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This board needs an exorcism

posted 8 years ago by popedon1
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...because it REALLY suxx. This is a fun, interesting show, so this board should be a little fun/interesting, but it isn't at all. I've had better discussions about this show on other show boards. Not sure if it's the ahsswholes who keep posting "You know this sheet isn't real, right?" Or, the other ahsswholes who keep posting "Why is Amy making a weird face, saying weird things, you know she's a fake???"

I don't even mind those posts THAT much, but it seems that's about the only posts on here.

What does everyone think of these new "revisited" episodes? Pretty interesting eh?

I had almost forgotten about the lesbian grandmother living in that house full of demons who had their sights on her grandson, little Damien, Jr.

How about the mother who talked like JLo, who said their house was making her hate her husband? Did you see the ritual that banished the demons/ghosts that plagued them? Releasing doves, getting doused in rum & cigar smoke, straddling a sword with gunpowder burning?! Pretty cool sheet that seemed to work for them.

What case(s) do you wonder about? Which would you like to see a follow-up about? Remember that very over-weight, but pretty lady with the insane child-attachment that was trying to kill her? I'd like it if they did a follow-up on her.

[–] heidimsw 8 years ago

Lol. I know this post is old, but it's hilarious (and true). 😆

[–] popedon1 8 years ago

Hey! A friendly, intelligent person with a sense of humor... WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING HERE?! Your type isn't allowed on this website.

The one good thing a person -- me -- can do on such a dead comment board is vent.

Nice to see you/read you, friend. I'm still working on my "Amy's New 'Do" essay to respond to your post "on that other board"; the "elocution" page.

Okay, here's another "Zakism": "Aaron, watch the STAHRRS. I nearly fell down those STAHRRS."

He pronounces "stairs" the way a pirate would. After he says "stahrrs", he should say "Ahrr, ahrr, pieces of eight, me buckoes!" What is with that?! His mom will have to buy him some gold hoops for... ah, I have NO idea what he celebrates, other than his pay checks from Travel Channel. I saw him on some website with his COLLECTION of Lamborghinis! I learned that you -- meaning HE -- can spend over one million dollar$ on one car!

So, for Halloween, he'll have to get a tatt on his left shoulder (if there's room; that's quite the huge winged Lucifer on his back; obviously a former choir boy) of a parrot, in case he falls down some haunted STAHRRS. And he can put his hoops in, in front of the Bela Lugosi meeer, even if he hasn't pierced his ears. And, then "don" his gas mask. You KNOW he'll "axe" his reflection, "Magic meeer on my haunted wall, who's the prettiest gasmask-wearing Lamborghini driver of them all?"

Doesn't Amy look great...?! Do you think they sprung for a stylist & a wardrobe allowance because they've been on a while? I can just hear the producer now...

"Amy, since we're going into our 8/9th season, we're gonna have to spice the show up. More scares, more swears(!), and a little more eye candy. After all, Steve isn't getting any younger..."

I went on her facebook page, or twatter page a few months ago for info on her show. They really keep renewals top secret, don't they? And, I got the impression she was heavy from baby weight. My guess is she stopped eating babies to get slimmer. <rim shot>

But, she really looks so pretty. The friggen HAIR...! Ever think she'd look so polished? Before it looked like she cut it herself, or they had a special at her dog groomers, you know a twofer-woofer, flea dip included.

Two weeks ago, I did the unthinkable and fell asleep during her show. Busy day, I guess. But I was wide awake Sat. night. Man, did she have a "POTTY MOUTH" or what?! You're def right. She has stepped-up the swearing. It does make me laugh though. I can't even imagine if I saw demons, zombie-like ghosts, etc. I swear like a drunken sailor with Tourettes when I see a spider, or something minor but gross.

Oh, I just remembered something I noticed about Amy last Sat that I wanted to tell you. This made me laugh. And since "speech" is your forte... I've noticed she has 2 accents. She has a mid-west accent, with certain words. And a New York (Jersey, maybe?) accent with other words, like Steve. But THIS is what really hit me in the last episode (The Case of the Nasty Dead Mother-in-Law, oi vey): I find her use of the phrase, "y'all", the perfect complement to her expensive wardrobe, sophisticated coiffure, professionally applied make-up -- falsies included. When you're not from The South, yet use it in her typical folksy way ("IF I were y'all, I'd get the FLlCK outta here so fast..."), it really IS like that cherry on top of an ice cream sundae. It invokes shades of Jackie Kennedy...

