Back to streaming some BBC shows, but here is a Tunch action shot for you:
I just cleaned the couch, so I guess I should have seen this coming. That region is normally covered by a blanket, but I guess he deemed it unworthy.
Also, just a side note, but I am now labeling the salsa I can “Fat Cat Salsa.” Because.
asiangrrlMN
TUNCHIIIIIIE! It’s been too long, Cole. I love that cat, and, awwww, doesn’t he look so comfy-cozy there?
arguingwithsignposts
@asiangrrlMN:
Update twelvety-billion one: What up, grrl? BalloonJuiceStocktamont needs some headliners. I’m thinking Conor Friedersdorf and the Free Market Wankers as an opener, but we really need to go big or go home for the headliners. thoughts?
MattR
Aww. Who’s a purty kitty? Appreciating his ears in particular tonight.
@superfly:
Fixed that for ya (from the future)
superfly
Tuncharific!
Slap a label with a pic of Tunch on the salsa and that shit will sell.
suzanne
He’s a beautiful, beautiful kitty, but is that really what you would call “action”? ;)
Speaking of kitties, mine has recently, after living in this house for almost three months, has conquered her fear of heights. The first time Scout climbed up into that window over the door, she panicked, and we had to climb up there and pull her down. I’m so proud.
jewish steel
Maybe this question has already been answered in the previous thread, but the BBC Neverwhere that was made in 90s was just okay. About Dr Who quality.
No matter what genre of BBC you prefer, you will probably like “That Mitchell and Webb Look.” Easily the funniest BBC series to come along since Father Ted. Python quality sketch comedy, no joke.
arguingwithsignposts
Grainy Lady Smudge. In honor of President John McCain.
asiangrrlMN
@arguingwithsignposts: Update infinity billionty and beyond: I’m all right. You? I like the cut of your jib, sir. How about we get Gellar and Kristol, and they can be Hooters and the Blowhard. Or Doughy Pantload for the latter. Whichever. I already commandeered jeffreyw as caterer for BJ StockingFest I, too, so I’m all over it like Althouse and the box of wine. I could emcee. I’m good at that shit. If we could get Cole and Kain both to commit, we could have a rousing Cash4Clunkers debate!
ETA: Aw, Lady Smudge is just so adorable!
@suzanne: Yes, it’s an action shot–for Tunchie. And, I saw that vid when you posted it earlier. Good for Scout! How you be in month eleven-billionty of pregnantdom?
arguingwithsignposts
@jewish steel:
One more vote for the M&W Look – Unfortunately, not available on Netflix streaming, although season one is available on Hulu, and the other seasons are available in bits and pieces on YouTube.
Have I mentioned how much I hate with the heat of a thousand suns the entire regional DVD system and also the bullshit controls that are placed on UK shows in the US?
Consider it done.
arguingwithsignposts
@asiangrrlMN:
After I laughed, I had to ask “are we trying to get people to actually *show up* for this?” Because it sounds a little too performance-art for a true BalloonJuiceStocktamontFest I. I’m thinking we could have an unlicensed barbers’ tent, however. Maybe some helicopters that don’t … laugh.
I’m just spitballing here.
arguingwithsignposts
@asiangrrlMN:
Woah! slow down there. Don’t wanna get too close to the fire!
asiangrrlMN
@arguingwithsignposts: Heh. I know. I was just riffin’ on your opening act. However, if we could get the ‘Mats, that would be cool, yes?
Don’t forget credenzas. Of course, our badges would be in the shape of balloons. I will bring my rusty pitchfork, and WTF happened to B.o.B.?
I think we should have a marquee that rotates headlines to mimic the ones at the top of this page. And, we can hand out sections of the Lexicon as party favors. BJ store swag as door prizes. Man. This could be HUGE!
We would have to have dueling dunk a firebagger/O-bot booths side by side.
Update fuck, I forget which one: And there will be arugula. Oh yes, there will be.
Update just because I can: And a tent in which one can gay-marry and/or get a tickle Massa.
