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The trailblazing comic improviser Jonathan Winters, who died Thursday at age 87, was a seminal influence on scores of comedians and the person Robin Williams credits as his mentor. Winters' high energy, unpredictable and often surreal comic riffs included an array of characters, reenactments of movie scenes and pointed, quick-morphing sound effects that he often produced on the spot. Take, for example, his 1964 appearance on "The Jack Paar Program." In order to illustrate Winters' genius for creating comedy out of thin air, Paar gave him a simple wooden stick. “Do something with the stick” Paar said, and in what’s...

Meryl Streep called her "a pioneer, willingly or unwillingly, for the role of women in politics". Continue reading the main story Figures from the arts and entertainment world have given their reaction to the death of Baroness Thatcher who has died at the age of 87 following a stroke. The former Prime Minister was famously played by Meryl Streep who won an Oscar for her performance in The Iron Lady. In a statement, Streep called her "a figure of awe for her personal strength and grit". Artist Richard Stone, who painted her on several occasions, said: "Her kindness is my...

It seems like Drew Barrymore can do it all: act, direct, produce, run businesses and be a mom — but she confesses that is far from the truth. “I can’t and I don’t,” Barrymore said at Lucky‘s Fashion and Beauty Blog Conference Thursday in Los Angeles.“I was raised in that generation of women can have it all, and I don’t think you can. I think some things fall off the table. The good news is, what does stay on the table becomes much more in focus and much more important.”

Later, during one of the panel discussions at the conference, the Big Miracle star, 38, said she walked away from some of her goals because she didn't want to be absent for any of the big moments in Olive's childhood. "You know that you're going to miss out on your child’s upbringing or you realize that your relationship is going to suffer if you work night and day and weekends," she explained. (Barrymore married art consultant Will Kopelman in June 2012 in Montecito, Calif.) "Unfortunately, I was raised in this like generation of like, 'Women can have it all,' and...

The Environmental Refugee & the Bi-Polar Bear – Intellectual Froglegs #24 It was the best of frauds, it was the worst of frauds. Springtime blizzards sure can be inspirational... and entertaining. Despite being debunked at every turn— the Eco-Commies remain undeterred. Just a glimpse at their ‘less than 4 decade old’ metamorphosis—’Global Cooling to Global Warming to the now safe “Climate Change’—now, no matter what happens…they can say “See…I told you!� Speaking of ‘Sea Quest’— President Obama forces Americans to sacrifice ‘air safety’ by closing 149 Air Traffic Control Towers due to ‘budgetary constraints’…  yet he can ‘scrape up’ $500...

Reprise of legendary 1967 TV battle between Shatner's Captain Kirk and lizard-like alien Gorn puts spotlight on the upcoming release of STAR TREK: THE VIDEO GAME.

FR CANTEEN MISSION STATEMENT Showing support and boosting the morale of our military and our allied military and the family members of the above.Honoring those who have served before. Fabulous FRiday FAVORITES Tell us about your favorite Doggie Movie LADY AND THE TRAMP (1955) OLD YELLER (1957) CATS & DOGS (2001) SNOW DOGS (2002) SNOW BUDDIES (2008) Come on in and join the conversation. Share your favorite Dog Movie and tell us your favorite part. Remember, the Canteen is a family friendly place. We welcome the military, our allies, and their families.Continued prayers for the success and completion of...

The Liberal Whisperer - Intellectual Froglegs No. 23 “The Bible� on the History Channel is pulling ratings of biblical proportions… yet Hollywood continues to ignore America’s pleas for decency at the box office. Not enough Congressmen are as sensitive as 'our favorite democrat', Hank—who has a run-in with …the ‘M’ word. Tunage from AC/CD, The Blues Brothers, Montrose (w/ Sammy Hagar), Queen and Steve Miller…. AND—> “The RETURN of The Oldest Woman in the World.�Watch #23 now

Yoko Ono tweeted a photo of John Lennon’s bloody glasses this week. Why? Well, she was celebrating her 44th wedding anniversary to the late Beatles singer. Ono sat down to reflect about Lennon’s life and death this week and she came to the conclusion that there have been far too many gun deaths in the world in the 33 years since Lennon was assassinated. Ono wrote on Twitter: “Over 1,057,000 people have been killed by guns in the USA since John Lennon was shot and killed on 8 Dec 1980.” The singer / artist sent out several more messages about...

