helent June 21, 2018 Share June 21, 2018 Abba were absolutely huge in Australia. They had number one singles for something like 40 weeks, with Fernando number one for 14 weeks; and number one albums for about as many weeks. The pop charts from that era are strange... A Boz Scaggs album was number one for 18 weeks! It reads like we were nation of daggy and sincere easy listening fans, and yet there is a huge number of rock bands from that era who are the ones that are actually remembered now, but apparently never quite topped the charts. 1 Link to comment
deangirl June 21, 2018 Share June 21, 2018 Fleabag like insecure and shows like that.. To me it's not so much whether it is for me or not, but rather why inviduality/ originality must come in entertainment that after viewing, leaving me depressed. You smirk or even genuinely laugh during but there is always a bitter after taste. And I don't subscribe to the notion that feeling good is contradictiory with depth and ambition. Link to comment
April Bloodgate June 21, 2018 Share June 21, 2018 17 hours ago, Stowaway said: Yeah, that's exactly what I was wondering. I heard stories about Kevin Spacey being a predatory chickenhawk starting the first day I heard the name Kevin Spacey. I've never heard any rumors about Chris Hardwick, and I didn't know if that's because there weren't any, or because I just hadn't heard them. I'm pretty good at avoiding the parts of the internet where abusers are defended and women are reviled for calling them out, but I've found people in unexpected places defending Chris Hardwick. Why? because he panders to nerds he must be a great guy? Gross. 1 Unfortunately, I think we've seen some pretty gross subsets of nerd culture lately. Like the Star Wars fans who pushed Kelly Marie Tran off of social media with their misogyny and racism. 1 Link to comment
Stowaway June 21, 2018 Share June 21, 2018 1 hour ago, April Bloodgate said: Unfortunately, I think we've seen some pretty gross subsets of nerd culture lately. Like the Star Wars fans who pushed Kelly Marie Tran off of social media with their misogyny and racism. Yeah, that kind of nerd has always been around. If anything, that was the original model of nerdery. What's really been bothering me are the queer spaces where I've seen him defended. "Let's give him the benefit of the doubt and talk for a sec about how hot he is." It's exactly what happened when Oscar Pistorius killed his girlfriend, except Hardwick isn't even that cute. Link to comment
April Bloodgate June 21, 2018 Share June 21, 2018 5 hours ago, Stowaway said: Yeah, that kind of nerd has always been around. If anything, that was the original model of nerdery. What's really been bothering me are the queer spaces where I've seen him defended. "Let's give him the benefit of the doubt and talk for a sec about how hot he is." It's exactly what happened when Oscar Pistorius killed his girlfriend, except Hardwick isn't even that cute. Oh, that's a real bummer. I always expect better of my fellow queers, but we can be sexist, racist, victim blaming, etc. too. Link to comment
Cekrypton1 June 22, 2018 Share June 22, 2018 This ep finally pushed me to start watching Fleabag (it has been on my Watchlist forever.)—so thank you. A brilliant bit I noted: When Bus Rodent shows up again in ep3, he’s wearing a maroon turtleneck. 1 Link to comment
SnideAsides June 25, 2018 Share June 25, 2018 Yes, Jeff. The Australian version of The Bridge will involve our well-known bridge to... uh, Papua New Guinea? 1 Link to comment
John Potts June 25, 2018 Share June 25, 2018 1 hour ago, SnideAsides said: Yes, Jeff. The Australian version of The Bridge will involve our well-known bridge to... uh, Papua New Guinea? Be fair - it could involve that really, really long bridge to New Zealand! Link to comment
Primetimer June 27, 2018 Share June 27, 2018 Crack a Vernors and listen to first-time guest Josh Gondelman on Comedy Central's underrated sophomore comedy. View the full article Link to comment
Scoopie June 27, 2018 Share June 27, 2018 I'm heading to Michigan in about a month for a wedding. I am planning on coming back home with a trunk full of Vernors and Faygo Red Pop. (And I am not even kidding). 1 Link to comment
Jeffurry June 28, 2018 Share June 28, 2018 During the entire canon presentation and the discussion afterward, I kept thinking, "What's the name of the show? Why aren't they saying the name of the show?!?" It turns out you were; I just didn't hear the capital letters. Link to comment