You want to see something REALLY scary & Funked-up, speaking of Jackie Kennedy? Go to Youtube, and put in the search box something like "Jackie shot Kennedy". There's at least one video (I think it also had something to do with the "Mandela Effect") that slows down that famous Kennedy assassination video. And it shows something I'd noticed before a long time ago. Before he gets shot, Kennedy is slouching down toward Jackie, but eyes open, like he's incapacitated/maybe drugged. And it looks like she has something like an open pill bottle, maybe, in her right hand. You can't see her left hand from that angle. Then, of course, Kennedy gets shot. But the shot looks like it's coming from UNDERNEATH him. It's VERY funked-up, and very suspicious-looking, speaking of Dead Files. Some say she may have had a gun in her left hand & MK Ultra-style murdered him. I tried to find out if she was a natural left-hander. I know she wrote with her right hand, but she went to Catholic school, where the nuns would make you write right-handed. I know because everyone in my family is left-handed but ME! (That's MY personal "Bela Lugosi Meeer" ;)

Anyway, it's gross & scary but interesting to speculate about. I had noticed the slumping over, but I hadn't noticed that angle of him getting shot. It looks as if he was shot from underneath the seat of the car he was riding in. Actually, that car was the subject of the Mandela Effect. You'll see.

I've got more to "chat" with you about, but I'll save it for later. Mercury is retrograde. Very bad for communication, they tell me. Take care! ;^)B

[–] Lets_talk_about_that 8 years ago

The accent is not NY/NJ, it's a slight Boston/New England accent and I've noticed it too. It's very odd, she only does it at certain rare moments.

[–] heidimsw 8 years ago

She does do MULTIPLE accents. It freaks me out and makes me wonder if she's channeling different spirits or if she's just trying out different accents as part of her acting gig. She absolutely does the NY/NJ with the short a sound as a "schwa". Yes, that's a word, and it's a dumb word, but it is actually the term for the way people in western CT/NY/NJ prounounce their short a vowel sound, (as in the word "has"). Then, Amy sometimes does bust out a bit in that slight New England accent. And, YES! PopeDon is SOOOO right; she'll go southern on us sometimes. She does say "y'all" at times, and it comes out of nowhere.

Here's the thing. I read that Amy was born/raised mostly in NY. But, sadly, she went to college in ARIZONA. That's where it all went wrong. ;-)

[–] popedon1 8 years ago

No, my dear. I must disagree. I'm from Boston. I haven't heard her drop an "r" in 8.5 seasons. But I have heard her "tawk like jhe's frum Nuw Yawk".

Or, who's that really "klaaasie" jailbird from Jersey, one of the "housewives" -- haunted houses, obviously -- who's in a restaurant, and has the ultimate hissy-fit: "NO WIRE HANGUHS YOU FUQEN BICH!" Then turns a "friggin" table "ovah"!!!! Can't take "Huh" anywhere. Can you imagine being black listed from Red Lobster forever...?!

And I've heard her say "Oh, my Gaaad", like she fell over a wheel of cheddar in "WisCAHNsin". So, she def has a mid-west connection.

But, I'll keep listening for it, and any other accent she comes up with. You like "huh" new look?

[–] heidimsw 8 years ago

Oy, Popedon. You had me literally laughing out loud at your above post. You are truly one of the most hilarious people I have ever "met". I'll bet people tell you that you have ADD. Or they say they have trouble keeping up with your train of thought/quick subject changes. Lol. Guess what?! I am THE SAME way! Sooooo....I totally follow all of your rants and tangents, even when you switch gears so fast I get whiplash.

I love the Zakisms. My personal fave is the "meer". Hahahah! I don't think I ever noticed the STAHRRS, though. Come to think of it, stairs seem to make an appearance in EVERY Zak episode! I mean, they become a focal point in many episodes. Zak is always being "pushed" down the STAHRRS by a spirit, or he gets dizzy on the STAHRRS because a demon is trying to possess him, etc. I wonder why I never picked up on his pronunciation of that word. I will absolutelty pay attention next time.

