Official Great Works Draft (5 Viewers)

[Fennis]

Hmmmmm, I don't recall anyone being up in arms that 60 Minutes has to be judged against scripted shows.

Isn't 60 Minutes scripted?

You mean Andy Rooney just says those whacky things off the top of his head without a script?

[andy rooney] did ya ever notice that prunes changed their name to dried plums? Who does the PR for prunes anyway. Back in my day, we didn't have "Public Relations". In fact "Public Relations" could get you arrested.[/andy rooney]Man this stuff just writes itself.

 

[BobbyLayne]

As exciting as all this is, does anyone have any idea where we are in terms of picks?

So Yankee23Fan threw back Baseball (eligible only for t.v.), but what happened to The Civil War - did DCT keep it?

 

[DCThunder]

As exciting as all this is, does anyone have any idea where we are in terms of picks?

I think Team Norwood is up.

 

[DCThunder]

As exciting as all this is, does anyone have any idea where we are in terms of picks?

So Yankee23Fan threw back Baseball (eligible only for t.v.), but what happened to The Civil War - did DCT keep it?

Yes, I reluctantly acceded to the demands of our intent overlords and moved it to TV.

 

[BobbyLayne]

I think ScottNorwood times out at 12:08, Bob Lee Swagger is in class (autoskip), so MisfitBlondes has until 1:08 p.m. EDT to make a pick.

 

[Yankee23Fan]

As exciting as all this is, does anyone have any idea where we are in terms of picks?

So Yankee23Fan threw back Baseball (eligible only for t.v.), but what happened to The Civil War - did DCT keep it?

He kept it as a TV show.

 

[BobbyLayne]

As exciting as all this is, does anyone have any idea where we are in terms of picks?

So Yankee23Fan threw back Baseball (eligible only for t.v.), but what happened to The Civil War - did DCT keep it?

Yes, I reluctantly acceded to the demands of our intent overlords and moved it to TV.

Actually might be a good decision for you personally; might do better in that cat than it would have in documentary.

 

[ScottNorwood]

18.05 Sir Ben Kingsley's Gandhi (performance)

 

[El Floppo]

Serious question:

Who's up?

 

[DCThunder]

As exciting as all this is, does anyone have any idea where we are in terms of picks?

So Yankee23Fan threw back Baseball (eligible only for t.v.), but what happened to The Civil War - did DCT keep it?

Yes, I reluctantly acceded to the demands of our intent overlords and moved it to TV.

Actually might be a good decision for you personally; might do better in that cat than it would have in documentary.

Perhaps...

 

[El Floppo]

also... couldn't have been happier to NOT be a part of that ken Burns throw down.

 

[BobbyLayne]

MisfitBlondes and the one I am never remember I spell it right (jaymp?) are on the clock until 1:08 p.m. EDT.

Norwood made his pick 6 minutes after he timed out.

 

[ScottNorwood]

MisfitBlondes and the one I am never remember I spell it right (jaymp?) are on the clock until 1:08 p.m. EDT.Norwood made his pick 6 minutes after he timed out.

I had to use my entire clock to make the decision

 

[BobbyLayne]

forgot to add - Bob Lee Swagger posted earlier he would be in class, OK to autoskip

 

[krista4]

18.05 Sir Ben Kingsley's Gandhi (performance)

Love this pick.

 

[rodg12]

Hmmmmm, I don't recall anyone being up in arms that 60 Minutes has to be judged against scripted shows.

[rant]Scripted/unscripted is inconsequential. It's a regularly running program that has spanned multiple seasons each with multiple episodes. That's a T.V. show. A program that was intended for a one-time, short run (i.e. a miniseries or documentary) is NOT a T.V. show (hence the different name). There's a reason Roots, Lonesome Dove, The Civil War, etc. aren't listed on the T.V. Guide top 50 shows of all time, and it sure as heck isn't because of their quality. It's because they are not considered T.V. shows.

[/rant]

Wait, what category would you put Roots and Lonesome Dove in? Are those supposed to be in movies? Ludicrous.It also seems pretty clear that TV people consider miniseries as TV shows, since they give them Emmys.

This is probably just on me. When I see TV Show I think of what more accurately is a Recurring TV Series.

 

[mad sweeney]

18.05 Sir Ben Kingsley's Gandhi (performance)

Love this pick.

Was just watching it yesterday.

 

[jmp]

MisfitBlondes and the one I am never remember I spell it right (jaymp?) are on the clock until 1:08 p.m. EDT.Norwood made his pick 6 minutes after he timed out.

it's jampy

 

[BobbyLayne]

MisfitBlondes and the one I am never remember I spell it right (jaymp?) are on the clock until 1:08 p.m. EDT.

Norwood made his pick 6 minutes after he timed out.

it's jampy

I'm sorry.

I'll try harder.

 

[DCThunder]

also... couldn't have been happier to NOT be a part of that ken Burns throw down.

It was especially fun because it was while I was pissed off by something at work at the same time I was pissed off at Krista and Tim.Oh well, serenity now, serenity now!

 

[Uncle Humuna]

18.07 - The Immaculate Reception - Play

This should stack up well against Hamlet and King Lear . . .

