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December 25, 2009 09:30 PM

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By Bluegal aka Fran

Marge Gunderson talks to the murderer Gaear Grimsrud in Fargo. Open thread below.

Tags: Fargo, Money, Open Thread, Open Thread
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Executive Producer of The Professional Left Podcast. On staff at Crooks and Liars since 2007. Master's degree from Harvard. Happy wife of Driftglass. Mother of three geniuses. Obsessive knitter. Blogs at http://bgalrstate.blogspot.com. .
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Handypants's picture
^..^
Handypants — 12/25/09 9:43pm

Love Fargo and Marge - favorite exchange:

Hooker No. 1: Well, the little guy was kinda funny-lookin'.

Marge Gunderson: In what way?

Hooker No. 1: I dunno... just funny-lookin'.

Marge Gunderson: Can you be any more specific?

Hooker No. 1: I couldn't really say... He wasn't circumcised.

Marge Gunderson: [amused by this unhelpful detail] Was he funny lookin' apart from that?

Hooker No. 1: Yah...

"I know that there are people who do not love their fellow
man, and I hate people like that! " ~ Tom Lehrer (1928 - )

Edwin's picture
Re: Open Thread
Edwin — 12/25/09 10:00pm

Looks like the whole film in on YouTube:

Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSEDabjrSgk

far left loon >.<

MikeD's picture
and nobody does "just funny lookin"
MikeD — 12/26/09 6:44pm

better than Steve Buscemi

ron's picture
I don't have
ron — 12/25/09 9:48pm

what most people would call the good life. I'm on Social Security and I don't have ant extras at the end of the month. Sometimes I even come up short at the end of the month but I really feel lucky when I see a lot of people worse off than me. The Healthcare bills aren't what I thought they would be either but it is a beginning. The biggest mistake Obama made was not making it clear to congres and the senate how important the public option was. Yes, he fucked up but for everyone to rant about his involvement, you have to remember that we have 3 branches of government for a reason. The Reagon CONservatives and the corporate fascists took over the government took over the in the 80s and some of you think things are going to get back to normal in less than a year. WAKE UP AND GROW UP!

Edwin's picture
Re: Open Thread
Edwin — 12/25/09 10:04pm

It's like the corporations have their own entitlement programmes now, and we know entitlement programmes are hard to take away once established.

far left loon >.<

ysbaddaden's picture
)O(
ysbaddaden — 12/25/09 10:00pm

http://www.youtube.com/user/TheRoyalChannel?b...

Diabolus est Deus Inversus

ysbaddaden's picture
)O(
ysbaddaden — 12/25/09 10:09pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MN-YICwcQPk

Diabolus est Deus Inversus

ysbaddaden's picture
)O(
ysbaddaden — 12/25/09 10:14pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ta9KMLpiHM

Diabolus est Deus Inversus

baby jesus's picture
baby jesus
baby jesus — 12/25/09 10:02pm

baby jesus took the day off.

ysbaddaden's picture
)O(
ysbaddaden — 12/25/09 10:06pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Y-q4xD2ePc

Diabolus est Deus Inversus

calgarylady's picture
lol
calgarylady — 12/25/09 10:10pm

How naughty!

;)

calgarylady's picture
Happy Birthday, baby jesus
calgarylady — 12/25/09 10:06pm

I hope you are having a good one!

ysbaddaden's picture
)O(
ysbaddaden — 12/25/09 10:29pm

Could the baby jesus perform the miracle of taking his crappy diapers and turning them into fudge?

Diabolus est Deus Inversus

calgarylady's picture
Yes, I'm sure he can
calgarylady — 12/25/09 11:31pm

and it would be divinity fudge, of course ;)

ysbaddaden's picture
)O(
ysbaddaden — 12/25/09 11:33pm

With nuts.

Diabolus est Deus Inversus

calgarylady's picture
hehe
calgarylady — 12/25/09 11:46pm

:)

Mike V.'s picture
Big love for the Coen Bros. here
Mike V. — 12/25/09 10:38pm

"Obviously, you're not a golfer."

ysbaddaden's picture
)O(
ysbaddaden — 12/25/09 10:39pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5b2ZXNLqUeE

Diabolus est Deus Inversus

calgarylady's picture
Cool video
calgarylady — 12/25/09 10:51pm

Thanks, ysb :)

ysbaddaden's picture
)O(
ysbaddaden — 12/25/09 11:11pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=BvGF0YhP...

Diabolus est Deus Inversus

ysbaddaden's picture
)O(
ysbaddaden — 12/25/09 11:26pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=62R-FqV1NsQ

Diabolus est Deus Inversus

calgarylady's picture
It's getting late ...
calgarylady — 12/25/09 11:57pm

Zeds for me. Goodnight, sleep tight!

Chopvac's picture
For your amusement, Al Franken versus Norm Coleman
Chopvac — 12/26/09 12:20am

I just came across one of the "cartoons of the year". I'm sure all around here will enjoy it, if they haven't seen it already:

http://img.timeinc.net/time/cartoons/2009cart...

http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/ar...

Both lead to the same image, I include both in case one doesn't work.

I'm sure Franken would find this cartoon hilarious.

ysbaddaden's picture
)O(
ysbaddaden — 12/26/09 9:44am

http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=dhRUe-gz690

Diabolus est Deus Inversus

Zafod's picture
Peter Stormare - Blonde From Fargo [BFF]
Zafod — 12/26/09 1:42am

I met Peter Stormare at my first LebowskiFest in LA in March 2005, when he played with his band BFF the night Jeff Bridges played a 30 minute set including Dylan's 'The Man In Me'. That was the weekend I won my first of three "Best Walter" trophies. Carrying on the links, I saw JB's new "Crazy Heart" tonight. Thanks in part to people like these, the years since I retired have been a lot more fun and interesting than before.

So, yes, young folks, there is life even at 69. But only if you keep thinking for yourself.

“When fascism comes to America, it will come covered in teabags, riding on a Rascal and waving a cross”

Handypants's picture
...
Handypants — 12/26/09 8:23am

"But only if you keep thinking for yourself."

But I have so much fun trying to think for everybody else . . .

No small wonder I have a hard time having fun!

:)

"I know that there are people who do not love their fellow
man, and I hate people like that! " ~ Tom Lehrer (1928 - )

Freddy Knuckles's picture
Whenever I Think...
Freddy Knuckles — 12/26/09 11:53am

about all the terrible shit that goes on in the world, her line in this scene always comes to mind "...and for what? A little bit of money."

chervilant's picture
hmm...
chervilant — 12/26/09 9:10pm

How interesting. I just quoted Marge about two weeks ago, in a response I wrote to some regular C&L bloggers:

I feel like Marge Gunderson, shaking my head and sighing, "I just don't understand it..." The angst, the resentments, the sarcasm, the hate, the bigotry...when and why did all these nasty human traits become the framework within which we experience one another?!?

Frances McDormand is one of my favorite actors, and the Coens make some of the best movies in the business. Fargo remains one of my all time faves.

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