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    Some Days I Don't Know Why I Bother (Article)

    Unique ID Code: 0000107106
    Added by: Mark Oates
    Added on: 30/8/2008 00:02

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    Created on Monday, 1st September 2008, 15:12
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      • Change #1 - ler]TECHNICAL GLITCH: There would be a spoiler block here with the gag hidden in They sing "Happy Birthday To You" to the dog and it, but the text editor won[apost]t let me do it. I[apost]ll get on to RJS to fix it.lows out the candle. [/sp

    Revision 2

    Created on Monday, 1st September 2008, 15:11
    Change Submitted by Mark Oates

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      • Change #1 - ise: <newline> <newline>[spoiler]TECHNICA
      • Change #2 - do it. I[apost]ll get
      • Change #3 - fix it.[/spoiler] <newline> <newline>So I

    Revision 1

    Created on Saturday, 30th August 2008, 00:05
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      • Change #1 - ie. Gave them my details, waited for the registration email to come back, went through the login and profiling section and typed in my three line comment, only to be told it wasn[apost]t long enough. <newline> <newline>Well screw them, I[apost]ll tell you instead. <newline> <newline>The last few days, some fondly remembered movies and TV shows have been dropping through my letterbox, including Season One of the original 1965 Get Smart! with Don Adams. I[apost]ve also picked up a copy of an old favourite, the unbelievably cheesy Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen with Peter Ustinov, Richard Hatch and Michelle Pfeiffer. <newline> <newline>I[apost]ve had a soft spot for CCCDQ for years, specifically down to a sequence where Number One Son (Richard Hatch) and the girl (Michelle Pfeiffer) are tied helplessly to chairs watching a candle about to burn through a rope which will trigger a needlessly complicated grisly death. Not only are they tied up, but there is also a slavering guard dog ready to tear them apart if they try to escape. How can they put out the candle??? <newline> <newline>For the benefit of the spoilerphobic, I[apost]ll de-spoilerise: <newline> <newline>[spoiler] They sing "Happy Birthday" to the dog and it blows out the candle. [/spoiler] <newline> <newline>So I[apost]m watching Get Smart this evening, and I[apost]ve reached episode three "School Days", where Max and 99 have gone to CONTROL[apost]s spy school where an KAOS agent has infiltrated. In their efforts, Max and 99 are knocked out, captured and tied to chairs with a bomb between them. The fuse is about to be lit by a carefully timed candle. How to put out the flame??? <newline> <newline>Max calls for Fang, CONTROL[apost]s wonder-dog agent... <newline> <newline>And blow me if the same gag doesn[apost]t happen. And Get Smart did it first in 1965 against CCCDQ[apost]s 1981. It doesn[apost]t mean that I love CCCDQ any less - maybe a point off for originality, but maybe a point back on for environmental friendliness. Gave them my details, waited for the registration email to come back, went through the login and profiling section and typed in my three line comment, only to be told it wasn[apost]t long enough. <newline> <newline>Well screw them, I[apost]ll tell you instead. <newline> <newline>The last few days, some fondly remembered movies and TV shows have been dropping through my letterbox, including Season One of the original 1965 Get Smart! with Don Adams. I[apost]ve also picked up a copy of an old favourite, the unbelievably cheesy Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen with Peter Ustinov, Richard Hatch and Michelle Pfeiffer. <newline> <newline>I[apost]ve had a soft spot for CCCDQ for years, specifically down to a sequence where Number One Son (Richard Hatch) and the girl (Michelle Pfeiffer) are tied helplessly to chairs watching a candle about to burn through a rope which will trigger a needlessly complicated grisly death. Not only are they tied up, but there is also a slavering guard dog ready to tear them apart if they try to escape. How can they put out the candle??? <newline> <newline>For the benefit of the spoilerphobic, I[apost]ll de-spoilerise: <newline> <newline>TECHNICAL GLITCH: There would be a spoiler block here with the gag hidden in it, but the text editor won[apost]t let me do it. I[apost]ll get on to RJS to fix it. <newline> <newline>So I[apost]m watching Get Smart this evening, and I[apost]ve reached episode three "School Days", where Max and 99 have gone to CONTROL[apost]s spy school where an KAOS agent has infiltrated. In their efforts, Max and 99 are knocked out, captured and tied to chairs with a bomb between them. The fuse is about to be lit by a carefully timed candle. How to put out the flame??? <newline> <newline>Max calls for Fang, CONTROL[apost]s wonder-dog agent... <newline> <newline>And blow me if the same gag doesn[apost]t happen. And Get Smart did it first in 1965 against CCCDQ[apost]s 1981. It doesn[apost]t mean that I love CCCDQ any less - maybe a point off for originality, but maybe a point back on for environmental friendliness. I m

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    Created on Saturday, 30th August 2008, 00:02
    First Submitted by Mark Oates