FR CANTEEN MISSION STATEMENT Showing support and boosting the morale of our military and our allied military and the family members of the above.Honoring those who have served before. FABULOUS FRIDAY FAVORITES Tell us about your favorite Disney Movie. (A Beachy Fav)(Love the horse in Tangled. He's like a dog and funny) (A Beachy Fav)(Boo is so cute)(Of course, I love almost all Disney movies) Remember, the Canteen is a family friendly place. We welcome the military, our allies, and their families.Continued prayers for the success and completion of your mission. Prayers for your safe return home.

FR CANTEEN MISSION STATEMENT Showing support and boosting the morale of our military and our allied military and the family members of the above.Honoring those who have served before. Fabulous FRiday FAVORITES Tell us about your favorite War Movie. Apocalypse Now (1979) Saving Private Ryan (1998) The Hurt Locker (2008) The Dirty Dozen (1967) All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) Platoon (1986) Patton (1970) We Were Soldiers (2002) (Beachy's Fav) Remember, the Canteen is a family friendly place. We welcome the military, our allies, and their families.Continued prayers for the success and completion of your mission. Prayers for...

For Immediate Release 2/13/2013 There is substantial interest in creating a film adaptation of the Terry Lakin Story, "OFFICER'S OATH." This is a poignant, heroic story that must not be forgotten, or falsely relegated to the "conspiracy theory" chapter in the annals of our national history. Terry knowingly sacrificed his military career, endured a court-martial, and ultimately spent nearly half a year in Leavenworth Prison simply for standing up for the Constitution he pledged to uphold and defend. His story is detailed in the book "An Officer's Oath," which is recommended reading for anybody who reveres this country and the...

“Vegetarian Ham� Intellectual Froglegs #18Conservative Comedy/Brain Candy at its finest! In THIS action packed episode, Joe Dan graciously smacks the crap out of 'Pissed off liberals & Rinos" PLUS.....Wild Bill For America, Ted Nugent, Chaka Khan, GROUCHO MARX, LANCELOT LINK and ‘all natural’ tube-shaped, chicken-flavored ‘vegetarian’ ham made in China. WATCH NOW Thank us later SUPPORT CONSERVATIVE ENTERTAINMENT

Because Chuck Woolerly Said So A lot of us Freepers alread know about Intellectual Froglegs, and now Chuck Woolery has jumped on board! So without further delay, Here's the latest"Rulers & Peasants" http://youtu.be/Sbmee0K2cV8

Gomer Pyle, USMC, in his 80s, just got married to some guy from Hawaii; some player from Notre Dame had a dead virtual girlfriend who really wasn't alive; and the media are reporting that we've been out of the recession since March of 2009. Well as Gomer would have said, "Golly!" I really don't give a flip who Jim Nabors, who played Gomer, marries and can't really find a reason to understand why Notre Dame's Manti Te'o's private online non-love-life matters, either. But then again, as we enter 2013, let's consider all of the crazy things we never thought...

I bought my first World Almanac in the last week of December 1970 (I have bought one each year since then). I was fascinatined by the miscellaneous facts and statistics. One section I enjoyed was the "celebrities" section, giving the birth place and birth years of famous people in the entertainment business. Of course, there were many listed in this section I had never heard of. One of my major discoveries was the "one-name celebrities." I had never heard of such a thing before. But here they were--Annabella, Cantinflas, Dagmar, Fabian, Fernandel, Genevieve, Hildegarde, and Margo. Who were these people?...

