Wild West

[Gyakuto]

I watched a lot of that as a kid in syndication. In retrospect, I'm not sure why.

We actually got it here in England…it used to be on at 3:40pm on wet Sunday afternoons just before ‘The Ghosts of Motley Hall’. There was nothing else to watch, so it was forced viewing. I don’t know why I remember it’s theme music

 

[Steve]

They misrepresent, medical doctors, scientists, military personnel , astronauts, fighter pilots, firemen and the Minions! When I hear film dialogue between medical people and scientists I cringe! They don’t do much better for the Minions either!

Oh come on. I don't buy it. Next you're going to tell me they misrepresent martial artists. If there's one thing we can count on, it's that the martial arts fights in movies are realistic.

 

[Steve]

We actually got it here in England…it used to be on at 3:40pm on wet Sunday afternoons just before ‘The Ghosts of Motley Hall’. There was nothing else to watch, so it was forced viewing. I don’t know why I remember it’s theme music

Welllll, the first thing you know, ol' Jed's a millionaire.
Kinfolk said, "Jed, move away from there."
Said, "Calliforney is the place ya ought to be."
So they loaded up the truck and they moved to Beverly.
Hills that is, swimming pools... movie stars.

 

[Gyakuto]

Oh come on. I don't buy it. Next you're going to tell me they misrepresent martial artists. If there's one thing we can count on, it's that the martial arts fights in movies are realistic.

Kill Bill, yes. That one where Bruce Lee fights that hairy-chested bloke in the Colosseum…

 

[Gyakuto]

Welllll, the first thing you know, ol' Jed's a millionaire.
Kinfolk said, "Jed, move away from there."
Said, "Calliforney is the place ya ought to be."
So they loaded up the truck and they moved to Beverly.
Hills that is, swimming pools... movie stars.

Oh dear Lord…the second verse

 

[Steve]

Oh dear Lord…the second verse

I still remember the spider man cartoon theme, too.

 

[Gyakuto]

I still remember the spider man cartoon theme, too.

Spider Pig, Spider Pig, does whatever a Spider Pig does…

 

[granfire]

We actually got it here in England…it used to be on at 3:40pm on wet Sunday afternoons just before ‘The Ghosts of Motley Hall’. There was nothing else to watch, so it was forced viewing. I don’t know why I remember it’s theme music

it is a catchy tune

 

[Gyakuto]

it is a catchy tune

I believe The Metallica have covered it

 

[tkdroamer]

I watched a lot of that as a kid in syndication. In retrospect, I'm not sure why.

Beverly Hill Billies?

<Baritone> Come ’n’ listen to my story ‘bout a man named Ged, a poor mountaineer, barely kept his family fed, And then one day he was shooting for some food, and out through the ground cam a-bubbling crude…black gold….Texas Tea….

Jed with a 'J'. Short for Jeddidiah.

 

[Gyakuto]

Jed with a 'J'. Short for Jeddidiah.

Oh! I thought it was Gedderley-Bibbily-Barb

 

[Gyakuto]

Well, ‘The English’ was really excellent and I actually shed a few tears

 

[Steve]

Jed with a 'J'. Short for Jeddidiah.

If we are being like that, it’s actually Jedidiah.

 

[Steve]

I believe The Metallica have covered it

Wait. **The** Metallica? What? That cannot go unchallenged. It’s Metallica. That’s like saying The Pink Floyd. Or The Depeche Mode. It’s just not okay.

 

[Oily Dragon]

Wait. **The** Metallica? What? That cannot go unchallenged. It’s Metallica. That’s like saying The Pink Floyd. Or The Depeche Mode. It’s just not okay.

I'm a bit of a Pink Floyd guru. That middle one is ok.

The band had many many names (Sigma 6!) but the first three that referenced Pink Anderson and Floyd Council were actually The Pink Floyd Sound, followed by just The Pink Floyd, and finally Pink Floyd.

 

[Gyakuto]

Wait. **The** Metallica? What? That cannot go unchallenged. It’s Metallica. That’s like saying The Pink Floyd. Or The Depeche Mode. It’s just not okay.

It actually is The Pink Floyd, The Depeche Mode, The Lynard Skynyard, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones. The English grammars (yes, that is correct ) demands that popular beat combo names have the indefinite article preceding it. The Queen said so and now, The King continues the rule.

(It’s the Karate, the Tae Kwon Do, the Iaido, by-the-way. The rule does not apply to the Chinese combat arts…they’ve been around too long for the English grammars to push them around)

 

[Gyakuto]

Wait. **The** Metallica? What? That cannot go unchallenged. It’s Metallica. That’s like saying The Pink Floyd. Or The Depeche Mode. It’s just not okay.

Also, Metallica is correctly pronounced (as per Nigel Tufnell) ‘Meta-leeka’