Practice Lines 10/16

[Taro T]

46 minutes ago, matter2003 said:

probably because too many people have crowbars shoved up their ***** and need to loosen up a little and have some fun.

Or perhaps it's because he never was a butler on the show you keep showing clips of.  He was the Head of the Household or Head of the Governor's Mansion or some other such title when that show started and he was at least the Lt. Governor when it ended.  Perhaps, had it been a British show he still would've been referred to as the butler in the spinoff, but on this side of the pond, even in Connecticut, that role he held was not that of the "butler." 

He was the Tait's butler on SOAP, but he never was the butler on Benson.

Maybe you should be pushing for Benson to get referred to as the Lt. Governor?

[matter2003]

9 minutes ago, Taro T said:

Or perhaps it's because he never was a butler on the show you keep showing clips of.  He was the Head of the Household or Head of the Governor's Mansion or some other such title when that show started and he was at least the Lt. Governor when it ended.  Perhaps, had it been a British show he still would've been referred to as the butler in the spinoff, but on this side of the pond, even in Connecticut, that role he held was not that of the "butler." 

He was the Tait's butler on SOAP, but he never was the butler on Benson.

Maybe you should be pushing for Benson to get referred to as the Lt. Governor?

This would be like claiming an Administrative Assistant isn't a Secretary.  It's a change in title, but the same thing.

Edited October 16, 2023 by matter2003

[Taro T]

Just now, matter2003 said:

How is that any different that what was written in the post you responded to:

"He was the Tait's butler on SOAP, but he never was the butler on Benson."

So, yes, as stated above, he was the butler on SOAP.  HE WAS NOT THE BUTLER ON BENSON.  He was the Lt. Governor.

 

[matter2003]

7 minutes ago, Taro T said:

How is that any different that what was written in the post you responded to:

"He was the Tait's butler on SOAP, but he never was the butler on Benson."

So, yes, as stated above, he was the butler on SOAP.  HE WAS NOT THE BUTLER ON BENSON.  He was the Lt. Governor.

 

 

He started as their butler then turned into Lt. Governor...I mean what do you think a "Head of Household" is?  It's a Butler. He is the person in charge of all the other staff members.

 

[Randall Flagg]

1 hour ago, dudacek said:

It’s hockey.

It will not - cannot - be anything other than Benny.

Stop shouting at the tide 😜

I said "Benny and the Jets!" out loud after that line's first goal. Probably sucks, but Benny is indeed what came to mind 

[Slack_in_MA]

6 minutes ago, Randall Flagg said:

I said "Benny and the Jets!" out loud after that line's first goal. Probably sucks, but Benny is indeed what came to mind 

If he's ever dealt to Winnipeg, it's a no-brainer!

[Curt]

45 minutes ago, Taro T said:

How is that any different that what was written in the post you responded to:

"He was the Tait's butler on SOAP, but he never was the butler on Benson."

So, yes, as stated above, he was the butler on SOAP.  HE WAS NOT THE BUTLER ON BENSON.  He was the Lt. Governor.

 

 

36 minutes ago, matter2003 said:

 

He started as their butler then turned into Lt. Governor...I mean what do you think a "Head of Household" is?  It's a Butler. He is the person in charge of all the other staff members.

 

Arg.  Make it stop!

1) The Butler is not a cool nickname for a hockey player.  It’s lame.

2) Are we really going to name him after a sitcom that went off air 37 years ago?  A show that went off air almost 20 years before Benson was even born?  Lame.

3) I had never even heard of this show before.  Lame.

[Buffalonill]

 

 

[LGR4GM]

[Taro T]

3 hours ago, matter2003 said:

 

He started as their butler then turned into Lt. Governor...I mean what do you think a "Head of Household" is?  It's a Butler. He is the person in charge of all the other staff members.

 

Again, said that were the show based in England, he would likely have had the title of "butler" on the show that Robert Guillaume's character was the title character.  But he WASN'T the butler on THAT show.  He was the butler on SOAP.

But either way, it is a really stupid idea for a nickname for an 18 year old hockey player.

[Stoner]

 

[Night Train]

Get back on D and create your own breaks. It's science !

[SABRES 0311]

Apparently DG did not read my proposed lines. As a fan I am a customer of the on ice product. The customer is always right.

[Broken Ankles]

6 hours ago, Taro T said:

Again, said that were the show based in England, he would likely have had the title of "butler" on the show that Robert Guillaume's character was the title character.  But he WASN'T the butler on THAT show.  He was the butler on SOAP.

But either way, it is a really stupid idea for a nickname for an 18 year old hockey player.

Never could understand how Soap lasted only 4 seasons and Benson got 7.  I mean Gene Gattling, Mrs Crowse and Clayton Enditcott were nice ensemble pieces but nothing like Soap.

 Robbie Benson weighed in….”Sir, about that Butler idea, all the way up with a red hot poker”. 

 

 

[Kristian]

15 hours ago, Buffalonill said:

Oh it's funny ...The butler cleans up the puck. 

 

 

RJ’s call when Chris Butler got his first NHL goal :

”AHA….!! The Butler did it!” 😎

[steveoath]

[matter2003]

12 hours ago, PASabreFan said:

 

Yakety Sax!  A Classic!! Shoulda posted one that had the people running around on the show tho...

[RochesterExpat]

If his nickname is Bennie, I expect a hat trick in Winnipeg in November.

[Taro T]

7 hours ago, Broken Ankles said:

Never could understand how Soap lasted only 4 seasons and Benson got 7.  I mean Gene Gattling, Mrs Crowse and Clayton Enditcott were nice ensemble pieces but nothing like Soap.

 Robbie Benson weighed in….”Sir, about that Butler idea, all the way up with a red hot poker”. 

 

 

Because SOAP, tame as it may seem today, was extremely controversial when it aired.  ABC just simply got tired of the protests.  "SOAP, did we go too far."

Benson was a much more standard sit com.  Not controversial and as a result, not nearly as funny.  But it had a much longer run because of it.

Thing is, just about everything that SOAP lampooned (amnesia, cheating spouses, murder, embezzlement, insane characters, mob related construction projects, kidnappping, etc.) while airing in the evening TV lineup was a regular storyline in the the lame afternoon soap operas that all 3 networks aired religiously 5 days a week.  But nobody gave a rat's rear end about anything said or done in them.  Probably because they weren't intentionally hilarious.

Robert Guillaume's other series Sports Night only had a 2 year run.  Which is a shame, that was a great show too.