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  1. My nephew swears by "The Book of Mormon". He loved it. I'll probably give it a go at some point. I watched the Mormon episode of South Park, even though I hate the animation as well as the voices on that show. The episode hardly featured the main characters so I liked the episode. Still on comedy and musicals, "It's always sunny in Philadelphia" did a live production of "The Nightman Cometh" in NY, Boston, Seattle, San Francisco, LA and Philadelphia. The LA set, filmed at The Troubadour was included in the season 4 box set.
  2. No. You could definitely say that in the past about Trump, but he's matured and he's treating practicing very seriously, as well as practicing more often. There's a maturity about his game that wasn't there in the past, even the way he talks, he seem more grown up. He even said that sooner or later you have to grow up, and he has. His tactical game is getting up there with the best and his attacking play is the best. He has more balance to his game now and he's my pick to win the entire thing.
  3. I literally have no idea why anyone would write a show about Cats. I think it was a bet that he made with someone one night when they were drunk, the best was to see if he could write a musical about the most random and non-musical type thing on earth, and still make it a worldwide success. Kinda like how they did with "50 Shades", but that was to take the worst fanfic on the net and make it into a global smash. Agreed on Les Mis. "Phantom of the Opera" also deserves a mention. I know that people sneer at it, but for me it's got a personal connection, therefore it gets two thumbs up from this guy!
  4. Smashing movie, who doesn't love Danny DeVito, Ahh! "The Brothers Grimsby" it's called here. And yeah, I think about 30 mins of the movie and I checked out. Did they actually make a musical out of it? Bloody hell. I've never been a fan of Sasha Baron Cohen but no other movie made me want to kill before... maybe Thor: Ragnorock (sp?) You, too. lol! If you bump into Julie Walters you know what you have to do...
  5. I used to know the equivalent as my ex girlfriend was from Seattle. Probably primary school, I think. The one thing that sets it apart from the majority of musicals is that it's biographical and that it's actually co-written by the person that the biography is about. I read the novel way before the musical was even a twinkle in their eye. Oh man, Times Square? Lucky bastard! I'd love to visit New York. Mmmm… never heard of "Grimsby" or "Brothers Grimm", but by the sounds of it I'm glad that they passed me by. lol. You know, for a guy who tenderly mocked me for my love of musicals you've racked up a fair few musical miles yourself! Good for you.
  6. I see Trump is playing Ding. Trump will win. I can't remember a more open world championship than this one. I really can't separate Trump, Robertson and Selby. And you saw what happened last year with Williams so anything can happen. Personally I'm hoping that Higgins can turn back the clock.
  7. No. I totally get it. He's frustrating as hell. Even O'Sullivan said years and years ago that Maguire was a future world champion, and to be honest, he could've won it if he wasn't such a hot-head. I think he needs a sports psychologist. . Thank for the updates, by the way. I haven't been able to watch it tonight as I'm working pretty much all night and all morning.
  8. I know. You'd be surprised by the homophobic comments, though, or maybe you wouldn't. A human mind should experience as much as it can, while it can. Oh really? High school or younger? If it's younger it's cute, if it's high school it's usually not so. Ah! Then you're one up on me. Never see Chicago, not even the movie version. Would you recommend it? Yeah, I've seen the Carol King musical. "Beautiful", right? I actually kinda liked it, which is rare for me as I don't really like modern musicals. Very few modern musicals earn the title a "classic", and don't even get me started on Cats. *shudder*
  9. I usually gives most shows a chance, and I did with Peak Blinders, but seriously, a show about Brummie gangsters?! I'd actually be more convince by a gangster version of the chuckle brothers... but peaky blinders is funnier and the chuckle brothers are a whole lot more frightening! I really don't get all these shows about gangsters and drugs and true life shows about serial killers. I mean, what's wrong the human psyche that we have to quench our thirst on this kind of material? I've always been a fan of musicals, usually the older ones. I haven't seen "Hamilton" yet, which has a contemporary vibe to it... and contrary to popular belief, straight men can enjoy musicals, too. I think most people in the arts have a natural inclination towards musicals and theatre.
