Smart Tactics For a Scary Show
Written by David M. Muench
Move over Spy TV and Candid Camera; it's time for a new evolution of hidden camera fun. The SciFi Channel introduced a new show Friday night called Scare Tactics; hosted by Shannen Doherty.
No, that's not the scary part. Think of this show as a practical joke taken to the extreme; with plenty of screaming and soiled underpants. The viewer (that's you) lives vicariously through the fear and terror of the practical joke victims, and we get to point and laugh; secretly thankful that it's not us. The "events" are taken from urban legends and popular scary movies and put into play with actors and the victim's friends; sometimes even Doherty plays a part in a twisted plot.
Here's an episode synopsis of the first show:
UFO Abduction
Partygoers in a limo are attacked by an enraged alien creature.
Firing Range
There's trouble on a firing range when an unsuspecting weapons-tester blows up Shannen Doherty's uncle.
Buried Alive
A man is shocked when his friend is trapped in a coffin and accidentally buried alive.
Camp Kill
Camp counselors in a remote mountain cabin find themselves hunted by a psychopathic killer.
See, now doesn't that sound like fun? Unless you're the victim of the heart-palpitating prank. So far, I like this series; and as long nobody files a lawsuit or has a heart attack it should have a good run. But unfortunately this isn't the first "fright-eliciting" reality type show. That honor belongs to ABC's "The View."
Friday, April 04, 2003
Smart Tactics For a Scary Show
Smart Tactics For a Scary Show
Written by David M. Muench
Move over Spy TV and Candid Camera; it's time for a new evolution of hidden camera fun. The SciFi Channel introduced a new show Friday night called Scare Tactics; hosted by Shannen Doherty.
No, that's not the scary part. Think of this show as a practical joke taken to the extreme; with plenty of screaming and soiled underpants. The viewer (that's you) lives vicariously through the fear and terror of the practical joke victims, and we get to point and laugh; secretly thankful that it's not us. The "events" are taken from urban legends and popular scary movies and put into play with actors and the victim's friends; sometimes even Doherty plays a part in a twisted plot.
Here's an episode synopsis of the first show:
UFO Abduction
Partygoers in a limo are attacked by an enraged alien creature.
Firing Range
There's trouble on a firing range when an unsuspecting weapons-tester blows up Shannen Doherty's uncle.
Buried Alive
A man is shocked when his friend is trapped in a coffin and accidentally buried alive.
Camp Kill
Camp counselors in a remote mountain cabin find themselves hunted by a psychopathic killer.
See, now doesn't that sound like fun? Unless you're the victim of the heart-palpitating prank. So far, I like this series; and as long nobody files a lawsuit or has a heart attack it should have a good run. But unfortunately this isn't the first "fright-eliciting" reality type show. That honor belongs to ABC's "The View."
Written by David M. Muench
Move over Spy TV and Candid Camera; it's time for a new evolution of hidden camera fun. The SciFi Channel introduced a new show Friday night called Scare Tactics; hosted by Shannen Doherty.
No, that's not the scary part. Think of this show as a practical joke taken to the extreme; with plenty of screaming and soiled underpants. The viewer (that's you) lives vicariously through the fear and terror of the practical joke victims, and we get to point and laugh; secretly thankful that it's not us. The "events" are taken from urban legends and popular scary movies and put into play with actors and the victim's friends; sometimes even Doherty plays a part in a twisted plot.
Here's an episode synopsis of the first show:
UFO Abduction
Partygoers in a limo are attacked by an enraged alien creature.
Firing Range
There's trouble on a firing range when an unsuspecting weapons-tester blows up Shannen Doherty's uncle.
Buried Alive
A man is shocked when his friend is trapped in a coffin and accidentally buried alive.
Camp Kill
Camp counselors in a remote mountain cabin find themselves hunted by a psychopathic killer.
