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Simpson's Cast On Bravo This Sunday
droopus writes "So, what does Dan Castelleneta look like? (He's a kinda weasly looking bald guy.) See Dan, Hank, Harry, Yeardley, Julie, Nancy and the rest of the Simpsons cast this Sunday at 8PM (EST) on Inside the Actors Studio on Bravo.
According to the website:
"In anticipation of the landmark 300th episode of The Simpsons, James Lipton sat down with the series' accomplished ensemble to meet the actors behind the voices in order to discover how they have managed to create such a wealth of believable and beloved characters."
I saw a quick preview, and seeing that thin, weasly bald guy go "Aggggggh, donut" was alsolutely hilarious. Watching Nancy Cartwright morph effortlessly from Bart, to Nelson, to Ralph is waaaaay cool. My TiVo is set for this one.
One hitch: it's on at the same time as the usual new Sunday Simpsons episode, so Bravo has thoughtfully repeated the show at midnight so fans can record both."
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I can't wait for the 300th episode of the Simpsons though.
I hate liberals. If you are a liberal, do not reply.
so fans can record both.
"fans"=="fat losers"
I wonder if any of the writers will be on the show too. Most of the success has relied on excelelent writing. I think this is the first time ever the voice actors have been allowed to do their characters on a television show other than the cartoon itself. James Lipton sure knows how to negotiate for his guests!
Thats right... put a show about the Simpsons on at the same time FOX is showing the real thing...
Or some of them anyway, since many appeared on the original home of the Simpsons, the Tracey Ullman Show.
---My TiVo is set for this one. One hitch: it's on at the same time as the usual new Sunday Simpsons episode, so Bravo has thoughtfully repeated the show at midnight so fans can record both.
What I dont understand is ALL frequencies are running through that wire going in to the TiVo. Why cant you just do a stream record of the WHOLE analog signal (ad converter) and then re-play all channels when you want to?
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the Simpsons cast this Sunday at 8PM (EST) on Inside the Actors Studio on Bravo
Doesn't The Simpsons air at 8PM EST on Sunday night? I know, "Inside the Actors Studio" runs at the same time every week, but seriously, the irony is too hard to ignore. How am I suppsoed to watch both? I know, Tivo one and watch the other, but really, they could have planned that a little better.
There is no reasonable defense against an idiot with an agenda
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Not logging in, somewhat fearful of oppressive moderation...
I believe Life Magazine has covered an even better, and much more humorous and LIVEly article.
The Article is here.
And a more retro article, of the past LIFE magazine review, is available here
http://web.archive.org/web/20001219170800/slashdot .org/articles/98/11/11/1011216.shtml
Man, I'm bored.
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And who was born Abd al-Rahman abd al-Bauf Arafat al-Qud al-Husseini?
Any of you dare to look into this?
I quote:
FOR FORTY YEARS
Life magazine had a better review of The Simpsons. Can someone re-post Life's article? Thanks for all that help/remembered.
Hey, I remember some Ask Slashdot or something about having a Tivo like system based on Linux for recording either 4+ or 16+ streams. I guess this gives a little validity to wanting to record at least two streams anyway. And hell you might even like something asides from just the Simpsons, and want to record three things at once. :)
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Ha ha ha! Well played! Maybe someday they'll have "Inside the Writers' Studio". Until then, the voice talent is who belongs on this show. I'm taping it. In Betamax. By the by, a "Writers' Studio" show would be fascinating.
I seeing hate that thing
who watches the simpsons anymore?
And how is this anything but an outright ad?
I think his impersonation of James Lipton is much more entertaining than Lipton himself.
http://www.thenancyshow.com/spotlight/daffney_spot light.html
by Peter J. Stephens, M.D., and Mark L. Taff, M.D.
from the American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology 8(2):179-182, 1987.
This article describes an unusual rectal foreign body resulting from homosexual anal erotic activities. The patient had used an enema containing a concrete mix which became impacted and required surgical removal. The use, abuse, and complications of enemas are reviewed.
