Nolan Gould

[andyg0404]

Hi,

I came across a blog that mentioned that in the show Modern Family, in the 14th episode of the third season, "Me Jealous", Nolan Gould's character tells his sister's they weren't good sister's because they dressed him up as a girl when he was younger. So they dress him up again. This is the official website and offers the videos but I didn't want to download it. http://abc.go.com/shows/modern-family/episode-guide/season-03/314-me-jealous

But this site has two pictures of him in drag, along with other crossdressing scenes. You have to scroll down in both cases. The second one identifies him as Michael William Arnold but I thought it was Nolan. Perhaps someone who watches the show can explain.

http://femulate1.rssing.com/chan-9709446/all_p4.html

http://www.femulate.org/2012_02_01_archive.html

Andy G.

[Betty]

I hate that show. Being a sitcom means it should be funny. Although once it a great while there's a funny part or joke, most of it is boring & pretty lame. Also more than half the actors do some pretty bad acting.

They stereotype gay people to look like very annoying unlikeable people too. If a gay couple like that lived in most neighborhoods, they would be harrassed, but for being gay, but for being assholes, & jerks.

I caught a halloween episode a couple years ago where the fat guy was in drag, but it wasn't pretty. Looked like an overweight cow in a dress.

Here's the link without scrolling,
http://www.femulate.org/2012/02/betty-luke.html

It's getting to be I can't stream anything from the TV networks, or even click on most video from facebook or yahoo anymore. They insist on starting their video stream at the highest resolution & bandwidth possible (like 1080p video). Even if they offer a lower resolution stream after you click on it, the higher bandwidth video has aready started overloading your connection & locking up the browser, so you have to click on the lower resolution about 100 times before it actually kicks in, or try closing the browser a dozen times, which when it finally un-freezes enough to close, it also closes all your other browser windows you have open.

And whether we know it or not, we all have bandwidth caps. Even if your you ISP says they have no bandwidth caps, they secretly do. After you used a certain amount of GB a month, they all slow down your connection. My Verizon DSL says they don't cap. But for years now my 7-8.5mbs connection will slow down to 3-5mbs after I used about 40-50gb a month on my connection. They deny it, but it's true. Others pay by the GB or have expressed limits of how much they could use.

And my 7-8.5mb connection is not slow. It not only is an above average speed for in the USA, but way above average for the rest of the world. The networks seem to assume everybody is on a cable tv or fiber optic's highest speed plan or should be. But the majority of American surfers are on a 7mbs or less connection. Much more than half the visitors at Bettys are running on a 5mbs connection or less most of the time. About 20% are running close to dialup speeds through a data plan, overloaded or free wifi, a satellite link (rural areas), on an actual dialup connection because it's the only thing available or affordable in their area.

Then they wonder why people illegally download. You can usually choose the version & file size for your bandwidth, speed, & device you have. Netflix is popular because it will automatically deliver 240-360p video to you if that's all your connection could handle, rather than try to jam 1080 HD video down your throat whether you have the bandwith, speed, & computer could handle it or not.

[Betty]

Found some more. Just goes to show you that fat homely kids can look pretty in a dress & a little makeup.

[andyg0404]

Hi Betty,

Femulate is an interesting site to explore.  On this page the blogger speaks of growing up and dressing up for Halloween. There's a great picture which I'm fairly certain has been posted before but not for a while anyway. Scroll down to  September 29, 2015, How could she not know?  http://tinyurl.com/p6tnqxs

She has two wonderful archives of photos, this one of movie and stage shots. https://www.flickr.com/photos/79189925@N06/collections/72157634903282161/

And this one of womenless pageants. https://sites.google.com/site/femulate/Home/womanless-archive

There are many other interesting sections as well.

Stana, if you're a member of board let us know so we can thank you for all this.

On a separate note, in doing a little more research I see that the other boy, Michael William Arnold, plays Tad's son in this episode and according to IMDB, it's the only episode he's in. So if anyone on the board is a regular viewer, can you explain why he was in drag in this show and how it is that it's the only episode he appeared in?

Andy G.

[Betty]

You got me. I thought it was the fat kid. But I guess it's another kid that just put on some weight since the last time I saw him. What second one? They're all pix of Nolan. I had downloaded the show to get the pix. The whole crossdressing scene is in the last 18 seconds of the show, that's why you see the credits in the original pix(I cropped them out). But I didn't actually watch the show. I just skipped over every couple minutes with the sound down until I found the scene. After I was done capturing the shots, I deleted the show.

I'm usually backlogged days on stuff I want to see, so have no time for any shows or movies I don't like. The  gay characters on that show are so terrible & stereotyped they make me cringe.

