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Perd Hapley

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Getting mixed reviews.
« on: June 04, 2009, 06:25:36 PM »


My wife told me there was a Carlton t-shirt at Target, and I told her she HAD to get me that shirt.  If you don't know, or don't remember, he was the wealthy, nerdy cousin of Will Smith's character in the nineties sit-com, The Fresh Prince of Bel Air.

She got it for me yesterday, and I put it on and went straight to church, it being Wednesday night and all.  The first guess I got from someone (who has probably never watched the show) was "Is that Obama?" 

The next guess was from my neighbor, when we came home ("we" meaning me, my wife, and Carlton).  In her defense, it was dark and so is he and he's wearing a bow tie, but she thought it was Malcom X.  When we told her it was Carlton, she immediately started doing the Carlton dance.  :O  I had no recollection of it, but he apparently liked to boogie down to Tom Jones. 

For your viewing pleasure:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zS1cLOIxsQ8
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Re: Getting mixed reviews.
« Reply #1 on: June 04, 2009, 06:31:13 PM »
You wore that to church?  Euuuu.   =D
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Re: Getting mixed reviews.
« Reply #2 on: June 04, 2009, 07:33:28 PM »
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Re: Getting mixed reviews.
« Reply #3 on: June 04, 2009, 07:42:28 PM »
Quote from: fistful on June 04, 2009, 06:25:36 PM
When we told her it was Carlton, she immediately started doing the Carlton dance.  :O  I had no recollection of it, but he apparently liked to boogie down to Tom Jones. 

It was all about the Carlton dance.   :laugh:
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Re: Getting mixed reviews.
« Reply #4 on: June 04, 2009, 07:46:09 PM »
lol. How did you not know about the Carlton dance? He's done it a few times.  :lol:
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Re: Getting mixed reviews.
« Reply #5 on: June 04, 2009, 07:47:05 PM »


Yup.
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Re: Getting mixed reviews.
« Reply #6 on: June 04, 2009, 08:06:31 PM »
Harold Tuttle, Cromlech, I has no idea what yous talking about. 

But then, I don't know what a Harold Tuttle is supposed to be, either.
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Re: Getting mixed reviews.
« Reply #7 on: June 04, 2009, 08:49:45 PM »
Carlton is not a 4chan meme
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Re: Getting mixed reviews.
« Reply #8 on: June 04, 2009, 08:54:34 PM »
Quote from: Harold Tuttle on June 04, 2009, 08:49:45 PM
Carlton is not a 4chan meme

Carlton transcends memes.

He's just a "me"...

And he's in you too.

There is a little Carlton in all of us.
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Re: Getting mixed reviews.
« Reply #9 on: June 04, 2009, 09:33:36 PM »
Quote from: AJ Dual on June 04, 2009, 08:54:34 PM
Carlton transcends memes.

He's just a "me"...

And he's in you too.

There is a little Carlton in all of us.

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Re: Getting mixed reviews.
« Reply #10 on: June 04, 2009, 09:38:04 PM »
No, no...
Millhouse isn't a meme, but Carlton totally is.
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Re: Getting mixed reviews.
« Reply #11 on: June 04, 2009, 09:43:18 PM »
That was hilarious.

Carlton manages a mean Tom Jones, sure enough.
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Re: Getting mixed reviews.
« Reply #12 on: June 04, 2009, 09:44:55 PM »
Quote from: fistful on June 04, 2009, 06:25:36 PM




The next guess was from my neighbor, when we came home ("we" meaning me, my wife, and Carlton).  In her defense, it was dark and so is he and he's wearing a bow tie, but she thought it was Malcom X.  When we told her it was Carlton, she immediately started doing the Carlton dance.  :O  I had no recollection of it, but he apparently liked to boogie down to Tom Jones. 

For your viewing pleasure:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zS1cLOIxsQ8

May I also add.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3ANUkOyDNQ&feature=related

Somewhere, President Obama is sending agents out to rescind his African-American license....

 =D
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Re: Getting mixed reviews.
« Reply #13 on: June 04, 2009, 10:03:51 PM »
Quote from: seeker_two on June 04, 2009, 09:44:55 PM
Somewhere, President Obama is sending agents out to rescind his African-American license....

Well, isn't that the pot calling the kettle - um - er - uh, I don't know. 
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Re: Getting mixed reviews.
« Reply #14 on: June 05, 2009, 02:57:16 AM »
I've never seen that show.  Guess I'm not very fresh.
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Re: Getting mixed reviews.
« Reply #15 on: June 05, 2009, 06:21:24 AM »
Quote from: Antibubba on June 05, 2009, 02:57:16 AM
I've never seen that show.  Guess I'm not very fresh.

Actually, considering the fact it made its run in the early 1990s, you'd still be considered somewhat "unfresh" if you had seen it.  :lol:
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Re: Getting mixed reviews.
« Reply #16 on: June 05, 2009, 11:04:56 AM »
I get confused everytime Cromlech posts that. I'd look it up, but I'm pretty sure Encyclopedia Dramatica is verboten at work...
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Re: Getting mixed reviews.
« Reply #17 on: June 05, 2009, 12:13:18 PM »
Quote from: Regolith on June 05, 2009, 06:21:24 AM
Actually, considering the fact it made its run in the early 1990s, you'd still be considered somewhat "unfresh" if you had seen it.  :lol:

Well, I guess that doesn't speak well of me...I still watch it fairly often on Nick at Nite.  I'm 23 years old. 
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Re: Getting mixed reviews.
« Reply #18 on: June 05, 2009, 12:20:14 PM »
You are so tragically white it's not even funny.
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Re: Getting mixed reviews.
« Reply #19 on: June 05, 2009, 02:01:54 PM »
Quote from: Balog on June 05, 2009, 11:04:56 AM
I get confused everytime Cromlech posts that. I'd look it up, but I'm pretty sure Encyclopedia Dramatica is verboten at work...
The cartoon image is part of a meme, where people take a 'template' of sorts and fill it in with their own short story or skit. The cartoon dude is laying the F-bomb down at the end because something went very wrong for him. In the one I posted, the dude couldn't help but laugh at Carlton, so he lost.



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