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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: Sat, 11 May 2024 07:05:03 -0700
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On 5/10/2024 6:10 PM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
> Arthur Lipscomb  <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:
>> 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.
> 
> Yentl has exactly one song in it with different lyrics. I am not
> kidding. It's exactly the same melodic line and chord changes over and
> over again. If you don't like that song, you'll hate it.

This is the movie where she sings "Do you Wanna Build a Snowman."  I 
don't think I've watched it before.

> 
> I like What's Up, Doc, but Madeline Kahn and Kenneth Mars were quite
> funny, and I liked the elaborate stunts.
> 

Don't think I've watched this one either.

> I saw A Star Is Born in theater when I was a kid. I hate that movie.
> 

I did see this one.  Didn't like it.

> I saw For Pete's Sake in theater as a kid but I recall very little about
> it.
> 

Never heard of this one.

> I don't like The Main Event, and the ending was incredibly stupid. I had
> no idea but Ryan O'Neil had been a boxer in real life.

Never heard of this one either.  Also had no idea Ryan O'Neil was a boxer.