Conservative Brain Candy...Intellectual Froglegs No. 16 The Schools and the Media How did left-wing radical fruitcakes like the Taxman in Chief take control of America and steer it on a course that history has repeatedly proven leads to disaster? True moonbats have always been a small percentage of the population. But even if their ideology is communist crazy, their strategy is sound. They took over the schools and the media. From there destroying America has been child’s play.  Class is in session at Joe Dan Gorman’s Frogleg University- Dave at Moonbattery Cool tunage from: Kansas, The O’Jays, Chicago, ZZ Top, Led...

R'n'B-pop diva Beyonce Knowles, "American Idol" winner Kelly Clarkson and Grammy Award-winning artist James Taylor are just some of the artists tapped by re-elected U.S. president Barack Obama to perform the country's most patriotic songs during his upcoming inauguration ceremony on January 21. Beyonce is chosen to deliver the U.S. national anthem "The Star Spangled Banner", Kelly is selected to sing "My Country 'Tis of Thee" and James is invited again to perform "America the Beautiful".

FR CANTEEN MISSION STATEMENT Showing support and boosting the morale of our military and our allied military and the family members of the above.Honoring those who have served before. Fabulous FRiday FAVORITES Tell us about your favorite New Years Tradition(s).KISSING The purpose of kissing a loved one at midnight is to bring good luck to the relationship for the next year. EATINGPork is a lucky food for New Year’s daybecause pigs root forward when they eat. Southerners believe eating black-eyed peas on New Year’s Day brings fortune, while others believe lentil soup is lucky. Watch The Ball Drop?Do you...

We are being played; it's time we learned the game. Conservatives have their Constitution. Progressives have their Narrative. The current battle for America is between these two concepts, and each side uses different rules to fight it. One set of rules is consistent with an unchanging objective: limited government and individual freedoms. The other side's rules are as fickle as their goals, which are never fully disclosed beyond the equivocal references to fairness and hyphenated forms of justice. They will have to remain vague and deny their true allegiances until a time when American voters will no longer squirm at...

I first caught the musical “Les Misérables” back in 1987, when it made its U.S. debut on Broadway. My lasting memory of the Tony Award winning production, which enjoyed the third-longest run on the Great White Way after “Cats” and “Phantom of the Opera,” is that much of the audience wept through Act II. As “Les Miserables” appears this holiday season on movie screens throughout the country, featuring the vocal talents of actors Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway and Amanda Seyfried, among others, I now think the musical decidedly spiritual entertainment. It’s not that “Les Miz” has changed since...

Dangerous Liberal Fairy Tales (Froglegs #15) Make no mistake... it was not guns that placed those children in harm’s way.  The NRA did not place those children in harm’s way.  Even the lunatic with the gun did not place these children in harm’s way….  Liberalism’s deadly fairy-tale of Gun Free School Zones did..  The president and his children are protected by guns.  Are our kids worth less?  PLUS…Uncle Omar gets an Obama Phone! Cameos from Alfonzo Rachel & the Prophet Joe-Hammed. Watch Intellectual Froglegs #15 with Exttra Yuletide Sauce Now

FR CANTEEN MISSION STATEMENT Showing support and boosting the morale of our military and our allied military and the family members of the above.Honoring those who have served before. Fabulous FRiday FAVORITES Tell us about your favorite Christmas present(s) or memory. Only four more days before ChristmasNo shaking, sniffing, or trying to pry off the tape on the presents under the tree.Santa will know. He sees you went you're sleeping. Remember, the Canteen is a family friendly place. We welcome the military, our allies, and their families.Continued prayers for the success and completion of your mission. Prayers for your...

In the wake of past mass shootings, when the “national conversation” has focused exclusively on guns, I have argued that our appallingly inadequate mental-health system was a better subject of reform. At least half of the shooters in the rampage killings that are ripping our hearts out are young men with serious mental illnesses, and our system has neither the legal nor the financial resources to get them the treatment and restraint that they, and we, desperately need. This time, mental-health reform has received passing mention, along with the usual pleas for gun control, better security at schools, and so...

