Japan's new prince named Hisahito |(non BB obviously)

[Guinness]

Man, they should have named him Hayata, so he could join the Science Patrol. That would have been seriously cool.  Who will protect us now?

[HurricaneDavid]

I fail to see why this is newsworthy, interesting, or funny.

[Guinness]

I agree.  One of us should stay out of the pub at lunch.

[Alkie]

Don't forget to support the fine kids of our favorite Nebraska city.

Why does it already feel like the season is over in here?

[lc_db]

Note to self:  

Stop by the pub on way home.

Check back in to see if things got funny

or interesting

or newsworthy

[austro]

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Why does it already feel like the season is over in here?

Well, last night's result was pretty deflating, given the stakes. When Everett makes two errors in the same game, it seems like a sign that this just might not be the year that everything works out for the good guys.

[Alkie]

At 12:18pm (right now), there are a total of 4 registered users on the site.  Including me.

Is this the earliest in the season the forum has ever given up?

[S.P. Rodriguez]

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At 12:18pm (right now), there are a total of 4 registered users on the site.  Including me.

Is this the earliest in the season the forum has ever given up?

I don't think I've given up but when my brother told me that following the Astros this year is similar to an abusive relationship, I had to agree.  Every time you get excited, they hit a bad stretch, get shut out 2 games in a row.  Maybe it's the success of last season.  Maybe it's the lineup that carried over from last year combined with the additions (Wilson and Huff) that should be much better than it is.  Maybe it's the struggles of Pettitte, Lidge, etc...  Either way, expecting any consistant play or success for this team qualifies as an act of insanity.  At this stage, I'm trying to just enjoy the game, watch the young players develop, and see if they get lucky in the WC race.  

As for not being around recently, I was on vacation last week, with my wife, celebrating our 5th anniversary.

[strosrays]

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At 12:18pm (right now), there are a total of 4 registered users on the site.  Including me.

Is this the earliest in the season the forum has ever given up?

I would've posted sooner, honest, but I am still trying to figure out how to spell chrisan-... crysen... whatever the hell it is their throne is named after.

[Guinness]

Am I the only one who grew up in the early 70s watching Ultraman?

[pravata]

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At 12:18pm (right now), there are a total of 4 registered users on the site.  Including me.

Is this the earliest in the season the forum has ever given up?

I can't think of anything worthwhile to post.  Two in a row complete game shutouts, following up on a statistic from Sunday, I think there have been 36 shutouts in the NL this season, the Astros have been shutout 12 times.  Nothing new there.  Buchholz scared to get hit?  2 errors by Everett?  I can only stare at that for so long.  Also, not about to comment on the Chron's attempt to stir up trouble between Garner and Bill Brown who apparently inadvertently announced the pitching change last night before it was "decided".  No where to go with that, how many ways can I document the Chron sports typists perfidy?

[Alkie]

That's just it.  I don't think there is anything else to talk about.  

I'm not surprised there are only 3 new baseball threads in the last week or so.

[pravata]

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That's just it.  I don't think there is anything else to talk about.  

I'm not surprised there are only 3 new baseball threads in the last week or so.

Last night I just stared at Everett's double pump, cocked my head like a confused beagle the rest of that inning. I didn't even bother with a WTF?, as you can plainly tell by the depth of detail in my "recap" of last night.  But, I can think of baseball threads, the problem is they'd only stir shit that would best be stirred at a later date.

[MusicMan]

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That's just it.  I don't think there is anything else to talk about.  

I'm not surprised there are only 3 new baseball threads in the last week or so.

Well, we've worn out Gizzoogle and Babelfish trying to come up with new ways to say "crappy team still in playoff chase".

[Phil_in_CS]

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That's just it.  I don't think there is anything else to talk about.  

Ultraman?

[HudsonHawk]

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That's just it.  I don't think there is anything else to talk about.  

Ultraman?

Ultraman was a Japanese television show from the late 60's, shown in the US from the early 70's through the mid 80's.  Hayata and his crime-fighting alter ego Ultraman, was the main character, member of the Science Patrol.  If you didn't grow up in the 70's, you probably wouldn't know Ultraman.

[astrojo]

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That's just it.  I don't think there is anything else to talk about.  

I'm not surprised there are only 3 new baseball threads in the last week or so.

Last night I just stared at Everett's double pump, cocked my head like a confused beagle the rest of that inning. I didn't even bother with a WTF?, as you can plainly tell by the depth of detail in my "recap" of last night.  But, I can think of baseball threads, the problem is they'd only stir shit that would best be stirred at a later date.

