Tom Holmberg

Watched "beau Brummell" yesterday. Haven't seen it in a while. Always like Stewart Granger in historical movies and Peter Ustinov is a kick as "Prinny." Love the "Who's your fat friend?" line (which is historical).

There was a sequel in mind, where the 50-ft Woman marries the Incredible Shrinking Man, but they couldn't reconcile their differences.

Especially when you could look up her skirt and see her two foot.....😎

I think the poster sold Attack.

As a male I find her antics kind of cute. She doesn't bother me (the running of the commercial at every break does, however). She's no where as bad as the ZocDoc pee lady.

It didn't strike so strongly, The older woman smiles.

She should, it would be perfect. Maybe she could fall in love with Jimmie J.J. Walker and they could collect Medicare together.

The music continues. Unfortunately there were a lot of better songs in 1969 than most of these (I wonder if by 1969 Ed didn't want to deal with most of the popular bands, who probably looked down on the show anyway. Top Hits Of 1969 (s1, ep14) Smith - "Baby It's You"; Oliver - "Jean"; Brooklyn Bridge - "Worst That Could Happen"; The 5th Dimension - "Aquarius/Let The Sun Shine In"; Creedence Clearwater Revival - "Proud Mary".

I also don't think 'Buckaroo Banzai" was ever mentioned either, which would have been a popular cult film with nerds and fanboys.

"She Blinded Me with Science" was a hit song in the 1980s by Thomas Dolby. It served as the theme for the opening of the unaired pilot, and is occasionally heard as Howard's phone ringtone, for instance, in "The Vegas Renormalization" and in "The Creepy Candy Coating Corollary". I only find a fan video where its really used

https://www.yardbarker.com/entertainment/articles/musical_artists_whose_publishing_catalogs_have_commanded_big_bucks/s1__34368641#slide_2 Thomas Paine had HorseShield. Your horse isn't getting any younger.

Did they ever use the song "She Blinded Me With Science" in an episode? I don't recall it. I'd think it would be a natural.

And now he'll be able to publish more than his usual 10-12 books a month. Hooray! 😈

Music would have to pre-date 1926 to be in the public domain (exceptions are if the copyright holder abandoned the copyright or copyright was never applied for). I doubt that song is in the public domain. With music, very often the original composer or artist does not own the rights (the best example being the Beatles). Recently many artists have been selling their catalogs for lump-sum payments.

I always felt British actors, despite thinking of acting as an art, also view it as a job.

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I assume its another "reality" show. I guess you'd have to wait for "Celebrity Real Love Boat" if you want to see b-listers and washed-up "stars" on the show.

"Monk" plays on about three other retro channels as does "Full House." Actually, since I've started rewatching "MASH" I don't mind, but there are only about 6-7 shows left of the final season for me to watch. There are so many shows that either aren't on or play only once or twice a week, I don't see the need to binge these much broadcast series. Oh, Lord!

Next weekend's MeTV binge is "Leave It to Beaver." Which of course is on everyday already, unlike "I Love Lucy." I'd prefer something like "Odd Couple" or "WKRP in Cincinnati" which isn't on rotation on their daily schedule.

They'd just replace him with Shaq, so there's no gain.

The beat goes on... This coming Sunday night Ed Sullivan's Rock 'n' Roll Classics GONE TOO SOON (S1, EP18) Janis Joplin - "Maybe, Maybe, Maybe"; Elvis Presley - "Peace In The Valley"; Buddy Holly - "Oh Boy!"; The Mamas & The Papas - "Words of Love"; Bobby Darin - "Mack The Knife"; The Carpenters - "We've Only Just Begun".

Or maybe Duper?

They could at least have called it "I Can't Believe It's Not Egg".

I'd take Shaq, J.J. Walker and Joe Namath and put them in a sack and throw them in a river.

Haven't watched this, but 1967 seemed like a birth of a new golden age, 1968 was like like the new age turned to hell, and 1969 was like keep your head down and try to survive.