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• Jun 12, 2007 2:25:59 AM CDT

  DEADWOOD's third season...

  by brezzel

  ...is a masterpiece, probably the best third season of any recent series. DEADWOOD's also one of the few series to have actually improved as it got older. Where are those two HBO DEADWOOD movies that are supposed to wrap everything up?

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  Content ...is a masterpiece, probably the best third season of any recent series. DEADWOOD's also one of the few series to have actually improved as it got older. Where are those two HBO DEADWOOD movies that are supposed to wrap everything up?

• Jun 12, 2007 2:37:02 AM CDT

  JUST ONE HD-DVD...???

  by greigy just wanted to say

  By the way if you're even contemplating buying Diagnosis Murder..... KILL YOURSELF... KILL YOURSELF NOW...!!!!

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  Content By the way if you're even contemplating buying Diagnosis Murder..... KILL YOURSELF... KILL YOURSELF NOW...!!!!

• Jun 12, 2007 3:03:09 AM CDT

  ah nancy drew...

  by newc0253

  also, deadwood is still on the map? cool.

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  Content also, deadwood is still on the map? cool.

• Jun 12, 2007 5:21:32 AM CDT

  CHECK YOUR HTML : TOO WIDE!!!

  by charon

  OHCRAPPY! this width is LOCO!

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  Content OHCRAPPY! this width is LOCO!

• Jun 12, 2007 5:26:14 AM CDT

  that being said, Deadwood (fictional) was forsaken

  by charon

  especially if you consider the pilot for John From Cincinatti (or however the fuck you spell that Cthulhlu-forsaken sity)

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  Content especially if you consider the pilot for John From Cincinatti (or however the fuck you spell that Cthulhlu-forsaken sity)

• Jun 12, 2007 5:37:18 AM CDT

  sity...cthity...I'm the guy with the talkback

  by charon

  and it's still too freakin' wide. How the fuck am I supposed to learn about the latest DVD release of Earl?

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  Content and it's still too freakin' wide. How the fuck am I supposed to learn about the latest DVD release of Earl?

• Jun 12, 2007 6:22:05 AM CDT

  3rd season of Deadwood...JustAThought

  by charon

  As much as I love the series as a whole (even despite the Veronica Mars chick's appearance, horrible integration to say the least, even if it was the previous season), the 3rd narrative showed glimpses of reality that the balance between fictional and real characters could not overcome with serious conviction. Seriously, it was becoming Sopranos seasons 2-6-1/2. Deadwood 3rd season was half-good, just like the penultimate "6th season" of Sopranos (and I'm looking at the final episodes as a psuedo-savior to that horredously plotted series). JFC, while minorly promising, absolutely positively does not give me the same kick-ass vibe I got off that 1st episode of Deadwood.
  Milch, I came into the game late as far as your career is concerned (never watched a single episode of NYPD Blue). Maybe it could be decent to go back to on DVD, for a season or two, anyways). Hard to measure up to what "the Wire" has consistently adhered to (2nd season shortcomings, notwithstanding, even that wasn't a major suck). After this pilot of JFC, I just may have to die a little death. Sparse subject matter to intrigue me here, even with the great appearance of Jim Beaver and crackpot performance of Ed O'Neill.
  
  Seriously? I'm willing to give the next couple of episodes a chance. But HBO in particular can burn one's ass, creator or viewer alike. I have no qualms with visiting:
  1) another cable network producing some quality programming for adults (Showtime, great job, just remember there's standards)
  2) Netflix to experience/revisit some great storytelling as the entertainment business was originally created for.)br> Lately it seems to be a shill for product placement or trying for the endorsement of the Blandest Film Ever Oscar. Keep that in mind, and take this pathetic pause in television programming to watch great under-rated flicks like William Friedkin's "Sorcerer" or revisit John Carpenter's "The Thing."
  Maybe there's a reason summer promgramming sucks ass.

