#Roger Naylor

[goalhofer]

2024 1st MLB playoff hits

October 1, 2024

Justyn-Henry Malloy (Detroit) at Houston

Riley Greene (Detroit) at Houston

Andy Ibáñez (Detroit) at Houston

Wenceel Pérez (Detroit) at Houston

Parker Meadows (Detroit) at Houston

Jake Rogers (Detroit) at Houston

Trey Sweeney (Detroit) at Houston

Michael Massey (Kansas City) at Baltimore

Bobby Witt; Jr. (Kansas City) at Baltimore

Maikel García (Kansas City) at Baltimore

Colton Cowser (Baltimore) vs. Kansas City

Boyce Mullins II (Baltimore) vs. Kansas City

Mark Vientos (New York Mets) at Milwaukee

Brice Turang (Milwaukee) vs. New York Mets

Jackson Chourio (Milwaukee) vs. New York Mets

Jake Bauers (Milwaukee) vs. New York Mets

Jackson Merrill (San Diego) vs. Atlanta

October 2, 2024

Kerry Carpenter (Detroit) at Houston

Zach McKinstry (Detroit) at Houston

Vinnie Pasquantino (Kansas City) at Baltimore

M.S. Melendez; Jr. (Kansas City) at Baltimore

Kyle Isbel (Kansas City) at Baltimore

Francisco Álvarez (New York Mets) at Milwaukee

Blake Perkins (Milwaukee) vs. New York Mets

Garrett Mitchell (Milwaukee) vs. New York Mets

October 5, 2024

David Fry (Cleveland) vs. Detroit

Lane Thomas (Cleveland) vs. Detroit

Brayan Rocchio (Cleveland) vs. Detroit

Kody Clemens (Philadelphia) vs. New York Mets

Garrett Hampson (Kansas City) at New York Yankees

Austin Wells (New York Yankees) vs. Kansas City

Ōtani Shōhei (Los Angeles Dodgers) vs. San Diego

October 7, 2024

Anthony Volpe (New York Yankees) vs. Kansas City

October 9, 2024

Colt Keith (Detroit) vs. Cleveland

Spencer Torkelson (Detroit) vs. Cleveland

October 10, 2024

Kyle Manzardo (Cleveland) at Detroit

October 14, 2024

Andy Pages (Los Angeles Dodgers) vs. New York Mets

Jhonkensky Noel (Cleveland) at New York Yankees

October 17, 2024

Noah-Gibson Naylor (Cleveland) vs. New York Yankees

[oldisnewradio]

More of our Roundup of 2024 Album Releases Part 2 starts tonight at 10PM(ET) on Everything Old Is New Again Radio Show on WBAI 99.5 FM New York featuring Album Releases from the following artists: Ann Kittredge, Dane Vannatter & Bob Levy, Nina Simone, Art Blakey Jazz Messengers, Corinne Mammana, Cannonball Adderley & Bill Evan, Halie Loren, Big Band Canaries, Natalie Douglas, Bryan Eng, Jane Scheckter, David Benoit & Brian McKnight, Gabrielle Stravelli, Mark Winkler, Melissa Errico, John Dokes, Amber Weekes, Ken Peplowski, Stacey Kent, Andy Pratt Trio, Lyn Stanley, Roger Kellaway, Jacqui Naylor, Ulysses Owens, Jr., Nicki Parrott, Mike LaDonne Groove Quartet, Lauren White, Larry Goldings & John Sneider, Jill McCarron Trio, Chip Deffaa’s Rare Irving Berlin, Vanisha Gould & Chris McCarthy, Esther Queen, John Ambrosini, Lizz Wright, My Favorite Things – The Rodgers & Hammerstein 80th Anniversary Concert, Joni Mitchell & More Some Album Releases “hot off the presses” by: Karen Mack, Ken Peplowski, Sheree Sano, Eliane Elais, April Varner & Here We Go (Original Cast Recording) & More And a “sneak peek” at some upcoming Album Releases by: Jeff Harnar, Eric Comstock + Barbara Fasano

Join me!

