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018: Saturday Night Fever
Cold Open Topic:
'Me & Orson Welles'
The void that is Zac Efron
Gift: Saturday Night Fever Soundtrack album on vinyl.
Objet D'art: Last Exit to Brooklyn paperback
Closing Credits:
Tony wishing a car was made of dancing and after threatening Craig with a head
cuffing, it is decreed that there will be no hitting on the couch.
Ernesto Stinger:
"I work on my hair a long time and you hit it."
Seen It:
(Craig's Pick)
Enemy at the Gates
Spider Baby
Arsenic and Old Lace
Sexy Beast
Le Samurai
Show Notes
• The first show of Season 2
• Craig sits in the Big Chair for the first time, choosing the movie (based off of one that he himself has never seen), the Seen-Its and the "Customer Comments." This was Matt's Christmas gift to Craig at the end of Season 1.
• Craig pulls a Paint Your Wagon-style bait and switch making Craig think we are
watching a movie on punk rock, before revealing it is going to be a disco movie.
• Matt announces our Pay Pal account.
• Craig gives Matt his gift "Oprah Style" by hiding it beneath his chair.
• There are a couple of Seen It's that Matt has not seen.
019 – The Magnificent Seven
Cold Open Topic:
Problems with the show
'Killer Joe'
'Django Unchained'
Gift: Yul Brynner Japanese Menko Card
Objet: Cowboy hat
Closing Credits:
Matt and Craig sing the little-known, Magnificent Seven-inspired Kinks tune "Stop Your Shouting"
Ernesto Stinger:
(Cowboy laughing) "Haw Haw Haw"
Seen It:
Sweet Sweetback's Baaadaasss Song
The Hobbit (Rankin Bass, 1977)
Metal: A Headbanger's Journey
Anvil: The Story of Anvil / Searching For Sugarman
Shut Up And Play The Hits
Show Notes:
• Craig finally publicly discusses his intense dislike of Sir Richard Attenborough.
• Craig proves himself a creepy neighbor by showing how he talks to neighbor kids.
• Matt references Nanook! Craig references Kinski!
• Tona disrupts filming, but it turns out that Matt is just asserting his dominance over Craig in Yul Brenner fashion.
• Matt gives audience challenge to think of a movie other than "Baaadaasss" in which an actor plays his own real-life father.
Episode 020: Love Story
Cold Open:
Oscar discussion #1:
Who wuz snubbed, and the usefulness of bodices.
Robert DeNiro and the role Craig wanted in Silver Linings Playbook
Gift: the book "Love In Dishevelment" by David Greenhood
Oject d'Art: Mirrored wooden candle holder.
Closing Credits:
Craig and Matt laugh at Tona for crying at the ending of Love Story.
She swears at them.
Ernesto Stinger:
"Listen, you conceited Radcliffe bitch."
Seen It- VARIATIONS ON ROMANCE
Harold & Maude
The Invention of Lying
Defending Your Life
Drive w/ "America's Caveman" Ron Perlman
Show notes:
• This is the longest episode to date (24:14)
• Our 2nd Valentine's Day show. Matt brought chocolate.
• Matt mispronounces Silver Linings Playbook as "Silver Linings Playback…Book."
• Matt asks the timeless question: "Who among us hasn't been swept into an alliance by a gay breeze?"
• Craig has a "chocolate accident".
• Craig keeps calling Ally Macgraw "Ally McBeal." ("She's the only other Ally Mc I know!")
• The first of our two part Ryan O'Neal series.
• "Pre-Steadicam Walk-n-Talk"
• Ray Milland's appearance introduces us to "Lost Weekend" and its bat. His character has multiple flashbacks to "The bat" throughout the episode.
• "Ladri di Bicicletti"-2nd reference (since Episode 006)
• Craig and Matt both burst into tears. Matt uses a cat to wipe his eyes.
• Matt makes a profane master cut of the insults of Love Story.
• First use of the "Customer Comments" logo. First announcement of Paypal donors.
• We read a response from Thundercracker – who Craig previously accused of mocking us in Episode 018. We both determine that he is still mocking us, even though he obviously isn't.
• 'Seen It' is interrupted by basement plumbing noises.
Answers (to the question in the previous episode "What actor portrayed his own real life father):
Shooter Jennings as Waylon Jennings in "Walk the Line"
Desi Arnez, Jr, as Desi Arnez, Sr, in "Mambo Kings"
Christopher Jordan Wallace as the Notorious B.I.G. in "Notorious"
021: Tough Guys Don't Dance
Cold Open Topic:
Oscars 2013
Spielberg's "Lincoln,"
"Les Mis" and its underwhelmingness of Russell Crowe
"Beasts of the Southern Wild" vs. "Eraserhead."
Gift: A chunk of real Hawaiian volcanic rock.
Objet D'art: walking bear toy
Show notes:
• Matt throws down "Love Story's" dvd box, starting a short trend.
• Second Ryan O'Neal movie in a row.
• Laurence Tierney makes his first appearance.
• A hammy, mush-mouthed actress uses "That made up Nell language" popularized in the movie Nell (with clip).
• "One potato a man eats"
• Matt coins the term "The Putney Swope Panic."
• Rare use of the Tiger Stinger* (not seen since Episode 009).
• The movie discussion features a supercut of ridiculous phrases from the film.
Closing Credits:
Matt channels Norman Mailer and decides that "making out" means "having sex."
*Tiger Stinger:
"Mr Regency and I make out five times a night."
Ernesto Stinger:
"Get yo' ass off my pillow."
Seen It- Theme: "Tough Guys"
The Wrestler
Falling Down
Bubb Ho-Tep
My Cousin Vinny
The Warriors
Episode 022: Swing Time
Cold Open Topic:
Pre-Post Oscars Roundup
(Since the episode was recorded before the Oscars, but aired after, Matt and Craig record a variety of different reactions to what might happen and cut and paste them together after the fact. Including a clip from way back in Episode 008)
Life of PI and comparisons to Ernesto the cat.
Gift: White evening gloves
Objet: Black top hat
Closing Credits:
Matt and Craig make a few comments about the "Tuxedo gambling" scene.
Ernesto Stinger:
(Pop's drunken yammering)
Seen It:
The Big Lebowski
Blood Simple
The Man Who Would Be King
Groundhog Day
Being John Malkovich
Tiny Furniture
Show Notes:
• Matt throws down the 'Tough Guys' DVD box (like he did in the previous episode).
• It is revealed via flashback that during 'Tough Guys Don't Dance', Matt and Craig did, in fact, dance.
• WTTB's first movie from the 1930s.
• The movie summary includes a clip from Spike Lee's 'Malcolm X', when Matt makes a reference to "conk".
• Second reference to "The made up Nell language" in reference to Pop's slurring drunkenness.
• "One potato a man eats"
• Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire are compared to "The Thing" and "The Human Torch"
• In response to a viewers request for "More Tona", there is a behind the scenes clip of Matt and Tona nuzzling.
• Spoilers for 'The Man Who Would Be King' are drowned out by farm animal noises and blocked by the "spoiler redacted" logo (for the first time since Episode 005). Premiere of the "Spoiler Dossier" section of the website, where spoilers are revealed in secure, spoil-free conditions.
• First mention of the "Redeemable Asshole" – a character that starts out reprehensible and by the end elicits genuine sympathy from the audience. The redeemability of the particular Asshole is highly subjective.
• Matt reveals that the next movie will not be chosen by either of them (with accompanying eerie music).
Episode 023: Bedazzled
Cold open:
Matt and Craig discuss Blu-Rays
Thrift store find: "Scarface" on Blu Ray
The "Long Day's Journey Into Night" drinking game.
Gift: A coaster made from the center of an LP (Music by Fausto Papetti)
Oject d'Art: Black cat with boa
Show Notes:
• Rob Matsushita chooses the movie for this episode off of Matt's master list.
• Rob discusses the film in cutaway clips that were filmed weeks before this episode.
• Matt and Craig impersonate the sax in Gerry Rafferty's "Baker Street"
• British comic actress Eleanor Bron makes her first appearance.
• Plot summary features a clip from the 60s TV show 'The Prisoner'.
• Matt celebrates his marital status with a conveniently placed prop.
• Matt and Craig cringe at 60's rape humor.
• The Putney Swope Panic is referenced in a Customer Comment.
• Craig is hit on by one of the richest twins in the world (maybe).
• Matt mentions an asshole protagonist who is not redeemable.
• Matt impersonates Jimmy Stewart doing Tom Waits lyrics.
The Station Agent
Ghost Rider parts I and II
As Good As It Gets
Everything Must Go
Team America: World Police
Credits: Matt makes sure his special pillow is in place during Raquel Welch scene.
Ernesto Stinger: "JULIE ANDREWWWWWWS!"
Episode 024: My Own Private Idaho
Cold Open Topic:
Craig's controversial theory: Non-Americans do not like peanut butter.
Gift: An Idaho Potato
Objet D'art: B52s 'Wild Planet' LP (featuring the song "Private Idaho")
Show Notes:
• Craig's Peanut Butter comment created an internet firestorm.
• Aaron Yonda chooses the movie for this episode, despite his "problems". His cutaway shots were filmed on the same day as Rob Matsushita's.
• This is one of Craig's top 25 movies.
