December 08, 2012
— Ace International Film and Television Star Nick Searcy from Justified now has his own WebZone, including "Acting School," in which he explains how you too could become an International Film and Television Star, or at least behave like one.
Part 1: The Importance of You, Your Relaxation, Your Nutrition, Your Needs, and Your Career.
Part 2: How to Avoid Your Family.
Incidentally: Showtime is currently (or was recently, at least) running a documentary called That Guy... Who Was In That Thing, consisting of interviews with character actors. Guys you totally, totally recognize from six thousand things (but you often can't say specifically what).
I thought it was extremely interesting and fun. Some things I didn't know: Nick Searcy talks about working 30-40 days per year in his Acting School clip. This is not much of an exaggeration. The average working actor actually does work about that much. He only works more when he lands a series or has a very productive spell as a guest star in tv shows and movies. They often work less.
One of the guys in this documentary, I think the guy who played "Bellick" in Prison Break, talked about how he tried to at least work just enough to qualify for unemployment insurance for the rest of the year. What's very surprising is that working actors, not the Major Motion Picture Stars but the rest of working actors, are actually... middle class, or even lower middle class. Most do not have expensive homes and often have cars 10 or 12 years old. They can't really spend a lot of money because their salaries are so extremely variable. They might make $15,000 for a five day shoot, but then might not work again for six or nine months. They really have absolutely no idea.
While the Major Motion Picture Stars often go on TV to talk about the "richest 1% profiting while the rest of the country loses ground," in fact that's exactly what they, the Major Motion Picture Stars, have done. The fee for the absolute top stars has gone up astronomically, but the fees for the other actors have plunged.
Whereas before, in say the 70s or 80s, you could get somewhat wealthy(ish) if you were a busy guest star actor, now they've cut the fees of everyone (except those at the tippy-top) so that even busy guest-star type actors you know are making about as much as, say, a teacher with 15 years on the job.
At least that's the sense I got -- unless these guys were bullshitting and pretending they had less money than they really did. But I don't think they were bullshitting. They had too many details. Paul Guilfoyle (the head detective on CSI) talked about how he would get the utility guys to skip reading his meter by telling them the meter was in the crawlspace under the house, and how there were "a lot of vermin down there." He noted that that word -- "vermin" -- was the most effective for deterring the utility guy.
It's just an interesting documentary.
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Posted by: JDTAY at December 08, 2012 05:52 AM (a0nis)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at December 08, 2012 05:57 AM (1OZSU)
Posted by: MrCaniac at December 08, 2012 05:57 AM (Zd/NW)
Posted by: Hrothgar - LIB or SMOD (for the Children) at December 08, 2012 05:59 AM (Cnqmv)
Posted by: ace at December 08, 2012 05:59 AM (LCRYB)
Posted by: Hrothgar - LIB or SMOD (for the Children) at December 08, 2012 05:59 AM (Cnqmv)
Posted by: ace at December 08, 2012 06:00 AM (LCRYB)
Posted by: FURPC at December 08, 2012 06:02 AM (0ImZM)
Posted by: In Cognito at December 08, 2012 06:03 AM (kGDRz)
Yeah Ace- I found out the other day that once you start explaining the joke, you have passed the point of no return. Best just to let it fade away. They either will get it or not.
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at December 08, 2012 06:04 AM (1OZSU)
Posted by: JDTAY at December 08, 2012 06:04 AM (a0nis)
Posted by: ace at December 08, 2012 06:05 AM (LCRYB)
Posted by: FURPC at December 08, 2012 06:05 AM (0ImZM)
Posted by: Sandra Fluke at December 08, 2012 06:05 AM (a0nis)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at December 08, 2012 06:05 AM (1OZSU)
Posted by: Brad Pitt at December 08, 2012 06:09 AM (a0nis)
Oh dear, tsk tsk tsk.Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 08, 2012 06:09 AM (t866N)
Posted by: phoenixgirl at December 08, 2012 06:09 AM (GVxQo)
Waaahhh!!! I don't wanna watch the content!!! I don't wanna and you can't MAKE me!!! I just wanna make comments. Oh and be FOIST!
(you see, it was a joke about cold weather states and ICBM's. Get it? I C BM? icy BM? Oh hell, never mind!)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at December 08, 2012 06:09 AM (1OZSU)
Posted by: FURPC at December 08, 2012 06:10 AM (0ImZM)
Posted by: Vic at December 08, 2012 06:11 AM (YdQQY)
Posted by: Wishin' it was Josephine at December 08, 2012 06:11 AM (kGDRz)
If there is anyone who didn't realize that it was going to be critical, then you need a better class of morons.
Pretty good actually. The shot at Sean Penn (nee Esteves) was particularly delicious.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 08, 2012 06:12 AM (GsoHv)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at December 08, 2012 06:12 AM (JDIKC)
Posted by: Hrothgar - LIB or SMOD (for the Children) at December 08, 2012 06:12 AM (Cnqmv)
Posted by: ace at December 08, 2012 06:12 AM (LCRYB)
Sumpin?
Is that like getting the water out of your sump? Sumpin?
I'm not going to talk about that, it's mundane.
Let's talk about......Nick Searcy.
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch is Eddie Willers, sure at December 08, 2012 06:13 AM (Md8Uo)
I'm expecting to see a few high heel pock marks on his bald head in Part II.
The box in the hallway is the cliffhanger. You have to come back to find out if it contains alien artifacts, Michael Moore's toe cheese collection, or Hirohoto's Engrish book collection.
Off to Part II.
Posted by: GnuBreed at December 08, 2012 06:13 AM (ccXZP)
Posted by: Brad Pitt at December 08, 2012 06:13 AM (a0nis)
Posted by: ace at December 08, 2012 06:14 AM (LCRYB)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 08, 2012 06:14 AM (t866N)
Speaking of celebrities- I once heard Kelly Clarkson interviewed about her thoughts on global warming. She said, "I don't know anything about global warming but...) and proceeded to blather on at some length about how horrible it was. The irony was totally lost on her.
Sorry Kell- you lost me at "I don't know anything"
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at December 08, 2012 06:14 AM (1OZSU)
A shot at Sean Penn?
Well, he missed because the last I heard, Sean Penn was still above ground.
Better aim next time, sucker.
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch is Eddie Willers, sure at December 08, 2012 06:14 AM (Md8Uo)
A buddy of mine swears by Costco's house brand of bourbon. I tasted it yesterday, and it is not bad at all.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 08, 2012 06:15 AM (GsoHv)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 08, 2012 06:16 AM (t866N)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at December 08, 2012 06:16 AM (s+y+T)
Yes, but by the time it gets posted on AOSHQ the indications are strong that it will be a skewering of someone or something.
I liked it.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 08, 2012 06:17 AM (GsoHv)
Posted by: JDTAY at December 08, 2012 06:17 AM (a0nis)
Posted by: ace at December 08, 2012 06:18 AM (LCRYB)
Posted by: JDTAY at December 08, 2012 06:18 AM (a0nis)
Posted by: FURPC at December 08, 2012 06:19 AM (0ImZM)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at December 08, 2012 06:19 AM (s+y+T)
Posted by: Redd at December 08, 2012 06:19 AM (e/Cti)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 08, 2012 10:15 AM (GsoHv)
Damn, wifey was just down at the beach where they have a Costco last week. I'll have to remember that.
Posted by: Vic at December 08, 2012 06:20 AM (YdQQY)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 08, 2012 06:20 AM (t866N)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 08, 2012 10:15 AM (GsoHv)
I thought their in-house beer was meh (but it was cost-effective)!
Posted by: Hrothgar - LIB or SMOD (for the Children) at December 08, 2012 06:20 AM (Cnqmv)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at December 08, 2012 06:21 AM (s+y+T)
"Cold Storage" is a horror movie...sort of.
It's a tough slog. Save it for a rainy, bored day.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 08, 2012 06:22 AM (GsoHv)
You should have stopped with the Heaven's Gate post!
Posted by: Hrothgar - LIB or SMOD (for the Children) at December 08, 2012 06:22 AM (Cnqmv)
Posted by: Vic at December 08, 2012 06:22 AM (YdQQY)
I thought their in-house beer was meh (but it was cost-effective)!
Pour it in a glass. Squeeze a lime into it. Serve it to you guests (works especially well with those in their 20's). Call it Corona.
They won't know the difference
Posted by: Bruce at December 08, 2012 06:22 AM (Q6u7O)
Posted by: Hrothgar - LIB or SMOD (for the Children) at December 08, 2012 10:20 AM (Cnqmv)
*****
Nice cost-benefit analysis!
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at December 08, 2012 06:22 AM (1OZSU)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 08, 2012 06:24 AM (t866N)
Posted by: soothsayer at December 08, 2012 06:24 AM (E7Qlq)
In the near future, all your purchasing decisions will be based on a cost-benefit analysis.
Crummy beer, get used to it.
So Barack can go to Hawaii for vacation on your nickel.
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch is Eddie Willers, sure at December 08, 2012 06:25 AM (Md8Uo)
I have no idea what you mean that Costco is a Chinese firm, but the bourbon, at least according to the label, is real bourbon made in Kentucky.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 08, 2012 06:26 AM (GsoHv)
Posted by: @PurpAv at December 08, 2012 06:26 AM (s9Tmb)
Posted by: beach weekend at December 08, 2012 06:26 AM (LpQbZ)
Cosco is a big Chinese freight company that runs all kinds of shipping into Long Beach.