When Nieve walked Juan Encarnacion is when I SHOULD have looked for something better to watch.

But did anyone else think Pujols was gonna hurt himself legging out that double late in the game?  In a 7-0 game, I was a little surprised.  I also thought he would have been nailed at second, but the throw was late.  Jake fans would have been pissed if he had pulled up lame into second base.

[austro]

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Ultraman was a Japanese television show from the late 60's, shown in the US from the early 70's through the mid 80's.  Hayata and his crime-fighting alter ego Ultraman, was the main character, member of the Science Patrol.  If you didn't grow up in the 70's, you probably wouldn't know Ultraman.

We had Prince Planet when I was growing up.  Now that was quality dubbed dialog.

[austro]

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But did anyone else think Pujols was gonna hurt himself legging out that double late in the game?  In a 7-0 game, I was a little surprised.  I also thought he would have been nailed at second, but the throw was late.  Jake fans would have been pissed if he had pulled up lame into second base.

Yes, I was as surprised as you were.  I couldn't see the point in taking the risk, but I guess it's to his credit that he keeps playing hard.

It looks to me like Pujols is getting thicker.  Unless he keeps up with some good flexibility exercises (and maybe he does), he may start to have some hammie problems.

[MusicMan]

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That's just it.  I don't think there is anything else to talk about.  

Ultraman?

Ultraman was a Japanese television show from the late 60's, shown in the US from the early 70's through the mid 80's.  Hayata and his crime-fighting alter ego Ultraman, was the main character, member of the Science Patrol.  If you didn't grow up in the 70's, you probably wouldn't know Ultraman.

Personally, I was a Star Blazers guy.

[Bench]

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That's just it.  I don't think there is anything else to talk about.  

Ultraman?

Ultraman was a Japanese television show from the late 60's, shown in the US from the early 70's through the mid 80's.  Hayata and his crime-fighting alter ego Ultraman, was the main character, member of the Science Patrol.  If you didn't grow up in the 70's, you probably wouldn't know Ultraman.

So what's the significance of Hisahito? After I first read the thread, I was mouthing Hisahito in an obnoxious generic Asian accent trying to morph it into "he's a hitter" as the Green Hornet's translation of Garner's term "hitterish."

[astrojo]

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That's just it.  I don't think there is anything else to talk about.  

Ultraman?

Ultraman was a Japanese television show from the late 60's, shown in the US from the early 70's through the mid 80's.  Hayata and his crime-fighting alter ego Ultraman, was the main character, member of the Science Patrol.  If you didn't grow up in the 70's, you probably wouldn't know Ultraman.

Personally, I was a Star Blazers guy.

Jonny Quest Saturday morning reruns in the early 70s!

[astrojo]

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As for not being around recently, I was on vacation last week, with my wife, celebrating our 5th anniversary.

Well, Happy Anniversary!

[Ty in Tampa]

I occasionally give my boss the crossed-wrist spacium ray salute when he pisses me off. Yes, I'm a dork.

[S.P. Rodriguez]

Thanks.

Was Ultraman that golden armor guy who could go from being normal size to gigantic?  And, wasn't it Captain Planet, not Prince Planet?  I only know the latter because I was required to babysit my nephew when I was in highschool and he loved that show, second only to Barney and Friends.

[Ankh]

As a child of the 80's, the "golden armor guy who could grow gigantic" would be Spectreman. Opening credits on YouTube  here

[HudsonHawk]

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Thanks.

Was Ultraman that golden armor guy who could go from being normal size to gigantic?  And, wasn't it Captain Planet, not Prince Planet?  I only know the latter because I was required to babysit my nephew when I was in highschool and he loved that show, second only to Barney and Friends.

I despised Captain Planet.  I swear, the whole "science is evil" premise of that show turned my stomach.

[MusicMan]

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Thanks.

Was Ultraman that golden armor guy who could go from being normal size to gigantic?  And, wasn't it Captain Planet, not Prince Planet?  I only know the latter because I was required to babysit my nephew when I was in highschool and he loved that show, second only to Barney and Friends.

I despised Captain Planet.  I swear, the whole "science is evil" premise of that show turned my stomach.

Amen.  Just one in a long line of reasons to hate Ted Turner.

[Ankh]

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I despised Captain Planet.  I swear, the whole "science is evil" premise of that show turned my stomach.

The Russian chick was hot.

