MetaFilter posts tagged with charlie

Does your insurance cover llama visits?

Lutoslawski — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:21:15 -0800

We have known almost since we first got him that Rojo was "different" from many other llamas we have been around. Rojo is a therapy llama. Based on the philosophy of cospecies healing, Llama Assisted Therapy is a form of Animal Assisted Therapy used to facilitate and stimulate the sensory process. Besides Rojo, other llamas ascending to therapeutic fame are Pisco and Charlie. Finally, Rojo the llama walks the runway.

"I would call this a blatant case of misjudgment fueled by an unfortunate milieu of assumption."

miss lynnster — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 12:29:53 -0800

How Charlie Sheen spent his 20 minutes with Barack Obama

love, charlie

Joe Beese — Fri, 01 May 2009 10:47:00 -0800

Charlie plays. Charlie explores. Charlie bites. Charlie relaxes. Charlie sleeps. Charlie loves. love, charlie ran from July 12, 2003 to January 1, 2008. Charlie occasionally visits here.

Good grief!

evilcolonel — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 23:14:31 -0800

Good grief! Described as "arguably the longest story ever told by one human being", the entire run -- just shy of 50 years -- of Charles Schulz's Peanuts can now, legally, be read online. The first strip, October 2, 1950, introduces Shermy, Patty, and Charlie Brown. Snoopy appears two days later. Many characters first appear as babies: Schroeder (introduced by Charlie Brown to the piano); Lucy; Linus (first mention) (first appearance); Sally is born (first appearance) and Rerun (first appearance). Peppermint Patty first appears followed by Marcie. Pigpen's first appearance. Frieda's first appearance. Other characters faded away, including originals Shermy (final appearance) and Patty (final appearance) (or is this her?) as well as Violet (first appearance) (last appearance); 5 (first appearance) (last appearance) and the long-forgotten Charlotte Braun (first appearance) (last appearance). Woodstock is first mentioned by name. Snoopy first fights the Red Baron. Lucy first pulls away the football. We said goodbye to Charles Schulz and his creations on February 13, 2000. Schulz died the night before the final strip appeared. (Decided to do this after I snarked in the Frank Miller thread.)

Charlie Brooker - the world's leading misanthrope

RegMcF — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:06:44 -0800

Charlie Brooker cannot help saying out loud what many of us were thinking. He's already known to the Secret Service - and as having "the same mentality as Hitler" (previously on Metafilter)

All I need to make a comedy is a park, a policeman and a pretty girl.

miss lynnster — Mon, 26 May 2008 13:36:12 -0800

Charlie Chaplin Filter. That first link features 60 of his short films. Here's more: A Dog's Life (1918, 35 minutes) The Kid (1921, 67 minutes) A Woman of Paris (1923, 84 minutes) The Gold Rush (1925, 71 minutes) The Great Dictator (1940, 125 minutes) Monsieur Verdoux (1947, 133 minutes) City Lights (1931, 87 minutes) His final directorial effort was A Countess From Hong Kong (1967, 120 minutes), in which he had a cameo. Chaplin accepting his honorary Oscar on April 10, 1972, as part of his first visit to the United States in 20 years.

Chaaaaaaaarrrrrrlieeeeeee!!!!

disillusioned — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 01:23:48 -0800

Swim away, Fugu fish, swim away! The epic sequel to the original classic, Charlie the Unicorn. Chaaaaaaaaarrrrlllllliieeeeeeeeeee! (Previously. I'm not even sorry. YouTube links.)

Congratulations! You've Become an Exploitative Television Scumbag!

tiny crocodile — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 08:16:56 -0800

People think working in television is glamorous, but is it really? Is it, really? Is it? Really? Charlie Brooker on making TV (Youtube, NSFW). Selected bite-sized chunks: filming, watching your ideas take shape, being the talent. Also: on UK imports to the US, on US TV and on editing reality TV. Prev ious ly.

"One man, all Loompas: it takes some getting used to."

JPowers — Wed, 27 Jul 2005 19:26:26 -0800

"For every Deep Roy, there are a hundred and fifty of us who are forced to do wacked-out shit on 'The Man Show.' I'd like Tim Burton to tell me to my face what is the benefit of hiring one dwarf actor and computer-generating him when he could hire seven. We're standing at the gate and we're raising our hands and saying, 'Pick me!' And then Tim Burton comes out and says, 'I'm sorry, guys, go on home. We've got this machine that can do all your jobs.'"