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Wow, the very first episode. Hi Kate!! (and Tony and Abby too) They all sure look much younger, don't they??? So, CBS is going to be showing "classic" NCIS eps during the 10 PM (let's face it, 10:30 - 10:50) time slot this fall on Sunday. Journey back to a time where Tim was a "probie", Tony had never heard of a woman named Ziva, and the head of this operation was a woman.

So, Spectrum changed the image graphic --- that was fast. For all of you who are not Spectrum customers, allow me to explain. When I call up the guide on Spectrum, they show a image graphic of the show that you have highlighted. to the left of the synopsis of the specific show. The image graphic is the same for every episode of the show. They show an image of all six actors (and the title) when you highlight an episode of "Friends", they show an image of Lucille Ball (and the title) when you highlight an episode of "I Love Lucy", etc. They changed the image graphic of "Two and A Half Men" when they had their shake-up. Spectrum shows an image graphic of Ashton and Jon (even when the episode is pre-Ashton). Anyway, Spectrum (just a few days ago) would show an image of Allison leaning over Anna, but NOW they changed it to show an image of just Allison.

Does anybody remember the American version???? Sometime around 1987, Sid and Marty Krofft ---- yes, the guys who made those weird Saturday morning kids TV shows like HR Puf N' Stuff and the Bugaloos (They were also the guys who made that puppet rock band on the Mandrell Sisters variety show from the early 80s--- (FF to about 28:35) those puppets looked like other country music stars like Cash, Denver, Nelson, etc.) (and I'm obviously mentioning that because of this) these guys decided to make an American version of this show --- DC Follies. The show "took place" in a bar in downtown DC. Fred Willard was the bartender and proprietor. (Puppet versions of) the three ex-presidents would constantly frequent the bar, and Nixon was always "trying" some new "get rich quick" scheme of some sort. Reagan would usually show up as well (sometimes just at the end). Toward the end of '87, Bush (Sr., of course) would show up more (obviously because the '88 election was approaching), and when Bush eventually made his VP pick, the show became all about how Quayle is an idiot. Despite "taking place" in DC, Hollywood (puppet) celebrities would constantly frequent the bar as well. Quite often, the three big talk show moguls would be at the bar --- Donahue, Oprah, and Mort (Good God -- MORT!!! -- remember him, everyone??? He was like "political" Springer) Anyway, a "real" actual comedian celebrity would show up in each episode as well, from Phyllis Diller, Steve Allen, to even Betty White. What a blast that show was as well. I hope that some people are planning a revival of this as well. I would love to see puppet versions of the Kar-trash-ians and other reality TV people getting mocked, as well as a few modern singers and celebrities. Sorry about the long post -- just wanted to give the Yankee counterpart some love. I really loved the original version of this show as well, and I'm watching this new one.

We're tiny, we're toony, we're all a little looney, and now this cartooney is RE-invading your TV!!!!! First Yakko, Wakko, and Dot, and now Buster and Babs............. could Freakazoid be far behind?????? So, let's post some of our favorite moments from Acme U as we await the all new "semester" that is soon coming.

and still more people are discovering that "It's The Great Pumpkin" is not on their TV lineup this year. Yes, but HERE'S THE THING.............. you sign up for a free trial for seven days, you then cancel the trail after the third or fourth day so you don't have to pay for the entire month............ BUT HERE'S THE THING............ they are saying that the other specials are available "for free" as well........................ BUT................ since the Thanksgiving special "window" is less than a month after the Halloween "window" (and the Christmas "window" is less than a month after the Thanksgiving "window")........................ you will NOT be able to get another "free trial" less than a month after canceling the previous trial YOU MUST SUBSCRIBE TO APPLE TV IN ORDER TO WATCH ALL THREE SPECIALS (at their designated holiday times)

Good Grief!!! Will the Peanuts holiday specials air "for free" on network TV this year???? or will we have to subscribe to Apple TV????? Apple TV (which has already created the very funny and informative Snoopy In Space series and is also fast at work on yet another Peanuts series) apparently has purchased the rights to the holiday Peanuts specials. Does that mean that all of us will be getting a rock for Halloween this year??? Stay tuned. Apple TV also states that they are interested in making yet MORE Peanuts holiday specials revolving around Earth Day and Mother's Day among others.

Or something like that....... (Hilariously, I had written almost the same thing in a now-mod-deleted subtitle), but, no, it's more like That kids Transformer cartoon where the Rescue Bots are helping the human family while standing in "complete awe" with what a sundae or a basketball is. (Do foxes actually trot????) According to the article (which I should have read a little better), Batman, Robin, and the whole Bat-family are still battling the human enemies of Gotham City --- They are just being assisted by sentient vehicles. (who are going to be in "complete awe" by what a sundae or a basketball is) Did I mention that it's a cartoon aimed at little kids????