[HudsonHawk]

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I despised Captain Planet.  I swear, the whole "science is evil" premise of that show turned my stomach.

The Russian chick was hot.

I never had fantasies of animated chicks, not even Wilma Flintsone, even though I have a major thing for redheads.  I think I may have gotten my first afterschool stiffy to Joy from the Bugaloos though.

[MusicMan]

Not even Jessica Rabbit?  Or Holli Would? (exception, since she was played by Kim Basinger in her prime.)

[austro]

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Was Ultraman that golden armor guy who could go from being normal size to gigantic?  And, wasn't it Captain Planet, not Prince Planet?  I only know the latter because I was required to babysit my nephew when I was in highschool and he loved that show, second only to Barney and Friends.

Wow, who knew?  There's a Captain Planet and a Prince Planet.  Completely different characters.  Prince Planet was the one I was remembering.  It was one of the first anime (of course, we just called them Japanese cartoons then) offerings; it was on in the mid-60s (info  here  and  here).

And, of course, there was Gigantor the robot, too.

[HudsonHawk]

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Not even Jessica Rabbit?  Or Holli Would? (exception, since she was played by Kim Basinger in her prime.)

I had already experienced the taste of sweet sweet lovin by then, so Jessica and Holli didn't do that much for me.

[Ty in Tampa]

The Link

[Alkie]

Well, I know what I'm going to have a nightmare about tonight.  Thanks.

[Ty in Tampa]

Ten floating circles each filled with Martha Raye?

[astrojo]

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Well, I know what I'm going to have a nightmare about tonight.  Thanks.

Alkie, just put it to good use.  Conjuring the image of Benita Bizarre could be your back up endurance trick.  You could probably get more than an extra 30 seconds with that material.

[Gizzmonic]

The secret compartment of the ring I fill
With the Proton Super Energy Pill!

[Alkie]

I'm pretty goddamn sure thinking about that during sex would end, not extend.

I may never love again.

[HudsonHawk]

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I have a music CD that has current artists doing their version of old cartoon or kids shows.  Collective Soul does the theme from The Bugaloos.  Others include The Ramones doing the theme from Spiderman, Matthew Sweet doing Scooby Doo, Butthole Surfers doing Underdog, and Sponge doing a pretty cool Speed Racer theme.

[JaneDoe]

Ultraman?




Ultraman was a Japanese television show from the late 60's, shown in the US from the early 70's through the mid 80's.  Hayata and his crime-fighting alter ego Ultraman, was the main character, member of the Science Patrol.  If you didn't grow up in the 70's, you probably wouldn't know Ultraman.



Does anyone remember a Japanese show that featured a turtle that flew?

[Astroholic]

I watched and loved it as a small kid.  That was way too many beers ago for me to remember any names from the show, other than Ultraman and Godzilla.

[HudsonHawk]

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Does anyone remember a Japanese show that featured a turtle that flew?

Gamera

[pravata]

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Ultraman?

Ultraman was a Japanese television show from the late 60's, shown in the US from the early 70's through the mid 80's.  Hayata and his crime-fighting alter ego Ultraman, was the main character, member of the Science Patrol.  If you didn't grow up in the 70's, you probably wouldn't know Ultraman.



Does anyone remember a Japanese show that featured a turtle that flew?



And spun, with flames, Gamera.

[Phil_in_CS]

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Thanks.

Was Ultraman that golden armor guy who could go from being normal size to gigantic?  

Yes; he'd do make this cross with his arms and shoot fire and stuff. Pretty cool for grade schoolers in the 70s

[toddthebod]

I loved Star Blazers.  Every day, my brother and I would come home from school and watch.  The bitch of it all was that they stopped showing the program before we found out if the Star Force ever made it to Planet Iscandar.

So last year, I went out and bought the DVDs of the initial run of SB (who knew it went on).  And I was really pumped up to watch and it totally sucked.  I think that the only redeeming feature of SB was the theme song.

[MusicMan]

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I loved Star Blazers.  Every day, my brother and I would come home from school and watch.  The bitch of it all was that they stopped showing the program before we found out if the Star Force ever made it to Planet Iscandar.

So last year, I went out and bought the DVDs of the initial run of SB (who knew it went on).  And I was really pumped up to watch and it totally sucked.  I think that the only redeeming feature of SB was the theme song.

Whew, at least my cousin and I only rented the first disc from Blockbuster.  (We thought we had struck gold - "The have Star Blazers?  On DVD?!)

Then we realized why we watched it when we were 5.

