QOTD — page 13

Greetings, boogalooshrimps.

Greetings, hububaloohs.

Today’s question is an interesting one, from a Mr. Steven Jones.

Hey Calibre,

Love what you bring to Keiths blog.  You are great.  A Top Ten Guy in my book.

I had a good idea for QOTD.  Remember Blossom, and “On a very special episode of Blossom…”

What if the WWE did that?  On a very special episode of
Monday Night RAW?  Could be some funny stuff.  Thought I would throw
that out to you and the blog.

Keep it real

Thanks Culiber.

First off, Steven, it’s Calibray. 

You know, people always talk about the “very special episodes” from the late 80’s, early 90’s, but I really only remember two. The Family Matter’s episode about gun violence, where someone was shot over a pair of shoes, and the Full House where Stephanie’s friend was beat by his dad. Then at one point Danny comes up and is all “Steph, you didn’t take out the trash”, to which Stephanie replies later “Oh man, I’m in big trouble” and her friend tells her to think of a funny movie like Home Alone or something when it happens. Then after the episode, Jesse & Steph talked to us about abuse. I’m sure wxnymcneal can tell us the date it aired, the production number, and the real names of everyone who appeared in that episode. 

Raw doing that would be pretty funny. Would it be about some low-on-the-totem Diva trying to hide the fact that Randy Orton’s touching made her uncomfortable? Or the new, hip celebrity, Johnny Dakota hosts Raw, and tries to get Kofi & Zack Ryder to try pot. “Oh look, Johnny, Kofi’s “just saying no”‘. Now, that’s a Raw I’d actually watch.

How say you?

The Daniel Bryan discussion this morning made me ponder what the best overall move names are. I think the Japanese have this one wrapped up in terms of artistic merit (HIgh Fly Flow, Rainmaker, Shining Wizard, Miracle Ecstasy Bomb) but none of those really describes WHAT the move is. I think overall it's tough to top Undertaker claiming the tombstone piledriver as a generic move name that got turned into his signature move name, but there's a lot of good choices and I'm sure Sweet Chin Music is also gonna rank highly.

Greetings, buckaroos.

Today’s question comes from a Mr. Jeff Bailey

Favourite referees.

 

I’m always partial to the
ones you don’t notice: Joey Marella, Tim White, Jack Doan, etc. Much
better than Earl Hebner, Charles Robinson and the like who may as well
have a sign above their head saying ‘Look at me!’

 

In fact Hebner and his shitty exaggerated counting really gets up my piss hole.

Greetings, sneakypetes.

Today’s question was inspired by a post I saw the other day regarding things we dug as kids.

What’s something you absolutely loved as a kid, and forced your parents to watch/read it as many times as you did, and now you feel really bad about it because viewing it without the kid’s gloves is one hell of a painful experience.

As a kid, I loved all things martial arts. So, I feel very bad about forcing my mom to take me to see Sidekicks opening night, as well as 3 Ninjas, and then 2 other viewings in theater, not to mention at least 30 or so when I got the VHS, and then Power Rangers. I mean, I even had the Green Ranger’s karate instructional tape. Man, my parents were saints, because all of that shit is TERRIBLE. Although, the stoners in 3 Ninjas are damn entertaining and should have been featured a lot more in the original film.

How say you?

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Greetings, sweetiepeeties.

Today’s question comes from BoDHoF’er, Jobber123.

Hey cal,
Did you see cena is #1 the pwi 500 again? I think you should put up a
thread with a link to the list so we can discuss. I think it should have
been punk. I know the pwi 500 isn’t what it once was but I still love
it. You agree with cena being #1? I love cena but if we’re going august
to August its gotta be punk yeah?

Jobber123

Greetings, buckaroos.

The topic from yesterday gave me the idea for today’s question…

What’s the most embarrassing situation you’ve been in, or bore witness to?

