Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Certified 100% Grade-A Fanboy

Here's the moment when I realized that I am possibly one of the dorkiest guys on the planet... Shari & I were watching the latest episode of Chuck last night (thank you, VCR) when this exchange occurred between two characters (recap courtesy of TWOP):
Morgan is convinced that Chuck is just a fragile little gelding unprepared for the world. Elie snorts and asks, "Do you know what a gelding is?" Morgan smirks, "Yeah, it's that weird creature from The Dark Crystal." Nice! It is so hard to find a good Dark Crystal reference these days!
Not only did I recognize the reference, I knew that the correct word is "gelfling."

Some of you are thinking: "It took this for you to wake up & smell the coffee? You mean, the fact that you have an entire room dedicated to board games wasn't a big enough clue?!"

I see your point.
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7 comments:

  1. ironcates4:04 PM

    Sweet! I didn't understand the reference. There's still hope for me (as I hide my cartoon superhero figures displayed in my entry hall).

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  2. Mark (aka pastor guy)4:10 PM

    The best throwaway joke in the entire episode was when Casey threw the microwave at the bad guy... he fell over, there was a pause, and a subtle "ding!" as if the microwave had just finished cooking something.

    I _love_ this show... and, btw, Pushing Daisies, which has the same whimsical take on life.

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  3. Patera Silk6:52 AM

    And to make you (and me) even happier, there's a Dark Crystal sequel in the works.

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  4. Mark (aka pastor guy)7:16 AM

    Firestone...

    I actually knew that. (Cool, eh?) I have a friend who's been working on some of the SFX work.

    Of course, as much as I like Dark Crystal, I'm an even bigger fan of Labyrinth ("gotta gotta go underground!").

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  5. Scott Rushing6:45 PM

    I'm ashamed to say that I have not seen Dark Crystal or Labyrinth. And I call myself a geek...

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  6. ladypuppy12:22 PM

    Did Morgan actually intend to compare Chuck to a castrated horse? Cause that's what happened.

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  7. Mark (aka pastor guy)12:53 PM

    Ladypuppy,

    No, I don't think so, but yes, that's exactly what he did.

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