During the last 20 years, sexual habits have changed in western society. Homosexuals have shown an increasing interest in anal erotic practices, including the use of enemas for sexual enjoyment. We report a case of a klismaphiliac who had an impacted foreign body in his rectum followin an enema with a concrete mix.
CASE REPORT
A 20-year-old man presented to the emergency room complaining of rectal pain. A well-nourished, well-developed man without signs of intoxication was admitted in no apparent distress. Digital examination of the rectum revealed a stony hard mass. Abdominal plain films showed a vertically oriented, low-lying radiopaque object in the rectum. A spherical radiolucency was noted in the upper pole of the mass. A blood alcohol level was negative. No other drug testing was performed.
Upon further questioning, the patient said that approximately 4 hrs earlier he and his boyfriend had been "fooling around." After stirring a batch of concrete mix, the patient laid on his back with his feet against the wall at a 45-degree angle while his boyfriend poured the mixture through a funnel into his rectum. After the concrete mass hardened, it became so painful that he sought medical care.
Under general anesthesia, the anus was dilated and two Foley catheters were inserted alongside the rectal mass to relieve suction. A concrete case of the rectum was delivered without incident. The rectal mucosa was intact with a hyperemic and edematous appearance.
The patient was kept overnight and discharged uneventfully the following morning. The attending physician recommended a psychiatric consultation, but the patient declined.
PATHOLOGIC EXAMINATION
Examination of the specimen revealed a perfect concrete cast of the rectum, measuring 12 X 7 X 5 cm and weighing 275 g. A thin layer of feces coated the surface and crevices. Grooves in the mass were consistent with rectal mucosal folds. A layer of concrete was chipped off the upper part of the specimen and revealed a white plastic ping-pong ball. This corresponded to the radiolucency observed in the abdominal x-ray.
Homer: ...but we're gonna miss Inside the Actors Studio. F. Murray Abraham's on, Marge. F. Murray Abraham!
Shame on Google.
Is she the one who's a member of a criminal nut cult?
-jcr
The only title of honor that a tyrant can grant is "Enemy of the State."
"One hitch: it's on at the same time as the usual new Sunday Simpsons episode,"
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My TiVo already knew it repeats......Ha-Ha
...that they don't have the current writers for the show on his program. That would turn into a lynching.
I'll form my OWN solar system! With blackjack! And hookers!
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People who weren't watching the Tracey Ullman show.
That's who.
Send a digital cable signal straight into your computer and dump the raw data on your hard disk, then play it back through a tv tuner. You can play it back as many times as you want to grab whatever channel(s) you want.
"Sic Semper Tyrannosaurus Rex."
Like the comic book guy, get it?
Ha!
"Sic Semper Tyrannosaurus Rex."
Suck James Lipton's ass, too.
I saw this article a few days ago and thought it would be perfect for /. story.
... As the landmark series' 300th show approaches, we look back at Homer and Co.'s most hilarious, inspired moments (Television, 1/31/2003)."
Link: The Family Dynamic -- "We pick the 25 best (and 1 worst) ''Simpsons'' episodes
Ant(Dude) @ Quality Foraged Links (AQFL.net) & The Ant Farm (antfarm.ma.cx / antfarm.home.dhs.org).
Yeardley Smith (the voice of Lisa) is kinda cute in a geeky foreign way... I saw an interview of her a few years ago. Apparently more than a few guys have told her that it's their fantasy to make love to her while she screams the famous "More More More!" Lisa Simpson line.
There are some sick freaks out there. I don't want to know what Nancy Cartwright gets asked to do.
Married With Children fans will remember him from the "Dance Show" episode, where Peg went dancing with Marcy and had a flirtation with a gay guy, whose husband (Castellaneta) went complaining to Al.
Incidentally, how stupid does Bravo have to be to put this on in that slot? Why not Sunday at 10 pm?
What I'm listening to now on Pandora...
One halloween, a friend of mine got up green tube dress, white choker pearls and did her hair up like Marge. We went to a halloween party, and seriously I've never seen one girl get hit on so many times at a party. Nor have I heard so many attempted Homer-isms as pick up lines.
Thoughtfully? Bravo like all cable shows runs the same 4 hour block over and over. It'll be rerun ad-nauseum like every other cable show with 6 episodes.
