Hey look! It’s the Devils and the LightningBOLTS!! Let’s have at it!
FIRST PERIOD
19:51 Doc is as puzzled as everyone else when Jacques starts the game with an unholy line of Zach, Niedermayer (the Lesser) and Pikkarainen. Seriously. This might be just because everyone’s gotten kind of mellow about the constant line changing, so Jacques just wants to remind us how maddening it was earlier this season. (In discussing the line combos, Chico and Doc get going about how Oduya and Pando are coming back tomorrow. It’s only been 17 games since PandoNation last saw its emperor-god, but it’s felt like at least a lifetime.)
18:40 Okay, the second shift is Zach, Boogerfors and Patty. Because Zach is playing 60 minutes tonight.
17:41 Boomer hasn’t even had time to get settled in front of the TV before the Devils are on the power play already. A LightningBOLT! whose name we aren’t inclined to look up to ensure we’re spelling it correctly happens to be standing near a Devil when he falls over, and it gets called. There’s a lesson to be learned in that – don’t go standing near the Devils, LightningBOLTS!.
15:16 The PP doesn’t accomplish anything with its considerable puck possession. During the continuation of play in the BOLTS! zone, Pookie says, “I don’t think it’s a good sign that I keep thinking Salvador is injured, and that’s why I keep forgetting about him. I’m always like, ‘When the Iron Boar comes back, we’ll be better.’”
10:48 Schnookie: “If the BOLTS! had to have one of last year’s Flyers’ goalies playing tonight, why couldn’t it have been Biron?”
9:03 Doc tells us that Konopka has fought twice against the Devils this season, and is elaborating when he suddenly corrects himself; it turns out it’s the Iron Boar who has fought twice against the BOLTS!, not the other way around. Schnookie: “Konopka’s like, ‘Please! I have a reputation to consider!’” Pookie: “And I’m sure there would be a fight tonight, if only the Iron Boar wasn’t injured.”
7:58 Chico assures us that Niittymaki is every bit as bad as Biron against the Devils, having gone 0-5-5 in his last ten against them. Except his GAA is 2.33 in those games, while Biron’s is, like, 5,000.
5:58 Playing the part of the Iron Boar and Konopka tonight are Corrente and Wright. And Corrente lays a bit of a beating onto our favorite cousin of alix’s.
When we come back from commercial, we see that the fight was precipitated by Wright taking liberties (what else is new?) with the Iron Boar. Iron Boar’s probably thinking, “If only I wasn’t hurt right now, I’d be able to fight my own battles.”
2:50 MSG+ tells us that Stamkos is only the 6th player in NHL history to score goals in each of his first three games against Marty. Considering that every active NHL scored in at least his first game against Marty, that’s impressive that there’s such a drop-off looking to the second and third games.
2:36 The Iron Boar commits so egregious a turnover in the slot in front of Marty that Pookie declares, “Okay, I’m going to go injure Salvador now so he won’t be in our lineup.” (To be fair, Iron Boar puts in a valiant effort recovering on the play, and the BOLTS! don’t score. To be even more fair, the BOLTS! likely don’t score on the play solely because it’s Lacavalier, pining away over his lost chance to become a Devil last season, taking the shot.)
1:32 Langer gets called for hooking Stamkos. Chico thinks the call is bullshit, because it was a delayed offside. Pookie: “Chico’s in fine form tonight.”
0:00 That was a markedly better first period than the one against Vancouver on Wednesday was. We get an interview with Corrente, and he is hilariously unseasoned. He also blurts that he doesn’t know the name of the guy he just fought. Does that mean our six degrees of separation now from Corrente don’t really count?
SECOND PERIOD
18:34 The phonk? Lecavalier decides to show his not-quite team what they’re missing, by scoring easily on a slow-to-unfold wraparound. It’s 1-0 LightningBOLTS!, and Chico tells us that Vinny was penciled in for 50 this year, and “so far” has only five. Boomer: “Well, Marty’s glad to help.” Pookie: “Yeah. Good thing that goal counts for 45.”
