Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Accused of treason; bitches about the ratings. I am in awe.

If you are in line to indict donald trump, stay in line.

Give the craziest people you know everything they want and hope they don’t ask for more? Great plan.

I was confident that someone would point it out and thought why not me.

Never give a known liar the benefit of the doubt.

Nothing says ‘pro-life’ like letting children go hungry.

We cannot abandon the truth and remain a free nation.

Democrats have delivered the Square Deal, the New Deal, the Fair Deal, and now… the Big Joe Biden Deal.

We still have time to mess this up!

They traffic in fear. it is their only currency. if we are fearful, they are winning.

Dead end MAGA boomers crying about Talyor Swift being a Dem is my kind of music. Turn it up.

Jack be nimble, jack be quick, hurry up and indict this prick.

ha ha ha! Nice try weird people.

Well, whatever it is, it’s better than being a Republican.

We’ve had enough carrots to last a lifetime. break out the sticks.

There is no compromise when it comes to body autonomy. You either have it or you don’t.

After dobbs, women are no longer free.

I’m more Christian than these people and I’m an atheist.

Not all heroes wear capes.

He imagines himself as The Big Bad, Who Is Universally Feared… instead of The Big Jagoff, Who Is Universally Mocked.

There is no right way to do the wrong thing.

Thanks to your bullshit, we are now under siege.

Hi god, it’s us. Thanks a heap, you’re having a great week and it’s only Thursday!

The next time the wall street journal editorial board speaks the truth will be the first.

You are here: Home / Open Threads / Saturday Night Open Thread

Reader Interactions

69Comments

  1. 1.

    funluvn

    Somebody go back to town and get a shitload of dimes!

    There are enough one liners in this movie to float the Titanic…

  2. 2.

    Violet

    Headed out in a little bit to see “A Single Man.” I love Colin Firth and am curious to see how he does in this film. He’s gotten such rave reviews for his performance.

  5. 5.

    Epicurus

    It is physically impossible for me to watch the campfire scene without collapsing on the couch in a pool of laughter. Call me juvenile, but farts=funny.

  6. 6.

    funluvn

    What did you expect? “Welcome, sonny”? “Make yourself at home”? “Marry my daughter”? You’ve got to remember that these are just simple farmers. These are people of the land. The common clay of the new West. You know… republicans

  8. 8.

    ploeg

    Cool. I’ve been playing the “We’ve got to protect our phoney-baloney jobs, gentlemen” bit all week this week.

  9. 9.

    parksideq

    Coincidentally, I just saw Blazing Saddles for the first time last night. It’s actually really great, very reflective of a foregone era.

    I could watch Mongo punch out that horse a million times and it would be awesome every. single. time.

  10. 10.

    General Winfield Stuck

    Memento is on Netflix instant

    Such a beautiful day here today. Spring like, until the next storm rolls in. And I am being pulled by evil forces, I suspect, into watching The Wassilla Wingnut, Starburst the Writhing Natives tonight on Cspan. Somebody hep hep hep me!

  15. 15.

    mcc

    I got an email from OFA this morning titled “Pass Health Care Reform Now” and linking a page on mybo labeled “Finish The Job”. Apparently OFA is trying to do a campaign to get people to write letters to newspapers and Facebook posts to pass HCR “now”. I’d post the whole thing but, you know, blockquote.

    I emailed them back and said something along the lines that I was heartened to see OFA taking this up and that I’m happy to participate, but it seemed weird to have the President’s organizing arm trying to get me to go out and argue we should pass health care “now” when the President himself is talking about passing health care “in a few months, after the jobs bill is done with”. I asked if they could clarify what exactly the plan is on passing health care, so that I know what plan to argue for and don’t just sound like a crank ranting about reconciliation and boxcars. Doubt I’ll get a response. Oh well, at least now both OFA and MoveOn are pushing in the right direction on this one?

  17. 17.

    comrade scott's agenda of rage

    Blazing Saddles is on AMC.

    Which means between the constant commercials and the fact they’ll cut out *everything* worth watching, they’ll ruin the entire thing.

