BlackberryJam
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I love Idris but he was not good. Hosting these shows is a terrible job. It would be nice if they got someone who agreed to just be a boring complimentary host, not someone trying to be funny.
Tan France is annoying af. He can get off my screen.
I felt like the camera crew/director of the broadcast had never done an awards show before.
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On 2/16/2024 at 11:26 AM, JustHereForFood said:
Is it wrong that I think that The Catcher in the Rye, Love Story and Jonathan Livingston Seagull are waaay too overrated?
My hatred of TCitR knows few boundaries. What a piece of crap. I loved Love Story but never thought it was great writing.
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I thoroughly enjoyed this first episode. However, it was jarring to go from Commissioner Patterson floating in the water, blood spill out, to the super cheery theme song.
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8 hours ago, bluegirl147 said:
If you are looking for something else to watch may I recommend Falcon Crest, another 80s primetime soap. It streams on Prime.
I had no idea! I loved FC! Thank you.
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17 minutes ago, JTMacc99 said:Super Bowl X for me. My neighborhood was FULL of boys, and we were all very into sports from a very young age. That game was Steelers over Cowboys, with Lynn Swan winning the MVP.
That was the 1975 season, game at the start of 1976. Here in the NYC area, our football teams were still awful, but that was the year that the Yankees got good again, and the first year that we all started collecting baseball cards.
From there on out I remember parts of every football season and every Super Bowl.
We share a first! I was five and wore my Terry Bradshaw jersey (with my pigtails) to my first day of kindergarten fall of 1976. I grew up in Ohio.
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Well, the exciting ending made up for a shit first half. I feel bad for the Niners.
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I have reached the Mute The TV portion of my evening.
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2 minutes ago, BlackberryJam said:Ignore me. I slammed a glass of wine.
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5 minutes ago, DoctorAtomic said:I don't think a kicker ever won.
Eta I’m wrong.
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Gut punch series, right there.
I don’t know what Reid said at halftime, but it was the wrong thing.
@Bastet I’ll forget :) But thank you. I’m just hungry. It’s time to start drinking for me.
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Just now, Crashcourse said:I wish Usher had kept his shirt off. 😍
Yeah…that was nice…
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Love the brooch, but the fit on those pants is shit. They should not be baggy in the hips.
That is one hell of a piano, but again, fit issues in the bustier. It’s cutting her.
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Laundry folded and socks matched. So the first half wasn’t a total waste of time.
I don’t care about phone cameras or new apps.
There can’t be much halftime analysis to be had, but JJ Watt does it for me in that “big farm boy” kinda way.
I miss Phil Simms’ being homoerotic while calling games.
5 minutes ago, Bastet said:Off to make spinach, artichoke, and cheese dip; see you in the second half.
Recipe?
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Who approved that “passing the baton” graphic? FIRE THAT GUY.
Also, fire Tony Romo. His voice is like listening to a Brillo pad and his analysis is shit.
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I have no dog in this fight, but trickery is always fun.
That penalty was so stupid.
Okay…that idiotic Affleck/Lopez/Brady/Damon commercial made me laugh.
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That was a damn ugly intentional grounding.
You can see the Kelce Reid shove on Twitter.
That cut makes Kelce look like an out of control rage monster, so that’s an image issue for him, especially after he did so well on SNL.
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I was feeling it with the pause in the Dove Hardknock Life commercial, as a girl who refused to swim because of how my body looked in a swim suit. Chris Walken was ..okay.
But this game is kinda snoozy, or rather, just like any typical NFL game when I can’t watch red zone.
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Romo talking about how Brock Purdy will have massive nerves starting is cracking me up. Like Romo has any fucking clue. I’d give like…10 bucks to a Swiftie who could sneak into the booth and shove a sock in his face.
Fumbles hurt.
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Seriously, this thing hasn’t kicked off yet? I expected to be at least 2 minutes in by now. Damn NFL pushing back the start time. Let’s get on with it. *grabs laundry basket of socks to match*
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In my re-rewatch, I’ve hit Season 5. So many laundry baskets. SO MANY. Chris, Marilyn, Ruth-Ann and Maggie at the Laundromat. Even Maurice at the laundromat. Everyone walking around Cicely is carrying a half full laundry basket, no towel covering the top. Even Eve walks around with a laundry basket. It bugs.
You can definitely see the change from Brand/Falsey to Chase as showrunner.
There are a lot of filler stories without any overarching theme. Like Chris having test anxiety, Maggie being Homecoming Queen, Holling going cheap on Ron and Erick’s wedding catering.
The show is at it’s best when the multiple stories have a theme, which Chris draws together with his quotes and readings. Some episodes are good, but fewer than in the previous three.
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Janine was dealing with gallbladder issues, which can be incredibly painful.
I wonder about the cost of filming in Seattle?
With Morrow leaving, it might have become more trouble than it was worth.
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I hit the Little Italy episode and found myself super annoyed. I think I mentioned that Paul Provenza is terrible at acting like a doctor. I felt like he was miscast. They could have done a similar role with maybe...I'm trying to think of Italian-America actors who were knocking around at the time, Stanley Tucci? Matt LeBlanc? OH Giancarlo Esposito! Imagining anyone of those in the role automatically makes Phil Capra better.
Teri Polo is good. I've liked her in several things.
The show had been moved around on the schedule, at least once, maybe twice, and it ended up opposite some very strong other shows, so I think the cast new things were coming to an end. On top of that David Chase had become showrunner and he didn't like the show as it existed. He went on to make The Sopranos.
Janine Turner was also sick at the end of S6.
I do think the show was going to have an expiration date. Once Joel's contract was up, he was either going to have to transform and choose to stay or leave. We were always seeing the town through Joel's eyes.
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I only have the answer to one of these questions. Bibi Besch played Maggie’s mom in two episodes. Unfortunately, she passed away from breast cancer in 1996. I’m assuming she was not healthy enough or was unwilling to come back for The Mommy’s Curse.
As to the final episode, …I haven’t watched it…yet. I’ve only watched 3 episodes after Joel left. Instead, I started S1 again. I did watch the closing sequence.
ETA: I wanted to mention about Up River. When Hayden shoots through Maggie’s window, Joel pulls her down onto the floor and shouts that it’s a drive by shooting. Such a NY reaction.
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12 hours ago, possibilities said:
I have something to say about something in Season 6, but I can't think of a clever subtitle for a Season 6 thread. If anybody wants to start one, I'd be thrilled.
Not clever, but I started one, and added my giant Up River post to it.
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SunsetChaser is Florence, right? She’s in witness protection but found a way to reach Neville.