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[jlhoots]

Tehran - episode 1

[duaneiac]

A documentary about the week in Feb. of 1968 when Johnny Carson invited Harry Belafonte to "guest host" The Tonight Show.  So in 1968, for the first time ever, a black talk show host was able to bring black guests talking about black topics into white (and black) homes.  Mr. Belafonte had say-so in the guest list that week and called in a lot of his friends including MLK, Aretha, Paul Newman, Bill Cosby, Sidney Poitier, Petula Clark, Dionne Warwick, The Smothers Brothers, Buffy Sainte Marie and more.

Joan Walsh wrote about that week of tV in an article for The Nation back in 2017.

[jlhoots]

Nobody's watching anything.

Watched the first 4 episodes of Tehran. Now watching season 4 of Fargo, episodes 1,2,3.

[jlhoots]

1 episode left of Tehran.

Now watching Bruce Springsteen Letter To You doc. on Apple TV

[mjazzg]

32 minutes ago, jlhoots said:

1 episode left of Tehran.

Now watching Bruce Springsteen Letter To You doc. on Apple TV

I watched the Springsteen earlier today. An extended promo film maybe but it had some great moments and the songs are strong on this album.  Nicely shot film

[jlhoots]

The Great - 10 episode DVD, Elle Fanning

[jlhoots]

Roadkill - episode 1

[Gheorghe]

There is so many terrible new nowadays, if I´m exhausted and tired , I like to watch stuff with animals and nature……. 

[duaneiac]

Halfway through this set.  I forgot how frequently "laugh til it hurts" funny this show was.  Great acting and great writing.  The late Bill Henderson even showed up in one episode here.  And wise (possibly expensive)  use of music.  At the end of the episode where Earl gets out of prison, they used a version of Dylan singing "I Shall Be Released".  It fit the tone of the scene well without being too over the top.

"It's like the terrorists kneed us in the nuts -- the nuts of our heart."

[JSngry]

Having a good time with Somebody Feed Phil.

[jazzbo]

Re-watching "Pennyworth" Season 1 in prep for Season 2

[Dmitry]

Queen's Gambit on Netflix. I am into my third episode, and so far am impressed and entertained.

Edited November 11, 2020 by Dmitry

[duaneiac]

Season 4 had some great guest stars including Danny Glover (as Crabman's father), Seth Green, Jerry Van Dyke, Betty White, David Arquette, Beau Bridges and Geraldo Rivera (as himself, hosting the 2 part Inside Probe investigative news program in which we discover that Randy's full name is Randall Doo Hickey, Catalina hails from the troubled south-of-the-border community of Guadalatucky and Joy is identified as "Stay-At-Trailer Mom").  While it's never explained exactly where Camden lies, I think it is somewhere between Mayberry and Springfield.  While this show had writing every bit as good as The Simpsons in its glory days, it also had the heart and sense of community from The Andy Griffith Show.

This scene -- Randy learns that Earl's ex-wife Joy was his first summer crush from decades ago (she only knew him as "Skipper" and he knew her as "Pinky") and since Earl broke them up way back when, he has to cross Randy off "his list" by having Joy agree to give him that first kiss denied him as a boy.  Add in John Prine and I was weeping in a happy way.

 

[Dan Gould]

I watched during the run but never thought of acquiring DVDs. I think the two episodes I liked the best were the Cops rebroadcast, and the one where Catalina is back in her hometown and Randy is trying to prove his love or something and we got "Eye of the Tiger" on an acoustic guitar. That cracked me up.

[duaneiac]

Hey!  Trumpeter Wayne Bergeron got about 10 seconds of unintended free publicity during one of Seth Myers' "A Closer Look" bits the other night.  I won't imbed the video since most of it is political in nature, but this link here will take you to the point where Mr. Bergeron gets mixed up in it.

[Dmitry]

https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B086HWSV8P/ref=atv_hm_hom_1_c_iEgOEZ_2_1

Really enjoyed this take on  Hercule Poirot by John Malcovich. The real twist comes all the way at the end of the last part.  

[jlhoots]

Big Sky - watched episode 1, episode 2 is tonight.

[jlhoots]

Black Narcissus - episode 1

[Matthew]

MXC: Most Extreme Elimination Challenge. Don't know why, but I find this show dumb and hilarious.

[duaneiac]

I quite enjoyed watching this last night:

 

[ejp626]

While I didn't learn guitar or even banjo, and I didn't brush up on my French, I decided I could actually watch a few of the Great Courses now that Toronto is going into extended lockdown.  It turns out that the library has quite a few of these courses on DVD (and they still do a kind of curbside pick up for the moment at least).  I've gotten most of the way through Understanding the Quantum World: https://www.thegreatcourses.com/courses/understanding-the-quantum-world

Super interesting (and spooky as Einstein said), though I wouldn't say I "understand" it much more than before.

Next up is Black Holes, Tides, and Curved Spacetime: Understanding Gravity, which might be of a bit more use to my son as he heads into high school physics.  (Somehow I don't think he'll need to know quantum physics for the time being.)  It's even on sale, though I was happy just borrow it from the library.  https://www.thegreatcourses.com/courses/black-holes-tides-and-curved-spacetime-understanding-gravity

[jlhoots]

Wanda Vision - 1st 2 episodes

[JSngry]

2 minutes ago, jlhoots said:

Wanda Vision - 1st 2 episodes

Thoughts? I tried to get started, but there was no traction there for me...maybe I gave up too soon?

[Larry Kart]

The longstanding and ongoing Netflix series "Grace and Frankie," in which Grace (Jane Fonda) and Frankie (Lily Tomlin)) are women who have been divorced by their law partner ex-husbands (Martin Sheen and Sam Waterston) who are now married to each other after 40 years of concealing their mutual love. Grace, a rather uptight age 70 former cosmetics company owner, and Frankie, same age, something of a perpetual counter culture figure, are now contentiously living together in an attempt to make the best of things. Fonda is surprisingly (to me) good, and Tomlin is out of sight. The scripts are very witty at best (one feels that Tomlin writes a fair number of her own lines), and the episodes average about 35-40 minutes, which is ideal for watching several at a stretch. Supporting cast is excellent -- Grace has two grownup daughters, Frankie two grownup adopted sons. Setting is San Diego. The tug-of-war chemistry between Fonda and Tomlin is increasingly delicious and often rather salacious. Grace's daughter Briana, explaining to her young sister Malorie why she's been spending time with a male escort who charges her $300 a pop, says, "His penis has abs." 

 

[jlhoots]

37 minutes ago, JSngry said:

Thoughts? I tried to get started, but there was no traction there for me...maybe I gave up too soon?

We thought it was an original take on fifties sitcoms. Watched both episodes & plan to continue.