The Michael A. Naso Institute of Comedy

[Joe Republic]

If the networks ever tried to remake it, jmfcst would be the most versatile Odd Couple character ever.

"One's a xenophobic homophobic sexist racist ageist bigot with an ego the size of Alaska, constant sense of intellectual superiority, and a hardline interpretation of the Bible.  The other is not him."  Hijinks ensue.

[Keystone Phil]

The closest thing I had to a feud was with Flyers years ago.

I'd hate to bring this up here than elsewhere but Marokai and px more recently would certainly qualify. Maybe even Badger today.

Px doesn't really count (as he explained). Badger doesn't either. As for the rest, I don't have feuds with the deranged.

[Cincinnatus]

I shouldn't be able to detect your social awkwardness through internet cables. Please, lighten up people.

Sorry Napoleon, but this is just to amusing..

[Keystone Phil]

By the way, the hype is due to the fact that yes, this is a nasty hurricane, but secondly...it's been a while. It's the first hurricane to hit America in 3 years. Think about it. The last time a hurricane hit the U.S., John McCain was ahead in the election polls.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

There are certain things that Mike Naso is the only person on Earth who will say them.

[Lief 🗽]

Well, technically yes, though we were wanking our own, not the next fellows, so it wasn't really gay.

[Paul Kemp]

Well, technically yes, though we were wanking our own, not the next fellows, so it wasn't really gay.

Perfect.

[Paul Kemp]

Gold at 1827.36.

[Gustaf]

Let's be fair and admit that there are people thinking this way. They're not many though.

The socialist swede would want to be fair.  This is capitalism baby... I screw you, and then I drink your milkshake.

[Gustaf]

There are certain things that Mike Naso is the only person on Earth who will say them.

[Antonio the Sixth]

There are certain things that Mike Naso is the only person on Earth who will say them.

Funny but true.

[Gustaf]

There are certain things that Mike Naso is the only person on Earth who will say them.

Funny but true.

What I found funny was more that BRTD of all people would say that - it is equally true of him.

[Antonio the Sixth]

There are certain things that Mike Naso is the only person on Earth who will say them.

Funny but true.

What I found funny was more that BRTD of all people would say that - it is equally true of him.

Now that I think about it, you're entirely right. Several people here, like Naso and BRTD, are true characters.

[Snowstalker Mk. II]

opebo is the ultimate one, though. Who else would make a topic bragging about eating McDonald's at a Burger King while discussing the evils of overreaching corporations?

[Gustaf]

opebo is the ultimate one, though. Who else would make a topic bragging about eating McDonald's at a Burger King while discussing the evils of overreaching corporations?

It used to be true, but in recent years Opebo has gone dreadfully repetitive. There is never the randomness that makes Naso so great in his posts.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

I have great hopes for our new discovery Politico.

[Landslide Lyndon]

I have great hopes for our new discovery Politico.

Shouldn't you be reading by now some miner's history book instead of wasting your time at an internet forum?

[Filuwaúrdjan]

I have great hopes for our new discovery Politico.

Shouldn't you be reading by now some miner's history book instead of wasting your time at an internet forum?

Hmm...?

[Landslide Lyndon]

I have great hopes for our new discovery Politico.

Shouldn't you be reading by now some miner's history book instead of wasting your time at an internet forum?

Hmm...?

https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=138012.msg3003437#msg3003437

[Platypus]

The closest thing I had to a feud was with Flyers years ago.

I'd hate to bring this up here than elsewhere but Marokai and px more recently would certainly qualify. Maybe even Badger today.

Px doesn't really count (as he explained). Badger doesn't either. As for the rest, I don't have feuds with the deranged.

Was I nothing to you? :,,(

[Paul Kemp]

Super Tuesday 2012, the home of Bill and Hillary Clinton, Chappaqua, New York.

This is CNN.  This has been an incredible night.  For the first time in the history of the United States, a female candidate has secured the nomination of one of the major parties.  With the results of Super Tuesday now in, we can confirm that Minnesota Congresswoman Michelle Bachman has secured enough delegates to make her the Republican Presidential nominee.

We now take you live to the Michelle Bachman headquarters where she is about to address the nation.