Coming soon to HBO Max --- where all the other DC Comics shows went after the DC Universe streaming service went kaput---- and also to Cartoon Network, just in case you don't subscribe to a streaming service, it's "Batwheels", the adventures of a group of sentient crimefighting vehicles in Gotham City. (Why they haven't made a comic book about that yet I have NO IDEA) Bam (The Batmobile) protects Gotham City with the help of his (I assume he is male) friends----- BIbi (The Batgirl Cycle), Red (Robin's Redbird), (it's a car in the comics but in the fourth 90s movie it was a bike so who knows??) Jett (The Batwing), and Buff (The Bat Truck). I assume they will be protecting Gotham City from the Jokermobile, Penguin's limousine, Catwoman's motorcycle, and many other evil vehicles. I know Cartoon Network "adores" programs aimed at little kids, so this show will no doubt replace "Teen Titans Go" as the show that they air eighteen times every single day.

"Hey Guys!! Look!! A Magic 8 ball! What's this on the side??? Property of B. Simpson??" (Yes, I know. He smashed it up against Millhouse's head and it broke) "That's great, Peter. See if you can find some other plot devices from them that we haven't used yet in there." So how come we can get two people that sound exactly like Carl Carlson and Cleveland Brown but we STILL can't get anyone that sounds like Kermit the Frog. "Yeah, we didn't write ANOTHER ending, folks." At this point, Seth and Seth, just tell us when you DO actually write an ending for your episodes.

HBO Max is now going to be "the place" for all the DC Universe stuff, with the streaming service now becoming a "glorified" forum site. I wonder if HBO will allow us to see the previous seasons of Young Justice and Titans soon???

Slappy: Let me get this straight, Skippy. You're reviewing someone who's reviewing someone who's reviewing a movie. Skippy: Yeeessss. Slappy: That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard.

My two cents regarding this.............. First off, yes, I know, this is a "dumb" (by which I mean, a figurative term to describe the "slacker" comedies (like the "Wayne's World" movies as well) which later also became the "stoner" comedies (everything from Seth Rogan movies to "Dude, WMC??" to Lebowski), in which the comedy in said movie is so "stupid" and "simple" that you can't help but laugh) comedy and you just should not over-analyze.......... having said that............ It would have been an "interesting" idea if Bill and Ted did NOT become famous during their lifetime ------ Some individuals did not achieve "greatness" during their lifetime, only to be appreciated years, if not decades, later. Scott Joplin and his "ragtime" music was not appreciated until decades after his death (look up Robert Redford's "The Sting") F. Scott Fitzgerald actually died penniless, believing that his "Great American Novel" was over-rated and worthless. It would have been REALLY FUNNY if the "song that united the world" in the future.............. was actually the song that they played at the wedding.

For what it's worth (seeing as though The Beatles and Springsteen are both mentioned above), I personally DON'T LIKE artists namedropping their previous songs. IMO, it seriously just screams desperation. "Hey, remember this great song. Don't you wish I was playing that instead of this one???" Here are two examples that definitely "fit the bill": (M.C.) Hammer has a song called "Burn It Up", in which he is constantly saying '"GET IT STARTED was part one / part two is Burn It Up" and then he goes on what I describe as a "tirade" at the end, mentioning seven of his songs, including "Get It Started", "Pray", "Here Comes The Hammer", "Turn This Mutha Out", and, of course, "U Can't Touch This". The Beach Boys (from "Summer in Paradise", that "Mike Love album" that everyone hates) have two songs where Love just tells everyone about all of their previous songs ----- "Summer of Love" has Mike singing about "Excitations" and references "Surfing U.S.A.". The "title" song, "Summer In Paradise", has Love referencing "Fun, Fun, Fun", "........ Rhonda", and "Barbara Ann".

But most of all, the reveal was complimented by the return of "YOU GOT ROGU'D!!!!!" Can't wait for Hayley to get Rogu'd someday. And, sure enough, when Steve did not deal with the overflowing toilet at the beginning, I knew that the B-plot was going to end with a callback to the toilet (although I was expecting the toilet (complete with a huge cascade of water) to come crashing through the ceiling). Expect Roger as a duck to be in the passenger seat of the car next year. I am wondering what Roger was saying to the other ducks. "Gotta go. Carry on without me." ???????????

