And I can't remember how long it's been since we've gone to a movie theater: "Hollywood Sinks Its Own Ship, Proudly".
It's been fun catching up on old tv shows, many of which, for one reason or another, I rarely, if ever, saw when I was young: Lawman, The Virginian, Highway Patrol, Movin' On, The Rifleman, Gunsmoke, the list goes on and on. And quite a few of the made-for-tv movies are pretty good (take a look at Trilogy of Terror, sometime, if you haven't seen it - especially the last tale in the anthology; guaranteed to make you jump, possibly out of your skin).
I just saw an ad for the new Malcolm in the Middle, I was wondering how they'd screw it up.
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It's not in kindergarten now, but that's when it knew it was a freak.
Sigh. I'll just watch the original. That show was hilarious.
Agreed. Hollywood is committing suicide. And now they are trying to reverse course, or at least Disney is ... kinda sorta ...
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I've been re-watching Barney Miller, a sitcom from the 1970s, focused on a police station in New York. It offered some looks at the bad side of America in that era, but a lot of classic humor. Fortunately, there's a "skip intro" option at the start, not only because I don't need all those intros, but because the opening includes a shot of the World Trade Center buildings ... ...
But I prefer the older movies as well, even those that might be seen as, well, woke. I watched "In The Heat Of The Night" again; I have vague memories of watching it on TV as a child. That movie would not be produced today.
I was watching it on a broadcast network in Tempe so I saw that every time. Pissed me off each time.
DeleteYou are missing some of the best bass riffs ever though, it changes a little each season, but it's always very good.
Last week YouTube offered up an episode of The Rebel. Okay, all my life to that point I had thought the show was named "Johnny Yuma," probably due to the theme song. Which was sung by Johnny Cash.
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