See, now doesn't that sound like fun? Unless you're the victim of the heart-palpitating prank. So far, I like this series; and as long nobody files a lawsuit or has a heart attack it should have a good run. But unfortunately this isn't the first "fright-eliciting" reality type show. That honor belongs to ABC's "The View."
Why Your Girlfriend Shouldn't Drink (or) Why Your Girlfriend Should Drink and Invite Her Hot Girlfriends
Written by David M. Muench
What is it about women kissing each other that entrances the guys? Now, I'm talking about the hot, sexy, "hey-man-I-saw-this-on-a-porno-once" women that may have been on "Baywatch" at one time. For example, The Kiss is a photographic montage of women kissing, most of them sexy, many of them drunk.
Some kisses are best described as kissing a relative, and other lip-locks you're wondering if one or both of them are regurgitating into each other's mouth. Tasty analogy, huh. In some of those pictures you'll see a guy standing next to them, with a classic Keanu Reeves "Whoa..." expression on their face. It's the initial face of shock. Then after the camera flash and the kiss this photogenic guy grins and says to his friend, "dude, did you see that?" Yes, he did. He may have been engaged in a conversation with another guy about Edlebrock manifolds or WWE Wrestling, and then the internal Women Kissing Warning System alerts him of "activity," causing him to immediately turn around and focus on the subjects in question.
You don't see two (straight) guys kissing when they've had their share of Long Island Iced Teas. I have never leaned over to my equally inebriated buddy and said, "Yo, Ken, come over here and kiss me, you drunk-ass fool. And use some tongue." No, that's not going to happen, no matter how much alcohol I have imbibed.
So what is this combination of alcohol and women? Is it some kind of chemical reaction between the "Sex on the Beach" beverage and pheromones? Does alcohol pervert the effects of the intrinsic attraction between men and women?
But more importantly, who the hell cares? "Bartender, another round for 'em...on me!"
Written by David M. Muench
What is it about women kissing each other that entrances the guys? Now, I'm talking about the hot, sexy, "hey-man-I-saw-this-on-a-porno-once" women that may have been on "Baywatch" at one time. For example, The Kiss is a photographic montage of women kissing, most of them sexy, many of them drunk.
Some kisses are best described as kissing a relative, and other lip-locks you're wondering if one or both of them are regurgitating into each other's mouth. Tasty analogy, huh. In some of those pictures you'll see a guy standing next to them, with a classic Keanu Reeves "Whoa..." expression on their face. It's the initial face of shock. Then after the camera flash and the kiss this photogenic guy grins and says to his friend, "dude, did you see that?" Yes, he did. He may have been engaged in a conversation with another guy about Edlebrock manifolds or WWE Wrestling, and then the internal Women Kissing Warning System alerts him of "activity," causing him to immediately turn around and focus on the subjects in question.
You don't see two (straight) guys kissing when they've had their share of Long Island Iced Teas. I have never leaned over to my equally inebriated buddy and said, "Yo, Ken, come over here and kiss me, you drunk-ass fool. And use some tongue." No, that's not going to happen, no matter how much alcohol I have imbibed.
So what is this combination of alcohol and women? Is it some kind of chemical reaction between the "Sex on the Beach" beverage and pheromones? Does alcohol pervert the effects of the intrinsic attraction between men and women?
But more importantly, who the hell cares? "Bartender, another round for 'em...on me!"
Men Are Pigs, and We Like It
Why Your Girlfriend Shouldn't Drink (or) Why Your Girlfriend Should Drink and Invite Her Hot Girlfriends
Written by David M. Muench
What is it about women kissing each other that entrances the guys? Now, I'm talking about the hot, sexy, "hey-man-I-saw-this-on-a-porno-once" women that may have been on "Baywatch" at one time. For example, The Kiss is a photographic montage of women kissing, most of them sexy, many of them drunk.
