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The Donner-Reed Party. Lost in the Sierra Nevadas during a harsh winter (Original Post) TalkingDog Jan 2016 OP
Survived on Mendocino Jan 2016 #1
And tasty Manwiches Oneironaut Jan 2016 #7
Hey, hey SCantiGOP Jan 2016 #8
A few moments of disgust, followed by hard laughter. Good one. Hoyt Jan 2016 #2
The Donner-Reed Show was great! I used to watch it as a kid ;-) TheBlackAdder Jan 2016 #54
That's really tasteless. nt scarletwoman Jan 2016 #3
It's really not, providing one uses the right sauce n/t LiberalEsto Jan 2016 #33
Is that Christopher Walken in the lower right hand corner? Tom_Foolery Jan 2016 #4
This was their spokeswoman... LeftofObama Jan 2016 #5
If it hadn't been for Robert Redford they never would have made it out. lpbk2713 Jan 2016 #6
The had a leg up on VanillaISIS. ghostsinthemachine Jan 2016 #9
The jokes on this thread are in poor taste. Lochloosa Jan 2016 #10
Dinnertime Mendocino Jan 2016 #12
How are you doing miss Donner?? "I'm havin' a ball!" BlueJazz Jan 2016 #34
Well, what are you going to do when the mustard is frozen? snooper2 Jan 2016 #13
Too soon? Kaleva Jan 2016 #49
Then donner read it underpants Jan 2016 #51
Boo Hiss Lochloosa Jan 2016 #55
A college in the Northwest SCantiGOP Jan 2016 #11
If my memory serves me correctly gladium et scutum Jan 2016 #15
I do think you're right SCantiGOP Jan 2016 #17
It is reported that the judge at Alferd's sentencing COLGATE4 Jan 2016 #22
Remember reading about gladium et scutum Jan 2016 #26
We had the "Alferd Packer Grill" at the University of Colorado. Crunchy Frog Jan 2016 #30
Didn't she have a sit-com back in the 60s? trof Jan 2016 #14
Anyone who has not seen the movie "Ravenous", now would be a good time to watch it. Shandris Jan 2016 #16
This thread SCantiGOP Jan 2016 #18
Putting those words side by side is perhaps the most horrifying thing in this thread... Shandris Jan 2016 #19
And if you're into seafood, there's Ron Howard's film, In the Heart of the Sea Brother Buzz Jan 2016 #24
Wouldn't a mammoth sized whale be rather small for the species? csziggy Jan 2016 #41
Even a puny mammoth sized whale would have been well received.... Brother Buzz Jan 2016 #42
My brother worked on that movie! Siwsan Jan 2016 #27
Won't Nexium take care of the weak stomach? LiberalArkie Jan 2016 #44
I can actually answer this one definitively! Heck no! Shandris Jan 2016 #46
"We can't hold out much longer!" edbermac Jan 2016 #20
God that was stupid SCantiGOP Jan 2016 #23
"How long is it?" "That's rather a personal question, Sir." Crunchy Frog Jan 2016 #31
NOT funny. jwirr Jan 2016 #21
Oh, it's a little funny. Warren DeMontague Jan 2016 #37
Depending what angle we are looking at. Did not mean to be jwirr Jan 2016 #38
I have a bit of a jaded sense of humor. A bit. Warren DeMontague Jan 2016 #39
LOL jwirr Jan 2016 #40
One cannibal said to another cannibal, Snobblevitch Jan 2016 #25
Why don't cannibals eat clowns? Mendocino Jan 2016 #28
My wife and kids Mike__M Jan 2016 #29
Do you keep the knives and forks in a locked box at night? Crunchy Frog Jan 2016 #32
I think the characters at the bird sanctuary are the Donna Reed Party. Vinca Jan 2016 #35
SHES JUST GOING TO CLOSE UP THE LIBRARY! Warren DeMontague Jan 2016 #36
. . . . hifiguy Jan 2016 #43
This is tasteless. Odin2005 Jan 2016 #45
Just needs some salt.... baldguy Jan 2016 #47
Where's pinboy39er when ya need him? liberaltrucker Jan 2016 #48
As most couldn't read back then, menus contained pictures as shown in the OP Kaleva Jan 2016 #50
Mmm the niece jerky's a little tough today underpants Jan 2016 #52
If only they'd had a tarp underpants Jan 2016 #53
Don't forget "Cannibal! The Musical" with Trey Parker and Matt Stone... Little Tich Jan 2016 #56

Tom_Foolery

(4,688 posts)
4. Is that Christopher Walken in the lower right hand corner?
Sat Jan 9, 2016, 11:13 AM
Jan 2016

I need more cowbell!!!

Also, when I first saw the headline, I thought it read Donna Reed.

SCantiGOP

(13,856 posts)
11. A college in the Northwest
Sat Jan 9, 2016, 11:37 AM
Jan 2016

I thinks it was in Oregon, back in the 80s built a new student cafeteria and left it up to the student council to pick the name. They announced that it would be the George Donner Dining Facility before the administration caught on and invalidated the Council's role.

gladium et scutum

(803 posts)
15. If my memory serves me correctly
Sat Jan 9, 2016, 02:32 PM
Jan 2016

a dining facility at the University of Colorado, Boulder was named the Alferd G. Packer Memorial Grill. Packer admitted to committing cannibalism in 1874 while he and 5 other men were snow bound in the Rockies. He was later sentenced to 40 years for manslaughter.

SCantiGOP

(13,856 posts)
17. I do think you're right
Sat Jan 9, 2016, 02:38 PM
Jan 2016

A lot of brain cells have closed down since that incident and I was assuming it was the Oregon Pass and Donner party.

