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The only way to satisfy everyones definition of "first" is like this: "Bewitched was the first live action tv sitcom that allowed actors unmarried to each other to share a bed on television." The title characters in "Mary Kay & Johnny" (1947;Dumont, NBC, then CBS) were certainly the first TV couple shown in bed together. That was admittedly in the early days before "sitcom" was even a word. Nevertheless, it did happen. The "Flintstones" (1960) were the first TV couple shown in bed together once the sitcom had been established, but that can be dismissed (by some) because it was animated - though it was a prime time show. The Munsters debuted in 1964, same as Bewitched, and showed Herman and Lilith in bed together but their first "bedroom scene" aired 5 weeks after the first such scene in "Bewitched".

You could make the argument that "Good Morning, Miss Bliss" was technically a different project than "Saved by the bell". NBC wanted a prime time school based comedy (an answer to ABC's "Head of the Class") and came up with a basic premise for the show and commissioned a pilot. "Bliss" was that pilot. After just one prime time airing NBC passed. The producers than took the show to Disney who produced only a dozen episodes before canceling the show. The following year NBC decided to take another crack at it's school comedy and bought the idea back from Disney (thats when all the changes took place). Later when NBC bought the rights to air "Good Morning, Miss Bliss" they reworked the episodes with a "wrap around" tying the two shows together under the name "Saved By The Bell: The Junior High Years". I hated "Saved by..." but I'm fascinated by tv show continuity issues.

It was actually Kirk Cameron that wanted her gone. Yeah, if I remember correctly isn't Kirk a pretty religious guy. I can't imagine he approved of something like that.

I mentioned this in the other thread, but if your looking at Uverse for HD, there seem to be some limits. For example, even though the DVR can record 4 channels at once (awesome feature btw), it can only handle 1 HD channel at a time. Also, you can't watch different HD channels on different Tv's at the same time either. So if one tv is in the living room and another is in the bedroom, only one tv can watch in HD at a time. The software, sound quality and picture quality seem a bit sketchy right now. The last two have been described as being on par or slightly worse than cable depending on who you ask. This seems like the kind of product I'm going to pass on initially, but I will absolutely keep my eye on them because it seems really interesting. I'll let them work out the kinks for awhile first. I just hope the price stays competitive. U-verse reminds me of the early DishNet years. Whereas DirecTv was polished and sophisticated with user friendly interfaces, pretty colors and what not, Dish was a distant second in a two horse race, doing what they could to keep up with bad equipment, bulky and slow software and the ugliest user interface on earth (that on screen guide was ugly!). The remote was very Kmart-ish. The whole service had a real "Super-Cable" feel to it. But Dish, from all accounts, is much better that it used to be. And Uverse seems to be a better product at this stage than Dishnet was at the same stage, so I think the future looks bright for At&t's tv service. (off topic but... I still remember Charlie Chat [i think that was the name] where the president of DishNet would sit down in a cable access looking studio each week and take calls from subscribers. It was a great idea but it was done on the cheap and it came out sooooo cheesy.)

Figures, the first time I skip a game...

The Brewers do replace the injured / demoted players, just don't know who it might be yet. My guess would be Dillon in place of Graff. No guess as to who might replace TGJ if he's not back by then. It would be nice to get Linebrink out there once this year.

A blister under an existing blister *shakes head*....It's like the baseball gods just want to make this as difficult as possible on us.

I had the same reservations. Instead of letting them install it for me I went to the divx.com website where you can download the divx player directly.

I don't know, but that is only the preliminary list set by the Brewers. It was set back in April. Just looking at the list I would guess that Graffy won't be signing either.

FRIDAY, AUGUST 31 LOCATION PLAYER Field Level Dave Bush Field Level Tony Graffanino Field Level Tony Gwynn Field Level J.J. Hardy Field Level Corey Hart Field Level Mike Maddux Field Level Brian Shouse Field Level Jeff Suppan

So your like Elmer Dessens? http://static.yuku.com//domainskins/bypass/img/smileys/wink.gif Just kidding. (I thought I was the only one who used baseball analogies to describe my work situations.) Back on topic, have you asked your parents yet? Otherwise, finding a cheap car, perhaps easier said then done, also sounds like your best option - depending on your situation. It would really expand your options, not only with when you can work but where as well. Two years ago I found out I was getting a promotion that would absolutely require my own car. At the time we were a one car family. I had all of 3 days to find a car to get to work, talk about a scramble.

Aside from your initial question, is this work schedule something your employer okay'ed? I know as an employer I found that my employees production seemed to dip when regularly scheduled in such a stressful manner. Not to mention that I assume your making overtime on the 16 hours days despite being under 40 hours a week. Just a couple of things that caught my eye from an employers stand point.

I do what I can...

The best kind of lion.

Eat your heart out Bill Hall, hit all the mothers day home runs you want. I've got next years mothers day card all planned out... Dear Mom, You da realist B* alive, you da S*, thanks for the F* lion. He's also da S*. To bad he can't swim. I'll call you later on your Sprint/Nextel phone, ain't dey da S*? I think so - dey make a quality product. Did you hear I almost lost an arm? Scary stuff. Anyway, I need to get back to class now, bye bye. Love, your son

