Sure is quiet around here.
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Hello JOE!

** On Tuesday 08.09.20 - 07:24, JOE MACKEY wrote to ALL:

Sure is quiet around here.

Our memories are truly fading away....
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August Abolins wrote to JOE MACKEY <=-

Hello JOE!

** On Tuesday 08.09.20 - 07:24, JOE MACKEY wrote to ALL:

Sure is quiet around here.

Our memories are truly fading away....
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Is indeed. Start a thread then.

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Hello Dennis!

** On Wednesday 09.09.20 - 08:52, Dennis Katsonis wrote to August Abolins:

** On Tuesday 08.09.20 - 07:24, JOE MACKEY wrote to ALL:

Sure is quiet around here.

Our memories are truly fading away....

Is indeed. Start a thread then.

I think we just did. It's about "nothing" in particular. :)


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Sure is quiet around here.

We didn't want to wake you from your slumber. <g,d,r>

Daryl

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August,

Sure is quiet around here.

Our memories are truly fading away....

Our what?? <G>

Daryl

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August,

Sure is quiet around here.

Our memories are truly fading away....

Is indeed. Start a thread then.

I think we just did. It's about "nothing" in particular. :)

Good one!! :)

Daryl

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August Abolins wrote to Dennis Katsonis <=-

Hello Dennis!

** On Wednesday 09.09.20 - 08:52, Dennis Katsonis wrote to August
Abolins:

** On Tuesday 08.09.20 - 07:24, JOE MACKEY wrote to ALL:

Sure is quiet around here.

Our memories are truly fading away....

Is indeed. Start a thread then.

I think we just did. It's about "nothing" in particular. :)

That could work. Wasn't Seinfeld a "show about nothing"? I never quite agreed with that statement, as it was about four friends, but it wasn't about much. And that was a successfull series (deservedly so).


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On 10/09/2020 9:13 p.m., Dennis Katsonis wrote:

I think we just did. It's about "nothing" in particular. :)

That could work. Wasn't Seinfeld a "show about nothing"? I
never quite agreed with that statement, as it was about
four friends, but it wasn't about much. And that was a
successfull series (deservedly so).

I concur. It was like any other sitcom: I Love Lucy, Jackie
Gleason, etc.. about friends and their relationships.

It was successful because they offered some fresh jokes and
characters with new quirks and -isms.

Now.. Waiting for Godot would be more about nothing, and
terribly boring.
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August Abolins wrote to Dennis Katsonis <=-

On 10/09/2020 9:13 p.m., Dennis Katsonis wrote:

I think we just did. It's about "nothing" in particular. :)

That could work. Wasn't Seinfeld a "show about nothing"? I
never quite agreed with that statement, as it was about
four friends, but it wasn't about much. And that was a
successfull series (deservedly so).

I concur. It was like any other sitcom: I Love Lucy, Jackie
Gleason, etc.. about friends and their relationships.

It was successful because they offered some fresh jokes and
characters with new quirks and -isms.

Now.. Waiting for Godot would be more about nothing, and
terribly boring.

I watched a film adaptation of Waiting for Godot, and it was boring. Two people on the side of a road talking. Yet for some reason, I watched to the end. I think I too was waiting for Godot. Maybe that is the joke, that it is not only the two that you are watching who are waiting, YOU are waiting too.

Who is waiting for Godot? The audience!

Seinfeld still had jokes, and didn't rely too heavily on character quirks, which more contemporary comedies such as Modern Family tend to do.

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Aug wrote --

Sure is quiet around here.

Our memories are truly fading away....

People are probably forgetting to stop by. :)
Glad to see a couple are still around, if only in lurk mode.
Joe


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Dennis wrote --

That could work. Wasn't Seinfeld a "show about nothing"? I never quite agreed with that statement, as it was about four friends, but it wasn't about much.

I never watched Seinfeld on a regular basis, but I think the success was
due to be being about nothing. Other shows had superheroes, exciting
stories, wild/wacky adventures, etc. Seinfeld was _just_ about the relationship
of four friends which ran counte
Joe
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Hello Dennis!

** On Friday 11.09.20 - 09:33, Dennis Katsonis wrote to August Abolins:

I watched a film adaptation of Waiting for Godot, and it was boring. Two people on the side of a road talking. Yet for some reason, I watched to the end...

Yeah.. I vaguely remember hearing about that one. The book was
an assignment in English class. The teacher had a few students
act it out in front of class - I was the donkey. I refused to
commit to writing the essay/study assignment. Hence, the
film probably did not appeal to me 20+ years later.

Seinfeld still had jokes, and didn't rely too heavily on character
quirks, which more contemporary comedies such as Modern Family tend to
do.

