JD DeLuzio replied to Cavaliere (moderator emeritus)'s discussion What are you watching right now?
"The recently-dropped Netflix documentary on Rob Ford, former mayor of Toronto, populist, scandal-magnet.
 
(and one of the few times that a Canadian politician was being regularly referenced by American late-night comedians)"
Jun 17
JD DeLuzio replied to Cavaliere (moderator emeritus)'s discussion What are you watching right now?
"I won't, then, talk about how great Breaking Bad is, but I don't see Walter White as a hero, except in the sense of main character/protagonist. The show makes him impressive, but, by the end, it's a five-season tragedy, which has far more in common…"
Jun 10
Jeff of Earth-J replied to Cavaliere (moderator emeritus)'s discussion What are you watching right now?
"There are, indeed, 27 episodes of Honey West available for free on YouTube (as well as the Burke's Law "back-door" pilot).
I thnk I watch at least a few of these myself.
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Jun 10
Commander Benson replied to Cavaliere (moderator emeritus)'s discussion What are you watching right now?
"Aye, friend Jeff, I am most familiar with Honey West (ABC, 1965-6)---though I'll confess it wasn't until years later that I knew that her character had appeared in a book series by Forrest and Gloria Fickling.  The show wasn't, technically, a…"
Jun 10
Jeff of Earth-J replied to Cavaliere (moderator emeritus)'s discussion What are you watching right now?
"Here's a question for the Commander (or anyone else who'd care to field it). Are you familiar with Honey West? For those who are not, it's a one-season, mid-'60s spin-off of Burke's Law featuring a female private eye. I was able to watch it, once,…"
Jun 10
Jeff of Earth-J replied to Cavaliere (moderator emeritus)'s discussion What are you watching right now?
"I want my heroes . . . well, heroic.  ...they inevitably have to be honest and morally straight.
You sound very much like STEVE DITKO (seven minute listen, starting at 19:31)."
Jun 10
Jeff of Earth-J replied to Cavaliere (moderator emeritus)'s discussion What are you watching right now?
"I'm surprised you watched any more! JK, it's not bad. It's just not the sort of thing that made Hitchcock a legend.
I was already somewhat "familiar" with Hitchcock (actually, curious about) him from MAD magazine ("Alfred Hatchplot")."
Jun 10
Captain Comics replied to Cavaliere (moderator emeritus)'s discussion What are you watching right now?
"I try to be open-minded about art. Isn't Iago really the most important character in Othello? But I do confess that I have been known to lose interest in this show or that with the words, "I can't find anybody to root for.""
Jun 9
Commander Benson replied to Cavaliere (moderator emeritus)'s discussion What are you watching right now?
"But my wife hasn't been enthusiastic about it -- "Can we watch something from this century?" -- so I have to watch solo . . .
 
I experience the same problem with the Good Mrs. Benson.  She had no interest in any of the above shows I watched,…"
Jun 9
Captain Comics replied to Cavaliere (moderator emeritus)'s discussion What are you watching right now?
"Believe it or not, Family Plot was the first Alfred Hitchcock movie I ever saw
I'm surprised you watched any more! JK, it's not bad. It's just not the sort of thing that made Hitchcock a legend. 
"[I] realized that that was the first time I had ever…"
Jun 9
Jeff of Earth-J replied to Cavaliere (moderator emeritus)'s discussion What are you watching right now?
"Last night I watched Family Plot...
Believe it or not, Family Plot was the first Alfred Hitchcock movie I ever saw, and I saw it in the theater. (Ironically, it was his last.) Soon after that I saw Psycho and The Birds for the first time on TV, but…"
Jun 9
Captain Comics replied to Cavaliere (moderator emeritus)'s discussion What are you watching right now?
"I have also embarked on varous watching projects for shows I never saw all of that I wanted to. But my wife hasn't been enthusiastic about it -- "Can we watch something from this century?" -- so I have to watch solo, fiting it in around the times we…"
Jun 9
Captain Comics replied to Cavaliere (moderator emeritus)'s discussion What are you watching right now?
"We just finished Andor, and it lived up to the hype. It's thoughtful, long-form storytelling, and knowing the end (in Rogue One) made it bittersweet. And because the series does lead directly into Rogue One, we did a re-watch of that. (We did not…"
Jun 9
JD DeLuzio replied to Cavaliere (moderator emeritus)'s discussion What are you watching right now?
"We liked the book and the first season, which did a decent job of adapting it. Skeptical of the second season, we went in... Okay, good, even if it undercuts the ending of Season One. Season Three lost us and we never picked it up again. Maybe we…"
Jun 9
Mark Sullivan (Vertiginous Mod) replied to Cavaliere (moderator emeritus)'s discussion What are you watching right now?
"I finished watching the final season of The Handmaid's Tale on Hulu. It was excellent, as was the entire season. I wonder if it lost a lot of viewers due to the years-long gap between it and the previous season. I have also been enjoying Poker Face…"
Jun 9
ClarkKent_DC replied to Cavaliere (moderator emeritus)'s discussion What are you watching right now?
"Richard Willis said:
*It has recently been revealed that at that time the Defense Dept even waived the prohibition of drafting men of sub-normal intelligence. Not only was this dangerous for these men (a lot of whom were killed), it was also…"
Jun 8
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