Rachel Maddow: Must-See TV (msnbc.msn.com)
... she shows Republican after Republican attacking the Obama team for Mirandizing the "underwear bomber" - even though this is exactly what the Bush Administration did every time it arrested terrorists on American soil.
WASHINGTON - With much of his legislative agenda stalled in Congress, President Obama and his team are preparing an array of actions using his executive power to advance energy, environmental, fiscal and other domestic policy priorities... Obama Making Plans to Use Executive Power - NYTimes.com
Last November after Obama was elected, I asked about what Executive Orders you'd like 'The Man' to make. Puzzlingly, he did not utilize that option in any significant way, to my thinkin'... Now, however, with his "agenda stalled", he's decided to get 'Froggy' and make that leap... So, once again, I ask...
What specific issues would you like 'The Man' to address with Executive Orders?
zEN mAN (observing another Joe S "fetching Beauty"...very much resembling soon to be 40 years old (Joe's age ???) Julianne Moore...who I just saw in "A Single Man"....loved her in "Boogie Nights" and remember her in "The Edge of Night")
mj was first, and correct, with:
Not only would a little dab do ya
But for some unknown reason, women would want to run finger through the hair of men who used Bril Cream. For the life of me, I know I wouldn't.
BadtotheboneBob responded:
Brylcream... An ancient (50's, early 60's) greasy white paste that came in a squeeze tube like tooth paste that 'hoods' used to slick back their hair... Yesterday, while watching an old 'Law and Order' episode, Detective Lenny Briscoe admitted using the stuff in his youth... Go figure, as Lenny was wont to say...
Leo wrote:
It's Brylcreem. Their jingle went like this:
Bryl-creem, a little dab'll do ya, Use more, only if you dare, But watch out, The gals will all pursue ya,-- They'll love to put their fingers through your hair. Bryl-creem, a little dab'll do ya, Bryl-creem, you'll look so debonair. Bryl-creem, the gals will all pursue ya, They'll love to RUN their fingers through your hair.
Alan J replied:
Brylcreem
Steven B said:
Bryl-creem, a little dab'll do ya,
Use more, only if you dare,
But watch out,
The gals will all pursue ya,--
They'll love to put their fingers through your hair.
Bryl-creem, a little dab'll do ya,
Bryl-creem, you'll look so debonair.
Bryl-creem, the gals will all pursue ya,
They'll love to run their fingers through your hair.
Ahh Brylvreem, Wild Root Hair Oil and Vitalis any of which would get your unruly locks sufficiently coiffed and of course don't forget the Hai Karate after shave, the flying nun collar on the shirt worn over the jacket collar and finally white shoes and a white belt. Let's all pray we all die before the retro 70s look comes back.
Sandra in Bangor answered:
okay, i know these oldies....brylcreem.
Sally said:
And, who could forget driving for miles with nothing but billboards telling the world about, "Brylcream?"
"a little dab'll do ya"?
MAG ("I've always imagined that paradise will be a kind of library" ~ Jorge Luis Borges) responded:
Brylcreem
PURPLE GENE wrote:
lyrics to the Brylcreem ditty.....
"BRYLCREEM...A LITTLE DAB'L DO YA
BRYLCREEM....YOU LOOK SO DEBONAIR
BRYLCREEM....THE GALS'LL ALL PURSUE YA
THEY LOVE TO GET THEIR FINGERS IN YOUR HAIR "
Brylcreem at You Tubes
Marian the Teacher wrote:
Brylcreem
Charlie replied:
1. I have lots of hair.
2. I never touch the stuff.
Brylcreem
Maurice answered:
Brylcreem
Chipshot said:
That was Brylcreem, which I must admit to have used back in the '60s, when the ads promised, "..they'll love to get their fingers in your hair."
Jim from CA, retired to ID, replied:
Brylcreem
MAM wrote:
"a little dab'll do ya"
Brylcreem
Joe S responded:
Brylcreem a little dab'll do ya.
50s Brylcreem commercial
I grew up in a rural area, or as one "friend" put it, The Peckerwoods.
Several communities in the county held Saturday night dances for
teenagers. There was this one kid we called Jiggs because he looked like
the character Jiggs from Jiggs and Maggie in the "funny papers." Jiggs
had short red hair that was all one length, about an inch long. His hair
was always drenched with oil so much that it dripped off the back of his
head and onto his collar. We would say, "Hey Jiggs, what'cha got in your
hair?" And he would answer with a big grin, "Brylcreem." I'm sure Jiggs
figured a little dab was about a handful.
