Tom Holmberg

I like that they always say "Don't take this drug if you are allergic to it." Really, you need to tell someone that?

But she's got Jenergy

Black TV: Five Decades of Groundbreaking Television from Soul Train to Black-ish and Beyond Bethonie Butler ISBN: 9780762481514 With iconic imagery and engrossing text, Black TV is the first book of its kind to celebrate the groundbreaking, influential, and often under-appreciated shows centered on Black people and their experiences from the last fifty years. Over the past decade, television has seen an explosion of acclaimed and influential debut storytellers including Issa Rae (Insecure), Donald Glover (Atlanta), and Michaela Coel (I May Destroy You). This golden age of Black television would not be possible without the actors, showrunners, and writers that worked for decades to give voice to the Black experience in America. Written by veteran TV reporter Bethonie Butler, Black TV tells the stories behind the pioneering series that led to this moment, celebrating the laughs, the drama, and the performances we’ve loved over the last fifty years. Beginning with Julia, the groundbreaking sitcom that made Diahann Carroll the first Black woman to lead a prime-time network series as something other than a servant, she explores the 1960s and 1970s as an era of unprecedented representation, with shows like Soul Train, Roots, and The Jeffersons. She unpacks the increasingly nuanced comedies of the 1980s from 227 to A Different World, and how they paved the way for the ’90s Black-sitcom boom that gave us The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and Living Single. Butler also looks at the visionary comedians—from Flip Wilson to the Wayans siblings to Dave Chappelle—and connects all these achievements to the latest breakthroughs in television with showrunners like Shonda Rhimes, Ava DuVernay, and Quinta Brunson leading the charge. With dozens of photographs reminding readers of memorable moments and scenes, Butler revisits breakout performances and important guest appearances, delivering some overdue accolades along the way. So, put on your Hillman sweatshirt, make some popcorn, and get ready for a dyn-o-mite retrospective of the most groundbreaking and entertaining shows in television history.

Or use Noxema

I hate it when Jennifer Coolidge sticks to my face.

I'd like to see a documentary revisiting many of the attendees at the festival who got interviewed and where they are now. I have seen info on the Porta Potty guy. Apparently he wasn't happy to be the movie.

I don't really get this one. I didn't think their solution would solve anything. At least the other dog could watch the first continue to destroy everything.

Rat poison in his martini might be a faster preventative.

The dancing woman still hasn't been smacked in the head by a golf ball, dammit.

On Saturdays TRU-TV is running the 1990s show "Step by Step", as well as "Family Matters"

I let it soak overnight

But how does it handle the pet hair?

What's with the sudden rash of all the anti-pet hair products? Why is this suddenly a problem, when it hasn't been for decades?

Upcoming schedule

Not sure I want a lawyer whose nickname refers to a type of violent crime. "A nice little lawsuit you got there. It'd be a shame if something happened to it."

They don't know sheet. I remember this issue coming up in the late 1950s and early 1960s, when TV ads really became a force. It was brought up about all the new things people were supposed to be worried about brought on by TV ads. So things don't change that much. I've kind of grown sorry for that Lume founder, she's going to have live with those ads for the rest of her life.

That's what I think.

Since the book hasn't been published yet, I'll give the author the benefit of the doubt. Often book blurbs are written by the publisher's PR dept. and may not accurately depict the contents of the finished book.

"What Do You Mean, Murder?" Clue and the Making of a Cult Classic John Hatch ISBN: 9781949024609 When the film Clue came out in 1985, audiences were baffled. A movie based on a board game, with three different endings, and you had to pick which one to go see? Bad reviews compounded the problem, and instead of choosing one ending, most people stayed away entirely. Clue, outgrossed at the box office by films that had been released months earlier, quickly faded away. When it unceremoniously premiered on Showtime a year after its theatrical debut, there was no sign it was destined for anything other than obscurity, another flop bound to be forgotten. Instead, Gen Xers and millennials, raised on pop culture and cable TV in an era long before the streaming wars, discovered this zany farce about a group of six strangers locked in a remote house with a killer. The movie appealed to kids. The creepy mansion and eerie music contrasted with slapstick gags and double entendres, deflating the tension. Today, almost forty years later, Clue is the epitome of a cult classic, with midnight screenings, script readings for charity, cosplaying fans, and a stage play. “What Do You Mean, Murder?” dives deep into the making of Clue and walks fans through the movie they know and love.

I only started watching GET-TV so I can't answer this. I noticed that Rockford is showing second season episodes. "Bret Maverick" only had 18 episodes, so maybe it just seems like they show the same episodes. I'm sure I probably watched many of those when they first ran, but I have little memory of how good they were (though I'd guess a lot of the same people were involved in both productions).

Could be, though the driver doesn't look that young and you'd think if he's teaching the driver he'd at least give him a good barking.

"Meemaw's Family"?

I noticed they still show "Hart to Hart" once a day, early mornings. GET-TV also shows "Nichols" on weekends, a James Garner western I can't recall ever even hearing of. It looks like it premiered at same time and opposite of "Cannon" so I was probably watching that.