction workers with Frank Langella as an evil corporate tycoon. My friend looked at every video store in town to try to find the movie.

I would so mark out for a Jung Dragons reunion!

Quick question; were there any future plans for The Ultimate Warrior after Halloween Havoc '98? Or did they just assume he'd flip out again and leave?

I'm a big DDP mark as well. I really really enjoyed his three way feud with Chris Benoit and Raven in 98, some great great matches came out of it. He also had **** matches with Goldberg and a past his prime Savage, so I have to give props to DDP.

Besides, hasn't William H. Macy been in like three movies since The Cooler? One of which being Doogal. William H. Macy always manages to kick ass in everything he's in....well except Doogal. Haven't seen Edmond yet but eventually will on HBO or DVD.

When the fuck is Fountains of Wayne's next album going to come out?

How embarrassing is it that when I was a wee mark that I thought Jeff Jarrett's "Ain't I Great?" was a real album and I looked for it in several music stores wanting to buy it? I remember WWF did a review of the album (I think it was Vince Russo oddly enough) where they mentioned some of the "tracks"

Don't know if this is on here, but here's the Summerslam '97 pay per view video package (Life isn't fair...) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uXTdkjfRUA...ted&search=

I'm glad I'm not the only one who liked the SNL Digital Short last night. "I'll rip your jaw off!"

Road House 2 with Jake Busey as the villain who killed James Dalton and now James Dalton's kid (played by Jonathan Scaech IIRC) is out for revenge!

Someone mentioned this board not having a CTDWAT. Anyhoo, I'm doing research for a thesis paper and was looking through the archives of the local newspaper and found a bizarre, wrestling reference laden article about the 1998 Maine Gubernatorial Election. Interesting how the writer calls the WWF, The Worldwide Wrestling Federation almost twenty years after the name change.. Must have been an old school fan. I might be imagining this, but it seemed on election night that Gov. Angus King was more pumped than usual. He declared to supporters at his victory celebration that Maine isn't going to walk or jog into the next millennium. You can't blame King for being a little loud about himself in the wake of Tuesday's Maine elections. The governor rolled over Republican Jim Longley and Democrat Tom Connolly like Hulk Hogan dispatching a couple of "pencil-necked geeks." In an address to a hastily arranged business group in Bangor Wednesday afternoon, King repeated his "BLAST" our way into the 21st century prediction and put out the word to Washington that he and "The Body" were going to kick some BUTT when the nation's governors convene in Washington on Feb. 20-23 to set the political agenda for the National Governors Association. Full Text (724 words) Copyright Bangor Publishing Company Nov 7, 1998 I might be imagining this, but it seemed on election night that Gov. Angus King was more pumped than usual. He declared to supporters at his victory celebration that Maine isn't going to walk or jog into the next millennium. "We're going to BLAST into the 21st century," said the governor, with emphasis on the word "BLAST." It's gotta be the WWF factor, I said to myself. That's the Worldwide Wrestling Federation. You can't blame King for being a little loud about himself in the wake of Tuesday's Maine elections. The governor rolled over Republican Jim Longley and Democrat Tom Connolly like Hulk Hogan dispatching a couple of "pencil-necked geeks." The combined Republican and Democratic gubernatorial vote was 31 percent. Independent King's total was 59 percent, the best showing ever in a Maine governor's race with more than two candidates. What happened in Maine was just part of the story. Minnesota voters shocked America by electing as their governor Jesse "The Body" Ventura, a real-life former WWF wrestler. The son of Hubert Humphrey, Minnesota's political icon, finished third in that race. In an address to a hastily arranged business group in Bangor Wednesday afternoon, King repeated his "BLAST" our way into the 21st century prediction and put out the word to Washington that he and "The Body" were going to kick some BUTT when the nation's governors convene in Washington on Feb. 20-23 to set the political agenda for the National Governors Association. "The Body" and he, said King, were forming a new tag team. They are going to challenge the establishment governors to "an arm-wrestling contest." It's been 50 years, according to NGA spokeswoman Becky Fleischauer, since a third-party governor served concurrently with another independent. King just missed hooking up with Connecticut's independent Gov. Lowell Weicker in 1994. Weicker retired the year that Maine voters picked King over Democrat Joe Brennan, Republican Susan Collins and Green Party nominee Jonathan Carter. After his Bangor engagement King was sanguine about the election. "It's hard to talk about a {national} trend with only two people," he said. The governor hasn't talked with Ventura yet but says he will hook up with his Minnesota soul mate at the NGA convention. Fleischauer said the media are already is pestering her with questions about The Body. George Walker Bush and Jeb Bush, whose wins in the Texas and Florida governors race may help chart a new course for Republicans, will be the stars when the governors convene in Washington, D.C. There will be, however, a lot of interest in King and Ventura, she speculated. Anyway you look at it, 1998 was an WWF-type election year. At the top of the ticket, Bill "Macho Man" Clinton broke more political ring rules than the NWO (New World Order), the renegade bunch led by "Hollywood Hogan" (the Hulkster gone bad) that's trying to take over Ted Turner's wrestling circuit. The "Oval Office Groper" disgraced himself with Monica Lewinsky. And then, lied to the American people, his cabinet and a federal grand jury. When the polling places closed Tuesday, Clinton had taken down Al D'Amato, the New York Republican who headed the Senate's Watergate investigation; Lauch Faircloth, the North Carolina Republican who is said to have played a role in setting Ken Starr on the first family; and California GOP candidate Matt Fong, who had the audacity to challenge Hillary Clinton's in-law, Sen. Barbara Boxer. The biggest head on Clinton's political pike may be Newt Gingrich, who could be ousted by dispirited Republican House members later this month. It was Gingrich, you may recall, who last summer promised never to make another speech in which he did not denounce the president as a felony waiting to happen. Tuesday's elections may have turned on news stories that fingered the House speaker as the brain behind last-minute television commercials urging voters not to "reward" Clinton for comporting himself like an X-rated Richard Nixon. On Tuesday, Bill Clinton drop kicked Ken Starr's impeachment process out of the ring. The same election put Newt Gingrich on the ropes, pile-drived Faircloth and D'Amato out of the U.S. Senate and returned vote-rich California to the Democratic electoral tent. As Vince McMahon would say, now that was a "November dismember to remember." John S. Day is a Bangor Daily News columnist based in Washington, D.C. His e-mail address is [email protected].