[world-cinema-research]

Thank You for Smoking essay. by Everett Hunt

The film that I will be covering is "Thank You for Smoking" 2006. This film impacted me because it was one of the first satirical comedies that I had seen on a topic like the advertising of smoking and led me to watch many similar satirical movies like "The Wolf of Wall Street". The movie was certainly a commercial success, making $39,323,027 with a budget of only $6,500,000. One of the things that the producers relied upon in order to get a return on investment was the use of big actors such as J.K. Simmons, David Koechner, and Willium H Macy. It was also based on a famous book of the same name. One of the possible limiting factors of the movie would be that the topics covered in the movie are definitely targeted towards a mature audience, with death due to smoking being one of the main themes of the movie. The reviews of this movie have stayed relatively consistent since the release of the movie, being overwhelmingly positive. Roger Ebert's review of the movie when it first came out was very positive stating ""Thank You for Smoking" targets the pro-smoking lobby with a dark appreciation of human nature". A more recent review by Metacritic states "This movie is satire done right. It manages to pull all the strings to break conventions on how we see corporations and activists to add a nuance we (intentionally or not) erase from other human". Rewatching this movie this week, I definitely had a much different perspective due to having much more knowledge of all of the things covered. This movie is definitely a conventional film. There were many famous actors involved, a large budget, and the topic being covered, although not inoffensive, was one that was widely accepted and not particularly something that would limit the audience by anything other than age.

The energy that this film brings to the table is excellently portrayed in the opening scene to the film where the main character explains what he does for a living and proceeds to go into an interview where he comedically turns it around on the opposition even though he is clearly in the wrong.

In Roger Ebert's review of the movie, he gives an excellent summary that goes as follows: "Nick Naylor is a pleasant, good-looking career lobbyist who is divorced, loves his son Joey (Cameron Bright) and speaks to the kid's class on career day. "Please don't ruin my childhood," Joey pleads, but his dad cross-examines a little girl whose mother says cigarettes can kill you: "Is your mother a doctor?" Once a week he dines with the MOD Squad, whose other members are alcohol lobbyist Polly Bailey (Maria Bello) and firearms lobbyist Bobby Jay Bliss (David Koechner). They argue over which of their products kills the most people. The initials MOD stand for "Merchants of Death.""

This movie was also significant due to all of the smoking bans that were being put into place at the time of the film's release. "Throughout the early to mid-2000s, especially between 2004 and 2007, an increasing number of states enacted a statewide smoking ban of some kind" This caused the film not only to be even more funny, but also to be a culturally significant film, raising awareness of the dangers of smoking, and helping people to recognize many of the backhanded advertising techniques used by cigarette companies.

List of smoking bans in the United States as of 2008

Overall, I think that this was an excellent movie in many ways. It was extremely funny, had a cultural significant message about the big tobacco industry, and increased awareness about some real issues that were contentious at the time. This movie still holds up over fifteen years later and I enjoyed watching it this time just as much as I did the first time.

[everett00]

Thank You for Smoking essay.

The film that I will be covering is "Thank You for Smoking" 2006. This film impacted me because it was one of the first satirical comedies that I had seen on a topic like the advertising of smoking and led me to watch many similar satirical movies like "The Wolf of Wall Street". The movie was certainly a commercial success, making $39,323,027 with a budget of only $6,500,000. One of the things that the producers relied upon in order to get a return on investment was the use of big actors such as J.K. Simmons, David Koechner, and Willium H Macy. It was also based on a famous book of the same name. One of the possible limiting factors of the movie would be that the topics covered in the movie are definitely targeted towards a mature audience, with death due to smoking being one of the main themes of the movie. The reviews of this movie have stayed relatively consistent since the release of the movie, being overwhelmingly positive. Roger Ebert's review of the movie when it first came out was very positive stating ""Thank You for Smoking" targets the pro-smoking lobby with a dark appreciation of human nature". A more recent review by Metacritic states "This movie is satire done right. It manages to pull all the strings to break conventions on how we see corporations and activists to add a nuance we (intentionally or not) erase from other human". Rewatching this movie this week, I definitely had a much different perspective due to having much more knowledge of all of the things covered. This movie is definitely a conventional film. There were many famous actors involved, a large budget, and the topic being covered, although not inoffensive, was one that was widely accepted and not particularly something that would limit the audience by anything other than age.

