Blergh

Although, especially in the early years, Mr. Linville did a good job playing the show's main foil, with everyone else having evolved (especially Margaret), I was frankly relieved [no pun intended] when Maj. Burns was shipped out. I definitely think Maj. Winchester should have come in earlier- if for no other reason than to have SOMEONE to be an actual challenge for for Hawkeye to who actually was a good surgeon and wasn't entirely a negative character (while Frank was such an annoying and incompetent dolt that even when he attempted to courtmarshall Hawkeye, the latter seemed as threatened as an elephant about to step on an ant)! I thought it was funny how, in the beginning, there was an awkward attempt at having the now-married Margaret flirt with the still-single Winchester but their clashing tempers quickly (and permanently) derailed it. IIRC, she got sick from eating a canned pheasant he'd had shipped over and he got furious over her openly berating him for 'that rotten bird'! Thereafter, they seemed to struggle just to be civil to each other . I also thought it interesting how Winchester was the one person who refused to adore Radar yet DID [somewhat] befriend Klinger despite pulling no punches in calling out the latter's incompetence as a clerk! While I'm doing M*A*S*H UO's I wasn't sorry to see Trapper John go. Not only due to the origins of his nickname [think about it] but who was HE to call out Frank's adulterous hypocrisy?! Unlike B.J. or even Henry Blake, he NEVER expressed the slightest remorse for blatantly fooling around on his faithful Stateside wife (and co-parent of their minor offspring). .and seemed to have been an open adulterer long before he got posted overseas - his ENTIRE marriage! Hawkeye also was a playa but at least he stayed single!

Mr. Standish," I'll close the saloon to suit your sleep schedule the day I give credit to a complete stranger offering zero assets or collateral!"

Thankfully, that term seems as current as Moon Unit Zappa (at least in my neck of the woods) so it's been awhile since I've been saturated with it. However, as long as we're talking annoying slang, I'm tired of ' best/worst [whatever] EVER' and 'G.O.A.T'. In the former case, the speaker seems to have no concept of 'ever' and using it as a superlative instead of just saying 'best/worst I've experienced so far' somewhat dilutes the whole meaning of 'ever' as an infinite measure of time. Speaking of time, I know that 'G.O.A.T' means 'greatest of all time' but, again, it's rather pointless to make that assertion unless one has complete knowledge all all prior AND future feats in said venue. Besides, that only the first of the four word term 'greatest' has more than one syllable so saying 'G.O.A.T' barely shortens the slang from the original term. ..and just pronouncing the acronym as 'goat' would be a rather cheesy deal instead of a successful ramming of a superlative.

I never thought of that back then! That's refreshing to consider. However, one thing about that movie I did (and do) like is that they had actual nascent broadcast and cable news programs and networks 'cover' many of the events in Sunny's story sometimes complete with the theme music. I know it's an odd thing to like but the historian in me actually is somewhat grateful to that movie for having captured what we viewers were having to deal with re news programs,networks,etc. in the mid-1980's! Of course, the irony is that the 'coverage' wasn't that much of an exaggeration to how they covered actual news stories back in the day .

Sorry if it's been brought up before but I LOATHE that Arm and Hammer cat litter commercial that has alleged scientists THROWING hard clumps of the used product! UGH!! I don't care if it's hard enough to cut diamonds, I still don't want to think of used cat litter being thrown instead of just quietly bagged then disposed in the proper garbage receptacles! BLEAHH!! UGH!! BOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I know that it's rather trivial compared to everything else but where did the late Mr. Simpson's legal eagle get his degree from- Stereotypical Biker Bar U? I mean (not that it would even remotely have gotten me to feel an iota of sympathy for their side) but couldn't he have bothered to tried to use professional language when explaining his stance for a public statement instead of just crassly venting like he was at a dive revving up for a pity party?! All the above said, even had he used professional language, it STILL wouldn't have gotten me on their side but that's what legal eagles are supposed to try to speak if they're getting paid, right?

OK, hearing about the US Post Office raising stamp prices, I thought I'd try to save a little dinero by buying a few extra books of stamps ahead of time so I went to two local post offices. Only to find out that not just the one but BOTH of them now refused to accept cash but insisted I had to use plastic. OK, I went ahead and bought two sheets of stamps at the first place and then I thought I'd get another sheets of stamps at the 2nd place which I did- only to find out after I got home that I got charged for TWO sheets of stamps instead of just the one I received (and the office had already CLOSED by the time I discovered the overcharge). Yep, so I got three sheets for the price of FOUR! I'm so mad at myself for not catching it at that post office! BOOO!!!!

