https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:1648:_Famous_Duos&feed=atom&action=historyTalk:1648: Famous Duos - Revision history2024-03-28T16:41:42ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.30.0https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:1648:_Famous_Duos&diff=113619&oldid=prevTepples: "Mario and Joliet" exists2016-03-01T02:30:21Z<p>"Mario and Joliet" exists</p>
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</table>Teppleshttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:1648:_Famous_Duos&diff=113536&oldid=prev162.158.152.95 at 10:22, 29 February 20162016-02-29T10:22:20Z<p></p>
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</table>162.158.152.95https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:1648:_Famous_Duos&diff=113525&oldid=prevKynde at 16:19, 28 February 20162016-02-28T16:19:12Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>I thought it was interesting how there's only one "Bill" and one "Ted", but both their movies are represented, I thought it indicated that there was some mismatch, like an incomplete pair somewhere... But sorting it out, I realize now that's it's only that "Bill" got one complete title, "Ted" the other. Oh well. Usually view these on my iPad, I needed a computer to truly analyze. Turns out I nerd-sniped myself, LOL! - NiceGuy1 [[Special:Contributions/198.41.235.191|198.41.235.191]] 00:47, 27 February 2016 (UTC)</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>I thought it was interesting how there's only one "Bill" and one "Ted", but both their movies are represented, I thought it indicated that there was some mismatch, like an incomplete pair somewhere... But sorting it out, I realize now that's it's only that "Bill" got one complete title, "Ted" the other. Oh well. Usually view these on my iPad, I needed a computer to truly analyze. Turns out I nerd-sniped myself, LOL! - NiceGuy1 [[Special:Contributions/198.41.235.191|198.41.235.191]] 00:47, 27 February 2016 (UTC)</div></td></tr>
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</table>Kyndehttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:1648:_Famous_Duos&diff=113491&oldid=prevMiamiclay at 21:35, 27 February 20162016-02-27T21:35:40Z<p></p>
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</table>Miamiclayhttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:1648:_Famous_Duos&diff=113485&oldid=prevMiamiclay at 18:14, 27 February 20162016-02-27T18:14:20Z<p></p>
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</table>Miamiclayhttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:1648:_Famous_Duos&diff=113484&oldid=prevMiamiclay: Harry Sally as outliers2016-02-27T18:09:56Z<p>Harry Sally as outliers</p>
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</table>Miamiclayhttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:1648:_Famous_Duos&diff=113443&oldid=prevMikemk at 05:45, 27 February 20162016-02-27T05:45:52Z<p></p>
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</table>Mikemkhttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:1648:_Famous_Duos&diff=113437&oldid=prev198.41.235.191 at 00:54, 27 February 20162016-02-27T00:54:31Z<p></p>
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</table>198.41.235.191https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:1648:_Famous_Duos&diff=113430&oldid=prevKynde at 23:08, 26 February 20162016-02-26T23:08:44Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The rating system for "At the Movies", at least during Siskel and Ebert's term, was that each reviewer would give a thumbs up or thumbs down.  "Two thumbs up" referred to the aggregate rating when both reviewers liked the film.  The explanation said that Siskel gave ''Romeo and Butthead'' two thumbs up, which wouldn't make sense if we assume that the show's rules were the same. [[User:Fryhole|Fryhole]] ([[User talk:Fryhole|talk]]) 20:47, 26 February 2016 (UTC)</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The rating system for "At the Movies", at least during Siskel and Ebert's term, was that each reviewer would give a thumbs up or thumbs down.  "Two thumbs up" referred to the aggregate rating when both reviewers liked the film.  The explanation said that Siskel gave ''Romeo and Butthead'' two thumbs up, which wouldn't make sense if we assume that the show's rules were the same. [[User:Fryhole|Fryhole]] ([[User talk:Fryhole|talk]]) 20:47, 26 February 2016 (UTC)</div></td></tr>
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