The energy that this film brings to the table is excellently portrayed in the opening scene to the film where the main character explains what he does for a living and proceeds to go into an interview where he comedically turns it around on the opposition even though he is clearly in the wrong.

In Roger Ebert's review of the movie, he gives an excellent summary that goes as follows: "Nick Naylor is a pleasant, good-looking career lobbyist who is divorced, loves his son Joey (Cameron Bright) and speaks to the kid's class on career day. "Please don't ruin my childhood," Joey pleads, but his dad cross-examines a little girl whose mother says cigarettes can kill you: "Is your mother a doctor?" Once a week he dines with the MOD Squad, whose other members are alcohol lobbyist Polly Bailey (Maria Bello) and firearms lobbyist Bobby Jay Bliss (David Koechner). They argue over which of their products kills the most people. The initials MOD stand for "Merchants of Death.""

This movie was also significant due to all of the smoking bans that were being put into place at the time of the film's release. "Throughout the early to mid-2000s, especially between 2004 and 2007, an increasing number of states enacted a statewide smoking ban of some kind" This caused the film not only to be even more funny, but also to be a culturally significant film, raising awareness of the dangers of smoking, and helping people to recognize many of the backhanded advertising techniques used by cigarette companies.

List of smoking bans in the United States as of 2008

Overall, I think that this was an excellent movie in many ways. It was extremely funny, had a cultural significant message about the big tobacco industry, and increased awareness about some real issues that were contentious at the time. This movie still holds up over fifteen years later and I enjoyed watching it this time just as much as I did the first time.

[shahananasrin-blog]

[ad_1] TORONTO – Canadian Bo Naylor and the Cleveland Guardians gave the slumping Toronto Blue Jays a lesson in producing runs in the series opener on Friday. Naylor, Ramon Laureano and Andres Gimenez each smashed homers in the Guardians 5-2 win as the Blue Jays (70-59) lost for the third time in a row before 40,755 at Rogers Centre.With Toronto ahead 1-0 after George Springer’s lead-off homer to right field in the second inning, Naylor, a 23-year-old rookie catcher from Mississauga, ON, tied the game with a one-out blast in the third inning for his fifth that landed in a similar spot as Springer’s in the Guardians (61-68) bullpen.“All the things, working up to this moment, have made it super special, having the people I love dearest closest to me here. And to add a win on top of that, it’s a great night,” said Naylor, who had several family members and friends in attendance. Story continues below advertisement It wasn’t a dreadful night for the Blue Jays at the plate. They only mustered six hits and have produced just five runs in their three-game losing streak as Toronto remains 1 1/5 games out of the final wild-card spot in the American League. Related Videos 1:58 Toronto Blue Jays pitcher in hot water over anti-LGBTQ2 Instagram post Previous Video Next Video “We have the guys in the locker room who can do it,” Blue Jays starter Chris Bassitt (12-7) said. “There’s a lot of teams in the race sometimes, and they just don’t have the guys to do it. We have the guys to do it. We just got to get it done.” Laureano smacked a two-run shot to right-centre field with two out in the fourth inning after Oscar Gonzalez reached base on an infield hit.The centrefielder increased Cleveland’s lead to 4-1 with a one-out double down the right-field line to cash in Gonzalez, who started a sixth-inning rally with a double.Gimenez hit his homer in the eighth inning after Vladimir Guerrero Jr. smacked his team-leading 19th in the sixth to bring Toronto within 4-2.Four of Cleveland’s runs came off Bassitt. He lasted 5 and 2/3 innings with seven hits, five strikeouts and two walks, including an intentional walk to Jose Ramirez in the fifth inning. Story continues below advertisement “I felt fine,” Bassitt said. “I just felt like a pitched terrible.”Guardians 24-year-old rookie righty Tanner Bibee (10-3) went six innings, giving up two runs on six hits with five strikeouts and a walk in six innings.After Guerrero’s homer, the following seven Blue Jays batters went down in order.Guerrero also was thrown out in the fourth inning, trying to score from first to third on Matt Chapman’s double to left. Shortstop Gabriel Arias’s relay from Steven Kwan to Naylor nipped Guerrero at the plate.“When you have a tough time stringing a lot of runs together, you’re aggressive,” Toronto manager John Schneider said. “There was a good read off the bat. It was a hell of a throw by the shortstop, but that was about as well executed the way we did it.“[Third-base coach Luis] Rivera was spot on. You’re trying to force the issue to make it a one-run game.” Story continues below advertisement The Blue Jays also stranded Alejandro Kirk at third base with one out after Whit Merrifield and Bo Bichette stuck out to end the fifth inning. Trending Now AI brain implant helps Sask. woman speak for the 1st time in 18 years Higher prices are driving some resort community residents to leave: ‘There is a sadness’ Cleveland reliever Emmanuel Clase picked up his 34th save by retiring three of four Toronto hitters in the ninth.MANOAH IN AAANow that Alek Manoah (3-9) has joined Triple-A Buffalo after being demoted, neither Blue Jays manager John Schneider nor general manager Ross Atkins were willing to say when the troubled right-handed pitcher would make his first start for the Bisons.Atkins did say that the two weeks off for Manoah to undergo extensive medical tests were a mutual decision between the Blue Jays and Manoah.“It was just to be thorough,” Atkins said. “We just wanted to make sure nothing was lingering.”Atkins said Manoah hasn’t been dealing with any injuries and didn’t rule out the possibility of the righty rejoining the Blue Jays later next month.ON DECKA pair of southpaws take the mound in the middle of the three-game set, with Toronto’s Hyun Jin Ryu (2-1) facing Logan Allen (6-6) on Saturday.This report by The Canadian Press was first published Aug. 25, 2023. Story continues below advertisement &copy 2023 The Canadian Press [ad_2]

