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EWFan2004

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  1. Pat Morita: You can't enter that tournament without the proper skills, Fat One.

    Joey Fatone: ...And will you train me, Mr. Miyagi?

    Pat Morita: First of all, I'm Pat-effin'-Morita, ya nutsack. Second of all, you're too old for the training.

    Daniel-san: [enters with a plunger] So was I... if you remember.

    Pat Morita: Daniel-san! I thought I smelled failure. That toilet's not going to uplug itself!

    Classic stuff from him

    RIP Pat-effin'-Morita

  2. Didn't see a thead about it

    Internationally well-known Syrian director Mustafa Al Akkad was one of the victims of Wednesday night's terrorist attacks in Jordan. Al Akkad died of his wounds Friday morning after his daughter died on the spot.

    Mustafa Al Akkad had come to Jordan from Syria and his daughter came from Lebanon to attend a wedding ceremony scheduled to take place on Friday November 12 in Aqaba and was staying at one of the hotels that were attacked. The director was waiting in the lobby of the Hyatt Amman Hotel to greet his daughter, who entered at the same time the bombing took place and was killed instantly.

    Suicide bombers, likely al Qaeda members, carried out nearly simultaneous attacks on three hotels in Amman Wednesday night, killing at least 56 people and injuring about 100.

    The blasts hit the Grand Hyatt, Radisson SAS and Days Inn hotels just before 9 p.m. One of the blasts took place at a wedding hall where 300 guests were celebrating - joined by a man strapped with explosives who had infiltrated the crowd.

    Mustafa was born and raised in Aleppo. He studied methods of staging motion pictures and television productions and graduated with a degree in Theatrical Arts from University of California in Los Angeles. He began work in MGM on the movie Ride the High Country then moved to CBS News Department. He then formed Akkad International Productions to produce and direct documentaries and feature movies.

    One of its documentaries Ceaser's World was a big hit and was broadcasted throughout the USA, enabling him to open offices for his company in Beirut, London, and Hollywood.

    In 1972, he founded Filmco International Production and used it to produce and direct his first blockbuster in the Arab world called al-Risallah (The Message). The movie was released in 1976 and it was a huge hit in the Arab world, prompting him to make an English version of it for release in the USA. It starred Anthony Quinn as Hamza, the uncle of Prophet Mohammed and be called Mohammed the Messenger of God. It was the first time in movie history that a feature film with leading names deals with the Muslim community and the beginnings of Islam.

    Mustafa went on to produce and direct his bestseller, Lion of the Desert in 1981, also staring Anthony Quinn. This movie covered the life and struggle of Libyan nationalist Omar al-Mukhtar, who led an armed revolt against the Italian occupation of Libya and who Benito Mussolini executed in 1932.

    In 1978, Mustafa produced his long-time Hollywood classic Halloween. A low-budget horror movie, it cost no more than $300,000 but upon its release in 1978, was an instant hit in the USA.

  3. Saw: I knew the ending before hand but as I got into the flim the ending nearly gave me a heart attack due to the fast heart rate that I was having by the end.

    Saw II: Really didn't see it coming.

    Friday the 13th: Talk about a classic suprising ending.

    House of 1000 Corpses

    House of Wax (Remake): Really didn't see it coming.

  4. If Fox was smart with AD they would have it on Tuesday or Thursday nights.

    You do realize that AD would have had an even smaller chance at competing on those two nights right?

    On Tuesdays, the competition would be

    CBS: NCIS (#7 in the rankings) or The Amazing Race

    NBC: The Biggest Loser or My Name is Earl & The Office

    ABC: According to Jim & Rodney or Commander in Chief (T # 8 this year)

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    On Thursdays they would have been up against. . .

    CBS - Survivor (T #8 this season) or CSI (the top rated show on TV)

    NBC: Joey/ Will & Grace or The Apprentice

    ABC: Alias or Night Stalker

    And that doesn't even include the minor network shows like Everybody Hates Chris, Smallville or Everwood.

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