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Old September 28th, 2011, 10:26 PM
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Oops, I set the tuner and VCR timers to get it but spaced it out while I watched a tape of today's Democracy Now!.

Looks like I screwed up and did something right.
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Old September 28th, 2011, 11:02 PM
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So how was disc golf portrayed? Wondering since I'm fortunate enough to not have cable.
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Old September 28th, 2011, 11:13 PM
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So how was disc golf portrayed? Wondering since I'm fortunate enough to not have cable.
it was portrayed in all it's "frolfy" glory...

...boo...



okay, it was the best two seconds of the show when one of the gals got popped in the face with the classic nearly backwards from three feet away tee shot... yeah, frolf!!!

and then i started wishing storage wars was on and kinda being glad i'm just housesitting and don't have a tv so i won't ever have to watch a sitcom again... i remember when sitcoms were awesome...
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Old September 29th, 2011, 07:08 AM
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The PDGA blew it. Fire the Media relations person!
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Old September 29th, 2011, 07:56 AM
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it was portrayed in all it's "frolfy" glory...

...boo...



okay, it was the best two seconds of the show when one of the gals got popped in the face with the classic nearly backwards from three feet away tee shot... yeah, frolf!!!

and then i started wishing storage wars was on and kinda being glad i'm just housesitting and don't have a tv so i won't ever have to watch a sitcom again... i remember when sitcoms were awesome...

Storage Wars!!!
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Old September 29th, 2011, 07:57 AM
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So how was disc golf portrayed? Wondering since I'm fortunate enough to not have cable.
The word "disc" was never said. The word "golf" was said once and only to define what "frolf" is for the audience. There was only about 1-2 seconds of footage of people playing, which was one girl teeing off and hitting another in the face. During about half of that time I could see a basket in the background that was a little blurry and then an actor moved in front of it so I couldn't see it anymore.

The rest of the time "frolf" was referred to as something the guy did that the girl didn't like as the two spatted during the episode about being honest with each other and expressing what their true feelings were on a nuber of issues.

Which reminds me, I wonder how the running sock (or whatever they're called) manufacturer's feel?
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Old September 29th, 2011, 08:17 AM
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Storage Wars!!!
Storage wars....

imagine the episode when one of the principals of the show finds a Lightning DB5 portable buried under a ton of (junk).

He then proceeds to take it to some eclectic dealer to find out what it is...

that might be good tv.
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Old September 29th, 2011, 08:31 AM
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From the PDGA:

"I think we can all agree the "frolf" episode of Happy Endings on ABC last night was not what we were hoping it would be. We were told by ABC that the episode was centered around disc golf, and they even asked us to send them some PDGA stuff to use on the set. We're sorry if we built it up without knowing exactly what the episode would entail, but the idea of disc golf on prime time television de...finitely had us excited, understandably.

Bad press is sometimes better than no press, but in this case no one benefited. Our biggest hope for the episode was that if someone watching didn't know what disc golf was, they would at least have an idea after. Unfortunately for all parties involved, that was not the case."
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Old September 29th, 2011, 08:46 AM
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I was bummed that the episode sucked. Last year's shows were hilarious....Frolf or not.
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Old September 29th, 2011, 09:31 AM
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the opening credits are barely over and this is already pretty much the worst show i have ever seen...
Agreed. I not only blame the pdga, but the person who did the orginal post and got us to watch it.
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Old September 29th, 2011, 10:15 AM
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I was bummed that the episode sucked. Last year's shows were hilarious....Frolf or not.
... good that you posted this, coleman... after that innane crap i was feeling that i was maybe going to have to redefine how i feel about you... i mean, different strokes for different folks and all, but that was just everything that is terrible about tv...

... glad i can still hold you and your intelligence in high regard.

p.s. i kinda miss you, girl.
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Old September 29th, 2011, 01:19 PM
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The sitcom world lost me after Barney Miller and Mash.

Here's how I view sitcoms now (without even watching them--based on a very old sampling): everybody, lying to each other...constantly. What fun.
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Old October 13th, 2011, 08:53 AM
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Check out Val and Nate's video response to "Happy Endings" episode and video apology...

http://hoohaablog.com/?p=2441

Funny stuff!!
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Old October 13th, 2011, 11:27 PM
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I guess this is a sport according to Websters

1sport verb \ˈspȯrt\

Definition of SPORT
intransitive verb
1a : to amuse oneself : frolic <lambs sporting in the meadow> b : to engage in a sport
2a : to mock or ridicule something b : to speak or act in jest : trifle
3[2sport] : to deviate or vary abruptly from type (as by bud variation) : mutate
transitive verb
1: to display or wear usually ostentatiously : boast <sporting expensive new shoes>
2[2sport] : to put forth as a sport or bud variation
See sport defined for English-language learners »
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These are not in the dictionary:
Frolf
Disc Golf
Frisbee Golf
Tone Poles
Shizzle

These are in the Dictionary:
Ultimate Frisbee
any Olympic Event
Rad

My point: Disc Golf is a sport. Disc Golf is not in the dictionary. Disc Golf is Rad. Rad is in the dictionary. Therefore: Disc Golf is a rad sport that cannot be defined by current methodology. Lets not get pissed when people think its a funny, odd, thing to do.

I think civil war re-enactments and Medieval Faires are odd and funny, but I am glad to share our parks with the people that like to do that. I am not sure they are a sport though.
and as for Shizzle, It makes me laugh so I am going to keep on saying it, and i dont care if it is a sport or not.
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Old October 14th, 2011, 07:13 PM
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I just read this thread for the first time. I think I should be glad I don't watch T.V. that much, especially sit-coms because i'm busy disc golfing. Phuk T.V. it melts your brain and turns your throwing arm into jello!
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Old October 23rd, 2011, 08:31 AM
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Anybody get that ESPNetwork? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfyoQT1Qs0I
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