VIDEODROME

User avatar
Friday
Posts: 6272
Joined: Mon Jan 20, 2014 7:40 pm
Location: Karma: -65373

Re: VIDEODROME

Postby Friday » Thu Aug 20, 2020 5:23 am

That some of those are considered only Canadian baffles me, like kerfuffle, gong show, or deke. Really? Those are ours?


I've been hearing kerfuffle my whole life and was as confused as you and Will as to why it was a Canadian thing.

Gong show and deke are foreign to me though.

We have "pop" too, in parts of the US, though not here in Cali where it's Soda.

What really weirds me out is in certain parts of the south, all soda is "coke."
ImageImageImage

User avatar
Mongrel
Posts: 21290
Joined: Mon Jan 20, 2014 6:28 pm
Location: There's winners and there's losers // And I'm south of that line

Re: VIDEODROME

Postby Mongrel » Thu Aug 20, 2020 5:47 am

Gong Show being somehow Canadian is absolutely crazy to me, because the actual Gong Show was an American TV series. Even Starr was like "What? No. I heard that when I was growing up." never mind having actually watched it at times.

Deke is basically a fake-out (specifically, a physical one). That one I can see as Canadian, but it was still a surprise.

Pop is a well-documented regional thing.

On the subject of Coke, one thing I never knew was that Dr. Pepper and Coke were a longstanding Texas/Georgia rivalry (cos that's where they were made). So, like, in Smokey and the Bandit, in the diner scene when bandit orders a Coke and the Sheriff orders a Dr. Pepper, it's actually a signalling thing (to the viewer).
Image

User avatar
Büge
Posts: 5442
Joined: Mon Jan 20, 2014 6:56 pm

Re: VIDEODROME

Postby Büge » Thu Aug 20, 2020 9:41 am

Deke, as in "decoy". It's a hockey term.
Image

User avatar
beatbandito
Posts: 4300
Joined: Tue Jan 21, 2014 8:04 am

Re: VIDEODROME

Postby beatbandito » Thu Aug 20, 2020 9:55 am

It seemed like he was kind of inferring "out for a rip" in the moment, and no reference to the Canadian National Anthem:

Image

User avatar
Mongrel
Posts: 21290
Joined: Mon Jan 20, 2014 6:28 pm
Location: There's winners and there's losers // And I'm south of that line

Re: VIDEODROME

Postby Mongrel » Thu Aug 20, 2020 2:39 pm

I'm all but certain that that was what popularized the term.
Image

User avatar
beatbandito
Posts: 4300
Joined: Tue Jan 21, 2014 8:04 am

Re: VIDEODROME

Postby beatbandito » Mon Aug 24, 2020 1:01 pm

Image

User avatar
Mongrel
Posts: 21290
Joined: Mon Jan 20, 2014 6:28 pm
Location: There's winners and there's losers // And I'm south of that line

Re: VIDEODROME

Postby Mongrel » Mon Aug 24, 2020 2:58 pm

Oh man. Yes.

As soon as I saw the light, I knew where that was going. :D
Image

User avatar
Mongrel
Posts: 21290
Joined: Mon Jan 20, 2014 6:28 pm
Location: There's winners and there's losers // And I'm south of that line

Re: VIDEODROME

Postby Mongrel » Tue Aug 25, 2020 4:31 pm

Slavic Polka Simulator VR

Image

User avatar
Mongrel
Posts: 21290
Joined: Mon Jan 20, 2014 6:28 pm
Location: There's winners and there's losers // And I'm south of that line

Re: VIDEODROME

Postby Mongrel » Mon Aug 31, 2020 7:55 pm

Image

User avatar
mharr
Posts: 1583
Joined: Tue Sep 27, 2016 11:54 am
Location: UK

Re: VIDEODROME

Postby mharr » Thu Sep 03, 2020 7:49 am


User avatar
beatbandito
Posts: 4300
Joined: Tue Jan 21, 2014 8:04 am

Re: VIDEODROME

Postby beatbandito » Fri Sep 18, 2020 2:59 pm

goo x slime



metalslime linked this in #ff like three days ago and I've probably watched it thirty times since
Image

User avatar
mharr
Posts: 1583
Joined: Tue Sep 27, 2016 11:54 am
Location: UK

Re: VIDEODROME

Postby mharr » Thu Sep 24, 2020 6:01 pm

I don't know if we have a category for this. It's... kind of a let's play.


User avatar
Mongrel
Posts: 21290
Joined: Mon Jan 20, 2014 6:28 pm
Location: There's winners and there's losers // And I'm south of that line

Re: VIDEODROME

Postby Mongrel » Wed Sep 30, 2020 4:00 pm

Image

User avatar
Mongrel
Posts: 21290
Joined: Mon Jan 20, 2014 6:28 pm
Location: There's winners and there's losers // And I'm south of that line

Re: VIDEODROME

Postby Mongrel » Sat Oct 03, 2020 5:13 pm

Image

User avatar
Büge
Posts: 5442
Joined: Mon Jan 20, 2014 6:56 pm

Re: VIDEODROME

Postby Büge » Tue Oct 06, 2020 5:10 pm

Image

User avatar
Mongrel
Posts: 21290
Joined: Mon Jan 20, 2014 6:28 pm
Location: There's winners and there's losers // And I'm south of that line

Re: VIDEODROME

Postby Mongrel » Wed Oct 07, 2020 4:14 pm

Image

User avatar
Friday
Posts: 6272
Joined: Mon Jan 20, 2014 7:40 pm
Location: Karma: -65373

Re: VIDEODROME

Postby Friday » Wed Oct 07, 2020 4:21 pm

I mean, Werner Herzog was already my favorite human being BEFORE that video
ImageImageImage

User avatar
Mongrel
Posts: 21290
Joined: Mon Jan 20, 2014 6:28 pm
Location: There's winners and there's losers // And I'm south of that line

Re: VIDEODROME

Postby Mongrel » Tue Oct 13, 2020 3:41 pm

It's halloweentime soon, so some of you may remember this classic from last year:



Well, there was something of an update for Halloween 2020.



Image

User avatar
Mongrel
Posts: 21290
Joined: Mon Jan 20, 2014 6:28 pm
Location: There's winners and there's losers // And I'm south of that line

Re: VIDEODROME

Postby Mongrel » Sat Oct 17, 2020 6:01 pm

Image

User avatar
mharr
Posts: 1583
Joined: Tue Sep 27, 2016 11:54 am
Location: UK

Re: VIDEODROME

Postby mharr » Sun Oct 18, 2020 5:50 am

He's waited his whole life for that moment, hasn't he.

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 17 guests