Tara Ariano January 14, 2015 Share January 14, 2015 yeswedo: ding ding ding ding ding! 1 Link to comment
Alison January 14, 2015 Share January 14, 2015 I gotta go with Michael Scott grilling his foot on "The Office" and a contestant launching a watermelon at her own face on "The Amazing Race." Link to comment
Fafolguy January 14, 2015 Share January 14, 2015 Whoever was singing the whistle song from Hanna during game time is my favorite person of the day! 1 Link to comment
torontomeridith January 14, 2015 Share January 14, 2015 I just have to say that APTN has more original programming than you'd think including the great little show, "Hard Rock Medical." Link to comment
djroomba January 14, 2015 Share January 14, 2015 Ummm Maggie Gyllenhaal did thank her husband at the very end of her speech, calling him "a lover of complicated women...obviously." I was also on divorce watch until that moment. 1 Link to comment
monocles January 14, 2015 Share January 14, 2015 I was going to listen to this after work but then I saw that Dave would be talking about "Man in the High Castle" and I decided to be unproductive and listen to it because omg I love that book. I read it as part of an unintentional alternate history/alternate universe marathon (this, "Mirage" and "1Q84" all in a month) and absolutely adored it. And listening to Dave talk about it made me excited to re-read it and see the pilot, although when I actually think about it, it probably won't be that great, so maybe Dave should run the production? I know this is a beloved Friends episode, but this episode and that trifle are the reason I dislike the show. NO ONE would make that mistake in real life. Not even the way it all comes together can redeem it for me. I know that I am in the minority on this, and I am basically posting in the hopes that there is some other lost soul out there who agrees with me. Link to comment
David T. Cole January 14, 2015 Author Share January 14, 2015 Monocles, I finished it yesterday and I am happy to report I 95% called the ending of the book after about a quarter the way through. Only thing I though felt off was the amount of time spent on the Frink/Fink storyline. Link to comment
Tara Ariano January 14, 2015 Share January 14, 2015 djroomba: someone tweeted that to me too! I am relieved to be wrong. Fafolguy: guilty. 1 Link to comment
April Bloodgate January 15, 2015 Share January 15, 2015 (edited) Could some please post the link to the piece Tara wrote about "My Husband's Not Gay"? I somehow can't find it anywhere on the site. Thanks! Never mind; I found it. http://previously.tv/television/i-think-it-can-work-at-least-for-one-night/ Edited January 15, 2015 by Denay Link to comment
purist January 15, 2015 Share January 15, 2015 You guys all dissolving into giggles when Tara did that bit about Rev. was hilarious and made ME dissolve into giggles. Thank you! In Game Time, I thought the killer called 'Ripper' was going to be Stefan Salvatore from The Vampire Diaries. Did Giles' 'Ripper' character ever actually kill anyone? 4 Link to comment
LeighAnne January 15, 2015 Share January 15, 2015 In season five, Giles killed Ben, the human whose body was occupied by Glory, the hellgod. 2 Link to comment
ApathyMonger January 15, 2015 Share January 15, 2015 That The Man in the High Castle pilot is up now: http://www.amazon.com/Man-High-Castle/dp/B00RSGFRY8/ 1 Link to comment
David T. Cole January 15, 2015 Author Share January 15, 2015 Just finished watching this. It's pretty good and they are much more economical with the plotting. Seems to get to the good stuff stuff pretty quick. I like the changes and additions they made to the story to adapt it to series. Looks great too. 1 Link to comment
Primetimer January 15, 2015 Share January 15, 2015 Bringing movie wonder couples or pairs to the small screen. Read the story 1 Link to comment
Lisin January 15, 2015 Share January 15, 2015 Dave, since you're into "what if" history, and recently have taken up more comics may I suggest Superman: Red Son, where Kal-El's ship lands in the Ukraine instead of Kansas. There's actually a whole Elseworlds imprint from DC that does this sort of thing, including the first one where Batman is in Victorian England hunting Jack the Ripper. 2 Link to comment
The Crazed Spruce January 15, 2015 Share January 15, 2015 The first two minutes of this podcast make me really wish I could get in on one of your recording sessions. :) On topic (or at least topic-adjacent), I'd love to see ABC put out a mini-series set in the MCU starring Jeremy Renner and Scarlett Johansson titled "Budapest", showing how Hawkeye and Black Widow met. Since they're playing the same characters, though, that probably doesn't count, so I'm gonna go with a show produced by the BBC starring Sir Ian McKellan and Sir Patrick Stewart as two retired MI6 agents who move to a small retirement community where all sorts of shady doings are transpiring. 4 Link to comment
April Bloodgate January 15, 2015 Share January 15, 2015 Listening to all the takes of that intro was just delightful. Thanks for not editing. :) 4 Link to comment
tita January 15, 2015 Share January 15, 2015 There's really little I like more than Dave's helpless cackle when he's gone completely round the bend. "You broke Dave" = awesome. Also, Tara's muttered "You're the worst, I hate your guts" makes me so very happy. 4 Link to comment
David T. Cole January 15, 2015 Author Share January 15, 2015 Neat! I'll check it out. 1 Link to comment
cassandle January 15, 2015 Share January 15, 2015 Now the nosy girl in the next office knows I'm not working because I failed miserably at stifling my laughter. 2 Link to comment