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Why do they keep adding cable channels and trying to force me to pay for them, when they dont even bother with enough original content for the ones they have? Eg; I've seen the same stupid hitler documentaries a bazillion times. Do they really need "History International"?
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I don't need no instructions to know how to rock!!!!
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Of course Nancy Cartwright has no trouble shifting between different characters. According to her religion^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^Hcult, she's infested with the souls of dead people & aliens, many of whom were blown up 75 billion years ago by the Galactic Overlord Xenu in volcanoes by H-bombs.
Because of this, and other dirty deeds done by the cult of $cientology, I personally boycott The Simpsons, JAG, Dharma & Greg, South Park, and other TV shows and movies that employ $cientologists. (And yes, my local affiliates and the networks know why I don't watch their shows!)
Hello? Haven't any of you people seen the Tracey Ullman show? Nobody remembers Herman's Head?
Excuse me, I'm just going to sit here and yell at the kids to get off my lawn now.
Ah, I missed this one! Thanks. :)
Ant(Dude) @ Quality Foraged Links (AQFL.net) & The Ant Farm (antfarm.ma.cx / antfarm.home.dhs.org).
yeah.. sure you did.
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WHO ATE MY BREAKFAST PANTS?
Have you considered applying to be a slashdot editor ?
I remember reading somewhere a few years ago that in their contracts, it restricts them from doing the character voices in public or on something televised. There was an episdoe of LA Law where Dan Castelleneta plays a character who works at an amusement park as Homer Simpson. Throughout the show you hear the Homer voice but only when he's in the costume. I thought that was a way of getting around their restriction in their contracts.
Anyone know if they actually had to get permission to do the voices for this ep of actors studio?
Scientology is a cult.
Had to be said.
Boycott the people that represent the cult in hollywood.
Erika Christensen, Catherine Bell, Travolta, Cruise, Masterson brothers (malcolm in the middle, and 70' show.) , Anne Archer, Lea Remini (king of queens) , Beck Hansen(raised by scientologists, dating a scientologist, hes one too), Jenna elfman , Greta Van Susteren on FOX, and lets not forget Lisa Marie Presly, heiress to the Elvis fortune.
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Most people are under the very wrong assumption that a cult as wacky as scientology would have snuffed itself out by not. Thats what I thought. Thats what I believed until last years Google incident.
Don't forget Kirstie Alley and Julliette Lewis. coke queens on the rebound who were brought in through Narconon. Not to be confused with the legit group narcanon.
Also be on the lookout for these front groups; Applied Scholastics, Volunteer Ministers, ABLE, Narconon.
Wouldn't they rather show it at 9pm (because there's a second episode at 8:30pm) and have a trailing message saying: or something along those lines...
I don't get Bravo.
I remember her acting on Herman's Head on Fox.
Ant(Dude) @ Quality Foraged Links (AQFL.net) & The Ant Farm (antfarm.ma.cx / antfarm.home.dhs.org).
I hate seeing the actors. It ruins the illusion.
Homer is homer, don't corrupt the imprint.
DirecTiVo owners can record both at the same time.
Umm Microsofts Ultimate TV can handle two streams, so with it you could record two shows at one. I believe it's the only system to offer this in their first version. Perhaps Tivo will have it in their next?
;-D
UltimateTV (rest in pieces)was a DirecTV only device, like DirecTivo. And like DirecTivo it had a huge advantage of being able to record the digital DirecTV stream in the native MPEG2 form. (which, BTW, means it can (and does) do Dolby Digital 5.1 on some channels). Well, since this means it is not doing MPEG encoding, the overhead for recording a show is relatively low - so they had ability to record more than one show at a time. So from the very first DirecTivo units, TiVo build the hardware to support 2 Tuners.
I think they stopped at 2 because each tuner (for technical reasons I will not go into) required a dedicated LNB (device receiving data from satelite - the "eye" of the dish) and the best available dishes at the time had only dual LNB's. Since then multi-switch technology came out allowing one dish to be used with quite a few DTV receivers, but that is another story.
