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19983

Favorite Animated shorts (with link, if possible):

  1. The Cat Came Back
  2. Dumb Ways To Die
  3. Allegro Non Tropo - Bolero
  4. The Band Concert
  5. What’s Opera, Doc? (excerpt)
  6. Vincent by Tim Burton
  7. The Rabbit of Seville by Chuck Jones
  8. Jack-Jack Attack, a DVD extra for Pixar’s The Incredibles
  9. George Washington (NSFW language)
  10. The Three Brothers segment from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1.
  11. One Man Band, another great Pixar short.
19984

Favorite Animated shorts (with link, if possible):

  1. The Cat Came Back
  2. Dumb Ways To Die
  3. Allegro Non Tropo - Bolero
  4. The Band Concert
  5. What’s Opera, Doc? (excerpt)
  6. Vincent by Tim Burton
  7. The Rabbit of Seville by Chuck Jones
  8. Jack-Jack Attack, a DVD extra for Pixar’s The Incredibles
  9. George Washington (NSFW language)
  10. The Three Brothers segment from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1.
  11. One Man Band, another great Pixar short.
  12. The Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny
19985

Gotta love the way Sparky812 jumps in, adds a 14th to the 13, and starts a new list…

Favorite Animated shorts (with link, if possible):

  1. The Cat Came Back
  2. Dumb Ways To Die
  3. Allegro Non Tropo - Bolero
  4. The Band Concert
  5. What’s Opera, Doc? (excerpt)
  6. Vincent by Tim Burton
  7. The Rabbit of Seville by Chuck Jones
  8. Jack-Jack Attack, a DVD extra for Pixar’s The Incredibles
  9. George Washington (NSFW language)
  10. The Three Brothers segment from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1.
  11. One Man Band, another great Pixar short.
  12. The Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny
  13. Hillbilly Hare

Anyway, as I was saying, over to you, EH…

19986

Science Fiction in which people either quote, discuss, or perform Shakespeare:

  1. *The Ship Who Sang *by Anne McCaffrey: Romeo and Juliet.
19987

Science Fiction in which people either quote, discuss, or perform Shakespeare:

  1. *The Ship Who Sang *by Anne McCaffrey: Romeo and Juliet.
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  2. Star Trek: TOS - “Conscience of the King”: Hamlet

19988

Science Fiction in which people either quote, discuss, or perform Shakespeare:

  1. The Ship Who Sang by Anne McCaffrey: Romeo and Juliet.
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  2. Star Trek: TOS - “Conscience of the King”: Hamlet

  3. Doctor Who - “The Shakespearean Code”: the Doctor and Martha meet Shakespeare, lost play “Love’s Labour’s Won”

19989

Science Fiction in which people either quote, discuss, or perform Shakespeare:

  1. The Ship Who Sang by Anne McCaffrey: Romeo and Juliet.
  2. Star Trek: TOS - “Conscience of the King”: Hamlet
  3. Doctor Who - “The Shakespearean Code”: the Doctor and Martha meet Shakespeare, lost play “Love’s Labour’s Won”
  4. Star Trek: TNG - various episodes - various plays
19990

Science Fiction in which people either quote, discuss, or perform Shakespeare:

  1. The Ship Who Sang by Anne McCaffrey: Romeo and Juliet.
  2. Star Trek: TOS - “Conscience of the King”: Hamlet
  3. Doctor Who - “The Shakespearean Code”: the Doctor and Martha meet Shakespeare, lost play “Love’s Labour’s Won”
  4. Star Trek: TNG - various episodes - various plays
  5. “No Great Magic” by Fritz Leiber - a “Change War” story in which a Shakespeare play plays a key part.
19991

Science Fiction in which people either quote, discuss, or perform Shakespeare:

  1. The Ship Who Sang by Anne McCaffrey: Romeo and Juliet.
  2. Star Trek: TOS - “Conscience of the King”: Hamlet
  3. Doctor Who - “The Shakespearean Code”: the Doctor and Martha meet Shakespeare, lost play “Love’s Labour’s Won”
  4. Star Trek: TNG - “The Defector” - a scene from “Henry V”
  5. “No Great Magic” by Fritz Leiber - a “Change War” story in which a Shakespeare play plays a key part.

I thought we could be a bit more specific for #4.