• Matt cops to college poetry writing.
• "Screen-flay"
• Matt and Craig gain the catch phrase "It's a very magnanimous gesture."
• Udo Kier and Grace Zabriskie appear in the film. It doesn't seem like a big deal at the time.
• During Hans's lip synching bit, Matt says he "would love it if this were Udo Kier's real life band." Turns out, the song was actually Udo's 1985 German hit "Der Adler."
• Craig seizes the opportunity to reference Matt's Buona Fortuna gag from Episode 6.
• Matt defines "The Putney Swope Panic" during "Customer Comments" when a viewer says it should be made into a page on TV Tropes.
Closing Credits:
Matt and Craig talk of their favorite male porn, and Craig envies River's hair.
Ernesto Stinger:
Seen It:
(Theme "Seen It/Own It." Featuring DVDs from Matt's personal collection)
White Heat
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
24 Hour Party People
Duck Soup
Episode 025: My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done?
Cold open:
RIP Roger Ebert
Matt and Craig's personal experiences with Mr. Ebert
Gift: Signed photo of Michael Shannon as Agent Van Alden
Oject d'Art: Sigmund Freud action figure
Craig's Background LP: Johnny Cash "Ring of Fire"
Show notes:
• Hall of Famer Michael Shannon makes his first appearance on our show.
• For the 3rd time ever, Matt stumps Craig by choosing a movie Craig has never heard of.
• Second Werner Herzog film on the show. Film was also produced by David Lynch, making it his second appearance on the show.
• Second appearances in a row of Udo "Sitting on a bullet" Kier and Grace Zabriskie on the show. (The dance scene from My Own Private Idaho makes a return appearance.
• Craig coins the term "Shandango."
• First time that Matt displays his LP collection behind Craig.
• Matt insists that Craig's gift remain in the basement for the time being.
• Another incident of the Putney Swope Panic.
• "Ostriches hostages"
• Matt refers to "Real Life Crazy Person" Nicholas Cage.
• Craig and Matt enact an imagined script meeting between director Werner Herzog and producer David Lynch.
• Matt and Craig offer advice for young film viewers.
• Matt coins the term "soul horror."
• Turns out Craig can dance and jump behind bushes.
Murder By Death
The Jerk
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
The Shining
District 9 [featuring a "Redeemable Asshole"]
Much Ado About Nothing
Credits: "David Lynch Presents the new Land's End catalog."
Ernesto Stinger: "Why is the whole world staring at me?"
Episode 026: The Wicker Man
Cold Open:
More thoughts on peanut butter.
Matt and Craig eat peanut butter (and a secret is revealed).
Gift: A handmade wicker man (made by Tona)
Oject d'Art: an apple
Craig's Background LP: Neil Young "Live Rust"
Show notes:
• Matt introduces the movie by reading Led Zeppelin IV lyrics. Led Zeppelin's 'Houses of the Holy' is referenced later.
• "Real Life Crazy Person" Nicholas Cage rears his real life crazy head again thanks to a certain remake.
• Craig recounts a traumatic Wicker Man-related road trip.
• Craig's gift becomes a character in the episode: "Lil' Wicker Man"
• Craig impersonates Renfield.
• Matt recounts animated rabbit-related childhood trauma.
• Craig talks of Mugwumps residing in Oregon.
Seen It:
(Theme: "At The Theater")
Y Tu Mama Tambien
Naked Lunch
Watership Down
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
Closing Credits: Summer Isle's pub-goers' happiness that they have an audience for their long-rehearsed song.
Ernesto Stinger: "The Land-Lord's daughter!"
Episode 027: Armageddon
Cold Open:
Hitchcock, Joseph Conrad, Beastie Boys.
Craig doesn't understand "Rap Bands"
Gift: A real chunk of meteorite (with certificate of authenticity)
Oject d'Art: 'Adventures in Time and Space' book.
Craig's Background LP: William Shatner "The Transformed Man"
Show notes:
• Craig expresses a wish for Matt to pull the film "Top Secret" out of the Top Secret envelope. There is a brief clip of the singing horse from the movie.
• The concept of "Benched Movies" is introduced, when Matt reveals that we were going to watch this film last year, but watched Top Gun instead.
• Craig mis-indentifies Def Leppard's "Armageddon It" as rap music.
• Craig once again expresses anger over the fictional destruction of New York's Grand Central Station (which he previously did in Episode 006)
• The "Internation Sign of a Genius" Rubik's Cube makes a return appearance (first seen in Episode 008)
• Udo Kier and Grace Zabriskie show up once again in this movie. Craig coins the term "Zabriskie Threepeat".
• We see the "Sitting on a bullet" clip for a third time.
• Aerosmith's "I Don't Wanna Miss A Thing" induces intense nausea in Matt and Craig
• "I don't want a Russian Space Station Peril Appetizer, I want an Asteroid Dinner!"
• Tona cries again
• Craig coins the word "Udocity" in as a catch-all word to describe the intrinsic qualities of Udo Kier.
• Craig's 'F For Fake' spoiler is drowned out by barking dogs. The second entry to the Spoiler Dossier on the website.
• More "Redeemable Assholes" in Seen It.
Seen It:
F For Fake
Glen or Glenda
The Outsiders
Hamlet (Olivier, Branagh, Gibson)
Closing Credits: Matt and Craig have more nauseous reactions to Aerosmith
Ernesto Stinger: "It's the size of Texas, Mr. President"
Episode 028: Help!
Cold Open:
Matt and Craig's most anticipated summer movies
'Man of Steel', 'Much Ado About Nothing', 'Frances Ha'
Noah Baumbach is immortalized in song
Gift: 4 1 million dollar Beatles bills
Oject d'Art: Egyptian Scarab Beetle
Craig's Background LP: Steely Dan 'Aja'
Show notes:
• Matt fulfills Craig's wish of pulling 'Top Secret' out of the envelope, even though that's not the movie we watch
• The second appearance of Eleanor Bron on the show
• 'Help!' is a "Benched Movie" (replaced in season 1 by 'Unfaithfully Yours')
• Matt and Craig sing the song "You're Gonna Lose That Ring"
• Matt calls back The Wicker Man in reference to the impending human sacrifice of Ringo.
• 9:31-11:56 features technical difficulties with our main sound source, and we are forced to use backup sound.
• We revisit our discussion of 'Watership Down'. Matt endorses "blowing the minds" of children.
• "Mono…the kissing audio system"
• Craig makes a third reference to the guard scene in Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Seen It:
(Vinyl Edition)
Stagecoach (Matt mistakes the 1960s soundtrack for the 1930s one)
A Hard Day's Night
2001: A Space Odyssey
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Star Wars
Heavy Metal
Closing Credits: Matt and Craig encourage kids not to do drugs
Ernesto Stinger: "I am not what I seem"
Episode 029: The Magician
Cold Open:
Mundane Epiphanies: The lineage of the Marshall family
Garry Marshall's 'Batman'
Gift: Party Magic Tricks
Oject d'Art: German beer stein
Craig's Background LP:
Jimi Hendrix – 'Axis: Bold As Love'
Show notes:
• The first episode of Foreign Language Film Month
• Matt continually mispronounces the Swedish word "Ansiktet"
• Matt introduces the film in Swedish (with the help of Tona and Google Translate)
• Craig and Matt fantasize about Ingmar Bergman's 'Anchorman' — along with a Bergmanesque rendition of 'Afternoon Delight' ('Afternoon Despair')
• The Customer Comment featuring Craig's friend and her precocious daughter was cut from the previous episode and re-done in this one.
• Craig reveals a Pan's Labyrinth spoiler and it is covered up by the 'Spoiler Redacted' logo and duck quacking sounds
• Matt realizes in the middle of Seen It that he hasn't actually seen the ending of Diva.
• Craig and Matt once again discuss their theatrical careers
Seen It:
(Peanut Butter Hating Foreigners)
Pan's Labyrinth
The Full Monty
The 400 Blows
Closing Credits: Matt and Craig sing "the Swedish version" of Auld Lang Syne
Ernesto Stinger: [Dying actor saying "Death is…!"]
Episode 30: Aandhi (a.k.a. Bollywood)
Cold Open:
The Man of Steel and the millions dead.
Gift: A postcard of old Bombay.
Objet d'Art: A black Buddha sculpture.
Craig's Background LP: The Smith's "Meat Is Murder"
Show notes:
• 2nd film in foreign film month. This time, India.
• Matt reveals Craig's postcard collecting habit.
• Craig complains of single-named directors.
• Once again, Craig gets mad at a Grand Central facsimile's destruction.
• Craig once again uses the term "Shandango" (describing any entertainment which features Michael Shannon).
• Matt introduces the film in Hindi (with the help of Google translate)
• Matt sneezes.
• "Holy Motors" proves that The Putney Swope Panic isn't always a bad thing.
• Matt reveals that a duel between he and Craig is only months away
• Matt announces that "Sci Fi July" is starting with the next episode, and Craig gets to choose the two films from a list of eight chosen by the viewers: (Gattaca, Logan's Run, Soylant Green, Starship Troopers, Fantastic Planet, Dark Star, Quatermass and the Pit and Barberella).
BONUS: We plug Robin Frohardt's films "Fitzcardboardaldo" and "The Corrogation of Dreams."