Dick Dale maybe? I dunno.

Haven't been to many shows this year either (Five by my count and two were Bob Dylan shows) so here's my top three. 3. Guster/Ray LaMontagne, August 19th, Cumberland County Civic Center in Portland, Maine. Really good show but a bit odd since the acts were such a drastic styles clash. LaMontagne played a more quiet, intricate folksy set that was quite good but I was constantly annoyed by teenage girls saying "God this is so BORING! When's Guster coming on?" every ten seconds. Guster came on and played a great show which had a surprisingly cool light show. Rogue Wave opened and they were decent as well, though again The Guster fans annoyed the hell out of me "Who are these guys?" I swear two-thirds of Guster fans are incredibly polite but the other third are a bunch of the most obnoxious frat boys and sorority sisters I've ever came across in my life at a concert. 2. Ben Folds, April 3rd, The Maine Center of Arts in Orono, Maine. Just a flat out great show. He played for nearly three hours on a Monday night in the middle of nowhere in Maine. Really impressed me. Setlist was good too; a combination of rarities, solo shit and stuff he did with the Five. 1. Bob Dylan/ The Raconteurs, November 9th, Cumberland County Civic Center in Portland, Maine. Bob Dylan, sold out arena, The Raconteurs opening. 'nuff said. Just a hot, hot show.

And for that matter, the entirely unrrelated and short lived "sister" series "That 80s Show"

Semi- off topic but Humble Pie is a damn underrated blues rock band. "30 Days in The Hole" is a classic.

Call me crazy (and you will) but I thought the Leprechaun series got better over time. Not saying any of them were truly decent films, even by horror standards but the first two tried to take themselves seriously. But as it went on, each film got more and more of a sense of self-awareness and more of a sense of "Fuck it! We're talking about killer leprauchauns, let's try to have some fun."

RE: The Wire-Deadwood: Which is a better show debate. On the season finale of The Wire on Sunday (or whenever if you have HBO on Demand like I do), there is what I thought was a subtle jab at Deadwood. When Cutty is laying in the hospital bed, the old guy in the bed next to his is watching Deadwood on TV and he chuckles and is like "Hehe he said cocksucker." and Cutty gives him an annoyed look.

I heard "Father Christmas" by The Kinks on the radio this morning. I'm going to have to add that near the top of my list of "Best Christmas Songs"

We got a small snowstorm here this morning and there was ice too. Windchill was the worst. Ye gods. I always refuse to put on a hat and gloves during the first really really cold day of winter. Don't know why...

I lurked for a long time before I joined in July '02. I also discovered the site through Wrestleline. I think I racked up 1500 posts in my first year on the board and then I gradually posted less and less on this board

Capote The Matador $6 each (used but in near perfect condition) at the friendly, local mom and pop video store.

I went to the video store today and saw two videos that greatly amused me. One was a Weekend at Bernie's ripoff (Except with a chick instead of a dude) starring Jason Lee and CRISPIN FN GLOVER! They also had The Ten Commandments: The Musical with VAL KILMER AS MOSES! Good lord, just looking at their covers had me in stitches. There were also about eight different new movies starring Kal Penn there.

I'm hoping the mystery man is Road Warrior Animal. Continuing on the legacy of The Road Warriors in ECW that his partner, Hawk built in his unforgettable stint there in the early 90s. I'm sure the crowd would just be delighted to see Road Warrior Animal as the sixth EC entrant.

What's the deal with Mark Nulty? What's his experience in the wrestling industry? I've heard references to him being a ring announcer and an announcer for ROH tapes and what not. Was he a ring announcer before he started up Wrestling Classics? I've heard about several experiences where people have met him and he's a really arrogant dick and he certainly comes across as one on his message board. But I was just wondering if there was any reason for his arrogance (if there is any)

Sorry to keep this going, but yes, it's true. He wasn't billed as Kane at Series '90, but the following weekend on TV (might have been a couple of weeks later) he was. I remember because I had it on tape and the first time I heard it I almost jumped out of my chair. That's fine and dandy....but there's a similar thread, WWF facts, tidbits, and stuff people forgot, that's either on the bottom of this page or a page or two back, where that has probably been mentioned three or four times already. So I'll second Sledge and say "Get out ya WWF hippie!"