@arguingwithsignposts: Next thing you know, I’ll be marrying a commenter from my blog and talking about the O face or whatever that nonsense was.
jewish steel
Oh, I was able to stream season one of Mitchell and Webb as recently as a few months ago. Perhaps they’ve taken it down.
Red Dwarf I found to be compulsively watchable too. It’s not good. It’s not that funny. It really starts to run off the rails in later seasons, and yet I couldn’t stop watching it.
Maybe it was because I found the idea of black englishman with a thick scouse accent so charming.
arguingwithsignposts
@jewish steel:
Correction: Season 1 is available on Netflix Streaming, as on Hulu. Seasons 2 & 3 are not available on either. Red Dwarf was fun for me only because the lead actor later was the lead for Robot Wars. Still, free M&W Look episodes for the future!
arguingwithsignposts
@asiangrrlMN:
Update numberwang +1: Yes, rotating banners! Everyone will have to fax their credenzas to get a ticket!
BoB is dead – there’s someone nymjacking him atm.
Massamassages – could be interesting.
The ‘Mats would be the awesome. Or the Husker Du (since we’re going with the Minneapolis angle here). Still, a Westerberg/Mould double-bill might work, right? Or the Pixies!
Re: Argulula: Perhaps a tent where McArgleBargle explains the primacy of certain types of sea-salt?
Update Shrill +1: Maybe a tent where JC demonstrates the importance of not using an indoor compost container?
MikeJ
@arguingwithsignposts: Argh. I’ve got 99 songs, 5.2 hours of Hüsker Dü in my mp3 set, and I’ve listened to a huge chunk of that today for cleek’s stupid name that tune contest. Don’t get me wrong, it’s a lovely contest, just a horrible, horrible thing to put in front of an obsessive music geek.
Ailuridae
@suzanne:
That was adorable and made my day.
Ailuridae +3 ish
jeffreyw
Let’s not forget the petting zoo! All the front pagers will be there!
Violet
@arguingwithsignposts:
I hate this so much. Fortunately it’s not that hard to region-free-ize your DVD player. And you can always proxy your IP.
“That Mitchell and Webb Look” is funny. I mentioned “The Inbetweeners” in the other thread. BBC America showed it this spring, and although it was edited, it still made me laugh to the point of having to stop the DVR to catch my breath. Somehow it really captures that high school male friendship and communication style.
suzanne
@asiangrrlMN: Awww, what I really wish I had on video was the first time she climbed up there, and panicked. I realize that it reflects poorly on me to laugh my ass off at my poor, scared kitty, but it was so friggin’ hilarious. It scared her enough that it took her a while before she tried it again. I suppose holding the couch down got dull.
I am okay, thank you! Not at month eleventy thousand, though it feels like it—just finishing up month five. I feel like a whale, and I know I haven’t even gotten to the fun part. She’s still nameless, though we’ve taken to calling her the Terrorist Anchor Baby, TAB for short. How are you on this fine August evening?
jeffreyw
And I’m sure we can sell tickets for the dunking tank. Who could resist a chance to see Anne Laurie in a wet t-shirt?
freelancer
Wonkette Bait (thanks Charles)
Violet
At Juice-a-palooza will there be a pet adoption booth? I think there has to be.
Probably there should be some kind of gardening contest. Largest pumpkin or best tomato or something.
@arguingwithsignposts: If it’s Minneapolis, can we have Prince?
suzanne
@arguingwithsignposts: I don’t think I could handle a Mould/Westerberg double-header. I think I would just be a puddle of orgasmic happiness on the floor.
jeffreyw
And Yay! Managed to send pics to and from the tracfone via bluetooth! Now Swimming Buddy adorns my main screen.
jeffreyw
And Boo!! Neighbors are selling their house, gonna buy an RV and tour. They gonna abandon two adult doggies to the shelter where Mrs J works.
suzanne
@arguingwithsignposts: Ohhhhhh, Lady Smudge is so lovely!
jewish steel
@awsp
Good grief!
To listen to that much Husker Du; a very punk-rock act.
