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my friend armin mentioned yesterday that the german terrorists in the latest south park episode, “super fun time”, reminded him a lot of the ones from the 1988 movie “die hard”.
turns out he was right:
for comparison, here’s an image from “die hard”:
in “die hard”, the name of the villains’ leader is hans gruber (played by alan rickman) – in this southpark episode, his name is franz. i guess that’s about as close as they could get without risking a lawsuit?
by the way: in the german version of “die hard” (titled “stirb langsam”), the names of the terrorists had to be changed into english ones – hans, karl, heinrich, were changed to jack, charlie and henry.
update: note how the woman’s face is obscured by hans gruber in both images.
have you ever wondered what the internet looks like?
have you heard other people say things like “the internet doesn’t work” or “we now have the internet at home”?
imho, the funniest part of this scene from south park is the reference to “close encounter of the third kind”:
south park: close encounter of the internet kind
the original scene from “close encounter of the third kind”:
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my hobby: finding animal references where others wouldn’t look for them.
“payANT”
french parking fee reminder in strasbourg, france
previously found: my hobby (animal references, pt. 1)
we’ve been rehearsing a new missa, written by the choir’s director himself.
today, some of the boys (ages 7-13) had questions about tomorrow’s premiere (it will be performed during a mass, quite appropriately):
boy #1 asks: “are we going to sing just that thingummy or other songs as well?”
director (who is also the composer): “we are just going to sing that thingummy.”boy #2 asks: “will we sing it in one piece or with interruptions?”
director: “if by interruptions you mean the lection, the gospel or the consecration, then there are going to be interruptions.”
he’s been working with children for years, but answering these questions as dryly and neutrally as he did… that’s a masterstroke of it’s own.