Seen It:
Children of Men
Holy Motors
Closing Credits: Commenting on romantic attire and stoners' couches.
Ernesto Stinger: Musical lamentations.
Episode 31: Dark Star
Cold Open:
Matt's Nightmare
Scary happenings in a haunted church
The Darkstars comic book
Oject d'Art:
Bubble Up Soda bottle
Matt's Background LP:
Meco "Star Wars and Other Galactic Funk"
Show notes:
• Debut of the "Bladerunner version" of the WTTB theme and Sci-fi'd up version of the title screen.
• More mention of foreigners vs. Peanut Butter.
• "Ground control to Major Bomb"
• Matt and Craig learn what a Parsec is
• Matt proposes an alternate, more exciting ending to Waiting For Godot
• The debut of our TV Tropes page
• Craig reveals a strange childhood game
Seen It:
(Sci Fi)
Plan 9 From Outer Space
Escape From New York
The Host
Safety Not Guaranteed
Flash Gordon
Closing Credits:
"Talby can you read me?"
Ernesto Stinger:
"The only thing that exists is myself"
Episode 032: Starship Troopers
Cold Open:
The next Michael Shannon
Adam Driver and Mads Mikkelson
Where are America's cannibals?
Citronella candle
Oject d'Art:
'Men Against The Stars' sci-fi novel
Matt's Background LP:
The Police "Ghost in the Machine"
Show notes:
• Matt presents the viewer rankings of the 8 films presented for Sci Fi July
• Craig reveals his dislike of Ethan Hawke and his love of David Strathairn.
• This episode was recorded a few weeks before Rifftrax featured the same movie.
• Third appearance of Michael Ironside on the show.
• Matt makes a "R.I.C.O. case" joke, then claims it makes no sense.
• The dead eyes of Denise Richards are compared to Burt Reynolds in In The Name Of The King (Episode 012)
• A viewer offers an interpretation of Matt's nightmare from Episode 039. They hypothesize that the dream is Matt's deep-seated fear that Craig will ruin the show by hosting it. Craig proves this to be right by unleashing a stream of profanity that is beeped out.
• Matt busts out a pretty good impersonation of Wu Tang Clan's The RZA.
Seen It:
The Graduate
A Simple Plan
Cold Souls
Coffee and Cigarettes
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Singin' In the Rain
Closing Credits:
Matt ponders the pronunciation of the word "Proboscis"
Ernesto Stinger:
"I'm from Buenos Aires, and I say kill 'em all!"
Episode 033: Masked and Anonymous
Cold Open:
Craig reads a book
"Altman Appropriateness" and not "getting" The Band.
"The Sun's Not Yellow It's Chicken" bumper sticker
Oject d'Art:
Dark sunglasses
Craig's Background LP:
Bob Dylan and The Band "The Basement Tapes"
Show notes:
• Craig's love of Bob Dylan is discussed.
• Bob Dylan songs are continually quoted throughout the episode.
• This movie, though meandering and obtuse, did not cause the Putney Swope Panic, due to it's slow pace.
• The first mention of the "Talent Bomb". Several Talent Bombs are discussed.
• Craig tells the story of acting in a play with actress Kathryn Grant
• Matt introduces a run of 4 episodes celebrating cinematic subgenres. 8 genres are printed on cards in sealed envelopes. Craig draws a card and the movie is revealed in the next episode. Craig draws X-rated.
Seen It:
Pink Floyd: The Wall
Anatomy of a Murder
Black Dynamite
Closing Credits:
Dylan stares at us, and Craig offers one last mystical hypothesis
Ernesto Stinger:
"The kitty of the fattest cat of all: Me"
Episode 034: Fritz the Cat
Cold Open:
Destry Rides Again
Craig fills in his "Western Gaps"
Felix The Cat doll
Oject d'Art:
Mr. Natural postcard
Craig's Background LP:
The Rolling Stones "Sticky Fingers"
Show notes:
• Craig mis-indentifies Midnight Cowboy as a "PG-13" movie and then is unable to admit that he is wrong.
• Craig claims that this is one of the worst movies he has ever seen.
• "Calling this movie 'unfunny' is like criticizing it for not being a table".
• Ernesto is called in as "an expert" and he runs away.
• An official definition of "Talent Bomb" is stated.
• Craig plugs his appearance on the "10 Minutes About Your Favorite Movie" podcast, talking about 'After Hours'.
• Craig talks again about his "irrational" (Matt's words) dislike of Ethan Hawke.
• Matt once again brings up his movie-loving high school history teacher (Mr. Hughes)
• Craig loves Canadian movies
• Craig and Matt's spoilers of 'Pontypool' is drowned out by duck quacking noises.
• Craig reveals his "Kathryn Grant" letter opener (along with photo). He picks Film Noir.
Seen It:
(Return of the Bottle Movies)
The Man From Earth
12 Angry Men
The Sunset Limited
Closing Credits:
Craig and Matt attempt to sing a song about Fritz the Cat (simultaneously)
Ernesto Stinger:
"Offhand son, I'd say you have got a problem – Ha ha."
Episode 035: Criss-Cross
Cold Open:
"The Talent Grenade"
'Slither', 'The Princess Bride' and a grammar lesson.
Gift: Copper .45 bullet
Oject d'Art: Flask
Craig's Background LP:
Tom Waits "Small Change"
Show notes:
• The mic is visible in the intro to the show (Matt's fault)
• Matt pulls a bait-and-switch (or a "criss-cross") in the intro by making Craig think they are going to watch a boxing picture ('The Set Up') and then admitting that he's been lying.
• "I've beat myself here"
• Craig doesn't know how guns work.
• Another mention of "Chekhov's Gun".
• Craig and Matt play "Spot the Tony Curtis cameo". Craig wins.
• A clip of 'Sweet Smell of Success' is used in the synopsis.
• A clip of 'Die Hard' is used to illustrate protagonist vs. antagonist.
• Matt and Craig discuss a possible screenplay idea: "The Finsley Chronicles"
• First display of Fan Art. Matt encourages the audience to submit more fan art.
• Craig further discusses his aversion to Ethan Hawke.
• Our third attempt to bring 'Bernie' to Seen It is successful.
• Craig picks the next genre: Outlaw Biker
Seen It:
To Be Or Not To Be (1942)
Down By Law
Stranger Than Fiction
Tokyo Drifter
Closing Credits: A meditation on "soap powder".
Ernesto Stinger: "Tramp! Cheap little no-good tramp!"
Episode 036: The Wild Angels
Cold Open:
Film Noir vs. Neo Noir
'The Big Lebowski' as Noir
Gift: "Ass Kicker" biker patch
Oject d'Art: Wild Angels soundtrack LP
Craig's Background LP:
Cheap Trick "In Color"
Show notes:
• Roger Corman, the "Hugh Hefner of bad movies"
• Craig gives Joan Didion a new nickname: "J-Diddy".
• "Wild Angles: A Frank Gehry production"
• Matt is tired of watching movies with gang rape in them.
• Wild Angels vs. Easy Rider (with clip)
• Craig's spoiler of the end of Easy Rider is drowned out by Lion roaring.
• Matt denies Craig's Italian heritage solely to get a rise out of him
• A fan offers a critique of Fritz the Cat; a Beligan fan tells us he's written an essay about the show
• Matt relates another dvd-player related mishap.
• Craig draws the final genre: Gangster.
Seen It:
The Trial
The Blair Witch Project
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
Monty Python and the Life of Brian (& The Holy Grail)
The Road
Closing Credits: Craig does a rendition of a RUN-DMC classic
Ernesto Stinger: "…and we wanna get loaded!"
Episode 037: Little Caesar
Cold Open:
Worst date movies
"Rapey" movies vs. Aladdin
Gift: A pencil sharpener/old classy car
Objet d'Art: Bulldog face
Craig's Background LP: Cyprus Hill's "Black Sunday."
Show notes:
• 4th and final episode in the series of sub-genre movies.
• Matt talks of his early formal dating career.
• Matt brings up Federal RICO cases, causing Craig to bring up Matt's RICO joke in the "Starship Troopers" episode.
• Craig does an extended monologue in classic Edgar G Robinson style (myyyeh).
• Craig intimidates Matt a couple of times via finger jabs, and ominously sharpening pencils.
• Matt talks of the climax of "Observe and Report" which summons the "Spoiler's Redacted" F/X. (Dog drinking noises)
• Craig reminisces about being lost in Europe.
• Matt announces that Craig will be choosing the movie for the Halloween episode from a list of 5. Will it be "Day of the Dead," "Horror of Dracula," "I Was a Teenage Werewolf," 1932's "The Mummy," or "Incubus."
Seen It:
Observe and Report
Wonder Boys
In the Loop
The Ice Harvest
In Bruges
Closing Credits: Craig stabs Matt with a pencil.
Ernesto Stinger: "Is this the end of Rico?"
