Motor City Sonics

Okay, it was more than 3 seconds. I gotta tell you, not knowing it was a BB Gun, David Horowitz could not have been calmer about it.

Its so strange. I flew 2 days after that and had no fear at all. Then when I am in California, I am watching some news show in the afternoon and the guy is talking and someone walks up behind him - in the studio - with a gun - and it cuts to a Technical Difficulties title card immediately It was this...........I saw this live, for about 3 seconds It turned out that guy was the son of one of their contributing reporters (special segments), and they knew him and that's how he got in there. He had this manifesto that he wanted David Horowitz to read. They cut away from this in about 3 seconds but he didn't know that so Horowitz did what he was told and read it. We never saw that part. Turned out it was a BB gun. https://deadline.com/2019/02/david-horowitz-dead-fight-back-held-hostage-on-air-1202560712/

I lived in Dearborn. It was a light rain that night. I was at my Aunt's house just after 8pm to pick something up. She lived at Telegraph between Van Born & Michigan. I do recall hearing some sirens down towards 94 but that's it. Didn't hear any crash or explosions. Had no idea what happened until I went to watch something on TV and all the news stations were in coverage live. If I hadn't watched TV that night I would not have known until the morning. No internet back then. Things were so much different. Now within 10 minutes we'd have people's dash cam footage, cellphone footage, people on the scene, and rumors and conspiracy theories (the government shot it down). I had a flight to California 2 days later. Had to take a very long way and very slow way around to get there because 94 and Middlebelt were still closed. Like Oblong mentioned - I didn't know anyone involved in that cleanup, but a guy I knew was in the reserves and was called in to clean up a crash in Pittsburgh.........the plane flew nose first directly into the ground at 300 mph and the impact and pressure it caused left no person intact. This was out in the woods in some hills. I knew this guy in 1996, two years after the crash and when he brought it up he'd start shaking. I doubt he's ever been the same

There was Jimmy and Tommy and Me and there was Anthony Stabile, Frankie Carbone, and there was Moe Black's brother Fat Andy and his guys Frankie The Wop, Freddie No-Nose and then there was Pete The Killer, who was Sally Balls' brother, Nicky Eyes and Mikey Franzese and Jimmy Two-Times who got that nickname because he said everything twice.

Stomp on the floor a couple of times or smack the wall. I had a dog go mostly deaf but he sensed that.

Will the Texans get punished at all? They knew more than they let on, but then again, as Mike Brady said to Greg. Caveat Emptor. This is so Browns, isn't it? And what was the point of having the judge make her ruling. Big mess. For a league that does so well with marketing and promotion, they sure fuck up things like this.

It's incredible that they based intricate story arcs with great characters based on "Did Lalo send you, it wasn't me, it was Ignacio, he's the one". At the time, it's just a throwaway line to let you know Jimmy is involved in some really bad shit and they made two incredible characters out of that and fit those puzzle pieces so perfectly into the whole story. I wonder how long it took them to put so much together from one line. Another thing that is totally fascinating is that Gus and MIke were never supposed to happen. Tuco and Uncle Hector were supposed to be the villains through the 3 season run of the show that the producers were hoping they'd get, but Raymond Cruz (Tuco) got tired of playing Tuco, it reminded him too much of a murder he witnessed as a kid and he wanted to portray Mexicans in a more positive light, so he asked out of the show and they needed a villain and they came up with the total opposite of Tuco in Gus. Mike happened because the scene where Jane is dead (the morning after Walt could have saved her) was supposed to be Saul coming to the house to clean up. Odenkirk was shooting something else and was not available (Saul himself was only supposed to be in a couple episodes but Odenkirk killed it so much they made him a main character). They had to have someone else shoot the scenes, so they came up with the idea of one of Saul's PIs. They did a casting call and Jonathan Banks was the first or second guy to read for it. When he finished reading they canceled the rest and hired him on the spot - he just nailed it and he too was only supposed to be in that one episode, but he was so fascinating and good they made him a main character. Breaking Bad was supposed to be only 3 seasons and I think something like 30 episodes, and it wasn't doing great on AMC and then Netflix got it and it took off. All of these things happened on the fly and then to come up with a prequel series after all that, and fitting those puzzle pieces together and creating tension when you know the fates of almost everyone. I'm in awe of these guys. I need to find the article but someone posted on You Tube that if you start watching Better Call Saul, you can fit episodes of Breaking Bad into BCS simultaneously and you get the whole story in chronological order (like The Godfather Saga). I'll have to try that.

