I tried watching old MASH once recently and that wasn't working either. I wonder how Get Smart would hold up. Let's face it much of the shit just want funny.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑07 Sep 2021, 3:27pmOh god, yeah, seeing old shows I watched now in syndication is regularly an exercise in you-can't-go-home-again. Sometimes I can just say I was a dumb kid, but even at that I wince.Low Down Low wrote: ↑07 Sep 2021, 3:20pmI wasn't dreaming up Jennifer from the ether anyway! As much as I love skimming over the old shows, a part of me bristles at what my younger self might have found palatable. Alf is another show I remember fondly from my student days, but I wouldn't have great confidence in its ability to stand the test of time.
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There was this old limey show about a geezer, Welsh I think, called Selwyn Froggat who used to go around giving the thumbs up and saying "Magic!" all the time and, for some unfathomable reason, I was obsessed with this show. On the credit side, I was equally obsessed with Sgt Bilko and delighted to report I love this show as much now as I did then.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑07 Sep 2021, 3:27pmOh god, yeah, seeing old shows I watched now in syndication is regularly an exercise in you-can't-go-home-again. Sometimes I can just say I was a dumb kid, but even at that I wince.Low Down Low wrote: ↑07 Sep 2021, 3:20pmI wasn't dreaming up Jennifer from the ether anyway! As much as I love skimming over the old shows, a part of me bristles at what my younger self might have found palatable. Alf is another show I remember fondly from my student days, but I wouldn't have great confidence in its ability to stand the test of time.
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I'm still good with MASH—I've even warmed considerably to the later preachy episodes. That same channel that has Family Ties has Get Smart. I watched one of those a couple weeks ago and, nope, it all came off as extremely forced.revbob wrote: ↑07 Sep 2021, 3:47pmI tried watching old MASH once recently and that wasn't working either. I wonder how Get Smart would hold up. Let's face it much of the shit just want funny.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑07 Sep 2021, 3:27pmOh god, yeah, seeing old shows I watched now in syndication is regularly an exercise in you-can't-go-home-again. Sometimes I can just say I was a dumb kid, but even at that I wince.Low Down Low wrote: ↑07 Sep 2021, 3:20pmI wasn't dreaming up Jennifer from the ether anyway! As much as I love skimming over the old shows, a part of me bristles at what my younger self might have found palatable. Alf is another show I remember fondly from my student days, but I wouldn't have great confidence in its ability to stand the test of time.
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I don't believe I've ever seen Sgt. Bilko. It's never been on any channel we got.Low Down Low wrote: ↑07 Sep 2021, 3:51pmThere was this old limey show about a geezer, Welsh I think, called Selwyn Froggat who used to go around giving the thumbs up and saying "Magic!" all the time and, for some unfathomable reason, I was obsessed with this show. On the credit side, I was equally obsessed with Sgt Bilko and delighted to report I love this show as much now as I did then.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑07 Sep 2021, 3:27pmOh god, yeah, seeing old shows I watched now in syndication is regularly an exercise in you-can't-go-home-again. Sometimes I can just say I was a dumb kid, but even at that I wince.Low Down Low wrote: ↑07 Sep 2021, 3:20pmI wasn't dreaming up Jennifer from the ether anyway! As much as I love skimming over the old shows, a part of me bristles at what my younger self might have found palatable. Alf is another show I remember fondly from my student days, but I wouldn't have great confidence in its ability to stand the test of time.
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MASH always went under the category of shows I never considered particularly funny but enjoyed nonetheless. Dad's Army the same. Not sure what I'd make of it now, though.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑07 Sep 2021, 3:51pmI'm still good with MASH—I've even warmed considerably to the later preachy episodes. That same channel that has Family Ties has Get Smart. I watched one of those a couple weeks ago and, nope, it all came off as extremely forced.revbob wrote: ↑07 Sep 2021, 3:47pmI tried watching old MASH once recently and that wasn't working either. I wonder how Get Smart would hold up. Let's face it much of the shit just want funny.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑07 Sep 2021, 3:27pmOh god, yeah, seeing old shows I watched now in syndication is regularly an exercise in you-can't-go-home-again. Sometimes I can just say I was a dumb kid, but even at that I wince.Low Down Low wrote: ↑07 Sep 2021, 3:20pmI wasn't dreaming up Jennifer from the ether anyway! As much as I love skimming over the old shows, a part of me bristles at what my younger self might have found palatable. Alf is another show I remember fondly from my student days, but I wouldn't have great confidence in its ability to stand the test of time.
