is that why the simpsons has that sketch
where homer is watching someone in army uniform being yelled at? "PYLE! PYLE!" over and over.

i never did understand that bit.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 9 Nov 2010, 9:41, 3 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

Good morning.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 9 Nov 2010, 9:43, Reply)

hello sexbomb
how are you today? apart from cold and damp, naturally.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 9 Nov 2010, 9:53, Reply)

He's called Pyle in the film because it is the name of a dumbass soldier
in some American TV thing. Which is what feed into that Simpsons episode.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 9 Nov 2010, 9:44, Reply)

Full Metal Jacket is not 'some American TV thing'.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 9 Nov 2010, 9:45, Reply)

and I wasn't talking about Full Metal Jacket you spastic
Full Metal Jacket took the name from an american tv show
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 9 Nov 2010, 9:45, Reply)

Really?
I know nothing of films or TV.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 9 Nov 2010, 9:47, Reply)

I've never seen the show
it was some 60s thing about an idiot marine.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 9 Nov 2010, 9:48, Reply)

Ah, I see.
I hope it was better than 'Sgt Bilko', that wasn't amusing at all.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 9 Nov 2010, 9:49, Reply)

I can only imagine that it was not

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 9 Nov 2010, 9:58, Reply)

I think you mean "The Phil Silvers Show"
BAM! How'd you like those pointless trivia apples?
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Tue 9 Nov 2010, 9:58, Reply)

Fabulous.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 9 Nov 2010, 10:00, Reply)

That show
was the inspiration for the (infinitely superior) Top Cat cartoon.

SHAZAM!
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 9 Nov 2010, 10:01, Reply)

Which was supposed to be renamed Boss Cat in the UK and ther's even a title screen showing this, but the dialogue was never changed.
THWUMP!
(Cave Duck, Tue 9 Nov 2010, 10:03, Reply)

It couldn't be called that here
as there was a brand of cat food called Boss Cat.

BAZAMMMMM!!
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 9 Nov 2010, 10:04, Reply)

I names my cat Benny
after a character in 'Top/Boss Cat'


NUCLEAR FLASH!!!!!!!
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 9 Nov 2010, 10:06, Reply)

Erm you may havre to change this as my previous post was somewhat erroneous.
SPLURGE!
(Cave Duck, Tue 9 Nov 2010, 10:08, Reply)

Wikipedia:
In the United Kingdom, the show was first aired on BBC television (now called BBC One) but renamed Boss Cat shortly after it premiered in 1962 because Top Cat was also the name of a brand of cat food.

So I had the right idea but got it the worong way round...
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 9 Nov 2010, 10:10, Reply)

Indeed, I initially incorrectly put that it was called Boss Cat in the states
which probably caused the confusion.

Clearly I've let you down
I've let the internet down
And I've let myself down.

I'm going to saw my left leg off in penance.
(Cave Duck, Tue 9 Nov 2010, 10:15, Reply)

I think it's best if we both flounce, here.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 9 Nov 2010, 10:18, Reply)

Yeah, there's an American show from the 60's-ish with a Private Pyle
Jim Carrey and his "kids" are watching it in "Me, Myself & Irene" before they swap to watching Richard Prior.
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Tue 9 Nov 2010, 9:54, Reply)

aha
i bet you're great at trivial pursuit and pub quiz machines aren't you?
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 9 Nov 2010, 10:06, Reply)

Not so great with 'women', sadly.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 9 Nov 2010, 10:07, Reply)

Mummy says i'm cool

( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Tue 9 Nov 2010, 10:13, Reply)

She was saying altogether different things to me last night.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 9 Nov 2010, 10:19, Reply)

Was it "No I don't have any spare change"?

( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Tue 9 Nov 2010, 10:24, Reply)

i won't hear a single syllable of it
from or about either of you!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 9 Nov 2010, 10:13, Reply)

Not bad
I usually come unstuck on sports questions though
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Tue 9 Nov 2010, 10:12, Reply)

i am such a gimp, i LOVE triv and pub quiz machines
but sport/geography are my achilles heel, i am literally clueless. which is fine on a pub quiz machine where you can have a bash, but triv can be humiliating on occasion.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 9 Nov 2010, 10:14, Reply)

mine weak areas are sport and TV
I know absolutely nothing about Coronation Street, which would put me at a disadvantage if I didn't know so much other useless shit.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 9 Nov 2010, 10:16, Reply)

Mine are 'personal hygiene' and 'not being a serial sex attacker'

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 9 Nov 2010, 10:21, Reply)