Costco is a big cut rate bargain chain that runs Chinese goods into the US, probably through Long Beach.
There's a difference without a distinction.
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch is Eddie Willers, sure at December 08, 2012 06:27 AM (Md8Uo)
@58 "Glub! Glub!"
*****
Actually, the correct pronunciation is "Lub Dub". Many laypeople (laypersons?) get this wrong.
(Trust me, I'm a doctor)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at December 08, 2012 06:27 AM (1OZSU)
Sean Penn was great in this episode too. He was deep into his character as a cell phone. Did you see how smoothly he bounced off that ivy covered wall when tossed?
Pure genius. Kinda stole the show from ole Nick.
Posted by: GnuBreed at December 08, 2012 06:27 AM (ccXZP)
But the little bastards have delusions of grandeur.
I caught our soon-to-be-21-year-old at Thanksgiving about to pour himself a glass of an excellent and expensive bourbon from my cabinet.
Buy your own good booze! And if you want a drink, that Jim Beam on the bottom shelf is fine.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 08, 2012 06:28 AM (GsoHv)
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette, still a Hobbit at December 08, 2012 06:29 AM (wbeNt)
Crummy beer, get used to it.
So Barack can go to Hawaii for vacation on your nickel.
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch is Eddie Willers, sure at December 08, 2012 10:25 AM (Md8Uo)
The near future is here. Crummy everything is all I can afford now, but at least I rest secure and sleep well at night knowing that Barack Obama is leading the country (mostly from golf courses and Hawaii).
Posted by: Hrothgar - LIB or SMOD (for the Children) at December 08, 2012 06:29 AM (Cnqmv)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at December 08, 2012 06:31 AM (JDIKC)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at December 08, 2012 10:27 AM (1OZSU)
But do you play one on TV, that's what counts!
Posted by: Hrothgar - LIB or SMOD (for the Children) at December 08, 2012 06:31 AM (Cnqmv)
Posted by: JDTAY at December 08, 2012 06:32 AM (a0nis)
Never thought I'd say this, but I am beginning to remember what a great president Carter was!
Posted by: Hrothgar - LIB or SMOD (for the Children) at December 08, 2012 06:34 AM (Cnqmv)
Buy your own good booze! And if you want a drink, that Jim Beam on the bottom shelf is fine.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 08, 2012 10:28 AM (GsoHv)
Plus, they want to mix it with root beer.
Posted by: Bruce at December 08, 2012 06:34 AM (Q6u7O)
All those decisions will be made for you. The grocery store shelves, when there's anything on them, will be stocked with generic white boxes marked "FOOD"...which you will obtain with your ration coupons.
The government will run a concurrent propaganda campaign extolling the virtues of food.
"FOOD is good!"
"You like FOOD!"
Posted by: @PurpAv at December 08, 2012 06:34 AM (s9Tmb)
Oh, wait, I meant- "Trust me, I'm a, er, ah, a rocket surgeon. Yeah, that's it! No, er a brain scientist...er...movie star! That's the ticket!"
On the internet, nothing is what it seems...
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at December 08, 2012 06:34 AM (1OZSU)
Posted by: soothsayer at December 08, 2012 06:35 AM (BWzj8)
Don't be such an alarmist. That won't happen until the Malia Obama administration.
Posted by: fluffy at December 08, 2012 06:36 AM (z9HTb)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at December 08, 2012 06:36 AM (1OZSU)
Take some of the cheap shit in the plastic bottles...and water it down, and put it in the expensive bottles. He won't know the difference.
Posted by: @PurpAv at December 08, 2012 06:36 AM (s9Tmb)
Posted by: soothsayer at December 08, 2012 06:37 AM (cQuy/)
"You like FOOD!"
Posted by: @PurpAv at December 08, 2012 10:34 AM (s9Tmb)
"The FOOD ration has been increased from three kilos per week to two kilos per week!"
Posted by: Hrothgar - LIB or SMOD (for the Children) at December 08, 2012 06:37 AM (Cnqmv)
The FSA is gonna get mad if you are slackin'.
Posted by: GnuBreed at December 08, 2012 06:38 AM (ccXZP)
Posted by: soothsayer at December 08, 2012 06:39 AM (+7i2c)
Posted by: Redd at December 08, 2012 06:40 AM (e/Cti)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 08, 2012 10:26 AM (GsoHv)
I had read somewhere that they were owned by the Chinese.
Posted by: Vic at December 08, 2012 06:40 AM (YdQQY)
Posted by: fluffy at December 08, 2012 10:36 AM (z9HTb)
*****
Tweaked that a little for ya.
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at December 08, 2012 06:40 AM (1OZSU)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at December 08, 2012 10:40 AM (1OZSU)
I've got DoJ working on the executive order defining the rules of presidential dynastic succession.
Posted by: Barky Ochooma (Redistributor of YOUR Wealth) at December 08, 2012 06:43 AM (Cnqmv)
Posted by: Vic at December 08, 2012 06:44 AM (YdQQY)
I am deeply suspicious of those claims of the rank-and-file actors.
I am in NYC enough to see lots of actors all over the place. And it's usually in nice restaurants. Anybody who can eat at Union Square Cafe or Picholine is not lower middle class.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 08, 2012 06:45 AM (GsoHv)
The FSA is gonna get mad if you are slackin'.
Posted by: GnuBreed at December 08, 2012 10:38 AM (ccXZP)
*****
Just headin out the door to perform a couple 'bama echoes.
"Haven't you heard? All the peoples is gettin' them a 'bama echo!! If youse on the med'care, the med'caid, if youse on the foo' stamps. Oh yeah, 'bama gonna get us all a echo! (Romney sucks)"
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at December 08, 2012 06:45 AM (1OZSU)
You sure they are not getting an employee discount?
Posted by: fluffy at December 08, 2012 06:46 AM (z9HTb)
Posted by: Yip at December 08, 2012 06:46 AM (/jHWN)
That was a USS Ronald Reagan hat with the motto "Peace through Strength" at the bottom. So yeah, he's not the typical Hollywood type. But, we knew that since he's been outed as a longtime reader of this very blog. Hell, for all we know he could be a well known commenter posting incognito as well.
Anyway, the videos were hilarious. Good job Nick! And I absolutely can't wait for the 4th season of Justified...just a month away!
Posted by: DanInMN at December 08, 2012 06:46 AM (khf9A)
Posted by: Vic at December 08, 2012 10:40 AM (YdQQY)
It's a publicly held American corporation. I'm not sure of the corporate politics, but their pork ribs are excellent. Good Iowa pork, trimmed very well, and very inexpensive.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 08, 2012 06:47 AM (GsoHv)
Posted by: ace at December 08, 2012 10:05 AM (LCRYB)
WHAT Say it ain't so!!!! Ive already quit my day job and rented the U-haul for my Epic Trek to Cali-E-fornia.
Posted by: Paladin at December 08, 2012 06:47 AM (JqMIA)
Posted by: ace at December 08, 2012 06:47 AM (LCRYB)
Nick Searcy for President in 2016.
Because we still don't have enough bullshit coming out of Washington.
ACTING!
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch is Eddie Willers, sure at December 08, 2012 06:47 AM (Md8Uo)
Posted by: fluffy at December 08, 2012 10:46 AM (z9HTb)
No, the service in those places is too good. They'd get tossed the first day.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 08, 2012 06:48 AM (GsoHv)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 08, 2012 06:48 AM (79ueO)
Take some of the cheap shit in the plastic bottles...and water it down, and put it in the expensive bottles. He won't know the difference.
Posted by: @PurpAv at December 08, 2012 10:36 AM (s9Tmb)
During my last year living at home, I considered doing that to prevent my parents from taking my booze.
Problem was I was buying moderately priced wine and microbrew beer which they were swiping. I just stopped buying it until I was ready to drink it (sadly burbon isn't as easy to do that with.)
Posted by: tsrblke at December 08, 2012 06:49 AM (GaqMa)
Posted by: ace at December 08, 2012 06:49 AM (LCRYB)
Posted by: Vic at December 08, 2012 10:11 AM
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CVN 76. USS Ronald Reagan
Posted by: Lurking Flaneur at December 08, 2012 06:49 AM (FZEtg)
Posted by: Vic at December 08, 2012 10:44 AM (YdQQY)
Another result of easy (and incessant) access to trivial media is that people believe reality is completely defined by what they perceive from watching a TV screen, not from what is actually happening. Thinking still be hard work!
Posted by: Hrothgar - LIB or SMOD (for the Children) at December 08, 2012 06:49 AM (Cnqmv)
Posted by: fluffy at December 08, 2012 06:50 AM (z9HTb)
Now THAT is acting!
Posted by: BurtTC at December 08, 2012 06:50 AM (BeSEI)
And of course that's one of the pleasures of a good movie -- a casting director who isn't mailing it in.
Playing against type must be extremely difficult formost actors, but I wonder if they relish it or prefer to remain in easy, typecast roles?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 08, 2012 06:51 AM (GsoHv)
Blame Morsi? Blame Morsi?
He's our man in Cairo now, dammit. Obama will back him to the hilt, 1000%!!
Or is that he's our man at Costco? Costco, Cairo, whatever.
