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Discuss the first episode of John From Cincinnati
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Re: Episode 1: His Visit: Day One
Mar 31, 2008 10:18 PM
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It was great to see John on TV again! Thanks... Can't wait for my DVD to arrive.. Amazon shipped it out already! Yippee
Join us on the Episode 10 thread and chat a while
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Re: Episode 1: His Visit: Day One
Mar 31, 2008 7:45 PM
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It's just a feel good tv night. First I see Tom Glavin on the mound in a Braves uniform (which warms my heart beyond imagining) and then, surfing for something to watch (really looking for John Adams as I dozed towards the end last night) and what do I see but JfC!?! I can't believe I'm going to watch it again, certain that I've seen every episode more times than anyone should ever watch anything, but I couldn't not watch even if I wanted to not watch. YAY!
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Re: Episode 1: His Visit: Day One
Mar 31, 2008 7:04 PM
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Hi Everyone we are going to be watching and chatting on tonights episode on the episode 10 thread if you would like to join us please come bye
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Re: Episode 1: His Visit: Day One
Jan 27, 2008 2:12 PM
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i am so pissed about the cancellation of this show. It is the one HBO series that i actually watched and enjoyed. I am not a big TV person but this is the one series i have ever watched weekly and planned on continuing to watch weekly. The cancellation is a big joke and half of the other shows are not even nearly as good as john from cincinnati was and do not deserve to be aired. Flight of the Concords? are you kidding me that show is terrible. John from Cincinnati invokes individuals to use critical thinking skills. The show leaves individuals wondering what will happen next and allows them to configure their own ideas on the show. It is like a good book, i good book keeps the reader guessing unlike every other show that lays everything out in chronilogical order without any interaction of thought whatsoever. I now strongly dislike HBO and will most likely cancel my subscription to the program entirely. and on top of cancelling the show, you can not even find the series at any local walmart or blockbuster, that is just rediculous. Thanks a lot now i can not even purchase the series for myself cause i certainly will not purchase it from HBO, who cancelled the show.
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Re: Episode 1: His Visit: Day One
Oct 7, 2007 6:09 PM
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Hey Oil,
Thanks for your understanding. I guess the indian came out strong in me the other day. I would like to say
don't watch the show (TM) if you don't like it. I will still be respectful. Hell if you do and it it is not for you go give the board hell. I agree real sex is a disgusting show. Not for me. I have been reading the episodes from JFC. I like it. I wish i could see it.
I have only been connected to HBO for less than a year.
My elderly mother moved in with us and she is a big Sopranos and Big Love fan. Go figure, so I ran onto TM out of sheer boredom. But do like it.
Hopefully we can be friends:
Peace to you
Sonra
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Re: Episode 1: His Visit: Day One
Oct 7, 2007 1:40 PM
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To SONRA43: I apologize for lecturing and if you felt ganged up on. All of us JFC lovers were in a angry mood last week with the announcement that TMYLM had been renewed. We feel that HBO didn't give JFC the chance that TM is getting, and perhaps we were expressing our anger in ways we shouldn't have. I hope for your sake that HBO has learned it's lesson and is allowing TMYLM the time to develop the fan base and story line any new series deserves. If that is the case, it's unfortunate that the powers that be wised up after it was too late for us.
When the haters began to show up at the JFC boards, myself and others were angry and not very pleasant in expressing our disdain of their point of view, so I understand how you feel about our invasion of your board. Again I apologize. I haven't changed my opinion on TM, I still cannot relate to the characters and don't believe it should be on HBO, or at the very least some of the more explicit scenes should be toned down. It's unnecessary if the writing is adequate. I believe the producers are forsaking good taste in exchange of better ratings.
HBO can also throw that Real Sex trash show in the dumper while they're at it.
I'll give TMYLM one more chance and watch next weeks episode with an open mind even though the premise of the show is of no interest to me. Also I for one will show more respect in the future on the TM boards but I'm going to be honest if I do decide to post.
I hope you get the opportunity to see JFC from the beginning. It truly is/was a unique and inspired series that died before it's time. For the first two episodes I was confused and unsure weather I would continue watching but I was hooked by the end of episode 3.
I'll be looking forward to your input on the JFC boards.
Bye for now. Peace.
Oil
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Re: Episode 1: His Visit: Day One
Oct 6, 2007 7:01 PM
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To Sonraa I say welcome.
CC was never meant for or about you.
We applaud you for your sincerity and candor.
Please, do not leave this place, JFC forum.
Our apologies for yelling at you on tmylm boards.
We are not jerks, we are being jerked around by HBO brainless and heartless decisions.
Join our team, even without watching John you may find it interesting or will want to make friends with some of us.
There is much more reading, if you want, on the threads.
How about 'Kabbalah of JFC', for example.
Have a great adventure.
Your friends.
And you deserve A+
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Re: Episode 1: His Visit: Day One
Oct 6, 2007 1:47 AM
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> Found this at Urban Dictionary website of all places.
> Remember the moment when John draws monad in the sand
> and Shaun just follows him? Reminded me of that.
