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06-06-2018 , 04:21 PM
**** old comedy acts. But the problem is there aren't many true comedy acts these days. There are pairs of actors who work together often, but I wouldn't really consider them an act. But for a recent comedy act I am going with Key and Peele
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06-06-2018 , 04:40 PM
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Originally Posted by SuqAta8
Im kinda confused by that pick tbh

My understanding is that those technologies rely on the emission of radio waves. A radio is just one technology that interprets the waves vocally

Maybe im looking at it the wrong way

Nonetheless the radio was a pivotal invention
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Originally Posted by master3004
I'm with Suq. Radio is a great and pivotal invention, but does not require that it evolved the way it did to have what we have today.
It's all about transmission and reception in a meaningful way. A cell phone is basically a small computer and a radio. All the communication methods I mentioned essentially use a radio to send/receive. I would mention [UNDRAFTED], but not until the end of the category.
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06-06-2018 , 04:42 PM
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Originally Posted by chuckleslovakian
**** old comedy acts. But the problem is there aren't many true comedy acts these days. There are pairs of actors who work together often, but I wouldn't really consider them an act. But for a recent comedy act I am going with Key and Peele
Thats a perfectly cromulent pick
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06-06-2018 , 04:44 PM
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Originally Posted by chuckleslovakian
**** old comedy acts. But the problem is there aren't many true comedy acts these days. There are pairs of actors who work together often, but I wouldn't really consider them an act. But for a recent comedy act I am going with Key and Peele
Certainly well known, and popular for a while, but I don't find them that funny. I may like each of them better when not together.
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06-06-2018 , 05:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Bloobird
Daniel Day-Lewis

[X] only man to have won three best actor Oscars
[X] named world's greatest actor by TIME
[X] drank your milkshake
DDL was my 1b. I think Streep just edges him out based on overall resume.
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06-06-2018 , 05:30 PM
I wouldn't watch a movie with either of them, but YMMV.
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06-06-2018 , 05:57 PM
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Originally Posted by chuckleslovakian
**** old comedy acts. But the problem is there aren't many true comedy acts these days. There are pairs of actors who work together often, but I wouldn't really consider them an act. But for a recent comedy act I am going with Key and Peele
i havent seen much of their stuff, but this one always makes me laugh

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06-06-2018 , 07:59 PM
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Originally Posted by eyebooger
A sports moment doesn't get more jaw dropping than this:

Nice catch, but not really what I would consider a sports highlight tbh. If he had done that in the final seconds to win the Superbowl or something, it would elevate it to elite level, but as is, the catch was kinda inconsequential.
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06-06-2018 , 08:16 PM
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Originally Posted by JMurder3
You guys nabbed my #4 & #5 airlines, but I'll take my #1 airline.

Singapore Airlines

Write-up some other time.
I put this category in because I figured that:

-world travelers would have some good first-hand knowledge/insights
-those who don't travel lots internationally would learn a bit with some easy research
-and, it was not a USA-centric question
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06-06-2018 , 08:38 PM
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For sporting highlight I'll take Steve Bradbury


Steven Bradbury wins Australia their first gold medal at the Winter Olympics after an outrageous series of events, where everyone he comes up against in the semi-final and final of the speed skating do their best Bambi impression at the worst possible time.

Steve Bradbury's story is the classic underdog script, but a little too unbelievable to pass as fiction... Ice-based sports are a little hard to practice for in Australia. He had broken bones, been close to death from getting sliced by a skate blade, had given up durries and stubbies at barbies for two bloody weeks, and made many more sacrifices to achieve his dream.