Kierstyn January 16, 2015 Share January 16, 2015 I am such a sucker for people breaking into hysterical laughter. It probably explains why I like the Pete Holmes podcast so much. But really, that just made my day. And I have not been so glad to work from home in a long while, because I lost my composure completely.My suggested movie duo redux - Gary Oldman and Benedict Cumberbatch. I loved their interactions in Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. I think I would want to turn the mentor/mentee relationship from that movie on its head, though. Perhaps Oldman as a man dealing with senility and Cumberbatch the long estranged next of kin who is brought back into his life because of the illness? I would imagine this would do best in a BBC series context, with just a handful of long shows. 1 Link to comment
purist January 16, 2015 Share January 16, 2015 Dave has the best hysterical laugh in the world. 2 Link to comment
Primetimer January 16, 2015 Share January 16, 2015 We're moving series to the 50th state. Read the story 1 Link to comment
cassandle January 16, 2015 Share January 16, 2015 Holy crap the A-Team/Magnum crossover needs to be on my TV RIGHT NOW. Especially if we can have Magnum and Face vying for the same girl and Hannibal helping himself to Robin's cigars. 3 Link to comment
Actionmage January 16, 2015 Share January 16, 2015 (edited) Hannibal should spend time in the islands. Just because it's tone is dark, doesn't mean that the cinematography has to be nearly impenetrable as last season could be at times. Plus, being on an finite amount of land mass should help the regular F.B.I. in finding him. Plus? Mads Mikkelsen in loose-fitting linen around his island hide-out manse? PS: ITA with cassandle on the A-Team/Magnum x-over! Zeus and Apollo!! Edited January 16, 2015 by Actionmage 2 Link to comment
ScoobyDrew January 17, 2015 Share January 17, 2015 Best intro ever. I was howling along with Dave in the car - and not one single accident! 2 Link to comment
HeatherinThailand January 17, 2015 Share January 17, 2015 First thing I thought of was Veronica Mars, but agreed with the rest of the mentions as well. The other show that did a great pacing of a season long mystery was Desperate Housewives. Great, well paced season one and then went rapidly off the deep end in season two. 1 Link to comment
John Potts January 18, 2015 Share January 18, 2015 (edited) Hey cool! Been having computer troubles (plus Christmas) so to discover that the first game time I hear in weeks is the one where I set the questions was extra special (and even I had trouble with some of the answers, at least at the 2 point level). ETA: Yeah Rupert "Ripper" Giles killed Ben/Glory - however, I realise that Robert "Sideshow Bob" Terlwigger (no idea if that's spelt right) has never actually killed anyone, despite MANY attempts (though at least it was an easily answered question). As I've never seen Vampire Diaries, I can't say if there was a Ripper on that. And yes, Buffy was a perfectly good answer for The Master. Edited January 20, 2015 by John Potts 2 Link to comment
Actionmage January 19, 2015 Share January 19, 2015 My disappointment in the writing is pushing me to say Once Upon a Time, even though I haven't quit the show just yet. Season 1 was just like a good Rube Goldberg machine, unfolding in cool ways. Link to comment
Primetimer January 19, 2015 Share January 19, 2015 Giving shows some animal appeal. Read the story Link to comment
Primetimer January 20, 2015 Share January 20, 2015 Adam Grosswirth joined us for a discussion of Ryan Murphy's Law, Grease, gospel on The Muppet Show, and sounds of the '70s. Read the story 2 Link to comment
panthergirl13 January 20, 2015 Share January 20, 2015 I'm on board with all of your "panther" suggestions. DUH HUH. Link to comment
Sharpie66 January 20, 2015 Share January 20, 2015 I didn't get as many of those theme songs as I should have, darnit. I did know "Eyes on the Sparrow" from Baretta, and was singing along with Sammy. However, no Battlestar Galactica? Disappointed! Link to comment
MuuMuuChainsmoker January 20, 2015 Share January 20, 2015 Is TPTDP "Prank Caller" and/or "Don't Sue"? 1 Link to comment
clarkbar January 20, 2015 Share January 20, 2015 Damn you for keeping me up so late! I had stay up to finish the quiz!!! I got 53 points AND the tie-breaker . . . because I am OLD!!! I just relived most of my high school and college years. 2 Link to comment
The Crazed Spruce January 20, 2015 Share January 20, 2015 I've barely started the podcast, but I'm gonna guess "serving belinis (sic) in the bedroom" Link to comment
kingsbury43 January 20, 2015 Share January 20, 2015 tptdp Lieutenant Dan.... IN SPACE!!! Link to comment
AlecSphere January 20, 2015 Share January 20, 2015 TPTDP: That's what the money is for? Link to comment
jima January 20, 2015 Share January 20, 2015 I would have totally awarded Sarah loads of Dave points for remembering "BOOBISE" 1 Link to comment
Misanthrope January 20, 2015 Share January 20, 2015 So much funk. I fear I cannot contain this much funk in my pale, Caucasian body. Best. Gametime. EVER. 2 Link to comment
sconstant January 20, 2015 Share January 20, 2015 "had a very famous show finale" - actually the next eponymous show down the line for this actor had a very famous show finale. Also: the one with the theme song you played actually kind of holds up now, while OMG the one with the famous finale is generally torturous. Thanks to my DVR and the several rerun-only channels I get on it, which have allowed me to (within the past few months) firm up these distinctions. 2 Link to comment
Portia January 20, 2015 Share January 20, 2015 Listening to this week's Game Time, I found myself marveling that I ever learned to read and do math. Y'all, I watched a LOT of television in the '70s. 1 Link to comment
StatMom January 20, 2015 Share January 20, 2015 I need the Hulk exit music to play whenever I walk out of a room. 3 Link to comment
kimbrchick January 20, 2015 Share January 20, 2015 I choose True Blood. I could re watch season one and then stop. Link to comment
Sarah D. Bunting January 20, 2015 Share January 20, 2015 "I would have totally awarded Sarah loads of Dave points for remembering "BOOBISE"" I was a guest that week or I wouldn't have remembered it either -- but thanks to that Match Game, I pronounce it exclusively that way to this day. Link to comment
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