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billy.pilgrim wrote:
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That's kinda hot that your wife can sing like a hooker. :P
I should have added, since she was 12.
:o I'm not touching that one. :D
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... So "Jesus Christ Superstar" is on live on NBC. Been wanting to see this for decades, never have....
... I saw it in the early 70s in a MD dinner theater....
In 1972 or 1973 I saw Godspell at Ford's Theatre . . . yes, that Ford's Theatre, but only Jesus died.
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Vrede too wrote:
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billy.pilgrim wrote:
Tue Apr 03, 2018 11:49 am
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That's kinda hot that your wife can sing like a hooker. :P
I should have added, since she was 12.
:o I'm not touching that one. :D
As well you shouldn't.
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Lovin ' me some Kimmel :clap:
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billy.pilgrim wrote:
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The main four channels in my area

2 Sinclair
1 Fox
and one sort of normal channel

The two Sinclair channels are speaking truth to local power and corruption, or so they say.

https://www.dailykos.com/story/2018/3/8 ... omfortable
I feel you, brother. Asheville only has an ABC affiliate and it's Sinclair. Our other local stations are all SC, and I'm not sure if they're Sinclair owned or not....
Tell Sinclair advertisers: stop supporting pro-Trump propaganda

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The petition to the Federal Communications Commission and the Department of Justice Antitrust Division reads:

"Block Sinclair Broadcast Group’s proposed purchase of Tribune Media, which would create 'the largest TV broadcast company in the nation' and result in unacceptable levels of media concentration."

Local TV forced to denounce 'one-sided news' by America's largest media company

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Harry Anderson, 'Night Court' star, dies at 65

:( I didn't even know that he lived here in Asheville, N.C.

At the time, Night Court was one of my favorite TV shows. RIP.
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Harry Anderson, 'Night Court' star, dies at 65

:( I didn't even know that he lived here in Asheville, N.C.

At the time, Night Court was one of my favorite TV shows. RIP.
His character grifter Harry ‘the Hat’ Gittes on Cheers was a good one.
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Always be yourself! Unless you can be a goat, then always be a goat.
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4 a.m. tv does bring out old memories of favorite old childhood heros

as well as some stark contrasts with today


https://youtu.be/KoZPHTOZjQs


two armed, brownish, illegal immigrants, crossing back and forth over our border at will while heroically saving innocent white women.

Might not play so well today.
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I hadn't thought of Ceesco in years (decades), but there's a lot from old shows that wouldn't fly very well now. Of course, there's a lot in current shows that wouldn't have flown very well back then.

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I hadn't thought of Ceesco in years (decades), but there's a lot from old shows that wouldn't fly very well now. Of course, there's a lot in current shows that wouldn't have flown very well back then.

torture, snipers and swat kicking down doors probably wouldn't have gone over that well, but then, neither would biracial couples, gay marriages and https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=ge ... &FORM=VIRE
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Will and Grace, Modern Family, Blackish, to follow Father Knows Best or Leave it to Beaver. OK, so they snuck in the line about "You were a little rough on the Beaver last night, Ward."

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Will and Grace,

We had Liberace and Rock Hudson movies.

Modern Family,

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Blackish ...
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Or, cover both bases with:

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Back in the 90's I enjoyed watching "In Living Color" - the comedy/variety show written by and starring a bunch of Wayans, plus a young Jim Carrey, with (among others) Jennifer Lopez and Carrieann Inaba as "fly girl" dancers. For years, there were no re-runs. Now it runs on Fusion (DISH 244). Even though it spawned numerous pop culture references still around "Homey don't do that" for example, it is very dated and not nearly as funny as it used to be. It was pretty outrageous at the time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGt87ffkTEU

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Living_Color

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I don't recognize what show Candyman, above, was in, but Cosby was from "I Spy" which I really liked. Watched that along with "The Fugitive" as favorites.

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billy.pilgrim wrote:
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Tue Apr 24, 2018 10:32 am
I hadn't thought of Ceesco in years (decades), but there's a lot from old shows that wouldn't fly very well now. Of course, there's a lot in current shows that wouldn't have flown very well back then.
torture, snipers and swat kicking down doors probably wouldn't have gone over that well, but then, neither would biracial couples, gay marriages and https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=ge ... &FORM=VIRE
And then there's science shows like NOVA, which has had jihads launched against it for covering evolution and climate science.

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Vrede too wrote:
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Will and Grace,

We had Liberace and Rock Hudson movies.

Modern Family,

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Blackish ...
ImageImage

Or, cover both bases with:

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:D

The Cisco Kid was early 50s. Wasn't it the 80s before we found out about Rock?
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And then there's "The Honeymooners" where domestic violence was a cornerstone of the ummmm, "humour."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-FhWB1POWQ

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And then there's "The Honeymooners" where domestic violence was a cornerstone of the ummmm, "humour."
I Love Lucy was similar.

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rstrong wrote:
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And then there's "The Honeymooners" where domestic violence was a cornerstone of the ummmm, "humour."
I Love Lucy was similar.
Yeah, Ricky was domineering, but I don't recall his being actually violent. No clenched fist and "you're going to the moon, Lucy." Gleason did end most episodes with "you're the greatest" but to a large degree that just highlighted behaviour typical of abusers.

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