Seinfeld *did* have its share of reliance of character quirks:
Kramer - the way he would slide into the apartment to announce
himself and other physical acting, his gibberish and weird
sayings; George - a bit neurotic and slow witted?; Elaine -
gets angry easily; Newman - petty, vindictive and the way
everyone would acknowledge him by saying his name slowy when
he showed up. Well, you get the idea.


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JOE MACKEY wrote to DENNIS KATSONIS <=-

Dennis wrote --

That could work. Wasn't Seinfeld a "show about nothing"? I never quite

agree

d with that statement, as it was about four friends, but it wasn't
about much.

I never watched Seinfeld on a regular basis, but I think the success was due to be being about nothing. Other shows had superheroes,
exciting stories, wild/wacky adventures, etc. Seinfeld was _just_
about the relationship of four friends which ran counte
Joe

Friends was like that too, just about the relationship between four Friends. I guess with Seinfeld, the episode plots were largely inconsequential, moreso than with other sitcoms of the time.


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Subject: Re: a "show about nothing"?

August Abolins wrote to Dennis Katsonis <=-

Hello Dennis!

** On Friday 11.09.20 - 09:33, Dennis Katsonis wrote to August Abolins:

I watched a film adaptation of Waiting for Godot, and it was boring. Two people on the side of a road talking. Yet for some reason, I watched to the end...

Yeah.. I vaguely remember hearing about that one. The book was
an assignment in English class. The teacher had a few students
act it out in front of class - I was the donkey. I refused to
commit to writing the essay/study assignment. Hence, the
film probably did not appeal to me 20+ years later.

Seinfeld still had jokes, and didn't rely too heavily on character
quirks, which more contemporary comedies such as Modern Family tend to
do.

Seinfeld *did* have its share of reliance of character quirks:
Kramer - the way he would slide into the apartment to announce
himself and other physical acting, his gibberish and weird
sayings; George - a bit neurotic and slow witted?; Elaine -
gets angry easily; Newman - petty, vindictive and the way
everyone would acknowledge him by saying his name slowy when
he showed up. Well, you get the idea.

Most sitcoms did that, but the point was it also had jokes, funny premises, and the quirks seemed more natural. I tried watching Modern Family, and my impression was that it was just people ACTING like they had quirks. With Kramer, that was just how
Kramer was, but when I watched Modern Family, the characters would mug in front of the camera as if they were forcing themselves to be quirky in order to be funny. People tend to do this a lot now, just randomly speak funny or make funny gestures to be
'random', but they are 'playing' a role. It's not them. They were playing quirky characters, they weren't actually quirky characters.

Big Bang theory was another where they tried to put quirks in, but it kind of felt forced. At least to me.

People seem to do this a lot, they act out quirks to try to be funny, but its not them, its them acting out what they think a quirky person is.


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Joe,

Our memories are truly fading away....

People are probably forgetting to stop by. :)

There are other things in life besides BBSing. :P

Glad to see a couple are still around, if only in lurk mode.

I wondered if you were a professional lurker. <g,d,r>

Daryl

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Daryl wrote --

There are other things in life besides BBSing. :P

Heresy. Away to the stake with him.
Nothing in life is more important then BBS'. Not family, friends, job,
etc.

Glad to see a couple are still around, if only in lurk mode.

I wondered if you were a professional lurker. <g,d,r>

I'm not actually paid to lurk (paid being a definition of professional)
but I just do it for the enjoyment and thrill I get. Like peeking in
windows, but that's another story.
Joe
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Joe,

There are other things in life besides BBSing. :P

Heresy. Away to the stake with him.

I'm not a steak eater, but I'll take fried beef liver and sauteed
onions. However, not much of a place to get that around here anymore.
Both Furrs Cafeteria and Luby's Cafeteria, have gone out of business;
and Golden Corral doesn't serve it.

Nothing in life is more important then BBS'. Not family, friends,
job, etc.

Well, in Arkansas, a tornado and a divorce have the same thing in
common. Either way, you're going to lose the trailer. :P

The only reason I'm up this late is I had to get a square dance
publication issued...an e-Edition and a print edition. Now, I get 10
days off before I start work on next months issue.

I'm not actually paid to lurk (paid being a definition of
professional) but I just do it for the enjoyment and thrill I get.
Like peeking in windows, but that's another story.

You just want to look at Maxine of Crabby Road...she loves her
attitude problem.

Daryl

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Daryl wrote --

I'm not a steak eater, but I'll take fried beef liver and sauteed
onions.

I can't handle liver, my stomach objects. But I do love the smell of
them cooking.
I'll trade you my liver for your steak. :)
Joe
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Joe,

I can't handle liver, my stomach objects. But I do love the smell of them cooking.
I'll trade you my liver for your steak. :)

As long it's not the one's inside each of us, you've got a deal. <G>
Besides the body's liver is its "poison control center".

Daryl

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Daryl wrote --

Besides the body's liver is its "poison control center".

I don't think I would care to eat any filtration system...
Joe


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