For Homicide Fans, the Meldrick Joke

[Moridin187]

Alright, this is for all those Homicide: Life on the Streets fans, and just for general joking purposes. If you've watched the show a lot, you'll notice Meldrick is always telling the same joke when it cuts in on him sometimes. He never tells a different one, but it only ever tells the punch-line. I've talked to two people about this, and neither of them knew the whole joke. So, I'm sharing it for all those who don't

One day a man goes out into the woods bear-hunting, he brings a 30-30 with him. Well, he wanders around the woods for a while, and eventually he comes upon a large grizzly bear. He fires at it repeatedly, emptying the clip of his rifle. And to his horror, he misses with every last bullet. The bear runs at him and knocks him to the ground, pinning him with its enormous paws. To his shock, the bear speaks.

"Alright hunter, you've got two choices, I can either rip your throat out now, or you can pull your pants down and bend over so I can fuck you in the ass." The hunter thinks a moment, and decides to go with option B. The bear fucks him and leaves.

The next day the hunter goes back out into the woods with a shotgun, intending to have his vengeance upon the bear. He finds that same bear and fires the shotgun repeatedly, once again he misses every shot. The bear knocks him down and offers him the same choice. The hunter once is once again bear butt-fucked and the bear leaves him there.

After a few days the hunter manages to get his hands on a bazooka. He has gone mad with rage and shame. He tracks the bear down and fires the bazooka at it, and (not surprisingly) he misses again. The bear knocks him down and pins him to the ground, it looks him in the eyes and finally says,

"You're not really here to hunt, are you?"


*plays a rimshot*

 

[modest mouse]

C'mon, you dont have enough Redneck friends. I knew this one, lol. I had forgotten about the Meldrick joke though.


Have you read the book that started the series? If not check it out, its an amazing look inside the men. As in the show the murder of the little girl in the alley(I cant think of her name) hangs over like an ominous cloud.

Mellisa Leo, from the show, grew up in Bellows Falls, VT. For those that care.

 

[Moridin187]

Adina Watson,
And I keep meaning to read the book.. guess I'll have to finally get around to it.

By the way, I don't make friends with the hardcore rednecks, I tend to make enemies with them...

 

[modest mouse]

Good memory, I should have known the name. I have seen nearly every episode.

You should read the book. Im not usually interested in cop books or shows but the book is every bit as good as the show. The show borrows heavily from the book, many elements of the first season are in the book.

I'm just kidding about the rednecks. I had the horror of working with 2 men fond of poorly telling hunting jokes, over and over.

 

[Moridin187]

Good memory, I should have known the name. I have seen nearly every episode.

You should read the book. Im not usually interested in cop books or shows but the book is every bit as good as the show. The show borrows heavily from the book, many elements of the first season are in the book.

I'm just kidding about the rednecks. I had the horror of working with 2 men fond of poorly telling hunting jokes, over and over.

I don't normally like cop books or shows either, which is probably why I haven't gotten around to reading it yet, but I will soon, definitely. And as to rednecks, I had a rep in my old school because everytime the rednecks would start bashing "the niggers, the gooks, the spics and the fags" I'd start bashing the "inbred, moronic, cowfucking bigots"


And don't feel bad about not remembering it, I've seen every episode at least twice, and I've watched the first season at least six times. I don't have cable, so for me watching old taped TV shows is like watching movies for most people.

 

[JazzManJim]

And don't feel bad about not remembering it, I've seen every episode at least twice, and I've watched the first season at least six times. I don't have cable, so for me watching old taped TV shows is like watching movies for most people.

I've been a big fan of H:LotS for their first three or four seasons, then things just kind of seemed to slip for me. In its time, though, it was by far the best television show on the air, and perhaps int he last couple of years. The writing was tight, the acting amazing, and the entire feel of the show was perfect.

The book on which the show was based is called "Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets". It was written by David Simon who was a Baltimore Sun police reporter. He got permission from the Baltimore Police Department to spend an entire year with one shift of detectives and write the book. The detectives and police department had the opportunity to review the book before it came out, to ensure its accuracy and, with very few exceptions, were they any changes. Simon actually talks about this in the introduction of the book.

Most of the original characters were taken from actual detectives Simon knew while writing that book. Once you read the book and then go back to the show, especially the first couple of seasons, the tie between the two is incredibly obvious. At least four plots came directly from the book, as did many of the "throwaway lines". And here's a little bit of trivia. The man who plays the commander of the Fast Response Team in the television show was also the man who, at the time, was the commander of the shift of detectives Simon was with when he wrote the book, and was the inspiration for "G" - Yaphet Kotto's character.

Trust me, the book is worth reading. I've read it perhaps ten times.