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  Content As much as I love the series as a whole (even despite the Veronica Mars chick's appearance, horrible integration to say the least, even if it was the previous season), the 3rd narrative showed glimpses of reality that the balance between fictional and real characters could not overcome with serious conviction. Seriously, it was becoming Sopranos seasons 2-6-1/2. Deadwood 3rd season was half-good, just like the penultimate "6th season" of Sopranos (and I'm looking at the final episodes as a psuedo-savior to that horredously plotted series). JFC, while minorly promising, absolutely positively does not give me the same kick-ass vibe I got off that 1st episode of Deadwood.<br><br> Milch, I came into the game late as far as your career is concerned (never watched a single episode of NYPD Blue). Maybe it could be decent to go back to on DVD, for a season or two, anyways). Hard to measure up to what "the Wire" has consistently adhered to (2nd season shortcomings, notwithstanding, even that wasn't a major suck). After this pilot of JFC, I just may have to die a little death. Sparse subject matter to intrigue me here, even with the great appearance of Jim Beaver and crackpot performance of Ed O'Neill.<br><br> Seriously? I'm willing to give the next couple of episodes a chance. But HBO in particular can burn one's ass, creator or viewer alike. I have no qualms with visiting:<br><br> 1) another cable network producing some quality programming for adults (Showtime, great job, just remember there's standards)<br><br> 2) Netflix to experience/revisit some great storytelling as the entertainment business was originally created for.)<br>br> Lately it seems to be a shill for product placement or trying for the endorsement of the Blandest Film Ever Oscar. Keep that in mind, and take this pathetic pause in television programming to watch great under-rated flicks like William Friedkin's "Sorcerer" or revisit John Carpenter's "The Thing."<br><br> Maybe there's a reason summer promgramming sucks ass.

• Jun 12, 2007 6:44:11 AM CDT

  oh yeah, Kathy Griffin is the worst of obnoxious

  by charon

  and I mean that in the most polite, non-vulgar kind of way (just to be taken half-seriously). The utter antithesis to smart writing, Kathy is the epitome of being, for lack of a better polite term, unpleasant. If you think she's amusing, I hope you don't drink a lot and begin a conversation with me at a bar for it will be one of the only times I ever raise my hand in anger against another human. Such is my dislike of this heinously self-absorbed shrike. Pretty sure that's not a legitimate descriptive word, but it should be. Have you ever listened to her? Really? Nails on a chalkboard. From the snippets of her "show" I was unfortunate enough to be subjected to at work, it is a sad case for civilization if that is what people desire for entertainment.

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  Content and I mean that in the most polite, non-vulgar kind of way (just to be taken half-seriously). The utter antithesis to smart writing, Kathy is the epitome of being, for lack of a better polite term, unpleasant. If you think she's amusing, I hope you don't drink a lot and begin a conversation with me at a bar for it will be one of the only times I ever raise my hand in anger against another human. Such is my dislike of this heinously self-absorbed shrike. Pretty sure that's not a legitimate descriptive word, but it should be. Have you ever listened to her? Really? Nails on a chalkboard. From the snippets of her "show" I was unfortunate enough to be subjected to at work, it is a sad case for civilization if that is what people desire for entertainment.

• Jun 12, 2007 7:52:42 AM CDT

  Zalman King's Red Shoe Diaries

  by kazamasmokers

  ... also known as the easiest paycheck David Dochovny ever made. If they're releasing this can the season one set of "Beverly Hills Bordello" be far behind? Kim Yates needs those royalty checks to fend off Xenu!

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  Content ... also known as the easiest paycheck David Dochovny ever made. If they're releasing this can the season one set of "Beverly Hills Bordello" be far behind? Kim Yates needs those royalty checks to fend off Xenu!

