Originally Posted by Boomer (Post 2047797)

Shhhhhhh, save yourself!

Don’t get me started on anachronisms. . .

But. . .while I have you here, there was a Mash episode where they were singing something to the tune of M-I-CK-E-Y, etc. But, the Mickey Mouse Club started on television in 1955 and the Korean War ended in 1953.

That has been bothering me for years. I never got around to writing to Hawkeye about it though.

Uh, oh! INCOMING!

Boomer

Originally Posted by Worldseries27 (Post 2047800)

the expanse is so intelligent that most would need the martian mind expander on forbidden planet.
Likewise interstellar for those who are mind building for the mental olympics
or the time dimensional travel of arrival.
Bon appetit

Originally Posted by Boomer (Post 2047840)

For years I have heard the expression, as in, “I had to run all over Hell’s Half Acre” — as a metaphor for having to go way out of your way to get something. I have used those words many times, but until a few days ago, I had no idea that Hell’s Half Acre was a real place in Ft. Worth, TX, with a lot of. . .colorful history.

A Google of Hell’s Half Acte will take you to a Ft. Worth website and also to the Texas State Historical Asociation where you can read all about it.

I would say that it looks like 1883 pretty well captures what Hell’s Half Acre was like back then.

Miss Kitty never would have let things get out of hand like that at the Long Branch. And Billy Bob Thornton sure ain’t no Mr. Dillon — although, Billy Bob had his own way of doing what he could.

. . .Speaking of Miss Kitty and Mr. Dillon — well, I am not one to gossip. . .but. . .I once “noticed” that in one of the early Gunsmoke episodes, the two of them were coming down the stairs of the Long Branch — and it was morning (gasp)— and we all know Miss Kitty lived upstairs, don’t we. . .

Gladys Boomer

Originally Posted by Worldseries27 (Post 2047800)

the expanse is so intelligent that most would need the martian mind expander on forbidden planet.
Likewise interstellar for those who are mind building for the mental olympics
or the time dimensional travel of arrival.
Bon appetit

Originally Posted by Boomer (Post 2047481)

We watched the first episode of 1883 last night.

It did not hook me right away, but I have always wondered about people who decided to go West so I kept watching. (I sure as heck would never have done that just because some man thought it was a good idea.)

Besides, I had to see if Sam Elliott’s still got it at 77.

Anyway, it’s getting interesting, except I think the young woman who plays Elsa Dutton over-acts a bit. I’ll get used to it.

There was a scene where Sam Elliott is instructing the Germans he is getting ready to lead in a wagon train. The poor Germans are completely out of their element. They don’t know anything about what they’re going to face.

First, Sam shows them a stuffed rattlesnake and tells them to watch out for those things because you can die if they bite you.

Then, he holds up a handful of oak leaves — just plain oak leaves — and tells them that it’s poison oak and poison ivy and to never touch it because it could make you wish you were dead. (We backed up to make sure we had seen those leaves right. We were right.)

Geez. Where was the producer or writer or director or whoever it is who is supposed to take care of that kind of stuff.

Also, I am crushed because Sam Elliott, rugged outdoor type, does not know oak tree leaves when he sees them and made all those Germans either really confused or terrified of oak trees.

Detail-geared Boomer

Originally Posted by fdpaq0580 (Post 2047865)

Sorry to point out that they were not on Mars. They were on Altair 4. Martians didn't build the mind expander. That would have been the Krell.
I apologize for interrupting.

Originally Posted by Boomer (Post 2047840)

. . .Speaking of Miss Kitty and Mr. Dillon — well, I am not one to gossip. . .but. . .I once “noticed” that in one of the early Gunsmoke episodes, the two of them were coming down the stairs of the Long Branch — and it was morning (gasp)— and we all know Miss Kitty lived upstairs, don’t we. . .

Gladys Boomer

Originally Posted by Bjeanj (Post 2047980)

NO! How dare you sully the names of those two fine people! I’m sure it was just a coincidence!

Originally Posted by Boomer (Post 2047986)

You’re right. Surely a coincidence. She probably had some furniture that needed to be moved or maybe a light bulb that needed changing. Shame on Gladys Boomer.

Thanks.
Boomer :)

(I think Episode 4 of 1883 drops tonight. They better get across that river.)

Originally Posted by Byte1 (Post 2048003)

Sorry, NO lightbulb. But, maybe someone's wick needed to be trimmed....:1rotfl:

Originally Posted by Boomer (Post 2047986)

You’re right. Surely a coincidence. She probably had some furniture that needed to be moved or maybe a light bulb that needed changing. Shame on Gladys Boomer.

Thanks.
Boomer :)

(I think Episode 4 of 1883 drops tonight. They better get across that river.)

Originally Posted by Davonu (Post 2048081)

If you’ve watched neither series but plan to, which one should you start with?