Tara Ariano June 28, 2018 Share June 28, 2018 2 hours ago, Jeffurry said: During the entire canon presentation and the discussion afterward, I kept thinking, "What's the name of the show? Why aren't they saying the name of the show?!?" It turns out you were; I just didn't hear the capital letters. I meant to say this but YES IT IS A TERRIBLE TITLE. Not since Episodes has a TV series been so resistant to being found! When we tried to get to it on the AppleTV, Siri was totally flummoxed. 2 Link to comment
rab01 June 28, 2018 Share June 28, 2018 I just wanted to thank you for recommending Nanette. I never would have watched it based just on the preview showing on Netflix and wow was it amazing. It makes the sheer laziness of some of Netflix's stand-up shows more annoying in retrospect. 4 Link to comment
Tara Ariano June 29, 2018 Share June 29, 2018 11 hours ago, rab01 said: I just wanted to thank you for recommending Nanette. I never would have watched it based just on the preview showing on Netflix and wow was it amazing. That's great! I had such a hard time figuring out how to describe it without robbing it of its power, so I'm glad I was convincing enough to make you curious. :) 1 Link to comment
Duckie30ca June 29, 2018 Share June 29, 2018 YES! Another thank you here! I stayed up wear too late watching it and then was up even later thinking about it. Amazing. 1 Link to comment
deangirl June 29, 2018 Share June 29, 2018 Josh articulated what I was trying to say about this new generation of comedy shows like Fleabag last week. The kind that's interesting, original but leaves you really feeling blue or even bad afterwards. Thank God for Mike Schur, his comedy style makes me feel better. Link to comment
Primetimer July 11, 2018 Share July 11, 2018 Monty Ashley returns to talk about The CW's new sci-fantasy saga! View the full article Link to comment
John Potts July 11, 2018 Share July 11, 2018 Sorry - in Outpost, does the girl have a magic MOLE or magic MOLD on the side of her face? Because I could believe either. Though if it turns up on my TV schedule, I'm sure I'll watch at least one episode... Was the show Sarah was thinking of Primeval (starring As-far-as-I-know-not-a-relative Andrew Lee Potts) for the show where people chased dinosaurs? Hey, is Dave trying to argue that Bat Tech is implausible!? I wanted people to be allowed to guess at the 2 point level was because some of the names - eg. Luke's - are sufficiently generic that they might be on multiple shows. And there were meant to be no repeats - sorry about that! Link to comment
Stowaway July 11, 2018 Share July 11, 2018 (edited) For some reason I chose an angry baby Batman avatar when I made my account here, so I feel compelled to weigh in. Batman the Animated Series deserves to be in the cannon if only to recognize the reach of its influence across media (what other cartoon adaptation had so much impact on its own source material?), but even I would be on the fence about any single episode being cannon worthy. Monty picked a good one, and made an excellent case. A 20-minute episode may be enough to promote a D-list villain to B-list and change the way he's portrayed in print, live action, and video games, but it's not quite enough to actually make me care about the character (as Sarah would say) qua character. Also: up until someone said Utah, I was going to need to watch an episode of The Outpost just to satisfy my curiosity; but if it's made in here, it surely makes use of the strange, small film industry that exists only to make adaptations of passages from the Book of Mormon (the iffy religious document, not the musical) for young Latter-Day Saints, which means I already know exactly as much about it as I'll ever need to. Edited July 11, 2018 by Stowaway Link to comment
Tara Ariano July 11, 2018 Share July 11, 2018 1 hour ago, John Potts said: Sorry - in Outpost, does the girl have a magic MOLE or magic MOLD on the side of her face? Because I could believe either. Though if it turns up on my TV schedule, I'm sure I'll watch at least one episode... Mole! Link to comment