[fanthatracks]

https://youtu.be/BxraeQ-spt0 An illustrated history of a famous British toy company, by Bob Brechin. We've been fortunate enough to speak with Bob on a number of occasions, most recently last year at Return of the Garrison when Paul Naylor caught up with Bob and Roger Morrison on Making Tracks: Return of the Garrison 2022: Palitoy legend Bob Brechin. [amazon box="150673667X"]

[lawmenandoutlaws]

by Roger Naylor | John Slaughter, who was a Confederate soldier, Texas Ranger and Cochise County sheriff, loved this porch. He was sitting there one day with his family when a cloud of dust swirled up from the south. Pancho Villa and his army rode onto Slaughter’s ranch. After a forced march, the famished soldiers began killing and butchering cattle...

[robertsbarbie]

just got a happy new year text that said "happy tony stark dies year" and i got offended for you even tho i'm a certified tony stark hater 😭😭😭

if it was from your brother tell him he’s a hater 😤 but also i literally have been telling everyone this and how sad it is and i even brought a little iron man action figure out with me last night so people could mourn like it’s so upsetting 😭😭😭

[mariocki]

The Saint: The Work of Art (2.7, ITC, 1963)

"Mère Lafond, I think it might be wiser if we were to co-operate."

"Ohh, you have changed, my disreputable buccaneer, co-operate!"

"Yes, but in this case it would be better."

"In this case, I go home. My cat is better company than this!"

[twins2994]

Twins Hold On To Beat Indians!

