Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Arthur Lipscomb Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: What Did You Watch? 2024-05-09 (Thursday) Date: Fri, 10 May 2024 15:56:50 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 90 Message-ID: References: <846728635.737069483.019110.anim8rfsk-cox.net@news.easynews.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Sat, 11 May 2024 00:56:50 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="be4c137d67f4f3750363d1f63b192143"; logging-data="1707482"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18BywVgERpP0pIXElpSeBbTDvGKvNTHHfs=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:3zoqqaPWNHNJ/j4e2A4LamUJ8Rc= In-Reply-To: <846728635.737069483.019110.anim8rfsk-cox.net@news.easynews.com> Content-Language: en-US Bytes: 4784 On 5/10/2024 2:42 PM, anim8rfsk wrote: > Arthur Lipscomb wrote: >> On 5/10/2024 5:31 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote: >>> On 5/10/24 1:30 AM, Ubiquitous wrote: >>> >>>> While nursing my back, I watched: >>>> >>>> HIDDEN GEMS: FAILED 80S SPINOFFS THAT WERE ACTUALLY GREAT!: >>>> Join me (Kevin) from Retro Renaissance as I uncover the best-kept >>>> secrets of >>>> the 80s TV world! Discover the unexpectedly amazing shows that emerged >>>> from >>>> failed spinoffs like "Enos," "AfterMASH," "Booker," and more. Get >>>> ready for >>>> laughs and nostalgia as we delve into these retro treasures. >>>> >>>> Chapters: >>>> >>>> 00:00 Intro >>>> 00:20 Enos >>>> 03:25 AFTERMash >>>> 08:08 Booker >>>> 10:21 Flo >>>> 14:37 The Toretellis >>>> 17:46 Day by Day >>>> 20:12 Just the Ten of Us >>>> 22:43 Checking In >>>> 34:44 The Law and Harry McGraw >>>> 27:09 Living Dolls >>>> >>>> https://youtu.be/Q8fO5xN9DHM?si=4Nv3oQM_ZRbqfuYt >>> >>> Are they high?! - Most of these were terrible. For example, "Just the >>> Ten of Us" was awful, with its only redeeming quality being that it was >>> stuffed full of hott chycks! >>> >>>> What did you watch? >>> >>> Still trying to get through grading. So at night, I just put "John Wick >>> 3" in the background, and did some online grading. The only things I >>> actually watched were: >>> >>> Night Court (2023) (Peacock) - "Chips Ahoy" (ep. #2.10). I have mixed >>> feelings about this one. The 'A' storyline had Melissa Fumero (who looks >>> middle-aged these days - I remember when she was a young hottie on >>> OLTL!!) as a "mean mom" acquaintance of Wyatt's whom Abby convicts in >>> the Night Court. Fumero then sticks around to menace Wyatt and annoy >>> Abby. In the 'B' storyline, Dan desperately wants to get in to an annual >>> 'Fleet Week' poker game, so he can fleece the sailors and take their >>> money, while Gurgs tries to resist the "charms" of hott(?) sailors. In >>> the 'C' story, Flobert insists upon teaching Olivia how to scam people. >>>    This episode had some amusing bits. But, overall, I also didn't feel >>> that it really worked. >>> >>> On Wheel of Fortune, the youts with grandparents teams were still >>> annoying! Also, I embarrassingly couldn't figure out the final puzzle.  :S >>> >>> >>> What did you watch? >>> >>> >> >> >> I watched: >> >> >> Star Trek: Discovery (Paramount+) - "Erigah" - I saw a bit of a preview >> for this episode that made it look like this would be an action packed >> episode with the Federation and Breen in an all out battle. Instead >> this episode had the Breen showing up to throw their weight around and >> try to intimidate the federation but not a single shot was fired. Then >> there were the two smugglers who I have increasingly grown to hate this >> season. Meh!!!! >> >> >> Funny Girl (TCM) 1968 musical starring Barbra Stresand as a real life >> singer who rises to fame while falling in love with Omar Sharif. I have >> tickets to see Funny Girl live on stage this weekend. I wanted to watch >> the original movie before seeing it live. I saw the movie once before >> many years ago but didn't remember it. On this viewing I think I liked >> it a bit more. It's still not a movie I'd particularly want to revisit, >> but it was watchable. >> > > Is it significantly better than other Streisand movies, say, Up the > Sandbox? > Off the top of my head I can't think of any Streisand movie I'm a fan of. Then again, I don't think I've only ever watched a handful of them.