That’s a band I have always meant to brush up on, but never have. I do dig their crushing wall-of-sound thing. A Minnesotan contemporary told me that they drove him right out of a Minneapolis club with volume. Right on!
Violet
@jeffreyw:
Oh, no! They’re just leaving their dogs behind? How awful. I know people who have RV’d and taken their dogs. Why aren’t they taking them with them?
Mnemosyne
I’ll add to the kudos for “Mitchell & Webb” and add in “The IT Crowd.” Really, really funny workplace comedy.
Lesley
Tunch is so clean. Fat, but very clean.
It appears he adores himself.
arguingwithsignposts
@jewish steel:
Yes, Husker Du knew how to do the 11!. But I highly recommend Bob Mould for the evolution of the sound into its less “11!” version. Similar to the evolution of Westerberg after the ‘Mats.
IT Crowd is great.
asiangrrlMN
@arguingwithsignposts: Update because I fucking said so: Or the perils of nekkid mopping. Or taking one for Team Lily.
@Violet: No. Prince is dead to me since he declared the intertoobz over. Plus, he won’t sing his naughty songs any more now that he’s a Jehovah’s Witness.
@jeffreyw: Not me! And, now you’re getting into the spirit of things.
asiangrrlMN
@suzanne: I’m OK. I’m loving the drop in weather. Scout is just adorable. And, I think Tab (short for Tabitha) would be a great name for a girl!
@jeffreyw: They should DIAF, asshats.
@Lesley: As he should. I worship the very ground he snoozes upon.
Update I’ve lost count because there have been so many: Bob Mould is amazing.
jeffreyw
@Violet: Can’t answer as to why they are not taking them, they are taking a yorkie yapper. The two adult dogs are “outside dogs”. I just heard about it this evening when Mrs J got a call from them. Really don’t know what the disposition of the dogs will be for sure. Can’t believe they will be left to fend for themselves.
jeffreyw
@asiangrrlMN: Got your card. Thanks.
asiangrrlMN
@jeffreyw: No, thank you! And, your neighbors really piss me off. I hate that shit.
ihop
i dunno, but i think if tunch were to speak hooman words, he would sound almost but not quite like alfred hitchcock.
arguingwithsignposts
@asiangrrlMN:
Update Mouldyleventy and twelve + shrill: /bobmouldmancrush. Not that there’s anything wrong with that.
So we’re aiming for the Westerberg/Mould sound? We could possibly use some younger musicians. Anyone want to chime in.
Of course, we’ll have to sched. the nekkid mopping at a diff. time, or nobody would be watching the bands!
Also, rotating guards for the Tunch tent, so nobody gets hurt/squashed by an errant move.
jewish steel
Weirdly, my pals EMB (electronic music bears, yes those kinds of bears) recently did a dj set with Bob Mould. I guess he does dance music too but I don’t know if it’s his own or if he’s just spinning tracks he likes.
arguingwithsignposts
@jewish steel:
No, he does his own too. He went through a DJ phase in his recordings (Mouldgeek here), and they were actually pretty good. He’s gotten back to his roots on more recent album, though.
asiangrrlMN
@Violet: I missed the first part with the Juice-a-palooza bit. I like it! And, if there’s gonna be gardening, then it definitely cannot be in winter. Sigh.
@arguingwithsignposts: Update I don’t give a fuck: I know a rapper who is really good. And, I have friends plugged into the alt music scene, so I could probably come up with some mint alt stuff.
Bob Mould IS gay, so you can crush on him all you want.
Update Tunch iz drinkin’ yur milkshake: Yes on the Tunchie guard. I volunteer for that in between my emcee duties and volunteering for the dunk-tank.
Warren Terra
I put a list of BBC show recommends in the other thread, including That Mitchell And Web Look, because all four seasons of their Radio 4 show (12 hours of sketches) were awesome. Especially Room 102.
arguingwithsignposts
@asiangrrlMN:
Update unlicensed barbering in the hizzouse: I’m not sure we should let you near the Tunchenhausen, as you have shown a fondness that is greater than all others.
