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Molecules with Silly or Unusual Names:

Believe it or not, some chemists do have a sense of humour, and this page is a testament to that. Here we'll show you some real molecules that have unusual, ridiculous or downright silly names.

*sigh* - yet another 70s tv show becomes a "hit movie" (that will also no doubt suck)

In the great tradition of (popular) 60s and 70s tv shows becoming (really shitty) movies, such as Betwitched, Adams Family (ok, the first one wasn't too bad), Starsky and Hutch, Charlie's Angels, Dukes of Hazzard, Wild Wild West, Brady Bunch, Honeymooners, Avengers, I-Spy, SWAT, Mission Impossible, I dream of jeannie (in production now), Dragnet (ok, that wasn't *too* bad), and probably others i missed... (i'm not counting the super-hero things that are always in cycle somewhere like Spiderman, Hulk, Batman, or Superman)

and of course the cartoons that became shitty live-action movies like Fat Albert, Flintstones, Josie and the Pussycats, Scooby Doo, Thunderbirds (well, it was effectively a cartoon), and Garfield...

get ready, 'cause here comes:

Welcome Back Kotter, the Movie.

I think i'm going to throw up.  The rediculous thing about it is that Ice Cube is playing the title role, totally destroying the original premise (a white, Jewish but mainstream-looking teacher from what the neighborhood *used* to be like finds his hood and school significantly different with a diversity of minorities to deal with that he has to keep control over and still manage to educate).  Putting Ice Cube there makes it a minority-inhabited version of "To Sir, With Love", only Cube's never going to get the respect that Potier had.

and now, all that's left is Barney Miller, One Day at a Time, All in the Family, and Happy Days (with its 2 spin-offs)...

and maybe, if they're desparate (because some of those shows have too much self-respect), "Chico and the Man"!

or Maude?

they wouldn't *dare* redo MASH?

and, of course, its almost time to start remaking the 80s.  start with Square Pegs and 21 Jump Street and see where it goes from there...Cheers and Night Court?

why can't we actually have an *original* film idea somewhere?

and then if they have it, execute it well?  Thank You For Smoking looks ok, but not too promising...