17:42 It should be noted that Pookie gave a gift of retro cookie cutters to Schnookie for Advent this year; it’s the same set we had as children, and we’re absolutely delighted to have the ax-shaped cutter back in our lives. Pookie is making holiday sugar cookies tonight, and she starts rambling here, “In honor of Coach Foxy getting fired today, I’m going to combine butter… sugar… eggs… and fire, and end up with an ax. Because that’s what Coach Foxy got today!” Pause. “That joke knew where it was going long before I did.”
17:01 It’s halfway to the real deal as Corrente fights Konopka. We’ll know this game has finally arrived when Corrente fights the Iron Boar.
They fight for, like, 45 minutes.
14:55 Mahmoud the cat is inappropriately vocalizing again. Speaking of things that should get the ax.
13:57 Zach gets called for tripping, but the replay MSG+ shows of what we’re presuming is the infraction shows Zach lunging after Stamkos, nefariously hooking/holding/whatevering him, and then falling over in a clumsy heap. It’s magnificent.
11:57 That power play was positively Devilsish! Doc, who spent most of it talking about how there are still penalty clocks showing major penalties, and going off on some tangent about a scoreboard for some minor-league team in Indiana somewhere, remarks at the conclusion of the kill that the clock is now cleared of penalties of the minor kind. Pookie: “Zach’s like, ‘Did you just call me “minor”?’”
10:38 Channeling her inner Carrie Bradshaw, Pookie says, “I couldn’t help but wonder, is Bergfors the new Gionta?”
10:16 Doc and Chico are spinning their wheels trying to explain why the Devils look so terrible tonight. Chico says, “On their last shift, if Zach and Patrik could have just connected two crisp, direct passes, the Devils could have had an odd-man rush.” Pookie: “The day I ever say, ‘If only a Devils player could have connected a crisp, direct pass…’” then she trails off ominously. It’s true. Better not wait for that while hanging from a rope around your neck.
8:07 We are on tenterhooks checking the weather predictions here, because we have been PROMISED snow tomorrow. Boomer informs us now that Accuweather is predicting “A December to Remember.” Seriously. Schnookie: “Yes, but what am I going to remember this December for? Its unremarkable weather?”
7:40 Patty gets flattened by Malone on a clean hit, then gets to his feet and jumps Malone to avenge his embarrassment. Stamkos then leaps into the fray to further humiliate Patty, and somehow out of all of this, Fraser ends up in a wee little tussle/fight with Malone. It all happens in a blink of an eye, but it’s awesome nonetheless. And it ends with a BOLTS! power play.
6:23 Rolston leads the way on what could have been a shorthanded rush, but ends up not being one when he pulls up and waits, and waits, and waits, and waits for someone to follow up with him. Chico tells us that Rolston kinda blew it there by waiting for the d-men who should have been coming late, but weren’t because they were changing. Schnookie: “The Devils D never come late.” Pause. “Huh huh.” Pause. “They’re always coming and going and going and coming and always too soon.”
4:02 Gel-O steps in to inform us when we come back from commercial to give us the official news of Coach Foxy’s firing. Pookie: “I’m going to pour some cake ingredients on the floor in his memory.” He was, apparently, the longest-tenured coach in the Atlantic Division. It’s just proof that all the other teams in our division just want to copy the Devils.
1:35 Okay, this game is getting hilarious. First, Acorns and Konopka fall into the BOLTS! bench when Travis puts a slow-developing hit into the BOLTS! pugilist, then the play starts wheeling madly up and down the ice, then Whitey throws a flying tornado hit into a BOLT! in the far corner, and then Marty freezes the puck on a juggling, bobbling save. The Devils are seriously sucking for the second game in a row, but it’s still been oddly fun.
0:32 Chico mentions the late-coming D again, as his only suggestion for how the Devils might possibly be able to muster some offense. We chortle, and Pookie says, “If I start calling Zach ‘The Teutonic Titwillow’, will he start scoring again?”
0:00 To cap off an entertainingly dreadful period, we get an interview with Niedermayer (the Lesser). He probably also doesn’t know alix’s cousin’s name, but the opportunity doesn’t arise for him to reveal that. Stan asks him for the solution for how the Devils can score goals, and sadly, Niedermayer (the Lesser) doesn’t bust out laughing and say, “If I knew that, would I be (the Lesser)?”