The Wave Motion Gun was still pretty cool - but the theme rocked.

[UpTooLate]

No mention of Speed Racer ?  That was a good show.  Loved it as a kid.

[Limey]

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I agree.  One of us should stay out of the pub at lunch.

Bags not me!

[Limey]

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Ultraman was a Japanese television show from the late 60's, shown in the US from the early 70's through the mid 80's.  Hayata and his crime-fighting alter ego Ultraman, was the main character, member of the Science Patrol.  If you didn't grow up in the 70's, you probably wouldn't know Ultraman.

I grew up in the 70s, and have hands on experience of "Ultraman".

Never heard of the TV show, though...

[Limey]

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I occasionally give my boss the crossed-wrist spacium ray salute when he pisses me off. Yes, I'm a dork.

Zoltan!

[strosrays]

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I have a music CD that has current artists doing their version of old cartoon or kids shows.  Collective Soul does the theme from The Bugaloos.  Others include The Ramones doing the theme from Spiderman, Matthew Sweet doing Scooby Doo, Butthole Surfers doing Underdog, and Sponge doing a pretty cool Speed Racer theme.

In high school, I had got a cut-out 45 of the original Batman theme, from the '60s live action show with Adam West, etc.  It came in a bag of Lays potato chips, which is something they used to do pretty often... though now that I think of it, I wonder why anyone thought that was a good idea for a promotion.

Anyway, it was a tradition that my brother would come into my room every schoolday morning about ten minutes before we had to leave and crank that record up full blast -- we didn't really feel we were fully prepared to face the day until he had done this.  I don't remember, but I doubt the rest of the family were as enthusiastic about it as we were.

I kinda liked the way Wilma Flinstone had her hair folded up on top of her head.  I had the idea if you ever got her alone and got her to "let her hair down", it would really be down, like to the floor.  But at the time, she was old enough to be my mom.  So I really didn't get into her in that way.  Yuck.

I wasn't a huge cartoon guy -- for one thing, there was no cable yet when I was really young, so Saturday mornings before ten and a few re-runs after school were about it.  I watched my share though.  I don't have a thing for birds, particularly -- ducks and geese, I guess, but then only to blast away at them with a 12-gauge when they go flying by -- but my two favorite cartoons ever, by far, were Woody Woodpecker and Heckel & Jeckyll.  Must've been some kind of subliminal avian thing going on.

[toddthebod]

Yes. Speed Racer was and is a kickass show.  I bought the DVDs "for my kid."

[UpTooLate]

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Yes. Speed Racer was and is a kickass show.  I bought the DVDs "for my kid."

memo to self: buy the Speed Racer DVD set for my kid.  Thanks Todd.

Two years ago I bought him the entire collection of Tom & Jerry off of Ebay.  Great investment.  Full set $60.  Adjusting the language options on the DVD and listening to Mammy chew out Tom in Chinese...priceless.

[strosrays]

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Yes. Speed Racer was and is a kickass show.  I bought the DVDs "for my kid."

memo to self: buy the Speed Racer DVD set for my kid.  Thanks Todd.

Two years ago I bought him the entire collection of Tom & Jerry off of Ebay.  Great investment.  Full set $60.  Adjusting the language options on the DVD and listening to Mammy chew out Tom in Chinese...priceless.

About two years ago I bought my kids the entire original Jonny Quest -- the one from the '60s, with 'Otter' as Jonny Quest -- on DVD.  All 24 episodes, and it is awesome.

I think they've even watched a few with me, too.

[lc_db]

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About two years ago I bought my kids the entire original Jonny Quest -- the one from the '60s, with 'Otter' as Jonny Quest -- on DVD.  All 24 episodes, and it is awesome.

I think they've even watched a few with me, too.

and just the other day my wife asked me what I'd like for my birthday.

[astrojo]

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About two years ago I bought my kids the entire original Jonny Quest -- the one from the '60s, with 'Otter' as Jonny Quest -- on DVD.  All 24 episodes, and it is awesome.

I think they've even watched a few with me, too.

The Link - it's Brazil's version so they introduce Bandit as Banditi HA!

I was only born in 1970, but watched Saturday mornings during the 70s with my brother.  I am definitely getting that DVD.  My brother used to have some of the comic books, but I don't know if he has kept up with them.

[EasTexAstro]

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[homer]

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At 12:18pm (right now), there are a total of 4 registered users on the site.  Including me.

Is this the earliest in the season the forum has ever given up?

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