And, Litebug answered:
I think it was Brylcreme (not sure about the spelling), a hair dressing for men.
Flash animation represents the cutting edge of Internet animation. Here are ten of the best flash driven websites you will find on the net at the moment. Oh and please - forgive the rather hyperbolic title given to this article - put it down to being swept away in enthusiasm about these awesome sites.
CBS starts the night with '60 Minutes', followed by a FRESH'Amazing Race 16', then a FRESH'Undercover Boss', followed by a FRESH'Cold Case'.
NBC fills the night with FRESH'Olympics'.
ABC begins the night with a FRESH'America's So-Called Funniest Home Videos', followed by a FRESH'Extreme Makeover: Home Edition', then a FRESH'Desperate Housewives', followed by a FRESH'Brothers & Sisters'.
The CW fills the night with the movie 'Road House'.
Faux has a RERUN'Til Death', followed by a FRESH'Til Death', then a FRESH'Simpsons', followed by a FRESH'Cleveland Show', followed by a RERUN'Family Guy', then a FRESH'American Dad'.
MY recycles an old 'That 70s Show', followed by another old 'That 70s Show', then an old 'House', followed by another old 'House'.
A&E has 'CSI: The 2nd One', 'Criminal Minds', another 'Criminal Minds', and still another 'Criminal Minds'
AMC offers the movie 'Philadelphia', followed by the movie 'Forrest Gump'.
BBC -
[12:00 PM] Last Restaurant Standing - Episode 7
[1:00 PM] Top Gear - Episode 4
[2:00 PM] Top Gear - Episode 3
[3:00 PM] The Life of Mammals - A Winning Design
[4:00 PM] The Life of Mammals - Plant Predators
[5:00 PM] The Life of Mammals - Chisellers
[6:00 PM] The Greatest Wildlife Show on Earth
[7:00 PM] The Life of Mammals - Food for Thought
[8:00 PM] The British Academy Film Awards (2010)
[10:30 PM] The British Academy Film Awards (2010)
[1:00 AM] The British Academy Film Awards (2010)
[3:30 AM] The Inbetweeners - Episode 4
[4:00 AM] The Inbetweeners - Episode 5
[4:30 AM] The Inbetweeners - Episode 6
[5:00 AM] BBC World News
[6:00 AM] BBC World News (ALL TIMES EST)
Bravo has all 'Law & Order: Criminal Intent' all night.
Comedy Central has the movie 'Scary Movie', 'Chris Rock: Kill The Messenger', followed by the FRESH'Sinbad: Where U Been?'.
FX has the movie 'xXx', followed by the movie 'Armageddon'.
History has 'American Pickers', another 'American Pickers', 'Ax Men', followed by a FRESH'Ax Men'.
IFC -
[6:45 AM] Darkon
[8:15 AM] Iron Monkey
[9:45 AM] Spirited Away
[12:00 PM] Arrested Development
[12:30 PM] Arrested Development
[1:00 PM] Arrested Development
[1:30 PM] Arrested Development
[2:00 PM] Arrested Development
[2:30 PM] Arrested Development
[3:00 PM] A Decade Under the Influence
[4:00 PM] Iron Monkey
[5:30 PM] The Ninth Gate
[7:45 PM] Seven
[10:00 PM] Arrested Development
[10:30 PM] Arrested Development
[11:00 PM] Indie Sex II: Teens
[12:15 AM] The Ninth Gate
[2:30 AM] Seven
[4:45 AM] Spirited Away (ALL TIMES EST)
Sundance -
[05:50 AM] Iconoclasts - Season 4: Stella McCartney + Ed Ruscha
[06:10 AM] Standing In The Shadows Of Motown
[08:05 AM] The Grandmother
[08:45 AM] Pleasure Of Being Robbed
[10:00 AM] The River Cottage Treatment: Episode 102
[11:00 AM] Eco Documentaries - Season 2: Escape From Suburbia: Beyond the American Dream
[12:45 PM] The Danish Poet
[01:00 PM] Iconoclasts - Season 4: Stella McCartney + Ed Ruscha
[02:00 PM] Be Good Johnny Weir: Be Good Johnny Weir - Episode 2
[02:30 PM] Be Good Johnny Weir: Be Good Johnny Weir - Episode 3
[03:00 PM] Eco Trip: Eco Trip: Season 1, Episode 2
[03:30 PM] Standing In The Shadows Of Motown
[05:25 PM] The Saviour
[05:45 PM] Pleasure Of Being Robbed
[07:00 PM] The Killing of John Lennon
[09:00 PM] Spectacle - Season 2: Spectacle: Elvis Costello With... Neko Case, Sheryl Crow, Ron Sexsmith, Jesse Winchester
[10:00 PM] Summer Hours
[11:45 PM] The Dead Girl
[01:25 AM] The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years
[03:00 AM] The Killing of John Lennon
[05:00 AM] Summer Hours (ALL TIMES EST)
In this photo provided by the Las Vegas News Bureau, Neil Patrick Harris walks the 'Blue Carpet' at the world premiere of Viva Elvis, the newest show by Cirque du Soleil on the Las Vegas Strip, at Aria Resort & Casino in Las Vegas Friday Feb. 20, 2010.