For me, it dates back almost 10 years ago. In my group of friends, as there is with all, there was one who was a complete asshole. The one who always got too drunk, who always talked too much shit, who always made the wrong choice at the wrong time, we’ll call him Max. Well, one of my friends, who we’ll call Steve, had his own place and had finally grown tired of my other friend and his anticts, so he was banned from there.
   After about 3 months, the New Year was coming and my friend was planning a large box social at his place. Feeling the warmth of the season, against his best judgement, he removed the guy’s ban, and he was allowed at the party. One thing you should know about Steve, he’s always had a thing for Asian women. Well, this particular evening he had a date with him, who of course was Asian.
   As the night moves along, Max was his typical idiot self and drank far more than he should have. So, at one point, about 10 minutes before it’s midnight, in the middle of the ENTIRE party, Max says to Steve “Dude, Steve, where’s all your Asian porn?! I know you’ve got a TON of Asian porn, cause you got the Fever!”. He then looked to Steve’s date, the Asian woman and said “He’s digging you cause yer’ Asian, which is cool cause yer’ hot!”.
   Man, my friend Steve showed more restraint than anyone I’ve ever seen, as he should have absolutely fucking KILLED, Max. No questions asked. Instead he told him to get the fuck out. Of course, the girl and my friend Steve never went out again, as she broke up him. My friend Max said that Steve was being a touchy bitch and should have just got over it.

Steve later told me it’s the angriest & most embarrassed he’s ever been. The reason he didn’t beat the hell out of Max was because the girl Steve was with had an abusive father, and detested violence. To this day I’ve never been witness to a more embarrassing situation. I wasn’t even the target of the whole thing, and I was embarrassed.

How say you?

Anyone with a QOTD, send’em on in to [email protected]

Greetings.

The creator of Glee & Nip/Tuck, Mr. Ryan Murphy, sent in the following question;

Best song to [have relations] to

He used a different word, but I thought I’d class it up a bit. I’d also like to expand the question.

How was everyone’s first time? I mean, as a kid, as a youngster, you’re told to wait for marriage, wait for the special girl, all that business, yet I don’t think anyone does. For most it’s usually in a party, or it involves booze and/or drugs.

For your old boy, I actually did wait for the right girl. I’ve always been terrified of STDs/unwanted pregnancy and such, so I waited until I found the right girl. I was 22 at the time, and the first time is like all jokes go, it only lasted a cool 15 seconds or so. I immediately called my best friend to tell him, as I was the last of my group of friends. He was proud. The next night I did much better, happy to say.

Anyone have any interesting stories about sex getting them into trouble? Or stupid things you did that killed any chance of having sex? There’s someone here with a funny story about wanting to watch Nitro instead of getting down to the business of getting down, but I’ll let him reveal himself and tell the story, if he wants. Ay, Tops?

As for best song, I was never really one for “setting a mood”. Sometimes music would be on, but it was never a per-requiset. Angels & Airwaves made for some tuneage, as did the brothers Blink. 2Pac was always great.

How say you?

Greetings.

Today we have a question from a good man, John Petuka.

I got this idea from a post a few days back when a couple of the
guys were talking about the band Rush.  Say what you want about their
vocals, but anybody who likes Rush knows good music and instantly earns
my respect in that regard.  Just like any young person who likes artists
that aren’t a part of the “young mainstream” music scene like Bruce
Springsteen, Soundgarden, or Sting (not Steve Borden) will also pass an
unofficial litmus test. 

So, I don’t know if you want to break it down to music or
movies, but what artists or movies that someone likes serve as your own
litmus test?  The litmus test is essentially a non-mainstream
artist/movie that hasn’t been shoved down the throat of the public
and/or is universally loved.  And if a person likes it, you have a good
idea that the person seriously knows their stuff (or is just plain
cool).

For music, I gotta say Eazy-E & NWA. They’re known to an extent, but most people don’t listen’em. So, if someone can match me verse for verse on Real Muthaphukkin G’z, I know they’re some hip cookies. Also, Blink-182. They’re my all-time favorite band. Now, I suppose knowing Blink’s work wouldn’t be the only way to get my respect, but not starting off with “They’re not punk!” or “That’s pop bullshit!” because they only know What’s My Age Again?. In 2003 Blink released an untitled record that is the most ambitious, brilliant, and gorgeous record I’ve ever heard. They completely flipped their style 180 degrees, and created a masterpiece. So, if someone knows that, and respects it, I can chaulk them up quite a few respect points. Adam Carolla is another one. He’s a hero of mine who’s busted his ass from day one to get where he is, and all he asks from people is the same. He’s an awesome guy, and most, if not all his views mirror mine.