In the wake of past mass shootings, when the "national conversation" has focused exclusively on guns, I have argued that our appallingly inadequate mental health system was a better subject of reform. At least half of the shooters in the rampage killings that are ripping our hearts out are young men with serious mental illnesses, and our system has neither the legal nor the financial resources to get them the treatment and/or restraint that they, and we, desperately need. This time, mental health reform has received passing mention, along with the usual pleas for gun control, better security at schools,...

Two weeks ago, Oscar-winning actor Jamie Foxx made national headlines when he called President Obama "Our lord and savior." While hosting NBC's Saturday Night Live this weekend, Foxx joked about how in his new film "Django Unchained," "I kill all the white people in the movie. How great is that?" (video follows with transcript and commentary):CLICK ABOVE LINK FOR THE VIDEO JAMIE FOXX: My name is Jamie Foxx. Give it up, give it up, New York City, Saturday Night Live. Come on, make some noise, man. New York City, New York City, Brooklyn, Staten Island, Queens, it’s crazy. I'm...

Congratulations to the GOP for losing the easiest election of our lifetimes. Over the past four years, Obama has been exposed as a liar, a fraud, a charlatan and a scam. We’ve seen his policies of racism, divisiveness and class warfare tear at the fabric of our society on a daily basis. We’ve seen the national debt go up by $5 trillion during his watch. We’ve seen the value of the dollar go down dramatically over that same time. We’ve seen ambassadors killed overseas while he sits around and laughs it up with daytime talk show hosts. On top of...

“Repeat the truth often enough� Froglegs Lucky 13 It's 2012.... so why in the hell are we still banning books, and intentionally hiding information from ourselves?   Well..."the more we know, the more we know we don't know." Rarely do you hear someone use the word 'bullsh*t" while defending God.  Enjoy Joe Dan Gorman's latest journey through the 'Land of Rational Thought' Watch Intellectual Froglegs #13 now...

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With only a limited theatrical release last week, Steven Spielberg’s latest work of imaginative fiction is scheduled for wide release today. I know Hollywood plays fast and loose with history, but when they go out of their way to get the wallpaper in Lincoln’s office exactly right, and use a recording of his actual watch as the sound effect for his movie watch, but pay little deference to his actual statements or opinions… something must be said. People are seriously calling the Lincoln movie a “much needed civics lesson.” In reality it’s essentially a 2.5 hour courtroom drama about slavery...

"Come in from the ledge" Intellectual Froglegs #12 Problems are easy to find... Solutions not so much---unless of course you watch Intellectual Froglegs #12... the absolute best new conservative show on the wild, wild web [now a regular feature on Moonbattery & Alfonzo Rachel]. Nov 6 was a sad day indeed for the United States of America...but to be humbled is NOT to be defeated,  And giving up is not an option.  This is a NEW America… and we’re going to need new ideas and new behaviors.  We gotta place our faith in God, and we have to be smart. So come...

FR CANTEEN MISSION STATEMENT Showing support and boosting the morale of our military and our allied military and the family members of the above.Honoring those who have served before. Fabulous FRiday FAVORITES Tell us about your favorite Girlie movie. Hope you enjoyed tonight's threadand want to watch your favorite movie.Come on guys, we know you like them too. Remember, the Canteen is a family friendly place. We welcome the military, our allies, and their families.Continued prayers for the success and completion of your mission. Prayers for your safe return home.

Cleveland, OH — Perhaps because of its last-minute nature, only a small group of people were in attendance this morning for an Obama get-out-the-vote rally featuring legendary music superstar Stevie Wonder giving a free concert.The event was held at Cleveland State University in the city of Cleveland, Ohio, starting at 9:30 am.According to the Cleveland Plain Dealer, “Fewer than 200 people showed up to watch Wonder perform a handful of his hits at the early voting event in support of President Barack Obama.�The Washington Post reports that the crowd was only 50.The Plain Dealer added that Obama for America...

