I wouldn't do anything for now. It's not holding up the draft or anything by keeping him AKed.
If he comes back before the draft ends, let him make his make-up picks and catch up. If he doesn't come back and the draft ends, then think about doing a dispersal draft where people can drop one of their own picks for one of his.
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He's mysteriously disappeared from everywhere as far as I can tell. I just hope the guy is ok.
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Hey guys, this is a voluntary AK - work is going to be stupid busy today...will try and come up with something at lunch but if that doesn't work out, I'll have to wait to do it tonight after I get home. Cheers!
This cartoon was on the air in the 80s and basically was the story of He-mans sister.
When we were little, my brothers got to watch He-man and then I got to watch She-ra. I had all these little She-ra figurines and toys. And now, I have the series on dvd. I found them all priced rather cheaply and was totally excited to own a show that I loved as a kid.
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The Don Lapre Appreciation Society selects in the Talk category, Prime Time Sports With Bob McCown
-from FAN590.com
Prime Time Sports, hosted by Bob McCown, is a daily
radio show (simulcast on television on Rogers' Sportsnet) that goes beyond the scores and digs into the major issues in sports to look at them from a Canadian point of view. Listen to interviews with people making the news and opinions that are thought-provoking every weekday.
I watch and/or listen to this almost every weekday for the excellent, informative interviews in the world of sports, and hopefully for a weekly glimpse of Mary Ormsby.
The Don Lapre Appreciation Society selects in the Talk category, Prime Time Sports With Bob McCown
-from FAN590.com
Prime Time Sports, hosted by Bob McCown, is a daily
radio show (simulcast on television on Rogers' Sportsnet) that goes beyond the scores and digs into the major issues in sports to look at them from a Canadian point of view. Listen to interviews with people making the news and opinions that are thought-provoking every weekday.
I watch and/or listen to this almost every weekday for the excellent, informative interviews in the world of sports, and hopefully for a weekly glimpse of Mary Ormsby.
Good show. I have it on my podcast and usually listen to it on the way to work in the morning (so I'm a half a day behind).
Deacon needs a kick in the nuts though. All his views are so pansied. Ban fighting, every european is so talented, all olympic athletes should get maximum funding, swedish skill will beat canadian grit etc etc etc..
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For our next pick the Infomercial Kings are proud to select in the category of Drama, Dead Like Me
I caught this one late night during a marathon of the first season and I became hooked. It was just so good and it really drew me in. The acting and writing were great.
Georgia "George" Lass (ELLEN MUTH) is a young college drop-out who has no job skills and seems unable to take an interest in anything, including her own life. She cultivates an air of cynicism that infuriates her mother, baffles her father, and isolates her younger sister. George is about to get a wake-up call.
With her mother Joy (CYNTHIA STEVENSON) insisting that she get a job, George applies to a temp agency that sends her out as a file clerk. Her lunch break - and her life - are cut short when a toilet seat from the MIR space station drives her into the pavement. George does not realize that she is dead until Rube (MANDY PATINKIN), the kindly leader of a team of grim reapers, points out her remains. Rube takes George under his wing and introduces her to the other members of his undead group: Mason (CALLUM BLUE), Roxy (JASMINE GUY) and Betty (REBECCA GAYHEART).
The members of Rube's team of reapers are all, like George, people who died with unresolved issues. They still have lessons to learn that - for one reason or another - they failed to learn in life. They move about the Pacific Northwest in the full light of day. They walk the city streets and eat at all-night diners, just like anyone else. They have to find somewhere to live, cook, eat and do their laundry. They look just like everyone else but as grim reapers they appear physically different to the living than they did when they were alive.
What George experiences beyond death is the focus of this darkly comedic series. It takes a slightly twisted look at life and at one possible version of life in the after life. What if death is not the end? What if it is not even an escape from the issues that plagued us? What if it is not a way to avoid accountability, but an opportunity to accept responsibility? What if it is a wake-up call?
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Great pick Superflyer. A show that died too early, but paved the way for other great cable series. I loved the sarcasm and bitterness of the dialogue. Great stuff.
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Great pick Superflyer. A show that died too early, but paved the way for other great cable series. I loved the sarcasm and bitterness of the dialogue. Great stuff.
Totally agree. I picked this one on DVD and thoroughly enjoyed it. There have been way too many shows like this that have been canceled too early.
For my next pick, Frozen TV Dinner is pleased to select, in the category of Reality (Ongoing), from Spike TV: The Joe Schmo Show.
