# 24 Club - Third Time's the Charm **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 16, 2003, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-club-third-times-the-charm/207696 "2003-10-16T01:36:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Algernon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a183cd/32.png) [@Algernon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algernon)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2003, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-club-third-times-the-charm/207696/21 "2003-10-17T20:21:58Z")
**Nangleator** , the **24 Club** doesn’t watch _24_ during the course of the season, but **KneadToKnow** starts the weekly _24_ thread for the rest of us to discuss each week’s episode. The purpose is to try and control the _24_ threads so that members of the **24 Club** don’t accidentally read any spoilers. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tof](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@The\_Tof](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tof)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2003, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-club-third-times-the-charm/207696/22 "2003-10-17T22:41:31Z")
Wow, you guys have willpower that is unsurpassed. Me, I can barely get through a Sunday without peeking at the NFL Scores so as not to spoil the Charger game I’m taping at home, let alone get through a whole freakin’ season of 24. Insanity! I can hardly wait for the 28th, and anticipate my weekly 24 party like a child waiting for Christmas. My prediction, btw… Jack will suffer debilitating injuries, but quickly shake them off and be back in fine physical shape by the end of the next hour. ---
**Author:** ![Nanook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nanook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nanook)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2003, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-club-third-times-the-charm/207696/23 "2003-10-18T02:40:27Z")
All I can hope is the creators of the show give Kim something more to do besides getting into deep shit and running around with her melons bobbling. The girl can act, for Gesu’s sake! ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2003, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-club-third-times-the-charm/207696/24 "2003-10-18T02:48:37Z")
I’ve read, and I don’t think this is spoiler material, that the makers of _24_ would like to make sure Kim is not the butt of countless jokes. I hope not. She’s part of the fun. Bouncy, bouncy! ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2003, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-club-third-times-the-charm/207696/25 "2003-10-18T05:24:51Z")
> [@](#): > > from _KneadToKnow_ > To qualify for full membership in the 24 Club, you must … > > remain within the best of your ability a complete season 3 virgin until the marathon: no episodes, no commercials, no reading threads, no reading web sites, nothing. It’s an abstinence-based program. ermmmmmm… ummmm… Sorry, **Knead** , can’t do it! But thanks for starting the rockin’ threads, and I especially like your format of providing the links to the previous threads in each new one. So no “24” abstaining for me – I’ll be playing in the threads with **Troy McClure** and **Biggirl** and **MaxCarnage** and the others. See you all there in a couple weeks! ---
**Author:** ![green\_bladder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@green\_bladder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/green_bladder)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2003, 10:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-club-third-times-the-charm/207696/26 "2003-10-18T10:05:51Z")
mm… bouncing. The marathon seems like a cool idea, but since where I am 24:3 comes out on TV only about a year after it does in US, I’ll find that my urge to watch it will be irrepressible. Unless I borrow the entire set when it gets released on DVD. Now, where was I? Ah yes… mm… bouncy, boing-boing… ---
**Author:** ![Space\_Vampire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Space\_Vampire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Space_Vampire)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2003, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-club-third-times-the-charm/207696/27 "2003-10-18T15:50:21Z")
You can always get it through “other channels” if you know what I mean. I know I don’t feel like waiting around for Pearl and their maddeningly spoilery “trivia questions.” I’ll be watching S3 within days of the US broadcast. ---
**Author:** ![green\_bladder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@green\_bladder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/green_bladder)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2003, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-club-third-times-the-charm/207696/28 "2003-10-18T16:08:53Z")
HAH, Pearl’s run by a bunch of morons. They spoil every episode of every series imaginable. I think I know what you mean (I’m seriously out of the loop on this stuff). I guess I’ll be giving myself no choice but to get it through those “channels.” ---