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> "jesus fish
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> In ancient Greek times Christians would be executed
> d if they were found to be so. Therefore the ichthys
> (Jesus fish) was used as a way for two Christian to
> be made known to each other. In the ground, using a
> stick or staff, one man would draw the first arch of
> the ichthys and wait until another man would walk up
> and draw the second arch to finish it. This method
> would allow both men to know the other was a
> Christian without making the risk of voicing it."
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> http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=jesus+f
> ish&i=1
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> --
> Oh, we should bring his mother and your mother here
> so they can both “shep naches”.
Did you research the fish symbol furter?
If not, this could give some food for thought.
Goes way back. Interesting.
http://www.atheists.org/christianity/fish.html
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Re: Episode 1: His Visit: Day One
Oct 6, 2007 12:51 AM
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Found this at Urban Dictionary website of all places. Remember the moment when John draws monad in the sand and Shaun just follows him? Reminded me of that.
"jesus fish
In ancient Greek times Christians would be executed if they were found to be so. Therefore the ichthys (Jesus fish) was used as a way for two Christian to be made known to each other. In the ground, using a stick or staff, one man would draw the first arch of the ichthys and wait until another man would walk up and draw the second arch to finish it. This method would allow both men to know the other was a Christian without making the risk of voicing it."
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=jesus+fish&i=1
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Oh, we should bring his mother and your mother here so they can both “shep naches”.
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Re: Episode 1: His Visit: Day One
Oct 3, 2007 12:26 PM
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IMPORTANT NEWS:
I took a chance and emailed someone who worked closely on JFC. This person did respond by phone this afternoon but asked that I do not disclose their name.
I now know that there IS a chance that JFC could become an internet type show or podcast. But we have to show that we have the numbers to support our request.
I was given this specific suggestion:
"On jmonad's youtube profile he has only 147 subscribers (friends)! So IF there were to be a new video added ONLY 147 would be informed of the release."
We need to get lots and lots of people to JOIN YOUTUBE and subscribe to the jmonad page, as well as all the other character video's, i.e., Dickstein, Mitch Yost, Shaun Yost, etc..
WE DO HAVE HBO's ATTENTION... and YES the threads are being read!
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Re: Episode 1: His Visit: Day One
Oct 1, 2007 6:08 PM
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I'm with you OMM1. The very day that Curb Your Enthusiasm ends is the day that I am finished with HBO.(Unless,of course, they manage to bring back JFC)
I was also a huge fan of Carnivale and have yet to get over the horrible montage(with VO) ending that they crapped on us in the final episode. The ending episode of JFC was far worse. Linc on a megaphone summing up the plot at a pep rally while all of the characters look on is an absolute disgrace and insults the intelligence of the show's audience. At least Carnivale had SOME closure in it's final moments. JFC's ending was a complete and utter artistic failure, a slap in the face to those of us who invested 10 weeks into this otherwise AWESOME show. Shame on HBO.
Here is a tip for the goons at HBO who red-light and green-light the shows which make air. If you are not sure about a show surviving into a second season...demand that the creators/writers come up with an ending that provides closure for the audience, even if it means shooting alternate endings. The endings to both Carnivale and JFC were a total disgrace.
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Re: Episode 1: His Visit: Day One
Sep 26, 2007 5:44 PM
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HELP OUT HERE:
Please DIGG http://www.SaveJFC.net NOW
If you haven't already done so, please go the the site and hit the Digg button and follow the instructions (if any). If we get 50+ hits within 24 hours we get on the Digg frontpage and on their feed which will get us exposed to even more people.
And I'm really busy today or I would do this myself... I just got the new SaveJFC.net newsletter/mailing list sent and now I have to work on the video. If you read this please post this digg request on other threads, your websites or email your friends and ask them to help.
Very gratefully yours,
Trishah
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Sep 16, 2007 10:24 PM
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Here's an idea...If you are as angry as I am about the cancellation of John From Cincinnati send HBO a message and cancel your service. I am a huge fan of Curb Your Enthusiasm so I won't be cancelling right away but, mark my words, in 9 weeks when CYE is over, I am done with HBO...FOREVER. The loss of CARNIVALE almost sent me over the edge a few years back but the loss of JFC is too much to bear. What really makes me angry is that the final episodes of BOTH of these series were obviously written with the knowledge that the series was to be cancelled and I found the payoff of these final episodes to be appalling. To invest 9 weeks of my life in JFC and have the final episode involve a pep rally where a major character wraps up the plot on a megaphone pisses me off to no end.
How HBO sees fit to bring back garbage like Taxicab Confessions and shows about real life whorehouses, season after season, is a mystery that I am no longer willing to subsidize. John From Cincinnati fans UNITE! Vote with your wallets and cancel HBO. After Curb Your Enthusiasm ends, the programming is all crap anyway.
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Sep 16, 2007 12:09 PM
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> I think I am going to go watch Episode one and then
> come back and start from the beginning of this
> thread.
That's a great idea. Thank God for TiVo. I'm gonna do that now.
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