If we’re talking movies, usually horror is how people get my respect. If you know Dream Warriors, Jason Lives, and Fright Night [1985] then we’re cool as cool gets. Of course, knowing classic Arnold & Stallone is a slam dunk as well.

How say you?

Send in your own QOTD at [email protected], or you can tweet them as well @CaliberWinfield. Let us not forget scrublife.wordpress.com, where you can read my recent reviews of True Blood & Breaking Bad, as well as find out what I dubbed The 4 Most Fucking Frustrating Moments In My History With Nintendo. 

Greetings.

Today’s question is one of my own.

What’s a trend that you got caught up in that you now look back on and think “WTF” ? Could be when you were younger, or 2 weeks ago. Whenever. And the fad could be pertaining to anything. Music, movies, fashion, TV, stupid Livestrong bracelets.

For me, it was when I was 13. This was the peak of me being obsessed with hip-hop and LA culture. I wore only JNCO jeans. Do you guys remember those? For those that don’t, they were expensive jeans [$60-90 a pair] that were extremely baggy. Most pants have an opening of 14 or 15 inches, I believe. But JNCO were often 25-30. I use to have to safety pin them to the back of my shoes so they wouldn’t drag. I loved’em at the time, and they were insanely popular at my school, but of course looking back. Yikes.

How say you?

Greetings.

Today’s question comes from the elite team of the BoD MoD. We were in the BoDMoD upscale lounge the otherday, sipping champagne, and wearing our silk robes with the MoD monogram on them, when Flair4DaGold propositioned this question:

I’m going to steal this question from “That Metal Show”, but I think it will drum up some good conversation.

What was the first album/cd that you bought with your own money?

I
bought Twisted Sister’s “Still Hungry” at K-Mart with lawn mowing money
in 1984.  I mean, who wasn’t into them around that time?  Plus, for a 9
year old, that cover was pretty rad.

My first CD was Public Enemy’s “Fear of a Black Planet” around ’91 when i finally decided to go all in on CDs. 

What about you?

First CD that I actually bought, I remember it like it was yesterday. Bone Thugs N Harmony
– Est. 1999 Eternal. I’d been literally begging my mom for 2 months
to get it. It had that Parental Advisory sticker on it, so she was
weary. I had to tell her that the sticker wasn’t just for swear words,
it was because of things like violence, and drugs. I told her I was a
smart kid, I wasn’t going to be influenced by something like that. It was a total crock.

The
day I got it…man, what a feeling. I was 12 at the time, and like you,
a lawn mower. So I had $15 saved at all times for when she said yes. At
that point when I got CD’s, I just skipped to the hits, you know? But
when I got Est. 1999, I sat in my room with my headphones on and
listened to it from beginning to end 3 times. Still one of my all time
favorite albums.

That Metal Show is a damn good show. If I had the money & resources, I’d love to do a wrestling show in that style, and just throw it up on youtube.

How say you?

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Greetings.

With the return of Breaking Bad last night, I thought it apropos for this question from Mark Haas. A fine question, too.

Caliber, What’s going on man? QOTD is a regular cure for my work time boredom so lets keep it going. Love the movie/TV stuff you’ve posted, so here’s a question I don’t think anyone’s asked yet…
Its a broad question, but whos your favorite movie or television character? There’s so many but I’m gonna go with George Costanza. There’s just so many classic Costsnza moments, the rye bread, “the jerk store called”, KoKo the monkey, etc. I love Larry Davids character on Curb (maybe because he’s Costanza) Cartman, and Denzel in Training Day, but Costanza is my favorite simply because he had so many memorable lines/scenes.
Thanks, MH

Movie or TV? Man, that’s almost an infinite number. I’m just going to go with TV for now.