Indians 7 Twins 8 W-Jax (1-0) L-Wittgren (2-2) SV-Robles (7)

The Minnesota Twins had a couple former friends beat them last night as Eddie Rosario delivered a two-run single late and Blake Parker picked up the win. Tonight, the two teams got back to work as the Twins looked to even up the series. The Indians got on the board first as Amed Rosario crushed a Danny Coulombe fastball out to left for a solo homer. Later in the inning, Eddie Rosario reached on an infield single and Bobby Bradley smacked a Danny Coulombe slider out to center for a two-run homer. The Indians had a three-run lead, but the Twins would answer in the bottom of the first. Luis Arraez led-off with a sun triple to right and Josh Donaldson hit a sac fly down the left field line. This pulled the Twins within a pair of runs after an inning of play. The Twins got back to work in the third as Nick Gordon led-off with a double to center. He was thrown out at third base on a fielder’s choice, but Andrelton Simmons reached first base. The next batter, Luis Arraez hit a ball to the left-center field gap. Harold Ramirez kicked the ball for another triple and Simmons scored. Josh Donaldson followed with a run-scoring single to center and the game was tied at three. Alex Kirilloff crushed a Cal Quantrill change-up out to left-center for a two-run homer. This put the Twins up 5-3 after three frames. The Indians wouldn’t go away in the fourth as Bobby Bradley walked and Harold Ramirez singled to left. Josh Naylor drew a walk to load up the bases and Austin Hedges plated a pair with a base hit to left. This tied the game back up at five apiece. Eddie Rosario put the Indians back up in the fifth inning when he drilled a Griffin Jax fastball out to right for a solo homer. This put Cleveland up 6-5, but it didn’t last long. The Twins got back to work in the bottom of the fifth. Andrelton Simmons led-off with a single to left and Josh Donaldson walked. Nelson Cruz delivered a two-out single to left, which scored Simmons and tied the game up at six after five innings of play. The see-saw battle continued in the sixth. Nick Gordon kept the inning alive with a two-out single to center and Andrelton Simmons lined a base hit to right. Luis Arraez plated a pair with a double to left and the Twins took a two-run lead. Alex Colome threw a perfect seventh and Taylor Rogers had a 1-2-3 eighth. Hansel Robles came on for the ninth and things got interesting. Josh Naylor smoked a Robles change-up out to right for a solo homer. The Indians were within a run with two outs left. Max Kepler gunned down Bradley Zimmer out at second base for out number two. Austin Hedges grounded out to short to end the game and the Twins held on for the win tonight. 

-Final Thoughts- Danny Coulombe got roughed up in his opener outing. He went 1 2/3 innings and allowed three runs on two hits with two strikeouts. Griffin Jax did an okay job as the main guy. He went 4 1/3 innings and allowed three runs on three hits with two walks and two strikeouts for his first MLB win. Alex Colome had a perfect seventh, Taylor Rogers had a 1-2-3 eighth, and Hansel Robles gave up a run, but got the save in the ninth. Luis Arraez led the way with three hits tonight. Nick Gordon and Andrelton Simmons had two hits each. The Twins hit 3-for-7 with runners in scoring position and left three men on base. Mitch Garver is resuming baseball activities and will either begin a rehab assignment next weekend or catch bullpens by then. Tomorrow, Sam Hentges faces Kenta Maeda in Game 3. 

-Chris Kreibich-

[goalhofer]