THIRD PERIOD
18:48 Things are going to start changing now that the Devils are on the PP thanks to a phenomenally stupid slashing penalty well off of the play. Now is the turning point, if this game goes according to the Chico Plan, the system by which every team just needs a power play to get a goal, “and they’ll be right back in it.”
18:45 WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! The Chico Plan worked! Right off the faceoff, Rolston rockets a monster slapshot over Niittymaki’s glove into the top corner. It’s a 1-1 game, and that is what the Devils signed Rolston for. Wowza.
18:25 Halpern trips Applesauce in the corner to Marty’s left, and the Devils go back on the PP. This is not, we don’t think, what Tocchet had in mind for this period.
16:58 This is not, we don’t think, what Lemaire had in mind for this PP.
16:10 On yet another delayed penalty by the BOLTS!, Andy “Game Over” Greene knifes through a wall of BOLTS! defenders, beats Niittymaki through the five-hole, but watches his shot skitter goallessly through the crease and just out past the far post. Rats. That would have been awesome.
14:46 WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Boogerfors! Boogerfors! Niclas Boogerfors! Off a lost offensive-zone faceoff, Zharkov (whom Pookie has dubbed “The Land Zhark”) forces the BOLTS! d-man (David Hale, of all people) to cough the puck up to Boogerfors, who is all alone on the doorstep. And just like that, it’s 2-1 Devils, because the line of Niedermayer (the Lesser), Boogerfors, and the Land Zhark is nothing if not money.
12:00 EEK! St. Louis tries one of those can’t-miss-against-Marty reeeeeeaaaaally bad-angle shots, but Marty just manages to hold the post and keep the puck out. Pookie: “Oof. That would have gone in last year.” Boomer: “That would have gone in in the first period.” Chico tells us, during the replay, that fans “might” remember that St. Louis scored on Marty “from some bad angles” during the playoffs a few years ago. Pookie: “He scored from every bad angle in that series.”
9:46 Is this a BOLTS! power play? Why are the Devils getting pinned in their own zone? Do they think 2-1 is an insurmountable lead? Boomer: “Well, it would be for them.”
6:24 Chico is exhorting fans to go to Trenton Devils games. He’s couching it in terms of “it’s fun minor-league hockey, and it’s a shorter drive than Lowell”. And, well, the one time the Devils played a preseason game in Trenton, we discovered that only having to drive 20 minutes to get to a hockey game is, indeed, a wonderful thing. But, um, we still aren’t going to go to any Trenton Devils games.
4:33 We are informed that Corrente is probably not going to see much more ice time tonight. And Chico is as broken up about the lost opportunity for a Corrente/Iron Boar heavyweight bout as we are.
3:42 This shift looks just like the end of G7 against Carolina last spring. But that’s okay. We didn’t want to see a win anyway.
3:15 Because the BOLTS! don’t already have enough momentum, Fraser hooks St. Louis while falling over after a hit. When we come back from commercial, Chico tells us that Whitey’s left the game, and with Corrente on the bench and Fraser in the box, killing this penalty should be a breeze.
3:00 What a shocker! It’s an easy tic-tac-toe play for Downie to tie the game at 2. Once again, prevent defense prevents you from winning, Devils.
2:32 The Devils seem confused by this strange end of the ice they’re playing in. They’re creeped out that there’s a goalie in it, but he’s wearing the same sweater as the other team.
1:51 Halischuk very nearly becomes our favorite Devil whom we can’t recognize by sight, but his miracle sneaking-behind-the-BOLTS!-D rush comes up short when his punch-in attempt on a hard-working rebound goes through Niittymaki, but, like Andy “Game Over” Greene’s one-man rush earlier in the game, skitters just past the far goalpost.