• Jun 12, 2007 8:08:08 AM CDT

  Charon, shrike is a word. Appropriate too.

  by borgnine jr

  Shrike: any of numerous predaceous oscine birds of the family Laniidae, having a strong, hooked, and toothed bill, feeding on insects and sometimes on small birds and other animals: the members of certain species impale their prey on thorns or suspend it from the branches of trees to tear it apart more easily, and are said to kill more than is necessary for them to eat. from Dictionary.com

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  Content Shrike: any of numerous predaceous oscine birds of the family Laniidae, having a strong, hooked, and toothed bill, feeding on insects and sometimes on small birds and other animals: the members of certain species impale their prey on thorns or suspend it from the branches of trees to tear it apart more easily, and are said to kill more than is necessary for them to eat. from Dictionary.com

• Jun 12, 2007 8:16:57 AM CDT

  Popeye

  by biscuit turner

  First? Whoever codes the site should at least check it in Firefox, b/c right now the page is 3X too wide...
  
  
  Anyway, THANK GOD we finally get Popeye the way Max Fleischer intended they be seen! The first 60 shorts, all fully restored and uncut, plus a ton of bonus features! Anyone with any interest in animation should check this set out.

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  Content First? Whoever codes the site should at least check it in Firefox, b/c right now the page is 3X too wide... <br> <br> Anyway, THANK GOD we finally get Popeye the way Max Fleischer intended they be seen! The first 60 shorts, all fully restored and uncut, plus a ton of bonus features! Anyone with any interest in animation should check this set out.

• Jun 12, 2007 8:25:54 AM CDT

  You missed one Herc

  by rowley birkin qc

  X-Files season 1 is $21.99

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  Content X-Files season 1 is $21.99

• Jun 12, 2007 8:27:13 AM CDT

  Why is the page messed up?

  by skidmarkedundies

  Stretched out, no pics. Bad scripts.

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  Content Stretched out, no pics. Bad scripts.

• Jun 12, 2007 9:39:58 AM CDT

  If you buy 8 seasons of King of Queens....

  by browncoatjedi

  or that What's Happening Now set, please fall in front of a moving bus. Please, do the world a favor.

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  Content or that What's Happening Now set, please fall in front of a moving bus. Please, do the world a favor.

• Jun 12, 2007 9:43:40 AM CDT

  Grr

  by randall flagg

  Arguably the best show of the 90s (that started in the 80s), The Wonder Years still only exists on DVD in two sub-par best-of complilations. But God forbid someone should have to go without the complete series of Josie & The Pussycats, or the second season of Prison Break. I say screw the music rights issues (the same thing that's holding up Malcolm in the Middle) and just release it however you can; then when you've got those legal issues cleared up, re-release it as a special edition. I'll buy both, I promise.

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  Content Arguably the best show of the 90s (that started in the 80s), The Wonder Years still only exists on DVD in two sub-par best-of complilations. But God forbid someone should have to go without the complete series of Josie & The Pussycats, or the second season of Prison Break. I say screw the music rights issues (the same thing that's holding up Malcolm in the Middle) and just release it however you can; then when you've got those legal issues cleared up, re-release it as a special edition. I'll buy both, I promise.

• Jun 12, 2007 10:21:31 AM CDT

  Its a travesty

  by evolution1085

  that they stopped releasing Boy Meets World after three seasons, i need my feeny call damnit

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  Content that they stopped releasing Boy Meets World after three seasons, i need my feeny call damnit

• Jun 12, 2007 10:37:21 AM CDT

  I want Nikki Cox..

  by bloo

  I do but I also want DVD releases of Unhappily ever after and Nikki and well...not really, maybe I don't know, I might buy Nikki or Unhappily if they were in the bargin bin at Wal-mart like I found the first season of The Jeff Foxworthy show (complete with haley Joel Osment and a weird southern accent)

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  Content I do but I also want DVD releases of Unhappily ever after and Nikki and well...<P>not really, maybe I don't know, I might buy Nikki or Unhappily if they were in the bargin bin at Wal-mart like I found the first season of The Jeff Foxworthy show (complete with haley Joel Osment and a weird southern accent)

• Jun 12, 2007 10:48:33 AM CDT

  "Funny just pours out of Kathy Griffin"

  by the brewhammer

  Holy Crap. I just threw up a bit in my mouth. Not only is Griffin not funny, by any stretch of the imagination, "she's" also most likely a man in drag.

