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I know this is a little off topic but Normal, Illinois was mentioned in the episode. The city is the home of Illinois State University, whose mascot is the Redbirds, hence Redbird Arena. In addition, Normal was named after the school. At one time teachers' colleges were known as Normal Schools. The original name of ISU was Illinois State Normal University. I've visited Normal numerous times, it has a nice college town atmosphere. Not as nice as Madison, Wisconsin but way better than Urbana-Champaign, Illinois.

Did Nick Duke have to refer to the women in the Miller Lite Cat Fight as "bitches"? Is mispronouncing Hulk Hogan's name really worthy of being called a derogatory term?

Imagine trying to wash a banana out of that hair.

Thanks for the help but I tried that but it didn't work. Edit: Just got it to work. Thanks everyone for all the help.

How do I check my parental controls for Roku?

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The way I understood it, if you signed a contract like this, they basically don't owe any royalties at all for showing your match on TV, putting it on a DVD or anything else. Now, would that apply to pre-Zuffa UFC or bouts that were promoted by non-Zuffa groups like Pride or WEC which Zuffa now owns? I have no idea. However, they because have the rights to the fights as long as they promise "ZUFFA ... shall not authorize or permit the Identity of Fighter to be used as a direct or implied endorsement of any product, service, sponsor or commdity". (2.3f) If UFC doesn't do royalties for DVDs or replays then how can Lorenzo Fertitta compare their contracts to Hollywood? Actors, writers, directors, etc. all receive royalties. It does seem UFC is taking advantage of their fighters.

In the Bleacher Report article Lorenzo Fertitta states: "You're not going to put an event on television and, five years down the road, not have the rights to show that somewhere. You have to have those rights." This made me wonder if there is a royalty system set up in UFC. If a fight is replayed or is on a DVD will the figter(s) receive a royalty payment?

I'm not sure this concept works completely for wrestling. Albums such as Love's Forever Changes, Van Dyke Parks' Song Cycle, and the Rolling Stones' Exile on Main St (just to name a few) are cohesive works of art which are intended to be digested as a complete whole. Sure, a person is able to listen to Tumbling Dice on its own and enjoy it as a good song but when it is placed alongside strong album cuts like Rocks Off, Rip This Joint, Shake Your Hips, and Casino Boogie (all featured on record 1/side 1) the listener is given a much richer musical experience that creates mood and atmosphere. This goes double for a concept album like Beach Boys' Pet Sounds in which the songs taken as a whole allows the listener to gain some sort of understanding of the emotional state of its creator, Brian Wilson. I'm not sure complete wrestling shows work on the same deep, abstract level that the majority of the greatest albums ever recorded are able to work.

Case in point - the Chiefs are my team, and there was a lot more Belcher coverage in this region than there was nationally, and my first reaction to this was "what the fuck is jdw talking about?" Shit, I had to look up what the Accent Signage Systems shooting was and I live in Minneapolis!

This is true, Lynch spent most of his time during season 2 working on Wild at Heart. BTW, I apologize for the TV talk.

No, because they are not alike at all. Firefly is more like Freaks & Geeks than TZ, a beloved show that had one season. EDIT: Took me awhile but I finally remembered the point I originally was trying to make. I was trying to argue that it isn't fair to say Firefly failed. Looking back my choice of TZ as an example was a poor choice. Freaks and Geeks, Arrested Development, and Star Trek would all have been much better. I get your point that Firefly lasted one season and therefore was a failure, but I'm do not think it is fair to judge art on commerce. Firefly by all accounts was an artistic success and doing a quality show was the creator's job. It is the job of the network marketing staff to get people to watch, those people failed as no one watched the show when it originally aired.

I agree, TZ is an amazing show. I only meant that a show lasting 5 seasons at that time wasn't a big deal. The quality of the show is not in doubt. TZ is easily one of the great TV programs of all-time. EDIT: Serling continued to produce quality work post-TZ with the underrated Night Gallery and Planet of the Apes.

To be fair almost every show "fails". Most TV shows are cancelled; few end on their own terms. Twilight Zone and Star Trek, both typically regarded as the finest Sci-Fi shows ever produced, were both cancelled, were they failures? Twin Peaks was cancelled in season 2 and yet is still regarded as one of the greatest shows of all-time. The Honeymooners was cancelled after one season! I'm not sure your argument about TV shows is valid. Twilight Zone went 5 seasons, 150+ episodes. TZ's 5 season run was average at the time. Although a critical smash the show was viewed as a disappointment by CBS. In fact, CBS nearly cancelled the show in the first season. TZ did not become the massive success it is today until it was put in syndication after it was cancelled. Also, when you compare TZ's run with many of the other iconic shows of that period it isn't impressive. Make Room for Daddy ran for 11 seasons, Alfred Hitchcock Presents 10 seasons, Lassies 19 seasons, Bonanza 14 seasons, Gunsmoke 20 seasons. 5 to 6 seasons was an average at best run.