My boss: You seem to be a man without a song epoxy-ed to his cranium. Let me remedy that:
Zoot suit riot — RIOT!!
me: …i will find a way to get even
THROW BACK A BOTTLE OF BEEEER
crap
My boss: Yeah, that was inhumane. A cure:
Hey Macarena HEEEYYYYYY!!
me: love me love me, say that you love me, fool me fool me, go on and fool me
My boss: Shithead.
I completely admit that I half-assed this one. It was a weak episode that was really only worth it for a few key moments, so I figured the recap could easily be subbed for discussion questions.
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me: whoa whoa
there’s a love theme in the prequels?
Tracy: apparently there was some sort of love story, I don’t know
I never really caught it
I was too caught up in the crazy Asian-style Trade Federation
me: well the trade federation can’t very well demand dipolomatic status in one breath and refuse to honor export tariffs in the next!
THAT’S NOT WHAT STAR WARS IS ABOUT MOTHERF**KER
PAY YOUR TAXES
Tracy: my god you’re brilliant
me: i’m just trying to uphold george’s vision
Tracy: yeah his perfect perfect vision
me: glad you finally came around
now we can be friends
Tracy: I was always on your side, no worries. Prequels 4EVAH
About what you’d expect from those envelope-pushers at the Hallmark Hall of Fame:
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Not bad at all:
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Not good.
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I wish so much that I were making these up:
• You won’t find even the traces of your small miserable and retarded friend in pants.
• Do you really trust her?
• Our product equals great boner plus great stamina!
• Revealing the secrets of pornstarts!
• Leading supplier of Canadian chemists in now available for you.
• Celebrate your victory in love.
• With such powers you will be able to make your woman really satisfied.
• aid your lover couch experience
• boost your belove bed adventures
• 15 Mistakes Every woman made!
• The best way to drive her crazy.
• The world’s largest online health shop.
• Fill in your medication subscription.
• Break lovemaking world records
• Crazy wholesale
• hoist your sweet night event (This one is just amazing.)
• There will always be a moment in your life that can change everything, insure yourself with blue-pill!
• Lost way to her G spot?
• Want to get harder and stay up longer? We know how.
As part of our ongoing Pajiba Blockbusters series, today I take a look at The Empire Strikes Back, which is one of my all-time favorite films. I’ve loved it since childhood, but didn’t start to genuinely appreciate it until I was older.
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UPDATE: Against my better judgment and usual practices, there’s a comment I can’t help but point out. One reader named “Macafee” asked why, since “this is the internet,” I didn’t use video clips. I actually used three clips in the piece, linking them to key sentences. That’s why the text was blue, guy. This is the internet.
I have a theory about John Locke. Could be unbelievably wrong, but it’s still a fun theory. Plus I make an epistemology joke:
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Great and funny and dark and awesome:
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It’s also amazingly darker than the TV spots, which are kind of “wacky” and retarded, like most commercials. For an actual taste of the movie, check out the red-band trailer:
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