    I don’t get AMC since they switched to the commercial/hackthemovietodeath format, I mean it’s like watching movies back when there were 3 networks, nothing else. And some movies, like this one, simply can’t be cut/bleeped/dubbed.

    That’s why I’ve never watched a movie on AMC since they switched. I don’t know why they still even exist.

  18. 18.

    comrade scott's agenda of rage

    @cay:

    That’s what I mean. That won’t be in the movie. They’ll either cut it or dub something stooopid overtop it.

  20. 20.

    RedKitten

    oooh, that chowder looks REALLY good, jeffreyw. I heartily approve of your liberal applications of bacon.

    Children of Men is on the Space channel tonight (SyFy for you folks), so we’ll probably watch that. I also have to finish sewing drapes for Sam’s room.

    And yes, Blazing Saddles is definitely a classic, right to the very end. “They hurt Buddy! Let’s get ’em, girls!”

  21. 21.

    CalD

    It’s never as funny as funny on TV, when they bleep all the N-word jokes. The censors mean well I know, but they completely miss the point.

  22. 22.

    General Winfield Stuck

    Kentucky demolishes LSU at LSU in mens hoops. They were just awesome the first half I watched. Calipari is a real coach with some big time talent, talent that mostly are freshman.

    GO CaTs!!

  26. 26.

    Mike E

    @ploeg: The N-word is notably missing on AMC, obviously, but there was a time when the ‘bean scene’ was de-pootified as well.

    I believe ‘Saddles’ and ‘Young Frankenstein’ were done in the same year. Genius.

  27. 27.

    General Winfield Stuck

    @Annie: I hope to talk myself out of it by showtime, we’ll see. I like Science Fiction Horror./And yes , I am talking Sarah Palindroid and her army of moronic mental midgets.

  28. 28.

    Bad Horse's Filly

    Dang, just got home from a great walk to find out there was a mid-air collision (1 plane, 1 glider) right near my office. Scary. I see the gliders all the time near there.

    JeffreyW love the pix of the dog and the deer.

  32. 32.

    Delia

    I can barely stand to watch movies on TV anymore because of the way they cut them up. If it’s funny they ruin the timing; if it’s suspense, well they ruin that, too. And the further you get into the flick the more commercial breaks there are. But this all makes me nostalgic to watch Blazing Saddles again.

  34. 34.

    South of I-10

    @jeffreyw: Ooh that looks delicious! Mr South just made gumbo. We have some friends coming over for the first Mardi Gras parade of the season.

    @RedKitten: Clive Owen is hot.

  37. 37.

    Narcissus

    I once watched Blazing Saddles on the ABC Family channel. It was unrecognizable. With all of the jokes edited out, it was like some sort of surreal anti-narrative.

  38. 38.

    kbeagle

    Even cut up, this is still a good movie. I just love the Madeline Kahan scenes. I didn’t realize that Cleavon Little had died. I just googled him to see what he was up to. So sad…he died of colon cancer in 1992.

  39. 39.

    Annie

    @General Winfield Stuck:

    Just remember, that no matter what you decide, we, at BJ, are all here for you and can bring you back to reality at any time. More like slapping you around a few times…but, hey, common sense solutions involve common sense and soluting, as Lady Sarah would say.

    And, please don’t discount the whiskey….

  40. 40.

    Annie

    @General Winfield Stuck:

    Just remember, that no matter what you decide, we, at BJ, are all here for you and can bring you back to reality at any time. More like slapping you around a few times…but, hey, common sense solutions involve common sense and soluting, as Lady Sarah would say.

    And, please don’t discount the whiskey….

  42. 42.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @Violet #2

    I saw “A Single Man” a few weeks ago. Really stunning performances by everyone involved. It seems to be showing only in the low-traffic “art houses” which means not many people will know about it, but it’s very fine. I’d like to see what you have to say after you get back.

  43. 43.

    burnspbesq

    @General Winfield Stuck:

    “And I am being pulled by evil forces, I suspect, into watching The Wassilla Wingnut, Starburst the Writhing Natives tonight on Cspan. Somebody hep hep hep me!”