How about this Zakism? "Oh my GYOD!" In every older ep of GA, one is guaranteed to hear at least one "Oh, my GYOD" from Zak, a comment from Nick about some spirit/entity/cold air going through his "bawdy" or that he has chills up and down his "bawdy". You can also expect to hear at least one "bro" and/or "dude" from Aaron. Also, on another note, in those old eps....How about Billy's hair? That faux-hawk. OMG. I'm so glad he grew out of that phase. I wonder if production told him to change it once he started having a bigger role on the show. Perhaps he simply had an epiphany and realized it just wasn't a good look for him...or anyone.

RE Amy: In my comment above to another poster, I reponded about Amy's odd accents and how they're all over the map. I agree with you; it's bizarre. She does sound NY/NJ at times, other times she's "accent-less", sometimes I hear a bit of midwestern speech, and then when you least expect it, she busts out with the "y'all", which freaks me out. I always wonder if she's doing different regional accents on purpose just to try them out. It doesn't go over well with me, though, because IMHO, it makes her seem inauthentic if she's completely inconsistent by pronouncing the same exact word 3 different ways.

Yes, I do think The Dead Files started to spring for makeup artists and wardrobe personnel for Amy after they'd been on the air for a few seasons. Amy is indeed WAYYYY more polished nowadays than in the early seasons. I think she was not-so-subtly told to get a makeover and stop dressing like a schlep. I also believe - and people will jump all over me for this - that she had a little "work" done to her face. She used to have a prominent bump on the bridge of her nose. Now, it's gone. Regardless, she looks fabulous lately. Her hair in the olden days used to make me cringe. Yes, I have seen some of those same coifs on poodles.

Your "rim shot" was too much. But in all seriousness, you mentioned baby weight. Did Amy really have a baby? Did they not film during the pregnancy? I don't recall ever seeing evidence of a baby bump.

I will definitely check out the Jackie Kennedy vid. I'm a little nervous about it, though. Watching a murder caught on tape is just so frightening; it feels voyeuristic. When you view it, you know you're seeing someone's final moments of life and that they had no idea what was coming. That's heavy. Hey, I believe ANYTHING is possible in this world. Truth is stranger than fiction. Jackie could've been behind the assassination. There are multiple theories out there, including one that there was a second shooter working with Oswald who will forever remain unknown. Some say Oswald was framed. Some believe it was an inside job ordered by the CIA. Who really knows?

Jackie was always the consummate "lady", standing by her man in her perfect pink pillbox hats, even when JFK was boinking Marilyn and God-knows-who-else. (BTW: I believe 100% that Marilyn was murdered; she did NOT commit suicide. She knew too many gov secrets from her pillow talk with the Kennedy brothers, so they needed to dispose of her. Also, when people commit suicide, they do not get naked first. Ever).

I had heard that the nuns used to force students away from their left-handedness and make them use their right hands for writing. I wonder why it was such a big sin to be left-handed. Was Lucifer left-handed? Lol! Only 10% of the population is left-handed, actually. It's staggering that your whole family is left-handed! It's not staggering that you're the oddball in the family, though. ;-)

I'll "talk" to you soon!

[–] popedon1 8 years ago

Hi, there, friend! I'm glad you got a good laugh from my post. I liked yours, too. You have good insights. And we're into the same things: ghosts, demons, accents, words, enunciation, grooming. You know, the important things!

Want to hear something really sick? I know what a "schwa" is! At least I think I do. I was going to look it up, but then I thought, don't cheat, go for it. Isn't that what they call the "little curved plate" over a "short" vowel?

I'm pretty sure I learned that in 2nd grade, phonics. If it wasn't for phonics, I'd have never been able to learn to read. They don't teach kids to "sound it out", any more. Isn't that st - oo' - pid? Did I get the accent mark right?!

Actually, I DO have ADD. That's something that me and the lefties all have in common. You do write like me. Look at the structure of our "lil' essays"! They look the same. I think that's funny as Hell. I don't know why, but I do. Maybe because I hate the one-two sentence posts. You know the ones that say "You're wrong, $#*thead", then don't give any reason. But it's so convenient on a frigging posting board, isn't it? Persuasive essays/arguments. Love 'em. Don't see much of that.

