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In regard to cable, you probably have to have some luck. I found out kind of by accident that Spectrum in NYC (who are roundly hated) have (or had when I signed up) a very little known option called Spectrum Choice which gives you all the "over the air" channels plus NY1 news and 12 channels that you pick out. So I was able to get channels like Turner Classics, TNT, CNN, ESPN, Weather Channel for not much. Plus internet which is pretty much half the bill anyway. Of course it's gradually rising but I really wouldn't be any better off with Youtube TV. I tried it for awhile but I found the layout way too confusing especially since it kept every recording *forever*. I have 2 Tivos and I like being able to erase things when I've seen them.
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Yes I check the oven, check the range burners, check the front door, I used to even turn the medicine jar upside down in the morning so I would know I took it before the evening.
I can't imagine being a smoker and having to worry about putting cigarettes out at night.
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I liked this one. Gary Anthony Williams as the temp judge was really funny and I hope they get an excuse to bring him back. The segment with Abby and Olivia stranded on the subway train reminded me of my favorite Odd Couple episode "The Subway Show". (Try to see it if you haven't it's hilarious) Given the "Dead Body on Law and Order" references I would have loved it if the subway entrance had said, instead of Hunter College, "Hudson University".
The face-off between Dan and Gurgs was really funny as well and kind of hearkened back to Dan's history of the old days though not very specifically. Maybe they can build on that.
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Well remember the episode in the original when it was revealed that Dan's real name is "Reinhold"? Of course it was a gag relating to creator Reinhold Weege.
Yes maybe Abby is her legal name or something and Abby just wrote Abigail on her records but that didn't bother me. The original show had bigger stretches of disbelief than that occasionally (remember the cartoon defendant - was it Wile E. Coyote?)
I thought this was by far the best episode, the weird cases alone would have made it for me, but the backstory of Gina actually worked well to make things more interesting. I was glad too that she wasn't one of Dan's conquests though the handcuff misunderstanding gag was pretty funny. I agree they do need to acknowledge Dan's past once in a while, just for continuity.
I think they've done a great job bringing Gurgs along in her role. Olivia is still a work in progress I guess. As for Neil I wonder if they are deliberately making him bland, but I actually thought he looked cute in the leather jacket. Though I don't think the crush on Abby will be long lived, at least it doesn't seem promising.
All in all it really felt like the old show tonight.
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6 hours ago, EtheltoTillie said:
A bad print of the Jeanne Eagels version of The Letter is available on YouTube. I will watch later. It is not available on disc and isn't set to be shown on TCM anytime soon.
The film was just shown at MoMA as part of the series To Save and Project so hopefully a better version will be released eventually. It's well worth seeing for Eagels' performance.
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I just binge watched the first four shows, and I particularly liked this episode. The scenes between John Laroquette and Wendie Malick were fun to hilarious, especially the twist when it turned out she knew who he was all along. I also thought this was the best episode featuring the prosecutor and the bailiff, their subplot gave them time to bounce off each other.
I do think the show has promise, they've done a really good job with showing how Dan has changed over the years. John is great of course. I think Abby may start to tone down the references to her dad over time though of course it will stay in the background as the reason Dan returned. Melissa Rauch seems all right to me (I haven't seen her in anything before) and I can't help wondering that although Harry was definitely an optimist, she also seems to be channeling Christine just a little. When Dan mentions in one episode that it was good to work with someone who always saw the best in people, it was Christine rather than Harry that I thought of. I think though that they may not want to mention her right now due to Markie Post's recent death.
I also loved the pigeon attack in the earlier episode (and that they were feeding them pizza). No it doesn't have quite the edge of the original, but that may come and it's still entertaining.
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Speaking of multiple versions of stories, I see that the Bette Davis version of The Letter is playing; it would have been great if TCM could have obtained the 1929 version with Jeanne Eagels. I believe it has onlyy recently been restored so perhaps it is not easy to obtain but I know I did see it once on TV somehow (whether on TCM or a streaming or cable channel I don't remember). Anyway Eagels is absolutely brilliant in the courtroom scene where she is lying on the stand and the viewer knows it. And she was the first person to be posthumously nominated for an acting award as she unfortunately passed away soon afterwards.