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  Content Holy Crap. I just threw up a bit in my mouth. Not only is Griffin not funny, by any stretch of the imagination, "she's" also most likely a man in drag.

• Jun 12, 2007 11:02:21 AM CDT

  What's Happening Now!!

  by billypilgrim

  Oh my god, Oh my god, Oh my god, Oh my god, Oh my god, Oh my god, ad nauseam.

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  Content Oh my god, Oh my god, Oh my god, Oh my god, Oh my god, Oh my god, ad nauseam.

• Jun 12, 2007 11:27:43 AM CDT

  Kathy Griffen just chose HD_DVD. Her's why..

  by borgnine jr

  ...because they're both on the D-List. Now if only Griffen could get hit by the D-Train.

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  Content ...because they're both on the D-List. Now if only Griffen could get hit by the D-Train.

• Jun 12, 2007 11:34:53 AM CDT

  the only reason Kathy Griffin has a carrer

  by bloo

  is because whoever created Suddenly Susan and/or NBC exec. so Vicki Lewis's popularity with NewsRadio fans and tried to duplicate it. You can duplicate the look but you can't duplicate the heart of what made Paul Sims/Vicki Lewis' Beth so good. Of course Suddenly Susan was a vastly inferior show so it was a hit in the ratings, propelling Kathy Griffen to somewhat celebrity status while the far more talented Vicki Lewis hasn't and I think is the better for it.

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  Content is because whoever created Suddenly Susan and/or NBC exec. so Vicki Lewis's popularity with NewsRadio fans and tried to duplicate it. You can duplicate the look but you can't duplicate the heart of what made Paul Sims/Vicki Lewis' Beth so good. Of course Suddenly Susan was a vastly inferior show so it was a hit in the ratings, propelling Kathy Griffen to somewhat celebrity status while the far more talented Vicki Lewis hasn't and I think is the better for it.

• Jun 12, 2007 1:45:06 PM CDT

  free DVDs at your local library

  by filmfanatic1

  The way I've been watching Deadwood and the Sopranos is by ordering them thru my local public library; this way, you won't be disappointed by serialized shows like Invasion getting canceled before they're over.
  
  My question to everyone is: is it worth it to follow a show if it has no end to it? Promises to end Deadwood may take years since Chase is busy with John from Cincinnati.

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  Content The way I've been watching Deadwood and the Sopranos is by ordering them thru my local public library; this way, you won't be disappointed by serialized shows like Invasion getting canceled before they're over. My question to everyone is: is it worth it to follow a show if it has no end to it? Promises to end Deadwood may take years since Chase is busy with John from Cincinnati.

• Jun 12, 2007 2:12:16 PM CDT

  filmfanatic1 and charon

  by letterdavidman

  David Chase is going to be writing/directing "John from Cincinnati" episodes?! SUPERCOOL!
  
  Seriously, now, Charon, your Total Toolness was revealed by three things: 1) While season six (parts one and two) were fairly weak compared to the earlier seasons, anyone with even a thousandth of a modicum of taste considers AT LEAST seasons one through three of The Sopranos as Classic TV; 2) near as I can tell, only homophobic, reactionary, right wing, Kevin James-lovin' douchebags think Kathy Griffin is unfunny; and 3) Kristin Bell appeared in season ONE of Deadwood, not, as you assert, season two.

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  Content David Chase is going to be writing/directing "John from Cincinnati" episodes?! SUPERCOOL! Seriously, now, Charon, your Total Toolness was revealed by three things: 1) While season six (parts one and two) were fairly weak compared to the earlier seasons, anyone with even a thousandth of a modicum of taste considers AT LEAST seasons one through three of The Sopranos as Classic TV; 2) near as I can tell, only homophobic, reactionary, right wing, Kevin James-lovin' douchebags think Kathy Griffin is unfunny; and 3) Kristin Bell appeared in season ONE of Deadwood, not, as you assert, season two.