I know what your saying, and I don't necessarily disagree but the truth is, unfortunately, a growing number of young males period are acting the same way. And no I'm not the PC police, it's just the truth. I used to work for Roundys and each store I went into, whether it be a Milwaukee area Pick N Save, or a Copps in Madison, or a Rainbow up north, they all employed a good deal of 17-24 year old males. Many (so many) tried posing as just such a "thug" regardless of race. There was a kid at a local area Pick N Save bragging about all the jewelry he bought his girlfriend with the money he made selling drugs while bagging groceries. I couldn't believe my ears. I pulled him aside, introduced myself and "explained" to him how inappropriate his conversation was. He was a 17 year old kid, white, who could really talk the talk, if you know what I mean. Well about a month later I had a meeting in the same location. While we were in the meeting it turns out this kid tried ripping off a customer for $50 - he reached into her purse while bagging her groceries. So the store director brings this kid into the office and he was term'ed on the spot. Cops were called, whole 9 yeards. This "thug" broke into tears so quick I nearly laughed. In an instant he dropped the whole act. Thats one of my favorite memories of that job. But to your original point, I agree there are too many young guys out there acting like this. I get a call one day asking my to drop by and help out with a situation at one of the stores. I get there and find out we have a new hire brandishing a knife at customers. I also caught the guy on the digital video pulling the knife on an employee in the back room. When I approached him and removed him from the sales floor he went into a full on "thug" role. He told me he was a real "gangster" who wasn't going to be told what to do...at work...by his ranking co-workers....or by his boss... or by me - his bosses boss. He told me that if the customers didn't want him to pull a knife they shouldn't have looked at him "like that". Ugh!

Yeah but cute in 1975 turned into picture #3. She's at Miler Park every Friday night' date=' complete with broom and a swat to the rear for the third base coach. Shes one of 50 or so mascots the Brewers already trot out on any given night along with Bernie, the Sausages, the Brakebush chicken and the Miller Go Go girls. [img']http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v454/ilookback/2007bonnie.jpg[/img] But to answers your question, unless the next mascot is "World Series Ring Man", no more mascots please.

Don't people do that anyway?

I really don't want this to turn into a "lets bash Estrada" thread but ... I'm not sure if Estrada's got the patience to really be a leader - at least not with this unexperienced club. I know Yost on at least three different occasions has pointed out that Estrada has at least tried to show some leadership. Most recently after the dugout incident he pointed to Graff & Estrada as "winners and leaders". But I think Estrada's "I've been through this, you haven't" attitude has rubbed some the wrong way. The Sports Illustrated article last month painted Estrada as a guy who couldn't relate to his teammates. I need only to point to his comments about the clubhouse mentality as proof of that. ("It's unbelievable, the mentality here. When you're used to winning, it's a different attitude. Here, it's like a panic zone" and the "It drives me nuts" comment.) Recently Ned Yost described Johnny's clubhouse persona by saying, "Johnny didn't come here to make friends, he came to win and he'll tell you that". That kind of sums it up. "We've been watching (the Cubs). We're in a pennant race," admits Bill Hall. Estrada, unlike Hall, doesn't even want to acknowledge that the Cubs are coming on. It's way too early to look at the standings, he says, even if that's what every baseball-loving fan in the Greater Milwaukee area is doing every day. "I've been telling people in here, as much as everyone around here is excited, and the Brewers haven't been in first place this late in a season since '82, we're not in a pennant race yet," Estrada says. "When September rolls around, and we have a 2-1/2 game lead, then you got yourself a pennant race. But until then ... there's a lot of games still to be played." I think he really looks at the things with a different set of eyes that most of his teammates. His perspective seems to be "it's a long season and you can only control your own game. Don't sweat stuff out of your control. Relax.". I happen to think he's correct . I was in the right place at the right time a little while back and I got a chance to sit in on a conversation between Astros pitcher Chris Sampson and a guy he knew from his minor league days. After the two spent a few minutes catching up and making plans to meet up after the game the conversation moved towards attendance at Miller Park. Sampson asked about the expected crowd. When informed that it would be near a sellout he replied "Really? Fans are coming out pretty good then." The guy I was with said "We'll, we're not used to being in First place" Then Sampson said, "I knew they (the Brewers) we doing good, but I didn't realize they were in on top". To me that revealed that the players, at least some of them, don't look at things like we do. They don't watch the scoreboard everyday, they don't worry about the teams around them. Maybe some guys really do just come to the park, handle their business and let the chips fall where they may. I think thats the camp Estrada is in, whereas I think a lot of his teammates are too focused on the standings and the Cubs and things that can't control. Maybe that leads to undue pressure and a "must win, do or die" attitude. With 36 games left, that can't help matters. I guess my point is, I don't think Estrada's the cancer some people seem to think he is, but I don't think he'll be a clubhouse leader either, at least not this year. I can see the Brewers winning the division and all of the sudden next season, once they been through it, a few more players fall in line with Estrada's "don't sweat the uncontrollable" attitude. Maybe then he can be more of a team leader.

Wow. Thats really too bad. Here's to a speedy recovery. Lets get him a ring, that might take some of the sting away. He's not under contract next year is he? I don't think he is, but I'm not 100% sure.

Lets hope it never comes up but Yost said earlier this year that if he had to, Gross would get the call.

Another good idea. The Brewers seem like they are trying to reach out to the Hispanic community every year, what with the increased Spanish language coverage, the Cerveceros days & the Chorizo sausage. Why not do a series of Spanish stars as bobble heads? Sixto, Nieves, Higuera immediately come to mind. If Coco is around you could add him to the mix.

I've got a bobble or two that tilt back like that. No biggie. For display purposes I just wedge a wad of cotton about the size of a cigarette butt under the back of the head so he'll look straight ahead.

You don't market bobble heads to casual fans. You market the "Miller Park Experience" to casual fans. Casual fans, be definition, don't really care one way or the other - that's what makes them a casual fan.

Why stop there? Bring up a bunch of guys from the minors then put them on the major league DL. Then send them down to the minors on "rehab assignments". We can make room for everyone! Come on Doug, work the system!