Les Jones: Whatever Happened to the Brunching Shuttlecocks?

October 07, 2004

Funny Ha-Ha > Whatever Happened to the Brunching Shuttlecocks?

The Brunching Shuttlecocks were a great online comedy troupe. They've gone their separate ways, but I stumbled across some of their new material, and their member spin-off sites.

Shrove Tuesday is a spinoff worth reading. Via jwz. Good stuff includes If all stories were written like science fiction stories, How furries could improve their image, and Why the classic SF future was called off.

Oh, and don't miss Retail college - fall schedule:

HEALTH 110 	Why You Do Need to Shower Every Day
MATH 201 	Help! They Handed Me A Twenty And Coins!
BAGGING 104 	Which Things Can Crush Other Things
SEXUALITY 104 	No, Aprons Don't Make You Gay
PHYSICS 101 	The Magical Red Light That Knows Prices
SEXUALITY 155 	Please Don't Beat Off in the Restroom
MATH 102 	Bring Two Mops and One Bucket to Aisle Four for a V8 Spill
MATH 106 	How Many Hours Equal a New DVD?
SOCIOLOGY 210 	Things To Say To That One Bagger Who's Retarded

The Shutupicrat by Lore.

Specialized phone sex lines.

Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Foreshadowing:

"Okay, me and the rest of the Bothans will be back soon with the information! Don't worry, we won't die!"
"Golly, no one will ever make the Kessel Run in less than 12 parsecs!"

"Let's remove R2's jet rockets and put in some sort of teddy bear zapping device instead."

"If I ever have a son, I'd like him to have my lightsaber when he's old enough. But not to use against me!"

Speaking of Star Wars, The Weekly Standard has the 411 on those Star Wars DVDs.

Posted by lesjones

Comments

From Matt Yglesias:

"the quality of the films seems to be inversely related (V, IV, VI, I, II from best to worst) to George Lucas' measure of control over the product."

I couldn't even make it past 45 minutes of Episode I -- I really tried, twice even. How did you do it, Les? It's just unbearable. The single most excruciatingly awful movie I've ever seen.

After that, I just decided to convince myself that the prequels didn't even exist, and be done with it. Three good movies is plenty. But noooooo. Lucas won't even let me get away with that, now, apparently. Sheesh.

[I just read page 2 of the WS article: "After seeing The Phantom Menace and Attack of the Clones, some Star Wars fans believed that they would be able to stick their heads in the sand and continue to enjoy the originals by pretending that the new installments never happened. George Lucas has now denied them even that cold comfort."

Ha.
Sob.

Bite me, Lucas]

Posted by: Steve K. at October 07, 2004

I saw Episode I the day it opened, which made me tolerate some of the worst parts, which I really noticed the second time I saw it. I eventually saw II on DVD, and it was tolerable.

But, yeah, Lucas is screwing up his legacy.

Posted by: Les Jones at October 07, 2004

Heh..."Once computers brought us porn, we were done."

Posted by: Thibodeaux at October 07, 2004