Was that Niska? by Malicious

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Was that Niska?

POSTED BY: MALICIOUS
UPDATED: Wednesday, February 15, 2006 16:11
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Thursday, June 2, 2005 4:09 PM

Has anyone seen that Snapple commercial where an old dude and his daughter are sitting on a couch talking about the daughter's wedding? I THINK the old dude is Niska. It looks just like him and the voice sounds the same, just lacks the accent. And he wasn't torturing her. Yet.

Mal-licious

"Let's go be bad guys."

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Thursday, June 2, 2005 6:05 PM

MANWITHPEZ

Important people don't do field work.

Yes it was, and I've never been so afraid NOT to drink a Snapple in my life!!!

My wife is quite tired of hearing me cry out in fear every time that commercial is on!

Kaylee: "What's so damn important about being proper? It don't mean nothing out here in the black."
Simon: "It means more out here. It's all I have..."

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Thursday, June 2, 2005 9:19 PM

ZOID

'Lish:

The best piece of acting I've seen out of Michael Fairman ("the old dude") was in the Costner vehicle Thirteen Days. Fairman plays Adlai Stevenson in the film. His performance was the best in the flick for believability. Very memorable, if minor. Rent it, if you haven't seen it before.

I also remember the first time I ever heard of Snapple. It was a co-sponsor of the Howard Stern Show (along with some label-making device, by Brother, I think). As a result of not being able to separate Snapple from Stern mentally, I've never drunk it. Is it any good?

...Or does it taste like sleaze, as I imagine?

Associatively,

zoid

P.S.
"Fartman says, 'Drink Snapple!' But a buttload today!"
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"Sure as I know anything, I know this: I aim to misbehave." -Capt. Mal Reynolds, Serenity, a.k.a. 'the BDM'

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Friday, June 3, 2005 11:30 AM

MALICIOUS

Pez,

I know! I told my #2 co-worker convert about it and he said, and I quote, "NO!! That scary old bastard! I wanted him to die!" Hopefully, Snapple didn't choose him for that kind of result.

Zoid,

I am not a fan of Mr. Stern. He makes me tense.

Mal-licious

"Let's go be bad guys."

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Friday, June 3, 2005 12:53 PM

TETHYS

awwwww poor Mal, getting all tense. Here, have a hug :P

"I aim to misbehave"
I am: http://redwing.hutman.net/%7Emreed/warriorshtm/bigcat.htm

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Friday, June 3, 2005 2:41 PM

MALICIOUS

Thank you!

I dreamed one night I was a teepee. The next night I dreamed I was a wigwam. My shrink said I was two tents.

Ha! I'm funny.

Mal-licious

"Let's go be bad guys."

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Friday, June 3, 2005 3:43 PM

SUCCATASH

Here's a link to the commercial. Quicktime

http://www.snapple.com/_content/commercials/video/snapple_vicki_weddin
g.mov

"Gott kann dich nicht vor mir beschuetzen, weil ich nicht boese bin."

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Saturday, June 4, 2005 7:31 AM

ZOID

'Tash!

Long time no (virtually) see!

I thought Mmmm-aaah!-licious had driven you away for good.

Nice to have you back; I hope you'll stay. I really missed your annual Easter 'message' ("Thanks for killing me!"

).

I trust you are happy and well. Er, you know, physically well...

Estrangely,

zoid
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"Sure as I know anything, I know this: I aim to misbehave." -Capt. Mal Reynolds, Serenity, a.k.a. 'the BDM'

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Saturday, June 4, 2005 7:38 AM

ZOID

'Lishy:

Howard the F*ck makes my skin crawl, but in a not-totally unpleasant way. I mean you've gotta admit he was right about one thing: Everybody loves lesbians.

Stern is kind of a guilty pleasure that nobody wants to confess enjoying. It's the closest thing to 'reality'... ...TV that I can stand. But what guy doesn't remember The Kielbasa Lady from "Private Parts"?

Queasily,

zoid

P.S.
Please remember that the words 'reality' and 'TV' don't belong in the same sentence, let alone on my TV.