2024 1st MLB playoff games

October 1, 2024

Justyn-Henry Malloy (Detroit) at Houston

Kerry Carpenter (Detroit) at Houston

Riley Greene (Detroit) at Houston

Andy Ibáñez (Detroit) at Houston

Colt Keith (Detroit) at Houston

Zach McKinstry (Detroit) at Houston

Wenceel Pérez (Detroit) at Houston

Spencer Torkelson (Detroit) at Houston

Parker Meadows (Detroit) at Houston

Jake Rogers (Detroit) at Houston

Trey Sweeney (Detroit) at Houston

Tarik Skubal (Detroit) at Houston

Will Vest (Detroit) at Houston

Weston Holton (Detroit) at Houston

Jason Foley (Detroit) at Houston

Beau Brieske (Detroit) at Houston

Zach Dezenzo (Houston) vs. Detroit

Bryan King (Houston) vs. Detroit

Michael Massey (Kansas City) at Baltimore

Bobby Witt; Jr. (Kansas City) at Baltimore

Vinnie Pasquantino (Kansas City) at Baltimore

M.S. Melendez; Jr. (Kansas City) at Baltimore

Kyle Isbel (Kansas City) at Baltimore

Maikel García (Kansas City) at Baltimore

Cole Ragans (Kansas City) at Baltimore

Sam Long (Kansas City) at Baltimore

Kris Bubic (Kansas City) at Baltimore

Lucas Erceg (Kansas City) at Baltimore

Colton Cowser (Baltimore) vs. Kansas City

Keegan Akin (Baltimore) vs. Kansas City

Heston Kjerstad (Baltimore) vs. Kansas City

Mark Vientos (New York Mets) at Milwaukee

Luisangel Acuña (New York Mets) at Milwaukee

José Buttó (New York Mets) at Milwaukee

Jackson Chourio (Milwaukee) vs. New York Mets

Garrett Mitchell (Milwaukee) vs. New York Mets

Jake Bauers (Milwaukee) vs. New York Mets

Joey Ortiz (Milwaukee) vs. New York Mets

Nic Mears (Milwaukee) vs. New York Mets

Eli White (Atlanta) at San Diego

Jackson Merrill (San Diego) vs. Atlanta

October 2, 2024

Brenan Hanifee (Detroit) at Houston

Brant Hurter (Detroit) at Houston

Jackson Jobe (Detroit) at Houston

Sean Guenther (Detroit) at Houston

Ángel Zerpa (Kansas City) at Baltimore

John Schreiber (Kansas City) at Baltimore

Reed Garrett (New York Mets) at Milwaukee

Blake Perkins (Milwaukee) vs. New York Mets

Jared Koenig (Milwaukee) vs. New York Mets

Bryan Hoeing (San Diego) vs. Atlanta

Jeremiah Estrada (San Diego) vs. Atlanta

October 3, 2024

Tobias Myers (Milwaukee) vs. New York Mets

October 5, 2024

Ty Madden (Detroit) at Cleveland

Keider Montero (Detroit) at Cleveland

William Olson (Detroit) at Cleveland

David Fry (Cleveland) vs. Detroit

Kyle Manzardo (Cleveland) vs. Detroit

Lane Thomas (Cleveland) vs. Detroit

Jhonkensy Noel (Cleveland) vs. Detroit

Noah-Gibson Naylor (Cleveland) vs. Detroit

Brayan Rocchio (Cleveland) vs. Detroit

Tanner Bibee (Cleveland) vs. Detroit

Cade Smith (Cleveland) vs. Detroit

Tim Herrin (Cleveland) vs. Detroit

Hunter Gaddis (Cleveland) vs. Detroit

Senga Kōdai (New York Mets) at Philadelphia

Kody Clemens (Philadelphia) vs. New York Mets

Austin Wells (New York Yankees) vs. Kansas City

Anthony Volpe (New York Yankees) vs. Kansas City

Luke Weaver (New York Yankees) vs. Kansas City

Brandon Lockridge (San Diego) at Los Angeles Dodgers

Elías Díaz (San Diego) at Los Angeles Dodgers

Ōtani Shōhei (Los Angeles Dodgers) vs. San Diego

Yamamoto Yoshinobu (Los Angeles Dodgers) vs. San Diego

October 6, 2024

Tylor Megill (New York Mets) at Philadelphia

Alek Jacob (San Diego) at Los Angeles Dodgers

Frank Banda (Los Angeles Dodgers) vs. San Diego

Edgardo Henriquez (Los Angeles Dodgers) vs. San Diego

October 7, 2024

Ian Hamilton (New York Yankees) vs. Kansas City

October 8, 2024

Andy Pages (Los Angeles Dodgers) at San Diego

October 9, 2024

Ángel Martínez (Cleveland) at Detroit

Erik Sabrowski (Cleveland) at Detroit

Andrew Walters (Cleveland) at Detroit

Joey Cantillo (Cleveland) at Detroit

Jace Jung (Detroit) vs. Cleveland

Brady Singer (Kansas City) vs. New York Yankees

Landon Knack (Los Angeles Dodgers) at San Diego

Matsui Yūki (San Diego) vs. Los Angeles Dodgers

October 10, 2024

Robert Ellis (New York Yankees) at Kansas City

October 13, 2024

Danny Young (New York Mets) at Los Angeles Dodgers

Ben Casparius (Los Angeles Dodgers) vs. New York Mets

October 14, 2024

Daniel Schneemann (Cleveland) at New York Yankees

October 15, 2024

Edward Lively (Cleveland) at New York Yankees

October 18, 2024

Luis Gil (New York Yankees) at Cleveland

Mark Leiter; Jr. (New York Yankees) at Cleveland

