Comments on: At Gitmo, ‘Fresh Prince’ replaces Harry Potter as entertainment most requested by detainees http://boingboing.net/2012/08/08/at-gitmo-fresh-prince-r.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 23 May 2013 21:08:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Andrew Pam http://boingboing.net/2012/08/08/at-gitmo-fresh-prince-r.html#comment-1503485 Andrew Pam Fri, 10 Aug 2012 06:13:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=175503#comment-1503485  I liked Pluto Nash!  It has John Cleese.  I liked Pluto Nash!  It has John Cleese.

]]> By: Bobsyeruncle http://boingboing.net/2012/08/08/at-gitmo-fresh-prince-r.html#comment-1503139 Bobsyeruncle Thu, 09 Aug 2012 21:16:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=175503#comment-1503139 You'd have to be a shit-wolf not to like Trailer Park Boys. ;) You’d have to be a shit-wolf not to like Trailer Park Boys. ;)

]]> By: dethbird http://boingboing.net/2012/08/08/at-gitmo-fresh-prince-r.html#comment-1502918 dethbird Thu, 09 Aug 2012 18:30:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=175503#comment-1502918 requesting Fresh Prince over Harry Potter? ... then there IS hope for humanity! requesting Fresh Prince over Harry Potter? … then there IS hope for humanity!

]]> By: dioptase http://boingboing.net/2012/08/08/at-gitmo-fresh-prince-r.html#comment-1502699 dioptase Thu, 09 Aug 2012 15:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=175503#comment-1502699  No, that was McCain.  And he stayed in. Will Smith borrowed a time traveling humanoid robot from the MIB archives (on loan from Dr. Who, who no longer needed it after getting killed in Utah).  He quickly shrank himself in order to pilot the robot back to Hawaii.  There, he forged a birth certificate, and (using his knowledge of future events) positioned himself for a 2008 run for president.  He won and would have become president, but was secretly replaced by a miniature Dick Cheney in Dec 2008. Which is why Gitmo is still open. Duh!  Everyone knows that.  No, that was McCain.  And he stayed in.

Will Smith borrowed a time traveling humanoid robot from the MIB archives (on loan from Dr. Who, who no longer needed it after getting killed in Utah).  He quickly shrank himself in order to pilot the robot back to Hawaii.  There, he forged a birth certificate, and (using his knowledge of future events) positioned himself for a 2008 run for president.  He won and would have become president, but was secretly replaced by a miniature Dick Cheney in Dec 2008.

Which is why Gitmo is still open.

Duh!  Everyone knows that.

]]> By: Sirkowski http://boingboing.net/2012/08/08/at-gitmo-fresh-prince-r.html#comment-1502675 Sirkowski Thu, 09 Aug 2012 15:18:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=175503#comment-1502675 I might be ok with torture now... I might be ok with torture now…

]]> By: SomeGuyNamedMark http://boingboing.net/2012/08/08/at-gitmo-fresh-prince-r.html#comment-1502658 SomeGuyNamedMark Thu, 09 Aug 2012 14:55:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=175503#comment-1502658 They can send them reruns of the Fresh Prince but they can't send them a trial date. America's gulag. They can send them reruns of the Fresh Prince but they can’t send them a trial date.

America’s gulag.

]]> By: niktemadur http://boingboing.net/2012/08/08/at-gitmo-fresh-prince-r.html#comment-1502649 niktemadur Thu, 09 Aug 2012 14:47:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=175503#comment-1502649 Kinda reminds me how Buddhist monks love watching Star Trek TOS. Easy to visualize the monks sitting and smiling while Spock mind-melds with Chekov and chants "The bullets... are in your mind.  They are not real.  They are figments of your imagination, they cannot harm you..." Kinda reminds me how Buddhist monks love watching Star Trek TOS.
Easy to visualize the monks sitting and smiling while Spock mind-melds with Chekov and chants “The bullets… are in your mind.  They are not real.  They are figments of your imagination, they cannot harm you…”

]]> By: Steven Stwalley http://boingboing.net/2012/08/08/at-gitmo-fresh-prince-r.html#comment-1502648 Steven Stwalley Thu, 09 Aug 2012 14:46:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=175503#comment-1502648 They neglect to mention that it is, of course, viewed with eyelids clamped open and the volume at 11.  They neglect to mention that it is, of course, viewed with eyelids clamped open and the volume at 11. 

]]> By: niktemadur http://boingboing.net/2012/08/08/at-gitmo-fresh-prince-r.html#comment-1502638 niktemadur Thu, 09 Aug 2012 14:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=175503#comment-1502638 It would be much more disconcerting if they were requesting things like: "Keeping Up With The Kardashians". "Cupcake Wars". "Deal Or No Deal" reruns. It would be much more disconcerting if they were requesting things like:
“Keeping Up With The Kardashians”.
“Cupcake Wars”.
“Deal Or No Deal” reruns.

]]> By: IronEdithKidd http://boingboing.net/2012/08/08/at-gitmo-fresh-prince-r.html#comment-1502558 IronEdithKidd Thu, 09 Aug 2012 13:05:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=175503#comment-1502558 Wow, we've really broken their spirits if they are <i>requesting</i> to watch cheezy 80's/90's sitcoms.  I think we can let them out now.  Wow, we’ve really broken their spirits if they are requesting to watch cheezy 80′s/90′s sitcoms.  I think we can let them out now. 

