You can make a recording of yourself and email it to Chuck at his galacticwatercooler.com address.
heheh…i did have that same idea once…send them an mp3 recording of oneself… dunno how they’re gonna edit that though ? 
Ok, i feel the routine below was contrived, but since Audra was talking about it; here you go
…i was a big fan of the Bernie Mac show… that and 8 Simple rules were the only 2 comedies that had me laughing on stitches… more’s the pity the leads of both shows are not with us now.
does anyone know what kind of dialect/accent does Bernie Mac speak? I used to watch the Bernie Mac show just to listen to him speak…it’s pretty charming… has that kind of Gospel feel to it…
It’s easy enough. I’ve done at least one like that, and I’m sure there have been others.
Okay, so… my cell phone reception sucked more than I thought when I made the voicemail to the cast. Next time I’ll make sure not to record it while driving in my car to work. One point that I tried to make that got cut off was that Kai Winn was sort of like an evil pope, manipulating the faithful to do her bidding in the name of the Prophets. No wonder the Pah-wraiths chose her for their stooge.
Also, I concede that Audra raised a lot of valid points that absolutely destroyed my “Dukat isn’t always an douche” argument. I wish I’d considered them before I made that postulation.
A few thoughts while I’m soaking in the bath. (please don’t let me drop my iPhone)
Was a bit disappointed with the inference that only hot guys could aspire to date hot chicks, but maybe I’m over reading.
re who else could have played Hanibal in the A-Team movie? George Clooney.
At this point I feel that as a Brit I need to step up in defence of the original Italian Job (even though I know you weren’t really attacking it).
Here in the UK Michael Caine, and particularly Michael Caine in The Italian Job, is not just a cultural icon, but a touchstone for what it means to be British and cool. Lines from that film are part of the general language the way star wars quotes are for geeks (You’re only supposed to blow the bloody doors off!). There was even a recent survey where people were invited to provide scientific ideas for what Charlie’s plan was, which got national media attention (hang on lads, I’ve got a great idea). Most Brits think the remake is heresey! (to be fair, I haven’t seen it)
I don’t know enough about Amercan culture to make a proper comparison, but the best I can come up with would be saying Bruce Springsteen is ok, but his style is dated. Jon Bon Jovi is the real deal…
I would say that the original Get Carter with Michael Caine is like gold, and the remake with Sly Stallone is like a pile of…well, it isn’t as good.
Audra, here are some links that talk about admirals as being useless upper-class twits.
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[li]The Image of the Sea Officer in English Literature – http://www.jstor.org/pss/4052247?cookieSet=1
[/li][li]See the last paragraph of the section on War Films – http://www.adrianpetch.com/p8ok.html#p21
[/li][li]The captain and admiral from the play HMS Pinafore – http://gopcapitalist.tripod.com/characters.html
[/li][li]Blackadder Goes Forth has a douche-bag general – See the section on Real Life http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GeneralFailure
[/li][li]And, last but not least, Rimmer. Now what he was, but what he wanted to be. Juts Rimmer.
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Generally speaking, the British Admirals of the 18th and 19th centuries we probably some of the most skilled military officers in the world at the time. British army officers often bought their commissions, and that partially came from the earlier history of having Dukes and Earls hire and pay for the troops that would be used by the king, and they would be put in charge of the troops they hired.
British admirals on the other hand generally came up through the ranks, starting as 12 year old midshipmen through to captain and then to admiral. Once an officer got a captain’s commission, they were going to become admirals in the order that they got their commision. Only death or a major embaressing screwup would stop that.
Now that doesn’t say that there weren’t incompetant and corrupt officers in the British navy or that there wasn’t some political wrangling to get promoted to the post of Captain. But in general, British naval officers came from the middle and merchant classes were promoted through the ranks, and got their titles after getting promoted, while most British army officers got their rank because of their titles.
The next best officers were in the French army under Napoleon. Most of the aristocracy wsa removed for the army, and Napoleon was able to bring up good officers, but after the retreat from Moscow, many of them were lost and the remainder started rely too much on Napoleon to do the job and let their own skills slip.
I’m not dissing British admirals, I don’t know what the reality was.
But, in fiction there is a long history of douchebaggery.
Thanks for taking my call this week guys.
Shooter Jr wanted to call in and reply, but fell asleep before we got home tonight. He finished Xena Season 1 this week. He can’t wait to open up season 2 in July. So far he says his favorite character is Autolcyus (Bruce Campbell), but I think that’s just because Jr likes Bruce in Burn Notice. We’ll keep y’all updatred on his favorite character. I’m sure it will be one of the leather clad actresses sooner or later…
Since Audra Mentioned Random Organized improv, I figured i would introduce you all to Improv Everywhere.
“Improv Everywhere is, at its core, about having fun. We’re big believers in “organized fun”. Our missions are a fun source of entertainment for the participants, those who happen to see us live, and those who read this website. We get satisfaction from coming up with an awesome idea and making it come to life. In the process we bring excitement to otherwise unexciting locales and give strangers a story they can tell for the rest of their lives. We’re out to prove that a prank doesn’t have to involve humiliation or embarrassment; it can simply be about making someone laugh, smile, or stop to notice the world around them.”
Here are samples of what they do. They also do charity events.
There are so many more videos, and its definitely worth a look. They have one where 207 people freeze in place for 5 minutes in grand central station, they have a slow motion home depot shopping spree, pants less subway rides, musicals and so much more, i don’t post often but you should definitely check this out.
Feel free to send in MP3’s to chuck (or juan) at galacticwatercooler dot com, we have the means to edit them into the podcast. Some notes:
- If the MP3 file is larger than a few megabytes (MB), it probably won’t make it through the interwebs. (email is funny like that)
- Like our voicemail line, please try to keep your recording time under 2 minutes.
More notes for the tech-savvy
- Don’t worry about adding any post-processing or effects – Chuck will usually tweak any audio clips we use. In other words, the cleaner the audio, the better.
- If you have the option, send it mono(1-channel) at 44.1 kHz (we can convert it if necessary)
Got more questions? Email me at juan at galacticwatercooler dot com
Only because IT guys insist on making it so. Used to be you could send 100+ MB files with no problem.
Sorry for the derail, but that’s been bugging me for a decade.
I saw The Thomas Crown Affair when it was in theaters on the mere fact that Pierce Brosnan and Renee Russo was in it. I didn’t know what it was about. I didn’t know that it was a remake. And I sure as H-E-Double El didn’t know that I would bask in Ms. Russo’s birthday suit. All I know was that from the first heist through the chase between and excellent finale, I had a Cheshire-Cat grin on my face (seriously, I freaked out the couple next to me). That was my first taste of Nina Simone and I have been a fan since. And when I’m about to take on a long or difficult task, I find myself rounding my cap and proclaim “Let’s play ball!”
By the way, Brosnan was My Bond as well. GoldenEye was my first theatrical expirience with Bond and I even to this day have Tina Turner’s song on my MP3 player (and in honor of Sean, I played it just after listening to the cast). Name any other Bond song that actually teases the plot besides Shirley Bassey’s Goldfinger, of course.
Well I sent my audio to chuck…hopefully he got it…