0:38 WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!! Chico calls this one best: “WHOA! SHOCKER.” It seems like not a whole lot of anything is going on in the BOLTS! zone, but then Rolston gets the puck to Game Over at the point, and Game Over does exactly what his name suggests – he fires a perfectly tippable shot through a thicket of traffic, and out of nowhere, it beats Niittymaki. 3-2 Devils, and Pookie finally has to admit it: yes Virginia, there is an AndyGreeneNation. (The goal is credited to Langer, but replay suggests he may not have touched it.)
0:00 Hot diggity damn! The Devils snatch victory from the jaws of defeat on a night when they set their season low in shots taken, but a win’s a win. AndyGreeneNation is outraged that its emperor-god is robbed of his first star of the game by a shameless Langer, but it’s all good.
Also good? The Devils didn’t work too hard tonight, so they should still be fresh tomorrow, for Boomer’s first trip to The Rawk. WOO HOOO!
So is alix’s cousin going to try to take off Zach’s head again in this game? :D
He’s pretty feisty but that Hedman dude was a bigger problem when they played the Stars last. And when I say bigger, I mean bigger. The kid is big.
Yes, Hedman is big and Zach is wee. Watch out, Zach!
alix’s cousin is fighting with Corrente! Ouch.
OH MY GOODNESS!
Cousin in a fight.
I really don’t like Corrente, so I was cheering for Cousin there.
That was scary. But he did pretty well.
I don’t remember him trying to take Zach’s head off. Heh :P
Trust me, alix, he did.
Is The Cousin alright?
I’m watching the ceremonies in Montreal and realized that Guy Carbonneau is kind of a silver fox.
Amy, he almost fell going into the penalty box, but the ref held him up. Heh. He’s fine, as far as I know.
Pookie, I believe you. I just don’t think I’ve seen it ever. Tsk tsk, James.
Looks like the cousin is alright.
And Guy is a total Silver Fox.
And I’ve flipped over to the Devils game now. Enough with the pomp and circumstance.
And speaking of foxes, I’m very sad that the Tranny Brides fired their foxy accountant coach. But he’ll be back with someone else soon, right? I’m that is all the NHL does, just reshuffle the same coaches every year.
Personally I think that the GM stupid enough to hire Ray Emery has only himself to blame. He should have fired his own self.
Yeah, it’s a sad night looks-wise in Trannyville because Coach Foxy is so foxy (in an accountant way). Hockey-wise… Heh.
I’m watching the ceremonies in Montreal and realized that Guy Carbonneau is kind of a silver fox.
Yes. Yes he is.
Here’s hoping those f#$@ers don’t take a shit on 100 years of hockey tonight. Though a big part of me wants to punch Bob Gainey in the face because Saku should be on the ice for this.
HAHAHAHA!!
They interviewed Corrente
I asked him to go and he said yes.
You asked who?
I don’t know Wright or someone….
Personally I think that the GM stupid enough to hire Ray Emery has only himself to blame. He should have fired his own self.
Yeah, no kidding. And that coupled with an hilariously dysfunctional, finger-pointing off-season really helped drive home how not-as-good-at-his-job-as-he-thinks-he-is Homgren is. It’s delicious. I love the “waaaaiiit for it…” reliability of the Flyers organization.
alix, that cracked us up how Corrente had no idea who your cousin was!
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I’m guessing this centennial game isn’t being played until the next centennial.
I’m guessing this centennial game isn’t being played until the next centennial.
Gawd, the Canadiens and their ceremonies. When the Devils turn 100, Lou will hang a small banner commemorating it the day before the season starts. Because Lou will still be around in 73 years.
Although making fun of Marty Biron is like kicking a puppy.
Hey now! The Devils literally got over 20% of their entire offense for the year two seasons ago in just six games against Biron! I can’t help it!
I’m guessing this centennial game isn’t being played until the next centennial.
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Because Lou will still be around in 73 years.
:^:::::::::::::::::::::::::::: He still won’t look a day over 92.
The Devils literally got over 20% of their entire offense for the year two seasons ago in just six games against Biron!
To be fair, that’s only 4 goals.
To be fair, that’s only 4 goals.
Ouch!
I’m still trying to figure out how you can celebrate your centennial for two years.
You know how you have to pass a math test to win those All-Star ballot contests if you’re Canadian? It’s all tied in with that.