If anyone could turn me, it would be the bob, but natmerch still has my heart.
is tucker carlson scheduled for the conservatard dunking booth yet? We need to sign him up. Others include:
Bill Kristol
Ann Coulter
Jonah Goldberg
???
maybe a special Andy Sullivan session.
And obviously, the Jane Hamshers of the Left Tent with special guest appearance by Glennzilla to say “Dear Leader” a few times” to the commentariat.
Was Jeffreyw signed up for the Applebee’s Salad Bar? Or just regular food? If not, David Brooks can fill in.
And Ross Douthat and David Broder – where will we put them?
So many questions. So little time!
TrishB
Asking because there are so many pet owners here. Has anyone dealt with Cushing’s or atypical Cushing’s with a dog? Pepper has had the standard tests, but they all came back inconclusive, despite the symptoms and the funky CBC levels. The endocrinologist just did a full adrenal panel yesterday, which won’t be back for 2 weeks. It can only be evaluated by the veterinary program at the University of Tennessee. So not only do I get to eat ramen for a month, I get to sweat these results for what will seem like forever.
Yutsano
@asiangrrlMN:
Ahem. I beg to differ hon. We can always set up a temporary hothouse exhibition to show off the new heirloom seeds for the upcoming spring months. Sort of a gardening preview while the snow falls gently outside. I suppose you’ll go nowhere near as you’ll be out frolicking mightily in the white stuff. Plus that will give us fresh herbs for jeffreyw’s cooking demonstrations.
And two words for an act: Vienna Teng. You know you’d thank me later.
asiangrrlMN
@arguingwithsignposts: Update Tunchie’s biggest fan: Back away from my Tunchie, and no one will get hurt. The…helicopters…are…not…laughing!
I say Ross Douthat and Broder should just get a room of their own.
Michelle Malkin can come in her cheerleader outfit and do the cringeworthy loser cheer again.
Megan McArdle can give a lecture on how it’s soooo intimidating to grow up with intellectual powerhouses such as her parents, but it gave her an appreciation for sea salts, 2x4s, and not getting cheap wedding presents.
We can have Howard Dean do a greatest hits montage. You know, it would be really cool if Rachel came. I mean, really, really, really, hot, er, cool…..
@Yutsano: Gack! I cannot speak because you invoked the name of the goddess! You are right about hothouses, of course. I still stump for winter, but I know I will be outvoted. How you be?
Phil
John, it’s nice to see you’re no longer even pretending you like free enterprise and have fully embraced The Socialism. In other words, your relevancy in American politics as of November will officially be zero.
Oh, and by the way, Democrats are now privately admitting they’ve already lost the House with the Senate close behind:
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0810/41469.html
Remember, it’s what they say privately, not what they say publically. (they say everything is fine and dandy in public so true believers and crazy people like Balloon Juice bloggers can continue to reconcile to themselves that everything’s all right and that the reason the Democrats are going to get their asses kicked is because the Democrats haven’t embraced enough of The Socialism.
Frankly, I don’t really give a shit what you cry yourself to sleep to with in November. If the beating of Biblical proportions you suffer then will convince you to move even further Left, even better. Complete and total political irrelevancy for “progressivism” is just around the corner at that point. Time to dump it in the trash heap of history where it belongs.
Time is running out and the gig is up John. You lose. Go play with your dogs or something.
Tick tock tick tock.
Yutsano
@asiangrrlMN: Yesterday I thought I might be getting sick, today I feel a helluva lot better but I didn’t nap so I’m wiped out. Not sure how much longer I am for the world of the living right now.
arguingwithsignposts
@asiangrrlMN:
Okay, that Malkin cheerleader imagery was just too much! Green Balloons!
However, I’m thinking TBogg needs a tent for a bassett display and some righteous riffs.
One main stage, performers include (apparently): Vienna Teng, Mould/Westerberg, Al Franken, …?