[oldisnewradio]

Tonight on Everything Old Is New Again Radio Show at 9PM on The Penthouse at www.thepenthouse.fm More Gabrielle Stravelli plus a rare live recording of Gabrielle at our 2014 Holiday Concert. I’ll spin 4 renditions of "Everybody Loves A Lover”. Music from Doris Day, Bryan Eng, Karen Akers, Roger Kellaway, Jacqui Naylor, David Benoit, Scott Dreier, Jane Monheit, Lyn Stanley, Ken Peplowski, Nicki Parrott, John Dokes, Amber Weekes, The Shirelles & More!

[world-cinema-research]

Thank You for Smoking essay.

The film that I will be covering is "Thank You for Smoking" 2006. This film impacted me because it was one of the first satirical comedies that I had seen on a topic like the advertising of smoking and led me to watch many similar satirical movies like "The Wolf of Wall Street". The movie was certainly a commercial success, making $39,323,027 with a budget of only $6,500,000. One of the things that the producers relied upon in order to get a return on investment was the use of big actors such as J.K. Simmons, David Koechner, and Willium H Macy. It was also based on a famous book of the same name. One of the possible limiting factors of the movie would be that the topics covered in the movie are definitely targeted towards a mature audience, with death due to smoking being one of the main themes of the movie. The reviews of this movie have stayed relatively consistent since the release of the movie, being overwhelmingly positive. Roger Ebert's review of the movie when it first came out was very positive stating ""Thank You for Smoking" targets the pro-smoking lobby with a dark appreciation of human nature". A more recent review by Metacritic states "This movie is satire done right. It manages to pull all the strings to break conventions on how we see corporations and activists to add a nuance we (intentionally or not) erase from other human". Rewatching this movie this week, I definitely had a much different perspective due to having much more knowledge of all of the things covered. This movie is definitely a conventional film. There were many famous actors involved, a large budget, and the topic being covered, although not inoffensive, was one that was widely accepted and not particularly something that would limit the audience by anything other than age.

The energy that this film brings to the table is excellently portrayed in the opening scene to the film where the main character explains what he does for a living and proceeds to go into an interview where he comedically turns it around on the opposition even though he is clearly in the wrong.

In Roger Ebert's review of the movie, he gives an excellent summary that goes as follows: "Nick Naylor is a pleasant, good-looking career lobbyist who is divorced, loves his son Joey (Cameron Bright) and speaks to the kid's class on career day. "Please don't ruin my childhood," Joey pleads, but his dad cross-examines a little girl whose mother says cigarettes can kill you: "Is your mother a doctor?" Once a week he dines with the MOD Squad, whose other members are alcohol lobbyist Polly Bailey (Maria Bello) and firearms lobbyist Bobby Jay Bliss (David Koechner). They argue over which of their products kills the most people. The initials MOD stand for "Merchants of Death.""

This movie was also significant due to all of the smoking bans that were being put into place at the time of the film's release. "Throughout the early to mid-2000s, especially between 2004 and 2007, an increasing number of states enacted a statewide smoking ban of some kind" This caused the film not only to be even more funny, but also to be a culturally significant film, raising awareness of the dangers of smoking, and helping people to recognize many of the backhanded advertising techniques used by cigarette companies.

List of smoking bans in the United States as of 2008

Overall, I think that this was an excellent movie in many ways. It was extremely funny, had a cultural significant message about the big tobacco industry, and increased awareness about some real issues that were contentious at the time. This movie still holds up over fifteen years later and I enjoyed watching it this time just as much as I did the first time.