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch is Eddie Willers, sure at December 08, 2012 06:51 AM (Md8Uo)
Yea, with a splash of Crown....hummm Good Coffee! Nothing better than Weekend Coffee!
Posted by: Paladin at December 08, 2012 06:51 AM (JqMIA)
Posted by: ace at December 08, 2012 06:52 AM (LCRYB)
Costco does make a good bourbon under their Kirkland brand. And the Kirkland dress shirts are very good, they use Brooks Brothers patterns.
Posted by: navybrat at December 08, 2012 06:52 AM (Ty7ja)
Hey ace,
Are you trying to convince us that Hollywood types are just poor people as well?
Or alternatively that they adovacate for higher taxes because they are the 47%?
(I can't speak for actors specifically, but I have family out in LA, actually Ventura, but whatever. Everytime I go out there I get sickened by the flaunting of cash. You'll see Bentleys next to beamers next to ferraris. Clearly there is a ton of cash out there, and it's almost more apparent than Wall Steet.)
Posted by: tsrblke at December 08, 2012 06:53 AM (GaqMa)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 08, 2012 06:53 AM (79ueO)
Timothy Oliphant did ok with the type casting, though.
Posted by: fluffy at December 08, 2012 06:54 AM (z9HTb)
Posted by: kbdabear at December 08, 2012 06:55 AM (wwsoB)
Posted by: Vic at December 08, 2012 10:22 AM (YdQQY)
Ummm.....what? Costco is NOT a Chinese firm. Where'd you get that?
Posted by: Tami at December 08, 2012 06:55 AM (X6akg)
Posted by: ace at December 08, 2012 06:55 AM (LCRYB)
Posted by: @PurpAv at December 08, 2012 10:36 AM (s9Tmb)
Or I can tell him I will kick his ass the next time he takes booze without asking.
Shocking as it may seem, I am occasionally confrontational in real life.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 08, 2012 06:55 AM (GsoHv)
SC had high unemployment when the economy was BOOMING I'll bet the Morons can tell me off the top of their head why that was.
OK if you knew without paging now that this State has a high percentage of the FSB who you could not give a job to you win the cupie doll.
Posted by: Vic at December 08, 2012 06:55 AM (YdQQY)
Harry didn't block anything comrade. The revised "record" show this quite clearly.
Posted by: Winston Smith at December 08, 2012 06:55 AM (s9Tmb)
Once an actor does One Thing, you will immediately see him in eight other things, doing the same thing.
I personnally get a chick out of the fact that everytime the blonde chick from scrubs pops up in a new TV show, it's always a Ditsy doctor.
She has been unable to shake that role. As such, here career is pretty much over.
Posted by: tsrblke at December 08, 2012 06:55 AM (GaqMa)
The tricky part is seeming caught up in their latest perils without offering any workable solutions, (they can actually spontaneously spark a major conflagration if you do).
Just say Uh huh, sprinkle in a few timely grimaces and an occasional "that must be awful", my particular specialty.
You're Welcome.
Posted by: ontherocks at December 08, 2012 06:56 AM (aZ6ew)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 08, 2012 10:48 AM (79ueO)
I will refrain from denouncing your comment and just point out that once the MB, Taliban, and AQ finally succeed in killing all the Jooos and Christians in the ME, the entire region, guided by the koran and sharia, will enter a peaceful period that can be expected to last for thousands of years.
Posted by: Hrothgar - LIB or SMOD (for the Children) at December 08, 2012 06:56 AM (Cnqmv)
I have a friend in the finance end of Hollywood.
I will ask him about this the next time we get together.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 08, 2012 06:57 AM (GsoHv)
Posted by: Redd at December 08, 2012 06:57 AM (e/Cti)
Posted by: beach weekend at December 08, 2012 06:58 AM (LpQbZ)
Posted by: kbdabear at December 08, 2012 06:58 AM (wwsoB)
FIFY
Posted by: Paladin at December 08, 2012 06:59 AM (JqMIA)
And then you watch a few episodes of the show (which I really don't like), and you realize he's the same character, just what he would be like if he got older and they have him on a few choice meds.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 08, 2012 07:00 AM (BeSEI)
As the proprietor here, you understand how important regular cash flow is. If you make $1 million in 12 years, but that includes a couple when you take in less than $20K, it can be hard to plan for regular bills like a car payment and rent.
These guys have an understanding of what a drought is.
Posted by: fluffy at December 08, 2012 07:00 AM (z9HTb)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 08, 2012 10:53 AM (79ueO)
Yes. In fact, let's just give them half of Jerusalem right now. They can finish destroying what they missed between 1947 and 1967.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 08, 2012 07:00 AM (GsoHv)
Posted by: Redd at December 08, 2012 07:01 AM (e/Cti)
Posted by: beach weekend at December 08, 2012 07:02 AM (LpQbZ)
Posted by: ace at December 08, 2012 07:03 AM (LCRYB)
Posted by: Dirty Spic Police at December 08, 2012 07:03 AM (2ArJQ)
If you know anyone who works in a chem lab, a few drops of phenolphthalein makes a very effective laxative. Its what used to be the active ingredient in Ex-Lax before the govt forced them to change the formula to a less effective one.
When he complains about having the shits, you can say "been stealing my booze again, eh?". From that point on, he'll never trust your booze again, and additional "lessons" shouldn't be necessary.
Posted by: Winston Smith at December 08, 2012 07:03 AM (s9Tmb)
Posted by: Redd at December 08, 2012 07:04 AM (e/Cti)
Now THAT is acting!"
Posted by: BurtTC at December 08, 2012 10:50 AM (BeSEI)
That was Brian Dennehy in the role of the son.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 08, 2012 07:04 AM (GsoHv)
Posted by: ace at December 08, 2012 07:04 AM (LCRYB)
Crummy beer, get used to it.
NOPE! I refuse to comply! I will stick to top shelf booze & brew until I have too. And By "Have Too" I mean that when the Lord Humongious Decrees it.
Posted by: Paladin at December 08, 2012 07:05 AM (JqMIA)
So you end up trapped in Los Angeles.
It's no way to live.
Posted by: navybrat at December 08, 2012 07:06 AM (Ty7ja)
I can imagine being hesitant about approaching him, but it wouldn't surprise me if he turned out to be the nicest guy in the world.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 08, 2012 07:07 AM (BeSEI)
Posted by: Winston Smith at December 08, 2012 11:03 AM (s9Tmb)
I am reminded of the farmer that had watermelons stolen from his field. He posted a sign saying "I injected poison into some of these watermelons". The next day, he came out to find a new sign that said "So did I!".
Posted by: Hrothgar - LIB or SMOD (for the Children) at December 08, 2012 07:07 AM (Cnqmv)
Posted by: ace at December 08, 2012 07:07 AM (LCRYB)
Sur le pont, d'Avignon
On y danse, tous en rond
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 08, 2012 07:08 AM (GsoHv)
Which is why casting director is a real job. Some people have the eye and imagination to see what might work with a particular actor while everyone else just sees the same roles for that actor forever. Better, some people know when an evil bastard is finally done gestating in nice guy roles and is ready to spring upon an unsuspecting world.
I recall that Gary Oldman got annoyed at the assumption that his character in The Contender was evil because 1) the character was a Republican, and 2) was played by Gary Oldman. There was a period when one could easily imagine a cast listing of "Hugh Beaumont, Barbara Billingsly, Tony Dow, and Gary Oldman as The Evil!"
Posted by: epobirs at December 08, 2012 07:08 AM (kcfmt)
Posted by: Redd at December 08, 2012 07:09 AM (e/Cti)
Posted by: beach weekend at December 08, 2012 07:10 AM (LpQbZ)
Posted by: Burney McBurnstein fanning the flames of painful freedom at December 08, 2012 07:11 AM (+wxCD)
Weirdest gig I ever did? Playing a musical instrument just off camera frame while an actor mimicked my movements. My playing went on the track, that paid well and I still get some mini checks from that gig. About the cost of a bottle of Kirkland bourbon. LOL!
Posted by: navybrat at December 08, 2012 07:11 AM (Ty7ja)
Posted by: ace at December 08, 2012 07:11 AM (LCRYB)
Posted by: Redd at December 08, 2012 07:12 AM (e/Cti)
Anyway, guy just delivered my new burn barrel and I need to get out the drill and drill some ventilation holes in the side and then calibrate my U-6.
Ya'll be good.
Posted by: Vic at December 08, 2012 07:12 AM (YdQQY)
I stack mine on a few bricks to get a good chimney effect--no drilling required.
Posted by: Hrothgar - LIB or SMOD (for the Children) at December 08, 2012 07:14 AM (Cnqmv)
I remember an indie producer said that he knew he would make his next movie in Canada after flying to his location with all his staff in coach while the SAG actor sat in first class (per union rules).
It's a good metaphor for union "wins" in general: the pay and perks of average members goes up, but the number of jobs goes down. Like the grocery clerks strike--they "won" an increase, and then the stores put in automated lines so each clerk could handle four lines instead of one.
Posted by: PJ at December 08, 2012 07:14 AM (ZWaLo)
Gary Sinise...
... is on TV?
Posted by: David Caruso at December 08, 2012 07:14 AM (z9HTb)
Posted by: HH at December 08, 2012 07:14 AM (XXwdv)
Posted by: Redd at December 08, 2012 07:15 AM (e/Cti)
The distortions of the labor market in movies and TV are worse than in any other business. Even professional athletes at the bottom of the scale make several 100k/year.
