King Kamala

Was possibly the #1 thing (TV series/film) that I wanted released on DVD. Up there with Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years. Well no longer. Definitely will be picking it up. Michael Shannon is one of the most underrated actors out there today. Anybody else here seen Shotgun Stories? Hell of a movie.

No SNL thread so I'll use this thread to say that thanks to the Digital Short, I'll have The Doogie Howser M.D/ theme stuck in my head for weeks.

Ugh- did I eat it or rub it in my face?

I've always admired fellow wrestling fanwho got hooked during The New Generation era. It was not an easy time to be a wrestling fan and it was probably even harder to get into it. I do think I have a much higher tolerance for schlock thanks to it. Though I got hooked in '94 which nostalgia aside, wasn't all that terrible and was '00 era WWF in comparision with the year that followed. I truly admire the people who got hooked (on WWF or WCW) in '95, particularly the first half of the year or so. Everytime I watch a truly bad episode of RAW, I just think to myself "At least it's not as bad as seeing William Shatner duke it out with The Roadie and bozos like Mantaur getting a push."

New, disgusting, and oddly delicious menu item I had at Denny's tonight; The Grand Slamwich. Scrambled eggs, bacon, ham, sausage, American Cheese and Mayonaise on French Toast. I'm going to regret this but it was good enough when I was eating it. Ironically enough, my younger brother called me afterwards to tell me that a high school teacher of ours had died of a massive heart attack last night. If I had heard that before, I probably would have not ordered The Grand Slamwich.

Venkman- In a way, I'm glad that it's shaping up that he won't get past Slayer because it's inevitable that he'll be shit on for being too nice of a guy and for still liking wrestling ala Lushus a few years back if he goes any further. I guess you have to be a bit of an asshole to become a first tier TSM Hall of Famer Kinetic- I think Milky winning the award last year was more of a lifetime achievement type thingy than for his accomplishments in '07 (which were as fine as any other year I suppose). But '08 truly has been Kinetic's year. KOAB- I love Agent and I'd like to see the man who beat me go far but royalty sticks together. Though on second thought- KOAB only voted for me once! Vitamin X- Clash of two very workmanlike posters- and I mean that as the highest of compliments. Probably the toughest matchup in this round.

Me and JN News were totally collaborate on my vote this round but he had to talk to his MSN contact, who had a hot scoop, that I assume he'll be posting momentarily.

BTW, Twisted Intestine has left the board as a result of his crushing defeat in the first round of the TSM Poster Tournament so I don't think he'll come back. That means, we've had the final pick of this fair draft. I'm fairly happy with my selections. There were a lot of picks that totally slipped my mind that I missed which upset me but not too many that I was planning on picking but somebody got before me. And overall, I do like the ones I do have. On a scale from 1 to 10 on how happy I am with my picks with 1 being completely miserable over them and 10 being jizzing my pants in ecstasy over how good my picks are....I'd say I'm a 7.

This all occured during one of my hiatuses from watching wrestling but I think it's an unwritten rule that I appear in every Let's Talk About...thread so I'll chip in my two cents. I hope this post doesn't get construed as Orton bashing because I'd put him on my list of current favorites. I think Randy Orton just has a look on his face that's naturally smug and that really hurts your chances to be a successful babyface. It's very easy to be a smug, condescending heel but only a few have managed to be able to pull off doing that type of character as a babyface (The Rock, Chris Jericho, Austin, maybe Kevin Nash). Orton just doesn't have the natural charisma to pull it off.

Heh- that guy in Northern New England is former WCW job guy Rick Fuller. It's good to see Goldberg's whipping boy on top whenever I attend an indy show around these parts.

My prediction list. Combination of who I'm hoping for and who I think will get in. Steve Austin The Von Erichs The Freebirds Terry Funk Ted DiBiase Paul Boesch Howard Finkel I'd be willing to bet one of Hogan inducts one of his cronies this year but which one? The Nasty Boys wouldn't be terrible candidates but WWE probably isn't too happy with them after that tryout match they gave them a year or two back where they stiffed their opponents and acted like primadonnas backstage. The WWE Hall of Fame has gotten slightly more credible in the past two years or so I don't think Beefcake will get in. My best bet is he inducts Mr. T in the Celebrity Wing and T delivers the unintentional comedy goods with his thank you speech.

Weren't Mantaur and PN News related? Brothers I think. Anyways, if my memory serves me correct, that has to be the worst pair of siblings in wrestling.

Ya know what- I'm not going to leave the board if I lose (which is looking likely). It was all going to be a setup for me coming back immediately for either A. The indefinite period of me leaving a board being a couple hours or B. Me coming back under an assumed name, posting exactly as I usually do but denying that I'm me. I've got the ability to recognize when an idea for a gimmick poster isn't good before I do it unlike some TSM posters and that's why I think you should vote for me! Besides I couldn't leave for long, I'm running another roundtable next week for the General Wrestling folder!

Mo getting eliminated in record time is besides the finish, the sole highlight of the Rumble. It didn't hurt that Mo was perhaps inexplicably the first babyface I didn't really like. Even as a six year old, I could tell he brought nothing to the table for Men on a Mission.

Boo urns. For the record, I've decided if I can't make it past the third round again, I will leave TSM indefinitely. So vote early and vote often if you appreciate my efforts in reshaping General Wrestling, affirming Czech's Guster fandom, and being all around swell guy.