  10. I know. But Maguire will still win. That's one of the things that bugs me about upsets, the player always usually loses in the next round.
  11. Oh, I'm sorry, let's just mention posturing male shows. Did you like Peaky Blinders? How about Narcos and all the glorious drugs? Oh baby. I'm definitely more comfortable with my masculinity than most, but thanks for asking.
  12. Not really into the posturing alpha male show like Peaky Blinders, etc. Yawn fest. Comedy is more my pitch: Santa Clarita diet: A Zombie/suburbia show starring Drew Barrymore. One of the better Netflix comedies. Plus, if like me you like comedy and musicals, check out "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, also on Netflix. If you watch the promos it looks like a generic cheesy female based comedy, but it gets darker in season 3 (it's where I'm at) and it looks at mental illness from a different angle. Plus It's funny how there hasn't been musical/tv shows before now.
  13. People can view my opinions about formations and about how Andy Robertson or Tierney would make truly great anchormen as crazy and nutty. I welcome people engaging their brains and thinking outside the box, so I don't mind people disagreeing with me as long as they give me a cogent reason. However, in this case, the case of youth development in Scottish football, everyone ought to be on my side. For years now the SFA and our domestic clubs have ignored their duty to aid and nurture homegrown Scottish players. This is undeniable. So what, just because Rangers beat top clubs at youth level and because the SFA establish a few performance schools it'll make up for decades of neglect? Yeah... no. I'm not buying it. I'm not buying into the notion that our kids are actually learning the basics. I'm not buying that our kids are becoming more intelligent footballers. I'm just not buying it for one second. If I'm wrong then I'll be the first one to hold my hand up and admit it. Time will tell. My prediction is that in ten years we still haven't qualified for a finals. Our youngsters still struggle with basic skills, like control and pass, etc. And the SFA have pulled the wool over our eyes with yet another hairbrained youth scheme. You can call it negative drivel all you like, I respect all opinions. We're through the looking glass.
  14. Fred is an anchorman, McTominay is better when he has license to roam. Against Barcelona and PSG It was a midfield trio of Fred, Pogba and McTominay, with Fred as the anchorman.
  15. He does look like a prospect, he has power, pace, skill... but none of those things do a lot when sitting on the bench. He should've stayed with Motherwell for another season or two.
  16. Damn. Oh well, that's his career ruined. At least he'll make a good living.
  17. We've had so many false dawns and countess young players that we've pinned our hopes on, and time after time we've been let down. If this time it's different, if these kids really are the second coming then I'll be happier than anyone. Till now, though, I'll reserve judgement. Unless teams are forced to play these kids, and kids of their ilk, it doesn't really matter. History has shown that if left to a manager's own devices, he'll go foreign and leave their homegrown players to either quit the game or stew away on the outskirts of things. Others may be cautiously optimistic, I'm just pessimistic.
  18. Really? Strange opinion as he was brilliant at Hull as well as Dundee United.
  19. It's insanity. The common consensus of United fans (and bear in mind, the majority of them wrote McTominay off) Is that McTominay has been their best player for a month or so. Dropping him to play Matic is just madness, and doing it for Pereira is just plain weird. I'm getting the impression from his handling of McTominay that OGS is out of his depth.
  20. Fair point. I'd like to see either of them in the anchorman position, though. The engine room is the most important area in a match, the reason we don't dictate matches is because our midfield is Championship standard.
  21. Cool. I'll reserve judgement on the quality, though, as it was probably like watching a volleyball match.
  22. Ah. I forgot about that Eidur Gudjohnsen was with Barcelona.
  23. My opinion on this topic would most likely see me banned. What I will say, though, is that it shouldn't be as taboo as it is. It should be discussed more openly.
  24. Technically he can still switch back. He's allowed one more switch. Personally I don't mind what he does. How many of them were Scottish? And which channel was it on?
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