Kosh's Shadow 12/15/2020 5:29:15 PM

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Buzz - even though the Boston area is largely run by leftists, it has avoided the worst of the problems. No telling what will happen as the farther left members of the City Council gain more power, perhaps even one becoming mayor, but for now, it isn't bad.

Now, there are parts you don't want to be in (and they have changed since I last was really living in Boston), but there are various areas there and in the surrounding towns that are still walkable. 

But expensive, or not so great places to live. That's why we're 40 miles out. And yet, I can walk to the commuter rail and 3 convenience stores if I want. But I don't think there are enough Jews here for a minyan. And not a whole lot to do, either. 

buzzsawmonkey 12/15/2020 5:39:54 PM

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"Who's that Warnocking at my door?
Who's that Warnocking at my door?
Who's that Warnocking at my door?"
Cried the State of Georgia

"It's only me, as you can see!"
Said Raphael the pastor
"I'm the candidate of diversity!"
Said Raphael the pastor
"I hate America, whites, and Jews
My thought processes are confused
But vote for me so I can speak for youse!"
Said Raphael the pastor

"I'll be glad to let you run
I'll be glad to let you run
I'll be glad to let you run," 
Cried the State of Georgia

"The run-off vote is coming up soon!"
Said Raphael the pastor
"So you'd better grant me this election boon!"
Said Raphael the pastor
"I want the votes from everyone
But if I don't get them, Dominion
Will make sure the job's fraudulently done!"
Said Raphael the pastor

buzzsawmonkey 12/15/2020 5:45:25 PM

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doppelganglander 12/15/2020 6:18:55 PM

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Reply to buzzsawmonkey in 3:

My granddaughter is into a cartoon show called the Octonauts, about sea creatures who fight crime or something. The Captain is a polar bear called Barnacle. I wonder if that's a bit of a joke for the grownups.

buzzsawmonkey 12/15/2020 6:23:57 PM

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In #4 doppelganglander said: The Captain is a polar bear called Barnacle. I wonder if that's a bit of a joke for the grownups.

Quite possibly.  There are---or were---a lot of in-jokes like that in cartoons and films.

I was wondering today whether "Chumley's Rest," the sanitarium in "Harvey," was a reference to the former-speakeasy (and, until covid shuttered it forever, restaurant) Chumley's in the West Village, and whether Elwood P. Dowd's favorite bar, "Charlie's," was a reference to the soon-to-close 21 Club, originally a speakeasy called "Jack & Charlie's."  

Kosh's Shadow 12/15/2020 6:35:08 PM

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In #5 buzzsawmonkey said: There are---or were---a lot of in-jokes like that in cartoons and films

Rocky and Bullwinkle were full of them. One episode, Bullwinkle had a toy boat, which, after he cleaned it, turned out to be encrusted with jewels.

Yes, it was the fabled Ruby Yacht of Omar Khayyam.

George of the Jungle, by the same producer, had an evil land developer, Gerry Mander, and another villian was Dr. Chicago.

Kosh's Shadow 12/15/2020 6:49:46 PM

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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 6:

The producer was Jay Ward. So in the Rocky and Bullwinkle movie, the infirmary at Wotsamatta U (Bullwinkle's alma mater) was called the "J Ward". And at some point, they drove on a bridge over the Crimea River.

(The movie had Robert DeNiro as Fearless Leader, using his TV channel to make people stupid and vote for him.)

buzzsawmonkey 12/15/2020 6:52:23 PM

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Kosh's Shadow 12/15/2020 7:01:18 PM

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Kosh's Shadow 12/15/2020 7:19:06 PM

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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 9:

Complete with a two-volume set of The Ancient Mariner, by Al B. Tross

Kosh's Shadow 12/15/2020 8:13:03 PM

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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 10:

And the whole episode is full of stuff that kids wouldn't get. I knew there was stuff I didn't get as a kid, but it just made me more interested.

Rimski and Korsakoff go to Palm Springs

Kosh's Shadow 12/15/2020 8:17:14 PM

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The Malady Lingers On