 

[BobbyLayne]

18.05 Sir Ben Kingsley's Gandhi (performance)

Love this pick.

Great, great role. Such a tough category to judge.I saw him at Tribeca FF one year. Itty bitty person IRL. But seems a very classy person.

 

[Postradamus]

Cmon peeps.

 

[DCThunder]

18.07 - The Immaculate Reception - Play

This should stack up well against Hamlet and King Lear . . .

This should be fun.

 

[Uncle Humuna]

18.08 Critique Of Pure Reason - Immanuel Kant (Non-Fiction)

One of the most influential works in the history of philosophy.

 

[Fennis]

18.05 Sir Ben Kingsley's Gandhi (performance)

Love this pick.

Great, great role. Such a tough category to judge.I saw him at Tribeca FF one year. Itty bitty person IRL. But seems a very classy person.

Why was Gandhi at a film festival?

 

[ScottNorwood]

18.07 - The Immaculate Reception - Play

This should stack up well against Hamlet and King Lear . . .

Very outside the box. I like it.

 

[jmp]

18.07 - The Immaculate Reception - Play

This should stack up well against Hamlet and King Lear . . .

This should be fun.

 

[mad sweeney]

18.05 Sir Ben Kingsley's Gandhi (performance)

Love this pick.

Great, great role. Such a tough category to judge.I saw him at Tribeca FF one year. Itty bitty person IRL. But seems a very classy person.

No ####. If you guys don't start picking some easy to downgrade performances I'm going to get pissed.

 

[BobbyLayne]

18.08 Critique Of Pure Reason - Immanuel Kant (Non-Fiction)

One of the most influential works in the history of philosophy.

Not waiting for MfB to make a serious pick?

 

[Genedoc]

18.08 Critique Of Pure Reason - Immanuel Kant (Non-Fiction)

One of the most influential works in the history of philosophy.

Great pick. Bonzai has been wanting this for a couple of rounds and we were going to try and hope it slid back to us.

 

[Uncle Humuna]

18.08 Critique Of Pure Reason - Immanuel Kant (Non-Fiction)

One of the most influential works in the history of philosophy.

Not waiting for MfB to make a serious pick?

My bad.If MfB wants it, I guess I kant have it . . .

 

[Bonzai]

18.08 Critique Of Pure Reason - Immanuel Kant (Non-Fiction)

One of the most influential works in the history of philosophy.

ack.I hate Kant, but theres no denying how important he was. Wanted this one.

 

[El Floppo]

18.08 Critique Of Pure Reason - Immanuel Kant (Non-Fiction)

One of the most influential works in the history of philosophy.

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

 

[El Floppo]

18.05 Sir Ben Kingsley's Gandhi (performance)

Love this pick.

Great, great role. Such a tough category to judge.I saw him at Tribeca FF one year. Itty bitty person IRL. But seems a very classy person.

No ####. If you guys don't start picking some easy to downgrade performances I'm going to get pissed.

Not his best work- but still great work.

 

[Fennis]

18.08 Critique Of Pure Reason - Immanuel Kant (Non-Fiction)

One of the most influential works in the history of philosophy.

Not waiting for MfB to make a serious pick?

How is this not serious? It's one of the most discussed plays in professional sports history. Sure, it goes against what most think when they read the category but it's a term that is well known in American Football and deserves to be chosen.

I'm going to go out on a limb and say if you can’t pick a documentary as a documentary, your pick will be overturned.

 

[El Floppo]

18.08 Critique Of Pure Reason - Immanuel Kant (Non-Fiction)

One of the most influential works in the history of philosophy.

Not waiting for MfB to make a serious pick?

How is this not serious? It's one of the most discussed plays in professional sports history. Sure, it goes against what most think when they read the category but it's a term that is well known in American Football and deserves to be chosen.

Ok- this time I'm pretty sure I'm getting this right...

 

[Postradamus]

18.08 Critique Of Pure Reason - Immanuel Kant (Non-Fiction)

One of the most influential works in the history of philosophy.

Not waiting for MfB to make a serious pick?

How is this not serious? It's one of the most discussed plays in professional sports history. Sure, it goes against what most think when they read the category but it's a term that is well known in American Football and deserves to be chosen.

come onWe all know what PLAYS we're referring to. Let's not muck this up any further.

 

[Bob Lee Swagger]

18.06 - Song - A Change is Gonna Come - Sam Cooke

One of the anthems of the Civil Rights movement, Sam Cooke's best song (which is saying a lot), and it's spawned some amazing covers.

Though only a moderate success sales-wise, "A Change Is Gonna Come" became an anthem for the American Civil Rights Movement, and is widely considered Cooke's best composition. Over the years, the song has garnered significant praise and, in 2005, was voted number 12 by representatives of the music industry and press in Rolling Stone magazine's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time, and voted number 3 in the webzine Pitchfork Media's The 200 Greatest Songs of the 60s.The song is also among three hundred songs deemed the most important ever recorded by National Public Radio (NPR) and was recently selected by the Library of Congress as one of twenty-five selected recordings to the National Recording Registry as of March 2007.