Ookies, are the Devils illergic to taking shots?
You know how you have to pass a math test to win those All-Star ballot contests if you’re Canadian? It’s all tied in with that.
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And alix, yes, the Devils HATE taking shots. They think only LOSERS take shots. They… don’t understand the basic principles of hockey. :P
I think both teams have forgotten they are supposed to shoot the puck at the net.
Just kidding, Pookie!! It could have been 13 goals on one of Biron’s bad nights. But I still love him.
When I’m a millionaire someday, I’m going to pay the Montreal Symphonic Orchestra’s brass section to play the Star Spangled Banner every morning for me. And I know I give the Habs fans grief for their Ole-ing, but hearing them sing along to “O Canada” warmed my heart a bit
Foxy Coach Picture! But no accountant glasses. :(
Hub just caught up to my comments from this morning.
Ruh-Roh.
Hub just caught up to my comments from this morning.
Ruh-Roh.
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We love “O Canada”! And it always impresses that even here at the AAC, you can here the Canadian fans singing their anthem. When did it go out of “vogue” to sing along with the National Anthem here??
When did it go out of “vogue” to sing along with the National Anthem here??
I don’t know, but we need it to make a come back!
They’ve explained why the big celebration is tonight, and it has something to do with saving the team from extinction, but I still don’t think I understand. I’d google it, but I’m lazy.
Spacek scored!! Yeah Pigeon!!
Rob, don’t look at the camera. If you don’t want to look at Stan (can’t blame him), just look over his head. It’s not that hard. Otherwise, you just look shifty.
When did it go out of “vogue” to sing along with the National Anthem here??
I think the problem is that ours is so hard to sing that people are nervous about sounding crappy singing along, while O Canada is easy and fun.
Humppph. That mysterious BOLT! Whitey hit in the corner was my cousin :P
Humppph. That mysterious BOLT! Whitey hit in the corner was my cousin :P
Sorry! I’m just as bad as the guys on the team, what with having no idea who your cousin is! :P
I tune back into the game in time for a Devils goal. Nice.
The Devils just want you to love them, Amy! Heh.
If Blandy Bleene weren’t injured, he would have scored there.
Mahmoud the cat is inappropriately vocalizing again. Speaking of things that should get the ax.
:^::::::::::::::::::::::::::: We inherited my great aunt’s cat when she passed away… 10 years ago. The cat was about 9 when she died. She finds the hallway with the biggest echo in my dad’s house and inappropriately vocalizes all. night. long.
Sorry! I’m just as bad as the guys on the team, what with having no idea who your cousin is! :P
You guys should just err on the side of caution and identify everyone as alix’s cousin. Even the goalie. :D
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!
Aw, little Bergfors scores!
And have I mentioned this game that I still don’t know half the Devils. All these call ups are so confusing.
She finds the hallway with the biggest echo in my dad’s house and inappropriately vocalizes all. night. long.
Yeah, that’s what Mahmoud has done all his life. We wisely bought a house with no acoustic sweetspots. That’s really the only thing to be thankful for in this situation.
You guys should just err on the side of caution and identify everyone as alix’s cousin. Even the goalie. :D
:^::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: I think we will! Except the guy who coughed that puck up on that goal. That guy wasn’t alix’s cousin. :D
And I am SO sorry about the 19-year-old cat finding the best acoustics in the house to warble all night. That’s what Mahmoud used to do when he was younger. He had an uncanny sense for good acoustics. We can tell he’s not in his right mind anymore, because he’ll just yowl in any old place, regardless of the amplification.
Myra, I have no idea who any of these guys are either.
You can’t go wrong with a Blazing Saddles clip in a game diary. I still giggle at the bean scene.
You really can’t go wrong with Blazing Saddles in any context. I discovered one of my new colleagues hasn’t seen it or “Airplane!”. I was like, “How do you survive?!”
You can’t go wrong with a Blazing Saddles clip in a game diary. I still giggle at the bean scene.