19992

Science Fiction in which people either quote, discuss, or perform Shakespeare:

  1. The Ship Who Sang by Anne McCaffrey: Romeo and Juliet.
  2. Star Trek: TOS - “Conscience of the King”: Hamlet
  3. Doctor Who - “The Shakespearean Code”: the Doctor and Martha meet Shakespeare, lost play “Love’s Labour’s Won”
  4. Star Trek: TNG - “The Defector” - a scene from “Henry V”
  5. “No Great Magic” by Fritz Leiber - a “Change War” story in which a Shakespeare play plays a key part.
  6. Star Trek VI - The Undiscovered Country - “You have not experienced Shakespeare until you have read him in the original Klingon.”- Chancellor Gorkon
19993

Science Fiction in which people either quote, discuss, or perform Shakespeare:

  1. The Ship Who Sang by Anne McCaffrey: Romeo and Juliet.
  2. Star Trek: TOS - “Conscience of the King”: Hamlet
  3. Doctor Who - “The Shakespearean Code”: the Doctor and Martha meet Shakespeare, lost play “Love’s Labour’s Won”
  4. Star Trek: TNG - “The Defector” - a scene from “Henry V”
  5. “No Great Magic” by Fritz Leiber - a “Change War” story in which a Shakespeare play plays a key part. (Macbeth–sort of.)
  6. Star Trek VI - The Undiscovered Country - “You have not experienced Shakespeare until you have read him in the original Klingon.”- Chancellor Gorkon
  7. A Civil Campaign by Lois McMaster Bujold–Miles Vorkosigan explains Hamlet to a nine-year-old.
19994

Science Fiction in which people either quote, discuss, or perform Shakespeare:

  1. The Ship Who Sang by Anne McCaffrey: Romeo and Juliet.
  2. Star Trek: TOS - “Conscience of the King”: Hamlet
  3. Doctor Who - “The Shakespearean Code”: the Doctor and Martha meet Shakespeare, lost play “Love’s Labour’s Won”
  4. Star Trek: TNG - “The Defector” - a scene from “Henry V”
  5. “No Great Magic” by Fritz Leiber - a “Change War” story in which a Shakespeare play plays a key part. (Macbeth–sort of.)
  6. Star Trek VI - The Undiscovered Country - “You have not experienced Shakespeare until you have read him in the original Klingon.”- Chancellor Gorkon
  7. A Civil Campaign by Lois McMaster Bujold–Miles Vorkosigan explains Hamlet to a nine-year-old.
  8. “Olympos” by Dan Simmons, --*The Tempest *retold as SF, with numerous quotes from the original.
19995

Science Fiction in which people either quote, discuss, or perform Shakespeare:

  1. The Ship Who Sang by Anne McCaffrey: Romeo and Juliet.
  2. Star Trek: TOS - “Conscience of the King”: Hamlet
  3. Doctor Who - “The Shakespearean Code”: the Doctor and Martha meet Shakespeare, lost play “Love’s Labour’s Won”
  4. Star Trek: TNG - “The Defector” - a scene from “Henry V”
  5. “No Great Magic” by Fritz Leiber - a “Change War” story in which a Shakespeare play plays a key part. (Macbeth–sort of.)
  6. Star Trek VI - The Undiscovered Country - “You have not experienced Shakespeare until you have read him in the original Klingon.”- Chancellor Gorkon
  7. A Civil Campaign by Lois McMaster Bujold–Miles Vorkosigan explains Hamlet to a nine-year-old.
  8. “Olympos” by Dan Simmons, --The Tempest retold as SF, with numerous quotes from the original.
  9. “A Meeting in Valladolid,” a short story by Anthony Burgess - Shakespeare, on tour in Spain, encounters Cervantes.
19996

Science Fiction in which people either quote, discuss, or perform Shakespeare:

  1. The Ship Who Sang by Anne McCaffrey: Romeo and Juliet.
  2. Star Trek: TOS - “Conscience of the King”: Hamlet
  3. Doctor Who - “The Shakespearean Code”: the Doctor and Martha meet Shakespeare, lost play “Love’s Labour’s Won”
  4. Star Trek: TNG - “The Defector” - a scene from “Henry V”
  5. “No Great Magic” by Fritz Leiber - a “Change War” story in which a Shakespeare play plays a key part. (Macbeth–sort of.)
  6. Star Trek VI - The Undiscovered Country - “You have not experienced Shakespeare until you have read him in the original Klingon.”- Chancellor Gorkon
  7. A Civil Campaign by Lois McMaster Bujold–Miles Vorkosigan explains Hamlet to a nine-year-old.
  8. “Olympos” by Dan Simmons, --The Tempest retold as SF, with numerous quotes from the original.
  9. “A Meeting in Valladolid,” a short story by Anthony Burgess - Shakespeare, on tour in Spain, encounters Cervantes.
  10. 1632 by Eric Flint–not a specific play, but characters are told that Shakespeare “didn’t” write his plays. (Sigh.)
19997

Science Fiction in which people either quote, discuss, or perform Shakespeare:

  1. The Ship Who Sang by Anne McCaffrey: Romeo and Juliet.
  2. Star Trek: TOS - “Conscience of the King”: Hamlet
  3. Doctor Who - “The Shakespearean Code”: the Doctor and Martha meet Shakespeare, lost play “Love’s Labour’s Won”
  4. Star Trek: TNG - “The Defector” - a scene from “Henry V”
  5. “No Great Magic” by Fritz Leiber - a “Change War” story in which a Shakespeare play plays a key part. (Macbeth–sort of.)
  6. Star Trek VI - The Undiscovered Country - “You have not experienced Shakespeare until you have read him in the original Klingon.”- Chancellor Gorkon
  7. A Civil Campaign by Lois McMaster Bujold–Miles Vorkosigan explains Hamlet to a nine-year-old.
  8. “Olympos” by Dan Simmons, --The Tempest retold as SF, with numerous quotes from the original.
  9. “A Meeting in Valladolid,” a short story by Anthony Burgess - Shakespeare, on tour in Spain, encounters Cervantes.
  10. 1632 by Eric Flint–not a specific play, but characters are told that Shakespeare “didn’t” write his plays. (Sigh.)
  11. Star Trek: The Animated Series - “How Sharper Than a Serpent’s Tooth”
19998

Science Fiction in which people either quote, discuss, or perform Shakespeare:

  1. The Ship Who Sang by Anne McCaffrey: Romeo and Juliet.
  2. Star Trek: TOS - “Conscience of the King”: Hamlet
  3. Doctor Who - “The Shakespearean Code”: the Doctor and Martha meet Shakespeare, lost play “Love’s Labour’s Won”
  4. Star Trek: TNG - “The Defector” - a scene from “Henry V”
  5. “No Great Magic” by Fritz Leiber - a “Change War” story in which a Shakespeare play plays a key part. (Macbeth–sort of.)
  6. Star Trek VI - The Undiscovered Country - “You have not experienced Shakespeare until you have read him in the original Klingon.”- Chancellor Gorkon
  7. A Civil Campaign by Lois McMaster Bujold–Miles Vorkosigan explains Hamlet to a nine-year-old.
  8. “Olympos” by Dan Simmons, --The Tempest retold as SF, with numerous quotes from the original.
  9. “A Meeting in Valladolid,” a short story by Anthony Burgess - Shakespeare, on tour in Spain, encounters Cervantes.
  10. 1632 by Eric Flint–not a specific play, but characters are told that Shakespeare “didn’t” write his plays. (Sigh.)
  11. Star Trek: The Animated Series - “How Sharper Than a Serpent’s Tooth”
  12. Romeo x Juliet - futuristic anime series with a city hovering over a devastated earth
19999

Science Fiction in which people either quote, discuss, or perform Shakespeare:

  1. The Ship Who Sang by Anne McCaffrey: Romeo and Juliet.
  2. Star Trek: TOS - “Conscience of the King”: Hamlet
  3. Doctor Who - “The Shakespearean Code”: the Doctor and Martha meet Shakespeare, lost play “Love’s Labour’s Won”
  4. Star Trek: TNG - “The Defector” - a scene from “Henry V”
  5. “No Great Magic” by Fritz Leiber - a “Change War” story in which a Shakespeare play plays a key part. (Macbeth–sort of.)
  6. Star Trek VI - The Undiscovered Country - “You have not experienced Shakespeare until you have read him in the original Klingon.”- Chancellor Gorkon
  7. A Civil Campaign by Lois McMaster Bujold–Miles Vorkosigan explains Hamlet to a nine-year-old.
  8. “Olympos” by Dan Simmons, --The Tempest retold as SF, with numerous quotes from the original.
  9. “A Meeting in Valladolid,” a short story by Anthony Burgess - Shakespeare, on tour in Spain, encounters Cervantes.
  10. 1632 by Eric Flint–not a specific play, but characters are told that Shakespeare “didn’t” write his plays. (Sigh.)
  11. Star Trek: The Animated Series - “How Sharper Than a Serpent’s Tooth”
  12. Romeo x Juliet - futuristic anime series with a city hovering over a devastated earth
  13. Diane Duane’s ST:TNG novel “Dark Mirror,” in which Picard and his crew find, among other things, that Shakespeare’s work is a lot bloodier and grim in the Mirror Universe.

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Other than quitting smoking, things Michelle Obama has gotten her old man to do

  1. Put down the silo lids after launching ICBMs
20000

Other than quitting smoking, things Michelle Obama has gotten her old man to do

  1. Put down the silo lids after launching ICBMs
  2. Call her when he’s going to be out late with other heads of state.
20001

Other than quitting smoking, things Michelle Obama has gotten her old man to do

  1. Put down the silo lids after launching ICBMs
  2. Call her when he’s going to be out late with other heads of state.
  3. Stop referring to her live-in Mom as “First Bitch”
20002

Other than quitting smoking, things Michelle Obama has gotten her old man to do

  1. Put down the silo lids after launching ICBMs
  2. Call her when he’s going to be out late with other heads of state.
  3. Stop referring to her live-in Mom as “First Bitch”
  4. Put the toilet seat down (although Obama insists that he has an FBI agent who is responsible for that.)