]]> By: helmarfugu http://boingboing.net/2012/08/08/at-gitmo-fresh-prince-r.html#comment-1502454 helmarfugu Thu, 09 Aug 2012 09:25:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=175503#comment-1502454  >>I got in one little plot and U.S. got scared And said "Ur moving with your cousin and uncle to gitmo bay"<<  >>I got in one little plot and U.S. got scared And said “Ur moving with your cousin and uncle to gitmo bay”<<

]]> By: beemoh http://boingboing.net/2012/08/08/at-gitmo-fresh-prince-r.html#comment-1502406 beemoh Thu, 09 Aug 2012 07:34:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=175503#comment-1502406 I think it's because they can all relate to the first two lines of the theme tune. I think it’s because they can all relate to the first two lines of the theme tune.

]]> By: penguinchris http://boingboing.net/2012/08/08/at-gitmo-fresh-prince-r.html#comment-1502389 penguinchris Thu, 09 Aug 2012 06:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=175503#comment-1502389 I saw Fresh Prince on TV while in Canada once, can't fool us, we know you like it. Maybe your contribution to Gitmo can be Trailer Park Boys. I saw Fresh Prince on TV while in Canada once, can’t fool us, we know you like it.

Maybe your contribution to Gitmo can be Trailer Park Boys.

]]> By: Bobsyeruncle http://boingboing.net/2012/08/08/at-gitmo-fresh-prince-r.html#comment-1502363 Bobsyeruncle Thu, 09 Aug 2012 06:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=175503#comment-1502363 Pffft. In Canada, we have The Trouble With Tracy for incorrigible terrorists.  ;)  There's also Meatballs 2 - 4 and The Christmas Martian for the film buffs. :-/ Pffft. In Canada, we have The Trouble With Tracy for incorrigible terrorists.  ;) 
There’s also Meatballs 2 – 4 and The Christmas Martian for the film buffs.
:-/

]]> By: Conan Librarian http://boingboing.net/2012/08/08/at-gitmo-fresh-prince-r.html#comment-1502332 Conan Librarian Thu, 09 Aug 2012 05:24:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=175503#comment-1502332 Yes, but he had to drop out of the race to save the Earth from alien invasion.  Yes, but he had to drop out of the race to save the Earth from alien invasion. 

]]> By: Dlo Burns http://boingboing.net/2012/08/08/at-gitmo-fresh-prince-r.html#comment-1502323 Dlo Burns Thu, 09 Aug 2012 05:05:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=175503#comment-1502323 Designing Women Designing Women

]]> By: Nicky G http://boingboing.net/2012/08/08/at-gitmo-fresh-prince-r.html#comment-1502296 Nicky G Thu, 09 Aug 2012 04:16:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=175503#comment-1502296 Fresh Prince is good stuff, there's plenty worse they could be watching. Fresh Prince is good stuff, there’s plenty worse they could be watching.

]]> By: ocker3 http://boingboing.net/2012/08/08/at-gitmo-fresh-prince-r.html#comment-1502274 ocker3 Thu, 09 Aug 2012 03:51:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=175503#comment-1502274  Will Smith ran for office in 2008??  Will Smith ran for office in 2008??

]]> By: That_Anonymous_Coward http://boingboing.net/2012/08/08/at-gitmo-fresh-prince-r.html#comment-1502267 That_Anonymous_Coward Thu, 09 Aug 2012 03:43:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=175503#comment-1502267 As many of them didn't hate us before, but have grown over time to hate us... I'm thinking this is just the cherry on top. As many of them didn’t hate us before, but have grown over time to hate us… I’m thinking this is just the cherry on top.

]]> By: $6143719 http://boingboing.net/2012/08/08/at-gitmo-fresh-prince-r.html#comment-1502252 $6143719 Thu, 09 Aug 2012 03:30:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=175503#comment-1502252 I think your confusing that with Pluto Nash - they got to do a suicide watch when that plays. I think your confusing that with Pluto Nash – they got to do a suicide watch when that plays.

]]> By: Daniel Sinnott http://boingboing.net/2012/08/08/at-gitmo-fresh-prince-r.html#comment-1502247 Daniel Sinnott Thu, 09 Aug 2012 03:25:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=175503#comment-1502247 Surely this is Cruel and Unusual ??? Surely this is Cruel and Unusual ???

]]> By: BBNinja http://boingboing.net/2012/08/08/at-gitmo-fresh-prince-r.html#comment-1502240 BBNinja Thu, 09 Aug 2012 03:21:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=175503#comment-1502240 INB4 BelAir INB4 BelAir

]]> By: binarymutant http://boingboing.net/2012/08/08/at-gitmo-fresh-prince-r.html#comment-1502235 binarymutant Thu, 09 Aug 2012 03:16:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=175503#comment-1502235 ironic since he ran on the issue of closing gitmo in 2008 ironic since he ran on the issue of closing gitmo in 2008

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