@TheBillyWest Ralph was a malignant person who looked like a cadaver. The mere thought of him abusing you infuriates me, and confirms what everyone thought about that leech. And Tom is a complete snake.
So sorry you endured that Billy.
@DailySmelly@TheBillyWest You forget Tom was the cheapest man alive. They should’ve fired Fred instead and given Billy his salary. Billy was his own soundboard.
F Howard and F Blaise.
@SchnauzerLogic@TheBillyWest Personal favorite of mine:
Aug 9, 1995, Richard Lewis comes in. Apparently he drunkenly and incoherently called late-night DJ Pete Fornatale the night before requesting songs.
Billy out of nowhere goes into a flawless Pete Fornatale impression, ragging on Richard. Brilliant.
@TheCinesthetic Being There is a masterpiece and I rank it my top-5. Profoundly moving cinema experience, 1979 was an excellent year for film.
“Now get this honky. You go tell, Raphael, that I ain’t takin’ no jive from no Western Union messenger.”
@BussyKeaton If it’s a success, studios will greenlight pictures where Dante’s Inferno stars an all Australian Aboriginal cast. Or King Arthur is Indonesian.
Copycat films about mythology will make Nolan’s Odyssey look like a fastidiously faithful adaptation of Homer’s Odyssey by comparison.
@JesseGladsaget@Serafincito@StephenKing Yes that and Dussander starts murdering homeless people (and stray cats) around town!
But I also completely disagree with its censorship.
@mybizonly74@isnikolaos@booker9e1@NolanAnalyst My money’s on Nolan’s epic “King Arthur,” staring a Congolese Pigmy, dressed as an late-19th century Eastern European peasant, fighting with Seljuk-style weaponry.
Go see it 70mm IMAX!
@isnikolaos@booker9e1@NolanAnalyst Nolan should do Don Quixote, cast as an Eskimo, and dressed in 21st century Navy Seal tactical gear, set in 16th century Spain.
Anyone who has a problem with that is a bigot.
@CoelingAurochs While the Dark Ages were a breakdown of administration and trade, the great literary and scientific works of the Ancients were copiously copied and preserved.
The greatest destruction of ancient records and works began in haste with the Protestant Reformation.
I regret to inform you that Ask Jeeves is dead. The site closed yesterday. Web 1.0 lost another founder.
Ask Jeeves: 3 June 1996 - 1 May 2026. Send no memes.
@AmericanCathAes Newark also has St. Lucy’s and Our Lady of Mt Carmel - two beautiful parishes built by Italian immigrants, which remain to this day.
I have been to Mass at all three of these amazing Newark churches.