Me too! In fact, I laugh uproariously every time I see pretty much ANY of Blazing Saddles. You should have heard Boomer and me busting guts while we were finding that clip. :D (One of our points of proof that KtG is not actually related to us by blood is that she’s never seen Blazing Saddles. This horrifies me.)
Pookie, how can someone POSSIBLY not have seen “Airplane!”????
Heidi prefers staircases, so if she gets tired of warbling, she’s still in position to have people trip on her and go flying down the stairs. I told my dad that if he was just a bit nicer to his aunt, maybe her spirit wouldn’t be punishing us in the kitty version of the Crypt Keeper.
Pookie, how can someone POSSIBLY not have seen “Airplane!”????
I KNOW! This is the same person who hasn’t seen “The Cutting Edge”. I don’t think I can work with her.
I told my dad that if he was just a bit nicer to his aunt, maybe her spirit wouldn’t be punishing us in the kitty version of the Crypt Keeper.
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I told my dad that if he was just a bit nicer to his aunt, maybe her spirit wouldn’t be punishing us in the kitty version of the Crypt Keeper.
:^::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: And that’s so clever of her to combine the yowling with the pitching people headlong down the stairs! Mahmoud hasn’t tried that. Yet.
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wow! Good going Devils!
Heidi is actually the first normal name my aunt chose. I’m not sure where she got “Cinder”, but I always though “Blacktop” sounded a little rascist.
And Heidi could teach Mahmoud to sit on the front stoop and make you drop the groceries. That was a fun trick. *grits teeth*
Some quick romancing… and then a shower.
I LOVE Lily von Schtupp!
I’m not sure where she got “Cinder”, but I always though “Blacktop” sounded a little rascist.
:^:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: We had an all-black kitten once that we adopted from someone who had named it — wait for it… — Sambo. We didn’t keep that name.
And WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Talk about winning a game you had no business at all winning! Yikes. That was WAY shitty by the BOLTS!.
Patty, I knew that, if nothing else, you would enjoy the Blazing Saddles clip! :D
If it helps, mcguffs, “Blacktop” is a type of asphalt pavement stuff. The smell of which will always remind me of Six Flags Over Texas.
Sorry, random thought patterns.
Oh, you are going to hate this. I have never seen “Blazing Saddles” or “Airplane” in their entirety. Nor have I seen “The Cutting Edge”. I’m not sure how I have survived on here for so long????
We had an all-black kitten once that we adopted from someone who had named it — wait for it… — Sambo.
Wow. Well, it takes all types I guess. What did you rename your unfortunate boy?
Myra, how do you understand a word we say around here if you don’t know those movies? :P
What did you rename your unfortunate boy?
You know, I can’t remember. I remember he was unsocializable. He bit everybody without provocation, and we ended up having to give him up to a shelter. He wasn’t around for very long.
Madeline Kahn was a genius.
We had an all-black kitten once that we adopted from someone who had named it — wait for it… — Sambo. We didn’t keep that name.
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Myra, I actually own “Blazing Saddles” and i still haven’t seen it.
I’m going to go ahead and forgive the Ole-ing tonight because 1) it’s the centennial 2) they’re playing like rock stars and they were ahead 4-0 and 3) it caused Cammi to score a hat trick making it 5-0.
Myra, you have to see “Blazing Saddles” and “Airplane!”! Also, “The Jerk” if you haven’t already. That’s your homework for this week. :P
Madeline Kahn was a genius.
That she was.
Wow, Habs are going all out!
You, too, mcguffers!
Did anybody ever see “What’s Up, Doc?”? With Ryan O’Neal and Barbra Streisand? Madeline Kahn stole that show.
Wow, Habs are going all out!
CLEARLY they should have just done a ONE-DAY centennial celebration, instead of this stupid disastrous two-year approach.
Also, “The Jerk” if you haven’t already. That’s your homework for this week.
Heh. Totes! My great regret in life is that I hadn’t seen “The Jerk” when I was taking a terrible computer course in college that was taught by a TA named Navin.
…when I was taking a terrible computer course in college that was taught by a TA named Navin.
NO EFFING WAY!
Did anybody ever see “What’s Up, Doc?”? With Ryan O’Neal and Barbra Streisand? Madeline Kahn stole that show.