    “Son, you’re on your own.” That’s you punishment for being a Kentucky fan.

  44. 44.

    PeakVT

    Tip of the day: don’t upgrade to iTunes 9.0.3 on XP. It froze my computer repeatedly even after a total uninstall/reinstall.

  45. 45.

    RedKitten

    @South of I-10:

    @RedKitten: Clive Owen is hot.

    Well yes, there is that. I found him to be quite enjoyable in Sin City (which is one of the few movies that I could watch over and over and never find tiresome.)

  46. 46.

    Steeplejack

    I watched Blazing Saddles a week or two ago, unmangled and uninterrupted by commercials (on TCM, maybe?), and was impressed by how well it holds up. Favorite forgotten line, by Slim Pickens when the Western brawl crashes onto the set of the musical at the end of the movie. As he’s about to hit someone: “Piss on you–I work for Mel Brooks!”

    I am gearing up to watch Bullitt on TCM in half an hour. Haven’t seen that one in quite a while.

  47. 47.

    General Winfield Stuck

    @burnspbesq:

    That’s you punishment for being a Kentucky fan.

    the Force be with us this year. Your kittehs Hurley and Laettner will be humming “My Old Kentucky Home” afore the year is out.

  48. 48.

    demo woman

    It’s chilly and damp in GA today and MIss Moxie and I curled up on the sofa and watched Iris on Netflx instant. The movie is about Iris Murdoch and her battle with Alzheimer disease. Judi Dench and Kate Winslet played the role of Iris and the acting was terrific although the story was tragic. Wish that I had some of Jeffrey’s chowder to eat while I was watching the movie.

  50. 50.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @jeffreyw

    I’m sure you’ve said, but I don’t remember: whereabouts (generally) do you live, to have all that lovely snow-dusted acreage and deer wandering along the dogpath and all?

    I always enjoy looking at your photos, even if I don’t post every time to say so.

  52. 52.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @Demo Woman #47: haven’t watched Iris since it came out what, ten years ago? For some reason I have never warmed to Kate Winslet but I love Judi Dench. And I am crazy nuts for Jim Broadbent — I’d cheerfully watch him read a milk carton.

    Nasty shitty day in Atlanta, eh?

  53. 53.

    jeffreyw

    @SiubhanDuinne: Hmm.. I answered but the post didn’t show up, I answered again and WP said you’ve already posted that. Refreshed and still not there. Here goes again..Glorious Southern Illinois!

  55. 55.

    mrmobi

    Madeline Kahn (Lilly Von Stuhp) is definitely the best thing about “Blazing Saddles,” but it’s unfair to blame all the cheesy jokes on Mel Brooks, as Richard Pryor was one of the main writers on that film. Nice work by all, IMHO.

    Young Frankenstein remains my favorite of Mel Brooks’ work, and again, Madeline Kahn was one of the best things in it, along with Terri Garr. Favorite line, “PUT. THE. CANDLE. BACK!”

    Just got a Blu-Ray player and watched “Moon” with Sam Rockwell. This is the best low-budget SciFi film I’ve seen in years. Definitely worth a look, and the HD version is nothing short of spectacular, from a first-time director as well.

  57. 57.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @jeffreyw

    Glorious Southern Illinois, very nice. (I’m originally from the other end of the state, West Suburban Chicago.)

  61. 61.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @jeffreyw: I know (or at least *used* to know) Arlington Heights reasonably well. I’m from Oak Park (couldn’t be prouder! If you can’t hear me, I’ll shout a little louder! I’M FROM OAK PARK! etc.) Have always found the southern part of the state very attractive and soothing. No wonder you’re always so mellow.

  62. 62.

    gnomedad

    Never mind the language and the jokes; the first (and last) time I saw Blazing Saddles on teevee, they cut the farting sounds.

  64. 64.

    demo woman

    @SiubhanDuinne: The scenes between Judi Dench and Jim Broadbent were amazing. The movie was so draining that I then watched Tortilla Soup. Hector Elizondo plays a father of three young women and except for the food, the movie was a B at best. Jeffrey would love the food scenes.

  65. 65.