While hardware was there, the early DTiVo software did not use it. Only around time UltimateTV came out, TiVo added the software to support the second DTV tuner. All DirecTiVos are now capable of recording 2 shows at same time.
To make things nicer, an additional reciever charge from DTV is $5 regardless of the type of device, and you do not have to pay extra subscription charge for 2nd and on DTiVos (DTiVo's subscription is $4.99 per month regardless of number of DTiVo's per household or free if you order their top of the line package).
Further, even the identical DirecTiVo models are able to coexist in same room with unique remote control codes (up to 9 devices for most, plus 3 for sony, which uses different codes)
So, theoretically you can build a home system with 12 DTiVos (9 phillips, 3 Sony) with total of 24 tuners between them recording perfect DTV quality for the hardware price of the units ($200-$400 each) plus multiswitch(s) (who knows, probably $100-$300 total) plus one DTV subscription ($35-$87 per month depending on channels)plus 5x11=$55 per month for extra receivers (I wonder if DirecTV will freak out if you asked for 11 additional receivers).
Now, good luck figuring out which show goes on which TiVo though. Plus you'd probably want to invest in quite a few JP1 universal remotes
-Em
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Looks like slashdot aren't the only folks who make dupes.
I can just remember last summer at the Montreal Comedy Festival. Seeing the whole gang (in person) doing a show just with the voices. Amazing.
There is no legitimate group named narcanon.
The legitimate group is Narcotics Anonymous.
There's a reason why we say NarCONon.
$cientology is just trying to get "recognition" by having a name that sounds like legitimate groups like Al-Anon,
Dude the voices were originally actors on the Tracy Ullman Show. That's where the Simpson's got their break.
For fucks sake learn some history instead of spouting like fucking 12 year olds. Oh...wait...you are a bunch of fucking 12 year olds...never mind. Carry on then, carry on...
I dont get Bravo
Me neither. They're suppose to be an artsy station, but they play alot of crap.
She was also in the movie Billie Jean with Helen and Christian Slater.
Well, according to an online bio, she wouldn't have been much of a kid in the late 80s. Having been born in 1964 would make the chances of that quite slim. But dang if she didn't look 12 on Square One TV.
Their celebrity status gives the cult an air of legitamacy. Their celebrity status is used by the cults front groups to trick the unsuspecting public into getting involved with scientology and the rantings of the L. Ron Hubbard.
Anyone know when it'll be shown in Canada? We have a channel called Bravo up here, but it's not the same one as Americans get.
hoser: Slashdot reader since 1987.
OT? Whatever....
Just a few hours ago, everyone was all freaked out about Patriot Act II. And then, it's back into the television world.
/. all the time. I see all these children moving through life, and their minds are unable to register 90 percent of what's going on around them because it's too complex to fit into their reality pictures. People like this are vulnerable. ANd the wolves are amongst us now. Taking whatever they desire, changing laws. And the people just smile because they're lives havn't been instantly impacted by it. ANd they won't care until they're personally and directly by something. Something within arms reach. But by the time things like that happen, it will be already too late. by that time the bad laws will have been planned, written, passed. The only time people will be effected is during the execution point of some law or executive decision. It's no good. THere's no way around it.
Like little gophers sticking their heads out every once in awhile and then ducking back into their internal worlds.
The world is changing fast. I had a sad moment tonight during dinner. Trying to explain to my sister in law how laws are being written in secret now, as illustrated in the latest patriot act. And I don't think she understood why it's a bad thing.
Most people can't grasp a loss unless it's a physical loss that happens to them directly. Just don't have the brainpower to wrap around how they've lost something when they've lost their rights. Tell them they've lost their 4th amendment rights and they say "Nothing has happened to me. Everything is still fine as far as I can see."
It's sad because they just aren't smart enough to understand what's being taken from them. Can't think about anything unless it's physically within arm's reach. Everything else, lies in some kind of fog they can't see through.
I used to get mad, assuming they'd taken some political stance but in most cases, they're just to simple to understand. Maybe it's during times of turmoil that one gets to see how unintelligent fellow human beings are. During calm times people can focus all their energy playing whatever role they've cast themselves into. The geek, housewide, trendy intellectual type with tiny glasses, the punk rockers, the politicos, the science fiction fans. But when times get tough, people get too distracted to keep playing the part. You start seeing flashes of what they're like underneath.
