Let's hope so... in the meantime, anyone want to hit this with a promote? I don't usually ask for favors like that, but in this case, the more people who see this RIGHT NOW, the better... am thinking I am going to be forever replacing the embed.

Fixed Again! Ha Ha, Take that Xenu!!

Let's keep this going people, the truth will be heard!! The world should know that Tom Cruise is nutty-bonkers!! And that his religion has more acronyms than a military organization!

@JAPR... I've never been able to figure out how to steal vids from Gawker... in the source page for their posts the only thing I can find is a java call-up code for their own vid player, and the reference to the filename, but no complete file path for that name, so without that, I can't figure out how to ninja it into our own embed.

I fix it for you! *lies

Also, would someone please do me a favor and throw a promote at this thing... put it back to the top of the Sifted list so more people get a chance to watch it before Xenu and his minions find our new source code?

Yes... I happen to be rather fond of my raven, so it will stay.
And also, I am easily confused when people switch up their avatars... choggie was the first I think, who would do it all the time, and I would yell at him repeatedly... but I've adjusted and gotten used to it.

^agreed on all accounts... except the high school experience part, that came later... as for the 80s, well, lets just say that I am rather glad I was too young to be in any way responsible for it.

I will however, give these commercials a watch, since I was pretty much raised by good ole' tv during that time, I undoubtedly will have a good laugh.

Thanks Ant!

Yes... as much as I tire of QM and his constant calls for the annihilation of Tehran in battered Latin (you're not Cato and this is not the Senate dude, fucking let go of it!)... everyone on this site is, in fact, human (except the evil Siftbot ), so I don't think he should be automatically banned for this... but he should be reprimanded and possibly publicly shamed... because if there is one thing I cannot stand is passive aggressive bullshit like targeted downvotes.... soooooo 3rd grade.

^good point, I hadn't accounted for the actual cost and effort that goes into getting the cheese to come out of the can... so I guess as an analogy that is a little off for a Sam Raimi flick... mostly, I was thinking about the taste.

Go ahead, use yer tech on me! I dare you!

In reply to this comment by kronosposeidon:
You're just saying all those bad things because you've got too many body thetans. You're a tough case, but Xenu as my witness I know you can still be helped.

In reply to this comment by raven:
My personal favorite part: the slightly imbalanced laughter.

Fixed!! Thank you so much Arsenault!

To answer you question dystopian... it was good in a 'proto-evil dead' kind of way... and for Sam's hilarious portrayal of a Charles Manson-esque hippie sociopath... but it was also utter, utter cheese... and not the good gourmet kind, but the kind that is propelled from a can by compressed air.

Probably didn't work anymore because they went after the actual hoster of the video at the same time they started bothering you... anyway, I am longtime fan of Sam's, -1,000 points in my personal estimation of him... he's no fun now that he's gone all hollywood bigshot!

dammit! fucking Scientologist operatives! How dare they remove their copyrighted bullshit so we cannot mock them! And just when I had a hit on my hands!

Anyway, here's a transcript of some of the highlights to tide y'all over until I manage to find a replacement vid... and there will be one, oh there will! You can't keep the truth concealed forever! Mwaahaaahaaahaaa...

Err... anyhooo... Those highlights I promised:

Tom Cruise: ...I think it’s a privilege to call yourself a Scientologist, and it’s something that you have to earn because a Scientologist does... has the ability to create new and better realities and improve conditions. Being a Scientologist, you look at someone and know absolutely that you can help them.

"Being a Scientologist, when you drive past an accident... you know you have to do something about it because you know you’re the only one that can really help.

"But that’s what drives me... I know that we have an opportunity to really help... effectively change people’s lives and I am dedicated to that. I am absolutely, uncompromisingly dedicated to that.

"We have a responsibility.

"We are the authorities on getting people off drugs, we are the authorities on the mind, we are the authorities on improving conditions... we can rehabilitate criminals.

"...We can bring peace and unite cultures...

"Traveling the world and meeting the people that I’ve met, talking with these leaders in various fields, they want help and they are depending on people who know and who can be effective and do it and that’s us. That is our responsibility to do that.

"It is the time now. Now is the time... Being a Scientologist, people are turning to you, so you better know it, you better know it and if you don’t, go and learn it, but don’t pretend you know it. It’s like we’re here to help.

"If you’re a Scientologist, you see life, you see things the way they are, in all its glory, all of its complexity and the more you know as a Scientologist, you don’t become overwhelmed by it.

"Look, I wish the world was a different place. I’d like to go on vacation and go and romp and play and just do that, you know what I mean. That’s what I want it to be. There’s times I’d like to do that, but I can’t because I know I have to do something about it.

"I have to do it because I can’t live with myself if I don’t, and that really is it.

"So it’s our responsibility to educate, create the new reality. We have that responsibility to say, 'Hey, this is the way it should be done because we do it this way and people are actually getting better.'

"And let’s get it done. Let’s really get it done and have enough love and compassion and toughness that you’re really going to do it and do it right.

"I have to tell you something – it is rough and tumble, and it’s wild and wooly, and it’s a blast, it’s a blast, it really is fun because, dammit, there is nothing better than the going out there and fighting the fight and suddenly you see things are better.

"I want to know that I’ve done everything I could everyday, and I think about those people out there who are depending on us. I think about that and it does make me feel that we’ve got more work. I need more help, get those spectators either in the playing field or out of the arena. Really, that’s how I feel about it.

"I do what I can, and I do it the way I do everything. [laughs] There’s nothing part-of-the way for me."

Ugh... Mountain Dew plus Children = Utter Mayhem

Brings back terrible memories of babysitting back in junior high school for these kids who lived down the street... their parents (who were both registered nurses, btw, and you would think would know better) used to let their kids (3 of them) have unrestricted access to the Dew, like, they would go through a couple two liters in a day.... so usually, by the time I got there for their parents to slip off to dinner and a movie, they were all amped up and bouncing off the walls... and not just that, they were out of control, fighting, screaming, once the boy got into his dad's tool box in the garage and chased his sisters around with a hammer... and, surprise! they would never go to sleep because they were perpetually wound up, it was ridiculous... finally I had to put my foot down and tell the parents that I wouldn't babysit anymore if their kids were allowed to drink caffeine before I showed up. They were noticeably better after that, but apparently the withdrawl symptoms were rough on the kids, because I was eventually replaced with a more tolerant babysitter.

Thanks JAPR One of my fav blogs leaked this a few days ago, but the original source on google got taken down shortly thereafter, so I've been watching and waiting for the last two days, hoping to pounce on it once it resurfaced again!

My personal favorite part: the slightly imbalanced laughter.