Sheena July 11, 2018 Share July 11, 2018 Sorry - in Outpost, does the girl have a magic MOLE or magic MOLD on the side of her face? Because I could believe either. Though if it turns up on my TV schedule, I'm sure I'll watch at least one episode... Was the show Sarah was thinking of Primeval (starring As-far-as-I-know-not-a-relative Andrew Lee Potts) for the show where people chased dinosaurs? Hey, is Dave trying to argue that Bat Tech is implausible!? I wanted people to be allowed to guess at the 2 point level was because some of the names - eg. Luke's - are sufficiently generic that they might be on multiple shows. And there were meant to be no repeats - sorry about that! Seconding John here, this sounds more like Primeval (The Lost World was blatantly filmed in Australia- oh, the wonderful, terrible "British" accents- and there were definitely portals, but not much back-and-forthing with them).I was literally watching an episode of TLW last night, so this podcast totally made my day, even if the show was being referenced as low-quality (I love it to pieces, but... yeah, fair).Thank you for introducing me to this CW show, though, it sounds like the kind of garbage fire I will watch for years. :) Link to comment
April Bloodgate July 13, 2018 Share July 13, 2018 On 7/11/2018 at 8:41 AM, John Potts said: I wanted people to be allowed to guess at the 2 point level was because some of the names - eg. Luke's - are sufficiently generic that they might be on multiple shows. And there were meant to be no repeats - sorry about that! 1 I noticed one of those. Joe's Bar could also work for Grey's Anatomy. (Joe the bartender eventually bought the bar that came up in another question and renamed it.) Link to comment
MaryKate July 14, 2018 Share July 14, 2018 On 7/11/2018 at 9:41 AM, John Potts said: I wanted people to be allowed to guess at the 2 point level was because some of the names - eg. Luke's - are sufficiently generic that they might be on multiple shows. And there were meant to be no repeats - sorry about that! 1 I noticed one of those. Joe's Bar could also work for Grey's Anatomy. (Joe the bartender eventually bought the bar that came up in another question and renamed it.) Another one: the main character in Early Edition owned and lived above a bar named McGinty's. (so many 'Irish' bars on so many shows!) Link to comment
TheOtherLibrarian July 16, 2018 Share July 16, 2018 Great game, but how on earth was The Regal Beagle left out?? Link to comment
John Potts July 16, 2018 Share July 16, 2018 6 minutes ago, TheOtherLibrarian said: Great game, but how on earth was The Regal Beagle left out?? ...because I'd have to have heard of it? I'm actually annoyed I didn't cut one of the interchangeable Irish-ish sounding bars and put in "The Drunken Clam" (from Family Guy) as I'm pretty sure its name is unique. Link to comment
April Bloodgate July 16, 2018 Share July 16, 2018 3 hours ago, John Potts said: ...because I'd have to have heard of it? I take it "Three's Company" is a pop culture blind spot for you? I'm only 30 and even I know that one. Link to comment
John Potts July 16, 2018 Share July 16, 2018 17 minutes ago, April Bloodgate said: I take it "Three's Company" is a pop culture blind spot for you? A sad deficiency in my TV lexicon! I have seen the odd episode, I think, but not enough to be familiar with anything on it. I'm slightly more familiar with its British antecedent, Man About the House, though I really only know that from ITS spin off, Robin's Nest. (Everyone's now probably wishing I would just shut up about 70s sit coms!) Link to comment
Primetimer July 18, 2018 Share July 18, 2018 The Zachary Quinto reboot of the '70s Sunday-afternoon mainstay, plus Frasier for the Canon and a familial Game Time! View the full article Link to comment
deangirl July 18, 2018 Share July 18, 2018 I love the farce episodes of Frasier, what a good presentation! I love " an affair to remember" where they all speak a different language and Niles is in a fencing duel in addition to the ones mentioned by Tara. Also I remember playing a game on sporcle with the same premise as this game time. I wonder if it was inspired by it? Excellent either way! Link to comment
jima July 18, 2018 Share July 18, 2018 I was drinking water when Dave did his Robin Williams imitation, and nearly spilled the whole thing laughing Link to comment
deangirl July 18, 2018 Share July 18, 2018 It's actually "an affair to forget"... Not ironic at all......... Link to comment
EllieH July 19, 2018 Share July 19, 2018 Nice call on submitting "Ham Radio" (and voting it into the canon!). I've thought about submitting "The Matchmaker" before and never gotten around to it. Link to comment