That's why I can't wait for the next dust-up about executive pay. I want a senator to subpoena Brad Pitt and ask him why there is such disparity in his industry.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 08, 2012 07:15 AM (GsoHv)
And I thought for sure you meant his President of the United Federation of Planets in Star Trek VI. That guy and Red Foreman are pretty much the same dude.
Posted by: epobirs at December 08, 2012 07:16 AM (kcfmt)
Posted by: Captain Atom at December 08, 2012 07:16 AM (06G7S)
Posted by: navybrat at December 08, 2012 07:17 AM (Ty7ja)
Posted by: Redd at December 08, 2012 07:17 AM (e/Cti)
A crappy 1/2 sitcom with one or two stock sets or a soap is probably short hours. Some of the SciFi stuff can be rougher because they might spend 3 hours in makeup every day, and a few more waiting on lighting/set reconfigurations for the next shot.
Posted by: @PurpAv at December 08, 2012 07:17 AM (s9Tmb)
Posted by: Bon Qui Qui at December 08, 2012 07:17 AM (ZybMW)
Posted by: SurferDoc at December 08, 2012 07:18 AM (6H6FZ)
Unions seem to epitomize the 1%-99% trade. The union workers (99%) get a 1% increase in bennies, and the union bosses (1%) get a 99% increase in bennies.
Note that the number values used above are not based on real data, but the general theory behind them is correct.
Posted by: Hrothgar - LIB or SMOD (for the Children) at December 08, 2012 07:19 AM (Cnqmv)
There is no 'maybe' about it. They aren't.
Posted by: Tami at December 08, 2012 07:19 AM (X6akg)
You see some of these faces over and over.
You know their numbers aren't that small, wonder what the trick to semi anonymous regular work is, as I'm sure the hungry unemployed ones do.
Posted by: ontherocks at December 08, 2012 07:21 AM (aZ6ew)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at December 08, 2012 07:22 AM (jucos)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at December 08, 2012 11:22 AM (jucos)
FIFY
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 08, 2012 07:25 AM (GsoHv)
Posted by: beach weekend at December 08, 2012 07:25 AM (LpQbZ)
Posted by: beach weekend at December 08, 2012 07:27 AM (LpQbZ)
Posted by: ace at December 08, 2012 07:27 AM (LCRYB)
Posted by: beach weekend at December 08, 2012 07:28 AM (LpQbZ)
I belong to the Screen Actors Guild, and currently play a sports analyst sharing my personal opinions to change the world. Still waiting for my Hollywood Star.
Posted by: Bob Costas at December 08, 2012 07:28 AM (ndqJC)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at December 08, 2012 07:29 AM (jucos)
I've recently noticed that some TV shows and at least one movie (The Hunger Games), are being filmed in the South.
So is Canada no longer where Hollywood goes to film?
Posted by: HH at December 08, 2012 07:30 AM (XXwdv)
Posted by: SurferDoc at December 08, 2012 11:18 AM (6H6FZ)
But Bruce Campbell could make his lawn funny. (Also would he be willing to talk about Booze?)
Frankly, I never understood much of his earlier work, but Burn Notice is just about the perfect vehicle for him.
Posted by: tsrblke at December 08, 2012 07:30 AM (GaqMa)
Posted by: beach weekend at December 08, 2012 11:27 AM (LpQbZ)
Still amazed when I view a DVR'd show or watch a Netflix streamed show that about 25% of the live run time is devoted for ads.
Posted by: Hrothgar - LIB or SMOD (for the Children) at December 08, 2012 07:30 AM (Cnqmv)
Posted by: Cricket at December 08, 2012 07:31 AM (2ArJQ)
Posted by: Marian the librarian at December 08, 2012 07:33 AM (TU1NJ)
That's why I gave up on broadcast TV, the signal/noise ratio is bad. Fuck it, I'll buy a DVD set rather than organize my schedule around some show and be fed commercials.
Posted by: @PurpAv at December 08, 2012 07:33 AM (s9Tmb)
2. 9-5 type hours
3. very limited travel
I get the sense that when you have a family, or are just tired of living such variable life, you start looking for a steady tv gig.
Of course not many people ever get any kind of choice. But sometimes a movie actor like Sinise might take a TV show just for the lifestyle benefits. Posted by: ace at December 08, 2012 11:11 AM
Don't forget syndication. It can get an actor through some slow periods when somewhere at all times an episode of Seinfeld or Friends is on TV
Posted by: kbdabear at December 08, 2012 07:35 AM (wwsoB)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 08, 2012 07:35 AM (79ueO)
Posted by: JDTAY at December 08, 2012 07:35 AM (a0nis)
As for working in H'wood, a couple ships ago one of my watch standers was a guy who used to work there as a scriptwriter and occasional actor. He did okay, most of the time, but had to go back to sea because of a very expensive divorce and he needed steady income. He said that he also had to do other jobs, like laying carpet, depending on how his work was at any given time.
It was interesting that he knew, personally, most of the big names in Hollywood although he did not mix with them socially. He was definitely a lower-middle tier guy.
Posted by: Steve Skubinna at December 08, 2012 07:37 AM (wgDJg)
I'm surmising that being a professional (read "broke') musician and an actor aren't vastly different gigs. You hope the phone rings for a music gig, and will take pretty much anything you think you can do.
The pay ain't great, but it is worth it to do something you love to do. There's also a great psychological side to it as well: no matter what happens during the week, it's all erased by a good gig, particularly with a bunch of close friends.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit. at December 08, 2012 07:37 AM (yiIja)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at December 08, 2012 07:37 AM (Hslsk)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 08, 2012 11:35 AM (79ueO)
There is nothing wrong with trying to minimize your taxes...
unless you are a Republican!
Posted by: Hrothgar - LIB or SMOD (for the Children) at December 08, 2012 07:37 AM (Cnqmv)
Posted by: JDTAY at December 08, 2012 07:39 AM (a0nis)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 08, 2012 07:40 AM (79ueO)
Posted by: dfbaskwill at December 08, 2012 07:40 AM (SC2X3)
Can liberals be any more hypocritical?
Dana Fucking Milbank does not want to be in the same room with me. His whining about Mitt Romney doing the job that the First Golfer doesn't want to do really frosted my ass.
I am amused by the fact that the first sentence has never before, and never will again, be typed by anyone, ever.
Posted by: fluffy at December 08, 2012 07:40 AM (z9HTb)
A crappy 1/2 sitcom with one or two stock sets or a soap is probably short hours. Some of the SciFi stuff can be rougher because they might spend 3 hours in makeup every day, and a few more waiting on lighting/set reconfigurations for the next shot.
Posted by: @PurpAv at December 08, 2012 11:17 AM
It's a full day of work and more. There's rehearsal, blocking, and then the live audience taping which can take up to 8 hours
Then the post production people have to shave that down to 22 minutes to allow for commercials. PP technicians make good money, but they put in 16 hour days during the season.
Posted by: kbdabear at December 08, 2012 07:41 AM (wwsoB)
By the time they hit thirty they're no different from anyone else with an artistic bent. They get realistic about whether it is a hobby or a career or that become that perpetually semi-employed guy who never seems to order a proper meal when a bunch of you are at a restaurant.
A bunch of these people enjoy their anonymity. You'd never recognize them when they aren't made up and costumes for their typical role or put on the Voice that is the hallmark of the character they've honed into steady pay check until they get too old to be accepted in that role and have to find something else or worse, a real job.
My brother spent most of a year waiting tables in a Sambo's, back when it was still around, located around Calabasas, which made it a good stopping point for people going to and from the studios and several heavily used locations like the 20th Century Ranch that contained the MASH set, the Kung Fu temple, some Planet of the Apes sets, etc. (I went to school for two years nearby and we used to joke about being bussed to Korea because we could see the mountains used in the opening of MASH.)
He had a family that came in after church on Sundays quite regularly. Mom, Dad, and six kids. Very proper behavior was enforced for the kids but it seemed a happy bunch. After a while my brother realized why the guy seemed familiar. He was best known as the leader of the hapless biker gang in the two Clint Eastwood orangutan movies, among other evil sorts of character he'd made a living of playing.
Posted by: epobirs at December 08, 2012 07:42 AM (kcfmt)
Never spotted him here, but he Tweeted AlextheChick's epic rant early on.
Posted by: fluffy at December 08, 2012 07:43 AM (z9HTb)
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 08, 2012 07:43 AM (jUytm)
Posted by: Bon Qui Qui at December 08, 2012 07:43 AM (ZybMW)
You forgot "and closeted AOSHQ Moron". And yes, Searcy has showed up in the comments section from time to time. So watch those sockpuppets, you reprobates.
Wow. Nick Searcy (I'll have to find out who he is), Jayne Cobb, AB, the Famous Cute Moronette who's name escapes me at the moment. This place is great for rubbing electrons and pixels with Hollywood.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit. at December 08, 2012 07:43 AM (yiIja)
Posted by: The Guy Who Sprays Your House for Bugs Every Month at December 08, 2012 07:43 AM (+BMAW)
Posted by: fluffy at December 08, 2012 11:40 AM (z9HTb)
If you are referring to protection against higher dividend taxes in an upcoming year, I have to disagree. As long as the dividend tax rate of the "filthy rich 1% pigs" is less than 100%, it can be increased.