Photo by Glenn Pinkerton
The Federal Communications Commission is looking into allegations that producers of a Fox Rupert game show that never aired fed answers to potential contestants before taping the show last year, the New York Times reported on Friday.
The newspaper cited a letter about the show, called "Our Little Genius" that the commission released in response to a Freedom of Information Act request. The quiz show, which featured contestants between the ages of 6 and 12, was pulled from Fox before its premiere in early January, according to the Times.
The letter was written by a parent of one of the show's contestants and received by the FCC on December 22, according to the report. It alleges that before a planned taping, a member of the show's production staff reviewed potential topics with the contestant and his parents.
The Times said the letter also claims that the member of the production staff gave specific answers to at least four questions that the child did not know.
Actor Cheech Marin poses after a news conference to promote the HempCon 2010 Medical Marijuana Show at the Convention Center in Los Angeles February 18, 2010. The show runs February 19-21.
Photo by Mario Anzuoni
For more than a century, there was no playing of "The Star-Spangled Banner" at Goshen College - a small Christian college with ties to the Mennonite Church.
That's about to change. For the first time in the school's history, Goshen College will play an instrumental version of the national anthem before many campus sporting events.
The decision to reverse the ban on the anthem is aimed at making students and visitors outside the faith feel more welcome, but it has roiled some at the 1,000-student college who feel the song undermines the church's pacifist message and puts love for country above love for God.
Since college President Jim Brenneman announced the decision in January, about 900 people have joined the Facebook group "Against Goshen College Playing National Anthem," hundreds have signed an online petition protesting the move and letters sent to administrators and the campus newspaper have overwhelmingly voiced opposition to the change.
Conan O'Brien may be taking his act on the road and even overseas.
O'Brien's exit deal with NBC barred the former "Tonight" host from TV appearances for several months. He is weighing a tour that would take him directly to his fans, according to a person familiar with the proposal.
The person, who was not authorized to publicly discuss the plans, spoke on condition of anonymity.
Details are unsettled, the person said, but O'Brien may perform live in U.S. venues, including college campuses, and head to Europe. An O'Brien spokesman declined comment.
From left, cast members Johnny Depp, Matt Lucas, Crispin Glover, Michael Sheen, Mia Wasikowska, Helena Bonham Carter, and Anne Hathaway are seen onstage at the Great Big Ultimate Fan Event celebrating the upcoming film 'Alice in Wonderland' in Los Angeles on Friday, Feb. 19, 2010.
Photo by Matt Sayles
Emilio and Gloria Estefan and other celebrities gathered to record a Spanish-language version of "We are the World" on Friday to raise money for Haiti earthquake victims.
Emilio Estefan said he was talking with Quincy Jones about the importance of the Spanish market when the idea developed.
Other singers who were to participate in recording the track include Banda El Recodo, Carlos Santana, Chayanne, David Archuleta, Carlos Santana and Jose Feliciano.
The song, "Somos El Mundo," was adapted by the Estefans, who partnered with Jones, Univision and the not-for-profit We are the World Foundation to gather the artists to record the song. Univision is underwriting, co-producing and doing distribution of the song, which goes on sale in March. All of the artists volunteered.
Justice Department lawyers showed "poor judgment" but did not commit professional misconduct when they authorized CIA interrogators to use waterboarding and other harsh tactics at the height of the U.S. war on terrorism, an internal review released Friday found.
The decision closes the book on one of the major lingering investigations into the counterterrorism policies of George W. Bush's administration. President Barack Obama campaigned on abolishing the simulated drowning technique of waterboarding and other tactics that he called torture, but he left open the question of whether anyone would be punished for authorizing such methods.
