BJ and the Wikipedia

wELCOME cONSUMER · Post by **wELCOME cONSUMER** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 12:09 am

When doing research, sometimes you come across strange stuff. Looking at Wikipedia tonight, I suddenly felt like Charlton Heston confronting the statue of liberty.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connotation

What's up with my thread title? Ah, such fond memories. :hitting:

wELCOME cONSUMER · Post by **wELCOME cONSUMER** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 11:56 am

Awww, bummer.

Wiki caught on and deleted it. I wonder how long that entry was messed up...? That's one of the greatest aspects/flaws about Wiki: man's ability to tamper. Er, monkey's ability to tamper...? :bubbles

Cloud · Post by **Cloud** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 11:56 am

Those bubbles were designed by Darren Langley.

monkeyboy · Post by **monkeyboy** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 1:43 pm

MONKEY's RULE!

YES! yes!

bulma_gt · Post by **bulma_gt** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 2:32 pm

Im not going to say what went through my mind when I read only the title of this thread... yes I know I have to get out of the gutter from time to time, but what else can I do?

wELCOME cONSUMER · Post by **wELCOME cONSUMER** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 2:40 pm

Yeah. American TV in the 70s/80s tended to skirt that fine line of "cute & innocent" and "wildly inappropriate/WTF were they thinking." If you didn't get the reference, it just proves what a bad name it was for a TV show.

I can't believe the show went on for more than one season

I guess people really like chimps named Bear.

monkeyboy · Post by **monkeyboy** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 7:13 pm

The TV show was inspired by the movie "Every Which Way But Loose" staring Clint Eastwood and Clyde, an orangutan.

This Trailer won't work for me but you may see it if you go here:
http://www.starpulse.com/Actors/Eastwoo ... lers/1782/

Nothing new about Hollywood making movies into TV shows, huh. I guess now they have reversed it and are making TV show into movies.

wELCOME cONSUMER · Post by **wELCOME cONSUMER** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 7:47 pm

I LOVED that movie! I think BJ and the Bear was probably just trying to cash in on the success of those two movies (read: rip off a money making idea). America couldn't get enough of truckers and their monkey partners, I guess.

Your mention of Hollywood making movies into TV and vice versa reminds me of MASH. Saw the movie recently and I don't like it as much as the TV series (which was a spin-off, because the movie was so popular). The chaotic narrative of the movie didn't appeal to me as much as the gritty details present in the show. Sure, there was more blood in the operating room scenes in the movie, but the surgeons seemed to have it pretty easy. The football game seemed tangentile and perhaps too long.

Cloud · Post by **Cloud** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 7:47 pm

A lot of people like that. What is not to like about THAT MOVIE ? What is the greatest nation on Earth?

wELCOME cONSUMER · Post by **wELCOME cONSUMER** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 7:50 pm

Cloud wrote:A lot of people like that. What is not to like about THAT MOVIE?

Well, nothing. The whole movie is likable.

Cloud wrote:What is the greatest nation on Earth?

Bhutan.

monkeyboy · Post by **monkeyboy** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 9:03 pm

Personally, I'm waiting for the 3-D CGed TV series of Casablanca using the actor images from the original movie.

MASH the TV show was far better to me also.

As for the current trend, the Charlie's Angels movies I liked better than the 70's series.