May 06, 2004

• I miss Pete & Pete. That was my absolute FAVORITE show growing up.
• Only two? What happened to the other thirty-six?
• That was an amazing show. The superhero, Artie? "The strongest maaaaann...in the world." I had such a crush on big Pete for so long. And then I had this roommate...SPITTING image of the kid. So incredibly creepy.
• I loved that show. I wanted a Petunia tattoo.
• Also of note is Pete Shrine which has Pete and Pete on DVD. A friend of mine bought them, it took forever, they weren't the best quality, and there certainly aren't legal, but they are the best we have at the moment.
• Don't forget to mention Ellen, the girl who is a friend, not a girlfriend, or the mom who could get radio reception with the plate in her head. Man, television was so much better back in those days, when we were saluting our shorts or singing along to the intro to hey dude. I think I'm going to cry.
• Minimally related self-link: I'm so proud I was able to slip a "Pete & Pete" reference into an article I wrote for the "Friends" finale. (Consider this a textbook example of how to write about a TV show - "Friends" - that you never really liked and seldom saw.)
• That was an old show. This is a new show. Will there be Pete-oonia tattoos?
• I know Papercut. Haven't seen him in a while.
• Oh man, what a great show. It was really ahead of it's time. Any show that has Iggy Pop as a creepy neighbor/neighborhood dad is okay in my book.
• Iggy Pop was not creepy! He was awesome. That show had so many great guest stars. Michael Stipe, Steve Buscemi, Janeane Garofalo, and i'm sure there are more i'm forgetting. Snow Day was written by the same guys and is pretty similar in spirit to the late lamented Pete and Pete.
• yes... bask in the painful, harrowing nostalgia!!
• snow day... you know, psychedelic/visionary artist alex gray's daughter zena was in that... weird...
• Wendell, you may have been time travelling. Yes, there is a pete_best, but there is no pete_best2. Yet. For clarity's sake, the Saga of petebest/petebest2/pete_best can be summued up thus: 1. We had petebest from the early days. 2. But in experimental mood, he managed to erase himself. He therefore become [a considerable share of, but by no means all of] Anonymous, which is a collective persona/limbo of those who have Passed Beyond the Circumscribed Limits of monkeyfilter. 3. He then opted for rebirth into monkeyfilter as petebest2. 4.This, however, excited some derision from fellow monkeys, so he then opted for another rebirth, this time as pete_best. If pete_best2 exists, he has not yet revealed himself. Future historians, hopefully, may benefit from this reprise.
• Beeswacky, like some Stalanist revisionist, has misrepresented the glorious history of the pete_best dynasty. For Lo! there is a petebest2, far superior (in the opinion of the enlightened) to the usurper pete_best_III. Furthermore, some enlightened sage among us *cough, cough* predicted the arrival of this mostrous interloper, namely pete_best 3: pete hard with a vengence, even before he had revealed his foul and withered hand. You may now wish to bedeck me with garlands, throw paper money (no coins please), etc.
• Item #3 above, the quidnunc kid, does describe the emergence of petebest2, so you might wish to have your glasses/vision checked since you apparently missed this. Only reference to a pete_best_III is your comment above, i.e. referring to "the usurper pete_best_III. Your pete_best3 as also given above is actually pete_best, so you may not just need new specs, Q kid, but a sobriety check. For the record, I have not misrepresented the (in)glorious history of the petebest/petebest2/pete_best come-back combo, but I fear the same cannot be said of you.
• MoMath: Satan + Stalin = STALAN!
• McMath: 1 hamburger plus 1 cheeseburger _______________________ = 1 quarter-pounder, aka geek treat
• That woe-begotten creature of the night, who drives even the bees to distraction, has besmirched my honour and befouled my good name. Please therefore tell him on my behalf (as I am not talking to him, nyaah nyaah nyaah!) that one cannot link to pete_best (ie the original thereof) as he is now "Anonymous" and thus my link to pete_best is actually pete_best (III); that his comment denies that pete_best2 has revealed himself in this forum, which opinion I have soundly crushed by expert linkage; and furthermore that I am neither inebriated nor myopic. If this does not give him satisfaction, then let there be war between us!