Posted by: Hrothgar - LIB or SMOD (for the Children) at December 08, 2012 07:43 AM (Cnqmv)
Paglia's issues weren't so much with the substance as with the style.
It was her "get off my lawn" moment
Posted by: kbdabear at December 08, 2012 07:44 AM (wwsoB)
My favorite Bruce Campbell line ever: "listen you neanderthal's ... This Is My BOOM Stick!" I plan to use it often..in the coming Apocalypse!
Posted by: Paladin at December 08, 2012 07:44 AM (JqMIA)
Candace Kita
Your turn in the barrel for forgetting that
BB, your agonizer please
Posted by: Bearded Ace at December 08, 2012 07:45 AM (wwsoB)
I was referring to my sentence about Dan F. Milbury.
Posted by: fluffy at December 08, 2012 07:47 AM (z9HTb)
Posted by: Jean at December 08, 2012 07:48 AM (eLCau)
*ahem*
Posted by: fluffy, primitive screwhead at December 08, 2012 07:49 AM (z9HTb)
Posted by: Bearded Ace at December 08, 2012 07:49 AM (wwsoB)
Posted by: Fritz at December 08, 2012 07:50 AM (ZA675)
BB, your agonizer please
*kneels and presents aforementioned agonizer*
I'm sorry. I have Christina Hendricks on the brain.
Oh, as speaking of Adam Baldwin, I just finished watching him in The Patriot. Found the director's cut on YouTube, great flick. Loved the attention to historical detail.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit. at December 08, 2012 07:51 AM (yiIja)
Posted by: SurferDoc at December 08, 2012 07:53 AM (6H6FZ)
Posted by: fluffy at December 08, 2012 11:47 AM (z9HTb)
On that one you are correct!
Posted by: Hrothgar - LIB or SMOD (for the Children) at December 08, 2012 07:55 AM (Cnqmv)
Really??? Now I have to go buy "Army of Darkness". Could have sworn it was "Neanderthals" ... go figure...must have been a TV edited edition I saw, that sticked in my mind.
Posted by: Paladin at December 08, 2012 07:58 AM (JqMIA)
Well, at least Allen G is spared from that.
...
...
Oh yeah, he doesn't come around here on the weekends to get needled.
Posted by: HeatherRadish™, Crankypants Extraordinaire at December 08, 2012 07:59 AM (hO8IJ)
1. Have a famous mother
2. Go into show business
3. Act like your whole life was a struggle and every dollar you earned was by coming up the hard way and living on ramen noodles. Pretend to know what it's like for the poor, because, like, you struggled so hard yourself
Posted by: Ashley Judd at December 08, 2012 07:59 AM (wwsoB)
) . I think the vermin be in the White House!Posted by: Judge_Roy_bean at December 08, 2012 08:00 AM (qRLVl)
That is what was formerly known as working in the United Kingdom.
A season, what we think of a normal run of twenty-something episodes, is not the rule there. Instead you have a series, referring to a set of 6 to 8 episodes rather than the whole multi-year run of a show. So you get actors doing a lot of different stuff in the same year, while in the US an actor might manage a lead role in a TV series and one movie lead in a year.
Posted by: epobirs at December 08, 2012 08:00 AM (kcfmt)
Posted by: Jimirayy at December 08, 2012 08:01 AM (sqp6o)
Posted by: George Clooney at December 08, 2012 08:02 AM (hO8IJ)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 08, 2012 08:03 AM (79ueO)
Posted by: Judge_Roy_bean at December 08, 2012 08:03 AM (qRLVl)
Safe for Work too
http://tinyurl.com/au8sc32
I'll be in my bunk
Posted by: kbdabear at December 08, 2012 08:05 AM (wwsoB)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 08, 2012 08:06 AM (79ueO)
It can be interesting to look at a TV series with foreign financing. This would create incentive to play more to the overseas audience and have additional scenes to fill in the space from less commercials. A lot of shows might get by with clipping a few seconds here and there of 'character walking from car to front door of house' but others will have real content.
The trick is to write something that adds to the episode without breaking the story if it is deleted. The Highlander TV series had a lot of this. The scene would be completely extraneous to the story and usually just the characters having a conversation. Caual viewer would never miss it but fans would seek it out. Nowadays these scenes are treated as DVD extras in the US.
Posted by: epobirs at December 08, 2012 08:07 AM (kcfmt)
It's fun watching the movies that have been made in the local area down here and spotting where they were filmed, like shopping centers and watering holes. Larry the Cable Guy's Food Inspector was the high point.
I've also been in a few bands with guys who were extras in movies like Earnest Goes to Jail and Rosewood. I'm itching to pitch someone my idea for a reality show I lovingly call We're an American Band. We'd have a film crew follow us to gigs for the witty banter during set-up and breakdown, and with nubile young things fans who have never heard any of the classic rock music we play.
Since we get along so well in The Indfidels, the tension would have to be between us and bar managers who don't pick up my Guinness tab for the evening.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit. at December 08, 2012 08:07 AM (yiIja)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 08, 2012 12:06 PM (79ueO)
My concern is that Obama and Holder are taking notes!
Posted by: Hrothgar - LIB or SMOD (for the Children) at December 08, 2012 08:07 AM (Cnqmv)
No shit? Fuck 'em. I read this stuff raw from the source, so I don't need some director trying to force the lines through Ashton Kutcher.
Posted by: fluffy at December 08, 2012 08:07 AM (z9HTb)
Shit.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit. at December 08, 2012 08:08 AM (yiIja)
Posted by: Cricket at December 08, 2012 08:08 AM (2ArJQ)
Posted by: Cricket at December 08, 2012 12:08 PM (2ArJQ)
Anything "normal" is bad!
Posted by: Hrothgar - LIB or SMOD (for the Children) at December 08, 2012 08:10 AM (Cnqmv)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 08, 2012 08:10 AM (79ueO)
Posted by: SurferDoc at December 08, 2012 08:10 AM (6H6FZ)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit. at December 08, 2012 12:07 PM (yiIja)
Sounds very familiar. I was in Every Which Way But Loose, playing in Charlie Rich's backup band, met Clint, made $200 and got a nice cowboy shirt (they wanted us to have matched shirts).
Ah, show business.
Posted by: Meremortal, time to slutdrop the GOPe at December 08, 2012 08:11 AM (1Y+hH)
Posted by: RWC at December 08, 2012 08:12 AM (sqp6o)
Posted by: Redd at December 08, 2012 08:13 AM (e/Cti)
Posted by: RWC at December 08, 2012 12:12 PM (sqp6o)
You should be thankful we got TOP.MENWOMEN working in the Smart Diplomacy section of the State Dept!
Posted by: Hrothgar - LIB or SMOD (for the Children) at December 08, 2012 08:14 AM (Cnqmv)
Posted by: SurferDoc at December 08, 2012 08:15 AM (6H6FZ)
Nice! Maybe we can get him to comment here ;-)
Posted by: fluffy at December 08, 2012 08:15 AM (z9HTb)
Posted by: The Poster Formerly Known as Mr. Barky at December 08, 2012 08:15 AM (oppgi)
Almost 200 nations agree to extend until 2020 the UN's Protocol for slowing climate change - @Reuters
And they say the world's countries can't work together!
Posted by: Meremortal, time to slutdrop the GOPe at December 08, 2012 08:16 AM (1Y+hH)
Posted by: RWC at December 08, 2012 08:17 AM (sqp6o)
Larry at Last Refuge of a Scoundrel put up some VERY nice pics of Christmas Gingers at his blog.
Mmmm, that's the kind of Christmas stockings I like...
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit. at December 08, 2012 08:19 AM (yiIja)
Posted by: billygoat at December 08, 2012 08:19 AM (Td5Ie)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 08, 2012 10:26 AM (GsoHv)
Cannot be labeled "Bourbon" unless it is made in Kentucky. Just finished lunch: Chicken-fried venison steak, home-made buttermilk biscuits and gravy.
Now, I embrace you, SMOD.
Posted by: Cicero Kid at December 08, 2012 08:22 AM (hq+RW)
(Never.) Posted by: Cricket at December 08, 2012 12:08 PM
My lefty sister complained about the "crass materialism of the 50's one time on FB
I reminded her that the Ward Cleavers of that time grew up in the Depression and then went straight to WW II
If they wanted to just enjoy themselves and forget the thoughtful serious shit for a while, who could blame them
She's not obtuse so she saw my point
Posted by: kbdabear at December 08, 2012 08:23 AM (wwsoB)
It goes beyond that. Chevy Chase is hated by a really wide audience in Hollywood, including the liberals. He pretty much destroyed his career by being hugely annoying after the box office draw he represented had faded badly. And he managed to do this before salaries above the line got really insane.
I'm sure he is embittered that later SNL alumni made more for single movies than he likely pulled down for his entire career. Worse, he start out as a writer and should have been able to transition back into that in his old age but appears to have long since misplaced those brain cells.
Apparently he was hard up for cash enough to do eight episodes guesting on a Swedish sitcom. Or it's some show within a show on 'Community.'
www.imdb.com/title/tt0989773/episodes?year=2009
Posted by: epobirs at December 08, 2012 08:24 AM (kcfmt)
Posted by: Olaff at December 08, 2012 08:24 AM (sqp6o)
So what kind of maintenance do the Egyptians do on their equipment? I've heard from unimpeachable sources (Guys who actually were in Iraq) about the shoddy maintenance procedures practiced by the Arabs.
