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Get off my LAWN! "Grumpy Old Farts"
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The non-subliminal messages have too many people making the wrong life decisions, alright. There will always be those, unfortunately. The more subliminal messages are in the articles that everyone says they read. Those that actually do make much better life decisions.
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I expect my classmate followed a very fine career, as befits a graduate of Medill.
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I wonder who got the idea/basic concept from whom. Hugh Hefner or Don Randall (Fender's "You won't part with yours, either." ads).
Can't is be both?I s'pose they shoulda had 2 questions. "What kind of man reads Playboy?" and "What kinda man looks at Playboy?"
Damn shame it is, too!
They should have a further study. To wit:
What is the percentage of Playboy magazines that are “borrowed” by the subscriber’s 12 year old son and subsequently shared amongst a large group of the son’s friends?
The aforementioned scenario was the only way I ever had the chance to look at a Playboy magazine. Someone mentioned articles. There were articles?
What is the percentage of Playboy magazines that are “borrowed” by the subscriber’s 12 year old son and subsequently shared amongst a large group of the son’s friends?
The aforementioned scenario was the only way I ever had the chance to look at a Playboy magazine. Someone mentioned articles. There were articles?
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You (general you) might be astonished to learn Playboy (and Condé Nast publications) employed — and may still employ — fact checkers from hell. If a fictional piece set in Davenport says there's a pharmacy at 4th and Drucker, someone's going to check. Multiple someones are going to check.
.... for a story almost nobody reads ...
.... for a story almost nobody reads ...
You're right, I am astonished that there's any perceived need to fact check fictional stories, even if set in non-fictional locales!
Could you please enlighten this illiterate as to the journalistic intention of such? But, I'm not a general, nor even a lieutenant. I prefer to remain somewhat private. In contrast to your bright, beautiful new avatar!
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It's a sure bet some reader will write the editor to say ... I grew up in Davenport and that was a barber shop at 4th and Drucker until 1987 when it became a bring-your-own-spelling tattoo parlor ....
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You're right, I am astonished that there's any perceived need to fact check fictional stories, even if set in non-fictional locales!
But, I'm not a general, nor even a lieutenant. I prefer to remain somewhat private. In contrast to your bright, beautiful new avatar!
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it's bad enough to hear me and then ya gotta see me too
it's bad enough to hear me and then ya gotta see me too
Nau contraire!
So, just to avoid letters to the editor? I would think they would love that kinda stuff for that department. So easily refuted, but a chance to thank your reader(s) for writing.
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Seeing all detail is seen to properly is a reflection of the integrity of the publication. You will never see a typo or misspelled word in Playboy. Stories take months to be ready to print.
IIRC Playboy, Daily Variety and similar publications used a typography outfit called Black Dot. Type galleys would be shipped from Black Dot to the editors for correction ... a very complicated and work-intensive process that ensures every period and comma is exactly where it should be.
IIRC Playboy, Daily Variety and similar publications used a typography outfit called Black Dot. Type galleys would be shipped from Black Dot to the editors for correction ... a very complicated and work-intensive process that ensures every period and comma is exactly where it should be.
In the early 70’s a corporate board decided that they could make money by publishing Playgirl. There was money to be made since women made up almost half of the PB readership. This is a prime example of just because you can, doesn’t mean that you should.
These magazines were always involved in litigation. People were standing in line to take them to court. A good reason to ensure that their facts were checked and rechecked.
These magazines were always involved in litigation. People were standing in line to take them to court. A good reason to ensure that their facts were checked and rechecked.
Indirectly on that topic, I grew up in Miami(FL-there are other Miami's but they don't countNau contraire!
So, just to avoid letters to the editor? I would think they would love that kinda stuff for that department. So easily refuted, but a chance to thank your reader(s) for writing.
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). There have been many TV shows "set" in my home city. Almost all of Miami is set up in a grid pattern where numbered avenues run north/south and numbered streets run east/west. The shows will make reference to something occuring at the intersection of, for example, Elm and Farley. NOPE! Ruins it for me. 'Nother example: "Miami Vice"; car chase; going through an area I'm familiar with; slide around a corner near downtown-they're suddenly 8 miles away in an industrial area near the airport. Gaaaahh!
Oh. There was one cop show set in Palm Beach(I lived in West Palm Beach for awhile). In external shots, there were mountains in the background.
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Indirectly on that topic, I grew up in Miami(FL-there are other Miami's but they don't count
I see the same thing in my neighbourhood. They computer generate buildings that don’t exist. One show had vampires living a street over. In reality, the house is a bit run down. With computers, they made it look quite nice. At one point they burnt it down on TV, in reality, the building is still there. To some extent, I think that locations are pasted together to make street scenes look different from one movie to the next.
I don’t care for film and TV production in my area. The city gives them pretty much a free hand to take over. Parking is prohibited on a block, they bring in their own movie vehicles to line the street. Another block is taken up with trailers, dressing rooms, food services, equipment trucks, etc. Cranes with stadium type lights making night into day. In the past there would be helicopters hovering overhead. A huey is loud! Now they often use drones. They can park there for weeks at a time, sometimes all summer. When one crew finishes, another shows up with another production. When they are shooting on the street, you can’t even cross at the corner at the far end of the block. I admit to getting fed up and ruining a couple of shots.
Covid has pretty much put an end to a lot of productions. There were still some during the summer.
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Oh yeah, same with shows and movies set in places in the US East, like, oh, I dunno, DC and northern VA, where the no-parking curbs are painted "traffic yellow." The car in the scene pulls up in front of a location where the curb is painted "Los Angeles No Parking Red," but we're supposed to be in Arlington, VA. And the characters are wearing winter coats.Indirectly on that topic, I grew up in Miami(FL-there are other Miami's but they don't count
If you pay attention while watching old shows such as Hogan's Heroes, M*A*S*H, and The Andy Griffith Show, it's pretty easy to lose the suspension of disbelief when they're doing outside scenes.
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Well! Obviously "integrity" isn't as important to movie & TV media as it once was to print media.
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Well! Obviously "integrity" isn't as important to movie & TV media as it once was to print media.
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Script continuity costs money.
Can you identify those mountains?There was one cop show set in Palm Beach(I lived in West Palm Beach for awhile). In external shots, there were mountains in the background.
I can prove that the Barber of Seville is right across the street from the local convenience mart.
The United States Post Office, a branch of the federal government, recognizes The Barber of Seville at 21 W Main Street, Seville, OH 44273. Furthermore, The United States Post Office also recognizes The Seville Pantry Food Mart at 20 W Main St, Seville, OH 44273. It would be a criminal offence to do so otherwise.
That’s good enough for me to accept that they are across the street from one another. Quod Erat Faciendum.
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I learned about this fact from having gone to the food mart years ago with a friend who lives in Seville (the Guitarist of Seville
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