Nope, nope, nope, and nope. They are selfish. This is one of those "No rewatch" films. Just watch it one time only; otherwise, you can see the flaws. These young adults decide that just because a small group of people were "mean" to them, that everybody on the planet are a bunch of jerks, including the innocent kids in Japan, and everyone has to die now. I saw the film in theaters, and I thought that they were going to sacrifice themselves just to show the one surviving person what a bunch of jerks that organization was (and then have the zombie kill her!!!), but no, the movie picked the selfish jerk ending, and I left the theater dissapointed. I have seen this film a few times since, and the ending just infuriates me more.

If you grew up during the 80s, then you remember the Ruby-Spears logo. Joe Ruby, the co-creator of Scooby-Doo, and the writer of several of the episodes (of several incarnations) has passed away at the age of 87. In addition to Scooby Doo, Ruby-Spears Productions is also responsible for: Dynomutt, Fangface, the Plastic Man cartoon, Mighty Man and Yukk, Thundarr the Barbarian, Goldie Gold and Action Jack, that cartoon about a Rubik's Cube (???), the Mr. T cartoon, the 80s Alvin and the Chipmunks cartoon, remember all those cartoons about 80s video games (Kangaroo, Frogger, Pitfall, Donkey Kong, Dragon's Lair and Space Ace) The Sectaurs, the Punky Brewster cartoon, the Centurions, the Rambo cartoon, that cartoon about Chuck Norris, the Police Academy cartoon, and that really weird cartoon about actual cows being cowboys (?????????) Thank you, Mr. Ruby, for creating my childhood.

We've been quietly ignoring the big elephant in the room, instead focusing on other things like the cameo appearances in The ArrowVerse's "Crisis on Infinite Earths", but now, that elephant is about to make some noise, and there ain't nothing we can do about it.

Both of the shows are already part of the Disney Channel Live Action Universe (yes, that is what they call it), but now, this Friday night, the "six degrees of separation" become none as Raven and her family get lost on a road trip and wind up at Camp Kikiwaka. Raven About Bunk'd (Boy, these "cute" crossover titles just get sillier and sillier each year) premieres this Friday, July 24th. As for the previous degrees of separation that I mentioned, let's see......... "Bunk'd" previously (in the first few seasons) had the Ross children as its stars, who, of course, were the co-stars on the show "Jessie". On one episode of Jessie, Jessie met Mr. Moseby, from the "Zach & Cody" shows. (In case you don't get the joke (from the clip), Jessie is portrayed by Debbi Ryan, who portrayed Bailey from the aforementioned Zach & Cody show) and finally, the cast of the "Zach & Cody" show met Raven during the first big crossover event. (But........... where does Kevin Bacon fit into all of this????)

and we get to see "Super Well-Endowed" Frank Castle.

Vacation - Connie Francis (V-A-C-A-t-i-o-n) Vacation - The Go Go's Vacation - Young Jezzy Vacation - Dirty Heads Vacation - Alphabeat Don't Let Me Down - George, Paul, John, and Ringo Don't Let Me Down - The Chainsmokers Don't Let Me Down - Angela Lansbury (Bedknobs and Broomsticks) Don't Let Me Down - Eskimo Joe Don't Let Me Down - The Farm Don't Let Me Down - Leona Lewis Don't Let Me Down - Will Young Don't Let Me Down - Idina Menzel Don't Let Me Down - Michael McDonald Don't Let Me Down - No Doubt Don't Let Me Down - Twisted Sister

Another reason why I like this show is the family friendly quality. I've stopped watching Steve Harvey at least a few years ago. (I love how some of the people who have not watched Family Feud for years are watching the primetime Celebrity version (another of which will soon start) and are "shocked" by some of the "questions".) I know that many people will point to other game shows (like Gene Rayburn's "Match Game") and will say that Family Feud is not hardly the only one, but I prefer to sit and watch game shows with my family (especially my children) and not have to constantly be uncomfortable. Goodbye forever, Steve Harvey. I'll just stick to this show, thank you.

And they show a commercial featuring those two right after Anthony walks away.

For what it's worth, Ike's dad said "dot-dot-dot, dash-dash-dash, dot-dot-dot, dash-dash-dash.", which is technically neither answer (he was saying S-O-S-O), but I do believe that Ike's dad WAS "trying" to say that the answer was "B". It's a good thing that Ike then took the 50-50, which eliminated option "A".

During the comic book story-line "Cataclysm", (in which an earthquake rocked Gotham and its immediate after effects) when the earthquake starts to shake Gotham and all of the skyscrapers, including the Wayne Foundation, the co-workers inside the Wayne Foundation start to panic. Lucius calmly walks to the windows and tells everyone loudly not to panic. HE MADE SURE that, despite being on the East Coast (I mentioned in a previous ep thread that it's in JERSEY), all of the modern buildings owned by Bruce Wayne were constructed to withstand earthquakes. (And I thought Batman was "crazy prepared")

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