That was one of the most-beloved movies at our house when we were kids (it was among the few our dad allowed us to watch). When we were in NYC the other day, we saw some workmen unloading a giant plate-glass windowpane from a truck to install in a storefront, and Pookie and I were both appalled that it happened without a giant, madcap car chase going on around it.
Yeah, “Airplane!”, “Blazing Saddles”, and “The Jerk” are required viewing. “Cutting Edge” is the cherry on top. The empty net goal to push a natural hat trick over the edge, if you will.
Oooh, I’ve seen “The Jerk” and “Airplane” so I’m a little ahead! I used to love when anyone at work would knock over cans in dry storage cause I got to shout out “He hates these cans!”
NO EFFING WAY!
Yes effing way. I was in the class with my best friend, and she and I would always repair back to her apartment after class to whine about how much the course sucked. And her boyfriend would ask every single time, “Have you seen ‘The Jerk’?”, because he wanted SO DESPERATELY to joke about Navin, and we broke his heart every time by staring blankly and being all, “No.” WHAT A WASTE!
I used to love when anyone at work would knock over cans in dry storage cause I got to shout out “He hates these cans!”
We shout that every time a player on the blue line fires a shot into traffic and it hits his own teammate in the torso.
They’re having a roundtable of Lightning people with Vinny at the table. He’s like the kid listening to his uncles tell stories.
That’s hilarious, Schnookie! That would break my heart, too, if I were in her boyfriend’s place. :D
Patty, where are you seeing the roundtable? I’ve seen parts of that before but don’t remember where. It was really cool.
I just switched over to the Wild-Ducks game in time to see a highlight of ANOTHER Ducks own-goal. HEE!
I think I neglected to congratulate the Devils fans! Congratulations, Devils fans!
Sorry about your Cousin, alix, but I feel sure he’ll win plenty more games after this.
I just switched over to the Wild-Ducks game in time to see a highlight of ANOTHER Ducks own-goal. HEE!
Heh heh. They are SUCH a disaster. Poor Getzi. He can’t even get his shirt to fall off right anymore.
And thanks, Patty! :D
We shout that every time a player on the blue line fires a shot into traffic and it hits his own teammate in the torso.
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My ex introduced me to a bunch of movies when we were together, “The Jerk” being one of them. I made him watch “American Psycho” because he reminded me of Patrick Bateman. I could probably see him chainsaw someone.
Myra, I was seeing it on Center Ice after the game. I assume it’s Fox Sports for Tampa Bay. Not sure which one that is. (It’s over now.)
I thought it sounded familiar. I guess that’s where I heard about it before.
The one that gets me is when after a long shift on the reference desk none of my coworkers laugh when I say, “The first fifteen minutes felt like an hour and the second fifteen minutes felt like three hours and the third fifteen minutes…”
I made him watch “American Psycho” because he reminded me of Patrick Bateman. I could probably see him chainsaw someone.
:^::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: I’m not sure that’s ever a good thing to be reminded of by your boyfriend. :P
I made him watch “American Psycho” because he reminded me of Patrick Bateman.
For some reason “Feed me a kitten” has become hot around here lately. Heh heh heh.
I’m not sure that’s ever a good thing to be reminded of by your boyfriend. :P
I know, right? He’s the one I’m still really good friends with too. Which probably says something about me…
none of my coworkers laugh when I say, “The first fifteen minutes felt like an hour and the second fifteen minutes felt like three hours and the third fifteen minutes…”
I HATE when you’re all set up for a funny moment and no one gets it because they haven’t seen the movie or it’s an inside joke and none of your friends are around for it. I also hate when my ATM machine wants baby animals.
I also hate when my ATM machine wants baby animals.
:^:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: And it’s always so sad when life drops a GREAT movie/TV reference right in your wheelhouse only to have everyone around you have no idea what you’re talking about. Less great is when you’re like Pookie and me, and you’ve somehow latched on to some REALLY obscure/mundane quote from a movie that everyone knows, and you end up being all, “Get it? Get it? That line that I just said that sounds like a perfectly normal, everyday thing to say? That’s from [Movie X]! HA HA! I’m so funny! No? Right. Sigh.”