And I'm depressed by what I see. I see children in adult bodies. Kids pretending to be adults, and doing a good job at it until they're faced with something unexpected. And then there they are, just like they were in grade school. I see it here on
And I'd always wondered how human beings could allow political situations like Nazi Germany occur in their own countries. You'd think people would stand up. But then I realize that they were just human beings in Germany in the 30's and 40's. Human beings with all their vulnerabilities and simple minded worldviews. We're human beings too. There's no magical field around the United States prtoecting us from turning into a bad place. If a situation arises that makes the US into a bad place, America will become a bad place. No magical hand will reach down and fix things.
The simple people believe in the magic hand. The cop that drags your wide out of her car by her hair won't do it out of a sense of evil, or meanness. He'll see himself as serving some important function in the protection of the Homeland. Just doing his job.
And when they line the protesters up in the back alley and puts bullets through their heads, it won't be out of spite or for silencing dissent, it will be because they were anti-american. Supporting terrorism by interfering with important state processes. And they might as well be terrorists if they act that way. Better to shoot them as fast as possible and find out who their friends and family are too.
Right up to the end, Germans sincerly believed they were part of some just cause. They did what they did because all the symbolism and propoganda and nationalism caused them to confuse morality with patriotism. No need to evaluate right or wrong, if what you're doing is for the good of the Fatherland. What is good for the Fatherland is always good. Some things you may find distasteful but you will do them because it's just your job and nothing personal.
Because you'll never want to. When will you want to watch 75+ channels of crap? It's bad enough that you can record one channel at a time!
I happened to be on the sreet on opening night and was witness to what followed. There was a large rent-a-crowd of local Scientologists gathered in front of a stage setup on the street, with many more inside the theater they had rented for the evening, in addition the street was packed with the usual Friday night revelers who where all totally perplexed. All of a sudden the loudspeaker came on, and Bart Simpson's voice blared out "Hello, Sydney!" The the video hookup from inside went live and she appeared on the screen, welcoming everyone to the opening. Shortly after Kate Cebrano (tubby Aussie songstress and devout Scientologist) came on stage to annouce the big opening, blah blah blah to the bafflment of the most non-Scio crowd present, then she and the tuxedo wearing tanned yank Scio out from head office began the countdown to the "grand opening". Drums rolled, they hit one - I should mention at this point thaty it had been raining - nothing happend. these two fuckwits are standing on a damp stage in front of what looks like a two story paper mache science project while the only sound is the passing traffic and the noise of hundreds of cinema goes trying to push through the crowds of the faithful to get to their movies. After much running around, swearing and thumping the pyro guys get TWO roman candles to sputter to life as Cebrano and captain Dickhead from LA clap and go "woo.", and the local devotees clap wildly on queue. You know, with so may OT-III's and above present I'd have thought their Thetans could have put on a better lightshow - but what the fuck do I know, right?
Anyway, the point is: Nancy, you got busted going "Bart" to promote your "Church". Betcha thought no-one stateside would ever find out, huh?
Morons...
Much like the animated characters they play, none has aged much in the past 13 years. Apparently, FOX owns some magic drug they insist their actors take. The folks on 90210 were also forced to take it (although at a much lower dose), which is why they were in their junior year of high school twice.
And why am I suspicious that the article writer works at FOX? You only get that tye of review from a PR phuckwit acting as Joe Public on the internet.
And it's destruction article confirm's the use of Bart Simpsons voice at the launch...
Has anyone seen BOB ODENKIRK do his stand-up impersonation of James Lipton? Best. Impersonation. Ever.
"I would just like to thank my wife for doing me the small favor of... redefining the universe."