Anyone have some knowledge here?
Posted by: irongrampa at December 08, 2012 08:25 AM (SAMxH)
Mother fuckers threw out Lord Moncton. Because they are all about the peer review.
Posted by: fluffy at December 08, 2012 08:26 AM (z9HTb)
But she drools over Madonna, who started the whole "be a whore if you can't really sing" schtick
Posted by: kbdabear at December 08, 2012 08:27 AM (wwsoB)
Posted by: epobirs at December 08, 2012 12:24 PM (kcfmt)
I actually thought Chevy went a long way considering how little talent he had (a couple of funny faces was about it).
Posted by: Meremortal, time to slutdrop the GOPe at December 08, 2012 08:27 AM (1Y+hH)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 08, 2012 08:29 AM (79ueO)
Posted by: RWC at December 08, 2012 08:30 AM (sqp6o)
Mother fuckers threw out Lord Moncton. Because they are all about the peer review.
Posted by: fluffy at December 08, 2012 12:26 PM
Then they had Thai trannies brought to them in chauffeured limos before heading back home in their private A-380 jumbo jets
Posted by: kbdabear at December 08, 2012 08:30 AM (wwsoB)
Posted by: RWC at December 08, 2012 08:31 AM (sqp6o)
there were many years however, of supplemental work as a server in her early (20's) years.
Ahh, Dues. I've been schlepping my own equipment around to gigs off and on for forty years now. Sometimes, mine, sometimes someone else's. (I started drumming with a borrowed drum set from one of my high school buds. Thanks, Gary Watson. I think.)
Never gonna make it big. Really don't care.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit. at December 08, 2012 08:33 AM (yiIja)
Posted by: kbdabear at December 08, 2012 08:34 AM (wwsoB)
He was the shit back in the day. Getting famous made him arrogant and ruined him. If you look at his work before SNL made him really well known, there is a pretty respectable collection of stuff he wrote and performed. I still get a good laugh from National Lampoon Radio Show and spin-offs like Lemmings. If he had stayed a TV and supporting role guy he might have stayed sane.
Posted by: epobirs at December 08, 2012 08:34 AM (kcfmt)
Posted by: Cicero Kid at December 08, 2012 12:22 PM (hq+RW)
No.
At least 51% corn.
Aged in charred oak barrels.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 08, 2012 08:34 AM (GsoHv)
Serendipity is going to check the mail before hauling Ra off to the vet and finding mail my state's writers guild in the box. Including a membership form.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 08, 2012 08:36 AM (t866N)
Posted by: Redd at December 08, 2012 08:38 AM (e/Cti)
Murray can improvise and Chase cannot. Being a writer makes chase a bit of a control freak. Most of that scene in Caddyshack was Bill Murray just rambling on auto-pilot and being as funny as anything Chase might have spent days tuning.
Ghostbusters is another good example of Murray making it up as he went along. A big portion of his lines were ad libs. On the DVD commentary Harold Ramis talks about how you have to leave gaps in a script when you're writing for Murray because anything else is a waste of time.
Posted by: epobirs at December 08, 2012 08:38 AM (kcfmt)
Cannot be labeled "Bourbon" unless it is made in Kentucky.
You sure that's not Scotch? That has to be made in Scotchland IIRC.
Which reminds me of that Ron White routine: "We have ScotchGuard." "How convenient. Got any VodkaGuard?"
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit. at December 08, 2012 08:40 AM (yiIja)
Posted by: irongrampa at December 08, 2012 12:25 PM (SAMxH)
Arabs militaries in general are bad at maintenance. It's beneath the status of a warrior, which is why they all hire, at princely salaries, US and European technical, logistical and maintenance support.
Posted by: Steve Skubinna at December 08, 2012 08:40 AM (wgDJg)
The charred barrels for aging may only be used once. After that, the barrels generally get sold to tequila makers.
Posted by: navybrat at December 08, 2012 08:44 AM (Ty7ja)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 08, 2012 08:44 AM (t866N)
"Easier than you would think. Remember, we're fighting Arabs"
Posted by: kbdabear at December 08, 2012 08:45 AM (wwsoB)
I've read that because of distrust, they are terrible with a chain of command.
Posted by: fluffy at December 08, 2012 08:46 AM (z9HTb)
Posted by: Steve Skubinna at December 08, 2012 12:40 PM (wgDJg)
Another aspect is a fatalist Islamic worldview - "If it's Allah's will"- the gun/missile will shoot when it needs to, despite the complete lack of maintenance.
Can't recall where I read about that, unfortunately. One of the embedded reporters Insty likes to link?
Posted by: ConservativeMonster at December 08, 2012 08:47 AM (xHaTb)
Posted by: SurferDoc at December 08, 2012 08:47 AM (6H6FZ)
The charred barrels for aging may only be used once. After that, the barrels generally get sold to tequila makers.
On extrememly rare occasions, I've bought Jack Daniels Wood Smoking Chips made from the barrels. Can't always find them, now I know why.
There is nothing better for smoking a big ol' T'Giving turkey.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit. at December 08, 2012 08:47 AM (yiIja)
Posted by: Cheri at December 08, 2012 08:49 AM (EAgmr)
Posted by: beach weekend at December 08, 2012 08:49 AM (LpQbZ)
Posted by: navybrat at December 08, 2012 08:49 AM (Ty7ja)
Posted by: Palerider at December 08, 2012 08:50 AM (vL0Nv)
Posted by: beach weekend at December 08, 2012 08:51 AM (LpQbZ)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at December 08, 2012 08:51 AM (jucos)
Posted by: beach weekend at December 08, 2012 08:52 AM (LpQbZ)
BBC does excellent tv shows
It's their news division that is unwatchable rubbish
Posted by: kbdabear at December 08, 2012 08:54 AM (wwsoB)
Posted by: navybrat at December 08, 2012 08:55 AM (Ty7ja)
Same at my house.
We almost named one of our cats 'Stringer Bell'
Posted by: fluffy at December 08, 2012 08:56 AM (z9HTb)
The last I remember of Chevy, is doing share a shower, save water commercials...
Seen him doing a lame Old Navy commercial lately.
I don't think he invested wisely.
Posted by: eleven at December 08, 2012 08:56 AM (fsLdt)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 08, 2012 08:57 AM (t866N)
Took a tour though Beam Distillery one time. Pretty cool setup. Could smell the booze from about a half mile away!
Posted by: Cicero Kid at December 08, 2012 08:58 AM (hq+RW)
Posted by: beach weekend at December 08, 2012 08:58 AM (LpQbZ)
Posted by: Squishy the road skunk at December 08, 2012 08:58 AM (fsLdt)
Luther is a bit stressful to watch. The show makes me jump with the plot twists and a fair amount of violence and mayhem. Excellent!
I'm thinking about going to see "Flight" this weekend. Anyone seen it?
Posted by: Cheri at December 08, 2012 08:58 AM (EAgmr)
Took a tour though Beam Distillery one time. Pretty cool setup. Could smell the booze from about a half mile away!
Round these parts you get lots of people who work behind the AB plant.
Boiling days are awesome (the smell of hops and malt!) Cleaning days and bad batch discharge...not so much.
Posted by: tsrblke at December 08, 2012 08:59 AM (GaqMa)
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 08, 2012 08:59 AM (jUytm)
Took a tour though Beam Distillery one time. Pretty cool setup. Could smell the booze from about a half mile away!
Went on a field trip to a Wonderbread factory when I was a kid. The smell was so incredicbly awesome I remember it to this day.
Posted by: eleven at December 08, 2012 09:00 AM (fsLdt)
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at December 08, 2012 09:01 AM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 08, 2012 09:02 AM (79ueO)
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 08, 2012 09:02 AM (jUytm)
Posted by: SurferDoc at December 08, 2012 09:03 AM (6H6FZ)
Posted by: Truman North at December 08, 2012 09:03 AM (9u7nV)
There were still some bright spots ahead after Caddyshack. Like 'Fletch.'
The biggest factor was whether he got to own the scene or not. In Three Amigos that was never going to happen because he was working with two guys who were his equals at the very least.
Look at some of the successful movies like Vacation. Every time another strong comic is in the scene Chase fades to a secondary role. Which was kind of sad in Spies Like Us, as Dan Ackroyd is far better in supporting roles when he cannot do something wild like Bass-o-matic or Julia Child.
Posted by: epobirs at December 08, 2012 09:03 AM (kcfmt)
Went on a field trip to a Wonderbread factory when I was a kid. The smell was so incredicbly awesome I remember it to this day.
There's a bakery right off I-4 downtown here. Driving by it is Olfactory Heaven when they're baking, which can be and has been at all hours.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit. at December 08, 2012 09:04 AM (yiIja)
Crazy ginger was a bit implausible, but hey, it's story telling.
Posted by: fluffy at December 08, 2012 09:04 AM (z9HTb)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at December 08, 2012 09:04 AM (jucos)
Posted by: Buffalobob at December 08, 2012 09:05 AM (x+7qA)
Posted by: eleven
Barbara Ann Bakery when I was a kid. Plus they'd give you a package of freshly baked rolls to take home. Did we take them home? Of course not. As soon as we got on the bus, we'd all rip into the rolls and eat the doughy goodness! Heaven.