P.P.S.
Mal: You never did say whether Snapple was any good. I was being serious about not eating or drinking anything associated with the porn parlor that is the Howard Stern Show.
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"...Four-times-a-day habit. Hey, I'm not proud of it; but I did it." -Howard Stern, Private Parts

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Saturday, June 4, 2005 7:51 AM

LISSA

Quote:
Originally posted by zoid:

The best piece of acting I've seen out of Michael Fairman ("the old dude") was in the Costner vehicle Thirteen Days. Fairman plays Adlai Stevenson in the film. His performance was the best in the flick for believability. Very memorable, if minor. Rent it, if you haven't seen it before.

i have to agree, i loved him in that movie. i also loved the actor who played rfk--he was awesome.

oh, i also saw michael fairman in a us cellular commercial playing a judge the other night!

~lissa, spwhore

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Saturday, June 4, 2005 8:22 AM

ZOID

lissa wrote:

Quote:
...i also loved the actor who played rfk--he was awesome.

Well he (Stephen Culp) certainly looked more like Bobby than Bruce Greenwood did JFK. I'm an unabashed Costner fan, but Fairman stole that particular show, IMO.

Also, Adlai Stevenson... Adelei Niska... Coincidence? Or proof of human genome cloning 500 years hence? Maybe there's a whole swarm of Adlais/Adeleis running around the Firefly verse... (*shiver*)

Addledly,

zoid
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"Sure as I know anything, I know this: I aim to misbehave." -Capt. Mal Reynolds, Serenity, a.k.a. 'the BDM'

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Saturday, June 4, 2005 12:20 PM

LISSA

Quote:
Originally posted by zoid:

Well he (Stephen Culp) certainly looked more like Bobby than Bruce Greenwood did JFK. I'm an unabashed Costner fan, but Fairman stole that particular show, IMO.

my friends always mock me for being a costner fan! (well one in particular does...) i just don't understand how anyone can not like dances with wolves.

iloved stephen culp in desperate housewives too...the finale made me very sad:(

~lissa, spwhore

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Sunday, June 5, 2005 7:47 AM

ZOID

lissa:

I find there's something very honest, straightforward and appealing about K. Costner. Maybe it's because he's the son of a ditchdigger who eventually made lineman. Working class roots have provided him a certain no-nonsense honor that translates into a distinctive gaze and self-deprecating way of speaking; even passing humility is a rare commodity in the performance arts.

He's not perfect, but that's appealing too, to a regular guy. He's certainly honest and brave. According to IMDB: "His frontal nude scene in "For Love of the Game" (1999) was reportedly deleted after being met with laughter at test screenings." That's what I call brave. Maybe it was cold on the set that day, hmmm?

Gotta love his baseball movies. "Bull Durham" is a classic, by my reckoning, even with Tim Robbins doing his best to prove he's not an actor. (NB: My first thought, everytime I see Robbins, is 'Nuke L.A. Loosh'.) Likewise, "Field of Dreams" gets me crying like a baby in about 4 or 5 scenes. Archie Graham... There, I'm crying into the keyboard...

But anybody -- male or female -- who pisses off Madonna backstage after her dance revue, er, music concert, by telling her the show was really "neat", is a hero in my books. I thought she was gonna have cats with crocheted tails...

Respectfully,

zoid

P.S.
He could've hit Madonna with a sack of Bibles and a bucket of Holy Water and not injured her worse than that 'neat' comment, implying that her show was somehow wholesome.
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"Sure as I know anything, I know this: I aim to misbehave." -Capt. Mal Reynolds, Serenity, a.k.a. 'the BDM'

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Sunday, June 5, 2005 5:01 PM

MALICIOUS

Zoid,

I would SO do Kevin Costner in that centerField of Dreams. If he builds it, I will come.....but not so much in the other movies. Go figure.

I have had Snapple in the past, it was ok. But I am not much of a juice drinker. 98% of the time, I drink water. Milk is 1% and PEPSI is the other 1% (Pepsi RULES in my book).

Mal-licious

"Let's go be bad guys."

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Sunday, June 5, 2005 5:33 PM

ZOID

'Lish wrote:

Quote:
...I have had Snapple in the past, it was ok. But I am not much of a juice drinker. 98% of the time, I drink water. Milk is 1% and PEPSI is the other 1% (Pepsi RULES in my book).

Mal-licious

Right. Pepsimilk. I forgot.

