Woo hoo!! Our 1st quarter 2008 FReepathon is nearing completion!! Final Thread!!

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[Jim Robinson]

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[gpapa]

FIRST!!!!

[DoughtyOne]

Morning Jim. Looks like you’re closing in. Hope it winds up today.

[Jim Robinson]

Woo hoo!!

We have incoming:

$10 from California
$20 from Georgia
$10 from Colorado

Thank you all very much!!

Less than $4.1k to go...

[gpapa]

Thank you California, Georgia and Colorado

[The Spirit Of Allegiance]

Freepdom Isn’t Free BUMP!

[ValerieTexas]

Oops. I missed the new one!

[ValerieTexas]

[gpapa]

[dixiechick2000]

TENTH! ;o)

[dixiechick2000]

I hope it happens today, too.

[dixiechick2000]

You always post the prettiest pictures.
They add so much to the threads.

Thank you!

[gpapa]

Just lucky, I guess;)

[dixiechick2000]

LOL!

Here’s a bump just for you. ;o)

[DoughtyOne]

Thanks.

[gpapa]

BUMPing back at ya.

[dixiechick2000]

LOL!

That’s a very cute graphic bump!

Now, I’m off to bed.
Nitey nite!

[dixiechick2000]

You’re welcome bump.

G’nite.

[gpapa]

Good nite dixie

[concentric circles]

Bumping the thread. Thanks for a great ride.

[dixiechick2000]

LOL!

That’s very cute! ;o)

Couldn’t get to sleep bump!

[dixiechick2000]

Nitey nite bump!

[tongue-tied]

Yee haw! Did my part, waiting on the “first post pictures” to disappear.

[andyandval]

Incoming contribution from New York.

Thanks for all you do, Mr. Robinson!

[MrPiper]

Trying to be the one to go over the top, incoming from way down south. Please keep up the fight.

[tiredoflaundry]

BTTT!

[JDoutrider]

Become a Monthly Donor BUMP!

[Molly Pitcher]

Last thread call for breakfast...

[do the dhue]

bump to go over the top (BTGOTT)

[Fiddlstix]

Woo hoo!!

We have incoming:

$10 from California
$20 from Georgia
$10 from Colorado

Thank you all very much!!

Less than $4.1k to go...




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[Fiddlstix]

   Q1 2008 Scoreboard -- ranked by total receipts   

Rank	Location	Receipts	Donors/Avg		Freepers/Avg		Monthlies
1	New York	$6,580.20	51	$129.02		$	$407.50	18
2	California	5,163.67	168	30.74			1,238.56	81
3	Texas	3,151.00	98	32.15			882.00	60
4	Florida	2,161.00	64	33.77			679.00	39
5	New Jersey	1,478.00	31	47.68			240.00	12
6	Maryland	1,400.00	29	48.28			215.00	14
7	Virginia	1,282.95	43	29.84			624.00	31
8	Connecticut	1,234.00	13	94.92			20.00	2
9	Pennsylvania	1,220.00	29	42.07			283.00	15
10	Ohio	1,155.00	33	35.00			510.00	12
11	Georgia	966.00	31	31.16			195.00	14
12	Washington	807.00	28	28.82			260.00	15
13	Tennessee	768.00	16	48.00			83.00	7
14	Missouri	745.00	31	24.03			180.00	15
15	Oklahoma	705.00	13	54.23			90.00	5
16	Illinois	682.00	24	28.42			237.00	14
17	Minnesota	645.00	22	29.32			60.00	8
18	Oregon	631.25	23	27.45			90.00	6
19	Montana	623.33	6	103.89			378.33	4
20	Massachusetts	613.00	21	29.19			285.00	15
21	Mississippi	610.00	9	67.78			95.00	5
22	Wisconsin	590.00	17	34.71			125.00	9
23	Colorado	561.00	15	37.40			165.00	12
24	Armed Forces - Europe	555.00	5	111.00			25.00	2
25	Indiana	552.50	16	34.53			60.00	3
26	Arizona	500.00	22	22.73			135.00	13
27	Switzerland	500.00	1	500.00
28	Michigan	445.00	16	27.81			60.00	6
29	Nevada	385.00	13	29.62			105.00	5
30	Alabama	378.00	15	25.20			258.00	14
31	Canada	350.00	4	87.50
32	North Carolina	335.00	16	20.94			90.00	9
33	Maine	295.00	5	59.00			70.00	3
34	Kansas	290.00	9	32.22			70.00	6
35	Louisiana	275.00	10	27.50			90.00	7
36	Idaho	236.00	8	29.50			105.00	6
37	Alaska	229.68	5	45.94			80.00	3
38	Wyoming	205.00	4	51.25			30.00	1
39	Utah	200.00	7	28.57			72.00	4
40	New Hampshire	200.00	5	40.00			10.00	1
41	Kuwait	200.00	1	200.00
42	Hawaii	185.00	6	30.83			50.00	4
43	Arkansas	180.00	5	36.00			25.00	2
44	South Dakota	170.00	3	56.67			50.00	2
45	North Dakota	160.00	4	40.00			10.00	1
46	South Carolina	155.00	6	25.83			85.00	7
47	Kentucky	124.00	7	17.71			10.00	2
48	New Mexico	120.00	6	20.00			15.00	1
49	Sweden	100.00	1	100.00
50	Rhode Island	95.00	3	31.67			45.00	2
51	Delaware	85.00	3	28.33
52	Iowa	80.00	4	20.00			20.00	1
53	Nebraska	67.50	4	16.88			42.50	2
54	West Virginia	55.00	4	13.75			25.00	2
55	Vermont	50.00	2	25.00			31.00	2
56	District of Columbia	40.00	2	20.00
57	Armed Forces - Pacific	35.00	2	17.50			10.00	1
58	France	30.00	1	30.00
59	Puerto Rico	25.00	1	25.00
60	United Kingdom	20.00	1	20.00
61	Germany	20.00	1	20.00
62	Japan	20.00	1	20.00			20.00	1
63	Congo	20.00	1	20.00
64	Slovakia	20.00	1	20.00
65	South Korea	10.00	1	10.00
66	European Union	10.00	1	10.00
67	Norway	10.00	1	10.00			10.00	1
Never Never Land		1,340.00	60	22.33			208.00	16
68 locations total		$43,130.08	1,109	$38.89		$0.00	$9,258.89	543