Posted by: Cheri at December 08, 2012 09:05 AM (EAgmr)
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 08, 2012 09:05 AM (jUytm)
Posted by: beach weekend at December 08, 2012 09:06 AM (LpQbZ)
Posted by: Redd at December 08, 2012 09:06 AM (e/Cti)
Two degrees from Grey Poupon.
Three degrees Castle.
Go!
Posted by: fluffy at December 08, 2012 09:07 AM (z9HTb)
http://youtu.be/nScSYDKTI34
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 08, 2012 09:07 AM (t866N)
It was an amazing two week meltdown and mercy killing. They should do a DVD release and try to get commentary from anyone who appeared.
OTOH, Dennis Miller's first talk show attempt was pretty rough. But he got a lot better when they reworked the format some instead of rigidly following the Tonight Show conventions.
Posted by: epobirs at December 08, 2012 09:07 AM (kcfmt)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at December 08, 2012 09:07 AM (jucos)
Posted by: beach weekend at December 08, 2012 09:09 AM (LpQbZ)
"My uncle was Butchie Stanton. You know what that means in this town?"
Was that him?
Posted by: fluffy at December 08, 2012 09:10 AM (z9HTb)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 08, 2012 09:10 AM (79ueO)
OK, 'rons 'n 'ettes. It's time to do some holiday-type stuff like get the lights and decorations from storage. Ain't gonna put 'em up today, gotta pace myself.
Y'all have fun and try not to trash the place, 'k?
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit. at December 08, 2012 09:10 AM (yiIja)
Posted by: JDTAY at December 08, 2012 09:11 AM (a0nis)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 08, 2012 09:12 AM (t866N)
Posted by: SurferDoc at December 08, 2012 09:12 AM (6H6FZ)
Posted by: Acting Like An Actor at December 08, 2012 09:12 AM (MG6Y6)
Posted by: sTevo at December 08, 2012 09:12 AM (VMcEw)
Posted by: Ed Anger at December 08, 2012 09:12 AM (dfkax)
Posted by: I'd rather be surfin at December 08, 2012 09:13 AM (OTWsz)
:Rage Face:
Posted by: Mayonnaise Eclairs for Everyone! at December 08, 2012 09:13 AM (86/8G)
Barbara Ann Bakery when I was a kid. Plus they'd give you a package of freshly baked rolls to take home. Did we take them home? Of course not. As soon as we got on the bus, we'd all rip into the rolls and eat the doughy goodness! Heaven.
Yup. The gratis loaf of bread door prize. ::drool::
Posted by: eleven at December 08, 2012 09:14 AM (fsLdt)
Posted by: JDTAY at December 08, 2012 09:14 AM (a0nis)
Posted by: eman at December 08, 2012 09:15 AM (ThczH)
Knob Creek and Jim Beam ain't made there.
Posted by: lowandslow at December 08, 2012 09:17 AM (GZitp)
DCB I am ashamed of you after all the discussion on this fine stuff:
The definition of bourbon
On
May 4, 1964, the United States Congress recognized Bourbon Whiskey as a
“distinctive product of the United States.” The Federal Standards of
Identity for Distilled Spirits (27 C.F.R. 5.22) state that bourbon must
meet these requirements:
* Bourbon must be made of a grain mixture that is at least 51% corn (maize).
* Bourbon must be distilled to no more than 160 (U.S.) proof (80% alcohol by volume).
* Neither coloring nor flavoring may be added.
* Bourbon must be aged in new, charred oak barrels.
* Bourbon must be entered into the barrel at no more than 125 proof (62.5% alcohol by volume).
* Bourbon, like other whiskeys, may be bottled at not less than 80 proof (40% alcohol by volume.)
* Bourbon that meets
the above requirements and has been aged for a minimum of two years may
(but is not required to) be called Straight Bourbon.
* Straight Bourbon aged for a period less than four years must be labeled with the duration of its aging.
* If an age is stated on the label, it must be the age of the youngest whiskey in the bottle.
And other things I have seen actually limit to a very few counties in KY.
http://is.gd/vvEyN3
Posted by: Vic at December 08, 2012 09:17 AM (YdQQY)
Posted by: Vic at December 08, 2012 09:19 AM (YdQQY)
Huh? Wikipedia says:
Canadian law requires products labeled bourbon to be made in the United States
Posted by: Waterhouse at December 08, 2012 09:19 AM (m4p5a)
Heh. If it's older than four years, you will find the age in bold letter on the label.
Posted by: fluffy at December 08, 2012 09:20 AM (z9HTb)
@Vic @Waterhouse,
Various advertising trademarks may require stricter limits (I'm not aware of any off the top of my head, but there are probably a few.)
Posted by: tsrblke at December 08, 2012 09:20 AM (GaqMa)
Me too.
Including the Kirkland brand, which is where this came up. Posted by: navybrat at December 08, 2012 09:21 AM (Ty7ja)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 08, 2012 09:21 AM (79ueO)
Posted by: eman at December 08, 2012 09:22 AM (ThczH)
Posted by: Tuna at December 08, 2012 09:23 AM (M/TDA)
Posted by: JDTAY at December 08, 2012 09:23 AM (a0nis)
Posted by: DaveA at December 08, 2012 09:26 AM (Xefrb)
Posted by: lowandslow at December 08, 2012 09:29 AM (GZitp)
Posted by: DaveA at December 08, 2012 09:29 AM (Xefrb)
When I left earlier my intent was to get my trusty drill to go to new burn barrel and make holes in the side so I could burn paper trash and piss on the AGW scam criminals.
But lo and behold, the battery was dead. (imagine little cloud over head because I had recently charged it).
After one triple <whiskey> I had a brilliant idea, go get my old ancient plug in drill and either move the barrel from lot 100 feet away or stretch cord.
But alas, I forgotten my old methodology for storing old shit. Throw in shed and depend on Mercedes Lackey's brownies to clean it out and straiten it up despite the building being full of cold iron.
No drill at all to be found
And that's my story and I'm sticking to it.
And CBD; got GI Jo playing Christmas Music right now
Posted by: Vic at December 08, 2012 09:32 AM (YdQQY)
Posted by: Tuna at December 08, 2012 09:38 AM (M/TDA)
Posted by: eleven at December 08, 2012 09:39 AM (fsLdt)
Hollywood! Need more!
Posted by: Vic at December 08, 2012 09:40 AM (YdQQY)
Posted by: RWC at December 08, 2012 09:41 AM (sqp6o)
Just a thought to throw out there : So many actors end up not attempting to break into Hollywood or Broadway due to several obstacles. The extreme high cost of surviving in New York or LA for most is beyond their capability without some sort of funding. For conservative actors, the climate is more a less jumping into an open sewer, and the constant encounters with industry sexual predators is terrifying for a young actor on their own. Just as in the universities, to survive professionally, young actors must either remain silent and appear shallow, or lie to disguise any political and social beliefs right of center(and center at times). Most of them are either assimulated into the left-wing culture and become another drone, or the constant abuse and pressure to abandon their ethical standards wears them down, and they leave.
To initiate a competitive entertainment industry, one place to start is building the careers of selected young actors by funding their living costs during their initial entry into the industry. Perhaps provide some sort of low- cost living situations. People living in these areas could even provide a room and board. (Also providing an immediate support group in the big city). Removing the pressure of living expenses removes the ability of the industry to use that necessity as a means to pressure young actors into falling in the left-wing line just to survive. Certainly, this move would be a baby step. The biggest problem to solve in finding the financial and technological resources to make movies. Technology innovations are changing many of the old obstacles. You mentioned the avenues opening for small, independent films, and that would be another place to start, followed by building a strategy to convince theatre chains to feature such films. The audience is there waiting for good entertainment.
The more I think about this goal, the more I'm beginning to believe it could be done. Not in the next five years mind you. But wth patience, perseverance and a long-term strategy, not so impossible as most assume.
Posted by: I'd rather be surfin at December 08, 2012 09:44 AM (OTWsz)
Posted by: Tuna at December 08, 2012 09:46 AM (M/TDA)
Posted by: True Story at December 08, 2012 09:47 AM (ypzqs)
Posted by: Redd at December 08, 2012 09:49 AM (e/Cti)
Posted by: Tuna at December 08, 2012 01:46 PM (M/TDA)
LOL, I thought Duvall was the star. But I don't have the "hate" for KC that a lot of the Morons have. I thought he did a good job in open range and a couple of other films.
Posted by: Vic at December 08, 2012 09:49 AM (YdQQY)
I have no idea what that means but if it deals with a Morons here it is TMI
Posted by: Vic at December 08, 2012 09:50 AM (YdQQY)
...you can go to the moon for a paltry $1.5B
http://tinyurl.com/ac4w6dg
Apparently, they do not accept EBT cards.
Posted by: @PurpAv at December 08, 2012 09:53 AM (H9jX8)
http://tinyurl.com/ac4w6dg
Apparently, they do not accept EBT cards.
Posted by: @PurpAv at December 08, 2012 01:53 PM (H9jX
Damn PA, couldn't you wait for JEF to get out of office before giving him ideas for another vacation?
Wait, ,,.,,,,,,,,may be a one way trip.
hummmmm...how much?