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Thanks so much for the PDF list @Rinaldo! I will definitely be circling some films on the list that I haven't seen. I seem to remember that I haven't see Laura in its entirety for some reason, and I haven't seen it showing up on any streaming service or on TCM recently so I will watch for that one. A lot of other good prospects as well of course.
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2 hours ago, annzeepark914 said:
Did you have pretty snowflakes, softly falling? Yes, we've needed a number of deep freezes to take care of insects & whatever else a good frost takes care of. We had one snowfall in the Metro DC area this winter. It was overnight & just sitting on rooftops, lawns & shrubs in the AM. Gone by afternoon ☹️.
Yes although it was at night and I didn't see it in person :) I could see it on the Bryant Park Skate Webcam though!
I do think about the frost and insects also, I don't know want them coming back any sooner than they have to. Some people forget that warm winters will turn into very hot summers.
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I agree with you folks re the too warm weather. Here is New York City tonight it is finally snowing more than .4 (or less than half) of an inch for the first time all season! We may make it to 3 or so inches. That is so obviously not normal. Being so far above the norm for an extended time in the winter is just not a good thing. Our climate has gotten so far out of wack in so few years.
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Sorry to hear that Decades is dropping the drama binges. I guess I will have to hope that MeTV keeps Mannix and The Fugitive on their schedule, even though they are on 2 AM Eastern and I have to Tivo them.
I see that a few of us posted about Mannix a while back here, and I started watching again, it's been long enough that I don't remember all the details and can watch again. I really like the show's camera work and the opening with Joe chasing/being chased down the bridge (it's hard to imagine a good reason for it, but it looks cool), and Mike Connors' characterization of Mannix (and Gail Fisher as Peggy is also good). He's idealistic enough to take a case on faith, but of course smart enough to see when the seemingly sympathetic guest star is actually double crossing him. I guess I like these plot twists as well when they happen, not sure how typical that was of the era - I never saw this show at the time, but it's good that I don't always sense what's coming.
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Speaking of the music, which I really like in this show, i was watching "....Gallant Grafter" again last night and there's a certain "haunting" musical passage that I swear was also used at times in episodes of Star Trek. But I really don't know how I'd go about trying to confirm that.
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On 2/10/2023 at 12:13 PM, shapeshifter said:
Burt Bacharach was so prolific and his work was so often interpreted by different artists, that it's probably the norm for anyone to be surprised to discover this same person wrote one of our favorite songs as well as another. 💗
Here's one that would probably surprise some people, Arthur Lee and Love performing "My Little Red Book" on American Bandstand in the 1960s.
Another Burt Bacharach song.
RIP sir.
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I was going to post this in the TCM thread but since I watched it online I'll do it here:
Given the Cary Grant love I'm seeing on the boards, I thought I would mention a 1936 movie currently playing on the Criterion Channel, Big Brown Eyes starring Grant and Joan Bennett, directed by Raoul Walsh.,
"Cary Grant and Joan Bennett make for a most delightful crime-solving duo in this eccentric mix of gangster drama and screwball comedy."
Grant is a police detective in love with Bennett who goes from manicurist to crime reporter back to manicurist while helping Grant reveal a gang ringleader. By the way the title doesn't really amount to anything that I can tell, maybe Grant or Bennett had brown eyes but it doesn't come up. Generally a fun movie though; it was recommended in an interview on the Nitrateville Radio podcast by the author of a recent Grant bio.
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On 2/2/2023 at 5:00 PM, babyhouseman said:
I just remembered Johnny Carson was on the old Night Court. Yeah, NBC crossover.
Do you remember the episode? Because I can't remember Carson on Night Court, though I think the head of the network appeared once as stunt casting.