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It's very high up on my list of favourite comedy shows, top 10 minimum, but nostalgia might be a significant factor in that.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑07 Sep 2021, 3:52pmI don't believe I've ever seen Sgt. Bilko. It's never been on any channel we got.Low Down Low wrote: ↑07 Sep 2021, 3:51pmThere was this old limey show about a geezer, Welsh I think, called Selwyn Froggat who used to go around giving the thumbs up and saying "Magic!" all the time and, for some unfathomable reason, I was obsessed with this show. On the credit side, I was equally obsessed with Sgt Bilko and delighted to report I love this show as much now as I did then.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑07 Sep 2021, 3:27pmOh god, yeah, seeing old shows I watched now in syndication is regularly an exercise in you-can't-go-home-again. Sometimes I can just say I was a dumb kid, but even at that I wince.Low Down Low wrote: ↑07 Sep 2021, 3:20pmI wasn't dreaming up Jennifer from the ether anyway! As much as I love skimming over the old shows, a part of me bristles at what my younger self might have found palatable. Alf is another show I remember fondly from my student days, but I wouldn't have great confidence in its ability to stand the test of time.
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I love early MASH. After Frank Burns left, it jumped the shark.revbob wrote: ↑07 Sep 2021, 3:47pmI tried watching old MASH once recently and that wasn't working either. I wonder how Get Smart would hold up. Let's face it much of the shit just want funny.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑07 Sep 2021, 3:27pmOh god, yeah, seeing old shows I watched now in syndication is regularly an exercise in you-can't-go-home-again. Sometimes I can just say I was a dumb kid, but even at that I wince.Low Down Low wrote: ↑07 Sep 2021, 3:20pmI wasn't dreaming up Jennifer from the ether anyway! As much as I love skimming over the old shows, a part of me bristles at what my younger self might have found palatable. Alf is another show I remember fondly from my student days, but I wouldn't have great confidence in its ability to stand the test of time.
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It just became a different beast after Henry/Trapper and specially Frank. When I rewatched a few years back, I was surprised by how much I liked how they wrote stories around Charles that humanized him. There was one where he narrowly escaped death and became obsessed with what the dying experience. There was such a desperation to understand his own mortality. But if you want those early seasons, when the comedy took precedence, the series was lame. I remember Mad Magazine snarking that MASH stopped wanting to win Emmys and instead wanted Nobel Peace Prizes.Mimi wrote: ↑07 Sep 2021, 4:10pmI love early MASH. After Frank Burns left, it jumped the shark.revbob wrote: ↑07 Sep 2021, 3:47pmI tried watching old MASH once recently and that wasn't working either. I wonder how Get Smart would hold up. Let's face it much of the shit just want funny.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑07 Sep 2021, 3:27pmOh god, yeah, seeing old shows I watched now in syndication is regularly an exercise in you-can't-go-home-again. Sometimes I can just say I was a dumb kid, but even at that I wince.Low Down Low wrote: ↑07 Sep 2021, 3:20pmI wasn't dreaming up Jennifer from the ether anyway! As much as I love skimming over the old shows, a part of me bristles at what my younger self might have found palatable. Alf is another show I remember fondly from my student days, but I wouldn't have great confidence in its ability to stand the test of time.
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This saddens me a great deal.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑07 Sep 2021, 3:51pmI'm still good with MASH—I've even warmed considerably to the later preachy episodes. That same channel that has Family Ties has Get Smart. I watched one of those a couple weeks ago and, nope, it all came off as extremely forced.
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I started watching Only Murders in the Building with Steve Martin and Martin Short. It does a nice job of sending up the obsession with true crime podcasts and if you like the two of them, you will like this show. There is a great arc with Sting playing himself aka an asshole who hates dogs.
