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what is annoying about it?
In a nutshell, Tracy Morgan. Though I don't know if another actor could have redeemed the character any--he seems to have been written expressly irritatingly. And Bruce Willis's exasperation with him isn't enough--he doesn't seem sympathetic either.
Yeah, Tracy Morgan is one of those actors that people either love or hate. A lot of the time it's him I can't watch on 30 Rock.
I think I'd have been a regular watcher of 30 Rock for years if not for him.
I find Tracy Morgan hilarious on 30 Rock, but he wasn't funny in that trailer.
I was really hoping for an Alice In Wonderland trailer.
We got that at Avatar. Looks all kinds of awesome.
The Online Etymology Dictionary (pretty much my one-stop shopping place for period slang) has this to say about dick:
"fellow, lad, man," 1553, rhyming nickname for Rick, short for Richard, one of the commonest Eng. names, it has long been a synonym for "fellow," and so most of the slang senses are probably very old, but naturally hard to find in the surviving records. The meaning "penis" is attested from 1891 in British army slang. Meaning "detective" is recorded from 1908, perhaps as a shortened variant of detective.
That takes it back a little bit farther, but it doesn't give a reason why or any history behind it.
I've only been in genre-type places reading Sherlock Holmes reviews, but they've been more positive than I was expecting, and many are defending the canonicity of Ritchie's interpretations and not slamming the slashy overtones.
Watching "Up" on DVD. I started crying the instant Ellie comes on the scene, and freaked out my kids I was crying so hard during the life review. Ugh.
Joe and I both cry at that part every time we watch.
Eta: Joe would like to add that he does *not* cry during that part. It's allergies.
Eta: Joe would like to add that he does *not* cry during that part. It's allergies.
Joe lies. Joe lies when he cries.