    OriGuy

    @PeakVT: Now you tell me! I haven’t had any problems with it though. Knock on wood.

    God darnit, Mr. Lamarr, you use your tongue prettier than a twenty dollar whore.

  66. 66.

    Johnny Pez

    In case anybody has failed to mention it so far, the storm managed (for once) to completely miss New England. No snow at all.

    Excuse me while I whip this out!

  68. 68.

    Anonsters

    I’ll just leave this here. Sound familiar?

    In such a spirit on my part and on yours we face our common difficulties. They concern, thank God, only material things. Values have shrunken to fantastic levels; taxes have risen; our ability to pay has fallen; government of all kinds is faced by serious curtailment of income; the means of exchange are frozen in the currents of trade; the withered leaves of industrial enterprise lie on every side; farmers find no markets for their produce; the savings of many years in thousands of families are gone.

    More important, a host of unemployed citizens face the grim problem of existence, and an equally great number toil with little return. Only a foolish optimist can deny the dark realities of the moment.

    Yet our distress comes from no failure of substance. We are stricken by no plague of locusts. Compared with the perils which our forefathers conquered because they believed and were not afraid, we have still much to be thankful for. Nature still offers her bounty and human efforts have multiplied it. Plenty is at our doorstep, but a generous use of it languishes in the very sight of the supply. Primarily this is because rulers of the exchange of mankind’s goods have failed through their own stubbornness and their own incompetence, have admitted their failure, and have abdicated. Practices of the unscrupulous money changers stand indicted in the court of public opinion, rejected by the hearts and minds of men.

    True they have tried, but their efforts have been cast in the pattern of an outworn tradition. Faced by failure of credit they have proposed only the lending of more money. Stripped of the lure of profit by which to induce our people to follow their false leadership, they have resorted to exhortations, pleading tearfully for restored confidence. They know only the rules of a generation of self-seekers. They have no vision, and when there is no vision the people perish.

    The money changers have fled from their high seats in the temple of our civilization. We may now restore that temple to the ancient truths. The measure of the restoration lies in the extent to which we apply social values more noble than mere monetary profit.

    Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort. The joy and moral stimulation of work no longer must be forgotten in the mad chase of evanescent profits. These dark days will be worth all they cost us if they teach us that our true destiny is not to be ministered unto but to minister to ourselves and to our fellow men.

    Recognition of the falsity of material wealth as the standard of success goes hand in hand with the abandonment of the false belief that public office and high political position are to be valued only by the standards of pride of place and personal profit; and there must be an end to a conduct in banking and in business which too often has given to a sacred trust the likeness of callous and selfish wrongdoing. Small wonder that confidence languishes, for it thrives only on honesty, on honor, on the sacredness of obligations, on faithful protection, on unselfish performance; without them it cannot live. Restoration calls, however, not for changes in ethics alone. This Nation asks for action, and action now.

    Our greatest primary task is to put people to work. This is no unsolvable problem if we face it wisely and courageously. It can be accomplished in part by direct recruiting by the Government itself, treating the task as we would treat the emergency of a war, but at the same time, through this employment, accomplishing greatly needed projects to stimulate and reorganize the use of our natural resources.
    […]

    Finally, in our progress toward a resumption of work we require two safeguards against a return of the evils of the old order: there must be a strict supervision of all banking and credits and investments, so that there will be an end to speculation with other people’s money; and there must be provision for an adequate but sound currency.

    Party like it’s 1933.

  69. 69.

    REN

    Anonsters

    I’m afraid times will need to get a LOT harder before another FDR would be possible in the US. His wisdom is not obvious to, and is in fact rejected by way too many.

    SiubhanDuinne

    Iris is powerful,especially if you have been personally affected by alzheimers. It’s actually a bit of an ordeal in that case. I happen to love Kate Winslet but I was astounded at Jim Broadbent, and was thrilled to find that he had won an Oscar for the role.

    “The sheriff is a ni” [Bong,Bong]. “The sheriff is near.” ” No dagblam it,dadgum it, the sheriff is a ni” [Bong,Bong}.

Comments are closed.