Some kisses are best described as kissing a relative, and other lip-locks you're wondering if one or both of them are regurgitating into each other's mouth. Tasty analogy, huh. In some of those pictures you'll see a guy standing next to them, with a classic Keanu Reeves "Whoa..." expression on their face. It's the initial face of shock. Then after the camera flash and the kiss this photogenic guy grins and says to his friend, "dude, did you see that?" Yes, he did. He may have been engaged in a conversation with another guy about Edlebrock manifolds or WWE Wrestling, and then the internal Women Kissing Warning System alerts him of "activity," causing him to immediately turn around and focus on the subjects in question.
You don't see two (straight) guys kissing when they've had their share of Long Island Iced Teas. I have never leaned over to my equally inebriated buddy and said, "Yo, Ken, come over here and kiss me, you drunk-ass fool. And use some tongue." No, that's not going to happen, no matter how much alcohol I have imbibed.
So what is this combination of alcohol and women? Is it some kind of chemical reaction between the "Sex on the Beach" beverage and pheromones? Does alcohol pervert the effects of the intrinsic attraction between men and women?
But more importantly, who the hell cares? "Bartender, another round for 'em...on me!"
Written by David M. Muench
What is it about women kissing each other that entrances the guys? Now, I'm talking about the hot, sexy, "hey-man-I-saw-this-on-a-porno-once" women that may have been on "Baywatch" at one time. For example, The Kiss is a photographic montage of women kissing, most of them sexy, many of them drunk.
Some kisses are best described as kissing a relative, and other lip-locks you're wondering if one or both of them are regurgitating into each other's mouth. Tasty analogy, huh. In some of those pictures you'll see a guy standing next to them, with a classic Keanu Reeves "Whoa..." expression on their face. It's the initial face of shock. Then after the camera flash and the kiss this photogenic guy grins and says to his friend, "dude, did you see that?" Yes, he did. He may have been engaged in a conversation with another guy about Edlebrock manifolds or WWE Wrestling, and then the internal Women Kissing Warning System alerts him of "activity," causing him to immediately turn around and focus on the subjects in question.
You don't see two (straight) guys kissing when they've had their share of Long Island Iced Teas. I have never leaned over to my equally inebriated buddy and said, "Yo, Ken, come over here and kiss me, you drunk-ass fool. And use some tongue." No, that's not going to happen, no matter how much alcohol I have imbibed.
So what is this combination of alcohol and women? Is it some kind of chemical reaction between the "Sex on the Beach" beverage and pheromones? Does alcohol pervert the effects of the intrinsic attraction between men and women?
But more importantly, who the hell cares? "Bartender, another round for 'em...on me!"
Tuesday, April 01, 2003
Guaranteed to INCREASE THE SIZE OF YOUR PENIS
Written by David M. Muench
I don't know which ex-girlfriend these spammers are talking to, but they'd better knock it off.
America Online is notorious about blocking the wrong kind of spam. "You mean there's a good kind of spam?" you ask. Damn straight, bucko. It's called a subscription to an eZine, such as a newsletter or jokelist. "Subscribing" means this e-mail is not unsolicited, people actually have to subscribe to it in order to receive it. The primordial gits at AOL have apparently surmised "Yahoo!Groups" to be one of them. A friend of mine and I both have jokelists through Yahoo!Groups, and both of our most recent mailings were apparently "blocked" by America Online.
This same friend commented that she still gets the "INCREASE THE SIZE OF YOUR PENIS" e-mails in her AOL e-mail box, but not her jokelist.
True, Yahoo!Groups does have an "Opt-Out" option in the "Privacy" section; which is defaulted for those who sign up for a Yahoo! ID to receive these third-party ads. And there's something called "Web beacons," which has nothing to do with rescue teams being able to locate you after your computer crashes. Those beacons are little "gifs" that keep track of users on a webpage, and you can opt out of that too.
So if you're one of the unlucky AOLers (myself included) who haven't received their e-mail from Yahoo!Groups, or another group mailing list, I'd suggest you contact AOL Corporate and get medieval on their buttocks.
Written by David M. Muench
I don't know which ex-girlfriend these spammers are talking to, but they'd better knock it off.