Al Bundy. Al is the everyman. The guy who had a bright, fleeting moment of glory and had to live off it for the rest of his life because while the Gods would smile upon him, it’s only because they were laughing. He’s a total old-school bad-ass that wants nothing more than steak, TV, and at times, a hooker. He doesn’t take shit from anyone, and he never gives up. There’s an episode in which Al goes back to his old elementary school to return a book that’s about 30 years over-due. The librarian there is the same one from when he was a child, and goes off on him for being a loser. He retorts with the fact that he isn’t, because no matter what life throws at him, he’s never ended it. He keeps soldiering on, and that’s what makes him so damn endearing. Plus he has a family that while openly stating their disdain for him, at the end of the day they’d go to war against the entire World in the name of Bundy.

As I think about it, John McClane is probably my favorite movie character. Just about as cool as a guy gets, and he’s always down to stomp some serious ass, no matter how hungover he is, or how much said person could talk about men’s fashions & industrialization all day.

How say you?

Greetings.

Oh, worry not, Caliber hasn’t lost his mind. I know full well it’s a Saturday, and we don’t do the QOTD today, but I say, hogwash! You guys have been good, well, except the few of you who deny my prowess with the opposite sex! Anyway, today is a double dose of the Meek-Man, as this question comes from him;

Short and sweet: What’s your earliest memory of the Blog of Doom, and most potent memory from the blog of doom.

Well, as for my earliest memory, I don’t have one. I know how I came here. I had a girlfriend who lived in Oregon, and while I was there for a week I went to the library. I headed over to the wrestling section and found One-Ring Circus, and then checked that out along with The Dark Knight Returns graphic novel. At the end of the week, I returned The Dark Knight but kept the Dark Keith. So, I apologize Scott, future peeps from the Portland area will not be able to read your book. 

My most potent memories, well, I have two. Now, before I give these memories, please let me state that I love Scott. He’s the man. He allows me to post here on his website without any censorship & limitations. I can plug & push whatever I want. When I’m one day successful at what I do, I will owe in large part to Scott. That being said, he was a bit of an ass to me in the beginning. At one point there was a chap whom a lot of folk got into it with. I did one day, and he proceeded to sign up as me over at some Google news feed thing. Sort of like those news.alt.wrestling deals. I’ve never used’em, so I can’t really explain them. Anyway, he made a post as me saying I was purposely trolling him on Scott’s website and to check it out. Well, Scott didn’t like this and banned me outright. He knew said person, and believed his story over mine. To Scott’s credit though, he later came to his senses and apologized to me, unsolicited. It was at this point I started to write for the BoD. At the exact same time, there was another guy who was writing here. He tended to write articles that were far longer than they needed to be. Well, he’d get a lot of flack, and piss people off. Intentionally. I got a lot of flack, and people hated me at first. I never wanted to piss anyone off, but it happened. So, a month later I get an email from Scott telling me I got the boot. He said that I got a lot of complaints. I said “what about suchandsuch” and he said that suchandsuch brought viewers, so he got a pass. Then like a month later suchandsuch made a post on the BoD, and went on this huge public tirade where he bashed everyone and made a big scene about leaving. Because that’s what hack attention whores do, they can’t leave without letting everyone know about it. Anyway, Scott apologized again, and brought me back. 

So those are my two biggest memories. Of course, there’s also the memory of when I stole…er, when I was ACCUSED of stealing the Cracked article. 

How say you?

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Greetings.

Today’s question comes from fellow staff member Ryan Murphy.

Here’s one for ya: say you’re waiting for a flight in an airport lounge late at night, and the only other person there is someone famous. What celebrity would you want to have a legit conversation with? By legit conversation, I mean, you’re talking to them as people and relating to them, not just “I loved you so much in ______”. Who do you reasonably think would be cool to talk to and would want to talk to you? And if theyrre the opposite sex, who do you think you could talk into bed?