• Jun 12, 2007 3:21:08 PM CDT

  letterdavidman

  by charon

  I discounted seasons 2 through 6-1/2 of the Sopranos. I thought the first season was intrigueing I discounted seasons 2 through 6-1/2 of the Sopranos (you can re-read my post if you wish). I thought the first season was intriguing, well-written and had good actors but it got to be way too soap-operish in the middle. Sure, there were some fine moments sprinkled throughout, but mostly it was watching annoying people you were waiting to be killed.
  
  
  If you really like Kathy Griffin that much, more power to you. I just treat her like a noxious gas, to be avoided at all times. Just don't tell me she's funny, I know better.
  
  
  Kristen Bell in Deadwood season one, I'll take you're word for it. It was the stand-alone nature of the episode I didn't particularly care for so it didn't really fit into the overall flow of the show.

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  Content I discounted seasons 2 through 6-1/2 of the Sopranos. I thought the first season was intrigueing I discounted seasons 2 through 6-1/2 of the Sopranos (you can re-read my post if you wish). I thought the first season was intriguing, well-written and had good actors but it got to be way too soap-operish in the middle. Sure, there were some fine moments sprinkled throughout, but mostly it was watching annoying people you were waiting to be killed. <br><br> If you really like Kathy Griffin that much, more power to you. I just treat her like a noxious gas, to be avoided at all times. Just don't tell me she's funny, I know better. <br><br> Kristen Bell in Deadwood season one, I'll take you're word for it. It was the stand-alone nature of the episode I didn't particularly care for so it didn't really fit into the overall flow of the show.

• Jun 12, 2007 3:54:53 PM CDT

  When can we get the Sopranos with a good finale?

  by dr hemlock

  /just wondering.

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• Jun 12, 2007 4:30:44 PM CDT

  ISIS

  by mrfan

  I had such a crush on her. She was so hot.

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  Content I had such a crush on her. She was so hot.

• Jun 12, 2007 4:45:35 PM CDT

  The King of Queens

  by my pretty pony

  Totally underappreciated.

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  Content Totally underappreciated.

• Jun 12, 2007 5:02:25 PM CDT

  need more DEADWOOD

  by evil hobbit

  Loopy HBO Cunts

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  Content Loopy HBO Cunts

• Jun 12, 2007 5:05:18 PM CDT

  pretty pony

  by evil hobbit

  you're right, king of queens is one of the funniest sitcoms on tv.

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  Content you're right, king of queens is one of the funniest sitcoms on tv.

• Jun 12, 2007 5:18:28 PM CDT

  HD-DVD vs. Blu-Ray is now settled

  by infallible

  If Heroes is HDDVD, then that's the format for me. Problem solved.

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  Content If Heroes is HDDVD, then that's the format for me. Problem solved.

• Jun 12, 2007 5:21:52 PM CDT

  Deadwood finale soon?

  by crackerfarmboy

  Does anyone know when Milch is going to finish the final four hours of the show?

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  Content Does anyone know when Milch is going to finish the final four hours of the show?

• Jun 12, 2007 6:35:11 PM CDT

  Deadwood is dead

  by nhronin

  I don't trust Milch and HBO. After the Sopranos final fiasco, I have zero faith in either of them.

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  Content I don't trust Milch and HBO. After the Sopranos final fiasco, I have zero faith in either of them.

• Jun 12, 2007 10:23:56 PM CDT

  You're all hoopleheads!

  by pennsy

  Always wanted to say that. :) And has anyone tried out Apple's web browser Safari for Windows? It's pretty nice so far; is about in a dead heat with Firefox in load times, but for a beta

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  Content Always wanted to say that. :) And has anyone tried out Apple's web browser Safari for Windows? It's pretty nice so far; is about in a dead heat with Firefox in load times, but for a beta

• Jun 12, 2007 10:24:40 PM CDT

  But for a beta, Safari is for the most part, stable.

  by pennsy

  Forgot to add that in there, sorry.