Someone named Tad, his daughter, & son are listed in the cast for just one episode, but they weren't in the crossdressing scene.

The series won a Golden Globes, & a few Emmys. But most of the crap that wins those awards I either hate, never saw, or never heard of. Probably 3/4 of my favorite movies never won an Acedemy Award either.

Even though I have lots on new stuff I haven't watched yet, right now I'm binge watching the series Stargate SG-1 & SG-A. That's about 315 42 minute episodes, plus 3 full length movies. I've seen all of them before over the years, but I still enjoy them. With all those episodes in 1 folder on random play with a VLC player, it's rare that an episode comes up that I saw recently, & when it does, I just click on "next" to skip it.

Thanks to mp4 compression, the entire folder is only around 50mb in size. It's only 480p DVD quality resolution, but the early years were only produced in 360p for USA TV, & the later years were only in 480p. So any "new" blue-ray versions of it out there are just enhanced scaled up versions of the originals. With some tweaks to VLC settings, & any good video card or decent mobo graphics chipset on your computer, you can enhance & scale up the DVD version yourself rather than fork out money for the blu-ray of it.

You can get blu-ray player for $30 these days (just a few years ago they were $400), because they're obsolete. Most people are watching their TV & movies on mp4 or mkv (h264 compression) formats instead... even live TV is a streaming form of mp4/h264. Ironically, mp4 is the same format as HD-DVD was. It was the competitor of the blu-ray during the old format wars. So technically, HD-DVD actually won the format war for the people, not blu-ray.

The TV & movie industry voted for blue-ray instead because it was supposed to be uncopyable, & unhackable. LOL, blue-rays were being hacked & copied about 2 weeks after they came out. Nothing is unhackable & uncopyable, & never will be. Indeed, the newer HDMI connector found in the back of most modern TVs, players, & computers was also made to prevent copying/recording video, in cooperation with blu-ray industry. Long before blu-ray was released to the public I listed at least a dozen ways they could be copied anyway. I backed HD-DVD. I thought blu-ray was a waste of time, money, & way to expensive for the average public. And I still use VGA, & DVI connectors so nothing & nobody is gonna block me from seeing what I want when I want, or sending my viewing info back up the wire to a company.

Some new TVs, monitors, players, & computers, don't even come with VGA or DVI connectors anymore, but many new ones still do anyway for very good reasons.

[andyg0404]

Hi,

I thought it was the same boy but he was identified as Michael William Arnold and shown on IMDB as only appearing in that episode. It really doesn't matter, as I said, I've never seen the show.

Thanks Betty,

Andy G.

[Betty]

Maybe they got it wrong. Perhaps Micheal was in the show as a character out of many characters in the episode, but comparing pix of both from 2012, it sure looks like Nolan in the crossdressing scene to me. Look at the eyes, nose, & chin shape. That's Nolan's nose.

[andyg0404]

Hi Betty,

I agree. The picture was just misidentified.

Andy G.

[Spankypants2]

In drag he kind of reminds me of Bette Midler as a child.

Like Betty, when I'm channel surfing, I usually surf on by this show.

[Betty]

I gave up cable & satellite years ago. So don't have many channels to surf through.

Luckly, many USA TV channels carry their main channel in HD, plus several sub channels in 240-480p resolution on the same frequency, piggybacked on the signal. So with a simple rabbit-ears antenna, I get 30 channels. Those flat mini antennas are designed for UHF signals, & don't do well with VHF-band singnals. Some of our channels still operate on VHF. So I'd lose 4 channels of old movies & TV shows without the rabbit ears extended about 18" in a "V" shape for VHF reception. It has a UHF loop on it that can be turned independently from the "ears". So once I got it a set just right, I never have to adjust the antenna again.

Amplified antennas don't usually work well in the city, congested areas, or near buildings. They tend to pick up interference more from other stuff, neighbors, vehicles, & boost reflected signals off buildings or objects, that interfere with the primary signal. Generally amplified antennas do better in fringe, rural, or suburban locations where there's less RF or electrical interferrence & noise.

After I block all the religious, infomercial, & bullshit channels, I get 22 channels to surf through. With so many sub-channels running oldies, it's rare that there isn't something watchable on.

Right now I got "Green Acres" on in the background while doing some work fixing stuff. - - A fun goofy classic.

Walmart is sending me a modern amplified antenna for free to keep if I write an honest review about it for them. Let's see if it will beat my old rabbit ears. So far no indoor antenna did. I've tested many in my life & plenty since the digital conversion.