Episode 038: Horror of Dracula
Cold Open:
Craig, Matt and Ernesto reveal their show-inspired Halloween costumes (Matt – Blues from The Wild Angels; Craig – Sergeant Howie from The Wicker Man; Ernesto – Lucky Garnett from Swing Time)
Ernesto embarrasses himself
Gift: Metal cross
Oject d'Art: Vampire teeth and vampire blood
Craig's Background LP: Iron Maiden "Number of the Beast"
Show notes:
• Craig shamelessly quotes Shakespeare in his intro
• The second "Alfred" (Michael Gough) on our show (The first was Alan Napier in 'Criss Cross'). This leaves only Michael Caine to complete the "Alfred Trifecta". Also, the second episode featuring WTTB Hall of Famer Christopher Lee.
• Craig and Matt strike up a rousing chorus of "The Landlord's Daughter"
• Craig changes costumes mid show to Sergeant Howie right before the sacrifice.
• "Every generation gets the Dracula they need"
• The introduction of our TV Tropes page
• Fan Art: Wire sculpture and more Chris Pollack
• At long last, Tod Browning's Freaks makes it to Seen It (after being cut at least twice previously)
Seen It: (Horror movies)
Evil Dead Trilogy
American Psycho
The Happening
Closing Credits:
Various attempts to put a top hat on Ernesto's head
Ernesto Stinger:
"I am Dracula and I welcome you to my house."
Episode 039: The Ghost and Mr. Chicken
Cold Open:
Risky Business
Craig fantasizes about teaching a junior college scriptwriting class
Gift: Tissue paper ghost
Oject d'Art: None (Craig's ghost flies into the shot instead. The Battery-powered bartender can be seen in the background)
Craig's Background LP: The Modern Lovers
Show notes:
• Matt blames his "busy week" on why he got Craig such a crappy gift
• "Bosoms!"
• Craig names his new ghost friend "Lil' Chicken"
• "A whole gazebo full of band"
• Craig reveals a complicated hypothesis about the detailed religious symbolism of the film
• Matt has a coughing fit which Craig turns into a sales pitch for the show.
• A viewer took our pre-Halloween facebook poll and correctly guessed what our costumes would be for the Horror of Dracula episode.
• Matt dedicates his purchase of Run Lola Run to Tona.
• A new title for the show is proposed: "Doofus Makin' Movies"
Seen It:
(Seen It, Own It)
The Royal Tenenbaums
Run Lola Run
American Movie
Hard Boiled
Closing Credits: Matt provides the inner monologue for Luther as he nervously accepts a request for lunch.
Ernesto Stinger: "Atta Boy Luther!"
Episode 40: Valhalla Rising
Cold Open Topic:
Cuaron's "Gravity" – a case for the validity of 3D.
Ed Harris's astronaut seal of approval.
Gift: Insect and Arachnid Press On Tattoos.
Objet d'Art: A very hard looking rock.
Craig's Background LP: Lou Reed's "Rock and Roll Animal." (in tribute to the then-recently passed Lou Reed)
Show Notes:
• Matt and Craig wear press on tattoos on their face for the entire episode after the gift presentation.
• Matt blames his "busy week" on why he got Craig such a crappy gift
• Matt thought there would be tattoos in the movie because of misinterpretation of the dvd cover. They may not be perfectly appropriate, but they are suitably bad ass.
• Craig makes a physics error when talking about gravity in space. Ignites a firestorm of comments from the viewers.
• Matt skews the odds of Mads Mikkelsen's induction into the hall of fame with the selection of "Valhalla Rising."
• A big thumb kiss goes out to "Megaforce" director Hal Needham (who had recently passed away).
• Matt does a reasonably good impersonation of Mads Mikkelson.
• Craig gives his arguments on why he might be a little psychic.
• Matt does a call back to the "Hwaet" opening of Beowolf, mentioned in ep. 16.
• Craig introduces each chapter of the film with a smarmy English accent.
• Craig reveals his all-time favorite sub-genre: Time Travel Romances.
• Craig can't even talk about his dislike of Indiana Jones IV, until he explodes in a rage at the mentioning of a certain actor's name.
Seen It: THEME-SEEN IT/HATE IT
The Ladykillers (Tom Hanks/Coen Bros. version) (Both hate)
Garden State (Matt hates)
Midnight in Paris (Craig hates)
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (Matt hates)
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (both hate)
Closing Credits: Craig calls out Matt for being too scatological.
Ernesto stringer: "We have many gods. They only have the one."
Episode 41: All That Jazz
Cold Open Topic:
"The Ice Storm"
Missing the "train of history"
Gift: "The gift of choice." (Craig gets to choose three holiday or family-related movies for the
Christmas game of 3 Film Monte)
Objet d'Art: The sound track to the original cast production of "Chicago."
Craig's Background LP: Elvis Costello's "Blood and Chocolate."
Show Notes:
• Spoiler redacted (w/ chicken clucks)- the end of "The Ice Storm," something that was spoiled for Craig himself when he was living somewhere called "The Toilet Paper Museum."
• Matt regrets devoting so much time to "Dexter."
• Matt chooses a movie that he knows Craig loves. During the course of the film, Matt's brain is in danger of being "Over-fabuloused".
• Leonard Maltin: "Old beard-face himself"
• Gift is presented at the end of the episode.
• Matt introduces the world to Stu, accidental amateur dancer.
• Ernesto makes a cameo appearance sitting next to a computer, accepting praise from a viewer.
• Matt does a pretty solid Lithgow impersonation, and a standard Wallace Shawn impersonation.
• One of the cats sneezes.
• Matt plugs Rob Matsushita's podcast "10 Minutes About Your Favorite Movie," in which he had recently appeared discussing "Miller's Crossing."
• Craig encourages Matt to punch strangers in bars.
• A crew member walks into the shot during Seen It.
• Matt gets a full head of steam going when talking about "I'm Still Here" and his disappointment with J. Phoenix. But he doesn't "hate" it, because "it's a waste of good hate."
Fan Art: Chris Pollack's take on "Valhalla Rising" and the "Ghost and Mr Chicken."
Seen It: THEME: SEEN IT/HATE IT PART 2: The Audience Talks Back
I Am Legend
I'm Still Here
Natural Born Killers
Closing Credits: Matt and Craig destroy an aspiring actresses hopes
all because of her nose.
Ernesto Stinger: "It's Showtime, folks!"
Episode 41: Christmas Celebration (The 5000 Fingers of Dr T)
Cold Open Topic:
The two J. Laws.
Gift: Christmas mice cat toys
Objet d'Art: Holly, ornaments and such.
Craig's Background LP: Bing Crosby's "Merry Christmas."
Show Notes:
• Matt does a very disturbing impersonation of Jennifer Lawrence. Craig and Matt re-christen her as "J. Rence".
• Our opening credits graphic has been Christmafied, with a yuletide version of the them and Matt and Craig dressed as Santa Claus and and Elf, respectively.
• Craig curates the episode. He chose three xmas or family movies
("Meet Me In St Louis" "The 5000 Fingers of Dr T" and "Rare Exports").
"5000 Fingers" wins.
• For the second year running, "Rare Exports" is not chosen for the
holiday movie.
• We re-define "children's cult classic" as "movies that people like to
watch when they're older and stoned."
• Ernesto makes a very low-key cameo appearance, lounging next to a Christmas ornament and "playing" with a cat toy.
• Stu makes his second appearance.
• Matt and Craig again attempt to talk in Swedish.
Seen It:
High Fidelity
The Seventh Seal
Wings of Desire
Dracula (the Spanish language one of 1932)
Closing Credits: Matt questions what activities are best for the weather.
Ernesto Stinger: "5000 little fingers and they'll be mine. All mine"
Episode 042: The Great Train Robbery / The Red Balloon
Cold Open:
Matt and Craig discuss what they should call this episode. They settle on "End of the Year Special"
Gifts are exchanged. Matt gets the Barry Lyndon sountrack on vinyl. Matt recites a special poem for Craig.
Oject d'Art: None (There were no transitional DVD cover shots for this episode)
Craig's Background LP: Love "Forever Changes"
Show notes:
• Final episode of the season and our longest episode to date (32:32)
• Our first double feature episode: two short films are watched.
• Debut of the "Auld Lang Syne" version of the show's theme song, courtesy of theme song composer Mike Rafferty.
• Montage of scenes from all 25 movies that were watched in season 2.
• Favorite movies of the season are revealed. Craig: The Magnificent Seven. Matt: The 5000 Fingers of Dr. T. Least favorites: Craig – Fritz the Cat / Matt – My Son My Son What Have Ye Done.
• The self–indulgence of All That Jazz is revisited.
• Craig mea culpa's himself for his "gravity in outer space" comments.
• Matt reads a list of hilarious titles of Edwin S. Porter films.
• The Hall of Fame receives 6 new members: Udo Kier, Christopher Lee, Mads Mikkelson, River Phoenix and Eleanor Bron. The inductee in the non-human category: Dancing (along with montage of Season 2 dancing scenes)
• For the first time ever, Craig and Matt sit on the couch together and summarize the film.
• The third instance of someone shouting "Ladri Di Biciclette!" on seeing a bicycle.
• Stu makes another appearance (speaking French).
• Craig dredges up bad memories of watching The Red Balloon in Catholic school.
• Matt retires the old notebooks they have been using for season 1 and 2.
• Craig goes on and on about the jump cuts of Breathless, forcing Matt the editor to reduce his ramblings to a series of jump cuts.
• New Year's resolution challenges are thrown down: Craig has to watch The Deer Hunter (in January of 2014), Matt has to watch the director's cut of Gates of Heaven.