The Joe Schmo show debuted in September 2003 shortly after the re-branding of TNN as Spike TV. The show was the first original series produced for the new "First Network for Men", and the finale of the first series received Spike's highest (non-wrestling) ratings up to that point (including its previous 20 years as The Nashville Network).
The concept of the show was simple: Take a "regular Joe", cast him on what he believes to be a new reality competition show, and surround him with a cast of actors who are portraying typical reality show archetypes (such as the Rich Bitch; the flamboyant Gay Guy; the Grizzled Veteran; and, of course, the ridiculously hot Virgin), then roll cameras and see how "Joe" reacts to the craziness around him.
The first Schmo was a young guy from Pittsburgh named Matt Kennedy Gould. The cast of actors included LA area radio personality Ralph Garman, as the smarmy host; and future SNL cast member, Kristen Wiig as Dr. Pat, the quack psychologist.
The show within the show was called "Lap of Luxury", a cross between Survivor and Big Brother where the contestants competed in a variety of ridiculous challenges. At the end of each episode, one of the "contestants" was voted out of the house, and given this brilliant send-off:
As the show progressed, the producers and cast members had to work hard to push the limits of the outrageous situations without going so far that Matt would see through the charade. Eventually, the show reached its conclusion and the truth was revealed to Matt:
The first version of the show was such a hit for Spike, that a second season was ordered. This time, the premise was a reality dating show called "Last Chance for Love", and this time there would be two (and eventually three) Schmoes.
The only member of the original cast who returned for the second series was Ralph Garman, who bleached his hair and used a bad British accent to portray the new host, Derek Newcastle.
Luckily for the producers, they didn't cast any Canadians as the new Schmoes because one of the cast was Jonathan Torrens of Street Cents, Jonovision, and Trailer Park Boys "fame", who played Gerald (with a hard "G"), The Gotta-Be-Gay Guy.
Unluckily for the producers, they cast Ingrid Wiese as the original "Jane" Schmo. Through some unfortunate turns of events, Ingrid clued in to the fact that something wasn't right relatively early, and eventually the producers let her in on the joke, offering her a chance to join the cast and help in fooling the new "Joe", Tim Walsh and her replacement "Jane", Amanda Naughton. Luckily for the viewers, Ingrid agreed to stick around (because she looked amazing in a bikini).
Eventually, the truth was revealed to Tim and Amanda, and they, along with Ingrid each received the $100,000 prize for "winning" the game.
The second series was entertaining (did I mention Ingrid in the bikini?), but ultimately, didn't live up to the originality (or ratings) of the first series, so a third series never came to be.
Finally, a note about the category: Although the shows within the shows were presented to the Joes and Janes as "reality elimination" shows, the eliminations were all entirely scripted, the Joes and Janes never truly risked being eliminated, and the real concept of the shows was always "how will this person react when put into this outrageous scenario?" The series were more "Truman Show" than "Survivor".
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Hey, speaking of Dead Like Me, has anyone seen the new movie, Dead Like Me: Life After Death?
Apparently, it was airing all January exclusively on SuperChannel (exclusively, meaning it hasn't aired anywhere else in the world), and has either recently been released, or is about to be released direct to DVD in the States.
I'm not willing to pay $15 a month to get SuperChannel just to watch this (although, I thought about it), but I'm wondering if anyone here has happened to catch it.
As I understand it, they couldn't get Mandy Patinkin (Rube) or Laura Harris (Daisy, Daisy Adair) back because of other commitments, so they wrote Rube out and recast Daisy. Otherwise, I believe it's supposed to provide some closure to the series.
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Hey, speaking of Dead Like Me, has anyone seen the new movie, Dead Like Me: Life After Death?
Apparently, it was airing all January exclusively on SuperChannel (exclusively, meaning it hasn't aired anywhere else in the world), and has either recently been released, or is about to be released direct to DVD in the States.
I'm not willing to pay $15 a month to get SuperChannel just to watch this (although, I thought about it), but I'm wondering if anyone here has happened to catch it.
As I understand it, they couldn't get Mandy Patinkin (Rube) or Laura Harris (Daisy, Daisy Adair) back because of other commitments, so they wrote Rube out and recast Daisy. Otherwise, I believe it's supposed to provide some closure to the series.
Sweet, thanks for the heads up. I'll have to look for it. Really to bad Rube isn't in it though.