 

[rodg12]

18.08 Critique Of Pure Reason - Immanuel Kant (Non-Fiction)

One of the most influential works in the history of philosophy.

Not waiting for MfB to make a serious pick?

How is this not serious? It's one of the most discussed plays in professional sports history. Sure, it goes against what most think when they read the category but it's a term that is well known in American Football and deserves to be chosen.

I'm going to go out on a limb and say if you can’t pick a documentary as a documentary, your pick will be overturned.

 

[BobbyLayne]

18.09 Mister CIA - OTC until 1:46 p.m. EDT

18.10 El Floppo - On Deck

18.11 Thatguy - In The Hole

18.12 Wikkidpissah

18.13 Tides of War

18.14 BobbyLayne

18.15 Abrantes

18.16 Doug B

18.17 Timschochet

18.18 Postradamus

18.19 Rodg

18.20 krista4

19.01 Fennis

19.02 Rodg

19.03 Postradamus

19.04 Timschochet

19.05 Doug B

19.06 Abrantes

19.07 BobbyLayne

19.08 Tides of War

19.09 Wikkidpissah

19.10 Thatguy

19.11 El Floppo

19.12 Team CIA

19.13 Uncle Humana

19.14 Misfit Blondes

19.15 Bob Lee Swagger

19.16 Scott Norwood

19.17 DC Thunder

19.18 Genedoc

19.19 Tirnan

19.20 Yankee23Fan

20.01 Yankee23Fan

20.02 Tirnan

20.03 Genedoc

 

[BobbyLayne]

skipped picks

17.19 Tirnan

18.02 Tirnan

 

[rodg12]

How is this not serious? It's one of the most discussed plays in professional sports history. Sure, it goes against what most think when they read the category but it's a term that is well known in American Football and deserves to be chosen.

come onWe all know what PLAYS we're referring to. Let's not muck this up any further.

So when you think of "The Immaculate Reception," what comes to mind?

Controversy.

 

[Postradamus]

So when you think of "The Immaculate Reception," what comes to mind?

Inconclusive evidence..and how much I hate the Steelers.

 

[El Floppo]

skip me... going out- was going to take Kant.

 

[Fennis]

My next pick for play will either be jacks or marbles.

 

[Abrantes]

18.06 - Song - A Change is Gonna Come - Sam Cooke

One of the anthems of the Civil Rights movement, Sam Cooke's best song (which is saying a lot), and it's spawned some amazing covers.

Though only a moderate success sales-wise, "A Change Is Gonna Come" became an anthem for the American Civil Rights Movement, and is widely considered Cooke's best composition. Over the years, the song has garnered significant praise and, in 2005, was voted number 12 by representatives of the music industry and press in Rolling Stone magazine's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time, and voted number 3 in the webzine Pitchfork Media's The 200 Greatest Songs of the 60s.The song is also among three hundred songs deemed the most important ever recorded by National Public Radio (NPR) and was recently selected by the Library of Congress as one of twenty-five selected recordings to the National Recording Registry as of March 2007.

Was on my short, short list. Sam Cooke is the man.

 

[Bonzai]

18.06 - Song - A Change is Gonna Come - Sam Cooke

One of the anthems of the Civil Rights movement, Sam Cooke's best song (which is saying a lot), and it's spawned some amazing covers.

Though only a moderate success sales-wise, "A Change Is Gonna Come" became an anthem for the American Civil Rights Movement, and is widely considered Cooke's best composition. Over the years, the song has garnered significant praise and, in 2005, was voted number 12 by representatives of the music industry and press in Rolling Stone magazine's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time, and voted number 3 in the webzine Pitchfork Media's The 200 Greatest Songs of the 60s.The song is also among three hundred songs deemed the most important ever recorded by National Public Radio (NPR) and was recently selected by the Library of Congress as one of twenty-five selected recordings to the National Recording Registry as of March 2007.

Awesome!

 

[Abrantes]

As much as I love Cooke, though, I think Otis Redding's cover absolutely owns that song.

 

[BobbyLayne]

skipped picks

17.19 Tirnan

18.02 Tirnan

18.09 Mister CIA - OTC until 1:46 p.m. EDT

18.10 El Floppo - autoskip (this turn only)

18.11 Thatguy - On Deck

18.12 Wikkidpissah - In The Hole

18.13 Tides of War

18.14 BobbyLayne

18.15 Abrantes

18.16 Doug B

18.17 Timschochet

18.18 Postradamus

18.19 Rodg

18.20 krista4

19.01 Fennis

19.02 Rodg

19.03 Postradamus

19.04 Timschochet

19.05 Doug B

19.06 Abrantes

19.07 BobbyLayne

19.08 Tides of War

19.09 Wikkidpissah

19.10 Thatguy

19.11 El Floppo

19.12 Team CIA

19.13 Uncle Humana

19.14 Misfit Blondes

19.15 Bob Lee Swagger

19.16 Scott Norwood

19.17 DC Thunder

19.18 Genedoc

19.19 Tirnan

19.20 Yankee23Fan

20.01 Yankee23Fan

20.02 Tirnan

20.03 Genedoc

20.04 DC Thunder