Seen It:
Paths of Glory
Breathless (A Bout de Souffle)
Dead Man
Citizen Kane
Closing Credits:
Matt interrupts Craig on camera. Craig disparages dance scenes in silent movies. Matt and Tona smooch.
Ernesto Stinger: "Ici Ballon!" (followed by gunshots)


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Even a simple old cardboard box can mean a world of play for a wee one. Making a castle together can be great fun for you both - or if your child fancies something else why not try a car, boat or house? Let your wee one's imagination be your guide.
What you need
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A Parisienne Discovers Chicago: Impressions of the City and the World's Columbian Exposition
Mary Beth Raycraft, Senior Lecturer in French at Vanderbilt University, speaks about the book she translated, A Parisienne Discovers Chicago. The memoir recounts Madame Léon Grandin's surprising discoveries during a cross-cultural journey through fin-de-siècle Paris, New York, and Chicago. This illustrated lecture highlights the young parisienne's reactions to social and cultural life in Chicago at the time of the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition and the unexpected consequences of her travels.
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The candidates in the Los Angeles City Council's crowded 6th District race will be hitting the streets with varying degrees of intensity today. Five of the contenders are canvassing the district on foot. The sixth, council President Pat Russell, will be running in the Los Angeles Marathon.
Russell is one of 12,666 competitors in the 26.2-mile race. The council president has been running about 40 miles a week, usually along the beach at daybreak, and anticipates finishing somewhere near the middle of the pack.
"I expect to do it in about 4 hours and 20 minutes," said Russell, 63. "That's about average."
Russell expects to fare much better in the April 14 council race. The Venice, Westchester and Crenshaw area councilwoman has incumbency and a $250,000 campaign chest in her favor. She has also been attending community functions and touring the district in a concerted effort to solidify support.
Her opponents are largely unknown and untested. Rimmon C. Fay, Ruth Galanter, Salvatore Grammatico, Virginia Taylor Hughes and Patrick McCartney come from the ranks of community activists. They are short of campaign money and almost totally dependent on volunteers. But they share the belief that Russell is vulnerable because of her support for commercial development.


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|joudama (stopthatgirl7) wrote in fictunes,
@ 2008-10-01 01:18:00
|Current music:
|王力宏 - Not Your Average Thug
|Entry tags:
|characters: balthier/fran, fandom: final fantasy xii, month: oct 08, writer: stopthatgirl7
[Final Fantasy XII], "Not Your Average..." Balthier/Fran, worksafe
Because it's October where I am dammit, and I want to post this and then disavow it as soon as I can *dies*. I can't believe this. *dies more*
Title: Not Your Average...
Author: joudama
Fandom: FF12, pre-game
Characters: Balthier/Fran
Rating: worksafe
Warnings: kind of cracktastic. QUELLE SURPRISE. XD
Word count: 855
Song prompt: *buries face in hands* Wang Leehom - Not Your Average Thug. OH HAI THAR, IRONY.
Summary: This Sky Pirate cannot be contained by mere buttons.
A/N: This is what I get, man. I am more than mildly horrified that I've written this (Leehom makes me twitch, and this is the song I pull out to illustrate to people why Wang Leehom is a blight upon the earth and must be purged from it with fire. FIRE). That, and I'm laughing myself sick...at myself. Clearly, there is no god and I am beyond all hope. ...I can't believe I wrote a fic based on a Leehom song. I feel...dirty. Being serious, though, I had to stop myself from writing more, because a second scene hit me, and dude, that would have made this serious. XD;;; ...Leehom. WTF. There is no god.
"Don't go near that one, mate," the bartender said with a wicked grin, once he noticed where it was Balthier's eyes kept going.
"Oh?" Balthier said, raising an eyebrow.
"She's been patronizing here a week and already has made quite the name for herself. Last man that tried to approach found himself on the receiving end of those claws," the bartender said with a grin. "And I hear tell that a Bangaa who tried to accost her after she left discovered just how powerful a kick a Viera truly has."
"Ahh, but any villain who would try to accost a lady is deserving of such a reward," Balthier said, tilting his head before taking another swallow.
He bartender snorted at the description of the Viera as a 'lady.' "Still, a Viera'll have naught to do with a hume, let alone a male hume. Set your sights for the evening on someone a little more attainable. Half the women here and more than a few of the men would be at your arm easily," the bartender said with a laugh, and Balthier had to concede that point was quite true. He had been getting looks all evening, and it was the very fact that the Viera wasn't looking that got his attention.
He always did like a challenge, after all,
"Ahh, but I'm not your average hume," he said with a cocky grin, raising one finger as he made his point. "I'm the great Sky Pirate Balthier, leading man in this story of adventure!"
The bartender snickered. "Pity then, that this story is doomed to be a tragedy. Or perhaps comedy is a better word. Doubtless I'll be getting a fine show this evening," he said with a grin, and right with that, Balthier had to prove him wrong. It was a matter of pride now. So he finished off his madhu, and with a wink at the bartender, was on his feet and heading towards the Viera sitting quietly by herself at a table in the corner. She was a cool one, even for a Viera--not that he'd had much dealing with Viera, but that would be changing tonight. Up closer, she was a prettier thing than he'd first thought, with large eyes and white hair framing her face in a wild mane. She regarded him cooly, but she wouldn't be the first to try and play him off with coldness.
It was always the cool ones that had the most fire in them, when you got right down to it.
"And what, I wonder, is such a fair and rare beauty as yourself doing in a den of pirates and thieves?" Balthier said with the smile that had always worked quite well for getting the recipient of it into an accommodating state of mind.
The Viera raised one eyebrow, slowly. He had the impression that had she been hume, she would have been giving him a sly smile, but he had no idea quite where that thought came from.
She seemed to be weighing her words, as if trying to decide if she was actually going to say anything at all, before she finally spoke. He kept a little smile to himself when she opened her mouth to speak. It was only a given she'd say something, after all. "Although I currently lack a ship due to unforseen events, seeing as I am a sky pirate myself, I do believe I fit within this place quite well," she said, her voice was low and smooth, and Balthier decided he could definitely listen to that a bit more. "And a word of advice, if you would wish to heed it. You might wish to check your attire carefully before you approach a lady, good sir. I believe you have missed a button that is sorely in need of fastening." She looked pointedly down at his crotch and then back up, and this time the left corner of her lips twitched up.
He thought briefly of becoming embarrassed, but really, what good would turning red and slinking away do? It certainly was not in the nature of a leading man to slink away. So instead he raised his jaw, gave her a confident grin, and said, "A man such as myself cannot be contained by mere buttons."
Both corners of her lips twitched at that.
"It would seem you were the recipient of a fine show at my expense, one that is normally only given at great price or promise. However, as tonight I feel generous, I'll only ask a single glass of madhu in return," he said, and helped himself to a seat and mentally patted himself for smoothly fastening that traitorous button as he did. "The name is Balthier, and I believe we share an occupation."
Her eyebrow went up again, but instead of finding himself gutted by those rather impressive nails of hers, he instead received a long stare that he was certain hid amusement, and then, "...Fran," and since that was a name if he'd ever heard one, he figured he was doing just fine.
He was the leading man, after all.


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As you know, I have been sharing several pieces of information here on my blog about the upcoming Microsoft Partner Network Small Business Competency which launches in June. What has been fantastic is the amount of feedback all of you have been sharing with me through the blog, though email, in online forums, in phone calls, via Twitter and LinkedIn, through the Microsoft Partner Info mobile app's feedback section, just to name a few, about your thoughts, questions, feedback, excitement, etc. around the Small Business competency, and several of these interactions have helped us know what information you are looking for as well (as in several of the questions from the Q&A list I just posted recently). In case you have missed the previous items I have shared, here are several of those posts that you may want to check out:
- Details on the Microsoft Partner Network Small Business Competency announced
- What are the requirements to earn the Microsoft Partner Network Small Business Competency?
- Some additional information, a Q&A, on the Microsoft Partner Network Small Business Competency
With the requirements of the Microsoft Partner Network Small Business Competency being announced the other day, the next logical question is, "What are the benefits we receive when we earn the Silver Small Business competency or the Gold Small Business competency?" In addition, a question I have received from several current Microsoft Small Business Specialists (SBSCs) is, "With SBSC evolving into a competency, what are the differences between the benefits that current SBSC partners get and what they will get if they earn the silver or gold Small Business competency?" Great questions, and here are the answers to those questions.
First, to give you a really quick side-by-side view showing the additional benefits that the Small Business competency will bring above and beyond what the current SBSC designation offers, in addition to the difference in requirements, here is a direct comparison:
For a more comprehensive view of how the Small Business competency fits into the broader array of offerings from Microsoft, including: the Mid Market Competency, Cloud Accelerate, and Cloud Essentials, here is a broader side-by-side comparison:
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One benefit that I noticed is not on these charts that all silver and gold Small Business competency partners will receive (and I've already sharing that feedback with the appropriate teams about it missing on the chart) is the availability of unlimited technical presales assistance for qualifying deals over $3,000 USD. Just to be clear, no, that is not a typo, I did intentionally type "unlimited" presales advisory assistance for qualifying deals over $3,000 USD. This is one fantastic benefit that the Small Business Competency will bring to our partners that SBSC does not today. If you are not familiar with the Technical Presales Support offering, it is designed to get you the right information at the right time to help you close deals, with presales support, including competitive assistance, feature-overview and comparison advice, and proof-of-concept guidance. Here is a brief description of the different types of presales technical assistance you can get through this benefit:
- Competitive Assistance – Win more deals, more effectively, with technical and business knowledge based on best practices and feature comparisons.