Nancy Cartright and Danny Castelleneta deserve ALOT more respect than this, especially by THIS crowd which obviously worships the show by their fanatical knowledge. Those are some very mean and unnecessary comments about Nancy's religion and Dan's and Yeardley's appearances considering all the laughs these people have brought you folks over the years. Without Nancy and her "wacky" religion America would never have "Ha ha" burned into its collective consciousness. Without that "weasly" looking Dan, America would never know the magic of the words "D'oh" and dozens others. Without that "nerdy" looking Yeardley we would never have that intelligent foil to Homer's idiocy as well as a constant source of moral outrage. So I would please hope you consider any slam against the Simpsons voice actors is a slam against America and we are far to young and dumb to defend ourselves against such onslaughts.
Bugs Bunny's success did he?
I'm tired of all these whacko relegions running amok on my TV. Look at em all, you got yer scientologisgts, yer christians, yer jews, yer muslims, yer bushists, yer hindus. It's enough to make a guy sick. You'll all see the truth when Marshall Applewhite comes back. Just wait and see, Hale-Bop is coming back and we'll all be taken to the Physical Kingdom Level Above Human. Where's my applesauce?
If Mr. Edison had thought smarter he wouldn't sweat as much. --Nikola Tesla
...with Robin Williams and Nathan Lane. He was the shoeless "maid" with a Spanish accent who was supplying Lane with "pirin" tablets. He was soooooo funny--also (speaking for my two X chromosomes here) extremely cute.
Making trouble today for a better tomorrow...
...but which performer(s) on South Park are Scientologists?
--Matthew
"If the lights of Broadway blind me, I won't mind..."
Only reply to messages asking questions about Ninnle linux!
Add to this the incident where pranksters broke into the projector room and projected porn on to the big screen. It attracted a small crowd and stopped traffic on George St. The cops had to break into the room again to stop the projector.
I never knew that it was a Scieno propaganda tool but now that I think about it the volcano makes sense. The only time I saw something on the screen was the banner advertising Dianetics strapped over it when the screen stopped working.
--- if y cn rd ths y cn gt a gd jb n cmptr prgmmng!
Yeardley Smith got in some trouble for doing voices at a book signing unrelated to Fox but they're more than welcome to do them when promoting the show. There's also supposedly a clause about the things they can say (i.e. they're not supposed to do radio station specific promotions like "You're listening to 96.5! Doh! (in Homer voice)).
You can see him occasionally on Friends, using his real voice. I still crack up at Mystery Men, even though my friends all hated it. /zim
Me neither. They're suppose to be an artsy station, but they play alot of crap.
I didn't realize there was a need to delineate the two.
--Joey
I live in Montreal, Canada.
Here we have something called, Just For Laugh Festival. It's a two weeks long festival featuring humorists from around the world. Last years' included a show called In The Fless with the Simpsons. It was a live reading of an epidose from the cast of the Simspons followed by a live Q&A with Matt Groening himself.
It's not really related to tonight's show but it can answer some concerns you had about publicly doing the voices.
And it really is funny to see Castalneta going D'Oh! and Hmmmm.
Matt Groening is a funny guy too. His father is actually called Homer, is mother Marguarette, sister Lisa...which leaves him to be incarnated in Bart...which is really just brat with mixed up letters.
He did not answer in which state Springfield is.
Even if Jesus Christ himself were to be interviewed by James Lipton, I wouldn't last a minute hearing the lame questions that eminate from the pie hole of that blue card reading hack. Please, never again mention this show.
Yours truly,
Gene Shalit and Rex Reed
What the hell kind of onomatopoeia is that? I've always heard "mmmmm, donut"...
Well, duh.
Celebrity status is also what keeps you chained to your television set for hours and hours every day, idly wasting away your life, doing nothing but focusing exclusively on the content that corporate entities want you to focus on...
Geeze. How hard is it to think outside the box?
; -- the corruption of government starts with its secrets. a truly free people keep no secrets. --
Not a religion.
Nice try.
Last year Dan/Homer introduced Paul Krassner at a speaking engagement in LA. Krassner wanted to put it on an album but after reviewing the material, Fox declined. They don't seem to restrict him from posting it on his web site. Check it out. Unfortunately it is in Real. You'd think Krassner would distribute it in Ogg Vorbis.