[Fiddlstix]

WooHoo!
94%

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[Fiddlstix]

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[The Spirit Of Allegiance]

Here’s a bump just for YOU. ;o)

[MinuteGal]

Good morning to all freeper movie afficianados and participants in our Freepathon "Memorable Movie Moments".

The contest closed last night. At the moment, your contest hostess, Louella Parsons (moi), is enjoying a mahvelous breakfast at Tiffany's. Seated at my dining table are my very good silver screen friends, Virginia Mayo, Sir Cedrick Hardwick, Joan Blondell, Ann Sheridan, Harold Lloyd, Terry-Thomas and George Brent.

Then back to my estate in the Hollyweird Hills to judge the entries in the contest. They will be posted early evening, so stay tuned.

Mmmmm, eggs a la Maria Ouspenskaya..... fabulous!

Later, Louella

[Fiddlstix]

Whaaaa???
Harold Lloyd!
and Buster Keaton wasn't invited?
Don't get me wrong. Harold is a comic genius too...
But why wasn't Buster there?
(along with Fatty Arbuckle)

[MinuteGal]

My favorite was Charlie Chase (don't shoot me!).

He actually got less credit than he was due. He was the master of comic embarrassment, mostly playing a hapless, nerdy but dapper guy.

His films are undergoing a revival among silent comedy buffs as many of them are timeless and, in an odd way, relevant today.

He's underrated among the comedians of the silent era. His comedic sense of timing and the visual was often brilliant.

TCM shows some of his films and comic shorts every once in a while.

He sadly passed away at age 46 from heart problems brought on by chronic alcoholism.

Louella

[Fiddlstix]

My favorite was Charlie Chase (don't shoot me!).

He actually got less credit than he was due. He was the master of comic embarrassment, mostly playing a hapless, nerdy but dapper guy.

Charlie Chase was great. No doubt about it. A kind of "unsung hero" of the silent era. I love his films too.

IMHO
Buster Keaton is #1
I would say both Harold Lloyd and Charlie Chase would rank a #2
I would put Chaplin at #3

(Now I'm gonna get shot for putting the "great" Chaplin at 3. LOL)

[MinuteGal]

I think "favorites" and "the best" are two different things. I still have to place Chaplin as the all-time best. He was a genius.

One has to know how to watch Chaplin to note his talent. Observe the next time, not the whole of the earlier Charlie, but his parts. His hands, arms, legs, fingers, feet are always doing something. He's adjusting his tie, batting his eyes, moving his mustache, twirling his cane, doing something with his hat, pursing his lips, changing his walk, cocking his head, drooping his shoulders.......sometimes all in one 20-second silent sequence!

No other comedian had this multi-faceted talent.

My favorite is Charlie Chase, but the other Charlie was and still is the one-and-only best of show.

IMHO, of course.

Louella

[Lady Jag]

Morning, Louella!

[MinuteGal]

Well, thankee, pardner!

Does that heart in the photo read "I Love Lady"?

You have a wonderful graphic for every occasion, my dear.

Yours from my Hollywood home next door to the home of Will Rogers, recently elected as the first mayor of Beverly Hills,

Louella

[Fiddlstix]

I'll go along with your description of Chaplin. But Keaton is the king of "deadpan" and the undisputed king of the pratfall. Nobody before or since Keaton could take a fall like he could.
Heck fire. That's how he got the nickname "Buster" bestowed on him by his godfather, Harry Houdini.
Buster thought up and did all of his own stunts. He never worked with a double. He was still taking falls when he was 70 years old.
Some of the stunts he introduced to films are still being used by comics even today.
He was a great innovator.