MB:  My friends, my fellow Americans, tonight, we have seen history made in America.  Not only because a female candidate is the nominee of one of our major parties, but because Americans have made it clear they want new direction and new opportunities.  I pledge tonight, a new day for America..........

Hillary (at the top of her voice):  I can't take it Bill, I can't take it anymore.  Michelle Bachman, Michelle Bachman of all people, has succeded where I failed.  She's running for President Bill, as a major candidate.

Hillary hurls a crystal glass across the room, smashing it into a stone wall, shattering into hundreds of pieces.

Hillary (still in a loud voice):  Where's the justice Bill, where's the justice?  I have more ability in my little finger to be President than Bachman has in her entire body.  Why Bill, why, why?

Bill (quietly, calmly):  Hillary, calm down, calm down.  Tymes are different now than they were four years ago.  We just have ta accept this as the way things are now.

Hillary:  Accept it?  Accept it?  How can I accept it Bill, how?  Bachman will go down in history regardless of what happens in the election.  There will be the inevitable comparison with me Bill, with me.  The comparison will be that she won where I lost.  I CAN'T LIVE LIKE THIS BILL, I CAN'T, I CAN'T!

Bill:  Hillary, yer makin' too much out uh this.  Ya have ta move past this and look ta the future.  Ya can't let this ruin the rest uh yer life.

Hillary (again at the top of her voice):  HOW COULD SHE WIN, HOW, AND HOW COULD I LOSE, HOW, HOW?  IF YOU KNEW ANYTHING ABOUT HER YOU COULDN'T POSSIBLY BELIEVE SHE WAS A BETTER CANDIDATE THAN ME!

Hillary at this point is storming out of the room.

Bill (by now losing his temper with Hillary, raising his voice):  Oh, for goodness sake Hillary.  Just shut up about Michelle, just shut up!  It just so happens that Michelle and I.....uh, I mean.....

Hillary stops dead in her tracks, turns around, glaring at Bill with an icy look that could freeze a steam engine in its' tracks.

Hillary (speaking in a quiet voice):  What did you say?  Michelle and I?  What do you mean..... Michelle and I?

Bill (clearly flustered, face turning red):  Well, I, uh, nuthin' Hillary, nuthin'.

Hillary is now in a rage.  She runs over to the fireplace mantle, grabs a bronze statue of Thomas Jefferson, charging at Bill with it with a wild look in her eyes.

Hillary:  YOU AND MICHELLE BACHMAN?  HOW COULD YOU?  HOW COULD YOU?  YOU DISGUSTING EXCUSE FOR A HUMAN BEING!  THIS IS THE LAST TIME, THE LAST TIME YOU HEAR ME, THE LAST TIME!  

Bill:  HILLARY, NO, NO, AAAHHH!          

[Keystone Phil]

The closest thing I had to a feud was with Flyers years ago.

I'd hate to bring this up here than elsewhere but Marokai and px more recently would certainly qualify. Maybe even Badger today.

Px doesn't really count (as he explained). Badger doesn't either. As for the rest, I don't have feuds with the deranged.

Was I nothing to you? :,,(

Eh, I still don't know if that counts as a feud. 

[Keystone Phil]

How dare you remind me of the forum member Conan.

Quite the acerbic moron, wasn't he?  He gave the D-NJ avatar an even worse reputation, just when you thought MAS117 couldn't sink it any lower.

[Joe Republic]

I'm just going to leave this here for now, and come back later to actually read it:

If anybody has heard of myself, Reaganfan, than you will know I hold the decade of the 1980s in high regard. This is for a number of reasons of which I would like to share to help give those who may not be all that enthusiastic about the decade a little new light into what made the 1980s so spectacular.

Popular culture.

For sure, pop culture is the most memorable aspect of the 1980s. Remember, at the time, most of the entertainers, film-makers, ect were those who grew up in the 1950s and 1960s, thus the amount of "Happy Days" pop culture reflecting on the "Glory Days" of the 1950s and 1960s.