He definitely seemed as though he'd have been a good friend had one had reason to have known him! I liked how he praised both Miss Parady and Miss MacGregor as colleagues and performers saying he enjoyed working with them- despite the fact that neither Alice nor Harriet seemed to enjoy being around Jonathan that much! I also thought it was interesting how he used his experience of football blocking to build upon when doing performing blocking before the camera. I don't know when this interview was taped but it doesn't seem that long before his sad death - yet he appeared surprisingly vigorous here and, on a shallow note, almost younger in appearance as the elder Mr. Labyorteax who'd played his son Andrew! Thanks for this!

Those both could be valid points (and it's too bad that neither Mr. Olsen nor ML detailed why the 'quirk' got dropped). Alas, the show somewhat dropped the ball by having him be little more than Charles's towering galoot sidekick and somewhat self-effacing spouse to Alice. Although, I will say that Jonathan Garvey [usually] was a conscientious father to Andrew.

Least of all charm or the truth of the adage of catching more bees with honey than vinegar. .. Did she truly believe that the evidence could have been interpreted to give her a 'get outta jail free' card?

Not a bad point. Oddly enough, Jonathan's intro episode had a 'humorous' subplot of him having a bit too much of a liking for booze and him doing his best to hide it from Alice and (of all folks) Mary- the resulting disposal of said booze caused Nels to get sloshed from it. It must have been near 200 proof for a mere jugful of it getting diluted in a rain barrel to have STILL been enough to have caused tipsiness. THAT would be the ONLY hint of Jonathan not being a teetotaller in the series ( apart from his numbing himself to mourn Alice) but I'm wondering if perhaps that late Merlin Olsen having been a member of the Church of Latter Day Saints [who are rather strict about their members drinking alcohol] might have been flatly refused to have played a boozing character more than one or two episodes- even though it might have made for some potential plotlines. Come to think of it,though, neither Isaiah nor his then-wife Grace ever had any family members visiting them- although we did learn of the tragic deaths of his first wife and their young daughter when there was an outbreak of some kind of plague! Of course, Mr. Edwards DID have both humorous and serious booze storylines.

Did anyone else see the Eclipse coverage and laugh at all these talking heads and regular folks who were so SURE that a veritable 'Age of Aquarius' was going to dawn due to all the witnesses getting enthralled at seeing the celestial event? I mean, there have been dozens of eclipses from prehistory and, at most, people were taken aback for a little while but then reverted right BACK to their old ruts! Oh, well, it was very dusky and overcast where I was so I didn't see anything but at least I will always have the cool, crystal clear 2017 Totality I got to share with Mama in our front yard- along with the confused crickets and fireflies.

Does anyone else wonder why Jonathan Garvey had no family members ever interact with him? I mean not only did Alice have a memorable episode with her mother (and ex-husband) but even Nels and Harriet had memorable episodes with different branches of their respective families.

There's not much to add about the horrific crime and Mr. Simpson's time here afterward. I will say though that it wouldn't come as a surprise if his younger children revealed that they had NOT slept through 'anything' as their late mother Nicole Brown Simpson would claim but learned early to pretend to do so as a means to survive- figuratively and perhaps even literally.

Not American Tourister? It would pack a LOT more than a sandwich!

My locale was somewhat of a washout. I mean, ALL it looked like was an extra dense overcast cloud cover. . I had to drive to a doctor's appointment and on the way there I saw at least one yard party with everyone sitting on the grass in lawn chairs trying to see. ..overcast cloud cover, traffic coming to a standstill for. ..overcast cloud cover and crowds of people cheering for . ..overcast cloud cover. Yep, instead of the Emperor's New Clothes, it was the Emperor's New Overcast Cloud Cover! Oh, and natch within an hour of the Near Totality being being over THAT is when the clouds parted and bright sunlight shined down! 2017 was WAY better than this! Oh well! Glad OTHERS actually got to see an unobstructed view of actual Totality (and thanks to EVERYONE who posted pics on this thread covering the event!)

I doubt this spurred Aaron Spelling to want to break her door down to cast her as a replacement Angel!

As per NPR and other sources, country star Morgan Wallen was arrested and charged with three felony counts of reckless endangerment and one misdemeanor early Monday morning (April 8,2024) after having allegedly thrown a chair off the roof of Eric Church's new bar called Chief to the street below just a few feet from two Metropolitan Nashville Police officers and other pedestrians. Oh, it should be mentioned that this particular rooftop is six stories above street level! For those who were oblivious to him having been caught using an ethnic slur, it might not hurt to keep in mind that 'sticks and stones will break your bones/ while chairs thrown from six floors above could REALLY hurt you!'

The Chattanooga Freshwater Aquarium is worth having to book ahead to buy tickets for a pre-ordained time! Seriously, it has virtually every kind of critter connected to freshwater streams, rivers and estuaries. BTW, when I was there ages ago, I had to laugh at the reaction of schoolkids getting grossed out seeing ducks relieve themselves under water. How did they think ducks did their business- by waddling on land to mini outhouses? LOL If nothing else, it's an entertaining and educational experience (and it's close to Chattanooga's River Walk and within easy distance of the Chattanooga Choo-Choo Rail Station)!