Arnold Schwarzenegger. No question about it. I admire the man so much it borderlines on ridiculous. I honestly think I’d tear up a little bit at first because of how excited & honored I would be. I’d love to talk to him about working out, and being 7 times Mr. Olympia, the drama with the 1980 contest, how he feels about Franco winning the next year, what he thought about the WBF, and of course all of his movies. He’s such a charismatic, well read, intelligent guy, and I honestly think we’d get along really well.

As for who I think I could bed? Honestly, there really isn’t a female out there I don’t think I couldn’t get. I’m a confident guy who’s built like a brick shit house. As for who I’d want it to be, pornstars not included, well…if it’s just sex, probably Nicki Minaj. 45 inches, man. 45 inches. How could I say no to that? But if we’re talking a date or something, probably Sophie Simmons.

How say you?

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Greetings.

Today’s question comes from a man who didn’t include his name, but his email has the word “horse” in it, so we’ll call him Mr. Ed.

Greetings.

Today we have a question from Gavin Lee, regarding what could have at one point become the greatest show of all time, The Simpsons. But we all know how that story ended.

Hi caliber I’m back! I’ve just downloaded all 24 Simpsons seasons and I’m the process of watching them all back to back (I’m up to season 5) and it got me thinking in your opinion and the blogs when did the Simpsons jump the shark what’s the best overall season and fav episode? I say who shot mr burns part 2 for jumping the shark and season 3 and flaming moe’s as the best season and episode!
How say thee!

Usually with shark jumping it pertains to a singular moment. I think for the Simpsons the moment was really the entire 10th season. It was clear the show was no longer capable of being as great as it once was. Despite having what is arguably it’s best season 2 years prior. Although if I had to pick a moment, I’d say Mod dying. It was pointless from all angles.

My favorite season is the 8th one. Although it starts off with one of the worst Treehouse of Horrors of the golden years, it delivers classic after classic. You Only Move Twice, The Homer They Fall, Bart After Dark, A Milhouse Divided, Lisa’s Date With Destiny [Homer gets the autodialer], The Mysterious Voyage of Homer [where I almost had a fucking stroke trying to figure out who voiced the coyote.], The Springfield Files, and it just goes on and on.

My favorite episode is Bart Sells His Soul. I recently got back into The Simpsons, and saw that episode for the first time in 10+ years. Seeing it as an adult, I was amazed how deep it was. The writing was one of the finest examples I’ve ever seen as the show balanced comedy with insight, philosophy about faith and such, and giant sponge T-Rexes. It’s amazing. Then on top of that you get Uncle Moe’s Family Feedbag! The dank, Moe, da dank!

How say you?

Greetings.

Today’s question comes from a man who’s rather presumptuous in that he believes he’s OUR favorite asshole. How does he know this? Perhaps there are other favored assholes. But in the end, he is our favorite.

caliber mang,

its his, her, their, of course my, and YOUR_favourite_asshole here with a qotd inspired by the ‘aged well’ qotd

someone
mentioned raiders of the lost ark bein’ awesome, and that made me think
of the raiders atari game bein’ awesome. which made me think of atari
in general bein’ awesome. and arcades in  the 80’s bein’ awesome

so, qotd: what are some peeps’ fav 80’s video games, console
or otherwise? believe it or not, mama and papa asshole wouldnt let me
have a nintendo since i already an atari 2600 (and when it broke, they
upgraded me to the 7800 so i could play all the old games), which is why
my qotd is rooted in atari. but i know lots of BoD’ers will wanna throw
nes games in there, along with intellivision and colecovision, hell
even tomy tutor (tomor, as my one friend called it)

and to get the ball rolling, i loved me some 720 in the arcade.  SKATE OR DIE!!!

I’m gonna answer the question, but go up a decade. I didn’t get an NES until 1989, and didn’t get really into video games until the SNES came along. I was obsessed with Mortal Kombat. Of course, I was jealous of those with the Sega because they got the blood and I had “sweat”. But then Mortal Kombat II came along, and it was an absolutely flawless port. The Street Fighter II’s were great as well. My favorite was, no joke, Super Street Fighter II Turbo Championship Edition. I also really dug Mario RPG, that was a blast and very underrated. Castlevania 4 was incredible, and still holds up today.