[seeksstaronmewni]

It is decided.... that this is indeed one of @cartoonnetwork Studio’s greatest projects ever made.

Episode: CHAPTER 1

Directed and Produced by GENNDY TARTAKOVSKY

Storyboards by BRYAN ANDREWS, MARK ANDREWS

Art Direction, Character Design, Additional Scene Layout: PAUL RUDISH

Art Direction, Background Color: SCOTT WILLS

Character Design, Additional Scene Layout: LYNNE NAYLOR, @andysuriano

Vehicle Design: TODD FREDERIKSEN

Clean-Up: BARBARA KRUEGER, ROBERT LACKO

EFX Design: MICHEL GAGNE

Additional Scene Layout: MIKE KIM, GENNDY TARTAKOVSKY

Background Supervisor: DAVID A. DUNNET

Additional Background Design: @shinypinkbottle

Background Color: @rdaskas

Additional Background Color: WADE HUNTSMAN, RAYMOND ZIBACH

Color Stylist: LETICIA LACY

Additional Color Stylist: ROGER WEBB

[manny-hats]

Painted Desert, Arizona by Roger Naylor

[cmonstah]

EULOGY FOR JONATHAN GOLD 

(a cut-up poem taken from his restaurant reviews)

(Photo by Javier Cabral @theglutster)

You may belong to L.A.’s great brotherhood of taco eaters huddled around trucks late at night. You munch still-muddy radishes to sweeten your breath, but the stink of onions and garlic and cilantro and pig flesh haunt you like a friendly ghost for days. When we’re hungry, everything tastes good Hunger is the best spice.

Pico was where I learned to eat I saw my first punk-rock show on Pico was shot at, fell in love, witnessed a knife fight, took cello lessons, raised chickens, ate Oki Dogs and heard X, Ice Cube, and Willie Dixon perform (though not together) on Pico.

When this dining room was Tiny Naylor's my mom used to take us here for patty melts when she didn’t feel flush enough to spring for the onion rings across the street. You could drive by the restaurant 300 times without ever being tempted to stop.

You dump your Lexus off with the valet, march down a breezeway. It looks like the path to Thunder Mountain at Disneyland You walk past a watery ditch lined with shattered rock whose cracks ooze green light. You are led to an elevator in the rust-colored steel structure.

If you spend much time watching period Asian movies, you will remember scenes of dark inns, a crew of women tending an ancient grill, prodding battered cookpots licked with yellow flame. Their interiors resonate with dark wood and leather, stone and iron, surfaces oozing water and flame. Like the fifth level of any first-person shooter. You never know quite whether to order a Dirty Martini or to search the ground for a pulsing golden key.

It is time to go down into the dining room. The minimalist soundtrack, which sounds like the part where the icebergs float by in a National Geographic film. If you try to muscle your way toward a seat that may not officially belong to you, a stooped Chinese woman will cut you off at the knees.

A waitress will try to sell you a third or fourth martini. The skull of Simon Le Bon splats on your forehead. His brains trickle down your cheek like warm yolk. I wave toward the canapé, telling him that I had always considered truffle oil to be the Heinz ketchup of the overbred. Traditional dishes are more austere than what used to be served, possibly because of the seediness radiating from the adult-video store next door .

Ghost-white Kobe beef grilled to a crisp-edged liquid succulence. A foil-wrapped construction the size and girth of your forearm drapes over a paper plate like a giant oozing sea cucumber. The bare hint of sweaty afternoon sex in the scent of a juicy midsummer melon. This is the first of many flowers you will see tonight. You will recognize none of them.

What will happen is that your date will suck up the last of his or her Jolly Roger Bowl and carve your initials in the booth. You hear the occasional lonely moan of a train whistle from the tracks that run a few blocks south of here. It seems exactly right. As if you are eating your lunch at some railroad-station restaurant a hundred miles in the countryside.

And it is hard to avoid feeling that everything is pretty all right in the world.