Gyroscopic Investing

AdamA wrote:

MediumTex wrote: I don't know how I neglected this one, but it's Sylvester Stallone singing country music in "Rhinestone" (1:48).

This one is considered by many to be one of the worst scenes in movie history, and that's really saying something.  It's shocking.

http://youtu.be/gy_BrMFFKAc

The clip above was supposed to show him before he learned about how to perform country music.  Below is a performance at the end of the movie with Dolly Parton after he has learned how to be a country music singer (3:08):

http://youtu.be/eMdH3PSlzY0

When given the freedom to do something outside of his typical roles, this is what he chose. 

I can't stop watching Drinkenstein...

MediumTex wrote:
It troubles me that a lot of time, money and talented people were devoted to that project and that's what they came up with.

MediumTex wrote: 1894 video of "cat boxing" (less than a minute):

http://youtu.be/r6faUd2fV4U

This is apparently the oldest known video of cat boxing.

There is also, of course, the more common practice of "cat juggling", which has also been documented on film (1:38):

http://youtu.be/8qbc2J0zZr8

MediumTex wrote: Here is Bugs Bunny selling Treasuries in a 1:30 commercial from 1942 that played in movie theaters.

http://youtu.be/Dix4ztOaajk

Gosso wrote: Well, I will continue my crusade to lower the quality of this forum with this YouTube clip -- it is one of the best covers of Bohemian Rhapsody...EVER! (6:10):

http://youtu.be/fqymcJRSbxI

Alanw wrote:

Gosso wrote: Well, I will continue my crusade to lower the quality of this forum with this YouTube clip -- it is one of the best covers of Bohemian Rhapsody...EVER! (6:10):

http://youtu.be/fqymcJRSbxI

Great job Gosso.  The forum has now hit a new low.

Gosso wrote: Well, I will continue my crusade to lower the quality of this forum with this YouTube clip -- it is one of the best covers of Bohemian Rhapsody...EVER! (6:10):

http://youtu.be/fqymcJRSbxI

Storm wrote:

Gosso wrote: Well, I will continue my crusade to lower the quality of this forum with this YouTube clip -- it is one of the best covers of Bohemian Rhapsody...EVER! (6:10):

http://youtu.be/fqymcJRSbxI

Here is my favorite cover of Bohemian Rhapsody:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgbNymZ7vqY

It's the Muppets.  Really, it's quite good - please watch it in HD.

Gosso wrote: That was freaken awesome!  I just spent the past half an hour watching Muppet YouTube clips...so good.

LazyBoy, that was some sweet Bach.

MediumTex wrote: Below is a 10 minute clip from one of the Presidential debates between Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter in 1976.

The thing about this clip that is interesting is actually what you can't see.  What's happening in this clip is each candidate has been armed with a new weapon called "The Charismannihilator", which shoots a beam that neutralizes every spark or shred of charisma in the person the weapon is being aimed at. 

What's happening is that right before each candidate begins speaking, the other candidate bathes him in rays from The Charismannihilator, and quickly puts the weapon away before the camera moves back to him, at which point the other candidate begins returning fire.

When the journalists are speaking both candidates are firing their weapons simultaneously at the panel. 

You can just barely make out this dynamic as you watch, but once you begin to see it it's impossible to miss.  Notice how when one of the candidates appears to wake up a little or have some trace of emotion, a deadness suddenly washes across his face--that's a textbook Charismannihilator side-effect.  What a devastating weapon.

Check out the female journalist getting a double barrel shot at :48 into the clip.

http://youtu.be/11TbR5odqTQ

lazyboy wrote:

MediumTex wrote: Below is a 10 minute clip from one of the Presidential debates between Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter in 1976.

The thing about this clip that is interesting is actually what you can't see.  What's happening in this clip is each candidate has been armed with a new weapon called "The Charismannihilator", which shoots a beam that neutralizes every spark or shred of charisma in the person the weapon is being aimed at. 

What's happening is that right before each candidate begins speaking, the other candidate bathes him in rays from The Charismannihilator, and quickly puts the weapon away before the camera moves back to him, at which point the other candidate begins returning fire.

When the journalists are speaking both candidates are firing their weapons simultaneously at the panel. 

You can just barely make out this dynamic as you watch, but once you begin to see it it's impossible to miss.  Notice how when one of the candidates appears to wake up a little or have some trace of emotion, a deadness suddenly washes across his face--that's a textbook Charismannihilator side-effect.  What a devastating weapon.

Check out the female journalist getting a double barrel shot at :48 into the clip.

http://youtu.be/11TbR5odqTQ

I got very sleepy 3 min in. It it must have been the effects of the Charismannihilator. I felt I was in a time warp. I kept think before my eyes closed: must fast forward to Bill Clinton.

MediumTex wrote: Below is a 10 minute clip from one of the Presidential debates between Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter in 1976.

The thing about this clip that is interesting is actually what you can't see.  What's happening in this clip is each candidate has been armed with a new weapon called "The Charismannihilator", which shoots a beam that neutralizes every spark or shred of charisma in the person the weapon is being aimed at. 

What's happening is that right before each candidate begins speaking, the other candidate bathes him in rays from The Charismannihilator, and quickly puts the weapon away before the camera moves back to him, at which point the other candidate begins returning fire.

When the journalists are speaking both candidates are firing their weapons simultaneously at the panel. 

You can just barely make out this dynamic as you watch, but once you begin to see it it's impossible to miss.  Notice how when one of the candidates appears to wake up a little or have some trace of emotion, a deadness suddenly washes across his face--that's a textbook Charismannihilator side-effect.  What a devastating weapon.

Check out the female journalist getting a double barrel shot at :48 into the clip.

http://youtu.be/11TbR5odqTQ