Laugh-In?

No, it was two brothers...

Sorry, gotta go now...

SMOTHERS BROTHERS

IM, The Smothers Brothers Show ... YES

This bit about "ribbit" has an important place in TV censorship
and the U.S. anti-war protest movement of the 60's and 70's

This my version of it's history, much of it from memory, some from later reading
about the battle the Smothers Brothers had with CBS and censorship of TV at the time.

It started with a simple skit on the Show with frogs sitting around a pond
saying "ribbit" in background rhythm to some song that Tom and Dick were singing.
This skit evolved into several versions to fit with whatever "shtick" they were doing that week.
Tom and Dick appeared in "frog" costumes, and the "ribbit" was a running joke
as it replaced "croak" and became a part of American culture.

Then later, as Tom & Dick, the writers, and guests got into their feud/war
with the CBS censors, the "ribbit" took on a different role.

The show became highly political and the writers would deliberately
insert things they knew/hoped with be cut by CBS censors.
They would set up a joke where the audience could anticipate
the punch line, but then would substitute "ribbit".
The audiences loved it and the censors were infuriated, in part
because CBS had contractually given the Smothers artistic control over their Show.
Of course, CBS finally terminated the show in 1969.

Those shows on YouTube have now been deleted... maybe due to copy write.
But there are references to scripts in libraries about "ribbit",
especially one episode in 1968 (8 - 62), but even these have been deleted from the links.

That's really interesting. I had no idea.

I have recollections of The Smothers Brothers Show. I thought Tom was so cute (I thought Jim Stafford was cute too, so what are you gonna do? My grandma and I watched that together sometimes.)

I was born in '64 so I have very vague recollections. Was it ever shown in re-run?

Michigan J. Frog didn't 'ribbit'. He croaked. Before he died, I mean. I assume he's dead, he may still be in that box, for all I know.

It's the higher-pitched frog sounds (like tree frogs) that are associated with 'ribbit'.

Au contraire, mon frère:

The man in the original cartoon, who discovered the frog in the cornerstone of an 1892 building under demolition, tosses Michigan and the green metal box he came in into the time capsule for the Tregoweth Brown Building, a soon-to-be dedicated skyscraper. In 2056, when a construction company (consisting of men in spacesuits) razes the building with disintegration guns, another person (very similar to the first, but bald) discovers the metal box, with Michigan still alive inside, and the process repeats.

~wiki

OK, so he didn't croak...but, he didn't ribbit either.

No one ever said he did, liebchen. my answer was incorrect.

And as I said before, it is onomatopoeia. Ain't no frogs actually 'say' ribbit.

The cow don't even 'say' fucking moo. k? ;)

Cows say Merrrrrrrr!

and if'n they need milking its Merrrah!

Ehrmahgerd, a ferg!!

Now, is that frerg croaking, or ribbiting?

I call that a ribbit.

In that instance, by 'croak', I meant 'die'. And he didn't, you were correct there.

strange. it appears as though the croak/ribbit/whatever/frogvoice happens on the inhalation, not the exhalation.

You are all incorrect. Mrs Z. has reminded me that froggies say nee-deep.

How high's the water froggy?

Nee-deep.

I may have posted this elsewhere, apologies, if so.

Ya know whut? Apologies anyway.

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I do this, too. Does everybody?

I don't know if I'll ever have this much free time and money on my hands.... but I suspect that this might be the kind of idiocy I could get up to if I did...

short attention span version:

the whole video:

skater looks like footfootfoot's older, insaner brother

...right now!! DO IT!!!DOITNOW!!!!!

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Dial-A-Llama...seems legit.

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:lol2:
Grav ... keep posting.

That must be Romney's Lama Service.

Ya talked me into it.

:D

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Hahahahahah. Street name hahahahahaha.

WTF, Instagram?

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Apologies for quality.

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That might be a Russian Mi-26.

Wikipedia quote:
But, unless the plane has been hollowed out, that's in the neighborhood of 75,000 pounds of airplane (McDonnell-Douglas MD-80-ish looking plane) it's lifting.

Wow.

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All that's assuming it's a genuine pic.

The pic could be genuine. That's what an Mi-26 is built for so it's possible. Nice picture.

Wiki gives 44,000 lbs capacity for the Mi-26.

Could they have whittled 15 tons or so off of/out of that plane and still have that much plane left?

I'm still pretty impressed.

Epic.

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The time it takes you to figure out that Luke is the writer is inversely proportionate to your nerd level. Seems I'm a 7 of 12. I got it in the 5th paragraph.

The username is "flossdaily"?

http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__...-Jokerrotj.jpg

link failure, you joker you.

Ruskie...

Doesn't it look as tho there would be a tremendous pressure on that front landing gear/doors/?? ?

Probably still less pressure than when they are actually stopping a moving plane on the runway, though.

I think something has changed in the default behavior for my browser and/or the link box; I've had several cut&paste errors recently, where I've duplicated, omitted, or in this case something in between, the preprovided "http://". Too late to edit this one, but it should be obvious where it goes.

No, the tie to the landing gear just has to keep the loop from sliding up the fuselage. No where near the strain on the lifting loop.

Found in town the other day:

Ok, If you had hidden cameras, why advertise it?

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And why taunt thieves/vandals?

They had three of these signs in their yard, btw...

I'm guessing, one less door lock or window pane to replace . . .

1.) If the cameras are in an obvious place, the vandals could just disable them.
2.) They don't really want to go to the hassle of taking video to the police, they just want the crime to stop.
3.) Real cameras are a lot more expensive than a few signs.

?

I mean, it's all I can do to resist taking their signs.

But you won't because you're a good guy, not because you might get caught on camera... right? :eyebrow:

Well, I was gonna wear a cape and Bozo hair...:D

OMG that is SO not nice!!!!! :eek:

Wearing the cape and bozo hair or stealing the signs? :haha:

Alright, alright...What if I just put on the cape and Bozo hair, and run around their yard like I'm flying?

At 4 am...

Well, you people are no fun.

Here, look at Steven Tyler, ugliest old woman ever.

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That looks like my mother

I'm so sorry.

People say I get my looks from her

HolywhattheIdon'teven?!?!

Jack Daniel's Single Barrel Select - by the barrel.

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$10000/barrel = ~240 bottles, saves you something like $2500 vs by the bottle.

There are a few perks, too, at the link. Watch the vid.

You are welcome, ladies...

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that was interesting, too bad I like almost every other whiskey more than I like Jack Daniels.

Me, too, V.

At least try the Single Barrel Select sometime...It's much better than reglar ol' Jack. I can also heartily recommend Jack Daniel's American Forest, if you can find any, I'm not sure they still make it.

Wtf is 'Islamic Home Financing', and how is it different from 'Home Financing'?

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