What Are You Watching On The Box?

[jpmcwjr]

Marty Feldman! May he r.i.p. (1982, aged 48. Way too young to die.)

 

[mikethompson]

Just watched a few episodes of this. We are liking it so far, it takes place sometime after Return of the Jedi, but doesn't involve anything of the newer trilogy (thank goodness).

 

[smudgersmissingleg]

Marty Feldman! May he r.i.p. (1982, aged 48. Way too young to die.)

I'm sorry mate but I don't know who this 'Marty Feldman' you talk of is.
That's a photograph of me taken directly after I'd finished my first bowl of Gawith Hoggarth Ennerdale Flake.


In all seriousness I love Marty (that's why I used him as my avatar/forum pic) and he was brilliant in Young Frankenstein.
If he interests you there's a decent documentary free on YouTube about him and his tragically short life.
Here's the link:

 

[logs]

An "electronic vigilante group" is a very good way of putting it. You have to wonder what their intentions were in finding him initially- was the goal always to report his animal abuse to the police? Or perhaps to confront him in person? Assault him? Hard to guess what their end game was... ?‍ Their efforts and dedication were impressive though, I'll give them that.

I've seen this type of behavior up close and it's not pretty. I happened to live in Orlando during the Casey Anthony fiasco. (She killed her own daughter and got away with it, for those who don't know). It seemed like the whole town was obsessed with her. Crazies and vigilanties camped out in front of her house for six months. trying to accomplish who knows what... but they were on TV every night which only made things worse.

 

[jpmcwjr]

Chris-

Thanks for the video link, but got this:

Video unavailable
This video contains content from UMPG Publishing, who has blocked it in your country on copyright grounds.

I watch Young Frankenstein every year or two.

 

[smudgersmissingleg]

That's a shame about the link. I get that as well sometimes, I think different things are available in different countries.
I found a different upload of the same documentary, whether it'll work or not I don't know.
Anyway here it is: (fingers crossed)

 

[jaytex1969]

I just finished a 20 minute evaluation video of a two second auto sport event.

 

[Bengel]

 

[jpmcwjr]

That's a shame about the link. I get that as well sometimes, I think different things are available in different countries.
I found a different upload of the same documentary, whether it'll work or not I don't know.
Anyway here it is: (fingers crossed)

Thanks, and yes, it shows, after clicking through to YT directly.

 

[scloyd]

Binge watching "Fargo" the series on Hulu. Watched the first 5 episodes of season 1 so far.

 

[mawnansmiff]

I'm currently watching the bonus features from disc 1 of Ken Burns ' excellent Roosevelt boxed set.

Regards,

Jay.

 

[autumnfog]

Watched some episodes of The Crown. Very interesting, especially John Lithgows version of Churchill.
There is some pipe smoking too.

 

[Bowie]

I'm currently watching the bonus features from disc 1 of Ken Burns ' excellent Roosevelt boxed set.

Regards,

Jay.

I'm a big Ken Burns fan, and I cannot think of a better narrator than Peter Coyote. Have you seen his recent Country Music documentary? It is excellent.

 

[prndl]

Rose Bowl.

Some good games, so far.

 

[smudgersmissingleg]

Just finished watching Peter 'snakebite' Wright beat 'mighty' Michael van Gerwen to win his first PDC World Darts Championship.
Bit of a one sided final and wasn't as close as I hoped it would be.

 

[logs]

I'm hitting New Years day hard with the William Holden movies. I don't know why I do this to myself.

 

[mawnansmiff]

"I'm a big Ken Burns fan, and I cannot think of a better narrator than Peter Coyote.... "

Bowie, with all due respect I too am a huge fan of Ken Burns ' documentary dvds, the only ones I dont own is the baseball one, the jazz one and the latest country music one.

My issue with Peter Coyote is his pronunciation.....this I brought up in a tongue in cheek manner on another thread. He seems to have difficulty in pronouncing the letter 't' and substituting it with a 'd'.

The example I gave earlier was along the lines of "....they did their doody and got involved in the fiding for the baddle of Hanoi siddy...."

That aside, the series was a real eye opener (as Ken's films tend to be) and clearly, to me at least, was a great signifier of the futility of war and how politics can waste life aplenty yet with no explanation and seemingly not caring either.

Regards,

Jay.

 

[irishearl]

Binge watching "Fargo" the series on Hulu. Watched the first 5 episodes of season 1 so far.

Love it and there's to be a new season. Some of last season was filmed near where I used to live. Get a chuckle out of the series as some of their phrases and ways of talking are straight out of my old neighborhood-South Dakotans and Minnesotans, (bordering on the Dakotas), share the lingo.

 

[jpmcwjr]

IIRC, there are three seasons. All different.

 

[python]

The Karate Kid. BONSAI DANIEL-SAN!