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I went to a petting farm with my nieces and nephews. They had a sheep shearing demonstration. the shearer gave a talk about sheep and wool and how to get the wool off the sheep. When the guy started shaving the sheep with an electric shaver, the mother next to us quickly herded her children away. Later, I saw the mother complaining to one of the farm staff that she did not expect the sheep to be shaved in front of children, that children shouldn't be exposed to something like that, that the staff should warn parents what sheep shearing is, etc. I mean, what the heck? Did she think her woolen sweaters are made by sheep knitting the wool right off their back? Did she think there's a zipper somewhere on the sheep that you can unzip and the sheep step out of their wool? Sure, many people don't grow up on a farm, but come on.......

Not to my knowledge. (Although the best name I've ever read on tv is Ozzie Bravo. He was on local tv news describing what he saw when the gyrocopter dude landed on the US Capitol grounds. When I read his name I thought "Gosh, what a great name for a rock band!")

That sounds like another case for next season. "The plaintiff Brenda McLumpkin is suing the defendant Anna Rosenberg for the price of a breast pump she bought from Anna. Brenda claims the "pump didn't". In turn, Anna is countersuing Brenda for loss of wages, mental anguish, slander, stress, a turkey club sandwich, and a whole lot of stuff you know judge Judy will dismiss."

My ABC affiliate is still airing LiveWell. On a clear day, the tv in our guest room can pick up the signal from the Baltimore ABC affiliate. Unfortunately, we've been having rain/overcast conditions.

Wow. Livewell Network is still airing in the Washington DC area.

Wow! My public library has a 'bookstore' where they sell unloved library books and donated books. I've saved some great classics for no more than $2 apiece. Sometimes, after reading a book, I discreetly return it to the bookstore's shelf, for someone else to buy. It's become like another lending library for me. Hi Sarcastico! I have to laugh because the first time I watched JITC, it was on a black and white tv (my parents never invested in a color set until the B&W sets at home broke in the mid 90s.) And the next time I watched it I netflixed the DVDs, which as you say weren't that great color-wise.

Dang! I never thought of Cookie on Sesame Street. Kudos to the SNL writers for thinking of that. Boo to them for ripping off this thread. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJAq8iWf3YY

Disability burns my rear end! About a decade ago, there was a patient here who had liver failure, heart failure, chronic lung disease, and early end-stage renal disease and was denied disability benefits. I remember photocopying the chart to send to the attorney hired to fight for the disability benefits. No deal. That person died about 5 years later in an auto accident on the way to see the cardiologist. And then there are the Judge Judy litigant type of people who come in (because they need a new doctor) and are on disability for chronic back pain. Not saying that back pain isn't disabling but it isn't more disabling than having 4 failing organs, imo. Anyhow......I needed to get that off my chest. Back to regular programming.......

i've added Fish Mooney to my "Please kill this character off list" (Barbara has been on it since the second episode).

I think it's in the book, The Day of the Scorpion, in the Announcements section of the Ranpur Gazette, there is an announcement of Daphne's death. The following announcement is that of Parvati's birth. And the final announcement is the wedding of Captain Edward Bingham and Miss Susan Layton. All events occurred on the same day. So, Hari would have eventually known about the daughter because it was in the papers. I think Hari's aunt and Pandit Baba would have known too. Merrick probably didn't like Sarah mixing with Kasim (shades of Daphne and Hari), but I think he also wanted to see the hawk do its thing. He mentioned something about never being able to see the hawk. And Dmitri told Guy that he (Dmitri) was trying to get Kasim and the Nawab's niece together. Merrick probably knew this on some level. Since in the 2 years since V-J Day, Merrick pretty much was a part of their circle. Another thing in the books...regarding Teddy Bingham's death. Merrick had to go "interview" some soldiers who deserted, joined the Japanese and were recaptured. Sarah suspects that Teddy went along because he knew Merrick's "interview" techniques and wanted to be there to ensure Merrick did not use them. Of course, they were ambushed and Teddy died. Merrick is the poster boy of promotion for the wrong reasons. All it did was reinforce his bad behavior and sense of entitlement that he could get away with whatever he wanted.

I think Pandit Baba was behind the initial harassment: the rock thrown on the way to Teddy and Susan's wedding, the bicycles. Even Hari's auntie showing up at the train station begging Merrick for mercy was part of Pandit Baba's scheme. The cobra was probably Pandit Baba too, but the horse incident, I think was Merrick's imagination (post-temper tantrum that he rode alllllllll the way out there to see Kasim's hawk only to be told the hawk couldn't come out to play because it had , what amounted to, indigestion. One of the funniest things in the series, imo.) The boys was Pandit Baba's doing. In the book, the Bibighar suspects were interviewed during the investigation. And there was another suspect who claimed Merrick had touched his privates during his interrogation. Ditto for Hari, in the book, he claims Merrick fondled him. So, many people saw that Merrick was a closeted gay man, in addition to being a sadist. I'm not sure exactly why Lady Manners and Lady Chatterjee decided against telling Hari that Parvati could be his daughter. But Karma bit Merrick in the butt because his own death is covered up for political reasons, just as Hari's false imprisonment/torture was covered up for the same reason.