America Online is notorious about blocking the wrong kind of spam. "You mean there's a good kind of spam?" you ask. Damn straight, bucko. It's called a subscription to an eZine, such as a newsletter or jokelist. "Subscribing" means this e-mail is not unsolicited, people actually have to subscribe to it in order to receive it. The primordial gits at AOL have apparently surmised "Yahoo!Groups" to be one of them. A friend of mine and I both have jokelists through Yahoo!Groups, and both of our most recent mailings were apparently "blocked" by America Online.
This same friend commented that she still gets the "INCREASE THE SIZE OF YOUR PENIS" e-mails in her AOL e-mail box, but not her jokelist.
True, Yahoo!Groups does have an "Opt-Out" option in the "Privacy" section; which is defaulted for those who sign up for a Yahoo! ID to receive these third-party ads. And there's something called "Web beacons," which has nothing to do with rescue teams being able to locate you after your computer crashes. Those beacons are little "gifs" that keep track of users on a webpage, and you can opt out of that too.
So if you're one of the unlucky AOLers (myself included) who haven't received their e-mail from Yahoo!Groups, or another group mailing list, I'd suggest you contact AOL Corporate and get medieval on their buttocks.
Guaranteed to INCREASE THE SIZE OF YOUR PENIS
Guaranteed to INCREASE THE SIZE OF YOUR PENIS
Written by David M. Muench
I don't know which ex-girlfriend these spammers are talking to, but they'd better knock it off.
America Online is notorious about blocking the wrong kind of spam. "You mean there's a good kind of spam?" you ask. Damn straight, bucko. It's called a subscription to an eZine, such as a newsletter or jokelist. "Subscribing" means this e-mail is not unsolicited, people actually have to subscribe to it in order to receive it. The primordial gits at AOL have apparently surmised "Yahoo!Groups" to be one of them. A friend of mine and I both have jokelists through Yahoo!Groups, and both of our most recent mailings were apparently "blocked" by America Online.
This same friend commented that she still gets the "INCREASE THE SIZE OF YOUR PENIS" e-mails in her AOL e-mail box, but not her jokelist.
True, Yahoo!Groups does have an "Opt-Out" option in the "Privacy" section; which is defaulted for those who sign up for a Yahoo! ID to receive these third-party ads. And there's something called "Web beacons," which has nothing to do with rescue teams being able to locate you after your computer crashes. Those beacons are little "gifs" that keep track of users on a webpage, and you can opt out of that too.
So if you're one of the unlucky AOLers (myself included) who haven't received their e-mail from Yahoo!Groups, or another group mailing list, I'd suggest you contact AOL Corporate and get medieval on their buttocks.
Written by David M. Muench
I don't know which ex-girlfriend these spammers are talking to, but they'd better knock it off.
America Online is notorious about blocking the wrong kind of spam. "You mean there's a good kind of spam?" you ask. Damn straight, bucko. It's called a subscription to an eZine, such as a newsletter or jokelist. "Subscribing" means this e-mail is not unsolicited, people actually have to subscribe to it in order to receive it. The primordial gits at AOL have apparently surmised "Yahoo!Groups" to be one of them. A friend of mine and I both have jokelists through Yahoo!Groups, and both of our most recent mailings were apparently "blocked" by America Online.
This same friend commented that she still gets the "INCREASE THE SIZE OF YOUR PENIS" e-mails in her AOL e-mail box, but not her jokelist.
True, Yahoo!Groups does have an "Opt-Out" option in the "Privacy" section; which is defaulted for those who sign up for a Yahoo! ID to receive these third-party ads. And there's something called "Web beacons," which has nothing to do with rescue teams being able to locate you after your computer crashes. Those beacons are little "gifs" that keep track of users on a webpage, and you can opt out of that too.
So if you're one of the unlucky AOLers (myself included) who haven't received their e-mail from Yahoo!Groups, or another group mailing list, I'd suggest you contact AOL Corporate and get medieval on their buttocks.
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