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Thank you! I had to scroll through a lot to finally get an explanation. 😉 Mulaney has changed the dates of his rehab stay. In this Sept. 2021 interview, he told Seth Meyers that he did rehab from Sept to Oct. 2020, after which he moved out of the home he shared with his wife. He said he relapsed after hosting the SNL Halloween show, but does not mention another rehab stint. In his SNL monolog, he says rehab was Dec. 2020 to Feb. 2021. A little odd. has

I dropped Downton after the first season. The only thing by Fellowes I've really liked was Gosford Park, and I've concluded that was due largely to Altman's directing.

As author and scholar Daniel Mendelsohn so acerbidly tweeted: "By whom—Fellowes’ mother?" God, it sounds like it was written by 7th graders doing a history project. I've seen Carrie C*** on stage twice. This is such a waste of her talents. I hope she's being paid well enough to keep appearing at Steppenwolf.

I stopped watching after episode 5. Sounds like the right call. I wondered this about a lot of the choices. I'm going to reread the book and pretend this mess of an adaptation doesn't exist.

May Pang has said that John was planning to meet up with Paul for some potential collaboration just before Yoko "summoned" him back to New York. There are some indications that John was open to working with Paul again when John resumed recording in 1980. What might have been... 😪

I'd certainly give it a spin!

I had no idea. Thank you for this.

My brother and I first saw Cat Ballou on TV when we were pre-teens in the late 1960s. We imitated Hickman's I'm drunk as a skunk line for weeks afterward. RIP, Dwayne.

There is a doorman whom we've seen. Usually said doorman would prevent non-residents from entering the elevator until they've been "buzzed up" by a resident. And residents would have a fob or something that activates the elevator's access to their specific floor. But shows often short-cut this stuff. Jayne Houdyshell, who won a 2016 Tony Award for her performance in "The Humans." Nominated several other times as well. I wondered the same thing, but have decided not to get too hung up on timeline details! I think Martin Short is the series MVP. He brings just the right amount of loopy energy to each scene.

I think that's the most recent of his performances that I have seen. Poitier and Redford together -- swoon!

94 is a good run, but damn, the timing sucks. Rest in Power, Mr. Tibbs.

I assumed that's the reason for all sunken living rooms on TV. Even Mary Richards (MTM) supposedly living on the third floor of an old Victorian house in Minneapolis had one. Uh, no, I don't think so!

This Hollywood Reporter obituary chronicles Peter's Bogdanovich's remarkable life quite well. I did not know the following:

I was surprised to learn Cate Blanchett was originally attached to the project (like 5 or 6 years ago), but eventually had to drop out. Neither is my type, but while Arnaz is considered more conventionally attractive than Bardem, I thought the latter captured his essence very well. Arnaz's family lived in Cuba for generations, but was Spanish in origin, no? Kidman and Blanchett are Australian, for crying out loud. 😄 He seems to keep a very low profile these days. I hadn't known it was a Sorkin film, but as soon as I saw his name at the end, so much about it made more sense! I have had that one on my DVR for years. Just love it! I went into the movie with low expectations, and ended up enjoying it more than I had expected to. It certainly had problems, but it held my attention and had occasional flashes of quality. I agree that Sorkin tried to cover too much. Nice to see the little Arrested Development reunion of Tony Hale and Alia Shawkat!

Betty's 30 seconds or so (starting at 1:45) really elevated the Glee parody opening for the 2010 Emmy broadcast. "Do the hippity-hop. ... Now back that mother up." She was the best!

Obviously, I meant "missed" but what an apt typo! 🤣

I Ffwd through most of Che's scenes, so thankfully I pissed the peeing incident as well.

I cannot believe the mess they are making of this book! I read it 5.5 years ago and to be honest, I don't remember many details of the story. But I do remember being entranced by it (unusual for me, as I don't care for dystopian novels) and feeling an underlying sense of hope for humanity. I feel none of that with this adaptation, which is nearly impossible to follow, hasn't given me anyone to root for, and (on a shallow note) has cast some of the most visually unappealing actors I can remember seeing in one place. So disappointing.

I find the casting of GGB peculiar. Nothing against the actor or his abilities, but Arthur Leander is such an Anglo-sounding name.

I like this episode the best so far, but my husband (who has not read the book) was ready to throw in the towel until I explained a few things. Not sure where to post this, as there is no "general series discussion" thread, but I find the casting of Gael Garcia Bernal in the very Anglo-sounding role of Arthur Leander peculiar. It's not like GGB is a name that will draw in more viewers, is it?

That was an odd version of Shiny Happy People. Until I heard the chorus, I thought someone had rewritten Mad World. I agree with Milburn Stone that an instrumental is called for.

Elliot Roberts provided a really nice analysis of the series on youtube. I love his insights!

This article mentions some likely spots for S2. Somebody Feed Phil already did an excellent overview of Venice, which IMO is not a great place for food anyway...

I've set my DVR for tomorrow, 12/22, at 9e/8c on CBS!

Natasha/Bridget looked great, period. Natasha absolutely would have locked the door. This is an over-used sitcom trope -- just saw it on The Chair recently. Sounds like I was wise to Ffwd. I don't watch the podcast scenes either.