Side tents include:
Tunchenhausen
Nekkid mopping exhibit
Conservatard dunk tank
Food court:
Jeffreyw’s most excellent grub
Badhorsefilly’s recipe studio
What are we missing here?
asiangrrlMN
@Yutsano: Aw. Did you manage to make it to the terrible city of Seattle?
asiangrrlMN
@arguingwithsignposts: Dude, the main reason we started this was so that WE could jam, remember? And, I want Benen involved somehow. I don’t care how. He’s aces with me.
Adopt-a-pet booth; gay-marry tent; gay-divorce tent (just to be fair)….We should have rides. A whirly ride named “Quiver in your Boots like Senator Reid”. A roller coaster simply named, “MSM”. The shooting gallery named for the Quitta from Wasilla. Oh, the possibilities are endless. A seesaw named John McCain!
Oooh, a new Kain thread!
Yutsano
@arguingwithsignposts: Gyros and churros dude. Gyros and churros.
@asiangrrlMN: I’m going Friday only because I absolutely have to in order to get my power arranged and see if the cable modem arrived okay. After all that’s done then I can get the furniture and the rest of the stuff over there (some is packed in my car as we speak) and I should be good to go by Labor Day. If all goes well. I swear getting my family to cooperate on anything makes herding cats look like a cakewalk.
thalarctos
@jewish steel: Craig Charles is a regular on the soap Coronation Street now. Older and a few lines, but Lister still comes through.
Don’t ask me how I know this.
arguingwithsignposts
@asiangrrlMN:
Well, an unlicensed barber tent goes without saying, obviously.
Does Benen play guitar? We need more pieces in this band! We’ve got a bass and cello, and Tunch on lead vocals. Moar instruments!
asiangrrlMN
@Yutsano: Sounds good to me. Why do you need the fams to cooperate? Well, your parents, I know why, but the rest?
@arguingwithsignposts: I have no idea if Benen plays an instrument. I would be deeply disappointed if Matt Y did not.
Yutsano
@asiangrrlMN:
SlaveFree labor. Well the costs of feeding them labor. I got over my move by myself phase in college. Never want to do that again! And I’m too cheap to pay a mover.BTW I see the “action” in the shot. Took me a few views but it’s there!
asiangrrlMN
@Yutsano: I hear you. It’s always good to have others help you move. I need to weed through my eleven-billionty books and pare down to the basics.
My current ear worm. Love this song.
ETA: Yep. He’s grooming his belleh!
@arguingwithsignposts: Ha! I get your drift on Matt Y. Wait. I thought you moved into a house? So, is this a different move?
arguingwithsignposts
@asiangrrlMN: From recent posts re: unregulated barbers, I don’t know if we want Yglesias playing that “instrument” on stage. ;)
(Recently moved most of my belongings to a new apt. all by myself. took a couple of days, and I needed help for a couple of big things, but it definitely made me slim down a little in terms of the paperwork I was hanging onto)
Origuy
I bought a region-free DVD player just so that I could watch the episodes of Time Team from Channel 4. A group of archaeologists descend on a site for three days, figure out what they can, and explain it to Tony Robinson (Baldrick on Blackadder). It was on History International for a while in the US and I got hooked. They only have a few episodes on DVD, but it’s been running for 15 years.
Some of the shows have been uploaded, mostly to Veoh.
Just got back from seeing Scott Pilgrim vs. The World. Very silly movie; I enjoyed it a lot more than I thought I would.
patrick II
It’s not British tv, but “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo” is on stream at netflix, and it is brilliant.
Warren Terra
As long as we’re mentioning non-British things to stream on Netflix, I Netflixed Kontroll recently on disc and was impressed, and iirc it’s streamable. Don’t know how well the subtitles work when you’re streaming, though.
Damned at Random
If he can clean all of his (remaining) parts, he’s not THAT fat.
jebediah
i just want to know if each can of salsa comes with a free bag of tunch-a-munch.
Shinobi
@patrick II: Seconded! I also really enjoy the australian series “Satisfaction” about a bunch of high class escorts. The first two seasons are streaming on Netflix. (And Robin hood is awesome.)
Daddy-O
You…clean your couch? Really?
I don’t know anyone who does that on a regular enough basis to EVER mention it…
:)