A Comedy in Mint Condition.
Mel Berner: Oh. Okay. I see. Well Mia, it was great to see you again. You found yourself a great looking guy here. I'm sure he's got a lot of those qualities that women look for. Like "goals." Or "ambition." Or "girth." This little reunion has been great Mia but I have to head back to my dungeon of loneliness. Good day!::Andrew: What the hell is this kid blathering about?::Mia: Mel, Andrew is my cousin.::Mel Berner: Well that's just disgusting, and also illegal in this state!::Andrew: We're not dating, you jackass.
Evan Connelly: You're like Superman. But with no dick.::Nicola Rogers: Or... you know... Supergirl. You could've just said Supergirl.
Evan Connelly: Oh big fucking deal. It's Berner. One time I convinced him that his entire life was just a dream I had.
Nicola Rogers: I can't believe you attacked one of the most famous comic writers of all time.::Mel Berner: Maniac bit my arm. Now I'll turn into in an angry old bastard during the next full moon.
Mel Berner: Last night I beat a video game that I've been working on forever.::Mia: That must've been exciting!::Mel Berner: Not really. The ending sucked.::Mia: Oh. Sorry to hear that.::Mel Berner: Video games should be required to have endings that are kickass. I didn't dedicate nine months of button mashing to win a list of Japanese names.
Peter Whales: You know, you're whining like a bitch 'cause you think there's nothing left to work for on your own terms. So you ditch important things to prove you're still in control. Well that's a load of shit. You know what's harder than getting everything you've ever wanted? Keeping it. There's no autopilot for that. So why don't you grow some balls and try to hold on to something for once. Bravery will always be the driving point of your life. You know you've run out of it when suddenly nothing changes anymore.
Peter Whales: Certain events may control certain situations, but they can't control you. Remember that, and the fear will dry up like ink on paper.
Evan Connelly: Well. I should get back to the register before Berner sells an old Fantastic Four for a handful of magic beans.
Nicola Rogers: Hey look, it's the brand spanking new issue of "Zombie Gal." In this issue, she leads a team of soldiers into the Arctic to fight an ancient race of vampires. Look at those soldiers... all bundled up. Why, this guy here must be wearing about nine layers! He's probably suffocating in that thing! But wait! What's Zombie Gal wearing? Why, is that a tank top? And skimpy shorts? In the Arctic!
Mel Berner: Hey Evan, ask me anything about microeconomics.::Evan Connelly: Okay. What does that mean?
Plot
Dead bodies are being found in the New York harbor. The police have no clues nor suspects until Nick and his colleague realize the killer is a giant octopus. Everybody, especially the police captain, refuses to believe Nick's story, and soon the harbor will be filled with boats for the 4th of July celebrations...
Keywords: captain, creature-feature, giant-octopus, monster, octopus, reverse-footage, sea-creature, sea-monster, second-part, sequel
Out of time...out of breath!
Plot
Dead bodies are being found in the New York harbor. The police have no clues nor suspects until Nick and his colleague realize the killer is a giant octopus. Everybody, especially the police captain, refuses to believe Nick's story, and soon the harbor will be filled with boats for the 4th of July celebrations...
Keywords: captain, creature-feature, giant-octopus, monster, octopus, reverse-footage, sea-creature, sea-monster, second-part, sequel
Out of time...out of breath!
Plot
A gang of criminals, which includes a piano player and an imposing former convict known as 'Gruesome', has found out about a scientist's secret formula for a gas that temporarily paralyzes anyone who breathes it. When Gruesome accidentally inhales some of the gas and passes out, the police think he is dead and take him to the morgue, where he later revives and escapes. This puzzling incident attracts the interest of Dick Tracy, and when the criminals later use the gas to rob a bank, Tracy realizes that he must devote his entire attention to stopping them.
Keywords: 1940s, ambulance, ambulance-driver, b-movie, bank-heist, bank-robber, bank-robbery, bartender, based-on-comic-strip, cafe
Horror Man Traps Super-Sleuth !