FR CANTEEN MISSION STATEMENT Showing support and boosting the morale of our military and our allied military and the family members of the above.Honoring those who have served before. Fabulous FRidayPresents FAVORITES Tell us about your favorite western movie. Hope you enjoyed tonight's threadand now want to watch your favorite movie. Remember, the Canteen is a family friendly place. We welcome the military, our allies, and their families.Continued prayers for the success and completion of your mission. Prayers for your safe return home.

FR CANTEEN MISSION STATEMENT Showing support and boosting the morale of our military and our allied military and the family members of the above.Honoring those who have served before. Yes, it's that time of year. Fabulous FRiday PresentsFOOTBALL FUNNIES Join us for a few laughs. Talk about your favorite team. Giggles Here Three Texans, Slim, Billy-Bob and Bubba died and went to heaven. At the pearly gates, they were met by St. Peter, who explained that although it was late and God had retired for the evening, he had asked Albert Einstein to show them around so they wouldn't...

Snoop Dogg highlighted a list of top ten reasons to not vote for Mitt Romney as well as why one should vote for President Obama. The politically incorrect list refers to Romney as a “white n****” who looks like he “says n****” all the time.” Snoop Dogg, who recently changed his name to Snoop Lion, revealed the list, which is not his own, via Instagram. He took a photo of a notebook with the handwritten lists in two columns: “Why I’m Not Voting For Romney” and “Why I Am Voting For Obama.” [See list here] The number one reason cited...

Getting Hooked on "Intellectual Frog Legs" Mohammed's Annual Virgin Jump made me shoot coke out of my nose....LOL   Fast paced, intelligent & a little childish, lol.  Intellectual Frog Legs is a new conservative comedy show that is not only actually funny---it is absolutely hilarious.   Aside from Cool Classic Rock bumpers... this guy has no problem ridiculing the Obamas (BS meter on Barack, Michelles tough manly exterior, eyc).   Extremely well done.   Biggest criticism is that they're too short.   There is not one thing that is politically correct about this show.  Not one. Thank me later....

Fiona Apple is an ignorant fool who should stop criticizing law enforcement and "just shut up and sing," this according to the spokesman for the Hudspeth County Sheriff's Dept, TMZ reports. HCSD Public Information Officer Rusty Fleming is firing back at the singer after she publicly blasted fiour officers for allegedly mistreating her during her arrest for possession of hash and marijuana at a Texas border patrol stop last week. In a rambling statement at her concert following the bust, Apple had threatened to make the cops "f**king famous" as a punishment for their inappropriate actions. Fleming has personally responded...

"The Odd Couple" gets a 2012 makeover with a pair of gay-straight best friends and a familiar cast -- courtesy of the team behind "Will & Grace." 1. It has the magic time slot! Before you get bogged down with silly elements like the "story" or the "cast," just know that CBS likes it enough to put it on at 8:30 p.m. on a Monday. 2. Make that business partners. There's a barrage of gay-related series heading to the broadcast networks this fall...

Chicago’s hip-hop community is in a war of words that has escalated into violence, with the shooting death of a teenage rapper. Tuesday was another night, another homicide in a year in which hundreds of Chicagoans have been gunned down; the murder rate for the year’s first half is up an alarming 38 percent over last year. This time the victim was Joseph Coleman (18-year-old rapper Lil Jojo). The bicycle-riding teen was slain by a drive-by shooter in his South Side Englewood neighborhood. His death starkly punctuated a gang-related war of words and music between Jojo and rapper Lil Reese,...

When the documentary "2016: Obama's America" was released at fewer than 200 theaters earlier this month, Democrats, liberals and other Obama supporters speedily dismissed it as a right-wing polemic, destined to quickly disappear into the nether land of late-night cable and GOP fundraisers. But the movie, pushed nonstop by conservative talk show hosts Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Laura Ingraham and others, took off. When it expanded nationwide to 1,091 screens last weekend, it earned $6.5 million, the seventh-highest weekend gross in the nation. Finding a documentary among the top 10 box office moneymakers in any week "is very, very rare,"...