Venkman (Perhaps Kinetic's toughest challenger for board supremacy.) Cheech (Glad to have seen him pull off the big upset) Kinetic (My man...even if he didn't vote for me last round, WTF? Guess the denizens of The Super Secret Board For Jerks have to stick together and vote for each other. Whatever, I still love you K-Tic) Mellow (Edwin is one of my all-time favorites but this has been a breakout year for Mellow) KOAB (As I said earlier, royalty sticks together. Smues' Cinderella run is well deserved though) King Kamala (If I manage to defeat a TSM legend like Agent- I have a good shot at making the finals. 'Course I fully expect to be slaughtered by Agent and deservedly so. I'll always be at the top of the second tier of TSM posters or the bottom of the first tier. I've resigned myself to that fate) Sensei John Kreese (Tough decision as treble made the most memorable post of the year but Kreese narrowly edges him out) Vitamin X (Cornerstone of the food folder. Is a bit brusque on occasion but is wildly informative. King beat me last year so I'm not voting for him as an extension of my affinity for minor grudges)

What the hell is he going to do now!? Drive himself to work?

Wow---I'm one of the dopes who thought Val Venis was a lifer. Then again- I thought Scotty 2 Hotty and Al Snow were lifers before their releases. A bit sad to see him go but hopefully he'll get one more solid run somewhere.

I'm too lazy to count- so I must channel Ed Koch and ask how I'm doing.

For all I know, this could backfire horribly with all of my haters coming out of the woodwork to vote for pbone!

In news no one cares about (judging by how many votes he got); twiztedmind is the first casualty of the tournament. Will I quit the board in frustration if pbone comes through with the upset? Only time will tell. Vote Kamala!

This was a coin flip pick. One was one of the first episodes I saw but doesn't really hold up quite as well as I remember it (though its still decent and would be a solid choice at this stage) and the other is perhaps my favorite Simpsons Christmas episode. Now I know its a little late for a Christmas episode but what the hell? Again maybe not the funniest pick on the board but certainly one of the better episodes left available. It also features one of my favorite one-shot characters in Simpsons history and not one but two great random guest appearances. Season 7, Episode 11 "Marge Be Not Proud" Brodka: Oh, sure, now he's just a little boy stealing little toys. But some day, he'll grow up to be a man stealing stadiums and---and quaries! Homer: How could you? Haven't you learned anything from the guy that gives those sermons at church? Captain Mcwhatshisname? We live in a society of laws. Why do you think I took you to all of those Police Academy movies? For fun? Well I didn't hear anybody laughing! Did you!? Except at the guy who made sound effects. (Homer makes some and laughs to himself) Where was I? Oh yeah: stay out of my booze.

Yeah but look at Terry Funk on the other hand. Sure, he had his fair share of bloody matches in the '70s and '80s but I'm sure no one back then could have imagined the crazy matches he would take part in 15-20 years later.

I watched Heckler. It's way more entertaining than you think a Jamie Kennedy vanity documentary would be although perhaps not in the way he intended. His pouting over critics not liking his movies is unintentionally amusing and his attempts to confront them backfire in semi-hilarious fashion (One he eventually resorts to asking if they go Comic Con all of the time and another he asks if they've ever gotten a really good blow job as if getting good head is a sign of genius). Plus it's got one of thethe most eclectic list of interviewees assembled for a documentary (Mike Ditka! George Lucas! Arsenio Hall! Carrot Top! Jon Lovitz! Henry Winkler! The Dice Man! Rob Zombie! Male strippers!) Oh and there's a scene where him and Deep Roy get sloshed in a jacuzzi. Not particularly well made documentary but wildly entertaining.

This thread has been done but it's a fun one so I'll jump in. My older brother and his friends became fans around the time of WrestleMania VIII. I remember they would rent WWF tapes at the local video store and watch 'em in the basement. I sneaked downstairs sometime to watch a bit before my brother would kick me out (He was still at the stage where it wasn't cool to hang out with your younger sibling). The first wrestling-related thing I remember seeing was a WWF action figure commercial starring "Macho Man" Randy Savage and I was absolutely fascinated. The crazy voice, the colorful outfit. He was a human cartoon character and thus- my first favorite wrestler. For some reason, I don't remember watching very many matches during that period. Anyways, my older brother's interest waned around the time of WrestleMania IX, though he didn't completely abandon watching it until '02 (and even then he ordered both One Night Stand shows). However, one day after my dad picked me up after kindegarten in the Fall of '93, he asked me if I wanted to go to the video store and rent a wrestling video. To this day, I'm not sure why he did that. He was a fan of the WWWF in the late '60s when he was an adolescent but he didn't really like having to take us to shows (but to his credit, he always did). Anyways, I looked at the relatively small selection of wrestling tapes and was drawn to the one with Hulk Hogan (him being one of the only wrestlers I could name at the time) flexing his pythons on the top of the world. For some reason beyond me, Hulkamania IV is what made me a wrestling fan. Soon after, I rented almost everyone of the wrestling tapes that video store carried with the exception of The Making of WrestleMania: The Album (even as a five year old I had some sense I guess). Anyways, shortly thereafter, I discovered that WWF Superstars came on after cartoons on the local Fox affliate. I watched it religiously but my mom wouldn't let me stay up till 9 P.M. to watch Monday Night RAW (ah to be five again). Well, one night, she was at work late and my dad let me and my older brother stay up to watch our favorite, "Macho Man" Randy Savage challenge the dreaded WWF World Champion Yokozuna for the title. I think from then on I was hooked. Again, an odd match to hook you on the stuff but my tastes as a 5 year old wrestling fan are a bit different than my taste as a 20 year old wrestling fan. Boy that post is the definition of TL;DR but you can't stop me when I;m in a nostalgiac mood.