- Feature Overview and Comparison Guidance – Get help overcoming customer objections and positively positioning Microsoft technologies against the competition. Consultants offer assistance with configurations, cost of doing business, and competitive sales.
- Business Value Guidance – Consultants can help you compare proof points, along with total cost of ownership, return on investment, performance, and licensing information. You can also receive product demonstrations and information about scalability, interoperability, and migration.
- Proof of Concept Guidance – Find the right Microsoft solution for your customer, and be able to prove it in advance. Consultants help you understand your customers' current environment and business requirements, while covering technical and functional topics relevant to your customers' business needs.
- Solution Architecture Guidance – Bring your customers' requirements to a team of experts, and get technical recommendations to help you build Microsoft solutions that solve your customers' challenges.
- Technical Licensing Guidance – Get answers to product licensing questions that revolve around your solutions and client access license (CAL) requirements, including licensing benefits of different product versions, the number of CALs required, and general cost comparisons.
- Test Environment Support – Find assistance with troubleshooting proof-of-concept and test-bed environments. All troubleshooting is done on a best-effort basis to show and demonstrate new product features; Microsoft is not responsible for any data on the test bed.
As mentioned above, for any qualifying deal you have that is worth just $3,000 USD or more, you can qualify to get unlimited presales technical support from those offerings listed above! Oh, and if you're not sure which of the offerings above is the right one for you to utilize, no problem. we have Microsoft partner consultants that can guide you to the best selection. Now what if your deal is below $3,000 USD? No problem. As a partner with a silver or gold competency, you can use your Partner Advisory Hours (see the inclusion of those listed in the charts above) to still get presales technical advisory support. The cost (in terms of number of Partner Advisory Hours) will be determined by the type of support required. Want to learn more about the Presales Technical Advisory Support? We have all of the information here on the Microsoft Partner Network portal.
Partner Advisory Hours
Speaking of Partner Advisory Hours, this is another benefit that partners earning the Small Business competency will receive that is not included in SBSC today (and that I have received several questions around, "What are these, Eric?"). As you can see in the chart above, partners earning the Silver Small Business competency will receive 20 Partner Advisory Hours and those earning the Gold Small Business competency will earn 50 Partner Advisory Hours. This of Partner Advisory Hours as currency used to access certain key services offered to members of the Microsoft Partner Network. You can use your Partner Advisory Hours to access benefits such as:
- Technical Enablement, which includes:
- Power Start Workshops – Attend these workshops to learn from Microsoft experts about new product features and presales opportunities, and receive solution overviews. Some of the featured Power Start Workshops include:
- Practice Accelerators – Boost your success by leveraging the best practices for delivering a service engagement provided through Practice Accelerators, which are developed by Microsoft Consulting Services (MCS) experts based on proven customer deployment experiences on the latest Microsoft products.
- Momentum Workshops – Participate in live Momentum Workshops to develop deep deployment and development skills to help you to deliver a consistent experience to customers. Some of the featured Momentum Workshops include:
- Technical Presales and Advisory Services – Connect with Microsoft consultants who have the latest product, technical sales, and delivery expertise, together with a strong commitment to enabling partner success
- Get Current Services – Leverage Get Current services to deploy the latest Microsoft technologies in your internal IT environment
To learn more about Partner Advisory Hours, we have the information located here on the Microsoft Partner Network portal.
Other Benefits
I believe partners are familiar with what the other benefits listed in the chart above are, but just in case you are not, or if you want more information on what they are, I am including the links below to more information:
- Pinpoint
- Office 365 Marketplace
- Internal Use Rights software
- Business Critical Support/5-pack Support Incidents
- Incentives
- MSDN Subscription
- TechNet Subscription
- Partner Marketing Center
- Partner Learning Center
You might also want to download and look at the "Value of Earning a Microsoft Competency" guide we have as well for more information about what competencies offer to Microsoft partners. In addition, we have a Partner Services and Support Catalog that you can download and learn much more about the services and support offerings from Microsoft for our partners.
As you can see, there are a bunch of additional benefits to be included in the Small Business competency for our partners that are designed to enable, support, and grow their businesses, whether they be on-premise (such as with SBS, Office , Windows, etc.), in the cloud (such as with Office 365), or a hybrid model inclusive of both. Again, this is one of the very exciting things about the evolution of Small Business from a designation to a full competency, the full competency suite of offerings and benefits it will provide to our partners to help them be successful not only today, but into the future as well.
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If you've ever wanted to see professional athletes almost crap their pants out of fear, the New Orleans Pelicans have posted a video just for you. The team took a trip to a haunted house and filmed the entire experience. Suffice to say, they were screaming and running around like little scaredy cats for almost the entirety of the video.
It's awesome to see grown men let out shrieks of terror in a haunted house. It gives us some insight into the psyche of the players and how terrifying this haunted house actually is.
Hopefully this team-building exercise worked and these guys are all closer together. But I know that I won't be visiting that horrifying haunted house any time soon. Too scary.


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The Main Reasons for 18-Wheeler Accidents in Texas
It's important for everyone to realize that large trucks, such as 18-wheelers, represent a significant hazard to other vehicles on the road, as well as the passengers in those vehicles. There is a reason why drivers with commercial licenses operate under a much stricter set of rules than other drivers; they need to be aware that their huge vehicles are more dangerous, and they should be using extra caution as they do their job.
Of course, drivers of smaller vehicles should also be extra cautious when sharing the road with an 18-wheeler. Otherwise minor driving mistakes, such as failing to signal before changing lanes or passing, that are otherwise a minor annoyance, can become catastrophic when a large truck is involved. While the drivers of large trucks are usually very patient and highly skilled, there are always exceptions to that, and it can lead to disaster, primarily because of their size and weight.
Among the more common reasons why some drivers drive more recklessly than usual include the following:
· A driver has been given a deadline that is unrealistic for a particular load, given the distance, traffic conditions and other factors, such as weather.
· A trucking company compensates their drivers in a way that encourages drivers to cut corners and perhaps drive for a longer time than is recommended, or even allowed by federal regulations.
· Drivers are rushed through training, or not given sufficient training with regard to proper compliance with federal regulations or defensive driving techniques.
There are actually many reasons why truck accidents occur in Texas; the above are only a few, although reckless driving caused by any or all of them is cited as the number one reason for accidents involving large trucks around the country, as well as in the state of Texas.
Another very common reason why trucks are involved in so many accidents has to do with distracted driving. While it's always been a problem, with drivers often engaging in eating and drinking, grooming themselves and talking to others on CB radios, the problem has become worse in recent years, with the advent of handheld electronic gadgets, especially GPS devices and cell phones, which they sometimes use to talk, other times to text. Keep in mind, they are doing this stuff while guiding a trailer that may be carrying a load of as much as 35-40 tons down a public highway at 70-80 miles per hour.
Another very significant problem that leads to many truck accidents has to do with driver fatigue, which is usually caused by many long hours on the road driving alone. The federal government has tried to curb the problem by establishing ever-more stringent "hours of service" (HOS) rules, which are intended to regulate the number of hours a truck driver may drive on the road without a break, but it's not uncommon for drivers to simply ignore those rules, often with a wink and a nod from their trucking company.
Even though truck drivers are required to undergo and pass regular physicals and are also subject to random drug screens, the problem of impaired driving is still am major problem on Texas roadways. The problem isn't just alcohol; the use of drugs, both illegal and prescribed, is becoming a significant problem among truck drivers, as they become ever more desperate to find any way they can to stay awake and get their load to its destination.
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Free - Rick Springfield
(Music: Springfield/Marlette, Lyrics: Springfield)
So this is the cage that I built, why I built it I don't know
It's bars made of anger and guilt, no lock,
but somehow it just wouldn't let me go.
All hail the messenger of love.
I got your message loud and clear.
Now I'm hungry to be healed
and you can't, you can't keep me away
(I'm free) When we are one, I am complete
(I'm free) And I'm undone and I will be healed in your eyes.
I had to close a door in my life for another one to open
so I could go through, though I had no guiding light,
and no signs somehow it still lead me to you.
I learned a lesson here in love and it's ringing loud and clear
Now I'm ready to be reveal all the things
that before I could never say
When we are one, I am complete,
I'm undone, and I will be healed at last.


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As social media becomes increasingly apparent in the lives of citizens throughout the world, its place in domestic and international political, social, cultural and economic affairs is also expected to become more prominent. There has already been much debate about the role social media played during the Arab Spring, and as various world events unfold in the years to come, social media's capacity to incite change will undoubtedly continue to be a part of the analysis.
One such event that may act as a future case study is that of "Israel Loves Iran," a campaign started by Israelis who believe that the "Israeli Iranian conflict has no real ground," and is based on "nothing." The group's Facebook page, which was created less than two weeks ago on March 19, 2012, already has over 46,000 likes on Facebook.