Damfinos Forever!
Yea!

[gpapa]

I kinda liked these two in my younger days.

[Lady Jag]

My pleasure, ma'am.

[Fiddlstix]

Me Too! Still do.

ABBOTT and COSTELLO:
Costello Buys A Computer

Remember ABBOTT and COSTELLO Jokes? Hope you enjoy this one. In today's world, Bud ABBOTT and Lou COSTELLO's famous sketch "Who's on first?" might have turned out something like this....

COSTELLO CALLS TO BUY A COMPUTER FROM ABBOTT . . . .

ABBOTT: Super Duper computer store. Can I help you?

COSTELLO: Thanks.I'm setting up an office in my den and I'm thinking about buying a computer.

ABBOTT: Mac?

COSTELLO: No, the name's Lou.

ABBOTT: Your computer?

COSTELLO: I don't own a computer.I want to buy one.

ABBOTT: Mac?

COSTELLO: I told you, my name's Lou.

ABBOTT: What about Windows?

COSTELLO: Why? Will it get stuffy in here?

ABBOTT: Do you want a computer with Windows?

COSTELLO: I don't know. What will I see when I look in the windows?

ABBOTT: Wallpaper.

COSTELLO: Never mind the windows.I need a computer and software.

ABBOTT: Software for Windows?

COSTELLO: No. On the computer!I need something I can use to write proposals,track expenses and run my business. What have you got?

ABBOTT: Office.

COSTELLO: Yeah, for my office. Can you recommend anything?

ABBOTT: I just did.

COSTELLO: You just did what?

ABBOTT: Recommend something.

COSTELLO: You recommended something?

ABBOTT: Yes.

COSTELLO: For my office?

ABBOTT: Yes.

COSTELLO: OK, what did you recommend for my office?

ABBOTT: Office.

COSTELLO: Yes, for my office!

ABBOTT: I recommend Office with Windows.

COSTELLO: I already have an office with windows! OK, lets just say I'm sitting at my computer and I want to type a proposal. What do I need?

ABBOTT: Word.

COSTELLO: What word?

ABBOTT: Word in Office.

COSTELLO: The only word in office is office.

ABBOTT: The Word in Office for Windows.

COSTELLO: Which word in office for windows?

ABBOTT: The Word you get when you click the blue "W".

COSTELLO: I'm going to click your blue "w" if you don't start with some straight answers. OK, forget that. Can I watch movies on the Internet?

ABBOTT: Yes, you want Real One.

COSTELLO: Maybe a real one, maybe a cartoon. What I watch is none of your business. Just tell me what I need!

ABBOTT: Real One.

COSTELLO: If it's a long movie I also want to see reel 2, 3 & 4. Can I watch them?

ABBOTT: Of course.

COSTELLO: Great! With what?

ABBOTT: Real One.

COSTELLO: OK, I'm at my computer and I want to watch a movie. What do I do?

ABBOTT: You click the blue "1".

COSTELLO: I click the blue one what?

ABBOTT: The blue "1".

COSTELLO: Is that different from the blue w?

ABBOTT: The blue "1" is Real One and the blue "W" is Word.

COSTELLO: What word?

ABBOTT: The Word in Office for Windows.

COSTELLO: But there's three words in "office for windows"!

ABBOTT: No, just one. But it's the most popular Word in the world.

COSTELLO: It is?

ABBOTT: Yes, but to be fair, there aren't many other Words left. It pretty much wiped out all the other Words out there.

COSTELLO: And that word is real one?

ABBOTT: Real One has nothing to do with Word. Real One isn't even part of Office.

COSTELLO: STOP! Don't start that again. What about financial bookkeeping? You have anything I can track my money with?

ABBOTT: Money.

COSTELLO: That's right. What do you have?

ABBOTT: Money.

COSTELLO: I need money to track my money?

ABBOTT: It comes bundled with your computer.

COSTELLO: What's bundled with my computer?

ABBOTT: Money.

COSTELLO: Money comes with my computer?

ABBOTT: Yes. No extra charge.

COSTELLO: I get a bundle of money with my computer? How much?

ABBOTT: One copy.

COSTELLO: Isn't it illegal to copy money?

ABBOTT: Microsoft gave us a license to copy money.

COSTELLO: They can give you a license to copy money?

ABBOTT: Why not? THEY OWN IT!

A FEW DAYS LATER . .

ABBOTT: Super Duper computer store. Can I help you?

COSTELLO: How do I turn my computer off?

ABBOTT: Click on "START"..........

(Click Here for Audio of the Original "Who's On First" Routine.)

[Lady Jag]

[gpapa]

Yeah, I remember that one. Most remembered is “Who’s on First,” which many of their later routines emulated.

[Fiddlstix]

It is a classic. No doubt about it.

[do the dhue]

Classic - heard it a million times and it is still funny. And that is what makes it a classic.

[Fiddlstix]

You got that right. Some things never go out of style. “Who’s on first” is one of ‘em.