SLEUTH TRACY CLASHES WITH HIS DEADLIEST FOE! (original poster-all caps)
KARLOFF PETRIFIES THEM! (original print ad-all caps)
Pat Patton: I tell you, if I didn't know better I'd swear we were doing business with Boris Karloff.
X Ray: What is your friend's name?::"Melody" Fisk: Gruesome.::X Ray: Isn't he.
Pat Patton: I'm sitting here, see, writing out this report on the stiff. All of a sudden, blackout! Something hit me here: a crowbar or a small bulldozer.
X-radiation (composed of X-rays) is a form of electromagnetic radiation. X-rays have a wavelength in the range of 0.01 to 10 nanometers, corresponding to frequencies in the range 30 petahertz to 30 exahertz (3×1016 Hz to 3×1019 Hz) and energies in the range 100 eV to 100 keV. They are shorter in wavelength than UV rays and longer than gamma rays. In many languages, X-radiation is called Röntgen radiation, after Wilhelm Röntgen, who is usually credited as its discoverer, and who had named it X-radiation to signify an unknown type of radiation. Correct spelling of X-ray(s) in the English language includes the variants x-ray(s) and X ray(s). XRAY is used as the phonetic pronunciation for the letter x.
X-rays up to about 10 keV (10 to 0.10 nm wavelength) are classified as "soft" X-rays, and from about 10 to 120 keV (0.10 to 0.01 nm wavelength) as "hard" X-rays, due to their penetrating abilities.
Hard X-rays can penetrate some solids and liquids, and all uncompressed gases, and their most common use is to image of the inside of objects in diagnostic radiography and crystallography. As a result, the term X-ray is metonymically used to refer to a radiographic image produced using this method, in addition to the method itself. By contrast, soft X-rays hardly penetrate matter at all; the attenuation length of 600 eV (~2 nm) X-rays in water is less than 1 micrometer.
Mr. Bean is a British comedy television programme series of 14 half-hour episodes written by and starring Rowan Atkinson as the title character. Different episodes were also written by Robin Driscoll, Richard Curtis and one by Ben Elton. The pilot episode was broadcast on ITV on 1 January 1990, with the last television episode, "Goodnight Mr. Bean" broadcast on 31 October 1995. The final episode, "Hair by Mr. Bean of London", was a video exclusive released on 15 November 1995, but not broadcast in the UK until 2006.
Based on a character originally developed by Atkinson while he was studying for his master's degree at Oxford University, the series follows the exploits of Mr. Bean, described by Atkinson as "a child in a grown man's body", in solving various problems presented by everyday tasks and often causing disruption in the process. Bean rarely speaks, and the largely physical humour of the series is derived from his interactions with other people and his unusual solutions to situations. The series was influenced by physical performers such as Jacques Tati and comic actors from silent films.
William David Coolidge (October 23, 1873 – February 3, 1975) was an American physicist, who made major contributions to X-ray machines. He was the director of the General Electric Research Laboratory and a vice-president of the corporation. He was also famous for the invention of "ductile tungsten", which is important for the incandescent light bulb.
Coolidge was born on a farm near Hudson, Massachusetts. He studied electrical engineering from 1891 until 1896 at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). After a year as a laboratory assistant, he went to Germany for further study and received his doctorate from the University of Leipzig. From 1899 to 1905 he was a research assistant to Arthur A. Noyes of the Chemistry Department at MIT.
Coolidge went to work as a researcher at General Electric's new research laboratory in 1905, where he conducted experiments that led to the use of tungsten as filaments in light bulbs. He developed 'ductile tungsten', which could be more easily drawn into filaments, by purifying tungsten oxide. Starting in 1911, General Electric marketed lamps using the new metal and they soon became an important source of income for GE. He applied for and received a patent (US#1,082,933) for this 'invention' in 1913. However, in 1928 a US court ruled that his 1913 patent was not valid as an invention.