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What if you love the Canadian and often want to punch the wild and crazy guy?JennyB wrote: ↑09 Sep 2021, 9:30amI started watching Only Murders in the Building with Steve Martin and Martin Short. It does a nice job of sending up the obsession with true crime podcasts and if you like the two of them, you will like this show. There is a great arc with Sting playing himself aka an asshole who hates dogs.
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Wild and Crazy Guy is actually rather reserved in this role, but the Canadian is his usual self. So it might work! It's on Hulu.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑09 Sep 2021, 9:35amWhat if you love the Canadian and often want to punch the wild and crazy guy?JennyB wrote: ↑09 Sep 2021, 9:30amI started watching Only Murders in the Building with Steve Martin and Martin Short. It does a nice job of sending up the obsession with true crime podcasts and if you like the two of them, you will like this show. There is a great arc with Sting playing himself aka an asshole who hates dogs.
ETA: Here's a write-up: https://www.avclub.com/hulu-s-only-murd ... 1847535991
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If it's shown on a Canadian channel, I might give it a shot.JennyB wrote: ↑09 Sep 2021, 9:37amWild and Crazy Guy is actually rather reserved in this role, but the Canadian is his usual self. So it might work! It's on Hulu.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑09 Sep 2021, 9:35amWhat if you love the Canadian and often want to punch the wild and crazy guy?JennyB wrote: ↑09 Sep 2021, 9:30amI started watching Only Murders in the Building with Steve Martin and Martin Short. It does a nice job of sending up the obsession with true crime podcasts and if you like the two of them, you will like this show. There is a great arc with Sting playing himself aka an asshole who hates dogs.
ETA: Here's a write-up: https://www.avclub.com/hulu-s-only-murd ... 1847535991
Apropos of nothing, Selena Gomez has an almost perfect circle for a head.
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She's adorable. I really knew nothing about her besides the fact that she was a Disney star, but she is holding her own in this.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑09 Sep 2021, 9:52amIf it's shown on a Canadian channel, I might give it a shot.JennyB wrote: ↑09 Sep 2021, 9:37amWild and Crazy Guy is actually rather reserved in this role, but the Canadian is his usual self. So it might work! It's on Hulu.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑09 Sep 2021, 9:35amWhat if you love the Canadian and often want to punch the wild and crazy guy?JennyB wrote: ↑09 Sep 2021, 9:30amI started watching Only Murders in the Building with Steve Martin and Martin Short. It does a nice job of sending up the obsession with true crime podcasts and if you like the two of them, you will like this show. There is a great arc with Sting playing himself aka an asshole who hates dogs.
ETA: Here's a write-up: https://www.avclub.com/hulu-s-only-murd ... 1847535991
Apropos of nothing, Selena Gomez has an almost perfect circle for a head.
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Yeah pleasantly surprised. I almost didn't watch because of her. She dated that other awful Canadian which is enough for me to write off someone completely.JennyB wrote: ↑09 Sep 2021, 11:44amShe's adorable. I really knew nothing about her besides the fact that she was a Disney star, but she is holding her own in this.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑09 Sep 2021, 9:52amIf it's shown on a Canadian channel, I might give it a shot.JennyB wrote: ↑09 Sep 2021, 9:37amWild and Crazy Guy is actually rather reserved in this role, but the Canadian is his usual self. So it might work! It's on Hulu.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑09 Sep 2021, 9:35amWhat if you love the Canadian and often want to punch the wild and crazy guy?JennyB wrote: ↑09 Sep 2021, 9:30amI started watching Only Murders in the Building with Steve Martin and Martin Short. It does a nice job of sending up the obsession with true crime podcasts and if you like the two of them, you will like this show. There is a great arc with Sting playing himself aka an asshole who hates dogs.
ETA: Here's a write-up: https://www.avclub.com/hulu-s-only-murd ... 1847535991
Apropos of nothing, Selena Gomez has an almost perfect circle for a head.
Also is Sting acting or just being himself, I cant tell.