**Author:** ![Soup\_du\_jour](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Soup\_du\_jour](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soup_du_jour)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2003, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-club-third-times-the-charm/207696/29 "2003-10-18T17:33:57Z")
Yeah, I’ll be watching “24,” though I have class until 9:30 on Tuesdays. When does F/X rebroadcast it? ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2003, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-club-third-times-the-charm/207696/30 "2003-10-18T21:57:45Z")
I might this year… I watched it as it was aired the first year (even when it got lame), and then watched ep 1 last year and lost interest…should I come back? ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2003, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-club-third-times-the-charm/207696/31 "2003-10-18T22:19:41Z")
Season 2 was pretty good, **amarinth** , even when it got rediculous. Go rent or buy the Season 2 DVDs so you’ll know what’s going on before S3 starts! ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2003, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-club-third-times-the-charm/207696/32 "2003-10-18T22:35:49Z")
BTW: All TiVo users out there should now have the scheduling information available to get your Season Pass. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2003, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-club-third-times-the-charm/207696/33 "2003-10-18T22:43:40Z")
Well, I’m not a die hard fan in that I don’t watch the whole thing at once, but I got hooked on Season 2. Thanks to Ford for sponsoring the first episode _sans_ commercials again. ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2003, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-club-third-times-the-charm/207696/34 "2003-10-19T22:49:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Soup\_du\_jour \* > \*\*When does F/X rebroadcast it? \*\* Assuming the schedule is the same, FX shows a given episode Monday at 6pm- six days after its broadcast on FOX, and the night before the next episode is shown. Also, a spoiler heads-up. Stay away from the _24_ issue of TV Guide. No major plot spoilers, but there’s a bunch of character info that I would rather not have known (who’s dating who, who’s working where…). ---
**Author:** ![Soup\_du\_jour](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Soup\_du\_jour](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soup_du_jour)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2003, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-club-third-times-the-charm/207696/35 "2003-10-20T02:44:09Z")
Frikken fraggen! I have yet another class on Monday nights that lasts until exactly 7 PM. Perhaps I should schedule next semester’s classes around 24. :dubious: (Yes, I did make up “frikken fraggen” as a generic expletive. It works, too!) ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2003, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-club-third-times-the-charm/207696/36 "2003-10-20T14:26:47Z")
Soup, I do believe that 24 is broadcast on Tuesdays, so you should be fine. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2003, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-club-third-times-the-charm/207696/37 "2003-10-20T16:40:00Z")
Why didn’t this bump up to page 1? Odd. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-club-third-times-the-charm/207696/38 "2003-12-09T03:16:37Z")
Hey, clubbers. If you’re using 6-hour tapes, it’s time to change 'em. ---
**Author:** ![Algernon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a183cd/32.png) [@Algernon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algernon)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2004, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-club-third-times-the-charm/207696/39 "2004-01-30T16:55:35Z")
Stopping in as requested, sir! :: snaps off a crisp salute :: Ahem. Regarding the popularity of your weekly 24 threads. I appreciate them. I like to know that I can depend on the fact that every new episode to be aired will have an informatively titled thread, just waiting for comment. Like you, I’ve noticed less participation than in the past. I wonder if it has something to do with the general flakiness of the boards recently. If you would decide to discontinue the effort, I would understand. But I’d miss them. ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2004, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-club-third-times-the-charm/207696/40 "2004-01-30T18:05:39Z")
Heya, **Knead**. I’ve noticed the drop in participation, and it could be due to people not wanting to deal with the Board, or interest in the show dropping. Either way, I still think there’s enough interest here to support these threads. I think that if the “official” threads weren’t around, someone else’d start the threads. God knows I would. _24_ is a two hour deal for me- spend an hour watching it, and then come to these threads. True, there are other online _24_ communities online, but as with pretty much the rest of the Internet, they ain’t the SDMB. I’ll second Algernon’s statement, “If you would decide to discontinue the effort, I would understand. But I’d miss them.” However, if you dropped them, I’m sure someone else would pick up the slack. And I haven’t seen anything to imply we’re anything but welcome in CS. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-club-third-times-the-charm/207696.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-club-third-times-the-charm/207696.md?page=3)