The nuns at Catholic schools would make lefties use their right hand instead because the "Left-Hand Path" has to do with black magic/satanism; Judas sat on Jesus's left side at the Last Supper (I just noticed they don't call it The Last Dinner; "dinner" makes it sound like a bigger deal). I'm sure there are other stupid reasons for them doing that. But we didn't go to Catholic school, so I don't know why my brother was made to do that. His penmanship still looks the same as when he was ten. Oh well. That still doesn't hide his evil. ;p

I never noticed Zak pronouncing "stahrrs" that way before either until 3 weeks ago. Maybe it was "His Haunted Museum" episode? I caught a repeat of that recently. Jeez, talk about a lazy, no effort, all-about-nothing show. Though, the old lady that used to live there was pretty funny. I laughed my ahss-off when she thought it was great "Doctor Death's" van was in her old bedroom: "He meant well, bless him." Well, I guess Zak could've been nastier. It could've been Charles Manson's Satanic TV. I'll take the Death Van any friggen day. Or, Za Lugosi Meer. You know that's in Zak's bedroom. Do you think he has a walk-in closet filled with gas masks? "This is from the Korean Conflict... this is from WW1; you know, Mustard gas... Are you as turned on as I am?" And when he's feeling "frisky", he models them for what ever lucky humanoid he's entertaining?

"You know, a man was tortured to death in front of that meeer. KISS ME! Oh, mom, you're still the best!"

I just figured out something about what you said about how "staahrs" always feature in his shows. It's because that psycho's walking through these buildings in the friggen DARK! No wonder he's falling down stairs, falling up stairs, falling THROUGH stairs will be next. How funny would THAT be? "Aaron, quite playing around! Get yeR ahss down in that basement and sell your soul to that demon, you big baby!"

"But, duuuude, I'm stuck."

Amy's "baby weight", speaking of babies... I didn't stay on her page long because I had a bad feeling I'd get too much info, and would like her less. You know how a woman gains say, 50 lbs during pregnancy, loses 20 lbs instantly, but takes awhile... say about 7 TV seasons, to lose the other 30 lbs...? I think she probably had a baby right before the 1st season. I forget what I read to lead me to that conclusion, but I read something. Made sense to me.

I was watching Amy "On Demand" this week, a recent ep and I finally saw "it". At a certain angle, her nose looked shorter. It looks to me like she still has a bump on the bridge, but it doesn't look as "long". I always liked her nose. "It fit her face". Hey, if you're gonna wash your face every day, and your hair. And stop eating babies, and pork rinds, just makes sense to get a nose job, I guess. Another thing about that. In a couple of scenes during this new season she sounds like she has a cold. Maybe she did, but I remember Roseanne Barr a million years ago complain on a talk show that ever since her nose job, her nose always runs.

During the last ep she was talking to Matt about what she was seeing/hearing. It was about the man & his 11 yr old son getting blown up in their car -- mob hit. She sounded very congested because I noticed, as Let's Talk suggested, she dropped her "r" on a word. I was like, this can't be happening! I've missed that sheety Boston accent all this time?! But then her next line was "he was chaRRRRed". So, I think her nose job's acting up. I never go under the knife unless it's life & death. I had a cousin my age go under and not wake up. The anesthesiologist "nicked an artery" and he bled to death. I was like that before he died. Too many things can go wrong plus it's just gross. If you've really got a beak, then I get it. I love to play and watch tennis. There used to be a good Israeli player named Shahar Peer. I used to feel so bad for her because her nose was so funking BIG, it was disfiguring. I think she's retired now, but the last two times I watched her play on TV, it hit me that she had a nose transplant. It looked so natural, I didn't notice at first. And she looked GREAT. So much better. If she still has it pickled in a small aquarium -- it was big -- I wonder if Zak would display it in the Severed Body Part wing of his museum?

He could say something like, "This is so big we're waiting for it to grow a person." Now THAT'S scary.

Hey, did you see the look Amy gave Steve last ep regarding the lady dying of cancer? "Amy, please, can you help these nice people", or what ever the big mensch said. And she sent him a look that said "I'm just a medium, dude, not a miracle-worker". I think she did that in another show recently too. Do you think Steve gives HER a comforting hug, as well? Me neither. ;p

"Y'all better move the FUNK out, y'all." As a "fellow" from a long-line of White Trash, I can tell you most assuredly, and indubitably, THAT'S where that comes from. As in "Y'all got any Crystal 'cause I'm in the mood to party!" Isn't that the state motto of AZ...?! Except in Spanish? That's why I made that Jackie Kennedy reference, sarcastically. Imagine being all "dolled-up", as Steve would say, great hair and clothes, then "funk" it up with that sleazy "y'all"? She probably spells it, "yall", like total Trash!

Well, talk to yall later. Hope you have a wicked pissah weekend. ;9)B