COLGATE4

(14,732 posts)
22. It is reported that the judge at Alferd's sentencing
Sat Jan 9, 2016, 02:51 PM
Jan 2016

told him "Alferd, there were only 5 Democrats in the county and you ate three of them!"

Crunchy Frog

(26,548 posts)
30. We had the "Alferd Packer Grill" at the University of Colorado.
Sat Jan 9, 2016, 04:51 PM
Jan 2016

And "Alferd Packer Day" used to be celebrated every year. I don't know if that's still the case or not.

 

Shandris

(3,447 posts)
16. Anyone who has not seen the movie "Ravenous", now would be a good time to watch it.
Sat Jan 9, 2016, 02:34 PM
Jan 2016

While this thread is fresh in your mind.

Go on, we'll await a report.

EDIT TO ADD: Politeness Warning: If you're unfamiliar, be aware that Ravenous is a rather disturbing horror film and it isn't necessarily easy viewing. Not for the weak of stomach.

 

Shandris

(3,447 posts)
19. Putting those words side by side is perhaps the most horrifying thing in this thread...
Sat Jan 9, 2016, 02:44 PM
Jan 2016

...yet! "Best cannibalism!"

((Heck yeah it is!))

Brother Buzz

(36,217 posts)
24. And if you're into seafood, there's Ron Howard's film, In the Heart of the Sea
Sat Jan 9, 2016, 03:25 PM
Jan 2016
In 1820, crewmen (Chris Hemsworth, Benjamin Walker, Cillian Murphy) aboard the New England vessel Essex face a harrowing battle for survival when a whale of mammoth size and strength attacks with force, crippling their ship and leaving them adrift in the ocean. Pushed to their limits and facing storms, starvation, panic and despair, the survivors must resort to the unthinkable to stay alive. Their incredible tale ultimately inspires author Herman Melville to write "Moby-Dick."



I haven't seen the film but read the book decades ago. Good read until the cannibalism began.

Brother Buzz

(36,217 posts)
42. Even a puny mammoth sized whale would have been well received....
Sat Jan 9, 2016, 08:07 PM
Jan 2016

when all you had was saltwater saturated hardtack.

But speaking of mammoth: The mammoth irony was their decision to navigate in longboats against prevailing winds to the Americas, three times the distance from the closest land, the Marquesas, because they were convinced the islands were populated by cannibals.


Siwsan

(26,177 posts)
27. My brother worked on that movie!
Sat Jan 9, 2016, 04:12 PM
Jan 2016

I got a lot of fun background stuff. Like the lack of snow, when they filmed certain scenes so they had to use that fabric snow like you put under a christmas tree. In one scene if you watch closely, you see the "snow" get caught on one of the actor's heels and get dragged down the hillside.

 

Shandris

(3,447 posts)
46. I can actually answer this one definitively! Heck no!
Sat Jan 9, 2016, 08:40 PM
Jan 2016

Source: More stomach troubles than you can shake a stick at!

Then again, maybe it would for people without major stomach problems. Hrm. Now I'm curious. Gah!

Anyone wanna sign up to be the guinea pig?

SCantiGOP

(13,856 posts)
23. God that was stupid
Sat Jan 9, 2016, 02:52 PM
Jan 2016

I loved it!!

I tried to introduce my kids to their humor but they just never got it, but those guys can still make me laugh out loud.

Warren DeMontague

(80,708 posts)
39. I have a bit of a jaded sense of humor. A bit.
Sat Jan 9, 2016, 06:48 PM
Jan 2016

Although even I have my limits. When my wife and I started dating, she thought Todd Solondz's "Happiness" was this hysterically funny movie; I watched it with her and was like "Uh.... What the fuck is WRONG with you?"

Now that we have kids ourselves she says "yeah, I see your point".

Mike__M

(1,052 posts)
29. My wife and kids
Sat Jan 9, 2016, 04:24 PM
Jan 2016

are descendants of a Donner party survivor.
(I keep a close watch on the stocking of the pantry. )
If my family ever decides to take over a remote refuge, I won't be joining them. But I will send snacks.

Crunchy Frog

(26,548 posts)
32. Do you keep the knives and forks in a locked box at night?
Sat Jan 9, 2016, 04:55 PM
Jan 2016

Or just try to hold them off by keeping them well fed?

Little Tich

(6,171 posts)
56. Don't forget "Cannibal! The Musical" with Trey Parker and Matt Stone...
Sun Jan 10, 2016, 05:04 AM
Jan 2016
Cannibal! The Musical
Source: Wikipedia

Cannibal! The Musical (originally known as Alferd Packer: The Musical) is a 1993 American independent black comedy musical film directed, written, produced, co-scored by and starring Trey Parker while studying at the University of Colorado at Boulder, before reaching fame with South Park alongside his friend Matt Stone who also stars in and produced the film. It is loosely based on the true story of Alferd Packer and the sordid details of the trip from Utah to Colorado that left his five fellow travelers dead and partially eaten. Trey Parker (credited as Juan Schwartz) stars as Alferd Packer, with frequent collaborators Stone, Dian Bachar, and others playing the supporting roles.

In 2001, a stage production was staged Off-Broadway at the Kraine Theater on East 4th Street in New York. The show continued to find small theaters and audiences across America and beyond for many years.

A large-scale stage production was produced by The Rival Theatre Company at the 2008 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. It featured West End performers. It was executive produced by Jason McHugh and directed by Frazer Brown.[2]

In 2011, producer Jason McHugh released a book titled, "Shpadoinkle: The Making of Cannibal! The Musical," which chronicles all aspects of the creation and continuation of the Cannibal! The Musical cult phenomenon.



Read more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannibal!_The_Musical
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