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From: Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org>
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Subject: Re: What Did You Watch? 2024-05-09 (Thursday)
Date: Fri, 10 May 2024 15:56:50 -0700
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On 5/10/2024 2:42 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
> Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> 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.