An initial review by the Justice Department's internal affairs unit found that former government lawyers Jay Bybee and John Yoo had committed professional misconduct, a conclusion that could have cost them their law licenses. But, underscoring just how controversial and legally thorny the memos have become, the Justice Department's top career lawyer reviewed the matter and disagreed.
Margolis, the top nonpolitical Justice Department lawyer and a veteran of several administrations, called the legal memos "flawed" and said that, at every opportunity, they gave interrogators as much leeway as possible under U.S. torture laws. But he said Yoo and Bybee were not reckless and did not knowingly give incorrect advice, the standard for misconduct.
Tom Sherak (L), president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and actress Elizabeth Banks pose for photographers at the 82nd annual Academy Awards Scientific and Technical Awards Ceremony in Beverly Hills, California February 20, 2010.
Photo by Phil McCarten
The FBI sought to close the book on its long, frustrating hunt for the killer behind the 2001 anthrax letters Friday, formally ending its investigation and concluding a mentally unhinged scientist was responsible for killing five people and unnerving Americans nationwide.
After years of false leads, no arrests and public criticism, the FBI and Justice Department said Dr. Bruce Ivins, a government researcher, acted alone.
Ivins killed himself in 2008 as prosecutors prepared to indict him for the attacks. He had denied involvement, and his family and some friends have continued to insist he was innocent.
Investigators had tried earlier to build a case against biowarfare expert Steven Hatfill, who had worked for a time in the same military lab as Ivins, but ultimately turned away from that theory and had to pay him a multimillion-dollar settlement.
Taiwan is planning to change its movie rating system to take account of characters who smoke, the government said Saturday, as part of a bid to reduce the number of youngsters taking up the habit.
The Department of Health wants to make tobacco use one of the criteria for deciding what age rating to give a film, a move that could mean some animated movies are out of bounds for children.
"Smoking (in movies) has a much worse impact on health than sex and violence," the department said in a statement posted on its website.
Taiwan has looked to tighten anti-smoking rules in recent years. The island banned smoking in all indoor public places in early 2009.
Co-Creators and Executive Producers Chuck Lorre, left, and Bill Prady are seen while speaking on a panel during An Evening with 'The Big Bang Theory' at the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in Los Angeles on Thursday, Feb. 18, 2010.
Photo by Matt Sayles
Forget cricket bats, golf clubs and carbon dioxide. Australia has found a new weapon in its war on the dreaded cane toad: cat food.
Researchers with the University of Sydney found that a few tablespoons of cat food left next to ponds in the Northern Territory attracts fierce Australian meat ants, which then attack baby cane toads as they emerge from the water. The results of the study were published in the British Ecological Society's Journal of Applied Ecology this week.
It is the latest weapon in Australia's seemingly endless battle against the cane toad, which was introduced from Hawaii in 1935 in an unsuccessful attempt to control beetles on sugarcane plantations. The toads bred rapidly, and their millions-strong population now threatens many species across Australia.
Cane toads emit a poison that attacks the heart of would-be predators. But the University of Sydney researchers found that meat ants are impervious to the toads' poison, said Rick Shine, a professor of evolutionary biology at the University of Sydney who supervised the research.
Japan's synchronised swimmers can keep their nose pegs and sparkly costumes but will be banned from having brightly decorated fingernails or dying their hair.
Japanese officials have expanded their ban on swimmers to synchronised and diving disciplines under a policy that formally begins on April 1, local media reported on Saturday.
Swimmers could face lifetime bans if they turn up for competitions with dyed hair, elaborately painted nails or pierced ears.
Male and female swimmers caught drinking alcohol or sneaking into each others rooms at Japanese training camp will also find themselves in hot water.
One-month-old South China tiger cub Niuniu is seen at a zoo in Luoyang, Henan province, February 20, 2010. The Chinese New Year began on February 14th and according to the Lunar calendar, it is the Year of the Tiger.
You have reached the Home page of BartCop Entertainment.
Make yourself home, take your shoes off...
Go ahead, scratch it if it itches.
The idea is to have fun.
Do you have something to say?
Anything that increased your blood pressure, or, even better, amused or entertained?
Do you have a great album no one's heard?
How about a favorite TV show, movie, book, play, cartoon, or legal amusement?
A popular artist that just plain pisses you off?
A box set the whole world should own?
Vile, filthy rumors about Republican hypocrites?
Just plain vile, filthy rumors?
This is your place.
wrote:
