I May Have To Get This DVD

[filkertom]

blueeyedtigress is right. It explains so much....

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[darkwolf69.livejournal.com]

i think i'm going to hell for enjoying that.

[tomreedtoon.livejournal.com]

Well, at a minimum it explains the hair of the Bride of Frankenstein. The ball of wire was left outside her head; Dr. Praetorius was sloppy.

[wildcard9.livejournal.com]

I've seen that bit before. And I agree, it explains so much...

[bayushisan.livejournal.com]

That made a whole lot of sense. I may have to pick that dvd up sometime.

[ericthemage.livejournal.com]

So very, very, very true.

[palenoue.livejournal.com]

Fun stuff! I think I've seen that guy before doing a bit on pants & dresses that's even more enjoyable than that clip.

My problem with things like that, trying to explain "How Men Think" and "How Women Think," is that while they may be accurate for the majority, I never fit in. There's no possible way you could say my brain is made up of boxes, and the interconnected wires is right out, so what am I?

A Tom Smith fan, of course ;-)

I wonder how you'd describe a fandom brain?

[filkertom.livejournal.com]

There are four types of fandom brains, typified by the following statements. The first pair tends towards harder SF, and the second towards fantasy:

Hedley Lamarr: My mind is aglow with whirling, transient nodes of thought careening through a cosmic vapor of invention.
Taggart: Ditto.

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Hedley Lamarr: My mind is a raging torrent, flooded with rivulets of thought cascading into a waterfall of creative alternatives.
Taggart: God darnit, Mr. Lamarr, you use your tongue prettier than a twenty dollar whore.

[palenoue.livejournal.com]

Hmmmmmm... Here's a few quick suggestions:

Hard SF: My brain is like... hmmm... I think I just figured out how to make warp drive work. Need to do some tests. I'm sorry, what were we talking about?

Media SF: My brain is like Tivo with unlimited storage, but with spotty cataloging.

Soft SF: My brain is a plasma hyperwave flux coil with malfunctioning safety phase detectors.

Fun SF: My brain is guided by highly advanced pan-dimensional aliens... but they don't know what they're doing, either.

High Fantasy: My mind hath been forged by the Gods of Eideriell to contain the ancient commands that will free mankind from the evils that plague the world.

Comic Fantasy: My mind hath been forged by the Gods of Eideriell to... do something... their handwriting is terrible. Does #28 look like "Milk the toad" to you?

Low Fantasy: My mind is like an orc, never met a math problem that couldn't be solved with a club.

Science Fantasy: My mind is like a computer run by nerd pixies.

Steampunk: My mind is like a difference engine with a few warped cogs.

(excerpts from "Gilbert & Sullivan Psychoanalyze a Convention")

[pickledcritter.livejournal.com]

Not that it is a bad thing, but Mark Gungor is a Christian minister and runs a church up in Wisconsin. While I haven't seen the whole DVD and cannot make a definitive statement, there is the possibility if you were to get the DVD you'd have to deal with a typical "non-demoninational"-type sermon along with the funny stuff, as the "Tale of Two Brains" appears to be just a small part of a larger Christian marriage seminar.

[filkertom.livejournal.com]

Very possibly. I didn't know that, and thanks for the heads-up.

[palenoue.livejournal.com]

And it might not be anywhere near as bad as that. I remember seeing a show/presentation by a guy who looked _very_ similar to Tim Conway and had a sense of comedy similar to Bob Newhart and Bill Cosby. He was explaining how things go wrong with religions, _all_ religions, and how to spot the troubles before they get to the inquisition stage. He was very, very funny (the one-hour presentation lasted two hours due to the laughter slowing things down) and was not at all preachy or even hinted at a sermon. Wasn't until the end of the show I learned he was an ordained priest, and despite many questions about it he refused to say which denomination because it didn't matter in regards to what he was taking about that night.

Unfortunately, on the other hand, that clip could have been the only non-overtly-religious part of the show. I've seen my share of those... *sigh*

[kayshapero]

Dunno what was on that page, but it just crashed Firefox on me twice. I suspect I need a different plugin than whatever tried to read it.