FormerMod-a1 July 19, 2018 Share July 19, 2018 And I've thought about submitting "Merry Christmas Mrs. Moskowitz". All the others mentioned are really good, too. I'd love to see them all submitted! (not all at once though, :-P ) Link to comment
John Potts July 19, 2018 Share July 19, 2018 It would have been Room Service for me. I haven't seen it in years, but I still remember the waiter's expression each time he brings something to the room... Link to comment
FormerMod-a1 July 19, 2018 Share July 19, 2018 ^ That's another really good one, and yes the waiter's expressions are priceless. Link to comment
April Bloodgate July 19, 2018 Share July 19, 2018 Normally I kind of zone out during the cannon presentation if it's a series I've never seen before, but I was fully engaged with this one. The presentation was great, and I'm now considering watching Fraiser. (The fact that known sitcom Scrooge Sarah D. Bunting enthusiastically voted this in helps a lot.) Link to comment
Sarah D. Bunting July 22, 2018 Share July 22, 2018 Quote known sitcom Scrooge Love this/putting it on business cards. Link to comment
April Bloodgate July 23, 2018 Share July 23, 2018 21 hours ago, Sarah D. Bunting said: Love this/putting it on business cards. Yay! You're welcome. Link to comment
Primetimer July 25, 2018 Share July 25, 2018 Deadspin's David Roth joins us to talk about Hulu's new Stephen King-inspired drama! View the full article Link to comment
Stowaway July 25, 2018 Share July 25, 2018 I was promised by the cover of a library book that Needful Things would be the last Castle Rock story, and I stopped reading that one when I got to the photo of Elvis that gives ladies orgasms. Link to comment
David T. Cole July 25, 2018 Author Share July 25, 2018 11 minutes ago, Stowaway said: photo of Elvis that gives ladies orgasms. wut Link to comment
LAFR July 25, 2018 Share July 25, 2018 So two things. First, Sarah, I recommend the Bosch books. They are quite good and there's the added bonus of when Bosch listens to jazz you don't actually have to hear the music. Secondly, Dave is really good at reading the food ads. Link to comment
deangirl July 25, 2018 Share July 25, 2018 How, HOW is the SVU NOT a Nonac??? I get the logic of your analysis but come on, those clips! Those clips are just terrible. I'm going to find a way to watch that episode right now. That was so much fun! Link to comment
Stowaway July 25, 2018 Share July 25, 2018 1 hour ago, David T. Cole said: wut I guess that didn't make it into the Hulu show? Link to comment
Monty July 25, 2018 Share July 25, 2018 It seems like it would be easier for everyone if the client just flew to Laos and killed the gibbon there. Then you just have to smuggle the breastbone, which is presumably easier to conceal than an entire alive monkey. Link to comment
deangirl July 25, 2018 Share July 25, 2018 It seems like it would be easier for everyone if the client just flew to Laos and killed the gibbon there. Then you just have to smuggle the breastbone, which is presumably easier to conceal than an entire alive monkey. Well they clearly put all their energy in the dialogue so the practicality of smuggling a monkey came second :D Link to comment
Madman Felton July 25, 2018 Share July 25, 2018 Breaking news: David T. Cole fired from Guardians of the Galaxy franchise after his controversial comments regarding monkeys became public. Link to comment
Fukui San July 25, 2018 Share July 25, 2018 5 hours ago, deangirl said: How, HOW is the SVU NOT a Nonac??? I get the logic of your analysis but come on, those clips! Those clips are just terrible. I'm going to find a way to watch that episode right now. That was so much fun! I was thinking that it should be the first simultaneous submission to The Canon and The Nonac. Link to comment
formerlyfreedom July 26, 2018 Share July 26, 2018 8 hours ago, Monty said: It seems like it would be easier for everyone if the client just flew to Laos and killed the gibbon there. Then you just have to smuggle the breastbone, which is presumably easier to conceal than an entire alive monkey. Logic and sense have no place in the world of SVU, Monty! Also, I had to go find this after listening to the podcast. Consider my work here done. Link to comment
Fukui San July 26, 2018 Share July 26, 2018 Sounds like Dave (Cole) wants a League of Extraordinary Gentleman style treatment for King characters. I’d be down with that. Link to comment
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