What Are You Thinking Right Now?

[Doctor Hmmm?]

As a general rule, I try to avoid belonging to any group (or Group) with the word "Prancing" in its title.

[Doctor Hmmm?]

Ah, well, I've had a good run.

You know, it was almost exactly 10 years ago that you were the first to respond to my very first post. 

 

{I seem to be hooked on the smilies today.}

[The Baron]

Doctor Hmmm? said:

Ah, well, I've had a good run.

You know, it was almost exactly 10 years ago that you were the first to respond to my very first post. 

 

{I seem to be hooked on the smilies today.}

 

Really? I hope I didn't say anything stupid.

[Doctor Hmmm?]

Really? I hope I didn't say anything stupid.

I believe it was "Welcome.  We're glad you're here."

So, in retrospect ... yeah, kinda stupid. 

[Wandering Sensei: Moderator Man]

I just saw a commercial where they used the song "Hot Blooded" by Foreigner changed to "Hot Pockets".

[Wandering Sensei: Moderator Man]

Two things right now.

1.) I am currently watching (on Hulu) a short-lived British TV series called Spy. I love it. It is freakin' brilliant. I know nothing of any of the actors, but I just love the humor and the sharp dialog. It's about a guy who is part of MI:5, but can't let anyone know, even the hilariously bitter son and his ex-wife and her dull-witted husband. So much better than the sum of its parts.

2.) I watched American Graffiti this weekend for the first time in about twenty years. I think I fell in love with Cindy Williams a little bit.

[Doctor Hmmm?]

"Thor: Pull Up Your Pants, Thor!" would be a great name for Thor 3.

[Wandering Sensei: Moderator Man]

I am thinking that I heartily approve of the new KFC commercials featuring Colonel Sanders.

[Doctor Hmmm?]

I am thinking that "Hamburglar Reborn" commercial I saw today has me waiting for the next installment.

[Commander Benson]

 Wandering Sensei: Moderator Man said:

I am thinking that I heartily approve of the new KFC commercials featuring Colonel Sanders.

As someone who remembers seeing the real Harlan Sanders when he did commercials for Kentucky Fried Chicken back in the '60's, it's difficult to get behind whomever this actor is playing him.  I appreciate the advertising approach, but I can't help remembering how the real colonel looked and sounded.

[Ron M.]

I remember he turned up in an episode of Little House on the Prairie talking about making a restaurant selling just chicken and getting laughed at because Mrs. Olsen couldn't imagine a restaurant only selling one item.

[Commander Benson]

Ron M. said:

I remember he turned up in an episode of Little House on the Prairie talking about making a restaurant selling just chicken and getting laughed at because Mrs. Olsen couldn't imagine a restaurant only selling one item.

That was the episode "Wave of the Future", but it wasn't the real Harlan Sanders.  He had died in December of 1980, several months before "Wave of the Future" was filmed.  An actor by the name of John A. Roberts portrayed Sanders.

[Richard Willis]

I'm pretty sure that the first exposure many of us had to Kentucky Fried Chicken was in the movie Goldfinger (1964). Somewhere in the story Felix Leiter and his sidekick are eating at a Kentucky Fried Chicken location while keeping tabs on Bond. It wasn't a national brand yet.