I thought they reported this here, but a cursory
It is cowardly, and a betrayal of whatever it means to be a Jew, to act as a white man
-James Baldwin
All religions have aspects of them that must be taken on faith. Noone is disputing that fact about religions. The difference is that the so called scriptures of Scientology were written by one person , L. Ron Hubbard. One person whose sole intention was to avoid paying income tax. Look up Operation Snow White. Educate yourself. Take care of scientology now or accept scientology influence on your childrens education.
Those two guys work together so often, it's easy to get the names mixed up. David Cross did his Lipton impression in a stand-up thing shown on HBO.
David Cross: The Pride is Back
Wow, there are some TRULY paranoid reactions to scientology.
This is what happens when you allow your politicians to call for national prayer time and whatnot. The same small minded retards who get all bent out of shape over 'patriotism' (gotta have the best country in the world!) can now also get bent out of shape over religion (there can be only one!).
Grow the fuck UP. You don't want anything to do with scientology? Fine! DON'T have anything to do with it! But don't treat other people's beliefs as diseases that need to be cured. Your beliefs are probably quite repugnant to someone as well.
For the record, I am no scientologist... I think it's fucking stupid to believe 'religious' writing from a science fiction author. But I don't see any reason to force my opinion on others.
Educate yourself. People caught up in a cult do not have beliefs. They have orders. The orders come from the leaders of the cult.
Noone is saying there can only be one religion. YOU sound you need to grow the fffk up.
Look up Lisa McPherson
See what would happen if you were to copy some their 'beliefs' on the internet. YOU would be sued. Scientology does not have beliefs they have trade secrets, that you have to pay to read.
Well, being sued isn't a problem with the religion, it's a problem with the legal system. I don't honestly think I could be sued in my country for such an act, but I don't have access to any scientology material to test the theory.
Regardless, you still seem to think you know what's best for everyone, which is the major problem. Anyone who joins a 'cult' and follows orders blindly is obviously not bright enough to think for themselves - do you advocate we kill all such people? Or do we just suppress their desires, and... well...give them orders?
There are plenty of laws to stop activities that are harmful, so what harm is done to you if some people with low self-esteem want to do what someone else tells them?
google for fishman affidavit.t ml
http://www.xs4all.nl/~kspaink/index.h
And yes, if your country has a legal system you can and will be sued and harrassed by scientology if you post this information.
And sadly MANY intelligent people get suckered into scientology, only because the general nature of the cult is hidden from view by people that choose to remain ignorant like yourself.
Criticize them openly. I dare you.
You'll have to bring me up-to-date on the history of "insane" boycotting "for any reason" being a "proud American tradition".
Are you saying it is RIGHT to boycott WB because they have too many shows featuring African-Americans? Is it right to boycott Outback Steakhouse because they make donations to the Special Olympics and you think that the mentally retarded should be euthanized?
I never said the poster didn't have a right to boycott; but is the basis of his/her boycott ethical? Is it decent? If you're for free speech and the freedom to pursue your preferred religious faith, then it becomes problematic if you suggest that believers in a certain faith should not be allowed to obtain a certain kind of employment.
I already did criticize them openly, and I fear nothing. I have already met these people handing out leaflets and blathering about "IQ tests". I would say these so-called 'smart' individuals that get sucked in are not quite as smart as you think, but merely egotistical. Any intelligent human can reason through something for themselves - those that don't deserve what they get.
But regardless, you are trying to set yourself up as some kind of 'moral authority'. "Yes, this religion is good. No, that religion is bad, we must destroy it!" You cover yourself by claiming that it's a 'cult' instead of a religion, which apparently makes it okay.
So what happens the next day, when you decide to label Islam a cult? Many members of that religion do stupid things because they're told to... should we abolish that one next? How about christianity? That caused the crusades! Millions of people killed because their religion (or the liars running it) told them to... do we eradicate christianity for you now too?
Where does it end?
Ah the folly of youth. I leave you now in your self-righteous puddle of naivete.
Duh
All religions are cults.
Ha!
Paraphrased: I can't refute what you say, so I'll take a superior air, and trust that others' paranoia will support me in my xenophobia. I will also dismiss your opinion, in a desperate attempt to look more intelligent.