The initiative, "Iranians, We Love You," has surfaced at a time when the discourse around the two countries is centered on Iran's nuclear progress and whether a preemptive strike by Israel against Iran is imminent. With Iran's nuclear program looming and negotiations between various government officials taking place, these citizens have decided to take a visible, public stance opposing violent action and showcasing the need for soft diplomacy. Through this endeavor, Israel Loves Iran is shifting the focus from the respective governments to the Israeli people—the people who love Iran.
The group's website is largely forum-based; it seeks stories from individuals that convey favorable feelings about Iran and asks for testimonies and stories about "the real Iran." Although negative comments sometimes flare up, the discussions are primarily positive in tone. This outlet allows people of different nationalities to convene in a centralized location and find the beauty within each culture. The site also has pages entitled "Iran loves Israel," "America loves Iran and Israel," "Germany loves Iran," and "Jews of the World love Iran," which each feature testimonies and links to articles, videos, music, religious verses and stories about the mutual love shared by each of these groups.
Dispersed throughout the pages, one can find comments expressing the appreciation for the site's creation:
"We love Israel too. No war!"
"This is the most beautiful thing I have ever seen."
"Give peace a chance; all we need is love…"
The Israel Loves Iran campaign is a public display of anti-war outcry. The cause behind this movement has the ability to gain vast momentum from the public, but–even with a strong backing–would it have ability to change the course of government action? Does it have the potential to change public perception?
The group's members certainly hope so. As Ronny Edry, one of the individuals responsible for the "Iranians, We Love You" initiative told PBS Frontline reporter Neri Zilber, "We don't want war. No matter what the governments are saying, on both sides, we are against it, since we are the ones fighting it…I think it is important that we raise our voices." Through social media, Israel Loves Iran is trying to avert war and promote a lasting peace between the two nations.


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In anticipation of some free money being sent to most Americans to try to shake the US economy back into fizziness, we were joking in the shop with lines like "Save the economy: buy a Chinese plasma TV" or "Rescue America: buy a Dutch bicycle!" We think the last one, while ironic, at least wouldn't represent blowing a bigger bubble as, for instance, the "patriotic" gas-guzzler buying spree that followed 9/11, back before oil had hit $100 a barrel and sprawled-out housing valuations tanked harder than urban. Well, then we saw an incoming link from peak-oil writer and subsistence farmer Sharon Astyk, to whom we have linked once before. Item #17 in Sharon's Economic Self-Stimulus: Ideas for One Last Financial Orgasm amounts to "get a Dutch bike." So get busy, consumatrons!
In the comments to Sharon's post are a couple suggestions to get an Xtracycle instead. Same difference: we love them too. I've said before that dollar for dollar, pound for pound, inch for inch there's no better way to carry lots of stuff or people on a bike than with a longtail like an Xtracycle. The word continues to spread. In Portugal, at a clever new bike business called Cenas a Pedal co-founder Ana Pereira has written the most comprehensive overview of longtails I've seen, tying it back in the end to Dutch tweelingfietsen. I don't read Portuguese, but Google offers an intelligible translation. Good luck, Ana!


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President Trump Under Pressure to Take Stand Against Sandy Hook Conspiracy Theorists
(HARTFORD, Conn.) — The Board of Education in Newtown, Connecticut, is waiting to hear back from President Donald Trump after asking him to take a stand against conspiracy theorists.
A letter it sent to the president asks him to publicly reject those who question facts regarding the 2012 massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School, including the radio host Alex Jones.
The White House this week told The Associated Press that Trump has been clear that "we, as a nation, are united in condemning hate and evil in all its forms."
One man whose son was killed at Sandy Hook says he doesn't think the president would be able to help much because conspiracy theories are rooted in mistrust of government.Leonard Pozner is among the victims' relatives who have faced harassment from people who claim the shooting was staged.
This article is originally published here: http://time.com/4745178/donald-trump-newtown-sandy-hook-conspiracy-theorists/


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The Missouri Senate has given first-round approval to legislation that would expand the texting-while-driving ban to all motorists, not just those ages 21 or younger.
Although the bill passed, some senators opposed to the ban attached two amendments that have nothing to do with texting-while-driving, in an effort to kill the bill. But both were vehicle-related, so supporters changed the bill's title to include various topics related to motor vehicles.
Democrat Ryan McKenna of Jefferson County is the bill's sponsor:
"This was the hardest it's been for me to get it passed...there was quite a bit of opposition from some new senators that came over from the House that I didn't anticipate until we got on the floor today," McKenna said.
The bill faces one more Senate vote before moving to the Missouri House, which killed the bill last year.


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Media Misses Mark On Health Care -- Again
Pity the poor news consumers these days. -- Who can keep up with the Salahis, Afghanistan, "climate-gate," Tiger Woods, the election in Honduras and all the rest? Oh, yes, all the rest -- the elephant in the room -- the health care spending bill now being debated in the United States Senate.
And the news coverage about that particular legislative battle is as confusing as it gets. Many in the media are focused on the government-run plan or the so-called "public option" or abortion. It's so typical for the media that what's missing from the coverage is any examination of the most important flaws in the Senate proposals: this bill includes a half-trillion in Medicare cuts, job killing tax hikes and it actually increases government spending on health care. Those other things are important but the core of the bill will not change.
In her Wall Street Journal column last week Peggy Noonan wrote that the best thing that could happen to President Obama would be for this bill to fail in the Senate. No one disagrees that health care costs and coverage need to be addressed. But the way the Senate bill is written makes a hash of the legislation.
If the Democrats were to put the brakes on and slow down a bit the American people wouldn't be so suspicious about the rush to pass the bill. And if they would allow some common sense proposals to go forward -- like protecting people with pre-existing conditions -- they would be able to win bipartisan support and take their victory lap. If they insist on racing to the finish line, they're likely to spin even further out of control. Better to take a pit stop now than to be crushed on the track later for passing an atrocious bill.
Dana Perino is a Fox News contributor and former White House press secretary.


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Asbestos Awareness
While the manufacture, use and re-use of asbestos has been banned in Australia since 2003, it's not a problem of the past – its legacy continues to haunt us. Around one in three Australian homes contain asbestos. Those planning DIY activities at home need to ask 'Am I playing renovation roulette?' and find out if asbestos may be present before cutting, sanding, drilling or dismantling.
Asbestos Awareness Month – November 2017
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To make it easy for Council to participate, all campaign collateral is easily downloadable from the asbestosawareness.com.au website including; posters, flyers, pre-prepared media release templates, multilingual posters and flyers, photographs of asbestos products commonly found in homes, copy and graphics for print and online use, and the Asbestos Awareness website logo which can be utilised in all Council collateral to promote awareness.
For access to all Council collateral including media release templates you will need to register your participation. All registered councils will be eligible to submit an award entry.
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Promoting Asbestos Awareness Month on blogs, Facebook and Twitter and council websites.
Past Council participationIn 2016, 100% of the 563 councils across Australia officially registered their participation in Asbestos Awareness Month, the highest number of council participants since the campaign launched in 2012. In 2017, we hope all councils throughout Australia will continue to participate in this important initiative.


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By Elise Petracca
Let's explore loyalty with authors. Have you ever thought about "author loyalty"? Is there one author you read again and again, an author who never fails to make you laugh or think, "Yes! Someone actually gets me!" ? I have read every single one of David Sedaris' books, and I have long awaited the chance to read his most recent collection of essays, Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls. Upon starting this new book, I quickly realized how much I have missed his outlandish anecdotes, conversational style, and quirky habits. I have hardly put it down since I pressed "purchase" on my Kindle. I feel like I'm catching up with an old friend.
I had never considered the concept of "author loyalty" until I began Sedaris's most recent book. As I picked it up, it occurred to me that I am likely not the only person who does this. I asked my friends if they have one particular author whose books they read habitually, and they all responded immediately with their go-to author. Their answers included Andrew Clements, Pat Conroy, Ken Kesey, and Tom Wolfe. It doesn't matter who it is, a favorite author is as cherished as a childhood friendship.
I realize that I have had these loyalties all of my life. When I was in elementary school, it was Kate DiCamillo. In middle school, it was Lurlene McDaniel. By high school, I had convinced myself I didn't have time to read books for fun, until I was given Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim, and then it became David Sedaris. His style is colloquial but his stories are far from typical. He brings freshness to storytelling by humor and self-deprecation that entices his readers, making us want to know more. When reading Sedaris's stories, I find myself next to him, strolling the streets of Paris or visiting his childhood home in North Carolina. His vivid descriptions and realistic dialogue take me wherever he goes. Not only do I feel like I know him personally, but also his family, his friends, and his longtime partner, Hugh.
Sedaris is the second of six children, and I am the youngest of five. I have to wonder if our shared experience of having a large, dysfunctional family is what allows me to relate to him. His writing inspires my own; my stories, whether fiction or fact, are often based on my own family. Even when my siblings bring me to the end of my wits, I wouldn't give them up for anything. Plus, they make for pretty entertaining characters, as Sedaris has realized.
I continue to read his books for thepain I get in my side from laughing so hard. I remember reading Me Talk Pretty One Day on a plane to Florida. I was sitting in an aisle seat and two men gave me looks to suggest they didn't appreciate my audible snickering. The emotions his writings evoke are so real that they're impossible to stifle, even when it's discourteous to those around you.