Nope. Went Jimmy (pre Saul) is shooting a commercial with his rag tag bunch at an Elementary School, the Principal comes out and asks what he's doing (because he did not have permission). He comes up with the story that they are making a documentary about Rupert Holmes (The Pina Colada Song guy) and he went to school here as a kid and Jimmy's own makeup girl says "I thought Rupert Holmes was English" and he talks his way out of that one too.

Take it from me..........I love you. (you need to be a fan of Mr. Show to have any idea what this is).

Huron Valley called me and asked if I could foster Lucy while she goes through her medical crisis. I said yes. If am a foster I won't have to pay for the medical issues but I can give her a home with a yard and a companion. I could adopt her after that if her health allows it. I know I am setting myself up for another heartbreak, but going through what she is, and as sweet as she is, she needs some comfort in her life. If things work out she could survive for a long time. I am going to get her on Saturday morning. I don't think I would experience the kind of heartbreak I had with Diego. He was my best friend for 15 years. If I can make her last months or years happy, why wouldn't I? In honor of Diego.

The "cover" story on Yahoo Sports today is about Matt Patricia being one of two people to call offensive plays for New England. There is a picture of him with his stupid pencil behind his ear. I just want to punch my computer. I hate him so much. Sick of that smug look. He's an asshole and a terrible coach and my two rooting interests are for the Lions to be better and for him to fail miserably. One of my all time most hated people to have anything to do with sports in Detroit or just about anywhere else.

They did that biopsy on Lucy for a mass in her chest and it turns out that it was a malignant tumor. She'll probably have it removed this week and we'll see how it goes from there. Poor girl. If they think she can recover I'm still probably going to adopt her and even if she has a short time I might be willing to give her a nice place to live for the end of her short life if they don't recommend euthanizing her immediately.

Congratulations on earning your law degree Jimmy McGill

I don't know if anyone noticed in episode 6 x 12 but when Kim was at the backyard party the song in the background was Escape (The Pina Colada Song) and it's the second time in the series that song has been referenced. Does anyone remember the first?

I have been a fan of Bod Odenkirk since Mr. Show. I know he was around before then but Mr. Show is on my Mount Rushmore of Sketch Comedy shows along with Monty Python's Flying Circus, Kids In the Hall and SCTV (and it's Canadian weirdness). I think his playing multiple characters every week was great training for Better Call Saul. Just because he played Mr. Show characters for laughs, it doesn't mean he wasn't doing some great acting and a lot of times David Cross got the more bawdy humor and Bob had the harder role of the straight man. I love how Mr. Show's "Senator Tankerbell" showed up for Better Call Saul (when he played Huell's pastor). He played 3 different characters on this show and it's some of the best acting you'll ever see. Saul was a pretty one-dimensional guy on Breaking Bad and Odenkirk totally changed that. I don't think he's won an Emmy for this show yet and that's a shame.

It felt like a different show tonight. One last scheme but we didn't get to see how he built the scheme, we just saw the end of his bargaining. Did it stick the landing? I say yes, but in subtle ways. A show that is so full of surprises, the two surprises in this episode was that the chase was over in 5 minutes. His greed got him. Going back for the diamonds. I was thinking the last episode when Jeff got arrested that he should have hung up that phone grabbed his diamonds, stolen watches and scammed cash and skidaddled immediately, but he got cocky. Thought he was going to walk into the police station and play them right under their noses, but a 90 year old lady with a Life Alert brought him down. The other surprise is that he owned up to it all. First time in his life. He still gets to be a celebrity and he's probably jailhouse lawyering everyone in the joint - it's the thing that keeps him safe and alive in there. Awfully brave choice to have the last 4 episodes in black & white. So Vince, what's next, buddy............I'm in !

He got what he deserved. Loved the thing with suits at the beginning and the end.

By the way.........you were warned not to come in her in the title of the thread, no complaining.

I missed the first of Kerry Carpenter's 640 career HR for Better Caul Saul?

He did. Everyone knows that..............

What the hell does he have on her? I thought she came clean..................

Blue Bell Mint Chocolate Chip ice cream sales are going to spike.

7 1/2 years? He'd be out NOW ! Holy shit ! This show is going to a current timeline. WOW !

There is another Breaking Bad character showing up too. I don't know who, but I think it will be Bill Burr's Ron Kuby

Two new series with Bob Odenkirk and Giancarlo Esposito next year..............nice !