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Why didn't Fred Flinstone just jump in the side open window like the saber-tooth cat did, instead of pounding on the (apparently locked) front door yelling for Wilma?

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Because Fred was of limited intellectual capacity and pretended that Barney was stupid, when Barney was actually the President of the Stone Age Mensa Club.

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The A team.

If you have a problem... if no one else can help... and if you can find them... maybe you can hire... the worst fucking marksmen in the entire history of military service. Seriously. What the actual fuck?

Yeah, got an issue? Just hire Smokey the Boss, Pretty Frat Brat, The Golden Mohawk, and Aero-Autismo to solve all your problems. The one guy will smoke cigars - like all the time. Pretty Boy will wear a disguise and probably get abducted. Fly Guy will find some junk ass plane or helo to scoot around in aimlessly, and BA will drive his Chester the Molester van around and make threatening gestures and growl at people 'n shit. And then they'll all whip out Mini-14s, go through hundreds of rounds and not hit one goddamned person, good or bad.

Personally, I don't think it was war crimes. I think they all got kicked out for not being able to shoot for shit.

Side bar - I really liked this show as a kid, and still do.

How did Jim Rockford afford a new Firebird every year?

Recently watched the first episode of the old show Riptide. THey have to rescue this woman. So they land their helicopter in town, and the entire episode is about having to run a gauntlet in a Jeep to get to and from the ranch where she's hiding.
So why didn't they just fly to the damn ranch?
I didn't bother with the second episode after that.

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Originally posted by mikeyspizza:
The Rifleman

Sometimes cocking chambered a round and sometimes cocking fired a round.

How did Lucas McCain know in advance whether to have the trigger-trip thingy on or off, and how come we never see him adjusting it?

There was nothing to adjust. What pushed the trigger was a bolt set into the triggerguard/cocking lever.

The hammer didn't trigger if he didn't close the lever all the way

The bolt was adjustable, screwed in it would squeeze the trigger and fire, backed out it would do nothing and he had to squeeze the trigger with his finger.

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Originally posted by lyman:
why are red shirts the only victims?

That good old plot armor works every time.

I read some silly but pretty well done "now people have superpowers" novels a while ago and one of the side characters was a clever idea. He wasn't a real person who had superpowers - he was the main character of a pulp detective series whose author got the power to make his character real - then died without finishing the series. No matter what happens to the guy, he's always fine the next day - because the main character never dies until the story is over.

On Star Trek TOS, whenever the Enterprise fired its phasers at a surface target, you'd see the dual beams diverging from the ship's phaser banks. But cut to the planet miles away and you see the beams converging on the target. Was there some kind of lensing effect shooting through the atmosphere?

If Wile E. Coyote could get all that Acme stuff delivered, why didn't he just order out for pizza or Chinese instead of chasing a two bite bird all over the desert?

Why did no one on Bonanza carry extra ammo on their gun belts ?

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Originally posted by Floyd D. Barber:
Why did no one notice Supermsan's disguise was combing his hair differently and a pair of glasses?

The same thing with Wonder Woman.

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Why did no one on Bonanza carry extra ammo on their gun belts ?

When your revolver holds 20 or 30 rounds, extra ammo is superfluous.

On The Walking Dead where do people get fresh gasoline for their vehicles? Regular gas stores for a year, stabilized only 2 years.

Not necessarily a question, but just some observations...things I can't stand:

1) Shows where it's snowing and it's OBVIOUS it's fake snow, because it doesn't melt off anyone when they go indoors (friggin spray-painted corn flakes or shredded paper). So...in the 21st century, there's no way to make fake snow like they do at a ski resort and blow that around??

2) Actors who are brushing their teeth without toothpaste. Yeah...I do THAT every night. Jeezus...at least put just a dab on the toothbrush that puts SOME foam on your mouth.

3) Actors who have a coffee cup supposedly filled with a liquid (even with a lid) and they're waving it around as if the coffee has transformed its anatomical properties and now has the consistency of frozen yogurt. It's so damned OBVIOUS there's nothing in the cup, as I can barely walk without spilling my damned coffee outta my mug or sloshing around in my to-go cup. Why can't they make this realistic? Do actors lack the basic fundamental motor skills to walk and chew bubble gum??? Or better yet...stand in ONE SPOT and talk with coffee in your hand??? JSMH...

Rant over for now...

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Originally posted by erj_pilot:
...but just some observations...things I can't stand:

1) So...in the 21st century, there's no way to make fake snow like they do at a ski resort and blow that around??

Under the heat of the lights in a studio, fake snow would melt too quickly

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2) Actors who are brushing their teeth without toothpaste. Yeah...I do THAT every night.

My dental hygienist recommend this as more efficient...especially if you are using a vibrating tooth brush. Tooth paste does little more than freshen you mouth

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3) Actors who have a coffee cup supposedly filled with a liquid (even with a lid) and they're waving it around as if the coffee has transformed its anatomical properties and now has the consistency of frozen yogurt. It's so damned OBVIOUS there's nothing in the cup, as I can barely walk without spilling my damned coffee outta my mug or sloshing around in my to-go cup. Why can't they make this realistic? Do actors lack the basic fundamental motor skills to walk and chew bubble gum??? Or better yet...stand in ONE SPOT and talk with coffee in your hand???

This does bug me also. You'd think that they would at least weight the cup a bit to simulate the inertia of the mass. I have no problem with them walking or waving the cup around, I do that all the time...just don't fill the cup all the way

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Originally posted by 9mmepiphany:Tooth paste does little more than freshen you mouth

But is great for polishing headlights and chrome.

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And some jewelry...

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Originally posted by 9mmepiphany:

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Originally posted by erj_pilot:
...but just some observations...things I can't stand:

1) So...in the 21st century, there's no way to make fake snow like they do at a ski resort and blow that around??

Under the heat of the lights in a studio, fake snow would melt too quickly

Little known Hollywood factoid; the original name of the song was "Singing in the Snow" until the first take with show-blower in the studio.

And now you know the rest of the story.

how far out of Dodge City kansas did Marshall Dillon have to go to get to those mountains ?
that they were always going too

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how far out of Dodge City kansas did Marshall Dillon have to go to get to those mountains ?
that they were always going too

Saw one episode the other day that had Matt in Hays, KS with towering mountains in the background. Last time I was in Hays, America, I didn't see any mountains.

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how far out of Dodge City kansas did Marshall Dillon have to go to get to those mountains ?
that they were always going too

There was a lot of desert with Joshua trees in it, too. (This was probably the desert of northern Los Angeles County, Lancaster/Palmdale area.)