On a different topic. .in different US locales from the NYC area. . OK, I don't know how many posters are going to be in tomorrow's TOTALITY path or at least near where the sun will start 'crescenting'. However, as a 2017 vet, let me offer a tip to make the most of the experience: if one's in an uncloudy area, find a spot with leafy trees and watch for the 'crescents' to form on the ground under the leaves! It's a cool (and safe) way to observe the phenom and one doesn't risk any eye damage via looking at El Sol during this time. Oh, if one DOES get to experience Totality,then (and only then) one may look up and see for oneself what sky looks like but be careful to look down BEFORE Totality's over because that first unfiltered ray with it coming back can cause damage!

One thing I thought was rather odd about 'Whisper Country' was that they never explained how Miss Rachel Peel had somehow intimidated not just the children who'd never known anything else but even had convinced the grown men and women of that community of her having some link to God Himself (if not demigod like powers) despite having never learned how to read. All I can think of is that she was the only daughter of a rather intimidating male preacher learned for herself all said male parent's . .. techniques to manipulate to do the same to keep the family 'power' over her fellow congregants after his death instead of risking being chased out of town! P.S. I also don't put her above claiming to her congregants that she'd caused the 'outsider Jezebel's blindness which happened the very next episode!

At this point, JG could be just weighing in whether or not to let the comeback be a one-time event or whether he's found that he enjoyed connecting with the fans and/or reuniting with the cast members. Correct me if I'm wrong but was Sherri Stoner [who played Willie's last-minute wife Rachel Brown] in Simi?

Oh, I agree with ALL the above! Yeah, it would be great if there were steady jobs out there where one could be guaranteed of being paid to 'do your own thing' while completely disregarding any expectations of patrons/bosses,etc. but that's not reality. Yeah, J.J. truly shot himself in the foot (and the food) via not making even the slightest effort to consider what MIGHT have been apt subject matter for a bank lobby which could have led him to be put on the 'art map' far beyond his housing project neighborhood. I also agree that he was often a rather annoying character who was only tolerable when his bragging,etc. backfired on him. I also thought he often was needlessly antagonistic towards Thelma- to say nothing of often being needlessly flippant to James [not that James himself was the most levelheaded or even tempered character but still. . .].

OK, on a somewhat lighter note: Good Times (1974-1979) break out character J.J. (Jimmie Walker) didn't have the sharp intellect of his younger sibs Thelma or Michael but even so, it's hard to believe he could be so dense even when the family was depending on him. Case in point in 'The Mural' (Season Three) , in order for Thelma to obtain the $200 needed for college (scholarship included [can you BEAT that price even in the mid 70's?!], J.J. agreed to paint a mural at a bank for $250. He and the rest of the family smugly predicted that this was going to lead to future fame and glory. Now, since this was a commission that he was doing at the behest of a patron (specifically the bank president) one would think J.J. would check his ego at the door long enough to paint something apt for a bank [e.g. a mural of multicultural patrons in suits and uniforms in line at the bank to help fulfill their goals] but instead he painted a rather raucous match at a pool hall which prompted the bank president to attempt to refuse to pay him. Incredibly, not just J.J. but his entire family (Willona included) took umbrage at the mural not being adored- as though the bank president was being totally unfair, square . .etc. for not being crazy about the mural's subject matter but surely they'd all seen the inside of bank lobbies before this and on what planet would that painting have been suitable for that particular venue? If this had been a pool hall, SURE but this was a BANK! Finally, after James threatened physical harm to the bank president [?!], the bank president agreed to pay the monies to J.J. as he had agreed to but they all seemed rather put out that the mural was still going to be painted over. OK, since the bank president initially HAD agreed to pay J.J. the money [and it was for a worthy cause], I get that that was fair. However, J.J. would have done well to learn the phrase 'when in Rome' [AKA banks AREN'T pool halls] when accepting a commission [especially when working to help his sister with her education] instead of going rogue first thing!

Of course, it needs to be mentioned that Henry VIII himself was no 'rose' himself but a 50-something gout-hobbled grossly overweight man whose leg wounds could be smelt three rooms away [in a time and place of irregular bathing,etc.] . I've often thought he was so enthralled with the idea of getting to wed this teenaged girl that he didn't check the sheets,etc. too carefully to see if she'd been chaste beforehand. On a tragic note, there's strong historic evidence that young Lady Catherine had experienced SA as a very young girl at the hands of male cousins and their cronies growing up in her rather detached grandmother's abode. IOW,considering ALL the above, the writers REALLY blew the chance to accurately depict Henry's doomed 5th union.