In the books, Parvatti Manners (Daphne's daughter) is raised by Lady Manners until Lady Manners dies in 1947 or 1948. Then she is raised by Lady Chatterjee (AKA "Aunt Lili") in Mayapore. She is raised as an "Indian girl" and excels as an singer and musician of traditional Indian music. Lady Manners and Lady Chatterjee think Hari is her father because she has physical characteristics that resemble him. But they don't allow Hari to be a part of Parvatti's life. My thoughts on Sarah.... She's definitely a co-dependent enabler. But with an alcoholic mother, a former POW father and a nutty sister, she's the de facto head of the Layton family. I think her relationship with Kasim was more platonic than romantic, united in their hatred for Merrick. Sarah doesn't strike me as someone with same kind of "courage" Daphne had regarding interracial relationships. What I found interesting about Kasim is that he was the most a-political member of his family. His father was a politician. His brother was in jail for his political leanings. Yet he is the one who paid the price of politics. In that regard, he is similar to Hari. In the books, Susan Layton says she didn't love Teddy Bingham but married him because societal pressures for young women to get married (she didn't say that exactly, but it's the gist). So that makes me think, she married Merrick due to those same societal pressures (young widow who needs a husband and father for her child). Merrick read her psychiatric records, so he knew exactly how to manage Susan, which makes me think their marriage was a success. No doubt he was kind to her and a good father to Edward because he had to keep up the appearance of being a good husband and father. AND that family man fascade was a good cover for his homosexuality. In the book, Lady Chatterjee hints that Merrick's intention to marry Daphne wasn't only to up himself from middle class to upper class, but also to provide a cover for any liaisons he would have. Sarah's abortion. She did it out of duty (read: reputation): unmarried, the father probably wouldn't marry her or if he did the marriage would be a flop because neither loved each other or barely tolerated each other. The swimming lesson girl was the niece of the Nawab of Mirat (Dmitri's employer): she wasn't the maharani's niece. I think the Maharanee's party was to show Anglo-Indian excesses and extravagances. When you see that you forget that it was during WWII and that the people in the UK were being Blitz'd and rationed.

The first time I watched My Hero, I thought "Whoa! Is that Jean Marsh (Rose on Upstairs, Downstairs)???" because Mrs. Raven looked similar to Jean Marsh. I think Geraldine McNulty, Jean Marsh, Tilda Swinton have the same bone structure: longish face, long thin nose, etc.

One shot for Subject-Object pronoun confusion. examples: "Him and me went to the bar." "She and him were in their car." One shot for 'I' is not the object of the proposition. examples: "He tossed it at JoJo and I." "I told her, that's between my baby's daddy and I" Yes. There was a case maybe three or four years ago where she told Byrd to remove someone. I can't remember the details of the case (probably because it wasn't as exciting as the audience member being thrown out.).

This is definitely a series you need to watch a couple of times. There's so much foreshadowing and the like that one viewing is good but two or three viewing are better. Especially Hari Kumar washing at the pump, Guy Perron washing on the train, and Guy Perron in the bath tub ;-)

The WETAs are on different episodes. Thank Pledge Millennium for messing it up. WETA UK showed The Moghul Room on Saturday April 4 (that's episode 12 of 14). WETA UK won't show another JITC until April 24 (it's being pre-empted for a Downtown Abbey Marathon). WETA non-UK showed The Day of the Scorpion on Sunday April 5. This sunday (April 12). It will show The Towers of Silence (episode 9 of 14). By the end of this month, WETA UK will be 1 episode ahead of WETA non-UK. The positive is that while WETA non-UK is catching up with WETA UK, we'll get to see half naked Charles Dance again-----twice! :-) Susan's baby drama and Barbie are followed up in the next episodes (The Towers of Silence, and Travelling Companions episode 11). So you'll be able to catch up on WETA non-UK. If you watch it on MPT, this sunday (April 12) will be the last episode. I'm not sure who Den is, because I'm not sure who the Signals Sergeant is. I presume he's the guy who escorts Guy to the processing center, since he's the only one who has dialogue (other than the NonComs at the hospital billet and the medical officer who tells Guy not to get clap between Pankot and Ranpur). But I'll rewatch on WETA non-UK.....I get too distracted when Guy is taking a bath........

Leslie Grantham (Den on EastEnders) is in the credits for "The Moghul Room" as "Signals Sergeant". Was he the guy who escorts Guy to the processing center after Guy gets his papers?

Let's see.....Thompson is too smart to fall for that. Selina is too young. Ivy is too crazy. Bullock probably isn't into that (neither is Montoya). Essen is too by-the-book. That leaves only one female character "close to Gordon": Barbara. PLEASE, please, pretty PLEASE kill Barbara off already. The writers have done a horrible job with this character. We, the viewers, have suffered enough.

To the Manor Born is a classic Britcom, imo. I also like Chef!, Outnumbered, and My Hero.

I grew up watching Richard Dawson on The Feud. Love him. The celebrity Family Feuds were always fun to watch.

A JITC mini-reunion would be a hoot on CTM. This is one of the series that makes me sad it concluded. I like Guy's expression during Susan's retelling of "Ronnie" and his missing arm, clothes, etc. you could almost hear him say "She's as loonie as a nekkid jaybird in a 12 foot high snow drift!"

Wow. They're changing the schedule for this show. Moving it from Sunday EST to Friday EST.

Ginny, Ginny, Ginny.....you know Seadown crawled back to you because 1. your Daddy has money again, 2. Idina is dead, 3. your Daddy has money again, 3. your Daddy has money again, and 4. your Daddy has money again.

Nicholas Farrell (AKA Teddy Bingham) was on Call the Midwife, as Sister Julienne's ex-boyfriend, whom she jilted at a Charlie Chaplin movie 30 years ago. Anyhow, last night's MPT episode, it's 1947, Guy returns to India to be a political observer. When he meets Sarah, she's very cool to him. And he's still as hot as ever for her! I wonder if he proposed marriage or proposed to go steady with her in the letter she never replied to?

I think Dr. 2.0 says something like "I feel like a new man" or something like that.