• Ach, poor, muddled monkey. Bee not distracted, feel not bee-smiched, and if you're bee-fouled a good hot bath will work wonders, the quidnunc kid. Yes, petebest translated himself into Anonymous, that great cauldron of confused personae all debarred from entry into monkeyfilter. I think he now shrinks from using petebest2. But bee not confused, pete-best is equally he/he/he. Heh.
• Methinks that it is you who have been smoking the beeswacky-weed here, o venerable and ancient beeswacky, for of those knowledgeable in the arts of pete_best identification, I neither lead others astray nor myself waiver from the righteous path. You claim that these pete_bests are all the same, yet I can detect subtle differences in on-line personality (notwithstanding the rather dull fact that they are all the same actual human being). And now you suggest that I need to bathe! Obviously, you cannot tolerate the odour of righteousness, eh?
• So many weeds are bees' fond foods. Smoking, though, puts bees to sleep. Relate to us, if you will, the origins of your strange/strained relationship with petebest/petebest2/pete_best. What differences in him/them do you detect? Are you fearful an imposter has penetrated the comeback combo? ...cannot tolerate the odour of sanctity... Aye, you've hit that nail right on its sanctimonious wee head, q'kid.
• Dear sparkling and multicoloured Beeswacky of the noble plume, whose sting is sharper and more fierce than a lion's claw, permit me to answer your just questions thusly: Relate to us, if you will, the origins of your strange/strained relationship with petebest/petebest2/pete_best. I were just taking the piss. What differences in him/them do you detect? None, really. I were just taking the piss. Are you fearful an imposter has penetrated the comeback combo? Not really. I were just taking the piss. sanctimonious, much? Oops - I apologise unreservedly to you and pete_best for any unintentional offence and will henceforth shut the fuck up.
• zzZzznkk .. . mnnahh . . *nyp* *nyp* .. . zzzznkk .. . nnyah dowannah ge'upnfh! . . . . . . zzzzzkkkk . . wee wee wee wee wee . . . znkkkx . . .
• Hi, pete_best! And hi! And hi!
• MonkeyFilter: in experimental mood, he managed to erase himself. beeswacky, you take the quidnunc kid way too seriously. You're lucky he's in an avuncular mood. I've seen him stuff people into Klein bottles and pull them out all inside-out and time-reversed and shit. Don't screw with the q!
• beeswacky was taking the quid seriously? I thought both were faking it.
• My dear q'kid, certainly no offense taken here. Let me clarify now what I deem I may have phrased so ineptly as to startle you out of the thread, alas-- by saying 'hitting the nail on its sanctimonious wee head', I meant merely that you were perfectly correct in your surmise that I could not tolerate the odour of righteousness. I by no means thought then or think now that you were sanctimonious -- I thought you were being playful, as in fact I was, and so if any apologies are owed anyone, let me make them to you for failing to make my meaning clear in the first place. I trust you will not slip off into the great Anonymous Void (which I gather is what languagehat seems to feel you might do.) That would be a grave loss to the community, and I would then feel dishonour-bound to follow you into that dismal bourne, from which, thus far, only petebest2 and pete_best have returned.
• A wanderer returns from afar only to find that Anonymous has taken over his city. He runs, past abandoned parks and hives, searching for someone, anyone other than ominous Anonymous.
• Ominous Anonymous. Try saying that three times fast. Say, whatever happened to "The Adventures of Pete and Pete"?
• Urp! 'S all cool here, bees: thanks.
• wendell, quit trying to derail the thread. This is about "the adventures of beeswacky and the quidnunc kid." Get with the program.
• My part will be played by TV's Michelle Trachtenberg. The whiny little snotrag. Hi, languagehat!
• Two pete or not to pete, that is the question.
• Sorry - could you three_pete the question?
• Aye, marry, shall recount me three sirrahs, and add four pete's sakes! Our revels now are open-ended. So let the words fall three peteingly from your tongue, q'kid.
• Five_pete ... five_pete ... hmm ... Shit, I've got nothin'. You?
• Don't know exactly what you six-pete me to say, q'kid, but hive got plenty of nothing.
• Now pete'seven wondering what we'll do with eight ...
• We need a map. Pirates have peteses of eight, don't they!
• What the German Paul said to the Pete who wanted more. /jumble
• Will the real pete_best PLEAZE SIT DOWN.
• I'm sorry, I thought someone was taking the piss? *stands with warm sample jar in hand, lid screwed in tight, schlong accidentally hanging out of fly*