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5 hours ago, Nash said:
P & E grew up in the post war USSR and had direct experience of the time, Ps father was clearly a veteran. Their generations had a very different experience to Oleg's; E growing up in Smolensk would have learnt a visceral hate for enemies of the Rodina while Oleg was born into a more privileged situation.
I agree. It's clear what a big difference a few years can make and on top that Oleg is from a more powerful/influential family.
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4 minutes ago, GHScorpiosRule said:
First: what's so special about this decade that CNN had some kind of party/dress up leading to the premiere with Brooke Baldwin? Second: this gets TWO hours, while the pop culture for the previous three only got one?!
The episode on the 1980s also had a two hour episode on TV.
9 minutes ago, GHScorpiosRule said:On a side note, I did love the promos for the History of Comedy with Sean Hayes interrupting Don Lemon! Lemon is SUCH a good sport! And I ??at the shade Hayes threw at CNN for their multiple and unending preemptions during History of Comedy.
Agreed, that promo was fantastic.
Overall I liked the episode, but I felt it could have been better organized. Blossom should have been included in the segment on family shows or in the segment on teen shows. Freaks and Geeks should have been discussed right after My So-Called Life. They should have done one coherent segment on HBO and cable instead of alternating between cable and network for no apparent reason. I also would have been okay if they contrasted network and cable (here's how cable handled topic X, here's how network handled topic X,) instead of constantly bouncing back and forth between them. I also didn't like the random shout-outs where they just showed a few seconds of a clip for the sake of having it included. They should have spent more time on The Daily Show because that became a real cultural force for over a decade.
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17 hours ago, Spartan Girl said:
Oops, I guess that was the title. Either way, that better be what they start with.
Sorry to say that is not what they are starting off with. They are airing the episode on African Americans and Comedy. However, it is summer and they are airing on Sunday nights, so I am slightly more confident that we will get to see it before the end of the summer.
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On July 6, 2017 at 4:26 AM, andromeda331 said:
I hope its better then the Eighties was. They did a good job with the other decades hopefully they'll go back to that.
I'm curious, what didn't you like about the Eighties series? What did you think they left out, spent too much time on, or didn't get the importance of?
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This song helped a floormate of mine in college who was taking a psychology course.
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On July 4, 2017 at 7:44 PM, Spartan Girl said:
I hope the new episodes on July 16 start with the ones they didn't air. Specifically the "Dangeous Comedy" episode about the likes of Richard Pryor, Robin Williams, and my beloved John Belushi.
I thought the episode you are talking about was titled "Spark of Madness." I was really looking forward to that episode too.
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Confirmation that CNN is planing to try airing "The History of Comedy" again. It seems that they plan to air it after new episodes of "The Nineties." This assumes they don't preempt it for "breaking news."
http://cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com/2017/06/19/cnns-the-history-of-comedy-returns-sunday-july-16/
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On June 18, 2017 at 10:39 AM, sistermagpie said:
I mean, on the face of it of course it would make much more sense to put somebody else on this. Particularly somebody who would actually live in the area so they didn't have to carve out time out of their primary fake identity to travel for this other one.
I would have thought with all of the high profile military industrial/aerospace in the south and midwest, the KGB would have had at least one pair of Directorate S agents somewhere in that region (midwest or southwest).
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20 hours ago, UncleChuck said:
Are Philip and Elizabeth the ONLY capable Soviet spies in America? Doesn't Gabriel know any operatives in Oklahoma, or Kansas, or Mississippi so that P/E can stay in Washington?
8 hours ago, sistermagpie said:I don't think they're supposed to have Illegals in those places. There aren't that many of them so it's natural they're mostly in DC and maybe NY. They don't have people scattered all over the US on the odd chance something's happening in Mississippi the one time.
There's enough of the military industrial complex/aerospace in the southwest, there would have been Soviet operatives/illegals somewhere in that region. If something came up in the midwest that needed them, the Centre should have sent one of their southwest based operatives.
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On June 5, 2017 at 3:28 PM, 3 is enough said:
Linda is Italian and she has Sunday dinner at the in-laws every week? I call foul unless her parents are dead. NO way Italian parents would put up with that scenario. I have Irish background, my husband is Italian (born in Italy, came to Canada as a child), and for the first 10 years of our marriage, until we moved away, almost every Sunday it was lunch (which was actually dinner) at his parents' place and dinner at my parents' house.
Do we know if her family is local? It's possible her parents live far away and she moved to New York for work. She may not be able to see her family every weekend without a crazy long car drive or a flight.
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We have a date. The series starts on July 9th.
