Free Association Thread 3

[MichaelinChina]

Yes. And in Canada, too. But we don't drink it from the Grey Cup.

It's almost Melbourne Cup time again (1st Tuesday in November) - the horse race that stops a nation.

 

[Apple_of_Eden]

This is causing my gray matter hurt. Worse is that I found the most unusual reference for grey zone when I googled it. The Urban Dictionary is really a plethora of information.

 

[Tio_Narratore]

It's almost Melbourne Cup time again (1st Tuesday in November) - the horse race that stops a nation.

A Day at the Races

 

[MichaelinChina]

A Day at the Races

Little Feat song. But I suspect you mean the Marx Bros?

 

[JKendallDane]

Little Feat song. But I suspect you mean the Marx Bros?

You said the secret word!



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[NaokoSmith]

You said the secret word!



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Please!

Oh no, that's the magic word, whoops!

 

[MichaelinChina]

Please!

Oh no, that's the magic word, whoops!

hello Ms Naoko.

The Magic Roundabout. Is it still on TV?

 

[NaokoSmith]

hello Ms Naoko.

The Magic Roundabout. Is it still on TV?

Hullo Mr Michael

All the little kids these days are into In the Night Garden. I once totally embarrassed myself on Mumsnet by trying recommend a book about women's sexual fantasies, and calling it In the Night Garden instead of My Secret Garden! I think the other mums are still picking themselves up from rolling all over the floor laughing.

http://www.upfrontmama.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/cbeebies-inthenightgarden-img-inthenightgarden_slideshow_main.jpg

 

[MichaelinChina]

Hullo Mr Michael

All the little kids these days are into In the Night Garden. I once totally embarrassed myself on Mumsnet by trying recommend a book about women's sexual fantasies, and calling it In the Night Garden instead of My Secret Garden! I think the other mums are still picking themselves up from rolling all over the floor laughing.

http://www.upfrontmama.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/cbeebies-inthenightgarden-img-inthenightgarden_slideshow_main.jpg

You can be so provocative at times.

 

[MichaelinChina]

Now that I have seen the pictures I appreciate Zebedee more and more. He had more character. They seem to be teletubby offshoots.

 

[Handley_Page]

Now that I have seen the pictures I appreciate Zebedee more and more. He had more character. They seem to be teletubby offshoots.

Not so, Michael.
We can [just] forgive the fact that MR is a French invention, owing to it having the most brilliant story translation into English (I sometimes wonder if tthe jokes are similar in other languages). The nicest part about it was that it had something for all viewers, not just little kids.
Anyway, Zebedee and chums predates the stupid Tellytubbies by a considerable margin. It is a programme especially for little kids.

Some Magic Roundabout films are on Youtube.
I'd give you the details, but my PC still is rather poorly.

 

[MichaelinChina]

Not so, Michael.
We can [just] forgive the fact that MR is a French invention, owing to it having the most brilliant story translation into English (I sometimes wonder if tthe jokes are similar in other languages). The nicest part about it was that it had something for all viewers, not just little kids.
Anyway, Zebedee and chums predates the stupid Tellytubbies by a considerable margin. It is a programme especially for little kids.

Some Magic Roundabout films are on Youtube.
I'd give you the details, but my PC still is rather poorly.

I think maybe you misunderstood me. I was comparing the characters in the pic above to Teletubbies. Especially the one on the left.

Didn't know it was French; explains the lack of English. Probably explains why Mr Bean is popular in China; needs no language.

I loved the big shaggy dog!

 

[JKendallDane]

I think maybe you misunderstood me. I was comparing the characters in the pic above to Teletubbies. Especially the one on the left.

Didn't know it was French; explains the lack of English. Probably explains why Mr Bean is popular in China; needs no language.

I loved the big shaggy dog!

If you want "shaggy dog" then you want this movie from 1959.

Arf!



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[BurningMonkey]

The Hound Of The Baskervilles

 

[MichaelinChina]

The Hound Of The Baskervilles

Was that the movie in the link to youtube? I ask cos I cannot get youtube. but youku serves me well.

 

[BurningMonkey]

Was that the movie in the link to youtube? I ask cos I cannot get youtube. but youku serves me well.

I had no link. The link in JKendallDane's post was to a Youtube video.

 

[MichaelinChina]

I had no link. The link in JKendallDane's post was to a Youtube video.

yeah sorry, I meant to say that. I am searching for movies to watch. lol I can't get free recent ones. Pre 1980 seems my limit. 1959 would be perfect lol.

 

[BurningMonkey]

Back To The Future

 

[JKendallDane]

yeah sorry, I meant to say that. I am searching for movies to watch. lol I can't get free recent ones. Pre 1980 seems my limit. 1959 would be perfect lol.

That was a link to the trailer for this movie:

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/bf/9b/13/bf9b1330dc35a8c8920f401252fecdf9.jpg

You can try a Google search, but I don't think the full movie is available for free anywhere. Those old Disney classics still have people paying to buy or rent them online.

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[MichaelinChina]

That was a link to the trailer for this movie:

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/bf/9b/13/bf9b1330dc35a8c8920f401252fecdf9.jpg

You can try a Google search, but I don't think the full movie is available for free anywhere. Those old Disney classics still have people paying to buy or rent them online.

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Google will probably lead me to YouTube.
Bloody Disney ties up so many rights.

Actually I have Gigi with the very cute Leslie Caron and Maurice Chevalier lined up. From 1958.

 

[Handley_Page]

Some of those old Disneys were quite funny.

But the film I would love to get is "A man could get killed"
with James Garner, Mellina Mercoury, Tony Randall and others too numerous to mention.
I cannot even order it from my local supplier!
(VHS or DVD, please!)

 

[MichaelinChina]

Some of those old Disneys were quite funny.

But the film I would love to get is "A man could get killed"
with James Garner, Mellina Mercoury, Tony Randall and others too numerous to mention.
I cannot even order it from my local supplier!
(VHS or DVD, please!)

I was always happy to see a Fred McMurray movie when I was a kid. And you are right about the early ones. The latest ones are too saccharine sweet, too many happy endings.
Makes note of that movie. Thanks, Must check youku.

 

[JKendallDane]

Some of those old Disneys were quite funny.

But the film I would love to get is "A man could get killed"
with James Garner, Mellina Mercoury, Tony Randall and others too numerous to mention.
I cannot even order it from my local supplier!
(VHS or DVD, please!)

One of the really great things about DVD being currently being "the medium" for movies is that VHS tapes are 25¢ and 50¢ at almost every thrift store and yard sale here.

I have picked up well over 400 movies on VHS this year and most are really fantastic classics from 'Gone With the Wind' up through the 1980's. The only two I've had to order through Amazon so far have been 'Oh God!' (George Burns) and a still-factory-sealed original of 'Rocky Horror Picture Show'. And at $4 each, they were bargains.



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[JKendallDane]

I was always happy to see a Fred McMurray movie when I was a kid. And you are right about the early ones. The latest ones are too saccharine sweet, too many happy endings.
Makes note of that movie. Thanks, Must check youku.

The only Disney remake I've seen that impressed me at all when compared to the original, was 'Incredible Journey: Homeward Bound."

The original 1963 'Incredible Journey' was just pure classic Disney and the 1993 redo was done well enough for them to both be great.



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[MichaelinChina]

The only Disney remake I've seen that impressed me at all when compared to the original, was 'Incredible Journey: Homeward Bound."

The original 1963 'Incredible Journey' was just pure classic Disney and the 1993 redo was done well enough for them to both be great.



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What Disney does to Grimm's Fairy Tales is far from the much darker originals.