I do remember Carson doing a memorable bit as a train conductor in an episode of Get Smart.
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I canceled Netflix a few months ago when I realized that I wasn't watching it at all, and then I canceled my HBO Max trial after watching a couple of fine documentaries - on Orson Welles and his art, and the unique New York fashion photographer Bill Cunningham - and then realized that was it for me.
What I find I am still watching is the Criterion Channel. They have so many classic films that it's easy for me to find one that I've never seen before, and I'm kind of in the mood right now to watch something in the evening that's not too heavy. Theoretically I could also see this kind of thing on TCM (and I have Watch TCM since I still have a bare bones cable plan) but it's good to have the other option as long as I find myself watching it.
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Musician Tom Verlaine has died:
I remember hearing his solo work back in the day, sorry to hear the news.
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I see that I contributed my mishearing of Satisfaction a long time ago on this board, but here's another that actually surprised me: William DeVaughn's "Be Thankful for What You Got" in which he sings about not having a cool car, or a car at all and then:
"Diamond in the back, sunroof top
Diggin the scene
With a gangsta lean, wooh-ooh-ooh"
I always thought and would have sworn that he was singing: "Diggin the scene with the gasoline"
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I've been under the weather for awhile so my mind may be drifting a bit but...
I've been listening online to a fine radio station out of Long Island, WLNG, who often play fabulous songs going back even to the 50s. However sometimes they throw in some songs that are not so great, such as....
"Total Eclipse of the Heart" by Bonnie Taylor.
No offense to Bonnie Taylor but while it was playing I thought "This sounds exactly like a Meat Loaf record". That's how bombastic the whole thing is. Not a compliment!
On the Beatles, I don't want to minimize them as some people now do, but the more I hear of their later works, especially post breakup, the more I feel that George's songs are more personal than John or Paul's. Even as late as the Traveling Wilburys.
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Those of you who have ESPN plus, you may want to watch the replay of the men's doubles final, in which the fun and likeable Aussie Wildcards Rinky Hijikata and Jason Kubler took the title. I watched their semi and will be sure to catch the final on replay. Great story.
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I'm on team Ben Shelton too! He's really great to watch and seems to be playing with no pressure at all. After all he's never even been out of the US before!
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22 hours ago, TVbitch said:
I have only gotten to watch a couple matches on the ESPN app that they have available for replay. I feel totally out of touch with the tourney so far, but maybe next week will be better.
@TVbitch, Just thought I would mention that you should be able to find all the replays on the app if you scroll down to all the sports symbols and find the little tennis ball.
The good thing about the next day replays is that they often don't put the commercials on them, and you get to hear the quieter Australian commentators. By the way I am starting to watch Ben Shelton's match from last night and he's an exciting young American player. A left-hander too!
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I watched a Rune match the other night. I am as surprised as anyone by his rapid progress. He has been a brat in the past, let's hope he can mature if we're going to be seeing a lot of him!
I am sorry there have been so many upsets, it may make the later rounds dull, but I am glad Felix is still in the mix.
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I see the new show is on Peacock which I have anyway, so I will have to give it a try.
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The Honorable Judge ______ Stone Presiding: Original vs Reboot Comparisons
in Night Court (2023)
I kind of referenced this in another thread, but I think what the show has to deal with at some point is mentioning Christine. Also Roz (especially if they can bring Marsha Warfield back), and Bull, and Mac, maybe even Buddy. But with all the incessant references to Harry's idealism, I can't help thinking of Christine, who was certainly the most idealistic person on the show, and someone Harry and Dan both felt strongly about. I also think there is a little of a Christine inspired characterization in Abby who always wants to do the right thing. I do understand why they haven't gone there yet, it's sad that Markie Post has gone so soon. It's kind of like it was on the Law and Order shows when Lennie's death wasn't even implied for a year or so. I do think though that if the show runs for a while they may want to consider at least referring to Christine, the character doesn't have to be deceased but it seems weird to me not to hear about her at all.