I remember at a local department store, Fred Meyer, they use to have a demo SNES out for kids to play when it first came out. When they put Street Fighter II in there, no joke, you’d have 20-30 teenagers all gathered around it. At the arcades they’d have multiple machines of the hit games, and they’d be attached to these giant big-screen TVs so people way in the back could watch. It was crazy how over the arcade & fighting games were back then.

How say you?

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Greetings.

Today’s question comes from the star of Meekman’s World, Paul Meekin.

“I recently got “fired” in my long-running game of
Booking Revolution after playing for 4 straight months and likely at
least 40+ hours. 

I find myself nostalgic for the game and the
matches I booked and such, despite the fact this game isn’t real, the
people in it aren’t real, and it’s probably a waste of time in the grand
scheme of things.

Thus the question: What totally arbitrary
interest have you invested the MOST time in, only to either be snapped
out of it by someone else, or your own psyche. You can’t answer pro
wrestling.”

From the age of 13 until 16, I was OBSESSED, I mean, OBSESSED with Bone Thugs N Harmony. I had an entire wall covered with photos & posters, an army of t-shirts & hats, and it was the only music I’d really listen to. I printed out the lyrics to EVERY song they ever did, and had them in a giant, organized binder. I’d sit and listen to the songs and work on memorizing them all. I’d buy an entire CD if a Bone member was featured on a song. I once bought a CD because collectively Bone was on a song for 30 seconds. No joke. I ran my own Bone website, and I even had a Bone Thugs N Harmony gold pendant. When a new album was coming out, I’d make a count-down chart starting at 60 days out and keep it in my binder. So every day at school I could cross a day off. I know for those few years, I was the biggest Bone Thugs N Harmony fan in the entire world, and I had some pretty stiff competition. For some reason. Bone generates some massive & loyal fans.

So, once I became 16, for some reason I just started to lose my interest. Which is good, because behavior like that, devoting so much time to something that doesn’t help move you forward is for when you’re young.

How say you?

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Today’s question comes from Nick Piers, he’s one of those biker rebel with a heart of gold, like Vanilla Ice in Cool As Ice.

Hey Calibre,

Here’s one for the doomers:

What
movies, books, TV shows, or games (or whatever other entertainment I’m
missing) do you think has not aged well over time? Aged very well?

Personally,
I don’t think Raimi’s Spider-Man films have aged well. I was never a
big fan of them in general, save for Spider-Man 2, but I don’t think
they’ve aged well. Toby McGuire just annoys me more with every re-watch
and I’ve ALWAYS hated Kirsten Dunst. The special effects aren’t holding
up very well to time, either, especially in light of newer and better
superhero movies with better CGI.

What has aged
well for me and seems to remain timeless? Back to the Future. Hell, all
of three of them. Even though there are moments that are still very
80s, like the product placement or occasional reference, the acting,
story, and special effects still hold up for me.

When The Amazing Spider-Man came out, I realized just how much better a
Spider-Man film could be than the Raimi ones. I still dig’em, but I
think Andrew is a better Parker, and as you said, Dunst was awful, and
the effects were lacking at times.

I completely agree with Back
to the Future. They just get better and better. I think one of the
important factors that kept it from aging, is the music. They chose rock
& roll. Not some synth-pop crap that the culture was drenched in
during that time, music that you hear and it just reeks of the decade,
but they went with Huey, and he always rocks. Man, do I love those
films. 

Some of the TV shows I grew up with that I dug, I revisit and think “How was this on for so many years?”. Family Matters is one of’em, and Alf, holy shit, Alf is God-awful.

How say you?

Oh, and you should go to my website, scrublife.wordpress.com and read all my awesome stuff. Also, buying one of my books would probably save your life. Or not. But probably. Just look for your ol’ boy at amazon. 

Greetings.

Today’s question comes from Phil TCA, and it’s about the recent going-ons with A-Rod.