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On June 10, 2017 at 9:34 PM, Eureka said:
The 60s-80s showed up on Netflix so I'll probably just wait for that. No interruptions.
I'm not sure they would release it on Netflix before the entire series aired on CNN. It would be awesome if they just gave up on airing it on a regular schedule and put it on Netflix.
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Songs were a big part of this show. One of the first cassettes I bought with my own money was the Animaniacs soundtrack. I liked "I Am The Very Model Of A Cartoon Individual," "Yakko's Universe," "Video Revue," "I'm Cute" and many others. Did anyone else have a copy of the soundtrack? What songs were memorable/favorites?
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As a kid, I liked Skippy. I thought he was cute and funny. Watching the series again as an adult, I like Slappy because I get just about everything that she is referencing and represents.
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@Spartan Girl Spoof/parody is protected by fair use, which is why there was such a low risk of a law suit.
I loved Dot. I spent what seemed like a large sum of money (in reality it was around $10) for a stuffed Dot at an arcade. I kept playing Ski Ball until I had enough tickets for it. What I loved about Dot was that she didn't have to hide the fact that she was a girl, but she was still included in all of their adventures. It was a given that Dot was going to be part of whatever her brothers were doing.
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"Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering?"
"Uh, I think so Brain, but if Jimmy cracks corn and nobody cares, why does he keep doing it?"-
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On June 7, 2017 at 8:19 PM, Passepartout said:
But wonder why Jamie is not a detective with his education, he could be hands down. But still may like patrol.
The writers seem to be unsure of whether or not they want to promote Jamie or not. They like having three levels of police work represented (the commissioner, the detective, and the patrol officer). The in universe explanation is Jamie is unsure of what he wants. Some weeks Jamie would like to move up through the ranks and other weeks Jamie loves being where he is.
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20 hours ago, TimWil said:
I'd like to have Renee revealed as CIA. It will be explained that she's with Stan because the CIA already has Philip and Elizabeth under suspicion (there's a plant in their travel agency) and her function is to discover if Stan is somehow in cahoots with them.
The part about this theory that I love is the idea that there's a plant in their travel agency.
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14 hours ago, Umbelina said:
I honestly think Martha is done. That's my prediction. She has her kid, someone to love, is learning the language, adjusting. I would be surprised to see them again, although I wouldn't be unhappy about it if we did.
That's pretty much how I feel too.
11 hours ago, Ellaria Sand said:Oleg...I don't have a good feeling about his fate. I think that he will be imprisoned and that's the last we will see of him. And that makes me sad.
I hope not. However, it will be interesting to see what the writers do with him during the final season. It feels so sad to type out the words final season instead of next season.
5 hours ago, Mrs peel said:I'd like to know what happens with Oleg, but am not sure that's likely with only 10 episodes. I agree with others that the Martha story is probably at an end. For much of this season I wondered if the USSR storylines were to show that P&E couldn't go back, wouldn't be happy if they went back, because the USSR is not what they think it is.
I can't imagine the writers not tying up his story. Since he joined, Oleg has been a pretty important character. He is in the main credits, so I would expect some sort of resolution for his story/character arc.
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No air date yet, but I have started to see ads for it. Keep in mind, it's CNN. They will preempt the original programming for just about anything. They have already pulled the last two documentary series (History of Comedy and Soundtracks) without getting through the entire series. It's a shame because the original documentary series are fantastic.
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On June 2, 2017 at 10:54 PM, Avaleigh said:
I feel like next season will have to include Henry and Stan finding out.
Agreed. I would love to see how Henry finds out and what his reaction is. I want Stan to find out a second too late. He finds out, but it's too late for him to do anything.
On June 3, 2017 at 0:20 AM, Erin9 said:I really want Henry to find out the truth in a way that is very different than Paige and that he reacts differently. So no running to Stan.
Doing the exact same thing would be boring, and it wouldn't feel right because Paige and Henry are two different people.
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On May 31, 2017 at 2:27 PM, SlovakPrincess said:
Last night, I thought she was going to start a conversation with Henry on the evils of capitalism while watching Reagan's dangerous joke on TV -- and that Henry would be like "what? Are you nuts?!" Maybe next season -- would be nice to see the siblings converse at all, at this point, it's been so long!
I'd like to see Oleg get out of his mess, rather than a sad retread of Nina's story, which is what it's starting to look like.
I would love to see another Paige and Henry adventure, like the trip to the mall. Of all the characters, I think I'm rooting hardest for Oleg to come through this okay. I honestly think that Oleg might get out of this alive and reasonably well, because like it or not he has a powerful father and I'm sure he must know things that powerful people would not want revealed.