Oh my gosh! The Blackhawks continue to have the best commercials ever. I just saw one where they have Hjarmarsson (sp?), adorable little fella from Sweden, going around an IKEA pronouncing all the different Swedish names on things and ends with him stating his goal to help Americans appreciate Swedish imports or something to that effect. TOOOOO CUTE!
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve said, “He’s taking a knife outta the cheese! You think he wants some cheese?” and just gotten a blank stare.
The other thing I like is being the only one in the room that gets a reference like that. Today, one of the software developers, talking about some feature of the software, said, “It needs more cowbell.” I chuckled and I think I made a lifelong friend. :P
I also hate when my ATM machine wants baby animals.
Um…*blank stare*
The other thing I like is being the only one in the room that gets a reference like that.
Yeah, that’s always fun. Especially when you impress someone who never noticed how witty and clever you were before. I dropped a smooth “Glengarry Glen Ross” reference on one of my bosses the other day — this is the director I support who is kind of aloof and hard to get a bead on — and he literally doubled over with laughter. It was like I was FINALLY making some headway! :D
Myra, that sounds so cute! And for as much as I love Goose, Pommers does some really cute commercials. He breaks into French for one commercial. *sigh*
“Get it? Get it? That line that I just said that sounds like a perfectly normal, everyday thing to say? That’s from [Movie X]! HA HA! I’m so funny! No? Right. Sigh.”
:^::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: One of my brother’s favorites is from “Napoleon Dynamite” when Kip says “Your mom goes to college.” Well, now our mom is taking a college computer class, so last time he said it he paused and goes, “Oh, wait.”
Well, now our mom is taking a college computer class, so last time he said it he paused and goes, “Oh, wait.”
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Napoleon Dynamite is one of those that I know all the quotes from, but never saw the movie. Thanks to The Ticket here in town. They’re obsessed with that kind of thing. I also could quote Stepbrothers but I’ve never seen it.
Oh my gosh! The Blackhawks continue to have the best commercials ever
“Cute commercials” is one of the least pathetic of the dumb reasons I love the blackhawks. I’m especially fond of the “Wildthings” one (so cute!) and the one with Quenneville supervising the line painting
Are those commercials on the Blackhawks site? I gotta see those!
And it’s always so sad when life drops a GREAT movie/TV reference right in your wheelhouse only to have everyone around you have no idea what you’re talking about.
People are NOT watching enough TV these days. Is sad.
Um…*blank stare*
There’s a part in the movie where the ATM flashes “Feed me a kitten” on the screen. He’s pretty much psychotic at that point.
“Stepbrothers” is actually my brother’s new “Napoleon Dynamite”. Boats and Hos.
Wow. Good thing their commercials are good, cause the Hawks are having a rough night. Losing 4-1 to the Preds.
Are those commercials on the Blackhawks site? I gotta see those!
Yep. Blackhawks TV makes me mad at the Sabres’ media department. They’ll come up with a fun new feature, then forget about it for months or drop it altogether.
The Stars are just like that, Kathleen, except for the coming up with fun features in the first place part. :D
How do the Blackhawks have a big ad on the actual glass? Is it one-way or something? Can the fans see through it from the other side? It’s very annoying.
People are NOT watching enough TV these days. Is sad.
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The Stars are just like that, Kathleen, except for the coming up with fun features in the first place part. :D
Yeah, that’s how the Devils are too. I’m not sure they even realize they can post video on the interwebs.
As for the ad on the glass, Patty, those are just on the TV.
Heh, I heard Zach’s interview between periods. He is, um, not great on the spot.
As for the ad on the glass, Patty, those are just on the TV.
That occurred to me, but they didn’t wobble and vibrate like the lame ones on the wall behind the batter in baseball games. They must have improved the technology. :D
Eh. Stupid tags.
Patty, the commercial is on the Hawks site. The NHL should hire their marketing people. The Hawks are the best I’ve seen so far.
I think the State Department should hire the Hawks marketing people. They are geniuses..
Good point, Kathleen!