Big Blue Huddle

1. ARBITRAITOR
  A cook who leaves Arby's to work at McDonald's.

  2. BERNADETTE
  The act of torching a mortgage.

  3. BURGLARIZE
  What a crook sees through.

  4. AVOIDABLE
  What a bullfighter tries to do.

  5. COUNTERFEITER
  Workers who put together kitchen cabinets.

  6. LEFT BANK
  What the bank robbers did when their bag was full of money.

  7. HEROES
  What a man in a boat does.

  8. PARASITES
  What you see from the Eiffel Tower.

  9. PARADOX
  Two physicians.

  10. PHARMACIST
  A helper on a farm.

  11. RELIEF
  What trees do in the spring.

  12. RUBBERNECK
  What you do to relax your wife.

  13. SELFISH
  What the owner of a seafood store does.

  14. SUDAFED
  Brought litigation against a government official.

Quote from: ozzie on March 20, 2021, 06:42:17 PM
My favorite baseball moivies....
The Sandlot, Take me out to the Ballgame,  the original Bad News Bears and one that wasn't on that list...

"It Happens Every Spring" starring Ray Milland. It was a silly movie for sure, but I always enjoy watching it.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0041514/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

OK Lou, you have joined the group that needs glasses on whatever they read. I do believe It Happens Every Spring WAS on the list.

Don't worry, wait 'll you reach 75+ you won't remember what you did 1/2 an hour ago. 

I a couple of weeks the 2021 baseball season will begin. Over the years, baseball and Hollywood have had a great relationship, with many baseball themes movies made. Some were good, some were stinkers and some have become classics.

Take a look back at this retrospective of Baseball and Hollywood

Baseball and Hollywood: A retrospective

https://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/news/baseball-and-hollywood-a-retrospective/ss-BB18LaRQ?ocid=msedgdhp

There was a movie that wasn't mentioned here, that I, in particular,' loved, Kill The Umpire with William Bendix. Otherwise a pretty good list.

26-Year-Old Hopes to Be First Woman with Down Syndrome in Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/more-sports/26-year-old-hopes-to-be-first-woman-with-down-syndrome-in-sports-illustrated-swimsuit-issue/ar-BB1eLPxB?ocid=msedgdhp


Mikayla Holmgren already made history by competing in the Miss Minnesota USA pageant

Everyone can use a little

Quote from: jimv on March 18, 2021, 07:24:48 PM
Lenny, Marie, for some reason, hates that movie.  And, I can't understand why.  Say "hi" to Doris.

Hey, let's not spoil her with everyone saying Hi to her.   

Quote from: jimv on March 18, 2021, 07:26:04 PM
"I AM large!  It's the pictures that got small."

The correct quote is

You're Norma Desmond. You used to be in silent pictures. You used to be big.

"I am big. It's the pictures that got small."

Quote from: Bob In PA on March 18, 2021, 03:43:11 PM
Lenn: Tell Doris "To Kill A Mockingbird" was my choice for 2nd Greatest Movie Ever Made (and say hi to her for me). Bob

Already done 

I know I had already put up what I felt was the greatest movie ever made, but when I told my wife about my choice she had a different movie, one that no one really would put up here, but on thinking about, a movie that EVERYONE loves and is considered always, as one of the top 10 movies ever made.

To Kill A Mockingbird.

I won't go into her reasons, as that's just what she thinks, but overall, I couldn't argue about it with her as it is truly a great movie. Outstanding acting, memorable roles, great story, writing, directing. It simply has it all.

Since the last show fulfilled my desire to educate myself, I now have to sink down to the common man, or maybe lower. I am really not into many reality-type shows, but, as I have said before, my wife got me to watch Married At First Sight, and we both like it very much. So, with that being said, she found us a NEW show that we can 'watch together'.
The show is on USA TV and is called 'Temptation Island". I know, I know, you can watch shows like this with one eye closed, but you know what, if you just take it with a grain of silliness, it's not all that bad. Basically, they get 4 couples who are together, maybe engaged, maybe living together for a while, and put them on this exotic island where they will meet and date many other men and women from their opposite sex. The object, of course, is to see if any, or all of the original people, can stay faithful to their partner. The ladies stay with the group of men that the show provides and visa versa with the men (stay with a house full of beautiful ladies). This goes on for whatever the length of the show and at the end, they meet and decide if they want to stay together, separate, or be with someone they met on the show.
Again, this is pure silliness, but for us 'older' men, you get to look at a bevy of gorgeous ladies and see how the moors of today really differ from when I was dating.
Anyway, I am in for the long haul now and I kind of enjoy it. Not everything has to be so serious. 

 Let me throw in a few more shows.

I am a nut about anything to the Civil War. Really carve new shows about the same stuff, but different slants on things.
That said, there is an EXCELLENT series on CNN about Lincoln   
https://www.cnncreativemarketing.com/project/lincoln/

They just aired Episode 5, I believe and I find it fascinating. A combo docudrama, with interviews and old-time pix and newspaper headlines.

Again, this is in my wheelhouse and no matter how bad it could have been, I still would have watched, but it is good, very good and I would highly recommend it to anyone interested in 'the man' or that era of our history.

BTW, on the previous show, there is a very big to-do about how the show seemed to portray Lincoln as a sort of racist.
https://nypost.com/2021/03/18/cnn-blasted-for-abraham-lincoln-clickbait-conspiracy-theories/

50 Celebrities Who Turned Down Major Movie Roles

https://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/news/50-celebrities-who-turned-down-major-movie-roles/ss-BB1d8NKV?ocid=msedgdhp

Some I already knew, but many I did not. Just think how things would have been if another celeb played a major role. The entire movie would have/ would have been complete different.

Mel Gibson as The Gladiator,
Burt Reynolds as James Bond

Some really interesting insights into how actors think about roles and t heir image also.

And a few more

Take a relook at the tow you didn't get on my last group.

#1 should really be a softball--a really old movie, and a laugh-out-loud comedy. Read it carefully and see who would say something like that.

#3-- a more modern 'epic' movie. Not the main quote (one of many) but very recognizable.

Blood Simple was just on some station and I fully enjoyed it AGAIN. One terrific movie. Dan Hedaya and M. Emmet Walsh were just outstanding.

Out of the list of movies, there were a few I hadn't seen, and the only two I can say I did not like were Barton Fink and Inside Llewyn Davis (which I hated), but the others, just great movie-making.