On May 31, 2017 at 6:24 PM, Erin9 said:My guess is Henry and Paige will be okay, regardless of the end for their parents. They're tough kids. They might wind up in the Soviet Union though. If P and E get caught or killed, they may get shipped there anyway. The American government may not want the kids of spies staying in their country. I seem to recall that happening to real life spies kids.
Henry and Paige may end up staying depending on how their parents are killed. For them to get sent back to the Soviet Union, the people investigating how Philip and Elizabeth died would have to figure out that they were spies.
On May 31, 2017 at 7:37 PM, Erin9 said:I'd be appalled if Henry found out in the very end and we got no real reaction from him. We should see it play out. And there's so little time. He's so different from Paige; it would be a different thing.
And I'd hate HATE it if he turned his parents in. I'm not sure I could enjoy him in re-watches if he went there.
I really want to see Henry find out. I don't think Henry will turn his parents in, but I could see him saying something to Stan that Henry thought was perfectly innocent/innocuous, but starts Stan thinking or maybe is a crucial piece of the puzzle.
Also, I'm not really sure where this should go, so I'm putting it here. I've always thought it would be fun for this series to do a classic bottle episode (an episode that uses only existing cast, no guest stars, and existing sets, no new sets). There is a blackout. Stan and Philip would be at the travel agency. They were coming from the gym or something, Stan mentioned travel plans, so Philip suggests stopping by the agency, even though the agency is technically closed. Paige and Henry will be at home. Elizabeth will be with Claudia.
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On June 3, 2017 at 10:24 PM, sistermagpie said:
Interesting! I had known a little of that but thought that that only applied to the Beatles songs themselves rather than the actual original recordings. So, like, MJ could let a commercial use "Revolution" as a sort of jingle with different singers, but the actual recording of the Beatles singing the song needed Beatles approval. Is that not right? That's why I thought hearing the Beatles themselves was so rare. But this was just a vague notion I had--I'd never really followed it.
After Michael Jackson bought the rights (which he co-owned with Sony), the Beatles had no say over how most of their music was used. Using the Beatles version of the song is crazy expensive. Having another artist sing a Beatles song is slightly less expensive. To put it another way: You have a Beatles song, and if another group wants to record a Beatles song, their record company has to pay Michael Jackson/Sony for the rights to record the song commercially. If an ad or TV show wants to use a Beatles song, they might decide that they can't afford the original Beatles version, but they may be able to afford the other group's version of the same song.
On June 3, 2017 at 10:28 PM, Clanstarling said:Good question. I'm not sure, but I think whoever owns the rights owns all the rights. I only know this much about the Beatles rights because this caused quite a riff between Michael Jackson and Paul, who were friendly until Michael bought the rights before Paul could, as I recall.
That is correct. The funny thing about Michael Jackson and Paul McCartney, is that McCartney at the time, had started buying the rights to songs as investments. McCartney bought the rights to Buddy Holly's songs. The version of the story that I heard was that McCartney advised Jackson that music rights were a good investment. Jackson said he was going to buy The Beatles' songs, and I guess McCartney thought he was kidding or didn't think Jackson would actually be able to afford them.
4 hours ago, sistermagpie said:underneath it all I really do think that he feels that Something's Wrong thing that Paige did. But in him it's maybe more sensing an emptiness rather than the lie. Like where Paige saw the tissue of lies as something underhanded and criminal she had root out, I think Henry might somehow sense the performance and think there's nothing behind it and is looking for something solid. I think he believes his parents are who they pretend they are, but can also feel that those people aren't as deep as the other families he sees. I don't think that Chris's dad being an alumnus of the school was done just to contrast with Henry's own parents having no past, but it works really well. It's just so fitting that Henry's looking at one of those super traditional schools with rituals that are all about emphasizing foundations in the past when his own family history, in the words of the fake FBI agent, get "fuzzy" past 1965.
That's a really interesting point. It points out a big difference between Paige and Henry. Paige sensed there was something wrong and tried to look into. She wanted to know the truth. Henry senses there's something off, but isn't interested in finding out what it is. He wants to get far away from it and not even think about it. I thought the family history would be fuzzy pre-1965. After 1965, wouldn't there be scores of people who could talk about Philip and Elizabeth, and later their children as real people (because they actually knew them and met them). I would think that before 1965, anyone who claims to remember Philip and Elizabeth in the U.S would have been planted as part of a cover story.
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@Spartan Girl. It is a new episode. They aired episodes on women, groundbreakers and comedy based on real life.