An inspirational story, one which tells us that we should never give up, no matter what the odds. All of our dreams could come true, and in the most dramatic way possible! Cheers Steve!
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06-06-2018 , 08:40 PM
spurs, come codenames
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06-06-2018 , 08:49 PM
DrafterSleepSports HighlightActor/ActressNational FlagInventionTV CommercialSuperpowerComedy ActDestructive ThingD&D MonsterAirlineRemain
BiteMeFish23-6 Sidney Poitier Combustion Engine     Emirates7
chuckeslovakianNot til Brooklyn    Terry Tate LinebackerTelekinesisKey and PeeleGuns  6
eyebooger23-6Odell Beckham Jr catch  The Wheel TeleportationAbbott and Costello   6
JMurder31-8   Electricity ImmortalityMonty Python  Singapore6
Bloobird0-24 Daniel Day-LewisBrazil   The Marx Brothers Beholder 6
e_holle23-6   Radio  The Kids in the HallAutomobile Qatar6
SuqAta82-9  NepalInternetHead on  Religion  6
Carl_Spackler0-7 Meryl Steep   Control timeThe Three Stooges Mind Flayer 6
rtspurs22-5Steven Bradbury gold medalMarlon BrandoMozambique    Money  6
master30041-8 Tom Hanks Smartphone  Gene Wilder and Richard PryorTobacco  6
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06-06-2018 , 08:59 PM
I like how the name of the guy to cause the big pileup in Bradbury's race is Ohno.
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06-06-2018 , 09:21 PM
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Originally Posted by D1iabol1cal
I like how the name of the guy to cause the big pileup in Bradbury's race is Ohno.
Too perfect!
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06-06-2018 , 09:26 PM
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Steven Bradbury wins Australia their first gold medal at the Winter Olympics after an outrageous series of events, where everyone he comes up against in the semi-final and final of the speed skating do their best Bambi impression at the worst possible time.

Steve Bradbury's story is the classic underdog script, but a little too unbelievable to pass as fiction... Ice-based sports are a little hard to practice for in Australia. He had broken bones, been close to death from getting sliced by a skate blade, had given up durries and stubbies at barbies for two bloody weeks, and made many more sacrifices to achieve his dream.

An inspirational story, one which tells us that we should never give up, no matter what the odds. All of our dreams could come true, and in the most dramatic way possible! Cheers Steve!
Yaaaaaaaaaawn
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06-06-2018 , 09:32 PM
I think that category is pretty hard to pick for, because unless you follow the sport and were watching it live, it probably isn't going to mean a great deal to you.
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06-06-2018 , 09:36 PM
I couldn't find a great Steve Bradbury video that does him justice to be honest; its a story crying out for some good production value, and maybe a mad Aussie commentating on the races.
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06-06-2018 , 09:38 PM
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Originally Posted by D1iabol1cal
I think that category is pretty hard to pick for, because unless you follow the sport and were watching it live, it probably isn't going to mean a great deal to you.
I've got the number one, regardless of whether one was around to see it or not. Ten more picks with no snipe and you'll agree with me.
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06-06-2018 , 09:52 PM
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Originally Posted by rtspurs
I couldn't find a great Steve Bradbury video that does him justice to be honest; its a story crying out for some good production value, and maybe a mad Aussie commentating on the races.
I'm shocked there hasn't been a movie made about him yet. Aussies lap that **** up.

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Originally Posted by master3004
I've got the number one, regardless of whether one was around to see it or not. Ten more picks with no snipe and you'll agree with me.
If it's anything like your clear #1 sports record, I doubt it. But I guess we'll see!
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06-06-2018 , 10:19 PM
I bet its a baseball that caught fire
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06-06-2018 , 10:23 PM
or somebody who hit a baseball twice in a row
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06-06-2018 , 10:27 PM
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Originally Posted by rtspurs
I bet its a baseball that caught fire
Its a baseball thats thrown 56 times consecutively, duh.
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06-07-2018 , 12:04 AM
It's been enough time to skip, and about to call it a night so I'm just going to pick again

Sports Highlights

Dwetzel said historical relevance isn't important. I don't think it is for this clip, but it does make it that much better. I mean this is a top 2 rivalry in college football, and this was for a spot in the SEC championship game, and likely the NCAA championship game...

So...

2013 #1 Alabama @ #4 Auburn

Game is tied 28-28 and Alabama has the ball. Nick Saban calls a run play to get inside field goal range. It looks like the time runs out but Saban argues with the refs. Refs review it and decide 1 second should be put back on the clock...Alabama lines up to kick a 56 yd FG with 1 second left on the clock for the win...





KICK SIX

Last edited by chuckleslovakian; 06-07-2018 at 12:09 AM.
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06-07-2018 , 01:17 AM
For comedy: Laurel and Hardy
For D&D: Tarrasque

Write-ups maybe when I'm sober ish
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06-07-2018 , 06:43 AM
Going to have to take the only person ever to win 4 acting Oscars, the first and last one coming nearly 50 years apart.

Not only an Oscar collector, she also did goofball comedies and Shakespearean theatre.

Also, she redefined what it was to be a big-time actress. She was a modern, independent woman far ahead of her time.

Katharine Hepburn

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