What drew you to your favorite author in the first place? And what makes you continue to go back? Is it the alternate reality he or she creates for you, or the ab workout you get from laughing so hard? What do you look for in a significant author? I urge you, dedicated readers, to revisit your favorite writers. Read a book by him or her you haven't read yet, or if you've read them all, reread one. There's a comfort in the words of a favorite author, even if you already know what is going to be said.


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Skip to comments.New York Democrats Want to Ban Police From Describing Suspects By Race, Sex, or Age
Posted on 06/19/2013 6:57:32 PM PDT by Hojczyk
New York Dems want to pass a bill that would limit a description of a suspect to identify suspects essentially by the clothes they wear only. Truly mind-numbing stupidity.
NYPost reports the following:
Cops might as well wear blindfolds if the City Council passes a bill that would let them use little more than the color of a suspects clothing in descriptions or risk being sued for profiling, according to this provocative new ad (pictured) from the NYPD captains union.
The ad asks, How effective is a police officer with a blindfold on?
And the answer is not very, says the NYPD Captains Endowment Association, which is fighting the measure, claiming it would handcuff cops and send crime rates soaring.
Union President Roy Richter who is seen in the ad wearing a blindfold in Times Square told The Post the bill is dangerous because it will ban cops from identifying a suspects age, gender, color or disability.
When we have wanted suspects and patterns of crimes, those are very important descriptive terms to let officers know who to look for.
The ad warns that if cops transmit a description of a suspect that goes beyond the color of his or her clothing, they could be sued for racial profiling if the proposal becomes law.
The ad will appear in tomorrows Post, in addition to the unions Web site, Twitter and Facebook and provides links to contacts for City Council members to sway their vote on the measure.
The bills sponsor, Jumaane Williams (D-Brooklyn), and Speaker Christine Quinn are
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It's the government at every level and those in it pushing all this government insanity...Not your private sector neighbors or those in the next state. Ya think the good people in NY don't think this is just more government lunacy?
Um, probably not. Could make one-legged crooks feel bad.
Drunk anthropoid wearing a hoodie.
No, I don't.
They don't REALLY, get how insane it is. If they did, they would vote these people out of office.
But they don't. They keep re-electing them.
I think some people in Wisconsin and Michigan finally woke up, they changed parties and direction. But New Yorkers? Nope.
Out of 51 members of the New York City Council, 46 of them are Democrats. How many of them will vote for this insanity and not face a serious challenger in the next election?
That's why I think that the people of New York City don't "get it".
Suspect is a human being wearing a red hoodie.
When only Amish are suspects, noone will suspect the Amish.
LOL, and I didn't mention someone on crutches or in wheelchairs and then there are those on dialyzes machines
or those traveling abroad. The mentally handicapped, can I say that? The height challenged. The deaf, dumb (can you still say that?) and blind. People who stutter, who have turrets, ADHAD and the plain stupid. I apologize to all those I left out.
"be on the lookout for a suspicious looking person."
Well if the rapist was smart, he would wear no clothes.
Thus, no description.
I think it is discriminatory that they still would allow the police to use height and weight.
They should just tell the police to be on the lookout for a human being. That should narrow the search down enough.
And when they do line ups, they should prohibit the police from showing the faces to the victims. They should only be able to identify them by their sense of smell.
Can we identify them by voting history, or is that a given?
Idiocy on steroids.
Not touching that one!
So if Miss Swan became a NYC police officer, she couldn't even say "he look-a like a man"
Way more instantly recognizable.
"Dispatch, we're in pursuit of a full featured humanoid — over."
FOTFLMAO. No you cannot say any of that. Not bald either.
This is not only conceptually idiotic, but it reflects a poor understanding of the terminology.
Profiling is done before-the-fact, not after. In other words, profiling would be along the lines of "This type of person may be likely to commit a crime." That's a far different thing from "This type of person committed a crime."
Baltimore City has been using a number designation for race for decades.
1 = Asian
2 = Black
3 = Caucasian
Most description broadcasts are for "a number two male".
Surprise, surprise.
I don't really care.
Do you?
...I don't live anywhere near New York...
"Number two" is often used to describe something else...
I am extremely convinced a Democrat has a short-circuit somewhere in their brain. They simply cannot be that ridiculous after a little thought.
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3:1 But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty. 2 For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, 3 heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not loving good, 4 treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, 5 having the appearance of godliness, but denying its power. Avoid such people. 6 For among them are those who creep into households and capture weak women, burdened with sins and led astray by various passions, 7 always learning and never able to arrive at a knowledge of the truth. 8 Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these men also oppose the truth, men corrupted in mind and disqualified regarding the faith. 9 But they will not get very far, for their folly will be plain to all, as was that of those two men.
2 Timothy 3:1-9
Ask my good brother Berto (a Bible expert although he could be sleeping through most of the time) on what the verse is trying to say and the context. But seriously, whatever the context and the interpretations, doesn't really take away the 'fear' and 'troubles' within me.
It seems to me the paragraph describes a person that is so much like me. It seems this verse is directed to me by God. It troubles me greatly that there is a small voice within me that keep yelling at me...telling me that I am exactly that kind of person as described.
- " .... having the appearance of godliness, but denying its power.."
Why would I suspect the latter to be the case? Simple, there are many times where I just don't believe God will intervene. These occasions of disbelieve usually occurs during prayer time at the church or cell. So tell me, isn't this considered as - "denying its power"...?
Sad and worried.
- "... always learning and never able to arrive at a knowledge of the truth.."
Yes, I read books. I could stay at Borders and read books at the Religion section for hours. I am seriously attracted to apologetics although I can be lazy at times. I am very much a beginner but I have never let go of opportunity to learn more. But there are many times where I felt that as much as I have gain in knowledge, my wisdom (if you could measure that..) has barely rise a mil (mil - millions of an inch). By the way, if any of you reading there would like to buy or lend me this Book, I would appreciate greatly, whoa hahaha.....
sigh, it will take some time before the above para slowly fades away from my mind. In the meantime, these two verse will constantly hovers around my head ....


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(The face of pure French-Canadian evil. / Image coutesy of MMAWeekly)
By Nathan Smith
*SPOILER ALERT* Georges St. Pierre is guaranteed to lose his next big fight. He will finally meet an opponent that he can not out-wrestle for 25 minutes and his next foe will be able to trade punches with him at will. GSP will positively get his ass handed to him. Sorry Johny Hendricks, you can stop reading now because this post has nothing to do with you.
The reigning UFC welterweight champion has been cast as a villain in the upcoming Captain America: The Winter Soldier due for release on April 4, 2014. St. Pierre will play the roll of Batroc the Leaper (aka Georges Batroc) and although I embrace my inner geek, I was never much of a comic book guy nor did I ever have a pube mustache or own a set of dice with more than six sides, so I think it would be best to let the Wikipedia link describe GSP's character.
"Batroc has no superhuman abilities, but is in peak physical condition in every respect. He is an Olympic-level weightlifter and has extraordinary agility and reflexes. His leg muscles are particularly well developed enabling him to leap great distances equal to an Olympic athlete. He is an expert hand-to-hand combatant and specializes in savate (French-style kickboxing). He is also a skilled military tactician, having formerly been in the French Foreign Legion.
Batroc is also an experienced thief and smuggler, and can speak both French and English. Although, as a mercenary, he does not hesitate to perform any number of criminal acts for his clients, Batroc has, by his own rights, a strong sense of honor, and he will turn against any client whom he feels has unfairly deceived him into committing crimes to which he might not otherwise have agreed."
St. Pierre joins Randy Couture (The Expendables and the sequel), Quinton Jackson (The A-Team), and Gina Carano (Haywire) as the latest MMA star to cross over into legitimate big-budget Hollywood films. GSP is the current UFC PPV kingpin and because of his popularity and GQ exterior, it was only a matter of time before he was brought to the silver screen. Couture and Jackson had moderate box office success with their films while Carano's movie kind of tanked, but with a built-in audience that accompanies a super hero film franchise, Captain America: The Winter Soldier will probably be breaking the bank, considering the previous two movies in which Captain America appeared (The Avengers and Captain America: The First Avenger) raked in a combined $1.8 BILLION worldwide (that is NOT a typo).
Specific details are not known for the size of St. Pierre's role, but it is assumed that Batroc the Leaper will be an ancillary character. Couture and Rampage were allowed to use their own voices within their films but Carano's vocal tone was manipulated during the post-production of Haywire to make sure her character was "a completely different entity," or some such bullshit. Although Batroc hails from France and GSP has a fairly thick French/Canadian accent, one can only wonder if his lines will be given the Carano treatment or completely dubbed like Schwarzenegger in Hercules in New York. There is also no word on what costume GSP will be wearing for the film but we can guess that it will consist of something skin-tight, and hopefully it will not offend Chan Sung Jung.
Captain America is okay but he is way down on the list of this writer's favorite Captains. There was Captain Stubing, Captain Kangaroo, Captain Kirk and this guy at the very top, but will any of you Taters go see Captain America: The Winter Soldier just because of St. Pierre's involvement? Conversely, will all the GSP haters boycott the film due to his participation? Sound off below.