... what then makes for good entertainment and what qualities does that entertainment have? What causes me to like something when I watch it? What excites me enough to drop money on something and go watch it? ...

FR CANTEEN MISSION STATEMENT Showing support and boosting the morale of our military and our allied military and the family members of the above.Honoring those who have served before. MUSIC NIGHTTo get you all in the moodfor the Saturday music threadFabulous FRiday presents 3 DOORS DOWN 3 Doors Down an American rock band from Escatawpa, Mississippi Formed in 1996 Drummer/vocalist Brad Arnold, guitarist Matt Roberts, and bassist Todd Harrell. Arnold eventually ended up acting as the group's singer because, as he puts it, "nobody else would do it, but I did and enjoyed it a lot." Arnold is also...

The five broadcast television networks will be rolling out 23 new one-hour dramas for the upcoming season. That would normally be good business for Hollywood's hometown industry — with bookings for soundstages and plenty of work for the costumers, camera operators and caterers needed to put a show on the air. Excerpted. See more at site.

FR CANTEEN MISSION STATEMENT Showing support and boosting the morale of our military and our allied military and the family members of the above.Honoring those who have served before. MUSIC NIGHTfor the Saturday music threadFabulous FRiday presents Gladys Knight Gladys Marie KnightBorn May 28, 1944In Atlanta, Georgia. She first achieved minor fame by winning Ted Mack's Original Amateur Hour TV show contest at the age of 7 in 1952. The following year, she, her brother Merald, sister Brenda, and cousins William and Elenor Guest formed a musical group called The Pips. Gladys Knight & the Pips joined the Motown...

FR CANTEEN MISSION STATEMENT Showing support and boosting the morale of our military and our allied military and the family members of the above.Honoring those who have served before. MUSIC NIGHTTo get you all in the moodfor the Saturday music threadFabulous FRiday presents Elvia Aaron PresleyBorn January 8, 1935In Tupelo, Mississippi, Father ~ 18-year-old Vernon Elvis andMother ~ 22-year-old Gladys Love Presley. He is the surviving identical twin to Jesse Garon Presley (stillborn). A cultural icon, he is commonly known by the single name Elvis. He is often referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll" or simply...

Too many of us so called “Christians” today buy into the perversion that is prevalent in entertainment, simply because it’s there, it’s being promoted and we read or hear good reviews. The popularity of such genre does not make it acceptable for us, as Christians, to take part in it. If anything, we should be speaking out against it.

Saw this, and thought that it would be a nice change of pace for Saturday morning- Ron Perlman reprised his role of Hellboy for the Make-A-Wish foundation.

FR CANTEEN MISSION STATEMENT Showing support and boosting the morale of our military and our allied military and the family members of the above.Honoring those who have served before. MUSIC NIGHTTo keep you all in the moodfor the music threadFabulous FRiday presentsTHE FOUR TOPS The Four Tops ~ an American vocal quartet, whose repertoire has included doo-wop, jazz, soul music, R&B, disco, adult contemporary, hard rock, and showtunes. Lead singer Levi Stubbs (born Levi Stubbles, a cousin of Jackie Wilson and brother of The Falcons' Joe Stubbs), groupmates Abdul "Duke" Fakir, Renaldo "Obie" Benson and Lawrence Payton The four...

FR CANTEEN MISSION STATEMENT Showing support and boosting the morale of our military and our allied military and the family members of the above.Honoring those who have served before. MUSIC NIGHTTo keep you all in the moodfor the music threadFabulous FRiday presentsLED ZEPPELIN Led Zeppelin ~ an English rock band. Formed as the New Yardbirds in 1968. The original band members~ guitarist Jimmy Page, singer Robert Plant, bassist/keyboardist John Paul Jones, and drummer John Bonham. They are widely considered to be one of the most successful, innovative and influential rock groups in history. Led Zeppelin are one of the...