Everything from "Back to the Future" (escaping the present and going into the happy days of 1955) to hit songs like "Summer of '69" (despite having nothing to do with the year 1969) and "'65 Love Affair" where teens in the 1980s were somehow supposed to reflect on love affairs they had in 1965. That song clearly was aimed at those who were already in the 30s and 40s, and was originally titled "'55 Love Affair".



The popular culture combined the traditional Reagan-era family values with the retrospecting of the 1950s to allow a picturesque decade.



It was a decade where people embraced business and opportunity. Even film villain's like "Gordon Gekko" became almost a protagonist to the viewer. Indeed, his return in 2010's "Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps" almost shows him a savior of the Obama era who can help bring us back to the days of Reaganomics.



It was a decade where even liberal music agenda's were embraced as patriotic. Ronald Reagan's re-election campaign jumped the opportunity with Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the U.S.A." and people drowned out the verses which clearly spoke a nihilistic attitude towards the era of Ronald Reagan. But people heard simply, "BORN IN THE U.S.A." as a patriotic anthem of sorts coinciding with the right-wing President's prodigious and colossal re-election victory.

Even Madonna can be added into the mix. As Reagan began his second term and continued to try and boost the economy further from the gains made in the first four years, radio's blared out with such phrases as, "We are living in a material world".

Styles. Oh boy. I'm gonna get scalded for this one. YES, I like the styles, especially women's hairstyles, in the 1980s. Keep in mind out here in Ohio, much of these hairstyles continued until around 1994 or so when the "Rachel from Friends" look was in. Even as a boy, I was not pleased and I remember saying so a good 10-15 years ago, even.

When teens in the 2010s try to throw 80s parties, they fail miserably. Sure, they put on leg warmers and make their hair look big, but they miss just how insanely peculiar the styles of the 1980s were.

Look at the woman on the left:


I think she's smokin' hot. Gorgeous. Of course that's my personal opinion, but that is an authentic yearbook photo from 1987.

Now some teen girls throwing their 80s party think that THIS is 80s hair:


...it's not.

If you wanna throw an 80s party and you're a teenage girl, go into your mom's closet. Find her curling iron, pump high heels, some black or tan pantyhose, a tight skirt and a blouse (without shoulder pads, even die hard 80s fans detest those) and then put in some of her hoop earrings and then maybe you can pull it off. That's 80s fashion, not "like...OMG...WTF....I have leg warmers LOL".

Another thing about girls of the 80s.

Look at this woman:


Beautiful, glamorous, mature, elegant woman. 29, 32, 35 years old? Maybe 40 years old? right?

Wrong. That is a photo of an 18 year old girl from her senior yearbook. What a difference from 18 year old girls today who essentially look like kids.

Indeed, given my history and my predisposition for dating older women, I'd much rather prefer 18 year olds still looked like this:



Basically, girls looked older.

Everything in the 1980s was old. Indeed, movies had older stars, the characters they played were often older, musicians whom teens were listening to the radio were older, girls looked older, and the President of the United States was the oldest in history.

Take the film "Three Men and a Baby". Three men all near 40 having to take care of a baby left on the doorstep. How much you wanna bet that if they remade that (shudder) they would have Zak Efron in talks to be one of the guys? It wasn't "Three Dudes and a Baby".



Or how about the film, "Look Who's Talking"? Kirstie Alley plays a 33 year old woman who has an affair with her 50-something year old boss and John Travolta plays a cab driver in his late 30s who becomes a father figure. If they remade this, how much you wanna bet frickin' Miley Cyrus would play the part once played by a 33 year old woman? It's all about the age that makes the difference.

People young and old are always asking, "Why does the pop culture today suck?" The answer is because it's kids who aren't even old enough or intelligent enough making it all the way. Who cares how many times Kim Kardashian has been diddled, or about the girls who are sixteen and pregnant. They reap what they sow but thrusting it (no pun intended) down people's throats is unwarranted.

It seems we had lots of things that were just naturally older or more laid back in the 1980s. Could that be why the 80s were so conservative? I disagree. I think the liberalism of the 1960s and 1970s permanently moved America towards conservatism. 

TO BE CONTINUED....

[Snowstalker Mk. II]

Read the whole thing. Not as beautiful as the others, but I still felt sheer joy.