Posted by: Vic at December 08, 2012 09:55 AM (YdQQY)
Posted by: RWC at December 08, 2012 09:57 AM (sqp6o)
Posted by: Truman North at December 08, 2012 09:58 AM (I2LwF)
hehehe, if robbers were smart they would not be robbers in the South or any red State.
If he had been at my house there would have been no phone calls ......
from him
Posted by: Vic at December 08, 2012 09:59 AM (YdQQY)
Posted by: Tuna at December 08, 2012 10:01 AM (M/TDA)
Posted by: TN at December 08, 2012 01:58 PM (I2LwF)
I look at it this way, $1.1T a year since he has been in office.
4 more years
=$5.5T
Savings
Wait.....
Will Boner still be there?
Posted by: Vic at December 08, 2012 10:01 AM (YdQQY)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 08, 2012 10:02 AM (79ueO)
I recently got the Blu-Ray copy of Lonesome Dove
I recommend that too, although I hate the ending.
But I blame McMurtry on that.
Posted by: Vic at December 08, 2012 10:03 AM (YdQQY)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 08, 2012 10:06 AM (79ueO)
How's the new duties going......nah, don't answer that.
But not too much serious stuff going on today.
Posted by: Vic at December 08, 2012 10:08 AM (YdQQY)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 08, 2012 10:09 AM (79ueO)
Posted by: Vic at December 08, 2012 10:11 AM (YdQQY)
...the pubic ain't buying the social security happy talk anymore. Only 17% of them are very confident they'll get everything promised.
http://tinyurl.com/b2takqr
As a comparative reference point, about 30% of the public believes in UFO's.
Wrap your head around that -- UFO's have more credibility than Social Security.
Posted by: @PurpAv at December 08, 2012 10:13 AM (H9jX8)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at December 08, 2012 10:14 AM (bxiXv)
Interesting response to Yahoo's poll question "Should gay marriage be federally protected?" So far the 'no' response is at 69% to 31% for the 'yes.' Not the response that the media overlords are trying to impose through their coverage of the topic.
Posted by: Leonaidas Hoetep at December 08, 2012 10:14 AM (vroI0)
Posted by: RWC at December 08, 2012 10:15 AM (sqp6o)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 08, 2012 10:16 AM (79ueO)
BATFE Taking Comments on "Sporting Purposes" Exemption to "Armor Piercing Ammunition" Law Until Dec. 31
You need that kind of ammo to penetrate the carapace on a feral hog.
Posted by: Meremortal, time to slutdrop the GOPe at December 08, 2012 10:16 AM (1Y+hH)
Posted by: RWC at December 08, 2012 10:18 AM (sqp6o)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 08, 2012 02:16 PM (79ueO)
Ah, but there is something to celebrate, which I noted earlier. 200 countries have agreed to delay implementation of the Kyoto Protocols until 2020.
Enviros hardest hit.
Posted by: Meremortal, time to slutdrop the GOPe at December 08, 2012 10:19 AM (1Y+hH)
Posted by: RWC at December 08, 2012 10:19 AM (sqp6o)
Posted by: Meremortal, time to slutdrop the GOPe at December 08, 2012 02:16 PM (1Y+hH)
Really? I've never come across a hog so I haven't had to shoot one. In any case, I'm thinking that need wouldn't apply to my slug gun. I just shot a 50s refridgerator with that thing for fun. I'm thinking any 12 guage slug is "armor piercing"
Please don't let them take away my slugs, I can't afford a new rifle 
.
Posted by: tsrblke at December 08, 2012 10:20 AM (GaqMa)
Posted by: elizabethe at December 08, 2012 10:20 AM (oU9pV)
Maybe it was great uncle or grandfather. He spoke that line to McNulty when he was explaining that he didn't really choose a life of crime, he was born into it.
Posted by: fluffy at December 08, 2012 10:21 AM (z9HTb)
It's a trap!
The proposal, as poured into the sausage grinder, is one of those "regionalism" pipe-dreams, where the existing city's programs are debts are hung around the necks of the surrounding so-called suburbs. Most of those towns were free-standing mill and factory towns on their own before the cancerous expansions (of the go-go, overly materialistic, selfish Fifties! You should be ashamed!), and are now filled with those guilty of, well, leaving Detroit.
The center cities of these monstrosities retain enough easily-directed votes to keep the free-shit taps flowing, and the captive cities retain their property tax valuation just long enough -- because revaluations only happen on the government's schedule -- for the current guilty parties to finish out their terms and feather their nests. Needless to say, regionalism is a regular platform plank for the Democrat party.
For the state to decommission the city, they'd have to either officially absorb its existing liabilities, or officially hang them on Westland, Inkster, Ferndale and GPW. You might hear about that on the national news. It would, in the words of the Strategic Bombing Report, further convulse the rubble.
Posted by: comatus at December 08, 2012 10:24 AM (qaVK+)
It would be quicker to mod a box of standard ammo like that than it would be to hunt around for some esoteric black market AP shit, and then pay through the nose for it.
Fucking tards. Anyone can fab AP ammo from shit they got laying around in their garage.
Posted by: @PurpAv at December 08, 2012 10:24 AM (H9jX8)
Posted by: SurferDoc at December 08, 2012 10:29 AM (6H6FZ)
Posted by: @PurpAv at December 08, 2012 10:31 AM (H9jX8)
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 08, 2012 10:34 AM (jUytm)
Posted by: CozMark at December 08, 2012 10:36 AM (nDeB2)
Posted by: SurferDoc at December 08, 2012 10:39 AM (6H6FZ)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at December 08, 2012 10:46 AM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 08, 2012 10:47 AM (jUytm)
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 08, 2012 10:48 AM (jUytm)
Posted by: tsrblke at December 08, 2012 02:20 PM (GaqMa)
Haven't shot one either but have Texas relatives that have. The carapace forms to shield the hogs from the tusks of other hogs. It gets amazingly tough on older hogs they say. Feral hogs go right through barbed wire fences.
Posted by: Meremortal, time to slutdrop the GOPe at December 08, 2012 10:49 AM (1Y+hH)
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 08, 2012 10:49 AM (jUytm)
And we are surprised when every time we think we have some level of surcease from their insanity, they have another lawsuit ready to go!
Posted by: Hrothgar - LIB or SMOD (for the Children) at December 08, 2012 10:50 AM (Cnqmv)
Rather than drill holes in the barrel, which quickly become clogged with ashes, I cut both ends out of the barrel, and then weld three scrap brake shoes onto the bottom to serve as feet. Works great. I also used a heavy grade barrel if I can get one; they last much longer.
Setting the open-ended barrel on three bricks also works, but having welded-on feet makes it easier to tip the barrel for cleanout.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 08, 2012 10:51 AM (29+x5)
Posted by: Yip at December 08, 2012 10:52 AM (/jHWN)
Posted by: navybrat at December 08, 2012 10:53 AM (Ty7ja)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 08, 2012 02:51 PM (29+x5)
I've always been partial to the use of bricks and having both ends open. Easy to maintain and easy to clean for me at least.
Posted by: Hrothgar - LIB or SMOD (for the Children) at December 08, 2012 10:55 AM (Cnqmv)
Posted by: Truman North at December 08, 2012 10:55 AM (I2LwF)
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 08, 2012 10:55 AM (jUytm)
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 08, 2012 10:56 AM (jUytm)
While you don't NEED armor-piercing rounds for a hog, you do need power for the big boys. Do a search: feral hogs, photos. They can reach very impressive sizes.
The damage they do to fields is impressive too, but not in a good way.
Posted by: Meremortal, time to slutdrop the GOPe at December 08, 2012 10:57 AM (1Y+hH)
Posted by: Yip at December 08, 2012 11:00 AM (/jHWN)
Posted by: somebody else, not me at December 08, 2012 11:00 AM (nZvGM)
Posted by: alex at December 08, 2012 11:03 AM (ewOgA)
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 08, 2012 11:04 AM (jUytm)
If you eat a hog that's eaten a human...does that make you a cannibal?
I used to wonder this, when watching 'Deadwood'.
Posted by: wheatie at December 08, 2012 11:09 AM (CM59X)
"If you eat a hog that's eaten a human...does that make you a cannibal?"
Both taste like pork.
Errr, so I've been told...
Posted by: HH at December 08, 2012 11:12 AM (XXwdv)
Posted by: teej still says go K-State and delurks for cfb at December 08, 2012 11:16 AM (Bj/RA)
Posted by: Go Navy at December 08, 2012 11:18 AM (4nxhP)
I love Nick Searcy.
He enriches every production that he is in.
Just felt the need to say that, since I was late to the thread.
And Ace...I watched that documentary 'That Guy...' last month.
It was good.
The unspoken thing, was how the Unions in the Film Industry have screwed themselves and their members...like with other other unions in other industries.
Posted by: wheatie at December 08, 2012 11:21 AM (CM59X)
Posted by: RWC at December 08, 2012 11:25 AM (sqp6o)
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at December 08, 2012 11:44 AM (gA69l)
Posted by: Karusky at December 08, 2012 11:49 AM (dO4L7)
Posted by: Walkers! at December 08, 2012 12:14 PM (e/Cti)
I went to the Maker's Mark distillery in Loretto, KY once. It was like a pilgrimage.
Some Bourbon distillers ship their used barrels to Scotland. Laphroig is aged in used MM barrels.
Posted by: Steve Skubinna at December 08, 2012 12:37 PM (HoGA+)
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