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  Content Forgot to add that in there, sorry.

• Jun 12, 2007 11:55:38 PM CDT

  I chose HD-DVD here's why: its awesome!

  by stormwatcher

  So all the bitchin on this site, got me wondering. Why are so many people desperate to prove Blue Ray better when in fact they don't own one? Do they love Sony? Really? Sony? What have they done for you but sell you PSP's without memory cards and PS3's with shitty games? Anways, I have a 360 which made sense buying HDDVD, that and HEROES coming out. So I bought Planet Earth, Batman Begins, Goodfellas and you know what? Its awesome. And it won't stop being awesome if Blue Ray wins out in 2 years, but guys, seriously, Sony looses money like there is no tomorrow and they've failed before, with better systems, so why so sure now? Remember that PSP was supposed to kill the Nintendo DS and DS is far far far far far ahead in sales and game development. I don't know anyone who owns one. It just baffles me that you all are so behind a system you dont have. Odd. Just odd

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  Content So all the bitchin on this site, got me wondering. Why are so many people desperate to prove Blue Ray better when in fact they don't own one? Do they love Sony? Really? Sony? What have they done for you but sell you PSP's without memory cards and PS3's with shitty games? Anways, I have a 360 which made sense buying HDDVD, that and HEROES coming out. So I bought Planet Earth, Batman Begins, Goodfellas and you know what? Its awesome. And it won't stop being awesome if Blue Ray wins out in 2 years, but guys, seriously, Sony looses money like there is no tomorrow and they've failed before, with better systems, so why so sure now? Remember that PSP was supposed to kill the Nintendo DS and DS is far far far far far ahead in sales and game development. I don't know anyone who owns one. It just baffles me that you all are so behind a system you dont have. Odd. Just odd

• Jun 13, 2007 2:49:54 AM CDT

  Poster Charon, why use words like ......... penultimate

  by red dawn don

  Penultimate means "next-to-last". Why not say "next-to-last" then average joes can understand you. By the way, the San Antonio Spurs picked Manu Ginobli 57th in the 1999 NBA Draft of 58 picks. It was the penultimate (next-to-last) pick in the whole draft. I wonder how that will work out for the Spurs. I guess I'll ask Cleveland.

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  Content Penultimate means "next-to-last". Why not say "next-to-last" then average joes can understand you. By the way, the San Antonio Spurs picked Manu Ginobli 57th in the 1999 NBA Draft of 58 picks. It was the penultimate (next-to-last) pick in the whole draft. I wonder how that will work out for the Spurs. I guess I'll ask Cleveland.

• Jun 13, 2007 9:44:53 AM CDT

  Kathy Griffin IS FUNNY, you stupid pieces of shit

  by lanemyersclassic

  And I'm not gay. So fuck you, whoever doesn't think she's funny.

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  Content And I'm not gay. So fuck you, whoever doesn't think she's funny.

• Jun 13, 2007 12:20:18 PM CDT

  Re: Need More Deadwood

  by jaguart

  I lose patience with loopy HBO cunts too ignorant to know when their lots improved.

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  Content I lose patience with loopy HBO cunts too ignorant to know when their lots improved.

• Jun 13, 2007 3:30:31 PM CDT

  MST3000 vol 11?

  by buffywrestling

  Didn't realize they made so many of them. I kinda stopped watching after Joel left although I did check out the movie with Mike.
  
  I just bought Season 1 & 2 of the Venture Bros. today at Best Buy. If they come out with a cheap combo like they did after I bought both seasons of the Office, I'm getting stabby.

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  Content Didn't realize they made so many of them. I kinda stopped watching after Joel left although I did check out the movie with Mike. <p> I just bought Season 1 & 2 of the Venture Bros. today at Best Buy. If they come out with a cheap combo like they did after I bought both seasons of the Office, I'm getting stabby.

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