As a born 'n raised Suth'nah, there is only Coke and all its derivatives. One Texan to another: "Hey, pard, I'm goin' to the 7-11. Wanna coke?" The other Texan: "Yeah." First Texan: "What kind of coke do you want?" Second Texan: "I'll have a Dr. Pepper."

In much the same way that New York City is a suburb of Houston, all 'sodas' are cokes in Texican parlance.

Beveragely,

zoid

P.S.
It's nice to know Snapple doesn't taste like a fruity blend of bodily fluids mopped from the floor of the Stern Show. And that "If he builds it, I will come...": Coke shot out of my nose (C2, actually). It's a heckuva mental picture that I'll ponder long...
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"Sure as I know anything, I know this: I aim to misbehave." -Capt. Mal Reynolds, Serenity, a.k.a. 'the BDM'

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Monday, June 6, 2005 8:09 AM

MALICIOUS

PepsiMilk is Twiggy's thing. It's either Pepsi OR milk for me. No mixing of the streams.

Regional names are funny aren't they? I had a friend who hailed from Ohio ask me if I wanted a "pop" once and I had no idea what she was talking about. She said, "A sodapop!" I said, "OH! A soda! Yeah, I'll take Pepsi."

John Belush: "No Coke. Pepsi."

Mal-licious

"Let's go be bad guys."

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Monday, June 6, 2005 8:18 AM

MANWITHPEZ

Important people don't do field work.

Where I come from...Its all Coke. That Fanta Orange over there...that's an Orange Coke. That Mountain Dew over there...that's a Coke. That Coke over there...Well, you get it.

And don't cross the streams...It would be bad.

Kaylee: "What's so damn important about being proper? It don't mean nothing out here in the black."
Simon: "It means more out here. It's all I have..."

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Monday, June 6, 2005 8:30 AM

ZOID

'Lish:

Of course, you gave us the answer to the long-standing question, "What three words might've saved John Belushi's life?"

"No coke. Pepsi."

Still, Jack Daniels and Pepsi? Ugh...

(Field of) Dreamily,

-zed

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Monday, June 6, 2005 12:07 PM

MALICIOUS

Quote:
Originally posted by zoid:
Jack Daniels and Pepsi?

That would be delicious, sans the JD. (I'm not much of a drinker.)

Did I ever tell you that I make ice cubes with Pepsi so as not to dilute the purity of the Pepsi with melted water? No? Good, 'cause that would be werid, wouldn't it?

Mal-licious

"Let's go be bad guys."

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Monday, June 6, 2005 2:04 PM

ZOID

'Lish:

Jack Daniels was my drug of choice during my music years. My daddy taught me to fear the law, so I never touched illegal substances, although everyone I associated with did. The things that happened to them, as a result of those activities, is a tale of woe that might rend your very soul. As a result of bearing witness to those things, I was never much tempted by coke, crystal or doobage. "Why do you think they call it 'stupid'?" as one of my roadies used to slur.

No, I had my old buddy Jack Daniels. I was killing myself legally. At the height of my abuse, I was drinking enough to drop a rhino on a nightly basis. Something I used to make a point of stressing to the audience at least once a night: "Nobody outdrinks the band." And I meant it.

But surprise, surprise. I was a total a$$hole when I got lit up. Some folks drink and they get sloppy or happy or sleepy. Not me. When I got drunk, I got sharper, until anyone coming in contact with me got cut. That's why I admire Eastwood's "Unforgiven". I recognize a kindred soul in Munny. When he gets drunk and snake-eyed in the final scene, I recognized myself.

Mr. Daniels and I have been separated since 1989. And good riddance to bad rubbish. I may still be an a$$hole; but, at least I'm not a drunken a$$hole.

Respectfully,

zoid

P.S.
Still have a beer every now and again while watching special sports events. Super bowl, World Series... Tonight's Miami-Detroit game 7. Got some Shiner in the fridge and fixins for killer nachos. Go Heat! (NB: If Dwyane Wade doesn't play and play well, Miami is done. But I wanna see The Diesel and Duncan go at it, and I got $5 and bragging rights riding on the Heat.)
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"Sure as I know anything, I know this: I aim to misbehave." -Capt. Mal Reynolds, Serenity, a.k.a. 'the BDM'

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Monday, June 6, 2005 7:39 PM

BATMARLOWE

Where I'm from, a Coke is a Coke and a Pepsi is a Pepsi. Generically, they are "cold drinks". As in "You wanna cold drink?" "Yeah". "What kind?" If you say Coke you will get Coca-Cola.

Niska drinks Spsnapple, by the way (just to keep the thread related to the subject line).

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Tuesday, June 7, 2005 2:50 AM

BARNEYT

Quote:
Originally posted by Succatash:

Here's a link to the commercial. Quicktime

http://www.snapple.com/_content/commercials/video/snapple_vicki_weddin
g.mov

"Gott kann dich nicht vor mir beschuetzen, weil ich nicht boese bin."

Classic, 'Tash! Thanks for the picture

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"I think the right place to start is to say, fair is fair. This is who we are. These are our numbers." Mr Willis of Ohio - The West Wing

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Wednesday, February 15, 2006 5:09 AM

JACKCORDIAL

Adelei Niska says "You drink the Snapple; Its reputation is very...solid."

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Wednesday, February 15, 2006 5:34 AM

GRIZWALD

Quote:
Originally posted by zoid:
...I've never drunk (Snapple). Is it any good?

Me neither, but Mr. Grizwald informs me it is excellent for putting out car engine fires. His van overheated in the Mojave once and he used most of a cooler full of Snapple to cool it down.

He wrote Snapple a letter telling them about this useful tip, but for some reason they never offered to use the idea in a commercial.

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Wednesday, February 15, 2006 5:53 AM

ASARIAN

Quote:
Originally posted by BarneyT:

"Gott kann dich nicht vor mir beschuetzen, weil ich nicht boese bin."

Cute! (I speak a little German; try not to faint). Translates to this, right?

"God cannot protect you from me, because I am not angry/evil."

One for the books!

--
"Mei-mei, everything I have is right here." -- Simon Tam

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Wednesday, February 15, 2006 6:48 AM

JAKE7

I saw Niska on a rerun of the King of Queens the other night!

He played the owner of a shoe store who had been in WWII. Carrie's Dad goes into this store and ends up befriending him to a degree (but later dislikes him, I think. My viewing was interrupted by a phone call, so I don't have full details).

It was quite weird to hear him talk w/out an accent, despite the fact that I've seen him on Seinfeld as well (Pinsky of the Pinsky file) and he didn't use an accent.

BTW, in Illinois (at least where I live) Coke/Pepsi (Yay Pepsi!) is called "Pop." Wisconsin calls it "Soda." I take great glee in tormenting my nephew, who hates it when I use the word "Pop."

In a restaurant, if you ask for a Coke, you'll either get the line "We have Pepsi" (just to make sure you get the right thing) or they just bring you whatever cola is on their menu.

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MAL: Everybody's makin' a fuss.
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"They just float out there, sending out raver breeding parties..."

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Wednesday, February 15, 2006 12:53 PM

RHYIANAN

Quote:
Originally posted by Malicious:

Did I ever tell you that I make ice cubes with Pepsi so as not to dilute the purity of the Pepsi with melted water? No? Good, 'cause that would be werid, wouldn't it?

Sounds like something I would do. Everyone thinks I'm crazy for drinking my pop warm because I don't want to dilute it. Plus, the frozen pepsi would make a nice snack on its own as well (sorta like a popsickle).

Wash: Yeah, but psychic? That sounds like science fiction.
Zoe: You live on a spaceship, dear.

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Wednesday, February 15, 2006 1:06 PM

AURAPTOR

America loves a winner!

Shan Yu snapple! Aahhhh!

Too gorram funny!

People love a happy ending. So every episode, I will explain once again that I don't like people. And then Mal will shoot someone. Someone we like. And their puppy. - Joss

" They don't like it when you shoot at 'em. I worked that out myself. "

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Wednesday, February 15, 2006 4:11 PM

KWICKO

"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." -- William Casey, Reagan's presidential campaign manager & CIA Director (from first staff meeting in 1981)

[As he tortures his granddaughter] "See? You drink Snapple... Now, for you, my reputation is solid." :)

A baby seal walks into a club...

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